Notes from the President

The GSO has created a special treat for music lovers this Valentine’s Day! Our program, Flutes and Flourishes, will delight you with a variety of classical selections. And to celebrate this special holiday, Un Sonnet d’Amour (A Love Song), by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has been included for your enjoyment. In addition to guest conductor Nicholas DelBello, and soloist Christine Bailey Davis, principal flutist of the BPO, we welcome our guest performers, Miranda DelBello, flute, and The Buffalo Brass Choir. Nick will present a pre-concert talk from 3:15 – 3:30 P.M. We hope that you will plan to arrive early for the presentation!Performing at the Stuart Steiner Theatre is always a pleasure – and especially so when the Roz Steiner Gallery has a concurrent exhibition. The gallery will be open pre-concert to allow our patrons to enjoy Keeping Up Appearances by Ashley Blalock, a California based artist. For more details about Ms. Blalock’s work visit http://www.genesee.edu/campuslife/arts/gallery/calendar.cfm. Another excellent reason to come out early for the concert!On a final note, we’d like to remind our patrons that the GSO is raffling off an iPad this season. Your raffle ticket purchase will help the GSO continue its mission to produce quality orchestral music for the Genesee region. Thank you for your support!Musically yours,Paul Saskowski and Roxie Choate                                                                        Co-Presidents, GSO Board of Directors