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My grandmother was a conductor. She passed away due to covid back in November... I miss her terribly
If you have a moment to read her obituary I will leave it below
She attended Boston University and the University of New Hampshire, receiving her music education degree with honors in 1966. During this time, she was a trombonist with the Boston Women's Symphony, a division of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
She attended graduate school at the University of Rhode Island and taught music education courses at Rhode Island College. She was a Program Analyst for the Arts in Education Project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. She returned to Durham, NH to assume the Music Director position at the Oyster River School District and was named NH Master Teacher, supervising many young music educators from NH universities in their final student teaching courses.
Cindy performed with the UNH Community Orchestra and often conducted this group, was the Great Bay Wind Symphony associate conductor, established and conducted the Durham Community Orchestra and guest conducted several festival bands and orchestras. She was Conductor of the New Hampshire Youth Orchestra and served on the New Hampshire Music Educators Board of Directors for nine years. She taught band and chorus for the Kennebunk-Kennebunkport (Maine) School District and was Music Director at the Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick, Maine. With her husband Stanley D. Hettinger (deceased), Director of Bands at UNH, she helped establish the Chamber Music Institute at UNH. In 1992 she founded and conducted the North East Youth Symphony Orchestra for gifted young musicians from the upper New England states and remained conductor of this group until she retired to Florida in 2002.
While "retired" in Pine Ridge, Florida, she was the first conductor of The Nature Coast Community Band, established in June of 2009, and transitioned to conductor emeritus and board of directors' member in August 2020. One of her greatest joys was the free concerts given by NCCB and the hundreds of people they touched. Cindy was active in many professional organizations, including the Association of Concert Bands. During her association with ACB, NCCB was invited to perform at ACB's Annual Convention in Ft. Lauderdale.
Cindy was honored by Altrusa as its recipient of the "Women of Worth" designation. Her contributions to Citrus County also included her involvement in the Veterans Council. Whether it was the annual Veterans Day Concert, the Veterans Week Celebration, Wreaths Across America, Cindy always made sure NCCB was a participant. Her tireless energy, ambition, love of community and music were a great example of her unselfish passion for her craft.
Throughout Cindy's entire life and career, her standards and work were always stellar, and she entirely dedicated her life and heart to countless people in the musical community.

this is awesome, they're on the right track :D!

I've never seen a Black person conduct a professional orchestra before today. Nice to see there's room for everyone.

You can usually tell how bad it is when the arts get better.

Wait, 80 000 times is considered a good figure?

Virtual life is not life, it’s a waste of life

Innovation has a new theatrical masterpiece to begin the new "riproaring 20s".
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"THE POPE:
Opus Dei: Life is made of mirrors. The old -- broken and fractured.
The new -- brave, wounded though mended.
Clear again.
As Our LORD. Like crystal -- a seven times seventy carat diamond mined, carved from rough challenging mountain.
Can you not see?
THE GODFATHER:
I don't know how to make the old new again.
I-- I've only known how to break things.
That's what I do.
Or that's how I've felt since my father died.
THE POPE:
(a bottle of Scotch whiskey is heard uncorking) Old clown.
My old friend.
To destroy is easy.
(pouring is heard)
To create is divine.
That's what saints do.
Don't you want to be like the saints, monsignor?
Don't you want to be remembered for your faith in God -- in the Holy Offices?
THE GODFATHER:
Remembered? Or reviled? I can't tell the difference anymore."
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