ASO Musicians to Visit Lassiter
The long-promised joint performance has been scheduled for Feb. 19 and will include students from Walton High School.
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ASO Performers Offer to Perform With Choruses
The musicians at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are offering to come to all three high schools involved in the chorus "diversity" controversy for free and perform with each choral group.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Players’ Association (ASOPA) is offering to travel to three high schools caught up in an alleged snubbing by ASO mangement on the grounds of "diversity" to perform with their choral groups for free, the association has said in a press release. "[The Association] has sat by in dismay for the past several days observing the ASO management’s disintegrating relations with Lassiter, Walton, and Grady High Schools, and the whole community," ASOPA said. "As musicians who love to play with the talented choruses at these schools, we want to help resolve these ongoing issues." ASOPA's offer is as follows: the musicians will travel to all three schools for free to put on a concert with each choral group. The schools may…
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East Cobb POV: Tim Langley
Anti-Cobb Bias and the ASO
Does week's decision affecting the Walton and Lassiter choruses have its roots in what Tim Lee said about TSPLOST?
Did Tim Lee cause the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus to snub the Walton High School and Lassiter High School choral programs? Why would I ask such a preposterous question? After years of routine inclusion, the ASO Chorus has excluded these two outstanding choral programs. Granted, the ASO has come back and "clarified" its action. Apparently it didn't REALLY mean Walton and Lassiter were not "diverse" enough, it just wants to "include" a school from the inner city. Still, the original statement is usually the closest to the truth and everything else is spin or CYA. If you've been around long enough, you know of the love/hate relationship between Atlanta proper and its suburban neighbors, especially Cobb County. They love our money and …
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Raymond K.
6:04 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
By your logic, the American Revolution must have been racially motivated, right? The "candor" for which you've applauded Tim Lee was also apologized for.... by Tim Lee....the next day. Perhaps he didn't hear your applause. Next time, clap louder. more ›
Dutch Weiner
10:10 pm on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
When minorities are given a fake boost, it does not really help them in the end because, ultimately, a person's occupational value depends on the demand for tbeir work product. When these Walton/Lasiter students are sitting behind a desk interviewing job candidates at some point in the future, I wonder if this lesson in "diversity" will have an effect, consciously or subconsciously, on their … more ›