NOON CLUB MEETING APRIL 10

AT NEW LOCATION, 4/10, PROGRAM BY ARAM DEMIRJIAN!

Come to the Airport Hilton, our new location, APRIL 10. Our program will be led by Aram Demirjian, Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award from The Solti Foundation U.S., conductor Aram Demirjian is widely acclaimed for his transformative work as the eighth Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO).

devoted champion of American music, Aram has led the orchestra to new artistic heights and national distinction for its achievements, as well as broadened the KSO’s repertoire by emphasizing music by living composers andunderrepresented groups. Under his leadership, the KSO was selected in 2020 as one of four orchestras to be featured at SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras, presented by The Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts. In 2022, Aram, the KSO, and Tessa Lark premiered Michael Schachter’s Violin Concerto: Cycle of Life, jointly commissioned by the KSO and Knoxville Museum of Art. The project, inspired by the work of East Tennessee-based glass artist Richard Jolley, was profiled by the PBS show Craft in America.

In demand as a guest conductor, Aram has enjoyed frequent collaborations with The Philadelphia Orchestra. In recent seasons, he has appeared with the symphonies of Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New England Conservatory, Nashville, North Carolina, Colorado, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and St. Louis; the Louisiana and Orlando philharmonics; the Minnesota and Sarasota orchestras; plus festival appearances at Big Ears, Oregon Bach, Breckenridge Music, and Tanglewood Music Center’s Festival of Contemporary Music. Internationally, Aram has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónico de Minería, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and Orchéstre Métropolitain de Montréal.

Aram holds a joint B.A. in Music and Government from Harvard, and a M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from New England Conservatory. www.aramdemirjian.com.

Away from CCAHT, Tara can be found doting on her beautiful family, her husband and two adult daughters, and still acting and modeling. She is also involved in church ministry and volunteer work through her sorority and other community organizations and enjoys doing crafts of every medium to relax.

Inspiration: Stan See; Pledge/4 Way: Mavis Ziegler; Fellowship: Ann Lewis; Zoom: Beth Stubbs