Classmate Jim Meehan writes:
I don’t know whether you’ve been following the events surrounding the 50th Anniversary of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, but I wanted to point out the final event, coming up soon. There will be a concert on April 16th in Woolsey Hall, with a second performance on April 21st at Carnegie Hall in New York. John Mauceri, who conducted the YSO during our time at Yale (1968-1974) will be returning to lead the orchestra in Celebrations from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, which we performed in 1972 in New Haven and the following summer in Vienna. The finale of the program is the Festival Prelude for Organ and Orchestra by Richard Strauss, which we performed in 1973. I was the organist back then, and I’m going to be the organist again this time! I don’t know how many members of our class have played in Carnegie Hall, but I’d bet that I’m the only member of the class to be making his debut in Carnegie Hall at 66! (I’m calling it my farewell debut.)
It would be great to see friends from our class at either concert, particularly in New York. This will the Yale Symphony’s first appearance in Carnegie Hall.