Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

Tchaikovsky + Stravinsky at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, marks an expansion of the orchestra’s regional presence. Featuring acclaimed violinist Simon Zhu, winner of the 57th International Violin Competition “Premio Paganini,” and the Michael O’Neal Singers, the program celebrates 20 years of exceptional orchestral artistry through timeless masterpieces, world-class guest artists, and inspiring new discoveries. The evening includes Christopher Tin’s Sogno di Volare and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, creating a powerful artistic centerpiece for the season.

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Holy Redeemer Catholic School

Discover the difference a Catholic education can make at Holy Redeemer, a nationally recognized PreK4–Grade 8 school where academic excellence meets a nurturing, values-driven environment.
At Holy Redeemer, we educate the whole child- mind, heart, body, and spirit. Our students are engaged in learning, supported in their growth, and inspired to become compassionate, faithful, and virtuous leaders. Through faith, academics, character, and service, we prepare children not only for their next school, but for a life of purpose, leadership, and impact.
Join us for an engaging presentation featuring our passionate leadership team and hear firsthand from our welcoming families and accomplished alumni about what makes the Holy Redeemer community so special.
Come see for yourself why families choose Holy Redeemer!
Refreshments will be available at 9:45 a.m., followed by an interactive overview at 10:00 a.m. You will then have the opportunity to visit our classrooms and explore our state-of-the-art facilities. Tours will be led by current high school students who are proud graduates of Holy Redeemer and can share their firsthand experiences of how our school prepared them for the next chapter.
Come discover a school where children are known, nurtured, inspired, and prepared to lead with faith and purpose.
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Local Event: All School First Look - Preview Grades PreK to 8 - Saturday, October 3 9:45AM

All School First Look - Preview Grades PreK to...

Discover the difference a Catholic education can make at Holy Redeemer, a nationally recognized PreK4–Grade 8 school where...

All School First Look - Preview Grades PreK to 8 - Saturday, October 3 9:45AM

Birmingham United Methodist Church

Celebrate the opening concert of Music Milton’s Season Two with the sounds of genius composer Mozart in a beautiful, intimate venue.&nbsp;Come hear the finest of professional performers in an intimate setting in Milton, Georgia. Mozart's dramatic G Minor Piano Quartet, a String Quartet and the Clarinet Quintet, one of the Crown Jewels of the Chamber Music repertoire, will demonstrate the wide range of his genius.
WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS:
Laura Ardan, retired Principal Clarinet of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns back to Atlanta to join&nbsp;the international award-winning Vega Quartet along with Music Milton’s Artistic Director, pianist William Ransom.
Tickets are $40 (Student tickets are $10). Intermission includes drinks, treats and a chance to meet and talk with the performers. Visit: <a href="https://www.musicmilton.org/mozart-in-milton" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.musicmilton.org/mozart-in-milton</a>
BIOS:
Laura Ardan: One of the United States’ most respected clarinetists, Laura Ardan recently retired from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra after serving as principal clarinet for 39 years, holding the endowed Robert Shaw Chair. In 2018 Ardan was awarded the Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair by the ASO. She has been a featured soloist in works by Mozart, Weber, Debussy, Copland, Bernstein, Finzi, Rossini, Shaw, and Michael Gandolfi.
Always an active chamber musician, Ms. Ardan has played and recorded regularly with the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, the Atlanta Chamber Players and the Georgian Chamber Players. She has performed with the Cleveland and Vega Quartets. While a student at The Juilliard School, Ardan performed frequently with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, was the resident clarinetist and teaching artist at the Lincoln Center Institute for four years and was a guest artist in “Emanuel Ax Invites...” on the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center.
Busy summer schedules have included performances at Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Grand Teton, Santa Fe Chamber, Highlands-Cashiers, Hamptons, Amelia Island, and Bellingham Festivals, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, is cultivating a new generation of chamber music lovers through dynamic performances and innovative community engagement. The New York Times raved that "[the Quartet’s] playing had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making" and the L.A. Times praised their “triumphant L.A. debut.”&nbsp;Winners of four of the top six prizes at the Bordeaux String Quartet Competition, including the International Critics Prize, the Vega Quartet tours extensively throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Their live broadcast credits include NPR’s Performance Today, WABE’s City Lights, as well as Radio France, National Radio of China and the National Radio of the Czech Republic. The Vega Quartet has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Royal Academy of Music in London, Musée d’Orsay in Paris, Vienna’s Musikverein and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, among others. The Vega Quartet performs frequently at numerous music festivals, including Amelia Island, Highlands-Cashiers, Juneau Jazz &amp; Classics, Sitka Summer Music, Brevard and Kneisel Hall.&nbsp;
Pianist, Artistic Director, master teacher, editor, and judge for international competitions, William Ransom has appeared around the world as soloist with orchestras, recitalist, and chamber musician. He regularly collaborates with leading musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, David Shifrin, William Preucil, Stephen Isserlis, Cho-Liang Lin, and members of the Emerson, Tokyo, Cleveland, Juilliard, American, St. Petersburg, Borromeo, Parker, Ariel, Lark, Dover, Vega, Dali, and Attacca String Quartets.
Ransom is the Mary Emerson Professor of Music at Emory University where he is founder and Artistic Director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta. A graduate of The Juilliard School, in the summers, Ransom is Artistic Director of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival and for a decade was an artist-faculty member at the Kamisaibara Pianists Camp in Japan. In 2016 he was named Artistic Director of the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival and also one of Musical America Worldwide's “30 Musical Innovators.” In 2022 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, and in 2024 Chamber Music America awarded him the “Community Impact/Presenter of the Year” prize.

Local Event: "Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (clarinet), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano) 

"Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (clarinet),...

Celebrate the opening concert of Music Milton’s Season Two with the sounds of genius composer Mozart in a beautiful, intimate...

"Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (clarinet), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano) 

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Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, 1 Galambos Wy, Sandy Springs, GA

All School First Look - Preview Grades PreK to 8 - Saturday, October 3 9:45AM

"Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (clarinet), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano)