FEBRUARY 2018 1 Before The Hub ever went into print, 20 months ago, several people said “How will you come up with enough content to print every month?” Almost 2 years later there is more content to cover than we can cover in one issue per month. Be gone, nay sayers.

EDITOR david fowler

CONTRIBUTORS tim maloney samuel pak johnny divine cindy kahler thomas james cook william schultz david barnard dr. todd giles

SALES tim maloney

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2 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 3 KennyKenny GregoryGregory If you have been out to the Iron they played was ‘The Long Run’ by The Bistro Brothers as a two-man years. A bride may request a cer- Horse Pub to see a show some time The Eagles, and he worked hard on act. tain group or song, and he enjoys in the past five years, you may very playing the offbeat rhythms and Kenny’s day job for the past five doing the research on the differ- well have heard the sound tech ex- singing at the same time, and got it years has been working in the ent genres and artists. He has also pertise of Kenny Gregory. But he is down to make it work in a 3-piece Wichita County Tax Office. One incorporated the assistance of his much more than that. He is also a group. When they finished playing time when one of the ladies in the daughter who is in high school and husband, a father, a DJ, and a musi- it live for the first time Paul looked office was planning her wedding, planning on attending college. He cian in several acts in the area. over at him and said, “You suck,” she asked Kenny if he would DJ says that teaching her how to DJ is Born in Orange, California as the which was Paul’s way of saying some music at her reception. He a great way of giving her a way of grandson of an offshore driller, his ‘great job, but don’t get too heady’. had never done that before, but working a couple of nights a week family moved around a lot between But he says that has al- while in school and still have California and Texas, and finally ways kept him humble. time to study, as opposed to took root in Wichita Falls when he It made him realize working at some fast food was five years old, and he has spent that when you’re play- joint seven nights a week, the biggest part of his life here. ing in a band you have and make about the same His early recollections of his to work alongside oth- amount of money. And, musical family include his uncles ers, think outside the he says, she is very helpful Cody and Larry who played guitar box and that it wasn’t when a teenager comes up and were very skilled at the Chet the Kenny Gregory and requests a song from a Atkins style of thumb picking. His show like sitting in his current artist that he’s never uncle Larry was in an accident and bedroom playing along heard of, and she points him lost his right arm. At a family gath- with records. He says in the right direction. ering when Kenny was about eight that giving each other a Kenny tells me that the years old he remembers his uncle hard time was a way of DJ business is expanding, Cody sitting behind uncle Larry, encouraging each other as his wife wants to be in- Cody playing the right-hand parts and wanting each other volved. As a novice photog- of songs while Larry played the left. to succeed, and it was rapher, she is investing in a And uncle Larry would put a pick a learning experience photo booth to add to the in the claw of his prosthetic arm that all young players DJ shows’ events, with back- and strum chords. It inspired him should go through. drops and props. It’s just so much that it was then that he He moved to Ohio another aspect of the party knew that he wanted to learn how for a while, and when experience where people to play. he was there he says he can act silly and have a great When Kenny was young he wasn’t didn’t know anybody in time. exposed to a lot of different styles the music scene. And he As a musician, some of of music, but, like his uncles, he also noticed there was a the more well-known acts favored the Chet Atkins style of ton of small bistros that Kenny has played with over playing. He said he would sit in his had live acoustic type acts. So, he said yes. He said it was so much fun the years include Newt Laird & room and play along with his re- went into a studio and recorded a that he was instantly hooked on the The Cadillac Cowboys, Change Of cords. bunch of backing tracks, sans the DJ work. He now has his own DJ Heart (now known as The Ranch When he was about 22 years old he lead and vocal parts, and worked show, Ken E.G., and does all kinds Rockers), Sage, Laredo, Reckless, remembers one of the first bands he the rooms as a one man band. He of events. He said that it has been and Simply Honky Tonk. He says played in with Paul Carr and Barry eventually joined up with another a great learning experience consid- that he was in the house band at Sloan. Paul was a great mentor to guy that had a small guitar shop, ering his limited exposure to many Little Brothers Club for a few years him. He says that one of the songs and they played around there as different styles of music in his early with Shasta and Ben Shaw. He loved 4 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM In addition to his day job, the sound tech gig at the pub, KennyKenny GregoryGregory and his DJ business, he also currently plays in several oth- er bands, including the most recent one that sports his name Kenny Gregory, and a group he has played with for the last five years, Simply Honky Tonk, as well as The Ranch Rockers, and two church praise groups. playing with Ben because he is such years, he really enjoys seeing all His next goal is to a great player, and would interject a the local as well as the out of town put together a rocka- bit of his own style in the songs he acts that come through, and picks billy act like the Brian played. Thursdays were his favorite up things from musicians that play Setzer Orchestra with nights to play there because it was a genres that are not necessarily his a horn section be- slow night, and toward the end Ben strong suit, like some of the metal hind a 3-piece group would pull out some blues tunes bands that play there. He desires and do something and play copycat, where Ben would to be a well-rounded player, not like a six-week run play a lick and Kenny would try to just that guy that plays country. of a show around copy it. He says it was a great way to Having spent time in California, Christmastime do- learn how to play new licks. Phoenix, and Ohio he says that the ing Christmas music. He admits to being a musical musicianship here in Wichita Falls But, he admits, he has sponge for the past 30 years, and is amazing considering the size of to learn his parts be- still is. As the sound tech at the our city, and that there is real talent fore he searches for Iron Horse Pub for the last five here. other musicians to recruit. Kenny is a big part of the local scene here in Wichita Falls whether you watch him play in one of his bands, or watch a band he runs sound for at the Iron Horse Pub, or need a DJ for your next event, or you just need to pay your taxes. You can find him on Facebook at DJ Ken E.G. ~Tim Maloney

FEBRUARY 2018 5 around. Sometimes I like it and is rolling and getting some steam sometimes I don’t. I am not in a downtown. I like the After Hours hurry to get rid of anything,” he Art Walks and meeting new peo- BILL LEWIS said. “I am not afraid of failure.” ple and having them come in”, Bill BILL LEWIS When he wants to “do some- added. Bill Lewis has a studio space in pictures on the cover of “Analog” the 9th Street Studios where he [which is a science fiction maga- thing mechanical”, he creates Bill will have a solo art show at creates art solely from his imagi- zine from decades ago]. I love the steam punk lights out of pipes The Maplewood in Century Pla- nation and has had no formal old cheesy 50’s movies with space and Edison Bulbs. They are funky za this April. In the mean time, training since high school, yet ships and monsters. I have a se- and cool and are displayed in his swing by his studio and pay him his paintings are beautifully done ries of paintings with made up as- studio. a visit. - Cindy Kahler Thomas and are definitely fine art. “I liked tronauts. Are these selfies? “Yeah, “I am glad that art community watching Bob Ross on TV when they could be,” he confessed. I was young. He made it look so “A lot of times I will paint in easy. In reality, when you sit down black and white and just concen- and put brush to canvas, you find trate on values. It is easier to get out it is not as easy as he makes an idea down with just two colors. it look in a 30 minute show,” Bill I take color out of the equation,” said with a grin. Bill said. “I have some people tell He was playing around with me that some of my art is dark bolts and brass fittings and put- and brooding, like something just ting together desk sculptures in happened or is about to happen.” what he calls a “phase” when his He has several of those paintings wife Diana surprised him with a on display in his studio, one of painting starter kit. “It took me which is entitled Black Arches, a half of a year to start playing which has an eerie out of this with it, and I got addicted. I get world feeling. It is as captivat- inspired by big panoramic out- ing as any of his paintings in full door scenes with sky being like color. a dynamic moving picture from Bill sometimes takes months one moment to the next. I like big to finish a painting because of clouds, and I like watching the “the way I like to layer glazes”, and weather change. I like to capture with other paintings he can finish some of that movement on can- in a day. He works almost exclu- vas,” he explained. “Most of my sively in oil paints, but rarely does landscapes have a low horizon line mixed media pieces. and that goes back to me liking “I am partial to larger paint- skies. Some people ask, ‘Where is ings. The movement of the larger your foreground,’ but there is not brush strokes and moving away foreground on the plains. In land- from the easel to look at it appeals scapes, most of them have that to me. I like to paint standing in- low horizon line and that is the stead of sitting down,” Bill said. “I beauty of the sky. You can look up do like the big ones—doing big and have a whole different sky in skies and getting physical with it. the same day. It is really dynam- Sometimes if I don’t like some- ic.” Bill continues, “I also like the thing, I will face it toward the wall old science fiction stories and the for a few months, then I turn it 6 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM Artist: Bill Lewis

FEBRUARY 2018 7 TIPS AND TALES FROM OUTBACK Photo of Nick Williamson shot by David Barnard with Johnny Divine (Outback Studios 940-613-8436) I’ve been reminiscing about times in the recording stu- Momma. dio that have made me laugh, times that weren’t so funny, Then there was a bass player that sudden- and times that brought a tear to my eye. Let me share ly jumped and screamed in the middle of a with you what I can recall within these limited amount song, shaking his arms and flinging his hands of words… around in the air, leaving the rest of us baffled. Once, while sitting in my control room, I looked out the Another imbiber in the studio? Nope! This door into the main room and saw two female customers time the culprit was a wasp! Hit him right be- laughing as they each covered one eye and then the other tween two of his fingers in that sensitive flesh and commented on what they were seeing in the dis- area. No, he was not recording Flight Of The tance. My first thought was, “What in the world is going Bumblebee or Hit Me With Your Best Shot. on with these ladies? Have they been hitting the sauce There was another time a fight nearly broke during our recording session?”. I had to ask, of course. out mid-song! The one I mentioned earlier They laughed some more and said, “We’re checking our didn’t have a reason that I can recall, but this eyes!”. The joke was on me! I had forgotten I had hung an one I do remember what caused it. Like so old-fashioned eye chart on another door of the studio for many disagreements, it was pretty trivial, but decoration. Maybe you had to be there? happened none the less. The band was work- Another time, right in the middle of a song, the drum- ing on a song that had a part that sounded mer came out of the drum room and headed directly pretty harsh in certain areas. They would get toward one of the guitarists, ready for an all-out brawl! to that spot, hear a problem, stop, and start Fortunately, a couple of the other band members ran in- again, with no progress in sight. I started terference and put an end to that. I think the song was watching closely, knowing about where the That’s What Friends Are For… maybe not. I was wonder- problem always started, and realized what ing what equipment of mine was about to bite the dust was wrong. The next time they stopped, I said, and also wishing I had spent a little more and purchased “Hey, guys! I know what’s wrong!”. I explained that blood resistant carpet! that at that point of the song one guitarist was Another time, a wonderful man named Joe Hayman hitting an A chord while the other was hitting had spent the evening in the studio recording some gos- an A minor. For those of you that have no idea pel songs. I loved his sincerity, talent, and the fact that he what kind of sound that would make, imagine was seventy years old and still enjoying his guitar and his Hiroshima and the Hindenburg disaster at the beloved gospel music. As he was about to leave, I asked, same time. Or maybe Bob Dylan and Justin “What are you up to tomorrow, Joe?”. He said he was go- Bieber doing a duet. Actually, try not to imag- ing to Olney. I asked what was taking him to Olney and ine that last one. For some unknown reason, he replied, “I’m going to see my Momma”. I was stunned these two guitarists lit into each other about for a moment, thinking a man his age surely doesn’t still how the other was wrong and “that’s not how have his mother around. Of course, I was probably about we rehearsed it”. It nearly got physical! In case forty-five at the time, you’re thinking that recording studios might and seventy was ancient. have a violent side, please know that in twen- I asked Joe how old his ty-five plus years, there have only been two mother was and he said episodes like this. Usually it’s about as peace- ninety-two. Something ful as can be. about this “elderly” man I think I’m about 300 words over my limit going to see his Mom- and haven’t really shared that much. Hopeful- ma found it’s place deep ly you got a chuckle or a tear out of these few in my heart. Joe is now stories. Oh, did I mention that about fifteen about ninety-two him- years ago I met the sweetest girl you could self. Here I am, nearly ever imagine right there in my little studio? sixty-six and proud to Well, I did. And she’s still around. say I can still go see my -Johnny Divine 8 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 9 10 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 11 12 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 13 14 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM FEBRUARY 2018 15 If you live in Texhoma and love on to KTLT K-Lite, another night, from 1987 to 1989, with the fit. Keith loved the listeners more Classic Rock then you know the Wichita Falls station that played candle burning at both ends. than anything. “They were so signature low rumbling bass voice Oldies mixed with light hits. He Around the end of 1989, he got freaking loyal. They loved the ra- of Keith Vaughn. He is a staple in calls these “The Lost Radio Years”. a call from an old buddy in ra- dio station. They loved the talent Wichita Falls, synonymous with that was on the air and they had a my favorite rock n’ roll songs. connection that I had never seen. He’s been spinning music since It’s at that this time Vaughn real- the 80’s and I’ve been waiting for ized he wanted to do away with years to sit and ask him… How’d his then radio alias… Keith Tra- it all begin? vis. He was constantly associated The first place Keith opened a with Randy Travis so he decided mic was at KKQV QV103 spin- if he ever departed from country ning Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. he would also leave the name. “I had the crappy, nobody wanted In 1990 he was the program to do it, position”. Keith was do- director for Country Y104, then ing mechanic work at the time ran a satellite classic rock radio and radio never really crossed station ran by ABC Radio in late his mind. He would on occasion 1990 from Wichita Falls KQXC tease the radio guys while listen- Q102. His connections with ABC ing at work, raging on them to urged Vaughn to try for a larger fellow co-workers and sometimes market, and within two weeks called in to their shows to let of scouting, he was picked up them know they could do better. by KATT in Oklahoma City for Around 1984, as oil plummeted, weekend work in 1993. All of a so did the need for oil field en- sudden, he was thrust into one of gine-repair. While looking for a the biggest Rock radio stations in job an ex-coworker jokingly sug- the country. Bigger audience, big- gested he try radio. Keith thought, ger contest, bigger artists to inter- “Why the hell not?”. view and yes… bigger D.J.’s. The The 80’s brought a very com- staff was long time. Rick and Brad petitive world of radio to Wichita had been 15 years when I was Falls for Top 40 music. On top of there. Greg, from mid-days, was that, MTV had brought popu- also a 10-15 year guy. Everyone lar music to uncharted territory. had tenure, so I knew I’d never Playlist with artist like Led Zep- have a day show. plin and Madonna back to back Keith then moved on to Dallas was challenging for Vaughn. “I to do Classic Rock satellite radio remember even as a rookie think- He was going to school at Mid- dio… Big Jim Russell. KLUR was for ABC. World-wide broadcast- ing, “What the hell?”. western State University, studying looking to fill a position and he ing differed from his previous After a few years, Keith moved all day and then working radio all thought Keith would be a perfect experience with radio. “You are 16 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM Keith with B.B. King Keith with Alice Cooper generically broadcasting to stations weren’t afraid to discuss things men from Texas to Idaho to New York liked to talk about. Which, let’s face State to Guam. You can’t talk about it, was their job and they did well. weather or anything local.” That’s They pushed morning radio to the where Keith became intensely edu- limit with a shock-jock attitude and cated about bands and the artist in a local mentality. order to have subject matter. He Since then Keith has settled on his worked his regular week and then solo show, afternoons on 104.7 The on Sunday nights, would host The Bear. He’s been at the helm at the Z-Rock Top 40 Countdown. flagship rock station in this part of In 1999 he got an offer from an- the country for decades now and other radio pal, Lindy Parr, to come he’s one of the most known voices in back to Wichita Falls with the prom- radio in Texhoma. He has longevity ise of a new Classic Rock station. in a business that is not known for it. He had one condition… make him He’ll tell you it’s about knowing the the Program Director. They agreed, right people and being in the right but it came with hosting the morn- place at the right time, but it’s been ing show. Mornings are not for the his persona that has always stuck weak at heart. Brutal. That brought out for me. My classic rock always the famous Vaughn and Mac Show. went down smoother with his com- There were moments where they plete knowledge of the music and got “rowdy”. “We did a few things that canon voice booming from the that caused us to have conference airwaves. Make sure to listen to The calls with corporate.” After a while, Vaughn Show weekdays from 2-7 they noticed a pattern of trouble lo- pm on 104.7 The Bear. cally that upset some people. They - James Cook FEBRUARY 2018 17 After 5 Years At The Forum, Jana Schmader Moves To DWFD Jana Schmader has been a credit to Wichita Falls town is the perfect intersection of history in her previous jobs and is now starting on a new and potential. Downtown affects everyone career path as the new executive director of Down- in our city. We will create a district that all town Wichita Falls Development, in which she citizens find value in. From housing to of- will “increase opportunities that service the strong fices, to restaurants and nightlife, to arts and entrepreneurial core” in downtown Wichita Falls. culture, downtown is a common place for us Jana was the Director at The Forum for 5 years. all to celebrate our community,” she added. She was instrumental in raising $2.5M for the Jana has deep roots in Wichita Falls. She capital campaign to fund the Renaissance of The was born and raised here and obtained her Forum renovation. She was later promoted to the Bachelor of Business Administration-Major Director of the Arts Council umbrella which en- of Marketing at MSU. Her family has owned compasses the Kemp Center for the Arts and The businesses in our city including John’s Siz- Forum. Before that she was also a marketing di- zlin’ Sirloin in the 70s and 80s, as well as rector for the Dillard College of Business at Mid- English Pharmacy at present. She is married western State University, and also has experience and has two children. in advertising. Jana has been volunteering for Downtown “I am extremely excited to come on board as Development for 3 years, serving on the Art Executive Director of Downtown Wichita Falls & Soul Committee and she recently joined Development. It is a responsibility that I take the marketing subcommittee for the Down- with great pride as we continue the momentum town Development Steering Committee. of downtown revitalization,” Jana said. “Down- Dusty Potter, president of the Board of Di- rectors for Downtown Proud, said, “We’ve been watching the great work Jana has been doing at The Forum over the last few years and were blown away by her passion and vision for downtown Wichita Falls in the inter- view process. Mixing the amount of momentum with her skill set will no doubt make downtown Wichita Falls the destination we would all like to s e e .” Jana said that the DWFD board and staff are deeply committed to the continued progress, and she invites the citizens of Wichita Falls to join the movement too. - Cindy Kahler Thomas

18 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM THEATERTHEATER NEWSNEWS Wichita Theatre Tarzan the Musical February 2, 7:30 p.m. February 3, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. February 9, 7:30 p.m. February 10, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. February16, 7:30 p.m. February 17, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. February 23, 7:30 p.m. February 24, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Returning to the Wichita Theatre stage to open the 2018 season is Tar- zan the Musical. This play will take you through the jungles with Tarzan as he learns from the humans and gets caught between his animal up- bringing and his new relationship with Jane. The all-star cast of Bryson Petersen as Tarzan, Ashlen Loskot and Maaike van Leeuwen sharing the role of Jane, Joy Schaeffer and Mineasa Nesbit sharing the role of Kala, and Jim Hall reprising the role from his Wichita Theatre stage debut as Kerchak, will lead you on an incredibly challenging adventure with one of the most technically demanding shows ever attempted on the Wichita Theatre stage.

Backdoor Theatre Pippin February 16 – March 10 7:30 p.m.

Royal Theater Western Flyers (country and western band) February 3, 7:30 p.m. Western Heritage Cowboy Poetry Chuck Wagon Dinner February 9, 7:00 p.m. Royal Theater Live (previously the Supper Club) February 10, 7:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2018 19 ANN HUNTER Ann Hunter is an accomplished Ann decided in high school to then I decided it was time to go an excellent draftsman and had artist and she comes by her tal- rebel against any suggestions that back to a job with benefits again, many journals full of her beautiful ent honestly. Ann’s mother and she should become and artist, and I started teaching at Vernon drawings. “I think having years of grandmother helped shape the so she went to college to get her College. I taught English there working with clay certainly influ- art scene in Wichita Falls, as far English and history degree. She until I retired.” ences my approach to painting in back as the 1900s. Polly Hoffman, finished her masters in English While Ann had her studio, she terms of a tactile medium. People Ann’s grandmother, was one of at Midwestern State University. started a fundraiser for the Food don’t think of painting as a tac- the founding members tile, but I do. Also with clay of the Women’s Forum and printmaking there is a in 1927. It had many de- challenge to put things to- partments, such as a gar- gether like in your mind. It dening department and is like a puzzle and a game,” an art department. Polly she said. “I like to paint Hoffman was an artist with oils in the three color and helped the “art de- painting process, where partment” evolve into you apply yellow, then red the Wichita Falls Art As- then blue. There is also sociation in 1949 which a sense of—okay I have is still going today, with this idea in my head—let’s Ann being one of its make things fit together long-time members. and work. I wonder if this Ann’s mother Polly Cox amount of yellow and this was also an art major in amount of red and the college like her mother, amount of blue will make and is very well known this shadow shape be right. in the art community. It’s a puzzle,” she explained. She was actually a ceram- “I feel that visual art and ics major, but she always other arts are so important painted. As time went to human life that we need by she painted more and to create beautiful things more. Her art was in many shows “I decided to take an Art History Bank called Empty Bowls. It was a or new ways of looking. We need and she has a long exhibition re- class, and while in that building I success for many years, but when to encourage the kinder gentler cord. “She was involved in the saw the ceramic’s department and she went back to work, she wasn’t parts of our humanity,” Ann add- Wichita Falls Art Association all decided to take a class in that. It able to participate and it became ed. of her adult life,” Ann recalled. looked fun. And I didn’t stop until a memory. Years later, the Food Ann shows her art at the Wichita “She was president a number of I had another degree in art,” she Bank approached the MSU ce- Falls Art Association Gallery and times and through the art associa- said with a smile. She then went ramics department and the fund- would like to persuade people in tion, she started a competitive ce- on to become an English teacher raiser was revived. our town to come and see the arts ramics show called Works of Clay. at a local high school. She was Ann’s art is heavily influ- that are going on in Wichita Falls She had 7 of those shows.” In fact, also the yearbook advisor and enced by her mother and grand- downtown. “It certainly is an ex- when the Kemp Center for the taught ceramics. “I quit teaching mother. She said that her grand- citing time to see a number of art- Arts was formed in the 1990s she and had a gallery and studio of mother had a wonderful sense of ists and spaces displaying art,” she was instrumental in that as well. my own on 9th Street for 5 years composition, and her mother was said. - Cindy Kahler Thomas

20 WWW.THEHUBNTX.COM RomanticRomantic MasterpiecesMasterpieces withwith Dr.Dr. MartinMartin CamachoCamacho On Saturday February 24th, the vehicle to showcase his artistry.” Symphony No. 4. Tchaikovsky’s Director of the WFSO. “The musi- Wichita Falls Symphony Orches- One of the best-loved works in Fourth premiered in the US in cal montage, with the accompany- tra will be joined by Midwest- the classical repertoire, Grieg’s 1890 to some harsh criticism—a ing images on the big screen, will ern State University’s Dr. Martin sole concerto was written in 1868 New York Post critic referred to it provide the perfect family night Camacho in a performance of when the composer was only as “semi-barbaric,” saying that “if out. Thanks to a generous spon- the Piano Concerto in A Minor twenty-four years old. Along with Tchaikovsky had called his sym- sor, a limited number of compli- by Norwegian composer Edvard having one of the most readily phony ‘A Sleigh Ride through Si- mentary tickets are available to Grieg. Dr. Camacho, who has recognizable tunes in all of clas- beria’ no one would have found the public beginning in February.” won eighteen piano competitions sical music, the concerto was the this title inappropriate.” Since Tickets to Pixar in Concert are in Mexico, Cuba, and the US, has first piano concerto ever recorded then, as is often the case with available by calling the WFSO of- also performed extensively as a in 1909. great works of art, the symphony fice at 940-723-6202. recitalist throughout the world, In 1997, Dr. Camacho had a truly has become one of the most be- Also, just a reminder that the including in Canada, Venezuela, unique encounter with the com- loved orchestral works of modern WFSO is celebrating their 70th Cuba, Japan, Italy, Croatia, and poser when he won a competi- audiences. “Tchaikovsky’s Fourth anniversary this season with “Ar- Serbia. tion enabling him to perform in Symphony is one of my favorite chiving the Past, Articulating the Dr. Camacho made his Carn- Grieg’s home in Bergen, Norway; symphonies in the entire orches- Future,” a community video his- egie Hall Debut Recital in 2009 there, he had the rare privilege of tral repertoire,” says Fakhouri. “It tory campaign. Symphony lov- to great acclaim before a sold-out playing Grieg’s own piano, fol- is a well-structured work, with ers of all ages are invited to share hall. In 2017, he released a CD fea- lowed by giving a recital in the great melodies that are typical their favorite WFSO moments by turing twenty-two Cuban Dances modern concert hall on Grieg’s of Tchaikovsky’s style. The third recording brief videos on their by Mexican composer Mario Ruiz estate. “This was a life changing movement, with its use of string phones and submitting them to Armengol. It is truly a privilege opportunity that transformed my pizzicato, continues to be just as Alicia Deges at marketing@wfso. to have Dr. Camacho performing way of interpreting Grieg’s mu- fresh today as the day it first pre- org. For more information, call with the WFSO for the first time sic,” says Dr. Camacho. “I came to miered.” 940-723-6202. You can also follow this month. understand the source of his in- The 2017-2018 season rounds the WFSO on Facebook (Wich- According to Maestro Fakhouri, spiration and national love for his out in April with Pixar in Con- ita Falls Symphony), Twitter (@ “Martin is a fantastic pianist and beautiful country.” cert, “a two-hour journey through WFSO), Instagram (wf_so), or I am very much looking forward Also on the February program what is arguably some of the best Snapchat (wfsymphony). to performing with him. Grieg’s are Felix Mendelssohn’s Hebri- music for film ever created,” says brilliant piano concerto is a great des Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Alicia Deges, Assistant Executive -Dr. Todd Giles

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