Digital Program

Lanette Lind: An Appreciation

Saturday, April 5, 2025, 7:00pm

Bösendorfer Hall, Ruggero Piano

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Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Inc. is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County as well as the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Meredith College Department of Music | Ruggero Piano | the North Carolina Master Chorale | Cultural Voice of North Carolina | Raleigh Music Collective

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The Free Spirits Ensemble: A History

In 2001, several musicians from the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra came together to foster music of our time. They became known as the Free Spirits Ensemble. Their mission was to give audiences the opportunity to hear new music and offer encouragement to composers living today. In addition to introducing hundreds of new musical gems, they brought over a dozen composers to Raleigh to meet our audiences and share their music. Today’s concert is a “thank you” to Lanette Lind, who, in addition to being the pianist for the group, did a major part of the work needed to put the concerts together.

The intention of the Free Spirits Ensemble to foster both the composition and performance of new and varied chamber works lives on in the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Concert Series. While the “Free Spirits Ensemble” was more or less a specific group of musicians, the Chamber Series will involve these musicians and more, drawing from the deep pool of talent present in the RSO and greater NC musical community. Our musicians hail from the Triangle, Triad, and beyond, and, though the personnel may vary from concert to concert, the series is unified by a passionate Chamber Series Committee that seeks to deliver excellent chamber works in a variety of settings, styles, locales, and even genres. The Chamber Series has partnered with students and faculty from NC Central University, Shaw University, the Hillsborough Street Jazz Trio, and plans to continue delivering thoughtful collaborative programs with the same purpose as the Free Spirits.

Notes and program narration by Tina Morris-Anderson

Lanette Lind

Composer, pianist, teacher

Ms. Lind has composed symphonic, choral and chamber music as well as music for theater, dance, documentary and animated films. Her symphonic works have been performed by major symphony orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, and the Rochester Philharmonic. Her musical theater works have been performed at the Longstreet Theatre in Columbia, SC; Theatre in the Park in Raleigh, NC; at the American Music Festival in Philadelphia; the Douglas Fairbanks Theater and Lincoln Center in New York. Her many symphonic and chamber works for children and family concerts have delighted audiences across the country (including as a part of Raleigh Symphony Orchestra’s offerings to United Arts Wake County’s Artists in Schools programs). And, her choral works have had numerous performances including the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

She has received commissions and awards from the National Music Theater Network, Alabama Orchestral Association, ASCAP, North Carolina Arts Council, Cornell University, Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and many others.

 We would like to thank Ms. Lind for her many years of dedicated work with the RSO, for providing us with so many of her compositions to perform, and for leading and inspiring our Free Spirits Ensemble!

Please join us after the performance

for a reception to celebrate Lanette Lind.

Concert PrograM

Compositions by Lanette Lind

Sea Dances “dolphins”

Jim Williams, b-flat clarinet

Wayne Leechford, alto saxophone

Daniel Poissant, piano

Man In Jackson Square

Jim Williams, clarinet

Jean Bynum, violin

Daniel Poissant, piano

As In A Dream

Jean Bynum, violin,

Julia Malone, cello

Daniel Poissant, piano

Moments

Jean Bynum, violin,

Julia Malone cello,

Daniel Poissant, piano

where colors play and hoodoos dance

Jim Williams, clarinet

David Poissant, piano

Lullaby dedicated to Mothers in Bosnia, Wounded Knee, Auschwitz and…

Jean Bynum, violin

Daniel Poissant, piano

Dali’s Dream

Wayne Leechford, saxophone

Daniel Poissant, piano

 Fantasy on “I Wonder As I Wander”

Irene Burke, flute,

Jim Williams, clarinet

Julia Malone, cello

Daniel Poissant, piano

They Just Don’t Understand Me

Tina Morris-Anderson, soprano

Daniel Poissant, piano

He Said…She Said

Irene Burke, flute

Jim Williams, clarinet

Jean Bynum, violin

Julia Malone, cello

Daniel Poissant, piano 

Performer Bios

Tina Morris-Anderson has been a featured vocalist with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the Raleigh and Durham Symphony Orchestras. She performed in the North Carolina Opera’s Porgy and Bess and in the NC Opera Chorus with Andrea Bocelli. A member of the Deep River Singers, she performed at Carnegie Hall in 2023. Tina has performed in many Triangle theatrical productions, including The Face of Emmett Till (Mamie), The Dance on Widow’s Row (Magnolia), Bourbon at the Border (May), Bright Star (Alice), Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell), Ghost: The Musical (Oda Mae) and Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle). Tina lives in Raleigh with her husband Paul Anderson; they have two talented sons, Paul II and Noah.

  Irene Burke has a Degree in Music from the Crane School of Music in New York and performs professionally with the Durham Symphony and Carolina Philharmonic.  She has also performed with other orchestras in the Northeast as well as being a member of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra since relocating to this area in 1986.  Ms. Burke was a student of Samuel Baron and Donald MacDonald. Amongst other interests, she is also certified by the State of North Carolina as a CPA with her own private CPA firm. 

 Jean Bynum earned the Bachelor of Music degree from UNC Chapel Hill and the Master of Music degree from UNC Greensboro. She has been a member of several local orchestras, including the Raleigh Symphony, the Durham Symphony, and the Tar River Orchestra in Rocky Mount. She teaches with the Raleigh Music Collective and at Atlas International School, and maintains a private studio in Durham.

Julia Malone began cello lessons with Dr. Jim Waddelow, and then, studied with Virginia Ewing Hudson.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance from Meredith College in 2023.  Julia has performed in recitals and master classes with cellists such as Grace Anderson, Alex Ezerman, and Jonathan Dormand.  In 2021, she won the Concerto/Aria Competition at Meredith College, playing the Elgar Cello Concerto with Raleigh Symphony Orchestra.  Julia now studies cello with Caroline Stinson, cellist of the Ciompi String Quartet, as well as plays with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and teaches piano and cello lessons at Bach To Rock.

 Wayne Leechford, a versatile saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from Raleigh, North Carolina, has a varied career in the music industry. Performing credits include Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, Idina Menzel, Andrea Bocelli, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Valli, many national Broadway tours and more.

On the regional stage, he has performed with orchestras like the NC Symphony, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh Symphony, NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra, among others.

As a dedicated educator, Wayne currently teaches woodwinds and owns and operates Leechford Music in Cary, NC. His private students consistently achieve top honors and accolades for their exceptional performances. Wayne has also held faculty positions at NC State University, Meredith College, and Wake Technical Community College.

As an orchestra contractor, Wayne has hired musicians for countless national Broadway tours and internationally touring artists. 

As a classical saxophonist, Wayne Leechford commissioned and recorded over ten new works specifically for the baritone saxophone. His debut classical baritone saxophone album, titled “Works of Art,” was released in 2012.

 He further showcased his skills by performing classical baritone saxophone recitals at prestigious events such as the World Saxophone Congress, International Saxophone Symposium, and North American Saxophone Alliance Conference.

Daniel Poissant is an active performer, composer, and educator currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before his bachelor’s studies, he studied piano and composition with Lanette Lind. He holds a B.A. in Music from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a Master’s in Piano Performance from the Fontys Conservatory of Music in Tilburg, Netherlands. While studying abroad, Daniel performed in solo recitals, chamber concerts, and festivals across the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, and Finland. He premiered his Master’s thesis composition, Lucid, at the historic Castletown House in Celbridge, Ireland, and later presented the piece in a lecture recital at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Oulu, Finland. He currently teaches piano at his private studio in Huntersville, NC, as well as at The Cannon School in Concord. He remains an active performer, frequently playing in musicals and with the Raleigh Symphony’s Chamber Players.

 Jim Williams holds a BA in Music Ed from U Florida and a Masters in Clarinet Performance from New England Conservatory. He currently is Principal Clarinet with the Raleigh Symphony, the Rocky Mount Symphony, and also plays with the RSO Free Spirits Chamber Ensemble. Jim has also often played with the NC Symphony.

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Dr. Jim Waddelow, DMA, Music Director & Conductor

Dr. Jim Waddelow is one of the most versatile conductors in the South. A native of Oklahoma, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Oklahoma Haydn Festival. Jim also serves Meredith College as Director of Instrumental Activities, conducting the Meredith Sinfonietta, Meredith Opera, and musical theater productions for Meredith Ensemble Theater.  In 2010 he founded White Iris Light Opera in Raleigh, and the following year he led Meredith musicians on a concert tour of Tuscany, Italy. Guest appearances have included Summerstock Productions at the University of Central Oklahoma, Lubbock Moonlight Broadway, Capitol Opera Raleigh, Durham Savoyards, the Triangle Youth Symphony, and numerous all-state and all-region orchestras. Equally at ease with music for the stage, Jim has conducted over 300 performances of more than 70 musicals and operas at the professional and college level.  Previous conducting affiliations include the Oklahoma Youth Symphony, Lubbock Youth Symphony, Texas Tech University, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony in Eureka Springs Arkansas, and the University of Central Oklahoma. A strong advocate of music education, he has conducted orchestras, choirs, and musicals for youth music camps in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and North Carolina.

He is currently the Director of Strings of the Next Generation Summer Music Camp in Joplin, Missouri.  He is a passionate proponent of the new music of younger composers and is known for innovative programming. Press reviews have referred to  performances as “bright, articulate, and beautifully balanced”, and “astonishing  precision and polish; a joy from start to finish.” He holds a doctorate in orchestral conducting from Texas Tech University.