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In Reply to: RE: Yo-Yo Ma w/Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting the CSO @ Symphony Hall posted by docw on May 14, 2012 at 16:24:15
Cleveland also has a Japanese assistant concertmaster (Yoko Moore) and many other Asians (male and female), as well as non-Asian females and a few African-Americans.
It's a long way from when the orchestra was all-white, and Alice Chalifoux (Caucasian) was the only woman in the orchestra. There was no dressing woman for her, so she changed into her concert clothing in her harp trunk. After a concert, she put the harp back in the trunk and loaded it herself into her station wagon to drive home,
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Yoko has been there for a long long time, which is a testament to her skill! The new associate concertmaster must be very good, the Korean American player who replaced Ellen dePasquale.Ralph Curry also (African American), you know.
I lived there during Jahja Ling's tenure as resident conductor, and when Michael Stern was asst conductor.
Edits: 05/17/12
Yes, Ralph Curry is African-American--fine player...
The first African-American member of the orchestra was also a cellist, Like Mr. Curry: Donald White:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/02/donald_white_first_black_membe.html
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