In Wednesday’s (1/9) Augusta Chronicle (Georgia), Jeremy Craig writes, “For Mieko Di Sano, music has been a constant part of her life. She started piano lessons at the age of 4 while her family lived in Japan. The San Jose, Calif., native moved on to the trumpet, and then to the French horn, moving to the University of Michigan and finishing up her doctorate in Los Angeles. By the time she graduated, she discovered her real passion. Just like how a symphony comes together when musicians of various instruments blend into one force of sound, she found putting all the pieces together in managing musical endeavors to be incredibly rewarding. Di Sano is putting her skills to task in leading Sym¬phony Orchestra Augusta as its new executive director, putting the pieces of the musical experience together as the enterprise moves into new directions. … Integrating with the arts community in Augusta is a paramount task. Di Sano has been working with visual and other artists. Despite its distance from a major metropolitan area, Augusta is more cosmopolitan and cultured than some give it credit for, she said.”
Posted January 10, 2013
