Full Text of HR0589 94th General Assembly
HR0589 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Carmon DeLeone celebrates his 20th season as Music | 3 |
| Director and Conductor of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra | 4 |
| at the Grand Opening Night Concert on November 5, 2005 at The | 5 |
| Center for Performing Arts, Governors State University; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra is the | 7 |
| largest performing arts organization in the Chicago Southland | 8 |
| providing professional orchestral music of beauty and | 9 |
| excellence to the region; it draws audiences from Chicago, | 10 |
| Indiana, and Michigan, and more than 68 south and southwest | 11 |
| suburbs; now in its 28th season, the Illinois Philharmonic | 12 |
| integrates artistry, repertoire, education, diversity, and | 13 |
| collaborations with its performances; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1995, Maestro DeLeone was named the Illinois | 15 |
| Music Director of the Year by the Illinois Council of | 16 |
| Orchestras; under his leadership, the Orchestra has expanded | 17 |
| the scope and content of its musical programming and was named | 18 |
| Illinois Orchestra of the Year in 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, He has also been Music Director of the Cincinnati | 20 |
| Ballet for 36 years, and this season also marks his 23rd year | 21 |
| as Music Director of the Middletown Symphony in Ohio; at New | 22 |
| York's Carnegie Hall, he has served as Conductor and Host of | 23 |
| the Family Concert Series and, in Europe, has conducted | 24 |
| frequent performances with the Luxembourg Philharmonic | 25 |
| Orchestra; and
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| WHEREAS, A talented composer, he has written many original | 27 |
| scores for the Ballet; his best known work, the full-length | 28 |
| ballet in two acts, Peter Pan, garnered rave reviews at its | 29 |
| opening and first revival in Cincinnati and equal praise when | 30 |
| it was presented by Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Iowa City, | 31 |
| and Anchorage; his other compositions for the Ballet include |
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| Frevo, Guernica, With Timbrel and Dance Praise His Name, and | 2 |
| Ruth Page's Billy Sunday, which was nationally televised in | 3 |
| 1983 with Johnny Bench as host; and
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| WHEREAS, He is frequently asked to guest conduct other | 5 |
| orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, | 6 |
| Puerto Rico, and Europe; he has been featured in performances | 7 |
| with orchestras in Dallas, Vancouver, New Orleans, and | 8 |
| Pittsburgh among others; in 1991, he made his European debut | 9 |
| with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned B.M., B.S., and M.M. degrees from the | 11 |
| Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music; he served at CCM as | 12 |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor of Opera and Music Theatre; during | 13 |
| this tenure, he conducted productions of Prince Igor, La | 14 |
| Cenerentola, Gianni Schicchi, The Crucible, La Callisto | 15 |
| (American Premiere), and The Secret Marriage; he has been | 16 |
| presented with the Conservatory's Distinguished Alumni Award; | 17 |
| at Indiana University, he conducted the world premiere and | 18 |
| nationally televised production of John Eaton's children's | 19 |
| opera, The Lion And Androcles; he is also a proud recipient of | 20 |
| Cincinnati's most prestigious Post-Corbett Award for | 21 |
| excellence in the arts; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate Maestro Carmon DeLeone on his 20th season as | 25 |
| Music Director and Conductor of the Illinois Philharmonic | 26 |
| Orchestra and wish him all the best in the future; and be it | 27 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to Maestro Carmon DeLeone as an expression of our | 30 |
| utmost admiration and esteem.
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