Full Text of HR0431 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Carmon DeLeone on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as music director and conductor | 5 | | of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra after 25 years of | 6 | | dedicated service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Carmon DeLeone earned his bachelor of music, | 8 | | bachelor of science, and master of music degrees from the | 9 | | Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music; he has also served at | 10 | | the Conservatory as an adjunct assistant professor of opera and | 11 | | music theatre; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Under Carmon DeLeone's leadership, the Illinois | 13 | | Philharmonic Orchestra has expanded the scope and content of | 14 | | its musical programming; during his tenure, the IPO was named | 15 | | the 2010 "Professional Orchestra of the Year", an honor also | 16 | | awarded to the orchestra in 1992; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his work with the Illinois | 18 | | Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmon DeLeone has been music director | 19 | | of the Cincinnati Ballet for 42 years; during his 12-year | 20 | | tenure as Assistant, and later Resident Conductor of the | 21 | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, he served on the orchestra's | 22 | | staff with Music Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter |
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| 1 | | Susskind, and Erich Kunzel; he has served as music director of | 2 | | the Middletown Symphony in Ohio for 29 years; he has served as | 3 | | conductor and host of the "Family Concert" Series at New York's | 4 | | Carnegie Hall and has conducted frequent performances with the | 5 | | Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in Europe; he made his New | 6 | | York conducting debut with the Alvin Ailey American Dance | 7 | | Theater at New York's City Center; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Carmon DeLeone has composed many original scores | 9 | | for the ballet, most recently the work entitled Princess and | 10 | | the Pea; his best known work, the full-length ballet Peter Pan, | 11 | | is enjoying continued praise in major cities from coast to | 12 | | coast and abroad; he conducted the debut of Peter Pan in London | 13 | | during a 28-performance run with the Atlanta Ballet at the | 14 | | prestigious Royal Festival Hall; his list of ballet score | 15 | | creations also includes Frevo, Guernica, With Timbrel and Dance | 16 | | Praise His Name, and Ruth Page's Billy Sunday, which was | 17 | | nationally televised in 1983, featured in a WTTW-PBS | 18 | | documentary in 2007, and remounted by the IPO that same year; | 19 | | he most recently premiered Fanfare, Funk, and Fandango (An | 20 | | American Dance Set); and | 21 | | WHEREAS, As a pops conductor, Carmon DeLeone has performed | 22 | | in concert with many famous artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, | 23 | | Tony Bennett, George Burns, Jerry Lewis, and Bill Cosby; he has | 24 | | been a French horn soloist with orchestras throughout the |
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| 1 | | United States, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, playing | 2 | | both the classics and jazz; he hosted the very popular "Sunday | 3 | | Morning Music Hall" on Cincinnati Radio Station WRRM (98.5 FM) | 4 | | for 16 years; he has also been featured in concert broadcasts | 5 | | on Chicago's WFMT (98.7 FM); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Carmon DeLeone was named the "Illinois | 7 | | Music Director of the Year" by the Illinois Council of | 8 | | Orchestras; he is also the recipient of the Cincinnati College | 9 | | Conservatory of Music's Distinguished Alumni Award and the | 10 | | Post-Corbett Award for excellence in the arts; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Carmon DeLeone and his wife, Kathy, have played | 12 | | integral roles in the development of the south suburban region | 13 | | in the perspective of art and culture; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Despite his retirement, Carmon DeLeone will | 15 | | continue to serve the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra as | 16 | | director laureate; as director laureate, he will make | 17 | | occasional guest appearances at the annual Holiday Concert and | 18 | | direct the Young People's Concert series; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Carmon DeLeone on the occasion of his | 22 | | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Carmon DeLeone as a symbol of our esteem and | 4 | | respect.
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