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The Rev. Larry Flanagan will begin his tenure as music conductor of L’Abri Symphony Orchestra this fall, the orchestra’s board of directors announced.
The orchestra also agreed recently to be the resident orchestra of the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center.
Flanagan spent 47 years as a music minister in churches in Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia, including 30 years as minister of music at First Baptist Church of Dalton until his retirement in 2009.
Flanagan graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., with a degree in music education and continued his studies in the School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
He resides in Dalton with his wife, Linda. They have three children, Larry Jr., Troy and Bridgette Poag, and four grandchildren.
L’Abri is a faith-based orchestra that provides opportunities for area musicians to come together to play, learn and grow in musicianship, and to bring the orchestral experience to Dalton and Northwest Georgia.
The symphony is an entirely volunteer organization which crosses generations and skill levels. A core of professional musicians, many of them music teachers, guide and mentor the amateur and student members, who range in age from mid-teens to senior citizens. No fees are charged, so even those who are struggling financially can participate, learn and nurture their love of music.
Since 1992, the L’Abri Symphony Orchestra has grown from a 25-person string ensemble to a symphonic orchestra performing in the trade center.
The orchestra’s beginnings can be traced to the fall of 1992, when Gene and Betty Lindauere, founders, began teaching strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion and piano at the L’Abri Academy of Fine Arts in Dalton.
The L’Abri Academy of Fine Arts was organized by Ron McKinney and emphasized a Christian world and life view in the arts.
Gene Lindauere was an orchestra conductor and teacher from Maryland and had taught more than 6,000 students violin, viola and cello. The orchestra was under the direction of Lindauere until 2002 when Tracy Coats took the baton.
Under Coats’ direction the orchestra moved to the Colonnade, the theater and convention center in the Catoosa County Civic Center. During her tenure, the symphony grew and performed several concerts each year. The orchestra has now returned to its roots and has moved to the trade center.
Local News
July 22, 2012
Flanagan named conductor of L’Abri Symphony Orchestra
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