The performing arts community in the Yuba-Sutter area are mourning the passing of Joaquina Calvo Johnson, who died on August 11, 2012. She was the founder of the Yuba Sutter Master Chorale, among other performing organizations. I attended the April 29, 2012 joint concert of the YSMC and the Veridian Symphony, which she directed (review at this link). One can get a sense of her passion for the performing arts and her commitment to their stimulation in the Yuba-Sutter area from the introduction she wrote for the April 29 concert ("With Full Voice"). Click here to read her concert introduction. (Note there is a full professional biography for her on the second page.)
See also the 8/13/12 article on her passing from the online edition of the Appeal-Democrat at this link: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/johnson-118613-yuba-college.html.
-- Dick Frantzreb
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