Eanes/Lowry -Beethoven

CSO Concertmaster, Edward Eanes

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Edward Eanes has served on the Kennesaw State University faculty since 1998. A South Carolina native, Eanes received a Ph.D. in Musicology from Louisiana State University, a MM. in Violin Performance from Florida State University and a B.Mus. in Performance from Furman University. Prior to his arrival at KSU, he taught at Louisiana State University, the University of New Orleans and Clayton College and State University.

Eanes' publications include Giuseppe Ferrata: Emigré Pianist and Composer (Scarecrow Press, 1999), numerous articles in the Grove Dictionary of Music Online and the International Journal of the Arts in Society, reviews for MLA NOTES and CD liner notes for the Centaur Label. He has also presented papers at the national conferences of the College Music Society, the Society for American Music, the Music Library Association, the National Association of Schools of Music and the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.

Eanes is currently the Concertmaster of both the Georgia Symphony Orchestra and Carroll Symphony Orchestra in Carrollton, GA. He is also a member of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans. His solo credits include concerts with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, the Carroll Symphony Orchestra, the Louisiana Sinfonietta, the Vermilion Chamber Orchestra, and the Furman University Orchestra. He is also a member of Atlanta By Six, a progressive chamber ensemble that performs in non-classical venues such as Eddie's Attic.

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CSO Conductor and Music Director, Terry Lowry

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Terry Lowry is the composer of over 200 works, including five piano concertos, three oratorios, two symphonies, numerous chamber works, song cycles and works for solo instrument, especially piano.  His iTunes podcast, “Tone Poem”, through which he often releases new compositions, has subscribers in over 100 countries.

 

As both pianist and conductor, Mr. Lowry maintains a very busy performing schedule.  A Steinway Artist, he has performed over 600 solo piano recitals throughout North America and Europe and he has appeared over 400 times on the podium in the United States, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Italy. He is the Conductor and Music Director of the Carroll Symphony Orchestra, the Carrollton Wind Ensemble, the Carroll Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Carroll County Community Chorus. He is also the Organist-Choirmaster at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Atlanta, and the pianist of the chamber ensemble Atlanta by Six and the Carrollton Jazz Orchestra.  He has released 17 albums, including his 2021 release of Beethoven's Hammerklavier.  He was selected by the Georgia Music Teachers Association as the 2019 Commissioned Composer of the Year.