[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING KENNETH SCHERMERHORN

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, on Monday, April 18, 2005, Tennessee 
lost legendary Nashville Symphony Orchestra conductor, Maestro Kenneth 
Schermerhorn. For more than 2 decades as music director and principal 
conductor, he led the Nashville Symphony not only to national 
recognition but to international acclaim.
  With astounding talent, Schermerhorn was not simply a metronome 
leading musicians through a musical score; rather, he gave life to the 
music he so clearly loved. He enriched the lives of thousands of adults 
and children in middle Tennessee, and he brought the joy of music to 
communities around the globe. He truly was a dear friend to so many 
Tennesseans and an inspirational leader to those of us who served on 
the symphony board.
  It is with deep sorrow that I join music lovers in my State and in 
countries around the world to mourn the loss of our gifted friend. Our 
thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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