Bill Text: NY J03238 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 3238 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Commending Kimberly Nethaway upon the occasion of her retirement after 25 years of distinguished service as Director of the Oneida Area Civic Chorale

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-07-22 - ADOPTED [J03238 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J03238-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 3238

BY: Senator GRIFFO

        COMMENDING  Kimberly Nethaway upon the occasion of
        her  retirement  after  25  years  of  distinguished
        service as Director of the Oneida Area Civic Chorale

  WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to pay tribute to
those  individuals  of creative and artistic significance whose inspired
talents and leadership have contributed to the  cultural  enrichment  of
our communities and our Nation; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
commend  Kimberly  Nethaway upon the occasion of her retirement after 25
years of distinguished service as Director  of  the  Oneida  Area  Civic
Chorale; and

  WHEREAS,  The  100-voice  community  chorus  was set to perform "The
Water is Wide" on May 17th, but the pandemic crisis washed that  concert
out,  which  was  to  have  been the last conducted by Director Kimberly
Nethaway of Rome, New York; and

  WHEREAS, Before becoming the  Director  of  the  Oneida  Area  Civic
Chorale (OACC) in 1995, Kimberly Nethaway filled many Chorale roles; she
joined  as  a singer when she began her career as a music teacher, first
at Holland Patent Central School, and  then  at  Vernon-Verona-Sherrill;
and

  WHEREAS,  Kimberly  Nethaway  quickly  became more involved in OACC,
serving as a substitute accompanist, and then resident accompanist; soon
she became  Associate  Director  to  OACC's  founding  Director,  Darryl
Wonderly; upon his retirement, 25 years ago, she was named Director; and

  WHEREAS,  Throughout  her tenure, Kimberly Nethaway directed over 75
full concerts and countless ensemble performances which included a  full
range  of  musical  genres,  special guests, and concert venues; concert
themes ran the gamut between serious classical works  and  light-hearted
musical comedy; and

  WHEREAS,  Always  a  proponent  of American music, Kimberly Nethaway
truly enjoyed teaching and conducting the works of  American  composers,
and  in  2003 began leading OACC ensembles on biennial European tours to
present concerts of American music;  these  nine  tours  encompassed  14
countries,  finishing in 2019 with five concerts in the South of France;
and

  WHEREAS, The OACC singers who took part in the tours joined Kimberly
Nethaway in cherishing the opportunity to travel, tour,  and  share  the
universal  language  of music as they connected with thousands of people
abroad; and

  WHEREAS, Kimberly Nethaway has  always  felt  her  primary  role  as
Director  has been to do her best to bring a composer's work to life and
to lead OACC singers in performing it to the very best of their ability;
and


  WHEREAS,  Under her direction, OACC commissioned and premiered works
by composers Alfred V. Fedak, Amy F. Bemon, and local composer and  OACC
friend  Samuel Pellman; in 2017, she arranged a collaboration with guest
conductor and composer Mark Hayes, in celebration of the Chorale's  50th
season; and

  WHEREAS,  Kimberly  Nethaway  looks  forward  to  traveling with her
husband, John, who is also retiring from the  group  as  a  singer,  and
spending more time with their children and grandchildren; and

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  sense of this Legislative Body that those who
enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown  a
long  and  sustained  commitment to excellence certainly have earned the
recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commend  Kimberly  Nethaway  upon the occasion of her retirement, and to
wish her well in all her future endeavors; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted to Kimberly Nethaway.