CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE TN) – The Gateway Chamber Orchestra hosted its Maestros Magical Moonlight Friday at the Franklin Room at F&M Bank. Summer Fuchs, interim executive director of GCO, said because of COVID-19 this was the first time the annual event had taken place since 2019.

“We do this to honor our donors, to thank them for their support of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, and to give us an opportunity to get together and celebrate the orchestra and all the wonderful things it does for the community,” Fuchs said.

Summer Fuchs speaking at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Guests at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Guests at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Ben Torres & Michael Chandler at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Michelle Dickerson & Dan Dickerson Guests at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Guests at the Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Guests at the Maestros Magical Moonlight for Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Maestros Magical Moonlight for Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
The Maestros Magical Moonlight for Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Michelle Dickerson & Louisa Cooke at the Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden & Sara Golden at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Frank Lott & John Peck at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Kris & Charlie Foust at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Gregory Wolynec speaking at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Guests at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Gregory Wolynec, Solie Fott, & Dee Boaz, at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)
Kris Foust speaking at Maestros Magical Moonlight for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 20, 2023. (Lee Erwin)

Close to 50 people attended the event, which included the presentation of the Dee Boaz Crescendo Award to Austin Peay State University Professor Emeritus Solie Fott, who spent more than 40 years at the university, 20 of those years as chair of the music department. Fott retired from APSU in 2000.

Fott received honors along with a plaque from Gregory Wolynec, GCO music director, and GCO supporter Dee Boaz.

For more about GCO and their upcoming season of performances, visit gatewaychamberorchestra.com.