Guild
Dorothy Carras is President of the Guild for 2009-2011.
Each season the Rio Hondo Symphony Guild, the orchestra's major support group, hosts a Concert Preview on the Friday morning prior to each concert.
Music lovers gather at 10 a.m. at the First Friends Church of Whittier, 13205 Philidelphia Street. After light refreshments, an expert in the field of music offers fascinating facts and anecdotes about the composers and the concert offerings. Guests are always welcome.
Each year the guild provides financial assistance to the orchestra through its annual Garden Tour and other fundraisers. Last year it raised $13,500 for the orchestra's ADMISSION-FREE concerts.
Meet the Guild President - Dorothy Carras
Dorothy Carras, a psychologist, has been re-elected President of the Rio Hondo Symphony Guild for her second term. A graduate of Whittier College, Carras earned her master's degree in psychology at Cal State L.A. For more than 10 years she worked with Yoshio Nakamura in the Community Education Department at Rio Hondo College. In 1985 she founded the Foster Care Education Program there. Recently she served as Chair of the Whittier Social Services Commission for two years.
Children's Concerts
Escorting 2,400 4th and 5th graders in and out of the Vic Lopez Auditorium is no small undertaking and the Symphony Association couldn't do it without the help of the Guild Volunteers. Their reward? Just seeing all of those enthusiastic, awestruck kids enjoying their first concert is a pure delight.
Young Artists Competition (YAC)
Guild volunteers have the pleasure of meeting the 25 aspiring young musicians while checking them in and escorting them to the rehearsal rooms.
The guild helps the Symphony Association financially by raising funds for the winners of the YAC through its Miriam Goins Scholarship Fund. This year winners will receive $1,000. The Guild also pays for the competition judges.
Concert Ushers
Various community groups from throughout the area are invited to usher at the concerts. The Guild's Usher Chairman administers this activity.
Ushers in red shirts of sponsor Target at concert on September 28, 2008
Guild Bylaws Revision May 2009
The Guild Bylaws revisions were voted in at the General Meeting on May 1, 2009. A copy of the current Guild ByLaws may be downloaded below.
Please Join Us!
Membership in the Guild is $25. For more details please call (562) 861-7693 .