{"id":1575,"date":"2022-02-08T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walsallsymphony.uk\/?page_id=1575"},"modified":"2022-03-04T09:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T09:52:48","slug":"leader","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walsallsymphony.uk\/?page_id=1575","title":{"rendered":"Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1575\" class=\"elementor elementor-1575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e911302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e911302\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b1e366\" data-id=\"8b1e366\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-080864d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"080864d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leader  -  Dawn Watson<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe1d5ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe1d5ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c519eb\" data-id=\"0c519eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f7284f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f7284f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc4220f\" data-id=\"fc4220f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0350f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a0350f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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In the same year, 1978, she joined the forerunner of our present orchestra, the Old Marian\u2019s Orchestra. She has remained a member of this orchestra throughout the years, through its transition to Walsall Symphony Orchestra with only 2 short breaks.<\/p><p>Dawn followed a nursing career after leaving school, training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, but she always dreamed of pursuing her passion for music.<\/p><p>In her late 30s Dawn returned to university to read music as a full-time student achieving a BA(Hons)Music 2:1 degree. She then taught as a peripatetic string teacher for Staffordshire Performing Arts for 5 years whilst also continuing her nursing on a part-time basis.<\/p><p>Over the years Dawn has played with several orchestras such as Lichfield Sinfonia, Halesowen Orchestra and more recently Solihull Symphony Orchestra and the Kimichi Orchestra with whom she travelled to, and played in Prague. She was also a member of the Classique String Quartet.<\/p><p>Dawn has enjoyed playing \u2018in the pit\u2019 for many shows over the years: Oliver, Jekyll and Hyde, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Annie, Sound of Music, Into the Woods to name but a few.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leader &#8211; Dawn Watson Dawn started playing violin at age 13 and was successful in winning a place in Staffordshire Youth Orchestra just 2 years later. 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