Autumn Rose Julie Giroux

[EN]Composed for Dr. Daniel P. Bolin in memory of his mother, Genell Bolin

Like everyone's mom, my mom was the world's greatest. She was born in 1919 and lived to be 95, dying on September 11, 2014.

She was born in the little town of Richardsville, KY. She was raised on a farm along with her brother and three sisters. My grandfather was the foreman for a very large farm that employed some 20 farmhands. By the age of ten mom was cooking meals for this group of hungry workers, a talent she had all her life.

Holiday dinners were always a feast at our house and we hosted all of the family that lived in Indianapolis. She would make enough for an army including every pie imaginable (her peach cobbler was to die for).

Mom was proud of the fact that she completed grade 10. In 1935, this would have been an unusual feat for a female in a rural farm town. Education was always important to her and she saw to it that this was instilled in her two boys. My brother became an engineer (rocket scientist for NASA), and I earned my doctorate and spent time as a high school band director, school administrator and chair of the School of Music at Butler University.

She was always involved in seeing to it that we had what we needed and did what it took to allow us to participate in school activities. She was involved in PTA and with the All-City Orchestra Parents Organization. She volunteered for the Heart Fund and was even invited to the Governor's Home to be honored for her work.

She moved to Indianapolis and worked in a dry cleaning plant. Her marriage to my father took her to New York City during World War II. That had to be a big change for a farm girl from a town of 100.

Her work included being a tax appraiser, working as a grocery clerk and she spent her last years running a bakery store where she got to know everything about all of her customers. She would talk to them at length and find out about them while she told them about her boys and her family.

Yes, she was quite a lady. Many miss her. I still think of her every day.

Dr. Daniel P Bolin
[DE]Komponiert für Dr. Daniel P. Bolin in Erinnerung an seine Mutter, Genell Bolin

Wie jedermanns Mutter war auch meine Mutter die Größte der Welt. Sie wurde 1919 geboren und wurde 95 Jahre alt. Sie starb am 11. September 2014.

Geboren wurde sie in der kleinen Stadt Richardsville, KY. Sie wuchs zusammen mit ihrem Bruder und ihren drei Schwestern auf einer Farm auf. Mein Großvater war der Vorarbeiter einer sehr großen Farm, die etwa 20 Landarbeiter beschäftigte. Bereits im Alter von zehn Jahren kochte Mutter für diese Gruppe hungriger Arbeiter, ein Talent, das sie ihr ganzes Leben lang besaß.

Feiertagsessen waren bei uns zu Hause immer ein Fest und wir luden die gesamte Familie ein, die in Indianapolis lebte. Sie kochte genug für eine ganze Armee, einschließlich aller erdenklichen Kuchen (ihr Pfirsichkuchen war zum Sterben gut).

Mama war stolz darauf, dass sie die 10. Klasse abgeschlossen hatte. Im Jahr 1935 wäre das für eine Frau in einer ländlichen Bauernstadt eine ungewöhnliche Leistung gewesen. Bildung war ihr immer wichtig, und sie sorgte dafür, dass dies auch ihren beiden Söhnen eingeimpft wurde. Mein Bruder wurde Ingenieur (Raketenwissenschaftler bei der NASA), und ich habe promoviert und einige Zeit als High-School-Bandleiter, Schulverwalter und Vorsitzender der School of Music an der Butler University verbracht.

Sie sorgte immer dafür, dass wir das bekamen, was wir brauchten, und tat, was nötig war, um uns die Teilnahme an schulischen Aktivitäten zu ermöglichen. Sie engagierte sich im Elternbeirat und in der Elternorganisation des All-City Orchestra. Sie engagierte sich ehrenamtlich für den Heart Fund und wurde sogar ins Governor's Home eingeladen, um für ihr Engagement geehrt zu werden.

Besetzungsliste / Instrumentation:

1 - Piccolo
4 - Flute 1
4 - Flute 2
1 - Oboe 1
1 - Oboe 2
4 - B? Clarinet 1
4 - B? Clarinet 2
4 - B? Clarinet 3
2 - B? Bass Clarinet
1 - B? Contrabass Clarinet
1 - E? Contra Alto Clarinet
1 - Bassoon 1
1 - Bassoon 2
1 - Contrabassoon
2 - E? Alto Saxophone 1
2 - E? Alto Saxophone 2
2 - B? Tenor Saxophone
1 - E? Baritone Saxophone
3 - B? Trumpet 1
3 - B? Trumpet 2
3 - B? Trumpet 3
2 - F Horn 1& 2
2 - F Horn 3 & 4
2 - Trombone 1
2 - Trombone 2
2 - Trombone 3
2 - Bass Trombone
2 - Euphonium B. C.
2 - Euphonium T. C.
4 - Tuba
1 - Double Bass
1 - Timpani
2 - Orchestra Bells, Chimes
1 - Vibraphone
1 - Bass Drum