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Ann Swanson, Board Member

I grew up in the country of Colorado, played the cello in the Denver Businessman's Orchestra until college, received a B.S. at Colorado University and married Dave. We moved every two years with his career at Procter and Gamble, raising four children along the way. Cincinnati was the final move. I went back to school in Oxford, OH, Miami University, for a M.S. in botany. My interest was plant community ecology in the prairies and old-growth forests of Ohio and Kentucky, and also teaching. Retirement brought us to Maine where we had summer-vacationed for many years. I have rediscovered the love for my old childhood cello, studied for six years with Myles Jordan, play in the Mid-coast Symphony Orchestra, play in a piano trio and other amateur chamber groups, and have been active on the boards of the DaPonte String Quartet and the Damariscotta River Association. I love all sorts of music, I have a strong appreciation for the efforts and dedication of professional musicians in keeping alive new music and old musical traditions, and I consider music outreach and education most important, especially in today's world.