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Shannon: A Concert Pianist and Symphony Conductor

by Carl H. Moore

131 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-1974; ISBN 1-4251-0217-4; US$13.99, C$16.09, EUR11.49, £8.04

Hang on to your dream; is there any music you cannot play? They must be paid by next Wednesday evening, you are good! Come with me Mother.

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"Hang on to your dream." An imperative to Shannon Krueger as she discovered how much she enjoyed conducting. To be a conductor of a symphonic orchestra became the goal which she pursued relentlessly reaching for the ultimate achievement of having her own orchestra.

Being a convert pianist came naturally and by the time she was a sophomore in high school she was recognized as one of the best. Piano became a "natural" and she found herself in demand playing for fun or accompanying a soloist with unusual accompanying skills. She was offered a scholarship to Juilliard School of Music without even applying.

Conducting and composing was her dream which she pursued for four years after graduating with a bachelors degree in music. North Texas State University and the American Symphonic Orchestra League gave her training and experience. No big orchestra offered her a job and she accepted a call to be Minister of Music at one of her favorite churches. After three years of fun and satisfying accomplilshments with the church, she was offered the position of conductor at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; she reached the fulfillment of her dream. IT came along with romance for which she had not had time for until Eddie came into her life. Their brief courtship and nontraditional wedding could make two storybooks of love and admiration. A boy and a girl made the family complete.

Did everything go Shannon's way?

No. She was blessed with talent and a personality that was fulfilling and blessed her as she hung on to her dream.

Tragedy marked Shannon's Middle School years as her Daddy was suddenly killed as the Thunderbird formation he loved to fly with crashed and all members of the crews were killed. She, her sister and mother brought their lives together giving Shannon the foundation which helped to make her the extraordinary woman she became.

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About the Author

Dr. Carl Moore (Ph.D in economics) grew up on a farm in Michigan during the Great Depression. Like most young men of his generation after living the trials of that difficult time he found himself facing the cataclysms of WW II. During the war, he served as a navigator on a B-26 bomber crew fighting over Europe.

A decorated veteran, he returned home to his sweetheart, Popsy, to be married. They reared three children, Cindy, who died in her youth, Henry and Susan. Retired from a career with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dr. Moore resides in San Antonio, Texas.

Other publications by Dr. Moore:

• Flying the B-26 Bomber over Europe, Tab Books, 1980
  
• Money its Origin, Development and Modern Use(with A.E. Russel)McFarland & Co. 1987.
  
• History of the Federal Reserve System, McFarland & Co.1999
  
• God*s Lighthouse on a Hill, the first fifty years of Trinity Baptist ChurchTrinity Baptist Church 1999
  
• Amy, a Novel about a Very Talented Young Lady, Moore-Sickmann, 2005.
  
• Betty, a Grieving Widow finds a New Career and a New Love, Trafford Publishing, 2006.

  
  

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