This story was updated on Monday, March 17 at 10:44 a.m.
We continue our “City Lights” series on 50 years of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra broadcasts on WABE with longtime Principal Clarinetist Laura Ardan. She was with the ASO for four decades and served three music directors, including maestro Robert Shaw.
“When I think about Robert Spano, who I spent 21 years within the Atlanta Symphony, and he was always himself, that’s what I come away with,” said Ardan.
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