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DEL.ICIO.USAzira Hill honored by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At the annual dinner meeting of the Atlanta Symphony board on Monday evening, Azira Hill was given a special honor.
She was elected to be a life director of the ASO, an honor that is only share by five other people.
Azira Hill, wife of retired Atlanta Life CEO Jesse Hill, was awarded that distinction because of all the work she has done to inspire the development of talent among young African-American and Latino students.
She helped establish the ASO’s Talent Development Program in 1993, which has prepared 81 students for study at music conservatories, colleges and universities by providing tuition-free instruction.
The Azira G. Hill Scholarship Fund, established in 1999 to honor Mrs. Hill, allows students to attend prestigious national summer music study program. It has become a model among orchestras around the country as a way to develop new talent, particularly in minority and ethnic communities.
“The award dinner was outstanding,” Jesse Hill told me Tuesday morning. The dinner was held at the new W Hotel Midtown at Colony Square. He openly was beaming with pride over the honor given to his wife of 53 years.
The annual dinner also witnessed the passing of the ASO chairmanship from Margaret Reiser of Boardwalk Consulting to Ben Johnson, longtime leader of Alston & Bird.
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