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VIOLINIST FROM 30AIn the spring of 2000,
Jackiw made his Europeandebut in London to greatcritical acclaim, playingMendelssohn’s Violin Con-certo in E Minor with thePhilharmonia Orchestraunder Benjamin Zander. InEurope, he has also per-formed with the OrchestrePhilharmonique de Stras-bourg and the BournemouthSymphony Orchestra.
In September 2002,Jackiw made his debut withthe Baltimore SymphonyOrchestra under MaestroYuri Temirkanov, followedby a tour of Japan with theBaltimore SymphonyOrchestra that featured hisTokyo debut at SuntoryHall. Also in the fall of 2002,he made debuts under Mae-stro Roberto Abbado withthe Boston SymphonyOrchestra, as well as withl’Orchestra del MaggioMusicale Florentino.
In April 2003, he madehis Chicago Symphonydebut, also conducted byMaestro Abbado. In Decem-ber 2003, Jackiw was invitedby Maestro Temirkanov toplay Barber’s Violin Concer-to as part of the Winter ArtsFestival in St. Petersburg,Russia.
Jackiw is an activerecitalist, having givennumerous performances inthe Boston area, includingthe WCRB-Copley PlazaSeries and the French Cul-tural Center. In the summerof 2001, Jackiw was invitedto the Schleswig-HolsteinMusic Festival, whereChristoph Eschenbach pre-sented him in a collabora-tive recital. He hasperformed on the RisingStars Series of the RaviniaFestival, and on the BostonCelebrity Series in recital atJordan Hall.
Born to physicist par-ents, Jackiw began playingthe violin at the age of 4. Inthe fall of 2003, Jackiwentered Harvard University.Concurrently he is enrolledin the Artist Diploma Pro-gram at the New EnglandConservatory of Music,where he is studying violinwith Donald Weilerstein.
His past teachers includeZinaida Gilels and MichèleAuclair. In 2002, Jackiw wasawarded the prestigiousAvery Fisher Career Grant.
For more informationabout this concert, call themusic department at (603)777-3453, or visitwww.exeter.edu.
BOAT FROM 28Athe lingo while learning allabout boat building of thepast and present and see thetypes of vessels built alongthe Merrimack River from1700-1900s.
The winter session runsFebruary 23-25 (registernow through February 18);
the spring session runsApril 20-22 (register nowthrough April 15). Space islimited to 12 participants.Cost is $100 per child, and$75 for NMS members. Toregister please call (978)462-8581 or visit www.themaritimesociety.org.
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In order to participate inthe program, a studentmust provide a copy oftheir report card for themost recent grading quarter(participation is limited toone time per quarter peruser). All "A"s will earn afree session pass; "A"s and"B"s or showing improve-ment over the prior gradingperiod will earn 50 percentoff a non-member sessionpass. Bring those reportcards in now, though —
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EXETER | Even whendriving from his home inPortsmouth to his job asassistant townadministrator inNeedham, MA,Russell Deanfound his minddrifting to con-cerns that facedcommunities inthe New Hamp-shire Seacoastregion.
“My thoughtswould always have to dowith what was going on backhome,” said Dean, a gradu-ate of Exeter High School’sClass of 1987 and Exeter’sbrand new town manager.
Dean has also held a posi-tion as assistant town man-ager for Reading, MA. Hisnew job was made public atthe deliberative session onSaturday morning.
Pretty soon Dean willbecome an Exeter resident,something he mused aboutbefore town residents andofficials on Saturday morn-ing.
“When you’re first com-ing into town for a job likethis, everyone asks ‘what areyou going to do abouttaxes,’” Dean said. “Well, thefirst thing I’m going to do isstart paying them.”
Asked why Dean wasselected for the position,Selectman Bob Eastmanresponded simply —becauseDean was the best candidate,he said.
“He’s a real great guy,”Eastman said. “He’s sharp,he’s on the ball. I’m verypleased with him.”
Dean was one of threefinal candidates for the posi-tion.
“It’s a great time to becoming to a town likeExeter,” he said. “There are alot of issues in this area that Ilook forward to workingon.”
Dean earned a Master’sdegree in public administra-tion at the University of NewHampshire. He also earned aBachelor’s degree in broad-casting from Arizona StateUniversity, where he held aminor in political science.
Dean, who has lived inboth Stratham and Exeter,said that he’s spent his pro-fessional life, “working up toa position just like this.”
New town manager has local roots“It’s a good match for me
personally and professional-ly,” he said during the inter-view process. “It’s one ofthose rare opportunities that
comes up once ina while.”
Among Dean’saccolades are hiswork as lead pro-ject manager onReading’s newJordan’s Furniturestore — a land-mark in theregion, housing aHome Depot,
trapeze lessons and giant-screen IMAX 3-D movie the-atre.
“It was a major project,”he said. “You don’t see thatkind of development on alandfill.”
Dean said that the majorissues he sees facing Exeterare the water treatment plantcontroversy, downtownparking and property taxes.
Selectman Joe Pace, whoserved as chairman of thetown manager search com-mittee, is pleased with theselection.
“We thought that Russhad certainly the experienceand ability,” he said. “He hasa good track record.”
Pace said that the selec-tion of Dean was not basedon the fact that he is home-
grown, though he said thatwould certainly speed up thelearning curve.
“It certainly doesn’t hurt,”he said. “I wouldn’t say itwas a deciding factor, but itwas certainly a nice post-script.”
Dean will replace Town
Manager George Olson, whohas held the top job for 18years. Both Eastman andPace said they hope Deanwill last a long time as well.
“You’re not going to get18 years every pop, but wehope he’ll be around a longtime,” Pace said.
Russell Dean
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