European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Modern living making Beautiful wednesday May 11, 1977 the stars and stripes together for Joan and John Korman working together in symphony is a Beautiful Way to Fly Virginia Lee Waken new York times j Oan and John Korman have a thoroughly together marriage and As she says i can t imagine living any other Are with the St. Louis sym phony. Korman. 38 years old. Is associate concert master and his wife 32. Plays assistant principal Viola. They have three children and have been married 14 years. Working together is a Beautiful Way for a husband and wife to live mrs. Korman said. Added her husband it seems kind of empty to either of us when the other in t As a married couple working to Gether the koreans have a Surpris ing amount of company in in orchestra among its members Are an even dozen married couples. Whenever the St. Louis symphony comes to new York it performed recently in Carnegie Hall Many in the audience Are Likely to be impressed by the Large number of women 28 out of a total orches tra of 99. It obviously in t apparent How Ever that a dozen of the women s husbands Are playing in the same concert. No other major orchestra has near that number of couples. Buffalo is believed to be the closest with seven. Cleveland has four. Kan Francisco three and Philadelphia and los Angeles two each. While not All the St. Louis husband and wife teams speak As ecstatically As the koreans. Several others talk enthusiastically too. Take Roger and Louise Gross Heider. Both 46 and married is years. She had been with the orchestra three years when they got married. Her husband says he took a big Cut when he gave up free Lancing and teaching to join her. But it could t be said Grossheider who plays the trumpet. His wife a violinist said it s just fantastic. Our schedule is so heavy every weekend is filled up and there s never any wondering about what Well do. Pc re Busy making Beautiful music together All the then she laughed and said. I just could t be married to anyone in any other line of work and 1 can t imagine not having him in the t there any drawbacks Louise Grossheider s answer not even minor ones although it did Sadden us that when our daughter was Little we could t go to her school things like other she had her grandparents Gross Heider said. New Voth to a Jbv Ken Winn
