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Prsented by Mr. Peduto
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                     WHEREAS, the arts community has lost one of its most brilliant members upon the tragic passing of musician Emily Norman Davidson, who died on November 2, 2003; and
 
                     WHEREAS, Emily Norman Davidson, an outstanding violinist and a founding member of internationally acclaimed Chatham Baroque, the successful, independent early music quartet headquartered in Pittsburgh, possessed a rare business acumen that matched her creative artistry; and 
 
WHEREAS, along with her loving parents, Liane and Robert Norman, and family and friends who adored her, Emily Norman Davidson is survived by her 9 year old daughter, Katie Rose Davidson; and
 
                     WHEREAS, in celebration of Emily Norman Davidson's life, the arts community of Pittsburgh has joined to offer Katie a lifetime pass to attend the arts events or classes to which her mother surely would have taken her had she been here with us; and 
 
                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Pittsburgh community mourns the loss of Emily Norman Davidson, yet is grateful for the strength and overwhelming support the arts community has shown for one of its own; and
 
                     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh acknowledges each and every one of the below-mentioned organizations, members of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance, that are dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to us, not only for their collective talent, but also for their collective love.
 
American Shorts Reading Series                     Artists Image Resource Center                     Arts Education Collaborative                     
ArtGardens Project                     Attack Theatre                     Black Sheep Puppet Festival                     
Bricolage                     Calliope                     Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh                     
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh                     Chatham Baroque                     Children's Festival Chorus                     
City Theatre                     Frick Art & Historical Center                     Gateway to the Arts                     
Kuntu Repertory Theatre                     Mary Miller Dance Co.                     Mattress Factory                     
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh                     Opera Theater of Pittsburgh                     Pitt Repertory Theatre/Shakespeare in the Schools                     
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts                     Pittsburgh CLO                     Pittsburgh Concert Chorale                     
Pittsburgh Concert Society                     Pittsburgh Cultural Trust                     Pittsburgh Dance Council                     
Pittsburgh Filmmakers                     Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre                     Pittsburgh Opera                     
Pittsburgh Playback Theatre                     Pittsburgh Playhouse/Playhouse Repertory Theatre                     Pittsburgh Public Theater                     
Pittsburgh Symphony                     Pittsburgh Youth Symphony                     Prime Stage                     
Quantum Theatre                     River City Brass Band                     Silver Eye Center for Photography                     
Society for Contemporary Craft                     Squonk Opera                     Steel Valley Arts Council                     
Stephen Foster Memorial                     Sweetwater Center for the Arts                     Three Rivers Arts Festival                     
University Gallery                     Xpressions Contemporary Dance                                          
Sponsored by Councilman William Peduto
Co-Sponsored by Councilwomen Barbara Burns and Twanda Carlisle and
Councilmen Gene Ricciardi, Tucker Scuilli, Sala Udin, Alan Hertzberg,
Jim Motznik and Len Bodack