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Fairfax Symphony Presents Lifetime Award to Springfield Resident

Mickey Zimmerman is honored for more than 30 years of service with the orchestra.

Emile “Mickey” Zimmerman helped form the (FSO) in 1957.

He remembers playing at the group's first venue in Annandale High School, and he was the orchestra’s first Concertmaster when they acquired a permanent concert home at .

Zimmerman, who retired from the FSO in 1991, was recently presented the Dorothy Farnham Feuer Award, for his commitment of thirty-four years to the group.

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The award is named for the founder of the orchestra, also one of Zimmerman’s longtime friends.

Zimmerman plays clarinet and violin.  He studied arts at the Peabody Conservatory, and received a performing arts degree from Catholic University. 

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Throughout his time with the Fairfax Symphony, Zimmerman also played with the group’s string quartet and quintet. 

After his retirement from the FSO, Zimmerman performed at Greenspring Retirement Community with fellow Greenspring resident Dick Pledger, who served as his accompanist.  While he does not perform in that capacity anymore, residents can still hear Zimmerman  at the community’s chapel on Friday mornings. 

Zimmerman continues to support the FSO by organizing trips to their six Masterwork concerts with often over fifty other Greenspring resident FSO season ticket holders.

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