Omaha Symphony Music Director Thomas Wilkins shares a moment with Aretha
Franklin and Condoleezza Rice in a charity concert with the
Philadelphia Orchestra in July 2010./Photo courtesy of the Omaha
Symphony
The world is mourning the loss of the “Queen of Soul.”
Aretha Franklin is dead at age 76 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Music Director Thomas Wilkins with the Omaha Symphony had the
honor of working with Franklin prior to his arrival in the metro. He
has very fond memories of that experience.
Wilkins says, “The minute she walked onto the stage, everything in
her DNA as an artist and a performer came out and she had the crowd in
the palm of her hand within seconds. She gave 110%, and that really is
not cliché. She was just everything while on stage and it was all about
the music and all about giving that music to the audience. So, as an
artist for me, that was a great source of inspiration.”
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