Audience | Hollywood's Golden Age & Aretha: A Tribute | Louisville Orchestra | Jan-Feb 2023

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MESSAGE FROM THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA

Dear Friends,

We begin the new year of Pops at the LO with two great programs, very different from one another, though linked through wonderful music, great entertainment, and dazzling artistry.

The first is our tribute to film music, HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE, on January 28th. I know it is no surprise to any of you that my love of movie music runs deep, so much so that I’m pretty sure I could make a couple dozen programs of my favorite film scores and never repeat a tune, and we’d all recognize every melody!

For this concert, we feature the usual and exceptional star of our show, the Louisville Orchestra, in a wide variety of music from when modern film scoring began in the 1930s to the present day. Early masters such as Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Max Steiner loom large, with the brilliance of Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini following.

Of course, since it’s my program you know there will be something by my hero, John Williams, and once again, it’s true! Also, John Williams the arranger is represented in a piece near the end of the program called “Tribute to the Film Composer” which he wrote for the 2002 Academy Awards presentation. Let’s just say there are 23 worldfamous movie themes presented in 4 minutes. It’s a glorious romp!

There is more dazzling artistry on this program with pianist Michael Chertock returning to the LO. Mike has chosen several movie-inspired works for piano and orchestra that you will know well. He’s one of my favorite performers, and people, and I’m delighted he’s back!

The February Pops on the 25th is a tribute to the Queen of Soul, and one of music’s great icons, Aretha Franklin, as seen through the brilliant vocalist Capathia Jenkins! Capathia is adored by audiences wherever she goes, due to her enormous repertoire, her ability to sing in so many styles and with such energy and beauty. She’ll sing some of Aretha’s greatest hits, from “Respect” to “Chain of Fools” to “Think!” and many more and will bring her own vocal magic to it all.

Joining Capathia on stage will be award-winning vocalist and arranger Darryl Jovan Williams. With Darryl's help we will also be treated to some of the music of Aretha’s contemporaries, including James Brown and Otis Redding.

We’re going to have an electric and wonderful start to 2023 at the Pops with the Louisville Orchestra. As always, we are supremely grateful for your support and care for the LO, and we look forward to seeing you at the Whitney many times this season!

Bob Bernhart Principal POPS Conductor

CLASSICS SERIES

March 4 and 11

Festival of American Music

Journeys of Faith & The Literary Influence

April 1

Rach & Bartok

May 13

From Silence to Splendor

COFFEE SERIES

March 10

Festival of American Music

The Literary Influence

May 12

From Silence to Splendor

POPS SERIES

January 28

Hollywood’s

Golden Age

February 25

Aretha: A Tribute

March 18

Back to the 80’s

April 7

The Texas Tenors

FAMILY SERIES

January 22

Lights, Camera, Action!

March 26

Cultures Crossing

FILM CONCERT SERIES

April 21

Harry Potter in Concert

The Order of the Phoenix

TEDDY ABRAMS, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Named Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year, Teddy Abrams is the widely acclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. In his ninth season as Music Director, Abrams launches the Orchestra’s groundbreaking Creators Corps – a fully funded residency for three composers – and the Orchestra goes on tour across Kentucky in a first-ofits-kind multiyear funding commitment from the Kentucky State Legislature.

Abrams’s rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero with an all-star cast that included Rhiannon Giddens and Jubilant Sykes, as well as Jecorey “1200” Arthur, with whom he started the Louisville Orchestra Rap School. Abrams’s work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, PBS’ Articulate, and PBS NewsHour.

Highlights of the 2022-2023 season include guest conducting engagements with the Cincinnati, Kansas City, Utah, Colorado, and Pacific Symphonies, a return to conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and his debut with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck.

Abrams has been Music Director and Conductor of the Britt Festival Orchestra since 2013, where, in addition to an annual three-week festival of concerts, he has taken the orchestra across the region in the creation of new work –

including Michael Gordon’s Natural History, which was premiered on the edge of Crater Lake National Park in partnership with the National Parks Service, and was the subject of the PBS documentary Symphony for Nature; and Pulitzer Prize-winning-composer Caroline Shaw’s Brush, an experiential work written to be performed in Summer 2021 on the Jacksonville Woodlands Trail system.

Abrams recently collaborated with Jim James, vocalist and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, on the song cycle The Order of Nature, which they premiered with the Louisville Orchestra in 2018 and recorded on Decca Gold. They performed the work with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in 2019. In addition to The Order of Nature, Teddy and the Louisville Orchestra recorded All In in 2017 with vocalist Storm Large. Most recently, he released Space Variations, a collection of three new compositions for Universal Music Group’s 2022 World Sleep Day.

As a guest conductor, Abrams has worked with such distinguished ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Chicago, San Francisco, National, Houston, Pacific, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Colorado, Utah, and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Sarasota and Florida Orchestras. Internationally, he has worked with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Malaysian Philharmonic. He served as Assistant Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2012 to 2014. From 2008 to 2011, Abrams was the Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the New World Symphony.

PHOTO BY JON CHERRY

BOB BERNHARDT, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

Bob Bernhardt has been a beloved figure in the artistic fabric of our city for a long time. Starting in 1981 as Assistant Conductor, then as Associate Conductor at the LO, then as Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera, and now in his 25th season as Principal Pops Conductor, he continues to bring his unique combination of easy style, infectious enthusiasm, and wonderful musicianship to the city and orchestra he loves.

Bernhardt is concurrently in his eighth season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan, and Principal Pops Conductor and Music Director Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, where he previously spent 19 seasons as Music Director, and is now in his 30th year with the company.

Previously, he was Music Director and conductor of the Amarillo Symphony and the Tucson Symphony, and Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rochester Philharmonic.

In the past decade, Bob has made his conducting debut with the Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, New Jersey Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony and Santa Barbara Symphony, all of which were rewarded with return engagements.

He continues a 15-year relationship with the Edmonton Symphony, conducting

there several times each season, and as Festival Conductor for its Labor Day festival, Symphony Under the Sky. He made his debut with the Boston Pops in 1992 at the invitation of John Williams, and has been a frequent guest there ever since.

Recently, he returned to the podiums in St. Louis, Vail, Boston, Nashville, Detroit, Edmonton, Florida, Grand Rapids, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Santa Barbara, Portland (ME), Louisiana, and Rochester, and led performances by the Utah Symphony, Portland Symphony (OR), Calgary Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.

His professional opera career began with the Birmingham Civic Opera in 1979, two years before he joined the Louisville Orchestra. He worked with Kentucky Opera for 18 consecutive seasons, and with his own company in Chattanooga, also for 18 seasons, where he conducted dozens of fully staged productions in a genre he adores.

Born in Rochester, New York, he holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s School of Music where he studied with Daniel Lewis. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he was captain of the soccer team, and an Academic All-American baseball player. (While not all the research is in, Bernhardt believes he is the only conductor in the history of music to be invited to spring training with the Kansas City Royals. After four days, they suggested to him a life in music.)

His children, Alex and Charlotte, live in the Seattle area. He and his wife, Nora, live in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, 2022-2023

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

FIRST VIOLIN

Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster

Julia Noone, Associate

Concertmaster

Open, Assistant Concertmaster

Mrs. John H. Clay Chair

Katheryn S. Ohkubo

Stephen Taylor

Scott Staidle

Nancy Staidle

Heather Thomas

Patricia Fong-Edwards

SECOND VIOLIN

Natsuko Takashima, Interim Principal

LG&E-KU Foundation Chair

Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal

Christopher Robinson, Interim

Mary Catherine Klan Chair

Andrea Daigle

Cynthia Burton

Charles Brestel

James McFaddenTalbot

Judy Pease Wilson

Blaise Poth

VIOLA

Jack Griffin, Principal

Evan Vicic, Assistant Principal

Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Chair

Clara Markham

Mr.† and Mrs. Charles

W. Hebel Jr. Chair

Jennifer Shackleton

Jonathan Mueller

Virginia Kershner

Schneider Viola Chair, Endowed in Honor of Emilie Strong Smith by an Anonymous Donor

Meghan Casper

CELLO

Nicholas Finch, Principal

Jim and Marianne Welch Chair

Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal

Carole C. Birkhead

Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead

Cecilia Huerta-Lauf, Interim

Christina Hinton*

James B. Smith Chair

Endowed by Susannah S. Onwood

Allison Olsen

Lindy Tsai

Alan Ohkubo, Interim

BASS

Brian Thacker, Interim Principal

Vincent Luciano, Assistant Principal

Robert Docs

Karl Olsen

Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation

Michael Chmilewski

FLUTE

Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair

Jake Chabot Open

PICCOLO Open

Alvis R. Hambrick Chair

OBOE

Alexandr Vvedenskiy, Principal

Betty Arrasmith

Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra

Trevor Johnson*, Assistant Principal

Jennifer Potochnic ‡

ENGLISH HORN

Trevor Johnson*

Philip M. Lanier Chair

CLARINET

Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair

Robert Walker

Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle Jr. Chair

Ernest Gross

BASS CLARINET

Ernest Gross

BASSOON

Matthew Karr, Principal

Paul D. McDowell Chair

Francisco Joubert

Bernard

HORN

Jon Gustely, Principal

Edith S. & Barry Bingham Jr. Chair

Diana Wade Morgen

Gary † and Sue Russell Chair

Scott Leger, Assistant Principal/Third Horn

Stephen Causey

TRUMPET

Alexander Schwarz, Principal

Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra

Noah Dugan

James Recktenwald

TROMBONE

James Seymour, Interim Principal

Brett Shuster ‡

BASS TROMBONE

J. Bryan Heath

TUBA

Andrew Doub, Principal

TIMPANI

Open, Principal

Mr. and Mrs.† Warwick

Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair

Michael Launius ‡

PERCUSSION

John Pedroja, Principal

HARP

Rachel Miller, Interim Principal

* On leave

‡ Denotes Auxiliary Musician

† Deceased

Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

POPS SERIES SPONSOR

POPS SERIES

HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE

Saturday, January 28, 2023 • 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, conductor | Michael Chertock, piano

Alfred NEWMAN 20th Century Fox Fanfare

Erich KORNGOLD Captain Blood Overture

Max STEINER Theme from King Kong

Bernard HERRMANN (Ed. Palmer) Psycho: A Short Suite for String Orchestra

Miklós RÓZSA “Parade of the Charioteers” from Ben Hur

W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, “Elvira Madigan” II. Andante

Ernest GOLD (arr. Bennett)

Michael Chertock, piano

Exodus, An Orchestral Tone Poem

Michael Chertock, piano

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Miklós RÓZSA Spellbound Concerto

Michael Chertock, piano

Elmer BERNSTEIN Theme from To Kill a Mockingbird

Michael Chertock, piano

Bruce BROUGHTON Themes from Silverado

John WILLIAMS "A Prayer for Peace" from Munich

Henry MANCINI "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's

Henry MANCINI Theme from Peter Gunn

John WILLIAMS Tribute to the Film Composer

Concert Sponsor: Joseph and Winona Shiprek

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MICHAEL CHERTOCK, piano

Michael Chertock fashioned a successful career as a piano soloist, collaborating with conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Jack Everly, Robert Bernhardt, John Morris Russell, Thomas Wilkins, Carmon DeLeone, and the late Erich Kunzel. His many orchestral appearances include solo performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, l’Orchestre Symphonique du Montreal, the Toronto Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Altanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Naples

Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony, the Chattanooga Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra and the Dayton Philharmonic.

Chertock has recorded the John Alden Carpenter's Concertino for Piano and Orchestra with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Abbey Road Studio; the Roger Davis Piano Concerto in F, with the Sofia Philharmonic; and the Rhapsodies of Piano and Orchestra of William Perry with the RTE Orchestra of Dublin, Ireland.

Chertock made his debut at the age of 17, performing the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with Andrew Litton conducting. Chertock made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1999 with the

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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, performing Duke Ellington’s New World A’Comin’.

Chertock has toured Asia with the Boston Pops, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. His 2003 performance on the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Petrouchka with Paavo Järvi turned in rave reviews in Gramophone and American Record Guide. In 2005, Chertock performed Gershwin’s Concerto in F Major with Maestro Lockhart and the National Youth Orchestra of London. Later that year, Chertock performed the world premiere of Jeux Deux for hyperpiano and orchestra by Todd Machover, commissioned by the Boston Pops expressly for Mr. Chertock.

Claude Gingras of La Presse, Montreal, said of pianist Michael Chertock:

The Boston Globe, with guest critic Anthony Tommasini (currently chief music critic of the NY Times), called his playing “unmannered, zestful, and lovely.” The Cincinnati Enquirer has described Chertock's playing as “intelligent and disciplined... noble... finely finished...expressive and wellcontrolled.” The Salt Lake City Deseret News said “Chertock... is a musical performer with an immense technical command of the piano.”

“Chertock revealed himself as a first-rate pianist and an interpreter of noticeable interest through the freshness that he brought to these familiar scores.... (he) displayed the sensitivity of a Chopin interpreter.”

Chertock began conducting in 2001 when he stepped in for Maestro Carmon DeLeone in performances of Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Chertock is the conductor of the Blue Ash-Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, located in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, and he frequently composes and arranges music for the orchestra’s concerts. He has conducted the Columbus Symphony (Ohio) and the Cincinnati Symphony in performances of The Nutcracker. In 2015, 2016, and 2017, Chertock conducted the State Symphony Orchestra of Moscow and the Moscow Conservatory Orchestra in programs devoted to the music of George Gershwin.

He has garnered numerous awards at major competitions, among them the top prize in the 1989 Joanna Hodges

International Piano Competition (Brahms Division,) and the grand prize in the 1993 St. Charles International Piano Competition. He also shared the silver medal in the 1991 World Piano Competition of the American Music Scholarship Association. He received the Rildia B. O’Bryon Cliburn Scholarship in 1986.

In 1994, Chertock released his first CD on the Telarc label, a collection of his original arrangements of music from movies entitled Cinematic Piano. American Record Guide said “(Chertock) plays beautifully, and Telarc’s lush sonics bathe the listener in an intoxicating wash of piano sonorities.” Cincinnati Enquirer critic Janelle Gelfand called it “one of the most gorgeous discs of the summer”, citing his “elegant techniques... just the right poetic tone.” The recording has sold more than 30,000 units worldwide. Since then, he has recorded three more discs with Telarc: Palace of the Winds, Christmas at the Movies and Love at the Movies, which have been praised for their lush, original arrangements and exquisite technical facility.

Michael Chertock is the Artistic Director of Cincinnati’s Peanut Butter and Jam Series performing programs for young children ages 2 to 5. He also performs benefit concerts for Habitat for Humanity and Cincinnati Respite Care.

In 2004 Chertock joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, CollegeConservatory of Music, where he is currently chair of the Piano Department. Chertock makes his home in Mason, Ohio with his wife Maaike, son Joshua and daughters Maria and Janneke. Most Sundays you can find him playing piano and organ for services at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director

Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

Graham Parker, Chief Executive

ARETHA: A TRIBUTE

Saturday, February 25, 2023 • 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall

Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Capathia Jenkins, vocalist | Darryl Jovan Williams, vocalist

Calli Graver, DeShana Wooden, Nick Trawick, backup vocals

VARIOUS (arr. Tompkins)

Aretha Overture

Don COVAY (arr. Shoup) Chain of Fools Capathia Jenkins, vocals

BACHARACH/DAVID (arr. Waldin) I Say a Little Prayer Capathia Jenkins, vocals

HENDERSON/DeSYLVA/BROWN (arr. Rhodes)

Birth of the Blues Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

Stevie WONDER (arr. Mossman) Sir Duke

Marvin HAMLISCH (arr. Raine)

SCRIVEN/CONVERSE/TRADITIONAL (arr. Podd)

Jim WEBB (arr. Holcombe)

WARD/BATES (arr. Shoup)

Nobody Does it Better Capathia Jenkins, vocals

What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Climbing Higher Mountains Capathia Jenkins, vocals

MacArthur Park

America the Beautiful Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

Otis REDDING (arr. Holmes) Respect Capathia Jenkins, vocals

INTERMISSION

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VARIOUS (arr. Norris)

James BROWN (arr. Waldin)

Irving GORDON (arr. Holcombe)

A Salute to Ray Charles

I Got You (I Feel Good)

Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

Unforgettable

Capathia Jenkins & Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

KING/GOFFIN/WEXLER (arr. Bachalis) (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman

Capathia Jenkins, vocals

Sam COOKE A Change is Gonna Come

Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

Stevie WONDER (arr. Holman) Isn't She Lovely

WARREN/GORDON (arr. Shoup) At Last Capathia Jenkins, vocals

CAMPBELL/CONNLEY/WOODS (arr. Shoup) Try a Little Tenderness

Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

TRADITIONAL (arr. Podd) Amazing Grace

Capathia Jenkins & Darryl Jovan Williams, vocals

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CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocalist

The Brooklyn-born and raised singer / actor, Capathia Jenkins, most recently released her single “I Am Strong” and her critically acclaimed CD Phenomenal Woman: The Maya Angelou Songs with her collaborator Louis Rosen, sold out the world-famous Birdland Theatre in NYC for 3 nights. She starred as “Medda” in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of “Harriet Jackson.”

She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of “Turn Back, O Man” which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach / David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of “The Washing Machine” in Caroline, Or Change and “Frieda May” in Martin Short-Fame Becomes Me where she sang “Stop the Show” and brought the house down every night. In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with numerous orchestras around the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh

Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Cincinnati Pops (with John Morris Russell), Philly Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others. She was also a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic multiple times. Capathia had the great honor of performing in the ‘Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba’ concert as part of the Festival de Teatro de La Habana. She will be returning to Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops for Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound and also sang in a Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at the Library of Congress. Her television credits include 30 Rock, The Practice, Law & Order SVU, The Sopranos, and Law & Order. She can be seen in the film Musical Chairs directed by Susan Seidelman. Ms. Jenkins was also seen in The Wiz in a live performance on NBC. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2.

DARRYL JOVAN WILLIAMS, vocalist

is the Gold Medalist of the Americans Traditions

Savannah Onstage International Soloist Competition. It was this competition that earned Williams a Gold Medal, a Ten Thousand Dollar Grand Prize, and an offer to sing for the Yachting Event for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Darryl is a celebrated artist around the world. Darryl was invited to tour Eastern Europe as the Choir Director and guest

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soloist by the late Mr. Michael Brenner, one of Germany’s elite promoters, in the European Tour of Queen Esther Marrow and The Harlem Gospel Singers. His vocal prowess gained him rave reviews and won him the opportunity to perform for Pope (now Saint) John Paul II in Bologna, Italy.

Mr. Williams has toured extensively in the Broadway hit Smokey Joe’s Cafe with the legendary Gladys Knight and was a fixture at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Darryl has also created background vocals and sung background for artists such as Gladys Knight, Leslie Gore, Ann Nesby, Louis St. Louis, and Emmy Award winner Dave Pierce and most recently Michael Bublé. His performance and background vocals with Leslie Gore at Fienstein’s was lauded as one of the Top Ten Cabaret Shows in 2009.

A frequent soloist with symphony orchestras, Darryl’s recent and upcoming engagements include performances with Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, Allentown Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, among others. Darryl has recently been the co-music arranger and vocal arranger for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was also the vocal arranger for the much-anticipated hit Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, which won him rave reviews for his portrayal as Judas. Williams was recently a semifinalist at the world-famous Apollo Theatre. He was most recently seen as the lead in Passing Strange and in a one man show written for him by Broadway legend Mr. Timothy Graphenreed. He is presently touring the world in his own show, The Mind of a Tenor, which has toured on Cruise ships and most recently South Africa.

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2022-2023 BOARD of DIRECTORS

Mr. Andrew Fleischman Chair

Mr. Lee Kirkwood

Immediate Past Chair

Mrs. Carole Birkhead*

Mrs. Christina Brown

Mrs. Maggie Faurest

Mrs. Ritu Furlan

Mrs. Mariah Gratz

Mrs. Paula Harshaw

Mrs. Carol Hebel*

EXECUTIVE

Graham Parker

Chief Executive

Nathaniel Koch

Chief of Staff

Ms. Wendy Hyland

Mr. Brian Kane

Mr. Don Kohler, Jr.

Mrs. Karen Lawrence

Carol Barr Matton

Mr. Joseph Miller

Mr. Guy Montgomery

Mr. Khoa Nguyen

Dr. OJ Oleka

Dr. Teresa Reed

Mr. Jeff Roberts

Mr. Bruce Roth

Mrs. Denise Schiller

Mrs. Winona Shiprek*

Mr. Gary Sloboda

Mr. Dennis Stilger Jr.

Lindsay Vallandingham

Mrs. Susan Von Hoven

Mr. James S. Welch Jr.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

Mr. Robert H. Wimsatt

*denotes Life Member

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATION

CREATORS CORPS

Lisa Bielawa

Composer

TJ Cole

Composer

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Sarah Lempke O’Hare

Director of Education & Community Engagement

Jenny Baughman

Megan Giangarra Office Administrator & Patron Services Associate

Arricka Dunsford

Kentucky Tour Project Manager

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Adam Thomas

Interim Director of Artistic Operations

Jake Cunningham

Operations Manager

Adrienne Hinkebein

Director of Orchestra Personnel

Murphy Lamb

Production Assistant

Bill Polk

Stage Manager

Chris Skyles

Librarian

Tyler Taylor Composer

Jacob Gotlib

Creators Corps Program Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Holly Griffitt Neeld

Director of Development

Edward W. Schadt

Director of Leadership Giving

Zaq Andel

Special Events Manager

Jessica Burleson

Institutional Giving Manager

Jonathan Wysong

Development Manager

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Mallory Kramer

Director of Marketing

Nancy Brunson

Communications & Content Manager

Education & School

Programs Manager

Elizabeth Etienne

State Community Partnerships & Engagement Manager

Allison Cross

Local Community Partnerships & Engagement Manager

FINANCE

Tonya McSorley

Chief Financial Officer

Stacey Brown

Controller

Cheri Reinbold

Staff Accountant

PATRON SERVICES

Carla Givan Motes

Director of Patron Services

Shane Wood

Patron Systems Manager

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, INC.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Lindsay Vallandingham

President

Mona Sturgeon Newell

Immediate Past President

Helen Davis

VP Communications

Pam Brashear & Liz Rorke VP Education Co-Chairs

Jeanne James & Suzanne Spencer

VP Hospitality Co-Chairs

Marguerite Rowland

VP Membership

Michele Oberst

VP Ways & Means

Susan Smith

Recording Secretary

Sue Bench

Corresponding Secretary

Ann Decker Treasurer

Rita Bell

Parliamentarian

Carol Hebel, Winona Shiprek, & Anne Tipton

President's Appointments

ALO BOARD of DIRECTORS

Margie Harbst

Paula Harshaw

Sara Huggins

Jeanne James

John Malloy

Marcia Murphy

Nancy Naxera

Roycelea Scott

Mollie Smith

Carol Whayne

FOUNDER | $250,000

The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art

William M. Wood Foundation

SUSTAINER | $100,000+

VIRTUOSO | $50,000+

BENEFACTOR | $25,000+

Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation

Humana Foundation

League of American Orchestras

SUPPORTER| $10,000+

Anonymous Foundation

Atria Senior Living Group

Augusta Brown Holland

Philanthropic Foundation

Caesars Foundation of Floyd County

City of Windy Hills

Gheens Foundation

The Glenview Trust Company

Carol Barr Matton Charitable Foundation

Roth Family Foundation, Inc.

PATRON | $5,000+

Anonymous Foundation

Arthur K. Smith

Family Foundation

Bass Family Foundation

The Eye Care Institute and Butchertown Clinical Trials

MEMBER | $3,000+

University of Louisville

School of Music

Wimsatt Family Fund

General Dillman Rash Fund

The Malcolm B. Bird

Charitable Foundation

Woodrow M. and Florence G. Strickler Fund

Arthur H. Keeney Ophthalmic Fund

Habdank Foundation

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA CONTRIBUTORS

Annual gifts provide funding that is critical to the success of our mission to bring diverse programming and educational opportunities to our community. The Louisville Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors of record for the period of October 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (FOUNDER)

$250,000+

Christina L. Brown

Jim and Irene Karp

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (SUSTAINER)

$100,000 - $249,999

Anonymous (2)

Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson

Owsley Brown III

Brook and Pam Smith

William and Susan Yarmuth

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (VIRTUOSO)

$50,000 - $74,999

Anonymous

Betty Moss Gibbs

Frank and Paula Harshaw

Mrs. Edie Nixon

David Jones & Mary Gwen Wheeler

James and Marianne Welch

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (BENEFACTOR)

$25,000 - $49,999

Carol Hebel

Brian Kane

Warwick Dudley Musson

Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting

Winona and Joseph Shiprek

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (SUPPORTER)

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous (2)

Edith S. Bingham

Walter Clare

Linda Dabney

David † and Patricia Daulton

Andrew and Trish Fleischman

Elisabeth U. Foshee

Ritu Furlan

Louise and Jay Harris

Lee and Rosemary Kirkwood

Donald and Ann Kohler

Mary Kohler

Kenneth and Kathleen Loomis

Sheila G. Lynch

Carol Barr Matton

Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery

John and Patricia Moore

Thomas Noland † and Vivian Ruth Sawyer

Dr. Teresa Reed

Jeff and Paula Roberts

Bruce and Marcia Roth

Denise Schiller

Dennis Stilger Jr.

Lindy B. Street

Elizabeth Helm Voyles and James R. Voyles

Jane Feltus Welch

Mr. Tom Wimsett

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (PATRON)

$5,000 - $9,999

Steve and Gloria Bailey

Dr. and Mrs. David P Bell

Ms. Cary Brown and Dr. Steven E. Epstein

Elizabeth W. Davis

Susan Diamond

Nan Dobbs

Ms. Donna Emerson

Thelma Gault

Joseph Glerum

Matthew and Lena Hamel

Owen and Eleanor Hardy

Elizabeth and Mike Keyes

Patricia Buckner McHugh

Herbert and Barbra Melton

Dianne M. O'Regan

Tim and Shannon Peace

Marla Pinaire

Clifford Rompf

Ellen and Max Shapira

Gary and Amy Sloboda

Richard Stephan

Ann and Glenn Thomas

Ruth and Bryan Trautwein

Susan and Michael Von Hoven

Jeanne D. Vuturo

Dr. Joan and Robert Wimsatt

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY

(MEMBER)

$3,000 - $4,999

John and Theresa Bondurant

Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Burton

Thomas A. Conley III

Shirley Dumesnil

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Ellison Jr.

Mariah Gratz

Drs. Eugene & Lynn Grant March

Dr. Carmel Person

Norman and Sue Pfau

Steve Robinson

Russell and Theresa Saunders

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sireci

Susan and Raymond Smith

Robert and Silvana Steen

Dr. Gordon Strauss and Dr. Catherine N. Newton

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wardell

Maud C. Welch

Mary Ellen Wiederwohl and Joel Morris

Dale R. Woods

PRELUDE

$1,500 - $2,999

Teddy Abrams

Hon. and Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson

David B. Baughman

Dr. Stephen and Jeannie Bodney

Bethany Breetz and Rev. Ronald Loughry

John B. Corso

Marguerite Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Dues

Rev. John G. Eifler

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Fletcher

Randall L. and Virginia † I. Fox

David and Regina Fry

John R. Gregory

June Hampe

Kenneth and Judy Handmaker

Allison Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lamb

Margaret Lanier

John and Sharon Malloy

Joseph B. Miller

Lynn and Roy Meckler

Glynn Morgen

Mona and John Newell

Sharon Pfister

Fred and Claudia Pirman

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Popham

Eugenia and John Potter

Gordon and Patty Rademaker

Sharon Reel

Ms. Ann Reyolds

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III

Marianne Rowe

GSR Foundation

Rev. Edward W. Schadt

Alleine Schroyens

Dr. Anna Staudt

Mary C. Stites

Lindsay Vallandingham

Elizabeth B. Vaughan

Carolyn Marlowe Waddell

Stephen and Patricia Wheeler

Dr. & Mrs. Nathan Zimmerman

SONATA

$500 - $1,499

Anonymous (5)

Carlyn and Bill Altman

Cheryl Ambach

Dr. Fredrick W. Arensman

David and Madeleine Arnold

Boe and Judith Ayotte

Joseph and Linda Baker

Miriam Ballert

John and Mary Beth Banbury

Lynne A. Baur

Stephen and Sharon Berger

Janice Blythe

Cornelia Bonnie

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Boram

Charles C. Boyer

Samuel and Sue Bridge

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Broussard

Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Brown

Drs. Frank and Carolyn Burns

Michael and Nancy Chiara

Larry Sloan and Helen K. Cohen

George and Frances Coleman

Cynthia and David Collier

Jeff and Marjorie Conner

Mr. and Mrs. David Contarino

Robert Cox

Betsey Daniel

Robert and Ann Decker

Carol W. Dennes

Pat DeReamer & Cynthia DeReamer Rollins

Dr. John and Mrs. Dee Ann Derr

Judy Dickson

James and Etna Doyle

Deborah A. Dunn

Susan Ellison

Dan and Ellen Baker Finn

Carl † and Roberta Fischer

George and Mary Lee Fischer

Dr. Marjorie Fitzgerald

Nancy Fleischman

Leslie and Greg Fowler

Mr. Ed R. Garber

Mary Louise Gorman

John and Mary Greenebaum

Mary C. Hancock

Mrs. Martha Hardesty

Barbara B. Hardy

John D. Harryman

Dr. Mary Harty

Carl Helmich Jr.

Chris and Marcia Hermann

Mrs. Susan M. Hyland

Barbara Jarvis

Anne Joseph

Dean Karns

Warren Keller

Tamina and Edward Kim

Karl and Judy Kuiper

Dwight Kyle

Amy and Matthew Landon

Kate and Allan Latts

Portia Leatherman

Samuel and Stephanie Levine

Cantor David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger

Gretchen Mahaffey

Mrs. Sallie Manassah

Anne Maple

Mrs. Nancy Martin

Joan McCombs

Susan S. Means

Bob and Barbara Michael

Ms. Kellie L. Money

Biljana N. Monsky

Ronald and Debra Murphy

Dr. Naomi J. Oliphant

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Olliges Jr.

Miriam Ostroff

Sharon Pfister

Mr. Timothy Pifer

Ms. Margaret Plattner

Arthur Pratt

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pusateri

Carol Clow Pye

David Ray and Jean Peters

Douglas Rich

Embry Rucker and Joan MacLean

Marilyn Schorin

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Seale

Dr. and Mrs. Saleem Seyal

Ruth Simons

Mark Slafkes

Mr. Joseph Small

Mr. Sheryl G. Snyder and Mrs. Jessica Loving

Dr. Joern Soltau

Richard O. Spalding

Katherine Steiner

Dr. and Mrs. Temple B. Stites

Mary and John Tierney

Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Tipton

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Underwood

Linda and Chris Valentine

Dr. Manning G. Warren III

Matt and Kathy Watkins

Kendrick Wells III

Roger and Janie Whaley

John T. Whittenberg

Raleigh and Roberta Wilson

Michelle Winters

Jonathan and Stephi Wolff

Frank and Keitt Wood

Jeanne and Paul Zurkuhlen

DUET

$250 - $499

Anonymous (4)

Ms. Mary Beth Adams

Mrs. Mary Alexander-Conte

Bryce and Danielle Armstrong

Dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry

George Bailey

Dr. Crump W. Baker & Dr. Alta M. Burnett

John T. Ballantine

Donna Benjamin

Sara Blake and Kingsley Durant

Bill Bolte

Mr. Daryl Booth

George Borrmann

Mr. Jonathan Braden

Dennis and Joan Brennan

Doris Bridgeman

Mr. Barlow Brooks

Betty and Randolph Brown

Janet Campisano

Julia Carey

Will and Kathy Cary

Dr. Atif Chowghury

Judith K. Conn

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA CONTRIBUTORS

Chenault M. Conway

Virginia B. Cromer

Mr. Dale Curth

Mrs. Sandra Curtis

Ms. Doris Davis

Mr. Lee Davis

Mr. Brent Densford

Mr. John Dersch

Uwe and Kathy Eickmann

Traci and John Eikenberry

Dr. James Eisenmenger

Dr. Walter Feibes

Ms. Judy Fieldhouse

Mr. Bart Fisher

Mr. Geoffrey Fong

William and Ilona Franck

Leslie K. Friesen

Ms. Pamela Gadinsky

Ron Gallo

Ed Garber

Edmund R. Goerlitz

Ellen and Richard Goldwin

Mrs. Connie Goodman

Timothy and Natalie Healy

Lawrence A. Herzog

David Sickbert & Thomas Hurd

Ms. Vivien Jacoby

Dr. Surinder Kad

Dr. and Mrs. David Karp

Michasl Kemper & Annette Grisanti

Ms. Susan U. Kimbrough

James Krauss-Jackson

Stanley Krol

Dr. and Mrs. Forrest S. Kuhn

Lawrence Lambert

Mr. Fred Levein

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Levine

Karen M. Long

Michael Maloff

William Martinez

Ms. Eddie-Sue McDowell

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Morton

Carla and Barry Motes

William and Marilou Nash

Ms. Susan Neal

Ms. Martha C. Nichols

Susan Norris

Mr. David Nuermberger

Robert Paris

Kathleen Pellegrino

Dianna and Peter Pepe

Curtis Peters

Judith N. Petty

Doug Elstone and Russ Powell

Mitchell and Cindee Rapp

John and Katherine Robinson

Lynne Rodeheffer

David Rodger

Vicki Romanko

Isaac B. Rosenzweig

Bill and Judy Rudd

Barbara Sandford

Courtney and Brandon Schadt

Margaret Scharre

Susan G. Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer

Dr. Lyne Seldon

John and Barbara Sinai

Richard and Terri Smith

Donna M. Stewart

Lynda Stuart

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon

William F. and Barbara J. Thomas

Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Tillett Jr.

Mr. Warren Townsend

Anna Laura and Thomas Trimbur

Susan and David Vislisel

Patricia Walker

Sharon Welch

Crawford and Alice Wells

Ms. Carolyn Williams

Ms. Francis Wirth

Mr. Larry Wood

Grace Wooding

Mark Wourms

ROBERT S. WHITNEY SOCIETY

Members of The Robert S. Whitney Society are Individuals who have generously made estate plans for the Louisville Orchestra. For more information on ways to join the Whitney Society, please contact Edward W. Schadt, Director of Leadership Giving at 502.587.8681 or ESchadt@LouisvilleOrchestra.org.

Anonymous

Doris L. Anderson

Ms. Bethany A. Breetz and Rev. Ronald L. Loughry

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buhrow

Douglas Butler & Jamey Jarboe

Walter Clare

Mr. † and Mrs. Stanley L. Crump

Janet R. Dakan

Betty Moss Gibbs

Anita Ades Goldin

Louise and Jay Harris

Mr. † and Mrs. Charles W. Hebel, Jr.

Mr. Henry Heuser, Jr.

Dr. Carl E. Langenhop †

Mrs. Philip Lanier

Sheila G. Lynch

Mr. and Mrs. † Warwick

Dudley Musson

Dr. Naomi Oliphant

Susannah S. Onwood

Paul R. Paletti, Jr.

Sharon Pfister

Mr. † and Mrs. Gary M. Russell

Rev. Edward W. Schadt

Rev. Gordon A. and Carolyn Seiffertt

Dr. Peter Tanguay & Margaret Fife Tanguay

Bob Taylor and Linda Shapiro

Rose Mary Rommell Toebbe †

Elizabeth Unruh †

Kevin and Linda Wardell

Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wolf

† Denotes deceased

COURTESY

• As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please silence all mobile devices.

• The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers is 502.562.0128. Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location

• Binoculars are now for rent in the lobby for select performances. Rental is $5 per binocular. An ID must be left as a deposit.

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters.

• Latecomers will be seated at appropriate breaks in the program, as established by each performing group. Please be considerate of your fellow audience members during performances. Please remain seated after the performance until the lights are brought up.

• Children should be able to sit in a seat quietly throughout the performance.

• To properly enforce fire codes, everyone attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair accessible seating at The Kentucky Center is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights. Infrared hearing devices are available to provide hearing amplification for patrons with hearing disabilities in all spaces of The Kentucky Center and Brown Theatre, including meeting spaces.

Audio Description is available for selected performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

Caption Theater is available for selected performances as a service for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Please make reservations for services at the time you purchase your ticket through the Box Office to ensure the best seating location for the service requested. Call 502.566.5111 (V), 502.566.5140 (TTY) or email access@kentuckycenter.org for more information about the range of accessibility options we offer, or to receive this information in an alternate format.

BECOMEAMEMBER

Speed Members enjoy free admission, Members-only programming, discounts in the Museum store, and much more!

Photography: Josh Svoboda

THE HERITAGE CENTER

STOP BY A PLACE TO HAVE A HERITAGE EXPERIENCE

Since 2011, the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage has been a member of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet. As a quasi-state agency, the Heritage Center is dedicated to a statewide mission to preserve, promote, and advance the culture and heritage of African Americans in Kentucky and the legacy shared throughout the African Diaspora.

For over a decade, the He r itage Center’ s operation has been l o cated in the heart o f Louisville’s historic Russel l neighborh o od o n the f o rmer Louisville Street Railwa y Comple x known as the “ Trolley Barn,” b u ilt in 1876 . The impo s ing 68,000 sq. ft. camp u s p r ovide s multiple venues where ed u c a tion, en r ichment , and ente r t a inment happens.

Permanent exhibitions in the Brown-Forman Great Hall and other galleries across the Heritage Center campus include “A Salute to Muhammad Ali: A Life of Inspiration,” “Black Freedom Struggle in Kentucky,” “Brigadier General Charles Young: Soldier, Educator, Diplomat & Civil Rights Advocate,” “The Legends of Great African American Jockeys,” “Two Centuries of Black Louisville and “A Self-Guided Tour of Louisville’s Civil Rights History ” In addition to rotating and permanent exhibitions throughout the year, the Heritage Center produces, curates, and hosts educational, enrichment, and entertainment programs with performances of all types for children and adults alike.

EDUCATION

EXHIBITS, WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

ENRICHMENT

FAMILY FUN EVENTS, HOLIDAY FESTIVALS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES, PLAYS, CONCERTS AND SOCIAL EVENTS