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October 7, 2021 – January 2, 2022 This exhibition examines the artwork that has shaped our collective imagination of the supernatural and paranormal and asks why America is haunted. Image: Agatha Wojciechowsky American (born Germany), 1896-1986 aw 0323, 1963 Watercolor on paper Courtesy of the Collection of Steven Day, New York, NY

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MESSAGE FROM LEE KIRKWOOD Dear Friends, Welcome to the “New Beginnings” Season at the Louisville Orchestra! It is truly a joy to write those words. This new season has been more than a year in the making, and we are excited to bring it to you. Being together again in the concert hall means so much to us all. On behalf of the board, administration, and musicians, I want to thank those who sustained the Louisville Orchestra throughout last season and continue to inspire our future. Those donors, who share an extraordinary belief in the power of music, have written an impressive chapter in the history of the LO. For that we are all grateful. We have made a significant investment of careful thought, time, and funds into the concert programming and into a slate of vital guest artists to bring you the best season we’ve ever presented. The balance between old and new, traditional and forward-facing, reflects not only the values of our Music Director Teddy Abrams, but the desires of audiences in Louisville – the best audience in the world! Here, as a place where boundaries to creativity and time do not exist, you will encounter both legendary works and future masterpieces in the hands of the talented performers on our stage. It is our sincere wish that this music and these concerts overcome limitations and open our hearts and minds to our very best selves. Enjoy! Sincerely,

Lee Kirkwood Chairman of The Board Louisville Orchestra

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T E D D Y A B R A M S , M U S I C D I R E C TO R An unusually versatile musician, Teddy Abrams is the widelyacclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. Now in his eighth season as Music Director, Teddy has fostered interdisciplinary collaborations with the Louisville Ballet and Speed Art Museum, and led Louisville’s cultural response to the pandemic with the Lift Up Lou initiative. Among other works, the 202122 season includes the world premieres of Teddy’s new piano concerto written for Yuja Wang and a concerto for timba band and orchestra composed by Grammyaward winner Dafnis Prieto. Teddy's rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero with an allstar cast that included Rhiannon Giddens and Jubilant Sykes, as well as Jecorey “1200” Arthur, with whom he started the Louisville Orchestra Rap School. Abrams’ work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, PBS’ Articulate, and the PBS NewsHour. Teddy 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 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 6

and performed this past summer on the Jacksonville Woodlands Trail system. Abrams 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. Teddy Abrams records on Universal Music Group’s Decca Gold Label. In addition to The Order of Nature, Teddy and the Louisville Orchestra recorded All In in 2017 with vocalist Storm Large. Teddy’s most recent recording was an original track, “Fourth Mode,” as part of UMG’s World Sleep Day. Highlights of Teddy’s 2021-22 season include engagements with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, and New World Symphony. He appears as a featured speaker at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival. As a guest conductor, Teddy has worked with such distinguished ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the San Francisco, National, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Colorado, Utah, and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Florida Orchestra. 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 2012-2014. From 2008 to 2011, Abrams was the Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the New World Symphony. An accomplished pianist and clarinetist, Abrams has appeared as a soloist with a

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B O B B E R N H A R D T, P R I N C I PA L P O P S C O N D U C TO R This season we celebrate the 40 seasons that Bob Bernhardt has been a constant presence with the Louisville Orchestra. 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 24th 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.

He has a continuing fourteen-year relationship with the Edmonton Symphony, conducting there several times each season, and as Festival Conductor for their 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.

Bernhardt is concurrently in his 6th 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 28th year with the company. He is also, since 2012, an Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.

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, where he conducted dozens of fully staged productions in a genre he adores.

Previously, he was Music Director and conductor of the Amarillo Symphony, 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.

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

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 an Academic All-American baseball player. (While not all the research is in, Bernhardt believes that 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 Seattle. He and his wife, Nora, live in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.

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THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, 2021-2022 Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

Gabriel Lefkowitz, Concertmaster Julia Noone, Assistant Concertmaster Katheryn S. Ohkubo Open, Mrs. John H. Clay Chair Stephen Taylor Scott Staidle Nancy Staidle Heather Thomas Patricia Fong-Edwards Open

SECOND VIOLIN

Open, Principal LG&E-KU Foundation Chair Kimberly Tichenor, Assistant Principal Maria Semes Andrea Daigle Charles Brestel James McFadden-Talbot Judy Pease Wilson Blaise Poth Cynthia Burton

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 & Marianne Welch Chair 8

Lillian Pettitt, Assistant Principal Carole C. Birkhead Chair, Endowed by Dr. Ben M. Birkhead Christina Hinton Allison Olsen Lindy Tsai Julia Preston

BASS

Open, Principal Patricia Docs Robert Docs Karl Olsen, Acting Assistant Principal Jarrett Fankhauser Chair, Endowed by the Paul Ogle Foundation Michael Chmilewski

FLUTE

Kathleen Karr, Principal Elaine Klein Chair Jake Chabot Philip M. Lanier Chair Donald Gottlieb

BASS CLARINET Ernest Gross

BASSOON

Matthew Karr, Principal Paul D. McDowell Chair Francisco Joubert Bernard

HORN

Jon Gustely, Principal Edith S. and Barry Bingham, Jr. Chair Stephen Causey Diana Wade Morgen Gary and Sue Russell Chair

TRUMPET

Alexander Schwarz, Principal Leon Rapier Chair, Endowed by the Musicians of the Louisville Orchestra Open James Recktenwald

TROMBONE

Donna Parkes, Principal* Brett Shuster, Interim Principal

PICCOLO

BASS TROMBONE

OBOE

TUBA

Donald Gottlieb Alexandr Vvedenskiy, Principal Betty Arrasmith Chair, Endowed by the Association of the Louisville Orchestra Trevor Johnson, Assistant Principal

ENGLISH HORN Trevor Johnson

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Andrea Levine, Principal Brown-Forman Corp. Chair Robert Walker Kate H. and Julian P. Van Winkle, Jr. Chair Ernest Gross A U D I E N C E

J. Bryan Heath

Andrew Doub, Principal

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James Rago, Principal Mr. and Mrs.† Warwick Dudley Musson Principal Timpani Chair

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John Pedroja, Principal

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Open, Principal * On leave † Denotes deceased

Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

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A CONCERT FOR UNITY Saturday, October 2, 2021 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Teddy Abrams, conductor Katie Peabody, vocals | Peter Searcy, vocals | Scott Smith, vocals Jecorey Arthur, vocals | Carly Johnson, vocals Valerie COLEMAN Ben SOLLEE & Scott SMITH* Will OLDHAM*

Umoja: Anthem for Unity (10 min.) Hands On Me (4.5 min). Scott Smith, vocals Thick Air (2.5 min). Katie Peabody, vocals

Joseph DUNN

The Schnitzelburg Waltz

Peter SEARCY*

Tearing Apart (3.5 min). Peater Searcy, vocals

Tyler TAYLOR

"...Do you really wanna know..." (4 min.) Inspired from text by Tytianna Wells’ “American Dream”

Carly JOHNSON*

Simultaneous Combustion (6 min). Carly Johnson, vocals

JECOREY ARTHUR* Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Mo(u)rning (3.5 min). Jecorey Arthur, Vocals Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”) (46 min.) I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo II. Allegro con grazia III. Allegro molto vivace IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso

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ONE-MINUTE NOTES Louisville native Valerie Coleman has written a splendid and inspiring ‘Anthem for Unity’ in Umoja. Originally for women’s chorus, this simple, appealing song has taken on a life of its own in her multiple instrumental versions. Most recently, Coleman expanded it from a short work to an impressive and powerful 10-minute orchestral tone poem. Its positive and uplifting message is one of kindness and humanity prevailing over injustice, racism, and other evils that face us in today’s world.

UMOJA: ANTHEM FOR UNITY VALERIE COLEMAN (B.1970) Imani Winds flutist and founder Valerie Coleman is a Louisville native who began her instrumental studies at age 11 and she took to music immediately. By age 14, she had won several performance competitions at the local and state levels. She had also composed three symphonies. Today, Coleman is equally well known as a composer, particularly for wind instruments. She moves comfortably between the worlds of jazz, classical music, and the popular vernacular. Umoja is an example of her cross-pollinated style, drawing on African-American culture, jazz call-and-response, and classical techniques.

Almost everything about Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony is valedictory, as if the composer knew his life was over. (He died eight days after the symphony’s premiere.) He opens and closes his symphony with elegiac tragedy. The first movement introduction and ensuing Allegro are versions of the same tune, while the finale is an extended slow movement. Even the graceful waltz (in 5/4 time) and a valiant march fail to mitigate the shadows of this magnificent work. It is a fitting, if sad, conclusion to a tormented life.

The title Umoja is both Swahili for ‘unity’ and the first of seven days in the African diaspora celebration of Kwanzaa. Coleman’s original version was for women’s choir, intended as a holiday sing-along using jazz-inspired call and response. She soon arranged it for Imani Winds; Umoja became a signature piece for the ensemble. She has since adapted Umoja for wind sextet, concert band, flute choir, and full orchestra. That most recent version, commissioned in 2019, marked the first time that the Philadelphia Orchestra performed a work by a living female African-American composer. In its orchestral guise, Coleman expanded her original 3-minute piece to an ambitious and powerful ten-minute canvas. She added an introductory segment on bowed vibraphone to pave the way for the initial melodic statement from the concertmaster. As the melody travels through the various sections of the orchestra, Coleman injects

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moments of dissonance that suggest the injustice and racism that challenge us in today’s world. The ultimate return of the original Umoja melody is a reminder of our inherent humanity and goodness. Umoja concludes with an inspiring call for unity. SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN B MINOR, OP.74 ("PATHÉTIQUE") PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Autobiographical confessional or philosophical meditation? In his thought-provoking 1991 biography, Tchaikovsky: The Quest for the Inner Man, Alexander Poznansky outlined two schools of thought concerning Tchaikovsky's sixth and last symphony. The first seeks to interpret the work in a narrow autobiographical sense, often reducing its meaning to an artistic expression of the homoerotic torment allegedly suffered by the composer. The other takes a reverse approach, often seeing in the symphony so broad a meditation on the issues of life and death that the entire notion of a "program" becomes meaningless. Poznansky subscribes to neither view, finding greater significance in Tchaikovsky's dedication of the "Pathétique" to his nephew Vladimir Davydov, known as “Bob.” Poznansky believes that the subject of the symphony is the composer's suppressed passion for the boy. To Bob he confided in a letter the tantalizing riddle that his new symphony with "such a program that will remain a mystery to everyone — let them guess." With the symphony, Tchaikovsky gave vent to an irresistible desire to retell in music the story of his life and his soul and to dedicate it to Bob so that his beloved 12

nephew might be able to share and appreciate all that he himself had gone through. Tchaikovsky composed the "Pathétique" in 1893, the final year of his life. He conducted the premiere of the symphony in St. Petersburg only eight days prior to his sudden death, reportedly from cholera. That circumstance added greatly to the renown of the "Pathétique" Symphony. Its immediate posthumous influence was magnified by Tchaikovsky's widespread popularity during his lifetime and by the scent of scandal surrounding rumors that his sudden death had been a suicide. Audiences and musicians have always loved this work. All the characteristics that we value most highly in his music are present in the "Pathétique": splendid, imaginative orchestration; drama; memorable, delicious themes; superb development, and sweeping emotive power. If Poznansky's theory is valid, we may think of this work as an analogue to Richard Strauss's massive autobiographical tone poem, Ein Heldenleben. Emotionally the Sixth Symphony is taut throughout. Some relief is provided by the second movement Valse, but its deceptive 5/4 meter disturbs the balance even here. (The unusual meter is a distinctly Russian touch; 5/4 time is fairly common in Russian folk music.) The third movement merges scherzo with march. Tchaikovsky's elfin opening has little chance against the forceful militance of the secondary idea. In French, pathétique means touching the emotions, full of pathos, rather than the "pathetic" of the direct English cognate. Tchaikovsky’s heart-rending Adagio is the sound of a tortured soul. From its opening, anguished string chorale, we hear a composer who is inconsolable, mired in sorrow and despair. In the final analysis, the "Pathétique" is a deeply moving work, reaching a level of tragedy in its slow finale that places it among the most profound musical utterances.

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Teddy Abrams, Music Director Bob Bernhardt, Principal Pops Conductor

POPS SERIES

PROHIBITION Saturday, October 23, 2021 • 8PM The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall Bob Bernhardt, conductor | Myra Maud, vocals | Bronson Norris Murphy, vocals Madison Claire Parks, vocals | Eric Metzgar, drum set a Schirmer Theatrical/Greenberg Artists co-production Arrangements by Jeff Tyzik Raymond SCOTT Jack GOLDEN, lyrics Ted Koehler/Eddie Pola Gilbert WOLFE/Harry WARREN, lyrics Al Dubin Irving BERLIN Vincent YOUMANS, lyrics Leo Robin/Clifford Grey Edward Elzear "Zez" CONFREY Louis GUGLIELMI/Edith PIAF Andre HORNEZ/Paul MISRAKI CHARLES/BADET/OREFICHE Raymond SCOTT Frederick HOLLANDER Kurt WEILL, lyrics Bertolt Brecht Kurt WEILL, lyrics Bertolt Brecht Sholom SECUNDA, lyrics Jacob Jacobs English version by Saul Chaplin & Sammy Cahn Jelly Roll MORTON Harry REVEL/Mack GORDON W.C. HANDY Ben BERNIE/Maceo PINKARD lyrics by Kenneth Caset Raymond SCOTT Jay GORNEY/lyrics by Yip Harburg Harry WARREN/lyrics by Al Dubin Fabian ANDRE/Wilbur SCHWANDT lyrics Gus Kahn James CAMPBELL/ Reginald CONNELLY/Harry M. WOODS Jimmy McHUGH lyrics Dorothy Fields John HART/Tom BLIGHT Irving BERLIN

Powerhouse My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes Put A Tax On Love What'll I Do? Hallelujah! Dizzy Fingers La Vie En Rose De Temps En Temps La Conga Blicoti Twilight in Turkey Jonny Alabama Song from The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera Bei Mir Bist Du Schön

Black Bottom Stomp Doin' The Uptown Lowdown St. Louis Blues Sweet Georgia Brown At An Arabian House Party Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? We're In The Money Dream a Little Dream of Me Midnight, The Stars and You On The Sunny Side of the Street Shout for Happiness Puttin' On The Ritz

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This concert is IN MEMORY OF CHARLES W. HEBEL, Jr. by his loving family. Please turn off all electronic devices before the concert begins. The use of cameras and recording devices is strictly prohibited. A U D I E N C E

SEASON PREVIEW Mark your calendar for these upcoming concerts. For a complete listing of events, please visit louisvilleorchestra.org.

November 20, 2021 CLASSICS SERIES:

November 27, 2021 FAMILY SERIES:

Edwin Outwater, guest conductor

January 8, 2022

SCHUMANN & BRAHMS Jorge Federico Osorio, piano Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2 Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Witold Lutoslawski: Little Suite Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn Master of the keyboard, Osorio is admired and loved the world over.Our talented guest conductor leads a romantic program that carries both delights and opportunities for sheer transcendence.

November 27, 2021

HOLIDAY POPS Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Listen for the sleigh bells and gather for favorite Christmas music. How sweet it will be to bring family together for this traditional musical treat.

JINGLE BELL CONCERT

CLASSIC SERIES (COFFEE SERIES JAN. 7):

YUJA WANG PREMIERES ABRAMS CONCERTO Teddy Abrams, conductor Yuja Wang, piano Teddy Abrams: Piano Concerto (world premiere) Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 The “must-see” concert of the season. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang offers the world premiere of a concerto written by Teddy Abrams. Paired with the gorgeous second symphony of Sergei Rachmaninoff, this will be an unforgettable event.

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January 15, 2022 POPS SERIES:

IRRESISTIBLE JOHN WILLIAMS Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Celebrate the 40th Season of the irrepressible Bob Bernhardt with the irresistible music of John Williams. Bob selects his favorite music of his favorite composer to share.

January 23, 2021 FAMILY SERIES:

PETER & THE WOLF January 29, 2022 CLASSICS SERIES (COFFEE SERIES JAN. 28):

PINES OF ROME Rei Hotoda, guest conductor

Lili Boulanger: Of a Spring Morning Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome This brilliant program is under the direction of Ms. Hotoda, hailed by the Spokesman-Review as being an “inexhaustible dynamo” on the podium.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY MYRA MAUD Myra Maud’s intriguing personality and captivating artistry are as diverse as her origins. Living between New York City and Hamburg (Germany), born and reared in Paris, with roots in Madagascar and Martinique, she’s a true citizen of the world. The singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer has been influenced by jazz as well as traditional Creole and Latin music. In addition to the abundant musicality in her home, Ms. Maud received in her early years, dance training and studied piano and saxophone at the conservatory in Paris. After several shows in Disneyland Paris, she traveled the world as a soloist with the Claude Bolling Jazz Big Band and sang for the Orchestre National Symphonique de France. Throughout the years Myra has shared stages with superstars such as Mireille Matthieu, Johnny Hallyday, Céline Dion and Enrique Iglesias. She starred as the great Josephine Baker in the French movie Ballade De Printemps with Michel Serrrault and left Paris for Hamburg where she toured as Nala in The Lion King in Germany. In addition to her success as a performer Ms. Maud is a highly sought after musical and vocal coach and workshop facilitator. She has led team building workshops for large multi-national corporations and smaller companies. In addition, she regularly donates and invests her time by singing in hospitals and prisons.

In 2010 Ms. Maud received a platinum record for the album Afri-Frans in South Africa, a project that presents traditional South African Folks songs in French. Since Myra’s breathtaking performance for the opening celebration of the Women’s Soccer World Cup 2011 in Frankfurt, her international popularity has grown. In 2014, she released her first jazz album titled Salt – La Solution, a project in collaboration with producer Lutz Krajenski. Most recently, Ms. Maud starred in a series of tribute performances honoring the life and legacy of Whitney Houston with the Leipzig Philharmonic Orchestra. BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY Kentucky native Bronson Norris Murphy, 2010 summa cum laude graduate of New York University's program in Vocal Performance and 2008 summa cum laude graduate of Western Kentucky University’s program in Music Education, is an active performer on Broadway, off-Broadway, regional and concert stages. After finishing his Master’s degree in 2010, Mr. Murphy toured the United States and Canada to critical acclaim in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Cats. In 2014, Murphy made his Broadway debut in The Phantom of the Opera and has performed ten roles in that production to date. He is, perhaps, best known to American audiences for premiering the role of the Phantom in the first North American production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies:

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The Phantom Returns that toured the United States in the 2017-18 season. Mr. Murphy has a continued legacy with the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber including the world premiere of Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Evita with New York City Center. As a concert artist, Mr. Murphy’s performances have included I Am Harvey Milk at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall with Kristin Chenoweth, Andrew Lippa and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Music Man: In Concert with Orchestra Kentucky, the world premiere of Prohibition with the Rochester Philharmonic, West Side Story: In Concert with Norwalk Symphony, Music City Christmas with The Nashville Symphony as well as evenings with Springfield Symphony, The Fort Worth Symphony, The Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, The Augusta Symphony and The Florida Orchestra. MADISON CLAIRE PARKS Madison Claire Parks is a musical theatre actress and singer most well-known for starring as Luisa in The Fantasticks CKS Off-Broadway at the Jerry Orbach Theatre in New York, for over 400 performances. Ms. Parks most 16

recently completed her run as Lilli Vanessi / Kate in Kiss Me Kate with The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Prior to that Ms. Parks starred as Portia in the West Coast regional premiere of Something Rotten! with Musical Theatre West directed by Josh Grisetti. Ms. Parks has gained critical acclaim across the country as one of the top up-andcoming classical leading ladies, having starred as Laurey Williams in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! with North Shore Music Theatre and Musical Theatre West, Nellie Forbush in Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, opposite Broadway's Ben Davis as Emile de Becque, with Rubicon Theatre Company and The Harrisburg Symphony, and Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls with both Musical Theatre West and Theatre Under The Stars. Ms. Parks also starred OffBroadway as Katherine Talbot in Lerner and Loewe's rarely done musical: The Day Before Spring with The York Theatre Company; the first time the complete piece was done in New York since its original run on Broadway in 1943. Ms. Parks, being one of the leading sopranos in concert work, is a frequent guest soloist with numerous orchestras and symphonies across the country from the Rochester Philharmonic to The Florida Orchestra, to The Grant Park Orchestra and Music Festival in Chicago, and many more.

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Breakdown and Discussion of Symphony in C Major, D. 944 (“The Great”)

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Symphony in C Major, D. 944 (“The Great”) (48 min.) I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo – Piú moto II. Andante con moto III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace; Trio IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

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SCHUBERT: SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR This symphony inspired Schumann’s famous phrase “heavenly length.” Schubert sought to emulate the size and scope of Beethoven’s largest symphonies. The trombones play in every movement, contributing grandeur and gravitas.

SYMPHONY IN C MAJOR, D. 944 ("THE GREAT") FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT (1797-1828) From the standpoint of orchestration, rich thematic material, and sheer majesty, the "Great" C major is the undisputed pinnacle of Schubert’s symphonic maturity. Maurice J.E. Brown, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, calls it "his greatest masterpiece." Music writer Harold Truscott considers the C major Symphony "a summing up of Schubert's instrumental thinking from 1811 onwards." Schubert himself thought the work represented his striving for the highest art. Ironically, he never heard the symphony performed. Schubert began work on it in 1825. Despite travels to Steyr, Linz, Salzburg, and Gastein, he still found time to work on the symphony. After he presented the manuscript to Vienna's Gesellschaft der Musikifreunde [Society of the Friends of Music] in 1826, 18

he was rewarded by a stipend "in recognition of his achievements and for further encouragement." In 1827, Schubert had the manuscript copied for the Gesellschaft, still seeking a performance. The Vienna Philharmonic rejected the work, deeming it overly long and too demanding for the players. Even after Schubert's death in 1828, his brother Ferdinand was unsuccessful in his attempts to sell the score to a publisher. POSTHUMOUS DISCOVERY That changed when Robert Schumann called on Ferdinand Schubert during the winter of 1838-1839. Schumann examined the score and was awed by its genius. The discovery prompted his famous letter to Felix Mendelssohn that has given musical posterity the phrase "heavenly length." (Schumann was describing Schubert's inexpressibly lovely Andante.) Mendelssohn conducted the premiere of the symphony with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra on 21 March, 1839. Even with extensive cuts, it still created a sensation. Publication followed in 1840, and the "Great" C major has been standard symphonic repertoire ever since.

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HAYDN AND MOZART? OR BEETHOVEN? SCHUBERT’S ROLE MODELS We do not know for certain whether Schubert ever heard Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He may have been present at its historic premiere in May 1824. Beethoven’s final symphony was certainly a model for the younger Viennese composer. Indeed, Beethoven had wrought a powerful influence on Schubert as early as his Fourth Symphony (“Tragic,” in C minor, D.417), composed in 1816. In his earliest symphonies, Schubert relied more heavily on Haydn and Mozart for his inspiration and formal guidelines. After the Fourth, he evidenced a freer approach to the symphony, exercising more personal discretion in areas like modulations, formal structure, and

proportion, all of which we have come to associate with the romantic (as opposed to classical) symphony. These factors reach their apogee in Schubert’s Ninth. It is the strongest symphonic link in the continuum from Beethoven to Brahms, Bruckner, and Mahler.

"Schubert himself thought the work represented his striving for the highest art. Ironically, he never heard the symphony performed."

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LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA 2021-22 BOARD of DIRECTORS Mr. Lee Kirkwood Chair Mr. Andrew Fleischman Chair-Elect Mr. James S. Welch, Jr. Immediate Past Chair Mrs. Carole Birkhead* Mrs. Christina Brown Mrs. Ritu Furlan Mrs. Mariah Gratz Mrs. Paula Harshaw Mrs. Carol Hebel* Mrs. Michelle Hawk Heit Ms. Wendy Hyland Mr. Scott Justice

Mr. Brian Kane Mrs. Beth Keyes Mr. Don Kohler, Jr. Mrs. Karen Lawrence Mrs. Carol Barr Matton Mr. Joseph Miller Mr. Guy Montgomery Mrs. Mona Newell Mr. Khoa Nguyen Dr. OJ Oleka Mr. Timothy L. Peace Dr. Teresa Reed Mr. Jeff Roberts Mr. Bruce Roth Mr. Michael D. Rudd Mr. Kenneth Sales Mrs. Denise Schiller

Mrs. Winona Shiprek* Mr. Gary Sloboda Ms. Min Son Mr. Dennis Stilger, Jr Mr. William Summers V Mrs. Susan Von Hoven Mrs. Mary Ellen Wiederwohl Mr. Robert H. Wimsatt *denotes Life Member

LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE

[Open] Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel Koch Executive Administrator Megan Giangarra Patron Services Associate

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Matthew Feldman Director of Artistic Operations Jake Cunningham Operations Manager Adrienne Hinkebein Orchestra Personnel Manager Bill Polk Stage Manager Chris Skyles Librarian

DEVELOPMENT

Bert Griffin Chief Development Officer Erynn McInnis Grant Writer Edward W. Schadt Director of Leadership Giving Jonathan Wysong Development Manager

FINANCE

Tonya McSorley Chief Financial Officer CaSandra Zabenco Controller Cheri Reinbold Staff Accountant Angela Pike Receptionist

Adam Thomas Artistic Coordinator and Assistant to the Music Director

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

Sarah Lempke O’Hare Director of Education and Community Engagement Jennifer Baughman Education and Community Engagement Coordinator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Michelle Winters Director of Marketing Stephen Koller Graphic Designer

PATRON SERVICES

Carla Givan Motes Director of Patron Services Shane Wood Patron Systems Manager

ASSOCIATION OF THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, INC . EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Mona Sturgeon Newell President Lindsay Vallandingham President-Elect Mary Anne Arnold & Amy Sloboda VP Communications Co-Chairs Pam Brashear & Liz Rorke VP Education Co-Chairs Markie Baxter, Ruth Scully & Suzanne Spencer VP Hospitality Co-Chairs Marguerite Rowland VP Membership 20

Michele Oberst VP Ways and Means Carolyn Marlowe Recording Secretary Sue Bench Corresponding Secretary Ann Decker Treasurer Rita Bell Parliamentarian Carol Hebel, Winona Shiprek, & Anne Tipton President's Appointments A U D I E N C E

ALO BOARD of DIRECTORS Randi Austin Helen Davis Janet Falk Margie Harbst Paula Harshaw Sara Huggins Jeanne James John Malloy Marcia Murphy Nancy Naxera Roycelea Scott Mollie Smith Susan Smith Harriet Treitz Carol Whayne Suzanne Whayne

THE CONDUCTORS SOCIETY CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION MEMBERS FOUNDER| $250,000+ Owsley Brown II Family Foundation William M. Wood Foundation

SUSTAINER | $100,000 - $249,000 Crankstart Foundation Harshaw Family Foundation Jasteka Foundation

VIRTUOSO | $50,000 - $99,999

Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art

BENEFACTOR | $25,000 - $49,999

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Augusta Brown Holland Philanthropic Foundation Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation

SPONSOR | $10,000 - $24,999 Arthur K. Smith Family Foundation Clifton Foundation Gheens Foundation Norton Family Foundation Roth Family Foundation Weishar Family Foundation

MEMBER | $3,000 - $9,999 Altsheler-Durell Foundation Barr Foundation Gilbert Foundation G.S.R. Foundation Habdank Foundation Mildred V. Horn Foundation Paristown Preservation Trust LLC Woodrow M and Florence Strickler Fund A U D I E N C E

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Reservations

Phone

Address

Notes

Downtown

Repeal Oak-Fired Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 716-7372

101 West Main St.

Upscale steakhouse on historic Whiskey Row

Downtown

Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 584-0102

325 West Main St. (Galt House Hotel)

Premium steaks & seafood

Downtown

Mayan Cafe

Yes

(502) 566-0651

813 E. Market St.

Farm-to-table Mexican & Pan-Latin cuisine

Downtown

Walker’s Exchange

Yes

(502) 272-1834

140 N. 4th St. (Galt House Hotel)

Casual Southern Contemporary

Crescent Hill

Pat’s Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 893-2062

2437 Brownsboro Rd.

Premium steaks since 1958

Crescent Hill

Porcini Restaurant

Yes

(502) 894-8686

2730 Frankfort Ave.

Fine Northern Italian cuisine

Highlands

Jack Fry’s

Yes

(502) 452-9244

1007 Bardstown Rd.

High-end Southern fare & cocktails

Downtown

Proof on Main

Yes

(502) 217-6360

702 W. Main St.

Modern fare with local flavor

Highlands

Seviche

Yes

(502) 473-8560

1538 Bardstown Rd.

Upscale Latin American cuisine

Crescent Hill

Volare Italian Ristorante

Yes

(502) 894-4446

2300 Frankfort Ave.

Upscale Italian

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L O U I S V I L L E O R C H E S T R A C O N T R I B U TO R S 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 July 1, 2020 to August 30, 2021. CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (FOUNDER) $250,000+ Christina L. Brown Owsley Brown III CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (SUSTAINER) $100,000 - $249,999 Ms. Cary Brown and Dr. Steven E. Epstein Harshaw Family Foundation Jefferson County Public Education Foundation David Jones and Mary Gwen Wheeler James and Marianne Welch William and Susan Yarmuth CONDUCTORS SOCIETY $75,000 - $99,999 CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (VIRTUOSO) $50,000 - $74,999 Campbell P. Brown and Sarah Barker The Diaz Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George S. Gibbs III Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (BENEFACTOR) $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous (2) Steve and Gloria Bailey Elizabeth W. Davis Gill and Augusta Brown Holland Brian Kane Warwick Dudley Musson Bruce and Marcia Roth Brook and Pam Smith Mr. and Mrs. James R. Voyles CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (SUPPORTER) $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (2) Gladys Bass † Dr. and Mrs. David P Bell Edith S. Bingham Brooks and Marilyn Bower Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Linda Dabney Mr. and Mrs. David Daulton Kendra Foster and Turney Berry Elisabeth U. Foshee Matthew and Lena Hamel Jay and Louise Harris Carol W. Hebel Michelle Heit Mr. and Mrs. Scott Justice Mary Kohler Estate of Dr. Carl E. Langenhop Kenneth and Kathleen Loomis Sheila G. Lynch John and Sharon Malloy Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery John and Patricia Moore Dianne M. O'Regan Dr. Teresa Reed Barbara and Lee Robinson Michael and Chandra Rudd Kenneth L. Sales

Denise Schiller Rev. Alfred Shands † Joseph and Winona Shiprek Dennis Stilger Jr. Greg and Hollis Weishar Jane Feltus Welch Orme and Mary Wilson Dr. Joan and Robert Wimsatt Jason Zachariah

CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (PATRON) $5,000 - $9,999 Teddy Abrams Barbara Berman Mr. and Mrs. J. McCauley Brown Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Burton Nan Dobbs Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dunham Mr. and Mrs. William L. Ellison Jr. Andrew and Trish Fleischman Ritu Furlan Denise and Phillip Gahm Thelma Gault John and Mary Greenebaum Owen and Eleanor Hardy Dan and Lisa Jones Elizabeth and Mike Keyes Kate and Allan Latts Carol Barr Matton Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Melton Carolyn Neustadt Marla Pinaire Fred and Claudia Pirman Jeff and Paula Roberts Gary and Sue Russell Max and Ellen Shapira Gary and Amy Sloboda Dr. Gordon Strauss and Dr. Catherine N. Newton Ann and Glenn Thomas Susan and Michael Von Hoven Maud Welch Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wolf CONDUCTORS SOCIETY (MEMBER) $3,000 - $4,999 Steve Barlow and Michelle Hannigan John T. and Theresa Bondurant Thomas Burress Walter Clare Thomas A. Conley Susan Diamond David and Regina Fry Joseph Glerum Mary Louise Gorman Mrs. Spencer E. Harper, Jr. Raulee Marcus Joseph Miller Kent and Katherine Oyler Norman and Sue Pfau Russell and Theresa Saunders Rev. Edward W. Schadt Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sireci Robert Steen Mr. and Mrs. William Stevens Linda and Chris Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Vaughan Carolyn Marlowe Waddell Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wardell

Mary Ellen Wiederwohl and Joel Morris Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Zimmerman

PRELUDE $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous Hon. and Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson Joseph and Linda Baker Tanya and Wendell Berry Dr. Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Cornelia Bonnie Garvin Brown IV Jennifer Buttrick Mr. Stephen P. Campbell and Dr. Heather McHold Evelyn T. Cohn John B. Corso Dr. Christopher Croot Marguerite Davis Gerald Doss Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Dues Dr. Vilma Fabre George and Mary Lee Fischer Dr. Karen Abrams and Dr. Jeffrey Glazer Bert Greenwell John R. Gregory June Hampe Kenneth and Judy Handmaker David Sickbert and Thomas Hurd Wendy Hyland Tamina and Edward Kim Paul and Wendy Kubitskey Thomas and Judith Lawson Bethany Breetz and Rev. Ronald Loughry W. Bruce Lunsford Drs. Eugene and Lynn Gant March Jennifer and Charles Marsh Marjorie McCall Lynn and Roy Meckler Susannah S. Onwood Joseph A. Paradis III Dr. Carmel Person Joan Pike Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Popham Embry Rucker and Joan MacLean Alleine Schroyens Ruth Simons Carole Snyder Dr. Anna Staudt Dr. and Mrs. Peter Tanguay James Van Daalen Roger and Janie Whaley Richard T. Wolf Rep. and Mrs. John Yarmuth SONATA $500 - $1,499 Anonymous (4) Harold Adams Carlyn and Bill Altman Cheryl Ambach Lisa Archer Dr. Fredrick W. Arensman David and Madeleine Arnold Boe and Judith Ayotte Miriam Ballert John and Mary Beth Banbury Clarence and Mary Barton

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Tom and Marceline Barton Mike and Gail Bauer David B. Baughman Lynne A. Baur Hans Bensinger Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Boram Doris Bridgeman Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Brown Virginia and Gary Buhrow Jane Burbank Mary Burkhart Drs. Frank and Carolyn Burns Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Dave Calzi Joanne Caridis William Carrell II Joan Chandler Karen and Robert Chatham Patricia Chervenak Michael and Nancy Chiara Mike and Sue Chmilewski Lee Cochran George and Frances Coleman Cynthia and David Collier Susan Collins Carolyn Congleton, DVM Judith K. Conn Jeff and Marjorie Conner Chenault M. Conway Brian Cook Jill and William Cooper Arthur and Virginia Cromer Stephen Cross Betsey Daniel Lorie and Robert Davenport Kate and Mark Davis Robert and Ann Decker Gayle DeMersseman Carol W. Dennes Pat DeReamer and Cynthia DeReamer Rollins Judy Dickson James and Etna Doyle Uwe and Kathy Eickmann Rev. John G. Eifler Kathleen Elliott Susan Ellison Bert and Jane Emke Mr. and Mrs. Eric V. Esteran Janet G. Falcone Mrs. Fred Ferris Nancy Fleischman Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Fletcher Leslie and Greg Fowler James R. Gillespie Dr. Misty and Bert Griffin John and Jody Hamilton Mary C. Hancock Michael R. and Martha Hardesty Barbara B. Hardy Karen R. Harris James and Sara Haynes Timothy and Natalie Healy Carl Helmich Jr. Dr. Fred Hendler Susan J. Herlin Chris and Marcia Hermann William Hoffman Dr. William Hoffman

L O U I S V I L L E O R C H E S T R A C O N T R I B U TO R S Jane Hoke Denise Holmgren Thomas and Patrice Huckaby Brad Hughes Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard Jones Danielle B. Kannapell Richard Kaukas Warren Keller Elizabeth Malcolm Kelly William and Teresa Kissel Barbara and Gary Knupp Donald and Ann Kohler The Edwards-Kuhn Family Dr. and Mrs. Forrest S. Kuhn Karl and Judy Kuiper Amy and Matthew Landon Margaret Lanier Phillip Lanier Portia Leatherman Willard and Lynnette LeGette Samuel and Stephanie Levine Philip Lichtenfels Cantor David Lipp and Rabbi Laura Metzger Anne Maple Emma March David McAfner Joan McCombs Patricia McHugh Colin and Woo McNaughton Susan S. Means Elizabeth Merdian Kathryn Mershon Bob and Barbara Michael William Mitchell Biljana N. Monsky Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Morton Dr. Sean Muldoon Ronald and Debra Murphy Mr.and Mrs. Robert B. Nesmith Alton E. Neurath Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lynn L. Ogden Dr. Naomi J. Oliphant Devon Oser John and Lue Peabody Mrs. William P. Peak John and Eugenia Potter Arthur Pratt Joseph A. Pusateri Charles and Carol Pye Tracy Redmon Douglas Rich Mary Jo Ridenour Dr. Jon H. Rieger Marsha Roberts John Robinson Robert Rudd Medora Safai Susan G. Zepeda and Dr. Fred Seifer Linda Shapiro and Bob Taylor Earl Shiring Jr. Jennifer Shumaker Mark Slafkes Richard and Terri Smith Vernon M. and Peggy T. Smith Cathy and Kenney Snell Richard O. Spalding Eileen Spears Katherine Steiner Richard Stephan Mary C. Stites Dr. and Mrs. Temple B. Stites

Constance Story and Larry G. Pierce William E. Summers V William F. and Barbara J. Thomas John Tiano Ruth and Bryan Trautwein James Trimpe Samuel Tyler Sally Vail Lindsay Vallandingham Jeanne D. Vuturo Robert and Ann Wade Ronald and Charlotte Walford Jane Walsh Joyce and Jim Walters Suzanne Warner Matt and Kathy Watkins William and Ginny Weber Robert Weekly Kendrick Wells III Prudence Westholm Stephen and Patricia Wheeler Joan T. Whittenberg Shirley and James Whyte Emily and Ellington Willingham Jonathan and Stephi Wolff Frank and Keitt Wood Lior Yarom Dr. Janice W. Yusk Jeanne and Paul Zurkuhlen

DUET $250 - $499 Anonymous (8) Michael and Barbara Abell Marilyn Abrams Doris L. Anderson Corrine and Matthew Anderson Walter and Lynne Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry Cindy Bagley George Bailey Mary Kay H. Ballard John Bates Nancy Beasley Becky Becherer Leah Berry Dr. Rebecca and William Biles Sara Blake and Kingsley Durant Eunice F. Blocker Bruce Blue and Louise Auslander Richard Boland and Annette Rudd Elaine B. Bornstein Dennis and Joan Brennan Rebecca Bruner Julia Carey James C. Carpenter Will and Kathy Cary Helen K. Cohen Paul Contois Virginia J. Copenhefer Robert Cox Janet R. Dakan Mr. Leonidas D. Deters and Ms. Penny Shaw Deborah A. Dunn Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp Stephen B. Ellis Mr. James Engler Dr. Walter Feibes Dan and Ellen Baker Finn Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Fischer William and Ilona Franck Edward and Linda Goldstein

Ellen and Richard Goldwin Pamela Greene Stephen and Susan Grissom James W. Gruneisen Dr. Mary Harty Lawrence Herzog Dr. Frederick K. Hilton Brett Hudspeth Meredith Hughes Carl and Donna Hulsewede Benjamin Jacoby Alba Jennings Alec Johnson and Rachel Grimes Anne Joseph Judy Kaleher Dr. Bob S. Kanovitz Dean Karns Annora Karr Maureen Kelly Stephanie Kelly James and Rebecca King Jim Kinsman Margot Kling Marjorie and Robert Kohn Phillip Kollin Stanley Krol Suzanne Kueber Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Lawrence Richard and Sharon Leezer Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Leight Mr. and Mrs. John Lepper Stanley and Kathy Levinson Bette Levy Philip Lichtenfels Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lyons Robert Maddox Gretchen Mahaffey Michael McCullough Matthew McGarvey Robert and Grace McKeel Fred McMorris and Peggy Underwood Anthony Minstein Douglas Moran Glynn Morgen June E. Morris Jennifer Munson Dr. Ian and Stephanie Mutchnick Mona and John Newell Susan Norris Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Olliges Jr. William and Joana Panning Louise Pass Kathleen Pellegrino Lynn Pereira Robert Petrokubi Jean Pettitt Doug Elstone and Russ Powell Dr. Sarah Cox and Mr. Dwight D. Pridham Mitchell and Cindee Rapp Irene M. Rawlings Heather Reesor David Rodger Bill and Judy Rudd Barbara Sandford Dr. David Sawyer Courtney and Brandon Schadt Margaret Schmidt Joan T. Schoen Louise B. Seiler Marshall and Terrie Sellers Gregg and Leisa Siebert

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Dave Sipes Sharon Smith Donald Snow Lauren Songer Danielle Spalenka Natalie Stephens Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. William Theuer Ron and Mary Thompson Mary and John Tierney Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Tillett Jr. Alison Torpey Waverly and Brenda Townes Anna Laura and Thomas Trimbur Michael Turley James Valdes and Ana Danies Ericus VanKleef Gordon and Cassandra Varner Tom Wakefield Bonnie Walker Don Walker Dennis and Julie Walsh William and Alice Walsh Linda Watson Martha F. Watson Betty S. Weaver Anita and Shelton Weber Crawford and Alice Wells James and Carole Whitledge Susan Harris Wilburn James R. Wilkinson Edward Williams Melanie Wood Jimmie York

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 502-585-9413 or ESchadt@LouisvilleOrchestra.org. Doris L. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buhrow Douglas Butler and 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. Dr. Carl E. Langenhop† Mrs. Philip Lanier Mr. and Mrs. † Warwick Dudley Musson Dr. Naomi Oliphant Paul R. Paletti, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Russell Rev. Edward W. Schadt Rev. Gordon A. and Carolyn Seiffertt Dr. Peter Tanguay and Margaret Fife Tanguay Rose Mary Rommell Toebbe Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Wolf Anonymous

† Denotes deceased

TEDDY ABRAMS ...continued from p. 6... number of orchestras — including playconducting the Ravel Piano Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony in 2017 and the Jacksonville Symphony in 2013 — and has performed chamber music with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Menahem Pressler, Gilbert Kalish, Time for Three, and John Adams, in addition to annual appearances at the Olympic Music Festival. Dedicated to exploring new and engaging ways to communicate with a diverse range of audiences, Abrams co-founded the Sixth Floor Trio in 2008. Together, they founded and direct GardenMusic, the music festival of the world-renowned Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami; they continue to tour regularly throughout the U.S. Abrams was a protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas from the age of eleven, and studied conducting with Otto-Werner Mueller and Ford Lallerstedt at the Curtis Institute of Music, and with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival; he was the youngest conducting student ever accepted at both institutions. Abrams is also an award-winning composer and a passionate educator. His 2009 Education Concerts with the New World

Symphony (featuring the world premiere of one of Abrams’ own orchestral works) were webcast to hundreds of schools throughout South Florida. Abrams performed as a keyboardist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, won the 2007 Aspen Composition Contest, and was the Assistant Conductor of the YouTube Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 2009. He has held residencies at the La Mortella music festival in Ischia, Italy and at the American Academy in Berlin. Teddy was a proud member of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra for seven seasons, and graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music, having studied piano with Paul Hersh.

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T H E AT R E S E R V I C E S COURTESY • As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off all audible message systems. Those who expect emergency calls, please check your beepers at the main lobby coat check and report your seat location to the attendant. • 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.

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