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In This Issue Cover photo: “Gone with the Wind” by Frank Hayden

Frank Hayden: A Louisiana Master Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s 2015/16 season, Explorers and Discoveries, brings concertgoers programs that touch several continents, eras and genres. In From The Seven Deadly Sins exploring the world and cultures reflected in music, visual art, food, celebrations, and the natural and created landscape, we discover things about ourselves. The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra invites you to extend your exploration, and discover African Americans Artists’ contributions to the Baton Rouge area throughout the season. Get started here, with this issue of Braveaux featuring a work by the renowned artist and sculptor, Frank Hayden (1934-1988). Hayden made Baton Rouge his home for most of his career teaching at Southern University. He is best known for his statewide public commissions and sculptures that grace churches, synagogues and other public spaces throughout our city. Our cover photo features one of Hayden’s works made available to us from a private collection. It represents the story of Noah and the Ark. “He often did his work with tongue-in-cheek,” the collector says. That sense of humor is evident in this wood sculpture of Noah quietly resting in his ark, a copy of Gone with the Wind lying open on his chest, passing through the eye of the storm untouched by floodwaters that encircle him. The collection also includes Hayden’s The Seven Deadly Sins, (a portion of which is shown here) and a study for the artist’s Marcha de Galvez — a 30-foot long bronze frieze installed in the Bernardo de Galvez Plaza in downtown Baton Rouge. The latter along with the 10-foot bronze The Head of Oliver Pollock — a tribute to the American Revolutionary War hero — were commissioned as part of the Baton Rouge Bicentennial Celebration, and are just steps away from the entrance of the Baton Rouge River Centre Theatre. Finally, take a moment to visit our friends at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum (LASM) to see Hayden’s A Sequence of Life. It is composed of seven elements representing the seven days of the week, the seven days of creation and seven phases of human life: meeting or beginning; family life; building and growth; recreation and the outdoors; knowledge; aid and community concern; and love and retirement. BRSO, LASM and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge encourage you to discover these works as well as other works by Hayden and other African American artists as we partner together to celebrate African American History Month. Article by Ronette King, BRSO Staff, with contributions by Elizabeth Weinstein, Curator and Director of Art Interpretation, Louisiana Art and Science Museum. Photo credits: Alice W. Stout.

At a Glance 2015/16 Season Calendar................................................ 06 Tickets and Services......................................................... 11 Join the Community of Giving.......................................... 17 Concert Information American Festival: Gershwin, Still, and Paulus................. 38 Louisiana Youth Orchestras’ Winter Concert..................... 48 Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden................. 30 The Piano Trio................................................................. 22 Willis Delony: Intersections.............................................. 34 Education and Community Initiatives Education and Community Initiatives............................... 50 Louisiana Youth Orchestras.............................................. 48 Feature Articles Composer’s Spotlight: William Grant Still......................... 27 Evelyn LeJeune’s Life with BRSO...................................... 47 Frank Hayden: A Louisiana Master................................... 05 The Hardtke Timpani Have Arrived.................................. 19 Meet the Staff: Angela Haycook........................................ 57 Giving Donors and Partners......................................................... 64 Encore Society................................................................. 18 Join the Community of Giving.......................................... 17 Pennington Challenge Donors.......................................... 46 Visionary Society Donors.................................................. 47 Index of Advertisers...................................................... 74 Leadership and Staff Artistic Leadership........................................................... 15 Board of Directors............................................................ 70 Chorus Leadership........................................................... 71 Staff................................................................................. 71 Musicians Orchestra......................................................................... 20 Chorus............................................................................. 21 Louisiana Youth Orchestras.............................................. 49 Not-to-be-Missed A Star-Spangled Salute...................................................... 45 Beyond Mozart................................................................ 11 The Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation Great Performers in Concert: Renée Fleming................... 09 Party Pics! Baton Rouge Symphony League........................................ 44 Opening Night Gala......................................................... 54 Sharon Isbin House Party................................................. 55 Something to share with you From Board Chair, Judi George......................................... 13 From Executive Director, Cary Byrd................................. 16 From Music Director, Timothy Muffitt.............................. 13

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Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 | 7:30

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Explore three composers’ unique perspectives on people and places in a program featuring one of the most exciting young talents of our time, the sensational 18 year-old violin prodigy, Adé Williams. PAUL HAYDEN Clara WORLD PREMIERE BRUCH Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major “Italian,” Op. 90

American Festival: Gershwin, Still, Paulus THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 | 7:30

BRSO celebrates African American History Month in spectacular style! Join BRSO in recognition of more than 100 years of contributions to the American songbook featuring William Grant Still’s symphonic masterpiece alongside twentieth century works incorporating jazz and classical styles. Trumpeter Rex Richardson joins BRSO’s own principal trumpet Brian Shaw in presenting this convergence of musical idioms. STILL GERSHWIN PAULUS Stephen Paulus & William Grant Still, composers

Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American” An American in Paris Concerto for Two Trumpets

Brian Shaw and Rex Richardson, trumpet

The Viennese School: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven THURSDAY, APRIL 14 | 7:30

Lisette Oropesa, soprano

BRSO concludes its Explorers and Discoveries season in a program of legendary proportion highlighting the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven — three of the most significant and ground-breaking composers that have left an indelible mark on music for all time. Baton Rouge native and internationally-acclaimed soprano Lisette Oropesa returns to Baton Rouge to perform Mozart’s C minor Mass with the BRSO Chorus. HAYDN MOZART BEETHOVEN

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The Piano Trio THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 7:30 PM Russian-American Yevgeny Kutik’s spectacular Baton Yevgeny Kutik, violin Rouge debut opened BRSO’s 2014/15 Season. Kutik makes his triumphant return joining BRSO principals Dianne Frazier and Molly Goforth to present a stunning pairing of piano trios by Shostakovich and Brahms.

Willis Delony: Intersections THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 7:30 PM LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts’ Professor Willis Delony, piano of Jazz Studies and Virginia Martin Howard Professor of Keyboard Studies Willis Delony offers a fascinating glimpse into the connections between the worlds of Classical and Jazz in his original production, Willis Delony: Intersections.

Return to Baroque THURSDAY, MARCH 31 | 7:30

Join BRSO’s principal wind quintet retracing some 300 years of music as they present Back to Baroque — a program of discovery celebrating some of the most exciting music of today and its relationship with the origins of secular music performed by BRSO’s principal winds.

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African Drum Circle WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 | 3:30 GARDERE INITIATIVE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 | 6 PM RIVER CENTER THEATER LOBBY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 | MORNING DOWNTOWN WITH FORWARD ARTS Join BRSO for a live drum circle and experience the traditional instruments, rhythms, and stories of the Malinke people of West Africa. Jerry Jenkins (Gulf States Presenters Network) incorporates music, storytelling, visual arts, and character education into an interactive learning experience for students and adults. Programs are free and open to the public. Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and as administered by the Louisiana Partnership for the Arts. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.

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BRSO is proud to present a compilation of the music and imagery from Pixar’s thirteen feature films performed by live orchestra! Associate Conductor David Torns leads the orchestra and audience on a magical cinematic journey through such beloved films as the ‘Toy Story,’ trilogy, ‘Cars,’ ‘Finding Nemo,’ ‘A Bugs Life,’ ‘The Incredibles,’ and ‘Up’ — all projected above the orchestra!

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White Oak Plantation is the setting for this one of a kind dinner-fundraiser event highlighted by a delectable menu prepared by Chef John Folse himself, who also serves as emcee. A silent auction and live auction make this a premier fundraising event with a featured performance of Mozart by the BRSO in this serene setting.

Classical Mystery Tour A Tribute to The Beatles SATURDAY, MAY 7 | 7:30 PM LSU RURAL LIFE MUSEUM BRSO pays tribute to the Beatles in a concert on the beautiful grounds of the LSU Rural Life Museum.

BRSO POPS! is country strong and proud of it. Join BRSO along with guest artists, Patrick Thomas and Rachel Potter, for two performances celebrating the music, places and culture that we call home.

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Gospel Choir Concert The Good News Gospel Showcase

Members of the BRSO Chorus join with area church choirs, the Southern University Concert Choir and the LSU Gospel Choir to offer a soul-stirring, hand-clapping celebration of gospel music.

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The easiest way to purchase tickets is online. Our website has complete program and ticket information on Masterworks, Chamber, and Pops concerts, package pricing options, holiday concerts, guest artists, special events, and a River Center seating chart.

Call or Visit the BRSO Office Season and single tickets may be purchased by calling the BRSO office weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 225.383.0500. A friendly staff member will help you make your selection and accept your payment by credit card. You may also purchase tickets at the BRSO office, 7330 Highland Road or online.

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RIVER CENTER THEATRE SERVICES Beverages on Sale Beverage bars are open one hour before concerts and during intermission on both levels, serving both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Drinks are not allowed in the theater.

No Cameras, Recorders or Cell Phones The use of cameras or recording equipment of any kind, including cell phones, is strictly forbidden. Please silence cell phones, watches and any other noise-making devices before concerts.

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Season Tickets - Masterworks, Chamber, or Pops Season ticket holders are invited to concert receptions, receive first choice of season concert seating, and provide critical year-round support for Orchestra and administrative personnel. Season ticket holders enjoy reduced pricing per ticket.

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Latecomers will be seated at appropriate pauses after the concert begins. Contact the River Center Theatre House Manager immediately following the concert or call the River Center weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 225.389.3030.

Guests with Disabilities Limited accessibility is available for disabled guests, including wheelchair seating. Let a staff member know when you purchase tickets to make sure you are easily accommodated. Please note, there is no elevator to the balcony.

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Welcome

TIMOTHY MUFFITT Music Director

Dear friends, When I first learned of the Pennington Challenge and the spirit behind it, naturally it was a very exciting moment for an artistic director. For years we have taken great pride in the quality of the performances we put on our stages. In the process of creating those programs, limited resources and external economic challenges have taught us efficiency, economy, and resourcefulness. These have been guiding factors all while maintaining and executing a grand vision.

As I mentioned, many generous individuals and companies in our community have rallied to help us meet this. Not only does this raise resources, but also brings us all together in a common goal… strengthening community ties and allowing us to achieve things that are even a further source of pride for our organization and our city. We are most appreciative of the generosity and vision the Pennington Foundation has shown here, and are also most thankful to all who helped meet the challenge. We are confident that all will see great return on this investment as we continue our role, now with greater reinforcement than ever, to continue forging Baton Rouge into a great 21st-Century American city. I hope you enjoy the concert! Timothy Muffitt

These factors remain at the heart of our organization, but the new resources put forth by the Pennington Foundation in this challenge and by the incredible generosity of all of you who helped us meet the challenge, are moving the BRSO into a new chapter of its wonderful history – a chapter that will be marked by a broadening and deepening of our vision and impact on Baton Rouge Those of you who follow the orchestra regularly may have noticed a “spike” in the profile of artists we are bringing in this season. While we have always taken great pride in the caliber of artist we present, this season we were able to engage artists of an even higher profile. These are musicians who consistently perform on the world’s greatest stages. We were able to include our River Center Stage among those this season. Having these artists in Baton Rouge not only enhances the concert experience but also contributes to the artistic growth of our orchestra. As musicians, we learn from each other. Every rehearsal and every performance is a growing experience for all of us. When we bring a guest artist into the mix, we bring an infusion of new ideas, and a fresh artistic perspective. This is an essential component in maintaining the vitality of the ensemble . If this artist has experiences from all over the world at the highest levels, he or she brings them to share with us. We have also been able to be more systematic and consistent in getting these artists beyond our concert hall and into the community .We are weaving their creative energies into the fabric of BR and making it stronger, and even more interesting and colorful. The resources from the Pennington Challenge have also enabled a substantial increase in our outreach efforts. Along with the good this brings to our community, it also develops the artistic side as well. An orchestra is a family…a team. Our outreach efforts, whether they be with special needs people, or the underserved are the result of teamwork of all involved. When our musicians work together on projects such as this it strengthens the family bond, and the net result shows up in the concert hall. We become a better orchestra as a result of these efforts.

JUDI GEORGE Baton Rouge Symphony Board Chairman

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I welcome you once again to the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s 67th Season.

The autumn concerts were highly anticipated and met all expectations. Great artists like Jonathan Biss, Gary Hoffman and Sharon Isbin, together with our orchestra members, gave us splendid musical performances. December brought the Family Holiday Pops and Brass Concerts played in five locations throughout the Baton Rouge area. New this year were groups of Carolers made up of members of the Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus who entertained at neighborhood gatherings. All of these Christmas offerings certainly helped make the season merry and bright for all who attended. As you will recall, on opening night there was an announcement concerning a challenge grant in the amount of $500,000.00 offered to the Symphony Association by the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation. Through the generosity of many individuals and corporations in our community, the terms of the challenge grant have been met by the Symphony Association. This successful fund drive and the matching grant will sustain our Orchestra for many years to come. The Board is very grateful to the Foundation and to all donors who contributed to this effort which has resulted in financial stability for the Association both now and in the future. The Board also recognizes that this could not have been achieved without the hard work and dedication of Executive Director Cary Byrd and his staff. We thank them sincerely. I hope that you will attend and enjoy the Masterworks, Pops and Chamber Concerts that will be produced for your listening pleasure throughout the winter! Judi George

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TIMOTHY MUFFITT, Music Director and Conductor

Now in his 17th season as Music Director

and Conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony, Timothy Muffitt continues to appear with other prominent orchestras around the country. Recent seasons have included return engagements with the San Francisco Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony along with his debut at The Hollywood Bowl. Other recent engagements have taken Muffitt to the St. Louis, Tulsa, Wichita, Houston, Phoenix, Edmonton, and Spokane Symphonies, Columbus Ohio’s Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony, the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra in Chicago and the Harrisburg (PA) Symphony among others. Muffitt is also Music Director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held for 9 years. Along with continued growth in artistic excellence, Muffitt’s work has been marked by innovative, imaginative programming. A strong proponent of community arts education, Muffitt has been very active in the venues of radio and lecture, presenting arts-enrichment programs through a variety of formats for diverse audiences. Formerly Associate Conductor with the Austin Symphony, Muffitt was also Artistic Director of the Louisiana Philharmonic’s Casual Classics Series in New Orleans. It was for his work in that position, that Mr. Muffitt was awarded a Certificate of Meritorious Service from the American Federation of Musicians. Prominent performers and composers with whom Mr. Muffitt has worked include Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Andre Watts, Alicia de Larrocha, Pinchas Zukerman, Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman, and composers John Cage, Joseph Schwantner, Ellen Taffe Zwilich, John Harbison, Joan Tower and Bernard Rands among others. In addition to his work with professional orchestras, Mr. Muffitt is also Music Director of the Chautauqua Institution’s

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mr. Muffitt began his musical studies at age seven on the piano and later added viola and trumpet. He received his conducting training at the Eastman School of Music, studying with David Effron, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

DAVID TORNS, Associate Conductor Louisiana Youth Orchestra Music Director and Conductor

ecently appointed Associate Conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, David Torns continues to be recognized for his vibrant personality, musical depth, and his ability to communicate an infectious joy for music to both musicians and audiences alike.

DAVID SHALER, Chorusmaster

David Shaler is the Director of Music and

Arts at Broadmoor United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. He has served there for 12 years as a conductor of choral and instrumental ensembles, and also as a singer, pianist, and trumpet player. Prior to coming to Louisiana, he conducted church choirs in Georgia and Iowa. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa and has conducted collegiate choirs at that institution, as well as Coe College in Iowa. Mr. Shaler sang as a countertenor for five seasons with the professional male ensemble, Chanticleer, touring nationally and internationally in concert and making several recordings. As a countertenor soloist, he has sung for collegiate and community groups, including for the Baton Rouge Symphony and Chorus in their 2004 Messiah concert. He sang as a chorister with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus under Robert Shaw for two seasons (1986-1988), which included a European tour and several recordings. He has also participated in professional choral workshops at Carnegie Hall with conductors Robert Shaw, Peter Schreier, and Helmuth Rilling.

Mr. Torns also holds the post of Principal Pops Conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with pops artists such as the Wicked Divas, Spectrum Motown, Ana Andricain, Classical Mystery Tour, Doug LaBrecque, Debbie Gravitte, and Christiane Noll.  He recently collaborated with American Idol finalists Haley Scarnato, Matt Giraud, and LaKisha Jones. Mr. Torns has worked with the Omaha Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Astoria Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Acadiana Symphony Orchestra amongst others. As Music Director of the Louisiana Youth Orchestras, he is a passionate promoter of music education. Mr. Torns has appeared in concert with student orchestras throughout the United States including the Vanderbilt University Symphony, Nashville Youth Symphony, West Virginia University Symphony, the North Carolina School for the Arts “Musica Piccola” Orchestra, and the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra. He conducted the 2013 All-Southern California Honor Orchestra. Mr. Torns designs and implements engaging educational concerts reaching over 10,000 students each year. Mr. Torns is an alumnus of many prestigious music festivals including the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and the Chautauqua Institution. He has performed in master classes with Harold Farberman, Marin Alsop, Apo Hsu, Guillermo Figueroa, Karen Deal, Eduardo Navega, Leon Botstein, Donald Portnoy, Samuel Jones, and Paul Vermel. He has also studied with Kenneth Kiesler, Markand Thakar, and Timothy Muffitt. 2016 WINTER

Welcome CARY BYRD Executive Director

The New BRSO The past 15 months have truly been

some of the most exciting of my life: moving home to Baton Rouge; rekindling old friendships and cultivating new ones; and working with an incredible family of individuals that want to build a stronger more meaningful cultural institution in our city that brings people and music together. It has been an amazing journey! I would like to offer my deepest thanks and, even more, congratulations to everyone who helped BRSO to meet the Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation’s Million Dollar Challenge! We are all familiar with the notion that actions speak louder than words. Throughout my career in non-profit work I have always felt that no matter how sincere the letter or card or how thorough the final report that the sentiment of true and sincere gratitude is difficult to adequately express. But today I was honored to offer perhaps the most genuine expression of thanks to Paula Pennington de la Bretonne and the Pennington Family Foundation. With the tremendous outpouring of support for BRSO and appreciation for the opportunity the Pennington Foundation provided, you our symphony family — donors and subscribers, the amazing musicians of our orchestra, chorus and LYO, the LYO parents and League members along with BRSO’s Board of Directors, artistic leadership and staff — sent a great big thank you to the Pennington Family Foundation. It was a thank you words alone could not express. Not only did we express our gratitude by exceeding the challenge’s goal by securing an additional $527,000 in NEW OR INCREASED GIFTS to meet the challenge — but in doing so we also secured $569,000 in renewed multi-year pledges and gifts of annual support. When combined with the Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation’s gift, BRSO raised over $1.6 million dollars, and these gifts are

spread out for seasons to come! Please take a moment to find your name in the list of Pennington Challenge donors and in our Visionary Society list of multi-year gifts and pledges. But this is only the beginning of the story. With this generosity comes the tremendous responsibility of stewardship along with an obligation to be and do more for our community. We must in essence, pass these gifts forward to our community through our renewed efforts to fulfill BRSO’s mission. Always guided by Tim’s artistic vision, the staff is working diligently to redefine what BRSO can be for our city. A significant part of this effort is to make the institution a touchstone for collaboration and partnership. In some instances these partnerships are as simple as joining with others Arts Council member organizations to celebrate the genius of a great writer or sculptor. Others take on a much larger scope, such as our celebration of African American History Month this winter which includes six performance along with unique education experiences that will bring our visiting guest artists to work with some 17 partner organizations spread across four parishes to serve an estimated 4,000 students. Our guest artists will be mentoring young musicians in LYO and the Kids Orchestra, providing one-to-one and small group instruction at the university level, working in partnership with teachers in class rooms across the South Baton Rouge region and sharing their talents in public forums. In the coming seasons you can expect to see even more exciting collaborations from BRSO that engage our community in ever new ways. All of this and more are a direct result of the energy surrounding the Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation’s generous challenge and the unprecedented response from our BRSO family. It is always exciting to be at the beginning of a new journey. I can hardly wait for what this one has in store for BRSO and all of us. P. Carrigan Byrd Executive Director

WHERE’S W I L LY ? BRSO is excited to partner with the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and Playmakers in recognizing the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. In this issue of Braveaux, you can find three references to the great bard. Find all three places where Shakespeare or his work appears and email the corresponding page numbers to willys@brso.org to be entered into a drawing to receive (4) complementary tickets to any one of the upcoming BRSO POPS! concerts including Pixar in Concert, Classical Mystery Tour and Country Roots. The drawing to be held April 15, 2016. Be certain to include your name, address, a daytime phone number with your entry so that we can notify you of the winning entry. Good luck!

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Join the Baton Rouge Symphony Community of Giving Get good things for just doing good BRSO is doing good things in our community every day in part because of generous donors who make it possible. As a token of appreciation, BRSO offers an array of exciting benefits to its donors — many designed to enhance the concert experience. If you would like to become a donor please take a moment to review the benefits listed below. If you are already a donor, thank you for your support! $10,000 STRADIVARIUS • Opportunity to be listed as a sponsor of a concert, event or guest artist. • Plus benefits associated with the $5,000 level. $5,000 VIRTUOSO • Invitation for two to a special reception with Maestro Muffitt • Plus benefits associated with the $2,000 level. $2,000 GOLDEN BATON • Invitations to private house parties with BRSO guest artist(s) throughout the season. • Plus benefits associated with the $1,000 level. $1,000 CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE • VIP Valet Parking for all BRSO concerts at the Baton Rouge River Center • Private intermission/post-concert receptions (when available) • Plus benefits associated with the $500 level $500 CONCERT MASTER • Complimentary self-parking pass for all BRSO concerts at the Baton Rouge River Center • One year’s subscription to Symphony Magazine • Plus benefits associated with the $250 level $250 FIRST CHAIR • Two complimentary tickets to any Masterworks concert • Two complimentary beverage coupons • Plus benefits associated with the $100 level $100 SECTION PLAYER • Membership Card good for 10% off of all BRSO merchandise purchases including guest artist CDs. • Name listed in the program book

For more information on the many ways you can support BRSO, including sponsorships, volunteerism, or in-kind gifts contact Miriam Overton at miriam@brso.org or (225) 400-0339.

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Encore Society

Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Encore Society

The Encore Society of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra

honors individuals who, through estate planning, have established bequests, trust and other legacy gifts to the BRSO Endowment. The generosity of each Encore Society member ensures the continued vitality and growth of BRSO from one generation to the next. They make extraordinary, living gifts to loved ones, futures audiences and to our community. If you have named BRSO in your estate plans, you are already a member! Let us know!

Who are the members of the Encore Society? • Community leaders and arts advocates who believe that through their philanthropic support they can benefit BRSO in transformational ways. • Accomplished art-lovers who represent a culture of shared values, goals and a love of classical music that characterizes the very best of BRSO. • Like-minded individuals who invest because they are convicted that BRSO presents opportunities for inspiration, growth in creativity and connection building that benefit our community in the immediate and in years to come.

Encore Society members Anonymous Cindy and Lee Bloch Melanie and Russ Chapman Margaret C. Hart Sarah Lou Hill Dr. Abba Kastin Edith Kirkpatrick * Carole M. Marshall Barbara and Camp Matens

Alma McGrew * Marcia and Roger Moser Sally * and Richard Norem Janice and Gerald Pellar Meredith Hathorn Penick Jeanette and Robert Tackley Betty and Harvey Schwartzberg Deborah Dunlevy Todd Evelyn B. Tracy * *Deceased

For more information on becoming an Encore Society member, or to let us know that you are already a member, please contact Miriam Overton, BRSO Director of Development. 225-400-0339 or miriam@brso.org

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Music has always been an integral part of our lives. Whether participating as performers or as avid listeners, it has brought great joy and meaning to us both. This deep appreciation is something we passed on to our sons and something they are in turn instilling in their children. We believe that great music – symphonic music – is not only essential to our family but to the lives of our entire community. Ensuring that future generations continue to have the same chances we had to experience the power of great music has been a driving force behind our commitment to Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. It is also why we have decided to become a member of The Encore Society. If you share this sentiment with us we encourage you to join the Encore Society by making a provision for BRSO in your estate plans. It is a relatively simple thing that you can do that can make a lasting impact on BRSO and our city. Please, join us. Betty and Harvey Schwartzberg

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The Hardtke Timpani Have Arrived

ouglas Cade, Principal Timpanist of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, has purchased a set of four Berlin Classic timpani to play in the Baton Rouge Symphony. The timpani are manufactured by Wolfgang Hardtke, a renowned timpani-maker in Berlin. Mr. Hardtkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timpani are played by the timpanists of the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, the London Philharmonic, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, among others. Mr. Cadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s timpani finally arrived in Baton Rouge in December, 2015 after a two year wait. The Hardtke Berlin Classic timpani use the Berlin pedal mechanism invented by Gunter Ringer. Gunter Ringer manufactured timpani of the very highest quality from shortly after the end of World War II until 1969. Because new authentic Ringer timpani could no longer be had after that date, timpanists who wanted Ringer timpani were forced to settle for used sets. Fortunately, Wolfgang Hardtke began making timpani in the 1990s and has dedicated himself to the recreation and enhancement of the timpani made by Gunter Ringer, both in terms of sound and mechanical operation. Timpani, unlike other drums, are instruments of definite pitch. The player changes the pitch by moving a foot-pedal; the pedal activates a mechanism which tightens or loosens the timpani head equally around the circumference of the head. The Berlin pedal mechanism differs from most other timpani in that it pivots from the opposite side of the drum from the player. This arrangement has several distinct advantages over pedals that pivot from the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side of the drum. Having had the good fortune to play on authentic Ringer timpani in his two previous orchestral positions, Mr. Cade is excited about the arrival of his Hardtke timpani. He assures us that both the audience and the players of the orchestra will love the beautiful sound produced by the Hardtke Berlin timpani.

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Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra 2015-2016 Season

Music Director: Timothy Muffitt Associate Conductor David Torns VIOLIN I Borislava Iltcheva, Concertmaster Lin He, Associate Concertmaster Roxana Pavel, Assistant Concertmaster Kelly Smith Toney Iya Tsyrkot Alvaro Pereiro Anton Zholondz Hannah-Phyllis Urdea-Marcus Rafael Galvan-Herrera Guillermo Salas-Suárez VIOLIN II Aaron Farrell, Principal Emil Ivanov, Associate Principal* Stefka Madere, Acting Associate Principal Boris Blagoev, Assistant Principal Alejandro Larumbe Jiaxi Liu Lois Geertz Amelie Taylor

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VIOLA Elias Goldstein, Principal Jennifer Cassin, Associate Principal Christopher Lowry, Assistant Principal Cassandra Magee Maria Alexander Teodora Peeva Sonia Feres-Lloyd Monica Rodriguez de la Hoz CELLO Molly Goforth, Principal Daniel Cassin, Associate Principal Veronica Parrales, Assistant Principal Caio Alves Diniz Dragos Filip Kimberly Sands Andrian Harabaru Philip von Maltzahn Joy Keown Bedillion Alvaro Angulo* Thomas Rodrigues DOUBLE BASS John Madere, Principal Jeb Stuart, Associate Principal Yong-Hao Pan, Assistant Principal Louis DeVries Steve Legé

Bill Hunsinger David Hinson* George Thompson FLUTE Rachel T Ciraldo, Principal Jill Swetnam Suzanne Buerkle OBOE James Ryon, Principal Shea Tully Annie Henneke CLARINET Robert DiLutis, Principal Michael Bartnik SAXOPHONE Griffin Campbell, Principal BASSOON Darrel Hale, Principal TJ Blackburn Pettit HORN Angela Bagnetto Finley, Principal* Arisia Gilmore, Acting Principal Kevin Andry Janiece Luedeke Fred Wild Richard Norem, Principal Emeritus

TRUMPET Brian Shaw, Principal Craig Heinzen Logan Place TROMBONE Steve Menard, Principal David Johansen TUBA Frank Chemay, Principal HARP Stephanie Gustafson Amfahr, Principal KEYBOARD Dianne Frazer, Acting Principal ORGAN Richard Webb, Principal TIMPANI Douglas Cade, Principal PERCUSSION Terry McKinney, Principal Parrish Sonnier Eric Gueniot *Leave of Absence

Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus 2015-2016 Season

Chorus Master: David Shaler Accompanist: Dianne Frazer President: Gregory T. Oivanki ALTO I Kathy Bowersox Janelle D. Couvillon Helen Hoffpauir Anna Hutto Quinn Kendall+ Joann Kumiega+ Erin McWilliams Nanette Olivier+ Margaret Pfeil Kathy Rageur Kristina Shapiro Kaitlyn Stockwell Brenda W. Walker+ Donna Watson* Rebecca L. Watson ALTO II Donna Alleman Lisa Bourne+ Cheryl M. Brandon, Ed.D+ Nancy Griffin Susie Hunt+ Stephanie Hyde Nancy Jurasinski Amanda Lemoine Beryl B. Mack Mary L. McConnell* Connie L. Payne Mary Pittman Brenda Salassi Lindsey Short Susan Tarleton Dixie J. Tippy BASS I Glen Daigle Casey Doucet+ Peter J. Fogg Warren M. Fraser Riley Furr Peter E. Grant John Hu Keith James^ Colton Johnson+ James Jurasinski+ Gregory T. Oivanki** Mark Zielinski

BASS II Neal Blanchard Garett Byrne+ J. Stephen Carroll Lee Kelly+ David Lindenfeld Bob McDonner Jared Mixson Richard T. Speyrer* Philip Vincent+ SOPRANO I Katie Andress Claudia Bourgeois+ Carolyn Bowman Paula Summers Calderon Laurie Chiasson Dorothy Cox Dee Grant Emily L. Kay* Martha Kylander Leigh LaFargue+ Carla M. Landry Neely Martin-Whitaker Wendy Myers Savannah Scott Rose Mary Williams SOPRANO II Ginny Allen+ Marie Baily+ Christine Bergeron Kay Brown+ Erin Carraway+ Holly Carruth Gayle-Anne T. Chavers Nekisha Cobb Cynthia D’Amico Michelle Dearie Janina Fuller Elizabeth Gollub Leah Hartman Sarah Hunt Vivian Lehman*^ Melissa Long+ Mallory Martin+ Catherine B. Miller Christine Norred Christina D. O’Brien Julia Pence Sharon Pickett Anne Power Catherine Schaff+ Shari Smith Connie Thomas Elizabeth Thoms Rachel Tillay Hilda Woodruff+ Karen Yonts

TENOR I Daniel K. Dwyer, Jr.* Glen W. Forbes Ronald Perry+ David Shaler TENOR II Benjamin Caldwell John W. Couvillon Ed Dodd Bryan Glenn Greg Griffin* Sam Irwin+ Allan Lenhardt Daniel Lightsey Tim McGregor+ Dale J. Nyman Woody Thames George Tully Landon Webber

Chorus Position Designations: * = Section Leader ** = President/Section Leader Chair ^ = Outstanding Chorus Member of the Year +=New Chorus Member, This year

Pre-Concert Talks WITH MAESTRO MUFFITT

Join Music Director Timothy Muffitt before each Masterworks for insight into the historical, musical and cultural components of the evening’s repertoire. Talks start at 6:30 pm before each Masterworks concert Free with ticket to the concert.

❝ Orpheus with his lute made trees,

And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers.❞

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YEVGENY KUTIK Violin

The Piano Trio Yevgeny Kutik, violin Molly Goforth, violoncello Dianne Frazer, piano BRAHMS

Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

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Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Andante Allegro con brio Largo Allegretto

ailed for his dazzling command of the violin and its repertoire, as well as a communicative immediacy that harkens back to the legendary Romantic masters, Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik has become a highly sought-after artist on the concert stage worldwide. In his German debut with the WDR Rundfunk Orchestra, Yevgeny “enraptured the crowd” (DerWesten) with his performance. Of his New York City orchestral debut with the Riverside Symphony, The New York Times said his violin projected “an old-fashioned rhapsodic style, which was magnified by (his) rich, sweet tone.” Yevgeny’s other recent performances have included highly successful appearances with the Tokyo Vivaldi Ensemble in Japan, the world-premiere performance of the concerto Versus by Ron Ford with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, which received praise from both The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and a return appearance with the Boston Pops and Keith Lockhart. As a recitalist, he has been presented by the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., National Arts Club in New York City, Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago and in Europe at the esteemed Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (Germany) and Verbier (Switzerland) festivals. In his 2011-2012 season, Yevgeny Kutik was featured in debuts with The Riverside Symphony at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Washington DC’s Embassy Series, Germany’s Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, The East Texas Symphony Orchestra, and a residency at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, performing recital and orchestra programs, as well as conducting a masterclass. The season also featured his Prague debut at the Lobkowicz castle by invitation of Prince William Lobkowicz. Yevgeny continues his close association with the Jewish Federations of North America Speaker’s Bureau, annually performing throughout the United States to raise awareness and promote the assistance of refugees from around the world, a cause to which he is particularly dedicated.

Baton Rouge Symphony performances are made possible in part by the Community Fund for the Arts Campaign, City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge and supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and as administered by the Arts council of Greater Baton Rouge. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for Arts, Art Works.

Yevgeny made his debut with the Boston Pops and Maestro Keith Lockhart in 2003 playing the Sibelius Concerto as the 1st prize recipient of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. He has also been awarded a 2006 Salon de Virtuosi Grant as well as the 2006 Tanglewood Music Center Jules Reiner Violin Prize. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Yevgeny Kutik immigrated to the United States at age five. Shortly thereafter, he began violin lessons with his mother, Alla Zernitskaya, and continued with the late Zinaida Gilels. Other principal teachers have included Shirley Givens, Roman Totenberg and Donald Weilerstein. Mr. Kutik holds a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) from Boston University and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston where he makes his home. www.yevgenykutik.com

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program notes Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897 The B major Piano Trio is not actually Brahms’s first, but his last. Nobody knows how many chamber works Brahms wrote and discarded before he agreed to publish his first in 1854, the Piano Trio in B major. Contrary to most composers, he was averse to leaving a paper trail of youthful works to demonstrate his artistic development. He consigned anything he considered less than worthy attempts and manuscripts in progress to the fireplace. But with the B major Trio we get a glimpse of Brahms’s youthful voice, as well as his process of revision from the vantage point of greater age and artistic maturity. He had never been totally happy with the Trio and in 1888, when the publisher Simrock acquired the rights to his early works from Breitkopf & Härtel, the firm offered Brahms the opportunity to edit them before they were reprinted. Brahms toyed with the idea of making extensive revisions to the F minor Piano Sonata (No. 3) but finally settled on this Piano Trio, recomposing it completely. He succeeded in preserving most of the youthful exuberance while tightening the structure, shortening it by one third and leaving only the second movement Scherzo relatively intact, except for a cut in the coda. In the end, however, Brahms had a hard time deciding which version was better, and his old-time friends, remembering his youthful fire, rejected the new version: “You have no right to impress your masterly touch on this lovable, if sometimes vague, product of your youth,” wrote one of them. Realizing that he had created a new work, he jokingly referred to it as his “Opus 108.” The original 1854 version is still performed occasionally, but its excessive length and uneven quality confirm some of the older Brahms’s concerns. Ironically, the original version was premiered in New York in November 1855, several weeks before its German premiere. Brahms, with members of the Rosé Quartet, introduced the reworked version in Vienna in February 1890.

The Trio opens with a broad, majestic theme that gradually accumulates power as its exposition progresses from the solo piano to the full ensemble. This theme is nearly all that remains from the original version of this movement. Although the Trio is ostensibly in B major, Brahms maintains a dark cast to the entire piece, making abundant use of the minor mode. The theme of the Scherzo has a delicacy recalling Mendelssohn, but while the earlier composer associates this texture with fairyland gossamer, Brahms’ take is downright ghostly. The flowing theme of the Trio is warm and romantic. The Adagio opens with a solemn dialogue between the piano and the strings, its lyrical, second theme introduced by the cello with the piano in the background. According to Classical convention, final movements were meant to be upbeat, leaving both performers and listeners in an optimistic frame of mind. Symphonies of the period resolve ominous finales with bursts of sunshine (for example Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony and Brahms’s First). Even at a young age, however, Brahms was defying conventions by concluding the Trio with a movement in B minor, retaining the key, but not the mode, of the piece. The finale, again drastically redesigned, essentially retains only the opening theme from the original version. The restless dancelike theme reaches a stormy climax before it is calmed by the simple and steady second theme in D major. Brahms, however, returns to the passionate B-minor first theme in the coda. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 Dmitry Shostakovich, 1906-1975 Volumes have been written about Dmitry Shostakovich and his ambivalent relationship with the Soviet regime. Much of this writing is based on after-the-fact statements whose authenticity and veracity is often difficult to verify. What is clear is that the composer was a true son of the Russian Revolution and, as teenager, a true believer. But in his late twenties he became caught up in the Stalinist nightmare and apparently only survived the purges because Stalin liked the music Shostakovich obediently churn out for propaganda films.

The composer’s first – and worst – brush with the authorities occurred in January 1936. An article appeared in Pravda severely criticizing his highly successful new opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtzensk District. Upon the order of the government, the opera – as well as the rest of the composer’s music – was withdrawn from the stage and the concert hall. For the first of many times Shostakovich was cast into Soviet limbo, his music unperformed, his livelihood taken away and his life placed in jeopardy. In later years he recalled that he was so certain of being arrested that he used to sleep with his suitcase packed near the front door so that if the secret police were to pick him up they would not disturb the rest of the family. He redeemed himself in the eyes of the authorities in 1937 with the Symphony No. 5, which earned him a conditional reprieve. The opera, however, was not performed again for 25 years. World War II brought a breather and an upsurge of patriotism, with the horrors of the ‘30s temporarily forgotten. But in 1946 came a resurgence of purges, suppression and disappearances of artists, orchestrated by the cultural commissar Andrei Zhdanov, whose decrees stipulated that only cheerful, uplifting and folksy art were to be allowed. Living in such a highly regimented society and in constant fear for his life, Shostakovich used his chamber music compositions to express his most intimate and personal feelings. The circumstances forced him to evolve a complex symbolic language in order to get these works past the censors. Composed in 1943-44 in the midst of the war, this Trio is Shostakovich’s personal lament, reflecting his emotional response to the agonies of his native country: the systematic destruction of Russian culture through Stalin’s mass purges and the subsequent mass annihilation of Russia’s Jewish population by Hitler, which became public knowledge at the time. On top of this came the sudden and unexpected death at age 42 of his closest friend, the musicologist Ivan Sollertinsky, in whose memory Shostakovich dedicated the Trio. Sollertinsky, a polymath who spoke over 20 languages, was Artistic Director of the Leningrad Philharmonic, and was evacuated with the orchestra to Novosibirsk.

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The Trio opens with a modal theme meant to resemble a Jewish melody, played in unaccompanied harmonics high up on the cello. The effect is tortured and eerie and sets the macabre tone for the whole work. When the violin and piano subsequently enter they only accentuate the tone of desperation. The following energetic Scherzo is a brutal and fiendish dance of death. The third movement, Largo, a passacaglia, is a dirge, a lament for the dead, interrupted occasionally by harsh piano chords, like the hammer blows of fate. The finale, Allegretto, is again based on a Jewish theme, actually a dance tune. It starts with the strings playing pizzicato in apparent joviality but gradually and inexorably descends into an emotional hell, a Danse macabre. Towards the end, the opening theme joins in and the music fades gradually

into a silence of death. The impact of this ending in performances during the war was immense, and it is not surprising that audiences at the time used to sit for a long time in stunned silence before breaking out in applause. It was inevitable that in 1944, with victory over Germany now likely, if not imminent, Stalin’s censors were reluctant to allow such a pessimistic work to be performed. Its performance was finally approved when Shostakovich and his colleagues were able to convince the censors that the work depicted the cruelty of German occupation. Program notes by: Joseph & Elizabeth Kahn Wordpros@mindspring.com www.wordprosmusic.com

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the Chamber Series for another year. These concerts have become an important engagement for our family in the cultural life of Baton Rouge, and the growth of the audiences has been gratifying. The Lamar Chamber concerts present special opportunities to enjoy classical music. Chamber Concerts offer such warm experiences between audience and musicians. The small ensemble seems to be playing directly to each patron. We hope that each of you find the concerts as satisfying as we do. The Lamar Family takes great pleasure in the arts. Lamar Advertising Company supports the arts in communities throughout the United States; but it is particularly pleasing to sponsor the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra in our hometown.

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Sunday Classics with Timothy Muffitt

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CFA

Community Fund for the Arts

The CFA Thanks the 2015 Donors and Cabinet

A heartfelt THANK YOU to ALL donors to the 2015 Community Fund for the Arts Campaign. Please join us in recognizing our donors below. Your contributions to your united arts fund drive provide essential support to fifteen leading arts and humanities organizations in Baton Rouge and strengthen the cultural fabric of our city, making life better for all. – Renée Chatelain, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge President and CEO

Donor List for 2015 Campaign

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Benefactor The Josef Sternberg Memorial Fund Ms. Suzanne L. Turner and Mr. Scott W. Purdin

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Composer’s Spotlight: William Grant Still his living working in radio, television and film as a composer and arranger, and became particularly known in the business for his remarkable orchestration skills, much of which he picked up from his work with some of the great names in jazz such as Paul Whiteman and Artie Shaw. I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with the composer’s daughter Judith Anne Still and get her unique perspective of her father and his work. She is thrilled that we are performing his Symphony No. 1 for the second time in recent history (BRSO presented it last on the 2005-06 season). “I always thought of him as Daddy” she said, “but as the years go by I am constantly reminded of what a really important musician he was.” Ms. Still runs the publishing business for her father’s work, so she is in close contact with the music world. When asked about his work habits, she said “He worked all the time. He even composed while sleeping and would often wake in the night to write something down. He even composed while driving!”

William Grant Still –the Dean of African American Composers William Grant Still was a pioneer in American music. He was

Still tried to avoid becoming too familiar with the music of other composers. He wanted his music to come from him alone, with perhaps some divine assistance. “All his music comes from God,” Ms. Still added. In fact it was Still who was a strong influence on many other composers. Listeners frequently make a connection between Still and the younger George Gershwin but not all realize it was Still who influenced Gershwin rather than the other way around.

one of a handful of musicians, (along with the likes of Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington and others) whose output helped define the identity of American music, and whose remarkable talent and artistic vision opened doors for those who followed.

In reference to the huge success of Still’s Symphony No. 1 “The Afro-American Symphony” (1931), Ms. Still says that audiences respond to the work’s humanity. “It connects with people, and we need a connection now.”

In 1931 his First Symphony, the one on our season this year, was performed by the Rochester Philharmonic marking the first performance by a major orchestra in the US of a work by an AfricanAmerican composer. Since that time his music has been an important part of the repertoire of virtually all American major orchestras.

This work, like all of Still’s music reflects the composer’s deep connection to his spirituality. “His music reflects the powers that run the cosmos,” she added.

He was also active as an opera and ballet composer, breaking new ground in those genres too. He was the first African-American to have an opera performed by a major US opera company. In these works we see a Louisiana connection as well, as he chose our state as a settings and subject in some of his works. Along with his work as a composer, Still was also a conductor. In 1936 he took the podium as a guest conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and broke another barrier as he became the first African-American to conduct a major orchestra in this country. Aside from the ground-breaking “firsts,” Still was simply a solid and inspired musician and composer. Born in Woodville, Mississippi in 1895, Still studied composition at the famed Oberlin College and later the New England Conservatory. His combination of exemplary training, life experience and a unique artistic vision allowed him to make a vital and important contribution to the American classical canon--one appreciated not only for its historical significance but also for its artistic merit. After serving in the US Navy during World War I, Still won a Guggenheim Fellowship which he held for two years. He earned

We are excited to present Still’s First Symphony, especially on a program that connections Baton Rouge to the music and our musicians. We will hear it along with George Gershwin whose indebtedness to Still I noted earlier. Also on the program will be music of Stephen Paulus another composer incorporating jazz and blues elements into his music and this work in particular. Paulus also had a long connection to Baton Rouge. We commissioned and premiered a work of his to celebrate our 50th Anniversary and has performed several of his other works as well. Steve visited BR many times and made many friends. We were saddened to learn of his passing last year. The soloists on the Paulus work also have important Baton Rouge connections. Brian Shaw is BRSO’s Principal Trumpet and is on the faculty at LSU and Rex Richardson studied at LSU before launching his very successful career. Baton Rouge has many deep connections with the works on our February Masterworks Concert. Among them Still’s Afro-American Symphony stands as an important milestone, monument and influence in American music. We hope you enjoy the experience for both its significance as a work and its beauty as a creation. – Timothy Muffit 2016 WINTER

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Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden THURSDAY • JANUARY 28 • RIVER CENTER THEATRE

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Music Director and Conductor

Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden Timothy Muffitt, Music Director Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra PAUL HAYDEN Clara BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 (Schottische Fantasie) Prelude: Grave & I. Adagio cantabile Allegro Andante sostenuto Finale: Allegro guerriero Adé Williams, violin Intermission MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90, “Italian” Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto Tonight’s Performance Underwritten by

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dé Williams is the first place laureate of the Junior Division of the Sphinx Competition (2012), the Vivaldi Seasons Competition (Cambridge, 2012), the DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Performers (2011), Sejong Cultural Society’s Music Competition (2010, 2009), and numerous other competitions, beginning with the Walgreen’s National Concerto Competition (2005) at age eight. Recent performance opportunities include the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra (2016), the Philadelphia Orchestra (2016), the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan (2015), the Cambridge International String Academy in Cambridge, England (2015), a second solo performance at Carnegie Hall (2014), international soloing in South Africa, Switzerland, and Bermuda, and three U.S. tours with Sphinx Virtuosi (2011–2013). Adé’s orchestral debut with the Chicago Sinfonietta (2004) at age six as that orchestra’s youngest ever soloist launched a wonderful succession of solo performances: South Side Family Chamber Orchestra (2006); Highland Park Strings at Ravinia (2007); Lake Forest Symphony (2009); Illinois Symphony Orchestra with Rachel Barton Pine at Millennium Park (2010); Waukegan Symphony Orchestra (2011, 2014); and Sphinx Laureate extended solo series (2012–2014). Adé is a Harry J. Lennix Scholar (2015, 2001), Joyce and Roger D. Isaacs Scholar (2014–2015), Betsey and John Puth Fellow (2012– 2014), From the Top/Jack Kent Cooke Scholar (2013), Delta Sigma Theta’s “Emerging Artist” (2013), recipient of the Linda and Isaac Stern Charitable Foundation Award, in memory of Isaac Stern (2013), Bauder Fellow (2012), Links Fellow (2012), Alexandra and John Nichols Scholar (2010–2012), and the first William Warfield Scholar (2010–2014) at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where she studied privately with artist faculty Almita and Roland Vamos for nine years. She is also a Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation grant and instrument loan recipient (2005–2012). She is a charter member of the Junior Division of the Chicago Music Association. In 2012, Adé produced her first Adé & Friends benefit concert for a school on Chicago’s south side. Through her second concert, she plans to eliminate child homelessness in the Chicago Public Schools. Adé is a sophomore at the Curtis Institute of Music where she studies with Ida Kavafian. She enjoys time with friends and family (especially little brother, cellist Jonathan), ballet, travel, opera, Shakespeare, and driving.

Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden THURSDAY • JANUARY 28 • RIVER CENTER THEATRE

program notes Clara Paul Hayden, b.1956 Louisiana native Paul Hayden received his undergraduate degree in music composition from Louisiana State University and his graduate degrees (also in composition) from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. He has taught at Louisiana State University and at Eastern Illinois University, and has received numerous awards, especially for works for solo wind instruments (alto saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon and tuba) and for percussion. Since 1998 he has been a freelance composer living in Baton Rouge and running Magnolia Music Press, which he started in 1995 in order to publish his own music. Hayden explains about Clara, composed in 2014: “Clara is based on excerpts of music by the 19th-century pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896), wife of Robert Schumann. Melodies and excerpts of chord progressions from three of her compositions are used: the Piano Concerto, Valses Romantiques (for solo piano), and the late Marsch (March) (for piano four-hands). My intent in this piece was not to arrange Clara’s music, but to reimagine it in a way that places her wonderful ideas in a new and different context.” Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Max Bruch, 1838-1920 One of the hallmarks of nineteenth-century romanticism in music was the lionizing of the virtuoso violin and piano soloist, influenced by those two great showmen, Niccoló Paganini and Franz Liszt. The result was an insatiable demand for new virtuosic works, and nearly every composer of the period contributed at least one concerto to the repertory. At the same time, the Romantic composers were attracted to folk songs, as part of the budding nationalist movements and the idealization of the common people. In general, composers’ approach to folk music was often casual, as they extracted from the original songs and dances characteristic rhythms and melodic motives, molding and “civilizing” them for sophisticated concert audiences. There was a particularly widespread interest

in Scotland, fueled in part by the novels of Sir Walter Scott with their description of wild landscapes and quasi savagery on the outskirts of civilized Europe. They also came under the influence of the poems of Ossian, believed at the time to have been an ancient Scottish bard who actually turned out to be a hoax perpetrated by Scottish writer James MacPherson (1736-1796). Bruch was a German composer, conductor and music teacher, one of the lesser figures of German late Romanticism, who spent most of his career moving within Germany from one minor post to another. Only in 1891 were his talents finally recognized when he became professor of composition at the prestigious Berlin Conservatory. Bruch was a musical conservative who drew his inspiration from Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms. He had little use for the musical innovations of the late nineteenth century, and thoroughly detested Wagner. Although Bruch had been a prodigious composer best known since his youth for his choral works, today he is remembered mainly for his Violin Concerto in G minor, Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra, based on a melody from the Jewish Yom Kippur liturgy, and the Scottish Fantasy. Bruch composed the Scottish Fantasy in 1879-80, crediting his inspiration to the novels of Scott. Although Bruch inserted the disclaimer “free use” into the actual title: Fantasia for the Violin, with Orchestra and Harp, with the Free Use of Scottish FolkMelodies, Highlanders were still incensed at the “insensitive” way he treated their beloved songs, rendering them nearly unrecognizable. It had to be pointed out to them that he had merely used the melodies as a starting point to create a virtuoso showpiece. To make the work truly international, he dedicated it to the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate. After an introduction – à la Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony – depicting “an old bard contemplating a ruined castle and lamenting the glorious times of old,” the Adagio first movement is based on the nostalgic melody “Auld Rob Morris.” It is richly scored and showcases the harp, which Bruch considered as essential to Scottish folk idiom as the bagpipes – although he himself had never visited Scotland.

The Scherzo is a dance based on the song “The Dusty Miller” and uses the basses to simulate bagpipe drones. The dance ends with a recall of the theme from the first movement and leads without pause to the lush Andante, based on the nostalgic air “I’m a-Doun for Lack o’ Johnnie.” The spectacularly acrobatic Finale, Allegro guerriero (war-like), is based on the ballad “Scots Wha Hae wi’ Wallace Bled,” – the same melody Hector Berlioz had used in his Overture to Rob Roy – plus a couple of contrasting melodies, all subject to elaborate variations by the violin. According to legend, the text on which this song is based was proclaimed by Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 – as “modified” by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. No ersatz Scottish music would have been complete without capitalizing on the so-called “Scotch snap,” the rhythmic “short-long” figure in which the accent is placed on the short part of the metric foot. Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian” Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847 Felix Mendelssohn is one of a handful of composers whose families recognized and nurtured their gifts. He had inherited the intellect of his grandfather, the eminent Jewish philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn, while his banker father provided all the material comforts befitting a young aristocrat. The Mendelssohn household was a Mecca for the intellectual elite of Germany, and the many family visitors fawned over the prodigy and his talented sister Fanny. Fortunately for the development of his rare abilities, his carefully selected teachers were demanding and strict. The Mendelssohns joined the many wellto-do families to do the Grand Tour in what was then considered the “civilized” world – Western Europe, Britain and Italy. Some of Felix’s most successful orchestral compositions represent musical travelogues recalling such trips: the “Scottish” and “Italian” symphonies and The Hebrides Overture. An added perk to all this travel was that the family’s connections, and Felix’s reputation as a Mozartian Wunderkind attracted attention to his music throughout Europe. Queen Victoria herself had several 2016 WINTER

Perspectives: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Hayden THURSDAY • JANUARY 28 • RIVER CENTER THEATRE audiences with the young composer, during which he played and she sang. Traveling to Italy in 1830, Mendelssohn stopped in Weimar, where he spent two weeks conversing with the forbidding grand old man of German literature, the 80-year-old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was a heady experience for the young composer, and he continued on to Italy in high spirits. He was at once completely captivated by the sights and sounds of the sunny country and wrote home “...what I have been looking forward to all my life as the greatest happiness has now begun, and I am basking in it.” He immediately set about composing the “Italian” Symphony on commission from the London Philharmonic Society, conducting the premiere in 1833. The first movement, Allegro vivace, opens with a buoyant theme reflecting the sparkle of the Italian sunshine and the young composer’s rush of excitement. The contrasting second theme is a lilting figure for two clarinets playing in parallel thirds. The Andante con moto second movement is in a darker mood. It was composed after a visit to Naples, where Mendelssohn was greatly depressed by the poverty he saw. The doleful woodwinds and plodding ostinato in the cellos and double basses may allude to a religious procession he witnessed in the city’s streets. The charming and graceful the Con moto moderato third movement lightens the mood again and uses the traditional scherzo and trio form. The finale, Saltarello: presto with its driving triplets is based on the nineteenth-century folk version of a medieval Italian dance. In fact, Mendelssohn may have taken the two dance themes from folk music he had heard at a Roman carnival, which he described in detail in his letters. But this is one of those assumptions that is more guesswork than demonstrable fact. Both themes provide a difficult staccato workout for the upper winds reminiscent of the scherzo from the Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It is seldom that an audience has the opportunity to hear a composer’s early drafts of a work. But that is exactly what we do hear every time we attend a concert with this popular work on the program. Mendelssohn was dissatisfied with the Symphony, never again conducted it after the premiere and refused to publish it. It is not clear what displeased him in such a joyous work; perhaps its spontaneity went against the grain of his rigid academic training. In any case, he sat down in 1834 to revise it, rewriting the three last movements and commenting in a letter that he could not get the first movement right “In any way, it has to become totally different.” As part of the commission, the original score was left with the London Philharmonic, and it is this version, published posthumously in 1851 (hence the high opus number), that became the public favorite; the later version was included in volume 28 of the collection of Mendelssohn’s unpublished manuscripts and was performed for the first time in 1992 and first recorded in 1998. Program notes by: Joseph & Elizabeth Kahn Wordpros@mindspring.com www.wordprosmusic.com

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Lamar Chamber Series - Willis Delony: Intersections THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 11 • FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Willis Delony: Intersections

WILLIS DELONY

Willis Delony, piano

Piano

Borislava Iltcheva, violin

Molly Goforth, cello Brian Shaw, trumpet John Madere, double bass Troy Davis - drums Roots II for Violin, Cello and Piano

David Baker

I. Incantation II. Dance in Congo Square III. Sorrow Song IV. Boogie Woogie V. Jubilee Toot Suite: I. Allegre

Claude Bolling

Bach Suite: Allegro

Oscar Peterson Intermission

Intersections (after a theme by J.S. Bach)

Willis Delony

Dream Dance (Waltz in C# Minor by Chopin)

Victor Feldman

Joy Spring

Clifford Brown

Blue Serge

Mercer Ellington arr. by Willis Delony

Blue Rondo a la Turk

Dave Brubeck arr. by Willis Delony

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n a career spanning over three decades, pianist Willis Delony has won acclaim as one of the nation’s leading classical/jazz crossover artists. His concert explorations of the two musical worlds are showcased in a series of solo piano recordings on the Centaur label. A New World A’ Comin’ – Classical and JazzConnections was released in 2001. Double Dance – Classical and Jazz Connections II was released in 2008, while the final installment of the series, Out of Character – Classical and Jazz Connections III, was released in October 2014. Previous album credits include a recording of sonatas by Samuel Barber and Sergei Prokofiev, also on the Centaur label, and a jazz album entitled Civilized Conversations, featuring Delony and bassist Bill Grimes. He collaborated with bassoonist William Ludwig on the Mark Records release, Rhapsody in Bassoon, which features the world premiere recording of André Previn’s Sonata for Bassoon and Piano. Delony has appeared as piano soloist, guest pianist/arranger or conductor with over thirty American orchestras as well as orchestras in Canada, the former Soviet Union and China. As a solo and collaborative recitalist, he has performed classical and jazz concerts throughout the U.S. – including a solo recital in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (October, 2014) – as well as France, Germany, Mexico and Brazil. He has performed with many of the nation’s leading jazz artists, and is co-host/pianist for Louisiana State University’s popular concert series Hot Summer Nights – Cool Jazz. His pops orchestra arrangements have been performed throughout the U.S. and Canada, including over 50 scores written for the Minneapolis-based jazz vocal quintet Five By Design, with whom he has recorded two albums. He performed as guest pianist/arranger with this popular group in a 2012 holiday tour with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Delony is the Virginia Martin Howard Professor of Piano and Professor of Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University, where he has been a member of the School of Music faculty since 2000. From 1986-2000 he served on the music faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University. He is a past recipient of an Artist Fellowship awarded by the Louisiana Division of the Arts, and in May 2012 received the Edith Kirkpatrick Arts Leadership Award given by the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra.

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program notes Tonight’s program explores the intersection of two musical worlds – classical and jazz – that are not always so far apart. Roots II was composed in 1992 by the legendary composer and teacher David Baker. Written for pianist Menahem Presler and the Beaux Arts Trio, its five movements are rich in jazz-tinged melodic, rhythmic and harmonic details, while employing the virtuosic technical language of the classical piano trio. The result is a crossover masterpiece. French jazz pianist and composer Claude Bolling achieved international notoriety in 1975 with his Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano in a recording featuring Bolling’s trio and the flute virtuoso Jean-Pierre Rampal. In 1981, Bolling recorded Toot Suite with French trumpet legend Maurice André. Featured tonight is the first movement of that suite, “Allègre,” in which sections of Baroque-style counterpoint alternate with jazz interludes. Canadian piano legend Oscar Peterson was also a gifted composer. His Bach Suite is one example among many of the German Baroque master’s influence on jazz music. The “Allegro” movement featured tonight is

in two parts, the first characterized by a gentle flowing melody, the second by a bebop-styled setting in the type of deep, hard-swinging groove that was a Peterson signature. The principal melody of Intersections is based on the Fugue in D-sharp minor from Book II of J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. This new piece for piano and bass is set in a contemporary jazz idiom with plenty of room for improvisational interplay between the two players. Victor Feldman was a pianist, percussionist and composer who is widely regarded as one of Great Britain’s finest jazz musicians. In the U.S. he is known for his work with Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley. In 1982 he recorded a piano trio album of original compositions based on Chopin themes entitled To Chopin With Love. “Dream Dance” is a swinging take on one the Polish master’s most memorable waltz melodies. Clifford Brown was a jazz trumpet virtuoso whose life was cut short by a tragic car accident at the age of 26. Although his recording career lasted only four years, his status as a jazz legend is secure. Perhaps his most famous composition is the ebullient

jazz classic “Joy Spring,” presented here tonight in the same spirit as his iconic 1954 recording. The relatively little known “Blue Serge” was one of many musical character pieces recorded by the great Duke Ellington Orchestra. This mournful gem was actually composed by the Duke’s son Mercer Ellington, and arranged for the Ellington band by the incomparable Billy Strayhorn. The arrangement heard tonight revisits the tune with a nod toward another “Serge” (aka “Sergei” as in Rachmaninov). Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo a la Turk” was recorded on the Brubeck Quartet’s landmark 1959 album Time Out that also included their most famous recording, “Take Five.” The written melody of “Blue Rondo a la Turk” employs a rhythmic pattern that Brubeck heard when the band was touring in Turkey, while the improvised solos are based on a straightforward 12-measure blues progression. After the solos, the main theme is reprised as the ensemble romps to a rousing finish.

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American Festival: Gershwin, Still and Paulus THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 25 • RIVER CENTER THEATRE REX RICHARDSON Trumpet

A veteran of the acclaimed chamber ensemble

TIMOTHY MUFFITT Music Director and Conductor

American Festival: Gershwin, Still and Paulus Timothy Muffitt, Music Director Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra PAULUS Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra Fantasy Elegy Dance Rex Richardson and Brian Shaw, trumpets Intermission STILL Symphony No.1 “Afro-American” Longing: Moderato assai Sorrow: Adagio Humor: Animato Aspiration: lento; con risoluzione GERSHWIN An American in Paris

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Rhythm & Brass, jazz legend Joe Henderson’s Quintet and Sextet, William Russo’s Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the Brass Band of Battle Creek, known as the world’s “Rolls Royce of Brass Bands” (Brass Band World), Richardson stays busy as a headline artist at international brass and jazz festivals and as soloist with a tremendous variety of large ensembles around the world. These ensembles have ranged from the Phoenix Symphony to the U.S. Army Field Band, and from England’s Fodens Brass Band to the Airmen of Note Jazz Ensemble. Most of Richardson’s seven solo recordings, including the 2010 release, Magnum Opus: 21st Century Trumpet Concertos, are released on Summit Records. Referring to Magnum Opus, the International Trumpet Guild Journal printed “This album, without a doubt, puts Rex Richardson among the very best trumpet soloists in the world today.” His most recent CDs, Bugles Over Zagreb: the Music of Doug Richards and Blue Shift were released in October 2014. In praise of the latter, DownBeat magazine called Richardson “a standout soloist with the power, range and flexibility to rival Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw.” Richardson has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2002 and served as artist-in-residence or visiting professor at Ithaca College and London’s Trinity College of Music. He served as Yamaha Artist-in-Residence for the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England for spring of 2012 and thereafter served the RNCM International Tutor in Trumpet until 2015

BRIAN SHAW Trumpet

Brian Shaw is Julian & Sidney Carruth Professor of Trumpet/Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Co-Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Wind Symphony.

Recently Shaw performed as a soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony and Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia. Supported by a Louisiana Board of Regents ATLAS grant, Shaw has recorded an CD of works for solo trumpet and wind ensemble with the DWS, conducted by Jerry Junkin, on Klavier Records. Shaw performs regularly on the popular LSU concert series “Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz” alongside pianist Willis Delony and bassist Bill Grimes. He also directs the LSU Jazz Ensemble, which has hosted such luminaries as Wayne Bergeron and Rufus Reid during his leadership. His books and transcriptions are published by Advance Music, Presser, Schott, and Universal Edition. Shaw holds degrees from Eastern Illinois University (B.Mus), the Eastman School (M.Mus) and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). He lives in Baton Rouge with his wife, Paula, their house full of pets, and son Thomas.

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program notes Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra Stephen Paulus, 1949-2014 Concertos for two trumpets were quite popular during the Baroque. The best known today is Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in C Major, RV 537. But during the ensuing 250 years, the trumpet as a solo instrument nearly vanished off composers’ radar. Over the last few decades, however, the trumpet has gained new life in the concert hall, spurred by such virtuoso promoters as Maurice André and Wynton Marsalis. Stephen Paulus composed his Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra in 2003. In many respects, it reflects the modern career of the solo instrument as a crossover piece between the classical and jazz idioms. Although it avoids jazz harmonies and blue notes, the techniques for the trumpet derive from jazz riffs. The Concerto, for example is held together by a little five-note upbeat motive that first appears in the first movement in the lower strings and played out in the final movement. The motoric first movement has multiple themes, the first pitting the two soloists against the five-note motto in the accompaniment. Some of the most lyrical moments in the Concerto are found in the principal secondary theme. In the virtuosic coda the trumpets begin a serious exploration of the five-note motto. The typical three-movement concerto sandwiches a slow movement between the flashier outer ones. Paulus uses the second movement to convey a desolate, at times even menacing mood, punctuated by outcries for the two soloists. Once again, there is a plethora of thematic ideas, some in the style of film scores of the mid twentieth century. Towards the end of the movement, a solo flute heralds a more romantic, although still lonely, mood. The third movement harks back to a Baroque toccata, in which fancy technique and staccato playing emphasize rapid repeated notes. Towards the end, we are into a fullfledged competition between the two soloists as they blast out competing jazzy riffs.

A prolific composer of over 350 works, Paulus was fluent in all genres, including orchestra, opera, chorus, chamber ensemble, solo voice, concert band, piano and organ. He composed ten operas, his best known, The Postman Always Rings Twice, based on James Cain’s thriller. Born in Summit, New Jersey, he lived most of his life in Minnesota. He co-founded the American Composers Forum in 1973 and worked on behalf of his colleagues as the Symphony and Concert representative on the ASCAP Board of Directors. His music has been commissioned, recorded and performed by a wide range of orchestras and music organizations. He served as composerin-residence for the Minnesota Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony. Symphony No. 1 Afro-American William Grant Still, 1895-1978 Often called “Dean of Afro-American Composers,” William Grant Still was born in Mississippi and grew up in Arkansas in a musically-oriented middle class family. While his mother wanted him to become a physician, there was never any doubt that his heart and soul were in music. His musical training covered the whole spectrum, from studying the blues with W.C. Handy to composition with George Chadwick at the New England Conservatory of Music and with Edgar Varèse. His music reflects these diverse influences. His early works shows the influence of Varèse, whose style he later disavowed in favor of simpler harmonic and melodic approaches. In the late 1920s his music became more lyrical and romantic as he began drawing his material from ethnic and popular sources. But while he occasionally made use of actual folk songs and blues, he invented most of his thematic material. Still was a prolific composer, with ballets, songs, piano pieces, choral works, chamber music, five symphonies and eight operas. He made his living, however, as a successful arranger for popular musicians, among them Paul Whiteman, Artie Shaw and Sophie Tucker. He also worked as arranger and conductor for the major radio networks and later for television. He provided orchestration for several Broadway musicals and wrote

music for films, including Lost Horizons, Pennies from Heaven and Stormy Weather. The Afro-American Symphony was composed in 1930 and premiered in 1931. In notes for a 1965 recording, Still wrote that “It was not until the Depression struck that I went jobless long enough to let the symphony take shape.” The symphony is based on an original blues theme that recurs in each movement. Still’s stated purpose was “To demonstrate how the blues, so often considered a lowly expression, could be elevated to the highest musical level.” The harmonies employed throughout the symphony are by and large conventional, as is the overall symphonic structure. The four movements are aptly described by their subtitles: “Longing,” “Sorrow,” “Humor” and “Aspirations.” Quotes from four colloquial poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar head the movements. The first movement introduces the blues theme followed by a second major theme resembling a spiritual for solo oboe. The theme for the mournful second movement is again introduced by the oboe; it is answered by a second theme on the flute, a variation of the opening blues theme. The third movement presents a dramatic contrast, lively and full of syncopated dance rhythms, accentuated by the extensive use of a banjo. The symphony culminates in a majestic and proud finale that unites all previous themes and ends on an upbeat mood. An American in Paris George Gershwin, 1898-1937 Although jazz evolved in New Orleans in the early part of the last century from ragtime and the blues, it was in Europe, where American dance bands were popular, that classical composers first incorporated the new idiom into their concert works. Among the best known are Claude Debussy’s Golliwog’s Cakewalk (1908); Igor Stravinsky’s Ragtime (1918); and especially Darius Milhaud’s ballet La création du monde (The Creation of the World) (1923). George Gershwin was the first American composer to make jazz acceptable to American classical music audience. The son of poor Jewish immigrants in lower 2016 WINTER

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The performance of his Rhapsody in Blue at the concerts of bandleader Paul Whiteman in 1924 made history. The Concerto in F, however, commissioned by Walter Damrosch for the New York Symphony and premiered in December 1925, was the first largescale jazz composition in a traditionally classical form. It opened the doorway, but until the last couple of decades, few composers have ventured through it. Gershwin composed An American in Paris in 1928 on a commission from the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York. It is a jazzbased tone poem inspired by the composer’s trip to France where he attempted to study with, among others, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky. Both declined. Ravel was supposed to have said: “Why be a second-rate Ravel when you are a first-rate Gershwin?”

The work captures the sound and spirit of post-World-War-I Paris where such American bohemians as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway – and their fictional characters – went to lose (and rediscover) themselves. According to the composer, “The piece is really a rhapsodic ballet, written very freely...to portray the impressions of an American visitor as he strolls around the city... the individual listener can read into the music such episodes as his imagination pictures for him.” But for the program book at the premiere, with Gershwin’s approval, composer Deems Taylor wrote a different scenario involving a detailed description of the tourist’s day adrift in the City of Light, proving that the music came first, the explanation later. To add authenticity to its sound, Gershwin purchased in Paris taxi horns for the New York premiere. An American in Paris has had a strong influence on a certain type of American music. Leonard Bernstein’s musical On the Town, is an expanded version chronicling a day in the lives of two American sailors on leave in New York during World War II. But even more persistent has been Gershwin’s hustle-bustle evocation of busy Parisian life that has been used in so many film scores, TV and advertising as to become iconic “city” music. Program notes by: Joseph & Elizabeth Kahn Wordpros@mindspring.com www.wordprosmusic.com

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The Baton Rouge Symphony League 2015-2016 BRSL Officers

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Mary Jane Dillenberger, President Jan Wells, President Elect & Mad Hatters Chair Jenny Gray, Past President Amy Phillips, First Vice President Ellen Murphy, Second Vice President Paula Davis, Secretary Ann Michele Logan, Treasurer Louann Bombet, LJA Program Adviser

LJA Father Daughter Brunch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; November 15, 2015

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Back: Thomas Swain, Ronnie Johnson, Vernon Coffman, James Yegge, Dennis Mitchell Front: Marie Swain, Leslie Claire Purpera, Kendall Coffman, Drew Yegge, Ali Mitchell

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The Baton Rouge Symphony League Guest Day Brunch at the home of Susan Love October 7, 2015

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WAY To Go brso! PENNINGTON CHALLENGE DONORS The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra is endebted to the following donors who have made special gifts in recognition of the extraordinary generosity of Paula Pennington de la Bretonne and the Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation Challenge Gift. Albemarle Foundation Patricia Alford Gloria Anderson Anonymous Axiall Corporation Gerald and Judy Bach H. P. Bacot Kathy and Ed Baker Veris and Donnie Batie Baton Rouge Area Foundation Baton Rouge Metro Airport Terri and George Bell Dr. and Mrs. Westley J. Belton Stephen and Miriam Bensman, Ph.D.s Frank Betts Sara Bidner Diane and Stanley Bienasz Lee and Cindy Bloch Blue Cross/Blue Shield of LA Louis and Julianne Bonnecaze Shirley and Gardiner Bourque Vickie Burt P. Carrigan Byrd, Jr. Bill and Helen Campbell Holly Carruth Robert R. Casey Morena Cazedessus Lynne Chang Charles and Peggy Coates Gerry and Donald Daigle Bonnie J. Davis Susan H. Dawson Dr. & Mrs. Christopher F. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elia Mary Jane and Kelley Dillenberger Dr. Meggie Dobson Collier John and Annette Douthat Debbie and Julio Dumas Daniel K. Dwyer Brooke and Gerard Dynes Bebe Facundus The Legendre and Flanagan Families Beryl Fourroux JoAnn and Charlie Fryling Tonya and Jayson Fullerton Thomas Garrett Judi and Jim George Keith R. Gibson, MD Michael Gillen Greg and Nancy Griffin Roberta and Jay Guillory Brenda and Wayne Guy Sue and Ken Hagius Cynthia and Gary Hallam

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Elizabeth A. Hampton James F. and Debra C. Hanna Patty and Robert Hannaman Hargrove Engineering Becky and Jack Harris Meredith Hathorn and Rawley Penick Toai Lam Hau and Nho Nha Thi Huynh Angela Haycook Ava and Cordell Haymon Bro. Ray Hebert Margaret Heffron Anonomous Dr. and Mrs. Steven Heymsfield Helen Hoffpauir Mr. & Mrs. Donald Houde Kelly and Enrique Hurtado Billie C. Hyde J. P. Morgan Chase Bank Deidra Jackson Mark R. James Paul and Hannah Jang Ronell E. Johnson Mary S. Johnson Klileen and George Jones Yoshiko Kelley Robert and Kay Kenney Sudershan Kharey Marcia and Paul Kirk Richard & Barbara Kreuser Alice and Lawrence Kronenberger Charles and Carole Lamar Deborah Lamb Arthur E. Lamm Carla M. Landry Lynn and Henry Lastrapes Conville and Polly Lemoine Allan Lenhardt Jim and Gail Lloyd Ann Michele and James Logan Megan and Blue Loupe LSU School of Music Camp and Barbara Matens Pat McLaury Scott and Elizabeth Miller Jerry Lynn and Jeff Mills Mike, Stacie and Emma Miranda & George and Mary Stewart Timothy and Elise Muffitt Therese and Sammy Nagem Jeanette Nance Bryan and Wendi Neal Sandy Noel Christina and Joseph Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien

John Oliver Nanette Olivier Miriam C. E. Overton John and Janelle Overton Janice and Gerald Pellar Andrew Perry Patricia and Lloyd Pine Gregory and Sanettria Pleasant Ronald Pohl Sally and John Power Blair and Jim Purgerson Jeanette and Bob Rackley Katherine and Robert Ragland Robert and Sue Rainer Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Rankins A. Ravi Prakash Rau Gwen Redding Tena and Charles Roemer, Roemer Robinson and Melville Elizabeth and Charles Rossman Nadine C. Russell Cary Saurage Harvey and Betty Schwartzberg Kristina Shapiro Lt. Col. Ralph W. Stephenson, Jr. Mary Ann Sternberg T. Bonner Stewart Georgia Stokes Kirsten Stone Barbara Strawitz Diane and Johnny Tate Yolunda and Jonathan Taylor Deborah Dunlevy Todd David Torns Natalie, Jeff, Joshua and Anna Truax Nancy Turkmen John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer Stephen and Candace Walker Rebecca and Mike Walker Edwin and Regina Walker Chau and Wilson Wang Donna Watson Amy and Anthony Watts Richard and Susan Webb Tim and Jan Wells Kimberly and Garris Wilcox Mr. Joseph Wiley and Dr. Laura Wiley Donna Wright Lee Lan Xu Siva and Madhuri M. Yadlapati Allison Young Brooke and Tom Yura Mark Zielinski

Evelyn LeJeune’s Life with BRSO

Visionary Society Special thanks to these donors who have made three year pledges in support of BRSO’s continued efforts to attain excellence in artistic endeavors and community engagement. Kathy and Ed Baker Baton Rouge Metro Airport Terri and George Bell Dr. and Mrs. Westley J. Belton Lee and Cindy Bloch Shirley and Gardiner Bourque P. Carrigan Byrd, Jr. Robert R. Casey Mary Jane and Kelley Dillenberger John and Annette Douthat Brooke and Gerard Dynes Bebe Facundus Judi and Jim George Cynthia and Gary Hallam Elizabeth A. Hampton James F. and Debra C. Hanna Hargrove Engineering Becky and Jack Harris Meredith Hathorn and Rawley Penick Ava and Cordell Haymon Kelly and Enrique Hurtado Ronell E. Johnson Mary S. Johnson Alice and Lawrence Kronenberger Charles and Carole Lamar Deborah Lamb Ann Michele and James Logan Megan and Blue Loupe Camp and Barbara Matens Scott and Elizabeth Miller Timothy and Elise Muffitt Therese and Sammy Nagem Miriam C. E. Overton Janice and Gerald Pellar Andrew Perry Jeanette and Bob Rackley Harvey and Betty Schwartzberg Diane and Johnny Tate Deborah Dunlevy Todd John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer Donna Wright Lee Allison Young

Your Name Here! Please consider joining us by making a gift to the Pennington Challenge and by becoming a member of the Visionary Society. For more information, contact Miriam Overton 225-400-0339 miriam@brso.org

or over forty years, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra has enjoyed the plucky, cheerful company of Evelyn LeJeune. A long-time patron and donor, Evelyn has also given hundreds of hours to the symphony, volunteering for the Baton Rouge Symphony League and in the orchestra’s administrative office. Many a letter to symphony patrons has been folded, stuffed, sealed and stamped by her hands. The picture of her sitting at a table piled high in envelopes and plastic postal trays, while enjoying a laugh with fellow friends and volunteers, is a wonderful memory many of us share and cherish. Evelyn was born in 1925 in Opelousas to Sicilian parents. That good food and lively music were a part of her childhood almost goes without saying. She attained her degree in Home Economics from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the war years of 1941-1945. Upon graduation, she found her first full time job, working for the state as a social worker. “Starting wage was only $98 per month!” she noted. After a long, fruitful career, Evelyn retired shortly after turning 55. When referring to retirement benefits, she chuckled, “They didn’t count on me living to be 90!” Not one to be idle after retirement, Evelyn began planning how she would spend her second act. In the early 1970s, she attended a “Prelude Party” hosted by the Baton Rouge Symphony League and knew right then and there that BRSO was going to be a part of her life! Among her varied interests, including international travel, Evelyn is a devoted opera lover – having enjoyed countless operas along her journeys. She has attended every opera class at LSU’s Osher Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) with Dr. Tommy Beard since he began teaching them in 1999. Evelyn is also a member of the Baton Rouge Music Club and the Baton Rouge Volunteers for Opera (BRAVO.) Evelyn was blessed to enjoy a beautiful 66-year marriage to her husband, Charles LeJeune. Despite hardships that come with the passing of time, including her husband’s passing in 2013, Evelyn has kept busy with her two sons and daughter, grandchildren and friends, and still makes time for the BRSO office when mailings need a little help to get out the door. When asked if there is a secret to her currently nine decades-long love of life, Evelyn mused that healthy living and having Sicilian parents might have had something to do with it. Like the proverb says, Evelyn is living proof that a happy heart, sprinkled with a generous measure of love and some wonderful music, does good like a medicine. Thank you Evelyn for sharing your time with us!

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2015 - 2016 Louisiana Youth Orchestras Series

DAVID TORNS Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Louisiana Youth Orchestra Music Director and Conductor

BRSO Engages the Young Music Scene With the Louisiana Youth Orchestras The Louisiana Youth Orchestras are the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s longest running and most successful educational initiative. Under the direction of BRSO Associate Conductor David Torns, the LYO supports the music education of over 170 students each year. The program has helped spark a renaissance amongst Baton Rouge area youth who are interested in playing orchestral music. Students travel from as far away as Mississippi to participate in weekly rehearsals that include coaching from members of BRSO. These talented young musicians are sure to bring you to your feet at one of their concerts throughout the year.

The Louisiana Youth Orchestras Inspire Young Musicians Young musicians need support, encouragement, and an environment that inspires them to challenge their notions of what is possible. The Louisiana Youth Orchestras provide this support for aspiring young artists at all stages of their development. We hope that you will consider enrolling your young musician in our program, and watch them grow not only in their musical abilities, but also as members of the community.

February 18, 2016 at 7 p.m. Baton Rouge River Center Theatre LOUISIANA JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA STRING ENSEMBLE FRANCIS L. FEESE Chorale and Fanfare TRADITIONAL When the Saints Go Marching In ROBERT S. FROST Dude Ranch Special LOUISIANA JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA SCOTT JOPLIN - arranged by Holcombe and Rothrock The Entertainer WILLIAM HOFELDT Lullaby SAINT-SAENS - arranged by Isaac Marche Militaire Francaise LOUISIANA YOUTH ORCHESTRA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Program to be announced from the stage LOUISIANA YOUTH ORCHESTRA COPLAND Variations on a Shaker Melody

thanks to our sponsor DEBORAH DUNLEVY TODD

Growing up in a musical family and studying music privately

and in public school has had a very positive impact on my life so I want to share that with members of the LYO by sponsoring another season of the Louisiana Youth Orchestra. Please join me in supporting and enriching the lives of our fine young musicians by attending all of their concerts and contributing to their success with your financial support.

STILL The American Scene Suite 2 “The South” I. Florida Night III. A New Orleans’ Street BIZET L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 III. Menuetto IV. Farandole The Louisiana Youth Orchestras perform three concerts each season. The next concert will be May 17, 2016 at 7 p.m.

Special thanks to performance underwriters CHAU AND WILSON WANG

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2015 - 2016 Louisiana Youth Orchestras Series 2015-16 LOUISIANA JUNIOR STRING ENSEMBLE Violin Camille Becnel * Madeline Boudreaux * Alex Buriege * Hayes Conner Charles Fox-Smith Tessa Gordon Landon Hau Torrie Hedges Torsten Hedges Lauren Herke Claire King Faith Loh Gabriel Loh Michael Loh Orna Mukhopadhyay Amelia Pleasant Gabrielle Sparks Haotian (Sunny) Tan * Andrew Wang Michael Wang * Annie Wilcox Viola Charlie Becnel Marie Herke Brayden Yorek Cello Brooke Parsons James Whitney * Section leaders LOUISIANA JUNIOR YOUTH ORCHESTRA Violin I Yena Jang Emery Gischler Shon Lee Grace Qian Jason Park Samuel Li Mathilde Fox-Smith Ju-Woo Nho Brennan Davis Brandon Lee Caroline Wilcox Ally Sutton Charles Roemer James Power Marcus Schafer Leo Hackney Violin II Sydney Boudreaux Emma Kate Connor Connor Davis Olivia King Adrianna Whitney Katie Wang Justin Smith Cindy Xu Amy Hau Emory Templet Lilyan Jarreau

Jonathan Ding Allison Gammon Kaydence White Makenna Whitmer Aubrey Smallhorn Amelia Dauer Abigail Becnel Leighton Flanagan Jayke Fullerton Lillie Verma Gregory Samuels Victoria La Viola Naomi Cates Lanie Wang Isabel Hau Cello Connor Porthouse Anna Sloan Peter Cates Kennedy Morgan Justin Kim Elizabeth Constant Flute Nellie Jun Jenny Kim Nicholas Waguespack Marina Neal Priscilla Fore Josie Dial Oboe Liam Carruth Frances Pergurson Clarinet Annamaria Rossman Jhansi Yadlapati Maggie Stewart Dallin Clark Bassoon Samuel Frison Katie Miranda Saxophone Landon Pettigrew Horn Avery Stewart Lisveth Abreu Juan Cechinni Trumpet Anthony Bailey Christopher Dugas Matthew McGibney Trombone Jonas Truax Alyssa Hobdy Matthew Sterling Tuba Christain Noto Michael Sterling Percussion Timothy Marquess Harp Antoinette Gladney

LOUISIANA YOUTH ORCHESTRA Violin I Anna Jang, Concertmaster Erina Buchholz, AssistantConcertmaster Hannah Park Lena Cates Cindy Zhuang Elizabeth Copeland Cole Roland Alex Acosta Violin II Yena Jang, Principal Orianne Luo, Assistant Principal Dixon Lin Adeline Roemer Matthew Gravois Meredyth Yorek Dayne Salassi Tess Cunningham Qhuentin Myles Jimmy Phan Lauryn Hinton Viola Jaime Pellicero-Calvo, Principal Carneshia Harris, Assistant Principal Greyson Yorek Cello Luc Kharey, Principal Rachel Copeland, Assistant Principal Abigail Sands Sean Parker Julia Power Camron Wang Miguel Nabatilan Aidan Reid Kaelyn Hinton Bass Scott Elder, Principal Aubry Procell, Assistant Principal Ben Groover Lance Gaupp Flute Marisa Russo, Principal Kaitlyn Parker, Assistant Principal Sarah Banker Alanna Wheat Oboe Hannah Graham, Principal Sienna Williams, Assistant Principal Gabriel Keowen Solie Falcon

LOUISIANA YOUTH ORCHESTRA GUEST VIOLINIST: Adé Williams The Louisiana Youth Orchestras are proud to join the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra in the national celebration of African American History Month. Each of our ensembles will be performing a work by a prominent African American composer and learning about their contributions to Western classical music. The LYO will be performing a work by William Grant Still that is rarely performed live: The American Suite No. 2 “From the South”. The work depicts Still’s imagery of the Southern landscape and the sounds of a busy New Orleans Street. The LJYO will be performing The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, and the LJSE will be performing a Louisiana favorite: When the Saints Go Marching In. In addition to our performances, we are thrilled to be able to work with guest artist violinist Adé Williams, who will be giving a masterclass and coaching our students. It’s a pleasure to play our part in this important celebration, and we look forward to expanding our musical horizons

Clarinet Gena Bergeron, Principal Maddie Schram, Assistant Principal Richard Clark Levi Thompson Ethan Archer Manny Bailey Addie Otterstetter Collin DeVillier Kristen Sterling

Trumpet Brandon Schittone, Principal Robert Cobden Morris Arena Anthony Bailey

Bassoon Allison Gendron, Principal Samuel Frison

Trombone Dylan Walsworth, Principal William McGibney, Assistant Principal Austin Noto Jonas Truax Cameron Bradley

Alto Sax Thompson Saffell Ryan DeVillier Brian Long

Tuba Brendon Ratliff, Principal Julia Hollingsworth

Horn Blakelynn Prettelt, Principal Miguel Clouatre Juan Cecchini Julia Savoy Avery Stewart Lisveth Abreu

Percussion Brian Harley Timothy Marquess Brandon Ronkartz Ethan Long Harp Rachel Yura, Principal Aubrey Adams Antoinette Gladney

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Young People’s Discovery Concert Series 13,600 students from 52 schools in six parishes came to Christian Life Academy for the 2015 Young People’s Discovery Concert Series in October. Students explored how great composers use music to depict the characters, action, and settings of beloved stories in this year’s program “Legends and Fairy Tales.” As a special surprise, they got to meet – and sing with – Princess Elsa, from Disney’s Frozen! Parents and teachers are calling this our greatest Discovery concert yet, and can’t wait to bring their students back next year to see what surprises Associate Conductor David Torns and our amazing orchestra have for them in 2016. SAVE THE DATE: October 26, 27, 28 2016

Emerge Center The therapists and staff at the Emerge Center believe that music is a powerful tool that can help children learn to communicate, and BRSO agrees! Every week musicians and education staff from BRSO spend two days at the Emerge Center, engaging children with music in their classrooms. Students learn new words and social behaviors through activities with songs and instruments, and they discover the confidence to try new things as new activities are introduced. “I think the symphony has been a very positive activity for the children at our clinic. I see their faces light up and their whole bodies begin to engage more each week. Also it’s been great to see the initial fear of the “new” activity transform to true enjoyment!!” – Christie Zeringue, Speech-Language Pathologist

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Arts & Alzheimer’s For the second year in a row, BRSO partnered with Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area for the “Fall into Music” segment of their Arts & Alzheimer’s program. This year participants were treated to a musical journey around the world! Many of BRSO’s musicians have travelled the globe to be part of our community; musicians who come from Brazil, Mexico, and Bulgaria demonstrated the musical traditions and customs of their homeland, and shared their own musical journey.

Tunes at Noon Once each month, BRSO puts on a free concert at noon at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s main branch on Goodwood Boulevard. These programs feature small groups of players performing chamber music for an ever-changing audience as library-goers stop by to listen on their way in, or after they check out with their latest acquisitions. If you missed a concert this fall, don’t worry – video clips from each Tunes at Noon performance are posted to BRSO.org! UPCOMING PERFORMANCES: January 27, February 3, March 2

Musical Gateways Passports BRSO is committed to removing the barriers that prevent underserved children and their families from experiencing the magic of our live orchestral performances. This season, 200 Musical Gateways Passports were given to our community partners to distribute among the children they serve. Each “passport” is a personalized document that belongs to a child. It contains fun facts and topics to explore that relate to the concerts in our Masterworks and Chamber series, and provides free admission to those concerts for the student and an accompanying adult, in addition to complimentary concert night parking. This season, Kid’s Orchestra, Gardere Initiative, and Gardere Community Christian School are participants in our Musical Gateways Passport program.

Elementary Strings Camp

New Partnership with Front Yard Bikes

BRSO has partnered with East Baton Rouge Parish School System to make their 2016 Elementary Strings Camp the best one yet. This program kicks off EBRPSS’s “Music in our Schools Month,” and BRSO is proud to be a part of it! To help students prepare for the camp, our musicians have recorded video demonstrations of all the repertoire that students will need to prepare, as well as some helpful practice tips. Students can view these demonstrations online at BRSO.org, and can even ask questions for our musicians to answer.

Once each month, BRSO puts on a free concert at noon at the BRSO is partnering with Front Yard Bikes to give youth in our community a brand new destination: music! Front Yard Bikes gives kids the opportunity to earn their own bicycle by working in their bike shop. They learn how to repair and rebuild bikes, and ride them as a group on trips to visit the parks, libraries, monuments, and museums in our city. BRSO has invited Front Yard Bikes to attend the matinee performances of our Pops concerts – Pixar in April, and Country Roots in June – as field trips for youth in their program. 2016 WINTER

The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Teacher of the Year Since 2005 BRSO has honored outstanding music and classroom teachers who successfully integrate music with other disciplines across the curriculum and showcase the value of the arts in developing problem solving, creativity, logic, and other cognitive skills. By annually recognizing these local educators, we support them by providing winners with classroom materials in addition to inspiring other Baton Rouge educators to follow in their colleagues’ footsteps. Anyone can nominate an outstanding teacher for this award – friends, family, colleagues, and students. Former nominees may be re-nominated again each year. Former winners must wait one year before being eligible again. Nomination forms can be downloaded or printed from BRSO.org.

African American History Month Celebration BRSO celebrates African American History Month in January and February 2016! Each of our concerts across the Masterworks and Chamber series in those months features programming that celebrates the contributions of African-American composers and performers. Our visiting guest artists help BRSO bring this celebration to students in our community by presenting programs for our participating community partners and schools. Programs and Participants Violin Master Classes – Adé Williams, visiting guest artist for Masterworks III: Perspectives • Kid’s Orchestra • Copper Mill Elementary • Forest Heights Academic Magnet • Louisiana Youth Orchestra Trumpet Master Classes – Rex Richardson, visiting guest artist for Masterworks IV: American Festival • Denham Springs High School • Sherwood Middle School • Louisiana Youth Orchestra • Louisiana State University • West Feliciana High School • Nicholls State University

West African Drum Program – Jerry Jenkins, visiting artist of the Gulf States Presenters Network, Mississippi Roster • Gardere Community Christian School • Buchanan Elementary • Gardere Initiative • Westdale Heights Academic Magnet • Louisiana Youth Orchestra • History of Blues • EBRP Libraries • Baines Elementary • Forward Arts

Thank you to our 2016 Teacher of the Year Sponsors Allied Systems PreSonus McGraw-Hill Eligibility: • Classroom or music teacher of students at any level, grades K-12 • Public or private school • Must teach at a school located in one of the following parishes: Ascension, East & West Baton Rouge, East & West Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Point Coupee, and Tangipahoa. Winners receive: • Two full season subscriptions for BRSO’s 2016-2017 season (includes all Masterworks, Pops, and Chamber series concerts!) • Two tickets to the closing night Masterworks concert of the 2014-2015 season (April 14, 2016) • Recognition dinner for honorees • Award Plaque and Banner, for the winner and their school • Classroom materials from McGraw Hill • Classroom technology package from PreSonus • For the 2016 Teacher of the Year Award program, nominations are being accepted in the following categories: • Classroom Teacher • General Music Teacher • Ensemble Teacher

BRSO’s African American History Month Celebration is funded in part by grants from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. The programs described above are just some of BRSO’s education and outreach activities. Every single week our musicians make a difference in our community by engaging students and adults alike with music, sharing their wonderful talents and their incredible passion for the arts. None of this would be possible without your support! I would like to personally thank all of our donors and sponsors – BRSO is your orchestra, and your contributions bring music to all corners of our city!

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Scott Miller, DMA Director of Education and Community Initiatives

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Opening Night Gala September 25, 2015 Whitney Vann & Robert Schneckenburger, Chairs Guest of Honor: Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, representing the Irene W. & C. B. Pennington Foundation

Johnny Tate, Diane Tate, Cary Byrd, Whitney Vann, Robert Schneckenburger, Paula Pennington de la Bretonne, Timothy Muffitt, Judi George

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Meet the Staff Angela Haycook, Box Office Manager Chari has played the piano, clarinet, saxophone and piccolo, but the flute is her instrument of choice. In 1983, she was thrilled to meet renowned flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Chari enjoys spending time with her daughter Marisa, who follows her mother’s footsteps as a flutist in both her school band and the Louisiana Youth Orchestra (LYO). Marisa plans to study music in college.

Left to right: Chari Russo, Ronette King, Angela Haycook

he theater lights dim and silence falls. Breaking through the anticipated hush is a triple rat-a-tat-tat from the conductor’s baton. The audience is magically captured by the solitary sounds of a single bassoonist. The smooth musical movement carries them into the wonder of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. A night with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra whisks you away to new, undiscovered depths of a melodious journey. The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra has performed some of the most famous compositions known to the world. The musicians’ talent and dedication make those magical evenings of music possible. When you attend a concert, you are enjoying the fruits of their talent and years of practice. However, behind the stage, long before the lights fall, the staff and musicians of BRSO are in full swing to make sure your night with BRSO is a success. Over the next few editions of Braveaux magazine, we will introduce you to the people behind the music. Our introductions begin with the Box Office. When you start your adventure with BRSO, your first encounter will likely be our Box Office Manager, Angela Haycook. She answers the phones, checks on seating availability and handles your ticket order. She is the first person you see, if you should visit the BRSO administrative office on Highland Road.

Ronette King joined BRSO in the Fall of 2015. Having had a long career in arts marketing, Ronette seamlessly slid into place as an intelligent, witty, and versatile employee. She started her journey into the world of music as a child, with Bugs Bunny at home on Saturday mornings, and from there traveled to her favorite classical piece, the Violin Concerto in A Minor by Bach. Her spare time is spent with her husband Kevin and children Jordan and Ronald, and her pet schnauzer. Angela, Chari and Ronette are delighted to serve you and thank you for your patronage. We are here to help you! BRSO Box Office 225-383-0500 ext 100 7330 Highland Road Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Stay tuned in future editions of Braveaux for upcoming employee highlights!

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Angela has worked full time at BRSO as a full-time employee for a year. A shared passion for the value of music drives her to keep on top of ticketing software and make sure that your BRSO experience is the best it can be! Her earliest musical memories go back to her childhood when her family gathered together to listen to Cajun music. Those musical roots have allowed her to develop a love for all music. You can find her listening to the radio, driving through the streets of Baton Rouge, humming at her box office desk during rare quiet moments or during relaxing evening at home. Angela shares her life with her daughter Ashlyn, her son Ryan, and her two dogs, Buddha and Genevieve. The Box Office is assisted by a small support team of two. Chari Russo has been with BRSO since the summer of 2015 and quickly became an asset. She is knowledgeable, efficient and cheerful. Her first encounter with classical music occurred in elementary school, having been captivated by Tchaikovsky’s composition of The Nutcracker.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 • 7:30 P.M. LSU SCHOOL OF MUSIC RECITAL HALL Lauded worldwide as extraordinary, passionate and skilled musicians with the ability to elicit intense emotion with music that excites and moves audiences to enthusiastic applause, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano String Quartet puts audiences under a Spanish spell. According to The Los Angeles Times, “Any quartet will be hard pressed to equal, much less surpass, the playing of the Cuarteto Latinoamericano.”

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Carnegie Hall Runnels student Luc Kharey (left) was recently invited to perform with the 2016 High School Honors Performance Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Rachel Yura (middle) played the harp in Carnegie Hall as a participant in the 2015 High School Honors Performance Series, and Sean Parker (right) played cello at the famous New York venue in June of 2014 as a musician in the Middle School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. Congratulations to these talented students and their strings and harp teachers at Runnels, Dan and Jennifer Cassin, Rebecca Todaro and Gabriela Werries.

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JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2016 EDGAR MEYER, BASSIST THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 • 7:30 P.M. SOM RECITAL HALL Hailed by The New Yorker as the “most remarkable virtuoso of his instrument”, Mr. Meyer’s unparalleled bass playing plus gift for composition have brought him international acclaim. Myer’s Double Concerto for Double Bass and Violin, premiered July 2012 with Joshua Bell at the Tanglewood Music Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma for “The Goat Rodeo Sessions” CD, which was awarded the 2012 Grammy® Award for Best Folk Album.

CONCERT SPECTACULAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 • 7:30 P.M. UNION THEATER A musical smörgåsbord that introduces music lovers to the variety of excellent music offered at LSU! Come to Concert Spectacular where the audience is surrounded by sound as LSU’s very best student soloists, chamber groups, and ensembles perform. Groups performing will be the LSU Wind Ensemble, A Cappella Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Piano and Chamber Group plus the newly formed LSU Jazz Guitar Ensemble.

PROKOFIEV SYMPOSIUM FINAL CONCERT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 • 7:30 P.M. UNION THEATER This spring, LSU will host an international three-day Prokofiev Symposium in February 2016. The symposium’s finale concert will feature the LSU Orchestra and pianists Michael Gurt and Gregory Sioles performing a world premiere of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 6. The piece Premiere of Music for the Athletes by Sergey Prokofiev will also be performed by Michael Gurt with movement choreographed by Sandra Parks.

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Donors & Corporate Partners DEDICATED, INSPIRED, COMMITTED

The BRSO gratefully acknowledges the following donors and sponsors for their generosity. Their support allows us to work together and build upon our legacy of artistic excellence and community enrichment. This donor list reflects giving for the past 18 months as of December 2015.

INDIVIDUALS

Stradivarius Society $20,000+ Anonymous Bard of Avon John & Annette Douthat Judi & Jim George Becky & Jack Harris Meredith Hathorn & Rawley Penick Ava & Cordell Haymon Charles & Carole Lamar Timothy & Elise Muffitt Janice & Gerald Pellar Jeanette & Bob Rackley John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer Donna Wright Lee

Guarneri Society $10,000 - $19,999 Mary Sue Chambers Debbie & Julio Dumas Elizabeth A. Hampton Ann Michele & James Logan Therese & Sammy Nagem Diane & Johnny Tate

Amati Society $5,000 - $9,999 Jane Ann Atkinson P. Carrigan Byrd, Jr. Robert R. Casey Susan H. Dawson Margaret & Bill Hart Kelly & Enrique Hurtado Mark R. James Alice & Lawrence Kronenberger Camp & Barbara Matens Nadine C. Russell Cary Saurage Harvey & Betty Schwartzberg Deborah Dunlevy Todd Brooke & Tom Yura

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Golden Baton $2000 - $4,999 Christie & William Baird Barbara & Roby Bearden Dr. & Mrs. Westley J. Belton Stephen & Miriam Bensman, PhDs Susan & Frederic Billings Lee & Cindy Bloch Bill & Helen Campbell Melanie & Russ Chapman Dr. & Mrs. Christopher F. D’Elia Mary Jane & Kelley Dillenberger Brooke & Gerard Dynes Mr. Earl T. George, Jr. Dee & Peter Grant Roberta & Jay Guillory Brenda & Wayne Guy Cynthia & Gary Hallam Robert & Kay Kenney Deborah Lamb Jim & Gail Lloyd Megan & Blue Loupe Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Moser Josephine Nixon Dr. Wendy Holden-Parker & Mr. Robert Parker Drs. Thomas Perone & Barbara J. Golden Sally & John Power Robert & Sue Rainer Tena & Charles Roemer Wei-Ling Song Yolunda & Jonathan Taylor Georgianna & Stephen Tuuri Stephen & Candace Walker Chau & Wilson Wang Peggy & Bob Westerman Mary & Michael Williams Nedra & William Zartman

Conductor’s Circle $1000 - $1,999 Gloria Anderson Kathy & Ed Baker Veris & Donnie Batie Morena Cazedessus Cynthia & Frank Chemay Juanita M. Coutee Charlene Favre James F. & Debra C. Hanna Sarah Lou Hill Ann Keogh

Helen Levy Jerry Lynn & Jeff Mills John Oliver Andrew Perry Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Rankins Ronald & Jane Ross Mary-Lynn Sachse Lois S. Saye Mr. Charles E. Schwing Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. Simoneaux Kimberly & Garris Wilcox

Concert Master $500 - $999 Anonymous Terri & George Bell Bobby Bennett Mary & Terry Bennett Roelof Bosma & Stella Beard Leslie & Joshua Campbell Constance Carroll Jennifer & Dan Cassin Van Cox Gerry & Donald Daigle Clyde & Van Day Bebe Facundus Keith R. Gibson, MD Michael Gillen Jenny & Randy Gray Bob & Kay Hawthorne Betty & Terry Hubbs Mary S. Johnson Klileen & George Jones Susan C. King Jane & Kris Kirkpatrick Crissie & Charles Landry Lynn & Henry Lastrapes Anne G. Laville David Lindenfeld Susan & Richard Lipsey Mr. & Mrs. Carruth C. McGehee Kenissa & Slater McKay Scott & Elizabeth Miller Robert & Sonni Muller Anne & George Newton Blair & Jim Purgerson Melinda & James Risher Anne & Alvin Rotenberg Victor & Esther Sachse Amy Shelby Kelly Sills Maggie Stoeckle

Mr. & Mrs. Cornell J. Tramontana Jr. Jean & Will Wilcox Mr. Joseph Wiley & Dr. Laura Wiley Mary Williams Mark Zielinski

First Chair $250 - $499 Patricia Alford Jan & Bruce Attinger Sherry & Brian Barron Mr. Neal D. Blanchard Ethel H. Boagni Lucy & James Bowers Mr. & Mrs. John & Carolyn Bowman Eleanor B. Callon Lynne Chang Paul & Hannah Jang Monica Courville Dr. Meggie Dobson Collier Mr. & Mrs. Jerry P. Draayer Mr. Aaron Farrell & Mrs. Borislava Iltcheva Toni & Fred Foster Mr. & Mrs. Heinz P. Geiss Mr. David Goldsmith Alfred & Cynthia Gordon Mrs. Alfred N. Gordon Jo Ann & Edwin Hackenberg Dr. Murelle Harrison Richard Hebert Margaret Heffron Mark Hermann Dr. & Mrs. Steven Heymsfield Paula Hoffman Helen Hoffpauir Mr. & Mrs. James Horton Deidra Jackson Mrs. Priya Jacob Michael Jimenez & Maria Sotile DeLouise Cheryl & Don Kobetsky Richard & Barbara Kreuser Alan D. Kupfer Conville & Polly Lemoine Aaron Matassa Anne & Andrew Maverick Anne & Tom Meek Jean E. Muffitt Mrs. Jessie Mulkey Bryan & Wendi Neal

The Baton Rouge Symphony Donors & Corporate Partners DEDICATED, INSPIRED, COMMITTED Mary E. Norckauer John & Janelle Overton Dr. & Mrs. Jack Parker Judith & Kirk Patrick Lynn & Robin Philippe Patricia & Lloyd Pine Gwen Redding Rieta & Ben Reiser Martha & Tom Richard Mrs. Katherine L. Roane Peter Roques Page & William Silvia David Stigall Joseph Storer Barbara Strawitz Dr. & Mrs. Michael Teague Alexis & Bud Thompson Joan & Lowell Tilley Lynda & Hubert Waguespack Edwin & Regina Walker Siva & Madhuri M. Yadlapati

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Bonnie J. Davis Richard Duerr Ray Eaglin Janice & Robert Evans The Legendre & Flanagan Families Linda & Thomas Flynn Beryl Fourroux JoAnn & Charlie Fryling Tonya & Jayson Fullerton Ernie Jr. & Lauri Gammon Thomas Garrett June & John Gonce Greg & Nancy Griffin Lowry A. Griffon Mary Groves Roland Guidry Mary Helen & William Hamilton Thomas Hansbrough Toai Lam Hau & Nho Nha Thi Huynh Katherine Hemler & Paul Hayden Nancy Hester Patricia Hines Paula Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. William R. Holden

Kenneth Holmes Mr. James V. M. Jurasinski Elise & Charles Kaufman Yoshiko Kelley Alok Kharey Sudershan Kharey Louise Kinney Marcia & Paul Kirk Kay Kirkpatrick Diane & Warren Kirsch Jessica Lacher-Feldman Arthur E. Lamm Arlo & Eunice Landolt Carla M. Landry James Landry Rena & Todd Ledet Anna & William Lee Mr. & Mrs. Todd Lemmiksoo Allan Lenhardt Mr. & Mrs. Bond Lux Mrs. Linda Manes Anthony Martin Ms. Danielle Maynor Troy McCullen Robert McDaniel

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Donors & Corporate Partners DEDICATED, INSPIRED, COMMITTED Pat McLaury Jane & William Metcalf Mrs. Dorothy Middleton Harriet B. Miller Mike, Stacie & Emma Miranda & George & Mary Stewart Hannah Mitchell William Monroe Stan Montelaro Joyce Moreland Dr. Lynn Tucker Jeanette Nance Boris Navratil Christina & Joseph O’Brien Susan Ottinger Miriam C. E. Overton Gregory & Sanettria Pleasant Ronald Pohl Pat & Harold Price Dr. & Mrs. William A. Pryor Tao Qian Dr. Todd Queen & Mrs. Kelin Queen Maxine & Gene Rak A. Ravi Prakash Rau James Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Jay Roccaforte Marvin & Willa Roof Mr. & Mrs. Kerry T. Roybal Adelaide M. Russo Lorice G. Say Mette & Kenneth Schafer Kathleen Screen Joyce & Lemuel Seale Donna & David Shaler Anne Shirley Laurie Sisco Trudy Smith Sydney Snyder Mr. Slava Sotnikov Katherine Spaht Lt. Col. Ralph W. Stephenson, Jr. T. Bonner Stewart Mr. & Mrs. John L. Stiteler Kirsten Stone Charles & Carolyn Stutts Mr. & Mrs. Troye Svendson Thomas Telhiard KJ & Edgardo Tenreiro Betty H. Thornhill David Torns Natalie, Jeff, Joshua & Anna Truax Joy & Tim Tsai Nancy Turkmen Julia & Bud Tweedy Eloise Yerger Wall

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Amy & Anthony Watts Richard & Susan Webb Tim & Jan Wells Kim Wigley Dan Williams Robert Williams Malcolm & Martha Wright Lan Xu Lauren & Michael

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Associates in Women’s Health BF Anderson EMCO Technologies J. P. Morgan Chase Bank Lewis Mohr Agency Louisiana Lottery New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation Roemer, Robinson & Melville Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLC

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Conductor’s Circle $1000 - $1,999

Grand Benefactor $50,000 - $100,000

Stradivarius Society $20,000 - $49,999 All Star Automotive Our Lady of the Lake Price LeBlanc Lexus The Advocate WAFB

Hargrove Engineering Morgan Stanley Olinde’s Furniture Wright & Percy Insurance Zeagler Music The Dermatology Clinic

Section Player $100 - $249 Albertson’s Community Partners Program Assaf, Simoneaux, Tauzin & Associates, Inc. Highland Road Animal Hospital Post Architects

FOUNDATIONS

Grand Sustainer $100,000 & above

Irene W. & C. B. Pennington Foundation

Guarneri Society $10,000 - $19,999 Albemarle Baton Rouge General Medical Center Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation ExxonMobil Matching Gifts Investar Bank Lamar Advertising Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Whitney Bank

Amati Society $5,000 - $9,999 Adams & Reese, LLP BASF Baton Rouge General Baton Rouge Metro Airport Baton Rouge State Fair Foundation Blue Cross/Blue Shield of LA City Social Cox Dunlap-Fiore Lewis Mohr Merrill Lynch Sammy’s Grill St. James Place White Oark Plantation InRegister

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Donors & Corporate Partners DEDICATED, INSPIRED, COMMITTED Grand Benefactor $50,000 to $100,000 Baton Rouge Symphony League Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Amati Society $5,000 - $9,999

HONORARIUMSI

In honor of Alex Buriege Phuong Ma In honor of Jennifer Cassin Kimberly & Garris Wilcox

Baton Rouge State Fair Foundation Josef Sternberg Memorial Fund

In honor of Julio & Debbie Dumas Bernardo Núñez

Golden Baton $2000 - $4,999

In honor of First Violin Section - LJYO Sally & John Power

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation, Inc. Reilly Family Foundation

In honor of Leighton Flanagan The Legendre & Flanagan Families

Conductor’s Circle $1000 - $1999 Edith & Claude Kirkpatrick Foundation Fund Fidelity Charitable

In honor of Jayke Fullerton Tonya & Jayson Fullerton In honor of Allison Gammon Ernie Jr. & Lauri Gammon

GOVERNMENT &

In honor of Emery Gischler Gerald & Judy Bach

Grand Benefactor $50,000 to $100,000

In honor of Anna & Yena Jang Paul & Hannah Jang

City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge

In honor of Luc Kharey Sudershan Kharey

Stradivarius Society $20,000 - $49,999

In honor of Samuel Li Lan Xu

Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Community Fund for the Arts Louisiana Division of the Arts

In honor of LYO Cello Section Lynne Chang

ORGANIZATIONS

Guarneri Society $10,000 - $19,999 St. Francisville Symphony Association

Conductor’s Circle $1000 - $1,999

In honor of Amy Hau Toai Lam Hau & Nho Nha Thi Huynh

In honor of Lisa McGibney Kimberly & Garris Wilcox

MEMORIALS

In memory of Callie P. Avera Angela Haycook

West Baton Rouge Museum

In memory of Edward “Ned” Borie Harvey & Betty Schwartzberg

Concert Master $500 - $999

In memory of Duchein Cazedessus Richard & Susan Webb

Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area

In memory of Harvey Hester Nancy Hester

In memory of Constance Navratil Klileen & George Jones

In memory of Edith Kirkpatrick Eleanor B. Callon

In memory of Constance Navratil Jennifer & Dan Cassin

In memory of Edith Kirkpatrick Josephine Nixon

In memory of Constance Navratil Constance Carroll

In memory of Edith Kirkpatrick Julia & Bud Tweedy

In memory of Annelise Krijger Overton Miriam C. E. Overton

In memory of Lula Lea Nancy Hester

In memory of Annelise Krijger Overton John & Janelle Overton

In memory of James Wesley Leake Julius & Kathy Mullins In memory of Matthew McDaniel Robert McDaniel In memory of Alma L. McGrew Baton Rouge Symphony League

In memory of Dick Schneider Melanie & Russ Chapman In memory of David Thornhill Betty H. Thornhill In memory of Neil Traylor Post Architects

Mohr Than Words. The Lewis Mohr Agency knows how to show their love and appreciation for music. As the proud sponsor of this season’s opening night Masterworks concert, we welcome the world-renowned pianist, Jonathan Biss. Giving back Mohr!

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The Baton Rouge Symphony Donors & Corporate Partners DEDICATED, INSPIRED, COMMITTED Thank you for the in kind support from our media & community partners.

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LSU Rural Life Museum Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts Matherne’s Supermarket Partner’s One Penske Truck Rental St. Francisville Symphony Association Stroube’s Chophouse Welcome Host Whole Foods Market Special Thanks to the BRSO Designers And Video Producers! Jane Thomas, Thomasgraphics, who specializes in print and advertising design, serves as Art Director/Graphic Designer for this Program Magazine.

Nicole Duet Latiolais, Solo Designs, who specializes in graphic design, branding, advertising, and creative brain power, serves as Advertising and Graphic Designer for BRSO brochures And advertising. Andre Chapoy, Artworx Productions, who specializes in capturing, creating and all-around expertise with moving images and TV commercials. Kevin McQuarn, Phantom Light Productions, who specializes in capturing and creating moving stories in video. We are grateful for their expertise and excellent work in this program book, our brochures, and advertising. BRAVO!

Thank You

We apologize if your name was inadvertently omitted or misspelled. Please contact the Symphony at (225) 383-0500 ext. 106 and we will update your information.

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Organizational Boards & Management Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Board Judith George Board Chair Barbara Matens Board Chair-Elect Meredith Hathorn Treasurer Lynn Lastrapes Secretary Kathy Baker George H. Bell Mae Belton Cindy Bloch Leslie Campbell Robert R. Casey Donald Daigle Christopher D’Elia Dare Didier Mary Jane Dillenberger Gerard Dynes Jerry Fischer Cindy Hallam Craig Heinzen Sally Hermann Kelly Hurtado Deidra Jackson Mary Scott Johnson Deborah Lamb

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Ann Michele Logan Jon ‘Blue’ Loupe Barbara Matens Sammy Nagem Gregory T. Oivanki Todd Queen Jeanette Rackley Denise Rankins Gwen Redding Lois S. Saye Kate Seba Yolunda Taylor, MD Deborah Todd Stephen Walker Jan Wells Allison Young Paula G. Manship Memorial Honorary Member Timothy W. Muffitt Music Director/Conductor David Torns Associate Conductor P. Carrigan Byrd, Jr. Executive Director

Past BRSO Board Leadership Dr. Cecil O. Lorio, 1948-51 Francis M. Porch, 1951-52 J. Burton LeBlanc, Jr., 1952-53 Robert Herzog, 1953-55 James Leake, 1955-56 L.R. Schneider, 1956-60 Victor A. Sachse, III, 1960-62 Jules F. Landry, 1962-65 Victor A. Sachse, III, 1965-66 Louis H. Faxon, 1966-67 Victor A. Sachse, III, 1967-69 Jack H. Sanders, 1969-70 Robert A. Leonard, 1970-72 Dr. A.N. Yiannopoulous, 1972-73 John B. Kent, Jr., 1973-75 James B. Towers, 1975-76 Mrs. Frank P. Simoneaux, 1976-77 Gerald LeVan, 1977-78 Raymond Strother, 1978-79 Ronald Pohl, 1979-80 Wesley W. Steen, 1980-81 Phillip S. Juban, 1981-82 Mrs. Frank P. Simoneaux, 1982-83 F. Charles McMains, Jr., 1983-84

J. Michael Cutshaw, 1984-85 Dr. Hypolite T. Landry, Jr., 1985-86 Mrs. D. Cleveland Franklin, Jr., 1986-87 Dr. Eugene Berry, 1987-88 Gordon A. Pugh, 1988-90 Beth G. Fuller, 1990-91 George F. Ballard, 1991-93 Charles W. Lamar, 1993-95 Fred Loy, 1995-97 Robert A. Hawthorne, Jr., 1997-99 James R. Austin, 1999-2000 Dr. Robert D. Westerman, 2000-01 Howard L. Harvill, 2001-02 Daniel J. Ahern, 2002-04 Carole M. Marshall, 2004-06 Johnny E. Tate, 2006-07 Anthony S. Kurlas, 2007-2008 Robert L. “Bobby” Freeman, 2008-10 Barbara L. Matens, 2010-12 John D’Angelo, 2012-14

Organizational Boards & Management Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus Board Gregory T. Oivanki President Emily Kay Vice-Chair Richard T. Speyrer Treasurer Mary L. McConnell Secretary

Daniel Dwyer, Jr. Greg Griffon Emily Kay Vivian Lehman Mary McConnell Gregory T. Oivanki Richard Speyrer Elaine Taylor

Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Management Cary Byrd Executive Director cary@brso.org (225) 400-0331

Miriam Overton Director of Development miriam@brso.org (225) 400-0339

Dr. Timothy W. Muffitt Music Director / Conductor tmuffitt@brso.org

Liz Miller Coordinator of the League, Development and Special Events liz@brso.org (225) 400-0335

David Torns Associate Conductor Louisiana Youth Orchestra Music Director dtorns@brso.org (225) 400-0332

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