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CHRISTOPHER CONFESSORE MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” -Victor Hugo
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[ FROM THE ] MUSIC DIRECTOR Welcome to the Brevard Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 Season. Our programming for each concert highlights music from specific countries and regions, affording us the opportunity to take a musical trip around the world. We’ll enjoy picturesque music from America, passionate music from Russia, a delightful program of intimate repertoire from France, a colorful and fiery program of music from Spain and great masterworks from Germany and Austria. Our annual POPS Concert features favorite selections from Hollywood’s Golden Age as well as recent blockbusters. Our roster of guest artists includes audience favorites such as pianist Terrence Wilson and acclaimed violin virtuoso Elmar Oliveira along with artists making their BSO debut including cellist Cicely Parnas and international guitar sensation Pablo Villegas. Across the season, we’ll hear beloved favorites from history’s greatest composers: Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Copland, Bizet, Ravel, Debussy and many more. And because there’s more to the BSO than Bach and Beethoven, we’re excited to share a VERY special event we’ve added to our season at the beginning of June as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the release of perhaps the greatest album ever – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles in a special collaboration with Classic Albums Live and the King Center!
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Your Brevard Symphony Orchestra takes great pride in offering a broad range of events to all members of our Community. Our annual Independence Day Concert is a free performance enjoyed by thousands every year. Our Family Concert at the Cultural Arts Showcase affords us the opportunity to collaborate with other outstanding arts groups in our community as part of a free all-day event that draws thousands of audience members of all ages. And my favorite event of the year, our Annual Fifth Grade Concerts, introduces the thrill of live symphonic music to every fifth grader in Brevard County! Every performance by your BSO is an amazing musical journey designed to engage and inspire our audience. It is our pleasure to share these magical experiences with you. Thank you for your generous and enthusiastic support! Christopher Confessore Music Director/Principal Conductor
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[ FROM THE ] BOARD CHAIR “The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us – fostering creativity, goodness and beauty. They help us express our values, build bridges between cultures, and bring us together regardless of ethnicity, religion, or age. When times are tough, the arts are salve for the ache.” ~ Randy Cohen, ARTSBlog, April 2011 I have long been a true believer in the beauty of music, particularly symphonic music. For me, a symphonic piece is a personal journey into the life and emotions of the composer. With each note, my mind’s eye paints a picture – my vision of what the composer wanted us to “see” and hear. Our Maestro, Christopher Confessore, has again shown inspiration in the programming for our 2016-17 concert series. And, I continue to be amazed at the talent of our musicians. When they step on that stage, you are witness to their hard work and dedication. I invite you to join us on this musical journey, to enjoy the beauty and richness of the music. Bring a friend. Bring your family. Let us share all that our musical family has to offer. Yvonne Clayborne BSO Board Chair 12 BREVARD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A MASTERPIECE! From all of us on the 2016/17 BSO Board of Directors, thank you so much for joining us at this performance and for your support of our Brevard Symphony Orchestra!
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AMERICAN LANDSCAPES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 :: 8PM Aaron Copland – Outdoor Overture Mark O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 – Mvt. 2 National Park Suite* Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man Ferde Grofe – Sunset from Grand Canyon Suite Aaron Copland – Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes for Orchestra* *Multimedia presentation with LIVE photochoreogrpahy presented by Westwater Arts.
RUSSIAN MASTERS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 :: 8PM Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade Audience favorite Terrence Wilson returns to the King Center stage to perform one of the most beloved concertos ever written – Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto.
THE FRENCH CONNECTION SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 :: 2PM & 8PM Gabriel Faure – Pavane Camille Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 Claude Debussy – Petite Suite Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin Rising star Cicely Parnas makes her BSO debut with Saint-Saens’ tuneful showpiece, his First Cello Concerto.
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BSOLé SATURDAY, MARCH 11 :: 2PM & 8PM Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez Manuel de Falla – The Three-Cornered Hat Internationally-renowned guitar virtuoso Pablo Villegas makes his BSO debut with a performance of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.
THE THREE B’S SATURDAY, APRIL 1 :: 8PM Johann Sebastian Bach/arr. Stokowski – Air Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Concerto Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 Living legend and international concert violinist Elmar Oliveira returns to the King Center stage for a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
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[ SPECIAL EVENT ] CONCERT THE BREVARD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & THE KING CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENT: THE BEATLES! SGT PEPPER’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FEATURING CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE! THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017 :: 7:30PM KING CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS For the first time, see the Brevard Symphony Orchestra and Classic Albums Live perform live on the King Center for the Performing Arts stage! June 1, 2017, marks the 50thAnniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album release. This special concert will pay tribute to the Beatles and celebrate one of the most iconic albums in the history of rock and roll, on the actual date the album was released 50 years ago! Classic Albums Live takes classic albums and recreates them live, on stage - note for note, cut for cut. Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live has become the ultimate destination for music lovers wanting to hear the greatest albums performed live without all the gimmickry and cheesy impersonations. Relying only on the music, using what Martin refers to as ‘the world’s best musicians’, Classic Albums Live has defined itself as a mainstay in performing arts centers across North America. FOR TICKETS, CALL 321.242.2219 OR ORDER ONLINE AT KINGCENTER.COM
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BSOLé 03.11.17 :: 2PM & 8PM Christopher Confessore Music Director/Principal Conductor
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Georges Bizet
(1838-1875)
Music from Carmen Les Toréadors and Prélude La Garde Montante Habanera Chanson du Toréador Danse Bohème
Joaquin Rodrigo
(1901-1999)
Concierto de Aranjuez Allegro con spirito Adagio Allegro gentile
Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar [ INTERMISSION ]
Manuel de Falla
(1876-1946)
The Three Cornered Hat (complete ballet)
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Part I – Introduction Sunset Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango) The Grapes Part II – Dance of the Neighbors (Seguidillas) Dance of the Miller (Fandango) Dance of the Magistrate Final Dance (Jota)
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VIOLIN 1 Lisa Ferrigno, Concertmaster Joni Hanze, Assistant Concertmaster Victor Ferroni, Associate Concertmaster Marius Tabacila Derry Deane Scott Knopf Stewart Kitts David Brill Richard Collins Julia Gessinger Olga Ferroni Olga Kolpakova VIOLIN 2
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[ NOTES ] Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Carmen
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As a musician, I tell you that if we were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means of writing one note.
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~Georges Bizet
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Bizet wrote lots of notes over the course of his career, including some twenty-seven operas or fragments of operas, among them The Pearl Fishers (1863), The Fair Maid of Perth (1867), and Djamileh (1871). He is also known for the Symphony in C Major (1855); Petite Suite (Jeux d’enfants) (1871); Roma Symphony (1871); L’Arlésienne (1872); Patrie Overture (1873), as well as numerous songs and works for piano. The charm and melodic fluency of this music remains endearing; however, Bizet’s immortality rests on a singular work – Carmen. Since its inauspicious premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1875, this compelling masterpiece has come to be recognized as perhaps the world’s most beloved and popular opera. It bears witness to Bizet’s transcendent genius as one of the supreme masters of the operatic stage, equally gifted as a dramatist and composer. The role of Carmen in the history of opera is pivotal, for it forms the bridge between the tradition of opéra comique and the verismo style that characterizes late 19th-century Italian opera. The style
is distinguished by realistic and penetratingly honest – sometimes even crass or violent – depictions of everyday life, especially the depraved and vile lives of the so-called “degenerates” and “outlaws” of society. Bullfighters and prostitutes were in; royals and countesses were out. Carmen is the acknowledged forerunner of verismo opera and paved the way for more intense and passionate operas such as Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni), I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), and Andrea Chénier (Giordano). Giordano considered Carmen as the starting point and finest manifestation of that style. The poet Théodore de Banville offered effusive praise, thanking Bizet for presenting a drama with “real-life” men and women instead of the usual Opéra-Comique “puppets.” Art was now allowed to imitate and reflect life, not the other way around. Applause, however, was only tepidly heard when Carmen opened on March 9, 1875 at the Opéra-Comique; boos, hisses, and catcalls were seemingly more frequent during the premiere and in many of the subsequent performances. The hypersensitive Bizet thought the worst, describing his opera as “a definite and hopeless flop.” He continued, “I sense defeat… This time I am really sunk.” In exasperation, he protested, “All these bourgeois have not understood a wretched word of the work I have written for them.” The composer fell into an acute depression and exacerbated by a recurrent throat ailment, wound up sick in bed. Normally resilient, Bizet’s health continued to decline until two successive heart attacks took his life at the age of only thirty-six. His death occurred exactly three months after the first performance of Carmen. It is sad that the composer never had the chance to witness the eventual success of his opera as one of the greatest achievements of the opera stage. Why did audiences and critics initially react so negatively to Carmen? Although complaints were given concerning the music, that it was tuneless, colorless, and unimaginative – all absurd accusations – the real problem came from the brutal realism and overt sexuality of the story itself. Inspired by Prosper Mérimée’s short novel Carmen, the opera’s plot was unlike anything the Opéra Comique had ever witnessed. Set in Seville around the year 1830, the opera deals with the love and jealousy of Don José, who is lured away from his duty as a soldier and commitment to his childhood sweetheart Micaëla by the gypsy factory worker Carmen. Later, he allows her to escape from custody and intoxicated with passion is enticed to join the smugglers with whom Carmen socializes, but is overtaken with unbridled jealousy. The tension comes to a boiling point when Carmen decides to direct her advances towards the more glamorous bullfighter Escamillo. In the final act, as the crowds congregate around the bullring in Seville, Don José tracks down Carmen and stabs her to death. Confronted with a story centered on “sex and violence,” the audiences of the Opéra Comique were shocked, dismayed, and scandalized. They were more accustomed to the “Disney” fare of the day, i.e., G-rated “family” entertainment along the lines of Auber, SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US @BREVARDSYMPHONY ON
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Donizetti, and Offenbach. Quite simply, they were completely unprepared for the sordid nature and graphic sensuality of Carmen. The critical reception was similarly negative, even at times downright nasty. One critic complained that the gestures of the original Carmen were “an incarnation of vice, and there is something licentious even in the tones of her voice.” Another added, “It would be difficult to go much farther without provoking the intervention of police.” It didn’t take long, though, for Carmen to seduce audiences through its irresistible melodies, the exoticism of its Spanish setting, and the gripping story of “love gone bad.” Even as audience members stormed out, one attendee—Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky—called it “the perfect opera,” and boldly predicted that within ten years the work would become the world’s most popular opera.
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) Concierto de Aranjuez Spanning nearly the whole of the twentieth century, Rodrigo’s life began on November 22, 1901 in Sagunta (on the eastern coast of Spain), ending nearly a hundred years later in 1999, when he passed in Madrid. From the age of three, he lost his sight from an attack of diphtheria; however, blindness did not prevent him from following his profound musical gifts, which were present from early childhood. Rodrigo’s parents found a place for him in a school for blind children in Valencia, and at the age of eight he embarked on lessons in piano, violin, harmony and composition. All of his scores were written on a Braille music typewriter and subsequently dictated to a copyist. In 1927, he followed in the steps of his fellow Spaniards Albéniz, Granados, Falla and Turina, and moved to Paris, where he became a pupil of Paul Dukas at the Schola Cantorum. Thanks to a grant from Spain to study musicology at the Sorbonne and the Paris Conservatoire, Rodrigo extended his stay, and yet again when he was prevented from returning home with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. At the War’s conclusion in 1939, after a dozen years abroad he finally returned home and settled in VIII
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Madrid. The very next year, on November 9, 1940, the premiere of a new work for guitar and orchestra changed the composer’s life and career forever. The work was named the Concierto de Aranjez (1938-39), after the idyllic and verdant town near Madrid that served as the site of the palatial summer home built in the mid-18th century for the Spanish court and ensuing generations of Spanish kings. It was written at the urging of guitarist Regino Sainz de la Maza, who introduced it in Barcelona. The premiere was wildly successful and the Concierto soon gained such popularity that it brought Rodrigo universal international acclaim. Within the decade, in 1947, he was made Manuel de Falla professor of music at the University of Madrid, and would go on to receive several international honors, including the French Légion d’honneur (Legion of Honor). Over the course of a productive career, Rodrigo was to write several more works for solo instruments and orchestra, including for guitar(s): Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (1954); Concierto Madrigal (1966); Concierto Andaluz (1967); and Concierto para una Fiesta (1982). Also, for harp, Concierto Serenata (1954); flute, Concierto Pastorale (1978); and cello, Concierto como un Divertimento (1981). The Concierto de Aranjuez nevertheless remains as Rodrigo’s supreme masterpiece. The full range of the guitar’s possibilities (in the hands of a brilliant guitarist) are fully realized in the work, including articulation, tonal quality, color, poignancy, and virtuosity. It never fails to dazzle and move deeply, the former in the outer movements and the later in the central Adagio, which is the epicenter and heart of the piece. The ebullient opening Allegro con spirito is filled with vibrant Spanish rhythms, including the fandango, as well as stylizations from flamenco. The finale – Allegro gentile – is likewise imbued with Spanish folk-like rhythms and melodies, set against elegant and Baroque-tinged counterpoint. As satisfying as are all the movements of the Concierto, the haunting Adagio leaves an indelible and unforgettable impression on every listener. It is as if this music comes from the composer’s soul and is given to ours through some of the most beautiful and poignant writing ever created for the guitar. There is a deep sense of nostalgia throughout, expressed memorably by the soulful English horn in a mournful melody inspired by the saeta, a song performed during Holy Week as part of the processions by religious confraternities that move slowly through the streets of cities and towns in southern Spain. This melody is tossed between English horn, guitar, and orchestra, increasing in intensity until a passionate climax is reached, then followed by a denouement into stillness. It is worth noting that there may be more beyond the saeta to explaining the emotional intensity of the Adagio. According to the account of one of Rodrigo’s friends, it arose from the profound grief the composer felt at the death of his infant son. Still another perspective comes from his wife, who stresses the Concierto’s nostalgic tone: “It was an evocation of the happy days of our honeymoon, when we walked in the park at Aranjuez—and at the same time, it was a love song.” Rodrigo offered this astute reflection on his Concierto de Aranjuez: “Some perceive Goya’s shadow in the notes of its music, full of melancholy emotion…” He continues: “In its melody lingers the perfume of magnolias, the song of birds and the whisper of fountains SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US @BREVARDSYMPHONY ON
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… the hidden breeze that stirs the tree tops in the parks that surround the Baroque Palace, and only wishes to be as agile as a butterfly, and as precise as the pass of a matador’s cape.”
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) The Three-Cornered Hat Part I Introduction Sunset Dance of the Miller’s Wife (Fandango) The Grapes Part II Dance of the Neighbors (Seguidillas) Dance of the Miller (Fandango) Dance of the Magistrate Final Dance (Jota) With respect given to Albéniz and Granados, Manuel de Falla is Spain’s greatest composer since the golden age (16th century) of Morales and Victoria. Although his outward demeanor was rather cool, taciturn, ascetic and reserved, there was a fire within that manifested itself in the most passionate and sensuous music to have come out of Spain. Born in the seaport town of Cádiz, throughout his career Falla committed to producing music of an authentic Spanish soul, inspired by his country’s great polyphonic and folk traditions. Falla is best known for his colorful and lushly scored theatrical works, most notably the Iberian flavored ballet scores: El amor brujo (Love the Magician; 1915), from which the Ritual Fire Dance is often drawn for pops programs; and the fetching El Sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat; 1919). Along with Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla is one of Spain’s most important composers of the post-modern era; some would say he counts as perhaps the country’s greatest composer. Certainly, there is none more authentic in terms of nationalistic fervor and dedication to Spanish folk idioms. Falla’s masterpiece and most popular work is the score he wrote for the two-act ballet, The Three-Cornered Hat. It traces back to the smaller-scaled pantomime, The Magistrate and the Miller’s Wife, first staged in Madrid in 1917. Published in 1874 as El sombrero de tres picos (The ThreeCornered Hat), the plot is based on a story by the Spanish poet Pedro de Alarcòn. Upon the recommendation of Stravinsky, who characterized his fellow composer as “even smaller than myself, and as modest and withdrawn as an oyster… and the shyest man I have ever met” – the great impresario Sergei Diaghilev eagerly sought out the Spaniard and so happened on the performance in Madrid. Impressed and filled with enthusiasm for The Magistrate, Diaghilev immediately offered the composer a commission to expand X
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the score into a fully staged ballet. It all came to fruition following the First World War, when the Ballet Russe (Russian Ballet) gave a spectacular premiere in London at the Alhambra Theater on July 22, 1919, conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Diaghilev brought in some “heavy hitters” for the production; with choreography by the troupe’s lead dancer, Léonide Massine, and designs, sets, and costumes by Pablo Piccaso. Praising Falla’s score, Massine wrote that it “seemed to us very exciting, and its blend of violence and passion was similar to much of the music of local folk-dances. Both Diaghilev and I felt that the story and music offered us the potentials of a full-length ballet.” Indeed, The Three-Cornered Hat was an international hit and one of the most successful ballets in the history of Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe; moreover, it was a significant milestone in establishing Falla’s international reputation. At the heart of The Three-Cornered Hat’s immense appeal is Falla’s ability to convincingly capture the sounds and rhythms of his beloved country. The ballet begins with arresting choral “olés” and the distinctive Spanish sounds of strongly accented castanets and percussion. A flourish of trumpets captures our attention and is reminiscent of the fanfare that is played as a torero (bullfighter) enters a bullring. Later, we’ll hear gypsy and flamenco elements and various rhythmically vibrant, traditional dance forms from Falla’s native Andalusia, in particular, the fandango in “Dance of the Miller”; seguidillas in “Dance of the Neighbors”; farruca (flamenco dance) in ”Dance of the Miller”; and the jota of the finale. Musicologist Gilbert Chase wrote in the textbook, The Music of Spain, that Falla’s music is “an unceasing quest for the musical soul of Spain.” Based on the 1874 story by Alarcòn, the plot of The Three-Cornered Hat is part comedic and silly, and part social commentary. Humor has its place in the ballet, but it also enjoys taking the ruling/upper class down a few pegs, and celebrates the equality of all classes and the primacy of the individual. The butt of the jokes is, of course, the provincial magistrate whose symbol is a three-cornered hat. The stumbling, bumbling, and lecherous Corregidor tries, in vain, to seduce the pretty wife of the local miller. It doesn’t seem to matter to him that the wife is committed and loyal to her husband, and will simply not be tempted to stray. In fact, she conspires with her husband to embarrass and humiliate the magistrate through tricks and traps. Even though he throws her husband in jail, the wife simply laughs and teases him with a bunch of grapes, laughing and running off when he falls into the millstream. Mayhem and mistaken-identities ensue until eventually the miller and wife become happily and safely reunited. The villagers exact a peasant form of justice by tossing a straw effigy of the magistrate wrapped in a blanket up into the air. In celebration of the happy ending, the villagers engage in a joyous jota, which brings the ballet to a dizzying and spirited finish.
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[ REMEMBRANCES ] IN MEMORY OF Gwyn C. Allender Carl Edwin Anderson Mark Anderson Mary Helen Anderson T.C. Anderson Mrs. William (Gae) Ard Anne Aue Theodore Augustine Frederic Baker Lillian Baker Barbara Ann Barber Pauline Bartoo Markus V. Baccus Preston Beck Betty Beckmann Harold J. Beckmann Richard Beckmann Alf Bergesen Albert Berns Leo Bernstein Ms. Antonia Beths Julie Berke Grace Billhorn Curt Bliss Dottie Blue Marjorie Bollinger Dr. Steven Borsanyi Maurice H. Boutelle In honor of the deceased Bozett & Mulholland Family members Catherine Breckenridge Joanne M. Brenneis Rev. Rebecca L. Brenneis-Harbauch Marilyn E. Brentlinger Mary Brooks Frances Livingston Brown Ralph Brownlee Irene Brubaker James Buckingham Billie Bunn Dorothy Buoni Jean Burkus Helen Burns Ralph Bursey Sharon Cavanaugh Betty Chaney Agnes Cheek Ginny Cheek Hildred M. Cheuvront J. Howard Cheuvront Jean Cioli Avon G. Clark Janice Clark
Robert Clarke Harold K. Golder Helen Cleary Susan Goldmann Ellen Coher Arcue Grantland Joy Cole Ruth Grantland Marion Collins Kenneth Green Kathleen Connell Barbara Greene Marvin Cooper Helene Greenfield Polly Cordell Mildred Amelia Griner Ryan Crawford Otto Griner Virginia W. Crawford Edith Grunwald Adeline S.C. Damanis Dorothy Gudgel Almon E. Daniels Ed Gudgel Mary O’Connor Davenport Larry Hafits John David Jean S. Hales Trudy David N. Battle Hales Bob Day Mildred Hall Franklin T. DeGroodt Neuzy Christine Hannon Jeffrey Franklin DeGroodt Pat Harbach Deborah Blue DeJager Mildred Hare Evelyn Delanoy Katy Hart Richard “Mouch” Delisle Leroy Hart Countess Virginia d’Esternaux Phoebe Haselton CDR. Charles H. Haverland, Jr., USN Ret. H. Sanford DeWitt Mr. & Mrs. N. Eugene and Ruth K. Dillow Mary Hayward Lucy Heim N. Eugene Dillow Roy Heim Jan Diven Delores Henson Mildred Dixon Bjorg & Bjornar Hermansen Russell Dixon Elizabeth Higgins Alvera Doles Margaret Higgins Elizabeth Dome Jean Holley John H. Dornbos Warren L. Holley Nancy Dornbos Brian Holmes Kimberly Ross Doyle Margaret Holmes Robert S. Drake Mrs. Clyde Holmes Mary Eason Thomas G. Holmes James H. Emery Mizzy Holt Miriam Emery Irene Howard Lillian Fern Joe Howard Walter D. Finch Edward Gallatin B. Hudson Marjorie Fletcher James Hyndman Joseph Flick Frederick Inglett Susan M. Fox Aletha “Lee” Ives Col. Lee Frailing John Janos Jacqueline Fraser Christopher Jean Shirley Friedland Gail Jean H. Seeley Funk Margaret Jennings Ruth Funk Dorothy Jevitt Richard Conrad Gamble K.L. Johnson Ann Genuardi Link Johnsten Mr. Charles Genuardi Mrs. Ann Jones Dallas Gillespie Carl Jones Jr. Audrey Gills Mildred Kearns Joan Glass
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Carla Wentzel Marie Louise West Ann Westphal Jill Louise White Peg Whitehead Lilly Willard Pauline D. Williams Polly Williams Vincent Williams
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Jean Holley Margaret Holmes Mizzy Holt Dorothy Jevitt Mrs. Cynthia Johnson Ms. Sarah Rebecca King Sheila King Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kitchel Donna & John Kuntz Bill Lohse Gus Lohse Ms. Ginny Lutz Mrs. Kendall Martin Ruth Miodzianowski Jackie Pantello Janet Poe
Heinz & Gloria Schreiber Dorothy Smith Dr. Robert Spencer Johnson Relton & Nancy Starr COL Anthony Stranges, USAF Ret. Dakota Thornton Mr. Joe Vuich William & Natalie Walls Richard & Sue Weber Amelia Williams Les Wooten Peg Wooten
IN HONOR OF Mary Helen Anderson Marjorie Bollinger Ruth Boutelle Scott & Suzanne Broadway Cheryl Buzzelli Lori Cameron Dixie Campbell Dianne Carter Priscilla Cooper Nancy Dornbos Shirley & Bob Ericson Anne Fleming Gardner Jean & Richard Gran Ellen Handlin Mary Heddens Don & Dee Hendrick
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[ BSO GUILDS ] NORTH & SOUTH The Brevard Symphony Orchestra Guilds - North and South - together comprise a volunteer support organization which serves to promote, sustain and assist the orchestra in every way possible. The approximately 300 members are committed to increasing public awareness of the orchestra’s activities, the quality of its performances and the service it renders the community. The Guild’s activities are focused on fundraising, audience development and concert assistance. New members are accepted at any time. Call the BSO Office at 321-242-2024 for more information on Guild membership or visit our web site: BrevardSymphony.com.
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BREVARD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOUTH GUILD The Key Signature contributors are members and their families who show their additional support by contributing at the following levels in support of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra. Key Signatures: Platinum: Mr. and Mrs. John Abernathy Shirley P. Baccus Dr. Shirley Baher Carolyn V. Baney Dr. Clifford and Sarah Bragdon Dorothy Brett Marion A. Bucko Drs. Fred and Mary Buoni Dr. Linda W. Coffey Clara Curtin Connie Deho Carolyn Finch Dr. and Mrs. Donald Forrer
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[ BSO BOARD ] EMERITI BSO BOARD CHAIRS John T. Hartley (1969-71) E.J. Threadgill (1971-72) Harold Golder (1972-73) Roman K.C. Johns (1973-74) William Powell (1974-75) Imogene M. Threadgill (1975-76) Roman K.C. Johns (1976-77) George Mix (1977-78) James Gray III (1978-79) George Mix (1979-80) Hubert C. Normile, Jr. (1980-82) Frederick B. Buoni (1982-83) Marilyn Brentlinger (1983-84) William M. Lohse (1984-86) Michael H. Graff (1986-87) Herbert L. Shulman (1987-88) Marcia Denius (1988-89) Andre Arrouet (1989-90) Darcia Jones-Francey (1990-92) Hubert C. Normile, Jr. (1992-93) Craig A. Suman (1993-95) Richard C. Beagley (1995-97) Dallas Gillespie (1997-99) Jerry Allender (1999-01) James LaHam (2001-04) Jim Cavanaugh (2004-07) Christopher McAlpine (2007-10) Harry Brandon (2010-12) Brian Nemeroff (2012-14) Ann-Marie Brush (2014-2016 )
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