BPO 2021-2022 Season: Program Book 4 by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

TABLE OF CONTENTS | JANUARY 14 – FEBRUARY 5 BPO Board of Trustees/BPO Foundation Board Directors

BPO Musician Roster

New World Symphony 13 M&T Bank Classics Series January 14 and 15

Mozart’s The Magic Flute 20 M&T Bank Classics Series January 22 and 23

The Music of David Bowie

BPO Rocks Presented by January 28

Star Trek v. Star Wars

BPO Pops Series January 29

Beethoven & Rachmaninoff

M&T Bank Classics Series February 4 and 5

Sponsor a Musician

Annual Fund

Patron Information

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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR The New Year brings with it the opportunity for a fresh perspective on our lives; a renewed commitment to make improvements, or perhaps simply pledging to “stop and smell the roses.” In some ways, the orchestra is no different. We assess the concluding year by appraising performances, then make adjustments that we hope will enhance the experience and improve engagement with our patrons. Now, we look to 2022 and more outstanding live performances starting with a work composed by former BPO music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, at the request of humanitarian and actress Audrey Hepburn. We’re pleased to have Teddy Abrams, a protégé of Tilson Thomas, to conduct this epochal piece on the New World Symphony program. Read more detail about “From the Diary of Anne Frank” and its’ evolution in the program notes. Stellar collaborations continue with a visit from the Hillman Opera Program at SUNY Fredonia School of Music and the semi-staged production of Mozart’s iconic opera, “The Magic Flute.” A cast of 17 includes Western New York natives and Fredonia alums Kyle Van Schoonhoven, Michael Hawk, Jordan Pitts, Gillian Riesen, and Amanda Bottoms. You won’t want to miss JoAnn Falletta conducting this delightful performance! Rachmaninoff echoes through the music hall when phenomenal pianist George Li rejoins the BPO to tackle the breathtaking, romantic notes of the familiar “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” under the baton of Albany (NY) Symphony music director, David Alan Miller. The program also features Beethoven’s optimistic Symphony No. 7, and an ode to New York City’s multicultural rhythms by contemporary composer, Jessie Montgomery. Canada’s Jeans ‘n Classics returns to the BPO after six years to reprise their highly-acclaimed tribute to David Bowie in an evening as fun and flamboyant as the rocker himself. And our journey to new worlds and civilizations ventures toward the dark side in an out-of-this-world battle pitting Trekkie against Jedi when John Morris Russell beams up to Buffalo with Star Trek v. Star Wars. As we move farther into 2022, more favorite works, more fabulous performers, and more collaborations will take the stage with your BPO, including world premieres, rock ‘n roll tributes, film fantasies, and special one-night-only events from Chris Botti, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kenny G., and the sparkling Renée Fleming. We’ll be announcing the 2022-23 season in a few short weeks, and we’ve included some of the extraordinary pieces and performers that were postponed from the 2020-21 calendar, plus landmark masterworks, new compositions, and some very special surprises. Stay tuned for the reveal! The future certainly appears brighter for 2022, and my wife, Carolyn, and I wish you all the best for the coming New Year. Sincerely,

John R. Yurtchuk Chair, Board of Trustees Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc.

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 OFFICERS John R. Yurtchuk, Chair Scott Stenclik, Vice Chair — Chair-Elect

Angelo Fatta, Treasurer Peter Eliopoulos, Secretary

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cindy Abbott Letro Douglas Bean Jonathan Borden † Janz Castelo † Anne Conable Stephen B. Edge, MD* JoAnn Falletta* Amy Habib Rittling Daniel Hart* Jim Hettich Mark Hodges †

James Iglewski William Keefer Ronald Luczak Alex Montante Allan C. Ripley* Casimiro D. Rodriguez, Sr. Rev. Melody I. Rutherford Diana Sachs † Robin G. Schulze, Ph.D Joseph Sedita Brett Shurtliffe †

Sonny Sonnenstein Karen Sperrazza Christine Standish Rev. Jonathan Staples Stephen T. Swift John Zak*

*ex-officio † musician representatives

LIFE MEMBERS Anthony Cassetta Randall Odza Edwin Polokoff

John N. Walsh, III Robert G. Weber

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John J. Zak, Chair Holly Hejmowski, Treasurer Alexs Spellman, Secretary Michael Munschauer

Karen Arrison John Yurtchuk

JOANN FALLETTA MUSIC DIRECTOR

Multiple Grammy Award-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser of both the Hawaii Symphony and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. Recently named as one of the 50 great conductors of all time by Gramophone Magazine, she is hailed for her work as a conductor, recording artist, audience builder and champion of American composers. As Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta became the first woman to lead a major American ensemble. She has guest conducted over a hundred orchestras in North America, and many of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.

She has won two individual Grammy Awards, including the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance as Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic in the world premiere Naxos recording, Richard Danielpour’s “The Passion of Yeshua.” In 2019, she won her first individual Grammy Award as conductor of the London Symphony in the Best Classical Compendium category for Spiritualist, her fifth world premiere recording of the music of Kenneth Fuchs. Her Naxos recording of Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan with the BPO received two Grammys in 2008, and her 2020 Naxos recording with the BPO of orchestral music of Florent Schmitt recently received the Diapason d’Or Award. Upcoming releases for Naxos include the complete William Walton Façade, with narrators Kevin Deas, Hila Plitmann, and Minnesota Public Radio Host Fred Child, and the Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Players and Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy with the BPO. Falletta is a member of the esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served by presidential appointment as a Member of the National Council on the Arts during the Bush and Obama administrations, and is the recipient of many of the most prestigious conducting awards. She has introduced over 500 works by American composers, including well over 100 world premieres. ASCAP has honored her as “a leading force for music of our time.” In 2019, JoAnn was named Performance Today’s Classical Woman of The Year. Falletta is a strong advocate and mentor for young professional and student musicians. She has led seminars for women conductors for the League of American Orchestras, and established a unique collaboration between the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Mannes College of Music to give up-andcoming conductors professional experience with a leading American orchestra. She has held the positions of Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Phoenix Symphony, Music Director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Denver Chamber Orchestra and The Women’s Philharmonic. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Mannes, Falletta received master’s and doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School. When not on the podium, JoAnn enjoys playing classical guitar, writing, cycling, yoga and is an avid reader. For more information, visit www.joannfalletta.com.

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR A master of American musical style, John Morris Russell has devoted himself to redefining the American orchestral experience. He is in his fifth season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Russell made his debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the fall of 2014, and later that season was named the third conductor to hold the position following in the footsteps of Doc Severinsen and Marvin Hamlisch. Mr. Russell’s concerts at the BPO reflect the diversity of American musical styles: from Classics to Jazz, Hollywood to Broadway, Country&Western to Rhythm&Blues. This season, Mr. Russell conducts Motown, Broadway, Holiday concerts, and Star Wars. Maestro Russell is also Conductor of the renowned Cincinnati Pops, one of the world’s most iconic and beloved pops orchestras. With his position at The Pops, Mr. Russell leads sold-out performances at Cincinnati Music Hall, the Taft Theater, and Riverbend Music Center; additionally, he conducts the orchestra in concerts throughout the Greater Cincinnati region as well as domestic and international tours. Creator of the orchestra’s Classical Roots series, he also conducts the Pops family concert series and the annual USO Tribute Cincinnati Gala. The Cincinnati Pops recorded legacy continues under Mr. Russell’s leadership. He led the Cincinnati Pops on their first-ever Florida tour, and in 2017 he led the orchestra’s sixth tour to Asia including performances in Shanghai and Taipei. For the last nine seasons, Mr. Russell has served as Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, and conductor of the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition. Under his leadership, the HHSO has enjoyed unprecedented artistic growth. Mr. Russell leads the orchestra in masterwork subscription concerts annually. Between 2001-2012 Maestro Russell served as Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where he fostered a decade of unprecedented artistic growth. He led the WSO in seventeen national broadcasts on CBC Radio 2, and the orchestra’s first nationally televised production for the CBC series Opening Night, which received the orchestra’s first Gemini Award Nomination. Maestro Russell was named Conductor Laureate of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in 2012. As a guest conductor, John Morris Russell has worked with many of North America’s most distinguished ensembles. He has served as Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, Associate Conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Director of the Orchestral Program at Vanderbilt University, and Music Director with the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He received a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Williams College in Massachusetts. He has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, Maine.

JAMAN E. DUNN

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Jaman E. Dunn is currently the Assistant Conductor with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Buffalo Master Chorale, and the Founder and Music Director of the Polaris Orchestra. A native of Chicago, IL, he attended The Ohio State University for his undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance under the study of Dr. C. Andrew Blosser. Mr. Dunn earned his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting under the instruction of Maestro Bruce Hangen at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

In addition to his orchestral activities, Mr. Dunn has also maintained a vocal career which began during his time in central Ohio. With a strong focus on oratorio and sacred music, Mr. Dunn has been Bass Soloist for performances of the Requiems of Mozart and Verdi, Handel’s Messiah, Gounod’s St Cecilia Mass, Schubert’s Mass in E ; Jesus in Bach’s St. John Passion; and Baritone Soloist in Carmina Burana. He has also been a part of opera productions including Falstaff, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In a professional capacity, it is Mr. Dunn’s continued goal to raise awareness of African-American performers in classical music at all levels and in all mediums.

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HISTORY OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops, Rock, Family and Youth concerts each year. After the rise and fall of several forerunners, the BPO was founded in 1935, performing most often at the Elmwood Music Hall, which was located at Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St., and demolished in 1938 as its permanent home, Kleinhans Music Hall, was constructed. During the Great Depression, the orchestra was initially supported by funds from the Works Progress Administration and the Emergency Relief Bureau. Over the decades, the orchestra has matured in stature under outstanding conductors including William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Maximiano Valdes, Semyon Bychkov and Julius Rudel. The orchestra has welcomed many distinguished guest performers, such as Isaac Stern, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, Igor Stravinsky, Renee Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma.During the tenure of JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director since 1998, the BPO has rekindled its history of radio broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 51 new CDs. The BPO’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” won two Grammys. Our recordings are heard on classical radio worldwide.

HISTORY OF KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL Since 1940, the orchestra’s home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, which enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the world due to its superb acoustics.

Kleinhans Music Hall was built thanks to the generosity and vision of Edward and Mary Seaton Kleinhans and the stewardship of their charitable dreams by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and the support of the federal government. The Community Foundation was bequeathed the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinhans, who made their fortune from the clothing store that bore their name, and who died within three months of each other in 1934. The Public Works Administration, an agency of the New Deal, provided crucial funding that made it possible to complete the hall. The Kleinhans, who were music lovers, specified their money was to be used “to erect a suitable music hall…for the use, enjoyment and benefit of the people of the City of Buffalo.” The BPO performed at Kleinhans Music Hall’s official opening on Oct. 12, 1940, under the baton of Franco Autori. Kleinhans Music Hall was designed by the Finnish father-and-son team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, along with architects F.J. and W.A. Kidd. Kleinhans is known for its combination of graceful structural beauty and extraordinary acoustics. Eliel Saarinen’s aim was to create “an architectural atmosphere…so as to tune the performers and the public alike into a proper mood of performance and receptiveness, respectively.” In 1989, the hall was designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest designation of significance a site or structure can receive. Kleinhans is owned by the City of Buffalo but operated by a separate 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Its Board of Directors is Jeremy Oczek, chair; Karen Arrison, vice chair; Stephanie Simeon, secretary and treasurer; Cindy Abbott Letro; Peter Eliopoulos; Tania Werbizky; and city officials including Byron Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, and David Rivera, Niagara District Councilmember.

JOANN FALLETTA, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Angelo and Carol Fatta Endowed Chair

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR JAMAN E. DUNN, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR FIRST VIOLIN

BASS

Nikki Chooi concertmaster Amy Glidden assoc. concertmaster Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation Endowed Chair Ansgarius Aylward asst. concertmaster Clement Luu 2nd asst. concertmaster** Douglas Cone Deborah Greitzer Diana Sachs Alan Ross Melanie Haas Andrea Blanchard-Cone Loren Silvertrust Hee Sagong

Daniel Pendley principal Garman Family Foundation Endowed Chair Brett Shurtliffe assoc. principal Michael Nigrin Edmond Gnekow Jonathan Borden Nicholas Jones Gary Matz

SECOND VIOLIN

Natalie Debikey Scanio

Antoine Lefebvre principal Jacqueline Galluzzo assoc. principal Richard Kay Robert Prokes Frances Morgante Amy Licata Shieh-Jian Tsai Xiaofan Liu Iain Crampton*

VIOLA

Caroline Gilbert principal Anna Shemetyeva assoc. principal Matthew Phillips Kate Holzemer Natalie Piskorsky Janz Castelo Maria Hardcastle*

CELLO

Roman Mekinulov principal Jane D. Baird Endowed Chair Feng Hew assoc. principal Nancy Anderson Robert Hausmann 2 David Schmude Amelie Fradette Eva Herer*

FLUTE

Christine Bailey Davis principal Linda Greene Natalie Debikey Scanio

Jay Matthews Daniel Sweeley

TRUMPET

Alex Jokipii principal Geoffrey Hardcastle Philip Christner

TROMBONE

Jonathan Lombardo1 principal Timothy Smith

BASS TROMBONE

Filipe Pereira

TUBA

PICCOLO

(vacant)

OBOE

Matthew Bassett principal Dinesh Joseph assistant principal

ENGLISH HORN

Mark Hodges principal Dinesh Joseph

Henry Ward principal Joshua Lauretig Anna Mattix Anna Mattix

CLARINET

TIMPANI

PERCUSSION

HARP

William Amsel principal Patti DiLutis Salvatore Andolina

Madeline Olson principal

E-FLAT CLARINET

Travis Hendra acting principal librarian

Patti DiLutis

BASS CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE

Salvatore Andolina

BASSOON

Glenn Einschlag principal Hunter Gordon*

CONTRABASSOON

(vacant)

FRENCH HORN

Jacek Muzyk principal Kay Koessler Endowed Chair Daniel Kerdelewicz assoc. principal Sheryl Hadeka

MUSIC LIBRARY

STAGE MANAGERS

Charles Gill Assistant Property Person IATSE Local 10

Chair dedicated to the memory of Scott Parkinson

Chair dedicated to the memory of Maer Bunis

* One Year Appointment

** Temporary Appointment

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Friday, January 14, 2022 at 10:30 AM Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Classic Series

NEW WORLD SYMPHONY

Teddy Abrams, conductor Cantor Penny Myers, narrator

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

From the Diary of Anne Frank Part I: Allegro con brio Part 2: Lento e lugubre Part 3: Allegretto con movimento Penny Myers, narrator

DVOŘÁK

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World" I. Adagio - Allegro molto II. Largo III. Molto vivace – Poco sostenuto IV. Allegro con fuoco

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TEDDY ABRAMS, CONDUCTOR An unusually versatile musician, Teddy Abrams is the widelyacclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. Now in his eighth season as Music Director, Teddy has fostered interdisciplinary collaborations with the Louisville Ballet and Speed Art Museum, and led Louisville’s cultural response to the pandemic with the Lift Up Lou initiative. Among other works, the 2021-22 season includes the world premieres of Teddy’s new piano concerto written for Yuja Wang and a concerto for timba band and orchestra composed by GRAMMY winner Dafnis Prieto. His rap-opera, The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, premiered in 2017, celebrating Louisville’s hometown hero with an all-star cast that included photo by Chris Witzke Rhiannon Giddens and Jubilant Sykes, as well as Jecorey “1200” Arthur, with whom he started the Louisville Orchestra Rap School. Abrams’ work with the Louisville Orchestra has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, PBS’ Articulate, and the PBS NewsHour. In recognition of his groundbreaking work, Teddy Abrams was named Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year. Teddy Abrams has been Music Director and Conductor of the Britt Festival Orchestra since 2013, where, in addition to an annual three-week festival of concerts, he has taken the orchestra across the region in the creation of new work—including Michael Gordon’s Natural History, which was premiered on the edge of Crater Lake National Park in partnership with the National Parks Service, and was the subject of the PBS documentary Symphony for Nature; and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s Brush, an experiential work written to be performed in Summer 2021 on the Jacksonville Woodlands Trail system. Abrams recently collaborated with Jim James, vocalist and guitarist for My Morning Jacket, on the song cycle The Order of Nature, which they premiered with the Louisville Orchestra in 2018 and recorded on Decca Gold. They performed the work with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in 2019. Teddy Abrams records on Universal Music Group’s Decca Gold Label. In addition to The Order of Nature, Teddy and the Louisville Orchestra recorded All In in 2017 with vocalist Storm Large. Teddy’s most recent recording was an original track, “Fourth Mode,” as part of UMG’s World Sleep Day. As a guest conductor, Teddy has worked with such distinguished ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Chicago, San Francisco, National, Houston, Pacific, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Vancouver, Colorado, Utah, and Phoenix Symphonies; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; and the Sarasota and Florida Orchestras. Internationally, he has worked with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and the Malaysian Philharmonic. He served as Assistant Conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2012-2014. From 2008 to 2011, Abrams was the Conducting Fellow and Assistant Conductor of the New World Symphony.

CANTOR PENNY MYERS, NARRATOR Versatile, well-respected, engaging, and gifted are a few of the many qualities attributed to Cantor Penny Myers. Cantor Myers’ love of Judaism and her passion for engaging congregants of all ages have been central to her Cantorate since 1998. Cantor Myers earned her BA in Voice from SUNY Buffalo in 1996 and a Master’s in Music Education from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1999. Cantor Myers returned to Buffalo, her hometown, with her husband in 1999 where she served as Cantor at Temple Beth Zion, the largest synagogue in Western New York, for over 14 years. She also was accredited by the Cantor’s Assembly and invested as a Cantor after completing their program in 2013. Cantor Myers is also a soughtafter lecturer, leading sessions on pedagogical practices within worship as well as in Hebrew School education. Cantor Myers’ lyric soprano has been heard all over North America, Europe and Israel. Cantor Myers has been the recipient of many awards and the subject of articles about the changing nature of the Cantorate. Cantor Myers is married to neurologist Dr. Bennett Myers. They reside in Amherst, NY with their three children, Hunter, Saul, and Corrinne. She also has an outstanding collection of RUSH albums and paraphernalia.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Conductor Teddy Abrams makes his debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic with a superb program! The concert opens with a work composed by BPO former music director Michael Tilson Thomas, "From The Diary of Anne Frank." This moving memorial based on the words of the young holocaust victim will be narrated by Penny Myers, and marks the commemoration of International Memorial Day this month. Maestro Abrams closes the program with Antonin Dvořák's cherished gift to his adopted country, written during the time he was living and teaching in New York City. His New World Symphony has become one of the most beloved pieces in our repertoire - a not to be missed concert! The BPO and I are happy to welcome Teddy Abrams and Penny Myers to Kleinhans Music Hall.

PROGRAM NOTES

Michael Tilson Thomas (American; 1944)

From the Diary of Anne Frank (1990) I. Allegro con brio II. Lento e lugubre III. Allegretto con movimento Anne Frank’s writings are perhaps the most universally reflected-upon words to emerge following the Holocaust. German by birth (1929), her Jewish family fled for Amsterdam as the Nazi Party came to power. As the Germans occupied the Netherlands, the family hid for two years, during which time Anne kept her famous diary. The family was arrested in 1944 and transported to concentration camps, with Frank and her sister going to Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen where they both died. Her father was the family’s only survivor, and upon return home he discovered Anne’s diary was preserved. Her dream of becoming a writer was realized when he published the diary in 1947. In 1952 an English translation from the original Dutch was published as The Diary of a Young Girl. Praised for her mature literary talents and humanistic insight, Anne Frank and her work have been embraced as a broadly representative voice of the victims of the Holocaust. Michael Tilson Thomas is among America’s

great musical voices. Born in California to a family with a history in the theater—his grandfather was a star in Manhattan’s Yiddish Theater District—he was a musical prodigy at a young age and would study at the University of California. His career as a conductor is impressive and varied, notably serving as the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Symphony for more than two decades, and founding and directing the New World Symphony, an ensemble comprised of talented young musicians. His musical portfolio also boasts a number of beloved compositions. The inception of one such composition, From the Diaries of Anne Frank, began as a dream for the beloved actress Audrey Hepburn. Born in occupied Holland, Hepburn was the same age as Anne Frank and felt deeply committed to her work. As an ambassador to UNICEF, she engaged the organization to commission Tilson Thomas for an orchestral work that featured narration with text from Anne Frank’s writings. The collaborative work premiered in 1990 with Tilson Thomas conducting the New World Symphony, with Hepburn performing the narration. Constructed as a four-section series of variations, the opening figure is a reference to the Jewish hymn of life, the Kaddish. A dancing theme leads to the narrator’s first words, an introductory text pulled from the first page of the Diary. Frank’s imaginative reflections are both bright and melancholic, and moods are

shaped by Tilson Thomas’ melodies and orchestrations. The section comes to a close with dreamy conversations, but the second part introduces a grim mood as Anne describes her dark and uncertain situation. A third section exuberantly investigates her love of nature and youthful explorations of love. The work’s conclusion is a poignant epilogue in which Anne ponders her future, and that of her writings and the fate of the world embroiled in war. Tilson Thomas captures Anne’s dire situation, and uses a musical landscape to portray the starkly contrasting moods, musings, and reflections of the Holocaust’s most impactful writer.

Antonín Dvořák (Czech; 1841-1904) Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (1893) I. Adagio – Allegro molto II. Largo III. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Poco sostenuto IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco From the Napoleonic Wars to Poland’s struggles with Russia, the nineteenth century saw the development of politically motivated musical identities associated with national character, distinctly different from the music associated with traditional artistic strongholds or a general continental universality. Bedřich Smetana was the first such Czech composer, focusing his energies on incorporating Czech dramatic and musical themes in his music. Following in his footsteps was a struggling Antonín Dvořák, whose music caught the eye of Brahms, helping to launch his international career. America in the 1890s was growing fast. Immigration, expansion, and industry were changing the American landscape quickly, but it would not be until the 20th century that the United States would realize its potential as a super power, both politically and artistically. Music education was beginning to take shape in America, and now in his 50s, Dvořák was paid handsomely to serve as Director of New

York City’s National Conservatory. Having built a career around imbuing his music with folk idioms, he was deeply interested in helping America discover its own musical identity. At the time, emulating Continental European musical thought was a sign of intellectual maturity, but Dvořák encouraged composers to look inward for inspiration, and cited Native American and African American musical resources as a starting place. His travels took him as far as Iowa, where he was deeply affected by vast landscapes and his musical encounters, and he would compose several works celebrating his time in the States. In 1893 the New York Philharmonic commissioned Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, From the New World. The entire international community seized on the work and it was an immediate hit. There was finally a work from America, about America. Perhaps Europe needed a European to validate America’s artistic credentials, but America needed it too. The opening captures the listener with the subtlety of a whispering melody, first in the strings, then a small cadre of woodwinds, but the Allegro comes out of a thunderous transition. The action is on with a demanding melody that moves like a violent river. A contrasting melody carries the intrigue of discovery, and one can imagine the Bohemian composer shocked by the energy of the American plains draped by night. The movement is structured in sonata form, which allows the melodies to pass through a kaleidoscope of moods. Storming brass trade passages with nocturnal woodwinds, and the ensemble coalesces for a harrowing conclusion. The conclusion of the opening movement is balanced by the serenity of the second. Cinematic brass chords evocatively welcome an English horn solo, an original melody since repurposed as “Going Home,” which has instilled it with an Americana charm, in no small part for its likeness to many other hymns and spirituals that influenced Dvořák. For a change of mood, the melody is replaced by a central section, wandering and mysterious at first, then springy and lilting with a revisiting of a melody from the opening. The English horn makes a return with the familiar and comforting hymn-like tune. The movement is bookended by the same brass chords heard at the opening.

For the Symphony’s Scherzo, Dvořák’s Beethovenian opening launches an agile triple meter dance in a focused E minor. A call and response melody in the woodwinds leads to a rousing barrage of rhythms in strings. The brass join in for a broadly syncopated countermelody. In stark contrast, we have two diverting sections, the first with a pleasant, folksy melody, and the second a rousing country dance. A return to the movement’s opening energy is inevitable, but rather than concluding the Scherzo here, Dvořák creates an operatic transition, repeating motivic melodies in a dramatic coda that sets the table for the feast to come. If the opening notes of Dvořák’s New World Symphony were subdued, the opening of the finale is far flung. The strings establish a fiery energy with a half-step fragment in massive unison that accelerates until it crashes into the orchestra. Trumpets and horns blast a frightful fanfare, and the theme is repeated until the ensemble breaks into tremendous dance. Dvořák again relies on the colors of solo woodwinds to create bucolic contrast. Themes from through-

out the Symphony return in surprising and refreshing reconfigurations, and layer as the music builds toward a defiant and triumphant conclusion. Dvořák‘s music here is colored by the American landscape, both geographical and musical. Uniquely American musical resources were explicit influences both melodically and rhythmically as he created his Ninth Symphony, but he was not trying to be American. Rather, he aimed to provide for America a musical blueprint, a roadmap to be followed for the discovery of identity. America had not realized that its reliance on purely European musical traditions was a denial of the country’s diverse reality, and Dvořák acted as a sort of consultant, catalyzing the acknowledgement of multiculturalism and the necessity to look inward for a unique musical voice. Not yet a super power, the United States was on the verge of an artistically bountiful twentieth century, owed in no small part to Dvořák and his New World Symphony.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 7:30 PM Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Classics Series

MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE

JoAnn Falletta, conductor Hillman Opera Program at SUNY Fredonia School of Music Julie Newell, Stage Director Adam Luebke, Chorusmaster TAMINO: Kyle van Schoonhoven* PAMINA: Danielle Beckvermit* PAPAGENO: Michael Hawk* QUEEN OF THE NIGHT: Lucia Flowers* SARASTRO: James Harrington** MONOSTATOS: Jordan Pitts* FIRST LADY: Mary Hangley* SECOND LADY: Gillian Riesen* THIRD LADY: Amanda Bottoms*

PAPAGENA: Katherine Joslyn* FIRST SPIRIT: Abigail Brudz*** SECOND SPIRIT: Kay Steele*** THIRD SPIRIT: Erin Colaluca*** PRIEST: Michael Aiello*, ** ARMORED MEN: Robert Kleinertz* Shane Keyes *** SLAVES: Ross Wiley*** Daniel Barna*** Patrick Connolly***

MOZART/ The Magic Flute English Translation by Overture Andrew Porter Act I 1.Introduction: "O help me!" [Tamino; Three Ladies] 2. Aria: "Oh, catching birds, that is my trade" [Papageno] 3. Aria: "Oh vision of enchanting grace!" [Tamino] 4. Recit. and Aria: Oh, have no fear, my noble youth!" [Queen of the Night] 5. Quintet: "Him! Him Him!" [Three Ladies, Tamino, Papageno] 6. Trio: "My little dove, you're mine again!" [Pamina, Monostatos, Papageno] 7. Duet: "The man who feels love's sweet emotion" [Pamina, Papageno] 8. Finale: "Thus far we've led you toward your goal" [Pamina, Tamino, Monostatos, Sarastro, Priest, Papageno, Chorus]

INTERMISSION Act 2 9. March of the Priests 10. Aria con Coro: "O Isis and Osiris" [Sarastro, Chorus] 12. Quintet: "Why? Why? Why have you sought this dreadful place?" [Three Ladies, Tamino, Papageno] 13. Aria: "All men know that love's a fever” [Monostatos] 14. Aria: "You will avenge me, daughter!” [Queen of the Night] 15. Aria: "Within our holy temple, revenge” [Sarastro] 16. Trio: "Now for the second time we meet you" [Three Boys] 17. Aria "Ah, I feel my life is over” [Pamina] 18. Chorus: "O Isis and Osiris" [Priests] 19. Trio: "And shall we never meet again?" [Pamina, Tamino, Sarastro] 20. Aria: "O maiden come to join me" [Papageno] 21. Finale: "Bright dawn is heralding the morning" [Queen of the Night, Pamina, Papagena, Three Boys, Three Ladies, Tamino. Monostatos, Sarastro, Papageno, Chorus

* Fredonia alumnus ** Fredonia School of Music Voice Faculty member *** Current Fredonia School of Music student

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HILLMAN OPERA PROGRAM The Hillman Opera has been produced annually at SUNY Fredonia for over 60 years. Beginning in 1957, the opera program is the namesake of Jessie Hillman, one of the formative professors of the Fredonia School of Music, beginning her tenure in the late 19th century. In its early years, the Hillman Opera served as a marquis event to draw attention to the building of a scholarship endowment for music students. In these earliest productions, community members and students combined forces to build sets and sew costumes in support of the training of young singers and orchestral students by professors. The annual Hillman Opera, while continuing to draw attention to the scholarship campaign of the Hillman Memorial Music Association, has expanded into a core element of the Voice Area and Orchestra curricula, as well as providing unique, professional-level opportunities for students in the Department of Theatre and Dance in scenic, lighting, costume, makeup, and sound design. The Hillman Opera has served as the training ground for generations of developing operatic artists who have gone on to significant national and international careers in the field of opera as well as developing educators who share their experience in, and love for, opera with students of all ages. The Hillman Memorial Music Association promotes community appreciation of music through not only the annual opera, but also through recitals, concerts, and masterclasses presented by guest artists and clinicians. The SUNY Fredonia School of Music and the Hillman Memorial Music Association are honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro JoAnn Falletta in the special presentation of Mozart’s treasured masterpiece, The Magic Flute.

JULIE NEWELL, STAGE DIRECTOR Julie Newell is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Voice and Opera at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music. She is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity, the SUNY Research Foundation Award for Excellence, and the SUNY Alumni Achievement Award. Her 30-year performance career includes multiple performances at New York’s Lincoln Center, including world premier operas and concert works by Vivaldi and Menotti. Her operatic and concert performances include the major operatic heroines and numerous oratorios and solo repertoire including, among many, Puccini heroines Madama Butterfly and Mimi in La Boheme, Verdi heroines Desdemona in Otello and Gilda in Rigoletto, Mozart leading ladies Fiordiligi in Cosi Osi Fan Tutte, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze Di Figaro, as well as Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and Britten’s War Requiem, to name only a few. Julie has shared the stage with such notable artists as Sherrill Milnes, Jerome Hines, David Zinman, and Lynn Redgrave. As an operatic performer, she is a recipient of performance grants from the William Matheus Sullivan Foundation and OPERA America. Her many solo appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic began in 1991 under the baton of Maximiano Valdés in the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute, a staged production in

collaboration with the Greater Buffalo Opera Company, with performances in Kleinhans Music Hall. Additional Buffalo Philharmonic performances have included solo appearances in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mozart’s Requiem, and Poulenc’s Gloria. In 2019, Julie served as Stage Director for the Buffalo Philharmonic presentation of Carmen. During the 2020-2021 season, Ms. Newell served as the Interim Managing Director of Syracuse Opera. In that position, she served as Director, in collaboration with WCNY television, for a PBS televised film presentation of No Cowards In Our Band, a music drama on the life of Frederick Douglass.

ADAM LUEBKE, CHORUSMASTER Dr. Adam Luebke is the 2020 GRAMMY® award winner for Best Choral Performance. Appointed Music Director of Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus in 2015, the chorus has been hailed as “splendid,” “articulate,” “soaring,” and “virtuosic.” He and the chorus won the 2020 GRAMMY® award for Best Choral Performance for their recording Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta. At Fredonia, he teaches studio voice and conducts the College Choir. He has also taught voice class, conducting, Camerata (treble voices) and the Masterworks Chorus. He has prepared students for performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and the Hillman Opera 60th Anniversary Gala. Dr. Luebke has prepared choruses for conductors JoAnn Falletta, John Morris Russell, Rossen Milanov, Carl St. Clair, Bradley Thachuk, Tim Moffit, and Stefan Sanders. He worked alongside composer Richard Danielpour preparing the East Coast premiere performances and the world premiere recording of his The Passion of Yeshua for Naxos, Fabio Luisi to prepare his St. Bonaventure Mass at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the distinguished AfricanAmerican Spiritual arranger, Stacey Gibbs. Recent highlights include heralded performances of Mozart’s Requiem, Chichester Psalms, Verdi’s Requiem, Carmen, Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Belshazzar’s Feast, Alexander Nevsky, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Porgy and Bess, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. His choruses have appeared on the nationally broadcast radio show Performance Today with Fred Child, and locally on WNED Classical and WNED-TV. He has conducted the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Amherst Symphony Orchestra; and appeared at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center, Kleinhans Music Hall, the Chautauqua Institution, and the National Cathedral. As a chorister, Dr. Luebke sang with the American Boychoir, St. Olaf Choir, and Westminster Choir. With these choruses, he performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, and Spoleto Festival USA opera chorus. He sings on recordings of the American Boychoir, Westminster Choir, and St. Olaf Choir on the Angel, Alliance, and Avie labels; as well as Amy Grant’s platinum album Home for Christmas. Dr. Luebke received his earliest musical training at the American Boychoir School and earned degrees from St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir College, and Florida State University. His teachers include Anton Armstrong, Joseph Flummerfelt, Andre Thomas, Andrew Megill, and James Litton.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

A weekend filled with magic - the Buffalo Philharmonic presents one of the most beloved operas ever written - Mozart's The Magic Flute. A beautiful fairy tale of the triumph of goodness and love, Mozart's incomparable music tells a story that will enchant young and old alike. The BPO is honored to partner with director Julie Newell, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Voice and Opera at Fredonia, and a fabulous cast of artists. Don't miss this rare chance to hear opera on the stage of Kleinhans in a unique collaboration with SUNY Fredonia in Mozart's luminous masterpiece.

PROGRAM NOTES

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German; 1756-1791)

The Magic Flute, K. 620 (1791) Mozart’s adult career was largely based in Vienna, where from 1781 he was starting a family and earning revenues from piano concerto composition and performance. The middle of the decade saw a decline in returns from his keyboard work, which led to a historically important shift toward opera, and until the end of his short life, he would compose some of the most important contributions to the genre: Le Nozze di Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790), to name a few. His final opera came in 1791, the two-act Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), composed in the popular Singspiel format, a music-drama utilizing spoken dialogue. The work came about through collaboration with Mozart’s close friend and fellow composer Emanuel Schikaneder, who was responsible for creating the Opera’s libretto. The prolific Schikaneder not only ran his own opera troupe, but also built the Theater auf der Wieden, where his company was in residence. This venue hosted the opera’s premiere in September of 1791, with the librettist playing the role of Papageno. Mozart and Schikaneder were also linked by their mutual interest in Enlightenment-era Freemasonry. Mozart’s involvement began when he joined a Viennese lodge in 1784,

and while membership had caused issues for Catholics, Mozart appears unburdened by this, perhaps more interested in Enlightenment principles as well as growing his professional circle. Their interest in Masonic tradition may be most apparent in The Magic Flute. Our hero, Tamino, must choose between dark and light, and undergoes initiation trials to prove his commitment to the ideals of virtue and brotherhood in order to rescue his love. The handsome prince Tamino, lost in a mysterious land, is chased by a serpent. After fainting, three of the Queen of the Night’s ladies kill the serpent, but upon his awakening, the birdcatcher Papageno arrives (in the form of a bird) to take credit. When the ladies return, they show a picture of the Queen’s daughter (Pamina) to Tamino, and falling in love with her, he is commanded by the Queen to rescue her from the reviled Sarastro. The odd couple are sent on their way with the protection of three spirits, a magic flute for Tamino, and silver bells for Papageno. Pamina tries to break free from Sarastro’s temple, but his slaves, led by Monostatos, chain her. Papageno frightens Monostatos away, and informs Pamina that Tamino is coming to her aid. Tamino is occupied at the temple, where he learns that the Queen is evil, not Sarastro, who enters to scold Monostatos and promises Pamina’s eventual freedom. However, for the two lovers to be united, Tamino must undergo trials to prove

his worth. Sarastro’s priests explain that the initiation rites Tamino would undergo instill godlike virtue and justice. Act II opens with a council of priests who initiate Tamino’s trials, the first of which requires silence in the presence of women so as to not be tricked by their wiles. Although the clumsy Papageno cannot contain his words, Tamino reminds him of their directive and the women disappear. As Pamina sleeps, the lust-driven Monostatos tries to kiss her, but hides upon the arrival of the Queen of the Night, who stakes her claim on the temple. Learning that Tamino is being initiated into her enemy’s circle, she gives Pamina a dagger and instructs her to kill Sarastro or be disowned. After the Queen’s departure, Monostatos attempts to blackmail Pamina, but is cast aside when Sarastro enters. Pamina begs him to forgive the Queen, but Sarastro soothes her with a promise of kindness. Tamino’s ordeal continues with an order to remain quiet and refrain from eating. Of course, Papageno is convinced by an old lady to drink a glass of water. Pamina arrives but is crushed by Tamino’s silence, not knowing of his vows. Papageno gives up on his interest in the trials, and hopes to take a wife instead. He declares his love for the old lady as she morphs into a beautiful young Papagena, but the priests declare him unworthy and recall her.

A bereft Pamina is informed of Tamino’s love as he enters his final trial: overcoming the fear of death. The two lovers unite for the final test, as they move unharmed in the chambers of fire and water, with the protection of the music of Tamino’s magic flute. The despairing Papageno contemplates suicide, but spirits remind him of his magic bells. Once rung, Papagena is returned to him, and the two enjoy an avian duet. Our protagonists are united with Tamino, who succeeding the trials joins the brotherhood. Sarastro banishes the Queen into eternal night, and a new era of the sun’s triumph, wisdom, and brotherhood is celebrated. The Opera’s connections to Freemasonry and its rites have been the topic of discussion for scholars, many of whom assert that the Queen of the Night may represent the Roman Catholic Church or some other common enemy of the Masons, and that Tamino is a developing protagonist who experiences ritualistic transformation. Like much great art, The Magic Flute was created in a specific political climate by engaged members of society. However, whatever remnants of history remain may cause either deeper understanding or distraction. What we are left with is a magical work whose imaginative fantasy was portrayed in musical brilliance as one of the final works of Mozart, and has remained a beloved mystery for centuries.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

Friday, January 28, 2022 at 7:30 PM

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THE MUSIC OF DAVID BOWIE Bradley Thachuk, conductor Jeans ‘n Classics Jean Meilleur, vocals Stephanie Martin, vocals Lis Soderberg, vocals Dave Dunlop, guitar Mitchell Tyler, bass Aaron MacDonald, saxophone Kevin Adamson, keyboards Paul DeLong, percussion

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JEANS 'N CLASSICS — 23 YEARS AND GOING STRONG! Peter Brennan’s Jeans ‘n Classics is a winner! For 23 years now, the JnC approach to combining world class rock musicians and symphonies has been a game changer for orchestras in their quest to attract new and more expansive audiences. Jeans ‘n Classics is a group of musicians who understand orchestra culture and are committed to help in the building of younger, loyal audiences for symphony orchestras across North America. Jeans ‘n Classics appeals to an age group from, but not limited to, 25 to 65. While most definitely not a tribute act, Jeans ‘n Classics faithfully interprets the music of legendary rock and pop albums and artists, with their own special and signature flair. Symphonies far and wide have heralded the quality of our orchestral scores. Our reputation precedes us for providing lush, fully realized arrangements of rock and pop classics for rock band and symphony, and top notch, easy-to-work-with performers who truly know how to deliver a great rehearsal and live show experience with professionalism, humor, and finesse. Jeans ‘n Classics works with over 200 orchestras in venues throughout North America, and has created almost 1,000 original rock and pop orchestrations, which are presented across 45 unique and exciting productions.

JEAN MEILLEUR, VOCALS Jean Meilleur has been a headliner with Jeans 'n Classics for over 20 years. In that time, he has performed with scores of major North American orchestras, lending his distinctive voice to some of the greatest popular music of our time. Originally from Madison, WI, Jean was born and remains a Green Bay Packer fanatic! He moved to Detroit, MI at a young age. Living in the Motor City helped shape his penchant for the Motown, Soul and R&B sounds of the early '70s. Jean is a prolific songwriter who has been performing professionally for over thirty years. His singing voice can best be described as passionate and provocative, with a robust timbre that is immediately recognizable. His voice stands as a true original. Jean's voice has been heard over the years on many national radio and television jingles and advertisements. He was recently chosen as the Canadian voice of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. To quote Jean: "It's a privilege to share the stage with a symphony orchestra, Peter Brennan's superb arrangements and a flawless band. To have the opportunity to sing some of the greatest popular music of our time, in my own voice, is a rush beyond compare.” Go Pack Go!

STEPHANIE MARTIN, VOCALS Stephanie Martin is a bilingual Canadian songwriter, singer, and actor who has performed all over the world in award-winning theatrical productions and concert tours. In the theatre, she has played leading roles in Les Misérables, Napoleon and Schwartz's, the Musical among others. In studio, she sang the voice of Pocahontas in the French version of the Disney movie, as well as performing on many cast albums. On the concert scene, she has performed with symphony orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia. Her creative songwriting is inspired by a lifelong spiritual inquiry and a passionate conviction that music has an unparalleled unitive power. Her first recording of original songs shape, line, and harmony was produced by Chad Irschick (Susan Aglukark, Ron Hynes, The Rankins) and received widespread airplay and was critically acclaimed ("Among the year's best new releases" - CBC Radio One). Her second album, April Snow, also produced by Irschick, was released in 2016 and reached #2 in the Top 100 iTunes Adult Contemporary Chart in Canada and received rave reviews ("Luminous vocalist/composer Stephanie Martin not only possesses a delicious vocal instrument, but on her new, completely appealing recording, she also demonstrates her considerable chops as a composer of accessible, highly musical material" - The Whole Note).

LIS SODERBERG, VOCALS Vocalist Lis Soderberg's diverse career thus far includes symphony and rock stages, songwriting awards, singersongwriter coffee house gigs, commercial work (voiceover & singing), live broadcasts, and guest appearances and features on albums, films, television, and radio. Songs from Lis's solo debut CD "Refuge" were used in four episodes of the acclaimed series Schitt's Creek, starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara. Her song "All I Need" received a Billboard Song Contest Jazz award and was the first track on a 2009 celebrity holiday compilation alongside tracks by Huey Lewis and the News, Richard Marx, Dennis DeYoung, and William Shatner. Film/TV/radio credits include Schitt's Creek, CBC's Vinyl Cafe, Babar (the movie), Manson (drama-doc), A Change of Place (drama); album & performance credits include Kevin Breit (Norah Jones, k.d. lang, Roseanne Cash), Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors), Russell DeCarle (Prairie Oyster), Gwen wick (Quartette, the Marigolds), Ivan Neville, and many more, Including numerous Jeans 'n Classics guest artists such as Rik Emmett, Lawrence Gowan, Alan Frew, Roger Hodgson, Lorraine Segato, Mark Jordan, and Amy Sky. Lis is delighted to continue working with Jeans 'n Classics and the many wonderful orchestras and people met along the way.

DAVE DUNLOP, GUITAR Dave has been a pro guitarist, songwriter, singer, and educator for the past 30 years. Currently, Dave balances his studio work with his touring life as a member of the award-winning duo of Rik Emmett/ Dave Dunlop, and Jeans 'n Classics. Emmett and Dunlop won Smooth Jazz Album of the Year and Duo/Group of the Year in 2007 on the strength of their debut album, Strung-Out Troubadours. Dave has been an integral member of the Jeans 'n Classics band since 2005, winning rave reviews for his handiwork in many shows, including the music of Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton, among others. Dave was lead guitarist and writer in rock band The Full Nine, signed to Disney's Mammoth Records in 2001. They had chart success with the single, Not Over. He's also been a faculty member at the National Summer Guitar Workshop, and has had sideman stints with Bo Diddley, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Ron Sexsmith, and many others. In 2008 Dave joined the reformed Hall of Fame act Triumph, supporting the original line-up of Rik Emmett, Gil Moore, and Mike Levine. In 2005 he established Room 9 studio in his Toronto home, where he has been busy recording and producing projects non-stop ever since. His 2016 debut album, Monarch Girl spent 5 weeks at number one on the Maple Music charts. Of late he has up-and-comers Lyric Dubee, and The Launch finalist Trevor LaRose in his studio. Dave endorses D'Addario strings and picks, Dean guitars, and Godin guitars.

MITCHELL TYLER, BASS Conductor, arranger, bassist, and educator Mitchell Tyler is an Honours Bachelor of Music (Theory & Composition) and Bachelor of Education graduate of Western University, and has been a member of the Jeans 'n Classics Band since 1992. As a performer he has shared the stage with many artists including Rik Emmett (Triumph), Alan Frew (Glass Tiger), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) and Lawrence Gowan (Styx), and played in the touring productions of Chicago (2015) and Mamma Mia (2012). Mitchell is a part time contract teacher of string music and classical guitar with the Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ontario, and has been a professional educator since 1993. He served as Orchestra London Canada's Education Director from 2010 to 2013. He has extensive experience writing, developing, programming, and conducting curriculum-linked educational content for symphony orchestras, currently offered through his company, Symphonic Kids. He has been the musical director for beloved children's entertainment troupe, Dufflebag Theatre since 2008. As a conductor, Mitchell has had the privilege of working with a wide variety of orchestras across North America. Recent guest conductor appearances include the Springfield Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, the Duluth Superior Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. He continues to immensely enjoy his work as Conductor with the Jeans 'n Classics Rock Symphony, a local symphony add-on to the JNC rock band, formed in 2012 for select performances closer to home. In his spare time, Mitchell enjoys coaching high school and club travel baseball, touring the ballparks of Major League Baseball, and supporting his beloved Boston Red Sox.

AARON MACDONALD, SAXOPHONE AND VOCALS Aaron Macdonald is a London, Ontario-based musician who has enjoyed many fruitful years as a singer/saxophonist in the Jeans 'n Classics ensemble. Having played in many bands in the London area covering genres such as blues, funk, jazz, and pop, Aaron has also been touring full time with international star Roger Hodgson, formerly of the band Supertramp. During the past decade touring with Roger Hodgson, Aaron has toured the world and performed in some of the most esteemed venues, including Albert Hall in London, England, the Olympia in Paris, Cirque Royal in Brussels, and Wembley Stadium for the "Concert for Diana. A family man and avid fisherman, Aaron still loves playing with Jeans 'n Classics whenever he can.

KEVIN ADAMSON, KEYBOARDS Kevin Adamson is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, arranger, and producer who joined the Jeans 'n Classics band in 2013. Classically trained on piano as a child at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Kevin earned a Bachelor of Music from McGill University's prestigious jazz program in Montreal. He soon became one of the most in-demand musicians in Toronto, playing with such artists as Kim Mitchell, lan Thomas, Michelle Wright, Ron Sexsmith, Justin Hines, and Rik Emmett, and more. On the international stage, Kevin toured the world with Roger photo by Brian Tierney Hodgson (of Supertramp), throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and across North America, from festivals, to arenas, to London's legendary Royal Albert Hall. Equally at home in a recording studio, Kevin co-produced Dominic Mancuso's 2010 album "Comfortably Mine," which went on to WIF a Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year. In 2016, Kevin's orchestral arrangement of lan Thomas' song "The Runner" was featured on lan's album "A Life in Song." Kevin endorses Nord and Roland keyboards, as well as Radial Engineering DIs and mixers.

PAUL DELONG, DRUMMER Best known for his multi-platinum success with rock artist Kim Mitchell, drummer Paul DeLong has forged a career which encompasses funk, fusion, jazz, and Latin, working with such diverse artists as Tom Scott, Domenic Troiano, David Blamires, Colm Wilkinson, Doug Riley, Hilario Duran, David ClaytonThomas, Roger Hodgson, Lighthouse, and FM, to name a few. As a Juno Award winner and respected session player, Paul has performed at P.I.T. and the N.A.M.M. shows in L.A., twice at the Montreal Drumfest, and at the Quebec Drumfest. He is one of SABIAN cymbals most popular and effective clinicians. Paul also has his own band - ONE WORD, which plays fusion classics by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams Lifetime, Weather Report, and Return to Forever. Paul has taught part-time at Humber College in Toronto for over 30 years, and has written several articles for Modern Drummer magazine. He also taught and performed at KOSA 2010, and at the Stickman Drum Experience in 2013, and has done online video lessons for Drum Hang and Drumeo. His books, "DeLong Way to Polyrhythmic Creativity on the Drumset" and "DeLong Way to Musical Phrasing on the Drumset" are distributed worldwide by Hudson Ltd. Paul endorses Gretsch, Sabian, Vater, and Remo Drums/Percussion.

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Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 7:30 PM

BPO Pop Series

STAR TREK V. STAR WARS

John Morris Russell, conductor

R. STRAUSS COURAGE

Main Theme from Star Trek

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End Credits from Star Trek: The Motion Picture

HORNER ROSENMAN CLIFF EIDELMAN DENNIS MCCARTHY MICHAEL GIACCHINO

Opening to Also Sprach Sarathustra

Main Title, Epilogue, and End Credits from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn End Credits from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek: Generations Overture Star Trek

INTERMISSION JOHN WILLIAMS

Star Wars Main Title Star Wars Flag Parade Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Across the Stars Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Battle of the Heroes Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Cantina Band Star Wars: Episode - A New Hope Princess Leia's Theme Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Imperial March Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Asteroid Field Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Luke and Leia Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Jedi Steps & Finale Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

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Friday, February 4, 2022 at 10:30 AM Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Classics Series

BEETHOVEN & RACHMANINOFF

David Alan Miller, conductor George Li, piano

JESSIE MONTGOMERY RACHMANINOFF

Coincident Dances Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 George Li, piano INTERMISSION

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Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace II. Allegretto III. Presto – Assai meno presto IV. Finale: Allegro con brio

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DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR Two-time Grammy Award winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring for Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and at the SHIFT Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other accolades include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming. Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the New York City Ballet. In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, the UK, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. Since 2019, Mr. Miller has served as Artistic Advisor to the Little Orchestra Society in New York City, and, from 2006 to 2012, served as Artistic Director of “New Paths in Music,” a festival of new music from around the world, also in New York City. Mr. Miller received his most recent Grammy Award in 2021 for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ Viola Concerto, with Richard O’Neill and the Albany Symphony, and his first Grammy in 2014 for his Naxos recording of John Corigliano's "Conjurer," with the Albany Symphony and Dame Evelyn Glennie. His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince, Michael Torke (London/Decca), Luis Tinoco, and Christopher Rouse (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton Gould, Don Gillis, Aaron J. Kernis, Peter Mennin, and Vincent Persichetti on the Albany Records label. He has also conducted the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in three acclaimed recordings on Naxos. A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller lives in Slingerlands, New York, a rural suburb of Albany.

GEORGE LI, PIANO Praised by the Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, poised authority and brilliant virtuosity far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. Recent and upcoming concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles, New York, London, Rotterdam, Oslo, and photo by Simon Fowler St. Petersburg Philharmonics; the San Francisco, Tokyo, Frankfurt Radio, Sydney, and Montreal Symphonies; as well as the Philharmonia, DSO Berlin, and Orchestra National de Lyon. He frequently appears with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra. In recital, Li performs at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Mariinsky Theatre, Elbphilharmonie, Munich’s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo’s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Poly Theater, and Amici della Musica Firenze, as well as appearances at major festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence Festival, and Montreux Festival. Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, with his debut recital album released in October 2017 which was recorded live from the Mariinsky. His second recording for the label features Liszt solo works and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1, which was recorded live with Vasily Petrenko and the London Philharmonic, and was released in October 2019.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Maestro David Alan Miller makes a very welcome return visit to the Buffalo Philharmonic with a thrilling program. Beethoven's kinetic and irresistible Symphony No. 7 is an explosion of joy - perfect for David's boundless, youthful energy. Pianist George Li presents a Rachmaninoff masterpiece, the composer's tribute to another great virtuoso, Niccoló Paganini, a work of brilliant fireworks and extraordinary romanticism. The program opens with a fantastic work of one of our country's most exciting composers, Jessie Montgomery.

PROGRAM NOTES

Jessie Montgomery (American; 1981)

Coincident Dances (2017) Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the neighborhood’s artistic renaissance in the 1980s, and was exposed to myriad collisions of cultural expression that would inform her own artistic personality. As a young violinist, she found performance opportunities with the Sphinx Organization, noted for its service to AfricanAmerican and Latinx string players, and she currently serves as a composer-in-residence for the organization. Self-described as a composer, violinist, and educator, her writing career brings together her interests in the classical tradition, improvisation, and popular idioms, and incorporates her passion for social justice. Commissioned in 2017 by the Chicago Sinfonietta, her Coincident Dances taps into her roots and varied interests as a composer and listener of music. The musical melting pot of New York City inspired Montgomery to create a work that encapsulates the experience of multicultural inundation, and vibrantly explores the vast juxtaposition of classical, samba, swing, and techno. A solo bass opens the work, bouncing around various rhythmic figures and styles. As the orchestra enters, lyrical melodies are layered with motivic references to the initial bass solo. Seemingly unrelated melodies, accents, and rhythms are imaginatively combined for a cohesive whole.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934) Sergei Rachmaninoff spent the majority of his life in Russia as a composer with renowned facility at the keyboard, but the political turmoil of the Russian Revolution prompted him to flee with his family to the United States in 1918, where he spent the rest of his life. An adept performer, he earned a living as a touring concert pianist specializing in music he composed for himself, and although his production waned amidst a demanding schedule, his professional connections led to great opportunities in his later years. Among his final works was his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Although in one movement, the work is nearly a concerto, divided into three demanding sections. Rachmaninoff received high praise after premiering his new work in 1934 with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Comprised of 24 variations, the work draws its theme from Niccolò Paganini's virtuosic yet alluring 24th Caprice for solo violin. The Rhapsody is one of Rachmaninoff’s most celebrated works and has been set as a ballet and used in numerous films. The famous 18th variation presents Paganini’s theme slowly and in inversion (or “upside-down”), and Rachmaninoff acknowledged its popular appeal, commenting, “this one is for my agent.”

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (1811-12) I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace II. Allegretto III. Presto – Assai meno presto IV. Finale: Allegro con brio The visage of Haydnesque classicism no longer loomed over Beethoven when, in 1804, he pursued a new grander style with his Third Symphony, the Eroica. What began is now known as his middle, or “heroic” period, and his new symphony was dedicated to the figurehead of European liberty, Napoleon Bonaparte. However, the ink wasn’t dry on the new symphony when its dedicatee crowned himself Emperor of France, infuriating Beethoven. Beethoven’s hearing problems are well known, but in 1811, he suffered from a number of ailments—chronic headaches, fever—and by doctor’s orders spent several weeks in the spa town of Teplice. During this trip, and a return the next year, he was able to compose his Seventh Symphony. Similar to his Third Symphony, Beethoven’s heroism was a triumph over languishing health and despair, but the two symphonies differ as the latter work is a dancing Bacchic celebration. One reviewer noted at the premiere that the composer must have been drunk when the work was composed. This is entirely possible as the composer was vacationing, but all the better for an otherwise ill-tempered Beethoven. The work’s opening movement begins with an extensive introduction that hints at a pastoral scene not dissimilar to that heard in his Sixth Symphony, but ascending scales build dramatic tension. Then, as if the orchestra is suspended in mid-air, soft bouncing rhythms appear in the woodwinds, and the movement’s capricious Vivace is underway. The movement is propelled by an infectious skipping rhythm and fancy-free melody which is treated by a boisterous orchestra.

The second movement, perhaps the most famous of this symphony, is a minor-keyed Allegretto. Beginning with low plodding strings, the melody and its repetitious ostinato accompaniment is established. What follows is a series of variations that slowly increases the size of the orchestra until the force of the entire ensemble becomes too much to bear and a second contrastingly lyrical theme is introduced, only to find its way back to the opening music. Beethoven deviates in the middle section with a fugue in which the theme layers upon itself, leading to a grand climax. The Allegretto recedes into a tense quiet conclusion. The heady tension created by the second movement is instantly relieved by a frolicking Scherzo. The staccato triple-rhythms plow ahead and are interrupted only by more pastoral scenes with a trio that uses a folksy Austrian hymn heard in the woodwinds over a sustained note in the strings. The exciting briskness of this Presto is somehow rivaled by the audacious finale. The Allegro con brio, now in a back-and-forth duple meter, opens with a propulsion of strings with all winds hitting hard on the off beats, followed immediately by a brash foot-stomping melody now heard in the winds. The finale here perfectly summarizes the Symphony as a whole: with intellectual operations, Beethoven creates dramatic orchestral bombast that seems to encourage dancing in the concert hall. As is often the case for Beethoven, the first musicians to see this music were baffled by the intensity of the new symphony’s rhythmic requirements, and by the formal peculiarities such as that heard in the second movement. The first audience, however, rewarded Beethoven by demanding an encore of the second movement, and the work as a whole remained one of its composer’s favorites. This seems logical, as it represents the height of the composer’s heroic period: the triumph over repressive anguish for Beethoven is the joyous patriotic liberty of symphonic dancing.

Chaz Stuart, 2021

SPONSOR A MUSICIAN Nikki Chooi, concertmaster Sponsored by Clement and Karen Arrison

Kate Holzemer, viola

Sponsored by Ms. Cindy Abbott Letro and Mr. Francis M. Letro

Daniel Kerdelewicz, associate principal, French horn

Sponsored by Gretchen Wylegala and Steven McCabe

Ansgarius Aylward, assistant concertmaster

Janz Castelo, viola

Douglas Cone, first violin

Feng Hew, associate principal cello

Sheryl Hadeka, French horn

Robert Hausmann, cello

Alex Jokipii, principal trumpet

David Schmude, cello

Philip Christner, trumpet

Amelie Fradette, cello

Jonathan Lombardo, principal trombone

Sponsored Anonymously Sponsored by Gordon and Gretchen Gross

Diana Sachs, first violin

Sponsored by Vanda and Paul Albera

Dinesh Joseph, percussion

Sponsored by Lynne Marie Finn, on behalf of Broadleaf Results

Madeline Olson, principal harp

Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes

Salvatore Andolina, clarinet/saxophone

Jennifer Dowdell, in memory of Charles and Nancy Dowdell

Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert

* deceased

To learn more about the Sponsor a Musician program, please contact Guy Tomassi at (716) 242-7821 or gtomassi@bpo.org.

ANNUAL FUND

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges contributions received from the following individuals and foundations who gave $500 and above through April 12, 2021. While the thousands upon thousands of donors whose gifts ranged from $1 to $499 are too numerous to list here, we gratefully acknowledge those additional individuals, groups, companies and foundations who give to us so generously.

MILLONZI SOCIETY $150,000+ The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation Carol and Angelo Fatta The John R. Oishei Foundation John & Carolyn Yurtchuk

$50,000-$149,999 Anonymous Mr. Brent Baird Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason Louis P. Ciminelli Family Foundation The Robert and Patricia Colby Foundation Cullen Foundation Carlos and Elizabeth Heath Foundation W. & J. Larson Family Foundation Mulroy Family Foundation The Walter Schmid Family Foundation Charitable Trust Christine Standish & Chris Wilk

$25,000-$49,999 Clement & Karen Arrison Brian and Barbara Baird Mr. Bruce C. Baird & Mrs. Susan O'Connor-Baird First Niagara Bank Foundation Montgomery Family Foundation Svetla and Doug Moreland Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at CFGB Roy and Ruth Seibel Family Foundation

Maestro’s Circle $10,000-$24,999

Cindy Abbott Letro and Francis Letro Paul and Vanda Albera Sue Fay Allen & Carl Klingenschmitt The Baird Foundation Mr. Charles Balbach The Better Buffalo Fund at the CFGB Anthony & Barbara Cassetta Carmela M. Colucci Arthur W. & Elaine I. Cryer Bob & Doris Drago Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Foundation Patricia & William Frederick George and Bodil Gellman Mrs. Amy Habib-Rittling and Mr. Mark Rittling Mr. and Mrs. George G. Herbert Dr. and Mrs. Curtis F. Holmes Hooper Family Foundation Bonnie and Nick Hopkins Mr. Philip H. Hubbell Clement and Margot Ip J. Warren Perry & Charles Donald Perry Memorial Bruce and Gail Johnstone Roberta & Michael Joseph Mrs. Ellen T. Koessler Dr. Bradford Lewis, Ph.D. Mr.* and Mrs. Reginald B. Newman II Adam Rome and Robin Schulze Joseph & Carole Sedita Mr. and Mrs. Paul Steinwachs Scott R. and Rachel C. Stenclik Steve and Nicole Swift Gary and Katharina Szakmary The Vincent and Harriet Palisano Foundation Jack Walsh, in memory of Connie Walsh The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Donald MacDavid Charitable Trust

Concertmaster’s Circle $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (4) James and Linda Beardi James M. Beardsley & Ellen M. Gibson Mr. Joseph F. Casey Ms. Anne E. Conable Donald F. & Barbara L. Newman Family Foundation Michael D'Ambrosio Jennifer Dowdell Sally and Don Dussing Peter & Maria Eliopoulos

Ms. JoAnn Falletta & Mr. Robert Alemany Lynne Marie Finn Judith Fisher Edward Giannino Jr E Joseph And Lynne Giroux Sarah Goodyear Ms. Constance A. Greco Dr. Elisabeth Zausmer and Dr. Angel A. Gutierrez Daniel and Barbara Hart David and Eva Herer Jim Hettich David and Lucinda Hohn John J. and Maureen O. Hurley Robert and Hana Jacobi Linda Johnson Michael & Marilee Keller Mr. and Mrs.* Philip Kadet - The Linton Foundation Mr. Warren Lippa Lorinda McAndrew Voelkle Foundation Charles & Judith Manzella Stephen McCabe and Gretchen Wylegala Sandra and Dennis McCarthy Ms. Beth Mooney Frances L. Morrison Mrs. Sheila M. Nancollas Mr. and Mrs. James D. Newman Patricia Notarius/ Premier Group Marie and Jay Novello, in memory of Don and Eileen Brutvan Douglas & Laurette* Oak OSC Charitable Foundation Pappalardo Family Foundation Mrs. Michelle Parrish Mr.* and Mrs. George F. Phillips, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Polokoff Mr. Dennis P. Quinn Robert and Nancy Warner Memorial Fund at the FJP Lowell and Ellen Shaw Diane & Sonny Sonnenstein Stephen and Monica Spaulding Martha and John Welte Robert and Judith Wetter

Encore Circle $2,500-$4,999

Anonymous (2) Dr. George N. Abraham Monica Angle & Samuel D. Magavern III Douglas Bean and Elisa Kreiner Ann N. Bonte The Reverend* and Mrs. Peter Bridgford Mr & Mrs John Burkholder

Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Conable Family Foundation Alan Dozoretz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Easton Stephen Edge and Cynthia Swain Ms. Mary A. Ferguson Mrs. Marta Fernandez Thomas and Grace Flanagan Beth Fleming Frederick S. & Phyllis W. Pierce Family Fund David Gaydosh and AnneMarie Farmer Dr. Samuel Goodloe, Jr. Dave & Katie Hayes Dr. Barbara W. Henderson Philip M. and Marion Henderson Martha & Tom Hyde Mr. James & Mrs. Diana Iglewski Edwin M. Johnston, Jr. Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation Joy Family Foundation Mr. William P. Keefer Joseph M. Kelly Mrs. S. A. Keppel Dwight King & Leslie Duggleby Susan B. Lee Steve & Sandy Levinthal Mr. Ron Luczak Sr. Beatrice Manzella William and Jane Mathias Denise Rezabek Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Mr. and Mrs. Sanford M. Nobel Dr. Thomas Nochajski Mary Jane and Walter Pawlowski Mr. Paul J. Polokoff Mrs. Susan A. Potter Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Priselac, Jr. Ms. Georgeann W. Redman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Renner David & Joan Rogers Dr. Richard J. Saab/Maureen Wilson Saab Ken Schmieder and Nancy Julian* Ronald Frank* & Anne Schneider Dr. Gilbert Schulenberg Ms. Betty J. Schultz Dr. Maxine Seller Simple Gifts Fund Dr. Joyce E. Siriann Ronald Struzik Dr. Joseph R. Takats, III Garin Tomaszewski Drs. Mark and Maansi Travers Nicholas & Nicole Tzetzo Barry & Donna Winnick Gregory and Donna Yungbluth John and Deanna Zak

Bravo Circle $1,000-$2,499

Anonymous (8) Morton & Natalie Abramson Dr. and Mrs. Fred and Bonnie Albrecht JoAnne Alderfer

Burtram W. & Ellen Anderson Liz & John Angelbeck Ann Holland Cohn Endowment Fund at the FJP Reverend James M. Augustyn Mr. and Mrs. Teo Balbach Mary L. and Ronald E* Banks Mr. Steve Earnhart and Mrs. Jennifer Barbee Drs. Kevin and Elizabeth Barlog Thomas R Beecher Jr Gary & Willow Brost Tim and Mary Lou* Butler Dr. and Mrs. John L. Butsch William Catto Cheryl Christie Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Harold G. Corwin, Jr. Patti Cosgrove Dr. Elizabeth Conant* and Ms. Camille Cox Mr. and Mrs. David Croen Jean McGarry and James F. Cunning Peter S. and Elizabeth H. Curtis Jane M D'Agostino Ian Danic Clotilde & Trey Dedecker Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. DePaolo James & Mary Frances Derby Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Detwiler Tony* & Kathy Diina Wendy Diina Duane and Nancy DiPirro Joan M. Doerr Mrs. Carol Donley Richard and Cornelia Dopkins Miriam & Peter Dow Ellen & Victor* Doyno Patricia K Duffner Edward G Eberl Elsie P. & Lucius B. McCowan Private Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kim A. Ferullo Joyce E. Fink Mr. and Mrs. Michael Flaherty Jr. Ilene and Peter Fleischmann Robert and Ruth Fleming The Honorable and Mrs. Leslie G. Foschio Ms. Margaret A. Frainier Eileen & Laurence Franz Mr. and Mrs. David Fried Sue Gardner Ms. Dolores S. Gernatt Michael and Alice Giambra Mr. and Ms. James G. Hanley Golden and Goldman Philanthropic Fund Ms. Carol A. Golder Marc J. Goldstein Dr. Susan Graham and Dr. Jon C. Kucera Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Greene Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greenman Adrienne Tworek-Gryta and Matt Gryta Mr. and Mrs. Van N. Harwood, Jr.

Michele O. Heffernan & John J. Cordes Ms. Sharon M. Heim and Mr. David Wahl Carla J. Hengerer Amy & Eduardo Heumann Nancy Higgins Monte Hoffman, Niscah Koessler Mr. Paul A. Hojnacki Duncan C. Hollinger John and Janice Horn Mr. Bernhard Huber, Jr. Dr. Mildred J. Fischle* Kevin and Kelly James Thomas and Deborah Jasinski Luella H. Johnson Craig & Debbie Joho Mr. Alex Jokipii and Ms. Shari L. McDonough Mr. and Mrs. Benoy Joseph Mr. Charles J. Kaars Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Ms. Jennifer Kartychak Dr. Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Kirkpatrick Rosalind & Michael Kochmanski Carol & John* Kociela Mr. and Mrs. Jean Pierre A. Koenig Ken & Paula Koessler Bob & Liz Kolken Daniel Kosman Kenneth A. and Gretchen P. Krackow Mr.* and Mrs. Robert J. Kresse Risé & Kevin* Kulick Drs. Jeffery Lackner and Ann Marie Carosella Mr. Donald Latt Dr. John Leddy and Dr. Carmen Alvarez Catherine & Matt Lincoln Ms. Donna J. Ludwig Judy Marine Ms. Linda Marsh Randy & Diana Martinusek Ms. Elaine Mackensen May Mr. George L. Mayers Mr. and Mrs. John R. McClester Ms. Michaelene J. McFarlane Ms. Barbara Mellerski-Farkas Dr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Meyer David & Gail Miller Ms. Pennie C. Hoage Mitchell Family Philanthropic Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Montante, Sr. Anne Moot Ms. Sharon F. Mortin Robert Moskowitz and Mary McGorray Sandra Mundier Philip Nicolai and Mary Louise Hill Dr. Michael F. Noe Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Odza Mr. Gerald Pacillo Lois & Tom Pause Dr. & Mrs. Philip Penepent Richard & Karen Penfold Erin Peradotto

David C Schopp and Mark J Peszko Mr. Robert S. Petersen Ms. Christye Peterson and Mr. Peter J. Grogan Gregory Photiadis and Sandy Chelnov Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Plyler Keith & Beth Podgorny Henry & Patty Porter Dr. Igor and Dr. Martina Puzanov Ted and Mary Ann Pyrak Peter & Nancy Rabinowitz Jennifer Read and Craig Colder Mr. & Mrs. Allan Ripley Ms. Stephanie Robb Mary Anne Rokitka Deborah Henning/Thomas Rolle Rose H. and Leonard H. Frank Community Endowment Fund Mr. Philip Rumore Ruth and Darwin Schmitt Fund at the CFGB William and Elizabeth Savino Susan and Jeffrey Schwartz Mr. Michael B. Sexton and Dr. Sandra Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Seymour Drs. Stuart C. and Caren Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shappee Dr. Mary Ellen Shaughnessy Larry & Barbara Sherman Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sherman Charles E. and Penelope R. Shuman Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sperrazza Mr. Gerould R. Stange Ruth & Ted Steegmann Alma and Malcolm Strachan Mr. and Mrs. David G. Strachan Jan Svec Dr. Donald G. Symer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Symons Mr. Ronald G. and Mrs. Margaret N. Talboys Susan and John Thomas Thomas J. Hanifin BPO Fund II at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Mr. Jeffrey J. Thompson Dr. Ann M. Bisantz and Dr. Albert H. Titus Lyle & Phil Toohey Dr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Vaughan Janet D. Vine Ms. Suzanne J. Voltz Dr. and Mrs. P.K. Wallace Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund William & Valerie Warren William Weiss Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Wiesen William & Ida Christie Fund for Music Wayne* & Janet Wisbaum Paul M. Wos Arden and Julie Wrisley The Yadzinski Family Cynthia Zane & Stephen Mazurak Mr. Paul Zarembka Ms. Barbara M. Ziegler Dr. Gregory Castiglia & Dr. Valerie

Zingapan Drs. Bill Ziter & Cathy Gogan C. Richard and Joyce T. Zobel

Crescendo $500-$999

Anonymous (4) Ms. Gail Adema Eileen M. & Erik S. Anderson Susan Baird Bradford Banks Karen A. Barbee Mr. Richard C. Batt Mark & Debbie Bauer Henry E. and Susan W. Beamer Endowment Fund at CFGB Mr. Donald M. Behr Benjamin and Lila Obletz Endowment Fund Ms. Elizabeth S. Bennett and Ms. Marietta T. Lorenzo Ms. Linda M. Betzer Peg Beyer Alice F. Bird Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Bisson Derek & Laura Brann Mr. James A. Brophy, Jr. Bruce and Jill Brown Mr. & Mrs. William Brucker Ms. Bette J. Brunish R. R. Bujnicki Mr. & Mrs. David Bullions Dr. Barbara B. Bunker Mr. & Mrs. Dean & Patricia Burgstahler Mr. and Ms. Randall Burkard Dr. Mireya B. Camurati Joseph and Susan Cardamone Janet M. Casagrande Jerry* & Barbara Castiglia Miss Victoria A. Christopher Emmy Lou Churchill Mr. Michael Charles Cimasi Ruth C. Cisek Collins Charitable Foundation Ginger and Gordon* Comstock Bob and Susan Conklin John and Patricia Connolly Diana M. Conroy Mrs. Donanne S. Coovert Andrea and Don Copley Thomas and Elizabeth Cowley Dr. and Mrs. John Coyne Croucher - Fletcher Charitable Fund Ms. Ellen J. Daly Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dannhauser Mr. and Mrs. David Day Roger and Roberta Dayer Dr.* and Mrs. David C. Dean Dr. Juan F. de Rosas Jonathan Dewald Julie Klotzbach and Gary Diamond Nicholas and Lusyd Kourides Mr. David T. Duff Robert G Dunford Drs. Philip Dvoretsky & Linda Ludwig Mr. Edward Eardley Amy P. Early M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Efron Marla Eglowstein Dr. Sanford H. Eisen Mr. and Mrs. K. Wiedenhaupt Dr. Richard S. Elman and Dr, Nora Meaney-Elman Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Emblidge, Jr. Joan Michael Eschner Mr. Francis E. Evans Mr. and Mrs. James S. Fanning Dr. W. Ferguson Paul & Karen Ferington Denise Ferkey and Jeffrey Swaluk Mrs. Judith Ferrentino Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Fiebelkorn Michael R. Fiels & Mary T. Ricotta Edward J. Fine Dawn & John Fischer Edward* and Cynthia Fisher Dr. Peter Fletcher Rita A. Forman Howard and Laurie Foster Maryann Saccomando Freedman Patricia B. Frey, Ed.D. Rick Friend John Fudyma and Sarah Fallon Mrs. Joanne Gaffin Rev. David M. Gallivan Theodore & Joan* Geier Jeffrey & Norma Gentner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Glaser Mr. Otis Glover Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Grace George and Cecelia Grasser Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Greenlee Ms. Jane Griffin Mark and Lora Grinder kenneth w gross Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gurney Marjorie K Hamilton Martha Haseley David Hays Edward and Karen Healy Dr. and Mrs. Reid R. Heffner, Jr. Dr. Theodore Herman and Ms. Judith Ann Cohen Ms. Olive Marie Hewett Richard and Laura Hill Dr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Hinds, III James & Eileen Hoffman Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Virginia Hohl Mr. & Mrs. Paul Homer Michael Huber Scott and Alyssa Hunt Yasushi Innami Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Jacobs Dr. Thomas A. Jambro William & Genevieve James Mrs. Cathleen Jeffers Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Jennings David & Joan Kernan Claire E. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson Drs. Richard and Barbara Jurasek Dr. Faye Justicia-Linde Nathan Kahn Theresa Kazmierczak

Jane and John Kearns Kathie A. Keller Milton Kicklighter Verna Kieffer Mr. and Mrs. Scott King Juliet E. Kline Robert and Barbara Klocke Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Koppmann Deborah Raiken & Charles Korn George Kotlewski Leslie and James Kramer Ms. Rosemary Kuca and Mr. Kevin J. Hagerty Joan Kuhn Dr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Lanighan Mr. and Dr. John M. Laping Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lasure Paul and Jane Lehman Msgr. Fred Leising Fern & Joel Levin Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Levy Dorothy M. Lien Christopher Lightcap Drs. David B. and Madeline A. Lillie Catherine & Matt Lincoln Howard and Lorna Lippes Joel & Andree Lippes Dr. Thomas & Donna Lombardo Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Lubick Karen Magee Ms. Maria Malaniak Robert & Elsie Martino Philip and Jane McCarthy Mr. Scott W. McCone Claire Miller McGowan Louise McGrath Michael and Lucille Melton Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Miller Mr. John E. Milner Dr. and Mrs. Herman S. Mogavero, Jr. Robert and Nancy Morey Sandra G. Morrison Gary and Carolyn Mucci JFF and JFFLabs

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Lynne G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sodaro Lynn & JoAnn Spees Mr. Brad Stahlka Dr. Rabie N. Stephan and Dr. Eugena B. Stephan James and Karen Stephenson Stephen Still Mr. Edwin F. Stohrer, Jr. Marilyn & Irving Sultz Ms. Mary J. Syrek Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Szymkowiak Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Tomasi Mr. Guido A. Tomassi Sheila Trossman Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Turkovich Frederick D. Turner John H. Twist, D.D.S. Mary K. Twist Mrs. Ilona Tylwalk Chris and Kathy Tzetzo Charitable Fund Susan & Ron Uba Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Van Nortwick Mr. William Vosteen Ms. Suzanne Sheard-Walsh Karen Wehn Norman and Carole Weingarten Ms. Marlene A. Werner Bud and Sandy Whistler Pierre Williot MD Mr. Martin Wolpin Quinn & Jewell Wright Ms. Kelly Ann Wright Mr.* and Mrs. James C. Yuhnke Mr. Bryan Zielenieski

TRIBUTE REGISTRY

You can celebrate a significant occasion, remember a loved one, or recognize someone special with an honor or memorial gift to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. These gifts were received between September 14, 2021 and October 21, 2021.

In Honor of Wendy Diina Peter & Maria Eliopoulos Robert & Julia Dion Anonymous JoAnn Falletta Ms. Suzanne J. Voltz Molly Ferguson Betsy Ferguson The Fox Family Lynn & JoAnn Spees

Alex Jokipii Nancy and John Boulden

Roger Simon Drs. Robert and Alice Rosenthal

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Lenz Donald E. Lewis Funeral Home

Harry Taub Sharon McPeters

Patricia Justicia-Linde Faye Elizabeth Justicia Linde

James & Michal Wadsworth Ms. Suzanne J. Voltz

Makoto Michii Marvin & Marcia Frankel

David Yeager Lisa Louise Yeager

In Memory of Don and Eileen Brutvan Marie and Jay Novello Marguerite Bukowski Tim and Karen Fries Mrs. Mary Ann Kresse Mr. and Mrs. William Bukowski Belle Butler Tim and Mary Lou* Butler Virginia Brady Calkins Ms. Lori Cipparone & Mr. Stephen Ferns Ms. Teresa Cipparone Brinton, Kathy, Tyler, and Michael Hopkins Ms. Sandra Leichtman Drs. David B. and Madeline A. Lillie Mr. & Mrs. Michael Marasco Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Tomasi Anne Cavalcoli James & Mona Kontos Beth Colby The Fletcher Family Carol Condon Mr.* and Mrs. Robert J. Kresse Kate Danforth Teresa Danforth Cynthia Doolittle Lusyd W. Doolittle John Eustace Joan Eustace-Reeverts

Mary E. Flickinger Mr. William S. Flickinger Terrence & Jeannine Higgins & family Mrs. Irene E. Metzger Marianne and Norman Goldstein Marc J. Goldstein Dennis Gorski Hon. and Mrs. Jerome C. Gorski Thomas Kachelmeyer Laura Kachelmeyer Dorothy Keeney Ron Keeney, Rebecca Rokey Clint Koetzle Ms. Chloe A. Koetzle Marilynn Kregal Mr. Phil Goldsmith Louis Lazar Anthony Mastandrea Joan Limburg Nancy F. Oakes Theodore Lownie Mrs. Olga Lownie Richard Merlo Ms. Ellen Goldstein Carlton Meyers Alicia Meyers

Dr. Basab K. Mookerjee Mrs. Louise Mookerjee

John & Edie Glenn Ron & Tricia Hooper Mrs. Judith A. Huber William Phillips Thaddeus Kresse Ms. Margaret Belden Mr. Jeffrey Link Ms. Theresa Graham Jason Litowitz & Megan Jones David Sisson Ms. Barbara McMickle John G. Sisson Gordon Meyer and MargaMr. James Staas ret Nelson John and Denise O’Donnell Chris Milkosky Frederick Grant Westerman Hal & Marlene Nichless The O'Boyles Richard Stefanko Mrs. Susan Rausch Esther I. Stefanko Joseph and Monica Rinaggio Maksym Sugorovskiy Sigrid Sato Daniel J Cantor Mr. Kenneth Schwartz Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Anne Theresa Thomas Slater Mr. Gerald K. Thomas Mr. Stephen Szyszkiewicz Edmund D. Thornton and Robert "Bob" Thornton Susan Leonard Karen Acker Jennifer Tresch Naim Alper Kathleen Voigt Ms. Lisa Anderson Jeffrey Holt and Lory Pat Baker Walters Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bacon Mr. and Mrs. A. Scott Mrs. Charlene Beichley Weber Janet Beinke Mr. & Ms. Michael Whiting Mr. Ken Berger Mr. Vladimir Zubenko Lisa W Blystone Jane Cary Phyllis and Luigi Tomassi Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Guy Tomassi Clare Jim Colquist Constance Walsh Kyle Czepiel Jack Walsh Mr. Dennis Dake Robert & Ann Dake Edward Yadzinski Spencer Denauski Mr. David Thomas Aaron Dick ETS Family (Usha and Team)

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GOVERNMENT

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PLANNED GIVING

Musical Heritage Society

We are pleased to list the current members herein because they have realized the importance of “the gift that keeps giving.” Each of these individuals or couples have made provisions for a contribution to the BPO in their estate plans and while there are many different methods, the most common is by adding the BPO as a beneficiary in one’s will. Angelo & Carol Fatta Anonymous (4) Mrs. Frederick S. Pierce Marion Fay Charlotte C. Acer Edwin Polokoff Dr. Mildred J. Fischle* Elizabeth & John Angelbeck Susan Potter Rita Argen Auerbach Judith & John* Fisher Dennis Quinn Charles Balbach Marjorie* and William Gardner Virginia Ann Quinn Jennifer Barbee Richard E. Garman* Donald M. Behr & Samuel E. Edward N. Giannino, Jr. Evelyn Joyce Ramsdell Lolinger* Mr. George Eagan Ginther Sally Rohrdanz* Mr. & Mrs. Byron R. Goldman The Reverend* and Sylvia L. Rosen Ms. Constance A. Greco Mrs. Peter W. Bridgford John and Susan Rowles Susan J. Grelick James A. Brophy & Fraser B. Drew* Nancy E. Ryther* Gordon* & Gretchen Gross Daniel R. Burch Peter Hall & M.E. O'Leary Anthony J. Cassetta Paul and Gerda Sanio Marion Hanson* The Joanne Castellani and Kenneth Schmieder, Michael Andriaccio Charitable Trust Margaret W. Henry In memory of Nancy L. Julian Mr. & Mrs. George G. Herbert Barbara & Jerry* Castiglia Gilbert Schulenberg Monte & Cheryl* Hoffman Gerard and Rachel Catalano Betty J. Schultz Mrs. L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr.* Cheryl I. Christie Philip H. Hubbell Ida Christie* Catherine F. Schweitzer in memory of Jayne T. Hubbell Victoria A. Christopher Joseph and Carole Sedita Paul A. Imbert In honor of JoAnn Falletta and Roger & Joan Simon Robert and Hana Jacobi Donald McCrorey Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Skerker Bruce and Gail Johnstone Dr. Sebastian* and Mrs. Marilyn Dennis M. Smolarek Theresa Kazmierczak Ciancio Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Kahn Louis & Ann Louise Ciminelli Jane Snowden* Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Ms. Elizabeth G. Clark Monica and Steve Spaulding The Herbert & Ella Knight Mr.* & Mrs.* William M. Clarkson Harriet Stewart* Family Charitable Fund Mary E. Clemesha* David D. Stout & Rosalind and Michael Kochmanski Ruth Cohan* Janet E. Popp Stout Dr. Merrily Kuhn and Mr. James Mrs. George Cohn Kulwicki Anne Conable Gerald R. Strauss Norma Jean Lamb* Dr. Elizabeth Conant Sue W. Strauss Eric E. & Ruth F. Lansing Ellen Todd Cooper Cecelia Tachok* Mr. * & Mrs. * Wilfred J. Larson Rev. Raymond G. Corbin Nancy B. Thomas Kalista S. Lehrer* Marilyn R. Cornelius Therese M. Vita Steve & Sandy Levinthal Dr. Sharon F. Cramer and Bradford Lewis, PhD Mr. Leslie R. Morris* Jim and Michal Wadsworth, Gerald & Barbara Lipa in honor of the BPO Viola Section as trustees of the Mulroy, Francie D. & Joel N. Lippman Sandra B. Cumming Heath and Colby Foundations Beverly Davies Marie Marshall* Dr. Bernard D. Wakefield* Clarence Davis, Jr.* Mr.* & Mrs. J. A. Mattern Mrs. Robert Warner* Mrs. Roberta Dayer Sandra and Dennis McCarthy Tim DiCarlo Michael and Lorrie Munschauer Marjorie W. Watson Mr.* and Mrs. Anthony N. Diina Donna & Leo Nalbach Dorothy Westhafer* Charles* & Nancy* Dowdell Rev. Russell A. Newbert Wayne* & Janet Wisbaum Ellen & Victor* Doyno Drs. Howard & Karen Noonan Elizabeth Ann Withrow Sarah & Donald Dussing Robert & Marion North Fund Jeanne C. Eaton* Mr.* and Mrs.* J. Milton Zeckhauser George F. Phillips, Jr.* *deceased

Trusts

Anonymous AJL Fund Lawrence M. Appleby Fund at the CFGB Cameron Baird Fund Benderson BPO Endowment Fund Virgil A. and Margaret L. Black Memorial Fund Philip & Joyce Celniker Fund Irwin H. Cheskin Fund at the CFGB Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society Inc. Endowment Fund Grace Neff Daniels Memorial

Anne Catt Filer Fund at the CFGB Howard F. Gondree Fund Joan Hetzelt Hanifin Memorial Fund D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone Fund at the CFGB The Herbert & Ella Knight Family Charitable Fund John and Carol Kociela Fund at the CFGB Janet K. Larkin & John D. Larkin III Fund Albert H. Laub Bequest Donald I. MacDavid Charitable Trust Marie A. Marshall Fund MPZ Endowment Fund Benjamin and Lila Obletz

Endowment Fund Mary Louise Olmsted Fund Susan Harvey Prentis Fund Margaret Frank Rofot Charitable Lead Trust Natalie Kubera Roth Fund Martin and Barbara Schechtman Charitable Remainder Unitrust William Kenneth Schmitt Fund Dr. & Mrs. Roy E. Seibel Philanthropic Fund Joseph and Loretta Swart Fund Nellie B. Warner Endowment Fund Charlotte Potter Whitcher Trust

To ensure your wishes are carried on for the BPO for generations to come, you may call Guy Tomassi (716) 242-7821 for more information. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra endorses the LEAVE A LEGACY® WESTERN NEW YORK program, an initiative of the WNY Planned Giving Consortium and a public awareness campaign of the National Committee on Planned Giving.

BPO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Administration

Finance

President & Executive Director

Vice President, Finance & Administration

Daniel Hart

Diana Martinusek Executive Assistant

Kevin James

Sales and Patron Services

Nicole M. Bodemer

Jennifer Colwell

Adam Cady

Senior Manager of Patron Services

Associate Director of Finance

Development

Jacqueline Henry

Associate Executive Director & Vice President, Development

Susan Hill

Associate Director of Development

Andrea Bickford

Jennifer Barbee Mindy Takacs Eli Campbell

Special Events Coordinator

Finance/Accounts Payable Associate Payroll and HR/ Benefits Administrator

Finance Assistant

Katie Bates Johnson

Marketing

Guy Tomassi

Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Annual Fund Manager

Major and Planned Gifts Officer

Patron Services Supervisor

Patrick O’Herron

Patron Services Representatives Anne Boucher Bethany Erhardt Edward Lonergan Amy Sturmer

Kleinhans Music Hall Staff Reneé Radzavich

Building Services Coordinator

Jordan Walker

AndréeRenée Simpson

Luke Borkowski

Kelcie Hanaka

Dennis Nawojski

Cary Michael Trout

Alister Bouvart

Development Assistant

Kleinhans Capital Campaign Coordinator

Marketing Manager

Digital Marketing Manager Graphic Designer/Consultant

Education and Mikaela Huber Community Engagement Marketing Assistant Robin Parkinson,

Vice President, Education & Community Engagement

Rachael Pudlewski Education Manager

Michael Cassidy Chief Engineer

Concessions Manager Parking & Set Up Supervisor

Operations Alison Bolton

Vice President, Artistic & Orchestra Operations

Brian Seibel

Event Manager

Connor Schloop

Operations Manager

Sarah Lewandowski

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Al Rabin

Audience Services Manager

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PATRON INFORMATION WHAT TO KNOW AT THE BPO • Kleinhans Music Hall will open 90 minutes before a concert’s scheduled start, or earlier depending on pre-concert activities. • Special assistance in the areas of parking, seating, and hearing will be accommodated to the best of our ability. Please contact the Box Office ahead of your visit. -Options are available for patrons using mobility aids or requesting a wheelchair accessible location and accompanying companion seating. -Hearing Assistance Devices are available at the coat check. -Please note: there is no elevator to the balcony level. • It is strictly forbidden to record, photograph, or film during a performance in the Main Auditorium. Photography is permitted in the hall before and after concerts. • Late arrivals will be seated at the first suitable break or at intermission. Late seating may not be in the purchased section. • Security staff is available at all times, and an EMT is on site for all concerts and performances. Please notify an usher or staff member if there is a medical or security need. • Kleinhans Music Hall maintains a smoke-free environment. • All programs and artists are subject to change without notice. • Sorry, no refunds or exchanges on single ticket purchases.

Shuttle Service and BPO Preferred Restaurants

BPO Parking at Kleinhans $8 evening and Sunday performances; $5 Coffee concerts and BPO Kids performances.

FREE Park and Ride Shuttle (SELECT Saturdays)

Shuttle service begins at 6pm and ends 30 minutes after the conclusion of the concert.

• D’Youville College Lot D, 430 West Avenue between Connecticut & Porter Ave, 14213 (SELECT Saturday performances only) • BPO Clement House Lot, 786 Delaware Avenue corner of Summer Street, 14209 (SELECT Saturday performances only) Shuttle service is only available for SELECT dates. Please join our email club at bpo.org or call the Box Office for updated information. SALVATORE’S SYMPHONY SHUTTLE Saturday Nights $15 per person, leaving promptly at 6:30pm from the rear of the lot near the water tower, 6461 Transit Rd. and Genesee St. in Depew. Call the reservation hotline at (716) 885-5000 and select “shuttle” option to reserve your place, or reserve online at bpo.org MARCATO by Oliver’s at Kleinhans Music Hall A new concept for fine dining on Kleinhans Lower Level. For more information or to make reservations, call (716) 877-9662. SALVATORE’S ITALIAN GARDENS 6461 Transit Rd. and Genesee St. in Depew. Call (716) 683-7990 for dinner reservations. Dinner and shuttle sold separately.

BPO 2021-2022 Season: Program Book 4

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