KABALEVSKY
CORIGLIANO SYMPHONY No. 1
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor Christine Lamprea, cello
February 25 & 26 Belk Theater
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WHAT’S INSIDE A Message from the President & CEO 3 A Salute to the Maestro 4 Concert Program 5 Artist Biographies 6 About the CSO 9 2021-22 Musician Roster 10 Spotlight: Celebrating Black History 12 Program Notes 14 Annual Fund Donors 20 Corporate & Foundation Sponsors 26 Giving Societies 28 Infusion Fund 30 Board of Directors & Trustees 32 Administration 33
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WELCOME
Welcome!
As well as being Black History Month (see page 12), February is celebrated as a month of love, with Valentine’s Day of course at its “heart.” I imagine we can all look back and remember when we first fell in love with music — when a particular piece or a musical phrase sparked within us an emotion that made us feel as though the composer were speaking to us directly, through time. Perhaps you grew up with music in your home, or maybe you were in school or participating in a youth orchestra, much like the Charlotte Symphony’s. It’s always such a joy to be able to commune with our fellow music lovers. To come together as one in the concert hall, a local brewery, or other community space and experience the power of live music. But it may even be more rewarding to spark that joy anew in others. Every day the musicians of the Charlotte Symphony are connecting with people and sharing their love of music with them.
Through countless hours coaching our community’s young musicians in schools and through our three youth orchestras, with community concerts in Universities and public spaces, and with programs like Project Harmony and Music for All. Earlier this month, CSO musicians were honored to share that love through a musical show of gratitude. Stationed in hospitals throughout the area, musicians performed during the healthcare workers’ shift change – a humble gesture to help lighten spirits and show our immense appreciation. This is the power of music. So as we come together to share in our united love of music, let us remember that initial spark. And we thank you for helping us continue to ignite those little fires of musical joy throughout our community.
David Fisk President & CEO
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A SALUTE TO
THE MAESTRO 12 Brilliant Seasons with Christopher Warren-Green
2021-22 marks Christopher WarrenGreen’s valedictory lap as Music Director after twelve seasons at the helm of the Charlotte Symphony — a tenure that has been marked by a broadening of repertoire and innovative programming, attracting some of the world’s foremost soloists to the Charlotte stage. Throughout the season, we’ll honor the Maestro’s legacy of musical excellence in Charlotte before he takes on the titles of Music Adviser and Conductor Laureate, a title bestowed upon former Music Directors who have made a significant impact and have formed and shaped the institution’s artistic quality over time. We hope you’ll join us throughout Maestro Warren-Green’s farewell season, where he’ll lead some of his favorite works — including Mahler’s Ninth Symphony and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem. Maestro will close out his tenure as Music Director by leading the CSO and the Charlotte Master Chorale in Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony. Help us honor Maestro Warren-Green in his final season as Music Director by sharing your favorite memories on social media with the hashtag #cltsymphony. And see what CSO musicians and supporters have to say about the Maestro in this charming farewell video: Celebrating Christopher Warren-Green 4 salute to the maestro
KABALEVSKY CELLO CONCERTO No. 1 Friday, February 25, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor Christine Lamprea, cello
GABRIELA ORTÍZ
Téenek - Invenciones de Territorio
(b. 1964)
DMITRI KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
Cello Concerto in G minor, Op. 49 I. Allegro II. Largo, molto espressivo III. Allegretto Christine Lamprea, cello INTERMISSION
JOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938)
Symphony No. 1 I. Apologue: Of Rage and Remembrance II. Tarantella III. Chaconne: Giulio’s Song IV. Epilogue
There will be one 20-minute intermission.
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CONDUCTOR Paolo Bortolameolli conductor These performances mark Paolo Bortolameolli’s first appearance with the Charlotte Symphony.
Currently Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli has a bustling concert schedule across the Americas, Asia and Europe. In addition to his post in Los Angeles, he is also Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Esperanza Azteca (México) and Principal Guest Conductor of Filarmónica de Santiago (Chile). Having conducted every significant orchestra in his Chilean homeland and been awarded prizes four times by the Arts Critics Association as Symphonic and Opera Conductor of the Year, Paolo has regular conducting relationships across Latin and North America, Europe and Asia, including with the Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestra della Toscana (Italy), Gulbenkian Orchestra (Portugal), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), Orquesta de las Américas, Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia (Spain), Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Orquesta Sinfónica del SODRE (Uruguay), Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (México) and Orquesta Filarmónica Joven de Colombia in addition to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Paolo’s relationship with the LA Phil will continue through the 2021/22 season, when he will conduct subscription concerts and increase his engagement with the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center 6 conductor
designed by architect Frank Gehry. Paolo has conducted concerts at both the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall every season since his arrival in LA, including a landmark new production of Meredith Monk’s inventive opera ATLAS, performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2019. Also in 2021/22, Paolo will work with other top orchestras in North America: Kansas City Symphony, San Antonio Symphony and Charlotte Symphony, as well as orchestras and opera houses at the highest level across Europe. Paolo is passionately committed to new music and audiences. He is currently Artistic Director of the Esperanza Azteca National Symphony Orchestra as part of an educational residency run by the Fundación Azteca de Grupo Salinas in Mexico. Paolo has also developed innovative projects such as “Ponle Pausa,” a project that seeks to rethink the concept of music education through the implementation of short videos and concerts targeting social network users. In 2018, he was a guest lecturer for a TED Talk in New York, and in 2020, he released his first book: RUBATO Procesos musicales y una playlist personal. Paolo holds a Master of Music degree (Yale School of Music, 2013), a Graduate Performance Diploma (Peabody Institute, 2015), a Piano Performance Diploma (Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006) and a Conducting Diploma (Universidad de Chile, 2011).
GUEST ARTISTS Christine Lamprea cello These performances mark Christine Lamprea’s first appearance with the Charlotte Symphony.
Christine Lamprea, Cellist and 2018 Sphinx Medal of Excellence Winner, is an artist known for her emotionally committed and intense performances. Upon her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in 2013, she has since returned to Carnegie, as well as performed with orchestras such Costa Rica National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, National Symphony of Michoacan, New Jersey Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and toured with the Sphinx Virtuosi across the U.S. As a recitalist, Ms. Lamprea has appeared on prestigious series at Illinois’ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Florida’s Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Pepperdine University, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Washington Performing Arts Society. In demand as a chamber musician, she performs regularly with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and has performed with such musicians as Shmuel Ashkenasi, Sarah Chang, Itzhak Perlman, Roger Tapping, and Carol Wincenc. Ms. Lamprea strives to expand her musical boundaries by exploring many genres of music and non-traditional venues for performance and teaching. Her Songs of Colombia Suite includes arrangements of traditional South American tunes for cello and piano or guitar, and have been performed at the Colombian Embassy and Supreme Court of the United States for Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She has worked with members of Baroque ensemble Les
Arts Florissants, and studied sonatas with fortepiano with Audrey Axinn. She has premiered several works by composers of today. In recent years, she commissioned cadenzas for the Haydn D Major Concerto by Jessie Montgomery, and premiered Jeffrey Mumford’s cello concerto “of fields unfolding...echoing depths of resonant light” with the San Antonio Symphony. Ms. Lamprea is on the cello faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, serves as substitute faculty at the Juilliard School, and served as Lecturer of Cello at the Texas Christian University School of Music for the 2018-19 academic year. Ms. Lamprea has given masterclasses for the Vivac-e Festival, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, among others. She has worked with Ecuadorian youth in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil, as part of a residency between The Juilliard School and “Sinfonia Por La Vida,” a social inclusion program modeled after Venezuela’s El Sistema program. Christine Lamprea is the recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which supported her studies at the New England Conservatory, and a Sphinx MPower Artist Grant, which supported her study with acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz. She studied with Bonnie Hampton at The Juilliard School and holds a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Natasha Brofsky.
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Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Christina Pier, soprano Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone Charlotte Master Chorale
March 11 & 12
Belk Theater
Celebrating your CSO’s 90th anniversary, Music Director Christopher Warren-Green leads an all-English program culminating with Vaughan Williams’s beautifully lush Dona Nobis Pacem. HOLST Walt Whitman Overture ARNOLD Four Scottish Dances VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem
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ABOUT US
Celebrating its 90th anniversary in the 2021-22 season, the Charlotte Symphony (CSO) is committed to uplifting, entertaining, and educating the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences. A cornerstone of Charlotte’s arts and cultural landscape, the CSO performs around 150 concerts annually in addition to robust community engagement and education efforts. Led by internationally renowned Music Director Christopher Warren-Green, the Symphony upholds the highest artistic integrity and takes bold steps to engage the community through music. The CSO employs 62 professional full time musicians, performs throughout the community, and offers significant educational programming aimed at serving areas of our community with the greatest need. Core programming runs September to May and includes Classical, Pops, Movie, and Family series, plus other special performances with notable soloists. We also serve as the soundtrack to our community’s ballet and opera productions. We perform everywhere from community parks and schools to breweries, places of worship, and senior care centers. We are deeply committed to the notion that music, accessible to all and experienced in many forms, enriches and unifies our community.
Christopher Warren-Green music director
Now in his twelfth season with the Charlotte Symphony, Music Director Christopher Warren-Green also serves as Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra. Key engagements have included the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras; Detroit, Houston, St Louis, Toronto, Milwaukee, Seattle and Vancouver symphony orchestras; Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra; the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish National orchestras. 2021–22 marks Warren-Green’s final season as Music Director of Charlotte Symphony, after which he will become Conductor Laureate and Artistic Adviser. Highlights this season include an all-English program celebrating the orchestra’s 90th birthday and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. A product of community music education, Warren-Green plays a key role in the CSO’s educational efforts including the Youth Orchestras and Project Harmony.
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MUSICIANS
YOUR CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY Christopher Warren-Green, Music Director Christopher James Lees, Resident Conductor FIRST VIOLINS Calin Ovidiu Lupanu
Concertmaster The Catherine & Wilton Connor Chair
Joseph Meyer
Associate Concertmaster
Kari Giles
Assistant Concertmaster
Ernest Pereira° Susan Blumberg°° Jane Hart Brendle Emily Chatham°° Lenora Leggatt† Ellyn Stuart Jenny Topilow°° Angela Watson† Dustin Wilkes-Kim SECOND VIOLINS Oliver Kot Principal The Wolfgang Roth Chair
Kathleen Jarrell
Assistant Principal The Pepsi-Cola Foundation of Charlotte Chair
Carlos Tarazona° Sakira Harley° Monica Boboc Tatiana Karpova Martha Geissler Alice Silva†
VIOLAS Benjamin Geller
FLUTES Victor Wang
Alaina Rea
Amy Orsinger Whitehead Erinn Frechette
Principal The Zoe Bunten Merrill Principal Viola Chair Assistant Principal
Ellen Ferdon Cynthia Frank Nancy Marsh Levine Viara Stefanova Ning Zhao CELLOS Alan Black
Principal The Kate Whitner McKay Principal Cello Chair
Jonathan Lewis
Assistant Principal
Marlene Ballena Drew Dansby† Jeremy Lamb Sarah Markle Denielle Wilson† DOUBLE BASSES Kurt Riecken
Principal The Blumenthal Foundation Chair
PICCOLO Erinn Frechette OBOES Hollis Ulaky
Principal The Leo B. Driehuys Chair‡
Erica Cice Terry Maskin ENGLISH HORN Terry Maskin CLARINETS Taylor Marino
Principal The Gary H. & Carolyn M. Bechtel Chair
Samuel Sparrow Allan Rosenfeld
Judson Baines
E♭ CLARINET Samuel Sparrow
Jeffrey Ferdon Jason McNeel
BASS CLARINET Allan Rosenfeld
Principal
Assistant Principal
This roster lists the full-time members of the Charlotte Symphony. The number and seating of musicians onstage varies depending on the piece being performed.
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MUSICIANS BASSOONS Olivia Oh* Principal
Joshua Hood
Acting Principal
Margaret O'Leary† Naho Zhu† CONTRABASSOON Naho Zhu† HORNS Byron Johns
Principal The Mr. & Mrs. William H. Van Every Chair
Andrew Fierova Robert Rydel Richard Goldfaden Philip Brindise†
MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT
TRUMPETS Alex Wilborn
Principal The Betty J. Livingstone Chair
Jonathan Kaplan Gabriel Slesinger
Associate Principal The Marcus T. Hickman Chair
TROMBONES John Bartlett Principal
Thomas Burge BASS TROMBONE Scott Hartman Principal
TUBA Derek Fenstermacher†
Acting Principal The Governor James G. Martin Chair
TIMPANI Jacob Lipham
Principal The Robert Haywood Morrison Chair
PERCUSSION Brice Burton Principal
HARP Andrea Mumm Trammell Principal The Dr. Billy Graham Chair
° Non-revolving position °° Alternates between first and second violins † Acting member of the Charlotte Symphony ‡ Funded by The Symphony Guild of Charlotte, Inc. * On leave
Taylor Marino joined the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as Principal Clarinet in 2019. Having grown up in Charlotte, Taylor was a member of the Youth Orchestra program and is thrilled to be back in his hometown. Before joining the CSO, he held the position of principal clarinet with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans. Taylor has also performed with many world-class orchestras including The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, and more.
Taylor Marino Principal Clarinet For more information about Charlotte Symphony musicians, visit charlottesymphony.org
In his own words: “Having grown up in Charlotte, I owe this city and its music educators a great deal of gratitude for supporting me and inspiring me to pursue a musical life. I am beyond grateful to be back in my hometown sharing music with the community that has given me such wonderful musical support.”
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SPOTLIGHT
Celebrating
Black History This month, the Charlotte Symphony is shining a spotlight on the contributions of Black composers and artists in classical music. We’ll share notable performances of works by Black composers, the history of Black pioneers in classical music, and composers/artists of today that are enriching the classical music scene and inspiring countless future musicians. Learn more about how the Charlotte Symphony is celebrating Black History Month at
charlottesymphony.org/black-history-month
Spotlight on Black Composers Dr. Frederick C. Tillis A trailblazer in the American classical music tradition, Dr. Frederick C. Tillis bridged jazz and European classical music as a renowned composer, jazz saxophonist, and educator. Born in Galveston, TX in 1930, Dr. Tillis began composing when he was 20 years old.
Valerie Coleman A visionary composer, flutist, and entrepreneur, Valerie Coleman has made significant contributions to modern music. From being named 2020 Classical Woman of the Year (Performance Today), one of the Top 35 Woman Composers in Classical Music (Washington Post), and a Grammy nomination, Coleman has earned high acclaim.
Florence Price A composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher, Florence Price is recognized as the first AfricanAmerican woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major national symphony orchestra.
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SPOTLIGHT Jessie Montgomery Jessie Montgomery is an acclaimed composer, violinist, and educator. Her music interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, language, and social justice, placing her squarely as one of the most relevant interpreters of 21st-century American sound and experience.
Upcoming Concerts featuring Black Artists & Composers ON TAP @ NODA February 8 7 pm | NoDa Brewing Co. Join us in the taproom at NoDa Brewing for our next On Tap performance! CSO musicians have prepared a fantastic lineup of works by Dr. Frederick C. Tillis, Valerie Coleman, and more.
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB March 4 7:30 pm | Belk Theater This special collaboration between your Charlotte Symphony and the Morehouse Glee Club raises money for scholarships for Charlotte-area students attending Morehouse College.
BARBER VIOLIN CONCERTO March 25 & 26 7:30 pm | Knight Theater Conductor Joshua Gersen leads a program that includes Errollyn Wallen’s Mighty River, a work that explores themes of slavery and freedom through spirituals and contemporary classical techniques.
BEETHOVEN MEETS 90S VIBE April 1 7:30 pm | Knight Theater Experience the duality of Atlanta’s Orchestra Noir as they join your CSO for an evening of 90s vibes, featuring works by Beethoven alongside music from icons like TLC, LL Cool J, Biggie Smalls, and more. spotlight: Celebrating Black History 13
PROGRAM NOTES GABRIELA ORTIZ born: December 20, 1964 in Mexico City
Téenek—Invenciones de Territorio (2017) composed: 2017 premiere: October 12, 2017 in Los Angeles Mexican composer and educator Gabriela Ortiz experienced a rich and diverse musical upbringing and education. Ortiz’s parents were founding musicians of Los Folkloristas, an ensemble formed in 1966, and dedicated to traditional music of Mexico and Latin America. Gabriela Ortiz studied at the Conservatoria Nacional de Música, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, as well as The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and The City University of London. At the latter institution, Gabriela Ortiz completed her Ph.D. studies in electroacoustic music composition. Ortiz is a Professor of Composition at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and is a Visiting Professor at Indiana University. Gabriela Ortiz composed her orchestral work, Téenek—Invenciones de Territorio, pursuant to a commission from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducted the world premiere on October 12, 2017 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Maestro Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic have also performed Téenek—Invenciones de Territorio as part of their touring repertoire. The work’s title, Téenek, refers to the language spoken in Mexico’s Huasteca region, as well as its indigenous people. But Ortiz’s Téenek—Invenciones de Territorio contemplates a world in which 14 program notes
borders disappear, leading to an existence in which people celebrate, and benefit from, each other’s heritage. In Téenek— Invenciones de Territorio, Ortiz conjures a wide range of musical styles and genres that blossom through interaction and development. The vibrant and brilliantly-scored work inspired Gustavo Dudamel to deem it “one of the most brilliant I have ever directed. Its color, its texture, the harmony and the rhythm that it contains are all something unique. Gabriela possesses a particular capacity to showcase our Latin identity.” Composer Gabriela Ortiz
PROGRAM NOTES DMITRI KABALEVSKY born: December 30, 1904 in Saint Petersburg, Russia died: February 14, 1987 in Moscow, USSR
Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 49 (1949) composed: 1948-9
premiere: 1949 in Moscow
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 49, is part of a trilogy of works that Dmitri Kabalevsky composed for performance by young Russian musicians. The other two are the Violin Concerto in C Major, Opus 48 (1948), and the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, Opus 50 (1952). Kabalevsky dedicated the Opus 49 Concerto to the young Russian cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, who performed the work’s premiere in 1949, accompanied by student musicians from the Moscow Conservatory. The Concerto is in three movements of approximately equal duration. In the first (Allegro), the strings’ marchlike pizzicato tread is the foundation for the cellist’s introduction of a flowing, energetic theme. A contrasting theme follows. Kabalevsky dedicated the slowtempo second movement (Largo molto espressivo) to Russian soldiers killed in the World Wars. In the finale (Allegretto), a brief mournful clarinet passage leads to the soloist’s presentation of the central melody, a Russian folk song. Variations on the melody, featuring some of the Concerto’s most virtuoso writing, lead to the emphatic final bars.
Soviet cellist Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (right), first performer of the concerto, pictured with violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Lev Oborin.
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PROGRAM NOTES JOHN CORIGLIANO born: February 16, 1938 in New York
Symphony No. 1 (1988) composed: 1988 premiere: March 15, 1990 in Chicago John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1 was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who performed its premiere in March 1990 conducted by Daniel Barenboim. The Symphony No. 1 received the 1990 Grawemeyer Award for Composition. Recordings of the work earned Grammys for Best Orchestral Performance and Best New Composition (1991), and Best Classical Album (1996). Historically, many symphonists (Berlioz, Mahler, and Shostakovich, to name a few) have been inspired by important events affecting their lives, and perhaps occasionally their choice of the symphonic form was dictated by extramusical events. During the past decade I have lost many friends and colleagues to the AIDS epidemic, and the cumulative effect of those losses has, naturally, deeply affected me. My Symphony No. 1 was generated by feelings of loss, anger, and frustration. A few years ago I was extremely moved when I first saw “The Quilt,” an ambitious interweaving of several thousand fabric panels, each memorializing a person who had died of AIDS, and, most importantly, each designed and constructed by his or her loved ones. This made me want to memorialize in music those I have lost, and reflect on those I am losing. I decided to relate the first three movements of the symphony to three lifelong musicianfriends. In the third movement, still other friends are recalled in a quilt-like 16 program notes
interweaving of motivic melodies. Cast in a free, large-scale A-B-A form, the first movement (Apologue: Of Rage and Remembrance) is highly charged and alternates between the tension of anger and the bittersweet nostalgia of remembering. It reflects my distress over a concert-pianist friend contracting the disease. The opening (marked “Ferocious”) begins with the nasal open A of the violins and violas. This A is gradually taken up by the other stringed instruments, but now played on stopped, rather than open strings, giving it an increasingly hard and intense quality, until it at last resolves to G-sharp. This motive will prove critical to the rest of the score. A repeat of this motive climaxes, this time, in the entrance of the full orchestra, which is accompanied by a slow timpani beat. This steady pulse—a kind of musical heartbeat— is utilized in this movement as the start of a series of overlapping accelerandos interspersed with antagonistic chatterings of antiphonal brass. A final multiple
PROGRAM NOTES acceleration reaches a peak climaxed by the violins in their highest register, which begins the middle section. As the violins make a gradual diminuendo, a distant (offstage) piano is heard, as if in a memory, playing the Leopold Godowsky transcription of Isaac Albeniz’s Tango (made in Chicago in 1921), a favorite piece of my pianist-friend. This is the start of an extended lyrical section in which nostalgic themes are mixed with fragmented suggestions of the Tango. Little by little, the chattering brass motives begin to reappear, interrupted by the elements of tension that initiated the work, until the lyrical “remembrance” theme is accompanied by the relentless, pulsing timpani heartbeat. At this point, the
lyrical theme continues in its slow and even rhythm, but the drumbeat begins simultaneously to accelerate. The tension of a slow, steady melody played against a slow, steady accelerando culminates in a recapitulation of the multiple accelerations heard earlier in the movement, starting the final section. But this time the accelerations reach an even bigger climax in which the entire orchestra joins together, playing a single dissonant chord in a nearhysterical repeated pattern that begins to slow down and finally stops. Unexpectedly, the volume of this passage remains loud, so that the effect is that of a monstrous machine coming to a halt but still boiling with energy. This energy, however, is finally exhausted, and there is a diminuendo
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
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PROGRAM NOTES to piano. A recapitulation of the original motives along with a final burst of intensity from the orchestra and offstage piano concludes the movement, which ends on a desolate high A in the first violins. The second movement (Tarantella) was written in memory of a friend who was an executive in the music industry. He was also an amateur pianist, and in 1970 I wrote a set of dances (Gazebo Dances for piano, four hands) for various friends to play and dedicated the final, Tarantella movement to him. This was a jaunty little piece whose mood, as in many tarantellas, seems to be at odds with its purpose. For the tarantella, as described in Groves Dictionary of Music, is a “South Italian dance played at continually increasing speed [and] by means of dancing it a strange kind of insanity [attributed to tarantula bite] could be cured.” The association of madness and my piano piece proved both prophetic and bitterly ironic when my friend, whose wit and intelligence were legendary in the music field, became insane as a result of AIDS dementia. In writing a tarantella movement for this symphony, I tried to picture some of the schizophrenic and hallucinatory images that would have accompanied that madness, as well as the moments of lucidity. This movement is formally less organized than the previous one, and intentionally so, but there is a slow and relentless progression toward an accelerated “madness.” The ending can only be described as a brutal scream. The third movement (Chaconne: Giulio’s Song) recalls a friendship that dated back to my college days. Giulio was an amateur cellist, full of that enthusiasm for music that 18 program notes
amateurs tend to have and professionals try to keep. After he died several years ago, I found an old tape recording of the two of us improvising on cello and piano, as we often did. That tape, dated 1962, provided material for the extended cello solo in this movement. Notating Giulio’s improvisation, I found a pungent and beautiful motto which, when developed, formed the melody played by the solo cello at this point in the symphony. That theme is preceded by a chaconne, based on twelve pitches (and the chords they produce), which runs through the entire movement. The first several minutes of this movement are played by the violas, cellos, and basses alone. The chaconne chords are immediately heard, hazily dissolving into each other, and the cello melody begins over the final chord. Halfway through this melody a second cello joins the soloist. This is the first of a series of musical remembrances of other friends (the first friend having been a professional cellist who was Giulio’s teacher and who also died of AIDS). In order to provide themes for this interweaving of lost friends, I asked William M. Hoffman, the librettist of my opera, The Ghosts of Versailles, to eulogize them with short sentences. I then set those lines for various solo instruments and, removing the text, inserted them into the symphony. These melodies are played against the recurring background of the chaconne, interspersed with dialogues between the solo cellos. At the conclusion of the section, as the cello recapitulates Giulio’s theme, the solo trumpet begins to play the note A that began the symphony. This is taken up by the other brass, one by one, so that the note grows to overpower
PROGRAM NOTES the other orchestral sonorities. The entire string section takes up the A and builds to a restatement of the initial assertive orchestral entrance in the first movement. The relentless drumbeat returns, but this time it does not accelerate. Instead, it continues its slow and somber beat against the chaconne, augmented by two sets of antiphonal chimes tolling the twelve pitches as the intensity increases and the persistent rhythm is revealed to be that of a funeral march. Finally, the march rhythm starts to dissolve, as individual choirs and solo instruments accelerate independently, until the entire orchestra climaxes with a sonic explosion. After this, only a solo cello remains, softly playing the A that opened the work, and introducing the symphony’s final part (Epilogue). This last section is played against a repeated pattern consisting of “waves” of brass chords. To me, the sound of ocean waves conveys an image of timelessness. I wanted to suggest that, in this symphony,
by creating sonic “waves,” to which purpose I partially encircled the orchestra with an expanded brass section. Behind the orchestra, five trumpets are placed with the first trumpet in the center; fanning outwards around the orchestra are six French horns (three on each side), four trombones (two on each side), and, finally, one tuba on each end of the semicircle of brass. The waves begin with a high note in the solo trumpet; then they move outward and around the orchestra, so that the descending brass notes form chords. A slowly moving pattern of four chords is thus built; this repeated pattern creates sonic waves through the Epilogue. Against these waves, the piano solo from the first movement (the Albeniz-Godowsky Tango) returns, as does the tarantella melody (this time sounding distant and peaceful), and the two solo cellos, interwoven between, recapitulate their dialogues. A slow diminuendo leaves the solo cello holding the same perpetual A, fading away. — John Corigliano
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SUPPORTERS VIRTUOSO CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Wedge & Debbie Abels Howard P. Adams & Carol B. McPhee Tiffany & Jason Bernd Gay F. Boswell Bill & Robin Branstrom Jan & Ed Brown Margarita & Nick Clements Brian & Morgan Cromwell Mary Anne Dickson Peggy & Richard Dreher Lisa & Carlos Evans Christoph & Robin Feddersen Carol & Ron Follmer Karen Fox H. Clay Furches
Sarah & Frank Gentry Berkley & Audean Godehn Stacy & Todd Gorelick Peter & Ann Guild Mr. Joseph K. Hall III Chris Jensen Robert & Vivian Lamb Taylor Marino Susanne & Bill McGuire Susan & Loy McKeithen George McLendon & Carol Quillen Brent & Ann Milgrom Chuck Miller & Marcy Thailer Mr. Glenn Mincey & Mrs. Macie Mincey M. Marie Mitchell Emily & Nima Pirzadeh
Sally & Russell Robinson Sara Garcés Roselli & Dan Roselli JD & Katrina Schurter Mr. & Mrs. Harley F. Shuford, Jr. Emily & Zach Smith Melinda & David Snyder Gail & Scott Syfert Drs. Chris & Lillian Teigland Judith & Gary Toman In Memory of Tess Verbesey Sophie & Fran Wachter Kevin & Jill Walker Rayner & Adele Weir Richard & Lisa Worf Barbara & Richard Yoder
$3,500 – $4,999 Dr. & Mrs. Richard Bridgette Jan & Bob Busch Lynne & Colby Cathey Melissa Cornwell David J.L. Fisk & Anne O’Byrne Joan & Parker Foley
Charles & Caren Gale Joy S. Greene Angela & Michael Helms Mr. & Mrs. Luke Kissam Dr. & Mrs. Christ A. Koconis Jim & Dottie Martin Richard I. McHenry & Cynthia L. Caldwell
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McIntosh Elizabeth J. McLaughlin Peter & Janet Nixon Tony & Lynn Pace Suzie & Nick Trivisonno Ms. Deborra Wood & Mr. Russell Propst
$2,500 – $3,499 Anonymous (3) Harriet & Bill Barnhardt Bill & Georgia Belk Philipp J. Bischoff Si & Michael Blake Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blumenthal Dr. & Mrs. O. Robert Boehm Twig & Barbara Branch Linda Jo & Josh Carron Dorothy & Mike Connor Dr. & Mrs. Mark Couture Alfred & Amy Dawson Mary & Philip Delk Cheryl DeMaio Peggy & Charles Dickerson Mrs. Carolyn Faison Joan & Parker Foley Alex & Patty Funderburg John Gallagher Mr. Billy L. Gerhart, in memory of Judith Gerhart
Todd & Andrea Griffith Barry & Laurie Guy Ivan Hinrichs Brian & Juliet Hirsch Carol A. Hitselberger & Robert Petty Jim & Peggy Hynes Shirley & Bob Ivey David S. Jacobson Ginger Kemp Meghan & Luis Lluberas Leslie & Michael Marsicano Rob Roy McGregor Dee Dee McKay Dick Metzler Tim Black & Debbie Miller Courtney Reichs Mixon Celene & Marc Oken Dr. Reta R. Phifer Larry & Dale Polsky Kathleen D. Prokay Cory Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Rollins, Jr. Bette Roth Glenn Sherrill Mr. Ron G. Sherrill Nancy E. Simpson Marsha & Robert L. Stickler Mrs. H. Dickson Stowe Dr. Mark R. Swanson Deborah J. Cox & Bob Szymkiewicz Chris & Jim Teat Dr. John A. Thompson, Jr. & Dr. Lee Rocamora James H. Trexler & Kelly Zellars Dr. Cynthia H. Tyson Drs. Iris Cheng & Daniel Uri Paul & Susan Vadnais Ms. Dana Vestal Ellen & Jimmie Wade Mary Claire & Dan Wall Edgar & Karen Whitener Dr. Shanté Williams supporters 21
SUPPORTERS PATRON CIRCLE $1,500 – $2,499
Anonymous Marcia Adams Ross & Michele Annable Dan & Barbara Austell Merilyn & Craig Baldwin Katherine M. Belk Erskine & Crandall Bowles Mary & Charles Bowman Mr. Donald Butler Jane & Larry Cain Ms. Catherine P. Carstarphen Dr. W. Gerald Cochran & Mr. Timothy D. Grudger James Crosthwaite Gwin Dalton Mr. R. Stuart Dickson Elizabeth Betty Eaton Arlene H. Elisha Ms. Anne Marie Forbes Timothy & Kara Gallagher Katherine G. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Hill, Jr. Gene & Helen Katz Staci & Matthew Marino Ms. Nadine Melka Cricket Weston & David Molinaro Michael & Debbie O’Hara Caroline Olzinski Arvind & Helen Patil Mr. Vincent Phillips & Mr. Paul Pope John & Wilma Pinter John & Susan Rae Jane Perry Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Pope A. Shuford Dr. Bernard Reen III & Ms. Teresa Starr Richard R. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Hans Teich Tillie S. Tice Daniel & Kathleen Troy Vera Watson Grant Webb Mrs. Eugenia N. White Michael & Kathy White Deems Wilson Floyd Wisner & Glenda Colman
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$1,000 – $1,499
Anonymous Michael & Lee Abbott Mrs. Kathleen Allison Larry Anderson Ann L. Armstrong Sharon Baker & Peter Moore Carol B. Barber Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln A. Baxter Morgan Beggs Shirley W. Benfield Richard & Christie Benoit Donald H. & Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation Ms. Melody Birmingham Joye D. Blount & Jessie J. Knight Jr. Ms. Brett Blumenthal & Mr. David Wax Dr. & Mrs. George Bohmfalk Marilyn & Herb Bonkovsky Frannie & Herb Browne Ralph Canfield Ms. Elizabeth Carr David M. Cody Ann F. Copeland Mr. Mark Copeland Sarah & Larry Dagenhart Christopher & Elizabeth Daly Dan & Jeannette Davis Ralph & Troyann Dougherty Mrs. Geraldine S. Emmert Bob & Judy Erb Trae & Kate Fletcher James C. Fort Lucy Quintilliano & Leonard Fumi Mr. Mark Gibbs Carol & Joseph Gigler Dan & Linda Gordon Carleen & Jim Grossman Joyce & Ed Hamilton Mr. Christopher Harris Mr. Stefan Heinzelmann Anne J. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Jon Hunt Paul & Linda Ibsen Lea & Stuart Johnson Vickie & Eugene Johnson Rebecca & Lex Jones Mr. & Mrs. Ron Kaufman Joan Kirschner Dr. & Mrs. Jack Kramer Marilyn Kroll
Maria Kurtz Jennie Buckner & Steve Landers Ms. LaTanya Lofton Hogue James Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Yih-Han Ma Dr. & Mrs. William W. MacDonald Dr. & Mrs. Randolph Mahnesmith Richard & Anna Marriott Holly & Christopher Maurer Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. McCracken Nydia McCrohan Eric Miller Thomas & Susan Mitchell Susan D. Montgomery Tom & Sally Moore Kirsten Morris Eugene P. Kueny & Don C. Niehus Mr. & Mrs. E. O. Oakley Karen L. Oldham Anita & Gale Pendergraph Janet & Rick Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. Rodney C. Pitts Dr. William Porter & Peggy Davis Haywood & Sabine Rankin Brendan Reen Rita & Thomas Robinson Mrs. Gail C. Salmon Mr. & Mrs. William Seifert Katy & Raleigh Shoemaker Parker & Stephen Shuford Michael Silverman Molly & Conrad Sloan Dr. & Mrs. Henry L. Smith II Scott Smith Mr. Murray Somerville Morris & Patricia Spearman Ken Spielfogel & Richard Withem Mr. Clark Starnes Robert & Maxine Stein Kathryn Stewart Mrs. Phyllis Stokes Al & Alice Sudduth Gail & Scott Syfert Ann & Wellford Tabor Mr. & Mrs. James Traylor Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Trenkelbach Sarah S. Tull Mrs. William K. Van Allen Craig & Gail Van Der Veer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van Glish Bill & Rita Vandiver
SUPPORTERS Greg & Sandy Vlahos Dr. & Mrs. Bill Chu & Jin Wang Linda & Craig Weisbruch Peter White Jenny Widmer John Drew Witherington Peter & Betty Ann Wittenberg Ms. Judith Wood Mr. & Mrs. John A. Yakob Mrs. Anne Yudell
$500 – $999
Doug & Lynda Abel Leigh & Rhonda Armistead Mr. Manuel Arrese Mauro Atalla JWD Atchison Charles G. Farrar & Marcia Avedon Mr. Jeff Ballast William & Linda Bantz Mrs. Natascha A. Bechtler Matthew Beck & Chadwick Smith Bob & Cathy Becker Mr. & Mrs. Carl Belk John & Katherine Beltz Ben Benoit Ms. Kristine E. Benshoff Robert Black Stuart Blackmon Lawton & Janette Blandford Betsy & Scott Bodien Mr. Nicholas Bonevac Mr. & Mrs. John Bradley Ms. Marianne Bragg James Broadstone Aram & Scott Bryan Mr. Ronald Bryson Mr. Charles Budd Ms. Nancy Butzek Greg & Mary Lou Cagle Barbara F. Caine Maggie Callen Ms. Lisa Callen Susan C. Carr Dianne & Jan Cates Young & Kana Chin John H. Clark Mr. Brent Clevenger Ron & Shirley Coffman Paul & Anne Colavita Mr. Thomas E. Collins, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Cook Mr. Kilian Cooley Sondra Cooney Martin & Leslie Cooper Mrs. Carolyn Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Alpo F. Crane Ellen M. Crowley Marylin Culp & Gene Le Beau Ragnhild Daasvand Rufus Dalton Peter De Arcangelis Doug & Diane Doak Jon Merkert & Bernadette Donovan-Merkert Cheryl Drake-Bowers Claude Duet Ms. Helen Edwards Rebecca Elliott Dr. & Mrs. J. Murray Fadial Doug Faris Dr. Rezvan Rafi & Dr. Saeed Fatenejad Tom & Gail Fennimore Lawrence W. Fetner, Jr. Betsy & Jeff Freeman Christopher Friesen Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Frost George Gabel Dr. John & Eileen Gardella Stephen C. & Jean S. Geller Mr. & Mrs. Kodwo Ghartey-Tagoe Jenn & Taylor Gherardi Pete & Stacy Gherardi Sara E. Gibson Donna Gibson Tom & Tracey Gillespie Sarah Goad Mr. Walter H. Goodwin, Esq. Ms. Cynthia Greenlee Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Groth Mr. Bruce Harned Ms. Tara Harris Mr. & Mrs. Lowrance Harry Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Heafner Logan & Jennifer Henderson Roger K. Hill Mr. Jesse Hite Dr. Susan Hungness Joan Irwin Mrs. Jean Jackson Ms. Joann B. Johnson Pete & Phyllis Johnson Tim & Kathryn Johnson
E. Joann Jones Dick & Nancy Karr Steven & Mary Kesselman Shawn King Nancy H. Kiser John & Ardis Koch David & Francine Kors Theodore & Dorothy Kramer Mr. Alan Kronovet & Ms. Cary J. Bernstein Jonathan Lamb Tom & Mary Last Mr. & Mrs. Michael Leonowicz Jerome & Barbara Levin Mr. Michael Lewandowski Mr. George Linfors Donald Liotta Mr. Agus Loekman Lucinda Nisbet Lucas Kim & Alan Maxwell Jeanne McCarthy Veronica McComb Juliette & Joseph McLelland Tom & Sandy Meckley Mr. & Mrs. Kiran H. Mehta Roy H. Michaux Anne & Brad Mitchell Gary & Fran Morrison In Memory of Patricia Nims Sara & Tom Nolan Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Norman Mrs. Carmen Odom Nancy Olah & Bill Pace Christopher Parides Rachel Parsons Pamela Pearson & Charles Peach Gwen Peterson & Tom Hodge Mr. John H. Pickett Barbara M. Pooley Mr. & Mrs. Steve M. Proffitt Dr. & Mrs. James E. Pugh Jeanine & Naeem Qasim Dr. & Mrs. R. Pinkney Rankin, Jr. Morry Alter & Joan Rasmussen Jane Ratteree Casey Rentch Mr. Jay Reynolds Ms. Margaret Rogers & Mr. John R. Willis Robert & Christine Rydel John Schroeder, in honor of Patty McArthur supporters 23
SUPPORTERS Harriet Seabrook Robert Semrad Miles & Madeleine Shanley Mr. Andrew Silliker Lori & Eric Sklut Mr. Alan Slonim Ms. Judy Smith Julia J. Souther Bill & Mary Staton Mr. & Mrs. Larry Stern Mr. Michael Steuerwald William & Catherine Stone Sam & Martha Stowe Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Stubbs Wesley & Claudia Sturges Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Sturm Faye F. Sultan & Kenneth Essex George & Brenda Sweet Martha Swetka John & Margaret Switzer Ms. Sarah Teague Nancy & Dick Thigpen Ms. Kelly Thomas Frances & Bill Thompson Ms. Catherine E. Thompson & Mr. Martin Hunter Gary & Pennie Thrower Denise Tidball Tim Timson Brent & Claire Trexler James & Melanie Twyne David Walters Mr. Erik Weghorst Qiuming Wei Mr. & Mrs. Tom Weidman Barnet & Harriet Weinstock Pam & Steve West Zelda White Dr. Thomas H. White Bryan Wilhelm Mr. & Mrs. Charles Williams Ms. Barbara Yarbrough Dan & Susan Yardley Maureen Young
$250 – $499
Anonymous Tony & Susan Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Adair, Esq. Anna Akins Leslie Antoniel
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Andrew & Karen Antoszyk Ms. J. C. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Arndt Linda Arnold Ms. Barbara J. Avard Mary Lou & Jim Babb Edwin & Cheryl Bagley Judi Bainbridge Mr. & Mrs. Carl Barlow Tanja Bauer Bob & Elise Beaven Curtis Beck Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bell Dr. John L. Bennett & Mr. Eric T. Johnson Ms. Linda Bentley Mortimer & Josephine Cohen Fund Mr. James Biddlecome Mr. & Mrs. Irving Bienstock Megan Blankemeyer List Renee Boger Jeffrey Boghosian Joan Booth Dr. & Mrs. Thor-Erik Borresen Steve Bost Carole Bourret Tara Box Saul & Martha Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Terry Broderick Mary E. Bruno Beth Burke David H. & Barbara J. Burns Mrs. Christina Cantrell Robert & Jo Anne Caruso Mary Case Amy Cathey Catherine Chew Amanda & Kevin Chheda Ms. Catherine Choudary John Clapp Ms. Michele T. Classe Ms. Dorothy Cole Dr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Richard Coonen Neil & Claire Cotty Tom Covington Mr. Todd Croy Mr. John J. Crymes Mr. Michael Curtis Rennie Cuthbertson Virginia A. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Dennis
Norcott Desterre Charlie & Gwen Diaz April & Joseph Dodge Janice Dodge Mrs. Elyn Dortch Jere & Patsy Drummond Mike Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Clifton E. Edmondson Eleanor C. Edwards Carolyn & Tim Eichenbrenner Gainor Eisenlohr Mark & Joan Erwin Richard Fairclough John Alday & Rebecca Fant Ms. Sarah Fatherly Kenny Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Faut The Federico Family Robert & Catherine Flynn Evelyn & Norman Fortson Chakana Fowler Jerry Fox Jeanette Freedman Richard & Karen Fuentes Mary & John Gaertner Melisa & Frank Galasso Harvey & Cindy Gantt Alexandra Gautraud Albert Gebhardt Darius & Mariam Ghazi Alan & Ruth Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Larry Goodgame Bill Gorelick Michael & Jordan Green Dr. Richard Greenberg Mr. Kevin Greene Mr. & Mrs. William Griesmyer Spencer Guthery John Habit Elizabeth Hage Rob Hammock & Caroline Chambre Hammock Mr. Rick Hargis Ms. Bette Harris Mr. David Harrison Mr. Charles Haughey Patrick & Johanne Hawk Abigail He Mr. & Mrs. Hemenway Dr. Eugene Hermitte Ms. Phyllis Herschenfeld
SUPPORTERS Ms. Cris Hill Barbara Holt Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Horowitz Barbara Horstmann James Horton & Kathy Reardon Lis & James Hoveland Pierce Howard Karin & Robert Hudson Danielle Huffman-Hanni Ben & Christy Hume Peter Humphery & Juliann Bannon Betty Hunter Ow Hunter Nilse Hurwitz Ms. Linda Hutchinson Cynthia B. Irby Mr. Michael Johnson Martha D. Jones Dr. Peter Judge & Ms. Christine Judge Joseph & Patty Kahle Margot Kaiser Mr. George Kaperonis Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Karn Madhu Katta Carolyn Wells Kibler Suzanne & John Knowles Donna & Douglas Knowlton Ms. Carol Koball Mrs. S. Lacy Alejandro Lanza Ms. Wendy Laxton Mr. Rick Lee John J. Locke Dr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Long III Skip & Ginny Long Ms. Suzanne Lowry Mr. Donald Lueder Mr. John Lyon Bob & Mary Anne MacCaughelty Stuart & Allison Malter Bruce & Leigh Marsh Joan W. Martin & Pat Burgess Theodore & Katherine Martinez Mr. Michael Matier Ed & Wendy Matthews Jill Maxwell Ms. Judy Mayo Guy T. & Meredith Hance McBride Mr. Glenn McConnell Ms. Ann P. McDermott James & Stephanie McGarvey Dorothy McGavran
Mr. & Mrs. James W. McQuiston Mr. Manuel V. Medeiros Ms. Katharina Miles Krivitsky Family Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Moline Sallie & Joe Moody Mr. Fred Morgenstern Ann Morris Ms. Karen Murdock Amy Murphy Jim & Linda Nash Mr. Darrell P. Nelson Jill & Edwin Newman Mary Newsom Carol Nicholson Mr. David Nix Mr. Bruce Norton Mr. William Olson Dr. Samuel L. Orr & Ms. Margaret Errington Mr. Gerald Padbury Ms. Kimberly Padgett Dimitris & Jennifer Papageorgiou Mr. James Parks Cookie & Jerry Parnell Ms. Carolyn Parrington Rose & Bailey Patrick Paula & Robert Paul Mr. & Mrs. Gerard W. Peer Lisa & Tom Phillips Catherine Philpott Ms. Barbara Pierce Christopher Polk Mr. Brent Prater Ms. Kathleen Prevost Stephen Primost Mr. Conrad Puckett David & Leah Randall Betty Chafin Rash Joann Rautenberg Mrs. Helen Ray Emily & Brian Reinicker Dr. Livia Robicsek Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Rodgers Ms. Lynn Rogers Mr. Mekel Rogers Stanley & Louise Rose Pamela Rowland Julie Ruterbories Nancy Rutledge & Jim Rutledge Sarah E. Schoedinger Katherine Schorr
Dr. Stephen P. Schultz & Donna Dutton Mr. & Mrs. William S. Schwartz Mr. & Ms. Peter Shankey Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Shapiro John Sherrill Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Sink David Small Fred H. Smith Carol Smith Craig Snyder Helen S. Solitario Nancy & Richard Stark Ms. Deborah Steiner James & Ellie Stephens Ann Stigall Tim & Mary Stokes Larry Stratemeyer Jack & Mary Kay Szczepek Molly Tarr Cornelius Tate Carrie & Jeffrey Teixeira Mr. Razvan Theodoru & Mrs. Isabelle Cantin Dr. & Mrs. Thiedeman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thomas Robert & Mary Thornberry Nancy & David Townsend Scott Tozier Patti Tracey & Chris Hudson Ms. Nancy Tretsch Hallam Walker Ms. Catherine A. Walton Jenny & Henry Ward Ms. Leslie Webster Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Weiner Lyman Welton Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wertheimer Mr. & Mrs. James M. White John & Jill White Karla Williams Ms. Mary Lindeman Wilson Ms. Jo Wilson Ms. Carol Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Earnest Winston Mr. & Mrs. Duncan M. Witte Allen & Clara Wolfe Mitchell Wolff Ms. Haojin Wu
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SPONSORS CORPORATE PARTNERS We are grateful for the following outstanding corporate funders: $250,000 +
$100,000 - $249,999
$50,000 - $99,999
$20,000 - $49,999
$10,000 - $19,999
$5,000 - $9,999 Duke Energy/Piedmont Natural Gas Kingfisher Capital
For more information, please contact Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement at 704.714.5138 or alocascio@charlottesymphony.org
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SPONSORS GOVERNMENT & FOUNDATION SUPPORT We are grateful for the following outstanding foundation and government funders: $100,000 +
$50,000 - $99,999
The Truist Charitable Fund is a donor-advised fund created by Truist and administered by The Winston-Salem Foundation
$20,000 - $49,999
DG Brungard Foundation
Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust
The Trexler Foundation
$10,000 - $19,999
Blumenthal Foundation Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation Cole Foundation
John S. & James L. Knight Foundation The Maurer Family Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999 AT&T Foundation The George W. & Ruth R. Baxter Foundation The Jack H & Ruth C. Campbell Foundation
The Charlotte Assembly Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.
$2,500 - $4,999 Barnhardt/Thomas Trust Springsteen Foundation
Stanly County Community Foundation Winer Family Foundation
For more information, please contact Holly Blackman, Government & Institutional Relations Manager at 704.714.5130 or hblackman@charlottesymphony.org
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SPONSORS
We invite your firm to join this special group of corporate supporters committed to keeping the music alive — enriching Charlotte and the surrounding communities as a first-class place to work and live.
$5,000 +
$2,500 - $4,999 GreerWalker
Moore & VanAllen
PDM US, llc
$500 - $2,499 Coleman Lew Canny Bowen
Troutman Pepper
For more information, please contact Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement at 704.714.5138 or alocascio@charlottesymphony.org
March 22 April 19 May 10
Enjoy a craft beer or seltzer while CSO musicians perform classical and contemporary tunes from a diverse range of composers.
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SUPPORTERS
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra recognizes donors of exceptional generosity whose cumulative giving to the CSO exceeds $1 million with the designation of Music Director Society.
Anonymous (2) Bank of America Corporation Catherine & Wilton Connor Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Leon Levine Foundation John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation C. D. Spangler Foundation The Symphony Guild of Charlotte, Inc. Wells Fargo Corporation
For more information, please contact Leslie Antoniel, Director of Donor Engagement, at 704.714.5139 or lantoniel@charlottesymphony.org.
The Encore Society includes individuals who have made provisions for the CSO in their estate plans. We are honored to recognize their support:
Anonymous (3) Geraldine I. Anderson† Richard & Ruth Ault Baldwin Family Trust Barnhardt Thomas Trust Larry & Joyce† Bennett Donald H. & Barbara K. Bernstein Mark & Louise Bernstein† Twig & Barbara Branch Saul Brenner Mike & Joan Brown† Mrs. Joan Bruns† Jan & Bob Busch Dr. Helen G. Cappleman, Ph.D. † Jim Cochran† Robin Cochran
Charles & Peggy Dickerson Dr. & Mrs.† Jerry H. Greenhoot Peter & Ann Guild William G. & Marguerite K. Huey Fund† Dr. Nish Jamgotch, Jr. Betty & Stanley Livingstone† Nellie McCrory† M. Marie Mitchell Cricket Weston & David Molinaro Joan & Richard Morgan Don C. Niehus Eva Nove Richard J. Osborne Gwen Peterson & Tom Hodge James Y. Preston†
Mrs. Clayton (Dusty) Pritchett Ann & Fritz Rehkopf Elizabeth Waring Reinhard Albert Rogat Nancy W. Rutledge Mike Rutledge Harriet Seabrook Mr. & Mrs. William Seifert Bob & Maxine Stein Dr. Ben C. Taylor III Mr. & Mrs. Hans Teich Cordelia G. Thompson Tim Timson J. Mason Wallace† † Deceased
Leave a lasting legacy of great music through your planned gift. For more information, contact Leslie Antoniel at 704.714.5139.
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The Charlotte Symphony is supported, in part, by the Infusion Fund and its generous donors.
Multimillion Dollar Commitment City of Charlotte $1.5 million and above Bank of America C.D. Spangler Foundation / National Gypsum Company John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Trane Technologies $600,000 - $1 million Albemarle Foundation Atrium Health Barings Duke Energy Honeywell JELD-WEN, Inc. LendingTree Foundation Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Novant Health Red Ventures Truist $300,000-$600,000 Ally Financial The Centene Charitable Foundation Childress Klein Properties Coca-Cola Consolidated Deloitte EY The Gambrell Foundation Moore & Van Allen PwC Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. Rodgers Builders Wells Fargo Up to $300,000 Fifth Third Bank Foundation For The Carolinas Deidre and Clay Grubb Leslie and Michael Marsicano Jane and Hugh McColl Nucor Corporation PNC Bank Premier, Inc. Jane and Nelson Schwab
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March 18 & 19 |
Belk Theater
The saga continues at Belk Theater as Star Wars and your Charlotte Symphony join forces for The Empire Strikes Back in Concert, featuring the iconic movie on the big screen with John Williams’s legendary score performed live!
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LEADERSHIP OFFICERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kimberly Q. Parker, Chairperson
Melissa Anderson Mick Ankrom Melody Birmingham Brian Bridgford Thomas Burge* Wilton Connor Mary Delk* Linda McFarland Farthing Ellen Fitzsimmons Richard Krumdieck, md David Leitch Yih-Han Ma
Alex McKinnon Ulrike W. Miles Glenn Mincey Torsten Pilz Mike Rutledge Robert Rydel* Melinda Snyder Elizabeth Connor Stewart* Jennifer Sullivan John D. Williams Shanté Williams, PhD
Alvaro & Donna de Molina Peggy & Richard Dreher Lisa Hudson Evans David Furr Todd Gorelick Janet Haack Mark & Whitney Jerrell Jeff Lee Laszlo & Anna Littmann Gov. James G. Martin Jane & Hugh McColl Susan McKeithen Elizabeth J. McLaughlin George McLendon Patrick J. O’Leary Debbie & G. Patrick Phillips
Paul Reichs Nancy & Charles Robson Patricia A. Rodgers M.A. Rogers Dan & Sara Garces Roselli JD Schurter Carolyn Shaw Katrina & JD Schurter Tom Skains Emily & Zach Smith Bob & Marsha Stickler Scott Syfert Cynthia Tyson Braxton Winston Richard Worf
John Barquin, Vice Chairperson Kevin Walker, Treasurer David J. L. Fisk, President & CEO
*ex-officio
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Richard Osborne, Chair Ruth & Richard Ault Kat Belk Arlene & Milton Berkman Jason & Tiffany Bernd Frank Bragg Robin & Bill Branstrom Margarita & Nick Clements Derick & Sallie Close Robin Cochran Catherine Connor Jeanie & T. Thomas Cottingham III Brian Cromwell Alessandra & Pasquale De Martino
OUR MISSION The Charlotte Symphony uplifts, entertains, and educates the diverse communities of Charlotte-Mecklenburg and beyond through exceptional musical experiences.
OUR VISION Reaching out through the transformative power of live music, the Charlotte Symphony will be a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region.
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ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE David J. L. Fisk, President & CEO Samantha Hackett, Executive Administrator ARTISTIC OPERATIONS John Clapp, Vice President of Artistic Operations & General Manager Sara Gibson, Director of Operations Carrie Graham, Director of Artistic Planning Nixon Bustos, Principal Music Librarian John Jarrell, Stage Manager DEVELOPMENT Anne Marie Forbes, Vice President of Development Leslie Antoniel, Director of Donor Engagement Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement Holly Blackman, Government & Institutional Relations Manager Tammy Matula, Database Manager Jennifer Gherardi, Campaign Coordinator Senta Harvey, Development Coordinator - Stewardship & Events FINANCE Wendy Laxton (Laxton CFO Services), Fractional Vice President of Finance Chazin & Company, Financial Services Trey Mckinney, Staff Accountant HUMAN RESOURCES Kirsten Morris, Vice President of Human Resources & Administration LEARNING & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Aram Kim Bryan, Vice President of Learning & Community Engagement Emily Gordon, Program Coordinator - Project Harmony Dylan Lloyd, Program Coordinator - Youth Orchestras Peyton Wulff, Learning Coordinator
128 S. Tryon Street Suite 350 Charlotte, NC 28202 tickets: 704.972.2000 office: 704.972.2003 charlottesymphony.org
MARKETING Candace Sykes, Vice President of Marketing & Patron Experience Deirdre Roddin, Director of Communications Nicole Glaza, Senior Manager of Digital Marketing Chad Calvert, Visual Communications Manager Stephen Emery, Patron Communications Manager Meghan Squier, Ticket Services Manager Laura Thomas, Marketing Manager
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BARBER
VIOLIN CONCERTO Joshua Gersen, conductor Jinjoo Cho, violin
March 25 & 26 Knight Theater
“Inventive” (ArtsKnoxville) conductor Joshua Gersen leads a program anchored by the haunting and poetic Violin Concerto by American composer Samuel Barber with violinist Jinjoo Cho. ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River BARBER Violin Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
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