CSO Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem - program 03-11-22

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Christina Pier, soprano Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone Charlotte Master Chorale

March 11 & 12 Belk Theater

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WHAT’S INSIDE A Message from the President & CEO 3 From Katherine Spencer Roxlo 5 A Salute to the Maestro 6 Concert Program 7 Artist Biographies 8 Charlotte Master Chorale 11 About the CSO 13 2021-22 Musician Roster 14 Spotlight: Celebrating 90 Years 16 Program Notes 18 Annual Fund Donors 26 Corporate & Foundation Sponsors 32 Giving Societies 34 Infusion Fund 36 Board of Directors & Trustees 38 Administration 39

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WELCOME

Welcome!

The “First Hundred Years Are Hardest” proclaimed the headline of The Charlotte News in 1941, as the Charlotte Symphony completed its successful 10th season. The Symphony has come a long way since those first tentative years, when a recent immigrant to Charlotte and a group of local musicians met with the shared dream to form an Orchestra for their community. As stewards of that dream, we feel the weight and the inspiration of that inherited responsibility — to continue to bring exceptional musical experiences to the diverse communities we serve.

This month, as we celebrate our 90 birthday as Charlotte’s Symphony Orchestra, our musicians’ commitment to pursuing that original vision couldn’t be clearer. Every day CSO musicians are out in our neighborhoods and schools, inspiring our community with their musicmaking and nurturing the next generation of musicians and music-lovers. Continuing a decades-long tradition, the Symphony th

recently welcomed more than 10,000 fifth-graders from CMS to a series of special concerts introducing them to orchestral music. That is just one example of how the Symphony touches the lives of Charlotteans every week.

I invite you to read more about the unique story of the Charlotte Symphony’s founding in our recently launched virtual archive. There, we’re showcasing items from the Symphony’s history, including original handwritten scores, photos, and first-person interviews. (See page 14) Thank you for being with us this evening.

Please join us as we embark upon the next 90 years as your Symphony. We are proud and grateful to be part of a dynamic and culturally rich community in which live music, with your support, can continue to flourish.

David Fisk President & CEO

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The CSO is…

MORE THAN WHAT’S ONSTAGE.

Did you know that the Charlotte Symphony is much more than what you see on the Belk and Knight Theater stages? Beyond the Classical, Pops, Family, and Movie Series in the theaters, we work to uplift, entertain, and educate our community through inclusive education programs and community performances.

• The CSO has three programs for young musicians: the Youth Orchestra, the Youth Philharmonic, and the Youth Ensemble. CSO musicians participate in coaching throughout the year, and even perform with the young musicians!

• Reaching approximately 15,000 students each season, we also have extensive school programs, including Project Harmony, “Music and the Holocaust,” and “One Musical Family” Education Concerts.

• We perform throughout the region, from community parks and schools to breweries, senior care centers, and places of worship all season long.

The CSO is…FOR EVERYONE. To learn more, visit charlottesymphony.org

CONGRATULATIONS

From the Desk of Katherine Spencer Roxlo Dear Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Congratulations for 90 years of community-inspired cultural excellence. When the CSO started, Charlotte was small and citizens were motivated by the idea of starting their own symphony orchestra. Everyone helped by playing an instrument, working in publicity, or ushering in the auditorium. The Charlotte Symphony not only survived but thrived, through a depression, world war, economic downturns, and now even a pandemic.

I am grateful to so many. I am so proud and thankful for my grandfather, Guillermo de Roxlo. He was musically brilliant and passionate about his profession. He traveled with a young family from Barcelona, to Colombia, to Cuba, to Charlotte. He taught lessons, played the piano and violin, wrote music, and anything else to make a living. In Charlotte there was no money for music scores, so he hand-wrote the music sheets for each musician in the orchestra.

I am thankful to my grandmother, Katherine (Kitty), who nurtured her husband’s career enthusiastically. Her enthusiasm for music and her charisma were as instrumental in the Roxlos’ arrival to North Carolina as Guillermo’s talent. J. Spencer Bell, my step-grandfather, was also instrumental to the symphony’s success. He was the symphony’s first manager and played flute in the orchestra from the start. Later when my grandparents divorced, he professed his love for Kitty and she became Mrs. J. Spencer Bell.

I am so thankful for the Clark Walter family who invited my family to Charlotte. I believe Clark Walter worked for AT&T in Cuba, met my family, and sponsored them to Charlotte and the United States. At first, my family lived in the basement of his house and Guillermo gave music lessons to his two sons.

I am thankful to each and every Charlotte Symphony Orchestra sponsor. That includes those who play an instrument, work backstage or in the box office, buy tickets, attend, and those who provide donations. Without all those sponsors and the enthusiasm and industrious spirit of Charlotte’s community, I literally would not be here — my American family would not exist. Like refugees today, we depended on the financial and moral support of those who came here before us.

Katherine Spencer Roxlo congratulations

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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 6 salute to the maestro

Friday, March 11, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 12, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Christina Pier, soprano Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone Charlotte Master Chorale Kenney Potter, director

THOMAS BURGE

Charlotte Symphony Fanfare

(b. 1969)

GUSTAV HOLST

Walt Whitman Overture

(1874-1934)

MALCOLM ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 I. Pesante (Strathspey) II. Vivace (Reel) III. Allegretto (Hebridean song) IV. Con brio (Highland Fling)

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

(1872-1958)

I N T E R M I S S I O N (20 minutes)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Dona Nobis Pacem I. Agnus Dei II. Beat! Beat! Drums!

III. Reconciliation IV. Dirge for Two Veterans V. Finale

Tonight’s concert is dedicated to Ukraine and the courage, strength, and resilience of its people

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CONDUCTOR Christopher Warren-Green music director Now in his 12th season with the CSO, Maestro Warren-Green also serves as Music Director of the London Chamber Orchestra.

Over the last 30 years Maestro WarrenGreen has worked with eminent orchestras around the world. In North America he has conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit, Houston, St Louis, Toronto, Milwaukee, Seattle and Vancouver symphony orchestras, and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra. In the UK, he has worked with the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National orchestras.

2021–22 marks the final season of Warren-Green’s tenure as the Music Director of Charlotte Symphony, after which he will take on the titles of Conductor Laureate and Artistic Adviser.

This season he will lead an all-English program to celebrate the orchestra’s 90th birthday, and conduct performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with soloist Paul Huang, concluding with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 as an appropriately spectacular finale.

A product of community music education, Warren-Green plays a key role in the CSO’s educational efforts, including two youth orchestras and Project Harmony, an El Sistema-based program providing afterschool music ensemble training in high-need areas.

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In addition to his international commitments, he has been invited to conduct at the wedding services of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2005, TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Westminster Abbey in 2011 and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2018. He conducted the London Chamber Orchestra on the occasion of HM The Queen’s 80th birthday and the Philharmonia Orchestra for Her Majesty’s 90th birthday concert at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as well as HRH The Prince of Wales’ 60th birthday concert in Buckingham Palace.

A violinist by training, Warren-Green began his career at the age of 19 as concertmaster of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, followed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, having been a Professor there for eight years, and has appeared numerous times on television and radio. He has recorded extensively for Sony, Philips, Virgin EMI, Chandos, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, and records with the London Chamber Orchestra for Signum Classics.

GUEST ARTISTS Christina Pier soprano Ms. Pier last appeared with the Charlotte Symphony in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in March 2020.

Christina Pier has been hailed by Opera News for her “big, gleaming soprano and impressive coloratura,” and has received great critical and audience acclaim for her work on opera and concert stages.

Recent highlights included performances of Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen with Opera Carolina and Toledo Opera; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tallahassee Symphony; Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Hailstork’s The World Called with the Oratorio Society of Virginia; and

Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Roberto Abbado. She appears as a soloist on a recording of Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with David Hill and the BBC Singers on the Naxos label. She resides with her family in Charlotte, NC, and is on the voice faculty at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Daniel Okulitch bass-baritone This concert marks Mr. Okulitch’s first appearance with the Charlotte Symphony.

Lauded as “flat out brilliant” by Opera News, Canadian bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch is a leading interpreter of Mozart roles, most notably Don Giovanni, Almaviva, and Figaro, which he has performed at New York City Opera, Teatro Colón, Los Angeles Opera, and many others. Okulitch has also excelled in creating leading roles in contemporary opera, most notably in Wuorinen’s Brokeback Mountain at Teatro Real in Madrid and New York City Opera; Muhly’s Marnie at English National Opera; Shore’s

The Fly at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and Los Angeles Opera; Ash’s The Golden Ticket at Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Atlanta Opera; JFK with Fort Worth Opera and Opéra de Montréal; and Moore’s Enemies, A Love Story at Palm Beach Opera. Engagements this season include the title role in Don Giovanni at Michigan Opera Theater, Benjamin’s Written On Skin at Opéra de Montréal, and the World Premiere of Omar with the Spoleto Festival, by Grammy Award-winner Rhiannon Ghiddens and Micheal Abels. guest artists 9

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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CHORUS

Kenney Potter, Artistic Director Phil Biedenbender, Accompanist

Samantha Balsam Romy Cawood Erynn Chambers Nina Chen Mica Cline Claire Crabtree

SOPRANO Darlene Ifill-Taylor Claire Incorvati Fran Morrison Rebecca H. Smith Angela Stefanini Parker Temple

Melissa Theiss Sarah Towner Amaranth Weiss Victoria Wojciechowski

Carin Bissiere-Grote Brett Blumenthal Haley Bohon Sara Doggett Lori Garber Kimberly Gilbert Kristen Grzeca Brooke Haney Lisa M. Harper Caitlin Whalan Jones

ALTO Sydney Kopera Karen Kummer Marcella La Barrie Kate Lavender Victoria Lloret Fallon McKain Claire Murphy Meg Ricci Audrey Lynn Robinette Shiloh Rose

Erin Schwarz Paige Sisk Taylor Spakes Angelica Stanley Christine Starnes Morgan Stoeling Rachel Sykes Cricket Weston

TENOR Rajah Chacko Joseph Few David Herring Adam Krahn

Thomas Moncrief Jonathan Rollin Andreas Schuhmacher Zach Thompson

Jesse M. Tillman Sam Todd Daniel Wynkoop

BASS Philip Biedenbender AJ Calpo Parkes Dibble Stephen Field Richard Greene

Thomas Griffin Peter Haley Johnathan Harding Jeffrey Hollowell Jeffrey Ingold

Caleb Newman Kenney Potter Ethan Price Tony Sane Robert Summerell chorus 11

This concert is made possible in part by a generous gift from

Richard J. Osborne

MUSIC + HEALING Sunday, April 3

Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees leads the performance, featuring Principal Cellist Alan Black soloing on the orchestral premiere of Leonard Mark Lewis’ “I Will Wade Out,” a work that reflects on the universal human experience as we work toward collective healing.

KINAN ABOU-AFACH Speak PHILIP HERBERT Elegy - In Memorium Stephen Lawrence SAINT-GEORGES Symphony No. 2 DAVID T. LITTLE haunted topography RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin, IV. Rigoudon LEONARD MARK LEWIS “I Will Wade Out” MICHAEL ABELS Global Warming

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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 is the oldest continually operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas and performs around 150 concerts annually in addition to robust community engagement and education efforts.

Founded in 1932 and 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 improving 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.

Annual favorite, Magic of Christmas, delights during the holidays each season.

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.

We actively nurture the next generation of musicians and music lovers by supporting three diverse youth orchestras, led by Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees. Project Harmony serves more than 200 students in criticalneed areas with free after-school lessons in music and life skills. We employ music as a tool for building community and even as an agent of change.

We believe in equity and inclusion, and aim to reflect diversity on stage. Our Music For All program welcomes our community members on public assistance to attend select performances for $1 per ticket, and we strive to be an industry leader in imaginative, relevant programming by intentionally seeking out women conductors, underrepresented in our industry, and conductors, composers, and guest artists of color.

The Charlotte Symphony plays a leading cultural role in the Charlotte area and aims to serve the community as a civic leader, reflecting and uniting our region through the transformative power of live music. about us 13

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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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is a proud member of the League of American Ochestras.

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

Alan Black Principal Cello For more information about Charlotte Symphony musicians, visit charlottesymphony.org

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

Principal Cellist Alan Black is in his 35th season with the Charlotte Symphony and has performed throughout the Southeast, including chamber music concerts at famed Spivey Hall near Atlanta, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, and the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro. As a soloist and chamber musician, Alan has performed with major artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Bobby McFerrin, Van Cliburn Gold Medal pianist Jon Nakamutsu, and fiddler Mark O’Connor.

In the 2022–23 season, Alan will step down as Principal to become a member of the cello section. “I feel like this is the perfect time for me to take step back,” said Alan. “We’ve got a lot of great players coming up and it’s time to let someone else do this for a while. I want to say thank you to everyone, it’s been such an honor to be Principal Cellist of the Charlotte Symphony. It’s been an absolute joy!”

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SPOTLIGHT

90 years ago, on March 20, 1932, 57 local musicians gathered on stage for the inaugural concert of the Charlotte Symphony. The skies were cloudy on that Palm Sunday afternoon as hundreds of Charlotteans poured into the Carolina Theatre on Tryon Street to survey the new orchestra. The free concert was led by founding Music Director Guillermo de Roxlo, a recent immigrant to the United States and an accomplished conductor and composer.

This moment was the spark that ignited a legacy of musical excellence in Charlotte that continues today through mainstage performances, community events, three Youth Orchestras, brewery concerts, educational programs, and much more.

As part of the Charlotte Symphony’s season-long celebration, the CSO is launching a free virtual archive, showcasing items from the Symphony’s history, including original handwritten scores, photos, program books, and firstperson interviews. Through four exhibits, we explore the founding of the Symphony, learn the history of our education programs, delve into the Symphony’s eleven Music Directors, and hear from Leroy Sellers who, along with Dr. Samuel Davis, was the first Black musician to be hired by the Charlotte Symphony.

Visit charlottesymphony.org/history to explore our new virtual archive exhibits.

Musicians of the Charlotte Symphony, 1932

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SPOTLIGHT

The Carolina Theatre in 1932

Charlotte Observer review, March 21, 1932

Maestro de Roxlo

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PROGRAM NOTES THOMAS BURGE born: 1969 in Sydney, Australia

Charlotte Symphony Fanfare (2016) premiere: March 11, 2022 in Charlotte, NC In 2016 Thomas Burge wrote “Charlotte Symphony Fanfare“ as a celebration of the fine brass musicians of the Charlotte Symphony, and also as a personal gift to the Charlotte Symphony audience.

It was intended to begin as a tradition at the start of each season, and to be performed in 3 brass choirs from the

balcony of Belk Theatre to immediately captivate listeners by surrounding them with rich sound from every angle.

Tonight’s performance is the preface to a much larger musical story, which is yet to be written.

GUSTAV HOLST born: September 21, 1874 in Cheltenham, England died: May 25, 1934 in London, England

Walt Whitman Overture Opus 7 (1899) premiere: July 13, 1982 in London In 1898, Gustav Holst completed his fifth year of study at London’s Royal College of Music. The College offered Holst a scholarship for an additional year. But Holst decided that the time had come for him to begin his life as a professional musician. Holst successfully applied for a position with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, an organization that performed operas in English, in London and throughout the British provinces.

Holst served both as a trombonist and rehearsal pianist with the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Despite a hectic schedule, Holst found time to compose.

Among the compositions from Holst’s tenure with the Carl Rosa Opera Company is the orchestral work, the Walt Whitman Overture. Like his dear friend Ralph Vaughan Williams (see, Dona nobis pacem), Holst maintained a lifelong admiration for the American poet, and

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PROGRAM NOTES composed works based upon Whitman texts (both Holst and Vaughan Williams set Whitman’s Dirge for Two Veterans to music). If the Walt Whitman Overture perhaps does not bear the unmistakable character of Holst’s more famous orchestral creations, it is nonetheless a vibrant, optimistic, and melodious work.

Although composed in 1899, Holst’s Walt Whitman Overture had to wait over 80 years for its first performance, when David Paul Cathcart conducted the Lambeth Orchestra at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 13 July 1982.

MALCOLM ARNOLD born: October 21, 1921 in Northampton, England died: September 23, 2006 in Norwich, England

Four Scottish Dances Opus 59 (1957) premiere: June 8, 1957 in London English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold learned to play the trumpet as a young child. He studied trumpet and composition at London’s Royal College of Music. After two years of study, Arnold joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Later, Malcolm Arnold played trumpet in the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He returned to the London Philharmonic as Principal Trumpet, where he remained until 1948. Malcolm Arnold then focused on composition. A prolific composer, Arnold’s works include Nine Symphonies, and more than 100 film scores.

Malcolm Arnold composed his Four Scottish Dances for the BBC Light Music Festival, to whom he dedicated the work. The composer led the BBC Concert Orchestra in the 1957 world premiere, which took place at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Typical of Malcolm

Arnold’s orchestral works, the Four Scottish Dances are brimming with haunting melodies, energy, and brilliant instrumental colors.

All of the Dances (with the exception of one, composed by Robert Burns) are original melodies.

I. Pesante - The first Dance is in the spirit of the strathspey, slow-tempo music whose origins may have been in the valley (or “strath”) of the river Spey.

II. Vivace - The second Dance is a lively reel.

III. Allegretto - The third Scottish Dance, according to program notes for the work, “is in the style of a Hebridean song and attempts to give an impression of the sea and mountain scenery on a calm summer’s day in the Hebrides.”

IV. Con brio - The final Scottish Dance is a spirited fling.

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PROGRAM NOTES RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS born: October 12, 1872 in Down Ampney, England died: August 26, 1958 in London, England

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 1910, rev. 1919) premiere: September 6, 1910 in Gloucester, England In 1904, Ralph Vaughan Williams agreed to serve as editor for a new edition of The English Hymnal. During the course of his work on the Hymnal, Vaughan Williams discovered a series of melodies by the 16th century English composer, Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585). One Tallis melody in particular greatly appealed to Vaughan Williams. It originally appeared in the 1567 English Psalter as the music for the text “Why fumeth in sight: the Gentiles spite, In fury raging stout?” The Tallis melody is No. 92 in The English Hymnal, set to Addison’s “When rising from the bed of death.” This served as the basis for one of the most radiant English orchestral works of the 20th century, the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

Engraving of English composer Thomas Tallis.

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The Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis is scored for string quartet, a large string orchestra, and a smaller orchestra of nine string players. Vaughan Williams completed the work in June of 1910.

The first performance took place at the Gloucester Cathedral that autumn, as part of the renowned “Three Choirs Festival.” At premiere, the composer conducted the strings of the London Symphony Orchestra.

In a review of the premiere, Fuller Maitland, writing for The Times, eloquently captured the unique qualities of Vaughan Williams’s masterpiece: The work is wonderful because it seems to lift one into some unknown region of musical thought and feeling.

Throughout its course one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new…The voices of old church musicians…are around one, and yet there is more besides, for their music is enriched with all that modern art has done since…it cannot be assigned to a time or a school, but it is full of visions which have haunted the seers of all times. We can recall no piece of pure instrumental music produced at a Three Choirs Festival which has seemed to belong to its surroundings so entirely as does this Fantasia.

PROGRAM NOTES Dona nobis pacem Cantata for Soprano and Baritone Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (1936) premiere: October 2, 1936 in Huddersfield, England Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his cantata, Dona nobis pacem, in 1936. The Huddersfield Choral Society commissioned the work as part of the celebration of its 100th anniversary. At the time, storm clouds were gathering throughout Europe with the rise of the Nazis and Fascists. War seemed more and more inevitable with each passing day.

Ralph Vaughan Williams was a first-hand witness to the horrors of armed conflict.

Following the outbreak of World War I, Vaughan Williams, 42 years old, enlisted in the Army. Vaughan Williams worked in the field ambulance unit, transporting the wounded from the battlefield in the Neuville-St. Vaast region.

Toward the end of his life, Vaughan Williams said of the great American poet, Walt Whitman (1819-1892): “I’ve never got over him, I’m glad to say.” Prior to the outbreak of World War I, Vaughan Williams set Whitman’s Civil War poem, Dirge for Two Veterans, for chorus and orchestra. The Dirge became the centerpiece of the 1936 cantata, Dona nobis pacem.

For the remainder of the cantata’s text, Vaughan Williams incorporated two more Whitman Civil War poems, a portion of a House of Commons speech by John Bright given during the Crimean War, and excerpts from The Old Testament.

In addition, a portion of the Latin Mass serves as a recurring leitmotif, and the source of the work’s title.

American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892), whose work inspired countless composers including Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

The trajectory of the text and music of Dona nobis pacem reflects hope for a brighter future. That optimism was sorely tested by the events of World War II. Vaughan Williams conducted Dona nobis pacem several times in England during the War and the music was, according to his widow, Ursula, “full of particular meaning for those days.” Events since that time have done nothing to diminish the eloquence, impact, and relevance of Vaughan Williams’s composition, or the haunting message of the soprano’s repeated entreaty to “grant us peace.”

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PROGRAM NOTES RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Dona nobis pacem: Text & Translations I. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi (Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world, Dona nobis pacem Grant us peace)

II. Beat! beat! drums! (Allegro moderato) Beat! beat! drums! – Blow! bugles! blow!

Through the windows – through the doors burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation; Into the school where the scholar is studying; Leave not the bridegroom quiet – no happiness must he have now with his bride; Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field, or gathering in his grain; So fierce you whirr and pound you drums – so shrill you bugles blow.

Beat! beat! drums! – Blow! bugles! blow!

Over the traffic of cities – over the rumble of wheels in the streets: Are beds prepared for the sleepers at night in the houses?

No sleepers must sleep in those beds; No bargainers’ bargains by day – no brokers or speculators – would they continue?

Would the talkers be talking? Would the singer attempt to sing?

Then rattle quicker, heavier drums – you bugles wilder blow.

Beat! beat! drums! – Blow! bugles! blow!

Make no parley – stop for no expostulation, Mind not the timid – mind not the weeper or prayer; Mind not the old man beseeching the young man; Let not the child’s voice be heard, nor the mother’s entreaties; Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses, So strong you thump O terrible drums – so loud you bugles blow.

- Walt Whitman, first published in Drum-Taps (1865)

III. Reconciliation Word over all, beautiful as the sky, Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost, That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly, softly, wash again and ever again this soiled world; For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead, I look where he lies white-faced and still in the coffin I draw near, Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.

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PROGRAM NOTES IV. Dirge for Two Veterans The last sunbeam Lightly falls from the finished Sabbath, On the pavement here, and there beyond it is looking Down a new-made double grave.

Lo, the moon ascending, Up from the east the silvery round moon, Beautiful over the house-tops, ghastly, phantom moon, Immense and silent moon.

I see a sad procession, And I hear the sound of coming full-keyed bugles, All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding As with voices and with tears.

I hear the great drums pounding, And the small drums steady whirring, And every blow of the great convulsive drums Strikes me through and through.

For the son is brought with the father, In the foremost ranks of the fierce assault they fell, Two veterans, son and father, dropped together, And the double grave awaits them.

Now nearer blow the bugles, And the drums strike more convulsive, And the daylight o’er the pavement quite has faded, And the strong dead-march enwraps me.

In the eastern sky up-buoying, The sorrowful vast phantom moves illumined, ‘Tis some mother’s large transparent face, In heaven brighter growing.

O strong dead-march you please me!

O moon immense with your silvery face you soothe me!

O my soldiers twain! O my veterans passing to burial!

What I have I also give you.

The moon gives you light, And the bugles and the drums give you music, And my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, My heart gives you love.

- Walt Whitman, first published in When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d (1865)

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PROGRAM NOTES V. Finale: The Angel of Death has been abroad...

The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one as of old . . . to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two side-posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on.

- John Bright (1811–1889) Dona nobis pacem.

(Grant us peace) We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan; the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land...and those that dwell therein...

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved... Is there no balm in Gilead?; is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

- Jeremiah 8:15—22 O man greatly beloved, fear not, peace be unto thee, be strong, yea be strong.

- Daniel 10:19 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former ... and in this place will I give peace.

- Haggai 2:9 Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

- Micah 4:3 And none shall make them afraid,...neither shall the sword go through their land.

- Leviticus 26:6 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

- Psalm 85:10 Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them.

- Psalm 118:19 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled; ... and let them hear, and say, it is the truth.

- Isaiah 43:9 And it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them ... and they shall declare my glory among the nations. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, so shall your seed and your name remain forever.

- Isaiah 66:18—22 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

- Luke 2:14 Dona nobis pacem.

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SIBELIUS

SYMPHONY No. 2 Karen Kamensek, conductor Calin Ovidiu Lupanu, violin

SHOSTAKOVITCH

VIOLIN CONCERTO No. 1

April 22 & 23

Knight Theater

Operatic and symphonic conductor Karen Kamensek takes the baton to lead Sibelius’ majestic Symphony No. 2. Concertmaster Calin Ovidiu Lupanu performs Shostakovich’s monumental Violin Concerto No. 1.

BORISOVA-OLLAS Angelus SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

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SUPPORTERS

We gratefully acknowledge these generous donors to the Charlotte Symphony Annual Fund.

This list reflects gifts received between July 1, 2020 through January 31, 2022.

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $100,000+ Catherine & Wilton Connor

Anonymous Jerry & Gaile Greenhoot

Jerry & Rosalind Richardson

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Patrick J. O’Leary

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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

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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

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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.

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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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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 Tim Pappas, Orchestra Personnel Manager.

Nixon Bustos, Principal Music Librarian Bradley Geneser, Assistant Librarian John Jarrell, Stage Manager DEVELOPMENT Leslie Antoniel, Director of Donor Engagement Amanda LoCascio, Director of Corporate Engagement 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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Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Charlotte Master Chorale

May 20 – 22

| Belk Theater

In his final performance as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate, Christopher Warren-Green conducts one of the greatest works of all time: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Experience the epic power and unparalleled expression of joy, culminating with the uplifting “Ode to Joy” finale.

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