This concert was originally scheduled for May 30, 2023. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association welcomes conductor Edwin Outwater, who replaces Steven Reineke.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 7:30
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Outwater Conductor
Ben Folds Piano and Vocals
simon The Block
BEN FOLDS AND MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ben Folds’s program with Members of the CSO will be announced from the stage.
CIBC Private Wealth is the Presenting Sponsor of Corporate Night. Abbott is the recipient of the 2023 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award.
Edwin Outwater Conductor
A visionary conductor, curator, and producer, Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras and institutions. His effortless ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with a wide range of artists, from Metallica to Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma.
Outwater is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada, which he led from 2007 to 2017.
His recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra–London; and the San Diego, Houston, Seattle, and New World symphony orchestras. As a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s Fiftieth-Anniversary Celebration Concert in Washington (D.C.), he collaborated with a cast of artists including Common, Renée Fleming, Audra McDonald, and Christian McBride.
Last season, Outwater made his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Cynthia Erivo, and other performances included the Tokyo Metropolitan and Tokyo Symphony orchestras, BBCNOW, Brussels Philharmonic, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
October 2022 saw Outwater premiere his Symphony of Terror! production with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and cohost and collaborator Peaches Christ; Holiday Gaiety, their festive collaboration with prominent guest stars from the world of drag, pop, and musical theater, is a recurring event with the San Francisco Symphony.
PHOTO BY DAVID J. KIM
In 2022 Outwater featured in several notable recordings. He conducted the Chicago Symphony in the Sony Classical release of Mason Bates’s Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra, which won the 2023 Grammy Award in the Best Engineered Album–Classical category. He also was associate conductor for A Gathering of Friends, on Sony Classical, with John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma, and the New York Philharmonic. He appears prominently in Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett’s solo debut EP, Portals, as co-songwriter, arranger, orchestrator, and keyboardist.
A native of Santa Monica, California, Edwin Outwater graduated with highest honors in English literature from Harvard University, where he was music director of the Bach Society Orchestra and the jazz a cappella group Harvard Din and Tonics and wrote the music for the 145th annual production of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He received his conducting degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was a student of Heiichiro Ohyama and Paul Polivnick. He also studied music theory and composition with John Stewart, Joel Feigin, and Leonard Stein.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director
Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence
Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence
MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR THIS
VIOLINS
Stephanie Jeong Concertmaster
David Taylor
So Young Bae
Cornelius Chiu
Kozue Funakoshi
Russell Hershow
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Susan Synnestvedt
Nancy Park
Hermine Gagné
Mihaela Ionescu
Baird Dodge
Lei Hou
Ni Mei
Florence Schwartz
Melanie Kupchynsky
Ronald Satkiewicz
Troy Gardner
Rudy Kremer
Michele Lekas
Bernardo Arias
VIOLAS
Wei-Ting Kuo
Catherine Brubaker
Beatrice Chen
Youming Chen
Sunghee Choi
Danny Lai
Weijing Michal
Max Raimi
CELLOS
Kenneth Olsen
Karen Basrak
Richard Hirschl
Noah Chen
Katinka Kleijn
Ji-Ye Kim
BASSES
Robert Kassinger
Ian Hallas
Christopher Polen
Theodore Gabrielides
FLUTES
Yevgeny Faniuk
Jennifer Gunn
OBOES
Lora Schaefer
Scott Hostetler
CLARINETS
Wagner Campos
Theresa Zick
Laurie Blanchet
BASSOONS
Carlos Clark
Edin Agamenoni
Nicholas Ritter
HORNS
Oto Carrillo
Susanna Gaunt
Daniel Gingrich
Dietrich Hemann
TRUMPETS
Tage Larsen
Rebecca Oliverio
Nettapong Veerapun
PERFORMANCE
TROMBONES
Michael Mulcahy
Felix Regalado
Charles Vernon
TUBA
Gene Pokorny
TIMPANI
Simon Gomez
PERCUSSION
Ian Ding
Edward Harrison
Ryan Kahlbaugh
Alan Stewart
HARP
Julia Coronelli
KEYBOARD
Kelly Karamonov
LIBRARIAN
Mark Swanson
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie
Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel
STAGE TECHNICIANS
Christopher Lewis
Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
Todd Snick
BEN
FOLDS & THE CSO
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
30, 2023
MAY
Presenting Sponsor
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following participants for generously supporting Corporate Night for the past thirty-two years, since its inception in 1990.
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 32nd Annual Corporate Night! On behalf of the Board and the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA), it is our pleasure to welcome you and to salute the strong partnership between the CSOA and Chicago’s corporate community. The funds raised here tonight support the CSOA’s artistic, educational, and community engagement programs.
In 1891, Chicago business leaders invited Theodore Thomas to establish this orchestra, driven by the strong belief that a great city needs great art. Since then, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has become an internationally celebrated ensemble reaching millions of music lovers around the world. Corporate Night not only celebrates today’s partners, but also the history of support from Chicago’s corporations since the Orchestra’s first season, 132 years ago. Although sponsorship may look different today, corporate philanthropy and leadership are essential parts of the past, present, and future of this organization.
Tonight, we proudly present the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award to Abbott in recognition of its outstanding support for the CSOA and exemplary civic engagement in the arts and in Chicago.
We thank the following major sponsors of the 32nd Annual Corporate Night: CIBC Private Wealth, ITW, Abbott, Helen and Sam † Zell, the TAWANI Foundation, Sidley Austin LLP, and United Airlines.
Frontline healthcare workers from across Chicago are joining us for tonight’s concert thanks to Gallery Sponsors Bank of America, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Jenner & Block LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, PNC Bank, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Thank you for joining us! We look forward to seeing you at Symphony Center again soon.
DAN SULLIVAN Managing Director, Head of Private Banking, CIBC Private Wealth CORPORATE NIGHT CHAIR
CSOA 32 ND ANNUAL CORPORATE NIGHT
KATHY NORDMEYER CORPORATE NIGHT EVENT CHAIR
† Deceased
TRACY STANCIEL CORPORATE NIGHT EVENT CHAIR
The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Committee
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BILL WARD President
SHARON MITCHELL President Elect
TRACY STANCIEL Vice President of Administration
KATHY NORDMEYER Secretary
CHRISTINE UHLIG Vice President of Events
SUE BRIDGE Vice President of Education
JANICE YOUNG Vice President of Membership
EILEEN CONAGHAN Vice President of Fundraising
MARY BETH DIETRICK Vice President of Finance
MARGO OBERMAN Vice President of Areas
TED TABE Chair of Strategic Planning and Technology
JOAN DATTEL, TRACY STANCIEL Members at Large
The League is a creative, vibrant, and dedicated group of over 250 members with an 89-year history of supporting the CSO. Members plan and produce fundraising and social events; implement outreach opportunities for adults and children; and support audience development. To learn more about the League of the CSOA, please visit cso.org/league.
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PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA BILL WARD
VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA EILEEN CONAGHAN
CORPORATE NIGHT EVENT CHAIRS KATHY NORDMEYER TRACY STANCIEL
Corporate Committee
CORPORATE NIGHT CHAIR
DANIEL E. SULLIVAN, JR.
CIBC Private Wealth
CORPORATE NIGHT COMMITTEE
H. RIGEL BARBER
JMB Realty Corporation
BRIAN FAHRNEY
Sidley Austin LLP
TOM KILROY
McKinsey & Company
SUSAN C. LEVY
Northern Trust
BRITT M. MILLER
Mayer Brown LLP
ELYSIA SOLOMON
Albertson’s
SCOTT C. SWANSON
PNC Bank
JEFFREY J. WEBB
Deloitte
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary generosity of its Corporate Night sponsors.
Presenting Sponsor
Guest Artist Sponsor
Production Sponsor and Honoree
Program Book Sponsor
Underwriting
Official Airline of the CSO
Lighting Sponsor
Reception Sponsor
Gallery Sponsors
Media Partners
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CORPORATE NIGHT
† Deceased
Corporate Participants and Donors
AAR CORP.
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Ariel Investments, LLC
Sarah & Larry Barden
Deloitte
Dentons
FeX Group of Companies
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.
McKinsey & Company
Event Patrons and Donors
Pamela and Cushman Andrews
Jill Blair
Sue and Nick Bridge
Aaron Buelow
Eileen Conaghan
Angela D’Aversa
Patrick and Jacqui Dewechter
Jason Flagg
K. Flens
Allisa Gamm
Lionel and Mary Go
John Head
Saul Juskaitis
Lucas Leavenworth
Mark Lingen
Steve and Amy Maslan
Cynthia Matre
Mesirow Financial
Northern Trust
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Scott & Kraus, LLC
Steve and Megan Shebik
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Jeffrey J. Webb & Catherine Yung
Jennifer & Marc Weinberg
William Blair & Company
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Claretta Meier
Sharon Mitchell
Mimi and Bob Murley
Nichole and Mike Nabasny
Kathy Nordmeyer
Anna and Ralph Orland
Lee Anne and Savit Pirl
Howard Snape
Mary Soleiman
Tracy Stanciel
Bill and Linda Ward
Patty and David Weber
Susan Wernecke
Barbara Wright-Pryor
Janice Young
Karen Zupko
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Above listing includes reservations received by May 22, 2023
2023 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award
In recognition of its outstanding support for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and exemplary civic engagement in the arts and in Chicago, the CSOA proudly honors Abbott at the 32nd Annual Corporate Night. We welcome special guest Robert B. Ford, Chairman and CEO, who receives the award on behalf of Abbott.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 7:30
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke Conductor
Ben Folds Piano and Vocals
simon The Block
BEN FOLDS AND THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CIBC Private Wealth is the Presenting Sponsor of Corporate Night. Abbott is the recipient of the 2023 Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award.
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Ben Folds’s program with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be announced from the stage.
Ben Folds Piano and Vocals
Born and raised in North Carolina, Ben Folds first rose to fame in the mid-1990s with Ben Folds Five, whose acerbic, genre-bending take on piano pop helped define an entire era of alternative rock. After scoring multiple hit singles and a gold record with the band, Folds launched his solo career in 2001, releasing a series of similarly acclaimed albums that would firmly establish him as one of the most ambitious and versatile songwriters of his generation.
In 2010, Folds teamed up with celebrated author Nick Hornby on a collaborative record titled Lonely Avenue; in 2014, he composed his first piano concerto; in 2015, he recorded an album with the classical ensemble yMusic; in 2017, he became the artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, where he began curating a series of performances marrying contemporary artists with symphonic orchestration; in 2019, he released his New York Times best-selling memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs; and in 2021, he launched the Lightning Bugs podcast, an interview series on creativity and process with guests as diverse as Jon Batiste, Sara Bareilles, Bob Saget, and Rainn Wilson.
As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, Folds also revealed himself to be a prolific photographer with gallery shows in the United States and Europe, appeared onscreen in films and television (most recently playing himself in three episodes of the hit Amazon Prime series The Wilds), composed music for a twenty-five-minute stage adaptation of Mo Willems’s Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (which premiered at the Kennedy Center), and serves on the boards of the Arts Action Fund, the Nashville Symphony, and Planet Word, a new immersive museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to celebrating the power of language.
Recorded in East Nashville with coproducer Joe Pisapia, Folds’s first new studio release in eight years, What Matters Most, is a bold, timely, and cinematic work— one that examines the tragic and the absurd in equal measure as it reckons with hope and despair, gratitude and loss, identity, and perspective.
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Steven Reineke Conductor
Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. Now in his second decade as music director of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, he also is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Houston and Toronto symphony orchestras.
Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Dallas, Detroit, and the Ravinia Festival.
On stage, Steven Reineke has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip-hop, R&B, Broadway, television, and rock, including Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Cynthia Erivo, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra—a first in the show’s history—in live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Reineke led the National Symphony Orchestra with hiphop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic on PBS’s Great Performances.
Reineke has created more than a hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra that have been featured worldwide and heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America by orchestras including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was written to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were respectively premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras. His numerous compositions for wind ensemble, published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company, are performed by concert bands worldwide.
A native of Ohio, Steven Reineke is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (2020 Distinguished Achievement Medal), where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras, and in September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra has deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists.
The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905—just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham.
Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Dynamic and innovative, the Stock years saw the founding of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the first training orchestra in the United States affiliated with a major symphony orchestra, in 1919. Stock also established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.
Three eminent conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski assumed the post in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík led the ensemble for three seasons from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered performance hallmarks. It was Reiner who invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For the five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.
Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time, and the CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction, along with numerous award-winning recordings. Solti then held
the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra for several weeks each season until his death in September 1997.
Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate in January 1989, and he became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, highly praised operatic productions at Orchestra Hall, numerous appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, twenty-one international tours, and the appointment of Duain Wolfe as the Chorus’s second director.
Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the Orchestra led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. Only two others have served as principal guest conductors: Carlo Maria Giulini, who appeared in Chicago regularly in the late 1950s, was named to the post in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Hilary Hahn became the CSO’s first Artist-in-Residence in 2021, a role that brings her to Chicago for multiple residencies each season.
Jessie Montgomery was appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence in 2021. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series.
The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.
Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label, include the Grammy Award–winning release of Verdi’s Requiem led by Riccardo Muti. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have earned sixty-four Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director
Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence
Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence
violins
Robert Chen Concertmaster
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an
anonymous benefactor
Stephanie Jeong
Associate Concertmaster
The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair
David Taylor*
Assistant Concertmaster
The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair
Yuan-Qing Yu* Assistant Concertmaster
So Young Bae
Cornelius Chiu
Gina DiBello
Kozue Funakoshi
Russell Hershow
Qing Hou
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Blair Milton §
Sando Shia
Susan Synnestvedt
Rong-Yan Tang ‡
Baird Dodge Principal
Lei Hou
Ni Mei
Hermine Gagné
Rachel Goldstein
Mihaela Ionescu
Sylvia Kim Kilcullen
Melanie Kupchynsky
Wendy Koons Meir
Joyce Noh
Nancy Park
Ronald Satkiewicz
Florence Schwartz
violas
Li-Kuo Chang § Assistant Principal
Catherine Brubaker
Beatrice Chen
Youming Chen
Sunghee Choi
Wei-Ting Kuo
Danny Lai
Weijing Michal
Diane Mues
Lawrence Neuman
Max Raimi
cellos
John Sharp Principal
The Eloise W. Martin Chair
Kenneth Olsen
Assistant Principal
The Adele Gidwitz Chair
Karen Basrak
The Joseph A. and Cecile
Renaud Gorno Chair
Loren Brown
Richard Hirschl
Daniel Katz
Katinka Kleijn
David Sanders
Gary Stucka
Brant Taylor
basses
Alexander Hanna Principal
The David and Mary Winton
Green Principal Bass Chair
Daniel Carson
Robert Kassinger ‡
Mark Kraemer
Stephen Lester
Bradley Opland
harp
Lynne Turner
flutes
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Principal
The Erika and Dietrich M.
Gross Principal Flute Chair
Yevgeny Faniuk Assistant Principal
Emma Gerstein
Jennifer Gunn
piccolo
Jennifer Gunn
The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair
oboes
William Welter Principal
The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair
Lora Schaefer
Assistant Principal
Scott Hostetler
english horn
Scott Hostetler
clarinets
Stephen Williamson Principal
John Bruce Yeh
Assistant Principal
Gregory Smith
e-flat clarinet
John Bruce Yeh
bassoons
Keith Buncke Principal
William Buchman
Assistant Principal
Miles Maner
contrabassoon
Miles Maner
horns
David Cooper Principal
Daniel Gingrich
Associate Principal
James Smelser
David Griffin
Oto Carrillo
Susanna Gaunt
trumpets
Esteban Batallán Principal
The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Mark Ridenour
Assistant Principal
John Hagstrom
The Bleck Family Chair
Tage Larsen
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair
trombones
Jay Friedman Principal
The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair
Michael Mulcahy
Charles Vernon
bass trombone
Charles Vernon
tuba
Gene Pokorny Principal
The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave
timpani
David Herbert Principal
The Clinton Family Fund Chair
Vadim Karpinos
Assistant Principal
percussion
Cynthia Yeh Principal
Patricia Dash
Vadim Karpinos
James Ross
librarians
Peter Conover Principal
Carole Keller
Mark Swanson
cso fellow
Gabriela Lara Violin
orchestra personnel
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel
stage technicians
Christopher Lewis Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
Todd Snick
The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola, Gilchrist Foundation, and Louise H. Benton Wagner chairs currently are unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Board of Trustees
OFFICERS
Mary Louise Gorno Chair
Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair
Steven Shebik Vice Chair
Helen Zell Vice Chair
Renée Metcalf Treasurer
Jeff Alexander President
Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board
Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer
Dale Hedding Vice President for Development
HONORARY TRUSTEES
The Honorable Lori Lightfoot, Honorary Chair
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
TRUSTEES
John Aalbregtse
Peter J. Barack
H. Rigel Barber
Randy Lamm Berlin
Roderick Branch
Kay Bucksbaum
Robert J. Buford
Johannes Burlin
Leslie Henner Burns
Debra A. Cafaro
Marion A. Cameron-Gray
George P. Colis
Keith S. Crow
Stephen V. D’Amore
Timothy A. Duffy
Brian W. Duwe
Charles Emmons, Jr.*
Judith E. Feldman*
Graham C. Grady
John Holmes
Lori Julian
Neil T. Kawashima
Geraldine Keefe
Donna L. Kendall
Thomas G. Kilroy
Randall S. Kroszner
Patty Lane
Susan C. Levy
Vikram Luthar
Renée Metcalf
Britt M. Miller
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
Mary Pivirotto Murley
Sylvia Neil
Gerald Pauling
Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker
Dr. Don M. Randel
Dr. Mohan Rao
Burton X. Rosenberg
Kristen C. Rossi
E. Scott Santi
Steven Shebik
Marlon R. Smith
Walter Snodell
Dr. Eugene Stark
Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr.
Scott Swanson
Nasrin Thierer
Liisa Thomas
Terrence J. Truax
Frederick H. Waddell
William Ward*
Paul S. Watford
Craig R. Williams
Robert Wislow
Ann Marie Wright
Helen Zell
Gifford R. Zimmerman
LIFE TRUSTEES
William Adams IV
Mrs. Robert A. Beatty
Arnold M. Berlin
Laurence O. Booth
William G. Brown
Dean L. Buntrock
Bruce E. Clinton
Richard Colburn
Richard H. Cooper
Anthony T. Dean
Debora de Hoyos
Charles Douglas
John A. Edwardson
Thomas J. Eyerman
James B. Fadim
David W. Fox, Sr.
Richard J. Franke †
Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
H. Laurance Fuller †
Mrs. Robert W. Galvin
Paul C. Gignilliat
Joseph B. Glossberg
Richard C. Godfrey
William A. Goldstein
Mary Louise Gorno
Howard L. Gottlieb
Chester A. Gougis
Mary Winton Green
Dietrich Gross
David P. Hackett
Joan W. Harris
John H. Hart
Thomas C. Heagy
Jay L. Henderson
Mrs. Roger B. Hull †
Judith A. Istock
William R. Jentes
Paul R. Judy
Richard B. Kapnick
Donald G. Kempf, Jr.
George D. Kennedy †
Mrs. John C. Kern
Robert Kohl
Josef Lakonishok
Charles Ashby Lewis
Eva F. Lichtenberg
John S. Lillard
Donald G. Lubin †
John F. Manley
Ling Z. Markovitz
R. Eden Martin
Arthur C. Martinez
Judith W. McCue
Lester H. McKeever
David E. McNeel
John D. Nichols
James J. O’Connor
William A. Osborn
Mrs. Albert Pawlick
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
John M. Pratt
Dr. Irwin Press
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Jerry Rose
Frank A. Rossi
Earl J. Rusnak, Jr.
Cynthia M. Sargent †
John R. Schmidt
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Robert C. Spoerri
Carl W. Stern
William H. Strong
Louis C. Sudler, Jr.
Richard L. Thomas
Richard P. Toft
Penny Van Horn
Paul R. Wiggin
* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of May 2023
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Symphony Ball SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
5:30 PM Exclusive preconcert reception
6:30 PM Concert
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
GIORDANO Intermezzo from Fedora
PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
LEONCAVALLO Intermezzo from Pagliacci
VERDI Overture to Giovanna d’Arco
Gala package guests will enjoy postconcert dinner and dancing at the Four Seasons immediately following the concert.
For tickets, call 312-294-3185 or email symphonyball@cso.org.
This is a fundraising project of
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Members of the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association are passionate ambassadors, volunteering through a wide range of activities. Since 1934, the League has worked behind the scenes to serve and support our renowned institution.
The League offers many musical education programs for youth and adults alike, creates fundraising events that top the million-dollar mark, hosts diverse and elegant salons and seminars, and showcases opportunities to meet a global assortment of musicians, conductors, and artists.
Whether your goal is concert subscriber, program planner, project leader, financial supporter, or all-round volunteer, the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association needs you. With audiences around the globe, music will always be the universal language. Help spread the word by becoming part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association family.
cso.org/
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league
SAVE THE DATE!
Shaken, Not Stirred
33rd Annual Corporate Night
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Morris Russell conductor
Capathia Jenkins vocals
7:30 PM Concert
More event details to follow
Enjoy a concert featuring iconic music from the ageless James Bond movie franchise, including hits from Skyfall, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and more. John Morris Russell conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra alongside Broadway star and vocal powerhouse Capathia Jenkins in this salute to the notorious secret agent.
JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL
CAPATHIA JENKINS
Presenting Sponsor
The music and programs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association enrich our city’s cultural landscape, inspire with musical excellence and innovative collaboration and transform lives through education.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s Music Together campaign aims to raise $23.5 million during the 2022/23 Season.
Thanks to a generous grant, all gifts made by June 30 will be matched.
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