Program Book - A Notes for Peace Celebration

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 7:00

A NOTES FOR PEACE CELEBRATION

Kyle Dickson Conductor

Musicians from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Musicians from the Irene Taylor Trust

Families of Purpose Over Pain

Journey Allison Vocals

Leah Dexter Vocals

Simbryt Dortch Vocals

Meagan McNeal Vocals

Sarah Ponder Vocals

Sarah Vander Ploeg Vocals

Hilary Hahn Violin

Your Smile

For Markhi Darius Banks

By Tonya Thomas, Rob Willson, and Charles Stuart

SIMBRYT

DORTCH, TONYA THOMAS

Love You More than Life

For John Allen Kendrick III

By Kimberly Porter, Stephen Porter, Hee Yeon Kim, Hugo Saavedra, and Lindsey Sharpe

MEAGAN MCNEAL

Healed and Free

For Clarence W. and Kimani C. Whalum

By Traci Rogers, Ben Foerster, Marian Mayuga, and Nelson Mendoza

SIMBRYT DORTCH, TRACI ROGERS

Myles of Smiles / Kaylyn

For Myles Frazier and Kaylyn “Kayla” Nicole

Myles of Smiles by Aimee Giles and Sara Lee

Kaylyn by Alan Scott, Rex Horan, and Sara Lee

SARAH VANDER PLOEG

Old Soul

For Marquise Richardson

By Ashley Adams, Hilary Hahn, and Sara Lee

LEAH DEXTER, HILARY HAHN

One Red Rose

For Archie Lee Chambers, Jr.

By Anthanette Marshbanks, Rex Horan, and Sara Lee

SARAH PONDER, ANTHANETTE MARSHBANKS

This concert is generously sponsored by Paul and Lisa Wiggin.

What If?

For Terrell “Rello” Marquis’ Bosley

By Pamela

Bosley, Tommie Bosley, and Roslyn Green

MEAGAN MCNEAL

Peace and Love, Coby

For Decolbie “Coby” Esco, Sr.

By Diana

Pierce and Joshua Fink

JOURNEY ALLISON, DIANA PIERCE, SARAH PONDER

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

For Matthew Rodgers, Jr.

By Celeste Campbell, Queenie Edwards, Roslyn Green, Juan Olivares, and Pei-yeh Tsai

MEAGAN MCNEAL, CELESTE CAMPBELL

Prince Among Men

For Nahmar “Prince Nemo” Trevell Holmes

By Evangelist Harriett Holmes, Sara Lee, and Rex Horan

SARAH PONDER, EVANGELIST HARRIETT HOLMES

A Song for Terrell

For Terrell “Rello” Marquis’ Bosley and All the Precious Angels of Purpose Over Pain

By Trevon Bosley and Joshua Fink

LEAH DEXTER, HILARY HAHN

Chicago, Stand Up!

For Israel “Izzy” Aragon, Jr.

By The Aragon Family, Rebecca Boelzner, Quinn Delaney, John Heffernan, Alexandria Hoffman, and Laura Pitkin

SIMBRYT DORTCH, MEAGAN MCNEAL, LEAH DEXTER, SARAH PONDER, SARAH VANDER PLOEG, JOURNEY ALLISON

There will be no intermission.

Program subject to change.

Videos by Green River Films

Portraits by Todd Rosenberg

This concert is generously sponsored by Paul and Lisa Wiggin.

The 2023–24 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.

Support for the 2023–24 Notes for Peace Program is provided by the Clinton Family Fund, Megan and Steve Shebik, Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs, John D. and Leslie Henner Burns, and an anonymous donor.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Angels of Purpose Over Pain Memorialized Through Notes for Peace

Alex Mojica

Alexandria Imani Burgos

Anthony Sutton

Antwjuan Goldsmith

Archie Lee Chambers, Jr.

Arian Jason Smith

Blair D. Holt

Brandon M. Webb

Cedric Jordan

Cerron McPeak

Charlesquille E. Ballard

Christopher Kyle Johnson

Christopher Reeves

Clarence W. Whalum

Corey Wallace

Cortney L. Foy

Damien Purnell

Dariel Donnell Idleburg

Darion Marquez Williams

Darius L. Parish

Dean Stansberry II

DeColbie “Coby” Esco, Sr.

Dee Jay Rodriguez

Demetrius Jordan

Deontae Montre’al Smith

Deonte Hoard

Deron Collins, Jr.

Dominique Ryan Willis

Edwin Jordan Cook

Ellis Peal

Emanuel M. Williams

Eric Gibson

Erica Gibson

Erin Xavier Carey

Imario Maganda Ballard

Ireal C. Mitchell

Isaiah Noel Rodriguez

Isiah Scott

Israel “Izzy” Aragon, Jr.

Janari A. Ricks

Javier Burch

Jaya Beemon

Jeffrey “Jay” Xavier Butler, Jr.

Jeremiah Lee Parker

Jeremiah Sterling

John Allen Kendrick III

John Bolden

John Lewis Cater, Jr.

Johnny Baldwin

Joseph C. Graves

Kaylyn “Kayla” Nicole

Kelei Rujhun Jackson

Kenneth D. Mitchell, Jr.

Kenneth Lamar Anthony, Jr.

Kenneth Wallace

Keshawn “Booman” Slaughter

Kewon D. Vilella

Kimani C. Whalum

Kirk Anthony Morgan

Korey Bonteiz Parker, Sr.

Kristopher Ward

Lewis Funches

Lewis Ross

Marc N. Williams, Jr.

Markhi Darius Banks

Marquise Richardson

Matthew A. Cannon

Matthew Rodgers, Jr.

Maurice Hunter IV

Michael Nathan Rudolph

Michael Octavius Bell

Myles Frazier

Nahmar “Prince Nemo” Trevell Holmes

Neal “Bobo” David Sumrell

Neftali Buzzo Reyes, Jr.

Peter Lee Jackson

Priest Jakil Young

Ramon Breceda, Jr.

Rashad Verner

Robert “Rob Base” Lawrence Porter, Jr.

Robert Julian White

Rolanda Lakesia Marshall

Romaine De’Shun May

Ronald Wiley

Ronnie Roper, Jr.

Ryan Deandre Hatchett, Sr.

Salvador Johnathan Chavez

Sean Anthony Cater

Shavon Latrice Dean

Tacarrene Byneteze Scott

Terrell “Rello” Bosley

Terrence “Lil T” Bruce Williams

Terrence DeShon Lipsey

Terrence Odell

Thomas “Tommy” R. Lee

Timothy M. Hill

Tomás K. Hughes

Tre’ja Kelley

Tremayne T. Henderson

Tyesa Cherry Abney

Tyler Angelo Randolph

Tyrone “Skilla” White

Zaire Nelson

In loving memory of Anna Edwards, Larry Purnell, and Vera Smith, who were Purpose

Notes for Peace

Music, like time, is often referred to as a healer, a balm for the soul. The Negaunee Music Institute is in its seventh year of a program that makes this axiom a reality for Chicago families that have suffered unimaginable loss due to gun violence.

Called Notes for Peace, this program empowers people to express their emotions, honor their loved ones, and process grief as they seek healing through songwriting. One hundred songs have been written since the project began in 2018.

Notes for Peace is one of several initiatives developed in partnership with the UK-based Irene Taylor Trust. Their initial collaboration in 2013 was a songwriting project with young men at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. A year later, the Irene Taylor Trust’s artistic director, Sara Lee, returned to spearhead the Negaunee Music Institute’s participation in the Lullaby Project, a program of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall that helps young parents write lullabies for their children. With Lee and project leader Rex Horan’s guidance, the Institute partnered with the non-profit support group Purpose Over Pain, beginning in 2018, to lead songwriting sessions for families affected by gun violence in Chicago and to establish Notes for Peace. The songs composed during these sessions over the years have been performed by professional singers at live concerts and recorded at Chicago Recording Company.

The first Concert for Peace, in June 2017, was a collaboration among the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Negaunee Music Institute, the CSO’s former Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, and St. Sabina Church in the AustinGresham neighborhood. This concert featured Ma with CSO and Civic Orchestra of Chicago members playing symphonic arrangements of participants’ songs. The Negaunee Music Institute has continued these powerful concerts at other venues, such as Austin Town Hall, Epiphany Center for the Arts, and Symphony Center, and in a series of music videos as a result of the pandemic, when public concerts were not possible.

A video produced by Green River Films poignantly captures the transformational process for both the grieving families and the Civic musicians who participate in Notes for Peace. The film depicts families seeing their memories take the form of a meaningful musical tribute as they share deeply personal stories, feelings,

and reflections with the Civic Fellows. In turn, the musicians develop lyrics and melodies with the families until a complete, orchestrated song is created. Finally, one sees that these songs are performed by an amazing group of singers and instrumentalists, recorded, and made available—along with the songs’ lyrics and photos of those who mourn and their loved ones—on the website notesforpeace.org. While the chief goal of Notes for Peace is to serve the families of Purpose Over Pain, the project has expanded the skills of participating Civic Fellows by introducing them to new ways to apply their musicianship.

“We’ve learned over the years that collaborative songwriting is an effective method for community engagement,” said Jonathan McCormick, director of education and NMI, “and we’ve become passionate about responding to the precipitous gun violence in our city. Music is one of the resources we can offer.”

The Negaunee Music Institute is committed to serving the families of victims of gun violence through the important work of Notes for Peace. In the wake of ongoing violence in Chicago, the need for emotional support, advocacy for peace, and activism remains. This music gives comfort to those who seek healing and voices to those who need to be heard.

notesforpeace.org

Purpose Over Pain

Purpose Over Pain was formed in 2007 by several Chicago area parents who lost their children to gun violence, providing these and other family members affected by violence a literal purpose to be effective in preventing gun violence over merely living with the pain. The organization provides positive development activities for children and youth, advocates for and promotes safer communities, and strengthens families by providing crisis support to parents or guardians whose children have been victims of gun violence. Notes for Peace, among its other initiatives, offers a platform to sensitize the community about the painful effects of gun violence, brings awareness to common-sense preventive solutions, and provides a safe and enjoyable atmosphere for our youth, parents, and members of the community.

The 2023–24 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Artist-inResidence position, held by Hilary Hahn, is made possible through a generous gift from James and Brenda Grusecki.

PROFILES

Kyle Dickson Conductor

American conductor

Kyle Dickson has built a reputation as an inspiring and compelling presence on the podium. In 2023, Dickson was named assistant conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the Memphis Symphony Youth Orchestra. The recipient of the 2021 Grant Park Music Festival Advocate for Arts Award, the Concert Artists Guild’s (CAG) Richard S. Weinert Award, and the Joel Revzen Conducting Fellowship, Dickson is also a recent Salonen Conducting Fellow with the San Francisco Symphony and the Colburn School under the guidance of its music director, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Appointed assistant conductor of the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles in 2021, Dickson has appeared as guest conductor with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, San Francisco, Oakland, Wichita, and the National Symphony (Washington, D.C.). In 2023–24, he returns to the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and makes debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, and the Pasadena, Portland (Maine), and Marin symphony orchestras. Other recent highlights include appearances with the Festival Orchestra Napa and collaborations with acclaimed artists including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Reena Esmail, Alexander Malofeev, and Pablo Sáinz-Villegas.

Passionate about music education and diverse representation in the arts, Dickson has worked regularly with many youth ensembles including the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Ravinia’s El Sistema Program, and the Colburn School’s Academy Virtuosi. This season, he appears as guest conductor with both the 2022 ILMEA District 9 Senior Orchestra Festival and the Chicago Youth in Music Festival Orchestra.

Hilary Hahn Violin

Three-time Grammy Award–winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a repertoire guided by artistic curiosity. Hahn is a prolific recording artist and commissioner of new works; her twenty-three feature recordings have received every critical prize. She is in her third season as the first-ever Chicago Symphony Orchestra Artist-inResidence, the New York Philharmonic’s Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence, visiting artist at the Juilliard School, and curating artist of the Dortmund Festival.

This season, Hahn performs concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Korngold, and Ginastera, as well as Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy. She also

gives several small-ensemble performances, including three solo recitals, recitals with Iveta Apkalna and Seth Parker Woods, and chamber-music concerts in Dortmund and Chicago.

Hahn related to her fans naturally from the start of her career. She has committed to signings after nearly every concert and maintains a collection of fan art received over the past twenty-five years. Hahn’s Bring Your Own Baby concerts create a welcoming environment for parents of infants to share their enjoyment of classical music with their children. Her social-media initiative, #100daysofpractice, has transformed practice into a community-building celebration of artistic development, with nearly one million posts from fellow performers and students.

Hilary Hahn is a prolific recording artist, whose feature albums on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Sony have all opened in the top-ten of the Billboard charts; three have won Grammys. Her most recent, a recording of Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin, celebrates her artistic lineage. She is the recipient of numerous awards: most recently, she was named Musical America’s 2023 Artist of the Year, delivered the keynote speech of the Women in Classical Music Symposium, and received the 2021 Herbert von Karajan Award and the Glasshütte Original Music Festival Award, which she donated to music-education nonprofit Project 440.

Journey Allison Vocals

Journey Allison is a musician and singersongwriter from the South Side of Chicago. Growing up in church and being surrounded by music her whole life, she began her career in music while still a student. She was a member of the St. Sabina Church Youth Choir, where she shared the stage with many musical icons across a variety of genres, including Jennifer Hudson, Michelle Williams, Dave Koz, and Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago Choir, among others. One of the first vocalists to be part of the Notes for Peace project, which launched in 2018, she sang alongside world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. This was a shifting point, allowing her to see how making music in the community with other like-minded people could leave a profound impact.

Journey Allison is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music performance at Iowa Wesleyan University, with an emphasis on trumpet, voice, and piano and a minor in business administration. Committed to a career in the arts, she is currently working on her first recorded single, entitled “With You,” which is scheduled to be released this spring. She also is employed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, where she continues to unite her passion for music composition with arts administration.

Leah Dexter Vocals

American mezzosoprano Leah Dexter is praised for both her vocal and dramatic prowess. She performs opera, oratorio, musical theater, art song, chamber music, and contemporary works with equal verve and success. This season, she performs as alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah at University of Chicago and in Chicago Opera Theater’s production of Shostakovich’s The Nose and workshop performance of The Weight of Light by Gillian Rae Perry. Last season, Dexter was seen as alto soloist in debuts with several orchestras in the Chicago area: Handel’s Messiah with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra; Garrop’s Terra Nostra with the Northwestern University Symphony and Choirs, to be released by Cedille Records this spring; Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra; Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago; and Dett’s The Ordering of Moses with the Elgin Master Chorale and Orchestra. She also debuted two opera roles, Siegrune in Detroit Opera’s updated The Valkyries (Wagner’s Die Walküre) and Mrs. Herring in Britten’s Albert Herring with Chicago Opera Theater.

A native of Detroit, Michigan, Leah Dexter first studied violin, cello, and ballet and went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s of music degrees from

the University of Michigan, receiving the Willis Patterson Diversity Award on her graduation.

Simbryt Dortch Vocals

For as long as she can remember, Simbryt Dortch has known she was destined to sing. Since her first solo in the church choir at the age of two, her path to success has broadened. Her experience in the entertainment industry has taken her to many places, including Star Search (two-time Teen Vocalist Champion), the Apollo Theater in New York, and WGCI-FM Home Jam as a two-time winner in her hometown of Chicago. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago, Dortch earned a bachelor’s degree in music with a concentration in theater and vocal performance. Over the years, her star has continued to rise not only as a soloist but also as a background-vocals performer and studio singer for some of music’s top artists, including Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, Seal, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Faith Hill, Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, R. Kelly, and Diana Ross. In addition to her roles as singer and songwriter, Dortch has also acquired actress, model, jingle singer, voiceover artist, playwright, and instructor. For more than twenty-eight years, her image and voice have been seen and heard through print and film and in television and radio commercials

for such companies as McDonald’s, Disney, and Proctor and Gamble. Her talent has also been showcased in solo and group performances on various projects for Oprah Winfrey.

Meagan McNeal Vocals

Meagan McNeal brings her own sunshine to every performance, combining a passion for people with a powerful voice that effortlessly spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, hip-hop, rock, and classical music. A native of Chicago, the singer/songwriter has lent her signature vocal style and radiant personality to collaborations with a diverse range of artists and ensembles, including Makaya McCraven, Common, the O’Jays, Eminem, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Following the 2014 release of her debut album, Mindset, McNeal showcased her soaring vocals for a national audience on NBC’s The Voice in 2017. Mentored by Jennifer Hudson while on the show, she has since performed across the United States and Europe. In 2019 a viral video of McNeal singing house music on an El train in Chicago led to an appearance on the Kelly Clarkson Show.

McNeal has performed in the Notes for Peace concerts since 2018, and in 2022 she also appeared with members of the CSO, conductor Andrew

Grams, and children’s rocker Justin Roberts in the ensemble’s school and family concerts.

Meagan McNeal is a 2023 Hyde Park Jazz Festival Artist Corps Fellow and the recipient of a 2020 grant from 3Arts. She is also the proud mother of two boys and the founding owner of Pink Elephant Creatives, an event-planning and talent-staffing agency. Her most recent album, Greenhouse, was released this fall.

Sarah Ponder Vocals

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Ponder enjoys a busy career as a soloist and ensemble singer with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago a cappella, Music of the Baroque, and many others. Some of her favorite performances include two featured solo appearances with the Grant Park Music Festival; playing Julia Child in performances of Lee Hoiby’s hilarious one-woman opera, Bon Appetit!; and a rousing rendition of “Row, Row Your Boat” with Yo-Yo Ma at Children’s Memorial Hospital as part of her ongoing work with the Citizen Musician Initiative. She is also featured on a recording for Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project in partnership with the CSO, helping young parents to create original lullabies.

PROFILES

Through her outreach at Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ponder has performed as soloist in concerts with former CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti at the piano. In addition to being featured in these performances, she has also helped to bring opera and classical music to new audiences, appearing with Opera for the Young, the Opera Divas, Lyric Unlimited, and recitals through the Musicians Club of Women.

A dedicated teacher and member of the National Association of the Teachers of Singing, Sarah Ponder holds a faculty position at Loyola University. Her work as a technique model is also featured in the award-winning pedagogy book Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers.

Sarah Vander Ploeg Vocals

Sarah Vander Ploeg is an administrator, educator, and performer who is passionate about increasing equity in the arts. Originally from New Jersey, Sarah holds degrees in public policy and vocal performance from Princeton, the Royal Academy of Music (London), and Northwestern University. She is grateful

that music has brought her around the world, from studying post-apartheid arts reform in South Africa, to singing at the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Vienna, to participating in choral workshops in Guatemala.

Performance highlights include the world premiere of a staged work by Gary Fry with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; “Une bête” in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges with Esa Pekka Salonen and the CSO; Stella/Muse in Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s Tales of Hoffmann: Retold; solo turns at the Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall; Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream with Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Lake Forest Civic Orchestra.

Currently a CMPI project manager at the Merit School of Music, she previously was coordinator of school and community partnerships for the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where among many duties she developed the Civic Orchestra Mentors program, training and coordinating sustained mentorship of instrumental music students throughout Chicago Public Schools. She is also the soprano member and deputy executive director of Fourth Coast Ensemble, Chicago’s classical vocal quartet.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Since 1919, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago has been one of the nation’s premier orchestral training programs for emerging professionals. Benefiting from a unique alliance with the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic members refine their skills under the guidance of musicians of the CSO and Principal Conductor

Ken-David Masur, as well as numerous guest artists who visit Symphony Center each season.

The Civic Orchestra is a signature program of the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO. The Negaunee Music Institute shares the extraordinary musical resources of the CSO, creating connections to music for individuals and communities in Chicago and across the world.

A Notes for Peace Celebration: Artist Roster

Aailia Hanif Flute, Civic Fellow

James Kim Oboe, Civic Orchestra Member

Juan Olivares Clarinet and Alto Saxophone, Civic Fellow Alum

Nina Laube Bassoon, Civic Fellow

Jacob Medina Horn, Civic Orchestra Member

Hugo Saavedra Trombone, Civic Fellow

John Heffernan Violin, Civic Fellow Alum

Marian Mayuga Violin, Civic Fellow

Teddy Shenkman Viola, Civic Fellow Alum

Francisco Malespin Cello, Civic Fellow

Josh Fink Double Bass, Civic Orchestra Alum

Rex Horan Piano, Guest Artist

Matt Gold Guitars, Guest Artist

Ben Foerster Electric Bass, Civic Fellow

Darin Nicholson Electric Bass, Guest Artist

Greg Artry Drums, Guest Artist

Charlie Gillette Percussion, Civic Orchestra Member

Sara Lee Percussion, Guest Artist

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Enid Goubeaux

Mrs. Susan Hammond

Dr. Robert A. Harris

Mr. David Helverson

Clifford Hollander and Sharon Flynn Hollander

Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger

Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin

Mr. Ray Jones

Charles Katzenmeyer

Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer

Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordan

Ms. Foo Choo Lee

Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin

Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus

Timothy Lubenow

Sharon L. Manuel

Rosa and Peter McCullagh

Mr. & Mrs. William McNally

Robert O. Middleton

Stephen W. and Kathleen J. Miller

Geoffrey R. Morgan

Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.

Lewis Nashner

William H. Nichols

Ms. Sylvette Nicolini

Edward and Gayla Nieminen

Mr. Bruce Oltman

Ms. Joan Pantsios

Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler

Ms. Dona Perry

James † and Sharon Phillips

Christine and Michael Pope

Quinlan & Fabish

Mr. George Quinlan

Susan Rabe

Dr. Hilda Richards

Dr. Edward Riley

Mary K. Ring

Christina Romero and Rama Kumanduri

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross

Mr. David Samson

Peter Schauer

Mr. David M. Schiffman

Barbara and Lewis Schneider

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette

Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott

† Deceased

Mr. Rahul and Mrs. Shobha Shah

Mr. & Mrs. James Shapiro

Dr. Rebecca Sherrick

Mr. Larry Simpson

Dr. Sabine Sobek

Ms. Denise Stauder

Mrs. Pamela Stepansky

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky

Donna Stroder

Sharon Swanson

Dr. Douglas Vaughan

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waxman

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman

Joni Williams

Jane Stroud Wright

ENDOWED FUNDS

Anonymous (3)

Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund

Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund

CNA

The Davee Foundation

Frank Family Fund

Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund

Jennifer Amler Goldstein Fund, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein

Mary Winton Green

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement

Richard A. Heise

Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund

Julian Family Foundation Fund

The Kapnick Family

Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust

The Malott Family School Concerts Fund

The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Negaunee Foundation

Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends

Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund

Toyota Endowed Fund

The Wallace Foundation

Zell Family Foundation

Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

Gifts listed as of December 2023