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A welcoming message from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Zell Music Director
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A welcoming message from Board of Trustees Chair Helen Zell and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander
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Family Reunion
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Meet the Musicians
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Our Donors and Volunteers
Riccardo Muti, now in his twelfth season as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, returns to his musical family in Chicago.
Profiles featuring the CSO’s new Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery and Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn
Recognition of our generous donors and volunteers
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below: 2021 program highlights include solo appearances with the Orchestra for Principal Cello John Sharp (left) on October 14–17 and CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen (right) on November 4–6.
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a note from riccardo muti zell music director
The word emotional is not enough to express what it is to be reunited with my musical family, my friends. Music is not only a profession for us; it is our mission. It touches our souls and activates our intellectual curiosity. It improves the health of our minds and, in so doing, cultivates the health of our society. As musicians, our work is never finished. We know the notes, but it is what is behind the notes that is most important: a mystery that will never be discovered but one always worth pursuing. This is why we return to the works of the great composers and explore new music—both “ I T IS WHAT IS BEHIND THE NOTES contemporary music and music that has been neglected and merits our attention. THAT IS MOST These different voices express aspects of our humanity that should be heard, for we IMPORTANT.” all seek the spiritual healing of culture. We live in a modern world where the value of human connection must be celebrated. This season will be the beginning of a new future for the Orchestra, for Chicago, for the world.
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We are delighted to welcome you to Symphony Center for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 131st season. For musicians and audience alike, hearing the powerful sound of the full orchestra again within these walls symbolizes a profound and longed-for return to cultural life. Leading this homecoming is Riccardo Muti, the CSO’s Zell Music Director. Happy to be reuniting with the musicians in person, as you can read in Phillip Huscher’s article on page 6, Muti returns to Chicago to perform works that showcase the strengths of their artistic collaboration. His three weeks of opening concerts feature beloved works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, as well as compositions receiving their first CSO performances. These opening programs set the tone for a season designed to be a joyful reunion and a celebration of beautiful sound, as well as a resounding of all voices. In addition to concerts with Muti, the Orchestra is joined by distinguished guest conductors and soloists, including the CSO’s new Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen and Principal Cello John Sharp also appear as soloists this fall. Special programmatic focal points this fall include the world premieres of CSO-commissioned works by Magnus Lindberg and Gabriela Lena Frank, as well as performances marking centenary moments of the composers Sergei Prokofiev and Astor Piazzolla— anniversaries celebrated on both CSO and Symphony Center Presents concerts. The Symphony Center Presents series welcomes violinist Leonidas Kavakos and pianist Yuja Wang in a duo recital, and pianists Lang Lang and Daniil Trifonov in solo performances. Quintetto Astor Piazzolla makes its Symphony Center debut to celebrate its namesake’s anniversary. In addition, Thomas Wilkins returns to the podium to conduct the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and CSO for Kids concerts. November 1 marks the opening program of the CSO’s MusicNOW, curated by the recently appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery. Thank you for once again making live music part of your life, and for your unyielding support during the pandemic. We promise a season of memorable performances that will heighten your senses, lift your spirits, and collectively enrich our lives.
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Family Reunion Riccardo Muti, now in his twelfth season as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, returns to his musical family in Chicago By Phillip Huscher
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n September 19, when Riccardo Muti arrived at O’Hare International Airport, where for years he has entertained the surprising questions of customs agents (“Are you a dancer?”), he had been away from Chicago for 574 days. Even at a time when everything about the life of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was unprecedented, such a protracted separation of the music director and his musicians was exceptional, and Muti’s return had long been awaited,
arguably by no one more than Muti himself. “The word is emotional,” Muti said in anticipation over the summer, “but it’s not enough to express the moment when I will be onstage and have again my entire musical family—and my friends, because in all these years, the musicians have been my friends also.” He would try, he said, to give the impression that this estrangement had not existed—that it had been only days since he last led the Orchestra, in an urgent, impassioned
op p os i te pag e : Seen here is Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti taking the stage with gusto at a concert on October 2, 2014. th i s pag e , to p to b ot to m: Seen here are two photos from one of their last performances together on February 20, 2020, before the pandemic closures. The concert included the world premiere of a CSO-commission, Ophelia’s Tears, by Nicolas Bacri and performed by CSO clarinet J. Lawrie Bloom, and Beethoven’s Second and Fifth symphonies. Muti’s baton and glasses rest on an instrument case backstage. P H OTOS BY TO DD RO S E NB E RG UN LESS OTH ERWISE N OTED
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performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony that in fact took place on February 23, 2020. But already, by mid-July, only days before celebrating his eightieth birthday, Muti knew that despite his lifelong reputation as a man who does not show his emotions, he would be unable to hide “how much I love the Chicago Symphony, the musicians, the hall, the city.” In those nineteen months away from Chicago, Muti slackened his interaction with musicmaking, but never let up. Unflagging dedication is one of the hallmarks of his career—a life, he says, that has been so consumed with studying scores, rehearsing, and giving concerts that it has often left time for little else. “At this point,” he said at the thought of turning eighty, “it is
not the age that worries me; it is the fact that I would like to have some new experiences in life.” Today, Muti is still in fighting form. He insists he can run like a forty-year-old, which any of the Chicago musicians who have raced him down the hundred-foot hallway outside his dressing room can attest. And his energy is unflagging. Characteristically, the morning after his birthday on July 28—Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared it “Riccardo Muti Day” in Chicago—he sped off to Rome, to conduct the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra at the first-ever G20 cultural summit, convened to underline the role the arts play in the health of the global economy, as well as in daily life. The day after that, he was feted in Naples, where he once studied at the storied conservatory, and was given the Guido Dorso Prize, just one in a long line of awards he has received during the pandemic for his influential advocacy of art. In the first months of the pandemic, Muti stayed at home in Ravenna, Italy, studying the
top to bot to m : Riccardo Muti led the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra in a concert hosted by Italian President Sergio Mattarella on July 29, 2021, at the Quirinale Palace in Rome during the G20 Cultural Ministers’ meeting. Photo courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com | Muti conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in performances of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis at the 2021 Salzburg Festival. Photo by Marco Borrelli, courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com
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complex and mysterious pages of Beethoven’s monumental Missa solemnis, which he had intended to conduct for the first time in Chicago in September 2020—an honor that went instead to the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival this August. As expected, those performances, in the legendary Grosses Festspielhaus, proved to be a highlight of Muti’s illustrious career and a capstone of his fifty-year relationship with the Vienna orchestra: the New York Times called the concert “radiant, intense, dignified, grand.” In Salzburg, Muti received the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for services to the Republic of Austria, the government’s highest award to a civilian. As Helga Rabi-Stadler, the festival president said, “His high musicality, his passion, his relentless claim to perfection make him an impressive constant in a cultural landscape threatened by superficial events.” It was with the Vienna Philharmonic that Muti had marked his return to the podium, before a small invited audience, in June 2020, after four months of lockdown with his family and a stack of musical scores. Later that month, when he opened the Ravenna Festival with the Cherubini Orchestra in his hometown’s Rocca Brancaleone, a fifteenth-century fortress, it was widely publicized as the first live performance given by an orchestra in Italy since the pandemic began. That gesture set the key for Muti’s own agenda over the next months—active and authoritative at a time many musicians remained silent— demonstrating again and again the universal need for the spiritual food of culture. He and the young Cherubini musicians—he founded the orchestra in 2004—performed all over Italy—in Spoleto, where he publicly presented a prize to
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one of Italy’s heroic frontline nurses; in Rome’s Quirinale Palace, in a program designed to honor the seven-hundredth anniversary of Dante’s death; in the Apennine hill town of Marradi, where he reopened the restored Teatro degli Animosi. Muti also ventured further afield—to the Salzburg Festival, with which he enjoys a close, half-century relationship; to Yerevan, Armenia, for the most recent installment in his annual Roads of Friendship project; to Japan for the latest edition of his Italian Opera Academy, focused on Verdi’s Macbeth; and, for the sixth time, he led the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day concert, which reaches a larger audience on television than any other classical music event each year. Chicago was never far from his mind. He sent messages to the members of the Orchestra (one, delivered as a holiday greeting, was a video of him playing Schubert’s touching Kupelwieser Waltz at the piano in his Ravenna studio). He hosted “virtual” coaching sessions for Chicago
op p os i te pag e , to p to b ot tom: Muti conducted on large stage erected between the temples of Hera and Poseidon specifically constructed for the July 5, 2020, Roads of Friendship concert that took place among the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Paestum in southern Italy. Photo © Sylvia Lelli, courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com | CMPI fellows and mentors in Orchestra Hall pose with Riccardo Muti, on screen, streaming in from Italy, during a virtual coaching session on March 31, 2021. th i s pag e , c lo c kw is e f ro m top : Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic received the prestigious audience award the Romy Prize for their 2021 New Year’s Concert in the TV Moment of the Year category. Broadcast in over ninety countries and followed by millions of radio and television viewers around the globe, it is the largest worldwide event in classical music. Seen here are Dr. Alexander Wrabetz, general manager of Österreichischer Rundfunk; Daniel Froschauer, chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic; Riccardo Muti; and Dr. Barbara Rett, ORF cultural host; presenting the prize. © Vienna Philharmonic/Dieter Nagl, courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com | Muti sent a virtual greeting to CSO musicians during the holidays performing Schubert’s Kupelwieser Waltz. © riccardomutimusic.com
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musicians—four members of the Orchestra in Rossini on one occasion, highly accomplished teenage fellows from Chicago Musical Pathways playing Verdi and Mozart on another—masterfully overcoming the limitations of Zoom and the nearly five thousand miles that separated him from the performers. And he began to work his way through the stack of new scores he has picked to conduct in Chicago this season—some are older works that are new to him and the Orchestra, some are new pieces that have never been performed before in Chicago, and two of them are commissions from the Orchestra that will receive their world premieres under his baton this spring. “We have a multitude of many different composers who write in completely different ways,” he says of today’s musical world. “I think that we have to be open to all possibilities.” For the first time, he will conduct music by Philip Glass, the popular so-called minimalist, in February—Symphony no. 11—to honor the composer’s eighty-fifth birthday. Later in the season, Muti will premiere two scores by the
Orchestra’s Mead composers-in-residence, past and present: Missy Mazzoli’s Orpheus Undone, originally scheduled for the spring of 2020; and a new work by her successor, Jessie Montgomery, who begins as our resident composer this fall. Characteristically, Muti picked both Mazzoli and Montgomery solely by studying their scores— surveying their musical skill and looking for the rare ability to convey the “spiritual substance” that comes from genuine feeling. “I didn’t even want to know the names of the composers, or if it was a man or a woman.” For Muti there is just one guiding light: “What is important is that the choice of the repertoire must always be based on merit.” Also in Chicago this season, Muti will conduct the first Chicago performances of a work by a composer who is now enjoying a long-overdue rediscovery: the Third Symphony, completed in 1940, by Florence Price, the Chicago composer whose career was launched by the Chicago Symphony under Frederick Stock in 1933 at the Century of Progress world’s fair—a historic moment that is now acknowledged as the first
abov e : This June, Muti opened the 98th season of the Opera di Verona with performances of Aida on the 150th anniversary of the opera’s premiere. © Gianluca Munari, courtesy of riccardomutimusic.com
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performance of a large-scale skilled, responsive, and flexicomposition by a Black woman ble enough to meet his greatest given by a major U.S. orchestra. expectations in the music of VERDI OTELLO Long before returning to Giuseppe Verdi, the composer RICCARDO MUTI CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Chicago, Muti knew instincwith whom he is so often linked tively what work would need and with whom he shares a deep to be done once he rejoined affinity. “I was very impressed the Orchestra onstage. “Even from the very beginning when I the traditional repertoire everyday needs to be did the Verdi Requiem,” he says, thinking back to cured, to be refined,” he said, repeating what has his first appearances as music director designate been long his battle cry. “You are never finished in 2009. And then in the Otello he conducted in with this, because we know the notes, but what April 2011, the Orchestra gave what he considers is behind the notes is a mystery that nobody as fine a performance of the work as any he has will ever discover.” Now he and the Orchestra led over the years. Now, this June, he will conwill return to the Beethoven symphonies that duct Un ballo in maschera, his fifth Verdi opera in were canceled during the pandemic, performOrchestra Hall, in its so-called Boston version— ing the Third and Seventh symphonies this fall, the opera’s setting was switched from Europe to with the Fourth, Sixth, and Ninth to come in the the United States to escape censorship before New Year. This is the third cycle of Beethoven’s the 1859 premiere—and not, he says with a laugh, symphonies of Muti’s career, after those with the because the name of the tenor’s role in that verPhiladelphia Orchestra and at La Scala, and he sion was switched from Gustavo to Riccardo. views scaling this great summit of symphonic Even though Muti recognizes that streaming music as an ethical as well as an artistic objective concerts has been a lifeline for many musicfor Chicago—a way of ensuring that he leaves the lovers during the pandemic, and will continue to Orchestra in great shape for the conductor who be vital to the expanding music world, he says will one day succeed him. “This is the bread for that nothing can replace the magic of a live pera symphony orchestra,” he says with a sweep of formance. “The unexpected can happen in a conthe hand, that incorporates not only Beethoven, cert hall,” he says of the exciting chemistry that but Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert, “because that occurs once an orchestra and conductor come is the fundament of how a symphony orchestra together, after hours of rehearsal, to perform for was built.” an audience. “And that makes the live perforAlthough Muti’s mastery of the operatic repmances much more intriguing and interesting ertoire is inarguable, he has led opera just twice than the CD that you hear three hundred times since the searing performances of Mascagni’s and is always the same. Music is still something Cavalleria rusticana in Chicago in February that should be absorbed in a concert hall where 2020. In Torino, he conducted Mozart’s Così people can listen together and give the energy fan tutte in a production staged by his daughthat is necessary for the players to feel that this is ter Chiara Muti, and this past June, he made a not a profession, but a mission.” grand return to the Arena di Verona after more than forty years, for Aida, on the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of its Cairo premiere. But it Phillip Huscher is the scholar-in-residence and program is in Chicago that Muti has found an orchestra annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. ALEKSANDRS ANTONENKO KRASSIMIRA STOYANOVA CARLO GUELFI CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS / DUAIN WOLFE
abov e : The remarkable performance of Otello by the CSO that Muti conducted is available as a recording on the CSO Resound label.
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Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence What are you looking forward to as the CSO’s new Mead Composer-in-Residence? I’m very excited to be embarking on this journey and to get to know the Orchestra, the arts community in Chicago, and hometown to be participating in the incredible New York City legacy of the CSO.
When did you begin composing?
a ppo i n t m en t July 2021 through June 2024
I was able to go to a wonderful music school called the Third Street ed u cat i o n Music School Settlement in New The Juilliard School, New York University, York City, where I started on violin. Princeton University Then, when I was about in junior high, I started writing music. I had been practicing improvisation a bit with my primary violin teacher, Alice Kanack, and it was a natural segue at a certain point, when I began junior high school, to experiment with writing.
Is there a piece that has inspired you? One of the biggest influences on me in terms of orchestral music has been Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. I became obsessed with that piece when I was in college and wrote a paper on it and studied it when I was writing my first orchestral works. . . . Stylistically, pacing-wise, the way in which the orchestra is divvied up—I found it really educational in terms of how to think about using the orchestra.
How would you describe your style? I think there is a sense that there can be a lot of order in music, but then there can be total chaos and cacophony: that’s exciting. . . . There are often elements of improvisation within my music that are clearly mapped and then also discussed in rehearsal to make sure that musicians are comfortable with taking things off course. I love the idea that you take things off course, but then you always come back to something. . . . There’s a way to make room for that kind of playfulness.
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What are your plans for the MusicNOW series? One of the things I’m looking forward to most is connecting to the world of composers who have inspired me along this artistic path, and hopefully bringing them into the MusicNOW orbit. It’s been, of course, a hugely challenging year for many of us, and I really hope . . . to keep us optimistic about what’s coming. New music is a really good way to do that. You never know what to expect, and it can be something bright, fantastic, and inspiring. I love that new music is an opportunity for us to imagine new possibilities. The 2021–22 CSO MusicNOW series opens at Orchestra Hall on November 1 with a program curated by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery that celebrates composers with ties to Chicago. PHOTO BY JI YA N G C HEN
COMING UP THIS FALL AT SYMPHONY CENTER
Missy Mazzoli
MUTI CONDUCTS MAZZOLI & TCHAIKOVSKY PATHÉTIQUE OCT. 7-9
LANG LANG
Lang Lang
OCT. 8
SAINT-SAËNS & SCHUMANN OCT. 14-17
SHOSTAKOVICH, SCHUBERT 3 & PROKOFIEV PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
OCT. 21-23
MONTGOMERY, SCHUBERT 8 & PROKOFIEV PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
Alexander Gavrylyuk
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LEONIDAS KAVAKOS & YUJA WANG NOV. 7
GUERRERO CONDUCTS PIAZZOLLA & BEETHOVEN
Denis Matsuev
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QUINTETO ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Leonidas Kavakos
Yuja Wang
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Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence On the appointment hometown
Lexington, Virginia “ I’m thrilled to be appointed Artist-ina ppo i n t m en t Residence of the Chicago July 2021 through June 2024 Symphony Orchestra. I have great admiration ed u cat i o n Peabody Institute of for the Orchestra and The Johns Hopkins Maestro Muti, and University, Curtis it is an honor to join Institute of Music their organization and be present in the city of Chicago over the next two seasons. Through the powerful conduit of the arts, a residency offers the chance to get to know a community Connecting with Chicago and find ways to be helpful within it. Hahn also will host two of her signature “Bring Your Own Baby” concerts, free events that I’m looking forward to exploring those provide a nurturing and welcoming environconnections and being of artistic ment for new parents to share their love of live service to the city of Chicago and its classical music with their infants. Dates are to music lovers, and to making great be announced. music with the Chicago Symphony.” With the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute,
The position The CSO Artist-in-Residence is a newly created artistic role, designed to provide opportunities both for long-term collaboration with the orchestra and for reaching new audiences through the transformative power of music.
Where to hear her this season Hahn will join the CSO in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto—a work of special significance to the CSO, which gave its U.S. premiere 130 years ago—December 9–11, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada. In the spring, Hahn will perform a mixed recital program in the Symphony Center Presents Chamber Music series.
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Hahn will participate in projects by the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, which provides coaching and support to young musicians from diverse backgrounds hoping to pursue professional music careers, and Notes for Peace, which empowers Chicago families affected by gun violence to create songs that memorialize their loved ones. Dates are to be announced. The Artist-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is made possible through a generous gift from James and Brenda Grusecki.
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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI Zell Music Director Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 7:30 Friday, October 15, 2021, at 1:30 Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 8:00 Sunday, October 17, 2021, at 3:00
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider Conductor John Sharp Cello holmès
La Nuit et l’Amour First Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances
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Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
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Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Sostenuto assai—Allegro ma non troppo Scherzo: Allegro vivace Adagio expressivo Allegro molto vivace
There will be no intermission.
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comments by phillip huscher augusta holmès
Born December 16, 1847; Paris, France Died January 28, 1903; Paris, France
La Nuit et l’Amour When Augusta Holmès died in 1903, the Chicago Tribune called her “the most eminent woman composer of her time.” Yet this week the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is playing her music in Orchestra Hall for the first time. Such extreme neglect is, of course, no surprise at all; it is a storyline long embedded in the fate of women artists. “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their story,” Jane Austen wrote in Persuasion, published more than two hundred years ago. “The pen has been in their hands.” Like Fanny Mendelssohn, who felt it necessary to publish some of her songs under the name of her brother Felix, Holmès briefly hid behind the pseudonym of Hermann Zenta. But early in her career she decided to go it on her own, adding an accent to her Irish family name—and pronouncing it as if it were French—to help solidify her affiliation with the popular school of composers in France. Born to Irish parents in Paris, where she spent her life, Holmès came to the attention of Franz Liszt when she attended a rehearsal of Wagner’s Das Rheingold in Munich. He already admired some of her early songs; they became frequent correspondents. Holmès later met Wagner at his lakeside Swiss home in Tribschen. The shadow of Wagnerian style would hover over her work for the rest of her career, even though she was no revolutionary and her own musical language was only superficially indebted to the controversial German composer. At the suggestion of SaintSaëns, another admirer, she began to work privately with César Franck—as a woman she could not study theory and harmony at the Paris Conservatory—and to form her personal style, at the same time learning to master the big musical forms. Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, Robert’s wife, had both helped secure the way for women to establish composing careers—in each case in the shadow of a famous man with the same last name—and by the end of the nineteenth century, Holmès was not the only woman writing music. Even the Tribune’s obituary conceded that although she had no rivals among women in Europe, Mrs. H.H.A. Beach of Boston was arguably her equal in this country: “Augusta Holmès
composed 1888 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e 1888; Paris, France i n st ru m e n tat i o n two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, harp, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 6 minutes These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.
lef t to right: Augusta Holmès, photographed by L. Taponier, ca. 1880s | Portrait of the daughters of Augusta Holmès and Catulle Mendès— (left to right) Huguette, Claudine, and Helyonne—by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), 1888
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and Mrs. Beach will always be the answer to the question, ‘Can women write in the largest musical forms?’ ” Holmès began by writing songs, but in 1878 she entered the inaugural City of Paris competition with her first big work, Lutèce, a programmatic symphony for narrator, four soloists, children’s chorus, and large orchestra. A decade later, she was commissioned to write the Ode triomphale for the 1889 Paris world’s fair, where it was premiered with 1,200 performers. Four years later, when Theodore Thomas, the founder of our Orchestra, served as music director of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition, he programmed Holmès’s Irlande, a grand ode to freedom, on one of the fair’s concerts performed by the Exposition Orchestra, which was an enlarged version of his new Chicago Orchestra. (At first it was rumored, incorrectly, that he had commissioned Holmès to compose something for the fair.) But on his regular concert series downtown, Thomas never played a single work by Holmès, even though he continued to champion women composers,
programming the Concertstück by Cécile Chaminade and the great Gaelic Symphony of Amy (Mrs. H.H.A.) Beach. Holmès fared no better with any of the other big U.S. orchestras.
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a Nuit et l’Amour (Night and Love) is a short interlude from Holmès’s Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games), a grandiose symphonic ode inspired by an immense triptych painted by her contemporary, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. (A replica of Chavannes’s Ludus pro patria hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Another large canvas by Chavannes, The Sacred Grove: Beloved of the Arts and the Muses, is on display in Gallery 245 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Both were painted in the mid-1880s, when Holmès composed Ludus pro patria.) Holmès later transcribed the piece for piano, under the title La nuit. Lyrical and impassioned, and bathed in the colors of late French romanticism, it offers a tantalizing glimpse of a composer whose full talents are only now starting to come into view.
camille saint-saëns
Born October 9, 1835; Paris, France Died December 16, 1921; Algiers, Algeria
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 Saint-Saëns made his professional debut at the age of ten, playing piano concertos by Mozart and Beethoven in the Salle Pleyel in Paris. He was one of music’s astonishing prodigies—an early bloomer, a quick study, and the stuff of legend. (At his Salle Pleyel debut he offered to play from memory, as an encore, any sonata
by Beethoven the audience requested.) He composed his first piece when he was only three years old, and at four he played the piano part of one of Beethoven’s violin sonatas at a private concert. By thirteen, he had been admitted to the Paris Conservatory, where he was an award-winning star pupil. Hector Berlioz said of him: “He knows everything, but lacks inexperience.” Unlike the young Mozart, Saint-Saëns was not exploited as a child; his widowed mother saw
abov e : Camille Saint-Saëns, ca. 1880, photographed by Charles Reutlinger (1816–1881). Bibliothèque nationale of France, Music Department
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that he was given a serious, well-rounded education. He studied Latin and read the classics, studied mathematics and science, and developed lifelong fascinations with astronomy and archaeology. His published writings include essays and books on botany, Roman drama, and the history of the postage stamp. Saint-Saëns’s musical interests were also wide ranging, and, at a time when “old” music was not yet fashionable, he was a great advocate of such composers as Bach, Handel, and Gluck. (He helped convert Berlioz to the Bach cause.) He also was a great defender of contemporary music, particularly that by Wagner, who lacked French champions, and of Liszt. (In 1860, he astonished Wagner by playing huge chunks of Tristan and Isolde from memory at the piano.) Eventually, his sympathy for modern music waned—he was among the outraged audience members at the premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in 1913. Although he outlived both Mahler and Debussy, he had no use for either composer’s music. Saint-Saëns was a natural composer of concertos, for he was himself something of a showman and an exceptionally gifted performer—Berlioz called him “an absolutely shattering master pianist.” When he began this cello concerto in 1872, he already had composed three concertos for piano and two for violin—all relatively light virtuosic vehicles of indisputable charm.
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his cello concerto is a work of considerable depth and seriousness. Its experimentation with traditional form owes much to the innovations of Liszt, particularly the linking of its three movements as one, and the recycling and transformation of the opening material throughout the work. (Fifteen years later, Saint-Saëns would dedicate his Organ Symphony to Liszt.) The middle movement plays the role of both slow movement and scherzo (another Lisztian idea), although nothing is as impressive as the passages that bind it at either end to the dramatic opening movement and the brilliant finale. The soloist dominates the concerto from the first measure. Saint-Saëns takes great care to ensure that the cello line, in phrase after phrase of both virtuosic display and lyrical beauty, is never overwhelmed by the orchestra—a serious liability in writing for the combination of orchestra with such a low-lying solo instrument. After finishing the concerto, Saint-Saëns is said to have refused ever to write another one for cello, because he had found it so difficult to showcase it properly. But he loved the sound of the cello—think of the great, noble Swan in his Carnival of the Animals—and thirty years later he succumbed and wrote a second cello concerto.
composed 1872 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e January 19, 1873; Paris, France i n st ru m e n tat i o n solo cello, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 19 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s February 16 and 17, 1894, Auditorium Theatre. Bruno Steindel as soloist, Theodore Thomas conducting July 15, 1954, Ravinia Festival. Paul Olefsky as soloist, Alfred Wallenstein conducting m o st re c e n t c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s July 25, 2010, Ravinia Festival. Leonard Elschenbroich as soloist, Christoph Eschenbach conducting December 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Gautier Capuçon as soloist, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting c s o re c o rd i n g 1988. Matt Haimovitz as soloist, James Levine conducting. Deutsche Grammophon
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robert schumann
Born June 8, 1810; Zwickau, Saxony, Germany Died July 29, 1856; Endenich, near Bonn, Germany
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 In August 1844, Robert Schumann suffered a severe breakdown. Medical reports seldom shed much light on works of art, but in Schumann’s case, his creative process was regularly dictated by his physical condition. His fragile life was marked by recurring melancholy and depression beginning as early as 1828. There were recurrences in October 1830, throughout 1831, and in the autumn of 1833, when he attempted suicide by leaping from his fourth-floor apartment window—his diary that year records his fear of going mad. There were other breakdowns in 1837, 1838, and 1839, but with the happiness of marriage to Clara Wieck in 1840, and the abundant, joyous outpouring of songs that year, it seemed that he had put his demons behind him, and that better times lay ahead. But in 1842, Schumann collapsed from exhaustion and overwork. The worst time of all came in 1844: he couldn’t even listen to music—“which cut into my nerves as if with knives”—and he complained of a constant, debilitating ringing in his ears. He also suffered from trembling and from unreasonable fears of sharp metal objects and heights (perhaps the consequence of renting a fourth-floor apartment). When Robert and Clara went to Dresden that October, his nights were sleepless and sheer torture; Clara would awaken to find him “swimming in tears.” He wrote no music for a year—it took him weeks just to draft a letter. Eventually, he began to study Bach systematically, and to try his own hand at some compositional exercises. This C major symphony is the first large-scale piece Schumann wrote after his breakdown. For a composer who cut his teeth on piano pieces and songs, moved naturally into chamber music, and had only recently tackled writing for orchestra, this was a bold effort, perhaps even a test of the strength of his recuperation. Although we know it as Schumann’s second symphony, it follows an abandoned effort from 1832—attempted long before his confidence and talent worked in tandem—and several works dating from 1841: the Spring Symphony published as his first, the D minor symphony later revised and published as no. 4, and the beginnings of another symphony in C minor. Schumann took to the new medium with great enthusiasm,
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composed 1845–46 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e November 5, 1846; Leipzig, Germany i n st ru m e n tat i o n two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 34 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s October 23 and 24, 1891, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting July 2, 1942, Ravinia Festival. Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting m o st re c e n t c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s July 2, 2004, Ravinia Festival. Christoph von Dohnányi conducting September 23 and 26, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting October 21, 2017, Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, California. Riccardo Muti conducting c s o re c o rd i n g s 1957. Fritz Reiner conducting. CSO (From the Archives, vol. 1: The Reiner Era) 1977. Daniel Barenboim conducting. Deutsche Grammophon
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if not comparable experience: the Spring Symphony, for example, was sketched in four days and finished in less than a month. The C major symphony didn’t go as quickly or as easily, partly because Schumann was feeling his way back toward a full workload. Three years after finishing the music, he wrote to D.G. Otten, the music director in Hamburg: I wrote my symphony in December 1845, and I sometimes fear my semi-invalid state can be divined from the music. I began to feel more myself when I wrote the last movement, and was certainly much better when I finished the whole work. All the same it reminds me of dark days. Though Schumann did indeed write the symphony in a month, the orchestration took much longer. He began to score the first movement in February 1846 and didn’t finish it until early May. The work was completed the following October 19, just three weeks before Felix Mendelssohn conducted the first performance. All of Schumann’s symphonies search for new light to shed on a familiar form. They are marked by innovation and experiment—and sometimes by a rather deliberate attempt to avoid comparison with the towering achievements of Beethoven. The D minor piece eventually published as his Symphony no. 4 is so daring and unconventional that Schumann thought of calling it a “symphonic fantasy,” sidestepping the issue altogether. All four published symphonies aim for unity by linking the movements through titles or thematic cross-reference.
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he C major symphony begins with a moody slow introduction, the most obvious reminder of the composer’s dark days. More importantly, it provides the main theme and several subsidiary ideas for the ensuing Allegro ma non troppo as well as the brass fanfare that returns to crown the first three
movements and to hover near the end of the symphony. Although the first movement itself is high in energy and emotion, Schumann chooses to follow it not with the accustomed calm of a slow movement, but with a virtuosic scherzo. And he thwarts expectations by giving us two independent trios, the first genial in a rustic way, and the second, with its theme presented both upright and upside down, a reminder that it was Bach’s music that led Schumann back to his desk. Like Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony, Schumann has kept us waiting for the slow movement, and he does not disappoint. This is music of great beauty, written in C minor (the other three movements are in C major) and revitalized midway through by the beginnings of a fugue—another tip of the hat to Bach. Despite Schumann’s claims of improved health, the finale has often troubled analysts. It is mainly a question of proportion. It begins with great authority and confidence, and includes as its second theme a brilliant transformation of the principal melody from the Andante. The development and recapitulation merge, ending in C minor. Then follows a coda so long (half the movement’s length) and remarkable that it nearly overshadows all that came before. It is based on a theme that is completely new to the symphony, though Schumann had used it before, in his piano fantasy, pointedly borrowing it from Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved), where it accompanies the words “Take, then, these songs of mine.” By 1845, Schumann had married his own beloved, offering her some 121 songs in the year of their marriage alone, and so the reference is both loving and triumphant, a reminder that it was Clara who encouraged Robert to try writing for orchestra, wisely promising that “his imagination cannot find sufficient scope on the piano.”
Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
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profiles Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider Conductor f ir st cso performa nces November 24 and 25, 2000, Orchestra Hall. Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, Daniel Barenboim conducting July 16, 2015, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s Violin Concerto no. 3 (conducting from the violin) and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique most r ecent cso perfo r m a n ces December 21, 22, and 23, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (conducting from the violin) and Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider inaugurated his first season as music director of the Orchestre national de Lyon in September 2020. Prior to that, he conducted the orchestra’s 2019–20 season opening concerts, and together they toured Russia in February 2020. Szeps-Znaider is a regular guest conductor of the world’s leading ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Following a successful debut conducting Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Semperoper Dresden, Szeps-Znaider was immediately reinvited to lead Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at the house in the fall of 2019. Last season, he returned to Semperoper Dresden for a revival of Der Rosenkavalier and debuted at the Royal Danish Opera in a new production of The Magic Flute. He makes his debut at the Zurich Opera House later this season. Also a virtuoso violinist, Szeps-Znaider maintains his reputation as one of the world’s leading exponents of the instrument, with a busy
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calendar of concerto and recital engagements. During the 2019–20 season, he appeared as soloist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, and the Konzerthausorcheter Berlin, and performed Beethoven’s sonatas for violin and piano with Rudolf Buchbinder at the Musikverein in Vienna. Szeps-Znaider enjoys a strong relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra, with which he has worked extensively as both conductor and soloist. Together, they recently recorded, to critical acclaim, Mozart’s violin concertos, directed from the violin by Szeps-Znaider. His extensive discography also includes Nielsen’s Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert, Elgar’s Violin Concerto in B minor with the Dresden Staatskapelle under Sir Colin Davis, and award-winning recordings of the concertos by Brahms and Korngold with the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev, in addition to the concertos by Beethoven and Mendelssohn with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no. 2 and Glazunov’s Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony and Mariss Jansons, and Mendelssohn’s concerto on DVD with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly. Szeps-Znaider has also recorded Brahms’s works for violin and piano with Yefim Bronfman. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, passionate about supporting the next generation of musical talent, is president of the Carl Nielsen International Competition, which takes place every three years in Odense, Denmark. He plays the “Kreisler” Guarnerius “del Gesù” 1741 violin, on extended loan to him by the Royal Danish Theatre through the generosity of the VELUX Foundations, the Villum Foundation, and the Knud Højgaard Foundation.
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John Sharp Cello f ir st cso performa nces October 16, 17, 18, and 21, 1986, Orchestra Hall. Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings. Mark Elder conducting most r ecent cso perfo r m a n ces October 14 and 18, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Schumann’s Cello Concerto. Riccardo Muti conducting
Appointed as one of the youngest principal cellists in the history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Sharp has served in that position during the tenures of Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, and Riccardo Muti. A top prize winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, he has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich in Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, in a recording of Strauss’s Don Quixote conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and with Itzhak Perlman and Daniel Barenboim in performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. He also has performed as soloist under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez,
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Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, and Michael Tilson Thomas. An active chamber musician, Sharp has appeared at the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, La Jolla, and Vail, as well as with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has recorded Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence with the Vermeer Quartet, and has performed in chamber music concerts with Mitsuko Uchida, Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zukerman, Emmanuel Ax, and Christoph Eschenbach. He and his wife, violinist Liba Shacht, often perform together as a duo and in chamber music concerts, and have appeared in France, Spain, and throughout the United States. Born in Texas, Sharp studied the cello with Lev Aronson and later with Lynn Harrell at the Juilliard School. Previously, he played in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and served as principal cello of the Cincinnati Symphony. He has given master classes throughout the United States and in Europe, and has coached at the New World Symphony, the National Orchestral Association, the National Youth Orchestra of the USA, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and most recently at the Taipei Music Academic Festival. He is currently a professor of cello at Roosevelt University. John Sharp plays a rare cello made by Joseph Guarnerius in 1694.
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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 currently is the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence, a role that brings her to Chicago for multiple residencies each season. Jessie Montgomery is the current Mead Composerin-Residence. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music—and Missy Mazzoli, who completed her threeyear tenure in June 2021. 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. Current 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-three Grammy awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor 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 Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou Matous Michal Simon Michal Blair Milton ‡ Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang
Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi Weijing Wang
Baird Dodge Principal Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling Hermine Gagné Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz
harp Lynne Turner
viol as Li-Kuo Chang Acting Principal The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Catherine Brubaker Youming Chen Sunghee Choi Wei-Ting Kuo Danny Lai Diane Mues
oboes William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Michael Henoch Assistant Principal The Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler
cellos John Sharp Principal The Eloise W. Martin Chair Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal The Adele Gidwitz Chair Karen Basrak 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 Armstrong Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland
flutes Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn piccolo Jennifer Gunn The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair
english horn Scott Hostetler cl arinets Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith e-fl at cl arinet John Bruce Yeh bassoons Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Dennis Michel 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 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair Tage Larsen
tuba Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld timpani David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal percussion Cynthia Yeh Principal The Dinah Jacobs (Mrs. Donald P. Jacobs) Principal Percussion Chair Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross librarians Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller 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 Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick
trombones Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon bass trombone Charles Vernon
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical The Louise H. Benton Wagner Chair currently is 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
Helen Zell Chair Mary Louise Gorno Vice Chair, Chair-Elect Steven Shebik Vice Chair Liisa Thomas Vice Chair Renée Metcalf Treasurer Jeff Alexander President Renay Slifka Secretary of the Board Stacie Frank Assistant Treasurer Dale Hedding Vice President for Development HONOR ARY TRUSTEES
The Honorable Richard M. Daley Lady Valerie Solti † TRUSTEES
John Aalbregtse Peter J. Barack H. Rigel Barber Randy Lamm Berlin Roderick Branch Susan Bridge* Kay Bucksbaum Robert J. Buford Leslie Henner Burns Debra A. Cafaro Marion A. Cameron George P. Colis Keith S. Crow Dr. Christopher L. Culp † Stephen V. D’Amore Timothy A. Duffy Brian W. Duwe Graham C. Grady Lori Julian
Geraldine Keefe Donna L. Kendall Thomas G. Kilroy James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Josef Lakonishok Patty Lane Renée Metcalf Britt M. Miller Mary Pivirotto Murley Sylvia Neil Shelley Ochab* Gerald Pauling Michael A. Perlstein* Jose Luis Prado Dr. Irwin Press Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker Dr. Mohan Rao Burton X. Rosenberg Kristen C. Rossi E. Scott Santi Steven E. Shebik Marlon R. Smith Walter Snodell Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr. Scott Swanson Nasrin Thierer Liisa Thomas Terrence J. Truax Frederick H. Waddell Paul R. Wiggin Craig R. Williams Robert Wislow 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 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 Debora de Hoyos Mrs. Roger B. Hull Judith W. Istock William R. Jentes Paul R. Judy Richard B. Kapnick
Donald G. Kempf, Jr. George D. Kennedy Mrs. John C. Kern Robert Kohl Fred A. Krehbiel † Charles Ashby Lewis Eva F. Lichtenberg John S. Lillard Donald G. Lubin James W. Mabie † 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 John W. Rogers, Jr. Jerry Rose Frank A. Rossi Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Cynthia M. Sargent John R. Schmidt Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Rita Simó † Robert C. Spoerri Carl W. Stern Roger W. Stone William H. Strong Louis C. Sudler, Jr. Richard L. Thomas Richard P. Toft Penny Van Horn
* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of May 17, 2021
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chicago symphony orchestra association governing members GOVERNING MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ( 2 0 2 1 – 2 2) Michael Perlstein Chair Jared Kaplan † Immediate Past Chair Nancy Dehmlow Vice Chair of Member Engagement Charles Emmons, Jr. Vice Chair of the Annual Fund Jay Rothenberg † Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership GOVERNING MEMBERS Anonymous (5) Dora J. Aalbregtse Floyd Abramson Fraida Aland Sandra Jo Allen Robert A. Alsaker Megan P. Anderson Dr. Edward Applebaum David Arch Dr. Kent F. Armbruster Dr. Andrew J. Aronson Carey August Marta Holsman Babson Ed Bachrach Mara Mills Barker Judith Barnard Merrill Barnes Peter Barrett Roberta Barron Roger S. Baskes Robert H. Baum Dr. Robert A. Beatty Arlene Bennett † Edward H. Bennett, III Meta S. Berger Ann Berlin Phyllis Berlin Ronald Bevil William E. Bible Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Tomás G. Bissonnette Dianne Blanco Judy Blau Merrill Blau Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Ann Blickensderfer Terry Boden Suzanne Borland James G. Borovsky Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer John D. Bramsen Roderick Branch Jill Brennan Bob Brink † Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. Brubaker † Sue Brubaker Patricia M. Bryan Gilda Buchbinder Samuel Buchsbaum Lisa Dollar Buehler
Rosemarie Buntrock Elizabeth Nolan Buzard Lutgart Calcote Thomas D. Campbell Vera Capp Mary Anne Carpenter Wendy Alders Cartland Judy Castellini Tina Chapekis Mrs. William C. Childs Linton J. Childs Frank Cicero, Jr. Dana Green Clancy Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey Jean M. Cocozza Robin Tennant Colburn Lew Collens Jane B. Colman Mrs. Earle M. Combs III † Dr. Thomas H. Conner Cecilia Conrad Jenny L. Corley Patricia Cox Mrs. William A. Crane Sarah Crane Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven R. Bert Crossland Rebecca E. Crown Catherine Daniels Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta Michael C. Dawson Roxanne Decyk Nancy Dehmlow Duane M. DesParte Janet Wood Diederichs Paul Dix Mrs. William F. Dooley Ann Drake Dr. David Dranove Robert R. Duggan Frank A. Dusek Judge Frank H. Easterbrook Dorne Eastwood Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Louis M. Ebling, III Jon Ekdahl Kathleen H. Elliott Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Charles Emmons, Jr. Janice Engle Scott Enloe Dr. James Ertle Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri Tarek Fadel Melissa Sage Fadim Jeffrey S. Farbman Sally S. Feder Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Harve Ferrill † Constance M. Filling Daniel Fischel Jennifer J. Fischer Adrian Radmore Foster David S. Fox
Rhoda Lea Frank Paul E. Freehling Mitzi Freidheim Philip M. Friedmann Malcolm M. Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Frank Gelber Lynn Gendleman Dr. Mark Gendleman Rabbi Gary S. Gerson Karen Gianfrancisco Ellen Gignilliat James J. Glasser Madeleine Condit Glossberg Judy Goldberg Mary Anne Goldberg Anne Goldstein Jerry A. Goldstone Marcia Goltermann Mary Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Dr. Ruth Grant Mary L. Gray Freddi L. Greenberg Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri Greer D. Kendall Griffith Jerome J. Groen Jacalyn Gronek Mrs. John Growdon John P. Grube James P. Grusecki Joel R. Guillory, Jr., M.D. Dr. John W. Gustaitis, Jr. Anastasia Gutting Gary Gutting † Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Ernst A. Häberli Joan M. Hall Dr. Howard Halpern Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Joel L. Handelman John Hard Mrs. William A. Hark Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas Haynes James Heckman Patricia Herrmann Heestand Mary Mako Helbert Dr. Scott W. Helm Marilyn P. Helmholz Richard H. Helmholz Dr. Arthur L. Herbst Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman Konstanze L. Hickey Thea Flaum Hill Mary P. Hines Suzanne Hoffman Anne Hokin William J. Hokin † Wayne J. Holman III Richard S. Holson III
Fred Holubow James Holzhauer Carol Honigberg Janice L. Honigberg Nancy A. Horner Mrs. Arnold Horween Frances G. Horwich Dr. Mary L. Houston Heidi Huizenga Patricia J. Hurley Barbara Ann Huyler Michael L. Igoe Sandra Ihm Craig T. Ingram Verne G. Istock Linda J. Kenney, PhD Nancy Witte Jacobs Dr. Todd Janus John Jawor Justine Jentes Mrs. William R. Jentes Brian Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Edward T. Joyce Carol K. Kaplan † Jared Kaplan † Claudia Norris Kapnick Lonny H. Karmin Barry D. Kaufman Kenneth V. Kaufman Marie Kaufman Don Kaul Ellen Kelleher Molly Keller Jonathan Kemper Nancy Kempf John C. Kern † Elizabeth I. Keyser Leslie Kiesel Emmy King Susan Kiphart Carol Evans Klenk Jean Klingenstein Janet L. Knauff Joseph Konen Jack Kozik Dr. Mark Kozloff David Kravitz Dr. Michael Krco MaryBeth Kretz Dr. Vinay Kumar Rubin P. Kuznitsky Henry L. Kohn, Jr. John LaBarbera Maria Lans Stephen M. Lans William Lawlor Flora Lazar Sunhee Lee Eleanor Leichenko Sheila Fields Leiter Jeffrey P. Lennard Laurence H. Levine Mrs. Bernard Leviton Dr. Edmund J. Lewis Gregory M. Lewis
† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more). The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in the 2019–20 season. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.
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GOVERNING MEMBERS
Carolyn Lickerman Mrs. Paul Lieberman Dr. Philip R. Liebson Patricia M. Livingston John S. Lizzadro, Sr. Jane Loeb Amy Lubin Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mrs. Duncan MacLean Dr. Michael S. Maling David A Marshall Judy Marth Patrick A. Martin BeLinda I. Mathie Howard M. McCue, III Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. James L. McGee Dr. John P. McGee II † Sharon McGee Mrs. Lester McKeever John McKenna Mrs. Peter McKinney Mrs. James M. McMullan James E. McPherson Paul Meister Mary Mittler Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Charles A. Moore Emilie Morphew, M.D. Kate Morrison Christopher Morrow Daniel R. Murray Eileen M. Murray Stuart C. Nathan Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Edward A. Nieminen Dr. Zehava L. Noah Kenneth R. Norgan Gerard M. Nussbaum Martha C. Nussbaum William A. Obenshain Shelley Ochab Maria Ochs Mrs. James J. O’Connor Eric A. Oesterle Mrs. Norman L. Olson Joy O’Malley Thomas Orlando Beatrice F. Orzac Gerald Ostermann James J. O’Sullivan, Jr. Bruce L. Ottley China I. Oughton † Evelyn E. Padorr Dr. Pamela Papas Bruno A. Pasquinelli Timothy J. Patenode
Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Michael Payette Frances Penn Mrs. Richard S. Pepper Jean E. Perkins Michael A. Perlstein Bonnie Vaughn Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Robert C. Peterson Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Sue N. Pick Stanley M. Pillman Virginia Johnson Pillman Betsey N. Pinkert Julia Vander Ploeg Harvey R. Plonsker John F. Podjasek, III Judy Pomeranz Stephen Potter Carol Prins Elizabeth R. B. Pruett John Wells Puth Duane Quaini Diana Mendley Rauner Susan Regenstein Mari Yamamoto Regnier Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Emilysue Pinnell-Reichardt Mary Thomson Renner Burton R. Rissman Charles T. Rivkin Carol Roberts John H. Roberts William C. Roberts David Robin Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Kevin M. Rooney Harry J. Roper Saul Rosen Sheli Z. Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal Betsy Rosenzweig Doris Roskin Lisa Ross Dr. H. Jay Rothenberg, M.D. † Roberta H. Rubin Susan B. Rubnitz Sandra K. Rusnak David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg Mary A. Ryan Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Richard O. Ryan William G. Ryan Norman K. Sackar Anthony Saineghi Agustin G. Sanz
Inez Saunders David A. Savner Karla Scherer David M. Schiffman Judith Feigon Schiffman Rosita Schloss Shirley Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Al Schriesheim Donald L. Schwartz Dr. Penny Bender Sebring Chandra Sekhar Dr. Ronald A. Semerdjian Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Ilene W. Shaw Pam Sheffield Dr. James C. Sheinin Richard W. Shepro Jessie Shih Elizabeth Shoemaker Morrell McK. Shoemaker, Jr. † Stuart Shulruff Honorable Richard J. Siegel, Ret. Adele Simmons Linda B. Simon Larry G. Simpson Craig Sirles Miyam Slater Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Stanton Kinnie Smith, Jr. Stephen R. Smith Mrs. Ralph Smykal David A. Sneider Diane Snyder Kimberly Snyder Kathleen Solaro Ida N. Sondheimer † Linda Spain Orli Staley William D. Staley Helena Stancikas Grace Stanek Dr. Eugene Stark Leonidas Michael Stefanos Momoko Steiner † Carol Stein Mrs. Richard J. Stern Liz Stiffel Mary Stowell Lawrence E. Strickling Patricia Study Cheryl Sturm Nancy K. Szalay
Gregory Taubeneck James E. Thompson Dr. Robert Thomson David A. Thomson † Scott Thomson † Carla M. Thorpe Joan Thron David Timm Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr. Anne Coulter Tobey John T. Travers David Trushin Paula Turner Robert W. Turner Henry J. Underwood Zalman Usiskin Mrs. James D. Vail III Dr. Cynthia M. Valukas † John E. Van Horn Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Mrs. Herbert A. Vance † William C. Vance Thomas D. Vander Veen Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski Christian Vinyard Theodore Wachs Mark Wagner Bernard T. Wall Nicholas Wallace Paul S. Watford Dr. Catherine L. Webb Jeffrey Webb Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mrs. Joseph M. Weil † Dr. Jamie Weiner Chickie Weisbard Richard Weiss Barbara Weller Barbara H. West † Carmen Wheatcroft Mrs. H. Blair White M. L. Winburn Stephen R. Winters Peter Wolf Laura Woll Dr. Hak Yui Wong Courtenay R. Wood Michael H. Woolever Debbie K. Wright Ronald Yonover Owen Youngman David J. Zampa Dr. John P. Zaremba Anne Zenzer Richard E. Ziegler † Karen Zupko
† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more). The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in the 2019–20 season. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.
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administration Jeff Alexander President PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Kristine Stassen Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary of the Board Mónica Lugo Executive Assistant to the Music Director Human Resources Lynne Sorkin Director A R T I S T I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Cristina Rocca Vice President The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair Guillermo Muñoz Küster Executive Assistant & Associate Artist Coordinator, CSO James M. Fahey Director, Programming, Symphony Center Presents Randy Elliot Director, Artistic Administration Monica Wentz Manager, Artistic Planning & Special Projects Lena Breitkreuz Artist Coordinator, Symphony Center Presents Caroline Eichler Artist Coordinator, CSO Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant Chorus Shelley Baldridge Assistant Manager & Librarian ORCHESTR A AND B U I L D I N G O P E R AT I O N S Vanessa Moss Vice President Heidi Lukas Director Michael Lavin Assistant Director, Operations, SCP & Rental Events Jeffrey Stang Production Manager, CSO Joseph Sherman Production Manager, SCP & Rental Events Charles Braico House Manager Michael Manning Manager, Audio Media & Operations Charlie Post Audio Engineer Rosenthal Archives Frank Villella Director Orchestra Personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions & Orchestra Personnel Facilities John Maas Director Engineers Tim McElligott Chief Engineer Michael McGeehan Lead Engineer Kevin Walsh Dan Platt Electricians Robert Stokas Chief Electrician Doug Scheuller Stage Technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick
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Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO Jonathan McCormick Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute Jon Weber Director, School & Family Programs Molly Walker Orchestra Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Katy Clusen Manager, School & Family Programs Sarah Vander Ploeg Coordinator, School & Community Partnerships F I N A N C E A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant Accounting Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Sarah Lombardi Controller Paulette Jean Volf, Janet Kosiba Assistant Controllers Janet Hansen Payroll Manager Marianne Hahn Accounting Manager Monique Henderson Senior Accountant Hyon Yu General Ledger Manager Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager Ted Sofios Payroll Assistant Information Technology Daniel Spees Director Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator Jackie Spark Lead Technologist Kirk McMahon Technologist SALES AND MARKETING Ryan Lewis Vice President Sheila Jones Director, Community Stewardship/ African American Network Content Marketing and Digital Experience Elisabeth Madeja Director Dana Navarro Associate Director, Digital Content & Producer Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor Steve Burkholder Web Manager Alexis Diller Manager, Digital Engagement Landon Hegedus Coordinator, Digital Engagement Program Marketing and Operations Lauren Matson Director Alex Demas Marketing Manager, CSO Jerry Downey Associate Manager, Marketing Operations Olivia Serrano Coordinator, Audience Development Jeremy Krifka Marketing Associate, Data & Operations Creative Todd Land Director Sophie Weber Creative Services Manager Eddie Limperis Designer Emily Herrington Design Associate Content Frances Atkins Director Gerald Virgil Senior Content Editor Kristin Tobin Designer & Print Production Manager
Communications and Public Relations Eileen Chambers Director Clay Baker Coordinator Sales and Patron Experience Joseph Fernicola III Director Pavan Singh Manager, Patron Services Brian Koenig Manager, Preferred Services Robert Coad Manager, VIP Services Joseph Garnett Manager, Box Office Steve Paulin Assistant Manager, Box Office Patrice Fumbanks Supervisor, Patron Services, Hospitality Lead Aislinn Gagliardi Supervisor, Patron Services, Patron Loyalty Lead The Symphony Store Tyler Holstrom Manager DEVELOPMENT Dale Hedding Vice President Jeremiah Strickler Executive Assistant Bobbie Rafferty Director, Individual Giving & Affiliated Donor Groups Allison Szafranski Director, Leadership Gifts Alfred Andreychuk Director, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Charles Palys Major Gifts Officer & Administrator Dakota Williams Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement Giving Richard Riedl Manager, Governing Member Gifts Karen Bippus Manager, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications Erin Gernon Prospect Research Specialist & Moves Management Coordinator Neomia Harris Senior Assistant, Individual Giving Programs & Planned Giving Institutional Advancement Susan Green Director, Foundation & Government Relations Nick Magnone Director, Corporate Development Jennifer Urevig Manager, Corporate Development Jennifer Harazin Coordinator, Institutional Giving Donor Engagement and Development Operations Liz Heinitz Senior Director, Development Operations & Annual Giving Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement Caitlyn Cushing Associate Director, Donor & Development Services Kimberly S. Duffy Senior Donor Engagement Manager Jocelyn Weberg Manager, Annual Giving Kristopher Simmons, Ariana Strahl Managers, Donor Engagement Julia McGehee Coordinator, Donor & Development Services Jamie Forssander Coordinator, Donor Engagement Bri Baiza, Emily Werner Coordinators, Donor Services
honor roll of donors Corporate Partners M A E S T R O R E S I D E N CY P R E S E N T E R
foundation spotlight
OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Bank of America United Airlines
$ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Allstate Insurance Company ITW Northern Trust $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,0 0 0
Abbott Anonymous (1) Exelon Jenner & Block LLP PNC Bank Sidley Austin LLP
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Abbott Fund Aon Chicago Capital, LLC Mayer Brown LLP S&C Electric Company Tiffany & Co. Walgreens
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are honored to recognize The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation as the 2021–22 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season sponsor. One of Chicago’s nonprofit leaders in arts support, the Foundation has been a longtime and generous supporter of the Civic Orchestra. The CSOA and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, whose directors are committed to celebrating Ms. Cheney’s legacy through the philanthropic support of the arts.
Foundations and Government Agencies $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Archer Daniels Midland Company Deloitte GCM Grosvenor Goldman Sachs & Co. Latham & Watkins LLP McKinsey & Company Oxford Bank
Anonymous Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Negaunee Foundation Sargent Family Foundation TAWANI Foundation Zell Family Foundation
$ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9
$ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
$ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Baird Entercom Chicago Fellowes, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Italian Village Restaurants Segal Consulting Starshak/Winzenburg Ventas Charitable Foundation Weiss Financial, Inc. $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9
American Agricultural Insurance Company Amsted Industries Incorporated Central Building & Preservation L.P. Parkway Elevators Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Shetland Limited Partnership Shure Incorporated Vienna Beef Vomela
The Brinson Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous Barker Welfare Foundation The Clinton Family Fund Crain-Maling Foundation Crown Family Philanthropies John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Bowman C. Lingle Trust
$ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation The Buchanan Family Foundation City of Chicago Department of Special Affairs and Cultural Events Darling Family Foundation Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Irving Harris Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Tully Family Foundation $ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation Hunter Family Foundation JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation $2,500–$ 4,999
The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Arts Midwest Touring Fund Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation William M. Hales Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Brown-Monson Foundation Geraldi Norton Foundation Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust
Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
T H E C A M PA I G N F O R T H E C H I C A G O S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the donors who have made a leadership commitment in support of the future of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as of June 30 to September 2021. Anonymous (5) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Ruth and Roger Anderson Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock The Davee Foundation Richard and Alice Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard Gottlieb Mr. Graham C. Grady The Heestand Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes The Julian Family Foundation Estate of Esther G. Klatz Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Jim † and Kay Mabie Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Mr. Robert Meeker Ms. Renée Metcalf Estate of Gloria Miner Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Mr. Daniel R. Murray Cathy and Bill Osborn Andra and Irwin Press
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Megan and Steve Shebik Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Thierer Family Foundation Richard and Helen Thomas Penny and John Van Horn Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell Craig and Bette Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Helen and Sam Zell Estate of Rita Zralek
Annual Support
Judson † and Joyce Green James and Brenda Grusecki Jim † and Kay Mabie Judy and Scott McCue The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Susan Regenstein Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Liz Stiffel
$ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9,0 0 0
Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund John and Fran Edwardson Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Walter and Kathleen Snodell Mary Stowell Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Richard and Helen Thomas Penny and John Van Horn
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through July 1, 2021. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165. $ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Anonymous (3) Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Ms. Dinah Jacobs The Julian Family Foundation Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † The Negaunee Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William A. Osborn COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) Megan and Steve Shebik Zell Family Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (3) Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab John Hart and Carol Prins Pamela Kelley Hull and Roger B. Hull † Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Patricia and Laurence Booth Kay Bucksbaum Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Dr. Eugene and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama Rhoda Lea and Henry S. † Frank Mrs. Sally Hands † Mrs. Janet Kanter Ms. Renee Metcalf
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9,0 0 0
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Peter and Elise Barack Julie and Roger Baskes
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Mrs. Janet R. Bauer Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Robert J. Buford Ms. Marion A. Cameron Mr. & Dr. George Colis Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson Ms. Ann Drake Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Neil Fackler Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Mr. Graham C. Grady Mr. Collier Hands Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes Ms. Geraldine Keefe Ms. Donna L. Kendall Anne and John † Kern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Mr. & Mrs. James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Long Story Short Media Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Ms. Britt Miller Dr. Charles Morcom Daniel R. Murray Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Mr. & Mrs. Don Phillips Mary and Joseph Plauché Andra and Irwin Press Diana and Bruce Rauner Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Thierer Family Foundation Terrence and Laura Truax Mr. † & Mrs. H. Blair White Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Nancy A. Abshire Arnie and Ann Berlin Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Ronald B. Johnson Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
Alexandra and John Nichols Mr. & Mrs. John Pratt Ida N. Sondheimer † and Family, in memory of Joseph Sondheimer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (4) Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Ms. Sarah Crane Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III The King Family Foundation Kay and Fred † Krehbiel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Ms. Betsy Levin Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. David E. McNeel Charles A. Moore Edward and Gayla Nieminen D. Elizabeth Price Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. David Savner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Mr. Marlon Smith Mrs. Carol S. Sonnenschein Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Mr. & Mrs. William C. Vance Mr. Christian Vinyard Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Ann and Richard Carr Mr. Philip Darling Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Dr. Christopher M. Kelly Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Dr. Mahalakshmi Halasyamani and Matthew Davis Marguerite DeLany Hark Pati and O.J. † Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Emilie Morphew, M.D. Jerry Rose David and Judy Schiffman $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9
Anonymous (2) Mrs. Rosa Acevedo and Mr. Jose Luis Prado Jeff and Keiko Alexander Geoffrey A. Anderson Peter and Betsy Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benck Henry R. Berghoef and Leslie Lauer Berghoef Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Merrill and Judy Blau Ms. Terry Boden Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Joyce Chelberg Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Sue and Jim Colletti Dr. Thomas H. Conner Mr. Lawrence Corry Janet Wood Diederichs Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Charles and Carol Emmons Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. Mr. David Fox Nancy and Larry Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gray Kendall Griffith Lynne R. Haarlow Joan M. Hall Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Richard and Joanne Hoffman Fred and Sandra Holubow Janice L. Honigberg Miriam U. Hoover Foundation Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp Tex and Susan Hull Ms. Patricia Hurley Merle L. Jacob Mr. & Mrs. † Howard Jessen Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller Mr. Alfred Kelley Dr. June Koizumi Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Mr. Stephan Lans Mr. Jeffrey Lennard Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard Robert † and Judy Marth Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Mrs. Frank Morrissey Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Ms. Susan Norvich Ms. Martha Nussbaum
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Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Mr. Bruce Oltman The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James O’Sullivan, Jr. Pasquinelli Family Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Richard and Frances Penn Roxy and Richard † Pepper Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Ms. Emilysue Pinnell Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker Mr. Rudolph Rasin † Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Jay † and Maija Rothenberg Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Mr. Richard Ryan Rita † and Norman Sackar Mr. David Sandfort Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Joan and George Segal David and Judith L. Sensibar The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Ms. Courtney Shea Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Julia M. Simpson Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Kelly Thedinger Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Mrs. Elizabeth Twede Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation David and Eileen Zampa $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9
Anonymous (12) Fraida and Bob Aland Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Megan P. and John L. Anderson Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews David and Suzanne Arch Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster Drs. Iris and Andrew Aronson Mrs. Jeanne B. Aronson Marta Holsman Babson Mr. Neal Ball Ms. Bonnie Barber Ms. Sandra Bass Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Donna and Mike Bell
Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. Thomas Berg Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mr. Howard Bernick Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Janet S. Boyer Ms. Jill Brennan Mrs. Sue Brubaker John D. Brubaker † Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum Linda S. Buckley Ms. Lutgart Calcote Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Mia Celano and Noel Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Mr. James Chamberlain Ms. Margaret Chaplan Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Patricia A. Clickener Ms. Jean Cocozza Douglas and Carol Cohen Jane and John C. Colman Mrs. Francie Comer † Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven R. Bert Crossland Constance Cwiok Dancing Skies Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey David and Deborah Dranove Mr. Robert R. Duggan Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Judge Frank Easterbrook Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Charles and Lois Edwards Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Elden Thomas Eller Michael and Kathleen Elliott La and Philip Engel Dr. & Mrs. James Ertle Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fischer Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Mrs. John D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann
Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Susan and Paul Freehling Dr. † & Mrs. Uwe Freese Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Dr. & Mrs. Richard Gieser Mr. & Mrs. James J. Glasser Judy and Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein Mary and Michael Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Hanna H. Gray Ms. Freddi Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Mr. & Mrs. John P. Grube Anastasia and Gary † Gutting Stephanie and Howard Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Hill and Cheryl Hammock John and Sally Hard Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan Dr. Dane Hassani Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes Mr. Dale C. Hedding David Hefter Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hesse The Hickey Family Foundation William B. Hinchliff James and Eileen Holzhauer Frances and Franklin † Horwich James and Mary Houston Michael and Leigh Huston Michael L. Igoe Mr. Craig T. Ingram Ian and Valerie Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Ms. Ethelle Katz Barry D. Kaufman Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Jim and Ellen Kelleher Mrs. Elizabeth Keyser Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn
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Joseph and Judith Konen Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr Mr. William Lawlor, III Mr. & Mrs. Dean Leff Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Sheila Fields Leiter Mary and Laurence Levine Mr. † and Mrs. Howard Lickerman Dr. Philip R. Liebson and Mrs. Carole F. Liebson Robert † and Joan Lipsig Jane and Peter Loeb The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Renée Logan Dr. Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mr. & Mrs. † Barry MacLean Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray † Dr. Ellen Mendelson Mr. Robert O. Middleton Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Bill and Penny Obenshain Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs Mr. & Mrs. William J. O’Neill Kathleen Field Orr Dr. Stephanie Pace and Robert Marshall Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr Minsok Pak and Carrie Shuchart Ms. Pamela Papas Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. Michael Payette Bonnie Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Mr. Robert Peterson Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Stanley M. and Virginia Johnson Pillman John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett Mr. & Mrs. John Puth Mr. Duane Quaini
Ms. Helen Reed Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Dr. Rutbert D. Reisch Dr. Hilda Richards Mary K. Ring Burton and Francine † Rissman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts Dr. Diana Robin Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg D.D. Roskin Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg William and Mary Ryan Anthony Saineghi Karla Scherer Mr. † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Dr. Howard Schwartz and Dr. Ruth Grant Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Diana and Richard Senior Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Siegel Ms. Ann Silberman Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons Craig Sirles Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Mrs. Diane W. Smith Mary Ann Smith David A. Sneider James and Diane Snyder Kimberly M. Snyder Carol S. Sonnenschein Robert and Emily Spoerri Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Carol D. Stein Ms. Momoko Steiner † Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Cheryl Sturm Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. James Thompson Joan and Michael Thron David Timm Ray † and Mary Ann Tittle Bill and Anne Tobey James M. and Carol Trapp John T. and Carrie M. Travers Mrs. Robert Trotter Joan and David Trushin Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner Zalman and Karen Usiskin
Dr. Michael Viglione Mr. † & Mrs. Vincent Villinski Ms. Raita Vilnins Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Abby and Glen Weisberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth Bert and Barbara Weller Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft M.L. Winburn Stephen R. Winters Peter and Marlee Wolf Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Michael † and Laura Woll Dr. Hak Wong Stephanie Wood Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever Mari Yamamoto Regnier Mr. Laird Zacheis and Ms. Sunhee Lee Ms. Karen Zupko $ 3,500–$ 4,499
Anonymous (6) Elaine and Floyd Abramson Ms. Patti Acurio Ms. Doris Angell Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei Carey and Brett August Ed Bachrach Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Dr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Roberta and Harold S. Barron Martin and Jill Baumgaertner Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Mr. Ken Belcher Jim † and Dianne Blanco Cassandra L. Book Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Mr. Charles Capwell Mrs. Caryn Jacobs and Mr. Daniel Cedarbaum Linton J. Childs Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr. Peter and Hedy Ciocci Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Lewis Collens Nancy R. Corral Ms. Jane Cox Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall In Loving Memory of Alice Furumoto-Dawson Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Scott and Lenore Enloe Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Dr. Gail Fahey Judith E. Feldman
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Donald and Signe Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad Ms. Irene Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Judy and Mickey Gaynor Timothy and Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri E. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen Jacalyn Gronek James W. Haugh Scott Helm Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Marjorie Friedman Heyman James and Margot Hinchliff Mrs. Edwin P. Hoffman Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Joni and Brian Johnson Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Mr. Thomas Kmetko Averill and Bernard † Leviton Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Dr. Herbert and Francine Lippitz Patricia M. Livingston Mr. Russ Lyman Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Dr. & Mrs. Walter Massey Dr. & Mrs. James McGee Bill McIntosh John and Etta McKenna Jane and Bruce † McLagan Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Eileen M. Murray Ms. Victoria Nee Kenneth R. Norgan Mrs. Janis Notz Mr. Thomas Orlando Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann Mr. Bruce Ottley Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Dr. & Mrs. † Ray Pensinger Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert Mr. Ed Platcow Mary Rafferty Dorothy V. Ramm Ms. Evelyn R. Richer Jerry and Carole Ringer David and Kathy Robin Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Raymond and Inez Saunders Shirley and John † Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin
Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Elizabeth and John Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Smies Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Joel and Beth Spenadel Helena Stancikas Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos Mrs. Marjorie H. Stephan Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Henry and Janet Underwood Eric Vaang Mr. Peter Vale Ms. Julia Vander Ploeg Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D. Mr. David J. Varnerin Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Nicholas and Jessica Wallace Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard David and Kerstin Wellbery Ms. Lois Wolff Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr. Ms. Debbie Wright Owen and Linda Youngman $2,500–$ 3,499
Anonymous (8) Ms. Susan Adler Dr. & Mrs. Carl H. Albright Dr. Diane Altkorn Sharon and Charles Angell Mychal P. Angelos, in memory of Dorothy A. Angelos Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ascoli Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Ms. Marlene Bach Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Mr. Carroll Barnes James and Bartha Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Berner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof Mrs. Nancy Blum Ms. Virginia Boehme Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Ms. Susan Bridge Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash Jack Buoscio Ms. Jeanne Busch Robert D. Carone Mrs. Eileen Conaghan Mr. Howard Conant Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Matt and Carrie Cotter Ms. Juli Crabtree Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Thomas E. II and Barbara C. Donnelley Family Fund Ingrid and Richard Dubberke
Josephine Lewis and Morton Dubman Linda Dykes Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Ms. Shirley Evans-Wofford Mr. Conrad Fischer Mrs. Donna Fleming Ginny and Peter Foreman Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Mr. & Mrs. Louis Freidheim, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III James and Rebecca Gaebe Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Mr. David Glueck Isabelle Goossen Michelle and Gerald M. Gordon Merle Gordon Mr. Andrew Gore Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French Thomas † and Delta Greene Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Handler Mr. Joseph Harmon Mrs. John M. Hartigan Ms. Kyle Harvey Mr. Bradley J. Henderson Ms. Leigh Ann Herman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill The Rev. Melinda Hinners-Waldie and Mr. Benjamin Waldie Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton Cynthia Jamison-Marcy Peter and Stephanie Keehn Ms. Helen Kessler Mr. & Mrs. † W. K. Ketchum Anne G. Kimball and Peter Stern Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Akiko and Shohei Koide Mr. Ken Krantz Mrs. Leona Krompart Bob and Marian Kurz Mr. Michael Licitra Mrs. Gabrielle Long Sherry and Mel Lopata Ms. Jean Lorenzen Daniel and Karen Maki Dan and Lynne Mapes-Riordan Barbara and Larry Margolis Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez Mr. † & Mrs. Lowell Mason, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass Igor and Olga Matlin Mr. † and Mrs. George Maze Ms. Marilyn Mccoy Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Mcleod Sheila and Harvey Medvin Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Mr. Carl and Maria Moore Mr. Vijai Moses Shankar and Katharine Nair Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl
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Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr. Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman David † and Dolores Nelson Mr. & Mrs. James Nowacki Sarah and Wallace Oliver Ms. Diane Ososke Garry and Joanne Owens Mr. & Mrs. Norman Perman Mr. Christopher Pickering Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Lyn Ridgeway Roberts Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Rusnak, Jr. John Jeral Sabl Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Ms. Cecelia Samans Ms. Judy Saslow Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Gerald and Barbara Schultz Susan and Charles Schwartz Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil Ms. Gail Seidel Ellen and Richard Shubart Margaret and Alan Silberman Jack and Barbara Simon Dr. Stuart Sondheimer Charles and Joan Staples Steinway & Sons Mrs. Marjorie Moretz Stinespring Barry and Winnifred Sullivan Wan Suwandi Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft Ayana Tomeka Howard † and Paula † Trienens Mr. Jay Tunney Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner Jim and Cindy Valtman Robert J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson Mr. Lawrence Wechter Barbara and Steven Wolf Peggy and Ted Wolff Ms. Camille Zientek Drs. Donald Zimmerman and Susan Pearlson Mr. Gerald A. Zimmerman $ 1, 5 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Anonymous (13) Richard † and Louise Abrahams Michael and Mary Abroe Ms. Linda Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Allen Mrs. Evelyn Alter Dr. Charles and Marie Grass Amenta Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Ms. Bernice Auslander Richard and Janice Bail Rob and Denise Baptista
Mr. Robert Barkei Thomas Barta Howard and Donna Bass Mr. Ronald Bauer Ms. Elaine Baumann Mrs. Gail Belytschko Mr. Michael Berman Mr. & Mrs. Loren Berry III Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Bezold Mr. Poul Bjerre-Jensen In Memory of John R. Blair Virginia Blanford Dr. Roger Blickensderfer Dr. H. Constance Bonbrest Mr. & Mrs. Fred P. Bosselman Mrs. Joyce Bottum Drs. Nader and Mandan Bozorgi Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Mr. Roderick Branch Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu Mr. Michael Brewer Chris Brezil Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt Andrew and Gail Brown Mrs. Dan Brusslan Sue and John Buchanan Mr. † and Mrs. Allen Buhler Mr. & Mrs. John Butler Kay and Rhett † Butler Mr. & Mrs. Charles Callard Robert and Kay Carlson Mr. & Mrs. John Chapman Mr. Myron Cherry Mr. Donald Clark Ms. Kathryn Collier Mr. Ronald Combs Mr. William Conlon and Ms. Patricia Habicht Mr. & Mrs. Richard Corrado Ms. Susan Craw Mr. Earle Cromer III Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dam Mr. & Mrs. C. Daniels Kathleen Lockhart and James Dixon Kevin and Kelly Dockery Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III Elaine and Jay Dolgin Ms. Maureen Dooley Natalie and Joshua Dranoff Tom Draski Mr. Robert Druzinsky and Ms. Renee Friedman Mr. Howard Dubin Ms. Paula Ebert Mr. Charles Ebner Gary and Deborah Edidin Patricia and James Edwards Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Ms. Paula Elliott Ms. Laura Engelstein Mrs. Doris Esko Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farley
Sally S. Feder Sheri and J. Bradley Fewell Ms. Mary Fields Debra Fienberg Sandra E. Fienberg Henry and Frances Fogel Mr. Matthew Fox Mr. Timothy Fox Ms. Elizabeth Friedgut Dr. & Mrs. Willard A. Fry Jan Gaines and Andrew S. Kenoe Mr. John Gardner Dr. & Mrs. T. H. Gasteyer Nancy Gavlin Lawrence and Amy Gillum Mr. Timothy Gleason Ms. Barbra Goering Eunice and Perry Goldberg Mr. Stanford Goldblatt Mr. † & Mrs. Samuel Golden Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin Dr. Robert Golub and Dr. Deirdre Dupre Ms. Eileen Good Ms. Sarah Good Gordon and Nancy Goodman Mr. Jacques Gordon Dr. Michael Greenwald Ms. Jean Griffin Gregory Grobarcik Mr. Tom Guensburg Mrs. Marguerite Guido Jennifer Haar Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Ronald and Diane Hamburger Mrs. Terri Hanson Nancy and Thomas Hanson Mrs. Dorothy G. Harza John Heaton and Margaret Martin-Heaton Neal Heriaud and Ann Platzer Mr. David Heroy Barbara Herzog Pat and Joseph Hinkel Dr. Richard Hirschmann Ms. Linda Hirt Mrs. & Mr. Elizabeth Hoffman Mrs. J. Holmbeck Mr. Stephen Holmes Rose Marie Houston Cheryl Istvan Ms. Kineret Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jencks Ms. Kathleen Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kallembach Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kallman Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Mrs. Louise Kasch Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kearney Mr. & Mrs. Richard Keethers Ms. Kola Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick
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Jack and Terry Klecka Jean Klingenstein Mr. Howard Korey Dr. Michael Krco Dr. & Mrs. Ken Kuo Ms. Michele Kurlander Ms. Barbara Lanctot Mr. John Lansing Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lederer Ms. Nicole Lehman Ms. and Ms. Ida Lessman Mr. Robert Letchinger † Dr. & Mrs. Murray Levin Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Lewis Stewart and Susan Liechti Dr. Peter Littlewood Mr. Melvin Loeb Robert Losik Ms. Karen MacKay Ms. Janice Magnuson Mr. Timothy Marshall Ms. Molly Martin Mr. Marco Martinez Robert and Doretta Marwin Marilyn and Myron Maurer Patricia and Richard May Ms. Jane McCarthy Mary McCarthy Mr. William McCune Ms. Patricia A. McGuire Mr. & Mrs. George C. McKann Mr. & Mrs. William McNally Mrs. Erma Medgyesy Mr. & Mrs. John Meeker Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Claretta Meier Lois and Hugo J. † Melvoin Mrs. Robert Mendelson Ms. Ruth Migdal-Brown Mr. Aaron Mills Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller Lloyd and Donna Morgan Mr. Thomas Morris David H. Moscow Allison Moulton Phyllis and Zane Muhl Lewis Nashner Ms. Yana Nedvetsky Kay A. Nelson Dr. & Ms. Richard Newcomb Mr. Jack Newsom Fr. Charles Niblick Eleanor Nicholson Mr. William Novshek Ms. Julia Nowicki and Dr. Timothy Sanborn Mr. Franklin Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Donnell Ms. Christine Lee Oler Marjory Oliker Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oppenheim
Dr. James Orr Richard and Carolyn Palas Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Paszczyk Ms. Joan Lardner Paul Jennifer Pavelec Mrs. Victorina Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Mr. Paul Phillips, Jr. and Mr. Lloyd Palmiter Lee Ann and Savit Pirl Dr. Joe Piszczor Larry and Judy Pitts Don and Martha Pollak Christine and Michael Pope Susan Poser and Stephen DiMagno Charlene H. Posner Barry and Eunice Preston Mr. & Mrs. Brad Price Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn Mr. Jeffrey Rappin Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rasio Ms. Polly Rattner Ms. Carol Rech Mrs. Enid Rieser Mr. Alexander Ripley Chauncey Robinson Mr. & Mrs. John Robinson Mr. James Rocks Steve Roper Ms. Elaine Rosen Ms. Lisa Ross Mr. Maris Roze Mr. Nicholas Russell Cassandra Salgado Mr. † and Mrs. William Sample Mr. Laurence Saviers Michael and Judith Sawyier Margaret Schaefer Kathleen and Anthony Schaeffer Ms. Penelope Schaschwary Mrs. Rebecca Schewe Barbara and Lewis Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schnell Schultz Family Private Foundation Edward and Irma Schwartz Ms. Marilyn Schweitzer Thomas and Maryellen Scott Ronald and Nancy Semerdjian Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sennett Mr. Mark Sexauer Dr. Lemuel Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sheinkop Carolyn M. Short Mr. David Showalter Mr. Thomas Simpson Christine A. Slivon David and Laraine Spector Michael Spertus and Wendy Jablow Spertus Mr. Stephen Spigel and Ms. Diana Williams Lavanya Srinivasan
Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Ms. Sue Stealey Ms. Corinne Steede Mr. & Mrs. Mark Stein Mr. Richard Stein Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Stern Donna Stroder Mr. & Mrs. Mark Sutherland Sharon Swanson Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa Ms. Alison Thomas Mr. Jay Tremblay Mrs. Denise Turcotte Trevor Turk Michael Urbut and Barbara Kirchick Urbut Gayle and Loren Veltrop Henrietta Vepstas Todd and Cari Vieregg Ms. Donna Vos Mr. Les Wallinga In memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman from David Wasserman, M.D. Cynthia and Ben Weese Mr. David Weible In Honor of Larry Neuman and Qing Hou Mrs. William White Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wick Jamie Wigglesworth AIA Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning Jennifer D. Williams Mr. Randall Winans Ted Windsor & Associates Consulting Actuaries Mr. Robert Winn Herbert and Ruth Winter Foundation Joseph Wisne Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino Mark and Randi Woodworth Mr. Robert Yarbrough Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Ms. Janice Young William Zeng Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Zitnik Dr. Michael P. Zygmunt $ 1 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 , 4 9 9
Anonymous (15) Leonard C. Achtenberg and Steve Livesey Ann Acker Ms. Beth Adamoli Mrs. Rebeca Adams Ms. Elizabeth Adkins John Albrecht Patrick Alden Ms. Rochelle Allen Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Altman Mary Jane and Bob Asher Jack and Carol Aten Fund
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Athena Fund Ms. Donna Baiocchi Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird Mr. T. Banulis Mr. Peter Barrett Nita and Alvin Barshefsky Ms. Barbara Barzansky Ms. Colleen Batcheler Ms. Brenda Battle Robert and Linda Baum Ms. Ellen Bechthold Mr. & Ms. Rodger Bechtold Ellen Becker Paul Becker and Nancy Becker George Bell Ms. Bonnie Benson Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Bergen Gene and Natalie Bernardoni Mr. John Berwanger Ms. Elizabeth Bjerklie Mr. & Mrs. Charles Black Mr. Virgil Bogert Mr. Thomas Bookey Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bowey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Boyd Carl and Kathryn Boyens Ms. Daryl Brand Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Ms. Ann Bratton Ms. Danolda Brennan Kyle Brennan Dr. Richard H. Brewer Mr. Anthony Bruck Ms. Nancy Bunge Alicia Bunton Katrina Burns Mr. & Ms. John A. Burrell Mr. George Burrows Bob and Lynn Burt Ms. Gwendolyn Butler Mr. Jay Byron Mr. Robert Byron Mr. † & Mrs. Wiley Caldwell, Jr. Ms. Evalyn Campbell Rachel Cantzler Mr. Derrell Capes Mr. Ray Capitanini Mr. Thomas Carmichael Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mr. Walter Carr Dr. Norman Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Linda Cassil Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Chalmers Mr. Rowland Chang Mr. John Chavez and Ms. Lisa Gershonson Ms. Melinda Cheung The Chicago Community Foundation Harriett and Myron Cholden Bruce Christian Erin Christiansen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chung Nancy J. Clawson
Mr. Thomas Clewett Mr. Lawrence Cohan Mr. Mimis Cohen and Mrs. Andrea Biel-Cohen Dr. Cherise Cokley and Mr. Pascal Nyobuya Ms. Ruth Colby Ms. Elaine Collina Ann Collins-Dole E. and V. Combs Foundation Anne Cooper Mrs. Edward Cooper Joe and Judy Cosenza Mr. Phil Cottrell Kristen and John Courtney Ms. Susan Cremin Mr. & Mrs. Ellen and Henry Criz Mrs. Barbara Flynn Currie William and Janice Cutler Robert Allen Daugherty Mr. Adam Davis Greg Davis Muller Davis † and Lynn Straus Ms. Kathy Dehoff Mr. Dennis Delavara Mr. Marc DeMoss Mr. Robert Deoliveira Ms. Marcia Devlin Mrs. Ruthanne Dewolfe Mr. Stephen Diamond Ms. Amy Dickinson and Mr. James Futransky Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Dickinson Mrs. Susan F. Dickman Mr. David Dickson Linda and Peter DiDonato Amy Dieschbourg Mr. William Dietz, Jr. Ms. Joan Donahue The Donnelley Foundation Mr. Fred Donner Dr. & Mrs. Heratch Doumanian Mrs. Susan Duda Cara Duffy Mrs. Janet Duffy Ms. Elizabeth Duquette Dr. Thomas Durica and Sue Jacob Lori Eich Adam Eichelkraut Mr. David Epstein and Ms. Susan K. Gordy Mr. & Mrs. A. Gerald Erickson Keith and Diane Ertner Nancy Estrada Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Eyerman Paul † and Clare Faherty Ms. Fran Faller Steven and Carol Felsenthal Mr. & Mrs. Joel Fenchel Ms. Hazel Fisher Mrs. Laura Fisher Hazel Fisher-Gable Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fitzpatrick
Ms. Lisa Flynn Dr. & Dr. James Frederiksen Ms. Diane Tkach and Mr. James F. Freundt Mr. Henry Frisch Mr. Calvin Frost John and Nancy Furr Ms. Cecile Gagan Peter Gallanis Navneet Garg Mr. John Garra Leonora Gatewood Drs. Henry and Susan Gault Mr. & Mrs. John E. Gepson Arlene Ghiron Mr. & Mrs. David Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Alan Gilbert Peter Gilbertson Kik and Si Gilman Ms. Alice Ginsburgh William and Ethel Gofen Norman † and Barbara Gold Robert and Roberta Goldman Evgenia Golubeva Mrs. Nancy Good Goodman Law Group Chicago Frederick Goodnow Mr. & Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Dr. Edward Gordon Mr. & Mrs. James Gorter Dr. Numa Gottardi-Littell Enid Goubeaux Mrs. Patricia Goyette-Gill Michelle Goyke Mike and Mary Grady David and Elizabeth Graham Bob and Lois Graham Luke Granfield Mr. Ellsworth Grant Brooks and Wanza Grantier Delmon and Sherry Grapes Mr. & Mrs. David Greenstein Mr. Andrew Griffin Mr. & Mrs. L. Dale Griffith Esther Grimm Ms. Marilyn Grogan George F. and Catherine S. Haber Mary Hackenbracht Mr. Christopher Hagen Mrs. Zahraa Hajjiri Mrs. Mary Hallman Mr. & Mrs. Errol Halperin Ms. Lee Hamilton Mrs. Susan Hammond Charlotte Hampton David Hansen Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa Mr. Charles Hanusin Mr. Steve Harris Mr. & Mrs. Julian Harvey Robert and Margot Haselkorn Mr. Joseph Hass Mr. William P. Hauworth II
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Elizabeth A. Hebert Greg Heidrich Mr. † and Mrs. Robert Heidrick Mr. & Mrs. Quentin Heisler Mr. Robert Heitsch Mr. Stephen V. Heller Janet and Bob Helman Alex Hemmer Ms. Betty Henneman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hentschel Mr. Richard Herman Mary Jo and Stephen S. Herseth Alan Hersh Mr. Keith Hickman Mr. Felipe Hillard Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hilliker Ms. Judith Hirsch Ms. Carol Hoelter Ms. Debbie Hoffman Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Vicki and Thomas Horwich Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Howell, Jr. Ms. Amanda Howland and Dr. Phillip E. Lane Michael S. Huckman Dr. Julia Hulcher Mr. Thomas Humes Ms. Bobbie Huskey Ms. Amey Hutchins Giovanna Imbarrato Mr. Michael Imbrogno Ms. Laurie Imhof Edward Ingram Ms. Hiromi Ishikawa Allan Izzo Ms. Kasey Jackson Egill and Ruth Jacobsen Ms. Judith Jahant Father Daniel Jarosewic Judith Jenkins John Jenkins Miss Doris Johnson Mr. Michael Johnson Mrs. Edith Johnston Dr. Theresa M. Judge Ms. Paula Kahn Mr. Gilbert Kanter Roula and George Karcazes George Karkazis Mr. & Mrs. David Karnes Charles Katzenmeyer Ms. Jane Keane Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keller Laura Kelley Mr. Philip Kenny Mr. & Mrs. Richard Keyser Ms. Lynne Kiesling Mr. & Ms. John Kineman Mr. & Mrs. Neil King Kathy Kirn and David Levinson Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Dr. Janice R. Klich Dr. & Mrs. Thornton C. Kline, Jr. Mr. Douglas Knuth Ms. Diane Koenker Ms. Jeanne Koons Brae Korin Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kreiter Ms. Mary Jane Krutt Mr. Konstanty E. Krylow Mrs. Linda Lane Mr. Larry Lapidus Ms. Pamela Larsen Jules M. Laser Ms. Karen Latchford Mr. Lincoln Lauhon Sharon and Bill Lear Ms. Foo Choo Lee Mr. Young Lee Neal Lenhoff Mrs. Mary Lent Mr. Stephen Lester John and Jill Levi Mrs. Richard Levi Mrs. Saralyn Levine Mrs. Nancy Liley Sara Lindholm Toby Lipton Chang Liu Ms. Alma Lizcano Diane and William F. Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. John Lloyd-Still Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Kathleen Logan Mrs. Harriett Long Mr. Dennis Lord Mr. Jay Luchsinger Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lutz Ms. Leslie Luxem Mr. Edward Mack Kenje Mallot Drs. Bruce and Barbara Malm Mr. Charles Mann Mr. Stephen Mannasmith and Ms. Mary Billington Mr. & Mrs. Roland Martel Sean Massung Dr. Ann B. Matasar Margaret and Michael McCoy Robert and Jane McDermott Mother Richard McDonough Bonnie McGrath Mr. Charles McKee Dr. & Mrs. Robert McMillan Carolyn McPherson Mr. & Mrs. Leland V. Meader Ms. Linda and Mr. Joe Meisel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Meyers, Jr. Michuda Construction Inc. Marilyn Mitchell Dr. Anthony Montag † and Dr. Katherine Griem Ms. Rosellen Monter
Sanford and Monica Morganstein Ms. Vivian Mortensen John Mugge Mr. J. Thomas Mullen Dr. Gil Munoz Mr. George Murphy Ms. Marilyn R. Murray and Mr. David J. Pichurski Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi Jim and Marion Myers Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nash Mr. & Mrs. Alan Nesburg Ms. Carolyn Neuman Richard Neville and Karen Shields Mrs. Doris Nice Jeff Nichols Mr. Alex D. Niekamp Mr. & Mrs. † Bernard Nusinow Mr. Douglas Nygaard Mr. & Mrs. Delano O’Banion Jason O’Connor James J. and Ellen O’Connor Ms. Shawn-Laree O’Neil Mrs. Ann Oros Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Osterberg Dr. Derya Ozyurt Marco and Daniela Pagani Helen and Joseph Page Mr. David Painter Ms. Joan Pantsios Timothy Park Ms. Audrey Paton James W. Pellegrino James Percifield Robert and Barbara Perkaus Ms. Dona Perry Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Peterson Rita Petretti Ed Pierson and Elaine Pierson Mr. & Mrs. Howard Pizer Mr. John Plampin Mal and Mickey Poland Mr. Neil Posner Ms. Joan Powers Mr. & Mrs. Steve Preins Meg and Jim Prendergast Ms. Anita Preston Allan and Carla Price Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Prinz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pritzker Mr. Steven Prorak Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley Mr. George Quinlan Mr. Richard Radek and Mrs. Mary Helgren Ms. Tara Raghavan Mr. & Mrs. Norman Raidl Mr. Terrence J. Ransford Joel and Marikay Raphaelson Anna Rappaport and Peter W. Plumley Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch Mr. & Mrs. David Reynolds
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Mr. Richard Rezac and Ms. Julia Fish Benjamin and Florence M. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rieser, Jr. Ring Family Foundation Mr. Paul Rink Mr. Steven Roess Cristina Romero Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rooney Gary Ropski and Barbara Schleck Mr. † & Mrs. Sherman Rosen Mrs. Babette Rosenthal Marsha and Robert Rosner Joan and Ashley Ross Mr. & Ms. Kevin A. Russell Ms. Rita Ryland Ms. Marcia Sabesin Ms. Judith Sandstrom Shabnum Sanghvi Mr. & Mrs. Steven Sarovich Mrs. Mary Sartin Mrs. Bonnie Saunders Mr. & Mrs. † Lawrence Sauter Mr. Samuel Sax Marie-Claude Schauer Mr. & Mrs. Eric Scheyer Linda Schurman Mrs. Illeane Schwartz Ms. Valerie Serzen Ms. Midge Shafton Leila Shakkour and Michael Thorne Xiaokui Katie Shan Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shapiro Ms. Kim Shepherd Judith and Fernando Siaba Dr. & Mrs. Mark Siegler Richard Sikes Ms. Sharon Silverman Lynn B. Singer Janet and Stephen Smith Dr. & Mrs. Lewis Smith Nancy J Smith Pamela and Charles Smith Richard Smith Ms. Sarah Smith Dr. & Mrs. Richard Snow Frank So † and Deborah Huggett Dr. Sabine Sobek Ms. Ronnie Sokol In Memory of Timothy Soleiman Ms. Sondra Sonneborn Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein Mr. Ronald Spears Mr. George Speck Mr. & Mrs. George Spindler Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Ms. Judith Stephen In memory of Marjorie Stone Deborah Stonebreaker Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Stresen-Reuter, Jr. Ms. Barbara Struthers Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stuckey
Mr. Phillip Sylvester Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Tamkin Ms. Deborah Tate Mr. & Mrs. A. Robert Taylor Ms. Susan Taylor Terry Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Howard Tiffen Lamar Tims Bruce and Jan Tranen Ms. Joanne Tremulis Ms. Jean True Kok-Chi Tsim Ms. Linda Turner Ellen and Jerry Upton Dr. Joyce Van Cura Ms. Betty Vandenbosch Olga Vasilieva Indre Vepstas Dr. Pietro Veronesi Jim and Mary Vieregg Frank Villella and Eduardo Hernández Mr. John Vinci Ms. Carol Vix Ms. Kathleen Vogt Mr. Frank Walschlager Mr. & Ms. Terrence Walsh The Acorn Foundation Mrs. Patricia Warren Mrs. Hempstead Washburne Judge Eugene Wedoff Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman Mr. Michael Welsh and Ms. Linda Brummer-Welsh Drs. Anne and Dennis Wentz Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wertz Ms. Rebecca West Ms. Zita Wheeler Mr. Alfred White Ms. Ellen Hunt and Mr. Charles White Mr. & Mrs. † William White Mr. James Wicklund Mr. Todd R. Wiener and Ms. Paula Jacobi Rob Wienhoff Dr. Katherine Wier Mark Wilcox Mr. Aloysius Wild and Dr. Caer McCabe Mr. Gary Wilhelm Mrs. Adrienne Wilk John Wilkinson Scott R. Williamson and Susanna E. Krentz Ms. Christine Wilson Mr. William T. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Alex Winkler Mr. Bruce Winograd Ms. Florence Winters Dr. Joseph Wise Mrs. Iris Witkowsky Mrs. Eugene Wollaston Alton Wong, M.D. Mrs. Jane Stroud Wright Ms. Mary Wysham
Take Yamamoto In memory of Anthony C. Yu Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Ms. Mary Zeltmann Mrs. Yun Zhou and Fang Wu The Charles A. Zika Family Dr. & Mrs. Larry Zollinger Ms. Barbara Zutovsky
Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these educational and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156. $ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
The Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9
Allstate Insurance Company The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation $ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
John Hart and Carol Prins National Endowment for the Arts Megan and Steve Shebik $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Judy and Scott McCue Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Polk Bros. Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
John and Fran Edwardson Bowman C. Lingle Trust
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$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Abbott Fund Barker Welfare Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation
Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Mr. Robert Middleton Segal Consulting $2,500–$ 4,499
Nancy A. Abshire Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Halasmani/Davis Family
Anonymous Ms. Patti Acurio Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel William B. Hinchliff Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Italian Village Restaurants Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Margo and Michael Oberman The Osprey Foundation Mary and Joseph Plauché Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Mr. David Sandfort Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Abby and Glen Weisberg
$ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9
$ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
$ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Illinois Arts Council Agency Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Leslie Fund, Inc. PNC Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc. $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9
Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Mr. Philip Lumpkin D. Elizabeth Price Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9
Archer Daniels Midland Company Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz The Buchanan Family Foundation Sue and Jim Colletti Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Ms. Susan Norvich Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent The Siragusa Foundation Mrs. Carol S. Sonnenschein Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Penny and John Van Horn Dr. Nanajan Yakoub $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Ms. Marion A. Cameron Ann and Richard Carr Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Dr. June Koizumi
Anonymous (5) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse John Albrecht Dr. Diane Altkorn Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Ms. Marlene Bach Mr. Peter Barrett Howard and Donna Bass Ms. Elaine Baumann Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Thomas Bookey Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bowey, Jr. Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash The Chicago Community Foundation Patricia A. Clickener Mr. Howard Conant Matt and Carrie Cotter William and Janice Cutler Robert Allen Daugherty Mr. Adam Davis Mr. Robert Deoliveira Ms. Amy Dickinson and Mr. James Futransky Mrs. Susan F. Dickman
Dr. Thomas Durica and Sue Jacob Lori Eich Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Elk Grove Graphics Charles and Carol Emmons Judith E. Feldman Ms. Lola Flamm Mr. David Fox Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Ms. Elizabeth Friedgut James and Rebecca Gaebe Peter Gallanis Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Goodman Law Group Chicago Gregory Grobarcik George F. and Catherine S. Haber Mrs. Zahraa Hajjiri Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Charlotte Hampton Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Mr. Felipe Hillard Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Michael and Leigh Huston Ms. Kasey Jackson Egill and Ruth Jacobsen Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Mr. John Lansing Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Robert Losik Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Sharon L. Manuel Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Marilyn and Myron Maurer Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Marilyn Mitchell Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Phyllis and Zane Muhl Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mr. & Mrs. Delano O’Banion Mr. Bruce Oltman Ms. Joan Pantsios Ms. Audrey Paton Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Dorothy V. Ramm Ms. Carol Rech Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Dr. Hilda Richards Mary K. Ring
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Cristina Romero Mr. Nicholas Russell Mr. Laurence Saviers Mr. & Mrs. Eric Scheyer Gerald and Barbara Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Xiaokui Katie Shan Dr. & Mrs. Richard Snow Dr. Sabine Sobek Mr. George Speck Joel and Beth Spenadel Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Sharon Swanson Ms. Deborah Tate Terry Taylor Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa Ayana Tomeka Dr. Joyce Van Cura Henrietta Vepstas Dr. Pietro Veronesi Mrs. Hempstead Washburne David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Jamie Wigglesworth AIA Ms. Christine Wilson Mr. Robert Winn 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 Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund Mary Winton Green William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement Richard A. Heise Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund The Kapnick Family Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust The Malott Family Very Special Promenades 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 Toyota Endowed Fund Virginia C. Vale† The Wallace Foundation Zell Family Foundation
CIVIC ORCHESTR A OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS
Members of the Civic Orchestra receive an annual stipend to help offset some of their living expenses during their training in Civic. The following donors have generously underwritten a Civic musician(s) for the 2021–22 season. Select Civic members participate in the Civic Fellowship program, a rigorous artistic and professional development curriculum that supplements their membership in the full orchestra. Major funding for this program is generously provided by The Julian Family Foundation. To learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156. Anonymous (2) Nancy A. Abshire Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Sue and Jim Colletti Lawrence Corry Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mary Winton Green Jane Redmond Haliday Chair The Julian Family Foundation Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Leslie Fund Inc. Phillip G. Lumpkin Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Judy and Scott McCue and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Ms. Susan Norvich Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Inc. The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund Dr. Marylou Witz
Theodore Thomas Society
Mary Louise Gorno Chair Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please contact Al Andreychuk, Director of Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at 312-294-3150. S T R A D I VA R I A N A S S O C I AT E S
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as of September 2021. Anonymous (7) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Lisa J. Adelstein Jeff and Keiko Alexander Evy Johansen Alsaker Robert A. Alsaker Geoffrey A. Anderson Marlene Bach Dr. Jeff Bale Mr. Neal Ball Sally J. Becker Marlys A. Beider Dr. C. Bekerman Martha Bell Mike and Donna Bell Celine Bendy Julie Ann Benson K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet Merrill and Judy Blau Ann Blickensderfer Danolda Brennan Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. Mitchell J. Brown Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark Patricia A. Clickener Judith and Stephen F. Condren Anita Crocus Harry and Jean Eisenman Dr. Marilyn Ezri Mrs. William M. Flory Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Rhoda Lea Frank Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk Penny and John Freund Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Merle Gordon Mary Louise Gorno
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Dr. & Mrs. David Granato Mary L. Gray Mary Winton Green Dr. Jon Brian Greis Nancy Griffin John and Patricia Hamilton John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. William P. Hauworth II Thomas and Linda Heagy Mr. R.H. Helmholz Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder Concordia Hoffmann Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes Frank and Helen Holt Mark and Elizabeth Hurley Michael L. Igoe, Jr. Ms. Darlene Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Lori Julian Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Howard Kaspin James Kemmerer Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Edwin and Karen Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka Robert B. Kyts Memorial Fund Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring Robert Alan Lewis Dr. Valerie Lober Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl Sheldon H. Marcus Marilyn G. Marr James Edward McPherson Janet L. Melk Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor Charles Moore Craig and Rose Moore Mrs. Mario A. Munoz John H. Nelson Muriel Nerad Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer Diane Ososke Dr. Joan E. Patterson Donald Peck Mary T. and David R. Pfleger Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Judy Pomeranz Neil K. Quinn Randall and Cara Rademaker Al and Lynn Reichle Ann and Bob† Reiland Wendy Reynes Dr. Edward O. Riley Charles and Marilynn Rivkin David and Kathy Robin Jerry Rose
Mr. James S. Rostenberg Richard O. Ryan John A. Salkowski Cecelia Samans A. Wm. Samuel Franklin Schmidt Joanne Silver Mr. Craig Sirles Betty W. Smykal Annette and Richard Steinke Mrs. Deborah Sterling Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Mrs. Gloria B. Telander Karin and Alfred Tenny Richard and Helen Thomas Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Dr. Richard Tresley Paula Turner Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn Mr. Christian Vinyard Craig and Bette Williams Florence Winters Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Helen Zell MEMBERS
Anonymous (29) Valerie and Joseph Abel Louise Abrahams Patrick Alden Richard and Elynne Aleskow Judy L. Allen Ann S. Alpert Ms. Judith L. Anderson Steven Andes, PhD Catherine Aranyi Dr. Susan Arjmand Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba Mara Mills Barker Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty Joan I. Berger Robert M. Berger John L. Browar Catherine Brubaker Joseph Buc Edward J. Buckbee Michelle Miller Burns Mr. Robert J. Callahan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Car Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael Dr. Marlene E. Casiano Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy Sharon Conway Mr. Jerry J. Critser Ron and Dolores Daly Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson Sylvia Samuels Delman Mrs. David A. DeMar Ms. Phyllis Diamond
Mr. Richard L. Eastline Nancy Schroeder Ebert Robert J. Elisberg Richard Elledge Charles and Carol Emmons Lu and Philip Engel Tarek and Ann Fadel James B. Fadim Leslie Farrell Donna Feldman Frances and Henry Fogel Allen J. Frantzen Nancy and Larry Fuller Dileep Gangolli Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Steve and Lauran Gilbreath Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III Mr. Joseph Glossberg Adele and Marvin† Goldsmith Douglas Ross Gortner Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray Delta A. Greene Mrs. Barbara Gundrum Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley Mr. Tom Hall Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett Dr. Donald Heinrich William B. Hinchliff Mr. Thomas Hochman Jack and Colleen Holmbeck Mrs. Walter Horban James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. Jacob Dinah Jacobs Ms. Jessica Jagielnik Joseph and Rebecca† Jarabak Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Marshall Keltz Valerie and George Kennedy Paul Keske Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr. Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Sally Jo Knowles Mrs. Russell V. Kohr Ms. Barbara Kopsian Liesel E. Kossmann Eugene Kraus Thomas and Annelise Lawson Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey Ms. Nicole Lehman Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy Ms. Sally Lewis Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Mr. Michael Licitra Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Bonnie Glazier Lipe Candace Loftus
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Suzette and James Mahneke Ann Chassin Mallow Sharon L. Manuel Mrs. John J. Markham Judy and Scott McCue Mr. William McIntosh Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey Dorothe Melamed Marcia Melamed Dale and Susan Miller Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Thomas R. Mullaney Daniel R. Murray Dolores D. Nelson Franklin Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. Wallace and Sarah Oliver Lynn Orschel Dr. David G. Ostrow and Mr. Rafael Gomez Helen and Joseph Page George R. Paterson Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Elizabeth Anne Peters Mr. Lewis D. Petry Judy C. Petty Karen and Dick Pigott Lois Polakoff D. Elizabeth Price Dorothy V. Ramm Jeanne Reed Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones Karen L. Rigotti Don and Sally Roberts Ms. Elaine Rosen Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal Dr. Virginia C. Saft Craig Samuels Sue and William Samuels Paul and Kathleen Schaefer Mrs. Milton Scheffler Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt David Shayne Anne Sibley Larry Simpson Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Thomas G. Sinkovic Rosalee Slepian Mary Soleiman Jim Spiegel Julie Stagliano Denise M. Stauder Karen Steil Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale Mr. John Stokes Jeffrey and Linda Swoger Mr. John C. Telander Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson Karen Hletko Tiersky Myron Tiersky Jacqueline A. Tilles Mr. James M. Trapp
Mr. Donn N. Trautman Mike and Mary Valeanu Frank Villella Mr. Milan Vydareny Dr. Malcolm Vye Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek Mr. Frank Walschlager Louella Krueger Ward Dr. Catherine L. Webb Karl Wechter Claude M. Weil Joan Weiss Mr. Thomas Weyland Lisa and Paul Wiggin Linda and Payson S. Wild Kayla Anne Wilson Robert A. Wilson Nora M. Winsberg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf Beth Wollar IN MEMORIAM
Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members and patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support. Anonymous (9) Hope A. Abelson Elizabeth E. Abler Richard Abrahams Frances B. Abrahamson Donald Alderman Sara Anastaplo Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos Elizabeth M. Ashton Irwin Askow Jacqueline and Frank Ball Wayne Balmer Paul Barker Leland and Mary Bartholomew Patricia Anne Barton Barbara Burt Baumann Hortense K. Becker Arlene and Marshall Bennett Norma Zuzanek Bennett Sally J. Benson Harriet and Harry H. Bernbaum Lenore M. Berner Naomi T. Borwell Kathryn Bowers Harriet B. Brady Marjorie L. Bredehorn Howard Broecker Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown George and Jacqueline Brumlik Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger Marie Kraemer Burnside
Norma Cadieu Wiley Caldwell Elizabeth R. Capilupo Charles R. Casper Margaret G. Chamales Marcia S. Cohn Milton Colman Robert Cooke Nelson D. Cornelius Anita J. Court, Ph.D. Christopher L. Culp Barbara DeCoster Billie Dale Delevitt Robert L. Devitt Azile Dick Edison and Jane Warner Dick James F. Drennan William B. Drewry Robert L. Drinan, Jr. Daisy Driss William A. Dumbleton Evelyn Dyba Marian Edelstein Estelle Edlis Dr. Edward Elisberg Kelli Gardner Emery Joseph R. Ender Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson Shirley Mae Evans Mildred F. Fanslau Dr. James D. Fenters Leslie Fogel Robert B. Fordham Herbert and Betty Forman Richard Foster Etha Beatrice Fox Elaine S. Frank Henry S. Frank Herbert B. Fried Dr. Muriel S. Friedman Gustave D. Friesem Hynda and Maurice Gamze Florence Ganja Alan J. Garber William and Helene Gardner Martin and Francey Gecht Isak Gerson Betsy N. and James R. Getz Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Lyle Gillman Marvin Goldsmith Elizabeth S. Graettinger William B. Graham Richard Gray David Green Allen J. Greenberger Dr. Robert A. Greendale Mrs. Ann B. Grimes Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Elizabeth and Paul Guenzel Cecile Guthman Betty and Lester Guttman
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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A. William Haarlow III Grace and Vernon Hajeck Clarine and James Hall Julie and J. Parker Hall Richard Halvorsen Leah C. and Robert J. Hamman CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. Mrs. David J. Harris Polly Heinrich Mary Mako Helbert Lawrence J. Helstern Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth Marriane Deson Herstein Mary Jo Hertel Helen Hoagland Blanche Hoheisel Eugene P. Holland Allen H. Howard Hugh Johnston Hubbard Joseph H. Huebner Helen Igoe Mrs. Henry Isham Barbara Isserman Robert Johnson Phyllis A. Jones Joseph M. Kacena Stuart Kane Morris A. Kaplan Roberta Kapoun Paul Keske Esther G. Klatz Jeffrey W. Korman William Kruppenbacher Karen Kuehner Evelyn and Arnold Kupec Rebecca Jarabak Ruth Lucie Labitzke Louise H. Landau Alice M. La Pert Sadie Lapinsky Caressa Y. Lauer Robert A. Leady Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Patricia Lee Christine D. Letchinger Lena T. Levinson Richard Alan Livingston Marion M. and Glen A. Lloyd Mary Longbrake William C. Lordan Arthur G. Maling June Betty and Herbert S. Manning Kathleen W. Markiewicz Ellen and Robert C. Marks Irl and Barbara Marshall Eloise Martin Virginia Harvey McAnulty Helen C. McDougal, Jr. Lillian E. McLeod Eunice H. McGuire Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick Carolyn and Bruce McPherson
Jack L. Melamed, M.D. Hugo J. Melvoin Richard Menaul Shirley R. Mesirow Phillip Migdal Kathryn and Edward Miller Micki Miller Gloria Miner Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Bill Moor Kathryn Mueller Marietta Munnis Leota Ann Meyer Murray David H. Nelson Helen M. Nelson Sydelle Nelson Otto Nerad John and Maynette Neundorf Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld Raymond and Eloise Niwa Joan Ruck Nopola Carol Rauner O’Donovan T. Paul B. O’Donovan Mary and Eric Oldberg Bruce P. Olson Suzanne and Brace Pattou Dorothy and William G. Paulick, Jr. Mary Perlmutter Bette G. Petersen Helen J. Petersen Madge and Neil Petersen Maxine R. Philipsborn Walter Placko Elaine and Harold H. Plaut Charles J. Pollyea Miriam Pollyea Virginia and Eugene Pomerance Halina J. Presley Samuel Press Alfred and Maryann Putnam Christine Querfeld Ruth Ann Quinn Muriel F. Reder Walter Reed Daniel Reichard Bob Reiland Paul H. Resnik Sheila Taaffe Reynolds Joan L. Richards J. Timothy Ritchie Dolores M. RixFanada David M. Roberts Rosemary Roberts Virginia H. Rogers Jill N. Rohde Irmgard Hess Rosenberger Ben J. Rosenthal Harriet Cary Ross Anthony Ryerson Margaret R. Sagers Beverly and Grover Schiltz Erhardt Schmidt
Muriel Schnierow Donald R. Schreiber Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr. Margaret and Edwin Seeboeck Nancy Seyfried Denise Selz Joseph J. Semrow Ingeborg Haupt Sennot Soretta and Henry Shapiro Muriel Shaw Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Mr. William F. Sibley Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel Peter E. Sincox Mr. Allen R. Smart Jean H. Smith Peggy E. Smith-Skarry Willis B. Snell Karen A. Sorensen Georgette Grosz Spertus Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Stagliano Mrs. Zelda Star Mr. Charles J. Starcevich Curtis D. Stensrud Lucille G. and David W. Stotter Helmut and Irma Strauss Franklin R. St. Lawrence Robert Sychowski Dr. Gerald Sunko Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson Ruth Miner Swislow Robert Sychowski Andrew and Peggy Thomson J. Ross Thomson Sue Tice Beatrice B. Tinsley C. Phillip Turner Paul D. Urnes Ted Utchen Robert L. Volz Lois and James Vrhel Cecilia Sue and Burton J. Wade Louise Benton Wagner Michael Jay Walanka Nancy L. Wald Jeanne Walker Josephine Wallace Laurie Wallach Jean Angus and Ferre C. Watkins Virginia O. Weaver Ann Dow Weinberg Marco Weiss James M. Wells Barbara Huth West Joyce Hadley Williams Arnold and Ann Wolff Ronald R. Zierer Rita A. Zralek
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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Tribute Program
The Tribute Program provides an opportunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It also can serve as a way to honor the memory of friends and family. An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to express your feelings in a truly distinctive and memorable way. Contributions may be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more information regarding this program, please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts of $100 or more received through July 2020. MEMORIAL GIFTS
In memory of Claudio Abbado Mr. Daniel Balsam In memory of her loved ones Ms. Laverne Alexander In memory of Roy B. Alper Mr. Jeffrey Alper In memory of Robin Beauchamp Ms. Jacqueline Harper In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Owen and Sylvia Belmont Chifan Belmont In memory of Gerry Benyo Ms. Elisabeth Long In memory of Dr. David Berkson Dr. & Mrs. David Berkson In memory of Hector Berlioz Linda Spadlowski In memory of Bud Beyer Ms. Jean Flaherty In memory of John R. Blair Mrs. Barbara J. Blair In memory of Kettee J. Boling Mr. Thomas Boling
In memory of Barbara Borovsky Anonymous (2) Douglas Bade Peter Borzak Richard Bray Robert Buchsbaum Melinda Cook Mr. & Mrs. Dan Drexler Kristen Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. James Esser Terri Feldman Mrs. Lisa Fisher Wendy Fox Lee Frank Katie Froelich William and Ethel Gofen Charles Gofen Ms. Judy Golson Mark Goodman Leslie Grauer Renee Greenspon Juli Greenwald Jamie Haddad Chris Hamilton John Hammerschlag Elaine Jacoby Steve Joung Karen Kaplan Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Beth Kaufmann Kathryn Kerr Robert Kimble Susan Koehler Ms. Ann W. Krouse Scott Levee Daniel Libit Marjorie Loeb Jan Mathes Cary Mendelsohn Mr. & Mrs. Russel L. Miron Myra Morris Mrs. John Myers Vicki Newman Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nierman John Hart and Carol Prins Julie Regan Mr. & Ms. Thomas Rein Daniel Reisner Elaine Lebhoff-Ries, M.D., and Michael Ries, M.D. Amy Saltzman Alison Salzman Gail Seidman Lynne Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sharfstein Bonnie Shlensky Mr. Daniel Sobol Nancy Swan Donna Zarcone In memory of John Bross Rev. Robert Wyatt
In memory of Elfrida Bruk Samantha Scalabrino In memory of Inge de la Camp Stephanie Wood In memory of Carol Mary Carruthers Marshall Johnson In memory of Robert Chaiken Mary Chaiken In memory of Mr. Myron Cholden Mrs. and Dr. Diane Levy In memory of Dorothy Cohn Kim Lande In memory of Matthew Cook Ms. Veronica Cook In memory of Frank R. Crisafulli Mrs. Dorothy Crisafulli In memory of Dr. Christopher Culp Neal Lenhoff In memory of Gary A. Davis Dr. Steven Andes In memory of Herb Drury Jill and Scott Gundy In memory of Ron Eisenhauer Mr. † & Mrs. Gershon Berg In memory of Marc and Carolyn Ellis Mr. & Mrs. William Rapp In memory of Carolyn Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Moschandreas Rachel Silver In memory of Susan K. Gordy Epstein Mr. David Epstein and Ms. Susan K. Gordy In memory of Mrs. Estelle Wolowitz Jacobs Mr. Daniel Balsam In memory of George Estevez Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wilhelm In memory of Hazel S. Fackler Neil Fackler In memory of Lyn Corbett Fitzgerald Ms. Nancy Kittle In memory of James Foy Ms. Lucienne Johnson
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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In memory of Neil Gerdes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Helm
In memory of Shirley Kalnitz Mr. Nathan Linsk
In memory of Isak V. Gerson Gabriel Gregoratos
In memory of Bernard E. Kane, M.D. Lisa DeVitto
In memory of David Lee Gibson Mr. Jonathan Gibson Marion Gibson Cynthia Lucas Shannon Rusnak
In memory of Jerry Kaplan Mr. Jeffrey Jahns Tony Kempf Nancy Leizman Stephanie Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith
In memory of Dr. Jay M. Goldberg Dr. Anna Lysakowski
In memory of Lucille Marilyn Marks Ellison Ms. Nancy Friedman In memory of Carol J. Mason Jill C. Hawkes In memory of William C. McConnell Mr. William and Karen McConnell In memory of Edith G. McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson
In memory of Merrily Ketchum Wally and Carol Lennox Lois Marijo Schneiderwind Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Smith Kelly Thedinger
In memory of Dr. Donald J. and Nancy B. McNeil Elizabeth Gill
In memory of Bruce and Carolyn McPherson Estate of Carolyn M. McPherson
In memory of Roger Harris Gail Shiner
In memory of Lawrence Klevan David Berger DCM Telemarketing Ms. Jane Heron Mabel Menard Ayana Tomeka
In memory of John Hayes Mr. John Hayes
In memory of Adele Kornfeld Ms. Lois Weiss
In memory of Evelyn Meine Mr. Curt Meine
In memory of OJ Heestand Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez Jane M. Gaines Miss Robin Moore Leila Shakkour and Michael Thorne
In memory of Antoinette Lalagos Mr. Daniel Creed In memory of Abba and Eleanor Leifer Ms. Diana Leifer
In memory of Leonard E. Meyers Ms. Julie Bromley Ximena Mora Y Olivan Mr. & Ms. James Socke Gertrude Slowik
In memory of Tom Hill Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill
In memory of Lena Levinson Sherwin Levinson
In memory of Barbara P. Millar Ms. Kola Kennedy
In memory of Christopher Horsch Mr. † & Mrs. Christopher Horsch
In memory of Irene Lindau Mr. Kevin Rudd
In memory of Mary Ingmire Jann Ingmire
In memory of Richard A. Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Royce Eckhardt
In memory of Thelma Jackson Deneen Gillespie
In memory of Jim Mabie Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
In memory of Janet Jentes Anonymous Lynne R. Haarlow Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
In memory of Earl J. Macey Eliot Konz
In memory of Carol Mittleman Mr. & Mrs. Ted Banks Kelly Carter Gloria Gray Jeffrey Gray Cynthia Kane Karen Gray-Keeler Ms. Monica Tobler Shelley Ziack
In memory of Elizabeth Jean Gray Thomas Gallaher In memory of Barbara Groves’s mother Ms. Barbara Groves In memory of Zave Gussin Mr. Nathan Kahn
In memory of Emil Johnson Dr. Christakes In memory of Ed Jones Mr. Jim Fitzgerald
In memory of Edith G. MacLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson In memory of Heather DeBuhr Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot Kenje Mallot In memory of Salah Galal and Yasser Mansour Hysam Galal
In memory of Carolyn McPherson Richard Hall
In memory of Carolyn McPherson Mr. Michael Berman
In memory of Mildred E. Mohr Mr. Dale Mohr In memory of Charles Francis Moles Ms. Kathleen Harrington and Mr. Charlie Moles † In memory of Anthony G. Montag Dr. Anthony Montag † and Dr. Katherine Griem
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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In memory of Clark and Joann Montgomery Ms. Susan Montgomery In memory of Emma Alice Mosely Ms. Erica Mosely In memory of Kay Nalbach Ms. Susann Ball In memory of Gail Niwa Edward Inbusch Emi Matsuda Jean Shin Nanjo Roycroft Chamber Music Festival Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky In memory of Matthew Olson Mrs. Patricia Olderr In memory of Eul Soo Pang Dorothy Clancy Dr. Laura Pang
In memory of Edgar Rose Annie Lamb
In memory of Viktor Tomilov Ms. Anna Tomilova
In memory of Robert Rosenman Mrs. Harriet Rosenman
In memory of Feyga and Samuil Totodov Ms. Mariya Kalinovskiy
In memory of Delores Sarovich Mr. & Mrs. Steven Sarovich In memory of Tommy Sarwark JF Sarwark M.D. In memory of Earl V. Schuster Mrs. Marcia Dam In memory of Earl Z. Schuster Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dam In memory of Charlotte Garber Schwartz Ms. Terry Schwartz
In memory of Alex Trebek Ms. Rita Mendelsohn In memory of Richard Trueheart Martha Trueheart In memory of Denise Turcotte Annette Snyder In memory of Joan Turk Trevor Turk In memory of Mr. Donald C. Verlenden Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III
In memory of William Shapiro Marie Waite
In memory of John Vesevick Julie Molina
In memory of Charles M. Shea Ms. Martha Egeland
In memory of Mary Anne Vestal Mr. Walter Vestal
In memory of Dyan Peterson Joe Bass
In memory of Courtney Shea Nancy J. Clawson
In memory of Mrs. Sandra Wilkins Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Peterson
In memory of Jean Shorr Pauline Taylor
In memory of Lynne and Ron Wachowski Ms. Peggy Ryan
In memory of Carmen Perez Mr. Jeffrey Callison Ms. Silvia Rapacz
In memory of J. Michael Wagner Kim Wagner
In memory of Fay B. Photopulos Mark Gorgal
In memory of Michael Silverstein from his family Ms. Mara Tapp
In memory of Shelly Plager Mrs. Janice Pranger
In memory of Gene Simon Jay Simon
In memory of Dr. William Warren Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin
In memory of Justin Edwin Pregenzer Dr. Gerard Pregenzer
In memory of Helga Singwi Anjali Oberai
In memory of Carol Wechter Mr. Lawrence Wechter
In memory of Ted Rachofsky Susan Rachofsky
In memory of Gerard Smetana Michelle Israel
In memory of Lynne Raimondo Lynne Raimondo and Family
In memory of Gerard C. Smetana Ms. E. Smetana
In memory of Walter Whisler, M.D., PhD. Laura Whisler
In memory of Florence Rand Elizabeth R. Fuller
In memory of Frank S. So Frank So † and Deborah Huggett
In memory of Bennett Reimer Elizabeth A. Hebert
In memory of Hallie Stein Liz Radgowski
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Reuter Mr. Ulrich Sterzl
In memory of Carol Strauss Mr. Edward Turkington
In memory of Virginia H. Rogers and Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Mr. Robert Wilson
In memory of Grandma Tita Ian Rubin
In memory of Richard and Vanya Wang Eric Vaang
In memory of Dr. Kenneth F. Wieg Annette Wieg In memory of Wesley Wildman Jessica Armour-Ardizzone Lawrence Daker and the Reavis High School Administration Valerie Feldman Mr. James Franczek Karen Gallagher Susan Hastings Ann Leeds Charles Rose Mrs. Jennifer Wilson Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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In memory of Dale E. Woolley Ms. Regina Janes
In honor of Richard W. Colburn Charles Katzenmeyer
In memory of Edward Zasadil Mr. Larry Simpson
In honor of Eileen Conaghan Mrs. Julie Stagliano
HONOR GIFTS
In honor of Esme Conour Stacy Fifer
In honor of Liz Adams Mr. Kevin Connellan In honor of Liz and Bill Adams Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Reilly In honor of Mr. & Mrs. David K. Adams James and Rebecca Gaebe
In honor of Ruth and Evelyn Cvengros Kathleen Malone In honor of John and Barbara Dabrowski Ms. Sara Dabrowski
In honor of Piano Students from the Studio of Helen Grosshans Ms. Helen Grosshans In honor of Jennifer Gunn Mr. John Thorne In honor of Mary Hagen Ms. Alyssa Hagen In honor of Taylor Hampton Charlotte Hampton In honor of Robert Hindsley Anita Hindsley
In honor of Jim Dale Mr. Neil Harris
In honor of Robert and Jane Hindsley Julia Byrne
In honor of Lucretia Aiello Lisa Aiello
In honor of Design, Program Book, and Marketing Departments Gretchen Sauer
In honor of David Hines Sr., M.D. Mr. David Hines, Jr.
In honor of Jeff Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Alan Dennis
In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Dienstag Mr. Jerome Dienstag
In honor of Jeff and Keiko Alexander Dr. Abigail Sivan
In honor of Baird Dodge Charles Granville Ms. Lori Mitchell
In honor of Michael Adolph Mrs. Ann Oros
In honor of Elizabeth A. Allen Pat Allen In honor of Doris Angell Dr. Michael Angell In honor of So Young Bae Ms. Renita M. Esayian In honor of Buddy Block Howard and Donna Bass In honor of Doug Bolino Wendy-Jo Toyama In honor of Sue Bridge Ms. Kathleen Jordan In honor of Deborah Brusveen John Brusveen In honor of Virginia Chao’s brother Virginia Chao In honor of Ms. You Ming Chin Mrs. Mary Dietrick In honor of Sunghee Choi Mrs. Eileen Conaghan In honor of Dorothy Cohn Mr. Gary Cohn
In honor of Katy Donovan Emily Corbett In honor of Cynthia Ellis Donna Maibusch In honor of Daniel Foster Anna Tyson In honor of Calvin Fultz Alison Madrigal In honor of Erin Gernon Charlene Gernon In honor of George Gilkerson Ms. Linda Wallin In honor of William Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman In honor of Jan and Larry Goldstein’s 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Goldstein
In honor of Joel Horwitz Katharine Horowitz In honor of Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Michael Henoch, Jim Smelser, Esteban Batallán, David Herbert, Lei Hou, Ni Mei, Matous Michal, and Bill Buchman The Julian Family Foundation In honor of Stephanie Jeong, Cornelius Chiu, Jennifer Gunn, Lynne Turner, Gene Pokorny, Patricia Dash, Miles Maner, Katinka Kleijn, Stephen Lester, Nancy Park, David Sanders Ms. Marilyn Duginger In honor of Earl A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Johnson In honor of Blain and Debbie Keith Dr. Thomas Keith In honor of Todd Kersh David Schroeder In honor of Bob and Ruth Kinsman Mrs. Jeanne Girard In honor of Howard Klapman Mr. Michael Alter
In honor of Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cohan
In honor of Robert Kohl Mr. Gregory Cameron
In honor of Madelyn Greenberger Mr. Jeffrey Greenberger
In honor of Mark Kraemer Mr. David J. Varnerin
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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In honor of Stephen Lester Ms. Helen Goldstein
In honor of Dolores Nathanson Noah Gilson
In honor of Charles Srstka Ms. Beth Hakamy
In honor of Ben Levy Ms. Jessica Jagielnik and Ms. Sam Kufta
In honor of Qing Hou and Larry Neuman Larry Neuman and Qing Hou
In honor of Judy and Karl Stadler Ms. Mary Dougherty
In honor of Dezhong Liang Ms. Jingyi Liang In honor of The Lincoln Quartet Bruce Gribens Bob and Marissa Happ Jonathan Maayan Hung Tzaw Tai In honor of The Logas Family Mr. Daniel Logas In honor of Jeffrey London Stephanie Garry In honor of Virginia Lorber Svetlana Rivilis In honor of Maggie and Tom Magarian Greta Wilkening In honor of Margot Martino Mr. Richard Martino In honor of Jonathan McCormick Emily Wright In honor of Lisa McDaniel and Kim Duffy Ms. Florence Connelly In honor of Simon Michal Ms. Sarah Good In honor of Diane Mues Carol Babbitt Paula Gorlitz Brae Korin Bill Loumpouridis and Melanie Loumpouridis In honor of Bob and Mimi Murley Suzanne Sennatt In honor of Alaina Murphy Samantha Silva In honor of Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ms. Lois Wolff
In honor of NMI Staff Dana M. Cook In honor of Ken Olsen Dr. Charles Morcom In honor of Bradley Opland Ms. Lois Wolff In honor of Craig Oxford Dr. Hebert and Sharon Meltzer In honor of Kevin Pavao Jennifer Mislinski In honor of Dane Philipsen Michael Philipsen In honor of James Ross Mr. & Mrs. David Weber In honor of Ruthie Ryan Mr. & Mrs. David Heeren James Percifield Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe In honor of Heloisa and Emi Ryhal Luz Pinilla In honor of David A. Samson Ken Samson In honor of Dean and Martha Sayles Ellen Sayles In honor of Barbara Schneider Barbara and Lewis Schneider In honor of Florence Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann In honor of John Sharp Ms. Janice Young In honor of The Shebik Family Giovanna Imbarrato
In honor of Momoko Steiner Ms. and Ms. Eri Iwakuni In honor of Irving Stenn, Jr. Mr. John Stiefel and Mrs. Lesa Ukman In honor of Heather Storey Mr. Mark Mandich In honor of Denise Stauder Mrs. Janet Duffy In honor of Jean Stremmel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Maughan In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sudler Mr. Neal Ball In honor of Susan Synnestvedt Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell In honor of David Taylor Ms. Claretta Meier Dr. Steven Pierson In honor of Ann Wagener Mr. & Ms. Robert Savard In honor of Robert F. Wallwork Family Ms. Michele Packard In honor of Claude Weil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro In honor of Wilfred Edward White Ms. Olive Dilworth In honor of Stephen Williamson, Joyce Noh, Hemine Gagne, Max Raimi, and Richard Hirschi Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward In honor of Cynthia Yeh Gabriel Villani Ms. Carla Williams Mr. Thomas Libera
In honor of Amy Shevitz Ms. Jane Lippow
In honor of In honor of Helen Zell, in memory of Deborah Sobol Mr. Rowland Chang
In honor of Riccardo Muti Ms. Mary Neville
In honor of Lisa Simeone Elaine Murphy
In honor of Simon Zreczny Mr. Christopher Pickering
In honor of Dolores Nathanson and Daniel Armstrong Norma Gilson
In honor of Symphony Financial Scott Jonas
† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of July 1, 2021
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