Symphony Center Presents
Building on years of presenting exceptional performances by visiting ensembles and the world’s most renowned artists in solo and chamber music recitals, Symphony Center Presents continues its tradition of inviting audiences to experience extraordinary musical artistry in a mustsee lineup of concerts for the coming season.
The SCP Chamber Music series opens with Jordi Savall and his instrumental and vocal ensembles, Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial da Catalunya, to perform a radiant program entitled Monteverdi: A Baroque Revolution The Tears and the Fire of the Muses. New CSO Artist-inResidence Daniil Trifonov and violinist Leonidas Kavakos collaborate for a recital of sonatas by Beethoven, Poulenc, and Brahms, as well as the Rhapsody no. 1 of Bartók. Violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Jan Lisiecki perform a recital of works by Mozart, Schumann, and Beethoven in March. The series closes with a trio performance by cellist Pablo Ferrández, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and pianist Yefim Bronfman.
The SCP Piano series opens with Daniil Trifonov in recital, followed by distinguished returning artists Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Maria João Pires, and Víkingur Ólafsson. Debut performers include Alexandre Kantorow and Mao Fujita, both winners at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Leonidas Kavakos
Zakir Hussain
Alexandre Kantorow
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
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Wynton Marsalis
There are many other special performers returning to Symphony Center. Vocalist Lila Downs brings her Día de los Muertos program, celebrating Mexican traditions with music, dance, and colorful folklórico costumes in October. During December, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, led by CSO Trombone Michael Mulcahy, is featured in its annual concert of selections for brass ensemble. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis makes its annual visit to Symphony Center for a two-day residency in January. The virtuosic Japanese taiko drumming ensemble Kodo performs in February, as does Pink Martini, with vocalist China Forbes, as part of its thirtieth-anniversary tour. Also in February, the eighteen-member Sphinx Virtuosi orchestra performs masterpieces by prominent Black and Latino composers in its Symphony Center debut. In April, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, as well as Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion, come to Symphony Center for concerts.
More Symphony Center Presents Jazz programs will be announced in April.
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ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THIRD SEASON
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RICCARDO MUTI Music Director Emeritus for Life
Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 7:30
Friday, April 12, 2024, at 7:30
Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 7:30
James Conlon Conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Soprano
Ashley Dixon Mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage Tenor
Lucas Meachem Baritone
Lincon Reed Treble
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Eugene Rogers Guest Director
MENDELSSOHN Elijah, Op. 70
Part 1
INTERMISSION
Part 2
The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra thanks the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association— led by Sharon Mitchell, League President—for contributions to the Endowed Concert Fund, which supports this performance.
United Airlines is the Official Airline of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra thanks the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, led by League President Sharon Mitchell, for contributions to the Endowed Concert Fund, which supports this performance.
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COMMENTS by Phillip Huscher
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Born February 3, 1809; Hamburg, Germany
Died November 4, 1847; Leipzig, Germany
Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70
In a letter written from his deathbed, Felix Mendelssohn’s father, Abraham, urged his son to get to work on Saint Paul, to confirm once and for all the seriousness of his musical ambition. (Never mind that Felix had already established his place in music history with his teenage masterpieces, the Octet for strings and the Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.) A dutiful son in a long line of ambitious Mendelssohns—his grandfather was the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, his father one of Germany’s most prominent bankers—Felix completed Saint Paul within a matter of months, and then, realizing that the oratorio was an ideal form for his grandest musical ideas, he began to think of a follow-up. At first he settled on Saint Peter, even going so far as to draw up a scheme for the work, but he eventually decided on Elijah instead. And it is that score, composed a decade after his father’s death, perhaps more than any other work in his catalog, that proved Mendelssohn’s formidable stature. At its first performance in Birmingham, England, in August 1846, Elijah was acclaimed as the greatest sacred work of its time. “Never a more complete triumph,” wrote the critic for the London Times, “never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.”
Mendelssohn’s own popularity, however, was soon to shift dramatically. After the London premiere of Elijah in 1847, the much-read critic Henry Fothergill Chorley said: “Elijah is not only the sacred work of our time, we dare fearlessly to assert, but it is a work ‘for our children and for our children’s children.’ ” But two generations later, Mendelssohn lost ground in the public’s favor. The first setback, in fact, came just three years after Chorley’s declaration, when Richard Wagner published
this page: Felix Mendelssohn, portrait in oil by Eduard Magnus (1799–1872), 1846 | next p age, clockwise from top left: Elijah Resuscitating the Son of the Widow of Zarephath, oil on canvas, by Louise Hersent (1784–1862) 1819. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France | Elijah and the Priests of Baal, oil on canvas, by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586), 1545. Dresden State Art Collections, Germany | The Prophet Elijah Fed by the Ravens, Delft faience plaque after Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (ca.1622–1683), 1658. Delft Faience Collection, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
COMPOSED
1845–46, revised 1847
FIRST PERFORMANCE
August 26, 1846; Birmingham, England. The composer conducting
INSTRUMENTATION
vocal soloists, mixed chorus, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, organ, strings
APPROXIMATE
PERFORMANCE TIME
Part 1: 70 minutes
Part 2: 70 minutes
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
May 6, 1892, Union Gospel Tabernacle, Nashville, Tennessee. May Musical Festival Chorus (A.H. Steward, director), Theodore Thomas conducting (“Thanks be to God”)
March 13 and 14, 1893, Auditorium Theatre. Lillian Nordica, Christine Nielson-Dreier, Charles A. Knorr
March 13), Italo Campanini (March 14), and Plunket Greene as soloists; Apollo Musical Club (William L. Tomlins, director); William L. Tomlins conducting
July 9, 1978, Ravinia Festival. Jessye Norman, Beverly Wolff, Philip Creech, Kirk Stuart, and Sherrill Milnes as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); James Levine conducting
MOST RECENT
CSO PERFORMANCES
August 25, 1992, Ravinia Festival. Katherine van Kampen, Florence Quivar, Vinson Cole, and Richard Zeller as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Amy Kaiser, director); Ravinia Festival Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling conducting
March 10, 11, and 12, 2011, Orchestra Hall. Alexandra Coku, Birgit Remmert, James Taylor, and Markus Eiche as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Helmuth Rilling conducting
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his notorious anti-Semitic attack in his anonymously published “Das Judenthum in der Musik,” which dismissed Mendelssohn’s music as “sweet and tinkling, without depth.” By the end of the nineteenth century, it was left to George Bernard Shaw to deal the final blow, lashing out at Mendelssohn’s “kid glove gentility, his conventional sentimentality, and his despicable oratorio mongering.” (An early voice of dissent greeted the first performance of Elijah in the United States in 1847, when a twenty-sevenyear-old critic named Walt Whitman—probably better suited to be judging literature rather than music, in any event—admitted that the work was “of the highest importance,” but noted that “although the audience was large and sat out the
performance, it was evident that no great degree of pleasure was derived from it.”) But Elijah held its place at the center of the choral repertoire even as the composer’s star waned—Saint Paul, on the other hand, quickly lost popularity—and, like Handel’s Messiah, it has never really gone out of favor. To this day, it remains a cornerstone of both Mendelssohn’s output and of the sacred choral literature.
Mendelssohn knew firsthand about the fate of musical landmarks. His main contribution to music history, aside from his own compositions, was his revival of J.S. Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion in Berlin in 1829—Mendelssohn was just twenty at the time—the signal event in the rediscovery of Bach in the nineteenth century. (This great score had not been performed since Bach’s death.) Mendelssohn’s own upbringing as a Christian convert—his Jewish family added the name Bartholdy to their own in 1822, borrowing the Lutheran surname of the man from whom they bought their property in Berlin—combined with his reverence for Bach’s music, made him eager to write his own great sacred choral music—something to follow in the grand tradition of Bach’s passions, Handel’s oratorios, and Haydn’s The Creation and The Seasons.
The legend of the prophet Elijah had long fascinated Mendelssohn, no doubt at the same time challenging him to contemplate his own faith and even to confront his Jewish heritage. As early
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as November 1838, Mendelssohn wrote to the theologian Julius Schubring:
I picture Elijah as a grand and mighty prophet of a kind we would do well to have in our own day—powerful, zealous, but also harsh and angry and saturnine; a striking contrast to the court sycophants and the rabble; in antithesis, in fact, virtually to the whole world; yet borne on the winds of angels.
Once he settled on Elijah as his new oratorio subject, Mendelssohn put the text together himself, taking passages mostly from the First Book of Kings, and then consulted Schubring, who had been his librettist for Saint Paul, to apply the finishing touches. Mendelssohn wrote Elijah intending it to be sung in German, but for the Birmingham premiere the London poet William Bartholomew produced an English version, which was fitted to the already finished musical numbers, launching the popular convention of singing the oratorio in English, as it is at these performances. Mendelssohn composed Elijah in a sudden rush of inspiration; the work was written, without significant interruption, in the spring and summer of 1846, in order to be ready to be given in August at the Birmingham Music Festival. That performance, Mendelssohn said, was the best premiere of his career. The audience demanded encores of eight numbers—four arias and four choruses—and, when it was all over, cheered him repeatedly.
Elijah has two parts, each with twenty-two numbers (part 1 begins with an unnumbered introduction and overture, followed by nos. 1–20; nos. 21–42 comprise part 2). Each half is anchored by three events in Elijah’s life: the prophet’s revival of the widow’s son, his confrontation with the worshippers of Baal, and the ending of the drought in part 1; the confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel, his period
in the wilderness, and the journey to Mount Horeb in part 2. The numbers range from short, spare recitatives (no. 27, for example, is just eight measures long) to solo arias and expansive choral numbers in differing styles and for various combinations of solo voices and chorus. Here, as in Handel’s oratorios, the chorus represents the people of the drama, and it plays a leading role throughout the work.
Despite its division into forty-two pieces, Elijah is a masterpiece of large-scale design, and Mendelssohn often impressively strings several individual numbers together to create long passages of continuous music. Although the Wagner generation that followed was quick to disparage Mendelssohn for never writing an opera of lasting value, Elijah is a remarkable achievement in long-range dramatic shape, thematic unity, savvy pacing, and a musically driven sense of action and theater.
Mendelssohn was clearly inspired by his subject, and Elijah contains some of his finest and most distinctive writing, adding an entirely new dimension to our understanding of this composer of sublime fairy music and travelogue symphonies. In many regards, Elijah represents the summit of Mendelssohn’s career—this is the work that most fully satisfied his father’s hopes— but it also is the work in which Mendelssohn looks back at the past and pays tribute to his predecessors. Elijah’s great aria, “It Is Enough” (no. 26), with its important cello countermelody, is unashamedly indebted to “Es ist vollbrach” from Bach’s Saint John Passion. And, at the end, Mendelssohn writes a grand D major fugue that recalls the conclusion of Handel’s Messiah—a fitting ending to this particular drama, but also a link to the great oratorio tradition that Mendelssohn has now joined.
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Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
ELIJAH
PART 1
INTRODUCTION
Elijah
As God the Lord of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years but according to my word.
OVERTURE
NO. 1 CHORUS
The People
Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us? The harvest now is over, the summer days are gone, and yet no power cometh to help us! Will then the Lord be no more God in Zion?
RECITATIVE
The People
The deeps afford no water, and the rivers are exhausted! The suckling’s tongue now cleaveth for thirst to his mouth; the infant children ask for bread, and there is no one breaketh it to feed them!
NO. 2 DUET WITH CHORUS
The People
Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray’r!
Two Women
Zion spreadeth her hands for aid, and there is neither help nor comfort.
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NO. 3 RECITATIVE Obadiah
Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments for your transgressions: even as Elijah hath sealed the heavens through the word of God. I therefore say to ye, forsake your idols, return to God, for He is slow to anger, and merciful, and kind, and gracious, and repenteth Him of the evil.
NO. 4 ARIA Obadiah
“If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me, ye shall ever surely find me.”
Thus saith our God. Oh! that I knew where I might find Him, that I might even come before His presence!
NO. 5 CHORUS The People
Yet doth the Lord see it not, He mocketh at us! His curse hath fallen down upon us. His wrath will pursue us till He destroy us. For He, the Lord our God, He is a jealous God, and He visiteth all the fathers’ sins on the children to the third and the fourth generation of them that hate Him. His mercies on thousands fall, on all them that love Him, and keep His commandments.
NO. 6 RECITATIVE An Angel
Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah. Depart and turn thee eastward; thither hide thee by Cherith’s brook. There shalt thou drink its waters, and the Lord thy God hath commanded the ravens to feed thee there, so do according unto His word.
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NO. 7 DOUBLE QUARTET AND RECITATIVE Angels
For He shall give His angels charge over thee, that they shall protect thee in all the ways thou goest, that their hands shall uphold and guide thee, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
An Angel
Now Cherith’s brook is dried up, Elijah, arise and depart, and get thee to Zarephath, thither abide! For the Lord hath commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee, and the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
NO. 8 RECITATIVE, ARIA, AND DUET The Widow
What have I to do with thee, O man of God?
Art thou come to me, to call my sin unto remembrance?
To slay my son art thou come hither?
Help me, man of God, my son is sick, and his sickness is so sore that there is no breath left in him!
I go mourning all the day long; I lie down and weep at night.
See mine affliction, be thou the orphan’s helper!
Elijah
Give me thy son!
Turn unto her, O Lord, my God; Oh, turn in mercy, help this widow’s son! For thou art gracious, and full of compassion, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Lord, my God, let the spirit of this child return, that he again may live!
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The Widow
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?
There is no breath in him!
Shall the dead arise and praise thee?
Elijah
Lord, my God, oh, let the spirit of this child return, that he again may live!
The Widow
The Lord hath heard thy prayer, the soul of my son reviveth! My son reviveth!
Elijah
Now behold, thy son liveth!
The Widow
Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that His word in thy mouth is the truth!
What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits to me?
Elijah
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, love Him with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Oh, blessed are they who fear Him!
Both
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God; with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Oh, blessed are they who fear Him!
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NO. 9 CHORUS
The People
Blessed are the men who fear Him, they ever walk in the ways of peace!
Through darkness riseth light to the upright. He is gracious, compassionate; He is righteous.
NO. 10 RECITATIVE WITH CHORUS
Elijah
As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth, before whom I stand, three years this day fulfilled, I will shew myself unto Ahab, and the Lord will then send rain again upon the earth.
Ahab
Art thou Elijah?
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
The People
Thou art Elijah, thou he that troubleth Israel!
Elijah
I never troubled Israel’s peace.
It is thou, Ahab, and all thy father’s house. Ye have forsaken God’s commands, and thou hast follow’d Baalim.
Now send and gather to me the whole of Israel unto Mount Carmel; there summon the prophets of Baal, and also the prophets of the groves, who are feasted at Jezebel’s table. Then we shall see whose God is the Lord.
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The People
And then we shall see whose God is God the Lord.
Elijah
Rise then, ye priests of Baal.
Select and slay a bullock, and put no fire under it; uplift your voices and call the God ye worship, and I then will call on the Lord Jehovah, and the God, who by fire shall answer, let him be God.
The People
Yea, and the God who by fire shall answer, let him be God.
Elijah
Call first upon your God; your numbers are many!
I, even I only, remain one prophet of the Lord. Invoke your forest gods and mountain deities!
NO. 11 CHORUS Priests of Baal
Baal, we cry to thee, hear and answer us!
Heed the sacrifice we offer,
Baal, oh, hear us, and answer us.
Hear us, Baal, hear mighty God!
Baal, oh, answer us!
Baal, let thy flames fall and extirpate the foe!
NO. 12 RECITATIVE AND CHORUS
Elijah
Call him louder, for he is a god!
He talketh, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey; or, peradventure, he sleepeth: so awaken him.
Call him louder!
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Priests of Baal
Hear our cry, O Baal! Now arise! Wherefore slumber?
NO. 13 RECITATIVE AND CHORUS
Elijah
Call him louder! He heareth not. With knives and lancets cut yourselves after your manner! Leap upon the altar ye have made; call him and prophesy! Not a voice will answer you, none will listen, none heed you.
Priests of Baal
Baal! Hear and answer, Baal!
Mark how the scorner derideth us!
Elijah
Draw near all ye people, come to me!
NO. 14 ARIA
Elijah
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, this day let it be known that Thou art God, and that I am Thy servant!
Lord God of Abraham! Oh, shew to all this people that I have done these things according to Thy word! Oh, hear me, Lord, and answer me!
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, oh, hear me and answer me, and shew this people that Thou art Lord God. And let their hearts again be turned!
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NO. 15 SOLO QUARTET
Angels
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He never will suffer for the righteous to fall: He is at thy right hand.
Thy mercy, Lord, is great, and far above the heav’ns. Let none be made ashamed, that wait upon Thee!
NO. 16 RECITATIVE AND CHORUS
Elijah
O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits. Thou, whose ministers are flaming fires, let them now descend!
The People
The fire descends from heav’n!
The flames consume his off’ring! Before Him, upon your faces fall!
The Lord is God! O Israel, hear!
Our God is one Lord, and we will have no other gods before the Lord.
Elijah
Take all the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape you. Bring them down to Kishon’s brook, and there let them be slain!
The People
Take all the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape us: bring all, and slay them!
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NO. 17 ARIA
Elijah
Is not His word like a fire, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock into pieces?
For God is angry with the wicked ev’ry day. And if the wicked turn not, the Lord will whet His sword, and He hath bent His bow, and made it ready!
NO. 18 ARIOSO Alto
Woe unto them who forsake Him! Destruction shall fall upon them, for they have transgressed against Him. Though they are by Him redeemed, yet they have spoken falsely against Him. From Him have they fled; even from Him have they fled
NO. 19 RECITATIVE AND CHORUS
Obadiah
O man of God, help Thy people! Among the idols of the Gentiles are there any that can command the rain, or cause the heav’ns to give their showers? The Lord, our God, alone can do these things.
Elijah
O Lord, Thou hast overthrown Thine enemies and destroyed them! Look down on us from heaven, O Lord, regard the distress of Thy people.
Open the heavens and send us relief.
Help Thy servant now, O God!
The People
Open the heavens and send us relief.
Help Thy servant now, O God!
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Elijah
Go up now, child, and look toward the sea. Hath my prayer been heard by the Lord?
The Boy
There is nothing. The heav’ns are as brass, they are as brass above me.
Elijah
When the heavens are closed up because they have sinned against Thee, yet, if they pray and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin when Thou dost afflict them: then hear from heav’n, and forgive the sin. Help, send Thy servant help, O God!
The People
Then hear from heav’n, and forgive the sin. Help, send Thy servant help, O God!
Elijah
Go up again, and still look toward the sea.
The Boy
There is nothing. The earth is as iron under me.
Elijah
Hearest thou no sound of rain?
Seest thou nothing arise from the deep?
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The Boy
No, there is nothing.
Elijah
Have respect to the pray’r of Thy servant, O Lord my God! Unto Thee will I cry, Lord, my rock, be not silent to me!
And Thy great mercies remember, Lord!
The Boy
Behold, a little cloud ariseth now from the waters; it is like a man’s hand!
The heavens are black with clouds and with wind; the storm rusheth louder and louder!
The People
Thanks be to God for all His mercies!
Elijah
Thanks be to God, for He is gracious; and His mercy endureth for evermore!
NO. 20 CHORUS
The People
Thanks be to God, He laveth the thirsty land. The waters gather, they rush along, they are lifting their voices.
The stormy billows are high, their fury is mighty. But the Lord is above them and Almighty.
INTERMISSION
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NO. 21 ARIA Soprano
Hear ye, Israel, hear what the Lord speaketh! “Oh, hadst thou heeded my commandments!”
Who hath believed our report?
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Recitative
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and His Holy One, to him oppressed by tyrants, thus saith the Lord:
Aria
“I am He that comforteth.
Be not afraid, for I am thy God!
I will strengthen thee!
I, the Lord, will strengthen thee, for I, thy God, will strengthen thee.
Say, who art thou, that thou art afraid of a man that shall die; and forgettest the Lord thy Maker, who hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the earth’s foundations?
Say, who art thou?”
NO. 22 CHORUS
“Be not afraid,” saith God the Lord, “Be not afraid, thy help is near.”
God, the Lord thy God, saith unto thee, “Be not afraid!” Though thousands languish and fall beside thee, and tens of thousands around thee perish, yet still it shall not come nigh thee.
“Be not afraid, thy help is near,” for He is near.
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PART 2
NO. 23 RECITATIVE WITH CHORUS
Elijah
The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people, and o’er his people Israel hath made thee king. But thou, Ahab, hast done evil to provoke him to anger above all that were before thee, as if it had been a light thing for thee to walk in the sins of Jeroboam.
Thou hast made a grove and an altar to Baal, and serv’d him and worshipp’d him.
Thou hast killed the righteous, and also taken possession. And the Lord shall smite all Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and He shall give Israel up, and thou shalt know He is the Lord.
The Queen
Have ye not heard he hath prophesied against all Israel?
Chorus
We heard it with our ears!
The Queen
Hath he not prophesied also against the king of Israel?
Chorus
We heard it with our ears!
The Queen
And why hath he spoken in the Name of the Lord? Doth Ahab govern the kingdom of Israel while Elijah’s pow’r is greater than the king’s? The gods do so to me, and more, If, by tomorrow about this time, I make not his life as the life of one of them whom he hath sacrific’d at the Brook of Kishon!
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Chorus
He shall perish!
The Queen
Hath he not destroyed Baal’s prophets?
Chorus
He shall perish!
The Queen
Yea, by the sword he destroy’d them all!
Chorus
He destroy’d them all!
The Queen
He also closed the heavens!
Chorus
He also closed the heavens!
The Queen
And called down a famine upon the land.
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Chorus
And called down a famine upon the land.
The Queen
So go ye forth and seize Elijah, for he is worthy to die; slaughter him! Do unto him as he hath done!
NO. 24 CHORUS The People
Woe to him! He shall perish, for he closed the heavens! And why hath he spoken in the name of the Lord?
Let the guilty prophet perish!
He hath spoken falsely against our land and us, as we have heard with our ears.
So go ye forth; seize on him! He shall die!
NO. 25 RECITATIVE Obadiah
“Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight!” Thus saith Jezebel: “Elijah is worthy to die.”
So the mighty gather against thee, and they have prepared a net for thy steps that they may seize thee, that they may slay thee. Arise then, and hasten for thy life, to the wilderness journey.
The Lord thy God doth go with thee: He will not fail thee, He will not forsake thee. Now begone, and bless me also!
Elijah
Though stricken, they have not grieved! Tarry here, my servant, the Lord be with thee! I journey hence to the wilderness.
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NO. 26 ARIA
Elijah
It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers!
I desire to live no longer: now let me die, for my days are but vanity!
I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, for the children of Israel have broken Thy covenant, and thrown down Thine altars, and slain all Thy prophets, slain them with the sword. And I, even I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away!
NO. 27 RECITATIVE Tenor
See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the wilderness! And there the angels of the Lord encamp round about all them that fear Him.
NO. 28 TRIO
The Angels
Lift thine eyes, Oh, lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh help. Thy help cometh from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He hath said, thy foot shall not be moved. Thy Keeper will never slumber.
NO. 29 CHORUS
The Angels
He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps. Shouldst thou, walking in grief, languish, He will quicken thee.
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NO. 30 RECITATIVE
An Angel (Alto Solo)
Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee. Forty days and forty nights shalt thou go to Horeb, the mount of God.
Elijah
O Lord, I have labor’d in vain! Yea, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain!
Oh, that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that Thou wouldst come down! That the mountains would flow down at Thy presence, to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, through the wonders of Thy works!
O Lord, why hast Thou made them to err from Thy ways, and hardened their hearts that they do not fear Thee? Oh, that I now might die!
NO. 31 ARIA
An Angel (Alto Solo)
Oh, rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him, and He shall give thee thy heart’s desires. Commit thy way unto Him, and trust in Him, and fret not thyself because of evildoers.
NO. 32 CHORUS
He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved.
NO. 33 RECITATIVE
Elijah
Night falleth round me, O Lord!
Be not Thou far from me!
Hide not Thy face, O Lord, from me; my soul is thirsting for Thee, as a thirsty land.
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An Angel (Soprano Solo)
Arise now!
Get thee without, stand on the mount before the Lord, for there His glory will appear and shine on thee! Thy face must be veiled, for He draweth near.
NO. 34 CHORUS
Behold, God the Lord passed by.
And a mighty wind rent the mountains around, brake in pieces the rocks, brake them before the Lord; but yet the Lord was not in the tempest.
Behold, God the Lord passed by.
And the sea was upheaved, and the earth was shaken. But yet the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there came a fire, but yet the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, there came a still, small voice, and in that still voice, onward came the Lord.
NO. 35 RECITATIVE Alto
Above Him stood the Seraphim, and one cried to another:
Solo Quartet with Chorus
Holy is God the Lord, the Lord Sabaoth! Now His glory hath filled all the earth.
NO. 36 CHORUS AND RECITATIVE Chorus
Go, return upon thy way! For the Lord yet hath left Him seven thousand in Israel, knees which have not bow’d to Baal. Go, return upon thy way! Thus the Lord commandeth.
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Elijah
I go on my way in the strength of the Lord. For Thou art my Lord, and I will suffer for Thy sake. My heart is therefore glad, my glory rejoiceth; and my flesh shall also rest in hope.
NO. 37 ARIOSO
Elijah
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but Thy kindness shall not depart from me. Neither shall the covenant of Thy peace be removed.
NO. 38 CHORUS
Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire; his words appeared like burning torches. Mighty kings by him were overthrown. He stood on the mount of Sinai and heard the judgments of the future, and in Horeb, its vengeance. And when the Lord would take him away to heaven, lo! There came a fiery chariot with fiery horses, and he went by a whirlwind to heaven.
NO. 39 ARIA Tenor
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in their heav’nly Father’s realm.
Joy on their head shall be for everlasting, and all sorrow and mourning shall flee away forever.
NO. 40 RECITATIVE Soprano
Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children unto their fathers, lest the Lord shall come and smite the earth with a curse.
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NO. 41 CHORUS
But the Lord, from the north hath raised one, who from the rising shall call upon His name. He hath raised one, who, from the rising of the sun, shall call upon His name, and come on princes. Behold my servant, and mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth! On him the Spirit of God shall rest: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of might and of counsel, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, “I have raised one from the north, who on my name shall call.”
Solo Quartet
Oh, come ev’ryone that thirsteth! Oh, come to the waters, Oh, come unto Him. Oh hear, and your souls shall live forever!
NO. 42. FINAL CHORUS
And then shall your light break forth as the light of morning breaketh, and your health shall speedily spring forth then, and the glory of the Lord ever shall reward you. Lord, our Creator, how excellent Thy Name is in all the nations! Thou fillest heav’n with Thy glory. Amen!
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James Conlon Conductor
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
July 28, 1977, Ravinia Festival. Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D major with Lynn Harrell, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Itzhak Perlman, and Brahms’s Double Concerto with Perlman and Harrell
November 14, 15, 16, and 19, 1991, Orchestra Hall. Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 1 and Mahler’s Symphony no. 1
MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES
October 21, 22, and 23, 2021, Orchestra Hall. Rudolf Barshai’s arrangement of Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony for Strings in C minor, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with Alexander Gavryluk, and Schubert’s Symphony no. 3
August 11 and 13, 2022, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s Don Giovanni
August 12 and 14, 2022, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, has cultivated a vast repertoire. Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, he has conducted virtually every major American and European orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous writings, television appearances, and guest speaking engagements, Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized figures.
Music director of LA Opera since 2006, where he has led more performances than any other conductor in the company’s history, Conlon continues in his post until 2026, at which time he becomes conductor laureate. This season, he leads Mozart’s Don Giovanni; a double bill of Still’s Highway 1, USA and Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf, marking the return of his Recovered Voices series; Verdi’s La traviata; and Puccini’s Turandot. He has been principal conductor of the Paris Opera; general music director of the City of Cologne, Germany; music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; and
principal conductor of the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI in Torino, Italy. He also served as music director of the Ravinia Festival and artistic advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is now music director laureate of the Cincinnati May Festival, where he was music director for thirty-seven years. As a guest conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, he has led more than 270 performances since his 1976 debut.
To call attention to lesser-known works of composers silenced by the Nazi regime, Conlon has devoted himself to extensive programming of this music throughout Europe and North America. For his efforts, he was awarded the Roger E. Joseph Prize at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion (2013), a Crystal Globe Award from the Anti-Defamation League (2007), and the Zemlinsky Prize (1999). His work on behalf of suppressed composers led to the creation of the OREL Foundation and the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School.
Conlon is an enthusiastic advocate of public scholarship and cultural institutions as forums for the exchange of ideas and inquiry into the role music plays in our shared humanity and civic life. At LA Opera, his popular preperformance talks draw on musicology, literary studies, history, and social sciences. His appearances throughout the country as a speaker on cultural and educational topics are widely praised.
James Conlon’s extensive discography can be found on the Bridge, Capriccio, Decca, EMI, Erato, and Sony Classical labels; and his recordings of LA Opera productions, including John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles released on Pentatone and Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny on EuroArts, have received four Grammy awards. Conlon received a 2023 Cross of Honor for Science and Art from the Republic of Austria and has been named Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy by President Sergio Mattarella and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French minister of culture. In 2002 he received France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor from then President Jacques Chirac.
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Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Soprano
These concerts mark Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Rising star Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha won the Song Prize at the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and is a current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
This season, Rangwanasha debuts with Washington National Opera in Washington (D.C.) and Hamburg State Opera as Liù in Turandot, a role she also performs with the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) on tour in Japan. On the concert platform, she debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. Further appearances include her debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Nathalie Stuzmann in Verdi’s Requiem and returns to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Pappano and the Hallé in Manchester with Sir Mark Elder for Rossini’s Stabat mater.
Last season, Rangwanasha received critical acclaim for her return to the Royal Opera House as Liù and to Theater Bern in Switzerland as Mathilde in Rossini’s William Tell and the title role in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. In concert, she made her U.S. debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington (D.C.) singing Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Kazuki Yamada, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Mahler’s Das Klagende Lied at Theater Bern, and her Edinburgh Festival debut performing Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis and a return to the BBC Proms for Strauss’s Four Last Songs with the National Youth Orchestra.
Previous highlights include Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi’s Don Carlos and Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo at Theater Bern, Verdi’s Requiem with the BBC Symphony conducted by Sakari Oramo at the First Night of the Proms, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment led by Adam Fischer, Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony with the Hallé and Elder, Strauss’s Four Last Songs under the direction of Paul Daniel at Opéra National de Bordeaux, and a performance as part of Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Ashley Dixon Mezzo-soprano
These concerts mark Ashley Dixon’s subscription concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
August 12 and 14, 2022, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, James Conlon conducting
MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCE
July 14, 2023, Ravinia Festival. Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Marin Alsop conducting
Mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a former Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera. She made her critically acclaimed debut with LA Opera as Sara in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux under the baton of Eun Sun
Kim alongside Ramón Vargas and Angela Meade. This season, she makes debuts with Palm Beach Opera and the Boston Youth Symphony as Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma, returns to San Francisco Opera as the Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and joins the roster of Houston Grand Opera for the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Intelligence. On the concert stage, she debuts with the Coastal Symphony of Georgia for Elgar’s Sea Pictures and with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic for Mozart’s Requiem.
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Last season, Dixon made debuts with Amarillo Opera as Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, participated in the final workshop of Heggie’s new opera Intelligence as Elizabeth Van Lew, and embarked on a duet recital tour with her husband, tenor Carlos Santelli. In concert, she made debuts with the Erie and Boston philharmonics and at Carnegie Hall.
Recent engagements include debuts at Opera Louisiane in New Orleans in the title role of William Bolcom’s Lucrezia and at Hawaii Opera Theatre in Peter Brook’s The Tragedy of Carmen, as Adalgisa at Festival Opera, and Carmen at Tel Aviv Summer Opera. She also returned to San Francisco Opera for her Schwabacher Recital Series debut.
Dixon made her San Francisco Opera mainstage debut in the world premiere of Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life (Angel First Class). During her two-year tenure as an Adler Fellow, she was seen in Bizet’s Carmen (Mércèdes), Dvořák’s Rusalka (Third Wood Sprite), Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Italian Singer), and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (Sandman). During the pandemic, she joined Atlanta Opera for her house and role debut as Carmen and was a soloist in San Francisco Opera’s holiday gala with Michael Fabiano and Sondra Radvanovsky, among other appearances.
Ashley Dixon has cultivated a passion for French repertoire ranging from baroque to Berlioz, with roles including Gluck’s Orphée, Massenet’s Cendrillon, Berlioz’s Marguerite (La damnation de Faust), and Carmen.
As a two-year participant in the Merola Opera Program, she was seen in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (La Ciesca), Menotti’s The Medium (Mrs. Nolan), and Walton’s The Bear (Popova).
Ashley Dixon holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Louisiana State University and the University of Michigan, respectively.
Issachah Savage Tenor
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
June 21, 23, and 25, 2019, Orchestra Hall. Verdi’s Aida, Riccardo Muti conducting
MOST RECENT CSO PERFORMANCES
February 24, 25, 26, and 27, 2022, Orchestra Hall. Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Riccardo Muti conducting
When he swept the board of top prizes at the Seattle International Wagner Competition, a spotlight immediately shone on Issachah Savage. Since then, he has established himself as one of today’s most impressive young heldentenors, making recently acclaimed debuts as Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre with Opéra National de Bordeaux conducted by Paul Daniel, Froh in Das Rheingold with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the title role in Tannhäuser at LA Opera with James Conlon; and as Bacchus in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at both Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse under Evan Rogister and Seattle Opera and Lawrence Renes.
Other operatic milestones of Savage’s past seasons include his debut as Radames in Verdi’s Aida at Houston Grand Opera, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood under Jacques Lacombe, and at the Aspen Music Festival with Robert Spano. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Don Riccardo in Verdi’s Ernani under James Levine, returning in the 2022–23 season as the High Priest of Neptune in Mozart’s Idomeneo with Manfred Honeck. He made debuts with LA Opera as Narraboth in Strauss’s Salome and at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Curtis Toler in Daniel Bernard Roumain’s The Walkers, part of the world premiere tetralogy Proximity.
Formerly a member of San Francisco’s prestigious Merola Opera Program, where he performed the final act of Verdi’s Otello, Savage went on to sing the complete role in concert
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with Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco under Marco Parisotto and with Austin Lyric Opera.
This season, Issachah Savage returns to Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse in his debut as the Kaiser in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Frank Beermann, and sings Narraboth in concert performances of Salome with the Houston Symphony Orchestra under Juraj Valčuha.
In demand on the concert platform, Issachah Savage has performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with many major orchestras and conductors, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden. In Verdi’s Requiem, he has appeared with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Other performances include world premieres of Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise with the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur, Gershwin’s Blue Monday with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, and Weill’s Lost in the Stars with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Issachah Savage has received numerous prestigious awards, recognition, and career grants from institutions including the Wagner societies of New York, Washington (D.C.), and northern California; the Licia Albanese International Puccini Foundation; and the Olga Forrai and Gerda Lissner foundations. He also was honored early in his career as the first Scholar Artist of the Marian Anderson Society of Philadelphia.
Lucas Meachem Baritone
These concerts mark Lucas Meachem’s subscription concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
August 11 and 13, 2022, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, James Conlon conducting
Grammy Award–winning baritone Lucas Meachem continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Known for his mastery of many of the leading operatic roles, Meachem is a consummate artist with a unique warmth and passion for both audiences and colleagues alike.
After a summer at San Francisco Opera performing Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Meachem began his 2023–24 season as the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with LA Opera. He then sang the lead role of Jean-Dominique Bauby in the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at Dallas Opera. The season then takes him to Hamburg State Opera for the dual roles of Michele and Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Il trittico and his role debut as Conte di Luna in Verdi’s Il trovatore with the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. After appearing as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony, he closes the season as Sharpless with the Metropolitan Opera and Teatro Real in Madrid.
When COVID-19 struck in March 2020, and performances were canceled, Meachem was one of the first classical musicians to live stream a recital from the opera stage. He and his wife, pianist Irina Meachem, arranged a program from the Winspear Opera House, recorded on smartphones, which amassed more than 25,000 views on Instagram and Facebook. Meachem continued to perform on the physical and digital stages as Figaro in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville with San Francisco Opera and filmed a movie version of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, as Silvio, with Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Since winning San Francisco Opera’s inaugural Emerging Star of the Year Award in 2016, Meachem has gone on to a prolific career. He marked his fiftieth role debut as Athanaël in Massenet’s Thaïs with Minnesota Opera, and other U.S. highlights include the roles of Chorèbe in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Demetrius in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Valentin in Gounod’s Faust, and Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Germont in Verdi’s La traviata at the National Opera in Washington (D.C.); and Figaro in The Barber of Seville at San Diego Opera, Opera Colorado, Houston Grand Opera, and LA Opera (where he also gave his Grammy Award–winning performance as Figaro in John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.
In Europe, Meachem has appeared as Figaro in The Barber of Seville with the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), and Den Norske Opera; and in the title roles of Don Giovanni at the Glyndebourne Festival and Semperoper Dresden and Britten’s Billy Budd at the Paris Opera.
His first solo album, Shall We Gather, was released in 2021 on Rubicon Records. Featuring Irina at the piano, the album was praised by BBC Music Magazine.
In 2020 the Meachems founded the Perfect Day Music Foundation (PDMF) to promote inclusivity and diversity by using classical music as a relevant medium to address current issues through a traditional art form.
Born in North Carolina, Lucas Meachem studied music at Appalachian State University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University before becoming an Adler Fellow with the San Francisco Opera.
He and Irina travel the world with their son, Cash.
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Lincon Reed Treble
These concerts mark Lincon Reed’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Lincon Reed is a ten-yearold singer based in Chicago. Since 2022, she has participated in the Beverly Neighborhood Choir Program of Uniting Voices Chicago, an organization that serves over 3000 youth with accessible music-education programs. Through Uniting Voices, she performed in Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony under the direction of Marin Alsop with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Lincon Reed has released two singles on iTunes, entitled “Can I Go with You?” and “Ring a Bell.”
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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 133rd season in 2023–24. The history of the ensemble began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra 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 conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered hallmarks. Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For 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. The CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction and released numerous award-winning recordings. Beginning in 1991, Solti held the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra each season until his death in September 1997.
Daniel Barenboim became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in 1991, a position he held until 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening
of Symphony Center in 1997, appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, and twenty-one international tours. Appointed by Barenboim in 1994 as the Chorus’s second director, Duain Wolfe served until his retirement in 2022.
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 conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini 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.
In 2010, Riccardo Muti became the Orchestra’s tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. In September 2023, Muti became music director emeritus for life.
Jessie Montgomery was appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence in 2021. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Violinist Hilary Hahn became the CSO’s first Artist-in-Residence in 2021.
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. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus— including recent releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label launched in 2007—have earned sixty-five Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti Music Director Emeritus for Life
Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence
Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence
VIOLINS
Robert Chen Concertmaster
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Stephanie Jeong
Associate Concertmaster
The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair
David Taylor* Assistant Concertmaster
The Ling Z. and Michael C.
Markovitz Chair
Yuan-Qing Yu ‡ Assistant Concertmaster
So Young Bae
Cornelius Chiu
Gina DiBello
Kozue Funakoshi
Russell Hershow
Qing Hou
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Sando Shia
Susan Synnestvedt
Rong-Yan Tang
Baird Dodge Principal
Danny Yehun Jin
Assistant Principal
Lei Hou
Ni Mei
Hermine Gagné
Rachel Goldstein
Mihaela Ionescu
Sylvia Kim Kilcullen
Melanie Kupchynsky
Wendy Koons Meir
Joyce Noh
Nancy Park
Ronald Satkiewicz
Florence Schwartz
VIOLAS
Catherine Brubaker
Youming Chen
Sunghee Choi
Wei-Ting Kuo
Danny Lai
Weijing Michal
Diane Mues
Lawrence Neuman
Max Raimi
CELLOS
John Sharp Principal
The Eloise W. Martin Chair
Kenneth Olsen §
Assistant Principal
The Adele Gidwitz Chair
Karen Basrak
The Joseph A. and Cecile
Renaud Gorno Chair
Loren Brown ‡
Richard Hirschl
Daniel Katz
Katinka Kleijn
Brant Taylor
BASSES
Alexander Hanna Principal
The David and Mary Winton
Green Principal Bass Chair
Alexander Horton
Assistant Principal
Daniel Carson
Ian Hallas
Robert Kassinger
Mark Kraemer
Stephen Lester
Bradley Opland
Andrew Sommer
HARP
Lynne Turner
FLUTES
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Principal
The Erika and Dietrich M.
Gross Principal Flute Chair
Yevgeny Faniuk
Assistant Principal
Emma Gerstein
Jennifer Gunn
PICCOLO
Jennifer Gunn
The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair
OBOES
William Welter Principal
The Nancy and Larry Fuller
Principal Oboe Chair
Lora Schaefer
Assistant Principal
Scott Hostetler
ENGLISH HORN
Scott Hostetler
CLARINETS
Stephen Williamson Principal
John Bruce Yeh
Assistant Principal
Gregory Smith
E-FLAT CLARINET
John Bruce Yeh
BASSOONS
Keith Buncke Principal
William Buchman
Assistant Principal
Miles Maner HORNS
Mark Almond Principal
James Smelser
David Griffin
Oto Carrillo
Susanna Gaunt
Daniel Gingrich
TRUMPETS
Esteban Batallán Principal
The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Mark Ridenour
Assistant Principal
John Hagstrom
The Bleck Family Chair
Tage Larsen
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair
TROMBONES
Jay Friedman Principal
The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair
Michael Mulcahy
Charles Vernon
BASS TROMBONE
Charles Vernon
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave
The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation.
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
Patricia Dash
Vadim Karpinos
James Ross
LIBRARIANS
Justin Vibbard Principal
Carole Keller
Mark Swanson
CSO FELLOWS
Gabriela Lara Violin
The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow
Jesús Linárez Violin
Olivia Reyes Bass
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel
STAGE TECHNICIANS
Christopher Lewis Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
Todd Snick
The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola, Gilchrist Foundation, and Louise H. Benton Wagner chairs currently are unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.
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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
Dijana Cirkic Coordinator
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Cristina Rocca Vice President
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair
Guillermo Muñoz Küster Artistic Planning Coordinator
James M. Fahey Senior Director, Programming, Symphony Center Presents
Randy Elliot Director, Artistic Administration
Monica Wentz Director, Artistic Planning & Special Projects
Lena Breitkreuz Artist Manager, Symphony Center Presents
Caroline Eichler Artist Coordinator, CSO
Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator
Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant
Chorus
Shelley Baldridge Manager
Olive Haugh Assistant Manager & Librarian
ORCHESTRA AND BUILDING OPERATIONS
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
Jiwon Sun Manager, Audio Media & Audio-Visual Operations
Jenise Sheppard House Manager
Charlie Post Audio Engineer
Logan Goulart Operations Assistant
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
Kevin Walsh
Erik O’Carroll
Electricians
Robert Stokas Chief Electrician
Doug Scheuller
Stage Technicians
Christopher Lewis Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
Todd Snick
Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO
Jonathan McCormick Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute
Katy Clusen Associate Director, CSO for Kids
Rachael Cohen Program Manager
Antonio Padilla Denis Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Katie Eaton Coordinator, School Partnerships
Mona Wu Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Jackson Brown Program Assistant
Carol Kelleher Assistant, CSO for Kids
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant Accounting
Sam Pincich Controller
Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Hyon Yu, Janet Kosiba Assistant Controllers
Janet Hansen Payroll Manager
Marianne Hahn Accounting Manager
Javier Ayala Senior Accountant
Christopher Biemer Accountant
Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager
Elizabeth Tyska Payroll Assistant
Information Technology
Daniel Spees Director
Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator
Jackie Spark Lead Technologist
Kirk McMahon Technologist, Tessitura Systems Analyst
SALES AND MARKETING
Ryan Lewis Vice President
Erika Nelson Director, Institutional Marketing & Revenue Management
Alyssa Greenberg Manager, Audience Engagement
Digital Content and Engagement
Dana Navarro Director
Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor
Peter Breithaupt Manager, Digital Content
Steve Burkholder Web Manager
Megan Ireland Manager, Digital Engagement
Zoe Carter Associate, Digital Engagement: Social Media
Program Marketing and Operations
Amy Brondyke Director
Alex Demas Marketing Manager, Classical Programs
Tommy Crawford Marketing Manager, Jazz, World & Popular Programs
Kate McDuffie Manager, Community & Family Programs
Jessica Reinhart Advertising & Promotions Manager
Amanda Swanson Marketing Analyst
Jesse Bruer Marketing & Promotions Associate
Andrew Hilgendorf Email Marketing Associate
Creative
Jaime Hotz Director
Sophie Weber Associate Director, Project & Digital Asset Management
Emily Herrington Lead Designer
Fattah Mulya Design Associate
Content
Frances Atkins Director
Gerald Virgil Senior Content Editor
Kristin Tobin Designer & Print Production Manager
Communications and Public Relations
Eileen Chambers Director
Hannah Sundwall Publicist
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
Aislinn Gagliardi Assistant Manager, Patron Services
Carmen Ringhiser Assistant Manager, Preferred Services
Fernando Vega Assistant Manager, Box Office
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
Tori Ramsay, Richard Riedl Major Gifts Officers
Kevin Gupana Associate Director, Giving, Educational and Engagement Programs
Jeremiah Pickett Manager, Governing
Member Gifts
Brian Nelson Manager, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving
Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications
Victoria Barbarji Manager, Strategic Giving
Institutional Advancement
Susan Green Director, Foundation & Government Relations
Nick Magnone Director, Corporate Development
Mary Grace Corrigan Manager, Grants & Institutional Giving
Donor Engagement and Development Operations
Liz Heinitz Senior Director, Development Operations & Annual Giving
Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement
Alyssa Hagen Associate Director, Donor & Development Services
Kimberly Duffy Associate Director, Donor Engagement
Jocelyn Weberg Senior Manager, Annual Giving
Jamie Forssander, Brent Taghap Managers, Donor Engagement
John Heffernan Coordinator, Donor Engagement
Hope Oester Prospect & Donor
Research Specialist
Bri Baiza, Victoria Menendez Coordinators, Donor Services
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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION GOVERNING MEMBERS
The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, founded in 1894. 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.
GOVERNING MEMBERS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Charles Emmons, Jr. Chair
Michael Perlstein Immediate Past Chair
Merrill and Judy Blau Vice Chairs of Member Engagement
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Vice Chair of the Annual Fund
Lisa Ross Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership
GOVERNING MEMBERS
Anonymous (8)
Dora J. Aalbregtse
Floyd Abramson
Ms. Patti Acurio
Fraida Aland
Sandra Allen
Gary Allie
Robert Alsaker
Cat Anderson
Megan P. Anderson
Dr. Edward Applebaum
David Arch
Dr. Kent Armbruster
Dr. Carey August
Hillary August
Susan Baird
Ms. Judith Barnard
Merrill Barnes
Peter Barrett †
Roberta Barron
Roger Baskes
Ms. Sandra Bass
Cynthia Bates
Deborah Baughman
Robert H. Baum
Mrs. Robert A. Beatty
Daniel Bedford
Kirsten Bedway
Gail Eisenhart Belytschko
Edward H. Bennett III
Meta S. Berger
D. Theodore Berghorst
Ann Berlin
Phyllis Berlin
Mr. William E. Bible
Mrs. Arthur A. Billings
Joyce Black
Dianne Blanco
Judy Blau
Merrill Blau
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Ann Blickensderfer
Terry Boden
Fred Boelter
† Deceased
Peter Borich
Mrs. Suzanne Borland
James G. Borovsky
Adam Bossov
Janet S. Boyer
John D. Bramsen
Ms. Jill Brennan
Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Sue Brubaker
Mrs. Patricia M. Bryan
Gilda Buchbinder
Rosemarie Buntrock
Elizabeth Nolan Buzard
Ms. Lutgart Calcote
Thomas Campbell
Ms. Vera Capp
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mrs. William C. Childs
Linton J. Childs
Frank Cicero, Jr.
Patricia A. Clickener
Mitchell Cobey
Jean M. Cocozza
Carol Cohen
Robin Tennant Colburn
Mrs. Jane B. Colman
Eileen Conaghan
Dr. Thomas H. Conner
Ms. Cecilia Conrad
Beverly Ann Conroy
Jenny L. Corley
Nancy Corral
Ms. Sarah Crane
Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven
Mr. Richard Cremieux
R. Bert Crossland
Rebecca E. Crown
Daniel R. Cyganowski
Catherine Daniels
Mrs. Robert J. Darnall
Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta
Roxanne Decyk
Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Mrs. Suzanne Demirjian
Duane M. DesParte
Janet Wood Diederichs
Doug Donenfeld
Mrs. William F. Dooley
Sara L. Downey
Ms. Ann Drake
David Dranove
Robert Duggan
Mimi Duginger
Mr. Frank A. Dusek, CPA
Mrs. David P. Earle III
Eric Easterberg and Cindy Pan
Judge Frank H. Easterbrook
Mrs. Dorne Eastwood
Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Louis M. Ebling III
Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten
Jon Ekdahl
Kathleen H. Elliott
Charles Emmons, Jr.
Scott Enloe
Dr. James Ertle
William Escamilla
Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri
Neil Fackler
Melissa Sage Fadim
Jeffrey Farbman
Mr. Don Fehrs
Signe Ferguson
Hector Ferral, M.D.
Ms. Constance M. Filling
Mr. Daniel Fischel
Jenny Fischer
Henry Fogel
Mrs. John D. Foster
David S. Fox
Mr. Paul E. Freehling
Mitzi Freidheim
Marjorie Friedman Heyman
Malcolm M. Gaynor
Robert D. Gecht
Frank Gelber
Mrs. Lynn Gendleman
Dr. Mark Gendleman
Rabbi Gary S. Gerson
Dr. Bernardino Ghetti
Karen Gianfrancisco
Ellen Gignilliat
Mr. James J. Glasser †
Madeleine Glossberg
Mrs. Judy Goldberg
Mrs. Mary Anne Goldberg
Anne Goldstein
Jerry A. Goldstone
Mary Goodkind
Dr. Alexia Gordon
Mr. Michael D. Gordon
Donald J. Gralen
Ruth Grant
Mrs. Hanna H. Gray
Mary L. Gray
Dana Green Clancy
Freddi L. Greenberg
Delta A. Greene
Joyce Greening
Dr. Jerri Greer
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
Kendall Griffith
Jerome J. Groen
Jacalyn Gronek
John P. Grube
James P. Grusecki
Dongqi Guo
Anastasia Gutting
Lynne R. Haarlow
Joan M. Hall
Dr. Howard Halpern
Mrs. Richard C. Halpern
Anne Marcus Hamada
Josephine Hammer
Joel L. Handelman
John Hard
James W. Haugh
Thomas Haynes
James Heckman
Mrs. Patricia Herrmann Heestand
Marilyn P. Helmholz
Richard H. Helmholz
Dr. Arthur L. Herbst
Jeffrey W. Hesse
Konstanze L. Hickey
Thea Flaum Hill
Dr. Richard Hirschmann
Suzanne Hoffman
Anne Hokin
Wayne J. Holman III
Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
Fred E. Holubow †
Mr. James Holzhauer
Carol Honigberg
Janice L. Honigberg
Mrs. Nancy A. Horner
Mrs. Arnold Horween
Frances G. Horwich
Dr. Mary L. Houston
Patricia J. Hurley
Michael Huston
Barbara Ann Huyler
Ms. Sandra Ihm
Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs
Dr. Todd Janus
John Jawor
Ms. Justine Jentes
Brian Johnson
George E. Johnson
Ronald B. Johnson
Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Edward T. Joyce
Mrs. Carol K. Kaplan †
Claudia Norris Kapnick
Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin
Barry D. Kaufman
Kenneth Kaufman
Marie Kaufman
Don Kaul
Molly Keller
Jonathan Kemper
Nancy Kempf
Elizabeth I. Keyser
Leslie Kiesel
Emmy King
Susan Kiphart
Carol Kipperman
Dr. Leonard Klein
Dr. Elaine H. Klemen
Carol Evans Klenk
Mrs. Janet Knauff
Mr. Henry L. Kohn
Dr. Mark Kozloff
Dr. Michael Krco
Eldon Kreider
David Kreisman
MaryBeth Kretz
Dr. Vinay Kumar
Mr. Rubin Kuznitsky
Mr. John LaBarbera
Dr. Lynda Lane
Frederick and Virginia Langrehr
Stephen and Maria Lans
William J. Lawlor III
Sunhee Lee
Dr. Anu Leemann
Dean Leff
Jonathon Leik
Sheila Fields Leiter
Jeffrey Lennard
Zafra Lerman
Jerrold Levine
Laurence H. Levine
Mrs. Bernard Leviton
Gregory M. Lewis
Carolyn Lickerman
Mrs. Paul Lieberman
Jane Loeb
Gabrielle Long
Amy Lubin
Anna Lysakowski
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Carol MacArthur
Mrs. Duncan MacLean
Jacen Maleck
Dr. Michael S. Maling
Sharon L. Manuel
David A. Marshall
Judy Marth
Patrick A. Martin
BeLinda I. Mathie
Charles McCall
Scott McCue
Ann Pickard McDermott
Dr. James L. McGee
Dr. John P. McGee †
Mrs. Lester McKeever
John A. McKenna
Mrs. Peter McKinney
James Edward McPherson
Sheila Medvin
Mr. Paul Meister
Dr. Ellen Mendelson
Mara Mills Barker
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
David H. Moscow
John H. Mugge
Daniel R. Murray
Mr. Stuart C. Nathan
Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.
Edward A. Nieminen
Dr. Zehava L. Noah
Kenneth R. Norgan
Martha C. Nussbaum
William A. Obenshain
Shelley Ochab
Maria Ochs
Mrs. James J. O’Connor
Eric Oesterle
Wallace Olliver
Mrs. Katherine Olson
Joy O’Malley
Michael Oman
Kathleen Field Orr
Mr. Gerald A. Ostermann
James J. O’Sullivan, Jr.
Bruce L. Ottley
Pamela Papas
Mr. Bruno A. Pasquinelli
Mr. Timothy J. Patenode
Robert J. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. Michael Payette
Mrs. Richard S. Pepper †
Jean E. Perkins
Mr. Michael A. Perlstein
Bonnie Perry
Dr. William Peruzzi
Robert C. Peterson
Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Sue N. Pick
Betsey N. Pinkert
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
Harvey R. Plonsker
Mr. John F. Podjasek, III
Andrew Porte
Charlene H. Posner
Stephen Potter
Carol Prins
Elizabeth H. Pritchard
Maridee Quanbeck
Mrs. Lynda Rahal
Diana Mendley Rauner
Susan Regenstein
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Mary Thomson Renner
Hilda Richards
Burton R. Rissman
Charles T. Rivkin
Carol Roberts
Mr. John H. Roberts
William Roberts
David Robin
Dr. Diana Robin
Chauncey H. Robinson
Bob Rogers
Kevin M. Rooney
Harry J. Roper
Saul Rosen
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Dr. Ricardo T. Rosenkranz
Michael Rosenthal
Doris Roskin
Lisa Ross
Maija Rothenberg
Roberta H. Rubin
Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz
Sandra K. Rusnak
David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg
Richard O. Ryan
Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan
Dr. Christine Rydel
Norman K. Sackar
Anthony Saineghi
Mr. Agustin G. Sanz
Inez Saunders
Libby Savner
Karla Scherer
David M. Schiffman
Judith Feigon Schiffman
Rosa Schloss
Al Schriesheim
Elizabeth Schroeder
Donald L. Schwartz
Susan H. Schwartz
Dr. Penny Bender Sebring
Chandra Sekhar
Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior
Ilene W. Shaw
Pam Sheffield
James C. Sheinin, M.D.
Richard W. Shepro
Jessie Shih
Junia Shlaustas
Caroline Orzac Shoenberger
Stuart Shulruff
Adele Simmons
Linda Simon
Mr. Larry Simpson
Craig Sirles
Miyam Slater
Christine A. Slivon
Valerie Slotnick
Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.
Charles F. Smith
Louise K. Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Stephen R. Smith
Mrs. Ralph Smykal
Naomi Pollock and David Sneider
Diane Snyder
Kimberly Snyder
Kathleen Solaro
Ms. Elysia M. Solomon
Dr. Stuart Sondheimer
Orli Staley
William D. Staley
Helena Stancikas
Grace Stanek
Ms. Denise M. Stauder
Leonidas Stefanos
Penelope Steiner
Mrs. Richard J. Stern
Liz Stiffel
Mr. John Stover
Mary Stowell
Lawrence E. Strickling
Patricia Study
Cheryl Sturm
BISCO Foundation
Mrs. Robert Szalay
Mr. Gregory Taubeneck
Chris Thomas
James E. Thompson
Dr. Robert Thomson
Ms. Carla M. Thorpe
Joan Thron
David Timm
Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr.
William R. Tobey, Jr. †
Bruce Tranen †
James M. (Mack) Trapp
John T. Travers
David Trushin
Dr. David A. Turner
Robert W. Turner
Janet Underwood
Zalman Usiskin
Mrs. James D. Vail III
John Van Horn
Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice
Thomas D. Vander Veen
Jennifer Vianello
Catherine M. Villinski
Charles Vincent
Mr. Christian Vinyard
Theodore Wachs
Mark A. Wagner
Beth Ann Waite
Bernard T. Wall
Dr. Catherine L. Webb
Jeffrey J. Webb
Mrs. Jacob Weglarz
Chickie Weisbard
Richard Weiss
Robert G. Weiss
Dr. Marc Weissbluth
Rebecca West
Carmen Wheatcroft
Leah Williams
M.L. Winburn
Peter Wolf
Laura Woll
Dr. Hak Yui Wong
Courtenay R. Wood
Michael H. Woolever
Ms. Debbie Wright
Nancy G. Wulfers
Ronald Yonover
Owen Youngman
Priscilla Yu
David J. Zampa
Dr. John P. Zaremba
Karen Zupko
For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.
† Deceased
Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
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GOVERNING MEMBERS
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Corporate Partners
$200,000 AND ABOVE
Bank of America
ITW
OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO
United Airlines
$100,000–$199,999
Abbott
Allstate Insurance Company
CIBC Private Wealth
Citadel and Citadel Securities
Northern Trust
$50,000–$99,999
Anonymous (1)
BMO
Jenner & Block LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
PNC Bank
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
$25,000–$49,999
AAR CORP.
Abbott Fund
Altair Advisers LLC
Kinder Morgan
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
S&C Electric Company Fund
Walgreens
$10,000–$24,999
ADM
Anonymous (1)
Deloitte
Exelon
GCM Grosvenor
Goldman Sachs & Co.
HARIBO of America
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
McKinsey & Company
Peoples Gas
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
$5,000–$9,999
Ariel Investments
Dentons
Fellowes, Inc.
Italian Village Restaurants
Mesirow Financial
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Segal Consulting
The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell
Starshak & Winzenburg
Weiss Financial
$1,000–$4,999
American Agricultural Insurance Company
Amsted Industries Incorporated
AspireUp
Carey’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Central Building & Preservation L.P.
DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.
Etnyre International Ltd
FeX Group of Companies
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Parkway Elevators
Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Scott & Kraus, LLC
Show Services
William Blair
Foundations and Government Agencies
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Julius N. Frankel Foundation
JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
Sargent Family Foundation
State of Illinois
TAWANI Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
The Brinson Foundation
Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
Illinois Arts Council Agency
National Endowment for the Arts
Polk Bros. Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
Crain-Maling Foundation
The Crown Family
Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Irving Harris Foundation
Leslie Fund, Inc.
Bowman C. Lingle Trust
Hulda B. and Maurice L.
Rothschild Foundation
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation
The Buchanan Family Foundation
The Clinton Family Fund
Darling Family Foundation
William M. Hales Foundation
The Maval Foundation
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation
The George L. Shields Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
The Allyn Foundation, Inc.
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation
Hoellen Family Foundation
Hunter Family Foundation
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Kovler Family Foundation
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
$2,500–$4,999
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation
$1,000–$2,499
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation
MEB Charitable Foundation
Geraldi Norton Foundation
Stephen Philibosian Foundation
Roberts Family Foundation
Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust
Annual Support
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through December 2023. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.
$150,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous
Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin
Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel and Citadel Securities
Mr. † & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross
Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
Margot and Josef Lakonishok
The Negaunee Foundation
LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.)
Megan and Steve Shebik
Zell Family Foundation
$100,000–$149,999
Anonymous (4)
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim
James and Brenda Grusecki
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz
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$75,000–$99,999
Anonymous
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
John Hart and Carol Prins
Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
Gene and Jean Stark
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$50,000–$74,999
Anonymous
Mrs. Janet R. Bauer
Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz
Kay Bucksbaum
Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund
Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Dr. Eugene F. and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama
The Rhoda and Henry Frank Family Foundation
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Frances and Franklin † Horwich
Judy and Scott McCue
Cathy and Bill Osborn
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
Michael and Linda Simon
SEMPRE
This $175 million fundraising effort provides the secure footing needed to promote the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s preeminent role as a cultural icon showcasing musical brilliance, leadership, and innovation. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who have shown tremendous support for this strategic initiative. Contact Al Andreychuk at 312-294-3150 for more information.
$20,000,000 AND ABOVE
Zell Family Foundation
$10,000,000–$19,999,999
The Grainger Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
$5,000,000–$9,999,999
Anonymous
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz
$2,500,000–$4,999,999
Anonymous
Mary Louise Gorno
Estate of Esther G. Klatz
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Megan and Steve Shebik
Richard and Helen Thomas
$1,000,000–$2,499,999
Anonymous
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Kay Bucksbaum
Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Joseph † and Rebecca Jarabak †
Jim † and Kay Mabie
Estate of Gloria Miner
The Oberman Family Charitable Trust
Cathy and Bill Osborn
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
$500,000–$999,999
Patricia and Laurence Booth
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray
D & R Charitable Fund
The Davee Foundation
David and Janet Fox
Howard Gottlieb
ITW
Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg
UP TO $500,000
Anonymous
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Patricia Ames
Ruth and Roger Anderson
Family Foundation
Peter and Elise Barack
Merrill and Judy Blau
Roderick Branch and Brant Taylor
Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car
George and Minou Colis
Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Mimi Duginger
Charles* and Carol Emmons
Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall
Robert D. Gecht
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
Alice and Richard Godfrey
Liz Stiffel
Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
$35,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Sharon and Charles † Angell
Peter † and Betsy Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Burlin
Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation
Mary Winton Green
Mr. Collier Hands
Ms. Geraldine Keefe
Ms. Renee Metcalf
Dr. Charles Morcom
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Jennifer Amler Goldstein, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Mr. Graham C. Grady
Timothy and Joyce* Greening
John Hart and Carol Prins
The Heestand Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy
Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman
Karen and Neil Kawashima
Ms. Geraldine Keefe
Anne Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy
Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson
Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg
Judy and Scott McCue
Mr. David E. McNeel
Mr. Robert Meeker
James and Renée Metcalf
Dr. Sharon D. Michalove
John H. Mugge
Mr. Daniel R. Murray
Estate of Donald V. Peck
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein
Charlene H. Posner*
Estate of Donald Powell
Andra and Irwin Press
Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi
James S. Rostenberg
Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim
Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Mr. † & Mrs.* John Simmons
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark
Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern
Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.
Thierer Family Foundation
Penny and John Van Horn
Dr. Catherine L. Webb*
Craig and Bette Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow
Mr. Gifford Zimmerman
Estate of Rita Zralek
Ms. Karen Zupko*
*Governing Members who have made a commitment to the Governing Members Chair, a collective initiative of the Campaign to sponsor a revolving musician chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Margo and Michael Oberman
Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow
Sidley Austin LLP
Walter and Kathleen Snodell
Terrence and Laura Truax
Craig and Bette Williams
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous
Nancy A. Abshire
Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV
Altair Advisers LLC
Carey and Brett August
Peter and Elise Barack
Julie and Roger Baskes
Patricia and Laurence Booth
Mr. Roderick Branch
Robert J. Buford
Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray
Mr. & Dr. George Colis
Mrs. Barbara Flynn Currie
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore
Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson
Ms. Ann Drake
Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy
Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans
Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Mary Louise Gorno
Howard L. Gottlieb and Barbara G. Greis
Mr. Graham C. Grady
Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson
Ronald B. Johnson
Mr. † & Mrs. Burton Kaplan
Karen and Neil Kawashima
Ms. Donna L. Kendall
Tom and Betsy Kilroy
Randall S. Kroszner
Susan and Rick Levy
Mr. Terrance Livingston and Ms. Debra Cafaro
Mr. Vikram Luthar
Ms. Britt Miller
Daniel R. Murray
John D. † and Alexandra C. Nichols Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Dr. Mohan Rao
Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch
Susan Regenstein
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi
Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy
Bill and Orli Staley Foundation
Mary Stowell
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan
Thierer Family Foundation
Susan and Bob Wislow
Mr. Gifford Zimmerman
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Arnie and Ann Berlin
Tom and Dianne Campbell
Joyce Chelberg
Nancy and Bernard Dunkel
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Richard and Alice Godfrey
Sue and Melvin Gray
Halasyamani/Davis Family
Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman
Anne and John † Kern
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin
Jim † and Kay Mabie
Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum
Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
John and Merry Ann Pratt
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Ms. Courtney Shea
Rebecca West
Dr. Marylou Witz
Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation
$15,000–$19,999
Anonymous (3)
Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Henry and Gilda Buchbinder
Robert D. Carone
Ann and Richard Carr
Sue and Jim Colletti
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood
John and Fran Edwardson
Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy
Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz
Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III
Janice L. Honigberg
Mrs. Janet Kanter
Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Klein
Nancy and Sanfred Koltun
Ms. Betsy Levin
Mr. Philip Lumpkin
Mr. David E. McNeel
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
Edward and Gayla Nieminen
Kathleen Field Orr
Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli
Family Foundation
LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor
Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte
Andra and Irwin Press
D. Elizabeth Price
Jerry Rose
Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft
Penny and John Van Horn
Mr. Christian Vinyard
Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung
David Woodhouse
$11,500–$14,999
Fraida and Bob Aland
Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock
Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Merle L. Jacob
Stephen and Maria Lans
Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall
The Osprey Foundation
Leslie and Tom Silverstein
Dr. Stuart Sondheimer, M.D. and Ms. Bonnie Lucas
Carol S. Sonnenschein
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson
Ksenia A. and Peter Turula
Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
Caroline Foulke Wettersten
Mr. & Ms. Richard Williams
$7,500–$11,499
Anonymous (5)
Ms. Patti Acurio
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Geoffrey A. Anderson
Ms. Miah Armour
Mr. Robert C. Austin and Dr. Kathryn C. Gamble
Ms. Judith Barnard
Mrs. Gail Belytschko
Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck
Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof
Merrill and Judy Blau
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Boelter
Cassandra L. Book
Mr. & Mrs. John Borland
Adam Bossov
Janet S. Boyer
Ms. Danolda Brennan
Mr. Ray Capitanini
Patricia A. Clickener
Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel
Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley
Mr. Lawrence Corry
Mr. Marc DeMoss
Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley
Mr. † & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas
Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle
Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III
Charles and Carol Emmons
Judith E. Feldman
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Ms. Hazel Fisher
Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
Camillo and Arlene Ghiron
Mr. † & Mrs. James J. Glasser
Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone
Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory
Lynne R. Haarlow
Joan M. Hall
Mrs. Richard C. Halpern
Anne Marcus Hamada
John and Sally Hard
Pati and O.J. † Heestand
Richard † and Joanne Hoffman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Holson III
Fred † and Sandra Holubow
Michael and Leigh Huston
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller
The King Family Foundation
Dr. June Koizumi
Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff
Dr. Michael Krco
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck
Mr. John LaBarbera
Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler
Dr. Lynda Lane
Mr. Jeffrey Lennard
Mr. Michael Leppen
Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman
Mr. † & Mrs. John Lillard
Jane and Peter Loeb
Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl
Francine R. Manilow
Robert † and Judy Marth
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Sheila Medvin
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley
Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor
Emilie Morphew, M.D.
Ms. Susan Norvich
Eric and Carolyn Oesterle
Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson
Jim O’Sullivan
Richard and Frances Penn
Sue N. Pick
Mary and Joseph Plauché
Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn
Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman
Mr. Richard Ryan
Rita † and Norman Sackar
Mr. Agustin G. Sanz
Karla Scherer
David and Judy Schiffman
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl
Joan and George Segal
The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation
Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho
Julia M. Simpson
Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro
Cheryl Sturm
Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.
Ms. Bernadette Y. Tang
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck
Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt
Ms. Carla M. Thorpe
TravTours, Inc.
Tully Family Foundation in honor of Helen Zell
Mr. † & Mrs. William C. Vance
Frances S. Vandervoort
Mr. David J. Varnerin
Catherine M. Villinski
M.L. Winburn
Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever
Ms. Karen Zupko
$4,500–$7,499 Anonymous (15)
Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker
Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein
Cat Anderson
Megan P. and John L. Anderson
Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews
Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei
David and Suzanne Arch
Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird
Mr. William Baker and Ms. Rita Corley-Baker
Paul and Robert Barker Foundation
Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes
Joseph Bartush
Ms. Sandra Bass
Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen
Deborah Baughman
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bedford
Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler
Mr. Ken Belcher
Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst
Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible
Mrs. Arthur A. Billings
Mr. † & Mrs. Dennis Black
Jim † and Dianne Blanco
Ann Blickensderfer
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block
Ms. Terry Boden
Mr. Edward Boehm III
Mr. Virgil Bogert
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich
Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky
Mr. Donald Bouseman
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen
Ms. Jill Brennan
Cindy Marie Brito and Anthony Costello
Mrs. Sue Brubaker
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum
Ms. Lutgart Calcote
Ms. Vera Capp
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mia Celano and Noel Dunn
Mr. James Chamberlain
Linton J. Childs
Ms. Jue H. Chung
Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy
Nancy J. Clawson
Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali
Ms. Jean Cocozza
Douglas and Carol Cohen
Jane and John C. † Colman
E. and V. Combs Foundation
Mrs. Eileen Conaghan
Dr. Thomas H. Conner
Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy
Mr. Robert Cook
Nancy R. Corral
Ms. Jane Cox
Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux
R. Bert Crossland
Daniel Cyganowski and Judith Metzger
Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta
Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian
Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider
Janet Wood Diederichs
Mr. Doug Donenfeld
David and Deborah Dranove
Ingrid and Richard Dubberke
Mimi Duginger
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek
Judge Frank Easterbrook
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten
Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp
Thomas Eller
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Elting III
Scott and Lenore Enloe
Dr. & Mrs. † James Ertle
William Escamilla
Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D.
Neil Fackler
Dr. Gail Fahey
Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein
Donald and Signe Ferguson
Hector Ferral, M.D.
John and Geraldine Fiedler
Mr. Conrad Fischer
Dean and Jenny Fischer
Thea Flaum/Hill Foundation
Mrs. Donna Fleming
Mrs. John D. Foster
David and Janet Fox
Arthur L. Frank, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann
Susan and Paul Freehling
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
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Judy and Mickey Gaynor
Robert D. Gecht
Sandy and Frank Gelber
Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson
Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti
Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco
Mr. Lionel Go
Judy and Bill Goldberg
Lyn Goldstein
Robert and Marcia Goltermann
Mary and Michael Goodkind
Dr. Alexia Gordon
Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon
Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French
Donald J. Gralen
Hanna H. Gray
Richard † and Mary L. Gray
Ms. Freddi Greenberg
Thomas † and Delta Greene
Timothy and Joyce Greening
Dr. Jerri E. Greer
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen
Jacalyn Gronek
Ann and John Grube
Mr. Dongqi Guo
Anastasia and Gary † Gutting
Stephanie and Howard Halpern
Ms. Josephine Hammer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan
James W. Haugh
Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes
James and Lynne † Heckman
Mr. Hirad Hedayat
Mr. Dale C. Hedding
Scott Helm
Dr. † & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst
Jeffrey W. Hesse
Marjorie Friedman Heyman
The Hickey Family Foundation
William B. Hinchliff
Dr. Richard Hirschmann
Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith †
Mr. William J. Hokin †
James and Eileen Holzhauer
Mr. † & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg
James and Mary Houston
Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp
Tex and Susan Hull
Hunter Family Foundation
Ms. Patricia Hurley
Frances and Phillip Huscher
Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins
Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs
Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin
Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus
Mr. John Jawor
Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna
Joni and Brian Johnson
Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation
Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck
Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin
Barry D. Kaufman
Larry † and Marie Kaufman
Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Peter and Stephanie Keehn
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser
John and Judy Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel
Carol Kipperman
Dr. Elaine Klemen
Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk
Mr. Thomas Kmetko
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin
Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn
Eldon and Patricia Kreider
David and Susan Kreisman
Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar
Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky
Mr. William Lawlor, III
Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Leff
Sheila Fields Leiter
Ms. Zafra Lerman
Mr. Jerrold Levine
Mary and Laurence Levine
Averill and Bernard † Leviton
Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek
Mr. † and Mrs. Howard Lickerman
The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust
Mrs. Gabrielle Long
Dr. Anna Lysakowski
Carol MacArthur
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan MacLean
Eileen Madden
Jacen Maleck
Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling
Sharon L. Manuel
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin
Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez
Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag
Igor and Olga Matlin
Charles and Clara McCall
Ann Pickard McDermott
Dr. & Mrs. James McGee
Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II
John and Etta McKenna
Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney
James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray †
Mrs. Leoni McVey
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister
Dr. Ellen Mendelson
Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad
David H. Moscow
Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek
John H. Mugge
Jo Ann and Stuart Nathan
Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman
David † and Dolores Nelson
Dr. Zehava L. Noah
Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard
Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar
Kenneth R. Norgan
Mark and Gloria Nusbaum
Bill and Penny Obenshain
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs
Sarah and Wallace Oliver
John and Joy O’Malley
Mr. Michael Oman and Mrs. Patricia Wakeley
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann
Mr. Timothy J. Patenode
Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. Michael Payette
Dr. & Mrs. † Ray Pensinger
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein
Bonnie Perry
Dr. William Peruzzi
Mr. Robert Peterson
Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Richard Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert
Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker
John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund
Charlene H. Posner
Stephen and Ann Suker Potter
Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard
Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett
Harper Reed
Dr. Hilda Richards
Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards
Mary K. Ring
Charles and Marilynn Rivkin
Ms. Carol Roberts
William and Cheryl Roberts
Dr. Diana Robin
Bob Rogers Travel
Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio
Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper
Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg
Michael Rosenthal
D.D. Roskin
Ms. Lisa Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi
Maija Rothenberg
Ms. Roberta H. Rubin
Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz
Mrs. Martha Sabransky † and Dr. Paul Glickman
Anthony Saineghi
Mr. David Sandfort
Raymond and Inez Saunders
Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht
Mr. † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig
Gerald and Barbara Schultz
Susan H. Schwartz
Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar
Diana and Richard Senior
David and Judith L. Sensibar
Ms. Mary Beth Shea
Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts
Mrs. Junia Shlaustas
Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger
Stuart and Leslie Shulruff
Ms. Ann Silberman
Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons
Mr. Larry Simpson
Craig Sirles
Christine A. Slivon
Valerie Slotnick
Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.
Louise K. Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith
Naomi Pollock and David Sneider
James and Diane Snyder
Kimberly M. Snyder
In Memory of Timothy Soleiman
Elysia M. Solomon
Mrs. Linda Spain
Robert and Emily Spoerri
Helena Stancikas
Ms. Denise Stauder
Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos
Dr. Dusan Stefoski, M.D. and Mr. Craig Savage
Carol D. Stein
Penelope R. Steiner
Roger † and Susan Stone
Family Foundation
Laurence and Caryn Straus
Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong
Ms. Minsook Suh
Mr. Mitchell Suter and Ms. Hillary August
Mr. Chris Thomas
Mr. James Thompson
Joan and Michael Thron
David and Beth Timm
Bill and Anne Tobey
Ayana Tomeka
Bruce † and Jan Tranen
James M. and Carol Trapp
John T. and Carrie M. Travers
Joan and David Trushin
Dr. & Mrs. David Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner
Ms. Judith Tuszynski
Zalman and Karen Usiskin
Mr. Peter Vale
Jim and Cindy Valtman
Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D.
Mr. † & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice
Ms. Jennifer Vianello
Ms. Raita Vilnins
Charles Vincent
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward
Dr. Catherine L. Webb
Mr. & Mrs. David Weber
Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss
Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Whellan
Peter and Marlee Wolf
Ms. Lois Wolff
Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman
Michael † and Laura Woll
Dr. Hak Wong
Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr.
Ms. Debbie Wright
Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Ms. Janice Young
Owen and Linda Youngman
Paul and Mary Yovovich
In memory of Anthony C. Yu
David and Eileen Zampa
Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba
Ms. Camille Zientek
Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross
Jennifer Zobair and Chuck Smith
$3,500–$4,499
Anonymous
Ms. Doris Angell
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber
Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez
Ms. Susan Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt
Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr
Margery al Chalabi
Ms. Anne Chien
Ms. Juli Crabtree
Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris
Mr. † & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Ms. Louise Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III
Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey
Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson
Hill and Cheryl Hammock
Dr. Robert A. Harris
Ms. Dawn E. Helwig
Ms. Anna Hertsberg
Dr. Ashley Jackson
Maryl Johnson, M.D.
Ms. JoAnn Joyce
Joseph and Judith Konen
Eric Kuhlman
Robert O. Middleton
Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Ms. Victoria Nee
Mr. Bruce Ottley
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
Howard and Sheila Pizer
Mary Rafferty
Dorothy V. Ramm
Mrs. Enid Rieser
Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan
Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields
Lynn B. Singer
Joel and Beth Spenadel
Mr. James Vardiman
Ms. Mary Walsh
Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard
$2,500–$3,499
Anonymous (3)
Mr. Frank Ackerman
Ms. Rene Alphonse
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner †
Ms. Marlene Bach
William and Marjorie Bardeen
Larry and Sarah Barden
James and Bartha Barrett
Ms. Patricia Bayerlein
Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin
Mr. James Borkman
Mr. Douglas Bragan †
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener
Chris Brezil
Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman
Linda S. Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. John Butler
Curtis W. Cassel
Ms. Margaret Chaplan
Lisa Chessare
Ms. Melinda Cheung
Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes
Joe and Judy Cosenza
Mr. John Crosby
Ms. Angela D’Aversa
Mr. Frank R. Davis III
Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung
Mrs. Kelli Gardner Emery † and Mr. Peter Emery
Debra Fienberg
Sandra E. Fienberg
Kenneth M. Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr
Ms. Nona Flores
Ms. Irene Fox
Mr. Ray Frick
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III
James and Rebecca Gaebe
Jane Gaines and Andy Kenoe
Mr. Stanford Goldblatt
Ms. Sarah Good
Isabelle Goossen
Merle Gordon
Mr. Adam Grymkowski
Ronald and Diane Hamburger
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman
Mrs. John M. Hartigan
James and Megan Hinchsliff
Dr. & Mrs. James Holland
Mr. Stephen Holmes
Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton
Saul Juskaitis
Ms. Ethelle Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Klapperich, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Mr. Matthew Kusek
Mr. Thomas Lad
Ms. Pamela Larsen
Jules M. Laser
Dr. Gerald † and Darlene Lee
Mr. Jonathon Leik
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Mr. Philip Lesser
Mr. Michael J. Liccar
Robert † and Joan Lipsig
Mr. Melvin Loeb
Sherry and Mel Lopata
Ronald and Carlotta Lucchesi
Ms. Janice Magnuson
Mr. Timothy Marshall
Robert and Doretta Marwin
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass
Margaret and Michael McCoy
Ms. Marilyn Mccoy
Rosa and Peter McCullagh
Ric D. McDonough
Bill McIntosh
Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever
Mr. Zarin Mehta
Ms. Claretta Meier
Ian and Robyn Moncrief
Mrs. Frank Morrissey
Ms. Maryrose Murphy
Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl
Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr.
Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL
Mrs. Janis Notz
Beatrice F. Orzac †
Mr. Sebastian Patino
Kingsley Perkins †
Rita Petretti
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Dr. Joe Piszczor
Kenneth J. Poje
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Ms. Constance Rajala
Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel
Mr. Jeffrey Rappin
Neal Reenan
Patricia Richter
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross
John Francis Sarwark
Ms. Saslow
Shirley and John † Schlossman
Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott
Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil
Mr. James Selsor
Mrs. Phyllis Shafron
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro
Carolyn M. Short
Ellen and Richard Shubart
Margaret and Alan Silberman
Jack and Barbara Simon
The Honorable John B. Simon and Millie Rosenbloom
Nancy J. Smith
Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Mr. Michael Sprinker
Ms. Sue Stealey
Carole Stone and Arthur Susman
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr.
Barry and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Mrs. Jeanne Sullivan
Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft
Ms. Alison Thomas
Ms. Joanne Tremulis
Henrietta Vepstas
Robert J. Walker
Alexander J. Wayne
Mr. Lawrence Wechter
Mr. Michael Welsh and Ms. Linda Brummer-Welsh
Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning
Mr. Kenneth Witkowski
Barbara and Steven Wolf
Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino
Dr. Nanajan Yakoub
Ms. Mary Zeltmann
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 Kevin Gupana, Associate Director of Giving, Educational and Engagement Programs, 312-294-3156.
$150,000 AND ABOVE
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
$100,000–$149,999
Anonymous
Allstate Insurance Company
$75,000–$99,999
John Hart and Carol Prins
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
Megan and Steve Shebik
$50,000–$74,999
Anonymous
BMO
Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Judy and Scott McCue
Polk Bros. Foundation
Michael and Linda Simon
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$35,000–$49,999
Bowman C. Lingle Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Shure Charitable Trust
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous
Abbott Fund
Carey and Brett August
Crain-Maling Foundation
Kinder Morgan
Margo and Michael Oberman
Gene and Jean Stark
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Mary Winton Green
Halasyamani/Davis Family
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
PNC
Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation
$15,000–$19,999
Nancy A. Abshire
Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
The Buchanan Family Foundation
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund
Sue and Jim Colletti
Mr. Philip Lumpkin
The Maval Foundation
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
Dr. Marylou Witz
$11,500–$14,999
Barker Welfare Foundation
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans
Ksenia A. and Peter Turula
$7,500–$11,499
Anonymous
Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz
Mr. Lawrence Corry
Nancy and Bernard Dunkel
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Ms. Susan Norvich
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
D. Elizabeth Price
LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.)
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
Ms. Courtney Shea
Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt
Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
$4,500–$7,499
Anonymous
Joseph Bartush
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Ann and Richard Carr
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation
Mr. Lionel Go
Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr.
Dr. June Koizumi
Dr. Lynda Lane
Francine R. Manilow
Mrs. Leoni McVey
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek
The Osprey Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
$3,500–$4,499
Anonymous
Arts Midwest Gig Fund
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation
Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Judith E. Feldman
Camillo and Arlene Ghiron
Ms. Dawn E. Helwig
Ms. Ethelle Katz
Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards
Mr. Peter Vale
Ms. Mary Walsh
$2,500–$3,499
Anonymous
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
David and Suzanne Arch
Mr. James Borkman
Adam Bossov
Mr. Douglas Bragan †
Mr. Ray Capitanini
Lisa Chessare
Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes
Patricia A. Clickener
Ms. Nancy Dehmlow
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
William B. Hinchliff
Michael and Leigh Huston
Italian Village Restaurants
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Mrs. Frank Morrissey
David † and Dolores Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Mr. David Sandfort
Gerald and Barbara Schultz
Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho
Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro
Carol S. Sonnenschein
Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis
Mr. Kenneth Witkowski
Ms. Camille Zientek
$1,500–$2,499
Ms. Marlene Bach
Ms. Barbara Barzansky
Mr. Lawrence Belles
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible
Cassandra L. Book
Mr. Donald Bouseman
Ms. Danolda Brennan
Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman
Darren Cahr
Bradley Cohn
Charles and Carol Emmons
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of the Civic horn section
Mr. Conrad Fischer
Ms. Lola Flamm
David and Janet Fox
Ronald and Diane Hamburger
Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick
Thomas and Reseda Kalowski
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin
Dona Le Blanc
Adele Mayer
Mr. Aaron Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morales
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Mr. Alexander Ripley
Ms. Mary Sauer
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza
Jane A. Shapiro
Mrs. Julie Stagliano
Michael and Salme Steinberg
Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust
Ayana Tomeka
Ms. Betty Vandenbosch
Abby and Glen Weisberg
M.L. Winburn
Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Zollinger
$1,000–$1,499
Anonymous
Duffie A. Adelson
John Albrecht
Ms. Rochelle Allen
Ms. Margaret Amato
Allen and Laura Ashley
Howard and Donna Bass
Daniel and Michele Becker
Ann Blickensderfer
Mr. Rowland Chang
David Colburn
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle
Alan R. Cravitz
Mr. & Mrs. Barnaby Dinges
Tom Draski
DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.
Ms. Sharon Eiseman
Richard Finegold, M.D. and Ms. Rita O’Laughlin
Foxman Family Foundation
Eunice and Perry Goldberg
Enid Goubeaux
Mrs. Susan Hammond
Dr. Robert A. Harris
Mr. David Helverson
Clifford Hollander and Sharon Flynn Hollander
Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger
Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin
Mr. Ray Jones
Charles Katzenmeyer
Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer
Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordan
Ms. Foo Choo Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin
Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus
Timothy Lubenow
Sharon L. Manuel
Rosa and Peter McCullagh
Mr. & Mrs. William McNally
Robert O. Middleton
Stephen W. and Kathleen J. Miller
Geoffrey R. Morgan
Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison
Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Lewis Nashner
William H. Nichols
Ms. Sylvette Nicolini
Edward and Gayla Nieminen
Mr. Bruce Oltman
Ms. Joan Pantsios
Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler
Ms. Dona Perry
James † and Sharon Phillips
Christine and Michael Pope
Quinlan & Fabish
Mr. George Quinlan
Susan Rabe
Dr. Hilda Richards
Dr. Edward Riley
Mary K. Ring
Christina Romero and Rama Kumanduri
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross
Mr. David Samson
Peter Schauer
Mr. David M. Schiffman
Barbara and Lewis Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette
Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott
Mr. Rahul and Mrs. Shobha Shah
Mr. & Mrs. James Shapiro
Dr. Rebecca Sherrick
Mr. Larry Simpson
Dr. Sabine Sobek
Ms. Denise Stauder
Mrs. Pamela Stepansky
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky
Donna Stroder
Sharon Swanson
Dr. Douglas Vaughan
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waxman
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman
Joni Williams
Jane Stroud Wright
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ENDOWED FUNDS
Anonymous (3)
Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund
Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund
CNA
The Davee Foundation
Frank Family Fund
Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund
Jennifer Amler Goldstein Fund, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Mary Winton Green
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement
Richard A. Heise
Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund
Julian Family Foundation Fund
The Kapnick Family
Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust
The Malott Family School Concerts Fund
The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Negaunee Foundation
Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends
Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund
Toyota Endowed Fund
The Wallace Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
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.
STRADIVARIAN ASSOCIATES
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 December 2023.
Anonymous (11)
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Lisa J. Adelstein
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Evy Johansen Alsaker
Robert A. Alsaker
Geoffrey A. Anderson
Louise E. Anderson
Brett and Carey August
Marlene Bach
Dr. Jeff Bale
Mr. Neal Ball
Sally J. Becker
Marlys A. Beider
Dr. C. Bekerman
Martha Bell
Mike and Donna Bell
Julie Ann Benson
K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet
Merrill and Judy Blau
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Ann Blickensderfer
Danolda Brennan
Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr.
Mitchell J. Brown
Marion A. Cameron-Gray
Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong
Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark
Patricia A. Clickener
Judith and Stephen F. Condren
Anita Crocus
David L. Curry
Mimi Duginger
Harry and Jean Eisenman
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Dr. Marilyn Ezri
David S. and Janet M. Fox
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.
Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson
Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk
Penny and John Freund
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat
Merle Gordon
Mary Louise Gorno
Dr. & Mrs. David Granato
Mary L. Gray
Mary Winton Green
Dr. Jon Brian Greis
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
Frances and Phillip Huscher
Ms. Darlene Johnson
Ronald B. Johnson
Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy
Lori Julian
Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan
Howard Kaspin
James Kemmerer
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Edwin and Karen Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka
Jonathon Leik
Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring
Robert Alan Lewis
Dr. Valerie Lober
Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl
Sheldon H. Marcus
James Edward McPherson
Janet L. Melk
Dr. Frederick K. Merkel
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor
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
Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger
Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
Judy Pomeranz
Maridee Quanbeck
Neil K. Quinn
Randall and Cara Rademaker
Constance A. Rajala
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
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 (36)
Valerie and Joseph Abel
Louise Abrahams
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Patrick Alden
Richard and Elynne Aleskow
Judy L. Allen
Carlos Almeida and Dr. Matthew Sweeney
Ann S. Alpert
Patricia Ames
Ms. Judith L. Anderson
Steven Andes, Ph.D.
Dr. Edward L. Applebaum
Catherine Aranyi
Dr. Susan Arjmand
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba
Mara Mills Barker
Shirley Baron
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty
Joan I. Berger
Robert M. Berger
Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky
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
Ron and Dolores Daly
Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson
Sylvia Samuels Delman
Mrs. David A. DeMar
Ms. Phyllis Diamond
Janet Wood Diederichs
Mrs. William Dooley
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
Ray Frick
Susan Fuchs
Nancy and Larry † Fuller
Dileep Gangolli
Maurice Garnier
Miss Elizabeth Gatz
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ghielmetti
Steve and Lauran Gilbreath
Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III
Mr. Joseph Glossberg
Ms. Georgean Goldenberg
Adele Goldsmith
Douglas Ross Gortner
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray
Ms. Claire Annette Green
Delta A. Greene
Mrs. Barbara Gundrum
Lynne R. Haarlow
Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley
Mr. Tom Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett
William B. Hinchliff
Marcia M. Hochberg
Mr. Thomas Hochman
Jack and Colleen Holmbeck
Richard J. Hoskins
James and Mary Houston
Mr. James Humphrey
Merle L. Jacob
Ms. Jessica Jagielnik
Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin
Ann B. Kaplan
Marshall Keltz
Valerie Kennedy
Anne Kern
Paul Keske
Helen Kessler
Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr.
Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Sally Jo Knowles
Mrs. Russell V. Kohr
Ms. Barbara Kopsian
Liesel E. Kossmann
Catherine Grochowski Kranz
Eugene Kraus
John C. and Carol Anderson Kunze
Thomas and Annelise Lawson
Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey
Ms. Nicole Lehman
Barbara W. Levin
Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy
Ms. Sally Lewis
Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg
Mr. Michael Licitra
Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson
Bonnie Glazier Lipe
Alma Lizcano
Candace Loftus
Heidi Lukas and Mr. Charles Grode
Suzette and James Mahneke
Ann Chassin Mallow
Sharon L. Manuel
Mrs. John J. Markham
Deborah McCabe
Judy and Scott McCue
John McFerrin
Mr. William McIntosh
Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey
Dorothe Melamed
Marcia Melamed
Dr. Sharon D. Michalove
Dale and Susan Miller
Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten
Thomas R. Mullaney
Daniel R. Murray
Dolores D. Nelson
Jeffrey Nichols
Franklin Nussbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr.
Wallace and Sarah Oliver
Lynn Orschel
Helen and Joseph Page
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
Charlene H. Posner
D. Elizabeth Price
Dorothy V. Ramm
Donald F. Ransford
Jeanne Reed
Edgar C. Reihl
Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones
Karen L. Rigotti
Don and Sally Roberts
Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal
Dr. Virginia C. Saft
Craig Samuels
Sue and William Samuels
Leslie A. Sanders
Paul and Kathleen Schaefer
Lawrence D. Schectman
Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro
David Shayne
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Anne Sibley
Larry Simpson
Thomas G. Sinkovic
Rosalee Slepian
Mary Soleiman
Jim Spiegel
Julie Stagliano
Denise M. Stauder
Karen Steil
Charles Steinberg
Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale
Mr. John Stokes
Richard and Lois Stuckey
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
John L. Turner
Mike and Mary Valeanu
Gerrit Vanderwest
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
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Linda and Payson S. Wild
Joyce S. Wildman
Kayla Anne Wilson
Robert A. Wilson
Nora M. Winsberg
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf
Beth Wollar
Lev Yaroslavskiy
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
Richard Abrahams
Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson
Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos
Elizabeth M. Ashton
Jacqueline and Frank Ball
Wayne Balmer
Paul Barker
Arlene and Marshall Bennett
Judith and Dennis Bober
Naomi T. Borwell
Kathryn Bowers
Howard Broecker
Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown
George and Jacqueline Brumlik
Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger
Norma Cadieu
Wiley Caldwell
Nelson D. Cornelius
Anita J. Court, Ph.D.
Christopher L. Culp
Barbara DeCoster
Azile Dick
James F. Drennan
Robert L. Drinan, Jr.
Evelyn Dyba
Richard Eastline
Marian Edelstein
Dr. Edward Elisberg
Kelli Gardner Emery
Joseph R. Ender
Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson
Mrs. Greta Wiley Flory
Leslie Fogel
Herbert and Betty Forman
Richard Foster
Elaine S. Frank
Martin and Francey Gecht
Isak Gerson
Mrs. Willard Gidwitz
Lyle Gillman
Marvin Goldsmith
William B. Graham
Richard Gray
David Green
Nancy Griffin
Ernest A. Grunsfeld III
Betty and Lester Guttman
A. William Haarlow III
Carolyn Hallman
CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret.
Marguerite DeLany Hark
Polly and Donald Heinrich
Mary Mako Helbert
Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth
Mrs. Diane Hoban
Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr.
Barbara Isserman
Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak
Mrs. Marian Johnson
Ms. Janet Jones
Phyllis A. Jones
James Joseph
Joseph M. Kacena
Jared Kaplan
Morris A. Kaplan
Roberta Kapoun
George Kennedy
Esther G. Klatz
Russell V. Kohr
Karen Kuehner
Evelyn and Arnold Kupec
Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts
Rebecca Jarabak
Caressa Y. Lauer
Patricia Lee
Christine D. Letchinger
William C. Lordan
Tula Lunsford
Iris Maiter
Arthur G. Maling
Bella Malis
Kathleen W. Markiewicz
Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr
Eloise Martin
Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal
Eunice H. McGuire
Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick
Jack L. Melamed, M.D.
Lois G. and Hugo J. Melvoin
Richard Menaul
Susan Messinger
Phillip Migdal
Gloria Miner
Bill Moor
Charles A. Moore
David A. Moore
Marietta Munnis
David H. Nelson
Helen M. Nelson
Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld
David Niwa
Raymond and Eloise Niwa
Carol Rauner O’Donovan
T. Paul B. O’Donovan
Mary and Eric Oldberg
Bruce P. Olson
David G. Ostrow
Donald Peck
Charles J. Pollyea
Miriam Pollyea
Donald D. Powell
Samuel Press
Alfred and Maryann Putnam
Christine Querfeld
Ruth Ann Quinn
Kenneth Recu
Walter Reed
Bob Reiland
Paul H. Resnik
J. Timothy Ritchie
Virginia H. Rogers
Jill N. Rohde
Elaine Rosen
Ben J. Rosenthal
Anthony Ryerson
Cynthia Mead Sargent
Mrs. Milton Scheffler
Richard P. Schieler
Beverly and Grover Schiltz
Robert W. Schneider
Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr.
Nancy Seyfried
Muriel Shaw
Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker
Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel
Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel
Joanne Silver
Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette
Allen R. Smart
Walter Chalmers Smith
Peggy E. Smith-Skarry
Karen A. Sorensen
Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel
Vito Stagliano
Mrs. Zelda Star
Charles J. Starcevich
Curtis D. Stensrud
Franklin R. St. Lawrence
Ruth Miner Swislow
Robert Sychowski
Lester G. Telser
Andrew and Peggy Thomson
Sue Tice
Beatrice B. Tinsley
C. Phillip Turner
Ted Utchen
Lois and James Vrhel
Louise Benton Wagner
Nancy L. Wald
Josephine Wallace
Marco Weiss
Barbara Huth West
The Whateley Trust, in memory of
Baron Whateley
Max and Joyce Wildman
Joyce Hadley Williams
Arnold and Ann Wolff
Ronald R. Zierer
Rita A. Zralek
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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 from June 2022 through December 2023.
MEMORIAL GIFTS
In memory of Alfred Balandis
Mr. Robert Callahan
In memory of Luise Baldin
Antoinette Baldin
Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann
Mr. † & Mrs. Gershon Berg
Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta
Ms. Marilyn Hamburger
Joseph and Judith Konen
Ms. Claretta Meier
Mrs. Frances Naal
Gail Price
Ms. Janice Young
In memory of Glory Bechtold
Mr. Greg Davis
In memory of Bud Beyer
Ms. Jean Flaherty
In memory of John R. Blair
Mrs. Barbara J. Blair
In memory of Doug Bragan and Tom Boodell
Ms. Denise Stauder
In memory of Lin Brehmer
Franklin Brehmer and Sara Farr
In memory of Jerome Brosnan, M.D.
Ms. Gisela Brodine-Brosnan
In memory of Amelia Di Luccia Carretti
Mr. Robert Coad and Mr. David Ellis
In memory of Suhail al Chalabi
Margery al Chalabi
In memory of Dr. Minkyu Cho
Robert Callahan
In memory of Christopher L. Culp
Laura Yergesheva
In memory of Gary A. Davis and Graham Hemsley
Dr. Steven Andes
In memory of Heather DeBuhr
Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot
Kenje Mallot
In memory of Eddie Druzinsky
Mr. & Mrs. Barnaby Dinges
In memory of Susan K. Gordy Epstein
Mr. David Epstein
In memory of Martha Glickman
Michelle Alvord
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III
Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hoffman
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin
Mr. & Mrs. Myron Shapiro
Ms. Renee Zellner
In memory of Joseph Guastafeste and Gordon B. Peters
Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer
In memory of Zave Gussin
Mr. Nathan Kahn
In memory of Dr. Robert Hazelrigg
Robert and Irene Wegehoft
In memory of Andy Hedberg
Mr. and Mrs. John Jansson
In memory of J. Paul Hunter
Kristin H. Jensen
In memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
In memory of Malcom L. Jones
Pinkey Auster
Schribner and Kimberly Ochsenschlager
In memory of Herbert A. Loeb III
Ms. Hillary A. Loeb
In memory of Jim and Nancy Loewenberg
Mr. Michael Berger
In memory of Dr. David and Renée
Lubell
Mrs. Barbara Asner
Mrs. Lisa Edelson
In memory of Mary A. Lyons
Chris Martinez
In memory of Evelyn G. Meine
Mr. Curt Meine
In memory of Dr. Peter Michalove
Dr. Sharon D. Michalove
In memory of William Miller
Suzanne Johnson
In memory of Charles F. Moles
Ms. Kathleen Harrington
In memory of Anthony G. Montag
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
In memory of Martin O’Donnell
Ms. Anne T. Posner
Ms. Naomi M. Stanhaus
In memory of Thomas Owen
Maureen Obermeier
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Van Vliet
In memory of Eul-Soo Pang
Dr. Laura Pang
In memory of George Pepper, M.D.
Mary Ann Smith
In memory of Kingsley Perkins
Ms. Susan Thomas
In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn
Ms. Carolyn Quinn
In memory of Bennett Reimer
Elizabeth A. Hebert
In memory of Al Rose
Mrs. Marian Rose
In memory of Seymour M. Sabesin, M.D.
Ms. Marcia Sabesin
In memory of Erica Schewe
Anonymous
Mimi Duginger
In memory of Joanne Silver
Ms. Betty Winer
In memory of Michael Silverstein
Ms. Mara Tapp
In memory of Zan and Blossom Skolnick
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Hafter
In memory of Mona Stern
Mr. Larry Simpson
In memory of Marjorie Stone
Dr. Arvey Stone
In memory of Dr. Armondo Susmano
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin
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In memory of William C. Vance
Margaret H. Walker
In memory of my beautiful sister, Lynne Wachowski and her husband
Ron Wachowski
Peggy Ryan
In memory of George Mitchell Williams
Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor
In memory of Donald Woulfe and Tom Boodell
Margo and Michael Oberman
In memory of Don Woulfe
Ms. Janice Young
In memory of Dick Wright
Ms. Janice Young
In memory of Woon-Young and Hyo-Kyoung
B. Seo-Pero
HONOR GIFTS
In honor of Dora Aalbregtse’s birthday
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
In honor of Marcia Baylin
Mr. Marc Baylin
In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Boodell for their 50+ years of CSO support
Ms. Denise Stauder
In honor of Charles Braico and Robert Coad for outstanding customer service
Ms. Denise Stauder
In honor of Robert Coad
Mr. Kevin Hinton
Mr. and Mrs. † David Shayne
Ms. Ann Silberman
Mr. † & Mrs. Marco Weiss
In honor of Dr. Leon and Carol Dragon
Ms. Arden Nagler
In honor of Judy Feldman and the Women’s Board of the CSO
Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe
In honor of front of house staff
Mr. Richard Boyum
In honor of Dr. Victoria E. Ingram
Dr. Paul Navin
In honor of Brian Koenig for 25+ years with the CSO
The Koenig Family
In honor of Scott and Judy McCue and John Schmidt
Mr. Graham C. Grady
In honor of Dr. Robert McSay
Ms. Lois Wolff
In honor of Patricia Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Meyers, Jr.
In honor of Diane Mues
Cynthia Kirk
In honor of Maestro Muti
Ms. Kathryn Collier
Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation
In honor of Fr. Ed Shea
OFM, Ms. Sally B. Berkhia
In honor of Steve Shebik
Howard and Julie Hayes Family Fund
In honor of Richard and Ellen Shubart on their 60th anniversary
Mr. Alan Rosenthal
In honor of Lynne Turner
Dr. Hilda Richards
In honor of Bill Ward
Mrs. Mary Dietrick
In honor of Helen Zell
Mr. Rowland Chang
† 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 December 2023
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Being there
Randall Goosby
The Joffrey Ballet
Janai Brugger
Dame Jane Glover
Christian Tetzlaff
