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CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Born November 18, 1786; Eutin, near Lübeck, Germany
Died June 5, 1826; London, England
Overture to Oberon
Dying from consumption at the age of thirty-eight and running low on cash, Carl Maria von Weber had little choice but to accept an invitation to write an opera for London from the impresario Charles Kemble. “Whether I travel or not, in a year I’ll be a dead man,” he wrote to a friend, after he had finished the score of Oberon and was weighing whether to go to England to oversee the production. “But if I do travel, my children will at least have something to eat, even if Daddy is dead—and if I don’t go, they’ll starve. What would you do in my position?”
Weber’s career began unusually well. Related by marriage to Mozart—his cousin Constanze married Wolfgang after her sister Aloysia rejected him—he was pushed from an early age to follow in his footsteps. (He was born the year of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and trained in Salzburg and Vienna not long after Mozart’s death.) He immediately showed great promise— he studied composition with Michael Haydn (Joseph’s brother) and wrote his first opera at the age of fourteen. Like Mozart, he excelled both as a composer and as a performer—he was one of the most brilliant pianists of his day and a fine conductor.
COMPOSED 1825–26
FIRST PERFORMANCE
April 12, 1826; London, England
INSTRUMENTATION
two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, strings
APPROXIMATE
PERFORMANCE TIME 10 minutes
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
January 6, 1892, Joliet Theater. Theodore Thomas conducting January 22 and 23, 1892, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting
July 5, 1936, Ravinia Festival. Ernest Ansermet conducting
MOST RECENT
CSO PERFORMANCES
July 29, 2014, Ravinia Festival. James Conlon conducting March 22, 23, and 24, 2018, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting
CSO RECORDINGS
1973. Sir Georg Solti conducting. London
1979. Daniel Barenboim conducting. Deutsche Grammophon
from top: Carl Maria von Weber, oil portrait by Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), 1821. Alte Nationalgalerie Collection, Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, Germany
Act 2, scene 4 set design for Weber’s Oberon created by stage designer Charles-Antoine Cambon (1802–1875) for a production by the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris on February 27, 1857. Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Weber earned his place in history as the composer of a single work, Der Freischütz (The Free Shooter), which was an overnight sensation, quickly became the best-loved opera in all Germany, and changed forever the course of the German art form. Der Freischütz was followed by Euryanthe, which did not enjoy the popularity of its predecessor, but deepened Weber’s understanding of opera and anticipated the innovations of Wagner.
For his final opera, Kemble offered Weber a choice between Goethe’s Faust and the story of Oberon, the fairy king already familiar from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Weber picked Oberon, possibly thinking Faust too great a challenge, and quickly began taking English lessons in preparation. Weber’s libretto is based on a poem by Christoph Martin Wieland
The Elements
By Kevin Puts, Edgar Meyer, Jake Heggie, Jennifer Higdon, and Jessie Montgomery
E(Wagner’s grandson, the director and designer Wieland Wagner, was named for him), a wellknown translator of Shakespeare, although Oberon is a highly fanciful departure from the play. The opera, which opened in April 1826, was a success, and it had already guaranteed Weber’s family a good deal of money by the time he died that June.
The well-known overture begins with distant horns and light woodwind chords that anticipate the opera’s opening chorus, “Light as Fairy Foot Can Fall.” The main allegro borrows several big melodies from the opera, including, at the climax, the soprano’s grand desert-island aria, “Ocean! Thou Mighty Monster!”
arly during the COVID-19 lockdown, while Joshua Bell was isolated with his family in rural upstate New York, he started thinking about commissioning a new piece for violin and orchestra—a kind of modern-day answer to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He hadn’t commissioned a large work since John Corigliano’s Red Violin Concerto two decades earlier. At some point, he landed on the ancient idea of the four classical elements—Earth, Water, Fire, and Air—to which he decided to add Space, a fifth element in some cultures.
He then turned to five composers he admires, all of whom write music steeped in tonality and melody. Kevin Puts, who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his first opera, Silent Night, is best known today for The Hours, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2022 and was revived last month. Edgar Meyer, a MacArthur Award winner and seven-time Grammy Award winner, is well known both as a genre-bending bassist, who plays everything from Bach to bluegrass, and as a composer. Jake Heggie is the composer of some three hundred art songs and nine operas, including Dead Man Walking,
COMPOSED 2023
FIRST PERFORMANCE
September 1, 2023; Hamburg, Germany
INSTRUMENTATION
solo violin, two flutes with piccolo, two oboes with english horn, two clarinets with bass clarinet, two bassoons with contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (vibraphone, triangle, rain stick, cymbals, crotales, triangle, bass drum, waterphone, woodblock chimes, orchestra bells, xylophone, tambourine, tam-tam, snare drum, tom-toms), harp, piano, celesta, strings
APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME 40 minutes
These are the first Chicago Symphony Orchestra performances.
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this page, from top : Lithograph postcards representing the four elements—Earth, Water, Fire, and Air—by Belgian artist Gisbert Combaz (1869–1941), 1898. Published by Dietrich and Company, Brussels, Belgium. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts
Earthrise. Photo of Earth taken from space by Apollo 8 crew member William Alison “Bill” Anders (born 1933) on December 24, 1968, while in orbit around the Moon. Earth is shown rising above the lunar horizon.
next spread : Kevin Puts, photo by David White
Edgar Meyer, photo by Jim McGuire
Jake Heggie, photo by James Niebuhr
Jennifer Higdon, photo by Andrew Bogard
Jessie Montgomery, photo by Todd Rosenberg
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the 2000 score that opened the Metropolitan Opera season in September in a new production by Ivo van Hove. Jennifer Higdon won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her Violin Concerto; the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of her Low Brass Concerto under Riccardo Muti in 2018. Jessie Montgomery, who concludes her role as the Chicago Symphony’s Mead Composer-in-Residence this season, won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Composition, Classical, for Rounds; the Orchestra gave the world premiere of her Percussion Concerto, with Cynthia Yeh as soloist, on May 30.
Pairing composers with elements, and then finding the right sequence of pieces took some time and experimentation in workshop situations. The resulting suite, celebrating the beauty of the natural world, is by intention both one large piece and five individual works that can stand on their own. The five composers’ comments follow.
KEVIN PUTS
Born January 3, 1972; St. Louis, Missouri
Earth
The piece begins on solid ground, with a repeating four-note ostinato over which the solo violin and the orchestral violins trade lyrical phrases. This opening idea was drawn from my Violin Concerto (2006) but takes a different journey here, eventually “taking flight” for a brief period. The Reprise and Finale flows seamlessly from the end of Jessie Montgomery’s Space, resuming the development of ideas begun at the suite’s opening and reaching grander heights here. Beyond the fundamental sense of stability and endurance the element Earth suggested to me, I hope the music also conveys a more spiritual reverence for the planet Earth itself and, in some minute way, might inspire its protection.
EDGAR MEYER
Born November 24, 1960; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Water
This movement deals with both a gentler side of water and a more forceful side. Music early in the movement is nonspecific and maybe evocative of a gentle rain. The music later in the movement comes from a specific vision. I thought of being a particle of water in a high South American waterfall, hurled in seconds down into the swirling silt and sludge at the bottom, and onward from there. I’m not sure if it’s what I would see if I heard this music for the first time, but it certainly is what I saw when I wrote it.
JAKE HEGGIE
Born March 31, 1961; West Palm Beach, Florida
Fire
My score for Fire begins with a spark. Something possibly beautiful and essential emerges, fascinating and elusive. We cannot hold fire, but it can consume us. It is essential for life but can also be the cause of immense destruction. And then, miraculously, for rebirth. We need it. We fear it. We try to tame and contain it, but it can quickly run out of control. I wanted to explore both physical and metaphysical fire: the passion, the flame that is essential to our spirits—to all spirituality. Where will that initial spark lead? We may never know. And that is part of a beautiful, inexplicable chaos.
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JENNIFER HIGDON
Born December 31, 1962; Brooklyn, New York Air
Air, an element that is everywhere. It feeds our bodies (in our first breath as we enter the world) and the plants and the oceans; we feel it with every change of season. It is also the sigh that we make when listening to the beautiful tone of Joshua Bell. Knowing that this movement would likely be in the middle of all these other dramatic elements with high energy and swirling notes, this moment is a calm spot, a space for breathing and quiet reflection.
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Born December 8, 1981, New York City
Space
I was tasked with musically conveying the fifth element, Space: one which encompasses all of the elements, all of the planets, and all the matter of the universe. It’s no small feat to try to encapsulate such immense kinetic energy by portraying all of these elements together. In my composition, the solo violin takes on a melodic journey, pulling the listener both inward, into their own imagination of the universe, and outward, into the very depths of outer space. There are some subtle references to the other elements throughout the piece, particularly in its motivic language and its feeling, while being expansive in its transformative nature.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Born September 25, 1906; Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died August 9, 1975; Moscow, Russia
Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
In our amazement at those rare talents who mature early and die young— Mozart, Schubert, and Mendelssohn immediately come to mind—we often undervalue the less spectacular accomplishments of those who burst on the scene at a young age and go on to live long, full, musically rich lives. Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Symphony, written when he was eighteen years old—scarcely a less impressive achievement than
the Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, finished when Mendelssohn was just seventeen— inaugurated a symphonic career that spanned nearly half a century and the entirety of Shostakovich’s creative life. (The equally significant string quartets are concentrated in the later part of his career.)
Shostakovich wasn’t a prodigy, but he grew up in an unusually musical home and revealed from an early age exceptional talent, a keen ear, a sharp musical memory, and great discipline—all the essential tools (except, perhaps, for self-confidence and political savvy) for a major career
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in the music world. His Symphony no. 1 is the first indication of the direction his career would take. Written as a graduation thesis at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, it brought him international attention. In the years immediately following its first performance in May 1926, it made the rounds of the major orchestras, beginning in this country with the Philadelphia Orchestra in November 1928 and coming to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on December 28, 1928. (The program note begins, “The name of Dimitri Szostakowicz will vainly be searched for in the dictionaries of musical biography.” Who at that time could have predicted that Shostakovich—to use the transliteration that quickly became standard—would become a household name?)
Although his development would be governed by nonmusical forces reflecting some of the most dramatic social and political events of our century, the issues in the First Symphony are purely musical. It’s a technical exercise, evidence of a wellearned diploma. (That other matriculation symphony, Haydn’s Oxford, was performed when Haydn, at fifty-six, was given an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.)
What’s most remarkable about Shostakovich’s First Symphony isn’t the appearance of so many hallmarks of the composer’s mature style—biting sarcasm, unabashed romanticism, dry musical humor, and moments of public rhetoric alongside deeply personal statements—but that everything is handled with mastery and assurance. It’s easy to tell which composers Shostakovich most admired as a young man—there are passing references in particular to his fellow countrymen Prokofiev, Scriabin, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky—but the final, lasting image is of Shostakovich himself. It’s the same Shostakovich who appears in photographs at the time—pokerfaced (with tongue in cheek?), intense, diffident, and—despite the reserve in his eyes, shaded by the spectacles that would be his mask for life—determined to succeed.
The First Symphony begins as chamber music and ends with the kind of orchestral bombast we now know from the Leningrad and his other symphonies designed to address public issues. It has four thematically related movements, with the scherzo placed before the slow one, which leads without pause into the finale. A solo piano has a significant role in the symphony. (At the conservatory, Shostakovich had been undecided whether to concentrate on composition or piano; years later he said, “If the truth be told, I should have done both.”)
previous page: Dmitri Shostakovich, ca. 1925 | th is page: Portrait of the composer by Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927), 1923. From a private collection (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
COMPOSED
1925
FIRST PERFORMANCE
May 12, 1926; Leningrad, Russia
INSTRUMENTATION
three flutes and two piccolos, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, bells, and strings, with an important role for solo piano
APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME
33 minutes
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
December 28 and 29, 1928, Orchestra Hall. Frederick Stock conducting
July 10, 1937, Ravinia Festival. Ernest Ansermet conducting
MOST RECENT
CSO PERFORMANCES
July 16, 1993, Ravinia Festival. Lawrence Foster conducting
February 5 and 6, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting
CSO RECORDINGS
1977. Sir Georg Solti conducting. C Major (video)
1988. Leonard Bernstein conducting. Deutsche Grammophon
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The distinctive quality of the first movement is its crystalline texture, delicate yet razor sharp. From the opening measures, where a solo bassoon converses with a single trumpet, individual instruments shine. Important ideas are often introduced simply, by one voice against a spare accompaniment. At the climax, Shostakovich unexpectedly throws a number of ideas together, to tremendous effect.
The scherzo is an early example of the composer’s humor, refined during his days as a pianist in local movie houses, when he often laughed so uncontrollably during his favorite scenes that he had to stop playing. This movement is filled with high spirits; the ghostly trio, with its persistent triangle and snare-drum rolls, is oddly mysterious. Still, before the movement is over, Shostakovich manages to combine these two elements into a thrilling climax.
The Lento begins with a plaintive oboe tune, distantly related to the main theme of the first movement, and continues in a richly lyrical vein—music that refutes all the later comments about Shostakovich’s lesser melodic talent.
The finale, which brings together many previous themes, is more intricate, with wide mood swings, abrupt tempo changes, bold contrasts (a full orchestral climax answered by a timpani solo, for example), and a general emotional complexity that is inevitable at any reunion. But most of all, it confirms the arrival on the music scene of an exciting and enduring new voice.
Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
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$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
Winston & Strawn LLP
$10,000–$24,999
ADM
Anonymous (1)
Deloitte
Exelon
GCM Grosvenor
Goldman Sachs & Co.
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
$5,000–$9,999
Ariel Investments
Dentons
Fellowes, Inc.
Global Verification Network
Italian Village Restaurants
Mars Snacking
Mesirow Financial
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Segal Consulting
The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell
Starshak & Winzenburg
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
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
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
Geraldi Norton 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 April 2024. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.
$150,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous (2)
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
COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)
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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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
$75,000–$99,999
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Nancy Dehmlow
John Hart and Carol Prins
Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
Gene and Jean Stark
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$50,000–$74,999
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV
Mrs. Janet R. Bauer
Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz
SEMPRE
Kay Bucksbaum
Dean L. and Rosemarie
Buntrock Foundation
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund
Dr. Eugene F. and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Frances and Franklin † Horwich
Ms. Geraldine Keefe
Judy and Scott McCue
Cathy and Bill Osborn
Sidley Austin LLP
Michael and Linda Simon
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
The Negaunee Foundation
$10,000,000–$19,999,999
The Grainger 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
Liz Stiffel
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
Erika Gross
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
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
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
Ms. Beth Ann Waite
$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. Renee Metcalf
Dr. Charles Morcom
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
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.
36 CSO.ORG HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum
Margo and Michael Oberman
Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow
Walter and Kathleen Snodell
Laura and Terrence Truax
Craig and Bette Williams
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous
Nancy A. Abshire
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
Orit K. Carpenter, in memory of David W. Carpenter
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
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood
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
Susan Regenstein
Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch
Melissa and Joseph Root
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 & Bob Wislow
Ms. Ann Marie Wright
Mr. Gifford Zimmerman
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous (2)
Arnie and Ann Berlin
Tom and Dianne Campbell
Joyce Chelberg
Nancy and Bernard Dunkel
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Mary and Lionel Go
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
Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall
Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
John and Merry Ann Pratt
D. Elizabeth Price
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Ms. Courtney Shea
Rebecca West
Dr. Marylou Witz
Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation
$15,000–$19,999
Anonymous (3)
Fraida and Bob Aland
Merrill and Judy Blau
Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Henry and Gilda Buchbinder
Robert D. Carone
Ann and Richard Carr
Sue and Jim Colletti
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
Jerry Rose
Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Penelope R. Steiner
Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft
Penny and John Van Horn
Mr. Christian Vinyard
Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung
David Woodhouse
$11,500–$14,999
Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock †
Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
Merle L. Jacob
Stephen and Maria Lans
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
Caroline Foulke Wettersten
Mr. & Ms. Richard Williams
$7,500–$11,499
Anonymous (5)
Ms. Patti Acurio
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein
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
Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin
Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof
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
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
MAY–JUNE 2024 37 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III
Charles and Carol Emmons
Mr. Fred Eychaner
Judith E. Feldman
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad
Ms. Hazel Fisher
Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
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
Tex and Susan Hull
Michael and Leigh Huston
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller
Ms. Librada Killian
The King Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk
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
Judith Partipilo 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
Jim O’Sullivan
Eric and Carolyn Oesterle
Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson
Richard and Frances Penn
Sue N. Pick
Mary and Joseph Plauché
Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn
Harper Reed
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
Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil
Diana and Richard Senior
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)
Elaine and Floyd Abramson
Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker
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
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
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum
Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard
Ms. Lutgart Calcote
Ms. Vera Capp
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mia Celano and Noel Dunn
Margery al Chalabi
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
Mrs. Taylor Corbitt and Mr. Christopher Sweeney
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. William Dietz, Jr.
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. & 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
38 CSO.ORG HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
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
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
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
Mrs. John M. Hartigan
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
Hunter Family Foundation
Ms. Patricia Hurley
Frances and Phillip Huscher
Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins
Ian and Valerie Jacobs
Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs
Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin
Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus
Mr. John Jawor
Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna
Dr. & Mrs. Hulon Johnson
Joni and Brian Johnson
Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation
Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck
Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin
Ms. Ethelle Katz
Barry D. Kaufman
Larry † and Marie Kaufman
Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Peter and Stephanie Keehn
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser
John and Judy Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel
Carol Kipperman
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. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr
Mr. William Lawlor, III
Drs. Anu and Ali Leemann
Dean and Rebecca 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 †
Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey
Dr. Ellen Mendelson
Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad
Mrs. Frank Morrissey
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
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
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker
John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund
Charlene H. Posner
Stephen and Ann Suker Potter
Mrs. Mary Jo Potts and Mr. Jim Selsor
Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard
Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett
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
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Bob Rogers Travel
Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr.
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
MAY–JUNE 2024 39 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz
Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan
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
David and Judith L. Sensibar
Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin
Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts
Mrs. Junia Shlaustas
Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger
Stuart and Leslie Shulruff
Alan and Margaret Silberman
Ms. Ann Silberman
Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons
Mr. Larry Simpson
Craig Sirles
Christine A. Slivon
Valerie Slotnick
Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.
Jennifer Zobair and Chuck Smith
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
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
Henrietta Vepstas
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. Joel Weisman
Mr. Louis Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss
Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth
Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Whellan
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
Peter and Marlee Wolf
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
$3,500–$4,499
Anonymous
Ms. Rene Alphonse
Ms. Doris Angell
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner †
Ms. Marlene Bach
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber
Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez
Ms. Susan Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt
Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr
Ms. Anne Chien
Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel
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
Ms. Sarah Good
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
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Joseph and Judith Konen
Eric Kuhlman
Margaret and Michael McCoy
Ms. Claretta Meier
Robert O. Middleton
Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Ms. Victoria Nee
Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL
Mr. Bruce Ottley
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
Howard and Sheila Pizer
Mary Rafferty
Dorothy V. Ramm
Mrs. Enid Rieser
Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields
Lynn B. Singer
Joel and Beth Spenadel
Ms. Joanne Tremulis
Eric Vaang
Mr. James Vardiman
Ms. Mary Walsh
Ms. Lois Wolff
Mike Zimmerman
$2,500–$3,499 Anonymous (4)
Mr. Frank Ackerman
Mrs. Evelyn Alter
Catherine Baker and Timothy Kent
William and Marjorie Bardeen
Larry and Sarah Barden
James and Bartha Barrett
Ms. Barbara Barzansky
Ms. Patricia Bayerlein
Meta S. and Ronald † Berger
Family Foundation
Mr. James Borkman
Mr. Douglas Bragan †
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu
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
40 CSO.ORG HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Sandra E. Fienberg
Kenneth M. Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr
Leo and Kim Flynn
Ms. Irene Fox
Mr. Ray Frick
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III
James and Rebecca Gaebe
Jane Gaines and Andy Kenoe
Mr. Stanford Goldblatt
Isabelle Goossen
Merle Gordon
Mr. Adam Grymkowski
Mr. & Mrs. John Hales
Ronald and Diane Hamburger
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman
James and Megan Hinchsliff
Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty
Dr. & Mrs. James Holland
Mr. Stephen Holmes
Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton
Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin
Joshua and Faye Jacobs
Ms. Kathleen Jordan
Saul Juskaitis
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Klapperich, Jr.
Mr. Matthew Kusek
Mr. Thomas Lad
Ms. Pamela Larsen
Jules M. Laser
Estate of Gerald Lee
Mr. Jonathon Leik
Mr. Philip Lesser
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
Mr. Donald P. Maves
Ms. Marilyn Mccoy
Rosa and Peter McCullagh
Ric D. McDonough
Bill McIntosh
Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever
Mr. Zarin Mehta
Ian and Robyn Moncrief
Ms. Maryrose Murphy
Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl
Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr.
Mrs. Janis Notz
Dr. Linda Novak
Beatrice F. Orzac †
Mr. Sebastian Patino
Kingsley Perkins †
Rita Petretti
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Dr. Joe Piszczor
Kenneth J. Poje
Dr. Susan Rabe
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Ms. Constance Rajala
Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel
Mr. Jeffrey Rappin
Neal Reenan
Patricia Richter
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross
JF Sarwark M.D.
Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin
Shirley and John † Schlossman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza
Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott
Mr. James Selsor
Mrs. Phyllis Shafron
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro
Mary and Charles M. † Shea
Carolyn M. Short
Ellen and Richard Shubart
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
Margaret Trumbull
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner
Robert J. Walker
Alexander J. Wayne
Mr. Lawrence Wechter
Mr. Michael Welsh and Ms. Linda Brummer-Welsh
Ms. Ellen Werner
Mr. Eric Wicks and Ms. Linda Baker
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
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
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.
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous
Abbott Fund
Carey and Brett August
Crain-Maling Foundation
Nancy Dehmlow
Kinder Morgan
Margo and Michael Oberman
Shure Charitable Trust
Gene and Jean Stark
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Mary and Lionel Go
Mary Winton Green
Halasyamani/Davis Family
Illinois Arts Council
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
PNC
D. Elizabeth Price
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
MAY–JUNE 2024 41 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
$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
Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin
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
COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)
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
Ann and Richard Carr
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation
Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr.
Dr. June Koizumi
Dr. Lynda Lane
Francine R. Manilow
Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek
The Osprey Foundation
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Laura and Terrence Truax
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$3,500–$4,499 Anonymous
Arts Midwest Gig Fund
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
Judith E. Feldman
Camillo and Arlene Ghiron
Ms. Dawn E. Helwig
Ms. Ethelle Katz
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
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
Charles and Carol Emmons
William B. Hinchliff
Michael and Leigh Huston
Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin
Italian Village Restaurants
Mrs. Frank Morrissey
David † and Dolores Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Mr. David Sandfort
Gerald and Barbara Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza
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
Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein
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
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
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
Stephen and Rumi Morales
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Susan Rabe
Mr. Alexander Ripley
Ms. Mary Sauer
Mrs. Rebecca Schewe
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 (4)
Duffie Adelson, in memory of Martha and Bernie Adelson
John Albrecht
Ms. Rochelle Allen
Altair Advisers LLC
Ms. Margaret Amato
Allen and Laura Ashley
Howard and Donna Bass
Daniel and Michele Becker
Paul Becker and Nancy Becker
Ann Blickensderfer
Mr. Rowland Chang
David Colburn
Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle
Alan R. Cravitz
Mr. & Mrs. Barnaby Dinges
Tom Draski
DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.
Mr. Edward and Nancy Eichelberger
Ms. Sharon Eiseman
Neil Fackler
Richard Finegold, M.D. and Ms. Rita O’Laughlin
Foxman Family Foundation
Eunice and Perry Goldberg
Enid Goubeaux
Dr. Fred Halloran
Mrs. Susan Hammond
Dr. Robert A. Harris
Mr. David Helverson
Clifford Hollander and Sharon Flynn Hollander
Holy Trinity High School
Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger
Mr. Ray Jones
Charles Katzenmeyer
Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer
Randolph T. Kohler and Scott Gordan
The Lee Family
Ms. Foo Choo Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin
Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus
Timothy Lubenow
Sharon L. Manuel
42 CSO.ORG HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
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
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
Dr. Hilda Richards
Dr. Edward Riley
Mary K. Ring
Christina Romero and Rama Kumanduri
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg
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. Adena Staben
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
Ms. Susan Whiting
Mr. Eric Wicks and Ms. Linda Baker
Joni Williams
Jane Stroud Wright
ENDOWED FUNDS
Anonymous (3)
Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund
Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund
CNA
The Davee Foundation
Frank Family Fund
Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund
Jennifer Amler Goldstein Fund, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Mary Winton Green
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement
Richard A. Heise
Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund
Julian Family Foundation Fund
The Kapnick Family
Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust
The Malott Family School Concerts Fund
The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Negaunee Foundation
Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends
Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund
Toyota Endowed Fund
The Wallace Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
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, as of March 2024. 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 establishing a legacy bequest plan of $100,000 or more to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
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
Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa
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
Mary Ann 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
Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen
Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer
MAY–JUNE 2024 43 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
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
Daniel J. Riordan, in loving memory of Lynne D. Mapes-Riordan
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
Laura and Terrence Truax
John L. and Dyanne L. Turner
Paula Turner
Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner
Judith and Paul Tuszynski
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
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. & 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
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
Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Kaufman
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
44 CSO.ORG HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
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
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
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 or 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 (10)
Hope A. Abelson
Richard Abrahams
Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson
Ross C. 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
David W. Carpenter
James D. Compton
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
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.
Polly and Donald Heinrich
Mary Mako Helbert
Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth
Mrs. Diane Hoban
James Houston
Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr.
Barbara Isserman
Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak
Mrs. Marian Johnson
Janet Jones
Phyllis A. Jones
James Joseph
Paul R. Judy
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
Gerald Lee
Patricia Lee
Christine D. Letchinger
Melynda K. Lopin
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
Mollyann Miller
Gloria Miner
Bill Moor
Charles A. Moore
David A. Moore
Marietta Munnis
David H. Nelson
Helen M. Nelson
Muriel Nerad
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
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Donald D. Powell
Samuel Press
Alfred and Maryann Putnam
Christine Querfeld
Ruth Ann Quinn
Kenneth Recu
Walter Reed
Bob Reiland
Paul H. Resnik
Evelyn Richer
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
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
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
Larisa Zhizhin
Ronald R. Zierer
Rita A. Zralek
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 October 2023 through April 2024.
MEMORIAL GIFTS
In memory of Mary Alroth
Carla Ciulla
In memory of Heather DeBuhr
Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot
Kenje Mallot
In memory of Theodore Asner
Mrs. Barbara Asner
In memory of Alfred Balandis
Robert Callahan
In memory of Luise Baldin
Ms. Claretta Meier
Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley
In memory of Bud Beyer
Ms. Jean Flaherty
In memory of John R. Blair
Mrs. Barbara J. Blair
In memory of Dennis M. Boyd
Mr. Byron Reed
In memory of Lin Brehmer
Franklin Brehmer and Sara Farr
In memory of Suhail al Chalabi
Margery al Chalabi
In memory of Dr. Minkyu Cho
Robert Callahan
In memory of William L. Conaghan
Mary and Michael Goodkind
Mr. Jack Jensen and Mrs. Becky Davenport
In memory of Christopher L. Culp
Laura Yergesheva
In memory of Robert B. Dean
Ms. Helen Moorman
In memory of Hazel S. Fackler
Neil Fackler
In memory of George Gilkerson
DuPage Foundation
In memory of Martha Sabransky
Glickman
Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin
In memory of Bill Gofen
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
In memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Jennifer Amler Goldstein
In memory of Dietrich Gross
Howard L. Gottlieb and Barbara G. Greis
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. C. Anderson Hedberg
Anonymous
Elizabeth Hedberg
In memory of Graham Hemsley
Dr. Steven Andes
In memory of Peter R. and Mary Herr
Mr. Peter A. Herr
In memory of Jane Hindsley
Ms. Cynthia LaFond
In memory of J. Paul Hunter
Kristin H. Jensen
In memory of Sally Jacob
Merle L. Jacob
In memory of Joel Jacobson
Alfred and Sandra Jolson
In memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
In memory of Mr. Jack Klecka
Mrs. Terry Klecka
In memory of Ruby Knight
Ms. Jacquline Briggs
In memory of Nathaniel Lederer
The Lederer Family
In memory of Sang Hyung Lee
Pamela and Charles Smith
In memory of Jim and Nancy Loewenberg
Mr. Michael Berger
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In memory of Dr. David and Renée Lubell
Mrs. Barbara Asner
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 Thomas Owen Maureen Obermeier
In memory of Eul-Soo Pang
Dr. Laura Pang
In memory of Kingsley Perkins
Ms. Susan Thomas
In memory of Paul Phillips
Charles and Carol Emmons
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mitzen
Mr. Clark Sheldon
In memory of Allan Poretsky Rachel Poretsky
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 Richard Rusz
Mrs. Alla Rusz
In memory of Dr. Seymour M. Sabesin
Ms. Marcia Sabesin
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
† Deceased
In memory of Susie Stein
Betsy Beckmann
Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta
Ms. Claretta Meier
Pamela and Charles Smith
Mr. & Mrs. David Weber
In memory of Mona Stern
Mr. Larry Simpson
In memory of Marjorie Stone
Stifel Charitable Inc.
In memory of Ron and Lynne Wachowski
Peggy Ryan
In memory of Novella Winston
Ms. Betty Henson
In memory of Woon-Young and Hyo-Kyoung
B. Seo-Pero
HONOR GIFTS
In honor of Esteban Batallán
Mimi Duginger
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
Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard
Diana and Richard Senior
Mr. and Mrs. † David Shayne
Ms. Ann Silberman
In honor of Gina DiBello, Diane Mues, Ken Olsen, Scott Hostetler, and Greg Smith
Mrs. Eileen Conaghan
In honor of Hermine Gagné and Florence Schwartz
Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley
In honor of Rachel Goldstein and Alex Horton
Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer
In honor of David Griffin and Mihaela Ionescu
Ms. Sarah Good
In honor of Jennifer Gunn and Nancy Park
Ms. Angela D’Aversa
In honor of David Herbert
Ms. Bobbie Huskey
In honor of Russell Hershow
Fred Garzon
In honor of Dr. Victoria E. Ingram
Dr. Paul Navin
In honor of Brian Koenig for 25+ years with the CSO from the Koenig Family
Mr. Thomas Koenig
In honor of Melanie Kupchynsky
Ms. Susan Bridge
Mrs. Eileen Conaghan
Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell
Mrs. Sharon I. Quigley
In honor of Tage Larsen
Mr. George M. Williams † and Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor
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 Diane Mues
Cynthia Kirk
In honor of Joyce Noh and Andrew Sommer
Ms. Jessica Jagielnik and Ms. Sam Kufta
In honor of Kathy Nordmeyer
Ms. Janice Young
In honor of Margo Oberman
Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell
In honor of Neil Quinn
Ms. Carolyn Quinn
In honor of John Sharp
Ms. Denise Stauder
In honor of Weijing Wang
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stanciel
In honor of Helen Zell
Penelope R. Steiner
Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
Gifts listed as of April 2024
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