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4 A Note from the Board Chair and President
A welcoming message from Board of Trustees Chair Mary Louise Gorno and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander
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A View from the Podium
Phillip Huscher places the music selected for Riccardo Muti’s final season as music director in context and interviews the Maestro.
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c o v e r : Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 14, 2022 b e l o w : CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong joins conductor, violinist, and violist Julian Rachlin to perform Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante on May 12–14.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center Presents
A look at artistic highlights of the upcoming season
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Learn about the 2022 Chicago Youth in Music Festival and National Pathways Summit, which come to a close with an open rehearsal led by the CSO’s Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti on April 11.
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Meet the Musicians
Profile featuring the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lina González-Granados
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Recognition of our generous donors and volunteers
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a note from the chair and the president Welcome to Symphony Center. We are delighted that you have joined us this spring for an array of exceptional performances. At the end of March, Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti returns to Chicago to conduct the world premiere of Orpheus Undone by the CSO’s former Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli; Bruckner’s Second Symphony; and Mahler’s beautiful RückertLieder, as sung by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in her CSO debut and for the annual Symphony Ball concert. The following week, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes joins Muti and the CSO in Britten’s Piano Concerto. When he returns in late April, Muti leads the world premiere of current Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone, in addition to Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony and Bottesini’s Double Bass Concerto no. 2, featuring CSO Principal Bass Alexander Hanna as soloist. For Muti’s final residency of the season, in June, he and the Orchestra perform Brahms’s First Symphony and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist. These concerts are followed by the highly anticipated performances of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, featuring an incredible cast of singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and is not be missed. The CSO and Muti conclude the season with a special free-admission Concert for Chicago at Millennium Park on June 27. In addition to concerts with Maestro Muti, the Orchestra welcomes returning guest conductors Jaap van Zweden, Julian Rachlin, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and James Gaffigan, and Klaus Mäkelä and Karina Canellakis in their debuts. The Symphony Center Presents Piano series features Yuja Wang, Yefim Bronfman, Evgeny Kissin, and Denis Kozhukhin in his debut. The SCP Jazz series continues with performances by Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade in A MoodSwing Reunion and double-bill performances by vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap with the Artemis jazz ensemble and Sean Jones’s Dizzy Spellz with the Thaddeus Tukes Quintet. Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant rounds out the season. In this program book, you will find an introduction to our upcoming 2022–23 season. By subscribing, you can guarantee your best options to attend remarkable concerts planned for Maestro Muti’s final season as music director. We look forward to seeing you at many concerts in 2022 and in the season ahead.
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A View from the Podium The 2022–23 season is a celebration of Riccardo Muti’s remarkable musical partnership with the CSO. By Phillip Huscher
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iccardo Muti’s final season as music director pays tribute to his remarkable bond with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and celebrates the communicative power of his music making that has galvanized Chicago audiences over these past thirteen years. Muti’s concerts combine classics with discoveries, and reunite him with longtime colleagues and friends. Each program highlights a different aspect of the acclaimed Muti-CSO partnership, now at its peak after playing some 500 concerts together—reviving signature pieces, showcasing the Orchestra’s principal players, and inviting beloved guest artists back to our stage. Throughout the season, Muti will conduct key works from his Chicago years—Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, which capped his first concert with the Orchestra fifty years ago
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next summer; and Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the dazzling finale of his first concert as music director, in Millennium Park in 2010. Muti will return to music by Schubert and Tchaikovsky, whose complete symphonies he surveyed so memorably with the Orchestra. And he is reuniting with pianist Yefim Bronfman, violinist Julia Fischer, and pianist Maurizio Pollini, who makes his first appearance with the Orchestra in a decade. Continuing his annual tradition of showcasing the Orchestra’s principal players, Muti joins Concertmaster Robert Chen in Mozart, longtime Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny in the concerto Lalo Schifrin wrote with him in mind, and David Herbert, one of Muti’s earliest principal appointments, in William Kraft’s First Timpani Concerto. For the first time in Chicago, Muti will lead Rachmaninov’s haunting Second Symphony and Prokofiev’s dazzling Fifth. He will give
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o p p o s i t e pa g e : Riccardo Muti looks out from the podium into Orchestra Hall at the January 20 performance with the CSO, featuring performances of Reznicek’s Overture to Donna Diana, J. Strauss, Jr.’s Emperor Waltz, and Tchaikovsky’s suites from The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. a b o v e : Muti conducting the CSO in one of this season’s opening concerts, which included former Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds In Us, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake, and Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony
In February, Phillip Huscher met with Riccardo Muti to discuss upcoming performances as well as reflections on his time as music director and his enduring relationship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Here is an excerpt from their conversation. Phillip Huscher: In September, I was so struck that after a year and a half, it took one rehearsal with the Orchestra to get back to where you left off, like best friends who haven’t seen each other in a long time. Riccardo Muti: Sì, my years with this orchestra have been twelve years of beautiful musical life. Never friction. Everything was always very natural, very friendly, and the atmosphere has been unique. I love this orchestra. PH: You have appointed twenty-five players. RM: Twenty-five? I didn’t remember the number, but one thing I know, twenty-five fantastic players. Every time a music director, together with the committee, chooses a new player, it is a huge responsibility. It means that you are choosing a player for the next thirty, forty years. I think that in this case, I have chosen—together with my colleagues—twenty-five wonderful musicians. (continued)
PH: Emerging from COVID, what are your thoughts now on performances in the concert hall versus streaming and recording? RM: Of course, the future is bringing new media—new possibilities. There is some advantage to that. For example, you can do a concert in Chicago, or in Berlin, or Vienna, and it can be seen immediately in every part of the world. That means you don’t have only 2,000 or 3,000 people that listen to the concert, but, theoretically, endless people. This is something that culturally can be an advantage. But music should be experienced live, directly. Because the presence of the public is very important to give a certain energy, positive or negative, to the performers. . . . We play for them. Without the public, we have no reason to exist. PH: The bond you have with the CSO is very strong. What are your hopes for the Orchestra?
a b o v e : Riccardo Muti at the CSO’s Community Concert at Morton East High School in Cicero on January 14
RM: My dream for the future is that this orchestra can speak to the world from Chicago, and not only to the Chicago audience. . . . The world wants to have the Chicago Symphony, so this is a responsibility that important people— culturally speaking and economically speaking—must keep in mind. It is a responsibility to have this great orchestra here and to make it possible for this orchestra to speak to the world every day. It is a dream. It is a need for the new generations.
the U.S. premiere of the recently discovered Solemn Prelude by the British composer of African descent Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and unveil a new work by Jessie Montgomery, the sixth Mead Composer-in-Residence to be appointed by Muti. At the season’s end, he will lead his first Chicago performances of Beethoven’s sublime Missa solemnis, a towering work of sacred vocal music that is a testament to the very soul and spirit of music. Program after program is designed to demonstrate our tenth music director’s unique passion for communicating the solace and joy that music alone can deliver. In Muti’s hands, these are pieces that draw us in with their quiet depth, or thrill us with unexpected drama and
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lyrical power. With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at his fingertips, Muti makes music soar and sing as only the greatest of musical partnerships can. Muti’s last year as music director offers a panoramic view of music that reflects our complex world and speaks to the very qualities that make us human. With these unmissable programs, Riccardo Muti concludes one of the most extraordinary chapters in our Orchestra’s history.
Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987. He is also its scholar-in-residence.
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Announcing the 2022/23 Season
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Highlights of the 2022–23 Season of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center Presents On March 29, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association announced its programming for the 2022–23 season. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 132nd season celebrates the musical legacy of Riccardo Muti and his thirteen seasons as the CSO’s tenth music director. This important chapter in the CSO’s history has been defined by a profound artistic connection between the Maestro and Orchestra that has resulted in exceptional music making admired by listeners in Chicago and around the world. For details on Riccardo Muti’s concerts with the CSO during the 2022–23 season, refer to the article on page 6.
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PREMIERES AND NEW WORKS Throughout the 2022–23 season, the CSO performs a wide variety of repertoire, including several works receiving their U.S. premiere or first CSO performances. Riccardo Muti will conduct the world premiere of a CSO Commission by Mead Composerin-Residence Jessie Montgomery and the U.S. premiere of ColeridgeTaylor’s Solemn Prelude. Other U.S. premieres include the CSO co-commissioned works Diary of a Madman, a cello concerto by Lera Auerbach, written for and performed by Gautier Capuçon and conducted by Manfred Honeck, and Aino by Jimmy López, conducted by Klaus Mäkelä. Primal Message by American composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama receives its first CSO performances, with Xian Zhang conducting. Other first CSO performances include works by
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OTHER SEASON HIGHLIGHTS The CSO also performs notable works from
the twentieth century including Mahler’s Fifth and Ninth symphonies, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, Shostakovich’s Fifth and Seventh symphonies, Debussy’s La mer, and Sibelius’s Second Symphony, among others.
CSO Musicians performing concertos this
season include Robert Chen (Mozart’s Violin Concerto), David Herbert (Kraft’s First Timpani Concerto), Gene Pokorny (Schifrin’s Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra), and Stephen Williamson (Copland’s Clarinet Concerto).
Distinguished returning conductors include
David Afkham, Giovanni Antonini, Herbert Blomstedt, Jakub Hrůša, Vladimir Jurowski, Bernard Labadie, Thomas Søndergård, Christian Thielemann, and Bramwell Tovey, among others. Conductors Thomas Adès, Fabien Gabel, Lahav Shani, Dalia Stasevska, and Thomas Wilkins make their CSO subscription debuts.
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CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn appears
twice with the Orchestra this season, in addition to an SCP Chamber Music recital, performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and later Sarasate’s Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen and Deux Sérénades by Rautavaara (completed by K. Aho). I n addition to Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, the Chicago Symphony Chorus performs Orff’s Carmina Burana, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, and Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Kyrie (RV 587), and Gloria in D major in addition to Amadeus Live and Merry, Merry Chicago!
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SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS Symphony Center Presents (SCP) includes concerts highlighting the artistry of internationally recognized musicians in a variety of genres. The SCP Orchestra series returns in the 2022–23 season, offering Chicago audiences the opportunity to hear performances by other great orchestras from around the world. The season includes performances by the Berliner Philharmoniker, which has not appeared in Chicago in a dozen years, with its Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with its new music director Gustavo Gimeno and violin soloist Maria Dueñas, as part of its centennial season tour. This year’s SCP Chamber Music series celebrates exceptional string players and ensembles. Violinist Midori collaborates with pianist JeanYves Thibaudet performing three of Beethoven’s violin sonatas including the Kreutzer. AnneSophie Mutter returns with the Mutter Virtuosi, an ensemble of talented Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation scholarship recipients. Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Daniil Trifonov perform a recital in March, and later that month, CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn performs solo works for violin by J.S. Bach. The distinguished violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth join the Jerusalem Quartet to perform string sextets by Dvořák and Brahms. The SCP Chamber Music series finale in June features the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet before it retires from the concert stage after nearly fifty years. Pianist Emanuel Ax joins the quartet for a special guest appearance. The SCP Piano series includes the return of David Fray, Leif Ove Andsnes, Marc-André Hamelin, Emanuel Ax, and Evgeny Kissin. Two remarkable young talents make their series debuts in spring recitals, including Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson and South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho. The series finale provides a rare opportunity to hear acclaimed Chopin specialist Maria João Pires. In addition to the aforementioned SCP series, special concerts include Itzhak Perlman’s In the Fiddler’s House, an exploration of traditional
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Klezmer music featuring Perlman performing with instrumentalist Hankus Stenky and Andy Statman, along with ensembles Brave Old World and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Next, tenor Juan Diego Flórez presents a recital with pianist Vincenzo Scalera. Finally, SCP and Lyric Opera of Chicago collaborate to bring together soprano Renée Fleming and pianist Evgeny Kissin in a unique recital program that features songs by Rachmaninov in honor of the composer’s 150th birthday anniversary. World music offerings include Kodo, the Japanese taiko drumming ensemble, and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion. Chanticleer and the CSO Brass will also perform their annual December concerts. The acclaimed SCP Jazz series opens with Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés performing an SCP Jazz co-commission, his four-movement suite La Creación (The Creation) for big band, Afro-Cuban percussion, and vocals. Other artists include the Brubeck Brothers Quartet with vocalist Catherine Russell, tenor saxophonist Camille Thurman, and Hammond B-3 organist Joey DeFrancesco; the Maria Schneider Orchestra; pianist, composer, and social activist Danilo Pérez; NEA Jazz Master and bassist Dave Holland with pianist Kenny Barron, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, and drummer Obed Calvaire; and saxophonist Branford Marsalis. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will have a two-day residency. In addition, the Monterey Jazz Festival tours to Chicago with vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling; saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin; and pianist Christian Sands, who directs and performs with his trio members, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Clarence Penn.
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negaunee music institute at the cso Chicago Youth in Music Festival Forges Nationwide Partnerships By Emily McClanathan
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or young musicians, the experience of gathering with like-minded peers and being mentored by professionals from the classical-music field offers a priceless opportunity for learning and growth. Since it began in 2009, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s Chicago Youth in Music Festival has taken this twofold approach, bringing together students from school orchestras and bands, community youth ensembles, and music schools to participate in coaching sessions, rehearsals, and performances with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and prominent conductors such as the CSO’s Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti. After being canceled in 2021 due to the pandemic, the festival returns in April 2022 with an ambitious nationwide partnership spanning ten cities and with a focus on supporting extraordinary young musicians from backgrounds underrepresented in classical music. A new component this year is a summit that invites music teachers, administrators, and families of music students to participate in strategic conversation and collaboration. In partnership with the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative and the National Instrumentalist Mentoring and Advancement Network, the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute presents the 2022 Chicago Youth in Music Festival and National Pathways Summit. The Negaunee Music Institute is a cofounder and member of the advisory council for the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, launched in the 2019–20 season, with the mission of preparing young musicians from underrepresented backgrounds to attend top music schools and thus, ultimately helping to diversify American orchestras. The National Instrumentalist Mentoring and Advancement Network is, “a national coalition that works to align, promote, and develop equitable opportunities and
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inclusive environments to advance BIPOC [Black, indigenous, and people of color] instrumentalists to thrive in classical music.” Representatives of similar programs from cities across the United States have eagerly agreed to participate. The fifty-two students selected for the 2022 Festival Orchestra were identified through a competitive audition process and represent programs in Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville, San Antonio, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Washington, D.C. According to Director of Education and the Negaunee Music Institute Jonathan McCormick, it’s important for students, “to engage with peers who have similar dreams, aspirations, and challenges. The Youth in Music Festival will be a rigorous musical experience and a social event as well, so the orchestra can really bond.” From April 9 to 11, students participate in sectional rehearsals and coaching sessions with musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and Chicago Sinfonietta in addition to attending a CSO concert conducted by Riccardo Muti. Lina González-Granados, the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice of the CSO, conducts the Festival Orchestra in rehearsals. By rehearsing with professional musicians, younger musicians experience firsthand the high level of technique and artistry to which they may aspire. “It’s so meaningful to play alongside a musician who is more advanced than you are,” McCormick said. “This can really accelerate a student’s growth.” Lina González-Granados is the featured speaker at a keynote event for the National Pathways Summit at the Merit School of Music, where she also conducts the Festival Orchestra in Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout, a work commissioned in 2020 by the Philadelphia Orchestra to honor frontline workers of the pandemic. PHOTOS BY TODD ROS EN BERG
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The Festival and Summit concludes with an open rehearsal led by Riccardo Muti on April 11 at 7:00 p.m. The rehearsal, featuring Liszt’s Les préludes, is free and open to the public, with reservations required. “It will be a peak musical experience for the students to work with Maestro Muti,” said CMPI Project Advisor Adrienne Thompson. Summing up his anticipation of the 2022 Chicago Youth in Music Festival and National Pathways Summit, NIMAN Board Chair Stanford Thompson said, “I look forward to watching our next generation of classical musicians have the opportunities to be inspired by their peers and professional musicians in this unique side-by-side festival and connecting with my counterparts across the country to discover new ways to sustain our programs and increase our impact.”
f r o m t o p : A member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and a participant pose for a photo during the 2020 Chicago Youth in Music Festival. A member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago gives some pointers on timpani mallets to a participant in the 2020 Chicago Youth in Music Festival. Riccardo Muti leads an open rehearsal during the 2015 Chicago Youth in Music Festival.
Emily McClanathan is the Manager of Strategic Development Communications for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
To read the complete article, originally published in January 2022, visit cso.org/experience/ youthinmusic.
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meet the musicians
Lina González-Granados Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice Lina González-Granados, the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, grew up in Colombia, where she was surrounded by music: “dance music, salsa, Latin music, classical music—all kinds of music,” she says. Her early fascination with classical music came as a surprise to her family, none of whom are musicians, but her parents supported her interest. As she approached her teenage years, music grew into a more serious pursuit as, “the situation in the country got worse,” González-Granados Lina González-Granados, Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice of the explains. For her parents, “it was a Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is seen here conducting the Civic Orchestra matter of survival to keep me in music of Chicago in Orchestra Hall before their concert together that evening at lessons, because it was dangerous to Kenwood Academy High School on February 28. go out.” Her pivot from piano to conducting April 2022, she works with young musicians from came at age seventeen, when she began to desire ten U.S. cities during the Chicago Youth in Music a career in music that involved more interaction Festival (see page 18). “I think one of my main with fellow musicians. Now that she has made a purposes in life is that wherever I go, no matter career of conducting, González-Granados knows how little, I can make a difference,” she says. that the profession also involves plenty of soli“I’ve been so grateful to receive all these opportary work. “If you want to take it seriously, you tunities for myself, and I feel like [this festival] is spend so many hours with your scores alone,” a way to give back.” she says. “But I live for those moments when González-Granados is effusive as she I’m in rehearsal. . . . Those are the moments describes working with Maestro Muti. She when I think ‘Yes, this is why all of this waiting is says, “He’s such a profound person and such a worth it.’” committed musician, that he puts everyone to The hard work is certainly paying off for shame, really, in the way that he is so prepared, González-Granados, who won the CSO’s fourth with scores that are so incredibly difficult. . . . Sir Georg Solti International Conducting I’m lucky to see someone like that—to see that Competition and began her role as the Solti you cannot aspire to anything less. The baseline Conducting Apprentice in February 2020. In the should be absolute commitment and passion.” role, González-Granados experiences mentorGonzález-Granados continues in the role of ship from CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice through Muti, attending rehearsals and performances June 2022, when she will begin a three-year during each of his Chicago residencies. appointment as resident conductor of LA Opera. The apprenticeship also includes conducting engagements with the Civic Orchestra of To read the complete article by Emily McClanathan, Chicago and involvement with educational prooriginally published in February 2022, visit cso.org/ experience/lina. grams of the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute. In
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volunteer and support opportunities The programs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association are made possible each season thanks in part to our dedicated volunteers and donors. Support the music you love by getting involved in the following ways. GOVERNING MEMBERS are business, cultural, and civic leaders who serve as essential advocates for the CSO, both in Chicago and around the world, and participate in many significant activities at Symphony Center. Email governingmembers@cso.org for more information. The LE AGUE works on fundraising events, educational programs, and social activities to support the CSO while building camaraderie with fellow members. Email Bill Ward at wardw@cso.org for further information. The WOMEN’S BOARD promotes the CSO’s artistic excellence and exemplary educational programming by engaging women leaders in advocacy and fundraising efforts, including the CSO’s annual Symphony Ball. Email Kim Duffy at duffyk@cso.org for further information. The OVERTURE COUNCIL is a dynamic group of Chicago young professionals aged 21–45 who have a love of music and a desire to learn more about how to support the CSO. Email overturecouncil@cso.org for more information.
AUXILIARY VOLUNTEERS provide invaluable support in a
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Dreaming by the Fireside from Intermezzo, Op. 72 Piano Concerto, Op. 13
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Born June 11, 1864; Munich, Germany Died September 8, 1949; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Dreaming by the Fireside from Intermezzo, Op. 72 (Symphonic Interlude No. 2) Richard Strauss maintained a lifelong fascination with himself. As early as 1897, he could not resist casting himself as the hero of Ein Heldenleben. With the Symphonia domestica, in 1903, he left us with more details than we might care to know of his daily life, including a squabble with his wife, Pauline, and one of the noisiest baths any infant has ever endured. But the biggest slice of his life appeared in 1924 as the opera Intermezzo, a “harmless comedy,” in the composer’s words, based on a marital misunderstanding between Pauline and himself. It is doubtful that Pauline found her operatic portrait harmless, for it is largely and undeniably unflattering—when Lotte Lehmann, who sang the premiere, asked her what she thought of her husband’s portrayal, she said, after due consideration, “I don’t give a damn”—and she may well have not thought it comic either, for the incident that started it was no joke. It all began one day while Richard was away on tour. A letter delivered to the house was intercepted by Pauline, who read the following message:
composed 1923 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e November 4, 1924; Dresden, Germany (complete opera) i n st ru m e n tat i o n two flutes, oboe and english horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, two trombones, timpani, harp, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 7 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s October 22 and 23, 1926, Orchestra Hall. Frederick Stock conducting m o st re c e n t c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s January 4, 5, 6, and 9, 1990, Orchestra Hall. Stuart Challender conducting
Darling love! Do get me the tickets. Your faithful Mitze. P.S. My address is Mitze Mucke, 5 Lüneburgerstrasse. By the time Richard came home a few days later, Pauline had already filed for divorce. It took all of Richard’s considerable skill to unravel the tale and save his marriage. What actually had transpired is a story as complex and unlikely as that of any opera libretto: Ms. Mucke of Lüneburgerstrasse, a woman of dubious quality, overheard three musicians talking in the Bristol Bar. Uninhibited by nature, and perhaps further loosened by drink, Ms. Mucke proceeded to ask the men for a ticket to the next performance. Out of the ensuing confusion, a bit of joking, a misunderstanding of one gentleman’s name, and a perusal of the telephone book, Mitze Mucke seized upon “Kapellmeister Strauss, Joachimsthalerstrasse Nr 17” and wrote her friendly note. And that is how the poor innocent
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a b o v e : Richard Strauss, 1922, photo by Ferdinand Schmutzer (1870–1928). Austrian National Library, Image Archive, Austria
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from Lüneburgerstrasse nearly ended a marriage on Joachimsthalerstrasse. We are told that Pauline eventually saw the humor in the situation. Richard, who found it highly amusing as soon as he recovered from his wife’s accusation, was determined to make opera out of this chaos and immediately suggested it to Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who had written the libretto for Der Rosenkavalier and Die Frau
ohne Schatten. Hofmannsthal was appalled by the idea, and so, eventually, Strauss had to write his own text, which he completed in 1917. The music took considerably longer, and the score was not finished until 1923. Intermezzo, as Strauss ultimately called it, is a thinly disguised retelling of the Mitze Mucke episode; Pauline has become Christine, and Richard is Robert. The homewrecker is now Mitze Mayer. Strauss was so concerned that he be recognizable in the opera that he changed his character’s name from Albert Storch to Robert— thus retaining his own initials—and asked the original interpreter to wear a mask that made him look more like the composer. The opera is written in two acts, comprising a total of thirteen scenes and twelve instrumental interludes. The vocal writing is largely conversational, in the style of recitative, so that the text is easily intelligible. The interludes explore and develop the many themes that are dropped throughout the characters’ conversation; they hold the opera’s richest pages. Eventually Strauss acknowledged that, and, realizing that the opera had always been overshadowed by the publicity surrounding its plot, he arranged four of the interludes so that they that might lead a separate life in the concert hall. The Interlude that opens this concert (the second of those four) looks in on Christine at home alone by the fire, reflecting on her complicated love for her husband, and pondering loneliness, loyalty, and the brief, harmless flirtation with the baron.
a b o v e : Strauss at home with his son Franz (1897–1980) and wife Pauline (1863–1950). Photo by Albert Zander and Siegmund Labisch, from Berlin Life, 1904
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benjamin britten
Born November 22, 1913; Lowestoft, Sussex, England Died December 4, 1976; Aldeburgh, England
Piano Concerto, Op. 13 When his friends W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood left England for the United States early in 1939, Benjamin Britten decided to follow, hoping to find a climate more accepting of his left-wing politics and pacifist stance, his artistic beliefs, and his homosexuality. Britten was obviously at a crossroads in his life and in his career—he later called himself “a discouraged young composer—muddled, fed-up, and looking for work, longing to be used”—and he believed that the change of scene would do him good. Already a rising star in his native England, Britten had long been intrigued by the land of Aaron Copland, whose music he loved, and Carl Sandburg, whose folk-song collection, The American Songbag, he could scarcely put down. In April 1939, he set off for North America with Peter Pears, the tenor who would become his great interpreter and lifelong companion. They stopped first in Montreal, and from there crossed over to the United States, staying in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for ten days and then settling in New York City. Over the next two-and-a-half years, Britten wrote little music, but he came of age as a composer nevertheless. Although the United States wasn’t quite what he expected—he hated the noise and dirt of New York, froze in Chicago (contracting a “vile cold and flu”), and found Hollywood “really horrible”—it offered Britten a neutral setting in which to address both personal and artistic issues. And during his first summer in America, when he and Pears rented a house in Woodstock, New York, near Aaron Copland’s place, Britten and Copland became close friends, comparing their works-in-progress, playing tennis (Britten “always won,” Copland recalled), and going out to dinner or the movies. “I thought of him as the voice of England in the contemporary musical scene,” Copland said. In fact, when Britten returned to England in March 1942, he took with him a book of poems by George Crabbe that he had bought in a Los Angeles bookstore, and he was already plotting the opera Peter Grimes, based on Crabbe’s The Borough, that would soon make him the most celebrated composer in England since Henry Purcell.
composed 1938 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e s August 13, 1938; London, England (original version) July 1946; Cheltenham Festival, England (revised version) i n st ru m e n tat i o n solo piano, two flutes with two piccolos, two oboes with english horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 34 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e July 20, 1996, Ravinia Festival. Ralf Gothóni as soloist, Yaron Traub conducting These are the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s first subscription concert performances.
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It was in Chicago, on January 15, 1940, that Britten made his U.S. debut as a performer, introducing his Piano Concerto to the American public. “Though Mr. Britten has been living in New York since shortly before the declaration of the European war, he has not appeared publicly there, except for a radio broadcast,” the Chicago Tribune reported. Britten was little more than an unknown name in this country at the time, and the Tribune writer admitted that he was no better equipped to judge Britten’s music than the rest of the Chicago public: “I have never heard a single one of his major works.” It would be another six years before the Chicago Symphony would add Britten’s name to its repertoire list, playing two of the sea interludes from Peter Grimes. Britten’s Piano Concerto was introduced in the Blackstone Theatre in the Chicago Loop, with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Goldberg. The house was full (several boxes were taken by the British consul general and his guests), and Britten (“tall, slim, and twenty-six,” in the words of the Tribune critic) received an ovation at the end of his performance. “The audience liked the concerto’s quaint, out-of-focus melodies, its pungent but never extravagant harmonic touches, its odd, percussive rhythms, and the free, almost improvisatory character of the whole,” the Tribune concluded. Audiences and critics have grown immeasurably in their understanding of Britten’s music over the next eight decades, as they have come to know major scores such as Peter Grimes, which premiered in 1945; the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, a year after that; and the War Requiem of 1961. Britten began his concerto early in 1938, anticipating playing the piano solo at the premiere at that year’s BBC Proms in Queen’s Hall under Sir Henry Wood. “It dashes along full speed,” he wrote in his diary in early February 1938, but by March, he was stuck in the second movement (“which is poor stuff”). In April he told the BBC he was elated with his progress, although that same month he moved into the Mill House in Snape, a village just off the road to Aldeburgh—a town later identified throughout the music world
with his music festival there—and had little time to compose. The full score was finished and the parts copied just in time for the first rehearsal on August 5. Like Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, Britten wrote his Piano Concerto to play himself, although unlike them, he never made a career of performing, was a reluctant stage presence, and grew increasingly uncomfortable appearing in public in later years. Peter Pears, whom he met in 1937, quickly realized that Britten was a natural pianist, sensing “an extraordinary connection between his brain and his heart and the tips of his fingers. You could watch Ben holding his hands over the piano preparatory to playing a slow movement, a soft, soft chord, and you could see his fingers alert, alive, really, sometimes even quivering with the intensity of what was going to occur. While he was at work on the score for the concerto, Britten told his friend, the soprano Sophie Wyss, that he felt it was “always a bit of an effort to play the piano . . . I so seldom do it.” But after the first rehearsal, he wrote to Ralph Hawkes, his publisher, that “The piano part wasn’t as impossible to play as I feared, and with a little practice this week ought to be OK.” The concerto is Britten’s most substantial score for his instrument. In his program note for the premiere, he said the work was “conceived with the idea of exploiting various important characteristics of the pianoforte, such as its enormous compass, its percussive quality, and its suitability for figuration; so that it is not by any means a symphony with pianoforte, but rather a bravura concerto with orchestral accompaniment.” The solo part is indeed challenging and virtuosic, full of acrobatic flourishes, runs, and leaps, one of which sent Britten’s shirt stud flying into the air at the premiere. The piece had been advertised as a work of a popular nature, a marketer’s way of capturing its hard-to-define style, intermingling traditional forms with the music of the current day, and MARCH–JULY 2022
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straddling the seriousness of a piano concerto and the flair of a divertimento. In the Radio Times, the critic Alan Frank said that the composer “dislikes this business of dividing music up into light and serious compartments.” At the premiere, the concerto was well received, but the critics were not equally convinced by all four of Britten’s movements, and several of his closest friends did not know what to think. Ethel and Frank Bridge—the composer whose theme Britten had recently taken as the subject of a fine set of variations—sat “with shut faces” when they listened to the recording of the broadcast he brought them. In 1945—at the time he was finishing Peter Grimes—Britten revised the concerto, making minor changes to three of the movements and replacing the third movement completely.
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ritten described the concerto as “simple and direct in form.” The dazzling, brilliant opening toccata, the largest of the four movements, begins at full speed and continues at a furious pace. It is stilled finally by a grand cadenza that is not only wildly virtuosic, but evocative, sometimes eerily quiet, and richly atmospheric. The second movement is a haunting waltz, darkened by undercurrents of irony and foreboding. At the premiere, the prominent critic Constant Lambert approvingly called it “a fascinating psychological study.” But Lambert was not convinced by the third movement recitative and aria, and this is the movement Britten later scrapped and replaced in 1945 by a new impromptu, a set of variations over a passacaglia
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bass (there is another grand passacaglia in Peter Grimes). Britten took his theme for this movement from the incidental music he wrote in 1937 for a radio drama on the subject of King Arthur (shortly before he began the concerto). But it was the original recitative and aria that Britten played in Chicago in 1940—apparently for the last time. The impromptu leads directly into the final march, which recalls the furious pace and some of the thematic material of the opening toccata, and is capped by an extraordinary passage for piano, accompanied only by bass drum and cymbals. Britten never attempted another full-scale concerto for the piano—even though his score was initially entitled Concerto no. 1. (In 1940, just months after Britten’s Chicago visit, he wrote Diversions for Paul Wittgenstein, the pianist who lost his right arm in World War I and commissioned many composers, including Prokofiev and Ravel, to compose works for him to play.) This sole piano concerto was neglected for many years. In 1967, Sviatislav Richter began to play the piece, magnificently, according to Britten, who was delighted that Richter had “clearly resurrected the old work.” The following year, Richter played the concerto in Florence with Riccardo Muti, then at the very beginning of his career. A footnote: A long-lost recording of the 1938 premiere of the original version of the score, with the third movement Recitative and Aria, made by Leo Kersley, a friend of Britten’s, surfaced in 2015 and is now in the collection of the British Library.
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robert schumann
Born June 8, 1810; Zwickau, Saxony, Germany Died July 29, 1856; Endenich, near Bonn, Germany
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 After the surprising success of his First Symphony, composed and premiered within the span of just two months early in 1841, Schumann wasted no time in pursuing his newfound enthusiasm, promising to make 1841 a year devoted to orchestral music, just as 1840 had been his year of song. A sinfonietta (later published as the Overture, Scherzo, and Finale) and a fantasy for piano and orchestra (eventually serving as the first movement of the Piano Concerto) were sketched almost immediately, followed in May by this D minor symphony. “Sometimes I hear D minor strains resounding wildly from the distance,” Clara wrote in her diary that month of her husband’s exciting progress. The new symphony occupied Schumann throughout the summer, and it was ready to be introduced in early December, rounding out the most ambitious year of Schumann’s career—the one in which he staked out new territory and asserted himself as a member of the great symphonic tradition of Beethoven and Schubert. But for Schumann, the excitement with which 1841 began was spoiled by the lukewarm reception given the D minor symphony on December 6 in Leipzig. He quickly gave up on a new symphony in C minor that was already in progress, put the D minor symphony back on the shelf, and began the next year looking in a different direction. (By June he had a new preoccupation, and 1843 became a year of chamber music.) It was another two years before he returned to orchestral music, and his remaining two symphonies were published as his Second and Third, as if to deny the existence of the failed one in D minor. Finally, in 1851, Schumann returned to the D minor symphony, a full decade after its Leipzig premiere; revised its orchestration; reworked two significant transition passages; and introduced it for a second time, now as his Fourth Symphony. This time it was a success. (This is the version that is regularly performed today, although Brahms, who found it “over-dressed,” always preferred the simpler, less heavily orchestrated original.) Of all the projects Schumann undertook in 1841, the D minor symphony is the most radical (which may explain why the
composed May 29–September 9, 1841; revised December 1851 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e December 6, 1841; Leipzig, Germany December 30, 1852; Düsseldorf, Germany (revised) i n st ru m e n tat i o n two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, strings a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 29 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s February 5 and 6, 1892, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting July 19, 1936, Ravinia Festival. Willem van Hoogstraten conducting m o st re c e n t c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s August 11, 2000, Ravinia Festival. Christoph Eschenbach conducting March 16, 18, 19, and 21, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting March 17, 2017; Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College. Riccardo Muti conducting c s o re c o rd i n g s 1941. Frederick Stock conducting. Columbia 1975. Daniel Barenboim conducting. Deutsche Grammophon a b o v e : Robert Schumann, 1839, lithograph portrait by Josef Kriehuber (1800–1876). Vienna, Austria
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public didn’t take to it immediately). It isn’t the quantity of Schumann’s orchestral writing that distinguishes his output in 1841—even though he boasted in July that “the main thing is production itself”—but his courageous insistence on exploring this new medium from various angles. In just nine months, he composed a large-scale symphony in the grand Beethoven tradition; a smaller sinfonietta; a concerto-like fantasy for piano and orchestra; and finally, in this D minor work, a symphony that moves beyond the classical model—a serious rethinking of the genre. When Schumann set out to revise the score ten years later, he couldn’t even decide whether to call it a symphony or a fantasy, and the title page bears the compromise “symphonic fantasy” that he settled on until the piece was published simply as his Fourth Symphony. (Years earlier he had warned that “nothing arouses disagreement and opposition so quickly as a new form bearing an old name.”) The idea of writing a different kind of symphony was clearly on Schumann’s mind when he made his first sketches in 1841. Only days after he began, Clara’s diary mentions “a new symphony which will consist of one movement yet contain an adagio and finale.” (“I have heard none of it, but I see Robert’s enthusiasm,” she noted.) Schumann had long admired the continuous, multi-chaptered structure of Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy for piano, and he was impressed with the way Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang Symphony linked its movements with transitional passages. But Schumann’s D minor symphony is the first important orchestral work to incorporate these ideas, not only connecting its movements, but also unifying the whole with recurring themes. Schumann’s symphony is a landmark both in structural cohesion and in thematic transformation.
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more impressive and subtle in his D minor symphony. He begins with a pensive, slowly unfolding theme that will develop and change, chameleon-like, depending on its surroundings. It first blossoms into the lively melody that dominates the first movement. A related majorkey version is the “second” theme, and in the development section it grows into a march. The process is one of evolution, organic and natural. Instead of Berlioz’s game of a single theme in various disguises, Schumann weaves a drama of transformation so complete that we can’t distinguish between old and new. At the moment when sonata form demands something reassuringly familiar (the return of the first theme), Schumann confounds us with a tender, radiant theme that is, in fact, new. (It fits nicely with the main theme, however, and in the original version Schumann played them together in counterpoint, as if to prove how tightly unified the score is.) The entire movement continually admits fresh air into a tradition-bound form. The two inner movements are character pieces. The first is a lovely romance—an old-fashioned serenade, really (and in the original version, it was accompanied by a guitar— sixty-some years before Mahler put a guitar in his Seventh Symphony). The symphony’s somber opening makes an appearance, decorated by a solo violin. Next comes a rather stern scherzo (the theme is a relative of the opening material, turned upside down), with a charming, relaxed trio. The transition to the last movement grows perceptibly out of the scherzo, reinventing the symphony’s opening in the process. Schumann’s finale takes up the march theme from the first movement and makes it the subject of an exuberant victory music. With the coda, which bumps up the tempo twice, Schumann’s most troubled symphony achieves an unequivocal happy ending.
Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
profiles Riccardo Muti Conductor Riccardo Muti is one of the world’s preeminent conductors. In 2010, he became the tenth music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It was recently announced that he would extend his tenure through the 2022–23 season at the request of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Muti’s leadership has been distinguished by the strength of his artistic partnership with the Orchestra; his dedication to performing great works of the past and present, including thirteen world premieres to date; the enthusiastic reception he and the CSO have received on national and international tours; and eight recordings on the CSO Resound label, with three Grammy awards among them. In addition, his contributions to the cultural life of Chicago— with performances throughout its many neighborhoods and at Orchestra Hall—have made a lasting impact on the city. Born in Naples, Riccardo Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, graduating with distinction. He subsequently received a diploma in composition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto. He first came to the attention of critics and the public in 1967, when he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition, by unanimous vote of the jury, in Milan. In 1968, he became principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, a position he held until 1980. In 1971, Muti was invited by Herbert von Karajan to conduct at the Salzburg Festival, the first of many occasions, which led to a celebration of fifty years of artistic collaboration with the Austrian festival in 2020. During the 1970s, Muti was chief conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra (1972–1982), succeeding Otto Klemperer. From 1980 to 1992, he inherited the position of music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra from Eugene Ormandy. P H OTO BY TO DD RO S E NB E RG
From 1986 to 2005, he was music director of Teatro alla Scala, and during that time, he directed major projects such as the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas and Wagner’s Ring cycle in addition to his exceptional contributions to the Verdi repertoire. His tenure as music director of Teatro alla Scala, the longest in its history, culminated in the triumphant reopening of the restored opera house on December 7, 2004, with Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta. Over the course of his extraordinary career, Riccardo Muti has conducted the most important orchestras in the world: from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and from the New York Philharmonic to the Orchestre National de France; as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, an orchestra to which he is linked by particularly close and important ties, and with which he has appeared at the Salzburg Festival since 1971. When Muti was invited to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 150th-anniversary concert, the orchestra presented him with the Golden Ring, a special sign of esteem and affection, awarded only to a few select conductors. In 2021, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the New Year’s Concert for the sixth time. Muti has received numerous international honors over the course of his career. He is Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Italian Republic and a recipient of the German Verdienstkreuz. He received the decoration of Officer of the Legion of Honor from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. The Salzburg Mozarteum awarded him its silver medal for his contribution to Mozart’s music, and in Vienna, he was elected an honorary member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, and Vienna State Opera. The State of Israel has honored him with the Wolf Prize in the arts. In July 2018, President Petro Poroshenko presented Muti with the State Award of Ukraine during the Roads of Friendship concert at the Ravenna Festival in Italy following earlier performances in Kiev. In October 2018, Muti received the MARCH–JULY 2022
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prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Music of the Japan Arts Association in Tokyo. In September 2010, Riccardo Muti became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was named 2010 Musician of the Year by Musical America. At the 53rd annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2011, his live performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus was awarded Grammy awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance. In 2011, Muti was selected as the recipient of the coveted Birgit Nilsson Prize. In 2011, he received the Opera News Award in New York City and Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. That summer, he was named an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic and honorary director for life of the Rome Opera. In May 2012, he was awarded the highest papal honor: the Knight of the Grand Cross First
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Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2016, he was honored by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. On August 15, 2021, Muti received the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, the highest possible civilian honor from the Austrian government. Passionate about teaching young musicians, Muti founded the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in 2004 and the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in 2015. Through Le vie dell’Amicizia (The Roads of Friendship), a project of the Ravenna Festival in Italy, he has conducted in many of the world’s most troubled areas in order to bring attention to civic and social issues. riccardomuti.com riccardomutioperacademy.com
On February 24, 2022, the day the world learned of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Riccardo Muti took the stage at Orchestra Hall to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. To open the evening, Muti dedicated the performance of the work, and its explicit message of universal kinship, to the people of Ukraine and other victims of needless violence around the world: “We make music that means joy and peace. But we cannot play this symphony dedicated to joy and brotherhood without thinking of the suffering of the Ukrainian people. . . . We will think in this moment that joy without peace cannot exist.” His call for peace and the powerful performance that followed resonated with audiences in Chicago and around the world. As Carla Moreni of Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore described it, “The Ninth Symphony always succeeds in its effect. But sometimes it seems to be touched by the gods. . . . I have never heard it like this before.” She continued, “There is no doubt that Muti imparts to the CSO the most profound and personal qualities of his long [career]. . . . He conducts according to the thousand secrets of the Italian school— ancient and perfect—with virtuosity, but at the same time, with extreme freedom.” Hedy Weiss wrote for WTTW that, “The bravura rendering of this masterwork was, indeed, a temporary balm for the soul and evidence of how great works of art speak to us throughout time.” Following his February Chicago residency, Muti traveled to Japan to conduct the Tokyo Harusai Festival Orchestra in two concerts streamed live from the Main Hall at the Bunka Kaikan on March 18 and from Sumida Triphony Hall on March 19, respectively. The concerts Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago included performances of Mozart’s Symphony no. 39 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on as well as Schubert’s Symphony no. 8 (Unfinished) and February 25, 2022. Overture in the Italian Style in C major.
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Bank of America for its generous support as the Maestro Residency Presenter.
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Leif Ove Andsnes Piano f ir st cso performa nces July 17, 1993, Ravinia Festival. Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Lawrence Foster conducting January 5, 6, 7, and 10, 1995, Orchestra Hall. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 3, Neeme Järvi conducting most r ecent cso perfo r m a n ces August 1, 1998, Ravinia Festival. Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 3, Lawrence Foster conducting September 19, 20, and 21, 2019, Orchestra Hall. Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Riccardo Muti conducting
With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, playing concertos and recitals in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, while building an esteemed, extensive discography. He is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, was coartistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades, and has served as music director of California’s Ojai Music Festival. A Gramophone Hall of Fame inductee, he holds honorary doctorates from the University of Bergen in Norway and the Juilliard School in New York. Leif Ove Andsnes is currently partnered with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on Mozart Momentum 1785–86, a major multi-season project exploring one of the most creative and seminal periods of the composer’s career, for which he leads the ensemble in Mozart’s piano concertos nos. 20–24 at key European venues, in addition to having recorded them for the Sony
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Classical label. The project marks his second artistic partnership with the orchestra, following The Beethoven Journey, a four-season focus on the composer’s music for piano and orchestra, which saw Andsnes give more than 230 performances in 108 cities across twenty-seven countries, as chronicled in the documentary Concerto: A Beethoven Journey and captured on an award-winning Sony Classical series. Now recording exclusively for that label, the pianist recently received his eleventh Grammy Award nomination, and he has been recognized with six Gramophone awards. Recent releases include Chopin: Ballades and Nocturnes, Billboard magazine’s best-selling Sibelius, and collaborations with Marc-André Hamelin, Matthias Goerne, and the Danish National Symphony and Bergen Philharmonic orchestras. Andsnes’s previous discography comprises more than thirty EMI Classics recordings, many of them bestsellers, spanning repertoire from the baroque to the present day. His accolades include the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist Award, the Gilmore Artist Award, and Norway’s Peer Gynt Prize and Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He was the first Scandinavian to curate Carnegie Hall’s Perspectives series, and he has been pianist-in-residence of the Berlin Philharmonic, artist-in-residence of the New York Philharmonic, and the subject of a London Symphony Orchestra Artist Portrait series. Leif Ove Andsnes was born in Karmøy, Norway, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory. He is currently an artistic adviser for the Jirí Hlinka Piano Academy in Bergen, where he lives with his partner and their three children. leifoveandsnes.com
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chicago symphony orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras, and in September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra has deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905—just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham. Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Dynamic and innovative, the Stock years saw the founding of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the first training orchestra in the United States affiliated with a major symphony orchestra, in 1919. Stock also established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts. Three eminent conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947; Artur Rodzinski assumed the post in 1947–48; and Rafael Kubelík led the ensemble for three seasons from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered performance hallmarks. It was Reiner who invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For the five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director. Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time, and the CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction, along with numerous award-winning recordings. Solti then held
the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra for several weeks each season until his death in September 1997. Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate in January 1989, and he became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, highly praised operatic productions at Orchestra Hall, numerous appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, twenty-one international tours, and the appointment of Duain Wolfe as the Chorus’s second director. Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the Orchestra led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. Only two others have served as principal guest conductors: Carlo Maria Giulini, who appeared in Chicago regularly in the late 1950s, was named to the post in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Hilary Hahn currently is the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence, a role that brings her to Chicago for multiple residencies each season. Jessie Montgomery is the current Mead Composerin-Residence. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music—and Missy Mazzoli, who completed her threeyear tenure in June 2021. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since. Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Current releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label, include the Grammy Award–winning release of Verdi’s Requiem led by Riccardo Muti. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have earned sixty-three Grammy awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to
United Airlines for its generous support as the Official Airline of the CSO.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director
Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence violins Robert Chen Concertmaster The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Stephanie Jeong Associate Concertmaster The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair David Taylor Assistant Concertmaster* The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair Yuan-Qing Yu Assistant Concertmaster* So Young Bae Cornelius Chiu Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou Matous Michal Simon Michal Blair Milton ‡ Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang Baird Dodge § Principal Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling § Hermine Gagné Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz viol as Li-Kuo Chang Acting Principal The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Catherine Brubaker Youming Chen Sunghee Choi Wei-Ting Kuo Danny Lai Weijing Michal
Diane Mues Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi cellos John Sharp Principal The Eloise W. Martin Chair Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal The Adele Gidwitz Chair Karen Basrak The Joseph A. and Cecile Renaud Gorno Chair Loren Brown Richard Hirschl Daniel Katz Katinka Kleijn David Sanders Gary Stucka Brant Taylor basses Alexander Hanna Principal The David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Daniel Armstrong § Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland harp Lynne Turner flutes Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair 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 Michael Henoch Assistant Principal The Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler
english horn Scott Hostetler cl arinets Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith e-fl at cl arinet John Bruce Yeh bassoons Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Dennis Michel Miles Maner contrabassoon Miles Maner horns David Cooper Principal Daniel Gingrich Associate Principal James Smelser David Griffin Oto Carrillo Susanna Gaunt trumpets Esteban Batallán Principal The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Mark Ridenour Assistant Principal John Hagstrom The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair Tage Larsen
tuba Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld timpani David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal percussion Cynthia Yeh Principal Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross librarians Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson orchestra personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel stage technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick
trombones Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon bass trombone Charles Vernon
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave The Louise H. Benton Wagner Chair currently is unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.
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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 A R T I S T I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Cristina Rocca Vice President The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair Guillermo Muñoz Küster 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 Heather Anderson Assistant Manager and Librarian ORCHESTR A AND B U I L D I N G O P E R AT I O N S Vanessa Moss Vice President Heidi Lukas Director Michael Lavin Assistant Director, Operations, SCP & Rental Events Jeffrey Stang Production Manager, CSO Joseph Sherman Production Manager, SCP & Rental Events Charles Braico House Manager Charlie Post Audio Engineer Rosenthal Archives Frank Villella Director Orchestra Personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions & Orchestra Personnel Facilities John Maas Director Engineers Tim McElligott Chief Engineer Michael McGeehan Kevin Walsh Kyle Hendle Electricians Robert Stokas Chief Electrician Doug Scheuller Stage Technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick
Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO Jonathan McCormick Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute Katy Clusen Manager, School & Family Programs Sarah Vander Ploeg Coordinator, School & Community Partnerships Antonio Padilla Denis Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Rachael Cohen Programs Assistant F I N A N C E A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant Accounting Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Paulette Jean Volf, Janet Kosiba Assistant Controllers Janet Hansen Payroll Manager Marianne Hahn Accounting Manager Linda Long Accountant Hyon Yu General Ledger Manager Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager Ted Sofios Payroll Assistant Information Technology Daniel Spees Director Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator Jackie Spark Lead Technologist Kirk McMahon Technologist SALES AND MARKETING Ryan Lewis Vice President Erika Nelson Director, Institutional Marketing & Revenue Management Content Marketing and Digital Experience Elisabeth Madeja Director Dana Navarro Associate Director, Digital Content & Producer Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor Steve Burkholder Web Manager Landon Hegedus Coordinator, Digital Engagement Niky Crawford Coordinator, Digital Content Megan Ireland Associate, Digital Engagement, Social Media Sasha Aleksandra Associate, Digital Engagement, Email Program Marketing and Operations Amy Brondyke Director Alex Demas Marketing Manager, CSO Tommy Crawford Associate Manager, Marketing Operations Kate McDuffie Coordinator, Community Marketing Amanda Swanson Marketing Associate, Data & Operations Jessica Reinhart Advertising & Promotions Specialist Creative Todd Land Director Sophie Weber Creative Services Manager Eddie Limperis Designer Emily Herrington Design Associate
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Content Frances Atkins Director Gerald Virgil Senior Content Editor Kristin Tobin Designer & Print Production Manager Communications and Public Relations Eileen Chambers Director Clay Baker Coordinator Sales and Patron Experience Joseph Fernicola III Director Pavan Singh Manager, Patron Services Brian Koenig Manager, Preferred Services Robert Coad Manager, VIP Services Joseph Garnett Manager, Box Office Steve Paulin Assistant Manager, Box Office Aislinn Gagliardi Supervisor, Patron Services, Accessibility Lead The Symphony Store Tyler Holstrom Manager DEVELOPMENT Dale Hedding Vice President Jeremiah Strickler Executive Assistant Bobbie Rafferty Director, Individual Giving & Affiliated Donor Groups Allison Szafranski Director, Leadership Gifts Alfred Andreychuk Director, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Charles Palys Major Gifts Officer & Administrator Tori Ramsay Major Gifts Officer Dakota Williams Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement Giving Richard Riedl Manager, Governing Member Gifts Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications Victoria Cottrell Manager, Strategic Giving Erin Gernon Prospect Research Specialist & Moves Management Coordinator Neomia Harris Senior Assistant, Individual Giving Programs & Planned Giving Institutional Advancement Susan Green Director, Foundation & Government Relations Nick Magnone Director, Corporate Development Jennifer Urevig Manager, Corporate Development Jennifer Harazin Grant Writer Donor Engagement and Development Operations Liz Heinitz Senior Director, Development Operations & Annual Giving Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement Caitlyn Cushing Associate Director, Donor & Development Services Kimberly Duffy Senior Donor Engagement Manager Jocelyn Weberg Manager, Annual Giving Kevin Gupana, Ariana Strahl Managers, Donor Engagement Jamie Forssander Coordinator, Donor Engagement Bri Baiza, Emily Werner Coordinators, Donor Services
chicago symphony orchestra association board of trustees OFFICERS
Mary Louise Gorno Chair Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair Steven Shebik Vice Chair Helen Zell Vice Chair Renée Metcalf Treasurer Jeff Alexander President Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer Dale Hedding Vice President for Development HONOR ARY TRUSTEES
The Honorable Lori Lightfoot, Honorary Chair The Honorable Richard M. Daley TRUSTEES
John Aalbregtse Peter J. Barack H. Rigel Barber Randy Lamm Berlin Roderick Branch Kay Bucksbaum Robert J. Buford Leslie Henner Burns Debra A. Cafaro Marion A. Cameron-Gray George P. Colis Keith S. Crow Stephen V. D’Amore Timothy A. Duffy Brian W. Duwe Judith E. Feldman* Graham C. Grady Lori Julian Neil T. Kawashima
Geraldine Keefe Donna L. Kendall Thomas G. Kilroy James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Patty Lane Susan C. Levy Renée Metcalf Britt M. Miller Mary Pivirotto Murley Sylvia Neil Gerald Pauling Michael A. Perlstein* Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker Dr. Don M. Randel Dr. Mohan Rao Burton X. Rosenberg Kristen C. Rossi E. Scott Santi Steven Shebik Marlon R. Smith Walter Snodell Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr. Scott Swanson Nasrin Thierer Liisa Thomas Terrence J. Truax Frederick H. Waddell William Ward* Paul S. Watford Craig R. Williams Robert Wislow Helen Zell Gifford R. Zimmerman
LIFE TRUSTEES
William Adams IV Mrs. Robert A. Beatty Arnold M. Berlin Laurence O. Booth William G. Brown Dean L. Buntrock Bruce E. Clinton Richard Colburn Richard H. Cooper Anthony T. Dean Debora de Hoyos Charles Douglas John A. Edwardson Thomas J. Eyerman James B. Fadim David W. Fox, Sr. Richard J. Franke Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. H. Laurance Fuller Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Paul C. Gignilliat Joseph B. Glossberg Richard C. Godfrey William A. Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard L. Gottlieb Chester A. Gougis Mary Winton Green Dietrich Gross David P. Hackett Joan W. Harris John H. Hart Thomas C. Heagy Jay L. Henderson Mrs. Roger B. Hull † Judith A. Istock William R. Jentes Paul R. Judy Richard B. Kapnick
Donald G. Kempf, Jr. George D. Kennedy Mrs. John C. Kern Robert Kohl Josef Lakonishok Charles Ashby Lewis Eva F. Lichtenberg John S. Lillard Donald G. Lubin John F. Manley Ling Z. Markovitz R. Eden Martin Arthur C. Martinez Judith W. McCue Lester H. McKeever David E. McNeel John D. Nichols James J. O’Connor William A. Osborn Mrs. Albert Pawlick Jane DiRenzo Pigott John M. Pratt Dr. Irwin Press John W. Rogers, Jr. Jerry Rose Frank A. Rossi Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Cynthia M. Sargent John R. Schmidt Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Robert C. Spoerri Carl W. Stern Roger W. Stone † William H. Strong Louis C. Sudler, Jr. Richard L. Thomas Richard P. Toft Penny Van Horn Paul R. Wiggin
* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of November 3, 2021
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chicago symphony orchestra association governing members The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in the 2019–20 season. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org. GOVERNING MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Michael Perlstein Chair Jared Kaplan † Immediate Past Chair Nancy Dehmlow Vice Chair of Member Engagement Charles Emmons, Jr. Vice Chair of the Annual Fund Lisa Ross Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership GOVERNING MEMBERS Anonymous (5) Dora J. Aalbregtse Floyd Abramson Ms. Patti Acurio Fraida Aland Sandra Jo Allen Gary Allie Robert A. Alsaker Megan P. Anderson Dr. Edward Applebaum David Arch Dr. Kent F. Armbruster Dr. Andrew J. Aronson Marta Holsman Babson Ed Bachrach Mara Mills Barker Judith Barnard Merrill Barnes Peter Barrett Roberta Barron Roger S. Baskes Robert H. Baum Dr. Robert A. Beatty Arlene Bennett † Edward H. Bennett III Meta S. Berger D. Theodore Berghorst Ann Berlin Phyllis Berlin Ronald Bevil William E. Bible Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Tomás G. Bissonnette Dianne Blanco Judy Blau Merrill Blau Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Ann Blickensderfer Terry Boden Suzanne Borland James G. Borovsky Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer
John D. Bramsen Jill Brennan Bob Brink † Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. Brubaker † Sue Brubaker Patricia M. Bryan Gilda Buchbinder Samuel Buchsbaum Lisa Dollar Buehler Rosemarie Buntrock Elizabeth Nolan Buzard Lutgart Calcote Thomas D. Campbell Vera Capp Mary Anne Carpenter Wendy Alders Cartland Judy Castellini Tina Chapekis Mrs. William C. Childs Linton J. Childs Frank Cicero, Jr. Dana Green Clancy Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey Jean M. Cocozza Mrs. Douglas Cohen Robin Tennant Colburn Lew Collens Jane B. Colman Mrs. Earle M. Combs III † Dr. Thomas H. Conner Cecilia Conrad Jenny L. Corley Beverly Ann Conroy Patricia Cox Mrs. William A. Crane Sarah Crane Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven R. Bert Crossland Rebecca E. Crown Catherine Daniels Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta Michael C. Dawson Roxanne Decyk Nancy Dehmlow Duane M. DesParte Janet Wood Diederichs Paul Dix Mr. J. Donenfeld Mrs. William F. Dooley Sara L. Downey Ann Drake Dr. David Dranove Robert R. Duggan Frank A. Dusek Virginia Earle Judge Frank H. Easterbrook Dorne Eastwood Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Louis M. Ebling III Jon Ekdahl Kathleen H. Elliott Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Charles Emmons, Jr. Janice Engle Scott Enloe Dr. James Ertle Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri
Tarek Fadel Melissa Sage Fadim Jeffrey S. Farbman Sally S. Feder Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Harve Ferrill † Constance M. Filling Daniel Fischel Jennifer J. Fischer Henry and Frances Fogel Adrian Radmore Foster David S. Fox Jody Frank Rhoda Lea Frank † Paul E. Freehling Mitzi Freidheim Philip M. Friedmann Malcolm M. Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Frank Gelber Lynn Gendleman Dr. Mark Gendleman Rabbi Gary S. Gerson Karen Gianfrancisco Ellen Gignilliat James J. Glasser Madeleine Condit Glossberg Judy Goldberg Mary Anne Goldberg Anne Goldstein Jerry A. Goldstone Marcia Goltermann Mary Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Dr. Ruth Grant Hanna Gray Mary L. Gray Freddi L. Greenberg Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri Greer D. Kendall Griffith Jerome J. Groen Jacalyn Gronek Mrs. John Growdon John P. Grube James P. Grusecki Joel R. Guillory, Jr., M.D. Dr. John W. Gustaitis, Jr. Anastasia Gutting Gary Gutting † Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Ernst A. Häberli Joan M. Hall Dr. Howard Halpern Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Joel L. Handelman John Hard Mrs. William A. Hark Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas Haynes James Heckman Patricia Herrmann Heestand Dr. Scott W. Helm Marilyn P. Helmholz Richard H. Helmholz
† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
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Dr. Arthur L. Herbst Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman Konstanze L. Hickey Thea Flaum Hill Suzanne Hoffman Anne Hokin William J. Hokin † Wayne J. Holman III Richard S. Holson III Fred Holubow James Holzhauer Carol Honigberg Janice L. Honigberg Nancy A. Horner Mrs. Arnold Horween Frances G. Horwich Dr. Mary L. Houston Patricia J. Hurley Michael Huston Barbara Ann Huyler Sandra Ihm Craig T. Ingram Verne G. Istock Nancy Witte Jacobs Dr. Todd Janus John Jawor Justine Jentes Brian Johnson George E. Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Edward T. Joyce Carol K. Kaplan † Jared Kaplan † Claudia Norris Kapnick Lonny H. Karmin Barry D. Kaufman Kenneth V. Kaufman Marie Kaufman Don Kaul Ellen Kelleher Molly Keller Jonathan Kemper Nancy Kempf Linda J. Kenney, Ph.D. John C. Kern † Elizabeth I. Keyser Leslie Kiesel Emmy King Susan Kiphart Carol Kipperman Carol Evans Klenk Jean Klingenstein Janet L. Knauff Henry L. Kohn, Jr. Joseph Konen Jack Kozik Dr. Mark Kozloff David Kravitz Dr. Michael Krco David Kreisman MaryBeth Kretz Dr. Vinay Kumar Rubin P. Kuznitsky John LaBarbera Lynda Lane Maria Lans Stephen M. Lans William Lawlor
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Flora Lazar Sunhee Lee Sheila Fields Leiter Frederick Lengrehr Jeffrey P. Lennard Laurence H. Levine Mrs. Bernard Leviton Dr. Edmund J. Lewis Gregory M. Lewis Carolyn Lickerman Mrs. Paul Lieberman Dr. Philip R. Liebson Patricia M. Livingston John S. Lizzadro, Sr. Jane Loeb Renée Logan Amy Lubin Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mrs. Duncan MacLean Brooke MacLean Dr. Michael S. Maling Sharon Manuel David A Marshall Judy Marth Patrick A. Martin BeLinda I. Mathie Howard M. McCue III Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. James L. McGee Dr. John P. McGee II † Sharon McGee Mrs. Lester McKeever John McKenna Mrs. Peter McKinney Mrs. James M. McMullan † James E. McPherson Paul Meister Mary Mittler Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Charles A. Moore Emilie Morphew, M.D. Kate Morrison Christopher Morrow Daniel R. Murray Eileen M. Murray Stuart C. Nathan Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Edward A. Nieminen Dr. Zehava L. Noah Kenneth R. Norgan Gerard M. Nussbaum Martha C. Nussbaum Mrs. James J. O’Connor Joy O’Malley James J. O’Sullivan, Jr. William A. Obenshain Shelley Ochab Maria Ochs Eric A. Oesterle Mrs. Norman L. Olson
Thomas Orlando Kathleen Orr Beatrice F. Orzac † Gerald Ostermann Bruce L. Ottley China I. Oughton † Dr. Pamela Papas Bruno A. Pasquinelli Timothy J. Patenode Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Michael Payette Mrs. Richard S. Pepper Jean E. Perkins Michael A. Perlstein Bonnie Vaughn Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Robert C. Peterson Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Sue N. Pick Stanley M. Pillman Virginia Johnson Pillman Betsey N. Pinkert Emilysue Pinnell-Reichardt Harvey R. Plonsker John F. Podjasek III Judy Pomeranz Stephen Potter Carol Prins Elizabeth R. B. Pruett John Wells Puth Duane Quaini Maridee Quanbeck Diana Mendley Rauner Susan Regenstein Mari Yamamoto Regnier Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Mary Thomson Renner Burton R. Rissman Charles T. Rivkin Carol Roberts John H. Roberts William C. Roberts David Robin Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Kevin M. Rooney Harry J. Roper Saul Rosen Sheli Z. Rosenberg Ricardo Rosenkranz Michael Rosenthal Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal Doris Roskin Lisa Ross Dr. H. Jay Rothenberg † Roberta H. Rubin Susan B. Rubnitz Sandra K. Rusnak David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg Mary A. Ryan Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan
Richard O. Ryan William G. Ryan † Norman K. Sackar Anthony Saineghi Agustin G. Sanz Inez Saunders David A. Savner † Karla Scherer David M. Schiffman Judith Feigon Schiffman Rosita Schloss Shirley Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Al Schriesheim Donald L. Schwartz Dr. Penny Bender Sebring Chandra Sekhar Dr. Ronald A. Semerdjian Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Ilene W. Shaw Pam Sheffield Dr. James C. Sheinin Richard W. Shepro Jessie Shih Elizabeth Shoemaker Morrell McK. Shoemaker, Jr. † Stuart Shulruff Honorable Richard J. Siegel, Ret. Adele Simmons Linda B. Simon Larry G. Simpson Craig Sirles Miyam Slater Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Stanton Kinnie Smith, Jr. Stephen R. Smith Mrs. Ralph Smykal David A. Sneider Diane Snyder Kimberly Snyder Kathleen Solaro Ida N. Sondheimer † Orli Staley William D. Staley Helena Stancikas Grace Stanek Dr. Eugene Stark Leonidas Michael Stefanos Carol Stein Momoko Steiner † Mrs. Richard J. Stern Liz Stiffel John Stover Mary Stowell Lawrence E. Strickling Patricia Study
Cheryl Sturm Nancy K. Szalay Gregory Taubeneck James E. Thompson David A. Thomson † Dr. Robert Thomson Scott Thomson † Carla M. Thorpe Joan Thron David Timm Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr. Anne Coulter Tobey John T. Travers David Trushin Paula Turner Robert W. Turner Henry J. Underwood Zalman Usiskin Mrs. James D. Vail III Dr. Cynthia M. Valukas † John E. Van Horn Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Mrs. Herbert A. Vance † William C. Vance Julia Vander Ploeg Thomas D. Vander Veen Jennifer Vianello Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski Charles Vincent Christian Vinyard Theodore Wachs Mark Wagner Ms. Beth Ann Waite Bernard T. Wall Nicholas Wallace Dr. Catherine L. Webb Jeffrey Webb Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mrs. Joseph M. Weil † Dr. Jamie Weiner Chickie Weisbard Richard Weiss Barbara Weller Barbara H. West † Carmen Wheatcroft M. L. Winburn Stephen R. Winters Peter Wolf Laura Woll Dr. Hak Yui Wong Courtenay R. Wood Michael H. Woolever Debbie K. Wright Ronald Yonover Owen Youngman David J. Zampa Dr. John P. Zaremba Anne Zenzer Richard E. Ziegler † Karen Zupko
† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
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honor roll of donors Corporate Partners M A E S T R O R E S I D E N CY P R E S E N T E R
foundation spotlight
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The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Bank of America United Airlines
$ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Abbott Allstate Insurance Company CIBC Private Wealth ITW Northern Trust $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (1) Exelon Jenner & Block LLP Kinder Morgan PNC Bank Sidley Austin LLP
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Abbott Fund Aon Chicago Capital, LLC Corrugated Supplies Company, LLC Mayer Brown LLP S&C Electric Company Fund Tiffany & Co. Walgreens $ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (1) Advanced Technology Services Archer Daniels Midland Company Deloitte GCM Grosvenor Goldman Sachs & Co. Latham & Watkins LLP McDermott Will & Emery McKinsey & Company Oxford Bank Readerlink LLC UL, Inc. Underwriters Laboratories $ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9
Baird Entercom Chicago Fellowes, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP The Hallstar Company Italian Village Restaurants Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Segal Consulting Starshak & Winzenburg Steiner Electric Company Supreme Lobster and Seafood Company Ventas Weiss Financial
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are honored to recognize The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation as the 2021–22 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season sponsor. One of Chicago’s nonprofit leaders in arts support, the Foundation has been a longtime and generous supporter of the Civic Orchestra. The CSOA and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, whose directors are committed to celebrating Ms. Cheney’s legacy through the philanthropic support of the arts.
$ 1,0 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9
American Agricultural Insurance Company Amsted Industries Incorporated Central Building & Preservation L.P. Chapman and Cutler LLP Columbia Capital Management Etnyre International Parkway Elevators Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Shetland Limited Partnership Shure Incorporated Vienna Beef Vomela
Foundations and Government Agencies $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta The Negaunee Foundation Sargent Family Foundation TAWANI Foundation Zell Family Foundation $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
The Brinson Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency National Endowment for the Arts Polk Bros. Foundation $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Barker Welfare Foundation The Clinton Family Fund Gifts listed as of January 13, 2022
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Crain-Maling Foundation Crown Family Philanthropies Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Irving Harris Foundation Bowman C. Lingle Trust $ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation The Buchanan Family Foundation Darling Family Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Pritzker Traubert Foundation Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Tully Family Foundation $ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9
The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation Hunter Family Foundation JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Kovler Family Foundation Music Performance Trust Fund Dr. Scholl Foundation $2,500–$ 4,999
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation William M. Hales Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Brown-Monson Foundation Geraldi Norton Foundation Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust
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T H E C A M PA I G N F O R T H E C H I C A G O S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the donors who have made a generous commitment in support of the future of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as of January 2022. Anonymous (5) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Jeff and Keiko Alexander Ruth and Roger Anderson Family Foundation Peter and Elise Barack Merrill and Judy Blau Patricia and Laurence Booth Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock John D. and Leslie Henner Burns George and Minou Colis The Davee Foundation Alice and Richard Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard Gottlieb
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the Patrons Circle for Un ballo in maschera for its generous support. Zell Family Foundation Randy L. and Melvin R.† Berlin Walter E. Heller Foundation Anonymous Julie and Roger Baskes Marion A. Cameron-Gray Julian Family Foundation Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ann and John Grube Frank Modruson and Lynne Shigley
Annual Support
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through January 13, 2022. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.
Mr. Graham C. Grady The Heestand Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes Julian Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Estate of Esther G. Klatz Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Jim † and Kay Mabie Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Judy and Scott McCue Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. Robert Meeker James and Renée Metcalf Estate of Gloria Miner Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Mr. Daniel R. Murray Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Cathy and Bill Osborn Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Andra and Irwin Press Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Megan and Steve Shebik Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Thierer Family Foundation Richard and Helen Thomas Penny and John Van Horn Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Helen and Sam Zell Estate of Rita Zralek
$ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
$ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes The Julian Family Foundation Margot and Josef Lakonishok The Negaunee Foundation Cathy and Bill Osborn COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) Megan and Steve Shebik Zell Family Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (3) Ms. Nancy Dehmlow James and Brenda Grusecki Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Jim † and Kay Mabie Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Cynthia M. Sargent Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab John Hart and Carol Prins Pamela Kelley Hull † and Roger B. Hull † Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Judy and Scott McCue Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Carey and Brett August Julie and Roger Baskes Mrs. Janet R. Bauer Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Patricia and Laurence Booth Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Ms. Sarah Crane Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Dr. Eugene Fama Rhoda Lea † and Henry S. † Frank Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation Mrs. Janet Kanter Ms. Renée Metcalf
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Susan Regenstein Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Liz Stiffel $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund John and Fran Edwardson Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Mr. Collier Hands Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Walter and Kathleen Snodell Mary Stowell Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas Penny and John Van Horn $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Peter and Elise Barack Robert J. Buford Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Mr. & Dr. George Colis Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson Ms. Ann Drake Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Neil Fackler Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Richard and Alice Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mr. Graham C. Grady Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Ronald B. Johnson Ms. Geraldine Keefe Ms. Donna L. Kendall Anne and John † Kern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Long Story Short Media
The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation Ms. Britt Miller Dr. Charles Morcom Daniel R. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Don Phillips Mary and Joseph Plauché Andra and Irwin Press Dr. Mohan Rao Diana and Bruce Rauner Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Ms. Courtney Shea Carol S. Sonnenschein Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Thierer Family Foundation Terrence and Laura Truax In memory of Joan White † Craig and Bette Williams Susan & Bob Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous (2) Nancy A. Abshire Arnie and Ann Berlin Mary Louise Gorno Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Mr. Michael Leppen Mr. Donald W. Nelson Alexandra and John Nichols Mr. & Mrs. John Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Ida N. Sondheimer † & Family, in memory of Joseph Sondheimer Dr. Stuart Sondheimer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Ms. Rebecca West $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9
Anonymous (3) Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Sue and Jim Colletti Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Sue and Melvin Gray Halasyamani/Davis Family Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III The King Family Foundation Kay and Fred † Krehbiel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Dr. Lynda Lane Ms. Betsy Levin Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin
Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. David E. McNeel Charles A. Moore Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte D. Elizabeth Price Jerry Rose Mr. † & Mrs. David Savner Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Marlon Smith and Dominique Brewer Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Mr. & Mrs. William C. Vance Mr. Christian Vinyard Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Ann and Richard Carr Mr. Philip Darling Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Dr. Christopher M. Kelly Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Marguerite DeLany Hark Pati and O.J. † Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Emilie Morphew, M.D. David and Judy Schiffman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Silverstein Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9
Anonymous (4) Mrs. Rosa Acevedo and Mr. Jose Luis Prado Ms. Patti Acurio Fraida and Bob Aland Jeff and Keiko Alexander Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Geoffrey A. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Baker Peter and Betsy Barrett Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck Henry R. Berghoef and Leslie Lauer Berghoef Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Merrill and Judy Blau Ms. Terry Boden Adam Bossov
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Mr. Donald Bouseman Mr. Roderick Branch Tom and Dianne Campbell Joyce Chelberg Patricia A. Clickener Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Dr. Thomas H. Conner Mr. Lawrence Corry Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford Janet Wood Diederichs Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Charles and Carol Emmons La and Philip Engel Ms. Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. David and Janet Fox Rosemary Framburg Nancy and Larry Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gray Kendall Griffith Ann and John Grube Lynne R. Haarlow Joan M. Hall Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Ms. Anna Hertsberg Richard and Joanne Hoffman Fred and Sandra Holubow Janice L. Honigberg Mr. † & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg Miriam U. Hoover Foundation Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp Tex and Susan Hull Ms. Patricia Hurley Merle L. Jacob Mr. † & Mrs. † Howard Jessen Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller Mr. Alfred Kelley Kohn and Mitchell Family Foundation Dr. June Koizumi Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Mr. Stephan Lans Dr. † & Mrs. H. Leichenko Mr. Jeffrey Lennard Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Robert † and Judy Marth
Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Mrs. Frank Morrissey Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Ms. Susan Norvich Ms. Martha Nussbaum Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Mr. Bruce Oltman Kathleen Field Orr Dr. Edward S. Orzac Foundation The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James O’Sullivan, Jr. Pasquinelli Family Foundation Richard and Frances Penn Roxy and Richard † Pepper Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Sue and Thomas † Pick Ms. Emilysue Pinnell Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn Mr. Rudolph Rasin † Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Jay † and Maija Rothenberg Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Mr. Richard Ryan Rita † and Norman Sackar Mr. David Sandfort Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl Joan and George Segal David and Judith L. Sensibar The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Julia M. Simpson Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Ms. Elysia Solomon Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Roger † and Susan Stone Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Kelly Thedinger Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Mrs. Elizabeth Twede Peggy White M.L. Winburn Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation David and Eileen Zampa $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9
Anonymous (15) Elaine and Floyd Abramson Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie Ms. Rene Alphonse Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker
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 Drs. Iris and Andrew Aronson Mrs. Jeanne B. Aronson Marta Holsman Babson Mr. Neal Ball Ms. Bonnie Barber Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Ms. Judith Barnard Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Roberta and Harold S. Barron Ms. Sandra Bass Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Donna and Mike Bell Mrs. Gail Belytschko Mr. Thomas Berg Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mr. Howard Bernick Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Jim † and Dianne Blanco Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky Janet S. Boyer Ms. Jill Brennan John D. Brubaker † Mrs. Sue Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum Linda S. Buckley Lisa Dollar Buehler and Bill Escamilla Butler Family Foundation Ms. Lutgart Calcote Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Mia Celano and Noel Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Mr. James Chamberlain Ms. Margaret Chaplan Linton J. Childs Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy John Clarke Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Ms. Jean Cocozza Douglas and Carol Cohen Lewis Collens Jane and John C. Colman E. and V. Combs Foundation The Comer Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley Nancy R. Corral Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux R. Bert Crossland Constance Cwiok Dancing Skies Foundation Mr. & Mrs. C. Daniels Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Mr. J. Donenfeld Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey David and Deborah Dranove Mr. Robert R. Duggan Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Mr. & Mrs. David P. Earle III Judge Frank Easterbrook Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Charles and Lois Edwards Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Elden Thomas Eller Michael and Kathleen Elliott Scott and Lenore Enloe Dr. & Mrs. James Ertle Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Donald and Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fischer Ms. Hazel Fisher Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Mrs. John D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Susan and Paul Freehling Dr. † & Mrs. Uwe Freese Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. Judy and Mickey Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Dr. & Mrs. Richard Gieser Mr. & Mrs. James J. Glasser Judy and Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein Mary and Michael Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Hanna H. Gray Ms. Freddi Greenberg
Thomas † and Delta Greene Dr. Jerri E. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen Anastasia and Gary † Gutting Stephanie and Howard Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Hill and Cheryl Hammock John and Sally Hard Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes James and Lynne † Heckman Mr. Dale C. Hedding David Hefter Scott Helm Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman The Hickey Family Foundation Robert A. Hill and Thea Flaum Hill William B. Hinchliff Dr. Richard Hirschmann Mr. William J. Hokin † James and Eileen Holzhauer Frances and Franklin † Horwich James and Mary Houston Frances and Phillip Huscher Michael and Leigh Huston Michael L. Igoe † Mr. Craig T. Ingram Ian and Valerie Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Joni and Brian Johnson Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans Ms. Ethelle Katz Barry D. Kaufman Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. & Mrs. Neil Kawashima Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Jim and Ellen Kelleher Mrs. Elizabeth Keyser Carol Kipperman Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. Thomas Kmetko Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek Joseph and Judith Konen
Ms. Liesel Kossmann Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr Mr. William Lawlor, III Mr. & Mrs. Dean Leff Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Sheila Fields Leiter Mary and Laurence Levine Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Mr. † and Mrs. Howard Lickerman Dr. Philip R. Liebson and Mrs. Carole F. Liebson Robert † and Joan Lipsig Jane and Peter Loeb The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Renée Logan Dr. Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mr. & Mrs. † Barry MacLean Mr. & Mrs. Duncan MacLean Eileen Madden Sharon L. Manuel Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin 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 † Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Mr. Gregory and Dr. Alice Melchor Dr. Ellen Mendelson Mr. Robert O. Middleton Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Jo Ann and Stuart Nathan Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman David † and Dolores Nelson Dr. Zehava L. Noah Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Mark and Gloria Nusbaum Bill and Penny Obenshain Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs Eric and Carolyn Oesterle John and Joy O’Malley Mr. & Mrs. William J. O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann Dr. Stephanie Pace and Robert Marshall Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr Minsok Pak and Carrie Shuchart
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Ms. Pamela Papas Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. Michael Payette Bonnie Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Mr. Robert Peterson Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Richard Phillips Stanley M. and Virginia Johnson Pillman Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett Mr. & Mrs. John Puth Mr. Duane Quaini Ms. Helen Reed Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Dr. Rutbert D. Reisch Dr. Hilda Richards Mary K. Ring Burton and Francine † Rissman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts Dr. Diana Robin Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz D.D. Roskin Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg William † and Mary Ryan Anthony Saineghi Raymond and Inez Saunders Karla Scherer Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht Mr. † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Ruth Grant and Howard Schwartz Diana and Richard Senior Ms. Mary Beth Shea Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Siegel Ms. Ann Silberman Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons Craig Sirles Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Mrs. Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Naomi Pollock and David Sneider James and Diane Snyder Kimberly M. Snyder
Robert and Emily Spoerri Helena Stancikas Ms. Mary Clare and Mr. Joseph Starshak Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos Carol D. Stein Ms. Momoko Steiner † Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Cheryl Sturm Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. James Thompson Joan and Michael Thron David Timm Ray † and Mary Ann Tittle Bill and Anne Tobey James M. and Carol Trapp John T. and Carrie M. Travers Mrs. Robert Trotter Joan and David Trushin Dr. & Mrs. David Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner Henry and Janet Underwood Zalman and Karen Usiskin Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Ms. Jennifer Vianello Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski Ms. Raita Vilnins Charles Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Nicholas and Jessica Wallace Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Abby and Glen Weisberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth Bert and Barbara Weller Ms. Caroline Wettersten Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft Stephen R. Winters 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. Stephanie Wood Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever Mari Yamamoto Regnier Owen and Linda Youngman Paul and Mary Yovovich Mr. Laird Zacheis and Ms. Sunhee Lee Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross Ms. Karen Zupko
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Anonymous (6) Ms. Doris Angell Ed Bachrach Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Bachrach Martin and Jill Baumgaertner Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Mr. Ken Belcher Cassandra L. Book Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Mr. Charles Capwell Peter and Hedy Ciocci Ms. Jane Cox Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Michael Dawson in loving memory of Alice Furumoto-Dawson Mr. Guy DeBoo and Ms. Susan Franzetti Ms. Marilyn Duginger Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Dr. Gail Fahey Judith E. Feldman Fidelity Charitable Gift Funds Ms. Irene Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Timothy and Joyce Greening Jacalyn Gronek Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig James and Margot Hinchliff Mrs. Edwin P. Hoffman Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Mrs. Caryn Jacobs and Mr. Daniel Cedarbaum Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Averill and Bernard † Leviton Dr. Herbert and Francine Lippitz Patricia M. Livingston Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Dr. & Mrs. Walter Massey Bill McIntosh Jane and Bruce † McLagan Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Eileen M. Murray Ms. Victoria Nee Kenneth R. Norgan Mrs. Janis Notz Mr. Thomas Orlando Mr. Bruce Ottley Dr. & Mrs. † Ray Pensinger Mr. Ed Platcow Mary Rafferty Dorothy V. Ramm Ms. Evelyn R. Richer Jerry and Carole Ringer David and Kathy Robin Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Shirley and John † Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Elizabeth and John Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Smies In memory of Timothy Soleiman Joel and Beth Spenadel Mr. Michael Sprinker Mrs. Marjorie H. Stephan Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Eric Vaang Mr. Peter Vale Ms. Julia Vander Ploeg Mr. David J. Varnerin Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Mr. Lawrence Wechter Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Mr. Alfred White Ms. Lois Wolff Ms. Debbie Wright Mike Zimmerman $2,500–$ 3,4 49
Anonymous (7) Ms. Susan Adler Dr. & Mrs. Carl H. Albright Dr. Diane Altkorn Sharon and Charles Angell Mychal P. Angelos, † in memory of Dorothy A. Angelos Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ascoli Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Ms. Marlene Bach Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Mr. Carroll Barnes James and Bartha Barrett Mr. & Mrs. † Robert L. Berner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof Mrs. Nancy Blum Ms. Virginia Boehme Mr. & Mrs. Fred Boelter Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Ms. Susan Bridge Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash Jack Buoscio Ms. Jeanne Busch Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard Robert D. Carone Mr. Thomas Clewett Mrs. Eileen Conaghan Mrs. Howard Conant † Matt and Carrie Cotter Ms. Juli Crabtree Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III Thomas E. II and Barbara C. Donnelley Family Fund Ingrid and Richard Dubberke Josephine Lewis and Morton Dubman Janet Duffy Linda Dykes Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Ms. Shirley Evans-Wofford Mr. Conrad Fischer Mrs. Donna Fleming Henry and Frances Fogel Ginny and Peter Foreman Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Mr. & Mrs. Louis Freidheim, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III James and Rebecca Gaebe Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Mr. David Glueck Ms. Barbara Gold Isabelle Goossen Michelle and Gerald M. Gordon Mr. Jacques Gordon Merle Gordon Mr. Andrew Gore Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French Brooks and Wanza Grantier BHD Kozloff Family Fund Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Handler Mr. Joseph Harmon Mrs. John M. Hartigan Ms. Kyle Harvey Mr. Bradley J. Henderson Ms. Leigh Ann Herman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill James and Megan Hinchsliff The Rev. Melinda Hinners-Waldie and Mr. Benjamin Waldie Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton Cynthia Jamison-Marcy Maryl Johnson, M.D. Ms. Joann Joyce Peter Keehn Peter and Stephanie Keehn Ms. Helen Kessler Mr. & Mrs. † W. K. Ketchum Anne G. Kimball and Peter Stern Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Akiko and Shohei Koide Mr. Ken Krantz Mrs. Leona Krompart Bob and Marian Kurz Mr. Jonathon Leik Mr. Philip Lesser Mr. Michael Licitra Mrs. Gabrielle Long Sherry and Mel Lopata
Ms. Jean Lorenzen Daniel and Karen Maki Ms. Barbara Malott Dan and Lynne Mapes-Riordan Barbara and Larry Margolis Mr. Timothy Marshall Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez Mr. † & Mrs. Lowell Mason, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass Igor and Olga Matlin Mr. † & Mrs. George Maze Ms. Marilyn Mccoy Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Mcleod Sheila and Harvey Medvin Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Claretta Meier Mr. Carl and Maria Moore Mr. Vijai Moses Shankar and Katharine Nair Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Nowacki Sarah and Wallace Oliver Ms. Diane Ososke Ms. Lynne Ostfeld Garry and Joanne Owens Kingsley Perkins † Mr. & Mrs. Norman Perman Mr. Christopher Pickering Dr. Joe Piszczor Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Ms. Constance Rajala Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Lyn Ridgeway Mrs. Enid Rieser Roberts Family Foundation Thomas Roberts and Teresa Grosch Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Rusnak, Jr. John Jeral Sabl Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Ms. Cecelia Samans Ms. Judy Saslow Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Gerald and Barbara Schultz Susan and Charles Schwartz Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil Ms. Gail Seidel Mr. James Selsor Dr. Lemuel Shaffer Mrs. Phyllis Shafron Carolyn M. Short Ellen and Richard Shubart Margaret and Alan Silberman Jack and Barbara Simon Lynn B. Singer
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Charles and Joan Staples Steinway & Sons Mrs. Marjorie Moretz Stinespring Laurence and Caryn Straus Barry and Winnifred Sullivan Wan Suwandi Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft Ayana Tomeka Howard † and Paula † Trienens Mr. Jay Tunney Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner Jim and Cindy Valtman Robert J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson Judge Eugene Wedoff Mr. Kenneth Witkowski Barbara and Steven Wolf Peggy and Ted Wolff Ms. Camille Zientek Drs. Donald Zimmerman and Susan Pearlson
$ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9
John Hart and Carol Prins National Endowment for the Arts Megan and Steve Shebik $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9
Anonymous Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Kinder Morgan Judy and Scott McCue Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Polk Bros. Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9
John and Fran Edwardson For complete donor listings, please Bowman C. Lingle Trust visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery. $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9 Anonymous (2) Abbott Fund Barker Welfare Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation
The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these educational and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156. $ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E
Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9
Allstate Insurance Company The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation
Archer Daniels Midland Company Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Ms. Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek Ms. Susan Norvich Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent Carol S. Sonnenschein Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Liisa Thomas Penny and John Van Horn Dr. Nanajan Yakoub $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9
Anonymous Illinois Arts Council Agency Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Leslie Fund, Inc. PNC Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Ann and Richard Carr Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. June Koizumi Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Robert Middleton Dr. Scholl Foundation Segal Consulting
$ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9
$ 3,500–$ 4,499
$ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9
Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
$ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9
The Buchanan Family Foundation Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Sue and Jim Colletti Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mary Winton Green Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Mr. Philip Lumpkin D. Elizabeth Price Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9
Nancy A. Abshire Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Halasyamani/Davis Family Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
Ms. Patti Acurio Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger The Osprey Foundation Mary and Joseph Plauché $2,500–$ 3,499
Anonymous (2) Ms. Sandra Bass Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel William B. Hinchliff Italian Village Restaurants Mrs. Gabrielle Long Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino David † and Dolores Nelson Margo and Michael Oberman
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Mr. David Sandfort David and Judith L. Sensibar Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Margaret and Alan Silberman Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Abby and Glen Weisberg $ 1, 5 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9
Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Howard and Donna Bass Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Patricia A. Clickener Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Ms. Paula Elliott Charles and Carol Emmons Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of the Civic Horn Section Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks James & Rebecca Gaebe Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Brooks and Wanza Grantier Gregory Grobarcik James and Megan Hinchsliff Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Michael and Leigh Huston Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Mr. John Lansing Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Moffat Mrs. Frank Morrissey Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Edward and Gayla Nieminen Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Ms. Carol Rech Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Mary K. Ring Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Ms. Cecelia Samans Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Jamie Wigglesworth AIA M.L. Winburn Mr. Robert Winn $ 1 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 , 4 9 9
Anonymous (5) John Albrecht Dr. Diane Altkorn
Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Ms. Marlene Bach Jon W. and Diane Balke Mr. Peter Barrett Ms. Elaine Baumann Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Thomas Bookey Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bowey, Jr. Ms. Danolda Brennan Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash Jacqui Cheng The Chicago Community Foundation Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes Mr. Howard Conant Matt and Carrie Cotter In memory of Ira G. Woll William and Janice Cutler Constance Cwiok Robert Allen Daugherty Mr. Adam Davis Mr. Robert Deoliveira Ms. Amy Dickinson and Mr. James Futransky Mrs. Susan F. Dickman Dr. Thomas Durica and Sue Jacob Lori Eich Elk Grove Graphics Ms. Lola Flamm David and Janet Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Ms. Elizabeth Friedgut Peter Gallanis Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Goodman Law Group Chicago George F. and Catherine S. Haber Mrs. Zahraa Hajjiri Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Charlotte Hampton Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Mr. Felipe Hillard Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Ms. Kasey Jackson Egill and Ruth Jacobsen Mr. Matt James Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Mr. Steven Kukalis Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Robert Losik Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Marilyn and Myron Maurer Marilyn Mitchell
Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Phyllis and Zane Muhl Mr. & Mrs. Delano O’Banion Mr. Bruce Oltman Ms. Joan Pantsios Ms. Audrey Paton Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper Susan Rabe Dorothy V. Ramm Dr. Hilda Richards Cristina Romero Mr. Nicholas Russell Mr. Laurence Saviers Mr. & Mrs. Eric Scheyer Gerald and Barbara Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Xiaokui Katie Shan Jane A. Shapiro Richard Sikes Dr. & Mrs. Richard Snow Dr. Sabine Sobek Mr. George Speck Joel and Beth Spenadel Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Sharon Swanson Ms. Deborah Tate Terry Taylor Ayana Tomeka Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis Dr. Joyce Van Cura Henrietta Vepstas Dr. Pietro Veronesi Mrs. Hempstead Washburne Ms. Christine Wilson William Zeng Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin 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 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
† 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 January 13, 2022
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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 CIVIC ORCHESTR A OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS
Members of the Civic Orchestra receive an annual stipend to help offset some of their living expenses during their training in Civic. The following donors have generously underwritten a Civic musician(s) for the 2021–22 season. Thirteen Civic members participate in the Civic Fellowship program, a rigorous artistic and professional development curriculum that supplements their membership in the full orchestra. Major funding for this program is generously provided by The Julian Family Foundation. The 2021–22 Civic season is sponsored by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. To learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156. Nancy A. Abshire Shannon Merciel, cello
Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Edin Agamenoni, bassoon Irina Chang, clarinet James Jihyun Kim, oboe Jacob Medina, horn Sofia Nikas, viola Charlotte Ullman, cello Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Alyssa Primeau,** flute Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Benjamin Foerster, bass Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Haley Slaugh, cello Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Ye Jin Goo, viola Benjamin Wagner, viola
Phillip G. Lumpkin Dylan Marshall Feldpausch,** violin Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Abigail Monroe, cello Judy and Scott McCue and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Luke Lentini,** violin Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Diego Diaz, violin Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Olivia Reyes, bass Ms. Susan Norvich Eleanor Kirk, harp
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Michael Leavens, trumpet
Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak Jr. Teddy Schenkman, viola
Richard and Alice Godfrey Robert Herbst, violin
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Jarrett Girard McCourt, tuba Nelson Ricardo Yovera Perez, horn
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Liam Jackson, bassoon Mary Winton Green Isaac Polinsky, bass Jane Redmond Haliday Chair Hana Takemoto, cello The Julian Family Foundation Taylor Hampton, percussion Nelson Mendoza,** violin
Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Michael Stevens, horn
Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust Miles Link, cello Crystal Qi, violin Daniel Solowey, clarinet Holly Wagner, violin John Wagner, trumpet
Sue and Jim Colletti Bethany Pereboom,** viola
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett John Heffernan, violin
Lawrence Corry Wesley A. Jones, bass
League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Lindsey Sharpe,** cello
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund Josephine Stockwell, viola
Leslie Fund Inc. Joseph Bricker,** percussion Tabitha Oh, violin
The George L. Shields Foundation Inc. Philip Bergman, cello Laura Schafer, violin Seth Van Embden, viola The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair Joshua Burca, violin Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund Nicholas Daniel DeLaurentis, bass Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund Caleb Edwards, bass Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Katarina Ignatovica, flute Dr. Marylou Witz Hee Yeon Kim,** violin Anonymous Hugo Saavedra,** trombone Anonymous Francisco Malespin,** cello Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
† Deceased ** Fellow § Partial sponsor Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of January 13, 2022
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Theodore Thomas Society
Mary Louise Gorno Chair Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please contact Al Andreychuk, Director of Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at 312-294-3150. S T R A D I VA R I A N A S S O C I AT E S
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as of February 2022. Anonymous (8) 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 Celine Bendy Julie Ann Benson K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet Merrill and Judy Blau Ann Blickensderfer James and Emily Borovsky Danolda Brennan Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. Mitchell J. Brown Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark Patricia A. Clickener Judith and Stephen F. Condren Anita Crocus Harry and Jean Eisenman Dr. Marilyn Ezri Mrs. William M. Flory Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Rhoda Lea Frank
Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk Penny and John Freund Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Merle Gordon Mary Louise Gorno Dr. & Mrs. David Granato Mary L. Gray Mary Winton Green Dr. Jon Brian Greis Nancy Griffin John and Patricia Hamilton John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. William P. Hauworth II Thomas and Linda Heagy Mr. R.H. Helmholz Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder Concordia Hoffmann Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes Frank and Helen Holt Mark and Elizabeth Hurley Frances and Phillip Huscher Ms. Darlene Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Lori Julian Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Howard Kaspin James Kemmerer Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Edwin and Karen Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka Robert B. Kyts Memorial Fund Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring Robert Alan Lewis Dr. Valerie Lober Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl Sheldon H. Marcus Marilyn G. Marr James Edward McPherson Janet L. Melk Dr. Frederick K. Merkel Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor Charles Moore Craig and Rose Moore Mrs. Mario A. Munoz John H. Nelson Muriel Nerad Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer Diane Ososke Dr. Joan E. Patterson Donald Peck Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Judy Pomeranz Neil K. Quinn Randall and Cara Rademaker 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 Joanne Silver Mr. Craig Sirles Betty W. Smykal Annette and Richard Steinke Mrs. Deborah Sterling Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Mrs. Gloria B. Telander Karin and Alfred Tenny Richard and Helen Thomas Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Dr. Richard Tresley Paula Turner Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn Mr. Christian Vinyard Craig and Bette Williams Florence Winters Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Helen Zell MEMBERS
Anonymous (34) Valerie and Joseph Abel Louise Abrahams Patrick Alden Richard and Elynne Aleskow Judy L. Allen Ann S. Alpert Ms. Judith L. Anderson Steven Andes, Ph.D. Catherine Aranyi Dr. Susan Arjmand Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba Mara Mills Barker Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty Joan I. Berger Robert M. Berger John L. Browar Catherine Brubaker Joseph Buc Edward J. Buckbee Michelle Miller Burns Mr. Robert J. Callahan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Car Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael Dr. Marlene E. Casiano Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy Sharon Conway
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Mr. Jerry J. Critser Ron and Dolores Daly Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson Sylvia Samuels Delman Mrs. David A. DeMar Ms. Phyllis Diamond Wilma A. Dooley Mr. Richard L. Eastline Nancy Schroeder Ebert Robert J. Elisberg Richard Elledge Charles and Carol Emmons Lu and Philip Engel Tarek and Ann Fadel James B. Fadim Leslie Farrell Donna Feldman Frances and Henry Fogel Allen J. Frantzen Nancy and Larry Fuller Dileep Gangolli Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Steve and Lauran Gilbreath Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III Mr. Joseph Glossberg Adele and Marvin † Goldsmith Douglas Ross Gortner Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray Delta A. Greene Mrs. Barbara Gundrum Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley Mr. Tom Hall Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett Dr. Donald Heinrich William B. Hinchliff Mr. Thomas Hochman Jack and Colleen Holmbeck Mrs. Walter Horban James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. Jacob Ms. Jessica Jagielnik Joseph and Rebecca † Jarabak Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin Marshall Keltz Valerie and George Kennedy Paul Keske Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr. Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Sally Jo Knowles Mrs. Russell V. Kohr Ms. Barbara Kopsian Liesel E. Kossmann Eugene Kraus John C and Carol Anderson Kunze
Thomas and Annelise Lawson Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey Ms. Nicole Lehman Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy Ms. Sally Lewis Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Mr. Michael Licitra Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Bonnie Glazier Lipe Candace Loftus Suzette and James Mahneke Ann Chassin Mallow Sharon L. Manuel Mrs. John J. Markham Judy and Scott McCue John McFerrin Mr. William McIntosh Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey Dorothe Melamed Marcia Melamed Dale and Susan Miller Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Thomas R. Mullaney Daniel R. Murray Dolores D. Nelson Franklin Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. Wallace and Sarah Oliver Lynn Orschel Dr. David G. Ostrow and Mr. Rafael Gomez Helen and Joseph Page George R. Paterson Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Elizabeth Anne Peters Mr. Lewis D. Petry Judy C. Petty Karen and Dick Pigott Lois Polakoff D. Elizabeth Price Dorothy V. Ramm Jeanne Reed Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones Karen L. Rigotti Don and Sally Roberts Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal Dr. Virginia C. Saft Craig Samuels Sue and William Samuels Paul and Kathleen Schaefer Mrs. Milton Scheffler Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt David Shayne Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Anne Sibley Larry Simpson Thomas G. Sinkovic Rosalee Slepian Mary Soleiman Jim Spiegel Julie Stagliano Denise M. Stauder
Karen Steil 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 Frank Villella Mr. Milan Vydareny Dr. Malcolm Vye Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek Mr. Frank Walschlager Louella Krueger Ward Dr. Catherine L. Webb Karl Wechter Claude M. Weil Joan Weiss Mr. Thomas Weyland Lisa and Paul Wiggin Linda and Payson S. Wild Kayla Anne Wilson Robert A. Wilson Nora M. Winsberg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf Beth Wollar IN MEMORIAM
Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members and patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support. Anonymous (9) Hope A. Abelson Elizabeth E. Abler Richard Abrahams Frances B. Abrahamson Donald Alderman Sara Anastaplo Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos Elizabeth M. Ashton Irwin Askow Jacqueline and Frank Ball Wayne Balmer Paul Barker Leland and Mary Bartholomew Patricia Anne Barton Barbara Burt Baumann Hortense K. Becker Arlene and Marshall Bennett Norma Zuzanek Bennett Sally J. Benson
† 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 January 13, 2022
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Harriet and Harry H. Bernbaum Lenore M. Berner Judith and Dennis Bober Naomi T. Borwell Kathryn Bowers Harriet B. Brady Marjorie L. Bredehorn Howard Broecker Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown George and Jacqueline Brumlik Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger Marie Kraemer Burnside Norma Cadieu Wiley Caldwell Elizabeth R. Capilupo Charles R. Casper Margaret G. Chamales Marcia S. Cohn Milton Colman Robert Cooke Nelson D. Cornelius Anita J. Court, Ph.D. Christopher L. Culp Barbara DeCoster Billie Dale Delevitt Robert L. Devitt Azile Dick Edison and Jane Warner Dick James F. Drennan William B. Drewry Robert L. Drinan, Jr. Daisy Driss William A. Dumbleton Evelyn Dyba Marian Edelstein Estelle Edlis Dr. Edward Elisberg Kelli Gardner Emery Joseph R. Ender Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson Shirley Mae Evans Mildred F. Fanslau Dr. James D. Fenters Leslie Fogel Robert B. Fordham Herbert and Betty Forman Richard Foster Etha Beatrice Fox Elaine S. Frank Henry S. Frank Herbert B. Fried Dr. Muriel S. Friedman Gustave D. Friesem Hynda and Maurice Gamze Florence Ganja Alan J. Garber William and Helene Gardner Martin and Francey Gecht Isak Gerson Betsy N. and James R. Getz Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Lyle Gillman
Marvin Goldsmith Elizabeth S. Graettinger William B. Graham Richard Gray David Green Allen J. Greenberger Dr. Robert A. Greendale Ann B. Grimes Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Elizabeth and Paul Guenzel Cecile Guthman Betty and Lester Guttman A. William Haarlow III Grace and Vernon Hajeck Clarine and James Hall Julie and J. Parker Hall Richard Halvorsen Leah C. and Robert J. Hamman CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. Mrs. David J. Harris Polly Heinrich Mary Mako Helbert Lawrence J. Helstern Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth Marriane Deson Herstein Mary Jo Hertel Helen Hoagland Blanche Hoheisel Eugene P. Holland Allen H. Howard Hugh Johnston Hubbard Joseph H. Huebner Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr. Mrs. Henry Isham Barbara Isserman Robert Johnson Phyllis A. Jones James Joseph Joseph M. Kacena Stuart Kane Jared Kaplan Morris A. Kaplan Roberta Kapoun Paul Keske Esther G. Klatz Russell V. Kohr Jeffrey W. Korman William Kruppenbacher Karen Kuehner Evelyn and Arnold Kupec Rebecca Jarabak Ruth Lucie Labitzke Louise H. Landau Alice M. La Pert Sadie Lapinsky Caressa Y. Lauer Robert A. Leady Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Patricia Lee Christine D. Letchinger Lena T. Levinson Richard Alan Livingston
Marion M. and Glen A. Lloyd Mary Longbrake William C. Lordan Iris Maiter Arthur G. Maling June Betty and Herbert S. Manning Kathleen W. Markiewicz Marilyn G. Marr Irl and Barbara Marshall Eloise Martin Virginia Harvey McAnulty Helen C. McDougal, Jr. Eunice H. McGuire Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick Lillian E. McLeod Carolyn and Bruce McPherson Jack L. Melamed, M.D. Hugo J. Melvoin Richard Menaul Susan Messinger Shirley R. Mesirow Phillip Migdal Kathryn and Edward Miller Micki Miller Gloria Miner Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Bill Moor Kathryn Mueller Marietta Munnis Leota Ann Meyer Murray David H. Nelson Helen M. Nelson Sydelle Nelson Otto Nerad John and Maynette Neundorf Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld Raymond and Eloise Niwa Joan Ruck Nopola Carol Rauner O’Donovan T. Paul B. O’Donovan Mary and Eric Oldberg Bruce P. Olson Suzanne and Brace Pattou Dorothy and William G. Paulick, Jr. Mary Perlmutter Bette G. Petersen Helen J. Petersen Madge and Neil Petersen Maxine R. Philipsborn Walter Placko Elaine and Harold H. Plaut Charles J. Pollyea Miriam Pollyea Virginia and Eugene Pomerance Donald D. Powell Halina J. Presley Samuel Press Alfred and Maryann Putnam Christine Querfeld Ruth Ann Quinn Muriel F. Reder Walter Reed
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Daniel Reichard Bob Reiland Paul H. Resnik Sheila Taaffe Reynolds Joan L. Richards J. Timothy Ritchie Dolores M. RixFanada David M. Roberts Rosemary Roberts Virginia H. Rogers Jill N. Rohde Elaine Rosen Irmgard Hess Rosenberger Ben J. Rosenthal Harriet Cary Ross Anthony Ryerson Margaret R. Sagers Beverly and Grover Schiltz Richard Schieler Erhardt Schmidt Muriel Schnierow Donald R. Schreiber Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr. Margaret and Edwin Seeboeck Nancy Seyfried Denise Selz Joseph J. Semrow Ingeborg Haupt Sennot Soretta and Henry Shapiro Muriel Shaw Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure William F. Sibley Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel Peter E. Sincox Allen R. Smart Walter Chalmers Smith Jean H. Smith Peggy E. Smith-Skarry Willis B. Snell Karen A. Sorensen Georgette Grosz Spertus Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Stagliano Mrs. Zelda Star Charles J. Starcevich Curtis D. Stensrud Lucille G. and David W. Stotter Helmut and Irma Strauss Franklin R. St. Lawrence Robert Sychowski Dr. Gerald Sunko Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson Ruth Miner Swislow Robert Sychowski Andrew and Peggy Thomson J. Ross Thomson Sue Tice Beatrice B. Tinsley C. Phillip Turner Paul D. Urnes
Ted Utchen Robert L. Volz Lois and James Vrhel Cecilia Sue and Burton J. Wade Louise Benton Wagner Michael Jay Walanka Nancy L. Wald Jeanne Walker Josephine Wallace Laurie Wallach Jean Angus and Ferre C. Watkins Virginia O. Weaver Ann Dow Weinberg Marco Weiss James M. Wells Barbara Huth West Joyce Hadley Williams Arnold & Ann Wolff Ronald R. Zierer Rita A. Zralek
In memory of Gerry Benyo Ms. Elisabeth Long In memory of Dr. David Bergson Gary and Carole Lauger In memory of Dr. David Berkson Dr. & Mrs. David Berkson In memory of Hector Berlioz Linda Spadlowski In memory of Bud Beyer Ms. Jean Flaherty In memory of John R. Blair Mrs. Barbara J. Blair In memory of Kettee J. Boling Mr. Thomas Boling
In memory of Barbara Borovsky Anonymous (2) Douglas Bade The Tribute Program provides an opporJim and Emily Borovsky tunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and Peter Borzak graduations. It also can serve as a way to Richard Bray honor the memory of friends and family. Robert Buchsbaum An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to David Carmell express your feelings in a truly distinctive Melinda Cook and memorable way. Contributions may Mr. & Mrs. Dan Drexler Kristen Van Dyke be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more Mr. & Mrs. James Esser Terri Feldman information regarding this program, Mrs. Lisa Fisher please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts of $100 or Lee Frank Katie Froelich more received through July 2020. Charles Gofen William and Ethel Gofen MEMORIAL GIFTS Ms. Judy Golson Mark Goodman In memory of Dorothy Aalbregtse Leslie Grauer John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Renee Greenspon Juli Greenwald In memory of Claudio Abbado Jamie Haddad Mr. Daniel Balsam Chris Hamilton John Hammerschlag In memory of her loved ones Elaine Jacoby Ms. Laverne Alexander Steve Joung Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin In memory of Roy B. Alper Beth Kaufmann Mr. Jeffrey Alper Kathryn Kerr Bob and Peggy Kimble In memory of Heather DeBuhr Susan Koehler Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot Ms. Ann W. Krouse Kenje Mallot Scott Levee Daniel Libit In memory of Robin Beauchamp Marjorie Loeb Ms. Jacqueline Harper Jan Mathes Cary Mendelsohn In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Owen and Mr. & Mrs. Russel L. Miron Sylvia Belmont Myra Morris Chifan Belmont
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Mrs. John Myers Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nierman John Hart and Carol Prins Julie Regan Mr. & Ms. Thomas Rein Daniel Reisner Elaine Lebhoff-Ries, M.D., and Michael Ries, M.D. Amy Saltzman Alison Salzman Gail Seidman Lynne Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sharfstein Bonnie Shlensky Mr. Daniel Sobol Nancy Swan Donna Zarcone In memory of John Bross Rev. Robert Wyatt In memory of Carol Mary Carruthers Marshall Johnson In memory of Robert Chaiken Mary Chaiken In memory of Mr. Myron Cholden Harriett and Myron Cholden In memory of Dale Clevenger Ms. Betty Henneman In memory of Dorothy Cohn Kim Lande In memory of Matthew Cook Ms. Veronica Cook In memory of Frank R. Crisafulli Mrs. Dorothy Crisafulli In memory of Lawrence Daker and the Reavis High School Administration Mr. Lawrence Daker In memory of Gary A. Davis Dr. Steven Andes In memory of Inge de la Camp Stephanie Wood In memory of Herb Drury Jill and Scott Gundy In memory of Ron Eisenhauer Mr. † & Mrs. Gershon Berg In memory of Marc and Carolyn Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Moschandreas Rachel Silver
In memory of Susan K. Gordy Epstein Mr. David Epstein and Ms. Susan K. Gordy
In memory of Steve Harris H. Bruce Bernstein Sarah Harding Mr. Edward A. Hogikyan David and Barbara Slivnick Susie and Sam Tenenbaum
In memory of George Estevez Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wilhelm
In memory of John Hayes Mr. John Hayes
In memory of Hazel S. Fackler Neil Fackler
In memory of OJ Heestand Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez Jane M. Gaines Ms. Barbara Malott The O’Connor Partnership Leila Shakkour and Michael Thorne
In memory of Lucille Marilyn Marks Ellison Ms. Nancy Friedman
In memory of Lyn Corbett Fitzgerald Ms. Nancy Kittle In memory of James Foy Ms. Lucienne Johnson In memory of John P. Flanzer Mrs. Gloria Flanzer In memory of Shirley Freilich Mr. & Mrs. Don Borzak Ms. Carol Dragon Dr. Gershon Locker In memory of Salah Galal and Yasser Mansour Hysam Galal In memory of Neil Gerdes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Helm In memory of Isak Gereson Gabriel Gregoratos Bruce Johnson Lynne L. Kuehl In memory of David Lee Gibson Stephanie Jaeger Shannon Rusnak In memory of Dr. Jay M. Goldberg Dr. Anna Lysakowski In memory of Michael Cotter Greenfield Ms. Victoria Greenfield In memory of Dennis and Bridget Griffin Ms. Kathleen Griffin
In memory of Tom Hill Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill In memory of Margaret Hillis Mrs. Leona Krompart In memory of Joel Honigberg Janice L. Honigberg In memory of Christopher Horsch Mr. † & Mrs. Christopher Horsch In memory of Kenneth Hummenyj Mr. Jerry Zitko In memory of Mary Ingmire Jann Ingmire In memory of Mrs. Estelle Wolowitz Jacobs Mr. Daniel Balsam In memory of Janet Jentes Anonymous Lynne R. Haarlow Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Dr. Catherine L. Webb In memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen Mr. † & Mrs. † Howard Jessen In memory of Emil Johnson Dr. Christakes
In memory of Barbara Groves’s mother Ms. Barbara Groves
In memory of Shirley Kalnitz Mr. Nathan Linsk
In memory of Zave Gussin Mr. Nathan Kahn
In memory of Bernard E. Kane, M.D. Lisa DeVitto
In memory of Roger Harris Gail Shiner
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In memory of Jared Kaplan Mr. Jeffrey Jahns Tony Kempf Nancy Leizman Stephanie Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith
In memory of Kathleen and Joseph Madden Eileen Madden
In memory of Merrily Ketchum Lois Berger Wally and Carol Lennox Marijo Schneiderwind Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Smith Kelly Thedinger
In memory of Dr. Ronald Massarik Ms. Catherine Alvary
In memory of Len Kipnis Ms. Carol Septow In memory of Lawrence Klevan Ms. Jane Heron Mabel Menard Ayana Tomeka
In memory of Carol J Mason Jill C. Hawkes
In memory of William C. McConnell Mr. William and Karen McConnell In memory of Edith G. McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson In memory of Dr. Donald J. and Nancy B. McNeil Elizabeth Gill
In memory of Adele Kornfeld Ms. Lois Weiss
In memory of Bruce and Carolyn McPherson Mr. Michael Berman Carolyn McPherson
In memory of Antoinette Lalagos Mr. Daniel Creed
In memory of Evelyn Meine Mr. Curt Meine
In memory of Caroll Seiser Laque Alison Small
In memory of June Merkel Susan Clifford Mike and Carol Connelly Andrew and Diana DaMiano Mr. Kevin Donnellon John Gehron Ms. Paula Hambrick Ms. Tara McKee Esperanza Morales Cynthia Scillitani Sue Swan Nancy Wiltgen
In memory of Abba and Eleanor Leifer Ms. Diana Leifer In memory of Ida Oiring Lessman Anonymous Jane Birenberg Jennifer Roth In memory of Lena Levinson Sherwin Levinson In memory of Richard S. Levy Mr. David Jordan In memory of Irene Lindau Mr. Kevin Rudd In memory of Richard A. Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Royce Eckhardt In memory of Jim Mabie Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman In memory of Earl J. Macey Eliot Konz In memory of Edith G. MacLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson
In memory of Mildred E. Mohr Mr. Dale Mohr In memory of Charles Francis Moles Ms. Kathleen Harrington In memory of Anthony G. Montag Dr. Anthony Montag † and Dr. Katherine Griem In memory of Clark and Joann Montgomery Ms. Susan Montgomery In memory of Emma Alice Mosely Ms. Erica Mosely In memory of Dorothy Moszynski Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Ms. Sandra Morgan Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. In memory of Kay Nalbach Ms. Susann Ball In memory of Sooja Cho Nehrlich Ms. Louise Anderson Joan and David Trushin In memory of Gail Niwa Edward Inbusch Emi Matsuda Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky Jean Shin Nanjo Roycroft Chamber Music Festival In memory of Beatrice F. Orzac, violinist Dr. Edward S. Orzac Foundation
In memory of Leonard E. Meyers Ms. Julie Bromley Ximena Mora Y Olivan Gertrude Slowik Mr. & Ms. James Socke
In memory of Eul Soo Pang Dr. Laura Pang
In memory of Sharon Mitchell’s mom Margo and Michael Oberman
In memory of Charles Kingsley Perkins Ms. Susan Thomas
In memory of Barbara P. Millar Ms. Kola Kennedy
In memory of Selma Perlmutter Mr. Jerry Smith
In memory of Carol Mittleman Mr. & Mrs. Ted Banks Kelly Carter Gloria Gray Jeffrey Gray Karen Gray-Keeler Cynthia Kane Ms. Monica Tobler Shelley Ziack
In memory of Dyan Peterson Joe Bass
In memory of Carmen Perez Mr. Jeffrey Callison
In memory of Fay B. Photopulos Mark Gorgal In memory of Shelly Plager Mrs. Janice Pranger
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In memory of Justin Edwin Pregenzer Dr. Gerard Pregenzer In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn In memory of Ted Rachofsky Susan Rachofsky In memory of Lynne Raimondo Lynne Raimondo and Family In memory of Florence Rand Elizabeth R. Fuller In memory of Charles Leonard Reddington Dr. Karol S. Reddington
In memory of Michael Silverstein from his family Ms. Mara Tapp In memory of Gene Simon Jay Simon In memory of Helga Singwi Anjali Oberai In memory of Gerard Smetana Michelle Israel Beth Smetana In memory of Frank S. So Frank So † and Deborah Huggett In memory of Hallie Stein Liz Radgowski
In memory of Kay Walsh Ms. Nancy Phelan In memory of Richard and Vanya Wang Eric Vaang In memory of Dr. William Warren Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin In memory of Carol Wechter Mr. Lawrence Wechter In memory of Walter Whisler M.D., Ph.D. Laura Whisler In memory of Joan White Brian White
In memory of Marjorie Stone Anonymous
In memory of Rachel Nussbaum Wichert Gerd Wichert
In memory of Carol Strauss Mr. Edward Turkington
In memory of Dr. Kenneth F. Wieg Annette Wieg
In memory of Bennett Reimer Elizabeth A. Hebert
In memory of Terri Sweig Marjorie Friedman Heyman
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Reuter Mr. Ulrich Sterzl
In memory of Richard Taft Mrs. Anne Taft
In memory of Wes Wildman Jessica Armour-Ardizzone Valerie Feldman Mr. James Franczek Karen Gallagher Susan Hastings Ann Leeds Charles Rose Mrs. Jennifer Wilson Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba
In memory of Mary Lee Reed Patricia A. Clickener In memory of Robert N. Reiland Eloise Hirschey Ann Reiland
In memory of Virginia H. Rogers and Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Mr. Robert Wilson In memory of Edgar Rose Annie Lamb In memory of Robert Rosenman Mrs. Harriet Rosenman In memory of Jerry Roucka Sandra Koehler In memory of Delores Sarovich Mr. & Mrs. Steven Sarovich In memory of Earl V. Schuster Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dam Mrs. Marcia Dam In memory of William Shapiro Marie Waite In memory of Charles M. Shea Nancy J. Clawson Ms. Martha Egeland In memory of Jean Shorr Pauline Taylor
In memory of Grandma Tita Ian Rubin In memory of Viktor Tomilov Ms. Anna Tomilova In memory of Feyga and Samuil Totodov Ms. Mariya Kalinovskiy In memory of Alex Trebek Ms. Rita Mendelsohn In memory of Denise Turcotte Annette Snyder In memory of Joan Turk Trevor Turk In memory of Mr. Donald C. Verlenden Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III In memory of John Vesevick Julie Molina In memory of Mary Anne Vestal Mr. Walter Vestal In memory of J. Michael Wagner Kim Wagner
In memory of Mrs. Sandra Wilkins Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Peterson In memory of Novella Winston Ms. Betty Henson In memory of Dale E. Woolley Ms. Regina Janes In memory of Edward T. Zasedil Mr. Larry Simpson HONOR GIFTS
In honor of Liz Adams Mr. Kevin Connellan In honor of Liz and Bill Adams Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Reilly In honor of Mr. & Mrs. David K. Adams James and Rebecca Gaebe
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In honor of Michael Adolph Mrs. Ann Oros In honor of Lucretia Aiello Lisa Aiello In honor of Jeff Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Alan Dennis In honor of Jeff and Keiko Alexander Dr. Abigail Sivan In honor of Elizabeth A. Allen Pat Allen In honor of Doris Angell Dr. Michael Angell In honor of Dolores Nathanson and Daniel Armstrong Norma Gilson In honor of Lev Aronson Travis Casper In honor of Esteban Batallán Mr. John Burson In honor of Randy and Mel Berlin Susan J. Moran and John M. McDonough In honor of Buddy Block Howard and Donna Bass In honor of Lawrie Bloom Ms. Catherine Stephenson In honor of Doug Bolino Wendy-Jo Toyama In honor of Boodell, Trop, Daley, Daley, Deneve, Little, Gottschall, Herbert, Krishnamoorthi, Papas, Preckwinkle, Thomas, Van Horn, Watts, Wislow The Clinton Family Fund In honor of Sue Bridge Ms. Renita M. Esayian Ms. Kathleen Jordan In honor of Deborah Brusveen John Brusveen In honor of Ricky Ray Byrd Donald Byrd In honor of Kevin Carroll Steph Svarz In honor of Virginia Chao’s brother Virginia Chao
In honor of Members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians (AFM 10-208) and IATSE 2 Mr. Michael Sprinker In honor of Ms. You Ming Chin Mrs. Mary Dietrick In honor of Charlene Chisek Marianne Nesler In honor of Sunghee Choi Mrs. Eileen Conaghan In honor of Robert Coad Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Carol S. Sonnenschein
In honor of Mimi Elder and Dian Eller Penny and John Van Horn In honor of The Elliot Family Ruth Colegrove In honor of Cynthia Ellis Donna Maibusch In honor of Amy Fallon Erik Schwedhelm In honor of Elizabeth Fernandez Dr. & Mrs. Jack Faling In honor of Daniel Foster Anna Tyson
In honor of Dorothy Cohn Mr. Gary Cohn
In honor of Calvin Fultz Alison Madrigal
In honor of Richard W. Colburn Charles Katzenmeyer
In honor of Erin Gernon Charlene Gernon
In honor of Eileen Conaghan Mrs. Julie Stagliano
In honor of Emma Gerstein Mr. John Thorne
In honor of Sheila Conlon Ms. Mary Neville
In honor of George Gilkerson Ms. Linda Wallin
In honor of Esme Conour Stacy Fifer
In honor of Jim Gill Rosanne Thompson
In honor of Ruth and Evelyn Cvengros Kathleen Malone
In honor of William Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
In honor of John and Barbara Dabrowski Ms. Sara Dabrowski
In honor of Jan and Larry Goldstein’s 50th wedding anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Goldstein
In honor of Jim Dale Mr. Neil Harris
In honor of Richard Graef Ms. Greta Connor
In honor of design, program book, and marketing departments Gretchen Sauer
In honor of Madelyn Greenberger Mr. Jeffrey Greenberger
In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Dienstag Mr. Jerome Dienstag In honor of Baird Dodge Charles Granville Ms. Lori Mitchell In honor of Katy Donovan Emily Corbett In honor of Mimi Duginger The Julian Family Foundation In honor of Larry Ebert Pete Friedmann
In honor of Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cohan In honor of Dale Griffith Ms. Lynn Friedman In honor of piano students from the studio of Helen Grosshans Ms. Helen Grosshans In honor of Jennifer Gunn Mr. John Thorne In honor of Mary Hagen Ms. Alyssa Hagen
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In honor of Taylor Hampton Charlotte Hampton
In honor of Blain and Debbie Keith Dr. Thomas Keith
In honor of Margot Martino Mr. Richard Martino
In honor of Neomia Harris Ms. Liesel Kossmann
In honor of Todd Kersh David Schroeder
In honor of Jonathan McCormick Emily Wright
In honor of O.J. Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Babson Ms. Linda Rosenzweig
In honor of Bob and Ruth Kinsman Mrs. Jeanne Girard
In honor of Lisa McDaniel and Kim Duffy Ms. Florence Connelly
In honor of Robert Hindsley Anita Hindsley In honor of Robert and Jane Hindsley Julia Byrne In honor of David Hines, Sr., M.D. Mr. David Hines, Jr. In honor of Joel Horwitz Katharine Horowitz In honor of Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Michael Henoch, Jim Smelser, Esteban Batallán, David Herbert, Lei Hou, Ni Mei, Matous Michal, and Bill Buchman The Julian Family Foundation In honor of Lei Hou, Qing Hou, and Lawrence Neuman Richard Cohn In honor of Leland Hutchinson and Jean Perkins Ms. Pamela Baker In honor of Pamela Kelly Hull Mr. and Mrs. Allan Bulley III In honor of Mihaela Ionescu Ms. Lois Wolff In honor of Stephanie Jeong, Cornelius Chiu, Jennifer Gunn, Lynne Turner, Gene Pokorny, Patricia Dash, Miles Maner, Katinka Kleijn, Stephen Lester, Nancy Park, and David Sanders Ms. Marilyn Duginger In honor of Earl A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Johnson In honor of Lori Julian’s 75th birthday Ms. Suzan Bramson Dr. Marcia A. Lewis Mr. † & Mrs. Marshall Matz In honor of Jared Kaplan Ms. Rosellen Monter
In honor of Howard Klapman Mr. Michael Alter In honor of Brian Koenig Paul Roskoph In honor of Robert Kohl Mr. Gregory Cameron In honor of Mark Kraemer Mr. David J. Varnerin In honor of Dr. & Mrs. Ken N. Kuo Christine Kuo In honor of Melanie Kupchynsky Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell
In honor of David McNeel Dr. Catherine L. Webb In honor of Leonard E. Meyers Alice Finn and John Finn In honor of Simon Michal Ms. Sarah Good In honor of Dr. Gordon Millichap Bridgette Hayes and Eric Hayes In honor of Lamont Moore, Rhoda Ward, and Margaret Dee Ms. Helen Sinn
In honor of Stephen Lester Ms. Helen Goldstein
In honor of Diane Mues Cynthia Kirk Paula Gorlitz Brae Korin Bill Loumpouridis and Melanie Loumpouridis
In honor of Ben Levy Ms. Jessica Jagielnik and Ms. Sam Kufta
In honor of Bob and Mimi Murley Suzanne Sennatt
In honor of Dezhong Liang Ms. Jingyi Liang
In honor of Bob and Mimi Murley Suzanne Sennatt
In honor of The Lincoln Quartet Bruce Gribens Bob and Marissa Happ Jonathan Maayan Hung Tzaw Tai
In honor of Alan and Elaine Muchin Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waxman
In honor of Ida Lessman Carol Depew
In honor of The Logas Family Mr. Daniel Logas In honor of Jeffrey London Stephanie Garry In honor of Hershey and MaryGene Longenecker Evelyne Manning In honor of Virginia Lorber Svetlana Rivilis In honor of Maggie and Tom Magarian Greta Wilkening
In honor of Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ms. Lois Wolff In honor of Heidi Musser Ms. Erika Musser In honor of Riccardo Muti Ms. Mary Neville In honor of Dolores Nathanson Noah Gilson In honor of Raymond, Eloise, and Gail Niwa Ms. Karen Visser In honor of NMI staff Dana M. Cook
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In honor of Michael J. O’Donnell Martin O’Donnell
In honor of Florence Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann
In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sudler Mr. Neal Ball
In honor of Ken Olsen Dr. Charles Morcom
In honor of John Sharp Ms. Janice Young
In honor of Symphony Financial Scott Jonas
In honor of Bradley Opland Ms. Lois Wolff
In honor of The Shebik Family Giovanna Imbarrato
In honor of Craig Oxford Dr. Hebert and Sharon Meltzer
In honor of Amy Shevitz Ms. Jane Lippow
In honor of Susan Synnestvedt Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward
In honor of Kevin Pavao Jennifer Mislinski
In honor of our family Steven and Susan Sidell
In honor of Clark Pellett and Robert Kohl Dr. & Mrs. Louis Philipson
In honor of Lisa Simeone Elaine Murphy
In honor of Dane Philipsen Michael Philipsen In honor of Todd Rosenberg Rail Splitter Capital Management LLC In honor of James Ross Mr. & Mrs. David Weber
In honor of Ida N. Sondheimer Dr. Stuart Sondheimer In honor of Karen Sonderby Kate Sheehan In honor of Fran Spellman Ms. Jalene Szuba In honor of Charles Srstka Ms. Beth Hakamy
In honor of Ruthie Ryan Mr. & Mrs. David Heeren James Percifield Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe
In honor of Judy and Karl Stadler Ms. Mary Dougherty
In honor of David Taylor Ms. Claretta Meier Dr. Steven Pierson In honor of Josie Tomes Li Rigler In honor of Penny Van Horn Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews In honor of Sondra Varco Mr. Gregory Nyczak In honor of Ann Wagener Mr. & Ms. Robert Savard In honor of Robert F. Wallwork Family Ms. Michele Packard In honor of Claude Weil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro In honor of Wilfred Edward White Ms. Olive Dilworth
In honor of Heloisa and Emi Ryhal Luz Pinilla
In honor of Denise Stauder Mrs. Janet Duffy
In honor of David A. Samson Ken Samson
In honor of Momoko Steiner Ms. and Ms. Eri Iwakuni
In honor of David Sanders Mr. James Taylor
In honor of Irving Stenn, Jr. Mr. John Stiefel and Mrs. Lesa Ukman
In honor of Dean and Martha Sayles Ellen Sayles
In honor of Ray Still Debra and David Barford
In honor of Cynthia Yeh Mr. Thomas Libera Gabriel Villani Ms. Carla Williams
In honor of Will Schermer Mary Jane Schermer
In honor of Heather Storey Mr. Mark Mandich
In honor of So Young Bae Ms. Renita M. Esayian
In honor of Barbara Schneider Lewis Schneider
In honor of Ariana Strahl Mrs. Janet Duffy
In honor of Evan Schnurr Adam Baechler
In honor of Jean Stremmel Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Maughan
In honor of Helen Zell, in memory of Deborah Sobol Mr. Rowland Chang
In honor of Stephen Williamson, Joyce Noh, Hermine Gagné, Max Raimi, and Richard Hirschl Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward
In honor of Simon Zreczny Mr. Christopher Pickering
For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.
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