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Sunday, January 30, 2022

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3 PM • Memorial Hall OTR

Winner of the 2005 BBC Singer of the World Competition “Nicole Cabell is exquisite”

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Welcome from the President & CEO Feature: Three Modern-Day Muses Feature: JMR and the Pops Feature: Mr. Brady’s Opus Spotlight: A Shared Humanity Behind the Score: When the World Stopped, These Artists Didn’t MAC Music Innovator Spotlight: Tango and City Noir Nouveau Program Black History Month Spotlight: Under One Roof Artistic Leadership: Louis Langrée and John Morris Russell Orchestra Roster Concert programs and guest artists: Jan. 8–9: Vocal Arts Ensemble: The Song Among Us | Jan. 8–9: Dawson, Beethoven & Bernstein: A Shared Humanity | Jan. 14–15: La Valse & Simpson Premiere | Jan. 21–23: Cirque Goes Broadway | Jan. 28–29: Pintscher Premiere & Rachmaninoff | Feb. 4–6: The Music of John Williams | Feb. 9: CSYO and CSO Side-by-Side Concert | Feb. 11: CSO Chamber Players | Feb. 12–13: Tango & City Noir | Feb. 21: Die Stadt ohne Juden Spotlight: CSYO Alumni Reflect on the Side-By-Side Concerts CSO In Your Neighborhood Directors & Advisors Financial Support Administration End Notes Cover photo: CSO and CSYO Side-by-Side concert, April 2019. Credit: Mark Lyons

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WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO Dear Friends, In many ways, the CSO’s annual Side-By-Side concert with the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra represents more than an opportunity for talented young musicians to interweave with a top American professional orchestra. It is also a ﬁtting metaphor for our organization’s commitment to service, inclusion and collaboration; a quest for excellence; and to reinforce our shared humanity. In this issue of Fanfare Cincinnati, nearly every story shines a light on our continued pursuit of those principles. Ken Smith’s cover story highlights three extraordinary violinists collaborating with leading composers and expanding the concerto repertoire. Anne Arenstein writes of a Black composer’s neglected masterwork receiving new life through May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon’s dedicated efforts to bring it out of obscurity. David Lyman interviews John Morris Russell to reminisce about a collaboration with the late Erich Kunzel that evolved into one of the most popular franchises in the history of the Pops: the Cirque phenomenon. Laura Trujillo tells the sto©Roger Mastroianni ry of a legendary teacher, Andrew J. Brady, whose love of music and Cincinnati and his devotion to his students inspired a monumental gift to the Orchestra that will fund our neighborhood concerts and a new internship in perpetuity. And, our Black History Month Spotlight focuses on the African American experience in Music Hall.

CSO and CSYO Side-by-Side in April 2019. Credit: Mark Lyons

Louis Langrée recently remarked that “a shared humanity” is an apt theme for an orchestra and for the world because, as he said, “an orchestra can only be successful if they listen to each other.” Our January and February programs are an embodiment of these ideals, expressing them through the communal experience of live music. We look forward to welcoming you to Music Hall this winter to experience it together, side by side. With gratitude,

Audience members enjoying a Pops performance during Crown Jewels of Jazz in August 2021. Credit: Mark Lyons

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FEATURE: Three Modern-Day Muses

Three Modern-Day Muses and the Composers They’ve Inspired by KEN SMITH

“So that’s how we wound up with these three irst of all, says CSO Music Director Louis amazing women—each of whom we would love Langrée, there was never a grand plan to invite back under any circumstances—all to turn this season into a mini showcase performing music written during the for contemporary violin concertos. It challenges of Covid,” says Langrée. all started with a single (if much“It’s so inspiring to see such anticipated) event: the world wonderful performers dedipremiere of CSO Creative cating so much of their time Partner Matthias Pintscher’s and energy to promote the Assonaza, written for violinmusic of today. Instead ist Leila Josefowicz. of putting music in the But then came composer museum box of tradition, Mark Simpson, who’d made they are active in creata big impression at the ing the repertoire of the 2019 May Festival with the future.” U.S. premiere of his oratorio Josefowicz, who last apThe Immortal. In early 2020, peared in Cincinnati with while concert halls in the U.K. Langrée in Thomas Adès’s Violin were still shuttered, the one-time Concerto, Concentric Paths, in BBC Young Musician of the Year 2019, is also no stranger to working made yet another splash with his Violin directly with composers, having also come to Concerto, a monumental five-movement work the CSO in 2015 with John Adams’ “dramatic premiered by Nicola Benedetti and the London symphony” Scheherazade.2 for violin and orSymphony Orchestra (LSO). “During Mark’s time chestra with Adams himself on the podium. Her in Cincinnati, the orchestra, the audience and appearance at Music Hall on January 28 and 29 the whole administration team just fell in love will feature Pintscher conducting the premiere with him,” Langrée admits. “The opportunity to of his Assonaza along with present another U.S. premiere the Symphonic Dances of of his music was too good to “Instead of putting music Rachmaninoff. pass up.” “Matthias is more than And then came violinist in the museum box of just a composer who conJennifer Koh, another longtradition, they are active ducts,” says Langrée. “He’s time Langrée collaborator with a large Cincinnati presin creating the repertoire an amazing conductor in his own right, who also happens ence, who’d spent much of the future.” to be a superb composer of her pandemic time in —Louis Langrée and teacher. Whether he’s the company of composers conducting a new piece or a generating new works. Her classic, the results are on another level entirely.” reunion with Langrée this spring will feature Pintscher, for his part, throws credit back a highlight of Koh’s New American Concerto to the orchestra. “Ever since I first came here project: a new Violin Concerto by Musical five years ago, I’ve found the CSO to have an America 2022 Composer of the Year (and incredibly open mind,” he says. “They tackle Koh’s sometime recital partner) Missy Mazzoli, a Bach orchestral suite with the same energy co-commissioned by the CSO. they give to Ligeti, or a world premiere. As Above: Louis Langrée opened this season with Johannes a collaborator, it’s hard not to be inspired. Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. Credit: Hannah Kenney, October 2021

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“Some pieces you hear for the first time and They’re always willing to take a fresh look at they already seem part of the repertoire,” he pieces they’ve played a hundred times, which says. “Mark’s concerto is incredibly difficult for is just as important as paying attention to the soloist, and yet Nicola played everything new music—and new music has been part of so intensely and exprestheir history for more than a sively. Emotionally, there century.” “There are many was no leash. The difficulty is Much of that character has come from the list of “hyphenquestions I would love to establishing this liberty, this while maintaining ated” musical figures who’ve ask Mozart, but with Mark freedom, control over all the changing appeared with the orchestra I can hand him a list.” patterns and tempos. You almost since its inception. Though Rachmaninoff himself —Louis Langrée need the rhythmic precision of a Swiss clock without feelnever conducted the CSO ing mechanical. This may be the most challeng(despite performing his Second Piano Concerto ing piece I will ever conduct in Cincinnati, and it and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the is wonderful that Mark will be there. There are orchestra), composer-conductors who have many questions I would love to ask Mozart, but led their own pieces at Music Hall include Aaron with Mark I can hand him a list.” Copland and Krzysztof Penderecki, as well as Igor Sharing the program with Simpson’s Violin Stravinsky and Richard Strauss—each of whom Concerto on January 14 and 15 will be Strauss’s bore considerable responsibility for shepherding Der Rosenkavalier Suite and Ravel’s La valse— music of their time into established repertory. the first a nostalgic look backward into musical Some works, though, need much less time to styles, the second a visionary look ahead. Both find their place. When Benedetti and the LSO of these complement Simpson’s sound world in first premiered Simpson’s Violin Concerto (inidifferent ways, “highlighting a kaleidoscope betially recorded in the empty St. Luke’s Church tween the innovative and the traditional,” says for an internet stream, later performed for a Langrée, who has grown increasingly enamored live audience), critics called it “extravagant,” of Simpson’s concerto since first encountering “expansive,” and “monumental.” Langrée himself it on the LSO’s internet stream. was impressed.

Creative Partner Matthias Pintscher conducted the CSO in a performance of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy in September 2021 as part of the Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial. Credit: AJ Waltz

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while clearly projecting into what the music of the future would become. “In pairing any two pieces like this, you always want the new piece to sound a bit like repertoire, and the classical piece to express some modernity,” he continues. “Of course, this is all a guess,” he laughs. “None of us has any idea yet what Missy’s piece is going to sound like.”

The U.S. Premiere of an ‘Instant Classic’

Violinist Jennifer Koh takes a bow after performing Anna Clyne’s The Seamstress in March 2016. Credit: Mark Lyons

Programming music to appear with Mazzoli’s concerto on March 11 and 12 was a bigger challenge. “It is always like this with new works,” admits Langrée, who has been making a study of Mazzoli’s earlier works, beginning close to home with Fanfare for the Unimpressed for solo violin, commissioned as part of the CSO’s pandemic-time Fanfare Project and premiered earlier this year by Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo. Cincinnati audiences may also remember Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar, a monodrama about the Swiss explorer Isabelle Eberhardt produced by Cincinnati Opera in 2017. Langrée’s choice of pairing Mozart’s Mass in C Minor came from rather different parameters. “First of all, the Mass is one my ‘desert island’ pieces,” he says. “Second, because of Covid it has been two years since I’ve conducted the May Festival Chorus, so I wanted a choral piece that is just as beloved for them.” On a musical level, Langrée looks at the two composers and senses a similar spirit at work. “Missy’s work is always grounded in musical tradition,” he says. “There is always a clear understanding where the roots of her techniques come from, and if you hear her works for voice, you ﬁnd a wonderful lyricism in the melodic lines. Mozart’s C Minor Mass, with its antiphonal chorus, has this wonderful Baroque gesture

When approached by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) about writing a new orchestral piece, Mark Simpson immediately knew he wanted to write a violin concerto for Nicola Benedetti. He knew it was going to be a significant Mark Simpson piece, and wanted it to be a statement, of sorts. Most of all, he wanted it to be something Benedetti would love to play and that would showcase her brilliance. The resulting concerto, premiered by Benedetti and the LSO in April 2021, has been called “an instant classic” by Bachtrack reviewer Benjamin Poore, who also called the work “remarkably open-hearted…generous and humane in its communicate impulse, effusive and candid but never sentimental.”

Nicola Benedetti with the London Symphony Orchestra in their June 2021 performance of Mark Simpson’s Violin Concerto. Credit: Mark Allan

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FEATURE: JMR and the Pops

Perpetually Pushing the Envelope at the Pops by DAVID LYMAN

incinnati Pops Conductor John Morris Russell can’t remember exactly when it was that he became aware of Erich Kunzel’s eclectic and wildly popular performances with the Orchestra. It had to have been in the late 1980s or early 90s, long before he was appointed CSO Associate Conductor in 1995. What he does remember was his reaction. “They have cloggers?” JMR recalls saying to the friend who had reported the unusual goingson. “I thought, really? Have they gone insane? But my friend assured me that they hadn’t. ‘No, really,’ he said. ‘It’s fantastic. You have to see it to believe it.’” Much has changed in the decades since JMR’s wide-eyed reaction so early in his career. For one thing, he is leading the Cincinnati Pops now, having been appointed a year after Kunzel passed away in 2009. But JMR’s admiration for the inventive programming that Kunzel brought to the world of Pops programming hasn’t dimmed at all. “Erich was always pushing the envelope, trying to ﬁgure out new ways to make creative partnerships.” So, over the years, Cincinnati Pops audiences became accustomed to a steady diet of performances that went far beyond the so-called “light classics.” There were jazz ensembles. And Broadway singers. There was ballet, too, and the cloggers that had surprised JMR so much.

John Morris Russell

“Erich was one of the ﬁrst to program ﬁlms with the Orchestra,” says JMR, rattling off a list of timeless movies, from Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera to Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin classics. Naysayers—there were still a few—accused Kunzel of turning the Pops into a three-ring circus. In 1998, he lived up to their fears when he programmed an evening with “Cirque de la Symphonie.” Kunzel had seen Cirque co-founder Alexander Streltsov in a show in Naples, Florida the previous year. And Kunzel, being the inveterate showman that he was, decided to bring the Russian acrobat and aerial artist to Cincinnati to perform with the Pops.

Aerialist Alexander Streltsov’s first collaboration with Erich Kunzel and the Pops in July 2005. Credit: Bryan Westbrook

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John Williams conducts the Pops at Riverbend in an evening of his music in August 2010.

“It was amazing,” says JMR. “But when Erich suggested it, everyone’s heads exploded. ‘Are you crazy?’ But he knew it would work. And he knew people would love it.” He was right, of course. And today, we take all this for granted. “People used to think of ‘Pops’ as being frivolous,” says JMR, growing more animated. This is a favorite subject of his and he’s just getting started. “The word ‘Pops’ comes from ‘popular.’ And that came from the Latin word ‘populus,’ which means ‘people.’ That’s what the Cincinnati Pops does—it brings people together. These concerts are for everyone.” Since that first appearance with the Cincinnati Pops more than two decades ago, Cirque de la Symphonie has become a regular with the Orchestra. “Once it got started, there was no stopping them,” says JMR. “Why don’t we have a Latinbased Cirque program? Or a Halloween Cirque program? Or an operatic-based program?” In January, we’ll have a chance to experience the newest incarnation of Cirque’s world— “Cirque Broadway.” “It’s a natural,” says Russell. “There is so much great Broadway music. And just thinking about the whole concept of Broadway…it’s a melding of musical styles: opera, jazz, American songbook, R&B. It’s music and theater. And that’s what we do.” It’s similar to the relationship between orchestras and film soundtracks, says Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton, who will conduct “The Music of John Williams” February 4-6. Except that where Broadway features multiverse songs intended to advance a plot line, film scores are made up of relatively short segments of music that support and enhance the images on the screen. Given his professional background, Gupton brings a singular understanding of the relationship between film and music. Besides being an in-demand conductor, he is also a top-flight actor, both onstage and in film. He recently finished an Apple TV production called The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey with Samuel L. Jackson. And when we reached him for this

article, he was in production for Super Pumped, about Uber founder Travis Kalanick, a film made by the creators of the Showtime series Billions. But in late December Gupton was able to abandon the soundstage long enough to conduct the Pops’ performance of John Williams’ score for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. “That was the second film I conducted with orchestra,” he says. “For some reason, each one gets harder.” Previously, he led the Pops in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. But even though Gupton is an accomplished film actor, it doesn’t give him an advantage in conducting film scores. When he is acting on a film set, Gupton has no idea what the accompanying music will be. Typically, film scores aren’t composed until well after the filming itself is completed. “I was working on The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey project and the whole time I was saying to myself ‘I wish I could hear the music score to what we were shooting,’” says Gupton. “I sometimes feel that if music was played it might add something to the performance.” Nonetheless, he relishes the opportunity to conduct the music from another Williams soundtrack. “His collaborations with Spielberg are golden and have clearly added to his success, of course,” says Gupton. “But his gift for melody and touching the human heart in many of his scores also contributes greatly to his genius as a composer for film.” He recalls a section of the Return of the Jedi score that takes place a few minutes into the second act of the stage presentation. “The orchestra begins to play, and then it goes on and on and on—for 57 minutes and 16 seconds nonstop. That’s 1,612 measures of music. He has everything in there—themes, fanfares, flourishes, motive, pace—it’s quite extraordinary.” It wasn’t just the volume and range of the music that was so impressive, says Gupton. Rather, it is Williams’ ability to become an essential element of the film’s dramatic substance. “A good score can become a character of the film,” says Gupton. “It can help fill in dramatic blanks, illuminate some magic, raise the blood pressure and then release it. You think of Herrmann or North or Morricone, marrying sounds to images so magnificently,” he says, talking of master composers Bernard Herrmann, Alex North and Ennio Morricone. And Williams, too—the film composer whose work he has come to know so intimately in recent years. “There are so many of his scores that hold really strong places in the soundtrack firmament,” he says. “Think about them: Star Wars, Raiders, Jurassic Park…. They’re amazing. And E.T.? My God, the moment those kids take off on the bicycles and fly? Priceless. It takes a musical genius to reflect the emotional magic that was on that screen. And Williams did it.” cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 11

FEATURE: Mr. Brady’s Opus

Mr. Brady’s Opus: Inspiring a New Generation and Bringing Music to the Community with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra by LAURA TRUJILLO

Andrew J. Brady

Andrew J. Brady (1915–2004) was known for inspiring the best. It was a time when the community looked forward to the spring variety show that he produced, showcasing the talents of their west side high school. He was known for bringing music to the people. It was a time when concerts at parks throughout Cincinnati and Hamilton County ﬁlled the air of summer weekends. So, it is a ﬁtting recognition for the man who encouraged so many students to better themselves in music as well as life that, in December 2021, the CSO announced two new large-scale programs named to honor his legacy: the Andrew J. Brady Neighborhood Concert Series, and the Andrew J. Brady Internship Program. “Andrew Brady’s love of music lives on,” says Jonathan Martin, president and CEO of the CSO. “Supported through an extraordinary gift from an anonymous donor, we can celebrate Mr. Brady’s lasting impact on our community.” To further elevate the visibility of Mr. Brady and honor his contributions to Cincinnati, the new music venue recently opened at The Banks alongside the Ohio River is being renamed The Andrew J. Brady Music Center. Opened in July 2021, the Brady Music Center has already hosted such artists as Earth, Wind & Fire, Nelly, and Jason Isbell, and will continue to serve as a centerpiece for the region’s music scene.

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The CSO will launch the Andrew J. Brady Neighborhood Concert Series this coming summer, with concert programs developed in collaborative partnership with neighborhood and community groups. And the Andrew J. Brady Internship Program, launched last fall, is training and mentoring students interested in pursuing an arts administration career. “Both of these initiatives will focus primarily on communities and individuals who have traditionally been underserved by, or not adequately represented in, the CSO. As such, they are emblematic of Mr. Brady’s commitment to bring music to everyone and include everyone,” Martin said. “He believed in the power of music to elevate life, and these programs will demonstrate his significance in our community.” If you were lucky enough to meet Brady, he would deflect the attention and instead focus on his students. While he was a talented musician—a composer and conductor, pianist and trumpeter—first and foremost, he was a teacher. “He was just a very good guy, someone you would have called a cool guy in those days,” said Joan Wilson, who graduated from Western Hills High School in 1956 and played the clarinet in the band. “Mr. Brady made the band so special that, to this day, if you meet someone who went to the school the next question you ask is if they were in the band. If so, there is a comradery that is there to this day.”

The Andrew J. Brady Music Center on The Banks.

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Brady graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and played at the Beverly Hills Supper Club with jazz musicians as well as with the conductor and entertainer Skitch Henderson, who provided music for the Tonight Show in the 1950s and 60s and who founded the New York Pops. But Brady’s greatest love—and proudest accomplishment—was encouraging and inspiring students at Western Hills High School as the band and orchestra director for 32 years,

from 1944 to 1976. He created new shows each week for half time at the football games, and he presented Bandwagon, the spring variety show that featured Rosemary and Betty Clooney in his ﬁrst year. Ask a Western Hills grad about Bandwagon and prepare for broad smiles and a meaningful trip down memory lane. His orchestra was so popular that in some of the photos, you will see nine French horns; most full orchestras might have four or ﬁve. “Everyone just wanted to be a part of Mr. ``

The Andrew J. Brady Internship Program Welcomes its 2021–22 Class When looking at the employee roster of a typical American symphony orchestra, it’s not unusual to observe a sea of predominantly white faces. “There’s no doubt that our Eurocentric heritage has contributed to the impression that classical music administration is not an inclusive endeavor. But just as our Diversity Fellowship in partnership with CCM aims to level the playing field on stage, to be truly reflective of the greater world around us, we also need to address this issue behind the scenes,” says CSO President & CEO Jonathan Martin. The Andrew J. Brady Internship Program is tackling that challenge head-on, providing hands-on experience, dedicated mentorship, and skills training to students over the course of a full academic cycle. The idea is to build a pipeline of young workers who can take what they’re learning at the CSO and apply it in the workforce. “We started a prototype of the program last season,” says Martin, “and it was so successful we ended up hiring two of our interns to our full-time staff— Kelly Barefield is our Orchestra Personnel and Operations Manager, and Amanda Franklin is our Community Engagement Manager. We couldn’t be more proud of their contributions to the Orchestra.”

The Orchestra just welcomed its 2021–22 class of interns: Olivia Cleri, Artistic, has a Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance from Temple University and is a pursuing an MA/MBA from CCM. She has served as Department Program Specialist at Boyer College of Music and Dance at her alma mater; Operations Director at ENAensemble in Philadelphia; and taught privately at Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT. Liz Donges, Communications, is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations at the University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences. Her previous internship experience is in communications and social media with INX International and Kings SAY Soccer. D’Ante McNeal, Philanthropy, is pursuing his Master of Arts Leadership and Cultural Management degree at Colorado State University. He previously interned with Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps,

the Lexington Philharmonic and the Eastern Music Festival working in tour management, operations and fundraising capacities. He is also the Board Chair of the Alpenglow Music Program in Colorado Springs, CO. Camryn Morrow, Community Engagement, is a fourthyear Human Development and Community Engagement student at the University of Cincinnati. She previously completed the Americans for the Arts Diversity in Arts Leadership internship program and has interned at the Grunin Foundation, the Wyoming Fine Arts Center, and Breakthrough Cincinnati. Jaime Sharp, Marketing, graduated from University of Michigan and is pursuing a Master of Music in Voice at CCM. She is a member of Opera Leaders of Color with OPERA America, the 2021–22 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research Fellow for the Association of Arts Administration Educators, and Administrative Manager for the Black Opera Alliance.

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Brady’s world,” said Bill Schroeder, who played ﬁrst clarinet in Mr. Brady’s orchestra in the late 1950s. “He made you want to be better.” Brady’s award-winning bands included students who went on to careers on Broadway (Harvey Hohnecker, who later went by Harvey Evan, tap danced in the Bandwagon and appeared in the original Broadway production of West Side Story), taught music themselves, or played in professional orchestras. Bill Schroeder’s big brother, Ray, played in New York’s Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 years. For years, Brady took music beyond the high school walls and into parks around Cincinnati, with outdoor summer concerts. His inﬂuence was felt equally by those who pursued music and those who didn’t. “He was a moral and ethical role model—probably the best in the entire school,” Schroeder, a Cincinnati attorney said. “You didn’t horse around in that class. Not just because of Mr. Brady, but the other students respected him so much that they wouldn’t let you get away with it.” Wilson said that in the seventh grade she tried out for the choir and within one minute it was clear that she couldn’t carry a tune. “They sent me across the hall to Mr. Brady’s room. He came out with his old metal beat up clarinet that I knew nothing about. He never lost his cool no matter

how bad we all were. And somehow, he got me playing so well that I was in the band.” Wilson played the clarinet through high school and for four years in the marching band at the University of Cincinnati. While she never picked it up again, it remains in her closet as a reminder of the good times, “and I might just need to ﬁnd someone to give it to.” Wilson said she loves that the music center was named after a simple and humble man whose talents touched so many students. What seemed to please Brady most was simple: seeing music become part of everyone’s life. Brady continued to play music, especially the piano, into his retirement at the home where he lived with his wife. He died in 2004, a week after his 89th birthday. “It was a different world when he taught, but you had to have inspiration—he was certainly an inspiration to all of us,” Schroeder said. “We needed role models and we still do. Now, the music venue named for Mr. Brady and his story will inspire another generation of music lovers and fans of truly memorable characters in our lives.” The inaugural Andrew J. Brady Neighborhood Concert Series dates are slated for Sunday, June 19 in Westwood; Thursday, July 14 in Bond Hill; Saturday July 16 in West End; and Saturday, August 6 in Evanston. Stay tuned for details!

The Andrew J. Brady Neighborhood Concert Series will foster community partnerships throughout Cincinnati. Pictured: Kathy Wade, JMR and JD Allen take a bow following the Crown Jewels of Jazz at Bond Hill, August 2021. Credit: Mark Lyons

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SPOTLIGHT: A Shared Humanity

Dawson, Beethoven & Bernstein: A Shared Humanity by ANNE ARENSTEIN

Out of Obscurity: William L. Dawson’s The Negro Folk Symphony by ANNE ARENSTEIN

James Conlon, ©Bonnie Perkinson

In an industry where conductors are often akin to ships passing in the night, May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon and Louis Langrée have known each other for more than 25 years. “I have great admiration for James,” Langrée said. “He is generous, supportive—he embodies that humanity. I always love when music says something bigger than itself and his program is a perfect example of this.” At first glance, the works in Conlon’s program might seem unconnected, but they find common ground in their themes. Each is an expression of cultural identity. Conlon calls the program’s structure “no accident,” having built it to echo a program focusing on brotherhood he had created for the 2002 May Festival, the year after a police shooting sparked riots in downtown Cincinnati. William Dawson’s The Negro Folk Symphony is an astonishing work that garnered great critical acclaim at its 1934 Carnegie Hall premiere with The Philadelphia Orchestra before falling into relative obscurity (see sidebar). Although the late Michael Morgan conducted the first movement for the CSO’s 2011 Classical Roots concert, these performances mark the Orchestra’s first performance of the entire symphony. Conlon, a passionate advocate for suppressed music, discovered it while investigating neglected Black composers in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, an updated recasting of continued, p. 16

In a program note he penned for The Negro Symphony for its Carnegie Hall premiere with Leopold Stokowski and The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934, William L. Dawson wanted listeners to know his work was “unmistakably not the work of a white man.” He wrote, “In this composition, the composer has employed three themes taken from typical melodies over which he has brooded since childhood, having learned them at his mother’s knee.” Dawson challenged the conventional symphonic form, constructing his William L. Dawson work in three movements. “I love that he did that,” said Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Distinguished University Professor of Musicology at Miami University. “And the narrative he tries to tell is so compelling.” James Conlon acknowledges that he hadn’t heard the piece until George Floyd’s murder led him to investigate neglected Black composers. Although the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák made a famous admonition to American composers to seek their own material, Conlon cites a story about a performance of the New World Symphony Dawson attended. “He was angered by what I guess he perceived as the use of indigenous people’s music or the references that were made. He felt, why not us? And of course, he was right.” “You’ll definitely hear fragments that are reminiscent of Dvořák. And of course, the extended English horn solo at the beginning of the second movement suggests Dvořák, at least in the background.” `` cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 15

SPOTLIGHT: A Shared Humanity

James Conlon leads the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1, Winter Daydreams, in November 2019. Credit: Lee Snow

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is an orchestral adaption of the classic musical. For Conlon, the story of mutual intolerance between two families that led to the deaths of their starcrossed children, “makes a statement in itself, a condemnation, a symbol of the senselessness of prejudice.” Conlon chose to bookend these pieces with two overtures from Beethoven, whose longing

for shared humanity is evident in several of his symphonic works and even more directly in Fidelio, his only opera. “It’s the story of a brave and heroic woman, the wife of a political prisoner, who dresses up as a young man and sneaks into a dungeon to help free him,” Conlon explained. “It’s particularly timely, a statement against tyrants and of turning people into political prisoners.”

Dawson’s The Negro Folk Symphony, cont. Dr. Kernodle noted that Dawson revised his symphony in 1952, after he visited West Africa and as the emerging civil rights movement in America forced its citizens to confront racial injustice anew. “You have this person born at the turn of the century who’s been a part of the spaces of insularity that blossomed into this creativity, and he goes to this place that’s an ancestral homeland. He has an awakening and that’s what you hear, this kind of raw acknowledgment of this cultural link that had been missing.” For Conlon, the most astonishing question about Dawson is—“and we probably know the answer—how is it possible that a young man, having written such an excellent and accomplished first symphony, is ignored? His command of form, his mastery of orchestration is all there. How and why did he not write more symphonies, why were there 16 | FANFARE CINCINNATI | cincinnatisymphony.org

no more commissions, why was this piece not played more after its successful premiere?” Dr. Kernodle suggested that while racism was a major obstacle, Dawson was becoming renowned Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle, as a choral arranger of Miami University (Ohio) spirituals, many of which are now classics performed by choirs worldwide. Very few American composers, Black or white, composed symphonies that were programmed during the mid to late 20th century, Dr. Kernodle said. These performances mark Conlon’s third time leading the Symphony. “I would love to see it come into the repertory, and I believe it will,” he said. “It shouldn’t take something terrible to happen to awaken our consciences.”

BEHIND THE SCORE

When the World Stopped, These Artists Didn’t by KEN SMITH

Leila Josefowicz and Matthias Pintscher For years, Leila Josefowicz had been pursuing Matthias Pintscher for a violin concerto, and for years Pintscher always turned and ran in the opposition direction. “I’ve always admired Leila, the way she gives everything in the moment,” he says. “We can play three shows and each of them will be completely different. I ﬁnd that very appealing.” But as for composing a piece, Pintscher Leila Josefowicz performed had written two violin Thomas Ades’ Violin Concerto, Concentric Paths, in February concertos within 10 2019 with Louis Langrée years and didn’t feel conducting. Credit: Lee Snow he had enough material for a third. Soon, orchestras started calling with the same request. Then Covid hit. He was sitting in his West Village apartment in New York when she called again.

Jennifer Koh and Missy Mazzoli Violinist Jennifer Koh and composer Missy Mazzoli’s first meeting in 2009 resulted in Dissolve, O My Heart, a solo riff on a Bach Chaconne that became Mazzoli’s first truly high-profile commission (from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) and a cornerstone in Koh’s “Bach and Beyond” project. But what both New Yorkers remember most about that night was the food. “Dinner at Grand Sichuan and cupcakes at Billy’s Bakery,” Koh recalls. “A whole culinary tour of Chelsea,” Mazzoli muses. They also discovered a kindred sense of esthetics and social calling, which later led to compatible non-profit endeavors. Koh created her Arca Collaborative to generate a more inclusive range of new repertory; Mazzoli co-founded the Luna Composition Lab to address gender imbalance among professional composers. “It’s always rewarding to work with people with a mission,” Koh maintains. “I should add, we’re also great friends and call each other all the time,” says Mazzoli. “We gossip, we commiserate. Ideas for projects just come up naturally and organically in conversation.” Enough works, in fact, to fill full collaborative

“Leila asked, ‘Are you also sitting at home, not doing anything? Why don’t you at least write me a solo piece?’ I said, ‘Honey, I’m going to sit down and write it tonight.’” Josefowicz soon livestreamed the premiere of Pintscher’s La Linea Evocativa for solo violin from New York’s Hauser & Wirth Gallery, in collaboration with the artist George Condo, whose work was on exhibit. Then she called Pintscher again: “Matthias, don’t you think there’s enough great material here for your third concerto?” “She tricked me,” Pintscher exclaims, laughing. “But I realized she was absolutely right.” It was the right call, at precisely the right time. After 20 years of being constantly on the road as a conductor and musical curator, Pintscher found his life put abruptly on pause. “After the initial shock, and then several very dark months, this was a lifesaver,” he says. “That constant interaction with Leila gave me the structure to stop drowning in anxiety and just get up and write. Alliances like Leila and Cincinnati that reinforce your sanity and trust are always important, but after the past two years they’re more valuable than ever.” continued, p. 54

evenings (most recently in late October at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre). So when Koh called to check in with Mazzoli earlier this year in the midst of the pandemic, their chats soon turned to a new collaboration. “I’d already written a violin concerto, a reworking of my double bass concerto,” Mazzoli says. “But I really wanted to write a long, meaty work for violin and orchestra, and I wanted it to be for her.” Mazzoli also wanted to embrace the pandemic—or at least deal with the emo- Missy Mazzoli, ©Marylene Mey tional trials of the past year in a healthy and productive way. “I’m interested in how we’ve reacted emotionally to situations like this historically,” she says. “We now have a new and vivid connection to the rituals we’ve created in the past to ward off, deal with, or accept cataclysmic events.” In her Violin Concerto, Mazzoli positions her continued, p. 54 cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 17

MAC MUSIC INNOVATOR

MAC Welcomes a New Music Innovator The Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC) is a group of diverse community leaders whose mission is to foster and increase awareness of CSO programs. Through diverse music programs, educational and community partnerships, scholarships for talented, underrepresented student musicians, and audience development initiatives, MAC aims to change the face of orchestral music. MAC volunteers support this ongoing work by providing leadership and guidance for CSO diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, by helping to increase the awareness of CSO and Pops programs, and by recognizing and elevating talented musicians from diverse backgrounds. Since 2018, MAC has worked alongside the CSO to help amplify African American classical musicians who embody artistry, innovation, and commitment to education and community engagement, through a year-long music residency as the MAC Music Innovator. Supported by MAC, the MAC Music Innovator participates in chamber music performances in schools and throughout the Cincinnati community.

This year, MAC is pleased to announce Antoine T. Clark as the 2022 MAC Music Innovator. An awardwinning conductor known for his engaging stage presence and advocacy for arts education, Antoine is currently the assistant conductor of the Wheeling Sym- Antoine T. Clark, ©Jennifer Zmuda phony Orchestra and founding artistic and music director of the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra. He is a supporter of new music and interdisciplinary artistic collaborations, regularly commissions new works, and engages artists from various practices to create dynamic programming that inspires, fosters music education, and establishes relationships between artists and communities. A list of MAC members is on page 59.

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SPOTLIGHT: Tango and City Noir

Tango and City Noir at the CSO by ANNE ARENSTEIN

In February, conductor/violinist John Storgårds makes a return appearance and Latvian accordion virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova makes her Cincinnati debut in a program encompassing Ksenija Sidorova, ©John Kentish Philip Glass’s The Canyon, John Adams’ City Noir and Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s Aconcagua, originally written for bandoneón, a smaller bellows instrument that uses wooden reeds. “That’s the instrument Piazzolla played and for which he wrote his tango nuevo,” Sidorova explained. “I never try to imitate the sound because I want to bring something new to the piece.” Aconcagua premiered in 1979 with Piazzolla on bandoneón. His publisher added the moniker, saying, “This is the peak of Astor’s

oeuvre and the highest peak in South America is Aconcagua.” “The audience is in for a treat!” Sidorova laughed. “I love playing it and I know orchestras love it, too, because although it’s a serious work, they enjoy playing this tango with improvisations.” Rounding out the program are two firsts for the CSO: Philip Glass’ The Canyon and John Adams’ City Noir. Adams said his three-movement symphony was inspired by Kevin Starr’s histories of California, particularly during the era of film noir, happily describing the work as a film score. “I invite the listener to make up his or her own film to go with it,” John Adams, ©Margaretta Mitchell Adams said.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: Under One Roof

Under One Roof: The African American Experience in Music Hall by TYLER M. SECOR

or many years, Friends of Music Hall (FOMH) Board Member Thea Tjepkema has been digging through newspapers, program books, archives, historical documents and account ledgers, and talking with historians and Cincinnatians to reconstruct the various histories of Music Hall. Her curiosity and diligent research of all things Music Hall prompted the FOMH to name her Archivist and Historian this fall. One of the untold narratives Tjepkema continues to uncover is the African American history of Music Hall. Tjepkema says the catalyst for this project was (her husband) John Morris Russell’s quest for

Fountain Lewis, The Cincinnati Enquirer, April 11, 1897, Sissieretta Jones, 1899, Metropolitan Printing Co., Library of Congress

information as he was working to program the CSO’s ﬁrst Classical Roots concert following the Music Hall renovation. “John wanted to understand the African American performers, athletes and public ﬁgures who appeared at and had an impact on the Hall’s history. As I researched, I started uncovering the inspiring—and often painful—nearly 150 years of undocumented history of the African American experience in Music Hall, which opened a new dialogue about what this building means to Cincinnati.” This story, however, doesn’t begin with the bright lights on the Music Hall stage; instead, it starts with a donor list and a haircut.

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In 1875 Reuben Springer gave the initial $125,000 donation to kick-start the fund to build Music Hall with the stipulation that the same amount would be donated by the community. At the grand opening of Music Hall on May 14, 1878, Julius Dexter, chairman of the building committee, spoke to the 6,000-person crowd squeezed into the 4,428-seat auditorium about the gift that Springer made, saying, “It is not the amount of the gift which especially entitles him to our gratitude. Other persons may have given as much, possibly, in proportion to their means more. Who may say that the contribution of the colored barber, or the hard-working mechanic of a rolling mill, is not the equal in liberality with any thousand dollars, or even with the largest sum given?” Tjepkema scoured the papers and the Cincinnati Music Hall Association’s 1877 annual report of donors looking for the name of this African American barber. Ultimately, she found not only his name, but a remarkable story of altruism and dedication to family, community, and church in Fountain Lewis. An entrepreneur for over 50 years, Lewis established his shop on Fourth Street, where he was the barber for prominent Cincinnati men. In an 1897 Cincinnati Enquirer story, Lewis was quoted as saying, “Grand and magniﬁcent men were customers of mine at that same old shop. There was Reuben R. Springer— and he got me to be one of the subscribers in the fund to build the Music Hall, and you can depend on it I’m mighty proud of the fact now.”

Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds in Music Hall, Ad, The Union, April 16, 1921

BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT: Under One Roof

Hopefully, Mr. Lewis was in the audience March 10–12, 1893, to hear the first African American soloist perform on the stage of Music Hall. Fresh from a performance in Carnegie Hall, Sissieretta Jones made her Cincinnati debut at a Friday matinee to an audience the Enquirer described as the “best element of white and colored citizens,” in their review. Mme. Jones performed arias from Bellini’s Norma, Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine, and her popular ovation Comin’ thro’ the Rye. The crowd and critics loved her, declaring her performance as the best given in Cincinnati in some time. The “Queen of the Blues,” Mamie Smith, born eight blocks south of Music Hall, was the headliner on April 16, 1921, kicking open the door to the Jazz Age on the Springer Auditorium stage. Seven years later, the Greystone opened as America’s largest ballroom with room for 5,000 dancers on the second ﬂoor of the South Hall of Music Hall (the current Music Hall Ballroom) presenting a veritable “who’s who” of prominent African American jazz artists. On the same day, a 6,000-seat sports arena opened in the North Hall of Music Hall, where for the next 30–40 years prominent amateur and professional Black boxers were literally ﬁghting to break down the color barrier. One

of those boxers was World Champion, “Cincinnati Cobra,” Ezzard Charles, who began his amateur and professional career in the North Hall. “Piecing together these stories laid bare many uncomfort- Ezzard Charles, reemusboxing.com able truths that are part of our city’s history,” says Tjepkema, “but at the same time revealed a world of music and artistry within Music Hall that must be brought to light and celebrated.” Tjepkema has collected many more stories of the African American experience in the three buildings that are under the one roof of Music Hall. To learn more of this fascinating history, the Friends of Music Hall offers in-depth blog posts, and Under One Roof: The African American Experience in Music Hall, one of several presentations offered through their Speakers Series. Visit friendsofmusichall.org for more information.

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ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

LOUIS LANGRÉE, Music Director

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Pops Conductor

Louis Langrée has been Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 2013. His two most recent CSO recordings, Transatlantic and Concertos for Orchestra, were Grammynominated for Best Orchestral Performance, and several of his other recordChris Lee 2021 ings have received awards, including Gramophone, Diapason d’Or and International Classical Music awards. He is also Music Director of the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, recently appointed Director of Théâtre national de l’Opéra Comique, and is invited as a guest conductor by the most prestigious orchestras and opera houses, including the Berlin, Vienna, London, Tokyo and New York Philharmonic orchestras and the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Bavarian State Opera. Louis Langrée is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Honorary Member of the Confrérie Saint-Étienne d’Alsace, an Alsatian wine-makers’ brotherhood dating back to the 14th century.

In his 11th year as conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell continues to redeﬁne the American orchestral experience, leading performances at Music Hall and concerts throughout the region, as well as domestic and international tours, cultivating the reputation of Greater Cincinnati as one of the world’s leading cultural centers. His visionary leadership of The Pops created the American Originals Project, which has garnered critical and popular acclaim in two landmark concert productions and subsequent recordings. JMR has contributed six albums to the recorded legacy of the Cincinnati Pops, including the latest, Voyage, which debuted at No. 6 on Billboard’s Classical Chart in August of 2019. JMR also serves as Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and is Conductor Laureate of the Windsor (Ontario) Symphony Orchestra.

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LOUIS LANGRÉE, CSO Music Director Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, Pops Conductor Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chair

Matthias Pintscher, CSO Creative Partner Damon Gupton, Pops Principal Guest Conductor François López-Ferrer, CSO Associate Conductor Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

Wilbur Lin, Pops Assistant Conductor Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair

FIRST VIOLINS Stefani Matsuo

CELLOS Ilya Finkelshteyn

CLARINETS Christopher Pell

TIMPANI Patrick Schleker

Concertmaster Anna Sinton Taft Chair

Principal Irene & John J. Emery Chair

Principal Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair

Charles Morey

Daniel Culnan*

Principal Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair

Joseph Morris*

Acting Associate Principal

Associate Principal and E-ﬂat Clarinet Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair++

[OPEN]

Acting Associate Concertmaster Tom & Dee Stegman Chair

Philip Marten First Assistant Concertmaster James M. Ewell Chair++

Eric Bates

Ona Hixson Dater Chair

Norman Johns** Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair

Matthew Lad§ Marvin Kolodzik Chair

Second Assistant Concertmaster Serge Shababian Chair

Susan Marshall-Petersen

Kathryn Woolley

Hiro Matsuo Theodore Nelson

Nicholas Tsimaras– Peter G. Courlas Chair++

Anna Reider Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair

Mauricio Aguiar§ Minyoung Baik James Braid Marc Bohlke Chair given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke

Michelle Edgar Dugan Rebecca Kruger Fryxell Gerald Itzkoff Jean Ten Have Chair

Lois Reid Johnson Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair++

Sylvia Mitchell Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair

Luo-Jia Wu SECOND VIOLINS Gabriel Pegis Principal Al Levinson Chair

Yang Liu* Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair

Scott Mozlin** Henry Meyer Chair

Kun Dong Cheryl Benedict Evin Blomberg§ Rachel Charbel Ida Ringling North Chair

Elizabeth Furuta† Chika Kinderman Hyesun Park Paul Patterson Charles Gausmann Chair++

Stacey Woolley Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair++

VIOLAS Christian Colberg Principal Louise D. & Louis Nippert Chair

Paul Frankenfeld* Grace M. Allen Chair

Julian Wilkison** Rebecca Barnes§ Christopher Fischer Stephen Fryxell Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair

Caterina Longhi Denisse Rodriguez-Rivera Joanne Wojtowicz

Laura Kimble McLellan Chair++

Peter G. Courlas– Nicholas Tsimaras Chair++

Alan Rafferty Ruth F. Rosevear Chair

BASSES Owen Lee Principal Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair++

James Lambert* Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair

Matthew Zory, Jr.**+ Trish & Rick Bryan Chair

Boris Astaﬁev§ Ronald Bozicevich Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair

Rick Vizachero HARP Gillian Benet Sella Principal Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair

Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in Honor of William A. Friedlander

BASS CLARINET Ronald Aufmann BASSOONS Christopher Sales

CONTRABASSOON Jennifer Monroe

Julie Spangler+

FRENCH HORNS Elizabeth Freimuth

CSO/CCM DIVERSITY FELLOWS~ Maalik Glover, violin Mwakudua waNgure, violin Tyler McKisson, viola Javier Otalora, viola Max Oppeltz-Carroz, cello Luis Parra, cello Samantha Powell, cello Luis Arturo Celis Avila, bass Amy Nickler, bass

James P. Thornton Chair

Principal Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

[OPEN]* Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair

Molly Norcross** Acting Associate Principal Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

Lisa Conway Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair

TRUMPETS Robert Sullivan

Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair

Principal Rawson Chair

Douglas Lindsay* Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair

Steven Pride

Lon Bussell* Stephen P. McKean Chair

Emily Beare ENGLISH HORN Christopher Philpotts Principal Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair++

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

KEYBOARDS Michael Chertock

Henrik Heide*† Haley Bangs

Principal Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair

Michael Culligan* [OPEN]*

Martin Garcia* Hugh Michie

Charles Bell

OBOES Dwight Parry

Principal Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair

Marc Wolﬂey+

Principal Charles Frederic Goss Chair

Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair

PERCUSSION David Fishlock

Principal Emalee Schavel Chair++

Duane Dugger

PICCOLO [OPEN]

Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair

Ixi Chen

FLUTES Randolph Bowman

Jane & David Ellis Chair

Michael Culligan

Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Chair++

James P. Thornton Chair

LIBRARIANS Christina Eaton Acting Principal Librarian Lois Klein Jolson Chair

Elizabeth Dunning Acting Associate Principal Librarian

Ellen Ogihara Interim Assistant Librarian

STAGE MANAGERS Brian P. Schott Phillip T. Sheridan Daniel Schultz Andrew Sheridan

Christopher Kiradjieff TROMBONES Cristian Ganicenco Principal Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair

Joseph Rodriguez** Second/Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONE Peter Norton

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TUBA Christopher Olka Principal Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair

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VAE ARTIST INSIGHTS I am overjoyed to welcome you back to the dynamic choral art of Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble. The extraordinary vocal artists and I have been eagerly anticipating your return, our cherished listeners and friends, to our first live and in-person performances in nearly two years. Indeed, we celebrate this reunion with you and with this great music. I have often shared with colleagues that Cincinnati audience members are truly some of the most passionate and engaged listeners I have encountered. We are profoundly grateful to be together with you again. This weekend’s concerts are intended to be both concert and a reunion–gathering ritual. We have chosen to experience this first outing back with you in Wilks Studio here in Music Hall, with the intention that we can cocreate a space where we will feel surrounded by the music and close with one another. The program holds reflections of where we have been together, and it also expresses our vision as an ensemble to honor and celebrate music from a broad spectrum of composers and creators—especially carrying forth the music of underrepresented voices. A solo voice begins the program with the words of the American hymn tune, “It sounds an echo in my soul, How can I keep from singing?” We then sing the exquisite motet of remembrance from Heinrich Schütz, Selig sind die Toten, followed by his joyful double chorus work, Jauchzet dem Herren. I composed “Song from the Road,” set to a text by Michael Dennis Brown about journeys and hope: “Open our lives to everything growing, How shall we say this grace?” The powerful work “Say Her Name” by Alysia Lee is followed by Caroline Shaw’s hauntingly beautiful “And the Swallow.” The first half is completed with John Clements’ tender “Flower of Beauty” and the thrilling setting by Shawn Kirchner of “Sweet Rivers.” The second half of the program is entirely devoted to the world premiere of Moira Smiley’s imaginative and deeply engaging work, The Song Among Us. It is special to be able to share Moira’s new offering with you. When she and I spoke many months ago, I asked her if she could compose a secular liturgy, something uniquely suited to our first time back together. She created something truly unique, which will give us all an opportunity to acknowledge the significance of our shared experience and our love for music, and which also helps us take 28 | FANFARE CINCINNATI | cincinnatisymphony.org

this ﬁrst step back in shaping the vision for our future together. —Craig Hella Johnson, VAE Music Director The Song Among Us: This inclusive, secular liturgy is loosely structured on two ceremonies of transformation: The ﬁve movements of a Mass and the structure of a mediation or therapy session. In an attempt to honor our hope that music can transform us even just a little—even for a moment—the singers fold input from the audience into the performance. As the audience enters the lobby or performance space, they are invited to beautifully decorated tables where they can write answers to eight quick questions. The performers will also answer these questions. Four questions around grief and four around gratitude are written to connect audience members and performers, and to create a piece together that is unique to the people in that space at that time. What is the Song Among Us? —Moira Smiley

VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE, January 2022 Sopranos Kathryn Albertson Kemper Florin Chelsea Helm Erin Keesy Murrella Parton Kathlene Ritch Diane Walters

Tenors Douglas Easterling Michael Jones Andrew Miller Rich Schnipke Shane Thomas Jason Vest

Altos Lara Alami Caroline Keith Grace Kiver Lauren McAllister Amber Voss Lianna Williams Laura Mercado Wright

Basses Simon Barrad Ben Flanders Jon Gentry Stephen Hanna Trevor Kroeger Thom Mariner John Proft Marques Ruff Ross Tamaccio Sean Taylor

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VAE: THE SONG AMONG US | 2021–2022 SEASON SAT JAN 8, 4 pm | SUN JAN 9, 5 pm Harry T. Wilks Studio, Music Hall CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON conductor Robert LOWRY

How Can I Keep from Singing?

(1862–1899)

Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585–1672)

Selig sind die Toten Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100)

Craig Hella JOHNSON

Song from the Road

(b. 1962)

John CLEMENTS

Flower of Beauty

(1910–1986)

Alysia LEE

Say Her Name

Caroline SHAW

And the Swallow

(b. 1982)

Shawn KIRCHNER

Sweet Rivers

(b. 1970)

PAUSE

Moira SMILEY

The Song Among Us WORLD PREMIERE, VAE COMMISSION

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit vaecinci.com/song-among-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The Vocal Arts Ensemble is grateful to Concert Sponsor The Willard & Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation. The Vocal Arts Ensemble is grateful for the support of the following: Ohio Arts Council ArtsWave Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The John C. Griswold Foundation The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 29

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DAWSON, BEETHOVEN & BERNSTEIN: A Shared Humanity | 2021–2022 SEASON SAT JAN 8, 7:30 pm SUN JAN 9, 2 pm Music Hall

JAMES CONLON conductor Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72 (1770–1827)

William DAWSON

The Negro Folk Symphony

(1899–1990)

The Bond of Africa Hope in the Night O Le’ Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star

INTERMISSION

Leonard BERNSTEIN

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

(1918–1990)

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

These performances will end at approximately 9:30 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday. For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/dawson-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson. WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC May 1, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 31

GUEST ARTIST: Jan 8–9 JAMES CONLON, conductor One of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, James Conlon has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic and choral repertoire. He has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra since his debut with the New ©Bonnie Perkinson York Philharmonic in 1974. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous essays and commentaries, frequent television appearances and guest speaking engagements, Conlon is one of classical music’s most recognized interpreters. Conlon is Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera (since 2006), where he recently extended his contract through 2025, and Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (since 2021). He has been Principal Conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Torino, Italy; Principal Conductor of the Paris Opera; General Music Director of the City of Cologne, Germany, simultaneously leading the Gürzenich Orchestra and the Cologne Opera; Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; and Music Director of Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. He is Music Director Laureate of the Cincinnati May Festival, where he was Music Director for 37

SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE —————

MAR 25–27, 2022 FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm

years (1979–2016). As a guest conductor at The Metropolitan Opera, he has led more than 270 performances since his 1976 debut. For his devotion to extensive programming of lesser-known works of composers silenced by the Nazi regime, James Conlon received the 1999 Vienna-based Zemlinsky Prize, the 2013 Roger E. Joseph Prize at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, and the 2007 Crystal Globe Award from the Anti-Defamation League. His work on behalf of suppressed composers led to the creation of The OREL Foundation, the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School, and a recent virtual TEDx Talk titled “Resurrecting Forbidden Music.” Conlon’s extensive discography and videography can be found on the Bridge, Capriccio, Decca, EMI, Erato, and Sony Classical labels. His recordings of LA Opera productions have received four Grammy Awards, two each for Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles and Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. James Conlon was named Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana by Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and, in 2002, accepted France’s highest honor, the Legion d’Honneur. jamesconlon.com

CLASSICAL ROOTS —————

APR 22, 2022 FRI 7:30 pm John Morris Russell conductor

Louis Langrée conductor Eighth Blackbird

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LA VALSE & SIMPSON PREMIERE | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI JAN 14, 11 am SAT JAN 15, 7:30 pm Music Hall

LOUIS LANGRÉE conductor NICOLA BENEDETTI violin Richard STRAUSS

Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59

(1864–1949)

Maurice RAVEL

La valse

(1875–1937)

INTERMISSION

Mark SIMPSON

Violin Concerto U.S. PREMIERE

(b. 1988)

These performances will end at approximately 12:45 pm Friday, 9:15 pm Saturday. For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/lavalse-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson. WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC May 8, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 33

ARTISTS: Jan 14–15 NICOLA BENEDETTI, violin

MARK SIMPSON, composer

Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences, and her wide appeal as an advocate for classical music, have made her one of the most inﬂuential artists of today. In 2021–22, Benedetti ©Andy Gotts opens the Barbican Centre’s season and, among others, collaborates with the London Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Cincinnati Symphony. Other season highlights include engagements with the LA Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, play-directing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and tours to Spain with the Philharmonia Orchestra and to Asia with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Benedetti was appointed a CBE in 2019. In January 2020, she launched The Benedetti Foundation, delivering sessions providing tutorials and inspirational workshops. Nicola Benedetti plays the Gariel Stradivarius (1717), courtesy of Jonathan Moulds. nicolabenedetti.co.uk

Mark Simpson has established himself as a major ﬁgure in the contemporary music world. As a clarinetist and composer, he is committed to new music, and his compositions have been performed at the BBC Proms, Salzburg and Edinburgh International Festivals, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre London, among others. Simpson’s most recent composition is his Violin Concerto, which has its U.S. premiere this weekend. Other recent works include his Clarinet Concerto (2019), Cello Concerto (2018) and The Immortal (2015), which received its North American premiere with the Cincinnati May Festival. Born in Liverpool in 1988, Simpson became the ﬁrst winner of both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year competitions (2006). He studied Music at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and composition with Julian Anderson at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama before being selected for representation by the Young Classical Artists Trust. Mark Simpson’s compositions are published by Boosey & Hawkes. marksimpsonmusic.com

Chamber Players:

BEETHOVEN

IN SPRINGTIME

MOZART & MAZZOLI PREMIERE —————

MAR 11–12, 2022 FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor Jennifer Koh violin May Festival Chorus

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FRI APR 1 KODÁLY Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7 BARTÓK Contrasts BEETHOVEN Septet in E-ﬂat Major, Op. 20

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CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI JAN 21, 7:30 pm | SAT JAN 22, 7:30 pm | SUN JAN 23, 2 pm Music Hall

CIRQUE GOES BROADWAY John Morris Russell, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie

Dizzying heights and Broadway lights come together for a captivating Pops & Cirque collaboration. Marvel at the eye-popping feats of Cirque’s mesmerizing acrobats with JMR and the Pops performing top Broadway hits to accompany contortionists, balancers, tumblers and athletes on aerial silks—defying gravity and doing the seemingly impossible. The program for this week’s concert will be available online at cincinnatipops.org/cirqueprogram and in a printed program supplement available at the auditorium entrances Jan. 21–23.

For additional details about this concert and full artist biographies, visit cincinnatipops.org/cirque-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Sponsor PNC. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. WVXU is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 37

GUEST ARTISTS: Jan 21–23 CIRQUE de la SYMPHONIE Cirque de la Symphonie brings the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an exciting adaptation of artistic performances widely seen in theaters and arenas everywhere. Artists include the most amazing veterans of exceptional cirque programs throughout the world—aerial ﬂyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen.

Each artist’s performance is professionally choreographed to classical masterpieces and popular contemporary music in collaboration with live orchestral accompaniment. cirquedelasymphonie.com

Credit: Cirque de la Symphonie Cirque de la Symphonie with the Pops in March 2018. Credit: Lee Snow

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

CYNTHIA

ERIVO John Morris Russell, conductor

MAR 29 | Music Hall

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PINTSCHER PREMIERE & RACHMANINOFF | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI JAN 28, 7:30 pm SAT JAN 29, 7:30 pm Music Hall

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, conductor LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, violin Matthias PINTSCHER

Assonanza WORLD PREMIERE, CSO CO-COMMISSION

(b. 1971)

Sergei RACHMANINOFF (1873–1943)

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Non allegro—Lento—Tempo I Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) Lento assai—Allegro vivace

There is no intermission. These performances will end at approximately 8:40 pm.

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/pintscher-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group and Encore Sponsor Chemed Corporation. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson. WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC May 15, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 39

GUEST ARTISTS: Jan 28–29 MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, conductor

LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, violin

Matthias Pintscher is Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain in Paris. In 2020–21, he also began a three-season appointment as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Creative Partner. Known equally as one of today’s foremost compos©Franck Ferville ers, Pintscher’s works are frequently commissioned and performed by major international orchestras. Pintscher opened his 2021–22 season as the “Theme Composer” of Suntory Hall’s (Tokyo) 2021 festival, including the world premiere of his work neharot; he debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, Lahti Symphony and Musikkollegium Winterthur and returns to the Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Barcelona Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Holland Festival, Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Boulez Ensemble. Pintscher began his musical training in conducting, studying with Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös in his early 20s, during which time composing soon took a more prominent role in his life. matthiaspintscher.com

Leila Josefowicz’s passionate advocacy of contemporary music for the violin is reﬂected in her diverse programs and enthusiasm for performing new works. In recognition of her outstanding achievement and excellence in music, she won the 2018 Avery Fisher ©Chris Lee Prize and was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2008. A favorite of living composers, Josefowicz has premiered many concertos, including those by Colin Matthews, Steven Mackey, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Matthias Pintscher, all written specially for her. Josefowicz has released several recordings, notably for Deutsche Grammophon, Philips/Universal and Warner Classics and was featured on Touch Press’s acclaimed iPad app, “The Orchestra.” Her latest recording, released in 2019, features Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Violin Concerto with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu. She has received Grammy nominations for her recordings of Scheherazade.2 with the St. Louis Symphony and David Robertson, and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. leilajosefowicz.com

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CONNESSON PREMIERE & RACHMANINOFF —————

MAY 6–8, 2022 FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 7:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor Dwight Parry oboe

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MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI FEB 4, 7:30 pm | SAT FEB 5, 7:30 pm | SUN FEB 6, 2 pm Music Hall

MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS—90th Birthday Celebration Damon Gupton, conductor Planet Krypton from Superman Superman March from Superman The Shark Theme from Jaws Main Theme from Jurassic Park Viktor’s Tale from The Terminal Devil’s Dance from The Witches of Eastwick Love Theme from Superman Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars: A New Hope INTERMISSION Olympic Fanfare and Theme Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Born on the Fourth of July March from 1941 Air and Simple Gifts Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Program subject to change For additional details about this concert and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatipops.org/williams-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Series Sponsor PNC and Presenting Sponsor The Rendigs Foundation. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. WVXU is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 41

CONDUCTOR: Feb 4–6 DAMON GUPTON Pops Principal Guest Conductor A native of Detroit, Damon Gupton served as American Conducting Fellow of the Houston Symphony and held the post of assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. His conducting appearances include the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Ft. Worth Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, and Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM. He led the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra on two national tours, and he conducted the ﬁnals of the ©Damu Malik

Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition in 2016 and returns to Cliburn again in 2022. Gupton received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Michigan and studied conducting with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival and with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute. Awards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and The Aspen Conducting Prize. Gupton is the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan School of Music and Alumni Society. An accomplished actor, Gupton graduated from the Drama Division of the Juilliard School. He has had roles in television, ﬁlm, and on stage, most recently starring with Samuel L. Jackson in the Apple TV limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. damongupton.com

THE MUSIC OF

JOHN WILLIAMS

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SPOTLIGHT: CSO–CSYO Side-By-Side

A Taste of the Future: CSYO Alumni Reﬂect on the Side-By-Side Concert by MEGHAN ISAACS

hen Stacey Woolley sat as concertmaster for the very first Side-By-Side concert with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, he had no idea he would eventually spend the majority of his career on the Music Hall stage as a CSO violinist. What he did know at the time, however, was how impressive it was to hear his youth orchestra suddenly augmented by the professional musicians of the CSO. “I will never forget what a thrill it was to have the sound so beefed up,” said Woolley. Several of Woolley’s colleagues are also CSYO alumni, and all cite their experience in the youth orchestra—and specifically the annual Side-By-Side concert—as one of the most formative experiences in their musical education. From its founding in 1964, the youth orchestra was participating in all the same activities as a professional symphony orchestra, including recordings, television specials and even international tours. On May 31, 1978, the youth orchestra performed its first joint concert alongside the CSO, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Music

Hall. It has now become an annual highlight of the youth orchestra calendar with the professional CSO musicians serving as stand partners for the students playing the principal roles. In addition to the invaluable technical and professional skills they learn along the way, the young instrumentalists also beneﬁt from the pure inspiration that comes from sitting beside their mentors. “The Side-By-Side concert was the highlight of my youth orchestra years,” said CSO trumpeter Chris Kiradjieff. “My dad was in the violin section and my trumpet teacher played in the CSO. I still remember today being in such awe of them— how they played and how they encouraged us students sitting next to them.” (Kiradjieff ultimately also had the thrill of working with his dad, Conny Kiradjieff, as a peer in the CSO for seven years prior to Conny’s retirement.) CSO Violist Rebecca Barnes recalls growing up attending CSO concerts, admiring the musicians she saw on stage. “As a student, playing the Side-By-Side made me realize these musicians were real people who were just like me at

The 1977-1978 CSYO class picture—the first class to play side-by-side with the CSO.

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SPOTLIGHT: CSO–CSYO Side-By-Side

one time and still practiced and still strived to be better each day,” said Barnes. “My teacher in high school was [CSO violist] Julian Wilkison. Just being on the stage with him was all I could really want because he was my biggest inspiration and role model.” Barnes played principal viola that year, which meant she actually got to sit ahead of her mentor—a thrill for any student. Edna Pierce also recalls marveling at the talent of the CSO musicians starting from attending her very first Young People’s Concerts as a child. Pierce went on to join the CSYO Concert Orchestra, then the Nouveau Chamber Players, and eventually the CSYO Philharmonic. Just a few years later she started performing with the CSO as a CSO/CCM Diversity Fellow. The relationships she built during her formative years, both with her peers who shared her passion for classical music as well as through mentors who inspired and trained her, helped her realize her goals. “To grow up alongside these musicians and eventually join their cohort is an amazing opportunity,” Violist Edna Pierce within the CSO as a she said. “Even CSO/CCM Diversity Fellow. for someone who didn’t have much but utilized the resources around me and had people inspire me with their passions. I definitely want to be that for someone else someday.” CSYO experiences have a way of coming full circle. CSO Principal Bassoonist Chris Sales performed Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe at his first Side-By-Side concert as a high schooler. Years later, it was also the first piece he played as a member of the CSO. “It was cool to have been there as the last stand in the youth orchestra and play the same piece as the principal bassoonist of the CSO.” As a member of Nouveau Chamber Players, Pierce performed at Classical Roots when Marvin Winans was the featured guest artist, and in 2020 she played as a member of the CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship with CeCe Winans, Marvin’s sister.

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CSO violist Rebecca Barnes (circled, CSYO member 1996–1998) with her fellow CSYO viola section.

While many CSYO members go on to pursue other careers, those who do continue in music get a taste of their dreams through the SideBy-Side experience. “I believe it’s important as a young student to visualize your goals,” said Barnes. “With the Side-By-Side you could step inside your goal and act out your future.” Now as adults, these CSYO alumni look back at their early achievements and not only see the perspective of how beneﬁcial that experience was for them, but also discover a new sense of inspiration as they perform alongside budding musicians. “The young members inspire us in the orchestra because it takes us back to how hard we worked. These kids inspire because they have worked hard to play at a very high level,” said Woolley. “I probably would not have pursued music if I had not had experiences like [the Side-BySide concert],” said Sales. “It raises the level of those students and makes them feel special, like they’ve achieved something. It’s a very good educational experience for them and it’s very important that we continue it.”

Assistant Principal Cello Norman Johns and CSYO student Daniel Dorsey at the CSO/CSYO Side-by-Side concert in April 2019. Credit: Mark Lyons

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra

SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT: New Beginnings 2021–2022 Season WED FEB 9, 7:30 pm, Music Hall JOHN MORRIS RUSSELL, conductor WILBUR LIN, conductor MAXWELL FAIRMAN, violin

Frank TICHELI

Radiant Voices

(b. 1958)

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)

Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35, Mvt. 1

Franz LISZT

Les Préludes

(1811–1886)

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/sidebyside-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group. The CSO thanks Coney Island for its generous sponsorship of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras is a program of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and receives generous support in the form of rehearsal space from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Walnut Hills High School. WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 45

CSYO PHILHARMONIC ROSTER 2021–2022 VIOLIN 1 Maxwell Fairman, Concertmaster Evelyn Astaﬁev-Holmes Vivian Chang Alton Headworth Christy Kim William Lee Roberto Ligeralde Leo Luo Chai Risma Kimi Roe Lilyanne Thoroughman Christopher Vonderschmidt Emma Wang Jieun Woo Alexondra Xie Elsa Zhou VIOLIN 2 Grace Koo, Principal Second Kennedy Baker Angelina Chen Johan Demessie Stephen Dorsey Eric Doub Madeline Dugan Olivia Fehrenbach Margaret Flanders Edward Li Renee Perpignan Mara Seppala Margert Vonderschmidt Jillian Wu

VIOLA Sean Huggins, Co-principal Nilli Tayidi, Co-Principal Alexandra Yeoh, Co-Principal Kunal Arora Gabriel Caal Benedict Cecilio Maeve Henderson Max Keck Broderick Merz

FLUTE Minkyoung Choi Grace Kim Isabella Thoroughman Madelyn Zoller

CELLO Ari Webb, Principal Vanessa Agyei Samvit Das Sophia Liu Paul Orth Lily Shiomitsu Owen Summers Ashlyn Thomas Claron Wang Shin-yi Wang Vivian Xu

CLARINET Zachary Dietz Kotaro Fujiwara Lily Pinkowski Zachary Ramsey

BASS Sarah Wells, Principal Kindall Benjamin Eric Reigelsperger

OBOE Jessie Chan Jack Nomina Joshua Rudnick

BASSOON Alton French Matthew Silverstein Ella Sweeney HORN Brayden Adamisin Mary Kimble Mirai Nawa Alex Riley

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TRUMPET Sarah Lyons Clarie Yungbluth Stephen Stricker TROMBONE Jake Allgeier Jacob Kraimer Mark Troy BASS TROMBONE Tim Brewer TUBA Nicholas Todorov PERCUSSION Brooke Hube Jonathan Kaseff Livi Keenan Sarvesh Sudhaharan HARP Kate McGrath Veronica Stanichar Note: Strings are listed alphabetically by section following the designated principals. Woodwinds, brass, percussion and harp are listed alphabetically.

ARTISTS: Feb 9 WILBUR LIN, CSYO conductor

MAXWELL FAIRMAN, violin

Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2019, Wilbur Lin serves as assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (the Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair) and conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras, in addition to continuing his work as the artistic director of the summer seasons of the Chamber Philharmonic Taipei. Lin began his musical education at the age of ﬁve. In 2008, the Taiwanese-American conductor founded a student orchestra, the Chamber Philharmonic Taipei, which is now a professional chamber orchestra with an active annual summer season funded by both the Arts Council of Taipei and the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture. Lin held the position of Lord Rhodes Scholar 2013–14, was a two-time recipient of the Mortimer Furber Prize for Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music, and is a doctoral candidate at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

CSYO Philharmonic Concerto Competition Winner

The 17-year-old violinist Maxwell Fairman is the Concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) Philharmonic, Concertmaster of the Walnut Hills High School Chamber Orchestra, 1st violinist for the CSYO Nouveau Chamber Players, and 1st violinist for the Fourier Quartet. Fairman began playing the violin at age 4 and made his solo debut at age 13 with the Cincinnati Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the winner of several competitions, including semi-finalist in the Sphinx Competition—Junior Division, first place in the NAACP’S National ACT-SO competition (2019), and a winner of the 2019–20 CSYO Philharmonic Concerto Competition, as well as several other local, regional and state competitions. He will appear on NPR’s From the Top show during their 2021–22 season. Also a dedicated academic student at Walnut Hills High School, Fairman is on the honor roll and active in school clubs, and he earned a perfect score on the ACT exam and is a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist.

The stage is set. All we need is you.

LINTON AD (CM) Poetic Piano Quintets

The Debut of Demarre McGill

Jan. 30/31, 2022

Feb. 20/21, 2022

This program offers the opportunity to

Renowned ﬂutist, Demarre McGill, makes

experience Franz Schubert’s treasured

his Linton debut with fellow celebrated

work, “The Trout,” explore a rare gem by

Queen City artists performing this vibrant

Ralph Vaughan-Williams, and discover a

program of works for winds and strings,

moving new work by emerging composer,

including a work by award-winning composer

Nathaniel Heyder.

and CCM Alumnus, Brian Raphael Nabors.

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CSO CHAMBER PLAYERS | 2021–2022 SEASON

Chamber Players

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)

FRI FEB 11, 7:30 pm Harry T. Wilks Studio, Music Hall

Divertimento in E-flat Major for String Trio, K. 563 Allegro Adagio Menuetto (Allegretto)—Trio Andante Menuetto (Allegretto)—Trio I—Trio II Allegro Eric Bates, violin Caterina Longhi, viola Theodore Nelson, cello

INTERMISSION

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)

Libertango Haley Bangs, ﬂute Dwight Parry, oboe Joseph Morris, clarinet Molly Norcross, horn Christopher Sales, bassoon

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, Serioso Allegro con brio Allegretto ma non troppo Allegro assai vivace ma serioso Larghetto espressivo Kun Dong, violin Rebecca Kruger Fryxell, violin Rebecca Barnes, viola Susan Marshall Petersen, cello

Osvaldo GOLIJOV (b. 1960)

Last Round Stefani Matsuo, violin Gabriel Pegis, violin Yang Liu, violin Evin Blomberg, violin Christian Colberg, viola Caterina Longhi, viola Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello Hiro Matsuo, cello Owen Lee, double bass

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/chamber1-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

YOU’RE INVITED to greet the musicians after the concert. The CSO Chamber Players series has been endowed in perpetuity by the ELEANORA C.U. ALMS TRUST, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 49

GUEST ARTISTS: Feb 12–13 JOHN STORGÅRDS, conductor

KSENIJA SIDOROVA, accordion

Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, John Storgårds has a dual career as a conductor and violin ©Marco Borggreve virtuoso and is widely recognized for his creative ﬂair for programming, as well as his rousing, yet reﬁned, performances. He is Artistic Director of the acclaimed Lapland Chamber Orchestra, a title he has held for more than 25 years. In the 2021–22 season, Storgårds debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, gave summer performances with the Dresdner Philharmonie of Grieg’s Peer Gynt and led BBC Proms concerts with the BBC Philharmonic, leads the world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s Chamber Symphony Auroral with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, and returns to the SWR Symphonieorchester and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Storgårds studied violin with Chaim Taub and subsequently became concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen, before studying conducting with Jorma Panula and Eri Klas. He received the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2002 and the Pro Finlandia Prize 2012. johnstorgards.com

The leading ambassador for the classical accordion. Both a unique and charismatic performer, Ksenija Sidorova is passionate about showcasing the vast capabilities of her instrument. Her repertoire spans from Bach to Piazzolla, from Efrem Podgaits and Václav Trojan, to Erkki©John Kentish Sven Tüür and George Bizet, as well as new accordion concertos composed especially for her, plus several chamber projects. Recent performances include, among others, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, National Orchestra of Belgium, on tour in France with Orchestre National d’Ile de France, and on a European tour with Münchener Kammerorchester and MILOŠ in celebration of Piazzolla’s centenary. Encouraged to take up the instrument by her grandmother, Ksenija started to play the accordion at age six under the guidance of Marija Gasele in her hometown of Riga. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music under Owen Murray. Ksenija released her latest album, Piazzolla Reflections (Alpha Classics) in 2021. ksenijasidorova.com

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BRONFMAN & LA MER

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FRI 11 am; SAT 7:30 pm

FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm

Kazushi Ōno conductor Seong-Jin Cho piano

Louis Langrée conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

APR 1–2, 2022

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TANGO & CITY NOIR | 2021–2022 SEASON SAT FEB 12, 7:30 pm SUN FEB 13, 2 pm Music Hall

JOHN STORGÅRDS, conductor KSENIJA SIDOROVA, accordion Philip GLASS

The Canyon

(b. 1937)

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992)

Allegro marcato Moderato Presto

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

Aconcagua, Concerto for Bandoneon

City Noir The City and its Double The Song is for You Boulevard Night James Bunte, saxophone

There is no intermission. These performances will end at approximately 9 pm Saturday, 3:30 pm Sunday. For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/tango-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pre-Concert Talks are made possible by an endowed gift from Melody Sawyer Richardson. WGUC is the Media Partner for these concerts. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC May 22, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 51

GUEST ARTISTS: Feb 21

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, conductor An abbreviated bio for Mr. Pintscher, Music Director of Ensemble intercontemporain and CSO Creative Partner, is on page 40. More at matthiaspintscher.com.

ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN In 1976, Pierre Boulez founded the Ensemble intercontemporain with the support of Michel Guy (French Minister of Culture at the time) and co-founder Nicholas Snowman. The Ensemble’s 31 soloists share a passion for 20th and 21st century music. They are employed on permanent contract, enabling them to fulﬁll the major aims of the Ensemble: performance, creation and education for young musicians and the general public. Under the artistic direction of Matthias Pintscher, the musicians work in close collaboration with composers, exploring

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instrumental techniques and developing projects that interweave music, dance, theater, film, video and visual arts. In collaboration with IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), the Ensemble intercontemporain is also active in the field of synthetic sound generation. New pieces are commissioned and performed on a regular basis. The Ensemble is renowned for its strong emphasis on music education: concerts for kids, creative workshops for students, training programs for future performers, conductors, composers, etc. Resident of the Cité de la musique–Philharmonie de Paris, the Ensemble performs and records in France and abroad, taking part in major festivals worldwide. The Ensemble is financed by the Ministry of Culture and receives additional support from the Paris City Council. ensembleintercontemporain.com

DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN

MON FEB 21, 7:30 pm Mayerson JCC

MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, conductor ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN (“The City Without Jews”) Silent ﬁlm by Hans Karl Breslauer (1924) based on the novel by the same name by Roman von Hugo Bettauer (1922) Score by Olga Neuwirth (b. 1968) Die Stadt ohne Juden (“The City without Jews”) is a 1924 Austrian silent film directed by Hans Karl Breslauer that denounces antisemitism by means of satire that is as Olga Neuwirth, ©Harald Hoffmann fierce as it is prophetic. This little-known masterpiece of expressionist cinema was presented by the Ensemble Intercontemporain on March 15, 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris, in a restored version enhanced by a new composition by Olga Neuwirth. “I start by analyzing the film, frame by frame. It’s a huge task, but it’s very interesting to see in detail how the film is structured. There is no simple response to the complex relationship between image and music. [...] Such a work represents a considerable responsibility. “ This is how the Austrian artist writes about her approach to composing her music. Because not only is Olga Neuwirth a composer, she is also an engaged individual who views the developments in the political life of her country with fear. An adaptation of Hugo Bettauer’s book, The City without Jews is a true satire on antisemitism. Today, we would call it a

dystopia: an anticipatory film intended to highlight and prevent a destructive trend in society. Not only had Bettauer and Breslauer got it right, but the dystopia turned into a very real tragedy. In the film, we see the coming to power of an antisemitic chancellor in Austria, who decides to expel all Jews from the country—a decision that is all too warmly applauded by non-Jews. Victims of numerous abuses (portrayed in the full array of Expressionism), the Jews end up leaving the territory—not without a bit of romantic intrigue à la Romeo and Juliette along the way. Very quickly, however, one becomes aware of the roles that Jews fulfilled at all levels of society.... As such, the film is a veritable lampoon of antisemitism, a grotesque farce that plays with a desperate humor of clichés and amazes with the power of its prophecy. This is not Olga Neuwirth’s first film score. As one accustomed to adapting film-specific techniques such as zooms, close-ups, travelings, panoramas, crossfades, sequence shots and other overexposures into musical composition, she structures her music as counterpoint to the image in order to emphasize, with a certain economy, the key elements of Breslauer’s masterpiece. —Translated by Dr. Scot Buzza

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Behind the Score, cont. from p. 17 Josefowicz and Pintscher, cont.

Koh and Mazzoli, cont.

So how did a solo piece evolve into a work for full orchestra? “Basically by building a resonance chamber around the soloist,” the composer explains. “The orchestra doesn’t ‘accompany’ her; it forms an acoustical space that she walks through, sending out signals, colors, timbres, gestures. And the space, as a flexible wall of sound, may accept or reject them. After working with her over the past 10 years, seeing her respond to the moment, I’ve drawn up materials and textures that allow her to be spontaneous, almost like an opera singer moving freely onstage. I lay out the path, but she is free within certain parameters to make detours and step outside.” The piece, Pintscher says, is filled with a “a new concept of virtuosity” summarized in a single episode: “In one section, the strings of the orchestra calm down and try to completely simulate Leila’s playing, aiming for complete unison, shaping the line like a plainchant for orchestra.” It was a moment clearly borne from pandemic lockdown. “You finally have a chance to think about what you do as an artist,” he says. “And I think I found a new simplicity, the ability to leave stuff out, all the details and ornaments that you know you don’t really need but never had the courage to abandon. We all know intellectually that less is more, but to apply it in art and life is a completely different story.”

soloist as a leader of rituals. Opening with a spiraling processional, the soloist guides the orchestra through an expression of dance mania (the soloist being something of a Pied Piper figure), then a comforting hymn, then a medieval spell intended to cure broken bones. Mazzoli’s major concern, she says, is Koh’s technical prowess. “Jenny can play pretty much anything, which is a dangerous situation for a composer,” she explains. “I mean, I want my works to be done again and again, by different soloists all over the world. So even if Jenny says a certain passage is fine, I have to ask, ‘Yes, but is it possible for normal humans?’” A chief concern for both composer and soloist is changing the very definition of virtuosity. “Jenny’s not looking for the flashy cadenza,” Mazzoli says. “Nor am I looking for ‘faster-higherlouder.’ I love taking certain things from our rich musical tradition, maybe even in a nostalgic way, and then turning them on their head.” One section of Mazzoli’s concerto employs natural harmonics in an arpeggiated pattern that accelerates to the brink of playability. Another section is a study in stillness, with prolonged double stops on the violin. “Both of us are working purely in the service of the music,” Mazzoli says. “It’s not about making us look good at any given time. The music itself makes the rules.”

CSO In Your Neighborhood

House, LaSoupe, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Paddlefest, Crown Jewels of Jazz, Black Family Reunion, the City of Forest Park, Civic Garden Center, Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District, West End Community Garden, West End Brach Library, ARCO/ Price Hill Will, and Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses for their dedication and support.

CSO In Your Neighborhood partners with local artists, residents, and community organizations to bring live music to Cincinnati neighborhoods in public parks and community spaces across the region. This past summer, CSO In Your Neighborhood ensembles performed at various locations, including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Findlay Playground, Serpentine Wall, Cincinnati Women’s Club, Lick Run Greenway, and more. A host of partners makes all of this possible, and we thank the Harriet Beecher Stowe

Look out for upcoming CSO In Your Neighborhood events to be announced soon! CSO In Your Neighborhood is generously supported by Kroger and the George and Margaret McLane Foundation. At left: Members of the CSO Brass Section at the Civic Garden Center in September 2021. Above: Diversity Fellow Amy Nickler and trumpet player Ricardo Chinchilla perform at the 60th Anniversary celebration of the West End Branch Library in October 2021. Credit: Tiffany Cooper

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DIRECTORS & ADVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Robert W. McDonald, Chair Dianne Rosenberg, Chair-elect Francie S. Hiltz*, Immediate Past Chair Sue McPartlin, Treasurer and Vice-Chair of Finance Usha C. Vance, Secretary Gerron L. McKnight, Esq., Vice-Chair of Volunteerism Anne E. Mulder, Vice-Chair of Community Engagement Timothy J. Maloney and Charla B. Weiss, Vice-Chairs of Institutional Advancement Melanie Healey, Vice-Chair of Leadership Development

Directors Lars C. Anderson Randi S. Bellner Michael P. Bergan Kate C. Brown Ralph P. Brown, DVM Trish Bryan* Otto M. Budig, Jr.* Melanie M. Chavez Michael L. Cioffi Gabe Davis Kelly M. Dehan Alberto J. Espay, M.D. Dr. Maria Espinola Shaun Ethier Dara Fairman Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III* Susan S. Friedlander* Timothy Giglio Lawrence Hamby

Delores Hargrove-Young Joseph W. Hirschhorn* Brad Hunkler Lisa Diane Kelly Patrick G. Kirk, M.D. Florence Koetters Peter E. Landgren John Lanni Lisa Lennon Norman Spencer Liles* Edyth B. Lindner* Will Lindner Mark Luegering Holly Mazzocca James P. Minutolo Laura Mitchell John A. Moore Jennifer J. Morales Theodore Nelson Marilyn J. Osborn

Thanh T. Pham Bradford E. Phillips, III Aftab Pureval Thomas H. Quinn, Jr James B. Reynolds* Stanley E. Romanstein Jack Rouse Lisa M. Sampson Dennis Schoff Digi France Schueler Edgar L. Smith, Jr. Stephanie A. Smith Robert Sullivan Kari Ullman David R. Valz Daniel Wachter Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr.* Sheila Williams *Director Emeritus

WELCOME TO JAN-FEB GROUPS! (as of Nov. 14, 2021) CSO Jan. 14–15: La Valse + Simpson Premiere University of Cincinnati Young Professionals Maple Knoll Village Family & Friends of Dorothy Caster SCPA Harp Studio Family & Friends of Robert & Ruth Corgan Seasons Retirement Community Family & Friends of Richard Gruber The Kenwood by Senior Star The Knolls of Oxford Pops Feb. 4–6: The Music of John Williams Twin Lakes at Montgomery Anderson Senior Center Berkeley Square Cincy Geek Meet Pops Jan. 21–23: Cirque Goes Broadway Anderson Senior Center Seasons Retirement Community Berkeley Square Family & Friends of Michael Elleman Cops Go to Pops (Cincinnati Police) Family & Friends of Zachary Obrecht Seasons Retirement Community

ENJOY THE MUSIC, TOGETHER! • Groups of 10+ save 25% on most concerts and seniors and students save even more! • Curate your own event with a private reception, guided tour or meet and greet— the possibilities are endless. Contact CSO Group Sales: 513.864.0196 or cincinnatisymphony.org/groups

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2021–22 FINANCIAL SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Local and national foundations, businesses, and government agencies are integral to the Orchestra’s vibrant performances, community engagement work, and education activities. We are proud to partner with the following funders.

SERIES SPONSORS

CSO Season

Pops Season

Lollipops Series

PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE ($50,000+)

ArtsWave City of Cincinnati The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Trust The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation Hamilton County H.B., E.W., and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Dr. John & Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust Louise Taft Semple Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation Ohio Arts Council PNC Bank Margaret McWilliams Rentschler Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation Harold C. Schott Foundation / Francie and Tom Hiltz, Trustees Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration Western & Southern Financial Group Anonymous GOLD BATON CIRCLE ($25,000–$49,999)

Coney Island The Cincinnati Symphony Club Charles H. Dater Foundation Fifth Third Foundation HORAN Patricia Kisker Foundation Jeffrey & Jody Lazarow and Janie & Peter Schwartz Family Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation George and Margaret McLane Foundation The Procter & Gamble Company The Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation United Dairy Farmers & Homemade Brand Ice Cream The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Anonymous

Ohio National Financial Services Oliver Family Foundation The Rendigs Foundation Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP Wodecroft Foundation CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($10,000–$14,999)

Bartlett Wealth Management Chemed Corporation The Crosset Family Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation Kelly Dehan and Rick Staudigel Graeter’s Ice Cream Peter E. Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren Mariner Wealth Advisors Messer Construction Company The Daniel and Susan Pfau Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Anonymous CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($5,000–$9,999)

AARP Cincinnati Frost Brown Todd, LLC Levin Family Foundation The Willard & Jean Mulford Charitable Fund Pyro-Technical Investigations, Inc. Queen City (OH) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated The Louis and Melba Schott Foundation U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management YOT Full Circle Foundation ARTIST’S CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999)

D’Addario Foundation d.e. Foxx & Associates Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors Mayerson Jewish Community Center PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC BUSINESS & FOUNDATION PARTNERS (up to $2,499)

Harold and Gwen Brown Albert B. Cord Charitable Foundation Diversiﬁed Facility Solutions Kathleen M. Grote Integrity Development Sheila Williams & Bruce Smith The Voice of Your Customer Toi & Jay Wagstaff

SILVER BATON CIRCLE ($15,000–$24,999)

Drive Media House The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial Johnson Investment Counsel Kroger Company League of American Orchestras

Join this distinguished group! Contact Sean Baker at 513.744.3363 or sbaker@cincinnatisymphony.org to learn how you can become a supporter of the CSO and Pops. This list is updated quarterly.

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

2021 ARTSWAVE PARTNERS The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops acknowledge the following Partner Companies, Foundations and their employees who generously participate in the Annual ArtsWave Community Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Your support helps make our community vibrant and connects people across our region through the arts. Thank you! P&G Fifth Third Bank and the Fifth Third Foundation GE Aviation Cincinnati Bell Western & Southern Financial Group Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center The Cincinnati Insurance Companies City of Cincinnati Enquirer Media Great American Insurance Group Ohio National Financial Services

U.S. Bank The H.B., E.W. and F. R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees Macy’s Cincinnati Business Courier The Kroger Co. PNC The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation Duke Energy HORAN Cincinnati Reds

PERMANENT ENDOWMENTS Endowment gifts perpetuate your values and create a sustainable future for the Orchestra. We extend our deep gratitude to the donors who have provided permanent endowments in support of our programs that are important to them. For more information about endowment gifts, contact Kate Farinacci, Director of Special Campaigns & Legacy Giving, at 513.744.3202. ENDOWED CHAIRS Grace M. Allen Chair Ellen A. & Richard C. Berghamer Chair Robert E. & Fay Boeh Chair The Marc Bohlke Chair Given by Katrin & Manfred Bohlke Trish & Rick Bryan Chair Otto M Budig Chair Family Foundation Chair Mary Alice Heekin Burke Chair Peter G. Courlas - Nicholas Tsimaras Chair Ona Hixon Dater Chair The Anne G. & Robert W. Dorsey Chair+ Jane & David Ellis Chair Irene & John J. Emery Chair James M. Ewell Chair Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair for Associate Conductor, CSO Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair for Assistant Conductor, Pops Ashley & Barbara Ford Chair for Principal Tuba Susan S. & William A. Friedlander Chair+ Charles Gausmann Chair Susanne & Philip O. Geier, Jr. Chair+ Emma Margaret & Irving D. Goldman Chair Charles Frederic Goss Chair Jean Ten Have Chair Dorothy & John Hermanies Chair Lois Klein Jolson Chair Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Chair Harold B. & Betty Justice Chair Marvin Kolodzik Chair+ Al Levinson Chair Patricia Gross Linnemann Chair+ Alberta & Dr. Maurice Marsh Chair Stephen P. McKean Chair Laura Kimble McLellan Chair The Henry Meyer Chair Louise Dieterle Nippert & Louis Nippert Chairs Ida Ringling North Chair Rawson Chair The Vicky & Rick Reynolds Chair in honor of William A. Friedlander+ Donald & Margaret Robinson Chair Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Chair+ Ruth F. Rosevear Chair The Morleen & Jack Rouse Chair+ Emalee Schavel Chair Karl & Roberta Schlachter Family Chair Serge Shababian Chair Melinda & Irwin Simon Chair+ Anna Sinton Taft Chair Tom & Dee Stegman Chair+ Mary & Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Chair+ Cynthia & Frank Stewart Chair The Jackie & Roy Sweeney Family Chair The Sweeney Family Chair in memory of Donald C. Sweeney

Cincinnati Financial Corporation & The Cincinnati Insurance Companies The Margaret Embshoff Educational Fund Kate Foreman Young Peoples Fund George & Anne Heldman+ Macy’s Foundation Vicky & Rick Reynolds*+ William R. Schott Family** ENDOWED PERFORMANCES Western-Southern Foundation, Inc. & PROJECTS Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee Anonymous (3)+ Rosemary and Frank Bloom Endowment Fund*+ OTHER NAMED FUNDS Cincinnati Bell Foundation Inc. Ruth Meacham Bell Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Val Cook Frank & Mary Bergstein Fund for Musical Nancy & Steve Donovan* Excellence+ Sue and Bill Friedlander Endowment Fund*+ Jean K. Bloch Music Library Fund Mrs. Charles Wm Anness*, Cora Dow Endowment Fund Mrs. Frederick D. Haffner, Corbett Educational Endowment** Mrs. Gerald Skidmore and the Belmon U. Duvall Fund La Vaughn Scholl Garrison Fund Ewell Fund for Riverbend Maintenance Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Linda & Harry Fath Endowment Fund Musical Excellence Ford Foundation Fund Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Fund for Great Artists Natalie Wurlitzer & William Ernest Griess Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Pianist Fund Cello Fund The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll Trust Endowment Fund Music Director Fund for Excellence Anne Heldman Endowment Fund** The Mary Ellyn Hutton Fund for Excellence Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar+ in Music Education Lawrence A. & Anne J. Leser* Josephine I. & David J. Joseph, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Lindner** Scholarship Fund PNC Financial Services Group Richard & Jean Jubelirer & Family Fund* The Procter & Gamble Fund Elma Margaret Lapp Trust Vicky & Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists+ Jésus López-Cobos Fund for Excellence Melody Sawyer Richardson* Mellon Foundation Fund Rosemary and Mark Schlachter Nina Browne Parker Trust Endowment Fund*+ Dorothy Robb Perin & Harold F. Poe Trust The Harold C. Schott Foundation, Rieveschl Fund Francie and Tom Hiltz Endowment Fund+ Thomas Schippers Fund Peggy Selonick Fund for Great Artists Martha, Max & Alfred M. Stern Ticket Fund Dee and Tom Stegman Endowment Fund*+ Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strauss Student Ticket Fund Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. Fund Anna Sinton & Charles P. Taft Fund for Great Artists Lucien Wulsin Fund U. S. Bank Foundation* Wurlitzer Season Ticket Fund Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth CSO Pooled Income Fund Endowment Fund+ CSO Musicians Emergency Fund Brenda & Ralph Taylor Chair James P. Thornton Chair Nicholas Tsimaras - Peter G. Courlas Chair Thomas Vanden Eynden Chair Jo Ann & Paul Ward Chair Matthew & Peg Woodside Chair Mary M. & Charles F. Yeiser Chair

Educational Concerts Rosemary & Frank Bloom *

*Denotes support for Annual Music Program Fund **Denotes support for the 2nd Century Campaign +Denotes support for the Fund for Musical Excellence

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops are grateful to the following individuals that support our efforts by making a gift to the Orchestra Fund. We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one and pay tribute to them here. You can join our family of donors online at cincinnatisymphony.org/donate or by contacting the Philanthropy Department at 513.744.3271. PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $50,000 and above Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan, III § Sheila and Christopher C. Cole Susan Friedlander § Mrs. Philip O. Geier § Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Healey Harold C. Schott Foundation, Francie & Tom Hiltz Dr. Lesley Gilbertson and Dr. William Hurford Florence Koetters M. Drue Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McDonald Jo Anne and Joe Orndorff Marilyn J. and Jack D. Osborn § Vicky and Rick Reynolds Dianne and J. David Rosenberg Mike and Digi Schueler Irwin and Melinda Simon Tom and Dee Stegman Jackie and Roy Sweeney Family Fund* Mr. Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. §

GOLD BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Michael L. Cioffi Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Fischer Patti and Fred Heldman Karlee L. Hilliard § Mr. Mace C. Justice § Edyth B. Lindner Calvin and Patricia Linnemann Mrs. Susan M. McPartlin Moe and Jack Rouse § Ann and Harry Santen § In memory of Mary and Joseph S. Stern, Jr Charla Weiss, Ph.D.

SILVER BATON CIRCLE Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Dr. and Mrs. John and Suzanne Bossert § Mr. Gregory D. Buckley and Ms. Susan Berry-Buckley Robert and Debra Chavez Mrs. Thomas E. Davidson § Mrs. Charles Fleischmann Ashley and Bobbie Ford § CCI Design, Molly and Tom Garber Tom and Jan Hardy § Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Joffe Marvin P. Kolodzik § Mrs. Erich Kunzel Peter E. Landgren and Judith Schonbach Landgren Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maloney G. Franklin Miller and Carolyn Baker Miller

Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund* Mrs. Theodore Striker Dale Uetrecht Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman §

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Mr. and Mrs. Lars C. Anderson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John Becker Michael P Bergan and Tiffany Hanisch Edward Castleberry Ms. Melanie M. Chavez Stephen J Daush Dianne Dunkelman Emory P. Zimmer Insurance Agency Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Espay L. Timothy Giglio Clifford J. Goosmann and Andrea M. Wilson § Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Heekin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn § Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hone Patrick and Mary Kirk Mr. John Lanni Mr. Will Lindner Mrs. Robert Lippert Whitney and Phillip Long Anne E. Mulder and Rebecca M. Gibbs Mr. Michael E. Phillips Terry and Marvin Quin Melody Sawyer Richardson § Mark S. and Rosemary K. Schlachter § Mr. Dennis Schoff and Ms. Nina Sorensen Doug and Laura Skidmore Kelly Dehan and Rick Staudigel Ralph C. Taylor § Pamela and Paul Thompson Sarah Thorburn Tomcinoh Fund* Mr. and Mrs. JD Vance DeeDee and Gary West § Anonymous (1)

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 Dr. Charles Abbottsmith Thomas P. Atkins Mrs. Thomas B. Avril Kathleen and Michael Ball Robert and Janet Banks Dava Lynn Biehl § Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard Robert L. Bogenschutz

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brueshaber The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation K.M. Davis Dennis W. and Cathy Dern Mr. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr. and Nancy Steman Dierckes § Nancy and Steve Donovan Connie and Buzz Dow Mrs. Diana T. Dwight David and Kari Ellis Fund* Mr. Shaun Ethier and Empower Media Marketing Mrs. Nancy Finke Mr. and Mrs. James T. Fitzgerald Marlena and Walter Frank Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Kathy Grote in loving memory of Robert Howes § Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hamby Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hansen William and Joanne Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Bradley G. Hughes Mr. Marshall C. Hunt, Jr. Linda Busken and Andrew M. Jergens § Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Keenan Dr. and Mrs. Lionel King Michael and Marilyn Kremzar Richard and Susan Lauf Mark and Tia Luegering Elizabeth and Brian Mannion David L. Martin Jonathan Martin Mandare Foundation Eleanor S. McCombe Mary Ann Meanwell Linda and James Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Minutolo Jennifer Morales and Ben Glassman Mr. and Mrs. David W. Motch Miami University College of Creative Arts Arlene Palmer Dr. Manisha Patel and Dr. Michael Curran David and Jenny Powell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Quinn, Jr. Ellen Rieveschl § Elizabeth and Karl Ronn § James Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger Bill and Lisa Sampson Dr. E. Don Nelson and Ms. Julia Sawyer-Nelson Martha and Lee Schimberg Elizabeth Schulenberg Sandra and David Seiwert Sue and Glenn Showers § Elizabeth C. B. Sittenfeld § Michael and Donnalyn Smith Mr. and Mrs. David R. Valz Christopher and Nancy Virgulak

Dr. Barbara R. Voelkel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wachter Nancy C. Wagner and Patricia M. Wagner § Mrs. Ronald F. Walker Mrs. Paul H. Ward § M. L. Wells Donna A. Welsch Cathy S. Willis Irene A. Zigoris Anonymous (2)

ARTIST’S CIRCLE Gifts of $3,000–$4,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Adams Drs. Frank and Mary Albers William Albertson Gerard and Susan Baillely Glenn and Donna Boutilier Thomas A. Braun, III § Dr. Ralph P. Brown Janet and Bruce Byrnes Mr. Raul Chabali Miss Norma L. Clark § Susan and Burton Closson Dr. Thomas and Geneva Cook Sally and Rick Coomes Mr. and Mrs. John Cover Mr. and Mrs. James Dealy Bedouin and Randall Dennison Jim and Elizabeth Dodd Jean and Rick Donaldson Patricia Dudsic Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Ann A. Ellison Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fencl Mr. and Mrs. Garth Finch Gail F. Forberg § Yan Fridman Frank and Tara Gardner Mrs. James R. Gardner Mrs. Michael H. Giuliani Thomas W. Gougeon Lesha and Samuel Greengus John and Elizabeth Grover Dr. and Mrs. Jack Hahn Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Halberstadt Dr. Donald and Laura Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Heidenreich Dr. James and Mrs. Susan Herman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hicks Ruth C. Holthaus In Memory of Benjamin C. Hubbard § Karolyn Johnsen Dr. Robert W. Keith and Ms. Kathleen Thornton Mr. and Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Don and Kathy King Jeff and Mary Ann Knoop Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky Mr. Frank P. Kromer Dr. Carol P. Leslie

From left: Bassist Matt Zory and CSO Board member Lisa Sampson; John and Sherri Warner, the latter of Chemed, with oboist Dwight Parry; Jenny and David Powell; Andrea Wilson and Cliff Goosmann.

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT Thomas and Adele Lippert Merlanne Louney Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Magnus Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marshall Lynn and Glen Mayﬁeld Barbara and Kim McCracken § Ms. Amy McDiffett Ms. Sue Miller Mrs. Patricia Misrach Mr. and Mrs. David E. Moccia § Mrs. Sally A. More George and Sarah Morrison III David and Beth Muskopf Phyllis Myers and Danny Gray Dr. and Mrs. Richard Park § Poul D. and JoAnne Pedersen Alice Perlman Ms. Thienthanh Pham Alice and David Phillips Mark and Kim Pomeroy Mr. Aftab Pureval Michael and Katherine Rademacher Marjorie and Louis Rauh Sandra Rivers Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Rose James and Mary Russell Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Schmid Rev. Dr. David V. Schwab Mr. Rick Sherrer and Dr. Lisa D. Kelly Rennie and David Siebenhar Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein William A. and Jane Smith Elizabeth A. Stone Margaret and Steven Story Lora and Scott Swedberg Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tinklenberg Mr. Richard Uhle Robert and Audrey Varley § Dr. and Mrs. Galen R. Warren Jim and George Ann Wesner Sheila Williams and Bruce Smith Jo Ann Wieghaus

Ronna and James Willis Andrea K. Wiot Steve and Katie Wolnitzek Anonymous (4)

SYMPHONY CIRCLE Gifts of $1,500–$2,999 Jeff and Keiko Alexander § Mr. and Mrs. Rob Altenau Joe and Patricia Baker Lois G. Benjamin David and Elaine Billmire Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Bixler Dr. and Mrs. William Bramlage Mrs. Jo Ann C. Brown Peter and Kate Brown Chris and Tom Buchert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carothers Dr. Alan Chambers Catharine W. Chapman § Marjorie Craft George and Joan Daumeyer Mr. Louis M. Dauner and Ms. Geraldine N. Wu George Deepe and Kris Orsborn Ms. Laura Doerger-Roberts Mrs. Jack E. Drake Mrs. Shirley Duff Mr. and Mrs. John G. Earls § Harry J. Finke IV Charles Frank and Jan Goldstein Richard Freshwater § Carol S. Friel Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Giannella John B. Goering Ms. Arlene Golembiewski Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Gollobin Drew Gores and George Warrington Dr. James and Mrs. Jann Greenberg Bill and Christy Griesser Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gustin Suzanne and Frank Hall Ms. Delores Hargrove-Young

Howard D. and Mary W. Helms Donald and Susan Henson Ms. Lisa Hillenbrand Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Hughes Mr. Bradley Hunkler Mr. and Mrs. Paul Isaacs Heidi Jark and Steve Kenat Barbara M. Johnson Lois and Kenneth Jostworth Holly H. Keeler Bill and Penny Kincaid Lynn Klahm Marie and Sam Kocoshis Carol Louise Kruse Jo Ann and George Kurz Patricia Lambeck Evelyn and Fred Lang Charles and Jean Lauterbach Mary Mc and Kevin Lawson Mrs. Jean E. Lemon § Alexander and Emily Levatte Mr. Peter F. Levin § Elizabeth Lilly* Dr. and Mrs. Lynn Y. Lin Mr. Arthur Lindsay Paula and Nick Link Drs. Douglas Linz and Ann Middaugh Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Luken, Jr. Mr. Bernard McKay Mr. Gerron McKnight Stephanie McNeill Charles and JoAnn Mead Becky Miars John and Roberta Michelman Michael V. and Marcia L. Middleton Regeana and Al Morgan Kevin and Lane Muth Mr. William Naumann Ms. Susan Noelcke Rick Pescovitz and Kelly Mahan Sandy Pike § Patsy & Larry Plum Beverly and Dan Reigle

Diane and Alex Resly Herbert Robinson and Barbara Sferra Nancy and Raymond Rolwing Jens G Rosenkrantz George Palmer Schober James P. Schubert Mark M. Smith (In memory of Terri C. Smith) Stephanie A. Smith Stephen and Lyle Smith David Snyder § Christopher and Meghan Stevens Lowella B. Stoerker Mrs. Donald C. Stouffer Shannon Michael Taylor Mr. Fred Tegarden Kathy Teipen Rich and Nancy Tereba Janet Todd Neil Tollas and Janet Moore Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wainscott Mr. Robert and Mrs. Leslie Warnock Ted and Mary Ann Weiss Mr. Frank Welsh Maryhelen West David F. and Sara K. Weston Fund Virginia Wilhelm Rev. Anne Warrington Wilson Carol and Don Wuebbling Jeff Yang David and Sharon Youmans Andi Levenson Young and Scott Young Ms. Nancy Zimpher John and Mary Ann Zorio Anonymous (9)

CONCERTO CLUB Gifts of 500–$1,499 Mrs. Christine O. Adams Judith Adams Romola N. Allen §

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CSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION (DE&I) COMMITTEE and COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL In May 2020 the realities of systemic inequity, injustice and racism in America were once again laid bare by the murder of George Floyd. That summer, the CSO created a 10-point DEI Action Plan to prioritize the Orchestra’s work to better represent and serve the entirety of the Cincinnati community. Action items included the continued ampliﬁcation of BIPOC artists on stage and in education programs; a review of hiring and compensation practices; organization-wide implicit bias training; increased mentorship opportunities; and the creation of a standing CSO Community Advisory Council (CAC) to strengthen ties to the community. We thank our many partners on the CAC and on our standing DE&I committee who are helping us with this important work. CSO Board of Directors DE&I Committee

Community Advisory Council

Charla B. Weiss, Lead Dr. Ralph P. Brown Dr. Maria Espinola Dara Fairman Delores Hargrove-Young Dr. Lisa D. Kelly David Kirk* Lisa Lennon Norman Gerron L. McKnight Anne E. Mulder Thanh T. Pham Dianne Rosenberg Jack Rouse Lisa M. Sampson Edgar L. Smith, Jr. Stephanie A. Smith Daphney Thomas* Sheila Williams

Christopher Miller Daniel Betts Desiree Bennett Jackie Taggart Boyd Joele Newman John P. Scott Rickell Smith Tia Brown Leslie Rich

*Community Volunteer Primary Staff Liaison: Harold Brown Other Staff Members: Tiffany Cooper, Carol Dary Dunevant, Kyle Wynk Sivashankar, Mary McFadden Lawson

Staff: Tiffany Cooper, Harold Brown

Multicultural Awareness Council Dara Fairman, Chair Susan Carlson Andria Carter Piper Davis Bob Freer Carlos Garcia Leon Alverna Jenkins Beverley Lamb Quiera Levy-Smith Aurelia “Candie” Simmons Daphney Thomas Alford West cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 59

FINANCIAL SUPPORT Mr. Brian Anderson Paul and Dolores Anderson Dr. Victor and Dolores Angel Nancy J. Apfel Mr. and Mrs. Keith Apple Carole J. Arend § Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Arnold Judy Aronoff and Marshall Ruchman Bruce and Jeanine Aronow Ms. Laura E. Atkinson Mr. David H. Axt and Ms. Susan L. Wilkinson Ms. Patricia Baas Dr. Diane S. Babcock § Beth and Bob Baer Todd and Ann Bailey Jerry and Martha Bain Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Baker Jack and Diane Baldwin Terry Bangs William and Barbara Banks Chris and Jeanne Barnes Peggy Barrett § Mrs. Polly M. Bassett Michael and Amy Battoclette Ms. Shirley Bear Mr. Jerome D. Becker Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bell Fred Berger Dr. Allen W. Bernard Dr. David and Cheryl Bernstein Glenda and Malcolm Bernstein Melanie Garner and Michael Berry Ms. Marianna Bettman Walter B. Blair § Dabby Blatt Randal and Peter Bloch Mr. Peter Block Ava Jo Bohl Ron and Betty Bollinger Clay and Emily Bond Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Borisch Towne Properties Marilyn and John Braun Mr. Hunter Bridewell Briggs Creative Services, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brinkmeyer § Ms. Kathleen Albers Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Brown Dr. Rebeccah L. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brown Ralph and Diane Brueggemann Jacklyn and Gary Bryson Mr. Steven G. Buchberger Bob and Angela Buechner Donald L. and Kathleen Field Burns Daniel A. Burr John and Terri Byczkowski Harold and Dorothy Byers § Ms. Cindy Callicoat Ms. Deborah Campbell § Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Canarie Amy and Robert Catanzaro Mr. and Mrs. James Cauhorn Denise and Martin Chambers Mike and Shirley Chaney Paul and Deborah Chellgren Gordon Christenson Ms. Sunjoo Chun Dee and Frank Cianciolo Fund* James Clasper and Cheryl Albrecht Ms. Vivian Cochrane Mr. Robert Cohen and Ms. Amy J. Katz Carol C. Cole § Dr. George I. Colombel Fred W. Colucci Dr. Margaret Conradi Jean and Gene Conway Robin Cotton and Cindi Fitton Dennis and Patricia Coyne Martha Crafts Mrs. Linda D. Crozier Mr. and Mrs. Brendon Cull Susan and John Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curran, III § Lynne Curtiss Jacqueline Cutshall Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Dabek, Jr. Donald and Victoria Daiker Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Lori Dattilo Diane Kolleck Loren and Polly DeFilippo Stephen and Cynthia DeHoff Robert B. Dick, Ph.D.

Ms. Rhonda Dickerscheid Roger and Julie Doughty David and Kelley Downing Meredith and Chuck Downton Mr. James Doyle Emilie and David Dressler Tom and Leslie Ducey Tom and Dale Due Ken and Melodie Dunn Mr. Bernie Dwertman Joseph and Kristi Echler Mr. and Mrs. James Eigel Ms. Ruth Engel Barbara Esposito-Ilacqua Barry and Judy Evans EXAIR Corporation Mr. Robert Faelten Dr. Douglas K. Fairobent and Dr. Paulette M. Gillig Dr. and Mrs. William J. Faulkner Mr. Walter Feige Ms. Barbara A. Feldmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fender Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Fischer Michael and Bonnie Fishel William and Carol Fisher Anne Feczko and Daniel Flynn Mr. and Mrs. James Foreman Mr. and Mrs. William Fotsch In memory of Eugene and Cavell Frey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fricke Michael Frye and Chris Schoeny Mr. and Mrs. James Fryman Marjorie Fryxell Linda P. Fulton § Dudley Fulton Justin R. Garabedian Drusilla Garms Ms. Jane Garvey Mark S. Gay Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Geier Dr. Michael Gelfand Jean R. Gerhardt Mrs. Theresa C. Deters Gerrard A. Franklin Gibboney V Kathleen Gibboney David J. Gilner Mary and Jack Gimpel Louis and Deborah Ginocchio Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Glueck Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goetz Mr. Ken Goldhoff Mr. and Mrs. Jim Goldschmidt Robert and Cynthia Gray Carl and Joyce Greber Mary Grooms Dr. Janet C. Haartz and Kenneth V. Smith Alison and Charles Haas Mrs. R. C. Haberstroh Mary and Phil Hagner Peter Hames Ham and Ellie Hamilton Walter and Karen Hand Roberta Handwerger Mr. Kevin Harshberger Amy and Dennis Healy Kenneth and Rachel Heberling Mrs. Betty H. Heldman § Mrs. E. J. Hengelbrok, Jr. Michelle and Don Hershey Curtis and Katrina Hinshaw Ms. Leslie M. Hoggatt Richard and Marcia Holmes Stanley A. Hooker, III Ms. Susan K. Hopp Noel and Angela Horne Mr. Mike Hostetler and Ms. Erica Pascal Mr. Thomas J. Hotek Deanna and Henry Huber Melissa Huber Karen and David Huelsman G. Edward and Sarah Hughes Nada Christine Huron Dr. Maralyn M. Itzkowitz Mrs. Charles H. Jackson, Jr. Mr. William K. Jackson Mr. Thaddeus Jaroszewicz Mark and Caitlin Jeanmougin Dale and Cheri Jenkins Mr. David Jester Mr. and Mrs. Scott Johncox Ms. Sylvia Johnson

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Frank Jordan § Tom and Geneva Jordan Scott and Patricia Joseph Dr. Jerald Kay Dr. James Kaya and Debra Grauel John and Molly Kerman Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kitzmiller Carol Grasha and Christopher Knoop Pamela Koester-Hackman Paul and Carita Kollman Juri Kolts Carol and Scott Kosarko Mr. Robert Kraus Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug Fund* Dr. Diane Krumanaker, DVM Patricia and Randolph Krumm § Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kuempel Mark Kuhlman Everett and Barbara Landen Asher Lanier Mrs. Julie Laskey Joe Law and Phil Wise Mr. Nathan C. Lee Mrs. Judith A. Leege in memory of Philip B. Leege Dr. Margaret Lemasters Patricia E. Leo Donna Levi Mr. and Mrs. Lance A. Lewis Ms. Presley Lindemann Mr. and Mrs. James A. Link Mrs. Mary Long Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Lukin Timothy and Jill Lynch Edmund D. Lyon Marshall and Nancy Macks Neil B. Marks Andrew and Jean Martin Ms. Cynthia Mason David Mason § Mr. and Mrs. Warren L. Mason David and Nancy Masters Mr. and Mrs. Dean Matz Dr. Janet P. McDaniel Tim and Trish McDonald Robert and Heather McGrath Ms. Mary McKeown Karin McLennan Ms. Nancy Menne Arnold and Nancy Merrow Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Meyer Dr. Karen Meyers and Mr. Bill Jones Rachel and Charlie Miller Mr. Roger Miller Ms. Terry S. Miller Terence G. Milligan Sonia R. Milrod Dr. Stanley R. Milstein § Ms. Laura Mitchell Mr. Steven Monder Eileen W. and James R. Moon Mr. Jason Moore Dr. Joseph J. Moravec Mrs. and Mr. Katie Murry Ms. Henryka Bialkowska-Nagy Mr. and Mrs. Norman Neal Mr. Ted Nelson and Ms. Ixi Chen Jim and Sharon Nichols Mr. and Mrs. John Niehaus Ms. Jane Nocito Jane Oberschmidt § Maureen Kelly and Andrew O’Driscoll Dr. Brett Offenberger and Mr. Douglas Duckett Mrs. Janet K. Osborn Nan L. Oscherwitz Elizabeth Osterburg Marilyn Z. Ott Mr. and Mrs. Michael Palmer Don and Margie Paulsen John and Francie Pepper * Ken and Linda Phelps Mr. Mark Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Paul Piazza Martin and Pamela Popp Mr. Robert Przygoda Glenn and Jane Rainey Jerry Rape James W. Rauth § Ms. Mary Redington Dr. and Mrs. Robert Reed Mrs. Hera Reines

Catherine E. Rekers In Memory of Reverend Robert Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Brian T. Rhame Stephanie Richardson Christopher and Blanca Riemann Roz and Jeff Robbins Mr. David Robertson Stephen and Betty Robinson Laurie and Dan Roche Ms. Jeanne C. Rolfes Dean Stanley Romanstein Catherine Calko Dr. and Mrs. Gary Roselle Amy and John Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. G. Roger Ross Dr. Deborah K. Rufner J. Gregory and Judith B. Rust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Ruthman The Saenger Family Foundation Cheryl A Sallwasser Dr. Richard S. Sarason and Anne Arenstein David and Judy Savage Mr. Christian J. Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Michael Scheffler Mr. Joseph Schilling Marcia A. Banker and Jeffrey S. Schloemer Mr. and Mrs. William C. Schmidter, III Jacqueline K. Schneider Mr. Timothy H. Schoonover Glenda C. Schorr Fund* Carol J. Schroeder § Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schultheis Mary D. Schweitzer Joe Segal and Debbie Friedman Ms. Beverly Seibert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Semancik Saira Shahani and Rick Warm Judith Sharp Drs. Mick and Nancy Shaughnessy The Shepherd Chemical Company Alfred and Carol Shikany Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Shrey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Skirtz Susan and David Smith Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Somoza Mr. and Mrs. Phil Spiewak Marian P. Stapleton Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Stautberg Bill and Lee Steenken Mr. Jason V. Stitt Stephanie and Joseph Stitt Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stradling, Jr. Nancy and Gary Strassel Margaret L. Straub Ms. Susan R. Strick Patricia Strunk § Kathryn Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sullivan Ann Swanson Mr. and Mrs. William R. Talbot, Jr. Thomas and Keri Tami Dr. Alan and Shelley Tarshis Carlos and Roberta Teran Tom and Sue Terwilliger Linda and Nate Tetrick Dr. Rachel Thienprayoon Joyce and Howard Thompson Matthew M and Anne N Thompson Cliff and Diane Thornsburg Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thrailkill Greg Tiao and Lisa Kuan Torey and Tom Torre Dr. Ilse van der Bent Dr. Judith Vermillion Rev. Francis W. Voellmecke Jacob Wachtman Barbie Wagner Mike and Diane Wagner Mary and Jack Wagner § Jane A. Walker Michael L. Walton, Esq Sarella Walton Herman & Margaret Wasserman Music Fund* Mrs. Louise Watts David and Sandy Westerbeck Mr. Donald White Ms. Lisa Williams Robert and Judy Wilson Mr. Dean Windgassen and Ms. Susan Stanton Windgassen § Rebecca Seeman and David Wood

FINANCIAL SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wylly III Mr. John M. Yacher Ms. Dona Young Judy and Martin Young Mr. David Youngblood and Ms. Ellen Rosenman Dr. Cynthia Yund Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zavon Dr. and Mrs. Daryl Zeigler Ms. Joan Zellner Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Zierolf Thomas and Joyce Zigler

John and Shannon Zimmerman Mrs. Beth Zwergel Anonymous (27)

GIFTS IN-KIND

D’Addario Foundation Drive Media House Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gibboney Ms. Sandy Gross and Mr. John Hutton Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jensen

Jones Day Mayerson Jewish Community Center Mr. John M. Russell and Ms. Thea Tjepkema List as of October 31, 2021 * Denotes a fund of The Greater

Cincinnati Foundation. § Denotes members of The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society. Individuals who have made a planned gift to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops Orchestra are eligible for membership in the Society. For more information, please contact Kate Farinacci at 513.744.3202.

GIFT OF MUSIC: September 17–October 31, 2021 The following people provided gifts to the Gift of Music Fund to celebrate an occasion, to mark a life of service to the Orchestra, or to commemorate a special date. Their contributions are added to the Orchestra’s endowment. For more information on how to contribute to this fund, please call 513.744.3271. In honor of Frank Hibrandy Ms. Yvonne Keith In honor of David and Mary Hutchens Douglas and Joyce Hutchens In memory of Wayne Anderson from the orchestra Ms. Julie Schimpf In memory of Judy Berman Fried, mother of CSO violinist Cherie Benedict Anonymous In memory of Stanley R. and Shirley Gershuny Mr. Stanley R. Gershuny In memory of Robert O. Johnson Ms. Jane S. Anderson Harold and Dorothy Byers Freeman Durham and Dean Clevenger Robert W. Dorsey Ms. Sharon Downing Mrs. Marjorie K. Fryxell Laurel Jernigan Brian, Jen, Oliver and Reagan Kelly Mr. Robert Livingston David and Nancy Reid Ms. Shirley A. Stikeleather In memory of Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Kitrick Sharon and Preston Douglas John and Wendy Holschuh Ohio State Bar Foundation Ann Nightingale Jeanne Schott Timothy Wesley Woolston In memory of Ben Kovarsky Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky LG Electronics In memory of Robert Kulle Mr. and Mrs. Gary Blomberg In memory of Robert and Jayne Kulle Ms. Barbara Kulle

In memory of Dr. Theodore “Ted” W. Striker Lori Aronson Thelma Bergman Mrs. Maxine Berkman David and Elaine Billmire Charlotte Brooks Mary Brown Shannon and Lee Carter Louis and Kathy Claybon Dr. and Mrs. John S. Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Dunsker Ren and Cristina Egbert Kari Fagin Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Fischer Dr. and Mrs. Richard Freiberg Jeffrey Goldstein Judge and Mrs. Brad Greenberg Mrs. Betty H. Heldman Jane and Bill Higgins Bev and Chad Hoover Drs. Gordon and Linda Huntress Jewish Federation of Cincinnati Arlene and Bill Katz Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kerstine Mrs. Barbara Kreines Richard and Susan Lauf Margot Lee Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Magnus Marji and Don Mendelsohn Mrs. Patricia C. Misrach Neil Tollas and Janet Moore Bill and Sarah Palmer Gloria and Alter Peerless Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rabkin Kenneth N. Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Schlachter Vivian and James Schwab Mr. Charles Schwartz David and Abby Schwartz Sharpsburg Mr. and Mrs. John E. Shore Ms. Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein Mr. and Mrs. H. Louis Sirkin Dr. Harold B. Spitz Howard and Nancy Starnbach Judith K. Stein, MD Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stern Ann and Willy Stern Ms. Beth Townsend David Waterbury James Werbelow Mr. and Mrs. R. Gary Winters Anonymous (2) In memory of Stephen Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

THE THOMAS SCHIPPERS LEGACY SOCIETY Thomas Schippers was Music Director from 1970 to 1977. He left not only wonderful musical memories, but also a ﬁnancial legacy with a personal bequest to the Orchestra. The Thomas Schippers Legacy Society recognizes those who contribute to the Orchestra with a planned gift. We thank these members for their foresight and generosity. For more information on leaving your own legacy, contact Mary McFadden Lawson at 513.744.3272.

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Adams Jeff & Keiko Alexander Mrs. Robert H. Allen Paul R. Anderson Mrs. Charles William Anness Carole J. Arend Donald C. Auberger, Jr. Dr. Diane Schwemlein Babcock Henrietta Barlag Peggy Barrett Jane* & Ed Bavaria Dava Lynn Biehl David & Elaine Billmire Walter Blair Lucille* & Dutro Blocksom Rosemary & Frank Bloom Dr. John & Suzanne Bossert Mollie H. Hollon Ronald Bozicevich Thomas A. Braun, III Joseph Brinkmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Bryan, III Harold & Dorothy Byers Deborah Campbell & Eunice M. Wolf Myra Chabut Catharine W. Chapman Mrs. Jackson L. Clagett III Norma L. Clark Lois & Phil* Cohen Leland M.* & Carol C. Cole Grace A. Cook Jack & Janice Cook Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cordes Peter G. Courlas & Nick Tsimaras* Mr. & Mrs. Charles E Curran III Amy & Scott Darrah, Meredith & Will Darrah, and children Caroline H. Davidson Harrison R.T. Davis Amy & Trey Devey Robert W. Dorsey Jon & Susan Doucleff Mr. & Mrs. John Earls Barry C. & Judith R. Evans Linda & Harry Fath Alan Flaherty Mrs. Richard A. Forberg Ashley & Barbara Ford Guy & Marilyn Frederick Rich Freshwater & Family Susan Friedlander Mr. Nicholas L. Fry Linda P. Fulton H. Jane Gavin Mrs. Philip O. Geier Kenneth A. Goode Clifford J. Goosmann & Andrea M. Wilson Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon J. Frederick & Cynthia Gossman Kathy Grote Esther B. Grubbs, Marci Bein, and Mindi Hamby William Hackman Vincent C. Hand & Ann E. Hagerman Tom & Jan Hardy

William L. Harmon Bill Harnish & John Harnish Dr. & Mrs. Morton L. Harshman Mary J. Healy Frank G. Heitker Anne P. Heldman Betty & John* Heldman Ms. Roberta Hermesch Karlee L. Hilliard Michael H. Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn Daniel J. Hoffheimer Kenneth L. Holford George R. Hood Mr. & Mrs. Terence L. Horan Mrs. Benjamin C. Hubbard Susan & Tom Hughes Carolyn R. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Paul Isaacs Julia M. F. B. Jackson Michael & Kathleen Janson Andrew MacAoidh Jergens Jean C. Jett Frank Jordan Margaret H. Jung Mace C. Justice Karen Kapella Dr. & Mrs.* Steven Katkin Rachel Kirley & Joseph Jaquette Carolyn Koehl Marvin Kolodzik Randolph & Patricia Krumm Theresa M. Kuhn Warren & Patricia Lambeck Owen & Cici Lee Steve Lee Mrs. Jean E. Lemon Mr. Peter F. Levin George & Barbara Lott Mr.* & Mrs. Ronald Lyons Marilyn J. Maag Margot Marples David L. Martin Allen* & Judy Martin David Mason Mrs. Barbara Witte McCracken Laura Kimble McLellan Dr. Stanley R. Milstein Mrs. William K. Minor Mr. & Mrs. D. E. Moccia Kristin & Stephen Mullin Christopher & Susan Muth Patti Myers Susan & Kenneth Newmark Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Nicholas Patricia Grignet Nott* Jane Oberschmidt Marja-Liisa Ogden Julie & Dick* Okenfuss Jack & Marilyn Osborn Dr.* & Mrs. Richard E. Park, MD Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Pease Poul D. & JoAnne Pedersen Sandy & Larry* Pike Mrs. Harold F. Poe Anne M. Pohl Irene & Daniel Randolph James W. Rauth Barbara S. Reckseit Melody Sawyer Richardson Ellen Rieveschl Elizabeth & Karl Ronn Moe & Jack Rouse

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Marianne Rowe Ann & Harry Santen Rosemary & Mark Schlachter Carol J. Schroeder Mrs. William R. Seaman Dr. Brian Sebastian Mrs. Mildred J. Selonick Mrs. Robert B. Shott Sue & Glenn Showers Irwin & Melinda Simon Betsy & Paul* Sittenfeld Sarah Garrison Skidmore Adrienne A. Smith David & Sonja* Snyder Marie Speziale Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Sprenkle Michael M. Spresser Barry & Sharlyn Stare Cynthia Starr Bill & Lee Steenken Barry Steinberg Nancy M. Steman John and Helen Stevenson Mary & Bob Stewart Brett Stover Dr. Robert & Jill Strub Patricia M. Strunk

Ralph & Brenda* Taylor Conrad F. Thiede Minda F. Thompson Carrie & Peter Throm Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Todd Nydia Tranter Dick & Jane Tuten Thomas Vanden Eynden & Judith Beiting Mr. & Mrs. Robert Varley Mr. & Mrs. James K. Votaw Mr. & Mrs.* Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. Jack K. & Mary V. Wagner Nancy C. Wagner Patricia M. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ward Jo Anne & Fred Warren Anne M. Werner Gary & Diane West Charles A. Wilkinson Susan Stanton Windgassen Mrs. Joan R. Wood Alison & Jim Zimmerman * Deceased New Schippers members are in bold

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO Jonathan Martin President & CEO Andrea Maisonpierre Hessel CSO Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC PLANNING & PRODUCTION Robert McGrath Chief Operating Officer

Artistic Planning Nate Bachhuber Vice President of Artistic Planning Kristin Hill Assistant, Artistic Planning and Music Director Marissa Goodman Manager, Artistic Administration and Special Projects Olivia Cleri Artistic Planning Intern

Production Paul Pietrowski Vice President of Orchestra & Production Rachel Kilgore Director of Orchestra Personnel Kelly Bareﬁeld Orchestra Personnel & Operations Manager Heather L. Stengle Director of Operations Alex Magg Production Manager, CSO & May Festival Carlos Javier Production Manager, Pops

Digital Content & Innovation KC Commander Director of Digital Content & Innovation Lee Snow Digital Content Technology Manager Corinne Wiseman Digital Content Manager Kaitlyn Driesen Digital Production Manager

Learning

Marijane Klug Accounting Manager

Rebecca Villarreal Subscription Marketing Manager

[Open] Accounting Clerk

[Open] Senior Graphic Designer

Samantha Graham Accounting Clerk

[Open] Graphic Designer

Data Services Sharon D. Grayton Data Services Manager

Amber Ostaszewski Director of Audience Engagement

Tara Williams Data Services Manager

Michelle Lewandowski Director of Sales

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Kathleen Curry Data Entry Clerk

Nic Bizub Sales Assistant

HUMAN RESOURCES

Harold Brown Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Kyle Wynk-Sivashankar Vice President of Human Resources

Kyle Lamb Box Office Manager

COMMUNICATIONS Felecia Tchen Kanney Vice President of Communications Tyler Secor Communications Content Manager [Open] Social Media Manager Liz Donges Communications Intern

Tiffany Cooper Director of Community Engagement and Diversity Amanda Franklin Community Engagement Manager [Open] Volunteer & Community Engagement Coordinator

Jenny Ryan Human Resources Manager

PATRON SERVICES

MARKETING Michael Frisco Vice President of Marketing

PHILANTHROPY

Stephen Howson Director of Web and Audience Insight

Sean Baker Director of Institutional Giving

Jon Dellinger Copywriter/Marketing Manager

Supervisors Sean Bussell Ellison Blair Hannah Kaiser Abigail Karr

Representatives Erica Almquist Daria Denysenko Brandon Dodge Eva Reyes-Smith Laura Rupple Matthew Umphreys

[Open] Corporate Giving Manager Leslie Hoggatt, CFRE Director of Individual Giving and Donor Services Catherine Hann, CFRE Assistant Director of Individual Giving Katelyn Conway Philanthropy Communications Manager Penny Hamilton Philanthropy Assistant Kate Farinacci Director of Special Campaigns and Legacy Giving Ashley Coffey Foundation and Grants Manager

Becky Spiewak Education Programs Manager

D’Ante McNeal Philanthropy Intern

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From top: Maxwell Fairman and Ari Webb

Congratulations go to Maxwell Fairman, violin and Ari Webb, cello: winners of the CSYO’s annual Philharmonic Concerto Competition with Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo, Principal Clarinet Christopher Pell and Music Director Louis Langrée serving as judges. Fairman will perform the ﬁrst movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the CSO/ CSYO Side-by-Side concert on Feb. 9 and Webb will perform the ﬁrst movement of the Dvořák Cello Concerto at the CSYO Philharmonic concert on April 24.

In recognition of his extraordinary talent, accomplishments, the deep connection he brings to the music, and the meaningful relationships he has nurtured with artists over time, Louis Langrée has been appointed by French President Emmanuel Macron to a ﬁve-year term as Director of Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique in Paris. Louis’ work in Paris will seamlessly dovetail with his remaining three seasons with us as our Music Director. Louis says, “I like that it is a national opera, that is to say, a theater that belongs to all of us. It’s up to me to take care of it now, and share essential messages that transform us through music and theater.”

Congratulations to our Nouveau students for their recitals in November and December. November recitals featured NouKennedy Baker, violin; Nilli Tayidi, viola; veau Chamber Vanessa Agyei, cello; Renee Perpignan, violin. Players and the December showcase featured students from the Novice, Apprentice, and Chamber Players groups. cincinnatisymphony.org/nouveau

The Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC) established the annual Norman E. Johns Chair Award in the 1995-1996 season to honor Mr. Johns’ years of service to the CSO and the community and to encourage the participation of traditionally underrepClockwise from top left: Eric resented students Reigelsperger, bass; Renee in youth orchestra Perpignan, violin; Gabriel Caal, viola; Ari Webb, cello programs. The talent-based award, supporting African-American, Latine/Hispanic, and Native American Indian students in their pursuit of music, covers the cost of tuition in the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra. This year’s Norman E. Johns Chair Award recipients are Gabriel Caal, viola; Renee Perpignan, violin; Eric Reigelsperger, bass and Ari Webb, cello. The CSO and Miami University of Ohio have announced a new collaboration: the inaugural Cincinnati Symphony Brass Institute, taking place June 6-13, 2022 at Miami University’s Oxford campus. The Institute is directed by CSO Associate Principal Trumpet Doug Lindsay, who also serves as Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Miami University, with faculty from the University and from the CSO brass section. The Institute, which is offered at no cost to participants, offers two intensive tracks: a High School Scholars Program and the Orchestral Training Fellowship (players ages 18-28) for advanced brass players. miamioh.edu/ cincinnati-symphony-brass-institute

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Financial Support

Directors & Advisors

Administration

CSO In Your Neighborhood

Black History Month Spotlight: Under One Roof

Artistic Leadership: Louis Langrée and John Morris Russell

Spotlight: Tango and City Noir

Welcome from the President & CEO

Feature: Mr. Brady’s Opus

Feature: JMR and the Pops

Nouveau Program

Spotlight: A Shared Humanity

Behind the Score: When the World Stopped, These Artists Didn’t

Feature: Three Modern-Day Muses