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Matinée Musicale Cincinnati Continues Its 108th Recital Series!

Sunday, November 21, 2021 3 PM • Memorial Hall OTR (Masks are required AND either proof of Covid vaccination OR a negative Covid test within the past 72 hours.)

First Prize Winner at both the 2019 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and 2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano Competition

Albert Cano Smit PIANO

Other 2021-2022 Season Recitals

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All recital times are 3 PM and, except where indicated, are held at Memorial Hall OTR.

Nicole Cabell

Zlatomir Fung

Ryan Speedo Green

Rachel Barton Pine

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VIOLIN

Jan. 30, 2022

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FALL 2021 CONTENTS 5

Welcome from the President & CEO

Cover Story: Freedom and Joy: Louis Langrée’s Recipe for the New Season

In Depth with Guest Conductors Gaffigan and Cox

12 Feature: Pulling Out All the Stops and Celebrating JMR 15 Spotlight: Introducing Harold Brown, CDIO 17 Feature: The Show Must Go On. And it Did. Online. 20 Spotlight: CSO-CCM Diversity Fellows 23 Spotlight: New Orchestra Chair Endowments 24 Artistic Leadership: Louis Langrée and John Morris Russell

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25 Orchestra Roster 27 Concert programs and guest artists: Oct. 29-30, Freedom & Joy | Nov. 10, Trifonov Recital | Nov. 13–14, Gaffigan Conducts Mahler 4 | Nov. 19–20, Manny, Haydn & Beethoven 8 | Nov. 26–27, Debussy, Ravel & Mendelssohn | Dec. 3–5, 10–12, Holiday Pops | Dec. 8/12, CSYO Philharmonic and Concert Orchestra | Dec. 29–30, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve, Shaken, Not Stirred

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WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO—Jonathan Martin Dear Friends, The focus of this issue of Cincinnati Fanfare magazine is Celebration and Gratitude, and our cover image takes us back to the Orchestra’s 125th anniversary celebration in January 2020. That was a spectacular night—Louis Langrée’s ©Roger Mastroianni program included both a look back and a look forward, with works by Eugène Ysa e (a CSO music director predecessor), Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Alexander Scriabin, who had each worked with the Orchestra in their time. From there, we looked ahead with premieres by Daníel Bjarnason and by our late principal bassoonist, William Winstead. The full Orchestra was on stage, and the entire audience in the sold-out Springer Auditorium joined us for a historic “selfie” portrait capturing this moment. Little did we know that just weeks later our world would be thrown into the uncertainty and isolation that came with the global Covid-19 pandemic. The stories in this issue provide a narrative of our unexpected journey from March 2020 until now: our early decision to “go digital”; an organizational evolution catalyzed by racial tension; the first concerts for in-person audiences in January 2021; and our first glimpses of “normal” this past summer with the resumption of July 4 at Riverbend, Classical Roots in August, and MusicNOW in September. None of this could have happened without your loyal support. We owe a debt of gratitude to our subscribers who donated back tickets and to our donors who continued their support, even without concerts, and who were first in line when we began reopening in January. We are grateful to the local and federal agencies

that provided signiﬁcant Covid relief funding through the CARES and ARP Acts: the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, Hamilton County, the City of Cincinnati, and ArtsWave. And, we are profoundly grateful to the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation, whose unswerving support continued through this extraordinarily disruptive time in our history. Our pandemic motto is to “do as much as we can, as soon as we can, for and with as many people as we can.” Louis, JMR, and our remarkable musicians have been our enthusiastic creators from day one, making sure the music never stopped. Our board of directors encouraged and supported our plans, and our staff helped navigate the CSO through Covid’s peaks and valleys with professionalism, patience and grace. We applaud all of you. Thanks to the perseverance of all, we can celebrate the return of the full Orchestra to the stage and are overjoyed to welcome our entire audience back to Music Hall. With gratitude,

Above: Sō Percussion performs David Lang’s man made as part of the CSO’s MusicNOW collaboration in September. At left: Young musicians of the Nouveau Program perform at the Classical Roots concert in August 2021. Credit: Mark Lyons

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COVER STORY: Freedom and Joy

Freedom and Joy: Louis Langrée’s Recipe for the New Season by KEN SMITH

ow that the pandemic has ﬁnally waned enough to have people over again, who do we invite? What do we serve? In preparing this season’s full return to Music Hall, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has confronted more or less the same questions we’re all facing, albeit with a more extensive menu and rather longer guest list. As an omnivorous Frenchman, music director Louis Langrée paid particular attention to the menu. “While I was conducting MusicNOW in September, I realized that this was my ﬁrst concert in Music Hall without social distancing in 572 days,” he recalls. “We had already been active—and we are still wearing masks—but now there’s this sense of freedom, and a deep happiness. How do we represent that on stage?” An early thought, he says, was to mark the CSO’s full return with Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony, though the chorus would still present some logistical concerns. Instead, Langrée’s

thoughts kept returning to Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 and its underlying message of freedom. Brahms’s Third Symphony opens with an F– A-ﬂat–F motif that listeners have long interpreted as frei aber froh (“free but happy”), the composer’s personal motto in reaction to his friend and frequent collaborator Joseph Joachim, the Hungarian violinist whose own motto had been frei aber einsam (“free but lonely”). Langrée’s musical menu on October 29 and 30 opens with an appetizer of Brahms’s Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata (other movements were written by Robert Schumann and Schumann’s student Albert Dietrich) wielding the pitches F, A and E in tribute to Joachim, performed by CSO Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo and pianist Drew Petersen. Before the evening’s main course of the Third Symphony, with its F–A-ﬂat–F motif, Petersen and the orchestra will perform an entrée of Andrew Norman’s Suspend, a 20-minute fantasy that ruminates on both of the Brahms works.

Louis Langrée conducts the Orchestra’s first pandemic era in-person concert in January 2021. Credit: Chris Lee

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“With “Withthe thehappiness happiness of of FAF FAF coming coming in in response sponsetotothe thesolitude solitude of of FAE—a FAE—a feeling feeling we have haveallallexperienced experiencedfor for so so many many months—I months—I felt feltthis thiswas wasthe themost mostappropriate appropriate message message we could couldsend send,” ” Langrée Langréesays says. “It’s “It’s aa bridge bridge from from the darkness to the light, a promise of a new future. Just as Brahms was ‘speaking’ with other composers in their collective sonata, we have a program where composers have a dialogue across different eras and styles until we reach the symphony’s apotheosis of freedom.” “Apotheosis” in this case being a relative term. As Langrée readily admits, Brahms’s Third is arguably the composer’s least performed symphony precisely because of its lack of bombast. “He wasn’t searching for the standing ovation,” Langrée says. “In fact, it is more of a contemplation. The piece doesn’t have an ending so much as an evaporation. For me, the ending is a question mark that particularly resonates today: Now that we finally have freedom, what do we do with it? From what we have experienced, what next?” Much of Langrée’s conception of the symphony—and the setting of it in context—hails from the CSO’s two-year BrahmsFest, where each of the composer’s symphonies was surrounded by symphonic, chamber and solo works that either inspired or subsequently echoed Brahms’s ideas. The Third Symphony had been the only program in the series to be cancelled—indeed, it is Langrées only cancellation in his entire tenure as CSO Music Director—following the death of his father. More unfinished business surfaces a few weeks later with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, the sole remaining holdout from the CSO’s three-year Beethoven [R]evolution cycle, which was one of the many casualties of the Covid lockdown. The Eighth Symphony finally comes to the Music Hall stage on November 19 and 20, along with the belated world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Track 8, commissioned by the CSO in response to Beethoven’s penultimate symphony for the CSO’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Once the menu is set comes the guest list, including the dreaded dilemma of determining a guest of honor. “Who do you invite for an event like this?” Langrée asks. “A star, someone our audience loves and can welcome back and immediately connect with? Or a young artist who has yet to perform in Cincinnati and can make their first impression here?” For Langrée’s Brahms concert, the decision was simple. “Since we are opening a new chapter, I thought we should celebrate with a young soloist,” he says. Langrée quickly set his sights on pianist Drew Petersen, whom he originally met

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Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo and pianist Drew Petersen will perform the Scherzo from Brahms “F-A-E” Sonata for the Orchestra’s official season opener Oct. 29–30.

in New York and invited to perform at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Subsequent plans for Langrée to conduct Petersen’s debut with the San Francisco Symphony became yet another Covid consequence. On the other hand, the choice of both concerto and soloist to pair with Beethoven’s Eighth tilted starkly toward tradition, with Emanuel Ax performing Haydn’s Concerto in D Major. “Manny Ax is a star beloved by the entire world, but he ﬁrst appeared in Cincinnati in 1976 with Mozart’s D Minor Concerto,” recalls Langrée, whose own relationship with Ax stretches back more than 20 years in Cincinnati, New York and Vienna. “Beethoven’s Eighth is very Haydn-inspired, with a menuetto instead of a scherzo, so to balance Sebastian Currier’s 21st-century homage we ``

Sebastian Currier’s Track 8 Track 8, a CSO commission, was originally conceived for the 125th Anniversary season, and is the second work Sebastian Currier has written for the Orchestra. It now closes the loop (Nov. 19–20) of Louis Langrée’s multiyear Beethoven [R]evolution project, pairing each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies with a contemporary work. Currier uses Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 as its “source code” of musical material directly to create a piece that literally “tracks,” or is in parallel perspective, with each movement of the original. More than two centuries of music exist between Beethoven and Currier, who even weaves quotes from Anton Webern and Irving Berlin into the second movement. He writes, “the wider point I wish to make is that, for me, Beethoven doesn’t seem ‘old’ or ‘a relic of the past,’ but something totally vital, alive, and relevant today.”

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Regarding that balance of old and new, Langrée commends the historic position that Cincinnati has maintained in its 127-year history. “It is really part of Cincinnati’s culture not to oppose either tradition or innovation and experimentation,” he says. “In fact, much of the city’s tradition is experimentation. From its very beginning more than a century ago, the CSO hosted Scriabin, Richard Strauss, and Elgar and gave the Pianist Emanuel Ax, beloved by audiences and the Orchestra, most recently performed with the CSO in Sept. 2016 at the Taft Theatre. Credit: AJ Waltz U.S. premieres of Mahler’s Third and Fifth symphonies.” wanted the rest of the evening to look ahead, From there, he says, it’s a short leap to the pointing to Beethoven from the other direction. range of living composers whose works are Haydn’s D Major Concerto is filled with Hungarscheduled for the Music Hall stage this season. ian folk styles and a mix of various flavors and CSO commissions and co-commissions receivcultures that I think fits the program very well.” ing premieres run the stylistic gamut from violin Decisions like this are not merely place-fillers concertos by Mark Simpson (Jan. 14–15), Missy on a party schedule but rather banners that Mazzoli (Mar. 11–12) and CSO identify and celebrate the very core of an orchesCreative Partner Matthias tra’s mission, he adds. “The role of any cultural Pintscher (Jan. 28–29), to an institution is always to bring new talent, to help orchestral fanfare by Wynton create new talent,” Langrée maintains. “You find Marsalis (Mar. 25–27), an a balance between welcoming guest soloists and oboe concerto by Guillaume conductors you revere and are happy to see Connesson (May 6–8) and again, and introducing new talents you discover concert-opening works by and hope to welcome again in the future. It’s why Julia Adolphe (Apr. 8–9) and in a single season we invite both James Conlon, Gabriela Ortiz (May 14–15). Composer Gabriela a veteran of Cincinnati’s musical life, and an upWhether the music at Ortiz’s new work will be and-coming conductor like Roderick Cox.” given its world premiere hand is a perennial favorite May 14–15. With each season being a mix of old and new or still hot off the proverbial friends, the ongoing debate becomes who does press, the point of any piece, any program or any what. “Looking at my upcoming concerts, I think concert season is to curate a balance. Though both Drew and Manny are paired perfectly with as Langrée admits, that definition can be rather their programs,” Langrée observes. “But if I expansive. “The goal is to find the beauty, the look at them again, I see they could easily have power, the meaning of different pieces and performed the opposite pieces.” to weigh their similarities and differences,” he says. “Again, it’s like putting together a meal, where you can go in different directions, utilizing entirely different concepts. You can combine ingredients whose flavors contrast so starkly that putting them together creates an entirely new experience, or you can assemble a range of different elements that all come together to serve the meat or the fish. Depending on the program, I like to explore both.” Langrée’s sense of programming largely informs the entire CSO season, even in programs led by guest conductors. Two upcoming continued, p. 48

Richard Strauss is one of many composers and artists who have come to Cincinnati to work with the CSO throughout its history.

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IN DEPTH

In Depth with Guest Conductors James Gaffigan and Roderick Cox by KEN SMITH

Gaffigan Serves Up Tastes of Bohemia and Vienna Any queries about JAMES GAFFIGAN’s pairing of Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Johann Baptist Georg Neruda’s rarely performed Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (Nov. 13–14) should start with the evening’s soloists, soprano Catherine Trottmann and CSO Principal Trumpet Robert Gaffigan: ©David Künzler, Melchior Bürgi Sullivan. “The two things I love most in life are music and people,” says Gafﬁgan, “and I never really know how to separate the two.” Gaffigan first heard Trottmann while rehearsing a mid-pandemic proTrottmann: ©Damien Chanel duction of La Traviata with Paris Opera in November 2020. Paris went into another lockdown before opening night, cancelling the entire run, but Gaffigan remained captivated. “She was singing Flora and I didn’t Sullivan even notice her until she opened her mouth in the opening scene,” he says. “It was, like, who is this girl and why is she singing such a small role?” Bigger roles had actually started coming already, it turned out, but Trottmann had remained devoted to her prior commitments. Gaffigan’s inner ear immediately connected her voice with Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. “I asked her, ‘Have you ever sung Mahler Four?’” he recalls asking. “She said, ‘Funny you should ask.’” Both of her scheduled performances of the piece last season had been cancelled. “Catherine’s voice has a childlike quality, but it’s also huge,” says Gaffigan. ”If you cast a boy, or a soprano who sounds like a boy, you’ll never hear them above the orchestra. Nor will they probably have the emotional depth. Catherine has this angelic quality, but also the sheer volume and the right level of musicianship.” Gaffigan’s relationship with Sullivan, by contrast, stretches back to The Cleveland Orchestra in the early 2000s, when Sullivan was Assistant

Principal Trumpet and Gaffigan was Assistant Conductor. Gaffigan soon became enamored by Sullivan’s musicianship and his advocacy of living composers. For his CSO concerts, he says “We first explored several pieces that had already been written for him,” he says. “Then we thought about doing something baroque, perhaps even including Catherine in parts of a Bach cantata. But that wasn’t really enough to showcase Robert.” Neruda’s E-flat Concerto became a perfect balance. “I love thematic programming, but this became more about balancing musical styles. Neruda whets the appetite for Mahler, particularly the symphony’s trumpet fanfare. We usually think of the trumpet as the voice of God; Mahler’s music is sacred in a very different way, but it definitely speaks to the human condition. “The Fourth is my favorite Mahler symphony,” Gaffigan continues. “It’s the most human, and tells a story from beginning to end with a relatively small orchestra by Mahler’s standards. You have extreme romanticism looking back at more traditional forms, with all the bells and whistles— literally sleigh bells in this case—of Mahler’s most advanced orchestration. “It’s sad, but sometimes you need a funeral to remind you how beautiful a piece of music is,” Gaffigan maintains. “After the pandemic, something so pure as Mahler’s music when the little child sings about ‘the music in heaven’ in the fourth movement is simply heartbreaking. This is the perfect piece to bring us back to the symphonic world. If it doesn’t strike a nerve, you should probably check your pulse.”

Cox Offers a “Scottish” and French Menu for His Debut

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For the American conductor RODERICK COX (conducting Nov. 26–27), who relocated to Berlin in August 2018, the Covid pandemic has been a mixed blessing. On the plus side, the lockdown provided plenty of time to “get serious about learning German,” he says. “Coming from Macon, Georgia, I’d spent too much time beating ``

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IN DEPTH: With Gaffigan and Cox

myself up for not speaking French, German or Italian. But really, in what school in Macon could you have learned German? Maybe you’d get a good Spanish course.” His biggest revelation came in how language studies in Germany are inextricable from high culture. “I’d be studying sentence structure or new vocabulary when suddenly there was some text we needed to read about Alma Mahler, or Mozart, or the opera,” Cox explains. “Cultural knowledge and a certain pride about their musical tradition is very much infused in learning the language.” Post-lockdown, however, professional opportunities—including his debut with his now-hometown Deutsche Symphony Orchestra—started coming a bit too fast and furious. Instead of having time to carefully process new repertoire, Cox found himself replacing many traveling conductors now being stopped at the border. While making his debut at San Francisco Opera, Cox was involved in programming meetings with the CSO when someone from the artistic team suggested he take a look at Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3. “I do like the ‘Scottish’ Symphony, even though it’s never been in my regular repertory,” he says. “So I thought, perhaps it was time to revisit the piece and see if I had something different to say.” After several months of score study geared toward breadth rather than depth, Cox suddenly found the “Scottish” Symphony to be a different piece entirely. “People often think of Mendelssohn

as part of the classical old guard, but his symphonies are very much influenced by atmosphere and nature. You could spend a whole day studying the first page, where he depicts the Scottish weather through muted violas alone. Also, the piece departs from regular symphonic structure into more abstract continuous action, just as opera was getting away from recitatives and arias.” Now seeing Mendelssohn afresh as opening the door to the whole Romantic era, Cox thought of prefacing the evening with Debussy’s Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune, a piece that closed that door some 60 years later. “Debussy’s whole world is constructed of colors, textures and atmosphere,” he says. “It’s a dream state of feeling the wind in your hair, and all of nature around you.” The only missing piece of the puzzle was pianist Conrad Tao, with whom Cox had been planning a far more extensive program before Covid began. Instead of their pairing of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with a Brahms Symphony, Cox and Tao pivoted to Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, a fully cosmopolitan piece from the late 1920s, putting a recognizably French stamp on such diverse influences as baroque music and jazz, though with no less attention to color, texture and atmosphere than Mendelssohn and Debussy. “I know it’s become kind of pejorative to refer to a ‘standard piece’ or ‘standard program.’” Cox says. “But if you can find the right combination of pieces in the right setting you can create a whole new experience.”

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SPOTLIGHT: JMR and the Pops

Pulling Out All the Stops and Celebrating JMR—“JMR Style”

elebrating John Morris Russell’s tenth anniversary with the Cincinnati Pops was originally planned for the 2020–21 season, but the pandemic turned off the lights at the party. After the last season, though, the power of live music is back and we are all more than ready to celebrate our return to concerts with full orchestra and full audiences. “You don’t realize how much adrenaline rush there is in performance with a live audience,” Russell said recently. Creating videos and streaming during the pandemic “was super cool in the beginning, with cameras, lighting and all, but after a couple months, we really missed performing for PEOPLE. We took it for granted, and we shouldn’t have: the live musical experience is the essence of what we do.” Russell gets joy from a wide array of professional interests. He grew up in the ’60s listening to “everything from Led Zeppelin to Earth, Wind and Fire,” as well as his hometown “band,” The Cleveland Orchestra. “Brahms, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky—those were my guys.” His career, which includes an 11-year stretch in the late 90s and early aughts as CSO and Pops Associate Conductor, offered him plenty of opportunities to lead both classical and pops repertoire.

JMR conducts the first pandemic era in-person Pops concert, Broadway Forever, January 2021. Credit: Mark Lyons

But in 2011, when the CSO offered him the role left by the late Pops founder Erich Kunzel, “I had to really think about a career in Pops—it’s a big gig and changes your life. At the end of the day, Pops is essentially about the American musical styles I love, and about the Orchestra that I love, so it was an easy yes.” The group that he came back to was “one of the most respected ensembles and revered brands in the business,” he said. The Cincinnati Pops, honed over decades of performances and Telarc recordings, was known for a “big, bad, full-on sound. Lots of muscle for sure, but also

JMR, Noël Walton, Ciara Harper and the CSO celebrate the 20th anniversary of Classical Roots and the full Orchestra’s return to the Music Hall stage in August 2021. Credit: Mark Lyons

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Brian Stokes Mitchell is one of several guest artists who will be on hand to celebrate John Morris Russell’s 10th anniversary as Pops Conductor this spring. Credit: Mark Lyons

incredibly nimble. The Pops can swing, sparkle, and turn on a dime.” Most all-American musical styles that Russell adores have historically crossed paths in Cincinnati, from the Bluegrass and Celtic traditions that came downriver from Appalachia to the blues, jazz and gospel that traveled upriver from the deep South. “Cincinnati is the epicenter of American music, where all these traditions have rubbed elbows,” he said, “from churches and Biergartens, to the legacy of King Records,” and his Pops programming deliberately reflects that. While Associate Conductor, JMR helped create Classical Roots, a cherished Cincinnati tradition that celebrated its 20th anniversary in August. “My deep appreciation for American music developed through those programs. The musical DNA of Africa is in everything we call American music,” he said. “It’s woven into the fabric of most everything we do at the Pops.” The beloved annual Holiday Pops performances (Dec 3–5, 10–12) are some of Russell’s favorite concerts of the year. “Some of these songs go back nearly a thousand years, and people have arranged and sung them in countless ways, but they still deliver the same message: love one another,” he said. Shaken, Not Stirred for New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31), is a retrospective of the biggest James Bond film hits. “I got to know the orchestrator for the Bond franchise, Nic Raine, 15 or so years ago,” says JMR. “It’s a little beach guitar, a little jazz, a little rock and roll and a lot of orchestra. It’s got a uniquely groovy, sophisticated sound. And our singers are equally awesome—Capathia Jenkins and Ron Bohmer have a massive range. He’s singing everything from Paul McCartney to Tom Jones, while she shifts effortlessly from Shirley Bassey to Gladys Knight to Adele. For the 007 aficionado, it’s the real deal. And with the original arrangements, you’ll be sitting right in the middle of the action.”

The ﬁnal Music Hall Pops concert this season will celebrate Russell’s 10th anniversary as its artistic leader, and features Broadway sensation Brian Stokes Mitchell, a dear friend of JMR and the Pops. The genre-spanning lineup also includes jazz diva Tatiana Mayﬁeld and Cincinnati’s own folk duo Over The Rhine. “When I think about what makes America great, it’s our music,” Russell said. “It is the sonic embodiment of diversity, inclusion and empathy—the hopes and dreams and aspirations we all share. And it exists in all its glory and wonderment when people listen to each other.”

Lights, Camera, Action! When the Cincinnati Pops performs the live soundtracks to Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Oct. 23–24 with conductor Christopher Dragon) and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Dec. 29–30 with Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton), it will present unique challenges to the conductors. Though Russell is not conducting these liveto-film events, he has plenty of experience in the field. Keeping an orchestra in sync with the images on the screen is really tricky, he said, particularly in a musical such as Nightmare, when it has to match up with the singers’ voices. “It’s a grand success if the audience doesn’t know the conductor is there,” he said. But in a film without singing, the conductor has a smidge more leeway. “You know where you can give and take, and where you have to be dead on,” he said. “There are about a dozen or so moments when you have to line up exactly. When the Death Star explodes, you’d better be at the top of that fortissimo.”

Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton will join us for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and The Music of John Williams this season. Credit: Mark Lyons

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SPOTLIGHT: Harold Brown

Introducing Harold Brown, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer by DAVID LYMAN

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To some, the appointment of Harold Brown as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever Chief Diversity Officer seemed like a reflection of a trend, of the newest management “thing” coursing its way through the arts world. But to CSO President & CEO Jonathan Martin, Brown’s appointment was far more significant. In the course of developing the CSO’s 2019 strategic plan, those involved in the process had engaged in some “internal truth-telling about what long-term threats there are to classical arts in this country,” said Martin.

The fact is that the CSO’s audience represents just four percent of the local community. That is, incidentally, a national reality among classical arts organizations. “That is a problem,” explained Martin. “Because our mission is to serve this community. We happen to use music to do that. But we live or die by our ability to provide our services to our community.” And four percent was just too small a slice of the populace. Enter Harold Brown and the CSO’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. Having a staff member whose role revolved around diversity was nothing new. But Brown’s responsibilities would be much more far-reaching. For one thing, he would be a member of the Orchestra’s senior management, reporting directly to Martin. Clearly, this was intended as a position with substantial clout within the organization. What was most intriguing about Harold Brown’s appointment, though, was that the CSO didn’t turn to someone steeped in the world of the classical arts. Brown has a background in community philanthropy and education, direct``

The Community Advisory Council Director of Community Engagement Tiffany Cooper began organizing the CSO’s first Community Advisory Council (CAC) as the 10-point DEI action plan was being finalized in 2020. The CAC’s mandate is to strengthen the Orchestra’s community ties to, and to work with, community leaders to identify initiatives and imperatives for the CSO’s DE&I work-from their perspective. In the coming months, the Council’s overarching plan is to focus on reviewing current DE&I strategies and begin cultivating a wider

circle of relationships. With CDIO Harold Brown and Tiffany Cooper at the table, the Council’s inaugural committee members are: Christopher Miller, Director of Education for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Daniel Betts, Director of Recreation for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission; Desiree Bennett, Senior Social Equity Specialist at Design Impact; Jackie Taggart Boyd, National Manager of Diversity Sales Market for the Cincinnati Convention & Visitors

Bureau; Joele Newman, Girls Writing Circle Facilitator and Community Organizer for the Peaslee Neighborhood Center; John P. Scott, Vice President of Partner Advancement for Accelerate Great Schools; Rickell Smith, Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice for the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio; Tia Brown, Community Engagement Director for the Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses; and Leslie Rich, Cincinnati Action Strategist for IOBY.

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SPOTLIGHT: Harold Brown

ing grant-making strategy at Interact for Health, and as Vice President of Community Strategies at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Earlier, the Oxford native spent more than 16 years in leadership roles at KnowledgeWorks. So why, at the age of 56, would he bring his knowledge and skills to an entirely new sphere of the community? Was it just the opportunity to work for one of Greater Cincinnati’s most venerable institutions? Or was it the challenge of helping so vaunted an organization break away from its once-stodgy reputation? “I was impressed that in this industry that has notoriously been very homogenous, that the CSO seemed to have a very deep commitment to diversity,” said Brown. “The reality is that the CSO and the national orchestra community have a model that is not sustainable. In 10 or 20 years, half of the people you see will no longer be able to attend or may no longer even be alive.” As recently as 2014, he observed, two-thirds of the U.S. population was white. But by 2040, we are projected to be a majority minority country. In other words, based on current demographic trends, within 20 years, the majority of the country’s population will be non-white. To

some people, that outlook portends a gloomy future for the CSO. But Brown sees it diff erently. In fact, he ﬁ nds “enormous promise” in the country’s changing face. “The challenges are great, but I think the opportunities are even greater,” he said. “This is more than a numbers thing. It’s more than just a popular thing to do. It is a matter of survival.” Despite the popular impression, “diversity” is not solely about encouraging more black people to get involved with traditionally white organizations. “Diversity is about race, to be sure,” he said. “But it’s also about age. It’s about what we call socioeconomic class. It’s about reaching out to underserved neighborhoods. It’s about becoming more involved with schools. “This is about making progress, it’s about a journey. The most important thing about diversity and inclusion is to build those sorts of things into the culture of our organization. I’m not here to institute a special project. This has to be a part of our DNA. It’s essential that it be a part of the fabric of what we do.”

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FEATURE: The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On. And it Did. Online. by ANNE ARENSTEIN

The earliest weeks of the pandemic are already a distant memory, but it was only less than 18 months ago that the CSO and the Pops made the painful decision to cancel the remainder of the 2019–20 season. “We went into rehearsals on March 9th, but on March 13th, with the world falling apart, we stopped the rehearsal and sent everyone home,” recalled Jonathan Martin, CSO President and CEO. The decision to go digital was almost immediate, said Maestro Louis Langrée. “I met with Jonathan Martin and board president Rob McDonald, and we all agreed that if we just wait it out, we won’t exist anymore.” Langrée described the decision as “a ﬁght to keep our connections with our audiences, our patrons, and our community.” In those terms, the battle had to be won. Martin, Langrée and Pops Conductor John Morris Russell (JMR) “were aligned to do as much as we could, as soon as we could, with as many people as we could,” Martin told Musical America this past April. Mandates for physical distancing meant initially placing musicians as much as 12 feet apart, especially for brass and wind players who could not perform wearing masks, and who were originally encased in plexiglass cubicles (which were subsequently eliminated). Soloists, whether vocal or instrumental, were as far as 20 feet away from the ensemble. For both Maestros Langrée and JMR, Covid restrictions offered inspiration. “When you have an orchestra like the CSO, you never have an opPrincipal strings Stefani Matsuo, Christian Colberg and Ilya Finkelshteyn, and pianist Michael Chertock were the first musicians from an American orchestra to reunite for a livestream during the pandemic.

Clarinetist Anthony McGill and composer Anthony Davis shared a conversation as the intermission feature for the livestream of You Have the Right to Remain Silent.

portunity to play pieces for smaller ensembles,” Langrée said in an interview last October for City Beat. “Now we can do more of these works and it’s exciting for me and the musicians.” JMR agreed, adding that he views musicians as problem solvers “whether it’s programming, orchestrating the music or determining who sits where.” The pandemic provided unparalleled opportunities for creative solutions that involved the entire staff. “We went from thinking we could revise our set programming to completely changing the schedule. But it resulted in smaller ensembles playing arrangements that the Pops would never otherwise do,” he said. On May 16, what would have been the CSO’s season ﬁnale, a live, socially distanced performance of Mahler’s Piano Quartet and the world premiere of Matthias Pinstcher’s vitres (fragment...), a fanfare for solo oboe, was livestreamed from Music Hall. Langrée provided commentary, dedicating the concert—the ﬁrst pandemic-era livestream from an American orchestra with on-site musicians—“to the people of Cincinnati and beyond.” “We had programmed Mahler’s Third Symphony and in its place we had a bonsai Mahler,” Langrée said via phone, with an audible smile. “Matthias’s fanfare sounding from the balcony was like a call: Let’s not give up. Let’s not surrender.” The livestream had more than 50,000 views by mid-August, and a July 4 Pops concert livestreamed from an empty Music Hall had nearly the same number, according to Jonathan Martin. Plans for the 2020–21 digital season were well underway when George Floyd’s murder forced a `` cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 17

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Louis Langrée welcomed Kirill Gerstein as soloist for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Credit: Chris Lee

confrontation with inherent racism in American culture, and particularly in arts institutions. “We put up a fairly assertive statement following Mr. Floyd’s death and then we focused our energy on creating a ten-point diversity and inclusion plan that would earn the trust of our community,” Martin said. “We didn’t have ten years or ten months. We needed to act on this plan immediately.” Langrée added, “An artistic institution must give an artistic response. We can’t stay in an ivory tower.” Among the ﬁrst steps was revamping the abbreviated fall season to include works and performances by black, women and Latine artists. CSO programs featured works by unjustly forgotten composers such as Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Marianna Martines and Julia Perry, and by living composers including Anthony Davis and Jessie Montgomery. And the Pops unearthed rare gems from James Reese Europe, Duke Ellington, Astor Piazzolla and Michael Abels, to name just a few, as well as a Carnaval program and a tribute to Día de los Muertos. Going digital presented staggering challenges, especially the cost to install and operate the hi-tech equipment. Jonathan Martin explained the initial set-up in a City Beat interview as an investment to last long past the pandemic: “There are anywhere from seven to 12 camera operators and robotic cameras. Pre-recorded material is interspersed with the live. There are the lighting changes to conﬁgure. Behind the 18 | FANFARE CINCINNATI | cincinnatisymphony.org

scenes, it’s like a TV show: you have directors, camera switchers, score readers. We’re an orchestra, though, and not a TV station. So we had to build a digital content delivery infrastructure that allows us to do those types of things much more easily, more efficiently from a cost standpoint, and with the highest quality.” The highest quality is high cost, and Martin acknowledges that the decision to livestream led to shifts in the organization and a challenge to support the high costs of digital technology. PNC Bank and United Dairy Farmers signed on as season supporting sponsors and Martin points with pride to the number of additional businesses and individuals who stepped up to support the digital initiatives. With screen fatigue on the rise, concert formats lasted between 60 and 85 minutes with no intermission. Following many of the CSO broadcasts, Nate Bachhuber, VP for Artistic Planning, moderated conversations with artists and took questions submitted in real-time on Facebook and YouTube. The first of 2020’s seven free livestreamed concerts last fall began on September 26, 2020. The CSO opened with Jessie Montgomery’s Banner, a nod to the traditional season opening with The Star-Spangled Banner, and featuring the Catalyst Quartet. Angel Blue’s heartfelt, radiant performance of Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 transcended any media format. On November 21, New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist (and former CSO musician) Anthony McGill performed Anthony Davis’s You Have the Right to Remain Silent, a challenging tone poem inspired by Davis’s own encounter with a police stop. Davis describes it as the orchestra interrogating the clarinet, with musicians reciting phrases from the Miranda Rights throughout the piece. McGill described the complexities of Davis’s piece as “definitely a challenge, unlike anything I’ve ever played.” His performance was riveting, heartfelt and utterly moving. The CSO had garnered national attention for its livestreamed programming well before November, but this concert, which also included works by Julia Perry and Richard Wagner, drew coverage from NPR and The New York Times, and tweets from New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. Likewise, Pops concerts took on an intimate feel, with artists and JMR engaging in preperformance conversations about the concert lineup. The first fall concert featured arrangements created for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole, but, for JMR, the highlight was performing excerpts from jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams’ 1944–45 Zodiac Suite. “It’s an incredible orchestral work written by a black woman who’s one of the greatest jazz

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pianists of all time, and the arhis own orchestra, the New rangement for a teeny orchestra York Philharmonic. worked perfectly for us.” I asked both maestros how “Home for the Holidays,” the they would be approaching this online version of the beloved new season with full orchestras annual Holiday Pops, proved and capacity seating. Both to be the most popular broadanswers can be summed up in cast, drawing an extraordinary one word: gratitude. 443,000 views. “The pandemic was terrible, “People were watching it in a tragedy. But in these difficult Australia, in Japan, in Germany! and challenging times, the fact It was amazing!” marveled JMR. that we did everything posAnd the same held true for sible to make it happen and to CSO broadcasts, a welcome make it work is something I will affirmation after the orchestra’s always be grateful for,” said European tour was cancelled. Langrée. “There were wonderful “We were scheduled to permoments, and I will carry that form at Lincoln Center, in Berlin, energy into this new season.” Paris, Vienna, and because we Megan Hilty was the soloist for Broadway For JMR, the pandemic the first concert with in-person were streaming, we were every- Forever, proved to be a wake-up call. audiences for JMR and the Pops since where on the planet!” Langrée Cincinnati Sound in March 2020. Credit: “We took everything for Mark Lyons said. “Every orchestra played in granted after a while, and we the same concert hall, which is were pulled away from it and the internet! That was the best response we could had to crawl our way back. You realize how spehave had, and I’m very proud of our Orchestra cial it is to be doing what you’re doing, and I’m and very grateful to the CSO community.” just so tremendously grateful to be in Cincinnati Audiences may not have been in the house, with our extraordinary Orchestra, with the arts but with livestreams posted on the CSO/Pops community and patrons and music lovers who Facebook and YouTube pages, viewers checked support their orchestra with such passion, and to in, greeted each other, posted comments and be able to create musical experiences that really created a virtual community that, for many, make a difference and that raise us all up.” almost seemed like the real thing. And then, in January, the CSO and Pops announced the return of live performances, instituting strict safety protocols for both the The CSO and Pops will present eight Music Orchestra and the audience. There could be a Hall livestreamed concerts this season. maximum of 45 musicians on stage and about Following free premieres on Facebook and 350 in Springer Auditorium, with masks and YouTube, subscribers and $125+ donors can socially distanced seating required for all. re-watch the performances via our dedicated Despite the restrictions, the joy for both audivideo portal on cincinnatisymphony.org. ences and performers was palpable and, even CSO Season Opener: Freedom and Joy: masked, both Langrée and JMR were smiling Saturday, October 30 at 7:30pm broadly as they addressed their audiences. POPS Season Opener: Holiday Pops: Saturday, Digital livestreams have now become an December 11 at 7:30pm integral component of the Orchestra’s content delivery system, and are slated to continue, CSO: Matthias and Rachmaninoff: Saturday, January 29 at 7:30pm with free premieres and then unlimited viewing for subscribers and donors, after which many POPS: Music of John Williams: Saturday, digital performances will be released over the February 5 at 7:30pm Orchestra’s YouTube channel. CSO: Mozart & Mazzoli Premiere: Saturday, Langrée proudly notes that works the CSO March 12 at 7:30pm performed via livestream a year ago are now CSO: Symphonie Fantastique: Saturday, being scheduled by major orchestras throughMarch 26 at 7:30pm out the world. CSO: Classical Roots: Friday, April 22 at “Anne-Sophie Mutter just performed the 7:30pm Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony, and it’s been CSO: Connesson Premiere & Rachmaninoff: performed several times in Europe.” He adds Saturday, May 7 at 7:30pm that Anthony McGill is reprising his solo part from You Have the Right to Remain Silent with

Livestreams in 2021–22

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SPOTLIGHT: CSO–CCM Diversity Fellowship

‘Bravos Without Barriers’—Diversity Fellows Prepare for the Future by CAROL DARY DUNEVANT

Since 2016, “Bravos without Barriers” has been the motto for the collaborative two-year Diversity Fellowship program of the CSO and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The highly sought-after fellowship, which provides professional training and performance opportunities for string players from historically underrepresented and underserved populations, is ultimately meant to help foster a more inclusive environment in the orchestral ﬁeld. The program is funded with a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Patricia Kisker Foundation. Participants are selected through a rigorous audition process in front of CSO musicians and CCM faculty that annually attracts hundreds of graduate-level musicians. The reward? Enrollment in and a full-tuition scholarship underwriting a two-year Master of Music or Artist Diploma graduate degree program at the Conservatory, plus a minimum of ﬁve weeks of paid rehearsals and concerts with the Orchestra. During Covid-19, the program was able to offer Fellows several additional opportunities to perform alongside CSO musicians. To alumna Denielle Wilson, this made a huge difference.

“Playing with the CSO during the pandemic was one of the main reasons I stuck with my pursuit of a performance career. It had its unique challenges, but nothing that didn’t push me to become a better musician. It especially helped me to take more ownership of my position within the ensemble and to listen more sensitively to the other musicians.” And her tenacity has already paid off: Denielle recently won a one-year position with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and will also be playing a trial week for the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra this year. In addition to their work on stage, Fellows are involved with the CSO’s Education Outreach and Community Engagement initiatives, allowing them to work on a smaller scale with CSO musicians in various chamber ensemble conﬁgurations. The program also offers career development workshops, seminars, and mock auditions, preparing the young musicians for the ultra-high standards required of a professional audition situation. The strategy is bearing fruit: recent alumni have won section positions in the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, three positions in regional orchestras, and a coveted spot on the Dallas Symphony’s substitute musician list.

CSO-CCM Diversity Fellow Anita Graef performing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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SPOTLIGHT: CSO-CCM Diversity Fellowship

Welcome, Class of 2021-23 The CSO-CCM Diversity Fellowship recently welcomed its sixth cohort, joining the four Fellows who are entering their second year. LUIS CELIS AVILA, Double Bass A Maracaibo, Venezuela native, Luis Celis studied at the Jose Luis Paz Music Conservatory for 11 years and subsequently graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. In addition to classical studies, he was a member of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute and studied with Danilo Perez, Kenny Werner, Victor Wooten and John Patitucci. He has performed with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra and participated in the Curtis Institute Summerfest and the Bach Institute in Boston. Other performance highlights include performing for Lenin Moreno, president of Ecuador, at Harvard and for the Nintendo Switch video game score Dragon Marked for Death composed by Ippo Yamada. TYLER McKISSON, Viola Hailing from Arvada, Colorado, Tyler McKisson earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Northern Colorado studying with Christopher Luther and Anne Lanzilotti and a Master of Music from the University of Colorado—Boulder studying with Erika Eckert. McKisson has participated in masterclasses with Guillermo Figueroa, Robert deMaine and Matthew Dane, both as section player and soloist. He is a member of the Dynamix String Quartet and the All Angles Orchestra, a former member of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, and currently freelances with the New World Symphony Orchestra. He has been a national finalist and scholarship recipient in the MTNA Competition Chamber Division and attended the Aspen Music Festival and School in 2021 as a fellowship student. LUIS PARRA, Cello Venezuelan cellist Luis Parra began studying with Tibisay Silva in the “El Sistema’’ program, followed by studies at the Latin American Cello Academy with William Molina and Wilfredo Perez along with German Marcano and Marek Gajzler. He became Principal Cellist of the Yaracuy Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2013 and performed with the Caracas

Municipal Orchestra and the Teresa Carreño Symphony. He made his solo debut with the Yaracuy Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2014 and his international debut with the Beirut Philharmonic in Ghalboun, Lebanon. In 2017, he entered the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University on full scholarship studying with Richard Aaron, Julie Albers and Leo Singer, performed in masterclasses for Edward Arron and Clive Greensmith, and performed with the Cavani String Quartet, graduating summa cum laude in 2021. Luis Parra plays on a “Neuner & Hornsteiner” cello, generously loaned by the Carlsen Cello Foundation. SAMANTHA POWELL, Cello Samantha Powell graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she was principal cellist in the orchestra and studied with Richard Weiss. An active participant in chamber music groups such as the Thalia Quartet, she was also a sonata seminar soloist. Powell earned the “Best Bach” award at the Cleveland Cello Society Scholarship Competition. She has participated in the International Lyric Academy, Graz American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria, and National Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute, and she recently received a fellowship with the National Orchestra Institute. Powell began studies at age five with John Landefeld, Associate Principal Cellist of the Plano Symphony Orchestra. MWAKUDUA KUO SAN “DUA” WaNGURE, Violin Mwakudua WaNgure started Suzuki lessons at age four in Fort Myers, FL. After graduating from high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy, WaNgure attended the Oberlin Conservatory, earning his BM in Violin Performance and studying with David Bowlin. WaNgure then earned his Master of Music at the University of Michigan, studying with Aaron Berofsky and Kathryn Votapek. WaNgure attended festivals such as the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Summer Intensive. He has performed as a member of various Midwest ensembles, including the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Jackson Symphony Orchestra and Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival Orchestra and served as a violin instructor at Scarlett Middle School and Mitchell Elementary School in Ann Arbor, MI.

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SPOTLIGHT: New Orchestra Chair Endowments

Musical Connections Lead to a Longtime Legacy When Jack and Marilyn equally connected to a Osborn, longtime doCSO musician: James nors to the CSO, made Lambert, who joined the decision to endow the Orchestra in 1987. the Orchestra’s Associ“Since I play bass myate Principal Oboe and self, it is a pleasure name it for their late son, to endow a chair for Stephen P. McKean, it was an exceptional bassdeeply personal. ist like Jim Lambert,” “During Stephen’s said Thomas Vanden early childhood, a pasEynden. sion for classical and jazz Vanden Eynden and music was initiated by Lambert ﬁrst became a performance we held acquainted at meetings in our home with memof the Cincinnati Musibers of the CSO. After cians Association, conthey finished playing, versing mostly about the musicians allowed J.S. Bach, who they the children a hands-on both greatly admire. experience, and Stephen In addition to the CSO, was captivated by the Jim is a Renaissance oboe,” said Jack Osborn. and Baroque music “We’ve been attending specialist, plays conconcerts for many, many trabass for the Bach years, and have always Ensemble at St. Thomheld a special place for as, is an accomplished Lon and have enjoyed viola da gambist, and top: Associate Principal bassist Jim Lambert (center) watching him in the Or- From has performed as a solo is joined by Judith Beiting and Thomas Vanden Eynden on chestra since that first August 17. Associate Principal oboist Lon Bussell (center) and viol player with Apollo’s Jack and Marilyn Osborn gather at the Conductor’s Circle encounter.” Cabinet, among other Dinner on August 17. Oboist Lon Bussell has early music ensembles. been with the Orchestra since 1983, and remem“An endowment gift is an investment in the bers the experience as well. “As a professional future, and we are grateful to Thomas Vanden musician, it’s an extraordinarily rewarding and Eynden, Judith Beiting, Stephen McKean, and humbling feeling to know that you have ignited Jack and Marilyn Osborn for their generosity a child’s love of music. We are grateful to the and for their commitment to the Orchestra’s Osborns and to Stephen’s estate for doing their legacy,” said CSO President & CEO Jonathan part to ensure that the CSO will continue to Martin. “We are living in extraordinary times, spark that curiosity for years to come.” and the CSO is fortunate to have the generThomas Vanden Eynden and Judith Beitous support of dedicated and loyal donors to ing, who have endowed the Thomas Vanden ensure the institution’s ﬁnancial security for Eynden Chair for Associate Principal Bass, feel years to come.”

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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 Grammy-nominated for Best Orchestral Performance, and several of his other recordings have received awards, including GramoChris Lee 2021 phone, Diapason d’Or and International Classical Music awards. He is also Music Director of the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, 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 for Associate Conductor

Wilbur Lin, Pops Assistant Conductor

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 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 Ralph LaRocco, Jr. Brian P. Schott Phillip T. Sheridan Daniel Schultz

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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FREEDOM & JOY | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI OCT 29, 7:30 pm SAT OCT 30, 7:30 pm Music Hall

LOUIS LANGRÉE conductor DREW PETERSEN piano STEFANI MATSUO violin Johannes BRAHMS

Scherzo from “F-A-E” Sonata

(1833–1897)

Andrew NORMAN

Suspend, a Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

(b. 1979)

INTERMISSION

Johannes BRAHMS

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 Allegro con brio Andante Poco allegretto Allegro, un poco sostenuto

These performances will end at approximately 9 pm. For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/freedom-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 Messer Construction. These concerts are endowed by Martha Anness, Priscilla Haffner & Sally Skidmore in loving memory of their mother, LaVaughn Scholl Garrison, a long-time patron of the Orchestra. 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 April 3, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 27

GUEST ARTISTS: Oct 29–30 DREW PETERSEN, piano

STEFANI MATSUO, violin

CSO DEBUT

Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont, and is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2017 American Pianists Award, and the Christel DeHaan Fellow of the American Pianists Association. His appearance in Andrew Solomon’s New York Times bestselling book, Far From the Tree, sparked a nationwide conversation on raising extraordinary and different children. Petersen was named a 2006 Davidson Fellow for his portfolio Keeping Classical Music Alive. Drew Petersen released his ﬁrst solo recording, of music by Barber, Carter, and other American composers, on the Steinway & Sons label, in 2018. drewpetersenpiano.com

Praised by The Washington Post for her “temperament and clear musical purpose” as well as “great technical maturity,” Stefani Matsuo has emerged as one of today’s great talents. She was appointed Concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in September of 2019. Matsuo also serves as a co-artistic director of the innovative chamber ensemble concert:nova and, along with her husband, CSO cellist Hiro Matsuo, co-founded the Matsuo Duo, which made its international debut in 2017. She completed her master’s degree in music at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Sylvia Rosenberg and has a bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Paul Kantor. Matsuo originally hails from North Carolina. stefanimatsuo.com

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DANIIL TRIFONOV IN RECITAL | 2021–2022 SEASON WED NOV 10, 7:30 pm Music Hall

DANIIL TRIFONOV, piano Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882–1937)

Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 Presto—Adagio—Assai vivace—Fuga

Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Pour le Piano, L. 95 Prélude Sarabande Toccata

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)

Sarcasms, Op. 17 Tempestoso Allegro rubato Allegro precipitato Smanioso Precipitosissimo

INTERMISSION

Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897)

Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5 Allegro maestoso Andante espressivo Scherzo. Allegro energico—Trio Intermezzo. Andante molto Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

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

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. 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 | 29

RECITAL ARTIST: Nov 10 DANIIL TRIFONOV, piano Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov—Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year—is a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer, whose performances, which combine consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, are a perpetual source of wonder to audiences and critics alike. With Transcendental, the Liszt collection that marked his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, he won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018. In the 2021–22 season, Trifonov releases Bach: The Art of Life (Deutsche Grammophon). He also makes several international concerto appearances, including a European tour with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and he gives the world premiere of Mason Bates’s new Piano Concerto, composed for him during the pandemic, with the co-commissioning Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. Trifonov won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious competitions in 2010– 11: Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition,

First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition. He studied with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. daniiltrifonov.com

Trifonov and MusicNOW In a serendipitous convergence of schedules, the CSO hosts Daniil Trifonov twice in the same season. His first appearance was a weekend of concerts in September in collaboration with MusicNOW, the festival known for its juxtaposition of traditional repertoire with present-day music. Trifonov performed Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 within the context of works by David Lang, Bryce Dessner, and folk group Bonny Light Horseman, with Louis Langrée on the podium.

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GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS MAHLER 4 | 2021–2022 SEASON SAT NOV 13, 7:30 pm SUN NOV 14, 2 pm Music Hall

JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductor ROBERT SULLIVAN, trumpet CATHERINE TROTTMANN, soprano Johann Baptist Georg NERUDA (1711–1776)

Gustav MAHLER (1860–1911)

Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major Allegro Largo Vivace

Symphony No. 4 in G Major Bedächtig; nicht eilen (“broadly sung; do not rush”) In gemächlicher Bewegung; ohne Hast (“unhurried motion; without haste”) Ruhevoll (“peaceful”) (Poco adagio) Sehr behaglich (“very comfortable”)

There will be no intermission. These performances will end at approximately 8:45 pm Saturday; 3:15 pm Sunday.

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/mahler4-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. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC April 10, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 31

GUEST ARTISTS: Nov 13–14 JAMES GAFFIGAN, conductor Hailed for his natural ease and compelling musicianship, James Gaffigan is considered one of the most outstanding American conductors working today. He was recently appointed Music Director of Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía ©Vera Hartmann in Valencia, Principal Guest Conductor of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera, and Music Director of the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Gaffigan is in high demand, working with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout North America, Europe and Asia. jamesgafﬁgan. com (See “In Depth” story on p. 9.)

ROBERT SULLIVAN, trumpet RAWSON CHAIR Robert Sullivan serves as Principal Trumpet of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras and is on the faculties of the University of Michigan and the Brevard Music Festival. A graduate

of the University of Michigan, Sullivan studied trumpet with Armando Ghitalla. Sullivan’s three recordings of repertoire for trumpet and piano are available on the Summit Records label, and Eternal Spring, a tribute and remembrance for Sullivan’s late wife, Robin, and his mentor and friend Armando Ghitalla is being released on the Fanfare Cincinnati label in 2021.

CATHERINE TROTTMANN, soprano CSO DEBUT

Nominated in the “Most promising lyrical artist” category of the “Victoires de la Musique 2017” and “HSBC Laureate 2017” of the Aix-en-Provence international Festival, soprano Catherine Trottmann was noticed early for the richness ©Cyril Cosson of her timbre and her stage investment. A graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 2014, she was immediately offered some of the most emblematic roles in the repertoire. Among her many international engagements since then, recent roles have included Leïla (Les Pêcheurs de Perles) at Opéra de SaintEtienne, Sophie (Werther) at Opéra de Nice, and Flora (La Traviata) at Opéra National de Paris. catherinetrottmann.com

MOZART & MAZZOLI PREMIERE

ITZHAK PERLMAN IN RECITAL

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FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm

SUN 7:30 pm

MAR 11–12, 2022

Louis Langrée conductor Jennifer Koh violin May Festival Chorus

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MANNY, HAYDN & BEETHOVEN 8 | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI NOV 19, 11 am SAT NOV 20, 7:30 pm Music Hall

LOUIS LANGRÉE, conductor EMANUEL AX, piano Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1770–1827)

Allegro vivace con brio Allegretto scherzando Tempo di menuetto Allegro vivace

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809)

Vivace Un poco adagio Rondo all’ungherese: Allegro assai

Sebastian CURRIER (b. 1959)

Concerto in D Major, H. XVIII:11

Track 8

WORLD PREMIERE

Signposts—Metronome—Stretched Time—Source Code

There will be no intermission this evening. These performances will end at approximately 9 pm.

For program notes and full artist biographies, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/manny-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 to Ann and Harry Santen for their support of the newly commissioned Track 8 by Sebastian Currier. The appearance of Emanuel Ax is made possible by an endowed gift to the Fund for Great Artists by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Stern, Jr. These concerts are endowed by Martha Anness, Priscilla Haffner & Sally Skidmore in loving memory of their mother, LaVaughn Scholl Garrison, a long-time patron of the Orchestra. 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. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC April 17, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 33

GUEST ARTISTS November 19–20 EMANUEL AX, piano Born in modern day Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. He made his New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, and in 1974 won the ﬁrst Arthur Rubinstein In©Lisa Marie Mazzucco ternational Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, followed four years later by the Avery Fisher Prize. When recitals and orchestral appearances last spring were postponed due to Covid-19, Ax hosted “The Legacy of Great Pianists,” part of the online Live with Carnegie Hall highlighting legendary pianists who have performed at Carnegie Hall, and last September he joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a series of surprise pop-up concerts for essential workers in multiple venues throughout the Berkshires community. With the resumption of concert activity this past summer he appeared in the reopening weekend of Tanglewood. Concerts with the Colorado, Paciﬁc and Houston symphony orchestras, as well as the Minnesota, Los Angeles, New York,

Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras, follow throughout the 2021–22 season. Emanuel Ax is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Grammywinning recording artist, and he holds honorary doctorates of music from Skidmore College, New England Conservatory of Music, Yale University and Columbia University. emanuelax.com

November 26–27 RODERICK COX, conductor

CSO DEBUT

Award-winning Berlin-based American conductor Roderick Cox debuts this season with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Seattle and New World symphonies; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic; ©Susie Knoll and the Malmo, Kristiansand and Lahti symphony orchestras. He also returns to the Washington National Symphony Orchestra and to the Opéra national de Montpellier for Rigoletto. With a passion for education and diversity and inclusion in the arts, Cox started the Roderick Cox Music Initiative (RCMI) in 2018—a project that provides scholarships for young musicians of color from underrepresented communities, allowing them to pay for instruments, music lessons, and summer camps. roderickcox.com (See “In Depth” story on p. 9.)

CONRAD TAO, piano

BRONFMAN & LA MER —————

APR 8–9, 2022

FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm Louis Langrée conductor Yefim Bronfman piano

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Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer. He is the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist. As a composer, he was also the recipient of a 2019 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for his work on More Forever, his collaboration with dancer and choreographer Caleb Teicher. Conrad Tao has recently appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony. In 2020–21, he was the focus of a series of concerts and interviews with the Finnish Radio Symphony, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Hannu Lintu and Andrew Norman’s Suspend with Sakari Oramo, live on television. Tao was born in Urbana, IL, in 1994. He has studied piano with Emilio del Rosario in Chicago and Yoheved Kaplinsky in New York, and composition with Christopher Theofanidis. He is a Warner Classics recording artist. conradtao.com

DEBUSSY, RAVEL & MENDELSSOHN | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI NOV 26, 7:30 pm SAT NOV 27, 7:30 pm Music Hall

RODERICK COX, conductor CONRAD TAO, piano

(1862–1918)

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”)

Maurice RAVEL

Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra

Claude DEBUSSY

(1875–1937)

Allegramente Adagio assai Presto

INTERMISSION

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, Scottish Andante con moto. Allegro un poco agitato Vivace non troppo Adagio Allegro vivacissimo. Allegro maestoso assai

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

The CSO is grateful to CSO Season Sponsor Western & Southern Financial Group. The appearance of Roderick Cox is made possible by the Vicky and Rick Reynolds Fund for Diverse Artists. The appearance of Conrad Tao is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. William Hurford & Dr. Lesley Gilbertson. These concerts are endowed by Martha Anness, Priscilla Haffner & Sally Skidmore in loving memory of their mother, LaVaughn Scholl Garrison, a long-time patron of the Orchestra. 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. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. Listen to this program on 90.9 WGUC April 24, 2022 at 8 pm. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 35

Today is the day to see the world in a whole new way.

Music lives within all of us regardless of who we are or where we come from. That’s why PNC is proud to be the Pops Series Sponsor and to support the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops.

HOLIDAY POPS John Morris Russell, conductor Aubrey Logan, vocalist & trombone Michael Preacely, vocalist Cincinnati Pops Chorale Cincinnati Studio for Dance A Christmas Scherzo Swingin’ Sleigh Ride Pat-a-Pan Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Little Bolero Boy Up on the Housetop Santa Mashup This Christmas Ukranian Bell Carol

Traditional Leroy Anderson Bernard de la Monnoye Ralph Blane/Hugh Martin Maurice Ravel Benjamin Hanby Various Donny Hathaway/Nadine McKinnor Mykola Leontovich

INTERMISSION Hark! Mis zeh Hidlik (“Behold the Lights”) Joy Blue Christmas Still, Still, Still A Suite of Carols

Felix Mendelssohn Traditional Johann Sebastian Bach Billy Hayes/Jay Johnson Traditional Traditional

Joy to the World • I Heard the Bells • Here We Come a-Caroling • The First Noel • Deck the Halls • O Come, All Ye Faithful

Go Tell It On the Mountain Silent Night/Night of Silence

Traditional Franz Gruber/Daniel Kantor

Program subject to change

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Sponsor PNC and Concert Sponsor Graeter’s Ice Cream. 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. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 37

GUEST ARTISTS: Dec 3–5, 10–12 AUBREY LOGAN

POPS DEBUT

A singer, trombone player and a songwriter, Aubrey Logan is recognized on the global stage as a performer who can deliver in the most informal of settings and then to huge festival audiences. Her work is praised as being accessible, fresh and dynamic. With a number one album, Where the Sunshine is Expensive, already under her belt, Logan returns to the spotlight with her follow-up collection, Standard. As the world has endured the most difficult year, Logan continues to produce music that brings hope, joy and that touch of fun to her audiences. Sassy, undeniably gifted and with talent to burn, Aubrey Logan continues to headline sold-out shows and festivals, to wow the crowds at symphony dates all over the world, and to touch those who witness her rare, intimate club shows. aubreylogan.com

MICHAEL PREACELY American baritone Michael Preacely is a rising star on the operatic stage and is also known for a versatile singing ability and style that allow him to cross between genres from classical repertoire to pop, contemporary and Broadway. He has received critical acclaim for many of his performances, including Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, Scarpia in Tosca, Ford in Falstaff, Marcello in La bohème, the High Priest in Samson and Delilah, and Porgy and Jake in Porgy and Bess. Preacely has performed with many major and regional opera houses and orchestras in the United States and abroad, including the Cincinnati Pops and Cincinnati Opera. Currently, Preacely is working on the release of his ﬁrst album, Spirituals and Hymns, followed by a series of concerts and recitals in various venues across the U.S. michaelpreacely.com

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

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CSYO: More Than the Music by CAROL DARY DUNEVANT

he CSYO was founded in 1964 by then-CSO Music Director Max Rudolf and area music educators who recognized the importance of providing talented young musicians the opportunity for serious training and orchestral experience. And ever since, the Youth Orchestra has been an integral part of the CSO and of greater Cincinnati’s cultural life. Sigmund Effron, CSO Concertmaster at the time of the ensemble’s inception, was ﬁrst in a roster of conductors that includes Chelsea Tipton II, Sarah Ioannides, Keith Lockhart and, today, Wilbur Lin. Effron thought it vitally important that the young musicians meet peers with the same interests and learn the works of the great masters. Current Concertmaster Maxwell Fairman sums it up: “CSYO is a great opportunity to collaborate with other musicians and learn from Dr. Lin. It is an honor to be Concertmaster after being in the orchestra for so many years. I like the repertoire that we play and the large size of the ensemble. It allows us to create a large range of dynamics and tone colors.”

The benefits of membership are numerous and tangible. In addition to cultivating talented young musicians and providing high-level performance opportunities, the CSYO fosters a CSYO Philharmonic Concertmaster lifelong appre- Maxwell Fairman and Principal Cello Ari Webb. ciation for the arts while imparting priceless skills and values. “For a classical musician, being in an orchestra allows you to ﬁnd your tribe. Each week, CSYO members get to enjoy the process of creating beautiful orchestral sounds with young likeminded musicians,” added Maxwell’s mother, Dara Fairman, the current Chair of the CSO’s Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC). “I am fascinated by Maxwell’s musical growth trajectory thanks to the orchestra, and it has been a true joy to watch him gain the musicianship and leadership skills necessary to elevate to the coveted Concertmaster position.” On top of their own rehearsals and concerts, Youth Orchestra members frequently attend concerts at Music Hall and have multiple coaching sessions with CSO musicians to dig more deeply into the music. Many enter the annual concerto competition, vying for the chance to take a solo turn. And while some graduates eventually become professional symphony musicians, others build upon and apply the focused discipline they learn in CSYO to a host of other professions. Today’s CSYO nurtures approximately 200 musicians from high schools in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. This season is the 57th for the CSYO Philharmonic and the tenth for the Concert Orchestra.

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CSYO PHILHARMONIC 2021–2022 Season WED DEC 8, 7 pm, Music Hall

Voix Pathétiques WILBUR LIN, conductor Radiant Voices

Frank TICHELI (b. 1958)

BRIEF INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, Pathétique

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Adagio—Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale: Adagio lamentoso

(1840–1893)

CSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA 2021–2022 Season SUN DEC 12, 7 pm, CCM Corbett Auditorium

New Horizons FELIPE MORALES-TORRES, conductor Michael MARKOWSKI

Joyride

(b. 1986)

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio III. Scherzo: Allegro IV. Allegro

INTERMISSION

Morton GOULD

American Salute

(1913–1996)

TJ COLE

Death of the Poet

(b. 1993)

Brian BALMAGES

Dream Machine

(b. 1975)

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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

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.

CSYO CONCERT ORCHESTRA ROSTER 2021–2022 VIOLIN 1 Anand Patil, Co-Concertmaster Erica Nam, Co-Concertmaster Evelyn Gao Monica Geiman Yuhan Gu Ishanvi Karthikeyan Joshua Koo Shelby Li Sophia Li Annie Li Cattleya Meyers Norika Oya Isabelle Tardivon Arjun Verma Alina Zhang Emily Zhao VIOLIN 2 Declan Alford, Co-Principal Andrea Mier y Teran, Co-Principal Hollis Chan Anna Christos Paul Ku Nhu Le Anuj Mantha Rebekah ParkIan Shang Anastasia Szymkowiak

Eva Vandergrift Raymond Wang Yeming You Alisa Zhao

Krish Subramanian Aidan Ward Howard Weng Brandon Yang

VIOLA Grace Yu, Principal James Bingcang Zoey Barrett Seth Israel Ryan Kim Wendy Lin Riley Partin Christina Shiomitsu Faith Specter Dylan Vanderpool Benjamin Wells Benjamin Zhou

BASS Sophia Troyer, Principal Nora O’Donnell Loki Wirman

CELLO Matthew Hruska, Co-Principal Jihye Woo, Co-Principal Michael Chun Dianna Hester Kevin Kim Jayden Lu Anish Patil Autumn Rinaldi Elly Schade Ada Seppala

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HORN Joshua Knehans Lily Wheatley TRUMPET Gabriel Sander Steven Stricker Thomas Stricker

FLUTE Hyeyun Cho Hailey Han Maya Hansen

TROMBONE Aaron Haas Sean LeRoy Hamlin Monday Ashton Rasnake

OBOE Julia Bradley Isaac Scott

PERCUSSION Madeline Adams Madeline Bodie

CLARINET Daniel Chae Meredith Hall Sammy Langer Matthew Qiu

HARP Karma Fecher

BASSOON Andrea Dall’Ara Kylie Ellingson Liam Ferguson Emma Laude

Note: Strings are listed alphabetically by section following the designated principals. Woodwinds, brass, percussion and harp are listed alphabetically.

YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS WILBUR LIN, conductor

FELIPE MORALES-TORRES, conductor

Appointed Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2019, Wilbur Lin serves as assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 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.

Felipe Morales-Torres is an award-winning conductor and educator with a passion for inspiring the next generation of musicians. Morales coaches the Nouveau Apprentice group, serves as Conductor of the CSYO Concert Orchestra, and is the Orchestra Director for Anderson High School. He is also an active guest conductor and clinician for student orchestras in the U.S. and Latin America, traveling to Costa Rica each summer to teach and conduct for the Foundation for the Advancement of Strings Education (FASE). Morales started his musical life as a violist, and later pursued bassoon studies as an undergraduate at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In 2019, he completed a master’s degree in Music Education and Orchestral Conducting, earning the University’s Excellence in Teaching Award for his work with undergraduate music education majors.

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STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI | 2021–2022 SEASON WED DEC 29 7 pm | THURS DEC 30, 7 pm | Music Hall

Damon Gupton conductor

John Williams STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI Feature Film with Orchestra There will be one intermission

Star Wars Film Concert Series Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Starring Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels as C-3PO

Directed by Richard Marquand Produced by Howard Kazanjian Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas

Co-Starring David Prowse Kenny Baker Peter Mayhew Frank Oz

Story by George Lucas Executive Producer George Lucas Music by John Williams

MPAA PG Rating Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available at Disneymusicemporium.com STAR WARS FILM CONCERT SERIES PRODUCTION CREDITS President, Disney Music Group: Ken Bunt • SVP/GM, Disney Concerts: Chip McLean • Supervising Technical Director: Alex Levy—Epilogue Media • Film Preparation: Ramiro Belgardt • Business Affairs, Lucasfilm: Rhonda Hjort, Chris Holm • Marketing & Publicity: Lisa Linares, Rebecca Armour, Maria Kleinman Music Preparation: Mark Graham, Matthew Voogt, Joann Kane Music Service Disney Music Library Operations, Disney Concerts: Brannon Fells, Royd Haston, Jonathan Heely • Business Affairs, Disney Concerts: Darryl Franklin, Gina Lorscheider, Phil Woods, Elena Contreras, Addison Granillo • Business Affairs, Warner-Chappell: Scott McDowell Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/ Chappell Music. All rights reserved.

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CONDUCTOR: Dec 29–30 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 Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano ©Damu Malik

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

For additional details about this concert and a full conductor biography, please visit cincinnatisymphony.org/star-wars-program, or point your phone’s camera at the QR code:

Kids’ Tickets Kids’ Tickets

CIRQUE GOES BROADWAY

THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

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FRI 7:30 pm; SAT 7:30 pm; SUN 2 pm

JAN 21–23, 2022

John Morris Russell conductor

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FEB 4–6, 2022

Damon Gupton conductor

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GUEST ARTISTS: Dec 31 CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocalist

RON BOHMER, vocalist

The Brooklyn-born and raised singer/actor Capathia Jenkins recently released the critically acclaimed CD Phenomenal Woman: The Maya Angelou Songs with her collaborator Louis Rosen, and they sold out the worldfamous Birdland Theatre in NYC for three nights. Her many roles on Broadway include her debut as Harriet Jackson in The Civil War, Medda in Newsies, as well as The Look of Love, The Washing Machine in Caroline, Or Change, and Frieda May in Martin Short—Fame Becomes Me. An active concert artist, Jenkins has appeared with numerous orchestras around the world. Upcoming engagements include the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, and The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. capathiajenkins.com

In a career spanning more than 25 years in Broadway productions and with symphony orchestras worldwide, Ron Bohmer most recently starred as the Prophet Joseph Smith in the mega-hit The Book of Mormon. Other recent Broadway roles include Father in the Tony-nominated revival of Ragtime and Frid in the Tony-nominated revival of A Little Night Music with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch. As a recording artist and singer/songwriter, Bohmer’s work includes his 2019 release Legacy, everyman and another life, now available on all digital platforms. As a concert soloist, Bohmer has appeared at Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, New York City’s Town Hall, and as a frequent guest artist with conductors, symphony orchestras and pops orchestras worldwide. ronbohmer.com

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

NEW YEAR’S EVE

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED —————

DEC 31, 2021 FRI 8 pm

John Morris Russell conductor Capathia Jenkins vocalist Ron Bohmer vocalist

Thank you The Dr. John & Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO for their generous support of the Orchestra and this season's New Year's Eve: Shaken, Not Stirred concert!

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NEW YEAR’S EVE | 2021–2022 SEASON FRI DEC 31, 8 pm | Music Hall

NEW YEAR’S EVE: SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED John Morris Russell, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist Ron Bohmer, vocalist The James Bond Theme

Monty Norman

Theme from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

John Barry

Thunderball

John Barry

Tomorrow Never Dies

Sheryl Crow

“Surrender” from Tomorrow Never Dies

David Arnold

From Russia with Love

Lionel Bart

Diamonds are Forever

John Barry

Live and Let Die

Paul McCartney

No Time to Die

Billie Eilish

INTERMISSION Soul Bossa Nova

Quincy Jones

Theme from Peter Gunn

Henry Mancini

Main Theme from Mission Impossible

Lalo Schifrin

Theme from Shaft

Isaac Lee Hayes

Skyfall

Adele Adkins

License to Kill

Anthony Newley

“You Know My Name” from Casino Royale

David Arnold

“Nobody Does It Better” from The Spy Who Loved Me

Marvin Hamlisch

Program subject to change The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Series Sponsor PNC and Presenting Sponsor Dr. John & Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO. Dr. John & Louise Mulford Fund for the CSO

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. Steinway Pianos, courtesy of Willis Music, is the official piano of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust. cincinnatisymphony.org | FANFARE CINCINNATI | 47

DIRECTORS & ADVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS (as of September 1, 2021) Ofﬁcers Robert W. McDonald, Chair 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 Dianne Rosenberg Jack Rouse Lisa M. Sampson Dennis Schoff Digi France Schueler Edgar L. Smith, Jr. Stephanie A. Smith Theodore W. Striker, MD Robert Sullivan Kari Ullman David R. Valz Daniel Wachter Randolph L. Wadsworth, Jr.* Sheila Williams *Director Emeritus

Freedom and Joy, cont. from p. 8 programs with James Gaffigan (Nov. 13–14) and Roderick Cox (Nov. 26–27) fall clearly into Langrée’s “serve the entrée” school, though rather than juxtaposing classics with contemporary works, Gaffigan illuminates Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 through the prism of a baroque rarity and Cox pairs his main course of Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony with sides of Debussy and Ravel. “What I don’t like is when a concert becomes a lecture,” Langrée continues. “There are people who enjoy wonderful performances of great music works and don’t necessarily care why we’re playing them. On the other hand, there are people who respond to the dramaturgy, the structure—indeed, the architecture—of a thematic program more than the actual performance. And ultimately, we need to satisfy both.”

Particularly after the past 18 months, Langrée views the coming season as a symbolic response to a series of crises and the promise of a new future. “More than anywhere else in the world, this country has been in crisis,” he says. “We’ve suffered a pandemic crisis, a ﬁnancial crisis, an economic crisis, a political crisis and a racial crisis. “I don’t think a cultural institution should be either an ivory tower or a civic center. In the face of these tensions, our role as an artistic institution is to offer an artistic response, and I’m quite proud of what we’ve been doing. It reminds me of that proverb by Victor Hugo: ‘Music expresses that which cannot be put in words and that which cannot remain silent.’ Through music, we can share something bigger than the music itself.”

Composer Julia Adolphe Zoomed with Louis Langrée during the pandemic to talk about her inspiration for her Paper Leaves on Fields of Clay, which will have its world premiere in April 2022.

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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

The Cincinnati Symphony Club

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 Anonymous

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 Wodecroft Foundation Anonymous CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($5,000–$9,999)

Frost Brown Todd, LLC Levin Family Foundation The Willard & Jean Mulford Charitable Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC 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 GE Aviation Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors Mayerson Jewish Community Center 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 Ohio National Financial Services Oliver Family Foundation The Rendigs Foundation Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

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

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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. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maloney G. Franklin Miller and Carolyn Baker Miller Gifts of $50,000 and above Joseph A. and Susan E. Pichler Fund* Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Bryan, III § Theodore W. and Carol B. Striker Sheila and Christopher C. Cole Dale Uetrecht Susan Friedlander § Mrs. James W. Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Philip O. Geier § Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman § Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Healey Harold C. Schott Foundation, CONDUCTOR’S Francie & Tom Hiltz Dr. Lesley Gilbertson and CIRCLE Dr. William Hurford Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Florence Koetters Mr. and Mrs. Lars C. Anderson, Sr. M. Drue Lehmann Mr. and Mrs. John Becker Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McDonald The Bergan Family Jo Anne and Joe Orndorff Edward Castleberry Marilyn J. and Jack D. Osborn § Ms. Melanie M. Chavez Vicky and Rick Reynolds Stephen J Daush Dianne and J. David Rosenberg Dianne Dunkelman Mike and Digi Schueler Emory P. Zimmer Insurance Agency Irwin and Melinda Simon Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Espay Tom and Dee Stegman L. Timothy Giglio Jackie and Roy Sweeney Clifford J. Goosmann and Family Fund* Andrea M. Wilson § Mr. Randolph L. Wadsworth Jr. § Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Heekin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn § Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer GOLD BATON CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hone Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Patrick and Mary Kirk Michael L. Cioffi Mr. John Lanni Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Fischer Mr. Will Lindner Patti and Fred Heldman Whitney and Phillip Long Karlee L. Hilliard § Mr. Michael E. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Terence Horan § Terry and Marvin Quin Mr. Mace C. Justice § Melody Sawyer Richardson § Edyth B. Lindner Mark S. and Rosemary K. Calvin and Patricia Linnemann Schlachter § Mrs. Susan M. McPartlin Mr. Dennis Schoff and Moe and Jack Rouse § Ms. Nina Sorensen Ann and Harry Santen § Doug and Laura Skidmore In memory of Mary and Mr. Rick J. Staudigel and Joseph S. Stern, Jr Ms. Kelly M. Dehan Charla Weiss, Ph.D. Ralph C. Taylor § Pamela and Paul Thompson SILVER BATON CIRCLE Sarah Thorburn Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Tomcinoh Fund* Dr. and Mrs. John and Mr. and Mrs. JD Vance Suzanne Bossert § DeeDee and Gary West § Mr. Gregory D. Buckley and Anonymous (1) Ms. Susan Berry-Buckley Robert and Debra Chavez CONCERTMASTER’S Mrs. Thomas E. Davidson § CIRCLE Mrs. Charles Fleischmann Ashley and Bobbie Ford § Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 CCI Design, Molly and Tom Garber Dr. Charles Abbottsmith Tom and Jan Hardy § Thomas P. Atkins Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Joffe Mrs. Thomas B. Avril Marvin P. Kolodzik § Kathleen and Michael Ball Mrs. Erich Kunzel Robert and Janet Banks Peter E. Landgren and Dava Lynn Biehl § Judith Schonbach Landgren Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard

PLATINUM BATON CIRCLE

John Morris Russell, Annie Moses Band, and Chris Kenney join guests of PNC following the July 4 Red, White, and BOOM! Concert.

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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 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 Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Fry Rebecca Gibbs and Anne Mulder 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 Rhoda Mayerson Eleanor S. McCombe Mary Ann Meanwell Linda and James Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Minutolo Jennifer Morales and Ben Glassman Miami University College of Creative Arts Dr. E. Don Nelson and Ms. Julia Sawyer-Nelson 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 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 Kathleen M. Grote § 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

Following Red, White, and BOOM! on July 4, JMR, Annie Moses Band, and Chris Kenney pose with guests of Graeter’s.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT Jeff and Mary Ann Knoop Mr. Frank P. Kromer Dr. Carol P. Leslie 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 § 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. & 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 Jo Ann Wieghaus Sheila Williams and Bruce Smith 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 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kovarsky 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 Mrs. Sally A. More 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 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 Greg and Diane Wehrman 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 (8)

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

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Lynn Meloy and Lyle Cain Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Melvin Frances Mennone Mr. and Mrs. Abe Merdinger Taylor Metcalfe Ms. Diane Meyer Dr. Ralph Meyer Roger and Mary Ann Meyer Terri and Don Meyers Mrs. Jacqueline P. Meyers Mrs. Nancy L. Meyers Catherine Michels Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Middlekauff Kathryn Middlemas Matthew and Martha Miele John Mieling and Caroline Bryant Jason and Melissa Miesle David Mill and Kate York Mr. Charles B. Millard Mr. Garth Miller Mr. John N. Miller Ms. Katherine C. Miller Ms. Kavin Miller Richard and Patricia Miller David and Lisa Yang Mills Mrs. Katerina Minevich Drs. Issam and Eleanor Minkarah Paul and Mary Minnillo Brenda Mitchell Jerry and Katherine Warner John and Deborah Moffatt Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Molfenter Ed and Ruth Molloy Ms. Victoria Montavon J. Frank and Elizabeth Montgomery Charles and Sally Moomaw Ms. Rhonda Moore Bedall Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore Leonard and Terry Moore Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Moreno Vivian Morgan Mr. William J. Morgan John and Irene Morrison Mrs. Ivan Morse Vicki and John Moseley Kevin and Peggy Mosher Ira & Regina Moskowitz Ms. Mary Lou Motl Mr. Scott Muhlhauser Ms. Lizanne Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Don Munro Sandra Murawski Susan and Randy Wade Murphy Mary Jean Murray Ms. Renee Murray Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Murtaugh Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muzzo Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Myer III Janet Nailor James and Robbie Nash Mr. Alan H. Naylor Ms. Susan Neal Ms. Dawn M. Nebrig Mr. Joseph Neff Ms. Virginia C. Neff Doris Nell Mr. Peter Nerone Kate Nessler Barbara and John Neumann Mr. Fred Neurohr Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Newcomer Mr. Gerald Newfarmer Jack Niehaus and Anne Dudley Tom and Roccina Niehaus Mr. Craig Niemi Mr. and Mrs. Paul Niklas Luis and Gisela Nino Mrs. Alfred K. Nippert Mrs. Hiroshi Nishiyama Dr. Gail Bongiovanni and Mr. Everett C. Nissly Mr. and Mrs. Doug Noll Ms. Gretchen A. Norman Ms. Barbara Norris Andrew and Diane Norris Dr. Heather Norton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nutter Sylvia I. O’Bannon Edward A. O’Connell Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connell Ms. Kathleen O’Connell and Dr. H. Kenneth Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. O’Connor

FINANCIAL SUPPORT Richard and Mary Oertel Mr. Thomas O’Flynn Dr. Cora Ogle Ms. Alana Okoon Lee and Susie Oliver Mr. and Ms. James Ollier Miss Roberta Olt Mr. Gerardo Orta Ms. Rebecca Osinski Ms. Sylvia Osterday Mrs. Elizabeth W. Ott Vicki Otting Mr. and Ms. Chad Ours Kathy and Dave Overberg Phyllis Overmann Ms. Beth A. Palm Ms. Mary Palmoski Ms. Stephanie Panaro Ms. Soumya Pandalai Mr. Robert Park Mr. Stephen O. Park Dr. and Mrs. John Parlin Molly Parrott Ms. Reena Patil Mark and Donna Patterson Mr. Joseph A. Pauley The Pavelka Family Graham and Karen Paxton Mr. and Mrs. Stephens Paxton Carol and Jim Pearce Ms. Mary Pearce Jeff and Jami Pelini Ms. Nicole Collins and Mr. Patrick Pelton Ms. Deborah Pendl Don and Jan Perander Dr. and Mrs. Eli Perencevich Helen and Henry Perkins Todd and Mary Perkins Mr. Tim Peter Ms. Anna Petersen Mrs. Robert D. Phelps Chris Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Steve Phillips Ed and Gwen Pietzuch Dr. Courtney Plattner Mr. and Mrs. James Plum Ronald Plybon David and Hollace Poissant Ms. Janice Popp Jay and Teresa Porcaro Ron and Judy Porges Mr. and Mrs. Richard Post Michael Potticary and Tellervo Juula-Potticary Thomas Powers Ms. Gayle Pratt Mr. and Mrs. William Pratt Menah Pratt-Clarke Phil and Susan Price Dr. Robert and Jackie Prichard Mrs. Stewart Proctor Mr. Michael Prokopius Ms. Joetta Prost Gordon and Diana Queen Mrs. and Mr. Megan Rachford Mrs. Joseph F. Raga Barbara N. Ramusack Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ranks Mitch and Karen Rashkin Paul and Ruth Ann Ravenna Chris and Mary Ray Dr. and Mrs. Ali Razavi Lynne Williams Reckman Mr. and Mrs. Clinton C. Reese Mr. and Mrs. Allan Reeves The Rehm Family Ms. Cheryl Reiman Anthony Rein Bartley Reitz Mr. James A. Remley Ms. Mary Rettig Kenneth and Danielle Revelson Mr. Troy Reynolds Helen Rhoad Pamela Rice Ms. Marilyn Richey Barbara and Edward Rider Jana Riess and Phil Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. Timothy Riker Mr. Patrick Roberson Richard and Carol Roberts Mrs. Judith R. Robertson Terry and Burr Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Robinson Ms. Alexandra C. Rock John and Linda Rockaway Elizabeth and Kent Rogers Bob and Mary Ann Roncker Jim & Letty Roosa Nelson Rosario Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Rosborough Ms. Katlin Rose Mrs. Rachael Rosen Ms. Melinda Wallis-Rosen Mr. Jens Rosin and Ms. Annelly Torres-Gomez Louis and Ellen Ross Annette C. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Paterson R. Roth Patricia Rouster Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rubin Mark and Julie Rudemiller Ms. Barbara Rudy Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Rumely Mr. and Mrs. David Runyon Mrs. Regina Russo Sue Rutherford Ms. Martine Ryan Mary E. Ryland Vincent Saccente Catherine B. Saelinger Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sageser Ms. Denise Saker Ms. Karen P. Saleba Joe and Nancy Sanchez Mrs. Joann Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Sanders Michele and Randy Sandler Lia and Michael Sansoucy Elizabeth and Kazuya Judi and Bob Sauerbrey Julie Savchenko Mr. and Mrs. Peter Savu Patricia S. Sayre Joseph and Cynthia Scanio Steven and Dianne Schaefer Shirley Scharfenberger Mr. and Mrs. Rich Schiano Henk J. and Mary Jane Schipper Wayne and Teresa Schleimer Sally A. Schleker Jane and Wayne Schleutker Mr. James A. Schlunt Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schmerler Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Schmidt Ronald & Ruth Schmiedeker Frederick R. Schneider Ms. Ann Schrader Ms. Caryn Schraffenberger Jacob and Nicole Schreck Mr. Matt Schroeder Mr. Arthur K. Schuler J. Susan Schuler Marcia Schulte Cynthia A. Schultz Christine Schumacher and Hal Hess The Schumachers Alex and Kim Schutte Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schwab Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schwaller Alan J. Schwartz and Kay Kinoshita Ms. Francine Schwartzberg Mrs. Roman Schweikert Carol Schweitzer Mrs. Arlene K. Schwerin Joseph Schwering Mr. Graham C. Scott Randal and Karen Seligmann Steven L. Selss David and Diane Senseman Stephanie Sepate Ms. Joanne Serdar Ms. Regina R. Sharp Sabrina Shattles Mary Jo Shearer Frances Shelly Dr. Jack Shepherd Dr. Rees and Jeanne Sheppard James and Margaret Sherlock Jack Sherman, Jr. David and Diane Sherrard Hal and Sandy Shevers Marlene S. Sheward Cinefro Family Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Shotten Ms. Mary Godar Mr. Eli E. Shupe, Jr.

Dr. Cindy Sieber Lise and Kevin Sigward Miriam Silman Dr. Erik M. Simms Mr. and Mrs. James Simon John and Janet Simpkinson Stephanie Simpson Ross, Sinclaire and Associates, LLC Nancy McGaughey and Sally Skillman Ms. Martha Slager Mrs. Joanne Slovisky Tracy Jo and David Small Patricia Smart, PsyD Adrienne Angst Smith § Gary and Judith Smith Gary A. Smith Geoff and Robin Smith Jay and Michele Smith Jennifer S. Smith Dr. and Mrs. John M. Smith Mr. Karl Smith Ms. Margaret Smith Ms. Melanie Smith Philip and Karen Smith Randall Smith Mr. Timothy L. Smith and Ms. Penny Poirier Wm. David Smith & Tina M. Coberley Wanda J. Smith William and Joan Smith Mr. Kevin Snyder Mrs. Randi Solomon Mr. John D. Sommer Ms. Patricia A. Songer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sonoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Sorg Jean K Spangenberg Mr. and Mrs. C. Gregory Spangler David Spar and Barbara Wexelman Phillip and Karen Sparkes Mr. Paul Spearman Sue and Andrew Speno Jim and Cindy Spicer Dr. Harold B. Spitz Paula Spitzmiller Mr. Lee T. Spitznagel Jinny St. Goar Joe and Linda Staneck Dana A. Stang Mr. Donald Stanley III Jerome and Josette Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stanley Barry and Sharlyn Stare § Ms. Katherine Starks Martin and Marlene Stengle Julie A Stenken, Ph.D. Mark and Anne Stepaniak Julia Cole Stephen Frank and Alice Stephenson Frank and Rose Stertz Susan M. and Joseph Eric Stevens Ms. Karen Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stevie Anita and George B. Stewart Richard and Karen Stewart Gary and Leslie Stoelting Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Stoller Joe and Gladys Stolz Ms. Myra Stone James Howard Storm Ms. Dolores Stover Ms. Candace Strange Ronald Straub Mr. Mark Stroud Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Stubbs Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Stucky Mrs. Garﬁeld L. Suder Dennis and Helen Sullivan Thomas and Patricia Sullivan Dr. Lester Suna Theresa and Peter Suranyi Mr. William J. Taggart Mr. Thomas L. Tallentire John Tallmadge & Pam Bach Ms. Jennifer Tandoc Mrs. Thomas E. Tanke Ginger Tannenbaum Tarzinski Family Ms. Carley Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Teass Karl and Marilyn Technow Ms. Nicole Tepe

Robert and Rosa Martha Thaler Timothy G Thalheimer Dr. and Mrs. Louis Thibodeaux Margy and Greg Thole George and Pamela Thomas Ingrid and Stephen Thomas, Ph.D. John M. and Elsie A. Thompson Ms. Judith Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Thomson David and Christine Thornbury Donna H. Thorp Mr. Robert W. Thurston and Ms. Margaret Ziolkowski Ms. Jan Timmel Ms. Cicely Tingle Thomas Tobias Samuel P Todd III Marcia and Bob Togneri Mr. Timothy Tolford Mr. Joseph Toman Dan and Bev Toon Peter and Gloria Toot Dr. and Mrs. Haig G. Tozbikian Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Trchka Paul and Diana Trenkamp Mr. Peter Trivella Timothy Troendle Mr. and Mrs. Jerry V. Trombly James and Susan Troutt Fran Turner Mr. and Mrs. Turner Mr. Randy Ulses and Mr. Michael Smith Thomas Urban Indian Springs Academy of Music Mr. and Ms. Tom Vale Rosemary Valentine Dr. Nicolette van der Klaauw Johnnie W. Vance Thomas Vanden Eynden and Judith Beiting Mr. Ramaswamy Vasudevan Thomas and Angela Vaughan Stephen F. Voellmecke Family Ms. Kimberly Vorholt Mr. and Mrs. James K. Votaw § Stephen & Casey Wadsack Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wagenknecht Mrs. Anne Marie Wagner Toi and Jay Wagstaff Ms. Susan Wajert Tony Walch Ms. Priscilla S. Walford Cynthia and Garret Walker Mr. and Ms. Lee Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Wallace Rosemary Waller Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wallhausser Drs. Mark and Debra Wallingford Ms. Julliane Wallis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Walpole Dr. George and Norma Walter Rabbi and Mrs. Gerry Walter Mr. Harold Walters Mr. Joseph Walton Ms. Christine Wands Mr. T. C. Wanstrath Ms. Anita Ward Leann Ward Dr. David T. Ward Carole and Ed Warfel Ms. Fran Warm Dr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Warner Frederick and Jo Anne Warren § Chad and Betsy Warwick C. Watson Ms. Barbara G. Watts James and Carol Waugh Mark and Jennifer Weaver Dr. and Mrs. Barry Webb Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webbink Mr. and Mrs. Dan L. Weber Dr. and Mrs. Robert Weber Herb and Jan Wedig Mrs. William N. Weed Ms. Cassandra Weinel Sarah Elliston Weiner Ms. Alta Weinkam Dr. and Mrs. Alan Weinstein Sherry and Albert Weisbrot Janet Wernke Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Werthaiser Mr. Ed Wertheimer Anne and John Westenkirchner

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westheimer Ms. Joan Wham Ms. Bonnie White Carolyn L. White Ms. Elizabeth White Parnell and Jennifer White Stephen and Amy Whitlatch Nancy and Glay Wiegand Ann Wierwille, M.D. Ms. Mary Wiethe Mrs. Sarah Wilder Charles A. Wilkinson § Mr. and Mrs. George Wilkinson Ms. Diana Willen Beverly G. Williams Ms. Beverly P. Williams Mr. and Mrs. James A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. John E. Williams Ms. Lisa Williams Robert Willson Ted and Barbara Wilson Michael and Trisha Winland Mr. Jason Wise

Analytics That Proﬁt David and Barbara Witte Mr. and Ms. John Woeste Craig and Barbara Wolf Mr. Guy Wolf and Ms. Jane Misiewicz Louise Wolf Mrs. Ann Wolford Don and Karen Wolnik Joan R. Wood § Mrs. Heidi A. Wooddell Mr. John Woodin Mrs. Mark L. Woolsey Mark and Judy Workman Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Worsham Susan and William Wortman Mr. Timothy Wright Ms. Barbara L. Wuest Betty A. Wuest J. Richard and Suzanne Wuest Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Wurtzler Travis Wyrick Emel Yakali

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Leo & Edie Yakutis Mr. Jim Young Ms. Sharma L. Young Ms. Carol J. Yungbluth David A. and Martha R. Yutzey Mr. and Mrs. Michel Zalzal Zaring Family Foundation Meg Zeller and Alan Weinstein Thomas and Gail Ziegler Marcy and Bob Ziek Mary and Steve Ziller, Jr. John and Kira Zimmerly Mr. Richard K. Zinicola and Ms. Linda R. Holthaus David and Cynthia Zink John and Jeanie Zoller Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Zuck Mr. Walter Zuk Anonymous (139)

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D’Addario Foundation Drive Media House Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gibboney Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Jensen Jones Day Mayerson Jewish Community Center Mr. John M. Russell List as of September 20, 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.

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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 Mr. 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 & children Caroline H. Davidson Harrison R.T. Davis Amy & Trey Devey Robert W. Dorsey Jon & Susan Doucleff Mr. & Mrs. John Earls Linda & Harry Fath 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 & 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. & 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

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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 Mrs. Arthur E. Motch, Jr. Kristin & Stephen Mullin Christopher & Susan Muth Alan Flaherty 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 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 & 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

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GIFT OF MUSIC: September 16, 2020–September 15, 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 Andrea Maisonpierre Hessel’s wedding Dianne Dunkelman In honor of Anna Calhoun Ms. Anna Calhoun In honor of Arnold and Gloria Morelli Ms. Susan Zimecki In honor of Brenda C. James Ms. Regina Tippens In honor of Carol Okel & Worth and Jean Baird Jim and Brenda Baird In honor of Clarence J. Neumann Mrs. Peg Fischer In honor of CSO bassist, Wayne Anderson Mr. Charles Eger In honor of Dan and Rebecca Culnan Ms. Joan Van Loozenoord In honor of Dr. James Curtis McCray, Sr. Ms. Loretta Dawson In honor of Eileen Ann Vester Mr. David Truehart In honor of Erich Kunzel Phillip Byrd and Janet Shapiro In honor of Jan West Ms. Regina Tippens In honor of Jim Johnsen Michael and Coleen Thompson In honor of Joe Morris, Associate Principal, E-ﬂat Clarinet Mr. and Mrs. Ted Beilman In honor of Joyce Tull Ms. Regina Tippens In honor of Karin and Frank Pendle Ms. Catharine White In honor of Lois Virginia Wiggs Street Chris and Bernadette Watzek In honor of Marilyn and Joe Katz Mrs. Nancy Giles In honor of Melanie Kopeloff Riley and Evan Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hodges Mr. Stephen Holmes Ms. Patti Mills Mr. James O’Connell Virginia Poll Mr. and Mrs. James E. Russell Ms. Joanne Suer In memory of Benjamin Kovarsky Susan and Alan Albert Cindy and Richard Andrews Monika Burgess Fire and Explosion Consultants, LLC Mr. Michael Heister Ms. Katie Holford Kinskey Family Mr. Aaron Kinskey Mark and Ellen Kovacic LG Electronics Ava Laube and Shelby St Clair Paul and Carol Leiman Ms. Linda McKinley Ms. Sandy Sauer Brett and Marsha Schoﬁeld Jane Schoﬁeld Gary Walden Lawrence Yang and Jennifer Kuan Anonymous (2) In memory of Bernard Wiesen Esther Grubbs In memory of Camille Meyers Gregory Chase Paul Coletti Dr. Meyers and Bill Jones Tamara Moreno Mr. Toshio Nakao David and Linda Sexton Stephanie Smith Michael Timmons Gregory Tse In memory of Carol Gates Ms. Mary Birck In memory of Carol H. Allgood Jay and Sheree Allgood In memory of Carol S. Thaman Mrs. Mary Minnillo Mr. Andrew Thaman

In honor of Mickey Kavanagh Barbara Kavanagh

In memory of Chris Beran Robert and Jackie Kardasz Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Porter

In honor of Miss Edna Backer and Mrs. Ann B. Fink Ms. Amy Kurlansky

In memory of Clara Alice Dantic Andrew and Cheryl Verkamp

In honor of Mr. Lee Schimberg’s birthday Charles and Barbara Glueck Ms. Barbara Schimberg

In memory of Dick Tuten Gary and DeeDee West

In honor of our Colorado Rockies Mr. Travis Cook

In memory of Eileen Ann Vester Gregory Gutzwiller Ruth Mary Kenkel Charles and Yvonne Link Adam and Mary Perkins Ward and Susan Wilson

In honor of Richard and Lois Bartelheim Bryan and Amy Boynton

In memory of Ester Azarcon Gayol Anonymous

In honor of Rob McDonald Mr. David Kereiakes

In memory of Frank H. Stewart The Alpaugh Foundation Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld

In honor of Mrs. Gail Bain Mr. Sinjin Bain and Ms. Clair Solot

In honor of Rob McDonald and family on the birth of their daughter, Halle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn In honor of Stefani Matsuo Karen Stefanik Collins In honor of Steve Mullin’s 60th Birthday Michael Bailes In honor of The Rev. Dr. Robert E. Reynolds The Rev. Robert and Elizabeth Reynolds In memory of Adeline Maday Mr. Robert Maday In memory of Arnold Morelli Ms. Mary Jo Davis Ms. Charlene Heyd

In memory of George Galanes Ms. Annette M Schuster In memory of Gertrude Dock Ms. Sherri Friedman Patti and Fred Heldman John and Jennifer Stein In memory of Isabelle Hugo Susan Ingmire and Lynn Hailey In memory of James Thomas Turner R Conaway-Turner In memory of Jane Ellis The Cannon Family In memory of Jane Felson Brown Ms. Linda Roberts

In memory of Jean Henderson Neil and Vivian Krueger In memory of Jean Minn Choe Ms. Maria Bierds Thomas and Mary Anne Brennan Ms. Jodi Kerper Theresa Kuhn Ms. Michelle Sickinger In memory of Jean W Henderson Kevin and Jana Henderson In memory of Jodelle Crosset Leo and Kathryn O’Connell In memory of Joe Tenhundfeld Ms. Jessica Miller In memory of John and Theresa Holubeck Thomas and Laurie Holubeck Bruce and Deborah Humphrey In memory of John Brian Terlescki Kassy & Jeffrey Corken In memory of John M. Wagner Ms. Danielle Gingrich University of Cincinnati In memory of Judy Thompson Florence Koetters In memory of Katherine Howell David and Rita Brickner Ms. Susan Schwartz In memory of Kirk VanDagens Mr. Richard Freshwater In memory of Kristine Wood Mrs. Kris Wood In memory of Lance Prichard’s mother, Dorothy Mrs. Bernard Reckseit In memory of Lee Carter’s daughter, Hilly Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn In memory of Lennart Scott Swedberg Steven and Dianne Cooper In memory of Lida Fukumura F. Paul Esposito and Mary Henkener Ms. Amy Monahan-Curtis Kazuya and Elizabeth Sato In memory of Linda Wellbaum Mr. Jack Benmayor Frank & Nancy Bick Clark Sue Friedlander Esther Grubbs Ms. Jan Haas Jack and Barbara Hahn Mrs. Roslyn Harkavy Robert and Marcia Lukin Steven and Mary Mills Saul Polasky and Lois Klein Mark and Karen Reder Richard and Katherine Rosenthal James and Ronna Willis In memory of Louis H. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cowen In memory of Lowell Orr, Jr. Mr. Phil Collins Ms. Carol Dixon Mr. Daniel Keenan Ms. Kimberly Kube In memory of Lowella M. Stoerker Jeffery and Brenda Bartlett Ms. Nancy Bartlett Mr. Tim Bartlett Dennis and Beth Jones Mrs. Benjamin Lawrence Ms. Krissy Onorato Ms. Mary Palmstrom Paul and Jane Stoerker Jan Utrecht and Ann Lawrence Ms. Miriam Waltz In memory of Marika Blumberg Ms. Karen C Malott In memory of Marilyn Braude Sue Friedlander Mrs. Bernard Reckseit

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT In memory of Marion Joseph Tenhundfeld Mr. David DeLella In memory of Mark Adam Pauley Gayle and Samuel Smith In memory of Mark Wagoner Ms. Karen Brooker Ms. Wendy Burdo-Hartman Ms. Gaye Burnett Terry and Jean Cohrs Ms. Jayma Gobrogge Ms. Pam Hershberger Betty Long Ron Lowy and Judith Winder Gary and Mary Massie Richard and Norma Miller Ms. Jeanne M. Porter Ms. Catherine Sprauer Kristi Wagoner In memory of Mary Alice Heekin Burke Mr. Thomas Burke In memory of Mary Jane and Joe Flege Mrs. Margo Flege In memory of Michael Bishop Dianne Dunkelman In memory of Michael Hatﬁeld and Alfred C. Myers, former members of the CSO horn section Mr. John Mason In memory of Mildred W. Elberfeld Ms. Amy Thaman In memory of Molly Klinedinst Jay and Pamela Ashmore In memory of Mr. Harold Verbarg David and Christine McCarley In memory of Nina Mendoza Clyne Dr. Celia Bart Robin and Joanne Estes

Frank and Donna Giese Dr. Joseﬁna J. Kenyon Scott and Karen Nesbitt In memory of Orene Foreman William and Elizabeth Knodel In memory of our son, Douglas Edward Oligee Mr. and Mrs. William R. Oligee In memory of Patricia Stevenson Ms. Ella Mcpeak In memory of Paul Stanbery Mr. Craig Miller In memory of Richard K. Turner Paul and Roxana Turner In memory of Robert Chaiken Frank and Mary Chaiken In memory of Robert Dwight Larry and Sue Coblentz In memory of Robert H. Kulle Donald Kulle In memory of Robert Joseph Maile, Jr. Gail Verbarg-Maile In memory of Ronald Usleman Ms. Stephanie Daugherty Elise Rosenberg-Su In memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her love of music Ms. Vicky Mary In memory of Salvergia Ruck Dabby Blatt In memory of Stephen P. McKean John and Nancy Dickey Robert and Mary Ann Faelten Mr. James B. Hagerty William and Mary Jane James David and Fran Kohl

Joseph and Kathleen Luttmer Mr. Edwin McKean Mr. Tim Oppelt Ms. Susan L. Pfau Mrs. Gale Sheldon Thomas and Judith Tomsick Ms. Ann Di Tullio Mr. Ray Vanderhorst Mrs. Barbara Weyand In memory of Susan Wortman Douglas A Colwell and Judith A Marks Donald and Victoria Daiker Ms. Jane Mann Josiah Wearin and Karin Hofmann In memory of Suzanne Frankel Dunbar S. Vandevelde In memory of Terri Smith Mrs. Megan Stieg In memory of Thomas Kuelbs Ms. Danielle Bessett M. Todd Bezold James Cadigan Ms. Amy Robinson Robert and Kathy Southwick George White and Dot Dervin In memory of Tony Totten Ms. Patricia Hanlon Joseph and Dana Hopper Ms. Mary Judge In memory of Wayne Anderson, from the orchestra Ms. Julie Schimpf In memory of Will Storey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn In memory of William Winstead Francis and Kay Borkowski Ms. Patricia G. Nott

WELCOME TO OCT-DEC GROUPS! (as of Oct. 1, 2021) CSO Manny, Haydn & Beethoven 8 The Parnitzke Family The Kenwood by Senior Star Twin Lakes at Montgomery The Knolls of Oxford Seasons Retirement Community Maple Knoll Village Holiday Pops Provident Travel Kerry Automotive Murray & Anita Dock Anderson Senior Center Seasons Retirement Community Molly A. Vollmer The Knolls of Oxford Berkeley Square Mr. George Schmidt, III Mr. Kenneth E. Saunders Maple Knoll Village

Cincinnati Police The Carothers Family The Kenwood by Senior Star Friends & Family of George & Katherine Wilkinson The Bubb Family Marielders The Musengo Family The Grothaus Family Return of the Jedi The Bennings Group Cincy Geek Meet The Geiser Family Friends & Family of Rob & Ashley Altenau Friends & Family of Eric Johnson The Brown Family New Year’s Eve Friends & Family of Paula Toti & Tim Smith

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

ARTISTIC PLANNING & PRODUCTION Robert McGrath Chief Operating Officer

Artistic Planning Nate Bachhuber Vice President of Artistic Planning 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

Learning Carol Dary Dunevant Director of Learning Becky Spiewak Education Programs Manager

Penny Hamilton Philanthropy Assistant

MARKETING

Kate Farinacci Director of Special Campaigns and Legacy Giving

M. Todd Bezold Director of Marketing

Jasmine Watkins Ashley Coffey Sound Discoveries Teaching Artist Foundation and Grants Manager Emily Damelio D’Ante McNeal CSYO Ensemble Coordinator Philanthropy Intern

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

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION Harold Brown Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Tiffany Cooper Director of Community Engagement and Diversity Amanda Franklin Community Engagement Manager [Open] Volunteer & Community Engagement Coordinator

FINANCE & DATA SERVICES Richard Freshwater Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Finance Kristina Pfeiffer Director of Finance—CSO

[Open] Graphic Designer

Monica Putnick Director of Finance—MEMI

Nic Bizub Sales Assistant

Marijane Klug Accounting Manager

Kyle Lamb Box Office Manager

Ashley Kuhn Accounting Clerk

[Open] Assistant Box Office Manager

Samantha Graham Accounting Clerk

Jaime Sharp Marketing Intern

Data Services

PATRON SERVICES

Sharon D. Grayton Data Services Manager

PHILANTHROPY Mary McFadden Lawson, CAP® Chief Philanthropy Officer

HUMAN RESOURCES

Lee Snow Digital Content Technology Manager

Sean Baker Director of Institutional Giving

Leslie Hoggatt, CFRE Director of Individual Giving and Donor Services

Steve Kinney Senior Graphic Designer

Michelle Lewandowski Director of Sales

KC Commander Director of Digital Content & Innovation

Kaitlyn Driesen Digital Production Manager

Rebecca Villarreal Subscription Marketing Manager

Faith Baker Accounting Clerk

Kathleen Curry Data Entry Clerk

Kiaya Lynn Corporate Relations Manager

Jon Dellinger Copywriter/Marketing Manager

Amber Ostaszewski Director of Audience Engagement

Tara Williams Data Entry Manager

Corinne Wiseman Digital Content Manager

Stephen Howson Director of Web and Audience Insight

Elizabeth Engwall Accounting Manager

Camryn Morrow Community Engagement Intern

Digital Content & Innovation

Michael Frisco Vice President of Marketing

Kyle Wynk-Sivashankar Vice President of Human Resources Megan Inderbitzin-Tsai Payroll Manager

Supervisors Sean Bussell Jessica Smithorn

Representatives Erica Almquist Ellison Blair Daria Denysenko Brandon Dodge Hannah Kaiser Abigail Karr Eva Reyes-Smith Laura Rupple Matthew Umphreys Alexandra Williams

Jenny Ryan Human Resources Manager

Catherine Hahn, CFRE Assistant Director of Individual Giving Katelyn Conway Philanthropy Communications Manager

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Thanks to the FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL, in a project spearheaded by Music Hall Historian Thea Tjepkema, Gothic finials again grace Music Hall’s eleven gables, and a spiked lyre presides over the 1877 datestone. Architect Ken Jones oversaw the restoration team. Structural Systems Repair Group removed extant bases, cleaned nearby coping, and then installed restored ornaments on new stainless steel pins. Arya Design created 3-D computer drawings and wood models with scored wax to reproduce the original chisel marks, then cast pieces out of glass ﬁber reinforced concrete installed in June of 2021. friendsofmusichall.org 2021 MAC Music Innovator WILLIAM MENEFIELD’S OPERA FIERCE with librettist (and CSO Board Member) Sheila Williams will have its postponed world premiere as part of Cincinnati Opera’s 2022 season in July, with the CSO in the orchestra pit. Stay tuned! The CSO welcomes EMILY BEARE as our new Second Oboe. To say Emily’s hiring process was unusual would be an understatement: her 64 | FANFARE CINCINNATI | cincinnatisymphony.org

audition in February 2020 was the last one held by the Orchestra prior to pandemic shutdowns, and her trial week was in October—with no audience and the musicians facing backwards—as we were recording the ﬁrst in our initial series of livestream concerts. We also welcome two new staff members joining the senior leadership team: MICHAEL FRISCO is the CSO’s new V.P. of Marketing and FELECIA TCHEN KANNEY is our new V.P. of Communications. The Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC) has strongly supported Classical Roots since its inception. CSO staff member Amanda Franklin, MAC Committee members Quiera Levy-Smith, Dara Fairman, and Daphney Thomas, and CSO staff member Tiffany Cooper enjoy a pre-concert moment at Zion Baptist Church at the ﬁrst of the CLASSICAL ROOTS 20th ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCES held at three of the original partner churches.

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In advance of his November concerto appearance with the Orchestra, PRINCIPAL TRUMPET ROBERT SULLIVAN, who occupies the endowed Rawson Chair, will see a longtime project come to fruition. Sullivan commissioned all the works in Eternal Spring in memory of his wife, Robin, who succumbed to sarcoma, and in honor of his friend and mentor Armando “Mundy” Ghitalla. The recording, made with pianist pianist Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio and performed on Ghitalla’s trumpets, features works by Eric Ewazen, James Stephenson and William Perry. It’s available beginning Nov. 5 on Naxos and all streaming platforms, accessible at cincinnatisymphony.org/eternal-spring.

FRANÇOIS LÓPEZFERRER’s hard work has paid off with a promotion to Associate Conductor for the 2021–22 season. This summer François, who occupies the Ashley and Barbara Ford Chair, also won a highly coveted Los Angeles Philharmonic Dudamel Fellowship. In addition to his Cincinnati appearances, he will conduct “Symphonies for Youth” and “Symphonies for Schools” this February at Walt Disney Concert Hall and participate in programs including Youth Orchestra Los Angeles. Congratulations, François! The May Festival has announced two recent appointments: JOCELYN MOSES-MPUTU is the new Choral Academy Director for the Cincinnati Youth Choir and MATTHEW SWOPE will serve as the new Choral Conducting Fellow, assisting Director of Choruses Robert Porco and Associate Director of Choruses Matthew Swanson. Welcome to both!

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