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BRANDON MARSHALL

In my short time as Associate Conductor since the start of the 2015/16 season, I’ve experienced such a wonderful and open community and a truly diverse and thriving arts scene. With this culture, surrounded by such beautiful scenery, I now fully understand why Colorado is one of the most special places in the world. I will say this – as an Australian I am still adjusting to the cold this winter but luckily it’s warm and cozy in Boettcher Concert Hall!

Christopher Dragon conducting “The Music Man in Concert” in September.

I’m thrilled to announce that I will have the pleasure of conducting my Masterworks performance debut with the Colorado Symphony during the final weekend of Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet on March 18 – 20.

This is especially exciting as 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death.

To celebrate the life and work of Shakespeare, the Colorado Symphony has programmed Shakespeare-related repertoire for three weekends in March including A Midsummer Night’s Dream on March 4-5 and a special Inside the Score concert on March 11 featuring Duain Wolfe and the Colorado Symphony Chorus.

The Shakespeare Festival ends with Romeo and Juliet in which I’ve worked with the rest of our artistic team to build an exciting program combining the words of Shakespeare with the compositions of Tchaikovsky, Rota, and Prokofiev to create a unique and dramatic Shakespeare performance which features four local actors. It will also feature Bernstein’s American adaptation in West Side Story, one of my favorite pieces, and one that I’ve always wanted to conduct.

It has been an absolute pleasure working with the Colorado Symphony this season and I’m confident it will only get better from here. Thank you again to everyone for welcoming me to your beautiful home. I hope you’ll join me here in the hall again soon.

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Christopher Dragon, Associate Conductor

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Here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears William Shakespeare, the incomparable musician-of-words, waxed eloquently – and even prophetically – about music and its power to move our souls. For when we sit here in Boettcher Concert Hall, we do indeed let the sounds of music wash over us and warm us with its compelling charms.

And then the…

… soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony.

Those sweetest of harmonies that emanate from this rounded stage…

…sounds and sweet airs that give delight.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about our ears, and sometimes voices…

Voices that chorus the great words and music of the spheres, joining with the magical musicians of this mighty orchestra.

Such harmony is in immortal souls.

Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, will receive his due applause in his 400th anniversary year with music of the masters, inspired by his own prodigious pen.

Music! Hark!

It is YOUR music of THIS house.

Duain Wolfe, Chorus Director and Conductor, with a respectful nod to William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest

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This is a special year for theater goers and artists of every genre, as 2016 is the 400th anniversary of the passing of one of the most iconic and influential artists to ever live — William Shakespeare. The English born playwright would give us 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and more during his lifetime, and has inspired hundreds of years of art since — not only through poetry and plays, but in painting, music, and so much more.

His work has also been the subject of many classical music composers who used his beautiful prose and stories as the foundation of their pieces such as by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, and in more modern compositions as with Bernstein in West Side Story.

The Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival

The Colorado Symphony has devoted three programs in March to Shakespeare and his work, starting with A Midsummer’s Night Dream on March 4-5. In this sweeping program, guest conductor Hans Graf will lead guest actor Maureen Thomas and the Colorado Children’s Chorale, together with the Colorado Symphony, through Felix Mendelssohn’s charming and delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including the unmistakable Wedding March.

On March 11, Inside the Score features Colorado Symphony Chorus director Duain Wolfe leading the orchestra and chorus in a musical exploration of Shakespeare’s most captivating lines and characters.

Finally, new Associate Conductor Christopher Dragon will make his Masterworks debut on March 18-20 conducting Romeo and Juliet, the definitive ode to star-crossed lovers. This program, also including the Colorado Symphony Chorus, caps the Colorado Symphony’s Shakespeare Festival with a wide-ranging expedition into the music inspired by the timeless drama including a quartet of actors. It’s no wonder that Christopher Dragon said in his welcome letter how excited he is to conduct this as his Masterworks debut – it promises to be a magical concert experience.

— Seth McNew

March 4-5: Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Nights Dream

Hans Graf, conductor; Maureen Thomas, actor; Colorado Children’s Chorale March 11: Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: Colorado Symphony Chorus

Duain Wolfe, conductor; Colorado Symphony Chorus March 18-20: Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet

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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT Meet Associate Concertmaster Claude Sim Claude Sim has been with the Colorado Symphony for more than 16 years and holds the title of Associate Concertmaster. Claude is also a successful chamber musician and has been featured with the critically acclaimed Miró String Quartet, and as violist with the Grammy® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet.

Claude performs Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto During his hundreds of performances with the Colorado Symphony since 1999, Claude has performed as soloist with the orchestra on many occasions. The Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition concerts on January 29 and 30 featuring Claude as a soloist performing Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto might be the most exciting for him.

“In all of my time here, I don’t think it’s ever been done,” says Claude. “It’s such a rarely done piece and a great opportunity for a fresh take. The piece is really special. The cinematic quality and sound reflect Khachaturian’s background and his Armenian roots. It’s a very accessible piece, the sweeping melodies are memorable and the infectious rhythms are inspired by folk dance.”

Finding new musical perspectives Claude is passionate about letting his mastery of classical violin translate into many different kinds of music from chamber music, to bluegrass, jazz, and Latin music. Claude even experiments with performing on different instruments and in fact, his guest appearance with the Pacifica Quartet was as violist instead of violinist.

Claude is now in an ensemble formed with two local musicians, and their trio has played for events for the Colorado Symphony, such as Beethoven and Brews, and other events such as jam sessions and jazz events.

“I try to play with as many varied types of musicians as possible” he says, “to get a different perspective.”

He is currently writing original music for his ensemble to explore. Much of the material is rooted in the American jazz tradition, where he writes the main structure for the tunes but keeps space open for improvising. “It’s been a great challenge and joy working with my band to explore all the collective music influences we have. The endless learning process from working with world-class musicians like the other two in this trio and with the entire Colorado Symphony is what continues to inspire me.”

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All Gershwin featuring New York City Ballet JAN 10 T SUN 1:00 Andrew Litton, conductor/piano Members of New York City Ballet GERSHWIN Overture to Crazy for You GERSHWIN Day Full of Song GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GERSHWIN Who Cares?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute JAN 12 T TUE 7:30 Andres Lopera, conductor

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JAN 23 T SAT 7:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor Donna McKechnie, Jodi Benson, Doug LaBrecque, vocals Colorado Symphony Chorus, Mary Louise Burke, associate director

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

JAN 29-30 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jayce Ogren, conductor Claude Sim, violin SIBELIUS Romance in C major for Strings SIBELIUS “Valse Triste” from Kuolema SIBELIUS Finlandia KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

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FEB 13-14 T SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Andres Lopera, conductor Sierra Boggess, vocals Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director

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Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Béla Fleck: Return of the Banjo

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Inside The Score: An Evening of Chamber Music

INSIDE THE SCORE

MAR 4-5 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Hans Graf, conductor Maureen Thomas, actor Colorado Children’s Chorale, Deborah DeSantis, artistic director TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Inside the Score: Shakespeare Festival: Colorado Symphony Chorus MAR 11 T FRI 7:30 Duain Wolfe, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director

An Evening with Wonderbound

MAR 12 T SAT 7:30 Christopher Dragon, conductor Wonderbound TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Sleeping Beauty TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Swan Lake TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

Carnival of the Animals and The Story of Babar

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Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet

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MAR 13 T SUN 1:00 Andres Lopera, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant

MAR 18-20 T FRI-SAT 7:30 T SUN 1:00 Christopher Dragon, conductor Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story TCHAIKOVSKY excerpts from Romeo and Juliet PROKOFIEV excerpts from Romeo and Juliet ROTA Love Theme from “Romeo and Juliet”

APR 1-2 T FRI-SAT 7:30 Jose Luis Gomez, conductor Béla Fleck, banjo JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 6 BÉLA FLECK Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra No. 2

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MASTERWORKS • 2015-2016 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM COLORADO SYMPHONY HANS GRAF, conductor MAUREEN THOMAS, actor NADYA HILL, soprano REBECCA ROBINSON, mezzo-soprano COLORADO CHILDREN’S CHORALE, DEBORAH DESANTIS, artistic director Friday’s concert is gratefully dedicated to Adam and Stephanie Donner

Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm Boettcher Concert Hall TCHAIKOVSKY

The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 18 — INTERMISSION —

MENDELSSOHN Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp. 21 and 61 Overture Scherzo (Entr’acte to Act II) Melodrama: “Over hill, over dale” — March of the Elves (Act II, Scene 1) Song with Chorus: “You spotted snakes … Philomel, with melody” (Act II, Scene 2) Melodrama: “What thou seest, when thou dost wake” (Act II, Scene 2) Intermezzo before Act III Melodrama: “What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here” (Act II, Scene 2) Nocturne (Act III, Scene 2) Melodrama: “Be as thou wast” (Act IV, Scene 1) Wedding March (Entr’acte to Act V) Fanfare and Funeral March (Act V) Dance of the Rustics (Act V) Reprise of the Wedding March (Act V) Finale: “Through this House” (Act V)

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES HANS GRAF, conductor Known for his wide range of repertoire and creative programming, the distinguished Austrian conductor Hans Graf is one of today’s most highly respected musicians. Appointed Music Director of the Houston Symphony in 2001, Graf concluded his tenure in May 2013 and is the longest serving Music Director in the orchestra’s history. Prior to his appointment in Houston, he was the Music Director of the Calgary Philharmonic for eight seasons and held the same post with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine for six years. He also led the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra from 1984 to 1994. Graf is a frequent guest with all of the major North American orchestras.

An experienced opera conductor, Graf first conducted the Vienna State Opera in 1981 and has since led productions in the opera houses of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Rome among others.

His extensive opera repertoire includes several world premieres. Recent opera engagements include Parsifal at the Zurich Opera, Boris Godunov at the Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg, and two rarely produced operas by Strauss and Korngold at the famed Volksoper Vienna. Born near Linz, Graf first studied violin and piano. After receiving diplomas in piano and conducting from the Musikhochschule in Graz, he continued his studies in Italy with Franco Ferrara and Sergui Celibadache and in Russia with Arvid Jansons. Graf has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur by the French government for championing French music around the world as well as the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

MAUREEN THOMAS, actor Maureen Thomas is a Canadian stage and film actress with extensive experience in both classical and contemporary works. Recent theater work includes leading roles in Cabaret, Driving Miss Daisy, The Cherry Orchard, and On Golden Pond. Recent television work includes a supporting role in the Simon Beaufoy scripted BBC miniseries Burn Up, starring Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell; a guest - starring role in the comedy series Psych; a supporting role in the Christmas TV special Deck the Halls; and a recurring role in Stephen Spielberg’s Dreamworks mini-series Into the West.

This performance of scenes from Shakespeare’s beloved A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented within the brilliant score of Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music, is unique in its use of a single actor to portray all of the characters. Maestro Graf, celebrated playwright John Murrell and Maureen Thomas collaborated on choosing scenes from the play which would both tell the story and showcase the complete Mendelssohn score. Maureen Thomas has performed this critically acclaimed version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with orchestras in Canada, the United States (including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony), and France.

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES NADYA HILL, soprano Nadya Hill, a Colorado native, has been featured as a vocal and violin soloist with various orchestras across the country, and is comfortable in a wide range of musical styles from classical to jazz and ethnic music. Hill graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in vocal and violin performance, both with highest honors. While studying there, she worked closely with Stephen Shipps, Caroline Helton, Martin Katz, William Bolcom, and Edward Parmentier. A current student of Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, Hill is continuing her musical education at the University of Colorado where she sang the role of Despina in the Eklund Opera’s 2015 production of Così fan Tutte. Ms. Hill has also studied and performed at the International Music Academy in Pilsen, Czech Republic and at the Villa Corsi Salviati in Florence, Italy. At the age of 16, she performed a series of solo recitals in the greater-Manchester area of the UK. Nadya recently premiered and recorded Otherwise: Poems of Jane Kenyon by Robert Spillman, with the composer at the piano. She frequently works with composer William Hill: recently premiering El Pero Azul for violin and orchestra and performing Hill’s African Sketches on the Colorado Symphony’s 2012 Drums of the World. Ms. Hill is also a member of the award-winning jazz ensemble “Bill Hill and Friends.” An avid advocate for the arts, Hill is currently writing a JavaScript-based application to aid in musical learning, established the Cavallo Scuro studio as a visual artist, and teaches with the Mile-High Strings — a music program that provides free violin lessons in title-one Denver schools.

REBECCA L. ROBINSON, mezzo-soprano Rebecca L. Robinson is quickly making a name for herself as a rising talent in the opera world. A student of Abigail Nims, she is in her second year of the Professional Certificate program at the University of Colorado– Boulder, where she has been seen in Eklund Opera productions as the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, and Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte. Last year she was named a finalist in the Bruce Ekstrand Competition, which recognizes and awards development grants to promising graduate students, and had the honor of performing in recital with the world-renowned Takács Quartet. This spring she will join conductor, Guillermo Figueroa, and the Lynn Philharmonia for a performance of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete, (Boca Raton, FL), followed by a cantata performance with the Colorado Bach Ensemble, and a Schubert recital series with Austin-based group, Texas Winds. She will make her Bellingham Festival of Music debut as the mezzo soloist in Mozart’s Requiem later in the summer (Bellingham, WA). Rebecca holds a Master’s degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and a Bachelor’s from DePaul University, where she worked with renowned teachers Sanford Sylvan, Jane Bunnell, and Susanne Mentzer.

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES DEBORAH DESANTIS, artistic director, Colorado Children’s Chorale Deborah DeSantis has been instrumental in the growth and success of the Colorado Children’s Chorale since 1983. She regularly conducts performances throughout metropolitan Denver and has led numerous tours, nationally and internationally. Her passion for artistic excellence and music education has been a driving force in the development of the Chorale’s School Partnership program, which she established in 1994. In addition to designing and directing community performance residencies for the Chorale, she frequently serves as guest clinician and conductor for school and community children’s choral programs throughout the nation. Debbie has conducted seminars and workshops for Chorus America, the American Choral Director’s Association, Colorado Music Educators Association, the Choristers’ Guild and the Suzuki Institute.

She has served as co-chair of Chorus America’s Children/Youth Choir Constituency.

COLORADO CHILDREN’S CHORALE For more than forty years the Colorado Children’s Chorale has brought its artistry and charm to audiences throughout the world. With a diverse repertoire ranging from fully staged opera and musical theater to standard choral compositions in classical, folk and popular traditions, the Chorale performs with an innovative stage presentation and a unique theatrical spirit.

In recognition of its artistic excellence, the Chorale was awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and the prestigious El Pomar Award for Excellence in Arts and Humanities. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Deborah DeSantis and Executive Director Meg Steitz, the Colorado Children’s Chorale annually trains 500 members between the ages of 7 and 14 from all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds representing more than 180 schools in the Denver metro area and beyond. Since its founding in 1974, the Chorale has sung countless performances with some of the world’s finest performing arts organizations, performed for numerous dignitaries, and appeared in several television and radio broadcasts. The Performance Program includes a series of self-produced concerts, numerous performances with other Colorado arts organizations and touring around the world. The Chorale presents annual performances of Christmas with the Children’s Chorale and Spring with the Children’s Chorale at Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, A Classical Afternoon at Montview Presbyterian Church and Performing Small Miracles at Colorado Heights Theater. Spring Fling Sing! is presented in venues across the metro area. This season also includes A Colorado Christmas, Sierra Boggess in Concert, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Carmina Burana with The Colorado Symphony, and Ballad of Baby Doe and Tosca with Central City Opera.

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MASTERWORKS BIOGRAPHIES COLORADO CHILDREN’S CHORALE ROSTER Deborah DeSantis, Artistic Director and Conductor Mary Louise Burke, Associate Director and Conductor TOUR CHOIR Austin Aanerud Stefan Bardossas Makenna Batcho Madeleine Borodach Grant Bradow Caitlin Bridge Karina Brusletto Kris Burger Cooper Causey MaeMae Chen Kendall Clark Isabella Conklin David Downs Andrew Dupper Conrad Eck Brianna Erickson Vinny Falk Tallulah Fuhs

Maya Galpern Hannah Garcia Bridget Gorder Kyle Green Brianna Gress Audrey Hampton Reed Haymons Elizabeth Hetzel Katy Hollis Noah Hutabarat Iain Ireland Martin Jernigan Kalleiopye Klein Zack Kramer Charlotte LeDuke John Lim Devin Mack Ajaya Macon Lukas Makikalli

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893): The Tempest, Fantasy-Overture after Shakespeare, Op. 18 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, and died in St. Petersburg on November 6, 1893. The Tempest was composed in 1873, and premiered on December 19, 1873 in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein. The score calls for woodwinds in pairs plus piccolo, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings. Duration is about 23 minutes. Last performed on January 11-13, 2001, with Marin Alsop on the podium.

“For several days after hearing your Tempest, I was in a delirium from which I could not emerge.” With those excited words in a letter of December 1876 began the fruitful but strange relationship between Peter Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck, the sensitive, music-loving widow of a wealthy railroad baron. Tchaikovsky had established himself during the preceding three years as a leading voice in Russian music with the premieres of his Second and Third Symphonies, The Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1, Francesca da Rimini, the String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 and the operas The Oprichnik and Vakula the Smith, but he still could not afford to quit his irksome job teaching at the Moscow Conservatory to devote himself entirely composition. His boss at the Conservatory, the brilliant pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, approached Mme. von Meck with the suggestion that perhaps she might commission a new work that would help to ease Tchaikovsky’s financial position, and he played for her a piano version of The Tempest to support his petition. The music struck to the core of her being, and she not only began to correspond with Tchaikovsky but offered him such generous financial support that he was able to leave the Conservatory — a result Rubinstein certainly had not desired. Mme. von Meck became not just Tchaikovsky’s artistic patroness but also the sympathetic sounding-board for reports on the whole range of his activities — emotional, musical, personal. Though they never met, her place in Tchaikovsky’s life was enormous and beneficial.

The subject for The Tempest, an “orchestral fantasy-overture after Shakespeare” (not to be confused with the overture The Storm, Op. 76 of 1864, inspired by a play of Ostrovsky), was suggested to Tchaikovsky early in 1873 by Vladimir Stasov, the influential journalist and philosophical shepherd to the musical wing of the Russian nationalist movement. When Tchaikovsky expressed interest in the idea, Stasov worked out a detailed literary plan for the piece, which the composer streamlined and used as a preface to the score: “The sea — The magician Prospero sends Ariel to raise a tempest, which wrecks Ferdinand’s boat — The magic island — First timid feelings of love between Miranda and Ferdinand — Ariel — Caliban — The lovers give themselves up to the spell of passion — Prospero renounces his magic power and leaves the island — The sea.” (Stasov supplied a similar outline for the Manfred Symphony a dozen years later.) Tchaikovsky wrote the work in eleven days in August 1873 “without any effort, as though moved by some supernatural force” at the country estate near Kiev of his friend Count Vladimir Vasilyev-Shilovsky, whose brother Konstantin was to help write the libretto for Eugene Onegin the following year. The Tempest was premiered to much acclaim by the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society under Nikolai Rubinstein’s direction on December 19th, and the composer himself conducted it on several occasions, but he later came to feel that it was not up to the standard of his two other symphonic fantasies, Romeo and Juliet and Francesca da Rimini.

Though Tchaikovsky’s ultimate judgment relegated The Tempest to the fringes of the repertory, the work still displays the same mastery of orchestration, melodiousness, tone-painting and sincerity of expression that are the hallmarks of his better-known creations.

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847): Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opp. 21 and 61 Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, and died on November 4, 1847 in Leipzig. He composed the Overture to Shakespeare’s comedy in 1826, when he was seventeen. The incidental music was written seventeen years later, in 1843, for a production of the play in Potsdam.

The Overture was publicly premiered in Stettin on February 20, 1827, conducted by Carl Loewe. The incidental music was heard for the first time when the composer conducted it at the opening of the Berlin production on November 14, 1842. The score calls for woodwinds in pairs, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings. Duration is about 60 minutes. The orchestra last performed the work on April 22 & 23, 2011, with Andrew Grams conducting.

Berlin in the 1820s was a populous, densely packed city with few open spaces, “a city without lungs,” wrote the art historian Karl Scheffler. Abraham Mendelssohn, a wealthy banker, and father of Felix, was one of those who could afford to live beyond the city gates, where the open country made life more pleasant. The Mendelssohn home was a mansion, a small palace really, set on ten verdant acres. The residence boasted a hall for theatrical productions, while the garden house was arranged so that its large interior could be used for concerts with an audience of several hundred. There were, in fact, regular Sunday afternoon musicales in the Mendelssohn household, with Felix and his older sister, Fanny, being regular participants. (It was for those events that Mendelssohn composed and — a luxury rare among composers — heard his early music performed immediately, including the dozen lovely Symphonies for Strings.)

Also on the grounds was a beautiful garden, a magical place for young Felix, where the warm days of summer were spent reading and dreaming. In later years, he told his friend the English composer William Sterndale Bennett about an evening in July 1826, “It was in that garden one night that I encountered Shakespeare.”

Felix and Fanny were enamored in those years of reading the works of Shakespeare, who, next to the arch-Romantic Jean-Paul, was their favorite writer. Shakespeare’s plays had been appearing in excellent German translations by Ludwig Tieck and August Schlegel (father Abraham’s brother-in-law) since the turn of the century, and the young Mendelssohns particularly enjoyed the wondrous fantasy world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play inspired the already accomplished budding composer, and plans began to stir in his imagination. Early in July, he wrote in a letter, “I have grown accustomed to composing in our garden. Today or tomorrow I am going to dream there [the music to accompany] A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. This is, however, an enormous audacity....” Within a few days, however, he had embarked on his “audacity,” and was writing an Overture to the play. By August 6th, the work was done. On November 19th, Felix and Fanny played the original piano duet version of the score on one of their Sunday musicales, and a private orchestral performance followed before the end of the year. In February, the work was first played publicly in Stettin. It immediately garnered a success that has never waned.

By 1842, Mendelssohn was the most famous musician in Europe and in demand everywhere. He was director of the superb Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, a regular visitor to England, and Kapellmeister to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in Berlin. For Mendelssohn’s Berlin duties, Friedrich required incidental music for several new productions at the Royal Theater, including Sophocles’ Oedipus and Antigone, Racine’s Athalie and Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This last would, of course, include the celebrated Overture Mendelssohn had written when he was seventeen, exactly half his age in 1842. He PROGRAM 8 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES composed the additional numbers of the incidental music the following spring, creating a perfect match for the inspiration and style of the Overture. The premiere of the new production in November was an enormous triumph.

Franz Liszt wrote of the Midsummer Night’s Dream music, “Mendelssohn had a real capacity for depicting these enchanted elves, for interpolating in their caressing, chirping song the bray of the donkey without rubbing us the wrong way.... No musician was so equipped to translate into music the delicate yet, in certain externals, embarrassing sentimentality of the lovers; ... no one could paint as he did the rainbow dust, the mother-of-pearl shimmering of these sprites, could capture the brilliant ascent of a royal wedding feast.” The Overture is the greatest piece of orchestral music ever composed by one so young, including Mozart and Schubert. Woven into its sonata form are thematic representations of the woodland sprites, the shimmering light through forest leaves, the sweet sighs of the lovers, even the “ee-ah” braying of that memorable Rustic, Bottom, when he is turned into an ass. In matters of formal construction, orchestral color and artistic polish, this Overture is, quite simply, a masterpiece.

The Scherzo, the Entr’acte to Act II, is the music that, in the words of Sir George Grove, “brought the fairies into the orchestra and fixed them there.” Its winsome grace and incandescent sonorities defined in large part the idea of delicacy in music, and there has never been another major composer (only Saint-Saëns and Berlioz come close) who was so well able to conjure exactly this mood in his works.

The March of the Elves accompanies the appearance of the mischievous woodland sprites in Act II, Scene 1.

The Song with Chorus (“You spotted snakes … Philomel, with melody”) is sung by the fairies in Act II, Scene 2 to protect the sleeping Titania from the evils of the enchanted wood.

The Intermezzo to Act III is a swift and agitated piece that depicts the desperation of Shakespeare’s pairs of lovers caused by a magic spell that has made one of the men fall in love with the wrong woman; the movement concludes with a bumptious country dance to accompany the entry of the Rustics whose style recalls moments from Der Freischütz by Mendelssohn’s friend, Carl Maria von Weber.

The Nocturne evokes the magic slumber of the lovers in the moonlit forest in Act III, Scene 2 through the burnished sonorities of horns and bassoons.

The majestic Wedding March, the Entr’acte to Act V, is heard at the festive triple wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, Demetrius and Helena, and Lysander and Hermia.

The Fanfare and Funeral March accompany the arrival of Bottom and the Rustics in Act V to perform their riotous Pyramus and Thisbe. They exit to the Dance of the Rustics.

The Finale, based on themes from the Overture, is the background to the last lines of the play, some spoken over the musical accompaniment, some sung by a soprano soloist and a chorus of fairies to accompany dancing. Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream closes as it began, with the bewitching woodwind chords that seem to distill the very essence of Shakespeare’s enchanted wood.

Inserted into the score are several melodramas, spoken lines accompanied by or interrupting the music — Over hill, over dale (Act II, Scene 1); The spells (Act II, Scene 2); What thou seest, when thou dost wake (Act II, Scene 2); The removal of the spells (Act IV, Scene 1); What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here (Act III, Scene 1); Be as thou wast (Act IV, Scene 1) — as well as a brief instrumental Andante in Act II, Scene 3 and music between Scenes 1 and 2 of Act V that reprises the Wedding March. continued on page 11 SOUNDINGS 2015-2016 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 9

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MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES Of the beautiful music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charles O’Connell wrote, “There is a magic in it ... an elfin gaiety, a diaphanous delicacy, an ethereal quality compounded of dew and honey and the nectar of flowers, the scents of flowers on warm midnight airs, the rhythm of flowers and tiny feet dancing ’neath the towering blades of grass. There are pranks and clowning, true love and black magic, pathos and the pleasant, impossible conceits of a poet’s imagination.” ©2015 Dr. Richard E. Rodda TEXT OF THE “SONG WITH CHORUS” You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong, Come not near our fairy queen.

Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby.

Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legged spinners, hence!

Beetles black, approach not near; Worm nor snail, do no offence.

Philomel, with melody ...

Hence, away! now all is well: One aloof stand sentinel.

TEXT OF THE FINALE (Chorus) Through the house give glimmering light, By the dead and drowsy fire: Every elf and fairy sprite Hop as light as bird from brier; And this ditty, after me, Sing, and dance it trippingly.

(Solo) First, rehearse your song by rote, To each word a warbling note: Hand in hand, with fairy grace, Will we sing, and bless this place.

(Chorus) Through the house...

(Spoken) Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray.

With this field-dew consecrate, Every fairy take his gait; And each several chamber bless, Through this palace, with sweet peace; And the owner of it blest Ever shall in safety rest.

(Sung) Trip away; make no stay; Meet me all by break of day.

(Spoken) If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear.

And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend: And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to ’scape the serpent’s tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call: So, good night unto you all.

Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation The Stanley Works Mr. Gordon W. Stenger Mrs. Beatrice Taplin Marion Thurnauer and Alexander Trifunac Dr. and Mrs. Ed Van Bramer Normie and Paul Voillequé Paul Von Behren and Denise McCleary Loren E. Warner Malcolm and Donna Wheeler Drs. Richard and Jean Williams Michael and Sandra Wilson Lee and Doris Yeingst SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous (4) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta James Bailey Michelle C. Bailey Mr. Robert M. Balas Margaret and Larry Ballonoff Mr. James D. Balog Tyler Barstow Nancy Battan Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Beckwitt Hannah Kahn and Arthur Best Marcia D. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Brand John and Sandy Blue Jude Blum Margaret C. Bozarth Joseph Bronesky Don and Nita Burkhardt Pat Butler Buyersynthesis, Inc. Keith and Lindsay Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Chafee Drs. Jodi A. Chamber and Sally Palmer The Chrysalis Fund Drs. Henry and Janet Claman David and Joan Clark Sheila M. Cleworth Ms. Shirley Hamilton and Ms. G. Brooks Clouser

Drs. Marc Cohen and Kathryn Hobbs James and Toni Cohig John L. Coil Mr. Donald Cook Mr. Ronald Covey Karen and William Curtis Deborah Reshotko and Speaking of Dance Deep Space Systems Linda Diekvoss and Paul Parish Mrs. Mary Donlon Mr. and Mrs. William D. Doty Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Gerald S. Dunbar Max and Carol Ehrlich Drs. Ellen and Anthony Elias John Estes Jim and Jo Ferguson Mr. Jack Finlaw Dr. Lauren Fraser and Ms. Rebecca Coughlin Frederick G. Fish Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert Freedman Mr. David F. Fritz Ms. Martha S. Fulford Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Greg Fulton Dr. and Mrs. John H. Gale Georgia and Woody Garnsey B.J. and Grace George Dr. David M. Gillum The Gilman Family Foundation Ms. Katherine Gold Lynda Goldstein Dr. Burton and Lee Golub Jonathan and Julia Gordon Renee and Martin Gross Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Harry Mr. and Mrs. Leeon E. Hayden Mrs. Joan Hazen Diane D. Henry Judith Hilton Ms. Christine L. Honnen Marilyn Howard Renate and Joseph Hull Michael E. Huotari and Jill R. Stewart Mrs. Eleanor L. Isbill Carol James Mr. Douglas C. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kelley

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Mr. Allen Kemp Dr. Peter Kennealey and Dr. Colleen Murphy Mr. John Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kern Oza and Milan Klanjsek Ruth and George Krauss Phyllis and James Kurtz-Phelan Mr. Gregory Kushnir KUVO Leopold Brothers Life on Capitol Hill John and Mary Lohre Jean L. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin Barbara McDonnell Dr. and Mrs. John G. McFee Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw Katherine McMurray Robert Meade Ms. Janet Melson Sharon L. Menard Ms. Anne Akiko Meyers Ms. Jennifer Miller Ms. Anne B. Mills Gene and Dee Milstein MM Rhodes Fund Mr. Robert R. Montgomery James Neely Mr. and Mrs. W. Peterson Nelson Network for Good Mr. Stephen Norris Sheila O’Brien Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. O’Day Ed and Jean Onderko Dr. Bonnie M. Orkow, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Paton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pokorny Al and Ursula Powell The Publishing House Mrs. Dorothy M. Read Eli Reshotko Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ris Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rootes Dr. Turpin H. Rose Jim and Doreen Ryan Ruth Schoening William Schumacher Dr. and Mrs. David Shander Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw Singer Family Foundation Sam and Marty Sloven Billie Smith

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. David C. Smith Marlis and Shirley Smith William and Janice Smith William Smith and Shirley Scott Eric Sondermann Victoria Sterling Marcia D. Strickland Helena and Allan Striker Lou and Katherine Svoboda Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Tashiro Tipton Family Foundation Mr. John B. Trueblood Kyle and Bev Turner Villager Publishing Co., Inc. Mr. Peter Wells Consul Emeritus and Mrs. Tor Westgaard Jon Wilkerson Dr. John Willhardt Jerry Winter Jim and Marlene Wogsland Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation Ms. Phyllis J. Young Dick and Lorie Young Linda Roberts Zinn

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous (9) Dr. and Mrs. Jules Amer American Endowment Foundation Arc Thrift Stores Bruce Avery Lewis and Judith Babcock Michelle and Stephen Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Baldwin Carlos Barradas Mr. Edward Bartholic Richard and Linda Bateman Mr. and Mrs. James Beall Mary Bessesen Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Mr. and Mrs. Kermit J. Boothroyd Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bowry Ms. Susan Brasel Christopher Brauchli Ms. Betty Brega Ms. Emily Brett Dr. and Mrs. David Brewer Michael and Catherine Brondos

Joseph Bronesky Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Bryan Rogene and Sandy Buchholz M. Peyton and Suzanne Bucy David and Elizabeth Budd Zelpha Bulow Judge Doris E. Burd Billie Busby and Sidney Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Butz Mr. David Cahn Douglas and Constance Cain Lois M. Calvert Teresa Campos Roger and Barbara Chamberlain Dr. and Mrs. David Claassen Delores I. Clark Sylvia Sosin Cohen Catherine Cole Ms. Sherri Colgan Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Mr. and Mrs. Clark Colton Dee Colton Community Foundation

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. Frederic Conover Ms. Karen Cook Paul and Eileen Cooper Mr. Scott Coors and Dr. David Hurt Frances S. Corsello Dr. James W. Craft Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Craft Ray and Kathleen Cravy Anne M. Culver William Curtis Mike and Bonnie Dalke Ms. Ruth Dalrymple Jesse Davidson and Ellen Blatt Denver Percussion, LLC Dr. Stephen Dilts George and Yonnie Dikeou Dorothy Dowden The Dowling Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Drew Kathryn and Gary Dudley Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald Mr. Stephen A. Edmonds Evan and Kim Ela Lucy and Dan Ellerhorst Mr. and Mrs. James W. Espy Ms. Lee C. Everding Mark and Carla Ewing Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fieman Ms. Gail Fisher Paul S. Fisher Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC Mrs. Joann Freedman Deborah Froeb Virginia E. and Robert K. Fuller Deborah Gaensbauer Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gallagher Linda Laird Giedl Andrea Grant Mr. John and Mrs. Judy Green Mr. Robert Greene Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffiths Martha and Jim Groebe Julia Gwaltney Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Haggerty Dr. and Mrs. John L. Hall Ms. Grace M. Halmi Linda Hamlin Sarah Hart

Mr. David J. Hayes Keith Herman Melvin and Carolyn Hess Judith Hilton Mr. Stephen Hindes Cynthia Hinds Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld Sarah C. Hite Dr. Bradley O. Hofer Mike and Vicki Hoffman Graham and Cathy Hollis Robert Homiak and Susan Schneider Ms. Sally Hopper Mrs. Isabella W. Horsky Robert and Betty Huzjak Bradley James Andrew Johanos and Maria Poczobutt-Johanos Bruce and Mary Jane Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Everette G. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Judd Mr. and Mrs. Colman Kahn Robert W. Karow Dr. Chris and Janice Karras Steve and Kim Keen Dr. Richard and Carla Kem Kemp Family Fund Jan Kennaugh and Chip Horne Heidi and Randy Keogh Judy Kessenich Dr. E. Glenn Kindle Oza and Milan Klanjsek Mel and Roberta Klein Mr. and Mrs. Finn and Margrethe B. Knudsen Mrs. Tatyana Kostyashkina Eric Krein John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Deanna Rose Leino Don and Ingrid Lindemann Patty Lorie-Kupetz John W. Kure and Cheryl L. Solich Ms. Hope Lowry Mrs. Jean Macferran Mr. Brian A. and Mrs. Diane C. Magoon Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Mann Harold P. Martin, M.D. Johnathan Masoudi

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Mr. and Mrs. Amos C. Mathews Dr. Jody Mathie and Mr. John F. Hoffman Ms. Tracey McCullough Carla E. McKennett Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” Meadows Virginia Messick Coreen Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jay Miller Ron and Bonnie Milzer The Moe Family Charitable Fund Monkey’s Uncle Comedy Improv Ms. Veatrice Monroe Keith Moore Kirsten and David Morgan William and Rosemarie Murane Barbara Neal and Edward E. Ellis Ms. Marcia G. Naiman Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Newberry Robert and Ilse Nordenholz Larry O’Donnell and Kermit Cain Dr. Priscilla Zynda-Otsuki and Mr. Steve Otsuki Mary and Art Otten Jo Ann Paffenbarger Carl Patterson Pave Life Ms. Sue Pawlik David and Doris Pearlman Leah Peer Perry C. Peine Patrick and Susan Pientka David and Louise Pinkow Hugh Pitcher and Linda Lebsack Ed Post Mr. Bennett L. Price Terence T. Quirke Richard Replin and Elissa Stein Dr. Richard and Sandra Roark Eleanor Roberts Mr. Robert Rodriquez Terri and Jay Rolls Sig and Lucille Rosefeld Mr. and Mrs. William E. Russell Ms. Carol L. Rust Cynthia L. Schauer

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Dave Schmitz G.A. and W.B. Scholten Ms. Mary Ann Schultz Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Ms. Carla L. Seeliger Mr. Frank D. Seffinger Mr. and Mrs. Karl O. Seller Betty and Maurice Serotta Jo Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Shultz Singer Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Silverman Drs. Robert H. Slover, II and Robin Slover Edwin Smith James Smith Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Smith Mr. and Mrs. William H. Speaker Hanspeter and Kathryn Spuhler State Farm Companies Foundation Myron and Marcia Stein Mr. Daniel Stenersen

Gordon Stenger and Brooke Goudy Mrs. Mary L. Stewart Mr. Philip T. Stoffel Julie and John Strain Mrs. Elaine B. Strauch Dr. Bill Strempel Carol and Cedric Tarr Mr. Frank Thomson Mr. Charles Thorman Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Tillery Nan Timbel David Tourtelot and Nikki Headlee Barbara J. Tramutt Helen Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Virtue Ed and Patty Wahtera The Sylvan Stool Family Ms. Shirley Ward Russ Wehner Realty Co. Peter Weiser Rosemary Whitaker Jordan Wight Daniel C. Williams Yumi Williams

Werner and Mary Winkler Mr. and Mrs. Dieter Wons George and Beth Wood Richard and MaryAnn Woods Amy Wright Marsha F. Young Tom Zeiler Kenneth Ziebarth R.A. Zimmerman SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) *Please review the donor benefits on our website Anonymous (8) Margaret and Norm Aarestad Richard and Susan Abernethy Fran Adams Jim and Lorraine Adams Carol J. Addington Carole and Robert Adelstein Amica Companies Foundation Ms. Catherine H. Anderson

behavioral quantitative fundamental Providing professional investment advisory services for institutional and high-net-worth clients since 2005

Greenwood Village, CO www.brcinvest.com

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT DeAnn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John Andrews Mr. Roger Bagwell Bank of America Mr. Phil Barber and Ms. Caroline Lapp Barringer High Country Marketing, Inc. Mr. Roger Bates and Ms. Debra Brew Mr. Mark Beamer Mr. and Mrs. Edgardo L. Belen Mariette Bell George and Phee Belsey Ms. Barbara Benedict Ms. Margaret Bass Berglund Dr. Thomas Berl and Ms. Diane Pincus Sue and Bix Bicknell Ms. Joella Blackburn Marie and Howard Blaney Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Bortz Ms. Alisa Bourne Dr. James W. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boyle Mr. Jeffrey Breslaw Jeff and Elaine Brickman Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brooks Ms. Karen Bruggenthies David and Elizabeth Budd Ms. Linda Bushman Shirley and Roland Calhoun Dr. and Mrs. Ned Calonge Rusty and Ellen Campos Ms. Hilary Carlson Shelly Catterson Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cheroutes Ms. Deborah Clendenning Barbralu Cohen Harold Cohen and Sue Miller Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Cohen Ms. Gretchen G. Colbert Jo Collester The Colorado Trust Mr. David Conger Ms. Mary Cook Ben and Ann Cooper Dr. John A. and Mrs. Jane H. Coppola Mr. Robert M. Cox Jr. CU Denver Live Margaret Cunningham Mrs. Jean Davenport Jesse Davidson

Mr. Larry Day Mr. and Mrs. John D. De Leon Ronald L. Deal Denver Area Music Teachers Association Mr. and Mrs. Josiah B. Dodds Leland and Margaret Dong Denis and Kathy Donnelly Peter and Marian Downs Ms. Marina Dubrova Roger and Carol Dutton Mike and Vicki Earnest Ms. Janice G. Eckhardt Mrs. Renate Edmundson Mr. and Mrs. William Eichelberger Evan and Kim Ela Donald Elliott Ms. Gislinde G. Engelmann Bede and Burton Epstein Mary E. Faini Ms. Elizabeth J. Feitner Ms. Janice E. Ferguson Vince and Dorothy Fesmire Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fleet David and Debra Flitter Jim Foster Richard W. Foster John and Lorna Fox Nile Frederickson Freeman Family Foundation Mitch Freeman Mr. Jason Friedlander Carol Friend Norbert and Linda Frueh Terry Hsu-Gander and Todd Gander Dr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Garfein Ms. Rosanne Garrett Lester and Joan Garrison Caleb and Sidney Gates Mr. Ilia Geltser Tom Gilida Mike and Lori Gill Dr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Ginsburg Dr. Gerry and Karen Glancy Tamara Golden and Tim Worrall Mr. Joseph Goldhammer and Mrs. Elizabeth Block Scott and Roberta Goodall Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Gorden Tom and Char Gottlieb

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Mr. and Mrs. James B. Grange James and Pamela Green Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Greenberg Robert Greene and James Harvey Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Greenholz Harry Gregory Nancy and Russ Gregory Mr. Stephen Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Griffiths Ann Groshek Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Groshek Fred and Carol Grover Mariellen and Robert Guerra Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Haas Mr. Douglas B. Hager Misty Haisfield Arthur E. Hall, Jr. Halvorson-Freese 21st Century Fund Mr. Chet K. Hampson and Ms. Susan Martin Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hancock Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Harr Vance Harral Col. Lee Harrell (USAF, Retired) and Madeline Homler Mr. Billy Harris and Ms. Linda Purcell Ms. Lois Hartman Ed and Steph Harvey Ms. Dani Hayes Lindsay Hayes Jimin He Mr. Richard W. Healy Mr. and Mrs. George Hearne Mr. and Mrs. John Helfrich Dr. Raymond Henkel Julie Herzog Douglas Hesse and Becky Bradway Ms. Susan A. Hill Julia Ho Mr. William Hoffman Ruth and George Hopfenbeck M. J. Hopkins Bob Horecky Andrew Hornbrook Ms. Joan Houlton Ken and Sue Hovland

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Duane and Katy Howell Ms. Helen O. Hull Dr. Roberta Shaklee and Mr. Edward Hurry Lynn and David Hurst Chuck Husted IBM International Foundation Jennifer Janezic Jeffco Brass Ensemble Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jeffery Mr. and Mrs. Tim Jenkins Craig N. Johnson and Alicia J. McCommons Margie Lee Johnson Stanley and Barbara Jones Betsy Herrick and Milt Kahn Thomas and Veronika Kalan Margaret T. Kaluk Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kane Donald and Susan Kany Mrs. Diana Kasson Donald and Henny Kaufmann Ms. Regina Q. Keating Mr. J. K. Kelly

Ms. Patricia Kershaw and Mr. Kevin Kershaw Judy Kessenich Charlotte Kilpatrick John C. Kinnamon Mrs. Margie A. Kinslow Rob and Kathy Klugman Stephen and Nancy Kneipple Elmer and Doris Koneman Mr. Keith Lautenbach Richard S. Leaman Mr. Bernard Leason Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lederer Peggy Lehmann Ms. Carol J. Lens Philip R. Levy Judy and Dan Lichtin Marie Lindvall Littleton Drum Studio Karen L. and John E. Litz Nancy Livingston J. P. Loveridge Fred and Bonnie Luhman Ms. Marian Lyons Mr. Claude M. Maer, Jr. Antoinette Macaluso and

Donald Hagengruber John Mamuscia Debbie and Gary Mandelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marcus Mara Marks Peggy and David Marks Ms. Awilda R. Marquez William J. Martinez & Judith C. Shlay Cathy and Bruce Martin Mrs. Anne Martins Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Martins Mr. James L. Marvin William and Joy Mathews Mr. Steven Mattics Mrs. Dorothy B. Mauk Myron McClellan and Lawrence Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClelland Dr. Jerrald McCollum MaryKate McCutcheon Lori McDermott Nina and Rex McGehee Mrs. Bridget McNeil Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT MHA Petroleum Consultants, LLC Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Mr. William Mohrman Elizabeth Montgomery Kelvin and Sara Moore Mrs. Patty H. Moore Mr. Douglas G. and Dr. Laura B. Moran Peggy Morgan James and Karin Mote Mrs. Terry S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. James Nalven Elizabeth Frank and Harry Newman Paul and Barbara Nicholas Ms. Decker Swann Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Nies Schubert M. Ogden Oracle Matching Gifts Program John and Mary Ann Parfrey Susan S. Parkhurst Mr. Gregory A. Parsons Ginny Passoth Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Peterson Mr. and Mrs. George C. Pickering Fred and Connie Platt Ms. Sally G. Plummer Mary and Bernard Polak Mr. Dan Poole Diana Poole and Steve Lass Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Praetorius Robert and Sarah Przekwas Mr. Frank Quamen Mr. Paul G. Quinn Ms. Alice Quirico Dick Ramsey Richard M. Randall Ralph and Inky Ratcliff Ms. Joan Ratz Ms. Julia Rawlings Melinda H. Reed William and Suzanne Reed David and Jennifer Reinecke Robert B. Renfro Russell Reynolds Maxine and Ed Richard Nancy and Gene Richards Linda A. Rickard- Ackerman Dr. Susan B. Rifkin Dr. Gregory Robbins

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts Mr. Phil Rock and Ms. Pamela L. Page Mr. Bernie Rogoff and Ms. Jean Greenberg Anthony Romeo Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rose Bernard and Beverly Rosen Judith and Allan Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross Mary Ann Ross Molly O. Ross Ross Double Bass Jennifer Rowe Stan and Betty Rudeen Mr. Alan Rudolph Judy and Ron Ruth Stanley and Karen Saliman Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandt Mr. Al Sardello Dr. Donald W. Schiff, M.D. Mr. Gary Schneider Ms. Shirley A. Scott Mr. John D. Sears Mr. David Seeland Floy Senior Ms. Barbara Servis Barbara and Bob Shaklee Barbara Sharp Charles and Shirley Anne Sheets David and Patricia Shelton Bobbi and Gary Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Sid Smith Stephen A. & Marsha Smith Social Vets South Suburban Music Teachers Association Mrs. Susan Spangler Dr. Leroy Stahlgren and Ms. Diana Lee Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Stanko Tim Steele and Inge La Cour Nicole J. Stegink Thomas Stephens David Stevens Mrs. Donna Stiles Ms. Edelgard Stoeger Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stolfus Sam and Martha Stott Bill and Shirley Stout Mr. and Ms. Steve Straub Arthur & Stephanie Strasburger

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Mr. and Mrs. William E. Sweet, III Ms. Cle C. Symons Mrs. Mary C. Symonton Syntes Language Group, Inc. Vincent and Gay Tagliavore William E. Bradford, Jr. and Chin Keong Tan Walt and Sally Tejan Mr. Tom Teske Ms. Nancy Thoennes Barbara Thorngren Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timblin Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trantow Mrs. Sherry E. Merrill and Mr. Stephen P. Treat Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turetzky United Way of Larimer County Dr. and Mrs. Gary D. Vander Ark Heather Van Dusen Phyllis M. Vandeharr Dr. and Mrs. Bolko and Sue Von Roedern Mr. and Mrs. John C. Vaughey Ms. Leslee Viehoff Mr. and Mrs. James M. Voorhees Laurence Wagley Julie and Bob Wallace John and Kristine Wallack Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ward Carley J. Warren Ms. Rosamond Warren Walter and Susanna Weart Mr. and Mrs. Galen R. Weaver Mr. Kirk Weber Patti and Jay Webster Lisa Weil Rev. Stephen R. Weston Rosemary Whitaker Ms. Carol White Sidney J. and Shirley B. White Whiting Oil & Gas Exploration Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whitney Norman Wikner Mr. Davis J. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Roger A. Williams Astrida K. Wilson

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Winston Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Wolfe Judith Wong-Roberts Ms. June Wood Pat Wynne Dr. Robert and Mrs. Rosemary Yakely Douglas and Barbara Yost Linda and Gene Young Mr. and Ms. Michael A. Zoellner Ms. Karen Zollars Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir M. Zolotoochin

MATCHING DONATIONS Thank you to those companies who match current and retired employee contributions to the Colorado Symphony and to our donors who apply for these matching

gifts. Please check with your Human Resources department to see if your contribution can double through the generosity of your company. To contact the Development Department directly please call Kate White at 303.308.2472

WOMEN OF NOTE DONOR LIST The following are members of the Colorado Symphony’s support group Women of Note (WON). WON members receive exclusive benefits and event invitations throughout the season.

The Colorado Symphony is grateful for the support of these dedicated individuals.

Anonymous Marin Alsop* Nancy Accetta Maggie Anderson Nora Baldwin Suzanne Barber Ryan Paula Bernstein* Terry Biddinger* Erna Butler* Donna Connolly Anne Culver Kathie Finger Mary Lou Flater Janis Frame Monica Glickman Sarah Hart Diane Hill Eileen Honnen-McDonald* Sandy Lasky* Nancy Lawrence Carolyn Longmire Jeri Loser Merry Low Janet Mordecai Carol Murphy Elizabeth B. Neva Jane Nielsen

Chant: Mystery and Mysticism “Symphonie des Mysteres” – Joaquin Nin-Culmell Six Male Voices and Richard Robertson, organ

February 12 and 14

Charles Wood: St. Mark Passion Mixed Voices and Richard Robertson, organ

March 18, 19 and 20

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT Shelia O’Brien Diane Padalino Ursula Powell Margaret Roath Mary Rossick Kern* Suzanne Satter Alice Silver Phoebe Smedley Lynne Valencia Janyce Wald Rivka Weisberg Judy Wigod *Founding Member

SPECIAL PROJECT DONORS The Colorado Symphony constantly seeks new and creative ways to preserve the cultural legacy of symphonic music while actively co-creating its future. By working on new recording and collaborations the Colorado Symphony strives to stay relevant for generations to come.

Anonymous Col. Philip Beaver and Mrs. Kim Beaver Bob and Cynthia Benson Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. Tom and Noel Congdon Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cromie Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Jennifer Heglin Mary Rossick Kern and Jerome H. Kern Fred and Connie Platt

EDUCATION DONOR LIST Through our Master Mentors program, Petite Musique, and Once Upon A Time school assembly performances, your Colorado Symphony reaches thousands of

young people within and well outside the Denver metro area, from months old through high school and beyond. We always work to extend and increase our outreach and could not possibly do it without your support.

Scientific & Cultural Collaborative

PLATINUM CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($50,000+) Anonymous Malone Family Foundation Target

SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Quinby

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) Anonymous DaVita Helen K. & Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Ralph L. and Florence R. Burgess Trust CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($10,000+) Anonymous The AJL Charitable Foundation The Denver Foundation US Bank Community Development Walter S. Rosenberry, III Trust SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. Denver Post Charities a McCormick Foundation Fund ECA Foundation Mrs. Sandy Elliott Xcel Energy Foundation CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Anonymous Cherry Hills Cultural Associates Mr. Paul Eveloff Donna C. Kornfeld Parker Foundation

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SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Anonymous Kinder Morgan Foundation Katherine McMurray

SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Julie Belcher

COLORADO SYMPHONY 5K

We asked you to leave your headphones at home and help the Colorado Symphony kick off its 2015/16 concert season by participating in the Colorado Symphony 5K Run/Walk on September 19th at Sloan’s Lake Park.

Thank you for all your support!

GOLD CHAIRMAN’S SOCIETY ($25,000+) St. Anthony HospitalCentura Health SILVER CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000+) Anonymous CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,000+) Colorado Symphony Guild Inc. SYMPHONY CONCERTMASTER ($1,000+) Arc Thrift Store Community College Of Denver Mr. and Mrs. Harold Logan

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SYMPHONY MUSICIAN ($500+) Argonaut Wine & Liquor SYMPHONY PATRON ($250+) Beef King, LLC Bing!

Bistro Charlotte Denver Order Up Fit To Smile High Point Creamery The Publishing House Puff’s Preserves Rupert’s at the Edge Schmitt Music Company

BALL SPONSOR LIST The 2015 Colorado Symphony Ball raised money through table sales, individual and corporate contributions, sponsorship, silent and live auction, and real-time voting during “THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS” where guests voted for their favorite band.

This year’s bands were the Colorado Symphony, The DaVita Blues All Stars, and Tracksuit Wedding.

PRESENTING SPONSOR ($75,000+) Avenir Foundation, Inc. VIRTUOSO ($50,000+) Anonymous Arrow Electronics, Inc. Liberty Global MAESTRO ($25,000+) Anonymous The Anschutz Corporation DaVita Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Discovery Communications Keith and Kathie Finger IAC Corporation Jerome H. Kern and Mary Rossick Kern Liberty Media Corporation

LionTree Advisors, LLC ENCORE ($15,000+) Anonymous AEG Live Mr. Stephen Brett and Ms. L. Shoemaker FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shpall CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+) Mr. and Mrs. Tony Accetta Baker Botts, L.L.P. Cablevision Systems Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell, Jr. Denver Broncos Football Club Merrill Lynch Pentec Health Sherman & Howard Southern Wine and Spirits University of Denver PRINCIPAL ($5,000+) Amelie Co. AMG National Trust Bank Ms. Maggie Anderson Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions NA Ballard Spahr LLP BeneFactor Bouquets Young and Carolyn Cho Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Coors Distributing Company Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP Deep Space Systems Ms. Stephanie Donner Eide Bailly Mrs. Sandy Elliott Dr. Everette J. Freeman Mr. Paul E. Goodspeed and Ms. Mary Poole Grant Thornton Holland & Hart, LLP iheartmedia Denver Institute for Children’s Mental Disorder KPMG, LLP

KUSA-9 News Libby Anschutz Foundation Mr. Joseph Marotta Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP Republic National Distributing Company Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson Mr. Richard Sapkin Volunteers of America ($2,000+) The Beverage Distributors Company, LLC Boss Architecture Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Cadre General Contractors Inc. Ms. Joy Dinsdale Mrs. Susan Ellis and Mr. Izzy Abbass Merle C. Chambers and Hugh A. Grant Moet Mr. Gary A. Pashel Ms. Kimberly Patterson Mick Perry Rob and Jane Scofield U.S. Bank Alan and Judy Wigod Dr. and Mrs. Larry Wolff ($500+) Vince and Mary Jo Boryla Jim and Julie Copenhaver M. Stephen and Sydney M. Enders Ms. Marcia Forman Haselden Construction, LLC Sandy and Evan Lasky Mrs. Barbara Marchbank

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in memory of a family member, friend, or supporter of the symphony.

These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are privileged to recognize them.

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serving seafood, steaks & style JUST 4 BLOCKS FROM THE THEATRE 1585 LAWRENCE ST. • DENVER, CO 80202

In memory of Gene Amole from KVOD given by: Mr. R. Glesner and Mrs. B. Schwarm Glesner In memory of Eleanor Scott Annable given by: J. Fern Black In memory of Mr. Charles Ansbacher given by: Swanee Hunt Family Foundation In memory of Darthelia Baker given by: Ms. Veatrice Monroe In memory of Blair Chotzinhoff given by: The Denver Foundation Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Robert and Selma Cohen Barbralu Cohen In memory of William R. Cook given by: Karen Cook In memory of Harold Dillon given by: Ellen Coulter Lisa Dillon John and Meritt Hutton Scott Hutton Leslee Viehoff

Cirque de la Symphonie Saturday, April 2 2 PM and 7:30 PM at Macky

303.575.000 • WILLIEGS.COM

The magic of the circus returns with fresh, new acts

Season Finale:

1659 Wazee St. at the hiStoric oxford hotel (303) 825-1107 MccorMickandSchMickS.coM

aturday, April 23 S 7 PM at Macky Sunday April 24 2 PM at Central Presbyterian Church, Denver With CU Choruses, Central City Opera, and Boulder Bach Festival www.BoulderPhil.org • 303-449-1343

GLENN ROSS PHOTO

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

COMMUNITY SUPPORT In memory of Willis Dutra-Silveria given by: Ms. Janet M. Erjavec In memory of Frances E. given by: Cynthia Schauer In memory of Lynn Erion given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Dr. Joyce S. Freeman given by: Freeman Family Foundation In memory of Julie Gannon given by: Deep Space Systems 5K team In memory of Mr. Michael Gaughan given by: Tanya and Bruce Caughey Mr. David W. Durnell Tim and Janet Taggert In memory of Carol and Bill Gossard given by: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wynkoop In memory of Manny Greenberg given by: Ellie Greenberg The Sylvan Stool Family In memory of Eleanor Hayden given by: Ms. Jean Melville In memory of Dr. H. Michael Hayes given by: Hayes Family Foundation In memory of Allen Johannes Heim given by: Arik Heim Christian Heim Lauren Yager In memory of Jeannine D. Hiester given by: Phillip C. Hiester In memory of Maurice Larue given by: Scott and Jackie Barnes Denis and Kathy Donnelly Ms. Carol A. Greenwald

In memory of Edward Levy given by: Ann Levy Denison Levy In memory of Ronald S. Loser given by: Mr. and Mrs. Louis P. Bansbach , III Mr. Jim Bowers Ms. Betty Brega Mr. and Mrs. Mackintosh Brown Mr. and Mrs. George M. Canon Centennial Airport Mr. Robert L. Eaton Mrs. Ann B. Fawcett Mrs. Barbara H. Ferguson Mr. Joesph Flierl Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Fuller Mr. Frank M. Hall, III Mr. Roger D. Hunt Judge and Mrs. John P. Leopold Meg MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLagan Brian and Deborah Magoon Ms. Lucille Maun Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Olson Ms. Virginia L. Park Robinson Waters & Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dorisio PC Mr. William C. Rodraun Ms. Julie Shade Ms. Karyn ThompsonPanos Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Warren In memory of Ruthi McEwen given by: Frank Parce In memory of Pierson F. Melcher given by: Cynthia Melcher In memory of her husband, Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. MD given by: Jo Ann Paffenbarger

In memory of Roxanne Pinneo given by: Quality Life Services Ms. Dorothy Wright In memory of Michael Schatz given by: Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen In memory of Robert Schulein given by: The Denver Foundation Mrs. Nancy Schulein In memory of Mary Ruth Smith given by: Ms. Anne H. Wheeler In memory of his wife, Tracy Smith given by: Mr. Clyde Eaton Smith In memory of Betty Sonnenberg given by: Sylvia Kreider In memory of Lee and Margaret Tipton given by: Tipton Family Foundation In memory of Ablie Ubran given by: Mr. and Mrs. David McGaw In memory of Sue Van Deusen given by: M Cati Flater David P. and Chady L. Hall Ms. Violet Wagener In memory of Guenther Vogt given by: Mr. Charles Anderson Ms. Anne Oberbroeckling In memory of Lisa Gayle Wigod given by: Alan and Judy Wigod In memory of Jim Withers given by: Ann and Henry Jesse In memory of Bill Zishkagiven by: Lisa, Susan, and Ellen Madsen In memory of Josephine Zoglo given by: Regina Zoglo

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN HONOR GIFTS The following gifts were made to the Colorado Symphony in honor of a family member, friend or special occasion. These tributes hold an honored place with the Colorado Symphony and we are pleased to recognize them.

In honor of Libby Anschutz given by: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hirschfeld In honor of Kristina Arko given by: Alenka Han In honor of Linda Battan given by: Nancy Battan In honor of Christina Carlson Ms. Marjorie H. Adler Carolyn and Ronald Baer Frederick W. Damour In honor of Their Friends in the Colorado Symphony Chorus given by: Susan von Roedern In honor of Pera Beth Eichelberger’s Birthday given by: Marian Bakken Karen Fabean In honor of Ms. Jo Ellen Cohen’s birthday given by: Mandelbaum Family Charitable Foundation Ms. Sharon Marks Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation Ms. Faye Gardenswartz In honor of Monica Glickman given by: Ms. Ruth Schorsch In honor of Bill and Carol Gossard given by: Anonymous

In honor of retired CSO musician, Chet Hampson given by: Susan Martin In honor of James Hart given by: Ms. Kathleen Anna Schmidt In honor of Philip C. Hiester, Master Electrician CSO given by: Adina and Eli Reshotko In honor of Jerry Kern given by: Nancy Battan Mrs. Terry A. Biddinger Laura Bond Patty and Don Cook Stephen A. Edmonds Sari and Bob Freedman In honor of Mary Rossick Kern and Jerry Kern given by: Michael and Christine James Myron and Marcia Stein In honor of John and Karen Kinzie given by: Ms. Kathleen Dunnewald In honor of Kathy Newman’s 70th Birthday given by: Ms. Sheila Lehrburger In honor of Scott O’Neil given by: Colorado Symphony Guild, Inc.In honor of Ken Quarles given by: Frank Y. Parce In honor of Dr. Gerald Rainer given by: Dr. and Mrs. James G. Chandler In honor of Frank Y. Parce given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Eleanor Roberts given by: Mr. David Parce In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders given by: Ms. Ann Gugenheim

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In honor of Kathleen Schmidt given by: Edith M. and Norman C. Bertelsen In honor of Enid Slack’s Birthday given by: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Freese In honor of Irene Szyliowicz’s 80th Birthday given by: Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka In honor of Kris and John Wallack given by: Mr. Richard Falb Gail Skaggs In honor of Robert Warner given by: Ruth Mosteller In honor of Darlee Whiting given by: Hayes Family Foundation In honor of Rowena Zelkind Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Spilka

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