Score Magazine Feb/Mar 2016

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Made in America Chorus Concert

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On Saturday, March 19, runners and walkers from across the region will gather at Bob Noble Park to give Beethoven a run for the money! See why Rebecca McKee's family considers the Beat Beethoven 5K an annual tradition.

FEATURES

IN THIS ISSUE Executive Director’s Letter.................................7

Guest Artist Gary Levinson

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Former New York Philharmonic soloist and current Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Gary Levinson performs with the PSO on February 20.

Weaving Love for Fathers & Daughters for Generations

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Taking the Masters to the Youngsters

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Musical Story Time, a partnership with the McCracken County Public Library, is designed to inspire and teach local students about classical music through vivid storytelling and song.

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Orchestra Personnel....................................13 Program Notes.............................................17 Encore Series Performance: Young Artist Competition...........................23 Encore Series Performance: Made In America.............................................31

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The PSO’s new and refreshed effort to build financial health and support for years to come.

Sibelius’ Violin Concerto................................... 11

Pictures at an Exhibition.................................37

On Saturday, November 27, the sold-out 21st annual Father-Daughter Dance will

Trustees Launch Symphonic Circle

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Singer Finds New Stage as Shrek

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Paducah Symphony Youth Chorus student Alec Wadley has a starring role in Paducah Tilghman’s production of Shrek.

Encore Series Performance: Pictures at an Exhibition Piano Recital......47 Meet the Donors: The Montgomerys...............51 Meet the Musicians...........................................52 Donors...............................................................57

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ebruary and March are indeed exciting and very busy for the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. As you will see from this issue of Score magazine, there are several performances, educational offerings, and fundraising events packed into these two months.

I cannot think of a better way to start the last half of our season than with a concert featuring the amazing virtuosic talent of violinist Gary Levinson performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with your Paducah Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Levinson has also graciously agreed to stay an extra day to judge our Young Artist Competition with Maestro Ponti at Murray State University. As part of our Encore Series Performances, the competition this year features six fantastic young finalists.

One of the educational offerings not referred to in the magazine is our education concerts performed as part of the Carson Center Class Acts Education Series. It is always great to see Maestro Ponti and the PSO in action as roughly 3,000 students experience the symphony – some of them for the first time! A special thanks goes to all our donors who continue to support our many educational programs and services.

In March, you’ll have a unique opportunity to hear Pictures at an Exhibition twice. As you will read from the program notes, Modest Mussorgsky wrote the piece for piano, and Maurice Ravel later arranged it for orchestra. The PSO performs Ravel’s version on March 12, and on March 13, pianist, Mary Woytych Grinnell performs Mussorgsky’s original version as part of our Encore Series Performances.

After reading the story about Rebecca McKee and her participation in our Beat Beethoven 5K Run/Walk, I know you’ll be inspired to register yourself and your whole family for the event. This is a fun and healthy way to support your Paducah Symphony Orchestra.

Lastly, we have been very busy making plans for next season, which is something season subscribers and donors will get a glimpse of at our March preview event. Keep watch for your invitation to this exclusive event – you won’t want to miss seeing what we have planned for next season!

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SIBELIUS’ VIOLIN CONCERTO SATURDAY · 20 FEBRUARY 2016, 7:30 P.M. · Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center

Paducah Symphony Orchestra Raffaele Ponti, conductor | Gary Levinson, violin

SERGE PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2, op.64 The Montagues and the Capulets Juliet – The Young Girl Friar Laurence Dance Romeo and Juliet before Parting Dance of the Maids from the Antilles Romeo at Juliet’s Grave

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GARY LEVINSON G

ary Levinson enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician and a pedagogue. In 2013, he accepted the prestigious post of Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. Praised for his intense musicality and adroit technique by American and European critics, he has served as the Senior Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony since 2002. He was chosen by Zubin Mehta to join the New York Philharmonic before the completion of his undergraduate degree from the Juilliard School in 1988. Mr. Levinson then made his New York Philharmonic solo debut in 1991, under the baton of Erich Leinsdorf , coinciding with the completion of his Master’s of Music degree at the Juilliard School, where his teachers included Dorothy DeLay, Glenn Dicterow and Felix Galimir.

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Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Levinson began studying the violin at the age of five with Professor Sergeev at the Leningrad Special Music School. After immigrating to the United States in 1977, he won the top prize at the 1986 Romano Romanini International Violin Competition in Brescia, Italy, as well as becoming the top American Prize winner at the 1987 Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris, France.

As a soloist, Mr. Levinson has collaborated with Erich Leinsdorf, Jaap van Zweden, Miguel Harth-Bedoya and others. Much sought after as a chamber musician, Mr. Levinson has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Eugenia Zukerman, Lukas Foss, Carter Brey, Christopher O’Riley and Adam Neiman.

Along with Ms. Zukerman and Mr. Neiman, they perform as Trio Virtuosi internationally. In March 1998, Mr.

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Levinson was appointed as the first violinist of the Elysium String Quartet. He led the inaugural season of the Mykonos International Music Festival in August 1998, as well as a gala concert honoring the Elysium String Quartet at the United States Ambassador’s Residence in Athens, Greece.

The summer season takes him to various music festivals, such as the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; the Sunf lower Music Festival; the Florida Music Festival in Sarasota, Florida; the Utah Music Festival in Park City, Utah; and the Arcady Music Festival in Maine. He served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival from 2001–2010. Abroad, he was featured in the Banhoff Rolandseck Festival, Germany in 1990, and South Korea in 1990 and 1994.

A champion of contemporary music,

Mr. Levinson recorded the Margaret Brouwer Violin Concerto under the baton of 2012 Musical America’s Conductor of the Year, Jaap van Zweden in 2012. He premiered and recorded several works dedicated to Mr. Levinson by award winning Iranian composer, Behzad Ranjbaran. In 1996, he along with his father, renowned double bassist, Eugene Levinson, recorded for CALA Records the world premier of Dances of Life, a bass and violin duo, written for and dedicated to the Levinsons. Mr. Levinson also collaborated with New York Philharmonic Principal English Hornist Thomas Stacy in a CD for CALA’s New York Legends series. He recorded mixed ensemble chamber works of George Tsontakis, with a recording to be released under the E1International label. In it he is collaborating with Lawrence Dutton, Melvin Chen, Robert Jolley, Sophie Shao and others.

The complete Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas with acclaimed pianist Daredjan Kakouberi were released in August, 2011. The Vivaldi Four Seasons and the Brouwer Violin Concerto are due out in 2013. His CD, “My New York Years,” debuted to critical acclaim in January, 2007. In the summer of 1999, Mr. Levinson completed a critically acclaimed all-Mozart CD, featuring the Elysium String Quartet and three New York Philharmonic principals — Stanley Drucker, clarinet, Joseph Robinson, oboe, and L. William Kuyper, French horn. The American Record Guide hailed it “utterly Mozartean...full of good spirits and a real sense of occasion.” The CD is currently available. In the summer of 1999, Lucas Foss chose Mr. Levinson and the ESQ to collaborate with him on an all-Bach CD of works never before recorded in that artist’s distinguished career.

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ROMEO AND JULIET SATURDAY · 20 FEBRUARY 2016

ROMEO AND JULIET SUITE NO. 2, OP 64 SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (April 23, 1891– March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous musical genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. A graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Prokofiev initially made his name as an iconoclastic composer-pianist, achieving notoriety with a series of ferociously dissonant and virtuosic works for his instrument, including his first two piano concertos.

Prokofiev completed the ballet score for Romeo and Juliet, based on William Shakespeare’s play of the same title, in 1935, but it was not until 1940 that the work was first performed in Russia due to treacherous political conditions. Prokofiev subsequently extracted from this music three suites for orchestra and a solo piano work. In addition to a somewhat standard instrumentation, the ballet also requires the use of the tenor saxophone. This voice adds a unique sound to the orchestra as it is used both in solo and as part of the ensemble. Prokofiev also used the cornet, viola d’amore and mandolins in the ballet, adding an Italianate flavor to the music. The work contains a series of different movements (seven in total), each depicting a different scene of the actual ballet.

The first scene, “Montagues and Capulets,” begins with a gradually layered brass chord that results in a crushing dissonance soon resolved into soft string chords, all of which represents the conflict between Romeo’s family and Juliet’s. The sequence is repeated once, then goes straight into what in the full ballet is called “Dance of the Knights.” This is the heavy, snarling, angular, march-like music to which the macho Capulet men dance at their masked ball. This contrasts with a delicate, somewhat unsettling minor-mode woodwind minuet for Juliet and her suitor, the young nobleman Paris. The knights’ music returns, again exploiting the orchestra’s lowest registers.

The second scene, “Young Juliet,” plays off of Shakespeare’s portrayal of Juliet as a naïve young girl eager to live. Its skittering string scales and playful use of woodwinds and light percussion begin a portrait of the squirmy teenager. A tender clarinet theme represents Juliet’s innocence. After a brief return of the opening material, broad, lyrical themes for the woodwinds and cello, and eventually the other strings, suggest the girl’s budding emotional maturity. A slow, sensitive coda perhaps alludes to the tragedy in her immediate future. “Friar Laurence” is a plodding but sympathetic portrait of the man of the cloth who facilitates Romeo and Juliet’s romance, and, inadvertently, their deaths. The man is represented by a solemn legato theme kept low in the orchestra.

The next scene, “Dance,” has nothing to do with the plot. It’s a light, brilliant scherzo, something of a tarantella, with the everrising tune melting from one brass or woodwind instrument to another in mid-phrase. “Romeo at Juliet’s Before Parting” opens with a wistful flute solo – the flute represents Juliet through much of the score. This is a slow, quiet, nocturnal segment that begins to open up with a short horn phrase that leads straight into the cadential chords associated with Romeo near the beginning of the full ballet. The music’s ardor and instrumental thickness gradually increase, mingling the Romeo and Juliet material, then the ecstatic, yearning horn theme breaks out in full, topped off with the Romeo motif. This material repeats, fuller and louder, yet ultimately backs down into a long, mysterious passage that foreshadows the main theme from the tomb scene at the story’s (and suite’s) end.

The final movement, “Dance of the Girls with Lilies,” is brief, quiet, and rather ritualistic, as is the final scene in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, continuing with sinuous, upward-reaching melodies that are passed among the orchestral soloists. “Romeo at the Grave of Juliet” is drawn from the ballet’s concluding pages. It begins with a long, slow, anguished theme for the strings that is taken up briefly by the horns. The other brass instruments enter with their own slight variants. The earlier love music struggles forward, now in a minor mode, but is overpowered by the brass with the funereal material that opened the section. A delicate reminiscence in the woodwinds of the love music eases the suite to a quiet, resigned conclusion.

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SYMPHONY NO. 5 SATURDAY · 20 FEBRUARY 2016

SYMPHONY NO. 5, OP 43 (SINFONIA SACRA) HOWARD HAROLD HANSON (1896-1981) Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981) was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a highquality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944, for his Symphony No. 4 and received numerous other awards.

Hanson was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, to Swedish immigrant parents, Hans and Hilma (Eckstrom) Hanson.

In his youth he studied music with his mother. Later, he attended Luther College in Wahoo, receiving a diploma in 1911, then the Institute of Musical Art, the forerunner of the Juilliard School, in New York City, where he studied with the composer and music theorist Percy Goetschius in 1914.

Afterward he attended Northwestern University, where he studied composition with church music expert Peter Lutkin and Arne Oldberg in Chicago. Throughout his education, Hanson studied piano, cello, and trombone. He earned his BA degree in music from Northwestern in 1916, where he began his teaching career as a teacher’s assistant.

Hanson received an American Prix de Rome in 1921, and spent the next two years in Rome. His most important compositions in this period were the Nordic Symphony and The Song of Beowulf for chorus and orchestra, works which show his sober and highly expressive musical personality. Throughout his career, Hanson’s compositions reflected the strong influence of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Written in mid-1954, the Sinfonia Sacra, takes its inspiration from the story narrated by the Gospel of St. John. Hanson declared that the work was not a programmatic attempt but rather an evocation of John’s atmosphere of tragedy and triumph. The work is a single, concentrated movement lasting only fifteen minutes which encompasses 14 changes of tempo. It opens with an introduction in Adagio, where brass, timpani and low strings murmur ominously. The first theme appears Pochissimo piu mosso. A harp arpeggio announces a lyrical expansion of the theme in the Espressivo (with great breadth) section, one of those magical moments of Hanson’s orchestral writing. The intensity builds up — Poco piu mosso (with great intensity) — until it collapses after a rapid descending scale. An expectant atmosphere — Calmo ­— is created by the whispering of the high strings, reminiscent of the Prelude to Act III of Tristan.

Strings also — Tranquillo ma molto espressivo — introduce the second theme, vaguely resembling a Gregorian chant. The English horn plays the third theme, of pastoral character.

The intensity increases as the movement accelerates in a succession of waves culminating in a Piu agitato section at great speed until five orchestral chords lead to a complete stop. A brief pause brings us back to the atmosphere of the beginning followed by a brass chorale based on the second theme. The symphony closes quietly.

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VIOLIN CONCERTO SATURDAY · 20 FEBRUARY 2016

VIOLIN CONCERTO, OP 47 D MINOR JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957) was a Finnish violinist and composer of the late Romantic period.

His music contributed to the development of a feeling of national identity in Finland where he is now celebrated as the country’s greatest composer.

The core of his oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies which, like his other major works, continue to be performed and recorded in his home country and internationally. In addition to his symphonies, Sibelius’ best-known compositions include Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, the Violin Concerto in D-minor, the symphonic suite Kullervo, and The Swan of Tuonel. The Finnish 100-mark bill featured his image until 2002, when the Euro was adopted.

Sibelius originally dedicated the Violin Concerto (op. 47) in D-Minor, completed in 1904, to the noted violinist Willy Burmester, who promised to play the concerto in Berlin.

For financial reasons, however, Sibelius decided to premiere it in Helsinki, and since Burmester was unavailable to travel to Finland, Sibelius engaged Victor Novácek (1873–1914), a Hungarian violin pedagogue of Czech origin who was then teaching at the Helsinki Institute of Music (now the Sibelius Academy). Novácek’s performance was not well-received,

and Sibelius was prompted to revise the work in 1905. The revision was premiered in Berlin, again with Burmester requested to play, but once more he was unavailable. The orchestra’s concert master performed in his place. Burmester was so offended that he swore never to play the concerto.

The first movement, marked Allegro moderato, opens with a cushion of pianissimo strings pulsating gently. The violin announces the theme and is briefly echoed by clarinet, then continues into developmental material. More low woodwind and timpani accompany the soloist in several runs. Almost cadenza-like arpeggios and double stops and more runs are accompanied by more woodwind restatements of the theme. The strings then enter brazenly for the first time, announcing a second theme.

Developmental material leads to a cadenza which then opens into the recapitulation. The Allegro molto vivace coda ends with restatements of past themes.

The second movement, Adagio di molto is very lyrical.

A short introduction by clarinets and oboes leads into a singing solo part over pizzicato strings. Dissonant accompaniments by the brass dominate the first part of the song-like movement. The middle section has the solo violin playing ascending broken octaves, with the flute as the main voice of the accompaniment, playing descending notes simultaneously.

The third movement, Allegro, ma non tanto (not overly fast), is widely known amongst violinists for its formidable tech n ical difficulty and is considered one of the greatest concerto movements ever written for the instrument. It has been described as “a polonaise for polar bears,” but it also has a warlike quality that evokes a battlefield.

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YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION ENCORE SERIES PERFORMANCE SUNDAY · 21 FEBRUARY 2016, 3:00 P.M. Murray State University College of Humanities and Fine Arts Department of Music

SECONDARY SCHOOL DIVISION FINALISTS Bethany Bobbs, cello............................................Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33..................................... PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY Houston, TX (1840–1893)

Olivia Gittens, piano..........................................Piano Concerto No.2 in F Major, Op.102................................DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Mason, OH Allegro (1906–1975)

Clara Warford, harp........................................................ Féerie: Prélude et danse ....................................................MARCEL TOURNIER Nashville, TN (1879–1951)

COLLEGIATE DIVISION FINALISTS Max Crofton, tuba................................................................Concerto for Tuba.........................................................BRUCE BROUGHTON Murray State University Allegro Moderato (b. 1945)

Sooji Lee, piano..................................................................... Totentanz, S.126....................................................................... FRANZ LISZT Cleveland Institute of Music (1811–1886)

Sarah McMichen, clarinet.................................. Concerto for Clarinet in A Major, K.622................ WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Tennessee Technological University Allegro (1756–1791)

FINAL ROUND ADJUDICATION Mr. Gary Levinson................................................. Sr. Principal Assoc. Concertmaster................................... Dallas Symphony Orchestra Mr. Raffaele Ponti......................................................Artistic Director & Conductor................................... Paducah Symphony Orchestra Dr. Anthony Weinstein.................................................................Faculty........................................................................ DePauw University Special Thanks to Murray State University Dr. Matthew Gianforte, Assistant Professor of Music Prof. Jinhee Han, Adjunct Professor of Music Dr. Meeyoun Park, Assistant Professor of Music

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By Jamie Sears Rawlings

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t was early in the year 1996 and Emily Bach was preparing to accompany her father to the first ever Paducah Symphony Orchestra Father/ Daughter Dance.

“I remember Mom and Dad showing me how to dance in our living room,” says Emily of her parents who had been trained in ballroom dance.

It is now a whopping 20 years later and Ed Bach and Emily, now Emily Adams, have missed only two of the annual Father/Daughter Dances. “She is still just as gorgeous as the beginning,” Ed says of his daughter.

The fundraiser was started on a lark, recalls Carolyn Perry, who was part of the first planning committee. Brainstorming for ideas, the Ladies Symphony League came up with the idea of a cotillion-type “coming out” event for young ladies, but feared that the event might be too “Southern” for our town.

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The idea evolved into a Father/Daughter Dance and, unknowingly, a tradition was born that would leave a mark on this community for decades.

The first event, where Emily was able to show off her newly learned dance skills, was held on March 23, 1996.

“We had no idea that it would be so successful,” says Perry.

Which is to say, the initial planners couldn’t have known that the event would come to mean so much to so many area families.

For fathers like Ed, the dance provides an opportunity to have a night with “just us.”

“I have the most beautiful daughter and it is a time that I can still treat her like a princess,” he says of the event.

For his daughter, the fact that she and her father can come together each year

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for this special night has made a lasting impact on her life.

“This dance is just a collection of memories and milestones for me and Dad,” Adams says. “We started when I was in high school and continued through college, the start of my career, my marriage and this special, treasured time has been one constant for us even though we are in different places.”

The initial planning committee for the event put into place many elements that still exist today. The Paducah Country Club has served as the only venue ever for the black-tie event, which regularly sells out its 300 tickets.

The cotillion-type dancing has remained an integral part of the festivities, especially for Adams and Bach.

“We are always very quick to open up the dance floor,” says Adams, of her now finely-tuned dance skills. “At

the beginning while everyone else is waiting in line to eat, we are dancing and the DJ is taking all of Daddy’s requests.”

Perhaps the most popular element is a presentation of the graduating seniors in attendance. It is that memory that Bach recalls as one of his favorites.

“Her senior year in 1998 was a real button-busting moment for me,” Bach said. Perry cites it as one of her favorite parts of the event as well.

“During the presentation, all of the little girls in attendance sit in a circle around the dance floor,” said Perry. “It really is something for them to look forward to.”

Planners for this year are busy working towards another successful dance, which is set to unfold on February 27.

For its 20-year anniversary, Symphony leaders are taking time to reflect upon the event and its significance.

“The continued support that comes from this fundraiser and all that it means to our organization throughout the year is one thing, but this has grown into an event that has a positive influence on the community and the people in it and that is central to our mission at the Paducah Symphony

1998 Ed Bach and daughter Emily Adams

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Adams, now a mother of two daughters herself, helps to put that influence into words.

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he Paducah Symphony Orchestra (PSO) announces a renewed and refreshed effort to build an endowment for the long-term financial health and support of our music and educational programming. The PSO Trustees are launching an initiative to broaden awareness and participation in our endowment efforts.

The strength of the PSO endowment has been an on-going concern for many years, but it has been brought to the forefront with a challenge from the CarsonMyre Charitable Foundation (CMCF).

The Foundation has agreed to give the PSO $50,000 per year over the next 20 years. The PSO must match the $50,000 each year. A separate endowment the (Carson-Myre PSO Endowment) has been formed to hold these monies for the next 20 years. This is a tremendous commitment and an exciting opportunity. Assuming the fundraising efforts are successful, the PSO will have over $2 million in its endowment at the end of this 20 year period.

A Symphonic Circle recognition group has been formed to acknowledge those who participate in the Endowments at a

$1,000 or higher gifting/donation level.

Planning is under way for an event to celebrate Circle membership as well as other distinctions. There will be at least two events each year.

The gift from the CMCF and the PSO match will be restricted from access for the life of the CMCF commitment, at which time the agreed intent is that the PSO will use interest income from the endowment against operating and other costs. Since the CMCF is a major PSO supporter today, the income from this challenge after 20 years is designed to replace the current support. While we encourage all types of gifts, only those gifts that are irrevocable and have discernible value will count toward each year’s match. We respectfully ask for your consideration of the following methods for gifting for the purpose of the match: • Current gifts of cash or other property (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cars, real estate, etc.).

• Current gifts of life insurance with a current value (whole life, universal life, but not term life) • Charitable gift annuities.

There are methods of gifting to the PSO that do not meet the standards for the CMCF match in the current year. These are real commitments to be paid in the future, but which may be altered in the meantime. These include designation in a donor’s will or estate documents, or listing as a beneficiary on life insurance. These types of gifts will “count” toward the match when realized. They will meet Symphonic Circle membership. The PSO endowment Trustees are: Roger Truitt, Mickey Brown, Anne Gwinn, Dr. Richard Smith, and Ken Wheeler.

All donors are invited to learn more by contacting any of the Trustees personally or the PSO office at 270-444-0065.

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Taking the MASTERS to the

YOUNGSTERS

By Jamie Sears Rawlings

J

ohann Sebastian Bach may not be as well known around elementary school playgrounds as Mickey Mouse or Spiderman, but the folks behind the Musical Story Time outreach group are working to change that for area students.

Musical Story Time, a partnership between the McCracken County Public Library and the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, is a program designed to inspire and teach students in local schools about classical music through vivid storytelling and song. In its fifth year now, Musical Story Time is a six-year curriculum that focuses each section on one of the three most commonly known composers: Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Certainly for most students, the production will enhance their understanding of the classical world’s masters, but Musical Story Time Director Retta

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Folsom believes the program means something entirely different for some participants.

“It is so enriching and so rewarding because sometimes these students are hearing the violin for the very first time,” said Folsom.

That sentiment is echoed by Beth Palmer, music educator and choir director at Lone Oak Intermediate School.

“This program is valuable because it is presented to all students,” said Palmer.

“It is a great reinforcement for class, but it is wonderful for students who may have parents who are working two or three jobs and do not have the opportunity to see live music.”

The program’s spring session will be held for students in kindergarten through second grade and will feature storytellers in period-specific dress along with musicians, all playing a certain role in the composer’s life.

Students are visited again for a fall session in grades three, four and five.

Overall, Palmer believes that the comprehensive program helps to touch all of the areas of curriculum for her students.

“Retta and her team meet all content and standards and connect math, science, reading, writing, drama, art and history into their presentations,” said Palmer.

Musical Story Time presentations are held in a small space in the school, with as small an audience as possible.

Folsom encourages this arrangement so that students will be able to more fully experience the lesson.

“We are exposing them in person and up close, really making the books come to life,” said Folsom.

Books about the composers are given to each participating student (kindergarten through second grade), with approximately 2,800 copies given each year. The books used were written by Folsom and use a rhyming rap-like rhythm to tell the story. Folsom decided to draft her own text after determining that there were no appropriate books available for that age group that depicted the masters.

“We worked very hard in developing this program,” said Folsom.

The hard work and continued success of the program would not be possible without the help of volunteers and supporters. “So many generous donors have given freely for us,” said Folsom.

For more information about the Musical Story Time Partnership, please visit the Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s website.

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REBECCA MC KEE GIVES BEETHOVEN A RUN FOR HIS MONEY

By Jessica Perkins

R

ebecca McKee spent 20 years in the US Air Force prior to moving to Western Kentucky to be closer to her husband’s family about 10 years ago. One might assume that the military lifestyle would have helped keep her in the best shape of her life, but Rebecca says that just wasn’t the case.

“I needed to get healthy,” she says. “Four years ago I lost my mother. It ended up hitting me harder than I expected it would. The last 20 years of her life she couldn’t walk. I did not want to end up like that. So I made a New Year’s resolution to run a 5K race.”

The Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) Beat Beethoven Race was the perfect event to get Rebecca started towards achieving her goal. So in 2012, she convinced her stepdaughter, Keira McKee, to walk/run the race with her.

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to be part of Rebecca’s support system, encouraging her to continue her fitness endeavors. Douglas, Rebecca’s husband, also lends support to the cause.

“It was probably after my first year that I decided to start wearing costumes to race,” Rebecca says. “My husband, the ever-patient man that he is, helps me come up with costume ideas. We do that for most of the races that I run.”

home visiting her father and stepmother around the time that Rebecca made her resolution. “Keira had been walking with me while she was home on her break so I asked her to run the Beat Beethoven 5K race with me,” Rebecca says. “She said she would love to do it.”

So started an annual tradition in the McKee family. While Keira, still in England, is not able to join Rebecca for most of her races today, she continues

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For this year’s Beat Beethoven race, Rebecca is working on a way to use piano keyboard fabric that she discovered. At this stage of her planning, she’s unsure as to whether she will sew the fabric into a fluffy skirt or transform it into a smocked dress apron.

“Sometimes my costumes are as simple as a fancy pair of socks,” she says. “Last year I had these cool musical note socks, a black and white sweater, a bow tie and a baton that my husband made for me.”

“As long as I am able, I will run these races,” Rebecca says. While Rebecca runs the race Douglas is on the sidelines cheering her on. “Douglas is my support staff and goes to all of the races with me.

He just waits for me to finish so he can get his Red’s donuts.”

Today, Rebecca averages about one 5K race per month. She does a combination of walking and running and often finds that she places in the top three within her age category. “I am 61,” Rebecca says.

“I hung around long enough to win.”

While Rebecca has a sense of humor about her newfound hobby, she also offers encouragement to those who might find a race in their retirement years intimidating.

“Just get out and do it,” she says. “Before Beat Beethoven I had never done anything like this before. I had blue jeans and hiking boots. I never imagined that I would get hooked on this. Now I have running shoes and a closet full of running gear.”

Rebecca understands how important an event like Beat Beethoven is to helping support the Symphony. This event not only raises money for the PSO, it also builds community awareness of the musical programs it provides to adults and children. Rebecca is thrilled to be a part of it all.

Beat Beethoven Event Schedule Saturday, March 19 at Noble Park Race Registration:

5K Run/Walk: 1 Mile Fun Run: Award Ceremony:

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wonderful cultural thing. We really try to support that,” Rebecca says. Having moved to Western Kentucky from Washington, D.C., the little luxuries of small town life are truly appreciated by Rebecca and her husband. Rebecca says she and Douglas attend a lot more cultural events since moving to the region.

“We retired here from a city that has everything, but you can’t get to any of it because of traffic,” Rebecca says. “The very idea that we can come out of the symphony, walk to our car and be headed home within 15 minutes is wonderful. In D.C. we’d still be walking to the car!”

This year marks the fourth annual Beat Beethoven Race. It will be held on Saturday, March 19, with registration for runners beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Paducah’s Noble Park. The 5k run will begin at 9 a.m. Race participants are encouraged to “beat” Beethoven. Those who succeed will receive special awards and a ticket to the season ending performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

This year the PSO has added two new features as well: a 1-mile non-competitive Youth and Family Fun Run (every child under 12 will receive a medal) and the “Beat Beethoven’s Hair Contest.”

Details about this year’s festivities and fundraisers can be found on the PSO event calendar at www.paducahsymphony.org.

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION SATURDAY · 12 MARCH 2016, 7:30 P.M. · Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center

Paducah Symphony Orchestra Raffaele Ponti, conductor

ARAM KHACHATURIAN Spartacus: Suite No.2 Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia Entrance of Merchants, Dance of a Roman Courtesan, General Dance Entrance of Spartacus, Quarrel, Treachery of Harmodius The Dance of the Pirates

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JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No.45, F-sharp minor, 4th movement Presto – Adagio

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Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade 1. Gnomus Promenade 2. The Old Castle Promenade 3. Tuileries 4. Bydlo Promenade 5. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 7. Limoges 8. Catacombs Cum mortuis in llingua mortua 9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs 10. The Great Gate of Kiev

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SPARTACUS SUITE NO. 2 SATURDAY · 12 MARCH 2016

SPARTACUS SUITE NO. 2 ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903–1978)

Aram Il’yich Khachaturian (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers. During most of his career, Khachaturian was approved by the Soviet government and held several high posts in the Union of Soviet Composers from the late 1930s, although he joined the Communist Party only in 1943. Along with Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, he was officially denounced as a “formalist” and his music dubbed “anti-people” in 1948, but was restored later that year. After 1950, he taught at the Gnessin Institute and the Moscow Conservatory, and turned to conducting. He traveled to Europe, Latin America and the United States with concerts of his own works. In 1957, Khachaturian became the Secretary of Union of Soviet Composers, a position he held until his death.

Aram Khachaturian was born in the city of Tiflis (presentday Tbilisi, Georgia) although some sources indicate Kojori, a village near Tbilisi (now in Georgia’s Gardabani Municipality), as his birthplace. Khachaturian received his primary education at the Tiflis Commercial School, described as a school for aspiring merchants where he debated between a career in medicine or engineering. In 1921, the eighteen-year-old Khachaturian moved to Moscow

to join his oldest brother, Suren, who had previously settled in Moscow and was a stage director at the Moscow Art Theatre. Influenced by his brother’s work in Moscow, Khachaturian fell under the spell of the music world. He enrolled at the Gnessin Musical Institute in 1922, studying cello under Sergei Bychkov and later under Andrey Borysyak. In 1925, Mikhail Gnessin started a composition class at the institute, which Khachaturian joined. In this period, he wrote his first works: the Dance Suite for Violin and Piano (1926) and the Poem in C-sharp Minor (1927).

Beginning with his earliest works, Khachaturian extensively used Armenian folk music in his compositions.

The ballet Spartacus, was completed by Khachaturian in 1954. The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet’s storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record. It was premièred at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad on December 27, 1956, staged

by Leonid Yakobson. The music was well received, earning Khachaturian the Lenin Prize for the score in 1959. From the original ballet score Khachaturian extracted four orchestral suites, the first three suites written between 1955 and 1957.

The second suite is memorable for the music of the love scene between Spartacus and Phrygia, about which Askold Makarov (who danced the part of Spartacus in the Yakobson production) wrote: “When Phrygia, after her burst of despair, rises from her knees and stands next to [Spartacus] like a monument of grief, the theme flares up in the orchestra... The grieving violins are followed by the pathetic and vibrating voices of the cellos; the theme grows, embracing the entire orchestra. And I...want to rise. I know that my hero is dead, but the very notion that Spartacus may still be alive gives me no peace when I hear the anthem to immortality.”

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SYMPHONY NO. 45 F-SHARP MINOR, 4TH MOVEMENT FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)

journeyman period of his career had taught himself to play

Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio, and his contributions to musical form have earned him the tributes “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet.”

sang together and with their neighbors.

the harp. According to Haydn’s later reminiscences, his childhood family was extremely musical, and frequently

Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, “forced to become original.” At the time of his death, aged 77, he was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe.

Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, known as the “Farewell” Symphony, was composed by Joseph Haydn and dated 1772 on the autograph score. It was written for Haydn’s patron, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, while he, Haydn and the court orchestra were at the Prince’s summer palace in Eszterházy. The stay there had been longer than expected, and most of the musicians had been forced to leave their wives back at home in Eisenstadt, so in the last movement of the symphony, Haydn subtly

Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria, a village that

hinted to his patron that perhaps he might like to allow

at that time stood on the border with Hungary. His father

the musicians to return home. During the final adagio

was Mathias Haydn, a wheelwright who also served as

each musician stops playing, snuffs out the candle on his

“Marktrichter,” an office akin to village mayor. Haydn’s

music stand, and leaves in turn, so that at the end, there

mother Maria, née Koller, had previously worked as a cook

are just two muted violins left (played by Haydn himself

in the palace of Count Harrach, the presiding aristocrat

and the concertmaster, Luigi Tomasini). Esterházy seems

of Rohrau. Neither parent could read music; however,

to have understood the message: the court returned to

Mathias was an enthusiastic folk musician, who during the

Eisenstadt the day following the performance.

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION SATURDAY · 12 MARCH 2016

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION ARR. MAURICE RAVEL MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881) Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881) was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other nationalist themes. Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, and the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain.

Mussorgsky was born in Karevo, 250 miles south of Saint Petersburg. His wealthy and land-owning family was considered noble and reputedly descended from the first Ruthenian ruler, Rurik, through the sovereign princes of Smolensk. At age six Mussorgsky began piano lessons with his mother, herself a trained pianist. His progress was sufficiently rapid that three years later he was able to perform a John Field concerto and works by Franz Liszt for family and friends. At 10, he and his brother were taken to Saint Petersburg to study at the elite German language Petrischule (St. Peter’s School). While there, Modest studied piano with the noted Anton Gerke. In 1852, the 12-year-old Mussorgsky published a piano piece titled “Porte-enseigne Polka” at his father’s expense.

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Mussorgsky’s parents planned the move to Saint Petersburg so that both their sons would renew the family tradition of military service. To this end, Mussorgsky entered the Cadet School of the Guards at age 13. Sharp controversy had arisen over the educational attitudes at the time of both this institute and its director, a General Sutgof. All agreed the Cadet School could be a brutal place, especially for new recruits. More tellingly for Mussorgsky, it was likely where he began his eventual path to alcoholism. According to a former student, singer and composer Nikolai Kompaneisky, Sutgof “was proud when a cadet returned from leave drunk with champagne.” Music remained important to young Modest, however. Sutgof ’s daughter was also a pupil of Gerke, and Mussorgsky was allowed to attend lessons with her. His skills as a pianist made him much in demand by fellow cadets; for them he would play dances interspersed with his own improvisations. In 1856, Mussorgsky ­­— who had developed a strong interest in history and studied German philosophy — successfully graduated from the Cadet School. Following family tradition he received a commission with the Preobrazhensky Regiment, the foremost regiment of the Russian Imperial Guard.

“Pictures from an Exhibition — A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann” is a suite in ten movements (plus a recurring, varied Promenade) composed for piano by Mussorgsky in 1874. The work was inspired by art created

by Hartmann, a friend of Mussorgsky’s; many of the art subjects are now lost. The suite is Mussorgsky’s most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. Arguably, it has become still better known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and composers, with Maurice Ravel’s 1922 arrangement being the most recorded and performed.

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Ravel’s arrangement represents a virtuoso effort by a master colourist. While he omitted a couple reprises of the Promenade and applied artistic license to some particulars of dynamics and notation, his instrumental choices—a trumpet solo for the opening Promenade, dark woodwind tones for passages suggesting Orthodox chant, the piccolo and high strings for the children’s “Chicks in Shells”— are widely admired. Indeed, the influence of Ravel’s version may often be discerned in subsequent versions of the suite by other arrangers.

The Promenade envisages a viewer progressing through an exhibition, now leisurely, now briskly in order to come close to a picture that has attracted attention.

No. 1 “The Gnome” recalls the sketch of a little gnome, clumsily running with crooked legs. The lurching music, in contrasting tempos with frequent stops and starts, suggests the movements of the gnome.

No. 2 “The Old Castle” is thought to be based on a watercolor depiction of an Italian castle with a troubadour singing a song in the foreground. Hartmann often placed appropriate human figures in his architectural renderings to suggest scale.

No. 3 “Tuileries” was inspired by Hartmann’s now-lost picture of the Jardin des Tuileries near the Louvre in Paris dotted by figures of playing children and vigilant nannies, likely added by the artist for scale.

No. 4 “Cattle” describes musically a Polish cart on enormous wheels, drawn by oxen. Arrangements based on Rimsky-Korsakov’s edition, such as Ravel’s, begin quietly, build gradually to fortissimo, and then undergo a diminuendo, suggesting the oxcart approaching, passing the listener, and then receding.

No. 5 “The Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in their Shells” derives from Hartmann’s design for the décor of a picturesque scene in the ballet Trilby, in which the wouldbe fledglings were canary chicks.

No. 6 “Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle” is sometimes also known as “Two Polish Jews, Rich and Poor.” The movement is thought to be based on two separate extant portraits.

No. 7 “The Market at Limoges (The Great News)” has been described as French women quarrelling violently in the market at Limoges, a city in central France. Market stall keepers were notoriously a tough lot, and maybe the news wasn’t so great after all.

No. 8 “Catacombs” recalls an image in which Hartmann represented himself examining the Paris catacombs by the light of a lantern. The movement is in two distinct parts consisting of a nearly static largo founded on a sequence of block chords with elegiac lines adding a touch of melancholy. A second section is more flowing, a gloomy andante that introduces the “Promenade” theme into the scene. The first section’s alternating loud and soft chords evoke the grandeur, stillness, and echo of the catacombs.

The second section suggests a merging of observer and scene as the observer descends into the catacombs.

No. 9 “The Hut on Fowl’s Legs” is connected to Hartmann’s drawing depicting a clock in the form of Baba Yaga’s hut on fowl’s legs. Motives in this movement evoke the bells of a large clock and the whirlwind sounds of a chase.

No. 10 “The Great Gate of Kiev” identify with Hartmann’s sketch of his design for city gates at Kiev in the ancient Russian massive style with a cupola shaped like a Slavonic helmet. Hartmann designed a monumental gate for Tsar Alexander II to commemorate the monarch’s narrow escape from an assassination attempt on April 4, 1866. Hartmann regarded his design as the best work he had done. His design won the national competition but plans to build the structure were later cancelled. The movement features a grand main theme that exalts the opening Promenade. The solemn secondary theme is based on a baptismal hymn from the repertory of Russian Orthodox chant.

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION PIANO RECITAL ENCORE SERIES PERFORMANCE SUNDAY · 13 MARCH 2016 · 3:00 PM First Baptist Church of Paducah Mary Woytych Grinnell, piano

MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade Gnome Promenade The Old Castle Promenade Tuileries (Dispute of Children after Play) Bydlo (Cattle) Promenade Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle” Promenade Limoges. The Marketplace (The Big News) Catacombs (A Roman Burial Chamber) With the Dead in a Dead Language The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga) The Bogatyr Gate (In the Ancient Capital, Kiev) Mary Woytych Grinnell holds a Bachelor of Music from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Missouri-Columbia. She also taught as an adjunct music professor at Marian College in Fond du Lac, WI between 1980 and 1998.

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ome find that a love of music can give rise to other talents.

For sophomore Alec Wadley, the starring role in Paducah Tilghman High School’s production of Shrek the Musical marked the singer’s first major foray into theater.

There were plenty of new things to learn about singing in a play. “It gave me a lot of knowledge and different techniques as far as acting goes,” Wadley said. “It’s not something everyone can do, stand up in front of a bunch of people and pretend not to be you.”

Confronted with new challenges, Wadley had years of voice training to rely on. He began singing with the Paducah Symphony Children’s Chorus in second grade, and continues to sing with the Youth Chorus.

“I’ve been interested in music for as long as I can remember,” he said.

Sherry Shadle, a longtime member of the Paducah Symphony Chorus, was able to see over the years how Wadley developed his talent. “I watched Alec grow and really come into his singing.

His background in the children’s and

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paid off. “The main reason I went to see it was for Alec, and he was fantastic,” she said. “A lot of singers can’t act or speak, but he did all of the above, and he did an amazing job, and he loved it.”

The experience was more than worth it for Wadley, who called the opportunity “too fun to miss out on.” He plans to continue his career in musical theater, hoping one day to perform in some of his favorite productions, including Phantom of the Opera and Beauty and the Beast. youth choruses has been a tremendous influence on him.”

Performing for a big audience can be intimidating, said his mother, Heather Wadley. But his experience with the PSO helped prepare him for his starring role. “He’s used to being in front of a large crowd and singing with the symphony chorus.”

Wadley spent countless hours rehearsing for the part, investing two months into perfecting his performance. “It took until the last week or two to fully get into the role,” he said.

According to Shadle, the hard work

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Meanwhile, the ambitious singer is keeping busy. He recently traveled to Nashville and performed at the Grand Ole Opry with the All-National Honor Ensemble. He sang alongside over 300 students from across the country, and made friends with whom he still keeps in touch. Early next year he will go to Louisville for the All-State High School Chorus.

And wherever his passion takes him next, he’ll have friends and family there to support him. “I think he has the talent. I think he has the desire,” Shadle said. “I hope there are great things ahead of him.”

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hey were there at the beginning. Wally Montgomery and his wife—Dorothy Geraldine Montgomery, known as “Gerry”—have supported the Paducah Symphony Orchestra (PSO) since its establishment more than 40 years ago. He, a retired general surgeon, and she, a former schoolteacher and former Paducah mayor, have helped fund and promote PSO concerts so adults and children across the region can enjoy professionally played classical music. PSO has been just one of their gifts to the Paducah community.

Thank you both for talking with me today. How did you get involved with PSO? Wally: “About 40 plus years ago, a group of people interested in music decided they would form the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. … We were on that list of people who got involved early on and have been doing a little bit of work ever since, making sure that the symphony gets support.”

So, you’ve watched it grow for a long time. How has PSO evolved in the past four decades?

Gerry: “It was a very small orchestra. I don’t know if we called it a symphony. I think they called it the Paducah Orchestra, but it has grown since the groups were able to get Raffaele [Ponti, the

Wally: “I really do enjoy music. I enjoy listening to it. We have a tremendous leader of our orchestra, Raffaele Ponti, and he is … helping to teach … kids at school and other folks in the community about the quality of the orchestra and the value of the orchestra.”

Photo Credit: Brad Rankin current maestro] here. … Raffaele has been a blessing.

It seems like you really enjoy music! How did this passion begin?

Gerry: “I’ve loved music since I was just a little kid, and I finally begged my parents to buy a piano for my brother and me.

And, we took piano lessons. We enjoyed it. I sang in church in the choir, and I think music is very important to life.”

So, why is music important for the community as a whole?

Gerry: “The orchestra is a blessing, I think, to all people. … It raises the spirit of people. I sometimes say music is so important because it’s the spirit of mankind, and it really makes us better.”

You must really love it to dedicate so much time and money to see it continue.

Gerry: “We want to make sure that the orchestra in this community has that kind of wonderful music.

I think it’s important, when we can, to be able to support something that is such a blessing to the community.”

That is important. You’ve watched PSO for more than 40 years, so what is your favorite part of the performances?

Wally: “I think my favorite thing is to hear Raffaele Ponti, the maestro, direct the orchestra because he does a tremendous job, and we were instrumental in getting he and his wife here. And, we do think that he is a tremendous musician and asset to the community.”

Gerry: “He is doing so much, also, to bring back what we had years ago: music in the schools. Because when my children went to [Paducah Tilghman High School], there wasn’t an orchestra, and I think he’s done an awful lot to try to bring that back to our students, and I think that’s a very important thing.”

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Eric Lenz Instrument: Principal Cello | Joined PSO: 2008 | Woodbridge, VA

How did you first get interested in performing music?

I started piano lessons when I was young, before I can even remember. At some point I became obsessed with a Reader’s Digest collection of Beethoven symphonies. I listened to number six on a record player in my room over and over. To me, the best part of symphonic music was the sound of strings, so I knew I wanted to play violin or cello. In fifth grade, I started strings class in the public schools. They had a 3/4-size cello available, which was the size I needed, so that’s what I picked.

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What is your favorite piece of music to play?

Try it!!

It sounds cliché, but my favorite piece is usually whatever I’m working on. Right now, it’s the Brahms Double Concerto, which I am working on with my colleague Michael Barta.

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians?

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Who is your favorite composer? Why? Bach is the best. He is a consummate master of all the musical elements, including counterpoint, harmony and melodic appeal.

Three things you would want with you on a deserted island?

I’ve thought a lot about this question over the years. For me, Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Gould’s re-recording from 1981, and some cold IPA. What was the last music you listened to in your car?

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes.

Favorite indulgence?

Beef tartare.

What do you do when you’re not playing with the PSO? Travel, cook, read.

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Julia Hill Instrument: Violin | Joined PSO: 2010 | Vero Beach, FL How did you first get interested in performing music?

When I was five years old, I heard a violin playing on the classical radio station my mom frequently had playing in the kitchen. I told her I wanted to learn how to play.

A few months later (after starting lessons), I played in front of a large crowd at the church we attended. My parents always remind me how I “wasn’t a bit nervous”. I’ve never really had any fears about performing, as I really enjoy it!

What is your favorite piece of music to play?

I don’t have a particular favorite, however I love playing most anything in a minor key. I consider myself to be a pretty happy person, but I love sad songs. I also enjoy playing worship music at church, as well as Irish fiddle music.

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians?

I like the quote from Les Brown, “Life has no limitations, except for the ones you make.” When I was young I didn’t practice as much as I should have. The game changer for me was when I decided I wanted to go to the Florida All State Orchestra in middle school. I auditioned and was disappointed when I didn’t make it that year. I decided I was going to make it next time, so I started to practice every single day, even Sundays! I was accepted that next year, and the rest of my high school years. If you want something bad enough, you will do what it takes to achieve it.

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Favorite indulgence?

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composer? Why?

Chocolate chip cookie dough.

hang out with my awesome one year old son and my sweet husband.

I have two favorite’s, Bach and Vivaldi.

Bach is fun, yet very challenging to play

What do you do when you’re

well. I developed my appreciation for

not playing with the PSO?

Vivaldi in my high school orchestra; we

Lots of things! I have 45 private violin

performed the Four Seasons as well as

and piano students, my brother and I play

I really enjoy being in the PSO and am

some of his other works, and I fell in love

music at weddings/events, and I teach

grateful for the opportunity.

with his style of composing

a toddler music class. I like to run, bike

Anything else you would like us to know about you?

and swim, and train for races. My very What is your proudest musical moment?

My proudest musical moments were all in the Vero Beach High School Orchestra under the baton of Matt Stott. I was so proud to be a leader in the orchestra (we were rated with Superior marks each year), and I will always look back on that time with fond memories. My conductor inspired me to work harder, and dig deeper; he is the reason I didn’t quit the violin. You see, a few months after I started violin lessons, I realized it was a lot of hard work… I begged my mom to quit. But she said I had to play until I was 16. Thankfully, I met Mr. Stott before then, and he gave me the inspiration to continue. I then went on to major in Violin at my university!

Three things you would want with you on a deserted island?

My phone, sunscreen, and a surf board.

The one word your best friend would say to describe you?

Fun. What was the last music you listened to in your car?

I know this is lame…the local country music station!

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Bikeworld Bristol Broadcasting Mr. & Mrs. James Boyd Dr. & Mrs. Jimmy Cargill Ceglinski Animal Clinic Ms. Kim Chester Mr. & Mrs. Bernie Coyle Mr. Charles Cushman Davis Drugs Dr. & Mrs. C.K. Davis

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Diamond Rev. & Mrs. Paul Donner Mrs. Douglas Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Timm Fair Ms. Beverly Ford Mr. & Mrs. Randall Fox Ms. Anita Gale Green Turtle Bay Commonwealth Yacht Club Dr. & Mrs. Edwin Grogan

PATRON $300 – $599 Artisan Kitchen/Shandies Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bach Ms. Sheri Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Carr Bangs Family Charitable Fund Mr. Donald Beaman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Benson Ms. Crystal Blanton

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DONORS continued Ms. Karen Hammond & Mr. Britt Allgood Hancock’s of Paducah Mr. David Harrison Harmony Road Doc & Judy Hideg Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hopkins Dr. & Mrs. Brad Housman Mr. Anthony Hunter Dr. & Mrs. G. Grant Gehring, M.D. Dr. April Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Othmar Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Randy Janne

Jarrell Snipes Foundation Jimmy Johns Kalleo Technologies Mr. & Mrs. Brian Katz Mrs. Jane Kolb Mr. Robert Kupper Dr. & Mrs. Mark Lineberry Mr. & Mrs. Jerry McElya Mr. & Mrs. Doug McKee Ms. Anne McNeilly Mr. Gil McNichols Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Meredith

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Mr. Ernest Mitchell Charles & Sue Moffitt Mr. Thomas Nall Orthopaedic Institute Paducah Ford Paducah Rheumatology Paducah Sun Mrs. Sara Penry Pizza Inn Posh Academy Mr. William Powers Mr.& Mrs. Brandon Price, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ransler Mr. & Mrs. John Reed Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reed Rene Advertising Mr. & Mrs. Dan Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Allan Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Roberto Dos Remedios Dr. Rob Robertson Mr. & Mrs. George Shaw Ms. Guadalupe Shemonsky Ms. Angela Smith Mr. & Mrs. Barry Smith Talbots Mr. & Mrs. Michael Taylor Mr. & Mrs. C. Ashley Thurman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Trampe Ms. Peggy Tripp Mr. & Mrs. Mike Underwood Mr. & Mrs. John Wells Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Williams Dr. & Mrs. Charles Winkler Dr. Patrick Withrow WKMS Rev. Libby & Mr. Jim Wade Mr. & Mrs. Robert Worden Mrs. Shirley Wrinkle Ms. Virginia Young

SUPPORTER $150 – $299 Mr. & Mrs. Stan Allen Arkema, Inc Atomic Events Backwoods BBQ Banterra Bank Banks Grocery Dr. Sharon Barton Mr. & Mrs. William Bates Ms. Pam Benzing Dr. & Mrs. Griffin Bicking Ms. Ann Boss Mr. & Mrs. William Burch Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cappock Cash Saver Clark Distributing Mr. & Mrs. Richard Coltharp Ms. Martha Copeland C-Plant Doe’s Eat Place Dry Ground Brewing Dunkin Donuts Mr. & Mrs. Mark Edwards

DONORS continued Etcetera Coffeehouse Dawn & Barbara Evans Mr. Art Feather Mr. Patrick Fletcher Mr. Donald Fox Dr. & Mrs. Preston Figge Mr. Charles Fischer FNB The Grand Lodge on Fifth Dr. & Mrs. P. Tim Harris Dr. & Mrs. Robert Haugh Mr. & Mrs. Paul Haywood Mr. & Mrs. Robert Head Heartland Rehabilitation Services The House of Grace Hultman Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Hutchins Mr. Jesse Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Matt Johnson Jp’s Bar & Grill Dr. & Mrs. John Grubbs Mr. Kyle Katterjohn Ms. Bonnie Koblitz Ms. Patricia Koch Dr. & Mrs. John Kraus Lundberg Medical Imaging Mr. & Mrs. Charles Matheny Midtown Alliance of Neighbors Mrs. Barbetha Miller Millwork Products Paducah Beer Werks Paducah Blueprint and Supply Co., Inc. Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau Paducah Life Patti’s 1880s Settlement Mr. & Mrs. Kent Price Mr. & Mrs. David Perry Pizza by the Pound PNR, Inc. Premier Fire & Security Rev. & Mrs. Ronald Ruggles Ms. Linda Sandefer Ms. Lorraine Schramke Ms. Deborah Shelton Signet Federal Credit Union Drs. Kinney & Kathy Slaughter Mr. & Mrs. David Sparks Mr. Steven Stahl Mr. & Mrs. James Strader Mr. & Mrs. Glen Titsworth Mrs. Christine Truong Mr. Tommy Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Upshaw Dr. Phillip Wagner Western Rivers Insurance Mr. Gabriel Willett Mr. Patrick Willison & Ms. Julie Folsom Wood-N-Wave Mr. & Mrs. David Wommack

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DONORS continued Mr. Carl Averitt Ms. Marie Baggett Mr. James Banks Mrs. Linda Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bell Ms. Anne Bidwell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Blanton Ms. Manda Blackwell Blewett Music Studio Mr. Myron Bimonte Mr. & Mrs. Ken Bougher Mrs. Ellen Ruth Bremer Mr. Randy Bridges

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Dr. & Mrs. William Brigance Mrs. Melba Casey Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cauley Commercial Door & Hardware/Atlas Door City Rockers Pizza Mrs. Patty Coakley Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Counts Mr. William Cownie Mr. & Mrs. Mark Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Art DeWeese Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Dreyer Ms. Beulah Edging

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Mrs. Russell Evans Flanary Veterinary Clinic, PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gentry Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Godshall Ms. Kristi Hanson & Mr. Mark Donham Ms. Sally J. Hardt Mr. & Mrs. John Havlik Ms. Lisa Holm Ms. Ava Nell Hornsby Mrs. Karen Howard Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Hulick Ms. Karen Jackson Ms. LaCretia Jackson Dr. & Mrs. Carl Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Johnston Mr. Chris Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Karnes Ms. Susan Kasper Mr. & Mrs. Dan Key Mr. & Mrs. William Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Gerald LaGesse Mr. Marshall Lasky Dr. Peter Lauf Dr. & Mrs. Brian Lea Mr. & Mrs. Michael Legendre Mr. & Mrs. Brad McElroy Mr. Charles McGinness Dr. S.A.M. Menendez Mrs. Sue Miller Ms. Regina Nutt Dr. & Mrs. Ed O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Frank Paxton Mr. & Mrs. Chris Phillips Ms. Eunice Poore Mr. Glenn Puertollano Mrs. Mariowen Reed Dr. Maurice Robinson Mrs. Jane Rutter Dr. Nassir Saghafi Ms. Donna Schwab Dr. Rennie Skinner Dr. Mary Parker Smith Mrs. Helen Sims Ms. Beverly Solomon Ms. Keli Sprague Mrs. Predrag Sredl Dr. Dan Stewart Ms. Inez Stiner Ms. Lou Strickland-Tyler Ms. Carol Sutherland Mr. Dwight Swann Ms. Patricia Tarentino Dr. Anthony Theile Ms. Brenda Thompson Mr. John Thompson Ms. Melanie Thompson Ms. Judith Wadley Ms. Jennifer Watkins Ms. Amy Watson Reese Ms. Lenora Webb Mrs. Dottie Williams Mr. Andrew Wood Mr. & Mrs. Steven Ybarzabal Ms. Velva Yeomans Dr. & Mrs. James Zellmer

DONORS continued IN HONOR OF… Mrs. Janis Cromwell Mr. & Mrs. Basil Drossos Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Pittard Paul & Juliette Grumley Jean Ellen Paulson Mr. Clay Howerton Mr. & Mrs. Stan Allen Mr. Joseph R. Pabst Lorna Pabst de Acosta Mr. & Mrs. Richard Roof Mr. & Mrs. Tom Ullom Mr. Judd Ullom John & Sherry Shadle Rev. Libby & Mr. Jim Wade Dr. Richard Smith Paul & Juliette Grumley Dr. & Mrs. Wally Montgomery

Alice Howrey David & Sara Johnson James Kidder Helen Lamping Brian Lynch Kevin Lynch Charles Manchester Vasyl Markus Cynthia Massie Elizabeth May Diann Nash John Ownby Judie Pearson Kevin & Marcia Pierce

Lonnie Rosenberg Paul & Sibylle Marie Schmidt Nancy & Jim Shambro Robert Stewart Summersville Education Association Larry & Sally Viebrock Nathan Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. Russ White Carol Williams Mr. Bob “Hawk” Taylor Mrs. Marie Taylor Mr. David Weitlauf Mrs. Belinda Weitlauf

IN MEMORY OF… Mrs. Ruby Armstrong Roger & Jean Truitt Dr. David De Villez Mrs. Sue De Villez Mr. David De Villez II Heather De Villez Tatum Benjamin C. Gregory Mrs. Pat Gregory Mr. Charles E. Gregory Mrs. Pat Gregory Mr. Eugene Katterjohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard Coltharp Rev. & Mrs. Paul Donner Mr. Bill Ford Rev. & Mrs. George Jaeger Mr. & Mrs. Michael Orlando Jean Ellen Paulson Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Pugh Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Quinn Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ross Mr. & Mrs. John Shadle Mr. & Mrs. Roger Truitt Rev. Libby & Mr. Jim Wade Mr. George Koch Mrs. Patricia Koch Dr. Michael McBee Mrs. Karen McBee Mrs. Eugenie Orr Dr. & Mrs. Paul Grumley Margery Paxton du Val d’Epre’mesnil Ms. Pat Brockenborough Mr. & Mrs. Frank Paxton Mr. Larry Phifer Evelyn Archer Josephine Bianchi Kathleen Brockett Jean Collebrusco Ken & Mary Darst Kling William & Rita Francis Scherrie Giamanco Brett Gibbs Dee Phifer-Hercules Nellie Herman Naomi & Hal Hicks

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