A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI, Music Director JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
JEFF TYZIK
TERENCE BLANCHARD
NA’ZIR MCFADDEN
LEONARD SLATKIN
NEEME JÄRVI
Principal Pops Conductor
Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair
Assistant Conductor Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador
Music Director Laureate
Music Director Emeritus
FIRST VIOLIN Robyn Bollinger
CONCERTMASTER Katherine Tuck Chair
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy
ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair
Hai-Xin Wu
ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair
Jennifer Wey Fang ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Alexandros Sakarellos*
Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair
Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*
SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski ACTING PRINCIPAL The Devereaux Family Chair
Elizabeth Furuta* Will Haapaniemi*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Hae Jeong Heidi Han*
David and Valerie McCammon Chairs
Sheryl Hwangbo Yu* Daniel Kim* Sujin Lim* Hong-Yi Mo* Marian Tanau* Alexander Volkov* Jing Zhang*
VIOLA Eric Nowlin PRINCIPAL Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair
James VanValkenburg ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Caroline Coade Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair
Glenn Mellow Hang Su Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Mike Chen
CELLO Wei Yu PRINCIPAL
Abraham Feder
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair
Robert Bergman* Jeremy Crosmer*
Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair
David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey*
Joanne Deanto and Arnold Weingarden Chair
Una O’Riordan*
Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair
Cole Randolph*
BASS Kevin Brown PRINCIPAL Van Dusen Family Chair
Stephen Molina ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Christopher Hamlen Brandon Mason Nicholas Myers^
HARP OPEN
PRINCIPAL Winifred E. Polk Chair
FLUTE Hannah Hammel Maser PRINCIPAL Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair
Amanda Blaikie Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair
Sharon Sparrow ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair
Jeffery Zook Shantanique Moore§
PICCOLO Jeffery Zook
Shari and Craig Morgan Chair
CLARINET Ralph Skiano
TIMPANI Jeremy Epp
Jack Walters
James Ritchie
PRINCIPAL Robert B. Semple Chair
PVS Chemicals Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair
Shannon Orme
E-FLAT CLARINET OPEN BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair
BASSOON Conrad Cornelison
PRINCIPAL Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair
Michael Ke Ma ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Marcus Schoon Jaquain Sloan §
HORN Karl Pituch PRINCIPAL
Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong
Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair
David Everson ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Mark Abbott
TRUMPET
Shari and Craig Morgan Chair
Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL William Cody Knicely Chair
James Ritchie
LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles PRINCIPAL
Ethan Allen
LEGACY CHAIRS Principal Flute James C. Gordon
Personnel Managers Patrick Peterson DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Nolan Cardenas
AUDITION AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD
Kurt Henry
TROMBONE Kenneth Thompkins
Steven Kemp
TUBA Dennis Nulty PRINCIPAL
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE ORCHESTRA JADER DBIGNAMINI, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE: THE DSO & PERFECTING CHURCH Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 7 p.m. at Perfecting Church NA’ZIR McFADDEN, conductor PASTOR MARVIN L. WINANS PERFECTED PRAISE CHOIR – DAVID BUFORD, director Jessie Montgomery Starburst arr. Jannina Norpoth Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
William Grant Still
Summerland
Pastor Marvin L. Winans Even Me, Lord arr. Rebecca Pellett with Pastor Marvin L. Winans and Lisa Scott-Bailey Hezekiah Walker
Lift Him Up
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington The River orch. by Ron Collier Village of the Virgins (Twin Cities) Giggling Rapids
STAGE MANAGER
William Lucas
PRINCIPAL
JADER BIGNAMINI MUSIC DIRECTOR
Benjamin Tisherman
Ryan DeMarco
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
A COMMUNITY-SUPPORTE D ORCHESTRA
Women’s Association for the DSO
Stephen Anderson
BASS TROMBONE Adam Rainey
ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh
PRINCIPAL Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair
William Dailing
Sarah Lewis ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION Joseph Becker
Hunter Eberly PRINCIPAL Lee and Floy Barthel Chair
David Binder Adam Rainey
Monica Fosnaugh
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Principal Cello
CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon
OBOE Alexander Kinmonth
PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair
PRINCIPAL Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD
Matthew Pons
DEPARTMENT HEAD
LEGEND * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis ^ Extended Leave § African American Orchestra Fellow
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier I Hear a Symphony & Eddie Holland arr. Richard Hayman Pastor Marvin L. Winans Influence My Heart arr. Alvin Waddles with Pastor Marvin L. Winans and Norma Saunders
Thank you to GM Corporation for their generous sponsorship of this event.
DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE
THE DSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY The DSO’s Detroit Strategy is currently centered around two initiatives: Detroit Neighborhood Initiative is a community-driven process of dialogue and planning, resulting in cultural partnerships that enrich the community and musical experiences that align with the priorities of Detroit residents; Detroit Harmony is a scalable and sustainable citywide collaboration to improve child development through music education and arts-based learning, and to grow economic opportunity by engaging Detroiters in the provision of instruments and music education. Detroit Harmony aims to put an instrument in the hand of every K-12 student in the city of Detroit who wants to learn to play. Thus far, the DSO has met with more than 125 community-serving organizations in Detroit, held 20 listening sessions with Detroit residents, and co-designed and co-implemented 22 Neighborhood Musical Experiences in Chandler Park, Southwest Detroit, Dexter-Linwood, Northwest Goldberg, and Northwest Detroit, engaging with nearly 6,000 community members since March of 2021. The DSO has sought out new relationships and engaged both organizations and residents in designing and implementing respectful, responsive Musical Experiences in Detroit neighborhoods. This work is made possible through the support of the General Motors Corporation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
PROFILES NA’ZIR MCFADDEN
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merican conductor Na’Zir McFadden is the newly appointed Assistant Conductor and Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In this position, he works closely with Music Director Jader Bignamini and guest conductors on both the PVS Classical Series and William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. Additionally, he leads pre-concert lectures at Orchestra Hall, and conducts a variety of programs on the Educational Concert Series, Young People’s Family Concert Series, PNC Pops Series, and DTE Community Concerts. Commencing with the 2022-23 season, Na’Zir will serve as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra. Together, they’ll present three programs—exploring the symphonies of
Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and Florence Price, respectively. An advocate for arts education, McFadden strives to provide access to the arts for students in underserved communities. This season, McFadden will make appearances with youth ensembles in Salt Lake City and with the Philadelphia All-City Music Festival. In the past, he’s worked with youth ensembles in Chicago, New York City, St. Louis, and Los Angeles. Recent engagements include a recording project with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Notes for Peace’ initiative— which featured Hilary Hahn as guest soloist. McFadden was the inaugural Apprentice Conductor of the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra from 2020 to 2022, working with Music Director Beatrice Jona Affron. He also served as the Robert L. Poster Conducting Apprentice of the New York Youth Symphony from 2020 to 2021.
Na’Zir conducted his hometown orchestra—the Philadelphia Orchestra— in their “Pop-Up” series in 2017, meeting their Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has been a mentor ever since. The Philadelphia Inquirer praised his “great stick [baton] technique and energetic presence on the podium” in their review of the concert. Upcoming engagements include a series of commissions with Orchestra 2001 and appearances with the Utah Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Ballet.
PASTOR MARVIN L. WINANS “Whom we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” (Colossians 1:28). Pastor Marvin L. Winans is the founder and pastor of Perfecting Church, one of Detroit, Michigan’s foremost congregations and a growing ministry family that extends far beyond its active local campus. Raised in a household of faith by his parents, David and Delores Winans, Pastor Winans received the Gospel message at an early age and preached his first sermon at the age of 18; the first fruit of a ministry calling he accepted in 1970 during a 150-day revival led by Mother Estella Boyd, whom God used to lay hands on him and give him a vision for a future life in ministry. Since heeding the call, Pastor Winans’s ministry has grown exponentially, from a humble gathering of eight in his own basement on May 28, 1989 to a membership of more than of 4,500 faithful who congregate weekly in Perfecting’s expansive, 165,000 square foot site facility. With Colossians 1:28 and the principle “Ministry Means People” as guiding posts, Winans has taken a holistic approach to
the pastorate; following Christ’s model of meeting humanity’s needs prior to addressing their spiritual condition through the life-changing power of the Gospel. This approach has led to the creation of various outreach and educational programs, all under the umbrella of the Perfecting Community Development Corporation, including the Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts, the Perfecting Community Care Center, the Amelia Agnes Transitional Home for Women, and the Jenesta McCraw Youth Activity Center. Serving as Bishop-Elect of Perfecting Fellowship International, Winans oversees a sisterhood of churches both stateside and abroad that encompasses congregations from various states including New York, Texas, Florida, Alabama, London, and South Africa; all of which meet annually for church growth, leadership training, community outreach and convocations packed with teaching, preaching, and worship. In addition to his ministry achievements, Winans serves as a gospel entertainer. He is a multiple Grammy, Stellar, and Dove award-winning recording artist, as well as one-fourth of the legendary gospel quartet, The Winans, with whom he recorded hits such as Tomorrow, Ain’t No Need to Worry, and It’s Time, just to name a few. His background in music has been put to good use at Perfecting Church, where his songs are sung weekly and have appeared in various recording projects featuring the church’s praise band and choir, including the church’s 2012’s The Praise & Worship Experience, which Pastor Winans produced. Of his milestones and legacy in ministry, Pastor Winans says, “I hope that as a church we’ve established a precedent that never changes even centuries after I’m gone; my prayer is that Perfecting would stand on the truth of the Word of God as revealed on Jesus Christ; upon this rock I will build my church.”