DSO Performance Magazine — Spring 2015 Issue No. 5 by Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Performance THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015

The Music Continues

DSO Spends Summer Months in Southeast Michigan

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Table of Contents Departments

Concerts

4 Board Leadership 5 Governing Members 8 Volunteer Council 9 Orchestra Roster 10 Welcome from CEO

Concerts, artist biographies and program notes begin on page 17. Also read program notes before concerts in Performance magazine online at dso.org/performance

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Features

33 DSO Staff 34 Maximize Your Experience

12 Meet the Musician: Wei Yu

35 Donor Roster

14 The Music Continues

46 Upcoming Concerts

Orchestra in Action

32 DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. LIFETIME DIRECTORS Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.†

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.

CHAIRMEN EMERITI Peter D. Cummings

Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller

Alfred R. Glancy III James B. Nicholson

DIRECTORS EMERITI Robert A. Allesee Floy M. Barthel Madeleine H. Berman John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois and Avern Cohn Marianne T. Endicott Sidney Forbes Ruth Frank Barbara Frankel

Herman H. Frankel Paul Ganson Mort and Brigitte Harris Gloria Heppner Hon. Damon J. Keith Richard P. Kughn Harold Kulish Dr. Melvin A. Lester Robert E.L. Perkins, DDS Marilyn Pincus

Lloyd E. Reuss Jack A. Robinson Marjorie Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jean S. Shapero David Usher Barbara C. Van Dusen Arthur A. Weiss, Esq.

OFFICERS Phillip Wm. Fisher, Chairman Mark A. Davidoff, Vice Chair, Financial Operations and Sustainability, Treasurer

Arthur T. O’Reilly, Officer-at-large, Secretary

Dr. Herman Gray, Vice Chair, Philanthropy

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Governance and Human Resources

Michael J. Keegan, Vice Chair, Strategy and Innovation

Anne Parsons, President & CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors is responsible for maintaining a culture of high engagement, accountability and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors of the Board oversee all DSO financial activities and assure that resources are aligned with the DSO mission. Robert H. Bluestein Maureen T. D’Avanzo Richard L. DeVore James C. Farber, Chairman, Governing Members Samuel Fogleman Ralph J. Gerson Randall Hawes, Orchestra Representative Rev. Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. Horwitz

Úna O’Riordan, Orchestra Representative Chacona W. Johnson William P. Kingsley Bonnie Larson Matthew B. Lester, Chairman, Board of Trustees Arthur C. Liebler Laura Marcero Xavier Mosquet Joseph Mullany David R. Nelson

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Faye A. Nelson Stephen R. Polk Bernard I. Robertson Hon. Gerald E. Rosen Deborah Savoie, Volunteer Council President David Sherbin Janice Uhlig James G. Vella Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder Dr. M. Roy Wilson Clyde Wu, M.D. † Deceased

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Matthew B. Lester, Chairman

The Board of Trustees is tasked with shepherding the long-term strategy of the DSO to fully implement the organization’s entrepreneurial capabilities while developing and presenting new strategies and objectives.

Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Devon Akmon Daniel Angelucci Janet Ankers Penny B. Blumenstein Elizabeth Boone Gwen Bowlby Ke vin Brown Orchestra Representative Joanne Danto Stephen R. D’Arcy Karen Davidson Linda Dresner Eugene Driker J. Mikel Ellcessor Annmarie Erickson Jennifer Fischer Sven O. Gierlinger Allan D. Gilmour Malik Goodwin

Carol Goss Antoinette Green Leslie Green Robert Gillette Deirdre Groves Michele Hodges Richard H. Huttenlocher Sharad Jain Renee R. Janovsky Joseph Jonna Joel D. Kellman Jack Liang Joshua Linkner Virginia Lundquist Florine Mark Pe ter McCaffrey Orchestra Representative David McCammon Lois A. Miller James C. Mitchell, Jr. Scott Monty

Sean M. Neall Tom O’Brien Maury Okun Dr. William Pickard Gerrit Reepmeyer Richard Robinson Chad Rochkind Laura Hernandez-Romine Afa Sadykly Veronika Scott Lois Shaevsky Jane Sherman Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Michael R. Tyson Dana Warg Gwen S. Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Dr. Margaret E. Winters

GOVERNING MEMBERS Governing Members is a philanthropic leadership group designed to provide unique, substantive, hands-on opportunities for leadership and access to a diverse group of valued stakeholders. Governing Members are ambassadors for the DSO and advocates for arts and culture in Detroit and throughout Southeast Michigan. This list reflects gifts received from February 1, 2014 through February 1, 2015. For more information about the Governing Members program, please call Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460.

OFFICERS James C. Farber Chairman Jan Bernick Vice-Chair, Philanthropy & Stewardship

Arthur T. O’Reilly Chairman Emeritus

Jiehan Alonzo Vice-Chair, Engagement Frederick J. Morsches Member at Large dso.org

Maureen T. D’Avanzo Vice-Chair, Outreach & Recruitment

Bonnie Larson Member at Large

Kenneth Thompkins Orchestra Representative

Johanna Yarbrough Orchestra Representative

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GOVERNING MEMBERS Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Mrs. Roger M. Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mr. Chuck Becker Mrs. Harriett Berg Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein George & Joyce Blum Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter Gloria & Fred Clark Lois & Avern Cohn Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Thomas & Melissa Cragg Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Christopher & Pamela Danato Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Barbara A. David Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Lillian & Walter Dean Beck Demery Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Ms. Leslie Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul + & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Marianne Endicott Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Jim & Margo Farber Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Ron Fischer & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Sidney and Madeline Forbes Emory M. Ford, Jr. + Endowment Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Maxine & Stuart Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Frohardt-Lane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron+ Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Dr. Robert T. Goldman Mr. Nathaniel Good Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Goodman Family Charitable Trust Robert & Mary Ann Gorlin

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Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Scott Harrison & Angela Detlor Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Ms. Nancy Henk Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Nicki & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. Sharad P. Jain Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Mr. John S. Johns Chacona W. Johnson Mr. George Johnson Lenard & Connie Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte dso.org

Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Mrs. Bonnie Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. David Lebenbom+ Mr. Henry P. Lee Marguerite & David Lentz Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Liebler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Mr. Gregory Liposky The Locniskar Group Daniel & Linda Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Michael & Laura Marcero Ms. Florine Mark Maureen & Mauri Marshall David & Valerie McCammon Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann M.D. Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. Louis Milgrom John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Cyril Moscow Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman dso.org

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Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly David+ & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom The Polk Family Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Dr. Glenda D. Price Reimer Priester Mrs. Susan Priester Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Ms. Ruth Rattner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Mr. Luis Resto Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Jack & Aviva Robinson Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Laura & Seth Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark Norman & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Mrs. Lois V. Ryan Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Dr. Hershel Sandberg Marjorie & Saul Saulson Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Ms. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Abbe & David Sherbin Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. William H. & Patricia M. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Renate & Richard Soulen Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. Clinton F. Stimpson, Jr. Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Beverly & Barry Williams Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Ms. Cathy Cromer Wood Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu David & Bernadine Wu June Kar Ming Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Paul M. Zlotoff Milton & Lois Zussman

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SUPPORTING THE ARTS Honigman is proud to support the DSO, one of our community’s outstanding cultural institutions. We applaud our many colleagues’ current service as Directors and Trustees, and as Gabrilowitsch Society and Governing Members leaders. In particular, we honor our founding partner Alan E. Schwartz for his more than 50 years of service on the DSO board.

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VOLUNTEER COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Deborah Savoie, President

Julie Zussman, Recording Secretary

Lori Knollenberg, Acting V.P. for Membership

Ginny Lundquist, President-Elect and Executive Vice President

Esther Lyons, V.P. for Administrative/Office Services

E. Jane Talia, V.P. for Neighborhood/Residency Ambassador

Debra Partrich, Chief Financial Officer

Ellie Tholen, V.P. for Communication/ Public Relations

Karla Sherry, V.P. for Special Events Marlene Bihlmeyer, V.P. for Youth Music Education

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger

Laura Fogleman Sandie Knollenberg Susan Manser

Staff Liaison Lindsey Evert

Magda Moss Dolores Reese Charlotte Worthen

Coco Siewert, Parliamentarian

Orchestra Representatives Mark Abbott Dave Everson

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence First Violin Yoonshin Song Concertmaster Katherine Tuck Chair Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy Associate Concertmaster Alan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Shapero (Shapero Foundation) Chair Hai-Xin Wu Assistant Concertmaster Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair Jennifer Wey Assistant Concertmaster Marguerite Deslippe* Rachel Harding Klaus* Laurie Landers Goldman* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

Cello Wei Yu Principal James C. Gordon Chair Dahae Kim Assistant Principal Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair Robert Bergman* David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey* Haden McKay* Úna O’Riordan* Paul Wingert*^ Victor and Gale Girolami Chair

Second Violin Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* Hae Jeong Heidi Han* Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Robert Murphy* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*

Harp Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair

Viola James VanValkenburg Acting Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair Caroline Coade Acting Assistant Principal Hang Su Glenn Mellow Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Alexander Mishnaevski Principal Emeritus dso.org

Bass Kevin Brown Principal Van Dusen Family Chair Stephen Molina Assistant Principal Linton Bodwin Stephen Edwards Larry Hutchinson

Flute David Buck Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Jung-Wan Kang+ Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair Jeffery Zook Piccolo Jeffery Zook Oboe Open Principal Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Geoffrey Johnson+ Maggie Miller Chair Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh

English Horn Monica Fosnaugh

Bass Trombone Randall Hawes

Clarinet Ralph Skiano Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Open PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme

Tuba Dennis Nulty Principal

E-Flat Clarinet Laurence Liberson Bass Clarinet Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair Bassoon Robert Williams Principal Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Contrabassoon Marcus Schoon Horn Karl Pituch Principal Bryan Kennedy Scott Strong Johanna Yarbrough David Everson Assistant Principal Mark Abbott Trumpet Hunter Eberly Principal Lee and Floy Barthel Chair Kevin Good Stephen Anderson Assistant Principal William Lucas Trombone Kenneth Thompkins Principal Reed Capshaw+ Randall Hawes

Percussion Joseph Becker Principal Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Assistant Principal William Cody Knicely Chair Joshua Jones African-American Orchestra Fellow Timpani Jeremy Epp Principal Librarians Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen Personnel Managers Stephen Molina Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head Legend * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis + substitute musician ^ on sabbatical

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Welcome Dear Friends, You may or may not realize that where you’re sitting right at this very moment, surrounded by original woodwork and early 20th century murals, is one of the world’s greatest concert halls. Orchestra Hall was built in 1919 to the meticulous specifications of then DSO music director, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and has remained one of the most acoustically-perfect spaces in which to hear an orchestra play. These four walls have played a direct role in elevating this ensemble as a cultural asset to Detroit, which is why we’re so proud our beautiful music now emanates far beyond them. In November we debuted Live From Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition in every Detroit Public School K-8 classroom. Thanks to support from the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation, some 45,000 students locally and across the nation experienced a live DSO concert, a first for many of them. In May, we’ll debut a new look for this groundbreaking educational tool to an even larger audience. Learn more on page 32. And nearly every week, thousands of people worldwide tune in to to our Live From Orchestra Hall classical performances at dso.org/live as virtual DSO audience members. On page 14 you’ll read about multiple places where you can hear your DSO, in the months after the Orchestra Hall Classical season concludes in late May. This season we announced the renaming of our Neighborhood Concert Series for the late William Davidson, who pioneered the idea that DSO performances in suburban venues would be both a necessary and rewarding way to connect with the community that sustains us. Much of the repertoire you’ll hear during the remainder of the season was designed to be heard in a concert hall like the one in which you’re enjoying the current performance; pieces like Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (April 24-25) or Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (May 21-23) require a large stage and superior acoustics for maximum enjoyment. The smaller, more intimate stages in our neighborhoods allow us to share smaller-scale works in an environment that places you, the audience, in the middle of the action. We encourage you to check out dso.org/neighborhood and participate in the full recognition of Mr. Davidson’s dream.

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Meet the Musician WEI YU Principal Cello, James C. Gordon Chair

he announcement that Wei Yu would join the DSO as its new principal cello couldn’t have come at a better time. DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin was in New York to conduct at Avery Fisher Hall where Yu performed in the cello section for eight years as a member of the New York Philharmonic. Slatkin announced Yu’s position with the DSO that week at SubCulture, New York’s new music and performing arts club, where Slatkin’s closest friends from the industry celebrated his 70th birthday and digital release of his greatest hits album. Yu was in attendance and thrilled that Slatkin invited him on stage to make the announcement. “When I was growing up, I heard about the DSO and its history of legendary conductors,” Yu said. “And now here I am, principal cellist in this orchestra. Wow, it’s overwhelming!” Yu grew up in Shanghai where he was first exposed to music when his great uncle took him to hear Yo-Yo Ma. Soon after, he began his cello studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, then moved to Calgary, Canada when he was 18 to attend Mount Royal University’s Morningside Music Bridge program, later to North Park University in Chicago for an undergraduate degree and finally to the Juilliard School for a master’s degree. “It’s quite amazing how life takes you

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on such an incredible adventure,” he said. “Being a member of the New York Philharmonic taught me a lot about being a professional musician, how to always perform at my highest level and always be mentally on top of my game. My first concert as a member of the orchestra was actually its opening gala, featuring Yo-Yo Ma himself. I couldn’t believe it.” Now that he is settled in Detroi, Yu looks forward to working with fellow DSO musicians and colleagues on a personal level to share his passion for music in all settings. “During my first week in Detroit I felt very strongly that the DSO is a group of passionate musicians who devote their time to serving the local community,” Yu said. “Classical music has the power to connect with people and unite them. The DSO plays a significant role in the culture of the city and is a beacon for civic pride. I am very proud to be part of the team.” In his first week with the DSO, Yu opened Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes and received praise from Detroit Free Press classical music critic Mark Stryker. “Nearly all of the soloists made strong impressions, but special mention must go to new principal cellist Wei Yu… The grace, poise, liquid legato and purity of tone and pitch that Yu produced in these few moments were stunning in their authority and beauty — a very good sign for the future of the orchestra.” dso.org

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Make a Joyful Noise: Renaissance Art and Music at Florence Cathedral is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, in collaboration with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy. The exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for the conservation of the Cantoria has been provided by Friends of Florence. In Detroit, generous support has been provided by Anthony L. Soave. Additional support has been provided by Carol and Peter Walters and Kathleen and Robert Rosowski. Above: Fragment of a Choral Leaf: Framed Historiated ‘S’ with the Pentecost, Matteo di Filippo Torelli, 1420-1422, ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts

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The Music Continues DSO Spends Summer Months in Southeast Michigan

hen the season concludes in the DSO and his generous support Orchestra Hall in early June, helped to strengthen the organization the music continues as the in many ways, including support of Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs the DSO’s domestic and international throughout tours. the communities that surround its “Bill Davidson had a passion for Midtown home. connecting communities through A generous grant from the William the presentation of DSO concerts, Davidson Foundation allows the DSO using us as eager ambassadors to strengthen its newly renamed for all that is great about the city of William Davidson Detroit,” said Anne Parsons, Neighborhood Concert DSO President and CEO. Series. Now in its fourth “He inspired us to create season, the series takes the Neighborhood Concert the DSO to seven metro Series as a way to increase Detroit neighborhoods this our reach and provide summer, including Beverly greater accessibility. We Hills, Bloomfield Hills, thank everyone at the William Canton, Dearborn, Grosse Davidson Foundation for their Pointe, Southfield and outstanding and continuous West Bloomfield Township. WILLIAM DAVIDSON support and for allowing us The grant will also support to recognize Bill by renaming additional performance and education the series in his honor.” activities outside of Orchestra Hall, In 2014, the neighborhood concert throughout the next three years. series allowed the DSO to reach Announced this fall, the series nearly 800 households that previously honors philanthropist William had never attended a DSO concert. Davidson, former president and CEO Of those new households, 14 percent of Guardian Industries Corp. Davidson went on to attend one or more shared a long-lasting relationship with concerts at Orchestra Hall.

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UPCOMING WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERTS Buy tickets at dso.org/neighborhood or call 313.576.5595

SIBELIUS & GRIEG

John Storgårds, conductor David Buck, flute Thu., Mar. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Mar. 20 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn Sun., Mar 22 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY

With plans to reach more people this season and with the foundation’s support, the DSO has extended its Soundcard all-access student pass beyond Classical, Pops and Jazz concerts to include the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series. Students can purchase a $25 Soundcard for the season and receive free access to concerts with a valid student ID. Soundcards are available at dso.org/soundcard. The DSO also performs outdoor concerts in the summer, including the 23rd Annual Salute to America concert, a classic Independence Day celebration at Greenfield Village July14, led by Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill. On July 10 and 11, the DSO will return to the historic Edsel and Eleanor Ford House for a lakeside concert and fireworks. Former DSO Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams will conduct joined by vocalist Morgan James. Look for DSO Violinist Hong-Yi Mo (pictured on cover) in the neighborhoods this spring and summer! dso.org

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & MORE

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. in Dearborn

HAYDN & BACH

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods

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Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Andrew von Oeyen, piano Thu., Jun. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Jun. 26 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Township Sun., Jun. 28 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

MOZART & VIVALDI Andrés Cárdenes, conductor and violin Thu., Jul. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Jul. 17 at 8 p.m. in Canton Sat., Jul. 18 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Jul. 19 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe Woods Tickets are just $25, $10 for students DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 15

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Chamber Music Society of Detroit Saturday, March 21 at 8PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills

The Miró Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 Schuller: String Quartet No. 5 (Detroit premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in E major, Op. 59, No. 3

Sunday, March 29 at 3PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills

Inon Barnatan, piano Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 Franck: Prelude, Choral et Fugue Barber: Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 261 Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D. 959

Saturday, April 11 at 8PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

featuring Wu Han, Daniel Hope, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 Brahms: PIano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Friday, May 1 at 8PM The Music Box at the Max M. Fisher Music Center

Classical Jam—Tangos!

Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla plus selections from traditional tango repertoire. Program features two professional Argentine Tango dancers!

Saturday, May 16 at 8PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills

The Brentano String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in Bb-Major, Op. 50, No. 1 Vijay Iyer: Quintet for Piano and Strings (Midwest Premiere) Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 Pre-concert screening of the film A Late Quartet (2012)

Tickets: $30-60, Students: $15-30

Call: (248) 855-6070 Visit: www.ChamberMusicDetroit.org

Your Orchestra in Action Jazz Legend John Clayton Hosts Master Class with DSO Students

hile in Detroit to perform on the DSO’s Paradise Jazz Series with his son, legendary pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist John Clayton carved out time to host a master class with eager students from the DSO’s Civic Jazz Orchestra (CJO). The master class, as well as an accompanying Q&A session for students and parents, was a poignant reunion for the Didia family, whose son counts the first time he heard Bassist John Clayton coaches Clayton perform live as a turning point in his DSO Civic Jazz Orchestra students musical development. at recent Master Class “That performance hit me particularly hard,” said CJO tenor saxophone Jason Didia, 19. “It was my first real experience with live performance and it was that concert that really made me start thinking about music in a bigger sense…” Jason is currently a freshman at Wayne State University majoring in Jazz Studies. During the master class, Jason and the other CJO members received the unique opportunity to learn directly from Clayton. CJO then put what they learned to use, performing Clayton’s arrangement of Thelonius Monk’s Evidence in a concert prior to the John and Gerald Clayton Duo performance in Orchestra Hall. “I’ll remember how great it was to talk to and learn from John…,” Jason said. “I’m glad I have had as many opportunities to learn from this ‘Great’ as I did.” His parents, Rick and Ursula, said these experiences will never be forgotten by the students. “The DSO civic youth program and CJO have both been such a great influence on Jason and all of these fine young musicians…” they said. Thanks to your support, the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and MGM Grand’s support of the DSO’s Paradise Jazz Series, legendary jazz artists share their passion for jazz and music education, creating an engaging learning environment that teaches not only lessons in music, but also lessons in life. The DSO’s next Erb Master Class will take place during the Musical Tale of Two Cities: Motown Meets the Big Easy festival June 2-4. The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) will join CJO for a cultural exchange June 3. Learn more about the festival at dso.org/motownmeetsbigeasy.

Save the Date: October 3, 2015 • Opening Weekend Dinner Presented by

Join us for an exquisite dinner at the Max M. Fisher Music Center to celebrate the opening of the DSO’s Classical season with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet! dso.org

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Jazz Creative Director Michelle Merrill, Assistant Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Gabriela Lena Frank, Music Alive Composer-in-Residence

Tosca in Concert Friday, May 29, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall Leonard Slatkin, conductor Tosca................................. Patricia Racette, soprano Cavaradossi.............................. James Valenti, tenor Scarpia............................ Eric Owens, bass-baritone Angelotti...................... Tyler Simpson, bass-baritone Sacristan................................ Corey Crider, baritone Spoletta........................... Christopher Bozeka, tenor Sciarrone................Tyler Zimmerman, bass-baritone Jailer.....................Christopher Besch, bass-baritone Shepherd Boy.............Abraham Frank, boy soprano UMS Choral Union Michigan State University Children’s Choir

Giacomo Puccini Tosca

(1858-1924)

Tosca in Concert will include two 20-minute intermissions.

This performance will be webcast at dso.org/live

This Classical series performance is generously sponsored by

Get the most out of each classical concert by attending pre-concert presentations, one hour prior to performances (excluding Coffee Concerts). The presentations are informal and may include special guests, lectures and music that reveal interesting facts about the program and provide a behind-the-scenes look at the art of making music. The DSO can be heard on the Live From Orchestra Hall, Chandos, London, Mercury Records, Naxos and RCA labels.

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PROFILES LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lyon, France. During the 2013-14 season, he conducted at Krzysztof Penderecki’s 80th birthday celebration in Warsaw, recorded with Anne Akiko Meyers and the London Symphony, and appeared with the Chicago Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony. He also toured China and Japan with the Orchestre National de Lyon and led the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in concerts across southern Florida. Highlights of the 2014-15 season include a collaborative celebration of his 70th birthday on both sides of the Atlantic, a three-week Tchaikovsky festival in Detroit, a Brahms symphony cycle in Lyon, and engagements with the New York Philharmonic and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have won seven Grammy awards and earned 64 nominations. With the Orchestre National de Lyon, he has embarked on recording cycles of the Rachmaninoff piano concerti featuring Olga Kern and the symphonic works of Maurice Ravel and Hector Berlioz. With the Detroit Symphony, he has released digital box sets of the complete Beethoven and Tchaikovsky symphonies. Slatkin has received the USA’s prestigious National Medal of Arts, the League of American Orchestra’s Gold Baton Award and several ASCAP awards. He has earned France’s dso.org

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Austria’s Declaration of Honor in Silver, and honorary doctorates from The Juilliard School, Indiana University, Michigan State University and Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the recipient of a 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book, Conducting Business. Slatkin has served as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. He has held Principal Guest Conductor positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Founder and director of the National Conducting Institute and the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, Slatkin continues his conducting and teaching activities at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. Born in Los Angeles to a distinguished musical family, he is the son of conductor-violinist Felix Slatkin and cellist Eleanor Aller, founding members of the famed Hollywood String Quartet. He began his musical studies on the violin and studied conducting with his father, followed by Walter Susskind at Aspen and Jean Morel at The Juilliard School.

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PATRICIA RACETTE Tosca

Soprano Patricia Racette has been described as one of the great singing actresses of our time. Internationally she has appeared at the Royal Opera House, the English National Opera, Opéra National de Paris and many others. Her performances of Madama Butterfly and Peter Grimes at the Metropolitan Opera were seen in HD in movie theaters across the world as part of The Met: Live in HD, with Madama Butterfly being one of the most successful broadcasts in the history of the series. Both were subsequently released on DVD. 2012-13 season highlights include acclaimed performances of the leading ladies Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica in a new production of Il Trittico for her debut at the Theater an der Wien, as well as an appearance with Patti Lupone at the Ravinia Festival. 2013-14 brought her back to San Francisco to not only open the season with a triumphant portrayal of Margherita/Elena in Boito’s Mefistofele but also her last minute assumption of the title role of Picker’s Dolores Claiborne. She then delivered her acclaimed Tosca for the Metropolitan Opera (including a Live from the Met HD capture that set records for viewing across the world), as well as with the Torino Group in Tokyo, Japan.

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JAMES VALENTI Cavaradossi

Internationally acclaimed tenor James Valenti has a voice of Italianate lustre and is part of the long-standing tradition of great Italian tenors. Valenti trained at the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and, at age 25, made his professional debut at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma where he played Rodolfo in the Franco Zeffirelli production of La Bohême. He has showcased his vocal ability and acting versatility in a variety of roles, including Don José in Carmen, and the title role in Faust. Valenti has performed with some of the greatest opera voices and maestros in the industry, including Anna Netrebko and Maestro Carlo Rizzi. Valenti has recorded with fellow opera star Angela Gheorghiu at Abbey Road Studios in London for her “Tribute to Maria Callas” CD on Virgin/EMI. In the summer of 2014, Valenti traveled to Prague to record his debut album with world-renowned Maestro Steven Mercurio, which will be released in 2015. Valenti has received a number of accolades in his young career including the New York City Opera’s Outstanding Debut Artist Award in 2008, the Maria Callas Debut Artist Award in 2009 and the Richard Tucker Award in 2010.

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ERIC OWENS Scarpia

Bass-baritone Eric Owens has a unique reputation as an esteemed interpreter of classic works and a champion of new music. Owens’s career operatic highlights include his San Francisco Opera debut in Otello conducted by Donald Runnicles; and his Royal Opera, Covent Garden, debut in Norma. A former member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Owens has sung Sarastro, Mephistopheles in Faust, Frère Laurent, Angelotti in Tosca, and Aristotle Onassis in the world premiere of Jackie O (available on the Argo label) with that company. Owens is featured on two Telarc recordings with the Atlanta Symphony: Mozart’s Requiem and scenes from Strauss’ Elektra and Die Frau ohne Schatten, both conducted by Donald Runnicles. Owens has been recognized with multiple honors, including the 2003 Marian Anderson Award, a 1999 ARIA award, second prize in the Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition.

TYLER SIMPSON Angelotti

Bass-baritone Tyler Simpson is a compelling artist who has proven capable of transporting audiences with an easy command of sensitive musicianship and committed dramatic portrayals. Last season, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera to perform in dso.org

the smash-hit The Enchanted Island and to tackle Richard Strauss’s masterpiece Die Frau ohne Schatten. This season will mark Tyler’s fifth consecutive season at the company, where he has worked on 15 productions after having made his debut in Verdi’s Don Carlo in the 2010-11 season. During his tenure, he has sung (and danced) alongside Juan Diego Flòrez and Nathan Gunn in Rossini’s hilarious Le Comte Ory. The 2013-14 season marked Simpson’s return to Atlanta Opera as the Sacristan in Tosca, following his house debut as Zuniga in their 2012 production of Carmen. Additionally, he sang Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte at Fort Worth Opera and Leporello in Don Giovanni at the Castleton Festival. Simpson has won prizes from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition (District winner and encouragement award), the Lotte Lenya Competition (First Prize), the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition (First Prize), and has received a Phyllis Curtin Career Grant from the Yale School of Music.

COREY CRIDER Sacristan

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is a recent alumnus of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center. Most recently, Crider sang Marcello in a concert La bohème with the Munich Philharmonic, returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago to sing Malatesta in Don Pasquale, covered Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and made his debut as Cavaliere di Belfiore in Verdi’s Un giorno di regno with Sarasota Opera. Crider will debut the title role of Sweeney Todd with Madison Opera in the 2014-15 season in addition to singing Marcello in La bohème with Opera on the James. In the 2011-12 season, under the baton of Lorin Maazel, Crider sang the role of Bartolo in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia in Beijing, and Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen in Bari, Italy. He was also featured as the baritone soloist in Faure’s Requiem with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, as Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Opera on the James, the title role in Don Giovanni with the Natchez Opera Festival and made his Nashville Opera debut as Sonora in La fanciulla del West.

CHRIS BOZEKA Spoletta

Chris Bozeka is currently a Masters student at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he has appeared in L’elisir d’amore (Nemorino), Don Pasquale (Ernesto) and Benjamin Britten’s Owen Wingrave (The Narrator). Bozeka recently appeared at the Castleton Festival, alternating on different nights as “B.F. Pinkerton” or “Goro” in Madama 22

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Butterfly, and appearing as a featured soloist in U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Law and Opera lecture. Bozeka was seen previously at the Castleton Festival, under the direction of Maestro Lorin Maazel, in La Fanciulla del West (Joe), Otello (Cassio) and as a feature soloist alongside Neil Schicoff in A Salute to Britten and Tchaikovsky. Bozeka’s other roles include “Joe” in La Fanciulla del West (Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia), “Sam Polk” in Susannah (Undercroft Opera) and “Marco” in The Gondoliers (Capital University). Bozeka’s oratorio credits include the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F major, Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio, Vaughn Williams’ Mass in G minor and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle.

TYLER ZIMMERMAN Sciarrone

2010 National Finalist in the Classical Singer Community’s competition where his voice was described as “beautiful and naturally resonant” as well as a “vibrant [and] mature sound,” bass-baritone Tyler Zimmerman has only just begun his musical career. In the 2014-15 season Zimmerman covers the roles of Don Geronio in Il turco in Italia and Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia and the sings the role of Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro in a production led by Stephen Wadsworth at the Juilliard School. In June, Zimmerman returns to the Chautauqua Music Festival to sing Il dso.org

Re in Ariodante and Alcindoro in La Boheme. In the 2013-14 season Zimmerman sang the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro as well as Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin at the Juilliard School. Zimmerman was also seen as Le Bailli in Werther and Rambaldo in La Rondine at the Chautauqua Music Festival. He also sang the Bass Soloist in a summer performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and appeared in recital with Mikael Eliasen.

CHRISTOPHER BESCH Jailer

Recently, Besch sang Rocco in Fidelio with Maestro Viswa Subbaraman at the Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee and Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro at his alma mater, Rice University, with Maestro Richard Bado conducting. The 2012-13 season saw him as Peter Quince in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opera Naples, Noye in Noye’s Fludde with Opera Theatre of Weston and Doganiere in Puccini’s La bohème at The Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman. In the summer of 2012 at the Castleton Festival he sang Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Zuniga in Carmen with Maestro Maazel at the helm, as well as Fredrik in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with Levi Hammer. A frequent performer of concert literature, he has performed Bach’s Cantata No. 71 with the Houston Bach dso.org

Society, Handel’s The Messiah with the Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Jesus in St. Matthew Passion and Mozart’s Requiem with James Rightmyer and the Choral Arts Society of Louisville. Recently, Besch was a semi-finalist for the 2012 Eleanor McCollum Competition at the Houston Grand Opera, a Rocky Mountain Region Finalist for the Metropolitan National Council Auditions, and won sixth place in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition and was awarded the Harold Norblum Award as a Young Artist at Opera Colorado.

ABRAHAM FRANK Shepherd Boy

Abraham Frank, 12, son of Joshua and Nicole Frank, has been a member of the Michigan State University Community Music School Children and Youth Choirs for four years. He has performed with Cantabile, CMS Singers and the MSU Children’s Choir. Abe has been a soloist in Britten’s St. Nicholas, Puccini’s La Boheme and the Okemos Presbyterian Church Lessons and Carols. He has also performed in the musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Music Man. Abe attends Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in the summer and is currently a 7th grader at Chippewa Middle School in Okemos, Mich. where he is a leader in the school choir.

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PROGRAM NOTES Tosca – Opera in Three Acts GIACOMO PUCCINI

B. December 22, 1858 in Lucca, Italy D. November 29, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium SCORED FOR SOLOISTS, CHORUS, 2 FLUTES, 2 PICCOLOS, 2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN, 2 CLARINETS, BASS CLARINET, 4 HORNS, 3 TRUMPETS, 4 TROMBONES, TIMPANI, PERCUSSION (TRIANGLE, TAMBOURINE, TAM-TAM, BASS DRUM, CYMBALS, GLOCKENSPIEL AND CHIMES), HARP, CELESTE, ORGAN AND STRINGS. (APPROX. 2 HOURS & 10 MINUTES)

sk any opera aficionado to make a list of the most dramatic operas there are, and Puccini’s Tosca would surely be on that list. Since its premiere in 1900, Tosca remains one of the most consistently popular and frequentlyperformed operas in the repertory world-wide. There would be no opera Tosca, however, if there had not been the drama La Tosca by the French playwright Victorien Sardou, who lived from 1831 to 1908. Sardou was a very prolific writer, with over 70 plays to his credit, several of which were made into operas by various 19th-century composers. Once Puccini decided to deal with La Tosca, Sardou seems to have had a considerable hand in the development of the opera, and even remarked once that he thought that the libretto was an improvement over his original stage play. Puccini probably would not be considered a great composer generally, but he did possess qualities that made him a great opera composer. Among them an unerring instinct for the theater and what worked dramatically, a typically Italian gift for writing effectively for singers, a very receptive and keen ear for new harmonies and orchestral colors, and 24

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a mind that was continually open to progress in music and the allied arts. His theatrical instinct was no doubt inherited from his grandfather Domenico Puccini (1772-1815), whose operas had a great flair for the dramatic and which are still performed in Italy. Of particular interest is the influence he might have had on the opening scene of Tosca, which is actually based on a historical event which occurred in Lucca in 1800. That year, Domenico was commissioned to compose a Te Deum to commemorate what was initially believed to be Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Marengo. After the Te Deum was performed it was discovered that Napoleon had actually won the battle after some initial setbacks, and these real-life events figure prominently in the first two acts of Tosca. Moreover, Domenico had studied with the wellknown Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816). Paisiello is a character in the original Sardou play, and in Act Two of the opera, Tosca is supposedly singing some of his music while Scarpia is interrogating Cavaradossi. Coming as he did from a musical family of no less than five generations, the young Puccini received early training in his home town as a church musician, but when he was 18 he saw a performance of Verdi’s Aida, and this is what turned his direction toward operatic endeavors. In 1880 he entered the Conservatory in Milan, where his main teacher was Amilcare Ponchielli, the composer of La Gioconda. Ponchielli encouraged Puccini to try his hand at an opera, and the result was Le villi, written for a competition sponsored by a local publishing house. Nobody was impressed with it, except for some of Puccini’s fellow students, among them dso.org

Arrigo Boito, who would later provide the librettos to two of Verdi’s greatest operas, Otello and Falstaff. Boito and some of his influential friends managed to arrange a performance of the opera in a revised and expanded version, and this was first performed in Milan in 1884. This was the starting point of Puccini’s career, as shortly after the performance he was offered a contract by Giulio Ricordi, head of Italy’s most prestigious music publisher. It was his third opera, Manon Lescaut (1893), in which he finally found his unique style, and it was his first major success. There followed La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900) and Madama Butterfly (1904), all written to librettos by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, and all now regarded as belonging to the pantheon of the world’s greatest operas. After Butterfly, however, Puccini found it increasingly difficult to find stories which were unusual enough to fire his imagination, and also so well structured that there would be the kind of sustained dramatic tension which would work well in an operatic treatment. His next creations were nowhere near as successful as the previous four, and are not performed as regularly. They were La fanciulla del West (1910), La rondine (1917), and Il trittico (1918), a set of three one-act operas (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi) which are sometimes performed together in the theatre. Of this triptych, only Schicchi is performed with any frequency. In spite of the operas by which he is world famous, and from which he earned a considerable amount of money, his last years were filled with pessimism, self-doubt and an increasing use of alcohol. He nevertheless overcame these hindrances to write one final opera, dso.org

the exotic and colorful Turandot, which showed that his unique dramatic insights and creative imagination were basically intact. Sadly, he died of throat cancer in 1924, leaving the final scene of the opera unfinished. Puccini is frequently regarded as a conservative figure in early 20thcentury music because he did not whole-heartedly follow many of the contemporaneous trends of the day. Rather, he chose to take from the innovations around him just as much as he needed to create convincing music dramas, and one sees in the mature operas an increasing complexity of harmony and an evergrowing sophistication in his handling of the orchestra. Even when Puccini had settled on a suitable dramatic subject, he kept having doubts about whether it was the right one, and the number of changes which he invariably threw into the mix tended to drive his librettists to distraction. Nevertheless, there was never any doubt about who was in charge of the proceedings, and in this regard the genesis of Tosca is particularly interesting. Even though Puccini did not see a performance of Sardou’s play until 1895, he apparently knew about it as early as 1889, at which time he wrote to his publisher, “In this Tosca I see the opera which exactly suits me…one which gives me the opportunity for an abundance of music.” It took publisher Ricordi quite some time to get the rights to the play from Sardou, and while the negotiations dragged on, Puccini turned his attentions to Manon Lescaut and La Boheme. When the rights were finally secured, Ricordi unexpectedly gave the play to a rival composer named Alberto Franchetti. In 1894 Franchetti and librettist Luigi Illica went to Paris to confer with DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 25

Sardou, and one evening Illica read the first draft of his text to a gathering which included Verdi. Puccini always had great confidence in the opinions of his colleagues, and when he heard of Verdi’s high opinion of the fledgling drama, his early interest in doing the Tosca project was revived. At this point Ricordi had absolutely no doubt as to which of the two composers would write the better opera, and as a result he and Illica somewhat underhandedly persuaded Franchetti that the play was not really suited for operatic treatment, and once he bowed out, Puccini set to work on the new project with Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa as his librettists. Ever the stickler for detail and accuracy, soon afterwards he went to Rome so he could listen to church bells in the morning, talk to priests about specifics of the Te Deum, and learn of an appropriate dialect for the shepherd boy’s song. The laborious and time-consuming process of whittling down Sardou’s play into a suitable libretto was made even more problematic by Giacosa’s initial resistance, as he felt the play was entirely unsuited to operatic treatment. He had a point, of course, in terms of operatic tradition, but Puccini was in the process of redefining that tradition. Eventually Giacosa was won over by the composer’s tremendous and infectious enthusiasm for the project. Almost all of the libretto was completed to Puccini’s liking at the end of 1896, but he didn’t begin writing the music for just over a year. In that year he visited Sardou in Paris twice to iron out some final details. He finished the opera in September of 1898, and in spite of some objections which Ricordi had about the third act, nothing was changed and the successful premiere took place in Rome in January of 1900. In many respects Tosca was 26

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Puccini’s most modern work, and was a stunning example of the “verismo” concept in the theatre of the day, meaning simply dramas which were based on real life, and which utilized common, every-day characters and situations and emotions, very often bringing sex, bloodshed and death into the fray. Even many of Puccini’s partisans were quite unprepared for the knife-edge and often brutal intensity of Tosca, in which all three of the principal characters as well as the hero’s admired friend die violent deaths. No opera has such an identification with its setting as does Tosca: it takes place specifically in Rome from the morning of June 17, 1800 through dawn of the following day, and the buildings in which the three acts take place are all real places which to this day are popular tourist attractions. In addition, historical issues form the foundation of the story, even though some liberties with the facts were taken for the sake of dramatic intensity. As is so often the case with works of art which create whole new directions, Tosca was not well received initially by the critics because of what they saw as the rather sordid nature of the drama and the often violent and disturbing nature of the music. Once the initial shock had worn off, however, latter-day critics began to appreciate just how tight the drama really was and how extraordinary was Puccini’s control over every detail of the story. Time has certainly blunted the effect Tosca had on its first audiences, and today, with a whole century’s worth of intentional gore and violence and shocking special effects behind them, today’s audiences appreciate the opera for what it is: one of the most marvelously crafted and superbly delineated works of its kind, one which holds opera-goers in its spell, and dso.org

which has entered the pantheon of most-frequently-performed and mostbeloved of all operas. Shocking? to many people who have experienced it for the first time, probably. But “shabby?” NEVER!! The DSO’s first and last performance of Puccini’s Tosca was in November 1935 with Wilfrid Pelletier conducting.

Tosca Plot Summary ACT ONE. It is morning, inside the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, in Rome. Three powerful but ominous chords — the Scarpia motif — are heard, after which the orchestra erupts in music which is turbulent and intense. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the church and hides in one of the chapels. Soon after, a sacristan enters with the painter Mario Cavaradossi, who resumes work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene. The painting has been inspired by the beautiful Marchesa Attavanti, whom Cavaradossi has seen in the church but does not know. As he works, he compares the blonde Marchesa to that of his lover, the darkhaired singer Floria Tosca. Hearing the sounds, Angelotti, who is a member of the former Bonapartiste government, cautiously ventures out and is delighted to see his good friend and political ally. The two exchange warm greetings, after which Cavaradossi gives Angelotti some food, but then hurries him back into his hiding place in the chapel when he hears Tosca calling to him from outside. The eversuspicious Tosca jealously questions Cavaradossi, then reminds him of their rendezvous that evening at his villa. As she recognizes the Marchesa in the painting, she accuses him of being unfaithful, but he assures her dso.org

that his love for her is steadfast. After Tosca leaves, Angelotti once again comes out of the chapel, but as he does so a cannon shot signals that the police have discovered his escape, whereupon he and Cavaradossi depart in haste for the painter’s villa. The sacristan re-enters with a group of choirboys who are preparing to sing a Te Deum, celebrating a recent victory over Napoleon. They are in tremendous high spirits, but their excitement is squelched by the arrival of Baron Scarpia, the hated and feared chief of the secret police, who has been searching for Angelotti. Tosca now returns, looking for Cavaradossi, and when Scarpia shows her a fan he has just found with the Attavanti crest on it, she bursts into tears, thinking that this is proof of her lover’s infidelity. She vows vengeance and angrily leaves the church as it begins to fill with worshippers. Scarpia then sends some of his henchmen to follow her, as he has strong suspicions that Angelotti is hiding at the painter’s villa. The gathered singers and worshippers begin to rehearse the Te Deum, but Scarpia is oblivious to this sacred ritual as he excitedly plans his scheme to entrap both Tosca and Angelotti by exploiting the diva’s jealous nature. Suddenly remembering that he is in church, he reveals the hold that Tosca has on him by saying, “Tosca, you make me forget God!” The Scarpia motif is heard once again, and the act ends in a blaze of religious fervor. ACT TWO Scarpia’s quarters in the Farnese Palace, that evening. In his elegant offices in the Palace, Scarpia is having dinner and sadistically anticipating the pleasure of having Tosca in his power. His lieutenant Spoletta arrives after unsuccessfully searching for Angelotti, DE TROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA • SPRING 2015 27

and brings Cavaradossi with him instead. As the painter is interrogated about Angelotti’s whereabouts, Tosca is heard singing at a royal gala downstairs. At Scarpia’s request she comes to his offices still in full concert dress as Cavaradossi, already brutally beaten, is taken away for more extreme questioning and torture. Frightened by Scarpia’s questions and Mario’s screams, Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding place. Mario is carried back in, seriously injured and dazed, and when he is told that Tosca has informed on him and Angelotti, he angrily confronts her, but his anger turns to exultation when Sciarrone rushes in to announce that Napoleon has won the battle of Marengo, a major defeat for Scarpia’s allies. Mario shouts out his defiance of tyranny and is dragged off to prison to be executed. Scarpia calmly resumes his interrupted dinner, and suggests to Tosca that she possesses the power to save Mario’s life — if she will give herself to Scarpia first. Fighting off the Baron’s advances, she emotionally turns to God and asks why her piety and dedication to her art have been repaid in this cruel way. Spoletta then enters breathlessly with the news that Angelotti, faced with capture, has killed himself. Cornered and desperate, Tosca accepts Scarpia’s terms. Scarpia then orders Spoletta to prepare what will seem to be a mock execution for Mario, and writes a safe-conduct pass for him and Tosca. As he closes in on her, Tosca grabs a knife from his desk and plunges it deep into his heart, mortally wounding him. The dying Scarpia screams for help as Tosca curses him. Grabbing the safe-conduct pass from his hand, she places candles on either side of his head and a crucifix on his chest. Looking down on the lifeless body of the oncepowerful police chief, she spits on him, venomously speaks the line, “And 28

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before him all of Rome trembled,” and quietly leaves. ACT THREE. It is dawn of the following day at the Castel Sant’Angelo. As dawn breaks in the Eternal City, a shepherd boy sings a morning song while the tolling of church bells is heard. Cavaradossi awaits his execution, and bribes a guard to give a farewell letter to Tosca. Writing the letter has produced in him overwhelming feelings of love and despair. Tosca suddenly rushes in, and tells Mario the details of what she still believes to be her triumph over the despised Scarpia. Mario caresses the hands which committed murder for his sake, and the two lovers talk about their new future. As the firing squad assembles, Tosca — ever the actress — coaches Mario on how to fake his death convincingly: after the gunshots he is to fall and then lie still until she gives him a signal. Although she still believes the execution is going to be a charade, she is nevertheless filled with anxiety. The soldiers fire, Cavaradossi falls lifeless to the ground, and Tosca, feigning sorrow, whispers to him to remain motionless until everyone has gone. She then tells him it is safe, and that he must get up quickly to make his escape. She tells him once again to get up, but he remains motionless. As the reality of the situation becomes apparent, Tosca lets out a piercing scream as she realizes that Scarpia’s treachery has transcended the grave, and that the bullets were real. As she cradles the lifeless body in her arms and sobs uncontrollably, Spoletta and Sciarrone, having found the murdered Baron, rush in to arrest her. With a final burst of energy, she runs to the nearest parapet, cries out to Scarpia that they will meet before God, then leaps from the parapet to her death. dso.org

POPS SERIES Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess Friday, June 12, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JEFF TYZIK, conductor JANICE CHANDLER-ETEME, soprano KEVIN DEAS, baritone MEMBERS OF THE WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC CHORUS NORAH DUNCAN IV, director George Gershwin Overture to Funny Face (1898-1937) arr. Don Rose George Gershwin “I Loves You Porgy” from Porgy and Bess Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano Kevin Deas, baritone George Gershwin & W. Donaldson Rialto Ripples arr. Jeff Tyzik

George Gershwin Lullaby for String Orchestra

George Gershwin Cuban Overture, “Rhumba”

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PROFILES JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Alongside his role as the DSO’s Principal Pops Conductor, Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Seattle Symphony, the Oregon Symphony and The Florida Orchestra. This season, Tyzik will celebrate his 21st season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Highly sought after as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Tyzik made his UK debut in 2010 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the RPO which stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over 3 months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker, called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.” “His concert is the kind of thing that’s likely to give classical music a good name, perhaps even make it seem, dare I say, relevant,” writes John Pitcher of the Gannet News Service. As an accomplished composer and arranger, Tyzik has had his 30

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compositions recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Summit Brass, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony and Doc Severinsen with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has also produced and composed theme music for many of the major television networks, including ABC, NBC, HBO, and Cinemax, and released six of his own albums on Capitol, Polygram and Amherst Records. A consummate musician, Tyzik regularly appears as a guest conductor in the orchestra’s classical subscription series. He has also been commissioned to compose original works for orchestra, including a Trombone Concerto, which was funded by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and subsequently performed at Carnegie Hall. Tyzik conducted the world premiere of his original work New York Cityscapes with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2010. A native of Hyde Park, New York, Tyzik began his life in music at 9 years of age, when he first picked up a cornet. He studied both classical and jazz throughout high school, and went on to earn both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied composition/arranging with Radio City Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with Chuck Mangione.

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JANICE CHANDLERETEME American soprano Janice ChandlerEteme’s astonishing range of concert literature includes Strauss’ Four Last Songs, the Verdi Requiem, Philip Glass’ Passion of Ramakrishna, Mahler’s Second Symphony and Can You Hear God Crying?, the Brahms Requiem, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, Beethoven #9, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time and Britten’s War Requiem. She remains among the most in-demand sopranos for Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, in staged performances of the complete work at the Opera de Lyon and Dallas Opera, the Bennett concert version under Jeffrey Tyzik with the Milwaukee, Seattle, Detroit and Vancouver Symphonies, Florida Orchestra and at the Vail Music Festival, and in Andrew Litton’s version with the composer conducting the Colorado Symphony. Other forays into operatic literature have included a first-ever Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the National Philharmonic. Chandler-Eteme first came to international prominence as a favorite of Robert Shaw and has in the years since collaborated with many renowned and respected conductors. Chandler-Eteme’s recordings include an inspirational solo disc (Devotions), and the Dvorˇák Te Deum with Zdene ˇk Mácal and the New Jersey Symphony. dso.org

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Kevin Deas has gained international renown as one of America’s leading bass-baritones. He is perhaps most acclaimed for his signature portrayal of the title role in Porgy and Bess, having performed it with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony and Pacific Symphony among others. Deas’ engagements during the 2014-15 season include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony and Elgin (IL) Symphony; Claudius in Handel’s Agrippina in a concert staging and recording with Boston Baroque; Copland’s Old American Songs and a set of spirituals with the Columbus (OH) Symphony. A strong proponent of contemporary music, Deas was heard at Italy’s Spoleto Festival in a new production of Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors in honor of the composer’s 85th birthday, which was videotaped for worldwide release. He has also performed the world premieres of Derek Bermel’s The Good Life with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Hannibal Lokumbe’s Dear Mrs. Parks with the Detroit Symphony. Deas has recorded Wagner’s Die Meistersinger for Decca/London with the Chicago Symphony under the late Sir Georg Solti and Varèse’s Ecuatorial with the ASKO Ensemble under the baton of Riccardo Chailly.

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EDUCATION DSO Takes Virtual Field Trip First Season of Classroom Edition Webcast Reaches 100,000 Students

his month, the DSO’s educational expansion of its free HD webcast series, Live from Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition, reached a record audience of nearly 60,000 students in Orchestra Hall and throughout 415 schools in Detroit and nationwide, bringing viewership for the debut season to over 100,000 students. After launching in November 2014, Classroom Edition returned May 14 with “Musical Tales” to teach students the many ways music can be used to tell a story. The DSO was joined onstage by host Damon Gupton, DSO Assistant Conductor Michelle Merrill, dancers from the Ballet Americana Company and baritone Michael Miller to perform selections from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, John Williams’ Children’s Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and more. In the fall, nearly 70 Detroit schools tuned in to Classroom Edition’s debut, including all of Detroit Public Schools’ K-8 classes, a total of more than 30,000 students, many of whom would not otherwise be able to see the performance because of transportation issues. An additional 172 schools throughout the country also participated. Classroom Edition builds on the legacy of the DSO’s popular Educational Concert Series (ECS), which for years has exposed area youth to orchestral performances, in both historic Orchestra Hall and the community. Now, with the development of this groundbreaking educational tool, select ECS performances each season will be adapted to provide an engaging classroom experience, complete with an interactive lesson plan archive aligned with national music education curriculum standards. An encore of Classroom Edition, as well as educational resources including curriculum enrichment materials, can be found at dso.org/classroom. The Classroom Edition series is made possible by the support of the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF EXECUTIVE OFFICE Anne Parsons, President and CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair Paul W. Hogle, Executive Vice President

Caitlin Bush, Advancement Services Coordinator COMMUNICATIONS Gabrielle Poshadlo, Director of Communications and Media Relations

Linda Lutz, Chief Financial Officer

Asia Rapai, Public Relations Coordinator

Anne Wilczak, Managing Director of Special Events and Projects

Corinne Wiseman, Digital Communications Coordinator

Joy Crawford, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Sharon Gardner Carr, Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations

Elaine Curvin, Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President ARTISTIC & OPERATIONS Erik Rönmark, General Manager and Artistic Administrator ARTISTIC PLANNING Jessica Ruiz, Manager of Artistic Planning Christopher Harrington, Managing Director of Paradise Jazz Series Katherine Curatolo, Artistic Coordinator Clare Valenti, Popular & Special Programming Coordinator COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Kareem George, Managing Director of Community Programs Don Killinger, Operations & Community Engagement Coordinator LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL Eric Woodhams, Director of Digital Initiatives ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Kathryn Ginsburg, Director of Operations Leslie Karr, Executive Assistant to the Music Director Stephen Molina, Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Dennis Rottell, Stage Manager ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS Scott Harrison, Vice President of Advancement and External Relations ADVANCEMENT SERVICES Bree Kneisler, Advancement Services and Prospect Research Manager Will Broner, Advancement Services Coordinator dso.org

INDIVIDUAL GIVING Cassie Brenske, Director of Advancement for Individual Giving Lindsey Evert, Advancement Projects Manager / @ The Max Producer Chelsea Kotula, Advancement and Board Campaign Manager Juanda Pack, Advancement Benefits Coordinator INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Anneke Leunk, Foundation and Government Relations Coordinator oneDSO CAMPAIGN Julie Byczynski, oneDSO Campaign Director Jessica Luther, oneDSO Campaign and Planned Giving Manager EDUCATION Emily Lamoreaux, Wu Family Director of Education Henry Windham III, Training Programs Manager Abbey Springer, Training Programs Coordinator FACILITY OPERATIONS Nicholas Thornton, Director of Facilities Management Larry Ensman, Maintenance Supervisor Frederico Augustin, Facility Engineer Martez Duncan, Maintenance Technician Ryan Ensman, Night Shift Leader William Guilbault, Maintenance Technician Crystal King, Maintenance Technician Daniel Speights, Maintenance Technician

Greg Schimizzi, Chief of Security Melvin Dismukes, Security Officer Norris Jackson, Security Officer Ronald Martin, Security Officer Johnnie Scott, Security Officer FINANCE Jeremiah Hess, Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Linda Kunath, Senior Accountant Sandra Mazza, Senior Accountant Dawn Kronell, Accounts Payable Temp INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jody Harper, Director of Information Technology Ra’Jon Taylor, Help Desk Administrator PATRON DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT Nicki Inman, Senior Director of Patron Development and Engagement AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Christopher Harrington, Director of Audience Development Margaret Cassetto, Front of House Manager Chuck Dyer, Manager of Group and Corporate Sales Mallory Schirr, Audience Development Coordinator LaHeidra Marshall, Audience Development Associate Tiiko Reese-Douglas, Patron Loyalty Coordinator CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES Christina Williams, Director of Catering and Retail Services Michael Polsinelli, Executive Chef Kelsey Karl, Retail Manager Nate Richter, Bar Manager EVENTS AND RENTALS Holly Clement, Senior Manager of Events and Rentals Ashley Powers, Event Sales Representative Connie Campbell, Manager of Event Sales and Administration PATRON SALES AND SERVICE Michelle Marshall, Assistant Manager of Patron Sales & Service Martha Morhardt, Patron Development Assistant Taryn Sanford, Lead Ticketing Specialist

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MAXIMIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Priority Service for our Members Subscribers and donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more annually receive priority assistance. Just visit the Member Center on the second floor of the Max M. Fisher Atrium for help with tickets, exchanges, donations, or any other DSO needs. Herman and Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge Governing Members who make a gift of $3,000 or more annually enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers, and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open an hour and a half prior to each concert through to the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member contact Cassie Brenske at 313.576.5460 or cbrenske@dso.org. Dine at the DSO Located on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, Paradise Lounge will be open prior to most concerts featuring gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines, and craft beers. Bars will be available throughout the Max M. Fisher Music Center prior to concerts and during intermission. For your convenience, you may place your beverage orders pre-concert and your drink will be waiting for you at intermission. Parking, Security, and Lost & Found During M-1 construction, valet parking is available for most concerts for only $12 with vehicle drop-off and pick-up on Parsons Street near the corner of Woodward Avenue. Donor valet and pick-up, (patrons who give $7,500+), is available at the stage door behind the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Parking is available for $7 in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure located on Parsons Street, with overflow in a nearby DSO lot. Handicap parking is also available. Other parking options include Woodward Gardens on Woodward Avenue near Alexandrine Street and Wayne State University Parking near Whole Foods on John R Street. The DSO offers shuttle bus service to Coffee Concerts from select locations for $12. Please call 313.576.5130 for information. When purchasing tickets at the Box Office, DSO offers patrons one hour of free parking in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure during daytime box office hours. Lost & Found is located at the security desk by the stage entrance. They can be contacted at 313.576.5199. Accessibility Parking is available in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure for patrons with applicable permits. There are elevators, barrier-free restrooms and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at the entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles. Hearing assistance devices are also available. Please see the House Manager or any usher for additional assistance.

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A Smoke-Free Environment The DSO is pleased to offer a smoke-free environment at the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Patrons who wish to smoke must do so outside the building. This policy also applies to electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes and personal vaporizers. An outdoor patio is also available on the second level of the Atrium Lobby. House and Seating Policies All patrons must have a ticket to attend concerts at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, including children. The Max M. Fisher Music Center opens two hours prior to most DSO concerts. Most classical concerts feature free pre-concert talks or performances in Orchestra Hall for all ticket holders. The DSO makes every attempt to begin concerts on time. In deference to the comfort and listening pleasure of the audience, latecomers will be seated at an appropriate pause in the music at the discretion of the house staff. Patrons who leave the hall before or during a work will be reseated after the work is completed. Latecomers will be able to watch the performance on closed circuit television in the Atrium Lobby. Please turn off cell phones, alarms, and other electronic devices. Patrons should speak to the House Manager to make special arrangements to receive emergency phone calls during a performance. Concert Cancellations To find out if a scheduled performance has been cancelled due to inclement weather or other emergencies, visit dso.org or facebook.com/detroitsymphony, call the Box Office at 313.576.5111, or tune in to WJR 760 AM and WWJ 950 AM. Gift Certificates Give friends and loved ones a gift that lasts all year longâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the experience of a DSO performance. Gift certificates are available in any denomination and may be used toward the purchase of DSO concert tickets. Visit the DSO Box Office or call 313.576.5111 for more information. Max M. Fisher Music Center Rental Information The Max M. Fisher Music Center is an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances, including weddings, corporate gatherings, concerts, and more. For information on renting the facility, please call 313.576.5050 or visit dso.org/rent. Emergency Evacuation Procedure In an event of an emergency locate the nearest exit sign and listen for announcements on the PA system. Please follow the directions of Orchestra Hall ushers and staff. For safety reasons, everyone should leave in an orderly fashion and please remain calm. Guests with disabilities will be escorted to the nearest exits by an usher or supervisor. Elevators will not operate during an evacuation. Once you exit the building, proceed as far away from the premises as possible. Thank you for being prepared to respond calmly in the event of an emergency. dso.org

Barbar a Van Dusen, Honorary Chair

he 1887 Society is a tribute to the storied past of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and recognizes those among our patrons with unique DSO histories who have made a legacy commitment to our work. Members receive recognition in each issue of Performance magazine and an annual society luncheon, as well as enjoying a special package of benefits throughout the DSO season. If you have arranged for a legacy gift, or for more information on ways to do so, please contact Jessica Luther, Planned Giving Manager, at 313.576.5052. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors is pleased to honor the 1887 Society. These patrons, friends and subscribers have named the Orchestra in their estate plans. Ms. Doris Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes A. Andaya Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. Augustin & Nancy Arbulu Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mrs. John G. Bielawski† Mrs. Betty Blair Robert T. Bomier Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Harry G. Bowles† William & Julia Bugera Dr. & Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Ms. Bette J. Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Mr. & Mrs. Stephan† Sharf Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.† Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mrs. Rema Frankel† Jane French Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Ruth & Al Glancy dso.org

† Deceased

Donna & Eugene Hartwig Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Mrs. Patricia Hobar† Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Holloway Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Richard & Involut Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Ms. Carol Johnston Carol M. Jonson Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales Faye & Austin Kanter Norb+ & Carole Keller Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley June K. Kendall Dimitri+ & Suzanne Kosacheff Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson Mr. Phillip Leon† Allan S. Leonard Dr. Melvin A. Lester Harold Lundquist & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Mr. Glenn Maxwell Mr. Leonard Mazerov Rhoda A. Milgrim John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. L. William† Moll Craig & Shari Morgan Beverley Anne Pack Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker Sophie Pearlstein Helen & Wesley Pelling

Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Ms. Christina Pitts Mrs. Robert Plummer Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack & Aviva Robinson Dr. Margaret Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Janet Schenk Mr. Donald Schultz † Stephanie & Fred Secrest Ms. Marla Shelton Ms. June Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich John & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy S. Williams† Mr. Robert S. Williams Ms. Barbara Wojtas Ms. Treva Womble Elizabeth B. Work Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mr. Milton Zussman

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The Annual Fund

Gifts received between September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015 Being a Community-Supported Orchestra means you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods, and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have a question about this roster, or to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or dso.org/donate.

The Gabrilowitsch Society honors individuals who support us most generously at the $10,000 level and above. Janet and Norm Ankers, chairs

Giving of $250,000 and more Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Julie & Peter Cummings Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Ruth & Al Glancy Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Giving of $100,000 and more Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment

Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein The Polk Family

Giving of $50,000 and more

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo

Ms. Leslie Devereaux

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

Mrs. Cecilia Benner

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock

Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu

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Giving of $25,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. Gary Cone & Ms. Aimée Cowher Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Sidney & Madeline Forbes Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson

Mr. Daniel Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz & Mrs. Jean Shapero Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon Mr. James G. Vella Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff

Giving of $10,000 and more Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. Chuck Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Michael & Geraldine Buckles Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Marianne Endicott Jim & Margo Farber Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Dale & Bruce Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend & Mr. Mark T. Kilbourn Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Dorothy & Byron † Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Dr. & Mrs. Herman Gray, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul¥ Hogle Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Chacona W. Johnson Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz dso.org

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Keegan Mr. David Lebenbom † Marguerite & David Lentz Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy Jr Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Bud & Nancy Liebler Michael & Laura Marcero David & Valerie McCammon Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David R. & Sylvia Nelson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Anne Parsons¥ & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Partrich Mr. Charles Peters Dr. William F. Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Jack & Aviva Robinson Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Marjorie & Saul Saulson Mark & Lois Shaevsky Abbe & David Sherbin Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. Robert VanWalleghem Arthur & Trudy Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John Whitecar Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

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Giving of $5,000 and more Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Beck Demery Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Ron Fischer¥ & Kyoko Kashiwagi Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, III Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fisher Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Steven Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Ms. Nancy Henk Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Lenard & Connie Johnston Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Elizabeth Kessel Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish The Locniskar Group Ms. Florine Mark Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A. & Patrick G. McKeever Susanne O. McMillan John & Marcia Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Morgan Mr. & Ms. Xavier Mosquet Mr. Joseph Mullany

Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mr & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Mrs. Helen F. Pippin Dr. Glenda D. Price Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mrs. Lois J. Ryan Elaine & Michael Serling Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith John J. Solecki Renate & Richard Soulen Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III David Usher Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Gary L. Wasserman S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman David & Bernadine Wu Ms. June Wu Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wurtz Dr. & Mrs. Seymour Ziegelman Milton & Lois Zussman

Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Joshua & Judith Adler Dr. Roger & Rosette Ajluni Ann G. Aliber Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook¥ Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. J. Addison Bartush David & Kay Basler Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Ms. Margaret Beck Mrs. Harriett Berg George & Joyce Blum Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Bluth Dr. & Mrs. Jason H. Bodzin 38

Dr. & Mrs. Rudrick E. Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. Scott Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. H. William Burdett, Jr. Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Julie Byczynski¥ & Angus Gray Philip & Carol Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. Daniel Clancy & Mr. Jack Perlmutter † Gloria & Fred Clark Dr. Thomas Clark & Annette Clark Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Thomas & Melissa Cragg Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Dr. Joseph D. Daniel &

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Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. Mark Domin Christopher & Pamela Donato Eugene & Elaine Driker Paul† & Peggy Dufault Mr. Michael J. Dul Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mary Sue & Paul Ewing Mr. David Faulkner Mr. & Mrs. Anthony C. Fielek Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. FrohardtLane Lynn & Bharat Gandhi † Deceased

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Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Mr. Nathaniel Good Mr. Jason Gourley & Mrs. Rebekah Page-Gourley Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Alice Berberian Haidostian Mr. Kenneth Hale Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Mrs. Betty J Harrell Scott Harrison¥ & Angela Detlor Cheryl A. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Hein Mr. & Mrs. Demar W. Helzer Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis

Dr. Deanna & Mr. David B. Holtzman Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Julius & Cynthia Huebner Foundation Nicki ¥ & Brian Inman Ira & Brenda Jaffe Mr. John S. Johns Mr. George Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Mrs. Ellen D. Kahn Betsy & Joel Kellman Martin & Cis Maisel Kellman The Stephanie & Frederic Keywell Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Russell King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Thomas & Linda Klein Ms. Margot Kohler Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kurz David & Maria Kuziemko Mr. Dennis & Michele La Porte Joyce LaBan Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Distinguished Donor Spotlight MONA AND RICHARD L. ALONZO

After Mona and Richard Alonzo arrived in the suburbs of Detroit in 1968, they became subscribers to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, making frequent trips to Detroit. The DSO is proud to celebrate the longstanding support of Gabrilowitsch Society members Richard and Mona Alonzo, as well as their son Richard Alonzo and his wife Jiehan, now Governing Members and strong supporters of the DSO in their own right. “The important thing to us is to encourage people to go to the hall to hear the exceptional music, which is what really matters. Get them attending. The effort the DSO is putting forth to expose young people is really positive for the future of the orchestra, and we truly feel that the orchestra has been rejuvenated over the past three seasons.” A family tradition, Mona, Dick, Jiehan and Richard, all subscribe to the Saturday Classical Series. They are thrilled with the changes happening in Midtown and the surrounding area and only see growth in Detroit’s future. “We want the DSO to thrive, for the sake of the city,” they said. “We support it so that it can continue to grow and exist for all generations. Our support is an investment in Detroit.” The DSO is grateful for the Alonzo family’s dedication to the music and their motivation to inspire all generations to not only attend concerts, but also to support the overall mission of this organization and to deliver unsurpassed musical experiences that embrace and inspire individuals, families and the communities. dso.org

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Mr. & Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lile Daniel & Linda¥ Lutz Mr. Robert A. Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera Esq Maureen & Mauri Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann Ms. LeAnne McCorry Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Mrs. Thomas Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Mr. Louis Milgrom Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen¥ Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches Dr. Stephen & Dr. Barbara Munk Joy & Allan Nachman Ed & Judie Narens Joanna P. Morse & Arthur A. Nitzsche Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Opperer David† & Andrea Page Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pokrzywa Mr. & Mrs. William Powers Mrs. Susan Priester Reimer Priester

Mr. Ronald Puchalski Ms. Michele Rambour Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Mr. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Carol & Foster Redding Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. Jason Remisoski Denise Reske Barbara Gage Rex Mrs. Ann C. Rohr Seth & Laura Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark¥ & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark¥ Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan Dr. Hershel Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff David & Carol Schoch Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest Mr. Merton J. & Beverly Segal Mr. Igal Shaham Mrs. Jean Shapero Ms. Cynthia Shaw Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Dr. Les & Mrs. Ellen Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert William & Cherie Sirois William H. & Patricia M. Smith

Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Mr. & Mrs. S. Kinnie Smith, Jr. Dr. Gregory Stephens Mr. & Mrs. C. F. Stimpson Dr. Mack Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. Stocking Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stone Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Stephen & Phyllis Strome Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mark & Janice Uhlig Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. & Mrs. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wagner Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. Herman W. Weinreich Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Mr. Warren G. Wood Mrs. Judith G. Yaker The Yousif Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman

Giving of $1,500 and more Mr. & Mrs. Ismael Ahmed Dr. Edward Alpert Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian John & Carol Aubrey Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Aviv Drs. Richard & Helena Balon Mr. John Barbes Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Linda & Maurice S. Binkow Ms. Jane Bolender Mr. & Mrs. J. Bora Ms. Nadia Boreiko Ms. Julie Borman

Mrs. Ethel Brandt Mr. Paul Brandt/P&B Building Co. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Bromberg Ms. Evelyn Burton Steve & Geri Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Carr Mr. David Carroll Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Cohan Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Connors Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cracchiolo

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Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Darold Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckfeld Mr. & Mrs. Howard O. Emorey Marjory & Donald Epstein Stephen Ewing Mr. Samuel Frank Ms. Marilyn R. Galloway Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Lois Gilmore Andrew Glassberg & Barbara Martin Dr. Linda Golumbia † Deceased

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Dr. & Mrs. Paul Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Luke Ponder Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Mr. Donald Guertin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harding Donna & Eugene Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Howard Heicklen Jeremiah¥ & Brooke Hess Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. & Mrs. Randel Jamerson Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. Paul Joliat Jean Kegler June K. Kendall Ms. Ida King Mr. James Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Klimko Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kochajda/Teal Electric Co. Miss Kathryn Korns Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King¥ Mr. & Mrs. Kosch

Martin & Karen Koss Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Mr. Michael Kuhne Dr. Arnold Kummerow Mr. John Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Mr. Lawrence Larson Mr. Charles Letts Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Jeffrey & Marsha Miro Dr. Amit & Dr. Meeta Mohindra Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry Ms. Sascha Montross Mr. & Mrs. Scott Monty Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey W. Newcomb Mrs. Ruth Nix Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling In Memory of Joan C. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Robert Parys Noel & Patricia Peterson Charlene & Michael Prysak Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Mr. David & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Mr. Wayne Sherman Mr. Lawrence Shoffner Marci & Marv Shulman Mrs. Fredrick M. Sibley Ted & Mary Ann Simon Mr. Mark Sims & Ms. Elaine Fieldman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sokol Mr. & Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Barbara & Stuart Trager Dr. John Tu Dr. Stanley Waldon Mr. Patrick Webster Ms. Janet Weir Max & Mary Wisgerhof Drs. William & Prudentia Worth Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Frank & Ruth Zinn Barbara Zitzewitz

Blockbuster Fund

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Blockbuster Fund support those exceptional projects, partnerships and performances that boldly advance the DSO’s mission “to be a leader in the world of classical music, embracing and inspiring individuals, families and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences.” Blockbuster gifts fund defining initiatives that are outside the annual budget such as touring, Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, certain community engagement and education partnerships, and capital and technology infrastructure. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Abbott Mr. Teddy Abrams All Seasons West Bloomfield American Jewelry & Loan Mr. Jeffrey Antaya Baldwin Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Bloomfield Township Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Cabaret (313) Children’s Hospital of Michigan Clark Hill P.L.C. Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Cummings Dr. Joseph D. Daniel & Mr. Alfredo Silvestre Mr. Alex DeCamp Deloitte Detroit 300 Conservancy DTE Energy Foundation Jim & Margo Farber dso.org

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Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Sidney & Madeline Forbes Ford Motor Company Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP Mr. Michael Jalving John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Mrs. Bonnie Larson League of American Orchestras Lee Hecht Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester McGregor Fund Michigan Municipal League Ms. Deborah Miesel

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Momentum Worldwide Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters New Music USA Mr. & Mrs. George Nyman Olympia Entertainment Phillip & Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust Mr. Reimer Priester Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Schwartz Mr. Marc A. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Ms. Margaret Smith Trinity Senior Living Communities Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mr. Gary L. Wasserman WDET

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Corporate Partners $500,000 and more

Jim Nicholson

CEO, PVS Chemicals

$200,000 and more

Gerard M. Anderson

President, Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy Corporation

Faye Nelson President, DTE Energy Foundation

Mark Fields

James Vella

President & CEO, President, Ford Motor Company Fund Ford Motor Company

Mary Barra

Chairman and CEO General Motors Corporation

Vivian Pickard President General Motors Foundation

$100,000 and more

Keith J. Allmann

President and CEO, MASCO Corporation

$50,000 and more Target Corporation

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Melonie Colaianne

President, MASCO Corporation Foundation

$20,000 and more

American House Senior Living Communities Amerisure Insurance Global Automotive Alliance Greektown Casino Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MGM Grand Detroit Casino Rock Ventures, LLC dso.org

$10,000 and more Butzel Long Delphi Foundation Dykema Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, LLP Huron Consulting Group KPMG LLP Lear Corporation Oakwood Healthcare PNC Bank PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP REDICO St. John Providence Health System Talmer Bank and Trust Telemus Capital Partners, LLC University of Michigan Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Wolverine Packing Company

$5,000 and more BASF Corporation Contractors Steel Company Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC Denso International America, Inc. Flagstar Bank Midwest Medical Center One Detroit Center $1,000 and more The Aquarium Shop Avis Ford, Inc. Coffee Express Roasting Company CRStager Darling Bolt Company Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Dickinson Wright LLP Foley & Lardner LLP

Hotel St. Regis Huntington National Bank KlearSky Solutions, LLC Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Lambert, Edwards & Associates Madison Electric Company Meadowbrook Insurance Group Michigan First Credit Union Plante and Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Save Our Symphony Schaerer Architextural Interiors Urban Science Applications

Support from Foundations and Organizations

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra acknowledges and honors the following foundations and organizations for their contributions to support the Orchestra’s performances, education programming, and other annual operations of the organization. This honor roll reflects both fulfillments of previous commitments and new gifts during the period beginning September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2015. We regret the omission of gifts received after this print deadline. $500,000 and more The William M. Davidson Foundation Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation $250,000 and more The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council Hudson-Webber Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation McGregor Fund $100,000 and more Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Ford Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

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$50,000 and more Matilda R. Wilson Fund Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs $25,000 and more Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund $10,000 and more Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Moroun Family Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Sage Foundation $5,000 and more Benson & Edith Ford Fund Henry Ford II Fund Herbert & Elsa Ponting Foundation

Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Mary Thompson Foundation Young Woman’s Home Association $1,000 and more Charles M. Bauervic Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund Don & Dolly Smith Foundation Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Ledgeways Charitable Trust Loraine & Melinese Reuter Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation Sills Foundation The Village Club

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Performance Volume XXIII • Spring 2015 2014–15 Season

Editor Gabrielle Poshadlo gposhadlo@dso.org 313.576.5194 Assistant Editor Asia Rapai arapai@dso.org DSO Administrative Offices Max M. Fisher Music Center 3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313.576.5100 Fax: 313.576.5101 DSO Box Office: 313.576.5111 Box Office Fax: 313.576.5101 DSO Group Sales: 313.576.5130 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Web site: dso.org Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website to receive updates and special offers. dso.org/performance Performance is published by the DSO and Echo Publications, Inc. — Echo Publications, Inc. 248.582.9690 echopublications.com Tom Putters, president tom@echopublications.com Toby Faber, advertising director To advertise in Performance, call 248.582.9690 or email info@echopublications.com — To report an emergency during a concert, call 313.576.5119. To make special arrangements to receive emergency phone calls during a concert, ask for the house manager. Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

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Venture Fund

Gifts received September 1, 2013 to January 31, 2015 Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Venture Fund are contributions that support projects, partnerships and performances taking place in the current season. Venture gifts are generally onetime and non-renewable in nature and fund initiatives that are included in the annual budget such as DSO concerts, Civic Youth Ensembles, community engagement and partnerships, and DSO Presents and Paradise Jazz concert series. Ms. Janet Allen Mrs. John G. Bielawski † Mr. Harry G. Bowles† Mr. Walter B. Bridgforth Hon. & Mrs. Avern Cohn Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Mrs. Rema Frankel † Mr. & Mrs. Herman H. Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Gail & Rice Productions Inc Mrs. Patricia Hobar † Jill Fox Revocable Trust Danialle & Peter Karmanos Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Larson Mr. David Lebenbom † Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Ledoux Mr. Philip Leon † M Studio Music Shop, Inc. Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Michael Willoughby & Associates Ms. Nihal Mouhidden † Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Dr. William Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Mr. & Mrs. Stephan † Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Harold Silk Mr. Leonard Slatkin Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

† Deceased

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Tribute Gifts

Gifts received between September 1, 2014 and end to January 31, 2015 Tribute Gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships, and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts and family programing. For information about making a Tribute Gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/tribute. In Memory of John Beceden Betty Beceden In Memory of George Bedrosian Dr. Augustin Arbulu Mr. Brian Einhorn

In Memory of Joan Flohr Mrs. Marjorie Deacon Mr. William Kohn James & Katharine Stasevich

In Memory of Bette Borin Mrs. Barbara Frankel & Mr. Ronald Michalak

In Memory of Eleanor Gamble Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Mark & Sandra Haasis Health Alliance Plan J.U.S.T. Foundation

In Memory of Irene M. Broner Mr. Will Broner

In Honor of James S. Garrett The LeVigne Family

In Honor of Caroline Coade Dr. & Mrs. George Coade

In Memory of Louis Geisling Mr. & Mrs. Lee G. Sobotka

In Memory of David Cocagne Ms. Geraldine Barlage

In Memory of Helen Gilbride Mrs. Sheila Book Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fildew Mr. & Mrs. John Nicholson

In Memory of Marvin Crawford, Sr. Mrs. Alice Haidostian Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Maguire Eloise F. Tholen In Honor of Maureen & Jerry D’Avanzo Yale & Anna Levin In Honor of Avi Davidoff & Amanda Bunn Daniel & Linda Lutz In Memory of Ronald Davidoff Stanley & Judy Frankel In Honor of Phillip Wm. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Tom Goldberg In Memory of Victor Donati Ms. Laurie Cardinale Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Donati Mrs. Jackie L. Fullenkamp Ms. Janet Hunt Mr. & Mrs. James A. Laugal Mr. & Mrs. Alexander McKeen Mrs. Julie Oliver The Crate & Barrel Family Mr. Michael Tuchman Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wendling In Memory of Ed Drey Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of the Eichenhorn Family Mrs. Ralle K. Rothman

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In Memory of Teresa Giulani Reverend Catherine M. Beaumont In Honor of Ruth Krathwohl Mr. Brian Carney & Ms. Judith Herndon In Honor of Harold Kulish Ms. Mary Dudley In Honor of Juanita Latimer Lee & Diana Warshay In Memory of Morton R. Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Frankel Mr. Scott Hamburger In Memory of David Lebenbom Atrium Centers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. & Mrs. Harold Blumenstein Mrs. Gloria Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Joshua D. Eichenhorn Mr. & Mrs. Isidor Eisenberg Feinberg Consulting, Inc Dr. Dexter Fields MD Health Care Association of Michigan Ms. Mary House Ms. Darlene Maneli The Peplinski Group Mr. & Mrs. Karl Schaefer Ms. Sharon Schuster In Memory of Allen Ledyard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Laughlin In Memory of Ronald E. Milner Mr. & Mrs. H. Richard Fruehauf, Jr.

In Memory of Mildred Moss Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg In Memory of Eleanor Ruth Murray Ms. Susan L Meek In Honor of James B. Nicholson Richner & Richner LLC In Memory of Paul Paray Mr. Tom Godell In Honor of Michele Rambour & Gary Glenn Daniel & Jane Lehman In Memory of Nina Schneyer Dr. & Mrs. Seth R. Eaton MD Mr. & Mrs. David Friedlander Ms. Julie A Rodecker Donna & Lawrence Sklar Sheila & Steve Urman In Honor of Margaret Spear Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wilbert In Memory of Inez Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Donald Isaacs Ms. Florence L. Kalenius Mr. & Mrs. Casimer C. Marzec Ms. Karen Stevens In Memory of Gerald Thome Ms. Megan Lizbinski In Honor of Alex Trajano Walter Rönmark In Memory of L. Warren Tucker Mrs. Sandra Tucker In Honor of Barbara Van Dusen Dr. & Mrs. James W. Gell In Memory of William Vassell Mrs. Kaleope Allen Mrs. Violet Newton In Honor of Mr. Alvin B. Waddles Adult Learning Institute In Honor of our clients and associates Michael Willoughby & Associates In Honor of Clyde & Helen Wu Mrs. Barbara Van Dusen

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

AT THE MAX M. FISHER MUSIC CENTER DSO PRESENTS

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

Fri., Mar. 27 at 8 p.m.*

Fri., Apr. 17 at 8 p.m.*

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND OTHER PRESENTERS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX Mon., Mar. 30 at 7:30 p.m.*

DSO PRESENTS

TAKE 6

Fri., Apr. 3, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.*

JOHN & GERALD CLAYTON DUO CLASSICAL SERIES

BRUCKNER’S FOURTH

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Fri., Apr. 24 at 8 p.m. Sat., Apr. 25 at 8 p.m. Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute André Previn Double Concerto Bruckner Symphony No. 4, “Romantic” ppa elibom oG ot OSD eht no ro evil/gro.osd ta enilno hctaW

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Wed., Apr. 8, 2015 at 7 p.m. Detroit Film Theater In partnership with the DIA

POPS SERIES

GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY Bob Bernhardt, conductor Lisa Vroman, vocalist Doug LaBrecque, vocalist Fri., Apr. 10 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 11 at 8 p.m. Sun., Apr. 12 at 3 p.m.

CLASSICAL SERIES

EXOTIC ADVENTURES

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Isabelle Druet, mezzo soprano Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Simon Mulligan, piano Thu., Apr. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Apr. 17 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. Ra vel Overture de Féerie from Shéhérazade Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 1 Ravel Two Hebraic Melodies Ginastera Pampeana No. 1 Ravel Shéhérazade Song Cycle Ginastera Suite from Estancia ppa elibom oG ot OSD eht no ro evil/gro.osd ta enilno hctaW

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CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC JAZZ LIVE! Civic Jazz Orchestra Kris Johnson, conductor Fri., Apr. 17 at 6:15 p.m.*

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CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC FAMILY EXPERIENCE Civic Youth Ensembles Sun., Apr. 26 at 1 p.m.*

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

MOZART & TCHAIKOVSKY Leonard Slatkin, conductor Jaime Laredo, violin Sharon Robinson, cello Sun., Apr. 26 at 3 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center, Beverly Hills

OTHER PRESENTERS

WSU MONDAYS AT THE MAX

University Orchestra and Choral Showcase Mon., Apr. 27 at 7:30 p.m.*

NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

MOZART & MORE

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Thu., Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield Fri., May 1 at 10:45 a.m. at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn

CIVIC & EDUCATION

CIVIC SHOWCASE

Civic Youth Orchestra & Civic Wind Ensemble Fri., May 1 at 7:15 p.m.* Pre-Concert at 6 p.m. in Orchestra Hall — Tickets start at $15 dso.org

*DSO does not appear on this program.

(THE KEEPER AND THE DOVE)

Programs and artists are subject to change

LA CENTINELA Y LA PALOMA

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DSO PRESENTS

For tickets, call 313.576.5111 or visit dso.org

CLASSICAL SERIES

MOZART & MORE

MIDORI AND MAHLER’S FIRST!

Joshua Weilerstein, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano Sat., May 2 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 3 at 3 p.m. Br itten “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme” Arvo Pärt Cantus Schumann Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Midori, violin Thu., May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 22 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 23 at 8 p.m. Ga briela Lena Frank Concertino Cusqueño (DSO Premiere) Walton Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Mahler Symphony No. 1

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CLASSICAL SERIES

LYNN HARRELL

CLASSICAL SERIES SEASON FINALE:

Hannu Lintu, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Fri., May 8 at 10:45 a.m. Sat., May 9 at 8 p.m. Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Au gusta Read Thomas Cello Concerto No. 3 (DSO Premiere) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

TOSCA IN CONCERT

CIVIC & EDUCATION

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Terence Blanchard Quintet with musicians of the DSO Thu., Jun. 4 at 8 p.m.*

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Fri., May 29 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 31 at 3 p.m. PUCCINI Tosca (DSO Premiere)

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PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

A TALE OF GOD’S WILL (A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA)

DETROIT CHILDREN’S CHOIR SPRING CONCERT

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Sat., May 9 at 2 p.m.*

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DSO PRESENTS

Nicholas McGegan, conductor Karl Pituch, horn Thu., May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at The Berman Center for the Performing, W. Bloomfield Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield Hills

Brent Havens, conductor Randy Jackson, vocals Wed., Jun. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

POPS SERIES

GERSHWIN’S PORGY & BESS Jeff Tyzik, conductor Ja nice Chandler-Eteme & Kevin Deas, vocalists Fri., Jun. 12 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m. Sat., Jun. 13 at 8 p.m. Sun., Jun. 14 at 3 p.m.

Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe Woods

POPS SERIES

MIDTOWN MEN

Subscribe today to the 2015-16 season! Visit dso.org or call the Box Office at 313-576-5111.

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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD

HAYDN & BACH

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES

Fri., May 15 at 8 p.m. Sat., May 16 at 8 p.m. Sun., May 17 at 3 p.m.

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“ Live from Orchestra Hall” webcasts at dso.org/live

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