DSO Performance magazine, Spring 2017

Volume XXV • Late Spring 2017

PERFORMANCE THE MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2016-2017 SEASON

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1967: 50 Years Later Asia Tour 2017 2017-2018 Season Highlights Program Notes

Michael Fabiano and Martin Katz Saturday, April 1 // 8 pm Hill Auditorium “A marvel... Fabiano’s sound was so beautiful, and the transition from the bottom to the top of his range so seamless as to proclaim him ‘the’ tenor that we have all been waiting for.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) Program includes works by Duparc, Richard Strauss, Liszt, Puccini, Toscanini, and Bernstein.

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PERFORMANCE The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, a leader in the world of classical music, embraces and inspires individuals, families, and communities through unsurpassed musical experiences.

CONTENTS Orchestra Roster..................................5

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Behind the Baton..................................6

2017-2018 Season Announced

4 Welcome 12 On the Cover 16 Detroit 67 21 PROGRAM NOTES

Anne Parsons & Mark Davidoff

Art @ The Max

Marlowe Stoudamire

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Board Leadership.................................8 Governing Members.............................9 Volunteer Council...............................11 Volunteer Ushers................................39 Gabrilowitsch Society.........................40 Donor Roster.....................................40 Maximize Your Experience..................48 DSO Administrative Staff....................50 Upcoming Concerts...........................52

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WELCOME Dear Friends, Welcome to Orchestra Hall during another landmark year for your Detroit Symphony Orchestra! The second half of the 2016-2017 Season promises rich musical explorations by the DSO, from our ongoing focus on the intersection of popular culture and classical music in Gershwin and His Children, to our participation in the citywide Detroit 67 project, to our intimate performances through the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series.

The DSO aims for even greater artistic, financial, and cultural impact, and so we always consider how to increase our reach. Our aspirations for the DSO both in Orchestra Hall and in our community grow higher and higher every day! Improving access for young people through our Wu Family Academy, spotlighting the role of the arts in Detroit as we host the League of American Orchestras national conference in June, and advocating for this great city through our July tour of Japan and China — your continuing support fuels all of this and so much more. As a community-supported orchestra, your role in our journey is critical, and we thank you for your active engagement.

The DSO is now in year four of our ten-year plan, Blueprint 2023, and together we have strived to reach a place of aligned vision and stability. We have achieved tremendous successes, with balanced budgets four years in a row and two consecutive early contracts secured with our incredible musicians. To ensure that the DSO is vibrant for generations to come, we must continue to achieve all our ambitious goals. We know that you share our passion, and with your support, we can reach even greater heights.

Throughout 2017, we all will be remembering our dear friend Bill Berman, a pillar of our community and lifelong supporter of the DSO who passed away on December 21. Bill and his beloved wife Madge have built a legacy of giving, not just to the DSO, but to numerous causes across the Jewish community, education, healthcare, social services, and the arts. Their leadership recently inspired the creation of the DSO’s Classroom Edition webcasts, bringing live classical music to students throughout Detroit and around the world. So, as we remember Bill and continue to celebrate his and Madge’s important role in our community, we all look forward to honoring them as DSO Heroes on June 10. We look forward to seeing you in Orchestra Hall and the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube, in your community, and online via the Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series!

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Mark Davidoff Board Chairman LATE SPRING 2016-2017

LEONARD SLATKIN, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

JEFF TYZIK

Principal Pops Conductor

TERENCE BLANCHARD

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

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* Laurie Landers Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

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

ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

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

E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson

SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* Will Haapaniemi* David and Valerie McCammon Chair Hae Jeong Heidi Han* David and Valerie McCammon Chair Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Alexandros Sakarellos* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*

HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair

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

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FLUTE David Buck Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Amanda Blaikie Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair Jeffery Zook PICCOLO Jeffery Zook OBOE Alexander Kinmonth Principal Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Geoffrey Johnson† Maggie Miller Chair Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh

MICHELLE MERRILL Associate Conductor, Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

CLARINET Ralph Skiano Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Jared Davis † PVS Chemicals Inc./Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme Ford Musician Awardee

BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair BASSOON Robert Williams Principal Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Alexander Davis African-American Orchestra Fellow CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon HORN Karl Pituch Principal Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong Bryan Kennedy 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 David Binder Randall Hawes BASS TROMBONE Randall Hawes TUBA Dennis Nulty Principal PERCUSSION Joseph Becker Principal Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Assistant Principal William Cody Knicely Chair James Ritchie TIMPANI Jeremy Epp Principal Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair James Ritchie Assistant Principal LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen Personnel Managers Heather Hart Rochon Orchestra Personnel Manager Patrick Peterson Associate Orchestra Personnel Manager Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell Stage Manager Steven Kemp Department Head Matthew Pons Department Head Michael Sarkissian Department Head

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BEHIND THE BATON

Leonard Slatkin

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nternationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He also maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.

Highlights of the 2015-16 season included a three-week Brahms festival in Detroit; engagements with the St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony in Tokyo; and debuts with Beijing’s China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Summer events included a tour of Japan with the ONL and performances of Barber’s Vanessa in Santa Fe. During the 2016-17 season — in addition to his regular duties in Detroit and Lyon — he will return to Pittsburgh and St. Louis, tour the U.S. and Europe with the ONL, conduct overseas with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Verdi Orchestra in Milan, and San Carlo Theatre Orchestra in Naples, and serve as chairman of the jury and conductor of the 2017 Cliburn Competition.

Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have garnered seven Grammy awards

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and 64 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads).

A recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book, Conducting Business.

Slatkin has conducted virtually all of the leading orchestras in the world.

As Music Director, he has held posts with the New Orleans, St. Louis, and National symphony orchestras, and he was Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He has served as Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Minnesota Orchestra. For more information, visit leonardslatkin.com.

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Jeff Tyzik

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rammy 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. 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 Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. This season, Tyzik will celebrate his 23rd season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon

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Nakamatsu and the RPO, which stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.”

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music. For more information, visit jefftyzik.com.

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. LIFETIME MEMBERS

DIRECTORS EMERITI

OFFICERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors is responsible for maintaining a culture of high engagement, accountability and strategic thinking.

As fiduciaries, Directors oversee all DSO financial activities and assure that resources are aligned with the DSO mission.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ric Huttenlocher Chairperson

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.

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Samuel Frankel † David Handleman, Sr.† Dr. Arthur L. Johnson † Clyde Wu, M.D.†

CHAIRMEN EMERITI

Alfred R. Glancy III Steve Miller Peter D. Cummings James B. Nicholson Stanley Frankel Phillip Wm. Fisher

Robert A. Allesee Floy Barthel Mrs. Mandell L. Berman John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois and Avern Cohn Marianne Endicott Sidney Forbes Mrs. Harold Frank Barbara Frankel Herman Frankel

Paul Ganson Mort and Brigitte† Harris Gloria Heppner, Ph.D. Ronald M. Horwitz Hon. Damon J. Keith Richard P. Kughn Harold Kulish Dr. Melvin A. Lester David R. Nelson Robert E.L. Perkins, DDS Marilyn Pincus

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

Mark A. Davidoff Chairman

Faye A. Nelson Treasurer

Ralph J. Gerson Officer-at-large

Dr. Glenda D. Price Vice Chair

Arthur T. O’Reilly Secretary

Janice Uhlig Officer-at-large

Anne Parsons President & CEO

Chacona W. Baugh Officer-at-large

Pamela Applebaum Robert H. Bluestein Jeremy Epp* Orchestra Representative James Farber Chairman, Governing Members Samuel Fogleman Monica Fosnaugh* Orchestra Representative

Herman B. Gray, Jr., MD Nicholas Hood III Michael J. Keegan Bonnie Larson Matthew B. Lester Arthur C. Liebler Ginny Lundquist Volunteer Council President Xavier Mosquet

Stephen Polk Bernard I. Robertson Hon. Gerald E. Rosen Nancy M. Schlichting Arn Tellem Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder M. Roy Wilson

Ismael Ahmed Rosette Ajluni Richard Alonzo Dan Angelucci Janet M. Ankers Suzanne Bluestein Penny B. Blumenstein Liz Boone Gwen Bowlby Joanne Danto Stephen D’Arcy Maureen T. D’Avanzo Karen Davidson Richard L. DeVore Linda Dresner Afa S. Dworkin J. Mikel Ellcessor Annmarie Erickson Jennifer Fischer Aaron Frankel Robert Gillette Jody Glancy

Malik Goodwin Antoinette G. Green Leslie Green Laura Hernandez-Romine Michele Hodges Sharad P. Jain Renee Janovsky Joey Jonna David Karp Joel D. Kellman James Lentini Josh Linkner Florine Mark Tonya Matthews David McCammon Lois A. Miller Daniel Millward James C. Mitchell, Jr. Scott Monty Joseph Mullany Sean M. Neall Tom O’Brien

Maury Okun William F. Pickard Gerrit Reepmeyer James Ritchie* Orchestra Representative Rick Robinson Lois L. Shaevsky Tom Shafer Margo Shulman Cathryn Skedel Ralph Skiano* Orchestra Representative Shirley R. Stancato Stephen Strome Mark Tapper Laura Trudeau Michael R. Tyson Gwen Weiner Jennifer Whitteaker R. Jamison Williams Margaret Winters Ellen Hill Zeringue

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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 September 1, 2015 through March 31, 2017. For more information about the Governing Members program, please call Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451.

James C. Farber Chairperson

Suzanne Dalton Vice Chair, Annual Giving

Arthur T. O’Reilly Immediate Past Chairman

David Karp Vice Chair, Communications

Jiehan Alonzo Vice Chair, Signature Events

Jan Bernick Member-at-Large

Janet and Norm Ankers Co-Vice Chairs, Gabrilowitsch Society David Assemany Vice Chair, Engagement Diana Golden Vice Chair, Membership

Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Mrs. Denise Abrash Ms. Dorothy Adair Mr. & Mrs. George Agnello Dr. Roger & Mrs. Rosette Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah Applebaum Family Foundation Pamela Applebaum Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Armstrong Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook* Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman Aviv Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Mrs. Jean Azar Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Babbish Ms. Sharon Backstrom Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Dr. & Mrs. Brian Beck Ms. Margaret Beck Mr. Chuck Becker Mrs. Cecilia Benner

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Mrs. Harriett Berg Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Michael Biber Ms. Kathleen Block Martha & G. Peter Blom Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Dr. George & Joyce Blum Penny & Harold Blumenstein Nancy & Lawrence Bluth Mr. Timothy Bogan Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr. Stuart Michaelson Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Claire & Robert N. Brown Mrs. Milena Brown Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Buck Michael & Geraldine Buckles Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Ms. Evelyn Burton Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd Philip & Carol Campbell Mrs. Carolyn Carr Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing Ronald & Lynda Charfoos

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Christians Michael & Cathleen Clancy Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark Nina & Richard Cohan Lois & Avern Cohn Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare 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 Mr. Giuseppe Derdelakos Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Adel & Walter Dissett Diana & Mark Domin Donato Enterprises Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. Eugene & Elaine C. Driker Paul† & Peggy Dufault

Bonnie Larson Member-at-Large Frederick J. Morsches Member-at-Large David Everson* Musician Representative Johanna Yarbrough* Musician Representative Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Mrs. George D. Dzialak Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen Marianne T. Endicott Donald & Marjory Epstein Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mr. Drew Esslinger & Mr. Omar Alrashed Mr. Peter Falzon Jim & Margo Farber Ellie Farber Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman Mr. & Mrs.† Anthony C. Fielek Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Dr. Thomas Filardo & Dr. Nora Zorich Hon. Sharon Tevis Finch Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher † Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher & Mr. Roy Furman Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. Jay Fishman Mr. David Fleitz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Madeline & Sidney Forbes Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Frank Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak

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GOVERNING MEMBERS continued Dale & Bruce Frankel Herman & Sharon Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel Ms. Carol A. Friend Kit & Dan Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. George Georges Byron† & Dorothy Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Mrs. Gale Girolami Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Dr. Robert T. Goldman Goodman Family Charitable Trust Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Paul & Barbara Goodman Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Ms. Jacqueline Graham Mr. Luke Ponder & Dr. Darla Granger Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Gray Mr.† & Mrs. James A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Tina Harmon Mrs. Betty J. Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Cheryl A. Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Randall Hawes Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein Ms. Nancy B. Henk Dr. Gloria Heppner Ms. Doreen Hermelin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Jeremiah* & Brooke Hess Mr. George Hill & Mrs. Kathleen Talbert-Hill Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Lauri & Paul Hogle

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Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead Jack & Anne Hommes Ms. Barbara Honner The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Ronald M. & Carol† Horwitz Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Nicki* & Brian Inman Steven & Sarah Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. Jaffe Mr. Sharad P. Jain Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup William & Story John Mr. John S. Johns Mr. & Mrs. George Johnson Lenard & Connie Johnston Mr. Paul Joliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Grace & Evelyn Kachaturoff Ellen Kahn Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr. Judy & David Karp Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Dr. Laura Katz & Dr. Jonathan Pasko Mike & Katy Keegan Betsy & Joel Kellman June K. Kendall Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel Frederic & Stephanie Keywell Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Susan & Bill Kishler Thomas & Linda Klein Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci Ms. Margot Kohler Mr. David Kolodziej Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King* Martin & Karen Koss Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel

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Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Dr. Arnold Kummerow Marilyn & John Kunz Dr. Myron & Joyce LaBan Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Mrs. Bonnie Larson Dr. Lawrence O. Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Marguerite & David Lentz Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Barbara & Carl Levin Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Mr. Daniel Lewis Arlene & John Lewis Bud & Nancy Liebler Mr. & Mrs.† Joseph Lile Ms. Carol Litka The Locniskar Group Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Daniel & Linda* Lutz Bob & Terri Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Cis Maisel Margaret Makulski & James Bannan Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera, Esq. Mr. Anthony Marek Ms. Florine Mark Maurice Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Richard Martella David & Valerie McCammon Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D. Stevens McClure Family Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A.† & Patrick G. McKeever Ms. Camille McLeod Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Olga Sutaruk Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley J.J. & Liz Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore Shari & Craig Morgan Ms. A. Anne Moroun Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Cyril Moscow Xavier & Maeva Mosquet Drs. Barbara & Stephen Munk Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Joy & Allan Nachman Judith & Edward Narens Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Eric Nemeth Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling Mr. Thomas Norris Ms. Gabrielle Poshadlo & Mr. Dennis Nulty* Katherine & Bruce Nyberg Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Mr. John J. O’Brien Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Mr. & Mrs. Pat Olney Dr. William Oppat Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Debra & Richard Partrich Ms. Lisa Payne Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske Mr. Charles Peters Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Pfahlert Benjamin B. Phillips Mr. Dave Phipps Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus LATE SPRING 2016-2017

Dr. Klaudia PlawnyLebenbom The Polk Family William H. & Wendy W. Powers Dr. Glenda D. Price Reimer & Rebecca Priester Mr. & Mrs. David Provost Charlene & Michael Prysak Mr. Ronald Puchalski Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Ms. Ruth Rattner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Denise Reske Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Seth & Laura Romine Dr. Erik Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark* Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Mr. R. Desmond Rowan Jane & Curt Russell Dr. Alexander Ruthven Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Linda & Leonard Sahn Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury

Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg Marjorie & Saul Saulson Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff Ms. Nancy Schlichting David & Carol Schoch Catherine & Dennis B. Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Sandy & Alan Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. Merton J. Segal Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Ellen Lesser Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon William & Cherie Sirois Dr. Cathryn & Mr. Daniel Skedel Cindy & Leonard Slatkin William H. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Renate & Richard Soulen Dr. Gregory Stephens

Barb & Clint Stimpson Nancy C. Stocking Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mrs. E. Ray Stricker Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Stephen & Phyllis Strome David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Carol & Larry Tibbitts Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Dr. Barry Tigay & Mrs. Clara Saban Alice & Paul Tomboulian Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Mr. & Mrs. Gary Torgow Barbara & Stuart Trager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Trudeau Mark & Janice Uhlig David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Charles & Sally Van Dusen Mr. James G. Vella Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent Mrs. Eva Von Voss Mr. William Waak Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Captain Joseph F. Walsh, USN (Ret.)

Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Mr. Gary L. Wasserman & Mr. Charlie Kashner Mr. Patrick Webster S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Mr. Herman Weinreich Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/ The Wetsman Foundation Ms. Anne Wilczak Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Ms. Mary Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood The Clyde & Helen Wu Family David & Bernadine Wu Ms. June Wu Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Mr. Michael Yessian Margaret S. York The Yousif Family Erwin & Isabelle Ziegelman Foundation Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff Milton & Lois† Zussman

VOLUNTEER COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Ginny Lundquist President

Beverly Williams VP for Membership

The Volunteer Council strives to fulfill its mission as an active partner of the DSO in fundraising, as well as audience/membership expansion, youth music education and volunteer service. Because of the repeated financial success of its events, such as the Nutcracker Luncheon & Boutique and Musical Feasts, the Volunteer Council is proudly able to make significant donations to the DSO each year.

Jill Jordan Chief Financial Officer

E. Jane Talia VP for Neighborhood/ Residency Ambassador

VOLUNTEER COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Beattie Gwen Bowlby Drew Esslinger Kim Minasian Hawes Sandie Knollenberg Magda Moss Jackie Piceu

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Dolores Reese Ann Marie Rowley Charlotte Worthen El eanor (Coco) Siewert Parliamentarian Susan Svoboda

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Diane Ekizian Recording Secretary Esther Lyons VP for Administrative/ Office Services Ellie Tholen VP for Communications/ Public Relations STAFF LIAISON Morgan Graby ORCHESTRA REPRESENTATIVES Mark Abbott* Caroline Coade*

Carol Marti VP for Special Events Marlene Bihlmeyer VP for Youth Music Education

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ON THE COVER

Rouge Woven drawing with wood, ink, paint, and graphite, 2016 Lynn Bennett-Carpenter (b. Grand Rapids, MI, 1971)

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his spring and summer, and again in the fall, the Atrium of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center will be populated with the work of several Detroit artists in an exhibition curated

by Steve Panton, founder of 2739 Edwin and 9338 Campau galleries and co-founder of the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival, the Free School of Hamtramck, and the Essay’d project. Essay’d is a writing project that publishes short essays about Detroit artists on a monthly basis.

The exhibition, titled Art @ The Max, is made possible with the generous support of the Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation.

Lynn Bennett-Carpenter was featured in Essay’d installment #49, written

by Rosie Sharp. She states, in part: “Bennett-Carpenter is the consummate fiber artist — a cohort prone to obsession with materials and the desire to synthesize radically different points of inspiration. The ability to tie together disparate strands is critical to the process of weaving.”

Rouge is one of Bennett-Carpenter’s “woven drawings,” many of which depict trees that she encounters while walking or traveling. “Certain trees cannot be overlooked, they are standouts in a crowd,” she says; Sharp

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characterizes them as “abstract biota, rendered in bright, playful colors.” Trees are also quiet survivors, witnesses to our human crises. The titles of the works refer back to the location of the trees, tying the artist’s physical and psychological renderings back to a specific origin point.

Many of Bennett-Carpenters works are interactive, meant to be walked around, touched, stretched, or sometimes worn. Her piece Singulars is also on display in the Atrium as part of Art @ The Max, and is typical of another investigation in her body of work: the visual play of multiple threads strung taught, both coalescing and standing apart, leaping from two dimensions to three.

“Our family is very pleased to support Art @ The Max,” said Pamela Applebaum, President of Arbor Investment Group and also a member of the DSO Board of Directors. “By showcasing the works of Detroit artists with this exhibition series, we hope to fulfill a dual mission: to broaden audience engagement at the DSO and to elevate the unique contribution of local artists in Detroit’s cultural enrichment.”

Find Rosie Sharp’s complete essay at essayd.org.

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Coming Up: The 2017-2018 Season “ It will be my pleasure to lead eleven weeks of subscription concerts at Orchestra Hall.

I am conducting seven world premieres, including six written by past and present students of composers I have championed throughout my career; introducing these fresh, new voices to the orchestra and audience will give us a glimpse into what America’s concert music scene will look and sound like years from now.”

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THE DSO IS SO EXCITED TO SHARE our spring and summer programming with you, and we hope to see you again this fall as we begin the 2017-2018 Season — one of our best yet!

It all kicks off on October 12, 2017, when acclaimed pianist Olga Kern will ring in Opening Weekend with Samuel Barber’s thrilling Piano Concerto. The season will feature the world premieres of eight new works (seven conducted

by Music Director Leonard Slatkin), a midwinter French Festival, an opera-inconcert season finale presentation of Turandot, and an incredible lineup of guest conductors and soloists — including Fabien Gabel, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jennifer Koh, Seong-Jin Cho, Louis Lortie, Daniil Trifonov, Michelle and Christina Naughton, Augustin Hadelich, Stefan Jackiw, and many others.

The season will also be a celebration of Music Director Leonard Slatkin’s tenth year with the DSO, before his transition into the role of Music Director Laureate in the 2018-2019 Season.

Special DSO Presents concerts, the Paradise Jazz Series, Pops Series, Young People’s Family Concerts, and Mix @ The Max presentations will offer something for everyone: top acts from around the world on the Orchestra Hall stage and in the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube; film screenings accompanied by live orchestration; symphonic tributes to Broadway, classic rock, film, TV, and beyond; chamber recitals, group yoga, and more!

Thank you for joining us this season, and we’ll see you in 2017-2018!

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra CLASSICAL SERIES LEONARD SLATKIN

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Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Don Juan Russian Portraits Mahler’s Ninth CLASSICAL SERIES Ring Without Words GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY Daphnis and Chloe Organ Symphony An American in Paris Carnival of the Animals Debussy: La mer & Faun Symphonie fantastique Classical Roots FRENCH FESTIVAL Beethoven’s Seventh Strauss & Wagner WINTER 2018 Schumann’s “Spring” Dances and Nocturnes Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Puccini’s Turandot

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POPS SERIES Ella & Louis PRESENTED BY Sci-Fi Spectacular: Star Wars, Star Trek, And Beyond!

The Music Of Queen WITH ADDITIONAL DSO Presents: Home Alone SUPPORT FROM in Concert Home For The Holidays The Nashville Songbook Positively Pops: A Tribute to Arthur Fielder Blockbuster Broadway Disney In Concert: Tale As Old As Time Women Rock The Doo Wop Project The Magical Music Of Harry Potter As Heard On TV

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Joey Alexander The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Jason Moran Plays Thelonious Monk SFJazz Collective: Music of Miles Davis K enny Barron Quartet with special guest Melissa Aldana Quartet “A Night in Brazil” — Ivan Lins with special guest Terence Blanchard

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS Halloween in Hollywood Peter and the Wolf The Conductor’s Spellbook Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage dso.org

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by Marlowe Stoudamire

2017 MARKS THE 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE TUMULTUOUS SUMMER OF 1967, offering our community the opportunity to use shared history as a catalyst to engage, reflect, and take the collective action required to help move Detroit, the region, and our nation forward.

To capitalize on this unprecedented opportunity, the Detroit Historical Society is leading a community-wide engagement effort, titled Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward that brings diverse voices and communities together around the effects of an historic crisis to find their role in the present and inspire the future.

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and why they matter. The Detroit 67 Project and its centerpiece, the Detroit 67 Exhibition, spans 150 years, from 1917 to 2067. It is an ambitious attempt to preserve the stories that form our collective history and utilize the understanding we gain from a comprehensive look at those events to inform and define our future. For this effort to be successful, it must extend the traditional reach of the Detroit Historical Society far beyond the four walls of the Detroit Historical Museum, using messages from every genre and medium to catalyze the conversations that will move us forward. Because music chronologically bonds itself to the stories of people, places, and events throughout our history, it is LATE SPRING 2016-2017

a perfect medium for the message of Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward. From Motown Records representing the sound of a generation to our reputation as the birthplace of techno music, Detroit has always had a deep appreciation for music of all genres. In many ways, Detroit’s stories can be found within its music. This season, the Detroit Historical Society is very proud to partner with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra whose music will act as a medium to draw out the stories that will help us understand the events of 1967 and ultimately move us forward as a community.

The DSO’s Classical Roots Celebration is an annual tradition, celebrating African American musicians and composers whose contributions transcend time and place — and it is well aligned with our mission. Like our work at the museum, Classical Roots epitomizes the belief that culture and

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history — preserved, honored, and understood — can be the foundation for a positive future. Terence Blanchard, with strong ties to the DSO and a celebrated knack for connecting difficult history with emotion through his music, was a natural choice for this important project. The debut of Blanchard’s powerful piece perfectly demonstrates music’s ability to make history relevant in the present. Its soaring conclusion is a perfect prelude to the conversations that will move our communities forward in the next 50 years.

Marlowe Stoudamire is Director of the Detroit 67 Project at the Detroit Historical Society.

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ASIA TOUR 2017 JAPAN AND CHINA • JULY 14-29

FREE SENDOFF CONCERT July 9 • Orchestra Hall

Join us to wish the orchestra a prosperous journey on this historic tour!

Complimentary tickets are available to the general public on May 1.

Priority access for DSO subscribers and donors available now.

Reserve tickets by calling the Box Office at 313.576.5111 or visiting dso.org and logging into your tickets account

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Leadership level support

Major tour support is provided by Princeton Enterprises & Lamont Street Partners, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and Michigan Economic Development Corporation Additional support is provided by: Applebaum Family Foundation, Deloitte, Shinola, Toyota, IMRA, Delphi, the Detroit Chinese Business Association, Japan Business Society of Detroit, Little Caesars Enterprises, Inc., Oakland County Economic Development, Michigan State University, and the Michigan-China Innovation Center

We welcome you to join us for unique, intimate experiences that explore the fascinating culture and arts of Asia — on our OneDSO Journeys: Japan and China Cultural Immersion VIP Patron Tour! The DSO is proud to partner with Culture Traveler to offer this exciting opportunity.

For more information contact Cassie Brenske, Director of Individual Giving, at 313.576.5460 or cbrenske@dso.org

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he Community & Learning team children, young adults, and families all has had a busy 2016-2017 Season over Southeast Michigan. For the first so far — and there’s so much more time in DSO history, we’ve opened the on the horizon! Thank you for your ensemble experience to older members participation in everything we do, of the oneDSO family: the Detroit both in Orchestra Community Hall and in your Orchestra, a community. new group for The William adult amateur Davidson musicians, was Neighborhood founded to great Concert Series is success last fall, in full swing, with with a rousing favorites by Bach, debut concert Mendelssohn, in December.

Haydn, and more Bravo! performed at

We are a venues all across communityMetro Detroit. supported And we continue orchestra, and to grow our the relationship Chamber Recital of support goes Series, a free two ways. Our benefit provided goal is to do to Neighborhood what we do in subscribers, which MEMBERS OF THE DETROIT SYMPHONY a way that is as YOUTH ORCHESTRA brings Detroit’s accessible and finest classical music to more stunning meaningful as possible to as many and unique settings than ever before. people as we can reach—so you could DSO musicians continue to be active say that we are also a communityin the community, making more than supporting orchestra. All of this is made 150 appearances in schools, hospitals, possible by your help and participation, libraries, senior centers, small venues, so thank you. Thank you for being part and other gathering places. Whether of our mission to deliver unsurpassed it’s a Classical Roots classroom visit, musical experiences that bring us all a partnership with the Detroit Tigers, a together and enrich our lives! performance for shoppers at Eastern Market, or a chance to brighten the day of hospital patients, we relish the opportunity to bring the music to you, Caen Thomason-Redus wherever you may be.

Director of Community and Learning The Wu Family Academy continues to present the Educational Concert Series, Classroom Edition webcasts, Young People’s Family Concerts, and Civic Youth Ensembles that mean so much to

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Chair Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

WELCOME LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS 2017 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Orchestra Hall LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor SHARA NOVA, vocalist • HUDSON SHAD, vocal quartet DR. TONYA MATTHEWS, narrator • MASON BATES, electronica DETROIT SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA* ORIOL SANS, conductor • JOSHUA MCCLENDON, cello

Kevin Puts (b. 1972) Hymn to the Sun*

Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85* (1857 - 1934) IV. Allegro; Moderato; Allegro, ma non troppo; Poco più lento; Adagio Joshua McClendon, cello

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Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985) Pax universalis

Kurt Weill The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet Chante

(1900 - 1950) I. Sloth

Libretto by Bertolt Brecht II. Pride

(1898 - 1956) III. Anger IV. Gluttony V. Lust VI. Covetousness VII. Envy Epilogue

Shara Nova, vocalist

Hudson Shad, vocal quartet

Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973) Something for the Dark Jonathan Bailey Holland “Equality” (b. 1974) Dr. Tonya Matthews, narrator Text by Dr. Maya Angelou (Used by permission of Caged Bird Legacy, LLC)

Mason Bates “Warehouse Medicine” from The B-Sides:

(b. 1977) Five Pieces for Orchestra & Electronica

Mason Bates, electronica

This performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live from Orchestra Hall Series.

We would like to thank Ford Motor Company Fund and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for their sponsorship of the League of American Orchestras 2017 National Conference, and for their ongoing support of Live from Orchestra Hall.

Additional support for this performance is made possible by:

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profiles For Leonard Slatkin’s biography, please see pg. 6.

SHARA NOVA Not many people can front a rock band, sing Górecki’s Third Symphony, lead a marching band processional down the streets of NOVA the Sundance film festival, and perform in a baroque opera of their own composing all in a month’s time. But Shara Nova can.

Shara Nova has performed under the experimental-pop moniker My Brightest Diamond for seven years, playing everywhere from Lincoln Center to the Sydney Opera House and all places in between. She was raised in Metro Detroit by an accordionist father and organist mother, learning multiple instruments and pursuing a degree in Opera at the University of North Texas. After moving to New York by way of Moscow, Nova recorded three albums as My Brightest Diamond before joining Sufjan Stevens’ band the Illinoisemakers. She then expanded her musical education further by studying composition under Padma Newsome and produced several scores for offBroadway productions.

Equally passionate about classical, pop, and genre-bending music, Shara Nova counts the diverse likes of Bryce Dressner, Bon Iver, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, and Laurie Anderson as influences, friends, collaborators, and fans. She sang in Laurie Anderson’s 2008 show Homeland, delivered guest vocals on The Decemberists’ 2009 Hazards of Love album, and worked with Sarah Kirkland Snider on “Penelope” and “Unremembered.”

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HUDSON SHAD Over the last quarter century, Hudson Shad has most likely racked up more HUDSON SHAD performances as The Family in the The Seven Deadly Sins than any other group in history.

They have performed in more than 40 locations, from Arezzo to Zagreb, numbering over 100 performances worldwide. They participated in a staging of the work, in a double bill with Weill’s Der Lindbergflug, at the Macerata Festival. They have twice recorded the work, once with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic and once with Marianne Faithfull, Dennis Russell Davies, and the RSO Wien.

In 2008, Hudson Shad was honored to participate in the Carnegie Hall premiere of the work, with Ute Lemper and the Toronto Symphony.

The members of Hudson Shad appearing with the DSO are: Mark Bleeke, tenor; Eric Edlund, baritone; Peter Becker, bass/baritone; and Wilbur Pauley, bass.

TONYA M. MATTHEWS, PH.D. A thought-leader in museum engagement, freechoice learning, and hands-on STEM (science, MATTHEWS technology, engineering, and math) education, Dr. Tonya M. Matthews serves as the Michigan Science Center’s president and chief executive officer. Her diverse background includes academic and professional work as a Ph.D. scientist, LATE SPRING 2016-2017

educator, community volunteer, and award-winning writer and poet.

Matthews is the first permanent leader of the Michigan Science Center and is responsible for growing its impact, launching and supporting STEM initiatives, and continuing to focus on the schools and communities of Detroit. Matthews is a personal and professional advocate for “whole brain” activation through her writing and public speaking. She has performed poetry and storytelling with the Cincinnati Ballet Company and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and most recently, she composed an original piece for the premiere of Symphony in D with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

In 2014, Matthews was appointed by the Secretary of Education to serve on the National Assessment Governing Board to help guide The Nation’s Report Card. She is currently a member of the DSO Board of Trustees, and is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Science Education, the National Society of Black Engineers, and Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan, in addition to serving on the boards of Detroit Cristo Rey High School, TechTown, and Detroit Public Television.

ORIOL SANS Oriol Sans joined the conducting faculty at the University of Michigan as assistant professor of Music in the SANS Department of Conducting in 2015. His responsibilities include music director of the University dso.org

Philharmonia Orchestra, director of the Contemporary Directions Ensemble, and teaching conducting. A native of Catalonia, Spain, Sans studied orchestral and choral conducting at the Barcelona Conservatory. Following his training in Spain, Sans brought his studies to the United States with maestro Kenneth Kiesler at U-M, where he received both his masters degree and doctorate.

Sans’ engagements as a guest conductor include the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Fe Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic, the San Juan Symphony in Durango (Colorado), the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco in Guadalajara (Mexico), and the Festival des orchestres de jeunes du Québec. As music director of several choirs and orchestras in Catalonia, Sans led as a faculty member at the Mollerussa School of Music, the Lleida Conservatory, and the Lleida University. He also held the position of music director of the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra.

This is Sans’ first season serving on the conducting staff of the Wu Family Academy’s Civic Youth Ensembles as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra.

JOSHUA McCLENDON Seventeen-year-old Joshua McClendon began his cello studies at the age of eight under the tutelage of Detroit Symphony McCLENDON Orchestra cellist Paul Wingert. He continued on as an active member of the Civic Youth Ensembles since 2013, performing with DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 23

the Civic Chamber Ensembles, the Civic Philharmonic Orchestra, and finally the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Since leaving the DSYO in 2015, Joshua has attended the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Meadowmount School of Music. He has had the opportunity to work and collaborate with musicians including Ida Kavafian, Daniel Ching, the Cavani Quartet, the Pro Arte Quartet, Anthony Elliott, Wei

Yu, Astrid Schween, Steve Rochen, and many more.

Joshua was named the third place laureate in the junior division of the 20th annual Sphinx Competition. He is currently a junior at the Interlochen Arts Academy where he studies under Crispin Campbell. Joshua performs on a 1933 Karel Vavra cello generously on loan by the Virtu Foundation.

program notes Hymn to the Sun KEVIN PUTS B. January 3, 1972, St. Louis, MO Scored for 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, and strings.

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n ancient Egyptian appeal to the deific sun was the inspiration for composer Kevin Puts’ concertopener Hymn to the Sun, which was commissioned by the Sun Valley Summer Symphony for the opening of its Music Pavilion in 2008: Thy dawning is beautiful in the horizon of the sky.

Thy rays, they encompass the lands…thou bindest them by thy love.

—Ahknaton, Hymn to the Sun Puts writes that he “imagined a wild, sacred dance to call forth the sun and all its powers, and then the sudden and magnificent rising on the horizon.”

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from the summit of Mount Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui, an experience the writer Mark Twain described as the “sublimest spectacle” of his life. “The image of the sun’s rays binding all the lands is particularly moving to me,” Puts continues, especially “in the context of today’s tense global climate.”

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 IV. Allegro; Moderato; Allegro, ma non troppo; Poco più lento; Adagio

SIR EDWARD ELGAR B. June 2, 1857, Broadheath, United Kingdom D. February 23, 1934, Worcester, United Kingdom Scored for solo cello, 2 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings. (Approx.

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n March 23, 1918, at the age of 62, Sir Edward Elgar returned home from the hospital where he LATE SPRING 2016-2017

had undergone a tonsillectomy and began work on his first and only cello concerto. “He was in a great deal of pain for several days,” the composer’s daughter Carice later wrote. “There was not anything like the sedatives we have now, but nevertheless, he woke up one morning and asked for pencil and paper and wrote down the opening theme of the Cello Concerto.”

Unfortunately, the work was not well received at its premiere, due in part to a less than satisfactory orchestral performance but also, no doubt, because the audience was bemused upon hearing a concerto with four short movements and so few memorable themes. At least one prominent critic, however, gave the piece a more positive review. Ernest Newman wrote: “The work itself is lovely stuff, very simple — that pregnant simplicity that has come upon Elgar’s music in the last couple of years, but with a profound wisdom and beauty underlying its simplicity.”

The finale, much celebrated in the years since the work’s lackluster debut, is a virtuosic tour de force. The colorful orchestration of the piece has helped to ensure its place in the concert repertory, aided by famous interpretations over the 20th and 21st centuries.

Pax universalis MOHAMMED FAIROUZ B. November 1, 1985, New York, NY Scored for 3 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings. (Approx. 5 minutes)

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ohammed Fairouz’s large-scale works engage major geopolitical and philosophical themes, reflecting his transatlantic upbringing and extensive travels. His catalog encompasses virtually every genre, including opera, symphonies, vocal and choral settings, chamber and solo works.

About Pax universalis, the composer’s first tone poem, Fairouz writes, in part: “When I received a commission to write my first tone poem for orchestra after four symphonies, several concertos, and other orchestral works, I chose for my subject what John F. Kennedy described as ‘the most important topic on earth: peace.’

But peace is too general a notion to describe the highest aspirations of symphonic forces raising their voices in counterpoint. This peace had to be one of universal human brotherhood. “‘What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek?’ JFK said. ‘Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave.’ In the decades since JFK delivered that speech, our greatest diplomats and artists alike have thankfully discarded the myopic Pax Americana or Pax Britannica etc.

The best have been working for the only sort of sustainable peace and that must be a peace of harmony and counterpoint…a universal peace, a Pax universalis. This is my most consistently joyful work to date and stands as an ode to this vision of peace and the hope that we will one day achieve it.”

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The Seven Deadly Sins, Ballet Chante KURT WEILL B. March 2, 1900, Dessau, Germany D. April 3, 1950, New York, NY

Libretto by BERTOLT BRECHT B. February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany D. August 14, 1956, East Berlin Scored for solo vocalist and chorus, 2 flutes (both doubling on piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, banjo, guitar, 2 harps, piano, and strings. (Approx. 34 minutes)

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f there ever was a composer who could be considered to have a kind of split musical personality, it was Kurt Weill. In the late 1920s and 1930s he went from being a relatively obscure composer of avant-garde music to an internationally-known and respected composer of theater pieces. When Weill was forced to leave Germany in 1933 he had a small but impressive output of advanced classical compositions to his credit, but once he settled here in America he turned his back on that type of writing, cutting himself loose from the European art-music tradition, and concentrated instead on music in a more popular and appealing idiom.

From 1924 to 1929 Weill wrote hundreds of reviews for German Broadcasting Corporation, one of which was a glowing review of Bertolt Brecht’s Mann ist Mann. Brecht was so impressed by the review — and by the fact that a composer could have such an understanding of the theatre — that he invited Weill to dinner, beginning

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a fruitful and iconic collaboration.

Both Weill and Brecht were feared and detested by the Nazi regime, of which they were relentlessly critical.

Fearing for his life, Weill fled Germany with Lenya in 1933, going first to Paris, where he and Brecht worked together on a “ballet with singing” called The Seven Deadly Sins, written for George Balanchine’s short-lived troupe Les Ballets.

The full title of this fascinating work is The Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty Bourgeoisie. Originally envisioned as a psychological drama, Weill asked Brecht to work on the piece with him, and Brecht agreed to the collaboration on the condition that he could use the new work to portray the corruption of the individual in a capitalist society.

Brecht was unenthusiastic about ballet in general, but when Weill agreed to add songs to the work Brecht perked up and proposed a whole new concept, namely a ballet which would be both danced and sung. Brecht then came up with a story concerning a lady named Anna who would be represented by the two sides of her personality, Anna I (a singer) and Anna II (a dancer). Anna I would be cool and cynical, with a very practical conscience and sense of what works in life, while Anna II would be emotional, impulsive, and artistic, with an all-too-human heart. Then there is “The Family,” a barbershop-style quartet which acts as a kind of Greek chorus.

The plot recounts the ways in which Anna I and Anna II set out to seek their fortune in various big cities so that they can send money back to their family.

In each city Anna II succumbs to one of the seven deadly sins and has to be taken care of by Anna I so that they can achieve their financial goal. Along the way men are seduced, robbed, blackmailed, and driven to suicide.

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There are a prologue and an epilogue, and in between come scenes in which each deadly sin is explored individually in a different city.

Brecht’s moral point seems to be that Anna II does wrong only when she does not commit the sin in question.

Moreover, when she tries to do the right thing, her hypocritical family cures her of the temptation to do so. The premiere garnered a mixed reception, being disparaged by the French but enthusiastically greeted by the Germans. A subsequent performance in London did not fare much better, and then a later performance in Denmark before the King was stopped by royal command when it was decided that it was unsuitable for viewing by the royal family. It was not until the 1950s that performances began to be staged with some regularity, and not until the 1970s that the ballet began to be appreciated as the masterpiece it is.

The DSO has performed The Seven Deadly Sins twice, first in May 2013 at Carnegie Hall in New York and most recently in December 2016 at Orchestra Hall. Storm Large made her Carnegie Hall debut at the first performance to wide acclaim, and joined the DSO again to revisit her roles as Anna I and Anna II in December 2016. Leonard Slatkin conducted both performances.

Something for the Dark SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER B. October 8, 1973, Princeton, NJ Scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings.

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arah Kirkland Snider is a composer of critically-acclaimed chamber, orchestral, and choral music, as well as strikingly original art-songs.

She is also a co-director of New Amsterdam Records, a Brooklyn-based independent record label, and the non-profit presenting organization New Amsterdam Presents. Snider is perhaps best known for Penelope, an orchestral song cycle based on the faithful wife from Homer’s Odyssey, with lyrics by playwright Ellen McLaughlin.

Something for the Dark takes its title from a poem by Philip Levine, the Detroit-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. Poet Laureate who was best known for his poems about the Motor City’s working class. The piece was commissioned and premiered by the DSO as a component of the Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers, granted annually to a living woman composer, of any age or nationality, in the spirit of recognizing and supporting the creation of new orchestral works by women. Snider won the award in 2014.

In Snider’s words, “When I received the commission to write this piece, I thought I would try to write something about hope — it being an essential element of Detroit’s narrative of endurance, or indeed any [similar] narrative. Early into my sketches for the piece, I stumbled upon an idea that sounded to me like hope incarnate: a bold, noble, full-hearted little melody surrounded by sunlight and dignity and shiny things. But that wasn’t what happened. The piece opens with the shiny statement of hope, and sets out on an uncertain journey to find it again, but can’t. Instead, it encounters strange new echoes of the motif in different, unfamiliar settings. It follows digressions, trying to resolve related DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 27

but new musical arguments. Eventually it finds its way to solid ground, though this piece is quite a bit darker than where we began. But to my mind this arrival feels more trustworthy, more complete, more worthy of celebration because it feels more real.”

The DSO has previously performed Something for the Dark once, presenting the piece’s world premiere in April 2016, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero.

“Equality” JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND B. February 27, 1974, Flint, MI

Text by Dr. Maya Angelou (Used by permission of Caged Bird Legacy, LLC)

Scored for 3 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings. (Approx. 5 minutes)

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orn in Flint, MI, Jonathan Bailey Holland is currently Chair of Composition, Theory and History at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Faculty Chair of the Music Composition Low Residency MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He previously served as composer-in-residence of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. His works have been commissioned and performed by orchestras and ensembles across the country. “Equality,” adapted from the Maya Angelou poem of the same name, was premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2015.

“Maya Angelou’s poem is a prophetic declaration that literally propels itself forward via a repeated phrase that builds in intensity, both trumpeting the message and serving as a mantra for those continuing the struggle,” Holland

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writes. “The poem speaks of drums, using language — like so many of Maya Angelou’s poems — that is already music. My setting of this powerful poem simply draws on the persistent energy that is present in the poetry.” The date of the work’s premiere, in fall 2015, coincides with the anniversaries of the end of the Civil War (1865) and the passage of the Voting Rights Act (1965).

“Maya Angelou’s words seem as fitting for the struggles she faced during her lifetime as they would have been for those that fought to end slavery some 100 years prior,” Holland continues, “and for those who are still fighting inequality today.”

This performance of Jonathan Bailey Holland’s “Equality” will be a DSO premiere.

“Warehouse Medicine” from The B-Sides: Five Pieces for Orchestra & Electronica MASON BATES B. January 23, 1977, Richmond, VA Scored for 2 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (1 doubling on English horn), 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano, and strings, plus triggered electronic samples. (Approx. 5 minutes)

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he San Francisco Chronicle once described Mason Bates as “a composer whose cheerful disregard for stylistic boundaries is a godsend.”

Indeed. The first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center, Bates balances a laid-back look and attitude with intense artistic focus, composing and curating music with an impressive list of LATE SPRING 2016-2017

collaborators: Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Anna Clyne, and many others. The B-Sides was composed in 2009, and Bates writes in part: “It was between Tchaikovsky and Brahms that Michael Tilson Thomas, surprisingly mellow in his dressing room during one intermission, broached the idea of a new work…he suggested a collection of five pieces focusing on texture and sonority — perhaps like Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra. Since my music had largely gone in the other direction (large works that bathed the listener in immersive experiences), the idea intrigued me. I had often imagined a suite of concise, off-kilter symphonic pieces that would incorporate the

grooves and theatrics of electronica in a highly focused manner. So, like the forgotten bands from the flipside of an old piece of vinyl, The B-Sides offers brief landings on a variety of peculiar planets, unified by a focus on fluorescent orchestral sonorities and the morphing rhythms of electronica.

The final piece is ‘Warehouse Medicine,’ an homage to techno’s birthplace: the empty warehouses of Detroit.”

Bates will control the piece’s electronic samples from the stage.

The DSO previously performed The B-Sides once, in November 2011, also with Bates present and Leonard Slatkin conducting.

THE DETROIT SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA Oriol Sans, Director

Violin I Lucy Alessio, Concertmaster Eric Chen Raymond Li Elizabeth Stratton Chance McDermott Yuling Wei Eugenia Cho Michelle Li Robert Sylvester Lizzie Vojtisek Steven Li Dahn Phan Elise Komer Brandi Main* Violin II Audrey Alessio Eliana Silverman Haejeong Lee Sophia Kim Jooho Lee Bryce Yung Charlotte Farrell Susie Lee Edison Chiu Maya Balaji Sherrye Ye Sofija Sekulovic Arlo Goldman Katja ForemanBraunschweig dso.org

Adam Davis Victoria Bronstein Anita Chiu* Viola Noah Leong Larry Williams III Kirsten Riggs Amelia Abouljoud William Beardslee Tristan Wilson Emily Wogaman Heidi Kletzli Kiana Spiller Kathryn Kibbe* Cello Hannah DeCampos Elizabeth Alessio Liliana Arida-Moody Kira Gurovich Yongjin Nam Ben Stefadu Jane Hepp Benjamin Kletzli Alexander Shier Taylor Sobinski* Double Bass Eddie Tchaouchev Molly Kilgore Stephen Castiglione Nick Young*

Flute Calvin Mayman Sara Huang Lydia Moenssen Samantha Tartamella* Oboe Paul Munn Stephanie Turner Jana Zilova* Clarinet Andrew Li Nickolas Hamblin Stephen Dubetz* Bassoon Liza Knight Aditya Ravi Alex Meaux* Contrabassoon Maya Grossman French Horn Deborah Wogaman Paul Nastelin Jacob Beyer Peter Guidi* Alana Rosen

Trumpet Sebastian Cole Josephine Ala Thomas Corbett Katherine Stephen* Trombone Max Berkowitz Matt Ferran Perry Kreiss Jamie Foster Anthony Berardi Tuba William Elliot Sam Teeple* Percussion Gina Moy Liam Clancy Will Kelley Rj Seibert* Piano George Cullinan Harp Katherine Opperman * denotes Civic Youth Ensembles mentor

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Chair Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

HEROES GALA Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 7 p.m. in Orchestra Hall MICHELLE MERRILL, conductor D.J. OLIVER, host JON KIMURA PARKER, piano WEI YU, cello

Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare (b. 1935) Brass Section of the Detroit Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble

Ernest Bloch “Prayer,” from Jewish Life, No. 1 (1880 - 1959) Wei Yu, cello trans. Alfredo Antonini

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (1770 - 1827) II. Allegretto scherzando

Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1833 - 1897)

Antonín Dvorˇák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, [old No. 5]

(1841 - 1904) “From the New World” I. Adagio – Allegro molto

George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1898 - 1937) Jon Kimura Parker, piano arr. Ferde Grofé Leonard Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On the Town (1918 - 1990) III. Times Square: 1944

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he Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s seventh annual Heroes Gala and Benefit Concert honors the remarkable men and women who impact the vision, values, and success of the DSO and our community.

This year, we pay special tribute to Madeleine H. Berman and her husband, the late Mandell L. Berman. Madge and Bill have provided decades of leadership and giving, with both serving on the DSO Board and Madge serving for over two decades before being appointed an Emeritus Director in 2013. The DSO honors Bill and Madge this evening not just for all they’ve given to the DSO but also for their support of numerous causes in the Jewish community, education, healthcare, and the arts. They have given so much to our community, but their impact has been felt around the world.

Both Bill and Madge first saw the DSO in concert as schoolchildren growing up in Detroit. Decades later, their generosity and vision inspired the creation of the Civic Youth Wind Ensemble and the DSO’s Classroom Edition webcasts, which bring our Educational Concert Series to students throughout Detroit and around the world. Tonight’s Heroes tribute to Bill and Madge is lovingly presented in the style of this series.

Every child deserves access to the power of music. Your support of this event will help the DSO transform the lives of youth across our region through music education.

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The DSO’s Educational Concert Series and Live from Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition Webcasts

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or more than 80 years, the DSO’s Educational Concert Series (ECS) has introduced classical music to children across Southeast Michigan.

Several times each year, Orchestra Hall is filled with students who have come to see a live concert by the DSO designed especially for young people. The 2016-2017 Season was the third to feature these performances streamed live online for free through the groundbreaking Live from Orchestra Hall: Classroom Edition webcast series.

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that change children’s lives.

Bill and Madge Berman helped to both conceive and fund the Classroom Edition webcasts. “Bill and Madge remembered, as so many of us do, Leonard Bernstein’s televised Young People’s Concerts,” says Anne Parsons, DSO President and CEO. “And they wanted to do something like that for our children in Detroit.”

In just three years, the impact has been outstanding. Hundreds of thousands of students, some of whom have never experienced classical music before, have been able to view concerts that spark their imagination, help broaden their thinking, and inspire lifelong passions.

The DSO thanks Bill and Madge, as well as the Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation, for the crucial role they have played in bringing Classroom Edition to life. Thanks to their innovative thinking and peerless generosity, children everywhere are gaining access to music education that may have otherwise been out of reach.

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profiles MICHELLE MERRILL Michelle Merrill currently serves as the Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where she also carries the title of Phillip MERRILL and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador. A passionate and dynamic artist, Merrill was named as one of Hour Detroit Magazine’s 3 Cultural Organization Leaders to Watch, and was recently profiled by the Ford Motor Company for their website fordbetterworld.org. She is also a recipient of a 2016 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award.

As Associate Conductor of the DSO, Merrill helps plan and conduct over 30 concerts per season, including the renowned Classroom Edition webcasts, which have reached tens of thousands of students locally, nationally, and internationally. Merrill also gives pre-concert lectures, leads adult music education seminars, engages with students in and around Metro Detroit, speaks on behalf of the DSO throughout the community, and participates in hosting Live from Orchestra Hall, the DSO’s free concert webcast series that launched in 2011 and is now viewed in more than 100 countries. She made her classical subscription debut with the DSO in April 2016.

In March of 2014, Merrill stepped in on short notice with the Meadows Symphony Orchestra for their performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4, which music critic Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News described as “stunning” and later named to his list of Top Ten dso.org

Classical Performances of 2014. She was awarded in 2013 the prestigious Ansbacher Conducting Fellowship by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the American Austrian Foundation, which enabled her to be in residence at the world-renowned Salzburg Festival.

Born in Dallas, TX, Merrill studied conducting with Dr. Paul C. Phillips at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, where she holds a Master of Music Degree in conducting and a Bachelor of Music in performance. Apart from music, she loves cooking, running, hiking, and spending time outdoors with her husband, Steve Merrill, who serves as the principal percussionist of the Jacksonville Symphony.

JON KIMURA PARKER Pianist Jon Kimura Parker has performed as guest soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Wolfgang Sawallisch PARKER in Carnegie Hall, toured Europe with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Andre Previn, and shared the stage with Jessye Norman at Berlin’s Philharmonie. A true Canadian ambassador of music, Parker has given command performances for Queen Elizabeth II, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan. He is an Officer of The Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian honor.

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profiles whom he has given world premieres of sonatas by Paul Schoenfield, John Harbison, and Steven Stucky. He also performs regularly with the Miró Quartet, and is a founding member of the Montrose Trio with violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith.

An active media personality, Parker hosted the television series Whole Notes on Bravo and CBC Radio’s Up and Coming. His YouTube channel showcases the Concerto Chat video series, with illuminating discussions of the piano concerto repertoire.

Parker is currently Professor of piano at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and Artistic Advisor of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. He studied with Edward Parker and Keiko Parker privately, Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the University of British Columbia, Robin Wood at the Victoria Conservatory, Marek Jablonski at the Banff Centre, and Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School. He currently lives in Texas with his wife, violinist Aloysia Friedmann, and their daughter Sophie.

WEI YU Principal Cello James C. Gordon Chair Wei Yu made his DSO subscription debut in November 2015, performing Dvorˇák’s Cello Concerto under the baton of Leonard YU Slatkin. Before joining the DSO, Wei was a member of the New York Philharmonic for seven seasons.

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and Ravinia music festivals, and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians: cellist David Soyer, pianists Richard Goode and Menahem Pressler, violinists Midori and Pinchas Zukerman, and members of the Guarneri and Juilliard Quartets. As a member of the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, he makes regular appearances at Merkin Concert Hall.

Born in Shanghai, Wei began studying the cello at age 4 and made his concerto debut at age 11, performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

He received his B.M. from North Park University in Chicago and M.M. from the Juilliard School. His principal teachers include Mei-Juan Liu, John Kadz, Hans Jørgen Jensen, and David Soyer. He performs on the 1778 “ExSoyer” Gagliano cello, on generous loan from the Marlboro Music Festival.

D.J. OLIVER A Detroit native, D.J. Oliver is the host of the Detroit Public Television series Detroit Performs and appeared on the ABC show Detroit OLIVER 187. He made his major film debut in 2014, in David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. In addition to theatre work, D.J. has appeared in commercials, industrial films, and TV shows.

D.J. earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Wayne State University and is a frequent guest of the DSO. He most recently hosted the Spring 2017 Educational Concert Series, Music in Motion.

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Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Terence Blanchard, Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Chair Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

POPS SERIES Soul Unlimited with Ellis Hall Friday, June 16, 2017 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 18, 2017 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JEFF TYZIK, conductor ELLIS HALL, singer and entertainer THE ELLIS HALL SINGERS

Program to be announced from the stage.

This Pops Series performance is generously sponsored by

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profiles ELLIS HALL Diagnosed with Congenital Glaucoma at an early age, Ellis Hall knew he would one day be blind.

Though the side HALL effects of glaucoma are physically painful, psychologically Hall prepared himself for blindness beautifully, seeing himself as “differently-abled,” not disabled.

And his ability is truly different: Hall continues to have a thoroughly rewarding musical career that has included tenure in the Oakland funk/ soul band Tower of Power, a stage role in The Gospel At Colonus that earned him an Ovation Theater Award nomination, an opportunity to perform at the funeral of Helen Keller at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, and

collaborations with bona fide musical titans: Patti LaBelle, Herbie Hancock, Sheila E., Natalie Cole, James Taylor, and many more. Hall’s hometown of Claxton, Georgia celebrated his fiftyplus years as a performer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and educator by asking him to write the city’s official song.

After years of writing, touring, producing, and working the studio circuit, Hall met his hero Ray Charles in 2001. It was Charles who convinced Hall to expand his career to include playing with symphony orchestras.

Hall did his first such show in 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl, and has since been playing with orchestras around the world. His first concept was Ray, Motown, and Beyond, and in September 2016 he debuted Soul Unlimited with Jeff Tyzik.

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CELEBRATING YOUR LEGACY SUPPORT BARBARA VAN DUSEN, Honorary Chair

The 1887 Society honors individuals who have made a special legacy commitment to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members of the 1887 Society ensure that future music lovers will continue to enjoy unsurpassed musical experiences by including the DSO in their estate plans. If you have arranged a planned gift to support the DSO or would like more information on planned giving, please contact Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451.

Ms. Doris L. Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Dr. Augustin & Nancy † Arbulu Ms. Charlotte Arkin† Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mary Beattie Stanley A. Beattie Mr.† & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman Mrs. Betty Blair Gwen & Richard Bowlby William & Julia Bugera Cynthia Cassell, Ph. D. Dr.† and Mrs. Victor J. Cervenak Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Ms. Mary Rita Cuddohy † Mr. Kevin S. Dennis and Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Ms. Bette J. Dyer † Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Mrs. Rema Frankel† Patricia Finnegan Sharf Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher † Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.† Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Jane French Janet M. Garrett Dr. Byron P. and Marilyn Georgeson Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Victor † & Gale Girolami Ruth & Al Glancy David and Paulette Groen Mr. Harry G. Bowles† Donna & Eugene Hartwig Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein

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Ms. Nancy B. Henk Joseph L. Hickey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Andy Howell Carol Howell Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson 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 Douglas Koschik Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson† Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler and Rex L. Dotson Dr. Melvin A. Lester Mr. & Mrs.† Joseph Lile Harold Lundquist † & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Mr. Glenn Maxwell Mary Joy McMachen, Ph.D. Mr. William G. Michael† Rhoda A. Milgrim Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr.† & Mrs. L. William Moll Shari & Craig Morgan Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Beverley Anne Pack David† & Andrea Page Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Helen & Wesley Pelling† Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Ms. Christina Pitts

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Mrs. Robert Plummer Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Mrs. Mary Carol Prokop† Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Ms. Dorothy J. Reidel† Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Lori-Ann Rickard Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack † & Aviva Robinson Mr.† & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Dr. Margaret Ryan Marjorie & Saul Saulson Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk Ms. Yvonne Schilla Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schultz † Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest † Ms. Marla K. Shelton Edna J. Shin Ms. June Siebert Dr. Melissa J. Smiley & Dr. Patricia A. Wren Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass† Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek Alice and Paul Tomboulian Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Roger and Tina Valade Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent Christine and Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich John† & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Robert E. Wilkins† Mrs. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy S. Williams† Mr. Robert S. Williams and Ms. Treva Womble Ms. Barbara Wojtas Elizabeth B. Work Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu† Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Milton & Lois† Zussman Five who wish to remain anonymous LATE SPRING 2016-2017

The DSO’s Planned Giving Council recognizes the region’s leading financial and estate professionals whose current and future clients may involve them in their decision to make a planned gift to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members play a critical role in shaping the future of the DSO through ongoing feedback, working with their clients, supporting philanthropy and attending briefings twice per year. For more information or to join the PG Council, please contact Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451.

LINDA WASSERMAN AVIV, Chair Mrs. Katana H. Abbott Mr. Christopher A. Ballard Ms. Jessica B. Blake, Esq. Ms. Rebecca J. Braun Mr. Mark W. Jannott, CTFA Ms. Jennifer A. Jennings Ms. Dawn Jinsky Mrs. Shirley Kaigler Mr. Robert E. Kass Mrs. Jill Governale

Mr. Henry M. Grix Mr. Christopher L. Kelly Mr. Bernard S. Kent Ms. Yuh Suhn Kim Mr. Henry P. Lee Ms. Marguerite Munson Lentz Mr. Christopher M. Mann Mr. Curtis J. Mann Mrs. Mary Mansfield Mr. Mark Neithercut

Mrs. Alice R. Pfahlert Mr. Steven Pierce Ms. Deborah J. Renshaw, CFP Mr. James P. Spica Mr. David M. Thoms, Esq. Mr. John N. Thomson, Esq. Ms. Sandra K. Vanover Mr. William Winkler Ms. Wendy Zimmer Cox

THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S VOLUNTEER USHERS

Sandy Aasgaard Fran Alberts Dee Allison Karen Arendall William Arendall Susan Baran Catherine Beaumont Clara Belt Barbara Binder Valerie Binder Niels Boesen Dorisel Boggs Kathie Booth Barbara Borden Elaine Bozin Ann Brilliant Nelda Brogan Roy Brogan Alexander Brown Kenneth Brown Ruth Bruce Joseph Buese Janice Calligaris-Sur Stephanie Canty Ed Carey Bethany Carmody Hannah Carmody Kay Carmody Maria Caruso Martha Casey Elaine Chalom Gloria Coles Gregg Coughlin Nancy Courtney Gerry Crowe Neal Dahlen James Demers Kari Deming

Nancy Deming Diane DeVincent Brian Doefer Barbara Drake Kay Dubois Michael Easter Monica Easter Naomi Edwards Bob Emick Mary Ann Emick Joanna Endres Robert Endres Leslie Falvey Pam Faricy Joseph Fasi Michael Fenchel Marvin Fink Rosalind Fink Lester Floyd Carmen Freeman laurie fundukian Frank Gasiorek Cheryl Gastwirth Jeffrey Gebauer Steven Gensterblum John Gibson Toni Gibson Jackie Giering Bruce Gilbert Nora Gilbert Elisa Giuliani David Groen Rosemary Gugino Rebeca Guzman Carla Hall Claudia Hawkins Mary Heppner Fay Herman

Francine Hill Jolyn Hillebrand Cal Hoeksema Norma Hoeksema Diane Holden Jasmine Hollis Robert Holzhauer Jean Hornbacher Regina Hughes William Isenhour Barbara Iseppi Larry Jacobs Linda James Germaine Jarvis Rick Jayroe Sue Jayroe Gregory Johnson Marva Johnson Earline Jones Rita Kaplan Nancy Karpus Kathleen Keener Katherine Klimas Carol Kupinski Mary Lafter Jane Latessa Lorraine Lavoie Edward Lesnau Maureen Lesnau Louise Less Joyce Lyons Rochelle Mailhot Consquela Marbury Christina Marchwica Mark Marchwica Jack Marshall Kisha Martin Henry McCoy

Diane McLeod Marie Meleski Paul Michalsen Nancy Miller Emma Mitchell Peg Mixter Virginia Moore Jim Moylan Nellie Murphy Don Musser Dorothy Musser Mary Myers Joan Nagrant Florkowski Nancy Betty Nelson Courtney Nicholls Marylou Ouellette Ann Pape Maureen Paraventi Bob Patton Alice Paul Cassandra Pettway Fedora Pruitt Brenda Purkiss Betsy Quick Karen Rademacher Elizabeth Reid Peggy Roberts Shirley Ross Jane Rousseau Edna Rubin Mona Ruggers Vincent Ruggers Susan Saroglia Pat Shannon Emanuel Sharpe Martha Shumaker Craig Sieferd

Helen Smiley Chris Smith Kathy Smith Mary Smith Steven Smith April Snively Jeff Spakowski Glenn Stadts Archer Stone Art Stone Jennifer Sutherland Joan Swain Marianne Szymborski Ira Richard Talbott Joan Tilford Dorothy Trent Virnestean Tubbs Sherry Turner Fred Van Every Lee Visci Janice Wargo Jerry Wargo Sanford Waxer Charles Weaver Cobe Weaver Karen Weaver Carolyn Wedepohl Ted Wedepohl Chuck Wendt Miles West John Wheeler Stan Wisniewski Mary Zelenock

For more information about becoming a Volunteer Usher, please visit dso.org or contact Margaret Cassetto at mcassetto@dso.org.

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THE ANNUAL FUND Gifts received between September 1, 2015 and March 31, 2017 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 questions about this roster, or to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or go to 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 Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Penny & Harold Blumenstein Julie & Peter Cummings Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher † Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson The Polk Family Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Giving of $100,000 and more Applebaum Family Foundation Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

Emory M. Ford, Jr.† Endowment Cindy & Leonard Slatkin

Giving of $50,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Mrs. Cecilia Benner Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Lester Ms. Deborah Miesel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Shari & Craig Morgan Bernard & Eleanor Robertson The Clyde & Helen Wu Family

Giving of $25,000 and more Ms. Sharon Backstrom W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Mrs. Kathryn L. Fife Mr. & Mrs. David Fischer Madeline & Sidney Forbes Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel 40

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Grace & Evelyn Kachaturoff David & Valerie McCammon Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem Mr. James G. Vella †

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Giving of $10,000 and more Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Daniel & Rose Angelucci Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ankers Pamela Applebaum Mr. Chuck Becker Drs. John & Janice Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Bonahoom Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mrs. Milena Brown Michael & Cathleen Clancy Lois & Avern Cohn Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore Eugene & Elaine C. Driker Marianne T. Endicott Jim & Margo Farber Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher & Mr. Roy Furman Mr. Michael J. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Fogleman Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Dale & Bruce Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. Byron† & Dorothy Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Mrs. Gale Girolami

Dr. Kenneth & Roslyne Gitlin Dr. Robert T. Goldman Dr. Allen Goodman & Dr. Janet Hankin Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Gray Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld Dr. Gloria Heppner Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Ronald M. & Carol† Horwitz Richard H. & Carola Huttenlocher Mr. Sharad P. Jain Lenard & Connie Johnston Faye & Austin Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Norman D. Katz Mike & Katy Keegan Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel Dr. Myron & Joyce LaBan Marguerite & David Lentz Dr. Melvin A. Lester Bud & Nancy Liebler Mr. & Mrs.† Joseph Lile Stevens McClure Family Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Xavier & Maeva Mosquet

Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson Patricia & Henry Nickol Mrs. Jo Elyn Nyman Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Peterson Dr. William F. Pickard Ms. Ruth Rattner Dr. Erik Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark* Martie & Bob Sachs Dr. Mark & Peggy Saffer Marjorie & Saul Saulson Elaine & Michael Serling Mark & Lois Shaevsky Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman William H. Smith John J. Solecki Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo Mr. Gary L. Wasserman & Mr. Charlie Kashner Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams Ms. Mary Wilson David & Bernadine Wu Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Zlotoff Three who wish to remain anonymous

Giving of $5,000 and more Mrs. Denise Abrash Ms. Dorothy Adair Richard & Jiehan Alonzo Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mrs. Jean Azar Claire & Robert N. Brown Michael & Geraldine Buckles Mr. & Mrs. François Castaing Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare Beck Demery Adel & Walter Dissett Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff Mr. Peter Falzon Hon. Sharon Tevis Finch Barbara & Alfred J. Fisher III Ms. Mary D. Fisher Mr. David Fleitz Ms. Carol A. Friend Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens Goodman Family Charitable Trust Mr.† & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. Lee V. Hart & Mr. Charles L. Dunlap Ms. Nancy B. Henk Ms. Doreen Hermelin

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Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. George Hill & Mrs. Kathleen Talbert-Hill Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead Jack & Anne Hommes Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup William & Story John Judy & David Karp Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Mr. Daniel Lewis The Locniskar Group Bob & Terri Lutz Patricia A.† & Patrick G. McKeever Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Ms. A. Anne Moroun Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David E. Nims Mr. Thomas Norris Mr. John J. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Pat Olney Debra & Richard Partrich Ms. Lisa Payne Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Penske

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Mr. Charles Peters Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus Dr. Glenda D. Price Mr. & Mrs. David Provost Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield Barbara Gage Rex Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski Dr. Alexander Ruthven Mr. & Mrs. Leonard W. Smith Renate & Richard Soulen Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero Mrs. E. Ray Stricker Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III Alice & Paul Tomboulian Mr. & Mrs. Gary Torgow David Usher Dr. Vainutis Vaitkevicius Mrs. Eva Von Voss Mr. William Waak S. Evan & Gwen Weiner Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman Ms. June Wu Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Mr. Michael Yessian Margaret S. York Erwin & Isabelle Ziegelman Foundation Milton & Lois† Zussman Two who wish to remain anonymous DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 41

Giving of $2,500 and more Howard Abrams & Nina Dodge Abrams Mr. & Mrs. George Agnello Dr. Roger & Mrs. Rosette Ajluni Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Armstrong Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook* Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman Aviv Mr. & Mrs. John Axe Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Babbish Ms. Ruth Baidas Nora Lee & Guy Barron Mr. Mark Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Mary Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien Dr. & Mrs. Brian Beck Ms. Margaret Beck Mrs. Harriett Berg Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Biber Ms. Kathleen Block Martha & G. Peter Blom Dr. George & Joyce Blum Nancy & Lawrence Bluth Mr. Timothy Bogan The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr. Stuart Michaelson Rud & Mary Ellen Boucher Don & Marilyn Bowerman Mr. Paul & Mrs. Lisa Brandt Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Buck Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor Burleson Ms. Evelyn Burton Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd Philip & Carol Campbell Mrs. Carolyn Carr Dr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Carson Ronald & Lynda Charfoos Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Christians Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clark Nina & Richard Cohan Jack, Evelyn & Richard Cole Family Foundation Patricia & William Cosgrove, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Louis Cotman Mrs. Barbara Cunningham Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Jerry P. & Maureen T. D’Avanzo Barbara A. David Lillian & Walter Dean Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer 42

Mr. Giuseppe Derdelakos Diana & Mark Domin Donato Enterprises Paul † & Peggy Dufault Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dunn Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Edwin & Rosemarie Dyer Mrs. George D. Dzialak Dr. Leo & Mrs. Mira Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen Donald & Marjory Epstein Mr. Drew Esslinger & Mr. Omar Alrashed Ellie Farber Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Feldman Mr. & Mrs.† Anthony C. Fielek Dr. Thomas Filardo & Dr. Nora Zorich Mr. Jay Fishman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Frank Kit & Dan Frohardt-Lane Sharyn & Alan Gallatin Mrs. Janet M. Garrett Mr. George Georges Drs. Lynda & Conrad Giles Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette Ruth & Al Glancy Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden Paul & Barbara Goodman Ms. Jacqueline Graham Mr. Luke Ponder & Dr. Darla Granger Dr. & Mrs. Joe L. Greene Dr. & Mrs. Steven Grekin Mr. Jeffrey Groehn Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Robert & Elizabeth Hamel Randall L. & Nancy Caine Harbour Tina Harmon Mrs. Betty J. Harrell Cheryl A. Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Randall Hawes Gerhardt A. Hein & Rebecca P. Hein Mr. & Mrs. Ross Herron Jeremiah* & Brooke Hess Lauri & Paul Hogle Ms. Barbara Honner The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. F. Robert Hozian Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Nicki* & Brian Inman Steven & Sarah Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Ira J. Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Janovsky Mr. John S. Johns Mr. & Mrs. George Johnson Mr. Paul Joliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jonna Ellen Kahn Dr. Laura Katz & Dr. Jonathan Pasko

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Betsy & Joel Kellman June K. Kendall Patrick J. Kerzic & Stephanie Germack Kerzic Frederic & Stephanie Keywell Mrs. Frances King Mr. & Mrs. William P. Kingsley Susan & Bill Kishler Thomas & Linda Klein Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci Ms. Margot Kohler Mr. David Kolodziej Mr. James Kors & Ms. Victoria King* Martin & Karen Koss Dr. Harry & Katherine Kotsis Robert C. & Margaret A. Kotz Barbara & Michael Kratchman Richard & Sally Krugel Dr. Arnold Kummerow Marilyn & John Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Ms. Sandra Lapadot Ms. Anne T. Larin Dr. Lawrence O. Larson Dolores & Paul Lavins Mr. Henry P. Lee Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph LeRoy, Jr. Barbara & Carl Levin Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Arlene & John Lewis Ms. Carol Litka Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Daniel & Linda* Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Cis Maisel Margaret Makulski & James Bannan Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Mr. & Mrs. David S. Maquera, Esq. Mr. Anthony Marek Ms. Florine Mark Maurice Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Richard Martella Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo McDonald Ms. Camille McLeod Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Olga Sutaruk Meyer Thomas & Judith Mich Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Miller J.J. & Liz Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore Ms. Florence Morris Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Drs. Barbara & Stephen Munk Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Joy & Allan Nachman LATE SPRING 2016-2017

Judith & Edward Narens Mr. & Mrs. Eric Nemeth Mariam C. Noland & James A. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Norling Ms. Gabrielle Poshadlo & Mr. Dennis Nulty* Katherine & Bruce Nyberg Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Nycek Dr. & Mrs. Dongwhan Oh Dr. William Oppat Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly Mr. Randall Pappal Mrs. Margot Parker Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein Mr. & Mrs. Kris Pfaehler Mr. & Mrs. Philip E. Pfahlert Benjamin B. Phillips Mr. Dave Phipps Dr. Klaudia Plawny-Lebenbom William H. & Wendy W. Powers Reimer & Rebecca Priester Charlene & Michael Prysak Mr. Ronald Puchalski Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rappleye Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani Mrs. Hope Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Denise Reske Seth & Laura Romine Mr. R. Desmond Rowan

Jane & Curt Russell Mrs. Lois J. Ryan † Linda & Leonard Sahn Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland Salisbury Hershel & Dorothy Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff Ms. Nancy Schlichting David & Carol Schoch Catherine & Dennis B. Schultz Sandy & Alan Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest† Mr. Merton J. Segal Mrs. Jean Shapero† Ms. Margaret Shulman Dr. Les & Ellen Lesser Siegel Coco & Robert Siewert Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan William & Cherie Sirois Dr. Cathryn & Mr. Daniel Skedel Dr. Gregory Stephens Barb & Clint Stimpson Nancy C. Stocking Stephen & Phyllis Strome David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel Dorothy I. Tarpinian Shelley & Joel Tauber Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop Carol & Larry Tibbitts

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tierney Dr. Barry Tigay & Mrs. Clara Saban Mr. & Mrs. Michael Torakis Barbara & Stuart Trager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Trudeau Mark & Janice Uhlig Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing Charles & Sally Van Dusen Mr.† & Mrs. George C. Vincent Dr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle Captain Joseph F. Walsh, USN (Ret.) Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Mr. Patrick Webster Mr. Herman Weinreich Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Ambassador & Mrs. Ronald N. Weiser Arthur & Trudy Weiss Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman Foundation Ms. Anne Wilczak Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood Ms. Andrea L. Wulf The Yousif Family Mr. Richard D. Zimmerman Four who wish to remain anonymous

Giving of $1,500 and more Joshua & Judith Adler Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian Pauline Averbach & Charles Peacock Dr. & Dr. Brian Bachynski Ms. Mary C. Bartush Jones Ms. Jane Bolender Mr. & Mrs. J. Bora Ms. Nadia Boreiko Mr. & Mrs. Gerald C. Borsand Dr. & Mrs. David L. Bouwman Ms. Christine Britts Bowden & Elaine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burstein Mr. Samuel Bushala Dr. & Mrs. Glenn B. Carpenter David & Michelle Carroll Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk Mrs. Barbara Cushing Dr. & Mrs. Adnan S. Dajani Mr. & Mrs. James H. Danto Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Darold Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. & Mrs. Henry Eckfeld Mr. Howard O. Emorey Mr. Gilbert Glassberg & Ms. Sandra Seligman

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Dr. Linda Golumbia, Ph.D Mr. Donald Guertin Mary & Preston Happel Fran & Howard Heicklen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hillegonds Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. Arthur Johns Robert & Sandra Johnson Carol & Richard Johnston Dr. Jean Kegler Ms. Ida King Mr. James Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Klimko Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kochajda/Teal Electric Co. Mr. & Mrs. Kosch Mr. & Mrs. William Kroger, Jr. Mr. Michael Kuhne Mr. Charles E. Letts Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manning Dr. Arlene M. Marcy, M.D. Mr. John McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Brian Meer Bruce & Mary Miller

*Current DSO Musician or Staff

Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Germano Mularoni Mrs. Ruth Nix Noel & Patricia Peterson Dr.† & Mrs. Terry Podolsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rapson Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rontal Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Rose Norman† & Dulcie Rosenfeld Mr.† & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Mr. Lawrence Shoffner Zon Shumway Mr. Mark Sims & Ms. Elaine Fieldman Ralph & Peggy Skiano Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa William & Sandra Vanover Peter & Carol Walters Mr. Barry Webster Ms. Beverly Weidendorf Ms. Janet Weir Frank & Ruth Zinn Two who wish to remain anonymous DSO PERFORMANCE MAGA ZINE 43

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 President & CEO, Ford Motor Company

primary pereferred logo

4 color - 65% black spot color - pantone cool gray 9C

MARY BARRA CEOsecondary and Chairperson, General Motors Company

$100,000 and more

JAMES VELLA President, Ford Motor Company Fund

JACKIE PARKER President, GM Foundation

secondary - for use on dark backgrounds

2014 GM Design Corporate ID & Graphics

SERGIO MARCHIONNE Chief Executive Officer, FCA

$20,000 and more

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American House Senior Living Communities Chemical Bank Greektown Casino KPMG LLP Macy’s

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KEITH J. ALLMANN President and CEO, MASCO Corporation

MGM Grand Detroit Casino PNC Bank Rock Ventures, LLC Target Wico Metal Products Wolverine Packing Company

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$10,000 and more Amerisure Insurance Beaumont Health Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC Denso International America, Inc. Edibles Rex Fifth Third Bank Greenleaf Trust Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP Hungry Howie’s Pizza Huron Consulting Group Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Raymond James REDICO Sandler Training Suburban Collection UBS Financial Services Inc. Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

$5,000 and more American International Group The Boston Consulting Group Coffee Express Roasting Company Delphi Foundation Ernst & Young Hotel St. Regis Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Michigan Ear Institute Schaerer Architextural Interiors St. John Providence Telemus Capital Partners, LLC Varnum LLP Yessian Music $1,000 and more Arkay-Walker Paint Companay Avis Ford, Inc. Broder & Sachse Real Estate Services Chubb Group of Insurance Companies

Darling Bolt Company Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Dickinson Wright LLP Dykema HEM Data Corporation The Harmon Group Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Madison Electric Company Michigan First Credit Union Morgan Stanley O’Brien - Sullivan Funeral Homes Inc. Oswald Companies Plante & Moran, PLLC PSLZ, LLP Robert Swaney Consulting, Inc. Sachse Construction Save Our Symphony Urban Science Applications

SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS $500,000 and more The William M. Davidson Foundation Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation $250,000 and more Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Dresner Foundation Hudson-Webber Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation McGregor Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $100,000 and more The Richard C. Devereaux Foundation Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Ford Foundation Detroit Symphony Orchestra Volunteer Council $50,000 and more Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation dso.org

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Richard & Jane Manoogian Foundation Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts Herbert & Elsa Ponting Foundation Matilda R. Wilson Fund $25,000 and more Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund Henry Ford II Fund $10,000 and more Maxine & Stuart Frankel Foundation Myron P. Leven Foundation Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Moroun Family Foundation Sage Foundation $5,000 and more Benson & Edith Ford Fund The Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation

Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation Mary Thompson Foundation $1,000 and more Charles M. Bauervic Foundation Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards Foundation Harold & Ruth Garber Family Foundation Clarence & Jack Himmel Fund James & Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Josephine Kleiner Foundation Ludwig Foundation Fund Aline Underhill Orten Foundation The Loraine & Melinese Reuter Foundation Leslie & Regene Schmier Foundation Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Sills Foundation Don & Dolly Smith Foundation The Tuktawa Foundation The Village Club Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation Wheeler Family Foundation, Inc. Young Woman’s Home Association

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TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT The Detroit Symphony Orchestra would like to especially thank those who have made extraordinary multi-year gifts for general operations, endowment, capital improvements, and named chairs, ensembles or programs since the start of Blueprint 2023, our ten-year plan, in 2013.

FOUNDING FAMILIES

CHAMPIONS

LEADERS

Julie & Peter Cummings Fisher Family Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Stanley & Judy Frankel Danialle & Peter Karmanos, Jr. James B. & Ann V. Nicholson Clyde & Helen Wu †

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo DTE Energy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Ford Motor Company Fund Mr. & Mrs.† Morton E. Harris John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ms. Deborah Miesel Shari & Craig Morgan The Polk Family PVS Chemicals, Inc. Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Stephen M. Ross Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Herman & Sharon Frankel Ruth & Al Glancy Bud & Nancy Liebler Richard & Jane Manoogian Foundation

David & Valerie McCammon Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Dr. William F. Pickard Jack † & Aviva Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz

NOTABLE PROJECT SUPPORT The Detroit Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the following partners for their support of exceptional projects, partnerships, and performances that boldly advance the DSO’s mission to be a leader in the world of classical music.

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, tells the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II who performed the famous Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation. The concert combines the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus and footage from a Nazi propaganda film on Theresienstadt.

The DSO family is proud to recognize the gifts made in support of this performance.

Concert Sponsors, underwriting The Defiant Requiem production Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Jane & Larry Sherman with support for guest artists provided by the Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation

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Special Project Leaders, bringing key multimedia elements to our neighborhood performance at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Penny & Harold Blumenstein Ralph, Erica, and Dorothy Gerson Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation Community Engagement Leaders, sponsoring community outreach activities throughout Metro Detroit Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes Education Supporters, making school visits and complimentary tickets for students possible Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman Aviv

† Deceased

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TRIBUTE GIFTS Gifts received February 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017 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 programming. For information about making a tribute gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/donate.

In Memory of Mary Jo Alspach Robert & Mary Ann Bury

In Honor of Elyze Ilku Susan Mazer & Dallas Smith

In Memory of Helen Calas Fred & Susan Harrison Mary Karsant Richard & Lynne Miller Gerry Parker Constantine & Stelgene P’sachoulias

In Memory of Ann C. Lawson Charles Dyer Eric & Virginia Lundquist Foster & Carol Redding Ellie Tholen

In Memory of Janice Cohen Murray & Alice Ehrinpreis In Memory of Elsbeth G. Conrad Crowe Norma Meyer In Honor of David Everson Barbara Humphries In Memory of Oliver Green Judith Eck The Kurrie Family George & Katherine Meyer Ellie Tholen Lucy Smith

In Memory of Christ Nichols Abby Gates Tom Perring John Peters In Honor of Anne Parsons Applebaum Family Foundation In Memory of Goldie Rose Bob & Sheila Grinter Paul & Lynn Lieberman Marcia, Brad & Lainie Mumbrue Linda Newman Plotnick, Feinberg & Associates

In Honor of Diana Leventer Kathleen Anzicek In Memory of Kim Khong Lie, M.D. John & Carole Dolan Charles Dyer Ellie Tholen

In Memory of Jean S. Shapero Stanley & Judy Frankel Margaret & James Meyer

In Memory of Harry A. Lomason, II Glen & Mariel Carlson Julie Chickola Thomas & Janice Martin Anne Parsons & Donald Dietz Gilbert & Andrew Smith Tom & Patti Steele

In Memory of Dr. Hugh Yee Derek Tsoi Edward & Louise Tsoi Hilda Tsoi Lana Tsoi

FOUNDATION SPOTLIGHT Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation “My father used to say that the giver is the greatest receiver,” says Jim Danto, son of Marvin and Betty Danto. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is proud to spotlight The Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation for its strong support of our mission to be a leader in the world of classical music that inspires the communities of Detroit through unsurpassed musical experiences. We extend our sincerest admiration for the Danto family’s commitment to the long-term viability of the DSO and the work they do to strengthen the cultural institutions throughout our great community.

“People who can afford to give, should. You recognize how fortunate you are. I was born and raised in a well-to-do family, and my father went absolutely broke in the Depression. It made a big impact on me. It made me realize that others are less fortunate and that is what drives what we do today,” said Marvin Danto in the December 1998 edition of Black Tie magazine.

Approximately half of the foundation’s grant money goes to Jewish charities, with a focus on medical, cultural, and other community organizations. Overseen by the Danto’s children, Joanne, Gail, and James Danto, their hope for the DSO is that it continues to thrive for all generations. The DSO is honored to benefit from the generosity of the Danto family, their belief in the power of music will allow the DSO to always shine brightly from the Woodward corridor. dso.org

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OFFERINGS

EDITOR Ben Breuninger bbreuninger@dso.org 313.576.5196

Subscribers and donors who make a gift of $1,000 or more annually receive priority assistance. Just visit the Patron Services Center on the second floor of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center Atrium for help with tickets, exchanges, donations, or any other DSO needs.

PUBLISHER Echo Publications, Inc. Thomas Putters PROGRAM NOTES ANNOTATOR Charles Greenwell DSO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Max M. & Marjorie S. 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: 313.576.5109 Rental Info: 313.576.5050 Email: info@dso.org Website: dso.org

PRIORITY SERVICE FOR OUR MEMBERS

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 90 minutes prior to each concert through the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member, contact Dan Coleman at 313.576.5451 or dcoleman@dso.org.

DINE AT THE DSO

Located on the second floor of Orchestra Hall, Paradise Lounge is open prior to most concerts and features gourmet dinners, decadent desserts, classic cocktails, small production wines, and craft beers. Bars are available throughout the Max M. & Marjorie S. 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.

For group ticket sales (groups of 10 or more), please contact James Sabatella, Group Sales Manager, at 313.576.5130 or jsabatella@dso.org.

Subscribe to our e-newsletter via our website to receive updates and special offers.

To advertise in Performance, please call 248.582.9690.

To report an emergency during a concert, call 313.576.5199. 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 Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

RENT THE MAX The elegance and versatility of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center creates an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances, including weddings, corporate gatherings, meetings, concerts, and more.

MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER Home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Call 313.576.5065 for more information.

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MA XIMIZE YOUR E XPERIENCE GIFT CERTIFICATES

Give friends and loved ones a gift that ignites their soul — 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.

POLICIES PARKING, SECURITY AND LOST & FOUND

Valet parking is available for most concerts for $12, with vehicle drop-off and pick-up on Parsons Street. Donor valet and pick-up (available to patrons who give $7,500 annually) is available at the stage door behind the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Parking is available for $8 in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure located on Parsons Street, with overflow in a nearby DSO lot. Handicap accessible 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 $15. Please call 313.576.5130 for more information.

ACCESSIBILITY

Handicap parking is available in the Orchestra Place Parking Structure for patrons with applicable permits. There are elevators, barrierfree restrooms, and accessible seating in all areas of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Security personnel are available at all 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.

A SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

The DSO is pleased to offer a smoke-free environment at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center. Patrons who wish to smoke must do so outside the building. This policy also applies to electronic smoking devices dso.org

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. &Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, including children. The Max opens two hours prior to most DSO concerts.

Most Classical Series 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 piece will be reseated after the piece is completed. Latecomers may watch the performance on closed circuit television in the Atrium. Please silence 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.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

In the 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. 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.

CONCERT CANCELLATIONS

In the case of inclement weather or other emergencies, please visit dso.org or the DSO’s Facebook page, call the Box Office at 313.576.5111, or tune in to WJR 760 AM or WWJ 950 AM. Patrons will be notified of exchange options. The DSO is unable to offer refunds.

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administrative staff EXECUTIVE OFFICE

LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL

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

Marc Geelhoed Director of Digital Initiatives

Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Kathryn Ginsburg Orchestra Manager

Morgan Graby Governing Members and Volunteer Relations Officer Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Coordinator INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Erik Rรถnmark Vice President and General Manager

Heather Hart Rochon Orchestra Personnel Manager

Danielle Manley Director of Advancement for Institutional Giving

Joy Crawford Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Dennis Rottell Stage Manager

Chelsea Kotula Gift Officer for Institutional Giving

Leslie Karr Executive Assistant to the Music Director

Marah Casey Advancement Officer

Elaine Curvin Executive Assistant Caitlin Bush Advancement Relations Associate

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER ARTISTIC PLANNING Jessica Ruiz Manager of Artistic Planning Christopher Harrington Managing Director of Paradise Jazz Series Managing Director & Curator of @ The Max Katherine Curatolo Artistic Coordinator Clare Valenti Popular & Special Programming Coordinator COMMUNITY AND LEARNING Caen Thomason-Redus Director of Community and Learning Brian Frazee Manager of Community Engagement Nelson Rodriguez Parada General Manager of Training Ensembles Nathaniel Bean Education Coordinator Christina Biddle Community Engagement Coordinator

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Patrick Peterson Associate Orchestra Personnel Manager

Jacqueline Garner Advancement Coordinator

FACILITY OPERATIONS ADVANCEMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Dan Saunders Director of Facilities Management

ADVANCEMENT SERVICES

Larry Ensman Maintenance Supervisor

Bree Kneisler Associate Director of Advancement Services

Frederico Augustin Facility Engineer

Will Broner Advancement Services Coordinator Richard Kryszko Advancement Services Coordinator

Matt Deneka Maintenance Technician Martez Duncan Maintenance Technician

COMMUNICATIONS

William Guilbault Maintenance Technician

Matthew Carlson Director of Communications and Media Relations

Crystal King Maintenance Technician

Teresa Alden Digital Communications Manager Ben Breuninger Public Relations Coordinator INDIVIDUAL GIVING Cassie Brenske Director of Advancement for Individual Giving Dan Coleman Associate Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts Officer Sarah Hamel Advancement Events Designer

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Daniel Speights Maintenance Technician Greg Schimizzi Chief of Security Edward John Assistant Chief of Security Melvin Dismukes Security Officer Norris Jackson Security Officer Ronald Martin Security Officer Johnnie Scott Security Officer

LATE SPRING 2016-2017

FINANCE Jeremiah Hess Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant

Sharon Gardner Carr Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations Annick Busch Patron Loyalty Coordinator

Dawn Kronell Senior Accountant

Steven Fronrath Audience Development Coordinator

Brenda Gabor Payroll and Benefits Accountant

LaHeidra Marshall Audience Development Associate

Karen McCombs Accounting Specialist

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jody Harper Director of Information Technology Ra’Jon Taylor Help Desk Administrator Michelle Koning Web Manager

CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES Christina Williams Director of Catering and Retail Services Brent Foster Assistant Catering Manager Nate Richter Bar Manager Justine Smith Retail Manager EVENTS AND RENTALS

HUMAN RESOURCES Denise Ousley Human Resources Director

PATRON DEVELOPMENT & ENGAGEMENT Nicki Inman Senior Director of Patron Development and Engagement

Catherine Deep Manager of Events and Rentals Connie Campbell Manager of Event Sales and Administration Ashley Powers Event Sales Representative PATRON SALES AND SERVICE

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Molly Fidler Manager, Patron Sales & Service

Michael Frisco Director of Audience Development

Michelle Marshall Assistant Manager, Patron Sales & Service

Margaret Cassetto Front of House Manager

William Dawkins Ticketing Specialist

James Sabatella Group Sales Manager

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PRESENTS

MUSICAL FEASTS XXX March-June, 2017

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Join our incomparable DSO musicians and gracious hosts for the finest of musical and dining experiences.

View the 10 Musical Feast descriptions at the Volunteer Council website dso.org/volunteercouncil

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UPCOMING CONCERTS & EVENTS

POPS SERIES

CLASSICAL SERIES

Daniel Meyer, conductor Lisa Vroman, soprano • Brent Barrett, tenor

Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violin

RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN Fri., Apr. 28 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 29 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Apr. 30 at 3 p.m.

SEDUCTIVE SHOWPIECES Sat., May 13 at 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL SERIES

BEETHOVEN’S NINTH

HOSTED PARTNERSHIPS

THE HARASSMENT OF IRIS MALLOY By Zak Berkman

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor • Peixin Chen, bass

TINY TOTS CONCERTS

Thu., May 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., May 19 at 8 p.m.

Sat., May 20 at 8 p.m.

Sun., May 21 at 3 p.m.

DETROIT PUBLIC THEATRE

May 3 - May 28 in Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall*

BOOGIE-WOOGIE NURSERY RHYMES

@ THE MAX

DETROIT BUREAU OF SOUND — TOUR D’TECHNO

Sat., May 6 at 10 a.m. in The Cube*

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS

Friday, May 19, 2017 at 9 PM

BRITTEN’S YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA

CLASSICAL SERIES

RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 2

Michelle Merrill, conductor D.J. Oliver, narrator Sat., May 6 at 11 a.m.

Cristian Macelaru, conductor James Ehnes, violin

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

Fri., May 26 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., May 27 at 8 p.m.

Sun., May 28 at 3 p.m.

CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Fri., May 12 at 6:30 p.m. in The Cube*

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET FEATURING KURT ELLING

CLASSICAL SERIES

Fri., May 12 at 8 p.m.*

James Gaffigan, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

Thu., Jun. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Jun. 2 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., Jun. 3 at 8 p.m.

SEDUCTIVE SHOWPIECES Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violin Catalina Cuervo, soprano

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH

STRAVINSKY Circus Polka

WYNTON MARSALIS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Fri., May 12 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Twp. Sun., May 14 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills 52

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LATE SPRING 2016-2017

TICKETS & INFO

313 . 5 7 6 . 5111 dso.org

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

SHOWCASE

Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra Detroit Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble Sun., Jun. 4 at 2 p.m.

In Orchestra Hall — Tickets start at $15

DSO PRESENTS

LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS 2017 CONFERENCE CONCERT Tue., Jun. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

@ THE MAX

MIX @ THE MAX FEAT. SHIGETO Wed., Jun. 7, 2017 at 10 p.m.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES FINALE Paul Watkins, conductor

Thu., Jun. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Jun. 23 at 8 p.m. in Clinton Twp. Sun., Jun 25 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

WU FAMILY ACADEMY

SALSA DANCE PARTY FEAT. CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Fri., Jun. 23 at 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. in The Cube

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES DOUBLE

BILL

FABIAN ALMAZAN AND PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP Fri., Jun. 23 at 8 p.m.

@ THE MAX

TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE

SUMMER

Thu., Jun. 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

25TH ANNUAL SALUTE TO AMERICA

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

Fri., Jun. 30 at 8:30 p.m.

Sat., Jul. 1 at 8:30 p.m.

Sun., Jul. 2 at 8:30 p.m.

Mon., Jul. 3 at 8:30 p.m.

BACH & HAYDN

Andrés Cárdenes, conductor and violin Thu., Jun. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Jun. 16 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth Sat., Jun. 17 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Jun. 18 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe

A classic Independence Day celebration with the DSO. Grounds open at 6 p.m.

Tickets on sale Spring 2017. Watch for more information.

SUMMER POPS SERIES

SOUL UNLIMITED WITH ELLIS HALL

Jeff Tyzik, conductor Ellis Hall, vocals and keyboards Fri., Jun. 16 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., Jun. 17 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Jun. 18 at 3 p.m.

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DSO AT FORD HOUSE Fri., Jul. 7 at 8 p.m.

Sat., Jul. 8 at 8 p.m.

Celebrate summer with a magical evening of music on the lakeside lawn of the enchanting estate with fireworks.

*The DSO does not appear on this performance

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