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Robert Spano Music Director Donald Runnicles Principal Guest Conductor Michael Krajewski Principal Pops Conductor

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the music

18 Earning Their Stripes

23 The concert’s program and notes

The opportunity to become part of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra annually draws hundreds of young people eager for a unique experience.

44 Unseen but not Unsung

From preparing every note concertgoers hear to serving as president of her profession, the Orchestra’s Principal Librarian Rebecca Beavers keeps the players finely tuned.

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departments 10 President’s Letter 12 Orchestra Leadership 14 Robert Spano 16 Musicians 33 Contributors 50 Calendar 52 Administration 54 General Info 56 Ticket Info 58 Gallery ASO

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MAHLER & PUCCINI ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Haunting echoes of “The Sweet Hereafter”: Puccini’s beloved opera La bohème is entwined with Bach’s Cantata of redemption; Mahler’s original version of what became the opening movement of his famed “Resurrection” Symphony; and Purcell’s Funeral March.

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When I play music I am more creative I get better grades I have greater self-confidence I feel part of a group We know anecdotally that people who study and make music are happier, more creative and better able to cope with the challenges life brings. An abundance of research confirms those perceptions: Children who study music score higher in math and science, experience greater success in academic pursuits of all kinds, and show increased propensity for spatial thinking, creative problem solving and working within groups. We need music — in our schools, in our communities and our lives.

Last month we launched the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s When I Play Music campaign. Our campaign is about kids; our campaign is about the future.

When I Play Music challenges us to think about the importance of music in our lives — and about what we lose when music is not a part of our children’s lives, not a vital part of the fabric of our community.

Through the campaign, we are seeking to engage and inform at least 50,000 Atlantans about the role that music plays in our lives, about the multiple benefits of playing and singing and listening. We hope that tens of thousands of people will want to play a small part — with a gift of just $5 to help provide one hour of music lessons for one child — in helping us ensure the future of music in our community.

Please give $5 today by going online to aso.org/give5; texting “ASO” to 50555; or using your smart phone to scan QR codes on Orchestra print advertising.

I hope you will take part in our When I Play Music campaign and that you will encourage others to do so as well. Thank you so much for your support of your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!

Wishing you all the best,

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. President

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leadership Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2010-2011 Board of Directors Officers Ben F. Johnson, III Chair Vice Chairs Clayton F. Jackson Finance Chair/ Treasurer

Meghan H. Magruder Jeff Mango Belinda Massafra * ASA President Penny McPhee

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. * Chilton Davis Varner Joni Winston Secretary

Directors Jim R. Abrahamson Pinney L. Allen Joseph R. Bankoff * Jason A. Bernstein Paul Blackney Janine Brown Donald P. Carson Ann W. Cramer Cari K. Dawson Richard A. Dorfman David Edmiston Gary P. Fayard Dr. Robert Franklin Paul Garcia Carol Green Gellerstedt Jim Henry

Tad Hutcheson Mrs. Roya Irvani Clayton F. Jackson D. Kirk Jamieson Ben F. Johnson, III Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander Mike Lang Donna Lee Lucy Lee Karole F. Lloyd Meghan H. Magruder Jeff Mango Belinda Massafra * Darrell J. Mays Penny McPhee

Galen Oelkers Victoria Palefsky Leslie Z. Petter Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia Reid Martin Richenhagen John D. Rogers Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D.* Dennis Sadlowski Ms. Lynn Schinazi William Schultz Tom Sherwood John Sibley Hamilton Smith Lucinda B. Smith

Thurmond Smithgall Gail R. Starr Mary Rose Taylor Joseph M. Thompson Liz Troy Chilton Davis Varner S. Patrick Viguerie Rick Walker Thomas Wardell Mark Wasserman John B. White, Jr. Richard S. (Dick) White, Jr. Joni Winston Patrice Wright-Lewis Camille Yow

Board of counselors Mrs. John Aderhold Robert M. Balentine Elinor Breman Dr. John W. Cooledge John Donnell Jere Drummond Carla Fackler Arnoldo Fiedotin

Ruth Gershon Charles Ginden John T. Glover Frances B. Graves Dona Humphreys Aaron J. Johnson Herb Karp Jim Kelley

George Lanier Patricia Leake Mrs. William C. Lester Mrs. J. Erskine Love Carolyn C. McClatchey Bertil D. Nordin Joyce Schwob

Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. W. Rhett Tanner G. Kimbrough Taylor Michael W. Trapp Edus Warren Adair R. White Neil Williams

Azira G. Hill Dr. James M. Hund

Arthur L. Montgomery

Life Directors Howell E. Adams, Jr. Bradley Currey, Jr.

Mrs. Drew Fuller Mary D. Gellerstedt

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Robert M Spano music Director

usic Director Robert Spano, beginning his 10th season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.

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The Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings and visual enhancements, such as Theater of a Concert — the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience — and the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships, defining a new generation of American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Gandolfi. Since the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed over 100 concerts featuring contemporary works (composed since 1950), including 13 Atlanta Symphony-commissioned world premieres and three additional world premieres.

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Mr. Spano has a discography with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of nine recordings — six of which have been honored with Grammy® awards. He has led the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah music festivals. He has led the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In addition, he has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring cycles.

Mr. Spano was Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year. In March 2010, Mr. Spano began a threeyear tenure as Emory University’s Distinguished Artist in Residence, for which he spends three weeks each year leading intensive seminars, lecturing, and presenting programs on science, math, philosophy, literature and musicology throughout the university’s campus.

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Robert Spano, Music Director, The Robert Reid Topping Chair * Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor, The Neil and Sue Williams Chair * FIRST VIOLIN

David Coucheron Concertmaster The Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair*

William Pu Associate Concertmaster The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair*

Justin Bruns Assistant Concertmaster The Mary and Cherry Emerson Chair

Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster

Carolyn Toll Hancock The AGL Resources Chair

John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift Judith Cox David Dillard Eleanor Kosek Raymond Leung Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’Donnell Ronda Respess Sanford Salzinger Frank Walton VIOLA

Reid Harris Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair*

Paul Murphy Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair *

Catherine Lynn Assistant Principal

Wesley Collins Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Yiyin Li

SECOND VIOLIN

David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair*

Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair*

Jay Christy Assistant Principal

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Lachlan McBane Jessica Oudin Ardath Weck

BASS

Ralph Jones

CELLO

Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair  *

Christopher Rex

Gloria Jones

Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair*

Daniel Laufer Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair

Associate Principal

Jane Little Assistant Principal Emeritus

Assistant Principal

Michael Kenady Michael Kurth Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson

Dona Vellek

FLUTE

Karen Freer

Assistant Principal Emeritus

Joel Dallow Jere Flint Jennifer Humphreys Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner

Christina Smith Principal The Jill Hertz Chair*

Robert Cronin Associate Principal

Paul Brittan The Georgia Power Foundation Chair

Carl David Hall

michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor Jere Flint, Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair * Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses, The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair PICCOLO

E-FLAT CLARINET

TRUMPET

PERCUSSION

Carl David Hall

Ted Gurch

Thomas Hooten

Thomas Sherwood

OBOE

BASS CLARINET

Elizabeth Koch

Alcides Rodriguez

Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair*

Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair*

Karin Bliznik

William Wilder

BASSOON

Associate Principal

Assistant Principal William A. Schwartz Chair*

rincipal P The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *

Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Ann Lillya † Patrick McFarland

Carl Nitchie Principal The Walter L. “Buz” Carr, III Chair

Elizabeth Burkhardt Associate Principal

Laura Najarian

Michael Myers Joseph Walthall TROMBONE

Colin Williams Principal The Wachovia Chair

Stephen Wilson

ENGLISH HORN

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair

Patrick McFarland

Juan de Gomar

Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair

CLARINET

CONTRABASSOON

George Curran Edmon Nicholson

Laura Ardan Principal The Robert Shaw Chair*

Juan de Gomar

Ted Gurch

HORN

BASS TROMBONE

Associate Principal

Brice Andrus

George Curran

William Rappaport

Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair

TUBA

The Alcatel-Lucent Chair

Alcides Rodriguez

Susan Welty Associate Principal

Thomas Witte Richard Deane

Michael Moore Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

The UPS Community Service Chair

TIMPANI

Bruce Kenney

Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair*

Mark Yancich

William Wilder Assistant Principal

Charles Settle HARP

Elisabeth Remy Johnson Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair

KEYBOARD The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair*

Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson LIBRARY

Rebecca Beavers Principal

Steven Sherrill Assistant Principal Librarian

John Wildermuth Assistant Librarian *C hair named in perpetuity † Regularly engaged musician Players in string sections are listed alphabetically.

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Earning their stripes

The opportunity to become part of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra annually draws hundreds of young people eager for a unique experience

By Kimberly Nogi The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) has long prided itself on being a vibrant part of the cultural fabric of the Atlanta community; but in reality, the reach of the Youth Orchestra extends far beyond Atlanta’s music scene.

Every year, more than 400 middle and high school instrumentalists spend countless hours preparing to audition for approximately 120 positions in the Youth Orchestra. But why?

Former Atlanta Symphony Principal Trumpet Chris Martin, now principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, only played with the Youth Orchestra for one year, but he recognizes the tremendous value of the program for young musicians.

“The ASYO gives young musicians the experience of preparing concerts at the highest level of commitment and artistry,” says Martin. “It’s a rare place where talented young people come together, challenge each other, and learn from each other while playing some of the greatest music in the world.”

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The Youth Orchestra, which performs four concerts annually, provides students with many extraordinary opportunities, including the chance to work with renowned conductors and guest artists, and perform commissioned works by local and national composers.

Every Saturday, students travel from as far as Alabama and Asheville, N.C., for their weekly rehearsals, which include coaching sessions with Atlanta Symphony musicians. For many, the experience is worth the drive simply because it provides an experience that students do not receive in their school’s music education programs.

“I had a chance to be around people my own age who took making music seriously,” says Chris Pulgram, former concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra and now a violinist with the Atlanta Symphony.

At the time Pulgram participated in the program, his high school did not have a string program.

Former ASYO violist Bethani Oppenheimer agrees that the Youth Orchestra provided her with a heightened musical experience that she was not receiving in her school’s music education program.

Favorite ASYO Experience?

“ Traveling to Berlin in 2004.”

— Stanford L. Thompson “It introduced me to a much wider world of opportunities,” she says. “Being able to play alongside such talented individuals pushed me to work harder. There was a common goal among the students to achieve and perform at a high level.”

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Favorite ASYO Experience?

“ Performing the Mussorgsky/ Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition at the ripe young age of 17! What a rush!”

— Chris Martin Oppenheimer, who chose not to pursue music professionally, still acknowledges how her experience in the Youth Orchestra helped shape her career. Now a human resources director for a real estate management and development company, Oppenheimer said her participation in the Youth Orchestra led her to an internship with the Atlanta Symphony education department and prepared her for a fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ultimately launching a chain of events that brought her to where she is today.

Throughout its 36-year existence, the Youth Orchestra has gained national recognition as one of the best youth orchestras in the country — and it has the performance history to prove it. Regularly broadcasted on Atlanta’s public radio station WABE, the Youth Orchestra also has been featured on National Public Radio’s “From the Top.” Notable performances include the closing ceremonies to the 1996 Olympic Games — the only American youth orchestra to ever participate in the Olympics — and a CD and DVD recording collaboration with rock band Collective Soul. The group has also hosted or exchanged visits with youth orchestras from Great Britain, Australia, and Berlin.

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program Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Delta Classical Series Concerts Thursday and Saturday, April 28 and 30, 2011, at 8 p.m.

Robert Spano, Conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses Nicole Cabell, soprano Amanda Squitieri, soprano Thomas Glenn, tenor Gregory Turay, tenor James Laing, countertenor Marco Caria, baritone Stephen Ozcomert, baritone Steven Humes, bass Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus), BWV 106 (ca. 1707) I. Sonatina

II. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

III. In deine Hände befehl ich meinen Geist

IV. Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit

Amanda Squitieri, soprano

James Laing, countertenor Thomas Glenn, tenor Steven Humes, bass Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Totenfeier, Symphonic Poem for Large Orchestra (1888)

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Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

March from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860 (1695)

Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)

blue cathedral (1999)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

La bohème, Act III (1896)

Mimì: Nicole Cabell, soprano

Musetta: Amanda Squitieri, soprano

Rodolfo: Gregory Turay, tenor

Marcello: Marco Caria, baritone

Sergeant: Stephen Ozcomert, baritone

Customs Officer: Steven Humes, bass

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

English Surtitles by Ken Meltzer

“Inside the Music” preview of the concert, Thursday at 7 p.m., presented by Ken Meltzer, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Insider and Program Annotator.

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

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Major funding for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

Solo pianos used by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are gifts of the Atlanta Steinway Society and in memory of David Goldwasser. The Hamburg Steinway piano is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Rosi Fiedotin. The Yamaha custom six-quarter tuba is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Principal Tuba player Michael Moore from The Antinori Foundation.

This performance is being recorded for broadcast at a later time. Atlanta Symphony concert broadcasts are heard each week on Atlanta’s WABE FM-90.1 and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s statewide network.

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Notes on the Program

By Ken Meltzer Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus), BWV 106 (ca. 1707) Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, on March 21, 1685, and died in Leipzig, Germany, on July 28, 1750. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit is scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, mixed chorus, two recorders, continuo and two viole da gamba. Approximate performance time is twenty-one minutes.

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t is not certain when Bach composed his Funeral Cantata, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God’s Time is the Best Time). Scholars place the work around 1707, when Bach lived in Mülhausen. It is possible that Bach wrote the Cantata for the funeral of his uncle, Tobias Lämmerhirt, who died on August 10, 1707.

The text, perhaps authored by Bach as well, incorporates excerpts from the Bible, chorale stanzas, as well as some original passages.

This beautiful work, one of the best known of Bach’s early Cantatas, is often performed to commemorate the passing of notable individuals. The Breslau Singakademie performed it in 1847, following the death of one of Bach’s greatest champions, Felix Mendelssohn.

I. Sonatina

I. Sonatina

II.

II.

Chorus Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit.

In ihm leben, weben und sind wir, solange er will.

In ihm sterben wir zur rechten Zeit, wenn er will.

Chorus God’s time is the best time.

In Him we live, move and have our being, so long as He wishes.

In Him we die at the appointed time, when He wants.

Tenor Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken, dass wir sterben müssen, auf dass wir klug werden.

Tenor Ah, Lord, teach us to remember, that we must die, that we might become wise.

Bass Bestelle dein Haus, denn du wirst sterben und nicht lebendig bleiben.

Bass Get your house in order, for you will die and will not continue living.

Chorus, Soprano Es ist der alte Bund: Mensch, du musst sterben!

Ja, komm, Herr Jesu, komm!

Chorus, Soprano It is the ancient law: Man, you must die!

Yes, come, Lord Jesus, come!

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III.

Alto In deine Hände befehl ich meinen Geist; du hast mich erlöset, Herr, du getreuer Gott.

Alto Into Your hands do I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, Lord, my faithful God.

Bass, Chorus Heute wirst du mit mir im Paradies sein.

Bass, Chorus This day You shall be with me in Paradise.

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin In Gottes Willen Getrost ist mir mein Herz und Sinn, Sanft und stille, Wie Gott mir verheissen hat: Der Tod ist mein Schlaf worden.

With peace and joy I depart As God does will it I am comforted in heart and mind, Calm and quiet, As God has promised me: Death is my slumber.

IV.

IV.

Chorus Glorie, Lob, Ehr und Herrlichkeit Sei dir, Gott Vater und Sohn bereit, Dem heilgen Geist mit Namen!

Die göttlich Kraft Macht uns sieghaft Durch Jesum Christum, Amen.

Chorus Glory, praise and majesty To You, God, Father and Son, The Holy Spirit by name!

The holy power Makes us victorious Through Jesus Christ, Amen.

Totenfeier, Symphonic Poem for Large Orchestra (1888) Gustav Mahler was born in Kalište, Bohemia, on July 7, 1860, and died in Vienna, Austria, on May 18, 1911. Totenfeier is scored for piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, suspended cymbals, tam-tam, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings. Approximate performance time is twenty-two minutes.

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n January of 1888, Gustav Mahler began to sketch an orchestral movement he entitled Totenfeier (Funeral Rites). Mahler had just conducted the successful Leipzig premiere of his completion of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, Die drei Pintos. Flowers from various well-wishers bedecked Mahler’s room. His friend, Natalie Bauer-Lechner, recalled that while composing Totenfeier, Mahler (who always harbored a morbid preoccupation with mortality) had a vision in which he was “dead, laid out in state, beneath wreaths and flowers.”

Mahler completed Totenfeier that August. It appears that the composer intended from the outset that Totenfeier would be the opening movement of his Second Symphony (Mahler had completed his Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” in March of 1888). The original score bears Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

the work’s title, as well as the designations “Symphony in C Minor” (crossed out) and “Movement I” (not crossed out).

In March of 1891, Mahler was appointed conductor of the State Theater in Hamburg.

That September, Mahler approached the eminent conductor and leader of the Hamburg Orchestra, Hans von Bülow. Mahler asked the venerable maestro to hear Totenfeier, which had still not been performed.

The meeting was a disaster. Bülow had the utmost respect for Mahler as a conductor, but did not care for the young man’s compositions. Mahler played a piano reduction of the score for Bülow. Although Bülow repeatedly covered his ears, he still urged the increasingly agitated composer to continue. Finally, as Mahler related to his friend, composer Josef Förster: When I had finished I awaited the verdict silently. But my only listener remained at the table silent and motionless. Suddenly, he made an energetic gesture of rejection and said: “If that is still music then I do not understand a single thing about music.”

We parted from each other in complete friendship, I, however, with the conviction that Bülow considers me an able conductor but absolutely hopeless as a composer.

Mahler seemed to abandon the idea of making Totenfeier part of a multi-movement symphony. A month after the unfortunate meeting with Bülow, Mahler sent a letter to his publisher, referring to Totenfeier as a “symphonic poem.” It was not until almost three years later, in June of 1894, that Mahler completed the work known as his “Resurrection” Symphony. During the process of completing the Symphony No. 2, Mahler made numerous revisions to Totenfeier, most notably in the orchestration, but also to some degree in the structure and flow of the music.

Mahler discusses Totenfeier The following is a description Mahler provided for a 1901 Dresden performance of the “Resurrection” Symphony: I. Maestoso — We are standing beside the coffin of a man beloved. (Note: In a letter of March 26, 1896, Mahler informed Max Marschalk: “I have called the first movement Totenfeier, and if you would like to know, I am interring the hero of my D Major Symphony [No. 1, “Titan”], whose life I capture in a pure reflection from a higher vantage point.”) For the last time, his life, his battles, his sufferings and his purpose pass before the mind’s eye. And now, at this solemn and deeply stirring moment, when we are released from the paltry distractions of everyday life, our hearts are gripped by a voice of awe-inspiring solemnity, that we seldom or never hear above the deafening traffic of mundane affairs. What next? it says. What is life — and what is death?

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program Have we any continuing existence?

Is it all an empty dream, or has this life of ours, and our death, a meaning?

If we are to go on living, we must answer this question.

In the 1896 letter to Marschalk, Mahler concludes: “this answer I give in the last movement” (i.e., of the “Resurrection” Symphony).

March from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695) Henry Purcell was born in 1659, and died in Westminster, England, on November 21, 1695. The first performance of Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary took place at Westminster Abbey in London, England, on March 5, 1695. The March is scored for two trumpets, two trombones, timpani and organ.

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n December 28, 1694, England’s beloved Queen Mary II died at the age of 32, a victim of smallpox. The funeral service took place at London’s Westminster Abbey, on March 5, 1695. For the occasion, Henry Purcell composed the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. Thomas Tudway wrote of Purcell’s music: “I appeal to all those that were present, as well such as understood Music, as those that did not, whether they ever heard anything, so rapturously fine, and solemn, and so Heavenly, in the operation, which drew tears from all.”

Almost nine months later, this same music was heard once again at Westminster Abbey, this time for the funeral of Henry Purcell.

The second half of this concert opens with the March (Adagio), played when Queen Mary’s coffin was transported through the aisle of Westminster Abbey.

blue cathedral (1999) Jennifer Higdon was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 31, 1962.

The first performance of blue cathedral took place at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 2000, with Robert Spano conducting the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. blue cathedral is scored for piccolo, two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, crotales, marimba, tam-tam, vibraphone, glockenspiel, bell tree, sizzle cymbal, suspended cymbal, chimes, small triangle, large triangle, bass drum, large tom-tom, crystal glasses, Chinese Bells, harp, piano/celeste and strings. Approximate performance time is twelve minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performances: May 9, 10 and 11, 2002, Robert Spano, Conductor.

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ith more than 200 performances of her works each year, Jennifer Higdon is one of the most prominent composers of her generation.

Ms. Higdon’s music — with its brilliant and varied canvass of instrumental colors, pulsating rhythms and compelling synthesis of captivating lyricism and irrepressible energy — resonates with musicians and audiences throughout the world. Jennifer Higdon’s extensive list of commissioners ranges from the Philadelphia Orchestra to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; from eighth blackbird to the Tokyo String Quartet; and from The President’s Own Marine Band to such artists as Hilary Hahn.

Jennifer Higdon has received awards and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Meet-the-Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, and ASCAP. She has served as Composer-in-Residence the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Green Bay Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto (2009) was awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Prize, and her Percussion Concerto won the 2010 Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Ms. Higdon is profoundly involved in music education. In 2006-7, she served as the Karel Husa Visiting Professor at Ithaca College. She is currently on the composition faculty of The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she holds the Rock Chair in Composition.

The Atlanta Symphony and Music Director Robert Spano have enjoyed a long and rewarding association with Jennifer Higdon, a member of the Orchestra’s “Atlanta School” of composers. Maestro Spano and the ASO have performed and recorded (for Telarc) Ms. Higdon’s blue cathedral, City Scape, Concerto for Orchestra, Dooryard Bloom, (with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus) The Singing Rooms, and, for ASO Media, On a Wire.

Ms. Higdon’s music is published by Lawdon Press. For more information, visit: jenniferhigdon.com

blue cathedral Blue…like the sky. Where all possibilities soar. Cathedrals…a place of thought, growth, spiritual expression…serving as a symbolic doorway in to and out of this world. Blue represents all potential and the progression of journeys. Cathedrals represent a place of beginnings, endings, solitude, fellowship, contemplation, knowledge and growth. As I was writing this piece, I found myself imagining a journey through a glass cathedral in the sky. Because the walls would be transparent, I saw the image of clouds and blueness permeating from the outside of this church. In my mind’s eye the listener would enter from the back of the sanctuary, floating along the corridor amongst giant crystal pillars, moving in a contemplative stance. The stained glass windows’ figures would start moving with song, singing a heavenly music. The listener would float down the aisle,

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program slowly moving upward at first and then progressing at a quicker pace, rising towards an immense ceiling which would open to the sky… as this journey progressed, the speed of the traveler would increase, rushing forward and upward. I wanted to create the sensation of contemplation and quiet peace at the beginning, moving towards the feeling of celebration and ecstatic expansion of the soul, all the while singing along with that heavenly music.

These were my thoughts when The Curtis Institute of Music commissioned me to write a work to commemorate its 75th anniversary.

Curtis is a house of knowledge — a place to reach towards that beautiful expression of the soul which comes through music. I began writing this piece at a unique juncture in my life and found myself pondering the question of what makes a life. The recent loss of my younger brother, Andrew Blue, made me reflect on the amazing journeys that we all make in our lives, crossing paths with so many individuals singularly and collectively, learning and growing each step of the way. This piece represents the expression of the individual and the group…our inner travels and the places our souls carry us, the lessons we learn, and the growth we experience. In tribute to my brother, I feature solos for the clarinet (the instrument he played) and the flute (the instrument I play).

Because I am the older sibling, it is the flute that appears first in this dialogue. At the end of the work, the two instruments continue their dialogue, but it is the flute that drops out and the clarinet that continues on in the upward progressing journey.

This is a story that commemorates living and passing through places of knowledge and of sharing and of that song called life.

This work was commissioned and premiered in 2000 by the Curtis Institute of Music.

— Jennifer Higdon

La bohème, Act III (1896) Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy, on December 22, 1858, and died in Brussels, Belgium, on November 29, 1924. The premiere of La bohème took place at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, on February 1, 1896, with Arturo Toscanini, conducting. Act III of La bohème is scored for two soprano, tenor, two baritone and bass soloists, mixed chorus, piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, bass trombone, timpani, triangle, glasses, orchestra bells, chimes, bass drum and strings.

Approximate performance time of Act III is twenty-six minutes.

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First ASO Classical Subscription Performances (Selections): November 12, 1964, Boris Goldovsky, Conductor Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances (Complete Opera): September 27, 29 and 30, 2007, Robert Spano, Conductor ASO Recording: Telarc CD-80697 (2 Discs)

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iacomo Puccini’s beloved opera, La bohème, is based upon French author Henry Murger’s 1848 Scenes of Bohemian Life. Puccini collaborated with writers Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica in adapting Murger’s novel for the operatic stage. La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin on February 1, 1896. The composer had hoped that the eminent Italian conductor, Leopoldo Mugnone, would conduct the first performance. Mugnone, however, was unavailable, and so the task fell to a 28-year-old conductor and cellist from Parma — Arturo Toscanini.

Despite the considerable talent involved in the creation and performance of La bohème, the premiere was far from a success. As with many first performances of new works, the audience’s initial reaction was rather tepid, and the critics were far from enthusiastic. But it wasn’t long before audiences embraced La bohème. Since that time, Puccini’s La bohème has maintained its status as one of the handful of the world’s most performed and beloved operas.

Puccini composed his La bohème during the height of Italian verismo — an artistic movement that attempted to inject a greater sense of realism and everyday life into opera.

The principal characters of La bohème, artists struggling to survive in Paris’s Latin Quarter, have affairs, falling in — and out — of love. They live in abject poverty. That poverty exacerbates the illness of the opera’s heroine, Mimì, leading to her tragic death in the opera’s Fourth and final act.

La bohème is not only a verismo opera par excellence. It is also one of the most emotionally affecting works for the lyric stage. Even veteran opera lovers who have seen the opera dozens of times weep at its conclusion. But the power of La bohème isn’t limited to members of the audience. Puccini himself, it is reported, cried as he penned the final measures of Mimì’s demise. In 1946, Toscanini conducted concert performances of La bohème to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opera’s premiere. The American tenor Jan Peerce sang Rodolfo. Peerce recalled: “When we did Bohème, tears were streaming down (Toscanini’s) face; it wasn’t put on: nobody saw it, just us. We singers…could see the man and what the music meant to him.”

La bohème is set in Paris, around 1830. On Christmas Eve, the poet Rodolfo meets and falls in love with Mimì. The two join Rodolfo’s friends in the Latin Quarter for a Christmas celebration. There, Rodolfo’s friend, the painter Marcello, is reunited with his old flame, the flirtatious Musetta.

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program Act III The third Act takes place next February, just before dawn. The curtain rises on the Barrière d’Enfer, a Paris tollgate. Workers make their way through the gate to enter the city. Mimì, now very ill, searches for Marcello, who lives with Musetta at a tavern. Mimì describes Rodolfo’s jealous tirades and begs Marcello to help. Rodolfo, who is sleeping at the tavern, awakens. As Rodolfo stirs, Mimì hides.

Rodolfo joins Marcello and announces that he will leave Mimì forever. At first, Rodolfo pretends he is interested in other women, and that Mimì is flirtatious. But when Marcello doubts Rodolfo, the poet admits he is lying. Rodolfo confides that Mimì is deathly ill, and that he is afraid his poverty is the cause of her sickness. When Mimì begins to sob and cough, Rodolfo discovers her presence. Musetta’s laughter draws Marcello into the tavern, leaving Rodolfo and Mimì alone.

When Mimì tries to insist that they part ways, Rodolfo convinces her to stay with him, at least until the spring. The lovers’ tender reconciliation contrasts with Musetta and Marcello’s violent quarrel. Mimì wistfully exclaims that she would like the winter to last forever.

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atlanta symphony orchestra CHAMBER chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator Todd Skrabanek, Accompanistt

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he Chamber Chorus, which debuted Dec. 14, 1967, is composed of volunteers selected by audition from the ranks of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Chorus. The group meets for extra rehearsals and performs with Orchestra Chorus the Orchestra each season. The Chamber Chorus performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters such as Golijov, Tavener, Pärt, Paulus, Poulenc and Britten. Highlights of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus’s history include a residency with the Orchestra and Robert Spano for California’s Ojai Festival; participation with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Telarc recordings of masterworks by Bach, Golijov, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Vivaldi; a 2005 a cappella recording that features the Vaughan Williams Mass under Norman Mackenzie; an appearance on national television in 1987 performing Handel’s Messiah with Robert Shaw; and several Carnegie Hall appearances, which include performances of the B-minor Mass, the Matthew and John Passions of Bach, the Rachmaninoff Vespers and the Mozart/Levin Requiem.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Choruses made their Carnegie Hall debut in 1976, and have returned on a number of occasions, most recently in November 2009 to perform Stravinsky’s The Nightingale with Music Director Robert Spano and the Orchestra. The chorus performed at the Kennedy Center for President Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Concert in 1977 and, in 1988, accompanied the Orchestra on its first European tour. The Choruses have appeared with the Orchestra for several televised concerts, including the 1996 Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games. They have twice performed at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago — in June 2003, when Mr. Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus opened the festival with John Adams’s El Niño; and in 2006, when Mr. Spano lead the Orchestra and Chorus in Osvaldo Golijov’s opera, Ainadamar. The Chorus has traveled to Germany three times with conductor Donald Runnicles to be a special guest of the Berlin Philharmonic at their home, the Berlin Philharmonie. In December 2003 the Chorus performed a series of three triumphant performances of Britten’s War Requiem, in May 2008 for a week of three Berlioz Requiem concerts and in December 2009 for a trio of Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem performances.

Soprano Amber Greer Arietha Lockhart * Celia Shore Anne-Marie Spalinger Kara Mia Wray Wanda Yang Temko

alto Donna Carter-Wood * Christa Joy Chase Paige Mathis Holly McCarren Laura Rappold Diana Strommen

tenor Jeffrey Baxter * David Blalock ** Jack Caldwell * Thomas LaBarge Charles Redmon ** Timothy Swaim * 20+ years of service

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orman Mackenzie’s abilities as musical collaborator, conductor and concert organist have brought him international recognition. As director of choruses for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000, and holder of its endowed Frannie and Bill Graves Chair, he was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw to a new generation of Norman Mackenzie music lovers. At the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he prepares the choruses for all concerts and recordings, conducts holiday concerts annually, and works closely with Music Director Robert Spano and commissioned composers in the creation and premiere of new works. His leadership was rewarded in 2003 with Grammy awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the orchestra and chorus recording of A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams, in 2005 with another Best Choral Performance Grammy for the Berlioz Requiem, and in 2007 for Best Opera Recording with Golijov’s Ainadamar. Mackenzie also serves as director of music and fine arts for Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, and pursues an active recital and guest conducting schedule.

Mr. Mackenzie has been hailed by The New York Times as Robert Shaw’s “designated successor.” In his 14-year association with Mr. Shaw (1985-99), he was keyboardist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, principal accompanist for the ASO Choruses and, ultimately, assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the U.S., and the famed Shaw/Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops.

In 1996, Mr. Mackenzie made his New York conducting debut in a concert sponsored

by Carnegie Hall, leading the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers in a critically acclaimed performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, substituting for Shaw on short notice.

In 1999, he was chosen by Shaw to prepare the Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus for Charles Dutoit, and he was choral clinician for the first three annual workshops after Shaw’s passing.

In February 2011, he partnered with Robert Spano and members of the ASO Chamber Chorus for the workshop’s 20th anniversary, featuring the Berlioz Requiem.

A native of suburban Philadelphia, Mr. Mackenzie debuted as a pianist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 12, and as an organist at age 20. He made his New York recital debut at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He holds degrees from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and Westminster Choir College.

He has prepared choruses for performance under Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, John Adams, Roberto Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Labadie, Nicholas McGegan, John Nelson, Alan Gilbert, Yoel Levi, Robert King, James Conlon and Sir Neville Marriner. A frequent recitalist and clinician for conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association, he also has been featured on National Public Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 32D

Radio’s “Performance Today” and Minnesota Public Radio’s “Pipedreams” broadcasts.

Mackenzie’s acclaimed Telarc recording of a cappella sacred music (featuring the Vaughan Williams Mass in G-Minor), represents the ASO Chamber Chorus’ first recording apart from the Orchestra. In November 2009, he returned with the Chamber Chorus, ASO and Robert Spano to Carnegie Hall for a concert performance of Stravinsky’s The Nightingale.

Mackenzie also prepared the ASO Chorus for its acclaimed 2003 debut and successive 2008 and 2009 performances in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic (in Britten’s War Requiem, Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem respectively), conducted by ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

NICOLE CABELL, Soprano

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icole Cabell, the 2005 Winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff and a Decca recording artist, is fast becoming one of the most sought-after lyric sopranos of today. Her solo debut album, Soprano, was named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone and has received critical acclaim and several prestigious awards: the 2007 Georg Solti Orphée d’Or from the French Académie du Disque Lyrique and an Echo Klassik Award in Germany.

Nicole Cabell

This season, Miss Cabell returns to the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago for Micaela in Carmen; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles; and for an exciting debut as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with the Oper Köln and the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. She will also return to the Cincinnati Opera in one of her most acclaimed roles, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. In concert, she will return to the Edinburgh Festival as the Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, followed by gala opening concerts in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Claus Peter Flor. Miss Cabell will appear in solo recitals in Toronto and Louisville, KY. Future engagements include returns to Chicago, Montreal, Tokyo as well as her San Francisco Opera debut, all in leading roles.

Recent engagements include Musetta in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera; debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires; as Adina in L’elisir d’amore and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She recently debuted with the New Orleans Opera as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, and with the Atlanta Opera as Pamina. In concert, she debuted with the New York Philharmonic in Opera Aria Concerts in New York; and in Vail, Colo., with Bramwell Tovey; with the Boston Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Kurt Masur; and with the Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem. Miss Cabell returned to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Markus Stenz; sang Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, first with the Singapore Symphony and John Nelson, then with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano in Rome. In recital, she was heard in Urbana, Ill., and Savannah, Ga.

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oprano Amanda Squitieri has been praised for her “warm soprano” voice, “bright, ripe” sound (Opera News) and “crystalline” soprano tones (Wall Street Journal). For the 2010-11 season, Ms. Squitieri returned to the Los Angeles Opera as Beatrice Russo in the world premiere of Daniel Catan’s Il Postino with Plácido Domingo. Both critics and audiences have praised her performance, with the Associated Press stating, “Soprano Amanda Squitieri sang Amanda Squitieri Beatrice, moving gracefully across the stage and pairing it with a compelling voice in a manner few singers do.” Over the course of the season she will premiere Il Postino in Vienna at the Theater An der Wien, and in Paris at the Théâtre du Chatelet. Ms. Squitieri debuts at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as Catherine in William Bolcolm’s A View from the Bridge under the baton of Bruno Bartoletti, and covers the role of Alice in Le Comte Ory in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production directed by Bartlett Sher.

During the 2009-10 season, Ms Squitieri was seen as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro at Washington National Opera and as Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Palm Beach Opera. She was Anne Egerman in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis in a production directed by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. In 2008-09, Ms. Squitieri made her Opéra National de Paris debut at the Palais Garnier as Esmeralda in The Bartered Bride conducted by Jirˇí Be˘lohlávek. She also sang Papagena in Die Zauberflöte at the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by James Conlon; Adina in L’elisir d’amore at Michigan Opera Theatre; and Maria in a concert version of West Side Story with Orchestra of Valencia.

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enor Thomas Glenn began his solo career singing the Evangelist roles in the St. Matthew and St. John Passions of J.S. Bach and continues to sing concert engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, Colorado Symphony, Berkeley Symphony and Marin Symphony. He is a recent graduate of the prestigious Adler Fellowship program at San Francisco Opera, where, on the Mainstage, he portrayed Thomas Glenn Maintop in Billy Budd, Trabuco in La forza del destino and the Steersman in Der fliegende Holländer. Also at San Francisco Opera, Mr. Glenn created the role of Physicist and played Robert Wilson in the world premiere of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic. He reprised this role at the Netherlands Opera in 2007 and again at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2007-08, the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 2008 and the English National Opera in 2009. Mr. Glenn’s favorite operatic repertoire includes works by Mozart; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and the title role in La clemenza di Tito, as well as Italian bel canto roles such as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Tebaldo in Bellini’s I capuleti Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 32F

e i montecchi. He also has a great love of 20th century operas, particularly those of Britten, Stravinsky, Janácˇek and Tchaikovsky. Mr. Glenn holds three degrees in music performance: a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from Florida State University. He is also the 2007 winner of the Concours International de Chant Lyrique de Canari.

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past member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program (following his win at National Council Auditions in 1995), Gregory Turay made his professional debut as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos, conducted by James Levine. Other Met roles include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Camille in The Merry Widow, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Fenton in Falstaff, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Hylas in Francesca Zambello’s new production of Les Troyens, among many others.

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Recent engagements include performances at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, San Francisco Opera as Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow (available on DVD), and the Metropolitan Opera as Tamino and Fenton, both conducted by James Levine. In Spain, he debuted with Opera El Escorial as Tamino with Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

In concert, Mr. Turay’s appearances have included a televised gala honoring Seiji Ozawa and Haydn’s The Creation with the Boston Symphony Orchestra; a televised broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating Steven Spielberg; Handel’s Messiah with the San Francisco Symphony; Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Mass in C minor at the Mostly Mozart Festival; Mozart’s Mass K.139 at the Salzburg Festival; and Berlioz’s Requiem at the opening night of the 1998 Edinburgh Festival, conducted by Donald Runnicles. He also sang Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes with pianists James Levine and Ken Noda in New York’s Weill Recital Hall. Other concert appearances include Minnesota Symphony in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and the Cleveland Orchestra with Christoph von Dohnányi in Berlioz’s Te Deum.

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elected by OPERA NOW as amongst ‘Who’s Hot’ in Opera, James Laing has appeared for companies including the Classical Opera Company, the Early Opera Company, Garsington Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Grange Park Opera and Opera North, his repertoire including Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Refugee Flight, Raphael Tobias and the Angel, Guido Flavio, Medoro Orlando, Armindo Partenope, Alessandro Tolomeo and Ascanio

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program Ascanio in Alba. Concert highlights have included performances with Les Agrémens, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Bach Society. Recordings include The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opus Arte Blu Ray / DVD) and Tobias and the Angel (Chandos CD). Future engagements include Nireno Giulio Cesare for English National Opera, Tolomeo Giulio Cesare for Opera North, Zelim La verita nel cimento for Garsington Opera, Jonathan Miller’s staged version of the St Matthew Passion at London’s National Theatre and a tour of Messiah with the Israel Camerata.

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arco Caria is one of Italy’s most exciting young baritones to have emerged in recent years. In September 2010, he joined the Vienna State Opera under Festcontract for the upcoming two seasons, where he will be heard in La bohème, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly, L’elisir d’amore and Lucia di Lammermoor in addition to expanding his repertoire to include such roles as Valentin, Ford and Lescaut.

Marco Caria Highlights of his 2009-10 season included Maria Padilla at the Wexford Festival Opera, Maria Stuarda at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and La bohème for the opening performance of the inaugural season of the refurbished Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. He returned to the Cincinnati Opera as Marcello prior to appearing in a gala concert at the 2010 Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

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tephen Ozcomert is a regular performer in Atlanta area concert halls. He has performed frequently as a soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, including the role of Figaro in a performance of the Act II Finale from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro under Robert Spano’s direction in 2004, and as the soloist for a 2006 master season performance of Bach’s Magnificat, also under Maestro Spano.

Other Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances include Stephen Ozcomert several July 4 Holiday Concerts under the direction of Jere Flint, an assisting soloist in 2007 under the direction of Donald Runnicles in excerpts from Strauss’s Rosenkavalier, the narrator in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait under Alexander Mickelthwaite, soloist in The Lord of the Rings Symphony under Howard Shore, an assisting soloist (“Sergeant”) for 2007 performances and Telarc recording of Puccini’s La bohéme under Robert Spano. He played the role of a Japanese envoy in the 2009 performances of Stravinsky’s Nightingale at Symphony Hall and at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Ozcomert was an assisting soloist under Robert Shaw for the 1996 performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion both in Atlanta and at Carnegie Hall, and has served as soloist in performances of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus on several occasions under Norman Mackenzie, Yoel Levi and others.

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Steven humes, Bass

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merican bass Steven Humes continues to distinguish himself as one of the most successful in his field. After singing in the Metropolitan National Council Finals in 2003, he took a contract position with the Bavarian State Opera. There he has developed an extensive repertoire including Sarastro, Wurm, Ramphis, Publio, Biterolf, Sam, Gremin, Lodovico, Pistola, Truffaldin, Wagner and Eremit, among others. His recent DVD recording of Mahagonny with Steven Humes the Los Angeles Opera won two Classical Grammys in 2009.

Opera news hailed, “Steven Humes was a stentorian Alaska Wolf Joe.” He returned to the role in Madrid’s Teatro Real, celebrating Gerard Mortier’s beginning as intendant in the 2010-11 season. Upcoming engagements include Semele with the Canadian Opera Company and Frau ohne Schatten with the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Christian Thielemann.

Other future roles in new productions include Don Fernando in Fidelio, Capellio in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Oroveso in Norma and Joe in Mahagonny at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.

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support Appassionato

Meghan H. Magruder, Appassionato Chair

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is privileged to receive annual contributions from individuals throughout the southeast. Appassionato was inaugurated in 2000 & welcomes annual givers of $10,000 & above. Appassionato members provide the Symphony with a continuous & strong financial base in support of our ambitionous aritistic & education initiatives.

$50,000+

Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers

The Reiman Foundation

$35,000+

Robert Spano

Susan & Thomas Wardell

Mark & Rebekah Wasserman

$25,000+ Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Mr. Thurmond Smithgall Ray & John Uttenhove

Mr. & Mrs. K. Morgan Varner, III Adair & Dick White Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.* Sue & Neil Williams*

AGCO Corporation, Martin Richenhagen Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Mary Helen & Jim Dalton Mr. & Mrs. David Edmiston In memory of Polly Ellis by Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. Gary & Nancy Fayard* $10,000+

Mr. Donald F. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Garcia Charles & Mary Ginden Jim & Pam Henry InterContinental Hotels Group Clay & Jane Jackson Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Eydie & Steve Koonin Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kurlander Michael & Cindi Lang Donna Lee & Howard C. Ehni

Karole & John Lloyd Meghan & Clarke Magruder Jeff Mango-Verizon Wireless Mr. & Mrs. William T. Plybon Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Ms. Lynn Schinazi Gail & Loren Starr Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson Camille W. Yow

Anonymous Ron & Susan Antinori Mark & Christine Armour The Balloun Family* Lisa & Joe Bankoff Barnes & Thornburg LLP Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman The John & Rosemary Brown Family Foundation Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda W. Bunnen The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Cynthia & Donald Carson Shannon & Philip Cave Dr. John W. Cooledge Cari Katrice Dawson Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin

Carol & Larry Gellerstedt Mary D. Gellerstedt Nancy D. Gould Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Grathwohl The Graves Foundation Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Joe Guthridge & David Ritter* Tom & Jan Hough Mr. Tad Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Robert J. Jones* Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley* Philip I. Kent Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy & Mark Kistulinec Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law Massey Charitable Trust Mr. Kenneth & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Morgens West Foundation

Lynn & Galen Oelkers Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Bob & Margaret Reiser Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Dennis & JoAnne Sadlowski Bill & Rachel Schultz Joyce & Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III John Sparrow Irene & Howard Stein Mary Rose Taylor Carol & Ramon Tome* The Michael W. Trapp Family Mike & Liz Troy Turner Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Neal & Virginia Williams

Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Susan & Richard Anderson Stephanie & Arthur Blank Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Marcia & John Donnell Catherine Warren Dukehart $15,000+

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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Patron Partnership

Judy Hellriegel, Chair

The Patron Partnership of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the society of donors who have given $1,750 or more and comprise a vital extension of the Orchestra family through their institutional leadership and financial support.

$5,000+ John & Helen Aderhold* Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Anonymous (4) Mr. David Boatwright Mrs. Suzanne Dansby Bollman & Mr. Brooks Bollman Breman Foundation Ann & Jeff Cramer* Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Mr. David L. Forbes Mr. James F. Fraser

Betty Sands Fuller Sally & Carl Gable Dick & Ann Goodsell C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation The Jamieson Family Family of Thomas B. Koch James H. Landon George H. Lanier Pat & Nolan Leake Linda & John Matthews Penelope & Raymond McPhee* Brenda & Charles Moseley

Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr. Margaret H. Petersen John & Kyle Rogers Hamilton & Mason Smith Lynne & Steven Steindel* Peter James Stelling Charlie Wade & M.J. Conboy Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner

Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester* Deborah & William Liss* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Gino & Belinda Massafra* Walter W. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves S. A. Robinson Sandy & Paul Smith Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Burton Trimble T & H Yamashita*

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Edmonds Ellen & Howard Feinsand John & Michelle Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Garland Peg Gary Carol & Henry Grady Ben & Lynda Greer Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Herbert & Marian Haley Foundation Mr. Lewis H. Hamner III Steven & Caroline Harless Sally W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Darlene K. Henson Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. In Memory of Carolyn B. Hochman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hollums Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Johnston Dr. Maurice J. Jurkiewicz Hazel & Herb Karp Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly Dick & Georgia Kimball* Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Stephen Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Ruth & Paul Marston The Devereaux F. & Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Birgit & David McQueen Judy & Gregory Moore Ms. Lilot S. Moorman & Mr. Jeffrey B. Bradley

$3,500+ Julie M. Altenbach Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Chorba Ms. Carol F. Comstock & Mr. James L. Davis* Jere & Patsy Drummond Dr. & Mrs. C.R. Harper JoAnn Hall Hunsinger $2,250+ Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda* Marian & Paul Anderson Anonymous (2) Jack & Helga Beam Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Rita & Herschel Bloom Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Robert Bunker Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush The Buss Family Charitable Fund Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Mrs. Thalia N. Carlos Mr. & Mrs. Beauchamp Carr Lucy & John Cook Robert Cronin & Christina Smith Sally & Larry Davis Ms. Diane Durgin

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support $2,250+ (continued) Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Ms. Rebecca Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Realan Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers Mrs. William A. Schwartz Elizabeth S. Sharp Angela & Morton Sherzer

Dr. Kay R. Shirley Beverly & Milton Shlapak In memory of Willard Shull Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard Baker & Debby Smith Amy & Paul Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Stainback, Jr. John & Yee-Wan Stevens

Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Mr. William C. Voss Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Ms. Mary Lou Wolff Jan & Beattie Wood Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates The Zaban Foundation, Inc.

George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Paul B., Paul H. & M. Harrison Hackett Carol & Thomas J. Hanner Thomas J. High Mr. Thomas Hooten Dorothy Jackson Mary & Wayne James Aaron & Joyce Johnson Veronique & Baxter Jones Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung Dr. Rose Mary Kolpatzki Mr. & Mrs. David E. Krischer Thomas C. Lawson Dr. Leslie Leigh Levenson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Captain & Mrs. Charles M. McCleskey John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Virginia K. McTague Angela & Jimmy Mitchell* Mrs. Gene Morse** Sanford & Barbara Orkin Dr. & Mrs. Keith D. Osborn

Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Leslie & Skip Petter Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Provaré Technology Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr. The Gary W. & Ruth M. Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Nancy & Henry Shuford Alida & Stuart Silverman Sydney Simons Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Steagall Kay & Alex Summers Elvira Tate Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tipping Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark Lange Robert F. Tuve* Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter Drs. Julius & Nanette Wenger David & Martha West Mr. & Mrs. William White* Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Dorothy & Charlie Yates Family Fund Grace & Herbert Zwerner

$1,750+ Anonymous (2) Mrs. Kay Adams* & Mr. Ralph Paulk Mr. & Mrs. John Allen Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Dr. David & Julie Bakken Betty & Robert Balentine Mr. & Mrs. Ron H. Bell Leon & Linda Borchers Mr.** & Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Dr. & Mrs. Anton J. Bueschen Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner* Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe In Memory of Dr. Richard A. Carroll, Sr. Susan & Carl Cofer Mr. & Mrs. R. Barksdale Collins* Ralph & Rita Connell Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Curling Mrs. H. Frances Davis Brant & Kathy Davis* Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. de Kok Dr. Carlos Del Rio & Mrs. Jeannette Guarner Elizabeth & John Donnelly Gregory & Debra Durden Cree & Frazer Durrett Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard Delay Mary Frances Early Judge & Mrs. Jack Etheridge

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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Corporate Support $100,000+

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and SuperPOPS Presenting Sponsor

Holiday Title Sponsor Muhtar Kent Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer

jerome j. byers, II Atlanta Regional President

Atlanta School of Composers Presenting Sponsor Philip I. Kent Chief Executive Officer

$50,000+ AGCO Corporation and Vendors AT&T The Real Yellow Pages GE Energy UPS

$35,000+ Georgia Natural Gas InterContinental Hotels Group Porsche Cars North America Publix Super Markets & Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Delta Classic Chastain Presenting Sponsor

Supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Ralph de la Vega President & CEO of Mobility and Consumer Markets

Jerry Karr Senior Managing Director GE Asset Management

$10,000+

$20,000+ Nalley Cars Ryder System, Inc. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP SunTrust Foundation

AlixPartners, LLP Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta The Boston Consulting Group

Foundation and Government Support $250,000+ The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$100,000+ The Halle Foundation Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc

$25,000+ Anne & Gordon Getty Foundation John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc. Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. MetLife Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation- Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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$10,000+

Special Gifts

The Aaron Copland Fund The ASCAP Foundation For Music, Inc. Irving Caesar Fund The Arnold Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Reiman Charitable Foundation $5,000+ William Randolph Hearst The Fraser-Parker Foundation Endowed Fund Robert S. Elster Foundation William McDaniel Charitable Foundation JBS Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

support Henry Sopkin Circle Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Aderhold William & Marion Atkins Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Fred & Bettye Betts Mr. & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins Mr.* & Mrs. Sol Blaine Frances Cheney Boggs* W. Moses Bond Robert* & Sidney Boozer Elinor A. Breman William Breman* James C. Buggs, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Hugh W. Burke Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia & Donald Carson Margie & Pierce Cline Dr. & Mrs. Grady Clinkscales, Jr. Miriam & John A. Conant* Dr. John W. Cooledge Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel* John R. Donnell Dixon W. Driggs* Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Kenneth P. Dutter Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

Elizabeth Etoll John F. Evans Doyle Faler* Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Dr. Emile T. Fisher A. D. Frazier, Jr. Betty & Drew* Fuller Carl & Sally Gable William H. Gaik Kay Gardner* Mr.* & Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Micheline & Bob Gerson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Mrs. Irma G. Goldwasser* Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Billie & Sig* Guthman Betty G.* & Joseph F. * Haas James & Virginia Hale Miss Alice Ann Hamilton* John and Martha Head Ms. Jeannie Hearn Jill* & Jennings* Hertz Albert L. Hibbard, Jr.* Richard E. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Mary B. James Calvert Johnson deForest F. Jurkiewicz* Herb & Hazel Karp Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley

Bob Kinsey James W. & Mary Ellen* Kitchell Paul Kniepkamp, Jr. Miss Florence Kopleff Ouida Hayes Lanier Liz & Jay* Levine Jane Little Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder K Maier John W. Markham, III Ann Bernard Martin* Mr. Michael McDowell* Dr. Michael S. McGarry Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGinnis Vera A. Milner* Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Roger B. Orloff Dr. Bernard & Sandra Palay Bill Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Janet M. Pierce Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. William L. & Lucia Fairlie Pulgram Carl J. Reith* Edith Goodman Rhodes* Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel Dr. Shirley E. Rivers Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Sauser Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser

Edward G. Scruggs* Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions W. Griggs Shaefer, Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shaw* Charles H. Siegel* Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Margo Sommers* Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Daniel D. Stanley* Peter James Stelling C. Mack* & Mary Rose Taylor Jed Thompson Margaret* & Randolph Thrower Kenneth & Kathleen Tice Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Adair and Dick White Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue & Neil Williams Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Elin M. Winn* Joni Winston George & Camille Wright Mr.* & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Anonymous (12) *Deceased

Education & Community Engagement Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Talent Development Program, Talent Development Program Endowment, Concerts for Young People, Family Concerts, Conversations of Note

$250,000+

Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

GE Energy Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation

$25,000+

The Coca-Cola Company Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. MetLife Foundation Monica & John Pearson Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Publix Super Markets & Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Jay & Arthur Richardson

SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation - Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund SunTrust Foundation

$2,500+

Elise T. Phillips Alison Rand Mr. & Mrs. Johnathan H. Short Suzanne & Willard* Shull The Society, Inc., Greater Atlanta Chapter $10,000+ Isaiah & Hellena Huntley $1,000+ Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Tidwell Anonymous Jr. Family Foundation Annie-York Trujillo Mr. & Mrs. Henry Aaron Cree & Frazer Durrett & Raul F. Trujillo Sharon, Lindsay Livingston Foundation, Inc. Mr. Mack Wilbourn & Gordon Fisher Primerica Dr. Blenda Wilson Drs. John O. & Gloria S. Gaston Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees & Dr. Louis Fair Aaron & Joyce Johnson Ms. Malinda C. Logan $5,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Howatt E. Dr. Margo A. Brinton Mallinson & Mr. Eldon Park Dr. Joanne R. Nurss Cynthia & Donald Carson Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mrs. Mary C. Gramling Ms. Margaret H. Petersen *Deceased Ms. Joni Winston Elinor Rosenberg Breman** Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Ginden InterContinental Hotels Group Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter

** Scholarships for Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra tuition are made possible through the Elinor Rosenberg Breman Fellowship.

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support Atlanta Symphony Associates The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

2010-2011 board Belinda Massafra President Suzy Wasserman, Leslie Petter & Camille Yow Advisors Leslie Petter Parliamentarian Elba McCue Secretary Janis Eckert Treasurer

Ellie Kohler Historian Alison Mimms VP Adminstration Corrie Johnson Nominating Chair Sylvia Davidson ASA Spring Luncheon Sheila Richards & Juanita Jones ASA Night at the Symphony Co-Chairs

Liz Troy ASA Night at VWA (Verizon) Camille Kesler Newsletter Editor Pat King Directory Editor Suzy Smith VP Public Relations Faye Popper VP Youth Education Glee Lamb VP Membership

Nancy Levitt Ambassador’s Desk Judy Schmidt VP Annual Fund Dr. Mary Francis Early VP Outreach Ann Levin & Gail Spurlock Ensemble Co-Chairs Ruth & Paul Marston Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Co-Chairs

Nancy Cox Intermezzo Chair Brooke Merrill Bravo Chair Elba McCue Concerto Chair Joan Abernathy Encore Chair

Events 2010 decorators’ show house & gardens Platinum Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Gold Benjamin Moore Paint Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts Comcast Encore Magazine Atlanta 360 Media Soiree Catering & Events

PrePrint Silver Publix Super Markets Phipps Plaza Charities Springer Mountain Farms S&S Rug Cleaners Bronze St. Regis Atlanta Bloomingdale’s The Outdoor Lights, Inc. Buckhead Coach Flora by John Grady Burns

2011 atlanta symphony gala corporate Sponsors Phoenix AirTran Airways Platinum The Coca-Cola Company Invesco

auction sponsors

Brown & Co. Jewelers IHG Sea Island Resorts

gold Global Payments Verizon Wireless

special contributors

Adele & Jim Abrahamson Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blackney Marcia & John Donnell Lucy & Gary Lee Patty & Doug Reid Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wardell Mrs. Judy Zaban

2010 airtran classic golf tournament Global Payments Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte & Touche Mr. & Dr. Kenneth H. Reception Meltzer Sponsor Alston & Bird LLP Crowne Plaza Ernst & Young LLP InterContinental Team Sponsors Hotels Group Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. SunTrust Robinson Feinsand Humphrey Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kastin Presenting Sponsor AirTran Airways

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Xerox Verizon Wireless

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Two-Person Corporate Teams MillerCoors Argus Benefits Jones Lang LaSalle DSSI UBS Right Way Services

Hole Sponsors Global Payments Inc. Capgemini Financial Services Royal Cup Coffee Provista Russell Reynolds Associates

Guest Supply Standard Textile AmSan WSB-TV The Coca-Cola Company Sysco Prosys Atlanta Falcons

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.4 million last year. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ The Coca-Cola Company ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees The Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Equifax Inc. & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust

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Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Greene-Sawtell Foundation Wells Fargo ★★★★★★★ $100,000+ AirTran Airways Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund ★★★★★★ $75,000+ Holder Construction Company The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Lisa & Joe Bankoff Cisco Coca-Cola Enterprises Doosan Infracore International Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion GMT Capital Corporation Beth & Tommy Holder ING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Newell Rubbermaid Primerica Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. ★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property BDO USA, LLP Laura & Stan Blackburn Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. Chartis Cousins Properties Incorporated Crawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc. Eisner Family Foundation First Data Corporation Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. IBM Corporation

Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Risk Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Katherine John Murphy Foundation Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company Richard D. Shirk Southwire Company Spectrum Brands Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Waste Management Charitable Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

A. E. M. Family Foundation ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands, Inc. AGCO Corporation Alix Partners Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Foundation Atlanta Marriott Marquis Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Beaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Buck Consultants The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Talela & Beauchamp Carr Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan CB Richard Ellis Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Ann & Jeff Cramer DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exide Technologies Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Fernandez Fifth Third Bank Ford & Harrison LLP Robert Fornaro John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Infor Global Solutions Jenny & Phil Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Lanier Parking Solutions

Bryan Latham Karole & John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Mohawk Industries, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki R. Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe J. Mack Robinson Interests Frances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr. Emily Winship Scott Foundation Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *As of February 8, 2011

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In addition to excelling musically, the Youth Orchestra also regularly demonstrates its commitment to the community. Last year, the student members teamed up with the Illinois-based Share Your Soles Foundation to collect thousands of shoes for families in need throughout the world. This past March, the Youth Orchestra partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to host a food drive to collect canned goods for the League of American Orchestras’ “Orchestras Feeding America” program.

Stanford L. Thompson, the Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra’s El Sistemainspired program Tune Up Philly, also participated in the Youth Orchestra in high school and believes that the Youth Orchestra has had an immeasurable impact in Atlanta and beyond.

“The more people have access to good music education, the more people will find live music relevant while providing opportunities for the growth of confidence and new sets of practical skills for young

Favorite ASYO Experience?

“ Dating another violinist in the ASYO. She was my first girlfriend and she loved the violin, too!”

— Chris Pulgram people to be more productive citizens,” Thompson says. “I strongly believe that music education is the answer to the questions arts organizations, social service organizations, and educational institutions pose about long-term sustainability.”

From the success of its alumni to its influence in the community, Martin couldn’t agree more.

“Music is life,” he says. “It is impossible to imagine a world without it, and it is the responsibility of all musicians to stand up for music and music education in our communities.”

Kimberly Nogi is the publicist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Did you know?

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra actually began as a local youth orchestra. Originally founded in 1944 as the Atlanta Youth Symphony — an amateur orchestra — it gradually added professional musicians and eventually adopted the name “Atlanta Symphony Orchestra” in 1947; however, the orchestra was not recognized as a professional ensemble until 1951. The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra emerged in 1974 as a subsidiary of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM OF EMORY UNIVERSITY carlos.emory.edu

THE MIKADO

April 15 – May 1, 2011

Gilbert and Sullivan are the undisputed masters of comic operetta and the proud parents of the modern musical. That their works are more in demand today than when they were created over a century ago is ample proof of their lasting brilliance. The hapless lovers in The Mikado are mercilessly buffeted by social restrictions, legal inconsistencies, judicial inequities, government stupidities, and that’s just the first act! Poor dears — it would be absolutely tragic if it weren’t so hysterically funny.

Music by Arthur Sullivan Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert DIRECTED BY HEIDI CLINE MCKERLEY

RENT

June 10 – 26, 2011

Rent is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini’s opera “La Bohème.” The musical follows a year in the lives of seven friends living in the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s Alphabet City located in the East Village. As the impoverished artists deal with their daily struggles, tragedy hits, and the love they share embodies their lives. The music, characters and story of Rent celebrate love, diversity and the power of friendship, as shown through the musical’s signature song, “Seasons of Love.” This blockbuster show will truly inspire and move any audience.

Book, Music & Lyrics By Jonathan Larson DIRECTED BY ALAN KILPATRICK

(MATURE CONTENT NOT INTENDED FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES)

From preparing every note concertgoers hear to serving as president of her profession, the Orchestra’s Principal Librarian Rebecca Beavers keeps the players finely tuned

T

By Karl Schnittke

he stereotypical definition of a librarian is lost on Rebecca Beavers. Seated in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Library, located directly behind the stage of

Symphony Hall, she says, “An orchestra librarian is a musician. Assistant Principal Steve Sherrill, Assistant John Wildermuth and myself are really performance librarians who work behind the scenes to help the players perform to the best of their abilities.”

Unseen but not Unsung In addition to overseeing a collection of nearly 2,500 pieces of music that the Orchestra either owns, are on permanent loan or rented from publishers, and preparing all of the music that the Orchestra performs (“it’s a bunch of notes!” jokes Beavers), she is president of the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA).

MOLA represents more than 400 performance librarians from nearly 250 professional performance organizations around the world. “This is my second year of a three-year term on the Board of Directors,” she says, “and as president, 44 EncoreAtlanta.com

I ensure that we provide the highest quality of service to the performing arts, and continue to work with publishers to achieve the highest standards in music performance materials.”

Next month Beavers travels to London for the group’s 29th annual conference, May 13-16, at the Henry Wood Hall, the city’s premiere rehearsal and recording studio.

This year’s theme is Working Together, a subject she knows very well, “stressing the importance of the working relationships between composers, publishers, editors, conductors and librarians.

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“An orchestra librarian wears many hats and works with virtually everyone,” explains Beavers. “Our main efforts are preparing the orchestra music, a process that begins months in advance of the first rehearsal: The strings parts are marked with the bowings; all parts are proofed — some pieces are notorious for errors — and then corrected and edited; page turns are fixed; and score bindings are repaired.”

A typical day on the job? “There isn’t one,” she laughs, “and it is never boring! I fondly refer to the library as the ‘kitchen of the organization.’ We are the chefs and this is the place where the music is prepared and plated for the players, and where everyone comes to see what’s cooking on the stove.”

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“The library collaborates with many departments,” she points out, “the artistic staff on repertoire planning and providing Orchestra performance history reports processed from a database that I maintain; furnishing instrumentations

and timings of works to the personnel manager, stage manager and the operations team; and giving full scores to the producers for our recording sessions.

Much time is also spent in researching editions of works and communicating with conductors about their preferences,” an especially daunting task in light of myriad interpretations of the repertoire.

Bowing (indicating the direction of the bow on a stringed instrument) is one of Rebecca Beavers’ responsibilities – in this case, bowing a viola part for the Orchestra’s performance of the Brahms First Symphony, March 31-April 1.

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1 Next Stop: Aspen Last month Robert Spano was named Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Mr. Spano begins his tenure this summer as music director-designate and assumes the title in 2012, and will also direct the renowned American Academy of Conducting at Aspen.

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2 Show House Showcase Interior designers from across Atlanta came together for an Empty House event, with a barn party theme, leading up to the 41st annual Decorators’ Show House & Gardens, which runs from April 16-May 8.

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