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features

the music

12 Sylvia’s Story

19 The concert’s program and notes

New Year’s Eve singer Sylvia McNair talks about her life in music.

48 Sharing Joy with Others Through Song

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Gospel Chorus joins the ASO for the annual Gospel Christmas.

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aso departments 8 ASO Leadership 10 Robert Spano 16 Musicians 29 Contributors 54 Administration 56 General Info 58 Ticket Info 60 Gallery ASO

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ASOleadership atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2009-2010 Board of Directors Officers Ben F. Johnson, III Chairman Clayton F. Jackson Treasurer

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

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tlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors of his generation. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the ASO’s repertoire through a creative programming mix, recordings and visual enhancements, such as the Theater of a Concert — the continuing exploration of different formats, settings and enhancements for the musical performance experience. Mr. Spano also champions the Atlanta School of Composers, his commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships, defining a new generation of American composers. Mr. Spano has conducted the great orchestras of North America, including those in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Overseas, he has led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Czech Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Sinfonie Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic and Tonhalle Orchester. He has conducted the Chicago, Houston, Santa Fe, Royal Opera at Covent Garden and Welsh National Operas. In August 2005, he conducted Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at Seattle Opera, and returned for the cycle in August 2009. With a discography of 12 critically acclaimed recordings for Telarc and Deutsche Grammophon made over six years, Robert Spano has garnered six Grammy Awards. Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year, Mr. Spano was Artistic Director of the Ojai Festival in 2006, Director of the Festival of Contemporary Music at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Music Center in 2003 and 2004, and from 1996 to 2004 was Music Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Head of the Conducting Fellowship Program at Tanglewood Music Center from 1998-2002, he has served on the faculties of Bowling Green State University, Curtis Institute and Oberlin Conservatory. Mr. Spano lives in Atlanta.

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open a reason to say hello. open a pause. open pick-me-up-I’m-down. open ready and not waiting. open today. to change tomorrow. open ice-cold. open a blue plate special. open familiarity. dissimilarity. open debate. open a gap in the tension. an opportunity at the dead end. open inspiration. open sesame. open yes. shut down no. open together. you’re not alone. open 4th and inches. open summer in winter. open refreshment for your perspective. open a smile.

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The renowned singer Sylvia McNair reflects on a life in music — from Robert Shaw protégé to stardom and a New Year’s Eve date with the ASO

Sylvia’s Story photo: John Bragg

by Margaret Shakespeare

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“I really have a great life.” Sylvia McNair is saying goodbye, as we leave a cafe in my New York City neighborhood. She has taken a break, after a double rehearsal for a New York Festival of Song program,

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to spend the past two hours talking about a decade of changes in her life: Leaving the world’s great opera stages. A painful, drawnout divorce. And twenty-nine months in hospitals and treatment for cancer, which accounts for her stylish short-cropped hair. “So much loss,” she says, grasping at where to begin. The deep well of pain she struggled through is nearly palpable, but her smile and Midwest honesty reassure that she is an amazing survivor. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra audiences will remember McNair as a frequent soloist (and Grammy winner) in Bach, Mozart and Brahms with the late Robert Shaw, who discovered her as a graduate student at Indiana University. This New Year’s Eve she, the ASO and conductor Michael Krajewski perform Great American Songbook selections by Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hammerstein. “When I sing this repertory I feel it’s what I was put here to sing. Not to say I didn’t love Bach, Mozart, Brahms when I was doing that,” she says, between sips of soup. “But on my twentieth opera anniversary I decided to wrap that in a beautiful box, put it on a shelf and honor it. It was a pleasure-driven choice.”

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“I was going to have to change my repertory anyway, switch out Susanna [in The Marriage of Figaro] for the Countess,” she says of the eventual career move most sopranos make from younger to more mature roles. “I imagined a piano with a stack of opera on one side and Sondheim, Bernstein and Kurt Weill on the other. It was crystal clear where my heart was going to take me.”

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atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano, Music Director, The Robert Reid Topping Chair * Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor, The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

FIRST VIOLIN VIOLA William Pu Reid Harris Associate/Acting Concertmaster Principal

BASS Ralph Jones

The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair*

The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair*

Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chairâ&#x20AC;&#x201A; *

Justin Bruns

Paul Murphy

Gloria Jones

Assistant Concertmaster The Mary and Cherry Emerson Chair

Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair *

Jun-Ching Lin

Catherine Lynn

Carolyn Toll Hancock

Wesley Collins Robert Jones Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Lachlan McBane Heidi Nitchie Ardath Weck

Assistant Concertmaster The AGL Resources Chair

Martha Reaves Head John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich SECOND VIOLIN David Arenz

Assistant Principal

Paul Brittan

The Georgia Power Foundation Chair

Carl David Hall PICCOLO Carl David Hall OBOE Elizabeth Koch

Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *

ENGLISH HORN Patrick McFarland

Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair

Assistant Principal Emeritus

Eleanor Arenz Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift Judith Cox David Dillard Raymond Leung Ruth Ann Little Thomas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell Ronda Respess Sanford Salzinger Frank Walton

Joseph Conyers Michael Kenady Michael Kurth Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson

Associate Principal

Daniel Laufer

Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair*

Sou-Chun Su

Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal Emeritus

Robert Cronin

Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Deborah Workman Patrick McFarland

Karen Freer

Jay Christy

Jane Little

Principal The Jill Hertz Chair *

CELLO Christopher Rex

Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair* Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair*

Associate Principal

FLUTE Christina Smith

Assistant Principal

Dona Vellek Klein Joel Dallow Jere Flint Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner

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Jere Flint, S taff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair *

Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses, The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

CLARINET Laura Ardan

Principal The Robert Shaw Chair*

HORN Brice Andrus

Ted Gurch

Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair

William Rappaport

Associate Principal

Susan Welty

Alcides Rodriguez

Thomas Witte Richard Deane

E-FLAT CLARINET Ted Gurch

Bruce Kenney

The Lucent Technologies Chair

BASS CLARINET Alcides Rodriguez BASSOON Carl Nitchie

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

Elizabeth Burkhardt

The UPS Community Service Chair

TRUMPET Thomas Hooten

Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair*

Joseph Walthall

Juan de Gomar

Stephen Wilson

CONTRABASSOON Juan de Gomar

William Wilder

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION Thomas Sherwood Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair*

William Wilder Assistant Principal Charles Settle

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

John Wildermuth

Michael Tiscione TROMBONE Colin Williams

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair

Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair*

HARP Elisabeth Remy Johnson

The SunTrust Bank Chair

Laura Najarian

Associate Principal

TIMPANI Mark Yancich

Principal The First Union Chair Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair

Bill Thomas George Curran BASS TROMBONE George Curran TUBA Michael Moore

Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

* Chair named in perpetuity † Regularly engaged musician Players in string sections are listed alphabetically.

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ASOprogram Atlanta Symphony Orchestra A founding member of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

christmas with the aso Thursday and Friday, December 10 and 11, 2009, at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 2 and 8 p.m.

NORMAN MACKENZIE, Conductor ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS MOREHOUSE GLEE CLUB, David Morrow, Director GWINNETT YOUNG SINGERS, Lynn Urda, Director Part One — Prophecy and Advent

“O Come, Emmanuel” arr. Alice Parker “Allelulia” Randall Thompson George Frideric Handel “And the Glory of the Lord” from Messiah Praeludium, Sostenuto ma non troppo Ludwig van Beethoven from Missa Solemnis “Break Forth” from Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach “Heavenly Light” Alexander Kopylov “The First Nowell”* arr. David Willcocks Part Two — The Stable

“Hodie Christus natus est” Benjamin Britten from A Ceremony of Carols “Wolcum Yole!” from A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp “O Magnum Mysterium” Morton Lauridsen “There is a Rose in Flower” Johannes Brahms/Leinsdorf “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” Michael Praetorius “All ‘Round de Glory Manger” arr. Leonard DePaur Largo from “Winter” of The Four Seasons Antonio Vivaldi William Pu, violin “Personent Hodie” arr. John Rutter Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 19

March of the Kings arr. Robert Shaw/Parker “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne Georges Bizet “Bogorodiste Devo” (Virgin Mother of God) Sergei Rachmaninov from Vespers “The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter” Christopher Dedrick “Betelehemu” Babatunde Olatunji/Whalum Part Three — Around the Christmas Tree

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky “March” from Nutcracker “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from Nutcracker Tchaikovsky Peter Marshall, celeste “Trepak” from Nutcracker Tchaikovsky “The Boar’s Head” arr. Robert Shaw/Parker “Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella” and arr. R.R. Bennett “Angels We Have Heard on High” from Suite No. 3 The Many Moods of Christmas Part Four — Adoration

“What Child is This?” from Suite No. 3 The Many Moods of Christmas “El Cant des Ocells” (“The Song of the Birds”) Christopher Rex, cello “Coventry Carol” “The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family” from L’Enfance du Christ “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B minor “Adeste, fideles”*

arr. R.R. Bennett arr. Pablo Casals arr. Robert Shaw Hector Berlioz J.S. Bach arr. Alice Parker

NO INTERMISSION

*The audience is invited to join the choruses in singing these familiar carols. Words are included on the following pages. The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

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ASOprogram Atlanta Symphony Orchestra sponsors

This holiday season, The Coca-Cola Company will help refresh patrons of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with its Coca-Cola Santa, created by artist Haddon Sundblom in the 1930s. Sunblom’s depiction of Santa is given credit for both standardizing and humanizing the character of “Father Christmas.” Before Sundblom created the popular, modern-day image of a jolly, friendly Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas was portrayed differently within various regions and cultures. Coca-Cola decided to link Santa Claus and Christmas to its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola, because people during the 1930s era commonly regarded Coca-Cola as a beverage for hot, summer days. Sundblom created more than 40 Coca-Cola Santa paintings between 1931 and 1964 that appeared in print ads, billboards, and beverage cartons — some of which are on display in the Woodruff Arts Center gallery this season. The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, offering consumers more than 450 sparkling and still brands. Along with Coca-Cola, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. The Company supports a wide range of philanthropic projects in Georgia and around the globe, including initiatives that help protect the environment, conserve resources, preserve the arts, and enhance the economic development of the communities in which it operates. For more information about The Coca-Cola Company or the Coca-Cola Santa, please visit www.thecoca-colacompany.com”

HoneyBaked Ham has been at the center of great family gatherings for over 50 years.Through our partnerships within our local communities, we continue to encourage the importance of spending time with family at the dinner table. Our continued dedication and commitment to local communities stems directly from our core values. Our goal is to develop a flourishing relationship with our communities as a business partner and community member. HoneyBaked. The World’s Best Ham partnering to make the World’s Best communities.

Holiday concerts in December are made possible through an endowment from the Livingston Foundation in memory of Leslie Livingston Kellar. The ASO records for Telarc. Other ASO recordings are available on the Argo, Deutsche Grammophon, New World, Nonesuch, Philips and Sony Classical labels. Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta is the preferred hotel of the ASO. Trucks provided by Ryder Truck Rental Inc. Media sponsors: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB 750 AM.

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Translations of the Vocal Selections and Sing-Along Carols The audience is invited to join in singing the familiar carols marked with * *Audience Sing-Along Carol “The First Nowell” 14th-century English carol; arr. David Willcocks The first Nowell the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep. Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel! They lookèd up and saw a star, Shining in the east, beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night. Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel! Then let us all with one accord Sing praises to our heav’nly Lord, That hath made heav’n and earth of naught, And with his blood mankind hath bought. Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel!

“Hodie Christus natus est” from A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten; traditional Latin text Today Christ is born. Today the Savior appears. Today on earth angels are singing, archangels rejoicing. Today they proudly proclaim, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia!

“Wolcom Yole!” from A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten; medieval English carol Welcome, Welcome, Welcome be thou heavenly king.

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Welcome, Yule! Welcome, born in one morning! Welcome for whom we shall sing! Welcome be ye, Stephen and John; Welcome, Innocents every one; Welcome Thomas, martyred one; Welcome be ye, good New Year; Welcome Twelfth Day, both in fear; Welcome, Saints both loved and dear. Welcome, Yule, welcome! Candlemas, Queen of bliss, Welcome both to more and less. Welcome be ye that are here. Welcome, Yule! Welcome all and make good cheer. Welcome all another year. Welcome, Yule, welcome!

“Personent Hodie” From Piae Cantiones, 1582, arr. John Rutter Translation Jane M. Joseph (1894-1929), 1924(5) On this day earth shall ring with the song children sing to the Lord, Christ our King, born on earth to save us; him the Father gave us. Refrain: Id-e-o-o-o, id-e-o-o-o, Id-e-o gloria in excelsis Deo! His the doom, ours the mirth; when he came down to earth, Bethlehem saw his birth; ox and ass beside him from the cold would hide him. God’s bright star, o’er his head,

ASOprogram Wise Men three to him led; kneel they low by his bed, lay their gifts before him, praise him and adore him. (Refrain)

“Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B minor

On this day angels sing; with their song earth shall ring, praising Christ, heaven’s King, born on earth to save us; peace and love he gave us. (Refrain)

Grant us peace.

March of the Kings Medieval French carol; arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker This morning I met the procession Of three great kings who were on a journey, This morning I met the procession Of three great kings on the highway. All laden with gold there followed behind Great warriors who guarded the treasure. All laden with gold there followed behind Great warriors with their shields.

“Bogorodiste Devo” (Virgin Mother of God) from Vespers Sergei Rachmaninov; Russian liturgical text Rejoice O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, For thou has borne the Savior of our souls.

“Betelehemu” (Bethlehem) Babatunde Olatunji; arr. Wendel Whalum text in the Yoruba language of Nigeria We are glad that we have a Father to trust, We are glad that we have a Father to rely upon. Where was Jesus born? Bethlehem! That’s where the Father was born, for sure! Praise Him, praise be to Him. We thank thee for this day, gracious Father. Praise to the Father, merciful Father.

Johann Sebastian Bach; Latin text from the Roman Catholic Mass

*Audience Sing-Along Carol

“Adeste, Fideles” 18th-century carol; Latin text by John F. Wade English version by William Mercer 1. Audience (Translation is verse 4) Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes; venite, venite in Bethlehem; natum videte, regem angelorum. Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus, Dominum! 2. Sung by the Choruses, Translation: God of gods, Light of lights, Carried in a maiden’s womb. True God: begotten, not made. O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! 3. Sung by the Choruses, Translation: “Hallelujah!” now sings the angelic chorus; The heavenly host now sings, “Glory to the highest!” O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! 4. Audience: O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant; O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him, born the king of angels: O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23

NORMAN MACKENZIE, Conductor/Director of Choruses

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 prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, conducts holiday concerts annually and works closely with Robert Spano in the creation of new works. In 1996 Mr. Mackenzie made his New York conducting debut in a concert sponsored by Carnegie Hall, Norman Mackenzie leading the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the ASO and Chorus recording of A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams in 2003; for Best Choral Performance for the Berlioz Requiem in 2005; and for Best Opera Recording with Golijov’s Ainadamar in 2007. His acclaimed Telarc recording of a cappella sacred music was the ASO Chamber Chorus’s first recording apart from the Orchestra. In December 2009, he returns with the Chorus to Berlin.

THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses, The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator Todd Skrabanek, Accompanist

cclaimed for the beauty, precision and expressive qualities of their singing, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Choruses have been an important part of the Orchestra’s programming since their founding by the late Robert Shaw. Both the ASO Chorus and Chamber Chorus are composed entirely of volunteers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus who meet weekly for rehearsals and perform with the ASO several times each season. They are also featured on the majority of the ASO’s recordings, having garnered 14 Grammy awards (9 for Best Choral Performance; 4 for Best Classical Recording and 1 for Best Opera Recording). The ASO Chorus, 200 voices strong, made its debut on September 24, 1970. It performs large choral-symphonic works with the full orchestra, under the batons of ASO Music Director Robert Spano and ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles. In December 2009 the Chorus returns to Berlin for an unprecedented third engagement with the Berlin Philharmonic and Donald Runnicles for a series of three Brahms Requiem performances.

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ASOprogram Soprano 1 JoAnn Alexander Michelle Belle Isle Erin Bourg Kelly Eggers Erin Fink Amber Harris Cristina Herrera Victoria Kolterman Arietha Lockhart * Constance Mack Mindy Margolis Patricia Nealon * Joneen Padgett Kristi Pass Donna Ross Courtney Stanley Kara Mia Wray Natalie York Soprano 2 June Abbott* Sloan Atwood Chantrice Barnes Pamela Barnette ** Deanna Campbell Claudia Corriere Martha Craft Ellen Dukes ** Elise Harvey Zelda Johns Kathleen Kelly-George Natalie Lee Marie Little Eda Mathews * Rachel O’Dell Vickie Orme Nicole Pringle Linda Searles Sydney Smith-Rikard Paula Snelling Camilla Springfield * Tommie Storer Kelly Thomas Cheryl Thrash Donna Weeks Jennifer Zuiff

Alto 1 Ana Baida Deborah Boland * Donna Carter-Wood * Christa Joy Chase Laurie Cronin Pamela Drummond Beth Freeman Pamela Griffin Beverly Hueter Janet Johnson * Virginia Little Staria Lovelady Allison Lowe Frances McDowell * Linda Morgan ** Dominique PetiteChabukswar Kathleen Poe Norma Raybon Cheri Lee Snyder Diana Strommen Sharon Vrieland * Nancy York Alto 2 Nancy Adams Melissa Anderson Marcia Chandler Meaghan Curry Janet Hubler ** Katherine Johnson Sally Kann Nicole Khoury Becky Kurtz Nancy Llamazales * Cynthia Martin * Lynda Martin Julie Northup Debra Samuelson Sharon Simons Patricia Sinback Cheryl Vanture Sarah Ward Kiki Wilson * Diane Woodard *

* 20+ years of service

Tenor 1 Jeffrey Baxter * John Brandt Daniel Cameron Clifford Edge * Steven Farrow * Wayne Gammon Kirt Greenburg Leif Hansen James Jarrell Thomas LaBarge Keith Langston Sean Mayer Jamie Mells Clinton Miller Christopher Patton Stephen Reed # David Ritter Stephen Rotz Keith Smith Tenor 2 Matthew Allemani Sutton Bacon Curt Bisges Nicholas Cavaliere Charles Cottingham # Phillip Crumbly Jeffrey Daniel Joseph Few Hamilton Fong Earl Goodrich * John Goodson Keith Jeffords Steven Johnstone John Kenemer Mark Lester * Marshall Peterson * Phillip Rodefer Brent Runnels Clifton Russell Scott Stephens * Wesley Stoner Robert Wilkinson Amir Zaheri

** 30+ years of service

Bass 1 Michael Arens Mark Blankenship Robert Bolyard Richard Brock Trey Clegg Steven Darst * David Forbes Chad Gough Jon Gunnemann Joseph Guthridge David Hansen * Gregory Hucks Nick Jones # Peter MacKenzie Charles McClellan * Jason Perkins Mark Russell Kendric Smith # John Stallings Ike Van Meter Scott Walters Edward Watkins ** Andrew Westerhaus Bass 2 Shaun Amos Brian Brown John Cooledge # Rick Copeland * Joel Craft * Paul Fletcher Andrew Gee Timothy Gunter Christopher Hornsby Ben Howell Philip Jones Eric Litsey * Sam Marley Owen Mathews Evan Mauk Eckhart Richter * John Ruff John Smith Jonathan Smith Benjamin Temko David Webster ** Gregory Whitmire * Keith Wyatt ‡

Charter member (1970)

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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB, Dr. David Morrow, Director

mbracing a tradition of musical excellence and achievement, the Morehouse College Glee Club is the official singing organization of Morehouse College, on call to serve the college’s president throughout the year. Its members have earned such honors as the Merrill Travel Study Award for overseas experience, a listing in Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities, and memberships in Phi Beta Kappa. All receive no academic credit, but sing as a labor of love. Along with local concerts, the Glee Club makes an annual spring tour of 10 to 15 cities. In the early years of the 20th century, Georgia Starr, a music professor at what was then Atlanta Baptist College, directed a choral ensemble of 10 to 12 students and an orchestra of five to six students. Kemper Harreld assumed directorship of these ensembles in 1911, officially Morehouse College Glee Club founding the Glee Club. He is credited with initiating the Glee Club’s strong tradition of excellence and passing it on to its members. Wendell Whalum took the helm as the Glee Club’s director in 1953. Under his direction the Glee Club performed for the funeral services of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in the Second International Choral Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center, made a month-long tour of five African countries, performed for the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, and sang in the East Room of the White House with Coretta Scott King. David Morrow, a prized student of Whalum’s and valedictorian of his Morehouse graduating class, became the ensemble’s director in 1987. Alves-Grace, Jay Bell, Raymond Bertrand, Edward Blair, Da’Mon Burton, Trevor Campbell, John Casson, Jordan Chestnut, Lamar Christopher McArthur Clinton, Tyrone Clonts, Darian Cox, Andrew Crosby, Shawn Daniels, Paul Davis, Melvin DeMoss, Addison Dixon, Llewelyn Douglass, Derrick Drummond, Corey Erinle, Ade

Gachett, Cameron Galloway, Joseph Gipson, Chaz Greene, Marcus Griggs, Antoine Grigsby, Gerard Grissom, James Hall, Johnathan Hall, Kaedron Harper, William Haythe, Sean Hopkins-Turner, Marcus Jack, Michael Jacke, Alex Jackson, Jordan Jenkins, Chancellor Johnson, Katanga Johnson, Tracy Jones, Allen Jones, Dominique

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Koffi, Emmanuel Lee, Alex Leseur, Michaeux Lyons, Kenneth Martin, Keeyen Matthews, Thaddeus McCants, Jeremy McClenton, Johnny Merritt, Bryan Miles, Deon Modeste, Sherman Moody, Myles Murray, Travis Myers, Brandon Osler, Jasper Paige, Aaron Pinkston-Marshall, Larry Quinn, Dana Rahming, Lambert Ramsey, Sterling

Richardson, Micah Rondon, Markyle Ross, Eric Ross, Le’Rell Smith, Jarett Street, Braxton Swift, Tislam Swint, Darrion Thomas, Cameron Thomas, David Vereen, Alonzo Vieira, Leonardo Waddles, Brandon Walker, Justin Webb, Tyrone Wilkins, Maurice Williams, Reginauld Wilson, Christian Young, Tyron

ASOprogram DAVID MORROW, Director

avid Morrow is a native of Rochester, N.Y. He earned the Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College in 1980. While there, he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was awarded the Kemper Harreld Award for Excellence in Music, received departmental honors and graduated Valedictorian of his class. He received the Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan in 1981 and received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in David Morrow 1995. He has studied conducting with Wendell Whalum, Thomas Hilbish, Elmer Thomas, John Leman, Earl Rivers, Elizabeth Green, Teri Murai, Fiora Contino and Donald Neuen. He has taken conducting master classes with Stephen Darlington, Jan Szyrocki, Dale Warland and Sir David Willcocks. Dr. Morrow has been a member of the Music faculty at Morehouse College since 1981. He served as Assistant Director of the Morehouse College Glee Club until 1987, when he succeeded Dr. Wendell P. Whalum as Director of the Glee Club. He is also Director of the Wendell P. Whalum Community Chorus, Co-Director of the Morehouse-Spelman Chorus and Artistic Director and Conductor of The Atlanta Singers. Dr. Morrow is a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Musicians Association and is President of the National Association of Negro Musicians. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc., and is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, the Georgia Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and is a “Friend of the Arts” member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

GWINNETT YOUNG SINGERS Lynn Urda, Conductor & Music Director Carol Wyatt, Associate Music Director Adrienne Gustafson, Director of Concert Choir Amanda Dodd, Assistant Director, Director of Treble Choir Martha Umphrey Clay, Accompanist Joneen Padgett, Amanda Sali, Directors of Allegro Choir Phillip Shoultz, Dir. of Voice Education, Ga Young Men’s Ensemble

ow in its 20th anniversary season, Gwinnett Young Singers provides an advanced and extraordinary choral experience for children in seven counties throughout the metro Atlanta area. Under the direction of Founder and Music Director Lynn Urda, and Associate Director Carol Wyatt, GYS is a nationally recognized children’s chorus, best noted for its mastery of challenging repertoire and exceptionally high musical standards. The faculty and staff

Gwinnett Young Singers

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ASOprogram are dedicated to professionalism in music education and strive to share the power and beauty of a wide variety of choral music. The choir has been nominated for a Grammy Award for their performance in the internationally acclaimed Telarc recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the ASO and Chorus. Beginning with two seasons of Christmas With Robert Shaw in 1996 & 1997, they have performed for twelve annual holiday seasons with the ASO. The Young Singers are also featured on the Telarc recordings of Puccini’s La Boheme and John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls with the ASO and Chorus. GYS has performed for thousands of Music Educators at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conferences in South Carolina and Tennessee, and for the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) conference in Savannah, Ga. GYS offers a program of beginning through advanced choirs for children in second through twelfth grades, including Treble Choir, Allegro Choir, Concert Choir, Hudgens Choir, the new SATB Chamber Choir and the Georgia Young Men’s Ensemble. Gwinnett Young Singers is sponsored 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. For more information, call 770-935-6657 or visit gwinnettyoungsingers.com. CONCERT CHOIR Elizabeth Driver Lauren Hann Lydia Kelley Kathy Li Bonnie Logsdon Kathy Nguyen Emma Pattillo Keri Pomeroy Carly Ramirez Cosetta Righi Micah Shapiro

Helene Treu Daniel Watkins Ruth Willett HUDGENS CHOIR Katie Adcock Katie Addison Ellen Barneycastle Kristen Blanda Elizabeth Burns Colleen Curlee Whitney Duffie

Natalie Gambrell Jennifer Grogan Amelia Hancock Chris Honeychurch Alyssa Huenniger Leigh Johnson Imani Joseph Kristy Lay Nicole Lay Rachel Lougher Jeanette Luna Amanda Massey

Paul Massey Mary Matson Amanda Pitts Abbey Santulli Elizabeth Shannon Nina Siso Rachel Snapp Kathleen Stinson Kristin Thompson Elizabeth Willett Gabrielle Willett Jacqueline Wytanis

LYNN URDA, Conductor & Musical Director

ynn Urda serves as full time Conductor & Music Director of the Gwinnett Young Singers. She maintains an active schedule as a guest clinician, conductor and adjudicator for choral festivals, workshops and Honor’s Choruses for youth and their conductors. She has distinguished herself for her unique ways of achieving excellence in choral blend, intonation and sensitive singing. Mrs. Urda holds a degree in Music Education and Voice from Florida State University Lynn Urda School of Music. She is a former public school Music Specialist and has spent the majority of her professional life serving as a church musician, directing children’s, youth and adult choirs. She holds membership in Chorister’s Guild and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), for which ahe has previously served as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s Choirs for the Georgia division of ACDA. She currently serves as the Director of Youth and Children’s Choirs at Tucker First United Methodist Church.

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ASOsupport Ray Uttenhove, Appassionato Chair

Ap-pas’-si-o-na’-to – adv., Passionately, with strong emotion 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

Ms. Joni Winston

$35,000+

Robert Spano $25,000+ Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Stephanie & Arthur Blank Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Catherine Warren Dukehart Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr.

Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Ray & John Uttenhove Morgan & Chilton Varner Susan & Thomas Wardell

Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Adair & Dick White Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr.* Sue & Neil Williams*

$15,000+ AGCO Corporation, Martin Richengagen Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller III Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Christopher S. & Ana P. Crommett Mary Helen & Jim Dalton Lynne and Richard Dorfman Gary & Nancy Fayard*

Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Garcia Charles & Mary Ginden* Jim & Pam Henry Clay & Jane Jackson Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Michael & Cindi Lang Donna Lee & Howard C. Ehni Meghan & Clarke Magruder Mr. Jeff Mango

Brenda & Charles Moseley Patty & Doug Reid Margaret & Bob Reiser John & Kyle Rogers Dennis & JoAnne Sadlowski Mr. Thurmond Smithgall Marsha Johnson – Southern Company Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Camille W. Yow

$10,000+ Anonymous (2) Ron & Susan Antinori Betty & Robert Balentine The Balloun Family* Lisa & Joe Bankoff Barnes & Thornburg LLP Ms. Diana J. Blank Breman Foundation The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Cynthia & Donald Carson Shannon & Philip Cave Dr. John W. Cooledge In Honor of Norman Mackenzie by Janet Davenport Cari Katrice Dawson Marcia & John Donnell Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Mary D. Gellerstedt

Nancy D. Gould Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Grathwohl The Graves Foundation Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Mr. Jennings M. Hertz, Jr. * * Lauri & Paul Hogle Tom & Jan Hough Mr. Tad Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley* Philip I. Kent Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy & Mark Kistulinec Family of Thomas B. Koch Larry L. Lanier Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law John & Patrice Lewis Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation

Massey Charitable Trust John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Mr. Kenneth & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III Morgens West Foundation Lynn & Galen Oelkers Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Bill & Rachel Schultz Joyce & Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III John Sparrow Loren & Gail Starr Mary Rose Taylor Carol & Ramon Tome The Michael W. Trapp Family Mike & Liz Troy Turner Foundation, Inc. Neal & Virginia Williams

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

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ASOsupport Judy Hellriegel, Chair

The Insiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Experience for Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Members 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 ASO family through their institutional leadership and financial support.

$5,000+ Aadu & Kristi Allpere Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. William Atkins Jan & Gus Bennett Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Mr. David Boatwright Ms. Suzanne Dansby Bollman Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda W. Bunnen Ann and Jeff Cramer* Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Jere & Patsy Drummond Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Mr. David L. Forbes

Betty Sands Fuller Sally & Carl Gable Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Dick & Ann Goodsell John E. Graham Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Joe Guthridge & David Ritter Sharon & Michael Hodgson C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. John Hunsinger Hazel & Herb Karp James H. Landon George H. Lanier*

Pat & Nolan Leake Mr. & Mrs. Darrell J. Mays Penelope & Raymond McPhee* Margaret H. Petersen Mr. George E. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Baker A. Smith Hamilton & Mason Smith* Irene & Howard Stein Lynne & Steven Steindel* Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner T & H Yamashita*

Deborah & William Liss* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Gino & Belinda Massafra John & Linda Matthews Dr. & Mrs. William McClatchey Walter W. Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr. Elise T. Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves Edward G. Scruggs** Morton & Angela Sherzer Sydney Simons Amy & Paul Snyder Mrs. C. Preston Stephens

John & Adrienne Carr Mr. & Mrs. Dan Cathy Mrs. Hugh Chapman Lavon & Dennis Chorba Honor C. Cobbs Lucy & John Cook Mona & Leonard** Diamond Mr. Michael E. Dickens Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Edmonds George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Mr. & Mrs. Todd Evans Ken Felts & Richard Bunn Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Mr. Joseph M. & Pronda Few Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Fullilove* Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. M. Garland Ms. Alma Garrette

Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Bill & Susan Gibson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Ben & Lynda Greer Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Hale Mr. Steven & Mrs. Caroline Harless Sally W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Mr. Haywood (Robin) Hendrix Deedi Henson In Memory of Carolyn B. Hochman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hollums Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Ms. Joy G. Howard Linda & Richard Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson JoAnn Hall Hunsinger

$3,500+ Julie M. Altenbach Ms. Carol F. Comstock & Mr. James L. Davis Sally & Larry Davis Ms. Cynthia Jeness Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Lavallee, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester*

$2,250+ Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda* Mr. Albert S. Anderson Anonymous Dr. David & Julie Bakken Jack & Helga Beam Neale M. Bearden Penelope B. Berk Shirley & Sol** Blaine Rita & Herschel Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Merritt S. Bond* Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Robert Bunker Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner* Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Mrs. Thalia Carlos Mr. & Mrs. Beauchamp Carr

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ASOsupport $2,250+ (continued) Aaron & Joyce Johnson Mr. & Mrs. W. F. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. King Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Mr. & Mrs. Sean Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Ruth & Paul Marston Mr. & Mrs. David V. McQueen Ms. Molly Minnear & Mr. Craig H. Seibert Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable

Mr. & Mrs. J. Vernon O’Neal, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert N. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Dr. John B. Pugh Realan Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr. In memory of Nora A. Richardson S. A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers Mrs. William A. Schwartz Dr. Paul Seguin Elizabeth S. Sharp Dr. Kay R. Shirley Beverly & Milton Shlapak

Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard Peter James Stelling John & Yee-Wan Stevens John & Marilyn Thomas Burton Trimble Mr. William C. Voss Mr. Thomas P. Walbert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Walker Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Ms. Mary Lou Wolff Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates Mr. Michael H. Zimmerman

Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung Betty Karp Paul & Rosthema Kastin Dick & Georgia Kimball* Dr. Rose Mary Kolpatzki Mr. & Mrs. David E. Krischer Dr. Leslie Leigh Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Stephen Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Captain & Mrs. Charles M. McCleskey Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Angela & Jimmy Mitchell* Judy & Gregory Moore Carter & Hampton Morris Mrs. Gene Morse Mr. & Mrs. Vernon J. Nagel Mr. & Mrs. Victor A. Nilson Sanford & Barbara Orkin Keith & Dana Osborn Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William John Petter Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III Mr. Christopher D. Rex

& Dr. Martha Wilkins Ms. Mary Roemer & Ms. Susan Robinson The Gary W. & Ruth M. Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Nancy & Henry Shuford Alida & Stuart Silverman Sandy & Paul Smith* Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Stainback, Jr. Mrs. James R. Stow Kay & Alex Summers Elvira Tate Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tipping Frank Vinicor, M.D. Charlie Wade & M.J. Conboy Mr. J.H. Walker III Jonne & Paul Walter Mr. & Mrs. Terry R. Weiss Drs. Julius & Nanette Wenger David & Martha West Mrs. Thomas R. Williams Mark & Ruthelen Williamson Jan & Beattie Wood Dorothy & Charlie Yates Family Fund Mike & Marguerite York Chuck & Pat Young The Zaban Foundation, Inc. Grace & Herbert Zwerner

$1,750+ Marian & Paul Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William B. Astrop Mr. & Mrs. Ron H. Bell Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Mr.** & Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Tony & Norma Jean Bueschen Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Barksdale Collins* Robert Cronin & Christina Smith Mr. & Mrs. Burton K. Davis Mrs. H. Frances Davis Mr. & Mrs. P. Brantley Davis Elizabeth & John Donnelly Mr. Bruce E. Dunlap Ms. Diane Durgin Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard Delay Mary Frances Early Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Heike & Dieter Elsner Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Joseph W. & Beth M. Gibson* Carol & Henry Grady Duncan & Judy Gray Kenneth R. Hey Thomas J. High Mr. Thomas Hooten Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Dorothy Jackson Mary & Wayne James

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

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ASOsupport

Corporate sponsors $100,000+

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

Holiday Title Sponsor

“2009 A King Celebration” Presenting Sponsor

Muhtar Kent President and Chief Operating Officer

Robert L. Ulrich Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer

1180 Peachtree * Perimeter Summit * Riverwood

Delta Classic Chastain Presenting Sponsor jerome j. byers, II Atlanta Regional President

$50,000+ AT&T The Real Yellow Pages GE Energy Oliver Wyman

Delta Classic Chastain Presenting Sponsor

Philip I. Kent Chief Executive Officer

David W. Scobey President & Chief Executive Officer - AT&T - Southeast

$35,000+

$20,000+

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC Porsche Cars North America Publix Super Markets Charities

Official Coffee of Delta Classic Chastain Free Parks Title Sponsor Lisa Compton Regional Vice President

Owned by an affiliate of the General Electric Pension Trust – advised by GE Asset Management

Supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Jerry Karr Managing Director GE Asset Management

$10,000+

CNN en Español HoneyBaked Ham Company Sutherland, LLP

Turner Construction AlixPartners, LLP Company Stanford Financial Verizon Wireless Services The Boston Consulting Group

foundation and government support $100,000+ The Goizueta Foundation The Halle Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation The Zeist Foundation

$25,000+ League of American Orchestras Anne and Gordon Getty Foundation MetLife Music for Life Initiative

$5,000+

$10,000+ The Aaron Copland Fund For Music, Inc. The Arnold Foundation The Green Foundation Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation The Kendeda Fund

Atlanta Federation of Musicians Fraser-Parker Foundation Robert S. Elster Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

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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National Endowment for the Arts

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

Special Gifts The ASCAP Foundation Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation Kathy Griffin Memorial Endowment Livingston Foundation Reiman Charitable Foundation William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund

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.

ASOsupport 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 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 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 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 Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Richard S. White, Jr. 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

THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Talent Development Program, Azira G. Hill Scholarship Endowment Fund, Concerts for Young People, Family Concerts, Conversations of Note

$250,000+

The Goizueta Foundation The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

GE Energy John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation

$25,000+

Bank of America The Coca-Cola Company William Randolph Hearst Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. MetLife Music for Life Initiative Monica (Kaufman) Pearson & John E. Pearson, Sr. Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Publix Super Markets & Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Margaret & Bob Reiser Jay & Arthur Richardson

$10,000+

AGL Resources Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Jr. Family Foundation Marcia & John Donnell Cree & Frazer Durrett The Green Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. The Pittulloch Foundation John C. Portman, Jr. Simmons Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees

$5,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Aaron EZ Agape Foundation Dr. Margo A. Brinton & Mr. Eldon Park Cynthia & Donald Carson Mr. & Mrs. David Gould Mrs. Mary C. Gramling Kraft Foods, Inc.

Ms. Joy G. Howard Aaron & Joyce Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William Lamar, Jr. Ms. Malinda C. Logan Mr. & Mrs. Howatt E. Mallinson $2,500+ Dr. Emily A. Massey Elinor Rosenberg Breman* Dr. Joanne R. Nurss Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Ginden Dr. & Mrs. Travis Paige Lincoln Financial Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Howard Palefsky Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter Ms. Margaret H. Petersen Ms. Elise T. Phillips $1,000+ Alison & Mike Rand Anonymous Erich & Suzette Randolph Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. Herman J. Russell, Sr. Claire & Hubie Brown Michael & Lovette Russell Dr. Eric & Nancy Brown Stephanie & H. Jerome Russell Dr. Sheri D. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Johnathan H. Short Suzanne & Willard Shull Sharon, Lindsay & Gordon Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Sullivan Dr. John O. Gaston Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Troy & Dr. Gloria S. Gaston Mr. & Mrs. Raul F. Trujillo Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Greer Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Wasserman The Honorable Judge Glenda Mr. Mack Wilbourn A. Hatchett

Isaiah & Hellena Huntley Tidwell The Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Ms. Joni Winston

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

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ASOsupport The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2009-2010 Board Kathleen (Suzy) Wasserman President Leslie Petter Advisor Judy Schmidt Parliamentarian Alison Mimms Secretary

Belinda Massafra Treasurer Joanne Lincoln Historian Janis Eckert Nominating Chair Elba McCue VP Adminstration Honey Corbin VP Public Relations

Glee Lamb VP Membership Martha Perrow Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Sylvia Davidson VP Youth Education Yetty Arp & Martha Perrow ASA Spring Luncheon

April Conaway & Annie York Trujillo ASA Night at the Symphony Camille Kesler Newsletter Editor Sylvia Davidson & Dr. Mary Francis Early Target Family Day Brooke Merrill Fall Membership Party

Pat King Directory Editor Nancy Levitt Ambassador’s Desk Camille Yow & Leslie Petter VP Annual Fund Dr. Mary Francis Early VP Outreach

Events 2009 Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Diamond Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Platinum Bovis Lend Lease St. Regis Atlanta Ticket Sponsor Springer Mountain Farms

Gold Boxwoods Comcast Encore Atlanta Magazine Jackson Spalding Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead Silver Phipps Plaza

Bronze Closets & More Conceirge Services of Atlanta Designer Previews Flora by John Grady Burns Laubmann Rector, Inc. Landscape Architecture & Land Planning

Olde Savannah Flooring, Inc Preprint Rabun Rasche Rector & Reece Architects Swoozie’s

2008 Atlanta Symphony Ball corporate Sponsors Phoenix Delta Air Lines Platinum Invesco Coca-Cola Company Diamond Mednikow Jewelers Gold Beacham & Company, Realtors A Legendary Event UPS Silver AGL Resources AirTran Airways Alston & Bird LLP AT&T Georgia Caren West PR Cayo Espanto Island Resort

special contributors

BenefactorS Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Antinori Lisa & Joe Bankoff GOLD Jan & Gus Bennett Stephanie & Arthur Blank Chris & Merry Carlos Cynthia & Donald Carson Silver Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Shannon & Phillip Cave Michelle & David Crosland Monica & John S. Mr. & Mrs. Jere A. Pearson, Sr. Bronze Drummond Ms. Joni Winston Adorno & Yoss Mary D. Gellerstedt Buckingham Portraits Bronze Frannie & Bill Graves Flat Creek Lodge Jesse & Azira G. Hill Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross King & Spalding LLP Gail & Loren Starr Veronique Krafft-Jones Magick Lantern Patty & Doug Reid & Baxter Jones Printpack, Inc. & Mr. & Mrs. Manuel The Gay & Erskine Hosts Kaloyannides Love Foundation Victoria & Howard Jeff Mango The Ranches at Belt Creek Palefsky Lawrence E. Mock, Jr. William & Judith Vogel The Yachts of Seabourn Susan Bell & Patrick Morris Media sponsor The Atlantan Cisco Neiman Marcus Siemens Energy & Automation Southern Company Sutherland Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Lynn & Galen Oelkers Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Leslie & Skip Petter Patty & Doug Reid Margaret & Bob Reiser Jay & Arthur Richardson John & Kyle Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Baker A. Smith Annie York Trujillo & Raul F. Trujillo Adair & Dick White Mary & Felker Ward

2007 AIRTRAN ASO Golf Classic Tournament 2009 AIRTRAN ASO Golf Classic Tournament

title Sponsor AirTran Airways Reception Sponsors Blackberry Verizon Wireless Four-person Team & Hole Sponsor Atlanta Braves Radio Network Atlanta Falcons Coca-Cola Company

Four-person Team Sponsor Auburn ISP Sports Network Beck EMC Corporation HKS Architects Signal Point System Turner Construction Two-person Team & Hole Sponsor: ZWJ Investment Counsel

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Two-person Team Sponsor Alston & Bird Argus Benefits Brasfield & Gorrie Jones Day Nokia SunTrust Bank Sutherland Parsons Brinckerhoff

Hole Sponsor: Asurion ATC Associates, Inc. Cosentini Associates Credit Suisse Cushman & Wakefield Dennis Taylor & Co., Inc. Gwinnett Chamber Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Morgan Stanley Nordmark Consulting Group

North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Pathbuilders, Inc. Sasaki Associates, Inc. The Shumacher Group Troutman Sanders LLP Wilmington Trust

Patron Circle of Stars

By investing $15,000 or more in the Woodruff Arts Center and its four divisions – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – these outstanding annual corporate campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.6 million in 2008–09. Thank you! Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

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Citi Smith Barney CitiFinancial Corporate Investment Bank Coca-Cola Enterprises The Delta Airlines Foundation Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion GE Energy Kia Motors America, Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Sutherland Waffle House, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc. ★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Balch & Bingham LLP Lisa & Joe Bankoff Brysan Utilities Contractors, Inc. Drummond Company, Inc. INVESCO PLC J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Siemens Harris A. Smith Spartan Constructors LLC Troutman Sanders LLP Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BB&T Corporation BDO Seidman, LLP Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein Capital Guardian Trust Company

Woodruff Arts Center Alliance Theatre Atlanta Symphony Orchestra High Museum of Art Young Audiences A. D. Correll Crawford & Company DuPont Mr. & Mrs. Mike Garrett Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP IBM Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. IntercontinentalExchange JPMorgan Private Bank Philip I. Kent Foundation The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Kelly Loeffler & Jeffrey Sprecher McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Norfolk Southern Foundation Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company SCANA Energy Shaw Nuclear Services Southwire Company Towers Perrin Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc. ACE Charitable Foundation Air2Web, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent Arcapita Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta Marriott Marquis Bain & Company, Inc. Julie & Jim Balloun Beaulieu Group, LLC Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Vicki & Gerry Benjamin

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bovis Lend Lease Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch Bradley-Turner Foundation, Inc. Buck Consultants Center Family Foundation Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Cousins Properties Incorporated Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exposition Foundation, Inc. Ford & Harrison LLP John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Georgia Natural Gas Georgia Trane Companies, Inc. Mr. James B. Hannan Harland Clarke The Howell Fund, Inc. Hunton & Williams ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester J. Mack Robinson Interests Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Thomas H. Lanier Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund Ron Lipham — UC/Synergetic Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Manulife Financial Morgan Stanley MWV Food & Beverage Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Tara Perry Pickard Chilton Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Pizzuti Companies Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe Raymond James Financial, Inc. Restaurant Associates Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Staples Superior Essex Inc. Mark & Susan Tomlinson Family Fund Turner Construction Company United Distributors, Inc. US Foodservice/Atlanta Vertical Systems Group, Inc./ Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation Watson Wyatt Worldwide Weswood Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation

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“ Even in McNair’s new musicaltheater life, Robert Shaw’s influence lasts.”

Not clear, and in fact a shock, was that her husband was ready to depart their marriage. While still in that emotional tailspin, cancer arrived, brutally and aggressively, with the news that she probably had only six months to live. “Cancer, compared to divorce, was a vacation,” she says, without a hint of irony. “It was actually a cure for depression and despair and hopelessness.” And, in the end, it made her “want to live big. And know that every single day is a gift.”

me to be a musician with integrity—my one word for his musicianship. I credit him that I have a singing career at all. He gave me so many chances to get it right.”

A singer and a fiddler (her violin sits next to her) she is back at Indiana University, teaching. “And in my next life I would like to study comparative world religions. I did go to Union Theological Seminary one semester. That was a brain massage! There is a yearning in my soul to do something that helps the world. Oh, I know, that sounds like a Miss America pageant,” she laughs, admitting that she was crowned 1973 Lexington Ohio Township Fire Queen.

We split a slice of strawberry-rhubarb pie. “Remember that dialogue in the movie Broadcast News: ‘Whadda you do when real life exceeds your dreams?’ ‘Keep it to yourself!’ Well, my real life has exceeded my dreams.” And anyone who hears Sylvia McNair’s magical voice spinning warmly around whatever she chooses to sing is glad she doesn’t keep it to herself.

Even in McNair’s new musical-theater life, Robert Shaw’s influence lasts. At a private reception after his 1999 memorial the family gave her one of his famous blue rehearsal shirts. “It just hangs in my closet to remind

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“I had to learn how to do opera, how to make my voice do opera. But musical theater just falls out of me.” So much so that she crafted a one-woman, “Subject to Change” (“the story of my life”) which includes Stephen Sondheim’s “Everybody Says Don’t (But I Say Do)” (“my own personal anthem”).

Tickets to Sylvia McNair’s New Year’s Eve performance, Thursday, December 31, at 8 pm, are available at www.atlantasymphony.org and 404.733.5000. Writer Margaret Shakespeare contributes regularly to Encore. She lives in New York City and the farmlands of Long Island.

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crowd. Sundays are BBQ Nite. 1144 Crescent Ave. 404-873-7358, southcitykitchen.com. M Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures the pure simple flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678.651.2770, ellishotel. com/terrace. D asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B Straits Tastes of Singapore’s four culinary cultures (Malaysian/Indonesian, Chinese, Indian and Nonya) blend at this celebrity friendly restaurant co-owned by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. 793 Juniper St. NE, 404-877-1283, straitsrestaurants.com. M brasserie French American Brasserie (FAB) A reinvention of Atlanta’s famed Brasserie Le Coze, FAB serves a combination of classic French fare and American chops. A covered terrace overlooks the city skyline. 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., 404-266-1440, fabatlanta.com. D Joël is a chic yet relaxed French restaurant that blends contemporary style with rustic flavors. Responsible for one of Atlanta’s most acclaimed dining experiences, Chef Cyrille Holota guides the kitchen as executive chef, bringing his fullflavored brasserie concept to the menu. 3290 Northside Parkway, 404-233-3500, joelbrasserie. com. B brew pub/gormet pub fare Gordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805, gordonbiersch.com. M Tap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404-347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

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