PUBLISHER Brantley Manderson brantley@encoremagazine.com SENIOR
Kelli Dill kelli@encoremagazine.com
Hila Johnson hila@encoremagazine.com
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Robert Viagas robert@encoremagazine.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Tamara Hooks tamara@encoremagazine.com
DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Jennifer Nelson jennifer@encoremagazine.com
I am thrilled to welcome you to our 80th season at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and our third year under the direction of the incomparable Nathalie Stutzmann.
The energy in Symphony Hall is palpable as we prepare this season's performances, including the much-anticipated Beethoven Project that launches just after the New Year. Last season we reached new heights in artistry and welcomed larger crowds, and we are eager to continue that momentum this season with major works, exciting collaborations, and new talents on our stage. 2024 has been a momentous year for the orchestra. We're still celebrating the completion of our California tour earlier in the year, a work we commissioned winning the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and our first Emmy award for Full Length Arts and Entertainment Feature for My Boléro with Nathalie Stutzmann, at the Southeastern Emmy Awards.
The excitement continues with major label Warner Classics releasing our recording of Dvorak’s triumphant Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” and American Suite—our first with Nathalie at the helm, available now on all major streaming services. This is just one of many exciting projects on the horizon that reflect the ASO’s commitment to excellence and innovation.
As we look to the future, we are buoyed by the generous support of our community. Among our wonderful patrons, I'd like to highlight our affinity groups:
• BRAVO for young professionals,
• IN UNISON for our LGBTQ+ community,
• College Pass
• UpTempo for our teen music enthusiasts.
Our passion is bringing people together around shared experiences of great music. These groups are excellent pathways to make connections with fellow concertgoers while receiving exclusive access to the ASO.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is more than just a place to hear world-class music; it is a vibrant community where artists and audiences come together to share in the joy and beauty of performances by the world-class Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. We are excited to share this season with you and look forward to many unforgettable moments ahead.
With gratitude, Jennifer
Barlament, Executive Director
Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the second woman in history to lead a major American orchestra. She was Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2021 to 2024.
Nathalie made big news in the opera pit in 2023 with her debut at the Bayreuth Festival with Wagner's Tannhäuser. The performances resulted in her being named 'Best Conductor' of the year in the 2024 Oper! Awards. She returned to Bayreuth in 2024 for a revival of Tannhäuser and will be back in 2026 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Festival, conducting a new production of Rienzi.
Her opera debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023 was declared by The New York Times as “the coup of the year.”
The 24-25 season with the Atlanta Symphony features key pillars of the romantic repertoire including a complete Beethoven Symphony cycle and the Missa Solemnis. With several notable debuts including the Czech Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and her conducting debut at the Musikverein with Wiener Symphoniker; her season also includes returns to the New York Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Philadelphia Orchestra and L.A Philharmonic. In June 2025 she will return to Bruxelles La Monnaie to conduct Carmen.
Nathalie Stutzmann has signed an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics/Erato and her first symphonic recording for the label of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 and American Suite with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was released in
Awarded the 2023 Opus Klassik “Concerto Recording of the Year” for her recording of Glière and Mosolov Harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and WDR Sinfonieorchester, 2022 also saw the release of complete Beethoven Piano Concertos recorded with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Gramophone praised it as “a brilliant collaboration that I urge you to
Nathalie started her studies at a very young age in piano, bassoon, cello and studied conducting with the legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula.
As one of today’s most esteemed contraltos, she has made more than 80 recordings and received the most prestigious awards. Recognized for her significant contribution to the arts, Nathalie was named “Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur”, France’s highest honor; and “Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government.
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V Scott
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S. Patrick Viguerie
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Ray Uttenhove
Chilton Varner
Adair M. White
Sue Sigmon Williams * Ex-Officio Board Member
Ben F. Johnson, III
John B. White, Jr.
FIRST VIOLIN
David Coucheron concertmaster
The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair
Justin Bruns
associate concertmaster
The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair
Lauren Roth
assistant concertmaster
Jun-Ching Lin
assistant concertmaster
Anastasia Agapova
Kevin Chen
Carolyn Toll Hancock
The Wells Fargo Chair
John Meisner
Christopher Pulgram
Juan R. Ramírez Hernández
Olga Shpitko
Kenn Wagner
Lisa Wiedman Yancich
Sissi Yuqing Zhang
SECTION VIOLIN ‡
Judith Cox
Raymond Leung
The Carolyn McClatchey Chair
Sanford Salzinger
SECOND VIOLIN
Sou-Chun Su
acting / associate principal
The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair
Jay Christy
acting associate / assistant principal
Rachel Ostler
acting assistant principal
Dae Hee Ahn*
Robert Anemone
Noriko Konno Clift
Paolo Dara
David Dillard
Paul Halberstadt
Eun Young Jung
Eleanor Kosek
Yaxin Tan
VIOLA
Zhenwei Shi
principal
The Edus H. & Harriet H.
Warren Chair
Paul Murphy
associate principal
The Mary & Lawrence
Gellerstedt Chair
Catherine Lynn
assistant principal
Marian Kent
Yang-Yoon Kim
Yiyin Li
Lachlan McBane
Jessica Oudin
Madeline Sharp
CELLO
Daniel Laufer
acting / associate principal
The Miriam & John Conant Chair
Karen Freer
acting associate / assistant
The Livingston Foundation Chair
Thomas Carpenter
Joel Dallow
The UPS Foundation Chair
Ray Kim
Isabel Kwon
Nathan Mo
Brad Ritchie
Denielle Wilson
Nathalie Stutzmann
music director
The Robert Reid Topping Chair
BASS
Joseph McFadden
principal
The Marcia & John Donnell Chair
Gloria Jones Allgood
associate principal
The Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Chair
Karl Fenner
Michael Kurth
Nicholas Scholefield
Daniel Tosky
Vacant
The Jane Little Chair
FLUTE
Christina Smith principal
The Jill Hertz Chair
The Mabel Dorn Reeder
Honorary Chair
Robert Cronin
associate principal
C. Todd Skitch
Gina Hughes
PICCOLO
Gina Hughes
OBOE
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione
principal
The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair
Zachary Boeding
associate principal
The Kendeda Fund Chair
Jonathan Gentry
Emily Brebach
ENGLISH HORN
Emily Brebach
William R. Langley
resident conductor & atlanta symphony youth orchestra music director
The Zeist Foundation Chair
CLARINET
Jesse McCandless
principal
The Robert Shaw Chair
Ted Gurch*
associate principal
Ivan Valbuena
associate principal
Julianna Darby
Marci Gurnow*
Alcides Rodriguez
E-FLAT CLARINET
Ted Gurch*
Ivan Valbuena
BASS CLARINET
Alcides Rodriguez
BASSOON
Cameron Bonner principal
The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair
Anthony Georgeson associate principal
Laura Najarian
Juan de Gomar
CONTRA-BASSOON
Juan de Gomar
HORN
Ryan Little principal
The Betty Sands Fuller Chair
Andrew Burhans
associate principal
Kimberly Gilman
Bruce Kenney
Norman Mackenzie director of choruses
The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair
TRUMPET
Michael Tiscione
acting / associate principal
Finan Jones conducting fellow
The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair
Mark Maliniak
acting associate principal
William Cooper
Ian Mertes
TROMBONE
Nathan Zgonc
acting / associate principal
The Terence L. Neal Chair, Honoring his dedication & service to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Home Depot Veterans Chair
Jason Patrick Robins
BASS TROMBONE
Vacant
Jordan Milek Johnson Fellow
TUBA
Michael Moore principal
The Delta Air Lines Chair
Joshua Williams fellow
Zeist Foundation ASO Fellowship Chair
TIMPANI
Michael Stubbart
acting / assistant principal
Players in rotating sections are listed alphabetically.
Joseph Petrasek
principal
The Julie & Arthur
Montgomery Chair
Michael Jarrett
assistant principal
The William A. Schwartz Chair
Michael Stubbart
The Connie & Merrell
Calhoun Chair
HARP
Elisabeth Remy Johnson
principal
The Sally & Carl Gable Chair
KEYBOARD
The Hugh & Jessie Hodgson
Memorial Chair
Sharon Berenson †
LIBRARY
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The Marianna & Solon
Patterson Chair
Sara Baguyos
associate principal librarian
James Nelson assistant librarian
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Neil and Sue Williams Chair
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Jane Morrison advisory council chair
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internal connections task force co-chair
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internal connections task force co-chair
Frances A. Root patron experience task force chair
Eleina Raines diversity & community connections task force co-chair
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By Ashley Mirakian
In July of this year, the major recording label Warner Classics announced that ASO Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann would be an exclusive artist on their roster.
Stutzmann is no stranger to the recording booth and stage. Her voice can be found on well-loved recordings worldwide from her formidable vocal career as a contralto.
The special nature of the new partnership meant that these would be new recordings with Stutzmann in the role of conductor.
“I’m really excited of course—this is my first purely symphonic recording. It’s a live recording, so it will also bring something alive and emotional. We are motivated to share the music with the audience. I hope this will go through the mics.”
Stutzmann had known producer par excellence, Alain Lanceron, since she was a small child. Her mother and father were both singers, and Lanceron, now President of Warner Classics, was emerging as a force in the recording scene. To date, Lanceron has been instrumental in the creation of more than 650 projects, many with a focus on French music.
For Stutzmann’s first project with the ASO, she chose a warhorse of the classical pantheon, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” a decision that Stutzmann embraced because of her own story. “Dvorak came to America. He was invited to be the Director of the Conservatory of Music in New York. It’s a bit of a tribute to America, who opened my way here with a beautiful trust.”
“They [the ASO] are willing to share the meaning of music. They are expressive. I’m very excited to start this next step in my artistic life.”
Live studio audience, a high wire experience
The process and discussions for the recording began two years ago. While studio recordings used to be the gold standard for capturing performances, practical considerations in more recent times have led to the popularity (and visceral nature) of live recordings with an audience.
ASO staff created a week of performances where the audience would also participate in the action. The orchestra prepared as they normally do, albeit with the care and awareness that this would be a moment forever preserved in time and digital media.
In November 2023, a full hall of happy patrons walked past signs urging them to grab a cough drop and to clap with extra enthusiasm.
In a five-day period, the recording was collected. Surprisingly compact microphones dotted the stage, and the expert recording engineers from across the globe were satisfied. Postproduction could begin.
Over the course of the next five months, Nathalie Stutzmann, engineer Michel Pierre and producer Dirk Sobotka painstakingly adjusted every facet for acute symphonic surround-sound perfection. By mid-2024, the recording was nearing completion.
The days of LPs have waxed and waned and then waxed again. While the ASO will prepare some physical CDs, the vast majority of people will hear the recording via music streaming services. The full recording, including Dvorak’s charming American Suite (and a barn-burning Slavonic Dance encore), is now available on Apple Music, Spotify and Prime Music.
Stutzmann urges those interested in the recording to find time to listen deeply. “For me, to serve the music is to put your life into it. Just to dare to express what you feel.”
We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has a rich history of recording, including 27 GRAMMY awards. Here are some of our favorites.
1985 – Berlioz: Requiem (Robert Shaw conducting; Telarc CD–80109)
• Best Classical Album
• Best Choral Performance
• Best Vocal Solo Performance, Classical – John Aler, Tenor
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical – Jack Renner, Engineer
1989 – Britten: War Requiem (Robert Shaw Conducting; Telarc CD–80157)
• Best Choral Performance
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical –Jack Renner, Engineer
2002 – Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Robert Spano Conducting; Telarc CD–80588)
• Best Classical Album
• Best Choral Performance
• Best Engineered Classical Recording –Michael Bishop, Engineer
2014 – Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem, Symphony No. 4, The Lark Ascending (Robert Spano Conducting; ASO Media CD-1005)
• Best Engineered Classical Recording –Michael Bishop, Engineer
In 1976, Helga Hazelrig (later Helga Siegel), the wife of a college professor and mother of two children in Cleveland, OH, answered an ad for a multilingual secretary. Soon, she was the assistant to celebrated conductor Loren Maazel, then music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. At the time, Maazel also held two major appointments in Germany, and “he needed someone who had really good German.” A native German, Helga fit the bill. She remained Maazel’s right hand for 20 years. As his career progressed, she followed him to Vienna, then Munich.
Ultimately Helga realized she wanted to return the U.S. “My children were grown, and one was in Atlanta. So I called Yoel Levi.” Levi was ASO music director, and Helga had worked with him at the Cleveland Orchestra where he was Maazel’s assistant. “He said, ‘Yes, come right away. Allison Vulgamore needs an assistant.’” For the next six years, Helga worked at the helm of the ASO as assistant to Vulgamore, then ASO’s president.
When Charles “Chip” Siegel, an ASO board member, had a heart attack, Helga sent him a get-well note. After he recovered, he invited her to lunch. They ultimately married, and Helga retired from the ASO: “I married him because he was the kindest person I have ever known.” He died in 2004.
In the years since she retired, Helga has remained an extremely loyal fan of the Orchestra, attending most concerts. Now at Lenbrook, she enjoys taking the Lenbrook bus to Symphony Hall. Helga, with her deceased husband, Chip, have been loyal ASO donors for 40+ years, and she is a member of the Henry Sopkin Circle, for donors who have made planned gifts to the Orchestra. “It’s so important that we continue with classical music, and that we continue offering it at a very high level.”
Concerts of Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Atlanta Symphony Hall
STUTZMANN, conductor
EDGAR MOREAU, cello
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Concerto in A minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 129 25 MINS
I. Nicht zu schnell
II. Langsam
III. Sehr lebhaft
Edgar Moreau, cello
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
20 MINS
Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") 56 MINS
I. Langsam. Schleppend
II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
IV. Stürmisch bewegt
Presented with generous support by
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by Noel Morris Program Annotator
1. During their lifetimes, both Robert Schumann and Gustav Mahler became famous for doing something other than writing music. Mahler was a conductor; Schumann was a music critic and journalist. It took years for audiences to discover their genius.
2. In addition to piano, Schumann studied cello as a child.
3. Mahler’s first instrument was an accordion. When he was three years old, he heard the local military band marching by and bolted after it, wearing nothing but a shirt and an accordion. His First Symphony opens with echoes of military music.
4. Both Mahler and Schumann expressed their love of a woman through music.
5. Schumann wrote musical bridges between movements in his Cello Concerto to prevent people from clapping until the end of the piece.
Robert and Clara Schumann spent six years in Dresden, where Clara was pregnant much of the time. It was a tumultuous age; revolutions swept the continent, challenging monarchies from Italy to Denmark. During Dresden’s May Uprising of 1849, Clara hid Robert from revolutionaries and later smuggled him out of the city. She returned the next day—slipping past dead bodies, barricades, checkpoints, and bands of fighters—to collect the children.
First ASO performance: October 2, 1975
Kazuyoski Aklyama, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello Most recent ASO performances: November 9, 11, 2017
Robert Spano, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
Clara Schumann served as her husband’s muse, guardian, and champion. After their wedding, when he insisted she become a more conventional wife, she suspended her piano career, only to revive it when the family needed money. She leveraged her fame as a performer for the rest of her days to promote his works. She was seven months pregnant when she hoisted herself on stage to play the world premiere of his piano concerto.
Robert adored Clara and the children, but peace of mind eluded him. Living in Leipzig, he had succeeded as a music journalist but not as a composer. Though his most famous works (today)
continued to flow, recognition lagged. His frustration boiled into a severe mental breakdown in 1844, prompting the need for a fresh start. In December, the family moved to Dresden.
To some extent, the move helped. Robert learned to work around periods of panic, dizziness, and general anxiety.
In 1850, the City of Düsseldorf hired him as music director, handing him the reins to the choral society, an orchestra, several concert series, and a major intercity music festival. The town rolled out the red carpet for the Schumanns, greeting them with a trumpet fanfare and a concert of Robert’s works. Clara took on students and served as accompanist to the choir; she gave birth to their seventh child in 1851, while Robert birthed a series of compositions, including his Third Symphony and the revision of his D minor Symphony. He wrote the Cello Concerto over two weeks in October 1850. With an orchestra at the ready, he performed the Third Symphony and Fourth Symphonies but never the Cello Concerto.
Soon, the Düsseldorf honeymoon ended. Robert Schumann drew bad reviews. His silent, inward-looking nature left him at odds with his musicians, and his inner demons got the best of him. On February 27, 1854, he threw himself into the icy waters of the Rhine. He survived the incident—fishermen pulled him to safety—but he spent his last two years in an asylum.
From his hospital room, Robert kept up a correspondence with his publisher, editing proofs of the Cello Concerto. It is among his final works and points to the person who remained at the center of his universe: Clara.
Back in 1833, 14-year-old Clara composed a romance for piano and dedicated it to Robert. He responded with an impromptu featuring a descending, five-note scale that figures prominently in her piece and even makes its way into the Cello Concerto. As their romance blossomed, he developed a tonal cipher around the letters of her name, which also fed into the Cello Concerto. Robert Schumann died in the asylum in 1856.
Mahler Symphony No. 1
At twenty-three, Gustav Mahler was a rising star working as an assistant conductor at the opera house in Kassel. As cliché as it sounds, young Mahler had an affair with one of the sopranos, who then broke his heart. The unseemly episode forced him to look for another job, but it also inspired a major composition: Songs of a Wayfarer. Using his own poems, he wrote a set of songs about a jilted lover seeking solace in nature.
“I walked across the fields this morning,” sings the Wayfarer. “And then, in the sunshine, the world suddenly began to glitter.” A few years later, two of those song melodies found their way into Mahler’s First Symphony.
First ASO performance: January 5, 1972
Julius Rudel, conductor
Most recent ASO performances: March 3-5, 2022
Donald Runnicles, conductor
“A Symphony must be like the world,” he wrote. In fact, the First Symphony is like his world, laced with echoes of Vienna and nature and with Jewish, Bohemian, and Austrian folk music. Conceived largely in 1888 and then hammered into shape over more than a decade, we see a composer who is not just revising his work but evolving, struggling to find exactly the right form for his ideas. In 1889, at the first performance of the symphony’s earliest incarnation, he called it a “Symphonic Poem in Two Parts.” An 1893 version came with titles that suggested narratives (he called the first movement “Spring Without End”), but he abandoned these by the time he published the piece in 1899. Nevertheless, it’s hard to escape the laughing, spring-like atmosphere of the opening (remember the line, “the world suddenly began to glitter”). Using harmonics in the strings spaced seven octaves apart, Mahler creates a startling effect like the “shimmering and glimmering of the air,” as he called it. Peals of clarinets and trumpets suggest a distant military garrison like the one in his hometown of Jihlava, while the solo clarinet sounds the call of the cuckoo.
The second movement opens with a robust ländler, a popular Austrian dance. For the third movement, he drew inspiration from a strange scene in children’s literature: a hunter’s funeral procession in which the mourners are replaced by the animals of the forest. Seizing upon its sardonic imagery, Mahler used
a minor-key version of "Frère Jacques", given initially to the solo double-bass in an impossibly high register to produce a strained, off-kilter effect. When Mahler’s funeral procession takes a left turn into klezmer, he lays before us the essence of the natural sound world—sounds continually collide with one another. A tempest kicks off the finale, but it soon gives way to triumph and radiance.
Prizewinner at the 2009 Rostropovich competition, 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the 2014 Young Concert Artist Award, Edgar Moreau began playing the cello at the age of four. At the age of 11, he made his debut with the Teatro Regio Orchestra in Torino, playing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.
Edgar regularly performs in the most prestigious halls including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Paris Philharmonie and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Tokyo Suntory Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Barcelona Palau de la Musica Catalana, Scala de Milano, La Fenice Venezia, and Wigmore Hall. He collaborates with internationally acclaimed conductors and orchestras around the world such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra.
Being particularly passionate about chamber music, he collaborates with artists such as Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma, and Daniil Trifonov among others, as well as his sister Raphaëlle and brothers David and Jérémie.
An Erato exclusive artist, Moreau released his debut album Play in 2014. His latest album features Dutilleux and Weinberg cello concertos with Andris Poga and WDR Köln Sinfonie.
Moreau was awarded at the Victoires de la Musique Classique ("French GRAMMYS") in 2013 and 2015, and was named an ECHO Rising Star in 2017. He has been a Cello Professor at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur since fall 2023.
Concerts of Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Friday, September 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Atlanta Symphony Hall
NATHALIE STUTZMANN, conductor
FLEUR BARRON, mezzo-soprano
SAMUEL HASSELHORN, baritone
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GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn 53 MINS
Der Schildwache Nachtlied (The Sentinel’s Nightsong)
Verlorne Müh'! (Labour Lost)
Lied des verfolgten im Turm (Song of the Persecuted in the Tower)
Das irdische Leben (The Earthly Life)
Revelge (Reveille)
Rheinlegendchen (Rhine Legend)
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound )
Der Tamboursg'sell (The Drummer Boy)
Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht? (Who Thought up this Little Song?)
Lob des hohen Verstands (Praise of Lofty Judgement)
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish)
Trost im Unglück (Solace in Misfortune)
INTERMISSION 20 MINS
Thursday's concert is dedicated to PATTY & DOUG REID in honor of their extraordinary support of the 2023/24 Annual Fund.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 32 MINS
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Presto
by Noel Morris Program Annotator
This is the First ASO performance of this collection of songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
The ASO performed a collection of four songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn on March 12, 1988
Robert Shaw, conductor
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper thanks to the support of our generous patrons. The list below recognizes the donors who have made contributions since June 1, 2023. Their extraordinary generosity provides the foundation for this worldclass institution.
° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.
** = Deceased
∞ = Leadership Council: We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more.
Sally** & Larry Davis
$1,000,000+ A Friend of the Symphony
$100,000+
Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies
Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund
$50,000+
The Antinori Foundation
Ms. Lynn Eden
Ms. Angela L. Evans∞
John D. Fuller
The Gable Foundation
Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.°∞
$35,000+
Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow
Sally & Walter George
Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞
Patty & Doug Reid
Mary & Jim Rubright
Slumgullion Charitable Fund
Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins
Patrick & Susie Viguerie
$25,000+
John and Juliet Allan
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney
Janine Brown and Alex J. Simmons, Jr.
Connie and Merrell Calhoun
John W. Cooledge
Mr. Richard H. Delay and Dr. Francine D. Dykes∞
Paulette Eastman and Becky Pryor Anderson**
Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD
Bonnie & Jay Harris
Donna Lee & Howard Ehni
John and Linda Matthews∞
John R. Paddock, Ph.D. and Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Ms. Margaret Painter
Bill and Rachel Schultz°
June and John Scott∞
Mrs. Edus H. Warren
$17,500+
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bailey
Jennifer Barlament and Kenneth Potsic∞
Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp
Wright** and Alison Caughman
Ms. Lisa V. Chang
Ms. Yelena Epova and Mr. Neil Chambers
Florencia and Rodrigo Garcia Escudero
Dick & Anne Game°
Pam and Robert Glustrom
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Harrison
Ms. Joia M. Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Scott I. Lampert
Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe and Dr. Clint Lawrence
Ms. Molly Minnear
Caroline and Phil Moïse
Moore Colson, CPAs and Bert & Carmen Mills
Terence L. and Jeanne Perrine Neal°
Victoria and Howard Palefsky
Martha M. Pentecost
Joyce and Henry Schwob
Mr. Fahim Siddiqui and Ms. Shazia Fahim
Ross and Sally Singletary
John & Ray Uttenhove
Mrs. Sue S. Williams
Drs. Kevin and Kalinda Woods
$15,000+
Phyllis Abramson, Ph. D.
Madeline** and Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward°
Aadu and Kristi Allpere°
Mr. Neil Ashe and Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe
Keith Barnett
Mr. David Boatwright
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Clare
Russell Currey & Amy Durrell
Mr. and Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.∞
Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia
Eleanor and Charles Edmondson
Craig Frankel and Jana Eplan
In Memory of Betty Sands
Fuller
Roya and Bahman Irvani
Brian & Carrie Kurlander∞
James H. Landon
Mr. Sukai Liu and Dr. Ginger J. Chen
John F. and Marilyn M. McMullan
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mills IV
Anne Morgan and Jim Kelley
Lynn and Galen Oelkers
Ms. Regina Olchowski and Mr. Edward Potter
Barbara & Andrew Paul
Ms. Cathleen Quigley
V Scott
Beverly and Milton Shlapak
Mr. John A. Sibley, III
Elliott and Elaine Tapp°
Judith & Mark K. Taylor
Dr. Ravi & Dr. Valerie Thadhani
Maria Todorova
Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Adair and Dick White
Mr. Mack Wilbourn
$10,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Paul & Melody Aldo∞
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin R. Allen
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
Estate of Elizabeth Ann Bair
Jack and Helga Beam∞
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin
Kelley O. and Neil H. Berman
The Boston Consulting Group
Karen and Rod Bunn
Lisa and Russ Butner∞
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb
III
Ms. Tena Clark and Ms. Michelle LeClair
Donald and Barbara Defoe°
Peter and Vivian de Kok
Marcia and John Donnell
Dr. John Dyer and Mrs.
Catherine Faré Dyer
Marina Fahim
Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Fass
Dr. Paul Gilreath
Mr. Max M. Gilstrap
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
Azira G. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hill
Clay and Jane Jackson
Ann A. and Ben F. Johnson III°
James Kieffer
Ann and Brian Kimsey∞
Stephen and Carolyn Knight
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Mattox
Jane Morrison∞
Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin
Mr. and Mrs. Solon P. Patterson
Margaret H. Petersen
David F. and Maxine A.** Rock
Ms. Frances A. Roo
Thomas and Lynne Saylor
Tom & Ani Steele
John & Yee-Wan Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr.
Stephen and Sonia Swartz
George & Amy Taylor∞
Carolyn C. Thorsen
Drs. Jonne and Paul Walter
Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr.
Camille W. Yow
$7,500+
Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes
Ms. Johanna Brookner
Judith D. Bullock
Patricia and William Buss∞
John Champion and Penelope Malone
Mark Coan & Family
Janet & John Costello
Ms. Diane Durgin
Grace Taylor Ihrig°
Jason & Michelle Kroh
Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III and S.
Neal Rhoney
Mr. Robert M. Lewis, Jr. and G.
Wesley Holt
Elvira and Jay Mannelly
Belinda and Gino Massafra
Berthe & Shapour Mobasser
Mr. Cesar Moreno and Mr. Greg Heathcock
Ms. Eliza Quigley∞
Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Reeves
Hamilton and Mason Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Toren
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Varzi
Kiki Wilson
Mr. David J. Worley and Ms. Bernadette Drankoski
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (2)
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Alrutz
Dr. Evelyn R. Babey
Lisa and Joe Bankoff
Asad and Sakina Bashey
Herschel Beazley
Meredith Bell
Mr. John Blatz
Rita and Herschel Bloom
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal
Mrs. Sidney W. Boozer
Carol Brantley and David Webster
Margo Brinton and Eldon Park
Jacqueline A. and Joseph E. Brown, Jr.
CBH International, Inc
Ms. Stacey Chavis
Mrs. Amy B. Cheng and Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D
Ned Cone and Nadeen Green
Matt & Kate Cook
Carol Comstock and Jim Davis
Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle and Ms. Karen Freer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick∞
Xavier Duralde and Mary Barrett
Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson
Robert S. Elster Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Carl D. Fackler
Ellen and Howard Feinsand
For information about giving to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Annual Fund, please contact William Keene at 404.733.4839 or william.keene@ atlantasymphony.org.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Flinn
Bruce W. and Avery C. Flower∞
Mr. David L. Forbes
Annie Frazer and Jen Horvath
Gaby Family Foundation
Dr. V. Alexander Garcias
Charles Ginden
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goodsell
Mr. and Mrs. David Goosman
The Graves Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gump
Sally W. Hawkins
Ms. Elizabeth Hendrick
Richard and Linda Hubert
Tad & Janin Hutcheson
Mr. Justin Im and Dr. Nakyoung
Nam
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jones
Cecile M. Jones
Lana M. Jordan∞
Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler and Dr. William M. Kahnweiler
Paul** and Rosthema Kastin
Mona & Gilbert Kelly°
Mr. Charles R. Kowal
Pat and Nolan Leake
Drs. Joon and Grace Lee
Ms. Cynthia Smith
Ms. Eunice A. Luke
Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone
Ms. Erin M. Marshall
Ed and Linda McGinn°
Mr. Bert Mobley∞
Sue Morgan∞
Mr. Charles Morn
Mr. William Morrison and Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison
Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer
Ms. Amy H. Page
Ralph Paulk and Suzanne Redmon Paulk
Ann and Fay Pearce°
Jonathan and Lori Peterson
In Memory of Dr. Frank S. Pittman III
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Pooler
Dr. John B. Pugh
Mr. John Rains
Leonard Reed
Mrs. Susan H. Reinach
Dr. Jay Rhee and Mrs. Kimberley Rhee∞
Vicki and Joe Riedel
Ms. Maria Rivera
Ms. Felicia Rives
Tiffany & Rich Rosetti∞
Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral
Katherine Scott
Suzanne Shull
Baker and Debby Smith
Ms. Victoria Smith
Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos
Dr. Steven and Lynne Steindel°
In memory of Elizabeth B. Stephens by Powell, Preston & Sally∞
Beth and Edward Sugarman
Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor and Ms. Triska Drake
Dede and Bob Thompson
Trapp Family
Chilton and Morgan** Varner
Amy and Robert Vassey
Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino
Emily C. Ward
Alan & Marcia Watt
Ruthie Watts
Mr. and Ms. Robert L. Welch
Dr. Nanette K. Wenger
Mr. John F. Wieland, Jr.
Suzanne B. Wilner
Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood
$3,500+
A Friend of the Symphony
Anthony Barbagallo and Kristen Fowks∞
Drs. Jay and Martin BeardColes
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba
Malcolm & Ann Cole
Jean and Jerry Cooper
Mr. Ramsey Fahs
John** and Martha Head
Barbara M. Hund
Cameron H. Jackson
Ms. Rebecca Jarvis
Mrs. Gail G. Johnson
Mr. W. F. and Dr. Janice
Johnston
Wolfgang** and Mariana Laufer
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Martin
Molly McDonald and Jonathan Gelber
Hala and Steve Moddelmog
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr.
Ms. Kathy Powell
S.A. Robinson
Gerald & Nancy Silverboard
Ms. Martha Solano
Mrs. Dale L. Thompson
Dr. Brenda G. Turner
David & Martha West
Ms. Sonia Witkowski
Zaban Foundation, Inc.
$2,000+
A Friend of the Symphony (3)
Mr. James L. Anderson
Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson
Susan and Jack Bertram
Leon & Joy Borchers
Ms. Jane F. Boynton
Martha S. Brewer
George & Gloria Brooks
Benjamin Q. Brunt
Dr. Aubrey Bush and Dr. Carol Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. Canipe
Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Carvalho
Betty Fuller Case
Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor and Mr. Cameron England
Julie & Jerry Chautin
Mr. James Cobb
Susan S. Cofer
Liz and Charlie Cohn°
Ralph & Rita Connell
William & Patricia Cook
Mary Carole Cooney and Henry R. Bauer, Jr.
R. Carter & Marjorie A.
Crittenden Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. F. Thomas Daly, Jr.
Mr. and Ms. Daniel DeBonis
Mr. David S. Dimling
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Dorian
Gregory and Debra Durden
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Erica Endicott and Chris Heisel
Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham
Mr. Nigel Ferguson
Karen Foster
Dr. Elizabeth C. French
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastien Galtier∞
Marty and John Gillin°
Sandra & John Glover
Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein
Mr. Robert Golomb
Mr. James N. Grace
Richard and Debbie Griffiths
Mr. and Mrs. George Gundersen
Deedee Hamburger
Phil and Lisa Hartley
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hauser°
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawk
Mr. and Mrs. John Hellriegel∞
Ann J. Herrera and Mary M. Goodwin
Kenneth & Colleen Hey
Sarah and Harvey Hill, Jr.°
Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins
James and Bridget Horgan°
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Huband
Dona and Bill Humphreys
Lillian Kim Ivansco and Joey Ivansco
Silvey James and Rev. Jeanne
Simpson
Nancy and John Janet
Aaron & Joyce Johnson
Coenen-Johnson Foundation
Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D
Mr. & Mrs. Randolph J. Koporc
Lillian Balentine Law
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Le
Mr. and Mrs. Van R. Lear
Elizabeth J. Levine
Deborah and William Liss°
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Levingston
Barbara and Jim MacGinnitie
Dr. Marcus Marr
Mrs. Sam Massell
In Memory of Pam McAllister
Mr. and Mrs. James McClatchey
Martha & Reynolds McClatchey
Birgit and David McQueen
Anna & Hays Mershon
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr.
Ms. Helen Motamen and Mr.
Deepak Shenoy
Janice and Tom Munsterman
Agnes V. Nelson
Denis Ng
Gary R. Noble, MD and Joanne Heckman
Mr. and Mrs. Berk Nowak
Dana & Jon Parness
Mr. Doug F. Powell
Mr. Ron Raitz
Ms. Patricia U. Rich
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr.
Betsy & Lee Robinson
Ms. Donna Schwartz
Dick Schweitzer
Mr. David C. Shih
Alan and Marion Shoenig
Nick and Annie Shreiber
Helga Hazelrig Siegel
Diana Silverman
Ms. Charlotte Skidmore and Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields
Anne-Marie Sparrow
Peggy and Jerry Stapleton
James and Shari Steinberg
Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans
Kay R Summers
Ms. Linda F. Terry
Duane P. Truex III
Ms. Cathryn van Namen
Wayne & Lee Harper Vason
Vogel Family Foundation
Dr. James L. Waits
Mr. Charles D. Wattles and Ms. Rosemary C. Willey
Russell F. Winch and Mark B. Elberfeld
Mrs. Lynne M. Winship
Herbert** and Grace Zwerner
Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee
We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donor-volunteers for their commitment to each year’s annual support initiatives:
Linda Matthews chair
Kristi Allpere
Helga Beam
Bill Buss
Pat Buss
Kristen Fowks
Deedee Hamburger
Judy Hellriegel
Belinda Massafra
Sally Parsonson
June Scott
Milt Shlapak
Lara Smith-Sitton
Jonne Walter
Marcia Watt
$1,000,000+
Delta Air Lines
$100,000+
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Power Company
Graphic Packaging International Inc.∞
The Home Depot Foundation
Invesco QQQ
Piedmont 1180 Peachtree, LLC
$75,000+
Alston & Bird LLP
The Norfolk Southern Corporation
$50,000+
Accenture LLP∞
BlackRock
KPMG
PwC
The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University
$25,000+
Affairs to Remember Aspire Media
BlueLinx Corporation
Cadence Bank Foundation∞
Chick-fil-A, Inc.∞
Cox Enterprises
Eversheds Sutherland
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Northside Hospital
Porsche Cars North America Inc.
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
Troutman Pepper
$15,000+
Aprio
Cisco
Council for Quality Growth
Deloitte
Georgia-Pacific
Van Dang Fragrances
WarnerMedia
$250,000+
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation∞
Goizueta Foundation∞
The Halle Foundation
$100,000+
Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation∞
Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$75,000+
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation∞
The Molly Blank Fund of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation∞
$50,000+
City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs
Robert and Polly Dunn Foundation, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.
$25,000+
The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation
The Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation
Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Georgia Council for the Arts
League of American Orchestras∞
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.∞
Massey Charitable Trust
$20,000+
Choate Bridges Foundation
The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc.
The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation
$10,000+
AAA Parking
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Hamilton Capital Partners, LLC
King & Spalding LLP
La Fête du Rosé
$5,000+
A Friend of the Symphony
Davis Broadcasting
Music Matters
Perkins&Will
The St. Regis Atlanta
Yellow Bird Project Management
$2,000+
Legendary Events
The Piedmont National Family Foundation
$10,000+
The Breman Foundation, Inc.
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
$5,000+
Azalea City Chapter of Links
The Fred & Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund
The Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc.
$2,000+ 2492 Fund
Paul and Marian Anderson Fund
The Parham Fund
The Alex & Betty Smith DonorAdvised Endowment Fund
TEGNA Foundation
Named for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s founding Music Director, the HENRY SOPKIN CIRCLE celebrates cherished individuals and families who have made a planned gift to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These special donors preserve the Orchestra’s foundation and ensure success for future generations.
A Friend of the Symphony (22)
Madeline* & Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Mr.* & Mrs.* John E. Aderhold
Paul & Melody Aldo
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori
Elizabeth Ann Bair*
Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer
Helga Beam
Mr. Charles D. Belcher*
Neil H. Berman
Susan & Jack Bertram
Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins
The Estate of Donald S. & Joyce Bickers
Ms. Page Bishop*
Mr.* & Mrs.* Sol Blaine
John Blatz
Rita & Herschel Bloom
The Estate of Mrs. Gilbert H. Boggs, Jr.
W. Moses Bond
Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer
Elinor A. Breman*
Carol J. Brown
James C. Buggs*
Mr. & Mrs.* Richard H. Burgin
Hugh W. Burke*
Mr. & Mrs. William Buss
Wilber W. Caldwell
Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun
Cynthia & Donald Carson
Mrs. Jane Celler*
Lenore Cicchese*
Margie & Pierce Cline
Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr.
Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan
Robert Boston Colgin
Mrs. Mary Frances Evans Comstock*
Miriam* & John A.* Conant
Dr. John W. Cooledge
Dr. Janie Cowan
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel
Bob* & Verdery* Cunningham
Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes
John R. Donnell
Dixon W. Driggs*
Pamela Johnson Drummond
Mrs. Kathryn E. Duggleby
Catherine Warren Dukehart*
Ms. Diane Durgin
Arnold & Sylvia Eaves
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Geoffrey G. Eichholz*
Elizabeth Etoll
Mr. Doyle Faler
Brien P. Faucett
Dr. Emile T. Fisher*
Moniqua N Fladger
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower
A. D. Frazier, Jr.
Nola Frink*
Betty* & Drew* Fuller
Sally & Carl Gable
William & Carolyn Gaik
Dr. John W. Gamwell*
Mr.* & Mrs.* L.L. Gellerstedt, Jr.
Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn
Micheline & Bob Gerson
Max Gilstrap
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover
Mrs. David Goldwasser
Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund
Billie & Sig Guthman
Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas
James & Virginia Hale
Ms. Alice Ann Hamilton
Dr. Charles H. Hamilton*
Sally & Paul* Hawkins
John* & Martha Head
Ms. Jeannie Hearn*
Barbara & John Henigbaum
Jill* & Jennings* Hertz
Mr. Albert L. Hibbard
Richard E. Hodges
Mr.* & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr.
Mr.* & Mrs.* Fred A. Hoyt, Jr.
Jim* & Barbara Hund
Clayton F. Jackson
Mary B. James
Nancy Janet
Mr. Calvert Johnson & Mr. Kenneth Dutter
Joia M. Johnson
Deforest F. Jurkiewicz*
Herb* & Hazel Karp
Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley
Bob Kinsey
James W.* & Mary Ellen* Kitchell
Paul Kniepkamp, Jr.
Vivian & Peter de Kok
Miss Florence Kopleff*
Mr. Robert Lamy
James H. Landon
Ouida Hayes Lanier
Lucy Russell Lee* & Gary Lee, Jr.
Ione & John Lee
Mr. Larry M. LeMaster
Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Lester
Liz & Jay* Levine
Robert M. Lewis, Jr.
Carroll & Ruth Liller
Ms. Joanne Lincoln*
Jane Little*
Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.*
Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder
K Maier
John W. Markham*
Mrs. Ann B. Martin
Linda & John Matthews
Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr.
Dr. Michael S. McGarry
Richard & Shirley McGinnis
John & Clodagh Miller
Ms. Vera Milner
Mrs. Gene Morse*
Hal Matthew Mueller* and Constance Lombardo
Ms. Janice Murphy*
Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin
Mrs. Amy W. Norman*
Galen Oelkers
Roger B. Orloff
Barbara D. Orloff
Dr. Bernard* & Sandra Palay
Sally & Pete Parsonson
James L. Paulk
Ralph & Kay* Paulk
Dan R. Payne
Bill Perkins
Mrs. Lela May Perry*
Mr.* & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr.
Janet M. Pierce*
Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr.
Dr. John B. Pugh
William L.* & Lucia Fairlie*
Pulgram
Ms. Judy L. Reed*
Carl J. Reith*
Mr. Philip A. Rhodes
Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel
Helen & John Rieser
Dr. Shirley E. Rivers*
David F. & Maxine A.* Rock
Glen Rogerson*
Tiffany & Richard Rosetti
Mr.* & Mrs.* Martin H. Sauser
Bob & Mary Martha Scarr
Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser
Dr. Barbara S. Schlefman
Bill & Rachel Schultz
Mrs. Joan C. Schweitzer
June & John Scott
Edward G. Scruggs*
Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions
Mr. W. G. Shaefer, Jr.
Charles H. Siegel*
Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith
Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall*
Ms. Margo Sommers
Elliott Sopkin
Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel
Mr. Daniel D. Stanley
Gail & Loren Starr
Peter James Stelling*
Ms. Barbara Stewart
Beth & Edward Sugarman
C. Mack* & Mary Rose* Taylor
Isabel Thomson*
Jennings Thompson IV
Margaret* & Randolph* Thrower
Kenneth & Kathleen Tice
Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr.
Mr. Steven R. Tunnell
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Uttenhove
Mary E. Van Valkenburgh
Mrs. Anise C. Wallace
Diane Woodard & Bruce
Waldrop
Mr. Robert Wardle, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr.
Adair & Dick White
Mr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr.*
Sue & Neil* Williams
Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr.
Mrs. Elin M. Winn
Ms. Joni Winston
George & Camille Wright
Mr.* & Mrs.* Charles R. Yates
*Deceased
Jennifer Barlament executive director
Lizzy Clements executive assistant, senior management
Alvinetta Cooksey executive & finance assistant
Gaetan Le Divelec vice president, artistic planning
Kelly Edwards director of operations
Ebner Sobalvarro
artistic administrator
RaSheed Lemon
artistic coordinator
Sarah Grant vice president of education & community engagement
Ryan Walks
atlanta symphony youth orchestra & teen programs
Elena Gagon Dunn manager of family programs & community engagement
Emily Liao Master vice president & general manager
Paul Barrett
director of production
Richard Carvlin senior stage manager
Kelvin Hill
senior manager of orchestra personnel
Bradley Powell hiring & auditions administrator
Jeremy Tusz
audio recording engineer & producer
Marcia Chandler
chorus administrator
Joshua Luty principal librarian
Sara Baguyos
associate principal librarian
James Nelson assistant librarian
Ashley Mirakian vice president, marketing & communications
Camille McClain director of marketing & communications
Matt Dykeman director of digital content
Adam Fenton director of multimedia technology
Delle Beganie content & production manager
Mia Jones-Walker marketing manager
Whitney Hendrix creative services manager, aso
Amy Godwin
communications manager
Sean David video editor
Bob Scarr
archivist & research coordinator
Russell Wheeler vice president, sales & revenue management
Nancy James front of house supervisor
Erin Jones
senior director of sales & audience development
Jesse Pace senior manager of ticketing & patron experience
Dennis Quinlan manager, business insights & analytics
Robin Smith guest services coordinator
Jake Van Valkenburg group sales & audience development supervisor
Milo McGehee guest services coordinator
Anna Caldwell guest services associate
Nicole Panunti
vice president, atlanta symphony hall live
Will Strawn director of marketing
Christine Lawrence director of ticketing & parking
Lisa Eng creative services manager
Caitlin Buckers
marketing manager
Dan Nesspor ticketing manager, atlanta symphony hall live
Liza Palmer event manager
Jessi Lestelle event manager
Nicole Jurovics booking & contract manager
Meredith Chapple marketing coordinator, live
Shamon Newsome booking & contract associate
Susan Ambo
executive vice president & cfo
Kimberly Hielsberg vice president of finance
April Satterfield controller
Brandi Reed staff accountant
Grace Sipusic
vice president of development
Cheri Snyder senior director of development
William Keene director of annual giving
James Paulk senior annual giving officer
Renee Contreras director of foundation & corporate relations
Dana Parness manager of individual giving & prospect research
Beth Freeman senior manager of major gifts
Sharveace Cameron senior development associate
Sarah Wilson manager of development operations
Jenny Ricke foundation & corporate giving associate
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$1,000,000+
The Goizueta Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
The Imlay Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
Anonymous
The Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
$250,000 - $499,999
Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
Thomas and Aimee Chubb
Ann and Jeff Cramer
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
$10,000 - $99,999
Annie Adams
H. Ross and Claire Arnold
Janine Brown and Alex Simmons
Cousins Properties Foundation Inc.
Michael and Mindy Egan
Vicki Escarra
Rand and Seth Hagen
Philip Harrison and Susan Stainback
James M. Cox Foundation
Norfolk Southern Foundation PNC
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
The Tomé Foundation
The Zeist Foundation
Georgia Power Foundation
J. Bulow Campbell Foundation
Kelin Foundation
Patricia and Douglas Reid
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda and Dan Cathy
Phil and Jenny Jacobs
Fraser Parker Foundation
Kathy Waller and Kenny Goggins
Robert and Margaret Reiser
The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
Truist Charitable Fund
Julia Houston
Dennis Lockhart
Barry McCarthy
Kavita and Ashish Mistry
Kenneth Neighbors and Valdoreas May
Galen and Lynn Oelkers
Mark and Jennifer Pighini
Sara Giles Moore Foundation
Southface Energy Institute
Tull Charitable Foundation
Vasser Woolley Foundation
Patrick and Susan Viguerie
D. Richard Williams and Janet Lavine
John and Ellen Yates
We are grateful to our dedicated Annual Fund donors for ensuring that everyone in Atlanta can experience the power of the arts. Their gifts support the arts and education work of the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
$500,000 - $999,999
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Anonymous
$250,000 - $499,999
Accenture
Art Bridges Foundation
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.
Thalia and Michael C. Carlos Advised Fund
Chick-fil-A Foundation |
Rhonda and Dan Cathy
Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies
$100,000 - $249,999
1180 Peachtree
A Friend of the High Museum of Art
Alston and Bird
AT&T Foundation
Atlantic Station
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Cadence Bank Foundation
City of Atlanta Mayor’s
Office of Cultural Affairs
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Cousins Foundation
Forward Arts Foundation
Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W. Burke
Charitable Fund
Art Bridges
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Georgia Power Company
Sara Giles Moore Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
The Halle Foundation
Invesco QQQ
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
Ms. Anne H. Morgan and Mr. James F. Kelley
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Novelis, Inc.
The Rich’s Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust
Truist Trusteed Foundations: The Greene-Sawtell Foundation, Guy Woolford Charitable Trust, and Walter H. and Majory M. Rich Memorial Fund
UPS WestRock
Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Dick and Anne Game
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Georgia-Pacific
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland
Charitable Foundation
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
Karen and Jeb Hughes
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation
King and Spalding, Partners & Employees
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
Northside Hospital
PNC
Patty and Doug Reid
Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Warner Bros. Discovery
Kelly and Rod Westmoreland
wish Foundation
