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Mahler’s eighth – syMphony of a thousand Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Nashville Symphony Chorus Kelly Corcoran, acting chorus director Blair Children’s Chorus Tucker Biddlecombe, Blair Children’s Chorus director

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Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand” Part One: Hymnus Veni, Creator spiritus Part Two: Final Scene from Faust Marina Shaguch, soprano I (Magna Peccatrix) Erin Wall, soprano II (Una Poenitentium) Hana Park, soprano (Mater Gloriosa) Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano I (Mulier Samaritana) Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano II (Maria Aegyptiaca) Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor (Doctor Marianus) Quinn Kelsey, baritone (Pater Ecstaticus) Raymond Aceto, bass (Pater Profundus)

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Born on July 7, 1860, in Kalischt, Bohemia; died on May 18, 1911, in Vienna Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major

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Mahler sketched out the entire Symphony No. 8 in less than two months during the summer of 1906 and finished the orchestration in 1907. A monumental choral-symphonic work that transcends genre, the Eighth is also popularly known as “Symphony of a Thousand” because of the enormous array of instrumental and vocal forces it employs. Symphony No. 8 combines a hymn to creative inspiration with a vision of redemption from the end of Goethe’s Faust, and Mahler himself characterized it as “my most important work.” First performance: September 12, 1910, in Munich, with the composer conducting. These are the Nashville Symphony’s first performances. Estimated length: between 80 and 90 minutes

n 1907, the year he was putting the final touches on his Eighth Symphony, Gustav Mahler met briefly with Jean Sibelius, another composer who was also ushering the symphonic idea into a new century. Their encounter is the source for the widely quoted statement of Mahler’s artistic credo: “The symphony should be like the world: it must embrace everything!” Although this famous pronouncement actually comes from Sibelius’s recollection decades after the event, it seems especially well-suited to the unprecedented ambitions Mahler poured into the Eighth Symphony. That image of a musical composition as a reflection of the cosmos itself is further confirmed by one of Mahler’s own letters written shortly after he had sketched out the Eighth in a flood of inspiration. In a tone of almost giddy exuberance, he described what he had composed to a conductor friend: “Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. They are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving.” Using a symphonic canvas to address transcendent themes was hardly new for Mahler. 20

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His Third Symphony had attempted to penetrate “the very heart of existence” by imagining the process of evolution as driven by the force of love. But the Symphony No. 8 stands apart from the rest of Mahler’s cycle in several important ways. After writing three “abstract” symphonies for orchestra alone (Nos. 5-7), Mahler reintroduces voices, but on a far vaster scale. The earlier symphonies had incorporated singing only into certain movements. Here the human voice — in a rich variety of choral and solo configurations — is central to the sound world throughout. The texts set by Mahler are similarly integral to his musical meaning. Instead of simply expanding on Romantic program music, Mahler here fuses the self-reliant logic of symphonic thought with the traditions of sacred music, as well as with the more recent phenomenon of music drama. The Eighth’s highly unusual bipartite form makes it unlike any other Mahler symphony, and its resoundingly affirmative message stands as a counterpart to the widespread image of the composer in his final years as a pessimistic prophet. Even the process of composing the Eighth

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step in anti-Semitic Vienna to win his post at the Opera), but according to Fischer, his spiritual worldview was much closer to the secular freethinking of Goethe and certain philosophers. He adds that Mahler was “inspired by Catholic mysticism not as a believer but as an artist” (like Goethe himself), envisioning a “supreme force and invisible creative power” that was “rather different from the Jewish or Christian God.” Veni, Creator Spiritus thus suggests not a worshipful assent to religious dogma but an ode to creative power itself, which has its counterpart in Goethe’s depiction of Faust’s redemption through das Ewig-Weibliche (“the eternally womanly”). Fischer explains the latter as “the Eros that guides us upwards by stages to ever greater perfection.” Of course it’s also possible to detect an echo here of the theory of the creative power of the libido proposed by Freud, whom the composer actually consulted near the end of his life. Mahler dedicated the Eighth to Alma, and on one level the work reflects his idealized vision of her as the “Mater Gloriosa” (Goethe’s image for the Virgin Mary) drawing him on “to loftier spheres.” Mahler’s profound affinity for Goethe can also be attributed, in part, to the inexhaustible range of interests that the poet, novelist, essayist, scientist and statesman pursued. The 12,000-plus lines of Faust are as all-embracing as Mahler’s concept of the symphony, and the composer’s spectrum of musical allusions, moods and styles in his work reflects Goethe’s literary exploration of a similar principle. The music of the Eighth not only incorporates the various phases of Mahler’s own development as a composer, but is also a testament to different eras and genres of music history itself. A thunderous chord from the organ launches the opening hymn with a sense of unstoppable momentum and energetic fanfares. The voices emerge immediately as a central feature of the texture, but the muscular, brassy energy soon gives way to the ruminations of solo voices and darker colors. Part One roughly follows the conventional outlines of sonata form, with an especially thrilling sense of return at the beginning of the recapitulation, but into this Mahler weaves aspects of a choral cantata, march music and an immense double fugue.

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marked a breakthrough. With his demanding schedule conducting at Vienna’s opera house during the regular season, Mahler had developed a habit of using summer vacations to write his own music, but each new project typically straddled more than one summer. In June 1906, following his usual pattern, he headed to Maiernigg, idyllically set on an alpine lake in southern Austria, where he and his wife Alma had established a getaway from the stress of Vienna. Mahler was fraught with anxiety over whether he’d face another of his creative blocks, Alma later recalled, and even feared “the specter of failing inspiration.” But as soon as her husband ventured into the little “composer’s hut” that was set off from the house, an epiphany sent him into a creative frenzy. Mahler described it to Alma: “As I entered that all-too-familiar room, the creator spiritus took possession of me, held me in its clutches and chastised me for eight weeks, until the work was all but finished.” From fear of drying up to creative compulsion: this extreme contrast has particular relevance for the Eighth, in which the concept of “inspiration” itself plays a central thematic role. The first part of the work centers on a powerful invocation of the “Creator Spirit” (Veni, Creator Spiritus), using the words of an early medieval Catholic hymn traditionally attributed to a 9th-century archbishop, but likely dating even earlier. This hymn is closely associated with the Christian feast of Pentecost, which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles 50 days after Easter. Despite its remarkably speedy genesis, the Eighth also realizes a creative desire the composer had long cherished: to set to music the final scene of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epic drama Faust. Biographer Jens Malte Fischer notes that for Mahler, Goethe was not only a great poet but “a profound thinker and philosopher,” as well as a creative and even spiritual role model. Different parts of Faust, including the esoteric final scene, had already been memorialized in music by various composers, but none of these struck Mahler as remotely adequate treatments of its sublime message. The juxtaposition of these two texts has puzzled many. The Jewish-born Mahler had converted to Catholicism in 1897 (an essential

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His setting of the words “Accende lumen sensibus” (“illuminate our senses”), which the composer pointed to as a key passage for the entire work, foreshadows the central motif of Part Two. The tightly coiled, quasi-Baroque forward thrust of Part One is followed by the far more wide-ranging music of Part Two. Nearly three times as long, this second part often suggests an opera in disguise, with the vocal soloists of Part One now assuming the roles of particular characters. For the first time in the work, in the introduction, the orchestra is left to its own resources for an extended period. The music darkens considerably with anticipation, and the first movement’s confident E-flat major has now become minor. Mahler’s orchestration, abundant with painterly detail, evokes the mysterious landscape and spatial dimensions described by Goethe’s verse. It’s a remarkably sensual Paradise, gleaming with colors and surface textures that captivate the ear. And for all the variety in Part Two, Mahler unifies the Eighth through his manipulation of a few core thematic ideas to figure the recurrent images of striving for ascent.

At the culmination, Mahler builds a powerful chorale on the key message of the Chorus Mysticus: das Ewig-Weibliche as the goal of Faust’s lifelong striving and, counter to the traditional morality tale Goethe retailored, as the source of his redemption. (Mahler explained the poet’s famous phrase to Alma as “that which draws us by mystic force.”) Its meaning is sealed by the triumphant return of the opening Creator Spiritus motif to bind this vast symphonic canvas together. The Symphony No. 8 is scored for a gigantic orchestra: 2 piccolos (1 doubling as 5th flute), 4 flutes, 4 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 2 E-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones (with an additional 4 trumpets and 3 trombones to be placed separately), tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, piano, harmonium, organ, 2 to 4 harps, at least 1 mandolin and strings. The score also calls for 2 mixed choirs, children’s choir and 8 vocal soloists (3 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, baritone and bass). — Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator.

A CO NCE RT TO R E M E M B E R Mahler predicted that his time would eventually come, but it didn’t arrive until 50 years after his death. The reception of his music by his contemporaries was for the most part deeply discouraging — but not in the case of the Eighth Symphony. The premiere in September 1910, four years after Mahler had composed the work in a fever of inspiration, caused a sensation and marked his moment of greatest public acclaim as a composer. Present in the audience were many cultural luminaries, from fellow composers such as Richard Strauss to the novelist Thomas Mann, who modeled the main character of his Death in Venice on Mahler. It was also the composer’s last premiere: he would die in less than a year, leaving his subsequent works to be unveiled posthumously.

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For the occasion, which took place in a grand, newly built concert hall in Munich seating more than 3,000, the promoter invented the tag “Symphony of a Thousand,” though Mahler himself disliked its implication of a circus-like extravaganza. As it happened, the forces assembled to perform the Eighth actually numbered more than 1,000 (the combined choruses, making up the bulk, alone totaled some 850 singers). But the score itself by no means requires such a small army. What’s truly monumental about the Eighth is the scope of Mahler’s conception. “It would be absurd if my most important work,” he wryly observed, “happened to be the easiest to understand.”

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(Mountain ravines, forest, cliffs, wilderness. Holy anchorites, dwelling among clefts in the rocks up and down the mountainside)

CHORUS AND ECHO Woodland wavers into view; Cliffs rest heavily alongside; Roots grapple their flanks, Trunk ranged close to trunk. Wave after wave splashes; Cave, the deepest, affords shelter. Lions stalk silently, In amity, around us, Honoring the hallowed spot, Refuge of sacred Love.

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2. FINAL SCENE FROM GOETHE’S FAUST, PART II (As Abridged by Mahler)

PATER ECSTATICUS (soaring up and down) Eternal flame of bliss, Glowing bond of Love, Seething pain in the breast, Effervescent delight in God. Arrows, pierce me! Lances, subdue me! Clubs, shatter me! Lightning, shoot through me! So that everything trivial May pass off in vapor And the constant star may shine, Nucleus of eternal Love!

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I. VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS Come, creative Spirit, Visit the minds of Your followers. Fill with celestial grace Those hearts which you created. You who are called the Paraclete, Gift of God the most high, Living fountain, fire, charitable love And spiritual balm. Strengthening with lasting vigor The weaknesses of our body, Kindle a light of our senses, Infuse love in our hearts. May You drive the enemy far from us And give us peace continuously Thus with You as leader going before, Let us avoid every disaster. Sevenfold in your gift, You are the finger of the Father’s right hand. [Duly promised by the Father, You enrich our mouths with speech.] Grant us knowledge of the Father through You, And [also] recognition of the Son; Let us always believe In [You as] the Sprit [proceeding from both]. Grant us joy as our reward. Grant us grace as our gift. Loosen the bonds of contention, Bind fast the covenants of peace. Glory to the Lord our Father, And to the Son, who arose From the dead, and to the Paraclete Through all eternity.

PATER PROFUNDUS (in a deep region) As the rocky abyss at my feet Reposes its weight on a deeper abyss; As a thousand brooks flow radiantly Toward the awesome falls of the foaming stream; As the tree, obeying its own strong urge, Ascends upright into the air: Thus it is almighty Love That shapes all things, protects all things. Though all about me there is wild tumult, As if the woods and rocky base were heaving, Yet, lovely in its rushing noise, The mass of water leaps into the gulp, As though ordained to irrigate the valley. The lightning bolt that crashed down in flames Was sent to purify the atmosphere, Which bore poison and miasma in its bosom: These are Love’s messengers, who make known The shaping force that ever flows around us. May that force kindle my heart, as well, Where now my spirit, confused and chilled, Languishes in the confines of my dull senses And the pain of tightly fastened fetters! O God! calm my thoughts, Illumine my needy heart! (The next two choruses are sung simultaneously) ANGELS (soaring into the higher atmosphere, bearing Faust’s immortal soul) Rescued from evil is the noble limb Of the spirit world: Whoever constantly aspires and toils, That man we can redeem! And, indeed, from on high Love has taken interest in him, For the blessed troop is coming to meet him With a heartfelt welcome.

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CHORUS OF BLESSED BOYS (circling around the loftiest peaks) Clasp one another’s hands In a happy round-dance; Bestir yourselves and add your song Of sacred feelings; Instructed by God, You may be confident; Him whom you honor You will behold.

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THE YOUNGER ANGELS Those roses from the hands Of penitent women holy in their love Helped us achieve the victory And complete the lofty plan By capturing this treasured soul. Evil ones gave way when we strewed them, Devils fled when we hit the mark. Instead of the accustomed punishments of Hell The spirits felt the pangs of love; Even the old master of the Satans himself Was pierced by sharp pain. Shout for joy! We have succeeded. THE MORE PERFECT ANGELS (chorus with alto solo) There remains with us an earthly residue Painful to bear, And even if it were of asbestos, It is not completely pure. When strong spiritual power Has greedily clutched The elemental forces, No angel is able to separate The united dual nature of the two intimates; Only eternal Love Is able to part them. (The following choruses and Doctor Marianus’ first eight lines are sung simultaneously)

THE YOUNGER ANGELS I have just perceived, Like a mist around the rocky heights, Bustling nearby, A stir of spiritual activity. The cloudlets become clear; I see an excited troop Of blessed boys, Free from earth’s pressure, Assembled in a circle, Taking delight In the new springtime and adornment Of the upper world. Let him as a beginning,

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And for his increasing perfection, Be joined to their company!

CHORUS OF BLESSED BOYS Happily we receive This man in chrysalis form; Thus we are assured He will become an angel. Free him of the tufts With which he is covered! He is already handsome and large With sanctified life. DOCTOR MARIANUS (in the loftiest, purest cell) Here the view is unobstructed, The spirit exalted. There women are passing by, Soaring upward; The Splendid One is in their midst With her wreath of stars, The Queen of Heaven – I see it by her gleaming. Highest Mistress of the World, Let me, in the blue Expanse of Heaven’s pavilion, Behold your secret! Grant that which earnestly And tenderly moves a man’s heart And with the delight born of holy love Transports it toward you. Indomitable is our courage When you nobly command; All at once the raging heat slackens As you give us peace. DOCTOR MARIANUS AND CHORUS Virgin, pure in the finest sense, Mother, worthy of honors, Chosen Queen over us, Equal to gods. (Mater Gloriosa appears in the sky) CHORUS You who can know no stain Nonetheless deign to allow Those who are easily led stray To approach you familiarly. Falling headlong into weakness, They are hard to save. Who, relying on his own strength, Can tear apart the chains of desire? How swiftly our foot slips On that smooth, sloping ground?

MULIER SAMARITANA (John 4) In memory of the well, to which once in the past Abram had caused the flocks to be led; In memory of the bucket that was allowed To touch the Savior’s lips with its coolness; In memory of the pure generous stream Which gushes from that spot And, superabundant, eternally bright, Flows through all worlds roundabout – MARIA AEGYPTIACA (Acts of the Saints) In memory of the immensely holy place Where the Lord was laid to rest; In memory of the arm that warningly Thrust me back from the entrance; In memory of the forty years’ penance To which I remained faithful in the deserts; In memory of the blessed words of farewell That I wrote in the sand – ALL THREE You, who do not deny your presence To women who have sinned greatly, And who augment the wages of penitence Into the infinite, Grant to this good soul, as well, Which forgot itself only once, Which was not aware it was doing wrong, Your forgiveness correspondingly! UNA POENITENTIUM (formerly called Gretchen, approaching closely) Unequaled one, Radiant one, Turn, turn Your face favorably upon my happiness! The man I loved in my youth,

THE BLESSED BOYS (approaching in a circular manner) His powerful body Is already growing taller than any of us; He will amply repay Our faithful care. We were removed at a tender age From the throngs of the living, But this man has studied And will give us instruction.

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MAGNA PECCATRIX (Luke 7:36) In memory of the love that at the feet Of your divinely transfigured Son Let tears flow along with the balm, Despite the Pharisee’s mockery; In memory of the vessel that so richly Dripped down myrrh; In memory of the tresses that so softly Dried the holy limbs –

The man no longer tarnished, Is coming back.

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CHORUS OF PENITENT WOMEN (and Una Poenitentium) You soar on the heights Of the everlasting realms; Hear their supplication, Unequaled one, Rich in grace!

UNA POENITANTIUM Surrounded by the noble choir of spirits, The new arrival is scarcely aware of himself; Scarcely perceiving the fresh life within him, He already resembles the holy troop. See how he breaks his way out of All earthly bonds of his old husk, And how from the ethereal garment The pristine strength of youth comes forth! Allow me to enlighten him: He is still dazzled by the new daylight! MATER GLORIOSA Come! Raise yourself to higher spheres; When he becomes aware of you, he will follow. DOCTOR MARIANUS (in prostrate worship) Lift your eyes to the gaze of salvation, All you repentant frail ones, So that in gratitude you can transform yourselves And attain a blessed destiny! Let all your nobler thoughts Be in readiness to serve you! Virgin, Mother, Queen, Goddess, be merciful! CHORUS MYSTICUS Everything perishable Is merely an image. The unfulfillable: Here it becomes actuality. The indescribable: Here it is performed. The eternal essence of womanhood Leads us aloft. Translations by Stanley Appelbaum. Copyright © 1989 Dover Publications, Inc. Reprinted, with permission, from Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in Full Score (Dover Publications, Inc. Minneola, N.Y.).

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MARINA SHAGUCH, soprano Russian soprano Marina Shaguch has received wide acclaim from audiences and critics throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. Her recent engagements include Soprano I in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Symphony, as well as a tour of Australia and New Zealand singing Soprano II. She returned to London for Rachmaninoff ’s The Bells at the Royal Festival Hall with Vladimir Ashkenazy. Additional engagements include concerts of the Verdi Requiem with the Kirov — her home company in St. Petersburg — and of Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Las Vegas Philharmonic for Music Director Harold Weller’s farewell. She also made a debut with the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D.C., in Britten’s War Requiem, and returned to New York City for the role of Donna Anna in Dargomizhsky’s The Stone Guest at Avery Fisher Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra. Born in Krasnodar in the former U.S.S.R., Shaguch is a graduate of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where she studied under Tamara Novichenko, one of Russia’s most famous teachers. She has recorded for the Philips, BMG, Conifer, Capriccio, Chandos, Octavia, Supraphon and Hänssler labels. ERIN WALL, soprano Erin Wall is one of today’s most versatile sopranos, with an extensive opera and concert repertoire. This past season saw her debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Clémence in L’Amour de Loin, and she performed the role of Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Concert appearances included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, Strauss’s Four Last Songs

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in Brazil, the Netherlands and Canada, as well as Soprano I in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Other engagements include returns to the Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in leading roles. In previous seasons, Wall has appeared as the Countess in Nozze di Figaro, and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Bavarian State Opera. She also appeared as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and she created the role of Cecilia in Bramwell Tovey’s new opera The Inventor with the Calgary Opera. Born to American parents in Calgary, Alberta, Wall holds music degrees from Western Washington University and Rice University. She also attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West. HANA PARK, soprano Having been recently profiled in Opera News, Korean soprano Hana Park is recognized as a fresh new talent on the rise. A 2010 National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, she recently sang Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Cincinnati May Festival, and she returned to Wolf Trap to sing the title role in Mozart’s Zaide. Other recent engagements include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Louisville Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Handel Oratorio Society at Augustana College, and an appearance in the rarely seen Cavalli opera Eliogabalo with Gotham Chamber Opera in New York. In the summer of 2009, she performed the roles of Mimi in La bohème and Amor in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria at Wolf Trap Opera. She was also heard as the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s May Festival, conducted by James Conlon. A native of Seoul, South Korea, and a graduate of Seoul National University, Park has performed the roles of Violetta in La traviata and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte in Seoul. She

KELLY O’CONNOR, mezzo-soprano Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, GRAMMY® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged as one of the

ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY, tenor Four-time GRAMMY®winning American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages around the world. His beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, his gift of dramatic interpretation and his superb musicianship have earned him praise from critics and audiences alike. Griffey has performed leading roles at opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston

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NANCY MAULTSBY, alto Nancy Maultsby’s unique vocal timbre and insightful musicianship allow her to pursue a wide repertoire. She regularly performs the major heroines of 19thcentury French, Italian and German opera and the great symphonic works. In the 2011/12 season, she made a role debut as Azucena in Verdi’s Il Trovatore at Opera Colorado, directed by Tara Faircloth and conducted by Oleg Caetani. Other highlights included a return to the Atlanta Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conducted by Robert Spano, and to the Seattle Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Nancy Maultsby’s operatic career has included a wide range of roles in some of the world’s most prestigious houses, including Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Her collaborations include performances under Zubin Mehta, Alan Gilbert, Pierre Boulez and many others. Maultsby is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, where she studied with Lindsey Christiansen, and was a graduate student at Indiana University School of Music, where she studied with Margaret Harshaw. She is an alumna of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Center for American Artists.

most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2011/12 season, the California native’s impressive calendar included the world premiere of a new oratorio by John Adams, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, commissioned and performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. O’Connor also brought “her smoky sound and riveting stage presence” (The New York Times) to performances as Ursule in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict with Opera Boston, and to her signature role as Federico García Lorca in a Peter Sellars staging of Golijov’s Ainadamar at Teatro Real in Madrid. In June 2011 the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra released a recording of Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs featuring O’Connor. This work has highlighted her prominence as one of the world’s leading concert artists in two significant European debuts: performances with David Zinman and the Berliner Philharmoniker, as well as with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Additionally, the work served her Carnegie Hall debut in a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. O’Connor has received international acclaim for her numerous performances in Ainadamar. She created the role of Lorca for the world premiere at Tanglewood under the baton of Robert Spano and subsequently has joined Miguel Harth-Bedoya for performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall.

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Grand Opera, Glyndebourne, the Opera National de Paris and the Teatro Comunale di Firenze. He is a regular guest of orchestras including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, Glasgow, Amsterdam and Melbourne, and popular festivals including Tanglewood and the Proms in London. In 2011/12, Griffey made his role debut in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia as the Male Chorus at Houston Grand Opera, and as Flute in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Italy, another role debut. Other highlights included Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with Orquesta Nacional de España in Madrid, Britten’s War Requiem with Eugene Concert Choir in Oregon, and an appearance with Music for a Great Space in Greensboro, North Carolina, with pianist Warren Jones. Griffey holds degrees from Wingate University, the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School, and he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Program. He is also Professor of the Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. QUINN KELSEY, baritone Baritone Quinn Kelsey is in demand for the Verdi, Puccini and French repertoires in houses such as the Metropolitan and San Francisco Operas, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Zurich Opera and the Frankfurt Opera. He began the 11/12 season making his Toronto debut at the Canadian Opera Company in title role of Rigoletto, followed later in the season by another debut in Canada: Amonasro in Aida with the Vancouver Opera. He also made two house debuts in Germany, first at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and later as Luna in Il Trovatore in Dresden. In concert, Kelsey has performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Duruflé’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Rutter’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Mass in C with major orchestral and choral organizations throughout Hawaii, including the Honolulu Symphony and 28

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the Maui Symphony, as well as the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Chicago Children’s Choir. Kelsey first performed with Hawaii Opera Theater as a teenage chorus member and has since returned as a principal artist, appearing most recently as Marcello in La Bohème. Most recently, he won a Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant (after winning a Sarah Tucker Study Grant) and was a finalist of the 2004 Placido Domingo Operalia Competition. Born and raised in Honolulu, Kelsey received his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa under John W. Mount. RAYMOND ACETO, bass Bass Raymond Aceto has established an important presence among the world’s leading opera companies and symphony orchestras. He began 2011/12 season with returns to San Francisco Opera as Timur in Turandot and Lyric Opera of Chicago as Varlam in Boris Godunov and Ramfis in Aida. He was also seen as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with Dallas Opera and as Scarpia in Tosca for his return to the Santa Fe Opera. Highlights of his concert appearances have included performances of Verdi’s Requiem with The Cleveland Orchestra and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Aceto has appeared frequently with the Metropolitan Opera, most recently as Zaccaria in Nabucco, the King of Egypt in Aida and the Commendatore in Don Giovanni. His debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago was as the High Priest in Nabucco, and he has since appeared with that company multiple times. He made his debut with San Francisco Opera as Monterone in Rigoletto. He appears regularly with Houston Grand Opera, frequently with Dallas Opera and has also appeared in leading roles with the opera companies of Seattle, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, as well as the opera festivals in St. Louis and Spoleto (USA). A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artist’s Development Program, the Ohioborn bass has appeared frequently with the

company since his debut as the Jailer in Tosca during the 1992/93 season. In 1995 and 1996, he was awarded Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grants, and in 1994 he was a recipient of a Sullivan Foundation Award.

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Janelle Waggener Sarah Warner Debra Waters Kathryn Whitaker Amy Wirdzek Sylvia Wynn Becky Young

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Carol Armes Barbara Arrowsmith Ashley Nation Bassel Jennifer Beck Sarah Boone Gretchen Brecht Rachel Burkey Mary Callahan Allison Campbell Lyn Camping Cathi Carmack+ Kelly Christie Teresa C. Cissell Courtney Clark Lisa Cooper+ Jaci Cordell Karen Crow Beth Cyrus Janet Keese Davies+ Carla M. Davis Leriel Davis June Dye Susan Fouche Shanon Harris Freeman Emily Gaskill Elizabeth Gilliam+ Judith Griffin Stephanie Griffith Leah Handelsman* Rachel Hansbury Marah Harrington* Sallie Hart Heidi Herzog Gay Hollins-Wiggins Julia Johnson Younghee Kim Jessica Laven Janice Lewis Penny Lueckenhoff Amanda Mark Aynsley Martindale Shelly McCormack Sarah Miller Karen R. Mitchell Diana Neely Lauren Ramey Pamela Raney Stacy Reed Gerda Resch Debbie Reyland Emily Rich Nancy Roberts Stephanie Robinson Ursula Roden Gretchen Roth Carmen Sanders

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Matthew Clark Justin Combs Carl Denney Kenton Dickerson Kyle Duckworth Patrick Dunnevant Andrew DuPerrieu Scott Edwards Justin Fitch David Floyd Gabe Ford John Ford James Harrington Richard Hatfield Charles Heimermann Kentaro Hirama Michael W. Hopfe+ Stanley Jenkins Carl Johnson Clinton Anthony Johnson Adam Ketron Gary King Matt Landman Dwight Lanham Joshua Alan Lindsay Christopher Loftin William B. Loyd+ Steven Luboniecki Bob MacKendree Don Marshall Matt McDonald Ben McKeown Mathew McNeill Bruce Meriwether Andrew Miller Stephen A. Mitchell Christopher Mixon Lance Morrow Cody Muller Dwayne Murray Darryl Pace Steve Prichard J. Paul Roark Fred Rowles Matthew Smedberg Larry Strachan* Chad Stuible David B. Thomas* Mark Voyles Edwin M. Walker Brian Warford David Webb David Binns Williams John Williams Karl Wingruber Eric Wiuff Cory Howell,

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Roberto Sierra Carnaval Gargoyles Sphinxes Unicorns Dragons The Phoenix

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ROB ERTO SIE R R A Born on October 9, 1953, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico; currently resides in Ithaca, New York

melodies and rhythms in a feast of colorful orchestration that includes references to Schumann and Latin dance.

Carnaval Roberto Sierra composed Carnaval in 2007 on a commission from the Magnum Opus Project (Kathryn Gould, Founding Patron and Commissioner). A suite of orchestral character pieces inspired by a menagerie of mythical creatures, Carnaval serves up vibrant

First performance: April 8, 2008, in Oakland, California, with Michael Morgan leading the Oakland East Bay Symphony. These performances are the first by the Nashville Symphony. Estimated length: 18 minutes

he two contemporary composers whose music fills the first half of our program have become recognizable voices for Nashville Symphony audiences, thanks to Giancarlo Guerrero’s inventive programming, which combines new works with familiar repertory. Classical music has always involved a dialogue between living artists and tradition, so it’s especially fitting that the two new pieces we hear (which are being recorded for future release) make explicit reference to the creative vision of the same composer, the early Romantic master Robert Schumann (1810-1856). The prolific, Puerto Rican-born composer Roberto Sierra has developed his signature style by infusing classical forms and genres with Latin American idioms — a strategy he refers to as “tropicalization.” For Sierra, expressing his Puerto Rican identity means resisting homogenization. “I’m trying to express myself with my own peculiar accent,” he points out. “Even when I look at the Western tradition, it will be filtered through my own tradition and experience.” This perspective offers insight into the way Sierra’s music engages in a lively conversation with the past. His compositions travel widely across both geography and time, from the “Baroque musings” of Fandangos to the Romantic fantasy of Schumann’s character pieces for piano, which are one source of inspiration for Carnaval. Sierra, who relocated to the United States in 1989, recalls that his sense of identity as a composer involved a process of rediscovery while he was studying abroad. He taught himself piano until the age of 15 and then, at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, shifted his focus to composition. A sojourn

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Carnaval is cast in five brief movements. The atmosphere changes dramatically from one to the next, though the hint of Latin flavor in the energetically charged first piece (Gargoyles) becomes exuberantly explicit in the final one (The Phoenix), creating a unified framework for the whole suite. For all Sierra’s busy textures, note how cleanly he orchestrates so that the ear easily picks out the work of, say, the hyperactive trumpets, even as multiple events transpire in the woodwinds and percussion. The music shifts to a slow, mysterious, slightly exotic mood for Sphinxes. Here Sierra uses the thematic material, also called Sphinxes, that Schumann published as a brief, unnumbered section of his Carnaval. This material encodes references with particular significance for Schumann, but he did not intend it to be played in actual performances of the work. Toward the end, the movement speeds up to incorporate Sierra’s dazzling, almost surreal orchestration of the prestissimo Papillons (No. 9 of Schumann’s Carnaval). In the expansive and expressive Unicorns, Sierra touches on the wonder of imagination unjaded by “realism,” and in Dragons he explores the darker, more violent aspects of these ageless archetypes. The Phoenix then leaps to life anew, bringing a festive, bright C major

conclusion to the work, and emphasizing the vitality of dance. The composer has provided his own commentary on Carnaval: “The five movements of Carnaval draw their inspiration from mythical creatures. Gargoyles depicts those strange stone figures that are perched atop many ancient buildings. Their strange, fascinating and grotesque appearance translates into evanescent musical gestures — sometimes menacing, sometimes mysterious. Sphinxes is built on a passacaglia bass derived from the enigmatic “sphinxes motive” that appears in Schumann’s Carnaval…. The passacaglia builds up to a climax, at which point the music resolves the enigma: Schumann’s Papillons (“Butterflies”) makes an appearance to end in a cry of despair. Unicorns is a meditation on the serenity and majestic beauty of the mythical creature, as depicted in The Lady and the Unicorn medieval tapestries. Dragons breathes fire, and out of the ashes they leave behind The Phoenix emerges in a glorious Latin dance. Carnaval is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, a large percussion section, harp, piano (doubling celesta) and strings.

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in Europe led him to continue studies in London, the Netherlands and Hamburg, where he took lessons with György Ligeti, one of the most remarkable of the adventurous composers who emerged in postwar Europe. It was Ligeti who encouraged Sierra to stay true to his roots. At the same time, he has discovered potential still to be harvested from the traditional genres pioneered by Classical and Romantic composers. Symphonies, concertos and large-scale choral works figure prominently in Sierra’s catalogue. In the case of Carnaval, he turned to the beloved collection of 20 solo piano pieces that Schumann wrote in the 1830s, also titled Carnaval (Op. 9). Schumann’s series sketches a motley collection of characters assembled at a masquerade ball during the pre-Lenten Carnival celebrations. The composer incorporates secret musical codes (notes that “spell” names and places) to hint at the identities of real people hidden beneath the masks, including Schumann himself. For his own Carnaval, Sierra focuses on a sequence of fantastic, mythical beasts and creatures, endowing each with a highly distinctive character through ingenious orchestration, thus indirectly recalling another famous “musical menagerie”: The Carnival of the Animals suite by Camille Saint-Saëns. Like Schumann, Sierra has drawn on a wealth of personal associations, ranging from childhood memories to architecture and painting, to generate musical images. Meanwhile, he alludes to the longstanding tradition of musical codes — a tradition practiced by composers across history, including Schumann, J.S. Bach, Elgar in his Enigma Variations, or Shostakovich in his string quartets.

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Born on January 28, 1956, in New York City, where he currently resides A Woman’s Life

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Danielpour composed A Woman’s Life, which was commissioned jointly by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, in the summer of 2007. The song cycle is dedicated to Angela Brown, for whom it was written. In A Woman’s Life the composer echoes

ichard Danielpour has developed a distinctive voice by rethinking Romanticism and other musical languages of the past from a contemporary perspective. He casts his net wide, drawing on diverse sources from the European tradition, including Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. American forerunners such as Copland, Gershwin, Barber and Bernstein likewise figure noticeably in Danielpour’s musical imagination, as does the world of jazz. Born to parents of Iranian-Jewish heritage, Danielpour grew up in southern Florida and taught himself to play piano at the age of 12. He initially imagined a performance career as a pianist, and still performs professionally, but decided to turn his attention to composition when he realized that writing new pieces was a natural expression of his musicality. He studied at the New England Conservatory and at The Juilliard School, and later became a sought-after composition teacher himself. He currently serves on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the Curtis Institute. Danielpour’s oeuvre includes many

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the eloquence of Mahler’s orchestral songs while adopting blues and other American idioms to depict the forthright emotions of the seven Maya Angelou poems he sets. First performance: October 16, 2009, with soprano Angela Brown and Leonard Slatkin conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. These performances are the first by the Nashville Symphony. Estimated length: 25 minutes

orchestral, choral and chamber compositions. Over recent seasons, the Nashville Symphony has performed the world premiere of his symphony Darkness in the Ancient Valley, as well as the Mozart-inspired Lacrimae Beati for string orchestra. The composer once remarked that much of his earlier music reveals “an opera composer in disguise” who found inspiration in the “hidden plot” provided by poetic texts, and even by his dreams. Danielpour earned particular acclaim when he went on to compose his first opera, Margaret Garner, which sets a libretto by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison based on the true story of an escaped slave. For the world premiere production at Michigan Opera in 2005, soprano Angela Brown created the role of Cilla, the mother of Margaret Garner’s husband. Danielpour recalls that he was “consistently impressed by her artistry and power onstage” and by “her graciousness and deep compassion for all of her colleagues.” This collaboration led to the desire to write a song cycle for Brown, who suggested turning to the poetry of Maya Angelou for the texts.

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In addition to solo soprano, A Woman’s Life is scored for 3 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), piano (doubling celesta), harp and strings.

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One implied reference that lies behind A Woman’s Life is Frauenliebe und -leben (A Woman’s Love and Life), Op. 42, a cycle of eight songs composed by Schumann in 1840. Written for piano and voice, Schumann’s narrative arc traces the emotional lifespan of its protagonist through first love, marriage and loss. While the words Schumann set were written by a male poet, Adelbert von Chamisso, the seven Maya Angelou poems comprising Danielpour’s cycle convey a genuinely female point of view. The composer takes great care to remain faithful to the emotional core of each of these texts, which more elusively portray the course of a sensitive woman’s life: from childhood memories to sexual awakening and fantasies of coupled bliss, followed by reflections when “the golden days are through” and epiphanies on the meaning of what has been lived. Danielpour uses sparing, resonant gestures from his orchestra and gives special presence to the vocal line, which encompasses both the natural rhythms of conversation and full-on, soaring melody. (The score advises that the solo voice “should be amplified discreetly.”) “Little Girl Speakings,” which is framed by graceful orchestral commentary, captures the sense of remembered innocence that’s crucial to the poem’s effect. Aggressively driven rhythms in “Life Doesn’t

Frighten Me” accompany the undaunted bravado of first encounters with the world, followed by another stark contrast in “They Went Home.” Danielpour juxtaposes the blues idiom with a poignant pentatonic melody to uncover the protagonist’s understated, elliptical vulnerability. A tougher side is played up in the raucous, vamping “Come and Be My Baby.” The score notes that “Let’s Majeste” should be played “in the manner of a procession,” though the regal fantasy here carries a distinctly American flavor. With its haunting vibraphone and harp accompaniment, “My Life Has Turned to Blue” marks an emotional turning point in the cycle. Danielpour evokes a Mahlerian eloquence and precision of feeling here, as well as in the concluding “Many and More.” With remarkable economy, Angelou depicts in this final poem the mingled sadness and hope that comprise life’s memories and to which music is so supremely well-attuned.

T E X T F OR ‘A WOMA N ’S LIF E ’ By Maya Angelou LITTLE GIRL SPEAKINGS Ain’t nobody better’n my Daddy, you keep yo’ quauter, I ain’t yo’ daughter. Ain’t nobody better’n my Daddy. Ain’t nothing prettier’n my dollie, heard what I said don’t pat her head, Ain’t nothing prettier’n my dollie. No lady cookinger than my Mommy, smell that pie, see I don’t lie, No lady cookinger than my Mommy.

LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn’t frighten me at all. Mean old Mother Goose Lions on the loose They don’t frighten me at all Dragons breathing flame On my counterpane That doesn’t frighten me at all. I go boo Make them shoo I make fun Way they run I won’t cry So they fly I just smile They go wild Life doesn’t frighten me at all. Tough guys fight All alone at night Life doesn’t frighten me at all. Panthers in the park Strangers in the dark No, they don’t frighten me at all. That new classroom where Boys all pull my hair (Kissy little girls With their hair in curls)

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They don’t frighten me at all. Don’t show me frogs and snakes And listen for my scream, If I’m afraid at all It’s only in my dreams. I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe. Life doesn’t frighten me at all Not at all Not at all. Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

THEY WENT HOME They went home and told their wives, that never once in all their lives, had they known a girl like me, But... They went home. They said my house was licking clean, no word I spoke was ever mean, I had an air of mystery, But... They went home. My praises were on all men’s lips, they liked my smile, my wit, my hips, they’d spend one night, or two or three. But...

COME AND BE MY BABY The highway is full of big cars going nowhere fast And folks is smoking anything that’ll burn Some people wrap their lives around a cocktail glass And you sit wondering where you’re going to turn I got it. Come. And be my baby. Some prophets say the world is gonna end tomorrow But others say we’ve got a week or two

The paper is full of every kind of blooming horror And you sit wondering What you’re gonna do. I got it. Come. And be my baby.

LET’S MAJESTE I sit a throne upon the times when Kings are rare and Consorts slide into the grease of scullery maids. So gaily wave a crown of light (astride the royal chair) that blinds the commoners who genuflect and cross their fingers. The years will lie beside me on the queenly bed. And coupled we’ll await the ages’ dust to cake my lids again. And when the rousing kiss is given, why must it always be a fairy, and only just a Prince?

MY LIFE HAS TURNED TO BLUE Our summer’s gone, the golden days are through. The rosy dawns I used to wake with you have turned to gray, my life has turned to blue. The once-green lawns glisten now with dew. Red robin’s gone, down to the South he flew. Left here alone, my life has turned to blue. I’ve heard the news that winter too will pass, that spring’s a sign that summer’s due at last. But until I see you lying in green grass, my life has turned to blue.

MANY AND MORE There are many and more who would kiss my hand, taste my lips, to my loneliness lend their bodies’ warmth. I have want of a friend. There are few, some few, who would give their names and fortunes rich or send their first sons to my ailing bed. I have need of a friend. There is one and only one who will give the air from his failing lungs for my body’s mend. And that one is my love.

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Born on April 1, 1873, in Semyonovo, Russia; died on March 28, 1943, in Beverly Hills, California

is filled with inventive ideas and orchestration that reveal Rachmaninoff’s gifts as a composer.

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

First performance: November 28, 1909, in New York, with the composer as the soloist and Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony. First Nashville Symphony performance: April 8, 1952, with Music Director Guy Taylor and soloist Joseph Battista. Estimated length: 40 minutes

Rachmaninoff composed the Piano Concerto No. 3 in 1909 for his own use as a pianist touring America. The best known of his four piano concertos, its reputation as a diabolically challenging virtuoso showpiece is only part of the story. “Rach 3”

longside his reputation as a composer who carried the torch of late Romanticism into the 20th century, Sergei Rachmaninoff is also known as a superstar of the golden age of pianists at the dawn of the recorded music era. According to Arthur Rubinstein, he had “the secret of the golden, living tone which comes from the heart and which is inimitable.” Yet it was relatively late in his career, when revolution forced him to leave Russia and settle in the United States, that Rachmaninoff reinvented himself as a full-time international concert pianist. His compositional output dwindled in those final decades. In his earlier Russian period, Rachmaninoff worked variously as a composer and conductor, and as a piano virtuoso with a repertory largely drawn from his own compositions. In 1909, he embarked on his first North American tour, alternating conducting engagements with performances as a soloist. For this occasion he wrote the Third Piano Concerto. The tour induced a fearsome bout of homesick melancholy while he was away from his native Russia — a harbinger of the separation anxiety he would suffer permanently come the Revolution. Rachmaninoff was, of course, featured as the soloist for the world premiere, and the work received further attention when no less a figure than Gustav Mahler — who was also reinventing himself as a musical force in the New World at the time — agreed to conduct its second performance. Even though Rachmaninoff intended the Third Piano Concerto to present a vivid portrait of his skill as both a performer and a composer, the work is often mistakenly perceived as little more than a virtuoso vehicle for its soloist. Some aficionados keep tabs on every interpretation available on disc, making intricately detailed comparisons of how Pianist X stands up to Pianists Y and Z. Much of this has to do with the mythology that has sprung up around the Concerto, depicting it as a battlefield mined with diabolical technical difficulties. Curiously, the composer himself found the Third “more comfortable” to play than its nearly as famous predecessor, the Second Piano Concerto. And while there’s no denying that “Rach 3” poses immense challenges, there’s much more to enjoy here than keyboard fireworks.

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In addition to solo piano, the score calls for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals and strings. — Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator

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The opening theme — a chant-like D minor encompassing a narrow range, faintly reminiscent of Russian liturgy — is the essence of simplicity and directness. The gentle introductory measures also evince the sensitive coloring of Rachmaninoff ’s orchestration. Intending to display not just his pianism but his full prowess as a composer, Rachmaninoff makes the ensemble an integral player in his musical argument rather than mere background accompaniment. The opening melody, which Rachmaninoff once claimed “simply wrote itself,” unspools to an unexpected length. Its leisurely ambling carries little hint of the dramatic contrasts that will eventually spring forth. Rachmaninoff ’s elaborate heralding of a rapturous second theme, marked by mini cadenzas and changes in tempo, signals that the first movement will be expansive. When the opening melody then returns, a subtle flattening of one note within its pattern triggers the development proper, where Rachmaninoff exploits the symphonic potential buried in his theme. A whole spectrum of music-making is entrusted to the keyboard, from lines that spin in lucid counterpoint to the massively tolling chords of the soloist’s gigantic cadenza. The cadenza is another example of Rachmaninoff tailoring his pianistic showmanship to larger compositional ambitions. It forms a structural bulwark rather than interrupting the momentum with a non sequitur of preening display. (This is so even in the flashier alternate cadenza the composer also furnished.) The coda arrives at a surprisingly anti-climactic ending, the piano trailing off like a candle suddenly snuffed. The slow movement, titled Intermezzo, proceeds as a set of variations on the melody announced by the oboe shortly after the

beginning. But this music turns out to be much more substantial than the lightweight moniker “intermezzo” might suggest. Here we encounter the elegiac Rachmaninoff, sneaking the sensibility of his beloved Tchaikovsky into a new century. The pianist waits in the wings for a spell (one of the few “offstage” moments allowed during the whole Concerto), then enters to steer the music’s mood of self-absorbed pathos into new territory. One of the variations, for example, spins into a little waltz in which the opening theme of the concerto reappears, albeit it in different guise. When the elegiac music of the opening returns, the soloist disrupts the mood with a swaggering outburst. It slaps the ensemble back to its senses and leads without pause into the finale. Rachmaninoff crowds multiple ideas into this last movement, from the quasi-martial bravado of the first theme to the stuttering chords that begin the lyrical flight of the second. The latter descends to rest on a chord, introducing a marvelous musical parenthesis in which a series of variations mixes with the first two themes of the opening movement. The recapitulation gets back on track with a parade of earlier themes, shining a light on musical relationships that were previously implicit or subliminal. Rachmaninoff ’s pianistic persona is given freer rein until he seals the Concerto with a strongly rhythmic stamp — long-short-short-long — often perceived as a signature code.

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ANGELA BROWN, soprano With sheer vocal power, luxurious finesse, shimmering pianissimos and a charming stage presence, Angela Brown personifies the ideal American dramatic soprano. Her highly successful Metropolitan Opera debut in 2004 garnered extensive media attention, with reviews and feature stories in The New York Times, Essence Magazine, Reader’s Digest and Psychology Today. Brown’s engagements last season included Aida with Hamburg State Opera, Tosca with Pittsburgh Opera, and Porgy and Bess with Leipzig Radio Orchestra and Moscow Symphony Orchestra. She performed Christmas concerts with Carmel Symphony and had residencies and recitals at Skidmore College, Opera Birmingham, Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, Walker Theatre in Indianapolis and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. In 2009/10, Brown returned to her hometown for the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos with Indianapolis Opera. She also made her debut with Hamburg Opera and Vienna State Opera as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera. She sang Verdi Requiem with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the role of Serena in New Jersey State Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess. Brown is a trailblazer on a mission to bring operatic and classical vocal performance to a diverse audience. Her recital program titled “Opera… from a Sistah’s Point of View” dispels the myths of opera through lively commentary, show-stopping arias, poignant art songs and moving spirituals. A noted interpreter of AfricanAmerican spirituals, Brown produced Mosaic, a collaborative recording that features spirituals accompanied by guitar and piano. Brown received her Bachelor of Music degree in voice from Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, where she studied with Ginger Beazley. She attended the Indiana University School of Music as a student in the studio of Virginia Zeani.

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OLGA KERN, piano Now recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists, Olga Kern began her career one decade ago with her gold-medal performance at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001. Her second catapulting triumph came in New York City on May 4, 2004, with a highly acclaimed New York City recital debut at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. In an unprecedented turn of events, she gave a second recital eight days later in Isaac Stern Auditorium at the invitation of Carnegie Hall. With her vivid stage presence, passionately confident musicianship and extraordinary technique, the striking young Russian pianist continues to captivate fans and critics alike. In the 2012/13 season, she will perform with the symphonies of Pittsburgh, Detroit and San Diego, and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. She will also perform recital programs in St. Louis, Dallas, Scottsdale and Thomasville, Georgia. Born into a family of musicians with direct links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, Kern began studying piano at the age of 5. Winner of the first Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition when she was 17, she is a laureate of 11 international competitions and has toured throughout her native Russia, Europe and the United States, as well as in Japan, South Africa and South Korea. The recipient of an honorary scholarship from the President of Russia in 1996, she is a member of Russia’s International Academy of Arts. She began her formal training with Evgeny Timakin at the Moscow Central School and continued with Professor Sergei Dorensky at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Kern’s complete discography is on Harmonia Mundi and includes a 2010 release of Chopin Piano Sonatas No. 2 and 3. She was also featured in the award-winning documentary about the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing on the Edge.

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GIANCARLO GUERRERO responsible for the orchestra’s education and community programs in the Miami-Dade area. Internationally, highlights of Guerrero’s 2011/12 season included his first European tour with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, concerts with the Slovenian and Strasbourg Philharmonics, the BBC Scottish and BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestras, and a return to the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra. He now returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s much-lauded El Sistema music education program. In recent seasons he has appeared with many of the major North American orchestras, including ow in his fourth season as Music Director of the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, continues to flourish with the orchestra. A Milwaukee, Philadelphia, San Diego, Seattle, fervent advocate of new music and contemporary Toronto, Vancouver and the National Symphony in composers, he has collaborated with and championed the works of several of America’s most Washington, D.C. He has also appeared at several major summer festivals, including the Los Angeles respected composers, including John Adams, John Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The Cleveland Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival, and Indiana Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Daugherty and Roberto University’s summer orchestra festival. He is also Sierra. His first recording with the Nashville establishing an increasingly visible profile in Europe, Symphony, on Naxos, of Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deux Ex Machina, won three where his recent engagements have included return 2011 GRAMMY® Awards, including the category of appearances with Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Orchestra and a U.K. debut at the Royal Scottish National Best Orchestral Performance. In February 2012, he and percussionist Christopher Lamb were awarded Orchestra. Equally at home in opera, Guerrero has worked the GRAMMY® for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, for their recording of Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto regularly with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and has conducted new productions of Carmen, La for Percussion, recorded with the Nashville bohème and Rigoletto. In February 2008, he gave the Symphony on Naxos. During the 2011/12 season, Guerrero presented Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival to great several world premieres with the Nashville acclaim. Symphony, including a new work by Richard In June 2004, Guerrero was awarded the Helen Danielpour, a banjo concerto by Béla Fleck and a M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony concerto for electric violin by Terry Riley, which Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding the NSO brought to Carnegie Hall as part of the achievement among young conductors nationwide. Spring For Music Festival. This season, Guerrero Guerrero holds degrees from Baylor and and the Nashville Symphony will record works by Northwestern universities. He was formerly the Danielpour, Roberto Sierra and Stephen Paulus for music director of the Eugene Symphony (2001future release. 2008); associate conductor of the Minnesota In autumn 2011, Guerrero began his new Orchestra (1999-2004), where he made his appointment as Principal Guest Conductor of The subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. With The premiere of John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria on the Cleveland Orchestra, where he first appeared in Ghosts of Versailles; and music director of the Táchira May 2006, has conducted subscription concerts Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. in both Severance Hall and for Miami Residency performances at the Arsht Center. He is also

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lbert-George Schram, a native of the Netherlands, has served as Resident Conductor of the Nashville Symphony since 2006. While he has conducted on all series the orchestra offers, Schram is primarily responsible for its Bank of America Pops Series. Schram’s longest tenure has been with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, where he has worked in a variety of capacities since 1979. As a regular guest conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Schram in 2002 opened the orchestra’s new permanent summer home, Symphony Park. From 1990 to 1996, he served as resident conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. The former Florida Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Schram as resident conductor beginning with the 2002/03 season. In 2008 Schram was invited to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Bolivia and the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. His other foreign conducting engagements have included the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Taegu Symphony Orchestra in Korea, and the Orchester der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Luzern in Switzerland. He has returned to his native Holland to conduct the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Netherlands Broadcast Orchestra. In the U.S., his recent and coming guest conducting appearances include the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Shreveport Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Allentown Symphony and the Mansfield Symphony. Schram’s studies have been largely in the European tradition under the tutelage of Franco Ferrara, Rafael Kubelik, Abraham Kaplan and Neeme Järvi. He received his initial training at the Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands, then later moved to Canada to undertake studies at the universities of Calgary and Victoria. His training was completed at the University of Washington.

he 2012/13 season marks Associate Conductor Kelly Corcoran’s sixth season with the Nashville Symphony. During this time, she has conducted a variety of programs, including the Classical and Pops Series, and has served as the primary conductor for the orchestra’s education and community engagement concerts. She made her Carnegie Hall conducting debut in May 2012 with the Nashville Symphony during the Spring For Music Festival. This season she is also the Acting Director for the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Corcoran appears this season with The Cleveland Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Louisville Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony and as a Music Director candidate with the Topeka Symphony and FargoMoorhead Symphony. She has conducted major orchestras throughout the country, including the Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee and National Symphonies, often with return engagements. In 2009, she made her South American debut as a guest conductor with the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina, returning for multiple subscription programs in 2011. Named as Honorable Mention for the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, Corcoran studied with Marin Alsop and shared performances with her and the Bournemouth (UK) Symphony and Colorado Symphony. Prior to Nashville, she completed three seasons as assistant conductor for the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and music director of the Canton Youth Symphony and the Cleveland-area Heights Chamber Orchestra. Corcoran attended the Lucerne Festival’s master class in conducting with Pierre Boulez. In 2004, Corcoran participated in the National Conducting Institute, where she studied with Leonard Slatkin. Her past posts include assistant music director of the Nashville Opera, founder/music director of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra and fellow with the New World Symphony. Originally from Massachusetts and a member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for more than 10 years, Corcoran received her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from The Boston Conservatory and her Master of Music in instrumental conducting from Indiana University.

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Assistant Principal

Preston Bailey,

Acting Assistant Principal

TROMBONES

Susan K. Smith,

Acting Principal

Prentiss Hobbs,

Acting Assistant Principal

BASS TROMBONE

Steven Brown TUBA

Gilbert Long, Principal

TIMPANI

William G. Wiggins, Principal

PERCUSSION

Sam Bacco, Principal

Trent Leasure

E-FLAT CLARINET

Anthony LaMarchina,

Acting Assistant 1st Horn

CLARINETS

Judith Ablon

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Hunter Sholar Jennifer Kummer,

Richard Graber,

Daniel Lochrie

Hari Bernstein Bruce Christensen Michelle Lackey Collins Christopher Farrell Mary Helen Law Melinda Whitley Clare Yang

Acting Associate Principal/ 3rd Horn

Roger Wiesmeyer

Shu-Zheng Yang,

Assistant Principal

Radu V. Rusu,

Gil Perel

HORNS

Leslie Norton, Principal

Beth Beeson

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photos by Jackson DeParis

Gerald C. Greer,

Christopher Stenstrom Keith Nicholas Xiao-Fan Zhang

Assistant Principal

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Licia Jaskunas, Principal

KEYBOARD

Robert Marler, Principal

LIBRARIANS

D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal

Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGERS

Anne Dickson Rogers Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant

*Section seating revolves +Leave of Absence ++Replacement/Extra

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2012/13 BOARD BoARD OF of DIRECTORS DiREcToRS

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DIRECTORS DiREcToRS

Edward A. Goodrich Board Chair

Janet Ayers Janet Ayers III John Bailey John Bailey III Joseph Barker Joseph Barker Scott Becker Scott David Becker Black David James Black Boles James Boles Jr. Jack Bovender Jack Bovender William BraddyJr. Anastasia Brown Ann KeithCarell Churchwell Keith Sarah Churchwell Clark * Sarah Clark * * Rebecca Cole Rebecca * * Michelle Cole R. Collins Michelle R. Collins * Lisa Cooper * Lisa Cooper * Ben Cundiff Ben CarolCundiff Daniels Carol RobertDaniels Dennis The Honorable Robert Ezrin Karl F. Dean Folds * Benjamin Robert Dennis Judy Foster Robert Ezrin James Gooch Benjamin Folds * Alison Gooding Judy Amy Foster Grant James Gooch Carl Haley Jr. Alison Gooding *

James Seabury III Board Chair Elect Kevin Crumbo Board Treasurer Betsy Wills * Board Secretary Alan D. Valentine * President & CEO

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Amy Grant Michael W. Hayes Carl Jr. Billy Haley Ray Hearn Michael Hayes C. Keith Herron Billy RayIngram Hearn Lee Ann C. Keith R.Herron Martha Ingram * Lee Ann Ingram Elliott Warner Jones Sr. Martha R. Ingram * Larry Larkin Elliott Warner Jones Sr. Fred Lazenby Larry Larkin * John Lewis Fred Lazenby Robert A. McCabe Jr. John Lewis Richard Miller Robert McCabe Jr. EduardoA.Minardi Richard Miller David Morgan Eduardo Minardi Peter Neff David Morgan Cano Ozgener Peter Neff Victoria Chu Pao Cano Ozgener Pam Pfeffer Victoria DeborahPao Pitts Pam Pfeffer Jennifer H. Puryear Deborah Pitts Jesse Register Jennifer H. Puryear Wayne Riley Jesse Anne Register Russell Wayne MichaelRiley Samis * Anne Russell Michael Schatzlein Michael Samis *

Michael Schatzlein Nelson Shields Nelson BeverlyShields K. Small Beverly K. Small Renata Soto Renata Soto Brett Sweet Brett Sweet Van Tucker Van SteveTucker Turner Steve Turner Mark Wait Mark JefferyWait Walraven Jeffery Johnna Walraven Watson Johnna Watson Ted Houston Welch Ted Houston William GreerWelch William Greer Wiggins * Wiggins * II David Williams Jeremy WilliamsJr.* * Harry Williams Harry JeremyWilliams WilliamsJr.* * David Williams Rebecca Willie *II Rebecca Willie Clare Yang * * Clare * * DonnaYang Yurdin Donna Shirley Yurdin Zeitlin * Shirley Zeitlin James Zimmermann * James Zimmermann * *Indicates Ex Officio *Indicates Ex Officio

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION Emma Smyth, Manager of Artistic Administration Valerie Nelson, Manager of Pops & Special Programs Ellen Kasperek, Artistic Administration Assistant Andrew Risinger, Organ Curator

HUMAN RESOURCES Ashley Skinner, Director of Human Resources Kathleen McCracken, Volunteer Manager and League Liaison Martha Bryant, Receptionist and Human Resources Assistant

BOX OFFICE/TICKETING Kimberly Darlington, Director of Ticket Services Emily Shannon, Box Office Manager Tina Messer, Ticket Services Specialist Missy Hubner, Ticket Services Assistant COMMUNICATIONS Jonathan Marx, Sr. Director of Communications Laurie Davis, Publicist Nancy VanReece, Social Media Strategist and Website Manager Jessi Menish, Graphic Designer DATA STANDARDS Tony Exler, Director of Data Standards Sheila Wilson, Sr. Database Associate DEVELOPMENT Erin Wenzel, Sr. Director of Special Campaigns Maribeth Stahl, Sr. Director of Annual Campaigns Hayden Pruett, Major Gifts Officer Sara Hanahan, Development and League Events Manager Jason Parker, Grants Manager Phil Shay, Corporate Development Manager Dan Tonelson, Corporate Development Manager EDUCATION Blair Bodine, Director of Education and Community Engagement Andy Campbell, Education and Community Engagement Program Manager Kelley Bell, Education and Community Engagement Assistant FINANCE Karen Warren, Controller Mildred Payne, Accounts Payable and Payroll Manager Sheri Switzer, Senior Accountant Steven McNeal, Staff Accountant FOOD, BEVERAGE AND EVENTS Steve Perdue, Sr. Director of Food, Beverage and Events Roger Keenan, Executive Chef Ryan Slattery, Executive Sous Chef Hiroju LaPrad, Sous Chef Bruce Pittman, Catering & Events Sales Manager

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Hays McWhirter, Catering and Events Manager Lacy Lusebrink, Food and Beverage Manager Collin Husbands, Food, Beverage and Events Coordinator Johnathon McGee, Food and Beverage Supervisor Schuyler Thomas, Food and Beverage Supervisor Anderson S. Barns, Beverage Manager Garland Smith, Beverage Supervisor Debra Hollenbeck, Buyer/Retail Manager

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EXECUTIVE Alan D. Valentine, President and CEO Karen Fairbend, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Mark A. Blakeman, Senior Vice President, General Manager Sarah Jones, Assistant to the Senior Vice President Michael Kirby, V.P. of Finance and Administration and CFO Jonathan Norris, V.P., Revenue Delaney Gray, Assistant to the V.P., Revenue

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2012/13 NASHVILLE SYMPHONY STAFF

I.T. Dan Sanders, Director of Information Technology Trenton Leach, Software Applications Developer Chris Beckner, Desktop Support Specialist MARKETING Ronda Combs Helton, Sr. Director of Marketing and Sales Misty Cochran, Director of Advertising and Promotions Jackie Knox, Director of Sales Sarah Vickery, Sales Manager Richard Rittenberry, Marketing Manager Marketing Associates: Alexandra Arekelian, Richard Bartkowiak, Linda Booth, Toni Conn, James Calvin Davidson, Gina Haining, Mark Haining, Lloyd Harper, Rick Katz, Deborah King, Misha Robledo, Dustin Skilbred PATRON SERVICES Eric Adams, Director of Patron Services Patron Services Specialists: Darlene Boswell, Dennis Carter, Judith Wall PRODUCTION AND ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Tim Lynch, Sr. Director of Operations and Orchestra Manager Anne Dickson Rogers, Orchestra Personnel Manager Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Librarian Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian John Sanders, Chief Technical Engineer Brian Doane, Production Manager Mitch Hansen, Lighting Director Michelle Griesmer, Assistant Lighting Director Gary Call, Audio Engineer Mark Dahlen, Audio Engineer W. Paul Holt, Stage Manager Josh Walliser, Stage and Production Assistant VENUE MANAGEMENT Eric Swartz, Associate V.P. of Venue Management Danny Covington, Chief Engineer Raay Creech, Facility Maintenance Technician Kenneth Dillehay, Facility Maintenance Technician Wade Johnson, Housekeeping Manager Kevin Butler, Lead Housekeeper/Utility DeAndrea Mason, Housekeeper Tony Meyers, Director of Security and Front of House

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The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following individuals who support its concert season and its services to the community through their generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Donors as of July 31, 2012

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MARTHA RIVERS INGRAM SOCIETY Gifts of $25,000 + Martha ingraM societyMr. Gifts $25,000 Mr. & Mrs. riVers John Chadwick andofMrs. Frank+ Daniels III Mr. & Mrs. John Chadwick

Charitable of Triangle Carol & FrankFund Daniels III Community Foundation

Walter sharp society Gifts of $15,000 - $24,999 WALTER SHARP SOCIETY Gifts of $15,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Ganier III Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Ganier III

Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram

Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kirshner Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kirshner

Virtuoso society Gifts of $10,000-$14,999 VIRTUOSO SOCIETY Gifts of $10,000-$14,999 Anonymous (1) James C. Gooch Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. James C. Judy & Joe Barker & Jennie P. Smith Anne & Joe Russell Judy & Joe Barker Currey Jr. The Melkus Family Seabury III Mr.* & Mrs. J. C. Bradford Jr. Giancarlo & Shirley Guerrero Mr. & Mrs. James C. Seabury III Mr.* & Mrs. J. C. Bradford James C. Gooch Foundation Margaret & Cal Turner Mac & Linda Crawford Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Margaret & Cal Turner Jr. & Jennie P. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner Janine & Ben Cundiff The Melkus Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner Mac & Linda Crawford Giancarlo & Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener Janine & Ben Cundiff Guerrero Anne & Joe Russell Currey Jr. STRADIVARIUS stradiVarius SOCIETY society Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. James Ayers J. B. & Carylon Baker Russell W. Bates Mr. James B. Boles Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. Ann Scott Carell Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Carlton Kelly & Bill Christie Mr. & Mrs. Tom F. Cone Hilton & Sallie Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis Marty & Betty Dickens Dee & Jerald Doochin Laura & Wayne Dugas Mr. & Mrs. Jere M. Ervin Annette S. Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind

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& Family Foundation Marilyn Ezell Allis Dale & John Gillmor Ed & Nancy Goodrich Carl & Connie Haley Mrs. Harold Hassenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn Helen & Neil Hemphill Mrs. V. Davis Hunt Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ingram Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram Keith & Nancy Johnson Robin & Bill King Christine Konradi & Stephan Heckers Ralph & Donna Korpman Jim Lewis Zachary Liff

Robert Straus Lipman Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Sheila & Richard McCarty Dr. Ron McDow The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Edward D. & Linda F. Miles Richard & Sharalena Miller Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo H. Minardi Gregg & Cathy Morton Anne & Peter Neff Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook Burton Jablin & Barron Patterson Hal & Peggy Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Pruett Carol & John T. Rochford

The Roros Foundation Joe & Dorothy Scarlett Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Schatzlein Mr.* & Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus Ronald & Diane Shafer Nelson & Sheila Shields Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small Mr. & Mrs. Earl S. Swensson Dr. John B. Thomison Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. Alan D. & Connie F. Valentine Peggy & John Warner Ms. Johnna Benedict Watson David & Gail Williams Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr. Mr. Nicholas S. Zeppos & Ms. Lydia A. Howarth

GOLDEN BATON SOCIETY Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Risk Anne & Charles Roos Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Satterwhite Debbie & Albert-George Schram Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Brett Sweet Pamela & Steven Taylor Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery C. & Dayna L. Walraven Jonathan & Janet Weaver

Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenck Dr. Artmas L. Worthy Shirley Zeitlin

Drs. Robert & Sharron Francis Danna & Bill Francis Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Giacobone Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III Frank Ginanni Tony & Teri Gosse Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin Francis S. Guess Dr. Edward Hantel Mr. & Mrs. J. George Harris Janet & Jim Hasson Mr. & Mrs. James O. Hastings Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes Mr. Larry O. Helms Keith & Kelly Herron Carrie & Damon Hininger Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey N. Hinson Judith Hodges Ken & Pam Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holton Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Ray Houston Hudson Family Foundation Â Donna & Ronn Huff Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hulme Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Judith & Jim Humphreys Marsha & Keel Hunt Bud Ireland Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson Donald L. Jackson Ellen & Kenneth Jacobs Louis Johnson M.D. Norm & Barb Johnson George & Shirley Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Clark Powell Jones Dr. & Mrs. David S. Jones Jan Jones & Steve Williams Drs. Spyros Kalams & Lisa Mendes Ray & Rosemarie Kalil Peter* & Marion Katz Mr. & Mrs. James Kelso

Mr. & Mrs. Bill G. Kilpatrick Michael & Melissa Kirby Tom & Darlene Klaritch Mr. Richard B. Kloete Walter & Sarah Knestrick William C. & Deborah Patterson Koch Ms. Pamela L. Koerner Mr. & Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kovach Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Bob & Mary LaGrone Robert & Carol Lampe Larry & Martha Larkin Richard & Diane Larsen Kevin P. & May Lavender Sandi & Tom Lawless Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Jon & Elaine Levine Sally M. Levine John T. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Lincoln Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Margaret & Bill Lindberg Burk & Caroline Lindsey Robert A. Livingston Tim Lynch Myles & Joan MacDonald Elizabeth & Jim Mancuso Dr. John F. Manning Jr. Shari & Red Martin Rhonda A. Martocci & William S. Blaylock Steve & Susie Mathews Lynn & Jack May Robert P. Maynard Jim & Judi McCaslin Scott & Jennifer McClellan Mr. Charles W. McDowell Tommy & Cat McEwen Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger Christopher & Patricia Mixon Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli Ms. Lucy H. Morgan

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Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ezrin Bob & Judy Fisher John & Lorelee Gawaluck Harris A. Gilbert Amy Grant & Vince Gill Suzy Heer Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilton Ms. Cornelia B. Holland Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques Anne Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Koban Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby Dr. Arthur M. Mellor F. Max & Mary A. Merrell Jonathan R. Norris & Jennifer Carlat Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock

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Anonymous (2) Clint & Kali Adams Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Shelley Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup Dr. & Mrs. H. Victor Braren Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Ann & Frank Bumstead Mrs. Patricia B. Buzzell Mr. Philip M. Cavender Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler Dorit & Don Cochron The Honorable & Mrs. Lewis H. Conner Richard & Kathy Cooper Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin Donna & Jeffrey Eskind

Rossview Elementary students listen attentively during AT&T Ensembles in the Schools program

CONDUCTOR'S CIRCLE Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (13) Jeff & Tina Adams James & Glyna Aderhold Drs. W. Scott & Paige Akers Mark & Niki Antonini Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Dr. Alice & Mr. Richard C. Arnemann Jon K. & Colleen Atwood James M. Bailey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Barbara & Mike Barton Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Betty C. Bellamy Marti Bellingrath Mr. & Mrs. Louie A. Belt Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Frank M. Berklacich, MD Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard Mark & Sarah Blakeman Julie & Dr. Frank Boehm Dennis & Tammy Boehms Bob & Marion Bogen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III Mr. Jamey Bowen & Mr. Norman Wells Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt Sharon Lee Butcher Chuck & Sandra Cagle John E. Cain III Michael & Jane Ann Cain Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Brenda & Edward Callis Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Jan & Jim Carell Ann & Sykes Cargile Clint & Patty Carter Michael & Pamela Carter Fred Cassetty Mary & Joseph Cavarra Dr.* & Mrs. Robert Chalfant Erica & Doug Chappell Barbara & Eric Chazen Donna R. Cheek James H. Cheek III

Mrs. John Hancock Cheek Jr. Catherine Chitwood M. Wayne Chomik Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher Mr. George D. Clark Jr. Mr. Terry Clyne Esther & Roger Cohn Ed & Pat Cole Chase Cole Marjorie & Allen* Collins Mr. & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Cook III Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Cook Jr. Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan James L. & Sharon H. Cox Dr. & Mrs. James Crafton Drs. Paul A. & Dorothy Valcarcel Craig Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Greg & Collie Daily Kimberly L. Darlington John & Natasha Deane M. Maitland DeLand, M.D. Sandra & Daryl Demonbreun The Rev. & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Mr. & Mrs. Kenton Dickerson Andrea Dillenburg & Ted Kraus Kimberly & Stephen Drake Laura L. Dunbar Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Robert D. Eisenstein David Ellis & Barry Wilker Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Laurie & Steven Eskind Robert & Cassandra Estes Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Ezell Dr. Meredith A. Ezell Ms. Paula Fairchild Mr. & Mrs. John Ferguson T. Aldrich Finegan John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald John & Cindy Watson Ford Tom & Judy Foster

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Matt & Rhonda Mulroy James & Patricia Munro Leonard Murray & Jacqueline Marschak Lannie W. Neal Pat & John W. Nelley Jr. Robert Ness Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Nischan Dr. Casey Noble Ms. Agatha L. Nolen Chris & Leslie Norton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Odom Jr. Representative & Mrs. Gary L. Odom Inka & Richard Odom Alex S. Palmer David & Pamela Palmer Victoria & William Pao Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pfaender Dr. Edgar H. Pierce Jr. David & Adrienne Piston Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Mr. & Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney Sharon Hels & Brad Reed Dr. Jesse B. Register Drs. Jeff & Kellye Rice

Drs. Wayne & Charlene Riley Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Riven Mr. & Mrs. John A. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell James & Patricia Russell David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. John J. Sangervasi Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Saul Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Ms. Sandra A. Schatten Dolores & John Seigenthaler Dr. & Mrs. John S. Sergent Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack Anita & Mike Shea Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Bill & Sharon Sheriff Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Tom & Sylvia Singleton

William & Cynthia Sites George & Mary Sloan Drs. Walter Smalley & Louise Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Smallwood Suzanne & Grant Smothers K. C. & Mary Smythe Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Sohr Jack & Louise Spann Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Mr. & Mrs. David B. Stewart Jane Lawrence Stone Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Ann & Bob Street Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Fridolin & Johanna Sulser Andrew Keith & Donna Dame Summar James B. & Patricia B. Swan Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. & Mrs. Clarence S. Thomas Scott & Julie Thomas Candy Toler Norman & Marilyn Tolk Joe & Ellen Torrence

Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Christi & Jay Turner William E. Turner Jr. The Vandewater Family Foundation Kris & G. G. Waggoner Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Deborah & Mark Wait Mike & Elaine Walker Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Art & Lisa Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Stacy Widelitz Mr. & Mrs. William G. Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilds Mr. Donald E. Williams Judy S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wilson Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe

Michael & Rosemary Fedele Bill Fialkowski, M.D. Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Art & Charlotte Fogel Randy & Melanie Ford Patrick & Kimberly Forrest Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery J. Forshee Ms. Deborah F. Turner & Ms. Beth A. Fortune Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Ms. Elizabeth A. Franks Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller Dr. David & Kimberly Furse John & Eva Gebhart Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. H. Steven George Dodie & Carl George Bryan D. Graves Richard & Randi Green Cathey & Doug Hall RenĂŠe & Tony Halterlein Jay & Stephanie Hardcastle Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy Frank & Liana Harrell Kent & Becky Harrell Dr. & Mrs. Jason Haslam Mr. Scott Hatcher Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hauseman Mrs. Estela R. Hayes Lisa & Bill Headley Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Elizabeth Dykens PhD & Robert Hodapp PhD Ken & Beverly Horner Margie & Nick* Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Sandra & Joe Hutts Robert C. Jamieson MD Lee & Pat Jennings

Jack Jezioro & Ellen Menking Bob & Virginia Johnson Ruth E. Johnson Mary Loventhal Jones Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Teresa F. Kersey Jane Kersten Patricia Lee & Orville Kronk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Ted & Anne Lenz

CONCERTMASTER Gifts of $500 - $999 Anonymous (13) Jerry Adams Jeremy & Rebecca Atack Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Jeff & Carrie Bailey Sallie & John Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Bainbridge Dr. Houston A. Baker Richard W. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Barton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Katrin T. Bean Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Bernice Amanda Belue Mike & Kathy Benson Dr. & Mrs. Ben J. Birdwell Mr. Rob Bironas Ralph & Jane Black Randolph & Elaine Blake Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte William H. Braddy III Mr. Randal Braker Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun Berry & Connie Brooks Bob & Kay Brotherton Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Mrs. Michelle H. Burgess Dr. Roger & Mrs. Donah* Burgess Gene & Jamie Burton John & LuAnnette Butler James Button Drs. Robert & Mirna Caldwell Janet C. Camp Mr. Kirk C. Campbell Mr. Thomas R. Campion Michael & Linda Carlson

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Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Mr. & Mrs. John L. Chambers Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Starling Davis Clark & David F. Clark Jay & Ellen Clayton Sallylou & David Cloyd Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Domer Collins William & Margaret Connor Paul & Alyce Cooke Mr. Randy M. Cooper Marion Pickering Couch Dr. Robert Crants III Ms. Susannah C. Culbertson Tenchia Cupp MariaGabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Dr. & Mrs. Ben Davis Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mr. Shawn Delp Mrs. Edwin DeMoss Mark & Barbara Dentz Suzanne Day Devine Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Marcus D. Dominguez Dr. Alan W. Dow II Tere & David Dowland Ms. Katie Doyle Mr. Frank W. Drake Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam Dr. John & Janet Exton Bill & Dian S. Ezell Ms. Marilyn Falcone

Celllists Anthony LaMarchina and Keith Nicholas

Susan B. Ridley Mrs. Julie A. Roe Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roland Margaret H. Rollins Laura Ross Mr. & Mrs. Dick Sammer Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Cooper* & Helen Schley Pam & Roland Schneller Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Drs. Carl & Wendy Schofield Dr. Kenneth E. Schriver & Dr. Anna W. Roe Peggy C. Sciotto Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott Drs. Fernando F. & Elena O. Segovia Odessa L. Settles Max & Michelle Shaff Joan Blum Shayne Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Sieveking Sr. Betty B. Sisk Pamela Sixfin David & Robin Small Smith Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Richard & Molly Dale Smith Mrs. Myrtis F. Smith Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Snyder Mr. & Mrs. James H. Spalding Ms. Maggie P. Speight Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Gloria & Paul Sternberg Jr. Elizabeth Stewart & James Grosjean Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Mr. Russell P. Stover Jean Stumpf Mr. Donald T. Sullivan Jr. Craig & Dianne Sussman Lorraine Ware & Reid Thompson Mr. & Mrs. William D. Tidwell Martha J. Trammell Van Tucker Ms. Rita R. Vann Larry & Brenda Vickers Lois J. Wagner & Barbara M. Lonardi Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Kay & Larry Wallace Talmage M. Watts Mrs. William C. Weaver III Dr. Medford S. Webster Beth & Arville Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wheeler Harvey & Joyce White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. White Alyson Wideman Joe Wieck Adam & Laura Wilczek Vicki Gardine Williams Gary & Cathy Wilson Edward & Mary E. Womack Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Patrick & Phaedra Yachimski Shu-Zheng & Li Li Yang Roy & Ambra Zent Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Zigli

David Bordenkircher Ms. Donna R. Bostick Jerry & Donna Boswell Robert E. Bosworth Mr. Brian Boxer Mr. David G. Boyd Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Bradbury III Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Dr. Joel F. Bradley Mr. Mark D. Branstetter Jere & Crystal Brassell Robert & Barbara Braswell Dr. Daniel K. Bregman Mary Lawrence Breinig Phil & Pat Bressman Jamie A. Brewer Mr. David Bridgers Betty & Bob Brodie Kathy & Bill Brosius Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Brown Dr. Pamela E. Brown Ms. Roxanne Brown Burnece Walker Brunson Mrs. Margaret J. Bryson T. Mark & D. K. Buford Linda & Jack Burch Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burks Geraldine & Wilson Butts

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Buxbaum Dr. & Mrs. Robert Byrd Ruth M. Byrdsong Julia C. Callaway Claire Ann Calongne Mr. Richard A. Calvin Bratschi Campbell Gary E. Canaday Mr. Mark J. Cappellino Mr. & Mrs. W. Hill Carlen Karen Carr Ronald & Nellrena Carr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Carter Valleau & Robert M. Caruthers Bill & Chris Carver Kent Cathcart Mr.* & Mrs. James W. Chamberlain Evelyn LeNoir Chandler Dean & Sandy Chase Renée Chevalier Mrs. Robert L. Chickey Ms. Dorothy H. Chitwood Mr. Won S. Choi Mark & Bette Christofersen Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Dr. André & Ms. Doreatha H. Churchwell Mr. Daryl Claggett Councilman & Mrs. Phil Claiborne

FIRST CHAIR Gifts of $250 - $499 Anonymous (31) Drs. Shannon Snyder & Oran Aaronson Judith Ablon The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Robert Abstein Ben & Nancy Adams Chip Alford Dr. & Mrs. John Algren Mr. & Mrs. Roger Allbee Carol M. Allen Dr. Joseph H. Allen Newton & Burkley Allen Mr. & Mrs. John Allpress Adrienne Ames Wm. J. & Margery Amonette Ken & Jan Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Mr. & Mrs. George Armistead III Mr. Aaron Armstrong Patricia & Jay Armstrong Mrs. Margaret Arnold Todd & Barbara Arrants Candy Burger & Dan Ashmead Geralda M. Aubry The Brian C. Austin Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch Grace & Carl Awh

Janet B. Baggett James M. & Kim M. Bailey Ms. Susie M. Baird Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Ms. René Balogh & Mr. Michael Hinchion Mr. & Mrs. J. Oriol Barenys Dr. Beth S. Barnett Dr.* & Mrs. Thomas C. Barr George E. Barrett William & Sharon Baxter Mr. & Mrs. William Beach Mrs. Teresa A. Beard Ms. Traciee D. Bearden Susan O. Belcher Mark H. Bell Ron & Sheryl Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Tom & Marilynn Benim Mr. Carl W. Berg Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Berry Cherry & Richard Bird Ms. Helen R. Blackburn-White Joan Bledsoe Mr. John Bliss Mrs. Andrea Boely David L. Bone

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Dick & Mary Jo Murphy Lucille C. Nabors Larry & Marsha Nager Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Nagle Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. Jane K. Norris Virginia O’Brien D. Wilson Ochoa Mr. & Mrs. Russell Oldfield Jr. Patricia J. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Jack Oman Mr. Sergio Ora Dan & Helen Owens Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Ms. Kathern W. Parker Mr. & Mrs. M. Forrest Parmley John W. & Mary Patterson Drs. Teresa & Phillip Patterson Steve A. Perdue Mr. John S. Perry Linda & Carter Philips Barbara Gregg & Robert Phillips Drs. Sherre & Daniel Phillips Faris & Robert Phillips Joe* & Gaynelle Pitner Keith & Deborah Pitts Ms. Julie B. Plexico Mr. John Pope Ms. Elizabeth M. Potocsnak Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts George & Joyce Pust Tom & Chris Rashford Mr. Edwin B. Raskin Charles H. & Eleanor L. Raths Mr. & Mrs. David Rawlings Franco & Cynthia Recchia Ms. Allison R. Reed & Mr. Sam Garza Mr. Gregory M. Reed

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Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lippolis Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Carolyn & Fred Loeffel Mr. & Mrs. Denis Lovell Drs. Amy & George Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. MacDonald William R. & Maria T. MacKay Donald M. & Kala W.* MacLeod James & Gene Manning Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maradik Steve & Carrie Marcantonio & Family James & Patricia Martineau Mimsye & Leon May Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. McCarty Sandra & Ken McDonald Mr. John M. McDougal Joey & Beth McDuffee Catherine & Brian McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Dan & Mary Mecklenborg Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Cedric & Delberta Miller Drs. Randolph & Linda Miller Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Mr. Conley Minnick Dr. Jere Mitchum Diana & Jeff Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Ms. Gay Moon Beth & Paul Moore Lynn Morrow Ms. Patricia A. Moseley Margaret & David Moss

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Drs. Walter & Deborah Clair Steven* & Donna Clark Dr. Paul B. Clark Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Claverie Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Neely B. Coble III Misty Cochran & Josh Swann Mark & Robin Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Coleman Ms. Peggy B. Colson Laura & Kyle Cooksey Renette I. Corenswet Nancy K. Corley Elizabeth Cormier Ms. Laura Crafton-Sizemore Mr. & Mrs. George Crawford Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jeff L. Creasy Mr. & Mrs. David Crecraft R. Barry & Kathy Cullen Ms. Dana R. Curtis Mr. Brian B. Cuyler Ms. Kathryn Czynszak Rev. Frederick L. Dale Katherine C. Daniel James & Maureen Danly Kim & Roy Dano Mr. Robby Dasher Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum Janet Keese Davies Adelaide S. Davis Mr. Joshua M. Davis Ms. Maria de la Cruz Mr. Karl Dean & Ms. Anne Davis Steve Sirls & Allen DeCuyper Wade & Jeanine Denney Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Ann Deol Henry & Catherine DePhillips Mr. John I. Dickson Jr. Natalie R. Dickson & Aaron T. Raney Dr. Joseph & Ambassador Rachel Diggs Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dinkins Ms. Shirley J. Dodge Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin Kristen & David Drake Elizabeth Tannenbaum & Carl Dreifuss Dr. & Mrs. W. David Driskill Clark & Peggy Druesedow Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Dugger Kathleen & Stephen Dummer

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Mr & Mrs. Mike Dungan Mrs. Kristi D. Dunham Bob & Nancy Dunkerley Michael & Beverly Dunn Kathryn & Webb Earthman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easterling Dan & Zita Elrod Dr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Emeson Ms. Kaaren Engel Ms. Ann Epperson Dr. Jack W. Erter Dr. & Mrs. James Ettien Ms. Claire Evans Dr. Ann Evers & Dr. Gary Smith Steven & Katie Ezell Drs. Charles & Evelyn Fancher Laurie & Ron Farris Dana Ferris Mr. Vincent Fesmire Mr. & Mrs. Billy W. Fields Janie & Richard Finch Callum, Julia & A. J. McCaffrey Dr. & Mrs. Jack Fisher Mrs. Jackie M. Flavell Doris T. Fleischer Mr. James T. Fleming Ms. Deborah G. Flowers Mr. John M. Foley Cathy & Kent Fourman Mrs. Katherine H. Fox Andrew & Mary Foxworth Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Franz Mr. Chris R. Fraser Jim W. Freeland Scott & Anita Freistat Ms. Heather Funderburg Dr. Henry Fusner Lois & Peter Fyfe Bill & Ginny Gable Jim & Michiko Gaittens Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Galbraith Aaron & Tracy Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gangaware Mr. & Mrs. Philip Ganske Ms. Susan M. Gant Mr. & Mrs. George C. Garden Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett Alan & Jeannie Gaus Jennifer George Mr. Scott A. German & Ms. Tammie Shannon Em J. Ghianni Mr. & Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist Ms. Dianne R. Gillespie Mr. Andre L. Gist

William & Helen Gleason Linda & Joel Gluck Mr. Charles S. Golden Ms. Susan T. Goodwin Zachary & Martha Goodyear Mr. Benjamin L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. William M. Gracey Eugene F. Grah Tom & Carol Ann Graham Antonio M. Granda M.D. Roger & Sherri Gray Mr. & Mrs. Luke Gregory Ms. Melinda T. Grimes R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Groff Mary Beth & Raul Guzman Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hainsworth Ms. Leigh Ann Hale Scott, Kathy & Kate Hall Katherine S. Hall Mr. Robert T. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hamilton Jr. Walter H. White III & Dr. Susan Hammonds-White Ms. Sara Hanahan Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman Dr. John B. & Kathleen E. Harkey Cindy Harper Dr. & Mrs. Frank P. Harrell Mrs. Edith Harris Dickie & Joyce Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hartley Mr. James S. Hartman Dr. Morel Enoch & Mr. E. Howard Harvey Robert & Nora Harvey David & Judith Slayden Hayes Peggy R. Hays Fred & Judy Helfer Doug & Becky Hellerson Kent & Melinda Henderson Ms. Doris Ann Hendrix Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Heyman John Reginald Hill Ron & Nancy Hill Mr. David Hilley Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilmer Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hodum Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hofe Sean Hogan Jim & Kim Holbrook Aurelia L. Holden Dr. Nancy D. Holland Mr. & Mrs. James G. Holleman William Hollings Mr. & Mrs. Jay M. Hollomon Paul Holt Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hooper Drs. Richard T. & Paula C. Hoos Allen, Lucy & Paul Hovious Samuel H. Howard Mr. Adam L. Huddleston Ms. Edith B. Hudson Dr. & Mrs. Louis C. Huesmann II Dr. Nedra Huggins-Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert Huljak The Hunt Family Foundation Michael & Evelyn Hyatt Mrs. Beverly Hyde Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Dr. Anna M. Jackson Frances C. Jackson Ms. Laura R. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Javorcky

Joyce E. Johnson Mary & Doug Johnston Susan & Evan Johnston Frank & Audrey Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael Jones Mr. Patrick D. Jones Sarah Rose Jones Dr. & Mrs. Herman J. Kaplan Mrs. Cynthia A. Keathley Ms. Georgia Keeling Jeffrey & Layle Kenyon Mr. Jason Kesler Mr. & Mrs. Brock Kidd Bill & Becca Killebrew Kathleen & Don King Drs. Thomas & Vicki King Louise & Joe Kitchell Mr. & Mrs. Rick Koelz David & Judy Kolzow Sanford & Sandra Krantz Tim Kyne Mr. Daniel L. LaFevor Dr. Kristine L. LaLonde Nancy & Edd Lancaster Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lawrence Steve* & Martha Lawrence Mrs. Douglas E. Leach Trenton & Shellie Leach Rob & Julia Ledyard Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee J. Mark Lee Dorothy & Jim Lesch Ralph G. Leverett Michael & Ellen Levitt E. A. Lewis John & Marge Lewis Mr. Marvin J. Liebergot Mr. & Mrs. Monty S. Ligon Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Ligon Mr. & Mrs. John Lillie Mack & Katherine Linbaugh Joanne L. Linn, M.D.* Dr. & Mrs. John L. Lloyd Keltner W. & Debra S. Locke Jean & Steve Locke Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Lodl Kim & Mike Lomis Kim & Bob Looney Frances & Eugene Lotochinski David & Nancy Loucky Thomas H. Loventhal J. Edgar Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lowenthal Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lundy Jr. Revs. James & Michelle Lunsford George & Cathy Lynch Jeffrey C. Lynch Patrick & Betty Lynch Sharron Lyon Mr. John Maddux Anne & Joe Maddux Dr. Mark A. Magnuson & Ms. Lucile Houseworth Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Maier Mr. Mikal Malik Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Manders Sheila Mann Mr. Joshua P. Manning David & Leah Marcus Dr. & Mrs. Raymond S. Martin Drs. Jeff & Patty Marvel Abraham, Lesley & Jonathan Marx Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Frank & Laura Mastrapasqua Sue & Herb Mather

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Singleton Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Alice Sisk Ashley N. Skinner Dr. & Mrs. David Slosky Charles R. Smith & Vernita Hood-Smith Dallas & Jo Ann Smith John & Jane Smith Susan K. Smith Elaine & Robert Smyth James T. & Judith M. Smythe Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sneed Dr. Susan Snyder & Mr. William Snyder Marc & Lorna Soble Mr. & Mrs. Robert Speight Nan E. Speller Thomas F. Spiggle Mr. M. Clark Spoden Mrs. Randolph C. St. John Caroline Stark & Lane Denson Lelan & Yolanda Statom Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel Stevens Jr. Richard & Jennifer Stevens CAPT & Mrs. Charles E. Stewart Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles V Stewart III Mr. & Mrs. Cyril Stewart Bob & Tammy Stewart Tom & Gayle Stroud Jane & Sam Stumpf Jr. Gayle Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. James E. Summar Sr. Mrs. T. C. Summers Thomas & Sarah Summers Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Svennevik Dr. Esther & Mr. Jeff Swink Ms. Amanda Tallant Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tayrien Dr. Paul E. Teschan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Theiss Dr. & Mrs. William Thetford Mrs. Lillian D. Thomas* Mr. & Mrs. Bob F. Thompson David & Kathryn Thompson Mr. Marcus W. Thompson Richard & Shirley Thrall Mr. Dwight D. Thrash Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Thurman Mr. & Mrs. William J. Tichi Scott & Nesrin Tift Leon Tonelson Mr. Michael P. Tortora Mila & Bill Truan Richard, Kimiko, Jennifer & Lindsey Tucker Mr. & Mrs. John A. Turnbull Ms. Junita Turnipseed Dr. & Mrs. Michael Tyler Mrs. Mary A. Van Dyken Dr. Jan Van Eys Kimberly Dawn Vincent Ms. Dominique M. Vonsiatsky Richard Wager Aaron & Wyatt Suffridge Mr. Steven B. Waldrep Mr. & Mrs. Ron Walker Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wallace Mrs. Bridgette K. Walsh Ms. Leslie P. Ware Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Warner Jr. Lawrence & Karen Washington

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wathen Gayle & David Watson Shirley Marie Watts Frank & Jane Wcislo H. Martin & Joyce Weingartner Dr. Matthew B. Weinger Mr. Kevin L. Welsh Dr. J. J. Wendel Erin Wenzel Joni Werthan George & Julie West Franklin & Helen Westbrook J Peter R. Westerholm Dr. & Mrs. William Whetsell Linda & Raymond White Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Whiteaker Mr. Michael T. Whitler & Mr. Mark Weber Jonna & Doug Whitman Ms. Eleanor D. Whitworth Ms. Judith B. Wiens Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer Roger M. Wiesmeyer Marie Holman Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Wiggins Mr. Robert S. Wilkinson Jerry & Ernie Williams Frank & Marcy Williams Jeremy S. Williams John & Anne Williams Susan & Fred Williams Amos & Etta Wilson Carol Ann & Tommy Wilson The Wing Family Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Scott & Ellen Wolfe Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Wood Jr. Mr. Michael T. Woods Mr. Peter Wooten & Ms. Renata Soto Mr. Howard F. Wright Gary & Marlys Wulfsberg Kay & Randall Wyatt Pam & Tom Wylly Vivian R. & Richard A. Wynn Dr. Mary Yarbrough Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Yeager James & Candice Zimmermann *denotes donors who are deceased

Assistant Principal Second Violinist Zeneba Bowers

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Dr. & Mrs. W. Faxon Payne John & Lori Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Franklin D. Pendleton Anne & Neiland Pennington Claude Petrie Jr. Kenneth C. Petroni MD Mr. & Mrs. James D. Peyton Charles & Mary Phy Mr. & Mrs. James R. Pickel Jr. Mrs. Tanya M. Pierce Rick & Diane Poen Mr. Van G. Pond Jr. & Mr. David Glasgow Phil & Dot Ponder Stanley D. Poole Mr. Marico Portis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Priesmeyer Ann Pushin Edria & David Ragosin Joel & Elizabeth Rainer Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rainwater Nancy & Harry Ransom Mr. & Mrs. Randall A. Rawlings Nancy Ward Ray Ms. Bonnie D. Reagan Buford L. & Ernestine S. Reed Don & Kathy Reed Mr. & Mrs. David R. Reeves Lee Allen Reynolds Al & Laura Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Tate Rich Barbara Richards Don & Connie Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Richardson Mrs. Jane H. Richmond Mary Riddle Mrs. Paul E. Ridge Margaret Riegel Mr. George Ritzen Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roark Mrs. Roscoe R. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rogers Fran C. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Rogers Judith R. Roney Mr. Aaron D. Rosburg Rodney & Lynne Rosenblum Edgar & Susan Rothschild Jan & Ed Routon Melissa M. & Philip R. Russ Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rutherford Pamela & Justin C. Rutledge Mr. Stephen Sachs Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom John R. Sanders Jr. Dr. Neil S. Sanghani Jack & Diane Sasson William B. & Toni C. Saunders Mr. Donald D. Savoy Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas W. Schlater III Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Schnaars Sheila Schott Jack Schuett Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Schultenover Mr. Roderick Scruggs Ms. Amy Jeanece Seals Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Seiters Gene & Linda Shade Richard & Marilyn Shadinger Caroline & Danny Shaw Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Keith & Kay Simmons

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Mr. & Mrs. John D. McAlister Mrs. Joanne Wallace McCall Chris & John McCarthy Ms. Carolyn McClerkin Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. McClure Kathleen McCracken Peg & Al McCree Mary & John McCullough Bob McDill & Jennifer Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. McDougle Dr. & Mrs. James B. McKee Jr. Mr. Brian L. McKinney Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McNutt Sr. Sam & Sandra McSeveney Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. McWherter Mr. Michael A. Meadows Ms. Virginia J. Meece Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Meek Ronald S. Meers Mr. Paul Megee Janis Meinert Linda & Ray Meneely Manfred & Susan Menking Sara Meredith Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Dr. & Mrs. Philip G. Miller Dr. Ron V. Miller Dr. Fernando Miranda & Dr. Patricia Bihl-Miranda Mr. & Mrs. Steven Moll Anthony & Ariane Montemuro Dr. Michael F. Montijo & Mrs. Patricia A. JamiesonMontijo James & April Moore Mr. David K. Morgan Cynthia & Richard Morin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Morphett Dr. Erik B. Motsenbocker Mr. & Mrs. Charles Murchison Mr. John Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Dwayne Murray Mr. & Mrs. J. William Myers Allen & Janice Naftilan Ms. Carolyn Heer Nash Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Neal Mr. James R. Neal Mr. Fred S. Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Harold Nevels Dr. John Newman & Ms. Rebecca Lyford Leslie & Scott Newman William & Kathryn Nicholson Al Nisley Mrs. Caroline T. Nolen Judy M. Norton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Mrs. Edith M. Oathout Dr. & Mrs. Wills Oglesby Hunt & Debbye Oliver Philip & Marilyn Ollila Philip & Carolyn Orr Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield Frank & Pamela Owsley Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict Dr. & Mrs. James Pace Terry & Wanda Palus Mr. & Mrs. Chris Panagopoulos Doria Panvini Dr. Fritz F. Parl Ms. Lisa Pasho-Coughlin Lisa & Doug Pasto-Crosby Mr. Pat Patrick Mr. & Mrs. Gary K. Patterson Grant & Janet Patterson

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CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies that support its concert season and its services to the community through generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Donors as of July 31, 2012.

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SEASON PRESENTERS Gifts of $100,000+

The Martin Foundation

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Gifts of $75,000+ TM

DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATES Gifts of $50,000+

PRINCIPAL PLAYERS Gifts of $25,000+

NASHVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

Mike Curb Family Foundation GOVERNMENT Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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Mayor Karl F. Dean

Metropolitan Council

ORCHESTRA PARTNERS Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999

Aladdin Industries, LLC BDO Chet Atkins Music Education Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Corrections Corporation of America Cracker Barrel Foundation David Yurman Ford Motor Company Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Interior Design Services, Inc. Monell’s Restaurants Nashville Predators Foundation OSHi Flowers The Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Charitable Foundation PwC Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation VSA Arts Tennessee

BUSINESS PARTNER Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999

American General Life & Accident Insurance Company AmSurg BioVentures, Inc. Blevins, Inc. City of Brentwood Delta Dental of Tennessee First Baptist Nashville Gannett Foundation/ The Tennessean Schoenstein & Company VOGUE Washington Foundation

BUSINESS COUNCIL Gifts of $1,500 - $2,499

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust Carter Haston Real Estate Services Inc. Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. The Hendrix Foundation

BUSINESS LEADER Gifts of $1,000 - $1,499

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Anonymous (1) Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation Neely Coble Company DZL Management Company Enfinity Engineering, LLC Heidtke & Company, Inc. Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects, Inc. Sharing Spree LLC William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Gifts of $500 - $999

AARP Tennessee ADEX! Homesellers Black Box Network Services R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation BMI The Buzz 102.9 / The Game 102.5 / The LIGHT 102.1 Capitol Records CedarStone Bank D.F. Chase, Inc. Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone 511 Group Haber Corporation Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Northgate Gallery, Inc. RD Plastics Co., Inc. SESAC, Inc. Stansell Electric Company Sysco Nashville Volunteer Barge & Transport, Inc.

BUSINESS FRIEND Gifts of $300 - $499

ACP Special T’s A-1 Appliance Company V. Alexander & Co., Inc. Batten & Shaw, Inc. CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Dancy’s, Nancy June Brandon DataMarketing Network, Inc. DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. Demos’ Steak & Spaghetti House Freeman Webb Company Realtors, Inc. Horrell Realty and Investments Hunter Marine Import Auto Maintenance, LLC INDUSCO J & J Interiors, Inc. Jack Cawthon/Jack’s Bar B Que Meharry Medical College National Toxicology Specialists Inc. Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC Robert’s Western World

AARP Tennessee American Airlines American Tuxedo Crowe Horwath LLP Dulce Desserts The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites, Downtown Nashville, 4th Avenue Hilton Nashville Downtown Ms. Sally M. Levine Lipman Brothers, Inc. McQuiddy Printing Nashville Symphony Volunteer Auxiliary OSHi Floral Décor Studio The Pinnacle at Symphony Place Premier Parking of Tennessee Mr. John R. Sanders

HONORARY

In honor of Marion P. Couch In honor of Thomas Wynne Cowan In honor of Harris Gilbert’s 80th birthday In honor of George* & Jo Hall’s 58 years of marriage In honor of Martha Ingram In honor of Tom Patterson & Mike Eldred’s wedding In honor of Dr. Lawrence K. Wolfe’s birthday

MEMORIAL

In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Mrs. Evalina Andrews In memory of Pauline Becker In memory of Jessica Bloom In memory of Mrs. Mary Jane Blount In memory of Betty Boatright In memory of Mrs. May Drummond In memory of Mr. Charles K. Evers In memory of Mr. Patrick Francis Hamill In memory of Mr. John Bachman Hardcastle In memory of T. Earl Hinton & Nora Smith Hinton In memory of James I. Hudson Jr.

From Hutt Family in memory of Dr. James irvin Hudson Jr. In memory of Virgil Davis Hunt In memory of Peter Katz In memory of John Kelingos In memory of Kala Welch MacLeod In memory of Volker Marschall In memory of Mr. J. Patrick Maxwell In memory of Lil McAdams In memory of Cate Myer In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In memory of Ms. Jean Pinson In memory of Babs Reinfeld In memory of Lester Speyer In memory of Mr. Earl Scruggs In memory of Mr. Gerald E. Sheridan In memory of Mr. James Albert Stein In memory of Mrs. Adele Youngberg Smith In memory of Dr. David L. Walker In memory of Ed Wanner

SCHERMERHORN CORPORATE CLUB

Alessio International AT&T Butterfly Meadows Inn & Farm CapWealth Advisors Cassidy Turley The Crichton Group First Trust Portfolios Lexus of Nashville Reliant Bank Sales Executives Professional Recruitment

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ARTISTIC UNDERWRITERS Gifts of $5,000- $9,999

Trickett Honda Monte Turner/Turner and Associates Realty, Inc. Walker Lumber & Hardware Company

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AT&T Caterpillar Financial Services Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation Gaylord Entertainment Foundation Griffin Technology The HCA Foundation Hearn Charitable Foundation KraftCPAs PLLC LifeWay Worship Nashville Arts Magazine Neal & Harwell, PLC Publix Super Markets Charities Mary C. Ragland Foundation Wells Fargo

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Anonymous Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton Julie & Frank Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C Bottorff Charles W. Cagle Donna & Steven Clark Mrs. Barbara J. Conder Mr. & Mrs. Roy Covert William M. & Mildred P.* Duncan Deborah Faye Duncan Annette & Irwin* Eskind Judy & Tom Foster Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia James C. Gooch Billy Ray Hearn Judith Hodges

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