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WELCOME! Dear Friends,

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Happy New Year! We are delighted to kick off 2019 with a celebration of one of the greatest composers of all time — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Our Midwinter Mozart Festival will explore the music of arguably history’s most gifted genius. I can think of no other composer who has been the focus of so many legendary tales. While Mozart did not compose “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” as a child, as many of us were taught, he did compose a set of variations on the piece as an adult (it was a wellknown French folk song). Contrary to popular belief, Antonio Salieri, a respected composer himself, was not Mozart’s nemesis and he certainly didn’t poison him. In fact, it may have been Mozart himself who was a bit jealous of the old master.

What we do know is that with 41 symphonies, 27 piano concerti, 23 operas, 20 string quartets, 18 masses – including the famous Requiem – and a vast amount of chamber music and sonatas, Mozart so epitomized the Classical period in music that even Beethoven decided not to try to imitate him, but rather create a new style all together, ultimately ushering in the Romantic period.

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We will take a deep dive into his music, exploring his symphonic, chamber, solo and operatic works, including his greatest composition, the opera Don Giovanni, symphonically-staged in Jacoby Symphony Hall for the first time. February offers a wide range of performances guaranteed to please all musical tastes. The always-popular Cirque Musica returns, our Symphonic Night at the Movies series continues with Star Wars: A New Hope and our 2019 Gala will feature internationally-renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein performing Dvořák’s extraordinary cello concerto. We wish to thank our main series sponsors Florida Blue, Fidelity National Financial & Black Knight, Raymond James, Regency Centers and Mayo Clinic, as well as all of our performance and program partners for making these possible. Of course, none of these activities would happen without the support of our most important patron, you. Enjoy the performance!

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THE MAGAZIINE OF THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

2018 - 2019 SEASON

VOLUME 25 – EDITION 3

EVENTS 23

COFFEE WITH WOLFY RAYMOND JAMES COFFEE SERIES MIDWINTER MOZART FESTIVAL January 11

MOZART OPERA SCENES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA LAZZARA PERFORMANCE HALL MIDWINTER MOZART FESTIVAL January 12

AMADEUS LIVE SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES MIDWINTER MOZART FESTIVAL January 18

MOZART CHAMBER MUSIC WJCT STUDIO MIDWINTER MOZART FESTIVAL January 20

DON GIOVANNI FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES MIDWINTER MOZART FESTIVAL January 25 & 27

CIRQUE MUSICA FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES February 1 & 2

TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 1 RAYMOND JAMES COFFEE SERIES February 8

YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA FAMILY CONCERT SERIES February 10

DAPHNIS AND CHLOE FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES February 15 & 16

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE – FILM WITH ORCHESTRA SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SERIES February 23 & 24

SYMPHONY GALA SPECIAL PRESENTATION March 2

JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SPRING CONCERT YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SERIES March 3

DEPARTMENTS 3 Welcome 7 Music Director Courtney Lewis 8 Symphony Association Board 9, 67-69 Thank You, Supporters 11 About the Symphony 12-13 Jacksonville Symphony Musicians 21 Volunteer Activities and Events 64 Sound Investment Program 66 The Cadenza Society 72 Jacksonville Symphony Administration

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MUSIC DIRECTOR Courtney Lewis Music Director Haskell Endowed Chair With clear artistic vision, subtle musicality and innovative programming, Courtney Lewis has established himself as one of his generation’s most talented conductors. The 2018-2019 season will mark his fourth as music director of the Jacksonville Symphony.

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In June 2018, the Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts announced that Lewis and the Jacksonville Symphony will be one of four orchestras invited to participate in 2020 SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras. SHIFT celebrates the vitality, identity and extraordinary artistry of orchestras and chamber orchestras by creating an immersive festival experience in the nation's capital. In the summer of 2018, Courtney Lewis led the Australian Youth Orchestra alongside the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition Winner, Audrey Gugnin, and embarked on tour with the Ulster Youth Orchestra through Vienna, Bratislava and Belfast. During the 2018-2019 season, Lewis will lead the Minnesota Opera in their returning production of Silent Night by composer Kevin Puts. Lewis’ previous seasons in Jacksonville have featured an expanded repertoire including Mahler and Sibelius cycles, Adès’ Asyla, Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, and Andres’ The Blind Banister, while raising the caliber of guest artists with performances by violinist Anthony Marwood and pianists Lang Lang, Inon Barnatan and Jonathan Biss. In addition to initiating the return of opera productions with Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel in 2017, the 2017-2018 season featured Renée Fleming at the annual Gala, and Christine Brewer with Jay Hunter Morris performing selections from Wagner’s Götterdämmerung.

Since his debut in November 2008 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Lewis has appeared with the Atlanta Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Washington National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Houston Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra, among others. As a young conductor, Courtney Lewis served as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, and Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 2008 to 2014, Lewis was the music director of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble, a chamber orchestra dedicated not only to giving concerts of contemporary and established repertoire at the highest level of musical and technical excellence, but also bringing live music into the least privileged parts of Boston with workshops in local schools. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lewis read music at the University of Cambridge during which time he studied composition with Robin Holloway and clarinet with Dame Thea King. After completing a master’s degree with a focus on the late music of György Ligeti, he attended the Royal Northern College of Music, where his teachers included Sir Mark Elder and Clark Rundell.

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SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers

David M. Strickland, Chair Tim Cost, Vice Chair Michael Imbriani, Treasurer Elizabeth Lovett Colledge, Secretary Robert Massey, President and CEO

Board of Directors Don Baldwin,

Marketing Committee Chair

Martha Barrett Gilchrist Berg, Vision 2020 Campaign Co-Chair

Douglas A. Booher Karen Bower J.F. Bryan, IV Rafael Caldera Katharine Caliendo, ex officio Carl Cannon, Vision 2020 Campaign Co-Chair

Chung-Hae Casler Tristan Clarke, ex officio Tyler Dann Barbara Darby Jack Dickison R. Chris Doerr Thomas M. Galvin, Jr. Fausto Gardini, ex officio Margaret Gomez Katheryn Hancock, ex officio Randolph R. Johnson, Development Committee Chair

Charles S. Joseph Kiki Karpen Allison Keller Ross Krueger Anne Lufrano Matt S. McAfee Elizabeth McAlhany Sheila McLenaghan Ronald Rettner W. Ross Singletary III Randall C. Tinnin, Programming Committee Chair

Timothy A. Woodward Douglas Worth Gwendolyn “Gwen” Yates, Governance Committee Chair

Foundation Board

Margaret Gomez, Chair Gilchrist Berg Jeffrey E. Bernardo R. Chris Doerr Peter Karpen

Honorary Directors Ruth Conley David W. Foerster Preston H. Haskell Anne H. Hopkins Robert E. Jacoby Frances Bartlett Kinne Mary Carr Patton Robert T. Shircliff Mary Ellen Smith Jay Stein James Van Vleck James H. Winston †

Multicultural Advisory Council African-American Council Mark Chapman Betty Collier Barbara Darby Helen Jackson Pamela Prier Willetta Richie Henry L. Rivers Patricia Sams Veronica Tutt Felicia Wilcox Reverend Barry Wright Hispanic-American Council Alicia Burst Rafael Caldera Gil Colon Victor Cora Barbara Darby Wilfredo Gonzalez Maribel Hernandez Ed Perez Betzy Santiago † designates deceased

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PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL $100,000+

Amy and Gilchrist B. Berg BRASS Ruth Conley in memory of Paul Conley City of Jacksonville Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Fidelity National Financial Mrs. Josephine Flaherty Florida Blue Florida State College of Jacksonville ∆ Monica and Bob Jacoby PRI Productions ∆

$50,000 - $99,999

Anonymous gift in honor of the City Rescue Mission Staff bestbet Pete and Lory Doolittle DuBow Family Foundation Florida Times-Union ∆ Jacksonville Aviation AuthorityΔ Jennifer Johnson Duke and Joe Duke Mary Carr Patton State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Mrs. C. Herman Terry

$25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous Len Allen Mr. and Mrs. John D. Baker, II Black Knight Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bryan, IV Tim and Stephanie Cost Robert D. and Isabelle T. Davis Endowment Fund Stephen and Suzanne Day Deutsche Bank Jane and Jack Dickison Chris and Stephanie Doerr Mr. William G. Gingrich Haskell Jacksonville Symphony Guild Jessie Ball duPont Fund Valdemar Joost Kroier Endowment Fund

Drs. Anne and Robert Lufrano Roger L. and Rochelle S. Main Charitable Trust Mayo Clinic Donald C. McGraw Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Newton Jr. Omni Hotels and Resorts ∆ David and Linda Stein PGA TOUR Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Regency Centers, Inc. Ronald and Karen Rettner VyStar Credit Union J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Music Education Endowment Dr. Eugene and Brenda Wolchok ENCORE 11

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ABOUT THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

As Music Director Courtney Lewis begins his fourth season on the conductor’s podium, the Jacksonville Symphony celebrates an expanded 2018-2019 Season that promises more weeks of music reaching more people than ever before. In the 2017-2018 season, the Symphony reached almost 290,000 individuals through 309 performances. The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Northeast Florida’s most important cultural institutions. Founded in 1949, the Symphony is ranked among the nation’s top regional orchestras. The Symphony’s home, Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, is considered to be an acoustic gem. Each year thousands enjoy the Symphony’s performances both at Jacoby Symphony Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and at venues located throughout the state of Florida. The Symphony is also the community’s leader in music education for children, serving four county

school districts. In addition to offering free tickets to children under the age of 18 for selected Masterworks concerts, and other special youth pricing, there are several programs to foster music education. In June, the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras embarked on its first national tour as one of only three student orchestras invited to perform in the Los Angeles International Music Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Over the years, the Jacksonville Symphony has hosted some of the most renowned artists of the music world including Isaac Stern, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Kathleen Battle, Mstislav Rostopovich, Audra McDonald, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang and Renée Fleming. For more information about the Jacksonville Symphony, please visit JaxSymphony.org, like us on Facebook at Jacksonville Symphony, follow us on Twitter @JaxSymphony, and on Instagram at JaxSymphony.

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THE ORCHESTRA

Anthony Anurca SECOND/CONTRA BASSOON

Katharine Caliendo SECOND HORN

Tristan Clarke

Melissa Barrett

Christopher Bassett

Patrick Bilanchone

Aaron Brask

Rhonda Cassano

Kevin Casseday

Laurie Casseday

Christopher Chappell

Clinton Dewing

ACTING CONCERTMASTER

Dr. Hugh A Carithers Endowed Chair

SECOND FLUTE

BASS TROMBONE

BASS

PRINCIPAL TRUMPET

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CELLO

Kacy Clopton

Conrad Cornelison

Kenneth Every

Betsy Federman

Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher

PRINCIPAL TIMPANI

Chris Graham

SECOND TROMBONE

CELLO

Patrick Graham

SECOND CLARINET

PRINCIPAL BASSOON

PRINCIPAL HARP

Michael Harper

SECOND TRUMPET

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BASS

CELLO

VIOLIN

Ileana Fernandez

THIRD HORN

Andrew Bruck VIOLIN

DJ Cheek

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN

PRINCIPAL VIOLA

Aurelia Duca

Patrice Evans

PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN

VIOLIN

PRINCIPAL KEYBOARD

SECTION PERCUSSION

Kevin Garry

Anna Genest

Annie Hertler

Jiayi Huang

Max Huls

The George V. Grune Endowed Chair

VIOLIN

VIOLA

VIOLIN

THE ORCHESTRA

Vernon Humbert

James Jenkins

Ran Kampel

CELLO

PRINCIPAL TUBA

Jennifer Glock Endowed Chair

Mark Knowles

Jonathan Kuo

Jason Lindsay

FOURTH HORN

VIOLIN

Ellen Caruso Olson VIOLA

Jorge A. PeÃ±a Portillo VIOLA

Eric Olson

PRINCIPAL OBOE

Kevin Reid

PRINCIPAL CLARINET

BASS

Brian Osborne THIRD/UTILITY TRUMPET

VIOLA

Todd Lockwood

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL BASS

Colin Kiely VIOLA

Brian Magnus CELLO

Steve Merrill

PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION

VIOLA

PRINCIPAL TROMBONE

Paul Strasshofer

PRINCIPAL FLUTE

Les Roettges

Alexei Romanenko

Piotr Szewczyk

Carol Whitman

John Wieland

Yuping Zhou

The Musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony are proudly represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 444.

VIOLIN

Susan Pardue

SECOND OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

VIOLIN

Ilana Kimel

Joel Panian

SECTION PERCUSSION

PRINCIPAL HORN

VIOLIN

Daniel Rios

Cynthia Kempf

PRINCIPAL BASS

PRINCIPAL CELLO

Jeffrey Peterson

BASS

VIOLIN

Backstage Employees are proudly represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Local 115, Saul Lucio, Business Agent.

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FIRST TIME AT THE SYMPHONY? GET CUED IN!

Welcome to the Jacksonville Symphony! Whether it’s your first or fiftieth time with us, we care a lot about every single person in the beautiful Jacoby Symphony Hall. The orchestra rehearses for hours each week, but the magic doesn’t happen until you’re here to enjoy it with us. So, if there is anything we can do to make you feel welcome, please feel free to speak with an usher or staff member. You can also tell us about your experience online at jaxsymphony.org/about/contact-us/.

Here’s what to expect: 1. First Things First The concertmaster enters the stage – they are the principal, or leader, of the string section and sit to the left of the conductor. The string section includes – from smallest to largest – two sections of violins (the highest pitched strings), violas, cellos and basses. 2. Tuning Note The concertmaster cues a note from the principal oboe for the woodwinds (flutes, clarinets, oboes and bassoons) and brass (trumpets, trombones,

French horns and tubas). The only percussion instrument (the drums and keyboards in the back) that is tuned is the timpani – spot the timpanist putting his ear close to the head of the drum as he tunes. 3. Conductor Enters A conductor’s most basic job is to use a baton to keep time and make sure the orchestra starts and stops together, but the magic is in their gestures, which give the musicians cues as to how they should play the notes as a unit to express the music. 4. Time for the Music! The best way to enjoy the music is to just listen and see where it takes you. It is perfectly natural for your mind to wonder, so don’t be discouraged or anxious about listening a certain way. This moment is for you. Here are a few insider tricks to make the most of it: • If you’re here for a Masterworks series concert, read the program notes (located after the program page) before the concert begins. • See if you can pick out which instrument holds the melody (the part you can sing along with). • Close your eyes and imagine the memories, colors, movie scenes, images or moods the music brings to mind. • Listen for patterns in rhythm, sound or melody and notice how they change.

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• You might hear a composer winking at you – many of them have a great sense of humor!

FIRST TIME AT THE SYMPHONY? GET CUED IN! 5. Clapping There are two reasons to applaud at a Jacksonville Symphony concert: as a greeting, and to show appreciation! Before the concert begins, the Symphony members will all be seated on the stage, except for the concertmaster. You can applaud to greet the concertmaster, conductor and any soloists who will be performing. During a Masterworks concert, it is customary not to applaud again until the very end of each piece of music (even if there are multiple movements with pauses in between). The program will list the movements in each piece, so you will know how many there are. If unsure, wait for everyone else! The conductor recognizes players who performed special parts on their own. Loved it? Yell Bravo! Sometimes, if you clap enough, you’ll get a special “encore” from a featured soloist who comes out to play by him or herself.

Five things to try: 1. Meet the people in the seats nearby. 2. Take a selfie with the Bryan Concert Organ and check into the #jaxsymphony on Facebook or Instagram. 3. Take in Jacksonville’s best view of the St. Johns River in the Uible Lobby. 4. Not sure about which instrument is which? Try using the musicians’ roster to match faces to instruments. 5. Spot our librarian, Bart, when he switches the conductor’s music on the podium. 7. Afterward A Jacksonville Symphony concert is always amazing, but never the same, so pick your next concert and make sure you’re on our email list to receive a special offer. Check out the program page for our suggestions!

6. Intermission Usually 20 minutes, intermission is a break for your mind, and a chance to prepare for more awe-inspiring music.

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Corporate contributions empower the Jacksonville Symphony to share the magic of great music. Ticket sales only account for 40% of revenue needed to sustain season-long programming. The Jacksonville Symphony creates experiences that build a more joyful, connected, cultured and economically-thriving Jacksonville. Corporate Conductor’s Club members make that happen.

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GET INVOLVED – VOLUNTEER WITH THE SYMPHONY The Jacksonville Symphony loves its volunteers. There are many ways to support the Symphony – you can give a gift, join an auxiliary group, serve as an usher or sing in the chorus. Read about the many opportunities to support our mission.

The Guild of the Jacksonville Symphony A Time to Remember

In the midst of winter with short days and long nights, we welcome the New Year, an appropriate time to reminisce. At the Guild, we remember the ladies who left us in the recent past. Such as these former members, whose individual tributes list the Guild of the Jacksonville Symphony’s membership as a noteworthy accomplishment. Elinor Denning Jones († 2/1/2017); Myra Elizabeth Nunn, 1995-1996 Guild President († 10/1/2017); Barbara J. Hardwick Bradford (7/1/2017); Shirley Anna (Pinner) Warner († 12/1/2017); Kathryn Kiker ‘Kitty’ Harris († 12/18/2017); Mavis Brooks Powell († 12/21/2017); Kathleen (Kiki) Louise McCarthy Coderre († 3/7/2018); Teresa Milam, Ilma Maria Caya de Balmaseda y de Echeverria († 3/26/2018). As we are enjoying glorious seasonal music by the Jacksonville Symphony, present Guild members will pause and rejoice reminiscing about all past members of the Guild who selflessly served the Symphony and the community over the past 70 years.

ARIAS Continues Its Support of Nassau County Music Education

ARIAS, Amelia Residents in Action for the Symphony, continues its primary mission as a provider of music education for the elementary grades of Nassau County schools. At the 4th grade level, we continue our wildly successful Instrument Zoo program, allowing children to handle and make sounds from the four families of symphonic instruments. We are continuing our financial support of Suzuki violin lesson sessions under the auspices of Arts Alive Nassau, moving up to the 4th grade level. In 5th grade, all students are exposed to marvelous melodies of a selection of Symphony ensembles right in their school. We extend our educational theme to adults as well by providing discounted bus transportation to a variety of Masterworks, Pops and Special concerts, allowing a broad spectrum of county residents to enjoy our local musical gem! For membership information, please call Jack Dickison, ARIAS president, 904.277.0572.

BRASS Beaches Residents Actively Supporting the Symphony

NOW ANNOUNCING! BRASS will be hosting a bus from Ponte Vedra to the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts on select dates during the 20182019 season. To reserve your seat and for more information, please email info@BRASSonline.org. SAVE THE DATE! BRASS will be presenting the ever-popular Wines for Music event on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Marsh Landing Country Club. Don’t miss this special performance by a Jacksonville Symphony ensemble and a special wine auction. Additionally, BRASS will be sponsoring five Jacksonville Symphony events this season and presenting the Annual BRASS Gala on Sunday, May 5, 2019. BRASS was thrilled to present a check for $100,000 to the Jacksonville Symphony in May 2018, after an incredible year of volunteer work and three beautiful special events hosted by the Board and members of BRASS. To join BRASS today, or to renew your membership, please go to www.BRASSonline.org or email info@BRASSonline.org

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COFFEE SERIES Friday, January 11, 2019 | 11 am Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

COFFEE WITH WOLFY

Thank you for joining us!

If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers guide on page 16. We hope to see you again at an upcoming Coffee Concert!

Nathan Aspinall, conductor Emma McGrath, violin Wolfgang Amadeus Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16 MOZART Molto Allegro Andante Presto Wolfgang Amadeus Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, MOZART “Strassburg” Allegro Adagio Rondo: Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, “Prague” MOZART Adagio - Allegro Andante Presto This program runs approximately 1 hour 10 minutes.

Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. PRI Productions is the proud Event Production Partner of the Jacksonville Symphony. Jax Black Car Transportation is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, K. 16 • Mozart wrote his first symphony in 1764 when he was only 8 years old! Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, “Strassburg” • This concerto was written in 1775 (Mozart was 19) and performed shortly after, most likely with Mozart himself as the soloist. Symphony No. 38 K. 504, “Prague” • Eponymous for the city that embraced Mozart and his music in his later years, the "Prague" Symphony premiered there in 1787.

Tickets: 904.354.5547 JaxSymphony.org

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Nathan Aspinall Associate Conductor

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Nathan Aspinall is currently the associate conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony. Recent performances in this position have included Handel’s Messiah, Prokofiev’s complete ballet Cinderella and a highly-acclaimed masterworks subscription week and tour featuring pianist Bezhod Abduraminov performing Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto along with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Kevin Wilt of the Palm Beach Daily News noted, “In recent years, the Kravis Center has heard performances by the Chicago Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and more. This one was just as polished as any of those.” Formerly, Aspinall held the position of young conductor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra where he assisted Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and visiting guest conductors, and conducted concerts for the education series. He studied French horn and Conducting at the University of Queensland and upon graduation was awarded the Hugh Brandon Prize. In 2012 he attended the Aspen Music Festival studying with Robert Spano and Hugh Wolff. He was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, inviting him to return to Aspen in 2013. Aspinall has conducted the Atlanta, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the Queensland Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and has acted as assistant conductor for Opera Queensland. Festival master classes and appearances have included the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Oregon Bach Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Seminar. During the 2018-2019 season, Aspinall will lead the Jacksonville Symphony in his third masterworks subscription appearance and return with the orchestra and organist Cameron Carpenter to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Aspinall studied Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at New England Conservatory in Boston.

Emma McGrath, guest concertmaster Heralded as a “First-magnitude star in the making” by the Seattle Times, British violinist Emma McGrath made her London debut at age 10 in the Purcell Room and performed Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 at age 14 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, broadcast live on Classic FM. She has since performed as a soloist with numerous professional orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She has toured France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Brunei, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Russia, Israel, Australia, the UK and the USA as a soloist and chamber musician. McGrath is currently the concertmaster of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in Australia. Prior to this she was the associate concertmaster and acting concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the assistant concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. She has been guest concertmaster of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and will be a guest concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this season. She has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and toured Australia and Japan with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. McGrath received her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honors from the Royal College of Music, where she received the Chamber Music Prize and her Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Carnegie Mellon University where she won the Concerto Competition and was awarded the Violin Prize twice. A multi-faceted musician, McGrath is also a professional singer, composer, folk musician and baroque violinist! When she is not making music, she enjoys hiking and travelling. 26 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – JANUARY – MARCH 2019

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Saturday, January 12, 2019 | 8 pm Lazzara Performance Hall, University of North Florida

MOZART OPERA SCENES Nathan Aspinall, conductor Krzysztof Biernacki, stage director Students from the University of North Florida School of Music Johnny Pettegrew, set designer The Costume Crew, costume design

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO SCENES Overture “Cinque…dieci…venti” “Non piu andrai” “Porgi amor” “Sull’aria…che soave zeffiretto” “Giunse alfin il momento… "Deh! vieni non tardar” Act IV Finale (“Gente, gente, all'armi…”)

CAST Figaro Alec Hadden Susanna Lois Larsen Countess Mikala Laws Count Jake Rothman Basilio Jarred Randel Marcellina Karen Kenjosian Bartolo Wilford Kelly Antonio Joeavian Quintana Curzio Michael Godfrey

COSÌ FAN TUTTE

Overture Act I Finale

SCENES

CAST Fiordiligi Brittany Fouche Dorabella Mikala Laws Ferrando Michael Palmisano Guglielmo Sean Stork Despina Hannah Joy Gauthier Don Alfonso Alec Hadden INTERMISSION

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THE MAGIC FLUTE SCENES

Overture “Hm! hm! hm! hm!” “Der welcher wander diese Strasse…Tamino mein!” Act II Finale (“Papagena, Papagena, Papagena!...”)

Pamina Tamino Papageno Papagena Queen of the Night Sarastro Monastatos Three Ladies Three Spirits

Thank you for joining us!

CAST Brittany Fouche Michael Palmisano Sean Stork Madie Mangas Mikala Laws

If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers guide on page 16. We hope to see you again.

Wilford Kelly Alex Furlong Elizabeth Kirkonell Alexis Greene Anita Valdez Molina Lori Perko Marisa Nailor Brooke Ponitz

This program runs approximately 2 hours.

This performance created in partnership with the University of North Florida School of Music Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. PRI Productions is the proud Event Production Partner of the Jacksonville Symphony. Jax Black Car Transportation is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.

Fun Facts

Did you know?

Festival Fact: This is the first time that the Jacksonville Symphony has performed a “festival” of music. Composer Fact: By the age of 6, Mozart was already writing his own compositions.

Tickets: 904.354.5547 JaxSymphony.org

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SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Friday, January 18, 2019 l 7 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

AMADEUS LIVE

Thank you for joining us!

If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers guide on page 16. We hope to see you again.

Film with Live Orchestra and Choir Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nathan Aspinall, conductor Jacksonville Symphony Chorus

This program runs approximately 3 hours. There will be one 15-minute intermission.

May not be suitable for children under 13. Parental discretion advised.

Symphonic Night at the Movies Series is presented in part by Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. PRI Productions is the proud Event Production Partner of the Jacksonville Symphony. Jax Black Car Transportation is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.

AMADEUS LIVE

FILM WITH ORCHESTRA Winner of 8 Academy AwardsÂŽ in 1984, including Best Picture, Actor, Director and Adapted Screenplay, Amadeus tells the story of Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri and the envy that consumes him upon discovering that the divine musical gifts he has so longed for all his life have been bestowed on a bawdy, vulgar and impish young composer, Mozart. Salieriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s envy fuels his plot to destroy the man, yet is all the while unable to tear himself away from the genius of his music.

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Amadeus Live is an Avex Classics International production.

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Thank you for joining us!

Sunday, January 20, 2019 | 3 pm

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MOZART CHAMBER MUSIC Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 Andantino Les Roettges, flute • Melissa Barrett, violin DJ Cheek, viola • Alexei Romanenko, cello

String Quartet in C major, K. 465, “Dissonance” Allegro assai Emma McGrath, violin • Aurica Duca, violin DJ Cheek, viola • Alexei Romanenko, cello

Divertimento in B-flat major, K. 240

Eric Olson, oboe • Daniel Rios, oboe • Conrad Cornelison, bassoon Anthony Anurca, bassoon • Aaron Brask, horn • Mark Knowles, horn

String Quartet in G major, K. 387, “Spring” Allegro vivace assai Piotr Szewczyk, violin • Jonathan Kuo, violin Jorge A. Peña Portillo, viola • Brian Magnus, cello

Serenade in C minor, K. 388 Allegro

Eric Olson, oboe • Daniel Rios, oboe • Ran Kampel, clarinet Patrick Graham, clarinet • Conrad Cornelison, bassoon Anthony Anurca, bassoon • Aaron Brask, horn • Mark Knowles, horn

Serenade in G major, K. 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” Allegro Romanze Menuetto Rondo This program runs approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. PRI Productions is the proud Event Production Partner of the Jacksonville Symphony. Jax Black Car Transportation is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.

Fun Facts

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Did you know?

Composer Fact: During his lifetime, Mozart composer over 6oo works! Composer Fact: A very literal translation of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is “a little night music.” This serenade was completed in Vienna, around the same time that Mozart was working on the second act of his opera, Don Giovanni.

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POPS SERIES

PRESENTED WITH

Friday and Saturday, February 1 & 2, 2019 | 8 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

CIRQUE MUSICA Deanna Tham, conductor

Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Endowed Chair

Franz LISZT

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Piotr Ilyich Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY Allegro moderato Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Flight of the Bumblebee

Bedřich SMETANA

Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride

Gustav HOLST

Mars, the Bringer of War from The Planets

Paul DUKAS

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Richard WAGNER

Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold

Modest MUSSORGSKY

Night on Bald Mountain INTERMISSION

Richard MASLOVE

Canicatti Tarantella

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

1812 Overture

Marcelo ZARVOS

Cirque Musica Love Theme

Aaron COPLAND

Hoe Down from Rodeo

Gioachino ROSSINI

Overture from William Tell

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POPS SERIES

PRESENTED WITH

Johann STRAUSS JR.

On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314

Julius FUCIK

Entrance of the Gladiators

Franz LISZT arranged by MÜLLER-BERGHAUS

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor

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Ludwig van Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 BEETHOVEN Allegro con brio Jacques OFFENBACH

Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld

This program runs approximately 1 hour 55 minutes.

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Fun Facts

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Program Fact: Although presented as a Pops Series concert, you’ll hear many classical favorites throughout the performance!

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Deanna Tham Assistant Conductor & Principal JSYO Conductor

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Hailing from Saratoga, California, Tham has conducted and guest conducted all over the United States, most recently working with renowned conductors Marin Alsop and James Ross at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival. Before joining the Jacksonville Symphony, Tham was the music director of the 350-piece Louisville Youth Orchestra. Tham has also served as the Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has conducted the Boise Philharmonic, Ballet Idaho and Opera Idaho. Tham worked as the assistant conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra where she received a Professional Studies Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music in Orchestral Conducting. In 2013, Tham made her debut with the National Music Festival. She was one of two assistant conductors who appeared with Maestro Richard Rosenberg, working with some of the top professional musicians and teachers from around the world. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy Conductor’s Guild Scholarship where she worked with Master Teacher Victor Yampolsky. Most recently, she was invited to compete in the Cadaques Orchestra International Conducting Competition. Tham has served as the assistant conductor of the Carnegie Mellon All-University Orchestra. While at Carnegie Mellon, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in horn performance. Tham went on to receive her Master of Music degree, with honors, from Northwestern University studying with Dr. Mallory Thompson. While at Northwestern, she worked with Dr. Robert Harris, Victor Yampolsky and Dr. Robert Hasty, making her equally at home in wind, orchestral and vocal settings. She also completed community outreach projects in the form of concerts in the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Kid’s Fare series, participating in a movie music themed concert as well as conducting, managing and producing a multicultural themed interactive concert.

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COFFEE SERIES Friday, February 8, 2019 | 11 am Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 1

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Nathan Aspinall, conductor Giuseppe VERDI

Overture to The Force of Destiny

Maurice RAVEL

Suite from Mother Goose

Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams”

This program runs approximately 1 hour 10 minutes.

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) • Overture to The Force of Destiny • Verdi’s opera, La Forza del Destino (“The Force of Destiny”) follows the tragic story of two lovers, Leonora and Alvaro. The overture opens with six powerful chords, followed by a theme intended to represent “Fate.” Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) • Suite from Mother Goose • Ravel first wrote the Suite from Mother Goose in 1908 for two children whose parents he was friends with. Each of the five movements represent a fairytale: “Sleeping Beauty’s Pavane,” “Little Tom Thumb,” “Laideronnette (Little Ugly Girl),” “conversations of Beauty and the Beast” and “The Fairy Garden.” Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) • Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Dreams” • Tchaikovsky wrote this of his First Symphony: “although in many ways very immature, yet fundamentally it has more substance and is better than any of my other more mature works.” Even though writing his first symphony was slow and caused him much anxiety, its eventually premiere in 1868 proved to be a great success.

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FAMILY SERIES Sunday, February 10, 2019 | 3 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair

The Florida Ballet

Benjamin BRITTEN

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Claude DEBUSSY arranged by CAPLET

Children’s Corner

Edvard GRIEG

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

PROGRAM NOTE: Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is designed to introduce the sights and sounds of the orchestra. The audience can audibly tour each section of the orchestra – strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion – to discover what makes classical music so universally expressive. “It has the power either to regain a person’s childhood in the space of a few seconds, or to do exactly what Britten set out to do, educating young people on the instruments of the orchestra and their capabilities.”

This program runs approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

Presented by

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MASTERWORKS SERIES Friday and Saturday, February 15 & 16, 2019 | 8 pm “Insight” one hour prior to each Masterworks concert Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

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DAPHNIS AND CHLOE Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair

Jacksonville Symphony Chorus University of North Florida Chorale Richard Selections from Parsifal WAGNER Prelude Good Friday Spell INTERMISSION Maurice RAVEL

Daphnis et Chloé

This program runs approximately 1 hour 40 minutes.

Fun Facts

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Composer Fact: One of Wagner's greatest gifts to music was the leitmotif. A leitmotif is a musical signature designed to represent a specific character or theme. Modern film composers have since adopted the technique, and you'll find countless examples across many movie scores.

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Jacksonville Symphony Chorus The Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Donald McCullough, is an all-volunteer group of individuals from all walks of life who have a love of singing choral music. The 140 members must audition to participate. “The Symphony chorus is designed to sing over the Symphony,” said McCullough. “I look for voices that have focus and ring to them and that are sizeable enough to add to the sound we are trying to achieve.” Some of the voice factors that go into selecting a choral member include their ability to sing in tune, which must be impeccable; their flexibility; range; diction; and innate sense of musicality. The Chorus is celebrating its 34th season this year and was founded by past Music Director Roger Nierenberg. In 2014, the Chorus traveled to New York City for perform under McCullough’s direction in the Lincoln Center premiere of his cantata In the Shadow of the Holocaust. This season the chorus will participate in several performances including Handel’s Messiah, Holiday Pops and the highly anticipated performance of Verdi’s Messa da requirm. Choral singing is the most popular form of participation in the performing arts according to a recent study by Chorus America. Over 18% of American households report one or more adults participate in a chorus.

Donald McCullough Director, Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Tom Zimmerman Endowed Chair

Hailed by the Washington Post for his “dazzling expertise” on the podium, Donald McCullough is considered one of America’s pre-eminent choral conductors. He became the director of the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus in 2012. In November 2014 he led the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus on its first appearance in Carnegie Hall. Previously, he was the director of the Master Chorale of Washington in the John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall for more than a decade, developing a reputation for creating choruses that sang “with an innate sense of lyricism and musical poise” and “sensitive, scrupulous and heartfelt” (Washington Post). During his tenure with the Master Chorale, the 120-member symphonic chorus performed 16 world premieres, produced three nationally distributed CDs, and toured twice throughout Central Europe. The Chorale earned The Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence in North America. McCullough is also a composer whose works have been critically acclaimed throughout North America and Europe. Routinely sought after for commissions, his works have been described as “powerful and heart-wrenching,” “mystically beautiful” and “ remarkably inspirational.” Previously, McCullough was the founder and music director of two Norfolk-based choruses: the Virginia Chorale and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus. He holds bachelor’s degrees in organ and vocal performance from Stetson University and master’s degrees in sacred music and vocal performance from Southern Methodist University. A native of Jacksonville, FL, he recently moved to Atlantic Beach, FL, to focus on his expanding composing career.

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Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Donald McCullough, Director, Tom Zimmerman Endowed Chair Jill Weisblatt, Chorus Manager William Adams David Avery Wayne Bailey Deborah Baker Jerrye Baker Susan Baker Stan Ballenger Carole Banks Ann Barrow Alla Bartosh Samantha Basso Noah Battle Sr. El Battle Paula Boyd Elizabeth Bricknell Louise Brooks Dorothy Jean Bush Rita Cannon Chuck Carroll Robb Cates Kenneth Chin Estelle Chisholm Dale Choate Melody Choate Sandy Clarke Ellen Clayton Susan Connors Nancy Crookshank Julie Cross Katherine Crowell Marley Curtis Jane Daugherty Julie Davis Tracy Davis Alyce Decker Stephanie Doerr Jeff Elledge Ileana Fernandez Gregory Fisher Jr.

Jennifer Flagge Kate Flint Brian Ganan Veronica Gibson Bonnie Goldsmith Michele Hale Deborrah Hoag Dennis Holt Kathy Hunt Kiki Karpen Ken Kutch Alwynne Lamp Ginger Lindberg Mark Macco Linda MacLeod Jim Maher Walter Mattingly Liz McAlhany Marianne McAlhany Donald McCullough James McGuffin Kate Medill Ozzie Medina Pat Medlock Bill Meisel Janet Metcalf Barbara Miller Molly Miller Kenneth Mixon Libby Montgomery Meredith Mormann John Morrow Joseph Murray Sanami Nakayama Tom Nesbitt Christina Ng Ben Norman Jessica Poole Caroline Price

Vickie Prince John Pugh Nancy Purcell Amy Quinn Paulina Ragunas Mark Reasoner Nancy Redfern Wynn Redmon Caitlin Regan Patti Robertson Mark Robinson Karl Rogers Kim Rowland AJ Ruvane John Ruvane Jen Schlechte Jeffrey Schroer Keith Schroyer Jennifer Serotta Ima Singer Jai Smith Janet Snell Sharon Snow Katie Steele Richard Sykes Hugh Tobias Lora Toney Sheri Van Orden Mark Walter Eileen Ward Billy Ware Jerri Lea Ware Emily Wasek Jill Weisblatt John Weitzel, Peter Wynkoop Sam Young Gideon Zoeller

Dr. Cara Tasher Director of Choral Studies, University of North Florida Dr. Cara Tasher has served as Director of Choral Studies at the University of North Florida (UNF) since 2006. She has performed and recorded with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine and Robert Shaw. Tasher has been professionally associated with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Jacksonville Symphony, Mexico City's Opera de Bellas Artes, Portugal's Vocalizze Festival and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Proficient in several languages, Tasher's engagements as a singer, conductor and adjudicator have brought her to over 10 states and 20 countries for concerts, competitions, festivals and workshops. Her training took place in the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, University of Texas at Austin, Paris IV-La Sorbonne and Northwestern University. Tasher is active within the American Choral Directors Association, International Federation of Choral Music and the National Collegiate Choral Organization in various leadership capacities. At UNF, she created the Jacksonville SINGS! Honor Chorus Festival, Refugee Chorus, Composer’s Collective, Conductor’s Studio, the Master of Music in choral conducting and the undergraduate conducting certificate. Tasher conducts the Chorale and the Chamber Singers and teaches the conducting curriculum while overseeing the choral department and its leadership team.

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University of North Florida Chorale The University of North Florida Chorale has been entertaining audiences since the university first opened its doors. One of four official choral ensembles at UNF, this choir draws singers across campus from every field of study and from the Jacksonville community. Most recent masterworks preformed include Elgar The Dream Of Gerontius with the Jacksonville Symphony and Fauré Requiem. In the last two years, they’ve had the opportunity to work with Nicole Lamartine, Michael Barrett, Patrick Herrchiu, Amy Kotsonis and Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. Upcoming works include Handel’s Messiah, Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe and Verdi’s Requiem with Jacksonville Symphony. Auditions are open to all UNF students and alums and take place the week prior to each semester. Chorale rehearses Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m. For more information about the choral ensembles at UNF, or how to sponsor scholarships for students, please e-mail chorus@unf.edu.

UNF Chorale Sopranos Jada Allen Lilian Grusz Allison Hagan Holly Hammond Megan Hines Nicole Knorr Maddie Mangas Marissa Naylor Lori Perko Andrea Torres Espejo Cameryn Valiente Emma Wilson

Tenors Gavin Andrews Tavian Cox Jon Cruz-Cole Michael Godfrey Jimi Hutchings Rio Quinonez Jared Randell Jaime Santana Dwayne Stanton

PROGRAM NOTES By Laurie Shulman Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal 24 minutes

For a composer whose mature works were almost exclusively for the operatic stage, Richard Wagner has an outsized presence in the concert hall. Orchestral excerpts by Wagner are mainstream symphonic repertoire, and they are not limited to the overtures and preludes to his operas. The nature of Wagner’s writing is such that the orchestra has an important role in furthering the plots of his music dramas. His system of Leitmotifs — literally, ‘leading motives’ — associates a specific person, object, event, or even an emotion with a particular snippet of music. By combining, repeating, and layering these motives, Wagner gives listeners insight as to what characters on stage are thinking or feeling, without them necessarily even singing. His superb technical command of the symphonic ensemble allowed the operatic ‘pit’ orchestra to evolve into a larger and

Altos Liz Brink Emily Fox Claudia Guanes Erin Haworth Miranda Lippus Devan McKenzie Allie Pecoraro Chloe Polder Misha Smeen Jade Staschke Eliza Stoney Wanying "Chelsea" Nie Emme Wein

more sophisticated entity. Most of the Wagner overtures and preludes are demanding and virtuosic for the performers, often showing brasses and strings to great advantage. In addition, many excerpts from his operas have been edited and arranged for concert performance. Two such excerpts from Parsifal, his final opera, show up in the concert hall: the Prelude and the Good Friday Spell. Because of Wagner’s use of recurring Leitmotifs, their music is related. Wagner sketched the libretto for Parsifal in 1857, but did not complete his prose draft for another twenty years. Other major projects intervened: the operas Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, and the four operas of his Ring cycle. A quarter of a century elapsed from the opera’s initial conception to its premiere in July, 1882. Wagner’s principal source for the tale was Wolfram von Eschenbach’s 13thcentury poem, Parzifal. The legend of the Holy Grail also has roots in the 12thcentury French writings of Crestien de Troyes. Wagner first read Eschenbach’s poem in modern German translation in the 1840s.

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Basses Alexander Burney Van Cole Ted Louckes Caleb Moore Joeavian Quintana-Rivera Isaiah Smalls Joseph Smith Jacob Stonecypher George Vachon Jonathan Woodbine

It is not necessary to have an acquaintance with poem or the opera in order to appreciate these excerpts. Wagner introduces most of the musical and philosophical elements of the opera in his Prelude: first the motives of suffering and the spear; later the motives associated with rites of the Holy Grail and with Faith. Atmosphere is central to the Prelude’s opening, which is calm, slow, and expressive. Those who know Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony will recognize the “Dresden Amen,” which Wagner adapts as his motive for the Holy Grail. The music of Good Friday Spell is drawn from early in Act III, which takes place on Good Friday. Parsifal has returned to the Temple of the Grail after years of wandering, having safely guarded the spear with which a Roman soldier pierced Christ’s breast at the Crucifixion. Recognizing the young man as the ‘pure fool’ of a prophecy made years before, the knight Gurnemanz anoints him the leader of the Temple. Parsifal notices that the countryside appears to be transformed. Gurnemanz explains that the Good Friday Spell transfigures nature through love and recovered purity.

The motives associated with the Holy Grail and with Faith dominate the Good Friday Spell, along with a radiant new theme that Wagner introduces (listen for the oboe and clarinet solos). As in the Prelude, Wagner’s unhurried pace evokes a sense of otherworldliness and eternity, but also suggests the annual renewal of spring. Even without any religious association, the music communicates a reverence that is quite moving.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloé 50 minutes

Serge Diaghilev. The name alone is magical in its evocation of dance and the ultimate synthesis of staged art in the early twentieth century, a presence whose power and force of personality have only been matched by George Balanchine. With his extraordinary Ballets russes troupe in Paris, Diaghilev anchored the finest dance company that the world had yet seen. Thirsty for artistic and musical talent as well as dancers, he was the quintessential impresario, orchestrating a confluence of genius that remains one of the greatest cultural miracles of modern times. Under Diaghilev's aegis, Stravinsky and Prokofiev shifted from talented unknowns to musical masters with major international ballet successes to their credit. Too ecumenical to restrict himself to his countrymen, Diaghilev sought out Richard Strauss in Germany and Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel in France. In each case his patronage and commissions generated works of major importance.

Diaghilev's collaboration with Ravel was stormy and crisis ridden, proving a major thorn in the side of the young French composer. During a fecund period when Ravel produced, with apparent ease, major works such as Rapsodie espagnole and the one-act opera L'heure espagnole (both of which were instrumental in placing him firmly at the forefront of French composition), he struggled with Daphnis et Chloé for almost four years. The ballet was highly problematic for him, yet the paradox is that the resultant musical work is widely considered to be his greatest symphonic composition. While it is regularly revived as a staged ballet, it is also extremely popular as a concert piece and has yielded two orchestral suites that are even more frequently performed. The generic conflict between ballet and symphony is key to an understanding of why Ravel encountered so much trouble with Daphnis et Chloé. Diaghilev's choreographer for the work was Michel Fokine, who also contributed significantly to the development of the scenario. In a June 1909 letter to his friend Madame de Saint-Marceaux, Ravel wrote: I must tell you that I've just had an insane week: preparation of a ballet libretto for the next Russian season. Almost every night, work until 3:00 a.m. What complicates things is that Fokine doesn't know a word of French, and I only know how to swear in Russian. In spite of the interpreters, you can imagine the savor of these meetings.

Ultimately the symphonic impulse in Ravel proved stronger than his desire to accommodate either Fokine or Diaghilev. Daphnis et Chloé's great success derives from the fact that Ravel moved forward on his own terms, rather than sacrificing his inspiration or inclination to the needs of the dancers. He had serious words with Diaghilev when the Russian impresario attempted to mount a regional lowbudget production of the ballet, without choruses, in London! Purists will want to know that the pastoral legend of the shepherd Daphnis and his love, the shepherdess Chloé, is adapted from the writings of the third century Greek writer Longus. They will do better to understand Ravel's perspective, contained within the world of the 18th-century painters Fragonard, Largillière and Watteau. In his autobiographical sketch of 1927, Ravel described his intent in Daphnis: A vast musical fresco, less thoughtful of archaism than of fidelity to the Greece of my dreams, which identifies quite willingly with that imagined and depicted by late 18thcentury French artists. The formal title of the symphonic version is "choreographic symphony in three movements." (Listeners familiar with the two suites will recognize their music in the second and third segments.) The ballet's plot concerns Daphnis's courtship of Chloé, which is thwarted when she is captured by rampaging pirates. With the aid of nymphs and the god Pan, the lovers are reunited at the close of the work, in "joyous tumult." Laurie Shulman ©2018

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SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Saturday, February 23, 2019 l 7 pm Sunday, February 24, 2019 l 3 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

STAR WARS FILM CONCERT SERIES STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

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Major/Minor

Nathan Aspinall, conductor

This program runs approximately 2 hours 20 minutes. There will be one 20-minute intermission. Symphonic Night at the Movies Series is presented in part by the

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STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

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“The Force is strong with this one...”

Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: A New Hope, the fourth episode of the saga, returns to the desert planet of Tatooine. A young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) begins to discover his destiny when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness). A civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil Galactic Empire, Luke and Obi-Wan enlist the aid of hotshot pilot, Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Joined by the quirky droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO, the unlikely team sets out to rescue Rebel leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and make use of the stolen plans to destroy the Empire’s ultimate weapon. In a legendary confrontation, the rogue group mounts an attack against the Death Star for a climactic battle with the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. ENCORE 57

John Williams In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-three Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer. In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches.”

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SYMPHONY GALA Thank you for joining us!

Saturday, March 2, 2019 | 7 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

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SYMPHONY 2019 GALA FEATURING ALISA WEILERSTEIN Courtney Lewis, conductor Haskell Endowed Chair

Alisa Weilerstein, cello Robert SCHUMANN

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1851 revision)

Antonín DVOŘÁK

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

This program runs approximately 85 minutes.

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Fun Facts

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Composer Fact: Schumann tried to improve his piano skills by tying weight to his fingers while he practiced. Unfortunately, the only thing that managed to do was permanently damage his fingers. Composer Fact: The oldest of 14 children, Dvořák not only performed with his father in a local band, but also assisted him as an apprentice butcher.

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Decca-Harald Hoffmann

Alisa Weilerstein, cellist “A young cellist whose emotionally resonant performances of both traditional and contemporary music have earned her international recognition, … Weilerstein is a consummate performer, combining technical precision with impassioned musicianship.” So stated the MacArthur Foundation when awarding Alisa Weilerstein a 2011 MacArthur “genius grant” Fellowship, prompting the New York Times to respond: “Any fellowship that recognizes the vibrancy of an idealistic musician like Ms. Weilerstein … deserves a salute from everyone in classical music.” In performances marked by intensity, sensitivity and a wholehearted immersion in each of the works she interprets, the American cellist has long proven herself to be in possession of a distinctive musical voice. In the 2017-2018 season Weilerstein gave two performances of Schumann’s Cello Concerto, with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck and the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Christoph Eschenbach; two performances of the Barber Concerto, with the Chicago Symphony led by Jiří Bělohlávek and the Cleveland Orchestra under Alan Gilbert; and a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with conductor Jeffrey Kahane leading the New York Philharmonic. For the 2016-2017 season, in a career first, she gave performances of Bach’s complete suites for unaccompanied cello; toured nine U.S. cities, capped by a Lincoln Center performance at Alice Tully Hall, with Barnatan and

New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill; and toured Europe with Barnatan, culminating with a return to London’s Wigmore Hall. In concerts around the globe she performed Britten’s Cello Symphony with Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony; Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Netherlands Philharmonic and the National Symphony in both Washington, DC and Moscow, to name a few. Weilerstein has appeared with all the foremost orchestras of the United States and Europe, collaborating with conductors including Marin Alsop, Sir Andrew Davis and Gustavo Dudamel. Her major career milestones include an emotionally tumultuous account of Elgar’s concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim in Oxford, England, for the orchestra’s 2010 European Concert, which was televised live to an audience of millions worldwide. In 2009, she was one of four artists invited by Michelle Obama to participate in a widely celebrated and high profile classical music event at the White House, featuring student workshops hosted by the First Lady, and performances in front of an audience that included President Obama and the First Family. A month later, Weilerstein toured Venezuela as a soloist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel. In recent years, Weilerstein recorded the Elgar and Elliott Carter cello concertos with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin. The disc was named “Recording of the Year 2013” by BBC Music, which featured the cellist on the cover of its May 2014 issue. Her next release, on which she

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plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic, topped the U.S. classical chart. Her third album, a compilation of unaccompanied 20thcentury cello music titled Solo, was pronounced an “uncompromising and pertinent portrait of the cello repertoire of our time” (ResMusica, France). Solo’s centerpiece is the Kodály sonata, a signature work that Weilerstein revisits on the soundtrack of If I Stay, a 2014 feature film starring Chloë Grace Moretz in which the cellist makes a cameo appearance as herself. Born in 1982, Weilerstein discovered her love for the cello at just two and a half, when her grandmother assembled a makeshift set of instruments from cereal boxes to entertain her while she was ill with chicken pox. Although immediately drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein soon grew frustrated that it didn’t produce any sound. After persuading her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed her natural affinity for the instrument and gave her first public performance six months later. At 13, in October 1995, she played Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo” Variations for her Cleveland Orchestra debut, and in March 1997 she made her first Carnegie Hall appearance with the New York Youth Symphony. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Weiss, the cellist also holds a degree in history from Columbia University, from which she graduated in May 2004. In November 2008, Weilerstein, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was nine, became a Celebrity Advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

PROGRAM NOTES By Laurie Shulman Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 28 minutes

By the time this D minor symphony was published in 1853, Robert Schumann had already suffered several of the attacks that would result in his commitment to a mental asylum the following year. The late publication number, Opus 120, is misleading in the case of this wonderful symphony, whose music represents Schumann's inspiration at its freshest and most fertile. We have in the Fourth Symphony a classic case of delayed publication bearing only a marginal relationship to the genesis of the work. Schumann's first version of this symphony dates from 1841, his so-called "orchestral" year. Chronologically, the D minor symphony was actually Schumann's second symphony; its designation as Fourth derives from the delay in publication. Schumann is believed to have presented the first version of the symphony to his wife Clara, as a birthday present in mid-September 1841. He apparently composed it quite rapidly, for an entry in Clara's diary from early that month reads: Yesterday he began another symphony. I have not heard anything of it so far, but at times I catch the sound of a fiery D-minor in the distance, and I can see from the way he acts that it will be another work drawn from the very depths of his soul. Following a cool response at the work's first performance in Leipzig late in 1841, Schumann withdrew it. The symphony lay fallow for a decade, while he busied himself with other projects. He pulled the neglected manuscript off the shelf in 1851, making some structural revisions and altering the instrumentation. The original version had independent movements. For his 1851 revision, Schumann composed transitional passages to connect its four parts. The extended one-movement, multisectional form is one of Schumann's most innovative achievements, and makes this Symphony the most compact of his four. The Symphony was performed in its new version in Düsseldorf in December 1851, and published a little over a year later. Its musical substance remained as inspired and imaginative as Schumann’s first draft from 1841. The symphony is one of his tightest and most successful formal constructions. It is music of taut

thematic unity. Schumann's models for this approach were Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasie. The Fourth Symphony opens quietly: questioning, restrained and mysterious. Schumann’s introduction does not end, but rather accelerates until its momentum has evolved into the body of the movement. Two principal melodic ideas, set forth in the slow introduction, dominate the Allegro’s entire musical fabric. The slow movement, a classic Schumannesque romance, features a plaintive oboe solo. (Listen also for the concertmaster, weaving delicate filigree above the rest of the first violins.) Both elegiac and folk-like, this romantic movement seems over too soon, it is so lovely. Next comes a vigorous and masculine scherzo, whose transition to the more contrapuntal finale is one of Schumann's most ingenious touches. The Symphony closes in brilliant and triumphant D-major, with an extended coda that Schumann equaled only in his magnificent Piano Quintet.

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104 40 minutes

Dvořák was a brilliant symphonist, a champion of absolute music in an era when the symphonic poem with an extramusical programme carried great sway. His most lasting contribution was in the realm of orchestral and chamber music, which makes him a Bohemian analogue to his mentor and friend Johannes Brahms in Vienna. But for some reason, unlike Brahms, Dvořák achieved little resonance in the realm of the concerto. He tried his hand at both piano and violin concertos, and produced serviceable works that have their memorable moments. Both those pieces are performed occasionally and deserve to be heard, but neither is first rank Dvořák. The late Cello Concerto is an entirely different story. When Brahms first examined the score, he exclaimed: "Why on earth didn't I know that one could write a violoncello concerto like this? If I had only known, I would have written one long ago!" Op.104 in B-minor crowns Dvořák's concerto production, and remains one of the glories of the literature. Oddly enough, Dvořák considered cello to be an inappropriate solo instrument. He perceived its upper register as strained, even nasal, and its lower register gruff. The eminent Czech cellist Hanuš Wihan, Dvořák’s inspiration and eventual dedicatee, succeeded in changing his mind.

Another factor that influenced his decision to take on the project was an 1894 concert he attended in New York City. The Irish-American cellist and composer Victor Herbert (1859-1924), performed his own Second Concerto. Dvořák was so moved by his friend’s artistry, and so challenged by the instrument’s possibilities, that he set to work on his own concerto. Perhaps because it was the sole work Dvořák completed during that final year in the USA, Op. 104 is generally grouped with Dvořák's "American" works. Actually it is far more closely allied to his Bohemian roots, filled with the spirit and rhythms of his beloved homeland. Though the overall concept is symphonic, the prominent solo role, aggressive and fluid from the start, integrates quite satisfactorily with the larger orchestral entity. The first movement is rich in melodies, distributed generously throughout the orchestra but focused in the woodwinds. Eventually the soloist has his way with most of the melodic material. This opening Allegro is one of the triumphs of Dvořák’s maturity. More than anywhere else, the Czech flavor of this dramatic concerto sails forth in the slow movement. While working on the piece on his second trip to the United States in 1894, Dvořák learned that his sister-in-law Josefina Kaunitzova was ill. She had been a youthful love of his, and he retained a strong affection for her. She was quite fond of his song "Let me wander alone with my dreams" (Op. 82, No.1), and he incorporated its melody into the Adagio ma non troppo. This movement’s exceptionally rich thematic material also includes a noteworthy duet for oboe and the soloist, plus a lovely flute solo. Following Dvořák's return to his homeland in May 1895, Josefina died. At that point he undertook the revision of the Finale, incorporating the song an additional time into the Coda. That conclusion gives the finale a quality of resignation that is one of the concerto's most distinguishing characteristics. Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is imbued with a symphonic concept throughout, an approach whose resemblance to Brahms' concerti can hardly be lost on those familiar with both composers' works. The prominent solo role, aggressive and fluid from the start, succeeds in integrating itself quite satisfactorily with the larger orchestral entity. Laurie Shulman ©2018

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YOUTH ORCHESTRA SERIES Sunday, March 3, 2019 | 5 pm Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times Union Center for the Performing Arts

JSYO SPRING CONCERT Deanna Tham, Principal JSYO Conductor Winston Family Endowed Chairr

Foundation Strings Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART arranged by GRUSELLE

Rose Francis, conductor A Mozart Allegro

Kathryn GRIESINGER

Lotus Dance

Alan Lee SILVA

Tour of California

Encore Strings Richard WAGNER arranged by DACKOW

Helen Morin, conductor March of the Meistersingers from Die Meistersinger

About the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO) are Northeast Florida’s premier developmental orchestral ensembles. Last season, the JSYO served more than 300 young musicians ages 7-21, who were admitted through competitive auditions. Through the indepth study of classical repertoire, each orchestra improves its musical skills and understanding at both the individual student level and the ensemble level. In all, there are six ensembles which rehearse and perform under the direction of JSYO Principal Conductor and Symphony Assistant Conductor, Deanna Tham and her team of music educators. These professional conductors, along with Jacksonville Symphony musicians, nationally recognized soloists, and other professional educators in the community, enable the JSYO to serve the needs of each young musician with individualized, ability-level specific instruction.

Edvard Norwegian Dance No. 1, Op. 35 GRIEG arranged by BAKER MONDAY

JSYO members are afforded unique musical experiences, in addition to the exposure to and performance of orchestral masterworks. For example, JSYO ensembles perform in the TimesUnion Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall during the season as well as the annual Major/Minor concert, which will be conducted by Jacksonville Symphony Music Director Courtney Lewis. At this concert, finalists in the annual Young Artists Concerto Competition showcase their exceptional talents by performing with the Jacksonville Symphony. The JSYO also perform free community engagement concerts, both in Jacoby Symphony Hall and at various First Coast locations. Last season, the JSYO Philharmonic participated in their firstever tour to the Los Angeles International Music Festival where they performed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

COLDPLAY arranged by MOORE

Viva la Vida

For more information visit jaxsymphony.org/jsyo.

Repertory Orchestra Modest MUSSORGSKY

Deanna Tham, conductor Prelude to Kovantchina

Upcoming Events: Festival of Strings – May 6 Major/Minor – May 10

Antonín DVOŘÁK

Czech Suite, Op. 39

Gioachino Overture to William Tell ROSSINI Finale arranged by DACKOW Johann STAMITZ arranged by PHILIPS

Symphony No. 3 in G major, Op. 3

Premier Strings Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART arranged by HOFFMAN

Helen Morin, conductor Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492

INTERMISSION

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Support for the JSYO is provided in part by: Cummer Family Foundation Rice Family Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities Rowe Charitable Foundation Smoller Scholarship Fund Florida State College at Jacksonville Brady Johnston Charitable Fund

YOUTH ORCHESTRA SERIES Philharmonic Deanna Tham, conductor Pyotr Ilyich Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 TCHAIKOVSKY Noah Hays, cello Gustav The Planets, Op. 32 HOLST Mars, the Bringer of War Uranus, the Magician Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Please see insert for student roster and conductor biographies. This program runs approximately 2 hours 5 minutes.

Presented by

Cummer Family Foundation

Sponsored in part by

Rice Family Foundation Rowe Charitable Foundation Brady S. Johnston Perpetual Charitable Trust

Read about Deanna Tham on page 42. Rose Francis Conductor, Foundation Strings Rose Francis was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Brevard County, Florida where she began her violin studies from a young age. She holds an undergraduate degree in Music Education where she studied violin under Dr. Simon Shiao and a Master of Music Performance in Conducting under the direction of Dr. Gordon Brock from the University of North Florida. Francis participated in master classes with the Ying String Quartet, UNF Conducting Symposium with Eugene Corporon and was recently a conducting fellow with the Saratoga Orchestra for the Pacific North West Conducting Institute workshop with Diane Wittry and Dr. Anna Edwards. She currently serves as string orchestra director at Pine Forest Magnet School of the Arts, where she developed and cultivated a full time string program for the entire school population with instruction including violin, viola, cello and bass. Francis teaches upper strings techniques and pedagogy as an adjunct professor at University of North Florida. She has served as the assistant conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville from the beginning of its inaugural season in fall of 2016. Francis is an advocate for string education and an emerging leader in the field.

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Helen Morin Conductor, Premier Strings & Encore Strings Helen Morin earned a Master of Music in Violin Performance with Lucia Lin at Boston University and holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin from Trinity College of Music, London, where she studied with John Crawford. Prior to her studies in the United States, Morin performed in Europe with the Britten Peers Orchestra, the Fine Arts Sinfonia of London and as concertmaster of the Trinity Sinfonia. Morin has been a guest artist at the Dartington International Music Festival, performed at the Brevard Music Festival and toured Europe with the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed at the London Festival Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Queens House Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Chapel and St. Johns Square. She is a recipient of the Cavatina Trust Award and the Licentiate Trinity College London Teaching Diploma (qualifying her to teach at university level in the United Kingdom). Since moving to St. Augustine in 2010, Morin has substituted on several occasions for the Jacksonville Symphony, freelances with local chamber orchestras and has a private violin studio. She is a member of the Georgia Coastal Symphony and has performed as a member of the St. Augustine Music Festival Orchestra. She currently teaches music at R.B. Hunt Elementary School in St. Augustine, where she has established an after school strings program in the St. Johns County School District.

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SOCIETY

An invitation to play your part in the future of our Symphony

Cadenza Society members are a group of dedicated supporters who have made a future financial commitment to ensure that the orchestra you love will be able to keep making vibrant music for generations to come.

Membership is easy. No immediate donation is necessary. You simply need to name Jacksonville Symphony as a beneficiary in your will, trust, insurance policy, donor advised fund or foundation.

Cadenza Society Members receive recognition in Encore as well as invitations to: • An exclusive Cadenza Society gathering with Music Director Courtney Lewis

• Onstage Open Rehearsals

• Annual Donor Appreciation Night

Kaye Glover 904.354.9136

Welcome to our newest Cadenza members! Julian Farris and James A. Montgomery, MD Margaret Gomez William Ptak Mark O. and Cheryl A. Walter

JaxSymphony.org/legacy The Jacksonville Symphony gratefully acknowledges these members for including the Symphony in their estate planning. Mark and Rita Allen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anderson Sandra Sue Ashby Rick E. Bendel Jacob F. Bryan IV Elizabeth I. Byrne, Ed.D. Carl and Rita Cannon Clarissa and Warren Chandler Estelle and Terry Chisholm Col. and Mrs. Robert B. Clarke Patrick and Linda Clyne Mike and Naomi Coffey Luther and Blanche Coggin Elizabeth Schell Colyer Ruth P. Conley Caroline S. Covin Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden Dr. Amy Crowder in memory of Carole V. Ewart Sara Alice Bradley Darby* Stephen and Suzanne Day Ann Derby Chris and Stephanie Doerr Mr. and Ms. Pete Doolittle Jeff Driggers* Julian Farris and James A. Montgomery, M.D. Brock Fazzini Josephine Flaherty Mr. and Mrs. David Foerster Friend of the Symphony (4) Mr. and Mrs. George D. Gabel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Geiger John L. Georgas* Linda Barton Gillis Margaret Gomez Rabbi Robert and Marilyn Goodman Sue Gover

Mary T. Grant* Camille Clement Gregg Charitable Remainder Trust in memory of Ruthwood Craven Samek Dr. Dan W. Hadwin and Dr. Alice Rietman-Hadwin Suna Hall Preston H. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hetzel Richard Hickok and Andrea Ashley Bev and Bill Hiller Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Trust Wes and Beth Jennison Virginia Johnsen Rebecca and Randolph Johnson Mrs. Rita H. Joost Robert and Cynthia Kastner Elizabeth Kerr Frances Bartlett Kinne, Ph.D. Norman and Dolores Kramer Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger E. Michael and Heidja Kruse Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lindsey Dr. D’Anne and Mr. Daniel Lombardo Leyse Lowry Jean Lumpkin* Dr. Joseph Marasco Doug and Laura* Mathewson Ambassador Marilyn McAfee Allison McCallum Frances Watts McCurry Lee and Bobbie Mercier Roxie Merrill Robert A. and Fay Mills* Sherry Murray*

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Mr. and Mrs. E. William Nash, Jr.* Christine Ng and Herbert Wolfsen Janet and Joseph Nicosia Lloyd Hamilton Oakes Charitable Remainder Trust in memory of Ruthwood Craven Samek Mr. Val Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters Ruth (Rusty) Pierce Richard and Leslie Pierpont William Ptak JoAnne Reilly J. William Ross Ruthwood C. Samek* Carol and Bob Shircliff Mrs. Sally Simpson Ann H. Sims* Mr. and Mrs. Al Sinclair* Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen Ana and Hal Skinner Virginia Smith* David and Linda Stein Mary Love Strum Mary Virginia Terry Chip and Phyllis Tousey Rev. W. Glenn Turner Mary Jane and Jack Uible Tom Vickery and Elizabeth McAlhany Mark O. and Cheryl A. Walter Stephen R. Wickersham Stephen Williams Renee Winkler Quentin E. Wood Thomas C. Zimmermann* *Designates deceased

The Jacksonville Symphony Association gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals, businesses and foundations: Gifts to the Annual Fund between July 1, 2017 and October 29, 2018 Δ Designates a gift in-kind * Designates deceased CONDUCTOR’S CLUB PLATINUM $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (2) Arts Consulting Group Δ Sandra Sue Ashby Baker Family Advised Fund Biscottis Δ Joanne & Doug Booher Brooks Rehabilitation G. Howard Bryan Endowment Fund Sandra and Phillip Burnaman Mr. and Mrs. A. R. “Pete” Carpenter Dr. Elizabeth Lovett Colledge CSX Transportation, Inc. Cummer Family Foundation Sally and Tyler Dann Dr. Sandra Every Dean and Mr. Michael Dean Mr. and Mrs. Michael Drexler Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne, P.L. Drummond Press Jess & Brewster J. Durkee Foundation Jon A. Ebacher and Jill T. Wannemacher Fifth Third Bank Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gibbs III Mrs. Mary Godley Margaret Gomez Paul and Nina Goodwin Ann and David Hicks Foundation Dr. Anne H. Hopkins Michael and Maryann Imbriani Jacksonville Symphony Association Endowment Fund Rebecca and Randolph Johnson Charlie and Anne Joseph The Thomas M. Kirbo and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust Michel and Heidja Kruse Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr. Trevor Lee Judy and Scott McCue and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mrs. Frances W. McCurry National Endowment for the Arts Lee and Darlene Nutter Publix Super Markets Charities Rice Family Foundation Riverplace Capital Management, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Shircliff Samuel Shorstein Mr. and Mrs. Ross Singletary Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Δ Stein Mart, Inc. David and Linda Stein Jay and Deanie Stein David and Elaine Strickland SunTrust Bank John and Kristen Surface Carl S. Swisher Foundation Erlane D. and John E. Tait Gwynne* and Bob Tonsfeldt Chip and Phyllis Tousey Jim and Joan Van Vleck Tom Vickery and Sarah McAlhany

George and Ellen Williams Edna Sproull Williams Foundation The Winston Family Foundation Quentin and Louise* Wood Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Worth Mrs. Martha Yohe

CONDUCTOR’S CLUB GOLD $5,000 - $9,999

aetna Arkest LLC Drs. Julie R. and James D. Baker, III Sally and Jim* Baldwin Bank of America Baptist Health John and Cherie Billings Annette and Bill Boling Borkowski Family Foundation Paul and Kathy Bosland Nancy and Ted Burfeind Mary Ann Burns and Suzanne Burns Dalton Carl and Rita Cannon Dr. John D. and Mrs. Chung-Hae Casler CenterState Bank Linda L. and Patrick W. Clyne Sharon and Martin Connor Cornehl Family Foundation Tom and Jesse Dattilo Susan P. Davis Edward* and Susan Doherty Alice and O’Neal Douglas Duval Motor Company Andrew Farkas John and Flavel Godfrey Cynthia and Walter Graham, Jr. Becky and Tommy Grimes Betty Lu Grune Harbinger Sign Company Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Harold Joe and Renate Hixon Calvin and Ellen Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Hughes, Jr. Ira and Eva Jackler Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Lillian and Bunky Johnson Mr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Jones Lawrence & Kathy Kanter Philanthropic Fund of the JCF Peter and Kiki Karpen Bob and Cindy Kastner Dr. Frances B. Kinne Patty and Jim Kleck Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Kovarik Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger Mrs. Anne Kufeldt Dave and Mary Pat Kulik Kustura Technology Δ Magnolia Foundation Bill and Barbara Maletz Main Street America Group Martin Coffee Δ Julie and Michael McKenny Sheila McLenaghan and Duke Butler

Margaret Leu Means Dr. Christine Ng – ngderm.com Janet and Joseph Nicosia Robert and Flo Anne O’Brien Deborah and David Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pippin Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ross, Jr. Susan and John Ryzewic Saunders & Company Ed and Whitney Selover Stephen and Joan Shewbrooks Mr. Benjamin Shorstein and Ms. Nicole Nissim Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sisisky Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen Kent and Marie Smith Dr. Mark A. Spatola and Dr. Mihaela Ionescu Joseph and Anna Spiak The McMichael Family Foundation Tom Bush BMW Jacksonville V Pizza Δ Vicar’s Landing Carol and Manuel Wallace Ms. Barbara W. Webster Warner and Sherrie Calvert Webb Wells Fargo Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Scott Wiedenmann Stephen Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Winton Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts Carleton and Barbara Zacheis

CONDUCTOR’S CLUB SILVER $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Adams Mark and Rita Allen David and Beth Arnold Teri and Jim Babcock Stephen E. and Phyllis C. Bachand Mr. and Mrs. Don Baldwin Claudette and Richard Barker Dr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Bayley Byron and Cynthia Bergren Joyce R. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. James C. Blanton Sandy and Jack Borntraeger Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Boushie John and Cletia Bowron Mr. and Mrs. David B. Boyer Rod and Pat Brock Mark and Beth Brockelman Karen and Mark Brown Cecilia Bryant and Richard Lipsey Jim and Carol Bryce Mr. Stanley W. Cairns Mrs. Diane Cannon Jack and Dorothy Cernik Warren and Clarissa Chandler Sandra and Andrew Clarke Patricia Clegg in Memory of George F. Clegg

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Mike and Naomi Coffey Meade and Alvin Coplan Caroline Covin in Memory of Robert Covin Mr. John P. Cranston In Memory of Larry Karasic, M.D. Peter Dalmares Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Darnall Ms. Emily J. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Davis Douglas Anderson School of the Arts In Memory of Shirley Collupy Dr. and Mrs. James W. Dyer Edward Waters College Enterprise Holdings Foundation Greg and Helen Euston Randy and Lynn Evans Mr. Mark R. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Fernley III Mrs. Betty Fipp Mr. and Mrs. David Foerster Dr. Daniel Fulmer and Kim Vermillion Michael Furick Clark and Lauretta Gaylord Pat and Fred Gieg Lawrence and Phyllis Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Roland and Sara-Ann Gomez Rabbi Robert and Marilyn Goodman Mel and Debbie Gottlieb Dr. William H. Haas and Ms. Brenda B. Verbeck Dr. Dan Hadwin and Dr. Alice Rietman-Hadwin Mr. Rushton W. Hays Herb and Ann Rowe Charitable Foundation Bill and Nancy Hetzel The Holmes Organization Private Client Group – Stacy Derr & Marty Jones Dr. Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ms. JoLynne Jensen Andrew and Gurmeet Keaveny David and Sally Ketcham Dr. Annette Laubscher Janine Leland and Thomas Larson Harriet LeMaster Mr. Courtney Lewis Carolyn Marsh Lindsay Mrs. John R. Mackroth Robert Massey and Lisa Ponton Rachel T. Maddox Memorial Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Ann and Bob Maxwell Mayse-Turner Fund for Public Performance of Classical Music Alison McCallum Davis and Sandra McCarty Marcia Mederos Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Mrs. Jeanne Moomaw Dr. Lesley Morgan Linda Crank Moseley Robert and Monica Mylod Newman Family Foundation John and Dorothy Nutant Capt. John and Mrs. Carol O’Neil Jr. (USN Ret.) Mr. Valfrid E. Palmer Marie and Joel Pangborn Dr. Mark Parkulo and Dr. Marie Deruyter The Honorable Mayor John Peyton & Dr. Kathryn P. Peyton

PNC Kathryn S. Robbie – Attorney at Law Bruce Rosborough and Judy Ham Mr. Harry Ruhsam Sheila and Louis Russo Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Sawyer Mrs. Miyuki Scheidel Mrs. Lorraine Scruby Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Sherin Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Shorstein Steve and Judy Silverman Hal and Ana Skinner Mr. Richard G. Skinner III and Ms. Pat Holihan Dr. Edward and Mary Ellen Smith Rev. and Mrs. J. Perry Smith Townsend Smith Diane P. Soha In Loving Memory of Margaret B. Partridge Dr. Mandell and Rita Diamond Stearman Mr. and Mrs. Benson I. Stein Marianne and Ben Stein Robert and Patricia Stichweh Mrs. C. G. Strum Ivy Suter Mr. and Mrs. John Tancredi Mireille and Robert Threlkel Mr. and Ms. James M. Tilley Ron and Maureen Townsend Mrs. Georgia Wahl Mary V. and Frank C. Watson Dr. and Mrs. Lowell B. Weiner Ph.D. Ms. Barbara C. West Westminster St. Augustine Westminster Woods on Julington Creek Arlene and Phil Wiesner Mr. and Mrs. Chester Witczak Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Wolff III Hon. Gwen Yates and Lt. Col. Alton Yates, Ret. Carolyn and Elliot Zisser

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE $1,000 - $2,499

Sahar Aboudan, MD Anonymous (2) Mrs. Linda R. Alexander Mr. Thomas Argyris Dr. and Mrs. George F. Armstrong, Jr. Berman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berman Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Borghese Laura and William Boxer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bragan John and Hilary Breen Lori Burman Jim and Mary B. Burt Mrs. Lynn Cabrera Mr. Henry C. and Mrs. Jessica Carnegie Jeff and Lee Ann Clements Luther and Blanche Coggin Elizabeth Schell Colyer Dr. and Mrs. James J. Conners Bill and Kathy Cosnotti Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden Mr. John A. Darby and Dr. Barbara Darby Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Drew Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Eckels Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ezequelle Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Favo

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Mr. Richard Cullen and Mr. Robert Finnerty, Jr. Bill and Judy Franson Dr. John Gallo Mr. and Mrs. James Giblin Mr. Wayne Greenberg and Mrs. Elizabeth Shahan Mr. and Mrs. Otis C. Gregg, Jr. Gisela Haemmerle Suna Hall Bill and Kent Hamb Jack and Grace Hand Harriet Hart Dr. Hazem Herbly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hodgkins Paula and Kenneth Horn The Brady S. Johnston Perpetual Charitable Trust Luke and Sandy Karlovec Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keller Ruth and Jack Kelly Richard and Nancy Kennedy Don and Donna Kinlin Mr. Henry C. Kocmond Sunny and Harold Krivan David Lakari James and Karen Larsen Dr. Charis Lau Norman and Mary Ellen Ledwin Alison R. Leonard Eleanor L. Lotz Mr. and Mrs. David Lovett Hal and Frances Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Maley Gayle Manning Judith and Ray Mantle Mr. and Mrs. Ron M. Masucci Mr. Patrick Mayhew and Ms. Helen Kirkpatrick Mrs. Rose C. McCall Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. McCart, Jr. Rosemary and Allan McCorkle Dr. J. Mark McKinney P. L. McWhorter Lee and Bobbie Mercier Barbara and Lance Mora Mrs. Dorothea E. Neinstedt Tom and Harriet Nesbitt Mrs. Laurel New Dr. Robert Nuss and Dr. Ann Harwood-Nuss David and Kathryn Olson Mary Ellen Young and Donald Owen Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Parker Dr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Patterson Charles Peter Richard G. Pohlig Mrs. Jane Preston Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quinby Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation Rev. and Mrs. John S. Rogers Claudia and Steve Russey Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Rust Anne and John Ruvane Peter Ryan in Memory of Sandra J. Ryan Tom and Jane Schmidt Ms. Ruth Schwarzmann Mr. and Mrs. Chris Seubert Shacter Family Association Nathan Shearn Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton Simis Harold K. Smith Charitable Fund

Dewey Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Benson I. Stein The Stellar Foundation Prof. and Mrs. G. J. Rod Sullivan Elsie Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tierney Rolf and Neely Towe Susan and James Towler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tufaro Gabriele Van Zon Billy J. and Nettie T. Walker John Tobias and Rebecca Wells Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whittemore Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wohl Zimmerman Family Foundation Mary Jean Zimmerman

$500 - $999

A-B Distributors, Incorporated Robin Allen Ms. Linda Anderson Glenda Anthony Barbara H. Arnold Mr. B. David Avery Dr. William and Linda Ann Bainbridge Janean C. Baker Mr. and Mrs. George Banks Ms. Martha E. Barrett Robert Bell Rebecca Black Dr. and Mrs. James P. Bolling Mr. and Mrs. William Braddock Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray Teresa Brewer Col. and Mrs. E. M. Brisach Ms. Sandra Bryant Caren and Dennis Buchman Dr. and Mrs. William Bullock Michael Byrd Dr. and Mrs. William H. Caldwell David and Lynne Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Canarina Ian M. Charlton Gary and Barbara Christensen Charles Christian and Molly Rinehart Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clare Ron Clark Mrs. Lucille Conrad Tom and Pat Conway Linda J. Cooper Ms. Peggy Cornelius Mr. and Mrs. John D. Corse Mr. and Mrs. Michael Curto Ms. Annabel Custer Bill and Mary Cutler Harriett L. Dame Noel and Mildred Dana Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Datz Jerry W. Davis, Jr. Ms. Elise S. Day Dr. and Mrs. Julius Dean Stephanie Delgado Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hulst Marian Dickson in Memory of Steve Dickson Donald Dinwiddie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Donovan Margie and George Dorsey Ms. Margaret Douglas Ms. Barbara J. Drake Mr. and Mrs. James F. Duffy Charles and Virginia Dunn Ms. Trace Duryea

Julia M. Edgerton Virginia M. Elliott Patricia Ezell Julian Farris and James A. Montgomery, MD Pamela Ferry-Tsitos Ms. Apryl French Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. French Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frisch Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fullerton Mr. Stephen M. Gahan Geneva Garrison Yves Genre Drs. Thomas Gonwa and Mary Alice Westrick Theresa Gonzalez de Acevedo Page Gordon Mr. and Mrs. James R. Griffiths Dr. and Mrs. John A. Grisnik Richard Habres Howard Haims and Carole Cooper-Haims Malcolm and Joyce Hanson Karen Harris Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Hawk Marion Haynes Ms. Terri Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Henrici Aimery Hernandez Alan and Frances Herzog Mr. and Mrs. William Hill Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Holderfield Derek and Debbie Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Houseman Ms. Evelyn Howard Mrs. LaRay E. Hrytzay Mrs. Martha Huntley-Robertson Mr. Arthur H. Hurwitz Ms. Jo Carol S. Hutchins Pam and Mike Jackson Barbara Johnson Ms. Gloria E. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Jones Stanley and Sharon Kantor Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Kaplan William Kastelz, Jr. in Memory of Sandra Keith Kimball Ruth and Richard Klein Mr. Ronald Koblitz Karen and Fred Koch Mr. and Mrs. Jim Langer Mr. Ted Larson Ms. Merle Lear Mark and Mary Lemmenes Wayne Letizia Dr. Leonard J. Lipkin Mr. Todd and Dr. Shannon Lockwood Richard Lombardi Jim and Robin Love Leyse Lowry Mr. and Mrs. William MacLeod Dr. Mike and Marilyn Mass Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. McCauley James McGuffin and Kathleen Mullen Lydia Saris, M.D. and Daniel Mechenbier Myron and Ellen Mensh Mr. and Mrs. Alex Meyer Douglas and Jane Miller Lisa Miller Sue Mills Mr. and Mrs. Francis Monaco Mr. and Mrs. Gary Moore Paul and Donna Nelson John and Kathie Nevin

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth E. Noon Thomas Orr Trevor Paris Mr. Parker and Ms. Diane Hale Mr. Howard N. Parks Audrey B. Patterson Suzanne C. Perritt Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters Mr. and Mrs. John Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Rickie Petersen Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Poitevent III Nancy and Ted Powell in recognition of Dori and Bill Walton Joseph and Phyllis Power Mr. Jack* and Dr. Miriam Price Michael Ranne and Julia Suddath-Ranne Mrs. Judith J. Ratcliffe Ms. Valerie W. Redmon Wynn Redmon Giles Renaud and Gladys Draper-Renaud Ina W. Richter Drs. Lorraine Rodriguez and Kyle P. Etzkorn Dr. Daniel S. Yip and Teresa Rodriguez-Yip Mr. Neil Rose and Dr. Jeannie Rose Mr. and Mrs. George E. Ross Mr. and Mrs. John Ryder Colleen Andrea Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Sass Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schembera The Schultz Foundation, Inc. Becky Schumann Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seiter Dr. Ralph W. Sevelius Mr. and Mrs. Harry Skilton Robin Smathers Dr. Carolyn H. Smith Raul Soto-Acosta, MD George and Shirley Spaniel Dr. David A. Spring Kimber E. Strawbridge Esq Mr. James Stronski Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sur Mr. David G. Sutliff Linda and Jim Sylvester Mr. Ralph Talbott and Ms. Suzanne Plaine Dorcas G. Tanner Carol Tegho Mr. and Mrs. Randall Tinnin Ms. Carol C. Todd Jacqueline Tomassetti Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Torres Alice and John Trainer Mrs. Phyllis Turner Mr. Rudolf E. Urban Mr. Carl Utter Sherilyn Van Orden Ivan Vinnick Ms. Grace L. Voyles and Ms. Mary E. Voyles Cornelia and Olin Watts Endowment Fund Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walton William and Elizabeth Weitzel Mr. Kevin Wezniak Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Wickersty Linda F. Wilkinson Robert and Dianne Wilson Tim and Evelyn Woodward Ms. Mary Wysong and Ms. Sylvia G. Cotner Drs. Steven G. and Linda Younkin Mr. and Mrs. Sergei Zelenkov

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JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Robert Massey, President & Chief Executive Officer Andreea Vineyard, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Roger Wight, Vice President & General Manager Artistic Administration Tony Nickle, Director of Artistic Administration Ileana Fernandez, Staff Accompanist Linda Holmes, Ballet Coordinator Jill Weisblatt, Chorus Manager Orchestral Operations Bart Dunn, Principal Librarian Ray Klaase, Stage Manager Jim Neglia, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ross Triner, Manager of Artistic Operations Shamus McConney, Technical Director James Pitts, Stage Associate Kenneth Every, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Debby Heller, Assistant Librarian Annie Hertler, Bowing Assistant Education & Community Engagement Brian Ganan, Education & Community Engagement Manager

MARKETING

Peter Gladstone, Vice President of Marketing Christie Helton, Assistant Director of Marketing & Patron Experiences Scott Hawkins, Senior Patron Services Manager Anna Birtles, Digital Marketing Manager Sydney Schless, Marketing & Communications Manager Ken Shade, Graphic Designer Betty Byrne, Patron Services Associate Tara Paige, Patron Services Associate Christina Reyes, Patron Services Associate Robin Robison, Patron Services Associate Cori Roberts, House Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Jennifer Barton, Vice President of Advancement Kaye Glover, Major & Planned Giving Officer Celeste Hart, Director of Individual Giving Jessica Mallow, Director of Corporate Relations Terri Montville, Director of Grants and Reporting Colin Walker, Development Associate – Prospect Management Ann Marie Ball, Patron Systems Associate Maureen Cockburn, Development Services Associate

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Deborah Forsberg, Chief Financial Officer Mark Crosier, Controller Sydna Breazeale, Staff Accountant Ashley Green, Office Manager

In loving memory of Emanuel William “Bill” Nash, Jr., Jacksonville Symphony Board Chair (1990-1991). This past November, Jacksonville lost an unwavering leader with the passing of Bill Nash. Bill’s passion and dedication towards the organizations he served will not be forgotten. The Jacksonville Symphony Board, staff and musicians are deeply grateful for Bill’s leadership and support of the Symphony.

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