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Contents AUDIENCE INFORMATION • Use of cameras and recorders by audience members is strictly prohibited at KSO concerts. • Please silence or turn off all electronic devices. • KSO concerts start promptly. Latecomers will be seated by the ushers during the first suitable pause in the program. • Those attending a KSO concert or event implicitly consent to be photographed, filmed, videotaped, and recorded and waive all rights with respect to any photographs, films, videotapes, and recordings made during the concert or event. • A chime will sound three minutes before the end of intermission. Please return to your seat at that time.
PATRON SERVICES • Wheelchair seating is available for every performance. Please specify your needs when purchasing tickets. • For concerts at Miller Auditorium, hearing assistance receivers are available at the coat check on the orchestra level. • If you hold season tickets and cannot attend a future concert in the series, please contact Box Office & Subscriptions Manager, Rebecca Dube at 269.349.7759 ext 213 to arrange for a ticket exchange. • Tickets to upcoming KSO concerts may be purchased at all Miller Box Office locations. You may also purchase tickets online by visiting www.kalamazoosymphony.com or at the KSO office. • Please join us for coffee and conversation after each Symphonic and KSO Pops! concert. Encore Receptions are held in the Grand Tier Lobby at Miller Auditorium, and in the Reception Room at Chenery Auditorium. All audience members are invited to meet and mingle after the concert with KSO staff, board members, musicians, and other music lovers.
CHILD PATRON POLICY All children attending KSO concerts must have a ticket and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Young children will enjoy attending family-oriented KSO Family Discovery concerts, and we encourage only the “maturebeyond-their-years, musically-oriented” pre-teens to attend Symphonic Series concerts. Anyone (child or adult) who is disturbing other patrons will be asked to enjoy the remainder of the concert on the lobby monitors.
CO NC ERTS 47 Brahms & Tchaikovsky 53 The World of Stravinsky 57 Beethoven Lives Upstairs 61 Mozart & Haydn 65 Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band 69 Saint-Saëns & Shostakovich 73 Nutcracker 75 Sounds of the Season Christmas with Jackie Evancho 81 The World of Vivaldi 89 Classics Uncorked Winter Evening 93 Classics On Tap Winter Evening 95 Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery 97 Beethoven & Nielsen 101 Al Jarreau in Symphony 105 Brahms & Fauré 111 KSO@The Movies! Disney in Concert Alice in Wonderland 117 Classics Uncorked Spring Evening 119 Classics On Tap Spring Evening 121 Elgar & Stravinsky 125 Gilmore Festival Finale S U P P ORT 11 Sponsors 36 Education Program Support 130 Stradivarius Society 133 Leta Snow Legacy Society 136 Tribute Program 139 Endowed Orchestra Chairs 140 Corporate Contributions 143 Grants 144 Annual Fund Contributions OTHER 5 Welcome Notes 25 Board of Directors 28 KSO Ambassadors 31 Education Programs 38 Musicians 40 Music Director Raymond Harvey 43 Assistant Conductor Daniel Brier 44 Artists in Residence 148 Staff
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Bach Festival Week April 9-16
Mozart Requiem
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Contact 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Phone: 269.349.7759 Fax: 269.349.9229 webmaster@KalamazooSymphony.com www.KalamazooSymphony.com SIN GLE T IC KET S A LE S Miller Auditorium Ticket Office 269.387.2300 800.228.9858 www.KalamazooSymphony.com
Entertainment and So Much More!
2014-2015
SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS & SINGLE TICKETS Evita
September 25 – October 10
Mary Poppins
November 20 – December 6
Over the River and Through the Woods January 15 – January 30
Hands on a Hardbody ADVE RT ISIN G To advertise your business in next season’s program book, or to support the KSO through sponsorship, please call Nikki Statler, Director of Sales and Marketing, nstatler@kalamazoosymphony.com or 269.216.6780. PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE KSO John Lacko
January 29 – February 13
Steel Magnolias February 19 – March 5
Of Mice and Men March 4 – March 19
4000 Miles
April 8 – April 23
Hairspray
May 6 – May 22
CIVIC YOUTH THEATRE Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Crown Jewel October 16 – October 24
Stuart Little
Building emergencies will be indicated by the flashing of exit lights and sounding of chimes within the seating area. In the event of an emergency, walk, do not run, to the nearest exit. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides programs and services without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, weight, height, handicap, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or marital status.
March 18 – March 25
Still Life with Iris May 20 – May 28
SENIOR CLASS READER’S THEATRE The Great American Songbook October 30 – November 1
And Then There Were None April 15 – April 24
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FROM THE
MUSIC DIRECTOR Welcome to a few hours of delight! The Kalamazoo Symphony is eager to spend some time with you and share the music that we love. Be forewarned: this music might soothe you or shake you up, but I guarantee you’ll leave with a new sense of energy. Every year we try to fashion a season that combines the old and the new, the dramatic and the romantic. I hope we’ve succeeded. You’ll hear Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, RAYMOND Tchaikovsky’s Fourth, and Fauré’s Requiem. And you’ll get a HARVEY few twists and turns with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Stravinsky’s Petrouchka. As always, we’re proud to bring many spectacular artists to Kalamazoo. This year is highlighted by performances from renowned pianist Pascal Rogé, violinist Lana Trotovšek, oboist James Austin Smith, and our own principal flutist Yukie Ota. You’re sure to have your favorites. And I have a feeling that topping your list will be our evening with Al Jarreau, or our full-length feature of the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland with live orchestra and chorus! The hardest thing to explain about a Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performance is what it does to the audience. The next time you see your friends, instead of using words, just invite them to a KSO concert. Then they, too, can share a few hours of delight with all of us. Enjoy the concert!
Raymond Harvey
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Whether working in the cellar, developing a new recipe in the brewhouse or checking out the eclectic offerings at the Eccentric Café, music is an integral part of Bell’s. Since it has given us so much over the past 30 years, we are happy to return the favor and continue our support of our hometown orchestra. Here’s to another inspiring season of the KSO. 100% FAMILY-OWNED AND INDEPENDENT | BELLSBEER.COM
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FROM THE
BOARD CHAIR Welcome to the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s 95th season! We are very excited to offer you a season full of wonderful programming with our talented music director and fabulous musicians. Our diverse array of musical offerings has great appeal; there is something for everyone in our community. The 2015-2016 season is very special for many reasons. For the first time, our season is reflective of the hard work of our Music Director, Raymond Harvey with support from our President and CEO, Peter H. Gistelinck. It has been wonderful to watch Raymond and Peter work closely as a team to offer the best musical experiences that we have to offer. Both of them have used their extensive expertise and many connections throughout the musical world to provide an outstanding line-up that rivals even Chicago and Detroit. And it is clear to us that this is what our patrons have come to expect. JANICE M. BROWN
Also, the KSO family, including administration, orchestra members, board members and other community members has been working for a full year on developing an in-depth Strategic Plan that responds to community input about our musical experiences. So many community members gave feedback on surveys and through interviews. Thank you so much for caring about your KSO and giving many wonderful ideas about how to bring your orchestra to the next level. Our goal is to have your input reflected now and into the future. It is especially exciting for us to offer for the first time KSO@The Movies! The orchestra will be paired with the full production of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and will bring Danny Elfman’s fantastic score to life. Disney in Concert - Alice in Wonderland will be an exciting multi-sensory experience. The appeal this format has for families is significant so please be sure to spread the word on this first of many productions of classical music geared toward families and integrated with other genres. Our award winning orchestra has always been a great source of pride for our community. It is hard to believe that in just 5 years we will celebrate our 100th anniversary. It is certainly because of the loyalty and support of our patrons that we will achieve that milestone. The Kalamazoo Symphony has all the right ingredients— wonderful and talented musicians, administrators, board—and most importantly supporters that help us in every way. Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to a bright future and a celebration of all that we have achieved. Enjoy the season!
Janice M. Brown
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PEOPLE BEING CURIOUS IS HOW THINGS GET STARTED. IT’S THE SAME FOR BANKERS. Anything that ever got accomplished began with people asking: “What if?” Challenging themselves. Challenging the system. At Fifth Third Bank, “What if?” is one of our favorite phrases. As a proud sponsor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, we support those who aren’t afraid to reach, try and ask.
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PRESIDENT & CEO I am very happy and honored to welcome you to our 2015-2016 concert season, the 95th season of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra! I’ve enjoyed every moment of my first year as the President & CEO of your orchestra. It is a pleasure to work with our talented musicians, our amazing Music Director, Raymond Harvey, as well as newly appointed Assistant-Conductor, PETER H. Daniel Brier. The KSO is fortunate to have dedicated and highly GISTELINCK motivated staff, Board of Directors, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Ambassadors. And, of course, it is an honor to serve our patrons, donors, subscribers, single ticket holders, and sponsors. All these dedicated and committed people make this a wonderful and very supportive community. Over the last year, we not only revamped our organizational chart but freshened up the look & feel of the KSO presence. We unveiled a new website, devised new marketing and public relations strategies, and expanded our program offerings. We have forged an alliance with Naxos, the world’s leading classical music group, which will result in releasing our archival concert recordings; going back to the mid-50s. The KSO has also created an alliance with Kalamazoo’s Public Media Network for video recordings of select concerts for local broadcast via cable. We’ve also been hard at work preparing a Strategic Plan that will be implemented this season and carry us into our 100th anniversary season in 2020-2021. As you can see from the program book, we have created a wonderful and diverse concert season, with brilliant artistry and inspiring performances, including several national debuts and premieres; concerts that will definitely charm and entertain our broad audience. I look forward to seeing you again over the course of the season and, on behalf of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, thank you for your continued patronage. Cheers to another sensational concert season! Sincerely,
Peter H. Gistelinck
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SEASON SPONSORS T HA N K YO U FOR YOU R GENEROSIT Y !
Stryker is pleased to once again sponsor the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra in its 95th season. We congratulate the entire orchestra for maintaining a standard of excellence in its performance and hope that everyone enjoys the evening.
Greenleaf Hospitality Group is proud to support the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra who sustains excellence in music and continues to strengthen the cultural life in our community. Official Hotel of the KSO
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Become a KSO corporate sponsor and receive tickets to concerts and invitations to VIP receptions and Open Rehearsals. Some of Kalamazoo’s leading companies and firms partner with the KSO each year to bring affordable visibility to their brands and entertainment value to their businesses. To learn more about the KSO’s many sponsorship opportunities, contact Nikki Statler at 269.216.6780.
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SERIES UNDERWRITERS T H A NK YO U FOR YOUR GENEROS IT Y !
The Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport is pleased to be a Series Underwriter for the season. AZO improves your entire travel experience. Symphonic
The Wiser Financial Group proudly continues its sponsorship of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and its Prelude series. We congratulate the KSO for its ongoing success in providing musical excellence, exciting season offerings, and world class entertainment in the heart of our community. As West Michigan’s oldest and largest financial planning organization, we are proud to work alongside the KSO to make this community a wonderful place to live, work, play, and plan for brighter futures. thewisergroup.com Prelude
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We offer diversified financial services including personal, investment, mortgage and business banking. Our bankers are dedicated to understanding what makes each customer’s financial goals different and providing them the tools to achieve their goals. With a rich legacy of community support in greater Kalamazoo, we continue to invest the time and resources to build better tomorrows. That’s what makes us the Curious Bank.
Zhang Financial is proud to sponsor the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. For more than two decades, Zhang Financial has been committed to investing in the greater Kalamazoo community by supporting local arts and education. We continue this tradition as we partner with the KSO and applaud its contributions to our area’s reputation as a focal point for the arts in Southwest Michigan. Best wishes to the KSO for another excellent season! Pops!
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SERIES UNDERWRITERS T H A NK YO U FOR YOUR GENEROS IT Y !
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PNC recognizes the strong role the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the entire arts community play in enhancing the cultural richness and health of this community. We are proud to support the KSO and its efforts to enrich our community with its creative programming and wide-ranging efforts to reach diverse audiences and its dedication to an exceptional level of quality. We hope you enjoy tonight’s concert. KSO@The Movies!
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From the brewhouse to the outer reaches of the solar system, music is a constant source of inspiration here at Bell’s. We are proud to continue supporting our hometown orchestra and look forward to evenings full of wonder, imagination and maybe even a few notes turned up to 11. Cheers to another inspiring season of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Classics On Tap
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MEDIA SPONSORS T H A NK YO U FOR YOUR GENEROS IT Y !
When words fail, music speaks. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra has been telling wondrous tales of our community’s rich, unique culture for more than 90 years. As a proud sponsor of the KSO, Adams Outdoor Advertising celebrates the artistic depth and beauty of the Kalamazoo area—a precious quality of life that we cherish as a local business and as citizens of this great community. Symphonic
The radio stations of Midwest Communications are pleased to partner with wonderful organizations throughout Kalamazoo and all of Southwest Michigan ... like the Kalamazoo Symphony! WVFM (FM-106.5), WKZO (AM-590) and The Touch (FM-95.5 & AM-1560) are a part of the fabric of our area, creating opportunities and entertainment for loyal listeners on a daily basis. We hope you enjoy tonight’s performance! Pops!, Classics Uncorked, and Classics On Tap
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SignArt, Inc strongly supports performing arts in Kalamazoo and beyond. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and its leadership are assets that benefit all, providing a more vibrant and satisfying community. We are pleased to continue our sponsorships and look forward to many outstanding KSO performances. Brahms & Fauré
From the brewhouse to the outer reaches of the solar system, music is a constant source of inspiration here at Bell’s. We are proud to continue supporting our hometown orchestra and look forward to evenings full of wonder, imagination and maybe even a few notes turned up to 11. Cheers to another inspiring season of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Saint-Saëns & Shostakovich
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For more than a century, Western Michigan has supported the arts in Kalamazoo. Working together, this community has built an arts culture second to none. We’re proud to welcome KSO supporters to Miller Auditorium. Enjoy your evening with us. Elgar & Stravinsky
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CONCERT SPONSORS T H A NK YO U FOR YOUR GENEROS IT Y !
First National Bank of Michigan is proud to support the KSO and their vision to provide our community with compelling musical experiences. Our vision and commitment is to private ownership of a locally controlled community bank. The bank’s investors want to support West Michigan businesses and see them grow and prosper.
Greenleaf Trust is proud to support the performing arts in our community. The music of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra enriches our lives in countless ways. We are pleased to sponsor this concert and look forward to many outstanding performances in the future.
DeMent and Marquardt, PLC has proudly supported the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra since 1994, the year of our inception. We are grateful to the Symphony for the cultural richness it provides our community, and we are proud to sponsor this concert.
Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band
Al Jarreau in Symphony
Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band
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SUPPORTING SPONSORS
The DeNooyer Automotive Family is proud to once againsupport the KSO and to invest in programs that contribute to a vibrant arts community in Kalamazoo. Al Jarreau in Symphony
Cross Wietfeldt & Splendorio (CWS) Financial Advisors is a proud sponsor of the KSO and arts in the Kalamazoo community.
The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is grateful to our generous corporate sponsors. Corporate giving not only benefits the KSO, but also the community. Thank you for continuing to support the KSO and our community through your series sponsorships!
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Mozart & Haydn
Enjoy the show!
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KSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Janice M. Brown, Chair Steven P. Kreider, Chair-Elect James McIntyre, Treasurer Pamela Enslen, Secretary David Mange, Member-at-Large Callie Baskerville-Jones Jill Bland
James A. Bridenstine Lynn L. Chen-Zhang Fiona Denny Rebecca East Ronald P. Foor Curtis Hall Yolonda Lavender Dean Miars Cynthia Ortega Helen B. Osterwald Renee M. Pearl Douglas J. Phillips, Immediate Past Chair
Brenda J. Robinson Barry F. Ross Dee Velkoff Jamie E. Williams Ruth Wiser KS OL R EP R ES ENTATI VE Colleen McBride EX OF F I C I O Peter H. Gistelinck Raymond Harvey
BOARD O F DIREC TO R S E ME R I TI Mr. George E. Arwady Mr. Brendon S. Bailey Dr. Thomas C. Bailey Ms. Jane Baley Mrs. Lilly Baraka Mr. Robert M. Beam Mr. A. W. Betts Mrs. Sandra S. Blix Mr. Eric V. Brown, Jr. Mrs. Rosemary K. Brown Dr. Lawrence D. Bryan Mrs. Kay C. Burtis
Mrs. Carol A. Carter Mrs. Joan Carver Mrs. Coby T. Chalmers Dr. Harold E. Chappelear Dr. Daniel K. Christian Mr. Paul G. Clark Mrs. Ginny Colvin Mrs. Gene R. Conrad Ms. Sharron B. Cooley Mrs. Dawnanne Corbit Mr. Redgy Coucke Mrs. Shirley Cyrus
Mr. Anders Dahlberg Mr. James Dancer Mr. Ronald J. Davis Mr. Harold J. Decker Mr. William T. DeNooyer* Mrs. Linda S. Depta* Mr. Gregory A. Dobson Mrs. Helen Domeny Mrs. Greeta Douglass Mrs. Linda T. Dunn Dr. David S. Dyke Dr. Randall W. Eberts CONTINUED >> 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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Mr. Charles W. Elliott* Mrs. Tucky McCarthy Elliott Ms. Julie A. Evans Mr. J. Gaston Favreau Rev. J. Louis Felton Mrs. Grace Field Mrs. Betty A. Floyd Mr. Calvin R. Floyd Dr. Elson S. Floyd Mrs. Norma-Jean Forshey Mr. George A. Franklin Mr. Scott L. Freeman Mrs. M. Arlene Gardner* Mrs. Renee L. Garrison Mrs. Samantha Gignac Ms. Susan C. Gilmore* Mr. Bjorn A. Green Mr. Mark E. Guthrie Mr. Peter W. Haab* Mrs. Carol Haenicke Mr. Christopher T. Haenicke Ms. Synthia Hardy Mrs. Caroline R. Ham Dr. James B. Hause Mrs. Diane T. Heckler Mr. Jay W. Heckler Mr. Lee F. Hohner Mrs. Betty Hollander Mrs. Constance T. Hudson Mrs. Brigitte D. Huff Mr. Thomas T. Huff Mr. David S. Hume Dr. Robert G. Humiston Mr. Walter J. Jatoft Mr. John L. Jones, Jr. Dr. Stephen Jones Mrs. Elizabeth F. Judge Dr. Fred Kagan Mrs. Martha K. Kakuk Ms. Janet M. Karpus Mrs. Gail B. Kasdorf Mr. Scott Kellogg Mr. W. Quinn Kelly Mr. W. Ford Kieft, III Mr. E. Michael Kilbourn Mrs. Barbara E. King Mrs. Mary E. Klenow
Ms. Lori A. Knapp Ms. Doris J. Kunkle Mr. Blaine P. Lam Mr. Thomas Lambert Mrs. Vickie G. Langkam Mrs. Judith Lectka Dr. Christopher U. Light, Sr. Mrs. Joy C. Light Mr. Alexander C. Lipsey Mr. Craig H. Lubben* Mr. Larry D. Lueth Mrs. Michele C. Marquardt Mr. Bruce W. Martin* Mrs. Elizabeth U. Mason Ms. Judith L. Maze Mr. William J. Maze, Jr. Ms. Mary S. McCormick Ms. Priscilla McDougal Mr. James C. Melvin Dr. Margaret M. Merrion Mrs. Marilyn D. Milko* Mr. Kenneth V. Miller* Mrs. June Mochizuki Mr. Larry Moore Mr. Michael L. Mueller* Mrs. Brenda F. Murphy Mr. T. Jefferson Murphy Mrs. Sandra G. Nicholson Dr. Mark Novitch Mr. Harrison G. Orr Mr. Robert N. Oudsema, Jr. Mrs. Nancy S. Owen Mrs. Mozelle M. Padgett Mr. Preston S. Parish Dr. Johnny L. Pherigo Dr. Romeo E. Phillips Mrs. Sondra K. Phillips Mrs. Anne Rapp Mr. John B. Rapp Mrs. Maury E. Reed Ms. Susan B. Reinoehl Mr. Bernard Riker Mrs. Satoko H. Robert Ms. Diane S. Robertson Mrs. Linda S. Rolls Mr. Frank J. Sardone Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack*
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Mr. John M. Schreuder Mr. Alfred L. Schubkegel Mrs. Lorraine R. Schutz Mr. Peter R. Seaver Mr. Michael N. Seelye Dr. Joan K. Sharda Mrs. Katherine K. Shook Mrs. Christine M. Smith Mr. Ley S. Smith Dr. Robert G. Spiegelman Ms. Nancy R. Springgate Kushner Mrs. Jan St. John Ms. Kendra Stetser Rowe Mr. Harry B. Storr Dr. William A. Struck Ms. Ronda E. Stryker Dr. Jacob C. Stucki* Mr. Jim Thomas Mr. Peter J. Thomas Dr. Charlotte Thralls Mr. Darren M. Timmeney* Mr. Winship A. Todd Mr. Richard G. Tomlinson Mr. Robert Tower Mr. Stephen C. Trivers Mrs. Mary L. Tyler Mrs. Anne S. van Giessen Mr. Daniel J. Van Sweden Mrs. Joan C. Van Zoeren Dr. Paul L. VanDenBrink Mr. John VanderPloeg Ms. Kathie L. VanderPloeg* Mr. James G. Vantine Ms. Terry Lynn Vantine Mrs. Elizabeth H. Walker Mr. Michael Werden Mr. Robert L. Whaley Mr. Paul D. Wilson Mr. Ronald B. Wiser Mr. Michael Wood Ms. Julianne Wood-Rethwill Mrs. Esther Wurfel Ms. Karon E. Yeager *Served as Board President
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2015·2016 SEASON Cécile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio Grand Rapids | Kalamazoo www.millerjohnson.com
September 11, 2015 · 8 pm
Jerusalem Quartet October 10, 2015 · 8 pm
Chris Thile, mandolin October 30, 2015 · 8 pm
Emmanuel Pahud, flute Christian Rivet, guitar November 21, 2015 · 8 pm
Time for Three February 26, 2016 · 8 pm
Juilliard String Quartet JACOB & NAOMI STUCKI MEMORIAL CONCERT
March 18, 2016 · 8 pm
Miró Quartet with Colin Currie, percussion April 16, 2016 · 8 pm
Taylor Eigsti Trio Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:30 & 9 pm IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 2016 GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL
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KSO AMBASSADORS KSO Ambassadors continue their strong commitment to the KSO by sharing their leadership skills, advocacy, and strengthening and deepening KSO patron relationships. M EMBE RS Mr. Robert Beam Mrs. Kay Burtis Mrs. Coby Chalmers Mrs. Marianne Denes Mr. Robert Denes Mrs. Fiona Denny Mr. William DeNooyer Mrs. Linda Depta Dr. Randall Eberts Mrs. M. Arlene Gardner
Mr. Jay Heckler Mrs. Brigitte Huff Ms. Doris Kunkle Dr. Christopher Light Mrs. Joy Light Dr. Timothy Light Mrs. Michele Marquardt Mr. Kenneth Miller Mr. Preston Parish Mrs. Linda Rolls Dr. Lawrence Schlack
Mr. John Schreuder Mr. Peter Seaver Mr. Darren Timmeney Mr. Richard Tomlinson Mr. Stephen Trivers Mrs. Mary Tyler Mrs. Anne van Giessen Mrs. Judith Van Solkema Mrs. Joan Van Zoeren Dr. Paul VanDenBrink Mr. Heinrich von Shreiner
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KSO EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS Through education programs and partnerships, KSO has unique and exciting opportunities to serve the Kalamazoo community. KSO IS DEDICATED TO: • Supporting school music programs through live school performances, classroom partnerships and symphony field trips accompanied by great curriculum materials. • Engaging children and families through fun and kid-friendly performances. • Eliminating barriers to music study for underserved students, pre-K through graduation, through innovative community partnerships and new instructional approaches. • Giving dedicated young musicians formative learning experiences through lessons and coaching with KSO musicians, auditions, and public performance opportunities. • Sharing our guest performers with the community through special school-based projects. • Connecting with college and adult audiences to enhance the concert-going experience. We are grateful to our supporters and partners for making it possible for KSO to connect with people of all ages in our community!
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YOUTH CONCERTS In a 30-year tradition, KSO invites area elementary schools to participate free of charge in the KSO Youth Concert program. These engaging concerts introduce masterworks of orchestral music to young audiences and support student learning in the music classroom. Curriculum guides designed by experienced music teachers, along with a CD of concert repertoire, are delivered to participating schools in the fall. After weeks of listening and learning, the program culminates in a spring field trip to the beautiful Chenery Auditorium, where students experience the power and excitement of the KSO performing live. Youth Concerts serve over 12,500 students and teachers from 100 area schools each year.
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KALAMAZOO KIDS IN TUNE Kalamazoo Kids in Tune is a daily after-school “orchestra immersion� program offered at KPS Woods Lake Elementary, in collaboration with Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo Public Schools. Students in grades 1-5 choose instruments to study and participate in daily lessons and orchestra rehearsals. Each day includes a nutritious meal and assisted homework time. By learning to play instruments in an ensemble setting, students are developing a sense of community and building mastery and resilience: skills that make music study rewarding, and also contribute to success in the classroom.
MARVELOUS MUSIC! Marvelous Music! provides a weekly sequence of music and movement to hundreds of young children in Kalamazoo County preschools. Designed to build a foundation of kindergarten-readiness skills and musical ability,
Marvelous Music! brings weekly Music Together® classes, Musical Storybooks with the KSO String Quartet, CDs and books for the home, as well as private violin lessons and access to KSO concerts. A collaboration of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Crescendo Academy of Music, Marvelous Music! reaches over 500 children in 31 preschool classrooms in KRESA’s Head Start, Great Start Readiness Programs in Kalamazoo Public Schools’ PEEP, YWCA, Comstock Community Learning Center, Portage Public Schools, and KRESA’s Early Start Program. Our youngest children are experiencing joy and growth through Marvelous Music!.
EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPORT OVERALL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS Major Support Anonymous Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation Harold & Grace Upjohn Foundation Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Kushner & Company Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts Pfizer, Inc. The Trustees of the Monroe-Brown Foundation Upjohn Mason Grandchildren’s Chair in Education Zoetis Additional Support Ardis Opera Decade Arts Fund, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Jane Baley Education Fund Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League KALAMAZOO KIDS IN TUNE Major Support Sally Appleyard Trust Getty Education and Community Investment Grants* Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Kalamazoo Community Foundation† Michigan Department of Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers) through Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo** Additional Support Anonymous
Greg Jennings Foundation Ronda E. Stryker and William D. Johnston Foundation Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Robert and Judith Whaley WMU Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
MARVELOUS MUSIC! Major Support The Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation** Kalamazoo Community Foundation**† PNC Foundation Irving S. Gilmore Foundation** Dr. William H. and Melinda L. Scott Diane S. Robertson Foundation Additional Support Brad Hoorn Memorial Endowment Fund Constance L. Hubbell String Lessons in Memory of Dorothy M. Iversen Farrell Carla and Tom Obringer PNC Foundation Grants for Great Hours Robert and Judith Whaley YOUTH CONCERT FUNDERS Major Support The Burdick-Thorne Foundation Diane S. Robertson Foundation Schupan & Sons, Inc. Tyler-Little Foundation Additional Support Education for the Arts John E. Fetzer Institute Fund The Mignon Sherwood Delano Foundation Youth Concert Luncheon Donors
* The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation and the League of American Orchestras for their generous support of this program ** Grant awarded to partner agencies Crescendo Academy of Music for Marvelous Music! and Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo for Kalamazoo Kids in Tune. † Support for Marvelous Music! and Kalamazoo Kids in Tune was provided by grants from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation.
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MUSICIANS M U SIC DIRE C TOR Raymond Harvey Irving S. Gilmore Conductor’s Chair FIRST VIOLINS Susie Park Concertmaster Diane S. Robertson Foundation Chair Julia Neckermann** Associate Concertmaster James C. Westin Chair Audrey Lipsey Assistant Concertmaster Preston & Barbara Parish Chair Mark Portolese Marley Haller Lewis & Sally Iversen Third Stand Outside First Violin Chair Eleanor Pifer Tigran Shiganyan Violetta Todorova Oleg Bezuglov Louisa Blood Qiao Yu Krishna Baraily Tsung-Yu Lee Liang Dong*
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SECOND VIOLINS Lisa A. Williams** Principal Neill & Ruth Currie Chair Julie Evans Little Assistant Principal Katharine D. Rogers Chair Nick Naegele Benita Barber Cori Somers Terry Lynn Valentine Eric V. & Margaret Ann Brown Chair Jean Watson Norma-Jean Forshey Dana Duncan-Davis Jordan Curry* Zoe Schlussel* VIOLAS Not Named Principal Connable/Burdick/Rood Chair Grace Byrd** Assistant Principal Nora R. Frisk Sara Rogers Patricia Goodman The Seaver Family Chair Diane Taylor Arturo Ziraldo Tomio Anderson Kathy Connor Mikhail Bugaev
CELLOS David Peshlakai** Principal Diether H. Haenicke Chair Katherine Shook Assistant Principal The Tomlinson Family Chair Carol Bullock Russell Calin Muresan Elizabeth Start Lisa Bressler Nola Matthews Thole Lillian Pettitt Igor Cetkovic David Machavariani BASSES Charles Ingrassia Principal Anders Dahlberg Assistant Principal The Clark den Bleyker Chair endowed by the KSOL Brendan Fitzgerald Frank R. Tramp Jonathan Reed Jason Niehoff Noah Krzan Steven Fernández*
FLUTES Yukie Ota Principal S.U.D. Parish Chair honoring David C. Parish Nancy Rinaldi Lauren Coleman
BASSOONS William Wheeler Principal Norman & Doreen K. Bristol Chair Alan Palider Lauren Murphy
PICCOLO Lauren Coleman
CONTRABASSOON Lauren Murphy
OBOES Gabriel Renteria** Principal Brad Smith Maria L. Schneider ENGLISH HORN Brad Smith
HORNS Michael Wood Principal Margaret Hamilton Assistant Principal Matt Monroe Elizabeth Fairlie Judge Tamara Kosinski
CLARINETS Georgiy Borisov** Principal Constantin & Ruth Butiu Chair Frank X. Silva Sunshine Simmons
TRUMPETS Scott Thornburg Principal KSOL Principal Trumpet Chair Mike Brozick Pamela Smitter
BASS CLARINET Frank X. Silva
TROMBONES Edward “Kip” Hickman** Principal The Miller Family Chair Rick Uren
E-FLAT CLARINET Sunshine Simmons
BASS TROMBONE Sebastian Bell TUBA Robert Whaley Principal The Jacob C. & Naomi Bersch Stucki Chair TIMPANI Mark Guthrie** Principal PERCUSSION Judy Moonert Principal Little and Tyler Family Chair Kenneth Jones Greg Secor HARP Evelyn Iversen Principal Dorothy Smith Goodloe Chair KEYBOARD Reiko Yamada Principal
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MUSIC DIRECTOR
Raymond Harvey Over the past 35 years, Raymond Harvey has made a significant impact as an American conductor of great skill and insight. Born in New York City, he studied piano and conducting, receiving Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in choral conducting from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music; and then studied orchestral conducting at the Yale School of Music, earning Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. CONTINUED >>
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This season Maestro Harvey celebrates 17 years as Music Director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the top post at the Fresno Philharmonic (California), Springfield Symphony (Massachusetts), and El Paso Opera (Texas). Maestro Harvey has appeared as guest conductor with many of America’s leading orchestras, including those of Philadelphia, Atlanta, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Detroit, New Orleans and Minnesota, as well as the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts and the Boston Pops. He has also had engagements with the Maggio Musicale Orchestra of Florence, Italy, the Pusan Symphony of South Korea, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. He regularly performs as a pianist, both in chamber music and as pianist/conductor in works of Gershwin, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff. In addition to his commitment to Kalamazoo, Dr. Harvey has been named an Associate Professor at the University of Houston, where he serves as Music Director of the Moores School of Music opera department. His operatic repertoire is extensive, including favorites such as Carmen, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Turandot, and Aïda; as well as the more rarely performed The Consul, The Rape of Lucretia, and Samson and Delilah. The Kalamazoo community continues to embrace Raymond Harvey through appreciation of his compelling performances and engaging lectures.
Make a gift in honor or memory of someone and your gift and dedication will appear in the KSO program book. Your honoree will also receive a special gift notification. Contact Derl Oberlin at 269.349.7759 ext. 205 to show someone you care through the gift of music.
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Daniel Brier ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Daniel Brier is entering his second season as Assistant Conductor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his work with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, he has recently conducted the Whiting Park Festival Orchestra, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, Royal Oak Symphony, Detroit Medical Orchestra, Orion Chamber Orchestra, Spectrum Orchestra, and all the major choral and orchestral ensembles at the University of Michigan. He has collaborated with artists including Rachel Barton Pine, Bobby McFerrin, Ian Greenlaw, Gil Goldstein, Jeans’N’Classics, and Tim Marrone. Whether conducting Brahms with Rachel Barton Pine, Elton John with Jeans’N’Classics, or Gershwin with Bobby McFerrin; Daniel is committed to compelling performances of the highest artistry. In the pit, he has led productions of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. An advocate for contemporary music, he has premiered Peter Shin’s Power and Light, Zac Lavender’s Battery, John Boggs’ Wanderlust: Beginnings, and Nate May’s Essay for Chamber Orchestra. Before assuming his duties in Kalamazoo, Daniel was the founding music director of the Spectrum Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Lexington Philharmonic, assistant conductor of the University of Michigan Orchestras, and conductor of the University of Michigan Orpheus Singers. In 2010, Daniel was awarded a prize for his “exceptional conducting” during the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic’s International Conducting Masterclass and Competition. He has conducted in masterclasses with Giancarlo Guerrero, Hugh Wolff, Jorma Panula, Alexander Polishchuk, Victor Yampolsky, Carl Topilow, and Ragnar Bohlin. While in graduate school, Daniel served as an assistant conductor for the world premiere recording of Milhaud’s L’Orestie d'Eschyle conducted by Kenneth Kiesler. Recorded live on Naxos, the recording earned a GRAMMY® nomination in 2015. Daniel completed his graduate studies at the University of Michigan’s acclaimed conducting program where he studied orchestral conducting with Kenneth Kiesler and choral conducting with Dr. Jerry Blackstone. He is a recipient of the Julian and Vera McIntosh scholarship for promising young musicians and conductors, the Dr. Charlene Archibeque scholarship for choral conductors, and the Dorothy Greenwald scholarship.
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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE In 1995, as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, a commitment was made to develop four full-time positions that would both enable the orchestra to create community and education programs and strengthen the orchestra ensemble. The Artist in Residence program began with the KSO Burdick-Thorne String Quartet. Subsequently, the program has expanded to include Artist in Residence positions in winds, brass and percussion. These outstanding performers provide a strong artistic core for the orchestra, and serve as musical ambassadors and teaching artists. They bring the excitement of symphonic music into the community through programs that serve over 45,000 people and 190 schools across southwest Michigan each year. KSO ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Julia Neckermann Violin
Lisa A. Williams Violin
Grace Byrd Viola
David Peshlakai Cello
Gabriel Renteria Oboe
Georgiy Borisov Clarinet
Edward “Kip� Hickman Trombone
Mark Guthrie Timpani
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BRAHMS & TCHAIKOVSKY Friday, September 18, 2015 | 8pm | Miller Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor & Lana Trotovšek, Violin arr. CAPELLETTI
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LANA TROTOVŠEK Lana Trotovšek, born in Slovenia, began playing the violin at the age of four and eventually became a student of Ruggiero Ricci. In 2012, Ms. Trotovšek made her debut with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, under Valery Gergiev, with Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major. She has appeared in two concerts with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists performing Mozart’s Sinfonia
Concertante. She has performed at many concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and China, including Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Muziekgebouw Frits Phillips in Eindhoven. The Washington Post has described Lana as “radiant.” Lana’s performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Arte TV (France) and RTV (Slovenia). She has recorded for Meridian, Signum, Champs Hill and Hedone Records. Performances in the 2015-16 season include a solo recital at Wigmore Hall; Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra under George Pehlivanian and with the Sarajevo Philharmonic under Uros Lajovic; Tan Dun’s “Hero” Violin Concerto with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro Verdi, and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra under the composer’s baton; Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major with the Zagreb Philharmonic in Lisinski Hall under Hans Graf; and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia under Dirk Brossé. Trotovšek has an extensive chamber music repertoire. She was the leader of the Greenwich Trio, which won a number of prizes and awards including the George Solti Award and the Tunnell Trust Award. From 2011-2013, Lana was also the leader of the Badke Quartet, the winners of Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Lana Trotovšek was the recipient of the prestigious Prešeren Award from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, which she received for her 2005 performance of the Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto in the Slovenian Philharmonic Hall with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra under George Pehlivanian. She plays on a violin, made by Pietro Antonio dalla Costa from Treviso, Italy in 1750, on loan from a private benefactor. 5 0 Kalam a zo o Sy m ph o ny.co m
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STRAVINSKY Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 3pm Dalton Recital Hall, WMU Raymond Harvey, Conductor & D. Terry Williams, Narrator Program to include:
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D. TERRY WILLIAMS Dr. D. Terry Williams is Professor & Chairman Emeritus of WMU’s Department of Theatre. His Farmers Alley production of Old Wicked Songs, in collaboration with the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, won the coveted 2014 Wilde Award for Best Drama. Other recent productions include The Three Musketeers and Glengarry Glen Ross for the WMU Theatre; The Glass Menagerie, The Whipping Man, Fences and Escanaba In Da Moonlight for Farmers Alley Theatre; Stravinsky’s L’histoire Du Soldat, The Poor Sailor, and Amelia Goes To The Ball for WMU’s School of Music and the Civic Theatre’s productions of Noises Off, Wit, The Odd Couple, Medea, Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, Tartuffe, Escanaba In Da Moonlight, 33 Variations, Time Stands Still, Good People and Lend Me A Tenor.
New this season, students with a valid college ID can take advantage of $5 Rush Tickets the night of KSO Symphonic and The World Of series concerts (Best available $5 seating, one ticket per student).
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BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 3pm | Chenery Auditorium Daniel Brier, Conductor; Andrew Redlawsk as Christoph; Jeff Kuhl as Uncle This world-famous production features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his Uncle. Their subject is the “madman” who has moved into the upstairs apartment of Christoph’s Vienna home. Listeners will be riveted by the music and life of Beethoven.
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Musical highlights include the Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise, and the great Fifth and Ninth Symphonies.
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Your child will have the chance to meet the Maestro and guest performers. Children can also play with instruments at the KSO Instrument Petting Zoo.
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MOZART & HAYDN Saturday, October 17, 2015 | 8pm | Chenery Auditorium Edwin Outwater, Conductor & James Austin Smith, Oboe MUHLY b. 1981
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MOZART Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 (285d) 1756 | 1791 Allegro aperto Adagio non troppo Rondo: Allegretto James Austin Smith, oboe INTERMISSION PEDROLLO Concertino for Oboe and Strings 1878 | 1964 Moderato Canzone medioevale: Adagio Allegro vivo James Austin Smith, oboe HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major 1732 | 1809 Largo—Vivace Adagio Menuet: Allegro Presto
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JAMES AUSTIN SMITH Praised for his “virtuosic,” “dazzling” and “brilliant” performances (The New
York Times) and his “bold, keen sound” (The New Yorker), oboist James Austin Smith performs equal parts new and old music across the United States and around the world. Mr. Smith is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the Talea Ensemble and Cygnus as well as co-Artistic Director of Decoda, the affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall. He is a member of the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the State University of New York at Purchase and is co-Artistic Director of Tertulia, a chamber music series that takes place in restaurants in New York and San Francisco. Mr. Smith’s festival appearances include Marlboro, Lucerne, Chamber Music Northwest, Schleswig-Holstein, Stellenbosch, Bay Chamber Concerts, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, OK Mozart, Schwetzingen and Spoleto USA. He has performed with the St. Lawrence, Orion and Parker string quartets and recorded for the Nonesuch, Bridge, Mode and Kairos labels. His debut solo recording Distance was released in eariy 2015 on South Africa’s TwoPianists Record Label. Mr. Smith received his Master of Music degree in 2008 from the Yale School of Music and graduated in 2005 with Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and Bachelor of Music degrees from Northwestern University. He spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Leipzig, Germany at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” and is an alumnus of Ensemble ACJW, a collaboration of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, the Weill Music Institute and the New York City Department of Education. Mr. Smith’s principal teachers are Stephen Taylor, Christian Wetzel, Humbert Lucarelli, Hansjörg Schellenberger and Ray Still. The son of musician parents and eldest of four boys, Mr. Smith was born in New York and raised in Connecticut. For more information please visit www.jamesaustinsmith.com.
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EDWIN OUTWATER Equally adept at interpreting canonical masterworks, premiering new commissions, and creating outside-the-box audience-building initiatives the American conductor is, as San Francisco Classical Voice recently observed, “headed for a top-tier future.” Edwin Outwater is Music Director of Ontario’s Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (KWS), Director of Summer Concerts at the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), and a regular guest conductor of the Chicago, San Francisco and New World Symphonies. In the 2014-15 season, his eighth as Music Director of the KWS, Outwater led the orchestra in a characteristically diverse array of programs. These included “The Mozart Phenomenon”; a program focusing on Stravinsky and other works inspired by Shakespeare; and works by contemporary Canadian composers. He also continues the orchestra’s groundbreaking “Intersections” series of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations. In 2011, Outwater directed the KWS in its first commercial CD release in over a decade, From Here On Out on Analekta, with music by Nico Muhly, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry, the last piece a KWS commission. This summer, in his inaugural season as Director of Summer Concerts at the SFS, Outwater directed jazz-inflected works by Bernstein, Gershwin, and Ravel; an all-Beethoven program; and collaborations with pianist Makoto Ozone and Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson, among others. A native of Santa Monica, California, Edwin Outwater attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in English; he received his master’s degree in conducting from UC Santa Barbara. Outwater was Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony from 2001-2006 where he worked closely with Michael Tilson Thomas. In 2004, his education programs at the San Francisco Symphony were given the Leonard Bernstein Award for Excellence in Educational Programming. In the United States, Outwater has also conducted the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Houston, Detroit, and Seattle, and the San Francisco and Cincinnati Operas. Outside the U.S., he has conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the New Zealand Symphony, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, among others. 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band
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WHO’S BAD: THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE BAND Saturday, November 7, 2015 | 8pm | Miller Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor Program to be announced from stage.
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WHO’S BAD: THE ULTIMATE MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE BAND Who’s Bad’s live performance is an unrivaled celebration of pop music’s one true King. Their power-packed performance of Michael Jackson’s expansive catalog has ignited crowds on every continent and can only be described as a jaw-dropping, musical must-see. Now in their eleventh year of performing, Who’s Bad is heralded as the longestrunning Michael Jackson tribute band, and the only one to predate his untimely passing. Who’s Bad has awed even the skeptics, selling out nearly 50 venues in the United Kingdom including London’s O2 in December of 2010, the venue where the King of Pop was slated to end his career with a 50-show “This Is It” concert series.
Students are always welcome, and encouraged, to join us for concerts. Student tickets are available for all Symphonic, Pops!, The World Of, Classics Uncorked, Classics On Tap and KSO Special Event concerts. Prices are 50% off of the single ticket rate in the chosen zone and range from $12-$30. Grade school and college students with a valid student ID are eligible for discounts. Call our office or Miller Auditorium Box Office to purchase single tickets.
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SAINT-SAËNS & SHOSTAKOVICH Friday, November 20, 2015 | 8pm | Miller Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor & Pascal Rogé, Piano THOMAS 1811 | 1896
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SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, 1835 | 1921 Op. 103 “Egyptian” Allegro animato Andante Molto allegro Pascal Rogé, piano
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PASCAL ROGÉ Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism. Born in Paris, he was a student of the Paris Conservatory and was mentored by Julius Katchen and the great Nadia Boulanger. Winner of Georges Enesco piano competition and 1st prize of Marguerite Long Piano competition, he became an exclusive Decca recording artist at the age of seventeen. His playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Saint-Saëns and especially Ravel, is characterized by its elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing. Mr. Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major orchestra across the globe. He has collaborated with the most distinguished conductors in history, including Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Alan Gilbert, David Zinman, Marek Janowski, Sir Andrew Davis, Raymond Leppard and others. One of the world’s most distinguished recording artists, Pascal Rogé has won two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque, and an Edison Award for his interpretations of Ravel and Saint-Saëns concerti along with the complete piano works of Ravel, Poulenc and Satie. Several years ago, Mr. Rogé began a new and ambitious recording project for Onyx; the Rogé Edition. With the Vienna Radio Symphony under Bertrand de Billy, he recorded two CDs of the Ravel Piano Concerti and Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue. Recently, Pascal has enjoyed playing recitals for two-pianos/four-hands with his partner in life and in music, Ami Rogé. Together, they have traveled the world appearing at prestigious festivals and concert halls and recorded several CDs dedicated to the French two-pianos and four-hands repertoire. In 2011, they gave the premiere of a newly commissioned Concerto for Two Pianos by the composer Matthew Hindson with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Recently chairman of the Geneva Piano competition, Pascal Rogé is also dedicated to teaching and gives regular masterclasses in France, Japan, United States and United Kingdom. 72 Kal am a zo o Sy m ph o ny.co m
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FA M I LY DI S COV E RY
SPECIAL EVENT
NUTCRACKER Saturday, December 5, 2015 | 2pm & 7pm Sunday, December 6, 2015 | 2pm Chenery Auditorium Presented in partnership with Ballet Arts Ensemble Cathleen Huling, Artistic Director & Daniel Brier, Conductor TCHAIKOVSKY 1840 | 1893
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Jackie Evancho, Soprano
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S P E C I A L EV E NT
CHRISTMAS WITH JACKIE EVANCHO
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON Saturday, December 19, 2015 | 8pm | Chenery Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor; Jackie Evancho, Soprano; Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus, directed by Fred Sang Program to be announced from stage.
Generously underwritten by Elizabeth U. Mason & Lowell B. Mason, Jr. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS:
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JACKIE EVANCHO Ms. Evancho, a Pittsburgh native, began her music career when her stunning voice earned her the runner-up spot on America’s Got Talent, when she was just ten years old. Since her appearance on the show, Jackie has been able to break through being typecast as “reality show singer” and has established herself as a legitimate force within the classical crossover genre. Billboard magazine named Jackie to their list of music movers-and-shakers under the age of 21 in 2011 because the soprano’s “spellbinding, operatic vocals possess a power and poignancy that often moves listeners multiple times her age to tears.” Jackie’s debut EP with Columbia Records, O Holy Night (November 2010), became the year’s #1 best-selling debut. In June 2011, Jackie released her first studio album, Dream With Me. A mix of operatic arias, show tunes, and pop standards. Heavenly Christmas (November 2011) became one of the top-selling holiday albums of the year. Jackie has participated in many high profile events including the Oprah finale spectacular, the lighting of the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., the National Prayer Breakfast, and the opening of the 2012 St. Petersburg Economic Forum. Jackie’s fan base also extends to Japan, where she was invited to perform for the Royal Family at the Imperial Palace and toured regularly with the Tokyo Philharmonic to sold out venues. In 2012, she appeared in the Great Performances series on PBS in Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies which features Jackie singing classic songs from movies. Jackie released her third studio album, following this performance, Songs From The Silver Screen (October, 2012). In March 2013 Jackie performed as part of an unprecedented Cirque du Soleil extravaganza at the Bellagio’s “O” Theatre to support “One Night for One Drop” on World Water Day. After parting ways with Columbia Records, Jackie found a home with Sony Masterworks and released her third studio album in July of 2014. Like her other albums before, Awakening debuted at #1 on Billboard’s classical charts. And the journey continues… 78 Kal am a zo o Sy m ph o ny.co m
OUR TOWN
BY THORTON WILDER SEPTEMBER 25 – OCTOBER 11
AMERIVILLE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY UNIVERSES OCTOBER 9 – 18
THE COUNTRY WIFE BY WILLIAM WYCHERLEY OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 1
A S O L D I E R ’ S P L AY BY CHARLES FULLER FEBRUARY 5 – 14
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON BY ALEX TIMBERS LYRICS AND MUSIC BY MICHAEL FRIEDMAN FEBRUARY 12 – 28
A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE
BIG LOVE
BY MARTIN MCDONAGH NOVEMBER 6 – 21
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD A MUSICAL BY RUPERT HOLMES NOVEMBER 13 – 22
N E X T S T O P, B R O A D W AY ! STARRING BROADWAY’S BETH LEAVEL DECEMBER 1O–12
BY CHARLES L. MEE MARCH 18 – 26
T H O R O U G H LY MODERN MILLIE
BY RICHARD MORRIS AND DICK SCANLAN LYRICS BY DICK SCANLAN MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI APRIL 8 – 17
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October 11 – Silver Medalist Oliver Herbert – WMU Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, 3 pm November 6 – Gold Medalist Yaegy Park – Grand Rapids Symphony, St. Cecelia Music Society, Royce Auditorium, 8 pm February 19 – Gold Medalist Yaegy Park – Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, 8 pm February 21 – Bronze Medalist Hae Sue Lee – Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra, Chenery Auditorium, 4 pm March 4 – Master Class Students Art Hop, Epic Center, Downtown Kalamazoo May 21 – 41st Stulberg Competition Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU May 22 – Stulberg Master Classes Dalton Center, WMU May 29 – 2014 Gold Medalist Zlatomir Fung – Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Goucher College, Kraushaar Auditorium, 3 pm
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KALAMAZOO CHILDREN’S CHORUS The Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus has been providing outstanding choral music to our community for over 34 years. Starting as a single choir in 1980, the Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus is now five choirs strong and KCC students range from 3rd grade to 12th grade. Each year about 200 children, ages 8 to 18, learn and perform in an atmosphere of artistic excellence, and by so doing, enrich the artistic life of our community. The Touring Choir is thrilled to be singing with KSO at Miller Auditorium in Sounds of the Season - Christmas with Jackie Evancho on December 19, 2015. On April 2, 2016, they will perform again with KSO in KSO@TheMovies, Disney in Concert - Alice in Wonderland. The Touring Choir is KCC’s most experienced choir, made up of an auditioned ensemble of middle and high school children under the artistic direction of Fred Sang. The Touring Choir has collaborated with every major musical organization in Kalamazoo and has sung with many artists who visit Kalamazoo to perform at Miller Auditorium and other venues. Over the years they have also shared the stage with: Numazu Boys and Girls Choir (Japan), Bloemfontein Children’s Choir (South Africa), St. Mary’s Children’s Chorus (Canada) and The Young People’s Chorus of New York City (America). Singing a varied repertoire of sacred and secular music, the Touring Choir has sung throughout Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan. In 2013 they performed in Rome, Florence, Mezza Villa, and in Venice at the Bacillica of St. Mark’s. Auditions are held by appointment on the last two Saturday’s in April 2016 or by e-mailing Artistic Director, Fred Sang, at fred@kalamazoochildrenschorus.org. The Touring Choir of the Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus thanks the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Raymond Harvey for the opportunity to create inspiring music together in the 2015-2016 season.
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FRED SANG Fred Sang is the Artistic Director of the Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus and Director for the Touring Choir. Mr. Sang received his undergraduate and graduate training at Western Michigan University. Mr. Sang retired from Portage Public Schools after thirty-two years of teaching. During those thirtytwo years he taught in London, England; Constantine, Hartford, Paw Paw and Portage, Michigan. His public school choirs received consistent Superior ratings at District and State Choral Festivals. His students have recognized Mr. Sang by nominating him to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers nine times. Mr. Sang is an active clinician and adjudicator for Michigan School Vocal Music Association and under their auspices began a mentor program for new and emerging choral directors in the public schools of Michigan. He was elected by his colleagues around the state to be the SSA Middle School State Honors Choir Director in 2012. He is also active as a mentor for teachers and maintains an active schedule visiting classrooms in the public schools. Mr. Sang continues to act as a consultant for and advocate of choral music in the public schools. He is also a member of the American Choral Directors Association and Chorus America. He is the recipient of the Greater Kalamazoo Arts Council Arts Leadership award for 2015.
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T H E WO R LD O F
VIVALDI Sunday, January 10, 2016 | 3pm Dalton Recital Hall, WMU Raymond Harvey, Conductor; Nate Roberts, Mandolin; Scott Thornburg, Trumpet; Mike Brozick, Trumpet; Liang Dong, Violin; Jordan Curry, Violin Program to include:
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NATE ROBERTS Nate Roberts is a multi-instrumentalist whose musical career began amidst the folk and bluegrass tradition of the Allegheny Mountains in New York. He received a scholarship to study mandolin at Berklee College of Music, and was later awarded a graduate fellowship in jazz studies from the University of Oregon, where he completed his Master of Music in Jazz Performance (Guitar) in 2013. His recorded efforts include Structures, a collection of duo improvisations with tabla player Doug Scheuerell, which captures a vibrant dialogue between the melodic and harmonic vocabulary of the American folk tradition and the rhythmic vocabulary of North Indian classical music. Nate also plays mandolin in the progressive bluegrass quartet The Field Hymnal, whose debut album is set for release this winter. Currently serving on faculty in the music department at Hope College, Nate teaches in the jazz area, and directs the newly formed department of Traditional American Music. He is also co-founder of the Michigan Academy of Folk Music.
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SCOTT THORNBURG Trumpeter Scott Thornburg has performed as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. Following undergraduate and graduate study at the University of Miami and the Juilliard School, Mr. Thornburg lived in New York City where he played principal trumpet with the New York City Symphony, the Summerfare Opera Orchestra, Philmarmonia Virtuosi, and Musica Sacra. He performed at the Caramoor Festival as principal trumpet with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and toured South America, Europe, and the United States with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Thornburg was a member of the New York Trumpet Ensemble and has performed with Summit Brass, the Boston Brass, the American Brass Quintet, the Canadian Brass, Parnassus and the New York Brass. For four years he toured the U.S. and Canada for Columbia Artists with the trumpet and organ duo “Toccatas and Flourishes.” He has also appeared as soloist with the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, the Juilliard Symphony, the Brass Band of Battle Creek and on national and international tours with the New York Chamber Soloists. Mr. Thornburg’s recording of twentieth century trumpet and piano music with pianist Silvia Roederer was released in 2003 on Centaur Records. He has also recorded with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the New York Trumpet Ensemble, the Western Brass Quintet, Spectrum Brass and with organist Richard Morris. Since the fall of 1989, Mr. Thornburg has lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan where he is a Professor at Western Michigan University as well as a member of the acclaimed Western Brass Quintet and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. In the summer he is a resident artist at the Bay View Music Festival in Bay View, Michigan.
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MIKE BROZICK Mike Brozick is a member of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, and principal trumpet of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Milwaukee Symphony, and the Grant Park Orchestra and under the batons of Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas, Manfred Honeck and Sir Andrew Davis. He has recorded Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and has performed in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein. At Lyric Opera he was featured on stage as one of the King’s Trumpets in Wagner’s Lohengrin and playing the Egyptian trumpet in Verdi’s Aida. As a chamber musician he is a member of the International Chamber Artists, Elgin Chamber Brass, and has performed live on Chicago’s classical music radio station WFMT. Mr. Brozick earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Duquesne University and a Master of Music in performance from Rice University and was a Fulbright Fellow studying at the Stätliche Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. Mike is an active recitalist and has been featured frequently as a soloist with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra as well as the Salt Creek Sinfonietta and is thrilled to be making his debut as a soloist with the KSO.
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LIANG DONG Liang Dong was born in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China, in 1990. He started to learn the violin at the age of four. Liang first received his professional musical training in 2001, when he went to study at Wuhan Conservatory of Music under Jingwen Wei. Soon, he was admitted to the Middle School attached to China Conservatory and became a student of Yuan Fang. Liang’s first artistic excursion happened in March 2006 when he was invited to play at the first International Far East Music Festival, which was held in Khabarovsk, Russia in order to commemorate the cultural year between China and Russia. In 2009, he was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music and entered the China Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (CYPO). In July 2010, he went to Salzburg, Austria with CYPO to participate in the notable Salzburg Festival. During his college time in Beijing, he joined the China Conservatory String Quartet and played as a first violinist. In 2011, the quartet became a prize-winner in the 8th Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music, which is a national and reputable music event in China. The quartet’s repertoire is comprised of different composers’ works such as Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Bartok, and so on. In 2012, he was admitted to the School of Music at Western Michigan University as an undergraduate student to study with Professor with Professor Renata A. Knific. He is currently a KSO-WMU Artistic Scholar. He is also recognized as a Rhea Yeager Fetzer Music Scholar, and Edwin E. Meader Theatre & Performing Arts Endowed Scholar.
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JORDAN CURRY Jordan Curry began playing violin at the age of six using the Suzuki method with teachers MaryJo Koppenal and Ann Camp. A graduate of West Ottawa High School in Holland, Michigan, Jordan continued to play violin and study music throughout his formative years. Jordan has participated in the Illinois Chamber Music Festival at Illinois Wesleyan University, the Michigan All-State Orchestra, and the Holland Area Youth Orchestra. He furthered his studies with Korean violinist Young Shin and professor of violin at Hope College, Mihai Craioveanu. Jordan is currently in his junior year at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan studying violin performance under the instruction of professor Renata Artman Knific. He was a finalist in Western’s 2015 Concerto competition. He is currently the recipient of a violin from famed maker Mario Miralles on loan from acclaimed violin soloist Tai Murray.
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CL AS S I C S UNCO R K E D
WINTER EVENING Friday, January 22, 2016 | 8pm Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Prelude with Ronald Merlino, KSO Sommelier begins at 7pm BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 1685 | 1750 in F Major, BWV 1047 Allegro Andante Allegro assai Yukie Ota, flute Gabriel Renteria, oboe Scott Thornburg, trumpet Julia Neckermann, violin
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RONALD MERLINO An ardent advocate of cultural aesthetics, Ronald Merlino has devoted his life to the calling of great music and fine wine. Owner and Manager of MusicVine Performing Arts and Wine Consulting since 2009, Mr. Merlino manages a roster of renowned international orchestral conductors alongside his diverse projects as a consultant for artisanal wineries around the world. In the world of wine, Mr. Merlino has worked as an apprentice to Patrick Bize at Domaine Simon Bize in Burgundy and has collaborated closely with many winemakers from California, Washington State, Oregon, New York State and Niagara, Canada on music and wine projects. He is currently a WSET Diploma Candidate in wine study through the International Wine Center in New York and is a Member of the U.S. Chapter of the Guild of Sommeliers. His burgeoning work as an ambassador for Bordeaux culture and wine commands a majority of his vinous study and activity at present alongside his official duties as Orchestra Sommelier to the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra. www.musicvinearts.com
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C L A S S I C S O N TA P
WINTER EVENING Saturday, January 23, 2016 | 8pm Bell’s Eccentric Café BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 1685 | 1750 in F Major, BWV 1047 Allegro Andante Allegro assai Yukie Ota, flute Gabriel Renteria, oboe Scott Thornburg, trumpet Julia Neckermann, violin
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FA M I LY DI S COV E RY
VIVALDI’S RING OF MYSTERY Sunday, January 31, 2016 | 3pm | Chenery Auditorium Daniel Brier, Conductor & KSO Youth Soloist Competition Winner Vivaldi, Venice and violins: all three are celebrated in Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery. A gifted young orphan named Katarina is sent to study music at the great Pieta orphanage in seventeenth century Venice. She comes under the tutelage of the famous music director and composer Antonio Vivaldi and searches for clues to her past and a vanishing Stradivarius violin.
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Musical highlights include the Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in A minor, and the Guitar Concerto. This concert will open with an inspiring performance by the winner of the KSO Youth Soloist Competition.
KSO Ki s Activities begin at 2pm!
Your child will have the chance to meet the Maestro and guest performers. Children can also play with instruments at the KSO Instrument Petting Zoo.
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Yukie Ota, Flute
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BEETHOVEN & NIELSEN Friday, February 19, 2016 | 8pm | Miller Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor; Yukie Ota, Flute; Yaegy Park, 2015 Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medalist, Violin PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 1891 | 1953 Andantino Scherzo: Vivacissimo Moderato Yaegy Park, violin
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YUKIE OTA Known as “Madame Butterfly” after her stunning performance during the 2014 Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition with a butterfly resting on her brow, Yukie Ota became a YouTube sensation as the video of that performance was viewed over two million times. Yukie won 2nd prize for that performance. She also received the Orchestra Prize, Audience Prize, and the Children Jury Prize from the competition. Earlier in 2014, she won the “Newly Commissioned Work” Prize at the 36th annual Young Artist Competition during the National Flute Association Convention. In 2011 Yukie won first prize in the Chicago Flute Club Solo Artist Competition. In 2011, Yukie Ota was appointed principal flute of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. As an orchestral player, she occasionally performs as a substitute flutist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, and the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. As a young artist Yukie was invited to participate in music academies and had the opportunity to perform at well-known festivals around the world such as the Musica Riva Festival in Italy, the Music Festival in Oviedo Spain, and the Kyoto Music Academy in Japan. Additionally, she was invited to participate in the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland, conducted by Valery Gergiev; The Pacific Musical Festival in Japan, conducted by Riccardo Muti and Fabio Luisi; and the Incheon & Arts Festival in Korea, conducted by Chung Myung-Whun. Yukie received her Master’s Degree from DePaul University School of Music in Chicago, where she studied under Mathieu Dufour, former principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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YAEGY PARK Violinist Yaegy Park was born in Houston, Texas, and has immediately been recognized as a rising young violinist when she joined the Houston Young Artists at age 4, the foundation’s youngest member in history. She was able to find her passion as she grew up performing within this foundation—to inspire others with her music, no matter what the venue. For years, she performed in local hospitals, nursing homes, and even museums with the HYAC until in 2008, under the mentorship of Kyung Sun Lee, Yaegy was named a Jack Kent Cooke Artist and performed on the NPR show From the Top, her first venture outside of Texas. She then went further and went to Germany in 2009 for her first ever competition and won 3rd place in the Louis Spohr International Competition, and soon after won 1st place in the International Russian Rotary Children’s Music Competition and American Protégé International Competition. Yaegy then auditioned for the Juilliard Precollege division, and moved to NYC to attend from grades 8 to 12, under the tutelage of Catherine Cho. During these 5 years, Yaegy won top prizes in competitions such as the International Virtuoso Competition, the YWCA New York Music Competition, LISMA International Competition, the NY Chamber Players Competition, the Blount-Slawson Young Artist Competition, and most recently the Stulberg International Competition in May, 2015. Yaegy is also an avid chamber musician and won competitions in the chamber division at the KRB NY International Music Competition and the Crescendo International Music Competition. She was recently named a Young Arts Winner of 2015, and was a semifinalist of the Presidential Scholars. Yaegy just had her Carnegie debut in June, 2015, with the Foundation of the Revival of Classical Culture, in which she is an avid member. She will attend The Juilliard School this coming fall, under Catherine Cho. In her spare time, Yaegy loves to learn about philosophy, psychology, and reading classic literature. She has also gone to NYC public schools to speak to younger children about music and the arts, and loves spreading her love for her craft.
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Al Jarreau
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POPS!
AL JARREAU IN SYMPHONY Saturday, February 27, 2016 | 8pm | Miller Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor & Al Jarreau, Vocals Program to be announced from stage.
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AL JARREAU Al Jarreau has a golden musical touch. Al doesn’t just sing a song, he inhabits it. Al makes each song he performs his own. But it isn’t just these abilities that bring Al, along with other great artists like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, to the exalted heights of great musical artistry. Add, as well, the almost indefinable element of charisma. Al can pop out percussion sounds that can rival the layered textures and the upbeat swing of a full drum kit. He can simulate the sounds of horns and scat sing through complex chord changes and tricky rhythmic meters with an unstoppable flow of ideas. Al’s roots are in gospel. Raised by parents who were deeply involved in spiritual music—his father a minister and a singer, his mother a church pianist—he sang as naturally as he played sports. The inherent aspects of the music, with the rich, melismatic qualities invested in it by African American culture, provided one of the important elements of what would become the Al Jarreau style. Drawn to jazz early on, he discovered another foundation stone of his style in the improvisational art, with its inspiring combination of creative freedom, blues/gospel structures and the propulsive rhythmic drive we call “swing.” Over the course of Al’s remarkable, five decade-plus career, all these attributes coalesced into one of the music world’s most uniquely eclectic voices, as well as one of the globe’s most universally popular artists. He is only the second artist—Michael Jackson was the first—to win GRAMMY® Awards in the jazz, pop and R&B categories. Al has been honored for his rare capacity to perform in the recording studio with the same sort of dynamic electricity he brings to his live appearances. The Recording Academy voters have selected Al for twelve GRAMMY® nominations, and granted him seven GRAMMY® Awards over four decades—from the ’70s to the 2000s—a rare and impressive display of career continuity. Excerpted from original text written by Don Heckman
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Celebrating the arts for more than a century
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BRAHMS & FAURÉ Saturday, March 19, 2016 | 8pm | Chenery Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor; Juliet Petrus, Soprano; Leon Williams, Baritone; Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids, directed by Mark Webb BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 1833 | 1897 Allegro moderato Scherzo: Vivace Adagio non troppo Quasi menuetto Rondo: Allegro
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LEON WILLIAMS American baritone Leon Williams has performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Honolulu Symphony and Florida Orchestra), Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Hawaii Symphony/Andrew Litton), Orff’s Carmina Burana (Florida Orchestra, Baltimore, Reading, Alabama, Lima, Westchester, Grand Rapids, Jacksonville, Hartford and Colorado Symphonies, National Philharmonic, and at the Berkshire Choral Festival); Vaughan-Williams’ A Sea Symphony, Britten’s War Requiem, the Mozart and Fauré Requiems and Haydn’s Creation with the Colorado Symphony; A Sea
Symphony with the Portland, Colorado, Grand Rapids and Illinois Symphonies and Florida Orchestra; Fauré’s Requiem with Raymond Leppard and the Kansas City Symphony; Brahms’ Requiem with the Alabama, Springfield and Santa Barbara Symphonies; Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Eighth Symphony at New York’s Bard Festival; Copland’s Old American Songs with the Warren Philharmonic, the Verdi Requiem with the Modesto Symphony and Lee Hoiby’s
I Have a Dream with the Amarillo Symphony. Among the other conductors with whom he has worked are Leon Botstein, David Lockington, Andrew Constantine and Marin Alsop. Mr. Williams is equally celebrated for programs of spirituals, Holiday and popular standards and showtunes. He appeared on Broadway and on tour in the musical Ragtime, and has been guest soloist on “Pops” programs with the Grand Rapids, Elgin, Stockton, Westfield and South Bend Symphonies. Opera credits include Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and the same composer’s Figaro at Hawaii Opera Theatre. A much-in-demand Porgy and Bess principal, he sang Porgy with Yuri Temirkanov conducting in St. Petersburg, Russia; Sportin’ Life with Markand Thakar and the Duluth-Superior Symphony and Jake in the Dallas Opera production, as well as for his Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Symphony debuts, both under Bramwell Tovey. His recordings include Frederick Delius’ Appalachia—Variations on an Old Slave Song with Final Chorus and Sea Drift with Stefan Sanderling and the Florida Orchestra on the Naxos label.
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JULIET PETRUS Juliet Petrus is recognized for her effortless coloratura and is steadily making her mark as a versatile soprano for both operatic and symphonic repertoire. Most recently, she scored several successes in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, which she performed with St. Louis Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Lakeview Orchestra. She also covered this part for concerts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti. Performances in 2014-15 included Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s C minor Mass with Tower Chorale and International Chamber Artists in Chicago, opera gala concerts with Skokie Valley Symphony and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra as well as several concerts and recitals in China (Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou) and the U.S. (New York’s Alice Tully Hall) under the auspices of I Sing Beijing, a project of the Hanyu Academy of Vocal Arts. In addition she released her debut solo CD A Great Distance—A Collection of Chinese and American Art Song. In 2016 she will sing further performances of Carmina Burana with the South Bend Symphony. In previous seasons she made her Austin Lyric Opera debut as Queen of the Night, as well as her first appearance with Union Avenue Opera, singing the role of Galatea in Handel’s Acis and Galatea. She also performed Mrs. Nordstrom in A Little Night Music and Gianetta in L’Elisir d’Amore with Michigan Opera Theatre, Eurydice in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and La Musica in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Glimmerglass Opera, the role of Lona in the American premiere of Emmerich Kálmán’s Arizona Lady with the Chicago Folks Operetta, Queen of the Night in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s “Opera in the Neighborhood” production of The Magic Flute as well as Lisaveta in Lee Hoiby’s A Month in the Country and Amy in Mark Adamo’s Little Women with OperaModa.
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CHAMBER CHOIR OF GRAND RAPIDS The Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids has sung over twenty-three world premieres of new choral literature and has sung in a dozen foreign languages. Its rich legacy also includes tours, past concerts, and compact disc releases. The choir has shared disc space with such notable organizations as the London Philharmonic and the Dallas Brass. Their tours have taken them from the baroque halls of Saint Petersburg, Russia, to such refined classical halls as the famous Haydnsaal in the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. Their voices have been raised with those of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the legendary Tabernacle in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, where they took part in the recording of the Tabernacle Choir’s international Sunday morning television and radio international broadcast. They were also invited by the choir to perform a solo concert in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. Locally, they have worked to raise social awareness with organizations such as the Holland Youth Advisory Panel, Heartside Ministries, Senior Neighbors, Children’s Assessment Center, Degage, Silent Observer,the Butterworth Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association of West Michigan.
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MARK WEBB Dr. Webb has his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees (in Music Education and Choral Conducting) from the University of Michigan and his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree (in Choral Conducting) from Michigan State University. Dr. Mark Webb received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting from the University of Michigan, and his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University. Dr. Webb retired from public school teaching in 2009, after serving for thirtythree years as a secondary vocal music teacher—teaching in the Kentwood and East Grand Rapids Public School Districts. His past positions include Choral/Opera Coordinator and Director of the International Choral Ensemble at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Visiting Professor of Music at Albion College, and President of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association—receiving the honor of Teacher of the Year from that organization in 2003. Mark is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at Aquinas College, and is also the director of the Chancel Choir at Mayflower Congregational Church, and the Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids. He has been a guest clinician for school and church choirs throughout Michigan. He and his wife, Susan, have two daughters—Natalie (married to Mickey Bullock) and Ashley; and two grandchildren—Jeremiah and Hanna Bullock.
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THE KALAMAZOO SINGERS The Kalamazoo Singers is a chorus of approximately fifty voices under the direction of Richard Phelps. All members are admitted by audition and include some of the area’s finest singers. Kalamazoo Singers performs quality music from opera, operetta, musical theater, and both classic and contemporary choral repertoire, occupying a unique niche among area choral groups. Our mission is to inspire and enrich the community through quality choral programming. Our vision: transform individuals and unite communities through the power of song. The group’s commitment to excellence began in 1976, under the direction of Mel Ivey, when the group performed as the opera chorus in the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra/Michigan Opera Theatre production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. The members of the chorus enjoyed their participation so much that discussions were started which eventually led to the formation of the Kalamazoo Singers. It was agreed that not only would the group continue as an opera chorus, but that it would also branch out into other repertoire. The group remained under the direction of Mel Ivey until 1979, when Thomas Kasdorf took the helm. Thomas Kasdorf directed the group for thirty years, retiring in 2009, after which the Kalamazoo Singers Board of Directors granted him the title of Music Director and Conductor, Emeritus. Under the direction of Richard Phelps, the Kalamazoo Singers has continued its commitment to excellence, being honored in the fall of 2014 by an invitation to perform at the Michigan conference of American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Ensembles from the chorus have sung at art hops and area retirement homes, helping to fulfill our mission of inspiring and enriching the community. Kalamazoo Singers typically performs three major concerts and concludes each season by headlining the Arts Council’s Concert in the Park summer series. For more information, visit www.kalamazoosingers.org.
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RICHARD PHELPS A Michigan native, Richard (Rick) Phelps attended school from kindergarten through college in Mt. Pleasant. He received his Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University. Rick also holds a Master of Arts in New Testament Studies at Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield, PA. He has taught as an adjunct member of the faculties of Central Michigan University and Mid-Michigan Community College, where he taught choral literature, private voice, and choral ensembles. After assuming the leadership of the Mt. Pleasant High School choral program, he led the choirs to continuing success in District and State choral festivals. His choirs have sung around Michigan and in Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, and New York, having twice appeared at Carnegie Hall. In 2004 they sang the Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem under the direction of CMU’s Dr. Nina Nash-Robertson, and in 2009 sang a collection of shorter works with Dr. Eph Ely, one of America’s most celebrated choral conductors. In 2010 the Phelps family relocated to Holland where Rick assumed the leadership of the Holland High School choral program and its celebrated Vocal Dimensions, a long-standing fixture in the West Michigan vocal jazz scene. He has also taught at Interlochen every summer since 1997.
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SPRING EVENING Friday, April 15, 2016 | 8pm Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Prelude with Ronald Merlino, KSO Sommelier begins at 7pm SMIT Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano 1900 | 1943 Allegro vivace Lento Vivace KSO Woodwind Quintet Raymond Harvey, piano
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SPRING EVENING Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 8pm Bell’s Eccentric Café SMIT Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano 1900 | 1943 Allegro vivace Lento Vivace KSO Woodwind Quintet Raymond Harvey, piano
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HAI-YE NI An exceptional musician renowned for her fluid technique, gorgeous tone and brilliant, expressive performances, cellist Hai-Ye Ni enjoys a distinguished, multifaceted career as principal cellist of the acclaimed Philadelphia Orchestra, and as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. A versatile artist whose performances have been praised by the press as “soulfully expressive” (Washington Post) and possessing a “superbly focused sound” (San Francisco Chronicle). Considered among the most accomplished cellists of her generation, Ms. Ni first came to national attention in 1990 when she won first prize at the Naumburg International Cello Competition, and as a result, made her greatly acclaimed Alice Tully Hall debut in 1991. She became principal cellist of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2006. Other honors include a 2001 Avery Fisher Career Grant; second prize in the 1997 Rostropovich Competition (France); first prize in the 1996 International Paulo Cello Competition (Finland) Ms. Ni has appeared as soloist with such symphony orchestras as Chicago, New York Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Paris, and the Shanghai Symphony. She recently performed Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations and Tan Dun’s concerto The Map with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Hai-Ye was a jury member of the 5th Paulo Cello Competition in Finland in 2013.
Join us one hour before the start of Symphonic Series concerts for Preludes where Maestro Harvey gives a sneak preview of the evening’s themes from the piano. Sit wherever you like in the hall and gain an insider view on the performance that makes the concert itself even more fun and interesting. Concluding at about 7:30pm, you will have plenty of time to enjoy a drink in the lobby, hear the Student Performer Showcase, and find your seats again before the show.
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Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus 2015-16 Concert Season My Heart, My Song Dec 6|St. Mary’s Church
Make a Joyful Noise
Dec 13|Chenery Auditorium
Sounds of the Season
Dec 19|with KSO at Chenery Auditorium
Love Notes Valentine Cabaret
A SEASON FOR LOVE
Feb 12|Epic Theatre
A Song in the AIr
Mar 20|St. Mary’s Church
Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Apr 2|with KSO at Miller Auditorium
Building Bridges
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Rafał Blechacz, 2014 Gilmore Artist, Piano
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GILMORE FESTIVAL FINALE Saturday, May 14, 2016 | 8pm | Chenery Auditorium Raymond Harvey, Conductor; Rafał Blechacz, 2014 Gilmore Artist, Piano; Michel Legrand, Piano and Composer Opening work to be announced.
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RAFAŁ BLECHACZ Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz (pronounced Ra-FAW BLEH-hawtch) has been praised as “one of the pianistic giants of our time” (The Sunday Times). The music of Chopin resonates strongly with Blechacz, and he is recognized for his intelligent and expressive interpretations of the composer’s works, yet his abundant virtuosity and profound musicianship have incited equal acclaim for his performances of works by an increasingly wide range of composers, from Bach and Beethoven to Liszt, Debussy and Szymanowski. In 2005, Blechacz was named the uncontested winner of the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition—the first Polish musician to win the competition in 30 years. In addition, he was awarded First Prize as well as all the special prizes of the competition—a feat no other pianist has achieved. He has performed in Europe, Japan and North America to critical acclaim, and he has ensured himself a huge following among piano aficionados. An exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 2006, Blechacz has recorded five CDs for them. In 2014, Blechacz received the Gilmore Artist Award, having made his North American debut at the 2008 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Born in 1985 in Poland, Blechacz began piano lessons at the age of five. Three years later he enrolled at the Arthur Rubinstein State Music School in Bydgoszcz and went on to study at the city’s Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music, where he graduated in 2007. In addition to his performing career, he is currently pursuing a doctorate in philosophy with emphasis in aesthetics and the philosophy of music at (Nicolaus Copernicus University) in Poland.
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MICHEL LEGRAND Michel Legrand is one of the most important names in contemporary music. Since 1965, when he received three Academy Award nominations for his score, adaptation and the song, I Will Wait For You from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, he has been nominated thirteen times and won three Oscars. He received his first Oscar in 1968 for Best Song, The Windmills of Your Mind and his third in 1984 for Best Original Song Score for Barbra Streisand’s movie Yentl. Legrand made his Broadway debut as the composer of the original stage musical, Amour, which opened at The Music Box Theater in October 2002. Michel Legrand first came to the attention of Americans when, at the age of 22, he arranged and conducted the Columbia recording, I Love Paris, which became one of the best-selling instrumental records ever released. Subsequently he has won five GRAMMY® Awards and an Emmy nomination for his score to the television movie, Brian’s Song. Since 1953, Legrand has scored more than 200 films including Wuthering Heights, Lady Sings the Blues, and The Three Musketeers, among many others. Songs written by Michel Legrand have become standards world-wide, including I Will Wait for You, Watch What Happens, How Do You Keep the Music Playing? and On My Way to You. His compositions have been recorded by the best—from Frank Sinatra to Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney to George Benson. As a virtuoso conductor, pianist, composer and arranger Legrand has made well over 200 albums and has collaborated with such stars as Maurice Chevalier, Miles Davis, Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, Sarah Vaughan, James Galway, Ray Charles, Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand and so many more. He has worked with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Vancouver and Montreal, among many others. He is also a classical recording artist of note, having recorded the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems and the piano music of Eric Satie. Exclusive management for Michel Legrand - City Lights Entertainment-UK www.citylights.uk.com Fax : + 44 (0) 870 130 53 81 Michel Legrand’s official website: www.michellegrandofficial.com 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra salutes the generosity of the following members of the Stradivarius Society. Members of this group have made a financial commitment of $1,000 or more to the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Fund in the past year. M EMBE RS Anonymous Shirley Bach Carol & Bernard Baker Jane Baley Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Beam Thomas & Carol Beech Larry & Shannon Bell Gregor & Sandra Blix Robert A. Boisture Max & Carol Breuer Eric V. & Linda Brown, Jr. John & Rosemary Brown Drs. Ed Birch & Janice Brown Kay & Mervin Burtis Stanley & Judy Bushouse Joyce DeNooyer Marianne & Robert Denes Fiona & William Denny Diane & Randall Eberts Pamela & Richard Enslen David & Valerie Flagler Robert & Kathleen Gadwood Sandra Edwards & Alfred Garcia Peter H. Gistelinck & Kim R. Bloom Laurel A. Grotzinger
Carol Haenicke Raymond Harvey Diane & Jay Heckler Ed & Ginnie Hessler Martha & Jim Hilboldt Joel & Barbara Huber Thomas & Brigitte Huff Jerre James Judy Jolliffe Nancy J. Kalinowski Thomas Kasdorf Mary & Greg Klenow Michael Allen & Lori Knapp Steven & Jane Kreider Bridget & Dave Lemberg John R. Light Konrads & Aija Lubavs Craig & Lois Lubben Elizabeth U. Mason & Lowell B. Mason, Jr. Dean Miars David & Marilyn Milko Jerry & Susan Miller Dr. Paul Rehkopf & Joey Miller Lynn & Gregory Morris Michael & Sidney Mueller Mark & Louise Novitch Helen Osterwald
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Preston & Barbara Parish Dr. Michael & Tonya Pawlik Douglas & Sondra Phillips John & Kathryn Polzin The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. C. Corydon Randall Diane S. Robertson Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Lawrence & Marilyn Schlack Dr. William H. & Melinda L. Scott Pete & Libby Seaver Carol & David Simpson Daniel & Judy Smith Karmena L. Smith Dick & Kathie Tomlinson Mary L. Tyler & The TylerLittle Family Foundation Bart & Anne van Giessen Judith K. & Sherman Van Solkema Charles & Joan Van Zoeren Dee & Chris Velkoff Ronald & Ruth Wiser Eugene Wu
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Leta Snow
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LETA SNOW LEGACY SOCIETY Each year, a number of our KSO friends tell us they have included the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra in their estate plan. (These provisions include naming the KSO in their will or trust, donating an insurance policy, naming the KSO as a beneficiary of a retirement asset, or naming the KSO as a charitable beneficiary of a remainder trust, pooled income fund or gift annuity.) We are deeply grateful to the individuals who have notified us of their intent and are honored to recognize them as members of the Leta Snow Legacy Society. For more information about how to make a planned gift, please contact Derl Oberlin, Patron Development Coordinator, 269.349.7759 ext. 205. MEMBERS Anonymous Susan B. Anthony Jane Baley Helen & John Coats Nancy Decker Ehrle John & Beth Freeby Kurt & Stephenie Haenicke Christopher & Jennifer Haenicke Tim & Cynthia Hassenger Dr. Evelyn Iversen Holly J. Kellar Doris J. Kunkle Christopher & Margo Light James & Michele Marquardt Elizabeth U. Mason & Lowell B. Mason, Jr. William J. Maze Michele McLaughlin Ken & Julie Miller Nina H. Mollhagen Douglas & Sondra Phillips John & Kathryn Polzin Diane S. Robertson John & Nancy Sage Carol & David Schmitt Barbara Biggard Smith & Gilbert Edwin Smith Robert G. & Betty A. Spiegelman Nancy Springgate-Kushner William Stein
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WHO IS LETA SNOW? The Leta Snow Legacy Society is named in honor of Leta G. Snow, our institutional visionary. Leta G. Snow founded the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra in 1921. She served as its president and manager for over 28 years, MEMORIAL doing everything from selling SOCIETY MEMBERS advertisements and tickets, The Leta Snow Memorial running patron fund-raisers, Society recognizes Leta Snow and even occasionally playing Legacy members who have piano, string instruments, passed on, but whose spirit or flute in the orchestra. In of giving continues through 1942, Leta Snow organized a meeting in Chicago of 40 their legacy provision to the orchestra leaders to exchange KSO’s endowment ideas and support American Norman & Doreen Bristol orchestras which resulted in the William W. Byrnes establishment of the League Robert & Joan Copeland of American Orchestras. She M. Elizabeth B. Hawk served as the organization’s Richard G. Knapp president for its first four Donald Mollhagen years. In 2008, Leta Snow was Alice & C.H. Mullen inducted into the Michigan Nancy Reeves Women’s Hall of Fame and Sandra L. & C. Dexter Rohm, Jr. recognized with the Historical Naomi B. & Jacob C. Stucki Honors Award presented by James & Mary Burdick Thorne the Michigan Women’s Studies Association. Roger L. Wallace 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Tribute Program provides an opportunity for individuals to celebrate milestones in their lives such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It can also be a way to honor the memory of friends and relatives. Contributions can be in any amount. Between August 1, 2014 and July 31, 2015, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra received the following gifts in memory or in honor of friends and loved ones: NAME D C H AIR IN M E M O RY O F Trumpet Jay Scott Heckler IN HO NO R OF Lily Baraka Evelyn Iversen Dr. Victor Soukup Anne Soukup & Michael Dombos Katelin Spencer Carol & Norman Braksick Jane Rooks Ross and Marvelous Music! Bryan Zocher Alisa J. Carrel IN M E M O RY O F Bernadine Richert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Obringer Curtis Curtis-Smith Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Dorothy Early Cheryl L. Erinc Dorothy Smith Goodloe & past KSO Board President Gilbert Edwin Smith Evelyn Iversen Dr. Shirley White Soukup Anne Soukup & Michael Dombos Gail Kasdorf Diane & Randall Eberts Jack & Elsie Bennett Terri & Bert Cooper
Sue Grossman Paul B. Hoke & Carol D. King Nancy Wayman Joyce Zastrow Rena Brooks Diane D. Worden Robert & Beverly Bloomquist Martha & Charles DeCou Joyce DeNooyer Margaret Hamilton & Rod Carpenter Amy & James Melvin Joan Colgren Caroline R. Ham Timothy & Carol Koenig Florence & Richard Nelson Doreen & Edward Thomas Ian & Priscilla Blair Eric V. & Linda Brown, Jr. Marge Burns Gregory Elfring Norman Goodling Ruth Ann Meyer Robert & Barbara Felkel Robert & Diane Taylor Joel M. Shepherd Terri & Bert Cooper Mr. Gregory Elfring Nancy Wayman Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Arcadia Investment Management, Inc. Judy & David VanHoeve Thomas & Brigitte Huff Phyllis R. Buskirk Jeanene L. Lewis H.F. & Connie Mehaffie John Lychner Mary L. Tyler Marianne E. Crawford Sheila & Jim Bridenstine
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John Eschuis Elizabeth M. Hughes Aaron Riker Amy & Robert Anderson Dale & Ruth Krueger Roger & Barbara Dehn James & Lois Richmond John Risley & Julie Lorenz Charles & Joan Van Zoeren Maestro Yoshimi Takeda Mary Ellen Takeda Renny Oas Donna B. Oas Jean Staebler Williams Dr. & Mrs. Stanley R. Bushouse Mr. John & Ms. Peggy Costello The Rev. & Mrs. C. C. Randall, Ph.D. Mrs. Mary L. Tyler Ms. Jean M. Staebler Judy Dargitz-Goodling Norman Goodling Lucia Feron Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Mary von Schreiner Mrs. Phyllis M. Farrell Eric V. & Linda Brown, Jr. Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Thomas A. Zonarek Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Obringer Nancy Wilson Marianna Zeman Edward Thomas Doreen Thomas
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Lisa A. Williams, Violin
Reiko Yamada, Keyboard
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ENDOWED ORCHESTRA CHAIRS The KSO Endowed Orchestra Chairs offer a significant way to support the KSO and to honor your family or recognize a special individual. For information about how you can endow an orchestra chair, please contact Derl Oberlin, Patron Development Coordinator, 269.349.7759 ext. 205. E N DOW E D C H A I R S Irving S. Gilmore, Conductor Chair Elwood H. Schneider, Assistant Conductor Chair Diane S. Robertson, Concertmaster Chair Preston & Barbara Parish, Assistant Concertmaster Chair James C. Westin, Associate Concertmaster Chair Lewis & Sally Iversen, Third Stand Outside First Violin Chair Neil & Ruth Currie, Principal Second Violin Chair Katharine D. Rogers, Assistant Principal Second Violin Chair* Eric V. & Margaret Ann Brown, Violin Chair** Connable/Burdick/Rood, Principal Viola Chair Seaver Family, Viola Chair Tomlinson Family, Assistant Principal Cello Chair Clark den Bleyker, Assistant Principal Bass Chair S.U.D. Parish honoring David C. Parish, Principal Flute Chair Constantin & Ruth Butiu, Principal Clarinet Chair Norman & Doreen K. Bristol, Principal Bassoon Chair Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League, Principal Trumpet Chair The Miller Family, Principal Trombone Chair Jacob C. & Naomi Bersch Stucki, Principal Tuba Chair Little & Tyler Family, Principal Percussion Chair Dorothy Smith Goodloe, Principal Harp * In memory of George B. & Fanny C. Rogers and Frederick J. & Katharine D. Rogers ** By Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone PLC 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS EMPLOY E E M ATC H These organizations match the gifts given by their employees. Please support these businesses that enrich our community through their contributions. Ask your employer if this option is available for your gifts to KSO. Eaton Corporation Fetzer Institute IBM International Foundation
Irving S. Gilmore Foundation Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Merck Partnership for Giving Pfizer Foundation
IN- KIN D CONT RIBU TI O N S Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is deeply indebted to these businesses and individuals for contributions of products and/or services. Educational Programs/ Production Support American String Teachers Association Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo Education for the Arts Kalamazoo Public Schools Marshall Music Miller Johnson National Association for Music Education Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Sigma Alpha Iota Western Michigan University
Media, Advertising & Communications Adams Outdoor Advertising John Lacko Photography The Touch 95.5 FM/1560 AM WKZO AM 590 WMUK 102.1 FM WVFM 106.5 FM Transportation Orrin B. Hayes Official Hotel of the KSO Radisson Plaza Hotel & Suites
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Official Restaurant Group of the KSO Millennium Restaurant Group Official Bakery of the KSO Sarkozy Bakery
David Peshlakai, Cello
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GRANTS The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra greatly appreciates these organizations, foundations and businesses for their generous contributions. Ardis Opera Decade
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Arts Fund, through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs
M. Jane Baley Education Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation The Burdick-Thorne Foundation The H.P. and Genevieve Connable Fund Dorothy U. Dalton Foundation Mignon Sherwood DeLano Foundation John E. Fetzer Institute Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation Getty Education & Community Investment Grants Irving S. Gilmore Foundation
Monroe-Brown Foundation Alice Mullen Distinguished Pianists Fund of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Pfizer Inc. PNC Grow Up Great Foundation Diane S. Robertson Charitable Foundation Ronda E. Stryker & William D. Johnston Foundation Harold & Grace Upjohn Foundation Zoetis
The Greg Jennings Foundation
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GIFTS The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the many organizations and individual 2015 annual fund donors for their generous contributions. Although we make every attempt to publish an accurate and up-todate list of KSO donors, sometimes we make mistakes. Please know that each gift is very important to us and most appreciated. If you find an error with your program book listing, please contact our Development & Communications department at 269.349.7759 ext. 205 or doberlin@kalamazoosymphony.com. Thank you.
GOLD BATON CIRCLE $5,000+ Donation Anonymous Larry & Shannon Bell John & Rosemary Brown Diane & Jay Heckler Christopher & Margo Light Elizabeth U. Mason & Lowell B. Mason, Jr. Preston & Barbara Parish John & Kathryn Polzin Diane S. Robertson Dr. William H. & Melinda L. Scott Bart & Ann van Giessen CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $3,000-$4,999 Donation Anonymous Robert & Marianne Denes Fiona & William Denny
Dr. Paul Rehkopf & Joey Miller Lawrence & Marilyn Schlack Mary L. Tyler, Tyler Little Family Foundation ARTISTS’ CIRCLE $1,500-$2,999 Donation Max & Carol Breuer Sandra Edwards & Alfred Garcia Nancy Decker Ehrle Robert & Kathleen Gadwood Susan C. Gilmore Laurel A. Grotzinger Ed & Ginnie Hessler Thomas & Brigitte Huff Thomas Kasdorf Mary & Greg Klenow John R. Light Bridget & Dave Lemberg Jerry & Susan Miller Mark & Louise Novitch
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Dr. Michael & Tonya Pawlik Pete & Libby Seaver Dick & Kathie Tomlinson ORCHESTRA CIRCLE $1,000-$1,499 Donation Anonymous (2) Shirley Bach Carol & Bernard Baker Jane Baley Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Beam Thomas & Carol Beech Gregor & Sandra Blix Robert A. Boisture Eric V. & Linda Brown, Jr. Drs. Ed Birch & Janice Brown Kay & Mervin Burtis Stanley & Judy Bushouse Ken & Shirley Cyrus Joyce DeNooyer Diane & Randall Eberts Pamela Enslen
David & Valerie Flagler Peter H. Gistelinck & Kim R. Bloom Carol Haenicke Curtis E. Hall & Susan Houseman Raymond Harvey Martha & Jim Hilboldt Joel & Barbara Huber Jerre Locke James Nancy J. Kalinowski Michael Allen & Lori Knapp Steven & Jane Kreider Konrads & Aija Lubavs Craig & Lois Lubben Dean Miars David & Marilyn Milko Dr. & Mrs. William L. Miller Lynn & Gregory Morris Michael & Sidney Mueller Helen Osterwald Douglas & Sondra Phillips The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. C. Corydon Randall Barry F. Ross & Jane Rooks Ross Music Education Fund Carol & David Simpson Karmena L. Smith Daniel & Judy Smith Judith K. & Sherman Van Solkema Charles & Joan Van Zoeren Dee & Chris Velkoff Ron & Ruth Wiser Eugene Wu PATRON $600-$999 Donation Jill & Victor Bland Jim & Sheila Bridenstine Elizabeth A. Burns & Roger A. Zinser Dr. & Mrs. Glen H. Douglass Arthur & Marilyn Feinberg Caroline R. Ham William & Mary Hendrix John & Jane Hoogerheide
Robert G. Humiston & Kathleen O. Humiston Patricia & Robert Kittredge Doris J. Kunkle Dr. Otto I. Linet Maria & Seth Malin John Holmes & Jane Nelson-Holmes Derl & Heidi Oberlin Harrison & Gloria Orr Helen Overbey Dave & Jackie Sirotti Richard & Mary Ann Stark Irene & Stephen Trivers Mr. Verlan H. Van Rheenen & Mrs. Norma Van Rheenen Dr. & Mrs. Paul L. VanDenBrink John & Nancy Wilks Roger & Molly Williams James B. Woodruff & Margaret HotopWoodruff SUSTAINER $350-$599 Donation Andy & Lisa Ambrosio Virgie Ammerman Chester & Josephine Arnold Sheila & Jim Bridenstine Dr. & Mrs. Carter Brooks Ruth Brown Dr. Peter Coles & Mrs. Susan Bourget Barbara L. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Davis Wiliam & Adrienne DeNooyer Thomas A. Dietz & Sharon Carlson Becky East Hans Engelke Arthur & Nancy Falk Louis & Barbara Farraye Kenneth & Marian Fisher Ron & Lori Foor J. Alex & M. Arlene Gardner George & Marijke Guerin Judith Huber Halseth
Drs. Barbara & Yat-Lam Hong Rex & Karen Hornish Dorothy & Quinn Kelly Michael & Elizabeth Kelly Norman & Karen Knight Jeanene Lewis Kenneth Long Pam & Tom Mansager Mary McCormick & Gunther Hega James McIntyre & Joanna Hartenstein-McIntyre Ruth Ann Meyer William & Dolores Miller Martin Obed & Pamela Fox Obed Renee & Christopher Pearl Robert L. Smith & Carol Payne Smith Jim Pestoor John & Joyce Petro Martha Ream Freeman Russell Chris & Kathy Shook Margaret Small LaVonne & Richard Stavig William Stein Jim & Marie Thomas Jack & Mary Vanslambrouck Richard & Phyllis Westerman Jamie & Kathryn Williams Nancy A. Wilson CONTRIBUTOR $100-$349 Donation Anonymous (2) Mary Adams Cynthia & Matt Alves Dzintars & Biruta Astra Abuls Ione Ambrose Jo & Chet Arnold Mark & Jane Bainbridge Elizabeth & Richard Beam Gary & Marie Belleville John & Patricia Berninger Dr. Raymond & Barbara Bendure CONTINUED >> 2015 | 2016 S ea son
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Jill D. Berglund Bill & Martha Beverly Dr. Royce J. Biddle Mary Beth Birch Don & Lydia Blanchard Rod Borton & Debra Ball Jane & Douglas Bottomley Heide & David Boutell William J. Braaksma Florence Brenner Diane & Howard W. Briggs Rena Brooks Sharon & Robert Brouwer Ann & Robert G. Brown Janice & Dennis Burke Phyllis Buskirk Judy & Bill Butler Kathleen & Jac Campbell Don & Carolyn Campbell James & Carol Carter Coby & Jeffrey Chalmers Jill & Daniel Christian Fredrick & Elizabeth Clem John & Helen Coats Joan Colgren William Combs Tenho S. Connable Warren & Eugenie Cook June Cottrell Douglas Coulter N. Warn & Jean Courtney Robert & Jean Cox JoElla Crouse David & Ardyce Curl Norma Dearborn Donald & Joanne Decker Daniel & Linda Depta Brian Dekema Nancy M. Diment Robert & Etsuko Dlouhy Les & Joann Dodson Patricia & James Dolan Robert & Louise Dunbar George H. Dunn David & Deborah Dunstone Dr. & Mrs. David S. Dyke
Moyra Ebling Don & Ann Elzinga Elfriede Erhart Elizabeth Fernandez Samuel & Shon Field Donald & Grace Flesche Harvey & Diane Fogel Stephen B. & Ranja Friedman Gerhard & Marianne Fuerst C.J. & Ann Gianakaris Norman Goodling Peter & Rusty Graham Jeanne Grice Susan Harper-Grieger Sue A. Grossman Christopher & Cary Haber Mike & Kay Halpin Margaret Hamilton & Rod Carpenter James & Susan Hankey Lelane & Gerald Hardie Robert O. & Mara Hayes Lestra Hazel Mary & Jim Heaton Al & Shirley Heavey Peggy & Bob Hegel Janet Herrington Rodney & Arlene Hill Dick & Joce Hodgman Jean Hollar Douglas & Tami Homnick Connie & John Houts Frederick & Constance Hubbell Norman & Barbro Jung Connie & Steven Kamerling Linda & Joseph Kanamueller Howard & Hildegard Kerney John & Lynn Kinch Mary & John Kittredge Peter & Barbara Kobrak Joan M. & David R. Kowal Michael A. Krischer & Janet R. Heller Dale & Ruth Krueger Bob & Margaret Laatsch
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Blaine & Bobbie Lam Elizabeth Lambertson Barbara & Patrick Lavery Fred & Sandy Linabury Marilyn L. Lindbeck Augusta Lipsey David & Julie Little Mark Loehrke & Judy Johnson Frederick & Linda MacDonald Harry & Carol Madison Dave & Rose Mange Phillip Mange John & Phyllis Martens Bill & Jeannette Maxey Clyde & Jane Maylath Prudence D. McCabe Dave & Beth McShane W. Joseph & Linda Mills Paul & Ruth Minert Nina H. Mollhagen Judy Moonert Judy Moore Ruth Moser Jeff & Brenda Murphy Eric & Regena Nelson George Nielsen Donna B. Oas Carla & Thomas Obringer John D. Orr & Jacqueline L. Howlett Cindy & Michael Ortega Edward & Janice Overbeck David & Carol Overton Joie & Larry Pacini Don & Ann Parfet Phyllis & Floyd Parks Donna & Michael Parr Dr. Gabriel & Mrs. Priscilla Pedraza Frances & Michael Peikert Mary Perrin Kathleen & Ben Perry Leslie & Christopher Phillip Patricia D. Pierce Margaret G. Pifer
Gene & Royal Ranger Vern & Aurelia Reed Tom Reigel Karen Richard William & Nancy Richardson Charles E. & Donna Lou Ritter Orlin L. & Carolyn F. Roberts Ellen K. Robinson Linda Rolls David & Florence Rozelle Thomas & Kristi Ryan Ed & Jan Sackley William & Jennifer Sanderson Mr. & Mrs. William Sauck David & Janet Scarrow David & Carol Schmitt Norman & Elfie Schuen Roy Secor Judith Shamu David H. & Miriam A. Shannon Dan & Joyce Shehee Ms. Patricia J. Shiley Joellen Silberman
Dr. John Sinclair & Debbie Sinclair, Jr. Jerome & Judith Sivak Greg Slough & Linda S. Richer Herman & Dolores Smith Betty Lou Smoke Ann Southerton Dixie Stafford Carol & Robert Steinman Jean Stevens & Jeffrey Bernstein Ed & Nancy Stob Susan & Phillip Stott L. J. Stremich Margaret Strong Robert & Gayle Strung Mary Ellen Takeda Robert & Diane Taylor Tim & Janet Thieme Mike & Carol Thomas Richard & Chris Thomas Dennis & Nishi Tolhurst Burton & Joanne Toornman
Nick & Nancy Tuit William & Ruth Uggen Janet & William Urfer Paul & Barbara van Westrienen Peter & Adelia VanMeter Robin & James VanderRoest Carrie & Bill Venema Richard & Patricia Viard Robert & Nira Watkins Donald C. Weaver Suzanne & Seth Weeldreyer Joshua & Pamela Weiner Arthur & Sandra Welch William & Sue Wheeler Diane M. White Ina Whitney Whole Life Counseling D. Terry & Sharon Williams Eugene & Vivian Wood Raoul & JoAnn Yochim Marianna Zeman Raye Ziring Jerry & Mary Zwart
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Staff RAYMOND HARVEY Music Director DANIEL BRIER Assistant Conductor PETER H. GISTELINCK President & CEO Tammy Dykema, Executive Assistant ART IS TI C O P E R ATI O N S & N EW M EDI A Evan Menz, Vice President Frank Silva, Personnel Manager Autumn Owens, Stage Manager Sara Rogers, Librarian & New Media Manager Irina Kagan, Assistant Librarian E DU C ATI O N & CO MMUN I T Y PA RTNER S H I P S Elizabeth Youker, Vice President Cori Somers, Director of Educational Partnerships Frank Silva, Personnel Manager Autumn Owens, Stage Manager Jane Rooks Ross, Director of Marvelous Music! DEVELO PME N T & CO MMUN I C ATI ONS Suzanne Day Weeldreyer, Vice President Nikki Statler, Director of Sales & Marketing Rebecca Dube, Box Office & Subscriptions Manager Derl Oberlin, Patron Development Coordinator Jane Rooks Ross, Ambassador Program Coordinator F INAN C E & A D MI N I S TR ATI O N Karen Wile, Vice President Terri Hunter, Senior Accountant Melissa Shufelt, Accountant Tammy Dykema, Office Manager Frank Silva, IT Liaison M ILLE R AU D I TO R I UM Rob Pennock, Director of Business Operations Guy Barks, Technical Director Michael Vlassis, Ticket Operations Manager Shannon Rininger, Patron Services Manager C H E N E RY AU D I TO R I UM Ray Jenkins, General Manager Keith Bass, Technical Director Shannon Clemens, House Manager
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