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Contents

Volume 3

Concert Experience

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2012|2013 Season

• Sponsors & Foundations............................... 60

• A Memphis Gospel Celebration February 16.................................................... 25

• Membership Benefits..................................... 62

• Holst The Planets February 23, 24 & 26.................................... 29

• Honorariums & Memorials .......................... 74

• Feelin’ Groovy: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel March 9.......................................................... 37 • Tchaikovsky 5 March 16 & 17............................................... 45 • Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director ................... 52 • Conner Gray Covington, Assistant Conductor..53

• Contributors................................................... 63

• Patron/Ticket Information ........................... 76

Symphony Gallery • Yo-Yo Ma.......................................................... 8 • Lunch With a Star.......................................... 11 • Symphony Soul Project................................. 14

• Orchestra Roster............................................. 54

Community Experience

Patron Experience

• MSO Education Ensembles Bring Music to the Schools....................................... 12

• Advertiser Listing........................................... 31 • MSO Board of Directors, Staff, League Board & Chorus Board............................................. 56

• Symphony Soul Project: MSO Serving Soulsville USA.............................................. 18

• Memphis Symphony League......................... 58 The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Inc., is a qualified 501(c)(3) deductible organization funded by gifts from you, ticket sales and contracted services. We are recipients of grants from ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission. ©2012|2013 Memphis Symphony Orchestra • 585 S. Mendenhall Rd., Memphis, TN 38117

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Cinderella Russian national Ballet Theatre sunday, january 6 Savion Glover’s SoLe Sanctuary friday, january 25

Monterey Jazz Festival 55th anniversary Tour sunday, april 21

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Yo-Yo Ma October 22, 2012 Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

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After the October 22nd morning rehearsal, Yo-Yo Ma discusses the importance of community engagement with MSO musicians on the stage of the Cannon Center.

Yo-Yo Ma performs with MSO ensemble, String Theory, at Colonial Middle School on October 23.

String Theory, New Ballet Ensemble and Yo-Yo Ma take a bow at Colonial Middle School.

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Lunch With a Star On November 16, 2012, the Memphis Symphony League hosted Lunch With a Star with guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. Guests learned more about the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Tennessee Masterworks concert and Mr. Prieto.

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MSO Education Ensembles Bring Music to the Schools It is quite an exhilarating experience to watch a room full of elementary school students sitting with rapt attention, eagerly listening to a string quartet, a brass quintet, or a woodwind quintet. Such experiences occur from September through May at Memphis City Schools when MSO small ensembles perform for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Students love to see instruments up close and to learn how they are played, and they are fascinated by the musicians themselves. After one Brass Quintet performance, having seen and heard MSO musician Susan Enger playing second trumpet, a second grade girl was heard to exclaim that she was going to play the trumpet! It is through such encounters that lives can be changed. Each year, Memphis Symphony musicians make approximately 50 visits to schools introducing students to repertoire and guiding them to be active listeners. Sometimes, as many as five ensembles go to different schools on one day. The ensemble performances are aligned with the curriculum and complement the MSO’s Young People’s Concert series program, which forms the core of the MSO’s educational offerings. The musicians work hard to create presentations that are engaging, and age appropriate, both instructional, and entertaining—the best method of teaching! String duos and trios conduct Kinderconcerts for Pre-K through 2nd grades, while string quartets, woodwind ensembles and a brass quintet perform for upper elementary students. Ensembles also visit Colonial Middle School and Overton High School as a part of the MSO’s CAPA Virtuosi instrumental music initiative.

A fourth grade student at Robert R. Church Elementary conducts members of the MSO String Quartet during the ensemble’s visit to the school on May 9, 2012. 12

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The MSO education ensembles represent one part of an on-going partnership between the orchestra and Memphis City Schools. MCS is one of the few school districts in the country that has a full Orff Music program, a method of music education developed by German composer Carl MSO musicians Paul Turnbow, Erin Kaste, Iren Zombor and Orff in the early 1900’s. The Irene Wade perform at Robert R. Church Elementary. Orff approach incorporates the ways that children play together, combining music with movement, dramatization, speech and visualization; it is learning from a child’s perspective and one that encourages interaction and exploration. The Memphis Symphony has designed its education programs to complement MCS’s Orff program, reinforcing and enhancing the curriculum. Most of the elementary schools, about 15 in total, that receive ensemble performances attend the MSO’s Young People’s Concerts. Each year different schools are sponsored by MCS to attend YPC, so that over a period of several years all MCS schools have the opportunity to experience a full orchestra performance at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Development of content for the YPC concerts and the education ensembles is a collaborative effort of MSO staff members and teachers from Memphis City Schools. The program stresses inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary learning, and provides an opportunity for thematic instruction – one that opens the minds of Memphis students to the rich and wonderful world MSO violinist Erin Kaste engages the students at Robert R. Church of musical experiences. Elementary as a part of the String Quartet’s presentation. For Tickets 901-537-2525

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MSO Serving Soulsville USA To support community revitalization in historic Soulsville USA, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra is presenting a series of FREE concerts during 2012-2013 at the Memphis Music Magnet facility, located at 879 East McLemore Avenue. The MSO, in partnership with Community LIFT, received generous funding from ArtPlace to support this work. The Magnet at Soulsville USA came to life in October 2012 with two concerts by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Now the season is well underway and MSO players can be found throughout the historic neighborhood engaging individuals with creative programs and providing rich musical experiences. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all part of the year-long residency funded by ArtPlace, in partnership with Mei-Ann Chen conducting a reading rehearsal of The Community LIFT. Nutcracker at the Magnet on November 9, 2012. Students from several local schools attended.

Family Tunes & Tales, the acclaimed MSO storybook series for young children and families, is being performed at two South Memphis libraries during the season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cornelia Crenshaw and Gaston Park. Thanks again to Shelby County Books from Birth for its partnership in this program.

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Through the Nursing Home Project, MSO musicians perform in assisted living and retirement communities, skilled care facilities and hospices. Taking music to those who are least able to attend concerts is important to Jessie Munson, the MSO violinist who leads the work. Through the Symphony Soul Project, seniors at College Park, Metro Community Center and Latham Terrace will enjoy special MSO performances this year. www.MemphisSymphony.org

In partnership with Knowledge Quest, an organization dedicated to developing the potential of children and youth in South Memphis, the MSO will deliver the Drum Circle Project. Drum circles are formed when groups of individuals, often with no musical background, come together and participate in a guided drumming String quartet performance for seniors at College Park Community Center on October 31, 2012. Wen-Yih Yu, activity. Therapeutic in nature, violin, Jessica Munson, violin, Michelle Pellay-Walker, organized drumming is known viola, Jonathan Kirkscey, cello. to promote physical/emotional wellness and respond to many challenges typically faced by at-risk youth. To prepare for the MSO’s next Pops concert – A MEMPHIS GOSPEL CELBERATION – a community gospel choir is rehearsing at Metropolitan Baptist Church on Walker Avenue, next to LeMoyne-Owen College. Stop in for a concert preview during open rehearsal at 7:00 pm on January 29th, February 5th and February 12th. the first two Monday evenings in February. The concert will be presented at the Magnet at 4:00pm on Sunday, February 17th. Visit the Memphis Symphony Soul Project page on Facebook for more current news and other interesting facts on the orchestra’s residency in historic Soulsville USA.

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Meet the Musicians Name: Joseph Salvalaggio Instrument: Principal Oboe Colleges Attended: Interlochen Arts Academy (Michigan), McGill University (Montreal), University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, 1 year of post-postgraduate study with Richard Killmer (Eastman School of Music) through a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Most Influential Musical Teachers: Richard Dorsey, now retired Principal Oboist Toronto Symphony First Season With The Mso: 2000 I think. Thunder Bay Symphony 2nd oboe/english horn 1998, Windsor Symphony Principal Oboe 1999 Teaching Positions: Formerly oboe faculty for the Interprovincial Music Camp (Ontario) and Sewanee Summer Music Festival. Currently, oboe faculty Hot Springs Music Festival, Arkansas Appeared As A Soloist With: Memphis Symphony, Strauss Concerto, world premiere Erik Ross Oboe Concerto. World premiere, Elizabeth Raum The Phantom Drum, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Monroe Symphony (LA), Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony, Canadian Chamber Academy Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Sinfonia of Nations (Toronto). CBC radio national broadcast recitals in Toronto and Ottawa. Invited to perform at Conventions of the International Society of Double Reeds in Banff Alberta, Greensboro NC, Austin TX, Muncie IN. MSO Community Involvement: Original Leading from Every Chair® developer; Opus One season planning and execution. Currently involved with Symphony Soul Project. FUN FACTS! Favorite Memphis Restaurant: Jasmine Thai and vegetarian cuisine, Cooper St. Memphis Favorite Hobby: I read and explore Memphis on foot. I used to have a collection of t-shirts I’d buy from goodwill from team building exercises I’d never participated in. Age You Started Your Instrument: Started the oboe at age 15 in Sudbury, Ontario. I picked the oboe because the band was going on a trip to Florida and they needed an oboe. Favorite Book, Movie, Or TV Show: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. That is also my favorite movie. Favorite Piece Of Music: Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Interesting Fact About Yourself: I’m actually 6’4’’ tall Follow Joey’s posts about the Symphony Soul Project on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/ MemphisSymphonySoulProject

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Student Tickets $5 First Tennessee Masterworks, Pops and Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents!* Beethoven 8 September 14

Rachmaninoff and Mahler September 22 & 23

STAX! The Memphis Sound GABRIELA MONTERO, PIANO SEPTEMBER 22 & 23

October 13

Shostakovich 5 November 17 & 18

Home for the Holidays December 8 – Two performances: 2:30 & 7:30 PM

Aloha Elvis®! January 5

Innovation: Beethoven & Bernstein STAX! THE MEMPHIS SOUND OCTOBER 13

January 12 & 13

Bach and Mozart January 18

A Memphis Gospel Celebration February 16

Holst The Planets February 23 & 24

FEELIN’ GROOVY: THE MUSIC OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL MARCH 9

Feelin’ Groovy: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel March 9

Tchaikovsky 5 March 16 & 17

If Bach Were A Beekeeper March 22

From Gandolfi to Memphis April 13 & 14

Porgy & Bess ANTHONY McGILL, CLARINET APRIL 13 & 14

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A Memphis Gospel Celebration

Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. – Cannon Center Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. – The Magnet @ Soulsville featuring

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Dr. Leo H. Davis, Jr., artistic director and guest conductor Conner Gray Covington, conductor with a special appearance by Music Director Mei-Ann Chen Florence Roach, narrator William Grant Still Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American) Animato (Humor) Roland Carter Hold Fast To Dreams (text by Langston Hughes) Hold fast to dreams – For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird – That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams – For when dreams go Life is a barren field – Frozen with snow. Jeffrey Ames Oba Ti De (Here Comes The King) Here comes the King – Jesus is born. Glory be to God in the Highest – Jesus Christ is born. Arranged by DARIN ATWATER Go Down, Moses Nolan Williams We Bless Your Name

Adolophus HaiLstork Selections from Four Spirituals Great Day He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands Arranged by Moses G. Hogan This Little Light of Mine Percy Bady Over and Over Florence Price/ArR. W. G. Still Dances in the Canebrakes Arranged by lloyd barry A tribute to Whitney Houston: kirk franklin Joy Richard Smallwood I Love the Lord dottie rambo I Go to the Rock

Andrae Crouch The Promise

Richard Smallwood Arranged by Dr. Willetta Greene johnson Total Praise

Darius Brooks There Is No Way

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Augustin Hadelich violin

Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone” (New York Times), “poetic communication” (Washington Post) and “fast-fingered brilliance” (The New Yorker), Augustin Hadelich has catapulted into the top echelon of young violinists. During this past season, Mr. Hadelich played extremely well-received debuts with the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Colorado, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver. He will debut this season with the Netherlands Philharmonic (at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Dublin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Nashville Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as tour Brazil with the São Paulo State Symphony under Yan Pascal Tortelier and play his second recital at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. New concertos that he will be performing include the Adès concerto with Chautauqua Symphony, the Britten concerto with Alabama Symphony, and the Ligeti concerto with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK, Mr. Hadelich is the 2006 Gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2009. He made three Carnegie Hall appearances in 2008, including a highly-acclaimed recital debut and his orchestral debut, performing the Brahms Double Concerto under Miguel Harth-Bedoya with cellist Alban Gerhardt and the Fort Worth Symphony. Mr. Hadelich has recorded two CDs for Naxos: Haydn’s complete violin concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, and Telemann’s complete Fantasies for Solo Violin. For AVIE, a CD of masterworks for solo violin (including the Bartók solo sonata) was released in October 2009. A second disc for AVIE, Echoes of Paris, was released in March 2011 with pianist Robert Kulek. Also an enthusiastic recitalist, Mr. Hadelich appeared at The Frick Collection (New York), Kennedy Center, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Clark Memorial Library (Los Angeles), La Jolla Music Society, Kioi Hall (Tokyo), the Louvre, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Vancouver Recital Society, to name a few. As chamber musician, he has been a participant at the Marlboro, Ravinia, and Seattle festivals, and has collaborated with Midori at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, Augustin Hadelich holds a graduate diploma and artist diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society. www.augustin-hadelich.com 46

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Charles Morey guest concertmaster

Charles Morey was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia and began playing the violin at the age of two. Leading a diverse musical life as violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher, he frequently performs in the country’s most prestigious halls, including the Kennedy Center, Severance Hall, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the River Cities Symphony Orchestra, Seneca Chamber Orchestra, Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra, and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. In the Spring of 2009, Mr. Morey won CIM’s concerto competition, performing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no. 2. He was also a prize winner in the 2009 Annual Milhaud Performance Prize Competition. As concertmaster, he has performed with orchestras such as the San Antonio Symphony, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Ashland Symphony, CIM Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra. Also a composer, in February 2011 he made his Kennedy Center debut performing his own composition, “Images,” for violin and piano. He has also performed his own set of variations on the tune “Wondrous Love” with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, with an orchestral accompaniment by Artistic Director Grant Cooper. He frequently composes pieces for student ensembles, which have been premiered by students from Cleveland School of the Arts and CODA Mountain Academy of Music. In 2005 he was a recipient of the Andrew and Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship, which culminated in a performance with the WVSO as conductor. Mr. Morey received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he was a student of William Preucil. A recipient of the Bock scholarship, he was chosen in 2010 to study in an orchestra leadership program at the Music Academy of the West under San Diego Symphony concertmaster Jeffrey Thayer. Mr. Morey is founder of the CODA Mountain Academy of Music, a summer music festival in Appalachia. He is currently a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and Canton Symphony Orchestra. Previous positions include concertmaster of the Ashland Symphony, Solon Philharmonic, and Suburban Symphony, as well as violin instructor in the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Preparatory Department. Recent honors include a collaboration with composer Augusta Read Thomas, world premiere of “Three Short Pictures for Violin and Piano” by Dolores White, and a solo performance for Bronislaw Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland.

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program notes HUANG Saibei Dance from Saibei Suite No. 2 Duration: 4 minutes Born in 1949, An-Lun Huang began his musical studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He was a tenacious student: when his work was interrupted during the Chinese Cultural Revolution―and he was forced to labor in the rice fields of rural China―he found an old pump organ that had been abandoned by Chinese missionaries, and continued his studies independently. His efforts paid off: when the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, he was appointed resident composer and assistant conductor at the Central Opera House of China in Beijing. After hearing contemporary music for the first time, Huang decided to immigrate to Canada and study music at the University of Toronto. As he recalls, he wanted “more freedom. [I wanted to] learn more. That’s why I came to Canada.” He continued his composition studies at Trinity College in London and at Yale University before returning to Ontario, where he still lives. While some might view Huang’s experience in China as a hardship, the composer himself sees his unique career path as a vital element in his compositional style: “I think as a composer [my work in the rice fields] was so important. If you only have the knowledge of...urban life...you cannot reach the real history.” He has made it his mission to fuse China’s “real history” with Western music. As he realized, “Music history could have a new element―Chinese music. That’s my job, I decided. I’ll go my own way.” Saibei Dance shows off Huang’s potent synthesis of these two musical traditions. Located about 80 miles from Beijing, Saibei is a mountainous region known for skiing and lakes. In his Dance, Huang merges traditional pentatonic folk songs from the area with Western music structure and harmonies.

BRAHMS Violin Concerto Duration: 38 minutes It is common for composers to write music for friends. Mozart, for example, wrote many of his concertos for people he knew, and Johannes Brahms likewise wrote his Violin Concerto for his friend Joseph Joachim (1831-1907). One of the greatest musicians of his time, Joachim met Brahms in Hanover in 1853, and introduced the young composer to both Liszt and Schumann. Joachim was one of Brahms’s biggest supporters. In 1880, however―the year after he gave the premiere of the Violin Concerto―their relationship took a dramatic turn. Joachim initiated divorce proceedings against his wife of almost twenty years, mezzo-soprano Amalie Weiss, on the grounds that he was not the father of the youngest of their six children. While Clara Schumann, Robert’s wife and Brahms’s 48

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best friend, supported Joachim, Weiss ultimately prevailed--by all accounts, as a result of Brahms’s testimony in her favor. Although Joachim continued to perform Brahms’s music, their personal friendship was seriously compromised as a result of Brahms’s perceived betrayal. A product of a happier time, Brahms’s Violin Concerto illustrates the mutual respect and collaborative spirit that existed between these two musicians. Brahms started work on the piece in the summer of 1878 while vacationing at Pörtschach, an Austrian summer resort on Lake Wörth. He sent the manuscript of the concerto to Joachim on August 22, writing, “Naturally I wish to ask you to correct it. I thought you ought to have no excuse―neither respect for the music being too good nor the pretext that orchestrating it would not merit the effort. Now I shall be satisfied if you say a word and perhaps write in several: difficult, awkward, impossible, etc.” By the time of the concerto’s premiere in Leipzig on January 1, 1879, it had been considerably altered. Perhaps the most profound change was to the concerto’s structure: originally composed in an unusual four-movement form, Brahms condensed the work into the more typical three movements. (These middle movements are now lost, although many scholars believe that the Allegro appassionato of the Second Piano Concerto may have begun life as the Violin Concerto’s original Scherzo.) The correspondence between Brahms and Joachim shows an interesting paradox: while Brahms incorporated many of Joachim’s proposed orchestral changes, he didn’t adopt many of Joachim’s alterations to the solo part. Nevertheless, Joachim thought highly of the work, saying it was of “high artistic value” and aroused in him “a peculiarly strong feeling of interest.” Brahms’s resistance to Joachim’s interventions perhaps hints at a quality that sets his concerto apart from other Romantic examples of the genre. Instead of casting the violin in the starring role and relegating the orchestra to the wings, Brahms integrates soloist and orchestra much more than other virtuosic concertos, and seems to eschew virtuosity for its own sake. While the public response to this new approach was extremely positive, violinists were slightly less enthused. Henryk Wieniawski declared the concerto “unplayable,” while Pablo de Sarasate announced that he would not play the work because he didn’t want to “stand on the rostrum, violin in hand and listen to the oboe playing the only tune in the adagio.” One of the most famous criticisms―attributed variously to Hans von Bulow and Joseph Hellmesberger―was that the concerto was not written for the violin as much as “against the violin.” The first movement, marked Allegro non troppo (not too fast), is notable for its richness of themes as well as its affinity with Beethoven’s violin concerto in the same key (Joachim was known for his interpretation of the piece, and even performed it with Brahms’s concerto at the work’s premiere). Joachim composed the cadenza, which apparently caused quite a stir during the first Viennese performance; as Brahms wrote to a friend, “The cadenza went so magnificently at our concert here that the people clapped right on into my coda.” After a brief Adagio featuring a rapturous and simple melody, a lively rondo presents a “Hungarian” theme that likely pays tribute to Joachim, who was born in what is today the Czech Republic. The playful, virtuosic finale takes the concerto to a fiery close. For Tickets 901-537-2525

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program notes TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Duration: 49 minutes The symphony Tchaikovsky composed just prior to his Fifth marked a very different direction for the composer. Unlike his previous symphonies, for his Fourth Symphony the composer immersed himself in the concept of program music, providing a narrative that centered on the abstract concept of Fate. He took this idea to its apex in the work that followed: the unnumbered Manfred Symphony (1885), which was solely based on Byron’s epic poem. By the time of his Sixth Symphony, composed in 1893, Tchaikovsky had backed off from the idea of a specific program, writing the work around an intensely personal program that scholars have struggled to uncover. Composed in the summer of 1888, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony is sometimes said to occupy a kind of “middle ground,” caught in the interstices of an overt program and a more personal agenda. Tchaikovsky’s preoccupation with fate is manifest in many of his compositions―not only the Fourth and Manfred symphonies, but also the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades―and his Symphony No. 5 is no exception. In his compositional journal, Tchaikovsky identified the opening and recurring themes of the Fifth as “complete resignation before Fate.” The symphony opens with a slow introduction, its dark, brooding theme gradually becoming the main theme of the first movement. The introduction continues to reverberate in the ensuing Andante, whose horn melody was used in the 1939 Tin Pan Alley hit, “Moon Love”. The third movement is a waltz, rather than the customary scherzo. Despite the minor-mode version of the Fate theme that occasionally emerges in the Finale, the symphony concludes on an overtly triumphant note―an ending that some critics, including Tchaikovsky himself, considered insincere or even crude. After the Fifth Symphony’s second performance, Tchaikovsky wrote, “I have come to the conclusion that it is a failure.” In spite of its creator’s negative assessment, the Fifth has gone on to become one of Tchaikovsky’s most beloved works. It was particularly popular during World War II, and was frequently recorded and performed. One of the most noteworthy performances took place during the Siege of Leningrad, when city leaders ordered the Leningrad Radio Symphony Orchestra to help boost morale by continuing their concerts. On the night of October 20, 1941, the orchestra performed the Fifth Symphony at the city’s Philharmonic Hall. During the concert―which was broadcast live in London―bombs began to fall, but the orchestra continued playing until the symphony’s very last note. – Jennifer Glagov

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Hot Springs Music Festival Season Eighteen: Coming of Age Hot Springs, Arkansas

2-15 JUNE 2013

For the Hot Springs Music Festival: Danses sacrĂŠe et profane by Hugh Dunnahoe after the musical composition by Claude Debussy

Casual, Classical, Fun! The Hot Springs Music Festival brings together over 200 international musicians each June in the historic spa resort of Hot Springs National Park to present over 20 concerts and 250 free open rehearsals for music lovers from around the globe. Visit hotmusic.org for the complete schedule, programs, and other exciting information!

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Mei-Ann Chen music director One of the most dynamic young conductors in America, MeiAnn Chen is currently in her third year as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. She is also beginning her second season as Music Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta. During this time, the impact of her energy, enthusiasm and high level of music-making has been felt by both of these orchestras, their audiences and entire communities, as well. The League of American Orchestras recognized this fact by choosing her for the prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award at their 2012 national conference in Dallas. Among Ms. Chen’s upcoming highlights are debuts on the Chicago Symphony subscription series, the San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year Celebration, North Carolina Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the São Paulo Symphony in Brazil, and the Tampere Philharmonic in Finland. Among last season’s debuts were the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Aspen Music Festival, and the symphonies of Jacksonville, Naples and Sarasota. In great demand as a guest conductor, Mei-Ann Chen recently stepped in on short notice for her very well-received subscription concert debut with the Cincinnati Symphony. She has been engaged by the Cincinnati Symphony for this season as well. Ms. Chen has also appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic and the symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus, Edmonton (Canada), Florida, Fort Worth, Nashville, National (Washington, DC), Oregon, Pacific, Pasadena, Phoenix, Seattle and Toronto. Worldwide engagements include all the principal Danish orchestras, BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Graz Symphony, National Symphony of Mexico, Norrlands Opera Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Trondheim Symphony. Festival appearances include Grand Teton, Wintergreen, Chautauqua Institute and the Texas Music Festival in Houston. The first woman to win the Malko Competition (2005), Ms. Chen has served as Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta, Baltimore and Oregon symphonies. The positions in Atlanta and Baltimore were sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. Recipient of the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has appeared jointly with Marin Alsop and Stefan Sanderling in highly acclaimed subscription concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Florida Orchestra. In 2002, Ms. Chen was unanimously selected as Music Director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in Oregon, the oldest of its kind and the model for many of the youth orchestras in the United States. During her five-year tenure with the orchestra, she led its sold-out debut in Carnegie Hall, received an ASCAP award for innovative programming, and developed new and unique musicianship programs for the orchestra’s members. She was honored with a Sunburst Award from Young Audiences for her contribution to music education. Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the United States since 1989. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, where she was a student of Kenneth Kiesler. Prior to that, she was the first student in New England Conservatory’s history to receive master’s degrees, simultaneously, in both violin and conducting. Ms. Chen also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. and the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen. For more information, visit www.meiannchen.com

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Conner Gray Covington assistant conductor At 25 years old, Conner Gray Covington was recently appointed Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, a position he began in September of this year. In Memphis, he will conduct various community and outreach concerts while working closely with Music Director Mei-Ann Chen. Covington will also serve as the Music Director of the Memphis Youth Symphony Program. He recently completed his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in orchestral conducting in May of this 2012 at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Neil Varon. This past May Covington competed in the prestigious Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he was the youngest participant to advance to the third round. In Denmark he conducted the Danish National Symphony for a jury headed by Lorin Maazel. Covington also recently competed in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition where he worked with the New Japan Philharmonic and advanced to the semi-final round. In the summers of 2011 and 2012, Covington attended the Aspen Music Festival as a fellowship recipient in the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. There he worked with Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, and Hugh Wolff as well as other guest conductors throughout the summer. He has also attended the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors where he studied with Michael Jinbo. Born in Louisiana, Covington grew up in East Tennessee and began playing the violin at age 11. He completed high school at the renowned High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas. He went on to study violin at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston with distinguished soloist and pedagogue Kyung Sun Lee. Covington then transferred to the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied violin with Dr. Martha Walvoord and conducting with Dr. Clifton Evans. At UTA, he served as both concertmaster and assistant conductor of the UTA Symphony, and in May of 2010 he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in violin performance.

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra mei-ann chen, music director conner gray covington, assistant conductor Violin I Guest Concertmaster The Joy Brown Wiener Chair

Paul Turnbow, Assistant Concertmaster

Griffin Browne Jeffrey Jurciukonis Hannah Schmidt Mark Wallace

The Maxine Morse Chair

Marisa Polesky, Assistant Principal Barrie Cooper, Assistant Principal Diane Zelickman Laurie Pyatt* Wen-Yih Yu Jessica Munson Greg Morris Long Long Kang Violin II Gaylon Patterson, Acting Principal The Dunbar and Constance Abston Chair

Heather Trussell, Acting Assistant Principal Erin Kaste, Acting Assistant Principal Christine Palmer Ann Spurbeck Lenore McIntyre Michael O’Gieblyn Viola Jennifer Puckett, Principal The Corinne Falls Murrah Chair

Michelle Pellay-Walker, Assistant Principal Marshall Fine, Assistant Principal Irene Wade Michael Barar Karen Casey Kent Overturf Beth Luscombe Cello Ruth Valente Burgess, Principal The Vincent de Frank Chair

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Bass Scott Best, Principal Christopher Butler, Assistant Principal Sean O’Hara Andrew Palmer Timothy Weddle David Troupe* Jeremy Upton Sara Chiego Flute Karen Busler, Principal The Marion Dugdale McClure Chair

Todd Skitch Chris James Sarah Beth Hanson* Piccolo Chris James Sarah Beth Hanson* Oboe Joseph Salvalaggio, Principal Saundra D’Amato Shelly Sublett, Assistant Principal English Horn Shelly Sublett Clarinet Andre Dyachenko, Principal Rena Feller Nobuko Igarashi Bass Clarinet Nobuko Igarashi

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Bassoon Susanna Whitney, Acting Principal Jennifer Rhodes* Michael Scott Christopher Piecuch

Bass Trombone Mark Vail

Contrabassoon Christopher Piecuch

Timpani Frank Shaffer, Principal

Horn Samuel Compton, Principal

Percussion David Carlisle, Principal Ed Murray, Assistant Principal

The Morrie A. Moss Chair

Robert Patterson Caroline Kinsey Pamela Kiesling Trumpet Scott Moore, Principal The Smith & Nephew Chair

Susan Enger J. Michael McKenzie Trombone Greg Luscombe, Principal James Albrecht Mark Vail

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Tuba Charles Schulz, Principal

Harp Marian Shaffer, Principal The Ruth Marie Moore Cobb Chair

Piano/Celeste Adrienne Park, Principal The Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Chair

Guest Artists The Emily Klyce Fisher Chair

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra governance & staff Board of Directors

Mark Crosby Crosby & Higgins LLP

Officers Mike Edwards Chair Paragon Bank

Michael J. Douglass Gerber/Taylor Capital Advisors, Inc.

Al Lyons Interim CEO Memphis Symphony Orchestra Louis Jehl Chair Elect Diversified Trust Louise Barden Secretary First Tennessee Bank Lowry Howell Treasurer Southeastern Asset Management

Mary Lawrence Flinn Memphis Symphony League Pam Guinn St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal School Larry J. Hardy Retired Corporate Executive Scott Heppel Retired Corporate Executive Buzzy Hussey Babcock Gifts Bryan Jordan First Horizon National Corp.

Paul A. Bert Immediate Past Chair Retired Corporate Executive

Natalie C. Kerr, MD Hamilton Eye Institute

Board Paul Berz

Joanna Lipman Arts Advocate

Ritche Manley Bowden Arts Advocate

Hon. Mark Luttrell Shelby County Government

Dr. Karen Bowyer Dyersburg State Community College

Alec McLean New South Capital Management

Austin Byrd Bailey & Greer, PLLC

Lisa Mendel Memphis Symphony Chorus

Darrell Cobbins Universal Commercial Real Estate

Scott Moore Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Nancy Hughes Coe Dominion Partners Private Wealth Management

Carol W. Prentiss River Oaks Investments Robert Quinn FedEx

Art N. Seessel, III Janet Seessel Arts Advocate Charles Shipp Architect John Speer Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC Jim Vining Vining Sparks Russ Wigginton Rhodes College Board Emeritus Gloria Nobles Past Chairs Dunbar Abston, Jr. Newton P. Allen, Esq.* Walter P. Armstrong, Jr.* Leo Bearman, Jr., Esq. Troy Beatty* Paul A. Bert Jack R. Blair Robert L. Booth, Jr. Judge Bailey Brown* Robert E. Cannon* George E. Cates Eric A. Catmur* Charles P. Cobb, Esq.* Nancy R. Crosby* George E. Falls, Jr. David B. Ferraro Lewis E. Holland William F. Kirsh* Martha Ellen Maxwell Dr. Joseph Parker* G. Dan Poag Thomas M. Roberts* Jeff Sanford P.K. Seidman* Michael Uiberall Joseph Weller Dr. Russel L. Wiener

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Administrative Staff Al Lyons Interim CEO Accountability Anita McLean Chief Financial Officer

Grace McAlister, PHR Finance Manager Rodney Gilchrist Technical Support Grants Rhonda Causie Director of Grants & Innovation

Ricardo Callender Grants & Accountability Specialist

Artistic Engagement Brandon Knisley Vice President of Artistic Engagement

Development Nicki Inman Vice President of Patron Engagement

Jenny Compton Music Librarian

Erica Eason Patron Engagement Assistant

Molly Mangialardi Artist Coordinator

Ellen Montgomery Corporate Engagement Assistant

Susan Miville Director of Musician Engagement Operations Douglas Whitaker Director of Operations

Laura Mirahver Orchestra Personnel Manager

Joseph Nelson Soulsville Project Manager

Ellen Rolfes Advancement Specialist Marketing & Public Relations Denise Borton Director of Patron Engagement & Marketing

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Memphis Symphony League Board of Directors Mary Lawrence Flinn, President Lura Turner, President-Elect Priscilla Alexander Honey Cannon Scottie Cobb Jeanette Cooley Jean de Frank

Billie Jean Graham Eula Horrell Mindy Johnson Nancy Lou Jones Florence Leffler Sissy Long Babbie Lovett Carol Martin Mabel McNeill

Amy Meadows Laurie Monypeny Charlotte Neal Gloria Nobles Tommie Pardue Marilyn Powell Shelly Sublett Sharon Turner Joy Wiener

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Letter from the League President What a wonderful season we have had thus far! Our orchestra has certainly provided thrilling moments at each performance, drawing well-deserved applause from both the audience and the great Yo-Yo Ma himself. There is much more to come. Our Memphis Symphony League has grown in number and in enthusiasm this year. The Diamond Jubilee Luncheon helped raise $5,000 and members’ dues have added over $12,000 to our efforts to support our Symphony Orchestra. In February we honored a very special sweetheart, Mei-Ann Chen, with beautiful flowers, music, and food. What a perfect day for our beloved conductor as well as for Memphis! In December the League honored the wonderful staff at the Symphony Office with a thank you party, and the orchestra will be our focus in the spring. We so appreciate all these people do for us and for our city. The League has begun a new series, “Lunch With A Star,” where anyone interested in meeting and talking with First Tennessee Masterworks guest artists and conductors can attend a luncheon and have a conversation with a star. Our first luncheon at Napa Cafe featured a great lunch and time with the conductor for the November 17 and 18 First Tennessee Masterworks, Carlos Miguel Prieto. We are anticipating a great turnout for our March 15 event that presents guest violinist Augustin Hadelich. Be sure to watch for information on the Symphony website. We would love for you to be a part of all we do, so join the League and join the fun. Mary Lawrence Flinn President Memphis Symphony League

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Thank You Memphis Business! The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is fortunate to have many generous companies whose commitment to the arts in Memphis enables us to present the quality concerts and community programs our patrons have come to expect. At this printing of Experience, the following corporations have joined us for the 2012-2013 season. $100,000+

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

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The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is fortunate to have many generous foundations whose commitment to the arts in Memphis enables us to present community programs. At this printing of Experience, the following institutions have joined us for the 2012-2013 season.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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Symphony Fund 2012-2013 As a community-supported organization committed to Memphis, the MSO depends more than ever before on the generosity of donors who make it possible for us to make meaningful experiences through music. We are pleased to offer the following benefits in response to your support: Maestroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Partners $10,000 and above (Fair Market Value is $350) Maestroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Partners welcomes annual donors of $10,000 and above. In recognition of their support, donors receive unprecedented opportunity to engage with the MSO through personalized events. For more information, please call Nicki Inman, Vice President of Patron Engagement at 537-2519. Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999 (Fair Market Value is $295) Invitation to join Maestro Mei-Ann Chen and the orchestra on-stage for a First Tennessee Masterworks or Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents rehearsal Personalized concierge ticket services (with waiver of service fees) Plus all below Patron $2,500 - $4,999 (Fair Market Value is $220) Invitation to MSO Annual Review meeting Invitation to the annual Season Preview Party Plus all below Golden Circle $1,000 - $2,499 (Fair Market Value is $200) Admission to the donors-only Golden Circle Room, during intermission, at First Tennessee Masterworks and Pops concerts Seven passes for free parking at the Cook Convention Center, good for First Tennessee Masterworks or Pops concerts Plus all below MSO Associates Associate $600 - $999 (Fair Market Value is $80) Opportunity to purchase tickets in advance Plus all below Member $300 - $599 (Fair Market Value is $60) Invitation to MSO open rehearsals Plus all below Friend $100 - $299 (Fair Market Value is $40) Backstage tour of the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Two tickets to Contributor Recognition Night Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in all volumes published during the season Supporter Up to $99 (Full Market Value) Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in one volume published during the season Consider a gift to the Symphony Fund today! To donate, visit the MSO office, go online to www.MemphisSymphony.org, call (901) 537-2525 or mail to 585 S. Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117 62

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Contributions Symphony Fund 2011-2012 Thank you! Individuals, corporations, foundations, ArtsMemphis, the Tennessee Arts Commission and others make annual contributions to support our Symphony. Because the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, like orchestras throughout the country, obtains less than 30% of our income from ticket sales, these gifts and grants are crucial to our ability to provide music of the highest quality. The following community members have expressed their support for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra between December 1, 2011 and January 1, 2013. We are most appreciative.

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Contributions Ms. Laura J. Crane Dale & Gina Cunningham Lewis Donelson Jed Dreifus Dr. Michael R. Drompp Fredrika & Joel Felt Joseph & Anne Fisher Turner Foster Bill and Jeannine Gaudet Mr. Charles K. Gilder Jim & Harriett Gillis John Gilmer & Catherine Willner Guardsmark, Inc. Robert Hanusovsky Judith & Howard Hicks Bill & Marian Himmelreich Dr. G. Leon Howell Joanna Hwang Susan & Frank Inman Bertha Means & Michael Jacewicz David & Ann James Dr. Pu-Qi Jiang John Paul & Sandra Jones Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Jones Kathy Junkin William B. Keiser, Jr. Ms. Yoriko Kitai Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Knisley Janie & Martin Kocman Dr. Gumersindo & Mrs. Marianne Leal Lucy Lee Ramona & Harry Mahood Frank & Mary Markus Ethel T. Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. James W. McDonnell, Jr. Mary Allie & Denton McLellan Dr. & Mrs. Lee Milford, Jr. Pam & Fred Montesi Cecile & Frederick Nowak Max B. Ostner, Jr. Nancy M. Penisten Johnny & Kim Pitts Mr. & Mrs. Neil Ringel Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Ringold Sandy & Beth Schaeffer Bonnie and Bill Siler Kenneth & Mary Sipley Charles & Mary Stagg Fred & Joan Stephenson Ryals & Gwendolyn Thomas Joan & James Vogel Mary L. Belenchia Lee & Mary Wardlaw Jules & Betty Weiss Dr. & Mrs. Benton Wheeler Dr. Russell Wigginton Stewart Wingate

Mary Jane and Herman Wolfe, AIA Jerry Wolfe Mr. Winston Wolfe Dr. George R. Woodbury & Dr. Cathy M. Chapman Nick and Charlotte Woodward Berje & Kathy Wade-Yacoubian Friend - ($100 - $299) Anonymous (11) Doug & Meg Adams Larry Adler Gwendolyn & John Ahlemann Harriet Alperin Mrs. Eleanor Appling Murphy Appling Genni Arledge Dr. & Mrs. Philip Aronoff Sue & Wesley Atwood Clayton Baker Mary Nell & Pervis Ballew David & Debbie Balling Allan Bardos Robert & Ellen Hutchinson-Bartolotta Mrs. Frank Barton, Jr. Patricia Barton John & Wanda Barzizza Dr. & Mrs. Allen O. Battle Mr. Herbert Battle Becky Bayless Dr. & Mrs. Tom Beasley Dr. Bryan & Mrs. Heidi Bell Ernest & Georgia Bell Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Belz Ron & Anise Belz Eugene Bernstein Dr. & Mrs. Michael P. Berry Dr. Harry Berryman Dr. & Mrs. H. Delano Black Kathryn B. Black Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blackburn Allen & Mary Blair Sam Blair Emilie Blanchard Clark & Yolanda Blatteis Dr. & Mrs. Gene Boeckman Lois E. Bohon Scott Bojko Modine & Lee Bolen Steven Boor Jan & John Boudreaux Aretha Bourne Jennifer Brady Peggy Brawner Reggi and Sharon Burch Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burgar Judy & Charles Burkett Raymond Butts

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Eleanor & Gerald Byrne Ricardo Callender Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Califf Larry Campbell James Charles Ruby Chittenden Carol & David Ciscel Brian Clement Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Jr. Allen E. Cohen James P. Cole Viola Cole Samuel & Jenny Compton Anne Connell Tim & Mary Cook Alice & Jack J. Craddock Mr. & Mrs. William S. Craddock Robert K. Crane Ms. A. J. Daneman Leslie Daniel Fred Davis Diane & Joe Davis Steve Davis Jean M. de Frank Phili & Terry Deboo Jeanne Decker Kathryn Deshpande & Jon Katze Ann Dixon Curtis and Jean Dohan Drs. Robert & Heather Donato Joe & Martha Dooley Regina Duberstein John & Alice Dudas Gerry and Charles Duff Betty Jo & William P. Dulaney Delories Duncan Mrs. Ruth Edmonds Patti & Lew Ellis Edward & Gloria Felsenthal James & Sue Ferguson Donna Fisher Tanya Fitts Molitor Ford Ms. Kathie Fox Desi Franklin Dr. Jerre Freeman Mrs. Caroline Fruchtman Juan Fuentes Ana & Mark Gardner Joseph Garrone Frank & Anne Gianotti Mr. & Mrs. James D. Gibson John Gibson Marsh & Ann Gibson Sharon Gilbert Mary Gill Joan Gips

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Marylon R. Glass Kenneth Goldman & Winnie Wang Paul & Mary Evelyn Goodwin Capt. & Mrs. James P. Googe, Jr. Arthur Graesser Betty Tully Graves Rita Mercille Green Diane Greenhill Gerard & Alessandra Grosveld Phil Guichelaar Hemant Gupta Bela & Nan Hackman Joanne B. Hackman Mr. Reb Haizlip Clarence & Harriett Halmon Doug Hamik Robert & Mi Mi Hamilton Louis Hamric Dr. & Mrs. O. Brewster Harrington Jeffery & Cathy Harris Thomas Harrison III Albert C. Harvey, Jr. Geraldine Haspel Diane Hawks Mr. & Mrs. Allan Hayden Dr. Jean S. Hayden Nikki Haynes Janet D. Held Kathleen Helton Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hillis Sara M. Holmes Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr. Bobby and Eva Hussey Matt Blake & Nobuko Igarashi Mr. & Mrs. Antonino Incardona The Christ United Methodist Church Chancel Choir Larry & Diane Jackson Mr. & Mrs. James B. Jalenak Anita James Dr. & Mrs. Russell James Harriette Jenkins Mr. David Jennings Mr. Mickey Johnson Mr. Jeff Johnston Nancy Lou & Mott Jones Warren and Betty Lu Jones Tom and Anne Marie Kadien Mr. & Mrs. William Kaelin III Beulah Kasselberg Helen & J.D. Kelly John Kelyman Charlotte King Nadine King Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Kirkscey Jon Knight Nancy & Brian Kuhn

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Contributions Michael & Diane Kuhn Kitty and Howard Lammons Ms. Patsy Lane Frank M. Langford, Jr. Marti & Mike Laslavic Ms. Demetra Lawrence Suzanne Lease & Michael Watts Mr. Shelby R. Lee III Sandra Leftwich LeMoyne-Owen College Kristin Lensch & Tim Huebner Tom & Celesta Letchworth Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Levinson Jean & Melvyn Levitch Pamela & Robert Levy Leticia Lindsey Mrs. Esther K. Lubin William Payson & Melissa Luck Jose & Nancy Magallanes Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Mallory Charles & May Lynn Mansbach Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Marks Nelda & Freeman Marr Nancy Masterson Shannon G. Matta, Ph.D. Richard & Nancy Mattox John & Jo Maxwell Connie May Mrs. Eloise Mays Grace McAlister Michael McCanless Peggy & Don McClure, Jr. Sandra & Lynn McCorry Marcia L. McCullough Marion McDonald Mary Ellen & Phillip McDow Robert McEniry Pat & James McFarland Lucius and Holley McGehee Anthony McGregor Sylvia & Ron McSwain Gale Medley T. Medlin Simone & Logan Meeks Diane Meess Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mirvis Susan Miville Dr. Shamim Moinuddin Mrs. Houston Niller Moore Ms. Patricia T. Moran Gregory Morrell George Morris Dr. R. J. & Susan Moskop, Jr. Mrs. Sue Myers Dr. Robert Neimeyer & Ms. Kathryn E. Story Stephen & Mary Nelson Drs. Thomas J. & Monika Nenon

Julie & William Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. Greg Nomland Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Notowich Adrienne Oeding David Ogdon Mr. & Mr. Mark Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley Norma Davis Owen & Penn Owen Jr. Mr. Ernest Owens Bob C. Owens Christopher Owens Joy Ozbirn Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Parker Roylyn and Bill Parks Eugene Pearlman Dana Sue Percer Ms. Peggy Perkins Dr. William S. Phillips O.C. Pleasant, Jr. Charles & Carole Plesofsky Chloee & Dan Poag Paula Posey-Destefanis Peter A. Pranica Kara & Thomas Preston Mr. & Mrs. Julian Prewitt Libby and Howard Pritchard Lana & Gary Prosterman Brenda & Robert Rachor Karen & James Ralston Nancy Reed Betsy Reeder Mrs. & Mr. Geraldine Rhodes Jimmy and Mary Jane Richens Mr. Luther L. Robinson III Dr. & Mrs. E. William Rosenberg Marco & Cynthia Ross Tom & Elena Ross Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Ross James B. Rothman Barbara Rubenstein Thelma Rudd Melanie Runyon Amy & William Ryan Leonid & Fridrerica Saharovici Barbara J. Sax Christopher Scholik Doug Schrank Mike Schwartz J. Allen Scoggin Michael & Kelly Scott William Scott Douglas Seymour Jill & Scott Shanker Phil & Fran Shannon Roy and Cyndy Shepherd Liz and Rouben Simonian John H. Sligh Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Smith

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Betty Smith Cecil Smith Ritchie and Patti Smith Marshall and Maida Smith Dan & Melissa Smith John Snowden Trish & Richard R. Spore III Sheri L. Spunt, M.D. Shirley St. Hilaire Terry Starr Jill & Kenneth Steinberg Betty & Vaughn Stimbert Fred & Shirley Stinson David & Alicia Stires Leslie Stratton George S. Sullivan Ms. Harriett Surprise Denise Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Parrish Taylor The Womans Exchange of Memphis, Inc Doris Thomas Hill Dr. David A. Tipton Patricia Wilson Tripp Alison Turner Unity Media, LDT Mariet & Sam Rogers Mike Vaughn Drs. Anni B. & William S. Walker Sonia Walker Mr. Edward Wallace Evelyn Walpole

Gerald & Julie Walton Shihung & Chingfun Wang Matilda Washington Patrick & Vicki Washington Susan S. Webb Judge & Mrs. Bernie Weinman Ira & Deborah Weinstein Harry Wellford Diane & Walker Wellford Stuart Wilkinson Elsa & David Williams Jane Williams Tige Williams Mrs. Barbara H. Wilson Carol Wilson Mrs. Frances Wilson Major & Donna Wilson Evelyn B. Wofford Josephine M. Wood Gary Woodard Laura Burgoyne and Becky Wright Mary & Lucius Wright Peggy Wroten Paul & Laura Yacoubian Mr. & Mrs. William M. Yandell III John & Donna Young Dr. Herbert D. Zeman Qihong Zhou

Matching Gifts Corporate matching gifts are a great way for MSO patrons and donors to maximize personal contributions to the Symphony and increase the impact of their gift. By taking advantage of your company’s matching gift benefit, you may be able to double or triple your contribution. Thank you to those companies below who match current and retired employees’ contributions to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and thank you to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. For more information on matching gifts, please call (901) 537-2523. AT&T Foundation Bank of America Chevron Corporation Citigroup Foundation Digital Equipment Corporation Ernst & Young, PLLC Federated Department Stores First Horizon National Corporation First Tennessee Foundation Gap Foundation General Electric General Mills Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

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Home Depot Foundation Johnson & Johnson Kraft, Inc. Lucite International Merrill Lynch New York Times Company Foundation Nissan Motor Corporation Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. Quaker Oats Foundation Regions Financial Corporation Security Pacific Foundation United Technologies – Carrier Corporation

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MEI-ANN’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS A women’s philanthropic giving circle honoring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, Mei-Ann Chen, whose artistic vision is reshaping the city’s cultural center. This critical group of diverse community investors is called to be stakeholders who support and steward her vision as a creative catalyst for innovation through the performing arts. Most importantly, Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends welcomes new members, as its ultimate mission is to be an instrument of inclusion. Ritche Bowden, co-chair Mary McDaniel, co-chair Becky Wilson, co-chair Rev. Dr. Jane Abraham Connie Abston Anita Allison Belinda Anderson Pam Arrindell Louise Barden Sharon Barnett-Myers Joey Beckford Phyllis Berz Joyce Blackmon Kathy Blair Peggy Bodine Carmen Crane Bond Dr. Marcia Bowden Martha Boyd Sonji Branch Ronell Brindell Ruby Bright Lillian Brown Rose Merry Brown Marian Bruns Alice Burnett Kitty Cannon Karen Carlisle Jeanne Gray Carr Jenny Carter Dr. Nancy Chase Dorothy Cleaves Mikki Cobbins Seandria Cobbins Nancy Hughes Coe Jeanette Cooley

Kim Cox Deborah Craddock Jill Crocker Elaine Crown Dr. Saryn Doucette Joy Doss Mary Ann Eagle Marsha Evans Kathy Fish Mary Lawrence Flinn Mary Lee Formanek Kathleen Gardner Allison Garrott Kate Gooch Billie Jean Graham Sarah Haizlip Cynthia Ham Deborah Hester Harrison Ann Hawkins Carolyn Heppel Frances Hooks Trina Huelsman Buzzy Hussey Barbara Hyde Nicki Inman Janas Jackson Jeanne Jemison Rose M. Johnston Dale Kelman Edith Kelly-Green Delores Kinsolving Dorothy Kirsch Ellen Klyce Suzanne Landau Florence Leffler Suzana Lightman Joanna Lipman Babbie Lovett

Sponsorships Baptist Mem Health Care Fd. Blue Cross Blue Shield TN Gerber/Taylor Hyde Foundation

Gretchen McLennon Bickie McDonnell Linda McNeil Mabel McNeill Lisa Chow Mallory Suzy Mallory Julia Manning Ashley Mayfield Sandra Mays Suzanne Medford Nancy Menzies Snow Morgan Brooke Morrow Christine Munson Jenny Nevels Gloria Nobles Sarah Carpenter Ognibene Sally Pace Tommie Pardue Barbara Perkins Carol Prentiss Mary Alice Quinn Susan Quinn Dr. Sandra Reed Beverly Robertson Ellen Rolfes Gayle Rose, former co-chair Diane Rudner Beverly Sakauye Lila Saunders Honey Scheidt Janet Seessel Rachel Shankman Lucy Shaw Lynda Mead Shea Alisa Smallwood

Independent Bank New South Capital Paragon Bank Phyllis Berz Ritche Bowden

Bonnie Smith Maxine Smith Rita Sparks Susan Springfield Nancye Starnes Helga Stengel Susan Stephenson Anne Stokes Margaret Tabor Mary Tate-Smith Ashley Tobias Anne Townsend Bridget Trenary Lynne Turley Lura Turner Meg Turner Andie Uiberall Jeanne Varnell Anita Vaughn Kimmie Vaulx Ann Vining Stacie Waddell Ann Marie Wallace Jane Walters Cassandra Webster Becky West Monica Wharton Sharon Wheeler Joy Wiener Dr. Ethelyn WilliamsNeal Tracey Williams Barbara Williamson Oneida Wittichen Jocelyn Wurzburg Jan Young

Deborah Craddock Ellen Klyce Brooke Morrow Sarah Carpenter Ognibene Gayle Rose

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Memphis Youth Symphony Program Conner Gray Covington, Music Director ||Musical Musical Leaders Since 1966

Youth Symphony, Conner Gray Covington, Conductor Fall Concert | Sunday, November 18, 7:30 Winter Concert | Sunday, February 24, 7:30 Spring Concert | Sunday, April 28, 7:30 *venues TBD

String Orchestra, Ray Pak Chung Cheng, Conductor Fall Concert | Sunday, May 5, 4:30 Winter Concert | Sunday, February 24, 4:30 Spring Concert | Sunday, November 11, 4:30 *venues TBD

String Sinfonia, Karla Philipp, Conductor Fall Concert |Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm Winter Concert | Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm *venues TBD

String Ensemble, Karla Philipp, Conductor Fall Concert |Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm Winter Concert |Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm *venues TBD

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Lemoyne-Owen College beethoven 8 rachmaninoff & mahler Symphony in the Gardens StAX! the memphis Sound Yo-Yo ma Shostakovich 5 Home for the Holidays (2:30 pm & 7:30 pm) memphis messiah Aloha elvis®! Innovation: beethoven & bernstein bach and mozart North mississippi Allstars A memphis Gospel Celebration Holst The Planets Feelin’ Groovy: the music of Simon & Garfunkel tchaikovsky 5 If bach Were a beekeeper From Gandolfi to memphis Hope Clayburn Symphony in the Gardens Porgy & Bess Programs, prices, dates, times, venues and artists are subject to change.

n First tennessee Masterworks – saturday 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Center First tennessee Masterworks – sunday 2:30 p.m. at GPAC

n saturday PoPs 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Center n Friday ClassiC aCCents 7:30 p.m. at Lindenwood Christian Church n oPus one At published venues n sPeCial

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Spring 2013 Schedule Recital at St. George’s Episcopal Church Friday, March 1, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Memphis Boychoir, Memphis Girlchoir & Memphis Chamber Choir 2425 S. Germantown Road, Germantown, TN 38138

Tenebrae Service at St. John’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Memphis Boychoir & Memphis Chamber Choir 3245 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111

Ongoing Auditions for the Memphis Boychoir and Memphis Girlchoir Please contact Dr. Geoffrey Harris Ward for more information (901) 351-8540

Saint John’s Episcopal Church | Central at Greer | 901-323-8597 | memphisboychoir.org

Honorariums and Memorials

The following Honorarium and Memorial contributions were made to the Symphony Fund between December 1, 2011 and January 1, 2013.

In Honor of Kathy and Ben Adams Camille & William Mueller In Honor of Jim Albrecht Kathryn A. King

In Honor of the Birthday of Charles “Chuck” Coe Dr. & Mrs. Dan Meadows

In Memory of Michael Gompertz Joan Gips

In Honor of Billie Jean Graham In Memory of Ms. Marguerite Piazza Mr. & Mrs. James Alexander Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Dr. & Mrs. Dan Meadows In Honor of Michael Barar Jean M. de Frank Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro In Memory of Mr. Jimmy Graham Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt In Memory of Dr. Bernard B. Beard In Honor of Dr. Jerre Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Craddock In Honor of the Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Dr. Ron & Mrs. Mimi Grossman In Honor of Paul & Linnea Bert Dr. Edward S. & Linda S. Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. George E. Cates In Memory of Billie Crenshaw Ms. Mei-Ann Chen Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro In Memory of Jennifer Lyons Mrs. Barbara Ramsey Harris Anneliese & William Watts In Memory of Dr. V. Glenn Crosby Lisa & Louis Jehl Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt In Memory of Florence Bohon Lisa & Louis Jehl In Memory of Dorothy S. Atkinson Dr. Edward S. & Linda S. Kaplan Mrs. Evelyn Foote Horrell Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blackburn Jean Lewis Lois E. Bohon In Memory of Mrs. Eleanor Dean Robert McEniry Marti & Mike Laslavic Ron & Linda Sklar Myron & Gail Lewis In Honor of Buzzy Hussey Nancy M. Penisten In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. John Dulin Adrienne Oeding Barbara Van Ness Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Patricia Williams Mr. & Mrs. Bryson Randolph In Memory of Tandy Brannon In Memory of Dan Duncan Phyllis Brannon Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt In Honor of Dr. Hal Brunt & Ms. Buzzy Hussey In Honor of Linda Brittingham In Honor of Jane Dutcher Bill and Foy Coolidge Memphis Symphony Chorus Norma Rogers In Honor of the Birthday of Pitt Hyde In Honor of In Honor of Dr. Lawrence A. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Mr. & Mrs. Howard Byers Memphis Symphony Chorus Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III In Memory of Dr. Max E. Johns In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mike and Carolyn Edwards In Honor of Rhonda Causie Farnsworth Gerber-Taylor Family Frank & Marian Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Lisa & Louis Jehl In Honor of Mei-Ann Chen In Honor of Rena Feller Memphis Symphony Chorus Stanley & Dorothy Bilsky Helen Ferguson Mike & Gay Veazey Williams Mr. & Mrs. Lester F. Lit Watkins Uiberall Family Mr. & Mrs. Bryson Randolph In Honor of Becky and Spence Wilson Laura, Ryan, Robert and Anna Fleur In Memory of Mr. Ross Clark Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cannon In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. A.W. Karchmer Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Dr. & Mrs. Dan Meadows Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Lyda Parker In Honor of In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Kaye Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Clarkson In Honor of Sara G. Folis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Helen Ferguson In Memory of Dr. Abraham D. Kriegel In Honor of Mrs. Ruth Moore Cobb In Honor of James “Jim” Gholson Dr. & Mrs. H. Delano Black Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Jr. Ron & Linda Sklar Thomas & Marcia Collins Jed Dreifus In Honor of Mrs. Scottie Cobb In Memory of Leslie Stratton The Womans Exchange of Memphis, Elaine and Louis Gompertz Inc Louise Stern

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In Honor of the Birthday of Florence Leffler Dr. & Mrs. William E. Long In Honor of Sissy Long Mr. & Mrs. James Alexander Dr. & Mrs. O. Brewster Harrington Mrs. Van Pritchartt Jane Williams In Memory of Louise Lucks Drs. Lawrence Edwards & D. Shane Rasner

In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Rudi Scheidt Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III In Honor of Charles Schulz Sandra Leftwich Mrs. Sue Myers In Honor of Art & Janet Seessel Bowers & Brooke Clement In Honor of Arthur N. Seessel III Gary Wunderlich

Ms. Karen Spacek & Mr. William S. Solmson George S. Sullivan UT Medical Group Dept. of Radiology Benjamin Willmott Gary Wunderlich In Honor of Mr. Bill Solmson & Ms. Karen Spacek Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III

In Memory of Peter Spurbeck In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Phil Shannon Jean M. de Frank Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Rosemary Banta Dr. Raquel Gomez In Honor of Barbara H. Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr. Doris Thomas Hill In Memory of Mrs. Dena Shapiro Shirley W. McRae Anonymous Shirley St. Hilaire In Honor of the Marriage of Jane & Reede Taylor Don and Anita McLean In Honor of the Marriage of Robert Vidulich & Diane Sachs Lisa & Louis Jehl Sam Shoup & Heather Trussell Meg Jones Ellen Rolfes In Memory of Mrs. Cele Carolyn Lubin Lisa & Louis Jehl In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Lee Milford In Memory of Donna Simmons Martha & James Boyd David Simmons In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Mike Williams Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III In Memory of Mrs. Cornelia Morris In Memory of Robert & Eula Horrell, Jr. Mrs. Lucille “Bonnie” Smith In Honor of Jeremy Warner Dr. Bryan & Mrs. Heidi Bell Memphis Symphony Chorus In Honor of Greg & Ellen Morris Paul & Linnea Bert John & Lynn Joyner Jack & Kathleen Blair In Honor of Bill Weppner Blount International Family Memphis Symphony Chorus In Memory of Ms. Angela Mullikin Steven Boor Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Minton David Chancellor In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Whitman James Charles Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III In Honor of Gloria Nobles Michele Robin Crump Bill and Foy Coolidge Delta Asset Management Family In Honor of Joy Brown Wiener Jed Dreifus Lucia Outlan In Honor of Susanna Perry Gilmore David Gioia Sandra Leftwich Kenneth Goldman & Winnie Wang In Honor of the Marriage of Lyda Parker Tina & Len Al Hass Julia Williams & Van Manning Wil & Sally Hergenrader Wallace & Olivia Bruce In Memory of Lunida & Lewis Holland Diversified Trust Mr. William “Bill” Prest Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt Phillip & Mabel McNeill Virginia Gandy Susan & Frank Inman Lisa & Louis Jehl In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Spence Wilson In Honor of Mr. Perry Redfearn Stephanie Jones Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III The Christ United Methodist Church Mr. & Mrs. William Kaelin III Chancel Choir Dr. Edward S. & Linda S. Kaplan In Memory of Josephine “Jo” Wood LeMoyne-Owen College Family Gerry and Charles Duff In Memory of Thomas M. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Lester F. Lit Peggy and Mac McAneney Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Mr. Myron M. Frank & Marian Shaffer Lucy Lee & Mrs. Dianne Shockley Mall Dale & Eugene McDermott B. Lee & Susan Mallory Martha Ellen Maxwell In Honor of Ellen Rolfes Mr. & Mrs. Eugene McDermott III Honor or Memorialize family and Kathryn B. Black Dale & Eugene McDermott friends with a gift to the MSO. Ms. Peggy Seessel Call 901-537-2523 In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Mike Rose Jenny & Graham Smith Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Dan & Melissa Smith

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Patron Information Your attendance constitutes consent for use of your likeness and/or voice on all video and/ or audio recordings and in photographs made during Symphony events. Box Office Location/Hours: The Box Office is located at 585 South Mendenhall Road, between Cadence Bank and Folkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Folly. We are open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on concert Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Box Offices at the concert venues open 90 minutes prior to each performance and remain open until intermission begins. Please note that for concerts at the Cannon Center on the night of, concert tickets must be purchased through the Ticketmaster Box Office located in the east hallway. Services and Will Call for MSO patrons are located near the box office at each venue. Venues: Saturday First Tennessee Masterworks Series and Memphis Symphony Pops Series concerts are performed at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 North Main Street in downtown Memphis. Paid parking is available in the Cook Convention Center garage or surface lots. Friday performances of the Paul and Linnea Bert Classic Accent Series are at the Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union Avenue in Midtown Memphis. First Tennessee Masterworks Sundays are performed at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), 1801 Exeter Road in Germantown. Symphony Soul Project concerts are performed at The Magnet, 879 E. McLemore. Free parking is available at Lindenwood Christian Church and GPAC. Cameras and Recording Devices: No photos or video recordings are allowed during the performance due to potential injury to performers on stage. Concert Preview: Free pre-concert discussions begin 45 minutes prior to each First Tennessee Masterworks series performance. Join us in the Cannon Center west mezzanine and the GPAC Dance Studio to get the inside scoop on the upcoming performance. Coat Check: In the lobby of the Cannon Center and GPAC. Wheelchair Seating: Wheelchair seating is available upon request at each of our concert venues. Please call our Box Office for more information. Ticket Information Subscriptions: Buy a series and save! Subscribers get the best seats in the house. Plan for the music you love with our First Tennessee Masterworks, Pops, and Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents series. As a subscriber, you will not only save off the single ticket price but also enjoy priority seating and ticket flexibility! Subscribers have the opportunity to purchase the best available seats for your series before tickets go on sale to the general public. You also have the same great seats all season and every year! Subscribers also have the opportunity to purchase tickets for special events before they are available to the general public! New season ticket patrons receive up to a 50% savings off the single ticket price. Established subscribers receive up to a 33% discount for their second year and all others (3+ year) subscribers save 20% off the full price. For subscriber services or to order, call the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 or visit www.MemphisSymphony.org. 76

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Other Information • Please turn off all cell phones and pagers when the performance begins. • Food and beverages are not allowed in the concert halls. • Lost and Found is located at the box office. Management is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged property. • Restrooms are located off the main floor, lobby and balcony areas of the concert hall. Facilities for wheel chair bound patrons are also available in each main floor restroom. First Aid • Contact an usher for assistance. • Emergency Evacuation – In case of a fire or other emergency, please use the exit nearest to your seat, indicated by a lighted Exit sign. This is the shortest route out of the performing arts center. Please be sure to walk to the exit – do not run. All concerts and performers are subject to change with or without notificiation.

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Nationally recognized for creative quality and community vision. Join us for a stellar season with a variety of entertaining shows in our 2012-13 season. See classics, comedies, musicals and new works on the Lohrey Stage and Next Stage. Memberships include six tickets to use in any combination on any unrestricted show and Member Card benefits are all part of your Membership,including discounts on adult tickets to A Christmas Carol, TM’s special events and ShoWagon children’s camps. Season Memberships may be purchased through November 30, 2012 for only $120. Purchase individual tickets online at www.theatrememphis.org or call 901.682.8323 to become a member.

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2012-13 Season FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Aug 24 – Sept 16, 2012

A CHRISTMAS CAROL* Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2012

SYLVIA April 5 – 21, 2013

TALLEY’S FOLLY Sept 21 – Oct 7, 2012

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Jan 25 – Feb 10, 2013

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS April 26 – May 12, 2013

A STEADY RAIN Feb 15 – March 3, 2013

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN June 7 – 30, 2013

DANGEROUS LIAISONS Oct 12 – 28, 2012 ALTAR BOYZ Nov 2 – 18, 2012 Jan 11 – 20, 2013

A CHORUS LINE March 8 – 30, 2013

*Not part of the season membership but members do get discounts on A Christmas Carol tickets.

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