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The Music of Mozart

All-Star Evening

ART DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGER Jackie Medina

May 5, 2016

May 17, 2016

Gershwin’s Piano Concerto

Mahler’s Symphony No. 9

May 20–21, 2016

May 27–28, 2016

PROGRAM DESIGNER Patrick Witmer GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Leslie Hanna Ken Magleby Patrick Witmer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Paula Bell Karen Malan Dan Miller Paul Nicholas OFFICE ASSISTANT Jessica Alder ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Ruth Gainey EDITOR Melissa Robison

Tonight’s Concert

6 Welcome 8 Utah Symphony 10 Board of Trustees 15 Music Director 16 Reflections of a Legacy 17 Season Sponsor 18 Season Honorees 24 Testimonial 26 Trio 32 Evelyn Rosenblatt Artist 34 Season Sponsors

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Welcome

On behalf of the musicians, board, and staff of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, it is our pleasure to welcome you to Abravanel Hall and tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert. It has been a truly inspirational season and we hope that you have enjoyed celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Utah Symphony with us. Our anniversary season was not only a tribute to the legacy of the Utah Symphony, but also a tribute to the people of our state who had the vision to create and support a rich cultural tradition for its citizens. We are grateful to all great community leaders who help make Utah a wonderful place to live and to enjoy great live music! As we look to the future, we cherish our wonderful memories of this special season,

Thierry Fischer Symphony Music Director

but we do not preserve the art of symphonic music by framing it in a certain state of existence. Instead, we give our musicians the necessary support to continue to express their art at the highest level and to share this experience with us. Their artistic expression charges the air in Abravanel Hall and we react and reflect our own vitality. This dynamic energy exchange between artistic expression and audience resonance makes each performance remarkable. Thank you for joining us tonight. We hope to see you in the coming months at one of our many community concerts in outdoor venues throughout the valley or at our summer home of the Deer ValleyÂŽ Music Festival! Sincerely,

Patricia A. Richards Interim President & CEO

David A. Petersen USUO Board of Trustees Chair

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Utah Symphony Thierry Fischer, Music Director / The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Rei Hotoda Associate Conductor

Roberta Zalkind Associate Principal

Barlow Bradford Symphony Chorus Director

Elizabeth Beilman Julie Edwards Joel Gibbs Carl Johansen Scott Lewis Christopher McKellar Whittney Thomas

VIOLIN* Ralph Matson Concertmaster The Jon M. & Karen Huntsman Chair, in honor of Wendell J. & Belva B. Ashton Kathryn Eberle Associate Concertmaster The Richard K. & Shirley S. Hemingway Chair David Park Assistant Concertmaster Alex Martin Acting Assistant Concertmaster Claude Halter Principal Second Wen Yuan Gu Associate Principal Second Hanah Stuart Assistant Principal Second Leonard Braus• Associate Concertmaster Emeritus Karen Wyatt•• Jerry Chiu Joseph Evans LoiAnne Eyring Kristiana Henderson†† Teresa Hicks† Lun Jiang Rebekah Johnson Tina Johnson†† Paige Kossuth†† Veronica Kulig David Langr Melissa Thorley Lewis Yuki MacQueen Rebecca Moench Hugh Palmer David Porter Lynn Maxine Rosen Barbara Ann Scowcroft• M. Judd Sheranian# Lynnette Stewart Julie Wunderle VIOLA* Brant Bayless Principal The Sue & Walker Wallace Chair

CELLO* Rainer Eudeikis Principal The J. Ryan Selberg Memorial Chair Matthew Johnson Associate Principal John Eckstein Walter Haman Andrew Larson Anne Lee Kevin Shumway Pegsoon Whang Joyce Yang†† BASS* David Yavornitzky Principal Corbin Johnston Associate Principal James Allyn Edward Merritt Claudia Norton Jens Tenbroek Thomas Zera HARP Louise Vickerman Principal FLUTE Mercedes Smith Principal The Val A. Browning Chair Lisa Byrnes Associate Principal Caitlyn Valovick Moore PICCOLO Caitlyn Valovick Moore OBOE Robert Stephenson Principal James Hall# Associate Principal

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BASS TROMBONE Graeme Mutchler

CLARINET Tad Calcara Principal The Norman C. & Barbara Lindquist Tanner Chair, in memory of Jean Lindquist Pell

TUBA Gary Ofenloch Principal

Erin Svoboda Associate Principal

Eric Hopkins Associate Principal

Lee Livengood BASS CLARINET Lee Livengood E-FLAT CLARINET Erin Svoboda BASSOON Lori Wike Principal The Edward & Barbara Moreton Chair Leon Chodos Associate Principal Jennifer Rhodes

TIMPANI George Brown Principal

PERCUSSION Keith Carrick Principal Eric Hopkins Michael Pape KEYBOARD Jason Hardink Principal LIBRARIANS Clovis Lark Principal Maureen Conroy

CONTRABASSOON Leon Chodos

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Llewellyn B. Humphreys Acting Director of Orchestra Personnel

HORN Bruce M. Gifford† Principal

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Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer recently renewed his contract as Music Director of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, where he has revitalized the music-making and programming, and brought a new energy to the orchestra and organization as a whole. Maestro Fischer was Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales 2006–12 and returned as a guest conductor at the 2014 BBC Proms. Recent engagements have included the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, BBC Symphony, and London Sinfonietta. In 2015–16 he makes his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (in subscription at the Royal Festival Hall), having recorded a Beethoven CD with them in 2014. Thierry Fischer Music Director The Maurice Abravanel Chair, endowed by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Maestro Fischer has made numerous recordings, many of them for Hyperion Records. Their CD of Frank Martin’s opera Der Sturm with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus was awarded the International Classical Music Award (opera category) in 2012. Maestro Fischer started out as Principal Flute in Hamburg and at the Zurich Opera. His conducting career began in his 30s when he replaced an ailing colleague, subsequently directing his first few concerts with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe where he was Principal Flute under Claudio Abbado. He spent his apprentice years in Holland, and then became Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Ulster Orchestra 2001–06. He was Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2008–11, making his Suntory Hall debut in Tokyo in May 2010, and is now Honorary Guest Conductor.

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Reflections of a Legacy By Julia R. Prata

As we close Utah Symphony’s 75th Anniversary, community writer Julia R. Prata reflects on our legacy.

As the Utah Symphony’s 75th anniversary season comes to a close, we are reminded to reflect upon the successes and celebrations of not only this season but seventy-five seasons filled with growth and progress built upon a foundation of greatness. Although it has been more than twenty years since Maurice Abravanel passed, his legacy stays with us, and those who had the honor of performing with him have not forgotten his greatness. To this day, there are several musicians of the Utah Symphony as well as retired Utah Symphony musicians who vividly recall their time under the baton of Maurice Abravanel. Violinist Tom Baron played with the Utah Symphony for a total of 47 years, from 1968 to 2015. When Baron speaks of his experience under Maestro Abravanel, the fondness is difficult to miss. “We did beautiful work with him. He demanded it and he got it from us, and we didn’t know how. We’d listen to those CDs later and say ‘Is that us?’ We never could figure it out. He was in touch with something that collectively we would feel.” Another retired Utah Symphony musician, Frances Darger, experienced the rise of Maestro Abravanel’s legacy from the very beginning and witnessed its lasting effects. The two things that stand out in Darger’s memories are Abravanel’s patient determination to create a place in the community for the symphony, and his dream of building a performance hall they could call home. We all know that he saw both of 16

those goals realized, as the Utah Symphony performs in Abravanel Hall every weekend. Maurice Abravanel is largely responsible for giving the Utah Symphony the reputation it has today. When Maestro Abravanel applied for the job in 1946, the Utah Symphony was a community orchestra without a true home. Initially, Abravanel only signed a one-year contract, but his dedication to the symphony extended that contract by 31 years. The Utah Symphony musicians experienced Abravanel’s intense dedication first-hand and believe that it was pivotal in unifying the orchestra. Claudia Norton, Utah Symphony bass player since 1967, talks about Maestro Abravanel’s involvement with his musicians. “He knew us personally, knew our personal lives, was very hands-on and insisted that we have the same vision that he did, and that was that music was the greatest gift to mankind,” she said. “I think that was a lot of the reason we were able to have such success in so many of our recordings.” This strong sense of dedication is still seen in the Utah Symphony today. The 75th anniversary season has been an immense success, filled with performances of different styles and sounds. The outpouring of support from our community collaborators and the audiences who attended this season’s performances echo the dreams of Maurice Abravanel and his conviction that music was the most important thing in the world. UTAH SYMPHONY 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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Season Honorees

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is grateful to our generous donors who through annual cash gifts and multi-year commitments at the following levels make our programs possible. The following listing reflects contributions and multi-year commitments received as of 3/16/2016.

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Testimonial

When I see the number of young people arriving for Utah Symphony concerts and Utah Opera performances, my belief in the impact of the Symphony’s and Opera’s education programs is affirmed. Their enthusiasm in attending these world-class performances at Abravanel Hall and the Capitol Theatre was nurtured from an early age on through the company’s extensive K–12 school programs. Once guided by Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s curricula toward an understanding of orchestral music and opera, many keep returning with a growing appreciation for the expressive beauty of these art forms. This is the threshold into a lifetime of finding joy and meaning in music and theatre, and for many, the inspiration to strive for mastery of an instrument or their own voice. My own love for music was instilled by my mother while I was growing up in Ogden. She not only inspired me, but laid the foundation for a vibrant music and arts scene in Ogden that continues today. My wife Karen and I have encouraged music making among our own children, and are so pleased that through the Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation and our support for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera we are able to continue a grand tradition of promoting the musical arts for youth throughout the state. David L. Dee President, David Dee Fine Arts Co-Chair, Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation

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TRIO is a collection of perspectives gathered by community writers about conductors, guest artists, and Utah Symphony musicians surrounding a singular theme. As Utah Symphony celebrates its 75th anniversary season, we asked: “Describe the connection between music and celebration in your life.” I loved the gathering of the people, and the way they would listen to what I had to say through music. It was a language that inspired me to grow and learn. —Joyce Yang

Joyce Yang Pianist

When I think about all the truly joyous memories in my life, playing concerts has often been the central reason for celebrations. The earliest memories in music go back about 25 years, when my aunt (my first piano teacher) organized small salon concerts for me and a few other students of hers. There were food, drinks, guests, and plenty of presents involved. We played our little pieces we learned earlier that week—whether it was 10 seconds long, or 5 minutes. No matter how small the piece, we received applause from the audience (parents and relatives mostly), and we bowed and walked back to our make-belief backstage. I knew from an early age that I have to practice and make the best music possible to make each concert a worthy event for myself and others. I loved the gathering of the people, and the way they would listen to what I had to say through music. It was a language that inspired me to grow and learn. After the music portion of the night, we celebrated for hours over cookies and milk. All the kids that got to the end of their piece received a gold star. This event took place every couple of weeks. This didn’t seem like much back then, but this process became the foundation of my profession. The “stage” became second nature to me. More importantly, this process taught me that every time I was ready to walk onstage to perform for an audience, it called for a celebration. To this day, I walk out onstage celebrating its very existence, the opportunity to deliver the music I love…And each time, I have my fingers crossed that I walk away with a gold star.

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Music has been an important part of my life ever since I began the piano at age five and the violin at nine. I tinkered with the viola in high school, but when it came time to go to college I didn’t think it would be possible to make a living in music. I went to high school in Juneau, Alaska, and took some courses at the local community college, one of which was computer programming, which I enjoyed. So when I went to college, it was with the plan of majoring in math, and then going on to graduate school in computer science. However, I found myself spending all my spare time in the music building. After my first year I made it official. Then, after getting my master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music, I remembered the high school viola tinkering and decided to add the viola to my music making and was offered a full scholarship. I was working on a doctorate in viola when I got a job offer to play in the City Orchestra of Barcelona, so I started there in January of 1992, just in time to participate in the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies that summer.

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There in Barcelona I met my Peruvian wife and we had a little girl. In 2000, we went to St. Louis, where I played with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, then two years later we went to Rochester, N.Y. where I played with the Rochester Philharmonic, and in January of 2005 I started here in the Utah Symphony. I am delighted to be a part of this symphony, particularly during this 75th anniversary celebration year. Since my childhood, when my mom would punish me by not allowing me to practice, music has been an important part of my life, and I’m glad to be able to make music every day.

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The love of great music always played an important role in the life of Evelyn Rosenblatt. As a high school student, Evelyn took the train from Ogden to Salt Lake City every Saturday to study piano. Following her marriage to Joseph Rosenblatt in 1930, she hosted many of Utah Symphony’s musicians and guest artists in her home over the years. These included Leonard Bernstein, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, Arthur Rubinstein, Beverly Sills, Glenn Gould, and Isaac Stern. The Rosenblatt sculptural plaque, designed to honor Evelyn Rosenblatt for her care and love of the Utah Symphony, is located in the lobby outside the First Tier Reception Room in Abravanel Hall. In 1997–98, Mr. and Mrs. Rosenblatt served as the first chairs of the Symphony’s Annual Fund Committee. In January 2000, the Rosenblatt family created the Evelyn Rosenblatt Young Artists Endowment to honor Mrs. Rosenblatt on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Mr. Rosenblatt passed away in May 1999, and Mrs. Rosenblatt in April 2004. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera gratefully thanks and recognizes Evelyn Rosenblatt.

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Mahler’s Symphony No. 9

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

Symphony No. 9 in D Major INSTRUMENTATION: 4 flutes, piccolo, 4 oboes, 4th doubling English horn, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, 4th doubling contrabassoon; 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, bass drum, crash cymbals, deep bells, glockenspiel, small drum, tam tam, triangle, harpsichord; strings PERFORMANCE TIME:

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Is there a “curse of the ninth?” From the midpoint of the 20th century onward, after two world wars and in an age of jet travel and atomic energy, this phrase was still familiar but was dismissed as quaint superstition. To Gustav Mahler, who was born only a decade after the midpoint of the 19th century and 33 years after Beethoven’s death, it was something more complex. It represented the dreaded possibility of nine symphonies marking the limit of human artistic inquiry, and a signpost 36

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toward inevitable death. Though he was probingly intellectual, this idea—half logic, half superstition—dogged him. While all of the symphonists who followed Beethoven composed in his shadow, it was Mahler who most determinedly carried forward the burden of the monumentality of Beethoven’s symphonies. But while Beethoven’s revelatory Ninth seemed like an ultimate meditation on human freedom and brotherhood, it was not the end of his profound metaphysical speculations; they continued for years as he composed the great string quartets and piano sonatas of his late period. For Mahler, the symphony was the form for the exploration and utterance of great ideas. History and philosophy notwithstanding, the idea of the “curse of the ninth” is pretty uncomplicated—simply the notion that composers are destined to die before completing a tenth symphony. Arnold Schoenberg, the great modernist and father of the Second Viennese School, asserted that the idea of a ninth-symphony jinx originated with Mahler, whose thoughts UTAH SYMPHONY 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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never seemed to be far from the meaning of human life, mortality, and the possibility of an afterlife. “It seems that the Ninth is a limit,” Schoenberg wrote in an essay on Mahler’s art and ideas. “He who wants to go beyond it must pass away. It seems as if something might be imparted to us in the Tenth [that] we ought not yet to know, for which we are not ready. Those who have written a Ninth stood too close to the hereafter.” After completing his Eighth Symphony— which, with its large chorus, became known as “The Symphony of a Thousand”—the number nine loomed large in Mahler’s creative path. He evaded it by disguising his next major work as a song cycle and titling it Das Lied von der Erde even though it is symphonic in spirit and structure. But what would come after that? Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in D major, composed in 1908 and 1909. Though it was the last symphony he completed, seemingly in fulfillment of the curse of the ninth, it was actually his tenth symphonic work. And by the time of his death in 1911, he had completed enough work on a Symphony No. 10 to serve as the basis for recent performing editions. Perhaps, in the 21st century, we can best hear the Symphony No. 9 as a valediction without the curse of the ninth interfering in the background. Music historians and Mahler’s biographers tend to view 1907, the year before he began work on the Ninth, as signaling the final chapter of Mahler’s life. It was full of portentous and even tragic events for the composer, beginning with his resignation from the Vienna Court Opera. Though we know him for his symphonies and his conducting, Mahler proved his talents as UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG

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a man of the theater at the Vienna Court Opera, and his abilities in this area—and his love of opera, especially Beethoven’s Fidelio—showed themselves in his symphonies. His separation from the Opera put an end to a tenure of dazzling distinction that encompassed both musical and dramatic direction, but was marred by anti-Semitism against him and his protégé, Bruno Walter. But four months later, in July, he and his wife Alma endured a far more painful separation: the death of their four-year-old daughter, Maria, after a brief and nightmarishly intense siege of diphtheria and scarlet fever. Still overwhelmed by sudden grief, just days after Maria’s funeral, Mahler—a man of vibrant physical activity—learned of the heart condition that would be the main cause of his own death four years later. Thus his artistic speculations on life and death became far more immediate than ever before. WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

In his Ninth Symphony, many listeners believe they hear the lessons of loss and transcendence borne of Mahler’s experiences in 1907. The template for the symphony encompasses four movements for the first time since his Sixth, which he completed in 1905; but his inclusion of the traditional four movements rather than five or six hardly signaled a backward glance or an abridgment of scope. The symphony is expansive and, as always with Mahler, patient, lingering, and contemplative in its development. Relating Mahler’s inspiration for the symphony’s first movement to Wagner’s correspondence with Mathilde Wesendonck, the late musicologist Michael Steinberg— writing for the Boston Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony—calls this MASTERWORKS

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movement “surely Mahler’s greatest achievement in symphonic composition.” He cites Wagner’s description of “the art of transition,” which Wagner described as the basis of his art. Steinberg calls the Ninth’s first movement “the high point of Mahler’s own practice in the deep and subtle art of transition, of organic expansion, of continuous variation.” Every note of this symphony explores the boundary between life and death, connecting life’s continual endings and separations to our ultimate separation from life; and we hear it expressively in this expansive movement, from the hushed sound of the cellos as it opens to the muted, trailing coda that leaves us in enervated silence. Comprising about a third of the symphony, this movement forms an arch that seems to frame a full lifetime’s eventfulness. Interestingly, Leonard Bernstein—a lover and influential interpreter of Mahler’s music—heard in this movement’s hesitant cellos the beating of Mahler’s failing heart. Whether or not we agree as we listen, Bernstein’s observation reminds us of Mahler’s own lifelong struggle to bring the depths of unconscious experience into the light of art, especially in movements such as this one. Another constant in Mahler’s music is the contrast and the resulting tension between

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Parnassian contemplation, as in the first movement, and earthbound sensuality, exemplified in the second movement by earthy country dances called Ländlers. Like Mozart and Beethoven, Mahler loved these dances. Though he seemed to describe them in disparaging terms, they were touchstones of fond recollections of the street music of his childhood, and here, as elsewhere in his symphonies, they create a tension between the vulgar and the sublime—each necessary to give meaning and context to the other. And in this movement, as in the first, the absorbing sensuality of Mahler’s music seems to devolve and withdraw like an ebbing tide—or like the sound of carnival music dying away. In the third movement, we are suddenly engulfed. An emphatically stated sense of tension takes hold, all the more powerful for its contrast with the gentle close of the second. The movement’s almost explosive energy provides a dramatic foil for the fourth movement, the famously poignant adagio. Few passages in music are so transcendently powerful. In the adagio’s agonized final journey, we seem to encounter every joy and sorrow of our own lives until, in its gentle resolution, a meaning beyond words is revealed. By Michael Clive

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Some of it Mahler wasn’t always so popular. It’s true. We must keep in mind that “popular,” in this context, refers to the devotion paid him by orchestral musicians, conductors and artistic planners around the world. It is not necessarily a reflection of ticket sales, though there are certainly many true believers among the audiences of our symphonic institutions. So, even though sellouts are still relatively uncommon, Mahler UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG

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symphonies are required programming on every professional orchestra’s season today, and it can be difficult to believe there was a time when they were not. Mahler enjoyed more success as a conductor during his life than he did as a composer and his music, the symphonies in particular, continued to occupy a fitful place in the global concert economy for over five decades. On which side of the fin-de-siècle pivot point did he belong? Was he the final word on a MASTERWORKS

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decadent century just done or the first word on the ascetic one to come? Why did it matter? Conflicting answers seemed possible for each of those questions and it was that very neither-fish-nor-fowl aspect that made Mahler’s symphonic catalogue hard to categorize and for a time, fair or not, difficult to support. Credit Leonard Bernstein with bringing him back in the 1960s if you like, many have (though our own Maurice Abravanel played a huge role in this as well), but the name of the first champion isn’t as important as the fact that everyone else was poised to pounce on the idea that Mahler’s “time had finally come.” Most of it It’s easier now, with his music so essential to our understanding of orchestras as dynamic art experiences, to see Mahler in his rightful place among history’s titans. His name truly 40

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does belong on the list of great symphonists, right in line after Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms and his ability to render the traditional genre in a way that 20th century minds would (eventually) see as “modern” set the stage for Shostakovich, Sibelius, Prokofiev and many others. This last point is critical and bears repeating. To argue for Mahler as a merely summative synthesis of his Romantic influences misses the opportunity to witness the predictive nature of his compositional voice. Mahler wrote symphonies that challenged convention by stretching the known limits of the orchestra as an instrument of color and by toying with formal expectations in a way that Brahms had been unwilling to even consider. Both men were eternally stalked by the great ghost of Beethoven but, forgetting for a moment his irrational fear UTAH SYMPHONY 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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of the number 9, it seems that only Mahler was willing to lean into the wind and force himself forward into the unknown. Each of his symphonies is undeniably mighty in its own way. Each is also minutely subtle. If you drop the needle in the middle of any of them, you know where you are and you know why it matters. Most composers contemplate eternity in their creations, they can’t help it, but few have depicted the struggle to understand what’s beyond like Mahler. His vision, to the extent it can be limited as such, is flawed, sure. It’s occasionally long-winded and always selfreflective in a manner that is so human it’s painful, but the music is never anything short of planetary, no cosmic, in significance. A performance of a Mahler symphony is an event, for everyone involved. Mahler once said “A symphony must be like the world. It UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG

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must contain everything.” And that’s precisely what it feels like, even at the first rehearsal. It feels like everything. All of it The natural evolution of Mahler’s posthumous recognition as a genre genius led, of course, to the meta-fascination with his symphonies as a large singular entity or “cycle.” This is another thing he shares with Beethoven, the idea that the individual components of his symphonic oeuvre exist not only distinctly but also cumulatively and that the experience of hearing them presented cyclically is worthy of its own heady adjectives and emotions. As a concept, it is not unique to music. Consider the collegiate impulse to read every Kurt Vonnegut novel, in chronological order, or the later desire to spend a week working MASTERWORKS

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through Tarkovsky’s complete filmography. These can be immensely gratifying undertakings in that they offer the chance to consider how life’s big ideas inform an artist’s career and how each piece of their art, even the least effective, belongs to a comprehensive whole that can’t be truly absorbed without it. It’s a construct, and an artificial one to boot, but this does not necessarily damn it as meritless. Mahler’s set of 9 symphonies is so iconic that The Cycle can be tempting to ignore the fact that it is also arbitrary. It only exists as we know it because he died before he could finish No. 10 so the position of No. 9 as the final chapter is something that happens only for us, not Mahler. The connectedness of the extant pieces—their cross-quotes and their foreshadowings— belies their completeness as a group since Mahler was so clearly not done yet. He had more to say, possibly much more. For Mahler, Symphony No. 9 was just that, the 9th Symphony he wrote. He always 42

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intended to continue the journey, which is thrilling to ponder. The same was true of Beethoven apparently. Even if it seems preposterous now that something could have followed his mountain-moving 9th Symphony, it appears he might have been sketching out a 10th too. We can’t be certain, but just take a moment to imagine it was true. This may be where the hidden magic of the cycle phenomenon lives, in the implications and eventualities of an amazing speculative reality. Just think about what might have been, had Mahler lived beyond 1911 and been allowed to write more symphonies. How much more drama, madness, and glory did his pen actually contain? That is the gift of the cycle, in the end. It allows us to guess. Jeﬀ Counts is Vice President of Operations and General Manager of Utah Symphony. He was program annotator for Utah Symphony from 2010 to 2014 and has been writing articles for Utah Opera for five years. UTAH SYMPHONY 75 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey Mrs. Helen F. Lloyd† Gaye Herman Marrash Ms. Wilma F. Marcus† Dr. & Mrs. Louis A. Moench Jerry & Marcia McClain Jim & Andrea Naccarato Stephen H. & Mary Nichols Pauline C. Pace† Mr. & Mrs. Scott Parker Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Pazzi Richard Q. Perry Chase† & Grethe Peterson Glenn H. & Karen F. Peterson Thomas A. & Sally† Quinn

Helen Sandack† Mr. Grant Schettler Glenda & Robert† Shrader Dr. Robert G. Snow† Mr. Robert C. Steiner & Dr. Jacquelyn Erbin† Kathleen Sargent† JoLynda Stillman Edwin & Joann Svikhart Frederic & Marilyn Wagner Jack R. & Mary Lois† Wheatley Afton B. Whitbeck† Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser

Mahler Circle Anonymous (3) Eva-Maria Adolphi Dr. Robert H.† & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Coombs Patricia Dougall Eager† Mr.† & Mrs.† Sid W. Foulger Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green Robert & Carolee Harmon Richard G. & Shauna† Horne Mr. Ray Horrocks† Richard W. James† Estate Mrs. Avanelle Learned† Ms. Marilyn Lindsay Turid V. Lipman

Crescendo Society of Utah Opera Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bailey Alexander Bodi† Berenice J. Bradshaw Estate Dr. Robert H. † & Marianne Harding Burgoyne Elizabeth W. Colton† Dr. Richard J. & Mrs. Barbara N. Eliason Anne C. Ewers Edwin B. Firmage

Joseph & Pat Gartman Paul (Hap) & Ann† Green John & Jean Henkels Clark D. Jones Turid V. Lipman Herbert C. & Wilma Livsey Constance Lundberg Gaye Herman Marrash Richard W. & Frances P. Muir Marilyn H. Neilson Carol & Ted Newlin

Pauline C. Pace† Stanley B. & Joyce Parrish Patricia A. Richards & William K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Richer Robert L.† & Joyce Rice Richard G. Sailer† Jeffrey W. Shields G. B. & B. F. Stringfellow Norman† & Barbara Tanner Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide Edward J. & Marelynn Zipser †Deceased

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Plan Big.

Maurice Abravanel planned big, imagining that Utah Symphony could become a year-round orchestra that reached into every corner of the state of Utah, all while maintaining the highest standard of musicianship. Today, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is the premier arts organization of the Intermountain West, unmatched in the reach of our statewide education programs and excellence in both symphonic and operatic music. Imagine our future, with a national reputation on the rise, tours across the state and beyond, renowned recordings, and extraordinary music education programs for the children of Utah. All this while performing with the best voices and musicians in our homes of Abravanel Hall and Capitol Theatre, and on the road. By including USUO in your plans, your legacy will carry us forward, providing us with the support to build on our legacy. To learn more about how your estate planning can benefit USUO and you, please call Kate Throneburg at 801-869-9028, or visit us online at usuo.giftplans.org.

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Corporate & Foundation Donors We sincerely appreciate our annual contributors who have supported our programs throughout the last twelve months. For a listing of season honorees who have made gifts of $10,000 and above see pages 18–22. $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous (2) Bambara Restaurant* Bourne-Spafford Foundation Diamond Rental* Discover Financial Services The Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Spencer F. & Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation EY Hilton Hotel* Hoak Foundation Intermountain Healthcare J. Wong’s Thai & Chinese Bistro* Jones Waldo Park City Macy’s Foundation Larry H. Miller Sandy Ford Lincoln Martine* McCarthey Family Foundaton New York LTD Ogden Opera Guild Louis Scowcroft Peery Charitable Foundation Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Salt Lake City* Salt Lake City Arts Council Sky Harbor Apartments* Union Pacific Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Victory Ranch & Conservancy $1,000 to $4,999 Anonymous Advanced Retirement Consultants Bertin Family Foundation Rodney H. & Carolyn Hansen Brady Charitable Foundation Byrne Foundation Castle Foundation City Creek Center* Deseret Trust Company Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C. Henry W. & Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Goldener Hirsch Inns*

Goldman Sachs Victor Herbert Foundation Homewood Suites by Hilton* Hotel Park City* Hyatt Place Hotel* Intermountain Healthcare Jones & Associates Kirton | McConkie Kura Door* Lewis A. Kingsley Foundation Marriott City Center* MedAssets Millcreek Cacao Roasters* Millcreek Coffee Roasters* George Q. Morris Foundation Nebeker Family Foundation Nordstrom Park City Foundation Park Hyatt New York* Prime Steakhouse Park City* The Prudential Foundation Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation sPower Squatters Pub Brewery* Stoel Rives Strong & Hanni, PC Summerhays Music* Swire Coca-Cola USA* Bill & Connie Timmons Foundation UMA Financial Services Inc. United Jewish Community Endowment Trust Utah Families Foundation The George B. & Oma E. Wilcox & Gibbs M. & Catherine W. Smith Foundation $ 500 to $999 Council for Investment in Education EDC Utah Entrada Country Club* Utah Jazz* Valter’s Osteria*

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Individual Donors We sincerely appreciate our annual contributors who have supported our programs throughout the last twelve months. For a listing of season honorees who have made gifts of $10,000 and above see pages 18–22. ABRAVANEL & PETERSON SOCIETY $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Alan P. Agle Fred & Linda Babcock E. Wayne & Barbara Baumgardner Dr. & Mrs. Clisto Beaty Mr. & Mrs. Jim Blair Carol, Rete & Celine Browning Neill & Linda Brownstein Ken & Shelly Coburn* Amalia Cochran Marc & Kathryn Cohen Spencer & Cleone† Eccles J. I. “Chip” & Gayle Everest Jack & Marianne Ferraro John F. Foley, M.D. & Dorene Sambado, M.D.** Mr. Joseph F. Furlong III Jeffrey L. Giese, M.D. & Mary E. Gesicki David & SandyLee Griswold** Ray & Howard Grossman John & Dorothy Hancock Robert & Carolee Harmon Gary & Christine Hunter Mary P. Jacobs† & Jerald H. Jacobs Family Dale & Beverly Johnson Robert & Debra Kasirer Jeanne Kimball Roger & Sally Leslie Thomas & Jamie Love Mr. & Mrs. Charles McEvoy Elinor S. McLaren & George M. Klopfer Leslie Peterson & Kevin Higgins Rich & Cherie Meeboer Dr. Thomas Parks & Dr. Patricia Legant Brooks & Lenna Quinn Dr. Richard & Frances Reiser Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rollo Peggy & Ben Schapiro Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Scott Stuart & Molly Silloway Dorotha Smart Melia & Mike Tourangeau Albert & Yvette Ungricht Kathleen Digre & Michael Varner

$3,000 to $4,999 Anonymous (3) Craig & Joanna Adamson Robert & Cherry Anderson Richard† & Alice Bass Charles Black Robert W. Brandt Larry & Judy Brownstein Jonathan & Julie Bullen Richard & Suzanne Burbidge Brian Burka & Dr. Jerry Hussong Lindsay & Carla Carlisle Robyn Carter Mark & Marcy Casp Dr. H. Sam & Kuiweon Cho Hal & Cecile Christiansen Edward & Carleen Clark Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Cutler Gary & Debbi Cook Mike Deputy B. Gale† & Ann† Dick Midge & Tom Farkas Flynn Family Foundation Kenneth & Kate Handley Dr. & Mrs. Bradford D. Hare James & Penny Keras Hanko & Laura Kiessner Paul Lehman Herbert C. & Wilma S. Livsey Peter & Susan Loffler Daniel Lofgren David & Donna Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Lyski Mac & Ann MacQuoid David Mash Richard & Anne Mastain Daniel & Noemi P. Mattis Michael & Julie McFadden Hallie & Ted McFetridge Richard & Jayne Middleton Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mithoff Marilyn H. Neilson Christie Mullen Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Richer Gina Rieke Richard & Carmen Rogers William G. Schwartz & Joann Givan Elizabeth Solomon Marilyn Sorensen Verl & Joyce Topham Mr. & Mrs. Glen R. Traylor Dr. Ralph & Judith Vander Heide Susan & David† Wagstaff Ardean & Elna Watts

Suzanne Weaver Jeremy & Hila Wenokur David & Jerre Winder Gayle & Sam Youngblood $2,000 to $2,999 Anonymous (5) Fran Akita Drs. Wolfgang & Jeanne Baehr Dr. Melissa Bentley Anneli Bowen, M.D. & Glen M. Bowen M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. William D. Callister, Jr. Luann & James Campbell Paul & Denise Christian Raymond & Diana Compton David & Sandra Cope** Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Coppin David & Karen Dee Margarita Donnelly Howard Edwards Robert Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ehrlich Neone F. Jones Family Robert S. Felt, M.D. William Fickling Mr. Peter Fillerup Blake & Linda Fisher Sarah Foshee Robert & Annie-Lewis Garda Heidi Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Eric Garen Diana George Susan Glassman & Richard Dudley Randin Graves The James S. Gulbrandsen, Sr. Family C. Chauncey & Emily Hall Dennis & Sarah Hancock John B. & Joan Hanna Geraldine Hanni Richard & Norma Herbert Sunny & Wes Howell Dixie & Robert Huefner Jay & Julie Jacobson Annette & Joseph Jarvis M. Craig & Rebecca Johns Bryce & Karen† Johnson Jill Johnson Pauline Weggeland-Johnson James R. Jones & Family Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Kerschner Susan Keyes & Jim Sulat J. Allen & Charlene Kimball

Mr. Darryl Korn & Ms. Jeannie Sias Val Lambson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Lansing Donald L. & Alice A. Lappe James Lether Harrison & Elaine Levy Elizabeth & Michael Liess Bill Ligety & Cyndi Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Kit Lokey Jed & Kathryn Marti David & Nickie McDowell Mike & Jennifer McKee Warren K. & Virginia G. McOmber Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mealey George & Nancy Melling George & Linda Mendelson Matt & Andrea Mitton Dr. Louis A. Moench & Deborah Moench Barry & Kathy Mower Mary Muir Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Muller Dan & Janet Myers James & Ann Neal Rachel L. Oberg Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. O’Brien Thomas & Barbara O’Byrne Bradley Olch Jason Olsen & Tim Thorpe O. Don & Barbara B. Ostler Linda S. Pembroke Joel & Diana Peterson Dr. & Mrs. S. Keith Petersen Jon Poesch Victor & Elizabeth Pollak Steven Price Dan & June Ragan Dr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Rallison Dr. Barbara S. Reid Joyce Rice Kenneth Roach & Cindy Powell James & Anna Romano Thomas Safran Mark & Loulu Saltzman Margaret P. Sargent Shirley & Eric Schoenholz K. Gary & Lynda Shields Gibbs & Catherine W. Smith Christine St. Andre & Cliff Hardesty Larry R. & Sheila F. Stevens Gerald & Barbara Stringfellow Karen Urankar

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William & Donna R. Vogel John & Susan Walker Gerard & Sheila Walsh Susan Warshaw Bryan & Diana Watabe E. Art Woolston & Connie Jo Hepworth-Woolston $1,000 to $1,999 Anonymous (3) Carolyn Abravanel Christine A. Allred Patricia Andersen Joseph & Margaret Anderson Drs. Crystal & Dustin Armstrong Gaylen Atkinson Graham & Janet Baker David & Rebecca Bateman Barry Bergquist C. Kim & Jane Blair Rodney & Carolyn Brady Timothy F. Buehner Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lee Forrest Carter Michael & Beth Chardack William J. Coles & Dr. Joan L. Coles Dr. & Mrs. David Coppin Carol Coulter James & Rula Dickson Margaret Dreyfous Dr. Richard J. & Barbara N. Eliason Naomi K. Feigal Mark Gavre & Gudrun Mirin Michael & Catherine Geary Ralph & Rose Gochnour

Robert & Joyce† Graham Dr. & Mrs. John E. Greenlee Hillary Hahn & Jeff Counts Alan & Jeanne Hall Foundation Robert & Marcia Harris Dr. Alan B. Hayes Lex Hemphill & Nancy Melich John Edward Henderson Mr. John P. Hill, Esq. Steve Hogan & Michelle Wright Connie C. Holbrook The Steven Horton Family Kay Howells Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Huffman David & Caroline Hundley Todd & Tatiana James Drs. Randy & Elizabeth Jensen Maxine & Bruce Johnson Chester & Marilyn Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Clark D. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Kalm Umur Kavlakoglu Travis & Erin Kester Carl & Gillean Kjeldsberg Robert & Karla Knox Julie Korenberg, Ph.D, M.D. & Stefan Pulst, M.D. Tim & Angela Laros Dr. Vivian Lee Mr. & Mrs. Melvyn L. Lefkowitz Lisa & James Levy Peter Margulies Christopher & Julie McBeth Nicole Mihalopoulos & Joshua Scoville John & Mary Ann Nelson

Oren & Liz Nelson Stephen & Mary Nichols Mary Jane O’Connor Ruth & William Ohlsen Whitney Olch Barbara Patterson Rori & Nancy Piggott W. E. & Harriet R. Rasmussen Keith & Nancy Rattie Mr. Bill Reagan Debra Saunders Bertram H. & Janet Schaap Ralph & Gwen Schamel Grant Schettler Deborah Schiller Mr. August L. Schultz Bradley Senet Angela Shaeffer Karen Shepherd Margot L. Shott† Dennis & Annabelle Shrieve Barbara Slaymaker Otto Smith Phillip & Jill Smith Elizabeth Sullentrop Amy Sullivan & Alex Bocock Douglas & Susan Terry Carol A. Thomas Pat & Jack Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Trotta Robb Trujillo Rachel Varat-Navarro Mr. & Mrs. Brad E. Walton Pam & Jonathan Weisberg Michael & Judy Wolfe Marsha & Richard Workman Norman & Kathy Younker* Michael & Olga Zhdanov Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Zumbro

$500 to $999

Anonymous (7) Ronald I. Apfelbaum, M.D. & Kathleen A. Murray, M.D. Mr. Dennis D. Austin & Dr. Ann Berghout-Austin Robert Baker Kyle & Melissa Barnett C. Kim & Jane Blair Roger & Karen Blaylock Nina Boguslavsky Rodney & Carolyn Brady Shane Brogan John & Kathryn Burnham Dana Carroll & Jeannine Marlowe Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Carter, Jr. Catherine Kanter Jay D. Clark & Janine Miner Dr. & Mrs. Hal S. Cole Michael Collins, M.D. Denise Corr Dorothy B. Cromer Dave & Ariane Dansie Mike Deasy Drs. Pilar & Christopher Dechet Ashby & Anne Cullimore Decker Dr. Kent C. DiFiore & Dr. Martha R. Humphrey Mary Dillon Josephine Divver Mr. & Mrs. James E. Duane Alice Edvalson Eric & Shellie Eide Carolyn C. Fredin Ernst Friedrich, M.D. & Marianne Friedrich, Ph.D.

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Jussi Galbraith Dave Garside & Audrey Miner Scott & Robin Gochnour Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Gurney, Jr. Frederick Gurney Gary Hamel Jonathan Hart Dr. Alan B. Hayes Gregory & Barbara Heinrich Bob & Ursula Hoshaw Jesse N. Hunsaker, M.D. Nancy Huntsman Gordon Irving Dr. Brent James James & Jeanne Jardine Eldon Jenkins & Amy Calara Jeff & Rachel Jensen David & Donna Johnson Peter & Jean Jorgensen Thomas H. Klassen & Carolyn Talboys-Klassen Guttorm & Claudia Landro Richard Lane & Andrea Martin Marilee Latta Mel & Wendy Lavitt Jeffery Lee Katherine P. Liddle Herbert & Helga Lloyd Uri Loewenstein & Elizabeth Tashjian Nicola Longo John & Julie Lund Susan R. Marquardt Thomas J. Martin Jerilyn McIntyre & David Smith Johanna & Jack McManemin Brad & Trish Merrill Dr. Jean H. & Dr. Richard R. Miller Edith Miller Hal & JeNeal Miller Janet O. Minden Robert & Dianne Miner Dr. Michaela S. Mohr Ms. Nancy Moore Sue Morgan John Mulderig Harlan & Faye Muntz Andrew Newberry Mrs. Paula S. Paterson John & Barbara Patrick Dr. Anne M. Pendo & Duncan Edwards Barbara Perry

Joan C. Peterson Normand L. Peterson Marilyn & Ray Phillips Troy Piantes Laszlo & Sandra Preysz Delia & Craig Reece Sydney Dunn & Harry† Reed Rick & Mary Robins Patricia Curtis Rothwell Don & Noreen Rouillard Catherine Rowan Dr. S. Brent Scharman Sandefur Schmidt James Schnitz Darrell Schrick David & Claudia Seiter Deborah Simmons Val & Barbara† Singleton Stefanie Snow Susan Chausow Southam Diana Major Spencer Mrs. Gaylia Tanner Fred Tripp Sarah & Alexander Uhle Mr. & Mrs. Veloy Varner Jodi Wagner Dr. James C. Warenski Judith Warner Werner & Dorothy Weixler Charles & Ellen Wells Doris Woodward Marsha & Richard Workman John & Jean Yablonski Frank & Betty Yanowitz Kent Young

$150–$499

Anonymous (26) Robyn Airmet Dr. Jay & Susan Aldous Craig W. & Joan R. Anderson Marco & Christine Andrei Mr. & Mrs. Robert Archuleta Jayne V. Arellano Mr. & Mrs. William P. Armstrong Thomas & Beth Arnett Curtis Atkisson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Bach Lewis & Nancy Baker John Bankhead Benjamin Baranko & Linda Cise Almina Barksdale Lynn & Diane Barnett Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Barton, Jr. Govert Bassett

Neil R. Bastian, Ph.D. Melanie & Trip Bates Randy Bathemess John & Marla Bayens Leroy & Barbara Bearnson Thomas Beggs Charles & Mary Behrens Michael Behring & Debra Marin Bruce & Judy Bell Streghina & Bobó Bell Barbara Belnap Bill & Debbie Beninati Gordon & Marilyn Bennett Michael & Janet Bennett Thomas G. Bennett Francine R. Bennion Reed & Jeanne Benson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Bentley Malcolm M. Berenson Robert & Charlene Bereskin Dan Bethel Milla Bilbrey Eric & Tanya Blake Shari & Keith Bloom Jed Boal Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Bond Josephine Boswell Thomas Bowen & Martha Brace Elise Bowers Allan Bradley Patricia Bragg Mark Briesacher W. Robert & Connie P. Brinton Mark & Diane Bromberg Carol Ann Brown Susan Brown Barbara Brunker Matthew Bryan & Jason Taylor Susan Burdett Robert H. Burgoyne, MD Janice Burk Fred Burr Thomas H. & Mary Ellen B. Caine Scott & Jean Calder Christie E. Canfield Dr. & Mrs. W. Ivan Cendese Po & Beatrice Chang Margaret & Dale Chapman Harla Macqueen Douglas & Laraine Christensen Edward & Claudia Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Ray R. Christensen

Barbara Christensen Clark & Gwen Christian Michael Clark Kathleen Clawson Orson C. & Dianne Clay Fred & Martha Clayson Linda Cochran Boyd & Beth Cole William Coles Alene Cook Sandra Covey Julie Crittenden A.J. Cummins Ronald & Carole Cutler Jeffery Dalebout Kevin Damon Mr. & Mrs. Merrill Day Patrick & Lynn De Freitas Robert & Gaye DeLange Ali DeSano & Monte Blunk Charles Desantis Linda & John Des Barres Julianne Earl Frank M. Edmunds John & Arlene Edwards Kathryn S. Egan Edward & Tessa Epstein Lea Erickson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Ericson Alyson Farmer Melanie Feeney Dr. Samuel Finlayson Omni Flux Dr. Elizabeth L. Frank Harry Franta Aileen Freckleton John & Cathey Frederick Al Galik Mr. & Mrs. B. Delworth Gardner Quinn & Julie Gardner Richard Garrick Martin & Sheila Gelman David & Ann George Gordon & Andree George Marcus Gerhardt Catherine Gerwels Raymond & Harriett Gesteland Joseph & Kristi Gilbert Kerry & V.A. Gill Elizabeth Gilmour Joseph Giovale William L. Glad David & Natalie Glass Jeffrey & Laura Gliedman Judy Goddard Ellie Goldberg

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Individual Donors Lawrence & Suzanne Goldsmith Joe & Panna Goott Douglas Gould Melvin & Diane Gourdin Dr. & Mrs. William R. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Green Paul & Janet Griffin Elle Griffin John & Ilauna Gurr Maxine Haggerty Blake & Melony Hamilton Peter & Beth Hanlon Karen E. Hannahs Lauri Hansen Phillip Hansen Dixie L. Harris Dr. & Mrs. Michael Harris, DDS Virginia Harris Alene Harrison Rob Harter Linda Haslam Doug Hattery Jeff Hawkes Susan Hendry Richard & Ruth Ann Hills Lew Hitchner Laura Hodo Lee & Audrey Hollaar Michael & Kristen Holm Mr. & Mrs. John W. Holt David Hood Richard G. Horne Donald & Judy Horwitz Dr. & Mrs. John Howarth Robert & Virginia Huber Dean & Kathleen Hughes Randy & Nikki Huizenga Gil & Thelma Iker Rachael & Eric Jacoby Dr. Richard & Helene Jaffe Gene Jenner James & Anne Johnson Drs. Owen & Joyce Johnson Robert & Mary Johnson Rodney Johnson Dorothy T. Jonas Mike & Joanne Kaeske Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kantrowitz Dr. Siegfried & Ellen Karsten James & Lucille Kastanis Kristen Keefe & Herbert Hayashi Jeffrey & Jemina Keller Richard H. & Sally P. Keller Scott & Susan Kenney Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Kimball Ellen King Matthew & Caroline Klein Marcia Knott Pat Koch

James & Karen Kromer Arthur B. Laffer David & Sandra Lamb Bruce & Margaret Landesman David Langlie Clarann Larsen Gary & Suzanne Larsen Lennox A. Larson Lou Ann Larson Claudia Laycock Dennis & Nelean Layne Don & Beverly Lefavor Gina Lewis Karl & Susan Lind Lisa & Sean Lindberg Gene & Carol Linder Bill & Sally Lindsay Gary & Sandra K. Lindstrom Frederick Liu Laurence & Nomi Loeb Marilyn Lott Mr. Jim Lowrie T. James & Wanda Lowther Patricia & Mark Lucas Earl & Saundra Maeser Tom & Joyce Man Dr. & Mrs. Ned L. Mangelson Nicholas Manning Mike & Gerri Margetts Boaz Markewitz John D. Marks Rich & Susan Martini Harriet B. Mazer Michael & Charlene McCallister Charles McClone Diane McComb Ralph & Peggy McElvain Clifton & Terri McIntosh Dan McKnight & Deanna Donaldson Jack & Patsy McNamara Vanene Mcshane Sanford Meek Mr. & Mrs. Reed W. Merrell Ron & Tamara Meyers Paula Michniewicz Rose Ann Milano Dr. Bob Miller Richard & Anita Miner Dr. & Mrs. George Mitchell Cyndee Miya Dr. Michaela Mohr David & Suzanne Moore Bill & Jane Moore William Moore Susan Morrow Mitchell Mounteer Dan & Janet Myers Sara Lee Neill Marie Nelson Bennett

James Nelson Marvy Neuman Cynthia New Dr. & Mrs. John H. Newton Ferron & Donna Lee Olson Ilene Olson Maura & Serge Olszanskyj Ellen Opprecht Dara O’Reilly Lee K. Osborne Steven Ott Timothy & Debbie Overton Blaine & Shari Palmer Dr. Cheryl Ann & Mr. Michael Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Pantone Clarence & Elaine Patnode Sonja Penttila & Lewis Boynton Van & Betsy Pilkington Nancy G. Pitstick Keith & Linda Poelman Harrison Powley Matthew & Maria Proser The Purjes Foundation Thomas Quam James Quan Arthur & Susan Ralph Don Ralphs Jana Ramacher Randy Rasmussen Thomas & Ginger Reeve Ronald Rencher Daniel & Thelma Rich Lyle Rich Drs. John & Gayle Richards Richard F. Riesenfeld & Elaine Cohen Keith & Vera Ritchie Jim & Bonita Robertson Gary Rodgers John Rohrbaugh Dr. & Mrs. Walter A. Romney Rebecca Roof Lousje & Keith Rooker Dr. John W. Rose & Ms. Carolyn A. Pedone Thomas & Shirley Rossa Gerry & Ginny Rothstein Walter B. & Marilyn Rudolph Gail T. Rushing Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Russon Edwin Rutan Ellen Rye Rachel Sabin Natalie & Karl Sanders Margaret P. Sargent Peggy J. Saunders Max & Teri Savage Joan Scanlon Kristina Schmidt

Susan Schulman John Schumacher Harry & Becky Senekjian Brent & Lisa Shafer David Sharette Mr. Jeffrey W. Shields & Ms. Mary Ross M. Tom & Junko Shimizu Margot L. Shott† Glenda & Robert† Shrader Aharon Shulimson & Julie Terry Mary Siciliano Marolyn Siddoway Sandra Sigman Sargent Stephanie Silas Dr. Robert & Denise Silver Bonne Simmons Mrs. Margaret M. Simmons Christopher Simon Allen & Karen Sims Val & Barbara† Singleton Stuart & Suzanne Slingerland Mr. & Mrs. J. Leon Sorenson Wayne Sowers Robert & Arita R. Sparks Kenneth A. & Claudia M. Sperling Elaine S. Sperry Michael Stahulak & Shannon Mullins Larry & Pamela Stevenson Leslie Stewart Edwina Stoll Ronald Strahan Annie & Cory Strupp Briant Summerhays Jeannette Swent Max Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Robert Tayler Lucy C. Taylor Isabella Tcaciuc Jon & Gail Tensfeldt Gail Tomlinson Roger Toone Neil Townsend & Ian Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Trotta William & Patricia Tueting Kenneth Uy Dr. Jennifer Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Vickery, Jr. Mr. Joseph S. Viland William & Heidi Vriens Clark & Vickie Waddoups Sharon Walkington Ms. Gwen Wallace Bonnie Walsh Neoma Walshaw Perry & Margie Walters Carl & Martha Wankier Farrell & Deanna Wankier

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Individual Donors Bruce & Leigh Washburn Lauri Welch Roderick & Barbara Wendt Paul & Marilyn Whitehead Henry O. Whiteside Reatha Whiting Sheila Whitney Mr. John P. Wier Brian Wilkin Dr. George A. Williams Jody L. Williams E. McKay & Jean Willis Carol A. Withrow Michael Wolfe James & Carolyn Woodward Jeffrey E. Wright John & Martha Wunderli Marjorie Young Tolford Young Mrs. Sarah Young Robert & Diane Zarbock Kimberly Zarkin James Ziter Dean & Jean Zobell Birgit Zotta

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Neva Langley Fickling Calvin Gaddis Anton Gasca Patricia Glad Gloris Goff Herold L. “Huck” & Mary E. Gregory Carolyn Harmon Judith Ann Harris Duane Hatch Steve Horton Mary Louis Scanlan Humbert Winona Simonsen Jensen Eric Johnson Howard Keen Tony Larimer Robert Louis Beverly Love Clyde Dennis Meadows Chester Memmott Jean Moseley Joseph Palmer Scott Pathakis Russell Alan Peters Chase N. Peterson Kenneth Randall Klaus Rathke

Dr. Clifford Reusch Kathy Sargent Shirley Sargent Ruth Schwager Ryan Selberg Dr. Ann O’Neill Shigeoka Robert P. Shrader Joseph Silverstein Barbara Singleton David Bennett Smith Tamie Speciale John Henry “Jack” Totzke Roger Van Frank David Wagstaff Rick Wallace Marjorie Whitney Sandra Wilkins Bruce Woodward Margene Yeates Rosemary Zidow *In-kind gift **In-kind & cash gift † Deceased Donations as received between 3/15/15 to 3/15/16

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