FEVER: A PEGGY LEE CELEBRATION

FEVER: A PEGGY LEE CELEBRATION

Friday, February 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 2:30 pm ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL Stuart Chafetz, conductor Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist Ted Rosenthal, piano Bob Mann, guitar

LOUIS PRIMA/arr. Bill Holcombe Sing, Sing, Sing PEGGY LEE AND BILL SCHLUGER/arr. Bill Holman I Love Being Here with You WILBUR MCCOY/arr. Benny Goodman Why Don’t You Do Right?

OTIS BLACKWELL AND EDDIE COOLEY/arr. Ann Hampton Callaway Fever DAVE BARBOUR AND PEGGY LEE/arr. Sy Oliver I Don’t Know Enough About You OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II AND JEROME KERN/arr. Nelson Riddle The Folks Who Live on the Hill SONNY BURKE AND PEGGY LEE/arr. Billy May He’s a Tramp BETTE COMDEN, ADOLPH GREEN, AND JULE STYNE/arr. Andy Farber Just in Time INTERMISSION

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COLE PORTER/arr. Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine COLE PORTER/arr. Gordon Jenkins Just One of Those Things SONNY BURKE AND PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER/arr. Ann Hampton Callaway Black Coffee JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER/arr. Randy Newman Is That All There Is? JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER/arr. Ann Hampton Callaway I’m A Woman PEGGY LEE AND VICTOR YOUNG/arr. Victor Young Johnny Guitar BILL HILL/arr. Nelson Riddle The Glory of Love

This weekend’s media sponsor is WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO. The length of this concert is approximately 2 hours. All programs are subject to change.

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Guest Artist Biographies STUART CHAFETZ Stuart Chafetz is the principal pops conductor of the Columbus Symphony and principal pops conductor of the Chautauqua and Marin symphonies.

Chafetz, a conductor celebrated for his dynamic and engaging podium presence, is increasingly in demand with orchestras across the continent, and this season, Chafetz will be on the podium in Detroit, Fort Worth, Naples, Buffalo, North Carolina, and Seattle. He enjoys a special relationship with The Phoenix Symphony, where he leads multiple programs annually.

He’s had the privilege to work with renowned artists including Ne-Yo, Ben Folds, Natalie Merchant, Leslie Odom, Jr., En Vogue, Kenny G, David Foster and Catherine McPhee, The O’Jays, Chris Botti, 2 Cellos, Hanson, Rick Springfield, Michael Bolton, Kool & The Gang, Jefferson Starship, America, Little River Band, Brian McKnight, Roberta Flack, George Benson, Richard Chamberlain, The Chieftains, Jennifer Holliday, John Denver, Marvin Hamlisch, Thomas Hampson, Wynonna Judd, Jim Nabors, Randy Newman, Jon Kimura Parker, and Bernadette Peters.

He previously held posts as resident conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and associate conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. As principal timpanist of the Honolulu Symphony for 20 years, Chafetz would also conduct the annual Nutcracker performances with Ballet Hawaii and principals from the American Ballet Theatre. It was during that time that Chafetz led numerous concerts with the Maui Symphony and Pops. He has led numerous Spring Ballet productions at the world-renowned Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

When not on the podium, Chafetz makes his home near San Francisco, California, with his wife Ann Krinitsky. Chafetz holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the CollegeConservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and a master’s from the Eastman School of Music.

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Guest Artist Biographies ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America’s most gifted artists in pop and jazz. A leading champion of the Great American Songbook, she’s made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host, and producer. Voted by Broadwayworld.com as “Celebrity of the Year” and two years in a row as “Best Jazz Vocalist,” Callaway is a born entertainer. She is best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series The Nanny. She made her feature film debut opposite Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon in the Robert De Niro film The Good Shepherd. Callaway is a Platinum Award-selling writer whose songs are featured on seven of Barbra Streisand’s recent albums. She’s recorded over 50 records as a soloist and guest, and her latest critically acclaimed recording Fever: A Peggy Lee Celebration! has been in high rotation on Siriusly Sinatra. Callaway’s honors include The Theater World Award, 16 MAC Awards, several Bistro Awards, the Mabel Mercer Award, the Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriting, the Blanton Peale Award for Positive Thinking, and her induction into The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her new record Finding Beauty: Originals, Volume 1, was recently released via Shanachie Entertainment. For more information, visit www.annhamptoncallaway.com.

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2023.24 SEASON KEN-DAVID MASUR Music Director Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair EDO DE WAART Music Director Laureate RYAN TANI Assistant Conductor CHERYL FRAZES HILL Chorus Director Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair TIMOTHY J. BENSON Assistant Chorus Director FIRST VIOLINS Jinwoo Lee, Concertmaster, Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair Ilana Setapen, First Associate Concertmaster Jeanyi Kim, Associate Concertmaster Alexander Ayers Yuka Kadota Elliot Lee** Ji-Yeon Lee Dylana Leung Allison Lovera Kyung Ah Oh Lijia Phang Yuanhui Fiona Zheng SECOND VIOLINS Jennifer Startt, Principal, Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin Chair Timothy Klabunde, Assistant Principal John Bian, Assistant Principal (3rd chair) Glenn Asch Lisa Johnson Fuller Paul Hauer Hyewon Kim Alejandra Switala** Mary Terranova VIOLAS Robert Levine, Principal, Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair Georgi Dimitrov, Assistant Principal (2nd chair), Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola Chair Samantha Rodriguez, Assistant Principal (3rd chair) Alejandro Duque, Acting Assistant Principal (3rd chair) Elizabeth Breslin Nathan Hackett Erin H. Pipal Helen Reich

CELLOS Susan Babini, Principal, Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal* Shinae Ra, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair) Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus Madeleine Kabat Peter Szczepanek Peter J. Thomas Adrien Zitoun

CONTRABASSOON Beth W. Giacobassi

BASSES Jon McCullough-Benner, Principal, Donald B. Abert Bass Chair* Andrew Raciti, Acting Principal Nash Tomey, Acting Assistant Principal (2nd chair) Brittany Conrad Teddy Gabrieledes** Peter Hatch* Paris Myers

TRUMPETS Matthew Ernst, Principal, Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet Chair David Cohen, Associate Principal, Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal Trumpet Chair

HARP Julia Coronelli, Principal, Walter Schroeder Harp Chair FLUTES Sonora Slocum, Principal, Margaret and Roy Butter Flute Chair Heather Zinninger, Assistant Principal Jennifer Bouton Schaub PICCOLO Jennifer Bouton Schaub OBOES Katherine Young Steele, Principal, Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe Chair Kevin Pearl, Assistant Principal Margaret Butler ENGLISH HORN Margaret Butler, Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin CLARINETS Todd Levy, Principal, Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet Chair* Taylor Eiffert* Madison Freed**

HORNS Matthew Annin, Principal, Krause Family French Horn Chair Krystof Pipal, Associate Principal Dietrich Hemann, Andy Nunemaker French Horn Chair Darcy Hamlin Kelsey Williams**

TROMBONES Megumi Kanda, Principal, Marjorie Tiefenthaler Trombone Chair Kirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal BASS TROMBONE John Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair TUBA Robyn Black, Principal, John and Judith Simonitsch Tuba Chair TIMPANI Dean Borghesani, Principal Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal PERCUSSION Robert Klieger, Principal Chris Riggs PIANO Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair PERSONNEL MANAGER Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel LIBRARIANS Paul Beck, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair Matthew Geise, Assistant Librarian & Media Archivist PRODUCTION Tristan Wallace, Technical Manager & Live Audio Supervisor

E-FLAT CLARINET Benjamin Adler* BASS CLARINET Taylor Eiffert* Madison Freed**

* Leave of Absence 2023.24 Season ** Acting member of the Milwaukee

BASSOONS Catherine Van Handel, Principal, Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal Beth W. Giacobassi

Symphony Orchestra 2023.24 Season

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