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fashion show a sold-out success Schermerhorn Symphony Center has never looked more stylish than it did on February 28, when retailer Nordstrom teamed with the Nashville Symphony to present the Nordstrom Symphony Fashion Show. From start to finish, the evening was a sold-out stunner, with a lively cocktail reception, an exclusive runway presentation of the Oscar de la Renta Pre-Fall 2012 Collection and a performance by superstar Carrie Underwood. Laura Turner Concert Hall was transformed into a sleek white runway bathed in luminous hues, and members of the orchestra even got to be a part of the excitement, as an ensemble of Nashville Symphony string players performed
Coldplay’s “Paradise” while the models showed off de la Renta’s gorgeous designs. After the runway show, Underwood took to the stage — dressed in a de la Renta gown, of course — and performed several of her hits with panache. The evening came to a magnificent close as guests moved across the street to the Pinnacle Building for a seated dinner by Schermerhorn Executive Chef Roger Keenan. Chaired by Caroline McNeilly and Laura Niewold, this year’s Nordstrom Symphony Fashion Show is expected to raise nearly $200,000 to support the Nashville Symphony’s education and community engagement programs.
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exciting new concerts announced!
With summer just ahead, schermerhorn symphony center will be heating up with some fantastic concerts. tickets for these newly announced shows are on sale at nashvillesymphony.org: esperanza spaldinG – May 7 One of the biggest breakout artists of the decade, this stunning bassist and vocalist made a memorable appearance at this year’s Oscars. She’ll feature selections from her latest album, Radio Join us at Fontanel Mansion for music under the stars! Music Society, a groove-driven showcase for her idina Menzel dynamic 12-piece band. with the nashville syMphony at the woods aMphitheater – June 16 sarah MClaChlan with the nashville The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s syMphony – June 28 Wicked and the hit TV show Glee returns, fresh The beloved singer-songwriter will perform off her latest release, Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot her beautifully crafted songs backed by the lush at the Symphony. She’ll perform classic pop and sound of the Nashville Symphony. Experiencing musical theater favorites, along with some new McLachlan in concert is like catching up with songs and a fresh spin on contemporary hits. an old friend — and there’s no better place to reconnect than in the gorgeous setting of the earth, wind & fire Schermerhorn. with the nashville syMphony at the woods aMphitheater – June 23 diana krall – July 13 Take a trip to Boogie Wonderland with these Sensational jazz singer Krall returns for an Rock and Roll Hall of Famers! Their live shows evening of music and memories. This magnetic performer knows her way around a tune, whether are legendary — packed with funky music and plenty of hits, from “Let’s Groove” to she’s singing an Irving Berlin classic or an “Shining Star.” enchanting Brazilian bossa nova. InConcert
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hARi beRnstein violA Member of the nashville symphony since: 2011 hometown: New York City nashville symphony is performing at Carnegie hall in May. as a new yorker, does this have any special significance for you? It means a lot for my family, because Carnegie Hall is literally down the street from where I grew up. In high school I was a member of the New York Youth Symphony, and in one year we performed Shostakovich’s Fifth, Mahler’s Fifth and Rite of Spring at Carnegie Hall. I became a musician because of those three specific experiences, and I’m especially reminded of that this season, as we’re performing symphonies by Shostakovich and Mahler at the Schermerhorn, and Rite of Spring with Nashville Ballet. What has your first year with the Nashville Symphony been like? The diverse crowd at our concerts is the most interesting aspect for me, and I’m always looking out for interesting characters in the front rows of the hall. I am finding that in Nashville, there’s a such a culture for live music of any kind. And when I tell people I play with the Symphony, they think I’m a rock star! I’m thrilled to find myself in such a positive city, where people are so proud of the product we have to offer. How do you like living in Nashville? I love that there is so much to be discovered in this town. When I first got here, I made a point of “adventuring” on a regular basis. In Nashville, finding fun is easy — the hard part is choosing one Groupon over another.
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what have you most enjoyed performing with the orchestra this season? Tchaikovsky’s Fourth. What’s your earliest musical memory? I was pretending to play the violin with two sticks I had found in Central Park. My mom took it as a sign that she should sign me up for lessons. when you’re not rehearsing or performing, what do you enjoy listening to? My taste is eclectic: Lily Allen, Luiz Bonza and Sofia Vempo, a singer from the ’40s who became a symbol of the Greek resistance movement against the Italians and later the Germans. if you weren’t an orchestra musician, what would you be doing? When I was little, I always wanted to be a marine biologist. Visit NashvilleSymphony.org/orchestra to learn more about our musicians.
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david hiGGs, organ One of America’s leading concert organists, David Higgs has inaugurated new instruments at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna and the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Ensemble and the Empire Brass. Since his 1987 debut with the San Francisco Symphony, he has played Christmas concerts at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall and at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Higgs performs, teaches and adjudicates at festivals and competitions throughout the world, including the International Organ Festivals and Competitions of Bremen, Calgary and Dublin. In England,
he has appeared several times at the St. Albans International Festival and Competition, and at the Cambridge Summer Festival. Higgs was director of music and organist at Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City, and later served as associate organist of the Riverside Church, where he conducted the Riverside Choral Society. After moving to San Francisco in 1986, he became director of music and organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, director of church music studies at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and organist/choir director at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco. Higgs was appointed to the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music upon graduation from that institution, and has been a member of the faculty of the Eastman School of Music since 1992. He has recorded for the Delos International, Pro Organo, Arsis, Loft and Gothic labels.
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Pops Series Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 6 & 7, at 8 p.m.
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spanish dance no. 1 from La Vida breve frenergy Colonel bogey March polka and fugue from Schwanda the bagpiper
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About the pRoGRAm Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist Steve Wariner grew up idolizing guitar legend Chet Atkins. As fate — aided by talent and hard work — would have it, Atkins became Wariner’s mentor after the younger musician began his career in Nashville. Atkins bestowed on Wariner his own unique honorific “CGP” (Certified Guitar Player), and the two maintained a close friendship until Atkins’ death in 2001. In 2009, Wariner released My Tribute to Chet Atkins, a collection of songs that pay homage to the friendship and to Atkins’ multifaceted genius. In performance with the Nashville Symphony, Wariner will offer memories of Atkins, along with songs from his musical tribute. He’ll also treat the audience to some of the chart-topping hits that have garnered him multiple GRAMMY® awards. The Symphony will begin the program with a selection of lively classical pieces, several of them dance-inspired. Dmitri Shostakovich is perhaps best known for his symphonic works, but he enjoyed a substantial career as a composer for the theater, and he revisited that vocation with his 1958 comic operetta Moscow, Cheremushki. The composer employed a hodgepodge of musical styles in this satire of Soviet life, and “Galop” is his vigorous, distinctly Russian twist on the rousing popular dance. “Tahiti Trot” is Shostakovich’s 1928 orchestration of “Tea for Two.” As the legend goes, conductor Nicolai Malko challenged the then 22-year-old composer to orchestrate the song from memory in less than an hour. Shostakovich met the challenge with time to spare, and Malko premiered the piece with the Leningrad Philharmonic the following year. The sensuous “Spanish Dance” from Manuel de Falla’s 1913 opera La vida breve has been described as “one of those truly magical themes to be heard again and again.” Its hypnotic rhythms have become musical shorthand for the beauty of Spain, and it has inspired popular arrangements for piano and violin. John Estacio’s 1998 Frenergy, as its name suggests, is a frenetic, high-energy celebration of percussion, brass and intense strings. Listen for the delicate flute melody that shimmers through the piece. The Colonel Bogey
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March, first published in 1914, is, of course, well known as the whistled theme song of the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. The Symphony portion of the program will conclude with the Polka and Fugue from Jaromir Weinberger’s 1926 opera Schwanda the Bagpiper, a popular orchestral piece that pairs a rollicking polka with a swirling, melodic fugue. The latter serves in the original work as a serenade to the Devil. Fans of Chet Atkins’ unique guitar style will be in for a treat when Wariner — a virtuoso guitarist in his own right — takes the stage. He’ll perform several songs from his tribute to Atkins, including the lovely instrumental “Leona” and “6120,” another instrumental that pays homage to the Gretsch guitar model Atkins made famous. “Producer’s Medley” nods to the many hit songs Atkins nurtured as a producer, including such classics as “And I Love Her So” and “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Fans of Wariner’s own remarkable body of work can look forward to some of his best-loved songs, including “Life’s Highway” and “Holes in the Floor of Heaven,” and Wariner will round out the show with “Sails,” a gentle ballad that he and Atkins often performed together.
About the ARtist steve wariner, guitar & vocals Steve Wariner is a four-time GRAMMY® recipient, winning in 1992 for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and in 2000 and 2009 for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
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During his career, Wariner has charted more than 30 Top 10 singles, of which 18 have been No. 1 hits, including “Some Fools Never Learn,” “Small Town Girl,” “The Weekend” and “I Should Be With You.”
Another Best Country Instrumental GRAMMY®, for his Chet Atkins tribute, completed the quartet in 2010. Guitar Laboratory, his current release, is an instrumental collection with an eclectic mix of styles including country, rock, jazz, classical and Hawaiian. During his career, Wariner has charted more than 30 Top 10 singles, of which 18 have been No. 1 hits, including “Some Fools Never Learn,” “Small Town Girl,” “The Weekend” and “I Should Be With You.” In 1998, he won the Country Music Association’s Single and Song of the Year awards for his No. 1 hit, “Holes in the Floor of Heaven,” which was also the Academy of Country Music’s Song of the Year in 1999. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1996. As a songwriter, Wariner has earned 16 BMI Country Awards over the last three decades. With 15 Million-Air Awards, presented for songs receiving more than 1 million on-air plays, he has reached a rare plateau achieved by only a fraction of BMI writer/artists, including Chuck Berry, Stevie Nicks, Randy Owen, Hank Williams Jr., Steve Winwood and Mike Love of the Beach Boys.
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preservation hall Jazz band The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. The band has traveled worldwide spreading their mission to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans jazz. Whether they’re performing at Carnegie Hall or for the King of Thailand, their music embodies a joyful, timeless spirit. Under the auspices of current director Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, Preservation Hall continues with a deep reverence for its greatest attributes in the modern day as a venue, band and record label. The building that houses Preservation Hall has housed many businesses over the years, including a tavern during the War of 1812 and an art gallery. It was during the years of the art gallery that then-owner Larry Borenstein began holding informal jam sessions for his close friends. Out of these sessions grew the concept of Preservation Hall. The intimate venue, whose weathered exterior has been untouched over its history, is a living embodiment of its original vision. The PHJB began touring in 1963, and for many years there were several bands successfully touring under the name Preservation Hall. Many of the band’s charter members performed with the pioneers who invented jazz in the early 20th century, including Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Bunk Johnson. These founding artists and dozens of others passed on the lessons of their music to a younger generation who now follow in their footsteps.
the del MCCoury band Born in York, Pennsylvania, 73 years ago, Del McCoury is a living link to the days when bluegrass music was made only in hillbilly honkytonks, schoolhouse shows and on the Grand Ole Opry, yet he remains a vital presence today. He got his first taste of the limelight when he joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in early 1963. Within a few years, he had formed his own band, the Dixie Pals, piloting the group through a part-time career built mostly around weekend appearances at bluegrass festivals. In 1981, McCoury’s son Ronnie joined on mandolin, and banjoplaying younger brother Rob came on board five years later. The newly named Del McCoury Band soon included not only his sons but a complete cast of youngsters — and their career soared. The ’90s propelled the Del McCoury Band to the top of the bluegrass world, while giving birth to a more startling phenomenon: the emergence of the group onto the larger musical scene as a torchbearer for the entire sweep of bluegrass and its history. McCoury’s fifth decade of music-making has been filled with triumphs: a GRAMMY® Award; membership in the Grand Ole Opry; his own record label; his own music festival, aptly titled DelFest; and, most recently, induction into the IBMA Hall of Fame. Even with that success, he shows no signs of slowing down, with recent collaborations including a GRAMMY®nominated recording with Dierks Bentley and the Punch Brothers — all to add to the long list of artists he’s shared the stage with, among them Phish, Vince Gill, Nanci Griffith, Warren Haynes, Steve Earle and the Chieftains, to name a few.
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About the ARtists erik Gratton, flute & piccolo Principal Flute Erik Gratton joined the Nashville Symphony in 1997. A native of Montreal, Canada, he holds a master’s degree from the Montreal Conservatory, where he studied under Carolyn Christie. After Montreal, Erik went to further his studies with Jeanne Baxtresser in New York. He has appeared at festivals including the Tanglewood Music Festival and Shira Music Festival Israel. He also regularly makes solo appearances and performs with chamber ensembles. wishinG Chair produCtions Wishing Chair Productions was founded in 1997 at Nashville Public Library. The puppet troupe produces sophisticated puppetry storytelling for children, continuing a powerful and unique tradition begun in 1938 by Nashville’s award-winning puppet master, Tom Tichenor.
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ClassiCal series roberto sierra Born on October 9, 1953, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico; currently resides in Ithaca, New York Fandangos for Orchestra Roberto Sierra composed Fandangos in 2000 on a commission from the National Symphony Orchestra, through a grant from The John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund. The work is dedicated to Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra. Among his most frequently performed compositions, Fandangos filters Sierra’s imaginative musings on a model from 18th-century Spain into a prismatic orchestral showcase. first performance: February 28, 2001, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., with Leonard Slatkin leading the National Symphony Orchestra. first nashville symphony performance: March 13-15, 2008, with guest conductor Joel Levine. estimated length: 10 minutes recommended listening: Fandangos has been recorded by the Sinfonia da Camera under Ian Hobson (Albany). These Nashville Symphony performances of Fandangos and the Sinfonía No. 4 are being recorded for release on the Naxos label, which will also include Sierra’s upcoming Organ Concerto. Naxos has also released a GRAMMY® Award-nominated recording of Sierra’s acclaimed Missa Latina, along with several other works by the composer.
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Roberto Sierra has developed a uniquely colorful style that infuses classical forms and genres with Latin American idioms. The composer, who was born in Puerto Rico and moved to the United States in 1989, uses the term “tropicalization” to describe the process of creating the vibrantly colorful hybrids that result. For Sierra, expressing his Puerto Rican identity means resisting homogenization. “I’m trying to express myself with my own peculiar accent,” he points out. “Even when I look at the Western tradition, it will be filtered through my own tradition and experience.” Fandangos for Orchestra provides an excellent entrée into Sierra’s style and sound world. It has become a kind of calling card, illustrating his remarkable gifts as an orchestral composer. His prolific catalogue to date includes four symphonies, numerous concertos, chamber works and such large-scale choral canvases as Missa Latina and the oratorio Bayoán (based on the work of Puerto Rican writer Eugenio María de Hostos). Later this year, Schermerhorn Symphony Center will host the premiere of Sierra’s new Organ Concerto, and his Christmas Cantata will be premiered by the Detroit Symphony. Since it was first heard over a decade ago, Fandangos has been widely programmed both here and abroad. The traditional fandango emerged as a popular dance form associated with the sound of guitar and castanets (or clapping) in the 18th century. It soon made its way from Spanish folklore into the music of classical composers from Scarlatti and Rameau to Mozart, who famously incorporated an example into the Act 3 finale of The Marriage of Figaro. Sierra points out that the fandango — which, like the bolero, is in triple meter — is at heart a sensual dance.
what to listen for The idea for Fandangos originated as a contemporary fantasy on a particularly well-known example: the Fandango for Harpsichord attributed to Catalan priest/composer Padre Antonio Soler. Sierra found its “strangely fragmented and disjointed” character attractive as a basis for modern “mutations” of the original material — a process he likens to “opening windows to apparently
Fandangos is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, castanets, cencerros, cymbals, marimba, snare drum, tambourine, tamtam, tom-toms, triangle, vibraphone, xylophone, harp, piano, celesta and strings.
MakinG use of the MusiCal past Roberto Sierra’s creative engagement with models from the musical past — both in Fandangos and in his Sinfonía No. 4 — has a 19th-century counterpart in the work of Brahms. In Brahms’ era, the musical world argued fiercely over how composers should respond to the legacy of their precursors, especially when it came to such abstract genres as the symphony and concerto. At one extreme were those who followed the banner of Wagner and proclaimed themselves heralds of “the music of the future,” emphasizing the need for innovation in musical language and form alike, while the opposing camp (which identified Brahms as its spearhead) refused to regard the traditional forms as obsolete but instead explored ways to revitalize them through a contemporary Romantic sensibility. Of course, like most such dichotomies, these conflicting points of view were never as clearcut in reality as those who promoted them at the time wanted to believe.
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alien sound worlds.” His own piece builds on the Baroque “continuous variation form” of the original, which unfolds against an obsessively repeated harmonic progression anchored in D minor. Reference is also made to a fandango from one of Boccherini’s guitar quintets. Sierra weaves this source material in and out of the foreground to create new layers of “dense polyphony,” as shifting orchestral colors add another dimension to the process of variation. As Soler does with the harpsichord, Sierra’s orchestration at times cleverly alludes to and mimics the sounds of the guitar. This multiplication effect, which evokes a dreamlike sensibility, is reflected in the plural title Fandangos. In Sierra’s words, the experience for the listener is “as if one would look at the same objects through different types of lenses or prisms.”
ClassiCal series Johannes brahMs Born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg, Germany; died on April 3, 1897, in Vienna Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Brahms composed his only Violin Concerto in the summer and fall of 1878, later revising the score. Though it took a few decades to establish itself in the repertoire — in part because it defies expectations of a merely virtuosic showpiece — this work ranks among the top five violin concertos and is valued for its ideal balance of musical substance, symphonic thinking and brilliant writing for the soloist. first performance: January 1, 1879, in Leipzig, with Joseph Joachim as soloist and the composer conducting the legendary Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. first nashville symphony performance: December 23, 1947, with Music Director William Strickland and soloist Joseph Szigeti. estimated length: 45 minutes recommended listening: Hilary Hahn delivers an enraptured and captivating performance with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in a recording led by Sir Neville Marriner, which is imaginatively paired with Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto (Sony).
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The Violin Concerto provides a fascinating case study for how Brahms took inspiration from past models to create something fresh and unexpected, achieving a delicate balance between conservative and progressive tendencies. His protracted struggle to come to terms with Beethoven’s legacy is one of classical music’s better-known stories. Brahms grappled with the symphonic form for some two decades before he was finally ready to unveil his First Symphony in 1876, by now a respected composer in his prime. Its success liberated Brahms and instilled a hardwon sense of confidence. He was able to write his Second Symphony with astonishing speed in 1877 and, the following year, began work on his Second Piano Concerto, but set it aside when he became absorbed by the Violin Concerto. It was in the same idyllic, alpine-lake setting in southern Austria where he had recently completed the Second Symphony that he composed the new score. Both works not only share the same key — D major — but also exude a more relaxed attitude toward their Beethovenian prototypes. Freed of the pressure to “compete” with Beethoven, in these mature masterpieces Brahms arrives at a beguiling mix of passion, serenity and playfulness that welcomes comparisons with his titanic predecessor while also swerving away to follow different paths. Through a number of gestures, he clearly echoes Beethoven’s own Violin Concerto (also in D major, a key favorably suited to the instrument’s normal tuning). These gestures include the dramatic way in which he ratchets up our expectations for the soloist’s entry following the conventional orchestral introduction, the epic expansion of the first movement and rapturous lyricism of the Adagio, the expressive use of the instrument’s high register, and the use of rhythmic ideas as motifs. Yet Brahms arguably goes even further than Beethoven in synthesizing the concerto format — by definition based on the interplay between solo display and the larger ensemble — with the symphony’s intricate architecture and continuous development of ideas. In fact, Brahms originally conceived of a four-movement, quasi-symphonic plan for the Violin Concerto, later transferring a scherzo he’d projected for the piece to his Second Piano Concerto.
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“He wanted to find a way to reconcile the most serious aspirations of instrumental music with the visceral power associated with the display of virtuoso technique,” observes musicologist Leon Botstein.
Even one of Brahms’ champions, the conductor Hans von Bülow, is credited with the flippant critique that the work is written not for but “against the violin.” The Violin Concerto did, after all, defy expectations for a merely virtuosic romp — though Brahms composed the work for one of the greatest virtuosos of his age, his good friend Joseph Joachim. Musicologist and conductor Leon Botstein observes that Brahms here achieves what Joachim, who had composed a concerto of his own years before, hoped to accomplish for his instrument: “He wanted to find a way to reconcile the most serious aspirations of instrumental music with the visceral power associated with the display of virtuoso technique.”
what to listen for The first movement unfolds on a truly grand scale. The broad opening theme suggests the leisure of a cosmic waltz, but Brahms heats things up with passionate rhythmic declamations, bringing the music to a boil of churning figures just before the soloist enters in a highly dramatic recitative. The seriousness of the moment is underlined by the turn to D minor, and by the violin’s widely spanning exclamations. After a wonderfully prolonged meditation on the opening material, though, Brahms entrusts it with an exquisite new theme that establishes a lyrical counterbalance to the music’s epic and dramatic qualities. The rest of the movement explores the implications of this contrast, as it continually develops and realigns these themes. Instead of writing a cadenza, Brahms left this “space” open for Joachim to provide his own. Many subsequent
violinists have written substitutes, but Joachim’s remains the most frequently heard. In the transition to the movement’s coda, the violin soars to new heights in a glowing passage that never fails to transport audiences. Brahms’ “symphonic” conception is apparent even in the relatively straightforward song form of the Adagio, set in an elated F major. Notice the marvelous woodwind orchestration of the main melody, which the violin then elaborates in intimate dialogue with the other players, revealing new secrets and angles as the balance among them shifts in the melody’s reprise. The finale, with its nod to Joachim’s Hungarian origins, sets up yet another contrast, opposing the seraphic lyricism of the Adagio with the earthy vigor of its main rondo theme. The double-stop writing for the violin emphasizes just this rousing character with its lusty invitation to the dance. Yet moments of the first movement’s weightiness and drama occasionally appear, clinching the sense of organic unity and interconnection that is always present in Brahms’ compositional process. In the Concerto’s coda, Brahms rearranges the rhythmic pattern of the theme into excited outbursts of triplets. The Violin Concerto’s constantly fresh thinking, writes Botstein, “helped to transform expectations of what a violin can sound like in the concerto setting.” In addition to solo violin, Brahms scores the Concerto for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.
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ClassiCal series eMManuel Chabrier Born on January 18, 1841, in Ambert, France; died on September 13, 1894, in Paris Habanera Chabrier composed Habanera in 1885 as a piano miniature, which he orchestrated in 1888 for a special concert of his works. This lovely character piece is of the same vintage as Chabrier’s most famous work, España, which helped inspire a new wave of “exotic” Spanishtinged compositions among the emerging generation of French composers. first performance: November 4, 1888, in an all-Chabrier program in Angers, France. first nashville symphony performance: These are the orchestra’s first performances. estimated length: 5 minutes recommended listening: Hervé Niquet leads the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in an effervescent account that includes España and other orchestral pieces (Naxos). Emmanuel Chabrier’s life as a composer entailed a close association with contemporary developments in the other arts. Although he spent years chained to a bureaucratic post in the civil service, pursuing his passion for music in his free hours, by the 1880s Chabrier had cast his day job aside and was able to devote himself entirely to composition and to the lively artistic salons he hosted.
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His close circle included the leading painters of the day — Chabrier was an important early collector of the work of his Impressionist friends — as well as major literary figures from Zola and Mallarmé to Verlaine, who wrote librettos for him. It’s therefore not surprising that Chabrier devoted considerable energy to the collaborative forms of operetta and opera, and was susceptible to the innovations pioneered by Wagner. Yet it was a lengthy tour of Spain in 1882 that led to Chabrier’s breakthrough with the public, earning him a reputation as more than a “dilettante” composer. During that extensive trip, he gathered impressions of Spanish dances and folk music, making detailed note of local color and differences among various dance idioms — all of which he transformed into his “rhapsody for orchestra,” España, the following year. He followed this up in 1885 with the piano miniature Habanera, another Spanish souvenir he then orchestrated.
what to listen for A number of dances that in Chabrier’s time were believed to be archetypically “Spanish” in fact incubated in the New World and were only later imported back to Spain. (The fandango, according to a prevailing theory nowadays, is one of these, possibly having first emerged in Mexico or the West Indies.) The name of the habanera itself points to this dance’s origins in the capital of Cuba. From there it made its way back to Spain, where its popularity in the 19th century led Bizet to incorporate it into one of the signature arias of his opera Carmen, which is set in Seville. Chabrier became intrigued during his Spanish travels by the duple meter characteristic of the habanera and the tango, in contrast to the triple meter of other popular Spanish dances. In fact, he exploits its characteristic ambiguity — a three-plus-two pattern squeezed into two-beat bars — with lilting sensuality. The form is simple, with a contrasting middle, but Chabrier shows his painterly sensibility through his engaging use of shade and shifting orchestral colors. Habanera is scored for 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion and strings.
Sinfonía No. 4 Roberto Sierra composed his Sinfonía No. 4 between 2008 and 2009 on a commission by the Nashville Symphony as part of the Sphinx Organization commissioning consortium. In Sinfonía No. 4, which is dedicated to Giancarlo Guerrero, Sierra brings a highly personal accent to the abstract symphonic genre, weaving memories and dreamlike associations from his Puerto Rican background into a richly textured and rhythmically vibrant orchestral tapestry. first performance: Giancarlo Guerrero led the Nashville Symphony in the world premiere on October 1, 2009. estimated length: 22 minutes recommended listening: Sierra’s three earlier symphonies are conveniently available on a single release, Sinfonías, with Thomas Sleeper conducting the Frost Symphony (Albany). In some ways, Roberto Sierra’s sense of musical identity involved a process of rediscovery during the composer’s first extended sojourn abroad. He taught himself piano until the age of 15 and then, at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, shifted his focus to composition. Sierra lived in Europe from 1976 to 1982, furthering his studies in London, Holland and Hamburg, where he took lessons with György Ligeti, one of the most remarkable of the adventurous composers who emerged in postwar Europe. Sierra recalls the sense of artistic epiphany he experienced when Ligeti encouraged him to stay true to his roots. The journeys that Sierra undertakes are not limited to the geographical. His compositions also travel far and freely across time, drawing fluently on the spectrum of Western music — as we heard in the “Baroque musings” of Fandangos. Another example is the Concierto Barroco, a guitar concerto from 1996 that was inspired by the historical novel of the same name by Alejo Carpentier. The music treks back in time to conjure the novelist’s imagined meeting of Handel and Vivaldi with a slave from the New World.
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Sierra’s four symphonies, which are part of an ongoing cycle, similarly reconsider the traditional genre from his unique perspective. “I’m interested in the Classical and Romantic tradition of the multi-movement symphony as something that can still be used by modern composers,” explains Sierra, who was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. Sinfonía No. 4 is designed according to the architectural pattern familiar from the classical masters: a first movement which can be loosely traced to sonata form, followed by Sierra’s reinterpretations of a scherzo and a slow movement, and a rhythmically charged finale to ensure an exciting conclusion. Sierra intends his symphonies to communicate purely musical experiences, without reference to external programmatic elements. Still, his innovative, “tropicalizing” style, which integrates popular idioms into the symphonic fabric, parallels the strategy found in other compositions that do have overt extramusical associations, such as a piece he wrote for the Kronos Quartet drawing on personal memories (Memorias Tropicales) and the spiritual odyssey communicated by his Missa Latina. In Sinfonía No. 4, this integration occurs through the subtle use of metrical patterns familiar from Caribbean music as part of the musical argument. Sometimes these appear subliminally, and sometimes more overtly, as in the bolero context of the third movement or the rhythmic motto set as a 3+3+2 pattern (known as a clave) that energizes the finale. Although he has lived in the United States for almost a quarter-century — he holds the position on the music faculty at Cornell University that Czech composer Karel Husa vacated in 1992 — Sierra remains intimately connected to his Puerto Rican heritage and the vernacular music that was a part of daily life growing up in Vega Baja, on the northern coast of the Enchanted Isle. “Because I am Puerto Rican,” declares the composer, “my music is Puerto Rican. Always. The wealth of images I have in mind refers to that place where I grew up, to the sounds, the colors, the sunshine, the Puerto Rican sky. Even the more abstract music has an accent that points to where I was born.”
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“Because I am Puerto Rican,” declares Sierra, “my music is Puerto Rican. Always. The wealth of images I have in mind refers to that place where I grew up, to the sounds, the colors, the sunshine, the Puerto Rican sky. Even the more abstract music has an accent that points to where I was born.”
in the composeR’s WoRDs Roberto Sierra has provided the following description of Sinfonía No. 4: The first movement (Moderadamente rápido) introduces three different kinds of materials: first, melodic gestures centered around the tonality of A minor; a series of chords with highly chromatic content that provide harmonic support for contrasting melodic gestures; and a rhythmic figure which supports both harmonic and melodic materials. These elements are then developed, combined and appear in different guises, sometimes either as foreground or background material. The movement closes with a brief coda that comes back to the initial tonality of A minor and that vaguely suggests a recapitulation. The first 12 notes of the “scherzo” (Rápido) form the basis for the whole second movement. Instead of using the traditional scherzo-trioscherzo structure, slow lyrical sections provide formal variety. Although the initial melodic material is not a tone row, it is formed of four three-note groups that are symmetrical in nature. The central note of the movement is C-sharp.
As the tempo indication implies, the third movement (Tiempo de bolero) evokes the slow Latin ballads, called boleros, that became very popular in the 1950s. The accompanying chords of the bolero melodies are written on a chromatic descending bass line that starts in F and cycles back to F. The first fast digression is reminiscent of the “scherzo” material and provides a contrasting musical idea that becomes contrapuntal accompaniment when the bolero resumes. The two ideas are then superimposed, forming a complex polyphonic structure. Eventually, the bolero idea returns just as it was introduced at the start of the movement. The last movement (Muy rápido y rítmico) ends where the Sinfonía began and is centered around the note A. The arch formed by the central notes of each movement thus form the augmented chord A – C-sharp – F –A, which is a basic chordal structure/sound used in all four movements. The main idea of this finale is the vibrant Latin clave rhythm, which supports from beginning to end all the melodic and harmonic materials.
Sinfonía No. 4 is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, marimba, bongos, bass drum, harp, piano and strings. — Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator. He writes extensively about music and theater.
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auGustin hadeliCh, violin Lauded in the press for his “gorgeous tone” and “fast-fingered brilliance,” Augustin Hadelich has joined the top echelon of young violinists. After his debut last summer with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert, he was immediately invited to play again with the Philharmonic in Vail this summer, as well as at the Caramoor Festival in September and a subscription concert during the 2012/13 season. Last season, Hadelich played well-received debuts with the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore and Vancouver, among others. He will debut this season with the Dublin Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. In the United States, Hadelich has also performed with the symphonies of Alabama,
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By Aaron Grad franz sChreker Born March 23, 1878, in Monaco Died March 21, 1934, in Berlin Scherzo for Strings instrumentation: Strings duration: Approximately 7 minutes Composed: 1900 first performance: Unknown origins: Schreker composed this Scherzo in late 1900, not long after he graduated from the Vienna Conservatory. Its companion work, an Intermezzo for Strings, won first prize in a contest, which led to its performance and publication in 1902. Schreker later incorporated the Intermezzo into the Romantic Suite for orchestra from 1903, but the Scherzo was never published in Schreker’s lifetime. listen for: Scampering string figurations and lean minor-key harmonies, a sound reminiscent of Mendelssohn’s fleet scherzos.
ludwiG van beethoven Born December 1770 in Bonn Died March 26, 1827, in Vienna Romance No. 2 in F major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50 instrumentation: Solo violin with orchestra consisting of flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings duration: Approximately 9 minutes Composed: 1798 first performance: November 1798 origins: Beethoven attempted a violin concerto in C major in the early 1790s, while still living in Bonn. He abandoned that concerto midway through the first movement, but he might have gotten far enough to plan a slow movement in F major. He completed just such a movement — a Romance — in 1798, and secured a performance in November of that year. By the time his publisher accepted it in 1805, Beethoven had already issued a Romance in G major (Op. 40), so the earlier work became the Romance No. 2 with a higher opus number. listen for: The “singing” quality of the violin part, a trait reinforced by the Adagio cantabile tempo marking. Romances developed out of a Spanish style of ballad singing, and the form entered the realm of instrumental music around 1760.
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henry vieuxteMps Born February 17, 1820, in Verviers, Belgium Died June 6, 1881, in Mustapha, Algeria Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 “Grétry” instrumentation: Solo violin with flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings duration: Approximately 18 minutes Composed: 1858-1861 first performance: 1859 in Brussels origins: Upon hearing the Belgian violinist Henry Vieuxtemps at the age of 14, Robert Schumann compared him to the legendary Niccolò Paganini. Like Paganini, Vieuxtemps maintained a side interest in composing, and he left a small but highly effective body of music for the violin, including seven concertos. He composed the Fifth Concerto in 1858-59 at the behest of Hubert Léonard, the professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatoire, who sought a work to use as a competition piece for his students. Vieuxtemps added a third movement to the concerto in 1861. listen for: Three interconnected movements played without pause, a distinctly Romantic approach to the violin concerto that mirrors parallel efforts by Liszt to reform the piano concerto. The first movement, which accounts for about three-fourths of the work, ends with an extended cadenza. The second movement incorporates a quotation from the opera Lucile by the earlier Belgian composer André Grétry, the source of the concerto’s nickname. The Allegro con fuoco finale burns past in hardly more than a minute.
alex MinCek Born July 7, 1975, in Jacksonville, Florida Currently resides in Brooklyn, New York Pendulum IX: “Machina/Humana” instrumentation: 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, percussion and strings duration: Approximately 11 minutes Composed: 2012 first performance: April 24, 2012, in Nashville, Tennessee origins: Alex Mincek’s Pendulum IX: “Machina/Humana” is the last of four new works commissioned through Orpheus’ Project 440. The project began with 60 emerging composers nominated by a panel of industry experts. Through multiple rounds of public feedback and panel reviews, Orpheus selected four outstanding young composers to receive commissions. Project 440 celebrates the upcoming 40th anniversary season of Orpheus.
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composeR insiGht by alex Mincek “A body suspended from a fixed point so as to swing freely, or something that alternates between opposites.” Pendulum IX: “Machina/Humana” is the ninth piece in a series of works inspired by the simple swinging motions of pendulums, along with the complex forces these motions reveal. The works in this series mimic pendulum behavior by oscillating between basic musical oppositions: high/low, fast/slow, short/long, loud/soft, etc. These works are also characterized by more nuanced, poetic relationships between extramusical oppositions. For example, “Machina/Humana” refers to the representation of mechanical versus human types of sound, shape and movement. (This is my homage to Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, which, among other things, explores the conflict between logic and passion.) “Machina/Humana” alternates between austere, mechanical-like repetition and sinuous, lyrical continuity. While the prevailing direction of the piece is perhaps best described as unfolding from mechanistic to humane, contrasts frequently combine and overlap. Many of the instrumental sounds are representational. Some are modeled after actual sounds associated with machinery and electronic/digital technology, such as screeching drills, crunching gears, assembly lines, construction sites, crackling wires, static interference and digital glitches. Conversely, other sounds relate to the human body, including chattering teeth, fluctuating heartbeats, breathing, singing and laughter. These sounds are often paired with specific gestures: angular, disjunctive contours articulate the mechanical, while supple, curved contours relate to human qualities. Why? The point is to find blurry intersections between contrast and similarity. By doing so, more complex relationships emerge, giving rise to questions about the fundamental essences of things, and the futility of classifying them. Having described the work in the preceding manner, I encourage the listener to largely ignore my words. What I have described is a thought process, not music — it is a version of how the piece came to be organized, not what it is or what it should mean.
wolfGanG aMadeus Mozart Born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg Died December 5, 1791, in Vienna Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 instrumentation: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings duration: Approximately 35 minutes Composed: 1788 first performance: Unknown, but likely performed at least once between 1789 and 1791 origins: Mozart wrote his three final symphonies in the span of eight weeks during the summer of 1788. The high demand for his concert appearances had faded, and he was reduced to pleading with friends for loans, seeking cheaper housing in the suburbs, and following dead-end leads for his music. Mozart returned to the Symphony No. 40 at some later point to add clarinets and to make other adjustments, suggesting that he heard the work at least once and saw fit to revise it.
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listen for: I. A peculiar and essential quirk of phrasing: one measure of quivering accompaniment from the violas. When the violins enter with their “sighing” theme, the ear perceives the figure as the start of the phrase, creating an offset in the rhythm that supports the movement’s breathless momentum. II. Pervasive “hiccup” figures that recall the two-note “sighs” of the first movement, and melodies that lean heavily on chromatic neighbor-notes as a further reminder of the opening movement’s half-step obsession. III. An unusually grave approach to the Minuet, the section of a symphony that typically serves as a light palate-cleanser. The only respite comes in the contrasting trio section in G major. IV. The heated dialogue of soft and loud phrases, revealing the operatic touch that informs so much of Mozart’s instrumental music.
musiciAns insiGht by alan kay, clarinet As a clarinetist, I shudder to think of how our instrument’s repertoire might have suffered had Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died even a few months earlier than that sad December of 1791, for it was in that very year that Mozart bestowed upon his friend and fellow Freemason Anton Stadler an exquisite gift: the Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622. The clarinet had only recently reached a degree of artistic respectability, largely through the efforts of a German instrument maker and inventor, Johann Christian Denner. With this concerto, as well as with the famous Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, Mozart singlehandedly changed the fortunes of the clarinet, setting in motion a long line of inspired works for the instrument. Witness the virtuosic Weber Clarinet Quintet, Brahms’ autumnal Quintet and Trio, Schubert’s Octet and The Shepherd on the Rock, and concertos by Nielsen and Copland, among others. To say that we clarinetists owe Mozart a colossal debt of gratitude would be an understatement. Credit must also be given to Mozart and to his friend Haydn for realizing the coloristic possibilities of the clarinet in an orchestral setting. Mozart probably first heard clarinets while visiting London as a child in 1764, but it was his experience in the 1770s hearing the famed orchestra of Mannheim, known for its superb blend of winds and strings, that increased his awareness of clarinets and wind instruments in general, leading him to write to his father: “Ah, if only we had clarinets too! You cannot imagine the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes and clarinets.” Although some of his contemporaries were already experimenting with varying constituencies in their orchestral wind sections (for example, substituting clarinets for oboes or eventually adding them to a growing battery of wind instruments), it was not until Mozart tried his own hand at writing clarinet parts into his symphonic and operatic works that the instrument’s value was fully recognized. Following Mozart’s example, Beethoven employed two clarinets in all nine of his symphonies, and the instrument became a fixture in the orchestra as we know it today. Luckily for us, Mozart took his original version of the 40th Symphony in G minor and rewrote the flute and oboe parts to make way for additional parts for his beloved clarinets. This is the version that Orpheus presents tonight. From our clarinet section, vielen Dank, Herr Mozart! Program notes © 2012 Aaron Grad. 46
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roster violin Ronnie Bauch Martha Caplin Laura Frautschi Liang-Ping How Joanna Jenner Renee Jolles Miho Saegusa Erik Sato Cal Wiersma viola Danielle Farina Christof Huebner Shmuel Katz Nardo Poy Cello Julia Lichten Melissa Meell Jonathan Spitz double bass Karl Doty flute Tanya Dusevic-Witek Susan Palma Nidel oboe Matthew Dine James Austin Smith Clarinet Alan Kay David Singer bassoon Gina Cuffari Frank Morelli horn Julie Landsman Stewart Rose trumpet Louis Hanzlik Ronald Sheppard timpani Maya Gunji percussion Maya Gunji
Orpheus is renowned as one of the world’s foremost chamber orchestras. For nearly four decades, the orchestra has been making music on a global stage, with tours from Brunei to Vienna. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra presents an annual series at Carnegie Hall and appears regularly at major New York venues. In the 2011/12 season, Orpheus continues its tradition of featuring leading soloists, including violinist Gil Shaham, oboist Albrecht Mayer and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Other artists include GRAMMY® Award winner Chris Thile and violinist Viviane Hagner. Orpheus will also debut new pieces by Alex Mincek, Clint Needham, Andrew Norman and Cynthia Wong, the four winners of Project 440, an initiative designed to promote emerging composers. In 2010/11, Orpheus continued its Carnegie Hall series and opened the inaugural Spring for Music festival with a performance of the New Brandenburgs, six original commissions inspired by Bach. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson returned to Orpheus for a program of works by Schubert, Berg and Beethoven. Additional guest soloists included soprano Kate Royal, violinists Vadim Gluzman and Arabella Steinbacher, and Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. Orpheus is committed to changing the way the world thinks about orchestras and creative leadership. By performing without a conductor and integrating musicians into virtually every facet of the organization, Orpheus empowers its members and infuses performances with unparalleled energy. The Orpheus Process™, an original method that places democracy at the center of artistic execution, has been the focus of studies at Harvard and Stanford, and of leadership seminars at Morgan Stanley and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, among others. viviane haGner, violin Munich-born violinist Viviane Hagner has won exceptional praise for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry. She performs with the world’s great orchestras and, as a committed chamber musician, regularly appears at international festivals and venues. As well as bringing insight and virtuosity to central repertoire, Hagner is an ardent advocate of new, neglected and undiscovered music. In 2002, she gave the world premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto with Kent Nagano, which she has now recorded for the Canadian company Analekta. Her performances of Vieuxtemps Violin Concerti 4 and 5 are available on the Hyperion label, and her first recital recording features solo works by Bartók, Hartmann and Bach. This season saw her debut with The Cleveland Orchestra and also includes a performance at Carnegie Hall and a concert tour in North America with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; appearances with the National Arts Center Orchestra and Pinchas Zukerman in Ottawa; numerous concerts in Germany with orchestras such as the Gürzernich-Orchester Köln and MDRSinfonieorchester Leipzig; and chamber recitals at Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Hagner plays the Sasserno Stradivarius made in 1717, generously loaned to her by the Nippon Music Foundation.
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Gipsy kinGs Over the years the Gipsy Kings — whose members hail from the gypsy settlements in Arles and Montpelier in the south of France — have included singers and guitarists from the Reyes (Canut, Nicolas, Pablo and Patchai) and Baliardo families (Diego, Paco and Tonnino). Lead singer Nicolas Reyes is the son of famed flamenco singer José Reyes, who, with Manitas de Plata, sold millions of records in the 1960s and ’70s. The band’s vigorous guitar work and passionate vocals are the trademarks of an indigenous musical tradition known as “rumba flamenca.” There are no other examples of a non-English speaking band (the group’s language is the Gypsy dialect of gitane) with such a consistent winning streak in the U.S., where the group is the biggestselling French act ever. Since the 1987 release of the international hit single “Bamboleo,” from their platinum-selling eponymous debut album, the Gipsy Kings have sold more than 14 million albums worldwide — more than 4 million in the United States alone. The ensemble’s music has been used in numerous motion pictures, including Peter Weir’s Fearless and Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Big Lebowski. For the group’s GRAMMY®-nominated release Roots, the core members of the Gipsy Kings settled into a stone villa in the small town of St-Andre-de-Bueges in the south of France, where they collaborated with producer Craig Street. For the first time in years, the band recorded without a drum kit, synthesizer or electric bass, bringing the music closer to its flamenco origins. On their 2012 tour, the Gipsy Kings will be debuting songs from their new album, Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes & Tonnino Baliardo.
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Now entering his third season as its Music Director, Giancarlo Guerrero continues to flourish with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO). In autumn 2011, Guerrero also begins his new appointment as Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. A fervent advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with and championed the works of several of America’s most respected composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Daugherty and Roberto Sierra. His first recording with the Nashville Symphony, on Naxos, of Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deus Ex Machina, won three 2011 GRAMMY® Awards, including the category of Best Orchestral Performance. In 2010/11, Guerrero and the NSO released two more recordings on Naxos — one featuring the music of Argentine legend Astor Piazzolla and another featuring the music of American composer Joseph Schwantner. In 2011/12, Guerrero will debut several world premieres with the Nashville Symphony, including a new work by Richard Danielpour, a banjo concerto by Béla Fleck and a concerto for electric violin by Terry Riley, which the NSO will bring to Carnegie Hall as part of the Spring for Music festival. With The Cleveland Orchestra, where Guerrero first appeared in May 2006, he will conduct subscription concerts in both Severance Hall and for Miami Residency performances
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at the Arsht Center, as well as plan and engage in education and community programs in the Miami-Dade area. Also this season, he returns to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and makes his debut with the Pacific Symphony. Internationally, highlights of this season include his first European tour with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, concerts with the Slovenian and Strasbourg Philharmonics, the BBC Scottish and BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestras, and a return to the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra. In summer 2011, Guerrero again led the Philadelphia Orchestra in concert at Mann Center, and in addition conducted the orchestra in their summer residencies at Vail and Saratoga. This followed a busy 2010/11 season that included guest-conducting engagements in five continents: Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America. He now returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s much-lauded El Sistema music education program. In recent seasons he has appeared with many of the major North American orchestras, including the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. He has also appeared at several major summer festivals, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival, and Indiana University’s summer orchestra festival. In June 2004, Guerrero was awarded the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide. He holds degrees from Baylor and Northwestern universities. Guerrero was formerly the music director of the Eugene Symphony (2001-2008), associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (1999-2004) and music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
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Albert-George Schram, a native of the Netherlands, has served as Resident Conductor of the Nashville Symphony since 2006. While he has conducted on all series the orchestra offers, Schram is primarily responsible for its Bank of America Pops Series. Schram’s longest tenure has been with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, where he has worked in a variety of capacities since 1979. As a regular guest conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Schram in 2002 opened the orchestra’s new permanent summer home, Symphony Park. From 1990 to 1996, he served as resident conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. The former Florida Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Schram as resident conductor beginning with the 2002/03 season. In 2008 Schram was invited to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Bolivia and the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. His other foreign conducting engagements have included the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Taegu Symphony Orchestra in Korea, and the Orchester der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Luzern in Switzerland. He has returned to his native Holland to conduct the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Netherlands Broadcast Orchestra. In the U.S., his recent and coming guest conducting appearances include the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Spokane Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Shreveport Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Allentown Symphony and the Mansfield Symphony. Schram’s studies have been largely in the European tradition under the tutelage of Franco Ferrara, Rafael Kubelik, Abraham Kaplan and Neeme Järvi. He received his initial training at the Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands, then later moved to Canada to undertake studies at the universities of Calgary and Victoria. His training was completed at the University of Washington.
Now in her fifth season with the Nashville Symphony, Associate Conductor Kelly Corcoran serves as the primary conductor for the orchestra’s education and community engagement concerts. She has also conducted the Symphony’s Classical Series, Pops Series, and its CD collaboration with Riders In The Sky, ‘Lassoed Live’ at the Schermerhorn. Corcoran has conducted major orchestras throughout the country, including the Houston and Utah Symphonies, and return engagements with the Detroit, Milwaukee and National Symphonies. In 2009, she made her South American debut as guest conductor with Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina, returning for multiple programs in 2011. She has developed a reputation for exciting performances. The Tennessean has hailed her work on the podium as “lively” and “fresh.” Named as Honorable Mention for the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, Corcoran studied with Marin Alsop and shared performances with her and the Bournemouth (U.K.) Symphony and Colorado Symphony. In 2004, she participated in the National Conducting Institute, where she studied with her mentor Leonard Slatkin. She has also attended the Lucerne Festival’s master class in conducting with Pierre Boulez. Prior to Nashville, Corcoran completed three seasons as assistant conductor for the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and music director of the Canton Youth Symphony and the Clevelandarea Heights Chamber Orchestra. She has served as assistant music director of the Nashville Opera, founder/music director of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra and fellow with the New World Symphony. Originally from Massachusetts and a member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for more than 10 years, Corcoran received her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from The Boston Conservatory, and she received her Master of Music in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. She currently serves on the faculty at the New York Summer Music Festival.
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CELLOS* Christopher Stenstrom Keith Nicholas Xiao-Fan Zhang
SECONd vIOLINS* Carolyn Wann Bailey, Principal Zeneba Bowers, Assistant Principal Kenneth Barnd Jessica Blackwell Rebecca Cole Radu Georgescu Benjamin Lloyd Louise Morrison Laura Ross Lisa Thrall Jeremy Williams Rebecca J Willie
PICCOLO Norma Grobman Rogers
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FIrST vIOLINS* Jun Iwasaki, Concertmaster Walter Buchanan Sharp Chair Gerald C. Greer, Associate Concertmaster Erin Hall, Assistant Concertmaster Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Concertmaster Emerita Denise Baker Kristi Seehafer John Maple Deidre Fominaya Bacco Alison Gooding Paul Tobias Beverly Drukker Anna Lisa Hoepfinger Kirsten Mitchell Erin Long Isabel Bartles
CELLOS* Anthony LaMarchina, Principal Julia Tanner, Assistant Principal James Victor Miller Chair Bradley Mansell Lynn Marie Peithman Stephen Drake Michael Samis Matthew Walker
BASSES* Joel Reist, Principal Glen Wanner, Assistant Principal Elizabeth Stewart Gary Lawrence, Principal Emeritus Kevin Jablonski Joe Ferris II FLuTES Erik Gratton, Principal Anne Potter Wilson Chair Ann Richards, Assistant Principal Norma Grobman Rogers
OBOES James Button, Principal Ellen Menking, Assistant Principal Roger Wiesmeyer ENgLISH HOrN Roger Wiesmeyer CLArINETS James Zimmermann, Principal Cassandra Lee, Assistant Principal Daniel Lochrie E-FLAT CLArINET Cassandra Lee BASS CLArINET Daniel Lochrie BASSOONS Cynthia Estill, Principal Dawn Hartley, Assistant Principal Gil Perel CONTrA BASSOON Gil Perel HOrNS Leslie Norton, Principal Beth Beeson
HOrNS Kelly Cornell, Associate Principal/3rd Horn Hunter Sholar Radu V. Rusu, Assistant 1st Horn TruMPETS Jeffrey Bailey, Principal Patrick Kunkee, Co-Principal Gary Armstrong+, Assistant Principal Preston Bailey, Acting Assistant Principal TrOMBONES Lawrence L. Borden+, Principal Susan K. Smith, Acting Principal Prentiss Hobbs, Acting Assistant Principal BASS TrOMBONE Steven Brown TuBA Gilbert Long, Principal TIMPANI William G. Wiggins, Principal PErCuSSION Sam Bacco, Principal Richard Graber, Assistant Principal Trent Leasure HArP Licia Jaskunas, Principal KEYBOArd Robert Marler, Principal LIBrArIANS D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian OrCHESTrA PErSONNEL MANAgErS Anne Dickson Rogers Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant *Section seating revolves +Leave of Absence
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DIRECTORS
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Janet Ayers Julian B. Baker, Jr. Russell W. Bates Scott Becker James L. Beckner Rob Bironas David L. Black Julie Boehm James B. Boles Jack O. Bovender, Jr. William H. Braddy III, CFP Anastasia Brown Ann Carell Rebecca Cole * Lisa Cooper * Susannah C. Culbertson * Ben L. Cundiff Carol Daniels Bob Dennis David Steele Ewing Bob Ezrin John D. Ferguson Ben Folds John Gawaluck Amy Grant Carl Grimstad Carl Haley, Jr.
edward Goodrich Board Chair Elect John t. rochford Board Vice Chair david williams ii Board Treasurer betsy wills Board Secretary alan d. valentine * President & CEO
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Billy Ray Hearn C. Keith Herron Lee Ann Ingram Martha R. Ingram Clay Jackson Ruth E. Johnson Elliott Warner Jones, Sr. Larry Larkin Kevin P. Lavender Mary Helen Law * Zachary Liff Ellen Harrison Martin * Robert A. McCabe, Jr. Robert E. McNeilly III Eduardo Minardi Gregg Morton Peter Neff Victoria Chu Pao Charles R. Pruett Jennifer Puryear Jesse B. Register Wayne J. Riley Norma Rogers * Anne L. Russell Michael Samis * Mike Schatzlein, M.D. James C. Seabury III
Kristi Seehafer * Nelson Shields Beverly K. Small Renata Soto Bruce D. Sullivan Brett Sweet Louis B. Todd Van Tucker Jay Turner Steve Turner Mark Wait Jeffery Walraven Johnna Watson Ted Houston Welch William Greer Wiggins * Jeremy Williams * William M. Wilson Clare Yang * Shirley Zeitlin James Zimmermann* Young Leaders Council Intern Amy Richardson *Indicates Ex Officio
2011/12 NASHVILLE SYMPHONY STAFF exeCutive Alan d. valentine, President and CEO Karen Fairbend, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Mark A. Blakeman, V.P. of Orchestra and Building Operations and General Manager Sarah Jones, Assistant to the V.P. of Orchestra and Building Operations Andrea dillenburg, V.P. of External Affairs Polly rembert, Assistant to the V.P. of External Affairs Michael Kirby, V.P. of Finance and Administration and CFO Jim Mancuso, V.P. of Artistic Administration Jonathan Norris, SPHR, V.P. of Human Resources
Hays McWhirter, Catering and Events Manager Lacy Lusebrink, Food and Beverage Manager Collin Husbands, Food, Beverage and Events Coordinator Johnathon Mcgee, Food and Beverage Supervisor Anderson S. Barns, Beverage Manager garland Smith, Beverage Supervisor
artistiC adMinistration Emma Smyth, Manager of Artistic Administration valerie Nelson, Manager of Pops & Special Programs Ellen Kasperek, Artistic Administration Assistant Andrew risinger, Organ Curator
i.t. dan Sanders, Director of Information Technology Trenton Leach, Software Applications Developer Chris Beckner, Desktop Support Specialist
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Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Daniels III Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Ganier III James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith Giancarlo & Shirley Guerrero Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes Mrs. Martha R. Ingram Dr. & Mrs. Howard Kirshner
LifeWorks Foundation The Martin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Anne & Joe Russell Margaret & Cal Turner Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Welch
STrAdIvArIuS SOCIETY Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. James Ayers Judy & Joe Barker Russell W. Bates Mr. James B. Boles Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Carlton Kelly & Bill Christie Mr. & Mrs. Tom F. Cone Hilton & Sallie Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis Marty & Betty Dickens Dee & Jerald Doochin Mr. & Mrs. Jere M. Ervin Annette S. Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation
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Robert Straus Lipman Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Sheila & Richard McCarty Dr. Ron McDow The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Christopher & Patricia Mixon Gregg & Cathy Morton Anne & Peter Neff Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook Burton Jablin & Barron Patterson Hal & Peggy Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Pruett Carol & John T. Rochford The Roros Foundation Dorothy & Joe Scarlett
Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Schatzlein Mr.* & Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus Ronald & Diane Shafer Nelson & Sheila Shields Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small Mr. & Mrs. Earl S. Swensson Dr. John B. Thomison Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. Alan D. & Connie F. Valentine Peggy & John Warner David & Gail Williams Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr. Mr. Nicholas S. Zeppos & Ms. Lydia A. Howarth
gOLdEN BATON SOCIETY Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (2) Clint & Kali Adams Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Shelley Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup Dr. & Mrs. H. Victor Braren Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Ann & Frank Bumstead Mrs. Patricia B. Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler Dorit & Don Cochron Richard & Kathy Cooper Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin Barbara & Willie K. Davis
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Andrea Dillenburg & Ted Kraus Donna & Jeffrey Eskind Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ezrin Bob & Judy Fisher John & Lorelee Gawaluck Harris A. Gilbert Amy Grant & Vince Gill Kate R. W. Grayken Suzy Heer Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilton Ms. Cornelia B. Holland Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques Anne Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Koban Jr. Kevin P. & May Lavender
Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby Dr. Arthur M. Mellor F. Max & Mary A. Merrell Edward D. & Linda F. Miles Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil Mr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Risk Anne & Charles Roos Debbie & Albert-George Schram Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Mr. & Mrs. Brett Sweet
Pamela & Steven Taylor The Vandewater Family Foundation Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery C. & Dayna L. Walraven Jonathan & Janet Weaver Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenck Dr. & Mrs. Artmas L. Worthy Shirley Zeitlin
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Anonymous (3) Jeff & Tina Adams James & Glyna Aderhold Dr. Alice & Mr. Richard C. Arnemann Jon K. & Colleen Atwood James M. Bailey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Barbara & Mike Barton Betty C. Bellamy Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Frank M. Berklacich, MD Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard Mark & Sarah Blakeman Julie & Dr. Frank Boehm Dennis & Tammy Boehms Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III Mr. Jamey Bowen & Mr. Norman Wells Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman Betty & Lonnie Burnett Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt Chuck & Sandra Cagle Michael & Jane Ann Cain Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Brenda & Edward Callis Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Jan & Jim Carell Ann & Sykes Cargile Clint & Patty Carter Michael & Pamela Carter Fred Cassetty Erica & Doug Chappell Barbara & Eric Chazen James H. Cheek III Mr. & Mrs. John J. Chiaramonte Jr. Catherine Chitwood M. Wayne Chomik Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell Mr. George D. Clark Jr. Esther & Roger Cohn Ed & Pat Cole Marjorie & Allen* Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan James L. & Sharon H. Cox Dr. & Mrs. James Crafton Kimberly L. Darlington John & Natasha Deane Sandra & Daryl Demonbreun The Rev. & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden E.B.S. Foundation Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Robert D. Eisenstein Dr. Meredith A. Ezell Mr. & Mrs. John Ferguson T. Aldrich Finegan John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald John & Cindy Watson Ford
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Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lippolis Robert A. Livingston Elizabeth & Jim Mancuso Shari & Red Martin Rhonda A. Martocci & William S. Blaylock Scott & Jennifer McClellan Tommy & Cat McEwen Mr. & Mrs. Martin F. McNamara III Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly III Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger Christopher & Patricia Mixon Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli Ms. Lucy H. Morgan Matt & Rhonda Mulroy James & Patricia Munro Leonard Murray & Jacqueline Marschak Lannie W. Neal Pat & John W. Nelley Jr. Ms. Agatha L. Nolen Jonathan Norris & Jennifer Carlat Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Odom Jr. Representative & Mrs. Gary L. Odom Ms. Mary E. Pinkston David & Adrienne Piston Charles H. Potter Jr. Dr. Neil Price & Nancy M. Falls Mr. & Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney Sharon Hels & Brad Reed Dr. Jesse B. Register Drs. Jeff & Kellye Rice Drs. Wayne & Charlene Riley Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation Ms. Sara L. Rosson & Ms. Nancy Menke James & Patricia Russell Mr. & Mrs. John J. Sangervasi Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Saul Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Dolores & John Seigenthaler Mrs. Wendy F. Sensing Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack InConcert
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Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Tom & Sylvia Singleton William & Cynthia Sites George & Mary Sloan Drs. Walter Smalley & Louise Hanson Suzanne & Grant Smothers K. C. & Mary Smythe Jack & Louise Spann Stuart & Shirley Speyer Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Ann & Bob Street Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Fridolin & Johanna Sulser Andrew Keith & Donna Dame Summar Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. & Mrs. Clarence S. Thomas Scott & Julie Thomas Candy Toler Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Christi & Jay Turner Kris & G. G. Waggoner Deborah & Mark Wait Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Art & Lisa Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Stacy Widelitz Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilds Mr. Donald E. Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills III Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe ENCOrE CIrCLE
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Anonymous (8) Mark & Niki Antonini Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Marti Bellingrath Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills Bob & Marion Bogen Mr. Michael F. Brewer Jean & David Buchanan Sharon Lee Butcher John E. Cain III Anita & Larry Cash Dr. Elizabeth Cato Mary & Joseph Cavarra Dr.* & Mrs. Robert Chalfant Mrs. John Hancock Cheek Jr. Mr. & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Joe C. Cook III Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Cook Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie
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Greg & Collie Daily Mr. & Mrs. Julian de la Guardia Mr. & Mrs. Kenton Dickerson Kimberly & Stephen Drake Laura L. Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Mike Dye Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Robert & Cassandra Estes Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Ezell Ms. Paula Fairchild Drs. Robert & Sharron Francis Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Gould Mr. & Mrs. J. George Harris Mr. Larry O. Helms Keith & Kelly Herron Mr.* & Mrs. John B. Hickox Carrie & Damon Hininger Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holton Ray Houston Hudson Family Foundation Donna & Ronn Huff Bud Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Peter* & Marion Katz Walter & Sarah Knestrick Rachel & John Kuchtey Richard & Diane Larsen Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Lincoln Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Burk & Caroline Lindsey Tim Lynch Dr. & Mrs. Joe MacCurdy Steve & Susie Mathews Lynn & Jack May Robert P. Maynard Jim & Judi McCaslin Emily & Jonathan McDevitt Robert Ness Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Nischan Dr. Casey Noble Ann & Denis O'Day Inka & Richard Odom Mr. & Mrs. James E. Orgain Alex S. Palmer David & Pamela Palmer Dr. Edgar H. Pierce Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Susan B. Ridley Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Riven Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter Dr. & Mrs. John S. Sergent Nita & Mike Shea Bill & Sharon Sheriff Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Sohr Mr. & Mrs. David B. Stewart Jane Lawrence Stone
James B. & Patricia B. Swan William & Rebecca Taylor Norman & Marilyn Tolk Joe & Ellen Torrence Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk William E. Turner Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mike & Elaine Walker Mr. & Mrs. William G. Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Williams CONCErTMASTEr
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Ms. Susannah C. Culbertson Tenchia Cupp Mr. Douglas A. Darsow MariaGabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Dr. & Mrs. Ben Davis Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mark & Barbara Dentz Suzanne Day Devine Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Mr. & Mrs. Marcus D. Dominguez Dr. Alan W. Dow II Tere & David Dowland Mr. Frank W. Drake Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Emily & Mark Eberle Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam Dr. Christopher & Wendy Ellis Dr. John & Janet Exton Bill & Dian S. Ezell Ms. Marilyn Falcone Michael & Rosemary Fedele Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Art & Charlotte Fogel Randy & Melanie Ford Patrick & Kimberly Forrest Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery J. Forshee Ms. Deborah F. Turner & Ms. Beth A. Fortune Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Ms. Elizabeth A. Franks Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller Dr. David & Kimberly Furse John & Eva Gebhart Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. H. Steven George Bryan D. Graves Richard & Randi Green Cathey & Doug Hall Jay & Stephanie Hardcastle Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy Frank & Liana Harrell Kent & Becky Harrell Dr. & Mrs. Jason Haslam Mrs. Estela R. Hayes Lisa & Bill Headley Kent & Melinda Henderson John Reginald Hill Dr. Anne L. Hillegas & Mr. Donald Hill Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Elizabeth Dykens PhD & Robert Hodapp PhD Ken & Beverly Horner Allen, Lucy & Paul Hovious Margie & Nick* Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Sandra & Joe Hutts James R. & Helen H. James Robert C. Jamieson MD Lee & Pat Jennings
Jack Jezioro & Ellen Menking Bob & Virginia Johnson Ruth E. Johnson Mary Loventhal Jones Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kaminski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Mr. & Mrs. James Kelso Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Teresa F. Kersey Jane Kersten Patricia Lee & Orville Kronk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Carolyn & Fred Loeffel Samuel C. Loventhal Drs. Amy & George Lynch William R. & Maria T. MacKay James & Gene Manning Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maradik Steve & Carrie Marcantonio & Family Mimsye & Leon May Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. McCarty Sandra & Ken McDonald Mr. John M. McDougal Joey & Beth McDuffee Mary G. McGrath Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Catherine & Brian McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Dan & Mary Mecklenborg Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Dr. & Mrs. Berry Middleton Drs. Randolph & Linda Miller Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Mr. Conley Minnick Dr. Jere Mitchum Diana & Jeff Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Ms. Gay Moon Cynthia & Richard Morin Steve & Laura Morris Lynn Morrow Ms. Patricia A. Moseley
Margaret & David Moss Lucille C. Nabors Larry & Marsha Nager Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. Jane K. Norris Chris & Leslie Norton Virginia O'Brien D. Wilson Ochoa Mr. & Mrs. Russell Oldfield Jr. Patricia J. Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Jack Oman Dan & Helen Owens Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Mr. Steven C. Page Ms. Kathern W. Parker Mr. & Mrs. M. Forrest Parmley John W. & Mary Patterson Drs. Teresa & Phillip Patterson Theresa G. Payne Dr. & Mrs. Joel Q. Peavyhouse Steve A. Perdue Linda & Carter Philips Barbara Gregg Phillips Drs. Sherre & Daniel Phillips Mr. Edward B. Phillips Faris & Robert Phillips Keith & Deborah Pitts Mr. John Pope Ms. Elizabeth M. Potocsnak Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts George & Joyce Pust Tom & Chris Rashford Mr. Edwin B. Raskin Mr. & Mrs. David Rawlings Franco & Cynthia Recchia Ms. Allison R. Reed & Mr. Sam Garza Mr. Gregory M. Reed Candace Mason Revelette Martha & Buist Richardson Mrs. Julie A. Roe Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Margaret H. Rollins Laura Ross Mr. & Mrs. Dick Sammer Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Cooper* & Helen Schley Pam & Roland Schneller Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Drs. Carl & Wendy Schofield
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Dr. Kenneth E. Schriver & Dr. Anna W. Roe Peggy C. Sciotto Odessa L. Settles Max & Michelle Shaff Joan Blum Shayne Allen Shoffner Crea & Alan Sielbeck Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Sieveking Sr. Betty B. Sisk Pamela Sixfin David & Robin Small Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Richard & Molly Dale Smith Mrs. Myrtis F. Smith Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smyth Mr. & Mrs. James H. Spalding Ms. Maggie P. Speight Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Gloria & Paul Sternberg Elizabeth Stewart & James Grosjean Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Jean Stumpf Craig & Dianne Sussman Lorraine Ware & Reid Thompson Martha J. Trammell Van Tucker Ms. Rita R. Vann Larry & Brenda Vickers Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Kay & Larry Wallace Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Bill & Ruth Wassynger Talmage M. Watts Mrs. William C. Weaver III Mr. & Mrs. James Webb III Dr. Medford S. Webster Beth & Arville Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wheeler Harvey & Joyce White Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. White Vicki Gardine Williams Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills II Gary & Cathy Wilson
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Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright Shu-Zheng & Li Li Yang Jane Yount Roy & Ambra Zent FIrST CHAIr Gifts of $250 - $499 Anonymous (32) Drs. Shannon Snyder & Oran Aaronson Mr. & Mrs. John Abernathy Judith Ablon The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Robert Abstein Ben & Nancy Adams Elizabeth Adams & David Scott Chip Alford Dr. & Mrs. John Algren Carol M. Allen Dr. Joseph H. Allen Newton & Burkley Allen Mr. & Mrs. John Allpress Adrienne Ames Mark Amonett Wm. J. & Margery Amonette Ken & Jan Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Mr. & Mrs. George Armistead III Mr. Aaron Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. James Armstrong Patricia & Jay Armstrong Mrs. Margaret Arnold Todd & Barbara Arrants Candy Burger & Dan Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Geralda M. Aubry Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch Grace & Carl Awh Janet B. Baggett Mr. & Mrs.* F. Clay Bailey Jr. James M. & Kim M. Bailey Ms. Susie M. Baird Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Ms. René Balogh & Mr. Michael Hinchion Dr. Beth S. Barnett Dr.* & Mrs. Thomas C. Barr William & Sharon Baxter Mrs. Teresa A. Beard Ms. Traciee D. Bearden Susan O. Belcher Mark H. Bell Ron & Sheryl Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Berry Ms. Helen R. Blackburn-White Mrs. Andrea Boely David L. Bone David Bordenkircher Ms. Donna R. Bostick Jerry & Donna Boswell
Robert E. Bosworth Mr. Brian Boxer Mr. David G. Boyd Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Bradbury III Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Dr. Joel F. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. James F. Brandenburg Mr. Mark D. Branstetter Jere & Crystal Brassell Robert & Barbara Braswell Dr. Daniel K. Bregman Mary Lawrence Breinig Phil & Pat Bressman Jamie A. Brewer Miss Sandra J. Brien Betty & Bob Brodie Kathy & Bill Brosius Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Brown Ms. Roxanne Brown Mr. S. Mark Brumbelow Burnece Walker Brunson Mrs. Margaret J. Bryson T. Mark & D. K. Buford Linda & Jack Burch Geraldine & Wilson Butts Dr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Buxbaum Dr. & Mrs. Robert Byrd Ruth M. Byrdsong Julia C. Callaway Claire Ann Calongne Mr. Richard A. Calvin Bratschi Campbell Gary E. Canaday Mr. Mark J. Cappellino Dr. Wayne Carpenter Karen Carr Ronald & Nellrena Carr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Carter Valleau & Robert M. Caruthers Bill & Chris Carver Kent Cathcart Mr. & Mrs. John P. Chaballa Evelyn LeNoir Chandler Dean & Sandy Chase Renée Chevalier Mrs. Robert L. Chickey Mark & Bette Christofersen Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Dr. André & Ms. Doreatha H. Churchwell Mr. Daryl Claggett Councilman & Mrs. Phil Claiborne Drs. Walter & Deborah Clair Steven & Donna Clark Mr. & Mrs. Roy Claverie Sr. Ms. Christy Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. Neely B. Coble III Misty Cochran & Josh Swann Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Coleman Ms. Peggy B. Colson William & Margaret Connor Laura & Kyle Cooksey Renette I. Corenswet Nancy K. Corley Elizabeth Cormier Ms. Laura Crafton-Sizemore
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Mr. & Mrs. George Crawford Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jeff L. Creasy Mr. & Mrs. David Crecraft Mr. Joe D. Creecy Mr. & Mrs. Rob Crichton Mary & Jim Crossman Mr. Samuel B. Cruz Dr. A. Keith Cryar Ms. Dana R. Curtis Rev. Frederick L. Dale Julie & Peter Damp Katherine C. Daniel Kim & Roy Dano Mr. Robby Dasher Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Davenport Janet Keese Davies Adelaide S. Davis Mr. Joshua M. Davis Ms. Maria de la Cruz Mr. Karl Dean & Ms. Anne Davis Wade & Jeanine Denney Ann Deol Henry & Catherine DePhillips Natalie R. Dickson & Aaron T. Raney Dr. Joseph & Ambassador Rachel Diggs Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dinkins Ms. Shirley J. Dodge Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin Kristen & David Drake Elizabeth Tannenbaum & Carl Dreifuss Mr. & Mrs.* David K. Duchac Kathleen & Stephen Dummer Mrs. Kristi D. Dunham Bob & Nancy Dunkerley Michael & Beverly Dunn Kathryn & Webb Earthman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Easterling Patricia & Larry Eastwood Ms. Susan S. Edwards The Rev. Dr. Donna Scott & Dr. John Eley Dan & Zita Elrod Dr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Emeson Ms. Kaaren Engel Mrs. Keturah E. Engle Mr. Phillip M. Englehart Ms. Ann Epperson Dr. Jack W. Erter Mr. James Eslinger Ms. Claire Evans Dr. Ann Evers & Dr. Gary Smith Drs. Charles & Evelyn Fancher Kathryn Beasley & Chris Farrell Mr. Steven Fast Dana Ferris Mr. Vincent Fesmire Jill Denmark & William Fialkowski MD Janie & Richard Finch Mrs. Jackie M. Flavell Ms. Deborah G. Flowers Cathy & Kent Fourman Mrs. Katherine H. Fox
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Mary Foxworth Sr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Franz Jim W. Freeland Scott & Anita Freistat Emily & Randy Frey Ms. Heather Funderburg Tom & Jennifer Furtsch Dr. Henry Fusner Lois & Peter Fyfe Bill & Ginny Gable Jim & Michiko Gaittens Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Galbraith Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Gangaware Mr. & Mrs. Philip Ganske Ms. Susan M. Gant Mr. & Mrs. George C. Garden Miss Ailish Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett Alan & Jeannie Gaus Mr. Scott A. German & Ms. Tammie Shannon Em J. Ghianni Mr. & Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist Ms. Dianne R. Gillespie Mr. Andre L. Gist William & Helen Gleason Linda & Joel Gluck Mr. Charles S. Golden Ms. Susan T. Goodwin Zachary & Martha Goodyear Mr. Benjamin L. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. William M. Gracey Tom & Carol Ann Graham Antonio M. Granda M.D. Roger & Sherri Gray John F. Gregory III R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Groff Mary Beth & Raul Guzman Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hainsworth Byron & Antoinette Haitas Ms. Leigh Ann Hale Scott, Kathy & Kate Hall John & Freda Hall Katherine S. Hall Mr. Robert T. Hall RenĂŠe & Tony Halterlein Walter H. White III & Dr. Susan Hammonds-White Mr. & Mrs. Clint Hanahan Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman Patty & Bill Harbison Joel T. Hargrove Dr. John B. & Kathleen E. Harkey Cindy Harper Dr. & Mrs. Frank P. Harrell Mrs. Edith Harris Dickie & Joyce Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hartley Mr. James S. Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Ira Hartman Dr. Morel Enoch & Mr. E. Howard Harvey Robert & Nora Harvey Kay & Karl* Haury David & Judith Slayden Hayes
Bob & Judy Haynes Peggy R. Hays Fred & Judy Helfer Doug & Becky Hellerson Ms. Doris Ann Hendrix Liz Henson Mr. David Hilley Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilmer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hofe Sean Hogan Jim & Kim Holbrook Aurelia L. Holden Dr. Nancy D. Holland James & Christa Holleman William Hollings Frances Holt Paul Holt Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hooper Drs. Richard T. & Paula C. Hoos Samuel H. Howard Mr. Adam L. Huddleston Ms. Edith B. Hudson Dr. & Mrs. Louis C. Huesmann II Dr. Nedra Huggins-Williams The Hunt Family Foundation Michael & Evelyn Hyatt Mrs. Beverly Hyde Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Dr. Anna M. Jackson Frances C. Jackson Ms. Laura R. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Javorcky Ms. Diane Johnson Joyce E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Johnson Mary & Doug Johnston Donald & Catherine Joiner Pat & David Jones Frank & Audrey Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael Jones Mr. Patrick D. Jones Sarah Rose Jones Ms. Georgia Keeling Jeffrey & Layle Kenyon Edward & Eunice Kern Robert Kerns Mr. Michael Kice Mr. & Mrs. Brock Kidd Bill & Becca Killebrew Kathleen & Don King Mrs. Amanda L. Kirkpatrick Louise & Joe Kitchell Edward & Rosemary Knish Mr. & Mrs. Rick Koelz David & Judy Kolzow Sanford & Sandra Krantz Ms. Geri Kristof Tim Kyne Mr. Daniel L. LaFevor Dr. Kristine L. LaLonde Nancy & Edd Lancaster Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lawrence Mrs. Douglas E. Leach Trenton & Shellie Leach Rob & Julia Ledyard Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee J. Mark Lee Martin & Eileen Leinwand
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Mr. & Mrs. Michael LeJeune Dorothy & Jim Lesch Ralph G. Leverett Michael & Ellen Levitt John & Marge Lewis Mr. Marvin J. Liebergot Rick & Shirley Lievanos Marty & Ronald S. Ligon Mr. & Mrs. John Lillie Mack & Katherine Linbaugh Joanne L. Linn, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Linton Dr. & Mrs. John L. Lloyd Keltner W. & Debra S. Locke Jean & Steve Locke Kim & Bob Looney Frances & Eugene Lotochinski David & Nancy Loucky Thomas H. Loventhal J. Edgar Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lowenthal Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lundy Jr. Revs. James & Michelle Lunsford George & Cathy Lynch Jeffrey C. Lynch Patrick & Betty Lynch Sharron Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. MacDonald Mr. John Maddux Anne & Joe Maddux Mr. & Mrs. David J. Mahanes III Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Maier Mr. Robert C. Majors Mr. Mikal Malik Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Manders Sheila Mann Mr. Joshua P. Manning Beverly Darnall Mansfield Abraham, Lesley & Jonathan Marx Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Frank & Laura Mastrapasqua Sue & Herb Mather Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Callum, Julia & A. J. McCaffrey Mr. & Mrs. John D. McAlister Mrs. Joanne Wallace McCall Ms. Carolyn McClerkin Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. McClure Kathleen McCracken Peg & Al McCree Mary & John McCullough Bob McDill & Jennifer Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. McDougle Dr. & Mrs. James B. McKee Jr. Mr. Brian L. McKinney Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McNutt Sr. Sam & Sandra McSeveney Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. McWherter Mr. Michael A. Meadows Ms. Virginia J. Meece Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Meek Ronald S. Meers Mr. Paul Megee Janis Meinert Linda & Ray Meneely Manfred & Susan Menking Sara Meredith 82
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Edria & David Ragosin Joel & Elizabeth Rainer Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rainwater Nancy & Harry Ransom Mr. & Mrs. Randall A. Rawlings Nancy Ward Ray Ms. Bonnie D. Reagan Don & Kathy Reed Mr. & Mrs. David R. Reeves Ms. Sandra L. Reeves Allen Reynolds Al & Laura Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Tate Rich Barbara Richards Don & Connie Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Richardson Mrs. Jane H. Richmond Mary Riddle Mrs. Paul E. Ridge Margaret Riegel Mr. George Ritzen Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roark Ms. Stacie Robbins Mrs. Roscoe R. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rogers Fran C. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roland Judith R. Roney Mr. Aaron D. Rosburg Rodney & Lynne Rosenblum Edgar & Susan Rothschild Jan & Ed Routon Lauren & Christopher Rowe Mr. Edward J. Rucker Melissa M. & Philip R. Russ Dr. & Mrs. Don Russo Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rutherford Pamela & Justin C. Rutledge Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom John R. Sanders Jr. James & Susan Sandlin
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Mr. David Tucker Richard, Kimiko, Jennifer & Lindsey Tucker Ms. Junita Turnipseed Dr. & Mrs. Michael Tyler Mrs. Mary A. Van Dyken Dr. Jan Van Eys Kimberly Dawn Vincent Mr. Steven B. Waldrep Mr. & Mrs. Ron Walker Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wallace Ms. Cynthia G. Waller Mrs. Bridgette K. Walsh Ms. Leslie P. Ware Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Warner Jr. Carolyn M. Wasleski Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wathen Gayle & David Watson Shirley Marie Watts Frank & Jane Wcislo H. Martin & Joyce Weingartner Mr. Kevin L. Welsh J. Jason Wendel M.D. Erin Wenzel Joni Werthan George & Julie West Franklin & Helen Westbrook J Peter R. Westerholm Dr. & Mrs. Mark B. Whaley Dr. & Mrs. William Whetsell Linda & Raymond White Mr. Michael T. Whitler & Mr. Mark Weber
Joe Wieck Ms. Judith B. Wiens Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer Roger M. Wiesmeyer Marie Holman Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Wiggins Mr. Robert S. Wilkinson Jerry & Ernie Williams Frank & Marcy Williams Jeremy Williams John & Anne Williams Susan & Fred Williams Amos & Etta Wilson Carol Ann & Tommy Wilson Ms. Carolyn D. Wilson The Wing Family Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Scott & Ellen Wolfe Edward & Mary E. Womack Dr. & Mrs. Robert S. Wood Jr. Mr. Michael T. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Matthew W. Wright Gary & Marlys Wulfsberg Kay & Randall Wyatt Vivian R. & Richard A. Wynn Patrick & Phaedra Yachimski Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart James & Candice Zimmermann
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You’ve seen them around town — those eye-catching license plates decorated with a saxophone-playing cat, a grinning fish and a colorful rainbow. But did you know they help a worthy cause? Annual sales of these and other specialty license plates provide more than two-thirds of the funding for the Tennessee Arts Commission’s grants programs. So if you love the arts, invest in one of these license plates. Arts organizations that receive Tennessee Arts Commission grants are much better equipped to serve their communities and improve the quality of life for people of all ages and backgrounds. When you purchase one of these specialty license plates, you are:
• Providing the primary source of funding for the Tennessee Arts Commission’s grant programs • Funding projects in communities both large and small, urban and rural • Enhancing education and appreciation of the arts
• Building Tennessee’s next generation of artists and art students • Generating tax dollars for the state • Helping to train a qualified workforce • Leveraging private dollars for local arts activities
if you’d like to order a specialty license plate, you can visit your local County Clerk’s Office, or you can order one online at www.tennessee.gov/revenue/vehicle/ licenseplates/specialty.htm. The Nashville Symphony thanks you for your support of the arts! Arts organizations can’t succeed in their missions without funds from local, state and national government agencies.
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Corporations, foundations & GovernMent aGenCies
the nashville symphony is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies that support its concert season and its services to the community through generous contributions to the Annual fund. Donors as of february 29, 2012.
SEASON PrESENTErS Gifts of $100,000+
The Martin Foundation PrESIdENT’S COuNCIL Gifts of $75,000+ TM
dIrECTOrS’ ASSOCIATES Gifts of $50,000+
PrINCIPAL PLAYErS Gifts of $25,000+ Mike Curb Family Foundation
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gOvErNMENT Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
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OrCHESTrA PArTNErS Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999 ArtNowNashville.com AT&T Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Caterpillar Financial Services Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated The Cockayne Fund Inc. Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation Gaylord Entertainment Foundation Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC The HCA Foundation Hearn Charitable Foundation KraftCPAs PLLC LifeWay Worship Neal & Harwell, PLC Publix Super Markets Charities Mary C. Ragland Foundation VSA – The International Organization on Arts and Disability MetLife Foundation Wells Fargo
ArTISTIC uNdErWrITErS Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Aladdin Industries, LLC BDO Clarcor Inc. Chet Atkins Music Education Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Corrections Corporation of America Cracker Barrel Foundation Dan McGuinness Irish Pub David Yurman Ford Motor Company Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Hi Fi Buys Interior Design Services, Inc. Monell's Restaurants OSHi Flowers The Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Charitable Foundation Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation
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BuSINESS PArTNEr Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 American General Life & Accident Insurance Company AmSurg Corp BioVentures, Inc. City of Brentwood Dave Nemo Entertainment Delta Dental of Tennessee First Baptist Nashville Gannett Foundation/ The Tennessean Schoenstein & Company VOGUE VSA Arts Tennessee Washington Foundation BuSINESS COuNCIL Gifts of $1,500 - $2,499 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust Carter-Haston Real Estate Services Inc. Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. The Hendrix Foundation J. Alexander's Corporation Paramore | the digital agency Tennsco Corporation
Sigma Alpha Iota â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Vanderbilt Chapter Stansell Electric Co., Inc. Sysco Nashville Volunteer Barge & Transport, Inc. WBUZ Buzz 102.9 / WPRT The Game 102.5 BuSINESS FrIENd Gifts of $300 - $499 A-1 Appliance Company ACP Special T's V. Alexander & Co., Inc. Bloom Electric Supply Bradshaw Collision Repair Centers CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Cooper Steel Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Dancy's, Nancy June Brandon DataMarketing Network, Inc. DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. Demos' Steak & Spaghetti House Freeman Webb Company Realtors, Inc. Hoge Motor Company Hunter Marine IBIS Communications, Inc. INDUSCO Jack Cawthon/Jack's Bar B Que Meharry Medical College National Toxicology Specialists Inc. Prime Properties, Inc. David L. Battis / Edwin B. Raskin Company Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC Robert's Western World Servitech Industries, Inc. Sharing Spree LLC Trickett Honda Monte Turner/Turner and Associates Realty, Inc. Walker Lumber & Hardware Company
HONOrArY In honor of Bette Berry In honor of Eric Chazen's 80th birthday In honor of Marion P. Couch In honor of Jeanne Crossnoe In honor of Laurie Davis & Meredith Benning In honor of Bob Eisenstein's 95th birthday In honor of Harris Gilbert's 80th birthday In honor of Giancarlo Guerrero In honor of Martha Ingram In honor of Mitchell Korn in honor of Esen & Cano Ozgener's birthdays In honor of Tom Patterson & Mike Eldred's wedding In honor of Dr. Lawrence K. Wolfe's birthday
thank BuSINESS LEAdEr Gifts of $1,000 - $1,499 Anonymous (1) Barrett Johnston Bryan Symphony Orchestra at TTU Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation Neely Coble Company DZL Management Direct Solutions Economy Pencil Co. Heidtke & Company, Inc. J&J's Market & Cafe Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects, Inc. Purity Dairies, Inc. Stor-N-Lock
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BuSINESS ASSOCIATES Gifts of $500 - $999 APEX & Robert E. Lee Moving & Storage, Inc. Black Box Network Services BMW-MINI of Nashville R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation BMI Capitol Records CedarStone Bank The Celebration Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre D.F. Chase, Inc. Cornerstone Commercial Real Estate Services Fabricators CAD Service, Inc. Haber Corporation Pam Lewis & PLA Media Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Northgate Gallery, Inc. RD Plastics Co., Inc. SESAC, Inc.
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IN-KINd Ajax Turner Company, Inc. American Airlines American Paper & Twine Co. American Tuxedo Big Events, Inc. Branches Dulce Desserts The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville, 4th Avenue Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn McQuiddy Printing Nashville Symphony Volunteer Auxiliary Omni Beverage Co. Performance Studios Mr. James C. Seabury III Steinway Piano Gallery Mr. Thomas L. Turner Tyson Foods
MEMOrIAL In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Jessica Bloom In memory of Betty Boatright In memory of Scott Clayton, CLU In memory of Catherine Cook In memory of Gerry Daniel In memory of T. Earl & Nora Smith Hinton (2) In memory of Davis Hunt In memory of Rodney Irvin In memory of Peter Katz In Memory of John Kelingos In memory of Kala Welch MacLeod In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In memory of Lisa Renegar In memory of Betty Richards (2) In memory of Lenore S. Schermerhorn In memory of Ed Wanner
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FOUNDERS Gifts of $1,000,000+
AmSouth Foundation James W. Ayers - FirstBank Bank of America Alvin & Sally Beaman Foundation Lee A. Beaman, Trustee / Kelley Beaman, Trustee Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C Bottorff Ann & Monroe* Carell CaremarkRx Caterpillar Inc. & Its Employees The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Mike Curb Family Foundation Greg & Collie Daily Dollar General Corporation Laura Turner Dugas The Frist Foundation The Grimstad & Stream Families Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Hays HCA
Ingram Charitable Fund Gordon & Shaun Inman Ellen Harrison Martin Charles N. Martin Jr. The Martin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Clayton McWhorter The Memorial Foundation Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Anne* & Dick Ragsdale Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter The Grimstad & Stream Families Margaret & Cal Turner Jr. James Stephen Turner Charitable Foundation Vanderbilt University The Vandewater Family Foundation Ms. Johnna Benedict Watson Colleen & Ted Welch The Anne Potter Wilson Foundation
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When Schermerhorn Symphony Center opened to the public in 2006, we envisioned our concert hall serving many generations for decades to come. If you have that same vision for the Nashville Symphony, then a planned gift can become your ultimate demonstration of commitment and support. You can help us plan for our future â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and your own â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through this creative approach to philanthropy and estate planning, which allows you to make a significant contribution to the Nashville Symphony while also enjoying income and tax benefits for you and your family. Great orchestras, like all great cultural institutions throughout history, are gifts to posterity; they are built and bestowed to succeeding generations by visionary philanthropists. To find out more about planned giving opportunities, please visit: NashvilleSymphony.org/plannedgiving, or contact Hayden Pruett, Major Gifts Officer, at 615.687.6615
The Nashville Symphony Legacy Society honors those patrons who have included the Symphony in their estate planning
THANK YOU
Anonymous Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton Julie & Frank Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C Bottorff Charles W. Cagle Donna & Steven Clark Mrs. Barbara J. Conder Mr. & Mrs. Roy Covert Andrea Dillenburg & Ted Kraus William M. & Mildred P.* Duncan Deborah Faye Duncan Annette & Irwin* Eskind Judy & Tom Foster Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia James C. Gooch Billy Ray Hearn Judith Hodges Judith S. Humphreys Martha R. Ingram Heloise Werthan Kuhn Sally M. Levine John T. Lewis
Clare* & Samuel Loventhal Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Arthur McLeod Mellor Cynthia & Richard Morin Anne T. & Peter L. Neff Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Pamela K. & Philip Maurice Pfeffer Joseph Presley Eric Raefsky, MD & Victoria Heil David and Edria Ragosin Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Fran C. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Irvin & Beverly Small Mary & K.C. Smythe Dr. John B. Thomison Sr. Judy & Steve Turner Mrs. Johnna Benedict Watson Barbara & Bud Zander Shirley Zeitlin Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle
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DINING AT THE SCHERMERHORN
ARpeGGio
open before all nighttime series concerts and most special events, Arpeggio features a sumptuous four-course buffet including appetizer, soup station, four entrées and dessert. the price is $38 with water and tea, not including tax and gratuity. Arpeggio is located in the east lobby, and doors open two hours before the performance. Reservations are preferred; please call 615.687.6400. for more information, visit nashvillesymphony.org/Arpeggio.
symphony cAfÉ
located in the West lobby, the symphony café offers breakfast and lunch on weekdays and casual pre-concert dining in the evenings. choose from a selection of gourmet soups, artisan sandwiches and fresh salads in addition to seattle’s best coffee and espresso. symphony café is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. monday through friday. on concert evenings, the café opens two hours prior to the performance. free Wi-fi is available. bARs
seven bars are located throughout the building offering premium spirits, cocktails, wine, beer, soft drinks and bottled water.
VISTING THE SCHERMERHORN RestRooms & WAteR fountAins
cAmeRAs, cell phones & otheR Devices
Restrooms and water fountains are available on the lounge level, located one floor below the main lobby; on the east and west sides of the founders and balcony levels; and outside the mike curb music education hall on the founders level. located on the lounge level, unisex restrooms are available for disabled guests needing special assistance.
cameras or audio recording equipment may not be brought into any space where a rehearsal, performance or lecture is taking place. cellular phones, beepers and watch alarms must be turned off prior to the start of any event.
coAt checK
to enhance the acoustical experience inside laura turner concert hall, guests are invited to check their coats at one of several complimentary coat-check locations on each seating level. the most convenient is on the lounge level, located one floor below the main lobby.
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lAte seAtinG
As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, each performance will have designated breaks when latecomers are seated. those arriving after a performance begins will be asked to remain outside the entrance door nearest their ticketed seats until the appropriate break.
HOW MAY WE ASSIST YOU?
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION
have a question, request or comment? please visit our concert concierge, which is available to help you with anything you might need during your visit. located in the main lobby, concert concierge is open through the end of intermission.
located directly across third Avenue from the schermerhorn, the pinnacle at symphony place offers symphony patrons pre-paid parking at a discount! to purchase, please call 615.687.6401.
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seRvices foR Guests With DisAbilities
schermerhorn symphony center has been carefully designed to be barrier-free and meets or exceeds all criteria established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). All public spaces, restrooms, meeting rooms, offices, backstage dressing rooms and orchestra lounge, and production control rooms will accommodate performers, staff and guests with disabilities. interior signage and all elevators make use of braille lettering for directional signs in both public and backstage areas, including all room signs. An infrared hearing system is available for guests who are hearing impaired. headsets are available at no charge on a first-come, firstserved basis from the coat-check area on the lounge level, and from the concert concierge. Accessible and companion seating are available at all seating and price levels with excellent acoustics and sight lines to the stage. transfer seating is also available to allow guests in wheelchairs to transfer easily to seats in the hall. please arrange in advance for accessible seating by calling a customer service representative at 615.687.6400. emeRGency messAGes
Guests expecting urgent calls may leave their name and exact seat information (seating level, door number, row and seat number) with any usher. Anyone needing to reach guests during an event may call the security Desk at 615.687.6610. lost AnD founD
please check with the house managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for any items that may have been left in the building. the phone number for lost and found is 615.687.6450.
pARKinG At the pinnAcle
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valet parking, provided by parking management company, is available on symphony place, on the north side of the building between third and fourth avenues. We also offer pre-paid valet parking; for more details, call 615.687.6401. chAuffeuReD tRAnspoRtAtion
Grand Avenue, the official transportation provider for the nashville symphony, offers town cars, sedans, limousines and bus transport for individuals and groups of all sizes. to make a reservation, please contact GrandAvenuelimo.com or 615.714.5466.
TICKET SALES the box office is on the fourth Avenue side of the building closest to symphony place. tickets may be purchased with mastercard, visA, American express, Discover, cash or local personal checks. limited 15-minute parking is available on fourth Avenue just outside the box office. regular hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. monday-friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. saturday hours on Concert days: 10 a.m. to intermission monday-saturday call for hours on sunday tickets are also available by visiting nashvillesymphony.org or by phoning the box office at 615.687.6400. cAnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mAKe A conceRt?
if you are unable to use your tickets, you may exchange them for another performance, availability permitting, or you may donate them for a tax deduction. tickets must be exchanged or donated by 6 p.m. on the day before the performance. some restrictions may apply. call 615.687.6401.
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loge hall loge boxes
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Martha rivers ingram Courtyard
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restrooMs
exit west Grand staircase
east Grand staircase
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Classical Conversations, additional bar & restrooms located in third-floor Balcony Lobby
elevator
founders boxes
board room
laura turner Concert hall
founders boxes
founders hall
bar
bar
founders Circle
Coat CheCk
food
orchestra view
wifi aCCess
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