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8 Overture: We hear from you 10 High Notes 12 Education and Community Engagement 13 2011/12 Season Calendar 14 Backstage: Gary Armstrong, Assistant Principal Trumpet 15 InTune: Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund 16 InTune: Bank of America 19 InTune: Genesco Inc. 64 Conductors 67 Orchestra Roster 68 Board of Directors 69 Staff Roster 70 Annual Fund: Individuals 80 Annual Fund: Corporations 84 A Time for Greatness Campaign 91 Legacy Society 92 Guest & Facility Information 96 Coming Soon!
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Looking Ahead Michael Cavanaugh Sings Billy Joel, Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!, Olga Kern Returns, Cameron Carpenter, Lorrie Morgan, Giancarlo Conducts Mahler’s Second
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we hear from you All of us at the Nashville Symphony feel incredibly fortunate that we get to share the joy of music with you, our patrons. Every week, we are reminded of the many different ways that we touch people’s lives, whether it’s through our concerts at Schermerhorn Symphony Center or our many education and community engagement programs. We were particularly moved, though, by a letter we received from a patron who attended our performance of Holst’s The Planets in February. We wanted to share it with you here, because we thought you would be as touched by it as we were:
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ear Mr. Guerrero, Nashville Symphony Staff, D and Orchestra Members, My husband and I recently had the honor and pleasure of seeing our first ever symphony performance at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. We were mesmerized by the entire experience and hope to come again, soon and often. I feel as though my words fall flat, and so you can fully understand how much this experience meant to us, I should explain our situation a bit more. I left the corporate world in December 2009 to complete my undergraduate degree at MTSU and fulfill a lifelong dream of being a guidance counselor. This brought our household down to a single income, which was tough but doable. However, in May 2010 my husband had a sudden and scary medical incident which left him out of work for roughly six months. This put us into a tailspin financially, and we subsequently lost our home and almost our car. We relocated to be with family and have started to slowly rebuild our lives. In November, I splurged on two tickets during the Thanksgiving $20 sale. I must tell you the performance we were treated to made all the problems we have had and all the struggles we are trying to overcome fade away. The music, so soft and subtle, to harsh and abrasive, was amazing. There were notes so wonderfully delicate I felt I might be hallucinating. The purity and the depth and the passion were breathtaking. I felt as if I was in a holy place and the Nashville Symphony was channeling God. The Nashville Symphony staff must also be given kudos. Everyone we met was extremely helpful, polite and never once made me feel as if we didn’t belong. Gerard, our amazing usher, was a lovely woman with a gracious smile that made me want to hug her as if she were family. I am not sure that my love and thanks can be properly conveyed via words, but just know that this experience is not one that I will soon forget. The images, sounds and feelings of that night will haunt me in the most wonderful way. Thank you all, again, for such a wonderful evening. —A.M.
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Symphony Spring Fashion Show brings elegant sparkle to the Schermerhorn It’ll be a star-studded night of high fashion at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on April 26, when the Nashville Symphony hosts the Symphony Spring Fashion Show, presented by Marissa Collections of Naples. Co-chaired by Janet Bentz and Johnna Watson, this stylish evening will feature the 2011 fall collection of Marchesa, the British-born team of Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, who have developed an international reputation for their elegant, vintage-inspired designs. “We couldn’t be more excited about this year’s fashion show,” says co-chair Watson. “With its striking architectural details, Schermerhorn Symphony Center is the perfect venue for showcasing Marchesa’s distinctive couture. As if that weren’t enough, we’re beyond thrilled that one of Nashville’s biggest stars, Faith Hill, will be the special musical guest, and ABC News Correspondent Deborah Roberts will serve as emcee.” Chapman and Craig established Marchesa in 2004, after meeting at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. Their designs have gone on to garner international acclaim and can be spotted at red carpet events in Hollywood and around the world, worn by such stars as Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Heidi Klum and Halle Berry — the last of whom was recently spotted at this year’s Academy Awards wearing a Marchesa dress. Presenter of this year’s Spring Fashion Show, Marissa Collections is owned by Marissa and Burt Hartington; it has been named by Vogue as one of the top 25 warm weather boutiques and by Women’s Wear Daily as one of the top 10 specialty stores in America. On April 27, one day after the show, Marissa Collections will hold a trunk show at Spaces in Belle Meade. The Symphony Spring Fashion Show is presented annually by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra League. All proceeds will benefit the Nashville Symphony and its music education programs, including the Thor Johnson Scholarship Fund. For invitation information, please visit NashvilleSymphony.org/FashionShow, or contact Stacie Taylor, Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra League, at 615.687.6541.
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Broadway powerhouse Idina Menzel to perform with the Nashville Symphony Get your tickets now, because they won’t last long! Tony Awardwinning vocalist and TV star Idina Menzel is coming to town Tuesday, June 7, to perform with the Nashville Symphony. Best known for her starring roles on Broadway, she’ll sing a diverse selection of classic pop and musical theater favorites, as well as songs from her recent album I Stand. Menzel first came to public attention in 1996, when she made her debut as Maureen Johnson in Rent. She has since starred in numerous Broadway productions, earning a Tony Award in 2004 for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, for her role as Elphaba in Wicked. Menzel recently sang for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House, which aired on PBS. Last fall, she joined the cast of Glee, the highly popular Fox series about the world of high school glee clubs. Tickets for this 8 p.m. concert are on sale at NashvilleSymphony.org or by calling 615.687.6400.
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Guerrero named guest conductor with The Cleveland Orchestra Congratulations to Nashville Symphony Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, who was recently appointed Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency! Over the past five years, Maestro Guerrero has guest-conducted for Cleveland a number of times. In his new position, he will oversee the orchestra’s residency at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, where he will program and conduct concerts, collaborate with community partners, and guide the residency’s education and engagement programs. He will continue his role as music director of the Nashville Symphony while serving in this three-year appointment, which begins in the 2011/12 season.
“This news reflects very positively on the Nashville Symphony, because it underscores the very high artistic standards that Giancarlo has brought to our own orchestra,” says Nashville Symphony President and CEO Alan D. Valentine. “He is one of the most gifted and committed musicians with whom I have ever had the pleasure of working, and I am confident he will bring the same passion and extraordinary musicianship to this appointment that he brings to all of his work — whether at home with the Nashville Symphony, or abroad in his busy guestconducting schedule.” Middle Tennessee audiences will have an opportunity to experience Guerrero conduct The Cleveland Orchestra next season, when the ensemble performs at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on March 19, 2012.
Local chamber ensemble ALIAS generates buzz with new CD The chamber ensemble ALIAS has established a strong presence in Nashville, thanks to creative concert programming that combines brand-new music, rarely heard works and beloved classics. Given the group’s penchant for world premieres — nearly a dozen over the past decade — it’s fitting that c many of the musicians in ALIAS A are also members of the Nashville os Hil Symphony. Led by Artistic Director Zeneba Bowers, who also serves as assistant principal second violinist with the Nashville Symphony, ALIAS is celebrating the release of its debut CD on the Naxos label. Hilos collects works by American composer Gabriela Lena Frank, whose music was featured as part of the Nashville Symphony’s inaugural season at the Schermerhorn in 2006/07. It was through this experience, in fact, that the musicians of ALIAS got to know the composer. The disc features orchestra members Alison Gooding,
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enriching lives through music The Nashville Symphony is dedicated to Sixth Annual making sure that all people in Middle Side-by-Side Concert Tennessee have barrier-free access A wonderful — and free — to music and to music education. opportunity to hear the next Each year, we serve 170,000 students, generation of classical musicians! On teachers and adults through a wide Thursday, May 19, the Curb Youth variety of education and community Symphony will join the Nashville engagement programs. Already this Symphony for a 7 p.m. performance season, Nashville Symphony musicians at the Schermerhorn. have contributed a cumulative total Open by audition, the Curb Youth Curb Concerto Competition of more than 8,500 hours providing Symphony offers students in 8th winner Annie Bender, classroom instruction, music lessons, photo by Christian Sperka through 12th grades the opportunity free concerts for people of all ages, to work with members of the Nashville Symphony programs for adults and families, and much more. and faculty at Blair School of Music — and Here’s a look at some of our latest education the Side-by-Side Concert is the culmination and community engagement activities: of their hard work over the past year. It also
VSA Tennessee & Tennessee School for the Blind
Over the past few years, the Nashville Symphony’s commitment to serving individuals with disabilities has intensified with support from VSA — The International Organization on Arts and Disability and the MetLife Foundation through the Arts Connect All grant program. Thanks to this support, we are able to provide music education to students with and without disabillities in Metro Nashville Public Schools. One facet of our relationship with VSA is our partnership with Tennessee School for the Blind to provide concerts, instruction, musician residencies and other services to visually impaired students. Now we’re pleased to announce that VSA Tennessee will host its 10th anniversary celebration at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Tuesday, April 12. The festivities will begin in the morning, with hands-on activities and a performance for special education students. The Nashville Symphony will also offer a workshop exploring the ways that the arts can be used to teach core literacy concepts. The celebration opens to the public at 5:30 p.m., with hands-on art activities for all visitors. At 7 p.m., there will be a concert headlined by Scott MacIntyre, a national VSA Young Soloist winner and a top 10 finalist in the 2009 American Idol competition.
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serves as a showcase for the grand prize winner of the Nashville Symphony’s Curb Concerto Competition, which recognizes emerging musical talent from across the state. This year’s winner, Annie Bender, a junior at The Comenius School in Franklin, will take the stage to perform Ravel’s Tzigane.
Regions FREE Day of Music
Previously held in the fall, this hugely popular event invites the entire community to the Schermerhorn on May 22 to enjoy free musical performances all day long and into the night. Part of the Nashville Symphony’s mission to make our concert hall accessible to everyone, the FREE Day of Music will highlight more than two dozen local ensembles, including some of the young musicians served by our education programs. The day will close with an evening concert by the Nashville Symphony in Laura Turner Concert Hall. This program is generously sponsored by Regions.
For more information about the Nashville Symphony’s education programs, visit NashvilleSymphony. org/education or call 615.687.6561.
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Gary Armstrong Assistant Principal Trumpet Hometown: Sheffield, Alabama Member of the Nashville Symphony since: 1988 What’s the best thing about being a member of the Nashville Symphony? Being associated with such wonderful musicians and people — they’re the cream of the crop. What made you want to get into music? The reason I wanted to be an orchestra player goes way back to my high school days. My sister was a music lover, and she had a recording of Handel’s Messiah. I listened to that and realized that trumpet had a place in orchestral music, so that’s what really turned me on to it. I always had the goal of playing in an orchestra, but it was the Vietnam era when I got out of college, so I enlisted in the United States Army Band. Later on, I joined Mr. Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band, which was more of a theatrical group. It wasn’t until after all that I was really able to get into playing orchestral music. Do you have a favorite composer or piece of music? Beethoven, probably the Ninth. It’s one of the first orchestral pieces I heard as a student, and it has stuck with me. Even after all these years of playing everyone else, Beethoven is it for me. Who’s your favorite non-classical musician? There are so many of them. James Taylor comes to mind. He’s always a master — there’s never a doubt about his pitch or timing. You can’t say that about every vocalist. What’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened to you onstage or in the recording studio? I’ve done a lot of work as a session musician, and one time we were in the studio working with a fairly well-known artist. He’d already recorded his part, but he came back to the studio while we were doing overdubs and was in the control room with the producers, making his presence known. We had an entire orchestra in the studio, and this artist went and spilled his coffee on the recording console. So we all got to take an hour break — paid, of course. If you weren’t a member of the Nashville Symphony, what would you be doing? I’d probably be teaching. What are you most looking forward to performing next season? Béla Fleck’s Banjo Concerto and Copland’s Third Symphony.
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The Sound of Philadelphia and the Music of Motown LAURA TURNER CONCERT HALL SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER
Thursday, March 31, at 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 1 & 2, at 8 p.m. Nashville Symphony Albert-George Schram, conductor
Spectrum Darryl Grant, vocals Pierre Jovan, vocals David Prescott, vocals Cushney Roberts, vocals James Davis, guitar Land Richards, drums Marcus Finney, drums Tex Richardson, musical director, piano, electric keyboard Marcus Vann, bass guitar
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The Temptations
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The 1960s and ’70s were great years for pop music in every genre, and nothing from the era has proved more popular and enduring than the soul music that emerged from the recording meccas of Philadelphia and Detroit. The creative output of these cities — which includes songs made famous by The Stylistics, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Temptations, the Jackson 5 and other legendary artists — comprises a virtual soundtrack of the era. In his 2004 book A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul, John A. Jackson describes Philly soul as “glossy,” characterized by “crisp, melodious harmonies backed by lush, string-laden orchestrations and a hard-driving rhythm section.” That’s an accurate assessment, as far as it goes, but it doesn’t convey the depth of feeling that marks so much of the music that emerged from the studios of Philadelphia International Records, the cradle of the Philly sound. With sweet, smooth vocals from artists like Teddy Pendergrass, and the yearning romance in songs like “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New,” Philly soul is often unabashed music of the heart. Philadelphia soul has a danceable side as well, never more so than in the 1974 hit “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia),” a smooth, richly orchestrated tune with a funk influence and vocals by the Three Degrees. The song became an early disco favorite and was adopted as the theme song for Soul Train, producer and host Don Cornelius’s longrunning music and dance show. The music of Detroit’s Motown Records is as bright and upbeat as Philadelphia soul is lush and complex. The buoyant style of Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight” epitomizes the carefully created Motown sound — straight-ahead beat, an exuberant horn section and straightforward vocals. Even poignant ballads such as The Temptations’ “Just My Imagination” have the light production touch that was Motown’s hallmark. Catchy, hook-centered tunes were de rigueur at Motown, provided by the company’s premier songwriters, including the legendary team of Lamont Dozier and Brian and Edward Holland Jr. The Symphony’s evening of soul and R&B classics wouldn’t be complete without a sampling of great tunes from outside the Philly/ Motown nexus, and that certainly includes “It’s a Man’s World,” a 1966 hit for James Brown — the “Godfather of Soul,” without whom there might never have been a Motown or Philly sound. The program makes a nod to “blue-eyed soul” with a medley of songs by The Righteous Brothers. Produced by the legendary Phil Spector, hits like “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” and “Unchained Melody” are classic examples of Spector’s rich “Wall of Sound” technique. The Trammps’ “Disco Inferno” and The O’Jays’ “Love Train,” a pair of dance floor favorites, will close the program, no doubt inspiring some happy memories — and maybe a little dancing in the aisles. —Nashville-based freelance writer Maria Browning is pops program annotator for the Nashville Symphony
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Webster defines the word spectrum as a “series of radiations arranged in regular order” — a perfect description of the group Spectrum, which draws upon the talent of four radiant voices and diverse personalities to form a first-class vocal quartet. After six stellar years spent re-creating the sound of The Four Tops in “American Superstars and Legends in Concert” in Las Vegas, the group has expanded its repertoire to cover the music of groups ranging from The Platters to The Temptations to Boyz II Men. Spectrum’s versatility has propelled them to the status of headlining their own shows, which are dedicated to stirring renditions of all the best cover tunes. In addition to regular corporate and private parties, Spectrum’s credits include European tours; headlining aboard Royal Caribbean, Princess & Norwegian Cruise Line ships; a “doo-wop to soul” revue at the Hollywood Palladium; and performances with more than 40 symphony orchestras throughout North America. Voted Best of Las Vegas in 2005 and 2006, their award-winning show ran for four years in succession on the Las Vegas Strip. In 2009, Spectrum was selected to receive the Vegas Entertainment Consumer’s Living Legends Award for Excellence in Entertainment. Spectrum’s members have been featurvted in motion pictures, made special appearances at professional sporting events, and performed starring roles in Equity theater. They have appeared with artists as varied as Tony Bennett, The Temptations, Blue Magic, Little Richard, the late Marty Robbins, The Platters, Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers, Doc Severinsen and Fat Larry’s Band, to name a few. The group boasts four incredible singers, each with the voice of a solo artist, who unite to create the angelic harmonies and deft choreography that have become Spectrum’s trademarks. The group’s lineup consists of master recording artist Darryl Grant of Oakland, California; Chicago-born musician and versatile entertainer Pierre Jovan; David Prescott, the silky-smooth, soaring-voiced first tenor from Rochester, New York; and singer, actor and group founder Cushney Roberts, from East Orange, New Jersey, who left the life of a Princeton-educated corporate engineer to become a well-respected Las Vegas showroom entertainer. In short, Spectrum is a group of well-mannered, college-educated, world-traveled veterans of show business who will entertain you!
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Rachmaninoff & Bruckner LAURA TURNER CONCERT HALL SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER
Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9, at 8 p.m.
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Moderato Adagio sostenuto Allegro scherzando Kirill Gerstein, piano
intermission ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3 in D minor “Wagner Symphony” Gemäßigt, mehr bewegt, misterioso Andante. Bewegt, feierlich, quasi Adagio Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell Finale. Allegro Conni Ellisor’s Diaspora was commissioned by the Nashville Symphony and supported through a Creation Grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission. This weekend’s performances are the work’s world premiere. Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert concert sponsor:
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CONNI ELLISOR Born on September 25, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas; currently resides in Nashville Diaspora Conni Ellisor composed Diaspora in 2010 on a commission from the Nashville Symphony. These performances are the work’s world premiere. Estimated length: 10 minutes Recommended listening: Samples of Ellisor’s compositions can be heard on the composer’s website at ellisormusic.com.
Throughout her career, Nashville-based composer Conni Ellisor has mixed genres and idioms, from string quartet to bluegrass, to develop a lively American style with contemporary flair. Classical training at Juilliard led to positions as violinist with the Denver Symphony, concertmaster of the Boulder Philharmonic, first violin in the Athena Quartet, and assistant concertmaster and soloist with the now defunct Nashville Chamber Orchestra (NCO). Ellisor has also had a prolific career as a session violinist and arranger and appears on numerous jazz recordings. Fans of NPR have likely encountered some of Ellisor’s classical compositions, such as Blackberry Winter for mountain dulcimer and strings, which has been featured on All Things Considered. For local audiences, Ellisor has been a dynamic presence through her residency with the NCO and her collaborations with Nashville Ballet (for whom she composed The Bell Witch, based on an American ghost story). Ellisor is currently writing a second concerto for mountain dulcimer and orchestra, which the Tucson Symphony will premiere next season. The composer provided the following note for Diaspora, which marks her first commission from the Nashville Symphony: “Diaspora — from Greek: a scattering of seeds; a dispersion of a people and culture from their original homeland. “For some time, I have wanted to write a piece based on West African percussion, and this NSO commission afforded me the perfect opportunity. While European classical music developed complex harmonies of tones, West African music cultivated a complex interweaving of contrasting rhythmic patterns. This simultaneous layering of different meters is precisely what creates the vital rhythmic spark inherent in Latin American, reggae, jazz, funk and other music derived from the African diaspora. The idea of fusing these polyrhythms, the ubiquitous call-and-response form and haunting pentatonic melodies with the rich palette of the Western symphony orchestra has been an idea of mine for a long time. “While I was working, the tragic earthquake in Haiti occurred, and I was overwhelmed by the terrifying images on TV. I watched, haunted by what I saw, and began to consider more deeply the Haitian experience and how their art spoke to their stories. I believe that music embodies the culture, ethos, values and historical experience of the people who make it. For this reason, I’m perpetually drawn to ‘folk’ music: the music of people who are, more often than not, the disenfranchised. Often, the voiceless in a society have the greatest story to tell. “I immersed myself in all the Haitian history, literature and poetry I could find, particularly the writings of Edwidge Danticat and Paul Farmer. I learned that Haiti originated as a French slave colony, and that to operate the sugar plantations, hundreds of thousands of slaves were imported from Africa, many of them literally worked to death. I discovered field recordings of Haitian folk music chronicled by the ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in 1935 — enchanting worksongs sung in the fields accompanied by layered polyrhythms made by hoes striking the soil; powerful call-andresponse recordings of the pervasive African tradition of democratic participation; intricate and
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delicate percussion with ghostly overtones; jubilant exaltations of harmonies; and rhythm that sound remarkably like big band jazz. “I learned that in Haitian culture, the drum represents the spiritual voice of God and therefore begins and ends every religious ceremony. Because of that, the French ordered all the drums burned. The Haitians built new ones out of whatever they had on hand, and so their drums took on unique qualities of indigenous trees of the region. I was inspired by the indomitable spirit that enabled the Haitians to throw off the shackles of slavery — and greatly saddened as I read of the genocide in 1937, when Dominican soldiers massacred as many as 35,000 defenseless Haitians, based on the darkness of their skin. It is said the river ran red with blood for five days. Yet, somehow, the strength of the human spirit prevailed. “Though my writing has been influenced by the complex and fascinating patterns that make up Haitian folk music, the Haitian/African story serves as a conduit for a more universal theme. It is about all the world’s peoples, whose deep need to express themselves through their music and culture is more important than life itself, and who do so against all odds and in spite of violence, tragedy and repression.” Diaspora is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, Haitian drums, field drum, bowed crotale, high African drum, tambourine, bamboo wind chimes, quijada, ogan, tam-tam, bass drum, suspended drum, Haitian rattle, log drum, atoke, piano and strings.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Born on April 1, 1873, in Semyonovo, Russia; died on March 28, 1943, in Beverly Hills, California Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Rachmaninoff wrote his Second Piano Concerto between 1900 and 1901. The composition of this concerto marked an important turning point for Rachmaninoff by restoring his creative confidence. A finely constructed score, the Second overflows with melodic richness and has become one of the best-loved piano concertos in the literature. First performance: November 9, 1901, in Moscow, with Rachmaninoff as the soloist and Alexander Siloti conducting the Moscow Philharmonic. First Nashville Symphony performance: November 25, 1947, at War Memorial Auditorium with Music Director William Strickland and soloist Eugene List. Estimated length: 35 minutes Recommended listening: Stephen Hough’s recording of all four of Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos with Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony (Hyperion) includes a stylistically sensitive performance of the Second.
In the mid-1990s, the film Shine, based on the true-life story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, brought Rachmaninoff ’s piano music to the attention of a wider public. The Third Piano Concerto even emerges in the film as a character in its own right, presented as a formidable beast that triggers Helfgott’s nervous breakdown. Ironically, it was through the medium of the piano concerto — and specifically the composition of the Second — that Rachmaninoff himself worked his way out of a long episode of debilitating depression, touched off by the disastrous premiere of his First Symphony in 1897. Rachmaninoff ’s apri l
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attempts to regain his sense of confidence only backfired when he subsequently paid a couple of visits to the elderly Leo Tolstoy, seeking advice from the sage. Then in full ascetic mode, the writer made clear his disdain for the hopeful young composer’s music. These setbacks had a traumatic effect on Rachmaninoff ’s ability to continue composing. He suffered from a lingering dry spell for the next several years, although he was able to remain musically active with conducting engagements and with performances as a piano soloist. Finally, in 1900, he was advised to seek out treatment from Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a pioneering hypnotherapist who also happened to be an accomplished musician and was particularly sympathetic to his patient’s plight. After several months of daily visits, Rachmaninoff experienced a breakthrough. A spring trip to the resort area of Yalta in the Crimea also proved to be restorative. This was a popular getaway for artists, including Konstantin Stanislavsky and his Moscow Arts Theatre ensemble, and it was here that Rachmaninoff received an inspiring compliment about his music from Anton Chekhov — a kind of antidote to his Tolstoy encounter. By the summer he was composing again, and with the Second Concerto, which he dedicated to Dahl, he found the cure for his creative block. Another (though unverified) theory about Rachmaninoff ’s cure — which the composer’s grandson suggested to pianist Stephen Hough — is that his frequent visits to Dahl were actually prompted by love for the therapist’s daughter, and that he channeled these feelings into the Second Concerto. (He would marry his first cousin, Natalia Satina, in the year following the work’s premiere.) One way or another, “new musical ideas began to stir within me,” as Rachmaninoff later recalled, “far more than I needed for my concerto.” He suffered one more crisis of confidence shortly before the premiere of the completed work, when a friend complained that the material of the first movement was inadequately designed. But the work scored a huge success from the start, saving the composer from a relapse into paralyzing self-doubt. Instead,
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a fertile period of new pieces followed, and the Second Concerto was quickly established as a familiar part of the repertory.
What to listen for
The first movement introduces some patterns that recur later in the other two movements, including the use of a brief preludial gesture that appears here in the form of a solo for the piano. As eight chords of restlessly shifting harmonies work toward the home key of C minor, they evoke the sound of tolling bells often found in Rachmaninoff ’s music. A four-note tag at the end serves as a unifying motif, followed by the orchestra’s entry with the first of the opening movement’s two main themes. Notice the surging effect of the piano’s figurations. The writing here requires virtuosic verve, even when the soloist is not at the center of attention but is participating in the overall tonal picture. Curiously enough, the piano never plays the complete first theme by itself, though the second theme — another marvelously lyrical effusion — is allotted to it after an excited transition passage. Rachmaninoff made his name as one of the superstars of the golden age of pianism, yet a key feature of this Concerto is the composer’s ability to blend and combine the piano with other instrumental textures. One especially notable example is the climactic reprise of the first theme, given by the orchestra, as the soloist bursts into a rhythmically brittle sequence based on the fournote motif from the opening, now almost martial in its bravado. A solo horn takes up the second theme this time, but magically slowed down, against string tremolos and clarinet harmonies. The orchestra effects a harmonic shift at the opening of the Adagio by steering the key to E major, as the woodwinds unfold one of the most indelible melodies in the repertory. The piano accompanies with a subtly syncopated pattern of triplets, eventually introducing its version of the melody. Tchaikovsky, one of Rachmaninoff ’s idols, used a strategy in his own First Piano Concerto that serves as a model here: the presence of a scurrying, scherzo-like section that contrasts with the lyrical framework around it. A brief solo for the piano serves as the transition back to the nostalgic principal melody.
A short prelude launching the finale gives way to a splashy mini-cadenza before the main theme is announced. Unlike the first movement, Rachmaninoff establishes a striking contrast between this theme — tightly confined, yet volatile — and the well-known second one, which initially emerges from the violas. The latter melody encapsulates the Concerto’s moody, elegiac lyricism, as if Rachmaninoff is smuggling the emotional directness of his beloved Tchaikovsky into a new century. There follows an intriguing series of episodes, including a brief, fugue-like passage and a transformation of the moody second theme into a grand version for the entire ensemble, mixed with assertive piano chords. The spell quickly dissolves, yielding to a fleet-fingered coda in the major and punctuated by the composer’s rhythmic signature (long-short-short-long). In addition to solo piano, the score calls for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals and strings.
ANTON BRUCKNER Born on September 4, 1824, in Ansfelden, near Linz, Austria; died on October 11, 1896, in Vienna Symphony No. 3 in D minor “Wagner Symphony” Bruckner composed the first version of his Symphony No. 3 in 1873 but revised the score before the first performance took place. He subsequently made further revisions. The edition Maestro Guerrero has chosen for these concerts is the 1877 version of the score edited by Leopold Nowak. Bruckner dedicated the Third to his musical idol, Richard Wagner, but the music reveals a distinctive approach to the Beethovenian heritage of the symphony and an expansive sense of time that is Bruckner’s own. First performance: December 16, 1877, with the composer conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. First Nashville Symphony performance: These are the orchestra’s first performances. Estimated length: 62 minutes Recommended listening: Johannes Wildner leads a riveting performance with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia (Naxos). The CD has the advantage of including both the 1877 and 1889 versions (as edited by Nowak), as well as an unpublished earlier version of the Adagio from 1876. Serious Bruckner fans can thus easily compare the significant changes entailed in these variant versions. For even further comparison, try Kent Nagano’s harmonia mundi recording of the original 1873 version with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester. In an era filled with colossal egomaniacs, Anton Bruckner’s self-effacing tendencies were legendary. He was mocked as a rustically dressed, socially blundering exile from the provinces of Upper Austria. An unworldly and deeply pious Catholic — his students recalled that he would stop a lesson to kneel when he heard the Angelus ring — Bruckner forged ahead with his singular musical vision. What gave him the courage to pursue it amid the viciously competitive and cynical milieu of late-19th-century Vienna? The question becomes especially pertinent in light of the heartache he experienced with his Third Symphony, in which listeners can hear traces of his mature approach to the genre. Bruckner had been living in Vienna less than a decade when the premiere of the Third inflicted a cruel humiliation on the composer. The audience drained out of the concert hall as the work progressed, although some lingered to jeer, facing off a mere handful of supporters. The musicians themselves simply fled the stage after it was over. Vienna’s leading critic, Eduard Hanslick, responded with chilling irony: “Instead of a critique,
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variants added by Bruckner’s pupils. we must humbly confess we have not understood Bruckner in general made substantial his gigantic symphony. Neither were his poetic cuts (especially in the finale) for each of the intentions clear…nor could we grasp its purely two published editions and revised some of musical coherence.” the scoring. The original 1873 version had One strike Bruckner had against him was his also included several direct Wagnerian quotes decision to dedicate the score to Richard Wagner, (from the Ring, Tristan und Isolde and Die which resulted in yet another stereotype: that his Meistersinger), often used as structural markers to symphonies were conceived as a sort of concert separate different sections of the work. Bruckner hall equivalent to Wagnerian music drama. In pruned most of these external allusions away in fact, despite his intense admiration for Wagner’s his later revisions. music, Bruckner’s own aesthetic was remarkably different. (See the sidebar on facing page.) Yet the heated musical battles of the era depicted What to listen for Wagner and his followers in the “enemy” Despite its public associations with Wagner, camp as destroyers of tradition, as far as the Third reveals Bruckner’s unique response critics like Hanslick were concerned. to the legacy of Beethoven. The sense of an entire universe being conjured into existence, as The premiere of Bruckner’s Second Beethoven did in his Ninth Symphony, is echoed Symphony — given by the same orchestra in in the misterioso opening here, as a lone trumpet 1873 — had actually been a success. (Hanslick intones its theme against a thickening cloud of even made a grudging acknowledgment of D minor (the key of the Beethoven model). Yet its “favorable impression on the public.”) But Bruckner veers into a direction all his own. As with the Third the composer was forging new he embarks on his epic, the composer presents ground, above all in his sense of scale and his ideas in great slabs proportion, although he of sound that suggest an Bruckner’s strategy was to would remain committed extraordinarily expansive to the classical tradition of revise obsessively. This pattern time scale. Instead of epic the four-movement, purely struggle, however, the recurs throughout his career, instrumental symphony. music evokes majestic making it especially difficult While Rachmaninoff had mountain solitude, or to determine which version resonant architectural sunk into creative paralysis spaces such as cathedrals. after his experience of a fiasco of a given work represents the Typically, the premiere, Bruckner’s strategy composer’s “finalized” thoughts. exposition presents a series was to revise obsessively. This of thematic groupings pattern recurs throughout his rather than simply defined themes. That opening career, making it especially difficult to determine trumpet call is followed by a rousing new unison which version of a given work represents the theme, which is echoed by its quiet mirror image. composer’s “finalized” thoughts. The Third A lyrical but lively second group is stamped by involves the most complicated revision history of the so-called “Bruckner rhythm” — a kind of all his symphonies. The first version, from 1873 signature tic juggling duple and triplet rhythms and only published in recent decades, was the together. This tic is then transformed into a longest, but in the several years before he was third group of swaggering power. As he realigns able to bring the work to performance in 1877, these groups of material, the rest of this vastly he had already decided to make alterations. Two proportioned movement at times brings the editions were published during his lifetime: one composer’s prowess as an improvising organist further amending the 1877 score and one based to mind. Robert Simpson, author of some of the on another whole-scale revision in 1889-90, with
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most insightful writing on Bruckner in English, aptly contrasts “Beethoven’s muscular athleticism and Bruckner’s statuesque juxtaposition of masses.” There is another nod to the Ninth at the beginning of the coda, with its fatefully descending bass line. The slow movement, in which Bruckner shifts the key up to E-flat major, similarly lays out a sequence of contrasting thematic ideas, now unfolded with a greater sense of calm composure. The second melody — first given by violas, with a shift to triple meter — is an especially lovely inspiration. Near the end of the movement you can hear subliminal references to Brünnhilde’s sleep music from Die Walküre, perhaps suggesting Bruckner’s association with this temporary point of repose in the midst of his symphony. The main part of the Scherzo has an electrifying, primal energy, neatly Bruckner and Wagner contrasted with a sweetly Bruckner had his first encounters with Wagnerian opera in the dancing ländler, the country 1860s, though his enthusiasm was based entirely on the music, dance that Mahler, too, with no interest at all in the dramatic content. In 1873, he resolved would adapt for his scherzos. to dedicate either his Second or Third Symphony (the latter then The Trio, also a ländler, in progress) to Wagner, whom he visited in Bayreuth. Wagner suggests a relaxed afternoon opted for the Third and conferred on Bruckner the epithet “the out in the village. trumpet,” on account of the prominent trumpet motif near the Following this beginning of the work. relatively straightforward Yet Bruckner’s own musical values actually have little in presentation of ideas, the common with Wagner. The Third, for example, calls for an finale’s architecture seems essentially classical orchestra beefed up with more brass, while especially complex. The his instrumentation tends toward an austerity far removed from brass carve out an opening Wagner’s sensual orchestral blends. Even more significantly, as theme against swirling critic Robert Simpson observes, Bruckner’s aesthetic, which turns textures in the strings, while away from the Romantic drama of expectation and fulfillment, a second thematic group is not based on the nervous excitement of “some all-embracing counterpoints two distinct emotional climax,” as is typically associated with Wagner. kinds of music against each other: strings dance with joie de vivre while horns and trombones play a chorale, thus mixing the sacred and profane. Then comes a third theme, an apocalyptically severe unison outburst. The finale proceeds with several noticeable pauses between utterly distinct sections of material, intensifying the sculptural sense of this music. In a gesture Bruckner will repeat in his later symphonies, the theme that opened the work returns in the final moments, summoned by a massive fanfare and transformed into a triumphal, radiant C major. Symphony No. 3 is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings. — Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator. He writes extensively about music and theater. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader.
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About the soloist KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano
Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein is one of today’s most intriguing young musicians. His masterful technique and musical curiosity have led to explorations of classical music and jazz, advanced degrees by the age of 20, a professorship in piano by the age of 27, and a full performance schedule at the world’s major music centers and festivals. Highlights of Gerstein’s 2010/11 season include debuts with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood and with London’s Philharmonia, as well as recitals at New York’s 92nd St. Y and an international tour with the Hagen Quartet. His first recording for Myrios Classics of recital works by Schumann, Liszt and Oliver Knussen was released in October 2010. Gerstein’s recent engagements in North America include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony. Internationally, he has worked with such prominent European orchestras as the Munich, Rotterdam and Royal philharmonics, as well as with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in Caracas with Gustavo Dudamel. He has also performed recitals in Paris, Prague, Hamburg, London and Budapest. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 2008 and has also appeared at the Verbier, Lucerne and Jerusalem Chamber Music Festivals. Born in 1979 in Voronezh, Russia, Gerstein attended one of the country’s special music schools for gifted children and taught himself to play jazz by listening to his parents’ extensive record collection. He came to the United States at 14 to continue his studies in jazz piano as the youngest student ever to attend Boston’s Berklee College of Music. He later attended the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Solomon Mikowsky. Kirill Gerstein was awarded First Prize at the 2001 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel Aviv and was chosen as Carnegie Hall’s “Rising Star” for the 2005/06 season. In January 2010, Gerstein was named the recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award, only the sixth pianist to have been so honored. He was also awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in April 2010. He became an American citizen in 2003 and is currently a professor of piano at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, Germany.
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LAURA TURNER CONCERT HALL SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER
Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Sergi Vicente, director
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GASPAR SANZ Danzas Cervantinas (1640-1710) Danza de las Hachas Españoleta Canarios MATEO ALBÉNIZ (1755-1831)
Sonata in D Major
LUIGI BOCCHERINI Introduction and Fandango (1743-1805) SERGI VICENTE Suite Ibérica (b. 1965) Vals Flamenco Reflexión Zapateado IGNACIO CERVANTES (1847-1905)
Danzas Cubanas
GERÓNIMO GIMÉNEZ Intermezzo, from La Boda de Luís Alonso (1854-1923)
intermission ISAAC ALBENIZ Suite Española (excerpts) (1860-1909) Asturias Sevilla MANUEL DE FALLA Danza del Molinero, from El Sombrero de Tres Picos (1876-1946) El Amor Brujo (excerpts) Escena Canción del Fuego Fatuo El Círculo Mágico Danza Ritual del Fuego
Danza, from La Vida Breve
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About the artists GUITAR ORCHESTRA OF BARCELONA
In late 1989, guitarist Sergi Vicente formed an ensemble with eight of his students, with the intention of enriching their academic studies. As time went on, the ensemble became a much more ambitious project and developed into the 25-chair Guitar Orchestra it is today. So far, more than 70 guitarists have passed through the orchestra’s ranks, many of them going on to impressive careers as soloists. Even though the orchestra now tours widely, performing at festivals and throughout Spain and Europe, it maintains a close connection with the place of its inception, the Conservatorio Superior de Mùsica del Liceo in Barcelona. All members of the orchestra are teachers, graduates or master-level students of the Conservatorio. This prestigious musical institution also serves as a regular headquarters for the orchestra as its members rehearse and work there on a weekly basis. The material that the orchestra performs is the fruit of a constant labor of investigation and adaptation. The result is a varied and novel repertoire, made up of works by Baroque composers and contemporary authors, with a strong emphasis on Spanish music. In 2001, the orchestra recorded its first CD, Orquestra de Guitarres de Barcelona, which received enthusiastic praise from both the public and the press. A self-titled DVD of the ensemble performing at Palau is distributed by Sony Classical in Europe.
SERGI VICENTE, director
Sergi Vicente is a teacher at the Conservatorio Superior de Mùsica del Liceo in Barcelona and has acted as director of the Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona since it began. He has studied with such prestigious names as L. Brouwer, D. Russel, J. Tomàs, J.L. Rodrigo and A. Pierri, among others, further refining his musical formation with studies in musicology, direction and composition. Throughout his career, his ceaseless work as a musician has taken him to many countries in Europe, America and Asia, where he has given
concerts as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has released five CDs and has recorded for different radio and television stations. He has participated in some of the most important international festivals and events; in 1999, he was chosen as director of the European Guitar and Mandolin Youth Orchestra. As a teacher, Vicente periodically collaborates with the Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. His outstanding career as a performer has inspired some composers to dedicate works to him, and he regularly participates in jury panels for competitions and contests.
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Dvořák’s Eighth LAURA TURNER CONCERT HALL SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER
Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 22 & 23, at 8 p.m. Nashville Symphony Günther Herbig, conductor Chee-Yun, violin
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI
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Livre pour orchestre
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Concerto for Violin No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Allegro non troppo Andantino quasi allegretto Molto moderato e maestoso - Allegro non troppo Chee-Yun, violin
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Allegro con brio Adagio Allegretto grazioso Allegro ma non troppo
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Witold Lutosławski Born on January 25, 1913, in Warsaw; died on February 7, 1994, in Warsaw Livre pour orchestre Lutosławski completed his Livre pour orchestre [Book for Orchestra] in 1968 on a commission dating back to 1962 from the German city of Hagen and its music director, Berthold Lehmann. The score, which is dedicated to Lehmann (a champion of the composer), is a compact masterpiece of contemporary orchestration. It represents the most avant-garde period of Lutosławski’s career, in which he integrated the chance techniques he had learned from such composers as John Cage with his own flair for colorful textures and drama. First performance: November 18, 1968, with Berthold Lehmann leading the Hagen City Orchestra. First Nashville Symphony performance: These are the orchestra’s first performances. Estimated length: 22 minutes Recommended listening: Antoni Wit’s recording with the Polish Radio Orchestra is part of a series of Lutosławski’s complete orchestral works on Naxos and includes the acclaimed Cello Concerto he wrote for Rostropovich. Like other leading composers from Eastern Europe, Witold Lutosławski endured years of official censorship that ultimately shaped his attitude toward postwar avant-garde aesthetics. His First Symphony was banned by the Communist regime of his native Poland as unacceptably “formalist” (i.e., “challenging”), and the composer was forced for a time to channel his creativity in other directions. The result is that Lutosławski developed a decidedly independent take on the experimental trends he was able to follow once cultural strictures became more relaxed. He blended an open-minded sense of fresh discovery with healthy skepticism toward doctrinaire stances of any sort. Lutosławski, a remarkably intelligent and articulate musical thinker, was eager to explore new techniques while maintaining his personal language. Fittingly enough, it was a chance encounter in 1960 with John Cage’s philosophy of “chance music” — when he happened to tune into a radio broadcast of Cage’s 1958 Concert for Piano and Orchestra — that exerted an especially powerful effect on Lutosławski. He later recalled the significance of this epiphany: “Those few minutes were to change my life decisively.” The encounter led Lutosławski to experiment with a compositional technique that has been described
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as “limited” or “controlled aleatorism,” referring to his unique slant on Cage’s use of indeterminate, random events in a composition. Lutosławski became interested in juxtaposing chance elements with tight organizational control. Several key works beginning in the 1960s — including the pioneering Venetian Games (196061) and Livre pour orchestre, among others — contain brief sections where players are given the freedom to execute a predetermined set of notes however they wish. In the context of an otherwise precisely controlled score, this “chance music” technique sets up a dramatic confrontation that is a signature of Lutosławski’s mature style. The title Livre pour orchestre evokes the Baroque practice of publishing collections of individual character pieces not originally conceived as interconnected (e.g., Bach’s anthology of chorale preludes, the Orgelbüchlein or “Little Organ Book”). Lutosławski structured the work as a series of four distinct “chapters,” each marked off but linked by a very brief “interlude” for solo players. These were not intended to imitate the four-movement model of the symphony, but some symphonic patterns of integration do become apparent within the fourth chapter, which grew to half the length of the entire piece. As Lutosławski scholar Charles Bodman Rae
observes, the composer remained “unable to resist the inner need for development” and wanted to change the title, since it implied a disparate collection of pieces of equal size, which is belied by the elaborate fourth chapter. The original title had already been announced for the performance, however, and so remained in place. Livre has since become one of Lutosławski’s most-performed works and is prized for its ingenious orchestration as well as its effective balance between technique and dramatic expressivity.
What to listen for
The first chapter introduces the fluid sound of string glissandos and minute, quarter-tone pitches that extend the possibility for melody. Lutosławski, keenly influenced by French Impressionist music, deploys a densely layered texturalism, but also plays up sharp contrasts of instrumental groupings. The brass intrude, only to be swallowed by the halo of strings and a brief, pointed commentary from the piano. The first of the three interludes of quasi-improvisatory music then follows. (The first is for a trio of clarinets, while the second calls for two clarinets and harp, and the third for harp and piano.) The conductor steps aside for these passages, which Lutosławski treats as entr’actes or relaxed moments — rather like the pauses between movements in a symphony — before intense concentration must resume. The second chapter starts with an enchanting
array of tuned percussion and pizzicatos, countered by dramatic outbursts from brass and woodwinds, which become increasingly assertive. In the third chapter, the string glissandos from the first become more agitated, and a sense of climax seems to build, only to die out futilely. The real climax is reserved for the lengthy fourth chapter, which is subtly introduced by the interlude passage (harp and piano). The piano is joined by percussion, and a vision of sustained lyricism emerges from the strings. Lutosławski slowly builds this in the form of an ecstatic crescendo. If the earlier music brings Jackson Pollock’s action paintings to mind, the effect here might be compared to one of Rothko’s color-field canvases vibrating into ever more rapturous life. A meandering xylophone colludes with the piano to shatter the spell. Aspects from the previous chapters return in fragments, while a furious acceleration leads to a violent upheaval from the brass. As a coda, flutes engage in an enigmatic duet before shimmering strings take over for the final gesture. Livre pour orchestre is scored for 3 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, celesta, piano and strings.
Camille Saint-Saëns Born on October 9, 1835, in Paris, France; died on December 16, 1921, in Algiers, Algeria Concerto for Violin No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Saint-Saëns composed the Violin Concerto No. 3 in 1880, dedicating the score to virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate, for whom he expressly wrote the piece. This last of his three violin concertos reflects an ideal meeting of minds between SaintSaëns and Sarasate. The violinist’s much admired artistry inspired a richly lyrical work that transcends showy display. First performance: After introducing the work in a private salon performance shortly after its completion, soloist Pablo de Sarasate gave the public premiere in Paris on January 2, 1881. First Nashville Symphony performance: April 6 & 7, 2001, at TPAC with Music Director Kenneth Schermerhorn. Estimated length: 30 minutes Recommended listening: Sony’s recording featuring violinist Cho-Liang Lin with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the Philharmonia Orchestra handily includes a sampling of the composer’s other concertos, including the First Cello Concerto and Second Piano Concerto. apri l
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Camille Saint-Saëns was bound to feel at In a sense, Saint-Saëns had already gotten home with the genre of the concerto. A virtuoso the virtuosity “bug” out of his system with his pianist himself, he played an important role in First Violin Concerto, also written for Sarasate. introducing all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos The Third elegantly integrates its technical to skeptical French audiences, and he composed demands within the musical structure as a and performed a cycle of five concertos of his own whole. By this point in his career, Saint-Saëns for the instrument. For his first public recital in had perfected an almost neo-Classical outlook Paris (at the age of 10), Saint-Saëns performed that prized clarity and the sheer beauty of sound piano concertos by Mozart and Beethoven. over “self-expression.” As he once wrote, “The As an encore, he offered to play the audience’s artist who does not feel completely satisfied choice from Beethoven’s cycle of 32 piano by elegant lines, by harmonious colors and sonatas — from memory, of course. Such feats of by a beautiful succession of chords does not showmanship were simply par for the course in understand the art of music.” a musical life marked by extraordinary longevity and productivity. Saint-Saëns continued in the public eye right up into his 86th year, giving his What to listen for last performance just a few months before he died. The Concerto opens with a gesture reminiscent The composer’s long lifespan also entailed of the beginning of Mendelssohn’s beloved an epic journey from the heyday of Romanticism Violin Concerto — also set in a minor key and through the birth pangs of Modernism and the an obvious model for Saint-Saëns. Against trauma of World War I. It encompassed the an anxious rustling, and with barely any revolutionary new music of Liszt and Wagner, preliminaries, the soloist quickly enters and which Saint-Saëns boldly championed, and the begins to unfold the first, starkly emphatic theme before sailing off into more expressive figurations. breakthroughs of Debussy and Stravinsky. SaintThe alternation between gruff severity and a Saëns himself, alas, fell victim to the changing lyrical loosening sets the pattern for the whole tides of musical fashion. Though his output was enormous, ranging across all the major genres (he first movement. Saint-Saëns eventually introduces a sweetly song-like melody that dwells in the was even an early pioneer of the film score), only violin’s highest registers, in a handful of these works has “The artist who does not contrast to the throaty lowest remained an active part of the string on which the opening feel completely satisfied by repertory. His most familiar theme is articulated. The compositions date from the elegant lines, by harmonious rest of the movement replays 1870s and 1880s, when Sainttwo more versions of that colors and by a beautiful Saëns was at the peak of his succession of chords does not opening material, interrupted fame: the tone poem Danse by another statement of the understand the art of music,” songful, lyrical section. Macabre, the opera Samson and Delilah, the Organ Saint-Saëns once wrote. Saint-Saëns is careful to Symphony (performed last mark his “slow” movement season by the Nashville Symphony), The Carnival Andantino quasi allegretto — which is to say, it’s of the Animals and the Third Violin Concerto. meant to move more quickly and fluently than Saint-Saëns collaborated often with Spanish an Andante. The composer characterized this superstar violinist Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), movement (in B-flat major, an unusual choice tailoring the score of the Third Violin Concerto to to follow the B minor of the opening) as “a lake Sarasate’s breathtakingly beautiful lyricism. One between two mountains” and praised Sarasate of the pivotal figures in the history of the violin, for his ability to achieve precisely the intended Sarasate was a composer himself, a champion of effect of being “as calm on the lake as he was new music and an intriguing figure who impressed agitated on the mountains.” The gentle musical playwright George Bernard Shaw and inspired flow is emphasized by the lilting rhythm, which c James M Neill Whistler to paint his portrait. is associated with pastoral simplicity. This music
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indeed functions as a gently dreamy oasis between the imposing and extroverted outer movements, with Saint-Saëns exploiting the purity and expressiveness of the instrument’s high voice, which was a signature of Sarasate’s artistry. The soloist’s dialogue with the orchestra is sensitively delineated, with careful scoring for the woodwinds. The virtuosic finale gains an unusual structural weight, both because it is the longest movement of the Concerto and because it contains the most varied material. Saint-Saëns begins with a remarkable rhetorical move, as the soloist launches into what seems to be a passionate cadenza (ranging from its lowest note to the stratosphere), which is then interrupted by a recitative from the orchestra. The tempo quickens into the finale proper, and the music moves through a series of themes, including a chorale melody. Later rung out by the brass as if from the mountain heights, the chorale helps secure the transition to the major near the end of the movement for a spirited, forward-driving coda. In addition to solo violin, the score calls for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings. v
ANTONÍN DVOrÁK Born on September 8, 1841, in the village of Nelahozeves, just north of Prague; died on May 1, 1904, in Prague Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Dvořák wrote the eighth of his nine symphonies in the summer and fall of 1889. The work reflects both the composer’s love of nature and his desire to enrich the symphonic tradition with musical elements familiar from his native Bohemia. First performance: February 2, 1890, in Prague, with the composer conducting. First Nashville Symphony performance: October 23 & 25, 1980, at TPAC with Music Director Michael Charry. Estimated length: 35 minutes Recommended listening: István Kertész conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a vivid, highly recommended performance on Decca. The immense popularity of Dvořák’s final symphony, written during his sojourn in the United States (hence its famous epithet, “From the New World”), has tended to eclipse his other achievements in the genre. Yet the Ninth is hardly Dvořák’s sole symphonic masterpiece. With his splendid Seventh Symphony, he declared that he had wanted to compose “something respectable” that Brahms would look on with favor. At the time, Dvořák’s ambitions meant staking a claim within the tradition being carried forward by Brahms, who was in fact an important advocate for the emerging composer. Dvořák had started developing an international reputation with his Slavonic Dances from 1878. But he was also keen on finding his place within the great symphonic tradition, and this meant negotiating a way to be true to his unique voice — with its bold, proud use of ethnic Czech elements — while paying homage to the mainstream legacy of the symphony. One indication of the tension this involved can be seen in the behavior of Dvořák’s German publisher, Simrock, who tried to force the composer to use “Anton” instead of the Czech Antonín for his printed scores. (Their compromise was to settle on “Ant.”) In a sense, the success of the Seventh Symphony in 1885 gave Dvořák much-needed validation, proving that he really did belong in the top league in the face of German-Austrian ethnocentrism. This took some of the pressure off the composer, so that a few years later, in 1889, he returned to the genre with fresh confidence, eager to give his individual perspective even more leeway. The Eighth would be a symphony, Dvořák said, “different from others, with individual thoughts worked out in a new way.”
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The Eighth Symphony, to be sure, teems with signature touches of indigenous Czech musicality and local color, but even more pervasive is the sense of a personal voice, of the composer tuning in to his Muse and delighting in the unusual creative possibilities opened up by his imagination. The idyllic setting where Dvořák composed the Eighth provided him with ready, uninterrupted access to the sounds of nature. (See the sidebar on facing page.) In a sense, the symphony can be appreciated as a lively pastoral ode, one in which those sounds are deeply embedded. That isn’t to say that the Eighth is unambiguously cheerful, though its overall tone is a far cry from the tragic demeanor of its predecessor. Indeed, much of the fascination of this music lies in the unpredictable, individualistic gestures Dvořák weaves into his symphonic fabric.
What to listen for
The opening is a gorgeously spun, long-limbed melody for cello, horn and low woodwinds in the minor, which resolves into the Symphony’s gently radiant home key of G major, like sunlight suddenly bursting through a tree canopy. The movement proper then begins with a principle theme clearly inspired by birdsong, which is entrusted to the flute — an unusual bucolic touch for such an important event. Yet the long first melody is not merely consigned to a preludial role. This music returns twice at crucial points in the movement, at the beginning and end of the development. It is, in fact, germinal for much of the subsequent thematic material in the symphony. Dvořák moves beyond his pastoral rhetoric to include anxious moments and energetic, brassdriven climaxes. The feeling is less of a “retreat” into nature than of discovering within its domain a vast spectrum of emotions. But what Dvořák presents is no mere impressionistic sequence of ideas. Like nature itself, the music germinates into abundant variety by recombining and diversifying its basic elements. For example, in the recapitulation, the flute’s main theme is briefly taken over by English horn — the only instance in which Dvořák calls for that instrument in the entire score. It’s a momentary change, but the
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variation in color makes a remarkable difference. The technique of variation itself, so central to nature, becomes a central theme and strategy within the Eighth, as if Dvořák wished to underscore the principle of growth and continual change. The Adagio thus unfolds as a many-colored set of variations on the theme we hear at the outset from the strings. The first variation subtly recalls the earlier birdcall music, while the clouding over we also encountered in the first movement becomes part of the rhetoric here as well, as the Adagio proceeds with stormier variations. Instead of a typical Scherzo, Dvořák — in the
The Eighth Symphony, to be sure, teems with signature touches of indigenous Czech musicality and local color, but even more pervasive is the sense of a personal voice. manner of a Brahmsian intermezzo — gives us a melancholy waltz idea in G minor, which reveals yet another variant on the Adagio’s melody. Is this a veiled memory of life back in the distant city? Countering its moodiness is a sweetly innocent Trio, while Dvořák caps the movement with an unexpected shift in meter and pace. Opening with trumpet fanfares, the finale offers another set of wide-ranging variations on the two-part theme first played by cellos, which itself echoes the flute theme of the first movement. The Symphony’s final minutes are both magical and funny, as if the composer suddenly snaps out of his reverie and spurs the music on to a frantically elated end. Symphony No. 8 is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1st briefly doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani and strings. — Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator. He writes extensively about music and theater. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader
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DvoRák’s country getaway Brahms had his charming summer resorts, and Mahler had his serene “composer’s hut” in the mountains, at a far remove from the rat race of life back in Vienna. Dvořák had once been an impoverished young musician, but growing success allowed him to establish a comfortable country home in Vysoká, about 40 miles south of Prague. He had come to know this part of the Bohemian countryside some years before, as a guest of his wealthy brotherin-law, whose neo-Renaissance villa now houses a memorial museum devoted to the composer. Dvořák loved to wander in the nearby forest as he mulled over ideas for compositions. It was here that he began work on the Eighth Symphony in the summer of 1889.
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About the Artists GÜNTHER HERBIG, conductor
Günther Herbig left behind the challenging political environment of East Germany and moved to the United States in 1984, where he has since conducted all of the top-tier orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chicago, Boston and San Francisco symphony orchestras. Posts Herbig has held include music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of both the Dallas Symphony and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and general music director of both the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Former artistic advisor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, he is now the ensemble’s conductor laureate. He also serves as principal guest conductor of Las Palmas in the Grand Canaries, Spain. Herbig has toured America several times with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and he received high praise for the many performances they gave in New York’s Carnegie Hall. In January 1989, he toured Europe with the DSO with Gidon Kremer as soloist to critical acclaim. In 1990, he toured the Far East with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and in the spring of 1991, he toured Europe with the ensemble in his 37th international orchestra tour. He has also conducted most of the major European orchestras and has toured Japan, South America and Australia many times. Key figures in Herbig’s musical training include Hermann Abendroth, Hermann Scherchen and Herbert von Karajan. He has recorded a total of more than 100 works with a variety of East German orchestras, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others. England’s Manchester Evening News calls Herbig “one of the greats,” adding “Herbig…brings life and distinction to everything he touches.” apri l
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About the Artists in South Korea, the Clandeboye Festival with Camerata Ireland in Northern Ireland, and the Violinist Chee-Yun’s flawless technique, dazzling Kirishima Festival in Japan. tone and compelling artistry have enraptured audiences on five continents. She performs Chee-Yun has received exceptional acclaim regularly with the world’s foremost orchestras, as a recording artist since the release of her including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the London debut album of virtuoso encore pieces in 1993. Philharmonic, and the Toronto, Houston, Her recent recording of the Penderecki Violin Seattle, Pittsburgh and National symphony Concerto No. 2 on Naxos was acclaimed as orchestras. Additionally, she has performed with “an engrossing, masterly performance” by The such distinguished conductors as Hans Graf, Strad magazine. In 2008, Decca/Korea released James DePriest, Michael Tilson Thomas and “Serenata Notturno,” an album of light classics that Krzysztof Penderecki. Internationally, Chee-Yun went platinum within six months of its release. has toured with the Haifa Symphony, the Hong Chee-Yun’s first public performance at age Kong Philharmonic, Germany’s Braunschweig 8 took place in her native Orchestra and the MDR Seoul. At 13, she came to In addition to her active Radio Leipzig. Recent and the U.S. and was invited to upcoming engagements performance and recording include return subscription perform the Vieuxtemps schedule, Chee-Yun weeks in Pittsburgh and Concerto No. 5 in a Young is a dedicated and Jacksonville, as well as People’s Concert with the the Colorado and Austin enthusiastic educator. New York Philharmonic. In symphony orchestras and the 1989, she won the Young National Philharmonic. Concert Artists international Chee-Yun has performed competition, and a year later in many major American she became the recipient of cities as a recitalist, including the prestigious Avery Fisher New York, Chicago, Career Grant. Washington, Los Angeles, In addition to her active San Francisco and Atlanta. performance and recording Recent highlights include schedule, Chee-Yun is a recitals in St. Paul, Buffalo, dedicated and enthusiastic Washington, D.C., Omaha and educator. She gives master Scottsdale; duo recitals with classes around the world and cellist Alisa Weilerstein; and a has held several teaching posts performance at the American at notable music schools and Ballet Theatre’s fall gala. universities. In August 2007, Firmly committed to chamber she was appointed Artist-inmusic, Chee-Yun has toured Residence and Professor of with Music from Marlboro Violin at Southern Methodist and appears frequently with University in Dallas. Spoleto USA. Additional Chee-Yun plays the chamber music appearances Stradivarius “Ex-Strauss” include the Ravinia, Aspen, (Cremona, 1708), which is on Santa Fe and Bridgewater loan to her from Samsung. festivals in the U.S., the Great Mountains Music Festival
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Conductors
Giancarlo Guerrero music director Now in his second season with the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero continues to flourish as the orchestra’s music director. 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, Michael Daugherty and Roberto Sierra. In the fall of 2009, Naxos released a recording of Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony performing works by Michael Daugherty, which has earned three GRAMMY® Awards. Guerrero’s latest recording with the orchestra features the music of Argentine legend Astor Piazzolla. During the 2010/11 season, Guerrero will travel to five continents to guest-conduct a wide array of repertoire. In North America, he conducts the Cleveland Orchestra during one of its Miami residency weeks, marking his fourth appearance with the orchestra in as many years. He also returns to the Kansas City Symphony for a second consecutive year. In South and Central America, he makes his Brazilian debut with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in a two-week residency with concerts in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 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 addition, he will make a special appearance in his native Costa Rica to conduct the 70th anniversary gala concert of the Costa Rican National Orchestra. Guerrero appears for the first time in Asia conducting the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur, again with a two-week residency. He returns to Australia for a re-engagement with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted at the 2008 Adelaide Festival, coupled with a debut visit to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth. In Europe he will make his debut with the Brussels Philharmonic. In recent seasons, Guerrero has appeared with many of the major North American orchestras, including the symphony orchestras of Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Houston, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, San Diego, 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, Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival, and Indiana University’s summer orchestra festival. Also in demand in Central and South America, Guerrero made his debut at the Casals Festival with Yo-Yo Ma and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in 2005, which was followed by return engagements in 2006 and 2007. He recently conducted the Filarmónica de Buenos Aires in one of its first concerts in the newly refurbished Teatro Colón. 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. He was most recently the music director of the Eugene Symphony. From 1999 to 2004, Guerrero served as associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra. Prior to that appointment, he served as music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
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Conductors Albert-George Schram resident conductor
Kelly Corcoran associate conductor
Albert-George Schram, a native of the Netherlands, has served as resident conductor of the Nashville Symphony since August 2005 and is concurrently staff conductor of the Columbus Symphony Photo by Amy Dickerson Orchestra. He also holds regular guest-conducting positions with the Tucson Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. When the Nashville Symphony opened Schermerhorn Symphony Center in 2006, Schram was invited to become the orchestra’s resident conductor. While he has conducted on all series the orchestra offers, Schram is primarily responsible for its Bank of America Pops Series. Maestro Schram’s longest tenure has been with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, where he has worked in a variety of capacities since 1979 and is an audience favorite for all series he conducts, including Pops and the CSO’s summer season. As a regular guest conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Schram in 2002 opened the orchestra’s new permanent summer home, Symphony Park. He has regularly conducted the Charlotte Symphony for nine consecutive years. In 2008 Maestro Schram was invited to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Bolivia in La Paz 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 made return appearances to his native Holland to conduct the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Netherlands Broadcast Orchestra. 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 the majority of his initial training at the Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands. His training was completed at the University of Washington.
The 2010/11 season marks Associate Conductor Kelly Corcoran’s fourth season with the Nashville Symphony. During this time, she has conducted a variety of programs, including the Symphony’s SunTrust ClassiPhoto by Bill steber & cal Series and Bank of America PAT CASEY DALEY Pops Series, and has served as the primary conductor for the orchestra’s education and community engagement concerts. She also conducted the Nashville Symphony’s CD with Riders In The Sky, ‘Lassoed Live’ at the Schermerhorn. Corcoran debuts this season with the Houston Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Colorado Symphony and Springfield (Mo.) Symphony. She has conducted orchestras throughout the country, including performances with the Milwaukee, Detroit and National symphonies, as well as the Naples (Fla.) Philharmonic. In 2009, she made her successful South American debut as a guest conductor with the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. She has developed a reputation for exciting, energized performances. The Tennessean hailed her work on the podium as “lively” and “fresh.” Named as Honorable Mention for the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, Corcoran conducted the Bournemouth (U.K.) Symphony in January 2008 and studied with Marin Alsop. Prior to her position in Nashville, she completed three seasons as assistant conductor for the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and music director of the Canton Youth Symphony and the Cleveland-area Heights Chamber Orchestra. In 2004, Corcoran participated in the selective National Conducting Institute, where she studied with her mentor, Leonard Slatkin. She has held additional posts as assistant music director of 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. She received her Master of Music in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. Corcoran currently serves on the conducting faculty at Tennessee State University. apri l
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George Mabry chrorus director and conductor George Mabry, who has directed the Nashville Symphony Chorus since 1998, is Professor Emeritus of Music at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. He served as Director of its Center for the Creative Arts and Director of Choral Activities at the university until his retirement in 2003. While at Austin Peay, Mabry’s choirs performed for national and regional conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and the American Choral Directors Association. A native Tennessean, Mabry holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University and Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University. Mabry is active as a choral clinician and festival adjudicator. He has conducted All-State choirs in Kentucky and Virginia. Mabry is also a published composer and arranger. In addition to his choral and instrumental compositions, he has written and produced musical shows for entertainment parks around the country. He was formerly Director of Entertainment for Opryland U.S.A. in Nashville. In 2003, he received the Governor’s Award in the Arts for Arts Leadership in Tennessee and the Spirit of Tennessee Award from the Tennessee Arts Academy.
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Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero Music Director
Albert-George Schram Resident Conductor First Violins* Concertmaster, vacant Walter Buchanan Sharp Chair Gerald C. Greer, Acting Concertmaster Erin Hall, Acting Associate Concertmaster Denise Baker, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Concertmaster Emerita Kristi Seehafer John Maple Deidre Fominaya Bacco Alison Gooding Paul Tobias Beverly Drukker Anna Lisa Hoepfinger Kirsten Mitchell Erin Long Isabel Bartles Second Violins* Carolyn Wann Bailey, Principal Zeneba Bowers, Assistant Principal Louise Morrison Rebecca J Willie Kenneth Barnd Radu Georgescu Benjamin Lloyd Jessica Blackwell Lisa Thrall Jeremy Williams Rebecca Cole Laura Ross +Keiko Nagayoshi Violas* Daniel Reinker, Principal Shu-Zheng Yang, Assistant Principal Judith Ablon Bruce Christensen
Kelly Corcoran Associate Conductor
Michelle Lackey Collins Christopher Farrell Mary Helen Law Melinda Whitley Clare Yang Cellos* Anthony LaMarchina, Principal Julia Tanner, Assistant Principal James Victor Miller Chair Bradley Mansell Lynn Marie Peithman Stephen Drake Michael Samis Matthew Walker Christopher Stenstrom Keith Nicholas Xiao-Fan Zhang Basses* Joel Reist, Principal Glen Wanner, Assistant Principal Elizabeth Stewart Gary Lawrence, Principal Emeritus Kevin Jablonski Joe Ferris Flutes Erik Gratton, Principal Anne Potter Wilson Chair Ann Richards, Assistant Principal Norma Grobman Rogers Piccolo Norma Grobman Rogers Oboes Principal, vacant Ellen Menking, Acting Co-Principal Roger Wiesmeyer, Acting Co-Principal
George L. Mabry Chorus Director
English Horn Roger Wiesmeyer
Bass Trombone Steven Brown
Clarinets James Zimmermann, Principal Cassandra Lee, Assistant Principal Daniel Lochrie
Tuba Gilbert Long, Principal Timpani William G. Wiggins, Principal
E-flat Clarinet Cassandra Lee
Percussion Sam Bacco, Principal Richard Graber, Assistant Principal
Bass Clarinet Daniel Lochrie Bassoons Cynthia Estill, Principal Dawn Hartley, Assistant Principal Gil Perel
Harp Licia Jaskunas, Principal Keyboard Robert Marler, Principal
Contra Bassoon Gil Perel Horns Leslie Norton, Principal Beth Beeson 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
Librarians D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian Orchestra Personnel Managers Anne Dickson Rogers Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant *Section seating revolves +Leave of Absence
Trombones Lawrence L. Borden, Principal Susan K. Smith, Assistant Principal
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2010/11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers James C. Gooch Board Chair John T. Rochford Board Vice Chair Robert E. McNeilly III Board Chair-Elect Lee A. Beaman * Immediate Past Board Chair David Williams II Board Treasurer Julie G. Boehm Board Secretary Alan D. Valentine * President & CEO Directors Janet Ayers Julian B. Baker, Jr. Russell W. Bates Scott Becker James L. Beckner Rob Bironas David L. Black James B. Boles Jack O. Bovender, Jr. William H. Braddy III, CFP Anastasia Brown Virginia Byrn Ann Carell Pamela L. Carter Rebecca Cole *
Michelle Lackey Collins * Susannah C. Culbertson * Ben L. Cundiff Greg Daily David Steele Ewing John D. Ferguson John Gawaluck Edward Goodrich Amy Grant Carl Grimstad Francis S. Guess Billy Ray Hearn C. Keith Herron Dan W. Hogan Lee Ann Ingram Martha R. Ingram Clay Jackson Ruth E. Johnson Elliott Warner Jones, Sr. Kevin P. Lavender Mary Helen Law * Zachary Liff Richard Maradik, Jr. Ellen Harrison Martin * Robert A. McCabe, Jr. Eduardo Minardi Gregg Morton Peter Neff Hal N. Pennington Joseph K. Presley * Charles R. Pruett Jesse B. Register
Wayne J. Riley Norma Rogers * Anne L. Russell Michael Samis * James C. Seabury III Kristi Seehafer * Mark Silverman Beverly K. Small Patti Smallwood Stephen Sparks * Howard Stringer Bruce D. Sullivan Brett Sweet Louis B. Todd Steve Turner Jay Turner David T. Vandewater Jeffery Walraven Johnna Watson Ted Houston Welch William Greer Wiggins * Jeremy Williams * Sadhna V. Williams * Betsy Wills William M. Wilson Clare Yang * Shirley Zeitlin ingram scholars interns Madeline Myers Devin Schultz *Indicates Ex Officio
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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 Mitchell Korn, V.P. of Education and Community Engagement Jim Mancuso, V.P. of Artistic Administration Sarah Conwell, Assistant to the V.P.s of Education and Artistic Administration Jonathan Norris, SPHR, V.P. of Human Resources
Data Standards Kent Henderson, Director of Data Standards Sheila Wilson, Sr. Database Associate Grant Cooksey, Patron Services Analyst
Artistic Administration Emma Smyth, Manager of Artistic Administration Valerie Nelson, Artistic Administration Assistant Andrew Risinger, Organ Curator
Education Blair Bodine, Education and Community Engagement Program Manager Avery Ewing, Education and Community Engagement Program Manager
Box Office/Ticketing Kimberly Darlington, Director of Ticket Services Emily Shannon, Box Office Manager Tina Messer, Ticket Services Specialist Missy Hubner, Ticket Services Assistant
Finance Karen Warren, Controller Mildred Payne, Accounts Payable and Payroll Manager Sheri Switzer, Senior Accountant Steven McNeal, Finance Assistant Debra Hollenbeck, Buyer/Retail Manager
Communications Jonathan Marx, Director of Communications Jared Morrison, Website and Multimedia Manager Laurie Davis, Publicist Barbara Hoffman, Archivist and Historian
Development Susan D. Williams, CFRE, CVA, Sr. Director of Development Charles Stewart, Director of the Annual Campaign Maribeth Stahl, Manager of Sponsorships and Grants Holly Noble, Special Campaigns Coordinator Kristy Reuter, Benefit Fulfillment Coordinator Kathleen McCracken, Development Associates Manager Dennis Carter, Development Associate Jessica Hetterich, Development Associate David Solorio, Development Associate Kyle Wilkerson, Development Associate
Food, Beverage and Events Steve Perdue, Director of Food, Beverage and Events Roger Keenan, Executive Chef David Bolton, Sous Chef Bruce Pittman, Catering and Events Manager Lacy Lusebrink, Food and Beverage Manager Angela Gutheridge, Food and Beverage Supervisor
Sherman Hughes, Banquet Captain Anderson S. Barns, Beverage Manager Jody Sweet, Beverage Manager Lori Scholl, Catering and Events Manager Collin Husbands, Food, Beverage and Events Coordinator Human Resources Ashley Skinner, PHR Human Resources Generalist Martha Bryant, Receptionist and Human Resources Assistant I.T. Dan Sanders, Director of Information Technology Andrew Grady, Software Applications Administrator Maren Smith, Technical Support Specialist Marketing Ronda Combs Helton, Sr. Director of Marketing Misty Cochran, Advertising and Promotions Manager Meredith Benning, Group Sales Specialist Susana Galarza, Graphic Designer Production and Orchestra Operations Tim Lynch, Sr. Director of Operations Anne Dickson Rogers, Orchestra Personnel Manager Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Librarian Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian John Sanders, Chief Technical Engineer Brian Doane, Production Manager Mitch Hansen, Lighting Director Gary Call, Audio Engineer Mark Dahlen, Audio Engineer W. Paul Holt, Stage Manager
Patron Services Kristen Oliver, Director of Patron Services Darlene Boswell, Patron Services Specialist Aaron Coleman, Patron Services Specialist Ben Graves, Patron Services Specialist Sara Hanahan, Patron Services Specialist Daniel Tonelson, Patron Services Specialist Judith Wall, Patron Services Specialist Jackie Knox, Manager of Marketing Associates Andrea Flowers, Assistant Manager of Marketing Associates Linda Booth, Marketing Associate Bonnie Carden, Marketing Associate James Calvin Davidson, Marketing Associate Gina Haining, Marketing Associate Mark Haining, Marketing Associate Lloyd Harper, Marketing Associate Rick Katz, Marketing Associate Deborah King, Marketing Associate Cassie Morazzi, Marketing Associate Venue Management Eric Swartz, Associate V.P. of Venue Management Craig Colunga, Director of Security Danny Covington, Chief Engineer Raay Creech, Facility Maintenance Technician Kenneth Dillehay, Facility Maintenance Technician Wade Johnson, Housekeeping Manager Kevin Butler, Housekeeper Veronica Morales, Housekeeper Ellen Kasperek, House Manager Volunteer Services Stacie Taylor, Director of Nashville Symphony Orchestra League Nicole Bellare, Volunteer Coordinator
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Annual Fund Individuals
The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following individuals who support its concert season and its services to the community through their generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Donors as of February 23, 2011.
Virtuoso Society Gifts of $10,000+ Anonymous (2) Judy & Joe Barker Mr. James B. Boles Richard & Judith Bracken Mr.* & Mrs. J. C. Bradford Jr. Martin Brown Family Mr. & Mrs. John Chadwick Mac & Linda Crawford Janine & Ben Cundiff
Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Daniels III Mr. & Mrs. Charles Anthony Elcan Jennifer & Billy Frist James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith Giancarlo & Shirley Guerrero Patricia & H. Rodes Hart
Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Hays Mrs. Martha R. Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Brad M. Kelley LifeWorks Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby The Martin Foundation Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Ron McDow The Melkus Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener CW Pinson, M.D., MBA Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Anne & Joe Russell Mr. & Mrs. James C. Seabury III Margaret & Cal Turner Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner
Stradivarius Society Gifts of $5,000+ Anonymous (1) Mr. James Ayers J. B. & Carylon Baker Russell W. Bates Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. Pamela & Michael Carter Kelly & Bill Christie Hilton & Sallie Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis Marty & Betty Dickens Dee & Jerald Doochin Alan & Linda Dopp Mr. & Mrs. John W. Eakin Jr. Jere & Linda Ervin The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Marilyn Ezell Allis Dale & John Gillmor Mrs. Harold Hassenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn Helen & Neil Hemphill Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ingram Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram Gordon & Shaun Inman Keith & Nancy Johnson Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Robin & Bill King Dr. & Mrs. Howard Kirshner Christine Konradi & Stephan Heckers Ralph & Donna Korpman Karen & Jim Lewis Mr. Zachary B. Liff Robert Straus Lipman Mrs. Jack Carroll Massey Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Sheila & Richard McCarty
The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Richard & Sharalena Miller Christopher & Patricia Mixon Mr. & Mrs. Sam Z. Moore Gregg & Cathy Morton Anne & Peter Neff Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Bond E. Oman Burton Jablin & Barron Patterson Hal & Peggy Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Pruett Carol & John T. Rochford The Roros Foundation Marvin J. Rosenblum, MD Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus Nelson & Sheila Shields
Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small Linda & Gibbs Smith Barbara & Les Speyer Michael & Grace Sposato Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Jay Steere Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Earl S. Swensson Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. Peggy & John Warner Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Welch David & Gail Williams Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr. Mr. Nicholas S. Zeppos & Ms. Lydia A. Howarth
Golden Baton Society Gifts of $2,500+ Anonymous (1) Clint & Kali Adams Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Shelley Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lee A. Beaman Allison & John Beasley Wendy & Thomas W. Beasley Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup Julie & Dr. Frank Boehm Dr. & Mrs. H. Victor Braren Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Castner Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler James H. Cheek III Mr. & Mrs. John W. Clay Jr.
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Mrs. Nancy B. Cooke Richard & Kathy Cooper Charles & Andrea Cope Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin Barbara & Willie K. Davis John & Natasha Deane Andrea Dillenburg & Ted Kraus Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind John & Carole Ferguson Bob & Judy Fisher Amy Grant & Vince Gill Kate R. W. Grayken Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Grimstad Carl & Connie Haley Suzy Heer
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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. Mitchell Korn Kevin P. & May Lavender Gina & Dick Lodge Dr. Arthur M. Mellor F. Max & Mary A. Merrell Edward D. & Linda F. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Dr. Terryl A. Propper Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Roberts Ms. Sylvia Roberts Anne & Charles Roos Dr. & Mrs. A. G. Schram Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott Ronald & Diane Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Siebert Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Pamela & Steven Taylor Dr. John B. Thomison Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery C. & Dayna L. Walraven Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer
Conductor’s Circle Gifts of $1,500+ Anonymous (6) James & Glyna Aderhold Dr. Alice & Mr. Richard C. Arnemann Jon K. & Colleen Atwood James M. Bailey Jr. Barbara & Mike Barton Betty C. Bellamy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey K. Belser Barbara Bennett & Peter Miller Frank M. Berklacich, MD Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard Mark & Sarah Blakeman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III Mr. & Mrs. C. Dent Bostick Mr. Jamey Bowen & Mr. Norman Wells Mr. & Mrs. William H. Braddy III Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman Ann & Frank Bumstead Betty & Lonnie Burnett Chuck & Sandra Cagle Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Brenda & Edward Callis Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Jan & Jim Carell Ann & Sykes Cargile Anita & Larry Cash Barbara & Eric Chazen Mr. & Mrs. John J. Chiaramonte Jr. Catherine Chitwood M. Wayne Chomik Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell Mr. & Mrs. John M. Clark Dorit & Don Cochron Esther & Roger Cohn Ed & Pat Cole Chase Cole Marjorie & Allen* Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan James L. & Sharon H. Cox Robert C. Crosby Kimberly L. Darlington The Rev. & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Cindi & David Dingler
DJMD Philanthropic Fund Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden E.B.S. Foundation Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Robert D. Eisenstein David Ellis & Barry Wilker Dr. Meredith A. Ezell Dr. Neil Price & Nancy M. Falls T. Aldrich Finegan John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald Ms. Deborah G. Flowers John & Cindy Watson Ford Tom & Judy Foster Danna & Bill Francis Ann D. Frisch Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins John & Lorelee Gawaluck Harris A. Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III Frank Ginanni Ed & Nancy Goodrich Tony & Teri Gosse Francis S. Guess Kathleen & Harvey Guion Mr. & Mrs. Arthur S. Hancock Dr. Edward Hantel Jay & Stephanie Hardcastle Janet & Jim Hasson Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes Philip & Amber Hertik Lucia & Don Hillenmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey N. Hinson Judith Hodges Ken & Pam Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Hogan Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hulme Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Judith & Jim Humphreys Marsha & Keel Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Irby Sr. Donald L. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Adam W. James
Tim Young & Judy Roberts
Louis Johnson M.D. George & Shirley Johnston Mary Evelyn & Clark Jones Jan Jones & Steve Williams Drs. Spyros Kalams & Lisa Mendes Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Bill G. Kilpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Kirby Tom & Darlene Klaritch Mr. Richard B. Kloete William C. & Deborah Patterson Koch Mr. & Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kovach Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Bob & Mary LaGrone Martha & Larry Larkin Tom & Sandi Lawless Jon & Elaine Levine Sally M. Levine Margaret & Bill Lindberg Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lippolis Robert A. Livingston Jim & Elizabeth Mancuso Shari & Red Martin Rhonda A. Martocci & William S. Blaylock Scott & Jennifer McClellan Tommy & Cat McEwen Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly III Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Mr. & Mrs. William T. Minkoff Jr. Ms. Lucy H. Morgan Matt & Rhonda Mulroy James & Patricia Munro Leonard Murray & Jacqueline Marschak Lannie W. Neal Ms. Agatha L. Nolen Jonathan R. Norris & Jennifer L. Carlat Representative & Mrs. Gary L. Odom Jerry & Patricia Painter Ms. Mary E. Pinkston David & Adrienne Piston Susan & Bob Plageman Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney Charles H. & Eleanor L. Raths Sharon Hels & Brad Reed Dr. Jesse B. Register Bob & Elizabeth Dennis
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Drs. Jeff & Kellye Rice Drs. Wayne & Charlene Riley Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee 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 Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Dr. & Mrs. John Selby Mrs. Wendy F. Sensing Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Tom & Sylvia Singleton William & Cynthia Sites Joanne & Gary Slaughter Drs. Louise Hanson & Walter Smalley Suzanne & Grant Smothers K. C. & Mary Smythe Jack & Louise Spann Mickey M. & Kathleen Sparkman Dan & Cynthia Spengler Stuart & Shirley Speyer Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Fridolin & Johanna Sulser Andrew Keith & Donna Dame Summar Mr. & Mrs. Brett Sweet Dr. & Mrs. John Tapp Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor Rev. & Mrs. Tim Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. & Mrs. C. S. Thomas Jr. Scott & Julie Thomas
Candy Toler Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Alan D. & Connie F. Valentine Kris & G. G. Waggoner Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Deborah & Mark Wait Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Stacy Widelitz Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenck Mr. Donald E. Williams Jim & Sadhna Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie Rev. Donald Orin* & Janet B. Wiseman Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe
Patti Thorpe & Anita Schadt
Joseph Hazelwood & Lindsay Anderson
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ENCORE CIRCLE Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (5) Jeff & Tina Adams Mark & Niki Antonini Ms. Peggy Mayo Bailey Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills Bob & Marion Bogen Mr. Michael F. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. James A. Brown Sharon Lee Butcher John E. Cain III Dr. Elizabeth Cato Erica & Doug Chappell Mrs. John H. Cheek Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Cook Jr. Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Sandra & Daryl Demonbreun Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Kimberly & Stephen Drake Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Mike & Carolyn Edwards Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Robert & Cassandra Estes Ms. Paula Fairchild Mr. William C. Farris Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frist Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Mr. & Mrs. Troy L. Gentry Ted M. George Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Giacobone Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Gould Dr. Charlene Harb Mr. & Mrs. Tom Harrington Mrs. Charles Hawkins III Keith & Kelly Herron Mr.* & Mrs. John B. Hickox Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Ray Houston Bud Ireland Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson Ray & Rosemarie Kalil Peter & Marion Katz Dr. & Mrs. David G. Lalka Robert & Carol Lampe Richard & Diane Larsen Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Lincoln Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lipman Mr. & Mrs. William D. Lockett Drs. Amy & George Lynch Tim Lynch Dr. & Mrs. Joe MacCurdy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Mathews Lynn & Jack May
Dr. Anne Neff, Nicholas McGegan, Peter Neff
Jim & Judi McCaslin Emily & Jonathan McDevitt Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Morelli Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Neal Robert Ness Dr. Casey L. Noble & Mrs. Holly L. Noble Ann & Denis O’Day Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Odom Jr. Mr. Garrick O. Ohlsson Mr. & Mrs. William C. O’Neil Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Orgain Alex S. Palmer Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock Don & Chris Portell Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Mr. Edwin B. Raskin Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Scarlett Max & Michelle Shaff Bill & Sharon Sheriff Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Susan & Luke Simons Matt & Kristen Slocum Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Smallwood Julie & George Stadler Jane Lawrence Stone Hope & Howard Stringer James B. & Patricia B. Swan William & Rebecca Taylor Joe & Ellen Torrence Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Bill & Cathy Turner Mike & Elaine Walker Ms. Rachel L. Wendell Bill & Gay Wiggins Judy S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Williams Shirley Zeitlin CONCERTMASTER Gifts of $500+ Anonymous (17) Jerry Adams Don & Judi Arnold Jeremy & Rebecca Atack Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Austin
Jeff & Carrie Bailey David A. & Stephanie Bailey Sallie & John Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Bainbridge Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Ms. Katrin Bean Scott & Dawn Becker Marti Bellingrath Mike & Kathy Benson Dr. & Mrs. Ben J. Birdwell Ralph & Jane Black Randolph & Elaine Blake Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Irma Bolster Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Joseph & Bethany Bradford Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun Keith & Lisa Brent Vic Briggs & Family Berry & Connie Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Burcham Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt John & LuAnnette Butler Virginia Byrn Mr. & Mrs. Cabot J. & Angelia Cameron Janet C. Camp Mr. Thomas R. Campion Michael & Linda Carlson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Mary & Joseph Cavarra Mr. & Mrs. John L. Chambers Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Mr. & Mrs. David F. Clark Sallylou & David Cloyd Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Charles J. Conrick III Paul & Alyce Cooke Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Marion Pickering Couch Ms. Susannah C. Culbertson Buddy & Sandra Curnutt Jim & Carolyn Darke
MariaGabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Julian de la Guardia M. Maitland DeLand, M.D. Mark & Barbara Dentz Suzanne Day Devine Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght Mr. & Mrs. Kenton Dickerson Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Tere & David Dowland Laura L. Dunbar Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Emily & Mark Eberle Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam Dr. Christopher & Wendy Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Alan Ericksen Laurie & Steven Eskind Carolyn Evertson Dr. John & Janet Exton Bill & Dian S. Ezell Ms. Marilyn Falcone Francisco P. Ferraraccio Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Art & Charlotte Fogel Randy & Melanie Ford Patrick & Kimberly Forrest Ms. Deborah F. Turner & Ms. Beth A. Fortune Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller John & Eva Gebhart Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. H. Steven George Bryan D. Graves Richard & Randi Green Mr. Thomas A. Greene Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Steve & Anna Grizzle Mr. Gary L. Groot Mr. & Mrs. Elden Hale Jr. Scott, Kathy & Kate Hall Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hamilton Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy H. Clay & Mary Harkleroad Kent & Becky Harrell Ronda & Hank Helton Kent & Melinda Henderson Dr. Anne L. Hillegas & Mr. Donald Hill Kem & Marilyn Hinton Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holton Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hooper II Ken & Beverly Horner Margie & Nick* Hunter Ms. Sherry J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman James R. & Helen H. James Lee & Pat Jennings Bob & Virginia Johnson Ruth E. Johnson
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Mary Loventhal Jones Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kaminski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanak Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Thomas Keenan Mr. & Mrs. James Kelso Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Jane Kersten Ms. Linda R. Koon Dr. Kristine L. LaLonde Betty S. Lamar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Ted & Anne Lenz Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Mr. & Mrs. Don R. Liedtke Mr. & Mrs. John Lillie Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Mr. & Mrs. Denis Lovell Drs. George & Sharon Mabry William R. & Maria T. MacKay Donald M. & Kala W. MacLeod James & Jene Manning Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maradik Lee Marsden James & Patricia Martineau Robert P. Maynard Mrs. Joanne Wallace McCall Mr. & Mrs. Ken P. McDonald Joey & Beth McDuffee Mary G. McGrath Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Catherine & Brian McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Patty Meeks Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Linda & Ray Meneely Dr. & Mrs. Berry Middleton Mr. & Mrs. Rich Miles Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Dr. Jere Mitchum Diana & Jeff Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Ms. Gay Moon Steve & Laura Morris Lynn Morrow Margaret & David Moss Dick & Mary Jo Murphy 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. Philip & Marilyn Ollila Patricia J. Olsen Dan & Helen Owens Frank & Pamela Owsley Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page
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Mr. Steven C. Page David & Pamela Palmer Terry & Wanda Palus 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 Drs. Sherre & Daniel Phillips Mr. Edward B. Phillips Kevin & Kathryn Phillips Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts Mr. & Mrs. John Prine George & Joyce Pust Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Queener Dr. James Quiggins Nancy & Harry Ransom France & Cynthia Recchia Mr. Nigel A. Redden Alan & Candace Revelette Martha & Buist Richardson Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Dr. Philip & Mrs. Deborah Rosenthal Dr. & Mrs. Mace Rothenberg Ms. Jo Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. Dick Sammer John R. Sanders Jr. Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Philip & Jane Sanderson Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schlacter Cooper & Helen Schley Pam & Roland Schneller Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Drs. Carl & Wendy Schofield Dr. Kenneth E. Schriver & Dr. Anna W. Roe Peggy C. Sciotto Dolores & John Seigenthaler Odessa L. Settles Patrick & Judy Sharbel Joan Blum Shayne Crea & Alan Sielbeck Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Sieveking Sr. Betty B. Sisk Pamela Sixfin David & Robin Small Smith Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Richard & Molly Dale Smith Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr. & Mrs. James H. Spalding Ms. Maggie P. Speight Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein
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Carolyn Tune, Andrea Dillenburg, Lannie Neal
Elizabeth Stewart & James Grosjean Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Jean Stumpf Mr. & Mrs. James E. Summar Sr. Craig & Dianne Sussman Mr. & Mrs. Kirk R. Sykes Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Ms. Ann Marie Kilpatrick Terry Norman & Marilyn Tolk Martha J. Trammell Karl & Ann VanDevender Larry & Brenda Vickers John & Ann Waddle Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Talmage M. Watts Mrs. William C. Weaver III Mr. & Mrs. James Webb III Dr. Medford S. Webster Beth & Arville Wheeler Harvey & Joyce White Alyson Wideman Adam & Laura Wilczek Gary & Cathy Wilson Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright Chancellor & Mrs. Joe B. Wyatt Shu-Zheng Yang & Li Li Roy & Ambra Zent
Judy Roberts, Marty & Roy Jordan
FIRST CHAIR Gifts of $250+ Anonymous (34) 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 Ruth G. Allen Adrienne Ames Mark Amonett William J. & Margery Amonette Ken & Jan Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Mr. & Mrs. James Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Armstrong III Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Don & Beverly Atwood Dr. Philip Autry Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch Janet B. Baggett Mr. & Mrs.* F. Clay Bailey Jr. Ms. Susie M. Baird Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. J. Oriol Barenys Dr. Beth S. Barnett Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Barr Mr. & Mrs. William Beach
Raymond & Jean Bills Jim & Janet Hasson, Joyce White, Giancarlo Guerrero, Harvey White
Tori Heil & Eric Raefsky
Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Beauchamp Susan O. Belcher Mark H. Bell Ron & Sheryl Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Cynthia Bennett & Bill Grundy Mr. & Mrs. Earl Bentz Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Berry Mr. & Mrs. W. Irvin Berry Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Best Drs. William & Wanda Bigham Cherry & Richard Bird William W. Bivins William & Betty Blackford Joan Bledsoe David L. Bone David Bordenkircher Jerry & Donna Boswell
Robert E. Bosworth Mr. Brian Boxer Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Bradbury III Mr. & Mrs. James F. Brandenburg Mr. Jere T. Brassell Robert & Barbara Braswell Mary Lawrence Breinig Phil & Pat Bressman Jamie A. Brewer Miss Sandra J. Brien Betty & Bob Brodie Kathy & Bill Brosius Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Browne Jr. Burnece Walker Brunson John & Karyn Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Bunting Linda & Jack Burch Mr. & Mrs. David G. Buttrick Geraldine & Wilson Butts Dr. & Mrs. Robert Byrd Drs. Robert & Mirna Caldwell Mrs. Julia C. Callaway Claire Ann Calongne Mrs. Bratschi Campbell Patricia & Winder Campbell Mr. Gary Canaday Dori & Byron Canaday Karen Carr Ronald & Nellrena Carr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Carter Valleau & Robert M. Caruthers Bill & Chris Carver Kent Cathcart Martin & Mitzi Cerjan Mr. & Mrs. John P. Chaballa Evelyn L. Chandler Ernest & Carolyn Cheek Mrs. Robert L. Chickey Ms. Dorothy H. Chitwood Bette & Mark Christofersen Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Dr. AndrĂŠ & Ms. Doreatha H. Churchwell Mr. Daryl Claggett Councilman Phil Claiborne & Judy Bishop Roy C. Clark Steven & Donna Clark Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clarkson Mr. & Mrs. Roy Claverie Sr. Jay & Ellen Clayton Mr. & Mrs. Neely B. Coble III Misty Cochran & Josh Swann Cheryl M. Coffin & Ralph E. Topham Joyce P. Collins Ms. Peggy B. Colson The Honorable & Mrs. Lewis H. Conner
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Drs. Jeff & Kellye Rice Drs. Wayne & Charlene Riley Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee 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 Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Dr. & Mrs. John Selby Mrs. Wendy F. Sensing Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Tom & Sylvia Singleton William & Cynthia Sites Joanne & Gary Slaughter Drs. Louise Hanson & Walter Smalley Suzanne & Grant Smothers K. C. & Mary Smythe Jack & Louise Spann Mickey M. & Kathleen Sparkman Dan & Cynthia Spengler Stuart & Shirley Speyer Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Fridolin & Johanna Sulser Andrew Keith & Donna Dame Summar Mr. & Mrs. Brett Sweet Dr. & Mrs. John Tapp Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor Rev. & Mrs. Tim Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. & Mrs. C. S. Thomas Jr. Scott & Julie Thomas Candy Toler Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Alan D. & Connie F. Valentine Kris & G. G. Waggoner Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Deborah & Mark Wait Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Stacy Widelitz Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenck Mr. Donald E. Williams Jim & Sadhna Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie Rev. Donald Orin* & Janet B. Wiseman Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe
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Encore Circle Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (5) Jeff & Tina Adams Mark & Niki Antonini Ms. Peggy Mayo Bailey Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills Bob & Marion Bogen Mr. Michael F. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. James A. Brown Sharon Lee Butcher John E. Cain III Dr. Elizabeth Cato Erica & Doug Chappell Mrs. John H. Cheek Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Cook Jr. Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Sandra & Daryl Demonbreun Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Kimberly & Stephen Drake Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Mike & Carolyn Edwards Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Robert & Cassandra Estes Ms. Paula Fairchild Mr. William C. Farris Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frist Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Mr. & Mrs. Troy L. Gentry Ted M. George Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Giacobone Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Gould Dr. Charlene Harb Mr. & Mrs. Tom Harrington Mrs. Charles Hawkins III Keith & Kelly Herron Mr.* & Mrs. John B. Hickox Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Ray Houston Bud Ireland Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson Ray & Rosemarie Kalil Peter & Marion Katz Dr. & Mrs. David G. Lalka Robert & Carol Lampe Richard & Diane Larsen Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Lincoln Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lipman Mr. & Mrs. William D. Lockett Drs. Amy & George Lynch Tim Lynch Dr. & Mrs. Joe MacCurdy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Mathews Lynn & Jack May
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Jim & Judi McCaslin Emily & Jonathan McDevitt Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Morelli Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Neal Robert Ness Dr. Casey L. Noble & Mrs. Holly L. Noble Ann & Denis O’Day Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Odom Jr. Mr. Garrick O. Ohlsson Mr. & Mrs. William C. O’Neil Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Orgain Alex S. Palmer Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock Don & Chris Portell Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Mr. Edwin B. Raskin Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Scarlett Max & Michelle Shaff Bill & Sharon Sheriff Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Susan & Luke Simons Matt & Kristen Slocum Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Smallwood Julie & George Stadler Jane Lawrence Stone Hope & Howard Stringer James B. & Patricia B. Swan William & Rebecca Taylor Joe & Ellen Torrence Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Bill & Cathy Turner Mike & Elaine Walker Ms. Rachel L. Wendell Bill & Gay Wiggins Judy S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Williams Shirley Zeitlin
Concertmaster Gifts of $500+ Anonymous (17) Jerry Adams Don & Judi Arnold Jeremy & Rebecca Atack Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Austin Jeff & Carrie Bailey David A. & Stephanie Bailey Sallie & John Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Bainbridge Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Ms. Katrin Bean Scott & Dawn Becker Marti Bellingrath Mike & Kathy Benson Dr. & Mrs. Ben J. Birdwell Ralph & Jane Black Randolph & Elaine Blake
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Irma Bolster Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Joseph & Bethany Bradford Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun Keith & Lisa Brent Vic Briggs & Family Berry & Connie Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Burcham Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt John & LuAnnette Butler Virginia Byrn Mr. & Mrs. Cabot J. & Angelia Cameron Janet C. Camp Mr. Thomas R. Campion Michael & Linda Carlson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Mary & Joseph Cavarra Mr. & Mrs. John L. Chambers Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Mr. & Mrs. David F. Clark Sallylou & David Cloyd Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Charles J. Conrick III Paul & Alyce Cooke Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Marion Pickering Couch Ms. Susannah C. Culbertson Buddy & Sandra Curnutt Jim & Carolyn Darke MariaGabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Julian de la Guardia M. Maitland DeLand, M.D. Mark & Barbara Dentz Suzanne Day Devine Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght Mr. & Mrs. Kenton Dickerson Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Tere & David Dowland Laura L. Dunbar Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Emily & Mark Eberle Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam Dr. Christopher & Wendy Ellis Dr. & Mrs. Alan Ericksen Laurie & Steven Eskind Carolyn Evertson Dr. John & Janet Exton Bill & Dian S. Ezell Ms. Marilyn Falcone Francisco P. Ferraraccio Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Art & Charlotte Fogel Randy & Melanie Ford Patrick & Kimberly Forrest Ms. Deborah F. Turner
& Ms. Beth A. Fortune Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller John & Eva Gebhart Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. H. Steven George Bryan D. Graves Richard & Randi Green Mr. Thomas A. Greene Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Steve & Anna Grizzle Mr. Gary L. Groot Mr. & Mrs. Elden Hale Jr. Scott, Kathy & Kate Hall Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hamilton Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy H. Clay & Mary Harkleroad Kent & Becky Harrell Ronda & Hank Helton Kent & Melinda Henderson Dr. Anne L. Hillegas & Mr. Donald Hill Kem & Marilyn Hinton Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holton Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hooper II Ken & Beverly Horner Margie & Nick* Hunter Ms. Sherry J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman James R. & Helen H. James Lee & Pat Jennings Bob & Virginia Johnson Ruth E. Johnson Mary Loventhal Jones Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kaminski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanak Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Thomas Keenan Mr. & Mrs. James Kelso Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Jane Kersten Ms. Linda R. Koon Dr. Kristine L. LaLonde Betty S. Lamar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Ted & Anne Lenz Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Mr. & Mrs. Don R. Liedtke Mr. & Mrs. John Lillie Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Mr. & Mrs. Denis Lovell Drs. George & Sharon Mabry William R. & Maria T. MacKay Donald M. & Kala W. MacLeod James & Jene Manning Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maradik Lee Marsden James & Patricia Martineau
Robert P. Maynard Mrs. Joanne Wallace McCall Mr. & Mrs. Ken P. McDonald Joey & Beth McDuffee Mary G. McGrath Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Catherine & Brian McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Patty Meeks
Latrisha & Roderick Jemison
Jean & Carl Estes, Elbert & June Baker
Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Linda & Ray Meneely Dr. & Mrs. Berry Middleton Mr. & Mrs. Rich Miles Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Dr. Jere Mitchum Diana & Jeff Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Ms. Gay Moon Steve & Laura Morris Lynn Morrow Margaret & David Moss Dick & Mary Jo Murphy 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. Philip & Marilyn Ollila Patricia J. Olsen Dan & Helen Owens Frank & Pamela Owsley Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Mr. Steven C. Page David & Pamela Palmer Terry & Wanda Palus Mr. & Mrs. M. Forrest Parmley John W. & Mary Patterson Drs. Teresa & Phillip Patterson Theresa G. Payne Dr. & Mrs. Joel Q. Peavyhouse
Nancy & Terry Clements
Steve A. Perdue Linda & Carter Philips Drs. Sherre & Daniel Phillips Mr. Edward B. Phillips Kevin & Kathryn Phillips Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts Mr. & Mrs. John Prine George & Joyce Pust Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Queener Dr. James Quiggins Nancy & Harry Ransom France & Cynthia Recchia Mr. Nigel A. Redden Alan & Candace Revelette Martha & Buist Richardson Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Dr. Philip & Mrs. Deborah Rosenthal Dr. & Mrs. Mace Rothenberg Ms. Jo Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. Dick Sammer apri l
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John R. Sanders Jr. Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Philip & Jane Sanderson Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schlacter Cooper & Helen Schley Pam & Roland Schneller Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Drs. Carl & Wendy Schofield Dr. Kenneth E. Schriver & Dr. Anna W. Roe Peggy C. Sciotto Dolores & John Seigenthaler Odessa L. Settles Patrick & Judy Sharbel Joan Blum Shayne Crea & Alan Sielbeck Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Sieveking Sr. Betty B. Sisk Pamela Sixfin David & Robin Small Smith Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Richard & Molly Dale Smith Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr. & Mrs. James H. Spalding Ms. Maggie P. Speight Dr. & Mrs. Anderson
Spickard Jr. Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Elizabeth Stewart & James Grosjean Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Jean Stumpf Mr. & Mrs. James E. Summar Sr. Craig & Dianne Sussman Mr. & Mrs. Kirk R. Sykes Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Ms. Ann Marie Kilpatrick Terry Norman & Marilyn Tolk Martha J. Trammell Karl & Ann VanDevender Larry & Brenda Vickers John & Ann Waddle Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Talmage M. Watts Mrs. William C. Weaver III Mr. & Mrs. James Webb III Dr. Medford S. Webster Beth & Arville Wheeler Harvey & Joyce White Alyson Wideman Adam & Laura Wilczek Gary & Cathy Wilson Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright
Chancellor & Mrs. Joe B. Wyatt Shu-Zheng Yang & Li Li Roy & Ambra Zent First Chair Gifts of $250+ Anonymous (34) 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 Ruth G. Allen Adrienne Ames Mark Amonett William J. & Margery Amonette Ken & Jan Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Mr. & Mrs. James Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Armstrong III Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Don & Beverly Atwood Dr. Philip Autry Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch
Janet B. Baggett Mr. & Mrs.* F. Clay Bailey Jr. Ms. Susie M. Baird Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. J. Oriol Barenys Dr. Beth S. Barnett Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Barr Mr. & Mrs. William Beach Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Beauchamp Susan O. Belcher Mark H. Bell Ron & Sheryl Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Cynthia Bennett & Bill Grundy Mr. & Mrs. Earl Bentz Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Berry Mr. & Mrs. W. Irvin Berry Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Best Drs. William & Wanda Bigham Cherry & Richard Bird William W. Bivins William & Betty Blackford Joan Bledsoe David L. Bone David Bordenkircher Jerry & Donna Boswell Robert E. Bosworth Mr. Brian Boxer Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G.
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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 23, 2011.
Season Presenters Gifts of $100,000+
The Martin Foundation President’s Council Gifts of $75,000+
Directors’ Associates Gifts of $50,000+
Principal Players Gifts of $25,000+ Mike Curb Family Foundation
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Government Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
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Mayor Karl F. Dean
Metropolitan Council
Orchestra partners Gifts of $10,000+ Akustiks American Commercial Industrial Electric (ACIE) American Constructors, Inc. AT&T Blevins Inc. CapWealth Advisors LLC Caterpillar Financial Services Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated Ford Motor Company Frost Specialty, LLC Gaylord Entertainment Foundation GBT Realty Corporation Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC Lee Company MetLife Foundation Neal & Harwell Publix Super Markets Charities David M. Schwarz Architect Charitable Foundation Earl Swensson Associates Inc. I.C. Thomasson Associates Inc. VSA – The International Organization on Arts and Disability Wells Fargo Foundation
You might say the newest endowed chair at Lipscomb University is…a bench. The newly established Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair in Piano will seat distinguished music faculty for generations to come, beginning with its first distinguished faculty member, Dr. Jerome Reed, professor in the Lipscomb University Department of Music
and internationally respected pianist and teacher. We invite you to take a seat at his performances—or at any of hundreds of arts performances on the Lipscomb campus each year, most with no admission charge. Go to events.lipscomb.edu for a schedule. Music, theatre and visual arts…the next most important chair is the one you fill.
Music at Lipscomb moves to first chair.
artistic underwriters Gifts of $5,000+ Academy of Country Music Lifting Lives Aladdin Industries, LLC Anchor Trailways & Tours Chet Atkins Music Education Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee BDO CapStar Bank Clinical Research Associates Inc. Corrections Corporation of America Cracker Barrel Foundation Dan McGuinness Irish Pub Dell Foundation Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation Gannett Foundation/ The Tennessean Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust The HCA Foundation Heidtke & Company, Inc. Interior Design Services, Inc. Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop P.C. Lexus of Nashville
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Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. The Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Charitable Foundation Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP business partner Gifts of $2,500+ American General Life & Accident Insurance Company AMSURG Blevins, Inc. City of Brentwood Dave Nemo Entertainment First Baptist Church Nashville Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects, Inc. Nashville Symphony Chorus Pinnacle Financial Partners Washington Foundation business council Gifts of $1,500+ BioVentures, Inc. The Glover Group H. G. Hill Realty Company, LLC The Hendrix Foundation Indianapolis Musicians J. Alexander’s Corporation Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra True-Line Nashville business leader Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (1) ASCAP Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc. Barrett Johnston Bryan Symphony Orchestra at TTU Cage Drywall, Inc. Carter-Haston Holdings, LLC Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation J&J’s Market & Cafe Neely Coble Company Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. DZL Management Economy Pen & Pencil Co. Paramore|Redd Online Marketing Purity Dairies, Inc. Smith Seckman Reid Inc. Trades Unlimited, LLC William Morris Endeavor Entertainment business associates Gifts of $500+ APEX - Atlas Van Lines Agent Barge, Cauthen & Associates
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Black Box Network Services R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC Broadcast Music, Inc. Buford Lewis Co. Capitol Records The Celebration Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre D.F. Chase, Inc. Country Music Association Fabricators CAD Service, Inc. Gould Turner Group, P.C. KSI/Structural Engineers Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville Commercial / Cushman & Wakefield Alliance Northgate Gallery, Inc. PICA Group RD Plastics Co., Inc. SESAC, Inc. Stansell Electric Co., Inc. Sysco Nashville WASCO, Inc. WBUZ Buzz 102.9 / WPRT Party 102.5 business friend Gifts of $300++ Alpha Delta Omega Foundation Altissimo Entertainment Apple Barn Cider Bar – Opry Mills Mall Batten & Shaw, Inc. BB&T Cooper, Love, Jackson, Thornton & Harwell Insurance Services, Inc. Bradshaw Collision Repair Centers Case Selects Wine and Spirits CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Dancy’s, Nancy June Brandon DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. Demos’ Steak & Spaghetti House Ellis Moving & Storage, LLC Feldhaus Memorial Chapel Freeman Webb Company Realtors, Inc. Hoge Motor Company Hunter Marine integrity events, inc. J & J Interiors, Inc. Jack Cawthon/ Jack’s Bar B Que Pam Lewis & PLA Media Nitetrain Coach Perennial Services Network Pharos Capital Group, LLC Riley Warnock & Jacobson Southern Light Inc. Trickett Honda Monte Turner/Turner and Associates Realty, Inc.
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Volunteer Barge & Transport, Inc. Walker Lumber & Hardware Company in-kind American Airlines American Paper & Twine Co. American Tuxedo AT&T Real Yellow Pages Bates Nursery & Garden Center Dulce Desserts The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville, 4th Avenue Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn McQuiddy Printing Omni Beverage Co. Performance Studios Steinway Piano Gallery Mr. Thomas L. Turner Tyson Foods WTVF-TV, Channel 5 honorary & memorial In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Carol Ainsworth In honor of Lin Andrews In memory of Jessica Bloom In honor of Fredric Blumberg’s 80th Birthday In honor of Zeneba Bowers (2) In honor of Bridgie Brelsford In memory of Elizabeth Carré-Pirtle (4) In honor of Barbara Chazen In memory of Geraldine Riordan Conrick In memory of Beverly Newman Creel In memory of Geoffrey Crisco (3) In honor of Dr. Laura Dunbar In honor of Gov. Winfield C. Dunn In memory of Allen Eskind In honor of Richard Eskind In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Fischer In memory of Gary Fitzhugh In memory of Keith Peter Fosbinder In memory of Eva R. Garfinkle In memory of Jeannie Hastings
In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn In honor of Ronda Combs Helton In memory of John Barker Hickox In memory of T. Earl Hinton & Nora Gardner Smith Hinton (3) In memory of Davis Hunt In honor of Martha R. Ingram In memory of Rodney Irvin (2) In memory of Edna B. Kurzynske In memory of Mark Alan Lewis In memory of Mary Hannah Long In memory of Clare Loventhal (4) In honor of Callum, Julia & A. J. McCaffrey In memory of Cate Myer In honor of Robert Ness In memory of Claude N. O’Donnell In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In honor of J. Kirby Pate M.D. In honor of Hal Pennington In memory of Ron Portell In memory of Edward S. Pride In memory of Lillie Hollabaugh Rhame In honor of James Robinson & Andrea Hatcher In memory of Mary Jane Stewart (4) In memory of Harry Stratton (2) In memory of Samuel Terranova In honor of Steve & Judy Turner for their civic leadership In memory of Stanley Udell In memory of Marjorie Valentine In honor of Jerry L. Warren In memory of Sandra K. Whipple (4) In memory of Barbara Wiles In memory of Charles C. Wollett
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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
Leadership Gifts Gifts of $500,000+ HCA Foundation, in honor of Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Frist Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Regions Bank
Anonymous (1) Mr. Tom Black Giarratana Development, LLC Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes
Gifts of $250,000+ American Retirement Corp. Connie & Tom Cigarran E.B.S. Foundation
Harry & Jan Jacobson The Judy & Noah Liff Foundation Robert Straus Lipman
SunTrust Bank Laura Anne Turner Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle
Gifts of $100,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Dale Allen Phyllis & Ben* Alper American Constructors, Inc. Andrews Cadillac / Land Rover Nashville Averitt Express Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton BellSouth Julie & Frank Boehm Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC Richard & Judith Bracken Mr.* & Mrs. James C. Bradford Jr. The Charles R. Carroll Family Fred J. Cassetty Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Chasanoff CLARCOR Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fite Cone
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Corrections Corporation of America Deloitte & Touche LLP The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Michael D. & Carol E. Ennis Family ESa Design Team Earl Swensson Associates Inc. I.C. Thomasson Associates Inc. KSI/ Structural Engineers Annette & Irwin* Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Franklin Frost Brown Todd LLC Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia Gordon & Constance Gee
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Genesco Inc. Amy Grant & Vince Gill Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Gordon Guardsmark, LLC Billy Ray & Joan* Hearn The Hendrix Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker and Family Walter & Sarah Knestrick Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, PC Mrs. Jack C. Massey Lynn & Ken Melkus Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation Nashville Symphony Chorus Nashville Symphony Orchestra League Pat & John W. Nelley Jr. O'Charley's Bonnie & David Perdue
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Maurice Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Dale W. Polley Mary C. Ragland Foundation The John M. Rivers Jr. Foundation Inc. Carol & John Rochford Anne & Joseph Russell and Family Daniel & Monica Scokin Bill & Sharon Sheriff Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Luke & Susan Simons Irvin & Beverly Small The Henry Laird Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Smith Barbara & Lester Speyer The Starr Foundation Hope & Howard Stringer Louis B. & Patricia C. Todd Jr. Lillias & Fred Viehmann Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Wendell Mr. David M. Wilds
Major Gifts Gifts of $50,000+ Adams and Reese / Stokes Bartholomew LLP Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, A Professional Corporation J B & Carylon Baker Barbara & Jack Bovender Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Dr. Ian & Katherine* Brick Betty & Martin Brown Michael & Jane Ann Cain The Danner Foundation Dee & Jerald Doochin Ernst & Young Mr. & Mrs. David S. Ewing Ezell Foundation / Purity Foundation Mr.* & Mrs. Sam M. Fleming Gannett Foundation / The Tennessean Letty-Lou Gilbert, Joe Gilbert & Family Gail & Steven Greil Bill & Ruth Ann Leach Harnisch Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson KPMG LLP Mrs. Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wiehl Lazenby Gilbert Stroud Merritt Mr. & Mrs. David K. Morgan Musicians of the Nashville Symphony Cano & Esen Ozgener Ponder & Co. Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil Ro’s Oriental Rugs, Inc. Rosalie Buxbaum Delphine & Ken Roberts Mrs. Dan C. Rudy Mary Ruth & Bob Shell Stites & Harbison, PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Sullivan Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP Nicholas S. Zeppos & Lydia A. Howarth Gifts of $25,000+ AMSURG The Bank of Nashville Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Tom & Wendy Beasley The Honorable Philip Bredesen & Ms. Andrea Conte Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Doug & Sondra Cruickshanks
Gail & Ted DeDee In memory of Ann F. Eisenstein Enco Materials, Inc./ Wilbur Sensing Jr., Chair Emeritus John & Carole Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. F. Tom Foster Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Frazier John & Lorelee Gawaluck Jeannie* & Jim Hastings Hawkins Partners, Inc. Landscape Architects Neil & Helen Hemphill Hilton Nashville Downtown Nancy Leach & Bill Hoskins Hudson Family Foundation John F. & Jane Berry Jacques Mercedes E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Randall L. Kinnard KraftCPAs PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman The Howard Littlejohn Family Mimsye & Leon May Kevin P. & Deborah A. McDermott Rock & Linda Morphis Anne & Peter Neff Carole & Ed Nelson Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Larry D. Odom, Chairman/CEO Hal N. & Peggy S. Pennington Celeste Casey* & James Hugh Reed III* Renasant Bank Lavona & Clyde Russell Kenneth D. Schermerhorn* Family of Kenneth Schermerhorn Nelson & Sheila Shields Michael & Lisa Shmerling Joanne & Gary Slaughter Doug & Nan Smith Hans & Nancy Stabell Ann Street / Robert H. Street Mr. and Mrs. William J. Tyne Alan D. & Connie Linsler Valentine Janet & Alan Yuspeh Mr. & Mrs. Martin Zeitlin Special Gifts Gifts of $15,000+ Donna & Kent Adams Aladdin Industries, LLC Mr. & Mrs. J. Hunter Atkins Mr. & Mrs. Albert Balestiere Baring Industries James S. & Jane C. Beard Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Bogle III John Auston Bridges Terry W. Chandler Community Counselling Service Co., Inc. Barbara & Willie K. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. DeVooght Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson V Mr. John W. Eley & Ms. Donna J. Scott Larry P. & Diane M. English Nancy M. Falls & Neil M. Price Beatriz Perez & Paul Knollmaier Richard & Delorse Lewis Frances & Eugene Lotochinski The Loventhal Family: Clare & Samuel Loventhal Thomas H. Loventhal Oscar* & Mary Loventhal Jones Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. H. Mathews, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Lee McGregor Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Dr. Arthur M. Mellor Christopher & Patricia Mixon Piedmont Natural Gas Dr. & Mrs. Clifford Roberson Anne & Charles Roos Joan Blum Shayne Eli & Deborah Tullis Mr. & Mrs. James M. Usdan Betty & Bernard Werthan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Ridley Wills II Gifts of $10,000+ Anonymous (2) Ruth Crockarell Adkins American Brokerage Company, Inc. American Paper & Twine Co. Mr. & Mrs. William F. Andrews Dr. Alice A. & Mr. Richard Arnemann Sue G. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Brenda C. Bass Allison & John Beasley Frank & Elizabeth Berklacich Ann & Jobe* Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Roger T. Briggs Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead Patricia & Manny* Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Chase Cole Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew D. Crawford Ms. Rita Bennett* & Mr. Steve Croxall Janine & Ben Cundiff Marty & Betty Dickens Mike & Carolyn Edwards Martin & Alice Emmett Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Bob & Judy Fisher Karen & Eugene C. Fleming Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Paul & Patricia Gaeto
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Dr. & Mrs. Victor Braren Mr. William V. Briggs Mr. Richard F. Bryan J. Burts Bryant Jr. Michael & Sarah Buckland Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Hillary & Jimmy Bynum Ann & Sykes Cargile Clint Carter / Patty Carter Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Casa Santa Central Business Group / Space Saver Mr. & Mrs. James A. Charron Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Chasanoff Barbara & Eric Chazen John Hancock Cheek Jr.* Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell CIC Foundation, Inc. Bishop & Mrs.* Roy C. Clark Esther & Roger Cohn Mrs. Peggy Wemyss Connor Joseph & Beverly Craig The Currie Family Kimberly L. Darlington In memory of Joe Davis Drs. Carla & Dick Davis Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Carol A. King & Thomas J. DePauw Mr. Mark Deutschmann Jane Davis Doggett Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Sylvia & Robert H. Elman Kitty & Patrick Emery Mr. & Mrs. John David Fitzgerald Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. Gerald Fleischer Phyllis & Steve Fridrich Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Mr. & Mrs. Landy Gardner Timothy J. Gilbreath Fred & Deana Goad Edward A. & Nancy Goodrich Gerald C. Greer & Dr. Scott Hoffman Jennifer & Dan Gremillion Dale & Nancy Grimes Doug & Rose Grindstaff Jim & Paula Grout Sylvia Hyman & Arthur Gunzberg
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Dr. Edward & Mrs. Janet Foley Ms. Elizabeth G. Folsom Mrs. Patricia A. Fredericksen Mr. James C. Free Alexander & Makiko Freeman Anita & Scott Freistat Hubert & Wendy Freund Mary Carol & Charles Friddell Ms. Pamela B. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Tim K. Garrett Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins Mr. & Mrs. Marbut G. Gaston Jr. David & Patsy Gaw Ms. Sally Ann Gentry Mr. & Mrs. V. Carl George Mr. & Mrs. Edwin F. Gerace Mr. Harry E. Gibson Mr. Terrence L. Gibson Elizabeth Gilliam Dr. Joseph Awad & Ms. Jane E. Gilliam Dr. Francis R. Ginanni Dr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Gotterer Jay Grannis Bryan D. Graves Dr.* & Mrs. Herschel A. Graves Jr. In memory of Greg Griffith Ms. Thelma L. Grimsley Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Groff Daniel J. Guill / Sara E. Guill Mr. & Mrs. Maurice M. Hallum III Mr. & Mrs. William P. Hamilton
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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 — and your own — 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 contact Holly Noble, Special Campaigns Coordinator, at 615.687.6529 or hnoble@nashvillesymphony.org.
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
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Arpeggio Arpeggio is a dining experience offered in the East Lobby. Open before all nighttime SunTrust Classical, Bank of America Pops, Adams and Reese Jazz Series concerts and most special performances, it 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. Doors open two hours before the performance. Reservations are preferred; please call 615.687.6400. For updated menu information, please visit NashvilleSymphony.org. THE CAFÉ AND LOBBY BARS The Café, located in the West Lobby, offers a bistro-style à la carte menu beginning two hours prior to all concerts. The Café is also open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Seven bars are spread throughout the building offering premium spirits, cocktails, wine, beer, soft drinks and bottled water. SYMPHONY STORE The Symphony Store is located on the west side of the building near the West Atrium lobby and the Café. A variety of items, including a wide selection of classical CDs, are available at all price ranges. Customers may also place special orders. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and on all concert evenings from two hours prior to performance until up to 30 minutes after the performance has ended. ACCOMMODATIONS 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. All restrooms are equipped for people with disabilities. Located on the Lounge Level, unisex restrooms are also available for disabled guests needing special assistance. CAMERAS, CELL PHONES, RECORDERS, BEEPERS & WATCH ALARMS 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.
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COAT CHECK To enhance the acoustical experience inside Laura Turner Concert Hall, we ask that guests 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. 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. CONCERT CONCIERGE Have a question, request or comment? Please visit our Concert Concierge on the northwest side of the Main Lobby. The Concierge is available to help you with anything you might need during your visit. Concert Concierge is open through the end of intermission. TICKET SALES The Box Office is located at street level 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
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Tickets for future performances and Will Call reservations are available by using one of the self-service kiosks located in the East and West Atrium lobbies or in the Box Office lobby. To speak with a customer service representative by phone, call 615.687.6400. Tickets are also available for future Nashville Symphony concerts through the Nashville Symphony’s website (NashvilleSymphony.org).
ACCESSIBLE SEATING 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.
CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS Offered in the Balcony Lobby prior to each SunTrust Classical Series concert, these informal halfhour talks with our conductors and guest artists explore the evening’s program. Talks begin at 6 p.m. Thursday and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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, 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.
CAN’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. LISTENING DEVICES An infrared hearing system is available for guests who are hearing impaired. Headsets are available at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis from the coat-check area on the Lounge Level, and from the Concert Concierge. 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. EVACUATION To ensure your safety in case of fire or other emergency, we ask that you note the exit route nearest your seat. Please follow the instructions of our ushers, who are specifically trained to assist you in case of an emergency. LOST AND FOUND Please check with the House Manager’s office for any items that may have been left in the building. The phone number for Lost and Found is 615.687.6450.
VALET Valet parking, provided by Parking Management Company, is available for all performances on Symphony Place, on the north side of the building between Third and Fourth avenues. We offer pre-paid valet parking for all performances. For more details, call 615.687.6401. shuttles For $10 cash per person, round-trip shuttle service is available for SunTrust Classical Series and Bank of America Pops Series concerts. First come, first served. The shuttles leave from Belle Meade Plaza, The Factory at Franklin and Peartree Village Shopping Center. For more info, call 615.687.6541. PARKING AT THE PINNACLE Our new next-door neighbors, The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, are offering Symphony patrons pre-paid parking at a discount! The Pinnacle is located directly across Third Avenue from Schermerhorn Symphony Center. To purchase pre-paid parking at The Pinnacle, please call 615.687.6401. apri l
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Coming Soon... MICHAEL CAVANAUGH SINGS THE MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL, May 5, 6 & 7 Bank of America Pops Series Come hear the singer hand-picked by Billy Joel to star in the blockbuster Broadway musical Movin’ Out. With charisma to burn, Michael Cavanaugh will capture all the magic and excitement of Joel’s music in this high-energy show. Expect to hear all the hits: “Uptown Girl,” “Piano Man” and more! ONSTAGE AT THE SCHERMERHORN, May 10 Your chance to enjoy lively conversation and a free concert while sitting on the stage of Laura Turner Concert Hall! This informal presentation will feature Nashville Symphony violinist Jessica Blackwell and cellist Michael Samis, along with pianist Jennifer McGuire, who serves on the faculty at Blair School of Music. In honor of Johannes Brahms’ birthday, they’ll explore some of the composer’s lush romantic piano chamber music. Please note: Space is limited, and reservations are required. Registration opens on April 19; for more information call 615.687.6561. CAMERON CARPENTER, May 15 A prodigiously gifted musician, organist Cameron Carpenter is also one amazing showman, with a vivacious, engaging stage persona. His solo recital will be the first to feature The Martin Foundation Concert Organ since the flood last May. Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, has called Carpenter “a madly original organist” and “a force of nature.” SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT, May 19 Featuring some of Middle Tennessee’s most gifted and dedicated young musicians, the Curb Youth Symphony will perform alongside the Nashville Symphony at this annual concert, which is free and open to the public. In addition, local high school student Annie Bender, the grand prize winner of the Curb Concerto Competition, will take the stage to perform Ravel’s Tzigane. A wonderful opportunity to hear the next generation of classical musicians! REGIONS FREE DAY OF MUSIC, May 22 Regions Community Event We invite you to Schermerhorn Symphony Center to celebrate spring with a full day of free musical performances. Part of the Nashville Symphony’s mission to make our concert hall accessible to the whole community, the FREE Day of Music will feature some two dozen local ensembles performing in various spaces throughout the building. The music will range from classical to jazz to pop, with an evening concert by the Nashville Symphony in Laura Turner Concert Hall.
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