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Concert Program .

Sunday, April 24, 2016, 3 p.m.

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Daniel Cummings conductor Ingela Onstad soprano Sara Weiler mezzo-soprano John Carlo Pierce tenor Michael Hix bass University of New Mexico Chamber Singers/Dr. Kristin Ditlow director Winners of The Music Guild of New Mexico’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition for Piano and Strings: Sam Barrett cello Presley Gao piano

Bradbury Preludes for String Orchestra Daniel Cummings I. The Lake (b. 1975) II. Sound of Summer Running III. There will come soft rains IV. The Anthem Sprinters

Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 David Popper (1843–1913) Sam Barrett cello

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Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 Robert Schumann I. Allegro affettuoso (1810–1856) Presley Gao piano

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Missa in tempore belli, “Paukenmesse” Joseph Haydn I. Kyrie (1732–1809) II. Gloria III. Credo IV. Sanctus V. Benedictus VI. Agnus Dei

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Daniel Cummings

Born 1975, Rawlins, Wyoming

Bradbury Preludes for String Orchestra (2015–16) Daniel Cummings writes: Ray Bradbury is my favorite writer and when he passed away four years ago, I wanted to find a way to honor his memory and pay homage to him for all of the joy he has brought to me and millions of other readers. The Bradbury Preludes are the result of this desire, and each movement is based on a particular story or passage from his writing. “The Lake” comes from The October Country collection and is a very beautiful coming-of-age story with a little bit of gentle supernatural. “Sound of Summer Running” is based on a passage from Dandelion Wine in which twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding is running through the forest during a berry-picking outing with his father and brother at the beginning of summer. During the outing he has an epiphany, and for the first time he truly understands the joy of being alive. “There will come soft rains” is a brilliant story that takes place after a nuclear holocaust in the future. The main character is an automated house that continues as if the family were still alive until it is destroyed in a fire. The title comes from the poem of the same name by Sara Teasdale. In the “The Anthem Sprinters,” I wanted to capture the whimsy in one of Ray Bradbury’s Ireland stories. An American tourist in Dublin participates in a local “sporting event,” where the object is to sprint out of the movie theater during the pause between the end of the film and the playing of the national anthem. ●

Joseph Haydn

Born 1732, Rohrau, Austria Died 1809, Vienna, Austria

Missa in tempore belli, “Paukenmesse” (1796) The last six masses of Joseph Haydn are considered crowning achievements in the mass genre. They are eclectic and varied in their scope and style, and none is more dramatic and powerful than the Missa in

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tempore belli or Mass in Time of War. As were all of Haydn’s last six masses, the Missa in tempore belli was composed to celebrate the name day of Princess Maria Hermenegild, Prince Nicholas Esterházy’s wife. Haydn composed two masses in 1796 (the other being the Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida), so the Missa in tempore belli was used for the Princess’s name day in 1797. The Mass had a premiere before that, however, on December 26, 1796, in the Piarist Church of Maria Treu in Vienna. In 1796 while Haydn was composing the Missa in tempore belli, Austria was still at war with France, and the Napoleonic forces were threatening to occupy. Haydn’s Mass is not overtly anti-war, but rather, the war serves as a backdrop for the Mass. Forays into unexpected minor keys, the unsettled nature of the Benedictus, and the inclusion of timpani in places where it would otherwise be an anomaly (e.g. the Agnus Dei) all suggest that the raging conflict was at the fore of Haydn’s compositional process. However, the key of the Mass, C Major, would also suggest that Haydn was indeed hopeful for the outcome of the war. The unexpected and copious use of timpani in the Missa in tempore belli resulted in the Mass earning the moniker of “Paukenmesse” or “Kettledrum Mass.” Haydn was bestowed with the title “Father of the Symphony,” so it is perhaps no surprise that his masses would be symphonic in nature, perhaps none more so than the Missa in tempore belli. The Kyrie opens in subtle, hushed tones that give way to agitated interjections. The introduction leads to an exuberant allegro featuring the soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists. The three-part Gloria (Vivace—Adagio— Allegro) opens bombastically featuring the timpani and brass in militaristic figures. The strings are given blistering technical passages throughout the jubilant first part

of the movement. This gives way to an aria, not for one of the vocal soloists, but for the solo cello. The cello then gives way to the baritone soloist, and they continue in a lovely duet. The movement ends with an affable allegro. The Credo introduces each voice part in an exclamation set apart by a measure and a half. This leads into the slow section written in a foreboding minor key that features the quartet of soloists. The final section contains fugal writing with the choir and soloists singing antiphonally. The Sanctus opens lyrically and beautifully, but the opening is indeed the calm before the storm as the movement continues with many varied moods and tonalities. The Benedictus is possibly the most unsettled of the movements. The minor mode and dramatic string writing lead into the soloists singing in a most unusual manner: The soprano sings a soaring melody but is accompanied by the other soloists in staccato patterns. This all translates into a very distressed and apprehensive feel to the movement. The major mode returns on the text “Hosanna in the highest,” but its appearance is brief. The Agnus Dei features the aforementioned “fish out of water” role for the timpani, interjecting its presence with a five-note pattern throughout both calm and dramatic sections. The movement drives to a joyous and triumphant conclusion, with much fanfare from the timpani and brass. ● Program Notes ® Lori Newman

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Saturday, April 30, 2016, 6 p.m.

Saint-Saëns: The Organ Symphony

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Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

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Symphony No. 3 in c minor, “Organ Symphony,” Op. 78 I. Adagio–Allegro moderato–Poco adagio II. Allegro moderato–Presto–Maestoso–Allegro

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Johannes Brahms

Ludwig van Beethoven

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (1806)

Born 1833, Hamburg, Germany Died 1897, Vienna, Austria

In March of 1879, Johannes Brahms was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Breslau in Poland. Being somewhat of a misanthrope and hating the spectacle of his celebrity, Brahms avoided the usual fanfare and thanked the university for the honor via postcard. Unsurprisingly, this did not sit well with those who bestowed the composer with the coveted degree. The conductor of the university, Bernard Scholz, urged Brahms to compose something for the occasion, a work along the lines of a “doctoral symphony.” Brahms presented them instead with the Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80; a work which he referred to as, “a very boisterous potpourri of student drinking songs à la Suppé.” He composed it in the summer of 1880 along with the Tragic Overture, Op. 81 as a pair of contrasting works. Brahms conducted the premiere of his ode to the university on January 4, 1881, in Breslau. The Academic Festival Overture is the largest scoring of Brahms’s works for orchestra, including piccolo, contrabassoon, three trumpets, tuba, bass drum, triangle, and cymbals. Four student drinking songs are used for the melodic material of the overture, appearing in the following order: Was kommt dort von der Höhe (“What Comes Therefrom on High”), Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus (“We Have Built A Stately House”), Der Landesvater (“The Father of our Land”), and after a reprise of the first three songs, Brahms ends with the medieval student song Gaudeamus igitur (“Let Us Therefore Rejoice”). Although composed hastily and under duress, the work is among one of Brahms’s most joyous and has become a perennial favorite with concert audiences everywhere. ●

Born 1770, Bonn, Germany Died 1827, Vienna, Austria

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major was written in 1806 for Franz Clement, a former child prodigy who had grown into a seasoned and mature soloist. The premiere performance of the work is one of those legends in classical music of which no one really knows the extent of the purported facts, but nevertheless, it makes a great anecdote. The work premiered on December, 23, 1806, at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien with Clement as soloist. Legend has it that Beethoven finished the concerto so late that Clement played it at sight at the premiere, and some accounts go so far as to claim that the ink was still wet on the solo part. The exactitude of these details is far less important than what we do know: While Clement’s performance was hailed, the Concerto itself was a bit of a flop. The violin part was very difficult for soloists of the time and the scope of the work (45 minutes!) dwarfed previous concerti of Mozart and the like, and thus, the concerto fell into obscurity for several decades (a rarity for a work by Beethoven). In 1844, thirty-plus years later, the thirteen-year old Joseph Joachim (who would later go on to become a champion and friend to Johannes Brahms) resurrected the work in a concert conducted by another famous name, Felix Mendelssohn. The first movement is ushered in in a most curious manner: Four soft, almost imperceptible, timpani beats open the work. The winds take over in a gentle melody and the introduction meanders about, outlining many themes and moods. When the violin comes in, it doesn’t take over any of the themes introduced; it too meanders, seeming to be searching for a theme. As a nineteenth-century patron of the arts, one would expect a double exposition–one for

“ … a very boisterous potpourri of student drinking songs à la Suppé.” —Johannes Brahms

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the orchestra and one for the soloist–with an “A” theme and “B” theme nicely laid out. Beethoven doesn’t give in to any of these conventions with the opening of his Violin Concerto. It is more than four minutes into the work before any of the usual concerto paradigms are found. The second movement is a lovely theme and variations employing muted strings and a true showcase for the soloist. It seamlessly transitions into the third-movement rondo without pause. The rondo is the most technically challenging for the soloist, complete with a second cadenza near the end of the movement. The audience is treated to dance-like rhythms and bravura passagework for the soloist in this entertaining finale. ●

Camille Saint-Saëns Born 1835, Paris, France Died 1921, Algiers, Algeria

Symphony No. 3 in c minor, “Organ Symphony,” Op. 78 (1886) As with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Third Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Saint-Saëns conducted both its London premiere in 1886 and its French premiere in 1887. The structure of the work is in two movements, each broken into two sections, thereby maintaining a traditional four-movement symphonic structure. The symphony was greatly inspired by SaintSaëns’s friend, mentor, and champion Franz Liszt. Originally, Saint-Saëns had intended to dedicate the symphony to Liszt, but unfortunately Liszt died ten weeks after its premiere and never got to hear the work that he so affected and influenced. Since Liszt’s death came before the work could be published, it instead bears the inscription, “À la mémoire de Franz Liszt.” At the work’s premiere Saint-Saëns addressed the unique two-movement structure by including the following text in the program: This Symphony, divided into two parts, nevertheless includes practically the traditional four movements: the first, checked in development, serves as an introduction to the Adagio, and the scherzo is connected after the

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“With it I have given all I could give. What I did I could not achieve again.” —Camille Saint-Saëns

same manner with the finale. The composer has thus sought to shun in a certain measure the interminable repetitions which are more and more disappearing from instrumental music. As with works by Liszt, Hector Berlioz, and Cesar Franck, not to mention other works of Saint-Saëns, the Third Symphony would be considered a “motto” symphony, one that is both cyclic in nature and grounds itself by way of thematic transfiguration. The motto is introduced and then transformed and revamped, with examples of it found throughout the symphony in various incarnations. Like Liszt, Saint-Saëns was both a master pianist and organist, so it is no surprise that both instruments are featured heavily in his “Organ Symphony.” The moniker is somewhat misleading, creating the impression that his symphony is either for organ or a concerto for organ. In actuality, the organ is only used in two of the four movements. The French title for the work, Symphonie No. 3 “avec orgue” (with organ), is a much more apropos way to describe the organ’s role in the symphony. As a piano virtuoso, Saint-Saëns deftly writes for both two-hand and fourhand piano. The symphony opens with a brief and somewhat haunting introduction which leads directly into the motto theme, first played by the strings. This theme integrates the beginning of the Dies irae chant, which has direct associations with both Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Liszt’s Totentanz. The organ makes its first appearance in the Adagio, as mainly accompanimental to the winds and strings. A brief statement combining the motto theme and an appoggiatura figure from the introduction challenge the tranquility of the movement, but it ends peacefully and serenely with the organ and strings fading away into a gentle morendo. The second “large” movement begins with a brief Allegro moderato using fragmented versions of the motto theme, leading into the Presto, where Saint-Saëns uses brilliant scalar passages in the piano to accompany yet another transfiguration

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of the motto. Both themes of the preceding Allegro moderato appear in the middle of the movement, followed by a passage of extreme chromaticism, more piano flourishes, a brief fanfare, and then surprisingly, a moment of repose and extreme lyricism. The uncharacteristic end of the Presto seems, in part, to make way for the grandeur of the opening organ chord in the ensuing Maestoso. This is where Saint-Saëns also employs piano four-hands under the lyrical string melody. The final Allegro begins fugally and eventually returns to the cyclic nature of the symphony, transforming and repeating the motto theme until the climactic finish. Though Saint-Saëns would live three and a half decades after his “Organ Symphony” premiered, he never again tried his hand at the genre. He stated, “With it I have given all I could give. What I did I could not achieve again.” ● Program Notes ® Lori Newman

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Artists . studied with Professor William Neill. She earned a Master of Music degree at the University of New Mexico, where she studied with Professor Leslie Umphrey. She maintains private voice studios in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. ●

Daniel Cummings conductor Daniel Cummings recently returned to New Mexico from Southern California where he was active as a conductor, composer, and pianist. He has conducted such luminaries as the world-famous Boston Brass, international trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann, and legendary guitarist Angel Romero. Active in opera and musical theatre, Dr. Cummings has conducted performances of Gianni Schicchi, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica, L’elisir d’amore, and West Side Story. He has served on the faculties of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, where he taught Musical Theatre and Collaborative Vocal Piano, and UCLA Summer Music Academy, where he was Administrative Assistant and Chamber Music Coach. As a composer, Daniel has written film scores, concerti for piano and clarinet, choral works, songs and song cycles, and over one hundred arrangements of hymns and folk songs for various ensembles and singers. His most recent commission is from Stage It Performing Arts Studio in Oakville, Ontario, for an original musical theatre piece for the senior music theatre performance class. He is a staff composer and arranger with Fall of Ai Productions in Los Angeles. Daniel received his Doctor of Musical Arts from UCLA in Orchestral Conducting in June 2007. His other degrees are a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree in Composition from UNM. He served as music director and conductor of the La Sierra University Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2011. While at La Sierra, Dr. Cummings also taught piano proficiency, orchestration, composition, and piano. ●

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Ingela Onstad soprano Soprano Ingela Onstad, a native of Santa Fe, has enjoyed a varied international career in opera, concert work, and contemporary music. Operatic highlights include performances at Dresden’s Staatsoperette, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, UNM Opera Theatre, and Santa Fe Opera in roles including Musetta in La bohéme, Pamina and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Nannetta in Falstaff, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, and the title role in Suor Angelica. She also sang the roles of Merab and Michal in the staged production of Handel’s oratorio Saul in Oldenburg, Germany. Highlights of her career as an oratorio soloist include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Haydn’s The Creation, and Bach Cantatas 84 and 140. She recently completed a recital tour of Germany with Dr. Michael Hix and Professor Michael Schuetze. A sought-after interpreter of contemporary works, she has sung Kristine in Antonio Bibalo’s Fräulein Julie, Bubikopf in Viktor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and created the role of Andia in Gordon Kampe’s ANOIA. She performed Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Joseph Schwantner’s Sparrows with New Music New Mexico, and Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with Chatter. She was also recently featured with songs of Hilda Paredes with New Music New Mexico at the Robb Composers’ Symposium. Her 2014/2015 season included Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach Cantatas 32, 209, and 140. Onstad completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University, where she

Sara Weiler mezzo-soprano Sarah Weiler is a Santa Fe- and New Mexicobased Nia instructor, singer, and actor. As a performer, Sarah is very active in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque choral and musical theatre communities. She is a long-time member of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus, and Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico. Sarah has also performed regularly with Santa Fe Rep, Santa Fe’s only professional musical theatre company. ●

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John Carlo Pierce tenor American tenor John Carlo Pierce enjoys an international reputation for beautiful sound and incisive acting. He is currently assistant professor of voice at New Mexico State University, and director of the Doña Ana Lyric Opera, the university’s educational opera company. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music with a Master of Music degree in vocal performance, he joined the Young Artist Program of the Florida Grand Opera in Miami in 1995. During this time, he made his professional debut as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos and sang in Lucia di Lammermoor (Arturo) and Pagliacci (Beppe). In August of 2013, Dr. Pierce completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at the University of Connecticut. As a teaching assistant, his duties included directing the opera studio, teaching German and Italian diction for singers, and performing with the opera theater. He appeared as Hazim in the world premiere of Sheila Silver’s The Wooden Sword, in the title role of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and as Fritz in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. ●

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Michael Hix bass Baritone Michael Hix has been praised by critics for his “expressive voice” and “commanding stage presence.” His career highlights include his recent Carengie Hall debut as the baritone soloist in the Rutter Mass of the Children, solo and chamber performances at Tanglewood Music Center, and solo appearances with the Boston Pops in “Bernstein on Broadway.” Hix has been featured in concerts with the Boston Pops, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Georgia Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Tucson Chamber Artists, Canticum Novum, Tallahassee Symphony, Highland Park Chorale, Tupelo Symphony, Montgomery Symphony, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, and the Tallahassee Bach Parley. As a musicologist, Hix recently received the American Musicological Society Thomas Hampson Award. His research has been published in The Journal of Singing, The Choral Journal, and The American Theater Organ Society Journal. Hix also contributed numerous entries to the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition published by Oxford University Press. His book, An American Organist in Paris: The Letters of Orville Lee Erwin 1930–1931, was published by Scarecrow Press in 2012. Dr. Hix holds a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory from Furman University, Master’s degrees in both voice and historical musicology from Florida State University, and Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance from Florida State University. In 2007, Dr. Hix participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program where he worked under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen King. Hix is an Assistant Professor of Vocal Studies at the University of New Mexico. ●

University of New Mexico Chamber Singers/Dr. Kristin Ditlow director The University of New Mexico Chamber Singers was formed in 2014 as an elite sixteen-member auditioned group of students (mostly graduate and undergraduate performance majors). All students in this ensemble receive scholarships for their participation. This group serves as the core group for the Graduate Choral Conducting recitals. It is directed by Dr. Kristin Ditlow, who joined the faculty of UNM in 2014. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BM, 2001) Westminster Choir College (MM, 2005) and is a 2014 graduate of the Eastman School of Music with the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree. Dr. Ditlow has appeared as a soloist, collaborative artist, coach, and conductor throughout the United States, Europe, and China. Recent concert seasons have featured appearances at San Francisco Opera, Tanglewood Music Center, the Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, Hungary’s Zempleni Festival, the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories, the National Theater in Kunming (Yunnan Province, China), and venues throughout central and northern Italy. ●

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Sam Barrett cello Sam Barrett is the second-place winner in the Strings Division of the 2016 Music Guild of New Mexico’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition for Piano and Strings. Sam began studying the piano at the age of eight in Oak Ridge, TN, and then picked up the cello in the 4th grade orchestra at age nine, under the direction of Abigail Wilmore (now Hoerner). When his family moved back to his home state of New Mexico in 2010, Sam began studying with Carla Lehmeier-Tatum and was inspired by her professionalism and sincerity, as well as that of the musicians and music supporters in the area. He has been privileged to play in ensembles including the Idyllwild Summer Symphony Orchestra, East Mountain High School’s Recording Arts program, and the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, with performance venues ranging from Popejoy Hall, the Lensic Theater, Carnegie Hall, and Costa Rica’s National Theater. He is grateful to the Music Guild for the honor of performing with the New Mexico Philharmonic. Sam is a junior at the New Mexico School for the Arts and thrives in the focused environment there. This is Sam’s third year in the Competition. ●

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Presley Gao piano Presley Gao is 13 years old and in the 9th grade at Los Alamos High School. He began studying the piano at age six. Presley won first place in the New Mexico Music Teachers National Association Junior Piano Competition in 2013 and 2014, and then competed in the Southwest Nationals. He earned first place in District Honors in 2010, 2011, and 2012, plus first place in State Honors Level One (2010) and Level Two (2012). He also won first place in the highest level of the Santa Fe Sonata Contest in 2013. Presley received the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico’s Danfelser Scholarship in 2012; the same year he played two solo piano recitals in Abiquiu and Los Alamos. He currently studies with Dr. Jacquelin Helin, a Steinway Artist. Presley also enjoys science and math. Presley is the son of Juan Gao and Hongzhao Tian. ●

Fawzi Haimor conductor Fawzi Haimor was born in Chicago in 1983 and was raised in the Middle East and San Francisco Bay area. With a growing diary of international guest engagements, Haimor recently completed his tenure as Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, where he conducted a variety of concerts including classical, pops, and outreach. While in Pittsburgh, he served as a cover conductor to esteemed conductors, including Manfred Honeck, Leonard Slatkin, Gianandrea Noseda, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Jan Pascal Tortelier. In spring 2014, Fawzi Haimor made an impressive debut with the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Last season he returned to Orquesta Sinfonica do Porto and gave further impressive debuts with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Qatar Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (in a staged production of Grieg’s Peer Gynt), and the Indianapolis Symphony. Following Haimor’s final concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony in August, his 2015/2016 season contains such highlights as his Finnish debut with Oulu Sinfonia, his Parisian debut with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and his first appearance with NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover. He also continues his association with Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, in a program of English chamber music. In the USA, he appears with Symphoria Orchestra Syracuse, the New Mexico Philharmonic, and the Florida Orchestra. His repertoire includes the late romantic Germanic works, 19th and 20th century Russian and American composers, plus, he

Artists . is a committed advocate of contemporary music and has performed premieres by composers such as Kevin Puts, Bela Fleck, Mohammed Fairouz, and Avner Dorman. An eloquent and compelling speaker from the podium, he equally excels in outreach and education projects. Haimor completed his violin training at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and studied conducting under David Effron and Arthur Fagen. He earned Bachelor’s degrees in both music and neurobiology, a Master’s degree in conducting from the University of California-Davis, and a second Master’s degree in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. He was previously Assistant Conductor with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, where he was also the first Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra. ●

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Rachel Barton Pine violin Heralded as a leading interpreter of the great classical masterworks, international concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine thrills audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone, and emotional honesty. With an infectious joy in music-making and a passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine transforms audiences’ experiences of classical music. During the 2015/16 season, Pine will perform concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Dvorak, Fairouz, Mozart, Sibelius, and Vivaldi, with orchestras including the Santa Rosa Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic, and the Flagstaff, Windsor, and Gainesville Symphony Orchestras. She will continue her recital tour of the Six Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin in Gainesville, FL and Washington, DC. In April 2016, Avie Records will release Pine’s performance of J.S. Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin. Pine recently celebrated the release of her debut album on Avie: Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante, with conductor Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. In September 2015, Cedille Records releases her recording of Vivaldi: The Complete Viola D’Amore Concertos with Ars Antigua. This season, a high-definition, life-size video of Pine playing and being interviewed will be the culminating installation of “Stradivarius: Origins and Legacy of the Greatest Violin Maker,” a new exhibit of treasures made by master violin makers including Andrea Amati, Guarneri del Gesù, and Antonio Stradivari debuting at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ. Pine has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s most prestigious ensembles,

including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie. Her past festival appearances have included Marlboro, Wolf Trap, Vail, Ravinia, Davos, and Salzburg. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Järvi, and Marin Alsop, and with such leading artists as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Christopher O’Riley, and Mark O’Connor. She has collaborated with many contemporary composers including Augusta Read Thomas, John Corigliano, José Serebrier, and Mohammed Fairouz. Pine has a prolific discography of 30 CDs on the Avie, Cedille, Warner Classics, and Dorian labels. Pine began an exploration of beloved violin concertos and the concertos that inspired them with Brahms and Joachim Violin Concertos, recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carlos Kalmar. Her Beethoven & Clement Violin Concertos, recorded with The Royal Philharmonic and conducted by José Serebrier, offered the world premiere recording of Clement’s D Major Violin Concerto. Her recording of Violin Lullabies, with pianist Matthew Hagle, debuted at number one on the Billboard classical chart. She writes her own cadenzas to many of the works she performs, including for the Beethoven and Mozart concertos. In 2009, Carl Fischer published The Rachel Barton Pine Collection, a collection of original compositions, arrangements, cadenzas, and editions penned or arranged by Pine, which made her the only living artist and first woman to join great musicians like Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz in Carl Fischer’s Masters Collection series. Pine holds prizes from several of the world’s leading competitions, including a gold medal at the 1992 J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig, Germany. Her Rachel Barton Pine Foundation assists young artists through various projects, including the Instrument Loan Program, Grants for Education and Career, Global HeartStrings (supporting musicians in developing countries), and a curricular series in development with the University of Michigan: Music by Black Composers. Pine performs on the Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu (Cremona 1742), known as the “exBazzini, ex-Soldat” on lifetime loan from her anonymous patron. ●

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THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! Our volunteers care deeply about our New Mexico Philharmonic and show that love by helping out in so many ways. They give their assistance freely—most do not have music backgrounds, they just understand how important music is to a fulfilling life, and that the New Mexico Philharmonic is a wonderful asset to our city. As the new chair of the NMPhil Guild I wanted to acknowledge all of my volunteers and especially my leadership team: Brigitte Cardona, the Special Events Lead; Susan McGuire, the Fund Raising/Gala Lead; Sue Wright, Concert Lead; and Ron Abramshe, Internal Support—they all do much more than their positions require, and we would not be able to do what we do without so many dedicated people. I’d like to also express my gratitude to the NMPhil Staff and Board of Directors for their support and leadership this season.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maureen Baca President

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FIRST VIOLIN Krzysztof Zimowski Concertmaster David Felberg Associate Concertmaster Ruxandra Simionescu-Marquardt Assistant Concertmaster Sarah Tasker Joan Wang + Jonathan Armerding Steve Ognacevic Kerri Lay Linda Boivin Barbara Rivers Nicolle Maniaci Barbara Scalf Morris SECOND VIOLIN Anthony Templeton • Carol Swift •• Julanie Lee Justin Pollak + Michael Shu Ting Ting Yen+ Xinye Niu Roberta Branagan Sheila McLay Elizabeth Young Brad Richards Wei Jia ++ VIOLA Shanti Randall • Kimberly Fredenburgh •• Allegra Askew Christine Rancier Sigrid Karlstrom Virginia Lawrence Willy Sucre Joan Hinterbichler Lisa DiCarlo

CELLO Joan Zucker • Carol Pinkerton •• Carla Lehmeier-Tatum Dana Winograd David Schepps Lisa Collins Peggy Wells BASS Jean-Luc Matton •+ Mark Tatum •• Katherine Olszowka Terry Pruitt Derek DeVelder Frank Murry FLUTE Valerie Potter • Sara Tutland Jiyoun Hur ••• PICCOLO Sara Tutland OBOE Kevin Vigneau • Amanda Talley ENGLISH HORN Melissa Peña ••• CLARINET James Shields • Lori Lovato •• Timothy Skinner E-FLAT CLARINET Lori Lovato

BASS CLARINET Timothy Skinner BASSOON Stefanie Przybylska • Denise Turner HORN Peter Erb • Nathan Ukens Julia Erdmann Hyams ++ Susie Fritts ++ Niels Galloway •••• TRUMPET John Marchiando • Mark Hyams Brynn Marchiando ••• TROMBONE Debra Taylor • Byron Herrington David Tall BASS TROMBONE David Tall TUBA Richard White • TIMPANI Douglas Cardwell • PERCUSSION Jeff Cornelius • Kenneth Dean Emily Cornelius HARP Anne Eisfeller •

Al Stotts Secretary Treasurer Ruth Bitsui Vice President for Operations Dr. Larry Lubar Vice President for Development Roland Gerencer, MD Kory Hoggan Marc Powell Nancy Pressley-Naimark Jeffrey Romero Steve Schroeder David Tall Anthony Trujillo Nathan Ukens Michael Wallace Richard White ADVISORY BOARD Thomas C. Bird Lee Blaugrund Clarke Cagle Robert Desiderio Steve Paternoster Heinz Schmitt William Wiley STAFF Marian Tanau Executive Director Chris Rancier Executive Assistant & Media Relations Alexis Corbin Operations Coordinator & Personnel Manager Mancle Anderson Production Manager Alexander Onieal Head Librarian & Office Manager Danielle Frabutt Artistic Coordinator Byron Herrington Payroll Services

Principal • Assistant Principal •• Associate Principal ••• Assistant •••• Leave + One year position ++

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BOARD OF THE FUTURE Jason Cloyes Erin Grandara Calisa Griffin Alyssa Jensen Cailyn Kilcup Tim Nisly

Mary Montaño Grants Manager Chris Schroeder Stephen Segura Marsh Shamburger Courtney Weaks Jason Weaks

Joan Olkowski Design & Marketing Lori Newman Website Maintenance & Editor Sara Tutland Ensemble Visits Coordinator

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Thank You for Your Support BENEFACTOR CIRCLE Donation of $50,000 + Albuquerque Community Foundation Anonymous Lee Blaugrund City of Albuquerque

BEETHOVEN CIRCLE Donation of $25,000– $49,999 Bernalillo County Commission The Computing Center Inc., Maureen & Stephen Baca The Meredith Foundation McCune Charitable Foundation Marc Powell & Holland Sutton United Way of Central New Mexico

MOZART CIRCLE Donation of $10,000– $24,999 E. Blaugrund Family Fund George & Sibilla Boerigter Eugenia & Charles Eberle Holmans USA, LLC, Anthony D. Trujillo Lockheed Martin/Sandia National Laboratories The Lumpkin Family Foundation John Moore & Associates, Inc. Music Guild of New Mexico & Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition for Piano & Strings The Honorable & Mrs. James A. Parker Cynthia Phillips & Thomas Martin Popejoy Hall Vein Center of New Mexico, Dr. Ole & Sheila Peloso Wells Fargo Dr. Dean Yannias

BRAHMS CIRCLE Donation of $5000– $9999 Anonymous Paula & William Bradley Andrea Escher & Todd Tibbals Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Mary & Sam Goldman Hunt Family Foundation

The Law Firm of Keleher & McLeod Dr. & Mrs. Larry Lubar Bob & Bonnie Paine Payday, Inc. PNM Resources Foundation Sandia Foundation, Woodward Grant Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union, Robert Chavez Scalo Northern Italian Grill, Steve Paternoster Dr. Helmut Wolf Zia Trust

CHOPIN CIRCLE Donation of $3500– $4999 Anonymous Bank of Albuquerque Mary & Jim Brown Bob & Greta Dean Bob & Fran Fosnaugh Cynthia & Thomas Gaiser Hancock Family Foundation Southwest Gastroenterology Associates Melissa & Al Stotts Marian & Jennifer Tanau U.S. Bank Foundation Barbara & Richard VanDongen

GRACE THOMPSON CIRCLE Donation of $1933– $3499 Albuquerque Community Foundation, Chester French Stewart Endowment Fund Douglas Allen APS Foundation Avista Video Histories Thomas Bird & Brooke Tully Richard & Margaret Cronin D’Addario Foundation Suzanne S. DuBroff, in memory of Warren DuBroff Virginia & Richard Feddersen Firestone Family Foundation Frank & Christine Fredenburgh Eiichi Fukushima Yolanda Garcia Roland Gerencer, MD Keith Gilbert Madeleine GriggDamberger & Stan Damberger Jonathan & Ellin Hewes Henry & Judith Lackner Virginia Lawrence Lexus of Albuquerque Erika Blume Love Myra & Richard Lynch Menicucci Insurance Agency

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Sara Mills & Scott Brown Ruth & Charles Needham Beverly Rogoff Ellen Ann Ryan Barbara & Heinz Schmitt Conrad & Marcella Stahly Kathleen & David Waymire Dr. & Mrs. Albert Westwood Lance Woodworth

BACH CIRCLE Donation of $1000– $1932 Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous, in honor of Adrianna Belen Gatt Christopher Apblett Stephen & Maureen Baca, in memory of Deborah Cazzola Craig Billings Nancy & Cliff Blaugrund Deborah Borders Robert Bower Dr. Marythelma Brainard & Dick Ransom Pat Broyles Dawn & Joseph Calek Jonathan Miles Campbell In memory of Deborah Cazzola David & Mary Colton Daniel & Brigid Conklin, in memory of Dr. C.B. Conklin Cathy Conrad Susan Conway Krys & Phil Custer Marjorie Cypress & Philip Jameson Clare Dreyer, in memory of Joan Allen Mary Lou Edward David & Ellen Evans Elaine & Frederick Fiber Susan Foley, in honor of Sara Tutland Danielle Frabutt Gertrude Frishmuth David & Tanner Gay GE Foundation Dennis & Opal Lee Gill Barbara & Berto Gorham Jean & Bob Gough Mary Herring The Estate of Van Dorn Hooker The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation Chris & Karen Jones Stephanie & David Kauffman Stephen Kaufman Stephanie & Ken Kuzio Dr. Benjamin D. Lane Linda S. Marshall Kathy & John Matter Thomas & Edel Mayer Joan McDougall Bob & Susan McGuire Microsoft Ina S. Miller Mark Moll Moss-Adams LLP Diane M. Mueller

Scott & Toots Obenshain Carol & Gary Overturf Jerald & Cindi Parker Julia Phillips & John Connor, in honor of Ilya Kaler Matthew Puariea Carolyn Quinn & John Crawford Mary Raje, in memory of Frederick C. Raje Dr. Barry & Roberta Ramo Steve Ridlon, in memory of Casey Scott Jacquelyn Robins, in honor of Melvin Robins Steven Schroeder Gregory Shields Vernon & Susannah Smith Susan Spaven Sid Steinberg Jane & Doug Swift Lynett & David Tempest Barbara & Eugene Wasylenki Judy Basen Weinreb & Peter Weinreb Julia Carson White William Wiley Scott Wilson Dolly Yoder Michael & Jeanine Zenge

CONCERTMASTER CIRCLE Donation of $500–$999 Leah Albers & Thomas Roberts John Ames Anonymous Anonymous Judith & Otto Appenzeller Mary & John Arango Richard & Linda Avery Sally Bachofer Luis Baez & Andrea Yannone Stanley & Genevieve Baker Daniel Balik Dorothy M. Barbo Ellen Bayard & Jim O’Neill Hugh & Margaret Bell, in memory of Joan Allen Gay & Stan Betzer Sheila & Bob Bickes Ruth & Edison Bitsui Nancy & Cliff Blaugrund, in memory of Joan Allen Jane Ann Blumenfeld Susanne B. Brown M. Susan Burgener & Steve Rehnberg Drs. Kathleen L. Butler & M. Steven Shackley Bill Byers Clarke Cagle Edith Cherry & Jim See Betty Chowning Judith & Paul Clem Bob Crain Ann DeHart & Robert Milne, in memory of Joan Allen Patricia & Leonard Duda The Financial Maestro, LLC, Joann MacKenzie

Frontier Restaurant, Dorothy & Larry Rainosek Lawrence Golden Kellie & Bing Grady Dr. Kirk & Janet Gulledge Roger Hammond & Katherine Green Hammond Janet Harris Harris L. Hartz Margaret Harvey & Mark Kilburn Kory I. Hoggan, CPA Noelle Holzworth Lorna Howerton Martha Hoyt Rosalyn Hurley Sue Johnson & Jim Zabilski John & Julie Kaltenbach Karen Kehe Marlin Kipp Susie Kubié Rita Leard Jae Lee Bing Leroy Harry & Elizabeth Linneman Tyler M. Mason Jackie & C. Everett McGehee Donna McGill John & Kathleen Mezoff Martha Miller John Mims Robert & Claudia Moraga Mardelle Morrow Richard & Sharon Neuman George & Mary Novotny Stuart Paster Deborah Peacock & Nate Korn Christine & Jerry Rancier Dan Rice The Rodey Law Firm Jeffrey Romero Ruth Ronan Nancy Scheer Howard & Marian Schreyer Janet & Michael Sjulin Terrence Sloan Charles & Flossie Stillwell Betsey Swan & Christopher Calder Stephen Tolber & Louise Campbell-Tolber Tamara Tomasson Eberhard H. Uhlenhuth Dr. Berthold Umland & Gregory Grannan Patrick Villella Margaret Vining Richard Vivian Michael Wallace Patricia & Robert Weiler Carl G. & Janet V. Weis Jane & Scott Wilkinson Drs. Bronwyn Wilson & Kurt Nolte

PRINCIPALS CIRCLE Donation of $125–$499 John B. Aidun & Joan M. Harris

Albertsons Community Partners Program Ed Alelyunas ALH Foundation Inc. Gerald Alldredge Jo Marie & Jerry Anderson Anderson Organizing Systems Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Michael & Katherine Anthony Paul & Mary Lee Anthony Robert & Marilyn Antinone Myrna T. Arguello & Genaro M. Roybal Janice J. Arrott Lynn Asbury & John Wronosky Atkinson & Co. B2B Bistronomy David Baca Joel A. & Sandra S. Baca Mary E. Baca Thomas J. & Helen K. Baca Toni Baca Charlene Baker E. Patricia Barbier Sheila Barnes Holly Barnett-Sanchez & David Foster Elinore M. Barrett Carla Beauchamp Edie Beck Helen Benoist Leonie Boehmer Rog & Genelia Boenig Dr. David & Sheila Bogost Tim & Jackie Bowen Richard & Iris Brackett Susan Brake James & Ann Bresson Sheldon & Marilyn Bromberg Carolyn Brooks James & Elizabeth Brown Fred Bryant Thomas Cagle Laurel Callan Carolyn Callaway & William Schuler Jose & Polly Canive Dante & Judith Cantrill Glo Cantwell Ann Carson Camille Carstens Robert Case Shirley & Ed Case Edsal Chappelle Elaine & Wayne Chew Kathleen & Hugh Church Virginia Clark Linda & Paul Cochran Jane & Kenneth Cole Dianne Cress & Jon McCorkell Nancy Cutter, in memory of Joan Allen Stephen & Stefani Czuchlewski George deSchweinitz Jr. Jerry & Susan Dickinson Fran DiMarco

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Karen & Bill Knauf Asja Kornfeld, MD & Mario Kornfeld, MD Karen M. Kupper R. Jeffrey & Jane W. Lawrence Lacey & Berweida Learson Linda Lewis Robert & Judith Lindeman Michael Linver Thomas & Donna Lockner Dr. Julianne Lockwood Dr. Ronald & Ellen Loehman Bruce & Lesle Loughridge Kenneth Luedeke Bruce Malott & Martha Wood Aabbee Mann Carolyn Martinez Paul & Judith Matteucci Sallie McCarthy Ronald & Barbara McCarty Roger & Kathleen McClellan Monica McComas Virginia McGiboney Rohini & Jason McKee Karen McKinnon & Richard A. Stibolt Bernard & Mary Metzgar Phyllis Metzler Peggy Sanchez Mills & Jim Mills Christine & Russell Mink Mohinder & Deborah Mital Jan Mitchell Dr. William Moffatt James Moffitt Hossein Mojtahed Mary Montano James B. & Mary Ann Moreno James & Margaret Morris Rick Morrison Shirley Morrison & Cornelis Klein Baker H. Morrow John & Patsy Mosman Lynn Mostoller & Kathryn McKnight Sharon Moynahan Lynn Mullins, in memory of Joan Allen Brian Mulrey Edward & Nancy Naimark Marilee Nason Anne E. Nokes Donald & Carol Norton Ben & Mary Lee Nurry Rebecca Okun Alexander Onieal & Caleb James Wendy & Ray Orley Joyce & Pierce Ostrander The Honorable James A. & Janice Parker, in memory of Joan Allen James & Ann Pedone Sandra Penn Calla Ann Pepmueller Ross B. Perkal Richard Perry Lang Ha Pham Herbert & Judi Pitch Dan & Billie Pyzel Jane Rael

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Dick & Andy Rail Russell & Elizabeth Raskob T.D. Raymond Robert Reinke Lee A. Reynis & David W. Stryker Clifford & Sandra Richardson Renee Richardson Deborah Ridley & Richard S. Nenoff Erika Rimson & David Bernstein Ira J. Rimson Donald Robbins & Betty Hawley Shelly Roberts & Dewey Moore A. Rolfe & Dorothy Black, in memory of Joan Allen Paul Romo Kletus & Lois Rood Stuart & Mimi Rose, in honor of the wedding of Paul Silverman & Susan Mesuda Pamela & Richard Salmon Christine Sauer Warren & Rosemary Saur Brigitte Schimek & Marc Scudamore John Schlue Stephen Schoderbek Laura Scholfield Kathleen Schulz Paula & Melvin Schwartz Roland & Justine Scott Carolyn Sedberry Norman Segel Barbara & Daniel Shapiro Archbishop Michael Sheehan Xiu-Li Shen Frederick & Susan Sherman, in memory of Joan Allen David P. Sherry, in memory of Rhoda Sherry Howard Sherry Ronald Shibata Robert Simonson Walt & Beth Simpson Norbert F. Siska George & Vivian Skadron Carol Smith Dr. Fran A’Hern Smith Smith’s Community Rewards Jane Snyder Steven & Keri Sobolik Karen Soutar Robert St. John Marilyn & Stanley Star Maria & Mark Stevens Alexander & Mary Ann Stone John Stover Carmen & Lawrence Straus Fred & Terry Sturm Pamela Sullivan Suzanne Taichert Nina & Gary Thayer Larry Titman Joan & Len Truesdell Marit Tully Jay Ven Eman

Anna Y. Vigil & Clarence Gallegos Jean Villamarin E. M. Wachocki Marianne Walck Bettie & Harry Wallingford Robert Walston, in memory of Mary Walston E. Anna Watkins, Career Performance Coach Alfred Watts & Jan Armstrong Marie Weingardt Jeffrey West Kay West Marybeth White Trudy & Robert White Bill & Janislee Wiese, in honor of Joan Allen Walter Wolf David & Evy Worledge Don & Dot Wortman Sue Wright Paula Wynnyckyj Janice B. Yates Mae S. Yee & Eric Brock Tony Zancanella Albert & Donna Zeman Andrew A. Zucker Carol Zulauf

FRIENDS OF THE PHILHARMONIC Donation of $25–$124 Ron Abramshe Hannah Albers Kelly Aldridge Edward & Nancy Alley, in memory of Joan Allen Carl & Linda Alongi, in memory of Joan Allen Jo Anne Altrichter & Robin Tawney AmazonSmile Judith Anderson Anonymous Anonymous Eugene Aronson Emil & Lori Ashe Lance & Kristin Atencio Edward & Leslie Atler Rosa & Joseph Auletta George Baca Jackie Baca & Ken Genco Renee Baca Diane & Douglas Brehmer Bailey John & Suzanne Bailey, in memory of Marjorie Shapiro Stein Jan Bandrofchak & Cleveland Sharp John Banister Joyce Barefoot Rom Barnes Sheila Barnes, in memory of Joan Allen Lois Barraclough Graham Bartlett Julian Bartlett Edward Barts Mary Beall Susan Beard Christopher Behl David & Judith Bennahum Debra & Kirk Benton

Sarah & Joshua Benton, in memory of Joan Allen Mark & Beth Berger Dorothy & Melbourne Bernstein Bob & Charlene Bishop Alan & Bronnie Blaugrund, in memory of Joan Allen Ann Blaugrund & Bill Redak, in memory of Joan Allen Dusty & Gay Blech Henry Botts Karen Bovinette, in memory of Joan Allen Joan Bowden Julia B. Bowdich, in memory of Joan Allen J. M. Bowers Jeffrey & Teresa Brandon Charles Brandt, in memory of Jennifer K. Brandt Richard & Karla Bressan, in memory of Joan Allen Elizabeth Brower Billy Brown Carolyn Brown Dr. Lisa M. Brunacini & Rita M. Giannini Jeanette Buffett Sandy Buffett Elaine Burgess Caroline Campbell & Ruth Cousins Mary Ann CampbellHoran & Tom Horan James Carroll Ann L. Carson Joseph Cella Barbara & Roscoe Champion Ralph Chapman Kathy & Lance Chilton Jay & Carole Christensen, in memory of Joan Allen Judith & Thomas Christopher Paul Citrin Barry Clark Douglas & Carla Clark James & Joan Cole Randall & Valerie Cole Henry & Ettajane Conant Marcia Congdon Patrick Conroy Martha Cook, in memory of Lewis & Ruth Cook Miriam Corcoran, PhD John & Mary Covan Ralph Cover Judith Crocker Nance Crow Betsy Cuneo Catherine Cunningham Sarah & John Curro Mark Curtis Philip & Joan Dale Rosalie D’Angelo Barbara David Margaret Davidson & James Barbour, in memory of Joan Allen William Davidson Dana Davis Joan Davis Margaret DeLong Doug & Drina Denham Herb Denish

Thomas & Elizabeth Dodson Thomas Domme Darryl Domonkos J.R. & Peggy Dotson, in memory of Joan Allen Dr. James & Julie Drennan Woodie Dreyfuss, in memory of Joan Allen Michael & Jana Druxman Ken Duckert Patsy Duphorne Sondra Eastham, in memory of Joan Allen David Ted Eastlund Joy Eaton, in memory of C.J. Meg Patten Eaton, in memory of Joan Allen John Eckert Keith & Helene Eckrich Ida Edward Sylvia & Ron Eisenhart Wolfgang Elston Robert & Dolores Engstrom Helen Erb Cheryl A. Everett David & Regan Eyerman Jane Farris & Michael Pierson Helen Feinberg Helene K. Fellen Rosario Fiallos Rona Fisher Robert & Diane Fleming Elizabeth & Blake Forbes Beverly Forman & Walter Forman, MD Douglas & Nancy Francis J. Arthur Freed Ron Friederich Jack Fuller Robert & Diana Gaetz Patrick & Patricia Gallacher Daniel & Elena Gallegos Michael Garcia Ann Gateley Karen Gatlin Paula Getz Duane & Janet Gilkey Donald & Diane Goldfarb Jim L. Gonzales Janice K. Goodman Dr. Thomas & Linda Grace, in memory of Joan Allen Erna Sue Greening Charles Gregory Craig Griffith Insurance Agency Virginia Grossetete Virginia Grossetete, in memory of Joan Allen Mina Jane Grothey Ellen Guest Charles & Betsy Gunter Herman Haase Janet & Stan Hafenfeld Anne Hallett Bennett A. Hammer Janet Harrington Donald Harrison Joan & Fred Hart Marilyn Hartig Paul Hass Allan Hauer William & Rossanna Hays

Thank You . Jo Ellen Head James Headley, in memory of Joan Allen Deborah Helitzer Rosalie & Leon Heller Robert & Sara Henning Duane & Youngtae Henry Douglas & Joyce Hilchie Eileen Grevey Hillson & Dr. David Hillson, in memory of Joan Allen Barbara Holt Tom Hopkins Helen & Stanley Hordes Stephanie Horoschak & Paul Helman Linda Hummingbird Anthony & Susan Hunt Nancy Jacobson Joan Jander Jerry & Diane Janicke Olivia Jaramillo Sandra & Michael Jerome Eldon Johnson Eric R. Johnson Joyce D. Jolly Ann & Lawrence Jones Judy & Scott Jones Pamela Jones Robert Jones Tracy Jones Phyllis Kaplan Clayton Karkosh Judy Kauffman Richard & Julia Kavet Carl & Jeanette Keim Margaret Keller James Kelly Charles Kemble David & Leslie Kim, in memory of Joan Allen Judith Allen Kim, in memory of Joan Allen Blossom Kite Gerald Kiuttu Barbara Kleinfeld Sushilla Knottenbelt Herb & Shelley Koffler, in memory of Joan Allen Philip Kolehmainen & Vivian Waldron Katherine Kraus Jennifer C. Kruger Flora Kubiak, in memory of Joan Allen Hareendra & Sanjani Kulasinghe Stephen & Isadora Kunitz Mike Langner Day Lee Rebecca Lee & Daniel Rader Susan Lentz Madeleine Lewis Susan & George Lind William J. Lock George Loehr Richard & Christine Loew, in memory of Joan Allen Dwayne Longenbaugh Rhonda Loos & Neal Piltch, in memory of Joan Allen

Quinn Lopez Joel Lorimer Betty Lovering Ed & Jeanne Lynch Audrey Macdonald Stephen Maechtlen Robert & Linda Malseed Jim Marquez Jeffrey Marr Anna Marshall Marita Marshall Walton & Ruth Marshall Carolyn Ross Martin, in memory of Joan Allen Tony Martin Carolyn Martinez, in memory of Joan Allen Diane & Walter Masincup Stephen & Janice Matthews Michael Mauldin Pete & Lois McCatharn Stephen McCue James McElhane Jackie & C. Everett McGehee, in memory of Joan Allen David McGuire Eugene McGuire & Rosemary Hunten David McKinney, in memory of Joan Allen Millie & John McMahon, in memory of Joan Allen Cynthia & Paul McNaull Louise & Joseph Messina Sterrett Metheny Bruce A. Miller Kathleen Miller Robert Miller Barbara Mills-Bria, in honor of Dr. Sara A. Mills & Dr. Scott Brown Carolyn Mohoric Claude Morelli Letitia Morris Cary & Evelyn Morrow Ted & Mary Morse Paula Mortensen Guy Frederick Morton Karen Mosier Carolyn Muggenburg Cynthia & David Nartonis Jennie Negin & Harold Folley Bruce & Ruth Nelson Dr. Michael & Patsy Nelson Harold & Barbara Newman Betsy Nichols & Steve Holmes Candace & Frank Norris David & Marilyn Novat Richard & Marian Nygren James & Kathryn Oates Marilyn Jean O’Hara Gloria & Greg Olson H. George Oltman Jr. George Onieal Bethe Orrell

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Dr. Joseph & Barbara Ann Oser Margaret & Doyle Pargin Judyth Parker Howard Paul Larry Pearsall Margery Pearse Oswaldo & Victoria Pereira Timothy Peterson Barbara Pierce Barbara Pierce, in memory of Elise Schoenfeld Dr. Ed & Nancy Pierce, in memory of Joan Allen Beverly Pinney Martin & Cathyrn Pokorny Judy & Orville Pratt Charles & Theresa Pribyl, in memory of Joan Allen Shirley Puariea Noel Pugach, in memory of Chris Gelina Therese Quinn Suzanne Rademacher Mary Ellen Ratzer Marit Rawley David & Tracey Raymo Ray Reeder Tom & Marla Reichert Patricia Renken Kerry Renshaw Kathryn & Chris Rhoads Judith Ribble Jacob & Nancy Rittenhouse Margaret E. Roberts Matthew Robertson Gwenn Robinson, MD & Dwight Burney III, MD Ralph, Stella & Stephen Rogers Bruce Roginson Stuart & Mimi Rose, in honor of Cliff Blaugrund’s 70th birthday Dr. Estelle Rosenblum Jeffrey Ross F. Warren Rowe Harvey & Laurie Ruskin Robert Sabatini John Salathe Evelyn E. & Gerhard L. Salinger Steve A. Schaefer David A. Schnitzer Judith Schwartz Baiba Garoza Seefer Arthur & Colleen M. Sheinberg Robert & Lelia Shepperson Barbara Shiller Beverly Simmons Richard & Eileen Simpson Suzanne & L.J. Slankard Carl & Marilyn Smith Donald Smith & Patricia Fleming

Katherine Smith, in memory of Craig Smith Enid Solin Frederick Snoy Vera Snyder Gwyneth & Tracy Sprouls David & Laurel Srite William Stanley Bill Stanton Ronald & Patricia Stauber Donald & B. Joan Stehr Geny Stein Elizabeth C. Stevens David & Jane Tallant Emily Terrell Maxine Thevenot & Edmund Connolly Alice Thieman Patricia & George Thomas Richard & Thereseann Thompson Max Thrasher Betty Tichich & Fred Bunch Julie Tierney John Tischhauser Marian Trainor & David Dixon Hy Tran Jorge Tristani Arthur & Sandra VallSpinosa John Vittal & Deborah Ham Hilda Volkin, in memory of Howard C. Volkin Rose Walker Marmion Walsh Marilyn Warrant Maryann Wasiolek Margaret Wente Joseph & Merida Wexler Denise Wheeler Carol Whiddon Leslie White Ellen Whitman Wendy & Roland Wiele Keith & Jane Wilkinson Bronwyn Willis Phyllis Wilson David Winter & Abigail Stewart Kathryn Wissel Stanley Yager Judith Yandoh Diana Zavitz, in honor of Pat & Ray Harwick Anne & Michael Zwonlinski 4/4/2016

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Volunteers, Expertise, Services, & Equipment The New Mexico Philharmonic would like to thank the following people for their support and in-kind donations of volunteer time, expertise, services, product, and equipment. BUSINESS & ORGANIZATION APPRECIATION Central United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church St. John’s United Methodist Church St. Luke Lutheran Church

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The Fabulous Fifth: Match the Magnificence! Moving NMPhil to the Next Level. We are writing to you today to share the joy we all feel as we celebrate your New Mexico Philharmonic’s 5th Anniversary season. The NMPhil has performed five seasons of excellent concerts with exemplary fiscal responsibility and meaningful community involvement. We operate very efficiently, carefully conserving the community’s resources, as a review of our numbers on the following page will show you. We are also writing because we want you to know that the success of our NMPhil is due directly to the generosity of this community. We would not be here without you. Our success is also possible because of the outstanding commitment and very hard work by all involved, especially the musicians, staff, volunteers, board, guest artists, and conductors. Every musician is being paid an average of $7,000 per year. Every one of them is highly qualified; all are graduates of prestigious music schools and accepted as members of the orchestra through a very rigorous audition process. They continue with us because of their commitment, love of the music, and the hope that the orchestra continues on the road to a secure future. Each member of the staff wears multiple hats, works many hours per week beyond the standard 40, and are all paid very modestly. They are clearly doing this work because of their love for the NMPhil. Our guest soloists and conductors are all world class and have come to Albuquerque for a small part of their customary fees because they want to help us. They have believed in what we can do and have been an important part of creating our success. Our November 2015 Annual Fund Drive produced $166,000. While a new high for us, individuals and businesses in our community once donated substantially more to the orchestra. We are happy to report that the NMPhil is a great success even with the limited means presented to us. We are writing to you today with the hope and belief you will agree with us that the NMPhil is a key cultural asset to our community and that it is time to move the NMPhil to a level that is more sustainable for all involved—musicians, staff, volunteers, artists, and board—and that you will join us in The Fabulous Fifth: Match the Magniﬁcence Campaign. With your support, the Fabulous Fifth will help us move your NMPhil to the next level. We will continue to be an important cultural asset to the community in any case, and with your support we will assure an even better future. We invite you to review the important information on the next page that explains in depth our operation and results. Please participate in our quest to take the NMPhil to the next level by making a new or increased donation and committing to additional support for upcoming seasons. We are happy to let you know that your donation will be matched by a group of dedicated donors and board members. Our deepest thanks,

Maureen Baca President

Marian Tanau Executive Director

Board of Directors

D E TA C H H E R E

20 T H E 2015/16 Season FA B U L O U S F I F T H : M AT C H T H E M A G N I F I C E N C E

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The Fabulous Fifth: Match the Magniﬁcence! Moving NMPhil to the Next Level. FINANCIALS

NMPhil is managed as a business. The organization has operated on a $2,000,000 budget for its four full seasons, with very careful management, razor-thin margins, and no recurring debt. Here are some key business facts:

INCOME

Earned Donated Total Income per Season

EXPENSES

Total Expenses per Season

$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000

(ticket sales, advertising, car raffle) (annual fund, individual donations, grants) Ticket sales pay less than half the cost of operating the NMPhil, which is managed extremely conservatively.

$2,000,000

With an overhead of 14% compared to 36% national average for non-profits.

RESULTS

NMPhil has achieved four years of positive results, all with favorable trends, including: • Reaching 40,000+ audience members • Attaining audience satisfaction of 96% and artistic excellence of 97% • Achieving attendance at concerts of 75%+ of venue capacity, well above 50% industry average • Providing education programs that reach 18,000 students, impacting lives and academics • Being the only arts organization in New Mexico to ever receive Quality New Mexico’s Piñón Recognition for excellence in its organizational practices HOW THIS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE

To make NMPhil successful on this budget, key stakeholders have made amazing commitments: • NMPhil Musicians have accepted limited work and fewer rehearsals, resulting in less income • NMPhil Staﬀ (5 full time) all work multiple jobs • Guest Artists and Conductors have accepted greatly reduced fees • Every member of the Board of Directors has donated very generously of their time and resources

LET’S MOVE NMPHIL TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Achieving the next level means: • Increased work for the musicians • Being better able to attract and keep musicians • Continuing to bring in world-class soloists • Having our own conductor/music director • Serving the community better with expanding education programs and additional concerts HOW DO WE GET THERE?

• Raising $100,000+ in our 5th anniversary drive for the 2016 season • Gaining commitments to increase ﬁnancial support in each of the coming ﬁve seasons • Achieving a $2,500,000 budget by our 10th season (by 2021)

NMPHIL EXPENSES

Percentage of Total Budget of Two Million Dollars per Season.

NMPHIL MUSICIANS

35%

PRODUCTION COSTS

23%

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

10%

GUEST ARTISTS & CONDUCTORS

MARKETING

STAFF SALARIES

DEVELOPMENT / FUNDRAISING

OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

INSURANCE

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Use the enclosed envelope, see a volunteer in the lobby, or visit nmphil.org to make a donation (please specify in the comments section of the website that your donation is for the Fabulous Fifth initiative). Together, we can take NMPhil to a new level of success and ensure it remains a strong cultural asset in our community.

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SUPPORT YOUR NMPHIL The concerts of the New Mexico Philharmonic are supported in part by the City of Albuquerque Department of Cultural Services, the Bernalillo County, the Albuquerque Community Foundation, and the McCune Foundation. Interested in becoming a sponsor of the NMPhil? Call Today (505) 323-4343.

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LEGACY SOCIETY GIVING FOR THE FUTURE Your continued support makes this possible. The Legacy Society represents people who have provided long lasting support to the New Mexico Philharmonic through wills, retirement plans, estates, and life income plans. If you included the NMPhil in your planned giving and your name is not listed, please contact (505) 323-4343 to let us know to include you. Jo Anne Altrichter & Robin Tawney Maureen & Stephen Baca Nancy Berg Thomas C. Bird & Brooke E. Tully Edison & Ruth Bitsui Bob & Jean Gough Peter Gregory Dr. & Mrs. Larry Lubar Jeanne & Sid Steinberg Betty Vortman William A. Wiley Dot & Don Wortman 4/4/2016

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MUSICAL FIESTAS Join us for Sunday afternoon fund-raising events at private homes that feature our guest artists in an intimate performance setting, which includes dinner and wine. This is your chance to meet the guest artists in person.

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