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Welcome from the President & CEO

15 Harry Potter and the

Sorcerer’s StoneTM - In Concert

November 3 & 4 8 The Orchestra 12 RPO Board of Directors 19 A Tour of World Flutes 13 Bravo to Our Sponsors

with Orchestra November 5 40 Bravo to Our Generous Supporters 48 About Your RPO 21 Olga Kern Plays

Beethoven’s “Emperor” November 9 & 11

27 Beethoven’s Ninth

Vol. 95. • Book 3 PHOTO CREDITS: COVER DESIGN: Meg Spoto, m dash studio THIS PAGE: ©2015 Suzy Gorman

November 16 & 18

35 Mendelssohn's "Reformation"

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Dear Friends, As I become more rooted in the fabric of this organization in my first season as President & CEO, I cannot help but reflect on the progress we have made over the last two years.

Welcome

from the President & CEO

Thanks to the successful execution of the beginning stages of a five-year plan developed by previous President Ralph Craviso, the RPO closed its books at the end of our 2016-17 season with a balanced budget—the first time in six years that we have achieved this status. In addition, this past season’s ticket sales were up by 20%, reflecting an increase of 10% more subscribers and 30% more individual concert patrons. Public support followed suit: the RPO saw an increase of 25% in fundraising during 2016-17, including a season-ending, matching-gift Summer Challenge campaign that exceeded its $200,000 goal.

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Even as we celebrate the start of a wonderful turnaround for the RPO, we also need to remember that there is much work yet to be done as we enter the second year of our five-year plan. We need to continue to grow audiences and—like most orchestras around the country, which generate more than half their revenue from contributions—to continue to rely upon the generosity of this supportive community in order to serve Greater Rochester with excellent and ever-evolving programs that engage, entertain, and educate. To learn more about how your tax-deductible gift can support the RPO, please contact the Development Office at 585-399-3649.

Looking to this month’s lineup of concerts, we are pleased to present a mix of concerts to suit every palate, from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on the big screen to a family-friendly celebration of world flutes and two weekends devoted to masterworks by Beethoven.

Looking further ahead to Thanksgiving weekend and the holidays, we invite you to 13 Holidays at the RPO performances: The Nutcracker with Rochester City Ballet (Nov. 22, 24-26), our OrKIDStra special presentation of The Snowman and The Bear (Dec. 10), Vivaldi’s Four Seasons featuring Concertmaster Juliana Athayde (Dec. 14 & 16), and Jeff Tyzik’s Gala Holiday Pops (Dec. 21-23).

As always, I’d love to hear your feedback. Please don’t hesitate to reach out so that we can make your night at the RPO the best it can be. Enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

Curt Long President & CEO

FIRST VIOLIN Juliana Athayde, Concertmaster

Wilfredo Degláns, Associate Concertmaster Shannon Nance, Assistant Concertmaster Perrin Yang Tigran Vardanyan Ellen Rathjen Thomas Rodgers Aika Ito William Hunt Kenneth Langley Molly Werts McDonald Willa Finck Jeremy Hill An-Chi Lin

2017–18 Season

The Orchestra

The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair, Funded in perpetuity

SECOND VIOLIN Hanna Landrum, Principal Daryl Perlo, Assistant Principal Patricia Sunwoo John Sullivan Lara Sipols Nancy Hunt Boris Zapesochny Liana Koteva Kirvan Margaret Leenhouts Heidi Brodwin Ainur Zabenova* Petros Karapetyan VIOLA Melissa Matson, Principal

The William L. Gamble Chair Supported in part this season by John & Carol Bennett

Marc Anderson, Assistant Principal Samantha Rodriguez Olita Povero Olivia Chew Neil Miller David Hult Aaron Mossburg Matthew Ross Benjamin Magruder CELLO Ahrim Kim, Principal

The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair Funded in perpetuity

Kathleen Murphy Kemp, Assistant Principal Lars Kirvan Christopher Haritatos Benjamin Krug Zexun Shen Ingrid Bock BASS Cory Palmer, Principal

The Anne Hayden McQuay Chair Funded in perpetuity

Michael Griffin, Assistant Principal Gaelen McCormick Edward Castilano Fred Dole Jeff Campbell + Eric Polenik

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FLUTE Rebecca Gilbert, Principal

BASS TROMBONE Jeffrey Gray

Joanna Bassett Jessica Sindell Diane Smith

TUBA W. Craig Sutherland, Principal

The Charlotte Whitney Allen Chair Funded in perpetuity

PICCOLO Joanna Bassett Jessica Sindell OBOE Erik Behr, Principal

The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair Funded in perpetuity

Anna Steltenpohl Geoffrey Sanford

TIMPANI Charles Ross, Principal

The Harold and Joan Feinbloom Chair Funded in perpetuity

Jim Tiller, Assistant Principal PERCUSSION Jim Tiller, Principal

The Marie-Merrill and George M. Ewing Chair Funded in perpetuity

ENGLISH HORN Anna Steltenpohl

Brian Stotz John McNeill Robert Patterson Jillian Pritchard Fiandach

CLARINET Kenneth Grant,+ Principal

HARP Grace Wong, Principal

The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair Funded in perpetuity

William Amsel* Luke Eckhoff Andrew Brown

E-FLAT CLARINET Luke Eckhoff BASS CLARINET Andrew Brown SAXOPHONE Ramon Ricker BASSOON Matthew McDonald, Principal The Ron and Donna Fielding Chair Funded in perpetuity

Karl Vilcins Martha Sholl

CONTRA-BASSOON Karl Vilcins HORN W. Peter Kurau,+ Principal The Cricket and Frank Luellen Chair Funded in perpetuity

Nikolette LaBonte, Associate/Assistant/Utility Maura McCune Corvington David Angus Stephen Laifer

The Eileen Malone Chair, A Tribute

by Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt M. Sylvester Funded in perpetuity

Rosanna Moore

KEYBOARD Joseph Werner, Principal The Lois P. Lines Chair, Funded in perpetuity

Cary Ratcliff

PERSONNEL MANAGER Fred Dole PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Kim Hartquist PRODUCTION CREW David Zaccaria, Stage Manager Deirdre Street, Assistant Stage Manager Gordon Estey, lighting director John Ebert, sound engineer Dave Sluberski, recording engineer Brian Cignarale, building steward Jules Corcimiglia, Eastman sound engineer Ron Stackman, Eastman stage manager

TRUMPET Douglas Prosser,+ Principal The Elaine P. Wilson Chair

Wesley Nance Herbert Smith Paul Shewan

* On Leave

TROMBONE David Bruestle, Principal

+ Full-time faculty at the Eastman School of Music

The Austin E. Hildebrandt Chair Funded in perpetuity

Lisa Albrecht Jeffrey Gray

WARD STARE Music Director

This season at the RPO, Stare will collaborate with Itzhak Perlman and returning favorite pianists Olga Kern and Misha Dichter. Stare will also lead a Beethoven Festival, Bizet’s Carmen in Concert, and two world premieres by celebrated composers Allen Shawn and Jennifer Higdon. 2016–17 season highlights included collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Grammy-winning violinist James Ehnes. Stare also led a three-weekend salute to the music of American composers, as well as Puccini’s La Bohème in Concert, and a world-concert premiere by AcademyAward winning composer Eliot Goldenthal.

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Our Conductors

Appointed the 12th music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2014, Rochester native Ward Stare has been described as “inspiring musicians to impressive heights” by The New York Times, and “a dynamic music director” by Rochester CITY Newspaper. This December, Stare will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera for nine performances of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, with Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the title role.

Stare’s recent seasons have seen a number of highly anticipated debuts with orchestras around the world, including performances with the Baltimore Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and the Calgary Philharmonic. Last season he made his debut with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra followed by his return to the St. Louis Symphony in December.

Stare’s frequent collaboration with the Lyric Opera of Chicago began with his debut in 2012 conducting performances of Hansel and Gretel; he returned in 2013 to lead Die Fledermaus, and again in November 2014 to lead Porgy and Bess to rave reviews. He made his debut with the Washington National Opera conducting Donizetti’s comic opera L’Elisir d’amore in 2014.

SUZY GORMAN

Stare served as resident conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, he made his highly successful Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra, stepping in at the last minute to lead H. K. Gruber’s Frankenstein!

The 2013–14 season saw his return to the Atlanta and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as his debuts with the Syracuse Symphoria, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic with Lang Lang as soloist.

Stare was trained as a trombonist at The Juilliard School in Manhattan. At 18, he was appointed principal trombonist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has performed as an orchestral musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others. As a soloist, he has concertized in both the U.S. and Europe. wardstare.com

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MICHAEL BUTTERMAN

Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Now in his 18th season as principal conductor for education and community engagement with the RPO—the first position of its kind in the United States.

Butterman also is the music director of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, whom he has led to national prominence, resulting in an invitation to open the Kennedy Center’s SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras in 2017. In addition, he serves as music director of the Shreveport Symphony and the Pennsylvania Philharmonic, and just completed a 15-year tenure with the Jacksonville Symphony, first as associate, and then as resident conductor.

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Making his mark as a model for today’s conductors, Michael Butterman is recognized for his commitment to creative artistry, innovative programming, and to audience and community engagement.

As a guest conductor, Butterman has led many of the country’s preeminent ensembles, including The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Houston Symphony. Other recent appearances include performances with the symphonies of Oregon, Phoenix, Kansas City, Denver, Charleston, Hartford, San Antonio, Syracuse, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Victoria (British Columbia), California, New Orleans, Spokane, El Paso, Mobile, and Winston- Salem, as well as the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Pensacola Opera, and Asheville Lyric Opera. Summer appearances include Tanglewood, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Colorado Music Festival, Ohio Light Opera, and the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia.

His work has been featured in six nationwide broadcasts on public radio’s Performance Today, and can be heard on two CDs recorded for the Newport Classics label and on a disc in which he conducts the Rochester Philharmonic and collaborates with actor John Lithgow. michaelbutterman.com.

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OFFICERS Ingrid A. Stanlis Chairperson of the Board

EX-OFFICIO Rebecca Gilbert Orchestra Representative

Curtis S. Long President & CEO

David C. Heiligman Chairperson, Honorary Board

Stephen B. Ashley Vice Chairperson Robert A. Woodhouse Treasurer Elizabeth F. Rice Secretary Jules L. Smith, Esq. Immediate Past Chairperson

2017–18 Season

RPO Board of Directors

Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923—Incorporated in 1930)

(TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2018) James T. Englert La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. David Lane Michael Pietropaoli Christopher N. Pipa Dr. Stephen I. Rosenfeld Katherine T. Schumacher Jules L. Smith, Esq. Dr. Sidney H. Sobel Deborah Wilson Alex Yudelson (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2019) Dr. Steven E. Feldon Marjorie L. Goldstein Dr. Sandra S. Johnson Mark Siwiec Ingrid A. Stanlis Jason Thomas Steven H. Whitman Robert A. Woodhouse

INGRID A. STANLIS CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

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(TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2020) Stephen B. Ashley Dr. Andrew J. Elliot Ilene L. Flaum Michael Gioja Michael B. Millard Elizabeth F. Rice

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Curtis S. Long President & CEO Dr. Jamal J. Rossi Dean, Eastman School of Music Jules L. Smith, Esq. Immediate Past Chairperson W. Craig Sutherland Orchestra Representative HONORARY BOARD David C. Heiligman Chairperson Nancy Beilfuss James M. Boucher Paul W. Briggs William L. Cahn Catherine B. Carlson Louise Epstein Joan Feinbloom Betsy Friedman Patrick Fulford Ronald A. Furman Mary M. Gooley A. Thomas Hildebrandt Marie Kenton Dr. James E. Koller Harold A. Kurland, Esq. Cricket and Frank Luellen Elizabeth F. Rice Nathan J. Robfogel, Esq. Jon L. Schumacher, Esq. Katherine T. Schumacher Betty Strasenburgh Josephine S. Trubek Suzanne D. Welch Patricia C. Wilder The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS 1930–32: Edward G. Miner* 1932–34: Simon N. Stein* 1934–38: George E. Norton* 1938–41: Leroy E. Snyder* 1941–42: Frank W. Lovejoy* 1942–43: Bernard E. Finucane* 1943–46: L. Dudley Field* 1946–48: Edward S. Farrow, Jr. * 1948–51: Joseph J. Myler* 1951–52: Joseph F. Taylor* 1952–55: Raymond W. Albright* 1955–57: Arthur I. Stern* 1957–59: Thomas H. Hawks* 1959–61: Walter C. Strakosh* 1962–63: Ernest J. Howe* 1963–65: O. Cedric Rowntree* 1965–67: Frank E. Holley * 1967–69: Thomas C. Taylor* 1969–71: Thomas H. Miller* 1971–72: Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens* 1972–73: Edward C. McIrvine 1973–74: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1974–75: John A. Santuccio 1975–76: Robert J. Strasenburgh* 1976–78: Dr. Louis Lasagna* 1978–80: Edward C. McIrvine 1980–82: Peter L. Faber 1982–84: Paul F. Pagerey* 1984–85: Peter L. Waasdorp* 1986–89: Robert H. Hurlbut* 1989–91: Paul W. Briggs 1991–93: Karen Noble Hanson 1993–95: Ronald E. Salluzzo 1995–98: A. Thomas Hildebrandt 1998–00: Harold A. Kurland, Esq. 2000–04: David C. Heiligman 2004–06: Ingrid A. Stanlis 2006–09: James M. Boucher 2009–11: Suzanne D. Welch 2011–13: Elizabeth F. Rice 2013–15: Dr. Dawn F. Lipson 2015-17: Jules L. Smith, Esq. * Deceased

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EDUCATION AT THE RPO The RPO performed with ROCmusic times last season.

ROCmusic offers free strings lessons to economically disadvantaged children and teenagers from Rochester.

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30% Nearly

of RPO concerts are education or community-oriented

200 7,500 students perform in Gala Holiday Pops each season

Rochester City School District students attend free RPO concerts each year

22,500 students participate in RPO education programs each year

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middle and high school students perform in the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra all photos ŠErich Camping

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NOV 4

Ernest Richardson, guest conductor

7 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Concert Produced by CineConcerts Justin Freer, President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien, Co-Founder/Producer David Hoffis, Sound Engineer/Production Supervisor Ed Kalnins, Playback Operator and Synthesizer Production Marketing Director: Kory Kelly Press Director: Andrew P. Alderete Worldwide Representation: WME Entertainment Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing: Ramiro Belgardt and Ed Kalnins Sound Remixing: Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneTM —In Concert

7 PM

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artists ERNEST RICHARDSON, guest conductor Conductor, composer, arranger, violist, organizational leader, and inspirational speaker Ernest Richardson is currently the principal pops conductor and resident conductor of the Omaha Symphony. In addition to his artistic leadership of the popular ten performance Christmas Celebration production, he leads the innovative education and community engagement programs and video to live music movie productions, recently conducting Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean, Singin’ in the Rain, Casablanca, the Charlie Chaplin silent film The Gold Rush, and Star Trek (2009).

In addition to Omaha, he is music director and principal conductor of the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra. Under his leadership, the organization has grown from a community orchestra to a resident professional orchestra, attracting the finest musicians throughout the United States.

Recent guest conducting engagements include the Houston Symphony with singer/songwriter Michael Cavanaugh, the Florida Orchestra for the silent film The Gold Rush, the Phoenix Symphony, and the professional vocal ensemble Résonance. He has also conducted the Nashville Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony, and Opera Omaha. This is his first performance with the RPO. He has encouraged and supported countless young musicians. He is the founding artistic director and CEO of Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, a four-week program based on the principal of “musician as athlete” for young, aspiring string players to study and perform with world renowned faculty.

An avid fly fisherman in the trout streams of Colorado, he is also a black belt in tae kwon do.

JUSTIN FREER, president/founder/producer California-born composer/conductor Justin Freer has established himself as one of the West Coast’s most exciting musical voices and has quickly become a highly sought-after conductor and producer of film music concerts around the world.

Freer has written music for world-renowned trumpeters Doc Severinson and Jens Lindemann and continues to be in demand as a composer and conductor for everything from orchestral literature to chamber music at some of the most well-known concert halls, festivals, music clinics, and conventions in the world.

Major League Soccer called upon Freer to compose and conduct music for the 2011 and 2012 Major League Soccer Championship Cups in Los Angeles, Calif. He has served as composer for several independent films and has written motion picture advertising music for some of 20th Century Fox Studios’ biggest campaigns including Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dragonball Evolution, and Aliens in the Attic. As a conductor, Freer has appeared with some of the most well-known orchestras in the world including, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In upcoming seasons, he will guest conduct the Minnesota Orchestra as well as the orchestras of Chicago, Dublin, London, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, and others.

Freer was recognized with numerous grants and awards from organizations including ASCAP, BMI, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the Henry Mancini Estate. He is the founder and president of CineConcerts, a company dedicated to the preservation and concert presentation of film, TV, and media music set to picture with whom he has produced, curated, and conducted full length music

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score performances live with film for such wide ranging titles as Gladiator, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s A Wonderful Life, and most recently Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—he also spent several years as one of the principal conductors for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy In Concert and conducted the European concert run of Titanic.

Freer earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music composition from UCLA, where his principal composition teachers included Paul Chihara and Ian Krouse. In addition, he was mentored by legendary composer/conductor Jerry Goldsmith.

JOHN WILLIAMS, composer In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all seven Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone, and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre, and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

He has received five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s mostnominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-three Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the first time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer.

In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches.”

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NOV 5 2 PM

HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL

Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor Tereasa Payne, flute

A Tour of World Flutes with Orchestra

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Flight of the Bumblebee for Flute Trio Western Flutes

CHINESE FOLKSONG

Mo Li Hua Chinese Dizi

INDIAN RAGA

Raga Kalyan Indian Bansuri

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Haru No Umi Japanese Shinobue

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O’Carolan’s Concerto Irish Flute

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Sakura Japanese Shakuhachi

PERUVIAN FOLKSONG ARR. DANNY LARSEN

Quisiera South American Quena

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Chinese Xiao

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Polynesian Ohe Hano Ihu

MANCINI

Pennywhistle Jig Irish Pennywhistle

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Night Forest (excerpt) Native American Flute

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Cambodian Khloy

MALOY

Visions & Fantasies, Mvt III. Prayer (Excerpt) Ocarina

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Five Romanian Pieces, Mvt II. Postcard from Muntenia Romanian Panflute

BOLIVIAN FOLKSONG

Cueca South American Siku

PHILLIPS

Toucan Tango South American Toyo

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ARR. NATE BEVERSLUIS ARR. ANDREW GRAHAM

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artists TEREASA PAYNE, flute NYC flutist/world flutist/woodwinds specialist Tereasa Payne has performed her “Tour of World Flutes” concert throughout the country.

Passionate about sharing these world flutes, she often works as a consultant with composers, orchestrators, and arrangers as they score for these unique and beautiful instruments.

TEREASA PAYNE

MATTHEW KRAEMER

Payne has performed with numerous orchestras and artists throughout the U.S, including: The Orlando Philharmonic, The Temptations, Idina Menzel, Johnny Mathis, Bernadette Peters, Frank Sinatra Jr, Dennis DeYoung of STYX, The Four Tops, Il Divo, and Robert Goulet. This is her first appearance with the RPO. She is a regular sub with Disney’s The Lion King both on Broadway and on the National Tour where she performs on 13 flutes from around the world. She has also played on Broadway with Allegiance, Amazing Grace, The Phantom of the Opera, and Something Rotten. She has been heard in concerts throughout the world, as well as on recordings for commercials, video games, pop, and Christian artists. She has appeared playing panflute with Kygo on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and as an orchestra member on NBC’s Smash.

Payne is a founding member of the Areté Woodwind Doubling Quartet, a unique ensemble that has commissioned and premiered several new works for woodwind doubling quartet. The ensemble’s primary objective is to raise awareness of woodwind specialists and their high level of performance ability. www.tereasapayne.com.

MATTHEW KRAEMER, guest conductor Matthew Kraemer is quickly making his mark among young American conductors for his inspired performances and versatility. Following an extensive international search, Kraemer was appointed music director and principal conductor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in July 2015. He additionally serves as music director of the Butler County Symphony and recently completed his fifth and final season as music director of the Erie Chamber Orchestra.

His active guest conducting schedule has included appearances with many of the nation’s finest orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Nashville, North Carolina, Saint Louis, Spokane, Syracuse, and Toledo symphony orchestras, as well as Canada’s Mississauga Symphony and Hamilton Philharmonic and in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Upcoming season highlights include performances of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, Holst’s The Planets, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Strauss’ Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and a 70th anniversary semi-staged production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate. The 2017-18 season features debut performances with the Niagara Symphony and Marion Philharmonic, in addition to return engagements with the Indianapolis Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, and West Michigan Symphony. A frequent guest conductor at the RPO, his last appearance was in 2016.

An Indiana native, Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas Conde, and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. matthewkraemer.com

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NOV 9 7:30 PM SAT

NOV 11 8 PM

Ward Stare, conductor Olga Kern, piano

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”

Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro Olga Kern, piano

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Olga Kern will perform on a Steinway piano donated in honor of Jon Nakamatsu, a special friend of the RPO.

INTERMISSION MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Olga Kern Plays Beethoven’s “Emperor”

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Promenade (Arr. Lawrence Leonard) Gnomes (Arr. Vladimir Ashkenazy) Promenade (Arr. Lucien Cailliet) Old Castle (Arr. Sergei Gorchakov) Promenade/Tuileries (Arr. Leonidas Leonardi) Bydlo (Arr. Sir Henry Wood) Promenade/Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Arr. Cailliet) Two Polish Jews (Arr. Gorchakov) Promenade (Arr. Cailliet) Limoges: The Market (Arr. Mikhail Tushmalov) The Catacombs (Arr. Leopold Stokowski) Cum Mortis in Lingua Morta (Arr. Sir Henry Wood) Hut on Fowl’s Legs: Baba Yaga (Arr. Maurice Ravel) Great Gate of Kiev (Arr. Maurice Ravel)

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor” The “Emperor” Concerto is Beethoven’s final work for solo instrument and orchestra. He composed it in 1809, against the backdrop of French leader Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to the zenith of his power. In May 1809, French troops besieged and captured Vienna. Rather than reflecting Beethoven’s deep distress, the concerto is proud and defiant. Perhaps he intended it as a hopeful vision of Bonaparte’s ultimate defeat, or a manifesto praising the virtues of the common man over those of a dictator.

b. Bonn, Germany December 15, 1770 d. Vienna, Austria March 26, 1827 First performed by the RPO January 28, 1926 Eugene Goossesns, conductor Max Landow, piano

It displays a major shift in character from the Fourth Concerto. The earlier Last performed by the RPO work begins quietly, almost modestly. In the “Emperor,” Beethoven wheels October 11, 2008 out the big guns right off the top. After the commanding opening flourish, Christopher Seaman, conductor the first movement proper unfolds with unhurried majesty. There are no Andre Watts, piano solo cadenzas in the concerto, Beethoven having lost patience with the liberties soloists had taken with those he had provided for his previous concertos. In its own serene way, the slow movement is every bit as assured as the first. A simple bridge passage (its magic undimmed no matter how many times you hear it) leads to the exultant, dance-like finale.

MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Tonight you will hear the RPO perform Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition like never before, with arrangements by nine different men (in order of appearance): Lawrence Leonard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lucien Cailliet, Sergei Gorchakov, Leonidas Leonardi, Sir Henry Wood, Mikhail Tushmalov, Leopold Stokowski, and Maurice Ravel

b. Karevo, Russia March 21, 1839 d. St. Petersburg, Russia March 28, 1881 First performed by the RPO (Ravel arrangement) February 13, 1931 Eugene Goossens, conductor Last performed by the RPO

(Ravel arrangement) This vibrant gallery of music pictures sprang June 2, 2012 from a personal friendship. Mussorgsky met Arild Remmereit, conductor Victor Hartmann, a brilliant young artist and architect, in 1862. The 39 year-old Hartmann’s death from a heart attack in 1873 plunged Mussorgsky into a deep depression. The following year, a memorial exhibition was held in St. Petersburg, displaying over 400 of Hartmann’s paintings, costumes, architectural designs, and sketches for ornamental household objects. Mussorgsky’s visit to that display, combined with his desire to compose a piece in his friend’s memory, led to the creation of the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition.

The most popular orchestral transcription of the suite is the one that French composer Maurice Ravel prepared in 1922, but there have been more than 20 others. Maestro Stare introduces the fascinating multi-arranger version you will hear at this concert. “I’ve loved the classic Mussorgsky/Ravel ‘Pictures’ “for as long as I can remember,” wrote Stare. “I was first inspired to perform a version with multiple arrangements when I learned about a similar program that was done by Leonard Slatkin at the BBC Proms back in the early 1990s. I’ve been in touch with Leonard frequently about it and he has been most generous in sharing his research over the years.

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“For me, this is a great opportunity to give both our audience and our orchestra a fresh take on a familiar and much-loved work. The interpretive process has always been one of my favorite things about music-making. In any given program we, as musicians, are always probing and searching for our own collective voice and approach to a work—it is a never-ending, exhilarating voyage of discovery!

Presenting multiple arrangements of a famous work brings this process to a whole new level. It gives us all the chance to experience the creative ideas of many great artists in a single evening and to hear first-hand the infinite variety of sounds and colors an orchestra can produce. For those who know Pictures at an Exhibition well, this will be an opportunity to hear the work as they never have before!”

The suite opens with a majestic theme called “Promenade”, depicting visitors strolling between displays. It recurs at several early points in the music. The first picture, “The Gnome,” describes in vivid fashion a grotesque nutcracker which Hartmann designed as a children’s Christmas present.

Hartmann’s watercolor painting “The Old Castle” portrays a troubadour serenading his loved one by moonlight. The melancholy tone implies that his attempts at wooing prove unsuccessful.

“Tuileries” is a miniature scherzo, depicting children and their nurses strolling gracefully through a Parisian garden. “Bydlo” follows the lumbering approach and retreat of a Polish oxcart with large, heavy wheels. This is followed by another light scherzo, “The Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells.”

Mussorgsky’s inspiration was Hartmann’s costume sketch for a ballet in which dancers were dressed in large eggshells topped by the heads of canaries.

Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle describes “Two Polish Jews” whom Hartmann had sketched in pencil while visiting that country. The first fellow is rich and pompous, the second poor and excitable.

After a bustling portrait of the marketplace in the French city of “Limoges” (complete with a raucous dispute between rival female vegetable vendors), the scene switches abruptly to “Catacombs” (A Roman Sepulchre), a stark, menacing portrait of an ancient underground tomb. In the second half of this section, “With the Dead in a Dead Language,” the music drops to a ghostly whisper for an eerie vision of skulls glowing in the dark.

Next comes a dynamic, phantasmagoric picture of “Baba‑Yaga,” the evil witch of Russian folklore, who flies about in a magic hut built on chicken’s legs. Hartmann used this image as the design for an elaborate clock. The suite concludes with a stirring evocation of Hartmann’s plan for an immense stone gate, in the massive old Russian style with a crown in the shape of a Slavonic helmet. It was intended for the Ukrainian city of Kiev but was never built. By way of compensation, Mussorgsky and Ravel together constructed upon its spirit a grander work than any tradesmen could ever hope to build. For sheer orchestral spectacle, “The Great Gate at Kiev” has few rivals. It recreates the sounds of a Russian church service. The quieter passages evoke the voice of the officiant, the grander ones, the full chorus and congregation lifting their voices in praise. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists OLGA KERN, piano Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists. She jumpstarted her U.S. career with a Gold Medal win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas—the first woman to do so in more than 30 years.

OLGA KERN

First prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at 17, Kern is a laureate of many international competitions. In 2016, she served as jury chairman of both the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the first Olga Kern International Piano Competition, where she also holds the title of artistic director.

Kern serves as artist-in-residence to the San Antonio Symphony’s 2017-18 season, appearing in two subscription weeks as well as solo recital. This season she also performs with Madison Symphony, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Austin Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Arizona Musicfest Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra. She will also premiere her first American concerto, Barber’s Piano Concerto, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. A frequent performer with the RPO, Kern’s last appearance with the Orchestra was in 2016. She will also give recitals throughout the U.S. and abroad in Mainz and Turin. Additionally, she will perform in the Huntington Estate Music Festival with Musica Viva in Australia.

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Ward Stare, conductor Georgia Jarman, soprano Cassandra Velasco, mezzo-soprano Paul Groves, tenor Michael Chioldi, bass Eastman-Rochester Chorus

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NOV 18 8 PM

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

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William Weinert, director

Prelude and “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde 17:00

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RICHARD WAGNER

“Prelude and Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde By 1857, Wagner had become exhausted by his intensive labors on the quartet of operas known as The Ring of the Nibelungs. He took a break after completing the second act of Siegfried, the third opera in the cycle. His plan was to refresh himself by composing one or two brief, easily-produced operas whose anticipated success would help prop up his shaky finances.

Instead, his “rest period” gave birth to two of his grandest works: the searing love-drama Tristan und Isolde, and the mammoth comic opera, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. He then proceeded to complete the Ring cycle.

b. Leipzig, Germany May 22, 1813 d. Venice, Italy February 13, 1883 First performed by the RPO March 5, 1924; Albert Coates, conductor Last performed by the RPO January 31, 2010; Christopher Seaman, conductor

He composed Tristan und Isolde from 1856 to 1859. The first performance was given at the Court Opera in Munich, Germany on June 10, 1865.

Following his standard practice, Wagner created the libretto as well as the music. He based the plot on a medieval English legend. It tells of the all-consuming passion that develops, as the result of a love-potion, between Tristan, a Cornish knight, and Isolde, an Irish princess who is betrothed to Tristan’s uncle, King Mark. Their circumstances make it impossible for them to have a normal romantic relationship. It is only in death, with the cares and restrictions of earthly life behind them, that they can know true peace and fulfillment.

This concert will present a two-part orchestral sequence that combines the opera’s opening and closing moments. It also removes the voice of Isolde from the concluding section. The prelude is filled with restless romantic yearning and a tremendous sense of foreboding. Isolde performs the concluding Liebestod (Love-Death) after Tristan has died. In it, her farewell to life, she sings ecstatically of the vision she sees in her mind of the perfect love that awaits them in the afterlife.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” The evolution of this towering piece, one of the supreme achievements of western art, spanned more than three decades. Once Beethoven read Friedrich Schiller’s poem Ode to Joy in 1793, he determined to set it to music. Following nearcompletion of Symphony No. 9 in 1823, he discarded the instrumental finale he had already composed and found a home for the poem as the final movement of the String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.

b. Bonn, Germany December 15, 1770 d. Vienna, Austria March 26, 1827 First performed by the RPO March 7, 1935; Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor Last performed by the RPO January 19, 2014; Hugh Wolff, conductor

Symphony No. 9 was heard for the first time on May 7, 1824, in Vienna with Michael Umlauf conducting. The composer sat in the midst of the orchestra, score in hand, in order to indicate the tempos he wished to be taken. According to Fraulein Unger, the alto soloist, “The Master, though placed in the midst of this confluence of music, heard nothing of it at all, and was not even sensible to the applause of the audience at the end of his great work. He continued standing with his back to the audience and beating the time, until I turned him, to face the people, who were still clapping their hands and giving way to the greatest demonstrations of pleasure. His turning about, and the sudden conviction thereby forced on everyone that he had not done so before because he could not hear what was going on, acted like an electric shock on all

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present, and a volcanic explosion of sympathy and admiration followed.”

By including words to the Ninth, it can easily be speculated that this is more than an abstract work. Beethoven left no direct indications as to his goals here, so such considerations must rest with listeners. In general, terms, however, the sequence of moods in its three opening sections is as easy to follow as the finale.

The first movement begins quietly, yet it vibrates with the expectancy of drama. The musicologist Sir Donald Tovey, citing the great number of times this passage has been imitated, credits it with exerting “the deepest and widest influence on later music” of anything Beethoven wrote. Throughout this movement’s dramatic course, interludes of repose crop up, but tension and turmoil stand squarely at center stage. The conclusion is even bleaker than the beginning.

The following scherzo raised this type of piece, formerly a simple jest or dance, to Olympian heights of drive and brilliance. Beethoven gave the timpani player one of the finest opportunities for display in all music.

The prayer‑like slow movement at last brings a sense of repose to the symphony. It consists of variations on two gloriously warm-hearted themes.

After the finale’s turbulent introduction, Beethoven proceeded to first review, then reject brief excerpts from the preceding movements. Cellos and basses quietly state the finale’s principal theme, a melody whose very lack of guile makes it completely appropriate to its function. It gathers momentum slowly, yet inexorably, until a reprise of the movement’s opening outburst set the scene for the baritone soloist’s entry—and a whole new era in music.

Beethoven’s setting of the Ode to Joy contains a tremendous variety of incident. They include passages of almost frenzied choral celebration; a march‑like tenor solo spiked with Turkish percussion; a brilliant fugue for orchestra alone; and the simple, affecting piety of the central call to faith in God. Finally, orchestra and chorus rush headlong to the exultant conclusion. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists GEORGIA JARMAN, soprano SEBASTIAN SMITH

Following a series of high-profile debuts throughout the U.S. and Europe, Georgia Jarman continues to explore the lyric and bel canto repertoire as well as building a stunning GEORGIA JARMAN CASSANDRA VELASCO reputation in more contemporary roles. Recent successes have included her highly acclaimed performance as Roxana in Kasper Holten’s new production of Krol Roger under Antonio Pappano, marking her Covent Garden debut, and as Agnès in her return to the theatre last season in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin.

This season she returns to the role of Agnès with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Elbphilharmonie under Lawrence Renes and continues her collaboration with George Benjamin in performances of his new commission Lessons in Love and Violence throughout Europe and the U.S. Other season highlights include her return to Opéra National de Bordeaux as Lucia in Francesco Micheli’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, under Pierre Dumoussaud, Violetta in Stefania Panighini’s new production of La traviata for Dallas Opera, and performances at the inaugural SUNY Purchase Festival in Tancredi under Will Crutchfield. In concert, she joins Paavo Järvi as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. This is her first performance with the RPO.

CASSANDRA VELASCO, mezzo-soprano A recent graduate of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at the Los Angeles Opera, mezzo-soprano Cassandra Zoe Velasco is considered one of Mexico’s rising stars of opera. She was a semi-finalist of the 2012 edition of Operalia, The World Opera Competition. Additionally, she represented Mexico at the Monserrat Caballe Competition (Spain), the Competizione dell´Opera (Germany), and the Teatro Colon Competition (Argentina). From the age of 22, Velasco has starred in productions in Mexico City, including La Scala di Seta, and L’Ocassione fa il Ladro with ProOpera, Angelina in La Cenerentola, and Isolier in Le Comte Ory with Mexico National Opera Company, Isabella in Italiana in Algeri with Arpegio Productions, and Charlotte in Werther with Festival Frances. She made her Opera de Bellas Artes debut as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, followed by Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

The 2017-2018 season includes Dorabella in Così fan tutte with Opera San Jose, the title role in Maria de Buenos Aires with Nashville Opera, Olga in The Merry Widow with the Metropolitan Opera, and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

On the concert stage, Velasco has been a soloist with Los Angeles Opera Camera Orchestra, the Dream Orchestra, Charlemagne Orchestra in Belgium, Vivi Vilvaldi Festival, and the Aguascalientes Philharmonic in Mexico. Her concert repertoire includes Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses, Mozart’s Requiem, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Beethoven’s C Minor Mass, Verdi’s Requiem, Dvořák’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. This is her first performance with the RPO.

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artists PAUL GROVES, tenor SEBASTIAN SMITH

American tenor Paul Groves enjoys an impressive international career performing on the stages of the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s MICHAEL CHIOLDI PAUL GROVES Young Artists Development Program and a winner of the Met’s National Council Auditions, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Steuermann in Der fliegende Holländer. Since making his debut with the Met, he has returned to the company for 25 consecutive seasons. This season will see him perform as Danilo in Susan Stroman’s production of The Merry Widow.

Other notable season highlights include Opera Lyon in performances of Britten’s War Requiem. He will also perform with the Prague Philharmonia in Haydn’s Creation with Maestro Emmanuel Villaume conducting. Soon after, the two will continue their season’s collaboration when Groves performs as Wilhelm Arndt in The Ring of Polykrates with the Dallas Opera. To close out his season, Groves will perform in Das Lied von der Erde alongside Sasha Cooke at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. This is his first performance with the RPO.

MICHAEL CHIOLDI, bass American baritone Michael Chioldi is quickly gaining the reputation as one of the most sought-after dramatic baritones of his generation. He has received unanimous acclaim from critics and audiences around the world for his portrayals of the dramatic baritone roles of Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss.

Chioldi has performed at nearly every major American opera house, including The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, and Los Angeles Opera in addition to performing with symphony orchestras around North America and Europe. This is his first performance with the RPO. Chioldi has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including The Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition (Winner 1995); The MacAllister Competition; The Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition; The Miami Opera Competition; The Sullivan Foundation; and The Anna Case-Mckay Award. He received his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University, and his master’s degree from Yale University. His recordings appear on the Sony Classical, BMG, Accord, and Newport Classics labels.

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SOPRANO

Madeleine Aborn Lorrie Alt Elizabeth Banaszak Sarah Beutel Patricia Bratton Sarah Bullard Caris Burton Marianne Chiafery Barbara Curd Janice DeMocker Joan Dollinger Rose Ericson Florence Fiandach Sarah Forestieri Jill Gardner Susan Gates Isabella Geltman Jeanne Grace Carol Green Jeannie Guerrero Mary Hershey Christine Huggins Suzan Keng Julie Kleinhans Lynda Krens Barbara Lakeberg Bonnie Lambourn Yeoug-Chin Lo Rainamei Luna Stephanie Marsh Christine McMullen Chelsea Muth Elizabeth Myers Jing Tian Ngiaw Gwen Paker Diane Park Zohar Perla Pati Piper Susan Pritchard Taryn Anne Reilly Eloise Schrag Donna Schwedfeger Virginia Sheffield Lauren Silberstein Catherine Siniscalco Katie Smith Arlene Vanderlinde Amanda Varrone Nicole Vogl Julia Walsh Elizabeth Walsh Gail Weaver Amy Zou

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Veena Akama-Makia Joanne Anderson Brenda Bixby Marsha Boelio Melissa Briody Hannah Carroll Kyrsten Chambers Jon Lin Chua

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Deborah Chua Mary Ellen Coleman Jane Dodds Judy Dubin Sally Fay Elizabeth Feuerstein Catherine Fromm Rebecca Fuss Diana Gerken Joyce Gilbert Mary Ellen Gill Nancy Grear Rebekah Guss Sophie Haagen Katie Hahn Josefine Hansen Jane Jeszenka Kathleen Kane Christine Lee Meagan Licata Sue Lione Ana Liss Peggy McFarlane-Rickman Cheryl McGee Dana McIver Ann McMican Honey Meconi Sandy Moncrief Rebecca Orton Caryl Papas Susan Patterson Beverly Pullis Sujata Ramaiah Ernstine Rickner Nan Rodgers Joan Rubin Patricia Sanborn Karen Sangmeister Susan Schwardt Catherine Shoemaker Teresa Shyr Marie Sidoti Tobie Smith Laura Strossman Deborah Fae Swift Julia Toce Mariya Vasilevskaya Emily Walsh Fran Wyffels Carol Zajkowski

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Vincent Bissonette Nathaniel Catasca Christopher Clarke Mark Darling Connor Doran Joe Eduardo Dean Ekberg Remy Fenster Michael Gehl Joseph Lerangis Patrick McCabe Rick Micoli

Robert Park Donald Rickner Don Seipel Pharel Silaban Cobi Tadros Okawa Tan Mark Toor Ian Urriola Stephen Wolak

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EASTMAN-ROCHESTER CHORUS William Weinert, director

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Michael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair

Nazareth College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir,

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Verleih uns Frieden (Send us peace) 4:00

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Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light)

Mendelssohn’s “Reformation”

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Introitus

In Te, Domine, Speravi

O Nata Lux

Veni, Sancte Spiritus

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Verleih’ uns Frieden (Send us peace) Mendelssohn composed this gentle and beautiful choral prayer during his tour of Italy in 1831, where he found inspiration in the great choral works of that country’s past. Fellow composer Robert Schumann wrote of it, “A uniquely beautiful composition. This little piece deserves to be known the world over, and so it will be.”

b. Hamburg, Germany February 3, 1809 d. Leipzig, Germany November 4, 1847 This is the first performance by the RPO

MORTEN LAURIDSEN

Lux aeterna (Eternal Light) In 2007, Lauridsen received the National Medal of Arts, “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide.” His music has been recorded on more than 200 CDs, five of which have received Grammy nominations. He has been a professor of composition at the University of Southern California for 50 years.

b. Colfax, Washington, USA February 27, 1943 This is the first performance by the RPO

He began composing Lux aeterna in 1995 and completed it two years later. His mother passed away during the early stage of its creation, intensifying its impetus and poignancy. He has called it an “intimate work of quiet serenity…that expresses hope, reassurance, faith, and illumination in all of its manifestations.” The five sections are performed as a continuous whole. He created the text from a variety of traditional, sacred Latin sources, including O nata lux, Te Deum, and Agnus Dei, all of which refer to light. He gave the score an impressive sense of contrast by incorporating a solemn, seventeenth-century German chorale theme, Herzliebster Jesu, and by briefly quickening the tempo in the Veni, sancte spiritus, section.

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Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 “Reformation” First performed by the RPO Mendelssohn was born into a Jewish family, but his father had his children January 27, 1949; baptized as Christian Lutherans. The life and beliefs of Martin Luther, Charles Munch, conductor founder of Mendelssohn’s second faith, impressed the composer deeply.

Last performed by the RPO The year 1830 marked the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, March 13, 2010; the central statement of faith of the Lutheran Church. Mendelssohn Christopher Seaman, decided to compose a symphony to celebrate the occasion, and to include conductor in it a well-known hymn tune that Martin Luther had composed: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress is our God). The “Reformation” Symphony was premièred under the composer’s direction in Berlin on November 15, 1832.

The first movement opens with a solemn introduction, in slow tempo and a major key. A stormy, minorkey main allegro follows. The second movement scherzo is melodious and dance-like, in Mendelssohn’s most attractive fairy-tale manner. The third movement, a brief, prayer-like song without words, serves as much as a prelude to the finale as an independent section. The fourth movement follows on without a break. Wind instruments perform Luther’s chorale theme. Other instruments join in until the entire wind section proudly gives out the sturdy melody. The strings enter and pave the way for a new, triumphant theme. At the climax, Luther’s hymn re-takes centre stage, eventually concluding the symphony in the splendor of the full orchestra. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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SOPRANO Natalie Allen Tehya Berkner Haley Brunstad Brittney Burgess Mira Cartwright Breyana Clark Sabrina Curtis Breanna Dauphinee Ashley Engstrom Casey Giordano Carolyn Goodfellow Kaylee Greco Madison Hanel Jonae Harris Tessa Hildreth Emily Kielbasinski Tayler Kochan Yingxi Liu Joey Loiacono Leah Mathie Meghan Mendola Audra Nealon Zoe Purcell Gabrielle Ritzmann Taylor Santabarbara Katelyn Santiago Alyssa Schneider Catherine Sentiff Christina Stewart Catherine Stuhlmiller Alexis Tuccio Natalie Tyce Joanna Vella Emily Virgil Qiwen Wan Alyssa Wlodarczyk Allison Yanoff

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ALTO Julianne Agee Yuchen An Tatiana Avangelista Hannah Baker Morgan Beaton Idalia Blake Alexandria Bolak Maddie Castro Teresa Colosanti Emily Delventhal-Sali Corina Fess Yibing Fu Gwen Gallagher Madison Grimaldi Abigail Hackbarth Rachel Hall Kiersten Hecht Stephanie Hockenberry Heather Hommel Jenna Kellogg Alison Mack Emily Match Tahime Menelas Claire Nichols Amelia Paas Alex Palese Katie Poupore Kathryn Pukos Bethany Richards Mckenzie Rybka Jenna Scarantino Bethany Shaw Charlotte Stevens Katherine Thoma Madison Thomas Avery Williams Ashlen Wright

TENOR Alexandra Bennett Max Borelli Kacey Christiansen Elijah Flynn Tyler Guarnieri Daniel Halbstein Brandon Johnson Juliana Joyce Jacob Kabat Jennifer Logan Casey Mahon Vinny Maiuri Maria Rothaupt Ayana Seay-Ross Evan Steier Nick Trippany Toby Young BASS Dwight Alexander Jacob Chesney Jacob Curley Bryan Donahue Michael Getty LaMont Haywood Sean Healey Zane Knight Diego Mejia Nicholas Miller Brandon Parks Adam Roes Aaron Siebert-CastiĂąeira Joel Touranjoe

artists NAZARETH COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS AND CONCERT CHOIR The Nazareth College Chamber Singers is an elite mixed vocal ensemble consisting of approximately 40 singers. Members are chosen by audition. The group performs a wide spectrum of chamber choral literature ranging from the masterworks of the Renaissance up through the 21st century. The Chamber Singers sing four to five concerts per semester and participate in an international tour every two to three years. They have performed throughout Europe as well as Mexico City.

The Nazareth Concert Choir is a 70-90 voice mixed ensemble consisting of mostly music majors and singers across the campus. The Concert Choir performs a wide variety of a cappella, large-scaled choral-orchestral, secular, and sacred choral music. The most recent performances include VaughanWilliams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, and John Rutter’s Magnificat. Their upcoming spring concert, under the theme “Folk and Jazz,” will feature Bob Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass and folksong arrangements from around the world.

The Nazareth choral ensembles have performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, and the Rochester Oratorio Society.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS Dr. Mark C. Zeigler has been a member of the faculty at Nazareth College since 1997. Dr. Zeigler’s responsibilities include coordinating choral activities, directing the Nazareth College Chamber Singers, teaching graduate and undergraduate conducting courses, and choral literature. Dr. Zeigler has also conducted throughout Europe and the United States as well as in Mexico City, and taught masterclasses in conducting in Poland and China.

DR. MARK C. ZEIGLER

Taiwan native Dr. Yunn-Shan Ma currently serves as faculty of Nazareth College and Hobart and William Smith Colleges; she is the director of choirs at St. Kateri Parish in Irondequoit as well as the Taiwanese Choral Society in Rochester. With her passion for contemporary, symphonic, operatic, and choral repertoire, Ma has worked with ensembles throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. She is an active clinician and guest speaker for festivals and workshops. In March 2018, she will conduct the Monroe All-County Senior High School Orchestra.

DR. YUNN-SHAN MA

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CORPORATE PARTNERS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

Bravo to Our Generous Supporters

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous support. Listings are in recognition of annual giving from September 1, 2016 to September 17, 2017. Please call 585-454-7311 X 232 with questions or concerns.

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SYMPHONY ($50,000 AND ABOVE) The Community Foundation G.W. Lisk, Inc. Wegman Family Charitable Foundation Wegmans Food Markets Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation

OVERTURE ($3,000–$4,999) The Ashley Group Caldwell Manufacturing Co Chapman-Davenport Charitable Gift Fund The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation Rufus K. Dryer II Fund Hazlow Electronics, Inc. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Konar Foundation LaBella Associates Rochester Eyecare Group, P.C. Spindler Family Foundation

CONCERTO ($25,000–$49,999) Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Constellation Brands Davenport-Hatch Foundation Ronald and Susan Fielding Glover Crask Charitable Trust PARTNER Rochester Regional Health ($1,000–$2,999) System M and T Charitable Foundation Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund SONATA Brighton Securities ($10,000–$24,999) Brown & Brown, Inc. AVANGRID Foundation Chase Manhattan Bank Melvin and Mildred Eggers T.M. and M.W. Crandall Family Charitable Foundation Foundation ESL Charitable Foundation Fred L. Emerson Foundation Gertrude Chanler RPO Fund F. I. Hutchins Charitable Trust High Falls Advisors Sheila Konar Fund for Max and Marian Farash Alzheimer’s Services Charitable Foundation LaBella Associates Daisy Marquis Jones Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Foundation Monroe Motor Products Parts KeyBank Plus Oppenheimer Funds Inc. New Horizons Band and Summers Foundation Inc. Orchestra PayPal Giving Fund SUITE Pinnacle Investments LLC ($5,000–$9,999) Rochester Philharmonic Ann and Gordon Getty League Foundation The Pike Company Inc. The MAGIC Center at RIT Uniland Development Co Premium Mortgage Waldron Rise Foundation Corporation The Louis S. and Molly B. Wolk Rubens Family Foundation Foundation St. John’s Home Two Point Capital ASSOCIATE Management ($600–$999) John F. Wegman Fund Diamond Packaging Lake Beverage Corporation Morning Musicale

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SUPPORTER ($300–$599) Bosch Security Systems Diamond Packaging Navitar Inc. Riedman Foundation Star Headlight and Lantern Co., Inc. GIFTS IN KIND Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess Michael Butterman and Jennifer Carsillo City Newspaper Constellation Brands Digital Audio Visual Environments Hedonist Artisan Chocolates Tom and Nan Hildebrandt KidsOutAndAbout.com JR McCarthy Ramerman Leadership Group Ingrid Stanlis Ward Stare Jeff and Jill Tyzik Wegmans Rochester Red Wings Rochester Museum & Science Center The Little Theatre Woodcliff Hotel & Spa A Gust of Sun Winery & Vineyard Agness Wine Cellars MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Apple, Inc. Bank of America Discover Financial Services ExxonMobil Foundation Fidelity Charitable Matching Gift Program IBM Corporation Johnson and Johnson Lincoln Financial Foundation Matching Gift Program J. P. Morgan Chase and Co. Morgan Stanley SalesForce Matching Gift Program

GEORGE EASTMAN LEGACY SOCIETY

The George Eastman Legacy Society honors those individuals who have included the RPO in their estate plans.

Interested in joining a growing group of dedicated individuals who appreciate the value that the RPO brings to their lives and the life of our community? Contact 585-454-7311 X 249 to find out how you can help ensure that the RPO will be here for future generations.

Anonymous (1) Nancy & Harry* Beilfuss Carol & John Bennett Jack and Carolyn Bent Ellen S. Bevan Stuart & Betsy Bobry William L. & Ruth P. Cahn Margaret J. Carnall Joan & Paul Casterline Dr. & Mrs. John J. Condemi Paul Donnelly Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick Joan Feinbloom Donald & Elizabeth Fisher Suressa & Richard H. Forbes Catherine & Elmar Frangenberg Carolyn & Roger Friedlander Betsy Friedman Barbara & Patrick Fulford Rob W. Goodling Mary M. Gooley Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff George Greer* Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Jean Hitchcock

Norman L. Horton H. Larry & Dorothy C. Humm Mr.* & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Jim & Marianne Koller Marshall and Lenore Lesser Drs. Jacques* & Dawn Lipson Sue & Michael Lococo William C. and Elfriede K. Lotz Cricket & Frank Luellen Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Mahar Joseph J. Mancini Pete & Sally Merrill Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad Metzger Mrs. Elizabeth O. Miller Deanne Molinari Paul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness Suzanne F. Powell Eileen D. Ramos William Rapp Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers* Wallace R. Rust Peggy W. Savlov David & Antonia T. Schantz William & Susan Schoff

Peter Schott & Mary Jane Tasciotti Jon L. & Katherine T. Schumacher Gretchen Shafer Ingrid Stanlis Ann & Robert Van Niel Lewis & Patricia Ward-Baker Fred M. Wechsler Robin & Michael Weintraub Michael and Patricia Wilder Kitty J. Wise Nancy & Mark Zawacki Alan Ziegler & Emily Neece Ivan Town Harry & Ruth Walker Susan and Lawrence Yovanoff Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow The RPO is most grateful for the generous gifts from the estates of Edith B. Arganbright, Jean Boynton Baker, Norris F. Carlson, William L. Gamble, Jean Groff, William B. Hale, Mrs. Samter Horwitz, Eleanor T. Patterson, Ernest Raschiatore, Gretchen Shafer, and Elbis A. Shoales, M.D. *Deceased

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals listed here who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. While space only permits us to list gifts made at the Benefactor level and above, we value the generosity and vital support of all donors. Thank you so very much! Listings are in recognition of annual giving from September 1, 2016 to September 17, 2017. If we have made an error or omission on this list, please accept our sincere apologies and please call 585-454-7311 x 249 so we may correct our oversight. *Deceased MMatching Gift

MAESTRO ($50,000 AND ABOVE) Anonymous Stephen and Janice Ashley Catherine B. Carlson Joan Feinbloom Barbara and Patrick Fulford

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Furman Dr. Dawn Lipson Cricket and Frank Luellen Mrs. Marjorie Morris Joan M. Pfeifer*

Dr. Suzanne Rodgers* Elise and Stephen Rosenfeld James G. Scanzaroli*

PRESTISSIMO ($25,000–$49,999) Allen and Joyce Boucher Ilene and David Flaum Suzanne Gouvernet Marie and Charlie Kenton

Larry and Elizabeth Rice Sunny and Nellie Rosenberg Mrs. Robert M. Santo Katherine T. and Jon L. Schumacher

Dr. and Sidney H. Sobel Mrs. Mary Alice Wolf

PRESTO ($15,000–$24,999) Jim and Maria Boucher William L. and Ruth P. Cahn Mary Cowden Ralph Craviso Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Dr. and Mrs. Steven Feldon

Jeff and Alleen* Fraser Mr. and Mrs. Julian Goldstein Barbara Griffis Harold and Christine Kurland Sandra A. Parker and John M. Summers

Jules L. Smith and Alexandra Northrop Ingrid Stanlis Sandra and Richard Stein Michael and Patricia Wilder Robert A. Woodhouse

VIVACE ($10,000–$14,999) Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. and Steven Hess Drs. Eric and Edie Bieber Paul and Mary Callaway William Eggers and Deborah McLean Andrew and Juli Elliot Mr. and Mrs. James T. Englert Ronald and Susan Fielding Mike and Tabitha Gioja

Jody and Bruce Hellman Jim and Marianne Koller Jane Labrum Nancy and David Lane Joanne Lang Mr. and Mrs. Michael Millard Mrs. Richard Palermo Christopher and Elaine Pipa Norma Riedman

Sherman Levey and Deborah Ronnen Dr. Eugene Toy Josephine Trubek Krestie Utech Steven and Christine Whitman Dr. Seth Zeidman and Dr. Eva Pressman Dr. Eva Pressman and Dr. Seth Zeidman

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ALLEGRO ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous (1) Miriam H. Ackley Carol and John Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Briggs Mr. Thomas Burns Mary Ellen Burris Mr. and Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins Joan and Paul Casterline Joyce Crofton Alison and John Currie Carolyn and Roger Friedlander Dr. and Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg Marion Fulbright Patty and Dick George Joanne Gianniny

Howard T. Hallowell III David and Barrie Heiligman Tom and Nan Hildebrandt Stephen Lurie and Kathleen Holt Norman Horton Dr. Jack and Harriette Howitt Arthur F. Hulse Dr. Sandra Johnson Daryl and Charles Kaplan Mrs. Sheila Konar Ernest and Sarah Krug Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, Jr. Dr. Thomas Caprio and Ann Leonhardt Dan and Kiki Mahar Mr. Joseph J. Mancini

Mr. Lawrence Martling Douglas and Diana Phillips Kathy Purcell Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Reed Nathan and Susan Robfogel Drs. Daniel and Charlotte Ryan Ron and Sharon Salluzzo Janet Buchanan Smith Wayne and Mary Gale Smith Robert C. Stevens Dr. Mark and Lois Taubman John Urban Robin and Michael Weintraub Keith and Betsy Wilson

ANDANTE CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous (2) Edward and Joan After Allan and Polly Anderson Elaine Anderson Allegra Angus Jane Ellen Bailey William J. Beenhouwer Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bennett Judith M. Binder and Barbara Erbland.

Stuart and Betsy Bobry Barbara and John Bruning Alan L. Cameros Philip and Jeanne Carlivati Margaret J. Carnall Betsy and John Carver Bill and Victoria Cherry Mary Ellen Clark Christine Colucci Dr. John Condemi Jeff and Sue Crane Mrs. Nancy G. Curme Tex and Nicki Doolittle Michele Dryer In Memoriam for Anita B. Dushay by Frederick Dushay Rose Duver Larry and Kas Eldridge John R. Ertle Robert P. Fordyce in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Fordyce Jonathan Foster Mr. Thomas Lennox and Mrs. Margaret Freeman Shirley B. and Kevin Frick Betsy Friedman Helen and Dan Fultz

Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gibson Warren and June Glaser Deborah G. Goldman John and Roslyn Goldman Rob W. Goodling Jean Gostomski Janet and Roger Gram George and Mary Hamlin Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi La Marr J. Jackson, Esq. Leslie H. Jacobs in memory of Stephen D. Jacobs Miles and Silvija Jones Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Norman and Judith Karsten Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy Richard and Karen Knowles Marcy and Ray Kraus in loving memory of Dr. Allan and Charlotte Kraus Deanna and Charles Krusentsjerna Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston Dr. and Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner John and Dolores Loftus Curtis and Elizabeth Long Edith M. Lord Swaminathan and Janice Madhu Diana Marquis Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Bruce and Eleanor McLear Mr. and Mrs. James R. McMillen Deanne Molinari James E. and Janet L. Morris Nazareth College

Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely Sara L. Niemeyer Drs. Avice and Timothy O’Connor Karen A. Petras Mr. David C. Pixley and Ms. Laura V. Morriessey Brock and Sandra Powell Susan A. Raub Nancy and Vincent Reale Carol Ritter Wright and William Wright John B. Rumsey Drs. Carl and O.J. Sahler Ron Sassone Libba and Wolf Seka Richard and Vicki Schwartz Nancy A. Skelton Glenna Spindelman in memory of Norman Spindelman Bob and Gayle Stiles David and Grace Strong Catherine Toy Ann and Robert Van Niel Skip and Karen Warren Stephen R. Webb Dr. Sidney and Linda S. Weinstein Mary K. Welch Dr. and Mrs. Tae B. Whang Mrs. Frederick C. White Kitty J. Wise Charlotte J. Wright

PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (7) Daniel and Elizabeth Abbas Dr. G Richard and Elaine Abbott Mrs. Martin Abkowitz Robert E. and Carol G. Achilles Barbara and David Ackroyd Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Altland Stephanie and Geoffrey Amsel Marvin and Frederica Amstey Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Angevine, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Angle Dave and Jan Angus Peter Arcadi Mr. and Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi Domenic and Hilary Argentieri Bob and Jody Asbury Betsy Ann Balzano John and Mary Bartholomew Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. Bates David M. Berg and Dawn K. Riedy

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John and Kristine Bouyoucos Shirley Bowen and Tracy Perkins Judith Boyd Simon and Josephine Braitman Susann Brown and Terence Chrzan Josephine Buckley Brian and Mary Jane Burke Sharon and Philip Burke Ann Burr and A. Vincent Buzard Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Carney William T. Chandler Oliver Chanler Lorraine W. Clarke John and Catherine Coulter Roy Czernikowski and Karin Dunnigan Mrs. Joan Dalberth Judith and Joseph Darweesh David F. Dean Richard and Michele Decker Mr. and Mrs. Duane DeHollander

Stephanie and Douglas Dickman Gail and Douglas Doonan William and Cynthia Dougherty Marilyn Drumm Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Eagle Ellen and Lester Eber Dr. Steven and Mrs. Susan Eisinger Carol and Tom Elliott Holly K. Elwell Mohsen Emami, M.D. Louise W. Epstein Tonya Erdle Gerald G. Estes Trevor and Elizabeth Ewell Sherman and Anne Farnham Thomas and Janet Fink Gail R. Flugel Suressa and Richard Forbes Mrs. Timothy P. Forget Richard and Carol Fullerton

ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) CONTINUED Marjorie and James Fulmer John and Alice Leddy Johanna M. Gambino in memory of Nancy H. Lee Jerry J. Gambino Arlene Leenhouts Dr. Richard and Josie Gangemi Gay and Don Lenhard David and Patricia Gardner T.C. and Pam Lewis Sharon Garelick Jane and Jim Littwitz Winston E. Gaum Barbara L. Lobb Jacquie and Andrew Germanow James and Susan Locke Richard and Joyce Gilbert Sue and Michael Lococo Robert and Marie Ginther Pamela Krug Maloof Paul and Carol Goldberg John Marchioni Patricia Goodwin Saul and Susan Marsh Burton Gordon Frances and Robert Marx Jean Gostomski Richard and Catherine Massie Robert and Jeanne Grace Carol and John Matteson Jeanne Gray in memory of Robert William and Erin McCune C. Gray Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy Mrs. Judith Greenberg in memory of Mr. Michael McCusker Mr. Harvey Greenberg Pamela McGreevy Alan and Julie Griesinger Marion and Ed Mench David Louis Guadagnino Pete and Sally Merrill Brigitte and Klaus Gueldenpfennig Robert J. and Marcia Wishengrad Mrs. Robert Gulick Metzger Susan and James Haefner Daniel M. Meyers Jeffrey and Lynne Halik Ken and Nancy Mihalyov Peggy and David Hall Duane and Ida Miller Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Hinda and Michael Miller Ms. Barbara Hamlin Jonathan Mink and Janet Cranshaw Louise Harris Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Moncrief Dirk Bernold and Karen Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Morgan Richard A. Henshaw Jack and Laura Morrissey Merril and Dianne Herrick John Muenter Elizabeth and John T. Hessney Harold Munson Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson David C. and Patricia M. Hinkle Dr. Gary and Mrs. Ruth Myers Art and Barb Hirst Mr. and Mrs. Philip Neivert John and Barbara Holder Dr. Richard and Mrs. Nancy Newton Dan and Sandy Hollands Kathy and Ted Nixon Susan Holliday William J. O’Connor, Jr. Mrs. Theodore L. Horne Peter Oddliefson and Kay Wallace Mr. and Mrs. William N. Hosley Mrs. Virginia S. Pacala Dr. Robert E. Horn and Dr. Patricia Dr. Vivian Palladoro Nachman Jane Parker and Francis Cosentino James Iacutone Patricia and Philip Parr Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Edward J. Pettinella Bob and Elaine Jacobsen Channing and Marie Philbrick Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kanthor Charitable Fund Patrick and Kathleen Kelly Ann Piato Robert J. Kennedy Lee Pollan Laurence and Karen Kessler Bill and Beverly Pullis Richard Killmer William and Barbara Pulsifer Marilyn and David Klass Robert and Anne Quivey Myrta and Robert Knox Richard and Susan Reed Elsbeth J. Kozel E Rennert Karen S. Kral Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Richards Chari Krenis Doria Scortichini and Chris Ritchlin Werner and Susan Kunz Nancy Robbins David and Andrea Lambert Nancy and Art Roberts Donna M. Landry Dr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Robinson Ross P. Lanzafame Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff Ms. Connie Leary Antonio and Patricia K. Rosati

Thomas and Elizabeth Ross Jamal and Pam Rossi Drs. Eva and Jude Sauer William Savino Gary B. Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Schenck Peter Schott and Mary Jane Tasciotti Schreiner Family Fund Catherine and Richard Seeger Joan and Arthur Segal Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour Sonja Shelton Carol C. Shulman Mark Siwiec and Duffy Palmer Alice and Ken Slining Janet H. Sorensen Susan and David Spector Kenneth T. and Eva M. Steadman Richard Steinheider Anna Steltenpohl Georgine and James Stenger Chris Stenzel Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck Dr. Robert and Mrs. Sally Jo Stookey Margaret A. Strite Jim Sullivan Eleanor Summers Steve and Cheryl Swartout Mark and Lois Taubman Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Thiede J. Russell and Kathleen Thomas Jason Thomas Miriam Thomas Robert and Diane Tichell Mr. Eric Tillich Mimi and Sam Tilton Dr. and Mrs. Mark Tornatore Mrs. Schuyler Townson David and Marcia Trauernicht Sally Turner Mrs. Marshall Tyler Gary and Marie VanGraafeiland Jim and Linda Varner Gretchen Voss Harry and Ruth Walker Irene and Alan Weinberg Ann Weitzel Linda Wells Davey Joseph Werner and Diane Smith Stephen Wershing Nancy Weyl Carol Whitbeck Yvonne White Dr. James and Mrs. Nancy Wierowski James H. Willey Elise and Joseph Wojciechowski Caroline and Richard Yates Bill and Wende Young Deborah and Mark Zeger Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zornow Daan Zwick

ADVOCATE ($700-$999) Anonymous (2) Betsy and Gerald Archibald Edward and Ruth Atwater Gloria Baciewicz Ann Bauer Jeanne Beecher Hays and Karen Bell Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Blumenau Robert Boehner Don and Peggy Bolger Susann Brown and Terence Chrzan Josh and Beth Bruner James L. and Hollis S. Budd

George and Marie Follett John and Sandy Ford Jane Gorsline Dr. and Mrs. William Grammar Barbara J. Granite Russell and Kathleen Green Ed and Terry Grissing Stephen Gullace Ronald W. Hansen Robert T. and Mary Ann Hargrave Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hartman A. Scott Hecker Mr. Lawrence Helfer

Bruce and Shirley Burritt Keith and Joan Calkins Gerard and Joanne Caschette Gary R. Chadwick David and Mary Cheeran Ted and Winnie Cichanowicz Jack and Barbara Clarcq Nancy and Sreeram Dhurjaty Jane Dieck Gordon J. Estey Mrs. Walter Fallon Udo Fehn and Christine Long Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein

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Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera K. L. Hersam Drs. Ryan and Makiko Hoefen Carol E. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. John Hustler Robert and Merilyn Israel Dr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Jones Lori and Frank Karbel Hendrik and Elizabeth Keesom Glenn and Nancy Koch Doris and Austin Leve Ken and Katherine Lindahl Tanzy Love John and Judy Lynd Sandy and Jack Maniloff Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mason Richard McGrath Mr and Mrs John F. McNamara Richard and Joyce Mitchell Ilene Montana Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Mooney

James Moore Mr. and Mrs. Otto Muller-Girard Dr. Philip S. Nash Jann Nyffeler Ms. Marilyn Petz Stephanie Polowe-Aldersley Bill Prest Patricia and William Rahn Jacklin Randall-Ward Stan and Anne Refermat Suzanne Robinson Mrs. James A. Rockwell in Memory of Rev. James A. Rockwell Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Rosenbaum William Saunders Rich Sensenbach Mary E. Sherman Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Shipley Bruce and Laura Smoller Kathie Snyder Robert and Norma Snyder

Charles H. Speirs Susan and Daniel Stare Alison and Ron Steinmiller Kevin Stone and Nancy AtwoodStone William and Carol-Sue Strusz Frank and Rose Swiskey Bill and Mary Anna Towler Jim Van Meter and Marlene Piscitelli Brian Waldmiller Debra Watson Pierce and Elizabeth Webb Jean G. Whitney Dale and Lorraine Whittington Ms. Christine Wickert Ed and Wilma Wierenga Puck* and Claes Winqvist Grace Wong Eileen M. Wurzer Laura and Joel Yellin Carol Zajkowski

BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) Anonymous (6) Karen Abbas Robert and Anne Allen Peter and Jane Anderson Abagail and Douglas Bennett Mary Elaine Aldoretta and Richard Burandt A. Joseph Antos Dr. and Mrs. E. David Appelbaum Dean and Joan Arvan Jane and John August Jeanette Axelrod Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Balta Karen Bancroft Kathleen Bankey M.J. Barclay Steve and Anne Bauer John and Ellen Beck Miss Anne Bell Mary Ellen Bigler Eric and Marcia Birken Lynne Blank Alan F. Bloom James R. Boehler Susan and Peter Bondy Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D. Ann Borgstrom Mr. and Mrs. William Boudway Jeff and Kathy Bowen Don and Jackie Bowman Donald and Mary Boyd Nancy Boyer Robert and Ann Marie Bradley Daan Braveman Linda Bretz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Elaine and Wayne Brigman Marilyn R. Brown Priscilla Brown Wilma M. Brucker Nancy Brush and John Parker Eileen Buholtz Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Burkey Veronica and Larry Burling David J. and Margaret M. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Donald S Cameron Wayne Carnall Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Carrier Hal and Elise Carter Ms. Barbara J. Case John and Diane Caselli Diane and Roger Cass Richard E. Cavers Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Rita Chessin Victor Ciaraldi and Kathy Marchaesi

Elizabeth Claypoole Alan Cohen and Nancy Bloom Jules Cohen, M.D. Gloria and Pincus Cohen Cheryl Collins Barbara A. Colucci Mary Lewis Consler Mr. George J. Conte, Jr. Jeremy Cooney, Esq. John and Mary Crowe Jimena Cubillos Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Curtis, Jr. Cathy Cushman and Jeff Sokol Frederick Davey Jerry Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Davies Teri Davis Ken and Jean DeHaven Janice DeJager Jeanne Denike Dr. Elise DePapp Michael and Ann DeStefano Josephine Dewey Jorge L. Diaz-Herrera Kathleen Dill Celia Dilworth Wendell and Mary Discher Donald and Stephanie Doe Warren Doerrer Marie Duhamel Jane Dunham Dr. and Mrs. James Durfee Daniel Dwyer Joanne Eccles Dianne Edgar Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Egan Larry and Peggy Elliott Marcia L. Elwitt Mr. and Mrs. R. Clinton Emery D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma Julia B. Everitt Mr. D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma Julia B. Everitt Edward and Jennifer Faringer Nancy J. Farrell Dr. Paul Fine Julie Figel Clara S. Firth Elizabeth B. Fisher F. Peter Flihan Susan and Leslie Foor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Ann and Steve Fox

Barbara A. Frank Sandra and Neil Frankel Ruth Freeman Dr. Jonathan W. Friedberg Dr. Gary J. Friend and Mrs. Lois B. Wolff-Friend Kevin Frisch Judith Fulmer Muriel and Bob Gabbey Sue Gaffney Jerry J. Gambino, Jr. Jill and Kent Gardner Michael Garrett Mary Anna and Darrell Geib David Gentile Mrs. Essie Germanow Mr. and Mrs. Wesley P. Ghyzel Thomas Giblin Walter Gilges Tom and Kelly Gilman Anne Gilson Brock and Amanda Glann Bruce Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Chad Goodchild Dane and Judy Gordon Ken Grant Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff Mr. and Mrs. Newton H. Green Gay Jane Greene David Griffin and Susan Warner Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Griswold Michael and Joanna Grosodonia Mr. Robert C. Grossman Mr. James P. Growney, Sr. Laurene and Bob Guerin Ann L. Haag Sue Habbersett Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Haines Robert and Deborah Hall Mark Hamer Sharon and Mark Hamer David and MaryAnn Hamilton Nancy and Henry Hamlin Martin and Sherrie Handelman Barbara and A. Michael Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hanna Marilyn and Dick Hare Alan J. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hasiuk Bernice Hatch Gil and Judy Hawkins John and Ruth Hazzard Amy R. Hecker and Howard S. Decker Mr. and Mrs. David Hedges Ms. Margaret Hedges

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BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) CONTINUED Barbara Heiligman Barbara and Dieter Hentschel Mr. Warren Hern Dr. Florence M. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Ned Holmes Andrew and Kathleen Holt Tala and Mark Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William N. Hosley Larry and Barbara Howe Drs. Geza and Minou Hrazdina Dr. Kelly R. Huiatt Mary Jo and Jack Hultz Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Humes Marjorie S. Humphrey Fulltec LLC/ Agop Ispentchian Dewey Jackson Mary Kay and Charles Jackson Bruce Jacobs Ms. Emily Jamberdino Janet S. Jennison David and Patricia Jewell H. Winn McCray Maryanne Jones Ronald and Marcia Joy John and Carole Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Judson, Jr. Valerie and Robert Kalwas Barbara and Robert Kay Mrs. Robert E. Keim William and Jean Keplinger Marilyn and John Kiesling Elthea King Mr. Edward Klehr Marcella Klein and Richard Schaeffer Kenneth R. Knight Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai Kolko Mrs. Ellen Konar Diane S Koretz Paulina and Laurence Kovalsky James Kraus Barbara and Jack Kraushaar Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Krieger Salvatore and Sandra LaBella Dr. and Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis Craig and Susan Larson Diana Lauria Lenore and Marshall Lesser Dr. Pamela A. Leve Sarah F. Liebschutz Yufang Liu Mrs. Elfriede K. Lotz Carol C. Lovell Jeremiah Casey and Patrick Macey Russell Madsen Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Mafilios Angela Mambro James and Rosa Mance James and Patricia Mangin Rebekah and Joseph Marinelli C. Thomas and Emily McCall Stan and Janis McCormack Ms. Vera McCune Edward McDonald Dick and Sandra McGavern Mr. and Mrs. David McNair Cecilia Meagher Margaret and Bob Mecredy Jagat S. Mehta M.D., P.C. Judy Michael Carolyn Lee Mok Mrs. Ruth Monaco Ms. Mary Ann Monley Jane Morale Ann Morris Theodore H. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Muhl John Joseph Mulcahy in memory of

Karl F. Faber Linda Mulcahy Dr. Donald Munger Susan T. Murphy Michael D. Nazar Matthew Nesci Mildred G. Ness John Barbara Neumann Mike and Pat Niles Nannette Nocon and Karl Wessendorf Jason and Lea Nordhaus Joan and Beryl Nusbaum Susan Nutt Margaret and David Oakes Suzanne J. O’Brien W. Smith and Jean O’Brien Margie O’Jea Robert and Betty Oppenheimer Jim and Linda Orgar Mildred Ortbach Robert J. Palmer Jonathan R. Parkes and Marcia Bornhurst-Parkes Esther and Tom Paul David and Marjorie Perlman Mr. and Mrs. Claude Peters Mary Ann and Jeffrey Peters Thomas W. Petrillo and William R. Reamy Mr. and Mrs. Dom C. Piazza Allyson and Webster H. Pilcher Joyce and Victor Poleshuck Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polidor Linda E. Postler Mary Jane Proschel Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Przybylowicz Patricia Pullano Margaret Quackenbush Barry and Jean Rabson Jerry and Janice Rachfal Gopal Ramaraju Eileen D. Ramos Rene Reixach Marjorie Relin Bob and Shirley Rheinwald Mariana and John Rhoades Constance E. Rice Nancy K. Rice Gail Richeson G.W. Richter Dr. and Mrs. Henry Richter Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Sandra and Eugene Riley Thorn Wierum Elizabeth and Donald Roemermann Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers Mrs. David Romig Dr. Harry and Ellen Rosen Dr. Gerald and Maxine Rosen Dick and Bea Rosenbloom Tom and Ellen Rusling Hon. Franklin T. and Cynthia Russell Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Salerno, Jr. Paul and Jean Salisbury Dr. Alvani D. and Carol M. Santos Ed and Gabriel Saphar Susan Scanlon and Croft K. Hangartner Paul and Barbara Schmied Suzanne and Michael Schnittman David and Naomi Schrier Caroline Schultz Joan M. Schumaker George J Schwartz, M.D. Steven Schwartz and Alice Tariot Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Sexton

Robert Hallstrom and Lily Shaw Mr. Kelly M. Shea Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Shea Robert and Nancy Shewan Robert L. Shrader Mrs. Shirley Shumway Myron S. Silver Naomi Silver Gary and Cathy Simpson Joseph Simpson Daniel and Sarah Singal Fred and JoAnne Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. Thomas Smith Carol Snook in Memory of Richard Snook Ed Solorzano Patricia Southcombe Ms. Suzanne Spencer Jean and Harold Stacey Arthur and Catherine Steffen Abby and David Stern Richard and Gwen Sterns Elizabeth and Robert Sterrett Ms. Nancy Stones Patricia and Howard Scott Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Strasser Mr. Elmar Strazds Margaret and Charles Symington Yoshiko Tamura and Bruce M. Lee Daniel Taramasco David and Carol Teegarden Jonathan G. Terry Tim Thaney Woodlief and Marrillan Thomas Eric Thompson James Tobin Celia and Doug Topping John and Betty Travis Mr. and Mrs. George Treier William J. Tribelhorn Mr. and Mrs. A. Gene Trimble Robert and Terri Tugel Gerard Turbide Mrs. Richard L. Turner John and Janet Tyler Eugene and Gloria Ulterino John R. Unson Doug Cline and Lorraine Van MeterCline Margaret Vanas Charles and Susan VanBuren Kristin A. Vandenbrul Wayne and Anne Vander Byl Timothy and Debbie Veazey Stephen and Linda Venuti Thomas and Jeanne Verhulst Jo Ann F Vierthaler John and Anne Vogtle John and Susan Volpel Robert Vosteen Ellen Wagner Arthur Waite John Walker Robert and Sandra Walker Nancy and Tom Walters Lawrence and Diane Wardlow Mrs. Herbert Watkins Mr. and Mrs. David K. Weber Betsy and Peter Webster Ann D. Weintraub Miss Delores Welkley Mrs. Lyndon Wells Richard and Shirley Wersinger Charles and Carolyn Whitfield Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox Mr. John Williams and Mr. Chuck

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BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) CONTINUED Lundeen Leonore and Lee Wiltse Charles and Susan Wolfe Beatrice and Michael Wolford Gary and Judith Wood

Elizabeth D. Woodard Peter Woods Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wright Jeff Wright and Betty Wells Kevin and Trude Wright

Ellen G. Young Marsha Young Susan and Maurice Zauderer

BRAVO TRIBUTES

Tribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, births, or graduations. If you would like to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact the RPO Development Office at 585-454-7311 x249 IN HONOR OF… Isabel Scalise IN MEMORY OF… Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Frick Marilyn and Peter Bondy Tina Cichanowicz Dorothy B. Fisher Ted, Peggy, Katrya Cichanowicz George Wu Burt Segelin on his birthday Nea Wea and Lucy Wai-Yan Woo Rita Myers Dr. and Mrs. Gary Friend Man Ying and Che Chung Chow Anonymous Drs. John and Jean Kirnan Mr. John Walton Michael Lococo on his birthday Susan Scanlon and Croft K. Hangartner Mr. Roger Perilstein and qMrs. Megan Lococo Kathleen Bartelmay Catherine Kelly Ida Miller on her 80th Birthday Shi Fang Zhang and Zhao-Shi Yu Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lennon Fred Dole K and J Liang Mr. and Mrs. Bill Huml John W. McNeill Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Falk Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurz Eric Polenik Shirley Tschang Jean Ober-Taylor Sara Krug on her birthday Karen A. Castello Marlene Lang Judith Ann Gillow Diana Sharer Carl and Sonya Christensen John C. Youngers Michelle Doran Irwin and Grace Lebow Shannon Nance Kenneth and Kathleen Barnes Mr. and Mrs. David Manly Eliana Alweis Susan Raymer Mr. Gerard Tate Rick Schake on his retirement Ms. Coletta Youngers and Mr. David Lebow Patricia Sullivan Suzanne Rodgers Carol Shulman on her milestone Elmar and Catherine Frangenberg birthday Carolyn Harder Mr. and Mrs. Peter Colosi Carol Stuard-Buttle Douglas and Celia Topping Jules Smith on his Special Birthday Brian Treadway and Geraldine Glodek Alan and Deborah Lattime

Bravo to Our Volunteers

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Interested in volunteering for the RPO? Contact Kathy Miller, Manger of Volunteer Services at (585) 454-7311 x243 or kmiller@rpo.org for the following opportunities: USHER: Greet, seat, and care for the patrons while attending concerts.

BOX SEAT CONCIERGE: Offer enhanced services and care for patrons in Box Seats.

GIBBS STREET ASSISTANT: Ensure patrons safely exit their car and enter the theatre.

GIVE-A-LIFT PROGRAM: Drive eligible patrons 55+ to and from concerts.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT: Support the RPO office on weekdays.

EDUCATION: Assist with children’s activities and concerts.

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE

Rochester Philharmonic League volunteers are ambassadors for the RPO. Our activities focus on introducing young people to classical music through RPO Education Concerts and on fostering the musical talent of our youth through Young Artist Auditions.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE • Planning and hosting the annual Young Artist Auditions • Ushering for RPO school concerts at Kodak Hall MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE • Open rehearsals & lunchtime conversations with RPO musicians at Music, Munch & Mingle series

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kathleen Bankey, president Eileen Ramos, past-president Catherine Frangenberg, vice president Mary-Ellen Perry, secretary Paul Ness, treasurer Mary Ann Giglio Connie Kaminski Daryl Kaplan Bonnie Kramer Audry Liao

585-399-3654

Brenda Murphy-Pough JoBeth Nichols Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Betty Schaeffer Vic Vinkey

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DEVELOPMENT Domenic Argentieri, Vice President of Development Mark Zeger, Manager of Institutional Giving Robert Dermody, Manager of Major Gifts Andrea Weinstein, Major Gifts Officer Kimberly Cenzi, Manager of Annual Giving Kathy Miller, Manager of Volunteer Services Katherine A. Kennedy, Coordinator of Development Services Rachel Barnett, Wendy Tohl, Caroline Seaberg Interns FINANCE Mark Pignagrande, Finance Manager Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems Irene Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources Laura Viau, Office Administrator

PATRON SERVICES CENTER Edward W. Solorzano, Director Emily Gisleson, Assistant Manager Jenni Kohler, Direct Sales Manager Kari Swenson, Ticket Database Manager Ortensia de Loren, Patron Services Assistant Troy Tette, Patron Services Assistant David T. Meyer +, House Manager Olivia Case +, Senior Sales Representative Abby Chapman-Duprey + Aiden Lewis + Danika Felty + Randy Fultz + Joshua Schairer + ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE Laura Morihara +, RPL Administrator ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Irene Narotksy +, Manager Misty Drake, Intern

2017–18 Season

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & EDUCATION Richard Decker, Vice President of Artistic Administration Barbara Brown, Director of Education Rebecca Sealander, Concert Production Manager Yunn-Shan Ma, Conducting Fellow William Hume, Education Intern

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Robert Sweibel, Interim Vice President of Marketing & Communications Michelle Shippers, Communications Manager Simona Benenati, Marketing & Communications Assistant Mary Rice, Marketing & Digital Assistant Sally Cohen PR, Publicist ^

RPO Staff

ADMINISTRATION Curtis S. Long, President and CEO Ronald L. Steinmiller, Chief Operating Officer

+ Part Time * Intern ^ Consultant

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC youth ORCHESTRA

LISTEN TO THE RPYO ON WXXI 91.5 FM’S “BACKSTAGE PASS,” FRI. NOV 10, 1-2 PM!

Backstage Pass is a monthly live performance program which highlights performances by local and visiting musicians, giving listeners the experience of meeting the artists “up close and personal.

SUN

NOV 12

7:30 PM HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL

Dramatic Tones-Muscular and Tender

Berlioz: Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 Hue: Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra - McKena Stickney soloist Ewazen: Trombone Concerto No. 1, mvt. 1 - Kyle Mueller soloist Faure: Pelleas et Melisande Respighi: The Pines of Rome

Tickets are available by calling 585-454-2100, online at rpo.org, or in person at the RPO Patron Services Center. * Ticket prices $10 Adults, $5 seniors and students; $12 and $7 at the door.

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR FUTURE - DONATE TO THE RPYO!

Donations support the RPYO which provides an enriching educational and orchestral performance program for musically advanced high school students. Your contributions are used for financial aid, to purchase sheet music, to support our mentorship program and to support the general operations of our youth orchestra. Donations in memory or honor of individuals are warmly welcomed.

Donate HERE: www.tinyurl.com/RPYODonations

2017–18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vicky Feathers Jeanne Gray Rus Healy David Hou Dave Lane, Board Chair Michael Loeb John Lucia, Treasurer Linda Orgar Jim Orgar Brian Scudder Kelly Scudder Dan Stare Frederic Weingarten Roxanne Willard Cindy Yancy

EX-OFFICIO

Susan Basu Barbara Brown David Harman James Mick Music Director Irene Narotsky, Manager Molly Werts, RPO Liasion Josephine Whang

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ERICH CAMPING

Since its founding by George Eastman in 1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has been committed to enriching and inspiring our community through the art of music. Currently in its 95th year, the RPO is dedicated to maintaining its high standard of artistic excellence, unique tradition of musical versatility, and deep commitment to education and community engagement.

Today, the RPO presents up to 120 concerts per year, serving nearly 170,000 people through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in schools and community centers throughout the region. Nearly one-third of all RPO performances are educational or community-related. In addition, WXXI 91.5 FM rebroadcasts approximately 30 RPO concerts each year.

For more information, visit rpo.org.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TICKETS: The RPO Patron Services Center is located at 108 East Avenue, in downtown Rochester. Free 15-minute parking is available outside the RPO Patron Services Center, which is open Monday-Saturday 10 AM- 5 PM. Four-way flashers must be used when parking in these spaces.

NIGHT-OF-CONCERT PURCHASES: For night-of-concert purchases, RPO will-call tickets and concert tickets are available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office (433 East Main Street) starting 90 minutes prior to concert time.

PARKING: Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is available at the East End Garage, located next to the theatre. Paid parking for the Performance Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities Garage, located behind the school at Church and Fitzhugh Streets.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: Philharmonics ticket-holders are welcome to attend free pre-concert talks, held one hour before all Philharmonics concerts in the orchestra level of the theatre.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available at all venues; please see the house manager or an usher for assistance. Elevators are located in the oval lobby of Kodak Hall and in the East Wing. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available on the first floor.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: Audio systems are available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to the performance.

CHANGING SEATS: If you find it necessary to be reseated for any reason, please contact an usher who will bring your request to the House Manager.

LOST AND FOUND: Items found in Kodak Hall will be held at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 E. Main Street.

For more info, call 585-274-3000.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: The use of cameras or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

REFRESHMENTS: Food and drink are not permitted in the concert hall, except for bottled water. Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, please consider donating your tickets to us as a

tax-deductible contribution. Return your tickets to the RPO no later than 2 PM the day of the performance to make them available for resale.

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