17-18 Season Bravo 7 by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

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The official magazine of the ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WARD STARE, MUSIC DIRECTOR JEFF TYZIK, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR MICHAEL BUTTERMAN, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society

FEB 2- FEB 25

in this issue 7

Welcome from the President & CEO

15 Bernstein Centennial Celebration

March 1 &31 9 The Orchestra 19 Mahler 4 12 RPO Board of Directors March 8 & 10 13 Bravo to Our Sponsors 32 Bravo to Our Generous Supporters 23 Celtic Celebration with Cathie Ryan 40 About Your RPO March 16 & 17

25 Tchaikovsky 5 + World Premiere

March 22 & 24

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Dear Friends, March comes in like a lion this year as we kick it off with our not-to-bemissed tribute to Leonard Bernstein’s incredible musical legacy, Bernstein Centennial Celebration, with special guest and legendary pianist Misha Dichter (March 1 & 3).

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We’re keeping Music Director Ward Stare very busy this month with two more powerhouse Philharmonics Series concerts: Mahler 4 (March 8 & 10) and Tchaikovsky 5 + World Premiere (March 22 & 24). The latter features the world premiere of a piece written especially for RPO Principal Oboe Erik Behr by noted American composer Allen Shawn.

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In addition, Ward conducts our Pops Series concert this month: Celtic Celebration with Cathie Ryan on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Ward and Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik like to mix it up and we think it’s a treat for our audience members too! Another highlight this month – one that you won’t find here in your BRAVO program – is our 2018 Intermediate Education Concert called Express Yourself, taking place daily in Kodak Hall, March 13-16. Thousands of fourththrough-sixth graders from all over the Greater Rochester Area are bussed in to attend these one-hour, age-appropriate, interactive performances that are often students’ first exposure to live symphonic music. Led by RPO Principal Conductor for Education and Community Engagement Michael Butterman (The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Chair), these concerts are a vital part of the Orchestra’s mission. To learn more and find out how your tax-deductible gift can support the RPO’s educational programs, please call our Development Office at 585-399-3649. It comes in like a lion, but March may not go out like a lamb – not at the RPO anyway. Hold onto your hats (and get your tickets now) because here’s what April has in store: the RPO debut of Rochester’s award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre with Jeff Tyzik (April 13 & 14), the amazing piano duo of Anderson & Roe playing Mozart (April 15), Holst’s The Planets paired with high-definition footage from recent NASA space exploration (April 19 & 21), and Special Concert: A Night of Symphonic Rock featuring the music of Queen, Led Zeppelin, Foreigner, Journey, Starship, Kansas, and more at the Kodak Center for Performing Arts (April 28). As always, we appreciate your patronage and welcome your feedback. Sincerely yours,

Curt Long President & CEO

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

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

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

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

FLUTE Rebecca Gilbert, Principal

The Orchestra

FIRST VIOLIN Juliana Athayde, Concertmaster

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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.

2017–18 Season

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 made 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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JEFF TYZIK

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors, recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. This season Tyzik celebrates 24 years as principal pops conductor of the RPO, a title he also holds at the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. This is also the fifth season that Tyzik has held The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

SEAN TURI

Principal Pops Conductor

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Tyzik has written more than 200 arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions for orchestra. A consummate musician, Tyzik regularly appears as a guest conductor in the RPO’s Philharmonics Series. In the 2015–16 season, Tyzik premiered a new violin concerto written for RPO Concertmaster Juliana Athayde on the Philharmonics Series. This season, Tyzik’s original programming includes collaborations with The Mambo Kings, PUSH Physical Theatre, and a Pops opener featuring a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and other jazz standards. Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds both his bachelor and master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music. jefftyzik.com.

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

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RPO Board of Directors

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

(TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2019) Dr. Steven Feldon Marjorie Goldstein Dr. Sandra Johnson Mark Siwiec Ingrid Stanlis Jason Thomas Steven Whitman Robert Woodhouse (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2020) Stephen Ashley Dr. Andrew Elliot Ilene Flaum Michael Gioja Michael Millard Elizabeth Rice Katherine Schumacher (TERM EXPIRES FEB. 2021) James Englert David Lane Michael Pietropaoli Christopher Pipa Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld Sidney Sobel Alex Yudelson

INGRID A. STANLIS CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

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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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THUR

7:30 PM SAT

MAR 3

8 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Ward Stare, conductor Misha Dichter, piano

SAMUEL BARBER

Second Essay for Orchestra

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Symphony No. 2, "Age of Anxiety"

Misha Dichter, piano

(11:00) (35:00)

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Opus 70

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Bernstein Centennial Celebration

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SAMUEL BARBER

Second Essay for Orchestra Barber composed the three Essays for orchestra in 1937, 1942 and 1978. When asked why he chose the title, with its literary origins, he referred listeners to the Oxford English Dictionary. It defines “essay” as “a composition of moderate length on a particular subject…more or less elaborate in style though limited in range.” Barber provided no further details on the three pieces’ contents, save for a passing reminder that he had composed the Second Essay in wartime.

b. West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA March 9, 1910 d. New York, New York, USA January 23, 1981

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” Bernstein read W.H. Auden’s poem The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, in 1947. It immediately inspired him to compose a musical response. Following is a synopsis of the composer’s own introduction.

b. Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA August 25, 1918 d. New York, New York, USA

October 14, 1990 “I imagine that the conception of a symphony with piano solo emerges from the extremely personal identification of myself with the poem. In this sense, the pianist provides almost an autobiographical protagonist, set against the orchestral mirror in which he sees himself, analytically, in the modern ambience. The essential line of the poem (and of the music) is the record of our difficult and problematical search for faith. In the end, two of the characters enunciate the recognition of this faith – even a passive submission to it – at the same time revealing an inability to relate to it personally in their daily lives, except through blind acceptance.”

“Part One (a) The Prologue finds four lonely characters, a girl and three men, in a Third Avenue bar, all of them insecure and trying, through drink, to detach themselves from their conflicts, or, at best, to resolve them. They are drawn together by this common urge and begin a kind of symposium on the state of man. (b) The Seven Ages. The life of man is reviewed from the four personal points of view. This is a set of variations which differ from conventional variations in that they do not vary any one common theme. Each variation seizes upon some feature of the preceding one and develops it. (c) The Seven Stages. The variation form continues for another set of seven, in which the characters go on an inner and highly symbolic journey according to a geographical plan leading back to a point of comfort and security. The four try every means, going singly and in pairs, exchanging partners, and always missing the objective. When they awaken from this dream-odyssey, they are closely united through a common experience (and through alcohol), and begin to function as one organism. Part Two (a) The Dirge is sung by the four as they sit in a cab en route to the girl’s apartment for a nightcap. They mourn the loss of the “colossal Dad,” the great leader who can always give the right orders and satisfy the universal need for a father-symbol. (b) The Masque finds the group in the girl’s apartment, weary, guilty, determined to have a party, each one afraid of spoiling the others’ fun by admitting that he should be home in bed. This is a scherzo

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for piano and percussion alone, in which a kind of fantastic piano-jazz is employed, by turns nervous, sentimental, self-satisfied, vociferous. The party ends in anti-climax and the dispersal of the actors. When the orchestra stops, as abruptly as it began, a pianino in the orchestra is continuing the Masque, as the Epilogue begins. Thus a kind of separation of the self from the guilt of escapist living has been effected, and the protagonist is free again to examine what is left beneath the emptiness. (c) The Epilogue. What is left, it turns out, is faith. The trumpet intrudes its statement of “something pure” upon the dying pianino; the strings answer in a melancholy reminiscent of the Prologue; again and again the strings re-iterate “something pure” against the mounting tension of the strings’ loneliness. All at once the strings accept the situation, in a sudden radiant pianissimo, and begin to build, with the rest of the orchestra, to a positive statement of the newly recognized faith.”

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Tahiti Trot, Op. 16

Russian conductor Nikolai Malko recalled that “During our travels in 1928, Shostakovich heard Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two, by American composer Vincent Youmans) on the gramophone. I began to taunt him: ‘Well, Mitenka, if you have as much genius as they say you do, I give you one hour to go into the next room, put down this little piece on paper from memory and orchestrate it for me to play.’” Shostakovich trumped Malko’s conditions, taking just 40 minutes to create this delightful set of variations.

b. St. Petersburg, Russia September 25, 1906 d. Moscow, Russia August 9, 1975

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 At the beginning of 1945, Shostakovich began writing a grand, heroic b. Ciboure, France March 7, 1875 symphony celebrating the impending Allied victory over the Nazis. He couldn’t stomach completing it. In July, he set to work on an entirely new d. Paris, France and much different symphony. Audiences enjoyed it, but the government December 28, 1937 response was savagely negative. Surely the symphony’s sheer irreverence Last performed by the RPO was the main reason behind the censure. Instead of a long, serious work March 13, 2010 that the bureaucrats hoped would be related in spirit to a work they Christopher Seaman, revered, the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven, Shostakovich provided a conductor compact, satirical, neo-classical piece scored for an orchestra not much bigger than the one Beethoven had used. It undoubtedly fueled the crackdown on Soviet composers that came into force three years later. The odd-numbered of the five movements sport a sharp, caustic edge and cheeky circus tunes. The restless, melancholy second movement and the stern declamations and mournful bassoon mediations of the fourth, provide contrasting interludes of uneasy calm. The final three movements are performed without interruption. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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MISHA DICHTER Now in the fifth decade of an illustrious international career, Misha Dichter traces his musical heritage to the two great pianistic traditions of the 20th century: the Russian Romantic School as personified by Rosina Lhevinne, MISHA DICHTER his mentor at The Juilliard School, and the German Classical style that was passed on to him by Aube Tzerko, a pupil of Artur Schnabel. Mr. Dichter reveals this dual legacy in his solo recitals and appearances with virtually all of the world’s major orchestras, performing the grand virtuoso compositions of Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, as well as music from the central German-Viennese repertoire–works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms--which embody more introspective qualities. An active chamber musician, in addition, Mr. Dichter has collaborated with most of the world’s finest string players and frequently performs with Cipa Dichter in duo-piano recitals and concerto performances throughout North America and in Europe, as well as top summer music festivals in the U.S., such as Ravinia, Caramoor, Mostly Mozart, and the Aspen Music Festival. They have brought to the concert stage many previously neglected works of the two-piano and piano-four-hand repertoires, including the world premiere of Robert Starer’s Concerto for Two Pianos, the world premiere of the first movement of Shostakovich’s two-piano version of Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)*, and the world premiere of Mendelssohn’s unpublished Songs Without Words, Op. 62 and 67 for piano four hands. Mr. Dichter’s master classes at music festivals and at such conservatories and universities as Juilliard, Curtis, Eastman, Yale, Harvard, and the Amsterdam Conservatory, are widely attended. Mr. Dichter was born in Shanghai in 1945, his Polish parents having fled Poland at the outbreak of World War II. He moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of two and began piano lessons four years later. In addition to his keyboard studies with Aube Tzerko, which established the concentrated practice regimen and the intensive approach to musical analysis that he follows to this day, Mr. Dichter studied composition and analysis with Leonard Stein, a disciple of Arnold Schoenberg. He subsequently came to New York to work with Mme. Lhevinne at The Juilliard School. At the age of 20, while still enrolled at Juilliard, he entered the 1966 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, where his choice of repertoire—music of Schubert and Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky—reflected the two major influences on his musical development. Mr. Dichter’s stunning triumph at that competition launched his international career. Almost immediately thereafter, he performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at Tanglewood with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony, a concert that was nationally broadcast live on NBC and subsequently recorded for RCA. In 1968, Mr. Dichter made his debut with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, performing this same concerto. Appearances with leading European ensembles, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and the principal London orchestras, as well as regular performances with major American orchestras, soon followed.

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THUR

MAR 8 7:30 PM

MAR 10

Ward Stare, conductor Emily Birsan, soprano

ALBAN BERG

Seven Early Songs

SAT

8 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Emily Birsan, soprano

(15:00)

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4

(55:00)

Mahler 4

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ALBAN BERG

Seven Early Songs Berg’s first compositions were dozens of songs that he created from 1900 to b. Vienna, Austria February 9, 1885 1905. He wrote them without having received any kind of musical training. He began taking lessons with composer Arnold Schoenberg in 1904, when d. Vienna Berg was 19 and Schoenberg was 30. Schoenberg was immediately struck December 24, 1935 by the younger man’s potential, and Berg found in Schoenberg not only a composition teacher but a model, mentor and surrogate father. In 1905, when Berg began to compose the music that he later referred to as the Seven Early Songs, he and Schoenberg had known each other for only a year, but the stimulating lessons Schoenberg was giving him were already helping him to compose more sophisticated and more individual music. While Berg was composing the Seven Early Songs, Schoenberg underwent radical changes in style, from the late-Romanticism of Brahms, Mahler and Strauss to the first examples of a new and brutally dramatic “expressionist” style. His pupils, Berg and Anton Webern, would later follow him along the path that led them to abandon traditional ideas of key signatures (atonality) and relationships between notes (serialism). In 1928, by which time Berg had fully adopted serial technique, he looked back to his early works and selected the pieces that make up the Seven Early Songs. He revised them and orchestrated the original piano accompaniments. As Mahler had done with many of his songs, Berg imaginatively varied the size and constitution of the scoring, from full orchestra to strings or winds alone. Composed 20 or more years previously, they lie on the cusp that straddles traditional late-Romanticism and modernism. He didn’t consider them a cycle, but at least one idea runs through them: they are all passionate, dream-like love songs. The first two pieces Nacht (Night) and Schilflied (Song Amid the Reeds) are melancholy nocturnes, while Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale) adopts a warmer tone to portray a lover. Berg’s use of a string orchestra heightens the emotional glow. Im Zimmer (Indoors) shows a contented pair of lovers by the fireside. The final song, Sommertage (Summer Days) is the most ecstatic of the set, rising to a grandly emotional climax.

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GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 4 in G Major After creating colossal canvasses that addressed profound philosophical issues in his previous two symphonies, Mahler shifted direction in the Fourth. The result was a shorter, gentler composition, scored for a smaller orchestra and not calling for a chorus.

b. Kalischt, Bohemia July 7, 1860 d. Vienna, Austria May 18, 1911

Its origins lay several years in the past. In 1892, he composed a setting for soprano and orchestra of ‘The Heavenly Life,’ a poem from The Youth’s Magic Horn, a collection of German folklore. Intending to use it as the seventh and final movement of his Third Symphony, instead he put it aside because this would have made the piece nearly two hours long. When he began his Fourth in 1899, he settled on using the discarded movement as the finale, then composed the first three sections. He completed the symphony during the summer of 1900, although he continued to make minor revisions until shortly before the première, which he conducted himself, in Munich on November 25, 1901. Few listeners cared for it initially. Its lightness and grace confounded many who had come to appreciate his massive, soul-stirring previous creations. His numerous detractors fell upon it like wolves, condemning it as a sick joke, a circus act, or even a “Black Mass,” to quote one reviewer. They also criticized him for concluding so serious a work as a symphony with a folk-like song. During the remaining decade of his life, as audiences came to understand what to expect of it, it won its due share of esteem. The naïveté which may appear so pervasive an ingredient on first hearing proves entirely superficial on closer acquaintance. A sophisticated creative mind and a total mastery of the orchestra are at work in every bar. Mahler’s previously demonstrated insight into life, and his deep faith in humanity, here strike no less moving a chord for his clothing them in such intimate, literally angelic radiance. The first movement immediately captures the ear with the most innocent sounds imaginable: silvery flutes and jingling sleigh bells. The movement presents a wide array of concise, warm-hearted themes. The art that underlies their evolution – materials blend into each other and back out again – is altogether extraordinary. Mid-way through, trumpets sound a clear reference to the opening theme of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, which he began to compose during the summer of 1901. The scherzo-like second movement evokes the fairy-tale world of the Brothers Grimm, and The Youth’s Magic Horn. It has the character of the ländler, a lilting Austrian peasant dance which prefigured the waltz. Early on in the symphony’s composition, Mahler wrote that in this section “Friend Death strikes up the dance for us.” The music is too genteel ever to venture anywhere near the truly macabre. He instructs the orchestra’s concertmaster to tune his or her violin a whole tone higher than normal to give an eerie effect in solo passages. This is usually accomplished by the concertmaster’s using a separate instrument for this movement. The slow third movement, like the corresponding section of Beethoven’s Ninth, presents expansive variations on two themes. The first is serene, the second, unsettling. After a series of compelling passages, the gates of heaven burst open gloriously at the climax. In the finale, the sleigh bell theme of the opening movement returns as a lively refrain, as a young angel praises the manifold delights of her domain. Mahler asked the soloist to “adopt a joyous, child-like tone, without the slightest hint of parody.” At first, the subject of her song is largely food. In the final verse, it shifts to music, surely the art through which one draws closest to the deity. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists EMILY BIRSAN, soprano In the 2016-2017 season American soprano Emily Birsan made role debuts as Juliette in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette with Madison Opera, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Boston Lyric Opera, and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Florentine Opera. On the concert stage, she made her debut with Melbourne Symphony singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, a concert EMILY BIRSAN with the Chicago Philharmonic, and was featured with the BBC Symphony in London singing Bliss’ Beatitudes. The 2017-2018 season includes an appearance with the Liverpool Symphony in concert, Violetta in La Traviata with Indianapolis Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony, and her debut with Welsh National Opera as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. Additional highlights include her return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Italian Singer in Capriccio, Leila in The Pearl Fishers with Florida Grand Opera, and Anne Trulove in A Rake’s Progress with the Edinburgh International Festival, among others. Her critically acclaimed performances on the concert stage included Elgar with the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, Verdi and Puccini with the Knoxville Symphony and, most recently, her Carnegie Hall debut with Mozart Mass in C minor. With the Chandos Record Label, Ms. Birsan has recorded Edward Elgar’s oratorio, The Saga of St. Olaf, with Sir Andrew Davis conducting and she also recorded with the BBC Symphony for Chandos. Future engagments with bring a reprisal of her Violetta with Nashville Opera and her role debut singing Rusalka with Madison Opera, as well her return to Lyric Opera of Chicago, where as a young artist she covered the roles of Violetta, Lucia, Adele, Musetta, and Armida, and received critical praise appearing as Servillia in La Clemenza di Tito, Xenia in Boris Godunov and the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel. Ms. Birsan attended Lawrence Conservatory and UW-Madison School of Music, studying under soprano Julia Faulkner. At UW-Madison, she sang the roles of Maria Stuarda, Thaïs, and Alcina. Ms. Birsan was a Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council winner and Regional award winner in 2010.

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Michael Butterman, conductor The Louise and Henry Esptein Family Chair

Cathie Ryan, vocals and bodhran Patsy O’Brien, guitar and vocals Patrick Mangan, fiddle and vocals Brian Melick, percussion

Whelan/ Arr. Naughton Traditional, arr. and Peata Beag do Mhathar adapted by C. Ryan Band and J. Tyzik)

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Mo Nion O (Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Roger McGuinn/Camilla McGuinn, arr. by C. Ryan Band and J. Tyzik)

May the Road Rise to Meet You

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Somewhere Along the Road

John Spillane, arr. by C. Ryan Band

The Wild Flowers Johnny Be Fair

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Celtic Celebration with Cathie Ryan

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Follow the Heron

Laura Smith, arr. by C. Ryan Band and J. Tyzik

I’m a Beauty

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Grandma's Song into traditional tunes

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Lament of the Three Marys

C. Ryan/John Doyle, arr. by C. Ryan Band and J. Tyzik

Grace O’Malley

Kate Rusby, arr. by C. Ryan Band and J. Tyzik

Walk the Road

Alan A Bell, arr. by C. Ryan Band

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artists CATHIE RYAN For over twenty-five years, including five solo albums, countless musical collaborations, and multiple awards, Cathie Ryan has been in the vanguard of Irish music. She is blessed with a voice of luminous clarity and a gift for unearthing gems from Irish and American song traditions, CATHIE RYAN creating her own heart-stirring originals, and for showcasing writers whose work deserves wider recognition. Wrap this musical integrity into a consummate entertainer and it is no wonder the Wall Street Journal calls her music, “a revelation.” Cathie is a captivating performer whose shows are renowned for their intimacy and power, as well as her witty banter. “There is nothing like a live show. I love the energy, the give and take, of being with an audience. And I love to have fun up there!” she says. Cathie happily shares the stage, and the show, with her award-winning band. Featuring Patsy O’Brien on guitar, Matt Mancuso on fiddle, and Brian Melick on percussion, the band weaves subtle arrangements and harmonies around Cathie’s vocals and match her charming repartee with dazzling sets of traditional tunes. Cathie Ryan Band has built a loyal following by touring internationally and singing “songs of the heart” at performing arts centers, festivals, folk clubs, and with symphony orchestras. They have been featured on national and public television throughout the world. Their radio highlights include NPR’s Mountain Stage and Thistle and Shamrock, PRI’s The World, BBC in England and Northern Ireland, Radio Scotland, and RTÉ and RnaG in Ireland. Cathie’s fifth CD, Through Wind and Rain, is bringing her music to a much wider audience. Irish America Magazine twice named her one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans” and liveireland.com has twice honored her as “Irish Female Vocalist of the Decade.” When not singing, Cathie leads tours of Ireland for Rick Steves’ Europe. She also hosts pledge programming for PBS whenever possible.

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Ward Stare, conductor Erik Behr, oboe

8 PM KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No. 22, “The Philosopher”

ALLEN SHAWN

Oboe Concerto (World Premiere-RPO Commission)

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Erik Behr, oboe The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair

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Symphony No. 5

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Tchaik 5 + World Premiere

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JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No. 22 in E-flat Major “The Philosopher” b. Rohrau, Lower Austria Haydn composed this fascinating symphony in 1764, just three years after March 31, 1732 he entered the service of the wealthy Esterházy family. The most unique feature is the substitution of two cors anglais (English horns) for the typical d. Vienna, Austria oboes. The nicknames of many Haydn symphonies became attached May 31, 1809 to them only in later times. This piece, in contrast, was known as “The Philosopher” during his lifetime, inspired by the grave, pensive beauty of the opening movement. Haydn followed it with three lighter ones. He sidestepped monotony by placing the most moderately-paced of them, the minuet, between the propulsive other two.

ALLEN SHAWN

Oboe Concerto (World Première, RPO Commission) b. New York, New York, USA Allen Shawn grew up in New York and studied with Leon Kirchner, Earl Kim, August 27, 1948 Jack Beeson and Nadia Boulanger. He lives in Vermont and is on the faculty of Bennington College. He started composing as a child, but dates his mature work from the time he reached the age of thirty. He is an active pianist and is perhaps best known for his piano music, which is well represented on recordings, including a CD devoted to his piano music by German pianist Julia Bartha. He has composed a dozen orchestral pieces, including a Symphony, two Piano Concertos, a Violin Concerto, a Cello Concerto, and a Double Concerto for Clarinet, Cello and Orchestra; a great deal of chamber music; songs; and three chamber operas, including The Music Teacher, to a libretto by his brother, playwright and actor, Wallace Shawn. The RPO commissioned and performed his 2009 Violin Concerto for violinist Juliana Athayde, and has previously also played his 1987 Symphony in Three Parts and his 1999 Piano Concerto, with pianist Ursula Oppens. Shawn has received a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and an Academy Award from the same institution. He also the author of four books: Arnold Schoenberg’s Journey (2002); Wish I Could Be There (2007); Twin (2011); and Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician (2014).

The composer has provided the following note. My Oboe Concerto is dedicated to oboist Erik Behr of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and to my longtime friend (and fervent supporter of the RPO), Ron Fielding. The work lasts about twenty-one minutes, and is in three connected movements, two slow movements flanking a fast middle one. The first movement is lyrical and elegiac, with the oboe as a songful principal voice, first in a longbreathed opening melody, and then in a plaintive, contemplative one, accompanied by muted strings and low clarinets. The colorations of vibraphone, harp, and celesta, along with muted brass, give the movement a nocturnal feel. The second movement is high-spirited and varied, with an addition of piano and xylophone to the instrumentation. The mostly playful mood is broken by a brief rumination in the solo oboe, but this is followed by even more dynamic, dance-like music that seems to suggest the release of previously dormant energies. The oboe continues in a lively vein in a solo cadenza, but gradually subsides into the quieter music of the third movement. Here some of the ideas used in the first adagio assume a character that is serene and introspective. An orchestral climax brings the various tonalities of the work into collision with each other. In response, the orchestra offers the plaintive second melody from the first movement, now marked, “as if from far away.” After this, an ensuing coda, marked “molto tranquillo,” attempts a reconciliation between the concerto’s various moods, ending on a final chord that recalls the opening of the piece.

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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Ten years passed between the creation of Tchaikovsky’s fourth and fifth symphonies. He completed No. 5 in August 1888. At first it earned little favor, but it quickly found great success.

b. Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia November 6, 1893

As he had done with Symphony No. 4, he based No. 5 on a recurring musical theme that represented his outlook on life at that time. By the time he composed the Fifth, his attitude to fate had softened somewhat, possibly due to a rebirth in religious feeling. He now referred to it by the less intimidating name “providence.” Reflecting this shift, the Fifth Symphony’s “providence” theme is much less aggressive that the “fate” theme in Symphony No. 4. It appears in the opening bars, intoned quietly and soberly by the clarinets. Where the Fourth Symphony’s “fate” theme is heard only in the first and last movements, and remains unchanged from one appearance to the next, the Fifth’s “providence” theme plays a role in each of the four movements. Its character also evolves to match the emotional progress of the music. The opening movement contrasts restless striving, represented in the first theme, a march-like variant of the motto, with a second subject whose heartfelt yearning is expressed with maximum eloquence by the strings. The second movement can only be described as a passionate love-idyll. Its sweeping, swelling raptures are twice interrupted, with a newly developed sense of forcefulness, by the “providence” theme. Next comes a typically elegant Tchaikovsky waltz. The sole blemish on its courtly façade is provided by a brief, almost casual appearance of “providence,” just before the end. The theme stands proudly on display in the slow-tempo introduction to the finale, where it is heard in a major key for the first time. The finale proper emerges swiftly out of the final bars of this passage. It is one of Tchaikovsky’s most joyous and energetic symphonic movements, strongly colored with the hearty emotions and dancing rhythms of Russian folk music. © 2017 Don Anderson. All rights reserved.

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artists ERIK BEHR, oboe Principal Oboe of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2007, Erik Behr was previously Principal Oboe of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet. Mr. Behr has performed as guest principal with the San Francisco Symphony, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Atlanta ERIK BEHR Symphony, and as a guest with the Seattle and Houston symphonies. During the summer, he performs alongside his wife, RPO Concertmaster Juliana Athayde, with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony and the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Other festival appearances include the Casals and Spoleto festivals. In addition to numerous concerto appearances with the RPO and Houston Ballet, Behr has recorded Honegger’s Concerto da Camera with the RTV Slovenia Orchestra. In 2018 he will perform the world premiere of Allen Shawn’s Oboe Concerto, commissioned specifically for Behr and the RPO. Together with his wife, he is Artistic Director of the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester and in 2017 he gave the world premiere of Guggenheim Fellow Adam Roberts’s Oboe Quartet, commissioned for Behr and SCMR. He has given chamber recitals nationally and internationally at the Edinburgh International Festival, Kilkenny Festival, and Maribor Festival. His playing has been praised by critics as “bold and graceful” (Washington Post), “immaculate” (Sunday Tribune), for its “tremendous musicianship and sense of style” (Irish Examiner) and for his “ease and eloquence” (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle). Currently Adjunct Professor at Roberts Wesleyan College and guest oboe teacher at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Mr. Behr has served on the oboe faculty at the University of Houston and was a visiting lecturer at Cornell University. He received his B.M. (cum laude) at Arizona State University, his M.M. from Temple University, and D.M.A. from Rice University. His principal teachers have been Robert Atherholt, Richard Woodhams, and Martin Schuring.

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ANDANTE CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous Donors Mrs. Martin Abkowitz Allan Anderson Elaine Anderson Allegra Angus William J. Beenhouwer Carol and John Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bennett David M. Berg and Dawn K. Riedy Dirk Bernold and Karen Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr. Judith M. Binder and Barbara V. Erbland Stuart and Betsy Bobry Alan L. Cameros Margaret J. Carnall Betsy and John Carver Chapman-Davenport Charitable Gift Fund Bill and Victoria Cherry Dr. John Condemi Jeff and Sue Crane Roy Czernikowski and Karin Dunnigan Gail and Douglas Doonan Frederick Dushay, M.D. in Memory of Anita B. Dushay Larry and Kas Eldridge John R. Ertle Robert P. Fordyce in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Fordyce Shirley B. and Kevin Frick

Helen and Dan Fultz Patty and Dick George Warren and June Glaser Deborah G. Goldman Rob W. Goodling Jean Gostomski Janet and Roger Gram George and Mary Hamlin Warren and Joyce Heilbronner Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi Leslie H. Jacobs in memory of Stephen D. Jacobs Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Daryl and Charles Kaplan 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 Dr. and Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner Barbara L. Lobb John and Dolores Loftus Elizabeth and Curt Long Nancy Macon Diana Marquis Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy Bruce and Eleanor McLear Deanne Molinari Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness

Sarah L. Niemeyer Laurel Pace Karen A. Petras Douglas and Diane Philips Mr. David C. Pixley and Ms. Laura V. Morressey Brock and Sandra Powell Bill and Beverly Pullis Susan A. Raub Mrs. Norma Riedman Drs. Chris and Doria Ritchlin Drs. Daniel and Charlotte Ryan Drs. Carl and O.J. Sahler Ron and Sharon Salluzzo Richard and Vicki Schwartz Libba and Wolf Seka Nancy A. Skelton Janet Buchanan Smith Glenna Spindelman in memory of Norman Spindelman Bob and Gayle Stiles Dr. Robert and Sally Jo Stookey David and Grace Strong Catherine Toy Stephen R. Webb Dr. Sidney and Linda S. Weinstein Dr. and Mrs. Tae B. Whang in honor of Michael Butterman Mrs. Frederick C. White Carol Ritter Wright and William Wright

PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous Donors Daniel and Elizabeth Abbas Dr. G Richard and Elaine Abbott Robert E. and Carol G. Achilles Barbara and David Ackroyd Edward and Joan After Diane Ahlman Carol Aldridge 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 Bob and Jody Asbury Betsy Ann Balzano Ann Bauer Nancy Beilfuss Barbara Berman Merton D. Bohonos John and Kristine Bouyoucos Shirley Bowen and Tracy Perkins Judith Boyd Simon and Josephine Braitman

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Nancy Brush and John Parker Josephine Buckley Eileen Buholtz Brian and Mary Jane Burke Sharon and Philip Burke Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Burkey Ann Burr and A. Vincent Buzard Keith and Joan Calkins Philip and Jeanne Carlivati Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Carney Gary R. Chadwick William T. Chandler Robert and Susan Chapman in memory of Lucille Giglia Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Rita Chessin Jack and Barbara Clarcq Elizabeth Claypoole Mr. J. Clifford Alan Cohen and Nancy Bloom Cheryl Collins John and Catherine Coulter Mrs. Nancy G. Curme Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Curtis, Jr. Mrs. Joan Dalberth Judith and Joseph Darweesh

Frederick and Doris Davey David F. Dean Bonnie and Duane DeHollander Ms. Faith Delehanty Stephanie and Douglas Dickman Ms. Marilyn Drumm Jane Dunham Rose Duver Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eber Mr. Markey A. Hoblit and Mr. Alan R. Efron Dr. Steven and Susan Eisinger Carol and Tom Elliott Holly K. Elwell Mohsen Emami, M.D. Louise W. Epstein Gerald G. Estes Julia B. Everitt Trevor and Elizabeth Ewell Sherman and Anne Farnham Dr. Paul Fine Thomas and Janet Fink Gail R. Flugel Suressa and Richard Forbes John and Sandy Ford

ADAGIO CIRCLE ($1,000â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$2,499) CONTINUED Marcella Klein and Richard Schaeffer Jonathan Foster Myrta and Robert Knox Ann and Steve Fox Karen S. Kral Mrs. Margaret Freeman and Mr. Chari and Joel Krenis Thomas Lennox Susan and Werner Kunz Carolyn and Roger Friedlander David and Andrea Lambert Betsy Friedman Dr. and Mrs. Leo R. Landhuis Marjorie and James Fulmer Donna M. Landry Johanna M. Gambino in memory of Ross P. Lanzafame Jerry J. Gambino Ms. Connie Leary Dr. Richard and Josie Gangemi John and Alice Leddy David and Patricia Gardner Nancy H. Lee Sharon Garelick Gay and Don Lenhard Michael Garrett T.C. and Pam Lewis Jacquie and Andrew Germanow James and Susan Locke Mrs. Charles J. Gibson Sandy and Jack Maniloff Paul and Carol Goldberg Saul and Susan Marsh John and Roslyn Goldman Linda M. Marsters Patricia Goodwin Frances and Robert Marx Burton Gordon Edward G. McClive Dane and Judy Gordon H. Winn McCray Robert and Jeanne Grace William and Erin McCune Jeanne Gray in memory of Robert Mr. Michael McCusker C. Gray Carol A. McFetridge Mrs. Judith Greenberg in memory of Richard McGrath her husband, Mr. Harvey Greenberg Pamela McGreevy Alan and Julie Griesinger Marion and Ed Mench Davis Louis Guadagnino Pete and Sally Merrill Brigitte and Klaus Gueldenpfennig Daniel M. Meyers Mrs. Robert Gulick Duane and Ida Miller Jeffrey and Lynne Halik Jonathan Mink and Janet Cranshaw Peggy and David Hall Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Moncrief Joan Hallenbeck James Moore Mrs. Laura J. Hameister Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Morgan Ms. Barbara Hamlin Morning Musicale Louise Harris John Muenter Bernice Hatch Otto Muller-Girard Mr. Lawrence Helfer Harold Munson Richard A. Henshaw Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson Merril and Dianne Herrick Dr. Gary and Mrs. Ruth Myers Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Neivert David C. and Patricia M. Hinkle Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely Bruce Hinman Kathy and Ted Nixon Art and Barb Hirst Jann Nyffeler John and Barbara Holder Peter Oddliefson and Kay Wallace Dan and Sandy Hollands Mrs. Virginia S. Pacala Susan and Chris Holliday Dr. Vivian Palladoro Andrew and Kathleen Holt Jane Parker and Francis Cosentino Dr. Robert Horn and Dr. Patricia Patricia and Philip Parr Nachman Channing and Marie Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Horn Charitable Fund Dr. Nadene D. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Dom C. Piazza James Iacutone Joyce and Victor Poleshuck Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Isaacson Mr. Andrew Publow, Hazlow Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Electronics, Inc. Bob and Elaine Jacobsen William and Barbara Pulsifer Dr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Jones Margaret Quackenbush Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kanthor Robert and Anne Quivey Robert J. Kennedy Jacklin Randall-Ward Marilyn and David Klass

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Richards Nancy Robbins Nancy and Art Roberts Elizabeth and Donald Roemermann Mrs. Stanley M. Rogoff Antonio and Patricia K. Rosati Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Rosenbaum Thomas and Elizabeth Ross James and Caroline Ryan Ron Sassone Drs. Eva and Jude Sauer Gary B. Schaefer Paul and Barbara Schmied Peter Schott and Mary Jane Tasciotti Schreiner Family Fund Joan M. Schumaker Catherine and Richard Seeger Joan and Arthur Segal Dr. Jenny C. Servo and John Servo Lily Shaw and Robert Hallstrom Sonja Shelton Robert and Nancy Shewan Daniel and Sarah Singal Alice and Ken Slining Bruce and Laura Smoller Susan and David Spector Daniel and Susan Stare Kenneth T. and Eva M. Steadman Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stehler Richard Steinheider Georgine and James Stenger Chris and Jennifer Stenzel Margaret A. Strite Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Thiede J. Russell and Kathleen Thomas Jason Thomas Miriam Thomas Mimi and Sam Tilton Celia and Doug Topping Sally Turner John and Janet Tyler Gary and Marie VanGraafeiland Harry and Ruth Walker Pierce and Elizabeth Webb Irene and Alan Weinberg Ann Weitzel Andrew M. Wensel, M.D. Joseph Werner and Diane Smith Carol Whitbeck Mrs. Christine Wickert Dr. James and Nancy Wierowski James H. Willey Elise and Joseph Woiciechowski Charlotte J. Wright Bill and Wende Young Carol Zajkowski Deborah and Mark Zeger Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zornow Daan Zwick

ADVOCATE ($700-$999) Anonymous Donors Robert Allen Betsy and Gerald Archibald Dr. and Mrs.* Edward C. Atwater Gloria Baciewicz Steven and Anne Bauer Jeanne Beecher Hays and Karen Bell Eric and Marcia Birken Josh and Beth Bruner June Brush Bruce and Shirley Burritt

Dr. and Mrs. William Grammar Barbara J. Granite Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff Russell and Kathleen Green Ed and Terry Grissing Michael and Joanna Grosodonia Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Haines Robert T. and Mary Ann Hargrave Mr. James M. Hartman Gil and Judy Hawkins A. Scott Hecker Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera

Gerard and Joanne Caschette Teri Davis Jeanne Denike Nancy and Sreeram Dhurjaty Jane Dieck Edward and Jennifer Faringer Udo Fehn and Christine Long John and Chris Forken Barbara L. Frank Sandra and Neil Frankel Richard T. Galvin Jane Gorsline

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ADVOCATE ($700-$999) Drs. Ryan and Makiko Hoefen Mr. and Mrs. Ned Holmes Earl and Mary Ingersoll Robert and Merilyn Israel Bruce Jacobs Lori and Frank Karbel Ann Knigge Kenneth R. Knight Glenn and Nancy Koch Mrs. Ellen Konar Diane S. Koretz Salvatore and Sandra LaBella Wilfred LeBlanc Doris and Austin Leve Sarah F. Liebschutz Carol C. Lovell John and Judy Lynd Pamela Krug Maloof Mr. and Mrs. John F. McNamara Richard and Joyce Mitchell Dr. Philip S. Nash Dr. Richard and Nancy Newton

Johnathan R. Parkes and Dr. Marcia Bornhurst Parkes Ann Piato Dr. Lee Pollan Bill Prest Patricia and William Rahn Stand and Anne Refermat Bob and Shirley Rheinwald Nancy K. Rice G. W. Richter Sandra and Eugene Riley Dr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Robinson Suzanne Robinson Mrs. James A. Rockwell in Memory of Rev. James A. Rockwell Judy and Bill Rose Dick and Bea Rosenbloom William Saunders Rich Sensenbach Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Shipley Kathie Snyder Robert and Norma Snyder

Janet H. Sorensen Charles H. Speirs Ron and Alison Steinmiller Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck Frank and Rose Swiskey Margaret and Charles Symington John and Betty Travis Mr. and Mrs. George Treier Timothy and Debbie Veazey John and Susan Volpel Ellen Wagner Miss Delores Welkley Mrs. Lyndon Wells Dale and Lorraine Whittington Ed and Wilma Wierenga Leonore and Lee Wiltse Puck* and Claes Winqvist Carol Wischmeyer Grace Wong Laura and Joel Yellin Miss Rowena Zemel

BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) Anonymous Donors Mary Elaine Aldoretta and Richard Burandt Peter and Jane Anderson Dr. and Mrs. E. David Appelbaum Dr. and Mrs. Dean Arvan Jane and John August Jeanette Axelrod Martin C. and Margaret M. Barber Don and Denise Bartalo John and Ellen Beck Miss Anne Bell Ms. Kate M. Bennett Louis and Linda Betstadt Mary Ellen Bigler Dr. and Mrs. Alan F. Bloom James R. Boehler Nancy R. Boerner Mrs. Philip R. Boerner Susan and Peter Bondy Agneta M. Borgstedt, M.D. Jeff and Kathy Bowen Don and Jackie Bowman Brendan Boyce Donald and Mary Boyd Robert and Judy Brenna Linda Bretz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Marilyn R. Brown Susann Brown and Terence Chrzan Eric G. and Wendy Bruestle James L. and Hollis S. Budd Veronica and Larry Burling Richard and Peggy Burton Joyce C. Burwell Carol J. Buzzard Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Carrier Ms. Barbara J. Case John and Diane Caselli Diane and Roger Cass Kim and Tony Cenzi Kathleen Chugg Victor Ciaraldi and Kathy Marchaesi Ted and Winnie Cichanowicz Martha D. Clasquin Gloria and Pincus Cohen Jules Cohen, M.D. Nelson and Janet Cole Barbara A. Colucci

Mary Lewis Consler Donald M. Cook Janice Currie Cathy Cushman and Jeff Sokol Karen E. Dau Jerry Davidson Janice DeJager Jacques and Monique Delettrez Dr. Elise dePapp Robert Dermody Ken Desrosiers Michael and Anne DeStefano Zach Dietz Wendell and Mary Discher Gilbert Dissen Jacqueline Distefano Margo Dobies Donald and Stephanie Doe Warren Doerrer Glen Dragon Dr. and Mrs. James Durfee Daniel Dwyer Dianne Edgar Marcia L. Elwitt Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Emmans Mrs. R. Clinton Emery D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma Gordon J. Estey Wolf and Carolyn Ettinger Evelyn Exman Joan and Peter Faber Mrs. Walter Fallon Shirley M. and E. Robert Ferris Clara S. Firth F. Peter Flihan George and Marie Follett Mrs. Timothy P. Forget Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Ruth Freeman Dr. Jonathan W. Friedberg Dr. Gary J. Friend and Mrs. Lois B Wolff-Friend Kevin Frisch Muriel and Bob Gabbey Sue Gaffney Jerry J. Gambino, Jr. Lenore and Marshall Lesser Jane and Jim Littwitz GE Foundation

Mary Anna and Darrell Geib Thomas Giblin Richard and Joyce Gilbert Walter Gilges Anne Gilson Robert and Marie Ginther Brock and Amanda Glann Marvin and Barbara Gray Gay Green Mr. and Mrs. Newton H. Green Kathleen Griswold Mr. Robert C. Grossman Stephen Gullace Bob Guerin Sue Habbersett Robert and Deborah Hall Ralph and Salome Hamaker David and MaryAnn Hamilton Martin and Sherri Handelman Barbara and A. Michael Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hanna Joan Holub Handfield Ronald W. Hansen Marilyn and Dick Hare Alan J. Harris Virginia Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hasiuk John and Ruth Hazzard Amy R. Hecker & Howard S. Decker Margaret Hedges Barbara Heiligman Barbara and Dieter Hentschel Carol Herring K.L. Hersam and Paul Sawicki Michael R. Herzog Dr. Florence H. Higgins Audrey W. Holly Tala and Mark Hopkins Mrs. Beryl Houpt Larry and Barbara Howe Drs. Geza and Minou Hrazdina Leslie and Sam Huey Marjorie Humphrey Mr. and Mrs. John Hustler Mr. Robert S. Hyman Paul and Karen Irvine Fulltec LLC/ Agop Ispentchian Mary Kay and Charles Jackson Dewey Jackson

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BENEFACTOR ($375-$699) CONTINUED Janet S. Jennison David and Patricia Jewell Ronald and Martha Jodoin Maryanne Jones Nancy Jones Mrs. Joan Kalen Mr. Gilbert F. Jordan John and Carole Joyce Marjorie Karowe Barbara and Robert Kay Hendrik and Elizabeth Keesom Mrs. Robert E. Keim William and Jean Keplinger Marilyn and John Kiesling Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Kimbrough Elthea King Jane Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. Edward Klehr Connie Klein Hon Joan S. Kohout Mark & Mona Friedman Kolko Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai Kolko Paulina and Laurence Kovalsky Barbara and Jack Kraushaar Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Krieger Kathy LaBonte Mrs. David M. Lascell Paul Law Howard and Nancy LeVant Dr. Pamela A. Leve Ms. Jean Ligozio Charles and Gwendolyn Linn Dr. and Mrs. Norman R. Loomis Mrs. Elfriede K. Lotz Mr. Robert Lowenthal Susan & Chris Luedde Jeremiah Casey and Patrick Macey Russell Madsen Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Mafilios John and Chen Magee Frank Mandery James and Patricia Mangin Rebekah and Joseph Marinelli Kathryn Markakis Marjory Marshall Dr. James Maxwell Judie and George Mayo C. Thomas and Emily McCall David McCartney Stan and Janis McCormack Kevin McCune Ms. Vera McCune Edward McDonald Sandra McDonald Dick and Sandra McGavern Margaret and Bob Mecredy Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Michael Ken and Nancy Mihalyov Carolyn Lee Mok Jane Morale and Glen Zagorski Theodore H. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Muhl John Joseph Mulcahy in memory of Karl F. Faber Dr. Donald Munger Michael D. Nazar Matthew Nesci Mildred G. Ness Dr. Richard & Nancy Newton Jason and Lea Nordhaus Joan and Beryl Nusbaum Susan Nutt Margaret and David Oakes Jennie Oberholtzer

Suzanne J. O’Brien W. Smith and Jean O’Brien William J. O’Connor, Jr. Margie O’jea Mildred Ortbach Joan Padulo Eric and Penelope Pankow Mr. Steven Parsons Esther and Tom Paul Marcella S. Pavelka Mr. and Mrs. Russell Peck David and Marjorie Perlman Dee and Horace E. Perry Mr. and Mrs. Claude Peters Mary Ann and Jeffrey Peters Thomas W. Petrillo and William R. Reamy Allyson and Webster H. Pilcher Robert and Mabelle Pizzutiello Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polidor Linda E. Postler Olita and Edward Povero Mary Jane Proschel Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Przybylowicz Patricia Pullano Barry and Jean Rabson Jerry and Janice Rachfal Richard and Susan Reed Marjorie Relin E. Rennert Charles Reveal Ann Rhody Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker Ashok Robin Dr. Gerald and Maxine Rosen Dr. Harry and Ellen Rosen Hannah and Arnold Rosenblatt Jamal and Pam Rossi Linda Rubens Dr. and Mrs. G. Theodore Ruckert Carolyn and Charles Ruffling Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Salerno, Jr. Dr. Alvani D. and Carol M. Santos Ed and Gabriel Saphar Linda & Tom Sargent Susan Scanlon and Croft K. Hangartner Suzanne and Michael Schnittman Nancy and David Schraver David and Naomi Schrier Caroline Schultz Charene Schuth George J. Schwartz, M.D. Steven Schwartz and Alice Tariot, M.D. Barbara Lee Scott Glynis Scott Carolyn S. Selbig Gerard T. Severynse Joseph and Mary Kathryn Shanahan Naomi Shapiro Mary E. Sherman Carol C. Shulman Myron Silver Gary and Cathy Simpson Joseph Simpson (M)Simi and Leonard Singer Judith & Michael Slade David Sluberski and Dr. Sandra Sluberski Maxine Smith Mr. Thomas Smith Sarah and Ed Solorzano Ms. Suzanne Spencer Jean and Harold Stacey Donna Stein

David and Abby Stern Elizabeth and Robert Sterrett Kevin Stone and Nancy Atwood-Stone Patricia and Howard Stott Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Strasser Jim Sullivan Yoshiko Tamura and Bruce M. Lee Mr. Daniel Taramasco Ms. Patricia Taylor David and Carol Teegarden Frances I. Tepper Woodlief and Marrillan Thomas Eric Thompson Roberta Thornbury John and Andrea Unson Charles and Susan Van Buren Wayne and Anne Vander Byl James Tobin Mary Anna and William J. Towler William J. Tribelhorn Mr. and Mrs. A. Gene Trimble Jeffrey True Julie Tubbs Robert and Terri Tugel Eugene and Gloria Ulterino John and Andrea Unson Rosemary Utz and Douglas Jones Charles and Susan Van Buren Wayne and Anne Vander Byl Betsy Van Horn John Van Kerkhove Jim Van Meter and Marlene Piscitelli Paul and Joan Van Ness Stephen and Linda Venuti Thomas and Jeanne Verhulst Jo Ann F. Vierthaler Vic Vinkey John and Anne Vogtle Brian Waldmiller John Walker Robert and Sandra Walker Mrs. Herbert Watkins Debra Watson Mr. and Mrs. David K. Weber Sandra Weber Andrea Weinstein Stephen Wershing Richard and Shirley Wersinger Sue A. Whan Charles and Carolyn Whitfield Jean G. Whitney Carol Y. Witzel Charles and Susan Wolfe Beatrice and Michael Wolford Elizabeth D. Woodard Peter Woods Susan Worboys Jeff Wright and Betty Wells Kevin and Trude Wright Eileen M. Wurzer Mr. Alex Yudelson Susan and Maurice Zauderer Eric Zeise and Ellen Henry Robert & Deborah Zeman Mary Lou and David Zimpfer

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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 MEMORY OF Mr. Werner Baum Dr. Roselyn Freedman Baum Alma Berger Ginny Tucker and Sara Berger Diana Bishop Domtar Paper Company Gerald Christoff, Composer and Pianist Rosemary Christoff Dolan Tina Cichanowicz Ted, Peggy, and Katrya Cichanowicz

Jean Ober-Taylor Marlene Lang Carl and Sonya Christensen Michelle Doran Kenneth and Kathleen Barnes Susan Raymer Louis Rappaport Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kristal Suzanne Rodgers Elmar and Catherine Frangenberg Carolyn Harder Carol Stuard-Buttle Douglas and Celia Topping Brian Treadway and Geraldine Glodek

IN HONOR OF Ellen Beck for her 23 years of service to the RPO Sue and Michael Lococo Marilyn and Peter Bondy Dorothy B. Fisher Paul W. Briggs Mr. Peter Briggs Bill and Ruth Cahn John W. McNeill Richard Decker Russell R. Miller

Frank DeSantis Mr. and Mrs. David W. Ackroyd Ms. Deb Miska Sharon and Duane Majon Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Simiele

Owen Roth Mrs. Charlotte Roth

Steven Hess on his special birthday Lois Zabelman

Isabel Scalise Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Frick

High School Chorale Mary Beth and Mike DiBacco

David Groff Linda Groff

Arthur Schuster Cathryn and Robert Kwit

Amber and Benjamin Krug Ben and Peggy Coe

Robert Heinold Elmar and Catherine Frangenberg

Diane Tichell David and Carol Teegarden

Sarah Krug on her birthday Judith Ann Gillow Diana Sharer

Judith Hensley Karen Hensley Anne deStefano Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeStefano Dr. and Mrs. Allan and Charlotte Kraus Marcy and Ray Kraus Elaine Primavera Kraus James Kraus Sally Lunt Cricket & Frank Luellen Rita Myers Anonymous Mr. John Walton Susan Scanlon and Croft K. Hangartner Catherine Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lennon Mr. and Mrs. Bill Huml Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurz Lisa Hand

Herb and Joan Vanden Brul Vanden Brul Foundation Donald Welt Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Scott Nathan and Susan Robfogel Mrs. Anne Talarico George Wu Nea Wea and Lucy Wai-Yan Woo Julia Figueras and Petter Iglinski Man Ying and Che Chung Chow Drs. John and Jean Kirnan Mr. Roger Perilstein and Mrs. Kathleen Bartelmay Shi Fang Zhang and Zhao-Shi Yu K and J Liang Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Falk Shirley Tschang Karen A. Castello John C. Youngers Irwin and Grace Lebow Mr. and Mrs. David Manly Mr. Gerard Tate Ms. Coletta Youngers and Mr. David Lebow

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Tom and Connie Lathrop Linda M. Lakeman

Shannon Nance Eliana Alweis Millie Ness David and Roberta Ness Nannette Nocon Nancy Sverdlik Gretchen H. Zenner Ellen Rathjen Tony and Jennifer Higgins Samantha Rodriguez John Dehority Rick Schake on his retirement Patricia Sullivan Burt Segelin on his birthday Dr. and Mrs. Gary Friend Mrs. Harriet Seigel on her special birthday Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Friend Carol Shulman on her milestone birthday Mr. and Mrs. Peter Colosi Jules Smith on his special birthday Mr. and Mrs. R. Alan Lattime

An-Chi Lin Janice Bradley

Ingrid Stanlis as new Board Chair this season Sue and Michael Lococo

Michael Lococo on his birthday Megan Lococo

Craig Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. John Walker

Joan Malloon Joan M. Woodcock

Andrea Weinstein Anne M. Kress and Ned Davis

Ida Miller on her 80th birthday Fred Dole Eric Polenik John McNeill

Joseph Werner W. Peter Kurau

John Moreland Ms. Dawn Verdugo Jean and George Morris Patricia Bryan Georgia Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Randy Kemp

Grace Wong Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wong

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 Fund and Special Events Katherine A. Kennedy, Coordinator of Development Services Danika Felty, Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator and Development Assistant Ryan Kearns, 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, Manager of Patron Services Jenni Kohler, Direct Sales Manager Kari Swenson, Ticket Database Manager Lina de la Ferriere, Patron Services Specialist Troy Tette, Patron Services Specialist David T. Meyer +, House Manager Abby Chapman-Duprey + Aiden Lewis + Randy Fultz + Joshua Schairer + ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE Laura Morihara +, RPL Administrator ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA Irene Narotsky +, Manager Misty Drake, Intern

2017â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 Nicole Morelle, Vice President of Marketing & Communications 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 Kathy Miller, executive assistant

+ Part Time * Intern ^ Consultant

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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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Interested in volunteering for the RPO? Contact Danika Felty, Special Events and Volunteer Coordinator at dfelty@rpo.org or (585) 454-7311 x241 for the following opportunities: 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.

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.

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

JOIN THE LEAGUE TODAY!

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Bravo to Our Volunteers

VOLUNTEER FOR THE RPO

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