Program Book: Mar 2022 | Rachmaninoff and the Hollywood Sound with Andrew Crust

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Andrew Crust

SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022, 7:30 PM

Rachmaninoff and the Hollywood Sound

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Contents Letter from the Conductor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Orchestra Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Guest Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Conductor Biography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Program Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17, 19-20 Larsen Legacy Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Corporate and Foundation Contributors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Leadership Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Individual Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 28-29 Tribute Gifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Encore Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Contracted Musicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 RSO Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency’s Partners in Excellence program

Additional support comes from the Rockford Area Arts Council

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Letter from the Conductor What is the “Hollywood sound” and how has it evolved over time? Film music, much like so-called classical music, was born out of a myriad of disparate cultural, geographical, and technological influences, shaped by a huge diversity of creative artists from every corner of the globe.

Have you ever watched a film with the musical track removed? As an occasional conductor of films with orchestra, I have been able to use special software to do just that, and the result has always been profoundly strange.

Imagine ET taking flight in a bicycle with nothing but wind and the rustling of leaves as a soundtrack. Or Marty McFly pushing the DeLorean towards 88 mph while dodging bullets in “Back to the Future” with only the screeching of tires as accompaniment. Or Rick delivering the line “Here’s looking at you, kid” without the surge of Steiner’s lush strings to accompany it.

Unsatisfying, to say the least. Great film directors know that a masterful score can transform a movie. Even greater directors, like Spielberg for example, create long stretches of film in which composers can write sweeping fantasias, transporting the viewer to new lands, new emotional states of being.

In the early days of cinema when the silent film ruled the day, movie theaters employed organists to accompany the action, and the soundtrack was either improvised, or included a potpourri of popular tunes from various sources. When sound became a capability, directors gravitated to the seemingly endless palette that only a full symphony orchestra could offer. Naturally, many great composers of the day were tapped to try out this new genre, and many did so happily–– composers such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich created the sound of war, Aaron Copland created the sound of the American West, Korngold became a favorite scorer of sweeping historical dramas––and the leading sound of the day was Romantic with a capital “R”. This Romantic sound can be directly traced to another capital “R”––Rachmaninoff. While not a film composer himself, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s sweeping orchestral range, his rich and unending melodic style, and his masterful use of color and mood inspired a generation of film composers.

Film, by its nature, is international. One cannot ignore the influence of French cinema in the 60s and 70s, the sprawling world of Indian Bollywood, or early masters like Tarkovsky of Russia or Kurosawa of Japan on the styles of modern film today.

Film music has also evolved into a staggering array of diversity––and has also moved away from exclusively orchestral scores towards an “anything goes” approach, with each original score creating a new sound world to fit the unique style of each film.

This program represents a small slice of that diversity––from Japan’s beloved Joe Hisaishi to the still-terrifying Psycho score by Bernard Herrmann, from the Romantic-inspired sweeping melodies of Casablanca to the classic Italian sound of The Godfather––we’ll get a taste of some of film music’s most quintessential composers, all centered around the Romantic master himself, Sergei Rachmaninoff, with one of his most beloved compositions, the Second Piano Concerto.

You may not be able to buy popcorn this time, but I invite you to sit back, relax, and let your imagination guide you as we explore Rachmaninoff and the Hollywood sound.

Enjoy the performance!

Andrew Crust

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The Great Gatsby Saturday, March 19, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.

Coronado Performing Arts Center

Rockford Symphony Orchestra Andrew Crust, conductor Wei Luo, piano Casablanca Suite

Max Steiner (1888 – 1971)

Suite from Psycho

Bernard Herrmann (1911 – 1975)

Prelude The City The Rainstorm The Murder The Swamp The Knife The Cellar Finale

From The Godfather Suite

Nino Rota (1911 – 1979)

Love Theme (The Godfather) End Title (The Godfather, Part II)

Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round” from Howl’s Moving Castle Finale from Robin Hood Suite

Joe Hisaishi (b. 1950)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 – 1957) - INTERMISSION -

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Moderato Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I Allegro scherzando Wei Luo, piano

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Orchestra Roster Rachmaninoff and the Hollywood Sound, March 19, 2022

Violin 1 Michèle Lekas, Concertmaster Rachel Handlin, Assistant Concertmaster Eric Pidluski Jackie Fisher Denise Connolly Rebecca Blaho Wendy Evans Karla Galva Marty Hackl Steve Winkler Violin 2 Azusa Tashiro, Principal Lisa Chodorowski Kathryn Siegel Tara Hayes Susan Oliverius Joanna Bryk- Roberts Hanna Bingham Annarita Tanzi Brandon Lamm Emily Lin

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Viola Annika Sundberg, Principal Kelly Larson Rebekah May Christopher Dozoryst Hannah Lamm Esther Delamater Teresa Wilmot Cello Michael Beert, Principal James Haugland Mike Nelson Lisa Bressler Margaret Daly Andrew Snow David Bednarek Bass Alison Gaines, Principal Doug Bistrow Tim Shaffer Jason Niehoff Greg Heintz John Floeter Flute Scott Metlicka, Principal Nicole Frankel Jean Bishop

Oboe Laura Medisky, Principal Ruth Aurand Casserly

Bass Trombone Darren Castellanos, Principal

Clarinet Darlene Carl-Beck, Principal Colleen Griggs Patrick Rehker

Tuba Joshua Wirt, Principal

Bassoon Karl Rzasa, Principal Josh Fleming Peter Brusen

Percussion Kerry Knodle, Principal Dan Bretz Collin Boltz Bryce Strunk Andrew Cierny Sam Pavel

Horn Renée Vogen, Principal Katherine Seybold Ritter Beth Kinch Ingrid Mullane Trumpet Mark Baldin, Principal Paul Semanic Saphra Mikal Trombone Rick Seybold, Principal Brian Rogers Tom Stark

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Timpani Jaime Cardenas, Principal

Harp Nanette Felix, Principal Meg Rodgers Piano Joel Ross, Principal Kristen Nelson Mandolin Steve Winkler, Principal

Guest Artist Wei Luo, piano Pianist Wei Luo was recognized by New York classical radio station WQXR as one of the 19 artists to watch in 2019. In August 2019, Wei released her self-titled debut album produced under DeccaGold, Universal Music Group. The album was featured by Gramophone online as one of the most exciting new releases. San Diego Union Tribune said: “This recording reveals a dazzling artist with an astonishing range of colors at her disposal, put to the service of a confident young soul whose musicality suggests the experience of someone two decades older.”

Most recently, Wei gave a solo concert tour throughout China’s major cities and venues, including Shanghai Concert Hall, Beijing National Center of Performing Art, Guangzhou Opera House, Haerbin, Chongqing, and Guiyang, among others. Prior to the pandemic, Wei made her debut with San Diego Symphony, with Jahja Ling. In recent seasons, she has performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Quad City Symphony, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Kansas City Symphony, and Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G minor with the Denver Philharmonic.

Wei has performed solo recitals in major cities and music festivals, including Lucerne, Switzerland, New York City (Mostly Mozart Festival, NY international keyboard festival), San Francisco Herbst Theater, Napa Valley Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Gilmore Keyboard Festival, among others. Her recitals have been recorded and broadcasted nationwide, including WHYY in Philadelphia, Minnesota Public Radio, Michigan WCMU, Texas Rio Grande, and North Carolina’s The Classical Station WCPE, among others.

Wei received the Gilmore Young Artist Award at age 17 in 2018 and was the winner and recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant in New York at age 16. She made her orchestra debut at age 11 with the Shanghai Philharmonic where, along with artistic director Muhai Tang, they opened the 2011 season by performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center.

Born in Shenzhen, China, she showed great interest in music and began piano lessons at age five. She gave her debut recital in Hong Kong at age six. Winner of numerous competitions in China, Wei also claimed first prize in the 11th Chopin International Competition for Young Pianists in Poland and the 2nd Rachmaninov International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Frankfurt, both in 2010. In 2012, at age 13, Wei was accepted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studies with Gary Graffman and Robert McDonald. Wei is pursuing her bachelor’s degree at The Curtis Institute of Music.

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Conductor Andrew Crust Andrew Crust is the Associate Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony where he conducts the VSO in Subscription, Film, Pops, Education, and other series each season. In the challenging 2020/21 season Andrew filmed and recorded dozens of programs released on the VSO’s innovative platform theconcerthall.ca. He is also the recently-appointed Music Director of the Lima Symphony Orchestra in Ohio where he has collaborated with recent guest artists such as Amit Peled, Katherine Jolly, and Awadagin Pratt.

Recent or upcoming engagements include concerts with the symphony orchestras of Vermont, Arkansas and Bozeman as Music Director finalist, and San Diego, Hartford, Winnipeg, and others as guest conductor. International performances include l’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, the Hamburger Symphoniker, the Moravian Philharmonic, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, and others. In 2018, he was awarded first prize at the Accademia Chigiana by Daniele Gatti, was selected for a residency at the Salzburg Festival by the Ansbacher Fellowship and members of the Vienna Philharmonic, and was a semi-finalist for the internationally renowned Salzburg/Nestlé Young Conductors award in Austria. In 2020, Andrew was awarded a Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award.

Previously Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Andrew conducted more than 35 performances each season and led the vital Memphis Youth Symphony Program. As an arranger, he has orchestrated dozens of works and is currently working on a collaboration with Schirmer to orchestrate the art songs of Florence Price.

Andrew has also served as Assistant Conductor of the Portland Symphony, Cover Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony and Nashville Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Boulder Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor of Opera McGill. In 2017/18 he served as Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA with Michael Tilson-Thomas, Marin Alsop, and Giancarlo Guerrero, and accompanied the orchestra on a tour of Asia.

Andrew is equally at ease in the pit, having conducted ballet with Ballet Memphis and the New Ballet Ensemble, and opera with Opera McGill, College Light Opera Company, Boulder Opera Company, and others. As a pops conductor, Andrew has collaborated with such artists as Rufus Wainwright, Michael Bolton, Cirque de la Symphonie, the United States Jazz Ambassadors, and many others.

Andrew is also a visual artist working in watercolor, ink, and digital media, using a style which often combines the worlds of art and music. Andrew was born in Kansas City and studied conducting in Montréal and Boulder, Colorado.

Andrew’s website: www.andrewcrust.com.

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Program Notes Max Steiner Casablanca Suite Maximilian Raoul Steiner was born on May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria and died on December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California. The score for the Casablanca Suite calls for three flutes (one doubling on piccolo), two oboes (one doubling on English horn), three clarinets (one doubling on bass clarinet), two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, two pianos, celeste, two harps, and strings.

The duration is approximately seven minutes.

Austrian-born Maximilian Raoul Steiner was a child prodigy, who graduated in 1904 from the Imperial Academy of Music, becoming a professional composer, conductor, and arranger at 15. After a stint in Britain, he moved to the United States in 1914, first working on Broadway. In 1929 he was hired by RKO Pictures and moved to Hollywood, one of the first to compose scores for film. By his retirement he had scored over 300 of them, a who’s who list of Hollywood’s best.

Casablanca, the story of love, life, and death in Nazi-occupied French North Africa, is considered one of filmdom’s greats. Steiner’s score was nominated for an Academy Award but lost out to The Song of Bernadette. Ironically, Casablanca’s theme song “As Time Goes By” was not by Steiner, but circumstances forced him to use it and he made it the centerpiece of his score.

Other themes in the film act as leitmotifs representing ethnic North African music and the jaunty French and threatening Germans warring with their respective national anthems.

Bernard Herrmann Suite from Psycho Bernard Herrmann was born Maximilian Herman on June 29, 1911 in New York City and died on December 24, 1975 in Los Angeles. The RSO will perform eight of the 11 movements of the Suite from Psycho. The score calls for strings only. The duration is approximately 11 minutes.

The film music scene in Hollywood of the 1930s and early 40s was dominated by German and Austrian émigrés who had escaped Nazism. But by the late 1940s, American-born composers began taking over.

Born in New York to Russian émigré parents, Bernard Herrmann graduated from Juilliard and by mid-century became one of the most sought-after composers of radio, movie, and TV music. He is best known for his collaboration with Orson Welles (The War rockfordsymphony.com | Rockford Symphony Orchestra

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Program Notes of the Worlds, Citizen Kane); Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone); and most of all, Alfred Hitchcock. His last score was for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.

In his music for Hitchcock’s 1960 movie Psycho, Herrmann created an eerie and relentless soundtrack. It is still regarded by movie buffs as the ultimate scary movie – and scary soundtrack. In the suite, the constant drive of the opening scene is followed by the murder scene in the shower with its screeching violin accompaniment and ends with the closing scene.

Nino Rota The Godfather Suite Giovanni Rota Rinaldi, better known as Nino Rota, was born on December 3, 1911 in Milan, Italy, and died on April 10, 1979 in Rome. The RSO will perform two of the eight movements of The Godfather Suite. The score calls for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, three horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, two pianos, celesta, mandolin, guitar, harp, accordion, and strings.

The duration is approximately seven minutes.

All but devoted movie fans pay scant attention to the credits beyond the stars and director. But great film music insinuates itself into the soul even if the composer’s name doesn’t have quite the cachet of Mozart or Stravinsky. But such titles as The Godfather, Romeo and Juliet, Eight and ½, or La dolce vita bring to mind the melodies and lush, romantic, sometimes witty sound world of Nino Rota.

Giovanni Rota was a child prodigy who composed his first oratorio, The Childhood of John the Baptist, at 11 and at 13 a lyrical comedy, Il principe porcaro (The Swineherd Prince), based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Encouraged by Arturo Toscanini, Rota spent two years in the United States studying at the Curtis Institute but returned to Italy to complete his musical studies in Milan. He remained in Italy, teaching at the Liceo Musical of Bari in Southern Italy.

Rota was a prolific composer, churning out over 30 film scores during the 1940s and a total of 150 over the course of his life. After World War II, he became particularly close to Federico Fellini, for whom he supplied nearly all of the Italian director’s film scores.

Despite great admiration and friendship for Igor Stravinsky, Rota eschewed the atonal and dissonant languages of his own century. In this regard, he most resembles fellow composer Erich Korngold, who virtually invented the musical conventions of the midtwentieth-century Hollywood film score. Of his philosophy as a composer, Rota said: “I feel happy [when writing music]...to give everyone a moment of happiness is what is at the heart of my music.”

The Godfather, the 1972 blockbuster film of the Mafia underbelly of Italian society, was

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Program Notes the most profitable film to that date. Rota’s music developed a life of its own, giving rise to suites with varying number of sections, all starting with the Love Theme. Some of them include sections from The Godfather II.

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round” from Howl’s Moving Castle Mamoru Fujisawa, known professionally as Joe Hisaishi, was born on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Nagano, Japan. The score for the Symphonic Variation “Merry-GoRound” from Howl’s Moving Castle calls for three flutes (with one doubling on piccolo), two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, one contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one bass trombone, one tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, celesta, harp, and strings. The duration is approximately 14 minutes.

Joe Hisaishi is one of the best known and most prolific Japanese composers of film and TV scores, often called Japan’s John Williams. His style is eclectic, blending European and Japanese Classical styles, and experiments with minimalism and electronic music.

Hisaishi discovered his passion for music and started playing the violin at age five.

As a student at the conservatory, he worked as typesetter for minimalist composers.

He wrote his first film music in 1974, and by now has composed more than 100 soundtracks.

The animated fantasy film Howl’s Moving Castle was produced in 2004, with Hisaishi composing and conducting the music. The film is a strong anti-war statement and was a great success in Japan.

Hisaishi prepared a symphonic suite from the score, containing 10 pieces from the soundtrack. In 2005 he arranged the Variations “Merry-Go-Round” as a symphonic concert version of the original film score.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Finale from Robin Hood Suite Erich Wolfgang Korngold was born on May 29, 1897 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary and died on November 29, 1957 in Los Angeles. The score for the Finale from Robin Hood Suite calls for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, celesta, harp, and strings. The duration is approximately four minutes.

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Program Notes Erich Wolfgang Korngold is a representative of the last gasp of the late Romantic spirit in Vienna. He never veered from this established idiom and never ventured into modernistic experiments. A true child prodigy, his works were performed in public in Vienna by the time he was 11 (a fact that may have been helped by his father, the music critic of Vienna’s most prestigious newspaper, Neue Freie Presse).

In the early part of the century Korngold was known mainly through his operas (Violanta, Die tote Stadt, Das Wunder der Heliane) but today he is primarily remembered by his pioneering film music, an art he embraced wholeheartedly when he came to Hollywood in 1934 at the urging of the director Max Reinhardt.

The Adventures of Robin Hood, released in 1938, was one of the two film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold that won an Oscar. The music is considered Korngold’s finest, helping to propel the swashbuckling stage action of the all-star cast.

Korngold put together a seven-section suite from the movie score, considered the official Robin Hood Suite. The last section is the “Victory/Finale”.

Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873 in Novgorod Governorate, Russia, and died on March 28, 1943 in Beverly Hills, California. The score for his Piano Concerto No. 2 calls for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings.

The duration is approximately 33 minutes.

Sergei Rachmaninoff grew up in a middle-class musical family, but under strained economic conditions. His father, a gambler and an alcoholic, squandered the family’s fortune to the point that eventually his mother and father separated. She had to sell what remained of the family’s assets and move into a small apartment in St. Petersburg. Sergei – whose care in better times would have been entrusted to a nanny – consequently grew up with little supervision.

His schooling suffered as a result. Although he showed early promise as a pianist and obtained a scholarship to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the administration threatened to expel him for failing to attend classes. He subsequently transferred to the Moscow Conservatory where his mentor, Nikolay Zverev, discouraged his initial attempts at composing. Nevertheless, Rachmaninoff continued to march to his own drummer, defying his teacher and transferring to classes in counterpoint and composition.

Clearly, his sense of his own worth was more accurate than that of his professors.

While still a student, he produced a string of successful works, including the tone poem Prince Rostislav, his first Piano Trio, and a flood of songs and piano pieces. For rockfordsymphony.com | Rockford Symphony Orchestra

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Program Notes his graduation in 1892 he composed the opera Aleko, which won him the highest distinction, the Great Gold Medal. The same year he also composed the Prelude in C-sharp minor, a work whose inordinate fame haunted him all his life because audiences always expected – and demanded – it as an encore at his performances as one of history’s greatest pianists.

By 1895 Rachmaninoff felt confident enough to compose a symphony. The premiere took place in St. Petersburg in 1897 but was a dismal failure, in large part because of the shoddy conducting of Alexander Glazunov who was under “the influence.”

Whereas earlier setbacks had produced in the young composer creative defiance, this disappointment brought on a severe depression. For three years he was unable to do any significant composing. After consulting numerous physicians and advisors, even asking old Leo Tolstoy for help, he finally went for therapy in 1900 to Dr. Nikolay Dahl, an internist who had studied hypnosis and rudimentary psychiatry in Paris. The result was one of the first well-known successes of modern psychotherapy. Although the composer was able to return to creative work, relapses into depression dogged him for the rest of his life. Significantly, all his large instrumental compositions are in minor keys, and one of the melodic themes recurring in many of his compositions is the Dies irae from the Catholic mass for the dead reminding mourners of the terrors of the day of judgment.

Rachmaninoff expressed his gratitude to Dr. Dahl by dedicating the Second Piano Concerto to him. The first performance of the complete work, in November 1901 with the composer at the piano, was an instant success. It is Rachmaninoff’s most frequently performed and recorded orchestral work. It even found its way into Hollywood as background music to the World War II movie Brief Encounter.

The first movement opens with dark, plodding unaccompanied chords on the piano that increase in intensity and volume, gradually joined by the orchestra and leading to the first theme. The effect is like the tolling of the giant low-pitched bells common in Russian churches. The second broadly romantic theme is a Rachmaninoff signature.

The lyrical mood is sustained throughout until the coda with its sudden conclusion in a dramatic burst of energy.

In the Adagio sostenuto, muted strings, followed by the piano left hand hesitantly accompany the high woodwinds. The right hand then joins the woodwinds in dreamy interplay. After a brief energetic cadenza, the atmosphere of the beginning returns.

The beginning of the third movement in the lower range of the orchestra is deceptively gentle, enhancing the surprise of the sudden sparkling piano cadenza. The main theme, introduced by the violas and oboes, is intensely passionate – in the same vein as the second theme of the opening movement. After a surprisingly calm episode, the tempo increases to presto; and after another short cadenza the highest instruments in the orchestra take up the theme, culminating in a glittering climax.

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In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Gifts of $500 - $999 Gene & Maggie Anderson In memory of Brian Anderson Paul & Teri Baits The Estate of Jean-Marc Bartsch In memory of Jean-Marc Bartsch Kyle & Marge Bevers Capri Restaurant Dr. Ronald Foran & Ms. Martha Dahlberg Joseph & Susan Drennan Mr. & Mrs. De Lon Fox Jason & Louise Gesmer Shirley Holzwarth Mr. & Mrs. J. Laird Lambert Mr. & Mrs. Donald Martin Nancy Matthews Marcia L. Mueller In celebration of Fred & Wendy Young’s 40th Wedding Anniversary Nielsen Chorale Richard & Sandra Niggermann Northwest Bank of Rockford Chris & Megan Perry Sarah Pfluger Virginia Poust Wirsing

Larsen Legacy Tom & Vira Rudnicki Mr. & Mrs. Frank Schepley Schirger Family Brian & Julie Thomas Doug & Diane Wilson Christopher & Sandra Wrate Drs. Mark & Jo Ann Zarnke

Tom & Sandra Mathews Joseph & Mary Rita McCarthy Daniel McCullough In celebration of Steven Larsen’s tenure John & Barbara McNamara Mary Mercer Susan Moller Gifts of $100 - $499 Mr. & Mrs. Parker Moyer Anonymous (2) Lowell & Carol Nafziger Mrs. Barbara Adam OliverClose, LLC AFHL Law Robert & Amy Phelps Anna & John Borchers Ken & Marth Reinert Taylor & Susan Carlin Carole M. Restuccia In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok In memory of Mary Caskey Dr. Robert D. Restuccia Ms. Susan Conant Sharon Robertson Mr. & Mrs. John Cook Martha Rolf John & Geri Cygnor Bill & Kathy Scarpaci Dan & Kirby Doyle Tom & Karen Shifo Gene & Carolyn Elliott Sigma Alpha Iota Dr. & Mrs. George English William & Karen Sikorski Paula A. Fitzpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Richard Silvestrini Michael & Audra Freeze Steven & Julie Spencer Alan & Marlene Garrett Kyle & Margo Stedman The Piano Doctor Reid & Anthea Tanouye Bonnie & Bob Gosdick Duane & Melissa Teske Ms. Brina Grigg Ms. Patricia Timm & Mr. Roger Kaage In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok John & Kathy Torrence Gerrie Gustafson Jim & Jean Twyning Erich & Jan Hagenlocher Karen Van Howe Ms. Susan Hansen Dubravka Vedo Margret & Brett Hanson Tom & Linda Vojtech Mrs. Janis Hedrick James & Stephanie Waddell Madeline Herdeman Stephen & Rita Weber Mrs. Nancy Hyzer Dr. Loyd J. Wollstadt In memory of Keith Hyzer William & Joyce Zartman Beverly Joyce Ethan Zentz In honor of William & Christine Howard Mr. & Mrs. David Zumdahl Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Keating Gifts up to $99 Mr. & Mrs. David Klintworth Anonymous Jerry Kortman & Doc Slafkosky Dick & Sally Baker Ms. Constance Kramer Patricia Bartels Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Kullberg Kevin & Monna Bergdall Brian LeClercq Mr. & Mrs. John Buzzard Mr. & Mrs. Brian Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Carlson Mr. Richard Luthin Lori Chappell Mark & Mary Madaus Ron & Patricia Cox Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mahler Phil & Shirley Davidson Katie Malnor Michael & Nancy Driscoll Mrs. Marty Mangas Rev. Jane Eesley Drs. Michael & Karol Manley In honor of Rev. Jay and Kris Quinn Faye Marcus

Ellwyn & Gayle Englof In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok LaVona Farney Cindy Fischer Minoo Hagshenas Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Hanstad Leonora Hantke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harms Cynthia Hill Capt. Jeffrey Keho Jeannine Kleczewski Richard & Nancy Kunnert Ms. Luba Levin In memory of Lyudmila Levina Colleen McDonald In memory of Jim Brechlin William Midgett Lynda Moser Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pauwels Curtis & Selma Peterson Ms. Dorothy Powell Ms. Stephanie Quinn In celebration of Steven Larsen’s tenure Nick & Gayle Scheuer Sancee Siebold Jim & Sharon Smith Sandra Stevens Jim & Patti Tefft Joan Tilson Jack & Dora Tippens Brad & Meredith Townsend Shirley Wooden RSO Musicians Tom & Becky Asher James Brechlin Ruth Aurand Casserly Lisa Chodorowski Barbara Drapcho Jackie Fisher Alison Gaines Jayne Latva Scott Metlicka Saphra Mikal Brent & Ingrid Mullane Joel Ross Karl Rzasa Rick & Julie Seybold Teresa Wilmot Gifts as of March 8, 2022.

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RSO Annual Fund Corporations & Foundations Generous support from businesses and foundations help fund the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and specific programs and events each year. These vital partnerships provide support for the RSO’s concert performances, education and outreach programs, and many other projects. The following reflects gifts received towards the Annual Fund in the last year.

$50,000 +

Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation Small Business Administration $10,000 - $49,999

815CRT-ART COVID-Response Fund Bergstrom, Inc. ComEd, An Exelon Company Illinois Arts Council Agency

Kjellstrom Family Foundation of Northern Illinois Midland Wealth Management

$5,000 - $9,999

Alfred & Ella Peterson Anderson Family Foundation Community Foundation of Northern Illinois Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation

Hunt Charitable Trust Estate Kjellstrom Family Foundation Endowment Fund Savant Wealth Management William Miller Charitable Trust

$2,500 - $4,999

DiBenedetto and Associates

Gloyd Family Foundation

$500 - $2,499

Aqua-Aerobic Systems Estwing Manufacturing Co. Gordy and Mary Ann Smith Charitable Trust

HMC Products, Inc. Jean VanLandingham Fund Rockford Area Arts Council

Sjostrom & Sons Foundation, Inc. UW Health

In-Kind

Holiday Inn

John Morrisey Accountants, Inc.

Rockford Park District

Media

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RSO Annual Fund Leadership Giving The investments made by our Larsen Circle and Founders Club members allow the Rockford Symphony Orchestra to strengthen our commitment to providing vibrant musical experience to our community. These donors receive special benefits including opportunities to meet RSO musicians and guest artists, and access to the Manager’s Apartment reception at intermission and following performances. The RSO is proud to count the following individuals among its leadership supporters.

Larsen Circle Fellow ($10,000+)

Anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. Paul Christensen

Larsen Circle Member ($5,000+)

Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin*^ Robin Gausebeck* Bill & Sally Hoff^ Michael Kikta & Karen Stephenson Betty Klingensmith

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Pittman Drs. Arnold Rosen & Kathleen Kelly^ Mr. & Mrs. William H. Shippee Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stoneback

Founders Club Fellow ($2,500 - $4,999)

Don Banks Ron & Carol Burmeister Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Ellwyn & Gayle Englof*^ Jack & Colleen Holmbeck*^ Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler^ Mrs. Judith Larson

Dick Leighton* Mrs. Barbara McDonough Steve & Donnette Nailor Dr. Arthur Rettig & Hon. Kathryn Zenoff Keith Syfert & Linda Miller*^

Founders Club Member ($1,750 - $2,499)

Ronald Armagost Lyn Becknell* Peter & Ann Boline Sheila Brechlin Judith Daykin Dan & Kirby Doyle Thomas & Tami Gaudreau Dr. & Mrs. Norm Hagman Mr. & Mrs. John R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Chris Kovarik Ms. LoRayne Logan*^ Mr. & Mrs. Ron Lundstrom

Steve & Mary Martin Marcia L. Mueller*^ Dr. Richard & Karen Olson Ronald F. Peterson^ Ellen Poppen Tom & Linda Sandquist Jack & Barbara Simon Brian & Julie Thomas Stephen & Rita Weber Brian Willemot Fred & Wendy Young^ Drs. Mark & Jo Ann Zarnke

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RSO Annual Fund The Rockford Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the hundreds of music lovers who contribute to our Annual Fund campaign. Every gift plays an important part in the success of the RSO’s many performances, programs, and education activities.

The RSO is proud to count the following individuals among its most valued supporters with gifts received in the last year.

Symphony ($1,000 – $1,749) Mrs. Barbara Adam Dennis Klapperich & Monique Aduddell Gene & Maggie Anderson Dr. & Mrs. James Barrett Lynell Cannell Mrs. Jean Cassens Mrs. Marilyn Dougherty Dr. & Mrs. Donald Feeney Jim & Mary Lou Gault Laina M. Gerace Matt & Heather Giebel Gerrie Gustafson Kerry Knodle* Mr. Steven Larsen & Ms. Marti Bein Paul & Judy Letourneau John & Karen Messley Craig & Lin Milius Glenn & Gail Palmer Jay & Cathy Pick Ken & Martha Reinert Trudy Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Dean E. Thomas Mrs. Carol Waxler David & Rosalie Whitehouse^ Christopher & Sandra Wrate Concerto ($500 – $999) Fr. David Beauvais Kyle & Marge Bevers Dennis & Joanne Blunt Anna & John Borchers Dr. & Mrs. Neil Brogren Alan & Susan Bryant Sandra Campbell Andy Conway Dr. Ronald Foran & Ms. Martha Dahlberg Mr. & Mrs. James Dehler Jeff & Maria Diestelmeier

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Dick & Emily Diller Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Geller Barrie & Alan Gibby Tom & Carol Guschl Mrs. Janis Hedrick Warren & Mariel Heinke Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Herdeman Dr. & Mrs. Roger Hilbert Pam Lonsway Nancy Matthews Brian Molloy Marianna & Herb Page Mrs. Cheryl Parrett Colin & Hana Peterson Trish Rooney & Stanton McGroarty Tom & Vira Rudnicki Bill & Kathy Scarpaci Charles & Stella Schroeder Gene & Donna Seefeldt Rick & Julie Seybold William & Karen Sikorski Karen Starr Brad & Meredith Townsend Jim & Jean Twyning Dubravka Vedo Larry & Kathy Wachowiak James & Stephanie Waddell John & Marianne Wahlquist Dr. Ruth Ann Wasson Ethan Zentz Overture ($200 – $499) Mrs. Alice Alfredson Tom & Becky Asher Mr. & Mrs. David Bloomstrand Major General (ret) John & Myrna Borling Susan Bowler Mrs. Karen Brown Mary Caskey Mr. & Mrs. James Castree

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Mr. & Mrs. David L. Clendening Mr. & Mrs. John Cook Alan Cooper Ron & Patricia Cox Phil & Shirley Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Davis Janet de Guehery John DeWaters & Lenore Lund Philip & Kathy Dierstein Mr. & Mrs. William Dilts Judith Ann Durgom Ms. Lynne Emling Paula A. Fitzpatrick Dr. & Mrs. John R. Foster Mr. & Mrs. De Lon Fox John Fox Jon & Nancy Gramzow Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Gray Mr. & Mrs. Paul Grover Erich & Jan Hagenlocher Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hager Minoo Hagshenas Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hallstrom Ms. Susan Hansen Margret & Brett Hanson Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Hanstad Mark & Kristin Hatch Cynthia Hill Ed & Beth Howard Mike & Lynne Istad Mr. & Mrs. Doug Kruger Mr. George E. Kujawa Mr. & Mrs. J. Laird Lambert Ms. Lorre LaPasso Ms. Betty J. Leeson George & Beverley Letcher Susan Lindsay-Jones Mr. & Mrs. Brian Livingston Kathlynn & James Lockard Mrs. Marty Mangas

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Faye Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Donald Martin Thomas & Enid Michalowski Grant & Erin Moore E. Joanne Muck Gerald & Diana Ogren* Raymond & JoMarie Paul David & Linda Poole Terry Raiford Martha Rolf Mr. Daniel Peter & Ms. Ellen Roseberg Jeffrey & Dorice Royce José & Lois Seijo Harley Shepherd Lora E. McClelland & Michael O. Simmons Tyler Smith Mrs. Lynne Sobczak George Strombeck Chuck & Jan Thomas Ms. Patricia Timm & Mr. Roger Kaage Karen Van Howe Richard & Lan Vaughan Richard & Donna Warden William & Joyce Zartman Prelude ($75 – $199) Anonymous (2) Dr. & Mrs. George Arends Drs. Ed & Molly Baker Dick & Sally Baker^ Don & Cheryl Balsam Mr. Don Bein Benjamin Bernsten & Mary McNamara Bernsten Anthony & Connie Bonaccio Mr. & Mrs. George Bull Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burkholder Lori Bush Mr. & Mrs. John Buzzard Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Steven Chapman Ms. Susan Conant Gordon Conover Greg & Lorna Cote Sue Custer John & Frances Donahue Joseph & Susan Drennan Loren & Patricia Due

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Kurt Duesterhoeft Martha Dunegan Mr. & Mrs. Charles Elliot Gene & Carolyn Elliott Dr. & Mrs. George English Bruce, Jocelyn, & Cynthia Fary Andrew Fenstermacher Cathy Ferguson-Allen Terrance & Lois Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Frank Flores Mr. & Mrs. Philip Frankfort Laura Frankiewicz & Lucio Bortolin Alan & Marlene Garrett Tom & Gail Giglio Ms. Suzanne Gill Rich & Debbie Gortowski Bonnie Gosdick Peter & Jane Gottlick Keith & Judith Haggestad Sherri Hayes Tom & Sue Hayes Kent & Jean Heise Mr. & Mrs. John Heisel Jr. Dr. & Mrs. David Helland Don Holt David & Paula Hougan William & Christine Howard Dr. & Mrs. William Hutt Mr. and Mrs. Karl Jacobs Margaret Jindra Audrey Johnson Bonnie Johnson Clifford Johnson Martha Kaiser Nancy Joan Kauzlarich Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Keating John & Margaret Kleber Ed & Charlotte Kletecka Ms. Constance Kramer Mr. Dave Lantz Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Lara Charlotte Larrison Ronald & Karen Larson Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Lash Ray & Debbie Lecuyer Mr. & Mrs. Ken Lemmel Erik & Susan Lewinski Mr. Richard Luthin

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Mark & Mary Madaus Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mahler Drs. Michael & Karol Manley Sandra Martell Tom & Sandra Mathews Frank & Sue McCabe Joseph & Mary Rita McCarthy Daniel McCullough Tom & Sarah McNamara Dora May Meredith Orrin & Dorothy Merritt Judithann Meyer Candace Moore Allan & Cynthia Morrill Doris Mosser Mr. & Mrs. Parker Moyer Thomas Myers Lowell & Carol Nafziger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nelson Ralph and Sue Norman K. Sue & Bill Null Carol Ann Ostrom Owano Family Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pellicore Curtis & Selma Peterson James Petrie Robert & Amy Phelps Matthew & Jessica Piske Ms. Dorothy Powell Mr. James & Dr. Margaret Provenza Jane Reuber Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Richard John & Anita Richards Ms. Darlene Riddle Dr. & Mrs. Gary Rifkin Elizabeth C. Rogers Nick & Gayle Scheuer Schirger Family Joe Herreweys & Twila Schock Brent & Lizabeth Schultz Bill & Tammy Schulz Doug & Tammy Scott Tom & Jennie Seeling* Tom & Karen Shifo Bruce & Nancy Shindel Mr. & Mrs. James Smith Molly Soper Fred Speer & Chris Mullins

Steven & Julie Spencer State Farm Kyle & Margo Stedman Mr. Steven Stroker James & Margaret Stuntz Mike & Judy Thompson John & Pat Timmerwilke Jack & Dora Tippens Matthew & Karen Toohey

John & Kathy Torrence Dale & Lynne Townsend Joseph Valaitis Rudy Valdez Mr. James Vandervort & Ms. Patricia Sment Tom & Linda Vojtech Waterside Financial Advisors Carol Wehmeyer

Lenae Weichel Peggy Werner Paul & Sharon Werther Deanna Wilcox-Sandberg Doug & Diane Wilson Pam & Barbara Wilson Mr. & Mrs. David Zumdahl

* In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor is an Encore Society Member, having pledged an estate gift to the RSO Foundation which will generate annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity. ^ In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor has made a lifetime gift to the RSO Foundation which generates annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity.

We make every effort to ensure that our listing is accurate. If your name is missing or misspelled, we apologize. Please call the RSO at 815.965.0049; we will make the correction in our next Program.

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Tribute Gifts Honor a loved one by making a donation to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra in their name.

In celebration of Alice Alfredson Harley Shepherd In memory of Arthur Alfredson Mrs. Alice Alfredson In memory of Brian Anderson Gene & Maggie Anderson In memory of Roger Becknell Lyn Becknell In memory of Alice Bein Mr. Don Bein

Ms. LoRayne Logan Doris Mosser Marcia L. Mueller Ms. Lisa Novak Raymond & JoMarie Paul Jim Pirages Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rundquist Doug & Tammy Scott Mr. Steven Stroker

In memory of Chuck Prorok Matthew & Karen Toohey In memory of Carmen & Wilbur Pursley Ms. Betty J. Leeson In celebration of Carol Rice’s 90th Birthday Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Pittman In memory of Tom Rogiewicz John Gradick

In memory of Mrs. Barb Campbell Susan Bowler

In memory of Dick Hynes Anonymous Richard Eckburg Marcia Mueller Jody Perrecone Joseph Valaitis Waterside Financial Advisors Judith Wyatt

In memory of John A. Durgom Judith Ann Durgom

In memory of Keith Hyzer Don & Cheryl Balsam

In memory of Donald Ross, Robert & Betty Ross Ms. Lynne Emling

In memory of Rose Mary S. Durgom Judith Ann Durgom

In memory of James E. Johnson and James L. Johnson Audrey Johnson

In memory of Greg Sisler Ms. Betty J. Leeson

In celebration of Bradley Gabbert’s Birthday Gail Gabbert Janis Gabbert Ernie Redfern

Anonymous

In recognition of The Third Degree Major General (ret) John & Myrna Borling

In memory of Jim Brechlin Friends and Family of Jim Brechlin Rock Valley Children’s Choir Rock Valley Master Chorale

In memory of Selma Rosen Erich & Jan Hagenlocher Thomas Myers

In memory of William H. Starr In memory of Mary Stuart Johnson Karen Starr Mr. Don Bein In honor of Rebecca Swan In memory of Elizabeth C. Rogers Holly Beth and Betsy Kaske

In celebration of Elena Giglio Tom & Gail Giglio

In celebration of Phil Klintworth José & Lois Seijo

In memory of Robert Gosdick Bonnie Gosdick

In memory of Bill Langs Mrs. Merle Langs

In memory of Troy Hedrick Mrs. Janis Hedrick

In memory of Jeanne Lindquist Harley Shepard

In memory of Shirley Holzwarth The Century Club Ruth Dahlberg Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson Bruce, Jocelyn, & Cynthia Fary Andrew Fenstermacher Mr. & Mrs. Philip Frankfort Jennifer Furst Paul Gaziano & Rosemary Collins Erich & Jan Hagenlocher Bill & Sally Hoff

In memory of Mary J. Lucas Dr. Ruth Ann Wasson

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In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Bertil Roseberg Mr. Daniel Peter & Ms. Elle Roseberg

In memory of Dennis McDonough Mrs. Barbara McDonough In memory of John F. McNamara Barbara McNamara In memory of A. Nekunam Minoo Hagshenas In memory of Ron Parrett Mrs. Cheryl Parrett

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In celebration of Julie Thomas Ms. Suzanne Gill In memory of Rudolf Vedo Dubravka Vedo In memory of Helgee & June Wahlquist John & Marianne Wahlquist In celebration of John Wahlquist’s Birthday John G. Anderson John Klosterboer Bill & Carolyn Kobler Candice Moore William Waller In memory of Don Zimmerman Dennis & Joanne Blunt

Ensuring the Legacy of Great Music in Rockford We are grateful to the following leaders who have contributed to the endowment, where their gift will live on forever. $250,000 and above Mr. James Lathers Mr. Richard Nordlof

Classics Series Guest Artist Chair

$100,000 - $249,999 Mary Ann Eibler Loving Trust The Funderburg Foundation John C. McCarthy

Assistant Concertmaster and Principal Cello Chair

$50,000 - $99,000 Dick & Grace Leighton

Youth Concert Education Program

$10,000 - $49,999 Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Dan & Ruth Nicholas Priscilla & John Cotton Dr. & Mrs. Robert Pasky Gordon & Georganne Eggers Bob & Patty Rhea Ellwyn & Gayle Englof Severson Charitable Isadore Olson Scholarship Fund Remainder Trust DeWayne & Donna Fellows Sterling Charitable Trust RSYO Sterling String Quartet Jim & Carol Gingrich Verona A. Swenson Goddard Family Foundation Keith Syfert & Bill & Sally Hoff Linda Miller Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Glenn Theil Janet Kjellstrom David & Rosalie Whitehouse LoRayne Logan Fred & Wendy Young Mrs. Jane Marlowe $1,000 - $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker, III Ronald F. Peterson Edward J. Enichen Mr. Charles Prorok & Ms. Marcia Mueller Dr. & Mrs. Donald Feeney Caroline Reed Mark D. Johnson In Memory of Roger & Mary Reithmeier KristyAnn Lauren Johnson Brian A. Ritter David D. Kalber Arnold Rosen & Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler Kathleen Kelly Kent & Marti Mallquist Dick & Katie Wolff Lisle Menzimer

The Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation was established in 2007 to build a permanent endowment to benefit the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. The Foundation prudently invests donated funds to generate annual income in perpetuity for the RSO. Special opportunities are available to endow a chair, a program, or to underwrite RSO musicians. Naming chairs or programs recognizes donors (or honors a person dear to a donor) in a most caring and enduring way. Endowed chairs and programs are named in perpetuity.

For more information about supporting the Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation, please call 815.965.0049.

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A Special Thanks Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Lyn Becknell Ruth Aurand Casserly Ellwyn & Gayle Englof Mrs. Crawford Gates Robin Gausebeck Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Shirley Holzwarth Mrs. Janette Howard Kerry Knodle Dick Leighton Ms. LoRayne Logan Gerald & Diana Ogren Charles J. Prorok & Marcia L. Mueller Joel Ross Tom & Jennie Seeling Keith Syfert & Linda Miller David & Fleur Wright

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Are you a member of the Encore Society?

Have you made a bequest through your will or provided another type of estate gift to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra? If so, we hope you will share this information with us.

Remaining anonymous is a choice that is understood and respected by the RSO. But sharing information about your gift can also be an important choice to help us clearly understand your desires and ensure your wishes are carried out.

Informing the RSO about your intentions also allows us to celebrate your generosity and thank you during your lifetime and could inspire others to make a similar commitment.

Unless otherwise designated, all bequests go directly to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation Endowment Fund, benefitting the RSO in perpetuity.

For more information about becoming a member of the Encore Society, please call 815.965.0049.

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Rockford Symphony Orchestra with Endowed and Sponsored Chairs Violin I Michèle Lekas, Concertmaster Sponsored by Barbara McDonough Rachel Handlin, Assistant Concertmaster John C. McCarthy Chair Matthew Cataldi Denise Connolly Jacqueline Fisher Gretchen Madson-Sherrell Eric Pidluski Carol Yampolsky Violin II Azusa Tashiro, Principal Lisa Chodorowski Kathryn Siegel Tara Hayes Susan Oliverius Viola Rebecca Swan, Principal Noel Navoa Ria Hodgson Annika Sundberg Nick Munagian Teresa Wilmot Cello Mike Beert, Principal John C. McCarthy Chair Michael Nelson Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Kerena Moeller James Haugland * Derek Handley Lisa Bressler

Bass Alison Gaines, Principal Sponsored by Dr. Michael Kikta & Ms. Karen Stephenson Weldon Anderson James Brechlin Chair Doug Bistrow Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Steve Nailor Flute Scott Metlicka, Principal Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. John Holmbeck

Trumpet Mark Baldin, Principal Sponsored by Bill & Sally Hoff Paul Semanic Saphra Mikal Trombone Rick Seybold, Principal Brian Rogers

Nicole Frankel Bass Trombone Jean Bishop Mike Zielinski, Principal* Sponsored by Tuba Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Joshua Wirt, Principal** Oboe Sponsored by Laura Medisky, Principal** Drs. Arnold Rosen & Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Kathleen Kelly Paul Christensen Timpani Ruth Aurand Casserly

Clarinet Darleen Carl-Beck, Principal Colleen Griggs Patrick Rehker Bassoon Karl Rzasa, Principal Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler

Simón Gómez Gallego, Principal Sponsored by Dick Leighton Percussion Kerry Knodle, Principal Harp Nanette Felix, Principal Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stoneback

Piano Joshua Fleming Sponsored by Robin Gausebeck Jayne Latva Joel Ross Gerik Fon-Revutzky Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. William H. Shippee

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RSO Foundation

Artistic Staff

Officers

Officers

Colin Peterson President

Ellwyn Englof President

John Floeter Personnel and Operations Manager

Joe McCoy Immediate Past President

Bill Kobler Vice President

Ethan Zentz Treasurer

Marcia Mueller Secretary/Treasurer

Tami Gaudreau Secretary

Trustees LoRayne Logan

Directors

Keith Syfert

Donald Banks

David Whitehouse

Judy Bridgeman

Julie Thomas (ex officio)

Andy Conway Gayle Englof Matt Giebel

Marty Hackl Music Librarian Linc Smelser RSYO Conductor Curt Johnsen Production Manager

Administrative Staff Julie Thomas Executive Director Margo Stedman Education & Community Engagement Director Angie Theisen Development and Communications Manager

John Johnson Michael Kikta, M.D.

Matt Guschl Patron Services Coordinator

Kerry Knodle Arnold Rosen, M.D.

Audra Freeze Education and Engagement Coordinator

Thomas Sandquist Russ Stoneback Music Director Emeritus Steven Larsen

Heather Savage Administrative Coordinator

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