SoNA 2023-24 Great Romantics Program

Great Romantics

Saturday, September 23, 2023 – 7:30PM / Walton Arts Center

Paul Haas, Conductor

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Prologue

“Somewhere”

Scherzo

Mambo

Cha-Cha

Meeting Scene

“Cool” Fugue

Rumble Finale

INTERMISSION

III.

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

I. Largo – Allegro moderato

II. Allegro molto

Adagio

IV. Allegro vivace

This concert is sponsored by Dr. George & Mary Benjamin and Dr. Alan & Sherri Lamb. Flowers are given in honor of Mary Ann Greenwood by her family.

Great Romantics

Board of Directors

Marti Sudduth, Chair

Mike Russell, Vice Chair

Kim Hadley, Treasurer

Laura Wilkins, Secretary

Hannah Breden

Monique Carswell

Malcolm Hayward, M.D.

Holly Johnson

Tom King Ph. D.

Tod Yeslow

Board of Advisors

Ed Clifford

Cynthia Coughlin

Susan Hui

Jill King

Peter B. Lane

Bill Mitchell

Dick Trammel

Staff

Paul Haas, Music Director

Ben Harris, General Manager/Interim Executive Director

Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director

Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor

Natalie Fernandez, Education Director/Personnel Manager

Marti & Kelly Sudduth Chair

Devanee Williams, Development Manager

Richard Bobo, Music Librarian

Luke Pearson, Accounting

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus Manager

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The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas

Paul Haas

Music Director & Conductor

Bob & Becky Alexander Chair

FIRST VIOLIN

Winona Fifield, Concertmaster Maestro’s Circle Chair

Natalia Korenchuk, Acting Associate Concertmaster

Paulo Eskitch, Acting Assistant Concertmaster

Will Bush

Andrew Chu

Allison Steiner

Elizabeth Chrisman

Merritt Denton

Ronda Herold

Sidney Hudelson

Isaac Orvin

Alla Wijnands

SECOND VIOLIN

Miho Oda Sakon, Principal

Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*

Geronimo Oyenard, Associate Principal

Mary Haley

Martha Mattes

Karol Rulli

Isabella Adams

Rebecca Cutler-Metzger

Faith Flurry

Robin Sumpter

Bethany Wildes

VIOLA

Jesse Collett, Principal

Bob & Becky Alexander Chair

Grace Clark, Acting Associate Principal

Lester Lewis Endowed Chair

Anne Wenzel

Mary Kelly

Matthew Pavon

Hubert Pralitz

Logan Mabry

Micah Neely

CELLO

Michael Puryear, Acting Principal

Thad & Melanie Beck Chair

Cheyenne McCoy, Acting Associate Principal

Diane & Edward Knight Chair

Diane Bucchianeri

Amelia Ivory

Lauren Green

Pecos Singer

BASS

Christine Craddock, Acting Principal

Marc Facci, Acting Associate Principal

Riley Robison

Peter Lane & Barbara Putman Chair

Russell Thompson

FLUTE

Gabriel Vega, Acting Principal

Greenwood Gearhart Chair

Kelly Herrmann, Acting Associate Principal

Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*

Ginny Hudson, piccolo

OBOE

Kristin Weber, Principal

Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G. Reynolds Chair

Suji Chang

Lise Glaser, English Horn

CLARINET

Trevor Stewart, Principal

Laura & Bruce Wilkins Chair

Jasper Hensley

Orlando Scalia, bass clarinet

Amanda Hudnall, E-flat clarinet

BASSOON

Dennis Pearson, Principal

Malcolm & Ellen Hayward Chair

Richard Bobo

Kay Brusca, contrabassoon

SAXOPHONE

Sarah Hetrick, Acting Principal

HORN

Evan Mino, Acting Principal

Kim & Kelly Hadley Chair

Michael Gale

Calvin & Shawna Jarrett Chair

Mirella Gable

Jason Hofmeister

Marie Smith, Assistant Horn

TRUMPET

Richard Rulli, Principal

Ed & Carol Clifford Chair

Andrew Stadler

Tim Wootton

TROMBONE

Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor

Michael Hollomon & Eric Wailes Chair

Doug Fletcher

Jason Hausback, Principal Bass

TUBA

Keith Packman, Acting Principal

TIMPANI

Stephen Craft, Principal

PERCUSSION

Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal

Julianne Brown-Meola Chair

Micheal Barnes

Amy Hearting

Connor Stevens

HARP

Devanee Williams, Acting Principal

KEYBOARD

Erik Lawrence, Acting Principal

*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Liz Allen, Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Phoebe Goodwin, Jill King, Natalie Olsen, Lynn Rogers, Jane Scroggs, Jackie Telfair, Laura Wilkins, and Ann Marie Ziegler

Paul Haas

Music Director & Conductor

SoNA Music Director Paul Haas enjoys a distinctive career as conductor, composer and installation artist. His guest conducting engagements have included performances with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, San Antonio Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony, among others, as well as festival appearances.

Over the last decade, he has written commissions for a wide variety of iconic venues, including the Park Avenue Armory and Rubin Museum of Art in New York, Grace Cathedral in San

Francisco, the Anchorage Museum of Art in Alaska and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

In addition to his positions as Music Director of SoNA and the Thunder Bay Symphony in Ontario, Canada, Haas is the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho, a trailblazing concert production company that creates powerful and emotional musical experiences, collaborating with leading artists and using unexpected performance methods and unorthodox venues.

Haas is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School. He resides in Germantown, New York, with his wife and three children. Find out more at paulhaas.com.

Other SoNA Programs

SoNA Mentors

What is SoNA Mentors?

At no cost to schools or families, we send our musicians into area schools to enrich our communities’ students with:

Performances Sectionals

Masterclasses Private Lessons

Pre-College Career

Guidance and more!

Rather than approaching schools with a pre-existing curriculum, SoNA Mentors collaborate with local music teachers and directors to support educators in whatever capacity is needed to help music students achieve their fullest potential.

This year, SoNA Mentors worked with students across Northwest Arkansas in 11 area schools – with an estimated 2,000 students impacted by our mission, culminating in two Symphonic Outreach Concerts at the end of the spring semester led by our Assistant Conductor, Sarah Pearson.

Going beyond the Mainstage!

“Whether a young musician goes on to get a music scholarship, becomes a professional musician, or even just a lifelong music lover – our efforts in music education will no doubt be felt in countless ways for decades to come. I’m deeply honored to play a role in this, and am grateful for the generous souls who make this work possible.”

– Natalie Fernandez, Education Director

SoNA Beyond presents a variety of concerts, programs, and other creative arts experiences that go beyond the symphony’s annual mainstage season of concerts. The series features symphony musicians in creative ways, including chamber music performances, outdoor educational concerts, community partnerships, groundbreaking contemporary experiences, and more.

Join our mailing list and check our website to stay up to date on future SoNA Beyond performances.

Support SoNA

Overture Society

A gift to the Overture Society (our annual fund) provides general operating support for concerts, education programs, outreach, collaborations and administrative expenses.

Chair Sponsorships

Chair Sponsorships — whether individual, group or corporate — provide much needed support and can create a personal relationship with a SoNA musician. Your gift will help attract and retain the best musicians, ensuring our continued artistic growth and regional stature. A gift of $2,500 will sponsor a SoNA principal musician chair, or a gift of $1,000 will sponsor an orchestra section chair.

Leave a Legacy

Your planned charitable bequest to SoNA can make a significant impact by helping to ensure that our mission will thrive far into the future. Gifts of all sizes make it possible for us to build financial strength and maintain our tradition of excellence and community outreach for generations to come. For assistance with bequests, including gifts of stock, please contact Jett Moore with Greenwood Gearhart, Inc. at jtmoore@greenwoodgearhart.com or 479.521.5353.

The Maestro’s Circle

SoNA wishes to thank the donors who have contributed to our Endowment Fund through the Maestro’s Circle. If you would like to learn more about multi-year gifts that help ensure SoNA’s future, please contact Devanee Williams, Development Manager at devanee@sonamusic.org or 479.521.4166.

Bob & Becky Alexander

George & Mary Benjamin

The James Burton Blair Family Foundation

Bob Bogle (in memoriam)

Joel & Lynn Carver

Nick & Carolyn Cole

Cynthia Coughlin

Sandra K. Edwards

Reed Greenwood

Mary Ann Greenwood (in memoriam)

Susan & Orville Hall

Malcolm & Ellen Hayward

Tom & Jill King

Greg & Hannah Lee

Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G. Reynolds

David & Pam Parks

Mary Lynn Reese

Mark & Diane Simmons

Kelly & Marti Sudduth

Walton Family Foundation

Corporate, Foundation & Government Partners

Friends of SoNA

Contributions to SoNA’s annual fund and special events enable us to continue to bring great music and innovative music education to life in Northwest Arkansas. Gifts listed below have been received or pledged between August 1, 2022 through August 15, 2023. We make every effort to maintain accurate records. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, please let us know so that we may correct our error. Gifts listed below do not include corporate matches.

Concerto

$10,000+

Bob & Becky Alexander

Mary & George Benjamin

City of Fayetteville

Nick & Carolyn Cole

Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood

Malcolm & Ellen Hayward

Thomas & Jill King

Dr. Alan & Sherri Lamb

Jim & Ann McKenzie

Mike & Mary Russell

Frank Sharp

Mark & Diane Simmons

Kelly & Marti Sudduth

Bravissimo

$5,000 - $9,999

Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G. Reynolds

The James Burton Blair Family Foundation

Joel & Lynn Carver

Cynthia Coughlin

Sandra K. Edwards

Kimberly & Kelly Hadley

Susan & Orville Hall

Joan & Bruce Johnson

Greg & Hannah Lee

Brian Melloy

David & Pam Parks

Todd Simmons

Tod Yeslow & Jackie Telfair

Bravo

$2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous

Thad & Melanie Beck

Evan & Anita Bukey

Monique Carswell

Virginia Ann Coogan

Don Deweese

Raymond Etheredge

William & Joyce Feldman

Drew & Martha Frits

Hershey & Denise Garner

Morton Gitelman & Nancy Garner

Lyle & Sue Gohn

Phoebe Goodwin

Anthony & Susan Hui

Calvin & Shawna Jarrett

David Jolliffe & Gwynne Gertz

Bob & Linda Kelly

Jacqueline King

Diane & Edward Knight

David & Deborah Malone

Sabra & William Martin

Mike & Cathy Mayton

Marshall McKenzie

Lindsey & Rita Miller

Mike Necessary

Vivian & Charles Nicholson

Peter Lane & Barbara Putman

Mary Lynn Reese

Ken & Celia Shireman

Carolyn Smart

Arnold Smith & Kathleen Wong

Joyce Stafford

Starr Foundation

Sally Stone

Margaret Whillock

Ann Marie Ziegler

Prestissimo

$500 - $999

Support for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Media Partners

Ed & Carol Clifford

John & Kay DuVal

Michael Hill

Michael Hollomon & Eric Wailes

Doug & Barbara Prichard

Bob & Diane Shaw

Anthony Sumlin

Laura & Bruce Wilkins

Encore

$1,000 - $2,499

Julianne Brown-Meola

Anonymous

Jacquelyn Brandli & Doug Cummins

Pat Cornish

Sid & Kay Davis

Danold & Karolyn Farrell

Rachel & Adam Golden

Howard & Treva Hamilton

Morriss & Ann Henry

Matthew Herren & David Fedele

Joe & Angela O’Connell

David & Holly Johnson

Baum Charitable Foundation Trust

Leslie Landrum

Jana & Frank Mayfield

Lee & Lynn Moore

Robert & Melinda Nickle

Tim & Deborah Ogg

Nancy Preis

Mary Purvis

Lynn Rogers & Jerry Jones

Sarah & Lloyd Du Preez

William & Judy Schwab

Mark Smidt

Brad Vester

Presto

$250 - $499

Robert Adair

Karen Anderson

Michael Babb

Aaron Bleidt & John Clayborn

Hannah Breden

Lori Bremer

Susan Bristow

Judy Brittenum

O.H. & Mary Storey

Jack & Grace Cleghorn

David & Alline Phillips

Dale & Roselle Williams

Tom & Dana Dykman

Alan Ellstrand & Karen Byers

Peter & Tara Esch

James & Betty Ezell

Daniel & Patricia Ferritor

Carl & Josh Frazier-Sparks

Gail & Randy Goodrum

Susan & Michael Gray

Bob & Kathy Harriell

Terry Hicks

Eric Jackson

Joe & Sue Schultz

Tom & Karen Kapella

Sandy Luetjen

Dennis McKinnie

Bob & Linda McMath

Martha C. McNair

Ellis & Kay Melton

Richard & Evelyn Millan

Dwight & Brandy Mitchell

Michael & Kathy Moss

D. Riley Nicholson

Jeffrey O’Dea

Charles & Carey Pollard

John & Frances Rankin

Judith Ricker & Mark Cory

Richard & Janet Roessler

Charles & Ann Rye

James & Buffy Scherer

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Diane & Michael Standefer

Rebecca Summerlin

Martha Sutherland

Cheryl & Jeff Thomas

Trae & Elle Etheredge

Dick & Nancy Trammel

Don & Sheroll Walker

Dale & Roselle Williams

Allegro

$100 - $249

C.L. Abercrombie

Jerome Biebesheimer

Kathryn Birkhead

Robert & Vicky Bruce

Jana & Scot Burton

Thomas & Roxanna Cole

Robert Costrell

James & Gaye Cypert

Stan D’Aubin

Marsha R. Daniel

Dianne & Ted Dreher

Joel Freund & Carla Crawley

Helena Gadison

Peter & Margo Heinzelmann

Terry L. Held

Vickie Hilliard

Caitlyn B. Hutchison

Ann Kabanuck

Christopher Lavagino

Bridged Level

Molly Longstreth

Micky & Marybeth Mayfield

Michael & Eileen Lieber

Kwame Miller

Bill & Deeg Mitchell

Robert Neece

Tom O’Neal

Willette LaNelle Owens

J.P. Peters

Wilbur Rankin (in memoriam)

Kathryn Rubenstein

Ryan & Brittany Ladner

Deborah Sabo

Doris Schuldt

Barbara Sieger

Thomas Sullivan

Lynn Tatum

Clayton Thompson

Joe Thompson

Mark Tocco & Colleen

McCarthy

Sandi Villinski

Rhoda Wright

Debut

$20 - $99

Tom & Linda Bacon

Carol Bobek

Harrisen Bryant

David & Emily Burney

Harriet Catoe

Bill & Diane Collins

Allan & Dandra Dye

Rosemary Flaaten

Jessica Henao

Ramona Jones

Leslie Krusen

John & Harriet Mack

Nancy Miller

Kathryn Osmola

James Sawyer & Mary Charlton

Winifred Shanor (in memoriam)

Sherry-Lee Singh

Jo Ann Skillett

Kim Tursky

Abigail Underwood

Socorro Vizcaino

In Honor of D. Riley

Nicholson

Mary & George Benjamin

Kimberly & Kelly Hadley

David & Holly Johnson

In Honor of Sandy Edwards

Margaret Whillock

In Honor of Marti & Kelly Sudduth

Debbie & Tim Ogg

In Memory of

Winifred Shanor

Carol Bobek

Allan & Sandra Dye

Jo Ann C. Skillett

In Memory of Sara Sharp

Virginia Ann Coogan

Elizabeth Davis

Don Deweese

David Fedele & Matthew Herren

Bill & Joyce Feldman

Phyllis Gasser

Josh & Margo Hale

Vickie S. Hilliard

Anthony & Susan Hui

Carolyn Johnson

Tom & Jill King

Robert Ritschel

John Savage & Julie Crawford

Nancy Sloan

Joyce Stafford & Jack Cole

Gene Tweraser

Terry Vaughn & Tim Gilster

Marianne Woods

Don & Sheroll Walker

Matching Gifts

In-Kind Support

Aesthetica Beauty & Wellness

Atlas The Restaurant

Mary & George Benjamin

Bentonville Film Festival

Catering Concepts

Cynthia Coughlin

DOXA / VANTAGE

Sandy Edwards

Eventures

Garrison Financial Corporation

Glass Soul Creations

Kimberly Hadley

Ben Harris

Malcolm & Ellen Hayward

Heroncrest Event Center

Joan & Bruce Johnson

The Kester Group

Jill King

Jana Mayfield

Melloy Medical Group

Mint 2 Mix

Presley Paige

Prism Aesthetics

Rejuvenated Med-Spa

Romance Diamond Co.

Sassafras Springs Vineyard & Winery

Marti & Kelly Sudduth