A Very SoNA Christmas
December 7, 2024
A Very SoNA Christmas
Saturday, December 7, 2024 – 2PM & 7:30PM
Walton Arts Center
Paul Haas, Conductor / Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor / Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Sleigh Ride
The Nutcracker (selections)
Overture (arr. Ellington/Strayhorn/Tyzik)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Sugar Rum Cherry (arr. Ellington/Strayhorn/Tyzik)
arr. John Rutter
SoNA Singers
Leroy Anderson
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Michael Hanna, Saxophone Waltz of the Flowers
Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
Christmas Sing-Along
Paul O’Neill & Robert Kinkel, arr. Bob Phillips
TJ Scarlett, Electric Guitar
arr. Lucas Richman Joy to the World SoNA Singers
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Sarah Pearson, Conductor Angels We Have Heard on High The First Noel Deck the Hall
“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
Christmas Overture
This Endris Night
Oh Holy Night
Coventry Carol
Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
George Frideric Handel
SoNA Singers
BHS Chamber Choir, Guest Ensemble
INTERMISSION
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Sydney Baynes Featuring student musicians from the SoNA Mentors program
Sarah Quartel
BHS Chamber Choir, Guest Ensemble
Terry Hicks, Director
arr. Stephen Kummer
Bárbara Padilla, Voice
arr. Mark Burrows
SoNA Singers
Terry Hicks, Director
Kristin Weber, Oboe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mvt. I (Allegro)
G-A-G-E, A Christmas Story
Silent Night
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Annabeth Jones, Oboe
Seymour Barab
Randy Wilburn, Narrator
arr. Arthur Harris
SoNA Singers
Sy Miller & Jill Jackson
SoNA Singers
This concert is generously sponsored by Bob & Becky Alexander. Flowers are given in honor of Mary Ann Greenwood by her family.
SoNA Board & Staff
Board of Directors
Marti Sudduth, Chair
Holly Johnson, Vice Chair
Kim Hadley, Treasurer
Laura Wilkins, Secretary
Monique Carswell
Al Dominguez
Josh Havens
Malcolm Hayward, M.D.
Tom King, Ph. D.
Tod Yeslow
Board of Advisors
Ed Clifford
Cynthia Coughlin
Reed Greenwood
Susan Hui
Jill King
Peter B. Lane
Bill Mitchell
Frank Sharp
Dick Trammel
Staff
Paul Haas, Music Director
Ben Harris, Executive Director
Natalie Fernandez, Education Director/Personnel Manager
Marti & Kelly Sudduth Chair
Devanee Williams, Development Manager
Ben Glodowski, Operations & Production Manager
Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director
Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor
Luke Pearson, Accounting
Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus Manager
Richard Bobo, Music Librarian
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The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
Paul Haas
Music Director
Bob & Becky Alexander Chair
FIRST VIOLIN
Natalia Korenchuk, Acting Concertmaster
Maestro’s Circle Chair
Evgeny Zvonnikov, Acting Associate Concertmaster
Andrew Chu, Acting Assistant Concertmaster
Paulo Eskitch
Will Bush
Allison Steiner
Isabella Adams
Miranda Burns
Ronda Herold
Emma McNeely
SECOND VIOLIN
Miho Oda Sakon, Principal
Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
Cristian Martinez-Vega, Acting Associate Principal
Mary Haley
Martha Mattes
Karol Rulli
Merritt Denton
Lester Lewis Endowed Chair
Hannah Marienski
Heather Wickersham
VIOLA
Grace Clark, Acting Principal
Bob & Becky Alexander Chair
Anne Wenzel, Acting
Associate Principal
Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
Ricardo Cavalcante
Rebecca Levy & Jeff Pugh Chair
J Fennell
Logan Mabry
Scotty Scott
Amanda Wilson
CELLO
Grace Whitton, Acting Principal
Thad & Melanie Beck Chair
Ezgi Karakus, Acting
Associate Principal
Michael Puryear
Phyllis Black Chair
Rachel Czech
Diane & Edward Knight Chair
Cheyenne McCoy
Jennifer & Dr. Kenton Ross Chair
Pecos Singer
Alan & Carol Wooten Chair
BASS
Russell Thompson, Acting Principal
Carter Buckner, Acting
Associate Principal
Tod Yeslow & Jackie Telfair Chair
Ben Baker
Peter Lane & Barbara Putman Chair
Joseph La Marca
FLUTE
Gabriel Vega, Acting Principal
Ginny Hudson, Acting Associate Principal
Joel & Lynn Carver Chair
Kate Flum, piccolo
OBOE
Kristin Weber, Principal
Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G. Reynolds Chair
Dan McTiernan
Andrew Baker, English Horn
CLARINET
Jasper Hensley, Acting Principal
Laura & Bruce Wilkins Chair
Mason Sangster
David & Holly Johnson Chair
Orlando Scalia, bass clarinet
BASSOON
Richard Bobo, Acting Principal
Malcolm & Ellen Hayward Chair
Kay Brusca
SAXOPHONE
Michael Hanna, Acting Principal
HORN
Jake Rensink, Acting Principal
Kim & Kelly Hadley Chair
Justin Mohling
Calvin & Shawna Jarrett Chair
Joe Falvey
Katelyn Jahnke
TRUMPET
Richard Rulli, Principal
Doug Lindsey
Ed & Carol Clifford Chair
Grant Peters
TROMBONE
Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor
Michael Hollomon & Eric Wailes Chair
Jason Potts
Jason Hausback, Principal Bass
TUBA
Eddie Gonzalez, Acting Principal Tuba
TIMPANI
Connor Stevens, Acting Principal
PERCUSSION
Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal
Amy Hearting
Carson Vanduch
HARP
Devanee Williams, Acting Principal
KEYBOARD
Tomoko Kashiwagi, Acting Principal
*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Linda Kelly, Jill King, 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 position as Music Director of SoNA, 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
SoNA Singers
Terry Hicks, Director
Lisa Auten, Collaborative Pianist
Soprano
Samanthe Burrow
Clara Augustin
Arlene Biebesheimer
Kandace Bowen
Lindsay Burnett
Ashlyn Calderon
Claire Eugenio
Juli Goss
Rebecca Grear
Michelle Higuera
Vickie Hilliard
Emily Jasinski
Shiloh Jones
Erin Jorgenson
Molly Klintworth
Rosezita Morrison
Lauren Moser
Wendy Neill
Shelly O’Dell
Hailey Palmer
Jordan Tyler
Laura Welkey
Kaitlyn Wyre
Emily Young
Brinley Young
Alto
Ashley Adair
Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus Manager
Marcie Bayles
Kaci Berry
Paige DeJarnett
Caroline Elser
Christina Hacala
Amy Harris
Megan Hefner
Peggy Hicks
Katie Hicks
Cassie Holder
Savannah Krause
Emily Layton
Sarah Matteri
Jenny McBride
Barbara Miller
Diane Morrison
Sarah Nickerson
Erin Cain Novak
Rachael Osborne
Jayden Putman
Cassidy Rapert
Becky Seidl
Jenni Self
Laura Shatkus
Jennifer Armstrong Shaver
Mary Louise Smith
April Taylor
Claire Thompson
Tenor
Henry Aggus
Linda Bachman
William Barnett
Philip Brown
Chris Brown
Jason Burrow
Caity Church
Tony Dutton
Edwin Mayes
Becky Riggs
Benjamin Sasine
Ron Sasine
Steve Strohl
Blake Vetetoe
Shannon Wicker
Aaron Young Bass
Josh Baxter
Max Bernards
Jerry Biebesheimer
Ryan Bradburn
Dennis Brewer
Jeff Clapper
John Mark Curtis
Mark Dingler
Patrick Dougherty
Daniel Fry
Ken Griggs
Jordan Grizzard
Jim Loyd
Josh Segraves
Valdimar Sigurdsson
Jeramy Upton
Michael Upton
Ways to support SoNA
Overture Society
Gifts of any size to the Overture Society provide general operating support for concerts, education programs, community outreach, and administrative expenses.
Chair Sponsorships
Chair Sponsorships support the musicians in the orchestra and help SoNA attract and retain the best talent in the region. A gift of $2,500 will support a Principal musician for a season, and a gift of $1,000 will support a section musician.
The Maestro’s Circle
Members of the Maestro’s Circle are donors who have committed to multi-year gifts of $5,000 or more annually. Contributions to the Maestro’s Circle help support the financial stability and long-term growth of SoNA.
Legacy Gifts
Planned charitable bequests to SoNA help to ensure that our mission of bringing great music to life in Northwest Arkansas will continue for generations to come. For assistance with bequests, including gifts of stock, please contact Greenwood Gearhart, Inc. at (479) 521-5353.
The Maestro’s Circle
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
Mary Ann Greenwood (in memoriam)
Reed Greenwood
Susan & Orville Hall
Malcolm & Ellen Hayward
Tom & Jill King
Greg & Hannah Lee (in memoriam)
Ellis & Kay Melton
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
Overture Society
Gifts listed below have been received or pledged between July 1, 2023 through October 23, 2024, and do not include corporate matches. We make every effort to maintain accurate records. If we have omitted or misspelled your name, please let us know.
Concerto
$10,000+
Bob & Becky Alexander
Mary & George Benjamin
Nick & Carolyn Cole
Reed Greenwood
Malcolm & Ellen Hayward
Thomas & Jill King
Jim & Ann McKenzie
Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G.
Reynolds
Mark & Diane Simmons
The Starr Foundation
Kelly & Marti Sudduth
Bravissimo
$5,000 - $9,999
The James Burton Blair Family Foundation
Joel & Lynn Carver
Cynthia Coughlin
Sandra K. Edwards
Susan & Orville Hall
Dr. Alan & Sherri Lamb
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
Morton Gitelman & Nancy Garner
Lyle & Sue Gohn
Michael Hill
Art Hobson
Anthony & Susan Hui
Calvin & Shawna Jarrett
David & Holly Johnson
David Jolliffe & Gwynne Gertz
Elana Kahaykin
Diane & Edward Knight
Peter Lane & Barbara Putman
Rebecca Levy & Jeff Pugh
Sabra & William Martin
Marshall McKenzie
Jeffrey Metzner
Lindsey & Rita Miller
Bill & Deeg Mitchell
The Nichols Family
Tim & Deborah Ogg
Jennifer & Dr. Kenton Ross
Margaret & Dick Rutherford
Ken & Celia Shireman
Carolyn Smart
Greg & Hannah Lee
Lester Lewis Endowment
Brian Melloy
Ellis & Kay Melton
Francis Spencer Millett
David & Pam Parks
Mike & Mary Russell
Joyce Stafford
Tod Yeslow & Jackie Telfair
Min Yoo
Bravo
$2,500 - $4,999
Thad & Melanie Beck
Virginia Ann Coogan
Pete & Shirley Esch
Drew & Martha Frits
Hershey & Denise Garner
Kimberly & Kelly Hadley
Michael Hollomon & Eric Wailes
Bob & Linda Kelly
David & Deborah Malone
Mike Necessary
Doug & Barbara Prichard
Laura & Bruce Wilkins
Encore
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous
Phyllis Black
Wendy Brant
Evan & Anita Bukey
Ed & Carol Clifford
Natallia Collins
Al Dominguez
John & Kay DuVal
William & Joyce Feldman
Cynthia & Dewitt Smith
Arnold Smith & Kathleen Wong
Diane Standefer & Tom O’Neal
Sally Stone (in memoriam)
Walton Arts Center
Alan & Carol Sue Wooten
Linda Wray
Ann Marie Ziegler
Prestissimo
$500 - $999
Anonymous
Jacquelyn Brandli
Phil & Margie Bullock
Pat Cornish
Don Deweese (in memoriam)
Peter & Tara Elzer
Donald & Karolyn Farrell
Howard & Treva Hamilton
Ann & Morriss Henry (in memoriam)
Matthew Herren & David Fedele
Tom & Karen Kapella
Bill & Missy Kincaid
Bill & Judy Kramer
Lisa Mahlum
Michael & Kathy Moss
Nancy Preis
Mary Purvis
Mary Lynn Reese
Lynn Rogers & Jerry Jones
Kathryn Rubenstein
Jane Scroggs
Bob & Diane Shaw
Mark Smidt
Cheryl & Jeff Thomas
Brad Vester
David & Pattie Williams
Nadine L. Baum Charitable Trust Foundation
North Arkansas Symphony Guild
Presto
$250 - $499
Robert Adair
Karen Anderson
Ashley Appling
Max & Margaret Barron
Ted Belden
Kim Bennett
Susan Bristow
Judy Brittenum
Ann & Jack Butt
Monique Carswell
June Carter
Jack & Grace Cleghorn
Gaye Cypert
Sid & Kay Davis
Lance & Wendy de la Rosa
Karen Dobbs
Tom & Dana Dykman
Adrienne Elrod
Billie Emert
Trae & Elle Etheredge
James & Betty Ezell
Rebecca & Tommy Free (in memoriam)
Gail & Randy Goodrum
Susan & Michael Gray
Eric & Emmett Jackson
Joan & Bruce Johnson
Sandy Luetjen
Micky & Marybeth Mayfield
Bill & Kim McComas
Dennis McKinnie
Bob & Linda McMath
Dwight & Brandy Mitchell
D. Riley Nicholson
Sallie & Thomas Overbey
David & Alline Phillips
Charles & Carey Pollard
William Prettyman
John & Frances Rankin
William Rosenaur
Charles & Ann Rye
James & Buffy Scherer
Barbara Sieger
O.H. & Mary Storey
Rebecca Summerlin
Julia Thorn
Don & Sheroll Walker
Ashley Wardlow
Margaret Whillock
Carrie & Chris Wolf
Allegro
$100 - $249
C.L. Abercrombie
Austen & Jonathan Bailly
Jerome & Arlene Biebesheimer
Lori Bremer
Terrye & Patric Brosh
Holly Childs
Roy Clinton
Robert Costrell
Marsha R. Daniel
Tommy & Kathy Deweese
Suzanne Dickey
Dianne & Ted Dreher
Alan Ellstrand & Karen Byers
Heath England
Debbie Evans
Joel Freund & Carla Crawley
Helena Gadison
Michael & Mary Green
Sarah Greer
Ian & Donna Hanson
Betty Harrison
Dr. Jacob & Michelle Hayward
Peter & Margo Heinzelmann
Terry L. Held
Vickie Hilliard
Stephen Johnson
Tomoko Kashiwagi
Hugh Kincaid
Jacqueline King
John King & Sally Kelley-King
Kari Larson
Christopher Lavagnino
Molly Longstreth
Bill Mandrell
Jana & Frank Mayfield
Rob & Kathy Merry-ship
Nancy Miller
Mike & Debbi Mohler
William & Jennifer Murry
Sarah & Miles Myers
Joseph O’Connell
J.P. Peters
John Pianowski & Kate
Mamiseishvili
Deborah Sabo
Joao Santa-Rita
Anita Scism
Janet Roessler
Christopher Schaechtel
Carl & Rita Sewald
Zach & Rachel Strickland
Lynn Tatum
Mark Tocco & Colleen McCarthy
Dick & Nancy Trammel
Sandi Villinski
Mary Walters-Ford
Dale & Roselle Williams
Debut
$20 - $99
Meredith Abel
Tom & Linda Bacon
Carole & John Ball
Erin Burke
Thomas & Roxanna Cole
Kelly Coughlin
Nancy Dadigan
Cathleen Faircloth
Rebecca Harrison
Ruth Hustead
Terri Mahaffey
Nancy Koonce & David Marshall
Leslie C. Krusen, Jr.
Michael & Eileen Lieber
Marieta Lisle
Linda Ward Partridge
Tom & Crystal Perry
Chalon & Dell Ragsdale
Sue Richardson
Bill & Mildred Rogers
James Sawyer & Mary Charlton
Doris Schuldt
Becky & David Seidl
Winifred Shanor (in memoriam)
Gene Tweraser
Michael & Martha Ward
James Wentworth
In Honor of Ben Harris
Lori Bremer
Hershey & Denise Garner
In Honor of Ben Harris, Paul
Haas, & Terry Hicks
Vickie Hilliard
In Honor of Dr. Malcolm &
Ellen Hayward
Tod Yeslow & Jackie Telfair
In Honor of D. Riley
Nicholson
Mary & George Benjamin
Kimberly & Kelly Hadley
David & Holly Johnson
In Honor of Marti & Kelly
Sudduth
Tim & Deborah Ogg
Billie’s Friends
Bob & Becky Alexander
Ted Belden
Mary & George Benjamin
Phil & Margie Bullock
Ann & Jack Butt
Nick & Carolyn Cole
Virginia Ann Coogan
Cynthia Coughlin
Sid & Kay Davis
Don Deweese
Tommy & Kathy Deweese
Karen Dobbs
Susan & Orville Hall
David Fedele & Matthew Herren
Reed Greenwood
Howard & Treva Hamilton
Malcolm & Ellen Hayward
Michelle & Jacob Hayward
Morriss & Ann Henry
Anthony & Susan Hui
Stephen Johnson
Bob & Linda Kelly
Bill & Missy Kincaid
Hugh Kincaid
John King & Sally Kelley-King
Tom & Jill King
Kari Larson
Peter Lane & Barbara Putman
Bill Mandrell
Sabra & William Martin
Rob & Kathy Merry-ship
Bill & Deeg Mitchell
Mike & Debbi Mohler
Sarah & Miles Myers
D. Riley Nicholson
Sallie & Thomas Overbey
David & Pam Parks
Doug & Barbara Prichard
Chalon & Dell Ragsdale
Mary Lynn Reese
Bill & Mildred Rogers
William Rosenaur
Jennifer & Dr. Kenton Ross
Margaret & Dick Rutherford
Anita Scism
Bob & Diane Shaw
Ken & Celia Shireman
Carolyn Smart
Joyce Stafford
Starr Family Foundation
Kelly & Marti Sudduth
Margaret Whillock
David & Pattie Williams
Linda Wray
Ann Marie Ziegler
In Memory of Doug Cummins
Tom & Jill King
Virginia Ann Coogen
In Memory of Don Deweese
Tom & Jill King
In Memory of Phoebe
Goodwin
Meredith Abel
Nancy Dadigan
Virginia Coogan
Billie Emert
Tom & Jill King
Joao Santa-Rita
Ann Marie Ziegler
In Memory of Mary Ann Greenwood
Betty Harrison
Nancy Koonce & David Marshall
Tom & Jill King
In Memory of Sally McLemore Hennis
Linda Ward Partridge
Michael & Martha Ward
In Memory of Sara Sharp
Betty Harrison
Matching Gifts
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
Eli Lilly & Company Foundation
The Walmart Foundation
In-Kind Support
Mary & George Benjamin
Catering Concepts
Common Dwellings
Lindsay Cook
DOXA / VANTAGE
Eventures
Garrison Financial Corporation
ReBecca Graham Arts
Reed Greenwood
Malcolm & Ellen Hayward
Heroncrest Event Center
Anthony & Susan Hui
Joan & Bruce Johnson
The Kester Group
Jill King
Jana Mayfield
Mint 2 Mix
Romance Diamond Co.
Bill & Judy Schwab
SoNA Board of Directors
Marti & Kelly Sudduth
