2021-22 Season
Majestic Mahler April 30, 2022
Majestic Mahler Saturday, April 30, 2022 — 7:30PM Baum Walker Hall / Walton Arts Center Paul Haas, conductor
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor
I. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig.
II. Scherzo: Wuchtig
INTERMISSION
III. Andante moderato
IV. Finale: Sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Allegro energico
Concert sponsored by Mary & George Benjamin and Sherri & Alan Lamb
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SoNA Board and Staff Board of Directors Mike Russell, Chair Jack Cleghorn, Vice Chair Drew Hutchison, Treasurer Marti Sudduth, Secretary Hannah Breden Julianne Brown, Ph.D. Monique Carswell Lynda Coon, Ph.D. Kimberly Hadley, D.B.A., C.P.A. Malcolm Hayward, M.D. Carl Frazier-Sparks Anthony Sumlin Laura Wilkins Tod Yeslow Board of Advisors Ed Clifford Cynthia Coughlin Mary Ann Greenwood, Ph.D. Reed Greenwood, Ed.D. Michele Harrington, Esq. Susan Hui Jill King Tom King, Ph.D. Peter B. Lane Bill Mitchell Frank Sharp Dick Trammel Staff D. Riley Nicholson, Executive Director Paul Haas, Music Director Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor Jarrett Bastow, Personnel Manager Ben Harris, General Manager David Ewing, Music Librarian Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair
Luke Pearson, Accounting Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair
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BASS Jarrett Bastow, Principal
FIRST VIOLIN Winona Fifield, Concertmaster
Kassandra Ferrero, Acting Associate Principal Sara Neilson Riley Robison
Maestro’s Circle Chair
Natalia Korenchuk, Acting Associate Concertmaster Alla Wijnands, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Will Bush Andrew Chu Ana DeWitt Adam Galblum Thane Isaac Allison Steiner Austin Rice Kiersten Weiss Aleksis Zarins SECOND VIOLIN Miho Oda Sakon, Principal Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
Raul Munguia, Acting Associate Principal Rebecca Cutler-Metzger Faith Guidry Diane Halliburton Cristian Martinez Vega Martha Mattes Eun Seo Park Karol Rulli Jill Woodhouse VIOLA Jesse Collett, Principal Kirk Thompson and Brett Burch Chair
Pedro Oviedo, Associate Principal Alyssa Bell Grace Clark Lester Lewis Endowed Chair
Mary Kelly Anthony Verge Phillip Wachowski Anne Wenzel
CELLO Ezgi Karakus, Acting Principal Starr Foundation Chair
Ashley Allison, Acting Associate Principal Ji Yon Anderson Diane Bucchianeri Erica Parker Cheyenne Rain
Marybeth and Rick Hays Chair
FLUTE Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, Principal Greenwood Gearhart Chair
Sarah Deay, Acting Associate Principal
Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*
Mary Shemon, piccolo Ginny Hudson, piccolo Carley Flowers, piccolo OBOE Theresa Delaplain, Principal Kristin Weber Andrew Baker, English Horn Andrew Parker, English Horn Suzanne McGowen, English Horn CLARINET Trevor Stewart, Principal Jasper Hensley Andrew DeBoer Amanda Hudnall, E-Flat clarinet Orlando Scalia, bass clarinet BASSOON Lia Uribe, Principal Leigh Muñoz Kathryn Brusca Sydney Frey Richard Bobo, contrabassoon HORN Bruce Schultz, Principal Jason Hofmeister Joe Falvey Josh East Lanette Compton Benjamin Bacni Katelyn Halbert Evan Mino Ashley Walla, Assistant Horn
TRUMPET Richard Rulli, Principal Ed and Carol Clifford Chair
Andrew Stadler Tim Wootton Grant Peters Joe Cooper Tlaloc Perales
TROMBONE Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor Hollomon Wailes Chair
Doug Fletcher Justin Cook Jason Hausback, Principal Bass TUBA Ryan Robinson, Principal TIMPANI Stephen Craft, Principal Jacob Carter PERCUSSION Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal Amy Hearting Micheal Barnes HARP Devanee Williams, Acting Principal Claire Greene KEYBOARD Tomoko Kashiwagi, Acting Principal Garrison Financial Chair
*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
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Paul Haas Music Director & Conductor Paul Haas was at the start of a promising conducting career when he devised and produced a concert project called REWIND in 2006, featuring composer and musician colleagues and violin soloist Anne Akiko Meyers. REWIND was a reaction against the staid nature of the standard classical music performance: audience members surrounded the performers, then left and started playing behind the audience on all sides. There were mirrored sculptures by Kate Raudenbush hanging from the ceiling, interacting in multifaceted ways with the subtle theatrical lighting design. Music started before the audience arrived, and it continued without pause – even between pieces – until after the audience left. A laptop artist injected samples of the orchestra and the audience into the texture. The success of REWIND prompted Haas to found Sympho, an organization devoted to the creation and performance of symphonic experiences in unusual venues. One critic, writing in Time Out NY, called Haas ‘visionary.’ “As I reflected on these various creations, I found they went far beyond novelty, resonating deeply with my own ideas, with my search for meaning,” Haas says. The inspiration for Haas’ work comes from a wide array of spiritual and ecological sources, including a longstanding meditation practice and a deep connection to the Earth that finds Haas, along with his wife Suzette and two young girls, in the process of beginning an organic homestead that aims eventually to be self-sustaining.
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One result of Haas’ immersion in this creative process is his emergence as a composer: over the last decade, fifteen commissions have come in from 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 Arkansas. Haas is the first artist ever to receive two separate commissions from the Oliver Ranch Foundation in Sonoma County, California, creating installations for Ann Hamilton’s groundbreaking Tower. Haas explains why unusual venues figure so prominently in his output: “My work always celebrates space and our place within it. So many of us are disconnected from our surroundings, and it can be profoundly healing to become aware of – and even celebrate – where we are and how we fit in.” An equally rich part of Haas’ professional life is his service as Music Director of SoNA, a position he has held since 2011. “I’m so proud of all we’re accomplishing,” says Haas. “When you look at the orchestral landscape across the country, it’s heartening to see examples of success – of true community engagement – like this one. It really is a unique situation.” Haas is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School, where he studied conducting as a Bruno Walter Fellow with OttoWerner Mueller. His other conducting teachers include Michael Tilson Thomas and Leonard Slatkin. He also studied opera conducting in Dresden, Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik. Haas is currently Music Director of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. He resides in Germantown, New York with his wife and three children. Find out more at paulhaas.com.
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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 as of March 17, 2022. 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 Anonymous Bob Bogle Nick & Carolyn Cole Cynthia Coughlin Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood Marybeth & Rick Hays Malcolm & Ellen Hayward Jim & Ann McKenzie Mary Lynn Reese Frank Sharp Mark & Diane Simmons Dewitt H. Smith III & Cynthia B. Smith Billie Starr Marti & Kelly Sudduth Kirk Thompson & Brett Burch Bravissimo $5,000 - $9,999 George & Mary Benjamin The James Burton Blair Family Foundation Joel & Lynn Carver Sandra K. Edwards Pete & Shirley Esch Orville & Susan Hall Bruce & Joan Johnson Dr. Alan & Sherri Lamb Hannah & Greg Lee Tom & Jill King Ellis & Kay Melton David & Pam Parks Mike & Mary Russell Bob & Diane Shaw Jackie Telfair & Tod Yeslow Eric Wailes & Michael Hollomon The Walton Family Foundation
Baum Charitable Foundation Trust
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.
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