2010/2011 Overture #3

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY

January – February 2011

“These are the men who put brass music on the map...”

– Washington Post

ORCHESTRA

ISSUE 3

WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The WSO proudly acknowledges the ongoing support of the following sponsors, media and funders: EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN MEMORY OF PETER D. CURRY

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CONCERTS FOR KIDS

WSO IN BRANDON

SOUNDCHECK PROGRAM

WSO IN BRANDON PRE-CONCERT CHAT

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The Thomas Sill Foundation and November – December 2010 I The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba OVERTURE 3 have generously supported the WSO by providing their Steinway Piano.

Fred Redekop is the official Piano Tuner and Technician of the WSO. The Fairmont Winnipeg is the official hotel of the WSO. Ann’s Flowers & Gifts is the official florist of the WSO. Runchey Miyazawa Abbott Chartered Accountants are the official auditors.

Since 1948, the Women’s Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra has made significant contributions to the WSO’s annual operating budget through the Music Stand and fundraising events each season.

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

AND

CHAIR

Dorothy Dobbie It’s all about singing from the same page and that’s what has been happening at your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Over the past three years, the Board, the management and the musicians of the WSO have been working together to create a longterm strategy to keep your orchestra healthy and on a steady path of growth far into the future. The harmony we have achieved by being in tune with each other is obvious from the way you have responded as our audience. Six sold-out performances in December is a great indication of this.

This teamwork is guaranteed to bring even better fortune to the WSO, and we have exciting plans to share with you in the coming year. Stay tuned for good news in 2011.

But none of this would be possible without the foundation laid through the hard work of all the previous boards, volunteers and supporters of the orchestra, and especially you, our loyal audience. Thank you all.

I would like to recognize and thank the special concessions of the musicians, the commitment of our dedicated staff and the enthusiasm of our maestro for making my role such a rewarding one.

It is an honour to serve in a leadership position with this great organization.

Dorothy Dobbie President and Chair Board of Directors

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CONDUCTORS & COMPOSERS Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director Recognized as one of the most exciting young conductors of his generation, Alexander Mickelthwate is in his fifth season as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, where he has significantly raised the ensemble’s profile through innovative programming and active community engagement. Praised for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly), “fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times), the German-born conductor has attracted attention for his charismatic presence on the podium and command of a wide range of musical styles.

In August 2007, Alexander culminated his three-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with which he appeared regularly at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl.

Previously as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he co-founded the new music ensemble Bent Frequency, which was hailed as "one of the brightest ensembles on the scene” (Gramophone Magazine).

Recent highlights include debuts with the Houston Symphony, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic and the Toledo Symphony, a re-engagement with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and a highly successful last-minute replacement with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As guest conductor, Alexander has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Heidelberg Philharmonic, NDR Symphony Orchestra, as well as with symphony orchestras in several Canadian and U.S. cities.

Born in Germany into a musical family, he developed his musical talent at an early age as a cellist, singer and organist. He studied conducting and piano performance at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe as well as at the Eötvöes Institute in Hungary.

Richard Lee, Resident Conductor From the time his mother sat him down at a toy piano when he was three years old, Richard Lee has spent his life immersed in music. He graduated to a real piano at the age of five and took up the violin at age seven. At age seventeen, he passed – with honours – the grade X piano and violin exams at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

After a brief and ill-advised stint as a physics major, Richard came to his senses and pursued a degree in Music Performance at the University of Toronto as both a violinist and a violist while studying conducting. After teaching middle school music for five years, Richard returned to the U of T where, as the Victor Feldbrill Fellow in orchestral conducting, he obtained a Master’s degree under the tutelage of Raffi Armenian.

Richard is currently Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Conductor of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, as well as Music Director of the Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra, based in Toronto. He has also conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Vancouver, Quebec and Thunder Bay. His work has been broadcast and recorded by the CBC/Radio-Canada.

Musician, news junkie and connoisseur of fine ales, whiskies and cigars, Richard maintains residences in both Winnipeg and Toronto.

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence Vincent Ho is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding composers of his generation.

His works have been hailed for their profound expressiveness and textural beauty that has audiences talking about with great enthusiasm. His many awards have included Harvard University’s Fromm Music Commission, The Canada Council for the Arts’ “Robert Fleming Prize,” ASCAP’s “Morton Gould Young Composer Award,” four SOCAN Young Composers Awards, and CBC Radio’s Audience Choice Award (2009 Young Composers’ Competition).

Born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1975, Vincent Ho began his musical training through the Royal Conservatory of Music. He received his Associate Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) in 1993, his Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary in 1998, his Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto in 2000, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California (2005). His mentors have included Allan Bell, David Eagle, Christos Hatzis, Walter Buczynski, and Stephen Hartke. In 1997, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Schola Cantorum Summer Composition Program in Paris, where he received further training in analysis, composition, counterpoint, and harmony, supervised by David Diamond, Philip Lasser, and Narcis Bonet.

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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2010-2011 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Richard Lee COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Vincent Ho FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtGramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster

Chris Anstey Raymond Chrunyk Mona Coarda Hong Tian Jia Trevor Kirczenow Simon MacDonald Rachel Moody Julie Savard Jun Shao SECOND VIOLINS Darryl Strain, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Laura Chenail Rodica Filipoi Boyd MacKenzie Susan McCallum Claudine St. Arnauld *Barbara Gilroy *Kathryn Sigsworth **Elizabeth Dyer **Jane Radomski VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal

Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Suzanne McKegney Merrily Peters Mike Scholz

CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Rafael Hoekman, Assistant Principal Alex Adaman Margaret Askeland Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg Emma Quackenbush BASSES Meredith Johnson, Principal Theodore Chan, Assistant Principal Stanley Label Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Zdzislaw Prochownik FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Supported by Gordon & Audrey Fogg

Martha Durkin PICCOLO Martha Durkin OBOES Bede Hanley, Principal *Robin MacMillan **Melissa Scott ENGLISH HORN *Robin MacMillan **Melissa Scott CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Richard Klassen

TRUMPETS Brian Sykora, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES John Helmer, Principal Steven Dyer BASS TROMBONE Julia McIntyre, Principal TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI Jeremy Epp, Principal *Jauvon Gilliam PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Raymond Chrunyk ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall

BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal James Ewen CONTRABASSOON James Ewen HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal James Robertson The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

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*On Leave **Temporary Position Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed alphabetically and are seated accordingly to a rotational system.

POPS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 SUNDAY, JANUARY 16

8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Afro-Cuban Nights with Papa Mambo Richard Lee, conductor Rodrigo Muñoz, percussion/vocals/leader David Lawton, trumpet Ken Gold, saxophone Gilles Fournier, bass Jeff Presslaff, trombone Amber Epp, vocals

Will Bonness, piano Hyalmar Gonzalez, vocals Marcelo Hinojosa, vocals Victor Lopez, percussion/guitar Scott Senior, percussion

PROGRAM Vinales El Cumbanchero Capullito Piel Canela Tiplena Aquí el que Baila Gana Que Manera de Quererte

Horacio Gonzalez Rafael Hernandez/Gonzalez Hernandez/Gonzalez Bobby Capó/Mun˜oz Mun˜oz/Presslaff Juan Formell Emilio Rios Mendoza/Gonzalez

- INTERMISSION El Manisero Sigue Sonado Cuando Estas Aquí Delirio La Fiesta de Pilito Convidame Cicuta Tibia

Moisés Simons/Gonzalez Mun˜oz/Epp/Presslaff Hyalmar Gonzalez/Mun˜oz César Porfillo de la Luz/Gonzalez Cartegena/Ithier Victor Lopez/Presslaff Ernesto Duarte/Gonzalez

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING

Pre-Concert performances on the Piano Nobile begin 45 minutes prior to concert Friday, January 14 – Division of Preparatory Studies, University of Manitoba Saturday, January 15 – Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts Sunday, January 16 – University of Manitoba Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music Presenting Media Sponsor:

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MATINEE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

10:30 A.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

PROGRAM Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ Symphony)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

(see Masterworks program below for movements) MASTERWORKS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22

8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL WSO IN BRANDON

SUNDAY, JANUARY 23

3:00 P.M. WESTERN MANITOBA CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Yuri Hooker, cello

PROGRAM Redes Suite Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) Part 1: The Fisherman - The Child’s Funeral - Fast Dance Part 2: Storm Scene - Funeral Music Cello Concerto (2008) Intrados (Elegy) Extrados

David R. Scott (b. 1962)

- INTERMISSION Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ Symphony) Adagio - Allegro moderato - Poco adagio Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso - Allegro Extra Musicians: Cary Denby, organ Laura MacDougall, flute Caroline Gauthier, clarinet Allen Harrington, bassoon Tony Cyre, percussion Donna Laube, piano Laura Loewen, piano

WSO in Brandon Exclusive Sponsor:

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen Redes Silvestre Revueltas b. Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango / December 31, 1899 d. Mexico City /October 5, 1940 Composed: 1935, revised as a suite in 1937 First performance: October 7, 1937 (Barcelona), conducted by the composer First WSO performance “I prefer the music of the people of the ranchos and villages of my country,’’ Silvestre Revueltas once said when asked about his tastes in music.

Central to his music are the tang of Mexico, the spirit of its people and his own experiences during the volatile period following his appointment as assistant to Carlos Chávez and the newly formed Orquesta Sinfónica de México in 1929 following a three-year period in the United States where he worked as a theatre violinist and conductor. During this time, Revueltas also became active in the cause of artists' and workers' rights.

In 1937, Revueltas was sent to Spain to direct concerts in support of Mexican Loyalist causes but returned poor and in broken health. He died of alcoholism, heartbroken over the death of his two daughters.

Redes (“Nets”) was commissioned by the Mexican government as background music for a 1935 social protest film whose English title is “The Wave.” The story deals with a child who dies of starvation in a poor fishing village. The music is infused with joy and sadness, its Mexican flavour close at hand.

Cello Concerto David R. Scott b. Essex, England / March 1, 1962 Composed: 2007 First performance: April 3, 2008 (Thunder Bay) conducted

by Geoffrey Moull, with Paul Marleyn as soloist First WSO performance “This Cello Concerto is approximately 18 minutes in duration and is in two movements of nearly equal length titled, Intrados (Elegy) and Extrados. Both these terms come from the field of architecture. Intrados is the lower or inside curve of an arch and extrados is the opposite; the upper or outside curve of an arch.

Generally speaking, this work follows a similar formal pattern.

Mvt I, Intrados (Elegy), presents an asymmetrical arch-form that folds in on itself. The overall mood of this movement is one of confinement and grief with glimpses of hope articulated through short quotes from Sinfonia No. 11 by J. S. Bach.

An extended solo cadenza accounts for about a third of this movement.

Mvt II, Extrados, is much more positive in spirit. After a brief introduction, an agitated and restless figure in the solo cello sets the tone for the rest of the movement. This figure is transformed as the movement progresses and is reinterpreted in a much more positive light by the close of the work.

This work explores the complex and personal trajectory of mourning and is dedicated to the memory of my father, Christopher Robin Scott (1931-2007).”

- David R. Scott

Organ Symphony Camille Saint-Saëns b. Paris, France / October 9, 1835 d. Algiers / December 16, 1921 Composed: 1886 First performance: May 19, 1886 (London), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2002, Matthias Bamert, conductor The Paris that Saint-Saëns grew up in was more concerned with entertainment than noble artistic content, the stage works of Meyerbeer, Offenbach and others at the Opéra Comique winning out over Berlioz, dismissed as an eccentric bombast best left to the Germans to perform. Saint-Saëns, like Berlioz, set out to change that. His love of Beethoven, Liszt and Mozart had prompted him to reach for a higher art in Gallic music and his facility in producing it had become legendary.

“A French Beethoven,” Charles Gounod called him at the Paris premiere of the Organ Symphony.

Saint-Saëns had intended to dedicate the piece to Liszt, but the score was published after Liszt's death with the inscription, “Á la Memoire de Franz Liszt.” He gave the Organ Symphony, his last of three symphonies, much careful consideration while building it, unusual for someone that composed with such speed and ease.

It is the most entertaining work of its genre where one can almost feel the composer trying to push the listener upwards from the pure listening experience to a higher expressive plane.

The two parts comprise four movements and Saint-Saëns blocks the two parts clearly by using the organ in the second half of each: darkly sumptuous in Part 1, celebratory in Part 2. As so often in Liszt and Berlioz, Saint-Saëns unites the entire work in transformations of the main theme, heard at the beginning by the strings.

Throughout, one finds his hallmark traits of vision, grandeur and lucidity in this splendid, much-loved work.

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SOUNDBYTES

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12

8:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Romantic Rendez-vous Richard Lee, conductor Maureen Scurfield (Miss Lonelyhearts), host Jennifer Sproule, mezzo-soprano Brendan MacDougall, piano Lucienne Blouw, special guest conductor

PROGRAM Romeo & Juliet Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo Carmen: Seguidilla; L'amour est un oiseau rebelle Les Toréadors Romeo & Juliet: The Montagues and the Capulets Piano Concerto No. 21: Andante

Tchaikovsky Mascagni Bizet Prokofiev Mozart

- INTERMISSION Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Scheherazade: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa Pelléas et Mélisande: Sicilienne Canon A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne & Wedding March

Borodin Rimsky-Korsakov Rossini Fauré Pachelbel Mendelssohn

Extra Musicians: Laurel Ridd, flute Tony Cyre, percussion Matt Abraham, percussion

DINNER & A SYMPHONY

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.

Dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Concert at 8:00 p.m.

Centennial Concert Hall

Catered by: Hearts of Romaine & Butter Lettuce, Whipped Balsamic Fieldberry Vinaigrette, Cucumber, Strawberry Wall & Candied Pecans Certified Angus Beef Tenderloin Medallion with Local Wild Mushroom Sauce set on Asparagus & Carrot Jazzed Risotto crowned with Truffled Pea Shoots † Amaretto Infused Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée with Chocolate Butterfly † Vegetarian option available

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING

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Together.

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GREAT-WEST LIFE CONCERTS FOR KIDS (Sundays with the Family)

PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13

1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Manny Tuba’s Excellent Adventure Richard Lee, conductor Mark Cameron, tour guide Manny Tuba, tour guide Momentum Aerial Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Romanetz Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Brenda Gorlick’s Young Stars Program Claudine St. Arnauld, violin Cory Campbell, hoop dancer Melvin Star, Aboriginal singer & drummer

PROGRAM Slavonic Dances; Op. 46, No. 8 The Wasps: March Past of the Kitchen Utensils Three-Cornered Hat II. The Miller's Dance From the Caboose Carnival of the Animals: L’éléphant Russian Sailors’ Dance William Tell Overture: Storm Air in G Rodeo: Hoe Down In the Beginning Reel du Pendu A Whole New World

Dvorˇák Vaughan Williams De Falla Ridout Saint-Saëns Glière Rossini Bach Copland Carrabré Patriquin Menken

Extra Musicians: Tony Cyre, percussion

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MASTERWORKS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19

8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Anton Kuerti Plays Beethoven 4 Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Anton Kuerti, piano

PROGRAM Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 58 Allegro moderato Andante con moto Rondo: Vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

- INTERMISSION Symphony No. 7 in E major Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Allegro moderato Adagio: Sehr feierlich und langsam Scherzo: Sehr schnell – Trio: Etwas langsamer – Scherzo Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

Extra Musicians: Todd Martin, Wagner tuba Shannon Moses, Wagner tuba Roslyn Black, Wagner tuba Tony Cyre, percussion

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen Piano Concerto No. 4 Ludwig van Beethoven b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 d. Vienna / March 26, 1827 Composed: 1804-1806 First performance: March 5, 1807 (Vienna), with the composer as soloist Last WSO performance: 2002, Angela Cheng, piano; Junichi Hirokami, conductor

the concert, Robert Schumann wrote “I have received a pleasure from it such as I have never enjoyed, and I sat in my place without moving a muscle.”

As with Beethoven’s other piano concertos, the Fourth breaks the 18th-century mold of purely virtuosic display. Here one finds the most carefully considered personal statement, poetry, introspection, elevation of moods and feelings – all the elements one associates with Beethoven’s highly individual and deeply felt way of communicating. The The Vienna that Beethoven was experiencing during the genesis of opening movement is grand yet the Fourth Piano Concerto was all intimate. Franz Liszt compared about Napoleon, who twice overran the remarkable slow movement to that of Orpheus, where the music the city between 1805 and 1809, charms the fiends of Hell, the creating much hardship for the piano subduing the threats that citizens. Still, Beethoven found it lay before its entries. A short within himself to be incredibly pause leads to the rondo-finale, productive and inspired. Some of the strings softly stealing in, his greatest music – the Fifth and leading to a rousing display.

Sixth Symphonies as examples appeared on several scores Symphony No. 7 simultaneously, making exact Anton Bruckner placement of his work between b. Ansfelden / September 4, 1824 1805 and 1810 impossible. The Fourth Piano Concerto was in the d. Vienna / October 11, 1896 Composed: 1881-1883 mix and it is interesting to note First performance: December 30, that its opening three-notes 1884 (Leipzig), conducted by followed by an accented fourth resemble in letter, if not in spirit, a Arthur Nikisch Last WSO performance: 1982, similar theme to the opening of Franz-Paul Decker, conductor the Fifth Symphony!

chief disciple, so Bruckner was naturally concerned about his own future prospects.

Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony is intimately connected to Wagner.

It brought Bruckner the most success in his lifetime and is arguably his most beloved symphony.

Bruckner began work on the score about a year before Wagner died on February 13, 1883.

Bruckner claimed to his pupil Felix Mottl that the music for the funereal Adagio came from unbearable sadness on hearing news of Wagner’s serious illness.

As a legacy, Bruckner introduced into the movement a quartet of “Wagner tubas” – mellow brass instruments whose tone draws both on the timbres of the French horn and euphonium – designed

by Wagner for use in his operas.

The heart-rending coda of this movement was a direct response to the news of Wagner’s death.

The Leipzig premiere was a great success, no doubt due to the efforts of the great conductor Arthur Nikisch who took the work to heart in scrupulous preparation. The ever-modest Bruckner beamed at the acclaim he received. Johann Strauss, the younger, wrote to Bruckner that It’s almost an understatement to the symphony “was the greatest Since opportunities for public say that Anton Bruckner idolized impression on my life.” performances were difficult composer Richard Wagner. during those stormy times, the The symphony’s opening is Fourth’s public premiere did not Bruckner dedicated his Third among the most ennobling found take place until December 22, Symphony to him in 1877 and in all Bruckner’s works. He 1808, almost two years after its first Wagner’s operas were much claimed the arching E major cello performance – an elite private acclaimed through the last affair that took place in a quarter of the 19th-century. Still, theme came to him in a dream, Viennese palace under the there was an anti-Wagner factor though it quotes from his Mass No. 1 which he was revising at the sponsorship of Prince Lobkowitz, in Vienna led by the critic who had returned to the city after Eduard Hanslick, whose vitriolic time. A second notably Wagnerian and lyrical theme comes in the Napoleon had evacuated in 1805 comments about Wagner upset woodwinds. A third theme is more and awarded Beethoven the Bruckner so much, Bruckner rustic. The third movement is a considerable proceeds of the actually wrote a letter to event. The Fourth fell into neglect Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph wonderfully urgent scherzo with a sweetly rendered Trio though and did not receive asking that the critic be centerpiece. The finale builds another performance until reprimanded. Hanslick hadn’t November 3, 1836 when Felix two themes, closing with a much good to say about Mendelssohn played and blazing return of the opening Bruckner either, as Wagner’s conducted it in Leipzig. Reviewing theme of the first movement.

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POPS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27

8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL

Canadian Brass Richard Lee, conductor Canadian Brass Chuck Daellenbach, tuba Keith Dyrda, trombone Eric Reed, horn Brandon Ridenour, trumpet Christopher Coletti, trumpet

PROGRAM Shaker Suite

Traditional/Arr. Ray Wright

Porgy and Bess Suite: Summertime; It Ain't Necessarily So; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; A Woman is a Sometime Thing; I Got Plenty O'Nothin'; I'm On My Way

Gershwin /Arr. Henderson

- INTERMISSION Oh, Kay! Overture

Gershwin

Duke Ellington Suite: Harlem Sunday Morning; Cottontail; Sophisticated Lady; It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

Arr. Henderson

Tribute to The Beatles: Penny Lane; Blackbird; Come Together

Lennon/McCartney/Arr. Chris Dedrick

Beale Street Blues

Handy /Arr. Henderson

Shaker Suite

Traditional/Arr. Ray Wright

Extra Musicians: Tony Cyre, percussion Will Bonness, piano

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING

Pre-Concert performances on the Piano Nobile begin 45 minutes prior to concert Friday, February 25 – Westgate Mennonite Collegiate String Orchestra Saturday, February 26 – Winnipeg Youth Orchestra Sunday, February 27 – University of Manitoba Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music Presenting Media Sponsor: J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 11 I O V E R T U R E 1 7

Mexican Union of Music and Theater Critics, Mr. Prieto is also an accomplished violinist.

ARTIST BIOS POPS

Afro-Cuban Nights with Papa Mambo JANUARY 14-16

Papa Mambo Created by Chilean-born classical guitarist Rodrigo Muñoz in 1989, Winnipeg's Papa Mambo started out as a spirited party band and soon became recognized as one of the most skillful, exciting and important innovators in Canada's Latin music scene. Made up of 11 of some of Winnipeg's most sought-after musicians, their diverse array of jazz-inflected Latin rhythms and progressive musical ideas promises a performance full of hot solos, driving ensemble work, and tempo-shifting dance-floor madness.

Yuri Hooker Yuri Hooker is principal cellist for both the Winnipeg Symphony (WSO) and the Manitoba Chamber (MCO) Orchestras and appears regularly with the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society and Groundswell. His frequent concerto appearances with the WSO and the MCO have met with a great deal of critical and audience acclaim. A strong advocate of new music. Mr. Hooker is a also dedicated teacher and the founder and director of the Winnipeg Summer Cello Institute. In the summer of 2011, he will be launching the Rosamunde Summer Music Academy for young string players. He holds a bachelor of music degree from Brandon University, which he followed with graduate studies under Janos Starker and Stanley Ritchie (period performance) at Indiana University.

MASTERWORKS /WSO IN BRANDON

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony JANUARY 21-23

Carlos Miguel Prieto Carlos Miguel Prieto, considered one of the most dynamic young conductors in recent years, has further widened his exposure by accepting four music directorships in his native Mexico (the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional and the Orquesta Mineria) and the United States (Louisiana Philharmonic and Huntsville Symphony in Alabama). Mr. Prieto has made guest appearances with symphony orchestras including Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Florida Philharmonic, San Antonio, Calgary Philharmonic, and every major orchestra in Mexico. He has also conducted orchestras throughout Europe, Russia, Israel, and Latin America. Voted "Conductor of the Year 2002" by the 1 8 O V E R T U R E I J a n u a r y – F e b r u a r y 2 0 11

SOUNDBYTES

Romantic Rendez-vous FEBRUARY 12

Maureen Scurfield Maureen Scurfield is a full time freelance journalist of 30 years, now writing two popular columns for the Winnipeg Free Press -- the Miss Lonelyhearts advice column and The Insider social column. She's also been a reporter/columnist for the National Examiner, Hamilton Spectator and Winnipeg Sun, and has done regular spots and call-in shows for CBC, CJOB, NCI-FM, Breakfast TV and Shaw.

Ms. Scurfield has written Miss Lonelyhearts in syndication across western Canada, plus The Ex-Files for divorced and separated people in the Halifax Chronicle Herald. She's been a face-to-face relationship counsellor,

and a junior and senior high teacher of English, theatre and sex ed. Always the teacher, she continues to facilitate a weekly goddess class for adventurous women over 30, plus she dabbles in comedy and does speaking engagements.

Jennifer Sproule Originally from Winnipeg, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Sproule studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, completed a post baccalaureate opera apprenticeship at the University of Manitoba, and studied privately with Tracy Dahl. Now Alberta-based, Ms. Sproule is in Calgary Opera's Emerging Artist Development Program. Operatic roles include Kate in Madama Butterfly (Manitoba Opera), Lady Angela in Patience (G&S Winnipeg), Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor (Calgary Opera), Meg March in Little Women (Banff Centre), Woodsman’s Wife in The Cunning Little Vixen (Banff Centre), and Mrs. Nolan in The Medium (The Little Opera Company). Opera roles for 2011 range from Christian Keith in the world premiere of The Inventor by Bramwell Tovey, a tour production of The Brother's Grimm, and Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte (Calgary Opera).

Brendan MacDougall Dr. Brendan MacDougall is currently professor of internal medicine at the University of Manitoba, practicing at St. Boniface General Hospital. He is serving his second term on the Board of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and is past president. He holds his A.R.C.T, A.M.M, and L.M.M. piano performing diplomas. He has won several scholarships and has competed nationally.

During his medical career, he has given recitals for charitable causes as well as performing for various organizations.

CONCERTS FOR KIDS

Manny Tuba’s Excellent Adventure FEBRUARY 13

Mark Cameron Mark Cameron, known to countless kids and their families as Mr. Mark, is the creator of wild and wonderful music for kids to sing and dance to. Mr. Cameron has been performing as "Mr. Mark" since 2002, during which time he has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg International Children's Festival, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, a live version of the television show, The Toy Castle and numerous festivals of every shape and size. His debut album Singamajiggin', released in summer 2006, has received great reviews. For the last five years, Mr. Mark has also been a very popular artist with Manitoba Arts Council's Artists in the Schools program, where he conducts a "found sound" workshop entitled All The World's A Drum!

Claudine St. Arnauld Claudine St. Arnauld left Quebec in 1998 to make Winnipeg her home when the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra hired her to play in their violin section. Her love for kids and music continues to nourish her pursuit of alternative programs in music education for little people.

Ms. St. Arnauld is passionate about teaching music, completed her Level 2 Orff study at the University of Manitoba and directs L'enfant musical, a baby Orff school for tiny tots. She actively teaches 22 budding violinists and has performed regularly with Musik Barock, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra as well as Camerata Nova. Impassioned by French folklore, you will be able to catch her accompanying Les Cordes à Danser at the Festival du Voyageur this February.

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MASTERWORKS

Chuck Daellenbach

Anton Kuerti Plays Beethoven 4

Chuck Daellenbach has brought music, imagination and humour to Canadian Brass since the group was formed in 1970. Playing a key role in all of the group’s groundbreaking projects, world travels and on over 90 recordings, Chuck and his gold-plated Yamaha tuba are the bedrock of the massive Canadian Brass repertoire – from Baroque to jazz. Mr. Daellenbach comes from a long line of German and Swiss musicians and, during his upbringing in Wisconsin, his father gave him daily music lessons.

After earning a Ph.D. at the age of 25 from the Eastman School of Music, Chuck headed north to teach music at the University of Toronto, where he met Gene Watts and became one of the first members of the group. Among Chuck’s various projects is a series of 200 brass works published by Hal Leonard, many accompanied by CDs, played by music students around the world.

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Anton Kuerti At age eleven, Anton Kuerti performed the Grieg Concerto with Arthur Fiedler. He has received the Schumann Gesellschaft and National Arts Prizes, and the Governor General's Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award, the highest artistic award given by Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and the recipient of several honourary doctorates. Mr. Kuerti’s career includes tours of 40 countries; in Canada, he has played in 140 communities and with every professional orchestra and his recordings are heard almost daily on the CBC. His vast repertoire includes 50 concertos, including one he composed himself.

Keith Dyrda POPS

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Canadian Brass The virtuosi of Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music.

The quintet, established in 1970, has a long history of recording classical repertoire. They have a special affinity for Baroque music, which requires the brilliance and musical structure that has become the Canadian Brass trademark. With more than 15 of their most recent CD’s having been released on their own label Opening Day Records, Canadian Brass has an impressive career total of over 90 recordings to-date, all in meticulously crafted transcriptions that are setting new musical traditions in brass performance.

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Keith Dyrda is the second newest member of Canadian Brass, filling the big shoes of founding member Gene Watts on trombone in the spring of 2010 while still a 21-yearold student at McGill University. His first major tour with the group was Canadian Brass’ return to China - their first since their historic 1977 visit. Grand prize winner of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s 2008 Standard Life competition, Mr. Dyrda has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the McGill Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony and the orchestre symphonique de Montréal. In 2009, Mr. Dyrda was the winner of the Robert Marsteller competition for solo trombone at the International Trombone Festival in Denmark, and winner of the solo competition at the 10th annual Alessi Seminar, hosted by Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic, in New Mexico. Mr. Dyrda was born into a musical family in Oakbank, Manitoba, a small town near Winnipeg.

Eric Reed

Christopher Coletti

Eric Reed, French horn, is a native of Indiana and began playing at age nine, encouraged by his musician parents. His studies took him to Rice University and then The Juilliard School. He has already had a successful career as a member of the Harrisburg Symphony, Oregon Symphony and New World Symphony as well as his nomination as a fellow at The Academy – a music program sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School for the finest young professional musicians today. Mr. Reed has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Florida Orchestra and Kansas City Symphony. He has graced the orchestras of Radio City Music Hall and many Broadway show orchestras. He’s also performed with Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis and BoyzIIMen. An avid tennis and golf enthusiast, Mr. Reed is currently engaged and lives in New York City.

Trumpeter Christopher Coletti joined Canadian Brass in 2009. A graduate of Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School, Mr. Coletti is also principal trumpet of the Huntsville Symphony in Alabama and second trumpet in the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Recent performances include the world premiere of Ted Hearne’s Trumpet Concerto with the Huntsville Symphony, a work commissioned for him. Mr. Coletti has performed the concertos of Tomasi, Haydn, Arutiunian and Vivaldi with various symphony orchestras.

Comfortable in many different styles, he has worked with musicians ranging from Yefim Bronfman, Pierre Boulez and Riccardo Muti to Quincy Jones, Carlos Santana and Gloria Estefan. Active as an arranger and orchestrator, his arrangements are performed by Canadian Brass and other notable ensembles. Originally from Staten Island, NY, Mr. Coletti performs regularly with indie-rock band Emanuel and the Fear, on trumpet and theremin.

Brandon Ridenour In 2006, Brandon Ridenour joined the group at the age of 20, becoming the youngest member in the ensemble’s history.

The same year, the Julliard School graduate made his orchestral debut as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala in Washington, DC. Recognized as a composer, Mr. Ridenour received an honourable mention from ASCAP’s 2006 Morton Gould Young Composer Competition and, in 2006, he won the International Trumpet Guild solo competition performing his own composition, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano. Through his “Trumpet Invasion” CD project, Mr. Ridenour is on a mission to explore and stretch the boundaries of the trumpet. His arrangements are frequently featured by Canadian Brass and others. Mr. Ridenour grew up in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Michigan and frequently performs as a father-son duo with pianist Rich Ridenour.

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Michele Lagacé Zina Lazareck Gail Leach Dr. Hermann Lee Naomi Levine Bill Loewen Don MacKenzie Bill Marr William Norrie Michael Nozick Andrew Ogaranko Harvey Pollock John Rademaker Kathleen Richardson George & Tannis Richardson Leney Richardson Graeme Sifton Bonnie Staples-Lyon Dennis Wallace

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WSO SUPPORTERS

The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO plays on for all Manitobans in generations to come. The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gift to the WSO.

Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Ethel & Joe Karr Michel D. Lagacé G. E. Loewen S. E. Loewen W. H. Loewen Dr. Brendan MacDougall Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell Trudy Schroeder Muriel Smith Emilie Lagacé-Wiens & Robin Wiens

The Maestro’s Circle exists to recognize those special patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO. Thank you!

Honourary Chair Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director

CORPORATE PARTNERS The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following companies whose generous support helps to ensure musical enrichment within our community. Thank you!

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Friends of the WSO help support the WSO’s artistic programs each season.

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Thank you!

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Ms. Linda Sturgeon Juris & Aija Svenne Audrey M. Swan Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Jim & Jan Tennant, In Memory of Dr. Eugene Kaprowy Tom and Lori Thomas June & Lorne Thompson Ms. Marilyn Thompson Mr. Ross Thompson Lorna & Dr. Ken Thorlakson Dr. H.A. Toews Elizabeth Toews Mary & Gordon Toombs Neil & Carol Trembath Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Eve & Harry Vickar Mr. Robert Vineberg Ms. E. Wall Elizabeth M. Wall Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace Peter & Faye Warren Jack & Bernice Watts Mrs. Evelyn Wener J. Whyte Mrs. Frances Wickberg Mr. Herbert W. Wildeman Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Dr. Kenneth & Norma Woodman Patrick Wright John & Beverley Yarema Ruth Zoltok 26 Anonymous Sonatina Under $75 P. Achtemichuk Joyce Aitken Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Albersheim Jacqueline Anderson Ms. Jean Armstrong Yves Auger Mr. John Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice Bailey Mr. Doug Bale Mr. Cliff Barrett G. Barton Lucille & Ed Bass Miss Wendy Beaton Gertie and Asher Begleiter Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse Mrs. Eva Berard Mr. George Berman Balram & Carole Bhakar Mrs. Janet Bider Dr. Eric R. Bohm Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher Mr. J. R. Bonot Mrs. Ruth Booth Ms. Kathy Brost Edythe M. Brown Mr. John & Judith Brown Dr. Jeff & Madeline Brown In Memory of Donald Richard Browne Narendra Budhia Alfred Buelow Lydia Bulat Ruth Calvert

Barbara Campbell Mrs. Ruth Campbell Mrs. Audrey Cassels Betty & Bruce Catchpole Ms. Wanda Lu Chandler Mr. Theodore Chell Mrs. Ella Chenkie Mrs. Patti Cherney Ms. Claudia Chernitsky Melina Chow Ms. Arline Christopherson S. K. Clark Ross M. Cleeve Marjory Clowes Mrs. Jean M. Coates Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Ms. Doreen Conlin Mr. Ernest Cornelsen Mr. James Cory M. Aimé Coté Mrs. Jane Coyne Stephen Crane Ms. Judy Crawford M. & G. Crielaard Ms. Maxine Cristall Mr. Alan L. Crossin Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Cunningham J Curtis D. Cymbalist Ms. Mary Dahl Ms. Joan Dale Mrs. Daphne Davidson Mrs. Jacqueline Davie Dr. Beth Davies Mr. Rowland Del Bigio Beth Derraugh Ms. M. Jane Dick Marlene & Fred Dickson Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Joyce Dittman Sylvia Dixon Miss Patricia Dolski Mrs. Reta Dordick Mrs. Norma Drosdowech Miss Sharon Dueck, In Memory of Donald Browne Mr & Mrs. Peter Eibisch Ms. Adele Elin Mrs. M.L. Elliott John & Ruth Ens Don & Martha Epstein Vera & Peter Fast Miss Nancy Fennell, In Memory of Donald Browne David & Ruth Ferguson Laurel Fife Cal & Lois Finch Mr. David Firman, In Memory of Alice Lutz Cathy Florko Mrs. Sheryl Fowler, In Memory of Dr. Karl Krueger Mrs. Gitta Fricke Ms. Anne Friesen Mary Friesen Peter Fulop Mr. & Mrs. George & Carol Gamby Mr. Daymond Gauthier

Jim & Betty Gaynor Ms. Barbara Gessner Mrs. M. Gilbert Marybet & Jim Gilroy Mr. Laurent Gimenez Les & Doreen Girling Mr. Goldstein Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Josephine G. Green John & Louise Greenaway Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood Mr. George Grenier Ms. Victoria Gretchen Ms. Marianne Gruber Mr. & Mrs. H Gustafson Ms. Evelyn Gurvey, In Memory of Donald Browne Irene Hamerton Gertrude Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. I Hamilton Ms. Heather Hartry Nora Harvey Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth Ms. Sharyn Hayter Mrs. Dolores Hebert Max & Eleanor Herst Shirley Hicks Jean Highmoor Dorothy L. Hodgson Mr. Martin Horseman Ken Howard Mrs. Carol Hreno Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki, In Memory of Dr. Eugene Kaprowy Jacqueline Iwasienko R.B. Jackson, In Memory of Heather Whittaker Neoma Jantz Mrs. Lois Johnson Audrey E. Jones Arlene & Robert Jones Phillip, Susan & Josh Kahanovitch, In Memory of Heather Whittaker Dr. Sam Kantor Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac In Memory of Anne Gwendolyn Karr Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Mrs. Shirley Kilburn John & Martha Klassen Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Simma & Hy Kraitberg Ms. K Kristjanson Emery & Vlasta Lajtai Josie Landry Mrs. Jessie Lang Elizabeth Lansard Ms. Lorna Law, In Memory of Heather Whittaker Mrs. Eveleen Lawrenson Ms. Barbara Lawton Ms. Patricia Leblanc Ms. Patti Leblanc Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Rod & Ann Ledwich Mrs. Ingrid Lee Ms. Teresa Lee, In Memory of Donald Browne Mr. Richard Lemmon

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Ms. Heather Leonoff Mrs. Mary-Ann Lepper Mr. P Le Quere David & Cheryl Levene Ms. Hildy Leverton Mr. & Mrs. C. Lewis Paul & Shirley Lindsay Barry & Patricia Lloyd Mrs. Mary Lloyd Jeannette Lord, In Memory of Dr. Eugene Kaprowy Ms. Savellia Love Kathleen Lovelace Joe and Carole MacKintosh Mr. Al MacKling Mr. & Mrs. Alexander & Phyllis Madryga Mr. Allan Mapes Carol Markiewich Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Carol Martens Mrs. Irene Marriott Mrs. Ruth Matas, In Memory of Donald Browne Mrs. Patricia Matheson Ma Mawi Keith R. Mayoh Ms. Susan McCarthy Cathy McCollough Donovan McKay R. H. McKenzie Mrs. Marilyn McMullan Dr. Ann M. McNeill Mr. Lyle W. McNichol Allan McPhail Mr. J McPhee Mr. Ron Meyers Ms. Emily Mikolajewski Mrs. Gloria Miller Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Mr. & Mrs. Joe Mindell Mr. Howard Mitchell M. Mohr, In Memory of Dr. Eugene Kaprowy Miss Jane E. Montgomery Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Mrs. Colette M. Mozol Esther Nisenholt Issie & Hazel Oiring Miss Jenny Olynyk Mr. & Mrs. Mario & Barbara Osorio Ms. Margitta Ossenkopp Ira & Sadie Owen Shirley & Graham Padgett Dr. F. Paraskevas Edith K. Parker Ms. Norma Parsons Donna Pearen Mrs. Evelyn Pearlman Neil Bruneau & Ellen Peel Mrs. Denise Penley Addie Penner Mrs. Louise Penner Mrs. Heather Penno Mrs. June Perron Ms. Gail Perry Mike Petkau Robert Phillips Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle, In Memory of Donald Browne

Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope, In Memory of Donald Browne Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Don & Carol Poulin, In Memory of Dr. Eugene Kaprowy Mr. & Mrs. Norman Pound Mr. David Procner Mrs. Glennys Propp R. Publow Mr. Michael Quinn Ms. Pat Repa Ms. Tami Reynolds Mr. Patrick Rice Beverley Ridd David & Helene Riesen Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Vera Ripley Mrs. Sandra Rosen Mrs. Estelle Rosenberg Mrs. V. Rosolowich Mr. Don Ross Mr. Rory Runnells John & Shirley Russell Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Mrs. Caterina Sayers Alan & Rebecca Schacter Kay Schalme William Scheidt Ms. Velma Schmidt Mrs. Edna Schneider Mrs. Marian Schroeder Adolph & Diane Schurek Mr. John Schwandt B.J.N. Scott Miriam Segal Dr. Marvin & Emily Shane Mr. James Shanks Mr. Robert Shawcross Carl & Margaret Shaykewich Izzy Shore Mrs. Rita Shreiber Elaine & Norman Silverberg Catherine E. Smart Mr. George Smellie Mr. Ed Solimka George A. Sotiriadis Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Dr. & Mrs. J.B. Squire Ms. Judy V. Stanley Mr. Eric L. Stefanson Ms. Kay Stewart Gerry & Jasmin St. Laurent G.W. & Jean Swift Ms. Mary Lou Talmage Gladys Tarala Ewa & Ludwick Tarsia Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Heather Teller Ms. Leann Thompson Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Ms. Helen A. Toews Marilyn Torossi Mr. Alan Tring D. Turner Mr. & Mrs. William & Diane Ulrich, In Memory of Gordon Fogg Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Eve & Harry Vickar, In Memory of Donald Browne

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Denis Vincent Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Ms. Donna Wakaruk Robin & Joanne Walker Patricia & Lorne Wallace Mr. Ken Warmbrod Mr. & Mrs. Goren R. Waver Mrs. Hilda Weber Mr. Glen Angus Webster Ms. Louise Welsh Mr. E. F. White Ms. S.M. Whiteway, In Memory of Donald Browne In Memory of Heather Whittaker Ms. Lois A. Whyte Mrs. Barbara Wilson David & Joan Wilson Mr. & Mrs. John Wood Terrie Woodward Gladys Wynes Mr. Edwin Yee Phillip S. Young 39 Anonymous

ENDOWMENT FUND Leave a legacy by making a donation to the WSO’s Endowment Fund. Managed by the Winnipeg Foundation since 1959, the fund has grown in value to just over $4.4 M. Gifts to the fund ensure longterm financial support for the orchestra.

Thank you!

Gail Asper & Michael Paterson In Memory of Jessica Bernardin Ms. Marion Bruno Dr Tom & Mrs Jennifer Carter Catherine, Mark & Ryan Chabot, In Memory of Alice Lutz Mr. Ray Davis Miss Helene Dyck Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood In Memory of Doris May Hall Marilyn & Helios Hernandez In Memory of Donald Hurd Andrew Lutz, In Memory of Alice Lutz Christopher, Tanya & Mika Lutz, In Memory of Alice Lutz Robert & Barbara Lutz, In Memory of Alice Lutz Jim MacNair, In Memory of Mae Barbara Main Ms. Lori Marks Ruth May Ardythe McMaster Frances E. Rowlin Grant & Janet Saunders

Trudy Schroeder, Norman Dyck, Nina & Katrina, In Memory of Heather Whittaker In Memory of R.F. Skinner Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Ms. Inga Storgaard In Memory of Michael Zaluski 32 Anonymous

Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music!

M. & G. Crielaard Barbara Cook Ms. Cecilia Dong L Erickson Ms. Nicole Lafreniere River West Park School Saskatoon Youth Orchestra Ms. Brenda Sklar G.W. & Jean Swift Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor

New Music Festival Club donors help to ensure the artistic excellence of the WSO’s New Music Festival.

Thank you!

Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Mrs. Anne England Kathleen & David Estey Dr. Denis & Tricia Hlynka Paul & Nel Henteleff Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Kozub/Halldorson Family Ms. Deirdre Laidlaw Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lambert K.W. Lee Mr. Gordon P. Linney Ms. Teresa Martin Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Brenda Morlock Margaret Moroz Robert & Cindy Neufield Suzanne & Bill Newman Lesia Peet Bill Reid Mr. Doug Shewfelt Muriel Smith Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton Ms. Roberta Stephen Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Wildsmith Mr. Christopher Wilson Karin Woods 2 Anonymous

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1948-51 1951-53 1953-55 1955-57 1957-58 1958-61 1961-62 1962-64 1964-65 1965-67 1967-69 1969-71 1971-73 1973-74 1974-76 1976-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82

Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien Mr. J. M. Sinclair Mr. Digby Wheeler Mr. W. D. Hurst Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson Mr. E. W. H. Brown Mr. David Slater The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin Mr. Norman J. Alexander Mr. R. W. Richards Mr. W. R. Palmer Mr. E. J. Smith Dr. M. M. Pierce Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Mr. Julian D. T. Benson Mr. John L. Buckworth Mr. N. Roger McFallon Mr. John F. Fraser Mr. William W. Draper

1982-83 1983-84 1984-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Feb 1999 - May 1999 Jun 1999 - 2000 2000- Feb 03 Mar 2003 - Dec 2003 Dec 2003- Jan 2005 Jan 2005 – Jul 2006 Jul 2006 – Nov 2006 Dec 2006- Jun 2007 2007 - present

Mr. John O. Baatz Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C. Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. Mr. Michel Lagacé Mr. William H. Loewen Mrs. Julia DeFehr Mr. Gordon Fogg Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. Anthony Brookes Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. William Norrie Mr. William Loewen Mr. Bruce MacCormack Mr. Roger King Ms. Patti Sullivan Mr. Wally Fox-Decent Ms. Carol Bellringer Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President) Mr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Dorothy Dobbie

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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2010-2011 SEASON OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS His Honour the Honourable Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship Sam Katz, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Lesia Peet, President Shirley Loewen, Vice President Olga Runnalls, Past President Susan Cooke and Winnifred Warkentin, Secretary Margaret Harvie, Treasurer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dorothy Dobbie, Greg Doyle President & Chair Susan Feldman Ed J. Martens, Dr. Daya Gupta 1st Vice-President Elba Haid Muriel Smith, Lesia Peet 2nd Vice-President Dr. William Pope Dr. Brendan MacDougall, Ed Richmond Past-President Lorne Sharfe Marilyn Billinkoff William Shead Brenlee Carrington-Trepel Joanne Sigurdson Michael Cox Karl Stobbe Arlene Dahl Richard Turner

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Richard Lee, Resident Conductor Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Kari Keam, Accounting & Administration Assistant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate DEVELOPMENT Anne Elise Lavallée, Artistic Operations Assistant Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development Sue Stone Scott, Production Stage Manager Carol Cassels, Development Manager Laura Daniel, Production Coordinator Terri Nordman, Development Coordinator Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services Jacob Gurevich, Personnel Manager Emeritus Tara Forshaw, Patron Services Supervisor (Maternity Leave) Sarah Lund, Group Sales Associate EDUCATION & OUTREACH Jason Hayes, Patron Services Representative Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach Melissa Ungrin, Patron Services Representative (p/t) Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator Ashley Cyr, Patron Services Representative (p/t) Heather Thornton, Patron Services Representative (p/t) MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Crystal Schwartz, Patron Services Representative (p/t) Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications Matthew Brooks, Patron Services Representative (p/t) Cheryl Waldner, Communications Coordinator Clare Neil, Patron Services Representative (p/t) Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Representative (p/t)

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TICKET INFORMATION 1020-555 Main Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 Phone: 204.949.3950 Fax: 204.956.4271 www.wso.ca

WSO Box Office phone: 204.949.3999 www.wso.ca

Ticketmaster phone: 204.780.3333 www.ticketmaster.ca

Group Sales phone: 204.949.3967 groupevents@wso.mb.ca

The WSO is a chartered non-profit organization operated by a voluntary Board of Directors.

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