2015/2016 Overture #3

JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2016 I ISSUE 3

GWEN HOEBIG PLAYS SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE LA BOTTINE SOURIANTE LIVE WITH THE WSO AN EVENING OF MASTERS: MOZART, BRAHMS, SCHUMANN KIDS CONCERTS: AROUND THE WORLD WITH MANNY TUBA THE STREISAND SONGBOOK WITH ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Welcome to the 2016 portion of the 2015-2016 season. Perhaps you have made a decision to add more music to your life in the coming year. This is always a good thing to do.There are many ways to experience the WSO that may add some interesting elements to your WSO adventures.The concerts in this part of the year include the lively and engaging La Bottine Souriante to start the year, an Evening of Masters including Mozart, Brahms and Schumann, Kids Concerts, and, of course, the 25th anniversary edition of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. (It is amazing how quickly those years pass.)

If you do not currently come to the Centennial Concert Hall much before the concert start time, I’d like to encourage you arrive by 7:15 pm so that you can take in the pre-concert chat or the pre-concert performers. This is an opportunity to hear from the conductor and the guest artists, and learn interesting details about the concert you are about to hear.

I can also recommend the Dinner & Symphony series. Five concerts in the year were selected for this program. For example, there will be a Dinner & Symphony program attached to the February 13th Barbara Streisand Songbook concert. For these events, you come to the Piano Nobile for 5:30 pm and you are seated at a table with other WSO patrons. A dinner designed to complement the musical program will be presented by chef David Bergmann of Bergmann’s on Lombard.The food is good, the chance to meet and chat with other music lovers is always a pleasure, and the participants are well positioned to enjoy the pre-concert activities. If you have never tried one of these experiences, book early for the February 13th concert. It will be the smart Valentine that organizes a wonderful outing like this in advance of Valentine’s day.

Best wishes for 2016 from all of us at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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CONDUCTORS Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richly idiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (Los Angeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over the Austro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotional intensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011).

Following on from his tenure as assistant conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, which he completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his tenth season as music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantly developed the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovative programming initiatives like the annual New Music Festival and the Indigenous Music Festival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014, due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the only Canadian ensemble in the showcase. As well as significantly contributing to the New Music Festival and Indigenous Festival, Alexander led the orchestra’s first out of province tour since 1979 to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, launched the International Conducting masterclasses, the New Music Festival 2012 film project and played a major part in the acoustic overhaul of the Centennial Concert Hall.

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Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano’s voracious musical appetite makes him a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire. He is currently resident conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Artist-in-Residence at the Norfolk Chamber Music festival, and music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. Pellicano has built his career by following an unconventional path. The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique first brought Pellicano to the public’s attention. From 2009 to 2013 he served as music director of the Longy School of Music Conservatory Orchestra where he established a rigorous and distinctive new orchestral program. Pellicano has conducted the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre (Brazil), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, New Britain Symphony, The Kallisti Ensemble, Boston’s Dinosaur Annex Ensemble and Milwaukee's Present Music. He has worked in masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Peter Eötvös, Zsolt Nagy, Martyn Brabbins, and Carl St. Clair.

As a young musician he played drums, percussion, organ, and accordion in rock, blues and jazz groups. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without any formal training. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music (Stockholm), and the Yale School of Music where he was awarded the 2008 Presser Music Award and the Philip F. Nelson Award. He premiered Martin Bresnick’s critically acclaimed opera My Friend's Story at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas and conducted at Carnegie Hall with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra.

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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2015-2016 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtGramatté Memorial Chair, endowed BASSES by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Chris Anstey **Jeremy Buzash Mona Coarda Rodica Jeffrey Hong Tian Jia Meredith McCallum Julie Savard Jun Shao *Karin Andreasen *Simon MacDonald SECOND VIOLINS Darryl Strain, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch **Calvin Cheng **Teodora Dimova Elizabeth Dyer **Jonathan Garabedian Bokyung Hwang Takayo Noguchi Claudine St-Arnauld *Jane Pulford *Susan McCallum VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Laszlo Baroczi Margaret Carey Richard Bauch Greg Hay Merrily Peters Mike Scholz

TRUMPETS Isaac Pulford, Acting Principal Paul Jeffrey Brian Sykora

CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal Alex Adaman Arlene Dahl Carolyn Nagelberg Emma Quackenbush Sean Taubner

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda

Meredith Johnson, Principal Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Martha Durkin PICCOLO Martha Durkin OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan

BASS TROMBONE Julia McIntyre, Principal TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI **Mike Kemp, Acting Principal PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Raymond Chrunyk

CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Michelle Goddard

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall

BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks

*On Leave **Temporary Position

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed HORNS alphabetically Patricia Evans, Principal and are seated according to a Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal rotational system.

James Robertson The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair Fred Redekop is the official Piano Caroline Oberheu Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Michiko Singh

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Julian Pellicano, conductor La Bottine Souriante Éric Beaudry: vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, foot tapping Pierre Bélisle: piano, Rhodes, B-3, piano-accordion David Boulanger: violin, vocals, foot tapping Benoit Bourque: vocals, accordion, bones, jaw harp Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud: vocals, violin, foot tapping Robert Bob Ellis: bass trombone Jean Fréchette: saxophone, flute, recorder, percussion Jocelyn Lapointe: trumpet François Marion: bass, electric bass Sandy Silva: percussive dance André Verreault: trombone

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Richard Hayman La Bottine Souriante /Jean Fréchette / Gilles Bellemare Marchand-Forest / Daniel Desaulniers Richard Pellan / Jean Fréchette / Daniel Desaulniers Traditional / Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud / Daniel Desaulniers Traditional / La Bottine Souriante André Brunet / Jean Fréchette/ Gilles Bellemare Jean-François Gagnon-Branchaud/ La Bottine Souriante / Daniel Desaulniers

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Les Voyageurs Tiguidou Pack Sack Lune De Miel La Cuisinière Le P’tit Porte Clé Le Baillard (Feet Solo) Ouverture

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La Bottine Souriante / Gilles Bellemare

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile.

Friday, 7:15 p.m.

Caron Whitlaw Hebert and students, Division of Preparatory Studies, Desautels Faculty of Music Saturday, 7:15 p.m.

Canadian Mennonite University Jazz Students Bennet Charter and students, Division of Preparatory Studies, Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

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La Bottine Souriante live with the WSO

La Bottine Souriante

La Bottine Souriante is a legend of North American roots music that first appeared on the Québec folk scene in 1976 and is currently hailed throughout the world for its excellence and exuberance. Many of French Canada’s celebrated masters are alumni of this legendary group, and many of the “young lions” who succeeded them are now leading the current crop of superb Québecois traditional bands.

The eleven-piece outfit - which includes a percussive dancer and a four-piece brass section in addition to the traditional lineup of fiddles, accordions, and

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guitars - works as an exceptionally tight, cohesive unit that sweeps its audience away with high spirits and pulsating rhythms. They are recognized for their innovative arrangements and the wild spirit of their live shows. La Bottine Souriante – the name translates as the smiling work-boot – keeps to a repertoire of traditional songs and tunes from home, but is never content to stay still musically, infusing their French-Canadian tradition with elements of jazz, folk, and world music from salsa to Klezmer. Most importantly, it works.

They are currently fronted by master singer/accordionist/step dancer/bones player Benoit Bourque, a favourite Québecois front man since his start in the 1970s traditional band Heritage.

EXTRA MUSICIAN: Tony Cyre, percussion

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CLASSICS

An Evening of Masters: Mozart, Brahms, Schumann Yaron Traub, conductor Alexandra Eastley, bassoon

Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191 Allegro Andante ma Adagio Rondo:Tempo di Menuetto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo Scherzo: Allegro vivace Adagio espressivo Allegro molto vivace

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Pre-concert chat on the Piano Nobile begins at 7:15 p.m.

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Variations on a Theme of Haydn

The Haydn Variations has a theme, eight variations and a finale.The theme is irregularly shaped, with a five-bar phrase and repeated sections.The variations have moods which range across a broad emotional spectrum.The finale is a passacaglia – an old variation- form in itself using a repeated figure in the bass supporting the theme. As always with Brahms, the architecture is masterly yet never pedantic, the noble grandeur of the story ever present.

Johannes Brahms b. Hamburg / May 7, 1833 d.Vienna / April 3, 1897 Composed: 1873 First performance: November 2, 1873 (Vienna) conducted by Otto Dessoff Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major Last WSO performance: 2004; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gregory Vajda, conductor b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 Discouragement loomed large following Composed: 1774 Last WSO performance: 1983: Otto-Werner Brahms’first work for orchestra, the D minor Mueller, conductor; Vincent Ellin, bassoon Piano Concerto of 1854.

Mozart’s legendary ability to Audience bewilderment absorb influences served him and the pervasive sense of Beethoven well in the summer of 1773 hovering over Brahms’shoulder sapped at the time he and his father his confidence in composing for went to Vienna to investigate orchestra. As Brahms approached the a possible position as court age of 40, not a single work of his found music director.Though the 17-year-old Mozart did not get the job – Empress Maria its way into the major orchestral repertoire.The earliest sketches of his Theresa felt the teenager unsuitable – the Mozarts returned to Salzburg after several First Symphony (1855) remained weeks, soaking up a host of music in Vienna sketches for many years. by its most esteemed composers.

In the 1860s Brahms had been conducting various choral groups and The following months produced music in which the young Mozart began to several of his works such as A German incorporate the influences, in four Requiem and the Alto Rhapsody had symphonies (Nos. 25 through 29), his first orchestral accompaniments that original piano concerto (K. 175) and during showed growing confidence. It was the the following spring, the first of his wind Variations on a Theme of Haydn that concertos, for bassoon. opened the door for Brahms as an The dedicatee of the Bassoon Concerto is orchestral composer of stature. unknown, but it is thought that the work was Brahms had long been interested in written during a stay in Munich in preparation for the premiere of his opera La finta old music and was excited when giardiniera. But there is no doubt that Mozart introduced to some unpublished manuscripts discovered by K.F. Pohl in wholly absorbed the bassoon's velvety baritone, agility, variety of articulation and 1870 for his planned biography of engaging expressive qualities in creating the Haydn. One, a melody labeled Choral St.Antoni, struck Brahms and he copied Bassoon Concerto. As he would continue to show in his future wind concertos, Mozart not it into his notebook with the idea of only seized the essence of each instrument’s creating a set of variations around the character but no less revealed its potential. tune.Two years elapsed before he The brief opening movement is an produced two versions, one for two pianos and the other for orchestra.The energized mix of brio and elegance, the premiere of the orchestral version was bassoon’s special personality boldly revealed from the first entry.The Andante is successful and over the next 15 years an aria, reminding of the aria Porgi amor Brahms produced all his symphonic from The Marriage of Figaro that was to works that established him as a come.The finale is a clever blend of minuet, composer of independent orchestral rondo and variations, with an undeniably music to stand alongside the masters. happy outcome.

Symphony No. 2 Robert Schumann b. Zwickau, Saxony / June 8, 1810 d. Endenich (Bonn) / July 29, 1856 Composed: 1845-46 First performance: November 5, 1846 (Leipzig) conducted by Felix Mendelssohn Last WSO performance: 2000; Enrique Diemecke, conductor Schumann’s fragile emotional state reared up in 1844 following a concert tour of Russia with his wife Clara. Her renown as a pianist grated on his self-esteem as a composer of stature.When the couple returned to Leipzig, Robert suffered a complete breakdown.

Under doctor’s orders, Robert and Clara moved to the quieter environs of Dresden in October of 1844 and it was there that Robert was able to sketch the complete Second Symphony the following December, beginning the orchestration in February of 1846 and completing the score in October. Many fits and starts intervened during the period, with Robert in regular states of physical and mental distress.

Despite all the anguish, the Second Symphony turned out to be a genuine triumph with a dark-to-light journey of victory mirroring the Fifth and Ninth Symphonies of Beethoven, whom Schumann idolized. Schumann claimed he felt better when the Second was completed, and one could speculate that the piece was also a journal of his recovery during its construction.

Schumann’s Second is the most traditional in form of his four symphonies, with four movements allied to classical style.The opening movement is in sonata-allegro form with a broad introduction in the brass that recurs several times and clear, distinguished thematic development throughout.The scherzo has two trios with contrasting rhythms.The noble Adagio is among Schumann’s most inspired, while the vigorous finale leads to a heroic hymn of victory at its close.

Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français.

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CLASSICS

An Evening of Masters: Mozart, Brahms, Schumann

Yaron Traub, conductor

Alex Eastley, bassoon

Tel Aviv, Yaron Traub is the son of Chaim Traub, who was concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic. He studied piano, and from 1990 orchestral conduction. He later moved to Munich, where he worked with Sergiu Celibidache. Then he had contact with Daniel Barenboim, who introduced him to the Bayreuth Festival, where he was his assistant.

Subsequently, between 1994 -1999 he served as Associate Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Yaron Traub is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta de Valencia.

Alex Eastley joined the WSO as principal bassoon in 2007. Previously, she was an active freelance musician in Montréal, playing with such groups as Les Violons du Roy and the Montréal Symphony Orchestra. She completed her Bachelor’s of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music and earned her Master’s degree in solo bassoon performance from McGill University. She has performed as guest principal bassoon with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In the realm of improvised music, she has played with the London Improvisers Orchestra (UK) and the Dutch Impro Academy in Amsterdam. Since moving to Winnipeg, Alex has been featured as a soloist with the WSO and the Brandon Chamber Players. In addition to teaching privately, Alex has served as sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba and Memorial University and joined the faculty of Brandon University in 2014.

In 1998, Yaron Traub won the Orchestra Price at the 4th Kondrashin International Conducting Competition in Amsterdam. His career took off with engagements worldwide including: the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Sidney Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, L'Orchestre National de Lyon, et cetera, as well as the most important Spanish orchestras.

EXTRA MUSICIANS: Yaron Traub works closely with renowned soloists such as Daniel Barenboim, Gidon Kremer, Radu Lupu, Alfred Brendel, Waltraud Meier, Victoria Mullova, Emanuel Ax, Helene Grimaud, Truls Mørk, Julian Rachlin, or Nikolaj Znaider, amongst others.

Laurel Ridd, flute; Alan Harrington, bassoon; Jim Ewen, contra-basssoon

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Julian Pellicano, conductor Mr. Mark, entertainer Manny Tuba, mascot Royal Winnipeg Ballet Aspirant Program Dancers; Brandon Lockhart, Julia Jones-Whitehead Romanetz Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Cory Campbell, vocalist Melvin Starr, hoop dancer Colleen Furlan, soprano Aaron Hutton, tenor Odette Heyn-Projects Momentum Aerial

Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8 March Past of the Kitchen Utensils from The Wasps Miller’s Dance from Three-Cornered Hat From the Caboose The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals Russian Sailor’s Dance Overture to William Tell Air in G from Suite No.3 Hoe-Down from Rodeo In the Beginning from Creation Stories Reel du Pendu A Whole New World

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Antonin Dvorˇák Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuel de Falla Godfrey Ridout Camille Saint-Saëns Reinhold Glière Gioacchino Rossini Johann Sebastian Bach Aaron Copland T. Patrick Carrabré Donald Patriquin Alan Menken

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Mr. Mark, entertainer Since 1990, Mark Cameron has been a percussionist for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, where the kids have always called him “Mr. Mark.” He has composed music for many dances featured at The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School events including First Steps, Ballet in The Park and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Connections Tour in 2009. Mark has been performing as “Mr. Mark” since 2002. He has performed numerous times with the WSO and The Winnipeg International Children’s Festival and performed at The Banff Centre for the Arts. He has been featured in the live version of the television show The Toy Castle, and has entertained for families and kids at numerous festivals across Canada and the United States. For the last ten years Mr. Mark has also has been a very popular artist with Manitoba Arts Council’s Artist in the Schools Program, where he delights children by exploring the world of music and composing, and transforms their classes into orchestras comprised entirely of junk!

She was honoured to be the inaugural recipient of the Evelyn Hart Scholarship in 2010, and to receive it again in 2011.

Her repertoire as a student included soloist roles in Paquita, Sleeping Beauty and Le Corsaire. Having graduated from the RWB School, Julia is now in her second year of the RWB Aspirant Program. She has performed with the RWB Company in ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle and Nutcracker, and was thrilled to perform the lead role of Aurora as a guest artist in the North Dakota Ballet Company's production of The Sleeping Beauty in February 2015.

Romanetz Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Brandon Lockhart, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Aspirant Program Brandon Lockhart was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.

He came to Winnipeg in 2009 and trained for six years in the Professional Division at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, and graduated in 2015. He is currently in the Aspirant Program at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Brandon has danced with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company in performances of Giselle, Swan Lake, and Nutcracker. In his free time, Brandon enjoys playing the piano, reading, and exploring nature.

Julia Jones-Whitehead, Royal Winnipeg Ballet Aspirant Program A native of Toronto, Ontario, Julia Jones-Whitehead danced under the guidance of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company alumnus Kathleen Duffy before joining the RWB School Professional Division in 2009.

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The Romanetz Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is named after a flower that carpets the steppes of Ukraine. This beautiful, yet hardy daisy is the perfect description for a dance group that calls the uncompromising Canadian prairie “Home!” The group is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is instructed

by Mr. Tom Mokry.

The group, which is an adult dance group, was founded in 1978. The ensemble functions with an “Open Door Policy” which has allowed them a very unique status in Winnipeg. They accept all who are interested in Ukrainian dance without prejudice to ethnic background or dance ability. Rehearsals are always open to new dancers, whether they have danced since childhood or are lacing up their dance shoes for the very first time.

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Romanetz has had the honour of performing at various festivals and events including the Opening Ceremonies of the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, and Canada Day celebrations in South Dakota. Internationally, Romanetz has proudly represented Canada at the IX International Folklore Festival in Zacatecas, Mexico in 2004 and the 12th International Folklore Festival in Winningen, Germany in June 2009 and again in 2015.

Most recently, Romanetz were featured in the debut of Danny Schur's documentary, Made In Winnipeg, The Terry Sawchuk Origin Story.

Romanetz now invites you to share in the colourful and vibrant experience of Ukrainian Dance!

Cory Campbell, vocalist Cory grew up in Winnipeg’s North End and currently lives in the RM of Springfield. An avid music lover with eclectic tastes, Cory garners strength from the spiritual qualities of different types of music. He is a Men’s Traditional dancer and a singer at Pow Wows, has participated in various First Nations ceremonies, and he finds the perfect peace of mind and spirit that these activities afford him. Cory proudly works for Project Neecheewam Inc., an organization that provides residential treatment, shelter and crisis stabilization services to children and youth in care of child and family services.

Cory’s favourite pastime is spending time with his wife and grandchildren, and the foster children in his care.

Colleen Furlan, soprano Colleen Furlan is a Winnipegborn soprano possessing emotional depth and a “gossamer voice,” as described by critic, Richard Ouzounian.

Highlights include Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act, Cosette in Les Misérables, Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Katie

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Nana/Ensemble in Mary Poppins (Rainbow Stage), Jazz Soloist (WJO), Top 4/Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over the Rainbow (CBC), Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof (RMTC), Nina in A Flicker of Light on a Holiday Night (WSO).

Colleen is a world-class highland dancer who is also trained in ballet, jazz, tap and hip-hop.

She has trained and participated in invitational workshops in London/England, New York City, Toronto and Winnipeg.

Colleen enjoys expanding her repertoire with many styles of music such as classical, musical theatre, jazz and country. This spring, Ms. Furlan will graduate from The Desautels Faculty of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and will also appear in the Rainbow Stage production of Shrek The Musical directed and choreographed by Ray Hogg.

Aaron Hutton, tenor Aaron Hutton holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Manitoba. Other past solo engagements with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra include Musical Discoveries: 2012 and Send in the Clowns: the music of Stephen Sondheim. Aaron is a frequent performer on Rainbow Stage and with Dry Cold Productions, and was the recipient of the Rose Bowl trophy for most outstanding vocal performance at the 93rd annual Winnipeg Music Festival.

Odette Heyn-Projects Odette Heyn, as Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Professional Program of The School of Contemporary Dancers, has choreographed works, both nationally and internationally, for various performances including The Festival of Canadian Modern

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Dance, the Olympics Danscene (Calgary 1988) the Kuan Du Arts Festival in Taipei, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2006, Odette was nominated for the “Woman of the Year” award for Arts and Culture through the YWCA. In the past four years, Odette created two full-length works, which were hailed with glowing reviews, for the WSO’s La Noche de los Mayas and the Rite of Spring.

She also choreographed for WSO’s Adventures in Music and SoundBytes series.

In 2012, Odette choreographed for the off-Broadway production Requiem for a Lost Girl and, in 2013, Mata Hari, in New York City and in December 2013 for the WSO. Odette performed in WCD’s Rachel Browne Tribute Tour in January 2013. In June 2013, Odette was the recipient of the Winnipeg Arts Council’s “Investors Group Making a Difference Award – for extraordinary contribution to the arts.”

Momentum Aerial Momentum is a young performing arts troupe that established itself out of Monica's Danz Gyms' Impakt Performance Team, which started in 1995.

Troupe members have studied and performed across Canada, the United States and Europe. Locally, members have performed during the 1999 Pan Am Games, The Festival of the Arts at The Forks, The Festival of Trees & Lights at The Winnipeg Convention Centre, The MTS Opening, The JUNO Awards held at The MTS Centre, and various school and sporting events throughout Winnipeg.

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Momentum is comprised of performers who share a background of dance, gymnastics, and the aerial arts. The performance group is dedicated to bringing dance, acrobatics, and the circus arts of aerial fabric, hoop, and trapeze together in the spirit of exploration to create exciting new works for Winnipeg audiences in both indoor and outdoor venues.

Momentum co-directors and choreographers Monica Goermann and Liz Cooper believe in inspiring artistry, creativity, and self-confidence in their troupe members through collaboration, the use of new and innovative equipment and in highlighting individual talents.

EXTRA MUSICIAN: Tony Cyre, percussion

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CLASSICS

Gwen Hoebig plays Symphonie espagnole Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Gwen Hoebig, violin

Saibei Dance from “Saibei Suite” No. 2, Op. 21

An-Lun Huang (b. 1949)

Symphonie espagnole Allegro non troppo Scherzando: Allegro molto Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo Andante Rondo: Allegro

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)

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Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 Tempo molto moderato Allegro moderato (ma poco a poco stretto) Andante mosso, quasi allegretto Allegro molto

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Saibei Dance An-lun Huang b. Guangzhou, China / 1949 Composed: 1975 First WSO performance An-lun Huang studied piano at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music. In the 1960s, the Chinese Cultural Revolution ended his formal music studies but he persevered and in 1976, was named resident composer and assistant conductor of the Central Opera House of China in Beijing. Since 1986, An-lun Huang has made his home in Ontario and has served as President of the Canadian Chinese Music Society of Ontario. In 2004 he received a New Pioneer Award, celebrating immigrant contributions to life in the Greater Toronto Area.

Saibei is the region north of the Great Wall of China with a unique style of folk music employing wide melodic leaps. An-lun Huang’s two Saibei Suites were composed in the early seventies. Since their premieres by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, they have become one of the most popular works in Chinese symphonic repertoire.

Using all original material, Saibei Dance is composed in a typical wind-percussion musical style of Northwest China.

Symphonie espagnole Édouard Lalo b. Lille, France / January 27, 1823 d. Paris / April 22, 1892 Composed: 1873 First performance: February 7, 1875 (Paris) with Pablo de Sarasate as soloist Last WSO performance: 2004; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor; Karen Gomyo, violin In 1878,Tchaikovsky fled to a resort on the shores of Lake Geneva to help him fight off the depression brought on by his disastrous marriage to Antonina Miliukova. Joining the composer was his composition pupil, violinist Iosif Kotek.The two played works for violin and piano together, including an arrangement of

Édouard Lalo's Symphonie espagnole, which symphony and in tribute, as the program said, to “Finland’s they may have played through the day greatest son,”the composer was after Kotek's arrival. constantly occupied with practical financial matters.Wartime turmoil Writing to his patroness Nadezhda von Meck,Tchaikovsky enthused that “the piece had diminished royalties from his has a lot of freshness, lightness, of piquant German publisher and in the three years following his brooding rhythms, of beautiful and excellently Fourth Symphony in 1911, harmonized melodies.... He [Lalo], in the program music, songs, piano same way as Léo Delibes and Bizet, does not strive after profundity, but he carefully miniatures and tours throughout Scandinavia were creative avoids routine, seeks out new forms, and necessities to pay his bills. thinks more about musical beauty than about observing established traditions, as do the Germans." As Tchaikovsky authority Still, a Fifth Symphony had been Dr. David Brown wrote,Tchaikovsky "might on Sibelius’mind.The dark times almost have been writing the prescription likely produced a resolve in him to “see dimly the mountain I shall for the violin concerto he himself was certainly ascend.”For Sibelius, the about to compose."

Fifth was to become an optimistic Lalo’s fame came late in his career. He was life-message he could best create over 50 at the time this Spanish Symphony in the isolation and surroundings of his country home in Järvenpää. established his international reputation when introduced by the renowned violinist The Fifth was the centerpiece of Pablo de Sarasate, whose dazzling technique showcasing quick shifts from the the birthday concert and the premiere was received with great lowest to highest registers and overall public acclaim, if not so Iberian flair became stylistic hallmarks of enthusiastically by the composer, the new work, a true concerto despite its who revised it in painstaking name. As well, Lalo wanted a symphonic design with “a violin soaring above the rigid detail over the following four years.The work’s triumphal form of an old symphony.” conclusion and the threat World The opening movement is in clear sonata War I was imposing invited a form, the Spanish tang firmly establishing programmatic description, but itself in the solo.The second movement is Sibelius dismissed any thoughts of the work other than as lithe and dance-like, while the third absolute music.“The directly movement’s Spanish “steps”contain alternate rhythms of two and three notes. symphonic [abstract] is the The fourth movement finds a melancholy compelling vein that goes through the whole,”he said. side, leading to a lively nod to Italy in a saltarello finale introduced by bells.

A leisurely four-note “motto” opens in the horns, for which Symphony No. 5 Sibelius extends the theme in his Jean Sibelius famously individual manner of b. Hämeenlinna, Finland / December 8, 1865 tension and release.The d. Järvenpää, Finland / September 20, 1957 thematically related scherzo Composed: 1915; revised in 1916, 1918 follows without pause, ramping and 1919 up its energy going forward.The First performance: December 8, 1915 Andante is a restful theme with (Helsinki) conducted by Robert Kajanus variations.The finale’s agitated Last WSO performance: 2007; Alexander opening anticipates something Mickelthwate, conductor on the grand scale, which materializes in a bell-like second Despite the fact that the Finnish government planned theme in the horns that underscores a long lined a national celebration woodwind melody. Building in a concert of Sibelius’ 50th birthday December 8th, 1915 controlled release of energy, the climax is among music’s most by commissioning a new memorable closures.

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CLASSICS

Gwen Hoebig plays Symphonie espagnole

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor An innovative and passionate force on and off the conductor’s podium, Taiwan-born Mei-Ann Chen is one of America’s most dynamic young conductors.

Music Director of the Memphis Symphony since 2010 and of the Chicago Sinfonietta since 2011, she has infused both orchestras with energy, enthusiasm and highlevel music-making. This summer, Mei-Ann Chen takes on the post of Artistic Director and Conductor for the 2016 National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Summer Orchestra Festival. A sought-after guest conductor, Ms. Chen’s reputation as a compelling communicator has resulted in growing popularity with orchestras both nationally and internationally. Recent performance highlights include Germany’s Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe, Taiwan’s National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony’s renowned Chinese New Year celebration, the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Concertgebouw, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Detroit, Cincinnati and Indianapolis symphonies. Among the honours and awards Ms. Chen has received are the 2012 League of American Orchestras’ prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award.

with orchestras across Canada, the United States and Europe. Gwen Hoebig joined the WSO as concertmaster in 1987, having been awarded the position as the unanimous choice of the audition committee. In 1993, she was honoured by the Government of Canada when she received the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, in recognition of her contribution to the arts. She has also been a member of the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Music and teaches regularly at the Mount Royal College in Calgary, where she is a member of the Extended Faculty.

EXTRA MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, flute; Tony Cyre, percussion

Gwen Hoebig, violin Recognized as one of Canada’s most outstanding violinists, Gwen Hoebig is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City. As a student she won every major Canadian music competition, and in 1981 was the top prizewinner at the Munich International Violin Competition. A champion of new music, she has given the Canadian premieres of violin concertos by S.C. EckhardtGramatté, T.P. Carrabré, Randolph Peters, Gary Kulesha, Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse and Philip Glass, and as soloist with orchestra she has performed all the major violin concerti January – February 2016 I OVERTURE 25

Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist Julian Pellicano, conductor

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Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the leading champions of the great American Songbook and has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. She won the Theater World Award and received a Tony nomination for her starring role in the Broadway musical Swing!

Ann made her Hollywood screen debut in Robert DeNiro's The Good Shepherd and was featured in the soundtrack of Queen Latifah’s Last Holiday. She’s written over 250 songs including two Platinum Award-winning hits for Barbra Streisand and the theme for the hit TV series The Nanny.

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released to rave reviews debuting at #25 on The Billboard Jazz Chart. This year, Ann has taken the symphony world by storm with her tribute to her legendary mentor in The Streisand Songbook, which she premiered with the Boston Pops and will be touring nationwide through 2014. Her new CD, From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project was released to rave reviews on September 16, 2014.

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Sonatina Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan Allen Jacqueline Anderson Heather Baker Veronique Barthet Mrs. Eva Berard Norma Bortoluzzi Mrs. Diane Brine Barbara Bryant-Anstie Alfred Buelow Sheila Burland Ms. Rosemary Butterworth Mr. Gerald Callow Ruth Calvert Yvette Cancade Andrea Charron Ella Chenkie Ms. Claudia Chernitsky S.K. Clark Mrs. Barbara Coombs Mr. Alfred Cornies Stephen Crane Ms. Judy Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cunningham Mr. Roger Dennis Beth Derraugh Mrs. Ethel Dil Claire Dionne Sylvia Dixon Anna Doorenbos Ms. Suzanne Doyle Ms. Sheila M. Dumore Ken Dzogan Ecole Pointe-Des-Chenes Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch Mr. S. J. Enns Mr. Garry W. Epp Vera & Peter Fast Ms. Allison Fenske Dr. Nelma Fetterman Robert Filiatront Hilda Franz Donalda Fridfinnson Ms. Anne Friesen Mrs. Cathy Gervais Ms. Barbara Gessner Mr. Christopher Golden Heather F. Graham Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Mrs. Inga Granovskaya John & Louise Greenaway Irvin & Gilda Greenburg Victoria Gretchen Ms. Joyce Grose Ms. Marianne Gruber Miss Laurie Anne Marie Gydé B. & R. Hall Gertrude Hamilton Mr. Ken Hardy Mrs. Helen Hayward Kelly Hearson Jean Highmoor Dorothy L. Hodgson Mrs. Mary-Ann Hudjik Don Hutniak Ho V Huynh Ishbel Isaacs Bob & Vi Jacob Peter & Dora Janzen Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Rodica Jeffrey David & Heather Jenkins

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Bryan Johnson Dr. Karen L. Johnson J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Mr. Tim Kasprick Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Katie Kirkpatrick Dr. Birte Klug Ray Knowles Jim Komishon Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Rhoda Kravetsky Janet and Tim Kroeker Mrs. Audrey Krushel Ms. Betty Laing Elizabeth Lansard Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle Mr. & Mrs. David Levene R. & J. Lewis Mr. John MacKenzie Mrs. Joyce Manwaring Mr. Allan Mapes Mr. & Mrs. Ian & Cornelia Marcil Mrs. Irene Marriott Ms. Carol Masse Ms. Kimberley McCallum Ms. Susan McCarthy Terri L. McKerchar Ardythe McMaster M. Mohr Nancy Morgan Mr. Robert Nix Theda Olson Mrs. Clarice Owen Shirley & Graham Padgett Sonjia Pasiechnik Ms. Beverley Phillips Darell Plummer Ms. Clare Pollock Cristian Popescu Ken & Geri Porath Rick & Peg Porter Mr. Guy Prokopetz Mrs. Glennys Propp Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Mrs. Charlotte Redekopp Ms. Pat Repa Ms. Patricia G. Ritchie Ms. Barbara Robertson Gisela Roger Mrs. V. Rosolowich Rory Runnells John & Shirley Russell Leonore Saunders O.M. Kay Schalme Izzy Shore Mrs. Marie Sichler Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Dianne J Szelag, C.G.A., CFP Ms. Marguerite Szymesko Ms. Melinda Tallin Mary Lou Talmage Gladys Tarala Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Anne Thiessen Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Judith & Francisco Valenzuela

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Denis Vincent Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Mr. Gordon Walkty Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace E. Sylvia Warrington Mr. Glen Angus Webster Mr. & Mrs. Donald Weidman Ms. Lorraine Willms Mrs. Margaret Wilson Terrie Woodward 16 Anonymous

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Stephen Choy & Gina Yoo Mr. Ray Davis Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald Helene Dyck Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Eugene Boychuk & Daniel Heindl Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Marilynne Keil in Memory of David H. Skinner Brent Mazur Ms. Edna Poulter Grant & Janet Saunders Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia Weselake James & Claudia Weselake Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Vera Gorlick Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Norma Bingeman Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Maria Michalak 2 Anonymous Conmoto

5468796 Architecture Madelyn & Michael Acht Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mrs. Alison Baldwin Mr. R.D. Bell David & Gillian Bird Mr. John Bockstael Hans & Lorna Boge

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Dr. Oliver A I Botar Jackie Brignall Mr. Harry Broumas Kevin Burns Sel & Chris Burrows Emily Burt Timothy & Barbara Burt CAA Manitoba David Carr Jill Carr & Alex Snukal Ms. Anne Cholakis Lara Ciekiewicz Michelle Cleland Kathy & David Connor Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Mr. Peter Czaplinski M. Donald in Honour of Mr. T. Wong & Family Ravi Dookeran Cora Eaton & Jordan Sodomsky Mrs. Ann England Robert Enright Kathleen & David Estey Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Terri Fuglem Wendy Gale Gardon Construction Ltd. Tyler Gompf Stefan Gordienko Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ms. Helen Hawrysh Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Hildebrand Humphry Inn & Suites Kim Jeremic Peter Jessiman Ellen & Harry Johnson Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Jose Koes Konstantinos Kotoulas & Family Kozub/Halldorson Family T.G. Kucera Patrick B. Kuzyk Ron Lambert Ms. Veronica L. Larmour Heather Laser Hideo Mabuchi Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Mr. Frank Martin Ms. Sylvia Marusyk V. & M. Mattheos Brent Mazur Allison McPhee Shana Menkis Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sheila Miller Ingrid & Lothar Moehlmann Margaret Moroz Matthew Narvey Michael Narvey Michael Nesbitt Char Okell Mikaela Oldenkamp Carole & Cam Osler Parlour Coffee Mr. Chris Pearce

Lesia Peet Margaret & Peter Peters Cheryl Janzen & Randolph Peters Sandra Peters Kathleen Polischuk & Richard Derksen Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Mark Potash Ms. Kathy Pratt Mrs. Victoria Ramnawaj Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Bill & Pat Reid Marisa Rodrigues Peter Sampson & Anna Robertson Mr. Alfred Schleier Demitris Scouras Mr. Michael Shnier Majid & Moti Shojania Drs. A. Majid & Mohtaram Shojania John Mansfield & Pam Simmons Muriel Smith Iian B. Smythe Carrie Solmundson Terrell Stephen Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Ms. Marlene Stern Jon Stewart Margaret & Hartley Stinson Ms. Linda Sundevic Sally Sweatman Brenda Taylor Fenella & Ray Temmerman Ms. Karen Tereck Tom & Lori Thomas Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Goline Vanderhoof Nils & Melissa Vik Mr. Curt Vossen Ms. Meeka Walsh Snjolaug Whiteway Karin Woods Nicole & Graham Worden Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 3 Anonymous

Share the Music is an outreach initiative that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances.

Shelley Chochinov Mr. Denzil Feinberg Greystone Managed Investments Inc. Mrs. Karen Kaplen Kevin & Els Kavanagh Pat Patterson Piston Ring Ms. Brenda Sklar Bette Jayne Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Myrna and Noah Weiszner 3 Anonymous

Sylvia Barr Brenda Batzel Jean & John Beaver in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily Marissa Becker after-school program that Aaron Benarroch enriches the lives of children Ms. Diane Bewell and young people with the Ameet Bharaj fewest resources and the Helen & Henry Bially in Memory of greatest need.

Benjamin John West Flynn Cathy Bilyk Honourary Chair Michael Bingham Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Dr. Catalena Birek Gwen Birse Maestoso Bryan Bjerring In Memory of Burns Foundation Benjamin Flynn RBC Foundation Sally Boulding Richardson Foundation Doneta & Harry Brotchie Tim & Joelle Brown Vivace Ms. Coralie Bryant Boeing Canada Winnipeg Mrs. Donna Bryk Cavalia Inc. Mrs. Dee Buchwald George Weston Limited Ms. Lorelei Bunkowsky Michael Nesbitt Dominador Calpatura The Pollard Family Foundation Amihan P. Camacho The Thomas Sill Foundation Mrs. Audrey Campbell Gordon & Ann Campbell Con Brio Mr. Alan Cantor In Memory of Kenneth Hrynchuk Ms. Darlene J. Chimilar Sanford & Deborah Riley Minna Chung Don & Lorraine Swanson Margaret Clarke in Memory of Ben Rotary Club of Winnipeg North Flynn Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Michael Cobus & Christine Allegro Wigglesworth Joan C. Cohen Assiniboine Credit Union Russell & Joan Colnett in Memory of Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. Benjamin John West Flynn Dr. David Lyttle Lily Conway in Memory of Benjamin Ron & Sandi Mielitz John West Flynn Linda Moore in Remembrance of Gerald Corr Anastasia Moore Cathy & Roger Coss Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Mrs. Diane Coughlin Ms. Charlotte Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara Crow Sandra & Harvey Secter Family F. De Grazia Fund, Jewish Foundation of Melissa Delaronde Manitoba Dr. Rayleen Deluca Moira Swinton & Bernie Leveille N. Denboer Jan and Jim Tennant Mr. Roger Dennis in Memory of Mr. E. Toews Ben Flynn Faye Warren Ms. Lucy De Sousa Winnipeg Regional Health Drs. Diana & Dhali Dhaliwal Authority Judy Doctoroff 1 Anonymous In Memory of Diane Dowling Conmoto Ruth & Charles Dowse Mrs. Cynthia Dutton James & Faye Alward in Memory Linda Edel of Benjamin John West Flynn Judge Judith Elliott James & Faye Alward in Honour of Connie Epp Margot J. Alward Kathleen & David Estey Mr. Barry Anderson Ms. Fruma Farago In Memory of Lois Anderson Rick & Julie Fast Ms. Hollie I. Andrew Ms. Hollie I. Andrew in Memory of Ben Linda and Greg Fearn Flynn Denzil Feinberg CFP R.F.P. Betty & Ted Ash In Memory of Ben Flynn Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Ms. Judith Flynn John Balsillie Mr. Peter Flynn Ms. Angelica Banmann Mr. Verland Force

Margo Foxford Bonny Fraser Albert & Luisa Friesen Gisaya Gahungu Evelyn & Ricardo Galima Celebrating the marriage of Marlene and Jerry Gary Gervais Dr. Lisa Gould Ms. Barbara Graham Mr. Bruce Granove Bobbi-Lynn Haegeman Alison Hall Judith Hall Stephen & Barbara Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Harvard Property Management Inc. / 201 Portage Ltd. Ms. Rhue Hayden Lydia Hedrich Ms. Donna Herold Katherine Himelblau Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Glen Pierce Debby and Brian Hirsch Vladimir Hlas Cathy Horbas William J. Hutton P. Ilavsky Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin & Jeanette Jackson Mrs. Miriam Jaeger James & Margaret Jeffries Bruce & Theresa Johnson Nancy Johnson Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones in Memory of Ben Flynn Ms. Nadia Kamienski Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ron Koswin Harry & Shirley Kowalchuk Peter Krahn Bryon Devries & Diane Lau Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Nancy LeBlond Melanie & Craig Leonhardt Lovie Liewicki Ms. Margaret Looney in Memory of Ben Flynn Ms. Leona MacDonald Ms. Lorraine MacIboric Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of John J. March and His Parents Kathleen Malone James Manishen Manitoba Association of School Superintendents Elaine & Neil Margolis Maylanne Maybee in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Mrs. Mary McCormick Ross Meacham Ms. Linda Meckling In Memory of Alan Blanchette Linda Lee-Meiers & Matt Meiers Lorna Mendoza Rita & Don Menzies Mr. Peter Mertins

Trish Minish Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell G.F. (Rick) Morgan Francine Morin Margaret Moroz, in Memory of Ben Moroz Mrs. Norma Morris Kim Morton Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise Murphy Bob and Cindy Newfield Mr. Robert Nix Nostalgia Broadcasting Cooperative Ms. Claudette Novak Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn William & Linda Oakley in Memory of Ben Flynn Peter Obendoerfer Thomas Obendoerfer Mr. Brian O'Leary Ms. Anna Olson Margaret Owen R & J Palmer Theresa Parker Elizabeth Parry Pat Patterson Patricia M. Patterson in Memory of Max & Pearl Kuran and Mary Kuran; In Honour of Beatrice Kuran, Jean Kuran and Una Kuran Mrs. Jackie Paul Mr. Julian Pellicano Brenda Peterson Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Mrs. Edna Poulter in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Ms. Lois Powne Thomas & Lorraine Prescott in Memory of Ben Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Mr. David Procner Dr. David Punter Catherine Purchase Val Raber John & Violet Rademaker In Honour of Debra Radi Mr. Carl Radimer Dr. Diane Ramsey In memory of Henry Ray Mrs. Marieann Reeves Barbara Rempel Tannis Richardson Erin Risbey David Guspodarchuk & Joey-Heather Robertson Garry and Tamara Roehr Karen Romanoff Mrs. Jeanne Romanoski Sheryl Rosenberg Jay Ross Penny Rossman Edward Sale in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Corazon Saquilayan Lynn Saunders Nicola Schaefer Gaylene Schroeder-Nishimura

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Trudy Schroeder Kathleen Schubert Betty & Sam Searle Marilyn & Jon Seguire Ms. Mary Semanowich Olga & Myron Shatulsky Ms. Selma Shearer Wayne Shimizu Roger Simoens Heartland Singers Sistema Winnipeg Orchestra Christine Skene and Nick Logan Muriel Smith Michael Soriano Meg Specht Patricia Spencer and Thomas Osborn George Toles and Melissa Steele Lynne Stefanchuk Wally & Pat Stefanchuk Pat & Wally Stefanchuk Ms. Diane Elisabeth Stewart Patricia & Fletcher Stewart in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Sweet Silver Szwajcer Family Dr. Laura E. Targownik Caroline Taubensee Mary and Robert Thomas Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson Rev. & Mrs. William & Molly Titus in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Bill & Barb Toews Judith & Francisco Valenzuela Strang/van Ineveld Family Gail Walker in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Barbara Warrack The Waverley Tenant Association John & Diane Weselake Steve West S Whitehouse Don & Florence Whitmore Grace M. Wiebe Drs. Lora Cuddy & Mel Wiebe in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Ms. Edie Wilde William Wilde Ms. Sid Williamson The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Peter & Geraldine Spencer Fund V Wowryk Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Ms. Diane Zack 11 Anonymous

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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose generosity helped to support orchestral music in our community.

Ms. Sylvia L. Barr Dianne J. Beaven F. Bell Monty & Mary-Claire Bell Marjorie Blankstein Helga & Gerhard Bock Frances Booth Ms. Bev Bosiak Dolores P. Brommell Ms. Carol Budnick Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk Gerald Callow Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia Cassie Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Donna Chambers Dave Christianson Karen Couch Dennis & Ruth Crook Jean Cunningham Ellen Curtis D. Cymbalist Piotr Czaykowski & Anne Worley Lena Donald Mr. & Ms. Jim & Virginia Dyck Lisa Edel Scott & Margaret Edmonds Donna Ekerholm Connie Epp John B. & Katie Epp Vera & Peter Fast Rev. Brenda Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Filmon Joan Fleming Miriam Fliegel Mrs. Gitta Fricke Arnold & Myra Frieman Marian H. Friesen Robert & Monica Friesen Arnold & Christa Froese Carol and George Gamby Mrs. A. Lee Gibson Mrs. Marie-Alice Grassick Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Mr. Patrick Hackett

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George Handyman Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ian & Gerry Hamilton L. Harasym Teresa A. Hay Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk L.G. Herd Terry Heron Sanford Hildebrand Ms. Susan Hildebrandt The Hintsas Carole Holke Stella Hryniuk Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Vi Hultin Mrs. Joan M. Hunter P. Ilavsky Rudy & Gail Isaak Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Crystal & GĂźnter Jochum J. H. Kaminsky Henry Katz in Memory of Dena Dr. Maureen Kilgour Ken Kinsley Frances R. Kolt Mona Koropatnick Ms. Jacki Koven Ms. Janet Kuchma Elizabeth Lansard Don Lawrence Mr. Norman Leathers Mrs. Ingrid Lee Jennifer Lidstone P. M. Litwin Meiya Liu Roger Lowe Grant MacDougall Lydia MacKenzie Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Dr.and Mrs. A. Macrodimitris Barbara Main Mr. Allan Mapes Ms. Nola McBurney Ms. Margaret K. McCulloch Ms. Diane McGregor Jim & Terri McKerchar Sylvia Mitchell Margaret & Fred Mooibroek D.E. Morrison Bill and Hilda Muir Ms. Lillian Murphy Robert Nix

Pat Patterson Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Frank & Jeanne Plett Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Mr. & Mrs. Barry Prentice David Punter Juta Rathke Barbara M. Robertson Lisa Anderson Mal and Pat Anderson Olga & Bill Runnalls Alixe Ryles Barbara Scheuneman A. Schroeder Dr. Robert Schroth Ken Schykulski Mr. & Mrs. Ed & Elaine Segstro Mrs. Doreen Shanks Carl and Margaret Shaykewich Ms. Debbie Spacklin Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Stanton Mr. Herbert Stewart Juris and Aija Svenne Mrs. Joan Swaffer Ms. Judith Thompson Ms. Marilyn Thompson Ms. Andrea Towers In Honour of Richard Turner Mrs. Susan Twaddle Audrey Walker Patricia Walker Mrs. Marilyn Weimer Evelyn Wener David Westfall Ms. Joan Wise 19 Anonymous Listing as of November 16, 2015

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 1982-83

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 Mr. John O. Baatz

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 2007-2012 2012-present

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 Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Al Alexandruk Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie John and Bonnie Buhler James Carr Edmund Dawe, D.M.A. Dorothy Dobbie Greg Doyle Jamie Dolynchuk Julia De Fehr Susan Feldman Barbara Filuk Wally Fox-Decent Jack Fraser Evelyn Friesen Elba Haid

Helen Hayles Kaaren Hawkins Sherrill Hershberg Ian Kay Roger King Bill Knight Michel Lagacé Zina Lazareck Gail Leach Dr. Hermann Lee Naomi Levine Bill Loewen Jackie Lowe Dr. Brendan MacDougall Don MacKenzie Bill Marr Ed J. Martens Michael Nozick

Harvey Pollock Dr. William Pope John Rademaker Kathleen Richardson Tannis Richardson Lenny Richardson Ed Richmond Lorne Sharfe William Shead Graeme Sifton Joanne Sigurdson Muriel Smith Bonnie Staples-Lyon Brenlee Carrington Trepel Dennis Wallace

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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2015-2016 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Timothy E. Burt, CFA, President Terry Sargeant, 1st Vice President Curt Vossen, 2nd Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, CA, Treasurer Michael D. Kay, Secretary Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Alan Freeman Daniel Friedman

Gregory Hay Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Peter Jessiman Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Maureen Kilgour Silvester Komlodi Sotirios Kotoulas Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Dr. Michael Nelson Dr. Ian Thomson Richard Turner Ex-Officio Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director

EXECUTIVE OFFICE Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra, VP Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Box Office Coordinator Shevaun Fortune, Patron Services Representative Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Chelse McKee Meg Dolovich Crystal Schwartz Rachel Himelblau Stephanie Van Nest Melissa Houston MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Development Sarah Duval, Director of Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Matt Brooks, Designer S.Thompson Designs Inc.

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WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Margaret Kellermann McCulloch, President Sylvia Cassie, Past president Winnifred Warkentin, Vice president Nancy Weedon, Treasurer Sherratt Moffatt, Secretary

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

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OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The Honourable Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba His Worship Brian Bowman, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Production Manager Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager Amy Wolfe, Education & Community Engagement Coordinator Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager

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