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SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND TERRI CLARK MEETS THE WSO RUSSIAN FIREWORKS LES VIOLONS DU ROY DISNEY FANTASIA: LIVE IN CONCERT

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, Patrons, and Music Lovers, This year marks my 10th anniversary season with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. We have performed some of my favourite works this season with Mahler’s 2nd and 10th symphonies, and recently Bruckner’s 4th, but there is still so much beautiful music to take in over the next few months. We set Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, his most personal statement, with Alain Lefèvre’s interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s 4th Piano Concerto. Then we will have the ultimate pairing of classical music and animation with Disney FANTASIA: Live in Concert. We close the season with the astounding theatrics of Cirque Mechanics, a feast for the eyes and ears. We will bring an 18-foot, pedalpowered “Gantry Crane” on stage. If you have never seen a Cirque show before, this is the way to see it - with live symphony orchestra! While you are at the concert hall, I encourage you to talk to a WSO staff member or volunteer about our next season. They will be happy to discuss your subscription package with you and let you know all the benefits of becoming a WSO subscriber – and a member of our extended symphony family. I would like to thank all of our major sponsors, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, the Richardson Foundation, Air Canada, Investors Group and Great-West Life, who help this organization thrive. Auf Wiedersehen, I hope to see you soon,

Alexander Mickelthwate Music Director

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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. Photographer: Grajewski Fotograph Inc.

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. Photographer: Nardella Photography Inc. 4

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

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

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

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Chris Anstey **Jeremy Buzash Mona Coarda Rodica Jeffrey Hong Tian Jia Meredith McCallum Jane Pulford 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

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

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

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda 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, Acting Principal

*On Leave **Temporary Position

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed HORNS alphabetically and are seated Patricia Evans, Principal according to a rotational system. Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal James Robertson Fred Redekop is the official Piano The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

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Beethoven, Mendelssohn and a New Virtuoso James Feddeck, conductor Louis Schwizgebel, piano

Má vlast (My Homeland): selections Vltava (The Moldau) Sˇárka

Bedrˇich Smetana (1824-1884)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 Allegro con brio Adagio Rondo: Molto allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

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Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (Italian) Allegro vivace Andante con moto Con moto moderato Saltarello: Presto

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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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PROGRAM NOTES by James Manishen

Má vlast (My Homeland) Bedrˇ ich Smetana b. Bohemia / March 2, 1824 d. Prague / May 12, 1884 Composed: 1874-1879 First performance: November 2, 1882 (Prague), conducted by Adolf Cˇech Last WSO performance: The Moldau: 2006; Michelle Mourre, conductor. Sˇárka: First WSO performance Though Prague was a musical centre during the eighteenth century, Czech musical nationalism had to wait for Bedrˇich Smetana, whose integration of folkbased musical material into his compositions established his country’s musical identity in the concert hall. Má Vlast (My Country) is a superb cycle of six tone poems inspired by the native lore of Bohemia. Dedicated to the city of Prague, the premiere was the occasion for a patriotic rally and like Sibelius’Finlandia, Smetana’s score has become a symbol of its country’s national pride, with performances taking place every year on the anniversary of Smetana’s death. Vltava (The Moldau) is the Czech river that flows past Prague to join the Elbe in the north. Smetana’s music traces a journey he took along the river in 1870, conveying both the trip and the sights along the way.Though long thought to be Czech folk-based, the main theme comes from a Swedish tune praising the countryside north of Göteborg, where Smetana had spent five years after 1856 as conductor of that city’s Philharmonic Society. Sˇárka is the most story-based of the cycle. Divided into five sections, it begins with the enraged Sárka swearing vengeance on the male race for infidelity of her lover. A march signals the arrival of the knights led by Ctirad to punish Sˇárka and her rebellious court maidens. A solo clarinet depicts the cry of Sárka, to which Ctirad begins to show sympathy.The fourth polka section describes the drunken warriors.They

fall asleep (the low bassoons) and Symphony No. 4 (Italian) another clarinet solo introduces the Felix Mendelssohn closing chapter leading all the men to b. Hamburg / February 3, 1809 the slaughter, in blood and thunder style. d. Leipzig / November 4, 1847 Composed: 1831-1833; revised Piano Concerto No. 2 1834-1837 Ludwig van Beethoven First performance: May 13, 1833 b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 (London), conducted by the composer d.Vienna / March 26, 1827 Last WSO performance: 2003; Jaime Composed: 1794-1795, revised in 1798 Laredo, conductor First performance: March 29, 1795 (Vienna), with the composer as soloist Mendelssohn’s affluent Last WSO performance: 2003; Imre Pallo, family life prompted as conductor; André Laplante, piano much a desire for travel as for music. So confident was the Numerous letters Elector of Bonn in the describe his journeys abilities of the 22-year-old across Europe, and ten trips to Great Beethoven, in November Britain prompted music, notably his of 1792 he underwrote tours of Scotland that resulted in the the young composer’s “Scottish”Symphony and the Hebrides move from Bonn to Vienna, the musical Overture. capital of Europe. Franz Joseph Haydn was no less enthused, seeing in Beethoven At age 21 he undertook a major tour of a willing if ultimately temporary pupil. the Continent.But it was Italy that Other teachers, Salieri among them, Mendelssohn especially warmed to,and followed, but Beethoven’s Viennese star in 1831 he began a symphony based on quickly rose more as a pianist, whose his impressions of Rome,Naples and passionate intensity and original other points of inspiration to him. communicative gifts soon had the most elegant Viennese nobility exhibiting him One thinks about effortless facility while listening to Mendelssohn,but that was at evening soirées for their friends. hardly the case with the composition of Beethoven’s first Vienna public appearance his “Italian”Symphony.Mendelssohn took place at a pair of concerts organized struggled with its assembly,and a in part by Salieri, a large affair for charity commission for a symphony from the involving over 150 participants. Beethoven Philharmonic Society of London spurred chose to play a piano concerto in B-flat Mendelssohn to complete all the major he had been working on, movements from his sketches. completing it just in time for the performance, which was a success that did The premiere was a great success and further cemented the special friendship much to propel Beethoven’s career as Mendelssohn had with Queen Victoria. both composer and performer. Still,Mendelssohn wasn’t satisfied with The B-flat Concerto was written before the work and refused its publication. the “First”but is known as “No. 2”since it Only after his death was the score was published later.Though clearly a published and made widely available, product of the Classical era in its soon becoming one of the most construction and expression, it is easy to popular orchestral works in the view Beethoven’s singular forces literature and winning the praise of permeating No. 2 in the face of what we audiences and critics alike. know lay ahead.The opening movement follows a familiar classical narrative.The The opening movement is an exuberant sonata-allegro with a second movement’s solo embellishments remind of Beethoven’s striking contrapuntal development section.The Andante is a slow march, massive powers as an improviser.The rondo-finale bounds along energetically, perhaps drawn from a religious with both a look back to Beethoven’s procession Mendelssohn experienced classical forbears and the premonition of in Naples.The third movement is a a whole new story in creativity that gentle minuet, leading to a dazzling would change music forever. Roman saltarello finale.

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ARTIST BIOS

CLASSICS

Beethoven, Mendelssohn and a New Virtuoso

James Feddeck, conductor

Louis Schwizgebel, piano

“A tremendous find… Musicians of this caliber are like gold dust” (The Herald). James Feddeck is rapidly becoming one of the most interesting and remarkable conductors of today, impressing orchestras with his innate talent and outstanding musicianship on both sides of the Atlantic.

Swiss-Chinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel is winner of the Geneva International Music Competition, silver medalist at the Leeds International Piano Competition, and former BBC New Generation Artist.

Of his recent debut with the Hallé, The Guardian noted that he stepped in “to salvage the concert with style and steel” and is “a conductor to watch. ”Over the last two seasons Feddeck has made a number of significant North American and European debuts, including with the Chicago, San Francisco, Minnesota, Detroit, Los Angeles Chamber, Ottawa NAC, Atlanta, Houston, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Royal Scottish National, Residentie and BBC Symphony Orchestras, the Deutsche Oper Berlin in a collaboration with Béjart Ballet, and the Tampere and Helsinki philharmonic orchestras. In addition to his conducting, James Feddeck is an accomplished organist and has performed recitals throughout Europe and North America. He studied oboe, piano, organ and conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in 2010 was recognized by Oberlin as the first recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

In 2015-2016, Schwizgebel debuts with the Utah, Detroit, Munich, Winnipeg, and Queensland symphonies, and returns to the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. In solo recital, he performs at Wigmore Hall; and in duo with Alina Ibragimova. In Asia, he debuts in Hong Kong and returns to Beijing Concert Hall and Shanghai Symphony Hall. New conductor collaborations include Robin Ticciati, Andris Poga and Mirga GraÏinytò-Tyla. Schwizgebel records for Aparté; his recording of Beethoven’s First and Second Piano Concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Thierry Fischer was deemed a “beautifully nuanced account,” by Gramophone. Schwizgebel appreciates support from the Migros Culture Percentage, Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund and Animato Foundation.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Tony Cyre, percussion; Jim Ewen, bassoon

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Art of Time Ensemble: Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director/piano Steven Page, vocals Andy Maize, vocals Craig Northey, vocals Glen Phillips, vocals Joe Phillips, bass Rob Piltch, guitar Rick Sacks, percussion Julian Pellicano, conductor

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Within You Without You When I’m Sixty-Four Lovely Rita Good Morning Good Morning Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) A Day in the Life Penny Lane Here Comes the Sun All You Need is Love All songs composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney except “Within You Without You”composed by George Harrison.

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ARTIST BIOS

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director/piano Andrew Burashko made his debut at the age of seventeen with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has since established himself as one of Canada's premier soloists. Known for his passionate performances and eclectic repertoire, Burashko has performed with most of the Canadian orchestras, collaborating with conductors Sir Andrew Davis,Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Pinchas Zukerman among many others. As a soloist he has performed extensively throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe, and as a chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with Canada's top artists and performs in festivals throughout Canada and Europe. For the past 16 years, he has also been involved in an important and ongoing collaboration with modern dancer Peggy Baker. Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Andrew began his studies with Marina Geringas at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He went on to study with Lee Kum-Sing in Vancouver, Leon Fleisher and Marek Jablonski in Toronto, and Bella Davidovich in New York.

Steven Page, vocals Steven Page’s distinctive and powerful tenor is among the most immediately familiar voices in popular music today.The singer/songwriter is a founding member of The Barenaked Ladies with whom he toured the globe and sold millions of albums. On his own, Steven Page continues his artistic evolution with a diverse array of solo projects. “I’d like to think I’m still

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delivering that thing that has connected with audiences for so long. I enjoy the process of being artistic, of taking chances and not knowing what might come next.” To that end, Steven Page is working on his fifth Stratford Festival score, and in conjunction with Toronto’s innovative Art of Time Ensemble, he has collaborated on two releases, This Singer Must Die and Sgt. Pepper, as well as several live performances. With his flair for writing literate songs with catchy melodies, Steven Page continues to release original music including his critically acclaimed album Page One, his Genie-nominated track, A Different Sort of Solitude - featured in the film French Immersion - and his composition A New Shore - the theme for the 2014 CBC miniseries BEST LAID PLANS. A life-long food and travel enthusiast, Steven Page journeyed across North America last year as host of The Illegal Eater, a television series, which uncovers underground eateries and explores offthe-grid dining experiences. The show, which airs on Travel + Escape in Canada and Esquire TV in the US, also features a theme song and incidental music penned by Steven. Still touring regularly with his six-piece band of multi-instrumentalists, Steven Page is working on new material set for release later this year.

Andy Maize, vocals Andy Maize is a singer-songwriter and co-founded the Canadian roots/rock band Skydiggers.The ‘Diggers have been writing and playing their way across the majestic landscapes of Canada for over a quarter-century. Skydiggers have 16 records to their name, including their debut Skydiggers (1990), and more recently Angels (2013). In celebration of their 25th year, Skydiggers released No. 1 Northern (2013), a covers album of classic Canadian folk and rock songs. Toronto-born and bred, Maize can also lay claim to co-founding Maple Music, a record label and e-commerce platform for Canadian artists and markets. Maple’s successes are many, and include

bolstering the careers of Sam Roberts and Kathleen Glen Phillips, vocals Edwards, and distributing Radiohead’s three most Glen Phillips is a songwriter,multirecent records in Canada. instrumentalist,producer and singer based out of California. He is Maize is no stranger to the Art of Time Ensemble, perhaps best known as the front having collaborated on projects for nearly a decade. man of Toad the Wet Sprocket,a His work with the Ensemble is diverse, and ranges from band he co-founded at the age of 15. performing Abbey Road to writing songs inspired by Signed to Columbia only three years Schubert, from joining the Lonely Hearts Club Band to later,Toad the Wet Sprocket topped charts with tracks singing songs of protest. including All I Want and Walk on the Ocean. Maize was a part of the original Ensemble After releasing five albums in the span of a decade production of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in with the band,Phillips began a solo career by 2012. recording Albulum (2001) with producer Ethan Johns. Collaborations have included Mutual Admiration Society (2004) and Works Progress Administration Craig Northey, vocals Vancouver's Craig Northey is one of (2009),both with members of Nickel Creek.Other the principle singer-songwriters of projects include Plover and RemoteTreeChildren, the band Odds. Their debut album numerous songwriting collaborations,seven solo albums and two solo EPs. Neopolitan (1991) spurred a decades-long career, which saw After a 16-year hiatus since the release of their last their many records released in 20 countries. Odds went platinum with album,Coil,Toad the Wet Sprocket reunited to record Good Weird Feeling (1995) and gold with Nest (1996), New Constellation (2013).Phillips joined the band on generating popular singles like Someone Who’s Cool, the road opening for Counting Crows,and continues It Falls Apart and Eat My Brain.The Odds have been to perform solo dates in support of Options,a collection of solo b-sides and alternate takes. nominated for several JUNOs (including two nods for Best Songwriter) and acted as Warren Zevon’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is Phillips’ backing band for the Mr. Bad Example tour. first collaboration with Art of Time Ensemble. Northey is a “serial collaborator,”making albums ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: and writing songs with friends such as Rosanne Allen Harrington, bassoon Cash, Steven Page,The Gin Blossoms,Tom Wilson, Rob Baker (of The Tragically Hip),Wide Mouth Mason and Colin James. His strong relationship to the comedy troupe Kids in The Hall opened the door to composing for film and TV. Amongst Northey’s credits are Brain Candy (1995), Dog Park (1996), Hiccups (2010-2012), Kids In the Hall in Death Comes to Town (2010) and the theme song for Corner Gas (2004-2009). Recently he scored Corner Gas:The Movie (2014) and is currently co-composing the series Young Drunk Punk with his pal, Art of Time composer, Jim McGrath. Odds have released a trilogy of EPs in 2014-2015.

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Terri Clark, vocals/guitar Julian Pellicano, conductor

The Cowboys Overture I Just Wanna Be Mad A Little Gasoline No Fear If I Were You Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Three Mississippi Every Time I Cry Now That I Found You

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John Williams Kelley Lovelace, Lee Thomas Miller Tammy Rogers, Dean Miller Mary Chapin Carpenter,Terri Clark Terri Clark Warren Zevon Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey,Troy Verges Bob Regan, Karen Staley JD Martin, Paul Begaud,Vanessa Corish

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You’re Easy On the Eyes Empty I Wanna Do It All Smile Northern Girl Girls Lie Too Better Things to Do Gypsy Boots

Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters,Terri Clark Gary Butler,Terri Clark Tim Nichols, Rick Giles, Gilles Godard Terri Clark, Kayn Rochelle Terri Clark, Kristen Hall Connie Harrington, Kelley Lovelace,Tim Nichols Tom Shapiro,Terri Clark, Chris Waters Terri Clark, Jon Randall, Leslie Satcher

All orchestral arrangements by Claude Lapalme.

Wednesday, April 13

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ARTIST BIOS

SPECIALS

Terri Clark with the WSO

Terri Clark, vocals/guitar Hailing from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Terri Clark is an eight-time CCMA Entertainer of the Year and has taken home the Female Vocalist of the Year award five times. Terri has sold more than four million albums worldwide and has made her mark on radio with 13 Top Ten singles – hits that include Better Things To Do, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Girls Lie Too, and I Just Wanna Be Mad. Terri has the honour of being

the only Canadian female artist to be a member of the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Terri sells out headline shows across the US and Canada and has toured with such superstars as Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, and George Strait. Terri’s album, Some Songs, is available now on iTunes and www.terriclark.com.

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Russian Fireworks: Tchaikovsky 5 and Rachmaninoff 4 Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Alain Lefèvre, piano *Winnipeg Youth Orchestra, Daniel Scholz, director

*Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 Allegro vivace Largo – Allegro vivace

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

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Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Andante – Allegro con anima Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza Valse: Allegro moderato Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace Friday, April 15 Saturday, April 16

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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt b. Raiding, (Doborján), Austria / October 22, 1811 d. Bayreuth / July 31, 1886 Composed for piano: circa 1850; orchestrated circa 1855 Last WSO performance: 1983; Erich Kunzel, conductor

way out of Moscow for the composer and his family, who had to leave behind their home, property and possessions. As a renowned pianist, Rachmaninoff had entertained offers to come to America and on November 1, 1918 he sailed from Oslo to New York, never again returning to his native land.

Symphony No. 5 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky b. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840 d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893 Composed: 1888 First performance: November 17, 1888 (St. Petersburg), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2011, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

Rachmaninoff needed the income from his coast-to-coast American Tchaikovsky’s music concert tours (that continued masks an almost ongoing uninterrupted for the next 25 years) to insecurity in how he support his family.This had impact on viewed his creative net worth. In May of 1888, he Though born in Hungary, his composing time. “I have to concentrate on any one thing I am had gone three years Franz Liszt’s native doing to such a degree that it does without writing anything. His spirits were language was French not seem to allow me to take up low and he feared his creative energy and at age ten he was anything else,”he told an interviewer. was becoming tapped out. Still, he wrote living in Vienna. Still, he to his brother Modeste that he had to never forgot his Though it has been speculated that snap out of his mental state and homeland and incorporated national Rachmaninoff produced his Fourth compose something. Amazingly, melodies in his 19 Hungarian Concerto as an alternate performing Tchaikovsky completed a short score to Rhapsodies plus other Hungarianvehicle to the constant demands for the Fifth Symphony within six weeks of inspired pieces. Liszt felt himself a his performances of the Second and that letter. standard-bearer for Hungarian musical Third Concertos,he said nothing about nationalism, and indeed his work At the premiere in St. Petersburg, the the Fourth’s inspiration.As with the became early examples of the broader audience respectfully applauded the others,the Fourth follows a similarly folk-based movement that soon lay composer but Tchaikovsky felt the effusive Romantic path for which the ahead for other composers. composer made no apologies. “I have work a failure.Things changed at a performance in Hamburg in 1889 made an intense effort to feel the Liszt took the free-form name of musical manner of today,but it will not where the audience, performers, critics “Rhapsody”to encompass the quick and even Brahms, who attended, were come to me.” contrasts and pliancy one feels in the notably enthusiastic.The Fifth structures. Based on the alternating slow “Lassu”and fast “Friss”components The premiere of the Fourth Concerto Symphony never looked back after that, becoming a much-loved staple of of the Hungarian Czardasalla, plus other met little success, with reviews the orchestral literature. complaining of loose-knit structure performance devices of rubato, accelerando and characteristic harmonic and new material appearing without As with the Fourth Symphony, the “sanction of necessity”(Samuel shifts, the music contains atmospheric Tchaikovsky’s resignation to his fate Chotzinoff). Rachmaninoff played the and entertaining displays, whether becomes the prevailing force in the work for three years, dropping it from based on authentic material (“gypsy”as Fifth. But while the Fourth’s story is more his repertoire in 1930 until its Liszt described) or not. earthbound and combative, the Fifth’s extensive and better-received revision message elevates towards the spiritual Liszt transcribed six of his Rhapsodies for of 1941. where man’s journey is governed by orchestra and No. 2 is the most popular. The first movement’s sweeping main forces above earth to better the soul. As in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Piano Concerto No. 4 theme and rhapsodic development Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is a journey from section emblazon the work’ s darkly Sergei Rachmaninoff struggle to joyous resignation. Romantic spirit, the piano role grand b. Oneg, Russia / April 1, 1873 and wide-ranging.The entire The Symphony opens with a Fate d. Los Angeles, CA, USA / March 28, 1943 intermezzo second movement stems theme in unison clarinets, a theme that Composed: 1926 from its opening theme, an austere recurs in each movement.The second First performance: March 18, 1927 setting closely resembling the nursery movement’s memorable horn solo has (Philadelphia), conducted by Leopold written in the manuscript “Oh, how I tune Three Blind Mice and with a Stokowski with the composer as soloist stormy centerpiece.The finale received love…if you love me.”It could be an First WSO performance of original version operatic love scene.The third the most extensive revisions in 1941 Rachmaninoff saw the and is a dazzling virtuosic display with movement is a waltz, recalling Tchaikovsky’s imperial status as a writing on the wall when crunching harmonies and sharp wit the Russian Revolution set in a complex structure that brings composer of ballet.The finale begins with a lengthy recall of the Fate theme began in March 1917. A back themes from the opening recital tour of Scandinavia movement.Tonight’s performance is but soon turns heroic, marching to the end with victory hard-won. that November gave a of the original version. Veuillez vous adresser au service des abonnés ou consulter le site www.wso.ca pour la traduction en français. 20

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Alain Lefèvre, piano One of Canada’s foremost virtuosos, JUNO Award-winner Alain Lefèvre has been acclaimed by the press as “a pianist who breaks the mold” (International Piano, London) and “who stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international scene” (Classica). He has revived and championed the music of forgotten genius, composer and pianist André Mathieu, called the “Canadian Mozart,” and was music director, composer, and pianist for the 2010 motion picture L’Enfant prodige, a film based on André Mathieu’s life (Cinémaginaire).

Winnipeg Youth Orchestra, Daniel Scholz, director Founded in 1923, the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras are the oldest Youth Orchestra in Canada. The aim of the founding fathers was to provide young and aspiring musicians with the opportunity to play music in an orchestral setting.

WYO offers an innovative and stimulating program to youth musicians between the ages of 9 and 21. The WYO are currently organised into 3 orchestral groups, the Youth Strings, Youth Concert Orchestra and Youth Symphony Orchestra based upon musical ability. A central part of the program is the annual tour and the two annual public concerts each year. WYO has Mr. Lefèvre pursues a sparkling international close ties to the Winnipeg Symphony career, performing in prestigious venues Orchestra, which sees WSO musicians working (Carnegie, Ravinia, Royal Albert Hall, Théatre together with members and WYO students des Champs-Élysées) and with leading attending WSO concerts throughout the year. conductors such as James Conlon, Charles A recent addition to the program is an Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano, exchange weekend with the Thunder Bay Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Symphony Youth Orchestra. The result is a He has appeared with the Philadelphia thriving organisation with over 170 members. Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Oper ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Komische Orchestra (Berlin), Orchestre Laura MacDougall, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe National de France and Moscow Virtuosi, to name but a few. With over thirty CDs winning numerous prizes, his discography covers a vast repertoire, including John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto, chosen by BBC Music Magazine as the reference version. His recording of works by Rachmaninov and Scriabin with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano was selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone magazine.

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Overture to Olympie Joseph Martin Kraus b. Miltenberg am Main, Germany / June 20, 1756 d. Stockholm, Sweden / December 15, 1792 Composed: 1791 Known as “the Swedish Mozart,”Joseph Martin Kraus was a gifted and unusual composer whose talent and theatrical flair caused Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Joseph Haydn to proclaim him an original genius. A published author during his youth, in the 1770s at the University of Göttingen, Kraus fell in with a literary movement devoted to the Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) school, a faction inspired by the early Romantic works of Goethe. Kraus published stories representative of this movement, later travelling to Sweden in the hopes of breaking into the musical court of Gustav III. He eventually did, going on to compose and publish within the intellectual and cultural life of the Swedish capital. Kraus’s incidental music for Johan Henrik Kellgren’s tragedy Olympie contains a powerful Sturm und Drang overture that opens with the jagged rhythms of French grandeur followed by a violent Allegro, ripe with wild ostinato in the strings and dramatic outbursts at every turn.

Piano Concerto No. 9 (Jeunehomme) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 Composed: January, 1777 After years of touring European capitals with his father and sister, wowing audiences as a child virtuoso, Mozart returned to his hometown of Salzburg in 1773 to compose and perform as concertmaster to the Prince-

Archbishop. At the new adult age of 21, he planned to look for employment in Mannheim and Paris during the summer of 1777 and wanted to significantly deepen his craft with a new work he would perform himself. The Piano Concerto No. 9 was to be his calling card.

weave the most intense emotional spell, rising to a new pitch at the cadenza.

The remarkable finale, a loose rondo, kicks off with one of Mozart’s most energetic displays. A stately minuet arrives, with a theme and four elaborate variations to change the The concerto became known as the mood, texture and tempo.The main Jeunehomme, an ambiguous tempo returns, luxuriantly set with reference to the pianist Victoire arpeggios in the piano over a rich Jenamy (1749-1812) who inspired orchestral backing leading to an the work while in Salzburg during exuberant close. the winter of 1776-77. She was the daughter of the famous ballet Symphony No. 40 master Noverre and must have Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart been a formidable player. It became Composed: 1788 the first of Mozart’s piano concertos to appear in print, published in Paris In less than two months Mozart produced the towering around 1780. masterpieces of his orchestral output, Symphonies 39, 40 and 41. The Jeunehomme was to Mozart’s piano concertos what the Eroica was Though one cannot simplify the striking wealth of resource in No. 40, to Beethoven’s symphonies, coincidentally sharing the same key it may be fair to say that in its key of G minor and the symphony’s of E-flat major. That is, a impassioned moods and restless monumental, groundbreaking happening in its musical genre that intensity may very well be in markedly changed what had come response to the tragic conditions Mozart was living under at the time. before, and generally regarded as the first real masterpiece among Mozart was 32 in the summer of Mozart’s 27 piano concertos. 1788, in declining health and with only three years to live. His wife was The concerto opens with a short in failing health and they had just orchestral fanfare immediately lost their six-month-old daughter. answered by the piano – a bold and His opera Don Giovanni was not well unprecedented stroke breaking received in May, not much was on with accepted practice of every Mozart’s plate performance-wise concerto written up to that time. and he was deeply in debt.Those The piano then steals away, allowing two summer months may be the the orchestra to build the exposition most magical period of musical and then re-entering with a long creation in the history of the art. anticipatory trill. For the first time in the concerto medium, soloist and No. 40 is a work at the crossroads of orchestra become equal partners in the Classical and Romantic eras – a genuine dialogue. phenomenal happening that seems to live in both worlds at the same Nowhere is the connection between time. Here the orderly ways of the opera and concerto more evident Classical period find themselves than in the slow movement, marked amalgamated to a new and vivid “andantino,”which at the time power of self –expression, which indicated a slower pace than Beethoven was to take up and run with. All that, coupled with a masterly andante. Mozart uses a minor key for the first time in a piano concerto, technical skill produce a truly gripping experience in No. 40, no lending a poignant dignity to its matter how many times you hear it. expression and even moments of recitative as solo and orchestra

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has carved out a reputation as an important new voice from the podium specializing in Baroque and Classical repertoire as well as the great neglected works of 19th-century France. His first recording at the head of Les Violons du Roy appeared in September 2014, and he received in 2015 the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting from the Canada Council for the Arts.

The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The group, which has a core membership of fifteen players, was brought together in 1984 by founding conductor Bernard Labadie and specializes in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra, performed in the stylistic manner most appropriate to each era. Although the ensemble plays on modern instruments, its approach to the works of the Baroque and Classical periods has been strongly influenced by current research into performance practice in the 17th and 18th centuries; in this repertoire Les Violons du Roy uses copies of period bows. The orchestra also regularly delves into the repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, as witnessed by its recordings of works by Piazzolla, Bartók, and Britten.

Mathieu Lussier is also active as a soloist and for close to 20 years has been tirelessly and passionately introducing audiences to the modern and baroque bassoon all over North America and Europe. Mathieu Lussier is also a composer, with a catalogue of more than 40 works heard regularly in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The thirty recordings made by Les Violons du Roy have been acclaimed by critics and earned many distinctions and awards at the national and international levels. Of twelve CDs released by Dorian, two won JUNO Awards (Apollo e Dafne (Handel) and Requiem (Mozart).

Mathieu Lussier, conductor The accomplished and multifaceted Mathieu Lussier is a long-time friend and collaborator of Les Violons du Roy and of its founding conductor Bernard Labadie. As associate conductor of the internationally renowned chamber orchestra based in Quebec City, he has led the ensemble in more than 75 concerts throughout Canada, Mexico, and the United States. In recent years, he 28

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Alexandre Tharaud, piano Alexandre's international career continues to flourish with concerts in Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Benelux (where he has been invited to be the Eindhoven Muziekgebouw's Resident-Artist in 2015-2016), Spain (as part of the Great Performers cycle at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid), Italy (debuts at Santa Cecilia in Roma), the UK, Austria and in Asia with tours in China, South Korea and Japan (concerts with New Japan Philharmonic and Kansai Philharmonic). Recent seasons have include a number of exciting projects including Alexandre's first major tour to China, his BBC Proms orchestral debut (with the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Juanjo Mena), a 'Domaine Privé' at the Cité de la Musique, book (Piano Intime) and film (Le Temps Dérobé, by Swiss film maker Raphaëlle AelligRégnier) releases; last but not least, Alexandre has been asked to revise a new edition of Maurice Ravel's complete solo piano works. Alexandre's eclectic discography includes Bach, then Mozart and Haydn with Les Violons du Roy, Autograph, Le Boeuf sur Le Toit, Scarlatti, Journal Intime (Chopin) and Bach Concertos with Les Violons du Roy for ERATO.

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Cirque Mechanics Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern circus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. The shows, rooted in realism, display a raw quality, rarely found in modern circus, that makes their message timeless and relevant. The stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders and a bit of clowning around.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Cirque Mechanics was founded in 2004 by Boston native and German Wheel artist, Chris Lashua, after the success of his collaborative project with the Circus Center of San Francisco, Birdhouse Factory. Cirque Mechanics quickly established itself as a premiere American circus, with its unique approach to performance, inspiring storytelling and innovative mechanical staging. Spectacle Magazine hailed it as “the greatest contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil.”

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Concerto Judy & Jay Anderson Cheryl & Earl Barish Monty & Mary-Claire Bell Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation Helga & Gerhard Bock Dr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie Bowerman Mr. Jim Bracken Sheila & David Brodovsky Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Sel & Chris Burrows Ms. Julie Collings Gary & Fiona Crow Ms. Arlene Dahl Esther and Hy Dashevsky Mr. Marcel A. Desautels Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis Beverley & Fred Dyck Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton David and Kathleen Estey Kevin & Pam Friesen Penny Gilbert Father R A. Glofcheski Bruno Gossen Mary & Gregg Hanson Mrs. Audrey Harburn Elsie in Memory of Jack Hignell Bob & Biddy Hilton Vladimir Hlas David Jacobson Robert Jaskiewicz Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy Dr. Istvan Kinizsi Susan & Keith Knox Mr. Ray Kohanik T.G. Kucera Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Mills James & Pat Ludwig Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Douglas MacEwan Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar E L McLandress Sylvia Mitchell Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Bonnie & Richard Olfert Carole & Cam Osler Donna & Ian Plant Carolynne Presser Tim Preston & Dave Ling Rosemary Prior Fred & Carolyn Redekop J. Reichert Ms. Iris Reimer Levi & Tena Reimer Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie Bruce Roe & Margo Lane Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin

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F.E. Sanderson Barbara Scheuneman Merrill & Shayna Shulman Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Lea Stogdale Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Tom & Lori Thomas Ms. Marilyn Thompson Robert Vineberg and Lena Horne Ms. Donna Webb John & Diane Weselake Ron & Shirley Williams Harry & Evelyn Wray 7 Anonymous Serenade Dianne J. Beaven Dick & Minnie Bell Mrs. Jean M. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C. Dr. George and Irene Chuchman Ron Clement Pam & Andrew Cooke Joyce Cooper Martin Reed & Joy Cooper Mrs. Joyce Cooper Irene & Robert Corne James Defehr Mr. Tom Dercola Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Faye Dixon in Memory of Graham In Memory of Graham Dixon Herbert & Norma Driver John & Ada Ducas George B. Elias John & Ruth Ens Ms. Ursula Erhardt Margaret E. Faber Mr. & Ms. Gary & Janice Filmon Marcia Fleisher Doug & Phyllis Flint Margaret Follett Mr. Wayne Forbes Harold & Alice Funk Mrs. Margaret Funk Eileen George Larry & Susanne Greer Marj Grevstad Tariq & Annette Hameed Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Ms. Heather Kirkham Mrs. Marion Korn Mrs. Mona Koropatnick Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Jennifer Lidstone Rose & Dick Lim Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae Mr. John Macrae Dr. Angelos and Pauline Macrodimitris

Ms. Nola McBurney Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Glen Mead Mrs. Mona Mills Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Edgar Oddleifson Patricia Mary Patterson Ms. Pat Philpott Mr. Rick Pinchin Irvin & Sandra Plosker Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Blumie Portnoy Don & Carol Poulin Donna & Gordon Price Bryan & Diana Purdy Eleanor Riach Mme. Henriette Ricou Frances E. Rowlin Hans & Gabriele Schneider Marie Schoffner A. Schroeder Dr. Robert J. Schroth Ms. Janet Schubert Dr. L. Sekla Ms. Barb Shipley Jim Skinner David & Lorraine Smith Ms. Brenda Snider Gary & Gwen Steiman Ms. Marlene Stern Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Margaret & Hartley Stinson Dr. Joan A. Sutter Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Thompson June & Lorne Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Dr. J.M. Trainor Neil & Carol Trembath Jesse Vorst Ms. Louise Waldman Jack & Bernice Watts Harvey & Sandra Weisman Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Alfred & Lina Woelke Myra Wolch & Saul M. Cherniack Karin Woods Mr. Edwin Yee 14 anonymous Prelude Patricia Allen & Len Dueck Trish Allison-Simms Kaeren Anderson Linda Armbruster Janice & Brian Bailey Allan & Rochelle Baker Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Ball Robert Barton Audrey Belyea Eric Bergen Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Joanne Biggs Eric & Clara Bohm

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Keith & Marnie Bolland Shirley Book Brian & Bev Born Rob & Wendy Borody Lorne & Rosada Bride Mr. Robert Briercliffe Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Miss Dorothy Broomhall Mr. Chris Brown Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Margaret Brown Mr. Ross Brownlee Jan Burdon Mr. Charles Burns Ms. Donna Carruthers Mrs. Patti Cherney Bea and Lawrie Cherniack Mrs. Leona Christiansen Ross M. Cleeve Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Ms. Marcella Copp Joyce Cormack Helle Cosby Ms. Maxine Cristall Mr. Bradley J. Curran Judy & Werner Danchura Maureen Danzinger F. De Grazia Marlene & Fred Dickson Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald Mrs. Dorothy Easton Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins Mrs. M.L. Elliott Empiricus Medical Corporation John & Martha Enns John J. Enns Mrs. Katharine Enns Siegfried Enns Don and Martha Epstein Dr. & Mrs. Willie R. Falk Greg & Linda Fearn Helen Feniuk Doug & Joanne Flynn Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Jim & Betty Gaynor Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori D. Gooch Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Marjorie & Kenneth Grower Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. Patrick Hackett Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Miss Marilyn Hall Irene Hamerton Teresa A. Hay Larry & Evelyn Hecht Millie Hemmelgarn Mrs. Carolyn Henry Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Max & Eleanor Herst Ms. Shirley Hicks

Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Mr. Martin & Mrs. Rose Marie Horseman Sonia & Harvey Hosfield Richard & Karen Howell Jacqueline Iwasienko Wilfred & Dorothy James Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Margaret Jeffries Ms. Crystal Jochum Mrs. Shirley Kilburn Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kinnear Erwin W. Kitsch Ms. Mary Klassen Alfonz & Susan Koncan Mrs. Alvina Koshy Kozub/Halldorson Family Elsa Krahn D. Kristjanson Patricai Kuchma Robert Kusmack Mrs. Helen La Rue Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. R. Leroeye Fraser & Joan Linklater Albert & Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Lorron Agencies Ltd. G. & G. Lowry Mr. Al Mackling Matthew Gossen Advancement Trust Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Ruth May Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Ms. Margaret K. McCulloch Ms. Diane McGregor C. & J. McIntyre D. McKay Violet McKenzie Mrs. Geraldine McKinley Jean McLennan S. McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier Estelle Meyers Walter A. Mildren Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Carolyn Garlich and Peter Miller Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz Margaret Morse Mrs. Joan Ann Morton John & Margaret Mundie D. Munro Leesa Munroe Charlotte Murrell David & Hermine Olfert Truus Oliver Miss Jenny Olynyk Shirley & Graham Padgett Ms. Nettie Peters Mrs. Helene Picton Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Ms. Beth Proven Mrs. Nell Provinciano

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Juta Rathke Mrs. Esther Remis Waltraut Riedel-Baun Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Brian & Iris Rountree Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad Kay Schalme R. Schroeder Shirley Schroeder Viola J. Schultz Mr. Gunter Schupke Charlene Scouten Marilyn & Jon Seguire Phil & Nancy Shead Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Henry & Connie Shyka Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Geri & Peter Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Elsie Stasiuk Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Archie & Shirley Stone Dr. Ian Robert Sutton Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Douglas & Leeann Thompson Robert & Barb Tisdale Edith A. Toews Henry & Elizabeth Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Louise & Jim Townsend Mrs. C.M. Valentine Barry and Gail Veals Hugo & Anny Veldhuis Elizabeth M. Wall Jim & Joan Warbeck J. Whyte Mr. Paul Wiebe Debbie Wilson Patrick Wright 18 anonymous Sonatina Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan Allen Jacqueline Anderson Heather Baker Mrs. Eva Berard Norma Bortoluzzi Mrs. Diane Brine Barbara Bryant-Anstie Alfred Buelow Sheila Burland Ms. Rosemary Butterworth Mr. Gerald Callow Ruth Calvert Canon Canada Inc. Andrea Charron Ella Chenkie Ms. Claudia Chernitsky S.K. Clark Mrs. Barbara Coombs

Mr. Alfred Cornies Ms. Judy Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Ted Cunningham Ms. Jean Curtis Ms. Linda Daniels Mr. Roger Dennis Beth Derraugh Mrs. Ethel Dil Claire Dionne Sylvia Dixon Anna Doorenbos Ms. Suzanne Doyle Ms. Sheila M. Dumore 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 Graham Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Irvin & Gilda Greenburg Victoria Gretchen Ms. Joyce Grose Ms. Marianne Gruber 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 Pat Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Rodica Jeffrey Bryan Johnson Dr. Karen L. Johnson Mr. Tim Kasprick Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Dr. Birte Klug Ray Knowles Jim Komishon 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 Katrina Limberatos Mrs. Joyce Manwaring

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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 Lyle McNichol & Frances Stewart M. Mohr Nancy Morgan Theda Olson Mrs. Clarice Owen Sonjia Pasiechnik Darell Plummer Ms. Clare Pollock Cristian Popescu Ken & Geri Porath Mr. Guy Prokopetz Mrs. Glennys Propp Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Mrs. Avis Raber Mrs. Charlotte Redekopp Ms. Pat Repa Ms. Patricia G. Ritchie Gisela Roger Mrs. V. Rosolowich Rory Runnells John & Shirley Russell Leonore Saunders O.M. William Scheidt Mrs. Edna Schneider Izzy Shore Mrs. Marie Sichler Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Muriel Sutherland Ms. Marguerite Szymesko Ms. Melinda Tallin Mary Lou Talmage Gladys Tarala Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Anne Thiessen Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Judith & Francisco Valenzuela Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Mr. Gordon Walkty Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace Mr. Glen Angus Webster Mr. & Mrs. Donald Weidman Snjolaug Whiteway Ms. Lorraine Willms Mrs. Margaret Wilson Terrie Woodward 19 anonymous

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Edwin & Susan Bethune Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Stephen Choy & Gina Yoo Dorothy Comer and Her Daughters in Memory of Fern Royds Mr. Ray Davis Helene Dyck Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Marilynne Keil in Memory of David H. Skinner Brent Mazur Ms. Edna Poulter Grant & Janet Saunders James & Claudia Weselake Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Norma Bingeman Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Vera Gorlick Women's Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Memory of Maria Michalak 2 anonymous Conmoto

Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Alison Baldwin Jackie Brignall Kevin Burns Timothy & Barbara Burt David Carr Jill Carr & Alex Snukal Ms. Anne Cholakis Lara Ciekiewicz Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Mr. Peter Czaplinski Ravi Dookeran Mrs. Ann England Robert Enright Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Wendy Gale Tyler Gompf Stepan Gordienko

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Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Dr. Don & Jerri Hall Ms. Helen Hawrysh Dr. Wolfgang Heidenreich in Support of Composer Henryk Gorecki for the 2016-17 WNMF Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Hildebrand Kim Jeremic Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Jose Koes Konstantinos Kotoulas & Family Dr. Thomas G Kucera Ron Lambert Hideo Mabuchi Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Lori Marks Mr. Frank Martin Brent Mazur The A. K. Menkis Medical Corporation Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sheila Miller Margaret Moroz Matthew Narvey Michael Narvey Michael Nesbitt Mikaela Oldenkamp Mr. Chris Pearce Lesia Peet Kathleen Polischuk & Richard Derksen Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Mrs. Victoria Ramnawaj Bill Reid Majid & Moti Shojania Muriel Smith Carrie Solmundson Terrell Stephen Ms. Marlene Stern Jon Stewart Sally Sweatman Brenda Taylor Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Mr. Curt Vossen Ms. Meeka Walsh Karin Woods Mr. & Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 2 Anonymous

Share the Music is an outreach initiative that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Katherine Devine & George Andrich Ms. Margaret Barbour Ralph & Eileen Baxter

Bernice Blakeman Mrs. Lucienne Blouw, in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Ms. Patricia Bozyk Sheila & David Brodovsky Ms. Carol Budnick Eileen & Ted Shelley Chochinov Ray Cloutier in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Joan C. Cohen M. & G. Crielaard In Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard, Marlene Crielaard Dr. & Mrs. Harold Diamond Monica Dinney in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Doreen Docking Ms. Enid Durward Ken Dyck Shaun Dyck in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. & Ms. John Edwards Don & Martha Epstein Kathy Feader Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Janice Filmon Dr. Leeann Fishback Dorothy Flight Mrs. Louise Friesen Mrs. Joyce Fyke Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert George & Carol Gamby Francois Gauvin The Staff of GD5 in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mr. Richard Gillanders B. & R. Hall Teresa A. Hay Larry & Evelyn Hecht Monique Henderson Katherine Himelblau Dorothy L. Hodgson Mrs. Katherine Hoeppner Huynh Van Ho Ishbel Isaacs, in Loving Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Ms. Margaret Jeffries Mr. & Mrs. C Jenkins Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Marilyn Kapitany Mrs. Karen Kaplen Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Ms. Mary Klassen Sandra Kneller Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Cycelia Lazarowich in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Frances Lemieux Ms. Marion Lewis Dr. Judith Littleford Dr. Brendan MacDougall Dr. Sabine Mai Elaine & Neil Margolis C & V Martens

Mr. Peter Martin Reina & Mark McDowell - in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Jean & Mike McIlrath Mr. Sheldon Leonard McLeod Mrs. Jose Meers Ms. Pat Michalski L & D Mitchell M. Mohr Margaret Moroz in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Vera Moroz Bill & Hilda Muir Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko M. Nancy Lynn O'Brien D Ogale Truus Oliver Sam O. Mrs. Alice Oswald Pat Patterson Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike Piston Ring Ms. Clare Pollock Ms. Rose Popowich Rosemary & Walter Prychodko Pat and Bill Reid Ms. Lyse Remillard Tannis Richardson Don & Joceline Ringach, Pamela Ringach & Chris Jordan David & Elena Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Norm Sagert Olive Sayers Your HR Support Co. Mr.Walter Silicz Mrs. Roslyn Silver Ms. Brenda Sklar Debbie Smith Ms. Deborah Spracklin Herbert Stewart Mrs. Joan Swaffer Ms. Ruth Swan Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Dr.Teresa Sztaba Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tapscott Bette Jayne Taylor James & Marlene Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Etta Telford in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Anne Thiessen in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Mrs. Bonnie E Thiessen in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Ms. Mia Timmermans Ms. Melita Tonogai Fran & Estela Violago E. Sylvia Warrington Professor A.M.C.Waterman Betty Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Carmel Wayborn in Memory of Gijsbert Crielaard Bruno Zimmer 20 anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school program that enriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatest need.

Honourary Chair Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Maestoso Burns Foundation RBC Foundation Richardson Foundation Vivace Boeing Canada Winnipeg Cavalia Inc. George Weston Limited Michael Nesbitt The Pollard Family Foundation The Thomas Sill Foundation Con Brio Michael S Gray Fund Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Michael S Gray Fund In Memory of Kenneth Hrynchuk The Winnipeg Foundation - George and Tannis Richardson Fund Sanford & Deborah Riley Rotary Club of Winnipeg North Don & Lorraine Swanson Allegro Assiniboine Credit Union Ms. Judith Flynn Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. Dr. David Lyttle Ron & Sandi Mielitz Linda Moore in Remembrance of Anastasia Moore Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund, Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Sanford & Deborah Riley Ms. Charlotte Robbins Sandra & Harvey Secter Family Fund, Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Moira Swinton & Bernie Leveille Jan and Jim Tennant E. Toews Faye Warren Winnipeg Regional Health Authority 3 Anonymous

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Conmoto James & Faye Alward in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn James & Faye Alward in Honour of Margot J. Alward Mr. Barry Anderson In Memory of Lois Anderson Ms. Hollie I. Andrew in Memory of Ben Flynn Ms. Hollie I. Andrew Betty & Ted Ash Gail Asper & Michael Paterson John Balsillie Ms. Angelica Banmann Brenda Batzel Ralph & Eileen Baxter Jean & John Beaver in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Marissa Becker Aaron Benarroch Ms. Diane Bewell Ameet Bharaj Helen & Henry Bially in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Cathy Bilyk Michael Bingham Dr. Catalena Birek Gwen Birse Bryan Bjerring in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Sally Boulding In Honour of Noah Weiszner's 65th Birthday Paul & Doreen Bromley Doneta & Harry Brotchie Tim & Joelle Brown Ms. Coralie Bryant Mrs. Donna Bryk Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Lorelei Bunkowsky Dominador Calpatura Amihan P. Camacho Mrs. Audrey Campbell Gordon & Ann Campbell Mr. Alan Cantor Ms. Darlene J. Chimilar Minna Chung Margaret Clarke in Memory of Ben Flynn Michael Cobus & Christine Wigglesworth Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Joan C. Cohen Russell & Joan Colnett in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Lily Conway in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Gerald Corr Cathy & Roger Coss Mrs. Diane Coughlin Ms. Barbara Crow Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara Crow F. De Grazia Melissa Delaronde N. Denboer Mr. Roger Dennis in Memory of Mr. Ben Flynn

Ms. Lucy De Sousa Drs. Diana & Dhali Dhaliwal Judy Doctoroff In Memory of Diane Dowling Bob Dueck and Joan Duerksen Mrs. Cynthia Dutton Linda Edel Connie Epp Ms. Ursula Erhardt Rick & Julie Fast Denzil Feinberg CFP R.F.P. In Memory of Ben Flynn Ms. Judith Flynn Peter Flynn Mr. Verland Force Margo Foxford Albert & Luisa Friesen Gisaya Gahungu Evelyn & Ricardo Galima Diane Gerhard Celebrating the Marriage of Marlene and Jerry Gary Gervais Ms. Barbara Graham Mr. Bruce Granove Bobbi-Lynn Haegeman Alison 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 P. Ilavsky Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin & Jeanette Jackson Mrs. Miriam Jaeger Bruce & Theresa Johnson Nancy Johnson Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones in Memory of Ben Flynn Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund At the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac Kevin & Els Kavanagh Ron Koswin Harry & Shirley Kowalchuk Peter Krahn Bryon Devries & Diane Lau Chapel Lawn Funeral Home Zandra Lea in Honour of Paul and Pamela Connolly Nancy LeBlond Melanie & Craig Leonhardt Lovie Liewicki Helen Litz Ms. Margaret Looney in Memory of Ben Flynn Ms. Leona MacDonald Ms. Lorraine MacIboric

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 Linda Meckling in Memory of Alan Blanchette Linda Lee-Meiers & Matt Meiers Lorna Mendoza Rita & Don Menzies Mr. Peter Mertins Ron and Sandi Mieltiz Trish Minish Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell G.F. (Rick) Morgan Mr. Rick Morgan Francine Morin Mrs. Norma Morris Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Denise Murphy Helena Jane Gahungu Bob and Cindy Newfield Mr. Robert Nix 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 Mr. David Pate 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 Mrs. Edna Poulter in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Ms. Lois Powne Thomas & Lorraine Prescott in Memory of Ben Flynn Dr. & Mrs. D. Punter Catherine Purchase John & Violet Rademaker Dr. Diane Ramsey James Ray 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 Joan Sabourin Edward Sale in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Corazon Saquilayan Barbara Scheuneman Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Gaylene Schroeder-Nishimura Trudy Schroeder Kathleen Schubert Betty & Sam Searle Ms. Mary Semanowich Olga & Myron Shatulsky Ms. Selma Shearer Wayne Shimizu Roger Simoens Christine Skene and Nick Logan Muriel Smith Michael Soriano Wilma Sotas Meg Specht Patricia Spencer and Thomas Osborn George Toles and Melissa Steele Lynne Stefanchuk Pat & Wally Stefanchuk Ms. Diane Elisabeth Stewart Patricia & Fletcher Stewart in Memory of Benjamin John West Flynn Szwajcer Family Caroline Taubensee Mary and Robert Thomas Ms. Phyllis A. C.Thomson Rev. & Mrs. William & Molly Titus in Memory of Benjamin Flynn Bill & Barb Toews Greg Tramley in Memory of Dave Hunt Neil & Carol Trembath Ms.Terry Trupp 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 William Wilde Ms. Sid Williamson The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Peter & Geraldine Spencer Fund Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra V Wowryk Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky Ms. Diane Zack 10 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 F. Bell Monty & Mary-Claire Bell Marjorie Blankstein Helga & Gerhard Bock Frances Booth Ms. Bev Bosiak Wendy Broadfoot Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Dolores P. Brommell Ms. Carol Budnick Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk Gerald Callow Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Donna Chambers Karen Couch Dennis & Ruth Crook Jean Cunningham Ellen Curtis D. Cymbalist Piotr Czaykowski & Anne Worley 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 George & Carol Gamby George & Carol Gamby Mrs. A. Lee Gibson Mr. Patrick Hackett 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 Carole Holke Stella Hryniuk Vi Hultin Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Rudy & Gail Isaak Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Crystal & GĂźnter Jochum Henry Katz in Memory of Dena

Dr. Maureen Kilgour Ken Kinsley Frances R. Kolt Mona Koropatnick Paul Kosowan Ms. Jacki Koven Ms. Janet Kuchma Elizabeth Lansard Don Lawrence Mr. Norman Leathers P. M. Litwin Meiya Liu Roger Lowe Grant MacDougall Lydia MacKenzie Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Barbara Main Mr. Allan Mapes Aubrey Margolis Bob and Betty McCamis Ms. Margaret K. McCulloch Ms. Diane McGregor Sylvia Mitchell Margaret & Fred Mooibroek D.E. Morrison Ms. Lillian Murphy Robert Nix Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Mr. Irwine Permut Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Mr. & Mrs. Barry Prentice David Punter Barbara M. Robertson Olga & Bill Runnalls Barbara Scheuneman A. Schroeder Dr. Robert Schroth Ken Schykulski Mrs. Doreen Shanks Carl and Margaret Shaykewich Pam Simmons 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 Mrs. Susan Twaddle Audrey Walker Patricia Walker Mrs. Marilyn Weimer Evelyn Wener Ms. Joan Wise 16 anonymous Listing as of March 4, 2016

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 Meg Dolovich, Patron Services Representative Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Chelse McKee Rachel Himelblau Crystal Schwartz Melissa Houston Stephanie Van Nest 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

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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