WSO 2017-2018 Overture Issue 1

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2017 I ISSUE 2

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE™ STRAUSS, RAVEL & MORE THE TENORS MESSIAH THE SNOWMAN

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR There is magic in the air at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and it is not just because we are looking forward to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone TM at the end of November. There are many magical moments coming up in concerts this November and December. This music will be part of the 2017 holiday celebrations of so many adults and children in Manitoba. These concerts transport us to different epochs in time and allow us to access the genius and beauty of music composed decades and even centuries ago.

In mid-November, Five By Design takes us back to the Mad Men Era with exciting new arrangements of music by Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee, Wayne Newton, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. In early December, international conducting sensation Jun Märkl takes us on a journey to Vienna with the music of Strauss and Ravel. Holiday celebrations begin in earnest with the delightful presentation of The Snowman. A week later The Tenors deploy their mellow charms and wonderful voices to bring us fully into the holiday spirit.

On Sunday, December 10th, we host the most traditional of Christmas Celebrations with a concert guaranteed to charm people of all ages. Steve Bell will join us on December 12th with a new and thoughtful take on the mystery and beauty of the Christmas story. Then the timeless texts and choruses from Handel’s Messiah inspire us anew with the true spirit of the season.

There is something there to suit every musical taste for the holiday season. The WSO also takes the lovely Manitoba Hydro Holiday Tour to Steinbach, Portage la Prairie, and Brandon to spread some seasonal cheer to other parts of Manitoba.

As you will notice in the centre pages of the Overture magazine this month, the WSO is launching a campaign to build endowment resources to provide long-term, stable support for Sistema Winnipeg. This program changes the lives of children and young people in Winnipeg and provides the seeds for a hopeful future. Gifts to the endowment campaign are eligible for matching from the Government of Canada, and we encourage you to join in making a generous gift to a program that works a magic of its own in the lives of Winnipeg inner city children and their families.

All the best to you and your loved ones for a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year from all of us at the WSO.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra November – December 2017 I OVERTURE 1

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CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS 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 Winnipeg 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.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor A conductor with expansive musical interests, Julian Pellicano is a formidable interpreter of the symphonic repertoire.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”Marking his fifth season with the WSO, the 2017-2018 season includes appearances at the inaugural edition of the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea in Oviedo, Spain, a return to the Louisiana Philharmonic and his first appearance conducting the Royal Winnipeg Ballet among many other highlights.

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. Conductor of the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble since 2008, Pellicano is recognized for his transparent interpretations of contemporary music. He studied conducting as a fellow at the Yale School of Music. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as a percussionist without typical classical training, and continued his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden and at the Yale School of Music and was a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group. Pellicano also holds a degree in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal and is now based in NYC. He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Festival Director of the WSO's Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the American Composers Orchestra, the Toronto,Winnipeg,Vancouver, Spokane, Stamford,Victoria, and PEI symphonies, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. Awards include the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP Foundation’s Leonard Bernstein Award, four SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, and grants from the Canada Council, NYSCA, and New Music USA. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the NYC composer collective ICEBERG New Music. Stafylakis holds degrees from McGill University and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and lectures at the City College of New York. His doctoral research, supported by SSHRC, examines rhythm and meter in progressive metal. www.hstafylakis.com 4

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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2017-2018 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Alexander Mickelthwate RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Harry Stafylakis FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

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

The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtBASSES Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Meredith Johnson, Principal

Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Chris Anstey Mona Coarda Teodora Dimova Tara Fensom Hong Tian Jia Meredith McCallum Sonia Shklarov Julie Savard Jun Shao SECOND VIOLINS Jeremy Buzash, Principal Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch Elizabeth Dyer Bokyung Hwang Rodica Jeffrey Susan McCallum Takayo Noguchi *Jane Pulford Claudine St-Arnauld VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Marie-Elyse Badeau Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Michael Scholz Heather Wilson

Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry **Anna Scheider FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal

TRUMPETS Chris Fensom, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda BASS TROMBONE **Stephen Clayton, Principal *Julia McIntyre, Principal TUBA Chris Lee, Principal TIMPANI Mike Kemp, Principal PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee

ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Greg Hamilton

CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall

BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks

*On Leave **Temporary Position

HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal James Robertson Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed alphabetically and are seated according to a rotational system.

Fred Redekop is the official Piano Tuner and Technician of the WSO.

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Five By Design, vocal group Lorie Carpenter-Niska, Catherine Scott, Kurt Niska, Michael Swedberg, Terrence Niska Mike Malone, Drums Julian Pellicano, conductor

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Five by Design in Music of the Mad Men Era

Orchestrations: Willis Delony | Lovell Ives Vocal Arrangements: Terrence Niska | Michael Swedberg Sound Engineer: Phil Henrickson Sound

Theme from Mission: Impossible A Lot Of Livin’ To Do Sway Mack The Knife What Is This Thing Called Love? / Danke Schoen All Of Me Blue Moon Night And Day Pop Goes The Weasel Perk Up! Coffee Soul Bossa Nova Cara de Payaso Jump In The Line

Lalo Schifrin, arr. Custer Lee Adams & Charles Strouse Pablo Beltran Ruiz, English lyrics by Norman Gimbel Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Marc Blitzstein Cole Porter / Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler & Kurt Schwabach Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart Cole Porter Terrence Niska Michael Swedberg Quincy Jones Haroldo Barbosa & Luiz Reis Ralph DeLeon, Raymond Bell, Gabriel Oller & Steve Samuel

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©2017 The Mad Men Era Concert. All rights reserved. Program subject to change.

Artist Representation: Alton Accola (651) 335-5466 For further information on Five By Design's itinerary, activities and recordings, please visit the ensemble’s website at www.fivebydesign.com.

Friday, November 10 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 11 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 12 2:00 p.m.

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Five by Design in Music of the Mad Men Era

Five By Design

The Minnesota-based Five By Design includes Lorie Carpenter-Niska, Catherine Scott, Kurt Niska, Michael Swedberg, and Terrence Niska. Four of the five have been singing together since 1986.The group’s familial ties include brothers Terrence and Kurt Niska and the husband-wife duo of Kurt and Lorie Niska and childhood collaborator, Michael Swedberg.The creative team is supported by in-house artist representatives Five By Design's signature harmonies have withstood Alton Accola & Midge Swedberg.Their technical team the test of time in a career that stands out on America's includes Sound Engineer Phil Henrickson who has musical landscape, spanning more than twenty years. worked with the ensemble since 1987.

This nationally acclaimed vocal ensemble has been the For further information regarding Five By Design’s choice of symphony orchestras and performing art itinerary and activities, visit the ensemble’s website at centers, delighting hundreds of thousands. www.fivebydesign.com.

But Five By Design's creative talents go far beyond their vocal prowess. As the creative talent behind ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Radio Days, Club Swing, Stay Tuned and Cool and Swingin’ and Live! From The Ultra Lounge, their Momoko Matsumura, viola; Martha Durkin, flute; Laurel productions showcase the group's penchant for Ridd, flute; Colin Mehmel, clarinet; Scott Miller, bassoon; storytelling and the comedic. Whether backed by Derrick Gardner, trumpet; Brian Sykora, trumpet; Miles symphony orchestra or studio big band, Five By Thomsen, trumpet; Justin Hickmott, tuba; Tony Cyre, Design embraces the unforgettable melodies, lush percussion; Brendan Thompson, timpani; Nenad Zdjelar, harmonies, and swinging rhythms that evoke the bass; Will Bonness, keyboard; Janice Finlay, saxophone names of Miller, Mancini and Mercer.

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BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Jeffrey Schindler, conductor

Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Heyday Films / 1492 Pictures / Duncan Henderson Production A Chris Columbus Film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™” Daniel Radcliffe • Rupert Grint • Emma Watson Starring John Cleese • Robbie Coltrane • Warwick Davis • Richard Griffiths • Richard Harris • Ian Hart • John Hurt • Alan Rickman • Fiona Shaw • Maggie Smith • Julie Walters Music by John Williams Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. Production Designer: Stuart Craig Director of Photography: John Seale, A.C.S., A.S.C. Executive Producers: Chris Columbus • Mark Radcliffe • Michael Barnathan • Duncan Henderson Screenplay by Steve Kloves Based on the Novel by J.K. Rowling Produced by David Heyman Directed by Chris Columbus About Warner Bros. Consumer Products Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s17)

Saturday, November 25 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 26 2:00 p.m.

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BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone™

John Williams In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all seven Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T.The ExtraTerrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fifty Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the secondmost nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-three Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honour) for his contributions to the Olympic movement.

He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honour was bestowed upon a composer.

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nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches”.

Jeffrey Schindler, conductor Conductor Jeffrey Schindler enjoys a dynamic international career that takes him from concert podiums around the world to the scoring stages of Hollywood, to the recording studios of London.

Whether leading symphonic works of the Masters, multi-million dollar film scores, or cutting edge contemporary and commercial music, Mr. Schindler’s energy and visionary musical storytelling are hallmarks of every performance. Mr. Schindler’s artistry melds imaginative and illuminating performances with expressive and powerful technique, impeccable scholarship, and vibrant energy.

Known as a versatile conductor, Mr. Schindler has conducted world-renowned orchestras across the globe.

He has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, Seattle Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Nashville Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, Orquesta Filarmónica de Puerto Rico, Czech Philharmonic, London Session Orchestra, The Strauss Orchestra of Montreal, Orquesta Internacional de Las Artes in Mexico City, and the AISOI Symphony Orchestra in Australia.

Mr. Schindler is one of the only conductors leading concerts of live orchestra to film who has conducted A-list Hollywood motion pictures in the original studio recordings, and is in high demand among film composers.

He has led the sessions for many international feature film and television projects including X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Jack the Giant Slayer,The

Wolfman, Astroboy, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Temple Grandin, Four Christmases, Bernard and Doris, Anchorman,Talladega Nights, Hollywood Homicide, and the most successful documentary of all time: the Academy-Award winning March of the Penguins.

most sought-after conductors of film music with a long list of full symphonic live to projection projects. He has appeared with some of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Brady Beaubien Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco A Stanford graduate, All-American Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. From Athlete turned creative impresario, full-length movie screenings with live orchestra to Beaubien is the founder of Interlace music-interactive sporting event experiences to Media – an enterprising motion graphics original 3D-environment holiday programming, company with a specialty of integrating CineConcerts is at the forefront of live entertainment. theatrical and television media.

The acclaimed Interlace is a premiere CG animation and advertising agency for feature films. They define global campaigns of over 100 major Hollywood movies, including Avatar, X-Men, Rio, Ice Age, and Die Hard franchises.

Beaubien co-founded CineConcerts, a company dedicated to reinventing the experience of theatrical presentation and orchestral music. CineConcerts partners with the greatest theatrical concert halls in the world, including the Sydney Opera House and Royal Albert Hall, to screen classic films while renowned orchestras perform the score for the film in real-time. Currently producing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone In Concert, Gladiator Live, The Godfather Live and Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage.

Beaubien also founded Interlace Design, an international architecture and design firm, currently building a new restaurant in Paris and an exclusive residence in Tokyo. His new headquarters – which he designed and built on Melrose Ave - represents a commitment to the metropolitan and interconnected providence of Los Angeles. Advanced materials and technology merge with wood, concrete and glass in an organic and modernist design. Mr. Beaubien has partnered with award winning sushi chef, Nobu Matsuhisa, to bring his new restaurant concept into the building. Mr. Beaubien also designed the restaurant.

CineConcerts CineConcerts is one of the leading producers of live music experiences performed with visual media.

Founded by producer/conductor Justin Freer and producer/writer Brady Beaubien, CineConcerts has engaged millions of people worldwide in concert presentations that redefine the evolution of live experience. Recent and current live concert experiences include Gladiator, The Godfather, It’s a Wonderful Life, DreamWorks Animation In Concert, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Justin Freer has quickly become one of the

Staff and Thanks Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone In Concert Produced by Justin Freer President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien Co-Founder/Producer Director of Production Jeffery Sells Vice President of Marketing Kory Kelly Head of Publicity and Communications Andrew Alderete Brand/Marketing Director, Ma’ayan Kaplan Brand/Marketing Manager, Phillip Aleman Brand/Marketing Manager, Brittany Fonseca Brand/Marketing Manager, Molly Kossoff Brand/Marketing Manager, Si Peng Office Manager, Gabe Cheng Worldwide Representation WME Entertainment Music Preparation JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing Ramiro Belgardt and Ed Kalnins Playback Operation and Synthesizer Production, iMusicImage Sound Remixing Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios Merchandising by Firebrand A Very Special Thanks to: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, The Blair Partnership, Mark Graham, Amos Newman, Jamie Richardson, Alex Rabens, and John Williams.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:

Laurel Ridd, flute; Laura MacDougall, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Erin Fung, clarinet; David Liam Roberts, cello; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Scott Miller, bassoon; Allen Harrington, contra-bassoon; Todd Martin, horn; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Byron Wood, percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion; Earl Stafford, keyboard; Leanne Lee, piano; Darryl Friessen, piano November – December 2017 I OVERTURE 13

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Antonin Dvorˇák (1841-1904)

Trumpet Concerto (2017) Triton's Trumpet Ballad Rondo

John Estacio (b. 1966)

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Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24

Richard Strauss (1864 -1949)

La valse, poème choréographique

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

The Water Goblin

Dvorˇák’s detailed, verse-inspired music ends with an epilogue, heightening the tragic atmosphere of the goblin’s motif in monotone repetition with the final B minor chord in bassoons and lower brass.

Antonin Dvorˇák b. Bohemia / September 8, 1841 d. Prague / May 1, 1904 Trumpet Concerto Composed: 1896 John Estacio First performance: November 14, 1896 b. Newmarket, Ontario / April 8, 1966 (London), conducted by Henry Wood Composed: 2016 First WSO performance First performance: March 24, 2017 (Kitchener), conducted by Michael By 1895, Dvorˇák was Christie, with Larry Larson as soloist internationally famous, having completed his Ninth First WSO performance Symphony (“From the New The first movement, World”), his three String Triton’s Trumpet, takes its Quartets and the beloved Cello Concerto. inspiration from the Returning to Bohemia from America in Greek myth about April 1895, he sought to expand his everPoseidon’s son,Triton, present Czech patriotism further by who used his conch shell as a trumpet revisiting for its musical possibilities the to calm or raise the ocean waters.The poetry of Karel Jaromir Erben (1811-1870), movement begins in a tranquil state whose “ballads”Dvorˇák had already drawn and features a lyrical and florid upon for earlier song settings and his cadenza for the solo trumpet over cantata The Spectre’s Bride (1885). sustained tremulous strings. An undercurrent of disturbance by the In January 1896, Dvorˇák began work on lower brass warns that this tranquility three symphonic poems: The Water Goblin, could be disrupted, but is calmed by The Noonday Witch and The Golden the mellifluous tones of the trumpet.

Spinning-Wheel. All three were completed Gradually, discordance in the orchestra by the end of March, with the fourth, The takes over and builds to a giant wave of sound and energy, almost Wood Dove, finished in autumn. overpowering the soloist. However, as with Triton, the soloist eventually The dark, Grimm-like narratives of the calms the waters and the tranquil poems Dvorˇák chose are in fact at odds music from the opening reappears, with the charm of the music, perhaps albeit in a slightly disquieting setting. reflecting simple acceptance of folk material at the time as just that, rather The middle movement, Ballad, than psychoanalytic musical studies. features extended lyrical phrases for the solo trumpet.The strings In The Water Goblin, a mortal girl is introduce a primary melody that ensnared into an underwater kingdom feels somewhat unsettled and where she has a child with the water goblin. Longing to see her mother, the girl ungrounded. A solemn chorale played persuades the goblin to allow her back to by the winds follows; this chorale will eventually transform and become the dry land. He agrees but the child must stay driving force behind a regal sounding behind.When the mother refuses to let climax. After the portentous first two the girl return, the goblin destroys the movements, the third movement, child during a shrieking storm.

Rondo, is a spirited balm. It is written in a quick 6/8 meter and begins with a The music, masterly orchestrated, follows a quixotic melody that will return loose rondo form whose watery opening several times throughout this material and returning appearances show mercurial kaleidoscope of energy, the goblin’s changing faces, while the colour and fanfare. alternating episodes display the mother, - John Estacio the girl and the daughter’s travails.

Death and Transfiguration

Richard Strauss b. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864 d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / September 8, 1949 Composed: 1888-1889 First performance: June 21, 1890 (Eisenach), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 1997; Bramwell Tovey, conductor Strauss was just 26 when he completed Death and Transfiguration, a time when composing was actually his avocation. By then he was a rising star as a conductor, assisting the famous Hans von Bülow at Meiningen, conducting in leading opera houses and cementing acclaim with a guest appearance conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, the best orchestra of the time.

During his first conducting post, Strauss met Alexander Ritter, a violinist, music maven and self-proclaimed poet who introduced Strauss to the incendiary Romanticism of Wagner.

Strauss’father, an acclaimed horn player, did not want his son exploring Wagner and Liszt, preferring him to grow within the classical and early Romantic realms of Mozart and Beethoven respectively.Wagner was not only a revelation to Strauss Junior but a spark wherein a literary idea could inspire a vivid tone poem for orchestra. Death and Transfiguration was the third Strauss composed after this wake-up call, the others being Macbeth (1886) and Don Juan (1888).

Strauss conceived his own story for Death and Transfiguration, depicting the final hours of a man (artist) who had spent his life searching for the highest ideals. Lying in bed breathing heavily, he dreams of his past quests, his childhood, goals and absence of perfection in his strivings, achievable by no man. At the fateful hour, his soul departs in serene comfort as the ideal finally arrives in the eternal cosmos.

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

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La valse

Maurice Ravel b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Composed: 1919-1920 First performance: December 12, 1920 (Paris) conducted by Camille Chevillard Last WSO performance: 2010; Julian Kuerti, conductor

in Ravel’s mind,“an apotheosis of the Viennese waltz”with a “fatefully inescapable whirlpool”that signified World War I and Vienna’s immersion in its turmoil, all the more potent alongside images of the strains of Johann Strauss.

waltz and its metre of three destroyed by a five-note figure at the storming climax.

A musical juggernaut as it were and one of Ravel’s most brilliant creations.

It took Diaghilev to push Ravel to complete this “choreographic poem” Ravel loved old forms and – a waltz-in-kind that surreally starts in January 1919 he found out of the mists, moves to the himself wanting to make a ballroom and ends crashing down in tribute to musical Vienna. blazing orchestral colours with the What else but the waltz, or

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Jun Märkl, conductor

Paul Jeffrey, trumpet

Jun Märkl has long been known as a highly respected interpreter of the core Germanic repertoire from both the symphonic and operatic traditions, and more recently for his refined and idiomatic explorations of the French impressionists. His long-standing relationships at the state operas of Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Semperoper Dresden have in recent years been complemented by his Music Directorships of the Orchestre National de Lyon (2005-2011) and MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig (to 2012). From 2014 2017 seasons, he was Chief Conductor to the Basque National Orchestra. He guests with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich.

Paul Jeffrey joined the WSO as second/utility trumpet in September of 2007. He also performs with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Groundswell, MusikBarock, the University of Manitoba Faculty Brass Quintet, and as a member of Paradigm Brass, has performed at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, and in some of the city’s finest drinking establishments.

Paul has previously held positions with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Paul has performed with orchestras across North America including the National Arts Centre, the Toronto Symphony, the Canadian Opera Company, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Oregon Symphony.

Born in Munich, his (German) father was a distinguished Concertmaster and his (Japanese) mother a solo pianist. Märkl studied violin, piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Hannover, going on to study with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and with Gustav Meier in Michigan. In 1986, he won the conducting competition of the Deutsche Musikrat and a year later won a scholarship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to study at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Soon afterwards he had a string of appointments in European opera houses followed by his first music directorships at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken (1991-1994) and at the Mannheim Nationaltheater (1994-2000). Jun Märkl is represented by Ron Merlino, Musicvine.

Paul earned his Bachelor’s of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

His teachers have included Vincent Cichowicz, Frank Kaderabek, David Bilger, Michael Sachs and Larry Knopp. Paul Jeffrey is a recipient of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Laura MacDougall, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Brendan Thompson, percussion November – December 2017 I OVERTURE 17

Julian Pellicano

Elsaida Alerta

WSO Conductor

World Champion Karaoke Singer

BRANDON, WESTERN MANITOBA CENTENNIAL AUDITORIUM

Sunday, December 3 - 3:00 p.m.

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Tuesday, December 5 - 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday, December 6 - 7:30 p.m.

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The Tenors Victor Micallef Clifton Murray Fraser Walters Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

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The Tenors

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Friday, December 8 Saturday, December 9

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

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The Tenors

The Tenors Multi-platinum, JUNO Award-winning vocal supergroup, The Tenors, comprised of Clifton Murray, Fraser Walters and Victor Micallef, blend classical music and contemporary pop to deliver powerful performances and outstanding harmonies for audiences around the world.

Since 2008, The Tenors have sold over 1 million albums worldwide, performed nearly 1,000 shows on five continents and made over 150 television appearances. Their four studio albums have achieved multi-platinum certification, and their first Christmas album The Perfect Gift has been certified triple-platinum. Visit www.tenorsmusic.com.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet

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Julian Pellicano, conductor Ace Burpee, host Patti Kusturok, fiddle; Jeremy Rusu, guitar 1 Richard Gillis, trumpet; Björn Thoroddsen, guitar 2 La troupe jeunesse de l’Ensemble folklorique de la Rivière Rouge3 The SnowTones, vocal group 4 Pembina Trails Voices, Valdine Anderson, artistic director 5 Special Guest Narrator 6 Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir, Dorothy Dyck, director 7 Elsaida Alerta, vocalist 8 Sistema Winnipeg Students 9

Adeste Fidelis Sleigh Ride and Fiddle Favourites1 Medley: Three Icelandic Folk Songs 2 Now is the Time for Celebration Sleep My Baby The Raven in a Gulley Slept Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor (Christmas Concerto) Pastorale Medley: Red River Jig; Julia Delaney; La Belle Catherine3 It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 4 Christmas Time is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas 4 Angel’s Carol 5 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 6

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A Christmas Celebration

arr. Arthur Harris Traditional; arr.Patti Kusturok Traditional

Arcangelo Corelli

George Wylie/Eddie Pola; arr. Tad Biernacki Lee Mendelson/Vince Guaraldi; arr. Tad Biernacki John Rutter arr. Bill Holcombe

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Jingle Bells Veni, Veni, Emmanuel 7 O’ Holy Night 8 Toy Symphony 9 We Three Kings Christmas Singalong 5 Joy to the World 5

Sunday, December 10

Steven Amundson arr. Morton Gould Adolph-Charles Adam Leopold Mozart Arthur Harris arr. John Finnegan arr. Aaron Lewis

2:00 p.m.

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A Christmas Celebration

Ace Burpee, host

Richard Gillis, trumpet

Ace Burpee has worked in radio for over a decade in almost every capacity, and is well known for the hundreds of charitable events and causes that he donates his time to every year. He is currently the host of The Ace Burpee Show on 103.1 Virgin Radio. Ace is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service to our community, he is the recipient of a Hero of Mental Health Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association, he has received a Volunteer Manitoba Award for Outstanding Community Leadership, was recognized as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Manitoba and also named a Manitoba Hero. He is proudly from Cooks Creek, Manitoba.

Richard Gillis studied trumpet at The University of Saskatchewan (Bachelor of Music), The Banff Centre (Canadian Brass), and The University of Michigan (Master of Music; D.M.A.), as well as privately with Armando Ghitalla, Vincent Cichowicz and James Stamp. While completing his D.M.A. Richard played in The University of Michigan faculty brass quintet.

Patti Kusturok, fiddle

For several years, Björn Thoroddsen has been one of Iceland's leading jazz guitarists. He is the recipient of several Icelandic Music Awards, including "Jazz Performer of the Year" in 2003, and has released a number of critically acclaimed albums.

North American Fiddlers' Hall of Fame member Patti Kusturok's old time fiddle style is characterized by a pulsating, rhythmical lilt that is guaranteed to get you on the dance floor. Often referred to as one the smoothest fiddle players in North America, Patti is known for her effortless delivery of some of the best traditional Canadian fiddle music of all time. A recording artist, Patti is in high demand for performances, teaching, recording, and judging fiddle contests across the continent.

At the age of four, Patti began to learn playing the fiddle, and has a resume that reads like that of an Olympic champion. A few to her credit includes the Canadian Junior Champion (1985), three-time Champion at the famous Pembroke, ON competition, six-time Manitoba Champion, three-time Grand North American Champion, and in 1994, 1995 and again in 1996, Patti won the prestigious Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Ottawa, ON. Patti was the first woman in the history of Canada to ever win and was the very first person from Western Canada to attain the crown.

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Richard Gillis is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and is brass chair at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Music. He has recently released several recordings, both jazz and “classical," including seven CDs with Icelandic guitarist Björn Thoroddsen, three of which received recognition from the Icelandic Music Awards.

Björn Thoroddsen, guitar

Originally a rock musician, his attention soon turned towards jazz, and now Björn tours both as a soloist and with his bands all around the world, playing pop, jazz, rock, blues, country and whatever style of music he feels like playing at the time. Björn's bands include Cold Front with Canada's Richard Gillis and the popular Icelandic band Guitar Islancio, which had the honour of being the first Icelandic jazz group to have a gold certificate album. Bjorn has also collaborated with musicians such as Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Kazumi Watanabe, Tommy Emmanuel, Al Di Meola, Robben Ford and Larry Coryell, to name a few.

An acclaimed soloist, Björn dazzles his audiences worldwide with outstanding playing and showmanship. He also runs the international guitar festival Guitarama, which is now an annual event in Winnipeg, Reykjavik, Edmonton, and soon England.

La troupe jeunesse de l’Ensemble folklorique de la Rivière Rouge The Ensemble folklorique de la Rivière-Rouge du Centre culturel francomanitobain’s youth troupe is comprised of young passionate artists who promote their French Canadian culture through music and dance. With their energetic and fun filled performances, these young artists preserve the past for future generations of Canadians as well as for audiences abroad.

The youth troupe members have trained in all disciplines: violin, piano, guitar, bass, percussion, voice, classical ballet, jazz, tap, modern, hip hop, musical theatre and, of course, traditional French Canadian jig. These young artists have years of experience on stage and an astounding array of professional achievements. Since its inception in October 2011, the youth troupe has participated in numerous festivals around the world and is a featured act for the Festival du Voyageur and Folklorama.

The SnowTones, vocal group The SnowTones is a Winnipegbased vocal group that has been thrilling local audiences since 2010. Veterans of the choral community, the group includes bass Bill Quinn (Renaissance Voices), soprano Sara Clefstad (Polycoro, Canzona), tenor/counter tenor Dan Peasgood (Polycoro, Camerata Nova) and alto Jodie Borle, an accomplished vocal jazz artist (Winnipeg Singers). The group has appeared on CBC TV and Radio, Classic 107 FM, in concert with Renaissance Voices and on the field as anthem singers for the Winnipeg Goldeyes.

Pembina Trails Voices, Valdine Anderson, Artistic Director

Having sung for audiences for over thirty years, Pembina Trails Voices (PTV) is one of Manitoba’s premiere children’s and youth choir organizations. PTV is a collection of eight choirs comprised of choristers from Kindergarten through Grade 12, and affiliated with Pembina Trails School Division. PTV choirs are consistent winners in local as well as national and international festivals and competitions. PTV tours have taken choristers from locations throughout Manitoba to festivals and competitions across Canada, Europe and Latin America. Most recently, PTV Singers undertook a 10-day concert tour of China in 2015, and an 8-day tour of Cuba. The choirs are thrilled to be in concert today with the WSO as part of A Christmas Celebration!

Pembina Trails Voices Family of Choirs Valdine Anderson, Artistic Director NOVA: Conductor, Martha Dyck Minnesingers: Conductor, Debra Yacheson; Pianist, Kimberly Lapatha PTV Boys TC: Conductor, Amanda Ciavarelli; Pianist, Leanne Hiebert Choraliers: Conductor, Andrea Wicha; Pianist, Amanda Hahn-Tomchuk Chorale: Conductor, Monika Lukomska; Pianist, Kimberly Lapatha PTV Boys: Conductor, Alisa Wiebe; Pianist, Leanne Regehr Lee Cantemus: Conductor, Valdine Anderson; Pianist, Leanna Regehr Lee PTV Men: Conductor, Michael Dueck; Pianist Leanne Hiebert PTV Singers: Co-Conductors, Valdine Anderson and Michael Dueck; Pianist, Leanne Regehr Lee November – December 2017 I OVERTURE 25

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A Christmas Celebration

Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir, Dorothy Dyck, director

The Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dorothy Dyck and Philip Lapatha, is recognized for its fine musicianship, community connection, and enthusiastic performances. The choir enjoys singing a wide range of repertoire.

The Chamber Choir earned the coveted Earl Grey Trophy at the Winnipeg Music Festival 2017, awarded for the most outstanding school chorus performance at the festival.

Other honours include: - Gold standings at the Winnipeg Music Festival (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) - MusicFest Canada recommendations (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) - Finalist for the Paul J Bourret National Class award (2013) - Performances at the Winnipeg Music Festival Evening of Choral Excellence (2015, 2016) - Showcase concerts at the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival in Banff (2014, 2016) The core values of the choir are Unity, Passion, Growth, Responsibility, Acceptance, Dedication, and Excellence UPGRADE. College. She and her husband

Elsaida Alerta, vocalist Elsaida Alerta has been singing all of her life, having entertained friends, family, and a wide variety of audiences since her very early childhood years. Elsaida has participated in many and won several singing competitions, with her biggest highlight to date being her Karaoke World Championships (KWC) victory in Singapore in November 2015. Since then, she has been working toward honing skills in co-writing and has spent some time in studio. Current projects include singing in an event band, along with other appearance requests. Elsaida is a Co-Director of KWC Canada-Manitoba, seeking local talent to represent Manitoba on a national stage, and appreciates encouraging others to exercise their potential! Elsaida is honoured to be participating in the 2017 Manitoba Hydro Holiday Tour and wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Sistema Winnipeg Students

Sistema Winnipeg is a daily, intensive orchestral program that focuses on children with the fewest resources and greatest need. The program delivers musical training, including string and wind instrument instruction and choral singing, to 160 children from ages 6 to 14 after school in Winnipeg’s inner city and North end, at no cost to participants.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Laura MacDougall, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Tony Cyre, percussion/drum set

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It is an education program of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Seven Oaks School Division and Winnipeg School Division.

Inspired by Venezuela’s music education system, El Sistema.

Dedicated to enriching the lives of students in inner city schools. The WSO aspires to add students from other inner city schools subject to available funding.

It launched in 2011 with 30 students.

Today there are 160 children in the program, from age 6 to 14 and from grades 1 to 8.

Children come to Sistema 3 hours a day, after regular school hours, 5 days a week, 10 months of the year.

Students are taught by trained music educators and professional musicians, including members of the WSO. Daily schedules include nutritional snacks, group lessons (string, woodwind, brass), orchestra, choir, mentorship, music theory and dance.

Students are taught by trained music educators and professional musicians, including members of the WSO. Photo: (student playing bass) Moses, Age 10

Children start in the program in grade 1 and have the opportunity to continue to grade 12.

Sistema Winnipeg does not charge participants. Currently it is wholly supported through an annual campaign with assistance from the WSO community.

Sistema families may attend WSO family concerts without charge.

Michael Nozick and Family Donates $500,000 to Sistema Winnipeg Funds of this magnitude will support 16 children a year in the program, each and every year.

For the Michael Nozick family, a $500,000 donation to Sistema Winnipeg is a gift that will keep giving back. It’s the kind of investment that he knows will make a difference to Sistema students and their families, but will also have an impact to the broader community.

“These kids come from high risk communities. When they have a program like this to give them structure and purpose, they flourish. The community benefits because we’re giving the students a foundation that will serve them throughout their lives,” says Mr. Nozick.

Mr. Nozick’s donation is eligible for matching through the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund. Therefore his $500,000 has the potential to become $1,000,000.

“These kids come from high risk communities.

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More than that, these funds stabilize a program that was existing year to year having to raise every single dollar from donations. Now with the guaranteed income from this endowment fund, Mr. Nozick has helped to ensure that the program will continue to exist.

“We are tremendously grateful to Michael Nozick and his family for this ground breaking gift to our Sistema Winnipeg program,” remarks WSO Executive Director, Trudy Schroeder. “Michael has been leading a campaign to help us raise sufficient endowment funds so that our Sistema program can continue, and he has shown his leadership with this first important gift to that campaign.”

I strongly encourage other engaged citizens of Winnipeg to support this campaign.

- Michael Nozick

Tannis Richardson Boosts Sistema Winnipeg with a $500,000 Donation Tannis Richardson has been an ardent supporter of Sistema Winnipeg right from the very beginning. Her love of the program and the difference it is making to children in two of Winnipeg’s inner city schools has inspired her to donate $500,000 toward an endowment fund to support the program indefinitely.

“El Sistema is one of the greatest gifts we can give these children,” says Mrs. Richardson.

“Their grades improve, their self-esteem improves and their future prospects are made so much brighter.”

Mrs. Richardson has been involved with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra since its very first concert at the old Winnipeg Auditorium which she attended with her late husband, George. She hasn’t missed a WSO season since. She has been a strong supporter of the Sistema Winnipeg program

since it started seven years ago, regularly attending the winter and spring concerts and encouraging the students at every step.

Mrs. Richardson’s gift will be eligible for matching funds from the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund, resulting in a potential $1,000,000 addition to the Sistema endowment fund.

“The WSO owes so much gratitude to Tannis Richardson for her many years of support – 70 years to be exact. This latest gift to Sistema is truly a legacy gift, and will help ensure that the Sistema program exists for years to come,” says Trudy Schroeder, WSO Executive Director.“This kind of gift means the lives of children will be transformed.

I can’t think of a better investment.”

Photos: (opposite page) Michael and Cheryl Nozick; (above) Tannis Richardson; (below) Children at King Edward School

“El Sistema is one of the greatest gifts we can give these children. Their grades improve, their self-esteem improves and their future prospects are made so much brighter.”

- Tannis Richardson

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What impact does Sistema have?

Sistema Winnipeg has been part of a University of Manitoba study since 2011. The study has found: Math and reading levels are improving compared to expected grade levels.

School suspensions dropped from 10 to 1 in the first two years.

Students are scoring high on tests for their own self-concept.

Chronic absenteeism (missing at least 10% of school) dropped by 10% in first two years of Sistema.

Students have a sense of belonging in their peer groups and school.

100% of parents believe their child is more confident.

School administrations reports that families are choosing to stay in the neighbourhood to keep their child in Sistema.

98% of parents are more optimistic of their child’s future and the program GIVES its students a future of alternatives.

Sistema students are exceeding expectations on comprehensive music testing.

Our entire society benefits when youth in these core neighbourhoods flourish and become leaders in their communities.

To maintain the existing program through grade 12 and to reach targeted future student levels, the WSO intends/needs to establish a separate endowment fund dedicated to Sistema to supplement the annual campaign. The funded Initial Founder commitments of Tannis Richardson and the Michael Nozick family are given on the understanding that sufficient additional long-term endowment money will be raised from the public at large, and (as in other Canadian cities having Sistema programs) assistance in the form of both outright grants, matching funds and/or long-term committed support from Federal, Provincial and Municipal Governments as well as continuing generosity from donors supporting the annual campaign.

What are Sistema’s immediate needs?

Currently funded by an annual fundraising campaign plus WSO musicians’ time.

Approximate current cost to add/maintain each student to the program is $3000/year.

Target is to add 15-30 students per year through grade 12 (currently, seven years into the program, children are enrolled in grades 1 through 8.)

Only 10 new students could be accommodated in 2017 due to limited funds.

Without additional funding, the Sistema program may be unable to continue as planned.

To support the Sistema Winnipeg endowment fund at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, go to wso.ca or call Shenna Song at (204) 949-3973.

CLASSICS

Messiah Julian Pellicano, conductor Jane Fingler, soprano Daniel Peasgood, countertenor Peter John Buchan, tenor Kris Kornelsen, baritone Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Chorus, John Wiens, director

Messiah

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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Part the Third

Friday, December 15 Saturday, December 16

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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra wishes to acknowledge the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music for the use of the portative organ in tonight’s performance.

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PROGRAM NOTES

Messiah is an anomaly among Handel’s two dozen oratorios in that,

by James Manishen apart from Israel in Egypt, its entire text is drawn from the Bible and is his Messiah only oratorio based on the New George Frideric Handel Testament. Messiah was also the only b. Halle, Prussia / February 23, 1685 oratorio presented in a consecrated d. London, England / April 14, 1759 Composed: 1741. First performance: space during his lifetime. Not 1742 (Dublin). intended as part of a devotional service, Handel intended it as a The most middle-class entertainment with celebrated pious leanings and just a step oratorio of all removed from the Italian operatic time, Messiah elicits almost an style ventures he had been having success with as London’s leading involuntary composer, impresario and producer response of recognition at the mere mention of its of opera. name. It is the most loved of all But in 1740, Handel was having oratorios and for all their estimable trouble keeping such ventures merits, neither the Passions of Bach solvent. English public taste was nor Haydn’s Creation rival Messiah’s moving away from continental popularity, though Mendelssohn’s influences towards more localized Elijah was, in the 19-century, entertainments, spurred on by the considered its equal. success of the 1728 satirical romp One feels the urge to want to sing as The Beggar’s Opera by Gay and Pepusch. Rumors abounded that with no other work of its genre, as imperial melody, invention and vision Handel was finished. are presented with the matchless proportion of a theatrical master. And Handel withdrew from public life in for the gift of Messiah, we literally the early months of 1741 and seldom have to thank inches, when, as a ventured out. But that summer, he young man, Handel’s life was saved came across a small book of Biblical after a metal frock button deflected a texts assembled by Charles Jennens, a sword point in a duel! wealthy and pretentious type but a great admirer of the composer.

Yet for all the visionary qualities in the Handel’s imagination lit up. music’s progression from dark to light, the dramatic strength of Messiah Rumor has it that Handel confined comes not from telling a story. himself to his room, completing Handel’s theatrical background was Messiah on September 14, 1741 in inbred when he composed Messiah, just over three weeks, but evidence but his priority was contemplation of shows that the Lord Lieutenant of the sacred rather than the dramatic.

Dublin had visited Handel early in “I should be sorry if I only entertained 1741 to propose a new work for a them,”Handel told an admirer. series of Dublin charity concerts.

“I wished to make them better.”

Handel traveled to Dublin that November and after the disappointments of London, took much pleasure in being enthusiastically received by the Irish press. Preparations for the premiere went on throughout the winter of 1742. Choristers were recruited from Dublin churches and excitement elevated to fever pitch.

The premiere on April 13, 1742 was a triumph. Handel couldn’t wait to take it home to London.

In London however, it was felt that Messiah’s texts would be compromised by performances in theatres propagated by actors of questionable morals. Messiah received a few subsequent performances but had to wait until more liberal times arrived in 1750 when Handel staged a performance to benefit London’s Foundling Hospital, a charity for abandoned children.

Such good will further ensured Messiah’s success, inspiring annual performances for the Foundling Hospital up until Handel’s death in 1759. It was the last work Handel directed, just eight days before his death and is the only major Baroque work that has an unbroken performance tradition from the time of its creation to the present day.

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

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Messiah

Jane Fingler, soprano

Peter John Buchan, tenor

Soprano Jane Fingler is quickly becoming a fixture on Winnipeg’s choral music scene. As a veteran member of Camerata Nova, Jane has performed music old and new, from Michael Praetorius’ Mass for Christmas Morning to newly commissioned works such as Partita by Caroline Shaw and last year’s Taken by Andrew Balfour. In Polycoro, she has performed a wide variety of early music as well as new music, including challenging works by Meredith Monk, Nicholas Gilbert and Morton Feldman. As a former member of Canzona, Jane is well versed in Handel, Bach, and other luminaries of the era. With a sweet, crystalline sound and flexibility perfectly suited to the demanding runs of Baroque composers, Jane’s voice truly shines in the music of this period. Equally at home as a soloist or as part of an ensemble, she is consistently winning praise and charming audiences wherever she performs. Jane studied voice at the U of M with Donna Fletcher and received a Bachelor of Music in 2014.

PJ Buchan – a native of Winnipeg – has been involved with choral and vocal music since he joined the men and boys choir at All Saint’s Church in 1979. He has appeared as a chorister and soloist with many of Winnipeg’s foremost ensembles, including the Winnipeg Singers, Camerata Nova, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, as well as for CBC national broadcast.

Daniel Peasgood, countertenor Daniel is thrilled to be singing with Polycoro and the WSO for this year's Messiah presentation. Dan has been singing and working in Winnipeg for the past 17 years. In this time, he has sung in numerous ensembles including The Winnipeg Singers, Camerata Nova, Canzona, The Canadian Chamber Choir, Antiphony, and, most recently, Polycoro. In 2015, Dan was part of Manitoba Underground Opera's presentation of Massenet's Cendrillon. He also had the opportunity to sing with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in their presentation of Monteverdi's Vespers in 2017. Happy Holidays to all and peace on earth!

PJ has been a competitor for both the Rose Bowl and the Tudor Bowl at the Winnipeg Music Festival, has appeared as a soloist in London’s Millennium Centre and Prague’s St Vitus’s Cathedral, and was the guest soloist at the February 2005 Reykjavik Winter Festival. Recently, PJ has been involved in a number of opera productions with Winnipeg’s Musical Offering and Little Opera Company.

Kris Kornelsen, baritone Baritone Kris Kornelsen is no stranger to the music scene in Winnipeg. He has sung as both a soloist and chorister with The Winnipeg Singers and Canzona and has enjoyed guest appearances with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Mennonite Oratorio Choir and the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir. Kris has performed as soloist in performances of Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, and Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew’s Passions. He is known for his musicianship and ability to actively communicate with his audiences. He brings a refreshingly bright yet warm vocal quality marked by sensitive phrasing to his performances. Kris is also very active singing various styles of music, from classical to jazz, gospel and pop with the mixed vocal quartet, Encore.

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Chorus Under the direction of John Wiens, the WSO Chorus is made up of local singers who will debut as a group at the WSO’s performances of Handel’s Messiah.

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Messiah

John Wiens, director John is a dynamic and versatile conductor with a wide-ranging repertoire hailed as “a new force in our world.” Equally at home in chamber or orchestral settings, he is widely recognized for his eloquent interpretations, persuasive musicality, and emotional connection to music and performers.

Born into a musical family in small-town Manitoba, John aspired to be a musician from an early age. He studied violin and piano, and sang in the All Saints Men and Boys choir in Winnipeg. His conducting career has ranged from Belgium (University Chorus for L’Université Catholique de Louvain) to Morocco (Ensemble Voca Me) to Montreal (St. Matthias Anglican Church in

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Westmount, Ensemble Bellechose). He holds degrees in Violin, Voice, and Conducting, and has been fortunate to study with Robert Ingari, Christopher Jackson, and Andrew Megill.

John is Artistic Director of Polycoro, a professional chamber choir specializing in repertoire before 1750 and after 1890. The ensemble will perform six times in the 20172018 season, including concerts in partnership with Cluster: New Music and Integrated Arts Festival, and the Winnipeg New Music Festival.

He is also on the conducting staff of Camerata Nova, and is the Director of Music at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Churches.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: Will Bonness, continuo

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The Snowman Julian Pellicano, conductor Ismaila Alfa, narrator* Winnipeg Boys’ Choir

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Brother Heinrich’s Christmas*

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The Snowman

Music by Howard Blake

image © Snowman Enterprises Ltd © Snowman Enterprises Limited “The Snowman”by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin www.thesnowman.com

In 1982, Raymond Briggs’classic picture book The Snowman was adapted as a 26-minute animated film by TVC, at the time the UK’s longest established animation studio, under the direction of Dianne Jackson.

The Snowman was first televised on 26 December 1982 and has since been shown every year on Channel 4.

Having spotted the potential for creating a unique and ground-breaking animation, John Coates instructed two trusted assistant animators, Hilary Audus and Joanna Harrison, to go and buy a dozen copies of the book for the purpose of dissecting it and storyboarding the very first animatic.

In keeping with the book, the film of The Snowman is wordless and free of dialogue, except for the now iconic,“Walking in the Air” which features as part of a now timeless musical score. Both song and score were written and composed by Howard Blake, who had written the melody some years before having been inspired by a walk on a Cornish beach.

This quickly turned into a hand-drawn animation bible which became the template for the final film. John Coates’passion for bringing the book to the screen quickly caught the attention of Sir Jeremy Issacs, former Chief Executive of Channel 4, who believed that it would be a fantastic piece for the channel and stand out from the rest of its schedule.

The score for the film was originally performed by the Sinfonia of London, with ‘Walking in the Air’being sung in the film by chorister Peter Auty, often cited as a famous case of mistaken identity, as three years later the song was famously re-recorded by Welsh chorister Aled Jones in a single which reached number five in the UK charts.

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ARTIST BIOS Ismaila Alfa

Winnipeg Boys Choir

Ismaila Alfa is the host of Up To Speed on CBC Radio One 89.3 FM / 990 AM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ismaila Alfa was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian father and Canadian mother. In fact, his mom hails from Pipestone, Manitoba. He completed his early school years in Edmonton, wrapping up his middle and senior school years in Winnipeg.

He pursued a civil engineering degree at the University of Manitoba but dropped out to tour Canada and the United States as a hip hop musician for eight years.

Probably the oldest independent boys’ choir in the country, the Winnipeg Boys’ Choir is an auditioned group of boys and young men aged 8-18, dedicated to high-quality music making and vocal training in a convivial atmosphere. Founded in 1925, the choir has for decades delighted audiences with music in many genres and languages. In recent years, WBC ensembles have performed with many of our city’s finest arts organizations, including the WSO, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, RWB, Canzona, Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, Camerata Nova and the Winnipeg Singers. Director Carolyn Boyes conducts the Treble and Chamber Choruses and Spencer Duncanson conducts the Senior Chorus (changed voices). Please join us for our spring concert “So Much Work for Love to Do”—an evening of hopeful and uplifting music for troubling times—on 27 April 2018 at 7pm, at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church. See our website winnipegboyschoir.ca for tickets and more information.

Likening his life to the movie 8 Mile, family and responsibility brought Ismaila Alfa and his vocal pipes back to Winnipeg. In January 2008, he started with CBC Radio One freelancing for the weekday morning show with Terry MacLeod and Marcy Markusa.

In April 2008, he found his way into the spotlight again as Information Radio's audio technician, traffic reporter and jingle writer extraordinaire.

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WSO SUPPORTERS The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following companies whose generous support helps to ensure musical enrichment within our community.

Podium Johnston Group Inc. Resident Artist Qualico Principal Chair Terracon Development Ltd. Wawanesa Insurance Assistant Principal Chair Cambrian Credit Union J.K. May Investments Ltd. Orchestra Chair Bison Transport Maxim Truck & Trailer Royal Bank of Canada Music Stand Coghlan's Limited Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Price Industries Limited Pollard Banknote Limited Premier Printing Ltd. Reider Insurance Winmar Property Restoration Riser A. Akaman & Son Ltd. European Art Glass Ltd. Greg Brodsky Law Corporation InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Mid West Packaging Limited Patill/St. James Insurance

Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation George Warren Keates Memorial Fund Allen and Marion Lambert Fund Lutz Family Foundation Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund The Winnipeg Foundation, John and Carolynne McLure Fund Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Program for the Enrichment of French in Education RBC Foundation Richardson Foundation Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation David & Leda Slater Memorial Fund Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and Anna Storgaard Fund Leslie John Taylor Fund, the Winnipeg Foundation James Thompson Memorial Fund in Trust of WSO The Winnipeg Foundation - Marylla van Ginkel Memorial Fund The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Ken and Lorna Thorlakson Fund 1 Anonymous

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

Siana Attwell, PhD Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Ethel Karr The WSO gratefully acknowledges Henry Katz Kevin & Els Kavanagh the following foundations: Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Erwin W. Kitsch Michel D. Lagacé Winnipeg Foundation Gail E. Loewen The Noreen & Robert Allen S. E. Loewen Charitable Trust W. H. Loewen The Asper Foundation Dr. Brendan MacDougall Gail Asper Family Foundation Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Brandon Area Community Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Foundation Lesia Peet Winnipeg Jets True North Beth M. Proven Foundation Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Trudy Schroeder In Memory of Peter D. Curry June Slobodian Defehr Foundation Muriel Smith Foundation for Choral Music in Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Manitoba Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews Francofonds Inc. Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Robin Wiens and Emilie LagacéWiens Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Donn K. Yuen Giving Foundation 2 Anonymous 42 OVERTURE I November – December 2017

Foundations

The Maestro’s Circle recognizes patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO. *Based on 12 months accumulative giving

Honourary Chair Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director Diamond MC Gail Asper and Michael Paterson Peter & Dana Jessiman Bill and Shirley Loewen* Michael Nesbitt Platinum Baton James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Marten & Joanne Duhoux Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetors Mr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy Vossen Gold MC Dr. Marcel A. Desautels Arnold & Myra Frieman Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Arlene Wilson & Allan MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ken and Judy Murray Hartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Silver MC Gail Asper and Michael Paterson Mark & Carilyn Buller Timothy & Barbara Burt Dr. Albert & Mrs. Lee Friesen Mr. & Mrs. Duncan & Judy Jessiman Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Don & Kim MacDonald Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Elaine & Neil Margolis Wade Miller & Melissa Malden Bob and Cindy Newfield Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Barb & Gerry Price Tannis Richardson* Mr. & Mrs. Meril & Eveline Rivard Mr. & Mrs. Lyle & Anna Silverman Charlie & Dayna Spiring Dr. Lea Stogdale Jim & Jan Tennant Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Concertmaster's Bow David & Ruth Asper Leonard & Susan Asper Mr. Jim Barrett Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Herb & Erna Buller Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Brent Trepel Morris Chia Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron Chiu

Art & Leona DeFehr Frank & Agnes DeFehr John & Gay Docherty Dr. Ravi Dookeran Karl & Petra Dornetshuber Philipp & Ilse Ens Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd. Bill & Margaret Fast Greg & Linda Fearn James Gibbs Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Jared & Robin Jacobson David & Diane Johnston Nora Kaufman Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul A. McCulloch Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Christine Skene & Nick Logan Dr. David Lyttle Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Robert Penner Ms. Pat Philpott Oliver & Gennie Plett Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Olga & Bill Runnalls Jimmy & Morse Silden Muriel Smith Paul & Shelley Smith Don & Jennifer Streuber Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen E. Toews Mr. & Mrs. Simon & Deborah Waller Meeka Walsh Professor A.M.C. Waterman Elsie Williston Klaus & Elsa Wolf 1 Anonymous Black Tie Austin Abas Ms. Sandra Altner Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Shibashis Bal Mrs. Marjorie Blankstein Frances Booth Doneta & Harry Brotchie Ms. Emily Burt Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Pierce & Amy Cairns Mr. Steven Chipman Jan & Kevin Coates Michael Duncan Joan & Glen Dyrda Mr. Alan Freeman & Dr. Radhika Desai Jason A. Goldberg Tyler Gompf Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Gregg & Mary Hanson Micah Heilbrunn John & Lisa Heimbecker Ms. Robin Hildebrand Derek & Mary Johannson Richard & Carol Jones Michael & Glenna Kay Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos &

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Chrysoula Kotoulas Mr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CA Mr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre Kozminski Mr. Aaron Lewis in Memory of Robert Handler Dr. Judith Littleford Ms. Valerie Mollison Jim & Krista Morden Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen Dr. Joel Nkosi Ted & Mary Paetkau Wayne & Linda Paquin Lesia Peet Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Beth M. Proven John & Violet Rademaker Dr. Diane Ramsey Ms. Iris Reimer Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer Jim & Leney Richardson Mrs. Shirley Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Barbara Scheuneman Trudy Schroeder Bob Silver Family Pam Simmons* Mrs. Rae Spear Mr. Jason Stefanson Jon & Jodee Stewart Mr. Richard Turner Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Peter & Marina White Don & Florence Whitmore Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann Mitch & Wanda Zajac 2 Anonymous * Founding Members

Friends of the WSO support the WSO each season. *Based on 12 months accumulative giving

Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony Mrs. France Adams Carmyn Aleshka Janet Ash Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Dr. David Barnard David & Gillian Bird Helga & Gerhard Bock Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Sheila & David Brodovsky Stephen Brodovsky Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mr. David Christianson Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Gordon & Jeannine Cornell John Corp and Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Ruth Crook Margaret Cuddy Miss O. Dilay Helene Dyck Kathleen & David Estey 44

Carrie Ferguson Judith & Peter Flynn Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Robert & Linda Gold Dr. Percy Goldberg in memory of Elaine Goldberg Mr. Gary B. Goossen Mrs. Audrey Harburn Mrs. Lisa Hastings N and L Holliday Robert Jaskiewicz Marianne Johnson Mr. Peter Johnson Lawrence Jones Mr. Darrell Klassen Millie & Wally Kroeker T.G. Kucera Mrs. W.K. Labies Mr. Frank Lavitt Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Le Dorze Lydia MacKenzie in loving memory of Donn Dr. John & Mrs. Natalie Mayba Jonathan E. Mitchell Sylvia Mitchell Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Terence and Vi Moore Vera Moroz Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Dr. Rashmi Nigam Arlene Young & Robert O'Kell Bonnie & Richard Olfert Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Donna & Ian Plant Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Carolynne Presser Mike Pyle & Laura Lomow Larry & Thelma Reynolds Mrs. Shirley Richardson Jim & Pat Richtik Guillermo Rocha Noni & Dan Rosenblat Mr. Walter Silicz Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol, in honour of James Edward Skinner and the late James Edward Nichol Murray & Loretta Steinbart Marlene Stern Ms. Marilyn Thompson Strang/van Ineveld Family Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Faye Warren Raymond & Shirley Wiest Herbert & Shirley Wildeman 4 Anonymous Concerto Judy & Jay Anderson Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Cheryl & Earl Barish Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson F. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. Betts Bernice Blakeman Cathie and Brian Bowerman Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Greg & Sylvia Brodsky Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Ms. Carol Budnick Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Dr. David Camoriano David Carr

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James Carr Mr. Raymond Chrunyk Anna-Lisa Cohen Drs. David & Kathleen Connor Pam & Andrew Cooke Irene & Robert Corne Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Gary & Fiona Crow Mr. Bradley J. Curran Mr. Peter Czaplinski Esther and Hy Dashevsky Hilary Druxman Beverley & Fred Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton Ms. Ursula Erhardt Randy Ewanika Ms. Susan Feldman Honourable Gary and Honourable Janice Filmon Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald Margaret Follett Wayne Forbes Penny Gilbert Bruno Gossen Katie & DeLloyd Guth Patricia Guy Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Blair & Erica Henderson Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Bob & Biddy Hilton Carole Holke Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Maryann Hudjik Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Dr. Lorne Hurst & Elly Hoogterp David Jacobson Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Randy & Kathleen Kemp Marion & Bill Kinnear Ray Kohanik & Terri Ashcroft Mr. Andre Kriening Kat Kupca Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Yan Lau & Ming-Ka Chan Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Mills James & Pat Ludwig Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Dr. Brendan MacDougall Douglas MacEwan John Maguire & Susan Collison Margaret Mahon in Honour of her Father, Thomas Hoey McGown Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek Terri & Jim McKerchar Louise McLandress Neil Middleton in memory of Michael Bundon Ron & Maureen Monson Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Conor Mulholland Dr. Rashmi Nigam Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Tim Preston & Dave Ling Donna & Gordon Price in Honour of Donald MacDonald

Rosemary Prior Dr. Clare Ramsey Fred & Carolyn Redekop Esther and Reynold Redekopp J. Reichert Levi & Tena Reimer Ricou-Manfreda Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin A. Schroeder Dr. L. Sekla Majid & Moti Shojania Merrill & Shayna Shulman Ms. Brenda Snider Con-Pro Industries Deborah Spracklin Mr. & Mrs. Gary and Gwen Steiman Helen Sundstrom Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Todd Tanchak Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Tom & Lori Thomas Dr. Helen A. Toews Edith A. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath Susan Twaddle Brad Vannan Mr. Robert Vineberg Thuraya Weedon Diane Weselake Mr. Neil Wilcox Myra Wolch & Saul Cherniack Harry & Evelyn Wray Don & Betty Young 7 Anonymous Serenade Edward Acuna Jean Altemeyer Pat & Harvey Anton Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Betty & Ted Ash Brian & Janice Bailey Mr. John A. Bailey Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach Dick & Minnie Bell Audrey Belyea Susan & Edwin Bethune Mr. Robert Briercliffe Jackie Brignall Gerald Callow Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mrs. Leona Christiansen Ron Clement Fred Coakes Ms. Julie Collings Ms. Linda Daniels Mr. Tom Dercola Sandra & Robert Dewey Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth in Memory of Diena Young Frances Edye Donna Ekerholm John & Martha Enns Margaret E. Faber Nelma Fetterman Donalda Fridfinnson Arnold & Christa Froese Mrs. Margaret Funk

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Harold & Alice Funk George & Carol Gamby Kelvin Goertzen George Haidau Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Patricia Harras Beth & Raymond Harris Catherine Harrison Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Debby and Brian Hirsch Patti Holm Rudy & Gail Isaak Terry & Shirley James Margaret Jeffries Rick & Caroline Josephson J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena Marilynne Keil Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy Ken Kinsley Heather Kirkham Erwin W. Kitsch Susan & Keith Knox Ms. Jose Koes Mona Koropatnick In Honour of Helene Beauchemin Sarah Kredentser & David Howen Douglas Kuhl School of Music Inc. Mr. Don Lawrence Mr. Norman Leathers Moira Swinton and Bernie Léveillé Tom Liewicki in memory of Lovie Liewicki Rose & Dick Lim Fraser & Joan Linklater Lisa & Ted Albert & Helen Litz, in Honour of Our Veterans Al & Pat Mackling Lorraine MacLeod Angelos and Pauline Macrodimitris Allan Malbranck Ruth May Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Glen Mead Shana Menkis Judith Meunier Mr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys Mildren Dr. Kyle Millar Brad & Donna Mitchell D.E. Morrison Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Patricia Mary Patterson Ms. Eleanor Payne Mr. Rick Pinchin Sandra & Irvin Plosker Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Don & Carol Poulin Ms. Lois Powne Dr. David Punter Juta Rathke Kelly Regula Pat and Bill Reid M. Rennie William Scheidt Ed & Susan Schmidt Marie Schoffner Dr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel Schroeder Dr. Robert J. Schroth Dr. & Mrs. Morry Schwartz Mr. Ken Schykulski Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko

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Robert Shindleman and Family in memory of Mayer Rabkin David & Lorraine Smith Margaret & Hartley Stinson Susan Stobart Lorne Sunley Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Szirom Ms. Vanessa Thiessen June & Lorne Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Dr. J.M. Trainor Paul Trapnell Estela Violago Ms. Edna Walpole Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Jim & Joan Warbeck Dr. Marnie Waters Jack Watts Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein J. Whyte Donna Woods Karin Woods 16 Anonymous Prelude Brian & Karen Abrams in Honour of Harvey & Sandra Weisman's 60th Anniversary and Harvey's 90th Birthday Kaeren Anderson Allan & Rochelle Baker Alison Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Ball Ms. Margaret Barbour Robert Barton In Memory of Robert Coates Ralph & Eileen Baxter Byrnes Benoit Eric Bergen Bruce & Joyce Berry Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Diane Bewell Ms. Trudy Blight Joan Blight Eric & Clara Bohm Shirley Book Ruth & Kris Breckman Paul & Doreen Bromley Miss Dorothy Broomhall Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Sherrill Brown Leona Burdeniuk Sel & Chris Burrows Gary & Jane Caines Ms. Donna Carruthers Laura Chan & Herman Lam Mrs. Patti Cherney Lawrie and Bea Cherniack Shelley Chochinov Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Choir Mr. Victor Collomb Dennis Cooley Glynis Corkal Joyce & Lawrence Cormack Helle Cosby Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Tracey Cullen Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona Cunningham Judy & Werner Danchura

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Maureen Danzinger Mr. Ray Davis F. De Grazia Michele Del Rizzo Wade Derkson Faye Dixon in Memory of Graham Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald Anne Downey in Memory of Pat Mutchmore Mr. & Mrs. Mervin & Ariela Drabinsky Herb & Norma Driver John and Ada Ducas R. Duddek Andrea Dyhe Lisa Edel Scott & Margaret Edmonds Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins George B. Elias Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr. Siegfried Enns Ms. Karin Erhardt Doug & Phyllis Flint Joanne Flynn Margo Foxford Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mrs. Gitta Fricke Mrs. Donna Friesen Lise Laverdure & François Gauvin Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard In memory of a long time supporter Mrs. Kay Lee Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori D. Gooch Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon Suzanne Gray Mrs. Noreen Greenberg larry & Susanne |Greer Marj Grevstad Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Grower Mr. & Mrs. Saul Guttman Gertrude Hamilton Ms. Joanne Hampson Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech Balaban Ms. Erin Harley Teresa A. Hay Larry & Evelyn Hecht L.G. Herd Terry Heron Ms. Shirley Hicks Ms. Marilyn Hido Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Karen Hiscott Richard & Karen Howell Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Carl & Vi Hultin Huynh Van Ho Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Mrs. Jacquie James Bob Jansen in memory of Eleanor Annandale Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Victoria Johnston Mrs. Karen Kaplen Ms. Bev Kawchuk Jo Kellendonk Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory of Mayer Rabkin

Ed & Helen Kolomaya Marion B Korn Jacki & Sheldon Koven Kozub/Halldorson Family Elsa Krahn Miss Patricia Kuchma Ms. Janet Kuchma Helen & Len La Rue Ron Lambert Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Elizabeth Lansard Mr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy Leibl Mr. R. Leroeye Jennifer Lidstone Roger Lowe Sarah Luby Janice Lutz in Memory of Andrew Lutz Janice Lutz in Memory of Patricia Hoebig Ms. Dorothy I. MacIntyre Barbara Main James Manishen Anethea Marshall Linda Martin Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon J. Doreen McCormick Paul A. McCulloch C. & J. McIntyre in Honour of All Veterans D. McKay Violet McKenzie Ted McLachlan S. McMillan Ms. Linda Meckling Estelle Meyers Tzivie Meyers, Anibal, Ashira and Ronen Mass Ms. Sue Miclash Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Mona Mills Ms. Marlene Milne Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Margaret Moroz in memory of her brother Andrew Lutz John & Margaret Mundie D. Munro Leesa Munroe Charlotte Murrell Mel & Sharon Myers Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Ms. Bonnie Neil Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Mikaela Oldenkamp David & Hermine Olfert Truus Oliver Allan & Hazel Osborn Mr. Douglas Page Ms. Georgine Palmquist Mrs. Henny Paritzky In Memory of Eleanor Annandale from Joan, Stuart and Helen John & Agnieszka Payne in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale David & Veronica Payne, in Memory of Eleanor Annandale Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Ms. Nettie Peters Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Blumie Portnoy Mrs. Edna Poulter April Powell in memory of S. Devinder S. Bharaj

Mrs. Nell Provinciano Bryan & Diana Purdy M. Reguly Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family in Memory of Norman MacKay, 38 years as a member of the French Horn Section of WSO and Personnel Manager for some time Theresa Rempel Eleanor Riach Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Brian & Iris Rountree Frances E. Rowlin Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad David & Helen Saude Grant & Janet Saunders Nicola Schaefer Matt Schaubroeck Hans & Gabriele Schneider Mr. M. Schnitzer David Schroeder R. Schroeder Charlene Scouten Ms. Noreen Sealy Olga & Myron Shatulsky Carl & Margaret Shaykewich Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Heida & Skuli Sigfusson Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Brenda Sklar Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Jordan Sodomsky Wilma Sotas Geri & Peter Spencer Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Ms. Sally Stephens Archie & Shirley Stone Lorron Agencies Ltd. Muriel Sutherland Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor Tom Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Ruth Dowse Henry & Elizabeth Toews Ms. Andrea Towers Ira van den Berg & Greg Butterfield Mr. Michael van Lierop Dr. & Mrs. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos Barry and Gail Veals Hugo and Anny Veldhuis Waverley Tenant Association Mr. Glen Angus Webster James & Claudia Weselake Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Debbie Wilson Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Ms. Joan Wise Patrick Wright Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Mr. John Yarema Mr. Edwin Yee Donn K.Yuen 18 Anonymous

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Sonatina Arshad Ahsanuddin Jonathan Alvaran James & Faye Alward in Honour of Margot J. Alward Alyssa Amposta Greg Anderson Jacqueline Anderson In Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale Dr. John Badertscher Ms. Susan Baird Mr. Robert Baragar Mrs. Eva Berard Mrs. Lori Bettig Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Monica Brechka Wendy & Ken Broadfoot Crowe & Brownlie Alfred Buelow Sheila Burland Kevin Burns Mr. John Burrows Divna Calic Ruth Calvert Ms. Linda Campbell Marianas Canadas Aline Caron Rheo Catt in memory of Rex Catt Eileen Chaban Ella Chenkie Melina Chow S.K. Clark Mr. Alfred Cornies Karen Couch Greg Cox Stephen Crane Ms. Judy Crawford Maxine Cristall Mr. Fred J. Cross Jean Cunningham Ms. Jean Curtis D. Cymbalist Carl Ar Darby Eric Davies Silvia V. de Sousa Mrs. Wilna Dehls L. N. Delisle Beth Derraugh Ms. Terrylynn Desrosiers M. Jane Dick Mrs. Ethel Dil Paul Dueck Linda Edel Don & Martha Epstein Pam Eyland Vera & Peter Fast Ross Feldman Ms. Helen Feniuk Mathilda Fijn Barbara Filuk Ms. Catherine Flower Peter Flynn Mrs. Cindy Flynn Hilda Franz Bonny Fraser Jim & Betty Gaynor Ms. Jacqueline Godard Heather F. Graham Ms. Gail Granger Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Victoria Gretchen Ms. Marianne Gruber Ms. Marion Guinn Raul Gutierrez B. & R. Hall Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin

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Ms. Helen Hawrysh Helen & Peter Hayward John Heath D&R Herntier Jean Highmoor Mrs. Margaret Hill Mrs. Diane Holding Stella Hryniuk Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Ishbel Isaacs Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski David & Heather Jenkins C Bohemier Ron & Barb Johnson Susan Johnson Dr. Arnold & Mrs. Doreen Kapitz Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Ms. Mary Klassen D. Kristjanson Ms. Irene Kuhtey Anne La Tour Ms. Betty Laing in Honour of All Veterans Mrs. Ingrid Lee Kim Lentowitsch Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Katrina Limberatos Barry & Patricia Lloyd In Memory of Andrew Lutz Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Christopher MacNutt Mr. Allan L. Mapes Mrs. Irene Marriott Ms. Teresa Martin Marian Martin in Memory of Eleanor Annandale Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Emily Mayoralgo Kelly McGonigal Jim McLaren Mrs. Jean McLennan Ardythe McMaster Sen. Marilou McPhedran Iona McPhee Mr. Garfield McRae Ms. Kathleen Michener Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Bob & Penny Miller Ms. Sharon Minuk Harry & Annette Minuk Ms. Sandra Mitchell Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Sandi Mitchell Jon Montes M Morawski Maureen Morin Kim Morton Jeffrey & Mary Morton Jackie Murphy Anne Martin Mr. Robert Nix Ms. Helen O'Neill Alice Oswald Mrs. Clarice Owen In Memory of Diena Young Shirley & Graham Padgett Mrs. Kathy Parry in honour of "PINK" RCN 4760 Sonjia Pasiechnik Mr. Irwine Permut Gail Perry & David Firman in Memory of Andrew Lutz Margaret Peters Robert Peterson Grant & Gail Pierce

In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Ken & Geri Porath Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Snowe-Potash, Lev SnowePotash Janis Pregnall Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Valerie Raber Karen Rassmussen-Oke Mrs. Marieann Reeves Ms. Barbara Robertson Melissa Steele Jean Robson Gisela Roger Mrs. V. Rosolowich Marnie Ross John & Shirley Russell Joan Sabourin Jessie Sawicz Kay Schalme Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Mary Agnes Welch Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Betty & Sam Searle Adriana Sedlak Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Lynn Shead Michael & Elaine Shnier Izzy Shore Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Ms. Jean P. Smellie Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Dr. Camelia Stefanovici Robert Stewart & Leslie RossStewart, in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale Diane Stewart George Stolarskyj Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Mrs. Joan Swaffer Gladys Tarala Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Linda Thomas Phyllis Thomson Robert & Barb Tisdale Ms. Melita Tonogai In memory of Mayer Rabkin Ms. Josette Toye Shelley Turnbull Ward Tweet Carole Urias Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Mrs. Arlene van Ruiten Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen Sophia Venter Nils & Melissa Vik Mrs. Nancy Vincent Denis Vincent Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Dr. Jackie Walker Gerri Weigeldt Ms. Barbara Wiebe Grace M. Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Peter Wilk Mr. Andrew Winkless In memory of my uncle Joe Jaworski who was a musician Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman 39 Anonymous

Randy Ewanika Ms. Susan Feldman Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Ms. Catherine Flower Wayne Forbes The WSO gratefully acknowledges Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh the following patrons whose Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall foresight helps to ensure long-term Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech financial support for the WSO. Balaban Thank you!

Mrs. Lisa Hastings Ms. Helen Hawrysh Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Fund Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Patti Holm Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski Alexander Mickelthwate Marianne Johnson Mr. Ray Davis Mr. Peter Johnson Helene Dyck Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Greg & Linda Fearn Richard & Carol Jones Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Koren & Leonard Kaminski Marilynne Keil, in Memory of J. Gartner & L. Kampeas David H. Skinner Kevin & Els Kavanagh Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Jo Kellendonk Alexander Mickelthwate, in Ms. Jose Koes loving memory of Donn Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Barbara Main Kozub/Halldorson Family Judith Meunier T.G. Kucera Ms. Iris Reimer Ron Lambert Levi & Tena Reimer Lisa & Ted Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Barbara Scheuneman Moira Swinton and Bernie Léveillé Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Jim & Jan Tennant Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean James & Claudia Weselake John Maguire & Susan Collison WSO Women's Committee in Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries memory of Eleanor Gibson Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen 2 Anonymous Creek Ms. Teresa Martin Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Paul A. McCulloch Ted McLachlan Shana Menkis Ron & Sandi Mielitz Festival donors help to further Ms. Sheila Miller the musical artistry of the WSO’s Conor Mulholland New Music Festival. Thank you! Michael Nesbitt Bob and Cindy Newfield Alpha Masonry Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Mrs. France Adams Mikaela Oldenkamp Jean Altemeyer Lesia Peet Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Mr. Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Snowe-Potash, Lev SnoweAlison Baldwin Potash David & Gillian Bird Beth M. Proven Ms. Trudy Blight Dr. Clare Ramsey Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Pat and Bill Reid Corporation Kelly Regula Dental Corp Jackie Brignall M. Rennie Stephen Brodovsky Guillermo Rocha Medical Kevin Burns Corporation Dr. David Camoriano Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Marianas Canadas Olga & Bill Runnalls David Carr Barbara Scheuneman Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Mr. M. Schnitzer Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Mr. Peter Czaplinski Michael & Elaine Shnier Eric Davies Majid & Moti Shojania Sandra & Robert Dewey Pam Simmons Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Muriel Smith Corporation Jordan Sodomsky Andrea Dyhe Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Kathleen & David Estey

Susan Stobart Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson U of M Icelandic Department Brad Vannan Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Nils & Melissa Vik VQ Salon Meeka Walsh Dr. Marnie Waters Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Mr. Neil Wilcox Karin Woods Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 4 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily after-school program offered at no cost to participants that enriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatest need. The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose support makes a difference in the everyday lives of these children. Thank you!

Honourary Chair Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music!

Ms. Margaret Barbour Ralph & Eileen Baxter Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Louise Nebbs and Paul Godard Lucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi van den Berg Ms. Rheo Catt Shelley Chochinov Michele Del Rizzo Dr.William Dutka Barbara Filuk George Haidau Don & Jerri Hall in Memory of Aunt Lois Anderson Huynh Van Ho In Memory of Mary Harrison Mrs. Karen Kaplen Russell Kennedy Tom Liewicki in memory of Lovie Liewicki Claudette & Robert Lussier James Manishen Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Ms. Sharon Minuk Margaret Moroz in memory of Mrs. Pat Hoebig Anne Martin Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Lesia Peet in memory of Andrew Lutz Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family in Memory of Norman MacKay, 38 years as a member of the French Horn Section of WSO and Personnel Manager for some time Mr. L. J. Roy Barbara Scheuneman M Scheuneman Brenda Sklar Deborah Spracklin Mr. Robert B. Stinson Jim & Jan Tennant Ward Tweet Ms. Gerardina Vanaert Estela Violago 9 Anonymous

Maestoso Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation RBC Foundation Richardson Foundation Vivace Boeing Canada Winnipeg Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Telus - Manitoba Community Board Con Brio Bridgeport Office Solutions Dr. Ken Fowler Garth Lee Strings Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Manitoba Community Services Council Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries 1 Anonymous Allegro Dr. David Barnard Andy Burgess Timothy & Barbara Burt Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Mr. David Christianson Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Art & Leona Defehr Greg & Linda Fearn Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Mr. Gary B. Goossen Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Giving Foundation Kevin & Els Kavanagh Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Le Dorze Bill and Shirley Loewen Dr. David Lyttle Manitoba Community Services Council Jonathan E. Mitchell John Morriss Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Mrs. Shirley Richardson Mr. Walter Silicz Jim & Jan Tennant E. Toews Strang/van Ineveld Family Faye Warren Elsie Williston 2 Anonymous

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Conmoto Jonathan Alvaran James & Faye Alward in Honour of Margot J. Alward Alyssa Amposta In Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale Betty & Ted Ash Mr. John A. Bailey Ms. Susan Baird Ralph & Eileen Baxter Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson In Honour of Helene Beauchemin Audrey Belyea Byrnes Benoit Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Choir Ms. Diane Bewell Paul & Doreen Bromley Ms. Carol Budnick Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mrs. Audrey Campbell Ms. Linda Campbell Canada Guaranty Fred Coakes In Memory of Robert Coates Anna-Lisa Cohen Mr. Victor Collomb Dennis Cooley Greg Cox Tracey Cullen Carl Ar Darby L. N. Delisle Silvia V. de Sousa Douglas Kuhl School of Music Inc. Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth in Memory of Diena Young R. Duddek ECCO Singers Linda Edel Ms. Karin Erhardt Ms. Ursula Erhardt Kathleen Estey in memory of Alan Maxwell Pam Eyland Ross Feldman Nelma Fetterman Mathilda Fijn Mrs. Cindy Flynn Judith Flynn Peter Flynn Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Diena Young Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Margo Foxford Bonny Fraser Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard In Memory of James Joseph ("Jim") Gibbons Ms. Gail Granger Suzanne Gray Raul Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Patricia Harras Catherine Harrison Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich D&R Herntier Ms. Shirley Hicks

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Robin Hildebrand Debby and Brian Hirsch Karen Hiscott Mrs. Jacquie James Bob Jansen in memory of Eleanor Annandale In memory of my uncle Joe Jaworski who was a musician Ron & Barb Johnson Susan Johnson Victoria Johnston Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Rick & Caroline Josephson Marilynne Keil Ed & Helen Kolomaya Anne La Tour Kim Lentowitsch Albert & Helen Litz Dr. Brendan MacDougall Lorraine MacLeod Allan Malbranck Manitoba Children's Museum Marian Martin in Memory of Eleanor Annandale Emily Mayoralgo Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis Kelly McGonigal Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Iona McPhee Ms. Linda Meckling Mr. Neil Middleton Dr. Kyle Millar Ms. Marlene Milne Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Vera Moroz Kim Morton Jeffrey & Mary Morton Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Ms. Bonnie Neil North Kildonan United Church Alice Oswald Patricia Mary Patterson David & Veronica Payne in Memory of Eleanor Annandale John & Agnieszka Payne in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale In Memory of Eleanor Annandale From Joan, Stuart and Helen Lesia Peet Margaret Peters Robert Peterson Grant & Gail Pierce Mrs. Edna Poulter April Powell in memory of S. Devinder S. Bharaj Ms. Lois Powne Dr. David Punter Valerie Raber Mrs. Marieann Reeves M. Reguly Jean Robson Ms. Miriam Rudolph Joan Sabourin Mr. Terry Sargeant Nicola Schaefer Barbara Scheuneman Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Ed & Susan Schmidt A. Schroeder Trudy Schroeder

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Betty & Sam Searle Olga & Myron Shatulsky Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Wilma Sotas Melissa Steele Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Diane Stewart Robert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart, in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale Todd Tanchak In Honour of Bette Jayne Taylor Telpay Inc. Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Phyllis Thomson Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Ruth Dowse Edith A. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath Carole Urias Mr. Michael van Lierop Thuraya Weedon Gerri Weigeldt Diane Weselake Maryann Hudjik WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Ms. Barbara Wiebe Grace M. Wiebe Peter Wilk Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Myra Wolch & Saul Cherniack Donna Woods Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Arlene Young and Robert O'Kell In Memory of Diena Young Don & Betty Young 12 Anonymous

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

Greg Anderson Pat & Harvey Anton Mr. Robert Baragar Bernice Blakeman Joan Blight Helga & Gerhard Bock C Bohemier Monica Brechka Crowe & Brownlie Carlyle Printers Service & Supplies Eileen Chaban Con-Pro Industries John and Ada Ducas Wayne Forbes Lise Laverdure & François Gauvin Kelvin Goertzen In memory of a long time supporter Mrs. Kay Lee larry & Susanne |Greer George Handyman Mrs. Audrey Harburn Carl & Vi Hultin Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Margaret Jeffries Dr. Arnold & Mrs. Doreen Kapitz Ursula & Sandor Kelemen

Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kemp Ken Kinsley Marion B Korn Sarah Kredentser & David Howen Kat Kupca Ms. Betty Laing Mr. Don Lawrence Al & Pat Mackling Cynthia Marx Sen. Marilou McPhedran Ms. Kathleen Michener M Morawski D.E. Morrison Youssef Mouzahem Ms. Eleanor Payne Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Mrs. Edna Poulter Carolynne Presser Beth M. Proven Jessie Sawicz Barbara Scheuneman Mary Agnes Welch Adriana Sedlak Robert Shaw Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Pam Simmons Tom Thiessen Ms. Marilyn Thompson Ms. Melita Tonogai Ms. Andrea Towers Paul Trapnell Ira van den Berg & Greg Butterfield Hugo and Anny Veldhuis 29 Anonymous

OTHER DONATIONS Brian & Karen Abrams in Honour of Harvey & Sandra Weisman's 60th Anniversary and Harvey's 90th Birthday Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Peter and Jane Markesteyn Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Marlene Crielaard and Alan Schmitt's Wedding Jackie Brignall in memory of Andrew Lutz Anne Downey in Memory of Pat Mutchmore Barry & Susan Greenberg in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Nessie & David Greenberg in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Sharon Love in Memory of Jeannine McCallum Gail Perry & David Firman in Memory of Andrew Lutz In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Robert Shindleman and Family in memory of Mayer Rabkin Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mayer Rabkin In memory of Mayer Rabkin Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman in memory of Mayer Rabkin 1 Anonymous Listing as of October 1, 2017

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Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien Mr. J. M. Sinclair Dr. 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 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.

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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 I Pollock, QC (Interim President) Dr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Dorothy Dobbie Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA Mr. Terry Sargeant

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Al Alexandruk Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie John and Bonnie Buhler Timothy E. Burt, CFA 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 I Pollock, QC Dr. William Pope John Rademaker Kathleen Richardson Tannis Richardson Leney 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 2017-2018 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terry Sargeant, President Curt Vossen, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, Treasurer Michael Kay, Corporate Secretary Ida Albo Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Steven Dyer Alan Freeman

Daniel Friedman Dr. Selena Friesen Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Peter Jessiman Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Dr. Maureen Kilgour Silvester Komlodi Sotirios Kotoulas Dr. Eleanor MacDougall Sherratt Moffatt Richard Turner Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The Honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba His Worship Brian Bowman, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Sherratt Moffatt, President Margaret Harvie, Vice-President Sylvia Cassie, Past President Nancy Weedon, Treasurer Agnes Bailey, Secretary Florence Bell, Asssistant

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate EXECUTIVE OFFICE Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,WNMF Festival Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Director of Artistic Operations & Production Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Tatiana Carnevale, Operations Coordinator Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra, VP Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Oscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration Assistant Pat Foot, Administration Assistant

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