WSO 2017-2018 Overture Issue 3

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NIELSEN & MOZART THE TWINS AND THE MONSTER MUSIC OF THE ICE WITH KURT BROWNING VALENTINE’S DAY: BROADWAY IN LOVE CHARLES CHAPLIN: CITY LIGHTS LIVE

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE WSO BOARD

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Happy New Year! All of us at the WSO wish you good health, happiness and much great music in the coming year.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is halfway through its 70th Anniversary Season, and all of us are looking forward to many more wonderful concerts and programs in the coming months. I am particularly looking forward to seeing the orchestra work with a number of fine guest conductors in the next few months. We are delighted to welcome Winnipegger Keri-Lynn Wilson to conduct the January 12th and 13th concerts featuring a new work by WSO’s Composer-in-Residence Harry Stafylakis, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3.

February 9th and 10th will see a return visit by José Luis Gomez, and on February 23rd and 24th, Yaron Traub will conduct a concert featuring the music of Spain.

For those of us looking for some special entertainment, there will be an opportunity from January 19th to 21st to enjoy the excellent music that provides inspiration for great figure skating performances with Canadian icon Kurt Browning. February 16th to 18th will allow us to become reacquainted with the genius of Charlie Chaplin in City Lights.

While the details are not included in this issue of Overture, the Winnipeg New Music Festival, January 27 – February 2, promises to be an unforgettable opportunity to encounter the remarkable creative force Philip Glass.This is a Festival that will be remembered for its international scope and importance.

There is indeed much to celebrate in the 70th Anniversary Season. All of us who enjoy the WSO’s performances and programs want to see this community resource here to serve future generations.

We know that the environment is becoming increasingly difficult for cultural institutions, and so building additional stability for the orchestra is an important legacy that we can leave for our community. I invite you to consider supporting the WSO’s Endowment Fund at The Winnipeg Foundation by making a generous gift this year, or by making a gift to the WSO in your will and becoming a part of the WSO’s Legacy Circle. We can all play a part in ensuring the presence of an excellent orchestra in Winnipeg for the years to come.

Terence Sargeant Chair of the WSO Board January – February 2018 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 twelfth 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

TRUMPETS Chris Fensom, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda BASS TROMBONE **Stephen Clayton, Principal *Julia McIntyre, Principal

Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry **Anna Scheider FLUTES Jan Kocman, 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 ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Taylor Eiffert BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Chris Lee PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Greg Hamilton ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Laura MacDougall *On Leave **Temporary Position Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed alphabetically and are seated according to a rotational system.

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Holocene Extinction Eden Arrival Threnody Hammerfall

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Harry Stafylakis (b.1982)

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Holocene Extinction Harry Stafylakis b. Montreal / 1982 Composed: 2017 World Premiere

The Holocene epoch, which spans the past 11,700 years, encompasses the totality of humanity’s written history.

Our species’s staggering growth and development into Earth’s first global superpredator is unprecedented in the known history of the planet.An unintended consequence of this explosive rise is the pervasive impact humanity has had on the environment.Human predation’s effects on food webs,the destabilization of biodiverse habitats,industry’s role in climate change,overpopulation,and profligate consumption are among the principal causes of an increase in the extinction rate of plant and animal species to between 100–1,000 times higher than natural background rates.

The Earth has experienced five mass extinction events in its history, spread out over hundreds of millions of years.

Humanity is the first species to have directly precipitated such a cataclysm – what has been termed the sixth mass extinction, or the Holocene extinction.

This work is a symphonic poem, a meditation on our unfortunate complicity in this ongoing mass extinction event.The narrative is set in four continuous movements.

The first, Eden, imagines an idyllic Earth before the growth of humanity. It seeks to capture the simplicity and balance of the world as depicted in our origin myths.

Gradually, a sense of foreboding invades the dreamlike naivety of the opening.

In Arrival, humanity enters the scene. A frenetic increase in energy and aggression depicts our rapid proliferation and takeover of the ecosystem.

Threnody, from the Greek , or “wailing ode,”is an exercise in catharsis, a purely emotional response to this ongoing tragedy.

The finale, Hammerfall, evokes the massiveness and cold brutality of industry, an unstoppable force subjugating the musical landscape with mechanical implacability.

- Harry Stafylakis

Violin Concerto No. 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart b. Salzburg / January 27, 1756 d.Vienna / December 5, 1791 Composed: 1775 First performance: 1775 (Salzburg), with the composer as soloist Last WSO performance: 2004; Simon Streatfeild, conductor, with Gwen Hoebig as soloist Mozart keenly observed the concerto form during his travels across England, Germany, France and Italy as a young man. At the time, concertos were grab-bags of the old and the new, with Italianate “moto perpetuo”rhythms and the “ritornello” form of returning themes predominating.This, plus the emergence of sonata-allegro form, with its contrasting themes and structural recapitulations, offered telling opportunities for Mozart to explore in growing the concerto as a genre.

leaping melody, swirling ornaments and drone bass convey the exotic.

Occurring before the rondo’s theme is last heard, complete with double basses slapping the strings with the wood of the bow, the return of the minuet theme feels as if the dancers have exerted enough, gently easing their steps towards the quietly elegant close.

Symphony No. 3 ‘Espansiva’

Carl Nielsen b. Sortelung, Denmark / June 9, 1865 d. Copenhagen / October 3, 1931 Composed: 1910-1911 First performance: February 28, 1912 (Copenhagen), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 1976; Piero Gamba, conductor

Born in the same Eastern Denmark township as Hans Christian Andersen, Carl Nielsen is among the most original of all Scandinavian composers. His six Mozart’s five Violin Concertos were symphonies become more adventurous composed during five months in 1775 as the cycle progresses, the Third a and with each one Mozart shows an melodic mélange describing, as Nielsen intense re-evaluation over the scholar Robert Simpson wrote,“the predecessor. He was just 19-years-old, outward growth of the mind’s scope but with a compelling and fertile and the expansion of life that comes imagination, plus formidable skills on from it,”going on to suggest Nielsen’s the violin. (Mozart’s father Leopold was “sense of human energy and enjoyment a renowned violin teacher whose of life”in exhilarating fashion. published methods were widely used, and young Wolfgang had dazzled on Opening with 26 violent explosions all on A, a waltz of enormous scale ensues, the instrument during his first Italian the melody driving forward with tour at age seven). variations Nielsen returns to throughout Mozart’s last Violin Concerto, No. 5 the work reminding of Brahms’s in A major, is the jewel of the set.The stechniques in developing variations. opening movement immediately diverts with its unusual structure – the The second movement Andante soloist entering with a short, dignified pastorale reflects Nielsen’s rural Adagio, and then a different lyrical childhood on the island of Funen. melody that what the orchestra sets Beginning gently with horn and strings, out with. New material and richer the music moves into darker realms harmonic development ensue. later resolved by wordless baritone and soprano human voices in contented The second movement is a lovely communication, as if similar to sonatina (sonata-allegro form but impressionistic painting where, as without a development passage).The Finale contains the Turkish connection: Nielsen expressed “the contours wash out in an atmospheric haze.” an “interruption”as it were, whose musical elements convey the popularity The third movement Allegretto un poco of Turkish subjects in Western Europe at features a restless oboe theme that the time, for which Mozart provides a spreads throughout the orchestra lusty confrontation with the infidel East! before concluding peacefully.The Finale The movement is a rondo in the style begins with a march whose intensification reminds of Mahler, with of a minuet, interrupted with a lively Nielsen’s characteristic harmonic side“contra dance”section of lusty steps from earlier on signed and sealed Hungarian and gypsy tunes – more at the blazing close.

Turkish style than substance, as the

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Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson is a guest conductor of leading international opera companies and orchestras. This season, Ms. Wilson conducted a new production of Verdi’s Aida at the ENO in London. Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, Rusalka in Prague and a new production of Bizet’s Carmen in Warsaw will follow, as well as numerous orchestral concerts. Recently, Ms. Wilson conducted at the Bolshoi Opera (Don Carlo), the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra (Roméo and Juliette), the NDR Orchestra (Rigoletto), Otello at the Montreal Opera, and in Valencia (L'Elisir D'Amore) and Bilbao (Don Giovanni). She also made her debut with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto (Tosca). A native of Winnipeg, Canada, Ms. Wilson studied the flute, piano and violin. At the Juilliard School in New York, she was a student of renowned flutist Julius Baker and made her debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 21. Upon graduation, she was the Associate Conductor at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra until 1998, when she launched her international career as a guest conductor.

Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony. He has worked with conductors such as Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, Matthias Bamert, Vasily Petrenko and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Among Da Costa's chamber music colleagues have been Menahem Pressler and Elizabeth Leonskaya.

As a recording artist, he has more than 25 solo CDs, among them, his JUNO Award-winning recording of the concertos by American composer Michael Daugherty, with the Montreal Symphony under Pedro Halffter for Warner Classics. He now records for Spectra and SONY Classical.

Alexandre Da Costa is also Head of Strings and Associate Professor at the Edith Cowan University, and Artistic Director of the Laurentians Classical Festival of Canada. Alexandre Da Costa plays the “Deveault” Stradivarius of 1701 loaned by his friends Guy and Maryse Deveault.

Jayne Hammond, Soprano

A recent graduate of the Desautels Faculty of Music, soprano Jayne Hammond is already being recognized for her concert work in Western Canada. Jayne has appeared as a soloist with the Victoria Symphony (Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), the Pacific Baroque Festival Alexandre Da Costa, Violin (Handel’s Silete venti), the Victoria Baroque Players In 1998, at age 18, Alexandre Da Costa obtained a Master’s Degree (Bach’s Wachet Auf!), the University of Manitoba in violin and went on to study with Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate), Zakhar Bron in Europe. In 2010, he and the University of Manitoba Singers (Stravinsky’s Les Noces). Equally at home on the received the prestigious Virginiaoperatic stage, recent roles include Kate Parker Prize, one of Canada’s Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Pacific Opera highest cultural distinctions.

Victoria), Casilda in The Gondoliers (Opera NUOVA), Clorinda in La Cenerentola and Winner of many national and international first prizes, Alexandre Da Costa has been guest soloist Lucia/Gardner in a school tour production of Angela and her Sisters (University of Manitoba), for nearly two thousand concerts and recitals and Suor Infermiera in Suor Angelica (Manitoba throughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania and Underground Opera). Jayne looks forward to Asia. He has performed in major halls such as performing the role of Elsie Maynard in the Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, New Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg’s York's Carnegie Hall, and played with prestigious production of Yeomen of the Guard this spring. orchestras such as the London Royal Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, the Berlin Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Prague January – February 2018 I OVERTURE 9

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Matthew Pauls, Baritone Baritone Matthew Pauls has been praised for his on-stage poise and magnificent singing (Opera Canada). Selected stage credits include, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Inigo Gomez in L’Heure Espagnole, Father Christmas in Merry Christmas Stephen Leacock, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Benoit in La Bohème, Marullo in Rigoletto, Frank Maurant in Street Scene, and Masetto in Don Giovanni. On the concert stage, Matthew has performed numerous works such as Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Five Mystical Songs.

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Matthew has been delighted to perform as a featured soloist with ensembles such as the Saskatoon Symphony, Windsor Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Paraguay, Canadian Chamber Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Winnipeg Singers, and the Guelph Chamber Choir.

Matthew teaches at Canadian Mennonite University in the area of voice and music theory.

He is also the conductor of the CMU Men’s Chorus.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Momoko Matsumura, violin; Anna Scheider, bass; Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Tracy Wright, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Donna Laube, keyboard

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The Twins and the Monster Dandi Productions Julian Pellicano, conductor Norma Lewis, narrator

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Story by Tololwa Mollel Adapted and Directed by Doug McKeag Original Score by John Estacio Carved masks by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

About Dandi Productions Dandi Productions was established by performers Doug McKeag and Onalea Gilbertson to develop, promote and tour new and innovative symphony works for Young Orchestra audiences. Dandi presented the North American Premieres of three Roald Dahl “Revolting Rhymes,”and produced the World Premieres of two additional fullorchestra concert-stories: The Mysterious Maestro and The Twins and the Monster. As Artistic Producers, Doug and Onalea believe passionately in the fundamental importance of music in young peoples’lives. As singers and actors themselves, they have appeared with major theatres across Canada, in a wide variety of musicals and plays.They develop

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their productions with a keen sense of humour, top-notch performers, and the highest of entertainment standards.

Featuring puppets by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, these concerts are in turn spellbinding, heartbreaking, scary and hysterically funny.

Dandi has toured across North America, and has performed with the Toronto,Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, l’orchestres symphoniques de Québec and Montréal, the Calgary Philharmonic,The Grand Rapids Symphony; and was presented at the Hollywood Bowl by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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The Twins and the Monster

John Estacio, Composer In the past 12 years, John has served as Composer-inResidence with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Calgary Opera, the Edmonton Symphony and Pro Coro Canada. His compositions have been played across Canada and in the United States.

Orchestra works include Borealis; Solaris; A Farmer’s Symphony; and Triple Concerto for Violin, Violincello, Piano and Orchestra. His opera Filumena premiered in Calgary in 2003. John was recently nominated for two JUNO Awards for his CD of orchestral compositions Frenergy: The Music of John Estacio.

About the Twins project, John says,“my inspiration for the music comes from my collaborators, both Tolo’s entertaining story and Doug’s engaging script. The story is a quintessential tale of good versus evil, with a couple of twists. Writing the music for the story is a lot like writing music for a film – there are characters and scenes and action and it is my job to make sure the music is an accurate representation of what is happening in the story. A collaborative opportunity such as this is always a joy. As a composer, I spend most of my working time in isolation, so I welcome the chance to work with other artists.”

Tololwa M. Mollel, Author “Tolo” was born in Tanzania, and now lives in Canada. He is a storyteller and dramatist, and children’s author of fifteen books, including the Governor General’s Award-winning The Orphan Boy; Rhinos for Lunch, Elephants for Supper; Song Bird; and My Rows and Piles of Coins. Tololwa’s books have been published in the U.S., Australia, Britain, South Africa and Canada. Several of his works have been adapted for the stage, including The Flying Tortoise; Subira, Subira; A Promise to the Sun; and The Visit of the Sea Queen.

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On Twins, Tolo says, ”My grandmother loved to tell stories, usually at suppertime to keep us from nodding off, as supper took so long to prepare. Some of the stories were about monsters. Those stories certainly kept us awake! We were truly terrified as we listened to grandmother’s stories, but we were also thrilled. In creating the monster in Twins, I borrowed from my grandmother’s yarns and added my own imagined features for the monster’s character. What I love most about being a storyteller is the opportunity to bring an imaginary world to life through characters, images, sounds, and of course, song. I also love to listen to stories, for as my grandmother taught me, to be a good storyteller, you have to be a good listener.”

Norma Lewis, Performer Norma Lewis is a born and raised Calgarian of Caribbean descent, and has been a performer most of her life.

She is the co-producer and founder of Maple Salsa Theatre, whose mandate has focussed on bringing “spicy” international theatre to Alberta Audiences. Ms. Lewis performed in José Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics, and one of her most challenging roles in Mamagorka, by the late Mexican Playwright Gerardo Mancebo de Castillo Trejo. Originally a Political Science Major at the University of Calgary, Ms. Lewis’ passion for social and political issues has brought a new angle to her creative career. After performing in the controversial play The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman, she performed her first self-created piece, JOY. Norma has performed The Twins and the Monster across Canada.

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Music of the Ice with Kurt Browning Kurt Browning, host Lucas Waldin, conductor Geoffrey Tyler, vocalist

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Music of the Ice with Kurt Browning

Lucas Waldin Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose flare for audience engagement and passion for performance have delighted audiences across North America.

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Lucas joined the Edmonton Symphony as Resident Conductor in 2009 and was subsequently appointed Artist-inResidence and Community Ambassador, the first position of its kind in North America. He has appeared with the orchestra over 150 times and has collaborated with artists such as Angela Cheng, Jens Lindemann, Sergei Babayan and Bill Eddins, and conducted in Carnegie Hall during the ESO's participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival.

Lucas was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting by the Canada Council for the Arts and received a Citation Award from the City of Edmonton for his outstanding achievements in arts and culture.

Professional Championships, a Lou Marsh Trophy for top Canadian athlete (in 1990), Lionel Conacher Award winner (1990 and 1991), Order of Canada recipient (in 1990), an American Skating World Professional Skater of the Year Award (in 1998), and a Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters' Association (in 2001).

On March 25, 1988 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Browning landed the first quadruple jump ever in competition.This accomplishment is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Browning is also known for his footwork. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and Canada's Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2001.

His energy and talent are welcomed by his fans and embraced by his fellow skaters. An absolute craftsman on skates, Kurt's natural humour and rapport with the audience will always be an obvious highlight of his performance.

Kurt enjoyed co-hosting Battle of the Blades with Ron Maclean for three years and in the fourth and final year of the show he was the head judge for the competition. He has provided colour commentary for figure skating competitions on NBC and ABC, and is currently working for CBC. Kurt has been a performer in the iconic touring show Stars on Ice for 28 years, and was recently On-Ice Director for the new Cirque de Soleil show "Crystal."

With an ability to slide easily between styles and genres, Lucas has worked with a range of pop and crossover artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Folds, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies and Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, and Cirque de la Symphony. Lucas has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in Canada and the U.S., including the Kitchener-Waterloo Geoffrey Tyler, vocalist Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Geoffrey Tyler is a Canadian Toronto Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic and actor/singer/dancer, musician, and the Houston Symphony, while this season will see director who has work extensively debuts with the Victoria Symphony, the Regina across Canada, as well parts of the U.S. Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony and the Calgary and Europe, including London's West Philharmonic.

End for close to 25 years. His performances have A native of Toronto, Ontario, Lucas received degrees spanned most medias: stage, screen, television, radio, and recordings. Over the past few years Geoffrey has in both flute and conducting from the Cleveland branched out into Directing as well, but still retains Institute of Music. his love of being in front of the footlights.

Kurt Browning Born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and raised in Caroline, Alberta, Browning was a four-time Canadian figure skating champion and four-time World Champion. He represented Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988 (finishing 8th overall), 1992 (6th) and 1994 (5th), and was given the privilege of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1994 games in Lillehammer, Norway. Browning's other achievements are numerous, including three Canadian Professional Championships, three World 18

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Geoffrey is also a Performance Coach and Choreographer for professional and competitive figure skating, a Director/Choreographer of commercial skating shows working internationally throughout the last four years. It's something that has come to him fairly recently in his career, but he is loving it, and hopes to do much more.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Donna Laube, keyboard; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Manfred Overture, Op. 115

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Allegro con brio Largo Rondo: Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

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by James Manishen

Manfred Overture

Robert Schumann b. Zwickau, Saxony / June 8, 1810 d. Endenich (Bonn) / July 29, 1856 Composed: 1848 First performance: March 14, 1852 (Leipzig), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2002; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor As Schumann once said, music’s role was to shed light on the depths of the human heart.

Schumann’s volatile Romantic nature, allied to a refined literary background – his father was a bookseller and Schumann grew up surrounded by books – led to an intense love for the writings of Lord Byron, whose restlessly tormented verse drama Manfred (1817) provoked music of real affinity from the composer in 1848.When Schumann began reciting Manfred out loud for the first time, he reportedly burst into tears and had to stop.

Clara Schumann referred to Manfred as a witch drama.It tells of a Swiss nobleman who in wanderlust through the Alps seeks to evoke the spirit of his muchloved dead sister by engaging spirits of the earth and air.But Manfred finds that they are of no help, so he goes to the ghost of the Evil Principle whose ambiguous answers fail to satisfy Manfred.

At the end, defying religious redemption and supernatural authority, Manfred gives his soul only to death.

As something like this proved impossible to stage, Schumann conceived incidental music to accompany a German translation in poetic recitation.He completed the Overture in early November of 1848, and finished 15 additional pieces by November 23rd. Schumann conducted the premiere of the Overture in Leipzig on March 14, 1852.Franz Liszt led the complete drama with all of Schumann’s incidental music on June 2 of that year, proclaiming Schumann’s efforts as among his greatest successes.The Overture, with its large sonata-allegro form and tempestuous drama, follows the plot.

Piano Concerto No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven b. Bonn / December 17, 1770 d.Vienna / March 26, 1827 Composed: 1797-1803 First performance: April 4, 1803 with the composer as soloist Last WSO performance: 2003; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor, with Michael Kim as soloist

heights, developing it further and extending its dramatic elements well beyond its classical roots, vivaciously letting C minor go to C major at its bounding close.

Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”

Robert Schumann Composed: 1850 First performance: February 6, 1851 (Dusseldorf), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2007; Markand The conditions of Beethoven’s premiere of his Thakar, conductor Piano Concerto No.3 would The beautiful city of Düsseldorf became be quite amusing if they home to Robert Schumann, his wife weren’t so fraught with Clara and their seven children on stress for the composer. Beethoven’s September 2, 1850. Schumann took on friend Emanuel Schikaneder was the director of Vienna’s Theater-an-der-Wien, his new duties as conductor of a most capable local orchestra, heading a music and the two were hatching plans for festival, and enjoying living in the heart Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio in 1803. of the Rhineland which was an area he Since opera could not be performed during Lent, the theatre was available for always loved. Schumann’s last productive years of music-making Beethoven to present some of his would be there, and his “Rhenish” instrumental works, which was Symphony holds up a mirror to the opportune since he hadn’t produced a concert of his own music in three years. idyllic surroundings.

The date was set during April 1803 and Though designated Number 3 because it Beethoven was looking forward to introducing his Third Piano Concerto, as was the third to be published, the well as his Second Symphony on the bill. “Rhenish”was actually the last of Schumann’s four symphonies to be Schikaneder had a rival in the courtwritten and arose from a visit he made subsidized Kärtnertortheater, whose to Cologne on September 29, 1850. director Baron Peter von Braun had ideas There he witnessed a grand ceremony at of his own to snare an audience that Cologne’s great Cathedral where its evening. He not only mounted Haydn’s Archbishop had been elevated to the Creation, a huge hit in Europe at the time, rank of Cardinal.The magnificent service but snapped up Vienna’s best musicians, became the motive for the Symphony’s leaving Beethoven with a rag-tag group fourth movement – contrapuntal in style for his concert for which just one six-hour whose mystical sonority is enhanced by rehearsal on the concert day was oboes, bassoons and noble voices of scheduled. Beethoven played his Third trombones who appear for the first time Concerto mostly from memory, not in the work at that point. writing it down until a year later for a performance by his pupil Ferdinand Ries. The opening movement exudes joy in the Though the mild audience response was land and the river, with a notable undoubtedly due to the spotty development section.The second performance, Beethoven knew he had a movement suggests a drinking song in a good work and enjoyed a laugh in the slow Ländler, the peasant dance that was pub afterwards with his page-turner who the forerunner of the waltz.The brief third had had fits trying to turn mostly invisible movement is a kind of German barcarolle pages encoded with scrawls! suggesting Heine’s Rhine poem The Lorelei.

“The air grows cool in the twilight, and As with the Fifth Symphony, the Third softly the Rhine flows on.” Following the Concerto is in C minor and sets the key majestic fourth movement, one exits the out clearly from the first motive. Piano and orchestra are equal partners, living in Cathedral in the lively Finale, which the emotional narrative of the Romantic suggests a sun-lit outdoor square filled era, especially so in the second movement with revelers.A triumphant recall of the which is an extended aria that is sensuous Cathedral music follows, with a nod to the and tranquil by turn.The Rondo takes the first movement’s opening theme in the classical form of a returning theme to new exultant coda.

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José Luis Gomez, conductor

Katherine Chi, Piano

The Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez was catapulted to international attention when he won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in September 2010, securing a sensational and rare unanimous decision from the jury.

In 2017-2018, Katherine Chi performs Grieg’s Concerto in A Minor with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; in recitals at the Freer Gallery of Art, with Canada’s Chamber Music Kelowna, Honens International Piano Foundation, Maple Ridge Music Society and, in a duo recital with Ingrid Fliter, for the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. She has appeared with the Vancouver Symphony; the Library of Congress; the Alabama, Calgary, Colorado, Columbus, Edmonton, Grand Rapids, Kitchener-Waterloo, Nova Scotia, Philadelphia, Quebec, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria symphony orchestras; CBC Radio Orchestra; Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra; I Musici de Montreal; Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen; and Toronto Sinfonia.

Festival appearances include Aldeburgh, Banff, Canada’s Festival of the Sound, Launadière, Domaine Forget, Marlboro, Osnabrück Kammermusik, Germany’s Ruhr, Santander Summer Music, and Festival Vancouver. Ms. Chi has been named a prizewinner at the Busoni International Piano Competition, and a Laureate of the Honens International Piano Competition.

Since then, he has worked with the RTVE National Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, the Houston and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestras, National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Hamburg Symphony, Basel Sinfonietta and Orquesta Sinfonica do Porto. From 2012 to 2015, he was principal conductor of the Orchestra 1813 Teatro Sociale di Como where he led performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, to name a few.

The 2016-2017 season saw Gomez named Music Director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. The season also included appearances with Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio, Winnipeg Symphony, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, and return engagements with the Edmonton Symphony and the Macau Orchestra.

In 2017-2018, with the Tucson Symphony, Gomez will conduct concerts including Yo-Yo Ma, Arturo Sandoval and Gil Shaham; two programmes with the Tucson Desert Song Festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth and the world premiere of a work by Anthony Constantino, an alumnus of the TSO’s wellknown Young Composers Project. New engagements this season will include the Louisiana Symphony and Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. He will also return to the Edmonton and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras and the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio.

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Valentine’s Day: Broadway in Love Lisa Vroman, soprano Julian Pellicano, conductor Sistema Winnipeg Orchestra 1 Sistema Winnipeg Choir 2

Oh Kay! Selections Fiorello!: When Did I Fall in Love I Love a Piano Blah Blah Blah Pardon My English: Isn’t It a Pity?

Music from Pirates of the Caribbean 1 The Music Man: Lida Rose Love Life: Mr. Right Take of My Solitude My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night

Gershwin, arr. Walter Paul Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick Irving Berlin, arr. P. O’Neil Gershwin Gershwin Klaus Badelt, arr. Larry Moore Meredith Willson Kurt Weill / Alan Jay Lerner T. Megan, arr. P. O’Neil Lerner / Loewe

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Love People 2 Rusalka: Song to the Moon A Connecticut Yankee: To Keep My Love Alive The Boys from Syracuse: This Can’t Be Love Carousel: Carousel Waltz After the Ball is Over Show Boat: Bill The Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You The King and I: Shall We Dance

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Mirko Sˇenkovski Geronimo / Tricia Tunstall, Ismar Poriç, arr. Osvaldo Ferraz Dvorˇák Rodgers / Hart Rodgers / Hart Rodgers C. Harris, arr. P. O’Neil Kern / Hammerstein Webber / Hart / Stilgoe Rodgers / Hammerstein

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Valentine’s Day: Broadway in Love

Lisa Vroman, vocalist From Broadway to classics, on stage and in concert, Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America's most versatile voices. She has been regarded as a “musical and theatrical marvel,” by The San Francisco Chronicle, as well as “one of American Musical Theater’s most beautiful voices,” by acclaimed Broadway producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Among her extensive repertoire, Ms. Vroman starred on Broadway, in San Francisco, and Los Angeles as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.

Her many roles include: Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus; both Fantine and Cosette in Les

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Miserables; Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera) as Marion Paroo in The Music Man (with Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy); Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me Kate Glimmerglass Opera / St. Louis MUNY; Anna Leonowens in The King and I (Lyric Opera of Virginia). For PBS, she played Johanna in Sweeney Todd in Concert (Patti LuPone, George Hearn) and was Christine (Phantom of the Opera) in Hey, Mr. Producer! (London Royal Gala) Ms. Vroman is a regular guest artist with symphonies including San Francisco, Cleveland, Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit, as well as Boston Pops (Keith Lockhart), Philly Pops (Peter Nero), and New York Pops (Carnegie Hall). Please visit www.lisavroman.com

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Music composed by Charles Chaplin except “la Violetera” by José Padilla Original musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston; Original musical direction by Alfred Newman 2004 restoration of Chaplin’s score by Timothy Brock Julian Pellicano, conductor

The Cast A Tramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Chaplin A Blind Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Cherrill Her Grandmother . . . . . . . . . . Florence Lee

An Eccentric Millionaire . . . . Harry Myers His Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allan Garcia A Prizefighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hank Mann

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Release date: March 7, 1931 (USA) Runtime: 87 minutes Wandering the city streets, the Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl who mistakes him for a rich man.The Tramp later saves a drunken millionaire who is attempting to drown himself in the river.The millionaire becomes his best friend. That is, until he sobers up and no longer recognizes the Tramp… In City Lights, friendship and social ranking are not always as they seem. We enter a world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, where a tramp is king and a blind girl is queen.

In 2008, City Lights was voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of the ten best romantic comedies of all time.

Friday, February 16 Saturday, February 17 Sunday, February 18

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A Night in Spain Yaron Traub, conductor Gaëlle Solal, guitar

Suite Española Castilla Granada Asturias Aragón Symphonie Minute Envol (Flight) Méloppé (Chant) Combat Presto chromatique Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Allegro con spirit Adagio Allegro gentile

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) orch. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

José Evangelista (b. 1943)

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

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Danzas Fantásticas, Op. 22 Exaltación (Ecstacy) Ensueño (Daydream) Orgia (Revel) El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) Suite No. 1 Introduction – Afternoon Dance of the Miller's Wife (Fandango) The Corregidor The Grapes Suite No. 2 The Neighbors Miller's Dance (Farruca) Final Dance Friday, February 23 Saturday, February 24

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Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

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Suite Española

Isaac Albéniz b. Camprodon, Spain / May 29, 1860 d. Cambo-les-Bains, France / May 18, 1909 Composed: 1886-1896; orchestrated by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos First WSO performance As a child, Isaac Albéniz was one of the most spectacular piano prodigies of his time.

Aided by an ambitious father, at age 12 Albéniz was met with thunderous applause on tours of South America, the United States and Spain. By 1873, he was considered a mature pianist and by 1880 he was crediting a brief period of study with Liszt as the catalyst that perfected his piano technique.

In 1883, Albéniz met composer-folklorist Felipe Pedrell who invigorated the young pianist to his Spanish musical roots.Moving to France in 1893, Albéniz gave up his career as a performer and became a composer who would soon become a major representative of the Spanish side of musical impressionism in keyboard works such as Iberia, Suite Española and Navarra.

In the mid-1960s, conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos orchestrated selections from Albéniz’s eight-movement Suite Española.Castilla (Castile, in central Spain) is a rousing seguidilla in triple-metre, with actual castanets as suggested in the original piano version. Granada is a nocturne, whose solo flute suggests the Arabic airs of Andalusia. Asturias (from the northwestern coast of Spain) is represented by “Leyenda,”famously known from the guitar transcription by Francisco Tárrega.

Aragón closes the suite, a lively triple-metre dance with sensuous interludes.

Symphonie Minute

José Evangelista b.Valencia, Spain / August 5, 1943 Composed: 1994 Last WSO performance: 2001; Michael Hall, conductor Born in Valencia, Spain, José Evangelista began his musical studies while also studying physics. Later work in

computer science led him to Montreal, where he settled in 1970 studying composition with André Prevost and Bruce Mather. Since 1979, he has taught at the University of Montreal.

Aranjuez has an idyllic setting surrounded by royal parks and forests and was a favourite retreat of Spanish nobility where the royals would enjoy life in high fashion. Rodrigo chose to inhabit its musical equivalent in his “This short work in four contrasting movements reproduces, in miniature, the much-loved guitar concerto, looking form of a symphony. The music is mostly back to an epoch where in an expanded nervous and light, and the tempo rapid. role the guitar might, as he said,“possess the wings of the harp, the heart of the The piece is thus in contrast to the majority of symphonies in the repertoire, grand piano and the soul of the which is predominated by works of grand guitar….to sound like the hidden proportions in duration, instrumentation breeze that stirs the tree tops in the parks, and it should be only as strong as and powerful expression. a butterfly, and as dainty as a veronica.”

The first movement, Envol, is built around a very rapid theme suggesting The Concierto de Aranjuez has become the flight of a bird.The second, Mélopée, the most popular guitar concerto in the history of the instrument. Its three features a melismatic melody of an improvisational character, climbing in traditional movements embody register and intensity.Combat is a very different elements of an older and more rhythmic piece interspersed with short chivalrous Spain than the time when the rests. Presto chromatique is made up of piece was conceived. lines rapidly ascending and descending.

The opening movement is Symphonie minute is dedicated to my characteristically rhythmic and dancechildren.”

- José Evangelista like.The celebrated Adagio is the personification of Spanish hondo (deep song), whose memorable English horn Concierto de Aranjuez introduction and succeeding guitar Joaquín Rodrigo arabesques have defined Spanish music b. Sagunto, Spain / November 22, 1901 for many.The Finale’s child-like opening d. Madrid / July 6, 1999 theme gives way to virtuoso display in Composed: 1939 the solo, capping off an enduring work First performance: November 9, 1940 rich in Mediterranean spirit and sunny (Barcelona), with Regino Sainz de la nostalgia.

Maza as soloist Last WSO performance: 2008; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor, with Alexander Danzas Fantásticas Joaquín Turina Dunn as soloist b. Seville / December 9, 1882 Following early musical d. Madrid / January 14, 1949 training in his native Composed: 1920 Valencia, Joaquín Rodrigo First performance: February 13, 1920 moved to Paris in 1927 to (Madrid) conducted by Bartolomé study with Paul Dukas.There, fellow Pérez Casas countryman Manuel de Falla recognized Last WSO performance: 1979; Rodrigo’s potential and encouraged the Piero Gamba, conductor 26-year-old to become a composer.

As with his older Spanish Returning to Madrid after the Spanish composer-colleagues Isaac Civil War ended in 1939, Rodrigo made Albéniz, Enrique Granados his mark with the Concierto de Aranjuez and Manuel de Falla, Joaquín and went on to earn a place among the top tier of Spanish composers, receiving Turina went to Paris to study the latest musical trends so that he could find his many awards and acclaim for his regularly Spanish-inspired compositions. own personal connection to the music of his native land.With Ravel and Rodrigo turned to the elegant town of Stravinsky in Paris plus the ongoing Aranjuez for his inspiration. Located in influence of Debussy, the city was a central Spain just south of Madrid, vibrant place for music.The 25-year-old

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Turina was welcomed by his three compatriots to form an alliance to fight for the music of their native country.

When Turina returned to Spain in 1914, he was regarded as a major musical figure of his country.

Gypsy and flamenco traditions are central to Danzas Fantásticas, Turina’s best-known work, where fragrant Iberian melodies and fiery Andalusian rhythms abound.Turina prefaces each movement with a quotation from Spanish poet José Más, whose novel La orgía inspired the work: Exaltación (Ecstacy): It seems as if the figures in that incomparable picture were moving like a calix of a flower.

Ensueño (Daydream):The guitar's strings sounded the lament of a soul helpless under the weight of bitterness.

Orgia (Revel):The perfume of the flowers merged with the odor of chamomile from the bottom of raised glasses, full of the incomparable wine, like an incense, rose joy.

The Three-Cornered Hat

Manuel de Falla b. Cadiz, Spain / November 23, 1876 d. Alta Gracia, Argentina / November 14, 1946 Composed: 1917-1919 First performance: July 22, 1919 (London) conducted by Ernest Ansermet.

Last WSO performance: 2010; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor The musical soul of Spain usually draws the involuntary response of Manuel de Falla, the shy, meticulous master who abhorred excess as much as he loved his Iberian

heritage. The Three-Cornered Hat was commissioned by Diaghilev for his celebrated Russian Ballet company and the premiere boasted a starry team that included choreography by Massine and designs by Picasso. It was a great success.

With music drawing from a mix of traditional folk and original material, the racy story is based on a novel by Alarcón and tells of a failed attempt of an elderly Corregidor (magistrate, with his threecornered hat as symbol of authority) to seduce the local miller’s pretty wife.

Following a series of dazzling dances, festivities and the arrest of the magistrate in humiliation, the miller and his wife are reconciled as the villagers toss an effigy of the magistrate in a blanket, amid general rejoicing. Falla’s score bristles with atmosphere and humor, sharply characterizing each figure just as Stravinsky had done with Petrushka, Diaghilev’s previous triumph.

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A Night in Spain

Yaron Traub, conductor

Gaëlle Solal, guitar

Born in Tel Aviv, Yaron Traub is the son of Chaim Traub, who was concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic. He studied piano and from 1990, orchestral conduction.

He later moved to Munich, where he worked with Sergiu Celibidache. Then he had contact with Daniel Barenboim, who introduced him to the Bayreuth Festival, where he was his assistant. Subsequently, between 1994-1999 he served as Associate Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Yaron Traub is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Orquesta de Valencia.

Guitarist of extraordinary passion and virtuosity, Gaëlle Solal was born in Marseilles (France) and began playing the guitar at age 6 with René Bartoli. At 14, she won three gold medals at the Conservatoire de Marseilles and as the best student among all instruments, was awarded the Prix de la Ville de Marseille.

In 1998, Yaron Traub won the Orchestra Price at the 4th Kondrashin International Conducting Competition in Amsterdam.

His career took off with engagements worldwide including: the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony, Sidney Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, L'Orchestre National de Lyon, etc… as well as the most important Spanish orchestras.

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

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A winner of 1st Grand Prix at multiple competitions including Alessandria Competition, Locquémeau, Savona, Sernancehle, and Finalist at Concert Artists Guild New York, Honor Diplom at Accademia Chigiana, and 2nd Prize at Guitar Foundation of America. Gaëlle has performed in more than 35 countries including Germany, Myanmar, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Spain, France, Gabon, India, Iceland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, U.S., and Japan.

Recent and upcoming United States recitals include New York City Classical Guitar Society; the Garth Newel Chamber Music Festival (VA); Interlochen (MI); Cleveland Guitar Weekend; St. Louis Classical Guitar Society; the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Conventions in Charleston, SC, Fullerton, CA, and Louisville, KY; Hillsborough Community College, Tampa; Xavier University, Cleveland Guitar Society; the State University of New York, Fredonia; Sarasota Classical Guitar Society; Clemson University; the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; the Nashville Public Library; and educational outreach recitals for the Austin Classical Guitar Society, Texas, and teaching for the Albuquerque Public Schools.

Gaëlle will also tour in France, Italy, Bosnia, Germany, Marocco, and Peru.

Mr. Mark and Manny Tuba go to the Birds!

Mark Cameron, entertainer

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Swan Lake: Scene

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Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

Mussorgsky/Ravel

Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans

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Flight of the Bumblebee

Rimsky-Korsakov

The Firebird: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei

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Gli uccelli (The Birds): La gallina (The Hen)

Respighi

The Four Seasons: Spring: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre

Vivaldi

Dance of the Comedians

Smetana

Village Swallows

Josef Strauss

Im Krapfenwald’l

Johann Strauss II

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours

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Mr. Mark and Manny Tuba go to the Birds!

Mr. Mark, entertainer His real name is Mark Cameron, but he has been known to countless kids and their families as Mr. Mark, creator of wild and wonderful music for kids to sing and dance to.

Armed with a truckload of enthusiasm and a truckload of instruments, his shows are always lively and engaging!

When he is not gallivanting around the world with Manny Tuba, the WSO’s greatest spokesperson, Mr. Mark is either busy performing at children’s festivals across Canada, or making orchestras out of junk with kids, as part of Manitoba Arts Council’s Artists in the School Program. If he’s not doing that, he is most likely at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, where he has been an accompanist and teacher since 1989.

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Foundations

The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following foundations: Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Winnipeg Foundation The Noreen & Robert Allen Charitable Trust The Asper Foundation Gails Asper Family Foundation Brandon Area Community Foundation Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation In Memory of Peter D. Curry Defehr Foundation Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Francofonds Inc. Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Giving Foundation George Warren Keates Memorial Fund Lutz Family Foundation

Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Family Fund The Winnipeg Foundation, John and Carolynne McLure Fund Marjory Stewart McLaren 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 White Rose Foundation Inc. The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Ken and Lorna Thorlakson Fund The Winnipeg Foundation - Marylla van Ginkel Memorial 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 Richard & Carol Jones Len & Koren Kaminski Ethel Karr Henry Katz Kevin & Els Kavanagh Erwin W. Kitsch Michel D. Lagacé Gail E. Loewen S. E. Loewen W. H. Loewen Dr. Brendan MacDougall Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Lesia Peet Beth M. Proven Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Trudy Schroeder June Slobodian Muriel Smith Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Donn K. Yuen 4 Anonymous

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 & Michael Paterson Peter & Dana Jessiman Michael Nesbitt Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Tannis Richardson* 1 Anonymous Platinum Baton Mrs. Marjorie Blankstein James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Marten & Joanne Duhoux Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh David & Diane Johnston Bill and Shirley Loewen* Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetors Frank & Jeanne Plett Dr. Robert & Mrs. Angela Ross Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Mr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy Vossen Gold MC Art & Leona DeFehr Dr. Marcel A. Desautels Arnold & Myra Frieman Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Arlene Wilson & Allan MacDonald Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Barry & Carol McArton Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ken and Judy Murray Hartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 1 Anonymous Silver MC Ida Albo & Rick Bel Mark & Carilyn Buller Timothy & Barbara Burt Dr. Ken Fowler Dr. Albert & Mrs. Lee Friesen Mr. & Mrs. Duncan & Judy Jessiman Ms. Tina Jones Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Dr. David Lyttle Don & Kim MacDonald Mr. Art Mauro & Ms. Naomi Levine Wade Miller & Melissa Malden Bob and Cindy Newfield Barb & Gerry Price Ms. Iris Reimer Mr. & Mrs. Meril & Eveline Rivard Mr. & Mrs. Lyle & Anna Silverman Charlie & Dayna Spiring Dr. Lea Stogdale Jim & Jan Tennant

Concertmaster's Bow Austin Abas David & Ruth Asper Leonard & Susan Asper Mr. Jim Barrett Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Katharine Bruce Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Herb & Erna Buller Brent Trepel & Brenlee Carrington Trepel Morris Chia Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron Chiu John & Gay Docherty Dr. Ravi & Mr. Leomark Dookeran Karl & Petra Dornetshuber Philipp & Ilse Ens Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd. Bill & Margaret Fast Greg & Linda Fearn Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Jared & Robin Jacobson Derek & Mary Johannson Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul A. McCulloch Dr.Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Zina Lazareck Christine Skene & Nick Logan Elaine & Neil Margolis Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Terri & Jim McKerchar Mr. & Dr. John & Joan Morriss Robert Penner Ms. Pat Philpott Oliver & Gennie Plett Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Josef Ryan Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Olga & Bill Runnalls Paul & Shelley Smith Donald & Jennifer Streuber Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Mr. & Mrs. Simon & Deborah Waller Meeka Walsh Professor A.M.C. Waterman Elsie Williston Klaus & Elsa Wolf Klaus and Dorit Wrogemann 1 Anonymous Black Tie Ms. Sandra Altner Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Shibashis Bal Mr. R.D. Bell Frances Booth Doneta & Harry Brotchie Ms. Emily Burt Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Pierce & Amy Cairns Mr. Steven Chipman Jan & Kevin Coates D.J. Cowan Margaret Cuddy Michael Duncan Joan & Glen Dyrda Mr. Alan Freeman & Dr. Radhika Desai

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Jason A. Goldberg Tyler Gompf Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Gregg & Mary Hanson Micah Heilbrunn John & Lisa Heimbecker Robin Hildebrand Richard & Carol Jones Nora Kaufman Michael & Glenna Kay Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos & Chrysoula Kotoulas Mr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CA Mr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre Kozminski Mr. Aaron Lewis in Memory of Robert Handler Dr. Judith Littleford Mr. & Mrs. David & Nancy MacAngus Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Miss Heather Menzies Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Ms. Valerie Mollison Jim & Krista Morden Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen Dr. Joel Nkosi Mr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare Ramsey Ted & Mary Paetkau Lesia Peet Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Beth M. Proven John & Violet Rademaker Dr. Diane Ramsey Jim & Leney Richardson Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Sanford & Deborah Riley Terry Sargeant & Margaret Haney Trudy Schroeder Jimmy & Morse Silden Bob Silver Family Pam Simmons* Muriel Smith Mrs. Rae Spear Jason Stefanson Jon & Jodee Stewart Mr. Richard Turner Andrew Valko Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Peter & Marina White Don & Florence Whitmore Raymond & Shirley Wiest 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 Greg Fettes & Carmyn Aleshka Judy & Jay Anderson Ms. Janet Ash Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Dr. David Barnard David & Gillian Bird Helga & Gerhard Bock Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock 38

Sheila & David Brodovsky Stephen Brodovsky Andy Burgess Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mr. David Christianson Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Gordon & Jeannine Cornell John Corp & Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Helene Dyck Ms. Ursula Erhardt Kathleen & David Estey Carrie Ferguson Dr. LeeAnn Fishback 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 Lydia MacKenzie, in loving memory of Donn Dr. John & Mrs. Natalie Mayba Jonathan E. Mitchell Terence and Violeta Moore Yvonne Morier Vera Moroz Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Dr. Rashmi Nigam Bonnie & Richard Olfert Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Donna & Ian Plant Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Carolynne Presser Mike Pyle & Laura Lomow Larry & Thelma Reynolds Jim & Pat Richtik Ross & Allana Robinson Dr. Guillermo Rocha Noni & Dan Rosenblat Barbara Scheuneman Mr. Walter Silicz Robert Sim Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Deborah Spracklin Murray & Loretta Steinbart Marlene Stern Ms. Marilyn Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Faye Warren Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young 6 Anonymous Concerto Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Cheryl & Earl Barish Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson Audrey Belyea Zita & Mark Bernstein Family Foundation

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. Betts Bernice Blakeman Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Cathie and Brian Bowerman Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Ms. Carol Budnick Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Dr. David Camoriano Mrs. Audrey Campbell James Carr David Carr Shelley Chochinov Mr. Raymond Chrunyk Anna-Lisa Cohen Drs. David & Kathleen Connor Pam & Andrew Cooke Irene & Robert Corne Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Dennis & Ruth Crook Gary & Fiona Crow Mr. Bradley J. Curran Mr. Peter Czaplinski Esther and Hy Dashevsky Miss O. Dilay Hilary Druxman Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth Beverley & Fred Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton Randy Ewanika Ms. Susan Feldman Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald Margaret Follett Wayne Forbes Penny Gilbert Bruno Gossen Katie & DeLloyd Guth Patricia Guy Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Gordon E. Hannon Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Audrey A. Hawkins Blair & Erica Henderson Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Bob & Biddy Hilton Maryann Hudjik Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Dr. Lorne Hurst & Elly Hoogterp Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Randy & Kathleen Kemp Marion & Bill Kinnear Ray Kohanik & Terri Ashcroft Mr. Andre Kriening Ms. Janet Kuchma Kat Kupca Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Yan Lau & Ming-Ka Chan Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Mills James & Pat Ludwig Dr. Brendan MacDougall Douglas MacEwan John Maguire & Susan Collison Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek Louise McLandress Shana Menkis Mr. Neil Middleton Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell

Sylvia Mitchell Ron & Maureen Monson Margaret Moroz Morna-June Morrow Conor Mulholland Dr. Rashmi Nigam Garth & Diane Panting Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Tim Preston & Dave Ling Rosemary Prior Dr. Clare Ramsey Esther and Reynold Redekopp J. Reichert Pat and Bill Reid Levi & Tena Reimer Ricou-Manfreda Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin Ms. Miriam Rudolph A. Schroeder Ms. Noreen Sealy Majid & Moti Shojania Merrill & Shayna Shulman Mr. & Mrs. Gary and Gwen Steiman Helen Sundstrom Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Todd Tanchak Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Ms. Vanessa Thiessen Tom & Lori Thomas Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath Strang/ van Ineveld Family Brad Vannan Thuraya Weedon Diane Weselake Mr. Neil Wilcox David C. Wilson Myra Wolch & Saul Cherniack Karin Woods Harry & Evelyn Wray Don & Betty Young 6 Anonymous Serenade Edward Acuna Jean Altemeyer Kaeren Anderson Pat & Harvey Anton Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Betty & Ted Ash Mr. John A. Bailey Mr. John A. Bailey Ralph & Eileen Baxter Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach Dick & Minnie Bell Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Susan & Edwin Bethune Joan Blight Shirley Book Mr. Robert Briercliffe Jackie Brignall Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C. Sherrill Brown Michael Bumstead Sel & Chris Burrows Gary & Jane Caines Gerald Callow Ms. Donna Carruthers Laura Chan & Herman Lam Ron Clement Fred Coakes Ms. Julie Collings Glynis Corkal Helle Cosby

Barbara & Brian Crow Ms. Linda Daniels Mr. Tom Dercola Sandra & Robert Dewey Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Faye Dixon in Memory of Graham Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Donald John and Ada Ducas R. Duddek Frances Edye George B. Elias Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr. John & Martha Enns Siegfried Enns Independent Jewellers Ltd. Ruth & Ernest Epp Margaret E. Faber Nelma Fetterman Doug & Phyllis Flint Mrs. Gitta Fricke Donalda Fridfinnson Arnold & Christa Froese Harold & Alice Funk George & Carol Gamby Kelvin Goertzen larry & Susanne Greer George Haidau Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith Patricia Harras Beth & Raymond Harris Catherine Harrison Teresa A. Hay Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich L.G. Herd Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Debby and Brian Hirsch Carole Holke Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Patti Holm Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Carl & Vi Hultin William J. Hutton Rudy & Gail Isaak David Jacobson Terry & Shirley James Margaret Jeffries Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Victoria Johnston Rick & Caroline Josephson J. Gartner & L. Kampeas 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 Ed & Helen Kolomaya Marion B Korn Mona Koropatnick Ms. Dorothy Kotler Sarah Kredentser & David Howen Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Lisa & Ted Mr. Don Lawrence Rose & Dick Lim Fraser & Joan Linklater Nick Logan & Christine Skene Sarah Luby Janice Lutz in Memory of Andrew Lutz Janice Lutz in Memory of Patricia Hoebig Lorraine MacLeod

Angelos and Pauline Macrodimitris Allan Malbranck Linda Martin Ruth May Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis J. Doreen McCormick Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Glen Mead Judith Meunier Dr. Kyle Millar Brad & Donna Mitchell D.E. Morrison Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Buksak Ms. Bonnie Neil Truus Oliver Prof. Kerrie A. Orlick Wayne & Linda Paquin Patricia Mary Patterson Cameron Pauls Ms. Eleanor Payne David & Veronica Payne Mr. Rick Pinchin Sandra & Irvin Plosker Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser Don & Carol Poulin Ms. Lois Powne Donna & Gordon Price Dr. David Punter Juta Rathke Dr. Kelly Regula Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid M. Rennie Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Matt Schaubroeck William Scheidt Ed & Susan Schmidt Hans & Gabriele Schneider Marie Schoffner Dr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel Schroeder Dr. & Mrs. Morry Schwartz Dr. L. Sekla Olga & Myron Shatulsky Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Phil & Nancy Shead Robert Shindleman and Family Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Brenda Sklar David & Lorraine Smith Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Ms. Brenda Snider Margaret & Hartley Stinson Susan Stobart Lorne Sunley Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Szirom Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor James & Joanne Teitsma June & Lorne Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Paul Trapnell Estela Violago VQ Salon Ms. Edna Walpole Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Garnet Ward Dr. Marnie Waters Jack Watts Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein J. Whyte Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens

Edith Wilde Debbie Wilson Donna Woods Mr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema 20 Anonymous Prelude Brian & Karen Abrams Dr. & Mrs. N.R. Anthonisen Brian & Janice Bailey Allan & Rochelle Baker Alison Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Ball Mr. Robert Baragar Ms. Margaret Barbour Robert Barton In Memory of Robert Coates Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Diane Bewell Ms. Trudy Blight Eric & Clara Bohm Ruth & Kris Breckman Paul & Doreen Bromley Miss Dorothy Broomhall Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Dee Buchwald Kevin Burns Mr. John Burrows Ruth Calvert Mrs. Patti Cherney Lawrie and Bea Cherniack Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Mrs. Leona Christiansen Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Choir Mr. Victor Collomb Dennis Cooley Joyce & Lawrence Cormack Maxine Cristall Tracey Cullen Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona Cunningham Judy & Werner Danchura Maureen Danzinger Mr. Ray Davis F. De Grazia Wade Derkson Anne Downey Mr. & Mrs. Mervin & Ariela Drabinsky Herb & Norma Driver Anne Dubouloz-Gislason Lezlee Dunn Gloria Dyck Andrea Dyhe Linda Edel Scott & Margaret Edmonds Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins Don & Martha Epstein Ms. Karin Erhardt S & G Fast Michael Feld Mathilda Fijn Joanne Flynn Margo Foxford Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mrs. Donna Friesen Mrs. Margaret Funk 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 Suzanne Gray Mrs. Noreen Greenberg

Marj Grevstad Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Grower Mr. & Mrs. Saul Guttman Ms. Joanne Hampson Ms. Meghan Hansen Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech Balaban Ms. Erin Harley Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Ms. Helen Hawrysh Larry & Evelyn Hecht Terry Heron Shirley Hicks Ms. Marilyn Hido Karen Hiscott Richard & Karen Howell Huynh Van Ho Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Mrs. Jacquie James Bob Jansen Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Mrs. Karen Kaplen Ms. Bev Kawchuk Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Jo Kellendonk Ms. Mary Klassen Nadine & Herb Klassen John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Kozub/Halldorson Family Miss Patricia Kuchma Helen & Len La Rue Anne La Tour Ron Lambert Langrell Family Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy Leibl Francois Lentz Mr. R. Leroeye Jennifer Lidstone Tom & Lovie Liewicki Albert & Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Roger Lowe Ms. Dorothy I. MacIntyre Al & Pat Mackling Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean Barbara Main Anethea Marshall Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Paul A. McCulloch C. & J. McIntyre D. McKay Violet McKenzie Ted McLachlan Mrs. Jean McLennan S. McMillan Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught Ms. Linda Meckling Estelle Meyers Tzivie Meyers, Anibal, Ashira and Ronen Mass Ms. Sue Miclash Mr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys Mildren Carolyn Garlich & Peter Miller Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Mona Mills Ms. Marlene Milne Mrs. Joan Ann Morton John & Margaret Mundie Leesa Munroe Charlotte Murrell

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Mel & Sharon Myers Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Mikaela Oldenkamp David & Hermine Olfert Allan & Hazel Osborn Mr. Douglas Page Ms. Georgine Palmquist Joan, Stuart and Helen Payne John & Agnieszka Payne Ms. Nettie Peters Ingrid Peters-Fransen Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Gabriela Popescu Blumie Portnoy Mrs. Edna Poulter April Powell Mr. Guy Prokopetz Beth M. Proven Mrs. Nell Provinciano Bryan & Diana Purdy M. Reguly Theresa Rempel Eleanor Riach Mr. Louis Ricciuto Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Brian & Iris Rountree Frances E. Rowlin Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad David & Helen Saude Grant & Janet Saunders Nicola Schaefer Kay Schalme Mr. M. Schnitzer R. Schroeder Mr. Ken Schykulski Charlene Scouten Carl & Margaret Shaykewich Heida & Skuli Sigfusson 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 Ms. Karen Swain Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Tom Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Betsy F Thorsteinson Robert & Barb Tisdale 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 Nils & Melissa Vik Jim & Joan Warbeck Waverley Tenant Association Mrs. Evelyn Wener James & Claudia Weselake Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Dorcas & Kirk Windsor

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Mr. Andrew Winkless Joan Heather Wise Patrick Wright Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Mr. Edwin Yee Donn K.Yuen 22 Anonymous Sonatina Arshad Ahsanuddin Jonathan Alvaran Alyssa Amposta In Memory of Andrew Lutz Jacqueline Anderson Greg Anderson Dr. John Badertscher Ms. Susan Baird Mrs. Eva Berard Mrs. Lori Bettig Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Mr. Laurence Brandt Monica Brechka Crowe & Brownlie Alfred Buelow Susan Burchill Sheila Burland Divna Calic Ms. Linda Campbell Aline Caron Ella Chenkie Melina Chow S.K. Clark Mr. Alfred Cornies Karen Couch Greg Cox The Crawford & McCarver Family Mr. Fred J. Cross Jean Cunningham Carl Ar Darby Eric Davies Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Silvia V. de Sousa Mrs. Wilna Dehls L. N. Delisle Beth Derraugh Ms. Terrylynn Desrosiers M. Jane Dick Mrs. Ethel Dil Paul Dueck Pam Eyland Vera & Peter Fast Ross Feldman Ms. Helen Feniuk Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Barbara Filuk Ms. Catherine Flower Mrs. Cindy Flynn Peter Flynn Hilda Franz Bonny Fraser Jim & Betty Gaynor Mr. David P. Giesbrecht 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 Gertrude Hamilton Helen & Peter Hayward John Heath D&R Herntier Jean Highmoor Mrs. Margaret Hill The Hintsas

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Mrs. Diane Holding Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Stella Hryniuk Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Ishbel Isaacs Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski David & Heather Jenkins Susan Johnson Ron & Barb Johnson C Bohemier Dr. Arnold & Mrs. Doreen Kapitz Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Katie Kirkpatrick Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Ms. Irene Kuhtey Ms. Betty Laing Elizabeth Lansard Frances Lemieux Kim Lentowitsch Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Katrina Limberatos Christopher MacNutt Pat & Murray Macrae Mr. Allan L. Mapes Mrs. Irene Marriott Marian Martin Ms. Teresa Martin Emily Mayoralgo Hugh McCabe Kelly McGonigal Jim McLaren Ardythe McMaster Sen. Marilou McPhedran Iona McPhee Mr. Garfield McRae Ms. Kathleen Michener Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Bob & Penny Miller Harry & Annette Minuk Ms. Sharon Minuk Sandi Mitchell Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Ms. Sandra Mitchell Jon Montes M Morawski Maureen Morin Jeffrey & Mary Morton Kim Morton Jackie Murphy Anne Martin Ms. Helen O'Neill Alice Oswald Mrs. Clarice Owen Judith Owens Shirley & Graham Padgett Sonjia Pasiechnik Mrs. Liz Patzer Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Mr. Irwine Permut Gail Perry & David Firman Margaret Peters Robert Peterson Grant & Gail Pierce Denise Piper Ken & Geri Porath Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Snowe-Potash, Lev Snowe-Potash Janis Pregnall Joanne Prygrocki Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Valerie Raber Karen Rassmussen-Oke Mrs. Marieann Reeves Ms. Barbara Robertson Melissa Steele Jean Robson Gisela Roger Mrs. V. Rosolowich

Margot A. Ross Marnie Ross John & Shirley Russell Joan Sabourin Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Jessie Sawicz Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Mary Agnes Welch Charlene & Harry Schwartz Adriana Sedlak Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Lynn Shead Michael & Elaine Shnier Izzy Shore Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Ms. Jean P. Smellie Evelyn R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Darby Spafford Dr. Camelia Stefanovici Robert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart George Stolarskyj Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Mrs. Joan Swaffer Frank Talbot Gladys Tarala Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Ms. Linda Thomas Phyllis Thomson Ms. Melita Tonogai Sherri Towaij Ms. Josette Toye Shelley Turnbull Ward Tweet Cathy Tymm Carole Urias Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Mrs. Arlene van Ruiten Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen Denis Vincent Mrs. Nancy Vincent Irv & Toby Vinsky Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Dr. Jackie Walker Mr. Glen Angus Webster Grace M. Wiebe Annemarie Wiebe Ms. Barbara Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Peter Wilk Christine Wojcikowski Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman 33 Anonymous

Festival donors help to further the musical artistry of the WSO’s New Music Festival.

Thank you!

Alpha Masonry Mrs. France Adams Jean Altemeyer Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Ms. Janet Ash Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Alison Baldwin David & Gillian Bird Ms. Trudy Blight Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Corporation Jackie Brignall Stephen Brodovsky

Kevin Burns Dr. David Camoriano David Carr Anne Cholakis & Howard Loewen Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Cushman & Wakefield Mr. Peter Czaplinski Eric Davies Sandra & Robert Dewey Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Corporation Andrea Dyhe Kathleen & David Estey Randy Ewanika Ms. Susan Feldman Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Ms. Catherine Flower Wayne Forbes Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Kelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech Balaban Mrs. Lisa Hastings Ms. Helen Hawrysh Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Patti Holm Iceland Naturally Bonnie Dee & Richard Jakubowski Marianne Johnson Mr. Peter Johnson Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Richard & Carol Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Kevin & Els Kavanagh Jo Kellendonk Ms. Jose Koes Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Kozub/Halldorson Family T.G. Kucera Ron Lambert Lisa & Ted Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLean John Maguire & Susan Collison Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek Ms. Teresa Martin Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Paul A. McCulloch Ted McLachlan Shana Menkis Ron & Sandi Mielitz Ms. Sheila Miller Conor Mulholland Michael Nesbitt Bob and Cindy Newfield Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Dr. Rashmi Nigam Mikaela Oldenkamp Lesia Peet Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Mark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily Snowe-Potash, Lev Snowe-Potash Beth M. Proven Dr. Clare Ramsey Kelly Regula Dental Corp Pat and Bill Reid M. Rennie Dr. Guillermo Rocha Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Olga & Bill Runnalls Barbara Scheuneman Mr. M. Schnitzer Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Michael & Elaine Shnier

Majid & Moti Shojania Pam Simmons Muriel Smith Jordan Sodomsky Marlene Stern Marlene Stern & Peter Rae 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

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 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 Claudette & Robert Lussier Pat & Murray Macrae Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Ms. Sharon Minuk Mr. Gordon Mitchell 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 Margot A. Ross Mr. L. J. Roy M Scheuneman Brenda Sklar Mr. Robert B. Stinson Jim & Jan Tennant Ward Tweet Ms. Gerardina Vanaert Estela Violago 5 Anonymous

Mr. John A. Bailey Ms. Susan Baird In Memory of Robert Coates Ralph & Eileen Baxter Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Sistema Winnipeg is a daily Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach after-school program offered Ms. Kathleen Beach-Nelson at no cost to participants that In Honour of Helene Beauchemin enriches the lives of children and Audrey Belyea young people with the fewest Helen Bergen, Music Director FGUC Choir resources and the greatest Ms. Diane Bewell need. The WSO gratefully Sheila & David Brodovsky acknowledges the following Paul & Doreen Bromley patrons whose support makes a Ms. Carol Budnick difference in the everyday lives Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk of these children. Thank you!

Susan Burchill Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Honourary Chair Mrs. Audrey Campbell Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Ms. Linda Campbell Canada Guaranty Maestoso Fred Coakes Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Anna-Lisa Cohen RBC Foundation Mr. Victor Collomb Richardson Foundation Dennis Cooley D.J. Cowan Vivace Greg Cox Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton The Crawford & McCarver Family Telus Tracey Cullen Carl Ar Darby Con Brio L. N. Delisle Bridgeport Office Solutions Silvia V. de Sousa Dr. Ken Fowler Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Douglas Kuhl School of Music Inc. Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Duckworth The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Family Fund Duckworth in Memory of Diena 1 Anonymous Young R. Duddek Allegro Gloria Dyck Dr. David Barnard ECCO Singers Mr. R.D. Bell Linda Edel Andy Burgess Ms. Karin Erhardt Timothy & Barbara Burt Ms. Ursula Erhardt Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Kathleen Estey, in memory of Mr. David Christianson Alan Maxwell Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Pam Eyland Art & Leona Defehr Michael Feld Greg & Linda Fearn Ross Feldman Judith & Peter Flynn Nelma Fetterman Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Mathilda Fijn Mr. Gary B. Goossen Mrs. Cindy Flynn Michael S Gray Fund C/O Private Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Giving Foundation Diena Young Kevin & Els Kavanagh Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Bill and Shirley Loewen Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Dr. David Lyttle Peter Flynn Manitoba Community Services Margo Foxford Council Bonny Fraser Miss Heather Menzies Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Jonathan E. Mitchell In Memory of James Joseph ("Jim") Yvonne Morier Gibbons John Morriss Ms. Gail Granger Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Suzanne Gray Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young Raul Gutierrez Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Patricia Harras Mrs. Shirley Richardson Catherine Harrison Mr. Walter Silicz Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her Jim & Jan Tennant mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins Faye Warren Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Elsie Williston D&R Herntier 6 Anonymous Shirley Hicks Robin Hildebrand Conmoto Debby and Brian Hirsch Jonathan Alvaran Karen Hiscott Alyssa Amposta Mrs. Jacquie James In Memory of Eleanor Anne Bob Jansen in memory of Eleanor Annandale Annandale Betty & Ted Ash

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In memory of my uncle Joe Jaworski who was a musician Ron & Barb Johnson Susan Johnson Victoria Johnston Rick & Caroline Josephson Marilynne Keil Ed & Helen Kolomaya Anne La Tour Kim Lentowitsch Albert & Helen Litz Dr. Brendan MacDougall Lorraine MacLeod Allan Malbranck Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation Manitoba Children's Museum Marian Martin in Memory of Eleanor Annandale Emily Mayoralgo Lynne McCarthy & Claude Davis Kelly McGonigal Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Quinton & Maureen McNaught in Memory of Barry Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of Merrily Peters Iona McPhee Ms. Linda Meckling Mr. Neil Middleton Dr. Kyle Millar Ms. Marlene Milne Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Vera Moroz Morna-June Morrow Kim Morton Jeffrey & Mary Morton Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Ms. Bonnie Neil North Kildonan United Church Alice Oswald In Memory of Diena Young Garth & Diane Panting 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 Elizabett Prenter Dr. David Punter Valerie Raber Mrs. Marieann Reeves M. Reguly Ms. Teresa Reilly Melissa Steele Jean Robson Ms. Miriam Rudolph Joan Sabourin Mr. Terry Sargeant Nicola Schaefer Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Ed & Susan Schmidt A. Schroeder Trudy Schroeder Olga & Myron Shatulsky Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Wilma Sotas Darby Spafford Garry & Linda Specht Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Robert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart,

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in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale Todd Tanchak In Honour of Bette Jayne Taylor Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Phyllis Thomson Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Ruth Dowse Julian Thorsteinson Toad Hall Toys Inc. Edith A. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Specht's Birthday Carole Urias Strang/ van Ineveld Family Mr. Michael van Lierop Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Ms. Vanessa Warne Thuraya Weedon Diane Weselake Maryann Hudjik Westminster United Church 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 Don & Betty Young 16 Anonymous GENERAL WSO

Ms. Noreen Sealy Pietra Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Ms. Karen Swain Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Frank Talbot James & Joanne Teitsma Jim & Jan Tennant Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Garnet Ward James & Claudia Weselake Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Raymond & Shirley Wiest Edith Wilde David C. Wilson WSO Women's Committee in memory of Eleanor Gibson Karin Woods Mr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema 3 Anonymous

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE ENDOWMENT FUND Shelley Chochinov Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Bruno Gossen in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Richard & Carol Jones Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate, in loving memory of Donn Lawrie & Fran Pollard Jim Skinner in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Hien Tran

Margaret Jeffries Ursula & Sandor Kelemen John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Ed & Helen Kolomaya Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Langrell Family Anne La Tour Mrs. Ingrid Lee Frances Lemieux Francois Lentz Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Tom & Lovie Liewicki Elaine & Neil Margolis Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Kim Morton Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Buksak Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Wayne & Linda Paquin Mrs. Liz Patzer Ms. Pat Philpott Mr. Guy Prokopetz Mrs. Shirley Richardson Jim & Pat Richtik Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Kay Schalme Deborah Spracklin Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Szirom Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Annemarie Wiebe Ms. Ruth Zahodnik 8 Anonymous

OTHER DONATIONS

Brian & Karen Abrams in Honour of Harvey & Sandra Weisman's 60th Anniversary and Harvey's 90th Birthday ENDOWMENT FUND Lucienne Blouw in Memory of Nancy Lambert The WSO gratefully acknowledges the Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Lucienne Blouw in Honour of acknowledges those who have following patrons whose foresight Marlene Crielaard and Alan started their own named funds helps to ensure long-term financial Schmitt's Wedding at The Winnipeg Foundation. support for the WSO. Thank you!

Lucienne Blouw in Honour of The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Judy & Jay Anderson Peter and Jane Markesteyn Shibashis Bal Sistema Endowment Fund Jackie Brignall in memory of Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund Andrew Lutz Sheila & David Brodovsky, in memory The Tannis M. Richardson Anne Downey in Memory of Sistema Endowment Fund of Dr. Moe and Ethel Pierce Pat Mutchmore Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Barry & Susan Greenberg in The Michael Nozick Family Glynis Corkal & Jim Turnock Memory of Mayer Rabkin Sistema Endowment Fund D.J. Cowan Nessie & David Greenberg in Mr. John A. Bailey Mr. Ray Davis Memory of Mayer Rabkin Ralph & Eileen Baxter Helene Dyck Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, Nora, Audrey Belyea Ruth & Ernest Epp Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & Bruce in Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Ms. Ursula Erhardt Memory of Merrily Peters Shirley Book Greg & Linda Fearn Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory Frances Booth Ms. Catherine Flower of Mayer Rabkin Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Gitta Fricke Sharon Love in Memory of Ms. Shirley Brown Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Jeannine McCallum Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Gail Perry & David Firman in D.J. Cowan Marilynne Keil, in Memory of Memory of Andrew Lutz The Crawford & McCarver Family David H. Skinner In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Mr. John J. Enns Paul A. McCulloch Memory of Mayer Rabkin Siegfried Enns Aaron Lewis Robert Shindleman and Family in S & G Fast Nick Logan & Christine Skene memory of Mayer Rabkin Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Barbara Main Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mr. David P. Giesbrecht Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Mayer Rabkin Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Judith Meunier Edith Sagi Linda Harlos & Adrian Wildsmith Margaret Moroz In memory of Mayer Rabkin Teresa A. Hay Gabriela Popescu Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Shirley Hicks Pat and Bill Reid Mayer Rabkin Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Ms. Iris Reimer Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Bob & Biddy Hilton Levi & Tena Reimer The Hintsas Zwingerman in Memory of Mr. Louis Ricciuto Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Mayer Rabkin Ross & Allana Robinson Carl & Vi Hultin Olga & Bill Runnalls 1 Anonymous William J. Hutton Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Listing as of December 1, 2017

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PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1948-51 1951-53 1953-55 1955-57 1957-58 1958-61 1961-62 1962-64 1964-65 1965-67 1967-69 1969-71 1971-73 1973-74 1974-76 1976-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84

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.

1984-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Feb 1999-May 1999 Jun 1999-2000 2000-Feb 03 Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Jan 2005- Jul 2006 Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Dec 2006- Jun 2007 2007- 2012 2012- 2016 2016- present

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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SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services Supervisor Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Coordinator Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Phil Corrin Melissa Houston Meg Dolovich Laura Gow Sandesh Fernandez Paul Longtin Shevaun Fortune Emma Milner Jason Hayes Alyssa Ramsay MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT Neil Middleton,VP Marketing & Sponsorship Beth Proven,VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Desiree La Vallee, Campaign & Event Coordinator Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Officer Diana Chabai-Booker, Communications Assistant S.Thompson Designs Inc.

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The WSO recognizes the following patrons whose foresight ensures that the WSO play on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gifts.

Siana Attwell, PhD Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Richard & Carol Jones Ethel Karr Henry Katz Kevin & Els Kavanagh Erwin W. Kitsch

Michel D. Lagacé Gail E. Loewen S. E. Loewen W. H. Loewen Dr. Brendan MacDougall Len and Koren Kaminski Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Lesia Peet Beth M. Proven Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard

The WSO currently has 44 individuals who have indicated their future plans to leave a bequest to the orchestra in their wills. In our 70th year, our goal is to reach 70. If you have a future planned gift for the WSO we would love to count you. Please let us know.

Your Own Personally Named Fund in Support of Sistema Winnipeg As part of your legacy planning, you may wish to set up your own named fund at the Winnipeg Foundation to support the Sistema program. For a minimum donation of $10,000, which can be paid over a period of years, you may set up a fund to permanently support The Sistema Winnipeg program. The fund can be named for you, or for someone you wish to honour.The fund will be invested in the market and will earn interest income. Each year, a portion of this income will be spent in support of Sistema Winnipeg in your name. Donations to endowments are also eligible for matching through the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund.Your legacy will carry on by supporting future generations of children in Sistema.

If you would like information about making a legacy gift please visit our planned giving website at wso.ca/support or contact Beth Proven at (204) 949-3989 or bproven@wso.mb.ca.

Trudy Schroeder June Slobodian Muriel Smith Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Donn K.Yuen 5 Anonymous Donors