WSO 2017-2018 Overture Issue 6

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OZ WITH ORCHESTRA CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE FAREWELL ALEXANDER

Photographer: Nardella Photography

VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ON TOUR

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Photographer: Leif Norman

This is the final concert programme for the 70th Anniversary Season of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and there are fine concerts all the way through to the end of the season. You will not want to miss the WSO playing live with the beloved and musically ground breaking film, The Wizard of Oz. This is followed by the WSO 70th Anniversary Gala, and the spellbinding spectacle of Cirque de la Symphonie.

Our final Classics Series concerts of the season on May 11 and 12 features Richard Strauss’ epic and moving work, A Hero’s Life. This will be the final weekend of Classics performances with Alexander Mickelthwate serving as the WSO’s music director. This concert gives us all an opportunity to thank Alexander for his excellent service to the WSO and to the community as a whole. We thank Alexander for the energy and passion he brought to his work with the orchestra and for the wonderful way in which he engaged with our community. His contribution will have a lasting impact on the orchestra and on the community. Following the concert, each night, there will be an opportunity for audience members to meet and thank Alexander personally on the Piano Nobile.

We close the WSO’s 70th Anniversary Season with a visit from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on tour to celebrate their 100th Anniversary Season. The VSO’s appearance in Winnipeg has a special connection and relevance for the WSO because it will be conducted by Maestro Bramwell Tovey, who was the WSO’s sixth music director. He was an important musical force in Winnipeg from 1989 to 2001, and he will be remembered as the founder of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Appearing with the orchestra is internationally acclaimed violinist James Ehnes, whose early professional career was supported and nurtured by the WSO. All of us at the WSO thank you for making the orchestra part of your life in this season.

We encourage you to select your concerts for the coming season and take advantage of the Early Bird savings that are available until May 13th. The WSO also has an exciting summer season from June 16 to July 4, 2018. Visit wso.ca/1819 summer for full details.

Have a wonderful summer, and we will see you in September for The Asper Foundation Opening Night Gala with Emanuel Ax.

Terence Sargeant Chair of the WSO Board

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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. Alexander will begin his role as Music Director of the Oklahoma Philharmonic for the 2018-2019 Season.

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 Meredith Johnson, Principal by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

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

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

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

OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan

VIOLAS Daniel Scholz, Principal Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal Marie-Elyse Badeau Laszlo Baroczi Richard Bauch Greg Hay Michael Scholz Heather Wilson

FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal **Laura MacDougall

ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Taylor Eiffert BASSOONS Alex Eastley, Principal Kathryn Brooks, Acting Principal

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

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.

HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Fred Redekop is the official Piano James Robertson Tuner and Technician of the WSO. Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 5

Photographer: Ken MacDonald

From the first day you arrived, your creative force was felt across this city. Whether talking to business leaders, high school students, or hanging out at the hockey rink, you have been an ambassador for the symphony and our art form everywhere you go, trying new things every step of the way. It will be a hard act to follow. We will miss you.

Thank you for sharing your energy with us. Best wishes in Oklahoma, and we will see you back here on this stage again soon. Bravo!

- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

CELEBRATING MOMENTS FROM MAESTRO ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE’S 12 YEARS WITH THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. With energy and creativity, Alexander Mickelthwate has taken the WSO to new heights and distant stages.

From the diving boards of Pan Am Pool to the stage of Carnegie Hall, there has never been a dull moment.

During Alexander’s time as Music Director, music critic Norman Lebrecht called the WSO “an orchestra with a sound all its own." Countless Manitoba, Canadian and World Premieres have marked his tenure. Highlights include collaborations with Philip Glass, Itzhak Perlman, The Barenaked Ladies, Dawn Upshaw, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Tanya Tagaq, numerous editions of the Winnipeg New Music Festival and the creation of the Indigenous Music Festival.

Photos (from bottom left): Alexander with Mayor Brian Bowman at the WSO's With Glowing Hearts Gala, Canada Day at The Forks, Alexander with American composer Philip Glass at the 2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival; Alexander and the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York; Alexander in performance with violinist Joshua Bell.

Julian Pellicano, conductor

Directed by Produced by Screenplay by Based on

Victor Fleming, King Vidor, George Cukor, Norman Taurog Mervyn LeRoy Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Starring

Judy Garland Frank Morgan Ray Bolger Bert Lahr

Incidental music by Songs by

Herbert Stothart Harold Arlen (music) and E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)

Cinematography Edited by Production company

Harold Rosson Blanche Sewell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: Runtime:

August 25, 1939 (USA) 101 minutes

Jack Haley Billie Burke Margaret Hamilton Charley Grapewin

BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SOUNDBYTES

Oz with Orchestra

In 2008, The Wizard of Oz was voted the Number One Fantasy movie of all time by the American Film Institute, and is also included in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

PRODUCTION CREDITS: Producer John Goberman Original orchestrations reconstructed by John Wilson and Andrew Cottee The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations) A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

Film courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22

7:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

BMO Night at the Movies Sponsor:

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, Saturday, 6:45 p.m. Music for Young Children Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Todd Martin, horn; Laurel Ridd, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet/alto saxophone; Chris Byman, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon/contra bassoon; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Tony Cyre, drum kit/percussion; Donna Laube, piano/celeste; Earl Stafford, synth; Keith Price, guitar April – May 2018 I OVERTURE 9

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Cirque de la symphonie:

Presented by:

Vladimir Tsarkov, Alina Sergeeva, Ekaterina Borzikova, Pavel Korshunov,

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Cirque de la Symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema Vitalii Buza, Vitaly Prikhodko Julian Pellicano, conductor

Main title from Superman

John Williams

All That Jazz from Chicago

John Kander

Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone

John Williams

Mission Impossible

Lalo Schifrin

Main theme from Gladiator

Hans Zimmer

Devil’s Dance from Witches of Eastwick

John Williams

Flight to Neverland from Hook

John Williams

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Klaus Badelt

Hoe-Down from Rodeo

Aaron Copland

William Tell: Overture

Rossini

Chariots of Fire

Vangelis

West Side Story: Overture

Leonard Bernstein arr. Peress

Waltz from Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky

My Heart Will Go On from Titanic

James Horner

Boléro

Ravel

Friday, April 27 Saturday, April 28 Sunday, April 29

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, Friday, 7:15 p.m.

Sistema Winnipeg, St John’s High School Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Westgate String Orchestra Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

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Cirque de la Symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema

Cirque de la Symphonie Cirque de la Symphonie is an exciting production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an elegant adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque acts performed on a stage shared with the full symphony orchestra, showcasing many of the best artists in the world. The audience is thrilled and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. These accomplished veterans include world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians and some of the most original talent ever seen. Each performance is perfectly choreographed to classical masterpieces, raising cirque artistry to a fine arts level. Adding a stunning visual element to the concert experience, these aerialists and acrobats provide a three-dimensional entertainment extravaganza. Orchestras play with enhanced enthusiasm, while patrons marvel at the jawdropping spectacle of aerialists flying overhead and astonishing acrobatic feats. Fusing the power and majesty of the live orchestra with the best of cirque artistry, Cirque de la Symphonie is the only cirque company in the world that performs exclusively with symphony orchestras. Over one hundred orchestras worldwide have featured Cirque de la Symphonie in sold-out venues, adding energy and excitement to the concert experience. Join us on Facebook and explore our website for images, video, schedule, reviews, and more: www.cirquedelasymphonie.com

Vitalii Buza Vitalii Buza began his gymnastic training in the Republic of Moldova and soon competed as an elite gymnast with the Russian national team. At the age of 16, Vitalii joined the Moscow State Circus as a professional acrobat and toured throughout Europe. After a move to the U.S., he starred in productions at Sea World, Universal Studios and Walt Disney World. He has been featured in numerous TV ads and won a role in the Walt Disney movie Enchanted. Vitalii also performed at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards, the 2007 NFL Pro Bowl, 2010 14

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Academy Awards and the 2011 Latin Billboard Awards. He has performed for celebrities such as Russell Simmons, P. Diddy and Shaquille O'Neal and corporate events for major companies such as Microsoft, Formula1, Mercedes-Benz, and Cirque du Soleil. Vitalii excels in multiple cirque acts, such as duo hand-balancing, straps, Cyr wheel, spinning cube, Chinese pole and the Russian bar.

Ekaterina Borzikova Ekaterina Borzikova is a graduate of the prestigious School of Olympic Reserve in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she concluded ten years of training in gymnastics and another four years of training in acrobatics.

Her circus training included everything from elephant riding to aerial bungees. A dynamic professional circus performer, Ekaterina has been involved with all aspects of the art form as a performer and creator of unique acts. She is a tenyear veteran of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus and is an accomplished performer on the aerial platform with the Kabanov Troupe, aerial straps, and lyra. She was the recipient of the JeanLouis Marsan Award as an outstanding performer.

Ekaterina is also an amazing hand-balancer and contortionist, and she performs an aerial duo on silk fabrics with Cirque de la Symphonie.

Vitaliy Prikhodko & Pavel Korshunov The amazing strength and balancing act of Acro Duo, consisting of Vitaliy Prikhodko and Pavel Korshunov, is one of the most dynamic acts ever presented on stage. Vitaliy is a native of Ukraine, where he graduated from Kiev State Circus College. He began his career with the National Circus of Ukraine, winning first place at the New Ukrainian Circus Festival. His acrobatic experience includes worldwide tours with Nikulin’s Moscow Circus. Pavel, a native of Voronezh, Russia, is a three-time national champion of Russia, two-time World Champion and two-time Champion of the World Cup in acrobatic sport. A former veteran with Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai, Pavel is a multitalented performer on straps, Russian swing, trampoline, and acrobatics.

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Cirque de la symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema

Vova Tsarkov

Alina Sergeeva

Vova Tsarkov comes from a famous circus family rich in the traditions of Russian circus artistry. Trained by masters in the circus arts, he exhibits exceptional talents and skills in all of his performances. His “Mask” juggling act is a fascinating blend of illusion and juggling skills. Vova is a worldwide star, having performed in the major productions from Las Vegas to Korea. He enchanted audiences in Busch Gardens’ cirque shows, starred in dozens of special corporate events, and with many symphony orchestras across North America. Vova is one of the most multi-talented performers in Cirque de la Symphonie, with performances that include various juggling acts, the spinning cube and frame, diablo, and other uniquely entertaining acts.

Alina Sergeeva is a third-generation circus performer from Russia. She began performing on stage at the age of three with her family in a hand balancing adagio act with her father, later branching out into various acts such as aerial silks, lira, and hoops. Alina’s professional performances have taken her around the world to countries in South America, Europe, and Asia. Along the way, she won the “most talented” award for youth performers in Brazil. Alina’s career in the U.S. includes numerous circus tours, corporate shows, cruise ship productions and special events. Alina has starred in numerous Cirque de la Symphonie productions as an amazing hula hoops performer, with accompanying hand balancing, acrobatic and contortion skills. Her mastery of illusion includes the amazing quick change and magic jacket acts.

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Anna Milan, horn assistant; Todd Martin, horn; Allen Harrington, bassoon; Laurel Ridd, flute; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Donna Laube, keyboard

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On behalf of

DARRELL G EBHARDT Family, Partners, & Associates

Proud supporter of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, we celebrate and wish them a huge success on their 70th Anniversary!

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Photographer: Nardella Photography

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin

CLASSICS

Farewell Alexander

Concert Sponsor:

The Promised Hand

Iman Habibi (b. 1985)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Nocturne: Moderato Scherzo: Allegro non troppo Passacaglia: Andante Burlesca: Allegro con brio

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

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Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), Op. 40 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) The Hero The Hero’s Adversaries The Hero’s Companion The Hero’s Battlefield The Hero’s Works of Peace The Hero’s Retreat from the World, and Fulfillment Played without pause

Friday, May 11 Saturday, May 12

8:00 p.m.

8:00 p.m.

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:15 p.m.

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Friday, May 11

10:30 a.m.

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

The Promised Hand Iman Habibi b. Tehran, Iran / 1985 Composed: 2015 First performance: February 21, 2015 (Vancouver), Jin Zhang, conductor First WSO performance

by the authorities to ban abstract or difficult music that might be challenging for the Soviet people to accept. Only simple music glorifying the State would be allowed.

Shostakovich knew both purges had come from Stalin.

After the 1936 purge he responded with his magnificent Fifth Symphony and soon became a world figure. But the 1948 censure was too much to bear, and he decided to withhold “Life’s most magical releasing any of his substantial works moments often rush by us hastily.We feel frustrated, as for a fair hearing until after Stalin was out of the picture. Stalin’s death on we try to grasp on only to March 5, 1953 – the same day as surrender in the end to the Prokofiev’s – was like a dam bursting incessant order of time: you may not for Shostakovich. His Violin Concerto possess! And while moments are not to be No.1 waited until 1955 for its owned, their magic is eternal.We keep premiere by David Oistrakh, who had that magic safe in our hearts. Soon we worked on the score with Shostakovich and was one of the realize it is not enough.We still fear that time may one day wash away. In an effort greatest violinists of the time. to resist the forgetfulness of time, we Shostakovich’s alleged memoirs express ourselves through art, hoping that Testimony reveal that the genesis of the physical manifestation of an emotion the Concerto came from a combined will make it last longer. bond to Jewish folklore plus the moral issue of what had happened to the Much like Prokofiev does in Romeo and Jews during the terror of World War II. Juliet, I celebrate the serenity of love and Shostakovich was deeply affected by its ability to bring peace and unite the Holocaust, yet also by what he mankind in times of chaos. The Promised called the multifaceted flavour and Hand portrays a day of my life. In it, there is spirit of Jewish music, its ability to “be a day’s worth of paradoxes: from the rush, happy while it is tragic…almost to the elation, then the lighting of a always laughter through tears...”As always in Shostakovich’s major works, candle, and the perpetuity of a glance. the symphonic argument is powerful, I dedicate this piece to my wife, Deborah, compelling and plotted with airtight in memory of our wedding day.” logic. In this concerto too, his initials -Iman Habibi become a musical signature: D, E-flat (German S), C, H (German B-natural).

Violin Concerto No. 1

In the opening Nocturne, the solo violin grows continuously from the dark string melody underneath, the centre-piece of the movement a powerful statement leading to the return of the quieter opening material to close.The wild Scherzo couldn’t be more different, recalling the similar one in the Tenth Symphony, a work Shostakovich called “about Stalin.” The Passacaglia It was déjà vu for uses the ancient variation form of a Shostakovich in 1948 as he repeating theme layering increasingly composed his Violin Concerto elaborate material on top, with No.1. He had felt the purge in deeply moving results.The Finale is a 1936 when his opera Lady stunning virtuosic display that Macbeth of Mtsensk was called “muddle”by encapsulates previous material to Soviet officialdom. Again he was close this brilliant, complex yet most condemned in 1948 in the general purge accessible masterwork.

Dmitri Shostakovich b. St Petersburg, Russia / September 25, 1906 d. Moscow / August 9, 1975 Composed: 1947-48 First performance: October 29, 1955 (Leningrad) Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor, with David Oistrakh as soloist.

Last WSO performance: 2011, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor, with Korbinian Altenberger as soloist

A Hero’s Life Richard Strauss b. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864 d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany / September 8, 1949 Composed: 1898 First performance: March 3, 1899 (Frankfurt) conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2006, Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) was the seventh of Strauss’orchestral tone poems. As the year 1898’s most talked-about composer, his latest offering was much anticipated by press and public alike, as his earlier showpieces (Don Juan,Also sprach Zarathustra and others) were imaginative and stunningly orchestrated works that carried programmatic orchestral music to heights not experienced since Berlioz.

Strauss immodestly claimed that the story was not about material heroism but the kind of heroism describing the struggles in life that lead to elevation of the soul.What emerged though turned out to be a musical self-portrait in six parts.

The first three parts portray the characters: the Hero (Strauss himself, with all his pride, moods and obstinacy), his Adversaries (the critics, though Strauss doesn’t directly say so), and his Companion (beloved yet complex and manipulative wife Pauline, depicted by the solo violin).The fourth section The Hero’s Battlefield is a vividly “modern” display of uproar.Through the sustaining inspiration of the Companion over all the clashing blades and general mayhem, a triumphant finish of victory closes this battlefield of music.

The fifth section The Hero’s Works of Peace holds Strauss to a mirror as themes from some of his earlier works are recalled to elevate the soul in achievement.The closing section brings back the Adversaries again with the Hero battling it out. Anger subsides as the English horn gently brings back his theme, but more strife agitates him. As he becomes consoled by the solo violin, Peace descends on his spirit and the music rapturously closes.

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

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Farewell Alexander

Bomsori Kim, violin Winner of the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori Kim has established herself as part of an emerging generation of internationally recognized violinists.

Bomsori began gaining attention in 2010 as the youngest prizewinner of the 4th Sendai International Music Competition, which led to an internationally acclaimed concert debut in 2010. This came on the heels of her astonishing success at the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.

Other prize wins of note include the 15th Tchaikovsky International Competition, the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the 10th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, the 3rd China International Violin Competition, and the Juilliard School’s annual Concerto Competition.

A native of South Korea, Bomsori is a graduate of Seoul National University. She also earned her Master of Music Degree at The Juilliard School, where she is currently pursuing her Artist Diploma as a fullscholarship student. With the support of Kumho Asiana Instrument Bank, she currently plays on a 1774 violin by Joannes Baptista Guadagnini.

The upcoming season highlights are concerts at concerts with Jaap van Zweden, with Nürnberger Symphoniker, Tonkünstler Orchester Vienna, duo tour with pianist Rafal Blechacz and the debut recital at the Carnegie Hall, New York.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; Danielle Johannes, oboe; Alex Conway, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; Chris Byman, clarinet; Mike Dassios, clarinet; Antoine St-Onge, bassoon; Karine Breton, bassoon; Allen Harrington, bassoon/contra bassoon; Todd Martin, horn; Micajah Sturgess; horn; Aiden Kleer, horn; Olivia Quackenbush, horn; Marvin Perry, trumpet; Brian Sykora, trumpet; Ryan Cass, trombone; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Olivia Ritchey, harp

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Bramwell Tovey conductor Marion Newman mezzo-soprano* James Ehnes violin+ Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

O Canada Ancestral Voices* I In Arcady II The Last Bison III The Letter IV Bring Light to the Truth

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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77+ Johannes Brahms I Allegro non troppo II Adagio III Allegro giocoso, ma no troppo vivace – Poco più presto - INTERMISSION -

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Enigma Theme: Andante Var. 1: C.A.E.: L’istesso tempo Var. 2: H.D.S-P.: Allegro Var. 3: R.B.T. Allegretto Var. 4: W.M.B. Allegro di molto Var. 5: R.P.A.: Moderato Var. 6: Ysobel: Andantino Var. 7: Troyte: Presto Var. 8: W.N.: Allegretto Var. 9: Nimrod: Adagio Var. 10: Dorabella (Intermezzo): Allegretto Var. 11: G.R.S.: Allegro di molto Var. 12: R.G.N.: Andante Var. 13: (***) (Romanza): Moderato Var. 14: E.D.U. (Finale (Allegro)

Wednesday, May 23

8:00 p.m.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Edward Elgar

Sponsors: Winnipeg Concert Sponsor: Tour Supporters: Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt Foundation Michael L. Fish

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’andernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pout mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

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PROGRAM NOTES Ancestral Voices Bramwell Tovey CM OM b. Essex, England / July 11, 1953 Preparing for the Canada150 celebrations, Bramwell Tovey chose to mark the occasion with a musical gift. For the final concert of the VSO’s 2016-2017 season, he created a fourmovement song cycle, titled Ancestral Voices, which could in some way address both the commemoration of the 1867 Confederation of the “Dominion of Canada,”as well as the impact of that proclamation on people who had already been living on those same lands for hundreds, if not thousands of years.With this work, Tovey offers his thoughts on a complicated part of our shared Canadian legacy: the fraught relationship between First Nations and subsequent arrivals.

Before the première performance of the work, Bramwell Tovey spoke with David Gordon Duke of The Vancouver Sun, and explained,“I was very moved by the reconciliation commission that took place a few years ago. As a fairly new Canadian I didn’t live here when the residential schools existed, but I got interested in the politics, and what a terrible thing they were. I don’t like it when artists bang political drums, but I thought I might be able to create something that reflects, if you like, the shame of it all. I don’t want to get into the controversy of cultural appropriation, so there’s no replication of First Nations music — which I’m not even qualified to attempt anyway. I’ve decide to stick entirely with non-aboriginal language; everything is actually from my own cultural tradition, if you like.”

While the music and texts stem from non-aboriginal sources,Tovey was careful to seek out the perspective and advice of someone with First Nations heritage.The songs were created for and written in consultation with mezzo-soprano soloist Marion Newman, who has Kwagiulth and _ Stó:lo First Nations roots.

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The text of the first song is drawn from a work of the English Romantic poet John Keats (17951821), and describes Arcady, a pastoral paradise. It was written in 1819, when the western frontier of what would become Canada was just being opened up.

To live in freedom, / in peace and security. / The right to life…

The Vancouver Sun summed up the emotional trajectory of the cycle, saying “we go from a misty vision of an earthly paradise, through a lament for degradation of the natural world, a bitter scherzo to a …In the dales of Arcady, / what men text of bureaucratic weasel words, or gods are these? / What maidens then on to an ambiguous loth? / What mad pursuit? / What conclusion acknowledging past struggle to escape?… wrongs, longing and hoping for the The next selection is from a longer possibility of reconciliation.” poem, The Song of the Last Bison by (VSO, with notes from David Gordon Charles Mair (1838-1927).The son Duke,The Vancouver Sun) of Scottish immigrants in Lanark, Upper Canada, he became a crusading Canada First nationalist, a Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 journalist and poet. His imperialist Johannes Brahms stance might cast Mair in a b. Hamburg, Germany / May 7, 1833 negative light, except for his success as an advocate of peaceful d.Vienna, Austria / April 3, 1897 settlement of the West (as a By the time Brahms bulwark against American began work on this expansion) and his well-meaning marvelous concerto in praise for the dignity of the native 1878, he and Joseph peoples. Mair is also recognized as Joachim had been an early conservationist, for his part friends for twenty-five in promoting a sanctuary for bison. years. One of the most outstanding musicians of the era, Joachim won …Strange men,who ravaged our domain / and ringed us around with fame as a violinist, chamber musician, conductor, and composer. Like Brahms, fire. / Pale enemies who slew with he wore conservative musical colours. equal mirth / the harmless or the Both of them favoured the Classical hurtful things of earth… poise and purity of Beethoven, over the The texts then turn away from the Romantic excess of such contemporary poetic to the bureaucratic, with the composers as Berlioz, Liszt and Wagner. third text simply called The Letter.

Joachim studied the concerto-inThe ‘Dear Sir…’ instruction was progress closely and made numerous discovered in the colonial archives, suggestions to make it more practical. specifically setting out the kind of Brahms ignored almost all of them, advice that led to the disastrous choosing to follow his own inclinations.With Joachim as soloist, policies of the residential schools. and Brahms himself conducting, the Sow the seeds / and separate,isolate, concerto received its première in Leipzig on New Year's Day, 1879. educate,assimilate / and forcibly, effectively / kill the Indian in the child.

The warm, expansive introduction to The fourth song is taken from texts the opening movement sets the tone by two Canadian Prime Ministers - and scale for the entire segment.

Beethoven-esque in scale and Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau ambition, the movement - about the legacy of the schools, nevertheless bears Brahms's own and from a United Nations text on stamps of urgency and introspective the rights of aboriginal peoples. lyricism. An especially dramatic …Bring light to the truth. / What passage sets up the violinist’s cadenza, which as expected is happened and why. / They had no substantial rather than showy. right to dignity. / No right to live. / Continued on page 26

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answered,‘Nothing – but something might be made of it; Powell would have done this (Variation 2) or Continued from page 24 Nevinson would have looked at it like this (Variation 12).’Variation 4 The heartfelt slow movement begins sweetly and quietly with a spotlight on the was then played, and the question wind section.The solo oboe emerges with asked,‘Who is that like?’ The answer was,‘I cannot say, but it is exactly the the lovely, expressive main theme, which way W.M.B. (William Meath Baker) the soloist takes up and elaborates.The goes out of the room.You are doing music generates a limited amount of something which I think has never emotional heat, but it dissolves back into been done before.’Thus, the work the opening serene reverie. grew into its full shape.”

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The finale is also reserved, at least in comparison with contemporary concertos such as Tchaikovsky's.The recurring refrain is a jovial, heavy-footed peasant dance.This is the most technically demanding section of the concerto. But as always, elements of display never overwhelm good taste and musical substance.

Program note © 2014 Don Anderson

Variations on an Original Theme Op. 36 Enigma Sir Edward Elgar b. Broadheath, England / June 2, 1857 d.Worcester, England / February 23, 1934 The origins of the “Enigma” Variations date from October 21, 1898. As Elgar recalled, “One evening after a long and tiresome day’s teaching, aided by a cigar, I musingly played on the piano the theme as it now stands.The voice of Lady Elgar asked with a sound of approval ‘What was that?’I

featuring her chosen instrument. A rambunctious variation featuring timpani and trombones then showed us Arthur Troyte Griffith, an outgoing architect. Variation 8 took a glowingly coloured look at a young woman named Winifred Norbury.

Nimrod offered Elgar’s heartfelt tribute to one of his most steadfast friends, German-born music editor and journalist August Johannes Jaeger.The fleet, delicately Elgar never fully explained a mystery orchestrated Variation 10 brought he had woven into it. In later years he us Dora Penny, portraying her stated that throughout the variations stammer in a delicately affectionate “another and larger theme ‘goes,’but manner.The boisterous Variation 11 it is not played. It was so well known presented not so much its that it was strange no one had dedicatee, organist George discovered it.”Its identity remains Robertson Sinclair, as his bulldog unknown.

Dan, leaping into the river to fetch a stick.

After the rather melancholy theme has been presented, the affectionate A gorgeous cello solo is featured Variation 1 characterized Elgar’s wife, in Variation 12, depicting Basil G. Caroline Alice.The nervous bustle of Nevinson, who played that Variation 2 mimicked Hew David instrument. Variation 13 painted a Steuart Powell’s characteristic warm- rather somber portrait of Lady Mary up at the piano, while the third Lygon.The finale is a self-portrait, variation’s light-hearted mood written, as Elgar stated,“at a time recalled the mimicking talents of when friends were dubious and Richard Baxter Townshend.The generally discouraging as to the sharply accented Variation 4 composer’s musical future.”His presented a portrait of the brusque reply to their doubtfulness was country squire William Meath Baker. bold and self-confident.

It is followed in Variation 5 by a gently dreaming picture of music Program note © 2017 Don Anderson lover Richard Penrose Arnold.

Elgar portrayed the amateur violinist Isabel Fitton in a lyrical variation

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

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Bramwell Tovey CM OM, conductor Grammy® and Juno® awardwinning conductor/composer Bramwell Tovey was appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 2000.

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festival dedicated to contemporary music, as well as the founding of VSO Orchestral Institute at Whistler (VSOIW). In 2017-2018, Maestro Tovey’s VSO season will include monumental works such as The Dream of Gerontius, by Elgar, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, Britten’s Peter Grimes, and the “Resurrection” Symphony of Mahler. As the VSO reaches its centenary, Mr. Tovey will be honoured with the title of Music Director Emeritus. Mr. Tovey is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Royal Conservatory of Music in

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Toronto and holds honourary degrees from the universities of British Columbia, Manitoba, Kwantlen and Winnipeg. In 2013, he was appointed an honourary Officer of the Order of Canada for services to music.

In 2017, he joined the faculty of Boston University where he teaches conducting and oversees BU’s extensive orchestra programme, and in January 2018, he assumed the position of Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano _

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celebrated orchestras and conductors. In addition to his solo work, he is also the first violinist of the Ehnes Quartet and the Artistic Director of the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

James has received honourary doctorates from Brandon University and the University of British Columbia. In 2010, the Governor General of Canada appointed James a Member of the Order of Canada.

James has an extensive discography of nearly 50 recordings, featuring music that ranges from J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi to John Adams and Aaron-Jay Kernis. His recording of the Korngold, Barber and Walton violin concertos with the VSO and Bramwell Tovey won both a Grammy® and a Juno® award. In October of 2017, Onyx Classics released his recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Manze.

Kwagiulth and Stó:lo First Nations, English, Irish and Scottish mezzo-soprano Marion Newman’s “beautiful voice has heft and power, but James plays the "Marsick" Stradivarius of 1715. He at the same time an innate currently lives in Florida with his wife and children. sweetness” (Opera Canada) and she has been noted as "a show stealer" (BBC Music About the VSO Magazine). In her Irish debut with Cork’s Founded in 1919, Opera 2005 in the title role of Carmen, she the Vancouver was widely praised for her “superbly sinuous Symphony Orchestra sexuality” and as a “very exciting new talent” is one of Canada’s by the Irish Examiner. most active and

On the concert stage, Marion has performed with the best ensembles, symphonies and choirs across Canada. Her extensive repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, De Falla’s El Amor Brujo, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Mozart’s Requiem. Marion has been featured five times as a soloist on CBC’s National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. Upcoming appearances include world premieres of several works, operas and concerts that speak to Marion’s First Nations identity. She is much sought after as an advisor for arts organizations wishing to take an active and continuing role in reconciliation.

successful performing arts institutions; the largest performing arts organization west of Ontario and the third largest symphony orchestra in the country.

The VSO performs to an annual audience of over 250,000 people and features more than 50 celebrated guest artists each season. Over 150 concerts are performed annually by the VSO in the historic Orpheum Theatre and numerous additional venues throughout the Lower Mainland. 2018-2019 will mark the organization’s 100th season. In February 2017, Maestro Otto Tausk was named Music Director Designate of the VSO, and he will take up the baton from Maestro Tovey at the conclusion of the current season.

The VSO maintains extensive education and community programs experienced by over 50,000 children each year. In 2011, it opened the VSO School of Music in Known for his virtuosity and downtown Vancouver. Since 2015, the organization has probing musicianship, Canadian violinist James Ehnes also staged VSO Orchestral Institute at Whistler (VSOIW), has performed in 37 countries an annual, world-class summer music program involving 90 emerging, professional musicians from all around the on five continents, appearing world, who work with VSO musician faculty members regularly in the world’s great and Maestro Bramwell Tovey. concert halls and with many of the most

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

Podium Johnston Group Inc. Resident Artist Qualico Wawanesa Insurance Principal Chair Banville & Jones Terracon Development Ltd. Assistant Principal Chair Cambrian Credit Union J.K. May Investments Ltd. Orchestra Chair Bison Transport Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Maxim Truck & Trailer Pollard Banknote Limited Royal Bank of Canada Music Stand A2B Communication Ltd. Coghlan's Limited Mid West Packaging Limited Number Ten Architectural Group Reider Insurance Winmar Property Restoration

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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.

Riser Akman Management Ltd. European Art Glass Ltd. Greg Brodsky Law Corporation InterGroup Consultants Ltd.

Siana Attwell, PhD Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Mr. Hugh Cowan Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard The WSO gratefully acknowledges Richard & Carol Jones the following foundations: Koren & Leonard Kaminski Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Ethel Karr Winnipeg Foundation Henry Katz The Noreen & Robert Allen Kevin & Els Kavanagh Charitable Trust Erwin W. Kitsch Brandon Area Community Michel D. Lagacé Foundation Gail E. Loewen Canadian Association of Gift Planners S. E. Loewen Manitoba Chaper W. H. Loewen Hy & Pat Cohen Fund Dr. Brendan MacDougall Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Margaret Kellermann McCulloch In Memory of Peter D. Curry Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Foundation for Choral Music in Lesia Peet Manitoba Beth M. Proven The Bertram Austin Goodman, Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Mary Easton McLaren Goodman Olga & Bill Runnalls and Dorothy Jean Goodman Trudy Schroeder Foundation June Slobodian Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Muriel Smith Marjory Alexander Graham & Mrs. E. Szirom Family Fund Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews George Warren Keates Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Donn K. Yuen Memorial Fund 7 Anonymous Allen and Marion Lambert Fund

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A. Schroeder Dr. Robert Schroth Harald & Vicky Schulz Dr. L. Sekla Olga & Myron Shatulsky Phil & Nancy Shead Robert Shindleman and Family in memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Brenda Sklar Ms. Brenda Snider Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Ms. Illana Steele Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Margaret & Hartley Stinson Stobart Agency Ltd Lorne Sunley Lorron Agencies Ltd. Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor James & Joanne Teitsma C. & R. Thomsen Mr. Ron Timlick Robert & Barb Tisdale Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Ms. Andrea Towers VQ Salon Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Ms. Edna Walpole Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Garnet Ward Dr. Marnie Waters Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Noah & Myrna Weiszner WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Edith Wilde Debbie Wilson Mr. John Yarema 3 Anonymous Prelude Patricia Allen & Len Dueck Trish Allison-Simms Dr. & Mrs. N.R. Anthonisen Allan & Rochelle Baker Barbara & Bruce Ball Mr. Robert Baragar Ms. Margaret Barbour Robert Barton In Memory of Robert Coates Neovation Learning Solutions Isaak & Tina Bergen Eric Bergen Donald & Edith Besant Ms. Diane Bewell Ms. Trudy Blight Eric & Clara Bohm Ruth & Kris Breckman Jackie Brignall Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C. Miss Dorothy Broomhall Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Mr. E. Brown

Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Carol Budnick Ms. Judi L. Burling Kevin Burns Mr. John Burrows Mr. Bryan Byhre Ruth Calvert Canadian Maple Wings Association - Winnipeg Chapter Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Laura Chan & Herman Lam Mrs. Patti Cherney Lawrie and Bea Cherniack Chew Restaurant Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Glynis Corkal Joyce Cormack The Crawford & McCarver Family Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard Maxine Cristall Tracey Cullen Maureen Danzinger Mr. Ray Davis F. De Grazia M. Jane Dick Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Jennifer Dobson Anne Dubouloz-Gislason Lezlee Dunn Don & Gloria Dyck Andrea Dyhe Scott & Margaret Edmonds John J. Enns Don & Martha Epstein Ms. Karin Erhardt Vera & Peter Fast Rick & Julie Fast S & G Fast Michael Feld Ms. Helen Feniuk Ms. Catherine Flower Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Mrs. Gitta Fricke Mrs. Donna Friesen Lise Laverdure & François Gauvin Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard In memory of a long time supporter Mrs. Kay Lee D. Gooch Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Suzanne Gray Marj Grevstad Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Grower Ms. Marion Guinn Katie & DeLloyd Guth Saul & Lolly Guttman Ms. Joanne Hampson Meghan Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Ms. Erin Harley Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Larry & Evelyn Hecht Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Terry Heron Ms. Shirley Hicks Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen Karen Hiscott Richard & Karen Howell Shaun Humphries

Huynh Van Ho Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Patricia Kellendonk Erwin W. Kitsch Nadine & Herb Klassen Ms. Mary Klassen John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Ed & Helen Kolomaya Ron Lambert Lisa & Ted Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Langrell Family Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy Leibl Mr. Francois Lentz Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Jennifer Lidstone Tom & Lovie Liewicki Albert & Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Pamela Lockman Roger Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori Luby Al & Pat Mackling Dr. Sabine Mai James Manishen Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Jemara Fay Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba J. Doreen McCormick Dr. Ian McIntyre C. & J. McIntyre Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Quinton & Maureen McNaught Ms. Linda Meckling Karen Menkis Dr. Adrienne Meyers Estelle Meyers In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement Ms. Sue Miclash Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Ms. Sheila Miller Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Mrs. Joan Ann Morton John & Margaret Mundie Leesa Munroe Mel & Sharon Myers Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Ms. Bonnie Neil Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner David & Hermine Olfert Truus Oliver Allan & Hazel Osborn Mr. Douglas Page Kathleen Parums Sonjia Pasiechnik Ms. Nettie Peters Ingrid Peters-Fransen Ms. Pat Philpott Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Gabriela Popescu Ken & Geri Porath

Blumie Portnoy Ms. Lois Powne Mr. Guy Prokopetz Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Dr. Fiona Punter Bryan & Diana Purdy Erin Rafferty Holly Rafferty Shane Rafferty Mrs. Marieann Reeves Ms. Teresa Reilly Mrs. Barbara Rempel Theresa Rempel Mr. Louis Ricciuto Jim & Pat Richtik Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Gisela Roger Mr. Chris Rudd Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad David & Helen Saude R. Schroeder Dr. Marlis Schroeder Ms. Janet Schubert Mr. Ken Schykulski Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Lynn & Bill Shead Heida & Skuli Sigfusson Patricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum & Harvey Rosenbaum Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Jordan Sodowsky Geri & Peter Spencer Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Ms. Sally Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Ms. Karen Swain Mary and Robert Thomas Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Betsy F. Thorsteinson Toad Hall Toys Inc. In Memory of Ronald George Spencer Henry & Elizabeth Toews Ms. Josette Toye Edith Ugrin Mr. Michael van Lierop Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Barry and Gail Veals Hugo and Anny Veldhuis Ken & Mary Warmbrod Shawn & Beth Watters Mrs. Evelyn Wener James & Claudia Weselake Westminster United Church Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Andrew Winkless Ms. Joan Wise Myra Wolch and Saul M. Cherniack Patrick Wright Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Donn K.Yuen 7 Anonymous

Sonatina Arshad Ahsanuddin Jonathan Alvaran Alyssa Amposta Michelle Berger at Ecole Marie Anne Gaboury Mr. Lance Arthur Anderson Dr. John Badertscher Mrs. Susan Baird Veronique Barthet Ralph & Eileen Baxter Mrs. Eva Berard Mrs. Lori Bettig Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Sally Boulding Mr. Laurence Brandt Joan Braun Monica Brechka Ms. Shirley Brown Mr. & Mrs. Alfred & Mildred Buelow Susan Burchill Sheila Burland Divna Calic Canada Guaranty Canadian Association of Gift Planners Manitoba Chaper Aline Caron S. K. Clark Melissa Colquhoun Mr. Alfred Cornies Karen Couch Mr. Fred J. Cross Jean Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona Cunningham D. Cymbalist Carl Ar Darby Shannon Darby Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Silvia V. de Sousa Mrs. Wilna Dehls Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo L. N. Delisle Ms. Shawna Dempsey Ms. Terrylynn Desrosiers Mrs. Ethel Dil Monica Dinney Paul Dueck Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Pam Eyland Ross Feldman Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Mrs. Cindy Flynn Bonny Fraser Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Jim & Betty Gaynor Bonnie Geller Mr. David P. Giesbrecht Mr. Richard Gillanders Heather F. Graham Ms. Gail Granger Jeff Green Barry & Susan Greenberg in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mrs. Noreen Greenberg Victoria Gretchen Ms. Marianne Gruber Raul Gutierrez Michael & Elaine Shnier Gertrude Hamilton Helen & Peter Hayward

John Heath Paul Henteleff Mrs. Margaret Hill Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Mrs. Cathy Hobday Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Barbara Hunnie Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Ishbel Isaacs David & Heather Jenkins Susan Johnson Victoria Johnston Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Katie Kirkpatrick Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Kozub/Halldorson Family Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Ms. Irene Kuhtey Anne La Tour Ms. Betty Laing Elizabeth Lansard Frances Lemieux Kim Lentowitsch Linda Litwack in memory of Mayer Rabkin Gail Loewen Mrs. Sharon Love Roger & Norma Lowe Zeeba Loxley Jennifer Lukovich Christopher MacNutt Pat & Murray Macrae Barbara Main Mr. Allan Mapes Frank & Terry Martin Marian Martin in memory of Eleanor Annandale Emily Mayoralgo Hugh McCabe Kelly McGonigal Jim McLaren Mrs. Jean McLennan Sen. Marilou McPhedran Ms. Kathleen Michener Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Bob & Penny Miller Howard Miller Harry & Annette Minuk Sandi Mitchell Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Mr. Gordon Mitchell Ms. Sandra Mitchell M. Mohr Jon Montes Maureen Morin Kim Morton Fred & Karen Nicholson Ms. Helen O'Neill Alice Oswald Mrs. Clarice Owen Shirley & Graham Padgett Patricia Mary Patterson Mrs. Liz Patzer Donald Pearen Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Robert Peterson Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Grant & Gail Pierce Denise Piper Randy Pitch

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Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Janis Pregnall Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Valerie Raber W Rannie & Elaine Walker Karen Rassmussen-Oke M. Reguly Ms. Pat Repa Beverley Ridd Heather Robbins Ettie Robinson Melissa Steele Jean Robson Sandra Rosen Mrs. V. Rosolowich Margot A. Ross John & Shirley Russell Brittany Rycroft Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Jessie Sawicz Nicola Schaefer Kay Schalme Mary Agnes Welch Charlene & Harry Schwartz Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Gail & Murray Singer Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Darby Spafford Garry & Linda Specht Ms. Meg Specht Gerry & Jasmin St. Laurent Marianne Staub Dr. Camelia Stefanovici George Stolarskyj Archie & Shirley Stone Muriel Sutherland Dianne Szelag Frank Talbot Gladys Tarala Ms. Linda Thomas Phyllis Thomson Ms. Melita Tonogai Sherri Towaij Hien Tran Shelley Turnbull Ward Tweet Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Specht's Birthday Carole Urias Mrs. Arlene van Ruiten Denis Vincent Mrs. Nancy Vincent Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Dr. Jackie Walker Patricia & Lorne Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Walton Mr. Glen Angus Webster Morgan Wege Mr. James Wernham Grace M. Wiebe Annemarie Wiebe Ms. Barbara Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Emily Wilcosh Peter Wilk

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Howard Miller Ms. Sheila Miller Conor Mulholland Michael Nesbitt Bob and Cindy Newfield Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Mikaela Oldenkamp Lesia Peet Randy Pitch Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth TippettPope Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Beth M. Proven Festival donors help to further Dr. Clare Ramsey the musical artistry of the WSO’s Kelly Regula Dental Corp New Music Festival. Thank you!

Pat and Bill Reid Mrs. France Adams Michael Rennie Jean Altemeyer Guillermo Rocha Medical Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Corporation Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Baked Expectations Olga & Bill Runnalls Neil Bardal Funeral Centre Barbara Scheuneman Ms. Trudy Blight Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Dr. Moti Shojania Corporation Jordan Sodowsky Jackie Brignall Marlene Stern Stephen Brodovsky Stobart Agency Ltd Kevin Burns Dr. Kenneth Thorlakson Dr. David Camoriano Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Mr. Ron Timlick Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona University of Manitoba Icelandic Cushman & Wakefield Department Dr. Peter Czaplinski Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Ms. Shawna Dempsey Brad Vannan Sandra & Robert Dewey VQ Salon Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Corporation Meeka Walsh Andrea Dyhe Dr. Marnie Waters Robert Enright Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Kathleen & David Estey Weinstein Randy Ewanika Mr. Neil Wilcox Ms. Susan Feldman Karin Woods Wayne Forbes Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Anne Yankiwski Mrs. Elba Haid 2 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Michael & Elaine Shnier Mrs. Lisa Hastings Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Patti Holm Marianne Johnson Mr. Peter Johnson Share the Music is a unique Richard & Carol Jones outreach initiative of the WSO Koren & Leonard Kaminski that allows economically disadvantaged children and J. Gartner & L. Kampeas their families to attend WSO Kevin & Els Kavanagh performances. Thank you for Patricia Kellendonk helping to Share the Music!

Ms. Jose Koes Kozub/Halldorson Family Ms. Margaret Barbour Ron Lambert Lucienne Blouw in memory of Lisa & Ted Hermi van den Berg Iceland Naturally Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Louise Bernie Léveillé & Moira Swinton Nebbs and Paul Godard Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard John Maguire & Susan Collison Don & Jerri Hall in Memory of Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Aunt Lois Anderson Creek Huynh Van Ho Frank & Terry Martin In Memory of Mary Harrison Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Pat & Murray Macrae Shana Menkis Mr. Gordon Mitchell Ron & Sandi Mielitz Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko

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Mr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila Reid Anne Reid and the MacLarty Family in Memory of Norman MacKay, 38 Years As a Member of the French Horn Section of WSO and Personnel Manager for some time Margot A. Ross Barbara Scheuneman Brenda Sklar Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Jim & Jan Tennant Ward Tweet 2 Anonymous

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

Honourary Chair Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Maestoso The Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary Easton McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation Richardson Foundation RBC Foundation Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation Vivace Manitoba Community Services Council Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc Telus Con Brio Bridgeport Office Solutions Dr. Ken Fowler Souchay Gossen Family Foundation The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Family Fund Allegro Dr. David Barnard Mr. R.D. Bell Andy Burgess Timothy & Barbara Burt Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Mr. David Christianson Gordon & Jeannine Cornell Greg & Linda Fearn Judith & Peter Flynn Judith & Peter Flynn in honour of Arlene Young's Birthday Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Diena Young Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert Mr. Gary B. Goossen

Ms. Catherine Flower Mrs. Cindy Flynn Bonny Fraser Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard In Memory of James Joseph ("Jim") Gibbons Penny Gilbert Ms. Gail Granger Suzanne Gray Raul Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins Shirley Hicks Robin Hildebrand Karen Hiscott Maryann Hudjik Carl & Vi Hultin Shaun Humphries P. Ilavsky Conmoto Susan Johnson Jonathan Alvaran Victoria Johnston Alyssa Amposta Michelle Berger at Ecole Marie Anne Rick & Caroline Josephson Kevin & Els Kavanagh Gaboury Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David Betty & Ted Ash H. Skinner Mrs. Susan Baird Marion & Bill Kinnear In Memory of Robert Coates Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Janet, Susan, Kathie Beach in Komlodi Memory of Garnet & Betty Beach Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Neovation Learning Solutions Kim Lentowitsch Isaak & Tina Bergen Albert & Helen Litz Ms. Diane Bewell Gail Loewen Mr. William Richard Bloxom Zeeba Loxley Sheila & David Brodovsky Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Alexis Kochan & Nestor Budyk Dr. Brendan MacDougall Susan Burchill Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of John Ms. Judi L. Burling J. March and His Parents Mr. Bryan Byhre Allan Malbranck Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Joseph and Judith Malko Family Mrs. Audrey Campbell Fund Canada Guaranty Canadian Maple Wings Association - James Manishen Manitoba Children's Museum Winnipeg Chapter Jackie Markstrom Melina Chow Marian Martin in memory of Eleanor Fred Coakes Annandale Anna-Lisa Cohen Margaret (Bouskill) Maw D.J. Cowan Emily Mayoralgo Greg Cox Kelly McGonigal The Crawford & McCarver Family Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Tracey Cullen Dr. Ian McIntyre Carl Ar Darby Quinton & Maureen McNaught in Shannon Darby Memory of Barry Anderson Silvia V. de Sousa Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo of Merrily Peters L. N. Delisle Ms. Linda Meckling Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Karen Menkis Monica Dinney Mr. Neil Middleton Jennifer Dobson in honour of H Dr. Kyle Millar Marie Nelson Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Duckworth in Memory of Diena Vera Moroz Young Morna-June Morrow Harry & Mary Duckworth in honour Kim Morton of Arlene Young's birthday Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Don & Gloria Dyck Ms. Bonnie Neil John and Marilyn Ekins North Kildonan United Church Ms. Ursula Erhardt Alice Oswald Ms. Karin Erhardt Judith Owens Kathleen Estey in memory of Joanne Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Maxwell Garth & Diane Panting Pam Eyland Patricia Mary Patterson Rick & Julie Fast Donald Pearen in honour of Arlene Michael Feld Young's Special Birthday Ross Feldman Lesia Peet Margaret & Peter Hughes Kevin & Els Kavanagh Bill and Shirley Loewen Dr. David Lyttle Miss Heather Menzies Jonathan E. Mitchell Yvonne Morier Mr. & Dr. John & Joan Morriss Kevin Neiles & Tracy Koga Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Mrs. Shirley Richardson Mr. Walter Silicz Jim & Jan Tennant E. Toews Faye Warren Elsie Williston 1 Anonymous

Robert Peterson Grant & Gail Pierce Patricia Pollard in Memory of Gary Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Mrs. Edna Poulter Ms. Lois Powne Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Beth M. Proven Dr. David Punter Valerie Raber Erin Rafferty Shane Rafferty Holly Rafferty Mrs. Marieann Reeves Tannis Richardson Mrs. Shirley Richardson Ettie Robinson Melissa Steele Jean Robson Mr. Chris Rudd Ms. Miriam Rudolph Joan Sabourin Mr. Terry Sargeant Nicola Schaefer Barbara Scheuneman Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Ed & Susan Schmidt Trudy Schroeder Harald & Vicky Schulz Olga & Myron Shatulsky Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Darby Spafford Ms. Meg Specht Marianne Wojtas Staub in honour of Eileen Zaluski Dola and Beverly Karan Pope's 60th Birthday Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Todd Tanchak In Honour of Bette Jayne Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Jennifer & Brian Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Phyllis Thomson Betsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of Ruth Dowse 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 In memory of Blair Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Shawn & Beth Watters Thuraya Weedon Noah & Myrna Weiszner Diane Weselake Westminster United Church WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Ms. Barbara Wiebe Peter Wilk Dr. Gaynor Jane Williams In Memory of Lloyd and Blanche Morrissey Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky In honour of Arlene Young's Birthday Don & Betty Young In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement 20 Anonymous

GENERAL WSO The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following patrons whose foresight helps to ensure long-term financial support for the WSO. Thank you!

Judy & Jay Anderson Dr. Siana Attwell Shibashis Bal Sheila & David Brodovsky Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Glynis Corkal D.J. Cowan Mr. Ray Davis Helene Dyck Ruth & Ernest Epp Ms. Ursula Erhardt Greg & Linda Fearn Dr. LeeAnn Fishback Ms. Catherine Flower Mrs. Gitta Fricke Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. Skinner Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch Aaron Lewis Nick Logan & Christine Skene Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Judith Meunier Margaret Moroz Gabriela Popescu Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund Pat and Bill Reid Levi & Tena Reimer Ms. Iris Reimer Mr. Louis Ricciuto Ross & Allana Robinson Olga & Bill Runnalls Pietra Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Ms. Karen Swain Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Frank Talbot James & Joanne Teitsma Jim & Jan Tennant The Winnipeg Foundation Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson In Memory of Ronald George Spencer Garnet Ward James & Claudia Weselake Robin Wiens and Emilie LagacĂŠWiens Raymond & Shirley Wiest Edith Wilde David C. Wilson Karin Woods Mr. John Yarema 3 Anonymous

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ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE William J. Hutton ENDOWMENT FUND Margaret Jeffries

Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & Bruce In memory of Merrily Peters Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Shelley Chochinov in Honour of Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory of John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Alexander Mickelthwate Jacqueline Desmarais Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Ed & Helen Kolomaya Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Alexander Mickelthwate of Mayer Rabkin In honour of Robert Dalgliesh and Anne La Tour Linda Litwack In memory of Edith Landy, in Memory of David Daniel Friedman Mayer Rabkin Landy Bruno Gossen in Honour of Sharon Love in Memory of Langrell Family Alexander Mickelthwate Jeannine McCallum Mrs. Ingrid Lee Richard & Carol Jones Denise Piper In memory of Frances Lemieux Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of Katherine (Kay) Lee Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Alexander Mickelthwate, in Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Tom & Lovie Liewicki Loving Memory of Donn in honour of Bill & Shirley Dr. Sabine Mai Lawrie & Fran Pollard Loewen's 60th Anniversary Mr. Allan Mapes Barbara Scheuneman Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour of Elaine & Neil Margolis Lynn & Bill Shead Bert & Lee Friesen's 50th Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol in Anniversary Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Honour of Alexander Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Kim Morton Mickelthwate Memory of Mayer Rabkin Charlotte Murrell Hien Tran Robert Shindleman and Family In Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena memory of Mayer Rabkin Buksak Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Evelyn R. Smith In memory of Mayer Rabkin Wayne & Linda Paquin ENDOWMENT FUND Sherri Towaij in memory of Mayer Mrs. Liz Patzer Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Rabkin Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer acknowledges those who have Irv & Toby Vinsky In memory of Ms. Pat Philpott started their own named funds Mayer Rabkin Carolynne Presser at The Winnipeg Foundation.

Margaret Wollner, in memory of Mr. Guy Prokopetz The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Dr. Fiona Punter Dr. Stephen Szirom Sistema Endowment Fund Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan W Rannie & Elaine Walker Zwingerman In memory of M. Reguly The Tannis M. Richardson Mayer Rabkin Levi & Tena Reimer Sistema Endowment Fund 1 Anonymous Mrs. Barbara Rempel The Michael Nozick Family Mrs. Shirley Richardson Listing as of March 25, 2018 Sistema Endowment Fund Jim & Pat Richtik Mr. John A. Bailey Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Veronique Barthet Sandra Rosen Ralph & Eileen Baxter Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Audrey Belyea Kay Schalme Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Ms. Debbie Spracklin Shirley Book Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Frances Booth Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Sally Boulding Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Joan Braun Patricia & Lorne Wallace Ms. Shirley Brown Annemarie Wiebe Mr. E. Brown Grace M. Wiebe Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok 11 Anonymous Helle Cosby OTHER DONATIONS D.J. Cowan Lucienne Blouw In memory of The Crawford & McCarver Family Nancy Lambert Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Lucienne Blouw In memory of Siegfried Enns Alexander Mickelthwate's John J. Enns Father S & G Fast Lucienne Blouw In honour of Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to be Marlene Crielaard and Alan Mr. David P. Giesbrecht more creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive through Schmitt's Wedding Katie & DeLloyd Guth our keyboard-based music education program. We provide Lucienne Blouw In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak them with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout their Louise Nebbs Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian lives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordination Barry & Susan Greenberg In Wildsmith skills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill of memory of Mayer Rabkin Teresa A. Hay playing the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there.

Nessie & David Greenberg in Ms. Shirley Hicks Teaching opportunities available!

Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. Steve van Vlaenderen For more information, please contact: Saul & Lolly Guttman In memory of Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Marilyn Unrau, MYCC Dr. Stephen Szirom Bob & Biddy Hilton Regional Coordinator - Western Canada Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Dr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory 1.877.603.3MYC m.unrau@myc.com Walter & Victoria Hrabluk of Dr. Stephen Szirom Carl & Vi Hultin Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam,

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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.

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Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. Mr. Michel Lagacé Mr. William H. Loewen Mrs. Julia DeFehr Mr. Gordon Fogg Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. Anthony Brookes Mrs. Helen Hayles Mr. William Norrie Mr. William Loewen Mr. Bruce MacCormack Mr. Roger King Ms. Patti Sullivan Mr. Wally Fox-Decent Ms. Carol Bellringer Mr. Harvey I Pollock, QC (Interim President) Dr. Brendan MacDougall Ms. Dorothy Dobbie Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA Mr. Terry Sargeant

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

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

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

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WSO BOARD & STAFF 2017-2018 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terry Sargeant, President Curt Vossen, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, Treasurer Michael Kay, Corporate Secretary Ida Albo Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Steven Dyer Alan Freeman

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

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS 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, Assistant

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 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

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