WSO 2018-2019 Overture Issue 2

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2018 I ISSUE 2

RAVEL, BRITTEN, SHOSTAKOVICH – IN REMEMBRANCE

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETSTM

MANNY TUBA’S KOOKY CHRISTMAS CAROL

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR November and December have a special energy and focus for many of us in this wonderful community. Somehow, these are two months when Winnipeggers are in Winnipeg – they are not at the lake, and not in the south, they are here and ready to participate in the wonderful array of activities and concerts available for their enjoyment. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra offers a strong program of concerts to take you through to the end of 2018.

On November 9th and 10th we present In Remembrance, an opportunity to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The gorgeous music and stories from that time will prepare your heart and spirit for Remembrance Day. For an upbeat energizing concert, Swing is the Thing will remind you of the great music and performers that came out of Harlem’s musical golden era. In December, we have Harry Potter™ and the gang, the timeless glory of Handel’s Messiah, a wonderful Christmas concert with Manny Tuba for the whole family on December 9th, and The Celtic Tenors on December 14th, 15th, and 16th before the orchestra starts its Christmas tradition with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker.

There are so many options this season and also some marvellous opportunities to support the orchestra and your community through gift-giving options, donations to the WSO’s Share the Music program at concerts, or by purchasing a box of Morden’s Russian Mints in the lobby.

We encourage you to give yourself a gift and travel to Amsterdam with the WSO in May 2020 for the concerts and special events during our first European tour. If the travel bug hits you earlier, our WSO Travel Club is taking a trip to Italy at the end of March 2019.

This may be the spring trip you have been looking for. There is a reason that Italy is at the top of the list of places people dream of visiting, and this trip offers you a chance to have a trip with a special focus on the art, music, and cuisine of Rome, Florence, Milan, and Cremona. As I look at the brochure and write about this, I think I have just convinced myself into going on this trip.

More than anything, the WSO wishes you every joy of the season as you celebrate and enjoy music and time together with family members and friends during the holidays.

With best wishes for health and happiness for the holidays and for the coming year,

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra November – December 2018 I OVERTURE 1

WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The WSO proudly acknowledges the ongoing support of the following sponsors, media and funders:

KIDS CONCERTS SERIES

CLASSICS A SERIES

WSO IN BRANDON

NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SERIES

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS DANIEL FRIEDMAN & ROB DALGLIESH

ARNOLD & MYRA FRIEMAN

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

IN MEMORY OF PETER D. CURRY

SIOBHAN RICHARDSON FOUNDATION

MANITOBA HYDRO HOLIDAY TOUR

PIANO RAFFLE

THE S.M. BLAIR FAMILY FOUNDATION

SOUNDCHECK PROGRAM

THE BERTRAM AUSTIN GOODMAN, MARY EASTON MCLAREN GOODMAN AND DOROTHY JEAN GOODMAN FOUNDATION

POPS PRESENTING MEDIA PARTNER

CAR RAFFLE

OFFICIAL RADIO STATION OF THE WSO CLASSICS

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

Women’s Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

FUNDERS

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CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS Daniel Raiskin, Music Director A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. He attended music school and later the celebrated conservatory in his native city, where he studied violin, viola and conducting. At the age of twenty, Daniel Raiskin left the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. Inspired to take up the baton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich, he also took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat, Woldemar Nelson and Jorma Panula. Raiskin, who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks beyond the mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes.

He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005-2016) and held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestrain Lódz (2008-2015). From the 2017-2018 season onwards, Daniel Raiskin will be Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Artistic Partner of the Chamber Orchestra St. Michael Strings in Finland.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor A musician with wide-ranging musical interests, conductor Julian Pellicano has made his mark with a multifaceted approach to programming and performing, engaging audiences in a diverse mélange of concerts and genres. Dedicated to invigorating performances of the traditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, Pellicano’s range has extended to films live with orchestra, classical and modern ballet, collaborations with composers, opera, pops, musical theater, multi-media productions, workshops, as well as carefully programmed concerts for young listeners.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”

The 2018 - 2019 season includes exciting debut performances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as well as a return to conduct two productions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.This year also marks Pellicano’s sixth season as Resident Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with concerts on the WSO’s Masterworks Series in addition to leading a multitude of performances throughout the season on the WSO’s Pops, Movie, Kids, Specials and Education series. He studied conducting on fellowship at the Yale School of Music where he was also a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director New York City-based composer Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal. "Dreamy yet rhythmic" (NY Times), with a “terrible luminosity” and “ferociously expressive” (Times Colonist), his concert music is “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and the soul and grime of heavy metal” (I Care If You Listen).

He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Co-Curator of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the Toronto, Winnipeg,Vancouver, Edmonton,Victoria, Spokane, Stamford, and PEI symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. www.hstafylakis.com 4

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WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2018-2019 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Daniel Raiskin RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Harry Stafylakis FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

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

TRUMPETS Chris Fensom, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda BASS TROMBONE

BASSES The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt**Isabelle Lavoie, Principal Meredith Johnson, Principal Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal TUBA 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 **Momoko Matsumura 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

Travis Harrison Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec Daniel Perry **Anna Scheider

*Chris Lee, Principal **Jarrett McCourt

FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Alex Conway

PERCUSSION Frederick Liessens, Principal

TIMPANI Mike Kemp, Principal

HARP Richard Turner, Principal

OBOES Beverly Wang, Principal Robin MacMillan

Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ENGLISH HORN Robin MacMillan, Principal

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Greg Hay

CLARINETS Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Taylor Eiffert

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Greg Hamilton

The James Thomson Memorial Chair

BASSOONS Kathryn Brooks, Acting Principal **Brenton Foster HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

Aiden Kleer Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

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.

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

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SAVE THE DATE

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Daniel Raiskin, conductor Tasmin Little, violin

Lament for Strings, H. 117

CLASSICS

Ravel, Britten & Shostakovich – In Remembrance

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 15 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo – Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza – - INTERMISSION -

Le Tombeau de Couperin Prélude:Vif Forlane: Allegretto Menuet: Allegro moderato Rigaudon: Assez vif

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 Allegro Moderato Presto Largo Allegretto

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Friday, November 9 Saturday, November 10

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 6:45 p.m.

Official Radio Station of the WSO Classics: Presenting Patrons: Bob & Heather Williams

*Special pre-concert performance on November 9 (7:05 – 7:20pm) by the Regimental Band of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Tasmin Little will be signing copies of her CD during intermission and after the concert in the lobby.

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Lament for Strings Frank Bridge b. Brighton, England / February 26, 1879 d. Friston, Sussex / January 10, 1941 Composed: 1915 First WSO performance Best known as the influential teacher of composer Benjamin Britten (from age 13), Frank Bridge has become known for music that is beautifully crafted inside a distinctive impressionistic framework, often recalling Ravel but also containing dustings of the peculiarly exotic style of Frederick Delius in its use of small motives synthesized to exotic harmonies and yearning expression.

Lament was composed as an elegy to a 9-year-old girl named Catherine who, with her family, perished on May 7, 1915 when a German U-Boat sank the civilian ocean liner RMS Lusitania in the Atlantic. 1,195 people were lost and the incident caused an international furor.The family had been friends of Bridge’s, and this darkly beautiful work for strings became an outlet for his personal anguish, whose pacifism was driven by the loss of family and friends during this period.The constant motion and resolutions of the music’s rising and falling two-note figures make for an intensely affecting tribute.

Violin Concerto Benjamin Britten b. Lowestoft, England / November 22, 1913 d. Aldeburgh / December 4, 1976 Composed: 1938-1939 First performance: March 29, 1940 (New York), John Barbirolli, conductor; Antonio Brosa, soloist First WSO performance As with his teacher Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten was a committed pacifist.

Following Hitler’s annexation of Czechoslovakia in March of 1939, thus ending Neville Chamberlain’s declaration of “peace for our time,”the 26-year-old Britten followed his friends, poet W.H. Auden and novelist Christopher Isherwood to America to avoid the

coming war and find a fresh artistic start.With Britten was his life-long partner, tenor Peter Pears. Settling in Brooklyn and Amityville, Long Island, the two would return to England three years later.

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Maurice Ravel b. Ciboure, France / March 7, 1875 d. Paris, France / December 28, 1937 Composed: 1917 for piano; orchestrated in 1920 First performance: February 28, A Canadian connection was made, 1920 (Paris), Rhené-Baton, since Britten and Pears entered the conductor United States through Toronto as Last WSO performance: 2013; “legal British immigrants”to facilitate Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor the move. Britten had successfully Ravel’s emotional state premiered his Piano Concerto at the was turbulent in 1917.

London Proms in August 1938 and Anguished by the First felt confident that a new Violin World War and Concerto should be his next effort. shocked by the final He arrived in Toronto in May with sketches and it was there that he illness and death of his mother, Ravel worked on the Violin Concerto, turned to what had always been an followed by more work on it in antidote for him during difficult Amityville over the summer. Britten times, the emotional and intellectual finished the Concerto while on comfort of French culture and vacation in Quebec in September. tradition.

Writing to his publisher he said:“So The original piano setting of Le far it is without question my best piece. It is rather serious, I’m afraid – Tombeau de Couperin combined a dedication of each movement to one but it’s got some tunes in it!” of Ravel’s friends that had fallen on The premiere went to Britten’s friend the battlefield, with a look-back to and fellow Frank Bridge student, the musical style of the French Spanish violinist Antonio Brosa, who Baroque era. Composer François had also immigrated to the United Couperin (1668-1733) had produced States with war looming in Europe. music in memory of friends, giving it the name “tombeau”(tombstone).

With the New York Philharmonic led This too became Ravel’s path.

by John Barbirolli on March 28, 1940, Highly engaging in its charm, one it received mixed reviews but the would not suspect that Le Tombeau American composer Elliott Carter de Couperin is a work springing from was most impressed with the “size any kind of personal turmoil, and ambition”of Britten’s talent. especially in the orchestral version.

The noble opening movement Though the music’s fragrant begins with a distinctive motive on harmonies and vivid orchestration the timpani which serves as a motto show a modern face, the rhythmic throughout the movement.The elements and phrase repetitions soloist enters with a melody of short recall Baroque dances of Couperin’s dropping phrases. Roles reverse later age. on, and the movement ends in The oboe leads off in the opening haunting fashion.

Prélude, soon drawing the The second movement begins woodwinds along to join its without pause – a sinister scherzo shimmering line. Forlane is based on with a more relaxed centerpiece. an Italian dance reputedly made Then, a searching cadenza that popular by Venetian gondoliers. recalls the opening movement.The Menuet is a signature Baroque finale is a passacaglia, an ancient dance. Ravel’s is of childlike simplicity.

Baroque variation form whose The rousing Rigaudon closes the repeating bass line is first heard in suite, the music’s lively duplethe trombones. An intense dialogue metered rhythms recalling the with the soloist ensues, traversing original hopping dance moves found nine emotionally charged variations in Provence during Louis XIV’s time. through a range of striking episodes.

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Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 (1943) became a profoundly tragic and epic depiction of massive conflict and the war’s consequences.With victory over Hitler’s Nazis in 1945, the resulting expectation for Russia’s greatest composer was to provide a suitably monumental symphony to glorify Stalin in no uncertain terms, Begun in 1941, Shostakovich’s regardless of the terrible losses of large-scale Symphony No. 7 the Russian people. After all, reflects the siege of Leningrad, Beethoven and Mahler wrote a Leningrad “Stalin destroyed auspicious Ninth symphonies. So and Hitler finished off,”the too here, but with a more significant composer wrote in Testimony. dedication, the politburo felt.

Dmitri Shostakovich b. St Petersburg, Russia / September 25, 1906 d. Moscow / August 9, 1975 Composed: 1945 First performance: November 3, 1945 (Leningrad),Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor Last WSO performance: 2011, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor

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Shostakovich did attempt an epic first movement but abandoned it, observing Stalin “like a frog puffing himself up to the size of the ox.

Everyone praised Stalin, and now I was supposed to join in this unholy affair.”

CLASSICS

Symphony No. 9

Shostakovich’s response was a far more compact symphony in the new Ninth – full of biting wit, economy of gesture and pointed barbs of anger under its surface.The work was one of the main reasons Shostakovich was targeted as an Enemy of the People during Stalin’s second wave of repression in 1948.

CLASSICS

Ravel, Britten & Shostakovich

Tasmin Little, violin OBE, FGSM, Hon RAM, ARCM (Hons) "One of the supremely great violinists of our time" - Music-Web International "Little can justly be regarded as Britain's finest violinist" - Independent Tasmin Little has firmly established herself as one of today's leading international violinists. She has performed on every continent and in some of the most prestigious venues of the world, including Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, Concertgebouw, Philharmonie Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, South Bank Centre, Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center and Suntory Hall.

Tasmin’s concerto appearances include those with Adelaide, City of Birmingham, London, Melbourne, Seattle, Singapore, and St. Louis Symphonies; the Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, Malaysian, London, Netherlands Radio, Royal Liverpool and Royal Philharmonics; the Gewandhaus, Ulster and all the BBC Orchestras; The Philharmonia and Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto - Casa da Musica.

Tasmin Little is a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (FGSM), a Vice President of the Elgar Society, an Ambassador for The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts, and for Youth Music, and has received Honourary Degrees from the Universities of Bradford, Leicester, Hertfordshire and City of London. In 2016, she was awarded Honourary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM) by the Academy and the University of London. She is the recipient of the Gold Badge Award for Services to Music and in 2012 was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours List, for Services to Music. She plays a 1757 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Victoria Sparks, Percussion; Laura McDougall, Flute

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Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet Carmen Bradford, vocalist Leo Manzari, tap dancer Robert Breithaput, drummer

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing Dinah St. James Infirmary Symphony In Riffs A-Tisket, A-Tasket Love Is Here To Stay I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Smile Darn Ya Smile You Gotta Give Me That Rhythm

POPS SOUNDBYTES

Swing is the Thing

Ellington/Tyzik Armstrong/Tyzik Primrose/Mackrel/Tyzik Benny Carter Traditional Gershwin/Riddle Fields/McHugh/Tyzik O’Flynn/Meskill/Rich Jeff Tyzik

- INTERMISSION -

Bugle Call Rag St. Louis Blues Mood Indigo Harlem Street Scene Minnie the Moocher Honeysuckle Rose I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues I Won’t Dance Bill Bailey

Pettis/Meyers/Schoebel/Holman Handy/Tyzik Ellington/Mills/Bigard/ Berger Jeff Tyzik Calloway/Tyzik Fats Waller Jeff Tyzik Kern/Riddle Cannon/Tyzik

*November 16: Swing dancing with Saturday Swingout during Intermission

Friday, November 16 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 17 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 18 2:00 p.m.

Presenting Media Sponsor:

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

Manitoba Registered Music Teacher's Association Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Winnipeg Youth Orchestra Sunday, 1:15 p.m.

Suzuki Music Winnipeg

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ARTIST BIOS

POPS

Swing is the Thing

Byron Stripling, conductor & trumpet A powerhouse trumpeter, gifted with a soulful voice and a charismatic onstage swagger, Byron Stripling has delighted audiences internationally. As soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Stripling has performed frequently under the baton of Keith Lockhart, as well as being featured soloist on the PBS television special Evening at Pops with conductors John Williams and Mr. Lockhart.

Currently, Stripling serves as artistic director and conductor of the highly acclaimed, award-winning Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

concert with Shelly Berg, Big Band with the ladies of DIVA or her new favourite: performing with Symphony Orchestras around the world, Carmen Bradford’s body of work reflects a vast depth of musical experience and technical brilliance. She is also recognized for the overwhelming passion she brings to the lyric. She has truly contributed to the perpetuation and preservation of this Great American art form called jazz.

Leo Manzari, tap dancer

Originally from Washington, DC, Leo Manzari is a Lucille Lortel Award-nominated tap dancer. As part of a duo act called The Since his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Manzari Brothers, Leo has Pops, Stripling has emerged as one of America’s headlined in the touring and Offmost popular symphony pops guest artists, having Broadway productions of Maurice performed with over 100 orchestras around the Hines is Tappin' Thru Life, featured guest artist on world including the Boston Pops, National So You Think You Can Dance, The Mo'nique Show, Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit PBS News Hour, Jerry Lewis Telethon, and ABC's Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, The View. Other credentials include a recurring role Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit in Showtime's wildly popular and award winning Symphony, Vancouver Symphony,Toronto television show Homeland and lead writer and Symphony, and Dallas Symphony, to name a few. He vocalist for a a genre he created called TAP RAP. His has been a featured soloist at the Hollywood Bowl most recent album, CLOCKWORK, can be found on and performs at jazz festivals throughout the world. all major streaming platforms.

A resident of Ohio, Stripling lives in the country with Robert Breithaupt, drummer his wife, former dancer, writer and poet, Alexis, and Robert Breithaupt is a veteran of their beautiful daughters. over 40 years in music, as a performer, educator, arts Carmen Bradford, vocalist administrator, author, musical Born in Austin,Texas and raised in contractor, and entrepreneur.

Altadena, California, Carmen He is Professor of Music at Capital Bradford grew up with music in her University, Past-President of the home and in her heart. It was only Percussive Arts Society, and on the board of the natural that Carmen would follow in Jazz Education Network. Breithaupt has performed the footsteps of her great family and recorded in diverse solo, small ensemble and legacy, being the daughter of legendary trumpeter/composer Bobby Bradford and orchestral settings and has appeared with a virtual “Who’s Who” of great jazz talents and scores of world-renowned vocalist/composer Melba Joyce. other noted artists. As drummer/percussionist for Her grandfather Melvin Moore sang with Lucky Millender and Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band in the 1940s trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, Broadway star Sandy Duncan and other artists, he has performed and sang with the Ink Spots, making Carmen the with dozens of professional orchestras and third generation of incredible musicians. She has carved out a place in music history for herself and is ensembles throughout the United States and playing an integral role in this uniquely American art abroad, and is the drummer for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. form called jazz. Carmen Bradford is Jazz Royalty.

In 2016, Carmen Bradford was asked by South African trumpeter, Darren English, to be a part of his new critically acclaimed CD, tilted Imagination Nation on Hot Shoe Records.Whether it’s a duo 12

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Paul Balcain, saxophone; Will Bonness, piano; Janice Finlay, saxophone; Julie Husband, saxophone; Julian Bradford, bass; Jonathan Steven, saxophone; Neil Watson, saxophone

BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SOUNDBYTES Julian Pellicano, conductor

Directed by Chris Columbus Produced by David Heyman Written by Steve Kloves Based on “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling Starring: Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Kenneth Branagh John Cleese Robbie Coltrane Warwick Davis

Richard Griffiths Richard Harris Jason Isaacs Alan Rickman Fiona Shaw Maggie Smith Julie Walters

Music by John Williams Cinematography by Roger Pratt Edited by Peter Honess Produced by Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures About Warner Bros. Consumer Products Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD™ J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s18)

Saturday, December 1 Sunday, December 2

7:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

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ARTIST BIOS

BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM Synopsis Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry PotterTM at the start of his second year at HogwartsTM. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.

John Williams, composer In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all eight Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 45-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, The BFG and The Post. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and fiftyone Oscar nominations, making him the 16

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Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-four Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honour) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute – the first time in their history that this honour was bestowed upon a composer.

In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler.

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

Brady Beaubien A Stanford graduate and AllAmerican Athlete, Beaubien studied cognitive neuroscience before founding Interlace Media – an award-winning motion graphics company.

Interlace is a premiere CG animation and creative agency for feature films. They have defined the global campaigns of over 100 major Hollywood movies, including Avatar, XMen, Rio, Ice Age, and Die Hard franchises.

Beaubien co-founded CineConcerts, a company dedicating to reinventing the experience of theatrical presentation and orchestral music. He is currently producing Gladiator Live, The Godfather Live, DreamWorks Animation in Concert, It’s a Wonderful Life, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, and The Harry Potter Film Concert Series.

He had spearheaded Cineconcerts invention of new genres and its creative presentations of cherished film and television content, including writing Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a project that celebrates 50 years of iconic material. He works to ensure Cineconcerts inspires a return to communal entertainment and continues to offer modern audiences and the world’s youth a chance to re-connect with concert halls and local orchestras.

As a designer, Beaubien co-designed Matsuhisa Paris at the Le Royal Monceau-Raffles and designed the Citrus building on Melrose Ave. This new architectural addition to the Hollywood cityscape represents a commitment to the metropolitan and interconnected providence of Los Angeles. At The Citrus, advanced materials and technology merge with wood, concrete and glass in an organic and modernist design. Mr. Beaubien has partnered with award-winning sushi chef, Nobu Matsuhisa, to bring his new restaurant concept - Umeda - into the building. Mr. Beaubien also designed the restaurant.

CineConcerts CineConcerts is one of the leading producers of live music experiences performed with visual media. Founded by producer/conductor Justin Freer and producer/writer (Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage and DreamWorks Animation in Concert) Brady Beaubien, CineConcerts has engaged millions of people worldwide in concert presentations that redefine the evolution of live

experience. Recent and current live concert experiences include Gladiator, The Godfather, It’s a Wonderful Life, DreamWorks Animation In Concert, Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Justin Freer has quickly become one of the most sought-after conductors of film music with a long list of full symphonic live to projection projects. He has appeared with some of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. From full-length movie screenings with live orchestra to music-interactive sporting event experiences to original 3D-environment holiday programming, CineConcerts is at the forefront of live entertainment.

Staff and Thanks Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM In Concert Produced by Justin Freer President/Founder/Producer Brady Beaubien Co-Founder/Producer Director of Production Jeffery Sells Director of Marketing, George Valdiviez Head of Publicity and Communications Andrew Alderete General Manager, Nicolas Rehm Brand/Marketing/IP Acquisition, Ma’ayan Kaplan Brand/Marketing Manager, Brittany Fonseca Brand/Marketing and PR Manager, Molly Kossoff Brand/Marketing Manager, Si Peng Office Manager, Gabe Cheng Worldwide Representation WME Entertainment Music Preparation JoAnn Kane Music Service Music Editing Ed Kalnins Playback Operation and Synthesizer Production, iMusicImage Sound Remixing Justin Moshkevich, Igloo Music Studios Merchandising by Firebrand

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Messiah

SPECIAL

Messiah

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Part the First - INTERMISSION -

Part the Second There will be a very brief interval between Parts II and III. Please remain in the hall.

Part the Third

Saturday, December 8

7:30 p.m.

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

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

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Messiah George Frideric Handel b. Halle, Prussia / February 23, 1685 d. London, England / April 14, 1759 Composed: 1741. First performance: 1742 (Dublin).

The most celebrated oratorio of all time, Messiah elicits almost an involuntary response of recognition at the mere mention of its name. It is the most loved of all oratorios and for all their estimable merits, neither the Passions of Bach nor Haydn’s Creation rival Messiah’s popularity, though Mendelssohn’s Elijah was, in the 19-century, considered its equal.

One feels the urge to want to sing as with no other work of its genre, as imperial melody, invention and vision are presented with the matchless proportion of a theatrical master. And for the gift of Messiah, we literally have to thank inches, when, as a young man, Handel’s life was saved after a metal frock button deflected a sword point in a duel!

Yet for all the visionary qualities in the music’s progression from dark to light, the dramatic strength of Messiah comes not from telling a story.

Handel’s theatrical background was inbred when he composed Messiah, but his priority was contemplation of the sacred rather than the dramatic.“I should be sorry if I only entertained them,”Handel told an admirer.“I wished to make them better.”

Messiah is an anomaly among Handel’s two dozen oratorios in that, apart from Israel in Egypt, its entire text is drawn from the Bible and is his only oratorio based on the New Testament. Messiah was also the only oratorio presented in a consecrated space during his lifetime. Not intended as part of a devotional service, Handel intended it as a middle-class entertainment with pious leanings and just a step removed from the Italian operatic style ventures he had been having success with as London’s leading composer, impresario and producer of opera.

But in 1740, Handel was having trouble keeping such ventures solvent. English public taste was moving away from continental influences towards more localized entertainments, spurred on by the success of the 1728 satirical romp The Beggar’s Opera by Gay and Pepusch.

Rumors abounded that Handel was finished.

Handel withdrew from public life in the early months of 1741 and seldom ventured out. But that summer, he came across a small book of Biblical texts assembled by Charles Jennens, a wealthy and pretentious type but a great admirer of the composer.

Handel’s imagination lit up.

Rumor has it that Handel confined himself to his room, completing Messiah on September 14, 1741 in just over three weeks, but evidence shows that the Lord Lieutenant of Dublin had visited Handel early in 1741 to propose a new work for a series of Dublin charity concerts.

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

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

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

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

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

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ARTIST BIOS

SPECIAL

Messiah

Jessica Strong, soprano Hailed as a “superb discovery,” by Operà Magazine, Jessica Strong has been praised for possessing a “powerful, charismatic soprano whose voice commands attention.”

(Classical Voice America).

James McLennan, tenor James McLennan has been celebrated for his “emotional intensity” (Opera News),“considerable charm,” and “strong yet pure tenor,” (Toronto Star) in a wide range of roles on opera and concert stages across Canada.

Last season’s credits included Goro in Madama Butterfly at Manitoba Opera and Luther Billis in South Pacific for Calgary Opera. He also appeared with Edmonton Opera as Jean Bilodeau in the critically acclaimed production of Les Feluettes, a role he originated for the world premiere at the Montreal Opera in 2016. An avid performer of new music, James’ concert appearances included a tour of the Canadian prairies with A Prairie Boy’s Life, a new chamber work by composer John Greer. In 2018, James was awarded The recipient of many awards and scholarships, Jessica has been recognized by the Canada Council a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, which funded six weeks of study in France under for the Arts, Sylva Gelber Music Foundation, internationally renowned clown and acting teacher, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Philippe Gaulier.

WMC McLellan Competition, Solti Foundation, Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, George London Last fall James joined the University of Manitoba’s Desautels Faculty of Music as a voice instructor.

Foundation and Vancouver Opera Guild; a An alumnus of the Second City Training Centre in highlight performance saw Jessica singing at Toronto, he is also a certified French translator.

Carnegie Hall with Marilyn Horne’s ‘Song Continues’ series.

Most recently, Ms. Strong debuted the lead soprano role of Marta in Weinberg’s Die Passagierin, as well as the title role in Barber’s Vanessa, both with Oper Frankfurt. Jessica has also performed leading roles in Stiffelio, Falstaff, La Traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Carmen, Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Rake’s Progress, Die Fledermaus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Don Giovanni, Ariodante, and L’Italiana in Algeri.

Gregory Dahl, baritone

Catherine Daniel, mezzo-soprano

Gregory Dahl’s debut as Tomsky in The Queen of Spades for English Originally from Edmonton, Catherine National Opera was notable for “a Daniel, mezzo- soprano is currently splendidly oily and corrupt Count based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Her upcoming roles include: Tomsky” while the press hailed his Azucena, Santuzza and Arsace. Last “appealingly lyrical baritone [that] season included concerts in emphasized Golaud’s inner turmoil over his villainy” Winnipeg, Montreal and New York and operas in in Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s Pelléas et Mélisande.

Knoxville and throughout Ontario.

During the 2018/2019 season, Greg appears as Ms. Daniel recently stepped in for the role of Hermogines in the world premiere of Rufus Klytemnestra in Edmonton Opera’s production of Wainwright’s second opera Hadrian with the Canadian Elektra (2017). Mark Morris from Edmonton Journal Opera Company, joins l’Opéra de Montréal for Donner wrote:“…She pulled it off triumphantly, rather in Das Rheingold, sings Messiah with the Winnipeg imperious in her stage presence, with a chilling range Symphony, and reprises the title role in Rigoletto for of vocal expression, colour, and often menace…”

Calgary Opera.

European engagements included: singing Dido and Mr. Dahl first came to national attention as Francis the Sorceress (2009), Carmen (2010) and two tours Chancy in the World Premiere of James Rolfe’s of Porgy and Bess (2015, 2016). Canadian Beatrice Chancy. Mr. Dahl has also created roles for performances included: Edmonton Opera (2014Tapestry New Opera Works (Robert Peary in Smith’s 2017), Montreal Opera (2010, 2014 and 2015) and Facing South and The Alchemist in Schafer’s The Bicycle Opera (2017). Catherine graduated from the Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix) and sang the role of University of Manitoba with an Integrated George in the Canadian Premiere of Heggie’s Dead Music/Education degree in 2007.There she studied Man Walking, presented by the Calgary Opera. voice with Coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl.

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SPECIAL

Messiah

Canadian Mennonite University Festival CMU Festival Chorus Director Janet Brenneman is Associate Professor of Music at Canadian Mennonite Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director The CMU Festival Chorus, in its inaugural season, brings together the choral traditions and excellent quality of three distinct ensembles under the CMU umbrella to create an ensemble comprised of current CMU students, CMU alumni, and community members.With its roots in excellent performances by the former Mennonite Festival Chorus, the choir members have worked with distinguished WSO directors Bramwell Tovey, Andrey Boreyko and Alexander Mickelthwate, as well as guest conductors such as Helmut Rilling, Robert Shaw, Ivars Taurins, Jane Glover, and Tania Miller. Performances with the WSO include masterworks by Mozart, Britten, Handel, Beethoven, Verdi, Mahler, Schoenberg, Silvestrov, and Pärt.

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University where she teaches music education, choral conducting, and conducts the CMU Singers and the CMU Women’s Chorus. Active in the Manitoba choral community, Janet is also the Conductor of Renaissance Voices, and the Faith and Life Women’s Choir. Janet has studied and worked with notable conductors Doreen Rao, Elmer Iseler, Charles Smith, and Helmuth Rilling. Recent guest conducting engagements have taken her across Canada, most notably to conduct the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Amadeus Choir of Toronto in a performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in December 2017.

The current season brings CMU Festival Chorus to the concert hall stage with WSO’s new Music Director Daniel Raiskin to perform Handel’s Messiah in December 2018 and Verdi’s Requiem in March 2019.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Michelle Mourre, harpsichord; Charmaine Bacon, organ

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Manny Tuba’s Kooky Christmas Carol!

Earl Lee, conductor Mr. Mark, entertainer Manny Tuba, WSO mascot

Troika from Lieutenant Kije

Prokofiev

Dance of the Buffoons from The Snow Maiden

Rimsky-Korsakov

Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals

Saint-Saëns

Holiday for Strings

Rose

Jingle Bells

arr. Gould

Mazurka from Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky

Sleigh Ride

Anderson

Fantasy on Green Sleeves

Vaughn Williams

O Holy Night

Adam

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky

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GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTS

Manny Tuba’s Kooky Christmas Carol

Mr. Mark, entertainer

Earl Lee, conductor

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!

A newly appointed Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and former RBC Resident Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Earl Lee is a renowned Korean-Canadian performer who creates powerful, emotional experiences for audiences worldwide. Earl’s passion for music is reflected in his diverse career as both a conductor and a cellist, appearing on major concert hall stages across the globe.

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.

Earl’s musical philosophy is centred around the power of emotional connections. Every aspect of his concerts - from programming to performance - are fine-tuned to connect with both musicians and audiences on a personal level. Earl’s close affinity for the emotions of his audience has made him a soughtafter performer across the world, with concerts in Canada, the United States, China, and South Korea.

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The Celtic Tenors: Daryl Simpson James Nelson Matthew Gilsenan Martin MacDonald, conductor Brian McGrane, music director

Joy to the World The First Noel In the Bleak Mid-Winter Rocky Road to Dublin You Raise Me Up Westering Home Wild Mountainside Red-Haired Mary Remember Me

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Christmas with The Celtic Tenors

attrib G. F. Handel Traditional Holst Trad. / arr. Cian Sweeney Rolf Lovland & Brendan Graham / arr. D. Munro Trad. Hugh S. Robertson / arr. Gavin Murphy John Douglas / arr. Gavin Murphy Trad. / arr. Dervish/Celtic Tenors/Gavin Murphy Phil Coulter

- INTERMISSION -

Angels We Have Heard We Three Kings Libiamo (Brindisi) from La Traviata Galileo Better The Town I Loved So Well Spanish Lady Time to Say Goodbye

Trad. French / arr. Celtic Tenors John Henry Hopkins / arr. Celtic Tenors Verdi Declan O’Rourke / arr. Gavin Murphy Tom Baxter / arr. Gavin Murphy Phil Coulter / arr. Nick Ingman Trad. / arr. Frank Gallagher Sartorial & Quarantotto / arr. D. Munro

All vocal arrangements by The Celtic Tenors

Friday, December 14 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 15 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 16 2:00 p.m.

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

Piano Studio of Gina Wedel (MRMTA) Sunday, 1:05 p.m. Manitoba Band Association Tuba Christmas Festival

DINNER & SYMPHONY 3-course Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., Saturday

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POPS

Christmas with The Celtic Tenors

Daryl Simpson Daryl Simpson B.E.M., from Omagh, Northern Ireland, developed his love of music during schooling at Omagh Academy, which then led him to study at Queen’s University (Bmus), Royal Irish Academy of Music (DipMus), and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (PgDipMus, MMus and MOpera).

After leaving Scotland, Daryl became an inaugural ‘Young Associate Artist’ at Opera Theatre Company, performing in various operas, recitals and broadcasts.

He was then accepted to the prestigious Opera Zurich Studio, where he went on to perform several roles including Tamino (Die Zauberflöte). His concert/oratorio performances include appearing with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, as well as the Zurich Kammer Orchestra.

Over 50 roles in opera and operetta include Tichon (Katya) for Opera Theatre Company in Portugal, Josef (Wiener Blut) and Cecco (Il Mondo della Luna) for OTC, Basilio (Figaro) for Scottish Opera under the baton of Raymond Leppard, Pinkerton (Butterfly) at Hever Castle in Kent, Snout/Wall (Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Singapore Lyric, Cavaradossi (Tosca), Calaf (Turandot) and Pinkerton (Butterfly) for Opera in the Open, Lensky (Onegin) in Russia, Alfredo (Traviata) at Como in Italy, roles for Scottish Opera, Opera Ireland, Opera Liceu, New Israeli Opera, and the Wexford and Buxton Festivals.

For 13 years, James wrote a column for the Sligo Weekender – Nelson’s Column. James is also part of an ongoing building project in Kenya, giving AIDS orphans a second chance at life, building & upgrading their accommodation and education facilities, as well as teaching them music and performing in concerts with the kids. Check out www.kenyabuild.com. A debut charity CD is also available – Cheryl’s Children – On Top of the World.

In September 1998, in the aftermath of the Omagh tragedy, Daryl formed the Omagh Community Youth Choir, bringing young people together to promote Peace and Reconciliation through music. OCYC has had unprecedented international success including Matthew Gilsenan recording with Lord Lloyd Webber and appearing on Matthew Gilsenan was born into a The Royal Variety Show.Their collaboration Playing for hard-working farming family in North Change scored a US Billboard No 10, headlined at Meath. Steeped in the local musical Glastonbury Festival and a release of, All you Need is traditions and raised by parents who Love, for Starbucks (Red). shared a great love for music, from the Daryl also plies his skills as an Music Director, Arranger great composers to obscure Irish folk, Matthew and Vocal teacher but takes most pride from mentoring along with all his siblings was born to sing. and developing young talent for a career in music.

Daryl was recognized with a BEM (British Empire Medal) for services to Community Relations and Peace and Reconciliation In Northern Ireland in the Queen's 2018 New Year Honours List.

His classical training started in the Sisters of Mercy convent in Kells, Co.Meath, aged 10, and progressed to some of the great Irish and Scottish teachers. Although he ventured into opera and classical singing, Matthew never lost his love for the music of his youth, in particular James Nelson the vibrant contemporary Irish music, which is his James Nelson, from Sligo, though resident great source of inspiration. in Baltinglass (Wicklow), is a BA, BMus (Hons) graduate from UCD, and a student Matthew's busy singing life ran in parallel with his of David Harper (UK), Britta Sundberg engineering career, but his desire to sing was too (Sweden) and Edith Forrest & Dr Veronica strong. So in 1997, he decided to take a six-month Dunne (Ireland). sabbatical from engineering and embarked on his singing career. So in the space of one year, Highlights from an oratorio repertoire of over 60 Matthew’s live singing moved from his works include Frank Martin’s Golgotha in Bern & engineering firms rock band to Ireland’s National Zürich Cathedrals, L’Enfance du Christ (Berlioz) Chamber Choir to the operatic stage and alongside Katia Ricciarelli in Rome and Florence, as onwards, together with James, founding The well as Gerontius, Verdi Requiem, Britten’s St Nicolas, Celtic Tenors, in a sensational boardroom signing Haydn’s Creation, the Bach Passions, etc. with EMI classics. Matthew has never looked back!

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An interview with Sistema Teacher, John Baron

John Baron is in his seventh year teaching with Sistema Winnipeg. Working out of Elwick School, John instructs three bass students and conducts both the Beethoven and Mozart orchestras, teaching over 40 students each year.

What have you found is the biggest impact of having a daily teacher within Sistema Winnipeg?

Students need structure. Students need repetition. Students need consistency.

All three of these things are in place when the students know that there will be the same teacher there every single day. It helps the students develop a routine and gives them something they can count on. I feel like it also helps me just as much as it helps the kids. Getting to teach them every day, I am able to develop relationships with the students and most importantly, trust.

These are all difficult things to build if a teacher is only around a couple days in a week. When I'm teaching as many kids as I do, I need to have as many of them on my side as possible (haha).

Can you describe the musical growth you’ve witnessed in your students?

I've seen a lot of students from

square one. The growth is incredible.

It's hard to see in the thick of things sometimes but when I've taken a moment to step back and think about where these students have come from, it's pretty amazing. From how to hold a violin to running their own chamber groups and sight reading orchestral pieces ... that's the spectrum within the time I've been with Sistema Winnipeg.

What is your favourite part of teaching within Sistema Winnipeg?

My favourite part of teaching within Sistema Winnipeg is getting to see students experience success. It doesn't matter in what way or the size of the success. The minute you see a lightbulb go on in their head, where they've connected the dots on a concept or they prove themselves wrong by doing something they thought they couldn't do, that's why I'm still with the program.

Getting to see these students discover their love for music, its challenges and its rewards really makes the job worth it.

What are you most looking forward to for the future of Sistema?

Sistema is a growing program. The students who started the first year it came to Winnipeg are now in high school. They travel from their respective schools to rehearse and more importantly, to mentor the younger students. I believe this is the future of Sistema Winnipeg; a mentorship based program where students are teaching other students. This new chapter for Sistema Winnipeg is very new and very exciting.

Sistema Winnipeg cannot exist without your help. Please donate to keep this important program going. You may support the annual operations or the newly established Sistema Endowment Fund. Donations to the endowment are eligible for matching funds. To donate, visit wso/support or phone Beth Proven, VP Development at (204) 949-3989.

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WSO SUPPORTERS

The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc Allen and Marion Lambert Fund Lutz Family Foundation The WSO gratefully acknowledges Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable the following companies whose Giving Foundation generous support helps to ensure Manitoba Community Services Council musical enrichment within our The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro community.

Family Fund Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund The Winnipeg Foundation - John and Carolynne McLure Fund Aaron David Witzke Bar Mitzvah Fund - Mr. Aaron Witzke in memory of his grandfather, Podium Mayer Rabkin Johnston Group Inc. NYSE Euronext Foundation Resident Artist Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Program for the Enrichment of Qualico French in Education Wawanesa Insurance RBC Foundation Principal Chair Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc. Terracon Development Ltd. Richardson Foundation Burton A. and Geraldine L. Robinson Assistant Principal Chair Fund, The Winnipeg Foundation Cambrian Credit Union Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation J.K. May Investments Ltd. David & Leda Slater Memorial Fund, Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Orchestra Chair Leslie John Taylor Fund, the Long & McQuade Musical Winnipeg Foundation Instruments James Thompson Memorial Fund in Maxim Truck & Trailer Trust of WSO, C/O the Winnipeg Pollard Banknote Limited Foundation Royal Bank of Canada The Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken and Lorna Thorlakson Annual Music Stand Giving Fund, in memory of A2B Communication Ltd. Alan Adams Coghlan's Limited True North Jets Foundation Mid West Packaging Limited Marylla van Ginkel Memorial Fund Number Ten Architectural Group The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Winmar Property Restoration White Rose Foundation Inc Riser 1 Anonymous Akman Management Ltd. European Art Glass Ltd. InterGroup Consultants Ltd.

Foundations The WSO gratefully acknowledges the following foundations: Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the Winnipeg Foundation The Noreen & Robert Allen Charitable Trust Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund, The Winnipeg Foundation The Benevity Community Impact Fund Hy & Pat Cohen Fund Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation In Memory of Peter D. Curry D'Addario Foundation Nita Eamer Memorial Fund, The Winnipeg Foundation Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Francofonds Inc. The Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary Easton McLaren Goodman and Dorothy Jean Goodman Foundation Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund George Warren Keates Memorial Fund C/O the Winnipeg Foundation

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 Mr. Hugh Cowan Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Richard & Carol Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Henry Katz Kevin & Els Kavanagh Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Erwin W. Kitsch Michel D. Lagacé Gail E. Loewen S. E. Loewen W. H. Loewen

Dr. Brendan MacDougall Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Lesia Peet Beth M. Proven Edward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard Olga & Bill Runnalls Trudy Schroeder June Slobodian Muriel Smith Mrs. E. Szirom Edith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. Toews Robin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Donn K. Yuen 6 Anonymous

The Maestro’s Circle recognizes patrons whose significant philanthropy furthers the musical artistry of the WSO. Honourary Chair Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Diamond MC Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Michael Nesbitt Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Tannis Richardson* 1 Anonymous Platinum Baton Mrs. Marjorie Blankstein James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Marten Duhoux & Joanne Defehr Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Bill and Shirley Loewen* Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetors Mr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy Vossen Bob & Heather Williams 1 Anonymous Gold MC Art & Leona DeFehr Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Ron & Sandi Mielitz Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom Silver MC Ida Albo & Rick Bel Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler Dr. Marcel A. Desautels John & Gay Docherty Kevin & Els Kavanagh* Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul A. McCulloch Don & Kim MacDonald Scott MacDonald & Tracey Novak Mr. Art Mauro & Ms. Naomi Levine Bob and Cindy Newfield Frank & Jeanne Plett Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope* Barb & Gerry Price Hartley & Heather Richardson Dr. Lea Stogdale Dr. Kenneth Thorlakson

Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Concertmaster's Bow Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Timothy & Barbara Burt Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron Chiu Frank & Agnes DeFehr Ravi & Leomark Dookeran Bill & Margaret Fast Bert & Lee Friesen Family Foundation James Gibbs Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard David & Diane Johnston Nick Logan & Christine Skene Jack & Zina Lazareck Dr. David Lyttle Elaine & Neil Margolis Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Ken and Judy Murray Oliver & Gennie Plett Lawrie & Fran Pollard Ms. Iris Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Olga & Bill Runnalls Mr. Terry Sargeant & Ms. Margaret Haney Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen E. Toews Professor A.M.C. Waterman Klaus & Elsa Wolf Sandy Woytowich 1 Anonymous Black Tie Austin Abas Ms. Sandra Altner Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Shibashis Bal Mr. R.D. Bell Frances Booth Doneta & Harry Brotchie Mr. William Burnett Emily Burt & Tyler Makodanski Pierce & Amy Cairns Mr. Steven Chipman Haderra Chisick Jan & Kevin Coates D.J. Cowan Maria & Ugo De Nardi Dr. Marcel A. Desautels S & E Dyer Glen & Joan Dyrda Robert Enright Philipp & Ilse Ens Mr. Douglas C. Everett Ms. Susan Feldman Jocelyn and Mark Gabbert John & Mabel Garcea Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Richard & Carol Jones Nora Kaufman Michael & Glenna Kay Dr. Leah Kells Dr.Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Dueck Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos & Chrysoula Kotoulas Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas Mr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CA Mr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre Kozminski Mr. Aaron Lewis in memory of Ernst P. Schell

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Dr. Judith Littleford Lydia MacKenzie Mike McLenehan Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Ms. Valerie Mollison Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen Mr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare Ramsey Ted & Mary Paetkau Wayne & Linda Paquin Mr. Harvey Pollock Diane Payment and Roxroy West Lesia Peet Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Carolynne Presser Beth M. Proven Dr. Diane Ramsey Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Reimer Jim & Leney Richardson Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Sanford & Deborah Riley Trudy Schroeder Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Mr. Sandy G. Shindleman Jimmy & Morse Silden Pam Simmons* Muriel Smith Mrs. Rae Spear Jim & Jan Tennant Mr. & Mrs. Victor & Ruth Thielmann Sabino Tummillo Mr. Richard Turner Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Meeka Walsh Don & Florence Whitmore Dr. & Mrs. Klaus & Dorit Wrogemann 1 Anonymous * Founding Members

Friends of the WSO support the WSO each season.

Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony A2B Communication Ltd. Mrs. France Adams Carmyn Aleshka Judy & Jay Anderson Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood David & Gillian Bird Helga & Gerhard Bock Dr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie Bowerman Sheila & David Brodovsky Stephen Brodovsky Susan Brownstone Brock & Thomas Brock Mr. Bill Bruinooge Herb & Erna Buller Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Pamela & Andrew Cooke John Corp & Mary Elizabeth McKenzie Margaret Cuddy Isaac Benjamin Diamond Helene Dyck Ms. Ursula Erhardt

Kathleen & David Estey Carrie Ferguson Greg Fettes Judith & Peter Flynn Wayne Forbes Penny Gilbert Robert & Linda Gold Gregg & Mary Hanson Mrs. Lisa Hastings Margaret & Peter Hughes Robert Jaskiewicz Marianne Johnson Mr. Peter Johnson Lawrence Jones Mr. Darrell Klassen Peter & Ellen Kroeker Millie & Wally Kroeker W.K. Labies Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken Mills Jonathan E. Mitchell Terry & Vi Moore Vera Moroz Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Dr. Rashmi Nigam Profs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene Young Bonnie & Richard Olfert Ms. Pat Philpott Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Levi & Tena Reimer Mrs. Shirley Richardson Jim & Pat Richtik Ross & Allana Robinson Dr. Guillermo Rocha Bruce Roe & Margo Lane Barbara Scheuneman Pietra Shirley M. Winnifred Sim Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Ms. Debbie Spracklin Ms. Marilyn Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Faye Warren Raymond & Shirley Wiest Herbert & Shirley Wildeman 5 Anonymous Concerto Gordon Anderson Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Earl & Cheryl Barish F. Bell Bernice Blakeman Jim Blanchard Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Corporation Dr. & Mrs. Brian and Cathie Bowerman Mr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon Bowles Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Dr. David Camoriano Mrs. Audrey Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Norm & Sylvia Cassie Shelley Chochinov Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Ron Clement Ms. Julie Collings Drs. David & Kathleen Connor Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Ruth Crook Gary & Fiona Crow

Mr. Bradley J. Curran Dr. Peter Czaplinski Mr. & Mrs. Hy & Esther Dashevsky Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Miss O. Dilay Hilary Druxman Harry & Mary Duckworth R & E Dupuis Lezlee Dunn Beverley & Fred Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton Howard & Angela Epp Mrs. Kathleen Estey Randy Ewanika Marcia Fleisher Margaret Follett Ms. Jacqueline Godard Bruno Gossen Baked Expectations - Beth Grubert & Family Patricia Guy Mrs. Elba Haid Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Gordon E. Hannon Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Audrey A. Hawkins Blair & Erica Henderson Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Bob & Biddy Hilton N and L Holliday Mrs. Joan M. Hunter William J. Hutton Bruce Jacobs Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Ray Kohanik & Terri Ashcroft T.G. Kucera Fraser & Joan Linklater Pat & Jim Ludwig Douglas MacEwan John Maguire & Susan Collison Allan & Anita Malbranck Drs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen Creek Ruth May John & Natalie Mayba Ms. Nola McBurney Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Terri & Jim McKerchar Mrs. E. Louise McLandress Neil & Oonalee Minuk Margaret Moroz Fern Morris Conor Mulholland Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp Kris Olafson Athina Panopoulos & Gordon Sinclair Donna & Ian Plant Ms. Marina Plett-Lyle Patricia Pollard in Memory of Gary Pollard Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Tim Preston & Dave Ling Rosemary Prior Dr. Clare Ramsey Reynold & Esther Redekopp Ms. Judith Reichert Michael Rennie Ricou-Manfreda Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Rubin Ed & Susan Schmidt Dr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel Schroeder Dr. Moti Shojania Merrill & Shayna Shulman

Brenda Sklar Linda & John Smith Gary & Gwen Steiman Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Mr. & Mrs. Levi Reimer Syd & Violetta Storey Paul Swart Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Ms. Vanessa Thiessen Mrs. Lori Thomas June & Lorne Thompson Carol & Neil Trembath Susan Twaddle Strang/van Ineveld Family Brad Vannan Mr. Robert Vineberg Paul Walsh Thuraya Weedon Mr. & Mrs. Hans & Diana Werner Mrs. Diane Patricia Weselake Mr. Brian M. Whittaker Raymond & Shirley Wiest Mr. Neil Wilcox Edith Wilde David C. Wilson Margaret Wollner Karin Woods Harry & Evelyn Wray Don & Betty Young 11 Anonymous Serenade Ken Aird Kaeren Anderson Dr. & Mrs. N.R. Anthonisen Pat & Harvey Anton Doug Arrell & Dick Smith Betty & Ted Ash Dr. Siana Attwell Gail & Domenic Auriti Mr. John A. Bailey Dick & Minnie Bell Audrey Belyea Bruce & Joyce Berry Susan & Edwin Bethune Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. Betts Joan Blight Mr. William Richard Bloxom Keith & Marnie Bolland Shirley Book Gerald Callow Donna Carruthers Helle Cosby Greg Cox Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara Crow Arlene Dahl Judy & Werner Danchura Ms. Linda Daniels Mr. Tom Dercola Sandra & Robert Dewey Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Faye Dixon Hilary Druxman Mrs. Donna Ekerholm John and Marilyn Ekins George B. Elias Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr. John J. Enns Siegfried Enns Ruth & Ernest Epp Margaret E. Faber Nelma Fetterman Dr. LeeAnn Fishback

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Doug & Phyllis Flint Mrs. Gitta Fricke Arnold & Christa Froese Harold & Alice Funk George & Carol Gamby Kelvin Goertzen Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon Larry & Susanne Greer Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Katie & DeLloyd Guth B. & R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Mrs. Audrey Harburn Mrs. Audrey Harburn Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Wildsmith Beth & Raymond Harris Teresa A. Hay Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Patti Holm Mr. Charles Huband Helmut & Dorothy Huebert Margaret & Peter Hughes Carl & Vi Hultin P. Ilavsky David Jacobson Margaret Jeffries Ross & Betty Jo Johnston J. Gartner & L. Kampeas Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena Marilynne Keil, in Memory of David H. Skinner Randy & Kathleen Kemp Marion & Bill Kinnear Ken Kinsley Mr. & Mrs. Keith Knox Ms. Jose Koes Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Mrs. Marion Korn Mona Koropatnick Sarah Kredentser & David Howen Mrs. Jennifer Krestanowich Ms. Janet Kuchma Elaine & Patrick Lamonica Bernie Léveillé & Moira Swinton Dr. & Mrs. Dick & Rose Lim Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Mr. Benjamin Lyle Jane Mackay Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Angelos and Pauline MacRodimitris Chris Pearce & Ruth Magnuson Simone Mahrenholz Jackie Markstrom Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod S. McMillan Glen Mead Shana Menkis Judith Meunier Ms. Sue Miclash Sylvia Mitchell Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Mr. Peter Morgan D.E. Morrison Brian Muirhead Dr. Hellmuth Muller Charlotte Murrell Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Buksak

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Mikaela Oldenkamp Prof. Kerrie A. Orlick Mr. Cam Pauls Eleanor Payne Mr. Rick Pinchin Lawrie & Fran Pollard Ms. Cornelia Pope Donna & Gordon Price Juta Rathke Kelly Regula Dental Corp Pat and Bill Reid Ms. Teresa Reilly Mr. Louis Ricciuto Robert & Vera Ripley Mr. Sidney Robinovitch Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Joan Sabourin Matt Schaubroeck William Scheidt Marie Schoffner Dr. Robert Schroth Ms. Janet Schubert Harald & Vicky Schulz Dr. L. Sekla Olga & Myron Shatulsky Phil & Nancy Shead Robert Shindleman David & Lorraine Smith Ms. Brenda Snider St. Mary's Road United Church Ms. Illana Steele Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Susan Stobart Lorne Sunley Dr. Ian Robert Sutton Lorron Agencies Ltd. Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor James & Joanne Teitsma C. & R. Thomsen Mr. Ron Timlick Edith A. Toews Ms. Andrea Towers Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Garnet Ward Dr. Marnie Waters Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Weinstein Noah & Myrna Weiszner Mrs. Evelyn Wener Robin Wiens and Emilie LagacéWiens Debbie Wilson Joan Wright Mr. John Yarema Arlene Young and Robert O'Kell 16 Anonymous Prelude Patricia Allen & Len Dueck Trish Allison-Simms Jean Altemeyer Ms. Joan Anderson Mr. Brian Bailey Allan & Rochelle Baker Barbara & Bruce Ball Ms. Margaret Barbour Robert Barton In Memory of Robert Coates Neovation Learning Solutions Isaak & Tina Bergen Eric Bergen Donald & Edith Besant

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Ms. Diane Bewell Ms. Trudy Blight Dr. Eric Richard Bohm & Dr. Clara Jane Bohm Joan Braun Ruth & Kris Breckman Mr. Robert Briercliffe Jackie Brignall Miss Dorothy Broomhall Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Margaret Brown Sean Bucholz Mrs. Dee Buchwald Ms. Carol Budnick Ms. Judi L. Burling Kevin Burns Mr. John Burrows Mr. Bryan Byhre Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Laura Chan & Herman Lam Lawrie and Bea Cherniack Ms. Gert Chipka Melina Chow Katherine Cobor & Gordon Steindel Joyce Cormack The Crawford & McCarver Family Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard Ms. Maxine Cristall Tracey Cullen Maureen Danzinger Mr. Raymond Davis Dan De Bruijn F. De Grazia Beth Derraugh Claire Dionne Jennifer Dobson Herbert & Norma Driver Anne Dubouloz-Gislason R. Duddek Lezlee Dunn Gloria Dyck Andrea Dyhe Lisa Edel Mrs. Margaret Edmonds Audrey Epp Don & Martha Epstein S & G Fast Rick & Julie Fast Greg & Linda Fearn Michael Feld Ms. Helen Feniuk Ms. Catherine Flower Joanne Flynn Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Lise Laverdure & François Gauvin Mrs. Margaret Funk Jim & Betty Gaynor Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Jean & Dennis Giguere in memory of Barbara Filuk W. Blair Gohl D. Gooch Ms. Barbara Graham Suzanne Gray Marj Grevstad Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie Grower Saul & Lolly Guttman George Haidau Gertrude Hamilton Meghan Hansen Ms. Erin Harley Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Larry & Evelyn Hecht

Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Ms. M. Hido Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van Vlaenderen Richard & Karen Howell Shaun Humphries Huynh Van Ho Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Victoria Johnston Ms. Bev Kawchuk Patricia Kellendonk Erwin W. Kitsch Nadine & Herb Klassen Ms. Mary Klassen John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Ed & Helen Kolomaya Ms. Jacki Koven Dr. Jeremy Kredentser Patricia Kuchma Ron Lambert Lisa & Ted Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Langrell Family Mrs. Ingrid Lee Mr. & Ms. Kathy and Saul Leibl Mr. Francois Lentz Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Tom & Lovie Liewicki Albert & Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Pamela Lockman Mr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori Luby Angela MacDonald Al & Pat Mackling Dr. Sabine Mai James Manishen Mr. Allan Mapes Linda Martin Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Mr. Harold Mawhinney Jemara Fay Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba J. Doreen McCormick Dr. Ian McIntyre Ardythe McMaster Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught Ms. Linda Meckling Karen Menkis Estelle Meyers Dr. Adrienne Meyers In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement Mr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys Mildren Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Mona Mills Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Ms. Francine Morin Mrs. Joan Ann Morton John & Margaret Mundie Leesa Munroe Mel & Sharon Myers Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner David & Hermine Olfert Truus Oliver Mrs. Henny Paritzky Heather Partridge Kathleen Parums

Mr. Julian Pellicano Ms. Nettie Peters Ingrid Peters-Fransen Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Cristian Popescu Gabriela Popescu Carol Poulin Mrs. Edna Poulter Ms. Lois Powne Mr. Guy Prokopetz Dr. Fiona Punter Bryan & Diana Purdy Judith Putter Erin Rafferty Shane Rafferty Holly Rafferty Daryl & Sheila Reid Mrs. Barbara Rempel Mr. William Reynolds Sheilas Music Studio Eleanor Riach Mrs. Melissa Rice Mrs. Tracy Ridley Frances E. Rowlin Mr. Chris Rudd Mr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule Salangad Mrs. Claudia Sarbit R. Schroeder A. Schroeder Dr. Marlis Schroeder Mr. Ken Schykulski Charlene Scouten Robert Shaw Lynn & Bill Shead Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Patricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum & Harvey Rosenbaum Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Jordan Sodowsky Geri & Peter Spencer Mrs. Elsie Stasiuk Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Ms. Sally Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Ms. Karen Swain Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor TEC VIDEO SECURITY INC Tom Thiessen Mary and Robert Thomas Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Julian Thorsteinson Betsy F. Thorsteinson Robert & Barbara Tisdale In Memory of Ronald George Spencer Henry & Elizabeth Toews Edith Ugrin Mr. Michael van Lierop Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Barry and Gail Veals Jim & Joan Warbeck Ken & Mary Warmbrod Ms. Vanessa Warne Shawn & Beth Watters Waverley Tenant Association James & Claudia Weselake Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Andrew Winkless Ms. Joan Wise Terrie Woodward

Patrick Wright Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Wanda Young in memory of Edwin Yee Donn K.Yuen 20 Anonymous

Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Stella Hryniuk Mrs. Mary-Ann Hudjik Ms. Barbara Hunnie Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind Husband Ishbel Isaacs Sonatina David & Heather Jenkins Arshad Ahsanuddin Susan Johnson Jonathan Alvaran Mrs. Karen Kaplen Alyssa Amposta Cathy & Robert Kaptian Judy Amy-Penner Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Mr. Lance Arthur Anderson Ursula & Sandor Kelemen Ms. Dorothy Arnold Katie Kirkpatrick Ms. Susan Baird Dorothy Knowles in honour of Veronique Barthet Barbara Filuk Ralph & Eileen Baxter Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Ms. Oslen Belle Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Mrs. Eva Berard Ms. Irene Kuhtey Mrs. Lori Bettig Anne La Tour Anna Ruth Bird Ms. Desiree La Vallee Mr. Dick J. Bloemheuvel Ms. Betty Laing Sally Boulding Mr. & Mrs. Emery & Vlasta Lajtai Monica Brechka Elizabeth Lansard Ms. Shirley Brown Frances Lemieux Alfred Buelow Kim Lentowitsch Susan Burchill Linda Litwack Canada Guaranty Gail Loewen Canadian Association of Gift Roger & Norma Lowe Planners Manitoba Chaper Zeeba Loxley Sister Josephine Chudzik Pat & Murray Macrae S. K. Clark Barbara Main Melissa Colquhoun Frank & Terry Martin Glynis Corkal Marian Martin Karen Couch Emily Mayoralgo Mrs. Jean Cunningham Hugh McCabe Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona Ms. Marlene McCulloch Cunningham Kelly McGonigal D. Cymbalist Jim McLaren Shannon Darby Mrs. Jean McLennan Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP Sen. Marilou McPhedran Mr. Garfield McRae Mrs. Wilma Dehls Ms. Kathleen Michener Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo Mrs. Jocelyn Millard L. N. Delisle Howard Miller Ms. Shawna Dempsey Bob & Penny Miller Christine Dewar Sandi Mitchell M. Jane Dick Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Mrs. Ethel Dil Mr. Gordon Mitchell Monica Dinney M. Mohr Susan Docker in memory of Jon Montes Barbara Filuk Margaret Morse Paul Dueck Kim Morton Mr. Spencer Duncanson Ms. Bonnie Neil Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis Ms. Sabrina Neumann Vera & Peter Fast Fred & Karen Nicholson Ross Feldman Mrs. Clarice Owen Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Shirley & Graham Padgett Bonny Fraser Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Sonjia Pasiechnik Mr. David P. Giesbrecht Judy Pateman Heather F. Graham Ms. Gail Granger Mrs. Liz Patzer Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Donald Pearen Victoria Gretchen Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Ms. Marion Guinn Mrs. Denise Penley Raul Gutierrez Robert Peterson Michael & Elaine Shnier Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Helen & Peter Hayward Grant & Gail Pierce Paul Henteleff Denise Piper Ms. Shirley Hicks Randy Pitch Mrs. Margaret Hill Ross Pokeza Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Dr. Christine Polimeni Marilyn Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow Mrs. Cathy Hobday Ken & Geri Porath

Janis Pregnall Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Ms. Margaret Proven Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Joanne Prygrocki Valerie Raber W Rannie & Elaine Walker Karen Rassmussen-Oke Mrs. Marieann Reeves M. Reguly Ms. Susan Renard Beverley Ridd Ms. Heather Robbins Ettie Robinson Jean Robson Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay Gisela Roger Sandra Rosen Mrs. V. Rosolowich Margot A. Ross John & Shirley Russell Brittany Rycroft Mr. & Mrs. James Sankey Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Jessie Sawicz Nicola Schaefer Kay Schalme Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Charlene & Harry Schwartz Sharna Searle Izzy Shore Gail & Murray Singer Evelyn R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk Darby Spafford Garry & Linda Specht Ms. Meg Specht Gerry & Jasmin St. Laurent Marianne Staub Diane Stewart Archie & Shirley Stone Mrs. Marilyn Stothers Muriel Sutherland Dianne Szelag Frank Talbot Gladys Tarala Charles Tax Sherri Towaij Ms. Josette Toye Cathy Tymm Mrs. Nancy Vincent Denis Vincent Irv & Toby Vinsky Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Dr. Jackie Walker Patricia & Lorne Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Walton Phyllis M Waters Mr. Glen Angus Webster Morgan Wege Mr. James Wernham Grace M. Wiebe Annemarie Wiebe Emily Wilcosh Peter Wilk Mrs. Lilli Williams Anne Yankiwski Garden City Collegiate Ms. Ruth Zahodnik Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman 27 Anonymous

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Dr. Rashmi Nigam Mikaela Oldenkamp Lesia Peet Randy Pitch Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Festival donors help to further Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan the musical artistry of the WSO’s New Music Festival. Thank you! Beth M. Proven Dr. Clare Ramsey Mrs. France Adams Kelly Regula Dental Corp Jean Altemeyer Pat and Bill Reid Janet Ash & Associates Ltd. Michael Rennie Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Guillermo Rocha Medical Corporation Gail & Domenic Auriti Steve Ruddy & Pauline Boisselle Neil Bardal Funeral Centre Olga & Bill Runnalls Ms. Trudy Blight Barbara Scheuneman Dr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical Robert Shaw & Chris Krawchenko Corporation Dr. Moti Shojania Jackie Brignall SOCAN Foundation Stephen Brodovsky Jordan Sodomsky Kevin Burns Marlene Stern Dr. David Camoriano Susan Stobart Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Dr. Kenneth Thorlakson Mr. & Mrs. John & Claudia Corona Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Cushman & Wakefield Mr. Ron Timlick Dr. Peter Czaplinski University of Manitoba Icelandic Ms. Shawna Dempsey Department Sandra & Robert Dewey Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Dr. R. Dookeran Medical Corporation Brad Vannan Andrea Dyhe Volvo Winnipeg Robert Enright Meeka Walsh Dr. Marnie Waters Kathleen & David Estey Mr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron Randy Ewanika Weinstein Ms. Susan Feldman Mr. Neil Wilcox Wayne Forbes Karin Woods Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Baked Expectations - Beth Grubert Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Anne Yankiwski & Family 2 Anonymous Mrs. Elba Haid Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Michael & Elaine Shnier Mrs. Lisa Hastings Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Patti Holm Share the Music is a unique Mr. Peter Johnson outreach initiative of the WSO Marianne Johnson that allows economically Richard & Carol Jones disadvantaged children and Koren & Leonard Kaminski their families to attend WSO J. Gartner & L. Kampeas performances. Thank you for Kevin & Els Kavanagh helping to Share the Music!

Patricia Kellendonk Ms. Jose Koes Ms. Margaret Barbour Ron Lambert Lucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi Lisa & Ted van den Berg Ms. Bergthora Laxdal Mrs. Marlene J. Crielaard Bernie Léveillé & Moira Swinton Huynh Van Ho Volvo Winnipeg Sherri Walsh & Dr. Louis Ludwig Pat & Murray Macrae Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Mr. Gordon Mitchell Chris Pearce & Ruth Magnuson Dr. Sidney & Gwen Nelko John Maguire & Susan Collison Daryl & Sheila Reid Drs. Joshua Manusow & Margot A. Ross Kristen Creek Barbara Scheuneman Frank & Terry Martin Brenda Sklar Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Shana Menkis Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan Tennant Ron & Sandi Mielitz 2 Anonymous Ms. Sheila Miller Howard Miller Conor Mulholland Michael Nesbitt Bob and Cindy Newfield Dr. Rashmi Nigam Medical Corp

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Carole Boily Sheila & David Brodovsky Kathy Burchill Ms. Judi L. Burling Mr. Bryan Byhre Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily Stanley Byskal, Ardelle & Denis after-school program offered at Jacques, and Cathy Carter in no cost to participants that honour of Ben & Nadia enriches the lives of children and Hanuschak's 65th Wedding young people with the fewest Anniversary resources and the greatest Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Mrs. Audrey Campbell need. The WSO gratefully Canada Guaranty acknowledges the following Canadian Maple Wings Association patrons whose support makes a Winnipeg Chapter difference in the everyday lives of Melina Chow these children. Thank you!

Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Honourary Chair D.J. Cowan Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Greg Cox The Crawford & McCarver Family Maestoso Tracey Cullen The Bertram Austin Goodman, Betty Curnew in honour of Ben & Mary Easton McLaren Goodman Nadia Hanuschak's 65th and Dorothy Jean Goodman Wedding Anniversary Foundation Shannon Darby RBC Foundation Silvia V. de Sousa Richardson Foundation Mrs. Michele Del Rizzo Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation L. N. Delisle Marc Desjardins Vivace Mr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice Diduck Manitoba Community Services Council Monica Dinney Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Jennifer Dobson The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc Harry & Mary Duckworth in honour Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc. of Arlene Young's birthday Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth Con Brio in Memory of Diena Young Bridgeport Office Solutions R. Duddek Dr. Ken Fowler Souchay Gossen Family Foundation Gloria Dyck John and Marilyn Ekins The Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro Audrey Epp Family Fund Ms. Ursula Erhardt Allegro Kathleen & David Estey Rick & Julie Fast Mr. R.D. Bell Michael Feld Andy Burgess Ross Feldman D'Addario Foundation Ms. Catherine Flower Judith & Peter Flynn in honour of Judith & Peter Flynn Arlene Young's Birthday Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Bonny Fraser Diena Young Joycelyn and Bryan Gawryluk Judith & Peter Flynn in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Jon Gerrard Andrew Wihelm-Boyles Penny Gilbert Mark & Jocelyn Gabbert Ms. Barbara Graham Margaret & Peter Hughes Ms. Gail Granger Dr. David Lyttle Suzanne Gray Miss Heather Menzies Russel & Mary Grenkow in honour of Jonathan E. Mitchell Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Yvonne Morier Wedding Anniversary John Morriss Raul Gutierrez Mr. Jean-Francois Phaneuf Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Audrey A. Hawkins in memory of her Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Jan Tennant mother, Mrs. Janice Hawkins E. Toews Ruediger & Lydia Hedrich Faye Warren Carl & Vi Hultin 1 Anonymous Shaun Humphries Conmoto William J. Hutton P. Ilavsky Jonathan Alvaran Investors Group Alyssa Amposta Susan Johnson Judy Amy-Penner Victoria Johnston in honour of Ben & Betty & Ted Ash Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Ms. Susan Baird Wedding Anniversary In Memory of Robert Coates Cathy & Robert Kaptian Neovation Learning Solutions Kevin & Els Kavanagh Isaak & Tina Bergen Marilynne Keil, in Memory of Ms. Diane Bewell David H. Skinner Mr. William Richard Bloxom

Marion & Bill Kinnear Ed & Helen Kolomaya Dr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester Komlodi Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn Kim Lentowitsch Albert & Helen Litz Gail Loewen Zeeba Loxley Drs. Christie J. MacDonald & Philip St. John Angela MacDonald Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Lydia MacKenzie Allan & Anita Malbranck Mr. & Mrs. Al & Pat Mackling in honour of Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Anniversary Joseph and Judith Malko Family Fund James Manishen Jackie Markstrom Marian Martin in memory of Eleanor Annandale Margaret (Bouskill) Maw Emily Mayoralgo Kelly McGonigal Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Dr. Ian McIntyre Mr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of Merrily Peters Quinton & Maureen McNaught in Memory of Barry Anderson Ms. Linda Meckling Karen Menkis In Honour of Donn Yuen's Retirement Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Ms. Francine Morin Morna-June Morrow Margaret Morse Kim Morton Mrs. Sheila Mymryk Ms. Bonnie Neil In Memory of Diena Young In honour of Arlene Young's birthday Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Garth & Diane Panting Judy Pateman Donald Pearen in honour of Arlene Young's Special Birthday Lesia Peet Mr. Julian Pellicano Robert Peterson Grant & Gail Pierce Patricia Pollard in Memory of Gary Pollard Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth TippettPope Mrs. Edna Poulter Ms. Lois Powne Mr. James & Christine Prendergast Elizabett Prenter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Adeline Pressey in honour of Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Anniversary Beth M. Proven Valerie Raber Erin Rafferty Shane Rafferty Holly Rafferty Darcia Ratuski in honour of Ben &

Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Anniversary Mrs. Marieann Reeves Ms. Teresa Reilly Sheilas Music Studio Mrs. Shirley Richardson Tannis Richardson Ettie Robinson Jean Robson Mr. Chris Rudd Ms. Miriam Rudolph Joan Sabourin Mrs. Claudia Sarbit Nicola Schaefer Barbara Scheuneman Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Ed & Susan Schmidt Trudy Schroeder & Norman Dyck Harald & Vicky Schulz Ms. Beverley J. Scott Debra Scott Olga & Myron Shatulsky Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol Joan Smith in honour of Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Anniversary Darby Spafford Garry & Linda Specht Ms. Meg Specht St. Mary's Road United Church Marianne Wojtas Staub in honour of Eileen Zaluski Dola and Beverly Karan Pope's 60th Birthday Mrs. Pat Stefanchuk Ms. Suzanne Stevenson Diane Stewart Art Turner & Lyn Stienstra Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor TEC Video Security Inc Mary and Robert Thomas The Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken and Lorna Thorlakson Annual Giving Fund, in memory of Alan Adams Julian Thorsteinson Betsy F. Thorsteinson Toad Hall Toys Inc. Edith A. Toews Carol & Neil Trembath Christine Tymchak & Les Cels in honour of Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65th Wedding Anniversary Cathy Tymm in Honour of Meg Specht's Birthday Strang/van Ineveld Family Mr. Michael van Lierop Ms. Stephanie M. van Nest Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Ms. Vanessa Warne Shawn & Beth Watters Thuraya Weedon Noah & Myrna Weiszner Diane Weselake Westminster United Church WhoDunit? Mystery Bookstore Edith Wilde Peter Wilk Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky Tyler Yip Arlene Young and Robert O'Kell Don & Betty Young 20 Anonymous

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE ENDOWMENT FUND 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 Ms. Barbara Cook Glynis Corkal D.J. Cowan Mr. Raymond Davis Helene Dyck Ruth & Ernest Epp Ms. Ursula Erhardt 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 T.G. Kucera Aaron Lewis Nick Logan & Christine Skene Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArton Judith Meunier Margaret Moroz Gabriela Popescu Pat and Bill Reid Levi & Tena Reimer Ms. Iris Reimer Mr. Louis Ricciuto Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Ross & Allana Robinson Olga & Bill Runnalls Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Marie Schoffner Pietra Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen Sitar Ms. Karen Swain Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Frank Talbot James & Joanne Teitsma Mr. & Mrs. 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 LagacéWiens Raymond & Shirley Wiest Edith Wilde David C. Wilson Karin Woods Mr. John Yarema Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund WSO Women's Committee in memory of Leila Alvare 4 Anonymous

Shelley Chochinov in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Barbara & Brian Crow in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate In honour of Robert Dalgliesh and Daniel Friedman 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 Barbara Scheuneman Lynn & Bill Shead Jim Skinner & Judy Nichol in Honour of Alexander Mickelthwate Hien Tran

ENDOWMENT FUND Sistema Winnipeg gratefully acknowledges those who have started their own named funds at The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Sistema Endowment Fund The Tannis M. Richardson Sistema Endowment Fund The Michael Nozick Family Sistema Endowment Fund Mr. John A. Bailey Veronique Barthet Ralph & Eileen Baxter Audrey Belyea Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene Bergner Shirley Book Frances Booth Sally Boulding Joan Braun Ms. Shirley Brown Mr. E. Brown Mrs. Dee Buchwald Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok Helle Cosby D.J. Cowan The Crawford & McCarver Family Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique Davis Siegfried Enns John J. Enns S & G Fast Dr. Jeannette Filion-Rosset Mr. David P. Giesbrecht Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia Hanuschak Ms. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian Wildsmith Teresa A. Hay Ms. Shirley Hicks Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van Vlaenderen Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Bob & Biddy Hilton Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn Walter & Victoria Hrabluk Carl & Vi Hultin William J. Hutton Margaret Jeffries Ursula & Sandor Kelemen

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John Knowles & Kathryn Knowles Ed & Helen Kolomaya Mrs. Vera Kostyshyn Anne La Tour Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Langrell Family Mrs. Ingrid Lee Frances Lemieux Mr. Francois Lentz Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Tom & Lovie Liewicki Dr. Sabine Mai Mr. Allan Mapes Elaine & Neil Margolis Cheryl McNabb & Gerald Davis Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Kim Morton Charlotte Murrell Mr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena Buksak Ms. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim Skinner Wayne & Linda Paquin Mrs. Liz Patzer Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer Ms. Pat Philpott Carolynne Presser Barb & Gerry Price Mr. Guy Prokopetz Dr. Fiona Punter W Rannie & Elaine Walker M. Reguly

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Levi & Tena Reimer Mrs. Barbara Rempel Mrs. Shirley Richardson Jim & Pat Richtik Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Mrs. Patricia Romeyn Sandra Rosen Eduardo & Olga Saveliovsky Kay Schalme Ms. Debbie Spracklin Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Mrs. Elizabeth Szirom The Winnipeg Foundation – The Asper Endowment Mrs. Deborah Thorlakson Patricia & Lorne Wallace Annemarie Wiebe Grace M. Wiebe Ms. Ruth Zahodnik 11 Anonymous

OTHER DONATIONS Lucienne Blouw in memory of Louise Nebbs Lucienne Blouw in Memory of Alexander Mickelthwate's Father Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Marlene Crielaard and Alan Schmitt's Wedding Lucienne Blouw in Memory of Nancy Lambert

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Hilary Druxman Nessie & David Greenberg in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Barry & Susan Greenberg in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Saul & Lolly Guttman in memory of Dr. Stephen Szirom Dr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory of Dr. Stephen Szirom Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & Bruce in Memory of Merrily Peters Richard and Carol Jones in honour of Barbara Filuk Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory of Jacqueline Desmarais Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Linda Litwack in memory of Mayer Rabkin Sharon Love in Memory of Jeannine McCallum Brian Muirhead in memory of Mayer Rabkin In memory of Katherine (Kay) Lee Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope in honour of Bill & Shirley Loewen's 60th Anniversary Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour of Bert & Lee Friesen's 50th Anniversary

Charlene & Harry Schwartz in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Robert Shindleman and Family in memory of Mayer Rabkin Evelyn R. Smith in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of Edith Sagi In memory of Mayer Rabkin Irv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Mr. Aaron Witzke in memory of his grandfather, Mayer Rabkin Margaret Wollner, in Memory of Dr. Stephen Szirom Wanda Young in memory of Edwin Yee Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman in Memory of Mayer Rabkin Listing as of Oct. 11, 2018

WSO BOARD & STAFF 2018-2019 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terry Sargeant, President Curt Vossen, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, Treasurer Michael Kay, Corporate Secretary Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt, MBA, CFA James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux Steven Dyer Daniel Friedman

Dr. Selena Friesen Margaret Harvie Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Jackie Hunt Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Dr. Maureen Kilgour Silvester Komlodi Sotirios Kotoulas Marlene Stern Richard Turner Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Daniel Raiskin, Music Director

Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant ARTISTIC Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Alexander Mickelthwate, Director Emeritus Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence and Festival Director, Winnipeg New Music Festival ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations & Community Engagement James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Laura Lindeblom, Production Manager Tatiana Carnevale, Operations Coordinator Sheena Sanderson, Stage Manager Stuart Bremner, Stage Supervisor Greg Hay, Orchestra Personnel Manager Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager

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