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NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2019 I ISSUE 2

SUPERHERO SHOWDOWN MENDELSSOHN & PÄRT DISNEY TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS MESSIAH THE SNOWMAN

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The final two months of 2019 are brimming with a nice balance of popular and classical musical offerings. November is a prime time for devoted music lovers to enjoy the Lalo Cello Concerto and Poulenc’s Organ Concerto. November 8-10th, CJOB’s charming and witty Couch Potatoes, Brett Megarry and Jeff Braun, will host the Superhero Showdown.

This year, the WSO offers a quartet of Christmas offerings that have something to suit every taste. Start December with the brilliance of Tim Burton’s quirky holiday movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The timeless beauty of Handel’s Messiah is an important Christmas tradition in many families. For those with children looking for holiday enchantment, The Snowman makes a wonderful pre-Christmas event.

Our holiday concerts conclude with the New York Voices Christmas Special. Families are invited to attend the Sunday, December 15th matinee and have a photo opportunity with Santa Claus before the concert.

From the beginning of November and through December concerts, there will be a variety of ways to support the Share the Music program that distributes more than 4,000 WSO tickets to 75 community agencies working with people who would not have the opportunity to attend concerts without your generosity. You can support Share the Music in one of the following ways: Give generously when volunteers pass the gift bag down your row after the intermission at the concerts.

Buy chocolates and cookies in the front lobby before the concert and at the intermission.

Chocolates from Constance Popp, Imperial cookies from High Tea Bakery and Morden’s Russian Mints will be available. There will be some delicious way to support Share the Music throughout November and December.

Make a donation to Share the Music at the patron services table in the lobby and receive a charitable receipt for any donation over $20.

This is also a good time of year to resolve to make more time to attend concerts in 2020. Gift packages for our popular Dinner and a Symphony experiences make wonderful gifts for special people in your life, and for just $85 you can give a music lover under 30 a Soundcheck Pass that gets them a ticket for every WSO concert they want to attend. A number of special ticket packages have been developed to make giving the gift of musical experiences easy and enjoyable.

On behalf of all of us at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, happy holidays and all the best for 2020.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra November – December 2019 I OVERTURE 1

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In the spirit of gratitude, please join us as we gather to play and listen to music on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Dakota, and on the homeland of the MĂŠtis nation.The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is performing on Treaty 1 territory.The intention of the treaties was to share the gifts of the land.

We acknowledge the ancient history of this land and its original people, and the harms and mistakes of the past.The WSO commits to being part of the ongoing process of reconciliation and to strengthen the community through sharing the gift of music.

- The Musicians, Staff, and Board of Directors of your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

We encourage you to learn more by visiting the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada at www.trc.ca and the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba at www.trcm.ca.

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CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS Daniel Raiskin, Music Director

Naomi Woo, RBC Assistant Conductor

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.

Canadian Naomi Woo is a versatile conductor, pianist, and researcher. She is the RBC assistant conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, music director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of Sistema Winnipeg. Outside of conducting, she has an active career as a pianist, spanning opera coaching, collaborative piano, and solo performance. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Canada, the US and the UK, and been reviewed as an “elegant” performer in the New York Times.

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.

Naomi regularly collaborates with artists, choreographers, poets, and composers in the creation of interdisciplinary performance work, which has shown at venues including Somerset House, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, and Kettles Yard.

Alongside Sasha Amaya, she runs tick tock, which focuses on sonic and choreographic performance.

Julian Pellicano, Associate 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.

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Prior to completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, Naomi studied math, philosophy, and music at Yale University and the University of Montreal.

Harry Stafylakis, WSO Composer-inResidence, WNMF Co-Curator 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

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2019-2020 SEASON MUSIC DIRECTOR Daniel Raiskin ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Julian Pellicano RBC ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Naomi Woo COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE WNMF CO- CURATOR Harry Stafylakis

TRUMPETS Chris Fensom, Principal Paul Jeffrey Isaac Pulford

CELLOS Yuri Hooker, Principal Alex Adaman **Grace An Arlene Dahl Emma Quackenbush Alyssa Ramsay Sean Taubner

The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair

TROMBONES Steven Dyer, Principal Keith Dyrda

BASSES Meredith Johnson, Principal Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtBruce Okrainec Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowed Daniel Perry by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster **Anna Scheider Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Eric Timperman Chris Anstey FLUTES Mona Coarda Jeff Dyrda Jan Kocman, Principal Tara Fensom Supported by Gordon & Audrey Fogg **Jessie Ramsay Alex Conway Hong Tian Jia Sonia Shklarov OBOES Julie Savard Beverly Wang, Principal Jun Shao Robin MacMillan SECOND VIOLINS Jeremy Buzash, Principal ENGLISH HORN Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal Robin MacMillan, Principal Karen Bauch Kristina Bauch CLARINETS Elizabeth Dyer Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Bokyung Hwang Taylor Eiffert Rodica Jeffrey **Momoko Matsumura The James Thomson Memorial Chair *Susan McCallum Takayo Noguchi BASSOONS Jane Pulford Kathryn Brooks, Principal Claudine St-Arnauld Kristy Tucker **Christine Yoo FIRST VIOLINS Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

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

HORNS Patricia Evans, Principal Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair

Aiden Kleer Caroline Oberheu Michiko Singh

BASS TROMBONE Tamas Markovics, Principal TUBA **Jarrett McCourt TIMPANI Mike Kemp, Principal PERCUSSION Andrew Johnson, Principal HARP Richard Turner, Principal Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Greg Hay PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Greg Hamilton ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Aiden Kleer

In loving memory: Meredith McCallum, violin Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are listed alphabetically and are seated according to a rotational system. * On Leave ** Temporary Position

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

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Andrei Feher, conductor Stéphane Tétrault, cello

Overture to The Bartered Bride

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Bohemian Nights: Dvořák & Lalo

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D minor Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) Prélude: Lento – Allegro maestoso Intermezzo: Andantino con moto – Allegro presto Andante – Allegro vivace - INTERMISSION -

Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 Allegro non tanto Adagio Scherzo. Furiant: Presto Finale: Allegro con spirito

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Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)

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SPECIAL RELAXED CONDENSED MATINEE Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 in D major

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Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 10:05 a.m.

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PROGRAM NOTES

by James Manishen

Overture to The Bartered Bride Bedřich Smetana b. Bohemia / March 2, 1824 d. Prague / May 12, 1884 Composed: late in 1863; opera completed on March 15, 1866 First performance: May 30, 1866 (Prague), conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2000; Michael Morgan, conductor.

orchestra signifies the signing of the marriage contract.The lyrical duo-oboe theme is associated with Hans.The Overture is an effervescent jewel and a signature prelude to not only a delightful opera but a distinctively Czech musical path forward.

Cello Concerto

Lalo’s Cello Concerto was premiered just a few years after Symphonie espagnole, by which time the composer was enjoying real success. At the time, apart from Schumann’s Cello Concerto and the first of Saint-Saëns’two cello concertos, the cello was considered doubtful as a solo instrument so few contemporary models existed for Lalo. Composed for Parisian cellist Adolf Fischer (1847-1891), Lalo’s Concerto continued with Spanish flavor and Tchaikovsky’s words above are no less accurate in describing the new piece.

Édouard Lalo b. Lille, France / January 27, 1823 d. Paris / April 22, 1892 Composed: 1876 First performance: December 9, 1877 (Paris), conducted by Jules Etienne When Smetana met with the famous Viennese conductor Pasdeloup with Adolphe Fischer as soloist Johann Herbeck in Weimar in Last WSO performance: 1976; Piero Generous solo spotlighting 1857, the composer was told Gamba, conductor; Denis Brott, cello pervades the slow opening and the that though his Czech musical Allegro maestoso that follows, Édouard Lalo compatriots were fine performers, they whose clear structure could parallel reputation rests didn’t amount to much when it came to a Beethoven movement. largely on his creating their own music. Incensed, Impassioned lyrical lines and quasi violin Smetana returned home to Prague vowing powerful declamation balance in concerto to show the world that his Czech heritage fine proportion. The second Symphonie espagnole, a melodic was indeed musically distinctive and that a movement has a dreamy interlude fountain he wrote for the virtuoso specifically Czech opera would show the with a scherzo-like centerpiece, Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate way. similar to what Tchaikovsky used in who premiered it in 1875.The name the middle of the comparable Smetana had an active role in the new Lalo is of Spanish origin, perhaps movement in his First Piano National Theatre founded in 1862. But his added fuel for the abundance of Concerto written just before. After a first opera The Brandenburgers in Bohemia good tunes in that work which also slow introduction, Latin fire enters was felt to be too Wagnerian, perhaps due inspired Tchaikovsky who after the Finale to close this vivacious to German being the language of his hearing it enthused that that “the work. childhood. In 1863 he received a libretto piece has a lot of freshness, lightness, from the writer Karl Sabina that seemed of piquant rhythms, of beautiful and Symphony No. 6 better suited for a national comic opera. excellently harmonized melodies.... He Antonin Dvořák Smetana went to work on The Bartered [Lalo], in the same way as Léo Delibes b. Bohemia / September 8, 1841 Bride, composing the Overture first and the and Bizet, does not strive after d. Prague / May 1, 1904 rest of the opera over a two year period. profundity, but he carefully avoids Composed: 1880 routine, seeks out new forms, and The Prague premiere met with little success First performance: March 21, 1881 thinks more about musical beauty since it took place on a national holiday (Prague) conducted by Adolf Cùech than about observing established during a heat wave when much of the Last WSO performance: 1999, Barry opera-going public retreated to the country. traditions, as do the Germans."

Wordsworth, conductor But at the end of the summer when Born in Lille, Lalo studied composition Smetana was made conductor of the Dvořák’s international and violin at the Paris Conservatoire National Theatre, he began a process of fame in fusing the and began composing in his teens. revisions on both score and story while optimism and passion Discouraged by a lack of promoting the opera vigorously. By 1882 of his Czech musical performances and disinterest in his The Bartered Bride had been given in heritage to masterly music from publishers, for almost a Prague for the 100th time.Today it is symphonic construction was a decade he played violin and viola in recognized as the first great Czech opera. direct result of his connection with the Armingaud Quartet, founded in The story of The Bartered Bride is rooted in 1855 to perform the great quartets of Johannes Brahms. the Czech countryside. Lovers Hans and Beethoven, Mozart and other In 1877, the nearly 40-year-old Marie are forbidden from marrying by her luminaries. Upon his marriage to a Dvořák submitted his Moravian father, who has found a more lucrative fine contralto in 1865, Lalo rekindled Dances for a government arrangement for her through the local his interest in composition. His competition to stimulate new matchmaker Kezal. fortunes really turned in 1870 when Austro-Hungarian composers.The he met Sarasate. A surge of piece scored a hit, and the famous The Overture introduces the opera’s conductor-pianist and jurist Hans characters and story.The exuberant opening inspiration followed, producing the opera Le roi d’Ys in 1888 which was describes Kezal.Then comes a fugato after von Bülow wrote to Dvořák:“Next to acclaimed by Gounod. which the first melody from the full Brahms, [you] are the most GodFrench translations will be available in the lobby.

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gifted composer of the present day.”

Brahms, also on the jury, was no less enthusiastic and adopted the young Czech as his protégé, arranging for his publisher Simrock to take Dvořák on with a commission for a set of Slavonic Dances. Published in 1878, the Dances plus three Slavonic Rhapsodies for orchestra won wide acclaim and became a most lucrative international successes for Simrock.

The following year Dvořák was in Vienna to hear his Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 conducted by Hans Richter. So great was the reception – Richter claimed that out of over 60 new works the Vienna Philharmonic had tried, Dvořák’s was the best – the composer promised a new symphony for the orchestra’s next season.

By 1880 Dvořák had composed five symphonies but felt they were not among his best achievements, so the chance to produce a new symphony for Vienna was most welcome. In

August 1880 he completed the sketch in just three weeks and the orchestration in another three.

Richter set the premiere for December 26th but several postponements had Dvořák asking questions among his Viennese friends about how sincere the intentions had been.

The feeling in those politically volatile days of the Dual Monarchy was that there had been some resentment towards a young Czech composer with two premieres in successive years. With no taste for Viennese political innuendos, Dvořák gave the premiere to the Prague Philharmonic, with whom he had played in the viola section earlier in his career. Richter remained a champion of the composer and Dvořák inscribed the dedication to him on the title page.

The Prague premiere the following March was a great success and the work made its way abroad to many cities. Richter would go on to conduct it in London in 1882 and Dvořák conducted it in New York the following year during the first year of his American residency. Maturity, inspiration and masterly construction were the common descriptions of the Sixth over its many performances.

Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony is a splendid fusion of the firm symphonic stream of Brahms with an idealized love of Czech folk music.The opening movement reminds of Brahms’s Second Symphony (also in D major) in its beautifully controlled narrative and pastoral references, here ripened with tuneful Czech folk elements.The Adagio is unfailingly beautiful, while the Furiant contains similar accents and rhythms found in so many of the Slavonic Dances.The last movement again bears resemblance to that in Brahms’s Second Symphony, a bracing optimistic end to a most captivating work.

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ARTIST BIOS

(A)BSOLUTE CLASSICS

Bohemian Nights: Dvořák & Lalo

André Fehrer, conductor Andrei Feher has earned a reputation for his musical maturity and integrity, natural authority and grace on the podium, and an imaginative and intelligent approach to programming. At the age of 26 Feher was appointed as the new Music Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, a position he assumed in August 2018. Highlights of the 2018/19 season included debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra,Tokyo Symphony and Norwegian Radio Orchestra and returns to Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and I Musici di Montreal. Further recent highlights include the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Les Violons du Roy, Orchestre Philharmonique de MonteCarlo, Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Orchestre Métropolitain Montreal and Romanian Radio National Orchestra. In addition to his commitments with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, in 2019/20 Feher guest conducts orchestras including the RTVE Symphony Madrid, Romanian National Radio Orchestra and the Toronto Royal Conservatory Orchestra. Born in Romania into a family of musicians, Feher began his musical education as a violinist in his hometown Satu-Mare before continuing his studies at the Montreal Conservatoire when his parents relocated to Canada.

Stephane Tetreault, cello In addition to innumerous awards and honours, Stéphane was the laureate of the "Classe d’Excellence de violoncelle" Gautier Capuçon from the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and the recipient of the Fernand-Lindsay Career Award of the Fondation Père Lindsay.

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Chosen as the first ever Soloist-in-Residence of the Orchestre Métropolitain, he performed alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin during the 2014-2015 season. In 2016, Stéphane made his solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Nézet-Séguin and performed at the prestigious Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. During the 2017-18 season, he took part in the Orchestre Métropolitain’s first European tour with Maestro Nézet-Séguin and made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Stéphane has performed with violinist and conductor Maxim Vengerov and has worked with pianists Alexandre Tharaud, Jan Lisiecki, Marc-André Hamelin and Louis Lortie. He has participated in a number of masterclasses, notably with cellists Gautier Capuçon and Frans Helmerson.

His debut CD, recorded with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and conductor Fabien Gabel was chosen as "Editor's Choice" in the March 2013 issue of Gramophone Magazine. His second album with pianist Marie-Ève Scarfone featuring works from Haydn, Schubert and Brahms was chosen as Gramophone Magazine's "Critics' Choice 2016" and recognised as one of the best albums of the year.

Stéphane was a student of the late cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky for more than 10 years.

He holds a Master's Degree in Music Performance from the University of Montreal.

Stéphane plays the 1707 "Countess of Stainlein, Ex-Paganini" Stradivarius cello, on generous loan

by Mrs. Sophie Desmarais.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Rennie Regehr, viola; Laurel Ridd, flute; Kenton McPeek, tuba

Meredith McCallum, In Memoriam It is with great sadness that her family announces the sudden death of Meredith Rose McCallum, beloved wife and loving mother, at her home in Winnipeg on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the age of 35.

Born in Fergus, Ontario, Meredith was a gifted classical musician who began playing the violin at the age of four, and whose early years of musical education were spent at the Suzuki String School of Guelph. After graduating from Centre Wellington District High School in Fergus in 2002, she pursued advanced degrees in violin performance, earning a Bachelor of Music from McGill University in 2006 and a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2008.

Upon graduation, she auditioned and won her first professional position in 2009 as Assistant Concertmaster of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. In 2011 she moved again to join the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, playing initially in the second violin section, then shortly thereafter winning a position in the first violin section which she held until her death.

During her schooling and career, Meredith's musical talent allowed her to pursue her love of travelling the world, taking her to many places and music festivals throughout Canada, the US, and abroad to such countries as Germany and Japan to study and perform.

At home in Winnipeg, Meredith was active as a private teacher, and appeared as a regular member of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Respected for her elegant playing style and skill in classical performance, she also enjoyed many different genres of music; in her teens she loved to play and sing with a folk group in Tobermory, Ontario near the family cottage, and as an adult in Winnipeg would go on to play for recordings and live performances with many leading local and international folk, rock, jazz, and R&B musicians. From a very young age, Meredith also possessed a remarkable artistic talent, and this creativity would go on to enrich her adult life in many ways.

Meredith is mourned and will be lovingly remembered by her family, including her husband Matt and son James, her parents, Cynthia and Donald McCallum, her sister Susan, her brother David, her brother-in-law Meredith Johnson, and her nieces and nephew, Isla, William and Beatrice. Meredith was married to her beloved Matt Dyce in Elora, Ontario in July 2018.

The love and happiness that she and Matt had found in one another was deeply cherished not only by Meredith, but also by her family and close friends for the new joy and contentment it had brought to her life, and to the lives of those dearest to her. Her loss is deeply felt by parents-in-law, Dave and Marilyn Dyce and her brother-in-law Drew. Also bereaved are the Rose, Podolak, Burford, Millar, Jeffers, Parsons and Harper families.

In the last year of her life, Meredith was beset by the terrible pain of depression, and while the disease took many things, it could not take her kindness or her care for others. She endured to give birth to her beloved son, James Alistair, and share with him her light and love. Meredith will be remembered by all who knew her for her kind and gentle spirit, her purity of heart, her love of laughter and whimsical humour, her sense of fun and adventure, her personal integrity, her devotion to family and friends, and her considerate and caring nature. For all those whose lives were so happily touched by hers, knowing Meredith in all her love, joy, beauty and quiet grace was and will always remain a cherished gift.

A service in her memory was held at the Speedside United Church located at 5903 Wellington County Road 29, Speedside, Ontario on Friday, September 27 at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, and for those wishing to make a donation, please contact 4babyjames@gmail.com for more information on how to contribute to a trust fund for James Dyce.

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POPS SOUNDBYTES

Superhero Showdown Stuart Chafetz, conductor 680 CJOB’s The Couch Potatoes: Brett Megarry & Jeff Braun, co-hosts

Summon the Heroes End Credits from Captain America: The First Avenger Theme from The Avengers Suite from X-Men 3:The Last Stand Suite from The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Overture to William Tell Robin Hood and His Merry Men from The Adventures of Robin Hood Wonder Woman To the Rescue from The Rocketeer

John Williams Alan Silvestri Alan Silvestri John Powell John Ottman Gioacchino Rossini Erich Wolfgang Korngold Rupert Gregson-Williams James Horner

- INTERMISSION -

Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre Theme from Batman Music from Spiderman Music from The Incredibles Love Theme from Superman Selections from Man of Steel

Richard Wagner Danny Elfman / Ed Bartek Danny Elfman / John Wasson Michael Giacchino / Bill Holcombe John Williams Hans Zimmer

Friday, November 8 Saturday, November 9 Sunday, November 10

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Special Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile Friday, 7:00 p.m.

- Regimental Band of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles

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James Cohen and Linda McGarva-Cohen

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ARTIST BIOS

POPS

Superhero Showdown

Stuart Chafetz Stuart Chafetz is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Columbus Symphony and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Marin Symphony. Chafetz, a conductor celebrated for his dynamic and engaging podium presence, is increasingly in demand with orchestras across the continent and this season Chafetz will be on the podium in Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Naples, Philly Pops, Cincinnati Pops and Pittsburgh. He enjoys a special relationship with The Phoenix Symphony where he leads multiple programs annually.

The Couch Potatoes Brett Megarry

After years of being told “hey, you’ve got a good voice for radio”, and after realizing he has no other discernible talents or skills, Brett decided to pursue a career in broadcasting. In 2004, he graduated as a Broadcast major from the Creative Communications program at Red River College, and was immediately hired at 680 CJOB for the glamorous position of Overnight Weekend Operator. He then spent a few years as technical producer for Charles Adler and his national afternoon show, then a few years after that as afternoon news anchor, before being called up from the bullpen to fill in as an afternoon host. In 2016 he was paired with Greg Mackling, aka the 680 CJOB “Talk Idol”, to host an afternoon show called “Mackling & Megarry”, and together they now host the 680 CJOB Morning Show.He is also the co-host of a weekend He previously held posts as resident conductor entertainment show called The Couch Potatoes (with Jeff of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Braun), which is broadcast on affiliate stations inEdmonton, associate conductor of the Louisville Calgary, Hamilton, London and Kamloops.

Orchestra. As principal timpanist of the Honolulu Symphony for twenty years, Chafetz Jeff Braun would also conduct the annual Nutcracker Jeff Braun is a born and bred Manitoban, performances with Ballet Hawaii and originally from Altona. After high school, Jeff principals from the American Ballet Theatre. It moved to Brandon where he attended was during that time that Chafetz led broadcasting school at Assiniboine Community numerous concerts with the Maui Symphony College. He graduated with honours from the and Pops. He’s led numerous Spring Ballet MediaProduction course in 1995, moved to Winnipeg and in the performances at the world-renowned Jacobs fall of 1998 began his career with 680 CJOB.Following several School of Music at Indiana University. years as a technical producer,Jeff moved into the anchor chair where he’s been ever since.He also co-hosts The Couch Potatoes In the summers, Chafetz spends his time at the with Brett Megarry on the weekends.When asked why he does Chautauqua Institution, where he conducts what he does, Jeff says he simply enjoys sitting in a small room the annual Fourth of July and Opera Pops. and speaking aloud into a microphone. In his downtime, Jeff enjoys going to the movies and barbecuing.

Chafetz makes his home near San Francisco, CA, with his wife Ann Krinitsky. Chafetz holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laurel Ridd, flute; Tracy Wright, oboe; Mike Dassios, clarinet; the College-Conservatory of Music at the Allen Harrington, bassoon; Miles Thomsen, trumpet; Donna University of Cincinnati and a master’s from Laube, keyboard; Francois Godere, trombone; Victoria Sparks, the Eastman School of Music.

Brendan Thompson, and Caroline Bucher, percussion

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Julian Pellicano, conductor Sarah Svendsen, organ

Postcards from the Sky Unfolding Sky Weeping Clouds A Messenger

Marjan Mozetich (b. 1948)

Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani in G minor

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

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Mendelssohn & Pärt

- INTERMISSION -

Trisagion

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107,“Reformation” Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Andante – Allegro con fuoco Allegro vivace Andante – Choral:“Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott”(Andante con moto) – Allegro vivace – Allegro maestoso

Friday, November 15 Saturday, November 16

8:00 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Official Radio Station of the WSO Classics:

Westminster United Church Pre -Concert Chat onstage Friday, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, 6:45 p.m.

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group of French composers designated by the French critic Henri Collet to purge French music from

by James Manishen heaviness, weighty Romanticism and Postcards from the Sky hazy impressionism in favour of Marjan Mozetich clean lines and emotional reserve – b. Gorizia, Italy / 1948 the Organ Concerto showed a First performance: April, 1996 (Ottawa), deeply devout and sensual style. conducted by Paul Andreas Mahr Until then, Poulenc’s chamber music, First WSO performance songs, ballets, concertos and piano pieces covered Collet’s rules and Though Canadian composer were often funds of cheeky refined Marjan Mozetich was active in displays born from an intuitive the avant guard music circles natural expression.“My rules are during his earlier career, from instinctive”he once said.“As for the 80s onwards his musical inspiration, it is so mysterious that it path has been towards a post-modern is wiser not to try to explain it.” romantic musical style: a blend of the Though raised in a religious family, traditional, the popular and the modern.

Since 1990, he has been on the composition Poulenc had little concern with faith until a talented musician friend was staff at the School of Music, Queen’s killed in an automobile accident in University in Kingston.

1936.“Pondering on the fragility of Commissioned with assistance from the our human frame, the life of the spirit Canada Council, Mozetich’s Postcards from attracted me anew”Poulenc wrote, the Sky is the title of an evocative set of short later rejoining the Church and movements for string orchestra on the expressing his Catholic faith regularly heavens, either literal or metaphorical. and enthusiastically.

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Unfolding Sky has a gradual unfolding of an opening melody partnered with a rising theme in the lower strings, both over pulsating violin accompaniment.The closing suggests the rising of the sun into its full morning glory. Weeping Clouds entails a descending melodic line of a lamenting nature that is passed among the string instruments, moving upward only at the end.

A seesawing two-note accompaniment gives an ethereal feeling, the descending plucked strings simulating falling rain.A Messenger has a hauntingly simple melody gliding over hypnotic accompaniment, reflecting on the infinite beyond worldly concerns.

Organ Concerto Francis Poulenc b. Paris / January 7, 1899 d. Paris / January 30, 1963 Composed: 1938 First performance: June 21, 1939 (Paris) conducted by Roger Désormière, with Maurice Duruflé as soloist Last WSO performance: 2015; Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor; James David Christie, organ

The Organ Concerto comprises a single movement cast in seven sections of contrasting tempos and textures, a nod to the Baroque keyboard fantasia’s formal structure.

Poulenc unifies the structure through thematic relationships, in particular the great outbursts of the solo organ in the first and last sections that remind of J.S. Bach’s Organ Fantasia in G minor (the “Great”).Timpani reinforce and set apart the bass line, with strings carefully blended to the organ registrations to produce distinctive sonorities in this amalgam of seriousness and popular style from, as he once said,“the outskirts of my religious music.”

was inspired by the work of John Chrysostum, and is named for the "thrice holy" call in the frequent opening prayers of the Eastern Church. Trisagion was dedicated to the parish of the prophet Elias (Elijah) in Ilomantsi (Finland) on the occasion of its 500th anniversary.

Ilomantsi has 17.4% Orthodox minority, which is the largest percentage among Finnish municipalities.

The premiere took place in the same church in July 1992 by the Ensemble XXI from Moscow, conducted by its founder and conductor Lygia O’Riordan. Pärt was resident composer during the summer session of Ensemble XXI,“Creativity in Silence,” and spent a week in Ilomantsi practicing with the orchestra and refining his composition.

Divided into sections of rhythmic and dynamic variety, the parameters of this text in Church Slavonic (number of syllables per word, accentuations etc.) are the determining factor in the composition. After the eleventh and final sequences, the Lord’s Prayer, the nine-part strings pulsate on a single E minor chord into silence.

“Reformation” Symphony Felix Mendelssohn b. Hamburg / February 3, 1809 d. Leipzig / November 4, 1847 Composed: 1829-1830 First performance: November 15, 1832 (Berlin) conducted by the composer Last WSO performance: 2004, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

In 1530, German humanist, Reformer, theologian, and Trisagion educator Philip Arvo Pärt Melanchthon wrote b. Paide, Estonia / September 11, 1935 what became the basic creed of the First Performance: July 18, 1992 Lutheran Church. Entitled the (Ilomantsi, Finland) conducted by Augsburg Confession, it was Lygia O’Riordan sanctioned by Luther and became a First WSO performance fundamental cornerstone of the Reformation. In 1830 a celebration Trisagion for string Francis Poulenc’s Organ was planned to commemorate its orchestra means Concerto proved to be a 300th anniversary, and 20-year-old departure for his followers Thrice Holy in Greek. composer Felix Mendelssohn was when it appeared in 1938. As Although purely a member of “Les Six”– a instrumental, the piece commissioned to write a work in its honour.

French translations will be available in the lobby.

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It is remarkable to think that a composer that young had been selected for such a weighty task but Mendelssohn was no ordinary talent. In 1829 he made the first of his nine visits to England, where he would go on to become as famous as Handel. As well, his selection for the commission was unusual since he had been born into one of northern Europe’s most prominent Jewish families.

While a boy Mendelssohn’s father had him baptized into the Christian faith since life for Jews in his birthplace Hamburg had become intolerable during the French occupation. Felix later added the Christian surname Bartholdy to his name and abandoned his old religion.Taking on the commission, Mendelssohn embraced Luther and confirmed his admiration for the man that translated the bible into German.

Just as Mendelssohn was beginning to think about the new symphony in September 1829, he suffered a carriage accident in London that left him bedridden for two months. Little progress was made until he returned to Berlin, where he completed the work in April 1830, well ahead of the planned festival premiere in June. But problems lay ahead.

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Political unrest had the German princes rethinking a religious festival and the commemoration was cancelled. Mendelssohn tried to get the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra interested but the musicians found the new symphony dogmatic with “too little melody.”Mendelssohn was so upset, he never set foot in Paris again.

sermon to depict the hovering of the Holy Spirit. Ein’feste Burg is Luther’s famous setting of Psalm 46.

The opening movement’s introduction recalls Renaissance polyphony, the trombone colours in the chorale passages invoking somber dignity. Closing the introduction, the strings suspend the “Dresden Amen”in high register.The Finally in November 1832, tempo quickens as the music Mendelssohn premiered the stormily argues out through minor Reformation Symphony himself in keys. Some scholars have written that Berlin to mild acclaim, and he filed it here Mendelssohn symbolizes the away as a lost cause. It was not played zealous combat of the early again until 1868, two decades after Protestants against the old Mendelssohn’s death.Though it was conventions. the second of the mature symphonies The second and third movements he composed, the Reformation Symphony was “No. 5”since it was the have no religious associations.The second is light and dance-like.The last to be published. third has the feel of a personal prayer Two of the most famous Protestant and is more a preface to what lays hymns are included in the ahead than an actual movement.

Reformation Symphony: the “Dresden Amen”in the first movement and the The winds present Luther’s great chorale Ein’feste Burg ist unser Gott (A chorale to open the finale, which unfolds richly over its course, Mighty Fortress is our God) in the Finale.The “Amen”was associated with culminating in a grand re-statement of the celebrated theme by the full the Lutheran service in Dresden, where it was used in response to the orchestra.

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Mendelssohn & Pärt

Sara Svendsen, organ Past laureate of the Royal Canadian College of Organist’s (RCCO) National Organ Playing Competition, organist Sarah Svendsen is a graduate of the Yale School of Music and cofounder of/performer in Organized Crime Duo. Sarah specializes in the performance of Canadian organ works and has performed in Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. In September of 2016, Sarah made her symphonic debut as soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), for which her playing was reviewed to be “greatly virtuosic” by Chronicler musical, La Liberté. Svendsen is scheduled for a return appearance with the WSO in November, 2019.

When not concertizing, Sarah spends her time in Toronto freelancing and pursuing a DMA in Organ Performance under Dr. Patricia Wright at her alma mater, the University of Toronto. Sarah holds a Master’s degree in organ from the Yale School of Music where she studied with Professor Thomas Murray.This degree was in conjunction with the Yale Institute of Sacred Music where she completed the Institute’s Church Music Diploma.

For the 2013/14 Yale academic year, Sarah was the organist for Battell Chapel,Yale University Church.

From 2009 until 2014, Sarah was the assistant at Toronto’s Metropolitan United Church, known for housing the largest pipe organ in Canada. Sarah was born and raised in rural Nova Scotia, Canada.

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BMO NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Julian Pellicano, conductor

In Concert Live to Film Featuring the Voice Talents of: CHRIS SARANDON CATHERINE O’HARA KEN PAGE WILLIAM HICKEY GLENN SHADIX PAUL REUBENS A BURTON/DI NOVI Production Music, Lyrics & Score by DANNY ELFMAN Based on a Story and Characters by TIM BURTON Adaptation by MICHAEL MCDOWELL Screenplay by CAROLINE THOMPSON Produced by TIM BURTON AND DENISE DI NOVI Directed by HENRY SELICK Soundtrack available on WALT DISNEY RECORDS

This film is rated “PG.” There will be one intermission

Saturday, November 30 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 1 2:00 p.m.

BMO Night at the Movies Series Sponsor:

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Join the WSO on the world stage when we perform in the Netherlands and Belgium in May 2020 as part of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian Forces during WW2.

You can come along as part of one of two tours that are being offered through the Great Canadian Travel Company, or they will help you build your own tour. For more information contact Natalie Hebert at (204) 949-0199 or email her at natalie@gctravel.ca or visit www.greatcanadiantravel.com/destination/wso-netherlands-tours/

ADOPT A MUSICIAN Help us ensure that we can make this once in a lifetime opportunity possible by adopting a musician and showing your financial support of the WSO’s world tour.

Musicians are $5,000 to adopt but donations of every size are welcome.

Contact Beth Proven at (204) 949-3989 or bproven@wso.mb.ca for more information.

ROTTERDAM GALA AND CONCERT Join us in Rotterdam on May 5, 2020 for a gala dinner and concert celebrating Netherland’s Liberation Day. Tickets are $300 Cdn and include a pre-concert gala dinner, a ticket to the WSO’s concert in Rotterdam, and post-concert dessert. To book the Rotterdam gala contact Natalie at (204) 949-0199 or email natalie@gctravel.ca .

TRAVELLING ON YOUR OWN TO THE NETHERLANDS? Please go online to the concert halls in the cities where you will travel to book your concert tickets. Links may be found on the WSO’s website.

Sunday, May 3, 2020 Arnhem, Musis Sacrum Monday, May 4, 2020 Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Rotterdam, de Doelen Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Groningen, Oosterpoort Thursday, May 7, 2020 Antwerp, de Singel Friday, May 8, 2020 Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg Saturday, May 9, 2020 Heerlen, Parkstad Theatre

Jane Glover, conductor Andrea Lett, soprano Andrea Hill, mezzo-soprano Zach Finkelstein, tenor Stephen Hegedus, baritone CMU Festival Chorus, Janet Brenneman, artistic director

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 7

7:30 p.m.

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

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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.

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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.

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Messiah

Jane Glover, conductor Jane Glover is Music Director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque.

Former posts include director of the London Mozart Players, principal conductorships of both the Huddersfield and the London Choral Societies and Director of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music.

She has conducted all the major orchestras in Britain, as well as orchestras in Europe, the U.S., Canada, the Far East and Australia and is in demand on the international opera stage with appearances in London, Berlin, Chicago and New York, including the Metropolitan Opera. Her recordings include discs with the London Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Singers and Trinity Choir, Wall Street. Her books, Mozart’s Women, and Handel in London were published in September 2005 and September 2018 respectively. She was created a CBE in the 2003 New Year’s Honours.

her roles have included Musetta (Saskatoon Mainstage Opera) Adele cover (Santa Fe Opera), Queen of the Night (Manitoba Underground Opera), Gretel (Saskatoon Opera School Tour), and Rose Maybud in Ruddigore (Winnipeg G&S Society). Miss Lett is a graduate of the Opera School at University of Toronto (M.Mus Opera) where she studied with soprano Mary Morrison and holds a B.Mus Perf from University of Manitoba with Monica Huisman.

Andrea Hill, mezzo-soprano

From Calgary, mezzo-soprano Andrea Hill established her career in Paris and now balances engagements at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden in London, her native Canada and on major stages in France. During the 2018-2019 season, she appeared as Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos for Festival d’Aix en Provence, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Opéra Théâtre de Metz Métropole, reprised Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Manitoba Opera, and joined Edmonton Opera for Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. Her recent concert schedule included Messiah for the Andrea Lett, soprano Milwaukee Symphony and Kitchener’s Grand Praised for her "clear voice soaring to Philarmonic Choir. Rounding out the calendar year, stratospheric heights" (Opera Andrea will serve as the mezzo soloist in Handel’s Canada), soprano Andrea Lett is Messiah the Victoria Symphony as well as the quickly making a name for herself in Winnipeg Symphony. Further credits include Gran the classical music scene across Teatre de Liceu, Calgary Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria Canada. Ms. Lett made her Manitoba and Opera national de Lorraine à Nancy.

Opera debut in the 2018/19 season as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and returned as Berta in Manitoba Zach Finkelstein, tenor Opera’s spring production of The Barber of Seville.

Hailed by the New York Times as a Ms. Lett made her Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra “compelling tenor,” Americandebut in March as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Canadian Zach Finkelstein has quickly Requiem, and will joined the North York Concert established himself as a leading Orchestra in June as the soprano soloist in soloist in North America and abroad, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Upcoming performances from Seattle’s Benaroya Hall to New include Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s Messiah York’s Lincoln Center to London’s Sadler’s Wells to in December 2019, and Regina Symphony the National Arts Center in Beijing, China. In the Orchestra’s Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in 2020. current season, the Seattle-based tenor will be heard A recipient of the CBC Young Artist’s Development in Messiah for the Winnipeg Symphony, the Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the 2018 Evangelist in Bach’s Johannes Passion for The Florida Canadian Opera Company’s Center Stage Gala, Orchestra and the Vancouver Bach Choir and Haydn’s Ms. Lett will record and be featured on CBC’s In Creation with the Sequoia Symphony. A Tanglewood Concert program and Saturday Afternoon at the and Carmel Bach Festival alumnus, the Seattle-based Opera. tenor holds an Artist Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School in Lett was engaged at San Francisco Opera as a principal cover (Ah Sing) for the world premiere of Toronto and Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal. Zach’s debut album,‘Britten and Pears: John Adams and Peter Sellars’s Girls of the Golden West. A 2017 Apprentice Artist for Santa Fe Opera, the Canticles’, is available on Scribe Records.

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Messiah

Stephen Hegedus, baritone Stephen Hegedus is that rarest of bass-baritones, equally at home in the works of Puccini and Donizetti as well as those of Bach and Mozart. His busy 2019-20 schedule includes Leporello in Don Giovanni and Lucifer in La Resurrezione for Opera Atelier, Messiah with the Okanagan Symphony, Rocco in Leonore with Opera Lafayette, Stabat Mater for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Considering Matthew Shepard with the Pax Christi Chorale and Bach’s Lutheran Masses for Choeur St. Laurent. He recently appeared for Edmonton Opera as the Tutor in Le comte Ory and for Manitoba Opera as Leporello. Concert highlights include Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Carnegie Hall and Messiah with the Seattle Symphony.

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.

CMU Festival Chorus Director Janet Brenneman is Associate Professor of Music at Canadian Mennonite 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 Canadian Mennonite University Festival Singers and the Amadeus Choir of Toronto in a Chorus, Janet Brenneman, director performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in The CMU Festival Chorus, in its inaugural season, December 2017. brings together the choral traditions and excellent quality of three distinct ensembles The current season brings CMU Festival Chorus to under the CMU umbrella to create an ensemble the concert hall stage with the WSO and conductor comprised of current CMU students, CMU Jane Glover to perform Handel's Messiah in alumni, and community members.With its roots December 2019. in excellent performances by the former Mennonite Festival Chorus, the choir members ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN: have worked with distinguished WSO directors Michelle Mourre, keyboard Bramwell Tovey, Andrey Boreyko and Alexander

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Julian Pellicano, conductor Manitoba Theatre for Young People* Winnipeg Boys’ Choir, Carolyn Boyes and Spencer Duncanson, co-directors

Brother Heinrich’s Christmas*

John Rutter

The Snowman

Music by Howard Blake

CANADA LIFE KIDS CONCERTS

The Snowman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Snowman

Manitoba Theatre for Young People Theresa Thomson

Winnipeg Boys’ Choir, Carolyn Boyes and Spencer Duncanson, co-directors

Theresa is delighted to get to direct our performers and assist MTYP’s work for Brother Heinrich’s Christmas.

Theresa is the Theatre School Assistant Director at Manitoba Theatre for Young People.

She has been working at MTYP’s theatre school since 2000 and highlights include: instructing all the different classes and camps, creating In Wonderland and To The Core for MTYP’s Spring Company and directing the last 7 productions for MTYP’s Summer Studio, which brings a show to the Winnipeg Fringe every year.

Outside of her work with MTYP,Theresa is also an actor, director, instructor and makeup artist.

Kent Suss Kent jumped at the chance to direct the voice actors and shadow puppet sequences for Brother Heinrich’s Christmas.

Kent Suss is the Theatre School Director at Manitoba Theatre for Young People, and an instructor of Drama in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winnipeg.

He has created puppets for many theatre productions, including Talking to Strangers (Upcycle Theatre Collective), the opera Little Red’s Most Unusual Day (Three Little Birds Productions), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (MTYP’s Shakespeare Company).

Kent currently teaches the class Puppet Magic to 5 and 6 year olds at Manitoba Theatre for Young People.

Celebrating its 95th season in 2019-20, the Winnipeg Boys’ Choir (WBC) is an auditioned group dedicated to high-quality music making and vocal training in a convivial atmosphere. Possibly Canada’s oldest freestanding boys’ choir, it was founded as a treble choir in 1925 by the Men’s Musical Club, an organization important in the inception and early days of many local institutions, including the Music Festival, the Philharmonic Choir, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Led

by Artistic Director and Treble Chorus conductor Carolyn Boyes, the choir presents two concerts each season, while the Treble and Senior Choruses, together and separately, regularly perform with our city’s finest arts organizations and support our community through fundraising and outreach performances. For nearly a decade, the Senior Chorus, now under Spencer Duncanson, has guided maturing singers through the voice change as they develop vocal confidence and musical sophistication; their presence has vastly expanded the repertoire open to the choir. Assistant Conductor Albert Bergen and Rehearsal Conductor Larry Weckwerth, together with pianists Deena Grier and Lisa Rumpel, round out the artistic staff, offering their invaluable musical support and expertise to the benefit of singers and audience alike.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Laura MacDougall, flute; Victoria Sparks, percussion; Michelle Mourre, keyboard

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Julian Pellicano, conductor New York Voices: Darmon Meader, tenor and musical director Peter Eldridge, baritone Lauren Kinhan, soprano Kim Nazarian, soprano

Canadian Brass Medley Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel Let It Snow

POPS SOUNDBYTES SOUNDBYTES

New York Voices Christmas Special

arr. Luther Henderson & Calvin Custer Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader Sammy Cahn & Julie Styne /arr. Darmon Meader & Don Sebesky Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader arr. Darmon Meader & Peter Eldridge Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader Traditional / arr. Michele Weir Traditional / arr. Darmon Meader & Pat Hollenbeck

Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem S’vivon Alfred Burt Medley Coventry Carol O Come, All Ye Faithful We Three Kings

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Sleigh Ride Christmas Song/ Christmas Time is Here Holiday for Strings Sleepers, Wake!

I Wonder as I Wander Merry Medley: The Man with the Bag I’d Like You for Christmas Santa Claus is Coming to Town Silent Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Leroy Anderson Mel Torme & Robert Wells Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson arr. Darmon Meader & Jorge Callendrelli David Rose /arr. Darmon Meader J. S. Bach /arr. Darmon Meader Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader arr. Darmon Meader

Franz Xaver Grüber / Joseph Mohr arr. Darmon Meader Traditional /arr. Darmon Meader

Friday, December 13 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 14 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 15 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile, Sunday, 1:00p.m.

Manitoba Band Association Tuba Christmas Festival

DINNER & SYMPHONY

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New York Voices New York Voices was born in the mid-1980s at upstate New York’s Ithaca College. Peter Eldridge, an aspiring jazz pianist who came late to singing; Kim Nazarian, who dreamed of a life on Broadway; and Darmon Meader, a saxophonist and self-described “choral geek,” came together in the school’s vocal jazz ensemble.

Director Dave Reilly included all three of them, as well as Caprice Fox, in an ensemble he’d been invited to bring on a tour of European jazz festivals.“It seemed to go over so well that Darmon and I decided to keep it going, try to make something happen professionally,” Eldridge recalls.“Kim and Caprice were part of that original band, and we slowly but surely made the transition to New York City in 1988.”There they met Sara Krieger, who became the fifth member of the band Reilly had named “New York Voices.”

With the dawn of the 21st century, NYV increased its currency in the jazz world via collaborations with institutions such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Paquito d’Rivera, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band.They also launched a jazz education initiative, inaugurating its Vocal Jazz Camp for aspiring jazz singers in 2008. (A European version of the Camp began in 2016).

Each of its members has also established a career as an educator: Eldridge is a voice professor at Berklee College of Music; Nazarian is vocal jazz instructor at Ithaca College and artist-inresidence at both Bowling Green State University and Tri-C Community College in Cleveland; Kinhan is an adjunct faculty member at New York University; and Meader is an artist in residence at Indiana University.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS: Nenad Zdjelar, bass; Derrick Gardner, trumpet; Will Bonness, keyboard; Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Your Own Personally Named Fund

WSO & School Bank Photo: Steve Salnikowski

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

Dr. Siana Attwell Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mr. Hugh B. Cowan Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Irene Janzen Richard & Carol Jones Koren & Leonard Kaminski Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena Kevin & Els Kavanagh Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch Erwin Kitsch M. Michel D. Lagacé Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens

Sistema Choir Photo: Steve Salnikowski

Gail Loewen Bill & Shirley 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. Elizabeth Szirom Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Donn K.Yuen 6 Anonymous

As part of your legacy planning, you may wish to set up your own named fund at the Winnipeg Foundation to support the many education programs of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. For a minimum donation of $10,000, which can be paid over a period of years, you may set up a fund to permanently support your symphony orchestra.

The fund can be named for you, or for someone you wish to honour. The fund will be invested in the market and will earn interest income. Each year, a portion of this income will be sent to the WSO in your name. Donations to endowments are also eligible for matching through the Canadian Cultural Investment Fund. Your legacy will carry on for generations to come.

If you would like information about making a legacy gift, please call Beth Proven at 204-949-3989, bproven@wso.mb.ca OR join us on Saturday, November 2, 6:30 p.m. at the Concert Hall. RSVP to Theresa at 204-949-3973 or thuscroft@wso.mb.ca

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RBC Emerging Artists Project The WSO would like to thank RBC and the RBC Emerging Artists Project for supporting the RBC Emerging Conductors Program at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

The only project like this in Canada, the RBC Emerging Conductors Program supports new and upcoming conductors through two programmatic streams, the RBC

The RBC Assistant Conductor, Naomi Woo Naomi Woo was recently named the RBC Assistant Conductor. In creating this new position at the WSO, the orchestra deliberately sought a strong female emerging conductor as a way of supporting women on the podium.

We were extremely fortunate to attract Naomi Woo to the position, a recent PhD graduate from Cambridge University. Naomi is conducting the Canada Life Kids Concerts, the University of Manitoba Orchestra, the WSO’s extensive education and outreach programs, and is the Music Director for the Sistema Winnipeg Program.

Assistant Conductor position and the RBC Canadian Conductors Showcase.

The RBC Canadian Conductors Showcase Four emerging conductors from across Canada participated in the RBC Canadian Conductors Showcase on October 11, 2019 at Glenlawn Collegiate -- two men and two women. These young and emerging conductors had the rare and unique opportunity to conduct a professional orchestra for one hour each and were given coaching and feedback from WSO Music Director Daniel Raiskin. Next season, one lucky conductor from this group will be brought back to conduct a public performance of the WSO.

Pictured at the RBC Canadian Conductors Showcase from left to right: Emerging conductors Marie-France Mathieu, Daniel Black, Alana Chan and Jaelem Bhate with RBC Assistant Conductor Naomi Woo, WSO Music Director Daniel Raiskin, RBC Community Manager Kathleen Michaluk and WSO Associate Conductor Julian Pellicano.

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WSO SUPPORTERS

Nita Eamer Memorial Fund, The Winnipeg Foundation Francofonds Inc. The WSO gratefully acknowledges The Bertram Austin Goodman, the following companies whose Mary Easton McLaren Goodman generous support helps to ensure & Dorothy Jean Goodman musical enrichment within our Foundation community.

Marjory Alexander Graham & Family Fund The Mavis Gray Family Foundation George Warren Keates Memorial Fund -The Winnipeg Foundation Allen & Marion Lambert Fund Podium Lutz Family Foundation $25,000 + Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund Johnston Group Inc. John & Carolynne McLure Fund The WSO Women's Committee - The Winnipeg Foundation Moffat Family Fund - The Winnipeg Resident Artist Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 John & Shelley Page Fund Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund PQR Fund, in memory of Peter D. Curry Principal Chair $5,000 - $9,999 Program for the Enrichment of French in Education Cambrian Credit Union Richardson Foundation Qualico Siobhan Richardson Foundation Inc. Terracon Development Ltd. Ross Robinson Family Foundation Assistant Principal Chair Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation $2,500 - $4,999 Burton A. & Geraldine L. Robinson Fund, The Winnipeg Foundation J.K. May Investments Ltd. Esther & David Sanders Foundation Premier Printing Ltd. of Winnipeg Orchestra Chair Sandra & Harvey Secter Family Fund $1,000 - $2,499 David & Leda Slater Memorial Fund, Maxim Truck & Trailer Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Number Ten Architectural Group Leslie John Taylor Fund - The Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Winnipeg Foundation Pollard Banknote Limited Marylla van Ginkel Memorial Fund Royal Bank of Canada Music Stand $500 - $999 Coghlan's Limited Mid West Packaging Limited Councillor Devi Sharma Riser under $500 Barn Hammer Brewing European Art Glass Ltd. InterGroup Consultants Ltd. Lorron Agencies Ltd. Patill/St. James Insurance Bruce Miltenberg Real Estate, in memory of Loren Karlowsky Waverley Tenant Association

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.

Dr. Siana Attwell Lucienne Blouw Dolores P. Brommell Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Hugh B. Cowan Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard The WSO gratefully acknowledges Irene Janzen Richard & Carol Jones the following foundations: Koren & Leonard Kaminski Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena - The Winnipeg Foundation Kevin & Els Kavanagh Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund, The Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Winnipeg Foundation Paul McCulloch The Benevity Community Impact Fund Erwin Kitsch The Blair Family Foundation M. Michel D. Lagacé Foundation for Choral Music in Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Manitoba Gail Loewen Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation Bill & Shirley Loewen D'Addario Foundation

Foundations

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. Elizabeth Szirom Edith A. Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Donn K. Yuen 6 Anonymous

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

Honourary Chair Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Diamond MC $50,000+ Michael Nesbitt Platinum Baton $25,000-$49,000 Gail Asper O.C., O.M., LL.D. & Michael Paterson James Cohen & Linda McGarva-Cohen Joanne DeFehr & Marten Duhoux Daniel Friedman & Rob Dalgliesh Bill & Shirley Loewen Curt & Cathy Vossen Gold MC $10,000 -$24,999 Timothy & Barbara Burt Marjorie Blankstein C.M., O.M., LL.D Kevin & Els Kavanagh Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Ron & Sandi Mielitz Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Daniel Raiskin Hartley & Heather Richardson Elizabeth Szirom Dr. Ken & Lorna Thorlakson Silver MC $5,000-$9,999 Lucienne Blouw Herb & Erna Buller Art & Leona DeFehr John & Gay Docherty David & Diane Johnston Len & Koren Kaminski Michael & Glenna Kay Robin Hildebrand Aaron Lewis, in memory of Norma & Ernst Schell Naomi Levine & Arthur Mauro

Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley Gerry & Barb Price Shirley Richardson Tannis Richardson Lea Stogdale Jim & Jan Tennant Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann 1 Anonymous Concertmaster's Bow $2,500-$4,999 Emily Burt & Tyler Makodanski Pierce & Amy Cairns Brenlee Carrington Trepel Frank & Agnes DeFehr Bill & Margaret Fast Dr. Albert & Mrs Lee Friesen Christine Skene & Nick Logan Dr. David Lyttle Elaine & Neil Margolis Carol & Barry McArton Ken & Judy Murray Ted & Mary Paetkau Fran Pollard Rick Riess & Jean Carter Olga & Bill Runnalls Trudy Schroeder M. Winnifred Sim Dr. Leslie Simard-Chiu & Dr. Aaron Chiu Muriel Smith Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen E. Toews Professor A.M.C. Waterman Klaus & Elsa Wolf Sandy Woytowich Black Tie $1,500-$2,499 Sandra Altner Shibashis Bal David & Gillian Bird Doneta Brotchie, C.M. & Harry Brotchie Dr. Francis Booth Steven & Ruth Chipman Jan & Kevin Coates Arlene Dahl Ryan & Janice Diduck Steven Dyer Joan & Glen Dyrda Philipp & Ilse Ens Mark & Jocelyn Gabbert Micah Heilbrunn Chelsey Hiebert Nora Kaufman John Kearsey Margaret Kellermann McCulloch & Paul McCulloch Dr. Terry Klassen & Grace Dueck Rob & Idelle Kowalchuk Dr. Judith Littleford Brent Mazur & Nancy Quiring Gord & Sherratt Moffatt Valerie Mollison Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Dr. Michael Nelson & Dr. Selena Friesen

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John Pacak & Dr. Clare Ramsey Wayne & Linda Paquin Diane Payment & Roxroy West Lesia Peet, in memory of Nicholas & Phyllis Chopp Jean-Francois Phaneuf Harvey I. Pollock Q.C. Carolynne Presser Beth M. Proven Dr. Diane Ramsey Jim & Leney Richardson Sanford & Deborah Riley Julia K. Ryckman Terry Sargeant Barbara Scheuneman Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Pam Simmons Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Richard Turner Eric & Susan Vickar Don & Florence Whitmore Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Professor A.M.C. Waterman Don & Florence Whitmore Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann

Friends of the WSO support the WSO each season.

Honourary Chair Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Symphony $600-$1,499 Andrew L Cooke Medical Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Lesley Baizley Dr. & Mrs. Brian & Cathie Bowerman Sheila & David Brodovsky Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Drs. David & Kathleen Connor John Corp Isaac Benjamin Diamond Kathleen Estey Wayne Forbes Robert & Linda Gold Guillermo Rocha Medical Corporation Gregg & Mary Hanson Margaret & Peter Hughes Robert Jaskiewicz Marianne Johnson Lawrence Jones Peter & Ellen Kroeker Millie & Wally Kroeker Katarina Kupca W.K. Labies Francoise Lesage & Ken Mills Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba Jonathan Mitchell Sharon Mooney Terry & Vi Moore Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Bonnie & Richard Olfert

Elizabeth Pawlicki Donna & Ian Plant Marina Plett-Lyle Tim Preston & Dave Ling Levi Reimer Barbara Scheuneman Dr. Marlis Schroeder Jim Skinner Deborah Spracklin Marilyn Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers Hans & Diana Werner Raymond & Shirley Wiest 2 Anonymous Concerto $300-$599 Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Pat & Harvey Anton Earl & Cheryl Barish F. Bell Irene Bergner Bruce Bertrand-Meadows Richard & Joy C. Betts Helga & Gerhard Bock Penny & Sheldon Bowles Mr. & Mrs. Fred Buckmaster Sel & Chris Burrows Gerald Callow Audrey Campbell Norm & Sylvia Cassie Shelley Chochinov David Christianson Ron Clement Joy Cooper & Martin Reed Irene & Robert Corne Dennis & Ruth Crook Peter Czaplinski O. Dilay Hilary Druxman John & Ada Ducas R & E Dupuis Beverley & Fred Dyck Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton Barbara Filuk Marcia Fleisher Judith Flynn Margaret Follett Penny Gilbert Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon Patricia Guy Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Allen Hattie Theresa Hay Daniel Heindl & Eugene Boychuk Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Elmer Hildebrand Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland N & L Holliday Audrey F. Hubbard Irene Janzen Margaret Jeffries T.G. Kucera Edith Landy, in Memory of David Landy Fraser & Joan Linklater Pat & Jim Ludwig Nola McBurney Maureen McIntosh

Louise McLandress Neil Middleton Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Ingrid Peters-Fransen Patricia Pollard Carol Poulin Rosemary Prior Guy Prokopetz Juta Rathke J. Reichert Iris Reimer Michael Rennie Barbara Sabanski Dr. & Mrs. Alvin & Ethel Schroeder Harald & Vicky Schulz Marie Shannon Phil & Nancy Shead Merrill & Shayna Shulman Gary & Gwen Steiman Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Margaret & Hartley Stinson Lorne Sunley Paul Swart Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Tom & Lori Thomas June & Lorne Thompson C. & R. Thomsen Neil & Carol Trembath Susan Twaddle Cornelia van Ineveld Robert Vineberg Thuraya Weedon Diane Weselake Edith Wiebe Karen Woods Harry & Evelyn Wray Betty Young 3 Anonymous Serenade $150-$299 Kaeren Anderson Doug Arrell & Dick Smith John & Janet Bailey K. Beach Nelson Dick & Minnie Bell Bruce & Joyce Berry Susan & Edwin Bethune Joan Blight Shirley Book Carol Budnick Donna Carruthers Laura Chan & Herman Lam Pensy Chan Julie Collings Glynis Corkal Helle Cosby Greg Cox Marlene J. Crielaard Margaret Cuddy Linda Daniels Tom Dercola Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman John & Ada Ducas George B. Elias John J. Enns Siegfried Enns Howard & Angela Epp Ursula Erhardt

Margaret E. Faber Juliana & Rick Fast Cheryl Ferguson Hon Janice Filmon Harold & Alice Funk George & Carol Gamby Jim & Betty Gaynor Paul Gemmiti Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen Gomori Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg Edmond Dorothy Huebert David Jacobson Ernest P Janzen Brent & Karen Johnson Ross & Betty Jo Johnston Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Marilyn Kapitany Len & Koren Kaminski Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena Kathleen Kemp Heather Kirkham Marion Korn Mona Koropatnick Jennifer Krestanowich Janet Kuchma Don Lawrence Kathy & Saul Leibl Nancy Leigh Tom & Lovie Liewicki Rose & Dick Lim Anne MacKay Jane MacKay Lorraine MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris Jackie Markstrom Linda Martin Kathy Martinuk S. McMillan Glen Mead Pierre Meunier Sue Miclash Bob & Penny Miller Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Sylvia Mitchell D.E. Morrison Morna-June Morrow John & Margaret Mundie Judith Murphy Kris Olafson Mikaela Oldenkamp Truus Oliver Eleanor Payne Stella C. Pena Sy Rick Pinchin Cornelia (Connie) Pope Edna Poulter Lois Powne Donna & Gordon Price Bryan & Diana Purdy Louis Ricciuto Dr. Reynold Redekopp David & Cynthia Reimer Nichole Riese Kevin Rollason & Gail MacAulay Joan Sabourin Matt Schaubroeck R. Schroeder

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Dr. Robert J. Schroth Harald & Vicky Schulz Kurt Schwarz Charlene Scouten Dr. L. Sekla Claire Sevenhuysen Mr. & Mrs. Ed Shwedyk Margot Sim Shirley Ann Simkulak Catherine Skene David & Lorraine Smith Brenda Snider Nata & Avery Spigelman Dr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen Sutton Moira Swinton & Bernie Léveillé Margaret Taylor Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. Robert Thomas Edith A. Toews Andrea Towers Herbert & Shirley Wildeman Donna Willis Clinton Wilmot Joan Wise Arlene Young & Robert O’Kell 12 Anonymous Prelude $75-$149 Trish Allison-Simms Joan Anderson Barbara & Bruce Ball Robert Baragar Marilyn Barker Robert Barton Ralph & Eileen Baxter Audrey Belyea Mr. & Mrs. Ken Betcher Diane Bewell Angela Blouin Matthew & Lauren Bolley J & J Braun Jackie Brignall Mr. & Mrs. G. G. Brodsky Q. C. Chris Brown & Pat McCullough Gloria Brown Irene Brown Dee Buchwald Kevin Burns John Burrows T. Patrick & Mary Jo Carrabré Patti Cherney Lawrie & Bea Cherniack Art Chow Stephen Smith & Melina Chow Leona Christiansen Candee Clark Beth Connery Glynis Corkal Joyce Cormack Judy & Werner Danchura George Daniels Beth Derraugh Claire Dionne Herbert & Norma Driver Harry & Mary Lynn Duckworth R. Duddek Paul Dueck Lisa Edel Margaret Edmonds

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John & Marilyn Ekins Margaret Elaine Ellis Don & Martha Epstein Margaret E. Faber Greg & Linda Fearn Helen Feniuk Nelma Fetterman J. C. Flynn Margo Foxford Marguerite Fredette Gitta Fricke Lise Laverdure & Francois Gauvin Jean Giguere Elaine Glass D. Gooch Heather Graham Marj Grevstad Katie & DeLloyd Guth George Haidau B. & R. Hall Margaret W. Harvie Dr. Peter Hayward Larry & Evelyn Hecht Marilyn Hido Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van Vlaenderen Susan Hildebrandt Brian Hirsch Cathy Hobday Kathryn Hofley Richard & Karen Howell Karen Hurst William J. Hutton Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Father Stan A. Jaworski Crystal & Gunther Jochum Brent & Karen Johnson Bev Kawchuk Erwin Kitsch Mary Klassen Jacki & Sheldon Koven Patricia Kuchma Ron Lambert Ingrid Lee Helen Litz Barry & Patricia Lloyd Lorron Agencies Ltd. Zeeba Loxley Alan MacInnes Al & Pat Mackling Barbara Main Priya Mani Allan Mapes Frank & Terry Martin Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Samara May Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba Angela McDonald C. & J. McIntyre Terri & Jim McKerchar Garfield McRae Linda Meckling Estelle Meyers Jocelyn Millard Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Shiela Miller Peter Morgan Joan Ann Morton Cathy Moser

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Charlotte Murrell Mel & Sharon Myers Bonnie Neil Fredy Y. Noriega David & Hermine Olfert Dr. Shelly Page Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Margaret Parker Sonjia Pasiechnik Donald Pearen Nettie Peters Ian & Ann-Margret Plummer Cristian Popescu Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan Dr. Fiona Punter Judith Putter Marie Ann Reeves Pat & Bil Reid Daryl & Sheila Reid Leslie Rentz Eleanor Riach Melissa Rice Tracy Ridley Susan Rosner Johnny & Pearly Rule Salangad Nicola Schaefer William Scheidt Henriette Schellenberg David Schroeder R. Schroeder Janet Schubert Gunter Schupke B.J.N. Scott Gail & Murray Singer Kaye Snatenchuk Soubry Community Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Garry & Linda Specht Geri & Peter Spencer Eleanor Stardom Melissa Steele & George Toles Dr. Camelia Stefanovici Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel Steiman Helena Stelsovsky Sally Stephens William Stewart Archie & Shirley Stone Charles Tax Betsy F. Thorsteinson Robert & Barbara Tisdale Elizabeth Toews Dr. Helen A. Toews Shelley Turnbull Edith Ugrin Suzanne Ullyot Barry & Gail Veals Nancy Vincent Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Evelyn Wener Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Robert Witzke Terrie Woodward Patrick Wright Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky Anne Yankiwski Donn K. Yuen Becca Zechoval 16 Anonymous

Sonatina under $75 Linda Anderson Dr. David Annandale Dorothy Arnold Aaron Bailey Jonathan Baker Shellometh Baladad Alison Baldwin Veronique Barthet Debbie Baty Karen Bauch Richard P. Bauch Eva Berard Eva Berman-Wong Donald & Edith Besant Connie L. Blamey Rex Blamey Doug Blaylock Dick J. Bloemheuvel J Darlene Boettcher Sally Boulding Richard Bowering Jean Boyes Rae Bradshaw Jocelyne Brar Paul & Doreen Bromley Dorothy Broomhall Shirley Brown Alfred Buelow Linda Campbell Amiya Chakraborty Rosemary Chambers Sister Josephine Chudzik Karen Couch Peggy Cove June Cowan Margaret Cuddy Jean Curtis D. Cymbalist Ashleigh Czyrnyj Karen Derkacz Susan Docker Amanda Douglas Spencer Duncanson Madison Espie Marg Fast Vera & Peter Fast Dr. Michelle Faubert Jenny Fehr Dr. Theo Fourie Hilda Franz Anne Friesen Marie Elizabeth Friesen Irma Froese Joycelyn & Bryan Gawryluk Bonnie Geller Eleanor Giffin Heather F. Graham Paul Granelli Inga Granovskaya Faye Grant Victoria Gretchen Marianne Gruber Gertrude Hamilton Leslie Hancock Audrey Hawkins Barbara Herriot-Miller

Margaret Hill Arlene Hintsa Dr. Stella Hryniuk Lee & Theresa Huscroft Ishbel Isaacs & Deborah Isaacs Brent Johnson Paul & Bonnie Johnson Karen Kaplen Gordon C. Keatch Thomas Keenan Marilynne Keil, in memory of David H. Skinner Katie Kirkpatrick Sandi Kneller Dorothy Knowles Ed & Helen Kolomaya Kozub/Halldorson Family Irene Kuhtey Carole Kurdydyk Anne La Tour Karen Lagadi Betty Laing Linda Lamoureux Chantal Lancaster Elizabeth Lansard Daniel Christian Lavallee Nancy Leblond Mr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill Levene Lisa Lewis Dr. Mark Libin Katrina Limberatos Jacqueline Louer Patricia Loustel Mr. & Mrs. William & Christina MacKay Linda Magne Joyce Manwaring Audrey Mark Dr. Peter & Mrs. Jane Markesteyn Irene Marriott Dennis & Cherylynn Martai Patricia McDowell Shirley McGregor Dan & Heidi McInnis Jim McLaren Ardythe McMaster Carolyn Mitchell Sandi Mitchell Lisa Molin Youssef Mouzahem Josh & Kimberly Muehling Dr. Thomas Nesmith Cathy Nieroda Robert O'Kell Brian O'Leary Alice Oswald Shirley & Graham Padgett Georgine Palmquist Hubert Parker Ellen Peel & Neil Bruneau Denise Penley Ken Penner Diana Peters Rose Popowich Ken & Geri Porath Janis Pregnall James & Christine Prendergast Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Joanne Prygrocki

M. Reguly Susan Renard Pat Repa Beverley Ridd Heather Robbins V. Rosolowich Zev Rumstein Shirley Russell Elaine Rust Violeta Sabo Edward Sale Gary & Jackie Sallows Claudia Sarbit Eduardo Saveliovsky Jessie Sawicz Ken Schykulski Sharna Searle Jim & Susan Shaw Norrine Shobrooke Arlene Sinclair Mr. & Mrs. Smith Nancy Sommerfeld Marianne Staub Lorne Stelmach Frances Stewart Robert B. Stinson Katrina Stratton Muriel Sutherland Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Edith Sharon Taylor Bill & Barb Toews Nellie Tokarchuk Shirley Twerdun Ricki Valcourt Stephanie M. van Nest Breandan Waddell-Flynn Dr. Vanessa Warne Glen Angus Webster Annemarie Wiebe Cathy Wiebe Grace M. Wiebe Theresa Wiktorski Lilli Williams Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wright Bruno Zimmer Marissa Lousie Zurba 12 Anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri Hall Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Hilda & Elmer Hildebrand Koren & Leonard Kaminski Patricia Kellendonk Kozub/Halldorson Family Ron Lambert Bernard Lévellé Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Frank & Terry Martin Ron & Sandi Mielitz Sheila Miller Sharon Mooney Margaret Moroz Michael Nesbitt Bob and Cindy Newfield Mikaela Oldenkamp Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Beth M. Proven Daniel Raiskin Pat and Bill Reid Michael Rennie Olga & Bill Runnalls Barbara Scheuneman Muriel Smith Marlene Stern & Peter Rae Dr. Ken and Lorna Thorlakson Annual Giving - The Winnipeg Foundation Stephanie M. van Nest Karin Woods Dr. Jens J. Wrogemann Anne Yankiwski 1 Anonymous

Share the Music is a unique outreach initiative of the WSO that allows economically disadvantaged children and their families to attend WSO performances. Thank you for helping to Share the Music!

Debbie Baty Doug Blaylock Shelley Chochinov Candee Clark Marlene J. Crielaard Festival donors help to further Linda Edel the musical artistry of the Cheryl Ferguson WSO’s New Music Festival.

Eleanor Giffin Thank you!

Crystal & Gunther Jochum Dr. Linda Asper Maureen Kilgour & Richard Goulet Baked Expectations - Beth Grubert Karen Lagadi & Family Dan & Heidi McInnis David & Gillian Bird Cathy Nieroda Jackie Brignall Henriette Schellenberg Kevin Burns Barbara Scheuneman Timothy & Barbara Burt Brenda Sklar Pat & Mary Jo Carrabre Telus Peter Czaplinski Jim & Jan Tennant Kathleen & David Estey Donna Wills Guillermo Rocha Medical Alan & Linda Wright Corporation 1 Anonymous

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

Honourary Chair Daniel Scholz, Principal Viola Vivace $1,500+ D'Addario Foundation Mark & Jocelyn Gabbert The Goodman Foundation Chelsey Hiebert Junior League of Winnipeg Legacy Fund Moffat Family Fund - The Winnipeg Foundation Jean-Francois Phaneuf Maurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce Fund Richardson Foundation Siobhan Richardson Foundation Shirley Richardson Lea Stogdale Jim & Jan Tennant E. Toews 1 Anonymous Con Brio $600 - $1,499 Margaret & Peter Hughes Dr. David Lyttle Lydia MacKenzie Jonathan E. Mitchell The Esther & David Sanders Foundation of Winnipeg Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Judy Nichol & Jim Skinner 1 Anonymous Allegro $150 - $599 John A. Bailey K. Beach Nelson Irene Bergner Stephen Brodovsky, in memory of our grandparents, Ethel & Moe Pierce Audrey Campbell Dave Christianson & Vera Steinberger Juliana Fast Hon Janice Filmon Judith & Peter Flynn Foundation for Choral Music in Manitoba James Thomson Memorial Fund The Winnipeg Foundation

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Margaret Jeffries Joseph & Judith Malko Family Fund - the Strategic Charitable Giving Nancy Leigh Jackie Markstrom Kathy Martinuk Maureen McIntosh Morna-June Morrow Stella C. Pena Sy Patricia Pollard, in Memory of Gary Pollard Guy Prokopetz Levi & Tena Reimer Shirley Richardson Nichole Riese Joan Sabourin Dr. Marlis Schroeder Kurt Schwarz Marie Shannon Margot Sim Catherine Skene Debbie Spracklin Margaret & Hartley Stinson Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Dr. Robert Thomas Carol & Neil Trembath Dr. Cornelia van Ineveld & D. Strang Thuraya Weedon Edith Wiebe The WSO Women's Committee Arlene Young & Robert O'Kell Betty Young 2 Anonymous

Conmoto $20-$149 Dr. David Annandale Marilyn Barker Veronique Barthet Brenda Batzel Karen Bauch Richard P. Bauch Ralph & Eileen Baxter Audrey Belyea Diane Bewell J Darlene Boettcher Shirley Book Sally Boulding Rae Bradshaw Jocelyne Brar J & J Braun Paul & Doreen Bromley Shirley Brown Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Linda Campbell Victoria Stayner-Albl Rosemary Chambers Art Chow Melina Chow Glynis Corkal Helle Cosby Margaret Cuddy Harry & Mary Lynn Duckworth R. Duddek Spencer Duncanson Linda Edel John & Marilyn Ekins

At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to be more creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive through our keyboard-based music education program. We provide them with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout their lives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordination skills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill of playing the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there.

Teaching opportunities available!

For more information, please contact: Marilyn Unrau, MYCC Regional Coordinator - Western Canada 1.877.603.3MYC m.unrau@myc.com

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Dr. Michelle Faubert Nelma Fetterman Margo Foxford Hilda Franz Joycelyn & Bryan Gawryluk Katie & DeLloyd Guth Gertrude Hamilton Audrey Hawkins Teresa A. Hay Barbara Herriot-Miller Shirley Hicks Hermina & Peter Hildebrand Arlene Hintsa Kathryn Hofley Lee & Theresa Huscroft Victor Isfeld Brent Johnson Thomas Keenan Marilynne Keil Ed & Helen Kolomaya Jennifer Krestanowich Anne La Tour Linda Lamoureux Edith Landy Ingrid Lee Lisa Lewis Dr. Mark Libin Tom & Lovie Liewicki Helen Litz Zeeba Loxley Priya Mani Allan Mapes Elaine & Neil Margolis Dr. Peter & Mrs. Jane Markesteyn Angela McDonald Linda Meckling Jocelyn Millard Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Sandi Mitchell Margaret Moroz Vera Moroz Youssef Mouzahem Bonnie Neil Dr. Thomas Nesmith Fredy Y. Noriega Robert O'Kell Brian O'Leary Alice Oswald Dr Shelley Page Oscar Pantaleon Jr. Patricia Mary Patterson Donald Pearen Ken Penner Rose Popowich Edna Poulter James & Christine Prendergast Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott Beth M. Proven Dr. Fiona Punter Marie Ann Reeves M. Reguly Leslie Rentz Louis Ricciuto Edward Sale Claudia Sarbit Eduardo Saveliovsky

Nicola Schaefer Barbara Scheuneman Trudy Schroeder Harald & Vicky Schulz B.J.N. Scott Charlene Scouten Sharna Searle Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk Wilma Sotas Garry & Linda Specht Eleanor Stardom Melissa Steele & George Toles Frances Stewart William Stewart Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Betsy F. Thorsteinson Bill & Barb Toews Ricki Valcourt Breandan Waddell-Flynn Gordon & Charlotte Walkty Dr. Vanessa Warne Diane Weselake Annemarie Wiebe Cathy Wiebe Grace M. Wiebe Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Libby Yager & Billy Brodovsky 7 Anonymous

GENERAL WSO

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

Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Fund Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Raymond Davis Marion Delaney Helene Dyck Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Jeffrey & Caron Sveistrup Marilynne Keil Pamela Lockman Alison Mendres Pat Michalski K.O. Liz Patzer Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Barbara Scheuneman Ivor & Lorna Schledewitz Lynn & Bill Shead Lorne Sunley Jim & Jan Tennant The Asper Endowment - The Winnipeg Foundation Faye Warren James & Claudia Weselake Robin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-Wiens Bronwen Yewdall

of Donald Epstein Dr. Michelle Faubert, for Arlene Young's efforts ENDOWMENT FUND Judith Flynn, in honour of Sistema Winnipeg gratefully Anthony Waterman acknowledges those who have Judith Flynn, in honour of started their own named funds Arlene Young's birthday at The Winnipeg Foundation.

Judith Flynn, in honour of Robert The Marjorie & Morley Blankstein O'Kell's birthday Sistema Endowment Fund Jean & Dennis Giguere, in memory of Barbara Filuk The Tannis M. Richardson Elaine Glass, in memory of Barbara Sistema Endowment Fund Filuk The Michael Nozick Family Heather Graham, in memory of Sistema Endowment Fund Harold George Vogt The Crawford & McCarver Family Shirley Hicks, in honour of our Darlene Hildebrand & Steve van grandson, Reeve Hicks and his Vlaenderen wife, Stephanie Henriette Ricou & Jure Manfreda Arlene Hintsa, in memory of Alison Mendres Marilyn Pat Michalski, in Honour of Donn Kathryn Hofley, in celebration of Yuen's Retirement Lorraine Cairns' special Mrs. Liz Patzer milestone birthday Barb & Gerry Price Richard & Carol Jones, in honour of Levi & Tena Reimer Barbara Filuk Faye Warren Marilynne Keil, in memory of David The Winnipeg Foundation – The H. Skinner Dorothy Knowles, in honour of Asper Endowment Barbara Filuk Ed & Helen Kolomaya, in memory OTHER DONATIONS of Dawn Louise Sitar Dr. David Annandale, in honor of Edith Landy, in Memory of Robert O’Kell David Landy Brenda Batzel, In Memory of Dr. Mark Libin, in honor of Robert Coates Robert O'Kell The Benevity Community Impact Alan & Carol MacInnes, in memory Fund, in honour of the RBC of Barbara Filuk volunteer team lead by Shell Anne MacKay & Paul Edwards, Baladad in memory of Barb Filuk Eva Berman-Wong, in Memory of Lydia MacKenzie, in loving memory George Berman of Donn Rex & Connie Blamey, in memory of Dr. Peter & Mrs. Jane Markesteyn, Barbara Filuk in honor of Lucienne Blouw Rex Blamey, in memory of Barb Pat Michalski, in Honour of Filuk Donn Yuen's Retirement Angela Blouin, in honor of Otto Dr. Thomas Nesmith, in honor of & Ellen Gebhardt Dr. Robert O'Kell Lucienne Blouw, in honour of Brian O'Leary, in honor of Barbara Filuk William Bunkowsky Lucienne Blouw, in honour of "Trix" Donald Pearen, in honor of J Darlene Boettcher, in honor of Robert O'Kell Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's Lesia Peet, in memory of Burtie 65th Anniversary & Doris Bass Sally Boulding, in memory of Lesia Peet, in memory of Richard Deadman Marion Ruth Maxwell Rae Bradshaw, celebrating Leslie Rentz, in honor of Bob O'Kell's 80th Birthday Linda Meckling Harry & Doneta Brotchie, in Leslie Rentz, in memory of memory of Barb Filuk Greg Rentz Art Chow, in honor of Bob O'Kell Joan Sabourin, in memory of Joyce Cormack, in memory of Alex Beyak Lawrence Joan Sabourin, in memory of Margaret Cuddy, in honour of David Banks Dr. Robert O'Kell's birthday Edward Sale, in honor of Judith Ryan & Janice Diduck, in Memory & Ben Flynn of Mary Diduck Sam & Claudia Sarbit, In memory of Harry & Mary Lynn Duckworth, in David Edwards honour of Dr. Robert O'Kell Don & Martha Epsteinin memory Sharna Searle, in honour of the

newlyweds, Erica Schultz & Phil Denomme Soubry Community Fund, in memory of Barb Filuk Nata & Avery Spigelman, in memory of Margaret Dalgliesh Marianne Staub, on the occasion of the birthday of Mrs. Rose Millet Melissa Steele & George Toles, Happy Birthday Bob O'Kell Frances Stewart, in honor of Glennda Tully & Holly Hewens Ross Taylor, in honor of Bette Jayne Taylor's 72nd birthday Betsy Thorsteinson, in memory of Ruth Dowse Suzanne Ullyot, in honour of Barbara Filuk Ricki Valcourt, in honor of Bettina von Kampen Stephanie Van Nest, in memory of Blair Simpson Breandan Waddell-Flynn, in honor of Judith Flynn Dr. Vanessa Warne, in celebration of Robert O'Kell's birthday Debbie & Robert Witzke, in memory of the late Mayer Rabkin Arlene Young & Robert O'Kell, in honour of Judith Prescott Flynn's birthday

Laurel Malkin & David Folk Daniel Friedman ft3 Architecture Paul Godard Deborah Gray Sarah Gray Elba Haid Robin Hildebrand Duncan and Judy Jessiman Peter and Dana Jessiman Kevin & Els Kavanagh Michael & Glenna Kay Fernand Kirouac Heubert & Bernice Kleysen Arthur Mauro & Naomi Levine Aaron Lewis Bill & Shirley Loewen Drs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougall Michael Nesbitt Bill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope Rabobank Don & Anne Reimer Richardson Foundation Hartley & Heather Richardson Jure Manfreda & Henriette Ricou Tamara & Garry Roehr Rubin Spletzer Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson Travel Manitoba Curt & Cathy Vossen Bob & Heather Williams David C. Wilson ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED Winnipeg Airports Authority WSO Women's Committee The Estate of Paula Achtemichuk Iris Abraham The Estate of Daphne Florence Bolton Agnes Bailey The Estate of Barbara Cook Florence Bell The Estate of Agnes Hechter Jacqueline Brignall The Estate of Ellen B. Hirst Carla Campbell The Estate of Gordon Linney Sylvia Cassie The Estate of E. Louise Nebbs Margaret Cuddy The Estate of Elizabeth Pawlicki Ursula Erhardt The Estate of Jean Sanderson Brigitte Fricke Margaret Harvie Isobel Harvie NETHERLANDS TOUR Colleen Jury ADOPT A MUSICIAN Eva Lavallee AND DONORS Shirley Loewen Thank you to the following Janice Lutz musician adoptees and donors who Joann MacMorran are contributing to make our Jane McGrigor Netherlands Tour in May 2020 a Sherratt Moffatt reality. We still need your help.

Margaret Moroz Contact Beth for more information Joan Papushka at bproven@wso.mb.ca.

Lesia Peet Dr. Russell E. Albak Marina Plett-Lyle Tatiana Arcand Carolynne Presser Gail Asper Jennie Prystupa Marjorie Blankstein Helen Schaetzle Lucienne Blouw Arlene Skull Timothy & Barbara Burt Nancy Weedon Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Ray & Elsie Chrunyk Listing as of October 22, 2019 Marlene J. Crielaard Art & Leona DeFehr Joanne DeFehr & Marten Duhoux Bill & Margaret Fast

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

Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien Mr. J. M. Sinclair Dr. Digby Wheeler Mr. W. D. Hurst Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson Mr. E. W. H. Brown Mr. David Slater The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin Mr. Norman J. Alexander Mr. R. W. Richards Mr. W. R. Palmer Mr. E. J. Smith Dr. M. M. Pierce Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Mr. Allan G. Moffatt Mr. Julian D. T. Benson Mr. John L. Buckworth Mr. N. Roger McFallon Mr. John F. Fraser Mr. William W. Draper Mr. John O. Baatz Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.

1984-86 1986-88 1988-90 1990-92 1992-94 1994-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Feb 1999-May 1999 Jun 1999-2000 2000-Feb 03 Mar 2003-Dec 2003 Dec 2003-Jan 2005 Jan 2005- Jul 2006 Jul 2006-Nov 2006 Dec 2006- Jun 2007 2007- 2012 2012- 2016 2016- 2019 2019- present

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

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL Ida Albo Al Alexandruk Mal Anderson Carol Bellringer Marilyn Billinkoff Doneta Brotchie John and Bonnie Buhler Timothy E. Burt James Carr Dorothy Dobbie Greg Doyle Jamie Dolynchuk Julia De Fehr Susan Feldman Jack Fraser Alan Freeman Evelyn Friesen

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Elba Haid Helen Hayles Kaaren Hawkins Sherrill Hershberg Peter Jessiman Ian Kay Roger King Bill Knight Michel Lagacé Zina Lazareck Gail Leach Dr. Hermann Lee Naomi Levine Bill Loewen Jackie Lowe Dr. Brendan MacDougall Dr. Eleanor MacDougall

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

WSO BOARD & STAFF 2019-2020 SEASON BOARD OF DIRECTORS Curt Vossen, President Daniel Friedman, Vice President Rob Kowalchuk, Treasurer Michael Kay, Corporate Secretary Terry Sargeant, Past-President Sandra Altner Lucienne Blouw Emily Burt James Cohen Arlene Dahl Marten Duhoux

Steven Dyer Dr. Selena Friesen Margaret Harvie Micah Heilbrunn Robin Hildebrand Edward Jurkowski Margaret Kellermann McCulloch Sotirios Kotoulas Uri Kraut Gail Loewen Robin MacMillan Julia Ryckman Marlene Stern Daniel Raiskin, Ex Officio Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio

Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

MARKETING Brent Phillips, VP Marketing & Communications Kristen Einarson, Marketing & Communications Coordinator S.Thompson Designs Inc.

HONOURARY STAFF Alexander Mickelthwate, Director Emeritus Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate 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 Aiden Kleer, Assistant Librarian Brent Johnson, Education & Community Engagement Manager

BOX OFFICE: ADMIN OFFICE:

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE Margaret Harvie, President Nancy Weedon, Vice President Carolynne Presser, Secretary Winnifred Warkentin, Co-Treasurer Isobel Harvie, Co-Treasurer Sherratt Moffatt, Past President

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Lyn Stienstra, CPA, CMA, VP Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator Oscar Pantaleon Jr, Finance & Administration Assistant

ARTISTIC Daniel Raiskin, Music Director Julian Pellicano, Associate Conductor Naomi Woo, RBC Assistant Conductor Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence and Co-Curator, Winnipeg New Music Festival

CONTACT US:

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M. Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba The Honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba His Worship Brian Bowman, Mayor of the City of Winnipeg Mr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen, WSO Directors Emeritus

DEVELOPMENT Beth Proven, VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Theresa Huscroft, Development Coordinator Chelsey Hiebert, Sistema & Special Events Manager SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES Ryan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Jen Skelly, Sales & Audience Services Manager Rachel Himelblau, Box Office Coordinator Jeffrey Acosta, Group & Education Events Coordinator Patron Services Representatives (P/T): Allison Challes Paul Longtin Meg Dolovich Chenoa McKelvey Sandesh Fernandez Stephanie Van Nest Shoshana Goldberg Lindsay Woolgar Laura Gow

204-949-3999 204-949-3950

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