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Edition 1 | 2018-2019 About the Hartford Symphony Orchestra | 11 Carolyn Kuan, Music Director | 12 The Musicians | 13 Administrative Staff | 14 Board of Directors | 15 From the Town of Simsbury | 18 Letter from Executive Director | 19 Celebrate America | 20 Brass Transit | 27 Here’s Doc! | 29 Magical Movie Music | 34 Rewind | 39 HSO Contributors | 48 Patron Information | 60 HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 166 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: 860-246-8742 Fax: 860-247-1720 Ticket Services: 860-987-5900 Ticket Services Fax: 860-249-5430 www.hartfordsymphony.org Dornenburg Kallenbach Advertising, Cover Art The programs of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are funded in part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. HARTFORDAbout theSYMPHONY Symphony ORCHESTRA arking its 74th Season extending her commitment to the in 2017-2018, the orchestra until May, 2022. HARTFORD SYMPHONY The Hartford Symphony MORCHESTRA is Connecticut’s Orchestra was founded in 1934 premier musical organization. and formally established as the The Hartford Symphony is the Symphony Society of Greater second largest orchestra in New Hartford in 1936. Angelo England and is widely recognized Coniglione, Jacques Gordon, as one of America’s leading Leon Barzin, Moshe Paranov, regional orchestras. We believe and George Heck were the passionately in the performance Orchestra’s first music directors. of live symphonic music and its With the appointment of Fritz value in the community. To that Mahler in 1953, the HSO began end, the mission of the HSO is its Young People’s Concerts and to perform live orchestral music made several highly acclaimed of the highest quality for ever- recordings for Vanguard. In 1964, expanding audiences and to Arthur Winograd became music increase, through its educational director and the Orchestra grew programs, the understanding in artistic stature, performing and enjoyment of that music by at Carnegie Hall and other residents of Connecticut. New York locations to highly The HSO presents more than 100 concerts favorable reviews. Under the artistic leadership annually, including the Masterworks Series, of Michael Lankester from 1985–2000, the POPS! Series, Sunday Serenades, Discovery HSO received national recognition for its Concerts including Lincoln Financial’s Link programming innovations, including the popular Up, Symphony in the Schools, Musical Classical Conversations and Family Matinees, Dialogues, and more. In addition, the HSO as well as a series of landmark theatrical presents its tremendously popular summer series, productions. From 2001–2011, Edward the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, each Cumming led the HSO to new levels of artistic summer in Simsbury. excellence and innovative programming. The Hartford Symphony Orchestra named Each season, the HSO plays to audiences Carolyn Kuan as its tenth music director numbering more than 110,000 statewide. The in January 2011; she is the first woman and Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s extensive array youngest person to hold this title. Since of Education and Community Activities serves beginning her tenure in 2011, she has led the 23,000 individuals in Hartford and surrounding HSO to new artistic heights with community- communities annually. minded concerts and innovative programming. In 2015, Kuan signed a new, six-year contract, 11 Music Director HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ecognized as a conductor with the Opera Theatre of of extraordinary versatility St. Louis. Reviewer for Opera Carolyn Kuan has Today wrote: “And speaking Renjoyed successful associations of a ‘high caliber of ensemble with top tier orchestras, opera playing,’ conductor Carolyn companies, balzlet companies, Kuan worked equal magic in and festivals worldwide. Her the pit. Maestra Kuan elicited commitment to contemporary the all-important, pulsating, music has defined her approach rhythmically precise orchestral to programming, and established execution, to be sure. She also her as an international resource drew an abundance of color from for new music and world premieres. her players and singers alike, Appointed Music Director of the achieving a varied palette of Hartford Symphony Orchestra satisfying musical effects.” in 2011, she has signed a six-year During the 2014-2015 season, contract extending their creative Ms. Kuan made a summer-long collaboration through May, 2022. debut with the Santa Fe Opera. Working closely Ms. Kuan’s North American engagements with composer Huang Ruo and director James have included performances with the symphonies Robinson, and a mixed cast of east and west singers of Baltimore, Detroit, Milwaukee, Omaha, San and instrumentalists, she conducted the premiere Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto; the Florida and of Dr. Sun Yet-Sen to great critical acclaim. Other Louisville orchestras; the New York City Ballet; highlights of that season included her debut with the Colorado Music Festival and Glimmerglass the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Festival; the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Center in Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Opera, and Washington National Opera. Recent directed by Francesca Zambello; her return to the international engagements have included concerts Seattle Symphony to lead works by Tan Dun, Yugo with the Bournemouth Symphony, Hong Kong Kanno (U.S. Premiere), and Unsuk Chin; and her Philharmonic, National Symphony of Taiwan, return to Brazil to work with Orquestra Sinfônica Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Residentie do Estado de São Paulo in a program of Britten, Orkest, Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan, Royal Turnage, and Bernstein. Danish Ballet, and the West Australian Symphony. While maintaining a solid connection with Highlights of the 2018/2019 season include traditional repertoire, Carolyn Kuan has cultivated debuts with the Singapore Symphony; Santa a unique expertise in Asian music and contemporary Barbara Symphony, featuring John Corigliano’s works. From 2007 to 2012, she directed the annual Red Violin; and the Portland Opera, conducting a San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola. concert. For the Seattle Symphony, Ms. Kuan Carolyn Kuan’s 2016-2017 season began with helped launch the hugely successful Celebrate Asia! a project sponsored by Beth Morrison Projects, program with community leaders representing called Ouroboros Trilogy, a three-part exploration eight Asian cultures, and led sold-out performances of life, death, and rebirth as symbolized by the for three consecutive years. She has led world ancient Greek icon of a serpent eating its own tail. premieres for Music from Japan, and has conducted Working with composer Scott Wheeler, she directed multimedia productions of the Butterfly Lovers Naga, one of the three operas commissioned for Concerto and A Monkey’s Tale as part of Detroit the trilogy. The season ended with the sensational Symphony’s World Music Series. premiere of Philip Glass’s opera The Trial 12 HARTFORDThe SYMPHONYMusicians ORCHESTRA FIRST VIOLIN CELLO CLARINET TIMPANI Leonid Sigal, Jeffrey Krieger, Curt Blood, Eugene Bozzi, concertmaster principal principal principal Lisa Rautenberg, Eric Dahlin, Sponsored by Gail & John Sponsored by Carlotta & associate concertmaster assistant principal Langenus, in honor of Bob Garthwait, Jr. Karin Fagerburg, Carole Olefsky Gustave Langenus assistant concertmaster Laura Kane Ronald Krentzman, PERCUSSION Linda Beers Fran Bard assistant principal Robert McEwan, Perry Elliot Cara Cheung principal Romina Kostare Jennifer Combs BASS CLARINET Martin J. Elster Cheuk-Yin Clement Luu Miriam Eckelhoefer+ Eddie Sundra Allyson Michal Tom Hudson HARP Seohee Min Peter Zay BASSOON Julie Spring Millie Piekos Yeh-Chi Wang, principal Mickey Reisman BASS principal Sponsored by Cyrus Stevens Edward R. Rozie, Jr., Thomas Reynolds, The Verney Family Deborah Tyler principal assistant principal Katalin Viragh The Claire & Millard PIANO Pryor Orchestra CONTRABASSOON Margreet Francis SECOND VIOLIN Committee Chair Rebecca Noreen Sponsored by Jerry & Michael Pollard, Sponsored by Brook & Barbara Hess principal Charlotte Jason HORN Jaroslaw Lis, Robert Groff, Barbara Hill, ROAD MANAGER assistant principal assistant principal principal Jeremy Philbin, I.A.T.S.E. Martha Kayser James Carroll John Michael Adair, Lu Sun Friedman Tony Connaway assistant principal *On Leave for the Simon Bilyk Joseph Messina Hilary Ledebuhr 2017-18 Season Gary Capozziello Julianne Russell Nick Rubenstein +Indicates one-year appointment for the Diane Frederickson Mark Zechel Joshua Michal 2017-18 Season Krzysztof Gadawski Susan Hwang FLUTE TRUMPET After the first two desks of Yuri Kharenko-Golduber Greig Shearer, Scott McIntosh, violins and cellos, and the first Virginia Kramer principal principal desk of violas and basses, the Candace M. Lammers Barbara A. Hopkins, John Charles Thomas, remaining string musicians Alicia Rattin assistant principal assistant prinicipal participate in rotational seating and are listed in Yue Sun Jerry Bryant alphabetical order. PICCOLO VIOLA Jeanne Wilson TROMBONE The musicians of the Hartford Michael Wheeler, Brian L. Diehl, Symphony Orchestra are principal OBOE principal members of the American Sharon Dennison, Heather Taylor, George Sanders, Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. assistant principal principal assistant
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