Beethoven Birthday Bash - Forever Young Saturday, December 12, 2020 7:30 PM Livestreamed from Universal Preservation Hall Saratoga Springs, New York

David Alan Miller, conductor Karen Hosmer, oboe Nancy Dimock, oboe

Welcome to the Albany Symphony’s 2020-21 Season Re-Imagined!

The one thing I have missed more than anything else during the past few months has been spending time with you and our brilliant Albany Symphony musicians, discovering, exploring, and celebrating great musical works together. Our musicians and I are thrilled to be back at work, bringing you established masterpieces and gorgeous new works in the comfort and convenience of your own home. Originally conceived to showcase triumph over adversity, inspired by the example of Beethoven and his big birthday in December, our season’s programming continues to shine a light on the ways musical visionaries create great art through every season of life. We hope that each program uplifts and inspires you, and brings you some respite from the day-to-day worries of this uncertain world.

It is always an honor to stand before you with our extraordinarily gifted musicians, even if we are now doing it virtually. Thank you so much for being with us; we have a glorious season of life- affirming, deeply moving music ahead.

David Alan Miller Heinrich Medicus Music Director Beethoven Birthday Bash -Forever Young

Saturday, December 12, 2020 | 7:30 PM Livestreamed from Universal Preservation Hall

David Alan Miller, conductor Karen Hosmer, oboe Nancy Dimock, oboe

Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture and Finale (1770-1827)

Michael Torke Ash (b. 1961)

Viet Cuong Extra(ordinarily) Fancy: Concerto for Two Oboes (b. 1990)

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C, op.21 (1770-1827) I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio II. Andante cantabile con moto III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

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BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY BASH -FOREVER YOUNG ORCHESTRA ROSTER

VIOLIN I CLARINET Elizabeth Silver Hector Noriega-Othon Emily Frederick Pascal Archer Heather Frank-Olsen Gabriela Rengel BASSOON Alexander Davis VIOLIN II Steven Palacio Mitsuko Suzuki Barbara Lapidus HORN Christine Kim Victor Sungarian Kyra Sims VIOLA Bryn Coveney Daniel Brye Anna Griffis TRUMPET Ting-Ying Chang-Chien Eric Berlin Eric Latini CELLO Susan Debronsky TROMBONE Erica Pickhardt Greg Spiridopoulos

BASS TIMPANI Luke Baker Matthew Beaumont

FLUTE PERCUSSION Matthew Ross Richard Albagli Brendan Ryan Mark Foster

OBOE HARPSICHORD / SYNTHESIZER Karen Hosmer Greg Hayes Nancy Dimock Randall Ellis Jasmine Daquin

BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY BASH -FOREVER YOUNG – Program Notes Tonight’s concert features pieces by three men written at the start of their careers. Michael Torke was 27 when he wrote Ash; Viet Cuong was 29 when his concerto was premiered; and Beethoven was 31. Mr. Torke, now 59, has gone on to great acclaim and a long connection with the ASO. Mr. Cuong, now 30, will, no doubt, be a prominent voice in American music for years to come. Mr. Beethoven? He had a good run. We say, “Happy 250th Birthday” (December 17, 1770) with the ASO’s first playing of his Symphony No. 1 in the 23 years that I have been writing notes. Maestro Miller has surveyed the other eight symphonies over the last two decades, so it’s fitting that we now honor Herr Ludwig with the programming of this early beauty.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN “…(W)hat makes Beethoven (1770-1827) so supremely popular a composer is that his music embodies something of universal human experience, and his triumph (for he is always ultimately triumphant) is the final hope of men.” So wrote the conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent. We tend not to use such terms with other composers. “Universal human experience”? “Triumph”? “Final hope of men”? These are phrases we associate with Beethoven because of particular circumstances in his life that made him struggles and which made that struggle evident in his music. We might also note that there is a seriousness of purpose—not grimness—that colors most of his work. It is an almost palpable intensity, one that comes out most obviously in the piano sonatas and the string quartets, those most intimate forms. What were those circumstances? They seem chiefly to have been his cantankerous personality (Sargent refers to Beethoven’s “almost total incapacity to divine the feelings of others”); his deafness, which became noticeable to him at the age of 28; and his powerful and complex relationship with his nephew, Karl, for whom he had responsibility after the death of Beethoven’s brother in 1815. Add to these tensions the natural inquisitiveness of his mind about matters political and philosophical and a belief that he existed “to convey in music what he had learned from life,” and we have, perhaps, some understanding about why this enormous body of work— nine symphonies, seven concertos, an opera, choral music, chamber music—seems to convey such a strong sense of purpose and a no-nonsense attitude.

The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture and Finale- Ludwig van Beethoven In 1801 Beethoven composed music for a ballet by dancer and choreographer Salvatore Vigano, whose story follows the Greek god Prometheus’s attempt to bring scientific and artistic enlightenment to humankind, having found us wanting those respects. Over the course of the ballet, consisting of 16 scenes and an overture and introduction, Prometheus calls forth the likes of Apollo and Terpsichore to do the teaching. The Overture opens with seven hard-struck chords, starting with a C-major chord and winding up on a G---the dominant of C. Textbook. The ensuing solemn section is dispelled by the strings in a fast pianissimo, a tune that is followed by a second theme in the winds. Throughout this overture Beethoven provides us with his characteristic explosive outbursts alternating with quiet passages and heavy accents. Such energy! Clearly, the story that is about to be told is a dramatic one. The charming Finale begins with a melody that we know from some other work—what? You guessed it. The last movement of the Symphony No. 3, from two years later. In other words, he cribbed from himself. The entire movement is the 31-year-old Beethoven showing off. Basically, it’s in rondo form, wherein the familiar theme stitches together a number of musical episodes. But even when the melody returns, Beethoven is sure to vary it slightly, with instrumentation, curlicues, syncopation, and mode. - Concert notes by Paul Lamar

MICHAEL TORKE Michael Torke's music has been commissioned by such orchestras as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony; by such ballet companies as New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey, and the National Ballet of Canada; by such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet, and the English National Opera; by such large ensembles as the London Sinfonietta, Lontano, and De Volharding; and such small ensembles as the Smith, Ying, and Amstel Quartets. He has worked with such conductors as Simon Rattle, Kurt Mazur, Edo de Waart, and David Zinman; such choreographers as Christopher

PC: Bryan Hainer Wheeldon, James Kudelka, and Juri Kilian; and collaborated with such librettists as A. R. Gurney, Michael Korie, and Mark Campbell; and such directors as Des McAnuff, Bart Sher, and Michael Greif. He has been commissioned by entities such as the Walt Disney Company, and Absolute Vodka; worked with such soloists as Tessa Lark, Christopher O'Reilly, and Joyce Castle; and written incidental music to such companies as The Public Theater, The Old Globe Theater, and Classic Stage Company; and been composer in residence with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Beginning his career with exclusive contracts with Boosey and Hawkes, and Decca Records, he now controls his own copyrights and masters through his publishing company, Adjustable Music, and record company, Ecstatic Records. His music has been called "some of the most optimistic, joyful and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years" (Gramophone). Hailed as a "vitally inventive composer" (Financial Times) and "a master orchestrator whose shimmering timbral palette makes him the Ravel of his generation" (New York Times), Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre.

Ash – Michael Torke In trying to find a clear and recognizable language to write this piece, I have chosen some of the most basic, functionally tonal means: tonics and dominants in F minor, a modulation to the relative major (A-flat), and a three-part form which, through a retransition, recapitulates back to F minor. What I offer is not invention of new "words" or a new language but a new way to make sentences and paragraphs in a common, much-used existing language. I can create a more compelling musical argument with these means because, to my ears, potential rhetoric seems to fall out from such highly functional chords as tonics and dominants more than certain fixed sonorities and Pop chords that I have used before. My musical argument is dependent on a feeling of cause and effect, both on a local level where one chord releases the tension from a previous chord and on the larger structural level where a section is forced to follow a previous section by a coercive modulation. The orchestration does not seek color for its own sake, as decoration is not a high priority, but the instruments combine and double each other to create an insistent ensemble from beginning to end. Only occasionally, as in the middle A-flat section, do three woodwind instruments play alone for a short while to break the inertia of the ensemble forging its course together. Ash was commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with support from the Jerome Foundation. Written between October and December 1988, it received its first performance on February 3, 1989, in St. Paul, conducted by John Adams.

VIET CUONG Called “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, the “irresistible” (San Francisco Chronicle) music of American composer Viet Cuong (b. 1990) has been commissioned and performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Eighth Blackbird, Sō Percussion, Gregory Oakes, JACK Quartet, Alarm PC: Phil Parsons Will Sound, Sandbox Percussion, PRISM Quartet, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Minnesota Orchestra, among many others. Viet’s music has been featured in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, National Gallery of Art, and Library of Congress, and his works for wind ensemble have amassed hundreds of performances worldwide, including at Midwest, WASBE, and CBDNA conferences. In his music Viet enjoys exploring the unexpected and whimsical, and he is often drawn to projects where he can make peculiar combinations and sounds feel enchanting or oddly satisfying. His recent works thus include a percussion quartet concerto, tuba concerto, snare drum solo, and, most recently, a concerto for two oboes. Viet is also passionate about bringing different facets of the contemporary music community together, and he will have opportunities to do so with an upcoming concerto for Eighth Blackbird with the United States Navy Band. This fall he will begin his tenure as the California Symphony’s 2020-2023 Young American Composer-in-Residence, where he and the symphony will develop three new orchestral works together over the next three years. He is also a composition and music theory faculty member at Kennesaw State University. Viet is currently finishing his PhD at Princeton University and recently served as the 2020 Early- Career Musician-in-Residence at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. He holds degrees in music composition from the Curtis Institute of Music (Artist Diploma), Princeton University (MFA), and the Peabody Conservatory (BM/MM). His mentors include Jennifer Higdon, David Ludwig, Donnacha Dennehy, Steve Mackey, Dan Trueman, Dmitri Tymoczko, Kevin Puts, and Oscar Bettison. During his studies, he held the Daniel W. Dietrich II Composition Fellowship at Curtis, Naumburg and Roger Sessions Fellowships at Princeton, and Evergreen House Foundation scholarship at Peabody, where he was also awarded the Peabody Alumni Award (the Valedictorian honor) and Gustav Klemm Award. A scholarship student at the Aspen, Bowdoin, and Lake Champlain music festivals, Viet has been a fellow at the Orchestra of St. Luke’s DeGaetano Institute, Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute, Mizzou International Composers Festival, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Cabrillo Festival’s Young Composer Workshop, Cortona Sessions, and Copland House’s CULTIVATE workshop. Viet has held artist residencies at Copland House, Yaddo, Ucross, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and his music has been awarded the Barlow Endowment Commission, ASCAP Morton Gould Composers Award, Theodore Presser Foundation Award, Suzanne and Lee Ettelson Composers Award, Cortona Prize, New York Youth Symphony First Music Commission, Boston GuitarFest Composition Prize, and Walter Beeler Memorial Prize.

Extra(ordinarily) Fancy: Concerto for Two Oboes – Viet Cuong During the Baroque era the double oboe concerto was somewhat of a genre, especially among Italian composers. Alessandro Marcello wrote two, Antonio Vivaldi wrote four, and Tomaso Albinoni—who seemed really taken by oboe—wrote eight. Over the last few years, I too have grown to adore the instrument. In fact, I’ve become such an admirer of the oboe and other double reed instruments that in 2017 I wrote a piece for double reed sextet called Extra Fancy. The sextet is an exploration of “extra fancy” techniques that these instruments can produce, particularly multiphonics. Multiphonics are produced when the performer uses a technically incorrect fingering to create a distorted, complex sound with two or more pitches. Multiphonics can sound bizarre (if not foul) to some listeners, but I’ve always found them to be enchanting and, for lack of a better term, misunderstood. Though the pieces don’t share any musical material, I think of Extra(ordinarily) Fancy as a bigger and better sequel to the sextet. In addition to similarly exploring the melodic potential of various multiphonics, the concerto also works as a whimsical exploration of duality; while one oboist is focused on sounding ordinarily fancy, the other oboist is determined to prove the extra fancy virtues of multiphonics. After a short Vivaldi-esque introduction that establishes the main melodic ideas of the piece, the oboists go at it. They mock each other, squawk at each other, and even talk over each other. The orchestra observes and joins in as the oboists continually bicker back and forth, all culminating in a reconciliation where the once-hesitant oboist learns (and even enthusiastically performs) a few multiphonics alongside the other oboist. This piece was commissioned in 2019 by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and is dedicated to oboists Robert Walker and Laura Arganbright.

KAREN HOSMER Karen Hosmer is Principal Oboe of the Albany Symphony and a member of the Springfield, MA Symphony. She is an active freelancer in the Capital District. She has been a concerto soloist in Lithuania, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. She was a prize winner in the Gillet International Oboe Competition, a semi-finalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and earned an honorable mention in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition. Dr. Hosmer is a full, tenured professor of music at SUNY Schenectady. She is the recipient of the SUNY Schenectady Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. She serves as Director of the Capital Region Double Reed Days, hosted at SUNY SCCC. An ASO/Double Reed Day collaboration culminated in a large double reed ensemble of local students and adult performers giving a pre-ASO-concert recital in Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

NANCY DIMOCK Nancy Dimock is the principal oboist of the Boston Lyric Opera, the Springfield, Vermont and Indian Hill Symphonies, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, and is a member of the Glimmerglass Opera Festival. She was the second oboist of the Albany Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2007 and is thrilled to perform again with this great group of musicians. In New England, she can also be regularly seen playing with BMOP, Odyssey Opera, A Far Cry, the Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Portland Symphony. An active chamber musician, she is a member of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston and has been a guest artist at the Carolina Chamber Music Festival, in New Bern, North Carolina. Nancy has been the Principal Oboist of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and can be heard performing with the HSO on the recording Rosemary Clooney: The Final Concert. She has been on the Prairie Home Companion radio show, NPR's Performance Today, and PBS's Great Performances, as well as on WQXR and WGBH. She has performed the Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe numerous times with renowned violinist Jaime Laredo, and has collaborated with such artists as the Jacques Thibaud Trio and the Lydian String Quartet. She is on the faculties of the Rivers Conservatory and the Middlesex School, and maintains a private studio. In her spare time she catches up on podcasts while making lots and lots of oboe reeds.

Symphony No. 1 in C, op.21- Ludwig van Beethoven In his book Classical Music Philip G. Downs writes, “To many listeners the First Symphony sounds so orthodox---so like the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart in structure---that it is all too easy to forget that the work’s first critic found it full of art and novelty…Before the turn of the century, Beethoven had grasped one of the ways of the future, and his first novelty lies in the strength of his writing for the winds, wood and brass, and in the consequent diminishing of the role of the strings.” Indeed, Downs goes on to quote Donald Francis Tovey’s observation that Beethoven’s First Symphony (1800) is a “fitting farewell to the eighteenth century.” A harmonic resolution at the beginning of the movement? Clever, those two opening chords. The movement continues with a pell mell tune in the strings, followed by a second melody in the winds, which the strings then echo. The accents are sharp, and, overall---through the typical sonata-allegro form of the Classical Period (exposition, development, recapitulation, and a coda)-- the movement bubbles with C-major energy. A kind of flirtatious 3/8---saucy, but restrained---melody begins in the violas and then is taken up by the other strings and finally the whole orchestra. This tune gets the standard development, with changes in volume, orchestral color, and fragmentation of the lines, until the recapitulation. In the recapitulation Beethoven provides a flute riff, an oboe moment, and a statement by the horns, thus keeping things fresh. The brief (four-and-a-half minutes) third movement, in customary ABA format, begins with a skipping scale in the strings, which the entire orchestra then picks up. The momentum slows for a gorgeous middle section featuring pairs of clarinets and bassoons, with added commentary by the oboes. The A section returns. Movement four: a blast of C! Then a tentative scratching at the surface of a rising C-major scale. At last, the first tune, a swift climb up that scale, followed by a more laid-back melody in the violins. The development portion of the movement exploits these two melodies with changes in color, mode, and volume. The recap and coda lead us to a slam-bang ending. - Concert notes by Paul Lamar

DAVID ALAN MILLER

Grammy Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring For Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at New York City's Carnegie Hall. Other accolades include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming.

Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the New York City Ballet. In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. He made his first guest appearance with the BBC Scottish Symphony in March 2014.

Mr. Miller received his Grammy Award in January 2014 for his Naxos recording of John Corigliano's "Conjurer," with the Albany Symphony and Dame Evelyn Glennie. His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince, Michael Torke (London/Decca), and Luis Tinoco (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton Gould, Don Gillis, Peter Mennin, and Vincent Persichetti on the Albany Records label.

A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller lives with his wife and three children in Slingerlands, New York.

2020-2021 Orchestra CELLO Alan Parshley Roster Susan Ruzow Debronsky Victor Sungarian PRINCIPAL

SPONSORED BY AL DE TRUMPET VIOLIN SALVO & SUSAN THOMPSON Eric M. Berlin Jill Levy Erica Pickhardt PRINCIPAL CONCERTMASTER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Eric J. Latini LIFETIME CHAIR, GOLDBERG Kevin Bellosa + CHARITABLE TRUST Matthew Capobianco TROMBONE Eiko Kano + Marie-Thérèse Dugré + Greg Spiridopoulos ASSISTANT Catherine Hackert PRINCIPAL CONCERTMASTER Hikaru Tamaki Karna Millen + Elizabeth Silver ^

Jamecyn Morey ^ BASS BASS TROMBONE Paula Oakes ^ Bradley Aikman Charles Morris Funda Cizmecioglu PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Philip R. Helm TUBA Mitsuko Suzuki ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Derek Fenstermacher ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Michael Fittipaldi ^ PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN Luke Baker Barbara Lapidus ^ James Caiello + TIMPANI ENDOWED BY MARISA Kuljit Rehncy AND ALLAN EISEMANN FLUTE PRINCIPAL Gabriela Rengel ^ Ji Weon Ryu Brigitte Brodwin + PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION Ouisa Fohrhaltz Matthew Ross Richard Albagli Heather Frank-Olsen PRINCIPAL Emily Frederick OBOE Mark Foster Rowan Harvey Karen Hosmer Scott Stacey * + Margret E. Hickey PRINCIPAL Christine Kim Grace Shryock HARP Sooyeon Kim Lynette Wardle Aleksandra Labinska ENGLISH HORN PRINCIPAL Kae Nakano Vacant Yinbin Qian PERSONNEL MANAGER Muneyoshi Takahashi CLARINET Susan Debronsky Harriet Dearden Welther Weixiong Wang +

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN VIOLA IN MEMORY OF F.S. Elizabeth Silver Noriko Futagami DEBEER, JR. PRINCIPAL Bixby Kennedy HOUSING COORDINATOR ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY Daniel Brye BY THE ESTATE OF ALLAN F. BASSOON NICKERSON William Hestand + UNION STEWARD Sharon Bielik + PRINCIPAL Greg Spiridopoulos ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY Daniel Brye ^ BY THE ESTATE OF RICHARD SYMBOL KEY Carla Bellosa + SALISBURY ^ STATIONARY CHAIR Ting-Ying Chang-Chien + ON LEAVE Anna Griffis HORN * SUBSTITUTE FOR Dana Huyge William J. Hughes 2020- 2021 SEASON Hannah Levinson PRINCIPAL

Joseph Demko ALBANY SYMPHONY MUSICIAN HOUSING PROGRAM

Did you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston, Montreal, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale, and even as far as Texas, to perform with the Albany Symphony. Typically, our musicians are here from Thursday through Sunday of a concert week. Through the generosity of local host families, the Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. Without the support of our host families, we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who perform with our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that last a lifetime.

During the 2020-2021 season, due to the global pandemic, musicians are not staying with our generous host families. Instead, the Albany Symphony is providing hotel rooms for our musicians.

The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who generously provided housing for musicians during the 2019–2020 season, and we look forward to reuniting our musicians with our hosts when it is once again safe to do so.

Camille & Andrew Allen Catherine & Carl Hackert Dodie & Pete Seagle Jenny Amstutz Debra & Paul Hoffmann Julie & Bill Shapiro Dan Bernstein & Efrat Levy Susan Jacobsen Elizabeth & Aaron Silver Concetta Bosco Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn Lorraine Smith Mimi Bruce & David Ray Nettye Lamkay & Robert Pastel Onnolee & Larry Smith Charles Buchanan Barb Lapidus Lois & John Staugaitis Barbara Cavallo Eric Latini Harriet Thomas Ben Chi Bill Lawrence & Alan Ray Andrea & Michael Vallance Diane Davison Eunju Lee & Brian Fisher Marjorie & Russ Ward Susan & Brian Debronsky Susan Martula & David Perry Margery & Michael Whiteman Michelle DePace & Steven Hancox Anne Messer & Dan Gordon Carol Whittaker Nancy & John DiIanni Jon & Sigrin Newell Dan Wilcox Star Donovan Helen J. O’Connor Barbara Wiley Bonnie Edelstein Marlene & Howard Pressman Merle Winn Lynn Gelzheizer Reese Satin David Gittelman & Tom Murphy Joan Savage

2020-2021 CORPORATE SPONSORS

The Albany Symphony acknowledges the support of our corporate sponsors whose contributions recognize the importance of the Albany Symphony in building civic pride, educating our youth, and contributing to the cultural life of all people in the Capital Region. As of October 12, 2020.

Howard & Bush Foundation

Celine & Daniel Kredentser John Fritze Jeweler Courtyard by Marriott Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor

Carl E. Touhey Family Foundation John D. Picotte Family Foundation

MEDIA PARTNERS: EDUCATION PARTNER: This concert season has also been made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the City of Albany, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Capital District Economic Development Council, Vanguard-Albany Symphony, and the support of our donors, subscribers, and patrons. HOSPITALITY PARTNER:

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. This list represents gifts received during the period between July 1, 2019 and December 7, 2020.

PLATINUM BATON LEVEL ($25,000+) Edward & Sally S. Jennings Dr. Benjamin Chi Judy & Bill Kahn Jerel & Geraldine Golub Alexander & Gail Keeler Sherley Hannay William & Mary Jean Krackeler Daniel & Celine Kredentser Sara Lee & Barry Larner Ms. Faith A. Takes Mark & Lori Lasch Georgia & David Lawrence GOLD BATON LEVEL ($10,000-$24,999) Charles M. Liddle III Rhea Clark Mr. Donald Lipkin & Mrs. Mary Bowen Marcia & Findlay Cockrell Steve & Vivian Lobel Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann Mark J. Rosen & Leslie Newman David & Tanyss Martula Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older Bob & Alicia Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Maston John J. Nigro Richard Messmer Karen & Chet Opalka Hilary & Nicholas Miller Dush & Kelly Pathmanandam Marcia & Robert Moss John & A.C. Riley Dr. Nina Reich David M. Rubin & Carole L. Ju Dwight & Rachel Smith Ms. Christine Standish & Mr. Chris Wilk Mitchell & Gwen Sokoloff Dennis & Margaret Sullivan Paul & Janet Stoler Robert P. Storch & Sara M. Lord SILVER BATON LEVEL ($5,000-$9,999) Dale Thuillez Guha & Deepa Bala Charles & Charlotte Buchanan CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE VIRTUOSO LEVEL ($1,500- Malka & Eitan Evan $2,499) Al De Salvo & Susan Thompson Mr. & Ms. John Abbuhl The Hershey Family Fund Dr. Richard & Kelly Alfred Anna Kuwabara & Craig Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Robert Allen The Massry Family Dr. Nancy Barhydt-Rutledge & Mr. Harry Dr. Henry S. Pohl Rutledge Larry & Clara Sanders Beth & Rob Beshaw Rabbi Scott Shpeen Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bourque Mrs. Jeanne Tartaglia Peter & Debbie Brown Harriet Thomas Drs. Melody A. Bruce & David A. Ray Drs. Karl Moschner & Hannelore Wilfert Paul & Bonnie Bruno Dr. A. Andrew Casano & Bella Pipas BRONZE BATON LEVEL ($2,500-$4,999) Dr. Joyce J. Diwan Mr. Leslie Apple Mrs. Joy Emery Michael & Linda Barnas Thomas D. Evans Drs. Ellen Cole & Doug North Meaghan Murphy & Nicholas Faso Kirk Cornwell & Claire Pospisil Dr. & Mrs. Reed Ference Mr. David Duquette Roseanne Fogarty & Perry Smith Nathaniel & Virginia Fossner Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gordon Dr. Thomas Freeman & Mrs. Phyllis Attanasio Karen S. Hartgen-Fisher Joseph Gravini & Beth Cope Gerald Herman Ephraim & Elana Glinert Mr. & Mrs. E. Stewart Jones, Jr. Alan Goldberg Wendy Jordan & Frank Murray Mrs. Ellen Jabbur Karen & Alan Lobel Judith B. McIlduff Joseph & Linda Farrell Ms. Sophie Moss Lois V. Foster Patricia & Kevin O’Bryan Thomas Freedman Henry & Sally Peyrebrune John & Linda Fritze Sara & John Regan Charles L. & Elizabeth P. Gerli Lee & Donna Rosen The Family of Morton Gould Alan & Leizbeth Sanders Holly Katz & William Harris Peg & Bob Schalit Michael & Katharine Hayes I. David & Lois Swawite Herbert & Judith Katz Dr. Micheileen Treadwell Mr. Robert J. Krackeler Mrs. Jane A. Wait Drs. Matthew Leinug & Cyndi Miller Mrs. Candace King Weir Robert & Jean Leonard Harry & Connie Wilbur Tom & Sue Lyons Barbara & Stephen Wiley Richard & Barbara MacDowell Austin & Nancy Woodward Charles & Barbara Manning Bonnie Taylor & Daniel Wulff Ted & Judy Marotta Mr. Cory Martin CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE FRIEND LEVEL ($1,000- Mrs. Nancy McEwan $1,499) Vaughn & Hugh Nevin Wallace & Jane Altes Sarah M. Pellman Hermes & Linda Ames Mrs. Brin Quell Shannon & Matthew Amodeo Lewis C. & Gretchen A. Rubenstein Sharon Bedford & Fred Alm Peggy & Jack Seppi Timothy Burch Herb & Cynthia Shultz Dr. Ellen Mary Cosgrove Mrs. Elizabeth J. Silver Paul Davis William Tuthill & Gregory Anderson Ms. Ruth Dinowitz Darrell Wheeler & Donovan Howard Ann & Don Eberle Michael & Margery Whiteman

INDIVIDUAL GIVING:

The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. This list represents cumulative annual gifts received during the period between July 1, 2019 and Dec. 7, 2020.

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Kathy Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Martin Strnad Linda Winslow Erica Stupp Michael & Monica Short Russell Wise & Ann Alles Dennis G. Sullivan Wendy Shotsky Frank & Beth Woods James Sullivan Mr. Bruce Shreffler Austin & Nancy Woodward Amy & Robert Sweet Mr. Karen & Kenneth Ira Shulman Bonnie Taylor & Daniel Wulff Ben Szaro Brad Silver Irene Wynnyczuk Thomas Taber Donna Simms Dr. Shelley M. Zansky Edwin & Pamela Taft Mr. & Mrs. Manfred A. Simon Mr. & Mrs. G. William Zautner Mr. Dale Thuillez Cathy Sims - O'Neil & Jack O'Neil Michael & Barbara Zavisky Mr. Michael Tobin Diana Skelly Michael & Katherine Zdeb Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Slowe Julia Zhu Alta Turner Mr. Steve & Marilyn Smith Patrick & Mary Ziegler Mrs. Carol Turner

IN HONOR, CELEBRATION, & MEMORY As of December 7, 2020

In Memory of Neil C. Brown, Jr. Mary Kay Sawyer Thomas Cheles Patricia & Roger Swanson John Davis Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris Dominick DeCecco Maryalice & Bruce Svare Robert & Pauline Grose Jody & John Van Voris Gary Jones Sharon A. Wesley Elinor & Michael Kelliher Mr. Meyer J. Wolin Kersten Lorcher & Sylvia Brown Anne & Art Young Deborah Mazzone Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older In Loving Memory of Adella Cooper Joseph & Patricia Potvin Miss Eileen C. Jones Robert Joseph & Rosemarie Rizzo Stuart Rubinstein In Memory of Elsa deBeer In Memory of Jeffrey Herchenroder Jenny deBeer Charno Robert Akland Jo Ann & Buzzy Hofheimer Ann-Marie B. Barker-Schwartz Susan Thompson Paula Brinkman Peter & Rose-Marie Ten Eyck Elizabeth Bunday Sarah & Patrick Carroll Joseph Demko Charlotte & Charles Buchanan Gary & Sandy Gnirrep John J. Nigro Guilderland Central Teachers Assoc. New York Council of Nonprofits Guilderland Music Parents and Friends David Scott Allen Assoc. Greta Berkson Leif & Claudia Hartmark Mary & Tom Harowski Kelly Hill Mary James Geneva Kraus Sally & Edward Jennings Lynwood Elementary Leigh & Louis Lazaron Marybeth Maikels Susan Limeri Sharen M. Michalec Ann Silverstein Timothy & Kathleen M. Owens Anna Taglieri Jocelyn Salada Enid Watsky Jacqueline West Farbman

In Loving Memory of Frederick S. deBeer, Jr. In Loving Memory of Beatrice & Robert Herman David Scott Allen Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert Elsa G. DeBeer Adelaide Muhlfelder In Loving Memory of F. William Joynt Dr. & Mrs. Donald Bourque In Honor of Dr. Gustave Eisemann Alan Goldberg In Memory of Petia Kassarova Julie & William Shapiro In Honor of Marisa Eisemann Larry Waterman Dr. Heinrich Medicus In Memory of Audrey Kaufmann In Memory of Dr. Alvin K. Fossner Judith & Herbert Katz Carl & Cathy Hackert In Memory of Louise Marshall In Memory of Allan D. Foster Kimberly Arnold Mrs. Lois V. Foster Gloria MacNeil Ann & Mark Rogan In Memory of Rachel Galperin Beth Rosenzweig Margaret & Robert Schalit In Honor of Susan Martula In Memory of Jane Golub David & Tanyss Martula Albany Symphony Orchestra Committee In Loving Memory of Dr. Heinrich Medicus In Honor of Jerry Golub Carol & Ronald Bailey Sara & Barry Lee Larner Paul & Bonnie Bruno Elsa deBeer In Loving Memory of Roger Hannay Alan Goldberg Alan Goldberg Harry G. Taylor

In Honor of David Alan Miller In Memory of David Perry Lois & Barry Scherer Steven Fischer Susan St. Amour William Hughes Frederick Luddy In Honor of Miranda, Elias, and Ari Miller Richard & Anne Martula Bonnie Friedman & Gerald Miller James McGroarty & The NYCPGA Robin Seletsky In Memory of Marcia Nickerson Amy & Robert Sweet Philip & Penny Bradshaw Dawn Weinraub Irene Wynnyczuk In Memory of Justine R. B. Perry In Loving Memory of Don B. O’Connor Dr. David A. Perry Helen J. O’Connor In Loving Memory of Vera Propp In Memory of Paul Pagerey Dr. Richard Propp Peter & Ruth Pagerey In Honor of Nancy & Barry Richman In Loving Memory of Jim Panton Jan & Lois Dorman Bonnie & Paul Bruno Marcia & Findlay Cockrell In Memory of Felix Shapiro Nancy Goody Jacqueline & Paul Shapiro Mary Anne & Robert Lanni Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann In Memory of Nancy Winn David Alan Miller Merle Winn

FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The Albany Symphony is deeply grateful to the foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose ongoing support ensures the vitality of our orchestra. This list represents gifts received during the period between July 1, 2019- November 6, 2020.

$100,000+ $10,000+ Empire State Development Amphion Foundation Capital Region Economic Averill Park Education Foundation Development Council The Bender Family Foundation Fenimore Asset Management, Inc. $50,000+ GE Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Hannay Reels, Inc. Vanguard-Albany Symphony Howard & Bush Foundation Lucille A. HeroldCharitable Trust $25,000+ May K. Houck Foundation Aaron Copland M & T Charitable Foundation Fund for Music Nielsen Associates Faith Takes The John D. Picotte Family Foundation Family Foundation League of American Orchestras Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Sano-Rubin Construction Nigro Companies Stuyvesant Plaza The Swyer Companies/ Ellis Medicine Stuyvesant Plaza Hippo’s Carl E. Touhey Foundation Hudson River Bank & Trust William Gundry Broughton LaCorte Companies, Inc. Charitable Private Foundation McNamee Lochner Titus and Williams, P.C. MVP Health Care The Peckham Family Foundation $5,000+ The Robison Family Foundation Alice M. Ditson Fund Schuyler Companies AllSquare Wealth Management, LLC Sequence Development Atlas Wealth Management The David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund, Barry Alan Gold Memorial Fund Inc. Beekman 1802 Wells Fargo Advisors Berkshire Bank Wine and Dine for the Arts Café Capriccio CDPHP Galesi Group $1,500+ General Electric Albany Chefs’ Food & Wine Festival The Hershey Family Fund City of Amsterdam Hugh Johnson Advisors, LLC Dawn Homes Management Mohawk Honda Janney Montgomery Scott LLC New Music USA John Fritze Jr., Jeweler Omni Development Company Metroland Business Machines, Inc. Pearl Grant Richmans Pioneer Bank Rivers Casino Stewart’s Shops Upstate Coalition for a Fairgame $1,000+ Adirondack Trust Insurance/Amsure Albany Medical Center $2,500+ Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust Firestone Family Foundation BST and Co. CPAs, LLP. Lia Infiniti CAP COM Federal National Grid Credit Union NBT Bank Capital Bank Nolan and Heller, LLP Charles R. Wood Foundation Repeat Business Systems Inc. Discover Albany Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP

ENCORE SOCIETY To keep orchestral music alive in our community, and to ensure that future generations experience the joy, please consider joining the Albany Symphony Encore Society.

Gifts of all sizes make it possible for the Albany Symphony to maintain our tradition of artistic excellence and innovation and community engagement for generations to come.

There are many options to make a planned gift to the Albany Symphony that enable anyone to leave a legacy of music: - Charitable bequests, including charitable remainder trusts - IRA or 401(k) beneficiary designation - Gifts of life insurance or appreciated stocks - A bequest in a will of living trust

To learn more about the Encore Society, please contact: Sophie Moss Director of Development (518) 465-4755 x144 [email protected]

We invite you to create your own legacy and join the following members of Encore Society:

Anonymous Steve Lobel Matthew Bender IV Dr. Heinrich Medicus Melody Bruce, MD Marcia Nickerson Charlotte & Charles Buchanan John I. Riley Adella S. Cooper Harry Rutledge Susan Thompson & Al De Salvo Gretchen A. & Lewis C Rubenstein Marisa Eisemann, MD Ruth Ann Sandstedt David Emanatian Rachel & Dwight Smith Alan P. Goldberg Harriet & Edward Thomas Edward M. Jennings Micheileen J. Treadwell William Harris & Holly Katz Paul Wing Charles Liddle III

ABOUT THE ALBANY SYMPHONY... The Albany Symphony is one of this region’s most revered music and cultural institutions, having won numerous national awards for its adventurous concert programming, recording projects, composer residencies, and innovative educational efforts involving area schools throughout the region. As the premier professional orchestra based in the Capital Region, the Albany Symphony enriches a broad and diverse regional community in upstate New York, Western Massachusetts, and Southern Vermont.

OUR MISSION... The Albany Symphony Orchestra celebrates our living musical heritage. Through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the Albany Symphony enriches a broad & diverse regional community. By creating, recording, and disseminating the music of our time, the Albany Symphony is establishing an enduring artistic legacy that is reshaping the nation’s musical future.

OUR CORE VALUES…

• The power of music to transform perspectives and lives • Excellence in performance, education, and in the audience experience • Championing both our musical heritage and the music and composers of our time • Playing a vital cultural, economic, and social role in our community • Diverse perspectives

OUR VISION… To transform the lives of all people of the Capital Region through the power of music.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES…

• Provide bold, meaningful, and superb experiences through music • Enrich and celebrate the people and history of the Capital Region • Champion the music of our time and its creators in innovative ways • Ensure the Albany Symphony is serving the community through its 100th anniversary (2030) and beyond

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION TASK FORCE CHARTER Incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion best practices in all aspects of the Albany Symphony is a strategic priority to ensure the organization’s longevity and its service to the community.

• A diversity of perspectives creates better art and a better dialogue about art. • Creating inclusive environments helps us to better serve and represent our community. • EDI-friendly environments lead to better business outcomes and financial success.

We at the Albany Symphony stand in solidarity with communities of color against the systemic racism that has created an everyday reality of intolerance, inequity, and violence for many people across the nation and in our community. We support the right of individuals and communities to engage in peaceful protest and add our voice to call attention to the horrific death of George Floyd and the pattern of racial injustice that has become tragically all too familiar.

Anna Kuwabara, Executive Director | David Alan Miller, Music Director | Jerry Golub, Board Chair