As Fate Would Have It

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8:00 PM – Wentz Concert Hall Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:30 PM – Symphony Center As Fate Would Have It...

Chicago Sinfonietta Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor

Saibei Dance (from Saibei Suite No. 2)...... An-Lun Huang

Ennanga for Harp, Piano and String Orchestra ...... William Grant Still I. Moderately fast II. Moderately slow III. Majestically Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

On Willows and Birches, Concerto for Harp ...... John Williams I. On Willows II. On Birches Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor ...... Ludwig van Beethoven I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro IV. Allegro

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Chicago Sinfonietta 1 PROGRAM NOTES

The Chicago Sinfonietta and Mei-Ann Chen met for the first time almost exactly two years ago, performing Huang’s Saibei Dance. The connection from podium to player was electrifying and led to the seemingly inevitable events of this evening. Meeting again over the same piece, this is more than a case of history repeating. Featured in 2009 as a guest conductor, Maestro Chen has now taken the reins as Music Director and begins her first season with a program meditating, appropriately, on fate.

Both Mei-Ann and the orchestra share a passion for exploring music written by minorities and seek out masterpieces new and old unfairly overlooked by other orchestras. In his Saibei Dance, Chinese-Canadian composer An-Lun Huang fuses Chinese folk tunes and musical styles with the western orchestra to create a rousing work. Born in China to musical parents, Huang’s undergraduate training in music was cut short by the arrival of the Cultural Revolution. Unwilling to give up his passion, he eventually found his way to the University of Toronto and his new- found home of Canada. Opening with strummed violins and a lively flute, Saibei Dance, is proof of Huang’s ability to handle the orchestra and his knowledge and respect of her own musical heritage.

A composer whose works are no stranger to the Chicago Sinfonietta, William Grant Still broke numerous barriers for the African-American musicians who followed him. When he stepped onto the podium of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1939 he was the first African-American to conduct a major symphony orchestra, having already been the first to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. From operas to popular music arrangements Still’s talent was more than equal to his historic accomplishments. Ennanga for Harp, Piano and String Orchestra finds him, like Huang, connecting his musical heritage with the orchestra. Titled after the Ugandan harp of the same name, Ennanga cleverly evokes its namesake through an ensemble of only stringed instruments.

Interestingly, Still does not play the piano and harp against the strings in a traditional soloist-ensemble exchange. Rather all three play as equals in a constant back and forth to mimic the simultaneously lyrical and percussive sound of the ennanga. Written in 1956 for friend and virtuoso harpist Louis Adele Craft, the piece was premiered in Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Structured in a three movement fast-slow-fast model, the opening is filled with rhythmic tricks and turns, suggesting traditional Ugandan music. In the second movement, a beautiful song-like melody begins in the harp, slowly drifts to the strings, back to the harp, and finally fades off into the distance with a few hushed chords. After a brief call from the harp, the strings and piano launch into a rousing finale keeping everyone on their toes right to the end.

The harp provided the inspiration for John Williams’s On Willows and Birches as well. Commissioned by the Boston Symphony in 2008 for their long-time principal harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, Williams was charged with writing a work for this beautiful but technically beguiling instrument. “James Levine, Music Director of the Boston Symphony, and Ann asked me if I would write a piece to celebrate her retirement. At first I thought: ‘no’. ” Williams commented in an interview, “Harp is not easy to write for: all of the peddling and fingerings and so forth are very complicated. But then I thought about the privilege of being asked to write this for her.” Fortunately for us, Ann won out in the end resulting in a two-movement concerto that highlights both her mastery of the instrument and the vast range of color and sound the harp can create. 2 Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sinfonietta 3 PROGRAM NOTES ( c o n t.) PROGRAM NOTES ( c o n t.)

The title is Williams’ own combination of two separate texts which inspired the Terrifying in its power, Beethoven’s four-note ‘fate’ motive permeates music. While composing the first movement Williams, “came upon a quote from the the entire first movement with relentless ferocity. Heard as melody and Biblical Psalm 137: ‘We hanged our harps upon the willows…’, which fascinated me. accompaniment, either the tune or its insistent rhythm is found in nearly every I had an image of harps hanging on the trees with the wind wafting through the measure. Beethoven allows a deceptive release from its over-bearing presence strings creating this beautiful, delicate, and subtle sound.” Williams, no stranger to in the second movement with a lyrical, but still emotionally complex and crafting sound from images, skillfully evokes the text. As the harp shifts between troubled Adagio. Near the end of the third movement, just as the audience defined melodies and atmospheric glissandos, the orchestra creates a sort of cloud might think Beethoven is through with his ‘fate’ motive, it returns, threatening of sound around her. The air clears briefly at the end for a short cadenza before to overtake the orchestra again. Beethoven instead seizes these notes “by the leaping into the second movement. throat” and resolutely shatters them with the “radiant beams” of a glorious C major in the fourth and final movement. Moving at a much quicker pace, but still finding its creative roots in the imagery of trees, the second movement is titled after Robert Frost’s poem ‘Birches’. I’ve always loved the More than 200 years later, that musical moment still contains an indescribable Frost poem,” Williams commented, “and the idea of, as I remember in my mind, the picture mix of inevitability and surprise. One could describe the meeting of the Chicago of a little boy swinging on the birch branches.” Filled with rhythmic intricacies and brilliant Sinfonietta and Mei-Ann in similar terms, which has led to this evening, and surely orchestrations, the movement highlights Ann’s virtuosity and joyful passion. Infectious in many more, of great music making. its playfulness, Williams certainly must of have agreed with Frost that “One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.” Composer and writer John Glover writes notes, articles, and online courses for organizations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Glimmerglass Opera, the Chicago It would be difficult to find someone unfamiliar with the fateful four-note gesture Sinfonietta, Carnegie Hall, and Opera America. Recent commissions come from Houston that opens Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Heard in commercials, film, and even disco Grand Opera, the Five Boroughs Music Festival, and the American Conservatory Theater. tunes, the Fifth is, as music critic music critic Donald Tovey called it, “among the least He currently lives in New York City where he co-curates the series NewYorksoundCircut. misunderstood of musical classics.” The famous tune was even used by the British For more information, please visit www.johnmakesnoise.com in WWII to announce radio statements from the Prime Minister: the rhythm is the same as the morse code (short-short-short-long) of the letter ‘V’ for victory. While it remains up for debate whether or not Beethoven himself intended that the motive be “fate knocking at the door” the idea has become inseparable from the music and the events of his life surrounding its composition.

Having established notoriety as a composer and masterful improviser at the piano, it was in the fall of 1801 at the age of 30 that Beethoven began to come to terms with the reality of his hearing loss. In a letter to his confidant F.G. Wegeler discussing the terrifying inevitability, he declared that he would “seize Fate by the throat; it shall not bend or crush me completely.” Beethoven made good on his promise, with the next 10 years being some of the most productive of his life. Written mostly between 1807-1808, the Fifth Symphony premiered at the historic marathon all-Beethoven concert, conducted by the composer himself, at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien on December 22, 1808. In a program lasting more than four hours, he conducted not only the Fifth, but the Sixth Symphony, the Choral Fantasy, movements from his Mass, and performed piano improvisations. Largely ignored by critics, a performance of the Fifth was remounted a year later and the critic and writer ETA Hoffman took notice. He described the music in the most vivid of terms: Supporting the arts in Chicago

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Mei-Ann Chen, ing and violin from the New England again in 2010 and the Lifetime Achieve- After the 2009 Tanglewood concerts and Music Director and Conservatory, and a D.M.A. in conducting ment Award from the Boston Musicians her official retirement, Pilot returned to Conductor from the University of Michigan, where Association in 2010. She was awarded the stage as soloist with the BSO opening The first woman to she was a student of Kenneth Kiesler. an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree the Boston Symphony season and the win the Malko Interna- Chen was a participant in the National from Bridgewater State College in 1988. Carnegie Hall season with the premiere tional Conductors Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. of a concerto written for her by John Wil- Competition (2005), and the American Academy of Conduct- In 1997 she traveled to South Africa to liams, “On Willows and Birches” a concerto Mei-Ann Chen is ing in Aspen. During her five-year tenure record a video documentary, “A Musical for harp and orchestra. Williams says considered one of America’s most excit- as Music Director of the Portland (OR) Journey”, sponsored by the Museum of Afro- “The exciting thing for me about writing ing and promising young conductors. Youth Philharmonic, she led its sold- American History and WGBH. The film aired concertos is that you are writing for a per- Concluding a highly successful tenure out debut in Carnegie Hall, received an nationwide on PBS for three years. While son—someone. Ann is more than a great as Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore ASCAP award for innovative program- there she performed with the National harpist, she really is a great woman—it Symphony last summer, she also ac- ming, and was honored with a Sunburst Symphony of Johannesburg and visited the has to do with the inner ear or the inner cepted a three-year appointment as the Award from Young Audiences for her San people of Namibia. The video is about soul, but she has it all.” On October 3, the Music Director of the Memphis Sympho- contribution to music education. the concert, her personal musical journey orchestra paid tribute to her dedicat- ny Orchestra that began in the 2010-2011 and tells the story of her African journey to ing the entire concert in her honor and season. Chen spent two years as the Assis- Ann Hobson Pilot, find the roots of the harp. featuring her in two other works for solo tant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Harp harp in addition to the Williams. Orchestra. Both her fellowships at the After 40 years with Ms. Pilot is on the faculties of the New ASO and the BSO were sponsored by the the Boston Sympho- England Conservatory of Music, Boston Pilot says she looks forward to lots of per- League of American Orchestras. Chen’s ny Orchestra, legend- University, Tanglewood Music Center, formances, master classes and recordings guest conducting appearances include ary principal harpist, and the Boston University Tanglewood in the years ahead. She is currently work- all of the principal Danish orchestras, Nor- Ann Hobson Pilot, Institute. She has performed with the ing with producer Susan Dangel to create wegian Radio Orchestra, Taiwan National retired at the end of Boston Symphony Chamber Players, a new half-hour documentary that will Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and the Tanglewood 2009 season. Marlboro Music Festival, Newport Music tell the story of her life in music. She and the symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, Festival, Sarasota Music Festival and the her husband, Prentice Pilot, are currently Bournemouth, Fort Worth, National, Or- Ann Hobson Pilot is a graduate of the Ritz Chamber Players. residents of Osprey, Florida. egon, Seattle, Toledo, Toronto, Trondheim, Cleveland Institute of Music under Alice Grand Teton Music Festival, and Chau- Chalifoux. She became principal harp tauqua Institution. Awarded the 2007 of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Taki Concordia Fellowship, she appeared 1980, having joined the BSO in 1969 as jointly with Marin Alsop and Stefan Sand- assistant principal harp and principal erling in highly acclaimed subscription with the Boston Pops. Before that she concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, was substitute second harp with the Colorado Symphony and Florida Orches- Pittsburgh Symphony and principal harp tra. Maestro Chen has appeared twice of the Washington National Symphony. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since January of 2010. Ms. Pilot has had an extensive solo career. She has performed with many In June 2010, following a two year American orchestras as a soloist, as international search, Mei-Ann Chen was well as with orchestras in Europe, Haiti, selected to succeed Chicago Sinfonietta New Zealand, and South Africa. She has Founder Paul Freeman as the first new several CDs available on the Boston Music Director in the twenty-four year Records label, as well as on the Koch history of the Orchestra. Sharing the International and Denouement labels. In podium with Founder and mentor Paul September 1999 she traveled to London Freeman, in his emotional final per- to record, with the London Symphony formance in May 2011, Mei-Ann Chen Orchestra, the Harp Concerto by the kicked of the 2011-2012 Season with a young American composer Kevin Kaska, thrilling performance in Millennium Park a work that she commissioned. attended by over 7,000. The Sinfonietta is delighted to welcome Maestro Chen In May of 2010, Ms. Pilot was the re- to our orchestral family. cipient of an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Tufts University. She has A native of Taiwan, Chen has lived in received numerous awards including the the United States since 1989. She holds Distinguished Alumni Award from the master’s degrees in both conduct- Cleveland Institute of Music in 1993 and 6 Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sinfonietta 7 CHICAGO SINFONIETTA HISTORY

The Chicago Sinfonietta was founded by Maestro Paul Freeman in 1987 in re- sponse to the lack of opportunity for minority classical musicians, composers, and soloists. The orchestra remains a true trailblazer and a national model for classical music. Chicago Sinfonietta musicians truly represent the breadth of the city’s multi-cultural landscape, welcoming audiences from all walks of life.

Under the guidance of Music Director Emeritus Paul Freeman and now Music Di- rector Mei-Ann Chen, the orchestra performs at the highest artistic level and has achieved an outstanding reputation for its innovative programs. The Sinfonietta is dedicated to the authentic performance of Classical, Romantic and Contem- porary repertoire and excels at presenting imaginative new works by composers and soloists of color.

The Chicago Sinfonietta has a proud history of having enriched the cultural, educational, and social quality of life in Chicago, while gaining significant rec- ognition on the national and international stage. The orchestra prides itself on programming one-of-a-kind performances that stretch the boundaries of classical music presentations. It performs at Chicago’s Symphony Center, Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College in Naperville, and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park. The Chicago Sinfonietta is the official orchestra of the Joffrey Ballet.

During the first ten years of the Sinfonietta’s history, the orchestra embarked on six international tours performing concerts in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the Canary Islands. The Chicago Sinfonietta has produced fourteen compact discs, including the much heralded three-disc African Heritage Symphonic Series re- leased on Cedille Records in 2002 and a live recording of the 2007 tribute concert to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The orchestra has performed twice at the John F. Ken- nedy Center in Washington D.C. In August of 2008, the Chicago Sinfonietta made its Pritzker Pavilion debut to over 11,000 people with a multimedia performance of Gustav Holst’s The Planets accompanied by a video suite created by Adler Plan- etarium astronomer and artist José Francisco Salgado.

With the announcement of Paul Freeman’s planned retirement in 2011, the organization conducted a two-year international search that resulted in the 2010 announcement of Mei-Ann Chen’s appointment as Music Director. Maestro Free- man’s final season culminated with a national broadcast of his final performance on WFMT 98.7 FM that also featured Maestro Chen as co-conductor for the evening. Maestro Chen’s tenure as Music Director was formally introduced to the city on August 14, 2011 with “Hello Chicago!”, a spectacular concert in Millennium Park celebrating the diversity of Chicago’s neighborhoods and people.

The 2011-2012 Season will be the first under that baton of Mei-Ann Chen.

Chicago Sinfonietta 9 MISSION

The Mission of the Chicago Sinfonietta is to serve as a national model for inclu- siveness and innovation in classical music through the presentation of the highest quality orchestral concerts and related programs. The Chicago Sinfonietta aspires to remove the barriers to participation in, and appreciation of classical music through its educational and outreach programs that expose children and their families to classical music, and by providing professional development opportunities for young musicians and composers of diverse backgrounds enabling new, important voices to be heard. This will help America become a true cultural democracy, in which everyone can share fully in its cultural resources and in which all can contribute to its cultural richness.

CHICAGO SINFONIETTA EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Audience Matters is the Chicago Sinfonietta’s core educational program. This program provides an immersive introduction to classical music for elementary school students in the Chicago Public School system. Through the program, students learn about the families of instruments in the orchestra from teaching artists – Sinfonietta musicians – who also relate composers, history, art, and architecture to the various periods of classical music. On multiple visits, musicians from different sections of the orchestra demonstrate their instruments through experiential tools, integrating visual, audio, and tactile elements to help the students learn. In addition, students and their families are invited to all Sinfonietta performances for the season. Over 1,000 students are participating in Audience Matters this year thanks to our generous donors.

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SEED (Student Ensembles with Excellence and Diversity) provides mentoring for young musicians. The SEED Program identifies talented high school musicians and offers them a series of workshops and master classes taught by Chicago Sinfonietta teacher-musicians in small ensemble settings. The program concludes with a concert performed by the ensembles. The goal of this program is to both inspire and mentor these young artists, and encourage their professional growth for the future.

Project Inclusion: Musicians of Color Fellowship Program

The Chicago Sinfonietta is delighted to welcome the 2011-2012 Fellows for Proj- ect Inclusion. This program, begun in 2007, provides professional development opportunities for talented minority musicians funded through the generous support of the Chicago Community Trust, the Joyce Foundation, and others. Project Inclusion addresses the Sinfonietta’s long-term goal of increasing the number of minority musicians playing in orchestras across the U.S. by providing fellowships and ensemble experience for promising young musicians. Recent data shows that less than 3% of orchestral musicians performing with the top 1,000 orchestras are people of color.

Project Inclusion provides 2 year fellowships for young musicians of color that include rehearsing and performing with the orchestra, receiving one-on-one mentoring from senior members of the Sinfonietta, attending master classes and mock auditions, and assistance in job placement after completion of the program.

Name Instrument Elizabeth Diaz Flute Felix Petit Violin Renaudo Robinson Violin Victor Sotelo Cello

We are also delighted welcome the 2011-2012 Project Inclusion Ensemble Fellows who will be performing in smaller ensembles at various community locations throughout the year. They are:

Name Instrument Jocelyn Butle Cello Brandon Patrick George Flute Kevin Lin Viola Shawnita Tyus Violin Dorthy White Viola

Project Inclusion Orchestra and Ensemble Fellows Program is managed by Renée Baker. Our mentors include orchestra members Renée Baker, Principal Viola, John Fairfield, Principal French Horn, Janice McDonald, Principal Flute, and Karen Nel- son, Principal Second Violin.

We also wish to acknowledge some very important partners whose assistance has been invaluable in developing and implementing Project Inclusion:

Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University – Henry Fogel, Dean DePaul School of Music – Donald E. Casey, Dean Northwestern University School of Music – Toni-Marie Montgomery, Dean

12 Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sinfonietta 13 CHICAGO SINFONIETTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHICAGO SINFONIETTA ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

Cheri Chappelle...... Chair Jim Hirsch...... Executive Director Virginia Clarke...... Chair Elect Renée Baker...... Orchestra Personnel Manager Anita J. Wilson...... Secretary Carolyn Branton...... Development Associate Mark J. Williams...... Treasurer/Finance Committee Co-Chair Paris Braxton...... Sales and Patron Services Director Patrick Cermak...... Development Committee Chair Jeanetta Hampton...... Financial Director Nazneen Razi...... Nominating Committee Chair Jeff Handley...... Education Outreach Program Director Margarete Evanoff...... Finance Committee Co-Chair Christina Harris...... Production Manager/Librarian Rich Gamble...... Marketing Committee Chair Don Macica...... Communications Director Karim Ahamed...... Program Committee Chair Kerri Malone...... Intern Courtney Perkins...... Development Director Mei-Ann Chen...... Music Director William Porter...... Assistant Librarian Jim Hirsch...... Executive Director Ryan Smith...... Box Office and Digital Media Manager Paul Freeman...... Founding Music Director Emeritus We Need You! Volunteer for the Chicago Sinfonietta, meet great people, and Neelum T. Aggarwal Phil Gant III Anthony E. Munroe make a real difference. For information on how you can become a Sinfonietta Anne Barlow-Johnston Rich Gamble Dean Nelson volunteer, call us at 312-236-3681. John Barron Steven V. Hunter Maurice Smith Jetta Bates-Vasilatos Gregory P. Jacobson Stephanie Springs Classical music for your special event! The Chicago Sinfonietta’s wonderful Linda Boasmond Betty Johnson Kimberly Waller and talented musicians are available to perform at parties, weddings, corporate Eileen Chin Kevin A. Krakora Greta Weathersby meetings, or special events. For more information, call 312-236-3681 x 1553. Phil Engel Chairs of Friends Organizations The Chicago Sinfonietta is proud to be the official orchestra of Linda Tuggle – South Side Friends the Joffrey Ballet. Barbara Harper Norman – North Side Friends Kathleen Tannyhill – North Side Friends Kim L. Bright – West Suburban Friends

WELCOME TARA Cross Blue Shield that has enabled the DOWD GURBER orchestra to present its concert and The Chicago Sinfo- educational programs at the high- nietta is honored to est levels. Tara became the Chair of welcome Tara Dowd the Board of Directors in August of Gurber as a Lifetime 2008 and served until the end of the Trustee. Tara joined 2009-2010 Season. During her tenure, the Chicago Sinfo- Tara presided over the orchestra’s nietta Board of Directors in 2005 and search and selection of its new Music immediately began making an impact. Director. In addition, she has served Her advocacy and leadership created as co-chair of two Balls including the the ongoing partnership with Blue 20th Anniversary event.

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Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor VIOLIN OBOE Paul Zafer, concertmaster Ricardo Castaneda, principal Carol Lahti, asst concertmaster Amy Barwan Karen Nelson, principal second June Matayoshi, English Horn David Belden, asst. principal Lucinda Ali CLARINET Charles Bontrager Leslie Grimm, principal Elizabeth Brausa Brathwaite Dileep Gangolli Melanie Clevert-Sarapa Kathryne Pirtle, Bass Clarinet Terrance Gray Carl Johnston BASSOON Carmen Kassinger Robert Barris, principal June 2, 2012 David Katz Rachael Young Todd Matthews Steve Ingle, Contrabassoon James Sanders Phyllis M. Sanders FRENCH HORN Edith Yokley John Fairfield, principal Laura Fairfield VIOLA John Schreckengost Renée Baker, principal Elizabeth Mazur-Johnson Becky Coffman Andrew Dowd III TRUMPET Scott Dowd Matt Lee, principal Robert C. Fisher Michael Brozick Vannia Phillips Kevin Wood

CELLO TROMBONE Ann Griffin, principal Katherine Stubbins, principal Donald Mead Robert Hoffhines Edward Moore Jemmie Robertson, Bass Trombone William Porter Andrew Snow TUBA Charles Schuchat, principal BASS John Floeter, principal TIMPANI Brenda Donati Robert Everson, principal Alan Steiner PERCUSSION FLUTE Michael Folker, principal Janice MacDonald, principal Brandon Podjascek Claudia Cryer Jon Johnson Laura Hamm, Piccolo Tina Laughlin Elizabeth Diaz* PIANO Donald Mead

Names of string players are listed in alphabetical order, as the Chicago Sinfonietta uses seat rotation except for principals. * Project Inclusion Fellow

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The Chicago Sinfonietta gratefully acknowledges the following contributors (as of 9-9-11): Concert Circle Northern Trust Charitable Norman Chappelle and Cheri ($50,000+) Trust Wilson-Chappelle Anonymous Northside Friends of the Challenger, Gray and Capri Global Capital Chicago Sinfonietta Christmas Chicago Community Trust The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Ms. Eileen Chin The Joyce Foundation Prince Charitable Trust City Arts - Department of The John D. and Catherine T. PricewaterhouseCoopers Cultural Affairs MacArthur Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy and Columbia College Chicago, The Wallace Foundation Sandra Rand Institute for the Study of Walmart Women and Gender in the Premier Circle Wight & Company Arts and Media ($25,000-$49,999) ComEd Alphawood Foundation Presto Circle Deloitte Consulting LLP Anonymous ($5,000-$9,999) Ms. Diane Dowd ABC7 3Arts Field Foundation of Illinois, BP America Ms. Kathy Abelson Inc. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Anonymous Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald Illinois Ms. Renée Baker Mr. and Mrs. Phil and LaJule The Boeing Company Ms. Anne Barlow Johnston Gant Charitable Trust Ms. Adela Cepeda Mr. Dan Grossman The Collins Family Fund Chicago Tribune Foundation Mr. Charles H. Harper Crown Family Philanthropies Ms. Virginia Clarke Ms. Susan Irion Exelon DLA Piper US LLP Jack & Jill of America Mrs. Bettiann Gardner Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Peoples Gas Foundation Ms. Mary James Polk Bros. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Engel Hon. Emil Jones Quarles & Brady LLP Fifth Third Bank – Jacob G. Jones Lang LaSalle Sara Lee Foundation Schmidlapp Trusts Mr. Brian Kreider Southside Friends of the Mrs. Jill Fitzgerald Motorola, Inc. Chicago Sinfonietta Mr. John Gable Mr. and Mrs. Dean Nelson Ms. Peg Thomson Ann and Gordon Getty Sage Foundation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John and Crescendo Circle Grainger Margaret Saphir ($10,000-$24,999) John R. Halligan Charitable Ms. Stephanie S. Springs Aon Foundation Fund Ms. Michelle Vanderlaan Anonymous Jim and Michelle Hirsch The Farny R. Wurlitzer Baxter Drs. Peyton and Betty Foundation Cedar Concepts Corporation Hutchison Chicago Sun-Times Charity Irving Harris Foundation Allegro Circle Trust Kraft Foods Global, Inc. ($1,000-$2,499) Linda and Eric Boasmond Mr. Kevin Krakora Mr. Spencer Aloisio Gaylord and Dorothy Mr. Michael Mackey Mr. Richard Anderson Donnelley Foundation Macy’s In Honor of Maestro Freeman Ms. Tara Dowd Gurber Navistar, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James and Fifth Third Bank Nicor Susan Annable Mr. Richard Gamble Mr. and Mrs. Salhuddin and In Memory of William Leo S. Guthman Fund Nazneen Razi Johnston Hewitt Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Ariel Capital Management, Illinois Arts Council Rougeau LLC Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Mr. John Smtih Mr. Marcus Boggs Illinois Tool Works Reed Smith LLP Mr. Leslie Bond, Jr. Foundation Ms. Stephanie Springs Ms. Elena Bradie JP Morgan Chase Foundation The Siragusa Foundation Hon. Roland Burris The Jacobson Group Mr. Mark Williams Ms. Gloria Castillo Japanese Chamber of Ms. Anita Wilson Elizabeth F. Cheney Commerce Foundation Foundation and Industry of Chicago Vivace Circle R. M. Chin & Associates Jenner and Block LLP ($2,500-$4,999) Mr. and Mrs. William and Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson Dr. Neelum Aggarwal Arlene Connell John Mathias Anonymous Ms. Jennifer Connelly National Endowment for Mr. Karim Ahamed Mr. and Mrs. Michael and the Arts Mr. Peter Barrett Loretta Davenport The Nielsen Company Ms. Karen Beal Ms. Shelley Davis 18 Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sinfonietta 19 INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ( c o n t.) INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ( c o n t.)

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Marley Ms. Crystal Ashby Mr. Stan Hill Mr. Carlos Alonzo Marun Ms. Mary Lou Bacon… IBM International Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Mr. Jeff Baddeley Foundation Shirley Massey Ms. Zita Baltramonas In Honor of Michelle Collins inspiring Mr. Gary Matts Mr. John Barron from Maggie Coleman Mr. Craig Milkint Mr. Walter Becky II I-Stats Med Inc. MillerCoors Ms. Carol A. Berger The Janotta-Pearsall Family Ms. Beatrice W. Miller Mr. Perry Berke Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Ms. Michelle Bibbs Mr. Christopher Kelly Cindy Mitchell Mr. Arthur Boddie Ms. Joyce Johnson Miller Ms. Constance Montgomery Mr. Robert Bower Ms. Peggy Montes Ms. Nailah D. Muttalib Ms. Barbara Bowles Mr. Todd Much Mr. Marcello Navarro Ms. Laurie Brady Ms. Mary James Ms. Isobel Neal Ms. Pauline Spicer Brown Ms. Paula K. Jones The Sara Lee Foundation’s mission is to enrich and inspire…every day. Mr. David Nichols Ms. Ina Burd Mr. William Jones The Foundation supports effective programs that address domestic Dr. Linda Curtis-O’Bannon Ms. Geneva Calloway Katten Temple LLC hunger, healthy weight through energy balance, and select diverse and Ms. Judy Petty Rev. Finley Campbell Mr. Steve King inclusive cultural projects that are highly visible in the community. Mr. Roberto Ramirez Ms. J.C. Campbell Ms. Vivian King Ms. Louise Lee Reid Mr. Ruben Cannon Mr. Fred Labed Mrs. Marion Roberts Ms. Vilma Chan Mr. and Mrs. Richard and John and Gwendolyn Rogers Ms. Kimberly Chase Harding Roberta Larson Ms. Susan Rogers Ms. Aimee Christ Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. 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Lead Season Sponsor Supporting Season Sponsor North Side Chapter Marcia A. Preston Gwendolyn Ritchie Barbara Harper Norman, Co-Chair Marion E. Roberts Kathleen Tannyhill, Co-Chair Antoinette Scott Sharon E. Scott Rochelle Allen Glenda Smith Supporting Season Sponsor Lead Media Sponsor Supporting Media Sponsor Rita Curry Joyce Occomy Stricklin Dr. Milton Draper Sheila Tucker Stanley Hilton Audrey Tuggle Drs. Betty and Peyton Hutchison Dorothy R. White Carol Johnson Elizabeth Wilkins Constance Montgomery Rita Wilson Nailah Muttalib Barbara Wright-Pryor Charlz Payne Aline O. Young Beverly Washington West Suburban Chapter South Side Chapter Kim L. Bright, Chair Linda Tuggle, Chair Lesa Alexander Lonnette Alexander Peggy Beata Iris Atkins Gloria Brooks Julie Bargowski Ian Carrus Beulah R. Brooks Gina Eanes The Chicago Sinfonietta is represented by the Silverman Group Pauline Spicer Brown Raullo Eanes for public relations services. Christine Browne Shawna Epich Carole H. Butler Mary Ellen Fiesler ENERI Communications: Asian Pacific Media/Marketing Consultant Cheri Chappelle Kathy Frank Bobbi Jo Donelson Peggy Frank Deborah Newman Marketing Communications: Elise Howard Edmond Deborah Hatchett Western Suburban Media/Marketing Consultant Emelda L. Estell Helen Hatchett Ellen Gary Lucy Hoy Joyce R. Grey Patricia Andrews Keenan Janice M. Hamasaki James Mark Brave New Pictures is the Official Video Helen Hatchett Archie Needham Company of the Chicago Sinfonietta Sharon Hatchett Deborah Newman Veronica S. Jenifer Charmayne Sears Janis E. Marley Dana Simone Stoval Doris Merrity Destiny Stoval Beatrice W. Miller † Earl Stubbe Helen P. Moore Barbara Yokom Jacqueline L. Moore Alenda Young Joyce M. Norman THANKS TO THE SAINTS, Volunteers for the Performing Arts. For information visit Deidra Norris † In Loving Memory www.saintschicago.org or call 773-529-5510.

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