Letter from the Executive Director...... 5 Elizabeth Schulze Bio Letter from the Music Director...... 7 Staff / Board of Directors...... 9 Letter from the Board President...... 11 Elizabeth Schulze Biography...... 16 Time For Three: Live in Concert...... 19 16 About the Artists...... 21

Make the Most of Your Time For Three Bio Concert Experience...... 25 Acknowledgements...... 28 Endowments...... 29 Friends of the Symphony...... 32

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ear MSO Friends,

DWhile there are still a lot of exciting performances yet to come this season, like the exquisite Mahler Symphony No. 4 next month, or the incomparable guitarist, Sharon Isbin in April, or the amazing LaKisha Jones’ tribute to Whitney Houston in May, here at MSO central we are already putting the final touches on our 39th season! Elizabeth and the artistic team have put together another winner that promises to be as wonderful as any to date.

Since my first concerts in October and with the huge success of Home for the Holidays and our Year End donation campaign, I’m beginning to get a better sense of the level of commitment and loyalty this community has for the MSO. So many of you are supporting us by attending every concert and supporting our Annual Fund! Some are investing in our future with gifts to the MSO Endowment or New Initiative Fund. And every concert welcomes brand new patrons who we hope will become regulars.

Looking at the landscape of patron engagement, we are developing plans to increase engagement, or loyalty, by those at all levels. So if you have only attended once or twice, don’t be surprised if we invite you to come back. If you attend most concerts, we hope we can entice you with a subscription to all of them. If you subscribe and donate, we want to show you how much we appreciate your generous support and demonstrate the impact you are having on our ability to provide great concerts and multiple levels of educational outreach.

At the same time, we hope to achieve more consistency in how we offer subscriptions, flexible packages, and single tickets. Everything is on the table and we welcome your input. You may begin to see some small changes in how we sell the season or price tickets, but know that we are working to create the best concert experience and most sustainable model for the future. Your continued enjoyment and loyalty are our top priority!

Thank you for spending your time with us and for your support now and in the future.

Jonathan Parrish Executive Director

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letter from the music director

reetings and Welcome!

GThis season, my 20th with the Maryland Symphony as Music Director and Conductor, offers me an opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to my brilliant colleagues in the orchestra, our talented and devoted administrative staff, our actively involved and visionary board, our generous volunteers and donors and most important of all, to you, our audience members, who have supported us with your gracious and enthusiastic presence over the seasons.

© Melanie-Anderson © The Art of Music is all about communication between player and listener. It is an active and vital relationship that allows moments of insight, inspiration, excitement and reflection on both sides of the stage. Each season we strive to challenge ourselves to new artistic heights and deepen our relationship with you in the process.

The programming for this season is spectacular and particularly meaningful for me. I have had the pleasure and privilege to choose several favorite works, such as symphonies by Dvořák, Schumann and Mahler, concertos by Grieg, Rodrigo and Rouse, epic warhorses such as Carmina Burana and The Pines of Rome, a new work by Kimo Williams, as well as unfamiliar, but eminently worthy works by Florence Price and Ruth Gipps. I’ve also relished the opportunity to invite distinguished and beloved colleagues to join us this season as guest artists, including our brilliant Concertmaster, Robert Martin, pianist Andrew Staupe, soprano, Martha Guth, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Sharon Isbin and the stellar voices of Baltimore Choral Arts.

Along with our traditional “Home for the Holidays” featuring soprano Christine Lyons and the children’s choirs of Hagerstown’s First Christian Church, our Pops series brings back our good friends, the ever-popular Time for Three in February and in May, American Idol finalist LaKisha Jones joins us in a tribute To Whitney, With Love.

This season, apart from our subscription series, we will continue to serve over eleven thousand children throughout the year with our educational concerts and masterclasses, culminating in our annual LinkUp programs in partnership with Carnegie Hall.

Our outreach continues with performances in Garrett and Allegany Counties and in late May, we join the City Ballet School for the world premiere of a new ballet, “The Spell,” created and choreographed by Danielle Horochowski, with newly composed music by Arshak Sirunyan.

We are thrilled to call the Maryland Theatre our home, both on stage and now offstage too, with our offices relocated to the fabulous new expansion. The joyous strains of Beethoven’s “Consecration of the House” will inaugurate a new era for the Theatre and the MSO and I have every confidence that your continued presence and support, will ensure that great music will continue to raise the rafters for decades to come.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Schulze

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MARYLAND THEATRE STAFF Dave McKinney Dr. Stephen W. Miles Elizabeth Schulze Jessica Green Tereance Moore Music Director & Conductor Executive Director James G. Pierné Jonathan Parrish Angel Myers Susan Rocco Executive Director Office Manager Andrew Sussman [email protected] Hugh J. Talton, M.D. Anne Hunt Reggie Turner Michael Harp Programming Manager Brittany Whiteside Director of Marketing & Public Relations Melissa Fountain EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS [email protected] Events Manager Elizabeth Schulze, Music Director Jonathan Parrish, Katherine Woolsey Mike Fletchinger Executive Director Director of Education & Production Maintenance Manager Magaly Rojas Seay, [email protected] Player Representative BOARD OF DIRECTORS Judy Ditto HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Melinda Marsden, President Accounting Manager Dr. J. Emmet Burke Kim Bowen, Vice President [email protected] Anton T. Dahbura, Ph.D Linda Hood, Secretary April L. Dowler Jason Call, Treasurer Keelie Newbold Patricia F. Enders William L. McGovern, Asst. Treasurer Marketing & Box Office Associate Frederica Erath [email protected] John F. Erath Jane Anderson Dr. J. Ramsay Farah Pieter Bickford PRODUCTION STAFF Donald R. Harsh, Jr. Deborah Bockrath Marjorie M. Hobbs Maggie Rojas Seay Kim Bowen Howard S. Kaylor Personnel Manager Jake Caldwell Jason Call Dori Nipps D. Marianne Gooding Connell Cuffie Alan J. Noia Librarian Dr. Brendan Fitzsimmons Mrs. Georgia Pierné Ryan M. Flurie Mr. James G. Pierné David Fitzwater Cindy Garland Samuel G. Reel, Jr. Operations Assistant Linda Hood William J. Reuter Michelle Leveque, Esq. Joel L. Rosenthal, M.D. Ira S. Lourie, M.D. Dr. Hugh Talton Melinda Marsden Martha “Marty” Talton William L. McGovern Cassandra Wantz Richard T. Whisner

BRAVO! is published by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. The publishers have made every effort to insure the accuracy of the information contained herein and accept no responsibility for errors, changes, or omissions. The publishers retain all rights to this guide and reproduction of all or a portion of this guide is prohibited without written permission of the publishers. Publication of an advertisement or article does not imply endorsement by the publishers. © 2019-2020. All Rights Reserved.

The Maryland Symphony Orchestra is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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letter from the board president

ebruary is upon us and what a month it will be! We have two Fconcerts this month. The first is the wonderful “The Romantics” with the lovely music of Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture”. This should put us all in the mood to come on our August trip to Scotland with a chance to see the Hebrides for ourselves. Join us on a special trip with Elizabeth. It should be so much fun!

February also brings us the creative, sparkling music of “Time for Three.” If you didn’t see them when they were with us before you must come. These young men are exceptional musicians and are so vibrant and are having so much fun on stage, it just makes us go along with them. Their music is a blend of classical, blues, jazz and rock. I hope you can come and have a great time together with “Time for Three.”

This is also the time to consider what the Maryland Symphony means to you. The sales of tickets covers less than a third of the cost to provide our Classical Masterworks Series, our Pops Concerts, the Kinder Concerts for 3-5 year olds, the Youth Concert for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, the Scholarships for Music Students and the Instrument Bank for students who can’t afford to buy an instrument. Please consider helping us provide Excellent Music that Educates and Entertains our region.

Sincerely,

Melinda Marsden, President Maryland Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors

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ith passion, verve and illuminating musicianship, Elizabeth Schulze has been conducting orchestras and opera companies, advocating for music Weducation, and electrifying audiences in the States and abroad for more than two and a half decades.

Recipient of the 2013 Sorel Medallion in Conducting for her adventurous programming, Schulze is the Music Director and Conductor of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. She recently completed a nine year tenure as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra.

16 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra In 1996 she made her European debut, leading the Mainz Chamber Orchestra in the Atlantisches Festival in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She appeared in Paris as the assistant guest conductor for the Paris Opera and has also appeared in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Vienna with the National Symphony during its 1997 European tour. Her most recent international work includes conducting in Hong Kong, Jerusalem and Taipei. Her guest conducting work in the U.S. includes appearances with over 20 American orchestras.

Schulze’s recent guest conducting in the States includes performances with the Anchorage and New West Symphony Orchestras and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Her positions with U.S. orchestras include an appointment as associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, music director and conductor of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, a seven-year tenure as music director and conductor of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, cover conductor and conducting assistant for the New York Philharmonic, and assistant conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, an appointment sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Since the beginning of her career, Schulze has been a spirited advocate for music education. Her far-ranging work included an association with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute (SMI). For over decade, Schulze conducted, taught and mentored dozens of young musicians in the SMI at the Kennedy Center. She has also conducted the American Composer’s Orchestra in LinkUp educational and family concerts in Carnegie Hall and throughout New York City. And for six years, Schulze joined her mentor Leonard Slatkin teaching at the NSO’s National Conducting Institute.

Her music education and mentoring work spans from elementary to university students. She was an artist-in-residence at Northwestern University and has guest conducted the orchestras of The University of Maryland, the Manhattan School of Music and Catholic University of America and guest lectured at the Juilliard School.

Schulze’s own education includes training in Europe and in the States. She graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and as an honors student from Interlochen Arts Academy. She holds graduate degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from SUNY at Stony Brook. She was the first doctoral fellow in orchestral conducting at Northwestern University and was selected as a conducting fellow at L’École d’Arts Americaines in France. In 1991, she was the recipient of the first Aspen Music School Conducting Award. At Aspen, she has worked with Murry Sidlin, Lawrence Foster and Sergiu Commissiona. As a Tanglewood fellow, she has worked with Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier and Leonard Bernstein.

Schulze is represented by John Such Artists Management, Ltd.

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Time For Three: Live in Concert Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 7:30PM

Concert Sponsor: Jim and Georgia Pierné

Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor Time For Three Ranaan Meyer, Double Bass Nick Kendall, Violin Charles Yang, Violin

Guns and Roses Sweet Child of Mine Arr. & Orch. Hackman/Time for Three Hackman Vertigo Meyer/Kendall/De Pue/Hackman Banjo Love Orch. Hackman Meyer/Yang/Kendall/ Rose/Weidem Déjà Vu Arr. & Orch. Cole Monti Czardas Arr. Time for Three Orch. Hackman Mozart/Lennon/McCartney Eleanor Rigby/Lacrimosa Arr. & Orch. Hackman Jagger/Richards/Ashcroft/Mahler Bittersweet Symphony Arr. Hackman/Time for Three Orch. Hackman

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Miranda Hamilton Arr. Hackman Cohen Hallelujah Arr. Hackman/Time for Three Orch. Hackman/Meyer Meyer/Kendall/Yang Songs of Joy Arr. & Orch. Cole

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well in an intimate club setting, like Joe’s Pub in New York, or Yoshi’s in San Francisco. In 2016, Time For Three was featured on the famed “Night of the Proms” tour, sharing the stage with such artists as Chaka Khan and Ronan Keating, playing arenas throughout several European countries. The trio has collaborated with artists as Time For Three diverse as Ben Folds, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Aoife O’Donovan, Natasha Defying convention and boundaries, Time Bedingfield, and Arlo Guthrie, and have For Three stands at the busy intersection premiered original works—written for of Americana, modern pop, and classical the band—from composers Chris Brubeck music. To experience Time For Three (TF3) and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jennifer Higdon live is to hear the various eras, styles, and and William Bolcom. They’ve appeared traditions of Western music fold in on on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, and won themselves and emerge anew. Bonded by an Emmy for “Time For Three In Concert,” an uncommon blend of their instruments produced by PBS. Yet for all their accolades fused together with their voices, Charles and diverse experiences, the irrepressible Yang (violin, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall band constantly hungers for new ones. (violin, vocals), and Ranaan Meyer (double With a collection of new songs, the band bass, vocals), have found a unique voice of has teamed up with GRAMMY-winning expression to share with the world. songwriter Liz Rose and GRAMMY- Earning praise from NPR, NBC, The Wall winning producer Femke Weidema for Street Journal, and the Chicago Sun-Times new recordings set to be released in 2019 to name a few, the band has become through Warner Music. An upcoming renowned for their charismatic and commission project includes a work by energetic performances. Having graced Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Kevin the stages of Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Puts, which will be premiered by the San Center, and The Royal Albert hall, their Francisco Symphony and the Philadelphia inimitable and mutable style fits equally Orchestra in the summer of 2020.

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ELIZABETH SCHULZE, CONDUCTOR

First Violins Violas Oboes Trombone Robert Martin – Phyllis Freeman – Fatma Daglar – Wayne Wells – Concertmaster, Principal, Alan J. Principal, Joel L. Principal, Richard T. MSO Guild Chair Noia Chair Rosenthal Chair Whisner Chair Joanna Natalia Owen – Magaly Rojas Seay – Amanda Dusold Jeffrey Gaylord Associate Associate Principal Rick Basehore Kaz Kruszewski Concertmaster Daphne Benichou – Heather L. Austin- Assistant Principal English Horn Tuba Stone – Assistant Sungah Min Rick Basehore Zachary Bridges – Concertmaster Rachel Holaday Principal, Claude J. Lysiane Gravel- Stephanie Knutsen Clarinets Bryant Chair Lacombe – Thomas Sean Lyons Beverly Butts – Marks Chair Alice Tung Principal, John M. Timpani H. Lee Brewster Waltersdorf Chair Andrew Nowak+ Mauricio Couto Cellos Jay Niepoetter Principal Yen-Jung Chen Todd Thiel – Principal, Reis McCullough Meagan Gillis* – Sarah D’Angelo+ J. Ramsay Farah Principal, William J. Megan Gray* Chair Bass Clarinet Reuter Chair Heather Haughn* Katlyn DeGraw – Reis McCullough Catherine Nelson Associate Principal Percussion Brent Price+ Molly Jones* – Bassoons Donald A. Spinelli – Petr Skopek Assistant Principal Erich Heckscher – Principal, Donald R. Open Aneta Otreba Principal, Bennett S. Harsh, Jr. Chair Mauricio Betanzo Rubin Chair Julie Angelis Boehler Second Violins Youbin Jun Scott Cassada Robert Hayden Jenkins Marissa Murphy – Alyssa Moquin Susan Copeland Wilson Principal, J. Emmet Jessica Siegel Weaver Harp Burke Chair Contrabassoon Marian Rian Hays – Ariadna Buonviri – Basses Susan Copeland Wilson Principal Associate Principal Adriane Benvenuti Julianna Chitwood – Irving – Principal, Horn Keyboard Assistant Principal Stuart Knussen Chair Joseph Lovinsky – Open – James G. Pierne Karin Kelleher Michael Rittling* – Principal, Libby Chair Ruth Erbe Associate Principal Powell Chair Teresa L. Gordon Alec Hiller Mark L. Hughes – Personnel Manager Melanie Kuperstein Kimberly Parillo Assistant Principal Magaly Rojas Seay Switaoslaw Kuznik Brandon Smith Chandra Cervantes Mary Katherine James D. Vaughn Librarian Whitesides Flutes Paul Hopkins D. Marianne Gooding Patricia Wnek Kimberly Valerio – Principal, Marjorie M. Trumpets Recording Engineer Hobbs Chair Nathan Clark – Bill Holaday Nicolette Oppelt Principal, Robert T. Elena Yakovleva Kenney Chair * On leave Scott Nelson – + One-year position Piccolo Robert W. Grab Chair Elena Yakovleva Matthew Misener

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make the most of your concert experience

LATE ARRIVALS EMERGENCY EXIT Ushers will gladly seat you during an Please take note of the nearest emergency exit. appropriate break in the program. In the event of an emergency, walk calmly to the exit, do not run. FOOD AND DRINK Food is not permitted in the historic auditorium PHOTOGRAPHY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES during symphony performances and must be Photography, videotaping, and sound consumed in the lobby. Drinks are permitted. recording are strictly prohibited in the theatre. Please help us keep the historic Maryland Additionally, texting, tweeting, and the Theatre clean as we look forward to another 100 recording and distribution of any performance years of entertainment in our community. Thank related content on social media is also you for adhering to our food and drink policy. prohibited. Any patron who fails to comply with this policy may be asked to leave NOISE without refund. Please be considerate of others by minimizing noise that may be disruptive during the PRELUDE performance. Kindly turn off cell phone or set Music Director Elizabeth Schulze and our them on silent. We ask that you enjoy food, guest artist(s) share information on featured drink and conservation in the lobby. You may composers and works during Prelude, a be asked to remove any disruptive children half-hour presentation that will enhance your who accompany you. It is appropriate to excuse enjoyment and appreciation of the concert yourself if you experience a prolonged bout of to follow. Prelude begins one hour prior to coughing or sneezing. each classical performance and is free to ticket holders. SMOKING Smoking is not permitted in the theatre.

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The Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s Board of Directors, Staff and Musicians gratefully acknowledge the donation of services and assistance from the following individuals and organizations.

SALUTE TO INDEPENDENCE Ryan Smetzer Citi Antietam Broadband Sharpsburg Area Emergency First Christian Church Antietam Exchange Club Medical Services Friends of the MSO Antietam National Sharpsburg Volunteer Hagerstown Community College Battlefield (ANB) Fire Company Dr. Boyd Michael Antietam National South Hagerstown High School Dr. Stephen Miles Battlefield Volunteers Susan Trail, Superintendent, ANB Jake Caldwell Board of County Commissioners Ted’s Rent It Center Smithsburg High School Orchestra Washington County, MD The PNC Financial Services Washington County Free Library Community Action Council Group, Inc. Williamsport High School Dr. Stephen Miles Wantz Distributors, Inc. Williamsport High School Choir Ellsworth Electric, Inc. Washington County Board of Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Hall Friends of the MSO Education Hagerstown-Washington Washington County Commuter MEDIA SPONSORS County Convention and Washington County Antietam Broadband Visitors Bureau, Inc. Sheriff’s Office Alpha Media Herald-Mail Media Herald-Mail Media Jericho Staging MASTERWORKS & West Virginia Radio Corporation Manitowoc Cranes SPECIAL CONCERTS Martin Storage Co. Patty F. Enders SEASON TICKETS Maryland Correctional Friends of the MSO SPONSORED BY Training Center Ingram’s Men’s Shop Associated Radiologist, P.A. Maryland National Guard John Wesley United Methodist Salute Battery Church PATRON TRANSPORTATION Maryland State Highway Maryland Theatre Ushers SPONSORED BY Administration Northwestern Mutual, Maryland Sound, Inc. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Edward H. Lough Micah Socks Barbara Ingram School for the Arts National Park Service Board of Education of OPERATIONAL SUPPORT Plamondon Enterprises, Inc. Washington County T/A Roy Rogers Restaurant Asad Ghattas Martin Storage Co., Inc. / Allied Van Lines

28 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra the maryland symphony orchestra endowment funds & heritage endowers’ society

The MSO’s commitment to artistic excellence is well-known, but such a commitment depends on the generosity of community-minded individuals and organizations who gladly shoulder the responsibility of promoting, preserving and supporting the Symphony’s mission. Many MSO patrons have demonstrated this kind of strong personal commitment to our artistic, educational and community-based initiatives through contributions to the MSO Endowment Fund. However, the need for additional endowment support remains. Continuing to build the MSO’s endowment ensures the Symphony’s continued quality and stability.

To recognize contributors of estate planning gifts such as bequests, trusts, charitable gift annuities or insurance policies, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra provides membership in the Heritage Endowers’ Society. Members of the Society are extraordinary contributors, demonstrating their devotion to symphonic music and the MSO thereby guaranteeing the future of both.

Estate planning is often put off until sometime “in the future.” Through careful planning today members of the Heritage Endowers’ Society have the satisfaction of knowing that their own interests and wishes have helped to shape the MSO’s future, and that tomorrow’s audiences will benefit from today’s generosity.

Contributions to the MSO Endowment Funds, as are all gifts to the MSO, are tax-deductible as allowed by federal law. We invite you to make a contribution to the MSO Endowment Funds or become a member of the Heritage Endowers’ Society by including a provision for the Maryland Symphony Orchestra in your estate plan. Please visit with your financial or legal advisors or call the MSO at 301-797-4000 for more information.

Invest in the future of your orchestra. The returns are immeasurable!

Maryland Symphony Orchestra Endowment Funds For contributions through June 30, 2019

DISTINGUISHED ENDOWERS MAJOR ENDOWERS SPECIAL ENDOWERS ($100,000 and over) ($10,000 to $24,999) ($5,000 to $9,999) The Estate of Alberta G. Alcorn The Honorable & Mrs. W. Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Abdullah Mr. & Mrs. Bennett Rubin Boone, III Mr. & Mrs. John M. Baer Doris H. Thompson C&P Telephone Company of Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Clopper Dr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Talton Maryland Conservit, Inc. The Estate of Jay L. Troxell Ewing Oil Company Coopers & Lybrand The John M. Waltersdorf Family Hagerstown Trust Company The Samuel Freeman Washington County Board of C. William Hetzer, Inc. Charitable Trust County Commissioners Harvey H. Heyser, Jr. Grove Worldwide The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Kenney PRINCIPAL ENDOWERS Foundation Leslie W. Mills ($50,000 to $99,999) John H. Hornbaker, Jr., M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Nitzell The State of Maryland Mr. & Mrs. James E. Marsden Samuel G. Reel, Jr. USF & G Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James G. Pierné William J. & Selina A. Reuter The Estate of Mr. & Mrs. John V. Dr. & Mrs. Joel L. Rosenthal PRIME ENDOWERS Jamison, III Sovran Bank / Nations Bank ($25,000 to $49,999) Maryland Metals, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Tischer First National Bank of Maryland Maryland National Mrs. Mary B. Welty Foundation, Inc. The Estate of Florence Hill Graff Maryland Symphony Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Massey PATRON ENDOWERS Orchestra Guild Mr. & Mrs. Dominick J. Perini ($1,000 to $4,999) Dr. & Mrs. Robert K. Hobbs Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Pitzer Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Byers Mr. & Mrs. Spence W. Perry Mrs. Agnita M. Schreiber Hermione H. Brewer Rust-Oleum Corporation Susquehanna Bank (formerly Michael G. Callas James Schurz Farmers & Merchants Dr. & Mrs. Jack Carey Mrs. Dorothy Slocum Webster Bank & Trust) Mrs. David Cushwa, III Mr. & Mrs. William P. Young, Jr. Mary & Bud Dahbura

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Deloitte & Touche Mrs. Agnes Supernavage In memory of Rosemary G. Vocke Dr. & Mrs. Breese Dickinson Mr. & Mrs. Barry Tuckwell by Peter & Kathleen Clouthier Mr. & Mrs. Merle Elliott Bruce Van Wyk Volvo (formerly Mack Trucks, Inc.) Mrs. Patricia Enders Venice Inn Paul C. & Margaret K. Massey Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Erck, III Mr & Mrs. Robert A. Wantz Children (Curt, Jerry, Judy G.A. Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Weinberg & Green and Alvin) Dr. & Mrs. Carl J. Galligan Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Weeks In memory of Ralph Sharrett Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gelbach, Jr. Captain J. Maury Werth Mr. & Mrs. Richard Meyer Mrs. Lucinda S. Grunberg Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Whisner Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Harsh, Jr. Reverend George A. Limmer HERITAGE ENDOWERS’ SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. John Hershey, Jr. (For Donors who wish to make gifts or pledges through estate planning; such IBM Corporation ASSOCIATE ENDOWERS as insurance policies, wills or trusts) Mr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kaylor (under $1,000) Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Hose Renee & Fred Kramer Alpha Sigma Chapter of ESA Mr. & Mrs. John V. Jamison, III Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Macon Mrs. Jack Beachley Mr. & Mrs. James E. Marsden Mr. & Mrs. J. Alvin Massey Mrs. Sara Bock Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Noia Mrs. Victor D. Miller Dr. Edward W. Ditto, III Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Pedersen The Noxell Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Carden, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Spence W. Perry Packaging Services of Jason & Dadra Call Mr. & Mrs. James G. Pierné Maryland, Inc. Karen Jenneke Mrs. Theron Rinehart Mrs. Theron Rinehart Toni & Lee Crawford Dr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Talton In memory of Theron Rinehart Dr. Robert L. Josephs Doris Dillon Pearl & Odell H. Rosen Dr. & Mrs. Michael Anderson Doris H. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Sharrett Morton & Sophia Macht Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Tischer Statton Furniture Foundation, Inc. Manufacturing Co. Maryland Symphony Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Z. Sulchek Orchestra Guild

The Gold Chair Society represents a unique opportunity for donors to personally sponsor an individual player in the Orchestra for the entire season. Benefits include exclusive engagement opportunities with your selected player, invitations to Conductor’s Circle events and more. For more information on the Gold Chair society, contact the MSO’s Development office at 301-797-4000 ext. 106.

2018-2019 GOLD CHAIR SOCIETY Susan Wood & Stephen Haines Dr. & Mrs. Hugh Talton Mr. & Mrs. James Marsden Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Hood Dave & Karen McKinney Thomas Dahbura

2019-2020 GOLD CHAIR SOCIETY as of publication date Dr. & Mrs. Hugh Talton

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The following listing includes individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations that contributed to the Annual Fund Campaign or made other contributions during the MSO’s 37th Annual Season (July 1, 2018 thru June 30, 2019)

PLATINUM BATON William Hunsberger George & Nancy Mulholland ($7,500 & Above) M&T Bank Charitable Foundation Northwestern Mutual, Antietam Broadband Meritus Health, Inc. Edward H. Lough Beaudoin Family Foundation Nicholas Mohar-Schurz William O’Toole The Mary K. Bowman Historical Florence Murdock H. Edward & Barbara Peters and Fine Arts Fund Mr. Samuel J. Reel, Jr. Elizabeth Schulze Citi Payment Services Scott’s Development Mr. & Mrs. Gary Smith City of Hagerstown Gregory & Ruth Ann Snook Community Foundation of SILVER BATON David & Suzanne Solberg Washington County ($3,000 to $4,999) Dr. Thomas Tarpley County Commissioners of Doug & Beth Beckner-Mills Mr. & Mrs. John Thomson Washington County Mr. & Mrs. Howard B. Bowen John & Lois Unger Electromet Corporation Hagerstown-Washington County Dr. Paul Waldman & The Alice Virginia and Convention and Dr. Mary Money David W. Fletcher Foundation, Inc. Visitors Bureau, Inc. Washington County Arts Council Asad Ghattas Dr. & Mrs. John Newby Howard N. Weeks, M.D. Robert & Marjorie Hobbs Mrs. Theron Rinehart Terry Wills & Christine Parfitt Ronni Lacroute Dr. Tara A. Rumbarger & Mr. & Mrs. William P. Young Michelle Leveque & James A. Schiro Patrick McFadden Agnita M. Stine Schreiber PATRON Dr. & Mrs. George Manger Foundation ($500 to $1,249) Mr. & Mrs. James Marsden Michael & Brian Ward Smith Capt. and Mrs. William Alexander Maryland State Arts Council Mr. & Mrs. Donald Trumble American Legion Clopper-Michael David & Karen McKinney Waltersdorf Family Fund Post #10 Middletown Valley Bank Mr. & Mrs. Mike Young American Legion Clopper-Michael Michael and Noemi Neidorff Post #10 Auxiliary Mr. & Mrs. James Pierné CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Jack & Cheryl Parrott-Anderson William G. Pitzer ($1,250 to $2,999) Michael & Jane Anderson PNC Foundation / The PNC Dr. & Mrs. Michael V. Attardi John & Teresa Barr Financial Services Group, Inc. Stephen Marc Beaudoin & William Beard RBC Wealth Management Joseph Strasser Pieter & Stephanie Bickford Betsy Russell Dr. & Mrs. J. Emmet Burke Gary & Deb Bockrath Mary Ann Schurz Dr. & Mrs. Robert Cirincione Scott & Kim Bowen Dr. Hugh & Mrs. Marty Talton Todd & Debbie Cornell Ron Bowers Truman Heartland John & Ruth Dwyer Donna Brightman Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John F. Erath Jake & Diana Caldwell Susan Wood-Haines & Dr. & Mrs. Jay B. Greenberg Jason & Dadra Call Stephen Haines Janice Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carden Susan Anne Ingerman & Sun & Twila Cheung GOLD BATON Arlene Siegelman Mauricio Couto ($5,000 to $7,499) In Honor of Elizabeth Schulze Wayne & Paula Dennis Jo Ann Bousum Robert & Amy Kerstein Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto Mike Cumberland Dr. & Mrs. Ira Lourie In Memory of Charlotte Seibert Thomas Dahbura Brian Lynch Andrew Durham Doris Dillon On Behalf of Cindy Garland Susan Fiedler FirstEnergy Foundation Joseph Marschner Dr. & Mrs. Brendan D. Fitzsimmons The Hamilton Family Foundation, Inc. William & Gaye McGovern Allen Garst Herald-Mail Company Tereance Moore Dr. & Mrs. Eldon Hawbaker Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Hood Paul & Harriet Muldowney Barbara & Tom Henderson

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