Dear Friends: In 2009, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra stands at an historic crossroads—looking back The 2007-08 season, which ended on August 31, 2008, We are proud to be leaders at the Rochester on a period of accomplishment governed by our last strategic plan and simultaneously looking was successful by most measures, but was also the most Philharmonic at this pivotal moment in its history. forward to the dual transformation of this organization and of our beloved home, the Eastman challenging of the past three years. Vacancies in more The Orchestra’s artistry and community support Theatre. The past year alone has been one of celebration and of progress, as we commemorated than a dozen administrative positions, including key have reached unprecedented levels, the Board and the 85th Anniversary of the RPO itself and celebrated Christopher Seaman’s 10th Anniversary leadership roles in Development and Marketing, slowed administration are strong and fully engaged, three-year Season as our gifted and greatly admired Music Director. the pace of growth in those areas, while unbudgeted contracts are in place for our musicians and our search and consulting expenses were incurred until conducting staff, and we are eagerly anticipating In short, we have a wonderful story to tell—one that we are thrilled to share with you. those positions were filled. These factors contributed the reopening of Hall at in It’s why we decided to transform our traditional Annual Report format into this broader to a deficit for the year of $162,000, or about 1.6% of October 2009 and the grand opening of the new wing Report to the Community. the organization’s $10.2 million budget. Nevertheless, in 2010. At the same time that we are transforming the over the three-year strategic plan horizon, the RPO’s RPO’s business model, the completed theatre project healthy gains in revenue, coupled with controlled will transform the concert-going experience for the Prelude to Transformation expense growth, produced a near-breakeven result: more than 150,000 adults and young people who hear a modest shortfall of $44,000, or a mere 0.15% of the RPO there every year. A world-class orchestra in a mid-sized city: this is the miracle of the RPO. And this miracle the RPO’s $28.9 budget during the period. has been made possible over the past 86 years by the extraordinary generosity of the people You—our audience and supporters—make the music of this region—individual concertgoers, as well as those who make funding decisions for our LOOKING AHEAD possible, and we look forward to making great music government, corporate, and foundation partners. Few orchestras in America can boasta roster Buoyed by the momentum of dramatic revenue gains for you as the transformation of your RPO continues of donors as large as ours—nearly 7,000 households every season. And for that, we are extremely over the past three years and inspired by the promise in the years ahead. grateful. Our journey into transformation would not be possible without your support. of the Eastman Theatre project, the RPO Board of Directors appointed an ad hoc committee last spring Three years ago, the RPO embarked on an ambitious growth plan we called Ensuring a Vibrant to formulate our next three-year strategic plan. This Future , which laid the groundwork for our long-term vision of organizational excellence, effort, chaired by Board Vice Chair Suzanne D. Welch, community service, and national recognition. Within that framework were a set of specific culminated in July 2008 with the Board’s unanimous James M. Boucher Charles H. Owens objectives centered on the infrastructure of the RPO: to strengthen its capacity to grow both approval of the 2008-2011 Transformation Plan . Its Chairperson of the Board President & CEO earned and contributed revenues; to complete the New Century Campaign for the RPO guiding principles are to: Endowment; and, in partnership with the , to continue to advance • Solidify the RPO’s financial base plans for the renovation of the Eastman Theatre. • Optimize the potential of the transformed We now can look back with considerable pride on the tremendous progress the RPO has made Eastman Theatre over the past three years against these goals. Consider the following: • Address musician compensation • Earned revenue from ticket sales and concert fees grew 22% over the three-year period— • Achieve greater diversity among Board, staff, a rate of more than 7% each year—from $3.37 million in 2004-05 to $4.11 million in 2007-08. and audiences Driving this growth was an impressive 25% rise in subscription sales and a concurrent 18% rise in single- ticket sales. • Reach a greater level of national and international recognition • Contributed revenue, including support from individuals, corporations, and foundations, grew 13% during the period, from $3.02 million to $3.42 million last season. The average • Reinvigorate the RPO brand and strengthen gift to the Annual Campaign rose from $282 to $348, an increase of 23%. its support from the Greater Rochester community • A significant source of this growth was giving from the RPO Board and Honorary Board, •Reinvent the RPO’s summer season profile which rose 46% over the past three years, from $398,000 to $580,000. We are extremely •Renovate our downtown headquarters at proud of this impressive demonstration of generosity and leadership. 108 East Avenue to create a vibrant and • Even with major capacity-building investments in the RPO’s Marketing and Development welcoming Orchestra Center operations, careful cost management kept overall expense growth in check and on plan. •Position the RPO for the next Endowment • Under the leadership of Co-Chairs A. Thomas Hildebrandt and Jon L. Schumacher, Campaign and long-term financial stability the New Century Endowment Campaign achieved its $10 million goal in 2007. One year from now, we will report back to you on the • In March 2007, the announced that it would move forward, in strides we’ve made toward these goals—progress that partnership with the RPO, with exciting plans to renovate and expand the Eastman Theatre already is happening every day. complex. Commitments of $13 million from the State of , $10 million from Eastman Kodak Company, and $2.5 million from the Davenport-Hatch Foundation—among many others—have propelled this project forward and construction is now well under way.

1 2 ‘The whole RPO is truly greater than the sum of its parts

Dear Friends: Every time I think back on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2007-08 Season, I reflect with pride on the wonderful memories of the Orchestra’s 85th Anniversary celebration and your very gracious recognition of my decade as your music director. From the anticipation of the Red Carpet with my accompanying bagpiper and the opening performance of Rite of Spring , to the closing concert with Carmina Burana , it was a season not to be forgotten!

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, INC. As many of you already have heard me say, the RPO has been – and continues to be – Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923 - Incorporated in 1930) the most fulfilling experience of my entire conducting career, and I have all of you to Ocers Board of Directors Ex-Ocio Honorary Board James M. Boucher (Term Expires Jan. 2009) Jennifer Burch Robert D. Hursh thank for that: my extraordinary colleagues and friends Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Chairperson of the Board David W. Ackroyd RPO Orchestra Representative Chairperson Tyzik and Principal Conductor for Education and Outreach Michael Butterman; our Dr. John M. Bennett world-class musicians who consistently inspire me with their talent and energy; our Charles H. Owens William D. Eggers David C. Heiligman Dr. James E. Koller President & CEO LaMarr J. Jackson Immediate Past Chairperson Vice Chairperson creative and committed staff and Board; our individual, business, foundation, and Elizabeth F. Rice government supporters; and of course, our audiences who come to experience our Suzanne D. Welch Dr. Friederike Seligman Robert D. Hursh Betty J. Altier performances throughout the community. The whole RPO is truly greater Vice Chairperson Dr. Gwen K. Sterns Chairperson, Honorary Board Dr. John Bouyoucos than the sum of its parts. Dr. Sidney S. Weinstein Paul W. Briggs Keith M. Wilson Suzanne D. Welch Douglas Lowry William L. Cahn Vice Chairperson Dean, Eastman School of Music Catherine B. Carlson As we look ahead to the next stage in our transformation, (Term Expires Jan. 2010) George M. Ewing, Sr. including the long-awaited Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Elizabeth F. Rice Patrick C. Burke Charles H. Owens Harold & Joan Feinbloom Treasurer Dr. Steven E. Feldon President & CEO Jay M. Friedman I extend both my thank you and my welcome to continue your Patrick Fulford Mary M. Gooley relationship with us – or begin a new tradition. I look forward William D. Eggers Ann M. Huston Anne Selgas Austin E. Hildebrandt s to seeing you soon. Secretary Marie Kenton Chairperson, A. Thomas Hildebrandt

r Dawn F. Lipson Volunteer Services Committee Robert H. Hurlbut David C. Heiligman Anne Sartori Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Immediate Past Chairperson Ingrid A. Stanlis Cricket & Frank Luellen Christopher Seaman o Keith M. Wilson I.A. Morris Christopher Seaman Mrs. William H. Morris Music Director PHOTO: Gelfand-Piper Photography t (Term Expires Jan. 2011) Dr. Paul F. Pagerey A crowd lines Gibbs Street in anticipation of the Red Carpet Walk by members of the RPO and Dr. Sarah Atkinson Herbert L. Rees Music Director Christopher Seaman, celebrating c James M. Boucher Nathan J. Robfogel the opening of the Orchestra’s 85th Anniversary Season and Christopher Seaman’s decade of Edward L. Fiandach Jon L. Schumacher tenure with the RPO. PHOTO: Donval Hornburg

e Patrick J. Kelly Katherine T. Schumacher Kathleen Murphy Kemp Norman M. Spindelman

r Eric Paley Betty Strasenburgh Paula H. Pattison Josephine S. Trubek i Gregory W. Smith Mrs. Richard L. Turner Jules L. Smith Patricia C. Wilder

D This list is current as of January 12, 2009

f The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary o Board members in the past. d r a o 3 4 B the year in review

Our Passion: Arti st ic Accomplishments

• Opened our 85th Anniversary Season – and Christopher Seaman’s 10th Anniversary – with a first-ever Red Carpet Spectacular event celebrating our world-class musicians and music director, and a roof-raising performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

• Featured the immensely talented Sphinx Competition winner Elena Urioste in our opening “Around the Town” free concert series and in a workshop with students at School of the Arts. The national Sphinx Organization helps overcome the cultural stereotype of classical music by nurturing and recognizing America’s most gifted Black and Latino string players. FROM TOP : RPO guest pianist Terrence Wilson has fun with students at Kirk Road • Presented the Rochester premiere of ’s Deus ex Machina , a consortium commission with Elementary School. PHOTO: Shawn Dowd for the four other orchestras, featuring virtuoso pianist Terrence Wilson, who also shared his talents with students at Violinist Elena Urioste Kirk Road School in Greece Cellist Yo-Yo Ma thrills the audience in a sold-out Eastman Theatre concert. • Recognized the Eastman Theatre’s silent movie past with the RPO accompanying the classic Harold Lloyd PHOTO: Andy Olenick film Safety Last , and took a different kind of a trip down “Penny Lane” with two sold-out performances of the RPO performs at the ceremony Fab Four in Beatlemania! announcing Kodak’s $10 million in support of the Eastman Theatre renovation project. • Experienced a resoundingly successful weekend with GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin PHOTO: Richard Baker featuring several world-premiere guitar and orchestra arrangements

• Welcomed back Yo-Yo Ma for a special sold-out concert featuring Dvo rˇák’s Cello Concerto

• Concluded the Philharmonics Series season with a dynamic performance of Carmina Burana , dedicated to the Eastman Kodak Company in honor of its extraordinary support for the renovation of the renamed Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre

6 the year in review

Our Community: Kudos & Celebrations

• Raised nearly $150,000 for our music education programs through the “Friends of Christopher”campaign and our three special events: the 85th Anniversary Red Carpet Spectacular, Symphony Showhouse at the historic Ellwanger Mansion, and our annual golf tournament

• Took pride in the Compass String Quartet musicians from our Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra who were featured on the award-winning, nationally syndicated radio program “From the Top,” sponsored by the RPYO and WXXI-FM and taped at Nazareth College

• Created a new RPO recognition tradition, awarding four musicians for 40 or more years with the RPO; presented Josephine Whang with a special Outstanding Contribution award LEFT : Symphony Showhouse at Ellwanger Mansion. • Recognized – with gratitude – our more than 860 RPO volunteers who gave more than 27,000 hours of their ILLUSTRATION: Jay Advertising time to our many educational and administrative activities, community engagement, special events, and theatre Preferred Care Executive VP and operations Showhouse Honorary Chair Lisa Brubaker, RPO President & CEO Charles Owens, and RPO Board Chair James Boucher lead the • Collaborated for the first time with Lifespan/RSVP, which provided free personal door-to-door ocial Showhouse ribbon- transportation to 31 patrons who otherwise would have been unable to attend our performances cutting. PHOTO: Sam Malone Hochstein’s Compass Quartet composed of RPYO members • Rebuilt and strengthened our administrative team with new key staff members performs in “From the Top.” PHOTO: Dinh La

7 the year in review

Our Future: The Next Generation

• Brought our guest artists into the community, appearing at School of the Arts, Kirk Road Elementary School in Greece, and Penfield High School; and arranged visits by Christopher Seaman at the schools of teachers who won the RPO’s Music Educators Awards

• Provided tickets for our CMAC concerts to students from the Hillside Work-Scholarship Project through our new collaboration with the Hillside Foundation and Davenport-Hatch Foundation

• Collaborated with the University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music and Eastman Kodak Company on the announcement of Kodak’s historic $10 million support for the Eastman Theatre renovation project

FROM TOP : Hillside Work-Scholarship Executive • Featured the Rochester Philharmonic League’s Young Artists Audition Special Award winner, Director Roderick Green, RPO VP for Development Steve Schwab, and 18-year-old Benjamin Hopkins, at Temple B’rith Kodesh Hillside Foundation President A. Thomas Hildebrandt announce the new collaboration between the • Continued our successful collaborations with Rochester City Ballet; Bach Children’s Chorus; Nazareth Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection and the RPO. PHOTO: Amy Blum College; Roberts Wesleyan College; Rochester Oratorio Society; Hochstein School of Music and Dance; Genesee Country Village & Museum; Eastman-Rochester Chorus; Festival High School Chorale; Eastman Pianist Benjamin Hopkins, RPL “Special Award” winner, performs with the RPO School’s Orchestral Studies Diploma and Arts Leadership Program; and Camp Good Days and Special Times at Temple B’rith Kodesh. PHOTO: Jack (thanks to generous underwriting support from Dominion Transmission) Hayward The Eastman Theatre renovation and expansion: Theatre Box Seats. ILLUSTRATION: Chaintreuil | Jensen | Stark Architects, LLP Christopher Seaman watches intently as Choral Conductor Brenda Nitsch from Webster Thomas High School works with her students. Christopher Seaman’s visit was part of Ms. Nitsch’s RPO Music Educator Award. PHOTO: Amy Blum

10 the year in review

LEFT: RPO’s HONOR CD cover Pre-concert activities engage kids and Our Presence: families prior to the CMAC concerts. PHOTO: Gelfand-Piper Photography Jedi Knights in-training illuminate the hill at CMAC with their light sabers. Out & About PHOTO: Gelfand-Piper Photography RPO Cooks! Cover art. ILLUSTRATION: David Cowles • Showed off the RPO’s versatility at our CMAC summer concerts, bringing the celestial ( Star Wars At CMAC, an “out of this world” and The Planets ) as well as the earthbound ( Hoedown! with the Rochester City Ballet) to the RPO stage, experience, as Christopher Seaman conducts Holst’s “ The Planets ” with hundreds of family members participating in pre-concert activities while NASA images are projected above the orchestra. PHOTO: Gelfand- Piper Photography • Thanks to the generosity of Bank of America and private support, released HONOR: Portraits of America , our newest CD conducted by , raising $3,000 for Veterans Outreach Center; featured music from the CD at a special concert as part of the Genesee Country Village & Museum’s Memorial Day celebration

• Experienced another critically acclaimed summer residency at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival

• Expanded our “floating” performance venues with “Symphony on the Genesee” sponsored by the City of Rochester, our third barge concert in as many years

• Debuted our new cookbook —RPO Cooks! —featuring musician-tested, mouth-watering recipes from our conductors, musicians, favorite guest artists, staff, and League members

11 Financials

Your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra RPO PHOTO: Kurt Brownell 2007-08 Attendance Guitarist Sharon Isbin and Principal Pops NUMBER OF APPROXIMATE Conductor Je Tyzik rehearse in preparation PERFORMANCES ATTENDANCE for a pair of Philharmonics concerts. Philharmonics ...... 28 ...... 40,200 PHOTO: Gelfand-Piper Photography WPOP ...... 22 ...... 41,700 Casual Sunday Matinee ...... 4 ...... 7,000 Ticketed Concerts Symphony 101 ...... 12 ...... 7,400 orKIDStra ...... 4...... 3,500 Summer Series at CMAC ...... 4 ...... 14,600 Special Concerts ...... 5 ...... 17,600 The Nutcracker ...... 6 ...... 8,000 A perfect summer TOTAL ...... 85 ...... 140,000 evening provides the backdrop for the RPO’s barge concert on the Genesee River, part of Free Public Concerts ...... 11 ...... 24,500 the City of Rochester’s “Rockin’ In the City” Education and Outreach Sequential Pre-K –Intermediate Concerts .. 16 ...... 30,000 summer series. Ensemble Concerts ...... 48 ...... 4,900 PHOTO: Ira Srole WXXI Broadcasts* ...... 30 ...... 750,000 TOTAL ...... 105 ...... 809,400

Runouts ...... 12 ...... 13,600 Runouts and Tours Vail Residency ...... 6 ...... 11,500 Mercury Opera Collaboration ...... 2 ...... 2,100 TOTAL ...... 20 ...... 27,200

TOTAL CONCERTS AND BROAD...C..A...S..T..S...... 210 ...... 976,600

*Nearly two full seasons of RPO concert broadcasts were aired in 07-08.

13 The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra extends its appreciation to all its generous supporters – ! individuals, corporations, foundations, and community organizations – who made contributions s to the Annual Campaign from September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008.

Statement of Unrestricted r Membership & Support & Revenue: $10,045,383 Operating Revenues and Contributions G 3,420,394 Endowment Draw & Distributions 1,079,865 11% o Symphony Overture Supporter Messner Carpeting Expenses for the Year Ended Government Grants 582,499 6% ($25,000 and above) ($3,000 - $4,999) ($350 - $599) Nan Miller Gallery 34% G Northern Nursery Bausch & Lomb Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation Anonymous (1) August 31, 2008 Special Events 514,525 5% n Northern Stone & Design Center Constellation Brands The Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk ABR Wholesalers G Onnie’s Closet Ticket Sales Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra 88,531 1% Davenport-Hatch Foundation Foundation Annese & Associates, Inc. Pane Vino & Concert Fees Other* 247,604 2% o Democrat and Chronicle Buell Automatics G Pathnder Engineers LLP 4,111,965 Eastman Kodak Company Cooper/Haims Advisors, LLC Peneld Plumbing & Heating *Other includes: Recordings, gift shop, and other The Gouvernet Arts Fund Partner DeCarolis Truck Rental, Inc. 41% miscellaneous income not isolated above. Bill Pines Preferred Care Erdman Anthony ($1,000 - $2,999) Post Central

D Time Warner Cable Exele Information Systems, Inc. ALSTOM Signaling Foundation Ray Case Flooring Food Markets Roong Co., Inc. Change in Net Assets from Operating Activities: (161,858 ) ClaraBaird Charitable Lead Trust Re Vision Elaine P. & Richard U. Wilson Hammer Packaging Bartholomew Health Care Group Rochester Linoleum & Carpet One

r Foundation Hunt Engineers, Architects, Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor Dorene Ryan Expenses: $10,207,241 Zimmer Sales & Service Corp. & Land Surveyers & Wilson LLP Sandarac, Inc. Insley McEntee Equipment Co. G Administration 939,520 9% Broadstone Real Estate LLC Program Services u George A. Schutt Karpus Investment Management 8,207,835 Caldwell Manufacturing Co. Studio at Linden Oaks Fundraising 1,059,886 10% Landsman Development Corp. Concerto The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Techo-Block 81% Leuze electronic ($10,000 - $24,999) Mary W. Clark Charitable Lead Trust Tim McGrath Painting Manning & Napier Advisors Bank of America Ted Collins Associates

O True Wood Products, Inc. Matthews & Fields Lumber Co The Brown Group — Private Banking & T.M. and M.W. Crandall Foundation Southern Wine & Spirits O'Connell Electric Co. Investment Group of Merrill Lynch Fibertech Networks of Upstate New York Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Wegman Dominion Transmission Five Star Bank Unitrac Energy Management Young Explosive Corp.

o Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Frontier University of Rochester Catering Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation Services

t First Niagara Financial Group Genesee Valley Penny Saver Valley Manor Apartments Glover Crask Charitable Trust Genesee Valley Trust Company Gifts in Kind WHAM 1180 G.W. Lisk, Inc. of Clifton Springs Hazlow Electronics, Inc. Andrea Allen William B. Morse Lumber Company Halcyon Hill Foundation Hickey-Freeman Co., Inc. Anthony Road Wine Company Xpedx u Harter Secrest & Emery LLP May K. Houck Foundation A Plus Window Cleaning Youngblood Disposal Ketmar Development Corp. Kovalsky-Carr Electric Supply Bill’s Carpet Center KPMG LLP Blue Cactus Mexican Grill o The Lennox Foundation M&T Bank Gary & Nancy Penisten Family Bourbon Street Parade Matching Gift Companies Foundation BTU Parties, Inc. Unrestricted Temporarily Permanently TOTAL ALL TOTAL ALL Nixon Peabody LLP Bank of America Statement of Financial Restricted Restricted FUNDS 2008 FUNDS 2007 Broccolo Tree & Lawn Care

Y Riedman Foundation PAETEC Communications, Inc. Citigroup Rochester Gas & Electric Corp Bruegger's Bakeries Rochester Area Community ExxonMobil Position as of August 31, 2008 Rochester Midland Corporation Pat Cain ASSETS: Foundation Gannett Foundation Rochester Philharmonic League Caneld & Tack, Inc. (With Comparative Totals Cash and equivalents 189,932 445,907 635,839 1,026,927 - Castle Music Fund at RACF Gleason Foundation k Rubens Family Foundation Casa Larga Vineyards & Winery Grants receivable 153,770 153,770 178,952 - The Gertrude Chanler RPO Fund IBM Corporation Sentry Group City Blue Print Company for 2007) Pledges receivable, net 100,767 28,594 143,280 272,641 303,662 - Rufus K. Dryer II Fund Johnson & Johnson Other receivables, net 168,893 168,893 141,169 - Mabel Messinger Fund Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc. Clark Moving & Storage, Inc.

n JPMorganChase UCB Manufacturing, Inc. Clear Channel Accrued investment income 550 550 3,772 - John F. Wegman Fund New York Times Crown Electric Inventories 60,557 60,557 9,576 University of Rochester OppenheimerFunds Inc. a Current Service, Inc. Prepaid expenses 119,300 119,300 315,106 Medical Center Pzer Denton Cottier & Daniels Investments 645,001 4,217,468 4,862,469 5,129,602 Wendy's Restaurants of Rochester Associate Prudential Property, plan & equipment, net 579,924 579,924 472,349 Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Doyle Security System h ($600 - $999) Verizon East Avenue Liquor & Wine Store Interest in net assets of RPO Fund Inc. 8,477,350 5,171,243 13,648,593 15,455,105 Alleson of Rochester, Inc. Elam Materials Due from (to) other funds (82,074) 82,074 - Badge Machine Products Inc. Feldman Heating & Cooling Total Assets 1,936,620 9,033,925 9,531,991 20,502,536 23,036,220 Canandaigua Dental Health

T Four Seasons Spirits & Wine Cellar Sonata Durwood Management, Inc. Georgetown Discount Liquors G-S Plastic Optics & Tel-Tru ($5,000 - $9,999) Goose Watch Winery Manufacturing Company LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS: Anonymous (1) Hansen & Hill Interiors Harris Beach, PLLC Liabilities Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Philip Hash Max of Eastman Place Accounts payable 253,222 253,222 62,369 Corning Incorporated High Falls Brewing Company M/E Engineering P.C. Accrued expenses 171,133 171,133 127,060 Fiandach & Fiandach Jasmine’s Asian Fusion Morning Musicale Advance receipts 2,047,400 2,047,400 2,270,594 Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Jay Advertising Robert G. Relph Agency Notes payable 24,226 24,226 32,276 Goldberg Berbeco Foundation JP Tovey Co. Qualitrol Company, LLC Capital lease obligation - - Hylan Enterprises Inc Kate Lee & No String Attached Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Other liabilities - - Macy’s Keuka Springs Winery Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Townson Total Liabilities 2,495,981 - - 2,495,981 2,492,299 Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Lang Heating & Cooling Foundation Foundation Lento NET ASSETS (559,361) 9,033,925 9,531,991 18,006,555 20,543,921 Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Lightcrayon Photography a Johnson & Johnson Company Mayer Hardware TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS 1,936,620 9,033,925 9,531,991 20,502,536 23,036,220 Thomson Reuters Evelyn Meagher Wan Jou Family Foundation Messenger Post Newspapers

15 16 MAESTRO’S CIRCLE Mrs. Schuyler Townson Mr. & Mrs. Lester Eber Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Daryl & Charles Kaplan Eastman Kodak Company Chairman & CEO Antonio The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully John Urban Richard & Virginia Eisenhart Perez and University of Rochester President Joel Jean & Bill Weber Dr. Steven & Susan Eisinger Gary & Maryel Kellogg Seligman announce Kodak’s generous support of acknowledges the generous individuals who help Dr. & Mrs. Tae B. Whang Michele Ely Bob & Connie Klein the Eastman Theatre renovation project. us continue to enrich and inspire the community Patricia & Michael Wilder Mohsen Emami, M.D. Myrta & Robert Knox PHOTO CREDIT: Richard Baker Dr. & Mrs. Burton D. Wilson George M. Ewing, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William Koch through the art of music. Please call 454-7311 x252 Louise Woerner & Don Kollmorgen Mr & Mrs. George M. Ewing, Jr. Karen S. Kral with questions or corrections. DMrs. C. Sibley Wolfe MDonald & Jean Eygnor Marcy & Ray Kraus In loving memory Drs. Eva & Jude Sauer Abby & Mark Chodo Robert J. & Marcia Wishengrad Metzger Robert A. Woodhouse Samir & Sato Farid of Charlotte Kraus William & Barbara Saunders Mary Ellen Clark Ken & Nancy Mihalyov Sherman & Anne Farnham Barbara & Jack Kraushaar Peggy Savlov Sarah H. Collins Duane & Ida Miller M Drs. Richard Kreipe & Mary Sue Jack Margaret-Anne Milne Presto Mrs. William H. Morris Jill Sutton Finan James Scanzaroli Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Deleo Adagio Werner & Susan Kunz Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schenkel Jacques & Monique Delettrez Jonathan Mink & Janet Cranshaw ($25,000 and above) Charles H. Owens Thomas & Janet Fink Susan & Nathan Robfogel ($1,000 - $2,499) Charles Fitzgibbon Jim Kurtz & Janet Kellner Peter Schott & Mary Jane Tasciotti Don & Jean Delwiche Ilene Montana Nancy & Harry Beilfuss Ronald Kwasman, D.D.S. Dr. & Mrs. James E. Moon Mrs. Frederick H. Schleber, Sr. Anonymous (11) Ilene & David Flaum Mrs. Frederick Schwertz Michael & Anne deStefano DAlfred L. Davis Lane Family Fund Mrs. William B. Morse Nancy & David Schraver Robert E. & Carol G. Achilles Jack & Vera Fogg Anthony & Gloria Sciolino Wendell & Mary Discher Louise Epstein Joanne Lang Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely Friederike & Barbara & David Ackroyd James & Catharine Ford Tom & Anne Selgas Charles R. Dispenza Austin Hildebrandt Alice & John Leddy M Mr. & Mrs. David C. O’Brien Mark Siwiec & Duy Palmer James T. & Jacqueline Adams John & Sandy Ford Gretchen Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Egan Dr. Jacques & Mrs. Dawn Lipson Gay & Don Lenhard Robert & Penelope Peterson Ruth & Frank Sklarsky Edward & Joan After In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. Charles R. Jan & Sid Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. James T. Englert Mr. & Mrs. I.A. Morris James & Kathleen M. Leo William & Elizabeth Powell Jules L. Smith & Alexandra Northrop Marvin & Frederica Amstey Fordyce Wayne & Sonja Shelton Gerald G. Estes Betty Strasenburgh Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Leone, Jr. Margaret Quackenbush Glenna & Norman Spindelman Allan & Polly Anderson John & Chris Forken Mary E. Sherman Julia B. Everitt Patricia Ward-Baker Dr. & Mrs. Hobart A. Lerner Ruth L. Rappenecker Frank M. & Mary Lou Stotz Christian & Courtney Andreach Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Forsyth Alice & Ken Slining Trevor & Elizabeth Ewell Robin & Michael Weintraub T.C. & Pam Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Reed, M.D. Mrs. Richard L. Turner Etta K. Atkin Mary Alice Fournier Patricia Southcombe Mrs. Walter Fallon John & Dolores Loftus G.W. Richter Dr. Sidney & Linda S. Weinstein MDr. & Mrs. Edward C. Atwater Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fox David & Susan Spector Donald & Elizabeth Fisher Arthur E. Lowenthal Mrs. John A. Rodgers Ruth & William Balderston III Mrs. Richard Freeman Ingrid Stanlis & Paul Donnelly Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Fleckenstein Harold D. Lowry M Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Rosenbaum Vivace Mr. & Mrs. Bruce B. Bates Ann & Tim Fulreader Daniel & Susan Stare Richard & Suressa Forbes Mrs. William P. Manry Dr. Frank & Elizabeth Salamone ($10,000 - $24,999) Andante William J. Beenhouwer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Fultz Ann H. Stevens & William J. Shattuck Dr. & Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg Saul & Susan Marsh Catherine & Richard Seeger Anonymous (1) ($2,500 - $4,999) Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Bennett Mrs. Jerry Gambino in memory of Mrs. Scott Stewart Henry & Isabel Gadjo Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall Wolf Seka Sarah D. Atkinson, M.D. & Steven Hess Anonymous (6) Alan & Bunny Bernstein Jerry J. Gambino Forrest & Edith Strome Peter & Nancy Gaess Frances & Robert Marx Mr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour Carol & John Bennett Allen & Joyce Boucher Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Blumenau William L. Gamble Mark & Kathleen Suher Jerry J. Gambino, Jr. Pamela McGreevy Robert & Nancy Shewan Christopher & Gail Booth Kristine & John Bouyoucos Stuart & Betsy Bobry Dr. Richard & Josie Gangemi Mrs. Frank V. Summers Holly & Tom Garver Bruce & Eleanor McLear Mr. & Mrs. O. Shipley Jim & Karen Boucher Chris & Tom Burns Robert Bradacs Mrs. Richard J. Garrett, Sr. John & Barbara Szulgit Dr. and Mrs. David Gentile Marion & Ed Mench Daniel & Sarah Singal William Eggers & Deborah McLean Judith L. Byorick & Gary J. Schulze Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Briggs Winston E. Gaum Chris Thomas and Catherine Cerulli Patty & Dick George Pete & Sally Merrill Carl & Katie Smeenk Ed Fiandach Mr. & Mrs. Harlan D. Calkins Dr. & Mrs. George G. Browning Craig & Shirley George Miriam Thomas Essie & Irving Germanow Dr. & Mrs. Edward Messing Carol Snook in Memory of Richard Snook Ronald & Donna Fielding Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Carney Lisa Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Ghyzel Dr. and Mrs. Mark Tornatore Mr. & Mrs. Wesley P. Ghyzel Daniel M. Meyers Melissa S. Stier Carolyn & Roger Friedlander Betsy & John Carver Josh & Beth Bruner Tom & Kelly Gilman Stephen & Shirley Townsend Dr. & Mrs. Charles J. Gibson Deanne Molinari Dr. Robert & Sally Jo Stookey Jay & Betsy Friedman Joan & Paul Casterline Barbara & John Bruning Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ginsberg Dr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Toy Dr. & Mrs. Marvin N. Goldstein Mary & Don Monefeldt MMr. & Mrs. Michael Sundberg Barbara & Patrick Fulford Thomas Chase June Brush Warren & June Glaser Marcia & David Trauernicht Dane & Judy Gordon Paul & Helga Morgan Frank & Rose Swiskey Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Furman Mary Lu Clark B. Edward Cain Paul & Carol Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Tweet Dr. & Mrs William Grammar Thomas W. Morris Henry & Ellen Thiede Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hursh Tim Eldred Alan & Nancy Cameros John & Roslyn Goldman Dorothy & Marshall Tyler Barbara J. Granite Ruth I. Morton Mimi & Sam Tilton Ann M. & Samuel R. Huston John R. Ertle Margaret Carnall Rob W. Goodling Je & Jill Tyzik Pat Gray Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mullen Catherine Usandivaras Marie & Charlie Kenton Je & Alleen Fraser Mrs. Richard D. Castle Marsha R. Gottovi George & Krestie Utech Mr. & Mrs. Newton H. Green Mrs. Edward T. Mulligan Scott & Sharon Clark Valet MRichard & Karen Knowles Robert & Joanne Gianniny Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Castor Jeanne Gray in memory of Mrs. Marjorie Van Demark James & Dorothy Green Jules & Susan Musinger Mrs. Robert van der Stricht Jim & Marianne Koller Suzanne Gouvernet Tina Chandler Robert C. Gray Ann & Robert Van Niel Alan & Julie Griesinger Charles & Rita Myers Vic Vinkey Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Konar Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hallagan Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Chapman Russell Greenawalt Bill & Jean Vincent-Rapp Marilyn & Dick Hare Mr. & Mrs. Philip Neivert M Dr. Laura von Doenho Mrs. Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Z. Harper Ken & Janice Cheng Helen & George Greer Thomas R. Wahl, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roger W. Hart Eleanor & Raymond Newell, Jr. Mrs. Herbert Watkins Cricket & Frank Luellen Dr. Jack & Harriette Howitt Dr. & Mrs. William Chey Ed & Terry Grissing Harry & Ruth Walker Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Helfer Sara & David Niemeyer Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wasley MJohn & Paula Pattison Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi Helen T. Clark Brigitte & Klaus Gueldenpfennig John & Elizabeth Wallace Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera Kathy & Ted Nixon M Stephen R. Webb Fayga Press Marcia Karch Ann & Don Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Haggerty Skip & Karen Warren Rosanne & Sam Hodgetts Drs. Avice O'Connell & Ann Weitzel Larry & Elizabeth Rice Norman & Judith Karsten Lorraine W. Clarke Peggy & David Hall Joseph Werner & Diane Smith Gweldolyn & David L. Hoerg Timothy O'Connor Dr. Lucy M. White Katherine T. & Jon L. Schumacher Dave & Mary Alice Kendall DPatricia Cleary Joan & Alfred Hallenbeck Mrs. Frederick C. White Ronna L. Hudson MLorene Osborn Dale & Lorraine Whittington Josephine S. Trubek Harold & Christine Kurland Jeanne Clidas George & Mary Hamlin Mrs. Kay R. Whitmore Mr. & Mrs. Jerome L. Hu Mrs. Betty L. Paddock Mrs. Gerald G. Wilmot William Watson & Suzanne Welch Nancy & David Lane Susan Cohn & Jonathan Klein Karen Noble Hanson Puck & Claes Winqvist Gwyneth Hunting Dr. Paul Pagerey MDelphine & John Wise Keith & Betsy Wilson Sherman Levey & Deborah Ronnen Dr. John & Carol R. Condemi Mary Lou Hanson Kitty & Sergeant Wise Earl & Mary Ingersoll Eric & Jennifer Paley Elise & Joseph Wojciechowski Eric I. Zeller Jane & Jim Littwitz Marj & Wiles Converse Don & Nancy Hare Dr. Robert Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan Dr. & Mrs. Kishan J. Pandya Charlotte C. Wright Dan & Kiki Mahar Walter Cooper Alan J. Harris Mrs. Jessie P. Woodward Ronald & Martha Jodoin Patricia & Philip Parr Robert Zack William P. McCarrick Je & Sue Crane Marguerite Harris & Patricia C. Johnson Cliord & June Parton Mr. & Mrs. Ted Zornow Mr. & Mrs. James R. McMillen Joyce Crofton Lawrence Kotowicz Miles & Silvija Jones David & Virginia Pixley Allegro Richard & Mary Moglia-Cannon Mr. & Mrs. James V. D'Amico Warren & Joyce Heilbronner Advocate Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy ($5,000 - $9,999) Carole & Bob Hendricks Brock & Sandra Powell Mark & Kathy Keogh Jim & Ginny Morris Joseph & Judith Darweesh ($700 - $999) M M Sue Powell Matching Gift Anonymous (3) John & Annabel Muenter Linda Wells Davey Barbara & Dieter Hentschel Wendy Keyes-Turnbull Mrs. Frederick I. Price Anonymous (4) DDeceased Mrs. Theodore J. Altier Bernard & Molly Panner A.A. Davis 3rd Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Kimbrough Katherine & John Purcell Miriam H. Ackley James S. Badger David & Marjorie Perlman Horace R. Davis Tom & Nan Hildebrandt Marilyn & David Klass Susan A. Raub Armondo & Leita Acosta Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Briggs William & Barbara Pulsifer Dr. William W. Destler & David C. & Patricia M. Hinkle Marcella Klein & Richard Schaeer Dr. & Mrs. Vincent F. Reale Mr. & Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi Richard F. Brush Drs. Raman & Savita Qazi, M.D. Dr. Rebecca Johnson Art & Barb Hirst Dr. Paul La Celle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Richards David Bassett William L. & Ruth P. Cahn Herb Rees Hugo Divers William & Kathleen Hoeger Debby & Elliott Landsman We make every eort to ensure the Ray & Judy Ricker Miss Anne Bell June Clase Elise & Stephen Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Doolittle Susan Holliday Marion & Lawrence Lewin Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Riedman Hays & Karen Bell accuracy of this listing. Please call Louis & Allis D'Amanda John B. Rumsey Janis Dowd & Daan Zwick Jack & Nancy Hollingsworth Mr. & Mrs. James A. Locke III Mary Rob David M. Berg & Dawn K. Reidy 454-7311 x238 to make a correction Joan & Harold Feinbloom Richard & Vicki Schwartz Mrs. Donn P. Drake Dr. Robert J. & Daryl C. Holzhauer Edith M. Lord Daniel & Nancy Robbins Dr. John Bickmore or report an omission. Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feldon MGloria A. Smith Dr. Eric Dreyfuss Mary Jo & Jack Hultz Swaminithan and Janice Madhu Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers Don & Peggy Bolger Gail R. Flugel Janet B. Smith MMs. Marilyn Drumm Herbert Humphrey Joseph J. Mancini Mrs. Stanley M. Rogo Je & Kathy Bowen Gerald W. & Mary M. Gooley Dr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel Dr. & Mrs. James Durfee Marjorie S. Humphrey Sandra McDonald Mrs. David Romig Claire M. Brown William B. Hale MSandra & Richard Stein David P. & Margaret M. Durr Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Hurlbut Carol A. McFetridge Mrs. Haskell Rosenberg Philip & Jeanne Carlivati David & Barrie Heiligman Richard & Gwen Sterns In Memoriam for Anita B. Dushay Bob & Elaine Jacobsen Melissa McGrain & Andrew Stern Nellie J. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. George A. Cefalu Kathleen Holt & Stephen Lurie Robert C. Stevens by Frederick Dushay, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Jenkins Richard McGrath Ron & Sharon Salluzzo William T. Chandler Allen J. Mardorf David & Grace Strong Mr. & Mrs. James C. Eaton Douglas Jones & Rosemary Utz Kathleen McNamara 17 18 RPO Violin & Horn Sections. PHOTO: Gelfand-Piper Photography

RPO Sta Volunteer Services Administration Volunteer Services Committee Charles H. Owens, President & CEO Anne Selgas, Chair Ellen Beck+, Executive Assistant Special Events Oversight Committee Development Anne Selgas, Chair Steven M. Schwab, Vice President for Development Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Sarah Goldstein Post, Manager of Annual Giving Volunteer Enrichment Committee Pavel Sullivan, Development Projects Coordinator Anna Petersen Stearns and Patricia Garvey, Co-Chairs 2008-09 Roster Christopher Seaman, Music Director Kristen Butler, Development Associate Marilyn Merrigan, Manager of Volunteers & Special Events Bagel Brunch Je Tyzik, Principal Pops Conductor Jillian Pritchard+, Coordinator of Donor Cultivation and Stewardship Diane Baltadonis, Chair Michael Butterman, Principal Conductor for Education and Outreach The Louise & Henry Epstein Family Chair, Funded in perpetuity Marketing and Patron Services RPO Archive Committee Nancy Goldsmith Zawacki, Director of Marketing Kathleen Holt, Chair Janice Hanson, Manager of Marketing and Electronic Communication Violin I Cello English Horn Trombone Katherine M. Wahl, Manager of Patron Relations and Sales Volunteer Voice Juliana Athayde, Concertmaster Stefan Reuss, Principal Anna Steltenpohl Mark Kellogg, + Principal Brian Piazza, Box Oce Manager David Schantz, Chair The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh The Austin E. Hildebrandt Chair Dudley Duberry, Assistant Box Oce Manager Ward Chair, Funded in perpetuity Chair, Funded in perpetuity Clarinet Funded in perpetuity Jan Beneway, Oce Administrator Rochester Philharmonic League Wilfredo Degláns, Kathleen Murphy Kemp, Kenneth Grant, + Principal Mark Salatino Margaret-Anne Milne, President Associate Concertmaster Assistant Principal Andrew Chappell The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair Patron Services Representatives Charles Kaplan, President-Elect Shannon Nance, Lars Kirvan Funded in perpetuity Margie Sabath, Vice-President Assistant Concertmaster Benjamin Krug Robert DiLutis Tuba Courtney Bonifant+ Perrin Yang Mary Ann Wukovitz Ramon Ricker + * W. Craig Sutherland, Principal Abby Chapman-Duprey+ Leonore Wiltse, Secretary Tigran Vardanyan Don Reinfeld * Andrew Brown Emily Grissing+ Carlotta Lustik, Treasurer Ellen Rathjen Patricia Garvey Alice Meyer Timpani Anna Heller-Jackson Janice Macisak Beiliang Zhu Charles Ross, Principal Brad Hogarth+ Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra William Hunt Ingrid Bock E-at Clarinet The Harold and Joan Feinbloom Jubin Matloubieh+ David Ackroyd, Chair Chair, Funded in perpetuity Sabina Slepecki Melissa Burton Anderson Robert DiLutis Casey Paulozzi+ Kenneth Langley Jim Tiller, Assistant Principal Jerey Hood Marcy Savastano+ Lise Stoddard Bass Clarinet Joanna Owen Bass Ramon Ricker + * Percussion Public Relations Christine Hauptly Annin * Colin Corner, Principal Andrew Brown Jim Tiller, Principal An-Chi OuYang The Anne Hayden McQuay Chair Brian Stotz Amy Blum, Director of Public Relations Margaret Leenhouts Funded in perpetuity Bassoon John McNeill Michael Grin, Assistant Principal Abraham Weiss, Principal Robert Patterson Artistic Operations Violin II Jack Stauber Charles Bailey Jillian Pritchard J. Andrew Cassano, Director of Artistic Operations David Brickman, Principal Robert Zimmerman Martha Sholl Nana Stotz, Operations Manager Gaelen McCormick Daryl Perlo, Assistant Principal Harp David T. Meyer+, House Manager Patricia Sunwoo Je Campbell + Contra-Bassoon Grace Wong, Principal John Sullivan Eric Polenik The Eileen Malone Chair, A Tribute Charles Bailey Education Lara Sipols by Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt M. Flute Sylvester, Funded in perpetuity Krishna Thiagarajan, Director of Resource Development & Education Programs Nancy Hunt Horn Barbara Dechario Boris Zapesochny Rebecca Gilbert, Principal W. Peter Kurau, + Principal Liana Koteva The Charlotte Whitney Allen Chair Rochester Philharmonic League Funded in perpetuity The Cricket and Frank Luellen Keyboards Jeremy Hill Chair, Funded in perpetuity Laura Morihara+, RPL Administrator Joanna Bassett Joseph Werner, Principal Ainur Zabenova Matthew Annin * Jan Angus + The Lois P. Lines Chair Fang-Yu Liu Alex Rosenfeld, Assistant Principal Diane Smith Funded in perpetuity Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Lee Wilkins Jennifer Burch Cary Ratcli Susan Basu+, Manager David Angus Piccolo Viola Stephanie Blaha Joanna Bassett Personnel Manager Finance Melissa Matson, Principal Jan Angus + Joseph Werner Ronald L. Steinmiller, Vice President of Finance & Administration Michael Larco, Assistant Principal Trumpet Marc Anderson Douglas Prosser, + Principal Irene Shaer, Director of Finance Oboe Principal Librarian Elizabeth Seka The Elaine P. Wilson Chair Kim Hartquist Mark Pignagrande, Sta Accountant Erik Behr, Principal Nancy Carey, Bookkeeper Olita Povero The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair Wesley Nance Michail Verba Funded in perpetuity Herbert Smith Stage Manager Linda Kirkwood Anna Steltenpohl Paul Shewan Curtis Bradley Information Systems David Hult Anna Petersen Stearns Nancy Atwood-Stone, Director of Information Systems Thomas Dumm Priscilla Brown Leslie Dragan + Indicates Part-time * On Leave + Full-time faculty at the Eastman School of Music

This roster is current as of December 31, 2008. 19 20 The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is supported in part by grants from:

New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency

County of Monroe, County Executive Maggie Brooks

New York State Senator Jim Alesi

Robert J. Duy, Mayor City of Rochester

New York State Senator Joseph E. Robach

National Endowment for the Arts

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