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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEIJI OZAWA, MUSIC DIRECTOR Tanglewrod 19 9 7 HOLSTEN GALLERIE CHIHULY GLASS SCULPTURE • PAINTINGS • ART JEWELRY Elm Street, Stockbridge, Mass. 01262 (413) 298-3044 W Seiji Ozawa, Music Director Bernard Haitink, Principal Guest Conductor One Hundred and Sixteenth Season, 1996-97 Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. R W Mis I eith, Ji.. Chairman Nicholas T. Zervas, President Petei V Brooke, Vice-Chavrman William J. Poorvu, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer Mis. Edith L. Dabney, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman H.u\<\ ( In i Km in/in. in, Vice-Chairman I Lilian I Vnderson William M. Crozier, Jr. Edna S. Kalman Robert P. O' Block Dr. \in.ii ( .. Bose Nader F. Darehshori George Krupp ex-officio Peter C. Read [.lilies | ( | ( .1) \ Deborah B. Davis Mrs. August R. Meyer Margaret Williams- |i>lui 1 ( ogan, Jr. Nina L. Doggett Richard P. Morse DeCelles, Julian ( oliin AvramJ. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman ex-officio \\ illiaiu F. ( lonnell Thelma E. Goldberg i\ officio Julian T. Houston Life Trustees Vei nun R. Alden Archie C. Epps Mrs. George I. Mrs. George Lee David B. Arnold, Jr. Mrs. John H. Kaplan Sargent J.P.Bargei Fitzpatrick George H. Kidder Sidney Stoneman Leo L. Beranek Dean W. Freed Thomas D. Perry, Jr. John Hoyt Stookey L. \l)i am I ( oilier Mrs. John L. Irving W. Rabb John Thorndike Nelson | Dai ling, Ji. Grandin Other Officers of the Corporation Daniel R. Gustin, Clerk I homas D. Ma) and John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurers Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc Robei i P. < )T>I<>( k. Chairman \lolh Beals Millman, Secretary Phyllis Dohanian, Treasurer Gloria Press Mis I [ei bei i B. \l>elow Hugh Downs Mrs. Robert M. Jaffe Moody H. Pryor, i Millard Helainc B. Ulen I am is A. Doyle Dr. Hisashi Kaneko Jr. [oel B. Uvord ( .oi i/ r>. 1 aton Martin S. Kaplan Robert E. Remis \in.iii<l.i Bai bouj Vims Hari ii'ii Eckstein Susan Beth Kaplan William D.Roddy, Jr. Ex Rodgers \l.ii ji >i ie \i < tns-Bai n >n William R. Elfers Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon John Saji ( .ii oline Dwight Bain ( .coi ge M. Elvin Frances Demoulas Keizo Roger A. Saunders Si nidi. i Bakalai Edward Eskandarian Kettenbach D. Carol Scheifele-Holmes ( .al)i u II. i Beranek |. Richard Fennell Robert King F. Kingsley Hannah H. Schneider I \nil. i Si i \.iik |. li.'patrick Mrs. Gordon hubei j D. Scullin hodman 1 ugene M. Freedman David I. Kosowsky Cynthia Kravitz Elizabeth T. Seikowitz William I Boyan Di \rihnr Gelb Arthur R. William D. Roger T. Servison [an Bred Mrs. Kenneth J. Mrs. R< ibin \. Hi own ( lermeshausen Larkin, Jr. L. Scott Singleton Mis Mai shall Ni< hols Charles K. Gifford Thomas H. Lee Mrs. Micho F. Spring Sternberg ( .ii ni Jordan Golding Stephen R. Levy Thomas G. Jacquelynne M. I .n U \l. ( hues Mark R. Goldweitz Edward Linde Stepanian \\ illiam 1 1. ( ongleton Deborah England Gray Frederick H. Bill Faasen William F. ( lonnell Michael 1 lalperson Lovejoy, Jr. Van Paul M. Verrochi |ohn M. ( omiois. Jr. John P. Hamill Diane H. Lupean \la.llia II. Ellen T. Harris Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Stephen R. Weiner Robert A. Wells ( rowninshield Daphne P. Hatsopoulos Barbara Jane Macon I)id(l\ ( ullinanc Deborah M. Hauser Joseph C. McNay Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Reginald H. White [oan P. ( mhan Bayard Henry William F. Meagher, Jr. l.imaia P. Davis Marilyn Brachman Nathan R. Miller Mrs. Florence T Bets) 1'. Demirjian Hoffman Robert J. Murray Whitney foAnne Walton Ronald A. Homer Paul C. O'Brien Margaret Williams- Dickinson Phyllis S. Hubbard Norio Ohga DeCelles F. Orsatti Robin Wilson I [an*) Ellis Dickson F. Donald Hudson Louis Mill lull L. Dong Lolajaffe Stephen Davies Paine Kathryn A. Wong Programs copyright ©1997 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by faycole Advertising, Inc. / Cover photos by Steve Liss, William Mercer, Stu Rosner, and Walter H. Scott Overseers Emeriti Mrs. Weston W. Adams Susan D. Hall Hanae Mori Mrs. William (.. Bruce A. Beal Mrs. Richard D. Hill Mrs. Stephen V.C. Rousseau William M. Bulger Susan M. Hilles Morris Angelica L. Russell Mary Louise Cabot Glen H. Hiner Patricia Morse Francis P. Sears, Jr. Mrs. Levin H. H. Eugene Jones David S. Nelson Mrs. Carl Shapiro Campbell Mrs. Louis I. Kane Mrs. Hiroshi H. Mrs. Donald B. Johns H. Congdon Leonard Kaplan Nishino Sinclair Phyllis Curtin Richard L. Kaye Vincent O'Reilly Ralph Z. Sorenson Katherine Fanning Robert K. Kraft Andrall E. Pearson Mrs. Arthur L. Strang Peter H. B. Benjamin H. Lacy John A. Perkins Luise Vosgerchian Frelinghuysen Mrs. James F. David R. Pokross Mrs. Thomas H.P. Mrs. Thomas J. Lawrence Daphne Brooks Prout Whitney Galligan, Jr. Mrs. Hart D. Leavitt Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Mrs. James Garivaltis Lawrence Lesser Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Mrs. John J. Wilson Mrs. Haskell R. Mrs. Harry L. Marks Gordon C. Charles Marran Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairman Emeritus William F. Connell, President James F. Cleary, Chairman William L. Boyan, Vice-President Nader F. Darehshori Robert J. Murray Cynthia Scullin William C. Van Faasen Francis A. Doyle Robert P. O' Block Malcolm L. Sherman Patricia Wolpert John P. Hamill Patrick J. Purcell Ray Stata William F. Meagher William D. Roddy Stephen J. Sweeney Emeriti Leo L. Beranek Ex-Officio R. Willis Leith, Jr. • Nicholas T Zervas Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Margaret Williams-DeCelles, President Charlie Jack, Treasurer Goetz Eaton, Executive Vice-President Doreen Reis, Secretary Diane Austin, Symphony Shop Ginger Elvin, William C. Sexton, Mary Blair, Resource Tanglewood Association Tanglewood Association Development Nancy Ferguson, Hall Services Barbara Steiner, Youth Activities Linda Clarke, Fundraising Phyllis Hubbard, Nominating Erling Thorgalsen, Membership Noni Cooper, Adult Education Michael Murphy, Development Eva Zervos, Fundraising Marilyn Pond, Public Relations Administration Daniel R. Gustin, Acting Managing Director Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Thomas D. May, Director ofFinance and Business Affairs Nancy Perkins, Director ofDevelopment Caroline Smedvig, Director of Public Relations and Marketing Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Dennis Alves, Artistic Coordinator, Boston Pops • Faith Hunter, Executive Assistant to the Managing Director • Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • James O'Connor, Assistant to the Artistic Administrator • Brian Van Sickle, Executive Assistant to the Tanglewood Manager ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager, Boston Symphony Orchestra Scott Schillin, Operations Manager, Boston Pops Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager* Nancy Cohen, Auditions Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, Orchestra Personnel • Jana Euler Gimenez, Administrative Assistant, Management Office • Diane A. Read, Production Coordinator BOX OFFICE Russell M. Hodsdon, Manager of Box Office • • • Mary J. Broussard, Clerk Cary Eyges, Clerk Lawrence Fraher, Clerk Kathleen Kennedy, Assistant Manager of Box Office • Arthur Ryan, Clerk BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Budget Manager Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Roberta Kennedy, Manager, Symphony Shop Gerald Blum, Staff Accountant • Christopher Fox, Budget Analyst • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Director ofFinance and Business Affairs • Ian Kane, Senior Financial Analyst • Scott Langill, General Accountant • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Accountant • Yaneris Pena-Briggs, Cash Accountant • Sharon Sherman, Accounts Payable Supervisor DEVELOPMENT Daniel P. Breen, Director ofAdministration for Development Madelyne Cuddeback, Director of Corporate Programs Julie H. Diaz, Campaign Director John C. Marksbury, Director ofFoundation and Government Support Joyce M. Serwitz, Associate Director ofDevelopment Diane Abe, Campaign Coordinator • Alexandra Acs-Loewen, Assistant Director of Corporate Pro- grams • Maureen Barry, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Director ofDevelopment • Ellen- Marie Bonner, Manager of Development Research • Howard L. Breslau, Associate Director of Corporate Programs • Sally Dale, Manager ofDonor Relations • Katrina DeBonville, Administrative Assistant to the Major Gifts Officer • Rebecca Ehrhardt, Major Gifts Officer • Sarah Fitzgerald, Data Coordinator • Ginny Gaeta, Executive Assistant to the Director ofDevelopment • Erika-Marie Haeussler, Administrative Assistant, Tanglewood Development • Robin Ann Hamilton, Adminis- trative Assistant /Office Manager • Joyce Hatch, Director of Boston Symphony Annual Fund • Deborah Hersey, Coordinator of Information Systems • Justin Kelly, Data Production Coordinator • Matthew Lane, Campaign Communications Coordinator* Katherine A. Lempert, Assistant Director, Tanglewood Development • Cynthia McCabe, Administrative Assistant, Foundation and Government Support • Rachel O. Nadjarian, Donor Relations Assistant • Gerrit Petersen, Assistant Director of Foundation and Government Support • Julie A. Phaneuf, Assistant Director, Boston Symphony Annual Fund • Alicia Salmoni, Reseacher/ Track Manager • George Saulnier, Data Entry Clerk • Alleather Toure, Leadership Gifts Officer • Valerie Vignaux, Administrative Assistant, Annual Fund • Tracy Wilson, Director of Tanglewood Development r EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES/ARCHN I S Ellen Highstein, Administrator of the Tanglewood Musit Cento Myran Parker-Brass, Coordinator of Youth Activities James E. Whitaker, Chief Coordinator, Tanglewood Musit (ruin Bridget P. Carr, Archivist-Position endowed by Caroline Dwight
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