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 Mozart + Mahler...... 19 16 About the Artist...... 21

Program Notes...... 23 Mozart + Mahler Make the Most of Your Concert Experience...... 34 Acknowledgements...... 36 Endowments...... 37 Friends of the Symphony...... 40

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ear MSO Friends,

DWhile there are still a lot of exciting performances yet to come this season, like Ports of Call with the incomparable guitarist, Sharon Isbin in April, or the amazing LaKisha Jones’ tribute to in May. Here at MSO central the team is putting final touches on our 39th season that promises to be as wonderful as any to date!

With a few months behind me now, I’m beginning to get a real 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.

As part of our work to sustain this great orchestra, we are developing plans to increase engagement, or loyalty, by those at all levels. So if you have only attended once or twice, we hope you will return again soon and will be sending you reminders of upcoming events. If you attend most of our concerts, we hope to entice you with a subscription to all of them by offering savings and benefits. If you already subscribe and donate, we hope to find new ways to show you how much we appreciate your generous support.

As we begin renewals for next season, we hope to create more consistency in how we offer subscriptions, flexible packages, and single tickets. We welcome your input during the process. 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 joining us today and for being part of the MSO family.

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, 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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letter from the board president

hope that you have enjoyed the season so far. We have certainly Itraveled far in the world of music! From the majesty of Karl Orff’s Carmina Burana, to the American Scene with the wonderful Symphony No. 1 of Florence Price, to the seasonal magic of our Holiday Concert. Did you love the romance in our Romantics Concert? I particularly loved the musical visit to Scotland in Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Suite and to Norway in Grieg’s Piano Concerto.

I am confident that the rest of our season will be every bit as wonderful. Our March Concert will have both the next stage in the development of romantic music with the Mahler Symphony No. 4 and the very rarely heard Mozart Symphony No. 52. As Maestra Elizabeth Schulze explained in the Prelude to the Romantics Concert, Beethoven changed the course of symphonic music, Schubert expanded this vision, Schumann drove it forward and it culminates in Mahler. I hope that some of you take advantage of the short talk about the concert that Music Director Schulze provides before each masterworks concert. I learn so much every time I hear her talk about music.

April will bring us the amazing Sharon Isbin. She is a virtuoso guitar player and always a joy to hear. If you do not have tickets already please do yourself a favor and buy them now. You won’t be disappointed.

This is also the time to consider buying your subscription tickets for the 2020–2021 season. The subscription campaign will start shortly. This is shaping into another wonderful season of wonderful music that will entertain and educate the people of our region. I hope to see you all there.

Sincerely,

Melinda Marsden, President Maryland Symphony Orchestra Board

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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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Elizabeth Schulze, Conductor Martha Guth, Soprano

Mozart Symphony in C Major “No. 52,” K. 208 + 102 Molto Allegro Andantino Presto assai

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Martha Guth, Soprano Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony, among many other Soprano Martha Guth orchestras. Her current season includes a brings consummate Maryland Symphony debut in a program musicianship and of Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate and Mahler’s a distinctive tonal Fourth Symphony and Mahler’s Second palette to a wide range Symphony with Scott Speck and the West of musical periods Symphony. and styles. A much-sought-after concert soloist, her repertoire includes soprano 1 in A persuasive actress, Ms. Guth has Mozart’s C Minor Mass (New York’s Sacred performed Frau Fluth in the Boston Music in a Sacred Space in St. Ignatius Midsummer Opera’s production of Nicolai’s Loyola Cathedral and Columbus, Ohio’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mozart’s Le Nozze ProMusic Chamber Orchestra), Orff’s di Figaro (Countess) and Don Giovanni (Donna Carmina Burana (West Michigan, Mobile, Anna) at Opera Lyra Ottawa; the same Lima Symphonies, Florida Orchestra), composer’s Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) and the Brahms Requiem (Washington, D.C.’s Die Entführungaus dem Serail (Konstanze) Cathedral Choral Society, New York’s Voices in Göggingen, Germany; the title role of of Ascension, Grand Rapids’ Calvin College), Händel’s Alcina in Lucca, Italy; Lauretta in Britten’s Spring Symphony (Choral Society Bizet’s Dr. Miracle and Norina in Don Pasquale of Durham), Händel’s Messiah (Santa Fe with the Santa Fe Opera (the latter on tour as Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, a past apprentice of the company), and Alyce Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, in Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied at New York’s Kentucky), Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Columbia Chelsea Opera, which she reprised in the Pro Cantare and Gloriae Dei Cantores), 2015-16 season. She has also performed with Mahler’s Second Symphony (Evansville the opera companies of Graz (Austria) and Philharmonic) and Fourth Symphony Palma de Mallorca (Spain). (Flagstaff Symphony) , Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Fort Wayne Philharmonic) and A model collaborator, Ms. Guth has earned Missa solemnis (Bachakademie Stuttgart, special distinction for her passionate Toledo Symphony), Mozart’s Exsultate, devotion to recital and chamber repertoire, jubilate (Hamilton Philharmonic) and earning First Prize at the 2007 Wigmore Concert Arias (Germany’s Bad Reichenhaller Hall International Song Competition in Philharmonie), Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été London. She has given recitals at London’s (Canadian Opera Company orchestra), Wigmore Hall and Leeds Lieder Festival Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (New Mexico with pianist Graham Johnson; in New Symphony) and Poulenc’s Stabat Mater York with Dalton Baldwin and Malcolm (Spokane Symphony). In addition, she has Martineau, and at both the Vancouver collaborated with John Nelson, Helmuth International Song Institute and Ottawa Rilling, Richard Bradshaw, both Seiji Ozwa International Chamber Music Festival with and Robert Spano at Tanglewood and Erika Switzer (with whom she co-hosts been guest soloist with the National Arts an online magazine Sparks and Wiry Cries

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[http://www.sparksandwirycries.com], Sierra’s Beyond the Silence of Sorrow with featuring live and recorded performances the Puerto Rico Symphony was nominated and discussions with singers, pianists and for a 2016 Latin Grammy; her varied song composers.) She also curates the Casement anthology Summer Night was nominated for Fund Song Series in New York City. Her a 2020 Juno Award. recitals have been broadcast on the CBC Radio/Radio Canada, BBC Radio (U.K.) and Martha Guth was raised in Vancouver, British WDR (Germany). Recordings include a solo Columbia. She holds an undergraduate disc of Schubert songs with fortepianist degree from the Oberlin Conservatory Penelope Crawford, John Fritz-Roger’s of Music, a Master’s from the Cincinnati Magna Mysteria on the Innova label, College/Conservatory of Music, and a post- Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes and The Five graduate degree from the Hochschule für Borough Song Book. Her recording of Roberto Musik in Augsburg/Nürnberg where she studied with Edith Wiens.

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Symphony No. 52 in C major, (The Shepherd King). This opera was intended K. 208 + 102 to be a short entertainment for an April 1775 —Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Salzburg visit from Archduke Maximilian Born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria Franz, the youngest son of Empress Maria Died December 5, 1791, in Vienna, Austria Theresa and future patron to Beethoven. Its plot is flimsy, yet charming, and the libretto The premiere date for this work is unknown, by Metastasio had been set by numerous but the first and second movement were other composers. Il Re Pastore was a familiar originally part of the opera Il Re Pastore, story to audiences of the day. It tells of a which was premiered on April 23, 1775, at young shepherd foundling who turns out the Salzburg Residence of Prince-Archbishop to be the rightful king. He must weigh duty Colloredo. It is scored for two woodwind and love to make an appropriate decision players (playing oboe in the first and third about his future. movements and flute in the second), two horns, two trumpets, and strings. A year later when Mozart needed a quick new symphony, he returned to the opera for When Ludwig Köchel published his famous a speedy solution. He took the full overture chronological catalog of Mozart’s works in and turned it into a first movement, 1862, it seemed that the puzzle of Mozart’s adapted the first aria for oboe solo to create order of composition had been solved; a second nmovement, and composed there were 626 works and that is all he a new third movement to create a very wrote. This all changed as new works were satisfying three-movement symphony. discovered and the world realized that This work is also interesting historically Köchel’s catalog could never be considered because it was Mozart’s last symphony in truly comprehensive. New research was which double basses and bassoons read done and Köchel’s catalog proved to be only from the same part. After this work, the approximate in chronology. To date there two instruments had independent parts in have been seven revisions of the catalog his other symphonies. It was also the last with the most recent published in 1983. time Mozart recycled an opera overture as a Changes are still being made. symphonic movement.

One of the more troublesome aspects of this The first movement is built in a three-note valuable, yet troublesome, catalog is the motif and leads to a lyrical second theme. ordering of Mozart’s symphonies. The first A repeated rhythmic pattern provides for 41 works are numbered chronologically, but a proto-Rossinian crescendo that bubbles other symphonic works are simply tagged with excitement. Although this is a mature on to the end with no regard for chronology. Mozart allegro, it is filled with the charm of For example, the work known as Symphony the Rococo stile galant. No. 52 was composed over a decade before Mozart’s Symphony No, 41. Mozart’s second movement—a gentle andantino in 6/8-meter—is adapted from The year 1775 was very productive for the first aria, “Intento amico” of Il Re Pastore. the young Mozart. He composed five The original castrato voice is replaced by a violin concertos in quick succession just lovely oboe solo. Although Mozart provided after finishing the opera Il Re Pastore only the beginning measures, probably

Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 23 program notes as an incipit instruction for the copyist, In his eighth year, he began to compose modern editions allow the orchestra to play for orchestra. By the time he was fifteen, the entire movement. Mozart wrote a new he had completed nearly one hundred eight-measure transition to tie the second pieces—among them almost twenty and third movements together. symphonies. It is not beyond the range of reasonable speculation that the early The finale is a lively seven-part rondo works were performed throughout Europe compressed into under five minutes. during Mozart’s childhood travels. It is also The opening theme is punctuated by three important to note that Mozart gained a vast episodes that reflect and expand upon the knowledge of national and local musical rondo theme with such devices as playful styles during these journeys. Especially interplay between instruments and comical important is the strong Italian influence ornaments. The work ends with a final that would later permeate his operas and statement of the rondo theme. instrumental music alike.

©2020 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolin Mozart’s opera Lucio Silla was written when www.orpheusnotes.com he was sixteen years of age. The original Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165 production in Milan, Italy, certainly caused —Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart listeners to notice the young composer, Born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria who was already transitioning from his role Died December 5, 1791, in Vienna, Austria as a child prodigy to that of an impressive young composer. Unfortunately, Mozart’s This work was first performed on January 17, growth to adulthood caused a waning in his 1773, in the Church of the Theatines in Milan, popularity. Audiences simply did not care as Italy, by soloist Venanzio Rauzzini. It is scored much to see a brilliant young composer as for soprano solo, pairs of oboes and horns with they once had for the prodigy. strings and continuo. One of the important results of Lucio Silla When considering childhood compositions was a friendship he developed with the by important composers, one often has to colorful Italian castrato Venanzio Rauzzini take their immaturity into consideration. who performed the lead in the opera. However, Mozart had no ordinary Rauzzini was a leading singer on the childhood. He was a precocious virtuoso operatic stage from 1765 until 1778, the last on both the keyboard instruments and four years in England where he retired and violin. Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang’s father lived until his death in 1810. Mozart first and noted musician at the court of the heard him in Vienna in 1767, where the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, shuttled his singer had fled after having affairs with son and daughter, Nannerl, across Europe. several married women. In 1773, one year Performing for heads of state from London after Lucio Silla, Mozart composed the solo to the Vatican, the youngsters became well motet Exsultate, Jubilate for Rauzzini. known in the courts of Europe. Although it had several other meanings in Mozart’s earliest works date from his earlier times, by this point in history ‘motet’ fourth year, and consist of music for solo referred to a short sacred work. This piece harpsichord or small chamber ensembles. is simply an extended song of praise and

24 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra program notes joy. Exsultate, Jubilate is in four sections in The following andante is an expressive the Italian idiom of fast-slow-fast, but with movement with an active accompaniment. an added recitative between the first two Most familiar to listeners is the final Alleluja, movements. The opening allegro includes the a three-minute melisma on one word. In usual Mozart flourishes—sighing melodic these final measures, Mozart challenges figures, fast orchestral runs, and passages the singer with florid runs and figures of of dialogue between the strings and great difficulty. Of course, the result does woodwinds. The soloist, usually a soprano not challenge the listener, but allows an in modern times, contains some of the most audience to marvel at the composer, the florid writing. Mozart’s recitative, scored composition, and the performance. for just continuo and soloist, owes much to Handel in its concise and effective writing. ©2019 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolin www.orpheusnotes.com

Latin English Translation Exsultate, jubilate, Rejoice and be glad, o vos animae beatae! O you blessed souls, Dulcia cantica canendo, in sweet hymns: cantui vestro respondendo, in replying to your songs psallant aethera cum me. the heavens sing praises with me. Fulget amica dies, The welcome day shines forth, iam fugere et nubila et procellae; now the clouds and tempests flee; exortus est justis inexspectata quies. there has arisen for the just an unlooked- Undique obscura regnabat nox; for calm. surgite tandem laeti, In all places where dark night reigned, qui timuistis adhuc, rise up at last, you happy ones, et iucundi aurorae fortunatae who were in fear until now, and, rejoicing frondes dextera plena et lilia date. at this happy dawn, Tu, virginum corona, give forth, with laden right hands, tu nobis pacem dona. garlands and lilies. Tu consolare affectus, You, the crown of virgins, unde suspirat cor. grant us peace: Alleluja. console your loved ones, whose hearts sigh for you. Hallelujah.

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Symphony No. 4 in G Major Composed just after Mahler was hired —Gustav Mahler as conductor of the Vienna Court Opera, Born July 7, 1860, in Kalischt, Bohemia the Fourth is the sunniest of his orchestra Died May 18, 1911, in Vienna, Austria works. Perhaps this should be puzzling considering the circumstances of his This work was premiered on November employment. Anti-Semitism was rampant 25, 1901, in Munich’s Greater Kaim Hall, in the Austrian capital, especially at the bythe Kaim Orchestra and soprano soloist Viennese Court. As a person of the Jewish Margarethe Michalek conducted by the faith, Mahler was required to renounce his composer. It is scored for soprano soloist, two religion and convert to Catholicism in order piccolos, four flutes, three oboes, English horn, to take the position. Mahler saw this as E-flat clarinet, three clarinets, bass clarinet, an unfortunate necessity to place himself three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, in one of the finest artistic enclaves in three trumpets, timpani, percussion, harp, Europe. His orchestra would be the famed and strings. Vienna Philharmonic, thought by many Gustav Mahler’s symphonies are difficult to be the greatest in the world at the time. to categorize. One of the most perplexing His compositional efforts would not suffer, dilemmas is discerning how many he wrote. as he composed almost exclusively during There are nine numbered symphonies and the summer holiday. a fragment of a tenth. However, his majestic The first sketches of Mahler’s Fourth Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) is also Symphony date from the summer of 1899 a symphony, even if not numbered. More during a visit to the lake at Altaussee. troublesome for scholars is the evidence He would complete it the following summer. that Mahler composed at least four Crafted as a look at life’s most difficult symphonies prior to the one he designated moments as viewed from the perspective as Symphony No.1. These works, destroyed of an innocent child, this piece has the by Allied forces during the bombings of reputation of being one of Mahler’s ‘easiest’ World War II, were never published. pieces. Missing are the heavy brass chorales Collectively, the first five symphonies are and the angst-ridden brooding of the first known as the Wunderhorn Symphonies three symphonies. This is not to say that because of their use of musical ideas drawn there is no sturm und drang in the work, but from Mahler’s own settings of Clemens much of it is tempered by the lighter textures Brentano and Achim von Arnim’s poetry and smaller orchestration (trombone published in 1808 under the title Des and tuba are absent). To complicate Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn). matters Mahler stated that the entire Mahler found an existential quality to these work is presented in reverse, with the final folk-infused verses that seemed to reach movement setting the tone for everything into the very soul of his own musical and that came before. personal philosophy. The extent of this The first movement is in sonata form. self-borrowing is far too involved to explain A child’s world is revealed in the first fully in this forum, but one of the most measure with the playful sounds of sleigh successful instances is found in Mahler’s bells and flutes, taking the listener as Fourth Symphony.

26 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra program notes far away from the composer’s earlier Modeled after the adagio of Beethoven’s symphonies as possible. Even though the Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s third movement work is scored for a large orchestra, Mahler is in double variation form and represents seldom uses the group as a tutti ensemble, the emotional core of the symphony. This opting instead for a series of chamber is the bittersweet side of Mahler’s music groups assembled from the whole. In this at its best. In the composer’s words, “a movement there is a sense of classical divinely serene and deeply sad melody runs balance, but every new formal division is throughout, at which you will both smile punctuated by the sleigh bells, representing and weep.” the almost supernatural sounds of the child’s dream world. Innocent and wise, the final movement represents a child’s view of heaven. Mahler’s second movement is a scherzo Originally conceived as a solo for boy with a central trio section that is soprano to have been included in the reminiscent of the Ländler, an Austrian folk Third Symphony, the finale was eventually dance. Beginning with a solo horn, the scored for female soprano in order to focus soon shifts to a mysterious solo violin. ensure performances. Drawn from his own Using a technique called scordatura, the 1892 setting of “Das himmlische Leben” from instrument is tuned in an unusual manner Des Knaben Wunderhorn, which presents (in this case, each string is a whole-step details of life in heaven from a child’s higher than usual). Mahler wrote in a letter viewpoint, Mahler refers to several saints to a friend that this represents “Freund and martyrs and the ease of existence in the Hein,” a sinister mythological character of afterlife. Interestingly, Mahler begins each German childhood akin to the ‘bogeyman’ new stanza of the text with the same sleigh in American and British society. Perhaps bell music that represented the childhood this dark view of youth stems from the dream world of the first movement. fact that several of Mahler’s siblings died in childhood. He would lose a daughter of © 2019 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolin www.orpheusnotes.com his own within a few years of the Fourth Symphony’s premiere.

Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 27 Das himmlische Leben The Heavenly Life (aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn) (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden, We enjoy heavenly pleasures D’rum tun wir das Irdische meiden. and therefore avoid earthy ones. Kein weltlich’ Getümmel No worldly tumult Hört man nicht im Himmel! is to be heard in heaven. Lebt alles in sanftester Ruh’. All live in greatest peace. Wir führen ein englisches Leben, We lead angelic lives, Sind dennoch ganz lustig daneben. yet have a merry time of it besides. Wir tanzen und springen, We dance and we spring, Wir hüpfen und singen, We hop and we sing. Sankt Peter im Himmel sieht zu. Saint Peter in heaven looks on. Johannes das Lämmlein auslasset, John lets the lamb out, Der Metzger Herodes drauf passet, and Herod the Butcher lies in wait for it. Wir führen ein geduldig’s, We lead a patient, Unschuldig’s, geduldig’s, an innocent, patient, Ein liebliches Lämmlein zu Tod! dear little lamb to its death. Sankt Lukas, der Ochsen tät schlachten Saint Luke slaughters the ox Ohn’ einig’s Bedenken und Achten, without any thought or concern. Der Wein kost’ kein’ Heller Wine doesn’t cost a penny Im himmlischen Keller, in the heavenly cellars; Die Englein, die backen das Brot. The angels bake the bread. Gut’ Kräuter von allerhand Arten, Good greens of every sort Die wachsen im himmlischen Garten, grow in the heavenly garden, Gut’ Spargel, Fisolen good asparagus, string beans, Und was wir nur wollen! and whatever we want. Ganze Schüsseln voll sind uns bereit! Whole dishfuls are set for us! Gut’ Äpfel, gut’ Birn’ und gut’ Trauben, Good apples, good pears and good grapes, Die Gärtner, die alles erlauben. and gardeners who allow everything! Willst Rehbock, willst Hasen, If you want roebuck or hare, Auf offenen Straßen on the public streets Sie laufen herbei! they come running right up. Sollt’ ein Fasttag etwa kommen, Should a day of fasting come along, Alle Fische gleich mit Freuden all the fishes at once come angeschwommen! swimming with joy. Dort läuft schon Sankt Peter There goes Saint Peter running Mit Netz und mit Köder with his net and his bait Zum himmlischen Weiher hinein, to the heavenly pond.

28 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra Sankt Martha die Köchin muss sein. Saint Martha must be the cook. Kein’ Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden. There is just no music on earth Die uns’rer verglichen kann werden, that can compare to ours. Elftausend Jungfrauen Even the eleven thousand virgins Zu tanzen sich trauen! venture to dance! Sankt Ursula selbst dazu lacht! Saint Ursula herself has to laugh! Kein Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden, There is just no music on earth Die unsrer verglichen kann werden. that can compare to ours. Cäcilie mit ihren Verwandten, Cecelia and all her relations Sind treffliche Hofmusikanten. make excellent court musicians. Die englischen Stimmen The angelic voices Ermuntern die Sinnen, gladden our senses, Dass alles für Freuden erwacht. so that all awaken for joy.

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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 Lysiane Gravel- Stephanie Knutsen Clarinets Lacombe – Thomas Sean Lyons Beverly Butts – Timpani Marks Chair Alice Tung Principal, John M. Andrew Nowak+ H. Lee Brewster Waltersdorf Chair Principal Mauricio Couto Cellos Jay Niepoetter Meagan Gillis* – Yen-Jung Chen Todd Thiel – Principal, Reis McCullough Principal, William J. Sarah D’Angelo+ J. Ramsay Farah Reuter Chair Megan Gray* Chair Bass Clarinet Heather Haughn* Katlyn DeGraw – Reis McCullough Percussion Catherine Nelson Associate Principal Donald A. Spinelli – Brent Price+ Molly Jones* – Bassoons Principal, Donald R. Petr Skopek Assistant Principal Erich Heckscher – Harsh, Jr. Chair Open Aneta Otreba Principal, Bennett S. Julie Angelis Boehler Mauricio Betanzo Rubin Chair Robert Hayden Jenkins Second Violins Youbin Jun Scott Cassada Marissa Murphy – Alyssa Moquin Susan Copeland Wilson Harp Principal, J. Emmet Jessica Siegel Weaver Marian Rian Hays – Burke Chair Contrabassoon Principal Ariadna Buonviri – Basses Susan Copeland Wilson Associate Principal Adriane Benvenuti Keyboard Julianna Chitwood – Irving – Principal Horn Open – James G. Pierne Assistant Principal Michael Rittling* – Joseph Lovinsky – Chair Karin Kelleher Associate Principal Principal Ruth Erbe Alec Hiller Mark L. Hughes – Personnel Manager Teresa L. Gordon Kimberly Parillo Assistant Principal Magaly Rojas Seay Melanie Kuperstein Brandon Smith Chandra Cervantes Switaoslaw Kuznik James D. Vaughn Librarian Mary Katherine Flutes Paul Hopkins D. Marianne Gooding Whitesides Kimberly Valerio – Patricia Wnek Principal, Marjorie M. Trumpets Recording Engineer Hobbs Chair Nathan Clark – Principal Bill Holaday Nicolette Oppelt Scott Nelson – Elena Yakovleva Robert W. Grab Chair * On leave Matthew Misener + One-year position Piccolo Elena Yakovleva

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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.

34 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 35 acknowledgements

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

36 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 Joan Canfield & William Kramer

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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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The John R. Hershey, Jr. and Anna L. Edwin & Lucinda Hawbaker Scott Burgess Hershey Family Foundation Gary & Iris Heichel Barbara Burkhardt Ski & Sheila Holm Roland & Leslie Hobbs Joan Canfield Jean Inaba Jim & Cindy Holzapfel Robert & Jane Chambers The Reverend & Danielle Horochowski Mary Chaudrue Mrs. Stanley B. Jones Ed & Kathy Hose Dana R. Chess Willa Weller Kaal Marc & Priscilla Howard Arlene & Stephen Clendenning J. Wade Kennedy & Sidney Johnson Ruth Ann & Myron Derr Robin Rosenthal Karin & Francis Kelleher Elizabeth Dougherty Stephen Key Judy & Clyde Kernek Thomas & Sandra Druzgal Mr. & Mrs. Rick Kipe Douglas Lane & Kenneth & Pamela Duncan Andrew Kipe & Norman Morse Rebecca Massie Lane Nancy Dunn Doris Lehman William Lawrenson In Memory of Jack Dunn John & Judith Lilga Duane Lawson & Andrew & Maria Durelli Reverend George A. Limmer Susan Alsip-Lawson Darce Easton Ernesto & Dunia Lopez In Honor of Walter Lawson Eldon & Shirley Eichelberger Henry & Mary McKinney Alfred & Claudia Martin Cindy Emmans Leslie Mills David McCain James C. Failor Ella Mose Joseph & Donna McNamara Marvin Fischbaum Varner Paddack Michael & Eileen Hoffman-Meier Theresa Flak Patriot Federal Credit Union William & Cindy Myers Ryan Flurie Peter & Cynthia Perini In Memory of Richard Besecker Richard and Susan Foot Spence Perry Susan & Denis Rocco A. B. & Janet Fulton Jon Pike & Diana Gaviria H. Charles Ruthrauff Stephen & Kathy Garlitz Jim & Yvonne Reinsch William R. Seabrook Carl & Rose Marie Gearhart Kim Reno Robert & Mildred Steinke Deborah & Kevin Geis Sons of American Legion Clopper- Lee & Patricia Stine Ruann George Michael Post #10 James & Colleen Stone In Memory of Wayne Hovermale Frank & Cheryl Stearn Dwight & Nancy Swope Joe & Wanda Gerstner Mary Helen & Robert Strauch John Ulizio D. Marianne Gooding Wantz Distributors, Inc. James & Stephanie Vaughn Judy Graves Sandy Wantz Michael Vaughn In Memory of Charlotte Seibert In Memory of Bob & Gary David H. Wallace Harriet Griffith Joan Weddle Brittany Whiteside Keith & Patricia Grunow Monika & Carl Wertman Terri & Al Gwizdala William Whaley ASSOCIATE Mr. & Mrs. Rick Haislip Jane & Curtis Wilson ($100 to $249) Marian Hays Patricia & William Abeles, Sr. Susan & Ralph Henderson BENEFACTOR Karen Adams Donald & Kathryn Henry ($250 to $499) Michael Ahern Mr. John Hershey III The Benevity Community Stephen & Jennifer Albrecht Dixon & Tracy Hicks Impact Fund Tina Angle Michael Hosier Lorraine & Robert Blaydes Darrell Batson Elizabeth Howe Donald & Mary Bowman Helen Beair Christopher Howlett Karen Boyer Jeannie Beer Douglas & Anna Hutzell Lisa Coblentz Robert Bell Karen Jenneke Mr. & Mrs. Frederic S. D’Alauro Adeline Bloomfield Elizabeth Johns & Don Evason D. Stuart Dunnan Todd & Judy Bolton Jane Jones Cynthia Garland Aileen Boyd Michael Jordan Francis Gift Anthony & Nirmala Britti Meghan Kennedy Jessica & Cory Green Allen & Elizabeth Brown Michael Keppel Thomas Hard H. Wallace & Susan Brubaker John & M. Elizabeth Klein Stephen Hart Shawn Buck Jan & Mary Kochansky

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Chris Kramm David & Mary Seay Harry & Joanne DeMoll Robert & Susan Larivee In Honor of Maggie Seay Patricia & Frank Douglas John & Phyllis Leach Eric & Magaly Seay Andrea Ernest Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lillard Sarah Silverstein Klaus & Becky Hein In Memory of Glenice & Ed Ditto Paul & Kathleen Skidmore Kevin Joyce Virginia Lindsay Wayne Skinner In Memory of Greg Johnson In Memory of Tom Lindsay Ryan Smetzer Frederic and Susanne Kass, III Gail Lowery George & Penelope Smith Ronald & Sue Kershner In Memory of Tina Prensky Bill & Deanna Soulis Karlen Keto Maryanne Ludy James & Patricia Stemmle Laurence & Barbara King Randy & Beckie Martin David & Naomi Styer Lois Kuhn Laura Menard Robert & Sara Sweeney Shirley Leatherman Peter Michael Donnie Swope James Mann Tee Michel William Taylor Marie Martin-Strader Katherine Miller Stanley & Freda Thawley George & Victoria Messner Michael & Catherine Mock Joseph & Christine Tischer Vivian Michael Rev. Dr. Raymond T. Moreland, Jr. Tischer, Christine & Joseph Raquel Orsini & Edward Dolan Lorenz Nowack George Tompkins, Jr. Theresa Norene O’Sullivan Marie Nowakowski David & Henrietta Tyson Judith & Clarence Pharr Emily & Stephen O’Farrell Robert Wade Gary & Marjorie Rohrer Gerald Overdorff Mary Wetzel Dolores Ruskie Ernest & Darlene Palola Sharon & Alvin Wood Barbara Semeraro In Memory of Charlotte Seibert Douglas Zaruba In Memory of Charlotte Seibert Cherie Pedersen & Robert Cook Ida Smith Kathleen Perini FRIEND Stephen & Sheri Specht Thomas & Linda Perry ($50 to $99) Ann Steck Gary & Cheryl Pryor Robert Abdinoor, Sr. Gloria Stevens Wayne Ridenour Susan Anders Deborah Stotelmyer Rick & Kathy Robinson Marian Auer William & Carolyn Suman Rick Rogers Stephen Ayraud Veronica & Robert Tice Mario & Magaly Rojas HRH Princess Consuela Frank & Annette Van Hilst Shirley Rotz Banana-Hammock Cynthia & Lee Weaver Susan E. Roza Richard & Susan Bell William G. George Beverly Schaff Louise Bucco Victoria Willman & Sue Wert Schmankerl Stube Charles Clark Shanon Wolf Bavarian Restaurant Ronald & Emma Jane Cline Bruce Zimmerman Maggie Clopper

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