Saturday, November 5, 2011 - Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College Monday, November 7, 2011 - Orchestra Hall at Under the Night Sky Sinfonietta Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director

Also Sprach Zarathustra, op 30 (Einleitung)...... Richard Strauss

Selections from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation...... Michael Gandolfi The Zeroroom Soliton Waves The Willowtwist The Universe Cascade

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Rusalka: Song to the Moon...... Antonín Dvořák

Elizabeth Norman, soprano

Daphnis et Chloé Suites No. 1 and 2 ...... Maurice Ravel

Moonrise Dr. José Francisco Salgado, visual artist

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Under the Night Sky 1 PROGRAM NOTES

Since man began creating, musicians, writers, and scholars have looked upwards with a sense of wonder and mystery. The night sky has fired some of the greatest imaginations to create fantastic mythologies, dizzying scientific theories, passionate love songs, and hallucinatory films. This evening Mei-Ann Chen and the Chicago Sinfonietta have assembled four orchestral works that dwell in the cosmos, translating their beauty and mystery into sound. In the case of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, celebrating the 100th anniversary of its composition, astronomer and visual artist José Francisco Salgado has created an original accompaniment to the score.

Undoubtedly one of the most familiar pieces of classical music, the opening fanfare to Strauss’s tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra remains powerful and inspiring. The roots of the symphonic tone poem are an enigmatic philosophical text of the same title written by the German philosopher Nietzsche. First published in 1885, it had widespread success with the public and a significant impact in diverse cultural spheres of art, music, politics, and religion. Nietzsche used the famed philosopher and poet Zarathustra as a sort of mouthpiece for him to ruminate on the origins of and a celebration of life. Several of the young Strauss’s contemporaries had set portions of the text to music, but the he created a work without singers that aimed to capture the feelings that Nietzsche’s words stirred up when reading the text.

Always forward-looking, while penning the work at the end of the 1800’s, Strauss dedicated the piece “to the 20th century”. As with many works that attempt to change the rules, Strauss’s innovative work, one part philosophical tone poem and one part symphonic work, caused mixed responses from his audiences. The young Bela Bartok heard a performance of the work in Budapest in 1904 remembering that he was “aroused by a flash of lightning… [it] was received with shudders by musicians here, stimulated the greatest enthusiasm in me; at last I saw the way that lead before me. Straightaway I threw myself into a study of Strauss’s scores and began to compose.”

Despite its various associations with science fiction films, parodies of those films, and television commercials, the opening movement retains Bartok’s “flash of lightning”. Beginning with a low, terrifying, pedal tone evoking the emptiness of the cosmos, an ascending melody in the trumpets ascends gradually building towards an intense climax which succeeds in the incredibly ambitious goal of evoking the dawn and the origins of man.

American composer Michael Gandofi’s The Garden of Cosmic Speculation also finds its spark in the work of a fellow artist who was grappling with weighty philosophical considerations. Architect and critic Charles Jencks thirty-acre privately owned garden in Scotland fuses nature with the concepts of modern physics to create wholly unique space. Jenck’s describes the garden as follows:

“When you design a garden, it raises basic questions. What is nature, how do we fit into it, and how should we shape it where we can, both physically and visually? Some of these questions are practical, others are philosophical... When in 1988 I started designing a garden with my wife Maggie Keswick, at her mother’s house in Scotland, we were not concerned with the larger issues, but over the years, they came more and more to the fore. The result has been what I have called ‘The Garden of Cosmic Speculation.’ The reason for this unusual title is that we – Maggie, I, scientists, and then friends that we consulted-have used it as a spur to think about and celebrate some fundamental aspects of nature. Many of these are quite normal to a garden: planting suitable species which are both a pleasure to eat and easy to grow in a wet, temperate climate. And others are unusual: inventing new waveforms, linear twists and a new grammar of landscape design to bring out the basic elements of nature that recent science has found to underlie the cosmos.”

It was the latter of these two considerations, the unusual ones, which inspired Gandolfi’s piece. “I have long been interested in modern physics,” Gandolfi writes, “and it seemed proper for music to participate in this magnificent joining of physics and architecture. I discovered The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in January of 2004 and 2 Chicago Sinfonietta PROGRAM NOTES ( c o n t.) PROFILES after a month or so of sketching musical ideas I decided to focus on several aspects Mei-Ann Chen, appeared jointly with Marin Alsop and of the garden to which I had the strongest musical response. As I began the actual Music Director and Stefan Sanderling in highly acclaimed process of composition, it became clear that the vast subject matter would be best Conductor [with subscription concerts with the Balti- served in a series of works, which I intend to realize over the next several years.” And photo] more Symphony, Colorado Symphony so, just as a garden must grow over time, Gandolfi’s work has slowly accumulated new One of the most and Florida Orchestra. musical movements. In another parallel to the experience of walking Jenck’s garden, dynamic young con- there is no prescribed route for listening to the music. Gandolfi’s movements can ductors in America, In 2002, Ms. Chen was unanimously se- be played in any order, and it is not necessary to play all of them at a given concert. Having now accumulated 15 movements, Mei-Ann Chen and the Sinfonietta have Mei-Ann Chen has recently begun lected as Music Director of the Portland selected four areas of Gandolfi’s sonic garden to lead us through. her first season as Music Director of Youth Philharmonic in Oregon, the old- the Chicago Sinfonietta. Appointed est of its kind and the model for many Dvořák’s Song to the Moon, an aria from his opera Rusalka, also hinges on a very in August of 2010 as Music Director of the youth orchestras in the United different contemplation of the mysteries of the cosmos. With a plot reminiscent of Designate, she led the Sinfonietta in a States. During her five-year tenure with Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid and Fouqué’s Undine, the opera tells the story concert attended by over 7,000 people the orchestra, she led its sold-out debut of a water nymph named Rusalka tragic love for a human, and earth-bound, prince. in in August of 2011 to in Carnegie Hall, received an ASCAP The aria, one of Dvořák’s most stirring creations, takes place early on in the first act. introduce her to the people of Chicago, award for innovative programming, and After telling her father, the Spirit of the Lake, of her desire to leave the water for a followed by two highly praised con- developed new and unique musician- human, she is left alone in the moonlight. She asks the moon to tell the prince of her love and that it keep a watchful eye on him until she finds him. certs to open the 2011-2012 subscrip- ship programs for the orchestra’s mem- tion season. Also Music Director of bers. She was honored with a Sunburst First performed in Prague in the Spring of 1901, Rusalka was a huge success in Dvořák’s the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Award from Young Audiences for her native Czechoslovakia and rapidly gained international acclaim as well. The libretto, written Ms. Chen’s charismatic podium style, contribution to music education. by Czech poet Jaroslav Kvapil, was based on several fairy tales by Karel Jaromír Erben and musicality, and personal warmth have Božena Němcová. Kvapil wrote the libretto in 1899 without a composer lined up for the helped fuel her meteoric rise to the top Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived project. It happened that the seasoned Dvořák was also looking for the idea for his next ranks of conductors in the U.S. in the United States since 1989. She opera project at the same time. The composer loved Erbens fairy tales and so the match holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree was made. The opera is still a fixture of the operatic repertoire, and this aria in particular, In great demand as a guest conduc- in conducting from the University of with its haunting beauty, has remained one of the most popular arias to excerpt. tor, Ms. Chen has appeared with the Michigan, where she was a student Ravel spoke of his Daphnis et Chloé as “a choreographic symphony in three parts,” symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, of Kenneth Kiesler. Prior to that, she with the aim “to compose a vast musical fresco… faithful to the Greece of my dreams, Baltimore, Chicago, Colorado, Colum- was the first student in New England which inclined readily enough to what French artists of the late eighteenth century bus, Edmonton (Canada), Florida, Fort Conservatory’s history to receive mas- imagined and depicted.” Commissioned by Serge Diaghilev’s innovative dance Worth, Honolulu, National (Washington, ter’s degrees, simultaneously, in both company the Ballets Russes, the work premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet in DC), Oregon, Pacific, Phoenix, Princ- violin and conducting. Ms. Chen also June of 1912 with choreography by Michel Fokine. When Ravel received the invitation eton, Seattle, Toronto, and the Grand participated in the National Conduct- to write music for the company he immediately leapt at it. Having burst onto the Teton Festival Orchestra. Worldwide ing Institute in Washington, D.C. and heady artistic scene of turn-of-the-century Paris in 1909, the Ballet Russes established engagements include all the princi- the American Academy of Conducting a reputation for being a place that presented the top artists of the day, and the receipt pal Danish orchestras, BBC Scottish in Aspen. of a commission from them was nothing short of a career highlight for any composer. Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, This evening the choreographic symphony is infused with a new visual element: Graz Symphony, Norwegian Radio Elizabeth Norman, Moonrise, a video created by astronomer and visual artist José Francisco Salgado. Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic, and soprano Commissioned by the Chicago Sinfonietta, his images round out the evening of musical the Trondheim Symphony. During the contemplations of cosmic mysteries as Salgado’s worldwide collection of photos 2011-12 season, she will debut with Elizabeth Norman explore the mystery and romance of humanity’s relationship to its neighbor in the sky. the symphonies of Jacksonville, Naples, has gained a reputa- The story for the original ballet was an adaptation of an ancient Greek pastoral tale Nashville, Pasadena, Sarasota, as well as tion as an accom- about two young lovers raised in the countryside names Daphnis and Chloé. However, the National Symphony of Mexico and plished interpreter of for the Sinfonietta’s unique presentation, we focus on the fusion of Ravel’s masterful the Netherlands Philharmonic at the contemporary composers. As a Winner score and Salgado’s vivid images. Maurice Ravel’s true gift was the incredible sounds Amsterdam Concertgebouw. of The Metropolitan Opera National he could coax from instruments, and the score for Daphnis is one of his most startling Finals, The Lynn Harvey and Bel Canto achievements. Full of mysterious and seductive music, it provides the perfect end to an evening spent looking upwards with wonder at secretes hidden in the night sky. The first woman to win the Malko Com- Competitions, The American Opera petition (2005), Ms. Chen has served Society and the Union League Civic and Composer and writer John Glover writes notes, articles, and online courses for organizations as Assistant Conductor of the Oregon Arts foundation Awards, she appears such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Glimmerglass Opera, the Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and annually with Symphonies in Chicago Carnegie Hall, and Opera America. Recent commissions come from Houston Grand Opera, Baltimore Symphony. Recipient of the as well around the country. Her active the Five Boroughs Music Festival, and the American Conservatory Theater. He currently lives 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has career ranges from full stage produc- in New York City where he co-curates the series NewYorksoundCircut. For more information, please visit www.johnmakesnoise.com 4 Chicago Sinfonietta Under the Night Sky 5 PROFILES ( c o n t.) PROFILES ( c o n t.) tions in theater to concert work, operas, Thomas Dorsey at the Chicago Gospel performances of classical music works. Southern Observatory, experiments solo recitals, chamber music perfor- Festival, Carmina Burana with the These films were featured in the open- with high dynamic range imaging, mances, master classes to television Eugene Symphony, A Holiday Extrava- ing ceremony of the International Year time-lapse, infrared, fisheye, and ste- and radio recordings. ganza Concert with the Kenosha and of Astronomy (IYA2009) at the UNESCO reoscopic photography to enhance his Eugene Symphonies, Schubert Mass in Headquarters in Paris and were shown multimedia works. Through his artwork, Norman has performed concerts and A and Magnificat with ARS Viva Sym- around the world as part of IYA2009 Salgado seeks to create visually appeal- oratorios around the world on some phony, Carmina Burana and Porgy and festivities. By 2011, the films had been ing images to provoke curiosity and a of the most well known stages and Bess with the LaPort and West Subur- presented more than 50 times in 13 sense of wonder about the Earth and halls, including the Metropolitan Opera ban Symphonies, Carmina Burana, and countries including collaborations with the Universe. His artwork, astronomy House, in New York City, the White a Christmas Celebration Concert with the Boston Pops and Buzz Aldrin, the films, photographs, and illustrations House and the Kennedy Center in the Chicago Sinfonietta. This season San Francisco Symphony, the Czech have been published in magazines Washington D.C., the Chicago Sym- includes Mahler 8 with the Oak Park National Symphony Orchestra, and the and science books, and shown in cities phony Center and the Musikverein in Symphony, a series of recital for the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di such as San Juan, Chicago, Victoria, Vienna, Austria: as well as in Italy, Israel, Musician Club of Women, Summer Torino. In August of 2009, Leslie Dunner Melbourne, Belgrade, Athens, Piestany and the African Countries of Mada- and Holiday Concerts with the Eugene led the Chicago Sinfonietta in a repeat (Slovakia), Bath, Paris, Madrid, Valencia, gascar, Mauritus, Kenya, Tanzania, and Symphony and Elgin Symphony. performance of The Planets with Dr. Taipei, Torino, Venice, and Prague. He Rwanda for the United States Informa- Salgado’s film before an audience of is currently producing new science tion Agency. Ms. Norman holds a B.A. in Education over 11,000 people at Millennium Park’s and symphony films and collaborating & Voice from Morgan State University, Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. with musician/composer Tom Bailey Highlights from Norman’s perfor- Baltimore and a M.M in Vocal Perfor- (formerly of British pop group Thomp- mances include three world premieres mance from De Paul University, a for- Salgado, an avid photographer named son Twins) under the moniker Bailey- D’vorah by Paul Schoenfield con- mer Music Consultant for the Chicago Photo Ambassador by the European Salgado Project (BSP). ducted by John Nelson, Doxology by Public Schools, Elizabeth is currently a Logan/Harrison conducted by the late voice professor at Roosevelt University Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, Aurora in Chicago where she and husband CHICAGO SINFONIETTA HISTORY by conducted by Daniel Barenboim, Arnold Sojourner reside. A Strauss-Gershwin Gala concert and The Chicago Sinfonietta was founded by Maestro Paul Freeman in 1987 in re- video recording in Vienna with the José Francisco sponse to the lack of opportunity for minority classical musicians, composers, and Strauss Festival Orchestra conducted Salgado, visual soloists. The orchestra remains a true trailblazer and a national model for classical by Peter Guth and John Morris-Russell, artist music. Chicago Sinfonietta musicians truly represent the breadth of the city’s a holiday appearance with Wynton multi-cultural landscape, welcoming audiences from all walks of life. Marsalis singing his arrangement of José Francisco Sal- “Silent Night” and later the soprano gado is an astrono- Under the guidance of Music Director Emeritus Paul Freeman and now Music soloist with Wynton Marsalis at the mer and visual artist Director Mei-Ann Chen, the orchestra performs at the highest artistic level Chicago Symphony Center premiering at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and has achieved an outstanding reputation for its innovative programs. The his symphonic work “All Rise,” and the and Executive Director of KV 265, a non- Sinfonietta is dedicated to the authentic performance of Classical, Romantic Opening Concert of Chicago’s Millen- profit organization whose mission is and Contemporary repertoire and excels at presenting imaginative new works nium Park and Pavilion with the Grant the communication of science through by composers and soloists of color. Park Symphony singing excerpts from art. Formally trained in Physics (BS, Univ. Strauss’s Arabella conducted by Carlos of Puerto Rico) and Astronomy (PhD, The Chicago Sinfonietta has a proud history of having enriched the cultural, Kalmar. Univ. of Michigan), he uses his skills in educational, and social quality of life in Chicago, while gaining significant rec- astronomy, education, and visual arts ognition on the national and international stage. The orchestra prides itself on Noted for her Mahler works, Norman to create multimedia works that com- programming one-of-a-kind performances that stretch the boundaries of clas- annually performs Mahler’s Second, municate science in engaging ways. His sical music presentations. It performs at Chicago’s Symphony Center, Wentz Fourth, and Eighth symphonies, both education and outreach efforts include Concert Hall at North Central College in Naperville, and the for Mozart and Brahms Requiems, Bach an Emmy-nominated astronomy TV Music and Dance at Millennium Park. The Chicago Sinfonietta is the official Cantatas and the symphonic works of news segment (Nuestra Galaxia, WGBO), orchestra of the . Strauss, Haydn, Barber, Copland, Villa and critically acclaimed astronomy Lobos and Orff. films (Gustav Holst’s The Planets and During the first ten years of the Sinfonietta’s history, the orchestra embarked on Astronomical Pictures at an Exhibition, six international tours performing concerts in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland Last season included: “An Evening of both commissioned by the Chicago and the Canary Islands. The Chicago Sinfonietta has produced fourteen compact Elegance” celebrating the works of Sinfonietta) created to accompany live discs, including the much heralded three-disc African Heritage Symphonic Series re-

6 Chicago Sinfonietta Under the Night Sky 7 CHICAGO SINFONIETTA HISTORY ( c o n t.) leased on Cedille Records in 2002 and a live recording of the 2007 tribute concert to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The orchestra has performed twice at the John F. Ken- 2011-12 nedy Center in Washington D.C. In August of 2008, the Chicago Sinfonietta made its Pritzker Pavilion debut to over 11,000 people with a multimedia performance SEASON of Gustav Holst’s The Planets accompanied by a video suite created by Adler Plan- etarium astronomer and artist José Francisco Salgado. “….downright awe‐inspiring.” With the announcement of Paul Freeman’s planned retirement in 2011, the organization conducted a two-year international search that resulted in the 2010 ‐ Time Out Chicago announcement of Mei-Ann Chen’s appointment as Music Director. Maestro Free- man’s final season culminated with a national broadcast of his final performance on WFMT 98.7 FM that also featured Maestro Chen as co-conductor for the eve- ning. Maestro Chen’s tenure as Music Director was formally introduced to the city The Journey, the Dream on August 14, 2011 with “Hello Chicago!”, a spectacular concert in Millennium Park Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3:00 PM | Wentz Concert Hall celebrating the diversity of Chicago’s neighborhoods and people. Monday, January 16, 2012, 7:30 PM | Symphony Center The 2011-2012 Season is the first under the baton of Mei-Ann Chen. A grand tradition continues with our Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring a World Premiere by jazz MISSION flutist Nicole Mitchell and a mighty gospel choir.

The Mission of the Chicago Sinfonietta is to serve as a national model for inclu- siveness and innovation in classical music through the presentation of the highest Past Tense, Future Tense quality orchestral concerts and related programs. The Chicago Sinfonietta aspires to remove the barriers to participation in, and appreciation of classical music Thursday, April 19, 2012 | Symphony Center through its educational and outreach programs that expose children and their As we prepare for our 25th Anniversary, guest conductor families to classical music, and by providing professional development oppor- Harvey Felder looks back at some of the landmark pieces the tunities for young musicians and composers of diverse backgrounds enabling new, important voices to be heard. This will help America become a true cultural shaped our destiny during our first year of performances. democracy, in which everyone can share fully in its cultural resources and in which all can contribute to its cultural richness. Passion. Tragedy. Love. CHICAGO SINFONIETTA EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8:00 PM | Wentz Concert Hall Audience Matters is the Chicago Sinfonietta’s core educational program. This pro- Monday, June 18, 2012, 7:30 PM | Symphony Center gram provides an immersive introduction to classical music for elementary school The dynamic young Harlem Quartet join us on a World students in the Chicago Public School system. Through the program, students Premiere arrangement of West Side Story, plus learn about the families of instruments in the orchestra from teaching artists – Sinfonietta musicians – who also relate composers, history, art, and architecture to Mendelssohn's Shakespeare inspired Midsummer Night’s the various periods of classical music. On multiple visits, musicians from different Dream. sections of the orchestra demonstrate their instruments through experiential tools, integrating visual, audio, and tactile elements to help the students learn. In addition, students and their families are invited to all Sinfonietta performances for the season. Over 1,000 students are participating in Audience Matters this year Save on multiple show ticket plans! thanks to our generous donors.

SEED (Student Ensembles with Excellence and Diversity) provides mentor- ing for young musicians. The SEED Program identifies talented high school musicians and offers them a series of workshops and master classes taught chicago sinfonietta by Chicago Sinfonietta teacher-musicians in small ensemble settings. The MEI‐ANN CHEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR | PAUL FREEMAN, FOUNDER program concludes with a concert performed by the ensembles. The goal of this program is to both inspire and mentor these young artists, and encourage chicagosinfonietta.org 312.236.3681 their professional growth for the future.

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CHICAGO SINFONIETTA EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH (cont.)

Project Inclusion: Musicians of Color Fellowship Program

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

The Sara Lee Foundation’s mission is to enrich and inspire…every day. Project Inclusion provides 2 year fellowships for young musicians of color that The Foundation supports effective programs that address domestic hunger, healthy weight through energy balance, and select diverse and include rehearsing and performing with the orchestra, receiving one-on-one inclusive cultural projects that are highly visible in the community. mentoring from senior members of the Sinfonietta, attending master classes and mock auditions, and assistance in job placement after completion of the program.

Name Instrument Elizabeth Diaz Flute Felix Petit Violin Renaudo Robinson Violin www.saraleefoundation.org Victor Sotelo Cello

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

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

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

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

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

Under the Night Sky 11 CHICAGO SINFONIETTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHICAGO SINFONIETTA ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

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

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12 Chicago Sinfonietta Under the Night Sky 13 CHICAGO SINFONIETTA PERSONNEL INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS

Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director The Chicago Sinfonietta gratefully acknowledges the following contributors (as of 10-13-11): VIOLIN FLUTES cont. Paul Zafer, concertmaster Leslie Short IConcert Circle Mr. Richard Gamble Ann and Gordon Getty Carol Lahti, asst concertmaster Elizabeth Diaz* ($50,000+) Leo S. Guthman Fund Foundation Karen Nelson, principal second Anonymous Hewitt Grainger David Belden, asst. principal OBOE Capri Global Capital Arts Council John R. Halligan Charles Bontrager Ricardo Castaneda, principal Chicago Community Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Charitable Fund Elizabeth Brausa-Brathwaite June Matayoshi, english horn Melanie Clevert-Sarapa Tim Sawyier Trust Illinois Tool Works Jim and Michelle Hirsch Kimberly Galva The Joyce Foundation Foundation Drs. Peyton and Betty Terrance Gray CLARINET The John D. and JP Morgan Chase Hutchison Carl Johnston Leslie Grimm, principal Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Irving Harris Foundation David Katz Elizandro Garcia-Montoya Foundation The Jacobson Group Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Carmen Kassinger-Llop Dileep Gangolli, Eb clarinet Japanese Chamber Mr. Kevin Krakora Betty Lewis Daniel Won, bass clarinet Premier Circle of Commerce Mr. Michael Mackey Todd Matthews ($25,000-$49,999) Foundation and Macy’s Nina Saito BASSOON Alphawood Foundation Industry of Chicago Mesirow Financial James Sanders Robert Barris, principal Phyllis M. Sanders Amy Rhodes Anonymous Jenner and Block LLP Navistar, Inc. Gretchen Sherrell John Gaudette ABC7 Mr. and Mrs. William Nicor Kenneth Potsic, contra bassoon BP America Johnson Northern Trust VIOLA Blue Cross Blue Shield of National Endowment for Charitable Trust Renée Baker, principal FRENCH HORN Illinois the Arts Northshore Becky Coffman John Fairfield, principal The Boeing Company The Nielsen Company Development Andrew Dowd Laura Fairfield Charitable Trust Northside Friends of the Mr. and Mrs. Salhuddin Scott Dowd John Schreckengost The Collins Family Fund Chicago Sinfonietta and Nazneen Razi Robert C. Fisher Elizabeth Mazur-Johnson Crown Family The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Vannia Phillips Philanthropies PricewaterhouseCoopers Rougeau TRUMPET CELLO Matt Lee, principal Exelon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy and Mr. John Smtih Ann Griffin, principal Edgar Campos Mrs. Bettiann Gardner Sandra Rand Reed Smith LLP Emily Mantell John Burson Peoples Gas Walmart Ms. Stephanie Springs Edward Moore Kevin Wood Polk Bros. Foundation Wight & Company The Siragusa Foundation William Porter Quarles & Brady LLP Mr. Mark Williams Andrew Snow TROMBONE Sara Lee Foundation Presto Circle Ms. Anita Wilson Katherine Stubbins, principal Southside Friends of the ($5,000-$9,999) BASS Robert Hoffhines Chicago Sinfonietta 3Arts Vivace Circle John Floeter, principal John McAllister, bass trombone Ms. Peg Thomson Ms. Kathy Abelson ($2,500-$4,999) Brenda Donati Anonymous Dr. Neelum Aggarwal Karl E.H. Seigfried TUBA Alan Steiner Charles Schuchat, principal Crescendo Circle Ms. Anne Barlow Anonymous ($10,000-$24,999) Johnston Mr. Karim Ahamed HARP TIMPANI Aon Foundation Ms. Adela Cepeda Mr. Peter Barrett Faye Seeman, principal Robert Everson, principal Anonymous Chicago Tribune Ms. Karen Beal Tija Danolivics Ms. Renée Baker Foundation Norman Chappelle PERCUSSION Baxter Ms. Virginia Clarke and Cheri Wilson- PIANO/ORGAN/CELESTE Jeffrey Handley, principal Cedar Concepts DLA Piper US LLP Chappelle Donald Mead Jon Johnson Corporation Richard H. Driehaus Challenger, Gray and Blaine Inafuku Chicago Sun-Times Foundation Christmas FLUTE Tina Laughlin Charity Trust The Dudek Family Ms. Eileen Chin Janice MacDonald, principal Sean Kopp Claudia Cryer Ryan Kahlbaugh Linda and Eric Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. City Arts - City of Laura Hamm Joel Stucki Boasmond Engel Chicago Department Gaylord and Dorothy Fifth Third Bank – Jacob of Cultural Affairs and Note: All members of the orchestra do not play on every concert. Names of string play- Donnelley Foundation G. Schmidlapp Trusts Special Events ers are listed in alphabetical order, as the Chicago Sinfonietta uses seat rotation except Ms. Tara Dowd Gurber Mrs. Jill Fitzgerald for principals. Fifth Third Bank The Gable Family * Project Inclusion Fellow 14 Chicago Sinfonietta Under the Night Sky 15 INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ( c o n t.)

Ellen Stone Belic Ms. Frances Dixon Ms. Greta Weathersby Institute for the Study Ms. Catherine Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Patrick of Women and Gender EMSO Equities, LLC Wooldridge in the Arts and Media, Mr. Jamal Edwards Columbia College Carmen and Earnest Fair Forte Circle Chicago Ms. Margarete Evanoff ($500-$999) ComEd Mr. Doug Freeman Ms. Rochelle Allen Deloitte Consulting LLP HBK Engineering, LLC Anonymous Ms. Diane Dowd Mr. Doug Harris Mr. Stephen C. Baker Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald Ms. Sharon Hatchett Ms. Grace Barry Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Mr. Prentiss Jackson and Mr. Dennis Bartolucci LaJule Gant Dr. Cynthia Henderson Ms. Yasmin Bates Mr. Charles H. Harper Mr. John Janowiak Mr. and Mrs. Lerone Ms. Susan Irion Ms. Betty Johnson Bennett, Jr. Jack & Jill of America Ms. Carol B. Johnson Dr. Vanice (Van) Billups, Foundation Ms. Jetta Jones Ph.D. Ms. Mary James Jones Lang LaSalle Mr. Raymond Bisanz Hon. Emil Jones Americas Ms. Julie Bouchard Jones Lang LaSalle Mr. Monty Kehl and Mr. Ms. Teri Boyd and Mr. Mr. Brian Kreider Craig Wilbanks Aleksandar Hemon Mr. and Mrs. Dean Nelson Ms. Adrienne King Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Sage Foundation Catherine and Jack Brazier Mr. and Mrs. John and Koten Mr. Rich Brey Margaret Saphir Knight Partners, LLC Ms. Beulah R. Brooks Ms. Stephanie S. Springs Mr. Roger Lefebvre Mr. Brady Brownlee The Farny R. Wurlitzer Mr. Joe Lerner Mr. Paul Bujak Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Capital Infrastructure McKinlay Group, LLC Allegro Circle Ms. Dorri McWhorter Ms. Luz Chavez ($1,000-$2,499) Mr. Terry Mazany The Chicago Classical Mr. Spencer Aloisio Mr. Michael Morris Recording Society June 2, 2012 Mr. Richard Anderson Toni-Marie Montgomery Chicago Federation of In Honor of Maestro Dr. John D. Morrison Musicians Freeman Mr. Walter Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John T. Clark Mr. and Mrs. James and Ms. Jacqueline N’Namdi Mr. Wheeler Coleman Susan Annable Mr. and Mrs. Quintin and Dr. Roosevelt Collins and In Memory of William Diane Primo Jean Collins Johnston Ms. Brenda Pulliam Ms. Rita Curry Ariel Capital Ruzicka and Associates, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Management, LLC LTD. Damsky Fairmont Chicago–Millennium Park Mr. Marcus Boggs Ms. Linda Johnson Rice Ms. Marsha Davis Mr. Leslie Bond, Jr. Ms. Betty Riley Ms. Karen DeLau Ms. Elena Bradie Ms. Hollie Rumman Mr. William DeWoskin Ms. Gloria Castillo Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Sargent Ms. Tatiana K. Dixon Elizabeth F. Cheney Mr. Michael Sawyier Ms. Toni Dunning Foundation Mr. James Stone Mr. Alan Eaks R. M. Chin & Associates Mr. Andres Tapia Dr. Gloria Elam-Norris Promenade as the clock strikes 6 Mr. and Mrs. William and Ms. Jacqueline Taylor Deborah and David Arlene Connell Mr. Alexander Terras Epstein Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Ms. Almarie Wagner Epstein Global Loretta Davenport Roger G. Wilson and Hon. Ms. Deb Kerr Ms. Shelley Davis Giovinella Gonthier Mr. Michael Falbo

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Ms. Roshni Flynn Mr. David Nichols Advisor Charitable Gift Sue and Paul Freehling The Janotta-Pearsall Mr. Michael Mayo Mr. James Foley Dr. Linda Curtis- Fund Mr. Dennis Fruin Family Fund Mr. John P. McAllister and Rosalind and Gilbert Frye O’Bannon Ms. Iris Atkins Gabriel Fuentes Mr. Christopher Kelly Ms. Laura F. Edwards Mr. Stanley Hilton Ms. Judy Petty Dr. Lascelles Anderson Ms. Denise Gardner Ms. Joyce Johnson Miller Mr. Thomas McElroy The History Makers Mr. Roberto Ramirez Ms. Crystal Ashby Ms. Maeve Gernstetter Ms. Peggy Montes Mr. Hasan Merchant Ms. Alice Greenhouse Ms. Louise Lee Reid Ms. Mary Lou Bacon† Mr. James Ginsburg Mr. Todd Much Ms. Irene Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Mrs. Marion Roberts Mr. Jeff Baddeley Ms. Randilyn Gilliam Ms. Mary James Ms. Doris Merrity Greening John and Gwendolyn Ms. Zita Baltramonas Ms. Jean Grant Ms. Paula K. Jones Ms. Carole C. Miller – Ms. Joyce Grey Rogers Mr. John Barron Ms. Maria Green Mr. William Jones Wood Mrs. Ann E. Grube Ms. Susan Rogers Mr. Walter Becky II Mr. Brian Gurber Katten Temple LLC Mr. Scott Miller Mr. Larry Haefner Mr. Julius Rothschild Ms. Carol A. Berger Ms. Janice Hamasaki Mr. Steve King Ms. Constance Ms. Gwendolyn Hatten Mr. William Ruffin Mr. Perry Berke Ms. Alyce Hammons Ms. Vivian King Montgomery Butler Ms. Jagriti Ruparel Ms. Michelle Bibbs Mr. Michael Henkel Mr. Fred Labed Ms. Annette Soil Moore Mr. Stanley Hill, Sr. Ms. Rebecca Sanchez Mr. Arthur Boddie C. M. Govia Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Ms. Helen Moore Mr. Pran Jha Mr. Al Sharp Mr. Robert Bower Mr. Scott Hargadon Roberta Larson Ms. Nailah D. Muttalib Ms. Phyllis James Mr. and Mrs. William Ms. Barbara Bowles Harris Bank Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Drs. Donald E. and Mary Mr. and Mrs. George E. Scott Ms. Laurie Brady Ms. Marilyn Heckmyer Liebner Ellen Newsom Johnson Sidley Austin Foundation Ms. Pauline Spicer Brown Mr. Jay Heyman Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Ms. Dorothy Nisbeth Ms. Micaeh Johnson Ruth and Frederick Ms. Ina Burd Mr. Stan Hill Lenters Ms. Alison E. Nelson Ms. Nicole Johnson Spiegel Foundation Ms. Geneva Calloway IBM International Ms. Vivian Loseth Ms. Joyce Norman Scales Ms. Alisa Starks Rev. Finley Campbell Foundation Mrs. Christine Loving Ms. Deidra Ann Norris Mr. Drew Kent Mrs. Tammy Steele Ms. J.C. Campbell Maggie Coleman Mr. Craig Jeffery and Ms. Margaret O’Hara Mr. Eric King Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mr. Ruben Cannon In honor of Michelle Barua Manali Jeff and Susan Pearsall Mr. Thomas Kirschbraun Stone Ms. Vilma Chan Collins Mr. Matthew Mantell Fund Mr. and Mrs. Craig and Ms. Kathleen Tannyhill Ms. Kimberly Chase I-Stats Med Inc. Ms. Janis Marley Mr. Gary Pelz Jennifer Knapp Ms. Dana Thomas Austin Harding La Rabida Children’s The Rise Group Ms. Aimee Christ Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Mr. Jacques Launer Pooja Vukosavich Mr. Michael Cleavenger wfmt.com Ms. Natalie Lewis Mr. and Mrs. David Mr. Lawrence Cohn Ms. Maria Lin Winton Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Mr. Lewis Livermore Dr. and Mrs. Roland Marge Collens The Matthew Bucksbaum Family Dr. John and Doug Luce Waryjas Ms. Kevann Cooke Lyric Opera Broadcasts: Boris Godunov

Chuck and Jan Mackie Mr. and Mrs. James and William R. Crozier and According to a critic in Vienna, bass Ferruccio Furlanetto Igor Saharov Photo: Mr. George Mansour Jill Weidner Judy Chrisman embodies the character of Russian czar Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky’s opera: “Whether in demonstrations of power, Ms. Toya Marionneaux Ms. Thelma Ms. Barbara Cress fragility, or final collapse, he is the intense center of a mon- Ms. Janis E. Marley Westmoreland Lawrence umental tragedy.” Lyric Opera’s description of this musical- Mr. Carlos Alonzo Marun Westside Friends of the Mr. Joseph Danahy ly and visually colorful drama notes that it is “extraordinary in its intimacy, too – revealing Boris as both the public and Ferruccio Furlanetto Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Chicago Sinfonietta Ms. Marsha Davis the private man, as it peels open the psyche of a tormented Shirley Massey Mr. Tramayne Whitney Ms. Sara Pope Davis ruler who succumbs to his own guilty conscience.” George Mr. Gary Matts Mr. Hugh Williams Ms. Noel DeBacker Preston and Roger Pines will co-host the live opening-night broadcast, with the Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra con- Mr. Craig Milkint Ms. Elizabeth S. Wilkins Ms. Bertha DePriest ducted by music director Sir Andrew Davis. MillerCoors Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Ms. Gloria Dillard Monday, November 7, 7:15 pm Ms. Beatrice W. Miller Rita Wilson Mr. Patrick Dorsey Dario Acosta Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Mr. Tom Wolf Joanne and Bob Dulski Song of America: Women Composers “There is no gender in music,” said Elinor Remick Warren Cindy Mitchell Mr. James H. Wooten Ms. Sarah Ebner (1900-1991). Host Thomas Hampson continues his series of Ms. Constance Ms. Beatrice Young Ms. Sylvia Edwards exploration of American song by focusing on women com- Montgomery Mr. Paul M. Embree posers: Warren, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Amy Beach, Florence Thomas Hampson Price, Libby Larsen, and Chicago’s own Lita Grier. We’ll hear Ms. Nailah D. Muttalib Patron’s Circle Ms. Marcia Flick recordings by Mr. Hampson himself and by Deborah Voigt, Mr. Marcello Navarro ($250-$499) Franczek Radelet Marian Anderson, Jan DeGaetani, Patrice Michaels, and Ms. Isobel Neal Ms. Duffie Adelson Attorneys and William Sharp. Ms. Janice Agnew Counselors Sunday, November 27, 4:00 pm

18 Chicago Sinfonietta Under the Night Sky 19 INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS ( c o n t.) Ms. Dolores Pettitt Nicala R. Carter-Woolfolk In Honor of Audrey Welcome Charter Members! Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Kionne Annette Tuggle Naomi Petty Wyndewicke M. J. Cannizzo Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College Ms. Mackenzie Phillips Ms. Aline O. Young Mr. David Carnerin Ms. Harriet Piccirilli Ms. Cynthia Young Richard and Nancy Mr. James W. Rankin Carrigan 2011-2012 Inaugural Season Mr. and Mrs. Cordell Reed Sustainer’s Circle Ms. Julia Cartwright Ms. Hilda Richards ($100-$249) Certified Tax Service Michael Albrow Ronnie Johnson Andre and Dana Rice Mr. Finis Abernathy Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Ruth Allin Maura Junius Ms. Marion Roberts Ms. Ruth A. Allin Jeanne Chaney Brian Anderson Maryann Junkrowski Ms. Penelope Robinson Ms. Arlene Alpert Mr. Thomas Chesrown Patricia Andrews‐Keenan William & Helen Juvancic Mr. Hosea Sanders Dr. Anna Anthony† Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Lynn Barton Mary Ann Kolinski Ms. Nisha Ruparel-Sen Ms. Rita Bakewell Vivian Church Ellen Bassett Jean S. Kosaria Ms. Helen Shank Ms. Karen Beal Michael and Peg Cleary Peggy Beatta Terry Kulat Ms. Gloria Silverman Mr. David Beedy Ira and Nancy Cohen Jann Beauchamp Fred Lu Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Dave Belden Mr. William Cousins, Jr. Janis Bell Terry & Laura Marsh Dr. Glenda Smith Ms. Janice Bell Ms. Mary-Terese Cozzola D.D. Bendre Jeordano Martinez Sphinx Organization Ms. Melanie Berg Bob and Mary Ellen Mike & Dawn Blanton Marilyn McCormick Ms. Mary Ann Spiegel Ms. Angela Billings Creighton Mary Blomquist Gayle Millsaps Jesse Spungin Ms. Geneva Bishop Ms. Geraldine Kim L. Bright Edgar & Wilda Morris Ms. Joyce Stricklin Mr. Stephen Blessman Cunningham William Cassin John D. Morrison Ms. K. Sujatha Ms. Diana Frances Blitzer Ms. Gwendolyn Currin Patrick Cermak Juanita Nash Tamarind Ms. Mary Blomquist Mr. and Mrs. Tapas and Cora Chin Archie L. Needham Mr. Darrell Taylor John Paul Blosser Judy Das Gupta Judy Chrisman Deborah Newman Ms. Sheila Tucker Mr. Darryl Boggs Marilyn and Robert Day Melody & Edward Coleman Donald Newsom Ms. Audrey Tuggle Ms. Joyce Bowles Ms. Donna Davies John Colucci Arnold Oppenheim Ms. Linda S. Tuggle Ruby and Romural Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Thomas Davis Richard Oppenheimer David Hirschman and Bradley Rosalie Davis Maria Delacamara Marisa Pan Morrison Torrey W. G. and Joann Braman Thomas and Linda Davis Ted & Joanne Despotes Gary C. Pelz Mr. David J. Varnerin Ms. Martha Brummitt Joseph and Susanna Amania Drane Anthony Rake Mr. Darwin Walton Bob Bujak Davison John Duggan Santiago & Patricia Ramos Mr. Marc Washington In Honor of Dorothy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Charlene Kornoski Duvall Gary & Elaine Raymond Ms. Thelma White Dawson Shawna Epich Neli Rosario Westmoreland Irving and Ragina L. Tom and Samantha Stephen Essig Robert Sacks Ms. Dorothy White Bunton DeKoven Nanette Felix Mary Samuel Ms. Regina Allen Wilson Dr. Rose Butler Hayes Mr. Juan Dies Robert & Mary Ellen Fieseler Charmayne Sears Ms. Rita Wilson Ms. Karen Callaway Ms. Shirley Dillard Thomas & Tina Finch Kathryn Simmons Ms. Gladys Woods Ms. Debra O. Callen Joann and Bob Dulski Hilda Fischer Dana Simone Stovall Mrs. Ruth O. Wooldridge Mr. Greg Cameron Kathleen Frank Albert W. Turner Peggy Frank Marion O. Warner Annette Freund Bruce Watson Wentz Concert Hall Theodia Gillespie Marcia Weinhold Deborah Hatchett Denise Wild Corporate Charter Members Helen Hatchett Greta Mitchell Williams La Sorella Di Francesca Daryl Hendricks Ken Williams Drs. James Lee and Amy Wang Ronald Hoering Mark Williams Lexus Dean and Mary Hoffer Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Williams Wheaton Bank & Trust Lucy Hoy Alenda Young White Eagle Family Dentistry Marilyn Huebel M. Linda Lin Yu The Shred Authority Rosemary Jack as of 10/15/11 as of 10/24/11

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Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin W. Gloria O. Hemphill Ms. Monica Murtha In Memory of Anna Friend’s Circle (To $99) Ms. Marcella E. Gillie Duncan Ms. Barbara J. Herron Mr. James Myers Anthony Anonymous Mr. James Ginsburg Ms. Clarice Durham Ms. Ruth Horwich Ms. Myrna Nolan Ms. Jeanne Sparrow Mr. Howard Ackerman Ms. Julia Golnick Ms. Patricia Eichenold Ms. Yvonne Huntley Ms. Joyce Norman Doris and Herman Smith Ms. Carolyn S. Austin Ms. Ophelia Goodrum Mr. Peter Ellis Ms. Delores Ivery Ms. Earnestine Norwood Ms. Hope D. Smith Mr. Charles A. Baker Ms. Barbara Greenlee Robert Elston and Mr. and Mrs. John and Ms. Karen Noorani Franklin St. Lawrence Ms. Barbara Ballinger Ms. Susan Grossman Patricia Sloan Leola Jackson Ms. Sally Nusinson Mr. and Mrs. Joan and Ms. Gail Banks Ms. Doris M. Gruskin Ms. Emelda L. Estell Mr. Prentiss Jackson Mr. Dragic M. Obradovic Charles Staples Crotaluer Barnett Ms. Phyllis Handel Barbara and Charlotte Mr. Jack James Mr. Paul Oppenheim Ms. Betty J. M. Starks Ms. Jann Beauchamp Ms. Harriet Hausman Fanta Ms. Kennie M. James Ms. Dorris Ove Ms. Marie Stauch Ms. Judith Beisser Ms. Lori Hayes Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Ms. Mary L. Jannotta Mr. Larry Owens Mr. Frankie Stephens Mr. Tomas G. Bissonnette Marilyn Heckmyer LaVergne Fanta Mr. Dwayne Jasper Allen and Georga Ms. Sue Stewart Mr. Darryl Boggs Mr. William Heelan Mr. Harvey Felder Johnson Controls Parchem Mr. Brian Stinton Bruce and Faith Ms. Mia Henry Ms. Susan Fiore Foundation, Inc. Ms. Gail Harvey Parker Mr. James Stone Bonecutter Ms. Rhonda Hill Ms. Joan Y. Fleming Mr. James Johnson Ms. Maude Patterson Ms. Lisa Sullivan Donald and Irma Bravin Ms. Florence L. Hirsch John and Judith Floeter Mr. Jon D. Johnson Ms. Donna M. Perisee Ms. Peggy Sullivan Ms. Cynthia Brown In Honor of Florence L. Ms. Pricilla Florence Mr. Jon S. Johnson McFarlane Mr. Michael Sutko Ms. Laura Bunting Hirsch Dr. Juliann Bluitt Foster Mr. Carl Johnston Ms. Anna M. Perkins In Honor of Beatrice Ms. Trina Burruss Mr. John B. Hirsch Ms. Victoria Frank Ms. Sharon R. Johnston Toussaint and Thelma Young from Ms. Anne Canapary Alsencia Warren Hodo Mr. Paul Freehling Ms. Constance J. Jones Perkins Symphonic Voyages William and Virginia In Honor of Patricia Ms. J. Friedman Ms. Marion Jones Martha B. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Cassin Bournique Holloway Mr. Dileep Gangolli Ms. Patricia Kilduff Mr. Vikton Petroliunas Astrida Tantillo Dr. and Mrs. Roque Ms. Holly Hughes Mr. and Mrs. James Mr. Bryant Kim Ms. Judy Petty Janet and Samme Cordero Ms. Rosemary Jack Gervasio Marie C. King Ms. Catherine Pickar Thompson Reverend Robert Cross Ms. Doris Jackson Ms. Barbara Gilbert Ms. Patricia Koldyke Ms. Rosemary Pietrzak Ms. Bradena Thomas William and Arlene Ms. Vera Curry James Ms. Phyllis Glink Joan H. Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Ms. Brianna Thompson Connell Ms. Argie Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Mr. Ross Lee Judy Pitts Albert and Glennette Mr. Andrew Cutler Ms. Beulah Johnson Greening Mr. Robert B. Lifton Ms. Katherine Ragnar Turner Ms. Kassie Davis Mr. Ray Johnson Mr. James Grisby Ms. Patricia Long Mr. Brian Ray Cordelia D. Twitty Ms. Linda Davis Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Anita & Warren Harder Mantell Music Ensemble, Ms. Elizabeth Ray Ms. Gloria Cecilia Mr. Thomas Davis Charlotte Kenzel Ms. Gwendolyn Hudson Inc. Ms. Bobbie Raymond Valentino Ted and Joanne Carol Kipperman Ms. Doric Hullihan Ms. Corinne Allen Adm. J. Paul Reason Mr. John J. Viera Despotes George & Velna Kolodziej Mr. Clifford Hunt McArdle Ms. Lois Wells Reed Ms. Carol R. Vieth Mr. Tom DeKoven Mr. Robert Lardner Ms. Delores Ivery Estelle McDougal Lanier Mr. Arnold Robinson Ms. Dorothy V. Wadley Ms. Alison Donn Mr. and Mrs. Samuel and Ms. Pat Emmer Ms. Rosemary Levine Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rogers Ms. Audrey Walker Ms. Joan Doss Anderson Joan Lovering Ms. Carol Gilbertson Nini and Tom Lyman III Ms. Marcia L. Rogers Mr. John Wallace Marshall Keltz and Bill Mrs. Willie E. Legardy Ms. Irene Goldstein Ms. Shirley Martin Ms. Susan Rogers Anita M. Ward Drewry Ms. Pearl Madlock Ms. Andrea Green Ms. Grace L. Mathis In Honor of Sally Ms. Jean E. Webster Mr. Marvin Dyson Pearl Malk Ms. Flora Braxton Green Mr. John McAllister Nusinson from Victoria Ken and Marie Wester Mr. and Mrs. John and Ms. Karen E. Massey Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Mr. Ruben McClendon, Jr. Sarah Ms. Thelma Westmorland Pamela Eggum Alefiyah Master Mary Lee Greenlee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mr. John G. Mr. Jay N. Whipple, Jr. Ms. Delores Ellison June Matayoshi Ms. Susan Grossman McLean Schreckengost Ms. Melissa A. Whitson Ms. Sondra L. Few Ms. Sylvia McClendon In Honor of Dan and Ms. Joyce Merriwether Ms. Ida L. Scott Ms. Vera Wilkins Ms. Annette Ford Mr. John M. McDonald Caroline Grossman Dr. Irene M. Meyer Mr. Howard J. Seller Mr. Brian Williams Ms. Juliann Bluitt Foster Ms. Yvonne D. McElroy Mr. Calvin Hall, Sr. Ms. Cindy Mitchel Ms. Elizabeth Selmier Mr. Harold Wingfield Ms. Diana Frances Mr. and Mrs. Dick and Ms. Alyce G. Hammons Robert Moeller Howard S. Shapiro Ms. Gladys Woods Ms. Karen Freel Peg McKinlay Ms. Gwendolyn Harden Mr. Edward Moore Mr. Herbert Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ms. Laura Dean Friedrich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Doris J. Harris Mary Momsen Mr. and Mrs. Martin Yokley Ms. Martha L. Garrett Sharon McLean Mr. Dolphin S. Harris Rev. Calvin Morris Silverman Mr. Clyde A. Young III Ms. Ellen Gary Irene M. Meyer Mr. Herbert C. Harris Edgar and Wilda Morris Mr. Craig Sokol Ms. Milicent Young Mr. and Mrs. James and Barbara Millar Ms. Deborah Minor Ms. Peggy Montes South Shore Cultural Yvonne L. Young Annleola Gervasio Ms. Vivian Mitchell Harvey Ms. Catherine Mugeria Center Mr. Paul Zafer Ms. Phyllis J. Gilfoyle Ms. Madeline Moon

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Ms. Meredith B. Murray Ms. Marguerite L. Saecker Caesar and Patricia Tabet Kathryn and Fred Nirde Ms. Mary Rose Sarno In Honor of Jacquié Ms. Earnestine Norwood Rev. and Mrs. Don Taylor from Claire Jewell K. Oates Schilling Laton-Taylor Delano and Bonita Mr. Jeff Scurry Ms. Shelby Tennant O’Banion In Honor of Josephine Mr. Melvin Thomas Ms. Irma Olmedo Scurry Ms. Mary Jo Tozzi Ms. Gertrude O’Reilly Ms. Faye Seeman Ms. Dorothy Wadley Mr. Gary C. Pelz Ms. June Shivers Ms. Georgene Walters Noel and Bella Perlman Mr. Brian Sikoyski Ms. Erika Walton Ms. Rosemary Pietrzak Gloria P. Silverman Living Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Joan and Robert Pope Trust Rita Watson Mr. Clyde Proctor Ms. Kathryn Simmons Mr. Jay Wilcoxen Stuart and Marlene Tomas Bissonnette and Ms. Consuelo Williams Rankin Rita Simo In Memory of George Ms. Jennifer Reed Ms. Anna Cooper Williams E. Dolores Register Stanton Ms. Ruth Teena Williams Ms. Janice E. Rhodes Ms. Lydia Smutny Sterba Ms. Lynn Winikates J. Dennis and Eli Rich Ms. Roma Stewart David and Nancy Winton Ms. Gloria Rigoni Ms. Elisabeth Stiffel Michele Sutton Yeadon Ms. Michele Robinson Mr. Michael Sutko Mr. and Mrs. Eric Yondorf Ms. Helen Rosales Mr. James Swinerton In Memory of Ethel † In Loving Memory Sparrow

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The Chicago Sinfonietta gratefully acknowledges the support The Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta is made up of three volunteer organiza- of the following organizations: tions - the North, South, and West Side chapters - that promote the Sinfonietta and its mission. These groups introduce the Sinfonietta to new audiences and seek their involvement as subscribers, attendees, contributors, and volunteers. For more information about how you can become involved, contact the Chicago Sinfonietta at 312.236.3681.

Lead Season Sponsor Supporting Season Sponsor North Side Chapter Marcia A. Preston Gwendolyn Ritchie Barbara Harper Norman, Co-Chair Marion E. Roberts Kathleen Tannyhill, Co-Chair Antoinette Scott Sharon E. Scott Rochelle Allen Glenda Smith Supporting Season Sponsor Lead Media Sponsor Supporting Media Sponsor Rita Curry Joyce Occomy Stricklin Dr. Milton Draper Sheila Tucker Stanley Hilton Audrey Tuggle Drs. Betty and Peyton Hutchison Dorothy R. White Carol Johnson Elizabeth Wilkins Constance Montgomery Rita Wilson Nailah Muttalib Barbara Wright-Pryor Charlz Payne Aline O. Young Beverly Washington West Suburban Chapter South Side Chapter Kim L. Bright, Chair Linda Tuggle, Chair Lesa Alexander Lonnette Alexander Peggy Beata Iris Atkins Gloria Brooks Julie Bargowski Ian Carrus Beulah R. Brooks Gina Eanes The Chicago Sinfonietta is represented by the Silverman Group Pauline Spicer Brown Raullo Eanes for public relations services. Christine Browne Shawna Epich Carole H. Butler Mary Ellen Fiesler ENERI Communications: Asian Pacific American Media/Marketing Consultant Cheri Chappelle Kathy Frank Bobbi Jo Donelson Peggy Frank Deborah Newman Marketing Communications: Elise Howard Edmond Deborah Hatchett Western Suburban Media/Marketing Consultant Emelda L. Estell Helen Hatchett Ellen Gary Lucy Hoy Joyce R. Grey Patricia Andrews Keenan Janice M. Hamasaki James Mark Brave New Pictures is the Official Video Helen Hatchett Archie Needham Company of the Chicago Sinfonietta Sharon Hatchett Deborah Newman Veronica S. Jenifer Charmayne Sears Janis E. Marley Dana Simone Stoval Doris Merrity Destiny Stoval Beatrice W. Miller Earl Stubbe Helen P. Moore Barbara Yokom Jacqueline L. Moore Alenda Young Joyce M. Norman THANKS TO THE SAINTS, Volunteers for the Performing Arts. For information visit Deidra Norris www.saintschicago.org or call 773-529-5510.

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