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elcome to the Elgin Symphony We welcome our exciting guest artists, as well Orchestra’s 70th season! I hope all of as a few new members to our orchestra! Erik Wyou had a wonderful summer break Andrusyak (Principal Oboe), Gregory Heintz and are as excited as I am to get back to the live (Section Double Bass), Rebecca Swan (Section music-making our ESO musicians provide. Viola), all played impressive auditions and we are so proud to swell our already artistically This is my seventh season as your music strong ranks with their talents. director and I’m excited to continue to share with you some of the best symphonic music. Thank you for joining us in our 70th season and Highlights this season include familiar titles I hope you enjoy every concert! such as Ravel’s Bolero, Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Andrew Grams Theme of Paganini; some works you may not recognize by title but will know when you hear them such as Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Chabrier’s Espana, and Liszt’s Les Preludes. We also have an amazing line-up of special events including Bravo Broadway, our Holiday concerts, Abbey Road a Tribute to the Beatles, and the much anticipated Mariachi!

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA II message from the BOARD CHAIR

Dear Friends: looking forward to new audiences as we expand the ESO reach with residency at the Harris Welcome to the 70th Anniversary Season of Theater of Music & Dance in Millennium Park, the ESO! Chicago, which starting in September, 2019. We have launched a podcast—Notable. We are We are happy that you have joined us for this introducing new programming with Special momentous year. We are looking forward to Events such as Bravo Broadway, Abbey Road: celebrating with you all season long! The ESO A Tribute to The Beatles, and Mariachi! We will depends on you—our friends, our donors, our continue the ESO great tradition of quality volunteers—to share this exceptional orchestra music and a welcoming environment for music with your friends, neighbors, and family. Let lovers from all walks of life. them hear and see why the ESO, the largest fully professional symphony in the suburbs, is worth We ask that you continue to provide your attending and supporting. The professionalism patronage, your giving, and your support for and artistic caliber of our musicians is such present and future generations. Help the ESO that the Chicago Lyric Opera, CSO and the continue to provide educational programming Cleveland Orchestra frequently use ESO to more than 20,000 students each year and musicians in their orchestras. ESO musicians to support our Musicians Care program which have joined local and national colleges and has provided thousands of patients and their universities as music professors. Andrew Grams family members a musical escape during their conducts orchestras around the world. His bio treatments at Advocate Sherman Hospital always begins with the words, “Music Director and Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra…” Your ESO Barrington. Without you, none of this would is a world class orchestra in every sense of the exist, and we thank you for it. word, and, it is in your backyard! Join us in our next chapter, help us to share this In our 70th season we are celebrating past Symphony Reimagined. Enjoy your ESO. achievements: Four-Time Illinois Orchestra of the Year; Illinois Conductor of the Year—Andrew Gwendolyn Rowe Gage, EdD Grams; Illinois Volunteer of the Year; Elgin Image ESO Board of Directors, Chair Award recipient, among other awards. We are

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA III JOIN THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS — ESO’S MONTHLY GIVING CAMPAIGN Tickets sales only cover 35% of concert costs. That leaves a 65% gap that must be filled with donations from individuals, corporate sponsorships and government grants.

Consider donating through our Circle of Friends. For less than $1.00 a day, you can become a member of the Circle of Friends at the Allegro level and receive all the benefits that come with your generous gift, including complimentary tickets to concerts, special events, and pre-concert receptions. With your donation, you’ll help the ESO continue to produce amazing concerts, create life-changing educational opportunities and to support our community, body and soul. For more information on the Circle of Friends, visit our website at ElginSymphony.Org/donate.php or Emily Brownfield at 847-888-0404 ext. 222.

THE ENCORE SOCIETY — LEAVING A MUSICAL LEGACY The Elgin Symphony Orchestra Encore Society recognizes and honors all planned giving donors, past, present and future. The ESO has been the grateful recipient of gifts made through the wills of individuals who were touched by the ESO. These generous legacy gifts ensure the ESO can continue to provide the highest quality cultural experience to our patrons and our community for years to come.

Encore Society Members Anonymous (1) Jeanne Hebeisen Dr. Eleanor Pick* S. E. Ainsworth* Sally Lee* Tom & Sue Rakow Harry & Phyllis Blizzard Marcene Linstrom* Ed & Karen Schock R. Bert Crossland Thomas & Linda Long Jeanne Sigman David & Arlene Donovan Michael & Kelly McKay David Waring Cyril Friend* Betty Moorehead Herman & Mary Zwirn Gwendolyn Rowe Gage Leo & Marilyn Nelson Wally & Andrea Gumm Meg & George Peirce * Deceased Benefits of the Encore Society include: Special listing in the ESO program book and on the ESO website as a member of the Encore Society, and invitations to special ESO events. Ways you can include the ESO’s Foundation as a beneficiary:

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ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IV ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

VIOLIN I CELLO BASSOON Isabella Lippi Matthew Agnew Vincent Disantis Concertmaster Principal Principal Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blizzard Sally Lee Endowed Chair Collin Anderson Endowed Chair Nazar Dzhuryn Eleanor Bartsch Assistant Principal FRENCH HORN Associate Concertmaster Kerena Moeller Greg Flint Jerry Loughney Mark Kuntz Principal Lauren Cless* Robert Weber Steven Replogle Eric Pidluski Elizabeth Start Sharon Jones Joseph Malmquist Sara Sitzer Mary Buscanics-Jones Susan Carlson Carol Dylan DOUBLE BASS TRUMPET Helen Kim Timothy Shaffer Ross Beacraft Wendy Evans Principal Principal Sponsored by Dr. Jim and Dr. Shirley Conibear Michael Brozick* Mrs. Karen Mansfield and Charles Millett David Gauger Rebecca Blaho Endowed Chair Assistant Principal Jennifer Leckie Jeremy Attanaseo Assistant Principal TROMBONE VIOLIN II Susan Sullivan Reed Capshaw Daniela Folker Gregory Heintz Principal Principal Jason Niehoff Roy C. Stokely Sharon Chang John Floeter Endowed Chair Assistant Principal Adam Moen Carol Yampolsky FLUTE Maria Arrua Jean Bishop BASS TROMBONE Susan Thorne Principal Mark Fry* Steve Winkler Scott Metlicka Cristina Buciu* TUBA Elizabeth Huffman FLUTE/PICCOLO Charles Schuchat Kelvin Lin Julia Richter Principal Meg Lanfear Kathryn Siegel OBOE Renée-Paul Gauthier* TIMPANI Erik Andrusyak Robert Everson Principal Principal VIOLA Mr. and Mrs. Carla Bufka Amanda Grimm Endowed Chair Principal PERCUSSION Loretta Gillespie Brian Oriente OBOE/ENGLISH HORN Principal Assistant Principal Joseph Claude Benton Wedge Michael Folker Bonnie Yeager George Blanchet CLARINET Rebecca Swan Gene Collerd Susan Posner Principal *On leave Sponsored by S. E. Ainsworth Trevor O’Riordan

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STAFF

EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC MARKETING & OPERATIONS & David Conroy Andrew Grams DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION Executive Director Music Director Emily Brownfield Wendy Evans Director of Corporate Director of Education & Jodie Stackowiak Stephen Squires Sponsorships & Orchestra Personnel Office Manager Resident Conductor Major Gifts Brian Oriente Dan Maki Ashley Schoen Orchestra Librarian Program Annotator Director of Marketing David Goldman Audra Odzana Stage Manager Patron Services Manager

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For 45 years, the Elgin Symphony League has been one of the principal supports of our award-winning Orchestra. Each year, League members contribute their time and talents, along with being ambassadors to the community on behalf of the ESO. We invite you to join us at our League meetings and hear our guest speakers talk about their careers and interests. For more information about the Elgin Symphony League or to attend a meeting, please contact Jeanne Hebeisen at (847) 741-6264 or email [email protected].

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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Office 20 DuPage Court 847-888-0404 (main) Elgin, IL 60120 847-888-4000 (box office) 847-888-0400 (fax)

PATRON SERVICES INFORMATION

PURCHASING TICKETS THEATER INFORMATION Online: www.ElginSymphony.Org Handicapped/Reduced Mobility Patrons By Phone: 847-888-4000 Each venue is handicapped accessible. At the Hemmens, there is an entrance ramp at the North In Person: 20 DuPage Court, Elgin, 60120 doors to the theater; an elevator at the northwest end of the lobby provides access to the bathrooms Call to verify business hours. on the lower level. Please note that there is no elevator access to the balcony at the Hemmens. At Concerts: At the venue Box Office 60 minutes The Prairie Center is fully handicapped accessible. prior to a performance. Lost and Found TICKET POLICIES Contact the Box Office Administration at each venue. Hemmens Cultural Center: 847-931-5900 General Exchange Policy: Ticket exchanges must Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts: be called into the box office at least 4 hours prior 847-895-3600 to performance time. Exchanges cannot be honored The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Hemmens Cultural once a concert has begun. Subscribers may exchange Center, and Schaumburg Prairie Center for the with no added exchange fee. Non-subscribers will Arts are not responsible for lost or stolen articles. be charged a $5 per ticket exchange fee. Refunds are not provided. Restrooms Hemmens Cultural Center restrooms are located Classics Exchange Policy: Classics Series tickets on the lower level, at the bottom of the stairwell. can only be exchanged for tickets to another Classics An elevator to the lower level is located at the Series concert date (same title or different title) northwest corner of the lobby. Schaumburg Prairie within the 2019–20 season. Classics concerts cannot Center for the Arts restrooms are located at the be exchanged for Special Events or any Harris south end of the lobby. Theater Millennium Park Series concerts. Use of Audio and Visual Equipment/Devices Special Events Exchange Policy: Tickets for The Elgin Symphony Orchestra strictly prohibits Inside the Music can only be exchanged to another the use of flash photography, video and tape recorders, Inside the Music within the 2019–20 season. including cell phones at all performances. Tickets for Deck the Halls Holiday Concert can only be exchanged for another date of Deck the Parking Halls Holiday Concert within the 2019–20 season. Self-Parking or Valet Parking: Tickets for Bravo Broadway can only be exchanged In addition to the public lots, handicapped parking for another date of Bravo Broadway within the is available on Symphony Way for events at the 2019–20 season. Tickets for Season Finale: The Hemmens Cultural Center. For events at the Planets can only be exchanged for another date of Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, there is Season Finale: The Planets within the 2019–20 abundant parking available in the lots surrounding season. Tickets for Abbey Road and Mariachi are the building. $10 valet parking is available at the one-time events and are not exchangeable. Special Hemmens Cultural Center only. Events cannot be exchanged for Classics concerts or any Harris Theater Millennium Park Series concerts. ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XI CONDUCTOR Sydney Symphony, Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Last season, Mr. Grams conducted Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento Philharmonic, the Tulsa, Santa Rosa, Kalamazoo, and Omaha Symphony Orchestras, Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, Netherlands and New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ®. This season, Mr. Grams will conduct the Sacramento Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Detroit Symphony, Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, National Orchestral Institute, Colorado Music Festival and Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest. With a unique combination of intensity, enthusiasm and technical clarity, American Born in Severn, Maryland, Mr. Grams conductor Andrew Grams has steadily began studying the violin when he was eight built a reputation for his dynamic concerts, years old. In 1999 he received a Bachelor ability to connect with audiences, and of Music in Violin Performance from The long-term orchestra building. He’s the Juilliard School, and in 2003 he received a winner of 2015 Conductor of the Year conducting degree from the Curtis Institute from the Illinois Council of Orchestras and of Music where he studied with Otto- has led orchestras throughout the United Werner Mueller. He was selected to spend States including the Chicago Symphony, the summer of 2003 studying with David Detroit Symphony, National Symphony Zinman, Murry Sidlin and Michael Stern Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Cincinnati at the American Academy of Conducting at Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Aspen and returned to that program again Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, in 2004. Mr. Grams served as Assistant and the Houston Symphony. Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra from 2004–2007 where he worked under Now in his 7th ESO season, Andrew the guidance of Franz Welser-Möst, and Grams became music director of the Elgin has since returned for several engagements. Symphony Orchestra after an international search. His charismatic conducting and As an accomplished violinist, Mr. Grams easy accessibility have made him a favorite was a member of the New York City Ballet of Elgin Symphony audiences. He has Orchestra from 1998–2004, serving as extended his contract with the ESO through acting associate principal second violin 2021. A frequent traveler, Mr. Grams has in 2002 and 2004. Additionally, he has worked extensively with orchestras abroad, performed with ensembles including the including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver St. Luke’s, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National New Jersey Symphony. To learn more about de France, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Andrew Grams, visit andrewgrams.com and Bonn, BBC Symphony Orchestra London, https://www.instagram.com/andrewhgrams/.

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Classic 2 – Bolero! Andrew Grams, conductor Adele Anthony, violin

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019, 7:30PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019, 2:30PM HEMMENS CULTURAL CENTER

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2019, 7:30PM HARRIS THEATER FOR MUSIC AND DANCE

España Emmanuel Chabrier (8 minutes) (1841-1894)

Maninyas: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Ross Edwards (26 minutes) (1988- )

Adele Anthony, violin

~ INTERMISSION ~

Ma Mère l’Oye ballet Maurice Ravel (29 minutes) (1875-1937)

Bolero Maurice Ravel (13 minutes)

This program is partially supported

by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Florence B . & Cornelia A. Palmer Foundation CONCERT SPONSORS

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XVII GUEST ARTIST Since her triumph at Denmark’s 1996 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, Adele Anthony has enjoyed an acclaimed and expanding international career. Performing as a soloist with orchestra and in recital, as well as being active in chamber music, Ms. Anthony’s career spans the continents of North America, Europe, Australia, India and Asia. In addition to appearances with all six symphonies of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Ms. Anthony’s highlights from recent seasons have included performances with the symphony orchestras of Houston, San Diego, Seattle, Ft. Worth, and Indianapolis, as well as the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Being an avid chamber music player, Ms. Anthony appears regularly at La Jolla SummerFest and Aspen Music Festival. Her wide-ranging ‘Tabula rasa’ with Gil Shaham, Neeme Järvi repertoire extends from the Baroque of Bach and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Vivaldi to contemporary works of Ross (Deutsche Grammophon), and her latest Edwards, Arvo Pärt and Phillip Glass. recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto An active recording artist, Ms. Anthony’s and Ross Edwards “Maninyas” with the work includes releases with Sejong Soloists Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Canary “Vivaldi: The Four Seasons” (Naxos), Classics/ABC Classics). a recording of the Philip Glass Violin Adele Anthony performs on an Antonio Concerto with Takuo Yuasa and the Stradivarius violin, crafted in 1728. Ulster Orchestra (Naxos), Arvo Pärt’s

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XVIII PROGRAM NOTES by Daniel Maki he much appreciated. (Even though he was accompanied by his wife!) Upon his return España, Rhapsody for Orchestra to France he began work on a piano piece by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894) based on Spanish themes but eventually The rich and colorful culture of Spain has turned it into a free-form orchestral work. long been a source of inspiration to artists Although he had originlly planned to call from other cultures in search of the exotic it Jota, he eventually chnged the title to and the picturesque. In music, cultivation España and dedicated it to the conductor of Spanish style became so common that Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the it gave rise to the old cliché that much of first performance in Paris in 1883 with the best Spanish music was written by enormous success. Chabrier became famous foreigners. Exoticism is where one finds it, almost literally over night. and though Spain is just next door, French España opens with a representation of composers were particularly fascinated by the orchestra as one great guitar and then the colors of Spanish folk instruments as well gives us several different themes, one of as the lively rhythms and (to them) unusual which has been identified as a livelyjota modal melodies of Spanish folk music. The and another as a sultry malagueña. Some locus classicus of such exoticism is Bizet’s of the material is primarily of rhythmic beloved opera Carmen, first performed in interest, with exciting cross rhythms, while 1875, but also in purely instrumental music other parts are more melodic. This colorful composers such as Eduard Lalo, Claude material is brilliantly orchestrated, including Debussy, and Maurice Ravel made rich use skillful use of woodwinds and brass, of Spanish sources. passages for two harps, and interesting Another name to be added to that list percussion effects including that of the is that of Emmanuel Chabrier, a superb tambourine. The exilerating effect is that musician much admired in his own day which Chabrier promised in a letter to a and today underrated. Chabrier was very friend: “My rhythms, my tunes will arouse much in the center of the exciting artistic the whole audience to a fverish pitch of avant-garde of the period, counting among excitement: everyone will embrace his his circle of friends such important artists neighbor madly.” Though Elgin Symphony as the poet Paul Verlaine and painters such audiences may generally not be quite as Manet, Monet, and Degas. Incidentally, that demonstrative, they can nevertheless Chabrier was an avid art collector, and a understand why Manuel de Falla, the number of the best known paintings of the leading Spanish composer of his generation, period which now hang in major museums said that no Spanish composer had better actually came from his remarkable private captured the spirit of Spanish dance. collection. Chabrier himself was celebrated as a brilliant pianist as well as a daringly * * * inventive composer. Composers as different in style as Richard Strauss and Maninyas : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Igor Stravinsky spoke highly of him, as did by Ross Edwards (1943 - ) French musicians such as Debussy and There was a time in the history of European Ravel. Ravel himself claimed that Chabrier art music when there was a consensus about had changed the course of harmony in what such music actually should be. This French music and that he was the greatest period, which lasted roughly from 1650 to influence of any composer on his own work. 1900, has come to be called the Common In 1882 Chabrier visited Spain and was Practice Period by music theorists. It might be enthralled by what he saw and heard. He thought of as a kind of handshake agreement loved the sound of flamenco music and among composers that, although each would eagerly absorbed the style of dances such as speak in his or her own voice, they would all the jota and the malagueña, all danced, so speak essentially the same musical language. he claimed, by beautiful women, a fact that ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XIX PROGRAM NOTES

At the beginning of the twentieth century The static and repetative quality of the style that changed dramatically as composers suggests both the sounds of nature, such began to stretch the limits of this traditional as birdcalls and the chirping of insects, but language, and sometimes to create also the sacred rituals of ancient cultures. entirely new ones. By the second half of the twentieth century, after decades of Edwards has said that he was probably furious experiment, composers seeking influenced sub-consciously by various non- to establish an artistic identity were faced Western musics, including African music with a bewildering set of “isms” from which and the music of the Sufis, a fact born to choose: expressionism? serialism? neo- out by the sound of such exotic scales as classicism? minimalism? neo-romanticism? the pentatonic which permeates the style. post-modernism? Though aspects of the style do suggest a similarity with the so-called minimalist The Australian composer Ross Edwards style, Edwards has never associated himself went through just such a musical identity with that movement. crisis when he was in his 30’s, when he became disenchanted with the current The Maninyas: Violin Concerto was trends in European music and stopped commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting composing and even listening to music Corporation to celebrate Australia’s for several years. The crisis was eventually bicentenary in 1988, and received its first resolved as a result of Edwards’ move to performance at the Sydney Opera House in a small village north of Sydney where he August of that year. Like most concertos, found inspiration in the natural world this one falls into three movements, two around him. From that point on he has outer fast ones with a contrasting slow said, the natural environment remains the middle movement. In this case, the two outer supreme generative force of his music. Other movements are in the maninya style, and are, influences on his music include his interest in fact, based on two pieces from the series: in the rituals and dances of the diverse the first movement deriving fromManinya I cultures of his native Australia, as well as a (1981) for voice and cello, and the third number of other non-Western cultures. mvement from Maninya V (1985), for voice and piano. The violin part is essentially an Out of this crisis grew two new styles, the elaboration of the voice parts. first being known as Edwards’ “sacred style,” a plain, contemplative style which The opening movement, called First was influenced by the sounds of nature as Maninya, begins slowly and calmly with well as his study of Zen texts. The other the marking lontano (“in the distance”). was developed in the 1980’s, as Edwards Soon the tempo increases as we launch wrote what he called his Maninya series, a into the maninya style, marked by driving set of five pieces for voice and instruments. irregular rhythms, with the meter changing The name comes from a nonsense text at virtually every barline. The motion slows which he made up for the first piece of finally and the movement ends quietly. the series, a song for voice and cello. The An extended cadenza for the soloist serves composer has described the progression of as an intermezzo, leading into an austerely his thinking as follows: meditative, chorale-like movement in which “As I proceeded with the series the the orchestra plays its slow simple chords ‘word’ maninya, meaningless at first, while the violin soars plaintively above. The began to connote, for me at least, certain finale, called Second Maninya, launches characteristics of the music I was writing.” immediately into a perpetual motion of more irregular rhythms, continuing until Those characteristics include the systematic the motion stops abruptly and the concerto repetition of rhythmic cells over slowly ends as it began, with a calm postscript changing chords which produce an effect played lontano. which Edwards has called “dance-chant.”

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Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Soon after completion of the piano version, By Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Ravel began work on orchestrating it as a full ballet. This version would be expanded, One aspect of Maurice Ravel’s complex adding a prelude and a new opening scene personality seems to have been a kind of as well as brief interludes connecting several childlike sense of wonder that he retained into of the movements. The ballet was premiered adulthood. As one of his biographers has put in Paris in January of 1912. it, many of his friends thought that in some ways his entire life was lived “in an exalted For his inspiration, Ravel turned to three state of childhood.” Part of the mystery of time-honoured collections of French folk the man was that this facet of his character, tales: Contes de ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose which took a naïve delight in toys and Tales) (1697), by Charles Perrault (1628 - mechanical objects of all sorts and enjoyed 1703), which furnished the composer his the company of children, could coexist with title as well as the tales The Sleeping Beauty the most sophisticated and refined of artistic and Tom Thumb; Serpentin Vert (The Green personas. Inevitably this feeling for the world Serpent) by Marie-Catherine, the Countess of childhood influenced his music, producing of Olnoy ( c. 1650 - 1705), which provided such works as the early song Noel des jouets The Ugly Empress of the Pagodas; and (Christmas of the Toys), and his opera l’Enfant Magazin des Enfants, Contes Moraux (1757) et les sortilèges (The Child and the Sorceries). (Children’s Magazine, Moral Tales) by Marie Nowhere, however, did he more successfully Leprince de Beaumont (1711 - 1780), from evoke the wonder and enchnantment of which Conversations of the Beauty and the childhood than in the exquisite music of Beast was taken. Mother Goose. As he himself said, “My intention of evoking the poetry of childhood As many a pundit has oberved, fairy tales in these pieces naturally led me to simplify are written by adults and frequently conceal my style and thin out my writing.” Simple some of the darkest human emotions. though the musical language might be in Although I will leave that aspect of the work some respects, however, it is handled with to Freudians and neo-Freudians, it is perhaps the most exquisite craftsmanship and the worth mentioning that the paradoxical nature most sophisticated of orchestral techniques. of Ravel’s personality alluded to above is revealed in particularly striking fashion in this Like a number of Ravel’s orchestral works, work. Ravel has been called the most artificial Mother Goose began as a piano piece. It was of composers, or as he himself once put it, written in the years 1908 through 1910 for “How do they know that I am not by nature Mimi and Jean Godebski, the young children artificial?” His view of this magical world, of his friends, Ida and Cyprien Godebski. As therefore, for all its sense of enchantment, has it happened, the Godebski children declined the self-conscious and knowingly voluptuous the opportunity to play the public premiere quality that is present in much of his music. in April of 1910, a task that was given to Perhaps this is what the composer Reynaldo two other youngsters who were students Hahn, an astute observer of the Parisian at the Conservatoire. The piano version, artistic scene, had in mind when he reviewed incidentally, makes delightful household the ballet’s premiere at the Théatre des Arts music, being written for one piano four in Paris in 1912: “Nothing is less naïve, less hands and well within the reach of non- childish, less ‘Stories of Mother Goose’ than professional pianists. this attractive ballet of M. Ravel … presented in a temple of decadence.”

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I. Prélude. V. Petit poucet. (Tom Thumb.) As preludes should, this one creates a Tom Thumb wanders through the forest, sense of acute anticipation, presenting hoping to find his way back by dropping fragments of melodies that will eventually crumbs along his path. Unfortunately, be heard more fully, and introducing us birds eat the crumbs. The music cleverly into this dreamlike fairy land. Quiet horn depicts Tom’s wandering, as the music calls represent the horns of Elfland faintly seeks to meander first in parallel thirds in blowing and bird calls add to the magical the strings, and then in a solo line given atmosphere. The music leads without pause to oboe and English horn. The meter also into the next episode. changes frequently, as though it’s not quite sure which way to go. Midway through the II. Danse de la rouet et scène. (Spinning Wheel movement we hear birdcalls, indicating the Dance and Scene.) source of poor Tom’s problem. Strongly rhythmic music suggests the VI. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes. spinning of a wheel as an elderly woman (The Ugly Empress of the Pagodas.) does her work. Princess Florine stumbles, pricks her finger on the spindle, and falls This story concerns a princess who has into a deep sleep, thus becoming the been turned into an ugly empress by a Sleeping Beauty. wicked witch. She has met a green serpent who himself had once been a handsome III. Pavane de la belle au bois dormant. prince, and together they have traveled to (Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty.) a land inhabited by Pagodas, tiny people In this movement the elderly spinstress with bodies made of porcelain, jewels, and removes her ragged clothes and reveals crystal. In this particular scene, the Empress herself as the Good Fairy. She commands undresses for her bath, whereupon she is several servants to guard the sleeping serenaded by the Pagodas and Pagodines, princess. The pavane is a dignified who play lutes made of walnut shells and ceremonial dance from the Renaissance, violas made of almond shells, “for they were and the rather archaic flavor of the music obliged to proportion the instruments to is enhanced by use of the old Aeolian scale. their figure.” The exotic Asian atmosphere is suggested by use of the pentatonic scale, IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête. which can easily be located by playing the (Conversation of Beauty and the Beast.) black notes of the piano. As one of the Beauty tells the Beast that he does not greatest of all orchestrators, Ravel outdoes seem so ugly when she realizes how himself here, with spectacular effects in the kindhearted he is. When he asks her to celesta, xylophone and harp. marry him she refuses at first but then VII. Le jardin féerique. (The Enchanted Garden.) takes pity on him. He is then transformed into a prince “as beautiful as the God of Prince and Princess Charming are sent to love.” Beauty is represented by a graceful live happily ever after by the Good Fairy. waltz theme played by the clarinet, a The music gradually unfolds as a long tune, incidentally, that refers to Erik crescendo leads to a majestic and joyous Satie’s famous Gymnopédies. The beast is apotheosis accompanied by the sound of represented by the growling sound of the wedding bells. contrabassoon. The transformation of the beast is clearly announced by a harp * * * glissando, a triangle stroke, and then, most miraculous of all, by the chromatic Beast theme played in the most ethereal fashion by solo violin harmonics.

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Bolero it as a one-of-a-kind experiment consisting by Maurice Ravel only of “orchestral tissue without music” and that it was there for “the listeners to In 1927 Ravel promised the distinguished take it or leave it.” dancer Ida Rubinstein that he would orchestrate some piano pieces by the Once the exotic melody and hypnotically Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz for use in a repeating rhythm have been heard, most of ballet on a Spanish theme. Much to Ravel’s the interest of Bolero lies in its orchestration, annoyance, copyright issues interfered and an art of which Ravel was a supreme master. he was forced to supply original music Timbre becomes almost an end in itself as instead. Probably because time was short, new orchestral sounds are gradually added. he concocted the idea of a piece based on Bolero might also be heard as a forerunner a single melody repeated time and time of minimalism, that currently fashionable again, gradually building to a climax. The style based on the “less is more” principle composer settled on “bolero” as a title, of systematic repetition of simple musical even though that Spanish dance is usually ideas. It should also be noted that, except conceived of in a much faster tempo. In the for a brief excursion near the end to ballet, the music was set in a Spanish bar, E major which even the untutored ear can where la Rubinstein, dressed as a flamenco easily detect, Bolero is entirely in C major, dancer, danced a seductive dance for the something which traditional compositional benefit of the male patrons. Beginning practice would have considered monotonous quietly, she ended up on a tabletop as the to the point of lunacy. music built to an orgiastic frenzy. Bolero received a notoriety which it perhaps Bolero was a great success in the ballet, and, did not need in the 1979 film,10, starring much to the composer’s surprise, in the Bo Derek and Dudley Moore, in which concert hall as well. Although Ravel had the music again served its original purpose never thought that it could stand alone as of aphrodisiac. The music continues a concert piece outside the ballet, Bolero to fascinate in the concert hall, even became a kind of cult orchestral piece, without the seductive charms of Mesdames attracting both passionate devotees and Rubinstein and Derek. equally passionate detractors who called it a fraud on the public. Ravel was forced to * * * publish a disclaimer in which he described

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXIII EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Listeners Club Education for Adults Come learn about the story behind the music! No membership needed! This club should really be called the “ESO Insiders Club” because when you get involved with this group, you become a part of the ESO family! Led by music historian Jim Kendros, these FREE lectures/discussions take place on select Wednesdays from 10:30am to 11:30am at The Greenfields of Geneva and 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Gail Borden Public Library, and Thursdays at the Barrington Area Library from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. For Listeners Club dates and to register visit www.ElginSymphony.Org/Education.

Ainsworth Concerts for Youth More than 8,000 area students from kindergarten through eighth grade travel as far as 40 miles to participate in these sell-out performances each year. These concerts are designed to introduce students to orchestral instruments and the fundamental concepts of music. Educational materials are distributed to participating schools to prepare students for the performances and enhance the concert experience. More information at www.ElginSymphony.Org/Education.

Traveling Ensembles Designed to bring interactive chamber music performances directly to school campuses, these small ensembles present musical programs which reinforce the goals for Illinois Learning Standards in the Arts. The Traveling Ensembles include a string quartet, a woodwind quintet, a brass quintet, a percussion trio, the Magic of Rhythm trio, the Apollo Trio, a double bass duo, and the Mother Goose Duo.

Musicians Care Launched in November 2010, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra Musicians Care program has already received tremendous reviews from medical and administrative staff, as well as hospital patients, family members and visitors. The goal of Musicians Care is to provide the beauty and solace of live music to those suffering emotionally, physically and spiritually while in the hospital. ESO musicians have played in cancer care units, pediatric and oncology units, and in the atrium of the hospital. Ensembles include string quartets and trios, flute trios and woodwind ensembles. The program recently expanded to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington and JourneyCare in Barrington.

Musically Speaking Pre-Concert Chats Join Music Director Andrew Grams, featured conductors, soloists, and/or ESO musicians for an engaging discussion on the music you are about to experience. These free 30-minute lectures will begin one hour prior to each Classics concert at the performance venue. For more information on any of our Education programs, visit www.ElginSymphony.Org/Education.

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXIV BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020

Harry Blizzard* Dawn Knight Charles Schuchat** Robert Chiappetta Brian LoVetere Mark Kuntz** R. Bert Crossland Dr. James Mansfield* Gene Crume Leo Nelson* Dave Conroy, Joyce Dlugopolski Martin Nob Executive Director* Andre Fiebig* Richard Resseguie* Gwen Gage* Karen Schock Patty Harkins Arlyn Tolzmann

*denotes executive committee **denotes musician representative Honorary Life Directors Edward & Pearle Brody, In Memoriam BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019-2020 Rev. Arlyn Carlene Frank Maxson James Tammi Tolzmann, Chair Kellenberger Mike McKay Brooke Transue Charles Burnidge David Kellenberger Donald Souder Nancy Zimmerman Merrie Derderian Tom Long Jennifer Souder

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXV ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXVI FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA Thank you to the following supporters of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for your gifts in support of ESO’s mission to serve and engage a broad audience through the performance of powerful symphonic music and dynamic educational programs while developing strong community relationships. Thank you all for your generosity.

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ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXVII FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA John Snow Sandra Magana Donald & Carol Andler Glenn & Susan Spachman Leslie Maloney Ann Andrew William & Roseann Stenzel Bernadette Mayer Norm Andrews Robert Trendler Karen L. Mazza David & Marybeth Anderson Philip Trzynka Robert & Mary McCann Helen Anderson Ralph Wood John & Hope McFadden Bob & Jan Andry Elizabeth McKay Clem Aseron ALLEGRO James & Denise McNamee Attanaseo Family ($300 - $599) Don & Helen Meints Donna Bach Anonymous (4) Jim Miller Soren & Marilyn Backe The Charity Bridge Club Joan Moen Michael & Mary Ellen Barbezat Kris Adis Rowena Montgomery Frank Bartos Doug Anderson Edwin & Marcia Moore Karen & John Becker Herb & Marge Anderson A. John Mullins Walter Beaudette Sandra Anderson Polly Nash Diane Beverley Tom & Kris Aufman Charles Nelson James Keough Bishop Linda Barr Nancy Ness Mary Bishop Hratch Basmadjian Jeff Neufeld Holly McClintock Bowling Charles & Marlene Black Janet Page Nancy L. Bowron Ronald Blake John & Cheryl Peacock George & Sharon Bracke Marlene Boncosky Jean Pechtel William Brandes Barbara A. Bonner Ernie & Joanne Perone Ms. Diane Bridges David Bosely Robert & Jeanne Peters Joan Brody Renata & Larry Bruce Allen Pollack Betty & Floyd Brown Robert & Pamela Cabeen Glen & Beth Prezembel Veronica Bruno Megan & Alfonso Cobb Paul Reed Carole Byrne Ron & Mary Lou Conley Ken & Sue Reinhardt Tish Calhamer Dennis & Janet Conway Joe & Vlasta Renwick Colin & Glorianne Campbell Anatole Crane & Wayne & Eileen Reznicek Raymond & Susan Carlton Sharron Andresen Mary Roberti Robert L. Crom Rachele Dadouche-Nowak Linda Rock & Jeffrey White Norbert & Harriett Ciesil Vern & Medora Deason Nancy Rooker James Ceithaml & Marty Owens Allan & Joanne Dempsey Lucile Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Louis Cella Dean & Irene DeNicolo Mel & Arline Roth Karen & Michael Chapski Matt & Cherie Dorfman Howard & Gene Royer Rae Ann Christ Pat & Terry Dunning Paul & Kathleen Schaefer Joyce Christensen Nancy Fleming Wayne and Linda Schambach Mart & Buck Comstock Jeanne M. Fox Linda & Clifford Scheifele Karen Cordes Richard Gammon Robert & Mary Jean Schless Thomas & Judy Coy Paul Gehlhausen Glen Schulte & Jayne Honeck Michael Czerwionka Mr. & Mrs. David Gerber David Schultz Dave Damisch Loretta Gillespie James & Kathy Secora Bonnie Daniell & David Fork Loren & Patricia Golden George & Lois Shipperley The Charles & Kristina Davis Suzanne & Max Good Richard & Paula Shopiro Giving Fund Wally & Andrea Gumm John & Patricia Sjoholm Lucille Diges Bruce & Murna Hansemann Frank & April Smith Barbara Dochterman Rev. & Mrs. Herbert J. Hedstrom Beverly Smithberger Jon & Joy Duerr Ralph & Vera Helm Valerie Solaski Lynn Eikenbary David & Mary Alice Helms Donald W. Stob Karen Elia Daniel & Kathleen Hoppmann Jane Taylor Richard & Deanna Falen Mary Hunter Donna Templeton Irene Feda Janet Marie Jesse Randall & Jennifer Van Duyn Margaret E. Fox Dale & Patricia Johnson Anil & Bina Vasudevan Laura Frankiewicz Bob & Sue Johnson Chris & Amy Weishaar David Furholmen & Judith Ann Johnson John & Nancy Wendt Brigitte Winkler Leslee Johnson George & Anita Werderich Karl Heinz Gabbey David & Sandy Kaptain Norman Wilkinson & Karen Ganong Allen & Janet Kennedy Diana March Ruth Ann Garrison Durema Kohl Leslie Wolko Joan M. Gazdic Ian & Betsy Kuhn William C. Woods Steven & Lori Geiger Harol “Bud” Lachel Xavier & Rose Velasco Eulalie Gerke Bill & Margaret Lakins Philip & Christine Zack John & Joanne Gerlach Jim & Sue Lamb Anthony & Janice Zehnder Dennis & Linda Gillig Peter & Connie Landwehr Robert & Lynn Gilly Julio F. & Maria T. Laredo PRESSANDO Berdie Gladstone Robert Linstrom ($120 - $299) Margot Goldsmith John & Mary Loete Anonymous (4) James & Pearl Gould Barbara Long William Allen Katherine J. Graffagna Mike & Rosemary Luby Robert Acker & Alison Bleick Norman Grams Richard & Patricia Lutz Diane Aitken Leonard Greetis

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXVIII FRIENDS OF THE ORCHESTRA Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Griessler Nancy & Jim Lowers Michael & Robin Rothamer Medina R. Gross M. Machowicz & T. Becvar Brian & Amy Sample Irving Gurin Scott Magnesen David Schroeder Don & Marge Haefliger Eleanor Mamayek Jack & Carolyn Schaefer Sharon Hahn Mark Mallamo Jane Sorensen & Marvin Garber Carolyn Hansen Arlene Martinez James Spengler Ralph & Nancy Hardy Jane McCauley Elizabeth Start Lucas & Mary Harriss Linda McDaniel-Hale Norval B. Stephens Jeanne Hebeisen Judith A. McDonald Linda Stolt Dan Hedge Rebecca McGraw Jon Hauser & Jean Stone Wayne Heinmiller Robert & Regina McPeek Margaret Stone Daniel & Sheri Herring Roger Hotham & Richard J. Strohm Jeffrey & Joan Hildwein Margaret Mechtenberg Josephine Strong Vivian Hileman Richard Michalec Steve & Sally Styers Richard Holloman Charleen Miller Duane & Jeaneen Suits Dr. Judith Hopkins Scot Moir Elizabeth Sykes Marilyn House Sam Muhling Richard & Mary Tabatt Steven B. Huffman Carmel Mullally-Powers Gail & George Tattersfield Gloria Hunter Kevin & Suzanne Murray Marcia Thomas Wes & Susan Jelinski Raymond & Jane Mysliwiec Greg Tipps George & Rosalie Johnson Paula Mytych Susan & Stephen Tousey Marianne Johnson Henrietta Neeley Bill & Sue Toussaint Nancy Kawasaki Patrick & Katherine Nelson Kristin Towley Wilson John & Mickie Keehan Linda O’Gara Lydia Turgeon June & Steve Keibler John & Marilyn Ortinau Ted & Patricia Turner David & Carlene Kellenberger Bruce & Florence Ostdick Serge & Connie Uccetta John & Lois Kemp Cate Osterholz Mary Van Houten Kenneth Kemp & Martha Eash Neil & Julie Ott Gregory & Aileen Vogel Roger & Eileen Kimber Dolores Oyler Dr. Lawrence & William & Mary Kopp Diana J. Palcowski Mrs. Marie Voss Tina Koral Kathy Persyk Susan Ward Marilyn Kouba Dave & Pam Pidgeon Douglas Warmann William & Agnes Kovacs Carol A. Pfeiffer Robert Webb Douglas Kramp James Pluymert Mr. & Mrs. Richard Webel Kenneth Labuda Dori Poulos Paul & Janice Weber Nancy Lamia Carol Prang David Wesolowicz Laura Lamplough Julie & Don Radtke Bonnie M. Wheaton Lydia Larrabee & Michael Rawlings Cheryl & John Wilkins Robert Peterson Felicite Regan E.C. Wilson Sara Lawrence Maureen A. Resheske Charles Wilt Elmarie LeHuray Gail Rhodes Robin J. Youse Sandra Lesniak Richard & Diane Robertson Richard & Catherine Zuber Barbara Lippi Mary Robins Joan Longmire Joyce & Kimberley Robinson Arline Lovett George & Joan Rogers

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GRANTS & FOUNDATIONS We would like to thank the following organizations for their support of the ESO through educational and operating grants.

Barrington Area Community Francis J. and Patricia A. Florence B. & Cornelia A. Foundation Houlihan Foundation Palmer Foundation Elgin Cultural Arts Commission John E. and Jeanne T. Rhoades Foundation EFS Foundation Hughes Foundation Willow Springs Foundation Grand Victoria Foundation Illinois Arts Council Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXIX CORPORATE MATCHING Through Corporate Matching Programs, many companies will match the charitable donations of their employees. The following companies match employee donations to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. For more information about Corporate Matching, please contact your employer.

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In Memory of Stu Ainsworth, In Loving Memory of In Memory of Our friend past Board Member of Fox Diane Gerber & CJS Colleague Valley Arts Hall of Fame David Gerber Rose Kennedy Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame Mary Fran Doulin In Honor of Gwen Gage In Memory of Stu Ainsworth Maestro Andrew Grams Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski In Memory of Amy Lamphere Gwen Gage In Memory of the Brother of In Honor of Lois Myers-Bauer Betty Grams’ Birthday In Memory of Jane Lawson Gwendolyn Rowe Gage Phyllis & Harry Blizzard Richard Dancey Floyd & Betty Brown In Memory of Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski In Memory of Dr. Daniel Brewbaker Dr. Phyllis Folarin Matthew Mantell, violinist Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski John & Gwen Gage Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski In Honor of Diane Campbell Bruce & Murna Hansemann In Honor of Carole Medal for Her Kindness Patty Harkin Anonymous Anonymous Jeanne Hebeisen Judy Hopkins In Memory of In Memory of Gloria Hunter Violinist Maud Powell Laura Campbell, Sister of Dr. Rise’ Jones Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski Diane Campbell Lois Myers-Bauer In Memory of My Wife, Concert friends of Leo & Marilyn Nelson Diane Campbell Carolyn Reed Dr. Clare M. Ollayos Paul Reed Gwendolyn Rowe Gage Kathe Pava In Honor of Carol Dylan Carol Prang In Honor of L. June Shuldes Josephine Strong Dick & Kristi Resseguie Robert Shuldes In Honor of Doris Gallant In Memory of In Memory of for Her Many Years of Dr. Margaret Hillis Sandy Simonson Service & Dedication Edward & Joyce Dlugopolski Lamar Blum to the Art of Music In Memory of In Memory of Steve Sterba Betty Brown Carl & Alice Hitzeroth Sue & Fred Thorne Beth McDonald In Honor of Doris Gallant In Honor of Altrusa WOY Sandra Beith In Memory of Nancy Harju Jeanne Hebeisen Golden K Kiwanis members Kim Zinman Carol Prang Robert Rust, James Holtz, Char Cieply Barbara Maring and Allan Mink Pamela Lindberg Elgin Golden K Kiwanis

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ELGIN SYMPHONY LEAGUE For over forty-five years, the Elgin Symphony League has provided support to the symphony through volunteers, promoted the award-winning orchestra and its events, and helped with fundraising. Each year, League members contribute their time and talents, along with being ambassadors to the community on behalf of the ESO. We invite you to join us at our League meetings and hear our guest speakers talk about their careers and interests. For more information about the Elgin Symphony League or to attend a meeting, please contact Jeanne Hebeisen at (847) 741-6264. 2019-2020 Elgin Symphony League Meeting Dates All meetings are at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 1565 Larkin Ave, Elgin. Cost $15 per meeting for meal, but join us free as our guest for your first meeting. Call Jeanne Hebeisen at 847-741-6264 for details. Thursday, November 7, 2019 @ Noon Thursday, March 5, 2020 @ Noon Thursday, April 2, 2020 @ Noon Thursday, April 30, 2020 @ Noon

ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXXI ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXXII ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXXIII ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXXIV ABOUT Harris Theater For Music And Dance

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance is Chicago’s primary residence for music and dance, connecting diverse audiences with outstanding artists from across the city, the nation, and the world. Opened in November 2003 in Chicago’s Millennium Park, the 1,499-seat state-of-the-art performance venue was the first multi-use performance venue built in downtown Chicago since 1929. Today, the Theater features the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, and has earned national recognition as a distinctive model for collaboration, performance, and artistic advancement. The Theater’s activities fall under three central strategies: support for local music and dance companies, presentation of national and international artists, and community engagement and educational programs. Today, the Harris Theater’s original group of 12 Resident Companies has grown to include 30 diverse arts and culture organizations, including Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNow, Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Music of the Baroque. The Theater supports Resident Companies with subsidized rental, technical expertise, marketing support, and professional development opportunities, allowing the organizations to focus on what they do best—bringing the finest in music and dance performances to the public. The Harris Theater is also dedicated to presenting the highest quality artistic programming, bringing celebrated artists and ensembles from throughout the world to Chicago through the Harris Theater Presents series. The Theater has achieved widespread recognition as a vital cultural anchor in Chicago, bringing artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Batsheva Dance Company, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Angélique Kidjo, Hamburg Ballet, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paris Opéra Ballet, and Stephen Sondheim to the Elizabeth Morse Genius Stage. The Harris Theater’s community engagement initiatives take advantage of access to the world’s leading musicians and dancers, building bridges to people from throughout the Chicago region and nurturing the next generation of artists and audiences. Ongoing programs include Arts Education Partnerships, which offers master classes and artist talks, and Access Tickets, which has provided over 15,000 free tickets to youth and families from more than 90 partner organizations. Rental information: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please email [email protected]. Ticket purchases: To purchase tickets, visit harristheaterchicago.org, call or visit the box office at 312.334.7777 Monday through Friday, 12–5 p.m. or until curtain on performance days. In consideration of other patrons and the performers: Please turn off all cell phones. Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time and texting during performance is strictly prohibited. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater. Allowance of personal items and baggage into the auditorium space is at the sole discretion of house management. For your safety: Please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, inform the Harris Theater House Manager. Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible seating locations, swing arm aisle seating, and inclusive/accessible restrooms are available on all auditorium seating levels. The Harris is also equipped with an Infrared Assistive Listening Device system. Headsets are available for check out at the Harris Security Desk located on Level 1. Large print programs are available for all Harris Theater Presents engagements, located at the Level 1 coat room. For more information please call at 312.334.2486 or email access@ harristheaterchicago.org. Parking: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located near the entrance on the Orchestra Level, as you enter the Theater lobby. Lost and found: Retrieved items will be held for 30 days with the Harris Theater house staff at 312.334.2403. ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XXXV BOARD & STAFF Harris Theater For Music And Dance Officers Mary Kay Sullivan, Chairman Marilyn Fatt Vitale, Secretary Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly, Vice Chair Merrillyn J. Kosier, Treasurer Peter M. Ellis, Vice Chair Patricia Barretto, Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Caryn Harris, Vice Chair President and Chief Executive Officer Endowed Chair

Trustees Pamela Baker** Zarin Mehta Patricia Barretto** Alexandra C. Nichols* Paul S. Boulis Kenneth R. Norgan Elizabeth Hartigan Connelly Claire O’Grady Peter M. Ellis Gregory J. O’Leary Louise Frank Abby McCormick O’Neil* Robert J. Gauch, Jr. Shannon L. Schuyler Sandra P. Guthman* John Q. Smith Caryn Harris David Snyder Joan W. Harris* Susan Stark Christine N. Evans Kelly Mary Kay Sullivan Deborah A. Korompilas Sunitha Thomas Jeffrey Korzenik Marilyn Fatt Vitale Merrillyn J. Kosier Dori Wilson Michael McStraw** Maria Zec

Life Trustees Peter M. Ascoli Sarah Solotaroff Mirkin Cameron S. Avery Judith Neisser^ *Past Chairman John W. Ballantine Harrison I. Steans^ **ex-officio Marshall Field V Robin S. Tryloff ^In Memoriam James J. Glasser (Listing as of August 25, 2019)

EXECUTIVE STAFF Patricia Barretto, TICKETING SERVICES Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols President and Allan Waite, Box Office Treasurer CEO Endowed Chair Rebecca Butler, Assistant Box Office Manager Lori Dimun, Chief Operating Officer Laura Hanssel, Chief Financial Officer OPERATIONS Emily Macaluso, Director of Operations OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Hillary Pearson, Manager of Operations and Laura Stellwagon, Programming Coordinator and Accessibility Services Executive Assistant PRODUCTION FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Donna Bachman, Director of Production Mary Jo Rudney, Director of Finance Jeff Rollinson, Head Carpenter and IATSE Steward Gena Lavery, Finance Manager Anthony Montuori, Head Flyman Don Dome, Jr., Head of Audio EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Richard Hoyle, Head of Props Elizabeth Halajian, Director of Development Sam Begich, Head Electrician Meghan McNamara, Director of Marketing and Audience Development FRONT OF HOUSE Mary Larkin, Senior Manager of Melanie Humphrey, House Manager Marketing and Content Karen Johannesen, Concessions Manager Samantha Allinson, Design and Branding Manager Melaney Reed, Saints Coordinator Lauren Ranson, Individual Giving Manager The Saints, Volunteer Usher Corps Kay Rollinson, Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator FACILITIES Emma Palermo, Special Event and Leticia Cisneros, Lead Day Porter Engagement Coordinator Ed Mlakar, Facilities Engineer Rob Onorato, Corporate and Berto Rivera, Assistant Facilities Engineer Foundation Relations Associate John-Michael Scapin, Development and Board Relations Assistant

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