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Elg2 1920.Pdf Message from the Music Director | II Message from the Board Chair | III Orchestra Personnel | V Corporate Sponsors | VII Patron Services | XI Conductor | XII Program Page | XVII Education and Community Engagement | XXIV Friends of the Orchestra | XXVII Memorial & Honor Gifts | XXX Elgin Symphony League | XXXI ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of Onstage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. message from the MUSIC DIRECTOR 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: Cash / Bequests A percentage of your estate or a specific amount listed in your will, or make a bequest of money to the ESO. Retirement Plan Assets Because retirement plans are taxed differently than most assets, they may actually become a tax liability. Please consult your IRA manager and tax advisor for more details. Bank Accounts & CDs Name the ESO as the “payable-on-death-beneficiary” of bank accounts or CDs. This passes directly to the ESO without probate. Life Insurance Name the ESO as your beneficiary, or donate the policy outright, rather than cancelling policies no longer needed. For more information on the Encore Society and Planned Giving, contact Emily Brownfield at 847-888-0404 ext. 222. 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 ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA V 2019–2020 Diamond Sponsors Gold Sponsors Media Sponsors Silver & Bronze Sponsors Bennigan’s Rödl & Partner Comcast Shales McNutt Construction Elgin State Bank Tighe, Kress & Orr International Vines Wolko Design Group Community Partners Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Elgin Development Group Advocate Sherman Hospital Food for Greater Elgin Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce GreenFields of Geneva Barrington Area Library Northern Kane County Chamber of Commerce Dream Hall Side Street Studio Arts Downton Neighborhood Association WRMN AM 1410 Elgin Area Chamber ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VI CORPORATE SPONSORS The Anvil Club In 1954, ten prominent Dundee area businessmen had a dream to create a private dinner club where they could unwind and enjoy the very best in food and service. Their dream became a reality on February 10, 1956. Today, the Anvil Club continues to be a place where you and your guests are treated to a dining and social experience that is enjoyable, unique and memorable.
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