Salute to America with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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#SaluteToAmerica Take it forward.® ANNIVERS25thARY Salute to America with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra ® June 30, July 1-3, 2017 Greenfield Village Supported by ANNIVERS25thARY 7:30 P.M. Jazz Ambassadors of The United States Army Field Band, With Musical Direction by Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood 8:30 P.M. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Salute to America Michelle Merrill, Associate Conductor With Special Guests with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Jazz Ambassadors of The United States Army Field Band Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood Welcome to The Henry Ford, and thank you for celebrating your Fourth of July with us. The Henry Ford and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra began PROGRAM this partnership 25 years ago. It’s a partnership we’re thrilled to be able John Stafford Smith The Star-Spangled Banner to offer to the community. Whether this is your first time experiencing Lyrics Francis Scott Key Arr. Arthur Luck Salute to America or you’re a longtime fan, we invite you to sit back and enjoy the show. John Williams Summon the Heroes Arr. Calvin Custer Associate Conductor Count Basie Jumpin’ at the Woodside* Michelle Merrill, Arr. Master Sergeant (ret.) Vince Norman Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood, Conductor Rapidly rising conductor Michelle Merrill is the associate conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where she also carries the George Benson The Cooker* Arr. Sergeant First Class Paul White title of Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador. A Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood, Conductor passionate and dynamic artist, Merrill was named one of Hour Arr. Master Sergeant (ret.) Lady Day Detroit magazine’s "3 Cultural Organization Leaders to Watch" and Vince Norman Alexis Cole, vocalist was recently profiled by the Ford Motor Company for its website fordbetterworld.org. She is also a recipient of a 2016 Michael Giacchino “Married Life” from Up Arr. Steven Baker Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. Samuel Augustus Ward America the Beautiful Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood Arr. Carmen Dragon and Richard Hayman Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood joined The United States Army Field Band in December 2014 as officer-in-charge of the Arr. Master Sergeant (ret.) Vince Norman Armed Forces Salute* and Staff Sergeant Daniel Jamieson Jazz Ambassadors. He previously served as commander of the Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Wood, Conductor 10th Mountain Division Band at Fort Drum, New York, with which INTERMISSION he deployed to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He also served as commander of the I Corps Band at Joint Base Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington C Jam Blues* Lewis-McChord, Washington. Wood holds a bachelor’s degree Arr. Sergeant Major (ret.) Eugene Thorne in music education and a master’s degree in music from New George Gershwin Strike Up the Band Mexico State University. Arr. Frank Campbell-Watson Jazz Ambassadors Morton Gould American Salute The Jazz Ambassadors is the U.S. Army’s official touring big Jackie McLean Let Freedom Ring* band. Formed in 1969, this 19-member ensemble has received Arr. Master Sergeant (ret.) Vince Norman Alexis Cole, vocalist great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz. The band’s concerts are designed Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture* to entertain all types of audiences. Its diverse repertoire includes Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49 With live cannon fire provided by Loomis’ Battery, big-band swing, bebop, Latin, contemporary jazz, standards, Michigan Light Artillery, Don Lutz, Commander** popular tunes, Dixieland, vocals and patriotic selections, many of which are written or arranged by the members. APPROXIMATELY AT 10 P.M. Fireworks with musical accompaniment *Jazz Ambassadors of The United States Army Field Band Activities of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made possible in part with the **Guests are invited to view the historic artillery cannons until 8:30 p.m. support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit. Detroit Symphony Orchestra is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity institution. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VISIT THE DSO TABLE TONIGHT Leonard Slatkin, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation Jeff Tyzik Terence Blanchard Neeme Järvi Michelle Merrill ENTER TO WIN A Principal Pops Conductor Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Music Director Emeritus Associate Conductor Jazz Creative Director Chair Phillip and Lauren Fisher FREE YEAR OF CONCERTS! Community Ambassador FIRST VIOLINS BASSES HORNS Yoonshin Song Kevin Brown Karl Pituch Concertmaster Principal Principal Katherine Tuck Chair Van Dusen Family Chair Johanna Yarbrough Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy Stephen Molina Scott Strong Associate Concertmaster Assistant Principal Bryan Kennedy Alan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Linton Bodwin Shapero (Shapero Foundation) Chair David Everson Stephen Edwards Assistant Principal Hai-Xin Wu Larry Hutchinson Assistant Concertmaster Mark Abbott Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair HARP TRUMPETS Patricia Masri-Fletcher Jennifer Wey Hunter Eberly Principal Assistant Concertmaster Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair Lee and Floy Barthel Chair Marguerite Deslippe* Kevin Good^ Laurie Landers Goldman* FLUTES Stephen Anderson Rachel Harding Klaus* Sharon Sparrow Assistant Principal Eun Park Lee* Acting Principal Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair William Lucas TICKETS Adrienne Rönmark* Amanda Blaikie Laura Soto* TROMBONES START Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair Greg Staples* Kenneth Thompkins Jeffery Zook Jiamin Wang* Principal AS LOW AS David Buck~ David Binder Mingzhao Zhou* Principal Women’s Association for the DSO Chair Randall Hawes $ SECOND VIOLINS 15! Adam Stepniewski PICCOLO BASS TROMBONE Acting Principal Jeffery Zook Randall Hawes The Devereaux Family Chair Ron Fischer* OBOES TUBA Will Haapaniemi* Alexander Kinmonth Dennis Nulty David and Valerie Principal Principal McCammon Chairs Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair Hae Jeong Heidi Han* Geoffrey Johnson† PERCUSSION David and Valerie Maggie Miller Chair Joseph Becker Principal McCammon Chairs Brian Ventura Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Sheryl Hwangbo* Assistant Principal Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Monica Fosnaugh Sujin Lim* Assistant Principal Shari and Craig Morgan Chair Hong-Yi Mo* William Cody Knicely Chair Alexandros Sakarellos* ENGLISH HORN James Ritchie Joseph Striplin* Monica Fosnaugh TIMPANI Marian Tanau* Shari and Craig Morgan Chair Jing Zhang* Jeremy Epp CLARINETS Principal Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair VIOLAS Ralph Skiano Eric Nowlin Principal James Ritchie Principal Robert B. Semple Chair Assistant Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair Jared Davis† LIBRARIANS James VanValkenburg PVS Chemicals Inc./ Assistant Principal Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair Robert Stiles Principal Caroline Coade Laurence Liberson Ethan Allen LEONARD SLATKIN Hang Su Assistant Principal 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Glenn Mellow Shannon Orme Ford Musician Awardee PERSONNEL MANAGERS Shanda Lowery-Sachs Heather Hart Rochon Hart Hollman E-FLAT CLARINET Orchestra Personnel Manager Han Zheng Laurence Liberson Patrick Peterson Alexander Mishnaevski Associate Orchestra POPS Principal Emeritus BASS CLARINET Personnel Manager CLASSICAL Shannon Orme STAGE PERSONNEL CELLOS Barbara Frankel and AS LOW AS $17 Dennis Rottell STARTING AT $75 Wei Yu Ronald Michalak Chair PER CONCERT! Principal Stage Manager FOR THE YEAR! James C. Gordon Chair BASSOONS Steven Kemp Department Head BEETHOVEN “Eroica” Symphony BLOCKBUSTER BROADWAY Robert Bergman* Robert Williams Jeremy Crosmer* Principal Matthew Pons Department Head GERSHWIN An American in Paris ARTHUR FIEDLER TRIBUTE David LeDoux* Victoria King Michael Sarkissian THE DOO WOP PROJECT Peter McCaffrey* Michael Ke Ma RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances Assistant Principal Department Head Haden McKay* Romeo & Juliet SCI-FI SPECTACULAR Marcus Schoon TCHAIKOVSKY Úna O’Riordan* LEGEND DISNEY IN CONCERT Alexander Davis RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan Paul Wingert* African-American Orchestra Fellow * These members may voluntarily Victor and Gale Girolami Chair revolve seating within the section Open CONTRABASSOON on a regular basis Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon †substitute musician Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair ^on sabbatical ORCHESTRA HALL • MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER ~extended leave 3711 WOODWARD AVE. 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