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Vir2 1920.Pdf BOARD OF DIRECTORS & TRUSTEE COUNCIL VSO BOARD OF DIRECTORS VSO TRUSTEE COUNCIL Michael R. McClellan, Chair Joan D. Aaron Dr. Robert Lovell and William Van Buren III, Vice Chair Carolyn Abbitt Dr. Elizabeth L. Becky Sawyer, Treasurer Warren L. Aleck Young Susan Goode, Secretary Charles Armfield Eleanor Marshall James F. Babcock Vincent J. Mastracco, Jr. Mari Ann Banks John B. Meek, Jr. Tanner Antonetti Mr. & Mrs. Bruce T. John & Pollie Morison Ray W. Breeden, Jr. Bishop Erwin Nachman Kate Broderick Patsy Carpenter James Newsom, III Minette Cooper Blackwell Dr. Ray C. Otte Nancy Creech R. Bruce Bradley Fran Pedersen Nathan H. Bundy, Jr. David L. Peebles Bill Downey William K. Butler II Mrs. Peggy Pezzella JoAnn Falletta Susan Colpitts G. Conoly Phillips Timothy Faulkner Susan Slayton Cowling Dr. Wendell J. Pile Barry Fletcher Page D. Cranford Jennifer S. Priest Leslie Friedman Bess Decker Louis F. Ryan Renée Howard Hon. Ray W. Dezern, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ernestine Dole Schechter Howard Kern Allan & Susan Donn Katherine Schwartz Patrick D. McDermott* Betty Harmon Winthrop A. Short, Jr. Tom Meurer Edwards Cindy Smith Sarah Ortego Hon. E. John Field Edward B. Snyder Robert Petterson David R. Goode Helen Sonenshine Karen Philion Royden Goodson J. A. Stalnaker Carolyn Pittman Dr. Adolphus Chris Syllaba Hailstork Stephen G. Test Tom Reel Philip L. Hatchett Sen. Paul Trible Asa L. Shield, Jr. William Hearst Mark Warden Brenda Snow Doris Hunt Henry Watts Jim Spore Connie Jacobson Wayne F. Wilbanks Vanessa Allen Sutherland Terri & Marc Kirchner Blair Wimbush Rony Thomas Cynthia Lawson Lewis Witt Christos M. Xystros Donald Winchester * Chair Emeritus VIRGINIA SYMPHONY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Winthrop A. Short, Jr., Chair Robert Petterson, Treasurer Minette Cooper, Secretary Christina Goode Patrick D. McDermott Chris Johnson Jane Short Howard Kern Steven Winter A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Dear Friends and Patrons of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, elcome to the 99th season of the WVirginia Symphony Orchestra! I am honored to lead the Board of Directors that supports the artistry of our extraordinary group of resident musicians. The Virginia Symphony is truly a regional asset of which we should all be tremendously proud. Your Symphony supports musical education, economic development, and community outreach throughout all of the cities of Hampton Roads. It is in many ways the core of Hampton Roads’ rich musical ecosystem: we are engaged and aligned with the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Arts Festival, the Bay Youth Orchestra, ODU, NSU, WHRO, the Neptune Festival and the Governor’s School for the Arts, just to name a few. These relationships not only leverage artistic capabilities and capacity, but are sound business as well. Our footprint in Hampton Roads is already broad and deep, but the Virginia Symphony will continue to seek ways to reach more people throughout our diverse community. This year we will continue our partnership with Carnegie Hall’s LinkUp program which deepened the learning experience for more than 25,000 students in eleven different school districts who attend our Young People’s Concerts. New initiatives, like our “Generations in Unison,” in which VSO musicians work to improve the lives and cognition of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, allow us to serve the community in new and meaningful ways. This season we’ll be expanding our work in health and wellness with sensory-friendly concerts, experiences specially designed to be inclusive of people on the autism spectrum. This is an exciting time for the VSO. As you know, the VSO is currently undertaking a search for a successor to Maestro Falletta who is finishing 29 years as our Music Director this season. My wife, The Honorable Andria McClellan and I are leading the search for a new artistic leader, along with a very talented and dedicated group A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR of musicians and community members. Our objective in this search is to maintain the high level of musical excellence that you have come to expect, preserve the best programming traditions of the Symphony, and at the same time, inject new and innovative elements into our performances to expand the Symphony’s audience. We are just one year away from the 100th Anniversary of the Virginia Symphony, an achievement few organizations can boast. Your VSO Board is not only committed to celebrating this anniversary in style, but also ensuring that our Symphony hits this milestone in the best fiscal and artistic shape possible. The selection of a new Music Director will be critical to achieving this goal, but just as important is our strategic business plan. Stay tuned this season for an announcement of a major fundraising initiative to secure the financial future of the VSO. Like other orchestras around the country, the Virginia Symphony relies on private donations for more than half of its $6 million operating budget. In addition to the hundreds of generous patrons listed in this book who make annual contributions, the Symphony needs additional reliable annual revenue from a larger permanent endowment fund. Currently the VSO endowment stands at $4.5 million. Thank you to all who have and will invest in the long-term future of our regions only full-time professional orchestra. My personal thanks to each and every one of you for your patronage and support of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. We have a great season in store and I hope you join us for and enjoy every performance. Mike McClellan Michael R. McClellan is Vice President of Strategic Planning at Norfolk Southern. McClellan joined NS in 1998, having begun his transportation career in 1985. McClellan holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati. While at UVA, Mike played the trombone in the Charlottesville Symphony and was director of the UVA Pep Band. McClellan has served on the Virginia Symphony Orchestra since 2007 and was named Chair of the VSO Board in 2019. Along with his wife, Norfolk City Councilwoman Andria McClellan, he currently chairs the VSO’s Music Director Search Committee. He and Andria have three sons: Aidan, Lachlan and Roark. A WORD ABOUT OUR CLASSICS SEASON FROM JOANN FALLETTA his is a very poignant year for me, and I Tam writing a special love letter to you, our wonderful audience of (in some cases) almost three decades for me! In my final year as music director, I have so much to be thankful for, and your presence, support and passion for music are at the very top of that list. The 2019-20 season will help define the future of our extraordinary Virginia Symphony, as the decision is made as to who will lead the orchestra into the beginning of its “second century.” A hundred years of music in our region is a reason for tremendous pride, and I am so glad that I have had the chance to play a part in that legacy of music, and to bring the orchestra to the point of a new chapter. This season holds new faces and new discoveries, and four special concerts for me, which will forever be added to my precious memories of our incredible musicians. Each holds something very meaningful to me— from the opportunity to present our symphony and chorus in Ravel’s spectacular Daphnis and Chloe, Strauss’ bittersweet Der Rosenkavalier Suite, and finally to perhaps the greatest masterpiece in our orchestral literature, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, his Ode to Joy. As Beethoven celebrated our brotherhood and our shared humanity, I know that on that weekend I will be thinking of my cherished VSO family, and the memories I will always treasure. There are great concerts ahead, and extraordinary soloists from legendary pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk to our superb principal horn Jacob Wilder. We are preparing to celebrate our 100th birthday next season, and to continue the growth and success of our orchestra. Please care for these amazing musicians with love and support as they enter a new era. I am deeply honored to be named Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony and want to express my personal heartfelt thanks and love to all of you, our VSO family. I have spent the happiest years of my life with you. To the next 100 years! USEFUL VIRGINIA SYMPHONY CONCERT INFORMATION CONCERT HALL PARKING $10 Student rush tickets with a valid student Chrysler Hall, Norfolk: Paid parking in ID one hour and a half before show time, Wells Fargo Center Garage; Chrysler Hall/ based on availability. Scope Garage; Brambleton Lot (across St. Paul’s Blvd.); Lot behind Fire Station; Bank Street lot; Group Sales (10 +) For Special Discount Charlotte Street lot. Call Patron Services, 757-892-6366 Chrysler Hall Reserved Parking for Once an order is placed, tickets are Subscribers: Parking available from City of not refundable. Norfolk. Contact City of Norfolk Parking Division, 757-664-6222, for information. SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS Ticket Exchanges CrossWalk Church, Williamsburg: Our Subscribers enjoy the ability to make Free parking onsite. free exchanges into other 2018-2019 season VSO concerts.* Ferguson Center, Newport News: Free parking on site with shuttle service from the parking Simply call our Patron Services team 48 hours garage located behind the theatre. Valet parking in advance of the performance at: is also available. (757) 892-6366 (During Business Hours, M-F, 9-4:30pm) First Baptist Church, Warwick Blvd, Newport News: Free parking onsite. Exchanges for Sunday concerts must be made before close of business Friday. Harrison Opera House: Paid parking onsite, available from the City of Norfolk on evening Ticket exchanges may now be made online! of the concert. Please visit http://www.virginiasymphony.org/ subscriptions for details. Regent University, Virginia Beach: Free parking on site.
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