20112012 SEASON

Annual Report for the Annual Meeting of Members JULY 12, 2012 4:00 PM I CENTENNIAL CONCERT HALL I PIANO NOBILE LEVEL 555 MAIN STREET I WINNIPEG, MANITOBA 1 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WSO Mission, 2020 Vision, Strategies and Values ...... 3 Message from the WSO President and Chair ...... 4 Message from the WSO Executive Director ...... 5 Message from the WSO Music Director ...... 6 2011 – 2012 Season Highlights ...... 7 Artistic & Community Partnerships ...... 9 Education Programs...... 10 Outreach Programs ...... 12 Tour Report...... 13 2011 Indigenous Festival ...... 14 2012 New Music Festival...... 15 Financial Report ...... 16 WSO Sponsors, Funders and Acknowledgements ...... 20 WSO Supporters ...... 21 Volunteer Resources ...... 26 Governance ...... 27 WSO Golden Baton Recipients...... 28 Presidents of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra ...... 28 President’s Advisory Council ...... 29 WSO Staff ...... 29 WSO Musicians ...... 30

WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 2 Adventures in Music

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MISSION To provide exceptional musical experiences for Manitobans

2020 VISION • The WSO will be an internationally recognized model of artistic excellence and community relevance

• Structural pillars that include: • Excellent musicians • Innovative programs • Strong leadership • Diversified revenue streams • Solid financial foundation

STRATEGIES FOR 2008-2013 • To build the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s governance, artistic, and operational capacity • To build the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s community (artists and audience) through education and outreach • To identify and deliver expanded opportunities to bring music into people’s lives • To enhance the ability of musicians to live and thrive in the community

VALUES Artistic Excellence Organizational Strength Community Leadership Innovation Stewardship Inclusion Entrepreneurship Respect Collaboration

3 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I leave with a sense of accomplishment bolstered by a feeling of confidence in the leadership of the future. It has been my pleasure to serve you. - Dorothy Dobbie, President & Chair

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

I am pleased to announce that the WSO is now free of all debt and ends this year with a small surplus of just over $22,000. The Board has mandated the management to budget for a surplus of two percent of total revenue in coming years and management has pledged to work towards that goal. The orchestra, for the benefit of its audience, will dedicate such surplus revenues to continued stabilization and artistic growth.

This important freedom from debt allows the orchestra to move forward, building on its accomplishments of the past 65 years. Maintaining this freedom of action is predicated on strong board leadership and continued good management practices, focused on artistic excellence delivered in a financially responsible manner.

To support our excellent musicians, we now have a strong management team, a popular and dedicated music director and a competent and experienced board of directors. We have transitioned our Pops series from the 30s and 40s to the 60s, 70s and 80s with great success, attracting younger audiences. We want to continue to build our New Music Festival, develop our Indigenous Festival and continue with a masterful classical series.

Relevance to today’s audience is part of our mandate and to that end, we are very proud of the 2012 New Music Festival, which was organized in co-operation with the Icelandic Community. This is an example of our commitment to engage at the community level.

We recognize the importance of those who have served the WSO and we now have a President’s Advisory Council filled with board members of the past. We also recognize community and music leaders at our annual Spring gala.

This year, I was honoured to serve as the Chair of the 15th Annual Canadian Arts Summit, a tribute to the respect that the WSO has earned. We have also been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2014.

This fall, we expect to receive the final installment of $100,000 in working capital from Arts Stabilization Manitoba, providing us with a total of $500,000 of working capital and absolving us of the need for government guarantees or a line of credit at the bank.

This year we have resolved several important agreements that will take us through the next four years in an atmosphere of stability and growth. Music director Alexander Mickelthwate has signed an agreement to continue with the orchestra until 2016 and executive director Trudy Schroeder has also been engaged for another term. We have ratified an agreement with our musicians for the same term. This allows us to move forward with confidence as I step down after five years as president and chair of the Board.

I leave with a sense of accomplishment bolstered by a feeling of confidence in the leadership of the future. It has been my pleasure to serve you.

Dorothy Dobbie President & Chair, Board of Directors

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

When we come to the end of a WSO season, it seems natural to look back at all of the elements that have to come together to create a successful year. The WSO is fortunate in the depth and richness of the talents of its musicians, board members, volunteers, supporting community and administrative staff. With each year, we try some new things, build new partnerships, reach new goals, and work with the community in different ways.

This year I am particularly thankful for the success we had in a number of areas:

We opened our season with a special event for our Soundcheck members, and we had young people dress in their special occasion clothing and celebrate with us following the concert. Membership went from 350 people to just under 1000 members in the last 12

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This year we were able to successfully conclude collective agreement negotiations with WSO musicians in a contract that will be in place from September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2016. The good faith and good discussions that were very much in evidence during the negotiations are factors in helping the WSO to continue to experience success.

The WSO was also very pleased to be selected for participation in the 2014 Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. This is an opportunity for the WSO to be presented within an international festival that celebrates creative programming and innovation in orchestras.

In partnership with Seven Oaks School Division, the WSO launched Sistema Winnipeg at Elwick Community School. This intensive program of music instruction uses the services of WSO musicians as instructors, and the children are involved with WSO performances, performers and special events.

We saw significant growth in attendance at our Concerts for Kids series on Sunday afternoons, and audiences grew as well for our SoundBytes series and our New Music Festival. We are proud of the range of projects we develop in partnership with the community, and this trend continues to grow as we extend our connections in the community.

We are also very grateful for the contribution that Dorothy Dobbie has made during her years as president and chair of the WSO Board. She has served as chair for five years, and this stability in this key leadership position has aided the WSO tremendously in our efforts to provide a strong working base.

This is just a fraction of what it takes to pull together a winning WSO season. Our achievements are a testament to the contributions and talents of many individuals. We look forward to continued growth and success in the coming year.

Trudy Schroeder Executive Director

5 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season Our achievements are a testament to the contributions and talents of many individuals. We look forward to continued growth and success in the coming year. - Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director

MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Last season your Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra continued to make significant strides over the season, not only in the quality of its programs, the management of its operation but in particular, the connection with its audiences.

Our Masterworks series presented such well-known classics as Dvorˇák’s Eighth Symphony, Sibelius’s Second Symphony and a season-closing performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony that I was especially proud of since so many audience members not only responded to our performances, but were newly enlightened and inspired by this great composer whose music we program so regularly.

Our soloists did themselves proud. Eminent pianist Horacio Gutierrez opened the season

Photo: Keith Levit Photography with a blazing performance of Rachmaninov’s Second Concerto. Alain Lefèvre dazzled us with discovery in André Mathieu’s exciting Fourth Piano Concerto. Violinist Augustin Hadelich gave us a memorable reading of Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto and Jon Kimura Parker’s Brahms Second Piano Concerto showed us why he is so celebrated. A special treat was the appearance of soprano Dawn Upshaw, one of the world’s best!

Personally I am very proud of the music-making of our own soloists from the orchestra, especially our principal wind players that gave us some beautiful Mozart in January: Bede Hanley, Patricia Evans, Alexandra Eastley and Micah Heilbrunn. We had fine guest conductors as well in Andrew Grams and Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Our choral forces were busy in Brahms’s A German Requiem and the ever popular Messiah. I don’t think one will find better choral singing anywhere than right here in Manitoba.

Our SoundBytes series attracted new listeners and enlightened our patrons, from our opening rock-inspired classics through to our first presentation of one of the Chicago Symphony’s Beyond the Score ® programs to a live orchestra-to-film performance of Buster Keaton’s The General. Many thanks to our resident conductor Richard Lee for his fine work in this series and all he did over the year.

Our 21st annual New Music Festival was most successful. Again we felt the strength and imagination of our composer-in-residence Vincent Ho, whose new Cello Concerto not only provided a compelling display for soloist Shauna Rolston but a valuable addition to the literature as well. We were honoured to have presented distinguished composers Kaija Saariaho, Nico Muhly and Alexina Louie as well as some of Iceland’s most famous composers: Daniel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurdsson and Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

Our outreach and education concerts attracted record numbers of students. Our staff continues to be a bedrock of support to me and I thank each and every one of them.

We must continue to build on our success. The WSO is wonderful and, most importantly, relevant. Let’s rally to keep that message out there!

Alexander Mickelthwate Music Director WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 6 Len Cariou and Dry-Cold Productions

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2011-2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Alexander’s sixth full season as music director Evans performed Mozart’s delightful Sinfonia continued to build on his desire for a balanced concertante for winds, showing that our principal musical season to both excite WSO audiences and musicians are certifiably second to none. stimulate new ones. A broad sampling of the core symphonic literature in the Masterworks series Our choral series continued in strong fashion with included an exciting season finale with Mahler’s contributions from three major Manitoba choral Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), plus other Masterworks institutions. Partnered by a fine group of soloists, the programs that included well-known symphonies by Winnipeg Singers under Yuri Klaz again showed why Sibelius, Beethoven, Dvorˇák, Shostakovich and Manitoba is the nation’s choral capital, with a well- Schubert. Guest conductors included the exciting received account of Handel’s Messiah. Brahms’s A young American conductor Andrew Grams and German Requiem featured the Mennonite Festival eminent Russian-born violinist/conductor Dmitry Chorus with soloist Brett Polegato. The Winnipeg Sitkovetsky. Our own resident conductor Richard Lee Philharmonic Choir joined the WSO for the above- made his Masterworks debut in a program of mentioned Mahler symphony and was also joined by American music by Barber, Copland and Bernstein. the Flin Flon Community Choir, who made a special trip to Winnipeg for this occasion. A fine collection of guest soloists appeared throughout the Masterworks series with especially Our theme-based SoundBytes series entered its notable performances from pianists Horacio second season with its typically eclectic programs. Gutierrez in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Jon This three-concert hosted series offered a stimulating Kimura Parker in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and product mix with newly-designed scripts by the WSO’s Alain Lefèvre, who introduced our audience to a artistic team that included soloists, visual elements work he has championed with acclaim, the Piano and fascinating archival material. Rock historian Concerto No. 4 by André Mathieu. John Einarson hosted the opening program that brought the world of rock music and symphony Montreal International Competition medalist together. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Korbinian Altenberger supplied a memorable reading acclaimed and enlightening Beyond the Score® of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, again presentation of Dvorˇák’s New World Symphony certifying the special relationship the WSO has with was very well received. Buster Keaton’s The the Competition in presenting its prize winners on an General closed the ongoing basis. World-renowned pipa soloist Wu Man SoundBytes series appeared in Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto and Italian- in a special film- born German violinist Augustin Hadelich performed with-live-music a splendid WSO debut with Barber’s Violin Concerto. performance. The WSO was honoured to be joined by renowned soprano Dawn Upshaw in music by Canteloube and Golijov, composers she is acknowledged for throughout the world. WSO principals Bede Hanley, Micah Heilbrunn, Alexandra Eastley and Patricia

7 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season Our theme-based SoundBytes series entered its second season with its typically eclectic programs.

Our Pops series offered a wide array of music and Once again, Winnipeg new music-lovers’ hearts and styles for all to enjoy. Notable was the WSO debut of souls were warmed in the middle of our cold winter Manitoba’s only Tony award-winner Len Cariou - by the 2012 Imris New Music Festival. Curated by Broadway’s original Sweeney Todd - in an all-Sondheim Alexander and our popular composer-in-residence show that featured the splendid voices of Winnipeg’s Vincent Ho, this year’s festival focused on a Nordic own Dry Cold Productions. Judy Garland’s daughter theme with composers and performers from Iceland Lorna Luft made a vivid return with a special holiday prominently featured. presentation of her famed show Songs My Mother Taught Me. Our Pops closed with legendary vocal group The Finnish composer Kaija Manhattan Transfer in a program of their hits. Saariaho appeared at the festival to hear two of Our education and outreach department was her signature works. especially busy in the 2011-12 season. In mid- Giya Kancheli’s Styx was October, Alexander and the orchestra visited seven heard in a splendid high schools throughout the city in the aptly titled performance by WSO Up Close and Orchestral series, promoting the season principal violist Dan and filling the various gyms and auditoriums with Scholz and the Canadian great music. Similarly, our Adventures in Music series Mennonite University in February and March brought approximately 15,000 Chorus. The premiere elementary school students to the Concert Hall for a of Vincent’s City Suites highly successful concert that featured a program was brilliantly performed Kaija Saariaho entitled Music in Motion. by cellist Shauna Photo: Chronic Creative Rolston, a concert that also included the premiere of Our Great-West Life Concert for Kids series again Daniel Bjarnason’s Emergence and Canadian proved highly successful with two of the five concerts composer Alexina Louie’s Pursuit. Icelandic completely sold-out. Madcap Puppets opened the composers Daniel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurdsson, season with a lively show. The ever popular film Jóhann Jóhannsson and Atli Heimir Sveinsson The Snowman made a return visit with the score appeared to hear their own works. Many local soloists performed live with the WSO. Beethoven rounded out a most successful festival. Lives Upstairs made the drama and music of the master composer come alive, The WSO’s Indigenous Festival featured Alexander while a Harry Potter show filled the conducting a unique performance of Silvestre hall with magical music. Circus Revueltas’s La noche de los Mayas with special performers Motus O closed the series, choreography by Odette Heyn-Penner and dancers captivating the young audiences with from the Bolero Dance Theatre and Odette Heyn- every move and sound, as did the Projects. The Festival included a wide variety of pre-concert activities throughout the soloists from both the Manitoban and international season. Aboriginal communities, as described in the pages that follow.

Augustin Hadelich WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 8 Sistema Winnipeg Students

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ARTISTIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

The orchestra continued to forge artistic connections The long-standing, highly successful Virtuosi Concerts with the community in several notable partnerships. series continued its partnership with the WSO. For The ongoing success of the WSO’s annual this series, two programs were presented at Eckhardt- collaboration with the River East Transcona School Gramatté Hall and Convocation Hall at the Division necessitated moving to the Concert Hall for University of Winnipeg, under its sponsorship. We a sold-out November concert. Local students and look forward to an ongoing relationship with the teachers partnered with the WSO in this program. University in presenting stimulating, theme-based programs for Virtuosi. The WSO was prominently featured at the October opening of the new James Armstong Richardson Summer appearances found the WSO performing at International Airport, performing selections from the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park, The Forks on Carmina Burana with the Mennonite Festival Chorus. Canada Day and the orchestra’s annual appearance at Kenora’s harbourfront venue. April saw the return of the fourth biennial Women’s Musical Club’s Doris McLellan Competition, featuring The WSO continues to serve as the musical brilliant young Manitoba soloists competing in foundation for Manitoba Opera and The Royal appearances with the WSO. Winnipeg Ballet, bringing to their audiences the full symphonic resources their productions require.

Sistema Winnipeg Students performing Photo: Jody Sie, Better Together Photography Photo: Jody Sie, Better Together

9 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season “I am so happy in Sistema. I love my viola because it makes different sounds. I feel happy when I play. There are a lot of people that care about me in Sistema. I care about them too.” - viola student in Sistema Winnipeg

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

The WSO’s exciting and innovative education to a rehearsal of Live and Let Die: A Symphonic programs were presented to more than 35,000 Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney. Throughout students during the 2011-2012 season. Reaching the day on Saturday, ensembles of WSO musicians students from across Manitoba, these programs performed for approximately 30 people on the introduce orchestral music and instruments in an Piano Nobile level of the Centennial Concert Hall. engaging and educational way. This included performances by brass, percussion, string, and woodwind ensembles, as well as a Early in the fall, the full orchestra visited seven high harp/flute duo and a presentation by the WSO’s schools with the Up Close and Orchestral program. Nursery Notes string quintet. In addition, a string Led by music director Alexander Mickelthwate, this quartet visited healthcare centre Beacon Hill Lodge, program featured a variety of music, from the first where they performed for residents, staff and family movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 to the members. Finally, a WSO string quartet participated theme from Star Wars. More than 3500 students in the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Nuit Blanche by across Winnipeg received a rare opportunity to meet performing just prior to midnight on the Saturday. the WSO and experience an “up close and personal” orchestra performance in their school. As part of On October 17, 2011, the first group of 40 students the WSO’s annual student competition, these started in the Sistema Winnipeg program. This concerts featured 14-year old student flutist Jaena program is modeled after the renowned El Sistema Kim performing Doppler’s Fantasie Pastorale program in Venezuela that seeks to create social Hongroise. Two students from each school were change through music, and is in partnership with invited to perform on anvils as part of Verdi’s Anvil the Seven Oaks School Division. Throughout the Chorus. One lucky student received their debut year, the students met after school daily from 3:30pm by conducting Bizet’s Toreador March with - 6:30pm. They participated in many musical the WSO. activities, with a focus on learning to play the violin, viola and cello as part of a children’s string All high school students were invited to attend the orchestra. Four WSO ensemble groups visited the first SoundBytes concert on November 26, 2011 program to introduce the instrument families to the called Rock Owes the Classics! Almost 540 students students. The students and their families attended enjoyed this concert at no cost. They brought 114 two WSO concerts during the season. In addition to guests with them for a total of 653 new patrons at a music specialist that works daily with the students, this concert. four WSO musicians – Rachel Moody (violin), Claudine St. Arnauld (violin), Desiree Abbey (cello) Culture Days took place across the country on the and Theodore Chan (bass) – worked weekly with a weekend of September 30 – October 2, 2011. small group of students in sectionals and musical Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide training. The program celebrated their first year volunteer movement to raise the awareness, together with a capstone concert on Monday, June accessibility, participation and engagement of all 18 at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People venue Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their to an audience of more than 150 people. communities. To help celebrate Culture Days, the WSO opened a Pops rehearsal to the public on The WSO’s Matinee Series program continued for Friday. Approximately 50 attendees were treated the fourth year. In total, 687 junior high and high

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS (CONT.)

school students and chaperones attended these students attended this program during the season. rehearsals to observe the WSO’s final preparations This year “Music in Motion” explored how music before a concert. Music director Alexander inspires dance, imagery, movies and movement. Led Mickelthwate hosted the rehearsals and participated by resident conductor Richard Lee, these concerts in a Q&A session with the students. included more than 500 students performing on stage in choreographed movement activities, The Bach to School program, made up of nine recorder and string groups. These concerts also ensemble groups of the WSO – string, woodwind, featured student artwork during the performance of brass and percussion - visited 60 schools across Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries from his Ring Cycle. Manitoba. This program reached 12,678 students from Kindergarten to Grade 8. This program has a The Music Connections program is a close strong reach to many communities including rural, partnership with the Winnipeg School Division. This inner city and junior high schools covering 12 school 10-week program involved 150 students in Grades 3 divisions. to 6 from four inner city schools – David Livingstone, Norquay, Strathcona and John M. King School. The The Nursery Notes program is an innovative students made and learned to play the Native program designed to reach pre-school aged children. American flute. After weeks of preparing and A string ensemble group from the WSO shared learning from various teaching artists, the program presentations in 13 different nursery schools across culminated with a performance with five WSO brass Winnipeg. More than 630 children connected with musicians at Thunderbird House. The students the music and instruments through interactive performed their own creative expressions, as well as activities and a puppet named Symphony Sam. The Joseph Naytowhow’s One People with the WSO brass WSO also partners with the River East Transcona musicians. School Division each year to present this program as part of their nursery school classes. Prior to each Concerts for Kids concert, the WSO presents an hour of pre-concert activities for The WSO presented the third year of the Musical children ages 4-9. In partnership with Music for Discoveries program for Grades 1-3 students. This Young Children, these activities can include a craft series presents three concerts with 4335 students station, rhythm ensembles, an instrument petting attending. This is an increase in attendance of zoo and a conducting station. WSO mascot Manny almost 20% from the 2010-2011 season. The WSO’s Tuba attended each concert, inviting children to mascot Manny Tuba joined children’s entertainer learn about music, pose for pictures, and bring their Mr. Mark on an adventure to learn about music friends. The WSO hosted three birthday parties through sports and games. Teachers received a during the season, which included a special on-stage curriculum-based Study Guide that included lesson performance of Happy Birthday by the WSO for each plans to teach children about the music and prepare birthday child. them to attend. In partnership with the University of Manitoba, The WSO’s largest education program Adventures in Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, WSO musicians Music presented eight concerts in February and attend University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra March. More than 15,000 elementary school rehearsals. This Mentorship Program provides the

11 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season “At the first concert, I felt scared. But my parents are proud of me for playing. I feel like I am talented and I never felt like that before. I have more friends now and we all do our best to make beautiful music together.” - viola student in Sistema Winnipeg

EDUCATION PROGRAMS (CONT.) opportunity for young university orchestra students undergraduate level at the University of Manitoba to be mentored by professional orchestra musicians. the opportunity to rehearse and perform as an Thirteen WSO musicians participated in the orchestral musician with the WSO. They learn about rehearsals to offer technical expertise, suggestions preparing for orchestra auditions and rehearsals, for rehearsing excerpts, and demonstrate leadership performing with an orchestra and making skills. connections to prepare them for a professional career in music. This year, two students – Graham In the 2011-2012 season, the WSO launched the Isaak (bass) and Natalie Dawe (cello) – participated Apprenticeship Program, which provides string by performing in the Adventures in Music program. players currently enrolled in a Master of Music They also gave a 30-minute presentation to two program or in a performance degree at the schools as part of their professional development.

OUTREACH PROGRAMS

The WSO is committed to being an integral part of attend WSO performances. Because of the generous our community and bringing orchestral music to donations by corporations and individuals, more new audiences. than 5000 tickets were provided across the province this season. The organizations distribute tickets free The WSO and the River East Transcona School of charge to people who want to hear our orchestra. Division presented a special community concert at the Centennial Concert Hall in October 2011. Through the Musicians in the Making program, the Building on the success of previous years, these WSO provided performance opportunities for young concerts showcased more than 700 students and musicians in our community. This season, numerous soloists from the division who performed with the school groups and students performed in the Piano WSO in choirs, instrumental groups or as a soloist. Nobile Level prior to each Pops and SoundBytes This is a very special partnership that engages many concerts throughout the season. students, teachers, administration and super- intendents from the division. The Soundcheck program offers young people ages 30 and under the opportunity to attend WSO The Artists in the Hospital program offered musical concerts all season for only $15 per concert. In the presentations by a WSO string quartet and a musical 2011-2012 season, the Soundcheck membership duo featuring WSO principal harpist Richard Turner reached more than 900 people. The program kicked and flutist Laura MacDougall at various healthcare off the year on September 23 with a large event centres across Winnipeg. Using live music, this called Dust off the Dress. More than 200 young people program promotes the health and healing of came dressed in their best attire to celebrate the hospital patients, visitors and staff in the community. launch of the WSO season and mingle with WSO musicians and the music director. Share the Music is a unique partnership with community organizations that enables economically disadvantaged children, their families and adults to

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TOUR REPORT

The WSO regularly packs up instruments and performances in Brandon. Approximately 1500 musicians and heads out on the open road to take elementary students were in attendance from the the full orchestra to communities throughout the Brandon and surrounding area with more than 100 province and beyond. Our regular concert series in students performing in movement activities or Brandon (sponsored by Manitoba Lotteries) recorder group alongside the WSO. This program presented a wide range of musical offerings, four works closely with the local school divisions to times per season, ensuring that music lovers in the establish strong relationships in the community. Western regions of Manitoba can experience the wonder of live symphonic music. Summer 2011 The WSO continues to connect with rural schools found the WSO appearing in Kenora, the large through the Bach to School program. Each year, a audience enjoying a lovely summer evening’s group of five musicians visit five schools in small program of music dockside. communities introducing more than 1500 students in Grades 1-8 to live orchestral music. These December was especially busy, as the orchestra communities included Niverville, Pointe des Chenes, embarked on its Power Smart Holiday Express Tour St. Francois-Xavier, Stonewall and Beausejour. with family-focused holiday concerts in Steinbach and Beausejour plus performances of Handel’s As always, the WSO continues to explore touring Messiah in Virden, Winkler and Brandon guest- opportunities in Manitoba to ensure that all conducted by Yuri Klaz in partnership with local Manitobans may regard the orchestra as their own. choirs.

Thanks to the Richardson Foundation, the WSO’s Adventures in Music education series saw two May

WSO in Brandon Michael Kim performance on November 13

13 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season The musical culture of our own North American First Nations was heard alongside music of the above world cultures to spread a message of artistic inclusiveness through the universal language of music.

2011 INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL

Held over four days in October, the WSO’s 2011 Song and Dance. Featured was the internationally Indigenous Festival offered a variety of new and old renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso Wu Man, in a music traditions from Japan, China, Mexico and the performance with the WSO of American composer indigenous sounds of North America. The musical Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto, dedicated to her. culture of our own North American First Nations Alexander Mickelthwate conducted Mexican was heard alongside music of the above world composer Silvestre Revueltas’s La noche de los Mayas cultures to spread a message of artistic inclusiveness with special choreography by Odette Heyn-Penner through the universal language of music. and Pedro Aurelio and dancers from Odette Heyn- Projects and Bolero Dance Theatre. The program Opening with a free performance at opened with Manitoba composer Andrew Balfour’s The Forks by the Japanese percussion Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights) group Fubuki Daiko, the festival performed by Camerata Nova, with continued the following evening First Nations vocalist Corey Campbell at Pantages Playhouse with a as soloist. youth night entitled Change Ur Tune, featuring talented upcoming Aboriginal youth from within our community. Hosted by CBC’s Wab Kinew and coordinated by Vince Fontaine (of Eagle & Hawk), it was a dynamic concert of young up-and-coming stars. Participating was the WSO String Quintet, C-Weed Band, the Aboriginal School of Dance and a host of outstanding soloists.

The following two evenings’ programs were entitled A Night of

Photo: Keith Levit Photography Aboriginal Dancer performing at Indigenous Festival

WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 14 Shauna Rolston

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2012 NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL: THE NORDIC EDITION

This year’s New Music Festival presented new works Muhly – So Far, So Good (orchestra), and Johann from Iceland, Finland, the USA and Canada. Johannsson – A Prayer to the Dynamo (orchestra and Throughout the week, we showcased some of electronics). These WSO-sponsored projects raised Iceland’s most celebrated composers including Daniel our Festival to a higher level of importance – we have Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, now established ourselves as active contributors to the Johann Johannsson and Kjartan Sveinsson. As our development of the art form in the international distinguished guest composer, we were excited to have scene. had with us Finland’s Kaija Saariaho as we presented many of her celebrated works. Also featured were As well, many local performance organizations were many established and emerging Canadian composers featured throughout the week long event: and their latest creations: Brandon University’s New Music Ensemble Prairie Voices Choir Vincent Ho – City Suites: Concerto for Cello and GroundSwell New Music Orchestra (Shauna Rolston, cellist; world premiere) Experimental Improv Ensemble Alexina Louie – Pursuit: Concerto for String Quartet The Canadian Mennonite University Choir and Orchestra (feat. WSO Clearwater Quartet) The Winnipeg Chamber Music Society Tim Hecker – Ravedeath for Organ (for organ and electronics) The significance of this year’s theme garnered much Diana McIntosh – You, Me, and The Tree (for solo support from the local Icelandic community and from performer/actor; world premiere) The University of Manitoba’s Department of Icelandic Jim Hiscott – After Sorrow (for string trio; Research. With their help and resources we were able world premiere) to reach new audiences while building new Michael Matthews – Vertical Garden partnerships. As well, CBC Radio recorded (for flute and electronics) four of the concerts for nationwide Gordon Fitzell – :spin (for electronics broadcast and showcased many of our guest and balloons; world premiere) artists in their on-air interviews.

International dance sensation La La This year saw the highest paid attendance La Human Steps was this year’s of NMF since 1999 (surpassing even last distinguished guest ensemble. We year’s 20th Anniversary edition). This has were proud to present their latest led to new sponsorships and renewed show New Work, choreographed by support from past and current patrons. Édouard Lock to the music of Thus, this year’s New Music Festival was a Gavin Bryars. Other distinguished triumph in all areas. It highlighted many guest artists included violinist new voices from Iceland, Finland, Canada Jennifer Koh and cellist Shauna and the USA while showcasing many of Rolston. our local artists. With record-breaking attendances, stellar reviews and For the first time ever, the WSO international media coverage, this year’s sponsored two international Festival was an overwhelming success. commissions, both of which were premiered at this year’s event: Nico 2012 NMF Poster 15 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season This year saw the highest paid attendance of NMF since 1999 (surpassing even last year’s 20th Anniversary edition)

FINANCIAL REPORT

It is a pleasure to be able to report the fifth consecutive annual operating surplus for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The excess of revenue over expenses for the year ended May 31, 2012 was $22,006. The Operating Fund balance was $40,206 and the Net Assets, including the ASM Working Capital Reserve Fund, totaled $440,206.

During the year, the WSO received the fourth instalment of the Arts Stabilization Grant of $100,000 bringing the ASF Working Capital Reserve Fund to $400,000. With the positive annual results reported in 2012, we expect that we will be eligible, during our 2013 financial year, for the fifth and final instalment from Arts Stabilization Manitoba. As this will complete our commitment under the Arts Stabilization program, the WSO will be able retain the $500,000 and use the funds for a combination of working capital and contribution to our Endowment Fund.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund held by the Winnipeg Foundation had a market value of approximately $4,400,000 at May 31, 2012. During the year the WSO contributed to the Fund an additional $76,283 received from undesignated bequests. The Fund was also increased during the year by $36,727 in matching funds received through the Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund from Canadian Heritage related to contributions made during the 2011 financial year.

Concert revenue dropped by $127,777 (4%) from that generated in 2011. The majority of the reduction was related to the additional revenue generated in 2011 from the WSO’s Ottawa tour fees. Private sector revenue increased by $45,633 (4%) reflecting increases in fundraising revenue and sponsorships.

Expenditures excluding contributions to the WSO Endowment Fund dropped by $52,529 (1%) compared to 2011. The majority of the decrease was related to a reduction in touring expenses during 2012.

The financial statements reflect the adoption as of June 1, 2011 the new Canadian accounting standards for not-for- profit organizations. These standards have been applied retroactively and the comparative figures included in this annual report have been restated.

During the year the Finance Committee met monthly and its activities included:

• Review of the monthly financial statements and year end forecasts. • Review of the 2012-2013 budget and business plan and recommendation for its approval by the WSO Board. • Review of all major contractual commitments. • Oversight of the annual external audit process including the audited financial statements. • Review of the work of the external auditor and recommendation of the appointment of auditors.

I would like to thank the members of the committee for their work during the year and especially the contribution of the director of finance, John Bacon for his support to the committee.

Greg Doyle Chair, Finance & Audit Committee

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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra performing

Full audited statements available at the WSO General Office, located at Suite 1020 – 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3

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Full audited statements available at the WSO General Office, located at Suite 1020 – 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3

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Shauna Rolston

Full audited statements available at the WSO General Office, located at Suite 1020 – 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3

19 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season The WSO has become a national leader in programs that connect with the community through music performances and educational programs. None of these initiatives would be possible without the contributions of community minded businesses and arts support programs offered through all levels of government. We work together to make this a community we are proud to call home.

WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS

IN MEMORY OF PETER D. CURRY

NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL POWER SMART HOLIDAY TOUR

CONCERTS SOUNDCHECK SHARE INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL¯ FOR KIDS PROGRAM THE MUSIC

WSO IN BRANDON SUMMER CONCERT CANADA DAY PIANO RAFFLE CAR RAFFLE SERIES AT THE FORKS

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY MEDIA SPONSORS

Women’s Committee of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

FUNDERS

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Photo: Dennis Sapong

WSO SUPPORTERS

Foundations Douglas C. Everett, Chairman, CORPORATE The Estate of Noreen Allen Domo Gasoline Corporation PARTNERS The Noreen & Robert Allen Limited Charitable Trust Philipp R. & Ilse K. Ens The WSO gratefully acknowledges the Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and Ms. Barbara Filuk following companies whose generous Anna Storgaard Fund The Maestro’s Circle exists to Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen support helps to ensure musical Francofonds Inc. recognize those special patrons Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg enrichment within our community. Gerald M. Hechter & Agnes Hechter whose significant philanthropy Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta Fund in Honour of Max Thank you! furthers the musical artistry of Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins & Ethel Hechter and Elizabeth the WSO. Thank you! Joanne Gudmundson & Brian Resident Artist Fleischmann Oleson $10,000 - $24,999 Houston Family of Bradwardine Fund, Platinum Baton $25,000 + Richard & Carol Jones Corus Entertainment Inc. the Winnipeg Foundation Michael & Glenna Kay George Warren Keates Memorial Fund Bill & Shirley Loewen* Mr. Richard J. Lee Johnston Group Inc. C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc. Qualico Gold Baton $10,000 - $24,999 Paul Leinburd Lutz Family Foundation Dr. Brendan MacDougall The Mauro Family Foundation Ted & Wanda Lismer Principal Chair John and Carolynne McLure Fund Dr. Judith Littleford $5,000 - $9,999 Silver Baton $5,000 - $9,999 Charles Loewen Morden Area Foundation Greg Doyle and Carol Bellringer Montrose Mortgage Corporation Private Giving Foundation Ms. Gail E. Loewen National Leasing Mrs. Audrey F. Hubbard Suzanne & Graham Lount Richardson Foundation Dr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace Premier Printing Ltd. Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer Foundation Jackie Lowe Dueck Wawanesa Insurance Leslie John Taylor Fund, the Dr. David Lyttle Winnipeg Foundation Muriel Smith Elaine & Neil Margolis Assistant Principal Chair James Thompson Memorial Fund in Concertmaster's Bow Ron & Sandi Mielitz $2,500 - $4,999 Trust of WSO $2,500 - $4,999 Judy and Ken Murray Cambrian Credit Union Terracon Development Ltd. Gail Asper & Michael Paterson Wayne & Linda Paquin J.K. Investments Ltd. The Winnipeg Foundation Bill & Margaret Fast Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish The Standard Life Assurance Major Gifts Timothy & Barbara Burt Lesia Peet Company of Canada Ruth Carol & Len Podheiser, James Gibbs Frank & Jeanne Plett In Support of Music Connections Mr. Frank Fred Gladky Harvey & Sylvia Pollock Orchestra Chair Kevin & Els Kavanagh Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth $1,000 - $2,499 Drs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougall Tippett-Pope Bison Transport John & Pam Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Gerald V. Price Dormond Industries Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley John & Violet Rademaker Long & McQuade Musical Lawrie & Fran Pollard Dr. Diane Ramsey Instruments The Legacy Circle exists to recognize the George & Tannis Richardson Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs. Anne Payworks Inc. following patrons whose foresight Hartley & Heather Richardson Reimer Peerless Garments LP ensures that the WSO plays on for all Mr. John Thistlethwaite Jim & Leney Richardson PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Manitobans in generations to come. The Ian R. Thomson & Leah R. Janzen Mrs. Shirley Richardson Silpit Industries Co. Ltd WSO gratefully acknowledges Legacy Professor A.M.C. Waterman Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean Carter Circle members for their planned future Sandy & Debbie Riley Music Stand $500 - $999 gift to the WSO. Black Tie $1,500 - $2,499 Mr. Terry Sargeant Coghlan's Limited Lucienne Blouw Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd. Lorraine & Gerry Cairns Mr. Jim Barrett Jimmy & Morse Silden Price Industries Limited Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer Brenlee Carrington Trepel & Jack & Elaine Sine Florence & Sheldon Berney Ethel & Joe Karr Brent Trepel Stuart Olson Dominion Number Ten Architectural Group Michel D. Lagacé Morley & Marjorie Blankstein Construction InterGroup Consultants Ltd. G. E. Loewen C.M., O.M. Dudley & Eleanor Thompson S. E. Loewen Piston Ring Service Mrs. Lucienne Blouw Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass W. H. Loewen Harry & Doneta Brotchie Trudy Schroeder Pollard Banknote Limited Dr. Brendan MacDougall Red River Co-Operative Ltd. Herb & Erna Buller Mr. Richard Turner Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell James Carr Edward & Irene Warkentin Robinson Lighting Ltd. Lesia Peet Ms. Patricia Chaychuk Don & Florence Whitmore Trudy Schroeder Riser: Under $500 June Slobodian Jan & Kevin Coates Klaus & Elsa Wolf A. Akman & Son Ltd. Muriel Smith James Cohen & Linda Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd. Robin Wiens & Émilie Lagacé-Wiens McGarva-Cohen Ivy & Norval Young M. Morris W. Dorosh Art & Leona DeFehr Mid West Packaging Limited Donn Yuen *Founding Members 2 Anonymous Dorothy Dobbie

21 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season Individual music lovers play a vital role in ensuring that Manitoba maintains a strong symphonic tradition of excellence. They make financial donations, attend fundraising events, join the Maestro’s Circle and plan for legacy gifts to the WSO in their estates. Generosity is translated to music programs and initiatives that are accessible, affordable, and artistically excellent.

WSO SUPPORTERS

Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood Mrs. E. L. McLandress Hy & Esther Dashevsky Cheryl & Earl Barish Robert Mondy Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Dingman Monty & Mary-Claire Bell Vera Moroz Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda Mark & Zita Bernstein Family Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould Donald Foundation Bonnie & Richard Olfert Miss Helene Dyck Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts Shelley Parham & David Smith Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton Helga & Gerhard Bock Mr. David Pike George B. Elias Friends of the WSO help support the WSO’s artistic programs each season. Sheila & David Brodovsky Vic & Gwen Pinchin Mrs. Nobu Ellis Members enjoy special benefits that Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster Donna & Ian Plant John & Martha Enns bring members closer to the music, Gail Carruthers Ms. Danuta Podkomorska Miss Tina Enns guest artists and WSO musicians. Bruno Gossen & Solange Chabannes Carolynne Presser John B. & Katie Epp Thank you! Ms. Nancy G. Cipryk Rosemary Prior Margaret E. Faber Ms. Julie Collings Fred & Carolyn Redekop Margaret & Bob Ferguson Symphony Dr. & Mrs. David Connor Ms. Iris Reimer Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason $600 - $1,500 Barbara Cook Levi & Tena Reimer Doug & Phyllis Flint All Charities Campaign John Corp & Mary Elizabeth Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida Reg Friend Len & Mary Bateman McKenzie Rubin Arnold & Christa Froese David & Gillian Bird Gary & Fiona Crow Hans & Gabriele Schneider Harold & Alice Funk Lorraine and Gerry Cairns Ted & Margaret Cuddy Dr. & Mrs. A. N. Schroeder Eileen George Pierce Cairns Sally R. Dowler Merrill & Shayna Shulman Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori Pamela & Andrew Cooke Marten & Joanne Duhoux Winnifred Sim Dr. Lisa Gould John & Gay Docherty Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis Mr. David H. Skinner Mrs. Harold W. Grant Carrie Ferguson Peerless Garments LP E. Stamp Larry & Sue Greer Delores Gembey Ms. Jo-Ann Finney Harold & Brenda Standing Dr. Hilary Grocott & Ms. Shivaun Robert & Linda Gold Marcia Fleisher Curtis & Lorane Steiman Berg Michael & Hélène Hoffer Penny Gilbert Gary & Gwen Steiman Ms. Joyce Grose Mr. Donald K. Johnson Mrs. C Gordon Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart Dr. Don and Jerri Hall June & Lawrence Jones Dr. & Mrs. W. L. Gordon Dr. Lea Stogdale Mr. James Hanley Millie & Wally Kroeker Patricia Guy L. & P. Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Audrey Harburn M.L. Kuntzemueller Mary & Gregg Hanson Patricia Walker Larry & Evelyn Hecht W.K. Labies Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie Ms. Donna Webb Bob & Biddy Hilton Marjory Alexander Graham & Mr. Daniel Heindl Harry & Evelyn Wray Mr. Derek B. Holke Family Fund Sonia & Harvey Hosfield 4 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland Robert Jaskiewicz N.J. & L.J. Holliday Valerie Mollison Mr. Leroy M. Johnson Serenade Helmut & Dorothy Huebert In Memory of Jean Mooney Marianne Johnson $150 - $299 Mrs. Joan M. Hunter Terry & Vi Moore David & Diane Johnston Ross & Doreen Adamson Rudy & Gail Isaak Lesia Peet Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Trish Allison-Simms Henry & Dena Katz Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle Penny & Gerald Kalef Mr. Stuart Attwood and Michele Ms. Heather Kirkham Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl Koren & Leonard Kaminski Dupuis Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kirkland Jim & Pat Richtik J. Gartner & L. Kampeas George & Eleanore Balacko Mrs. M. E. Kittle Ms. Charlotte Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy Dick & Minnie Bell Ms. Janet Kuchma Frank Stewart & Elaine Parent Maureen Kilgour and Richard R.C. Bellan Ms. Teena Laird Jim & Jan Tennant Goulet Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bethune Ms. Elaine Lamonica Mr. Peter van Dijken & Dr. Lorelie Dr. I. Kinizsi Mr. & Mrs. A.D. Brady Ms. Phyllis Law Mitchell Susan & Keith Knox Paul & Doreen Bromley Mr. Norman Leathers Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers T.G. Kucera Sel & Chris Burrows Mr. & Mrs. Don Leech Jesse Vorst Ms. F Lesage Carol A. Cassels Mr. & Mrs. H.F. Leggett Raymond & Shirley Wiest Yetta and Jack Levit Ron Clement Rose & Dick Lim Joan Wright James & Pat Ludwig Mrs. Joyce Cooper Wendell & Eleanor Lind 1 Anonymous Andrew Lutz Ms. Helle Cosby Emily Lyons Douglas MacEwan M. & G. Crielaard Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris Concerto Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Melanie Dennis & Ruth Cook Barbara Main $300 - $599 Maksymyk Ms. Linda Daniels Ruth May Judy & Jay Anderson Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba Mrs. Maureen Danzinger D. McKay Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory Mrs. Maureen McIntosh Bob & Alison Darling Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar

WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 22 Al Simmons and Richard Lee at the Barge Festival

WSO SUPPORTERS

Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod Prelude Kobus & Corne Du Preez Mrs. Betty Henderson Glen Mead $75 - $149 Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins L.G. Herd Sylvia Mitchell Patricia Allen Mrs. M.L. Elliott Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Armelle & Louis Molin Doug Arrell & Dick Smith John & Ruth Ens Mrs. Marilyn Hido Margaret & Fred Mooibroek Mr. Philip Ashdown Ken & Connie Epp Ms. Susan Hildebrandt Mrs. J.E. Morris Jack Atchison Don & Martha Epstein Dr. L. Hurst Valinda Morris Ray & Barb Bailey Greg & Linda Fearn William J. Hutton Margaret Morse Allan & Rochelle Baker Ms. Nelma Fetterman P. Ilavsky Bill & Hilda Muir Ms. Margaret Barbour Doug & Joanne Flynn Mr. Lindsay Ingram Mrs. E. J. Nebbs Rosemary & David Barney Margaret Follett Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki Terri & Trevor Nordman Robert Barton Mrs. Marguerite Fredette Terry & Shirley James George & Gladys Oelkers Audrey Belyea Mr. Lloyd Friedman Wilfred & Dorothy James Carole & Cam Osler Eric Bergen Mrs. Margaret Funk Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram Mrs. B. Ozog Donald & Edith Besant Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Evelyn Gardner Father Stan A. Jaworski Margaret & Peter Peters Lorne & Marilyn Billinkoff M. & Mme. Andre Gautron Ms. Marilyn Kapitany Tim Preston & Dave Ling William & Heather Birtles Jim & Betty Gaynor Marion & Bill Kinnear Mary Redekopp Ted Bock & Liane Chalmers Deborah L. Ginther Erwin W. Kitsch Reynold Redekopp Marnie Bolland Joyce & Bob Gladding John & Martha Klassen J. Reichert Mr. & Mrs. A. K. Bolton Ms. Diane Gooch Ms. Mary Klassen Eleanor Riach Norma Bortoluzzi Mr. Donald Graham Dr. Birte Klug Olga & Bill Runnalls Mrs. Jean M. Bradley Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham Alfonz & Susan Koncan Alixe Ryles Mrs. Ruth Bredin Marj Grevstad Mrs. Marion Korn Mr. Johnny Rule Salangad & Ms. Lorne & Rosada Bride Greg Edmond & Irene Groot- Mr. Ernie Krahn Pearly Rule Salangad Mr. Robert Briercliffe Koerkamp D. Kristjanson F.E. Sanderson Miss Dorothy Broomhall Ms. Christina W. Grose Kathleen Crowston Dr. Robert J. Schroth Mr. & Mrs. E. & M. Mavis Brown Mr. Kenneth W. Grower Patricia Kuchma Mr. Gunter Schupke Gloria Brown Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman Robert Kusmack Ms. Barb Shipley Mr. Ross Brownlee Maxine M. Gurvey Alan Laing Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak Ms. Carol Budnick Katie & DeLloyd Guth Mr. & Mrs. Jack Levit David & Lorraine Smith Ruth Calvert Mr. Patrick Hackett Edith Landy Ms. Brenda Snider Mrs. Mary C. Campbell Miss Marilyn Hall Mrs. Helen La Rue Gordon & Darby Spafford Ms. Donna Carruthers Mr. Roy Halstead Rod & Ann Ledwich Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear Dr. Jong Chang Ian & Gerry Hamilton K. Le Madec Mr. & Mrs. Starodub Saul Cherniack & Myra Wolch Marie Harnois Mr. R. Leroeye Mr. Herbert Stewart Mrs. Leona Christiansen Ms. Dawn Harris Mrs. Myrna H. Levin Margaret & Hartley Stinson Alex & Peggy Colonello Beth & Raymond Harris R. & J. Lewis Dr. V. Marie Storrie Ms. Marcella Copp Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin Sheila & Elvin Linder Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek Irene & Robert Corne Teresa A. Hay Mr. Gordon P. Linney Lori & Tom Thomas Mrs. E. Craig Mrs. Elisabeth Hellmuth Donald & Barbara Little Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Thompson Ms. Maxine Cristall Ms. Marilyn Thompson Rev. & Mrs. W. A. Cross C. & R. Thomsen Margaret Cumming Lee Treilhard Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander Susan & Kerr Twaddle Alonzo & Lise Daley Ms. Rosemarie van Der Hooft Mrs. Sheila M. Davis Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago Jack & Mary Davison Douglas & Janet Watson Miss Anne Defehr Mr. Paul Wiebe F. De Grazia Mr. Herbert W. Wildeman Marilyn Derksen & Merle Ron & Shirley Williams Elma & Charles Wilson Neufeld Dianne Wilt & Keith Millan Mary Dixon Melanie Wood F.P. Doyle Karin Woods Herb & Norma Driver 14 Anonymous John & Ada Ducas Ms. Joan Duerksen

23 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season The Manhattan Transfer WSO SUPPORTERS

Albert & Helen Litz George & Lois Reenders Dorcas & Kirk Windsor Mr. Raymond E. Cunningham Mrs. Mary Lloyd Mrs. Esther Remis Patrick Wright Mr. Bradley J. Curran Lorron Agencies Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rerie Mr. John Yarema Ms. Jean Curtis Roger Lowe Waltraut Riedel-Baun Mr. Edwin Yee June Curtis G. & G. Lowry Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley Vicky Young D. Cymbalist Ms. Lorraine MacLeod Ms. Barbara Robertson Mr. Donn K. Yuen, in Honour of Margaret Redekop Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae Donald & Karen Ross Margaret Kuntzemueller's 90th D & E De Graff Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon Frances E. Rowlin Birthday Mr. Rowland Del Bigio Mr. Alan Maxwell Mr. John Russell 26 Anonymous Beth Derraugh Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba John & Wendy Russell Ms. M. Jane Dick Mr. & Mrs. R. McDougall Bill Sands Sonatina Marlene & Fred Dickson C. & J. McIntyre Dr. Brent Schacter Under $75 Sylvia Dixon Violet McKenzie A. Schroeder P. Achtemichuk Mrs. Enid Dorward Mr. James A. McKinley R. Schroeder Joyce Aitken Mr. Dennis J. Doyle Mrs. Jean H. McLennan Shirley Schroeder Jacqueline Anderson Mrs. Norma Drosdowech Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier Walter & Dorothea Schultz Mr. M. Richard Arcand Ms. Wanda Drury Rita & Don Menzies Mr. Ken Schykulski Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Peter Eibisch In Memory of Henry Crosby Charlene Scouten Mr. Cliff Barrett Cheryl Elias Mrs. Mona Mills Ms. Jan Seaman Veronique Barthet Margaret Ellis Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell Dr. L. Sekla Gertie and Asher Begleiter Dr. & Mrs. Willie R. Falk Ms. Akemi Miyahara Mrs. Doreen Shanks Mrs. Margaret Bellhouse Vera & Peter Fast Mr. Peter Morgan Shirley E. Sherwood Mrs. Eva Berard David & Ruth Ferguson Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz Garth Simonson Balram & Carole Bhakar Laurel Fife D. Munro Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson Dr. Eric R. Bohm Cal & Lois Finch Charlotte Murrell Geri & Peter Spencer Barbara Bohune Mrs. Sheryl Fowler Ron & Ollie Nelson Nicola Lindley Starin Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher Ms. Margaret Franz Glenn Nicholls Dan & Elsie Stasiuk Edythe M. Brown Glen & Florence Fraser B. & J. Nielsen Ms. Helena Stelsovsky Dr. Jeff & Madeline Brown Mrs. Gitta Fricke Edgar Oddleifson Elva G. Stevens Narendra Budhia Ms. Anne Friesen J.T. & Karen Ogden Mr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna Stevens Mr. Alfred Buelow Mr. & Mrs. George & Carol Gamby Truus Oliver Ms. Linda Sturgeon Lydia Bulat Mrs. Marietta L. Garry Theda Olson Ron Surcon Ms. Sheila Burland Mr. Daymond Gauthier Mr. & Dr. Grant W. Pastuck Juris & Aija Svenne Mr. & Mrs. Cantor Mrs. Cathy Gervais In Memory of Mary Patterson Jo Swartz & Richard Silverman Mrs. Audrey Cassels Ms. Barbara Gessner Pat Patterson Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom Betty & Bruce Catchpole Marilyn Gilbert Mrs. Betty Peddie Ms. Anne Thiessen Robert Charbonneau Marybet & Jim Gilroy Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Joy Peirson June & Lorne Thompson Mrs. Ella Chenkie Mr. Laurent Gimenez Holly Penner Lorna & Dr. Ken Thorlakson Mrs. Patti Cherney Les & Doreen Girling Mrs. June Perron Robert & Barb Tisdale Ms. Claudia Chernitsky Linda Graham Ms. Pat Philpott Edith A. Toews Ms. Aileen Gail Chmeliuk Mrs. Inga Granovskaya Sylvia & Earl Pitch Dr. Helen A. Toews Melina Chow John & Louise Greenaway Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky Carol & Neil Trembath S.K. Clark Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood Blumie Portnoy Mrs. Yoko Tsuyuki Ross M. Cleeve Donna Grescoe Dojack Mr. & Mrs. Sam Potter Dr. & Mea. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos Ms. Katherine Cobor Ms. Victoria Gretchen Don & Carol Poulin Hugo & Anny Veldhuis Ms. Patricia A. Coleman Jim & Lorraine Griffiths Donna & Gordon Price Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar Ms. Doreen Conlin Ms. Marianne Gruber R. Publow Bill & Brenda Voort Glynis Corkal Ms. Marion Guinn Eric & Erna Pullam Elizabeth M. Wall Mr. Alfred Cornies Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Debbie Hall Bryan & Diana Purdy Jim & Joan Warbeck Mr. James Cory Gertrude Hamilton Mrs. Carol Pyper Jack & Bernice Watts Stephen Crane Ms. Heather Hartry Mrs. Evelyn Ramsay Mrs. Gwen M. Welsh Barrie & Sally Cranston Nora Harvey Juta Rathke Mrs. Evelyn Wener Ms. Judy Crawford Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick Ms. Marjorie Reed J. Whyte Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Crawley Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth J. & B. Croxford

WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 24 WSO performing at the Lyric Theatre, Assiniboine Park

WSO SUPPORTERS

Jane Hayakawa Ms. Sheila Miller Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh Olga Hembroff Mr. Howard Mitchell Henry & Elizabeth Toews Max & Eleanor Herst M. Mohr Mr. Alan Tring Ms. Shirley Hicks Mrs. Joan Ann Morton Ms. Suzanne Ullyot Mrs. Kathy Hildebrand Mr. Robert Nix Ms. Eleanor Urquhart Robyn Hoeppner Miss Jenny Olynyk Mrs. Roseline Usiskin Share the Music is a unique outreach Ms. Catherine Holmes Shirley & Graham Padgett Henri & Jane van Dam initiative of the WSO that allows Mr. Martin Horseman Mrs. Evelyn Pearlman Mr. & Mrs. Gerry S. Varnes economically disadvantaged children Ken Howard Valerie Pearson Sophia Venter and their families to attend WSO Mrs. Carole Hreno Mrs. Denise Penley Denis Vincent performances. Thank you for helping Roberta & Larry Hurtig Louise Penner Jesse Vorst, in Honour of Concert to Share the Music! Jacqueline Iwasienko Ms. Heather Penno Hall Paramedic Volunteers Bob & Vi Jacob Ken & Geri Porath Miss A. H. Wagstaffe Ms. E.R Chochinov Neoma Jantz Mr. David Procner Robin & Joanne Walker Barbara Cook Pat Jarrett Mrs. Glennys Propp Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace EJ Day Mr. Bruno Jessop Ms. Joanne Prygrocki Mrs. Hilda Weber Ms. Brenda Sklar Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac Mrs. Virginia Radcliffe Mr. Glen Angus Webster G.W. & Jean Swift Dr. & Mrs. Arnold & Doreen Kapitz Ms. Pat Repa Ms. Louise Welsh Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Mr. Gordon C. Keatch Beverley Ridd, in Memory of Robert Mr. Warren Whittaker Mr. Brian Kells Turner Ms. Lois A. Whyte Mrs. Shirley Kilburn Mrs. Susan E. Roe-Finlay Ms. Lorraine Willms Mr. Eugene S. Kovach Mr. & Mrs. D Rosenbaum Mrs. Barbara Wolch Mr. & Mrs. Hy Kraitberg Ms. Susan Rosner Terrie Woodward New Music Festival Club donors help Ms. Betty Laing Mrs. V. Rosolowich Phillip S. Young to ensure the artistic excellence of Elizabeth Lansard Rory Runnells 27 Anonymous the WSO’s New Music Festival. Mr. Don Lawrence John & Shirley Russell Thank you! Mr. and Ms. Leblanc Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler Wayne & Helen LeBlanc Kay Schalme Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper Mrs. Ingrid Lee William Scheidt Pat and Mary Jo Carrabre Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle Ms. Velma Schmidt ENDOWMENT Paul & Nel Henteleff Mr. & Mrs. David Levene Mrs. Edna Schneider Marilyn & Helios Hernandez Ms. Hildy Leverton Mrs. Marion Schroeder FUND Richard & Karen Howell Mr. Paul Lindsay Mrs. Marian Schroeder Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones Barry & Patricia Lloyd Viola J. Schultz Leave a legacy by making a donation Koren & Leonard Kaminski Kozub/Halldorson Family Mr. Brian Gordon Lundmark Adolph & Diane Schurek to the WSO’s Endowment Fund. T.G. Kucera Mr. Al Mackling B.J.N. Scott Managed by the Winnipeg Ron Lambert Mr. Allan Mapes Jessie & Laura Shea Foundation since 1959, the fund has grown in value to just over $4.4 M. Mr. Gordon P. Linney Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon & Rita Margolis Mr. & Mrs. Phil & Nancy Shead Gifts to the fund ensure longterm Mr. Frank Martin Darrell Marleau Izzy Shore financial support for the orchestra. Ms. Sheila Miller Mrs. Irene Marriott Mrs. Rita Shreiber Thank you! Mrs. Brenda Morlock Ms. Mary Massey Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler Margaret Moroz Keith R. Mayoh Mrs. Elaine Silverberg Blumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment Lesia Peet Ms. Kimberley McCallum Ms. Barb Simeonidis Fund Mr. Doug Shewfelt Ms. Susan McCarthy In Memory of Henry Crosby Kurt Braun Juris & Aija Svenne Mr. & Ms. Jim & Christina McDermid Mr. Michael Spakowski T & J Carter Karin Woods Ms. Mary-Jane McIntyre Ms. Nata L. Spigelman Mr. Ray Davis Ardythe McMaster Clara Steinberg Mrs. Elfrieda H. Dupuis Sandra McMillan Josephine Stemerowicz Miss Helene Dyck Mr. Lyle W. McNichol William Stewart Dorothy L. Hodgson Mr. Gordon R. Meads Muriel Sutherland Dr. Peter & Jane Markesteyn In Honour of Donn Yuen's Marguerite Szymesko Grant & Janet Saunders Retirement Ewa & Ludwick Tarsia Women's Committee of the Mrs. Jocelyn Millard Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Peter Miller & Carolyn Garlich Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor 2 Anonymous

25 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season The WSO is fortunate in the depth and richness of the talents of its musicians, board members, volunteers, supporting community and administrative staff. - Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director

VOLUNTEER RESOURCES

WOMEN’S COMMITTEE The Women’s Committee works tirelessly throughout the season in support of the WSO. Thank you for your continued dedication!

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS President, Shirley Loewen Vice-President, Sylvia Cassie Past President, Lesia Peet Treasurer, Margaret Harvie Secretary, Evelyn Davidson

MEMBERS Leila Alvare Catherine Flower Violet Kasunic Margaret McElmoyle Pat Sirski Agnes Bailey Gitta Fricke Elinor Kent Maria Michalak June Slobodian Martha Baluta Eleanor Gibson Davette Kent Brenda Morlock Marlene Steele Anna Banera Vera Gorlick Aggie Klassen Margaret Moroz Maria Stolarskyj Rosemarie Beal Ruth Gregg Lynella Kluchnik Maggie Nishimura Ruth Taylor Sandi R. Bloomfield Evelyn Gurvey Adele Kory Aleksandra Osipova Sara Scott Turner Jacqueline Brignall Mrs. Stuart Hanks Eva Lavallee Joan Papushka Diane Ulrich Pauline Burns Nadia Hanuschak Roberta Linnett Maria Paulic Genevieve van Oers Jennie Cardinal Prystupa Isobel Harvie Gail Loewen Lesia Peet Eve Vickar Sylvia Cassie Margaret Harvie Shirley Loewen Helen Peters Doreen Wallace Patricia Chaychuk Gwen Hodgson Janice H. Lutz Brenda Phernambucq Winnifred Warkentin Chrystyna Choptiany Vera Hrycenko Joann MacMorran Marina Plett-Lyle Angela Yang Susan Cooke Linda Hutchings Margaret Mackling Claire Pudavik Hazel Zahradnik Evelyn Davidson Elena Ivanitskaia Joyce Manwaring Susan Richardson Rena Zinkowski Madeleine Dean Hyllerene Jarvis Maarit MacMahon Olga Runnalls Ursula Erhardt Koren Kaminski Helene March Helen Schaetzle

THANKS TO OUR 2011 - 2012 VOLUNTEERS Matthew Abraham Elfrieda Dupuis Heather Howie Diane Nichol Ken Stone Gorden Andrus Carol Ferguson Diane Husiak John Pennington Menorah Waldman Sharon Berkowitz Michael Forzley Elizabeth Hunt Janine Pennington Emily Walker Jane Bullied Cheryl Franz Le Beau Jakobson Bettina Pfeiffer Brian Webber Paul Burbank Jennifer Gillis Judy Jennings Ingrid Pfeiffer Eleen Webber Kathy Buschausen Ray Gislason Mustapha Kichan Jessica Piper Penny Webber Archie Campbell Barbara Gislason Roxolana Kurjewicz Sandra Plosker Tannis Webster Susan Campbell Carole Grier Betty Laing Sheila Rainonen Weidong Wen Gwen Cave Meghan Hansen Eva Lavallee David Roberts Anthony van Yprenburg Helle Cosby Dianne Harley Joan MacKenzie Elena Roberts Joanne van Yprenburg Shanyce Crighton Annette Hay Jim MacKenzie Pola Ruiz Diane Zack Debbie Curtis Randall Hay Mardi MacNeil Daria Schur Irene Zurawsky Karen Depape Chris Hay Linda Marks Jenna Seidel Erica Dilka Wirlana Holowka Vicky Marks Lea Stogdale

WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season I 26 WSO Brass players enjoy the Barge Festival

GOVERNANCE The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is a chartered chartered non-profit organization governered by a voluntary board of directors. OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS His Honor the Honourable Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M. His Worship Sam Katz Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Mayor of the City of Winnipeg The Honourable Greg Selinger Mr. W. H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen Premier of Manitoba WSO Directors Emeritus

BOARD OF DIRECTORS STANDING COMMITTEES AD HOC COMMITTEES Dorothy Dobbie, President & Chairperson FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE GARDEN GALA COMMITTEE Timothy E. Burt, Vice-President Greg Doyle, Chairperson Arlene Dahl, Co-Chairperson Greg Doyle, Treasurer Timothy E. Burt Patricia Chaychuk, Co-Chairperson Muriel Smith, Corporate Secretary Muriel Smith Dorothy Dobbie Dr. Brendan MacDougall, Past President Lesia Peet Ewa Tarsia Marilyn Billinkoff Richard Turner Joan Cohen Brenlee Carrington Trepel Dorothy Dobbie, Ex Officio Leonie Stranc Michael Cox Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio Lillian Prud'Homme Arlene Dahl Tanis Minish Dr. Daya Gupta DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Ryan Diduck Elba Haid Jackie Lowe, Chairperson Sarah Lund Gregory Hay Joanne Gudmundson Trudy Schroeder Maureen Kilgour Dorothy Dobbie, Ex Officio Jackie Lowe Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio ENDOWMENT FUND Ed Martens DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Lesia Peet GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING Elba Haid, Co-Chairperson Dr. William Pope COMMITTEE Greg Doyle, Co-Chairperson Terry Sargeant Muriel Smith, Co-Chairperson Brenlee Carrington Trepel William Shead Richard Turner, Co-Chairperson Dorothy Dobbie, Ex Officio Karl Stobbe Dr. William Pope Richard Turner William Shead Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio Terry Sargeant Alexander Mickelthwate, Ex Officio Maureen Kilgour Dorothy Dobbie, Ex Officio EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio Dorothy Dobbie, Chairperson Alexander Mickelthwate, Ex Officio Timothy E. Burt Greg Doyle Jackie Lowe Brendan MacDougall Muriel Smith Richard Turner Photo: Brooke Irish Trudy Schroeder, Ex Officio Alexander Mickelthwate, Ex Officio Dawn Upshaw 27 I WSO Annual Report – 2011-2012 Season We recognize the importance of those who have served the WSO and we now have a President’s Advisory Council filled with board members of the past. We also recognize community and music leaders at our annual Spring gala. - Dorothy Dobbie, President & Chair

WSO GOLDEN BATON RECIPIENTS Year Recipient(s)

2012 Carol Bellringer, Provincial Auditor Tracy Dahl, soprano and former WSO Board Chair

2011 James Ehnes, violinist 2010 Irmgard & William Baerg 1999 Manitoba Telecom Services, accepted by Tom Stefanson 1998 William H. Loewen 1997 Canada Council for the Arts, accepted by Donna Scott, Chair 1996 The Winnipeg Foundation, accepted by William Parrish, President 1995 Investors Group, accepted by Sanford Riley, President & CEO 1994 Great-West Life, accepted by Raymond McFeeters, President & CEO 1993 du Maurier Arts Ltd., accepted by Don Brown, President & CEO, Imperial Tobacco Ltd. 1992 James Richardson & Sons, accepted by George T. Richardson, President & CEO 1991 Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, accepted by Charles Bronfman, President & CEO 1990 Harold Buchwald, Q.C.

This annual award was established in 1990 to recognize an individual or corporation that has supported the WSO through a substantial personal or financial commitment.

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien 1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz 1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair 1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C. 1953-55 Mr. Digby Wheeler 1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C. 1955-57 Mr. W. D. Hurst 1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé 1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson 1988-90 Mr. William H. Loewen 1958-61 Mr. E. W. H. Brown 1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr 1961-62 Mr. David Slater 1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg 1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin 1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander 1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes 1965-67 Mr. R. W. Richards 1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles 1967-69 Mr. W. R. Palmer 1998-99 Mr. William Norrie Feb 1999 – May 1999 Mr. William Loewen 1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith 1999 – 2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack 1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce 2000 – Feb 2003 Mr. Roger King 1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith Mar 2003 – Dec 2003 Ms. Patti Sullivan 1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt 2003 – 2005 Mr. Wally Fox-Decent 1976-78 Mr. Julian D. T. Benson 2005 – 2006 Ms. Carol Bellringer 1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth Jul 2006 – Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President) 1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon 2006 – 2007 Mr. Brendan MacDougall 1980-81 Mr. John F. Fraser 2007 – 2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie 1981-82 Mr. William W. Draper Jul 2012 – present Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA

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PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

Al Alexandruk Wally Fox-Decent Zina Lazareck John Rademaker Mal Anderson John Fraser Gail Leach Kathleen Richardson Carol Bellringer Helen Hayles Dr. Hermann Lee George & Tannis Richardson Doneta Brotchie Kaaren Hawkins Naomi Levine Ed Richmond John and Bonnie Buhler Sherrill Hershberg Bill Loewen Lorne Sharfe Edmund Dawe Ian Kay Don MacKenzie Graeme Sifton Julia De Fehr Michael D. Kay Bill Marr Joanne Sigurdson Susan Feldman Roger King Michael Nozick Bonnie Staples-Lyon Jamie Dolynchuk Bill Knight Andrew Ogaranko Dennis Wallace Barbara Filuk Michel Lagacé Harvey Pollock

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STAFF

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE OFFICE ARTISTIC Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Richard Lee, Resident Conductor FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Chelse McKee, Accounting & Volunteer Assistant Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate DEVELOPMENT Laura Daniel, Operations Manager Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager Carol Cassels, Development Manager Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Sarah Lund, Development Coordinator Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian Gail Loewen, Manager of Strategic Advancement Projects Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES EDUCATION & OUTREACH Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach Jason Hayes, Patron Services Coordinator Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator Patron Services Representatives (p/t): Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator Matthew Brooks Crystal Schwartz Rachel Himelblau Heather Thornton MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Theresa Huscroft Melissa Ungrin Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications Clare Neil Stephanie Van Nest Cheryl Waldner, Communications Coordinator Shaun Thompson, Graphic Designer

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MUSIC DIRECTOR CELLOS TRUMPETS Alexander Mickelthwate Yuri Hooker, Principal Brian Sykora, Principal **Desiree Abbey, Assistant Principal Paul Jeffrey RESIDENT CONDUCTOR Alex Adaman Isaac Pulford Richard Lee Margaret Askeland The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair Arlene Dahl COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE Carolyn Nagelberg TROMBONES Vincent Ho Emma Quackenbush Steven Dyer, Principal John Helmer FIRST VIOLINS BASSES Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster Meredith Johnson, Principal BASS TROMBONE The S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Memorial Theodore Chan, Assistant Principal Julia McIntyre, Principal Chair, endowed by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation Paul Nagelberg Bruce Okrainec TUBA Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster Chris Lee, Principal Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster Zdzislaw Prochownik Patrick Staples Chris Anstey TIMPANI Raymond Chrunyk Jeremy Epp, Principal Mona Coarda FLUTES Jan Kocman, Principal Hong Tian Jia PERCUSSION *Trevor Kirczenow Martha Durkin Frederick Liessens, Principal Simon MacDonald PICCOLO **Meredith McCallum HARP Martha Durkin Rachel Moody Richard Turner, Principal Julie Savard Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen Jun Shao OBOES Bede Hanley, Principal SECOND VIOLINS Robin MacMillan Darryl Strain, Principal ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal ENGLISH HORN Chris Lee Karen Bauch Robin MacMillan **Tomomi Brennan PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Rodica Filipoi CLARINETS Raymond Chrunyk *Barbara Gilroy Micah Heilbrunn, Principal Boyd MacKenzie Richard Klassen ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Susan McCallum Laura MacDougall † Jane Radomski BASSOONS Claudine St. Arnauld Alexandra Eastley, Principal Phoebe Tsang James Ewen Fred Redekop is the official Piano Tuner and Technician of the WSO VIOLAS CONTRABASSOON James Ewen Daniel Scholz, Principal *On Leave Anne Elise Lavallée, HORNS **Temporary Position Assistant Principal † Dual Section Position Laszlo Baroczi Patricia Evans, Principal Richard Bauch Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are Greg Hay James Robertson listed alphabetically and are seated according to Suzanne McKegney The Hilda Schelberger Memorial Chair a rotational system. Merrily Peters Caroline Oberheu Mike Scholz Michiko Singh

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Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director 1020-555 Main Street Richard Lee, Resident Conductor Winnipeg, Manitoba Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence R3B 1C3

WSO Season SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 2 AMERICAN MASTERS at-a-Glance Friday, December 2 I 10:30 am Friday, February 17 I 8:00 pm Saturday, February 18 I 8:00 pm SEASON OPENER! MATHIEU & SIBELIUS ˇ Friday, December 2 I 8:00 pm DVORˇÁK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY RACHMANINOV & DVORÁK ® Friday, September 23 I 8:00 pm Saturday, December 3 I 8:00 pm Beyond the Score Saturday, February 25 I 8:00 pm Saturday, September 24 I 8:00 pm A JUDY GARLAND CHRISTMAS: LIVE AND LET DIE: SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME SCHUMANN: SYMPHONY NO. 1 A SYMPHONIC TRIBUTE TO Friday, December 9 I 8:00 pm Friday, March 2 I 10:30 am Saturday, December 10 I 8:00 pm THE MUSIC OF PAUL McCARTNEY PARKER PLAYS BRAHMS 2 Friday, September 30 I 8:00 pm Sunday, December 11 I 2:00 pm Friday, March 2 I 8:00 pm Saturday, October 1 I 8:00 pm MESSIAH Saturday, March 3 I 8:00 pm Sunday, October 2 I 2:00 pm Saturday, December 17 I 8:00 pm SILVESTRE REVUELTAS: SYMPHONIC SORCERY: LA NOCHE DE LOS MAYAS MOZART: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER Thursday, October 13 I 10:30 am IN E-FLAT MAJOR Sunday, March 4 I 2:00 pm Friday, January 13 I 10:30 am A NIGHT OF SONG & DANCE BROADWAY ROCKS Thursday, October 13 I 8:00 pm MOZART & SCHUBERT Friday, March 16 I 8:00 pm Friday, October 14 I 8:00 pm Friday, January 13 I 8:00 pm Saturday, March 17 I 8:00 pm Saturday, January 14 I 8:00 pm Sunday, March 18 I 2:00 pm ALL SHOSTAKOVICH Friday, October 28 I 8:00 pm BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS DAWN UPSHAW Saturday, October 29 I 8:00 pm Sunday, January 15 I 2:00 pm Friday, March 23 I 8:00 pm Saturday, March 24 I 8:00 pm THE PHANTOM OF THE MUSIC HALL HOT! HOT! HOT! Sunday, October 30 I 2:00 pm A NIGHT AT THE COPA BRAHMS REQUIEM Friday, January 20 I 8:00 pm Saturday, April 7 I 8:00 pm SEND IN THE CLOWNS: THE MUSIC OF Saturday, January 21 I 8:00 pm STEPHEN SONDHEIM STARRING LEN CARIOU Sunday, January 22 I 2:00 pm THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER Friday, November 4 I 8:00 pm Friday, April 13 I 8:00 pm Saturday, November 5 I 8:00 pm SAARIAHO & KANCHELI Saturday, April 14 I 8:00 pm Sunday, November 6 I 2:00 pm Saturday, January 28 I 8:00 pm Sunday, April 15 I 2:00 pm BEETHOVEN 5 SVEINSSON & JÓHANNSSON: BUSTER KEATON’S THE GENERAL Friday, November 11 I 8:00 pm WORLD PREMIERE Saturday, April 28 I 8:00 pm Saturday, November 12 I 8:00 pm Friday, February 3 I 8:00 pm CIRCUS TERRIFICO ROCK OWES THE CLASSICS! FOR MICHAEL - THE MUSIC Sunday, April 29 I 2:00 pm Saturday, November 26 I 8:00 pm OF MICHAEL JACKSON Friday, February 10 I 8:00 pm MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2 THE SNOWMAN Saturday, February 11 I 8:00 pm Friday, May 4 I 8:00 pm Sunday, November 27 I 2:00 pm Sunday, February 12 I 2:00 pm Saturday, May 5 I 8:00 pm

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