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THE MAGAZINE OF THE TOLEDO SYMPHONY VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 may & june 2021

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6 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM CMR190597 FROM THE board CHAIr

Spring is here and brings with it new opportunity, excitement, and energy to our community! As board chair of the Toledo Alliance for Performing Arts (TAPA), I am proud to share that TAPA continues to respond with a strong, diverse, and talented performing arts team who continues to provide high-quality music and dance experiences for our community. We are so blessed by a community who continues to support our efforts— thank you! The TAPA team has demonstrated dedication and tenacity to overcome challenges. They continued to perform throughout the pandemic with ever-changing conditions. Fortunately, our organization is right-sized to remain resilient during difficult moments like we experienced this past year. If we were smaller, we might have been limited with human and financial resources, yet if we were larger, it might have been more difficult to be nimble and responsive. “The future is bright and filled with I am so proud that the TAPA team was able to continue the 80-year tradition of performing The Nutcracker and received na- opportunity for tional attention. We were hopeful to perform with a limited ” live audience, but on short notice, realized we needed to pivot to stage and record the performance for a completely virtual growth. audience. It was truly amazing! With this new season, we welcome new opportunities and are eager to re-dedicate ourselves to providing the finest performing arts in the region. Serving the community in meaningful ways by creating programming that meets members where they are is also critical. The future is bright and filled with opportunity for growth! Thank you for your endless support and confidence in our ability to provide performances that are sources of entertainment, enrichment, and expression. We look forward to welcoming more people to our performances and reconnecting in person soon! Sincerely,

Pat Bowe Board Chair

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8 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM Program Book 8 | may & june 2021

PerformanceS 21 May 5 Special Event Young Artist Competition Winners Concert

25 May 9 Buckeye Broadband & The Blade Chamber Series Beethoven’s Razumovsky

29 May 21 & 22 ProMedica Masterworks Series Nakamatsu Plays Chopin

35 May 27 & 28 KeyBank Pops Series Patriotic Pops The TSO musicians take your breath away with moments of musical beauty. Would you like to return the favor? 37 june 4 & 5 ProMedica Masterworks Series Show the orchestra your appreciation and make a gift Beethoven’s Pastoral TODAY to the Toledo Symphony’s Annual Fund.

THREE EASY WAYS TO GIVE General Information 11 Orchestra Personnel & Trustees BY MAIL—PO Box 407 | Toledo, OH 43697 BY PHONE—419.418.0028 15 Corporate Sponsors & Partners

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TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 9 Support the Toledo Symphony Annual Fund TAX-FREE directly from your IRA BOX office: 419.246.8000 toledosymphony.com Like us on Listen The magazine of the Toledo Symphony Volume 4, Issue 8 | may & june 2021 PUBLISHER: Zak Vassar Editor: Allie Dresser Design Director: Tamie Spears SPONSOR RELATIONS: Mari Davies WITH GRATITUDE PAGES: Brett Loney PROGRAM ANNOTATOR: Kalindi Stone 1 If you are 70 /2 or older, you may make a charitable gift PROGRAM AD SALES: Allie Dresser directly from your Traditional or Roth IRA. Your donation will count towards your required minimum distribution, For sponsorships, call Mari Davies at 419.418.0055. allowing you to lower your tax liability while supporting For advertising space, call Allie Dresser at 419.418.0027. your favorite charity! Your plan administrator can send a The Toledo Symphony program books are produced by the Symphony’s specified dollar amount by check or electronic transfer marketing department for distribution free of charge. directly to the TSO. Consult your financial advisor or tax The Toledo Symphony is located at: professional to see how you can best optimize this 1838 Parkwood Ave., Toledo, OH 43604 opportunity to support great music in Toledo. Mailing Address: Use a tax-free gift from your Traditional P.O. Box 407, Toledo, OH 43697-0407 or Roth IRA to INCREASE YOUR IMPACT. We welcome your comments at our mailing address. For additional information please contact Brett The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) dba Toledo Symphony is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Loney, Director of Development at 419.418.0056 or ProMedica Masterworks Series accommodations are provided by [email protected]. the Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel. White Knight Limousine is the exclusive ground transportation provider of the Toledo Symphony.

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10 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM ADMINISTRATION the TOLEDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees alain trudel, MUSIC DIRECTOR Officers Joel Jerger Stephen D. Taylor Patrick Bowe*, Board Chair Richard A. Karcher* Michael H. Thaman First Violin contrabass Trombone Steven M. Cavanaugh*, Vice Chair Robert A. Koenig David Tighe Kirk Toth, Concertmaster * Jack Henning * Garth Simmons * Pam Hershberger*, Past Chair Harley Kripke Louis E. Tosi Lenore & Marvin Kobacker Bill McDevitt + ** Edward H. Schmidt Chair Elaine Canning*, Treasurer David Mack Alain Trudel Chair Aaron Keaster John Gruber † Frank Jacobs*, Secretary William B. Mathis Marlene Uhler* Téa Prokes ** Richard Alleshouse *, Zak Vassar* Lisa Mayer-Lang Julie Waidelich-Roberts associate Concertmaster Principal Bass Emeritus Tuba C. Allen McConnell Traci Watkins, MD Catharine Z. Melhorn Chair Trustees Derek Weller David Saltzman * William R. McDonnell Dave White, Jr. James Adams Patricia Budner Jean Posekany † Joseph D. Napoli Lance Woodworth DeAnn Gorun Baker Jillienne Bowers Timothy Somers † Timpani Jonathan Orser* Debra Ball BOARD FELLOWS Vasile Chintoan Sally Rochotte * Marna Ramnath* Shelley Bridarolli Samuel Adler, Ph.D. Laura Longman Christina Ramsey Flute Jameel Burkett Stephanie Alexander Gyusun Han Percussion John Reynolds Joel Tse * John H. Burson Dr. Tom Brady Charles Roth Jordan Wirth + * Bennett Romanoff, MD Betty & Robert J. Stephanie Cole, MD* William F. Buckley Tom Sieberg Ronald Rybarczyk Lanigan Chair Pilkington Chair Jenny Coluccio Eric S. Fankhauser Carolyn Savage* Roger Jamini Amy Heritage Keith McWatters Susan L. Conda Kenneth E. Hileman Robert P. Schlatter Maria Bessmeltseva † Joanna Goldstein † Jonathan Smith † Jennifer Coy Justice G. Johnson, Jr. Joseph Sferra Sophie Tang † Debbie Sauder David George M. Jones, III Mo Sheahan Virgil Lupu † Piccolo Harp Kathleen Davis Darryl R. Lippman Saga Shoffner* Chris Will † Joanna Goldstein † Nancy Lendrim * Jeanne DeWitt* Ronald A. McMaster Rebecca E. Shope Lois Nitschke Chair Michael Ellison, Ph.D.* Randy Oostra Sara Ann Smith Second Violin Oboe Melissa Freeman* Mark Pietrykowski Bethanne Snodgrass, MD Merwin Siu * Kimberly Loch * Keyboard Ashley A. Futrell* Mark E. Ridenour Sharon S. Speyer* Charlene D. Gilbert Stephen H. Staelin David W. Robinson Chair Owens Corning Chair Valrie Kantorski † Charles Stocking* John Gonia Heewon Uhm ** Michele Tosser Smith Jonathan F. Orser Chair Desmond Strooh * Member, Executive Committee Judy Gorun Cheryl A. Trace Kristin Reynolds † Olivia K. Summons Anneliese M. Grytafey Pamela Stuckey saxophone John S. Szuch Kimberly Howard* Ran Cheng Clarinet Shannon Ford † Diana Dyer Anderson Georg Klaas * THE Toledo Symphony League LEADERSHIP David Dyer Clement O. Miniger Electric Bass Foundation Chair Marlene Uhler, Linda Olrich, Beth Williams, Alice Neff Petersen Richard Alleshouse * Jocelyn Langworthy President assistant Treasurer Vice President of Diane Kent Kathy Scheer, JoAnn Phipps, Scholarships, Awards Randy Workman Kevin Schempf † Recorder Past President recording Secretary and Grants Ashley Dyer † David Dyer Susan Lang, Beth Bowman, Shelli Jacobs, Dana Mader † E-flat Clarinet Treasurer Vice President Vice President of Jocelyn Langworthy * Principal of Membership Symphony Activities Viola ** Associate Principal Valentin Ragusitu * Bass Clarinet + Acting Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts Administrative Staff and Advisors Blade Foundation Chair Kevin Schempf † † Supplemental Full Time John Juan, Tim Zeithamel** *** On Leave Part Time Bassoon Zak Vassar, Stage Manager Patricia Budner*, Reed Anderson Casey Gsell * Steinway piano tuning and President & CEO Tim Lake, assistant to the Orchestra Mihaela Ragusitu Joan Weiler ** technical services provided Alain Trudel, Production Manager Manager Philip Stoll Nora Schankin by Craig’s Keyboards. Craig TSO Music Director Michael Lang, Betsy Cranston, David Ford Whitaker is the official piano Lisa Mayer-Lang, Toledo resident Choreographer TSYO Conductor Esther Nahm † ContraBassoon technician for the Toledo Ballet Artistic Director Brett Loney, Director of Richard Gardiner, Veronica Vassileva † Robert Bell, Development Nora Schankin * Symphony. assistant Librarian Kalindi Stone † President Emeritus Keith McWatters*, Wasim Hawary, Raymond Clark, Orchestra Manager TSYO Artistic Director Horn Cello Librarian Ron Papke, & Conductor Megan Amos Martha Reikow * Mari Davies, Director of Individual Giving Chad Hutchinson, Emily Dietz Director of Institutional Giving Carly Rockenhauser, France Stone Foundation TSYO Conductor Chair Alan Taplin Randi Dier, Box Office Associate Aaron Keaster*, Amy Chang** Tamara Kosinski † Vice President, Finance Rachel Schultz, assistant Librarian Damon Coleman Lorenzo Robb † Allie Dresser, Director of Education & Kelly Hill Kretzer, Ensemble Robert Clemens Marketing & Program Ad Community Engagement Sales Associate Trumpet Sales Manager Merwin Siu*, Elizabeth Rice Sonsoles Llodrá, Lauraine Carpenter * Lauren Drzewicki, Artist Liaison artistic Administrator School of Music Coordinator Kellen Degnan Matthew Schiebold Chrysler Corporation Vanessa Gardner, Erin Steel, Anthony Piercefield, Fund Chair Director of Marketing & Gift & Stewardship administrative Assistant Katherine Cosgrove Communications Coordinator Kathleen Schnerer, Thaddeus Archer ** Judith Gonia, Kalindi Stone, TSYO Conductor Ric Wolkins † Operations Director Box Office Manager & Joan Weiler*, Benjamin Thauland † James M. 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12 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM FROM THE president & CEO

The coronavirus pandemic has provided its share of challenges. The Toledo Symphony is among the few, bold organizations that continued performing through this global crisis. From socially distancing the orchestra and selecting repertoire to performing with masks and exiting the stage, everything has been different this year. But, as we’ve confronted these and other challenges, we have learned so much as an organization. Despite the creativity expressed on our stage, our industry as whole is remarkably inflexible. It’s not unusual to plan performances 18-24 months in advance. We are notoriously slow to innovate or evolve. Our universal maxim, “The Show Must Go On!” is telltale of a stubborn work ethic, fixated upon finishing what we start. It took a pandemic to teach us how to do things differently. Through this past year, our musicians, teachers, and staff have successful pilot phase, we see this as a product that we could reconsidered, adapted, and embraced change. We locked arms send to schools in other regions or even other states. in pursuit of creative solutions. We innovated and shortened Our team is forever changed. Through this pandemic, we’ve timelines. We played on. learned to rely upon one another in incredible ways. We’ve We launched TAPA Streaming, our state-of-the-art streaming generated trust across the organization—that paychecks can platform, last September. A project like this would normally be counted upon, that we can work together to heal our com- dominate our focus for the better part of a year. But, as they say, munity, and that we keep our promises. With this trust comes “necessity is the mother of invention.” We put heads together, strength, resilience, and a reaffirmation of the very soul of the made a plan, and were online in just a few months. Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts. Along the way, we learned to incorporate digital technology Yes, the show must go on, but that’s not to say we’re inflexible. and virtual content across the organization. A simple example: We still finish what we start, but we might change it a bit along pre-concert lectures, long fixtures of in-person audiences, went the way. Recompose it. Make it better. And through this process, online. Why not give people more time—rather than less—to the art form becomes stronger, we become more committed to engage in the artistic experience and learn a bit about music his- our cause and community, and we all rise up together. tory? This prompted a fascinating question: “What else can we Thank you for giving us the privilege to perform for you this do with a bunch of HD cameras?” season. Let music bring us together again. One of our favorite innovations is called TAPA Classroom. It’s an online platform that brings music and dance education into area schools. Since so many classrooms were virtual this year, it only made sense to begin generating fun, user-friendly video content for educators to add into their curricula. As we expand from our Zak Vassar President & CEO

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16 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM FROM THE music director

Spring, with all its promise and hope, has finally arrived, and we are already entering the last part of what has been a most unique season. It is because of your love for music and our orchestra, combined with our commitment to serving you, our community, that we have made it to this point. We have been amongst the very few arts organizations to continue our quest for excellence in a year that has halted so many. The arts, especially music and dance, is how we can bring peace, solace, and a much-needed sense of normality to our community and beyond. As our season draws to a close, we have been dreaming up some uniquely pertinent programs, where the familiar meets the unexpected, to offer you a memorable human experience. From the music inspired by Shakespeare to a wonderful collaboration with our friends at the Toledo Museum of Art in a program featuring the amazing Lara St. John performing John “The arts, especially Corigliano’s Red Violin Suite, we encourage you to join us, however you feel safe to do so. Our concerts will also include music and dance, the great artists from the Toledo Ballet featuring new is how we can bring peace, solace, and a much-needed choreography by Resident Choreographer Michael Lang, and we end the season with Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. sense of normality to our community and beyond.” As some of you may know, the border rules between the US and Canada have not changed. Nevertheless, I will be back for a special program featuring one our favorite artists, Jon Nakamatsu, performing Chopin’s First Piano Concerto and We cannot thank you enough for your continued support and I Principal Flute, Joel Tse, in Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2. At look forward to seeing all of you again soon. this performance, we will announce the recipient of our Toledo Symphony Outstanding Music Educator Award. Now, more Bien à vous, than ever, it is important to recognize the incredible work that our music educators are doing to support their students in and out of the classroom. Their dedication to instilling the love of music into young learners is what makes what we do here at Alain Trudel the Toledo Symphony possible. Music Director

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20 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM Special – e v e n t – Young Artist Competition Winners Concert Wednesday, may 5, 2021, 7 PM | Peristyle Theater

Sergei Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9 21’ Moderato – Allegro vivace

Lauren Jin, piano Gyusun Han, violin Elizabeth Rice, cello

Anton Arensky String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35* 11’ Moderato

Sam Kim, cello Jillienne Bowers, violin Reed Anderson, viola Amy Chang, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285 16’ allegro adagio rondeau

Caroline Hannah, flute Cheryl Trace, violin Tim Zeithamel, viola Elizabeth Rice, cello

Leoš Janáček Mládí (Youth) 19’ allegro andante sostenuto Vivace allegro animato

Amy Heritage, flute Michele Tosser Smith, oboe Jocelyn Langworthy, clarinet Georg Klaas, bass clarinet Casey Gsell, bassoon Megan Amos, horn

*This performance is a Toledo Symphony premiere.

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 21 caroline hannah, flute lauren jin, piano Caroline Hannah, 17, is currently a Junior at A pianist of nine years, Lauren Jin studies under the Perrysburg High School. She has been playing the instruction of Mr. Kevin Reilly. She is a multiple-time flute for 7 years, and has been studying with her recipient of the Monday Musicale scholarship and has teacher, Alec Porter, for 4 years. Prior to his transfer performed at numerous recitals for the Ohio Music to the University of Wisconsin, Caroline also had the Teachers Association (OMEA). privilege of studying with Dr. Conor Nelson at BGSU. Aside from competitions, she is an accompanist for She is the principal flute of the Toledo Symphony her school, International Academy East, during Youth Orchestra’s Philharmonic Orchestra, the PHS orchestra and chorale performances. She also Wind Ensemble, and the PHS Symphony Orchestra. accompanies frequently for peers and students from Caroline has been a member of many honors ensem- her school district. During summers, Lauren performs bles throughout her career, including Northwest Ohio Regional Orches- at nursing homes with her sister and friends. In November of last year, tra 2020, and honor bands at both OSU and BGSU. She also performed she began a project of recording new music CDs for the seniors during with the Ohio All-State Band in 2020. For every single performance the COVID-19 pandemic. at ‘Solo and Ensemble’, including flute solos and small ensembles, she Apart from piano, Lauren is also a devoted violinist, studying under received all superior ratings. In 2019, she competed in COFA’s Flute Dr. Vasile Beluska. She served as the concertmaster during middle Competition in the Junior Division, where she placed third. Outside of school and at the 2019 District 1 Ohio Music Teachers Association music, she is a varsity athlete in both Swimming and Track and Field, Honors Festival. She also participated in the Toledo Symphony Youth and marches with the PHS Marching Band. In college, she plans to study Orchestra for three years before moving to Michigan. She is a first vio- Horticulture. linist in her school’s Symphony Orchestra and performed as When she’s not in school or practicing flute, she can be found in her concertmaster for the Oakland Youth Orchestras’ Philharmonic greenhouse or in the garden. Orchestra. This year, she served as principal second violinist in the Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has received scholarships from the TSYO and OYO in supporting her musical career. She would like to dedicate this piece and performance to her grandfathers.

22 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM samuel kim, cello Samuel Kim, a senior at Sylvania Northview High School, has been playing cello since the 4th grade, so this year marks his ninth year playing. He currently Celebrating the studies with TSO Cellist Amy Chang and studied with arts and the joy Yang Kun Song in the past. they bring to life Samuel has played with the Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestra for five years, both in the Symphonic and every day. Philharmonic levels. He has won the Concerto Competition hosted by the Youth Orchestras and the Remembrance Fund Scholarships from the Toledo Symphony League. At school, Samuel has been the principal cellist in the Northview Orchestra for the last four years. He regularly performs at OMEA Solo and Ensemble in ensembles and as a soloist. He earned the Principal seat at the OMEA Regional Orchestra and Associate Principal at the All-State level two years in a row. Samuel states, “The pandemic has truly made me realize how blessed I am to have the privilege to play music. Along with the fact that I am a senior and every audition becoming my last chance, I played with all my heart, hoping that I can make the most of all the opportunities I had left. I am so thankful to have been chosen among the other talented musicians to be a Toledo Symphony League Young Artist Competition Winner.” Outside of music, Samuel loves to spend time with friends and family. He also loves fitness and nutrition and always goes to the gym after practice sessions. Being always curious, he loves to learn, especially in the field of nutrition.A s a senior, Samuel’s plans are to major in the Health Sciences at an undecided university. We’re proud supporters of the arts, and big fans of the people behind them. Thank you, Toledo Symphony, for helping to make Toledo a beautiful place.

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24 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM chamber – s e r i e s – Beethoven’s Razumovsky Sunday, may 9, 2021, 7 PM | Peristyle Theater

Mark Sforzini Sextet for Piano and Winds 24’ adagio andante mosso allegro; Ländler moderato; Allegro

Joel Tse, flute Kimberly Bryden Loch, oboe Georg Klaas, clarinet Casey Gsell, bassoon Megan Amos, horn Valrie Kantorski, piano

Lee Heritage Some Other Place* 6’

Amy Heritage, flute Joel Tse, flute Claire Cho, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 40’ allegro allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando adagio molto e mesto – “Thème Russe”: Allegro

The third and fourth movements of this quartet are played “attacca,” without pause.

Kirk Toth, violin Merwin Siu, violin Valentin Ragusitu, viola Martha Reikow, cello

*This performance is a Toledo Symphony premiere.

Sforzini’s Sextext for Piano and Woodwind Quintet was commissioned in memory of Gladys M. Preis by her daughters, Marilyn Preis Hoyt and Nancy J. Preis.

Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet *In a press release from the University of Toledo in 2015, Ed Lingan Mark Sforzini (b. 1969) commented, “The dance and text [have] been carefully arranged to allow audience members to maintain a comfortable level of objective Mark Sforzini’s lovely wind sextet was commissioned by Nancy J. Preis distance from the horrific details of sex trafficking brutality and to and Marilyn Preis Hoyt in memory of their mother, Gladys Marie Preis, become aware of how trafficking systems work.… If this production who volunteered for various arts organizations in the St. Petersburg, helps more people recognize the reality of the problem of trafficking Florida, area and who passed away in 2007. It was premiered in January and motivates some of them to do something about it, then this … will 2008 at St. Petersburg College, with the bassoon part performed by have been a success.” the composer. The Sextet has enjoyed subsequent performances at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC, on the Toledo Symphony chamber series, and at the Chautauqua Institute. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 “Razumovsky” The Sextet has three movements. Annotator Mel Harsh describes the Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) work: “Sforzini starts the Sextet with a dreamy Adagio movement Ludwig van Beethoven began composing his three “Razumovsky” [marked, Andante Mosso] rather than the traditional … Allegro, and it string quartets, Opus 59, in 1806, about six years after completing effectively lays the groundwork for the dramatic music to come. There his Opus 18 quartets. The two sets are markedly different from each is an especially attractive … theme just before the end of the second other, the earlier sitting squarely in Beethoven’s “early” period, and movement [Allegro; Ländler moderato]. the “Razumovksy” set part of his “middle” period. Annotator Kai Christiansen writes, “Without intending any injustice to Op. 18 [with its more classical aesthetic], moving to Op. 59 is like Dorothy … of black- some other place and-white Kansas crashing down into the colorful Land of Oz.” Lee Heritage At this time in his career, having already composed his third and fourth Program notes provided by the composer. piano concertos, third and fourth symphonies, and some of his most Some Other Place was written as part of the thirty-minute dance/ popular piano sonatas, Beethoven was at the forefront of the Viennese docudrama Masks, which was performed by the Glacity Theatre music scene. He therefore decided to compose again for the string Collective at the University of Toledo in 2015. My colleague at the Univer- quartet, which he considered the most pure and challenging form. sity of Toledo, Ed Lingan, was the show’s creator, writer, and director. While the medium of a string quartet was often used as nothing Toledo Ballet instructor Ann Heckler was the show’s choreographer. more than background music, annotator Dennis Bade comments that Masks tells the stories of survivors of human trafficking, and each the works of Haydn and Mozart (and now Beethoven) elevated it to movement portrays different aspects of the lives and experiences of “a vessel for the noble and exalted expression of profound musical young people who were trapped in this situation. Some Other Place ideas.” Bade also points out that this genre was very well suited for seeks to express their longing for a different life. commissions by Beethoven’s wealthy patrons for performance in their homes. Each movement of the show was written for some combination of flutes and/or classical guitars. Originally scored for two flutes and two Though Beethoven’s quartets certainly built on works by Mozart and guitars, Some Other Place has been adapted for two flutes and piano. Haydn, as well as his own earlier works, the Opus 59 set are a different breed entirely. Christiansen explains: “They are longer, more technically About six minutes in length, it is a lyrical piece that moves with a challenging, dramatically and psychologically more intense, and they sense of restlessness through contrasting moods of sadness, longing, mark … the elevation of quartet performance culture to its first plateau and hope. I hope it reflects in some way the remarkable resilience and of daunting professionalism.” In a letter to his publisher, Beethoven spirit of the women I met as part of this project who were themselves wrote, “I am thinking of devoting myself almost entirely to this type of survivors of human trafficking.* composition.”

26 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM In 1806, Count Andreas Razumovsky, one of Beethoven’s most Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times writes of the “Razumovsky” loyal patrons, was the Russian ambassador to Vienna. The count quartets, “Here is the towering Beethoven, the composer as commissioned the Opus 59 quartets, and did Beethoven a great service revolutionary, striding across the pages of these scores – brash, by hiring excellent musicians to perform them well. Bade notes, “Just as adventurous, and ingenious.” newly designed piano mechanisms permitted the composer to expand “The final movement Allegro[ ] is built on the note ‘G’ for Gladys. The his use of the keyboard, the access to these superb players encouraged patterns woven around the note are a witty tour de force.” Beethoven to make ever greater demands in his quartet writing.” Previous Performances: Beethoven completed this first of the three quartets in 1808, and it was published the same year. It is the most spacious of the three, and has Mark Sforzini – Sextet for Piano and Winds: 2009 four movements. The opening Allegro begins with a friendly melody in Lee Heritage – Some Other Place: TSO Premiere the cello and then the first violin, supported by pulsing accompaniment from the inner voices. It soon features virtuosic motives for each Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1: member of the quartet. 2001 The second movement is not the expected slow movement but is instead marked Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando, or “light, lively, and always playful.” It has glimpses of fierceness at times, but is nevertheless gracious and lilting. Violinist Timothy Judd describes it as humorous, with “the musical lines playfully [chasing] and [colliding] with one another, [imitating] … and [finishing] each other’s sentences with unpredictable frivolity.” The lovely Adagio molto e mesto (“very slowly, with intense melancholy”) follows. Bade points this out as an example of “Beethoven’s most powerful music [being] the slowest and sometimes the quietest.” This movement carries the enigmatic note: Einen Trauerwiden oder Akazien-Baum aufs Grab meines Bruders, or “A weeping willow or acacia tree on my brother’s grave.” Both of Beethoven’s brothers were alive at this point, but the reference to the acacia tree is generally accepted to be a reference to Freemasonry. Regardless to its possible extramusical references, this movement is one of Beethoven’s most wondrous. Christiansen writes, “This movement has a heart within its heart, a passage of divine supplication that fairly levitates before it sinks again, unanswered, into the incredibly delicate sorrow.” The first violin leads us without pause directly into the finale,Théme Russe: Allegro. This final movement, as you may have guessed from the title, is based on a popular Russian theme, most likely taken from 5704 Alexis Rd., Sylvania, OH 43560 a published collection of folk music, but not definitively identified www.whiteknightlimo.com or cited. The use of a Russian theme was a request from Count Razumovsky, and a Russian theme appears in each of Beethoven’s Opus 59 quartets. This Allegro is light and speedy, imaginative and sometimes whimsical.

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 27 ALAIN TRUDEL, conductor jon nakamatsu, piano Music Director of the Toledo Symphony (USA), American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw conductor Alain Trudel has been praised for his unanimous praise as a true aristocrat of the key- “immense talent as conductor, musician and board, whose playing combines elegance, clarity, performer” (La Presse). He is also Music Director of and electrifying power. A native of California, Mr. l’Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Principal Youth Nakamatsu came to international attention in 1997 and Family Conductor of the National Arts Centre when he was named Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. Trudel was also the American to have achieved this distinction since conductor of the CBC Radio Orchestra, taking the 1981. Mr. Nakamatsu has performed widely in North orchestra to new heights of artistic quality, as well as and South America, Europe, and the Far East, public and critical acclaim. collaborating with such conductors as James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Raymond Leppard, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Osmo Vänskä and Hans Trudel has conducted every major orchestra in Canada as well as Vonk. He also performed at a White House concert hosted by orchestras in the UK, USA, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Japan, Hong- President and Mrs. Clinton. Kong, Malaysia and Latin America. Trudel made his Opera de Montréal debut in 2009 in Mozart’s Magic Flute and conducted the live recording Mr. Nakamatsu’s extensive recital tours throughout the U.S. and of their 30th anniversary gala. He has been a regular guest since and in Europe have featured appearances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and March 2017 he conducted to great acclaim the world premiere operatic Lincoln Center, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, and in Boston, version of “The Wall.” (“The entire audience was on its feet for another Chicago, Cincinnati, Paris, London and Milan. He has worked with standing ovation, with concertgoers shouting “wow” and “bravo.” various chamber ensembles - among them the Brentano, Tokyo, Kuss, Rolling Stone Magazine, “The Wall Triumphs in Montréal,” Le Figaro, Jupiter, Cypress, Prazak and Ying String Quartets - and has toured Paris). Trudel also led the American premiere at the Cincinnati Opera in repeatedly with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. Together with July 2018. clarinetist Jon Manasse, Mr. Nakamatsu tours continually as a member of the Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo. The Duo also serves as Artistic Always committed to upcoming generations of musicians, Trudel was Directors of the esteemed Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival in Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra from 2012 to Massachusetts. 2014 and has regularly been invited to conduct the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. From 2011 to 2015, Trudel was Professor and Mr. Nakamatsu records exclusively for harmonia mundi usa, which has Conductor of the Orchestra and Opera Orchestra at the University of released thirteen CDs to date. His all-Gershwin recording with Jeff Western Ontario and is now Guest Professor for Orchestra and Opera at Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic featuring Rhapsody in Blue and the University of Ottawa. the Concerto in F rose to number three on Billboard’s classical music charts, earning extraordinary critical praise. Other acclaimed releases First known to the public as “the Jascha Heifetz of the trombone” include an all-Liszt disc featuring the “Dante Sonata”; a recording of (Le monde de la musique), Alain Trudel has been a guest soloist with Brahms’ Piano Sonata in F minor; and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto orchestras worldwide including Philharmonique de Radio-France, No. 3 and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Mr. Nakamatsu’s Hong-Kong Philharmonic, Austrian Radio Orchestra, Festival Musica 2008 recording of Brahms’ Clarinet Sonatas with Jon Manasse was Strasbourg (France), Klangbogen Festival (Vienna), Akiyoshidai and chosen by the New York Times as one of its top releases for the year; Hamamatsu Festival (Japan). Alain is also a respected composer with his latest disc with Mr. Manasse, released in August 2012, includes both performances across America and in Asia. the Brahms Clarinet Quintet and the Piano Quintet with the Tokyo Alain Trudel was the first Canadian to be a Yamaha InternationalA rtist, String Quartet. Of his most recent release on the label, a 2014 solo and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Virginia Parker, disc of the piano works of Robert Schumann, BBC Music Magazine Charles Cros (France), Opus Prize and Heinz Unger Prizes. He has been states that “Nakamatsu clarifies Schumann’s mid-range saturated tex- named an Ambassador of Canadian Music by the Canadian Music tures to a remarkable degree, reveling in its fantastic imaginings with Centre and received a Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 2012. rapier-like precision and effortless command.”

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This performance is made possible by Bob and Sue Savage.

Jessie Montgomery Starburst* 4’

Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 20’ Ouverture rondeau Sarabande Polonaise Bourrée I – Bourrée II Menuet Badinerie

Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 42’ allegro maestoso romanze: Larghetto rondo: Vivace

*This performance is a Toledo Symphony premiere.

– Jon Nakamatsu’s appearance is made possible through a generous gift from Bob and Sue Savage. Jon Nakamatsu appears by arrangement with Arts Management Group. The Steinway Model D grand piano is a gift of Jonathan F. Orser. The refurbished Dr. James W. Southworth Piano is a gift of Dorothy MacKenzie Price. The Lyon and Healy concert grand harp is a gift of Norman C. Nitschke. White Knight Limousine is the exclusive ground transportation provider of the Toledo Symphony. Media Sponsor for the Masterworks Series is WGTE.

Since 1997, Mr. Nakamatsu has served on multiple international piano starburst competition juries and has also been invited as a guest speaker at Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981) numerous institutions including the Van Cliburn Foundation, Stanford Jessie Montgomery is a composer, violinist, and educator from New York University and the Juilliard School. City. Her father is also a musician, and her mother is in theater. Thanks to Mr. Nakamatsu studied privately with Marina Derryberry and has her parents and the musical and cultural environment in which she was worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, son of the great pianist Artur raised, she was, in her own words, “constantly surrounded by all different Schnabel. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor’s kinds of music.” Montgomery began composing a little in high school, degree in German Studies and a master’s degree in Education. but dedicated more serious time and attention to it in her twenties. Montgomery holds a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School and a masters in Composition for Film and Multimedia joel tse, flute from New York University. She produced her album Strum in 2008, and Joel Tse joined The Toledo Symphony as Principal it combines classical elements with spirituals, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, folk Flute in 1998, after three years in that position with music, improvisation, and poetic elements. Strum was released by Azica the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, FL. In Records in 2015. addition, he served as Principal Flute of the Hong In a 2016 interview Montgomery discusses the use of improvisation in Kong Philharmonic from 2001-02 and has performed her music: “I really like the idea of adding elements of improvisation and as guest Principal Flute with the English Chamber some chance and making the performers, sort of, engage, differently Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. within the piece. There’s such a rigidity, and – having played so Active as a soloist and chamber musician throughout much standard [classical] repertoire [for string quartet] – there’s this the world, Joel has been invited to perform recitals expectation that things should be executed a certain way. There’s a real in England, Singapore, Japan, and Costa Rica, among beauty in trying to find your sound and your voice and the way you others, and has played chamber music throughout Europe, Asia, Russia, would interpret a piece of music with all these expectations on it. But I South America, Greece, Turkey and Israel. He has participated in several like to throw this other element in that says … ‘screw all that!’” renowned music festivals, including 3 consecutive summers with the Montgomery has performed as a member of the Providence and Pacific MusicF estival in Sapporo, Japan, and with the American-Soviet Catalyst String Quartets, the second of these starting as a project by the Youth Orchestra. In July 2000, Joel performed with the Pacific Music Sphinx Organization, based in Detroit. Festival’s 10th anniversary orchestra at the invitation of conductor Mi- chael Tilson Thomas, touring throughout the country with an orchestra Montgomery is the recipient of several composer fellowships, including comprised of professional musicians from around the globe. from the Joyce Foundation, the Sorel Organization, and the Sphinx Organization, who commissioned Starburst for their touring ensemble, An experienced, sought-after teacher, Joel has presented masterclasses the Sphinx Virtuosi, where Montgomery currently serves as composer- for the Costa Rica International Flute Festival and, for several consecu- in-residence. The Virtuosi premiered the work in 2012. tive summers, he has taught at the William Bennett’s International Flute Summer School in England, Belgium, and Italy. He also has served on Montgomery writes, “This brief one-movement work for string orchestra the faculty of the University of Toledo Music Department since 2008. is a play on imagery of rapidly changing musical colors. Exploding He received a Bachelor’s degree with a Performer’s Certificate from the gestures are juxtaposed with gentle fleeting melodies in an attempt Eastman School of Music, a Master’s degree from Northwestern Univer- to create a multidimensional soundscape. A common definition of a sity, and a Performance Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in starburst, ‘the rapid formation of large numbers of new stars in a galaxy London. His teachers include Bonita Boyd, Walfrid Kujula, Jeffrey Kha- at a rate high enough to alter the structure of the galaxy significantly,’ ner, Keith Underwood and William Bennett. Joel plays on a French flute lends itself almost literally to the nature of the performing ensemble that made by Louis Lot, #1720, circa 1872 and an Altus 1407. premiered the work, the Sphinx Virtuosi, and I wrote the piece with their dynamic in mind.”

30 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM The Washington Post describes Montgomery’s music as “turbulent, ouvertures were purely intended as light entertainment and were often wildly colorful and exploding with life.” performed at parties. Besides wanting to write for the Leipzig Collegium Musicum, it’s likely Bach was also trying to please the city council, two Montgomery is also certainly concerned with issues of history, members of which he made a habit of petitioning for better arts funding. patriotism, race, identity, and belonging. She says, “My privilege [to be able to compose and make art] comes from my parents having fought Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 is in seven movements, including the through the Civil Rights movement. My mom was very active, actually, overture, and is untraditional in its inclusion of a flute.A nnotator Dr. and she was in many of the protests, and my dad, just being a rogue John Mangum writes that including the flute “allows Bach to fold artist, that’s an act of protest in itself—but it’s just this idea that I came elements of concerto form into the fugal section of the overture, from that period, the political changes that happened during that time, with the strings doing the contrapuntal heavy lifting and the flute-led so that’s what it means to me, to be an American.” concertante passages charting the movement’s harmonic course.” “Montgomery has been named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Of the six movements that follow, most have French origins, including newest composer in residence, and will begin her appointment there in the Rondeau, Bourées, and Menuet—all popular in the court of King July of 2021.” Louis XIV. Though the Sarabande is from Spain via the New World, Mangum notes that it is still somewhat slow here, which shows the French influence on it. ThePolonaise (appearing here as a double) is Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 originally Polish, but was often taken up by German composers. The J. S. Bach (1685–1750) Badinerie is similar to an Italian scherzo, and Bach uses it here to its full Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor is one of four effect, taking the opportunity to show off the flute. the composer wrote. Partial autograph parts (the full score is lost) date Though Bach did not often compose for this particular instrumentation, from the late 1730s (probably 1738–89), when Bach was living in Leipzig. many of his contemporaries did, and he had no shortage of inspiration. However, like some of his other works from this time, there is stylistic Regardless of his relative inexperience with the genre, he was excellent indication that some of the material may date back to his Cöthen period. at it. The lighter genre of orchestral music was different from his usual work, All four of Bach’s suites open with an overture in the French style, which consisted mainly of composing and performing sacred music. which features a dotted rhythm—uneven notes that propel the phrase Especially when compared to contemporary composers like Georg forward). Philipp Telemann, Bach has very few orchestral suites. In 1729, Bach was appointed director of Leipzig’s Collegium Musicum, an Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 ensemble made up of musicians with varying ability and talent, who met Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) regularly at a coffeehouse to play and perform together. Musicologist Gregory Butler quotes Johann Heinrich Zedler’s note from the 1739 Polish composer Frédéric Chopin taught himself to play the piano when publication Grosses Universal Lexicon: “[The Collegium Musicum was] he was a small boy. He loved to improvise, and then to compose. As a gathering of certain musical connoisseurs who, for the benefit of a result of his performance style, his music often feels improvisatory their own exercise in both vocal and instrumental music and under the and wonderfully fluid. Inspired by his obvious talent and love of music, guidance of a certain director, get together on particular days and in Chopin’s parents secured him a teacher. particular locations and perform musical pieces…. In Leipzig, the Bachian When Chopin was seven, his teacher copied down one of his Collegium Musicum is more famous than all others.” There is evidence improvisations and had it published. Several years later, Chopin learned that all except for the first of Bach’s orchestral suites was written for this how to notate his improvisations, and in 1825 he published his first group. Rondo for solo piano. Now possessing all the tools he needed, he Orchestral suites, also called ouvertures, were primarily for continued to study and compose and, at twenty-one, he moved to Paris. entertainment, and were initially a collage of short movements (often French dance movements) taken from ballets and operas. These (continued on next page)

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Annotator Phillip Huscher describes Chopin’s first months in Paris as a chamber-music intimacy between solo and ensemble that characterizes huge success, a time during which he became friends with many notable Mozart’s works or the heroic dialogue between forces in Beethoven’s.” artists, including fellow composers Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Gioachino The Romanze: Larghetto features muted strings and a very gentle Rossini, and writers Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo, texture unmarred by any outbursts. Huscher points out that the roll among others. Furthermore, several months after his arrival, Robert of the piano in this movement is close to operatic, with the solo line Schumann (who often submitted music critiques to newspapers) “spinning a seamless, highly decorated, bel canto melody over the published a review of one of Chopin’s works, calling him “a genius!” merest thread of accompaniment.” The finale is markedRondo: Vivace, Despite his early practice of composing by improvising, these two and displays a youthful, dancelike character. activities became necessarily separate later in his life and became the Previous Performances: cause of some anxiety. One of Chopin’s students, Carl Flitsch, wrote, “The other day I heard Chopin improvise at George Sand’s house. It Jessie Montgomery – Starburst: TSO Premiere is marvelous to hear Chopin compose in this way: his inspiration is so Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: immediate and complete that he plays without hesitation as if it could Stresemann with Mitchell Liberman 1954, Fournier with Laurel Mueller not be otherwise. But when it comes to writing it down and recapturing Kuhnke 1978, Zaliouk with Robin Peller 1981, Blum with Robin Peller 1987, the original thought in all its details, he spends days of nervous strain and Joel Tse with no conductor 1999, Tipton with Joel Tse 2005 almost terrible despair. Of all the developments in music after Beethoven, none is more unlikely than Chopin’s success.” George Sand herself wrote, Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: Fournier with “Invention came to his piano, sudden, complete, [and] sublime.” Garrick Ohlsson 1972, Kord, with Orli Shaham 2004, Sanderling with Abdel Rahman El Bacha 2014 Though the concerto you will hear tonight is marked as his first, Chopin actually composed his F Minor concerto before this one. He premiered the F Minor in Warsaw in 1830, and was hailed as a national hero. Huscher writes, “It’s difficult to imagine the impact of Chopin’s piano playing from the comments that were written at the time, but it’s clear Yark Automotive Group proudly that his way of playing, with its extraordinary sensitivity to touch and color, delicately shaded dynamics, and inimitable tempo fluctuations, supports the Toledo Symphony was unique.” Chopin also composed his E Minor concerto in 1830, and premiered it later that fall. Though it was completed relatively quickly, he didn’t have an easy time composing it. In a letter to a friend written in March 1830, Chopin wrote, “[The last movement] is not yet finished because COMMUNITY PARTNER the right inspired mood has kept eluding me.” The next mention is in another letter from September of the same year, in which he announced that he had completed the work, but added, “I feel like a novice, just like 6019 W. CENTRAL AVE. • 1/4 MILE EAST OF I-475 • ON THE CENTRAL AVENUE STRIP • 1-800-848-YARK I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It’s far too original, and I YARK CHEVROLET • 26997 N. DIXIE HWY. • PERRYSBURG, OH • 1-866-YARK-CHEVY probably won’t be able to learn it.” YARK TOYOTA • 1377 CONANT ST. • MAUMEE, OH • 1-844-819-2577

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TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 33 jacob joyce, conductor Currently serving his third season as the Associ- ate Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony, Jacob Joyce, age 28, is quickly gaining recognition as a dynamic and innovative presence on the podium. Joyce appeared with the ISO several times in the ‘19-’20 and ‘20-’21 seasons, in various classical, education, Happy Hour, and community concerts. In addition, Joyce made his debut with several American orchestras in ‘19-’20, including the Detroit, St. Louis, Houston, and Toledo symphonies. For his work in Indianapolis and across the country, Joyce was awarded a Solti Career Assistance Award in 2020. Joyce previously served as the Conducting Fellow for the Fort Worth Symphony, with whom he collaborates frequently, and has also held positions as the Associate Conductor of the Yale Symphony Orches- tra, Music Director of the Berkeley College Orchestra, Music Director of the Opera Theater of Yale College, and Cover Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. An avid promoter of contemporary music, Joyce has conducted several premieres of orchestral and Designed for children ages 4-12, Toledo Ballet’s summer camps operatic works. Joyce is also an advocate for bringing classical music will introduce your little ones to the world of dance through fun to new audiences. He is the host and creator of the podcast Attention and engaging activities. No formal dance experience required! to Detail: The Classical Music Listening Guide, which provides people Alice in Wonderland & Other Fairy Tales Camp of all backgrounds with basic techniques and strategies for listening June 21-25, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30AM to classical music. He also works extensively with educators, music teachers, and orchestra directors, providing career advice and instruc- Jungle Book & Animals of the Wild Camp tion to students across the country. July 12-16, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30AM Little dancers will explore the magical world of storytelling through Joyce studied Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at the New creative movement, coordination, and beginning ballet. Ages 4-5. England Conservatory. He has attended the Tanglewood Music Cen- DANCE EXPLORATION CAMPS ter and the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, where he June 21-25 & July 12-16, 2021 | 12:30PM - 2:30PM was awarded the Robert Spano Conducting Prize. Joyce was a semi- Young dancers will learn about the different genres of dance and finalist in the LSO Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, and was movement in this week-long camp designed to expand horizons, build also a semifinalist in the Solti International Conducting Competition, coordination, and encourage self-expression. Ages 6-8. where he conducted the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and THE NUTCRACKER CAMP the Frankfurt Museums-orchester. Joyce graduated from Yale College July 19-23, 2021 | 10:00AM - 12:00PM in 2014, with a B.A. in Music and Economics. He also received a M.M. Toledo Ballet Company members will provide dancers with an inside in Violin Performance from the Yale School of Music in 2015, studying view of The Nutcracker, audition techniques, and various age-appropriate with Syoko Aki. Nutcracker dances. Ages 7-12. As a violinist, Joyce has performed with several orchestras nationwide, The health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff are of utmost importance to us, and we will continue to abide by the Governor’s recommendations and follow the health guidelines and was awarded the Broadus Erle Prize for an Outstanding Violin- regulated by the CDC related to COVID-19. ist at the Yale School of Music. He served as the concertmaster of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and performed regularly with the Boston To register, call 419.471.0049 or visit toledoballet.com Philharmonic and the Atlantic Symphony.

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John Stafford Smith Star Spangled Banner

John Williams Air and Simple Gifts

John Williams With Malice Towards None

John Williams Elegy

Antonin Dvořák String Quartet No. 12

John Philip Sousa Liberty Bell March

William Steffe Battle Hymn of the Republic

Bob Lowden Armed Forces Salute

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture arr. Lee Reynolds

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George Antheil Serenade for String Orchestra, No. 1, 1948* 18’ allegro andante molto Vivo

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 42’ allegro ma non troppo andante molto mosso allegro – allegro – allegretto

The third, fourth, and fifth movements of the Symphony are performed “attacca,” or without pause.

*This performance is a Toledo Symphony premiere.

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 37 PROGRAM NOTES | by Kalindi Stone ©2021 serenade for strings no. 1 After some time in Paris spent taking in the culture, Antheil’s music George Antheil (1900–1959) began to shift to include his interest in jazz, and then his fascination with anything mechanical. Several of his works imitate machinery in American composer George Antheil boasts a wide range of talents and various ways, the most famous (and the most famous of all his works) interests, both inside and outside music. Though his work is not very being his Ballet Mechanique. Ballet Mechanique was originally intended well known now, he was famous during his life; in addition to being a to accompany a film, but it was not a popular piece at the time he composer, he was also a published author and an inventor. composed it. Antheil was born in Trenton, New Jersey, where his family owned a shoe Antheil then moved to Germany for a while in the early ’30s, then back store. He began piano lessons when he was six years old, and soon was to the US when the artistic and aesthetic ideals of the rising Nazi Party demonstrating his talent at it. In his teens Antheil dropped out of high so clearly excluded his work. school. He often traveled to Philadelphia to study with Constantine von Sternberg, a former student of renowned composer Franz Liszt. It was He returned to New York in the middle of the Great Depression, so on these trips to Philadelphia that Antheil began to discover different was not able to find employment as a musician. Instead, he became a types of music and to become more curious in general. Von Sternberg contributor to Esquire magazine, writing articles on various subjects, also introduced Antheil to Mary Louise Bok, who would later found the and he also worked for a time as a lonely-hearts columnist. Antheil later Curtis Institute of Music, and who gave Antheil a monthly stipend so he wrote that during this time he “could at last label [himself] a complete could continue his studies. failure.” In 1919, Antheil entered the studio of Ernest Bloch in New York. Bloch His difficulties did not last long, though, and in 1936A ntheil moved didn’t like his new student at first, finding his work lacking depth, but he to Hollywood to become a film composer.A s was his habit, he kept later helped him a great deal, particularly with his First Symphony. Bloch his distance from others in his profession, calling other film music even brought the piece to conductor Leopold Stokowski for its premiere. “unmitigated tripe.” Nevertheless, his music settled and became a little But Antheil missed his own premiere, since in 1922 he went to Europe, more conservative, even making concessions to Copland’s “populist” hoping to secure a place among the European pianists and avant-garde style in some places. Considering his early works were designed to composers who were taking the world by storm. shock, his later aspiration “to disassociate [himself] from the passé modern schools … and to create a music for [himself] … which has no Antheil’s stay in Europe wasn’t a smooth one, and was especially rocky fear of developed melody, real development itself, tonality, or other when he first arrived.A lthough he found performance opportunities, understandable forms” comes as a surprise. Serenade for Strings is he was not usually paid appropriately or adequately. Several months representative of this later attitude. into his trip, however, he met Igor Stravinsky, whose work he had long admired. Impressed with Antheil’s work, Stravinsky invited him to stay Antheil’s Serenade was composed in 1948 and premiered in Los Angeles in Paris and organized a welcome concert to promote his music. This that same year. The Serenade is similar in atmosphere to some works by seemed the beginning of the promising career Antheil had hoped for. Prokofiev and also has elements of Copland, Shostakovich, and some of Stravinsky’s lighter works. The piece is in three movements, which follow Composer Aaron Copland remarked, “Antheil had Paris by the ear.” the traditional form fast-slow-fast. Listen for Antheil’s quote of “The Antheil then set about composing the noisiest and least classical music Battle Cry of Freedom” in the first movement. The second movement he could, going so far as to dub himself the “bad boy of music.” In his heavily features solo violin in a series of cadenzas over pizzicato autobiography Antheil writes, “On October 4, 1923, I played in Paris accompaniment in an asymmetrical meter. The third movement is a for the first time….R ioting broke out almost immediately. I remember waltz and combines the precision of that classical form with something Man Ray punching somebody in the nose in the front row. Marcel far more rustic (one annotator uses the word “hootenanny”). Duchamps was arguing loudly with somebody else in the second row. In a box nearby Erik Satie was shouting, ‘What precision! What precision!’ Commentator Adrienne Monnier writes, “George Antheil certainly And applauding …” Besides Ray, Duchamps, and Satie, Antheil struck has genius. I do not believe that he has arrived at the definitive up friendships with writers Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Ernest formulation of his art. What he is presently giving us are rather his Hemingway, among others.

38 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM studies, his researches, which are very close to those of Picasso: without Like later composers Gustav Mahler, Béla Bartók, and Franz Schubert, concession.... However, I have already been permitted to enjoy the Beethoven had a strong connection with nature, often spending whole absolutely new pathos of it, the uprooting rhythm, a joyful drunkenness days walking outside, most notably in 1803 when he sketched a theme of contradiction.” for the brook, writing “the more water, the deeper the note.” Antheil’s Serenade is dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the Beethoven sometimes referred to his sixth symphony as “sinfonia famed patroness of the arts. He continued to compose right up until the caracteristica,” or “a recollection of country life.” The term end of his life. Unfortunately, the majority of his music was forgotten “caracteristica” is interesting, and in some way bridges the gap between until recently. programmatic music, literal tone painting, and Beethoven’s “expression of feeling.” Musicologist F. E. Kirby explains that what Beethoven may have been referring to was “a composition possessing certain typical Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” features that mark it as belonging to a particular genre or type.” Such Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) a piece uses an expressive musical style. When Beethoven used this When Ludwig van Beethoven was twelve, he composed three piano word or, later, sinfonia pastorella, the music may have had principal sonatas, which were published together. The set was advertised in elements, Kirby writes, like “bird-call themes, hunting-horn themes, Bossler’s music journal, and shared a page with the notice for a new shepherd’s pipes (pifa or pifferari)and shepherd’s calls (ranz des vaches, symphony by Justin Herinrich Knecht titled A Musical Portrait of Nature. or yodeling), country dances, the representation of flowing water and Each of the movements in Knecht’s “Nature” symphony are also titled, of bleating sheep, and the imitation of that characteristic instrument of using names quite similar to the titles Beethoven used for his “Pastoral” country life, the bagpipe with its drone bass.” Symphony No. 6. Annotator Jonathan D. Kramer points out, “Because of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” is in five movements, each the advertisements … Beethoven surely knew of [Knecht’s] symphony, bearing a descriptive title. The first movement is markedAllegro ma non a typical classical-period attempt at literal tone painting.” Beethoven’s troppo and titled “Awakening of Cheerful Feelings upon Arriving in the notes on the sixth symphony describe his concern with flaws in Country.” It opens incredibly gently, and annotator Michael Steinberg programmatic music; he felt that “the listeners should be allowed to writes, “the ideal … performance of the Pastoral Symphony is one in discover situations” on their own, rather than “the musical meaning which you don’t hear the music start at all, you are simply aware that it [depending] on the listener’s knowledge of what is being portrayed.” has begun … as though it had been going on all along but the listener Beethoven’s earliest sketches for his sixth symphony date back to 1803, has only just come within earshot.” It is unhurried, unruffled, and settles but most of the work was not done until 1807–1808 – around the time into its harmonic space for a long time. Despite this, it is not boring. he was composing his famous fifth symphony. In fact, when the two Beethoven juxtaposes the motion of smaller repetitive melodies with were first published and performed, their numbering was accidentally the held notes beneath, which Kramer suggests are representative of reversed. bagpipes. Commentator Basil Lam writes, “This is perhaps the broadest expanse of harmony in all of the classics, wonderfully scored … and in its Feeling as he did about program music, Beethoven noted, “People motion as unhurried as the sky-drift of summer clouds, yet as rapid as will not require titles to recognize the general intention to be more a their shadows crossing a field.” matter of feeling than of tone painting…. Pastoral Symphony: no picture, but something in which emotions are expressed that are aroused by Composer and music critic Hector Berlioz offers a more fanciful the pleasure of the country.” Though Beethoven’s movement titles are description: “The herdsman begin to appear in the fields. They have similar to Knecht’s, he explains that his intention is “more an expression their usual careless manner, and the sound of their pipes proceeds from of feeling than [tone] painting,” saying, “all painting in instrumental far and near. Delightful phrases greet you, like the perfumed morning music, if pushed too far, is a failure.” Beethoven continues, “Even without breeze; and swarms of chattering birds in flight pass rustling overhead. description one will recognize the whole … Anyone who has ever had an From time to time the atmosphere seems charged with vapour; great idea of country life can imagine for himself what the author [intends].” clouds appear and hide the sun; then, all at once, they disappear; and

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TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 39 (continued from previous page) there suddenly falls upon both tree and wood the torrent of a dazzling Berlioz claimed he couldn’t describe the movement in words: “It must light. That is the effect, as it appears to me, on hearing this movement; be heard in order to form an idea of the degree of truth and sublimity and I believe that, notwithstanding the vagueness of instrumental descriptive music can attain in the hands of a man like Beethoven. expression, many listeners have been impressed by it in the same way.” Listen!... it is no longer merely rain and wind, but an awful cataclysm, the universal deluge – the end of the world.” The spacious Andante molto moto is called “Scene by the Brook.” This movement, along with “Thunderstorm,” contains the most literally When the storm clears, we hear a hymnal phrase, which ushers in descriptive moments of the symphony. The texture is soft, cushioned, the finale: “Shepherd’s Hymn and ThankfulF eelings After the Storm.” and doubtless a strong influence on Berlioz’s pastoral middle movement This movement returns us to the comfort and restfulness of the first of Symphonie fantastique. Listen, toward the end, for the nightingale, movement. In a letter to the concertmaster for the 1808 performance, quail, and cuckoo, played by the flute, oboe, and clarinets. Berlioz Beethoven referenced the words from the Mass, gratias agimus tibi writes that this movement is “devoted to contemplation. No doubt (“Thanks we give to Thee”). Berlioz describes the scene: “Everything [Beethoven] created this admirable adagio whilst reclining on the grass resumes its cheerfulness. The herdsmen reappear upon the mountains, … looking at, and listening to, the tiny white waves as they sparkled calling together their scattered flocks; the sky is serene, the rain has along.” almost disappeared, and calm returns. With its reappearance we hear again those rustic songs the gentle melody of which is such repose to The third movement is titled “Merry Gathering of Country Folk” and is the soul after the consternation and shock produced by the magnificent a lively dance. Kramer notes that while we might not hear any literal horror of the previous picture.” His reference to “rustic songs” most depictions of nature here, it includes literal depiction of another kind. likely refers to Beethoven’s use of an Austrian yodeling melody in the Since “Beethoven enjoyed hearing amateur bands play Austrian folk violins. dances, even when their playing was less than accomplished,” it seems that he wrote some of their mishaps directly into the music. Beethoven’s Beethoven’s desire to suggest ideas and not describe them explicitly friend Anton Schindler explains, “Beethoven asked me if I had not to avoid trivializing them is admirable but in the end, unnecessary. As noticed how village musicians often played in their sleep, occasionally Steinberg notes, “The Pastoral is a beautifully gauged mix of the explicit letting their instruments fall and keeping quite still, then waking up with and the suggestive.” Sir George Grove adds, “[Beethoven] is occupied a start, getting in a few vigorous blows or strokes, usually in the right with Nature only, and filled with the calm which is always the result of key, and then dropping off to sleep again. He had tried to portray these love for her and affectionate intercourse with her beauties…. It is as poor people in the Pastoral Symphony.” unlike in subject, in treatment, and in result anything that has come before it as if it were the work of another mind.” Berlioz describes the bassoon in particular, “which seems only able to intone two notes. Beethoven has probably intended this to represent Beethoven conducted the premiere of this symphony in 1808, dedicating some good old German peasant, mounted on a barrel and armed with it to both the Count Andreas Razumovsky and Prince Franz Joseph von a dilapidated instrument, from which he just succeeds in drawing the Lobkowitz. two principal notes of the key in F; its tonic and dominant…. But, all at Previous Performances: once, there comes the distant thunder, spreading fear throughout the company of the bal champetre and putting all the dancers to flight.” George Antheil – Serenade for String Orchestra, No. 1, 1948: TSO premiere The Allegro bursts over the “merry gathering,” jarring with its sudden shift to a new harmony. Beethoven calls on the piccolo (used only Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68: Fournier in this movement), the trombones (used in this and the finale) and 1973, Zaliouk 1984, Schmidt 1991, Massey 1995 & 2001, Jacques the kettledrums to reinforce the heavy rain, lightning, and crashing Lacombe 2013 thunder. He also introduces tension by using diminished harmonies for the first time. Steinberg writes, “The power [of this storm] comes from its classical precision and economy. Using far more lavish physical resources, not even Wagner, Verdi, or Strauss evoked nature’s unconcerned ruthlessness with such force.”

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CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Bill and Pam Davis Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Como Play Your Part $5,000 - $9,999 Margaret E. Doresco Joe and Judith Conda We are deeply grateful to the following Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Flasck Saga Shoffner and Ed Conn donors who made gifts to the Annual Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Arnos* Dr. Michael Glinka and Dr. Marianna Baker Mike and Jenny Coy during the 2019-2020 fiscal year and in our Art Iron Foundation Renee Goubeaux and Robert Roeger Chris and Ellen Dalton new year (July 1, 2019 through August 10, James R. and Joan Bard Mrs. Frederick W. Hibbert David Neufeld Memorial Foundation 2020). Paul and Dina Block Foundation Dick and Connie Karcher Edwin F. Durivage Tom and Betsy Brady Harley and Stacey Kripke George and Pat Eistetter We greatly appreciate the many Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bryan La-Z-Boy Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Gregor K. Emmert, Sr. subscribers and ticket purchasers who Mr. and Mrs. James A. Chidester Dr. Scott Lee and Dr. Jean Kay-Lee Ernst & Young LLP donated their unused tickets back to the Coil-Bar Corporation Robert* and Patricia Levey Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Faist Toledo Symphony for concerts cancelled Susan L. Conda Robert and Patricia Maurer Mr. and Mrs. John Fedderke during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those Bill and Sara Jane DeHoff Paula Mayes Drs. Karl and Shaila Fernandes donors are included in the lists below with Gregory and Susan Denny Philip and Johnna McWeeny Gregory Fess our gratitude. Hope and Larry Ducharme Mrs. Elizabeth Boren Millhon FirstEnergy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Darrell H. Fox Fund II To make your 2020-2021 Gift, please Jon and Helen Patton Melissa and Bo Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gagnet visit ToledoSymphony.com and click the Mr. Marvin A. and Dr. Nancy C. Robon Dale and Carolyn Gaerke Giant Industries, Inc. DONATE button to give today. Giving to Ann Sanford Dr. S. and K. Gale Shirley W. Hancock the TSO Annual Fund online is simple, Maynard and Carolyn Sauder Drs. Christopher Lynn and Elloise Gard Pamela S. Hershberger quick and secure. Sue* and Jim Scheib Chapman Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, III Mrs. Barbara Schlatter Toby and Anneliese Grytafey Sandra Laas Terence and Jane Schuessler George and Suzanne Gusses Platinum Baton Partners Henry Ledgard Carter Smith Mrs. George W. Haigh $25,000 & above Dr. Allen and Hindea Markowicz Stephen H. and Penny K. Staelin Donald Harbaugh, HDD Holdings LLC The Canaday Family Charitable Trust The Steve McCracken Fund John and Yolanda Szuch Gene and Mary Jo Hardy Mr. and Mrs. George L. Chapman Judy and Bob Moran Taylor Automotive Fred and Nita Harrington Dr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Dilley Nicholas F. and Susan Hartman Muska Toledo Mudhens Joanne Hartough Conrad and Caroline Jobst Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer Louis E. Tosi Jeanie and John Hayward Owens Corning ProMedica Health System UBS-Touchstone Wealth Partners Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Hileman O-I Glass Ken Rusk Family Christine LaFrance Vischer Mary and Arthur Hills Rita Barbour Kern Foundation Kevin Sauder Mrs. David K. Welles John and Alice Hoff Charles and Carol Stocking Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schlatter Mary Ann Whipple William and Susan Horvath Toledo Symphony League Frederick and Priscilla Schwier Peter and Judith Hruschka Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP conductor’s CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Zac Isaac Gold Baton Partners William and Pamela Steel $1,000 -$2,499 Frank and Lynn Jacobs $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Spencer D. Stone Anonymous Marvin and Marilyn Jacobs Mr.* and Mrs. Richard P. Anderson Zak and Emilie Vassar Susan D. Allomong Ann Jarvela Isadore Binzer* Dave and Hillary White Michael and Carol Anderson Jerl Machine, Inc. Pat and MaryLouise Bowe Edward and Debra A. Ball Key Bank Foundation Jane Eoff Burson* COMPOSER’s CIRCLE Betty Benjamin Dolores and Frank Kinn John H. and Barbara Burson $2,500 -$4,999 Betco Corporation, Ltd. Joseph J. Klein France Stone Foundation Anonymous Donna J. Bogan Karen and Thomas Klein John and Virginia Hankison Foundation Jim and Karen Adams William and Dorothy Bonser Mr. and Mrs. William Knopp Kathy Magliochetti Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Arnos Carole A. Bradford Zale and Shirley Kohler Mrs. Herbert R. Metzger Emmett Beavers, Jr. and Sylvia Clark Mary Anne Brown Bette Kreuz Mr. Jonathan F. Orser Robert Bell Mr. and Mrs. William F. Buckley Joseph and Cindy Krueger Meredith Morse Prime Joel S. and Linda Katz Beren Julia and Todd Burtscher Dan* and Nancy Lehmann Ellen Garber Simmons William and Shirley Brannan Drs. Everett and Ellen Bush Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Leupp Dr. Bethanne Snodgrass James and Lee Buerk Ford and Phyllis Cauffiel Allan and Suzanne Libbe Michael Thaman and Lisa Gathard Elaine Canning and Daniel Kory Steve and Tiffany Cavanaugh Brett Loney and Amy Waskowiak Cardinal Services Dr. and Mrs. Riaz Chaudhary Mrs. John F. McKinney, Jr. David and Debbie David Walter and Lois Churchill Frank S. Merritt

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 45 conductor’s circle, continued benefactor Amy Hartman Karla Sasse Dr. Richard and Dorothy Munk $500 -$999 Ann W. Hartmann Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Savage Joseph and Katherine* Myers Anonymous Karen Hasenfratz Fred and Claire Schaefer Mr. Norman C. Nitschke Richard Bryan and Regina Amidon Earnest and Nancy Dome Hatfield,J r. Marvin and Kathleen Scheer Mirella Pardee Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Backoff Charles and Helene Helburn Michael and Trudy Scheiding Aileen and Kenneth Pargament Elaine Moore and David Bauer William Henning Louise Schlatter and Michael Peatee Donald G. Pennell Susan Bernard Laurel and Duane Heyman Dr. Francis M. Schloss Judith Ann Piotrowski Linda C. Bischoff William and Beverley Hirzel Alan Schroeder Principle Business Enterprises, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Blank John R. Hulse and Vivian C. Folk Jay and Trina Secor Suresh and Marna Ramnath Mr. and Mrs.* William Block, Jr. Robert Seeman and Karin Jacobson James Sigrist James L. Mason* and Frances Renzi Christopher and Lauren Bourell David and Patricia Jankowski Garth and Lesli Simmons Glenn and Mary Richter Theodore and Elizabeth Bowman John and Eileen Juvinall Charles and Carol Slater Robert L. Fondessy Family Fund Bill and Cathy Brancheau William and Jamie Kaiser Constance and Arthur Smith Dean Roberts Mark and Connie Briel Dr. and Mrs. Theo Keith, Jr. Michele Tosser Smith and Logan Smith Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Roetter, Sr. Dr. Ernest and Audrey Brookfield Leo and Sharon Knox Steven and Linda Smith Dr. and Mrs. Bennett and Hedva Romanoff Ms. Barbara J. Brown John and Nancy Kovacs Michael and Karen Soubeyrand Dr. and Mrs. Allan Rubin Keith Burwell Mrs. Lillian Lagger Mr. and Mrs. C. Gregory Spangler Tom and Jane Schetter Dennis J. Burzynski James and Nancy Lapp Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Speck Jenny Coluccio Dr. Candilee Butler Anita Levin and Kenneth Lampert Janet Spencer Angelike Schreder Rev. Roland Calvert Susan and Tom Lewis Quinton and Margaret St. John Ken Schumaker Chuck and Jeri Campbell Dr. and Mrs. David Lindsley Christine A. Stockwell Dr. John and Diane Schwartz Sungho and Claire Cho Les and Joanne Lipski Christina Stout The Michael Seery Family Mr. Paul J. Churdar Sarah Magoun Chris and Emily Strayhorn Joseph and Chrisann Sferra Lorraine S. Coe Mr. and Mrs.* Everett R. Manny Steve and Mickey Swigart Gregory and Rebecca Shope Co-Co and Kip Conda Andy and Mary Pat Marmion Guy and Joan C. Szuberla Fred and Lu Ann Shuman Suzanne Conrad and Don L. Twining Dr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Marsa Toledo Refining Co. James and Kay Silk Mrs. Gene Cook Dr. and Mrs. William Mathis Thomas and Marlene Uhler R. Edward and Tima Simon Robert and Darlene Cook Judge and Mrs.* C. Allen McConnell Henry VanAusdale Alice Southworth Joe and Bonnie Coyle of Coyle Funeral Denise McHue Michael and Kathleen Vassar Samuel Spencer Home William McKnight Candy and Jim Vogel Sharon S. Speyer Francis and Nina Crinks Dr. Ronald A. and Mrs. Carolyn J. McMaster Traci Watkins and Pariss Coleman II Mrs. Doris Stark Dora E. Crowther Nike Mendenhall Todd Watson Scott and Rita Stewart Randolph and Margaret Currie Barbara Metcalf Henry and Jackie Rousseau-Werner Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Stewart Lou and Cindy D’Amato Patrick and Lisa Michael Ken and Carrie Wetstein Eric* and Olivia Summons Ms. Kathleen Davis and Mr. Bruce Bramber Mr. William C. Mitchell Robert J. Wilhelm Irland and Kathryn Tashima Carlos A. de Carvalho, M.D. Jim and Lee Ann Moline Jennifer Will The Searles Family Foundation Rev. Ronald and Judy Diener Susan Morgan Eric D. Britton and Sara J. Worley The Trust Company of Toledo Mick and Randi Dier James* and Anne Morris Joel and Karina J. Zapiecki Jeff and Debbie Unverferth Jan Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Nancy Hollister Thomas and Mary Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. James R. Wall Dr. and Mrs. John Dooner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Mullins David and Myra Zoll Tom and Geena Watkins Peter and Deanne Douglas Network For Good Christine and Richard Weisfelder Gerald and Marsha Dunaway Elisabeth Nigrovic patron Mr. and Mrs. David K. Welles, Jr. David Dupont Mrs. Maurice D. O’Connell $300 -$499 Kathleen Wersell Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas M. Dye Paul and Sue Olsen Anonymous Wayne and Marcia Whitten John and Irene Ehrmin Dorothy Otis Trudy and John Aleksander David and Miriam Wilson Joe Emens Gene and Judy Pearson David and Lisa Alleman Mr. and Mr. Joseph Wilson Kenneth W. Fallows James H. Petty Bill and Marnie Ammann Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Wiseley Toledo Metal Spinning Co. Beth Phlegar Charlene Anderson Adolf and Anita Witt Mr. and Mrs. Rick Fansler Ronald and Jane S. Randall Len and Jan Anderson Mr.* and Mrs. Frederick L. Yocum Patricia and Ted* Gillespie Dr. and Mrs. James G. Ravin John and Lynn Bachelor Judy and Lowell Youngquist Stu and Jo-Jo Goldberg Erwin Redl Kay L. Baker The A. Zacharias Family William and Cheri Gosline William and Carol Richman Margaret Baker Mark and Gretchen* Zyndorf Home Consulant Services Janet C. Rogolsky Vicky Bates Martha S. Gregory Ron and Maorong Lancaster Richard* and Suzanne Bond Albert J. Grigsby Ron Rybarczyk Sandy Bowdle Steven K. and Patricia L. Hamilton Dorothy* and Georgianna Saloff Bruce and Laura Brancheau

46 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM Bright Funds Foundation David and Cathy Hunter Walter Palicki Donna Woodson Audrey Bruggemann IC-Fluid Power, Inc. Nancy Parker Dr. Richard and Cindy Yeasting Tim and Peggy Bublick Nicolette Inman Dennis and Linda Pawlecki John and Judith Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. John Burnworth Mark and Shelli Jacobs Erica Pax Jody Zink Robert Butcher Mr. Theodore G. Jenkins Carole Eppler and James Perry *deceased Jo Ann Calzonetti John and Kelly Trame Nancy and Gene* Phlegar Mr. and Mrs. Vern Campbell Jack and Cher Johnson Allen and Pamela Pilz Gifts to the Toledo Symphony Cynthia K. Champer Ralph Jones Lisa Pizza Youth Orchestra and/or the Joseph E. Clark Joslin Family Fund Alice Ersepke Pleasnick Toledo Symphony School of Music Dorothy H. Coats Deborah and John Joslin Susan H. Pokorney We appreciate the following donors who Patricia Claire Cole Nancy and Tom Kabat Dr. Sukhjit S. Purewal made gifts to support the Toledo Al and Mary Compaan Louise Kahle Colleen Quinlan Symphony Youth Orchestra and/or the Sharla and Douglas Cook Karen and Jeffery Katz Ms. Roberta H. Raeder Toledo Symphony School of Music during Thomas and Sharon Cox Janet Keener Joe and Linda Rakowski the 2019-20 fiscal year and into the new Rebecca Crabtree Paul and May Sue Kegg Joseph Ravich year (July 1, 2019 thru August 10, 2020). Jean Ann and Thomas A. Davis Norma J. Kelling Raymond and Cynthia Wagner Mary Delf Dale and Marcia Kern Bob and Winnie Rex Jean Abercrombie Jonathon and Cynthia Detrick John Kerr John and Janell Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alleshouse Glenna Devine Bill Klier Frances S. Riddle Mark and Wendy Allison Martha Dreier Ms. Marsha Klingbeil Donna M. Riley Eric and Lisa Amend William “Fred” Dias and Dr. Lynda M. Dunn Sigurd and Mary Knemeyer Lois and Carl Rosenberry Mel Amos William and Celleste Eirich Dr. Carol Kollarits Mr. and Mrs. Mel Rukin Brian and Lisa Armstrong Entelco Foundation Richard Kopka Kathy Rupp SofiaA vram Jim and Julie Ewry Mr. and Mrs. George A. Koury Kevin and JoAnn Schempf Venky Basrur and Bina Joe James and Diane Fails Mr. and Mrs. John Kraus Marily Schneck Heather Bauer Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Faye* Fenwick Carol A. Kraus Marvin Schonbrun Satish and Manisha Bhagwat Janice Ferguson The Miller-Kress Family Mrs. Sue Schoonmaker Sean and Erica Blagrave Eric and Donna Fisher Jocelyn Langworthy Rachel Schultz Christopher Kiehl and Diana Block Roger and Lynn Fisher Thom and Martha Lantz John Schwarzkopf Antoinette and Brad Bloomer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Della Flora Annette Lee Stephen Serchuk and Nancy Delikat Christopher and Lauren Bourell Ms. Barbara Fox Paul and Betty Lehman Michael and Audrey Sherman Terry L. Bossert George and Caryl France Roy F. Lessing Lane and Francine Shetterly Jean Pierre and Severine Boutrand Brent Frances Philip and Shirley Levy* Karen and Gerlad Short Chad and Melissa Boyers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman Patricia Ligman Jim and Ginny Slattery Edward Brody Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisch Mr. and Mrs. James E. Lupe Angus and Joyce Smith Per Fredrik and Nora Broman Ashley Futrell Andrew and Karen Lyke Philip and Karen Smith Lee and Gwendolyn Burden Mrs. John B. Gibbs Mrs. Julia Mahoney Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Spetka Ann and Christopher Burkart Charlene Gilbert Elizabeth M. Malczewski Donald and Beverly St. Clair Trent and Hooi Hong Khor Buskirk Gary and Jill Goldberg Kenneth and Patricia Mauer Bill and Sue Stein The Family of Fritz and Katie Byers Judy Gorun Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maxwell Natalie Tallon Bill and Carrie Carr William and Mary Ann Gray Rachel McClure Mary J. Thomas Deborah Chadee and Arthur Chan Tom and Ann Guyton Dean McGormley Gregory Allen Tyson Jie Chen Vicki Haas Sue McHugh Mr. Kirk VanderVlucht Meng Chen Ken and JoAnne Hagan V. McVicker Tom and Nancy Verner Long Cheng and Pengfu (Nancy) Hao Dr. and Mrs. Milton Hakel Ken and Leigh Ann Meinecke Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Vollmer Sandu and Florentina Chirica Nancy Hattner Dr. Thomas E. Meiring David Wagoner and Vicki Sherman Daniel and Amy Chisholm Alex and Sandra Heard James and Annette Merritt Daniel Wakeman Jina Cho Jeffrey Helmick Myra Merritt-Grant Marilyn Walker Sungho and Claire Cho David Henning Jay and Gail Mirrow Ruth Walsh Moonjung Choi Mr. and Mrs. James Hess Terrence Moenich Paul and Susan Wannemacher Chad and Liz Clum Richard and Sue Hess Mary Anne Muller Timothy and Sherda Warren Dorothy H. Coats Gordon and Judith Hirsch Karis Nally Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Weber Susan L. Conda Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Hoepfl John and Cathy Nelson Sibylle Weck-Schwarz Zachary and Kristina Dalton Mr. Paul A. Hotmer Charles and Virginia Neshkoff David and Ann Weldy Larry and Andrea Damas John and Kimberly Howard Donald G. Nicholson James Williams Yuepeng Deng and Mei Zhang John H. and Johanna R. Hull O-I Charities Foundation Cheryl and Richard Wolff Lisa Dickens

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 47 gifts to the tsyo and/or tssm, continued Franklin and Kristine Martz Yun Zhu and Mao Jiang Lin Thomas K. and Donna M. Dawson Dennis and Kim Dillon Jessica Masiker Diana Ziems Alexis DeCola Zhaoxin Ding Dan and Ashley McMasters Bill and Sara Jane DeHoff Steven and Darlene Dotson Eric and Keesha McPherson Gifts to the Toledo ballet Jeanne DeWitt Annette and Todd Edmond Geoff Milewski andJ ill Posta We are deeply grateful to the following Dr. Margarita Denenburg & Nathan Cutietta John and Michelle Effner Tom and Marti Moeller donors who made gifts to the Toledo Ballet Rose Drain Jon and Andrienne Elhai Lisa Neidt during the 2019-2020 fiscal year and in our Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas M. Dye Tammy Evans Marianne Newman new year (July 1, 2019 through August 10, Eleanor and Adrian Marquez Daniel Farnsworth and Michelle Searcy Eric and Tiffany Nicely 2020). Michael Ellison PhD Drs. Karl and Shaila Fernandes Rebecca and Mike Niedzelski Mike Everhart Brian and Robin Fetterly John and Sharon Nolan This list includes many subscribers and Eugene Finnegan Eric and Donna Fisher Holly Nowak ticket purchasers who donated their un- Timothy Fouts Megan Fitzpatrick Joel ODorisio and Mary Pollock used tickets back to the Toledo Ballet for John and Judy Gonia Nick and Beth Flores Dipanker and Chaynika Pal performances cancelled during the COV- Judy Gorun Lawrence and Nancy Foos Karen Park ID-19 pandemic. Those donors are included Vicki Haas Michael and Kelly Garst James and Jessica Parker in the lists below with our gratitude. Diane E Hageman George and Renella Gauamis Jay and Tejal Patel Shelley Hagerty Bonnie Haims Jason Plontz To make your 2020-2021 Gift, please visit Jim and Sarah Hartley Sunyoung Han Patrick Croskery and Maria Raiti toledoballet.com and click the DONATE Jeanie and John Hayward Scott and Amyjo Hannah Jane Rayman button to give today. Giving is simple, quick Tim and Ann Heckler Wesam and Lisa Hawary Patrick and Lauren Reinagel and secure. Karen J. Hemsoth Paul and Cynthia Hennon Laurie Richards Alison J. Hess Yucy Huang and Feng Chen David and Amy Rizik Susan D. Allomong Rolf and Marcia Hess Larry and Jennifer Hummel Kevin and Rebecca Roberts Mr.* and Mrs. Richard P. Anderson John and Kimberly Howard Michael and Mary Iwinski Steven and Kathryn Robinson The Andersons Joy Hyman Goldberg Naizhu Jiang Shannon and Doug Rogers Christine Angevine Justin and Sydney Black So-Hsiang Chou and Hsueh-Ching Kan Rudy and Tina Rosales Catherine and Steve Ariss, Jr., MD Lindsley Kelsey Richard and Jessica Kerger Dr. Barbara and David Saltzman Steve Ariss, Sr. Renee Kluczynski Warren Kile and Kara Buehrer Kile LyAnn Samkari Elizabeth J. Bacnik Ursula Kluge Alison Kilpatrick Brent and Kelly Sandberg DeAnn Gorun Baker Rob and Casey Koenig Jason and Hana Kim Charles and Kate Sirichoktanasup Edward and Debra A. Ball Brett Loney and Amy Waskowiak Doug and Dawn King Bruce and Victoria Smith Baumker Charitable Foundation Eugenia Lovett Georg Klaas and Jocelyn Langworthy Craig and Kerri Smith Richard and Monique Beans David J Mack Emily and Mark Kleeberger Tom and Melissa Smith Lara Beltz Christine Manzey Jim and Lora Knight Ann Spencer Ben and Marissa Stroud James E. Mayer, Sr. D.D.S. and Barbara J. Scott and Julie Kosier April Stamm Melissa Berlean Mayer Ray and Jennifer Kowalewski Shawn and Alissa Sterling Nicole J. Bohmer Erica Mayhall Daniel and Deborah Krajicek Kris Chambers and Kristina Stuller Christopher and Lauren Bourell Richard and Margaret Mendieta Drew and Michelle Kronberg Estate of Marjorie Szor David Brailsford Rebecca Meyer John and Connie Kufner HazeAnne Tansel Laura Brewster Lynn Mielnik Brooke Laffartha-Stockdale Yuan Tian Steve and Cyndy Brookover Joshua Miesner Heekyoung and Kay Lee The Toledo Jazz Orchestra Inc. Sally Burgin Amanda Jo Miller Dr. Scott Lee and Dr. Jean Kay-Lee Paul and Cynthia Tomczak Craig and Tatyana Burns Savannah Moellenberg March and Julia Li Alain Trudel Nancy Celusta Paulette Moszkowicz Dong Goo and Mina Lim Alejandro Uribe and Caterina Paganessi Cheri and Matt Kizaur Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Dawn Makula John and Joy Lin Marty and Melanie Weil John Clark Barbara Neumann-Scott and Sam Scott Song-Tao Liu and Mei Du Don and Michelle Williams Stephanie Cole Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer Carrie Livingston Paul Williams Brett and Jenny Coluccio Kathryn Papin Matt and Heather Ludwig Tim and Patti Williams Susan L. Conda Mirella Pardee Tricia and Taylor Lyphout Allison Winner Kimberly Cousino Denise Phillips James and Tanya Mackiewicz Ying Xu Johanna Crawford Karrie Placie-Miller Sarah Magoun Ji Youn Yeo Ernest Ford Crider ProMedica Health System Chuck and Cherene Marckel Youngseok Kim and Hyunseung Yoo Francis and Nina Crinks Christina Ramsey Grace and Allen Hasty Marquard Guofa Liu and Tianhui Yuan Jana Crots Shane Rashley Dan and Lisa Marsalek Steve and Melissa Zervas Stu and Denise Cubbon Richard and Julie Bame Tim and Susan Marshall Yan (Dave) Zheng and Jessica Pan David and Jeanette Brown Joy Richmond

48 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM Keith Rufo Bill and Sara Jane DeHoff Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Hileman memorials & tributes Carolyn Savage Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas M. Dye Marjorie M. Hutton The Toledo Symphony is honored by the Dr. Donald and Charlotte Scherer Brett Loney and Amy Waskowiak Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, III many generous gifts received in memory, Tom and Jane Schetter Eleanor and Adrian Marquez Nancy and Tom Kabat appreciation and celebration of friends Beatrice Schirm james and Barbara Mayer Dr. and Mrs. Su-Pa Kang and family. These gifts directly impact the Jenny Coluccio Mrs. D. W. Thierwechter Barbara Kaplan quality of music and music education Rachel Schultz zak and Emilie Vassar Reginald and Gayle Karg throughout the region. (July 1, 2019 thru Scott and Jennifer Patay Mr. and Mrs.* James F. White, Jr. Janet Keener August 10, 2020) Quinton Settle Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Khac Do Signature Bank, N.A. contrIBUtors to the toledo Catherine M. Kilbane MEMORIALS James Sikora symphony league remembrance Georg Klaas and Jocelyn Langworthy In Memory of Dick Anderson Merwin Siu and Kimberly Kefalas fund Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Konieczny In Memory of Dick Anderson Cindy Slovinski The Remembrance Fund supports young Eric and Jenny Kraus Anonymous Hayley Smith musicians of the three Toledo Symphony Lou Ann Kress Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alleshouse Gerald and Sylvia Sobotka Youth Orchestras (TSYO) with scholarships Harley and Stacey Kripke Carl and Mary Anderson Steve and Carolyn Woodward which may be used for private lessons, a Philiip and Judith Kuebbeler Gerry and Lizann Anderson Nancy Davis Stevens new instrument, equipment, music, summer Norman Kuhlman Michael and Carol Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Spencer D. Stone music camp, or tuition for the TSYO. The John Clyde Kunkel Mr.* and Mrs. James Appold Minga Te Remembrance Fund Committee is grateful Robert and Kimberly LaClair Kay L. Baker Mrs. D. W. Thierwechter to the donors, TSYO members, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lammon Robert Bell Kristin Tighe and directors for a very successful year. Bob and Marcia Latta Rhoda L. and Roger M. Berkowitz Toledo Ballet Guild (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020) Brenda Lee Theodore and Elizabeth Bowman Ken and Robyn Turk Robert* and Patricia Levey Tom and Betsy Brady Zak and Emilie Vassar Bev and Charles Bard Darryl and Lynn Lippman Rita Jaessing Brauneck Julie Waidelich-Roberts and Nancy Jean Bohn Jeffery and Kimberly Loch Mr. and Mrs. William F. Buckley rachael Roberts Dorothy and William Bonser Brett Loney and Amy Waskowiak Elaine Canning and Daniel Kory The Kent, Suzanne, Alden Walker Gift Fund Beth and Ted Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Malone Mr. and Mrs. George L. Chapman Walleye Wishing Well Fund at GTCF Janet Brahier Ross Manire Mary Ann Colturi Traci Watkins and Pariss Coleman II Cardinal Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maxwell Joe and Judith Conda Rebecca Weigel Loa Cho Gary and Beverly McBride Susan L. Conda Dan and Heather Welt Dorothy Coats Mrs. John F. McKinney, Jr. Nicholas and Jeanne Conrad Mr. and Mrs.* James F. White, Jr. Reg and Lou Ann Cousino Mrs. Helen McMaster* Dora E. Crowther Michelle Whitman Teresa Disbrow Dr. Ronald A. and Mrs. Carolyn J. Mc- Mari and John Davies Rebecca Wooten Patricia Donahue Master Monica DeDad Mark Brown and Molly Zraik Margaret Doresco Diane McPherson Bill and Sara Jane DeHoff Tim Fisher Karen Merrels Gregory and Susan Denny gifts to the toledo ballet Marcia and John Helman Mrs. Elizabeth Boren Millhon Michelle Devine and Brian Mahany in memorium Jean Hersland Carl and Joan Minning Mick and Randi Dier The Toledo Ballet is honored by the gener- Suzanne Jenssen Susan Morgan Margaret E. Doresco ous gifts received in memory, appreciation Mary Kalmbach David and Susan Muller Hank and Mary Douglas and celebration of friends and family. These Janet Keener Patrick and Amy Mullin Stephen Dowdle gifts directly impact the quality of dance M.J. McCloskey Network For Good Entelco Foundation education and performance throughout the Ruth Moeller Mr. and Mrs. Charles Niehaus John and Cynthia Galbraith region. (July 1, 2019 thru August 10, 2020) Kathy and Marvin Scheer Donna Niehous Charles and Betty Gallagher Patricia Scheuer Jean E O’Connell GBQ Partners In Memory of Kathleen Grether Christine Seelez Mr. Jonathan F. Orser George Isaac Foundation Cheri and Matt Kizaur Kathleen Sharrit Julie and John Payeff Judge and Mrs. George M. Glasser judy Gorun Marybeth Sund and Richard Kesling Mark and Janet Pietrykowski Jane Coen Grinonneau Shelley Hagerty Bev and Roger Van Gunten Meredith Morse Prime Mrs. George W. Haigh Barbara Neumann-Scott and Sam Scott Don Van Gunten Suresh and Marna Ramnath Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hannewald Quinton Settle Liz Villarreal-Rowe Michael and Carol Reese Fred and Nita Harrington Vicky Woods Mr. and Mrs. David A. Reed Richard and Anne Hartley In Memory of Marie Vogt Beverly and Herman Zielinsky Joan Rife Mr. and Mrs. James W. Heilman Nancy Celusta Ann Sanford Clair Heise Ernest F. Crider Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sauder Pamela S. Hershberger Stu and Denise Cubbon Kay Saxby

TICKETS: 419.246.8000 | TOLEDOSYMPHONY.COM | 49 memorials, continued In Memory of Jane Eoff Burson Jorge, Liz and Leo Lugo Molly Jakubec Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schlatter John H. and Barbara Burson Linda McMahon Rosenacker & Associates Ltd Mary J Schroeder David and Judy Miller Mary Ann Whipple Judy Murtagh Schulz In Memory of Robert Allen Campbell Gary and Connie Murphy Judy Seibenick Eric and Judith Van Gilder Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer In Memory of Colleen Seiberg Loretta Seitz Suresh and Marna Ramnath Suresh and Marna Ramnath George and Carole Seney In Memory of Diane Dixon Karen Schlatter Robert and Bonnie Smigelski Patricia Budner Katie Schueler In Memory of Robert Skelley Gary & Linda Smith Susan and Jeffrey Smith Guardian Medical Monitoring Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Smith In Memory of Faye Fenwick Erin T. Snyder Louise A Stauffer Mick and Randi Dier Becki Spangler In Memory of Nathine Smith Charles and Carol Stocking Zak and Emilie Vassar Mr. and Mrs. C. Gregory Spangler Martha L. Huepenbecker Christine A. Stockwell Stephen H. and Penny K. Staelin John and Nancy Kovacs Angela and David Sturtz In Memory of Marion Hallauer Steve and Mickey Swigart Mr. and Mrs. Spencer D. Stone Elisabeth Nigrovic Kimberly Swirbul In Memory of Doreen Canaday Spitzer John Thomas Stout, Jr. Natalie and Bill Swonger The Canaday Family Charitable Trust Tom and Beth Stricker In Memory of David Hart Catherine L. Webb Eric* and Olivia Summons Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer Weber & Sterling, LLC In Memory of Janice A. Stoycheff Judy Szor Dave* and Sue Woolford Henry and Jackie Rousseau-Werner John and Yolanda Szuch In Memory of Ralph Johnson Mark and Gretchen* Zyndorf Jean Teebagy Norma K. Brown In Memory of Eric Summons Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Tinsman Jean Ann and Thomas A. Davis In Memory of Margaret Lenhart Mr.* and Mrs. James Appold Barbara Tope Dennis and Susan Horger David and Stacey Munson Ken and Lynn Balogh University of Toledo Foundation and Susan H. Pokorney Diana Divek Robert Bell Development Office David and Sandra Shutt Kay Reeves Tom and Betsy Brady U.S. Bank Food & Beverage Division Zak and Emilie Vassar Patricia Branam Anne Vander Hooven Mary Ann Whipple In Memory of Shirley Levy Elaine Canning and Daniel Kory Zak and Emilie Vassar Janys Zimmerman Zak and Emilie Vassar Mari Davies Debra K Veres Shirley DeVictor Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wagener In Memory of Marion B. Kapp In Memory of James Mason Mr. and Mrs. Joel Epstein Melinda and Mark Walczak Judith Bayard Winder Karen Tank Mrs. George W. Haigh Henry and Jackie Rousseau-Werner Richard and Anne Hartley Carl and Kathleen Carroll White In Memory of George Daniel Lehmann III In Memory of Clinton A. Mauk Jeanie and John Hayward Timothy and Nancy Alter Mrs. Elizabeth Boren Millhon Bill and Fredi Heywood Mr. and Mrs.* James F. White, Jr. Bill and Marnie Ammann Patricia Holmberg Kelley and Jean Williams William and Karen Arant In Memory of Henry Miller Mr. and Mrs. Zac Isaac Jacqueline and John Woods John and Elaine Bachey Mark and Karen Ridenour Frank and Lynn Jacobs Barbara and Joe Zerbey Robert Bell Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. St. John Mark and Gretchen* Zyndorf Tom and Betsy Brady In Memory of Kenneth L. Moore Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, III Frank and Debra Butler TRC Environmental Department Richard and Shirley Joseph In Memory of Jim Appold Mr. and Mrs. Archie D. Call III Dr. and Mrs. Su-Pa Kang Nicholas F. and Susan Hartman Muska Mary Coffee and John Shaw In Memory of Fran O’Neal Carol A. Kraus Coppus Motors, Inc. Steve Webber Harley and Stacey Kripke In Memory of Richard D. Arnos Michael L. Craig and J. C. Jarvis Anthony W. Layzell Steve and Kathy Kornder Dora E. Crowther In Memory of Charles Pease Dan* and Nancy Lehmann Cherie and Robert Trent Paul Cummings and Louann Hofheins Lee Heritage and Amy Packard Heri- Bab and Karen Lucas Judy and Lowell Youngquist Cummings tage Fred and Jo Ann Nassar Dr. and Mrs. Gregor K. Emmert, Sr. Barry Nistel In Memory of Carol Bentley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman In Memory of Elenore Schonbrun Peter Oropeza Joseph C. Jarvis Rebecca Fuhrman Marvin Schonbrun Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Palmer Zak and Emilie Vassar Jeffrey M Glosser Donald G. Pennell Judy Gorun In Memory of Donald Seeman Suresh and Marna Ramnath In Memory of Karen Biscay Al and Nanci Hess Donald and Valerie Malinowski Dr. and Mrs. James G. Ravin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alleshouse Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Hileman James Gottron Janet C. Rogolsky Allen Kazmaier Guy and Dianna Caputo Katie Schueler Kirk and Wendy Ludwig Betty & Jerry G Hidalgo Sharon Schwanke

50 | CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM James and Kay Silk Tributes In Honor of The Toledo Symphony THANK YOU TO ALL OUR Christine A. Stockwell In Honor of Robert Bell’s Birthday Orchestra and Staff GENEROUS DONORS! George Tanber Dr. Susan Clay-Hufford Marvin and Kathleen Scheer Every effort has been made to ensure The University of Toledo Foundation rachel Schultz that donor names and gifts are accurately and The Division of Development Charles and Kate Sirichoktanasup In Honor of Hank and Jackie Werner reflected. If you find an error or omission, Zak and Emilie Vassar Merwin Siu and Kimberly Kefalas Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lahey please contact Erin Steel at 419-419-2221 Robert Wendt or [email protected] Mark and Gretchen* Zyndorf In Honor of William and Dorothy Bonser In Honor of David and Judith Winder judy Helm jerome F Kapp, Jr. matching gift companies In Memory of Marjorie Szor Many organizations and corporations Irene Brooks In Honor of Gene and Janet Spencer In honor of Zak Vassar’s birthday amplify the philanthropy of their Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas M. Dye Borton Anonymous associates by offering a matching gift James Gottron judy Helm Robert Bell program. We are grateful for the matching Lee Heritage and Amy Packard Heri- Eric Bennett gifts provided to the Toledo Symphony tage In Honor of Pat Bowe Kevin Bylsma by the companies identified below. Jeffery and Kimberly Loch Country Garden Club Courtney Clark Martha McIntyre Employers Association Denise Colturi The Andersons, Inc. James and Marion Miller Christopher Cummings Bank of America Stephen and Penelope Nagy In Honor of Bill Buckley Mari Davies BP Foundation, Inc. Robin Peller amy Craft Ahrens and Todd Ahrens Nick Dian Cooper Tire & Rubber Gerald and Mary Vetter Ally Effler ExxonMobil Roger and Bonnie Ward In Honor of Terry Corbin, piano teacher Dan Effler FirstEnergy Julie (McLean) Work Kathleen A. Carlson Amy Fitzenrider GE Melissa Freeman General Mills In Memory of Willard I. Webb, III* In Honor of Robert Finkel’s Birthday Dave Gierke IBM Catherine L. Webb james and Lee Buerk Tim Hanson Illinois Tool Works Jim Hartley JP Morgan Chase In Memory of Peg Werner In Honor of First Responders and Heather Huot KeyBank Mr.* and Mrs. James Appold Caregivers Jori Jex Libbey Glass Robert Bell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Baird Sarah Jobin Merck Mrs. John F. McKinney, Jr. Lori Johnston Morgan Stanley In Honor of Spencer T. Jacob Felecia Kanney O-I Glass In Memory of June A. Whipple Thomas and Deborah Jacob Molly Luetke PepsiCo Hon. Jack and Mrs. Kathleen Zouhary Sabra Massey PNC In Honor of Marvin Jacobs 90th Birthday Bill Mathis Prudential In Memory of Peter White Dale and Ellen Pittman Lisa Mayer-Lang SAP America Inc. Bill and Sara Jane DeHoff Jillion Merricle Schindler Elevator Mrs. George W. Haigh In Honor of Carolyne L. Kelley Bob Mirakian The Trust Company of Toledo, N.A. Kimberly Swirbul Kathleen Kelley Putnam Katie Moline UBS John Nelson In Memory of Fritz Wolfe In Honor of Thomas Meiring Effie Papanikalou Don’t see your company listed? Your Mr.* and Mrs. James Appold Elisabeth Malloy Branton Pardee charitable donation to the Toledo Kate Richardson Symphony may be eligible for an employer In Memory of Marjorie Wonderly In Honor of Justine Radloff Deb Sandusky matching gift. Contact your employer or Anthony J. Wonderly Heather Campbell Carolyn Savage HR manager to increase the impact of Rachel Schultz your donation. In Memory of Herman Zielinski In Honor of Merwin Siu Sarah Skow Judy Helm anonymous Tamie Spears jennifer B Jones Pam Stuckey In Memory of Gretchen Carla Zyndorf Kristin Kirschbaum David Swartz Robert Bell Yarko Kuk Alain Trudel Harley and Stacey Kripke Edwina Ledgard Emilie Vassar Fred and JoAnn Okun jack and Sarah Puffenberger Zak Vassar Zak and Emilie Vassar Kyle and Laura Randall Jeff Vom Saal Mr. and Mrs. James Ruvolo Kristin Winovich Jane Wurth

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