Edition 2 | 2019-2020

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to Jacoby Symphony Hall. As we enter into the most joyous time of the year, let me be the first to wish you happy and healthy holidays.

This time of year is particularly joyous for the Jacksonville Symphony as we have the opportunity to share the music of the holidays with you. This time of year, the Symphony is steeped in holiday tradition. It wouldn’t be December at the Symphony without the First Coast Nutcracker, Holiday Pops and Handel’s Messiah. Jacoby Symphony Hall is decked with holiday cheer and there are plenty of places for family photos in the lobby with the towering Nutcracker tree.

There is also a very special treat this © Renee Parenteau holiday season; the return of Nathan Aspinall to the Jacoby Symphony Hall podium. Nathan will lead the orchestra in a holiday-themed Masterworks concert featuring Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony,” Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve Suite and Rachmaninoff’s exciting Symphonic Dances.

As we close out the holiday season and prepare to celebrate the New Year, the Symphony is preparing to throw the best party in town. This year Courtney Lewis brings you The Jazz Age: a celebration of the music of the Roarin’ Twenties in a Gatsby-esque fashion. After a rousing performance by the orchestra, it’s out to the Uible Gallery for dessert, champagne and dancing to the Chris Thomas Band. At midnight we will all head out the back doors to watch the spectacular fireworks from the best viewing location in Jacksonville. I can’t think of a better way to ring in 2020!

And, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention another concert that is perfect for the entire family. To celebrate Thanksgiving, we’re excited to present a heartwarming presentation of Disney and Pixar’s UP. We show this animated movie on the big screen while the orchestra plays the incredible score live to Tickets: the picture. Bring the kids and grandkids to this special family kick-off to the 904.354.5547 holidays on November 30 and December 1. Contributions: 904.354.5477 Administration: 904.354.5479 As the end of 2019 approaches, I know many of you are considering your year- JaxSymphony.org end charitable giving. We always want to share the impact that your giving has on not only the Symphony, but our greater Jacksonville community. It is through Encore Production your generous contributions that we are able to touch over 350 students in Publisher – our Youth Orchestras program, bring free concerts and cheer to Mayo Clinic Onstage Publications patients during the holiday season, and provide complimentary admission to Editor – Sydney Schless Young People’s Concerts for students at Title I schools who may otherwise be Graphic Designer – Ken Shade unable to hear a live symphony orchestra. Photography – Tiffany Manning, Renee Parenteau, Fran Ruchalski Once again, on behalf of Courtney Lewis and the musicians and staff of the Program Notes – Jacksonville Symphony I’d like to wish you and yours a most joyous Laurie Shulman holiday season. ©Jacksonville Symphony Association 300 Water Street, Suite 200 | Jacksonville, FL 32202 Sincerely, follow us

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EVENTS 25 EHNES PLAYS ELGAR FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES November 15 & 16

29 BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH REGENCY CENTERS SYMPHONY IN 60 SERIES RAYMOND JAMES COFFEE SERIES November 21 & 22 25 33 DISNEY AND PIXAR’S UP SYMPHONIC NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SERIES November 30 & December 1

35 HOLIDAY POPS FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES December 5, 6, 7 & 8

40 JSYO HOLIDAY CONCERT YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SERIES 33 December 9 44 HANDEL’S MESSIAH SPECIAL PRESENTATION December 14 & 15

49 SYMPHONIC DANCES REGENCY CENTERS SYMPHONY IN 60 SERIES FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES December 19, 20 & 21

53 NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE JAZZ AGE 53 SPECIAL PRESENTATION December 31

57 THE ORGAN SYMPHONY RAYMOND JAMES COFFEE SERIES January 3

57 DEPARTMENTS 3 Welcome 7 Music Director Courtney Lewis 8 Symphony Association Board 9, 63-65, 67 Thank You, Supporters 11 About the Symphony 12-13 Jacksonville Symphony Musicians 23 Volunteer Activities and Events 60 Sound Investment Program 62 The Cadenza Society 68 Jacksonville Symphony Administration

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SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers David M. Strickland, Chair Don Baldwin, Vice Chair Michael R. Imbriani, Treasurer Hon. Gwendolyn Yates, Secretary

Board of Directors Akin Agar Elizabeth L. Colledge, Charles S. Joseph, Greg Anderson Programming Committee Chair Governance Committee Chair Martha Barrett Tyler Dann Kiki Karpen Gilchrist B. Berg, Barbara Darby Ross T. Krueger Vision 2020 Campaign Co-Chair Stacy B. Derr Trevor Lee Farrukh A. Bezar Jack Dickison Anne Lufrano Douglas A. Booher R. Chris Doerr Sheila McLenaghan Karen Ann Bower, Thomas M. Galvin, Jr. Tracye A. Polson Marketing Committee Chair Margaret Gomez Bernard Reidy J.F. Bryan, IV Becky Grimes Ronald Rettner, Rafael Caldera Katheryn Hancock, ex officio Development Committee Co-Chair Katharine Caliendo, ex officio Randolph R. Johnson, Daniel Rios, ex officio Carl Cannon, Development Committee Co-Chair Brenda Wolchok Vision 2020 Campaign Co-Chair Timothy A. Woodward Chung-Hae Casler Douglas C. Worth

Foundation Board Honorary Directors Margaret Gomez, Chair Ruth Conley Gilchrist B. Berg David W. Foerster Jeffrey E. Bernardo Preston H. Haskell R. Chris Doerr Anne H. Hopkins Peter Karpen Robert E. Jacoby Frances Bartlett Kinne Mary Carr Patton Robert T. Shircliff Mary Ellen Smith Jay Stein James Van Vleck James H. Winston † † designates deceased

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ABOUT THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY © Tiffany Manning

As Music Director Courtney Lewis begins his fifth The Symphony is also the community’s leader in season on the conductor’s podium, the Jacksonville music education for children, serving four county Symphony celebrates the 2019-2020 season that school districts. In addition to offering free tickets to promises more weeks of music reaching more people children under the age of 18 for selected Florida Blue than ever before. Each season, the Symphony reaches Masterworks concerts, and other special youth pricing, more than 255,000 individuals through over there are several programs to foster music education. 300 performances. In June 2018, the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras embarked on its first national tour as The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Northeast one of only three student orchestras invited to Florida’s most important cultural institutions. Founded perform in the Los Angeles International Music Festival in 1949, the Symphony is ranked among the nation’s at Walt Disney Concert Hall. top regional orchestras. In March 2020, the orchestra will depart on a tour to Washington, D.C. as one of four Over the years, the Jacksonville Symphony has hosted orchestras selected from across the country for SHIFT: some of the most renowned artists of the music A Festival of American Orchestras. The Symphony’s world including Isaac Stern, Benny Goodman, Duke home, Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, is considered Ellington, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak to be an acoustic gem. Each year thousands enjoy the Perlman, Kathleen Battle, Mstislav Rostopovich, Audra Symphony’s performances both at Jacoby Symphony McDonald, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, Alisa Weilerstein, Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Branford Marsalis and Renée Fleming. and at venues located throughout the state of Florida. For more information about the Jacksonville Symphony, please visit JaxSymphony.org, like us on Facebook at Jacksonville Symphony, follow us on Twitter @JaxSymphony, and on Instagram at JaxSymphony.

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FIRST TIME AT THE SYMPHONY? GET CUED IN!

Welcome to the Jacksonville Symphony! Whether it’s your first or fiftieth time with us, we care a lot about every single person in the beautiful Jacoby Symphony Hall. The orchestra rehearses for hours each week, but the magic doesn’t happen until you’re here to enjoy it with us. So, if there is anything we can do to make you feel welcome, please feel free to speak with an usher or staff member. You can also tell us about your experience online at jaxsymphony.org/about/contact-us/.

Here’s what to expect: French horns and tubas). The only percussion instrument (the drums and keyboards in the back) that 1. First Things First The concertmaster enters the is tuned is the timpani – spot the timpanist putting his stage – they are the principal, or leader, of the string ear close to the head of the drum as he tunes. section and sit to the left of the conductor. The string section includes – from smallest to largest – two 3. Conductor Enters A conductor’s most basic job sections of violins (the highest pitched strings), violas, is to use a baton to keep time and make sure the cellos and basses. orchestra starts and stops together, but the magic is in their gestures, which give the musicians cues as to 2. Tuning Note The concertmaster cues a note from how they should play the notes as a unit to express the principal oboe for the woodwinds (flutes, clarinets, the music. oboes and bassoons) and brass (trumpets, trombones, 4. Time for the Music! The best way to enjoy the music is to just listen and see where it takes you. It is perfectly natural for your mind to wonder, so don’t be discouraged or anxious about listening a certain way. This moment is for you. Here are a few insider tricks to make the most of it:

• If you’re here for a Masterworks series concert, read the program notes (located after the program page) before the concert begins.

• See if you can pick out which instrument holds the melody (the part you can sing along with).

• Close your eyes and imagine the memories, colors, movie scenes, images or moods the music brings to mind.

• Listen for patterns in rhythm, sound or melody and notice how they change.

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5. Clapping There are two reasons to applaud at a Five things to try: Jacksonville Symphony concert: as a greeting, and to show appreciation! 1. Meet the people in the seats nearby. 2. Take a selfie with the Bryan Concert Organ and Before the concert begins, the Symphony members check into the #jaxsymphony on Facebook will all be seated on the stage, except for the or Instagram. concertmaster. You can applaud to greet the concertmaster, conductor and any soloists who will 3. Take in Jacksonville’s best view of the St. Johns be performing. During a Masterworks concert, it is River in the Uible Lobby. customary not to applaud again until the very end of each piece of music (even if there are multiple 4. Not sure about which instrument is which? movements with pauses in between). The program will Try using the musicians’ roster to match faces list the movements in each piece, so you will know how to instruments. many there are. If unsure, wait for everyone else! 5. Spot our librarian, Bart, when he switches the The conductor recognizes players who performed conductor’s music on the podium. special parts on their own. Loved it? Yell Bravo! Sometimes, if you clap enough, you’ll get a special 7. Afterward A Jacksonville Symphony concert is “encore” from a featured soloist who comes out to play always amazing, but never the same, so pick your by him or herself. next concert and make sure you’re on our email list to receive a special offer. Check out the program page for our suggestions! 6. Intermission Usually 20 minutes, intermission is a break for your mind, and a chance to prepare for more awe-inspiring music.

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MASTERWORKS SERIES

Friday and Saturday, November 15 & 16, 2019 | 8 pm Thank you for joining us! If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on one hour prior to each Masterworks concert “Insight” page 16. Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a EHNES PLAYS ELGAR staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope to see you again!

Courtney Lewis, conductor If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Haskell Endowed Chair may also like these upcoming performances! James Ehnes, violin

Benjamin Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes BRITTEN

Jean Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 SIBELIUS Allegro molto moderato Allegretto moderato Poco vivace Allegro molto

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This program runs approximately 2 hours 5 minutes.

In memory of David M. Hicks by his family

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ENCORE 25 James Ehnes, violin James Ehnes has established himself as one of the most sought-after violinists on the international stage. Gifted with a rare combination of stunning virtuosity, serene lyricism and an unfaltering musicality, Ehnes is a favorite guest of many of the world’s most respected conductors including Ashkenazy, Alsop, Sir Andrew Davis, Denève, Elder, Ivan Fischer, Gardner, Paavo Järvi, Mena, Noseda, Robertson and Runnicles. Ehnes’ long list of orchestras includes, amongst others, the Boston, Chicago, London, NHK and Vienna Symphony Orchestras, the Los Angeles, New York, Munich and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras, and the Cleveland, Philadelphia, Philharmonia and DSO Berlin orchestras.

Alongside his concerto work, James Ehnes maintains a busy recital schedule. He performs regularly at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Center Chicago, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Ravinia, Montreux, Chaise-Dieu, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Verbier Festival, Festival de Pâques in Aix, and in 2009 he made a sensational debut at the Salzburg Festival performing the Paganini Caprices. In 2016, Ehnes undertook a cross-Canada recital tour, performing in each of the country’s provinces and territories, to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Ehnes has an extensive discography and has won many awards for his recordings, including a Grammy Award (2019) for his live recording of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Violin © B Ealovega Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot, and a Gramophone Award for his live recording of the Elgar Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis. His recording of the Korngold, Barber and Walton violin concertos won a Grammy Award for ‘Best Instrumental Soloist Performance’ and a JUNO award for ‘Best Classical Album of the Year’. His recording of the Paganini Caprices earned him universal praise, with Diapason writing of the disc, “Ehnes confirms the predictions of Erick Friedman, eminent student of Heifetz: ‘there is only one like him born every hundred years’.”

Ehnes began violin studies at the age of five, became a protégé of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin aged nine, and made his orchestra debut with Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal aged 13. He continued his studies with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and The Juilliard School, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music upon his graduation in 1997. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 2010 was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

James Ehnes plays the “Marsick” Stradivarius of 1715. “Storm” depicts both the chaos within A prominent harp role underscores a PROGRAM NOTES Peter’s tormented mind and nature’s pastoral atmosphere in this work. Pedal by Laurie Shulman havoc wrought by the elements in a points, a Sibelius signature, are much gale. We hear the relentless high wind in evidence. What differs, particularly Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and rain pelting on anything in their in the first movement is an even- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes path. Similarly, the disorderly state of tempered character that throws more 16 minutes Peter’s thoughts as his mind slips emphasis on the occasional dissonance. away from him fill our ears with violence Predominantly stepwise motion in Shortly after World War II ended, and anguish. the melodies connects the music to London’s Sadlers Wells Opera made Renaissance polyphony, as does the plans to reopen with Benjamin Britten’s Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) modal harmony. Peter Grimes. The decision was risky, Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 While each movement has its own because Peter Grimes was Britten’s first 28 minutes full-length opera. He did, however, have qualities, the overriding impressions of the Sixth Symphony are rich string extensive experience composing vocal On the surface, Sibelius’ Sixth and choral music, and an instinctive writing and a peculiar sense of Arctic Symphony is straightforward: two light. Perhaps the air is thinner in flair for drama. With tenor Peter large-scale outer movements framing Pears in the title role, the premiere Finland. ‘Breathing’ this music certainly a slower movement and a scherzo. heightens the senses. of Peter Grimes was a huge success, Yet Sibelius plays games with our establishing Britten as an opera ears, deceiving us as to which are the composer of international stature. important themes. He wants us listening Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) to both foreground (the front-and- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 George Crabbe’s poem “The Borough” center musical themes or events) and 48 minutes (1810), which inspired Britten’s opera, background (the supporting musical is dominated by the image of the cold, fabric, including harmonic and Most great violin concertos have grey sea. Similarly, the sea is integral rhythmic underpinning and subsidiary close connections to great violinists. to Peter Grimes’ atmosphere. Britten thematic ideas). Edward Elgar’s consultant and eventual grew up near the sea, and eventually dedicatee was the brilliant virtuoso Fritz took up residence in Aldeburgh, The music is absolutely gorgeous, Kreisler (1875-1962). The Viennese-born where Crabbe’s poem is set. The which is surprising considering the Kreisler had already toured the United Suffolk setting and the seascapes lend context: the symphony is contemporary States by the time he made his London a decidedly English character to this with Schoenberg’s first twelve-tone début in May 1902. The English loved music. Of the six instrumental interludes compositions, Hindemith’s most him, and in 1904 the Philharmonic linking Peter Grimes, three are portraits outrageous expressionist experiments Society awarded Kreisler its gold of the sea in its various guises; two are and, in France, the iconoclasm of medal. Elgar and Kreisler met at the psychological portraits of Peter, and Les Six. Sibelius might have resided Leeds Festival that October. Already one, the “Storm” interlude, is both. on another planet. He was aware of acquainted with Elgar’s music, Kreisler Europe’s musical currents, but had too became a fan. In an interview the “Dawn” opens with a tense unison simply determined to follow his own following year, he declared: melody in the violins, answered first path toward a style that distilled the by harp and clarinet; these are early spirit of Finland and his inner voice. I place [Elgar] on an equal footing morning sunlight and light breezes In the seven symphonies that he with my idols, Beethoven and Brahms. dance on the surface of the water, composed between 1899 and 1924, He is of the same aristocratic family. . . and the gulls swoop down. Then low Sibelius sought to integrate a new I wish Elgar would write something for brasses and timpani respond; the ocean concept of form and to evolve the the violin. swell of the larger waves is omnipresent purest possible musical language. and inexorable. Thus was planted the seed that led to The usual term applied to his methods Elgar’s Violin Concerto. The concerto’s “Sunday Morning” evokes multiple is ‘organic.’ This concept is difficult genesis, however, is even more closely church bells. Britten evokes the bustling to spell out. In technical terms, he linked to another individual: Lady Alice streets of a small seaside town where is more concerned with musical Stuart Wortley. church life dominates Sunday activities. line – that is, melody – than he is Discord in the horns, an ambivalence with harmonic foundations. Yet the Edward and Alice Elgar met Lady between major and minor mode, harmonies are quite lovely. We don’t Alice and her husband, Charles and polytonal clang imbue “Sunday retain a clear theme that we will hum Stuart, in 1902. Edward and Lady Morning” with a piquant flavor. for days afterward, so much as we do Alice commenced a correspondence with a sense that everything is related. that would last more than 30 years. A In “Moonlight,” lower strings, bassoons Sibelius composed in a way that makes daughter of the pre-Raphaelite painter and horns combine to suggest the everything sound logical and pulled John Millais, she was an accomplished ocean swell. Moonlight glittering on together at the end. pianist and a sensitive and literate the sea is suggested by flutes, harp musician. Elgar felt a profound spiritual and some percussion. Britten evokes This subtle unification of musical bond with her, and biographers have the grandeur of the sea with fine material occurs as an ongoing process suggested that his feelings ran deeper orchestral color. throughout the four movements, which than friendship. Because her Christian is a part of this ‘organic’ approach. name was the same as his wife’s, he Sibelius has written a mood piece that nicknamed her “Windflower,” after encourages contemplation, rather than the drooping wood anemones that a dramatic narrative forcing crisis or flourished in Cornwall, where Elgar confrontation. All the same, there is had visited the Stuart Wortleys. The plenty of room for contrast. Violin Concerto is one of a trilogy of

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Elgar’s concerto adheres to the traditional model of three movements arranged fast-slow-fast sequence. A spacious orchestral exposition in the opening Allegro salutes classical form. The themes are Schumannesque, and there are a bundle of them. At least five different melodies play significant roles in the first movement. (Some return in the finale, thematically transformed.)

The Andante is an extraordinary dialogue between orchestra and soloist. Elgar gives the main theme to the large ensemble; the soloist plays a counter-melody. The mood is poetic, transporting us to a state of exaltation. Through an inscription in the score, “Aqui esta encerrada el alma de . . . . . “ [Here is enshrined the soul of . . . . .] Elgar implied an intimate portrait.

Subtle echoes of Brahms color the finale, Elgar’s most technically explosive movement. Perpetual motion, octave passages, double-, triple- and quadruple-stopped segments, harmonics and trills fill its pages, as do allusions and quotations to themes from the first two movements. The emotional heart of the finale is the unusual accompanied cadenza that forms its climax. A brilliant and exhibitionist coda closes the concerto.

Elgar’s language and expression were essentially romantic and remained unchanged for the duration of his career. The Violin Concerto stands as a monument in the romantic tradition, one that takes its place proudly beside the great 19th century masterpieces.

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Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 6:30 pm Thank you for joining us! Friday, November 22, 2019 | 11 am If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on page 16. Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope to see you again!

Thomas Wilkins, conductor If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you may also like these upcoming performances! Giuseppe Overture from La forza del destino VERDI

Gabriel Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande FAURÉ

Ludwig van Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67* BEETHOVEN Allegro con brio Andante con moto Allegro Allegro

This program runs approximately 1 hour 5 minutes. *included on Regency Centers Symphony in 60 concert

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ENCORE 29 Thomas Wilkins, conductor Thomas Wilkins is music director of the Omaha Symphony; a position he has held since 2005. Additionally, he is principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Boston Symphony’s Artistic Advisor, and Indiana University’s Henry A. Upper Chair of Orchestral Conducting established by the late Barbara and David Jacobs as a part of that University’s “Matching the Promise Campaign.” Past positions have included resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony and Florida Orchestra (Tampa Bay), and associate conductor of the Richmond (VA) Symphony. He also has served on the music faculties of North Park University (Chicago), the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

Devoted to promoting a life-long enthusiasm for music, Wilkins brings energy and commitment to audiences of all ages. He is hailed as a master at communicating and connecting with audiences. Following his highly successful first season with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Globe named him among the “Best People and Ideas of 2011.” In 2014, Wilkins received the prestigious “Outstanding Artist” award at the Nebraska Governor’s Arts Awards, for his significant contribution to music in the state while in 2018 Thomas Wilkins received the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society conferred by Boston’s Longy School of Music. And in 2019 the Virginia Symphony bestowed Thomas Wilkins with their annual Dreamer Award.

His commitment to community has been demonstrated by his participation on several boards of directors, including the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Charles Drew Health Center (Omaha), the Center Against Spouse Abuse in Tampa Bay and the Museum of Fine Arts as well as the Academy Preparatory Center both in St. Petersburg, FL. Currently he serves as chairman of the board for the Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund and as national ambassador for the non-profit World Pediatric Project headquartered in Richmond, VA, which provides children throughout Central America and the Caribbean with critical surgical and diagnostic care.

A native of Norfolk, VA, Wilkins is a graduate of the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He and his wife Sheri-Lee, are the proud parents of twin daughters, Erica and Nicole.

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Saturday November 30, 2019 | 3 pm Thank you for joining us! Sunday, December 1, 2019 | 3 pm If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on page 16. Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a DISNEY • PIXAR staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope “UP” to see you again! IN CONCERT LIVE TO FILM If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Gonzalo Farias, conductor may also like these upcoming performances! Tickets: 904.354.5547 WALT DISNEY PICTURES presents A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS Film JaxSymphony.org “UP”

Directed by PETE DOCTER

Co-Directed by BOB PETERSON

Produced by JONAS RIVERA

Executive Producers JOHN LASSETER ANDREW STANTON

Screenplay by BOB PETERSON PETE DOCTER Disney and Pixar’s UP A 78-year-old curmudgeonly balloon Story by PETER DOCTER BOB PETERSON TOM McCARTHY salesman is not your average hero. When he ties thousands of balloons to Music by MICHAEL GIACCHINO his house and flies away to the wilds of South America, he finally fulfills his lifelong dream of adventure. But Distributed by WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION Pictures after Carl discovers an eight-year-old Original Soundtrack available from WALT DISNEY RECORDS stowaway named Russell, this unlikely duo soon finds themselves on a hilarious journey in a lost world filled with danger Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts ©. All rights reserved. and surprises. This film is enhanced by Michael Giacchino’s Academy Award- winning original score performed live by This program runs approximately 1 hour 57 minutes. the incomparable Jacksonville Symphony.

ENCORE 33 Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor An engaging Chilean orchestral conductor and award-winning pianist, Gonzalo Farias has been recently appointed as the associate conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony. In an ever-changing world, Gonzalo’s main ambition is to establish music-making as a way of rethinking our place in society by cultivating respect, trust and cooperation among all people in our community.

He served as the assistant conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta’s leadership. Farias was the recipient of the prestigious Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Conducting Fellowship for two seasons, mentored by Marin Alsop. As former music director of the Joliet Symphony Orchestra, Farias embraced the Hispanic residents of the greater Chicago area with pre-concert lectures, Latin- based repertoire and a unique side-by-side bilingual narration of Bizet’s Carmen.

During the summer, Farias has worked closely with Jaap Van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. In the United States, he was the recipient of the prestigious Bruno Walter Memorial Conducting Scholarship twice at the Cabrillo Music Festival and named “Emergent Conductor” by Victor Yampolsky at the Peninsula Music Festival. For the past two summers, Farias was Marin Alsop’s assistant for the New Music Festival curated by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Out of 566 applicants and 78 countries, Gonzalo was chosen as one of the 24 finalists of the prestigious 2018 Malko Conducting Competition with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. He has conducting experience with orchestras including the Charlotte Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic, National Symphony of Chile, among others.

Gonzalo Farias was born in Santiago de Chile, where he began his piano studies at age five. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the P.C. University of Chile, and then continued his graduate piano studies at the New England Conservatory as a full- scholarship student. He has won first prize at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition and prizes at the Maria Canals and Luis Sigall Piano Competitions. As a conductor, Farias attended the University of Illinois working with Donald Schleicher, the Peabody Conservatory with Marin Alsop, worked privately with the late Otto-Werner Mueller, and studied under the guidance of Larry Rachleff for several years. POPS SERIES PRESENTED WITH

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Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 7:30 pm Thank you for joining us! Friday, December 6, 2019 | 8 pm If this is your first time here, welcome and Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 3 pm & 8 pm feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on Sunday, December 8, 2019 | 3 pm & 7 pm page 16. Coffee Series: Friday, December 6, 2019 | 11 am If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope to see you again!

If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you HOLIDAY POPS may also like these upcoming performances!

Gonzalo Farias, conductor Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Endowed Chair Gabriel Preisser, vocalist Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Dancers

Alan Spirit of the Season SILVESTRI arranged by HAMILTON George It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * WYLE arranged by CERULLI Irving White Christmas * BERLIN arranged by MOSS Bill ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas HOLCOMBE TRADITIONAL O Come, All Ye Faithful arranged by RUTTER Bob Christmas at the Movies * KROGSTAD TRADITIONAL The First Noel * arranged by HARRIS Lee Shines a Star Tickets: 904.354.5547 PERRY JaxSymphony.org arranged by CARLSON Jerry We Need a Little Christmas * HERMAN arranged by RICKETTS

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John Christmas In Killarney REDMOND arranged by MANN

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Leroy Sleigh Ride * ANDERSON Walter I’ll Be Home for Christmas * KENT arranged by CHOPRA John Angel’s Carol RUTTER Calvin Chanukah Festival Overture * CUSTER Piotr Ilyich Trepak from The Nutcracker * Gabriel Preisser, vocalist TCHAIKOVSKY Praised for his “a beautiful, luscious Franz Silent Night baritone,” Gabriel Preisser receives GRUBER rave reviews for his vast repertoire of performances. This season, Preisser Adolphe O Holy Night * performs the role of Figaro in Le nozze ADAM di Figaro with Opera Orlando, Major arranged by General in Pirates of Penzance with CLYDESDALE Opera Tampa, performs as a soloist in Jacksonville Symphony’s Holiday TRADITIONAL Kickin’ Kringle * Pops concert, and reprises his role as arranged by Lt. Gordon in Silent Night with Utah Opera. He first called the industry to HANKEWICH attention for his performance of TRADITIONAL Christmas Singalong * Lt. Gordon in the world-premiere of Kevin Putz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning arranged by Silent Night with Minnesota Opera FINNEGAN which he then reprised with Opera Philadelphia, Cincinnati Opera and in his * Coffee Concert selection Michigan Opera Theatre début. Preisser then switched sides in Putz’s WWII opera as he portrayed the French Lt. Audebert This program runs approximately 1 hour 55 minutes. in Silent Night with Piedmont Opera.

Last season, he performed the role of Pops Series Concert The Jess & Brewster J. Durkee Foundation Figaro in The Barber of Seville with is presented by Opera Orlando and in Le nozze di Figaro with Inland Northwest Opera. Other engagements last season include Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Opera Coffee Series Concert is presented by Tampa, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti and the baritone soloist in Arias & Barcarolles Coffee and tea are generously provided by Martin Coffee Company, Inc. with Magic City Opera and Orchestra Miami, Petruchio in Kiss Me Kate with Annapolis Symphony, and the World Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. Premiere of Today it Rains in a AVL Productions, the official production partner of the Jacksonville Symphony. Jax Black Car Transportation is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony.

36 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 co-production between American Opera Projects and Opera Parallèle in San Francisco. Preisser also performed as soloist with the Canterbury Voices at Oklahoma City University in Britten’s War Requiem and with the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra in Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Jacksonville Symphony Chorus The Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Donald McCullough, is an all-volunteer group of over 120 rigorously auditioned individuals from all walks of life who share a love of singing choral music.

When choosing voices, McCullough said, “I look for focused voices with enough ring to project over the orchestra and into the hall. They must also be sizeable enough to make a contribution to the huge sound required for symphonic choral music.”

During an audition, other considerations include the singer’s ability to sing in tune, which must be impeccable; their flexibility; range; diction; vocal color and innate sense of musicality.

The Chorus is celebrating its 34th season this year and was founded by past Music Director Roger Nierenberg. In 2014, the Chorus traveled to New York City for perform under McCullough’s direction in the Lincoln Center premiere of his cantata In the Shadow of the Holocaust.

This season the chorus will participate in several performances including Handel’s Messiah, Holiday Pops and the highly anticipated performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Choral singing is the most popular form of participation in the performing arts according to a recent study by Chorus America. Over 18% of American households report one or more adults participate in a chorus.

William Adams Jane Daugherty Liz McAlhany Paulina Ragunas David Avery Julie Davis Marianne McAlhany Mark Reasoner Deborah Baker Tracy Davis Donald McCullough Nancy Redfern Susan Baker Alyce Decker James McGuffin Wynn Redmon Carole Banks Stephanie Doerr Kate Medill Caitlin Regan Ann Barrow Jeff Elledge Ozzie Medina Patti Robertson Alla Bartosh Ileana Fernandez Pat Medlock Mark Robinson Samantha Basso Robert Fernandez Bill Meisel Kim Rowland Noah Battle Sr. Gregory Fisher Jr. Janet Metcalf AJ Ruvane El Battle Jennifer Flagge Barbara Miller Jose Sastre Jessica Bergstol Kate Flint Molly Miller Jeffrey Schroer Paula Boyd Veronica Gibson Kenneth Mixon Keith Schroyer Louise Brooks Bonnie Goldsmith Libby Montgomery Janet Snell Dorothy Jean Bush Michele Hale John Morrow Sharon Snow Rita Cannon Deborrah Hoag Joseph Murray Richard Sykes Gloria Cardona Dennis Holt Christina Ng Hugh Tobias Chuck Carroll Kathy Hunt Jane Palmer Sheri Van Orden Robb Cates Kiki Karpen Anne Petersen Anna Vrabel Kenneth Chin George Kawaley John Petersen Mark Walter Estelle Chisholm Ken Kutch David Pierson Eileen Ward Melody Choate Alwynne Lamp Laura Jane Pittman Jerri Lea Ware Sandy Clarke Wayne Letizia Jessica Poole Emily Wasek Ellen Clayton Ginger Lindberg Caroline Price Jill Weisblatt Susan Connors Annette Littlefield Vickie Prince John Weitzel Nancy Crookshank Leyse Lowry John Pugh Cindy Wohl Julie Cross Mark Macco Nancy Purcell Peter Wynkoop Katherine Crowell Jim Maher Amy Quinn Sam Young Marley Curtis Walter Mattingly

ENCORE 37 Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Dance Theater, Choreography by Rhonda Stampalia

Kickin’ Kringle Hannah Gaetke Christmas In Killarney Jessica Cassette Gracie Mixon, lead Ellie Germaine Destinee Bouldin, lead Elena Every Ansley Allen Kearstyn Junifer Dawson Jackson, lead Hannah Gaetke Ava Brown Kyra King Jeremiah Moorehead, Kyra King Jessica Cassette Olivia Cafiero lead Gracie Mixon Elena Every Chanelle Williams Michele Acampora Chanelle Williams Olivia Cafiero

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YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SERIES

Monday, December 9, 2019 | 7 pm About the Jacksonville

Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Symphony Youth Orchestras The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO) are Northeast Florida’s JSYO HOLIDAY CONCERT premier developmental orchestral ensembles. Last season, the JSYO served more than 350 young musicians Deanna Tham, Principal JSYO Conductor ages 7-21, who were admitted through Winston Family Endowed Chair competitive auditions. Through the in- depth study of classical repertoire, each Jump Start Strings Pre-Concert Lobby Performance orchestra improves its musical skills and understanding at both the individual David Song, conductor student level and the ensemble level. Selections to be announced In all, there are six ensembles which rehearse and perform under the direction Foundation Strings Concert Program of JSYO Principal Conductor and TRADITIONAL Rose Francis, conductor Symphony Assistant Conductor, Deanna arranged by BAKER Ring, Christmas Bells! Tham and her team of music educators. These professional conductors, along with Jacksonville Symphony musicians, Chris Sleigh Ride in the Park nationally recognized soloists, and other THOMAS professional educators in the community, enable the JSYO to serve the needs of each young musician with individualized, Encore Strings Helen Morin, conductor ability-level specific instruction. TRADITIONAL ‘Tis the Season arranged by GAZDA JSYO members are afforded unique musical experiences, in addition to TRADITIONAL Hanukkah Dances the exposure to and performance of arranged by orchestral masterworks. For example, JSYO ensembles perform in the Times- O’HARA LABRIE Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall during the season as well as the annual James Lord Jingle Bells Major/Minor concert, which will be PIERPONT conducted by Jacksonville Symphony arranged by CERULLI Associate Conductor Gonzalo Farias. At this concert, finalists in the annual Young Artists Concerto Competition showcase Premier Strings Helen Morin, conductor their exceptional talents by performing William Away in a Manger with the Jacksonville Symphony. The KIRKPATRICK JSYO also perform free community arranged by TURNER engagement concerts, both in Jacoby Symphony Hall and at various First Coast locations. In 2018, the JSYO Philharmonic Gustav In the Bleak Midwinter participated in their first-ever tour to the HOLST Los Angeles International Music Festival arranged by ROSZELL where they performed at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

TRADITIONAL Yuletide Rejoicing For more information visit arranged by OWENS jaxsymphony.org/jsyo

Repertory Orchestra Deanna Tham, conductor Support for the JSYO is provided in TRADITIONAL Festival of Carols part by: arranged by WAGNER THE PLAYERS Florida State College at Jacksonville Cummer Family Foundation Albert Welcome, Mr. Grinch Rice Family Foundation HAGUE Publix Super Markets Charities arranged by MANN Rowe Charitable Foundation Brady S. Johnston Perpetual Charitable Trust Henry and Lucy Gooding Endowment Advised by the Bryan Family

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Philharmonic Deanna Tham, conductor Thank you for joining us! Leon JESSEL Parade of the Wooden Soldiers If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on arranged by GOULD page 16.

Alan The Polar Express If you have any questions about your SILVESTRI experience with us, please feel free to ask a arranged by BRUBAKER staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope to see you again!

Leroy Sleigh Ride If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you ANDERSON may also like these upcoming performances!

This program runs approximately 1 hour 25 minutes.

For a full student roster, please refer to the program insert.

Presented by

Additional support provided by Cummer Family Foundation, Rice Family Foundation, Rowe Charitable Foundation, Henry and Lucy Gooding Endowment Advised by the Bryan Family,

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ENCORE 41 Deanna Tham, Assistant Conductor & Principal JSYO Conductor Winston Family Endowed Chair

Hailing from Saratoga, California, Tham has conducted and guest conducted all over the United States, working with renowned conductors Marin Alsop and James Ross at the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival. Most recently, she served as assistant conductor for the 2019 National Youth Orchestra — USA (NYO-USA) and NYO2 working with James Ross, Joseph Young and Sir Antonio Pappano. Before joining the Jacksonville Symphony, Tham was the music director of the 350-piece Louisville Youth Orchestra. Tham has also served as the Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has conducted the Boise Philharmonic, Ballet Idaho and Opera Idaho. Tham worked as the assistant conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra where she received a Professional Studies Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music in Orchestral Conducting.

In 2013, Tham made her debut with the National Music Festival. She was one of two assistant conductors who appeared with Maestro Richard Rosenberg, working with some of the top professional musicians and teachers from around the world. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy © N Sparkman Conductor’s Guild Scholarship where she worked with Master Teacher Victor Yampolsky. Most recently, she was invited to compete in the Cadaques Orchestra International Conducting Competition.

Tham has served as the assistant conductor of the Carnegie Mellon All-University Orchestra. While at Carnegie Mellon, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in horn performance. Tham went on to receive her Master of Music degree, with honors, from Northwestern University studying with Dr. Mallory Thompson. While at Northwestern, she worked with Dr. Robert Harris, Victor Yampolsky and Dr. Robert Hasty, making her equally at home in wind, orchestral and vocal settings. She also completed community outreach projects in the form of concerts in the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Kid’s Fare series, participating in a movie music themed concert as well as conducting, managing and producing a multicultural themed interactive concert.

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SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Saturday, December 14, 2019 | 7:30 pm Thank you for joining us! Sunday, December 15, 2019 | 3 pm If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on page 16. Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a HANDEL’S MESSIAH staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope to see you again! Gonzalo Farias, conductor If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Madison Leonard, soprano may also like these upcoming performances! Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano Eric Ferring, tenor David Kravitz, baritone Jacksonville Symphony Chorus

George Frideric Messiah HANDEL Part One: The Advent of the Messiah

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Part Two: The Passion of the Christ Part Three: His Resurrection

This program runs approximately 2 hours 20 minutes

Jacksonville Symphony Chorus listing can be found on page 37

Presented by

Tickets: 904.354.5547 JaxSymphony.org

44 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 Madison Leonard, soprano Rising young soprano Madison Leonard is a 2018 winner of the Metropolitan National Council Auditions, at which she sang arias from Rigoletto and Hänsel und Gretel. This season, she joins Seattle Opera as Chrisann Brennan in Bates’ The [R]evolution of Steve Jobs and Frasquita in Carmen. She sings Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro in a return to Inland Northwest Opera, her hometown company. She returns to The Florida Orchestra for her first performances of Haydn’s Creation and offers a solo recital at Washington Adventist University. In the summer, she will return to Seattle Opera to Gilda in Rigoletto, which she will repeat later in the season with Austin Opera. Last season, she returned to Wolf Trap Opera for two role debuts: Ilia in Idomeneo and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette.

She is a previous first place winner of the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition. Additionally, Leonard received the Women’s Voice Fellowship from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation and scholarships from the Lynn Harvey Foundation and the Musicians Club of Women. The soprano earned her Master of Music from Northwestern University and her Bachelor of Arts from Pepperdine University. © Arielle+Doneson

Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano Mezzo-soprano Leah Wool has been hailed by Opera News as “among the more distinctive and accomplished artists of her generation,” with a “voice of truly beautiful timbre.” This season, Wool reprises her role with the Defiant Requiem Foundation in Hours of Freedom and joins the Jacksonville Symphony for Handel’s Messiah.

Recent highlights include her debut with the Charlotte Symphony for Elijah, her return to Boston Baroque as Holofernes in Juditha Triumphans, a debut with the Nashville Symphony in Mozart’s Requiem, the Phoenix Symphony for Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and the Cincinnati Symphony for Bach’s Magnificat. Grammy nominated for her work as Minerva on Boston Baroque’s recording of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Wool is one of their frequent collaborators, having sung the title role in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula and Amastre in Xerxes with the company. Other notable performances include appearances with the Metropolitan Opera in Suor Angelica, Thaïs, Le nozze de Figaro and War & Peace.

Eric Ferring, tenor Tenor Eric Ferring, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated magna cum laude from Drake University in 2014 with his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and The Boston Conservatory in 2016 with his Master of Music in Opera Performance under the tutelage of Dr. Rebecca Folsom.

The works of Mozart feature heavily in Eric Ferring’s 2019-2020 season, singing Tamino in Die Zauberflöte in house debuts with North Carolina Opera, New Orleans Opera and Santa Fe Opera. He also returns to the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where his assignments include performances of the Older brother in Dead Man Walking, Tchaplitsky in Queen of Spades, and he appears as a tenor soloist in the Lyric’s Three Queens Concert featuring Sondra Radvanovsky. He also covers Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and the Major Domo in Queen of Spades. In concert, he joins the Jacksonville Symphony for Handel’s Messiah.

ENCORE 45 David Kravitz, bass Hailed as “a charismatic baritone” by the New York Times, “magnificently stentorian and resonant” by Opera News, and “a first-rate actor” by Opera (UK), David Kravitz’s recent opera engagements include lead roles at Washington National Opera (Davis Miller in the world premiere of Approaching Ali), Chautauqua Opera (Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes), Skylight Music Theatre (Scarpia in Tosca), Opera Santa Barbara (The Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen), Grand Harmonie (Don Pizarro in Fidelio) and Opera Saratoga (Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola.) He recently created the lead role of De Sade in Nicola Moro’s Love Hurts at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, Italy, and at Symphony Space in New York. His many concert appearances include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Boston Baroque.

This season, Kravitz reprises his role with the Defiant Requiem Foundation’s Hours of Freedom, this time in Atlanta, and returns to the Boston Symphony Orchestra as the Helmsman in Tristan und Isolde. He also returns to the Jacksonville Symphony for Handel’s Messiah.

46 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 ENCORE 47 48 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 REGENCYPOPS SERIESCENTERS SYMPHONY PRESENTED WITH IN 60 SERIES

MASTERWORKSCOFFEE SERIES SERIES

Thursday, December 19, 2019 | 6:30 pm Thank you for joining us! Friday and Saturday, December 20 & 21, 2019 | 8 pm If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on page 16. “Insight” one hour prior to each Masterworks concert Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts If you have any questions about your experience with us, please feel free to ask a staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope SYMPHONIC DANCES to see you again! If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Nathan Aspinall, conductor may also like these upcoming performances!

Franz Joseph Symphony No. 94 in G major, “Surprise” HAYDN Adagio; Vivace assai Andante Menuetto; Allegro molto Allegro di molto

Nikolai Christmas Eve Suite RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Introduction: A late, frosty evening Tableau 6: The ethereal space, symphonic picture Tableau 7: Devilish Kolyadka Polonaise

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Sergei Symphonic Dances * RACHMANINOFF Noon Twilight Midnight

* Symphony in 60 selection

This program runs approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

Tickets: 904.354.5547 JaxSymphony.org

ENCORE 49 Nathan Aspinall, conductor Nathan Aspinall begins his role as assistant conductor of the Nashville Symphony with the 2019-2020 season. Previously, he was associate conductor of Jacksonville Symphony, for whom he led performances of Handel’s Messiah and Prokofiev’s Cinderella. On a tour of South Florida with pianist Bezhod Abduraimov and the Jacksonville Symphony, he led performances of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 3. Kevin Wilt of the Palm Beach Daily News said of the performance, “In recent years the Kravis Center has heard performances by the Chicago Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and more. This one was just as polished as any of those.”

During the 2018-2019 season, Aspinall led the Jacksonville Symphony in two masterworks subscription programs and a tour with organist Cameron Carpenter to the Kravis Center. He was selected as one of two conducting fellows at the Tanglewood Music Festival during the summer of 2019.

Formerly, Aspinall held the position of young conductor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Australia, where he assisted Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and visiting guest conductors, and where he conducted concerts for Tiffany Manning the orchestra’s education series. He studied French horn and conducting at the University of Queensland and upon graduation was awarded the Hugh Brandon Prize. In 2012, he attended the Aspen Music Festival, studying with Robert Spano and Hugh Wolff; he was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, inviting him to return to Aspen the following year.

Aspinall has guest-conducted the Atlanta, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, as well as the Queensland Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra. He has acted as assistant conductor for Opera Queensland. Festival appearances and masterclasses have included the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Oregon Bach Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Seminar. He studied Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at New England Conservatory in Boston.

during Salomon’s 1792 season, it from his 1832 collection, Evenings on PROGRAM NOTES rapidly became the most popular a Farm Near Dikanka. Like the other by Laurie Shulman of the six dating from Haydn’s first stories in the collection, “Christmas London sojourn. Haydn purportedly Eve” combines Ukrainian folklore with Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) incorporated the “surprise” in the Slavic mythology and pagan figures. Symphony No. 94 in G major, “Surprise” variations movement to arouse sleepy The story adds a devil, a witch and 23 minutes audiences from their somnolence. additional supernatural elements that One can hardly imagine falling asleep draw on the Slavic connection between In 1790, the year he turned 58, Haydn during such a lively symphony, however. the celebration of Christmas and the embarked upon an altogether new From its stately slow introduction rebirth of the sun following the chapter in his career that was to and sprightly 6/8 opening movement winter solstice. produce more than a dozen of his best- through to the bouncy finale, this work known and most beloved symphonies. bursts with country tunefulness and Both Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov After having spent several decades in rhythmic vitality, a package rich in composed operas based on Gogol’s the service of the Esterhazy family, he surprises even after repeated hearings. story. Rimsky subtitled his Christmas was persuaded by the entrepreneur Eve “A Carol Come to Life.” The score Johann Peter Salomon to travel to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov uses Christmas songs from Alexander England late in 1790. While Haydn’s (1844-1908) Rubots’ anthology of Ukrainian folk music had become well known music. The Suite’s five sections are Christmas Eve Suite played without pause, but are easy to throughout Europe and the British Isles, 18 minutes he himself had not traveled extensively. delineate. “Christmas Night” is calm There he composed a series of six and rustic. “Ballet of the Stars” opens In English-speaking countries, certain with an extended flute solo; later in symphonies to be performed in literary works are strongly associated London’s Hanover Square Rooms. this section, concertmaster, horns and with the Christmas season, especially clarinet take a moment in the spotlight. Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem, The “Surprise” symphony, so named “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (a/k/a because of the unexpected timpani The Suite’s most famous excerpt, the “The Night Before Christmas”); Charles Polonaise, has its feet firmly planted in stroke and fortissimo chord at Dickens’s 1843 novella A Christmas measure 16 of the slow movement, the Russian opera house. The dance Carol; and O. Henry’s short story takes place in a salon at the imperial was composed during summer 1791, “The Gift of the Magi.” when Haydn was staying north of palace in St. Petersburg. The blacksmith London as the guest of Nathaniel Vakula has traveled there hoping In Russia, the holiday classic is Nikolai to learn the origin of the Tsaritsa’s Brassey, a Herfordshire banker. Gogol’s “Christmas Eve,” a short story One of four symphonies introduced beautiful slippers, which his beloved

50 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 Oksana so admires. Any listener familiar some music and regain his failing undulating beneath the smooth with Tchaikovsky’s splendid Polonaise health. Though he lived nearly three exterior of the waltz. The brasses of from Eugene Onegin will recognize the years longer, the work he composed the opening measures return style: bold, brash and confident. We are that summer proved to be his last periodically, as if to herald the sinister meant to be impressed by the opulence complete score. And a magnificent spirits that seem to underlie this of the tableau – which does, of course, swan song it was. disquieting dance. Metric vacillation take place on Christmas Eve. In the from 6/8 and 3/8 to 9/8 and back again opera, the courtiers sing an enthusiastic The first movement is dominated by add to the haunting character. chorus of praise about the Tsaritsa’s a descending triad motive from which virtues. Rimsky adapted the popular the balance of the musical material Rachmaninoff used the medieval excerpt for concert performance unfolds. Rachmaninoff takes superb Dies irae chant several times in his on its own. advantage of his orchestral resources, music. The best known example is the continually surprising us with a panoply Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Its The opera was not a success. In his of percussion, woodwind and brass presence in the finale to the Symphonic memoirs, Rimsky allowed that he accents amidst the ongoing sweep Dances has been called Rachmaninoff’s had gotten a bit carried away in his of the strings. A unique stroke is last and definitive statement. An English treatment of Gogol’s tale, but that it the luscious solo awarded to alto horn solo also makes use of Russian had allowed him to write some “very saxophone in the more leisurely middle Orthodox chant. The two ideas bind interesting music.” Indeed it did, section. While not unprecedented, together with the composer’s original and lovers of Scheherazade will be the timbre was still unusual: peculiarly material to build to a dynamic close. delighted to discover this lesser- close to the human voice, and vividly known treasure. set with clarinet and oboe sharing a Rachmaninoff’s achievement in this light accompaniment. thrilling work is the melding of balletic Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) impulse and symphonic grandeur. The central waltz opens with muted Vastly more sophisticated than the Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 trumpets in an eerie reminder of the heart-on-sleeve romanticism of the 35 minutes composer’s Russian roots. Pizzicato early piano concerti, the Symphonic strings establish the ghostly waltz Dances are a superb example of his During the summer of 1940, following rhythm; a free violin solo lends a mature orchestral style. an exhausting concert season, Sergei folksy, half-gypsy facet to the music. Rachmaninoff took refuge on the then- Rachmaninoff focuses on individual Laurie Shulman ©2019 bucolic north shore town of Huntington, instrumental colors, whose chromatic Long Island. He hoped to compose lines often seem like veiled threats

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019 | 9 pm Thank you for joining us! If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts page 16.

If you have any questions about your NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE JAZZ AGE experience with us, please feel free to ask a staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope Courtney Lewis, conductor to see you again! Haskell Endowed Chair If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Alyson Cambridge, soprano may also like these upcoming performances!

George Overture from Girl Crazy GERSHWIN arranged by MCBRIDE

George I’ve Got That Fascinating Rhythm GERSHWIN arranged by HOLCOMBE

George The Man I Love GERSHWIN arranged by PAPE

Bohuslav From La revue de cuisine MARTINŮ Charleston Finale

Vincent J’ai deux amours SCOTTO arranged by HYKEN

Armando La conga blicoti ORÉFICHE arranged by HYKEN

Morton American Symphonette No. 2 GOULD Moderately fast Pavane Very fast - racy

INTERMISSION Tickets: 904.354.5547 Cole Cole Porter Salute JaxSymphony.org PORTER arranged by WHITNEY

Cole Too Darn Hot PORTER

Hoagy Stardust CARMICHAEL arranged by GOULD

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Darius Le boeuf sur le toit MILHAUD

LOUIGUY La Vie en rose arranged by GRAD

Charles Non, Je ne regrette rien DUMONT arranged by GRAD

This program runs approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

Alyson Cambridge, soprano Alyson Cambridge is one of the most compelling and diverse classical vocalists on the scene today; not only has she graced the world’s top opera houses and concert stages but she most recently made her Broadway début in Rocktopia which fuses the most iconic 20th century rock with the most world-renowned classical compositions. Over the past 15 years, Cambridge has established herself as a leading soprano performing at The Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Deutsche Oper Berlin, to name a few. As Cambridge continues to grow in both the theatre and classical world, she is praised for her “powerful, clear voice” (The New York Times), and hailed by critics for her “vocally assured, dramatically subtle and artistically imaginative” performances (Washington Post).

This season, Cambridge reprises her role in Broadway’s Rocktopia on tour throughout the U.S. Additionally, Cambridge performs as a soloist in Victory Hall Opera’s production of From the Diary of Sally Hemings, performs the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess with National Orchestral Institute/Wolf Trap Opera and Washington National Opera, Julie in Show Boat with Glimmerglass Opera, and Coretta Scott King in I Dream for Opera Carolina. Her latest album, “Sisters in

© Enrique Vega Song,” where she is joined by Nicole Cabell, was released in 2018 and will embark on a country wide tour. Furthermore, Cambridge sings a variety of Gala’s for Glimmerglass Opera, and returns to Carnegie Hall for her Tis the Sunday: Songs of the Season solo concert.

54 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 ENCORE 55 56 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 COFFEE SERIES

Friday, January 3, 2020 | 11 am Thank you for joining us! If this is your first time here, welcome and feel free to flip to the newcomers’ guide on Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts page 16.

If you have any questions about your THE ORGAN SYMPHONY experience with us, please feel free to ask a staff member or usher in the lobby. We hope Courtney Lewis, conductor to see you again! Haskell Endowed Chair If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, you Donald McCullough, organ may also like these upcoming performances!

Johann Sebastian Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 BACH arranged by ELGAR

Claude Printemps DEBUSSY Très modéré Modéré

Camille Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ” SAINT-SAËNS PART I Adagio - Allegro moderato Poco adagio PART II Allegro moderato - Presto Maestoso - Allegro

This program runs approximately 1 hour 5 minutes.

Tickets: 904.354.5547 JaxSymphony.org

ENCORE 57 Don McCullough, Director, Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Tom Zimmerman Endowed Chair

Although he is known mostly as a conductor and composer, he holds a degree in organ from Stetson University and serves as the Organist and Choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Riverside. Hailed by the Washington Post for his “dazzling expertise” on the podium, Donald McCullough is considered one of America’s pre-eminent choral conductors. He became the director of the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus in 2012 and soon after led the Chorus in its first appearance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Previously, he was the director of the Master Chorale of Washington in the John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall for more than a decade, developing a reputation for creating choruses that sang “with an innate sense of lyricism and musical poise” and “sensitive, scrupulous and heartfelt” (Washington Post).

During his tenure with the Master Chorale, the 120-member symphonic chorus performed 16 world premieres, produced three nationally distributed CDs, and toured twice throughout Central Europe. The Chorale earned The Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence in North America.

McCullough is also a composer whose works have been critically acclaimed throughout North America and Europe. Routinely sought after for commissions, his works have been described as “powerful and heart-wrenching,” “mystically beautiful” and “remarkably inspirational.”

Previously, McCullough was the founder and music director of two Norfolk-based choruses: the Virginia Chorale and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus. He holds bachelor’s degrees in Organ and Vocal Performance from Stetson University and master’s degrees in Sacred Music and Vocal Performance from Southern Methodist University. A native of Jacksonville, FL, he moved to Atlantic Beach, FL, in 2009 to focus on his expanding composing career.

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ENCORE 61 An invitation to play your part CADENZA SOCIETY in the future of our Symphony

Cadenza Society members are a group of dedicated supporters who have made a future financial commitment to ensure that the orchestra you love will be able to keep making vibrant music for generations to come. Membership is easy. No immediate donation is necessary. You simply need to name Jacksonville Symphony as a beneficiary in your will, trust, insurance policy, donor advised fund or foundation.

Cadenza Society Members receive recognition in Encore as well as invitations to: • An exclusive Cadenza Society gathering with Music Director Courtney Lewis • Onstage Open Rehearsals • Annual Donor Appreciation Night

Jennifer Barton 904.354.2767 Annual Cadenza Society Luncheon JaxSymphony.org/legacy

The Jacksonville Symphony gratefully acknowledges these members for including the Symphony in their estate planning.

Anonymous Margaret Gomez Robert A. and Fay Mills* Mark and Rita Allen Rabbi Robert and Marilyn Goodman Sherry Murray* Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anderson Sue Gover Mr. and Mrs. E. William Nash, Jr.* Sandra Sue Ashby Mary T. Grant* Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Newton, Jr. Ms. Laura Bailey Camille Clement Gregg Charitable Christine Ng and Herbert Wolfsen Rick E. Bendel Remainder Trust in memory of Janet and Joseph Nicosia Jacob F. Bryan IV Ruthwood Craven Samek Lloyd Hamilton Oakes Charitable Elizabeth I. Byrne, Ed.D. Dr. Dan W. Hadwin and Remainder Trust in memory of Carl and Rita Cannon Dr. Alice Rietman-Hadwin Ruthwood Craven Samek Clarissa and Warren Chandler Suna Hall Mr. Val Palmer Estelle and Terry Chisholm Preston H. Haskell Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters Col. and Mrs. Robert B. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hetzel Ruth (Rusty) Pierce Patrick and Linda Clyne Richard Hickok and Andrea Ashley Richard and Leslie Pierpont Mike and Naomi Coffey Bev and Bill Hiller William Ptak Luther and Blanche Coggin Calvin and Ellen Hudson JoAnne Reilly Elizabeth Lough Colledge, P.H.D. Charitable Trust J. William Ross Elizabeth Schell Colyer Wes and Beth Jennison Ruthwood C. Samek* Ruth P. Conley Virginia Johnsen Carol and Bob Shircliff Caroline S. Covin Rebecca and Randolph Johnson Mrs. Sally Simpson* Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden Mrs. Rita H. Joost* Ann H. Sims* Dr. Amy Crowder in memory of Robert and Cynthia Kastner Mr. and Mrs. Al Sinclair* Carole V. Ewart Elizabeth Kerr Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen Sara Alice Bradley Darby* Frances Bartlett Kinne, Ph.D. Ana and Hal Skinner Stephen and Suzanne Day Norman and Dolores Kramer Virginia Smith* Ann Derby Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger David and Linda Stein Chris and Stephanie Doerr E. Michael and Heidja Kruse Mary Love Strum Mr. and Ms. Pete Doolittle Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr. Mary Virginia Terry Jeff Driggers* Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lindsey Gwynne* and Bob Tonsfeldt Julian Farris and Dr. D’Anne and Mr. Daniel Lombardo Chip and Phyllis Tousey James A. Montgomery, MD. Leyse Lowry Rev. W. Glenn Turner Brock Fazzini Jean Lumpkin* Mary Jane and Jack Uible Josephine Flaherty Dr. Joseph Marasco Tom Vickery and Elizabeth McAlhany Mr. and Mrs. David Foerster Doug and Laura* Mathewson Mark O. and Cheryl A. Walter Friend of the Symphony (8) Ambassador Marilyn McAfee Stephen R. Wickersham Mr. and Mrs. George D. Gabel, Jr. Allison McCallum Stephen Williams Mr. and Mrs. Allan Geiger Frances Watts McCurry Renee Winkler John L. Georgas* Lee and Bobbie Mercier Quentin E. Wood Linda Barton Gillis Roxie Merrill* Thomas C. Zimmermann* 62 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 *Designates deceased The Jacksonville Symphony Association gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following individuals: Gifts to the Annual Fund between July 1, 2018 and September 4, 2019 Δ Designates a gift in-kind * Designates deceased

CONDUCTOR’S CLUB FORTE Dr. John D. and Mrs. Chung-Hae Casler Mr. and Mrs. Don Baldwin $10,000 - $24,999 Linda L. and Patrick W. Clyne Sally and Jim* Baldwin Anonymous Meade and Alvin Coplan Claudette and Richard Barker Sandra Sue Ashby Cornehl Family Foundation Ms. Jennifer Barton Joanne and Doug Booher Mr. John P. Cranston Dr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Bayley The Richard and Barbara Borzilleri In Memory of Larry Karasic, M.D. Byron and Cynthia Bergren Family Foundation Tom and Jesse Dattilo Rebecca Black Sandra and Phillip Burnaman Susan P. Davis Joyce R. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. A. R. “Pete” Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Drew Mr. and Mrs. James C. Blanton Dr. Elizabeth Lovett Colledge Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gibbs III Sandy and Jack Borntraeger Sally and Tyler Dann Mr. William G. Gingrich Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Boushie Susan P. Davis Cynthia and Walter Graham, Jr. The Honorable and Mrs. Bowman Dr. Sandra Every Dean and Becky and Tommy Grimes John and Cletia Bowron Mr. Michael Dean Bill and Nancy Hetzel Rod and Pat Brock Jane and Jack Dickison Dr. Anne H. Hopkins Mark and Beth Brockelman Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne, P.L. Ira and Eva Jackler Cecilia Bryant and Richard Lipsey Jon A. Ebacher and Jill T. Wannemacher Lillian and Bunky Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald T. Buckingham Andrew Farkas Lawrence and Kathy Kanter Mr. Stanley W. Cairns Mrs. Josephine Flaherty Philanthropic Fund of the JCF Mrs. Diane Cannon Margaret Gomez Peter and Kiki Karpen Jack and Dorothy Cernik Paul and Nina Goodwin Bob and Cindy Kastner Warren and Clarissa Chandler Cheryl Grabenstein David and Sally Ketcham Sandra and Andrew Clarke Betty Lu Grune Patty and Jim Kleck Caroline Covin in Memory of Calvin and Ellen Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Kovarik Robert Covin Michael and Maryann Imbriani Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger Ms. Jean Cox Rebecca and Randolph Johnson Dave and Mary Pat Kulik Peter Dalmares Malcolm* and Mary Virginia Jones Judy and Scott McCue and the Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Darnall Charlie and Anne Joseph Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Davis Michel and Heidja Kruse Magnolia Foundation Ms. Trace Duryea Mrs. Anne Kufeldt Bill and Barbara Maletz Greg and Helen Euston Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr. Julie and Michael McKenny Mr. Mark R. Evans Trevor Lee Sheila McLenaghan and Duke Butler Mike and Renee Favo Margaret Leu Means Janet and Joseph Nicosia Mrs. Betty Fipp Lee and Darlene Nutter Robert and Flo Anne O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. David Foerster Riverplace Capital Management Deborah and David Pierson Dr. Daniel Fulmer and Kim Vermillion Mr. and Mrs. John Ryzewic Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pippin Mr. Stephen M. Gahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Shircliff Ann Saunders Roberts and H.B. Roberts Clark and Lauretta Gaylord Samuel Shorstein Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ross, Jr. Lawrence and Phyllis Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Ross Singletary Sheila and Louis Russo Rabbi Robert and Marilyn Goodman David and Linda Stein Susan and John Ryzewic Mel and Debbie Gottlieb David and Elaine Strickland Ed and Whitney Selover Mr. Wayne Greenberg and John and Kristen Surface Shorstein Family Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth Shahan Gwynne* and Bob Tonsfeldt Stephen and Joan Shewbrooks Dr. Dan Hadwin and Chip and Phyllis Tousey Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Sisisky Dr. Alice Rietman-Hadwin Jim and Joan Van Vleck Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen Suna Hall Tom Vickery and Sarah McAlhany Kent and Marie Smith Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Hughes, Jr. Warner and Sherrie Calvert Webb Dr. Mark A. Spatola and Mr. and Mrs. Burton V. Kagen The Winston Family Foundation Dr. Mihaela Ionescu Andrew and Gurmeet Keaveny Dr. Eugene and Brenda Wolchok Joseph and Anna Spiak Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keller Quentin and Louise* Wood Robert and Patricia Stichweh Don and Donna Kinlin Ms. Barbara W. Webster Dr. Annette Laubscher CONDUCTOR’S CLUB VIVACE Dr. and Mrs. Scott Wiedenmann Janine Leland and Thomas Larson $5,000 - $9,999 Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Winton Norman and Mary Ellen Ledwin Drs. Julie R. and James D. Baker, III Tim and Evelyn Woodward Harriet LeMaster John and Cherie Billings Mrs. Martha Yohe Mr. Courtney Lewis Annette and Bill Boling Carleton and Barbara Zacheis Dr. Lawrence A. and Emily Lisska Mr. and Mrs. William Blume Richard Lombardi Borkowski Family Foundation CONDUCTOR’S CLUB ANDANTE Mrs. John R. Mackroth Paul and Kathy Bosland $2,500 - $4,999 Robert Massey and Lisa Ponton Mr. and Mrs. David B. Boyer Anonymous Ann and Bob Maxwell Nancy and Ted Burfeind Mr. Thomas Argyris Alison McCallum Mary Ann Burns and David and Beth Arnold Rosemary and Allan* McCorkle Suzanne Burns Dalton Teri and Jim Babcock Davis and Sandra McCarty Carl and Rita Cannon Stephen E. and Phyllis C. Bachand

ENCORE 63 Marcia Mederos Mr. Daniel Broderick Mr. and Mrs. Harold Medina Lee and Bobbie Mercier Karen and Mark Brown Mr. and Mrs. Francis Monaco Gayle Manning Dr. and Mrs. William H. Caldwell Dr. Lesley Morgan Mrs. Jeanne Moomaw Ron Clark Linda Crank Moseley Mrs. Laurel New Jeff and Lee Ann Clements James McGuffin and Kathleen Mullen Newman Family Foundation Tom and Pat Conway Tom and Harriet Nesbitt John and Dorothy Nutant Ms. Mary Ann Carroll Ms. Carol J. Neville Capt. John and Mrs. Carol Mrs. Sandra Corbett David and Kathryn Olson O’Neil Jr. (USN Ret.) Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden Mary Ellen Young and Donald Owen Marie and Joel Pangborn Harriett L. Dame Dr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Patterson The Honorable Mayor John Peyton & Noel and Mildred Dana Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pereira Dr. Kathryn P. Peyton Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Datz Charles Peter Susanne and Lee Reineke Cathy Driscoll Richard G. Pohlig Bruce Rosborough and Judy Ham Dr. Jeff and Mrs. Sharon Dunlap Mrs. Jane Preston Mr. Harry Ruhsam Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Fernley III Heather Puckett Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Rust Bill and Judy Franson Michael Ranne and Peter Ryan in Memory of Sandra J. Ryan Dr. John Gallo Julia Suddath-Ranne Dr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. James Giblin Giles Renaud and Mrs. Miyuki Scheidel Pat and Fred Gieg Gladys Draper-Renaud Mrs. Lorraine Scruby Mr. and Mrs. Roland and Rev. and Mrs. John S. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Sherin Sara-Ann Gomez Claudia and Steve Russey Mr. Benjamin Shorstein and Mr. and Mrs. Otis C. Gregg, Jr. Anne and John Ruvane Ms. Nicole Nissim Gisela Haemmerle Faith Schonfeld Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Shorstein Janice Hall Tom and Jane Schmidt Steve and Judy Silverman Bill and Kent Hamb Ms. Ruth Schwarzmann Dr. Mandell and Jack and Grace Hand Mr. and Mrs. Chris Seubert Rita Diamond Stearman Harriet Hart Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton Simis Mr. and Mrs. Benson I. Stein Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Hawk Dr. Richard G. Skinner, Jr. Marianne and Ben Stein Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hayes Townsend Smith Mrs. C. G. Strum Bill and Helen Hendrich Mr. and Mrs. Benson I. Stein Mr. and Mrs. John Tancredi Dr. Hazem Herbly and Prof. and Mrs. G. J. Rod Sullivan Mireille and Robert Threlkel Sahar Aboudan, MD Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tierney Mr. and Ms. James M. Tilley Dorothy M. Hill Susan and James Towler Rolf and Neely Towe Paula and Kenneth Horn Mr. Rudolf E. Urban Ron and Maureen Townsend Mr. Robert L. Hunter Gabriele Van Zon Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tufaro Dr. Diane DeMell Jacobsen Susan Vanhoeij Dr. William H. Haas and Jacksonville Symphony John Tobias and Rebecca Wells Mrs. Brenda B. Verback Players Association Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whittemore Mrs. Georgia Wahl Martha Jones Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wohl Carol and Manuel* Wallace Luke and Sandy Karlovec Zimmerman Family Foundation Mary V. and Frank C. Watson Ruth and Jack Kelly Mary Jean Zimmerman Drs. Lowell and Leslie Weiner Richard and Nancy Kennedy Ms. Barbara C. West Mrs. Elaine Weistock and PLAYER’S CIRCLE Drs. Thomas Gonwa and Mr. Ronald Keysor $500 - $999 Dr. Mary Alice Westrick Dr. Frances B. Kinne Dr. and Mrs. Pierre Allaire Arlene and Phil Wiesner Mr. Ronald Koblitz Glenda Anthony Stephen Williams Mr. Henry C. Kocmond Mr. B. David Avery Linda F. Wilkinson David Lakari Janean C. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Chester Witczak Mr. and Mrs. Jim Langer Mr. and Mrs. George Banks Mr. and Mrs. A. Daniel Wolff III James and Karen Larsen Mrs. Beatrice Beckenbach Hon. Gwen Yates and Dr. Charis Lau Robert Bell Lt. Col. Alton W. Yates, USAF (Ret.) Alison R. Leonard Mr. Timothy B. Bell Carolyn and Elliot Zisser Carolyn Marsh Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Bender, Jr. Eleanor L. Lotz Dr. and Mrs. James P. Bolling CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE Hal and Frances Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Borghese $1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Maley Mr. and Mrs. William Braddock Mark and Rita Allen Judith and Ray Mantle Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Ron M. Masucci Mr. Thomas Bray Dr. and Mrs. George F. Armstrong, Jr. Mr. Patrick Mayhew and Ms. Crystal Broughan Dr. William and Linda Ann Bainbridge Ms. Helen Kirkpatrick Ms. Sandra Bryant Barbara H. Arnold Mrs. Rose C. McCall Jim and Carol Bryce Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Beers, Jr. Mrs. Frances W. McCurry Caren and Dennis Buchman Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett Dr. J. Mark McKinney Dr. and Mrs. William Bullock Berman Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. McNabb, Jr. Michael Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berman P. L. McWhorter Mrs. Lynn Cabrera Peter T. and Hollis J. Boyd Lydia Saris, M.D. and David and Lynne Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bragan Daniel Mechenbier Ian M. Charlton Teresa Brewer Mr. and Mrs. George Medill Gary and Barbara Christensen

64 WWW.JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – NOVEMBER 2019 – JANUARY 2020 Mrs. Linda Cliff Mr. and Mrs. Michael Huskey Ina W. Richter Jonathan Coles Barbara Johnson Dr. Daniel S. Yip and Elizabeth Schell Colyer Ms. Gloria E. Johnson Teresa Rodriguez-Yip Mrs. Lucille Conrad Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Jones Mr. Neil Rose and Dr. Jeannie Rose Linda J. Cooper Gary and Patricia Josephson Mr. and Mrs. George E. Ross Mr. and Mrs. John D. Corse Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Kaplan Colleen Andrea Sanchez Bill and Kathy Cosnotti Mr. and Mrs. Emery J. Kapples Dr. Ralph W. Sevelius Mrs. Alice M. Coughlin William Kastelz, Jr. Brittany and Nathan Sheffield Dr. and Mrs. Julius Dean In Memory of Sandra Keith Kimball Mrs. Betty J. Shepard Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dempsey Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Killackey Aaron Sigall Mr. Walter DeReu William M. Killen Mr. and Mrs. Harry Skilton Mr. Robert J. Devers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kirk Robin Smathers Mr. and Mrs. Henry D’Hulst Sunny and Harold Krivan Dr. Carolyn H. Smith Marian Dickson in Memory of Ruth and Richard Klein Tracy Smith Steve Dickson Karen and Fred Koch Raul Soto-Acosta, MD Mr. and Mrs. William G. Dietrich Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Kolar George and Shirley Spaniel Donald Dinwiddie Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krivan Dr. Suzanne Spanier Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Doran Mr. Ted Larson Dr. David A. Spring Margie and George Dorsey Ms. Catherine H. Lemme Dewitt Storm and Kathy Storm Ms. Barbara J. Drake Mark and Mary Lemmenes Mr. James Stronski Mr. and Mrs. James F. Duffy Wayne Letizia William J. Struck Charles and Virginia Dunn Dr. Leonard J. Lipkin Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Sur Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Eckels Dr. and Mrs. Dean C. Lohse Linda and Jim Sylvester Catherine Edge Mr. Clifford P. Loveland Mr. Ralph Talbott and Julia M. Edgerton Mr. and Mrs. David Lovett Ms. Suzanne Plaine Mr. George and Dr. Anne Egan Leyse Lowry Dorcas G. Tanner Mr. David Eismont Mr. and Mrs. William MacLeod Sharon Howard Tanner Virginia M. Elliott Jim Maher and Richard Sykes Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Teerlink Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ezequelle Faith Martin Mr. Hugh Tobias Julian Farris and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martin Ms. Carol C. Todd James A. Montgomery, MD Dr. Mike and Marilyn Mass Donald and Gwendolyn Todd Mrs. Patricia Flock Capt. Carl M. Mayer USN Ret Jacqueline Tomassetti Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. French Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. McCauley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Torres Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frisch Ms. Carole L. McManus Alice and John Trainer Yves Genre Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McTiernan Jr. Sherilyn Van Orden Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gibbons James McGuffin and Kathleen Mullen Mr. Gerald Veldman Susan Goldring and Horton Hickerson Rich Midkiff Mr. and Mrs. James Verbeck Drs. Thomas Gonwa and Lisa Miller Ms. Grace L. Voyles and Mary Alice Westrick Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Miller Ms. Mary E. Voyles Richard Habres Mr. and Mrs. Gary Moore Cornelia and Olin Watts Howard Haims and John and Kathie Nevin Endowment Fund Carole Cooper-Haims Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth E. Noon Ms. Cynthia Wahl Mr. Glenn and Mrs. Denise Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Novak Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Walton Drs. Alfred D. and Katherine A. Harding Thomas Orr Mr. and Mrs. David Weisblatt Helen Hause Mr. Parker and Ms. Diane Hale William and Elizabeth Weitzel Ms. Barbara A. Haws Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parliment Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Wickersty Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel H. Hawver Audrey B. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wilchek Mrs. Elizabeth Head Suzanne C. Perritt Sue Williams Ruth and Ron Hedge Mr. and Mrs. Rickie Petersen Christa Wilson Drs. Richard and Maryanne Helffrich Joseph and Phyllis Power Robert and Dianne Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Henrici Dr. George B. Pruden, Jr. Jamie Woodward and Max Chmura Ms. Carol L. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Eric Puestow Ms. Mary Wysong and Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Holderfield Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quinby Ms. Sylvia G. Cotner Carole and David Holt Mrs. Judith J. Ratcliffe Mr. and Mrs. Sergei Zelenkov Ms. Evelyn Howard Ms. Valerie W. Redmon Mrs. Martha Huntley-Robertson Wynn Redmon

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ENCORE 67 JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICE MARKETING David Strickland, Chair/Interim CEO Peter Gladstone, Vice President of Marketing Andreea Vineyard, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Christie Helton, Assistant Director of Marketing & Patron Experiences ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Scott Hawkins, Senior Patron Services Manager Roger Wight, Vice President & General Manager Anna Birtles, Digital Marketing Manager Christina Reyes, Sales Manager Artistic Administration Tony Nickle, Director of Artistic Administration Sydney Schless, Marketing & Communications Manager Ileana Fernandez, Staff Accompanist Ken Shade, Graphic Designer Linda Holmes, Ballet Coordinator Kaela McLendon, Patron Services Supervisor Jill Weisblatt, Chorus Manager Betty Byrne, Patron Services Associate Tara Paige, Patron Services Associate Orchestral Operations Robin Robison, Patron Services Associate Bart Dunn, Principal Librarian Cori Roberts, House Manager Ray Klaase, Stage Manager Jim Neglia, Orchestra Personnel Manager DEVELOPMENT Ross Triner, Manager of Artistic Operations Jennifer Barton, Vice President of Advancement Shamus McConney, Technical Director Michelle Barth, Associate Vice President of Advancement James Pitts, Stage Associate and External Affairs Kenneth Every, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Jessica Mallow, Director of Business Partnerships Annie Hertler, Bowing Assistant Terri Montville, Director of Grants and Reporting Colin Walker, Individual Giving Manager Education & Community Engagement Jimmy Peluso, Advancement Specialist Ashley Green, Manager of Education & Cassie Castaneda, Advancement Events Coordinator Community Engagement Ann Marie Ball, Patron Systems Specialist

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Deborah Forsberg, Chief Financial Officer Mark Crosier, Controller Sydna Breazeale, Staff Accountant Heather Blew, Office Manager

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