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SEPTEMBER 22 & 24, 2011 SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 Lukas Geniusas, piano Lukas Geniusas, piano 29 61 Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola NOVEMBER 10 & 12, 2011 Beth Vanderborgh, cello 35 Ray Chen, violin NOVEMBER 11, 2011 63 Ray Chen, violin JANUARY 19 & 21, 2012 Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin 39 Sergey Antonov, cello Inara Zandmane, piano Scott Rawls, viola
FEBRUARY 23 & 25, 2012 JANUARY 22, 2012 43 Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Sergey Antonov, cello 65 Inara Zandmane, piano Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin MAY 3 & 5, 2012 Janet Orenstein, violin 47 Richard Ollarsaba, bass-baritone Simon Ertz, viola FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin and conductor 67 Scott Rawls, viola Jennifer Alexandra Johnston, cello John Spuller, double bass Ashley Barret, oboe Anna Lampidis, oboe Kelly Burke, clarinet Edwin Riley, clarinet Carol Bernstorf, bassoon POPS Michael Burns, bassoon P Bob Campbell, horn Lynn Beck, horn OCTOBER 22, 2011 Tim Papenbrock, horn Sweet Baby James, 71 The Music of James Taylor MAY 4, 2012 Debra Pivetta, fl ute 69 Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin DECEMBER 31, 2011 John Fadial, violin Andrew Lloyd Webber & Friends 73 Scott Rawls, viola Featuring Debbie Gravitte, Anne Runolfsson Noah Hock, viola and Sal Viviano Brooks Whitehouse, cello Alexander Ezerman, cello FEBRUARY 14, 2012 Andre Lash, harpsichord Let’s Fall in Love! 75 Featuring John Pagano
APRIL 21, 2012 The Magical Music OTHER SPECIAL SERVICES 77 of Walt Disney Lincoln Financial Keep Kids in Tune Education Program ...... 58 Burlington Outreach ...... 79 Sealy/Fox 8 Holiday Concert ...... 82
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GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 5 GSO RESOURCES, PROGRAMS, AND CONTRIBUTORS
Board of Directors 11 Endowment Fund 54 Chairman of the Board 11 GSO Guild 56 President & CEO 13 Preludes 59 Music Director 15 Wells Fargo Th e best moments Music at Midday Series 59 Resident Conductor 21 Concertmaster 23 Youth Orchestra 59 Orchestra Personnel 25 Restaurant Specials 82 LAST FOREVER Corporate Contributors 50 Advertiser Index 87 Contributors 51
ARTISTIC STAFF Dmitry Sitkovetsky...... Music Director Nathaniel Beversluis ...... Resident Conductor/ Music Director of GYSO Karen Collins ...... Youth Philharmonic Conductor Stephanie Ezerman ...... Opus One Conductor Linda Cykert ...... Flute Ensemble Conductor
FULL TIME STAFF Lisa Crawford ...... President & CEO Sheila Cauthen ...... Director of Marketing & Sales Connie Parrish ...... Box Offi ce Manager/Grant Associate Peter Zlotnick ...... Education Manager
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRODUCTION STAFF Charles Adams ...... Controller Vito Ciccone ...... Production Manager Wendy Rawls ...... Orchestra Personnel Manager Cynthia Small ...... Administrative Assistant John Spuller ...... Orchestra Librarian Nancy J. R. Wells ...... Development & Marketing Assistant
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ABOUT THE COVER: The cover of the program for this season features candid pictures of Greensboro Symphony Orchestra members before and during concerts in spring 2011. David Nelson, who also writes the program notes, took the photographs.
Turn to page 85 for a list of the Orchestra members shown on the front cover.
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Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Dear Symphony Supporter, Board of Directors The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra again has some great music scheduled EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for this season. The Masterworks, POPS Chairman Robert Harris and Chamber concerts provide a varied Chairman-Elect Susan Schwartz showcase for our incredibly talented Past Chair & Vice Chair Management Committee Dennis Stearns musicians. If you are a season ticket holder Vice Chair-Development Robert Green for one of our concert series, I encourage Vice Chair-Legal Robert Klepfer you to invite others to attend our concerts Vice Chair-Artistic Advisory Sam LeBauer so they can have the opportunity to enjoy Vice Chair-Marketing Myrna Carlock live music performed by this world class Chair of GSO Endowment Fund Trustees Ann Kroupa group of musicians under the leadership Secretary Joretta Klepfer of Maestro Sitkovetsky. Treasurer Philippe Dorier The Orchestra continues to bring Asst. Treasurer Jessica B. Good music into our schools in the form of the Guild President Kim Littrell Robert L. Harris, Jr. elementary school concerts. This eff ort Guild President-Elect Libby Gabriel provides much needed classical music **President & CEO Lisa Crawford education to the children of Guilford County and surrounding communities. **Music Director Dmitry Sitkovetsky For those students who become inspired and catch the “classical fever”, our very successful Youth Orchestra program is available for them to join. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The GSO is fortunate to have the fi nancial support of our patrons and Margaret Arbuckle Joretta Klepfer Elaine Ashley Ann Kroupa many of the corporations in our community. You responded last year to our Jason Bodford Svetlana Krylova “Dima Challenge” that raised over $50,000 to support our programs. I want Myrna Carlock Anna Lampidis*** to thank all of you who have made a tax deductible contribution to our annual Vanessa Carroll Joe LeBauer campaign this year and if you have not yet given, please consider doing so. Jeff Chowning Samuel LeBauer The GSO and its Board could not provide the programs we do without Amy Conley Kim Littrell* the support of the Greensboro Symphony Guild. This vital organization has Darren Cossaart Bernie Mann helped raise funds and provide support for the Symphony for many years. Lisa Crawford** Kathy Manning Bert Davis, Jr. Gail McGroarty This year they have several fund-raisers planned including the “House Philippe Dorier Carole Moore Tour” and “Super Sale”. I ask you to join me in attending these events and Scott Duggan Gary Nixon supporting the Guild. Eric Eley David F. Parker Most of all, THANK YOU for attending the concert and supporting your Bill Fraser James Pegram Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Libby Gabriel* Lillian Rauch Jessica Good Bob Rhodes Robert Green Garson Rice Sincerely, Peggy Hamilton* Laura Santana Robert Harris Connie Saul Debbie Heidfeld* Susan Schwartz Shawn Houck Dmitry Sitkovetsky** Robert L. Harris, Jr. Joe Hughes Anne Smith Board Chair Robin Hunt* Dennis Stearns DK Jeong Janet Stenersen Suzanne Johnson Steven Thaggard Linda Jones Bernadette Trinidad Orton Jones Ken Tutterow Bob Klepfer, Jr Bob Woodward Best wishes to the Greensboro Symphony PAST PRESIDENTS for a great 2011-12 Season! Miles H. Wolff 1959-67 Robert E. Lavietes 1991-93 Douglas M. Orr 1967-72 Robert O. Klepfer, Jr. 1993-95 L.L. Weltner 1972-74 David F. Parker 1995-97 Charles L. Weill 1974-75 Joyce Kiser 1997-98 Miles H. Wolff 1975-76 John O.H. Toledano 1998-00 Samuel G. Wilson 1976-80 David Routh 2000-02 Joy Morrison 1980-83 Ann E. Kroupa 2002-04 Bernard Mann 1983-85 Carole Lineberry-Moore 2004-06 Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. 1985-87 Robert Braswell 2006-08 Anne Daniel 1987-89 Dennis Stearns 2008-10 Lewis R. Ritchie 1989-91 336.375.1989 | www.shamrockenviro.com Endowment Chairman Emeritus Caroline Lee *** Orchestra Representative ** Ex-Offi cio * Guild Appointment GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 11 Some of the valuable services we provide: !&% $ " !! '( " & Abbotswood at Irving Park1 &%(--+""-+""(, )+) & ! Heritage Greens 1 ! " !)0))!-+""-+""(, )+) ! # Heritage Woods1 )++",-# -"+%/" %(,-)( &"' & COMING SOON1 $"%&)- -"!#"2"&!+""(, )+) )%(.+(-"+",-%,-000-$"*%&)- -,"!#"2"&! )'
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DMITRY SITKOVETSKY IS AN ARTIST WHOSE CREATIVITY DEFIES CATEGORISING. He has built up an active and successful career as a violinist, conductor, arranger, chamber musician & festival director. Sitkovetsky has performed as a soloist with a number of the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin, New York and LA Philharmonic Orchestras, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Concertgebouw Orchestra, all of the major London orchestras, NHK, Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras. He has performed at a number of high-profi le festivals including Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Verbier, Istanbul, Newport, Festival del Sole (Napa Valley) and the IMG Tuscan Sun Festival. In 2003, he was appointed Music Director of the New European Strings Chamber Orchestra (NES CO) established in Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, a position he currently holds with 1990 which is comprised of distinguished string players from Eastern & great success. Western Europe. Since his successful transcription of Bach’s Goldberg In the 11/12 season, Sitkovetsky continues to work extensively Variations for string trio and string orchestra, he has transcribed more throughout Europe and the USA with engagement highlights including than 40 works mostly for string orchestra by Haydn, Beethoven, concerto performances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra (Jansons/ Brahms, Dohnanyi, Bartók, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Britten), conducting the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and working with the Schnittke. He has been a member of ASCAP since 1985 and his Festival Strings Lucerne, Aarhus Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony transcriptions are published by Doblinger, Sikorski and Schirmer. Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Orchestra of the Opera North, Portland Sitkovetsky was the Artistic Director of a number of festivals including Symphony, Napa Valley Symphony, Orchestra di Padova e Veneto and the Korsholm Music Festival in Finland (1983-1993 and 2002), Seattle the Vaasa City Orchestra as part of the Korsholm Music Festival 30th International Music Festival (1992-1997), The Silk Route of Music anniversary. He is coordinating some exciting chamber music projects Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan (1999) and has worked with a diverse range with King’s Place and the Lincoln Center over the next few seasons. of artists such as Argerich, Ashkenazy, Bashmet, Davidovich, Harrell, Recent engagement highlights included conducting the Tokyo Kissin, Maisky, Ohlsson, Penderecki, Repin, Schnittke and Shchedrin. In Metropolitan Symphony, China Philharmonic, Guangzhou Symphony, May 2007, Sitkovetsky was the Artist-in-Residence at the Bodensee London Philharmonic Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony’s Festival in Germany where he performed a wide variety of activities: prestigious New Year’s Eve concert; concerto engagements included soloist, conductor, chamber musician, recitalist, masterclasses and the Seattle Symphony (Inkinen/Britten) and the Royal Danish Opera conducted the NES Chamber Orchestra in residence. Orchestra (Boder/Berg). Play/directing engagements included the He has an active and varied recording career with an extensive Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, discography which includes all the major violin concerti, numerous Minnesota Orchestra, Beethoven Orchestra chamber music works as well as orchestral recordings that he’s GSO MAESTRO Bonn, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Geidai conducted. In 2010, Hänssler Classic released a boxed set of the TIMELINE Philharmonic, Württemberg Chamber complete Mozart Violin Sonatas with Antonio Pappano and Konstantin Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of New Lifschitz. The same label, recently released Sitkovetsky’s string 1920’s Russia and the San Antonio Symphony. orchestra transcriptions of works by Shostakovich and Stravinsky with Henry Fuchs Sitkovetsky has built a fl ourishing career the NES CO, as well as Piano Trios of Rodion Shchedrin and Peteris as a conductor. From 1996–2001, he was 1939 Vasks. On the Concertgebouw Live label, there was a release of H. Hugh Altvater Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Dutilleux’s L’Arbre des Songes with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra and then appointed Mariss Jansons. 1951 Conductor Laureate, and from 2002–2005 Sitkovetsky shows a keen interest in performing contemporary George Dickieson held the position of Principal Guest repertoire - he premiered the violin concerti written for him by John 1963 Conductor of the Russian State Orchestra. Casken (1995) and Krzystof Meyer (2000) and often performs works Thomas Cousins From 2006–2009, he was the Artist-in- by Dutilleux, Penderecki, Schnittke, Pärt and Shchedrin, who has written Residence at the Orquesta Sinfonica de several works for Sitkovetsky both as violinist and conductor. In 2005, 1967 Castilla y Leon (Spain) a position that Sheldon Morgenstern he performed two major works by John Corigliano - his Second involved conducting, solo playing, touring, Symphony and the Red Violin Suite in a play/conduct concert. 1975 chamber music and masterclasses. As a Sitkovetsky’s latest premiere was The Gifts of the Magi written by Jakov Peter Paul Fuchs guest conductor, he has worked with leading Jakoulov after O’Henry’s famous story and narrated by Peter Coyote orchestras including the London & Royal 1987 with the Greensboro Symphony. He also played a unique solo recital of Paul Anthony McRae Philharmonic Orchestras, Academy of St contemporary music at the Verbier Festival in 2009 with a programme Martin in the Fields, BBC, San Francisco, St. by Schedrin, Vasks, Auerbach and Ali-Zadeh. 1996 Louis, Seattle and Dallas Symphony Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, he grew up in Moscow studying at the Stuart Malina Orchestras, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Moscow Conservatory and after his emigration in 1977, at the Juilliard 2003 Santa Cecilia and the St Petersburg School in New York. Since 1987 he has resided in London with his wife, Dmitry Sitkovetsky Philharmonic. Susan, and their daughter, Julia. Sitkovetsky is the founding director of the
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A native of Indianapolis, Nathaniel Beversluis began writing music and (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and playing piano and violin at a young age. He refused to practice Hanon BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.). His interests as a composer involve exercises, hymns, or anything by Edward MacDowell. Confounding combining the traditions and approaches of classical with jazz one piano teacher after another, he began learning music by reading musicians. and playing from scores, listening to records, composing, and staying hours after school to extract wisdom from his school orchestra conductor. Even an abysmal academic record and numerous adamant admissions offi cers failed to prevent him from attending music school. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Indiana University School of Music and Masters of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He studied conducting with Mark Gibson, Xian Zhang and Roger Grodsky while serving as Associate Conductor for CCM Musical Theater. He has worked for the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca (Lucca, Italy), University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre (Orlando and Daytona Beach, FL), Seaside Music Theater(Daytona Beach, FL), and Tri-Cities Opera (Binghamton, NY). He studied piano with Phil DeGreg, Lynne Arriale, Mike Lucas and Luke Gillespie. As a composer, he studied with Michael Schelle and Eugene O’Brien and was twice a composition fellow at the Henry Mancini Institute. His compositions have won awards from ASCAP
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Greensboro Symphony concertmaster John Fadial has been featured in the great composer, Lee Actor. Fadial’s recording of the Complete String Sextets of Johannes standard concertmaster solos including Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade; Mahler’s Brahms with the Stanislas Sextet was released in Europe in the Spring of 2010 with 3rd and 4th Symphonies; Richard Strauss’ epic tone poems Till Eulenspiegel, Also joint cooperation from the city of Nancy, France and Radio France. His disc, of the Spracht Zarathustra, and Ein Heldenleben, as well as the Brahms Violin Concerto. chamber music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor for the Centaur label, was deemed “not He also has served as soloist and associate concertmaster with the Eastern to be missed” by American Record Guide. Fadial has recently completed a recorded Music Festival and the Colorado Music Festival. He has garnered critical acclaim set of the Complete Sonatas of Johannes Brahms, with English pianist Andrew Harley, for performances around the globe (“Wow!” The Washington Post, “sparkling to be released later this year. His performance on the disc Where Does Love Go?: technique” L’Est Republicain, Nancy, France) maintaining a vigorous schedule as Chamber Music of Mark Engebretson on the Innova label was a Grammy™ Semi- soloist, concertmaster, chamber music performer, and recording artist. fi nalist for best chamber music recording for 2007. Both Coleridge-Taylor and Fadial has performed on four continents as a United States Information Service Engebretson discs are available on iTunes. Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at such notable venues as the Smithsonian John Fadial has established a national reputation as teacher; and Museum, the Philips Collection, and the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center, his students have been winners of the Pittsburgh Symphony and with numerous engagements at such summer festivals as Aspen, Banff (Canada), Wyoming Symphony Young Artist Solo Competitions and the Brevard, Eastern, Heidelberg (Germany), Mirecourt (France), Costa Rica, João Passoa Eastern Music Festival Concerto Competition, and include and Salvador (Brazil). He has shared the stage in chamber music collaborations with collegiate fi nalists and junior prizewinners in the Music pianist Jon Nakamatsu, harpsichordist Anthony Newman, cellists Tillman Wick and Teachers National Association National Competitions and the Paul Katz, violist John Graham, and bandoneon virtuoso David Alsina of the New York ASTA competitions. They have received scholarships for study Tango Trio, among others, and has performed widely in the U.S. and Europe since at institutions including the Eastman School, Indiana University, 1997 as violinist of the critically acclaimed Chesapeake Piano Trio. Oberlin, the Peabody Institute, and the Juilliard School. They Recent seasons have featured concerts throughout the U.S., Brazil and have performed as members of the National Repertory Orchestra France. Highlights included: performances of the Brahms Violin Concerto with the and the Broadway touring company of show Fiddler on the Roof, as Greensboro Symphony Orchestra; the Four Seasons of Vivaldi under the baton of concertmaster. Dr. Fadial holds degrees from the North Carolina Gerard Schwarz; the French premiere, with cellist Beth Vanderborgh, of William School of the Arts (BM), the Eastman School of Music (MM) Bolcom’s Suite for Violin and Cello, performed in the historic Salle Poirel in Nancy and the University of Maryland (DMA) and teaches a large (site of the world premier of the Poeme of Ernest Chausson, by the great Belgian studio of both undergraduate and graduate violin majors at the virtuoso Eugene Ysaye); and chamber music performances with Dmitry Sitkovetsky, University of Wyoming in Laramie. Konstantin Lifschitz, Lynn Harrell, Bella Davidovich and the Quatuor Stanislas. Fadial’s teachers have included Elaine Richey, In October of 2005 he gave the world premier of Arthur Gottschalk’s Concerto Charles Castleman, Zoltan Szekely and Arnold for Violin and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, as part of the Society of Composers Steinhardt. His mentors also include Alexander International Conference for contemporary music, and will appear in the 2011-2012 Schneider, Joseph Silverstein, Jan DeGaetani and season as guest artist with the University of Wyoming Symphony orchestra, in a members of the Cleveland, Juilliard and Guarneri tour of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, performing the Violin Concerto of LA based quartets.
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Violin I Viola Flute Trombone JOHN FADIAL, CONCERTMASTER SCOTT RAWLS, PRINCIPAL DEBRA REUTER-PIVETTA, PRINCIPAL JOHN R. MELTON, PRINCIPAL Greensboro Symphony Guild Chair Kathleen Price Bryan Memorial Chair by LINDA CYKERT, FLUTE II/PICCOLO DAVE WULFECK, TROMBONE II FABRICE DHARAMRAJ, Kathleen Bryan Edwards and Family Linda B. and Maurice Jennings Chair Frederick Kent Wilkins Memorial Chair ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER MAUREEN MICHELS, CARLA COPELAND-BURNS, PICCOLO/FLUTE III by Kaye Andrews Wilkins and Children Chair in Honor of Caroline Lee ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. Memorial Chair ERIK J. SALZWEDEL, BASS TROMBONE FABIAN LOPEZ, Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair by by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Family Alice Wilson Pearce Chair ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Catherine G. Rice and Children Foundation by Woody Pearce
WENDY RAWLS, ANNE P. DIPIAZZA ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Betty F. and Robert P. Williams Chair Oboe Tuba MARY ASHLEY BARRET, PRINCIPAL BRAD PINO, PRINCIPAL KAREN COLLINS SIMON ERTZ Rachel Smothers Hull and The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair Fraser Family Chair by Worth Brantley Hull Chair by Flo and Bill Snider Susan and Bill Fraser Timpani PETER ZLOTNICK, PRINCIPAL ANNA LAMPIDIS, OBOE II EWA DHARAMRAJ NOAH HOCK Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne Kavanagh CAROLINE JONES Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial Chair Percussion Chair by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh *ERIC KOONTZ by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright WILEY ARNOLD SYKES III, PRINCIPAL ANDREW EMMETT DIANE PHOENIX-NEAL ALICIA CHAPMAN, ENGLISH HORN/OBOE III BEVERLY NAIDITCH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL George W. Dickieson Chair CAMILLE PRESCOTT-ARCHER Barbara B. and Robert E. Lavietes Chair Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair GSO Conductor 1951-1963 EMILE SIMONEL by Anna Dickieson by Charles M. Hassell Clarinet DRUMS, WILEY ARNOLD SYKES III STEPHANIE EZERMAN KELLY BURKE, PRINCIPAL Cello R. Bradford Lloyd Chair by Lynn Carroll Haley Chair by BETH VANDERBORGH, PRINCIPAL EDWIN RILEY, CLARINET II Michael W. Haley Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr. BROOKS WHITEHOUSE, CO- PRINCIPAL Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair XYLOPHONE, JOHN R. BECK RUTH METHENY *PHILIP VON MALTZAHN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair Hughlene Bostian Frank and Kay Bryan Edwards Chair SHAWN COPELAND, BASS CLARINET by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner William Allen Frank Chair by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Royce O. Reynolds Chair JULIANNE ODAHOWSKI MIKE AUSTIN BRENDA FINCHER by Jane W. Reynolds Sally London Hobbs Memorial Chair John E. and Martha S. Chandler Chair by Johnnye and J.T. Hunter Joan T. and William L. Hemphill Chair MICHAEL LASLEY JENNIFER ALEXANDRA JOHNSTON JANET ORENSTEIN Bassoon CAROL L. BERNSTORF, PRINCIPAL Thomas E. and Elaine R. Wright Chair Dorothy G. Frank Chair by Stanley M. Frank Joy C. Morrison Chair by William H. Morrison, Jr. TBA, BASSOON II COLLIN TRIBBY RAMILYA SIEGEL Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair James Autha Freeze Memorial Chair MELODEE KARABIN by Elizabeth Yates King by the Massey Trust through Nancy C. by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze The Brough-Webber Chair AMBER FERENZ, CONTRA/BASSOON III and Alex S. Brown, Jr. NICOLAE SOARE by Elizabeth Brough Webber and William R. Webber Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair GINA PEZZOLI by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family Harp JEAN VON BERG SYKES HELEN RIFAS, PRINCIPAL Greensboro Opera Company Chair David Vincent Sherman Chair Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair by Ann, Beth and Becky Sherman by Peggy and Phil Johnson Horn ROBERT CAMPBELL, PRINCIPAL In Memory of Carolyn Riddle Downes MONIKA WILMOT MARCIA RILEY LYNN BECK, HORN II Lucy and Clark Dixon Memorial Chair The Kroupa Family Chair by by Jack C. Dixon Bob and Ann Kroupa Carole Swope Monroe Chair Piano/Celesta by Edwin Brent Monroe NANCY JOHNSTON, PRINCIPAL ANNE SELLITTI TIMOTHY PAPENBROCK, HORN III Irene Mitchell Moore and Beverly Preston Wylie Keith and Martha Cooper Moore Chair Violin II Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair by Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair , PRINCIPAL FABRICE DHARAMRAJ Dr. Preston Keith and Marty Keith by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund DAVID DOYLE, HORN IV MUSIC LIBRARIAN STEVEN B. HARPER, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL WORTH WILLIAMS JOHN P. SPULLER ALISON LAWSON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dr. William R. and Richard and Danahy Family Chair by Mary C. Beverley C. Rogers Chair Richard Danahy and Patrick Danahy CATHERINE BURTON STAGE MANAGER Alice Mae and William M. Lineberry VITO CICCONE Memorial Chair by Helen and Bass Trumpet ANITA CIRBA, PRINCIPAL Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. JOHN P. SPULLER, PRINCIPAL ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair by COLLEEN CHENAIL EMILY RUPP, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MANAGER Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair by the Carolyn J. Maness Chair Mary Ann Bush and Children WENDY RAWLS Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund by John R. Maness KEN WILMOT, TRUMPET II KAY HENSLEY MARA BARKER Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Chair by *On Leave One Year Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair C. Scott Lee Chair by Donna M. and Herman Cone III +One-Year Contract by Katherine G. Stern Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee KARL J. KASSNER, TRUMPET III BETTY KELLEY String personnel listed VIRGINIA MASIUS The Austin Family Chair by Ellen and Gary Taft Chair in alphabetical order Richard W. and Carlotta M. Patricia Austin Sevier *GREGORIO MIDERO Treleaven Memorial Chair by The Jimmie Irene Johnson Memorial Chair Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family JAN MIXTER DAVID MULLIKIN BU SCHERF +NONOKO OKADA
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky APR 27, 2012 Dmitry’s increasing involvement in contemporary music shows a keen interest in performing new repertoire. He premiered the violin concerti written for him by John Casken (1995) and Krzystof Meyer (2000) and often performs works by Dutilleux, Penderecki, Schnittke, Pärt and Shchedrin who has written several works for Sitkovetsky both as violinist and conductor. In 2005, he performed two major works by John Corigliano - his Second Symphony and the Red Violin Suite in a play/conduct concert. Sitkovetsky’s latest premiere was The Gifts of the Magi written by Jakov Jakoulov after O’Henry’s famous story and narrated by Peter Coyote with the Greensboro Symphony. He also played a unique solo recital of contemporary music at the Verbier Festival in 2009 with a program by Schedrin, Vasks, Auerbach and Ali-Zadeh.
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And instead of having Interesting Facts Perhaps no one work is a better example of the concerto begin with the full orchestra this than Die Moldau, heard tonight. playing the main theme, the movement ĖŤ 7Ť14!'Ť*#/3Ť -Ť#731 Ť2!.1#Ť3.Ť Between 1874 and 1879, Smetana begins slowly and has several cadenzas his Violin Concerto that he gave composed a series of single-movement throughout. It flows directly into the to two pianists late in his life when tone poems, collectively known as Má second movement which is melodic and he needed some extra money. vlast, or “My Homeland”. Each of the powerful. The finale brings back the movements is dedicated to an important second-movement theme and then ends They were to sell the score and aspect of the Czech land or its history: the with virtuosic dance-like music. The give the money to Bruch, but they ancient Castle in Prague, a legendary !.-!#13.Ť6 2Ťǫ123Ť!.,/+#3#"Ť(-ŤăČĊĊŤ -"Ť did not sell it until long after the female warrior, country scenes from rural revised shortly afterwards by the great composer died. life, a small town with historical importance violinist Joseph Joachim. to the Hussites, a mountain where the army of St. Wenceslas slept, and, of course, ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK ĖŤ 9#!'Ť(1+(-#2Ť/+ 82Ť3'#Ť3'#,#Ť.$Ť the river that runs through the country and (1841-1904) “Die Moldau” on the planes after into Prague. This movement, Die Moldau, Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88 they land in the Czech Republic. is often performed by itself. The music literally takes the listener on a Although Dvořák was greatly influenced trip from the start of the river through and by Czech folk music, he is often considered past Prague. Smetana described the more of a “universal” composer than a musical journey: primarily “nationalistic” one such as Who’s on stage? “The composition describes the course Smetana. He wrote significant works for of the Vltava, starting from the two small all genres, and some consider him the ĖŤ The three works tonight springs [which become] a single current, most important composer – from any have almost the identical the course of the Vltava through woods country – in the period following Brahms’s instrumentation: pairs of and meadows, through landscapes where death. woodwinds, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, a farmer’s wedding is celebrated, the round That said, the melodies in the Eighth dance of the mermaids in the night’s Symphony are easily heard as coming 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom from the Bohemian folk music that was so strings. proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The important to the composer. Within a Vltava swirls into the St John’s Rapids; then rather stormy first movement, Dvořák ĖŤ ,#3 - Ť 42#2Ť ,.1#Ť /#1!422(.-Ť it widens and flows toward Prague, past gives us a “bird call” melody in the flutes, the Vyšehrad, and then majestically again, reminiscent of his time in the Czech to create the local Czech dances. vanishes into the distance.” countryside. Another interesting feature One would think that such a nationalistic of the symphony is in the third movement. ĖŤ 14!'Ť .,(32Ť 3'#Ť +.6Ť 1 22Ť piece would use a name from the native Most orchestral minuets or waltzes end (trombones and tuba). tongue, but that is not the case. In Czech, with the same character as they began, the name of the river is the “Vltava”, but but here Dvořák concludes the movement the movement is usually known by its with a faster dance. ĖŤ 5.²;*Ť ' 2Ť 3'#Ť 2#!.-"Ť Ǭ43#Ť German name, “Die Moldau”. The Eighth Symphony was completed in and second oboe players double a relatively short period of 77 days in on piccolo and English horn, MAX BRUCH August through November, 1889. Dvořák respectively, for some important (1838-1920) dedicated it to Emperor Franz Joseph and the Bohemian Academy for the parts. (.+(-Ť.-!#13.Ť.ĎăŤ(-ŤŤ (-.1ďŤ/ĎĄĊ Encouragement of Arts and Literature to The first and best-known of Bruch’s which the composer had recently been three violin concerti has often been cited elected. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 35 2UFKHVWUDWLQJVXFFHVVIXO RXWFRPHVVLQFH + ' "!## & * %$%)( %$!' + + Our support for the arts doesn’t end here. &$$%" !(%& !&%)"%$&'$!!& %'$ !" $% %)*)$#$"'%'##"$&$"&$&% !& %" '! &* %) % !*"&$%$"%%&%&& % " !'% !%'##"$& ! " $& %&%! #$"$ $%"' *"' '%&$ (%&! !"(& "!"*"'$")! ȞȞȜȣǀ Ǧ ƽȝȢȟȜțǦǩȞȞȡǪȠȟȢǂȝțȞȟ ǀ ǀ ǀǀǀȊȝțțȤʮǀ Concert Program BEDŘICH SMETANA Die Moldau MASTERWORKS MAX BRUCH (.+(-Ť.-!#13.Ť.ĎăŤ(-ŤŤ (-.1ďŤ/ĎĄĊ Ray Chen, violin I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato GUEST ARTIST II. Adagio Ray Ray Chen III. Allegro energico Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009) Chen and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2008), Ray INTERMISSION Chen is among the most compelling young violinists today. Mr. Chen’s premiere album Virtuoso, released ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK worldwide on Sony Classical in January 2011, received Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88 glowing reviews from The Times and the Chicago I. Allegro con biro Tribune, which named it the “CD of the week”. II. Adagio NOVEMBER 10 Following this success, Ray Chen was profi led by The III. Allegretto grazioso – War Memorial Auditorium Strad and Gramophone magazines as “the one to Molto vivace 7:30 p.m. watch”. His 2011 recital tour will bring him to Tokyo, IV. Allegro ma non troppo Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, and Dresden. SPONSORED BY Ray Chen is currently working on his fi rst orchestral recording; the release is planned for January 2012. “The musicianship of Ray Chen is just as exciting as Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music that of Gustavo Dudamel. He seems to have it all: and composers with Dr. David Nelson. Preludes instantly recognizable tone, charismatic personality is a series of informative lectures held prior to each and musical authority unusual for his age. He is at the Masterworks performance. The presentations NOVEMBER 12 beginning of a major career and it is a privilege to build begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 PUBLIC OFFICIAL NIGHT it with him,” says Bogdan Roscic, President of Sony p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. Dana Auditorium Classical. 8:00 p.m. Mr. Chen’s festival engagements include Verbier, Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday Ravinia, Schleswig-Holstein and Dresdner Festspiele. evening concert for a brief question and answer SPONSORED BY He will return to the 2012 Rostropovich Festival in session held at the front of the stage with our Moscow to participate in the celebration of Maestro’s guest artists and Dima. 85th anniversary. He is looking forward to his upcoming debuts with the Filarmonica della Scala, Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Orchestra, concert on Sunday, January 15, at 8:00 p.m. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and National Orchestra of Spain, among others. Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Ray Chen was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 15, where he studied with Aaron Rosand. Mr. Chen plays the 1721 “Macmillan” Stradivarius provided as part of the award for winning the 2008-09 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. “From the fi rst notes there was no doubt of being in THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING SPECIAL.”- THE STRAD, January 2011 SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 37 36 Holes of World Class Golf, Luxurious Spa, Exceptional Dining, Memorable Special Events. Any WayYou Look At It…It’s A Grand Resort! $ SPECIAL GOLF RATES | 60 GREENS & CART FEES (valid thru April 2012) Golf The Spa at Grandover Weddings / Special Events Di Valletta Restaurant Grandover Resort and Conference Center 1000 Club Road, Greensboro . 336.294.1800 . www.Grandover.com “To listen is an MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. DAVID L. NELSON effort, and just SERGEI PROKOFIEV solo cello part, but he also changed the to hear has no (1891-1953) order of the variations and even omitted Symphony No.1 in D Major, Op.25, “Classical” one. Then he took the “revised” score to the merit.” publisher without Tchaikovsky having seen When he was in his early 20’s, Sergei the changes! The publisher balked at first, Igor Stravinsky Prokofiev was regarded as a somewhat but then capitulated and printed controversial composer, and his music Fitzenhagen’s version. The composer was caused more than one scandal in the concert later asked if he wanted the piece back in its hall. Given his emerging musical style and original form, and replied “let it stay the way the political changes that led to the February it is” in frustration. Interesting Facts Revolution of 1917, one would not expect that the young composer would write music SERGEI RACHMANINOFF ĖŤ 31 5(-2*8Ť #! ,#Ť -Ť,#1(! -Ť that harkened back to an earlier time. But (1873-1943) citizen in 1945, and lived in Los 3' 3Ť (2Ť #7 !3+8Ť 6' 3Ť 1.*.ǫ#5Ť "("ĎŤ -Ť ăčăĊŤ Vocalise for Orchestra, Op.34, No.14 and 1917, he composed his first symphony. Angeles near Arnold Schoenberg He named it the “Classical Symphony”. The Vocalise was originally published In keeping with the title, Prokofiev was for voice and piano in 1912 with the singer ĖŤ '#Ť / 1#-32Ť .$Ť !' (*.52*8Ť -"Ť looking back to the period of Haydn and singing without words on the vowel of his Stravinsky wanted their sons to Mozart. The young Russian composer’s or her choosing. It is this “wordless” words summarized the piece well: “It quality that has allowed the music to be be lawyers. seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our transcribed for dozens of combinations, day he would have retained his own style, including orchestra, chamber ensemble, while accepting something of the new at the solo instruments with piano, solo same time. That was the kind of symphony I instruments without piano, and even an wanted to write”. electronic instrument called a theremin. Who’s on stage? The performance tonight is PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Rachmaninoff’s own arrangement. ĖŤ 1.*.ǫ#5Ť -"Ť !' (*.52*8Ť (1840-1893) eschewed the large orchestra #99.Ť /1(!!(.2.Ť (-Ť Ť (-.1ďŤ /ĎĊĄĒŤ IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) for the works tonight, instead Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 Firebird Suite writing for a “classical” orchestra Tchaikovsky’s two works for cello and with pairs of woodwinds and a orchestra performed tonight could hardly The collaboration between Stravinsky handful of brass instruments. be more different. The somberness of the and Sergei Diaghilev, the director of the Pezzo Capriccioso reflected the time that Ballet Russes in Paris, is one of the most the composer spent with a friend, Nikolay important in the history of music. In 1909, ĖŤ 31 5(-2*8ġ2Ť(-2314,#-3 3(.-Ť' 2Ť Kondratyev, who was dying of syphilis. Even the stage impresario heard the composer’s more power, with added brass when Tchaikovsky and Kondratyev’s family Fireworks, and after commissioning him thought the sick man would improve after a to do some orchestrations, Diaghilev and percussion treatment of “healing waters” in Germany, asked Stravinsky to compose a new ballet, he man got worse. Tchaikovsky expressed The Firebird. Following its premiere in his sadness in the music. Pezzo Capriccioso 1910, two more ballets followed: Petrushka was written in one week in 1887. (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913). These Written ten years earlier, the Variations compositions are one of the most on a Rococo Theme took inspiration from noteworthy sets of works in all of music. Mozart, Tchaikovsky’s favorite composer, The story of the Firebird combines the and the resulting piece is quite light and mythical bird from Slavic folklore with a buoyant, looking back at a previous century Russian tale of a man who cannot die with nostalgia. because his soul is protected from death. The work as we know it today is not The 45-minute work is often performed entirely Tchaikovsky’s. Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, as a ballet, but for the concert stage, professor of cello at the Moscow Stravinsky created three different suites of Conservatory, commissioned the piece, but music. The 1919 version on tonight’s before the premiere in 1877, took some huge program is the most frequently performed liberties with it. Not only did he revise the of these suites. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 39 Portrait Package Special Package Includes: One – 10 x 13 Only Dinner Before... 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Finale: Molto vivace GUEST ARTIST PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Sergey Sergey Antonov #99.Ť /1(!!(.2.Ť(-ŤŤ (-.1ďŤ/ĎĊĄ Hailed as “a brilliant cellist” by the legendary Mstislav Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 Antonov Rostropovich, Sergey Antonov went on to prove his Sergey Antonov, cello mentor’s proclamation when he became one of the Moderato assai quasi Andante - youngest cellists ever awarded the gold medal at the Thema: Moderato semplice International Tchaikovsky Competition. Antonov’s Var. I: Tempo della Thema JANUARY 19 entry into this elite stratum of sought-after classical Var. II: Tempo della Thema HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT artists has already placed him on stages at world- Var. III: Andante sostenuto War Memorial Auditorium renowned venues from Russia’s Great Hall at the Var. IV: Andante grazioso 7:30 p.m. Moscow Conservatory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Var. V: Allegro moderato Born in Moscow, Russia, to a musical family, Antonov Var. VI: Andante SPONSORED BY began his cello studies at the age of fi ve, initially under Var. VII e Coda: Allegro vivo the tutelage of his mother, Maria Zhurayleva, and went INTERMISSION on to graduate from Moscow Conservatory having studied with Natalia Shakhovskaya, and chamber music SERGEI RACHMANINOFF with Alexander Bonduryansky. In the US he worked Vocalise for Orchestra, Op.34, No.14 with the Grammy nominated cellist Terry King. It was during Antonov’s conservatory years that his IGOR STRAVINSKY JANUARY 21 abilities were recognized by Rostropovich, who had Firebird Suite (1919) Dana Auditorium frequently taught master classes to gifted and highly 8:00 p.m. advanced pupils. The celebrated cellist was so Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music impressed with Antonov’s talent; he invited the young and composers with Dr. Gregory Carroll. Preludes SPONSORED BY student to perform with him during a tour of Europe and is a series of informative lectures held prior to each Russia. Masterworks performance. The presentations In addition to being the 2007 Tchaikovsky gold begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 medal winner for cello, Antonov has been a recipient of p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. the 2008 Golden Talent Award by the Russian Performing Arts Foundation, as well as garnering top Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday soloist honors in the International Justus Friedrich evening concert for a brief question and answer Dotzauer Competition, Dresden, Germany, the David session held at the front of the stage with our Popper International Cello Competition, Budapest, guest artists and Dima. Hungary, and the American String Teachers Association Competition, Detroit Michigan. Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this He has performed live in concert on Boston’s NPR concert on Sunday, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. radio station WGBH, and his performance with the Encore Performance This concert will be Moscow Philharmonic in their “Stars of the 21st repeated on Friday, January 20, at High Point Century” series has been broadcast on Russian National University. Television. Antonov resides in Boston, Massachusetts. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 41 Whether you are looking for someone to help a few hours a week or need more comprehensive assistance, Home Instead can help. Call for a free, no-obligation appointment: 336.294.0081 You want to stay in the place you call home. homeinstead.com/311 We can help. :(68332577+(*5((16%2526<03+21< Enriching Our Lives and Our Community! 6WHDUQV)LQDQFLDO6HUYLFHV*URXS KDVEHHQVHOHFWHGE\*ROGOLQH5HVHDUFK DVRQHRI WKH7HQ0RVW'HSHQGDEOH :HDOWK0DQDJHUVRIWKH6RXWKHDVW86 IRU DVIHDWXUHGLQ)RUEHVPDJD]LQH 324 W. Wendover Avenue, Suite 204 Greensboro, NC 27408 336.230.1811 www.StearnsFinancial.com “Handel is the MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. DAVID L. NELSON greatest composer that ever lived.” JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH The music itself has numerous ijăĊČĉĬăċĉĂĴ movements and a complete performance 4(3#Ť.ĎĄŤ(-ŤŤ (-.1ăĂĊċ is rather lengthy. Today, the Water Music Beethoven is usually performed as one of three suites Bach’s second orchestra suite was that contain different selections of probably written around 1720 while we movements. The performance tonight will worked for Prince Leopold of Cöthen. combine movements from the first and During his time in this post, 1717 to 1723, second of these suites. Bach wrote many secular works, including Interesting Facts the suites for unaccompanied cello, sonatas and partitas for solo violin, and ANTONIO VIVALDI ĖŤ 132Ť .$Ť -"#+ġ2Ť 3#1Ť 42(!Ť the first two of his orchestral suites. ijăĊċČĬăċćăĴ have been used in The Frugal The orchestral suites begin with an The Four Seasons overture and are then followed by a series Gourmet, The Dead Poet’s of dance movements. The intention, Vivaldi was an unusual combination of Society, and at the Magic however, was not to have music to dance a priest and virtuoso violinist. For years, Kingdom in Disney World. to, but to create stylized dances that were he was the string teacher at Venice’s to be listened to. They were based on Ospedale of the Pietà, one of that city’s existing dances – gigues, sarabandes, orphanages for girls. But as the reputation gavottes – but contained more intricacy of both his teaching and composing ĖŤ (%#+Ť #--#"8ġ2Ť ăčČčŤ 1#!.1"(-%Ť and embellishment than would be found spread, wealthy families began sending of “The Four Seasons” sold more in music that accompanied actual their daughters to the Pietà to study under dancing. Vivaldi. than two million copies. The Suite No.2 in B Minor is written for “The Four Seasons” are actually four flute, strings and continuo. The concertos in a series of eight which were prominence of the flute, especially in the published as the “Trial of Harmony and last movement, has practically made this Invention” Op.8 in 1725. Each of these Who’s on stage? piece into a flute concerto. concertos is for violin solo, accompanied by strings and basso continuo. They are all Ė The Bach and Vivaldi use a in three movements – fast, slow, fast – and small Baroque orchestra: only GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL each is about ten minutes in length. What ijăĊČĉĬăċĉčĴ is unusual about these four is that they are a few strings and continuo to Suite from Water Music accompanied by short sonnets that accompany the solo instrument. describe the seasons. Vivaldi molded his Two of Handel’s most popular orchestral composition to these verses, creating ĖŤ -"#+ġ2Ť (-2314,#-3 3(.-Ť 42#2Ť works are his two “named” suites: the musical depictions of the activities of a “Music for the Royal Fireworks” and the year. more wind instruments, the “Water Music”. Both are delightful The first movements of the four strength of which was needed for compositions, even though there is concertos have the richest imagery. In the an outdoor performance. nothing about the music in either that opening movement of “Spring”, Vivaldi relates to fireworks or water. Still, the gives us bird songs, the trickling of the stories of each are historically rich, and springs, a thunderstorm, and, after the this adds to their musical charm. storm has passed, the return of the bird In 1717, King George I requested Handel songs. “Summer” begins with a sense of to write music for a unique outdoor being exhausted by the heat, three birds concert. On July 17th, two large barges in (cuckoo, turtledove, and goldfinch), London’s River Thames held the festivities. summer breezes that turn into the North Fifty instrumentalists performed on the Wind, and finally the tears of a village boy. Musician’s Barge, and the King and many “Autumn” has the dancing and singing of of his friends listened from the Royal the villagers, and a drunkard who Barge. Apparently the King enjoyed the eventually falls asleep. The sounds of music so much that he ordered the “Winter” are particularly easy to hear: a musicians to play the entire work three howling wind, attempts to stamp one’s times that day. This was obviously before feet to get warm, and the chattering of the musician’s union was formed. teeth. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 43 RANDOLPH Flow Lexus OIL COMPANY, INC. Is A Proud Sponsor of The Greensboro Symphony FUEL KEROSENE FLOW LEXUS LP GAS OF GREENSBORO 825 NORWALK STREET (336) 217-5400 1-888-FLOW-LEX 336-625-3497 www.flowlexusofgreensboro.com #" %""$ "&! With every measure... C&A will move your marketing efforts like a symphony. &ROOHJH5RDG6XLWH*UHHQVERUR1& www.ca-ideas.com (VWDEOLVKHG Concert Program JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 4(3#Ť.ĎĄŤ(-ŤŤ (-.1ăĂĊċ MASTERWORKS Debra Pivetta, fl ute I. Ouverture II. Rondeau III. Sarabande IV. Bourrée I/II GUEST ARTIST V. Polonaise (Lentement) - Double Dmitry VI. Minuet Dmitry Sitkovetsky VII. Badineri See bio on page 15. Sitkovetsky GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL 5 Things You Didn’t Know Suite from Water Music About Dima! I. Overture II. Adagio e staccato FEBRUARY 23 “I am a huge soccer fan and have been III. Allegro War Memorial Auditorium supporting the London Football Club in IV. Andante 7:30 p.m. Chelsea for 20 years.” V. Air VI. Allegro molto SPONSORED BY “I played a role in the Russian TV fi lm VII. Allegro VIII. Alla Hornpipe ‘Heavy Sand’ which was seen by millions of Russian viewers.” INTERMISSION “I am a big movie fan and see about ANTONIO VIVALDI FEBRUARY 25 40-50 fi lms a year.” The Four Seasons Dana Auditorium Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin 8:00 p.m. “My biggest hobby is to make transcriptions and .-!#13.Ť.ĎăŤ(-ŤŤ, ).1ďŤ/ĎČĄĊčďŤ I am up to over 45 diff erent ones as of today.” “La primavera” (Spring) SPONSORED BY I. Allegro “I have not yet seen the Blue Ridge Highway and II. Largo the mountains in North Carolina, but hope to III. Allegro Pastorale see them soon.” Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) I. Allegro non molto II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music and composers III. Presto with Dr. Sonia Archer-Capuzzo. Preludes is a series of informative Concerto No.3 in F major, Op.8, RV 293, lectures held prior to each Masterworks performance. The “L’autunno” (Autumn) presentations begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 p.m. I. Allegro Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. II. Adagio molto III. Allegro Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday evening concert for a Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op.8, RV 297, brief question and answer session held at the front of the stage with our “L’inverno” (Winter) guest artists and Dima. I. Allegro non molto Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this concert on Sunday, April 30, II. Largo at 8:00 p.m. III. Allegro SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 45 504 E. Cornwallis Drive Greensboro, NC 27405 :(+(/3<28*52:3527(&7 $1'75$16)(5<285:($/7+ 35,9$7(:($/7+0$1$*(0(17)$0,/<2)),&( 'ROOH\0DGLVRQ5RDG6XLWH*UHHQVERUR1&ZZZ+XWFKLQVRQ:HDOWKFRP 6HFXULWLHVDQG,QYHVWPHQW$GYLVRU\6HUYLFHVDUHRIIHUHGWKURXJK)LUVW$OOLHG6HFXULWLHV,QFRUSRUDWHG0HPEHU),15$6,3&DQGD5HJLVWHUHG,QYHVWPHQW$GYLVRU )LUVW$OOLHG6HFXULWLHV,QFRUSRUDWHGLVQRWDIILOLDWHGZLWK+XWFKLQVRQ:HDOWK0DQDJHPHQW*URXS “I despise a world which MASTERWORKS PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. DAVID L. NELSON does not feel that music is a higher revelation Madamina! Il catalogo, Although the first performance of the than all wisdom and from Mozart’s Don Giovanni 9th Symphony was on May 27, 1824, Beethoven’s earliest attempts to set philosophy.” Madamina! Il catalogo is sung by Don Schiller’s text was found in the 1790’s. The Giovanni’s sidekick, Leporello, as he tries text is also in the composer’s sketches for Beethoven to “comfort” Donna Elvira who is upset his 7th and 8th Symphonies in 1811. because Giovanni loved her then left her. Beethoven continued to modify this music Leporello tells her that she is not alone, over the next decade or so until the theme Interesting Facts and then recites a list of his master’s took its final shape. He also needed time /1#5(.42Ť $#, +#Ť !.-04#232đŤ ĊćĂŤ (-Ť 3 +8ďŤ and practice to let the entire fourth ĖŤ -8Ť .$Ť 3'#Ť ,42(!( -2Ť (-Ť 3'#Ť 231 in Germany, and up to 1003 in Spain. movement mature: in 1808, he wrote the first performance of Beethoven’s The music is appropriately known as the Choral Fantasy for Piano, Soloists, Chorus 9th also played in the inaugural “The Catalog Aria”. and Orchestra which acted as a study to concert of the Vienna the finale of the 9th Symphony. Aleko’s Cavatina, The fourth movement is a true Philharmonic Orchestra in 1842. from Rachmininoff’s Aleko culmination of the work. Its opening minutes look backward and forward in the ĖŤ .1#-9.Ť" Ť.-3#ďŤ3'#Ť+( 1#33(23Ť.$Ť Aleko is the first of three operas by piece. Beethoven actually weaves six “Don Giovanni” was friends with Rachmaninoff, set to an adaptation of The different melodies together to form the Casanova. Gypsies, a poem by Alexander Pushkin. introduction to the Ode to Joy. The Rachmaninoff wrote it when he was movement begins with dissonant and ĖŤ $3#1Ť3'#Ť#1+(-Ť ++Ť$#++Ť(-ŤăčČčďŤ nineteen. In his cavatina, Aleko sings of his chaotic music which acts as a rude Leonard Bernstein conducted torment over his lover Zemfira who just awakening to the peaceful ending of the Beethoven’s 9th in Berlin in which left him for another gypsy. third movement. Then Beethoven starts he changed Schiller’s words from to look ahead by having the lower strings play the recitative that the bass soloist will “joy” to “freedom”. Come dal ciel precipita, from Verdi’s Macbeth sing in a few minutes, and amid this string recitative are little remembrances of the In the second act of Verdi’s opera first three movements and a hint of the Macbeth, several men wait to murder famous theme to follow. Who’s on stage? Banco who has been selected to create The first time Beethoven gives us the the next royal lineage. In his aria, Banco Ode to Joy theme, it is in the low strings, ĖŤ '#Ť 2(9#Ť .$Ť 3'#Ť .1!'#231 Ť $.1Ť sings of his apprehension over the coming out of the depths in its simple Beethoven’s 9 symphonies situation: “O, how the darkness falls from perfection that took him so long to get just remained relatively constant: heaven”. right. We hear it four times, each growing pairs of woodwinds, 2 or 4 horns, in strength. The long introduction ends with the cacophony that began the 2 trumpets, and sometimes LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN movement: out of confusion comes trombones. ijăčăąĬăčċĊĴ beauty. Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.12 Even though we have had three quarters ĖŤ -Ť 3'#Ť $.413'Ť ,.5#,#-3Ť .$Ť of an hour of spectacular music, the true the 9th Symphony, Beethoven There are many popular stories about center of the symphony is about to begin. added extremely high and Beethoven being a difficult person to be To introduce this, the very first words of low instruments: piccolo and around, arguing with housemaids, the bass soloist are not Schiller’s but contrabassoon. landlords, and even nobility. But beneath Beethoven’s: “O Friends, not these sounds! this gruff exterior was a man who deeply Let us strike up something more pleasing ĖŤ +2.Ť (-Ť 3'#Ť $.413'Ť ,.5#,#-3ďŤ believed in the inherent goodness and and more joyful!” It is as if the Beethoven Beethoven presents a Turkish joyfulness of man. This is why he was so is telling us that the traditional symphony attracted to Schiller’s An die Freude text. is over, and now it is time to enter a realm March during the tenor solo, and The composer lived with this text for many where joy and humanity flourish. The Ode uses the Janissary instruments, years and must have been deeply touched to Joy is about to begin. triangle and cymbals, to create by words such as “joy, thou heavenly spark the Turkish sound. of God”, “all men shall be brothers”, and “all creatures drink joy from Nature’s breast”. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 47 %* !$!-!.$ -'!/$ . %*1%/! %/. 0./+)!-./+ ™ %/$ 2 -) * %*1%/%*# /)+.,$!-! ( ..% ()0.% .+"/(%#$/%*# !(%#$/"0( -+) . * .0,!-%+- 0./+)!-.!-1% ! +0-./+-!. -! !.%#*! /+!1+'!+( 2+-( $ -) . 0./+)!-.!*&+3/$!"!!(%*#+" ./-+((%*#/$-+0#$.!1!- (4) -'!/.5 ((0* !-+*!-++" ( +-( +0*/%"0(-+ 0 ! 0/ $!-$+, ),+-/! $!!.!. 0-+,! * !(% /!..!* +0-)!/+6!!. -!.$! "++ '! ++ . ==<;:;9:=; ==<88<779 Concert Program THREE BASS ARIAS Richard Ollarsaba, bass MASTERWORKS Madamina! Il catalogo, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni Aleko’s Cavatina, from Rachmininoff ’s Aleko Come dal ciel precipita, GUEST ARTIST from Verdi’s Macbeth Richard Richard Ollarsaba Richard Ollarsaba, a native of Tempe, Arizona, is INTERMISSION Ollarsaba currently at the UNC School of the Arts, earning a postgraduate certifi cate in opera in addition to already LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN earning his Master of Music degree through the AJ Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 Fletcher Opera Institute where he studied under Soloists TBA Marilyn Taylor. While with the Fletcher Opera Institute Choral Society of Greensboro Mr. Ollarsaba performed such roles as Lord Cecil Jon Brotherton, Choral Director MAY 3 (Maria Stuarda), Superintendent Budd (Albert I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco War Memorial Auditorium Herring), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Tom Carter maestoso 7:30 p.m. (Hotel Casablanca), and Sir John Falstaff (Merry II. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Presto Wives of Windsor). One of Mr. Ollarsaba’s favorite III. Adagio molto e cantabile SPONSORED BY performances through the Fletcher Opera Institute IV. Finale included an Institute hosted recital featuring the renowned Mezzo-Soprano, Frederica von Stade, where he sang alongside the diva in an impromptu encore. In his time in Winston-Salem, Mr. Ollarsaba Preludes Learn more about this evening’s music made his Piedmont Opera debut in the role of Ferrando and composers with Dr. David Nelson. Preludes (Il Trovatore) and was seen again with Piedmont is a series of informative lectures held prior to each Opera in the role of Masetto (Don Giovanni). Masterworks performance. The presentations MAY 5 He participated in the Metropolitan Opera National begin promptly at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, and 7:00 Dana Auditorium Council Auditions in Atlanta, Georgia where he placed p.m. Saturday in the upper mezzanine lobby. 8:00 p.m. second in the Southeastern Region. Mr. Ollarsaba earned his Bachelor of Music degree Meet the Artists Join us after the Thursday SPONSORED BY from the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, evening concert for a brief question and answer Ohio where he studied under Mary Schiller. While in session held at the front of the stage with our Cleveland, Mr. Ollarsaba made his Opera Cleveland guest artists and Dima. debut in the 2008 production of Le nozze di Figaro in the role of Antonio. Shortly after, he debuted with the Radio Broadcast WFDD will broadcast this Kansas City Symphony in their performances of concert in September 2012., at 8:00 p.m. Handel’s Messiah. The Kansas City Star reviewed that “despite his youth, he exhibited a marvelous resonant voice” and that “this is one singer to watch in years to come.” SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 49 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CORPORATE SPONSORS DIAMOND CIRCLE $40,000 and above PLATINUM GOLD CIRCLE $10,000–39,999 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ PLATINUM CIRCLE $5,000–9,999 GOLD CIRCLE $2,500–4,999 17 Days Festival Glen Raven Inc. Ryder Trucks SILVER CIRCLE Designs North Florist & Interiors Haynes Strand & Company PLLC Times-News $1,000–2,499 Fresh Market Media Production Associates W.E. Love & Associates FRIENDS Bank of North Carolina Studio 104 Photography $100-500 M.G. Newell Coporation 50 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2011-2012 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN MAESTRO’S PLATINUM CIRCLE $10,000 Anonymous Vanessa and Susan and Roy Carroll Dmitry Sitkovetsky MAESTRO’S INNER CIRCLE $5,000 + Jack and Nancy Britts Mr. Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Barbara Cone Ms. Barbara Kretzer Randall Kaplan and Ches Kennedy and Kathy Manning John Overfi eld MAESTRO’S GOLD CIRCLE $2,000-$4,999 Dr. and Mrs. John E. Chandler Dr. and Mrs. Preston W. Keith Roberts Family Foundation Bob and Sherry Harris Ann and Bob Kroupa Robert and Alice Spuller Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Carole and Sam Moore Wiley and Virginia Sykes MAESTRO’S SILVER CIRCLE $1,000- $1,999 Jane M. Adair Joan and Sam LeBauer June Anderson Mimi Levin Robert D. Benson Ellen and Lee Lloyd William F. Black Mrs. John R. Maness Lisa and Willie Bullock Joy C. Morrison Clem and Hayes Clement Mr. and Mrs. David F. Parker Mr. Albert C. Cohen Alice and Woody Pearce Alan and Marta Copland Alex Plotnikov and Sveta Krylova Mary Carol and Pat Danahy Doris R. Preyer Bert Davis, Jr. Suzanne & Bob Rhodes Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dilworth Connie and Robin Saul Carol Cone Douglas Pat and Bob Sevier Barry Frank Ann C. Sherman William and Hughlene Frank Jonathan and Anne Smith Susan and Bill Fraser Norman B. Smith Robert and Laura Green Flo and Bill Snider Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Griffi n Peter Sojka and Elisabeth Stambaugh Nancy and Bernard Gutterman Dennis and Pam Stearns Holt Gwyn and Beth Boulton Janet and Jim Stenersen Peggy and David Hamilton Mrs. Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hassell Gary and Ellen Taft In Memory of Marilyn E. Haxton Ms. Jeanne Tannenbaum Robert and Donna Hodgman Dr. and Mrs. S. Michael T. Tooke Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jessup Kaye and Ken Tutterow Mr. and Mrs. Orton B. Jones Mary Ann Vinson Ron and Linda Jones Mr. and Mrs. William R. Webber Bob and Barbara Lavietes John and Gay White Dr. Joe LeBauer Mrs. Robert P. Williams AS OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 51 2011-2012 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FRIENDS BENEFACTOR $500- $999 Lynne and John Alexander Jessica and Mark Good Richard and Jane Levy Margaret and Howard Arbuckle Joseph Gruendler Mr. and Mrs. Mark Littrell Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baughman Debbie and Gerhard Heidfeld Dorothy C. McGehee Lena and Lacy Baynes Dr. William B. Herring Gail McGroarty Dr. Veita J. Bland-Spencer Larry and Julia Hipp David and Heather Odahowski Carlyn and R. Steve Bowden Shawn Houck Watty and Marvin Pinson Myrna Carlock Joe and Cindy Hughes Dabney and Walker Sanders Laura Chesak and Gary Steeley Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Irvin, Jr. Ms. Laura Santana Sarah and Jeff rey Chowning Dr. and Mrs. D.K. Jeong Jim and Cindi Schrum Howard and Louise Chubbs Mitchell and Suzanne Johnson Susan and Jerry Schwartz Dr. Bryan and Renea Cobb Peggy and Phil Johnson Joy and Steve Shavitz Dorothy and Clyde Collins Judy F. Jolly Shirley Spears Robert and Sally Cone Jerry and Jo Kennedy Christopher C. and Laura B. Tew William J. and Elizabeth A. Craft Mrs. Thelma Kirk Sarah and Jack Warmath Lisa Crawford Mose and Doris Edgerton Kiser Mary Price Werner Philippe and Brigitte Dorier Bob and Joretta Klepfer Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Woodward Clara and Jim Duggins Bill and Diana Knox Earl and Lynette Wrenn Libby and Richard Gabriel Louise and Bill Latture Tom & Elaine Wright Family Foundation FRIENDS PATRON $250-$499 Mike Barringer and Jeff Everette Pam and Alan Duncan Seymour and Carol Levin Nan and John Bayersdorfer Marion and Peggy Follin Sandra and Frank LoNano Nancy and Tom Beard Carol and Jud Franklin Mrs. Jon Wade Meadows Pedie and Tony Bengel Thurman and Peg Freeze Jim and Fray Metcalfe Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bluethenthal Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Gay Irene M. Moore David and Nancy Bray Mr. and Mrs. Carson Grantham John and Donna Peterson Judy Breece Mr. Jamie A. Grosso Dale and Barbara Phipps Edwin and Joan Bryan James Gwatkin III and Marlene C. Nielsen William R. and Beverley C. Rogers Nancy and Jim Bryan Marianne and Xaver Hertle Joseph Rosenblum Nancy and James Buchanan Donna Moran and Garnett Hughes Dr. Rebecca Saunders Linda and Jim Carlisle Rep. Maggie Jeff us and Ted Thompson Mr. and Mrs. W. David Sellers Lynn and Tom Chandler Jim and Frances Jochum Phyllis Shavitz Fred and Susan Chappell Bayard W. Johnston Betty Ann and Kenneth Smith Henry L. and Ruth S.Coble Claire Kelleher Pam and David Sprinkle Betty and Ben Cone, Jr. Vickie and John Kilimanjaro Jimmy and Susan Thompson Sally and Alan Cone Ralph and Andrea Knupp Robert F. Winsor George Cowper Pearl and Bob Kraay David and Lauren Worth Mary and Ron Cox Mr. and Mrs. David Kuratnick Beverly and Patrick Wright, Jr. FRIENDS SUPPORTER $100-$249 Anonymous Philip and Kathe Burger Robert F. Dabbs Susan and Dan Acker Phil and Sarah Burger Helen M. Davidson Rose and Victor Ackermann Peter and Elizabeth Burger Cliff ord and Dorothea Davis Helen and John Alford Alex and Maureen Burns Heinrich A. den Boer Carolyn and Donald Allen Kathy and H.T. Busby Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Doyle Dr. and Mrs. William O. Ameen, Jr. Bob and Barbara Byrd Mr. and Mrs. John Drinkard Gary and Linda Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Callicott Thomas and Sandra Duez Kay and R.B. Arthur Harold O. Carpenter James and Rachel Dunn Alice D. Bachman Hodges and Joe Carroll Harry and Ruth Edgren Mrs. Nancy S. Balderacchi Jim and Stacey Carson Eric and Cheryl Eley Joan and Eddie Bass Emily C. Carter Walter and Margaret Faison Brenda and Bill Beasley Marlene H. Cato Sue B. and Jorman W. Fields Mike and Sue Becker Kent John Chabotar Elizabeth and Edgar Fisher Mary P. Best Patricia A. Chamings Dr. Stuart and Carol Fountain Steve and Lin Bostian Anne B. Christian Virginia Gaskin Phyllis C. and R. Marshall Bowden Louann A. Clarke Mr. Lawrence Gasper Hedy Breckenridge Congressman Howard Coble Bill and Jeanette Giddings Suejette and David Brown Dr. Michael L. and Faye C. Collins David and Kathleen Gleeson Nancy and Trip Brown Diane Conrad Nancy L. Glenz Skip and Carol Bryan in honor of Nicholas Cox Jean and Gary Goodman Mr. and Mrs. George Burfeind Keith Cushman Mr. J. Glenn Grayson 52 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2011-2012 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FRIENDS SUPPORTER $100-$249 Robert Green, MD and Jaquelyn Reilly Rosemary McGee Irwin and Judy Smallwood Norman Grey J. Gordon McLamb Barbara and Arthur Sohn Susan S. Griswold Butch and Tricia Mendenhall Marian K. Solleder Carl and Anne Grube Margaret and Patrick Miller Dave and Jean Stanfi eld Jim and Judy Guidone Dr. and Mrs. Terry G. Mitchell Richard and Cindy Stark Nancy & Fred Guttman Richard and Walena Morse Sue and Fred Starr Michele Haber/ Martin Friedman Charles and Mary Murphy Dr. and Mrs. H. Frank Starr, Jr. Jack and Liz Harrell Sara and Jim Niver Ralph and Nancy Stevens Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Harris Talmage and Jana Nowell Donald B. Stilwell, Jr. Robert and Judith Herron Betsy and Mitchell Oakley Eileen Stirling Mr. and Mrs. Lee Horowitz Donna Ogletree Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stoehr Gail and Ken Huggins Cameron Gordon Peck Amelia C. Stout Kay and Clyde Hunt Nancy and Peter Peiff er Dr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Sural Dr. and Mrs. Harold Imbus Dr. Judy Penny Peggy R. Tager Daniel E. James Gaston Penry Stuart and Barbara Teichman Paul and Sara Jones Jeff and Sherry Perine Mrs. John O Toledano Rosamond V. P. Kaufman-Totterweich Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Phipps Jr. Patsy Troutman Mike and Lonnie Keogh Dr. and Mrs. George H. Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Larry Tysinger John and Barbara Key Roger and Nan Poplin Michael and Kelly Wainscott Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kriegsman Hallly Lee Rankin Ken and Suzy Walker Margery Lane Bill and Donna Richardson Bob and Dot Walker Curtis and Terry Lashley Lane and Karen Ridenhour Diane and James Watkins John and Marilyn Lauritzen John T. Roberts BJ Weatherby and Verne Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. William J. Law Kitty and George Robison Dr. and Mrs. William J. Weatherly Anita Lawson Hans and Ellen Roethling Lynda D. Williams Dan and Genevieve Leach Camilla S. Ruffi n Peggy Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lewis Marnie and Jerry Ruskin Ron and Linda Wilson Keith Lydick Barbara Sanders Van and Margaret Woltz Dr. and Mrs. Paul Mabe, Jr. Beatrice and Stewart Schall Amanda S. Wood Natalie Mapou Mary Fran Schickedantz Homer Wright James and Linda Martin Jack and Nancy Scism Peter and Darlene Young Donald Martin and Elizabeth Haile Barbara and Jim Scott Dan and Bonnie McAlister Carl and Leigh Seager FRIENDS UP TO $99 Anonymous Edna Fica Gwen Jeff reys Joan N. Poole James P. and Carol D. Aplington Inessa Fishbeyn-Reeve Lynn S. Jones Mrs. Celeste B. Price Edwin Armstrong Charles J. and Alice H. Fisher Mrs. Diane L. Joyner Ida Grace Roberts Brenda B. Barnes Margaret Flannery Kimio and Yaeko Katsuki Joshua B. Rose, PE Charlotte P. Barney Clarence Floyd Mr. and Mrs. James A. King, Jr. Clyde Rudd Ms. Betty M. Baxter Al and Cookie Fogleman Bonnie and John Knab Lynn Sametz and Victor Streib Kathleen and Sion Bell J. Paul Ford, Jr. Robert and Jean Knox C. Art and Judy Schoolfi eld Jean L. Berry Sherri R. Forrester Edward and Joanne Koehler Maurice and Genie Schwartz Barbara and Dave Blackman Carol S. Fray Joan Kramer George and Phyllis Setzer James and Judith Bolzan Elizabeth Jane Fryman Carolyn C. Lester Ann M. Shelton Dorothy Bourgeois Robert W. Fuller Karen Lisenby Mary C. Shore Sydney and Hannah Britt Ildar Gabitov Andrew Long, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Smith, Jr. Ouida B. Brown John and Christine Gentry Dr. and Mrs. DT Lucey John and Ouida Spillman Jean R. Buchert Carolyn Gribnau Christine Macdonald Donald Straffi n Fred Carlson Leonard and Rita Guyes Nancy Y. Madden Elmer and Margaret Straight Mr. & Mrs. Charles Chappell Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hall, Jr. Bob and Dotty Maurer Peggy Tooker Carolyn Chappell Carolyn Hampton Sandy and Jim McCall Mr. Allen W. Trelease Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coble In Memory of Bill Cordes Mrs. Aileen S. McCraw Rosemary Reed Troxler Bob and Sophie Connolley by Bob and Sherry Harris Peter and Karen Meyers Edna Wagshal Polly Butler Cornelius In Memory of Clayton Lee Gerald Miller Robert and Virginia Waldron James and Robin Craddock by Bob and Sherry Harris Mary Carleton Miller Charles and Callie Wallace Shirley and Jerry Crawford Chip and Cathy Hicks Mary and Jim Mooney Dr. William E. Waters Margot H. Cunningham Ms. Karen Hogarth Dr. and Mrs. Robery Mowry Lynne and William Watson Mr. Kearns Davis Anne and Mike Honer Floyd Nesbitt Jeaneane Williams Lorraine Dodds Brad and Jackie Howes Sandra and Mark O’Neil Merrilou Williams Ms. Kay Doost Barbara T. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Paden Laura and Gary Wolf Ms. Stella B. Efi rd Claude Hutcheson Ed and Phyllis Parkerson Susan and David Wolfe Leon Eisen Sam and Tomasita Jacubowitz Sarah Pearlman Ned and Claudia Eldridge Mary Ann James Janet Plummer Our sincere appreciation to supporters of the 2011-2012 Annual Campaign. This list is current as of September 6, 2011. If you would like to be a part of this year’s campaign, please contact Lisa Crawford: 336.335.5456 ext. 222 or [email protected] GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 53 Celebrating our 25th Silver Anniversary In 1985, the seeds of the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund (GSEF) were planted by Symphony Guild President, Rachel Hull Galyon. Under her leadership, the Guild raised an additional $50,000 during the 1985-1986 season to contribute toward endowing the $250,000 Concertmaster’s Chair, completed in 1995, marking the official launch of the GSEF. The leadership torch was passed to Guild member, Caroline M. Lee, ENDOWMENT FUND who devoted more than twenty years to the development and growth of the fund. In 1995, Guild member Kay Edwards and GSO Board Member, Maurice Jennings, launched a successful campaign to surpass the GSEF’s $1 million milestone. During the 2001-2002 season, the fund surpassed $2.5 million with a special initiative spearheaded by Caroline Lee. In 2001, Barbara Cone led a secret campaign undertaken by Endowment donors to establish the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in honor of Caroline M. Lee. Since 2006, Cathy and Garson Rice have served as co-chairs of the Endowment Committee. The Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund TRUSTEES celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2011 with assets totaling over $4,000,000. At the March 2011 Board Ann E. Kroupa, Chairman Meeting, the GSEF Trustees voted to make a $25,000 distribution to the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Lisa Bullock in honor of this momentous milestone. This distribution was in addition to the gift of $121,431 made to the Sally B. Cone Symphony for its annual operating budget, received in January 2011. Robert Harris A. Robinson Hassell NAMED FUNDS $10,000- $39,999 Linda Jones Anonymous Mrs. E. Pierpoint Gill Lee Lloyd Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, III Herbert and Mary Frances Hazelman Lewis R. Ritchie Dorothy B. and T. Clyde Collins Michel Family Foundation William R. Rogers, Ph.D. Marion Stedman Covington In honor of Sally Millikin by Steve Millikin Amelia Tatum Daniel Memorial Dr. E. Phillip Morgan Memorial by Samuel Cameron Tatum by Inga Borgstorm Morgan, Warren Moore and Anne Moore Diaz Kent and Carolyn Morgan Memorial by Jean Paul Moore Carolyn and Harold O’Tuel George W. and Anna B. Dickieson Doris R. Preyer, Trustee William Y. Preyer, Jr. CLU Kay Bryan Edwards by KPB Corporation Lynn R. and Karl E. Prickett Fund Ronda Ellen and Kenneth Kornfeld Mr. And Mrs. J. W. Werner, Jr. HERITAGE SOCIETY The Heritage Society is composed of those who provided bequests in their wills to the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund. Gifts may be in honor or as a memorial. Anonymous Bequests Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee Nan and John Bayersdorfer Susan and Dale Miller Anne Rendleman Daniel Roy E. and Christine P. Rizzo Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guirlinger Mrs. Beverly C. Moore Claire Kelleher Kitty and George Robison Pearl E. and Robert A. Kraay Connie and Robin Saul E. Joseph LeBauer Florence G. Young CAROLINE M. LEE ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR Caroline Lee tirelessly led the Greensboro Symphony Endowment Fund for more then twenty years. To honor her years of service and the remarkable growth of the Fund, the Guild and Symphony friends honored Caroline by endowing the Associate Concertmaster’s Chair in 2001. $30,000 Susan and Bill Fraser Rachel S. Hull Greensboro Symphony Guild Kenneth and Ronda Kornfeld Bonnie and Bynum Hunter Ann and Bob Kroupa J.T. and Johnnye Greer Hunter $25,000 Fred L. Proctor, Sr. Lenora W. Jackson Mike and Lynn Haley Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven Karen and Eugene Johnston Judy and Allen Jolly $5,000 $1,000 John and Ellen Kavanagh Anonymous Fund Beverly and Ray Berry Mose and Doris Egerton Kiser Dr. Jean B. Brooks Nancy and Alex Brown Glorine and Tom Luper Barbara and Herman Cone Martha and John Chandler Dale and Susan Miller Joan and Bill Hemphill Dorothy and Clyde Collins Joy and Moon Morrison Linda and Maurice Jennings Sally and Alan Cone Doris R. Preyer Helen and Al Lineberry Sally B. and Robert C. Cone Royce and Jane Reynolds Carolyn and John Maness Mary Carol and Pat Danahy Peggy and Lewis Ritchie Carole and Ed Monroe Martha and Reed Devane Shirley Spears Pat Austin Nussbaum George and Anna Dickieson Kay Stern Lynn R. Prickett Fund through Betty Jack C. Dixon John C. Tate, Jr. and Charles Cheek Margaret and Walter Faison Boppy and John O. Toledano Dorothy and Stanley Frank Dorothy and Charles Weill $1,500–$2,500 Charles T. Hagan, Jr. B.J. and Bob Williams Kay Bryan Edwards Charles and Jeanne Hassell Doug and Julia Wilson Marie and Ed Faulkner, Jr. Ginger and Walter Hornig Elaine and Tom Wright 54 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Patrons of chairs receive permanent listing in the playbill, recognition on column in auditorium lobby, and preferential parking. The Greensboro Symphony is grateful for your generous support in building the Endowment Fund. For more information on how you may play a part in the continuation of the Symphony’s great music and education programs, please call co-chairs Cathy and Garson Rice at 336-273-1426. MAESTRO’S PODIUM ASSOCIATE AND ASSISTANT Marie C. and Ed Faulkner Chair C. Scott Lee Chair $500,000 PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $60,000 by Marie C. and Ed Faulkner by Caroline M. and N. Clayton Lee Endowed by bequest 1 CHAIR AVAILABLE Kay Bryan Edwards Chair Dorothy G. Frank Chair Alice Mae and William M. MAESTRO’S PODIUM by Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. by Stanley M. Frank Lineberry Memorial Chair EMERITUS CHAIR by Helen H. and Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. $300,000 Jeanne Maxwell Hassell Chair Hughlene Bostian Frank and Milton J. Jackson Memorial Chair by Charles M. Hassell William Allen Frank Chair R. Bradford Lloyd Chair by Lenora W. Jackson by Mary Ruth and Robert B. Lloyd, Jr. Carolyn J. Maness Chair James Autha Freeze YOUTH ORCHESTRA by John R. Maness Memorial Chair The Michael and Anna Lodico Chair CONDUCTOR’S CHAIR by J. Thurman and Peg Freeze by Flo and Bill Snider $275,000 Garson L. Rice, Jr. Chair 1 CHAIR AVAILABLE by Catherine G. Rice and Children Greensboro Opera Company Chair Joy C. Morrison Chair by Peggy and Phil Johnson by William H. Morrison, Jr. CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR $250,000 SECTION CHAIRS · $40,000 Lynn Carroll Haley Chair Carole Swope Monroe Chair Greensboro Symphony Guild 9 CHAIRS AVAILABLE by Michael W. Haley by Edwin Brent Monroe Austin Family Chair THE DISTINGUISHED GUEST by Patricia Austin Sevier Joan T. and William L. Alice Wilson Pearce Chair ARTIST PIANO CHAIR Hemphill Chair by Woody Pearce $250,000 Richard Kelly Bowles, Jr. In honor of Linda M. Jones Memorial Chair Sally London Hobbs Ethel Clay Price Memorial Chair by Louise H. and R. Kelly Bowles Memorial Chair by Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund THE YOUTH Family Foundation by Johnnye and J. T. Hunter PHILHARMONIC CHAIR Lynn R. Prickett Memorial Chair $150,000 Brough-Webber Chair Rachel Smothers Hull and by the Lynn R. and Karl E. In honor of Dr. Jean B. Brooks. by Elizabeth Brough Webber Worth Brantley Hull Chair Prickett Fund and William R. Webber ASSOCIATE Linda B. and Maurice Royce O. Reynolds Chair CONCERTMASTER’S CHAIR Lillian Daley Brown Memorial Chair Jennings Chair by Jane W. Reynolds $150,000 by the Massey Trust through In Honor of Caroline M. Lee Nancy C. and Alex S. Brown, Jr. Jimmie Irene Johnson Dr. William R. and Memorial Chair Beverley C. Rogers Chair ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER’S Mr. Lenoir Chambers Memorial by Dr. Harry W. Johnson and Family CHAIR · $100,000 Chair David Vincent Sherman Chair Chair Available by Mr. Lenoir Chambers Wright Mary Ellen and Elizabeth Anne by Ann, Beth and Becky Sherman Kavanagh Chair PRINCIPAL CHAIRS · $80,000 John E. and Martha S. by Ellen C. and B. John Kavanagh Sidney J. Stern, Jr. Memorial Chair 11 CHAIRS AVAILABLE Chandler Chair by Katherine G. Stern Kathleen Price Bryan Preston Wylie Keith and Martha Memorial Chair Barbara S. and Herman Elizabeth Allred Keith Chair Ellen and Gary Taft Chair by Kay Bryan Edwards and Family Cone, Jr. Chair by Dr. Preston Keith and by Donna M. and Herman Cone III Marty Keith Richard W. and Carlotta M. Peter B. Bush Memorial Chair Treleaven Memorial Chair by Mary Ann Bush and Children Elaine Wolf Cone Memorial Chair Janie C. and E. Kemp Reece Chair by Carl W. and Lina Z. Treleaven Irene Mitchell Moore and by Barbara S. and Herman Cone, Jr. Beverly Cooper Moore Chair Walter W. King, Jr. Memorial Chair Frederick Kent Wilkins Richard and Danahy Family Chair by Elizabeth Yates King Memorial Chair Fraser Family Chair by Mary C. Richard Danahy by Kaye Andrews Wilkins by Susan and Bill Fraser iand Patrick Danahy Joyce C. Kiser Memorial Chair and Children by Mose Kiser, Jr. and Family Eleanor Downes Mewborn Chair George W. Dickieson Chair Betty F. and Robert P. In Memory of Carolyn GSO Conductor 1951-1963 Kroupa Family Chair Williams Chair Riddle Downes by Anna B. Dickieson by Bob and Ann Kroupa Thomas E. and Elaine R. Lucy and Clark Dixon Barbara B. and Wright Chair Memorial Chair Robert E. Lavietes Chair by Jack C. Dixon GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 55 Greensboro Symphony Guild Because Music Matters It is with great delight that the Greensboro Symphony Guild welcomes the 2011-2012 season of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Another magnifi cent year of programming has been carefully planned for our Masterworks, Chamber, and Pops series Symphony patrons. There is truly something for everyone! As a volunteer organization, the Greensboro Symphony Guild members are a diverse group of devoted community leaders and friends. Since our inception in 1964, we have promoted the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and its many educational programs throughout the Piedmont Triad. Our fundraisers have provided over $1,000,000 to support the endowment and music education programs of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Award-winning programs have remained a signifi cant cornerstone of our community and have been recognized and honored in past years by the League of American Orchestras. In 1985, the Guild was honored by President Kim Littrell Ronald Reagan with the President’s Volunteer Action Award. Greensboro Every year, we accomplish our goal of developing music appreciation in school-aged Symphony children by providing fi rst-hand experiences with our orchestra. We enrich the lives of more Guild than 50,000 pre-school to high school aged children through school concerts and partnership President programs. We provide support to our Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra through coaching and scholarship programs. And through our support of the GSO’s Music at Midday concert series, hundreds of senior citizens—many of whom would otherwise be unable to attend concerts—are able to experience the beauty of orchestral music. There is much enthusiasm to share this Guild year. We have many exciting programs and fundraisers which will help support our education programs. This year will see the return of the much-beloved Symphony of Homes Tour, October 28-30. The theme of this year’s tour is “Opening Doors for Music,” and we hope you will all come tour the fi ve fabulous homes that will be featured this year. Earlier in 2011, 17 lovely and bright young ladies were selected as Symphony Guild Debs, and assumed their roles as ambassadors of the Guild within our community. These ladies will be presented in December at our 33rd Annual Presentation Ball. In February, at both Masterworks concerts and the Valentine’s Day Pops concert, the Guild will be collecting old cell phones for its Tones for Tunes fundraiser. Proceeds from this project will be shared with the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra. If you plan to attend one of those concerts, please plan to bring your old phones. On March 31, 2012, we will hold our ever-popular Guild Super Sale. No matter what type of household item you might be looking for—furniture, kitchen wares, baby items, books, etc—you can fi nd it at the Super Sale. This event, like our Homes Tour, is open to the public so we hope you will join us! On these pages are the logos of our 15 Guild Corporate Sponsors for this year. We are deeply grateful to each of them for their support. Without these sponsors we would be unable to make the contributions that the GSO has come to depend on from us. We continue to raise awareness of the Guild within our community through our increased marketing eff orts and our use of social media. For more information on the Guild, its activities and programs, and ways you can volunteer or donate, please visit us at www.gsoguild.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You may also email us at greensborosymphonyguild@ gmail.com, or call our offi ce at 336-632-1812. We are always eager to talk about how the Guild makes a diff erence in the lives of so many, Because Music Matters! Most sincerely, Kim Littrell Greensboro Symphony Guild President 56 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GREENSBORO SYMPHONY GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Kim Littrell President Elect Libby Gabriel VP Education Debbie Heidfeld VP Fund Raising Sherri Hill VP Guild Operations Mary Rogg VP Marketing/Publicity Robin Hunt Secretary Cam Current Treasurer Kathy Gleeson Past President Peggy Hamilton Executive Assistant Susan Mackey Thanks to the following for making our EDUCATION COUNCIL Adult Outreach Ann Kroupa 20th Annual 2011 Golf Classic a success: Elementary Concerts Chair Connie Saul 2011-2012 ACTIVITIES Host: Starmount Forest Country Club Vice Chair Vanessa Skenes Tournament Chair: Andrea MacDiarmid Music in the Middle Chair Jo Kennedy AND PROJECTS Vice-Chairs: Kim Jones and Kim Littrell Vice Chair Margaret Cooley September 24, 2011 Honorary Chairs: Sherry and Bob Harris Youth Orchestra Auditions Chair Rosemary Reed Symphony Guild Debutantes’ Youth Orchestra Representative Sharon Kasica Night at the Symphony Women’s Chorus Representative Bridget MacPherson October 1, 2011 20TH ANNUAL GSG GOLF CLASSIC MARKETING COUNCIL Black, White, and Bubbles Gala SPONSORS: Community Relations Frances Vinoski Cookbook Chair Mary Ingram October 28-30, 2011 SILVER SPONSORS: Newsletter Editor Fray Metcalf Symphony of Homes Tour, Carolina Bank Website & Social Media “Opening Doors for Music” Coordinator Elizabeth Stephens Southeaster Paper Group December 28, 2011 OPERATIONS COUNCIL Symphony Guild Presentation Ball BRONZE SPONSORS: Corresponding/ Hunt Mainline Products Endowment Secretary Ann Warrick March 31, 2012 Mother Murphy Historian Elizabeth Craft GSG Super Sale SourceRM Hospitality Luncheons Chair Sandi Hedgepeth WellSpring Vice Chair Linda Baker April 20, 2012 Vice Chair Andrea Zimmerman Meet our Musicians Night HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSORS: Hospitality Meetings Chair Nancy Beaver Foreign Cars Italia Vice Chair Sandy Weston April 28, 2012 Membership Chair Suzy Walker Name that Tune Vice Chair Brenda Glenn in Partnership with the GSO GSG Classics Liaison Kitty Robison Nominations/Awards Peggy Hamilton Orchestra Support Chair Karen Jacobs Recipes of Note Vice Chair Brenda MacFadden Look for Recipes of Note in the MANY THANKS TO OUR Maestro’s Terrace Chair Ali McVann January 2012 issue of Our State 2011|2012 GUILD SPONSORS! Parliamentarian Margaret Faison Magazine. Recipes of Note Programs Chair Linda Wilson cookbook off ers favorite recipes from the Guild! FUND-RAISING COUNCIL Homes Tour Chair Nancy Bogard For more information on the Homes Tour Vice Chair Andrea Knupp Greensboro Symphony Guild, its Homes Tour Vice Chair Frances Vinoski membership and fundraisers, or to Super Sale Chair Josie Gibboney purchase items such as Homes Tour Super Sale Vice Chair Georgia Linebeck tickets and cookbooks, please visit Presentation Ball Chair Sue Drinkard www.gsoguild.org. Presentation Ball Vice Chair Kristie Smith We are on Facebook and Twitter! Name That Tune Liaison Kaye Tutterow Grant Writing Mary Ann Vinson The community’s support of Guild Tones for Tunes projects is vital to our success. All income (cell phone collection) Joan Stephenson raised is returned to the GSO and its “Fun” Raisers Chair Sherri Hill education programs. We thank each “Fun” Raisers Vice Chair Kim Jones of you for your continuing generosity in Guild Café Chair Andrea MacDiarmid supporting the Guild. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 57 In-School Ensembles Music in the Middle In the winter and spring, all third and fourth Music in the Middle is an annual concert series grade students in Guilford County hear live for all seventh grade students in Guilford performances right in their schools. Musicians County. The concerts present both traditional from the Greensboro Symphony travel to and contemporary repertoire, and aim to schools and perform chamber music, expand students’ ideas of orchestral music. demonstrate their instruments, and help Resources for students and teachers are students prepare for the Elementary School provided at the beginning of the school year to Concerts. The program includes a string enhance the listening and learning experience. quintet, brass quintet, woodwind quintet, and The 2011 concert theme is “Thrills, Trills, percussion trio. Ensembles visit diff erent and Transformations,” and will explore the idea schools each year so that students hear as of orchestration. The repertoire will include many diff erent instruments as possible. Russell Peck’s The Thrill of the Orchestra, music of Beethoven and Copland, and Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy- Overture. To emphasize the importance of orchestration and instrumentation, the concert will also include a humorous re-orchestration of Romeo and Juliet, composed by GSO Resident Conductor Nathaniel Beversluis. Orkidstra This entertaining series provides performances High School Night - January 19, 2012 designed for three- to fi ve-year-old children. High School students can sign up for free This season, the Greensboro Symphony is tickets and parking for this special concert by working with Guilford Child Development to sending their full name and school name to provide concerts for children in the Head Start [email protected]. program. Elementary School Concerts The concerts will be based around the Every year, all third and fourth grade students in College Night - September 22, 2011 theme of a book by a local author - Freckles by the Piedmont region hear a dynamic program For this selected concert, college students can Ellen Lloyd. The children will all receive a free by the full Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. sign up for free concert and a copy of the book to take home. The Elementary School Concerts present tickets and free This project will help introduce children to exciting works of orchestral music. The parking. College classical music and the concert experience, Elementary School Concerts serve students students can and will build literacy. Because of the theme of from the Guilford, Alamance-Burlington, register by the book, it will also help give an anti-bullying Asheboro, Randolph, Reidsville, and Caswell sending an email message. The concerts will feature musicians County school systems. with their full of the Greensboro Symphony and will take These concerts frequently include name and place in Greensboro and High Point. multimedia presentations and collaborations college name to with the Greensboro Ballet. In addition to the [email protected]. This concert experience, students and teachers season’s College Night is a back to school Education Sponsor receive educational resources and curricular special! materials that support the concert theme. These materials help introduce new music to Student Tickets students as well as connect the concert theme Students with ID can get $5 tickets to any to topics across the curriculum. Masterworks concert and $10 tickets to The 2012 concert theme will be “Storytelling Pops series concerts. Tickets may be and Music.” The music will include Tchaikovsky’s obtained with a valid student ID at Will Call Sleeping Beauty, Prokofi ev’s Peter and the Wolf, on the night of the concert, or at the and music from the movie Harry Potter. Greensboro Symphony Box Offi ce during regular hours. 58 GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Preludes Come early and catch the Prelude! Preludes are pre-concert presentations designed to give context to the listening experience. Speakers are music faculty members at local colleges and universities. The Preludes presenters come from a range of musical backgrounds and have specialties in the musical style of the following concert. Beginning Strings at Peck Elementary Preludes take place prior to Masterworks Support by Lillian Rauch series concerts. Thursday evening Preludes The Greensboro Symphony’s Beginning Strings Program began in 1998, and was established start at 6:45 p.m. Saturday evening Preludes at Peck Elementary during the 2007-2008 school year. In the Beginning Strings Program, the begin at 7:00 p.m., and are joined by our Greensboro Symphony provides Guilford County elementary schools with string instruments maestro and guest artists. and small group music lessons free of charge. Key objectives of the program are to serve a segment of the community that needs greater September: Dr. Gregory Carroll, UNCG access to instrumental music education, to nurture and develop students’ creative talents, November: Dr. David Nelson, UNCG and to prepare students for challenging opportunities in music and life. January: Dr. Gregory Carroll, UNCG Instruments are supplied and maintained by the Greensboro Symphony. Instructors for February: Dr. Sonia Archer-Capuzzo the program have been drawn from Greensboro Symphony musicians with signifi cant group May: Dr. David Nelson, UNCG teaching experience, string music education faculty from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music (UNCG), and UNCG graduate students in string music education. Graduate students teach in the program with the guidance of their faculty advisor. Wells Fargo The program continues to grow and sprout connections throughout the community. This Music at Midday Series year, a teaching assistant supported by the Music Academy of North Carolina will aid with The Music at Midday series includes nine the program. An after-school string orchestra is forming at Jackson Middle School, the school performances by Greensboro Symphony which many Peck graduates attend. The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra (description) will give a chamber ensembles. The performances, performance and clinic at Peck Elementary in October 2011. hosted by retirement communities and other local venues, are free and open to the public. High School Partnership Support by the Greensboro Symphony Guild River Landing Pennybyrn at This exciting new program continues to grow. Over the course of each partnership, high Twin Lakes Maryfi eld school music students receive up-close performances by Greensboro Symphony musicians, Abbotswood Heritage Greens specialized coaching sessions on orchestral music, and visits from Maestro Sitkovetsky and at Irving Park Moses Cone guest artists. Wellspring Following the in-school presentations and coaching sessions, the high school ensemble Adult Center for Enrichment performs on stage prior to a Greensboro Symphony Masterworks concert. The high school Friends Home West musicians are invited to stay for the concert to hear their mentors perform. The Greensboro Symphony has partnered with Ragsdale High School in 2008, Grimsley High School in 2009, and Weaver Academy and Northern Guilford in 2010. The GSO will work with the Page High School and Northwest Guilford High School Orchestras during the 2011-2012 school year. Greensboro Symphony Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra The Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO) enriches the lives of its participants by Youth Orchestra providing a professional environment for the study, preparation, and performance of music, GSYO concerts are free and open to the public! serving the community as a whole by providing high quality, free of charge performances, and November 20, 2011, 4:00 p.m. encouraging and advocating art, music, and music education in the Piedmont Triad region. Greensboro Day School, Sloan Theatre The GSYO is an educational project directed and underwritten by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. GSYO Music Director Nathaniel Beversluis leads the program into its 41st year February 19, 2012, 4:00 p.m. during the 2011-2012 season. Greensboro College, Odell Auditorium The GSYO program includes multiple ensembles, with opportunities for everyone from May 20 2012, 4:00 p.m. young beginners to advanced high school students. In the past fi ve years, the most advanced Greensboro Day School, Sloan Theatre ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and in Germany and Austria! GSYO members study and perform the best in orchestral music as they grow as musicians and make lasting friendships. Interested in joining the GSYO? Come to the Open House Rehearsal: May 6 2012, 2:00- 5:00 p.m., UNCG School of Music. GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 59 At Lincoln Financial Group, we believe in helping people face their futures with confidence. It began over a century ago when we adopted Lincoln’s name. His legacy of honesty, integrity, and respect has helped shape our business as well as how we dedicate our resources to help the community around us. It’s also why we established the Lincoln Financial Foundation: To carry on our rich tradition of giving by supporting the hopes and dreams of Greensboro with the tools it needs to lay the foundation for a better tomorrow. Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation and its affiliates. ©2011 Lincoln National Corporation. LCN1006-2043449 Program Notes Rice Toyota Sitkovetsky & Friends LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN CHAMBER Violin Sonata No.6 in A major, Op.30 Violin Sonata No.6 in A major, Op.30 Beethoven composed nine of his ten violin sonatas Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin between 1798 and 1803. These are works that fall Lukas Geniusas, piano at the end of his fi rst stylistic period (relatively conservative music), and the beginning of his second SEPTEMBER 23 period (becoming more adventurous). Notable in ROBERT SCHUMANN UNCG School of Music the sonata performed tonight is the third movement Piano Quartet E fl at, Op.47 Recital Hall which is a theme and variations. Beethoven dedicated Lukas Geniusas, piano 8:00 p.m. this work to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola Beth Vanderborgh, cello ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Music Recital Hall Courtesy Piano Quartet in E fl at, Op.47 Lukas Geniusas, piano For many years, Schumann wrote very little of UNCG School of Music chamber music. That changed in 1842 when he decided to write chamber music for an entire year. One of the resulting works was the piano quartet performed tonight. The quartet has four movements with the fi rst Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin being quite vigorous after a slow introduction. A scherzo reminiscent of Mendelssohn follows. The third movement is feelingful and romantic, and some think that Schumann wrote this for his wife, Clara. And the fi nale is fast with exuberant themes and an energetic ending. Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola After Hours with Dima! Immediately following this concert, join us at the Green Valley Grill Bar with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Chamber Concert Musicians. Beth Vanderborgh, cello Complimentary appetizers provided by the Green Valley Grill. Sponsored by the O. Henry Hotel | 622 Green Valley Road 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ chamber series sponsor Maestro Sitkovetsky drives a Toyota-sponsored vehicle. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 61 ! !# *)('!" "! " "$ !"!% #! "# #!& # ! ! $# &!%# ' $%' $! 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All rights reserved. 3OHDVH6XSSRUW2XU(YHQWV 6\PSKRQ\RI+RPHV7RXU 2SHQLQJ'RRUVIRU0XVLF 2FWREHU 7RQHVIRU7XQHV %ULQJ\RXUROGFHOOSKRQHVWRWKH )HEUXDU\3RSVDQG0DVWHUZRUNVFRQFHUWV *6*6XSHU6DOH 'RQDWHLWHPVWRWKH*XLOGRUVKRSWKH 6XSHU6DOHRQ0DUFK )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQRQWKHVHHYHQWVSOHDVHYLVLWRXU ZHEVLWHDWZZZJVRJXLOGRUJ %HFDXVH0XVLF0DWWHUV Program Notes Rice Toyota Sitkovetsky & Friends GIUSEPPE TARTINI (1692-1770) GIUSEPPE TARTINI CHAMBER Violin Sonata in G Minor, “Devil‘s Trill” Devil’s Trill Sonata The “Devil’s Trill” is one of the most virtuosic Ray Chen, violin sonatas for violin. The Italian composer and violinist Inara Zandmane, piano said that the idea of the work came to him in a dream in 1713 in which the devil made a pact with Tartini ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK NOVEMBER 11 for the composer’s soul. Accordingly, the devil gave Terzetto UNCG School of Music the composer everything Tartini desired, and then Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Recital Hall the devil took the violin and played superbly. When Ray Chen, violin 8:00 p.m. Tartini woke, he dedicated himself to creating music Scott Rawls, viola as impressive as what he had heard in the dream. JOHANNES BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Ray Chen, violin (1841-1904) Inara Zandmane, piano Terzetto in C Major, Op.74 Ray Chen, violin The impetus for this trio came not from an upcoming concert performance, but from a friendship between the composer and an amateur violinist who Music Recital Hall Courtesy lived in the same building. Dvořák wanted a piece of UNCG School of Music in which his friend and his friend’s teacher would play the violins and Dvořák himself to play the viola. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Unfortunately, the work was a little harder than the amateur violinist could handle, so he then composed his Bagatelles with an easier violin part. JOHANNES BRAHMS Inara Zandmane, piano (1833-1897) Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100 After Hours with Dima! One of Brahms’s favorite retreats was to Lake Immediately following this concert, Thun, near Interlaken, Switzerland. In summer join us at the Green Valley Grill Bar 1887, he went there with the intention of writing with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and works for small forces – songs for voice and piano, Chamber Concert Musicians. Scott Rawls, viola and chamber music. It was during this stay that the Complimentary appetizers provided by the Green Valley Grill. Sponsored by the O. Henry Hotel | 622 Green Valley Road second of his three violin sonatas was composed. The three-movement works is quite lyrical and understated, without the heightened sense of drama found in so much of Brahms’s music. 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ chamber series sponsor Maestro Sitkovetsky drives a Toyota-sponsored vehicle. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 63 The Y\jksurprises Talent. 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Piano Quintet The Cello Sonata was completed in 1901 and was Inara Zandmane, piano fi rst performed by Anatoliy Brandukov, who also gave Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Janet Orenstein, violin the premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo Capriccioso, Simon Ertz, viola, performed on this week’s Masterworks concert. The Sergey Antonov, cello piano part is quite prominent in this sonata, perhaps because the composer was a virtuoso pianist. Many of the themes are fi rst introduced by the piano rather Sergey Antonov, cello than the cello. For these reasons, Rachmaninoff sometimes preferred calling it a Sonata for Cello and PLEASE NOTE: Piano. This concert will be held on Sunday, 4:00 pm at CÉSAR FRANCK Temple Emanuel (1822-1890) 1129 Jeff erson Road Inara Zandmane, piano Piano Quintet in F Minor Greensboro, NC 27410 Franck was a Belgian-born composer, pianist and organist who spent his adult life in Paris. At age 50, he became a Professor of Music at the Paris Conservatoire. Perhaps his best known works are the Symphony in D and the Violin Sonata. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin The Piano Quintet was written in 1889 and 1890. The fi rst performance was rather strange. Playing After Hours with Dima! the piano was Camille Saint-Saëns, who had not Immediately following this concert, seen the work before. (He was a gifted sight reader.) join us at the Green Valley Grill Bar As the piece progressed, it became clear to the with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Chamber Concert Musicians. audience that Saint-Saëns liked the music less and Complimentary appetizers provided by the Green Valley Grill. Janet Orenstein, violin less. Once the quintet was fi nished, Franck went on Sponsored by the O. Henry Hotel | 622 Green Valley Road stage to congratulate the performers and to dedicate the work to Saint-Saëns, who promptly walked off the stage in a fi t of anger for having been involved with the music in the fi rst place! Simon Ertz, viola 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ chamber series sponsor Maestro Sitkovetsky drives a Toyota-sponsored vehicle. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 65 Program Notes Rice Toyota Sitkovetsky & Friends SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) SERGEI PROKOFIEV Quintet, Op.39 Quintet Op.39 for violin, viola, CHAMBER Most quintets are for like instruments, all winds or double bass, oboe and clarinet strings, with piano sometimes included. Prokofi ev’s Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin Quintet, Op.39 is a hybrid with two winds (oboe and Scott Rawls, viola clarinet) and three strings (violin, viola, and bass John Spuller, double bass FEBRUARY 24 rather than cello). In 1923, a touring ballet company, Ashley Barret, oboe UNCG School of Music with only these instruments, asked Prokofi ev to write Kelly Burke, clarinet Recital Hall a ballet score, and the composer took this opportunity 8:00 p.m. to write the quintet on tonight’s program. ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK The quintet has six movements, starting with a Serenade for winds D minor Op.44 for theme and variations, and then alternating slow and 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, fast movements. cello and double bass Ashley Barret, oboe Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Scott Rawls, viola violin and conductor Anna Lampidis, oboe ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Kelly Burke, clarinet (1841-1904) Ed Riley, clarinet Serenade in D Minor, Op.44 Carol Bernstorf, bassoon Michael Burns, bassoon Dvořák’s Serenade, Op.44 is one of the Jennifer Alexandra John Spuller, masterpieces in the repertoire for chamber winds. Bob Campbell, horn Johnston, cello double bass It was written in 1878 and premiered that year in an Lynn Beck, horn all-Dvořák concert with the composer conducting. Tim Papenbrock, horn The work owes an inspiration to Mozart’s Serenade, Alex Johnston, cello K.361 (370a), the “Gran Partita” with its grandeur John Spuller, double bass and similar instrumentation for wind instruments. Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor Ashley Barret, Anna Lampidis, The fi rst movement begins with a stately march. A oboe oboe lyrical theme follows and the movement concludes Music Recital Hall Courtesy with a return of the opening music. The second of UNCG School of Music movement sounds as if it will be a graceful minuet, but the “trio” is anything but graceful. Here, Dvořák After Hours with Dima! relies on his Czech roots and gives us a fast Bohemian Kelly Burke, Edwin Riley, Immediately following this concert, clarinet clarinet dance called a “furiant” with lots of accents and join us at the Green Valley Grill Bar cross rhythms. The only thing missing here is a with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and tambourine! The movement ends with a return of Chamber Concert Musicians. the more refi ned minuet. The third movement begins Complimentary appetizers provided by the Green Valley Grill. Sponsored by the O. Henry Hotel | 622 Green Valley Road lyrically, and, after an impassioned central section, Carol Bernstorf, Michael Burns, ends with the opening music. bassoon bassoon Each of the three fi rst movements have three sections with the opening music returning after a contrasting section. In the fi nale, Dvořák takes this one step further. After an energetic opening and lyrical “second” melody, the composer brings back Bob Campbell, Lynn Beck, horn 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ not the opening music of the movement, but the horn opening theme of the entire piece in all its grandeur. chamber series sponsor A rousing coda ends the work. Maestro Sitkovetsky drives a Toyota-sponsored vehicle. Tim Papenbrock, horn SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 67 Standing Ovation Illuminating lives. The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra enriches us all with great performances. Womble Carlyle is proud to support the 2011-2012 season. 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Michael Tooke, MD, FRCSC Founding Physician Physician Fellowship-trained in spine Fellowship-trained in spine and scoliosis surgery and joint replacement surgery 2105 Braxton Lane, Suite 101, Greensboro, NC 27408 (Near the intersection of Lawndale Drive and Pisgah Church Road) S I ZZZVSLQHDQGVFROLRVLVGRFVFRP Program Notes Rice Toyota Sitkovetsky & Friends JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH CHAMBER Trio Sonata from Das Musikalische Opfer (The Trio-Sonata from the Musical Off ering Musical Off ering), BWV 1079 Debra Pivetta, fl ute In May 1747, Frederick II of Prussia (“Frederick Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin the Great”) and Johann Sebastian Bach met at the Alex Ezerman, cello MAY 4 King’s residence in Potsdam. Frederick had written Andre Lash, harpsichord UNCG School of Music a long, chromatic theme, and then challenged the Recital Hall great composer to improvise a six-voice fugue on 8:00 p.m. it. Bach’s response was to write such a fugue and JOHANNES BRAHMS send it to Frederick. Two months later, the master String Sextet No.1 in B fl at major, Op.18 Baroque composer published a set of pieces based for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos on this theme, entitled The Musical Off ering. These Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin works included a number of fugues and canons, and John Fadial, violin the four-movement trio sonata performed tonight. Scott Rawls, viola Debra Pivetta, Dmitry Noah Hock, viola fl ute Sitkovetsky, violin Brooks Whitehouse, cello JOHANNES BRAHMS Alex Ezerman, cello (1833-1897) String Sextet No.1 in B fl at major, Op.18 Music Recital Hall Courtesy Brahms’s fi rst string sextet was written between of UNCG School of Music 1858 and 1860 and was fi nished during a summer vacation where the composer was staying on the John Fadial, violin Scott Rawls, viola Elbe River. It is an early work – Brahms was 27 at the time of its premiere in Hanover – and comes from the same period as his two orchestral serenades and fi rst piano concerto. Noteworthy in the sextet is the instrumentation of pairs of violins, violas, and cellos. This allowed Brahms the ability to create sounds from a string Noah Hock, viola Alex Ezerman, After Hours with Dima! cello chamber ensemble that could not be found in the Immediately following this concert, more traditional string quartet (two violins, viola, join us at the Green Valley Grill Bar cello). An example of this is the opening melody, with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and which is scored for viola and two cellos. And in Chamber Concert Musicians. the slow movement, Brahms gives us music that is Complimentary appetizers provided by the Green Valley Grill. weighted towards the lower sounds possible with Sponsored by the O. Henry Hotel | 622 Green Valley Road two violas and two cellos. Brooks Andre Lash, Brahms also pays homage to another German- Whitehouse, cello harpsichord born composer who, like Brahms was to do later in his life, moved to Vienna: Beethoven. The scherzo of the sextet is almost directly modeled after the parallel movement in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. 7 Ê/, /Ê9"1Ê,/ chamber series sponsor Maestro Sitkovetsky drives a Toyota-sponsored vehicle. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 69 If you like North Carolina, you’ll love Our State. Our State Our magazine Each issue features: ® s Stunning scenic photography ODOWN HOME NORTHur SCAROLINA s Ideas for travel planning IN tate MARCH 2011 $4.95 s Charming profi les of towns and cities Biltmore s Calendar of dates and An insider’s tour of North Carolina's Historic Homes Homes Historic Carolina's North events State Our North Carolina’s magazine favorite house ® ® DOWN OHOME NORTH CAROLINA IN ur State APRIL 2011 $4.95 DOWN State Collecting the South HOME ONORTHur CAROLINAMAY 2011 $4.95 IN Collecting the South South the Collecting THE COASTAL ISSUE The Civil War: Historic Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington To subscribe, call (800) 948-1409 or visit ourstate.com ABOUT THE GUEST CONDUCTOR Born in New York City, Bob studied piano Bruce Kiesling and composition at the Juilliard and Manhattan Bruce Kiesling is currently the Conductor of the Schools beginning at age 9. He went on to Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), the Los graduate with honors in music from Princeton. Angeles Philharmonic’s community youth orchestra His other New York stage credits include Molina initiative and also serves as the Music Director of in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (opposite Vanessa the Tulare County Symphony in California’s Central Williams), and the dying singer/songwriter in the Valley. His background encompasses conducting, cult off -Broadway hit “The Last Session.” POPS harpsichord performance, theater, and piano work in both classical and popular genres. Originally ABOUT THE FEATURED VOCALIST from Canton, Ohio, Dr. Kiesling received degrees Connie James from the University of Michigan, the University Connie James is a classically trained singer with of Miami (Florida) and the University of North a degree in music from the University of South Carolina School of the Arts. Carolina. She has been nominated for a Pixie Sweet Baby Bruce spent eight years as Resident Conductor Award for Best Song/Soundtrack in a Motion James, for the Greensboro Symphony, where he led Picture for the song “Three Words”, which she classical concerts, the Holiday Concert, the Gospel co-wrote and recorded with Composer/Pianist The Music of Concert (featuring Curt Karr, Richard Smallwood Onaje Allen Gumbs, for the short subject fi lm James Taylor and Wintley Phipps), the highly successful “Whoa”. The fi lm received the Angel Award at education concerts, and many appearances with the Sundance Film Festival in 2003 and was also the Greensboro Symphony Pops. He served as screened at the Cannes Film Festival last year. As Music Director and Conductor for the Greensboro an actress, she has landed roles on NBC’s 9 Law & OCTOBER 22 Symphony Youth Orchestra, having led the Order”, “Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit” and WESTOVER CHURCH orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the Piccolo “Homicide: Life on the Street”. 8:00 P.M. Spoleto Festival, and Carnegie Hall. ABOUT THE BAND The other aspect of Bruce’s careers is that of an CO-SPONSORED BY active and busy composer. He has provided music Tim McLaff erty (drums), the son of a painter and for more than twenty productions, including the sculptor, grew up in a free thinking environment feature fi lms “Wesley,” “Seven Days of Yellow,” where he began playing drums at age four. In the “Di Passaggio,” “Foresight” and the award winning last 20 years he’s played in over a dozen Broadway shorts “1915” and “Stormy Weather. shows, his favorites have been Urinetown and Grey Gardens. Also an active poet, his poems ABOUT THE LEAD VOCALIST, BAND ARRANGEMENTS have been set by composers Mick Rossi and Scot Bob Stillman Munson. myspace.com/timmclaff erty MEDIA SPONSOR The Sweet Baby James concert stars the multi- Stephen Benson (guitar) has performed and or talented and multifaceted Bob Stillman who has recorded with people as diverse as Phoebe Snow, lit up some of New York’s best-known stages as John Sebastian, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Natalie writer, musician and actor. He’s been nominated Cole, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, The twice for Tony Awards---fi rst as actor, composer Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. The Philadelphia and onstage pianist in “Dirty Blonde,” and later Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes and the as one of the songwriters for “Urban Cowboy.” American SymphonyOrchestra. He currently Bob has brought his uniquely soulful original performs on Broadway in the orchestra pits of The songs to such popular New York venues as Joe’s Lion King, Chicago, Mary Poppins and Hair. Pub, The Cutting Room, Wilson’s and Elaine’s. His just released debut CD “Come Down Angel,” Brian Cassier (bass) has performed in numerous co-produced with Tom Corwin has been steadily chamber music ensembles, chamber orchestras attracting listeners, and was selected as one of and orchestras throughout the United States, host Zoe Montana’s “Essentials” on radioio.com’s Europe, South America and Asia with such Acoustic channel. Featuring solid grooves, soaring noted artists as José Carreras, James DePriest, melodies and biting lyrics, Bob’s songs combine Lucas Foss, Kurt Masur, Mstislav Rostropovich folk-rock, jazz, pop and classical infl uences to and Robert Shaw, and with ensembles such as create a style that is deeply personal, intimate, The American Symphony Orchestra, and The sophisticated and emotionally rich. Last season Orchestra of St. Lukes. Brian has been orchestra Bob co-starred with Christine Ebersole in the contractor / music coordinator for ABC, CBS, acclaimed Broadway musical “Grey Gardens.” Atlantic, Ligeti Artists and Warner/Electra. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 71 ([SHULHQFHWKH'LIIHUHQFH &KLQD7KDLODQG9LHWQDP.RUHD-DSDQ ([WHQVLYH:LQH/LVW 1HZ*DUGHQ5G*UHHQVERUR1& 5HVHUYDWLRQV ZZZSKRHQL[DVLDQFXLVLQHFRP Debbie Gravitte One of Broadway’s biggest personalities, Debbie Gravitte has enjoyed a varied career, taking her from the Broadway Stage to the concert stage and beyond. She won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, along with a Drama Desk Award Nomination and New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the POPS original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she went on to appear in: Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award Nomination), Blues In The Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Zorba, Chicago, and Les Miserables. Debbie has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York’s Rainbow and Stars, to London’s Pizza On The Park, and back home again to Atlantic City, where she’s had the honor of performing with Jay Andrew Lloyd Leno, Harry Anderson, and the legendary George Burns. She recently toured with Keith Lockhart And The Boston Pops, and has sung with numerous symphony orchestras, including the National Symphony (with Webber Marvin Hamlisch), Peter Nero and The Philly Pops, The NY Pops with The Legendary Skitch Henderson, & Friends Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Utah Symphony, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas and San Diego Symphonies. Anne Runolfsson DECEMBER 31 Anne Runolfsson is one of those rare artists whose unique versatility has WESTOVER CHURCH allowed her a distinguished career not only in the theater but also in recording 8:00 P.M. studios, intimate cabaret spaces, and concert halls throughout the world. The New York Times proclaimed, “Ms. Runolfsson has a fl exible virtuosity, between SPONSORED BY ethereal melodiousness and piercing big-moment resonance.” She recently returned from London where she was honored to sing with the great Dame Julie Andrews. In 2007 she completed a 2 year run on Broadway as “Carlotta Giudacelli” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. Hal Prince referred to her performance as a “revelation.” Prior to that she made a splash in Victor/Victoria where she had the honor of standing by for Dame Julie Andrews, and Liza Minelli. She performed the title role over 120 times to great acclaim and went on to recreate the role in the National Tour which began in Seattle and Houston. Other Broadway and National Tour credits include: the role of Gretta Conroy in James Joyce’s The Dead, MEDIA SPONSOR Fantine in Les Miserable, Roxane in Cyrano-The Musical, Lili in The Secret Garden, and Aspects of Love. Sal Viviano Sal Viviano, a Detroit native, began his career opening for the Comedy Greats of the last generation in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. Sal made his Broadway debut in The Three Musketeers (1984), followed-by starring roles in the Broadway hits Romance/Romance, City of Angels, Falsettos, The Life, and The Full Monty. Off - Broadway, Mr. Viviano co-starred in The Big Time, as well as Golf, The Musical* (Backstage Award), Beau Jest, Cather County, Weird Romance*, Catch Me If I Fall*, Broadway Jukebox, and Hamlet, The Opera for Joseph Pawpp. On-tour, he starred in Evita , Anything Goes!, The Pirates Of Penzance, Hair, and received a Helen Hayes Award (Best Actor) nomination for his title-role portrayal in Sunday In The Park With George (Washington, D.C.), having also appeared regionally at more than two-dozen theatres, nationwide. In New York, he most recently starred as Billy Flynn in the smash hit Chicago. Viviano’s Film credits include Legally Blonde 2*, Black Roses* , The Jitters, Spike of Bensonhurst *, and Life With Mikey’s* title song (for Disney). His Television guest appearances have included Law and Order, The Cosby Mysteries, Search For Tomorrow, and more; his critically acclaimed portrayal of VanGogh on Disney’s Out Of The Box; serving as ‘opener’ for Comedy Central’s Friar’s Club Roast of Chevy Chase; and guesting on Peter Jacobson’s Unplugged (The Golf Channel). SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 73 green IS THE NEW COLOR OF CLEAN The Cleaning Authority has diligently cleaned in your neighborhood with our proven Detail- Clean Rotation System. We would love to clean your home as well. 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ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST Cole Porter John Pagano This Guys in Love With You Providence, Rhode Island native John Pagano Burt Bacharach/ Hal David FEBRUARY 14 is a truly a singer’s singer. As the lead vocalist Pure Imagination WESTOVER CHURCH in the legendary Burt Bacharch’s band for more Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley 8:00 P.M. than 14 years, John has traveled extensively, All My Tomorrows performing in major concert venues and with Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen CO-SPONSORED BY numerous symphony orchestras. In addition to his Love Is The Tender Trap ongoing association with Mr. Bacharach, John has Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen collaborated with Grammy Award winning writer- Smile producer Barry Mann, renowned composer- Charles Chaplin producer George Duke, George Howard, Elvis Costello, Garth Brooks, Whitney Houston, Faith Hill, Wynona Judd and David Cassidy. Along the Act II way, John’s voice caught the ear of Jerry Seinfeld, Orchestra Overture for whom he opened shows in both Las Vegas and Song For You Atlantic City. John’s fi lm credits include the Adam Leon Russell Sandler fi lm CLICK and Jim Carrey’s Yes Man. Ain’t That A Kick In The Head MEDIA SPONSOR John is featured on ten albums including his Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen recent solo release Pure Imagination which Talk To Me he recorded with a 40-piece orchestra at Rudy Vallee / Eddie Snyder / Stanley Kahan the legendary Capitol Recording Studio A in Call Me Irresponsible Hollywood, California. During the recording Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen sessions, John transitioned eff ortlessly from Wives & Lovers vocalist to instrumentalist to producer, working Burt Bacharach / Hal David closely with session players that have performed Any Day Now with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Burt Bacharach / Bob Hilliard Chet Baker. Having his friend and mentor, Burt All The Way Bacharach, play on and produce cuts on the album Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen further enriched the experience for John. Headlining his fi rst solo symphonic pops show, featuring the classic love songs of Pure Imagination, is a dream come true and John looks forward to performing it for audiences across North America and around the world. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 75 How we work is just as important as the services we perform. No matter which of our services you may wish to pursue, our promise to you is Personal Attention and Verifiable Results. CERTIFIED WEALTH HEALTHCARE HUMAN PUBLIC ADVISORS PRACTICE RESOURCES ACCOUNTANTS CONSULTANTS Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co., LLP DMJ Wealth Advisors, LLC (SFFOTCPSPt#VSMJOHUPOt4BOGPSE (SFFOTCPSPt ENKDPNtENKXBDPN * Advisory services offered through Investment Advisors, a division of ProEquities, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor. Securities offered through ProEquities, Inc., a Registered Broker-Dealer, Member, FINRA & SIPC. DMJ and DMJ Wealth Advisors, LLC are independent of ProEquities, Inc. ,ɢ ɡʃȱɏ ȩHVɢȫHʎLʣLʝɚɄɏ ʑɃʑɠPDȫɏ /RFDWLRQ &KRLFH 9DOXH 6HFXULW\ 3701 Wade Coble Drive, Burlington, NC 27215 ZZZWZLQODNHVFRPPRUJ A division of Lutheran Retirement Ministries of Alamance County, NC Concert Program ACT 1 Disney Classics Overture The Little Mermaid Orchestral Suite Colors of the Wind Beauty and the Beast Suite I Wanna Be Like You Mary Poppins Medley POPS ACT 2 Hunchback of Notre Dame Suite Aladdin Medley Pirates of the Caribbean The Magical The Lion King Song Suite Music of It’s a Small World Walt Disney Candice Nicole began her relationship with Disney over a decade ago when she was fi rst hired by Disney as a child soloist, so performing her favorite Disney classics with such talented musicians is a dream come true. Candice has been featured on numerous occasions as the guest artist/headliner with the California Symphony and Reno Philharmonic. Some of her work in theatre, fi lm, television and voice-overs includes Young Buff y on Buff y the Vampire Slayer, Toff ee in Zombie Prom, and Barbie: The Island Princess. Broadway: Closing National Touring APRIL 21 Company of the world renowned musical Les Misérables (Fantine U/S), L.A. Premiere: How the Grinch Stole Christ- mas (Scallops Who). Regional highlights: Footloose (Ariel), 1776 (Martha Jeff erson), Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Grease (Sandy), Peter WESTOVER CHURCH Pan (Wendy, opposite American Idol’s Adam Lambert), Cinderella (Cinderella). Starring roles in West Coast staged readings include Roxane in The Man Who Would Be King opposite Broadway’s Marc Kudisch, Abby in the hilarious comedy Neurosis (by Allan Rice, 2 PERFORMANCES! a writer on The New Adventures of Old Christine), plus new musicals at The La Jolla Playhouse and The Festival for New Musicals. Proud Actor’s Equity Member, Candice thanks Ted Ricketts for this opportunity and her loving family for their support. SPECIAL MATINEE - 2PM Whitney Claire Kaufman recently completed two years with the North American Tour of Bring the kids, grandkids, nieces and the Broadway smash-hit Mamma Mia! (Ensemble, Understudy for Sophie and Lisa). Her performance as Sophie gar- nephews of all ages! Have the kids to nered rave reviews from the Boston Globe. Whitney has performed as Guest Soloist with the Malaysian Philharmonic dress up (and you too!) in their favorite Orchestra and the Pacifi c Symphony Orchestra, Guest Soloist with the Florida Orchestra, and has appeared in Cabaret Disney character for an afternoon (Sally Bowles), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Peaseblossom), Marisol (June), The Los Angeles Theatre Ensembles’ Disney experience to remember! production of Wounded, as well as many other theatrical productions. TV credits include General Hospital and the hit CO-SPONSORED BY ABC series Modern Family. As both a singer and voice-over performer in fi lm and television, Whitney has been heard in productions including That Championship Season, The Secret of NiMH 2, and two MGM animated series: All Dogs Go to Heaven and Noddy. She recently recorded songs written by Oscar-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin. Whitney graduated with honors from Chapman Univer- sity with a BFA in Theater Performance. Her favorite Disney movie is The Little Mermaid, with Cinderella as a close second. Andrew Johnson is a Disney kid at heart and is humbled and honored to share the music and magic from the stage! He has toured all over the world as a lead soloist and dancer in nine diff erent countries. He most recently was a performer at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards with Florence and the Machine. This past year EVENING PERFORMANCE - 8PM he played Benny in the fi rst professional southern California production of RENT and Asher in Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities’ production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Andrew’s other professional credits include Five Guys Named Moe (Four-Eyed Moe), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Joseph), God- SPONSORED BY spell (Jesus), and Pippin (Lead Player). He has also understudied Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile in Tarbell’s South Pacifi c at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. He was a fi nalist in 2004 and 2005 with the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards, as a Musical Theatre/Pop vocalist, and he received an Inland Theatre Award nomination for his performance in Riverside Civic Light Opera’s produc- tion of Ragtime (role?). Andrew has shared the stage with singer/actresses Shirley Jones and Bernadette Peters and has performed live duets with recording artists Patti LaBelle and Erykah Badu, and Broadway stars Laura Bell Bundy and Jodi Benson. Aaron Phillips is very excited to be part of this wonderful production. Aaron is an Ovation Award nominated actor/singer, proud member of Actor’s Equity, and just fi nished the 2nd National Tour of Click, Clack, Moo. Aaron had his New York theatre debut last year as Felix in the new hit rock-opera The New Hopeville Comics, BLUEBELL written by Nate Weida. Past theatre credits include: Jekyll and Hyde (John Utterson), Batboy: The Musical (Batboy/ Edgar), Songs for a New World , and Les Misérables (Foreman/Combeferre). Opera credits include: La Boheme FOUNDATION with the Greensboro Opera Company, conducted by Valery Ryvkin, Pirates of Penzance (Pirate King) and Lakme (Frederic) by Delibes. Aaron recently appeared in a staged reading of The Bone Wars (O’Conner) with the prestigious New York playwright group, Youngbloods. He is also an accomplished voice-over talent and can be heard in video games such as Red Dead MEDIA SPONSOR Redemption and Deadmund’s Quest, as well as Lord of the Rings. He is a man of many voices for commercials, cartoons, and music sessions everywhere. Aaron has been a Disney fan his entire life, and is happy to help bring this music to fans of all ages. As a graduate of the school of music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Aaron is especially pleased to be performing again in front of a Greensboro audience. SEASON SPONSORS GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 77 The United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro is proud to support the artists, programming and music education activities of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to the generosity of this community, the United Arts Council continues as the major source of arts grant funding for the Symphony, most recently awarding a two-year grant of $186,000 between now and 2013. Since 2000, UAC has provided more than $1.4 million in financial commitments to the Symphony through our annual grant programs. But the UAC does more than just provide grants. This season, the United Arts Council facilitated the commission and world premiere of Queen Anne’s Revenge on behalf of the Symphony — written by Grammy Award-winning composer Mark O’Connor — thanks to support from American Express. The UAC also played an instrumental role in bringing Wicked Divas to Greensboro. Both of these efforts are part of the UAC’s new arts & culture festival 17DAYS, which was designed as a collaborative effort to fuel attendance and showcase the wonderful arts assets of this community ... like the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. To learn more about the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro and how you can help us support the health and vitality of our community, visit us online at www.UACarts.org, or call us weekdays at 336.373.7523. Thank you for your support, and best wishes from all of us for a successful 2011-2012 Season of Winners at the Symphony! United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro – Thomas Philion, President & CEO 1781,7('$576&281&,/2)*5($7(5*5((16%252DAYS PXVLFDUWWKHDWUH PRUH 6(37(0%(52&72%(5_*5((16%2521& 17 Days is a unique collaborative celebration brought to you by the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro with Greensboro’s top artists, presenters, producing organizations, museums and venues. Education Concerts Fox8 Holiday Concert Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in Burlington 9:15 am and 11:00 am Sunday, December 11, 2011 Williams High School 2:00 pm BURLINGTON For every Second and Third Grader in Williams High School Alamance County For the past ten years, every 2nd and 3rd Nathaniel Beversluis, conductor grader of Alamance County has enjoyed See bio on page 19. the Educational Concerts presented by Hosted by FOX8 News Anchors the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. These concerts have touched the lives of Admission to the concert is free with a more than 32,000 students. donation of a non-perishable food item to benefit the Salvation Army. BURLINGTON OUTREACH GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 79 TEMPLE EMANUEL’S Open Doors Music Series December 11, 2011 February 12 & April 1, 2012 at 7:30pm featuring Russian Jewish Concert pianist Simmons Severance and Elena Kushchnerova Chowning Wealth Man- Harold Schonberg, the late music critic of the agement NY Times dubbed her “a pianist who grabs the Imagination.” Her 1997 Prokofiev CD has been listed as one of the 50 best recorded piano performances. Ellena wiillll be accompaniied by Brooks Whiitehouse on cellllo & Janet Orensteiin on viiolliin.. For complimentary tickets & information contact Temple Emanuel at (336)292-7899 !" # # $!%& The Music Center has many musical opportunities to offer Greensboro residents and those from surrounding areas. We currently have 15 community youth and adult ensembles for you to join. You do not have to be a professional musician to join these ensembles. We offerprivate instruction on a variety of musical instruments and a comprehensive Kindermusik program. A World of Difference... MUSEP Concerts are held every Sunday, June through August, featuring a wide variety of music since 1973 from jazz to classical to bluegrass and more! 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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BY: Appearances by: Summit Figure Skating Club of Greensboro Bill Flynn Neill McNeill and Julie Luck GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 81 Make it a night out! RESTAURANT SPECIALS The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the fi ne restaurants listed below are collaborating to make your concert evenings special nights out. THE SYMPHONY SUBSCRIBER DINING PACKAGE is off ered only to our Masterworks and POPS season subscribers. On nights of our performances, the restaurants will off er a special. Each individual restaurant sets the promotional value of this off er. Please ask your server about any restrictions. Show your “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and your concert tickets to your server by 6 p.m. on concert nights to ensure adequate time for an enjoyable dinner. Early reservations are recommended. Restaurants not accepting reservations will honor this promotional special on a fi rst-come, fi rst served basis. Gratuity percentage is based on full menu price unless otherwide noted. Tax, alcohol, and other menu items are not included in the promotion. To become eligible for the “Symphony Subscriber Dining Card” and to take advantage of this great off er, call the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at 336-335-5456. Subscribe by January 31, 2012 to receive this off er. 1618 Seafood Grille THREE-COURSE 1618 West Friendly Ave. SPECIAL MENU $14.95 235-0898 plus 18% gratuity Basil & Co. Buy one entrée, GET ONE FREE 1310 Westover Terrace # 107 equal or less value (per pair of tickets) 285-9023 $15 max; plus 18% gratuity. All Concerts Giovanni’s Fine Italian Buy one entrée 5831 High Point Rd. GET ONE FREE 852-8890 (maximum $14), 18% gratuity. Oakcrest Family Restaurant Buy menu item 435 Battleground Ave. GET ONE FREE 254-3344 with the purchase of two beverages. All Concerts Ruth’s Chris Steak House THREE-COURSE $39.95 800 Green Valley Rd. soup or salad, entrée w/one side & dessert; 574-1515 Reservations required for 12/31 & 2/14 concerts Sakura Ichiban Japanese & Thai Cuisine Receive 20% OFF 3015 High Point Rd. Entrée 316-0629 (per pair of tickets) All Concerts Sapporo Japanese Steak House Receive 20% OFF 2939-C Battleground Ave. Entrée 282-5345 (per pair of tickets) All Concerts Table 16 *OREDOO\,QÀXHQFHG1HZ:RUOG TWO-COURSE $25 600 South Elm St. Special Symphony Menu: Appetizer & Entree 279-8525 or Entrée & Dessert Taste of Thai $XWKHQWLF7KDL&XLVLQH FREE Healthy Wrapped Appetizer 1500 Mill St., Westover Gallery of Shops (One per ticket) 273-1318 plus 18% gratuity Undercurrent Restaurant Receive 10% OFF 327 Battleground Ave. season sampling menu, 370-1266 ready to order by 6:00pm MORE I NEVER KNEW MY FEET COULD MOVE LIKE THIS. MORE WAYS TO SEARCH. MORE WAYS TO FIND. Salsa Dancing Lessons. 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