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Insight As we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Jacoby Symphony Hall this spring, our thanks goes out to those men and women whose generosity and leadership made our world-class performance venue possible. However, as much as the hall has shaped the Jacksonville One hour prior to each Florida Blue Symphony of today, the greatest impact has come from the many talented musicians who Masterworks Series concert, join Music have graced our stage over the past 67 years. Director Courtney Lewis and other Masterworks guest conductors in Robert At the end of this season, nine musicians, who combined E. Jacoby Symphony Hall to hear their have contributed more than 350 years of service to the insight on the program. An open, low-key Symphony, will retire. While all of us at one point will 15 to 25 minute presentation including decide it’s the right time to turn to a new chapter of our question and answer time will provide lives, I’ve always found this a particularly difficult decision the opportunity to learn more about for musicians. Being a musician isn’t a job; it’s a way of the fantastic works performed by the life. It’s who we are. Our instruments are extensions of Jacksonville Symphony. ourselves. So while you will no longer see these nine artists on stage every week, I can guarantee that they will Guest artists often join the conductor continue to be members of the Jacksonville Symphony to give their vision of the works to be family. You will see them in the community, in the hall and presented. Insight is a new angle on the perhaps even back on stage from time to time. concert experience. You’ll never listen to the music the same way after hearing With their departure, auditions for their replacements will Insight. So come early, grab a seat and take place, and you will notice a number of new faces hear what the experts have to say. on stage beginning this fall. The search for Philip Pan’s replacement will take the entire 2017–2018 season, as several qualified candidates compete for the coveted position of Concertmaster of your Jacksonville Symphony. INSIGHT is sponsored by Speaking of next year, we just announced an incredible line-up of Masterworks and Popular Series favorites for the 2017–2018 season. We kick things off with an opening night Fanfare celebration featuring Sibelius’ Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s great Fifth Symphony. Our 2018 annual gala will feature the lovely and talented soprano Renée Fleming. Other Masterworks highlights include the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Debussy, Dvorak, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich and Wagner.

Our Pops Series will feature the Latin sounds of The Mambo Kings and the swingin’ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski will present The Doo Wop Project, Magic of the Movies and Crazy Arc of Love. We showcase two movies, both featuring the music of John Williams: and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Raiders of the Lost Ark. We will continue our New Year’s Eve, Holiday and Memorial Day traditions. The Tickets: 904.354.5547 First Coast Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, Symphony in 60 and Coffee Concerts also return. Contributions: 904.354.1473 Administration: 904.354.5479 Finally, we honor our responsibility to be the Symphony of Jacksonville and pride ourselves on serving the entire community through an enhanced roster of diverse programming. JaxSymphony.org While our season will always be anchored by the masterworks of the classical music canon, we are also pleased to expand the palette of repertoire presented on our stage. Encore! Production Publisher – Robert Massey We’re delighted to hear that so many of you are enjoying these new program offerings. Editor – Amy Rankin If you ever do find yourself having a negative experience, please let us know so we can Graphic Designer – Kenneth Shade make it right. Our patron services team is committed to ensuring that you have a positive Advertising Sales – Caroline Jones night at the Symphony. As said, “You can never please all of the people Photography – Tiffany Manning, Renee Parenteau all of the time.” Art is subjective. It pleases our senses, inspires our imagination, piques our Intern – Amy Hadden curiosity, questions our existence, reaffirms our beliefs and yes, stirs our soul. To Advertise in Encore - Call Caroline Jones at 904.356.0426 or email [email protected]. To our subscribers, I hope you take advantage of our incredible renewal offers. If you’re not yet a subscriber, please consider the incredible benefits and savings you get by becoming © 2017 Jacksonville Symphony Association one, and check out the many options we have available. 300 Water Street, Suite 200 • Jacksonville, FL 32202 Thanks for an incredible season. follow us /jaxsymphony . @jaxsymphony . #jaxsymphony

is the official piano of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Robert Massey President and CEO 4 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 THE MAGAZINE OF THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY EnCORE 2016 - 2017 SEASON VOLUME 23 – ISSUE FOUR

EVENTS

18 AT THE SYMPHONY FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES April 1, 2

21 CANELLAKIS CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH COFFEE SERIES FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES April 7, 8, 9 18 21

27 BOND AND BEYOND FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES April 21, 22

35 TCHAIKOVSKY’S SYMPHONY NO. 6 “PATHÉTIQUE” bestbet SYMPHONY IN 60 SERIES FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES April 27, 28, 29, 30

27 35 39 SGT. PEPPER’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION COFFEE SERIES FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL POPS SERIES May 12, 13

43 JSYO SPRING CONCERT PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS CHARITIES JSYO SERIES May 14

53 MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 “RESURRECTION” FLORIDA BLUE MASTERWORKS SERIES May 19, 20, 21 53

DEPARTMENTS 61 PATRIOTIC POPS COFFEE SERIES 4 Welcome May 26 7 Music Director 8 Symphony Association Board Cover photo from left to right: 11 About the Symphony Back row – Deborah Heller, Jeanne Majors, Peter Wright 9, 25, 58-60 Thank You, Supporters Middle row – Philip Pan, 12-13 Jacksonville Symphony Musicians Merryn Corsat, Claudia Minch, 62 The Cadenza Society Glynda Newton

65 Sound Investment Program Front row – Lela LaBarbera, 72-73 Volunteer Activities and Events Lois Gosa 78 Jacksonville Symphony Administration

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6 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 MUSIC DIRECTOR

Courtney Lewis Music Director, Haskell Endowed Chair

With clear artistic vision, subtle musicality, and innovative programming, Courtney Lewis has established himself as one of his generation’s most talented conductors. The 2016/17 season marks his second as Music Director of the Jacksonville Symphony. Previous appointments have included Assistant Conductor of the Philharmonic, where he returns on subscription in the 2016/17 season, Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he made his subscription debut in the 2011/12 season, and Dudamel Fellow with the Philharmonic, where he debuted in 2011. From 2008 to 2014, Courtney Lewis was the music director of Boston’s acclaimed Discovery Ensemble, a chamber orchestra dedicated not only to giving concerts of contemporary and established repertoire at the highest level of musical and technical excellence, but also bringing live music into the least privileged parts of Boston with workshops in local schools.

In the 2016/17 season he will make his debut with the Dallas Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and return to the Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Highlights of 2015/16 included debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and Colorado Symphony, as well as assisting Thomas Adès at the Salzburg Festival for the world première of Adès’s opera The Exterminating Angel.

Lewis made his major American orchestral debut in November 2008 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and has since appeared with the Atlanta Symphony, Washington National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and Ulster Orchestra, among others.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lewis read music at the University of Cambridge during which time he studied composition with Robin Holloway and clarinet with Dame Thea King. After completing a master’s degree with a focus on the late music of György Ligeti,

RENEE PARENTEAU he attended the Royal Northern College of Music, where his teachers included Sir Mark Elder and Clark Rundell.

ENCORE 7 SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Past Board Chairs Matthew S. McAfee, Chair Olin E. Watts, Founding President David Strickland, Vice Chair & Development Committee Chair Wellington W. Cummer Rick Moyer, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair Hugh R. Dowling Elizabeth Lovett Colledge, Ph.D., Secretary Giles J. Patterson Robert Massey, President and Chief Executive Officer Carl S. Swisher Gert H. W. Schmidt Robert R. Bowen Executive Committee Roger L. Main Gilchrist Berg, Member at Large Charles L. Hoffman R. Chris Doerr, Member at Large Hugh Abernethy Margaret Gomez, Foundation Board Chair Archie J. Freels Gurmeet Keaveny, Marketing Committee Chair Harold K. Smith Randall C. Tinnin, DMA, Programming Committee Chair Jacob F. Bryan, III Terry West, Member at Large Ira M. Koger Gwendolyn “Gwen” Yates, Governance Committee Chair J. Shepard Bryan, Jr. Randall C. Berg Board of Directors Honorary Directors W. E. Grissett, Jr. Don Baldwin Ruth Conley B. Cecil West Martha Barrett David W. Foerster James C. Blanton Karen Bower Preston H. Haskell David C. Hastings J.F. Bryan, IV Robert E. Jacoby Alford C. Sinclair Tim Cost Frances Bartlett Kinne, Ph. D. Constance S. Green Tyler Dann Mary Carr Patton Arthur W. Milam Barbara Darby, Ed.D. Mary Ellen Smith John H. McCallum Jay Stein Jack Dickison, ex officio Preston H. Haskell James Van Vleck Anne H. Hopkins, Ph.D. Sylvia F. “Tibby” Sinclair Michael Imbriani, ex officio James H. Winston J. F. Bryan, IV Wesley Jennison David W. Foerster Charles Joseph Randolph R. Johnson Multicultural Advisory Council E. William Nash, Jr. Susan Jones James H. Winston African-American Council Kiki Karpen Robert T. Shircliff Mr. Mark Chapman Allison Keller Robert O. Purcifull Ms. Betty Collier Ross Krueger, M.D. Carl N. Cannon Dr. Barbara Darby Anne Lufrano, Ph.D. Phillip E. Wright Dr. Helen Jackson John Malone Mrs. Pamela Prier Jay Stein Pat Manko, ex officio Ms. Willetta Richie Mary Ellen Smith Elizabeth McAlhany Mr. Henry L. Rivers R. Travis Storey W. Ross Singletary, II Mrs. Patricia Sams John S. Peyton John Surface Ms. Veronica Tutt A. R. “Pete” Carpenter Clay B. “Chip” Tousey, Jr. Ms. Felicia Wilcox Steven T. Halverson Lowell Weiner, Ph.D. Reverend Barry Wright Douglas Worth Gerald J. Pollack James Van Vleck Hispanic-American Council Foundation Board R. Chris Doerr Mrs. Alicia Burst Richard H. Pierpont Margaret Gomez, Chair Mr. Rafael Caldera Martin F. Connor, III Gilchrist Berg Mr. Gil Colon R. Chris Doerr Mr. Victor Cora Peter Karpen Dr. Barbara Darby Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez Mrs. Maribel Hernandez Mr. Ed Perez Ms. Betzy Santiago

8 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 The Jacksonville Symphony gratefully acknowledges some of our most important music makers.

J. Wayne & Delores Barr Ruth Conley Weaver

Robert D. and Isabelle T. Davis State of Florida, Department of State, Endowment Fund Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

The Roger L. and The Jessie Ball Rochelle S. Main duPont Fund Charitable Trust

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Ann McDonald Baker Family Foundation • Yvonne Charvot Barnett Young Artist Fund • Biscottis • G. Howard Bryan Fund Brooks Rehabilitation • Cummer Family Foundation • Downtown Investment Authority • Drummond Press Jess & Brewster J. Durkee Foundation • Fleet Landing • David and Ann Hicks • The Kirbo Charitable Trust • Martin Coffee Co National Endowment for the Arts • Publix Super Markets Charities • Rice Family Foundation • David and Linda Stein Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation • Carl S. Swisher Foundation • Edna Sproull Williams Foundation • St. Vincent’s HealthCare Stein Mart • SunTrust • Vanguard Charitable-Kessler Fund • Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts

ACOSTA Sales & Marketing • The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation • Buffet Group USA • Chartrand Foundation Claude Nolan Cadillac • Dana’s Limousine and Transportation Services • Enterprise Holdings Foundation Harbinger Sign • Holland and Knight • JAX Chamber • JAX Chamber - Downtown Council • Brady S. Johnson Charitable Trust The Main Street America Group • Mayse-Turner Fund • Parsley’s Piano • Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation Rowe Charitable Foundation • Sawcross, Inc. • Scott-McRae Group, Inc. • Shacter Family Foundation • Harold K. Smith Foundation Smoller Scholarship Fund • Stellar Foundation • V Pizza • Wells Fargo • Westminster Woods on Julington Creek • Workscapes

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ENCORE 9 Corporate Conductor’s Club Becoming a Corporate Conductor’s Club member gives you the chance to enhance your company’s brand, build business relationships, reward your employees and enjoy exclusive benefi ts as you foster a reputation for corporate citizenship.

You’ll receive vouchers for concert experiences that will include four tickets to any series concert, enjoy complimentary refreshments in the Florence N. Davis Gallery during intermission receptions during your visit, and as a member at the Gold level, valet parking.

2016-2017 Corporate Conductor’s Club BENEFITS $3,000 SILVER $5,000 GOLD CONCERT EXPERIENCES Four Tickets to Four Concerts Four Tickets to Eight Concerts INTERMISSION RECEPTIONS Four complimentary Intermission Reception vouchers Eight complimentary Intermission Reception voucher COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING Not Available One complimentary Valet Parking pass per concert YEAR-LONG RECOGNITION IN ENCORE 12-month recognition as “Corporate Silver” in Encore 12-month recognition as “Corporate Gold” in Encore EARLY ACCESS TO THE ANNUAL GALA Reserve a table by adding $4,000 to your Membership – $1,000 savings! DISCOUNT ON SEASON ADS 15% discount on your company’s season-long advertisement in Encore

In addition to these great benefi ts that all Corporate Conductor’s Club members receive, businesses who Thank you to our Charter Members: join in 2017 as Charter Members will receive special SHELTERING THE HOMELESS | HEALING THE ADDICTED recognition at Symphony Networking Events. AlcesBull Consulting Our programs work because we combine a Christian foundation with the necessary tools to live an addiction-free, independent and productive life. Connect your company to the Symphony and join today! More than 70% of adults who complete our 904.354.7779 | [email protected] | JaxSymphony.org/Corporate remain clean, sober and employed six months later, compared to national average of 27%.

All of our programs are provided at no cost to the recipient.

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14 162STUDENTS WITH Our programs work because we combine a NEWLY REMODELED HOMES FULL OR PART-TIME Christian foundation with the necessary tools to live ON OUR MCDUFF CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT an addiction-free, independent and productive life.

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IN 2016 10 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 239,966 71,760 DELICIOUS MEALS SERVED NIGHTS OF SAFE SHELTER

PEOPLE RECEIVED CASE MANAGEMENT 475 TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS

14 162STUDENTS WITH NEWLY REMODELED HOMES FULL OR PART-TIME ON OUR MCDUFF CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT

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426 McDuff Ave. S. | Jacksonville, FL 32254 904-387-4357 | www.crmjax.org ABOUT THE JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

Fresh from the first complete season for both Music Director The Symphony is also the community’s leader in music education Courtney Lewis and President and CEO Robert Massey, for children, serving four county school districts. Besides offering the Jacksonville Symphony is ready to break new ground and free tickets to children under the age of 18 for selected concerts new records for 2016-2017. and other special youth pricing, there are several programs to foster music education. The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras, The 2015-2016 season saw an increase in ticket sales of 9% under the direction of Music Director and Principal Conductor over the previous year as well as an increase in contributed Scott Gregg, has a membership of more than 400 and a regular income of 6%. The Symphony performed for more than 201,000 concert schedule. individuals up from the previous season record of 180,000. New music such as Adés Asyla and new events including Over the years the Jacksonville Symphony has hosted some of the bestbet Symphony in 60 and Symphonic Night at the Movies most renowned artists of the music world including , were introduced to the community. A new marketing branding , , , , including revised logo, updated website and video program , , Mstislav Rostopovich and Audra notes emphasize the new direction. McDonald. This year the Symphony hosted Lang Lang at a February 17 Gala. The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Northeast Florida’s most important cultural institutions. Founded in 1949, the Symphony is As a not-for-profit organization, the Symphony relies on the ranked among the nation’s top regional orchestras. The Symphony’s generosity of its donors, patrons and volunteers. For more home, Robert E. Jacoby Hall, is considered to be an acoustic gem. information about the Jacksonville Symphony, please visit Each year thousands enjoy the Symphony’s performances both at www.Facebook.com/JaxSymphony, follow us on Twitter Jacoby Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and @JaxSymphony, and on Instagram at JaxSymphony. at venues located throughout Northeast Florida.

ENCORE 11 THE ORCHESTRA

Anthony Anurca Melissa Barrett Patrick Bilanchone Aaron Brask Andrew Bruck Katherine Caliendo SECOND BASSOON ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER BASS THIRD HORN VIOLIN SECOND HORN CONTRABASSOON

Rhonda Cassano Kevin Casseday Laurie Casseday Christopher Chappell Tristan Clarke Naira Cola Dr. Hugh A Carithers Endowed Chair BASS CELLO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL TRUMPET VIOLIN SECOND FLUTE SECOND VIOLIN

Merryn Ledbetter Corsat Clinton Dewing Aurelia Duca Patrice Evans Kenneth Every Betsy Federman PRINCIPAL VIOLA VIOLIN PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN VIOLIN PRINCIPAL TIMPANI CELLO

Ileana Fernandez Kevin Garry Anna Genest Lois Elfenbein Gosa Derek Hawkes Deborah Heller PRINCIPAL KEYBOARD SECOND PERCUSSION VIOLIN VIOLIN SECOND TROMBONE THIRD FLUTE – PICCOLO

Annie Hertler Jiayi Huang Max Huls Vernon Humbert Kayo Ishimaru James Jenkins The George V. Grune Endowed Chair VIOLA VIOLIN CELLO PRINCIPAL HARP PRINCIPAL TUBA VIOLIN

Cynthia Kempf Colin Kiely Ilana Kimel Mark Knowles Jonathan Kuo Lela LaBarbera VIOLA VIOLA VIOLIN FOURTH HORN VIOLIN VIOLIN

12 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Dana Landis Jason Lindsay Stephanie Lindsay Shannon Lockwood Todd Lockwood Charlotte Mabrey BASS TROMBONE BASS VIOLIN CELLO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL BASS PERCUSSION

Brian Magnus Jeanne Majors Steve Merrill Claudia Minch Linda Minke Glynda Newton CELLO VIOLIN PRINCIPAL PERCUSSION SECOND OBOE CELLO VIOLIN ENGLISH HORN

Ellen Caruso Olson Eric Olson Brian Osborne Philip Pan Joel Panian Susan Pardue VIOLA PRINCIPAL OBOE THIRD TRUMPET Isabelle Davis Endowed Chair THIRD PERCUSSION VIOLA CONCERTMASTER

Jeffrey Peterson Lisa Ponton Jorge A. Peña Portillo Kevin Reid Marguerite Richardson Les Roettges PRINCIPAL TROMBONE VIOLA VIOLA PRINCIPAL HORN VIOLIN PRINCIPAL FLUTE

Alexei Romanenko Sunshine Simmons Forrest Sonntag Paul Strasshofer Piotr Szewczyk Carol Whitman PRINCIPAL CELLO SECOND CLARINET SECOND TRUMPET BASS VIOLIN VIOLIN

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John Wieland Peter Wright Yuping Zhou PRINCIPAL BASS PRINCIPAL CLARINET VIOLIN

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14 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 NINE SYMPHONY MUSICIANS TAKE A WELL-DESERVED BOW by Richard A. Salkin

When the 2016-17 season concludes, the Jacksonville Symphony bids a grateful farewell to nine cherished musicians who are retiring. For some, the transition is just a cesura, a musical pause; for others, it marks a page-turn or even a whole new movement. Together these nine accomplished artists have given Jacksonville audiences a total of 356 years of music-making.

“We’re deeply grateful to Claudia, Debby, Glynda, Jeanne, Lela, Lois, Merryn, Peter and Philip for their decades of consistent musicianship and dedication to their craft,” said CEO Robert Massey. “Together and individually they have helped bring the Jacksonville Symphony forward—day by day, season after season—as the region’s premiere cultural institution. They leave a legacy of excellence.”

In ensemble playing, musicians put their individuality aside to blend into a cohesive singular instrument, Music Director Courtney Lewis added. “These nine talented colleagues have spent decades bringing their own unique skills and hearts to the singular sound of the Jacksonville Symphony,” he said. “Each has contributed to our sound, our experience and the quality of the music we make. I have been honored to work with them, and I wish them every joy in the next phases of their lives.”

Lois Elfenbein Gosa, violin Jeanne Majors—to play at the funeral of On a personal note, she adds “I want to Alice Sager, a Symphony concertmaster, thank my colleagues in the Jacksonville As the 60’s who was a beloved mentor to them all. Symphony flute section, always supportive, ended, Lois was and with whom I share a lifetime of musical excited to receive Looking ahead, Lois said, “The music always memories.” Also on a personal note, Deborah a contract to goes on. I’ll always be making music. I also advocates against the use of earbuds. play with the have some private students I’ll continue with.” “I would like to turn down the decibel level of Jacksonville But family tops her priority list. She’s looking modern life,” she said, urging people to avoid Symphony. forward to spending time with her husband, “the constant strafing of our eardrums.” But before she mother, children and grandchildren. could get here, Deborah has rich and varied interests that the season don’t involve music. She enjoys swimming was canceled. Deborah Heller, flute and piccolo and snow skiing, along with “reining in Nevertheless, Mother Nature (i.e. yard work) on our she persisted: The highest property, care and feeding of two dogs and a “I came anyway,” she said, and her decades- notes usually horse, and exploring state parks and forests long career blossomed. come from the on horseback.” Her bucket list includes an piccolo, and local equestrian tour of Ireland. Born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in audiences can North Miami Beach, Lois was adaptable thank Deborah and tenacious from the beginning. “I played for 42 years of Lela LaBarbera, violin violin first and was studying piano,” she them. With a said. But at Miami Dade Junior College, degree in flute The first “the orchestra director needed more viola performance time Lela players and offered me a scholarship to from FSU, LaBarbera heard switch.” She went on to study violin at Florida she plays flute Rachmaninoff’s State University. and piccolo. massive second symphony, she She’s married to Dale Gosa, a former bassist As a professional musician, she enjoys fell asleep. with the Symphony currently pursuing a “a better than front row seat at concerts.” Today, “though career as a luthier, repairing and restoring Reflecting on her retirement, Deborah said I’ve heard a stringed instruments. Lois is also the mother “I feel privileged to have been a member of lot of great of four children: David, Rebecca, Andrea this orchestra and to have been a part of the performances and Elizabeth. evolution into an outstanding ensemble.” over the years, it’s my favorite,” Rebecca followed in Lois’ footsteps and She’s keenly aware that people are often she said. “At first I thought it was boring, but plays violin professionally. In fact, one surprised at the quality of the Symphony’s I’ve recognized what a great piece it is.” standout moment was when they were performances. “People come to Jacksonville stand-mates in a 2002 Starry Nights concert and experience shock and awe at what Born and raised in Dallas, Lela earned featuring Trisha Yearwood. Two years earlier, this orchestra can do. I wish the best to my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin Lois joined with two of her daughters— dedicated colleagues as the bar continues performance at the University of North Rebecca and Elizabeth—as well as retiring to be raised.” Texas. “I was on the concert piano path Symphony violinists Glynda Newton and when I was in high school,” she recalled,

ENCORE 15 but the demanding travel schedule seemed As she approaches retirement after 50 years Glynda Newton, violin like a downside. “I realized I didn’t want to in the orchestra, Jeanne will have a lot of devote my whole life to giving concerts. So activity on her plate. “I have projects around Music I decided to become a symphony violinist. my home, which my parents built and I have performance I could play professionally and still have a lived in nearly always,” she said. And “I will runs in Glynda family life. That worked out really well.” continue to teach a few students.” She’ll also Newton’s remain active in the Prelude Chamber Music family. She’s She and her husband Marty have a blended Camp and Festival, an organization she co- married to Cliff family of four children, ranging between age founded in 2002 to teach children and adults Newton, who 17 and 39. “We have these two adorable the joy of chamber music. played principal Siberian Huskies and love them to death,” trumpet with the she said. “I love to cook and take 3-mile She’ll be traveling extensively, too. “I have Symphony for walks several times a week.” been lucky to travel quite a bit over the years. 32 years. Her I look forward to exploring new parts of the mother played Lela has a full life, with no radical changes world. This summer I am headed to Iceland violin. So did planned after she retires. “I do love my for a true change of scenery.” her grandmother, for whom she was named. church,” she said, “and I’m thinking about “She was a soloist with radio orchestras and becoming more involved in the music there.” social orchestras in the 1920’s and 30’s, Claudia Minch, oboe & english horn traveling up and down the east coast,” she said proudly. “I have her violin, and it’s very Jeanne Majors, violin After 38 well-traveled. It was an extraordinary thing years with the she did.” Jeanne led the Symphony, second violin Claudia looks Both of Glynda’s children played in the section as its forward to Symphony’s Youth Orchestra. At a Major- principal player “spending more Minor concert under Roger Nierenberg, for about three time with my she recalled, “we were all on stage together. decades, an 90-year-old My daughter did the Vaughn Williams experience she parents, who still Oboe Concerto.” described as attend as many “my special joy,” concerts as they For Glynda, there’s something deeply before stepping can...traveling to rewarding about being at the center of the down into the see family...and sound. “You feel the vibrations of all the section. She spending more time with my hobby restoring instruments, you feel the music, through the also appreciates antique dolls.” Claudia plays oboe and its floor and all around you. It’s an exquisitely the opportunities over the course of her instrumental cousin, the English Horn, which wonderful experience.” career to work with “so many musical is similar but has a more haunting tone. directors (John Canarina, Willis Page, She still remembers when the Symphony Roger Nierenberg, Fabio Mechetti, and now Among Claudia’s most memorable moments performed Stravinsky’s Petrushka under Courtney Lewis) as well as the fine guest with the Symphony: “the nine Decembers Willis Page. “Cliff played the part of conductors and outstanding performing that my daughter danced in the Nutcracker Petrushka—a big part, that was wonderful,” artists over the years. I am very grateful to while I performed in the pit below; when we she said. Another memorable time was have a life’s career making music with so had Tom Stacey, English Horn player from the 1988-1989 season with Nierenberg many colleagues.” the NY Philharmonic, as a soloist; when conducting. “I had the opportunity to play Victor Borge sat 10 feet away from me at the with Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa and Her association with the Symphony piano at the age of 91, doing his shtick.” Frederika Von Stade, all in the same season.” started early. During her junior year in high school, Jeanne was concertmaster of the More recently, audiences had a chance to Glynda is undecided about her next career. Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra, savor her playing during a Masterworks “I have so many interests, it’s hard to and she still has fond memories of soloing concert earlier this year—the program narrow them down, she said. “I’ll definitely in a 1964 performance of Bach’s A-minor that included the Berlioz Roman Carnival be promoting and performing with my Violin Concerto. One of the colleagues Overture and the Ravel Piano Concerto. salon orchestra, the Palm Court Society who was most helpful was former violinist Both have notable English Horn solos. Orchestra.” There’s also some travel in her Alice Sager, “one of the original members “It was probably one of the most emotional future. She and Cliff are fond all things of the Symphony, a wonderful guide and times for me,” she said. “These are beautiful French, including the cuisine and culture, mentor to so many of us who joined the solos, difficult in different ways, one with and they’re planning a trip there this summer. orchestra in the mid 60’s and afterwards. a rich, noble and somber voice and the She was always willing to impart special other with a warm, dreamy and plaintive encouragement.” When Sager passed away tone that goes on and on. I love playing in August, 2000, Jeanne was one of five both of these solos because they are so violinists who performed at her funeral. expressive and passionate.”

16 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Merryn Ledbetter Corsat, principal viola Peter Wright, principal clarinet Philip Pan, concertmaster

“Music is all I Peter has There’s more ever wanted held the same to being a to do,” Merryn remarkable post Concertmaster said. Like many since 1975. than walking other musicians, That year “I onstage and she has played was a senior cuing the oboist more than one at Jacksonville to play an A. instrument over University when Philip has played the course of Willis Page “a constantly her career. hired me to evolving role She first joined be Principal requiring the orchestra Clarinetist,” he continuing in 1968 as a said. “I had just diligence as violinist while studying piano at Jacksonville turned 20 and was fortunate to have played to how to best serve the conductor, one’s University. Six years later, she left to pursue a few concerts the season before on auxiliary section, and the orchestra as a whole.” a Master’s degree at the University of clarinets. I guess I had a good audition, since Wisconsin, Madison, where she switched he took a chance with a youngster.” He has also served often as the Symphony’s to viola. own resident violin soloist. “My favorite The intervening years have been filled with performances have been the more unusual She returned to Jacksonville in 1978 and miraculous music (Bartok’s Miraculous repertoire,” he said, “such as Stravinsky’s re-joined the Symphony as a violist. “I prefer Mandarin remains “the most difficult Apollon Musagete and Lutoslawski’s to think of the viola as the voice of the soul,” piece I’ve played with the orchestra.”); Chain One.” Modern works have presented she remarked, “rather than a show-off.” throughout his career Peter has soloed with the greatest technical challenge: “Atonal the Symphony 12 times, in concertos by contemporary works are less familiar to Two years later, “the principal chair opened composers as diverse as Mozart, Rossini, our diatonically trained ears, so require up, and I won the audition,” she said. While Weber, Debussy, Finzi, Copland, Bozza, much more drilling and practice time. Many she still holds that position, Merryn has and Artie Shaw. contemporary works also tend to have also served in various administrative roles, extremely complex and unusual rhythms.” including Orchestra Committee Chair, Union To celebrate his 30th anniversary season, Steward, Director of Orchestra Operations, in 2005, Peter soloed in the world premiere In all aspects of life, Philip has varied tastes and Personnel Manager. of Collateral Damage, a Concerto for and interests. He was a featured member Clarinet & Orchestra by Nikola Resanovic—a of Canary in the Coalmine, an American Reflecting back, a few concerts stand performance he rates as his most epic, partly folk band, and he enjoys Mozart’s violin out. “The most challenging piece I have because the composer was in the . concertos as much as albums by Grandpa’s encountered is the solo variation in Cough Medicine. When he’s not practicing Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes. Other stand-out moments in Peter’s career or performing, he enjoys activities as varied It is full of awkward double stops and include dining with Benny Goodman after as running, hiking, cooking, skiing, fencing, arpeggios that don’t bring out the best his concert with the orchestra in 1976, and tinkering with cars, studying philosophy and of the instrument or the player. The most participating in the Symphony’s Carnegie all things mechanical. rewarding concert for me, personally, Hall performance (1998). One of the most was the opportunity to perform Strauss’ emotional moments was when we lost our Of all the memorable performances in Don Quixote,” a tone poem that casts the orchestra manager, Cecil Cole, to cancer. his career, perhaps the funniest occurred solo viola as Sancho Panza. But her most One of the most rewarding was when Jacoby “many years ago, under a tent at Concert memorable performance was with Luciano Symphony Hall opened twenty years ago. on the Green,” he related. “A gigantic flying Pavarotti, in January, 1989. “He was truly cockroach that had been circling the tent a presence.” Peter is an avid runner, a Jaguars fan, and ceiling landed on the shoulder of Ken Every, also a varsity-level roller coaster enthusiast. our timpanist. He was right in my line of Merryn enjoys walking, jogging and cycling He’s looking forward to “riding more sight. Ken (who is very athletic), let out a along the Baldwin Trail. “After retiring, I look coasters and checking out this thing shriek, jumped over a chair and ran out of the forward to traveling with my husband. We called Netflix.” tent, drumsticks waving in the air! Somehow have a small travel trailer, and have taken it we all kept on playing and made it to the end to Montana and Wyoming several times, and of the 1812 Overture, though I had tears once all the way to Alaska! I also look very streaming down my cheeks from suppressed much forward to having weekends off!” laughter.”

Philip said he’ll miss sitting with fellow violinist Melissa Barret, “my longtime co-pilot and friend.” He’s looking forward to “having my evenings and weekends back, seeing other shows, going out with friends and giving my violin-playing body parts a break.” ENCORE 17 POPS SERIES

Saturday, April 1, 2017 l 7 pm Sunday, April 2, 2017 l 3 pm THE PROGRAM Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts ACT I

WARNER BROS. STUDIO PRESENTS THE DANCE OF THE COMEDIANS BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY II from “The Bartered Bride” by Bedrich Smetana Starring THE WARNER BROS. FANFARE BUGS BUNNY Music by Max Steiner Conducted by “MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG” (“The Theme”) GEORGE DAUGHERTY Music by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor, Created and Produced by GEORGE DAUGHERTY & DAVID KA LIK WONG Arranged and Orchestrated by Carl W. Stalling Also Starring WILE E. COYOTE ROAD RUNNER “” SYLVESTER PEPE LE PEW PENELOPE PUSSYCAT Music by GIOVANNI JONES . . . and special guest starring appearance by Based on the Overture to “Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by Franz von Suppé Music by Story by CARL W. STALLING MILT FRANKLYN Direction by Based on the Works of Wagner, Rossini, von Suppé, J. Strauss II, and Smetana, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Donizetti

Animation Direction by “SHOW BIZ BUGS” CHUCK JONES ROBERT CLAMPETT Music by Milt Franklyn ROBERT McKIMSON ABE LEVITOW “Jeepers Creepers” by Harry Warren Voice Characterizations by and Johnny Mercer ARTHUR Q. BRYAN as Elmer Fudd “Those Endearing Young Charms” Irish Folk and NICOLAI SHUTOROV as Giovanni Jones Melody, words by Thomas Moore Story by “” and “” Animation Direction by Directed by MATTHEW O’CALLAGHAN, Music by FRIZ FRELENG Produced in Association with IF/X PRODUCTIONS “” Music by Carl W. Stalling Offi cial Website Based on “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” www.BugsBunnyAtTheSymphony.net by Franz Liszt Original Soundtrack Recording on WATERTOWER MUSIC Piano Solo performed by Jakob Gimpel www.watertower-music.com Story by and Michael Maltese Animation Direction by Follow Bugs Bunny At The Symphony on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! FRIZ FRELENG Post your own concert photos with the hashtag #BugsBunnyAtTheSymphony

Saturday concert sponsored by The Jacksonville Symphony Guild Production Touring Musicians Students at the Symphony is supported in part by The DuBow Family Foundation (Rotating)

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PEPE LE PEW, LE CHANTEUR ROMANTIQUE “FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS” (Scenes) Music by Carl W. Stalling Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

“A SCENT OF THE MATTERHORN” (Scene) Music by Milt Franklyn “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” Music by Joe Burke, and Lyrics by Al Dubin Story and Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

“SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO” (Scenes) Music by Carl W. Stalling “Baby Face” Music by Harry Akst, and Lyrics by Benny Davis Story and Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

“THE ” Music by Carl W. Stalling Based on the Overture to “The Barber of Seville” by Gioachino Rossini Story by Michael Maltese Animation Direction by CHUCK JONES

~ Intermission ~

ENCORE 19 George Daugherty, conductor

Conductor George Daugherty is one of the classical music world’s most diverse artists. In addition to his 40-year conducting career which has included appearances with the world’s leading orchestras, ballet companies, opera houses, and concert artists, Daugherty is also an Emmy Award-winning/five-time Emmy nominated creator whose professional profile includes major credits as a director, writer, and producer for television, film, innovative and unique concerts, and the live theater.

Since 1993, he has conducted over 20 performances at The Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and an equal number with The National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap. He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in May, 2015 in four sold-out performances

In 2012, he was appointed Music Director of Ballet San Jose, where he conducted nearly 50 performances per season for the company, with Symphony Silicon Valley in the orchestra pit. This past season, he also conducted a major international gala for the company starring principal dancers from American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, and other major companies. In summer 2013, he made his debut conducting The Russian National Orchestra at the internationally acclaimed Napa Valley Festival del Sol, presiding over the reconstruction of a long-lost Fokine ballet with music by Rachmaninoff, plus an international ballet gala.

He has also been a frequent conductor of ’s Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, with whom he first made his debut in Royal Festival Hall, and most recently conducted a 15-city U.S. and Canadian concert tour with the orchestra and guest artists Dame Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charlotte Church, dancers of the Royal Ballet, and the Westminster Choir and Bell Ringers.

As a director, writer, and producer of music-based television programs, Daugherty has created several major productions for the ABC Television Network project, including a primetime animation-and-live action production of Prokofiev’s , which he created, co-wrote, conducted, and directed, and for which he won a Prime Time Emmy Award as producer, as well as numerous other major awards (including an additional Emmy nomination as conductor and music director.

Daugherty also received an Emmy nomination for Rhythm & Jam, his ABC television network specials which taught the basics of music to a teenage audience, which he created and produced with David Ka Lik Wong.

In 1990, Daugherty created, directed, and conducted the hit Broadway musical Bugs Bunny On Broadway, a live-orchestra-and-film stage production which sold-out its extended run at New York’s Gershwin Theatre on Broadway, and has since played to critical acclaim and sold- out houses all over the world. The Bugs Bunny symphonic concert tradition continued when Daugherty and producing partner David Ka Lik Wong launched a new version, Bugs Bunny At The Symphony, in 2010. The current version of the concert, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II, also created by Daugherty and Wong, premiered in 2013 with world premieres at the Hollywood Bowl/Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, and National Symphony at Wolf Trap.

20 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 COFFEE SERIES MASTERWORKS SERIES Coffee Series Friday, April 7, 2017 l 11 am Masterworks Series Friday & Saturday, April 7 & 8, 2017 l 8 pm CANELLAKIS CONDUCTS Sunday, April 9, 2017 l 3 pm SHOSTAKOVICH “Insight” one hour prior to each Masterworks concert By Steven Ledbetter Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Ludwig Van Beethoven CANELLAKIS CONDUCTS (1770-1827)

SHOSTAKOVICH Overture to Goethe’s Egmont, Karina Canellakis, conductor Op. 84 (1810)

Coffee Series Goethe’s 1788 historical tragedy Egmont deals with the most illustrious victim Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 8:00 of Spanish tyranny in the , treacherously seized by the Duke of Alba Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 in B major, Op. 141 42:00 and executed in on June 4, 1568. I. Allegretto The play, halfway between Goethe’s youthful II. Adagio Sturm und Drang and his mature classicism, III. Allegretto was only a middling success. Beethoven’s IV. Adagio-Allegretto music, composed for an 1810 Viennese production, keeps Egmont alive, projecting The Coffee Concert is hosted by the Jacksonville Symphony Guild. Egmont to the audience as a far more heroic Coffee and tea are provided by Martin Coffee Company, Inc. figure than Goethe made him. Beethoven saw the conflict between Egmont and Alba as the clash between good and evil, between liberty and tyranny; in response, he produced music of great force. Florida Blue Masterworks Series In the drama’s final scene, the imprisoned Egmont, awaiting execution, sees a vision of Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 8:00 Freedom, in the likeness of his sweetheart Klärchen, and awakens emboldened to Franz LISZT Les préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3) 16:00 address the audience in heroic closing words, ending, “And to save all that is ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 dearest to you, fall joyously, as I set you an example.” The poet called for music Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 in B major, Op. 141 42:00 to break in immediately after these last I. Allegretto words, to bring down the curtain with a II. Adagio “victory symphony.” Beethoven’s overture is III. Allegretto mostly tense and somber, its overall air of IV. Adagio-Allegretto suspense foreshadowing the serious issues of the drama to follow. At the very end of the overture, Beethoven suddenly brings in totally new material for his coda—the “victory Students at the Symphony symphony” that will be heard again in the is supported in part by: last scene. This brilliant F major peroration provides a powerful dramatic lift. Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. © Steven Ledbetter

ENCORE 21 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) music. Autran was a disciple of French Dmitri Shostakovich poet Alphonse de Lamartine. Liszt titled Les Les préludes (1854) (1906-1975) préludes based on Lamartine’s Méditations poetiques, which describes the life of The Hungarian pianist and composer Symphony No. 15 in A, Op. 141 man from youthful love through the harsh premiered his Les préludes in 1854 in (1971) Germany. The symphonic poem is the third realities of work and war and finally to self-acceptance. An excerpt from the poem and best known of the 13 written by Liszt. In the 18 years that passed between accompanies Liszt’s score: “What else is our It flows from reflective to martial to majestic. the composition of his Tenth Symphony life than a series of preludes to an unknown (1953)–considered by many to be his finest song, whose first and solemn notes are Liszt was quite popular due to his symphonic achievement--and the Fifteenth intoned by death?” charismatic personality and good looks. (1971), Shostakovich seemed to turn away Though a great piano virtuoso and rock star from the classical symphonic ideal. His The symphonic poem, of which Liszt was of his day, he was persuaded by his mistress, Eleventh and Twelfth symphonies were the originator, is a one-movement orchestral Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, to overtly programmatic, celebrating events composition where the music is related to give up performing at the height of his career in the Russian Revolution. The Eleventh, a literary work, historical event, painting and devote his life to music composition. subtitled The Year 1905, was written for or legend. Symphonic poems as a genre Les préludes is dedicated to her. the 40th anniversary of the Revolution and were adopted by many other composers used tunes related to the abortive 1905 frequently borrowing from traditional forms. Les préludes was composed in 1854 and “pre-Revolution” that is familiar (if at all) to to it was appended a program note written Americans through the classic Eisenstein Les préludes resembles a sonata form with by Liszt, indicating that the piece is to be film Potemkin. The Twelfth, called The Year a slow introduction that transforms into a considered a musical depiction of a poem 1917, was dedicated to the memory of bold theme. It moves to a martial sounding by Alphonse de Lamartine. Lenin. Then came two symphonies that so section, then a loving and finally a pastorale. thoroughly departed from the traditional The main theme appears again in the coda The work on Les préludes actually began instrumental ideal that critics asked whether led by trombones and tuba. in 1844 when Liszt met the French poet they could be called symphonies at all. Joseph Autran. He set one of Autran’s (From Symphony staff) The use of voices and texts made of kind poems, Les aquilons (The Winds) to music. of symphonic cantata of Symphony No. 13 He also set three more of his poems to (Babi Yar), set to poems by writer Evgeny Yevtushenko, while Symphony No. 14 was the darkest of them all, an orchestral song cycle on the subject of death, setting 11 poems writers as diverse as Apollinaire, Lorca, and Rilke.

On the surface, the Fifteenth Symphony seems like a throwback to the older classical ideal–purely instrumental and cast in the traditional four movements. But the character of these movements comes as a surprise, even a shock. The melodic material runs from the simplest diatonic melodies to extremely chromatic passages (treated with a kind of spicy wit); and what are we to make of the quotations from Rossini’s Overture to William Tell and Wagner’s “fate” motif from The of the Nibelung? Clearly, for all its lightness of surface and touches of wit, the essential mode is ironic. The composer is expressing deeper meanings at variance with what appears on the surface.

Of course, Shostakovich had learned how to do that over many years. Soviet theory interpreted works of art as political statements, and any artist, in order to survive, had to follow one of three courses: yield entirely to the demands of the State and write cheerful, simple-minded music; give up any hope of a public career and write privately “experimental” music that would be ignored or banned; or follow the

22 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Karina Canellakis, conductor Masterworks guest artists sponsored by Ruth Conley

Currently entering her second season as Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony, Karina Canellakis has rapidly gained international recognition as one of the most dynamic and exciting young American conductors. She recently made her European conducting debut with the Chamber Orchestra of at the Styriarte Festival in Graz, Austria, filling in for . Earlier in the season, she also made headlines filling in last minute for Jaap Van Zweden in two subscription concerts with the Dallas Symphony, conducting Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony and Mozart K449 with soloist Emanuel Ax, earning rave reviews.

In the 2015/16 season, Ms. Canellakis makes her debuts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and at the renowned Grand Tetons Music Festival in summer 2016. As the Assistant Conductor in Dallas, she conducts more than 30 concerts per season with the Dallas Symphony, including innovative programs on the Remix Series, standard repertoire on the “DSO On the Go” series, Youth and Family concerts, and various other concerts geared towards specific audiences in the community.

Canellakis is a recipient of a 2015 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award. She was also the winner of the 2013 Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, founded by Marin Alsop. In 2014, she was the featured guest conductor for the annual commencement concert with the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. She was a selected conductor in the 2013 Lucerne Festival Masterclass with Bernard Haitink, and conducted the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan, as well as the Tonhalle Orchestra in Switzerland as part of international masterclasses.

Already known to many in the classical music world for her virtuoso violin playing, she was initially encouraged to pursue conducting by her mentor Sir Simon Rattle while she was playing regularly in the Berlin Philharmonic for two years as a member of their Orchester-Akademie. She plays a 1782 Mantegazza violin on generous loan to her from a private patron.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in violin from the Curtis Institute of Music and a Master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School, where she was the recipient of the Charles Schiff Award for Excellence in Orchestral Conducting, the American Conductors Award, and the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship. In addition to Rattle and Zweden, her most prominent mentors are Alan Gilbert and Fabio Luisi.

Karina Canellakis was born and raised in New York City. She speaks French, German and Italian, and is equally at home performing all genres of the repertoire. difficult middle course of writing precisely in the first program notes, as a toy shop at the scherzo, but its wit is sardonic rather what one wished to express in such a night, but it is a mechanical toy shop without than joyous. way that the official powers would find it the real warmth of life. There are jokes, acceptable on the surface while persons but no humor, with mock-military music Finally the last movement poses the question of artistic sensitivity could intuit the real, representing toy soldiers (and the quotation directly: it opens with the theme of “Fate” hidden meaning behind it. Shostakovich had of the famous galop theme from the William from Wagner’s Ring, following that with a on several occasions during a long public Tell Overture. One senses an unspoken irony characteristic timpani rhythm familiar from career suffered the displeasure of Stalin, behind this colorful facade. “Siegfried’s Funeral March” in the last act with its threat of mortal consequences, over of Götterdämmerung. Whose fate is under his music. At various times he was hailed as The slow movement is full of chorales in the consideration? Who is the Siegfried here? the greatest of Soviet composers or as the brass and a poignant line for solo cello. Later And there is a hint, too, of Tristan in a three- most “decadent.” He learned to put a public on there is a distinct evocation of the famous note phrase (A-F-E) that corresponds to face on his music and to communicate its “Dead March” in Handel’s Sau – not a the famous opening of the opera, a motif of real significance only in the notes, not in musical quotation, but a similar kind of music “yearning.” The central part of the movement words, which were too dangerous. in the somber, measured pace of a slow is a passacaglia, a set of variations over an melody in two flutes over pizzicato cellos unchanging bass line. In the 20th century The first movement seems to recall the nose- and basses. This leads eventually to a huge this form has come to be used most often to thumbing humor of some of Shostakovich’s orchestral outburst, though the movement suggest monomania (as in Berg’s Wozzeck earliest scores, to recapture a mood dies away in a quiet recollection of the Dead and Britten’s Peter Grimes). The theme not heard since the Ninth Symphony. March. The third movement follows directly, in question comes from Shostakovich’s Shostakovich described the movement, linked by a bassoon phrase. It is ostensibly own Seventh Symphony, composed while

ENCORE 23 the Nazis were starving and bombarding quality to its yearning, a desire to linger even Leningrad in 1941. This musical canvas in the face of death. Like Mahler’s Das Lied could be a memorial to the dead of World von der Erde, also composed late in life by War II (Russia is full of such monuments) a composer recovering from serious illness, Reimagining what a or more generally to all of those who died the Shostakovich Fifteenth Symphony recalls under Stalin’s brutal regime (in his disputed life as both bitter and sweet, yet worth Symphony can be. memoirs, Shostakovich is supposed to holding on to in the face of the inevitable have said that the Seventh Symphony was fact of death. The intermingling of public not written only for those who died in the music-making and personal, private concerns war, but for all who died at Stalin’s hands in this work may be relevant not only to the as well). The recapitulation of the opening composer, but to each listener as well. material brings a simple but powerful change, when the Tristan theme returns in © Steven Ledbetter the major (A-F#-E), lending a bittersweet

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Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts sequences usually does the trick of adding to the sensation of the moment, while BOND AND BEYOND keeping the audience from becoming distracted by the unpleasant noise of Michael Krajewski, conductor the actions. Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Trust Endowed Chair Debbie Gravitte, soloist * The genius behind spy sounds like the James Bond and theme songs 31:00 is how the music can be played to make a NORMAN/BARRY/arr. Tyzik James Bond Theme character seem cool while doing something as simple as walking down a street. BARRY/arr. Raine Theme from From Russia With Love The same music can be played to draw BARRY/arr. Raine Theme from You Only Live Twice focus to a critical moment at the peak of the BARRY/arr. Raine Theme from Diamonds Are Forever * story. Versatility is the key to a successful spy score. HAMLISCH/arr. Raine “Nobody Does it Better” from The Spy Who Loved Me * ARNOLD/arr. & orch. Preschel Suite from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace John Barry is thought of as the architect of the genre. He helped build the popularity BARRY/arr. Raine Suite from Goldfinger * of the James Bond movies by creating a musical storyline to go along with the ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 action-packed films. Because spy movies have many suddenly suspenseful moments, 36:00 the music has to have the ability to go from SCHIFRIN/arr. Custer Mission Impossible smooth pop, to exciting rock or mysterious . Barry blended instruments and CLINTON Shagadelic Suite: The Music of Austin Powers techniques from many different styles of SONDHEIM arr. & orch. Preschel “Sooner or Later” from Dick Tracy * music to put together his arrangements and MANCINI “Inspector Clouseau Theme” from The Pink Panther there is no better example of his style than the musical journey found in hits like the ADKINS/EPWORTH/arr. Smith Theme from Skyfall * theme from Goldfinger and From Russia BARRY/arr. & orch. Tyzik The Best of Bond With Love.

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about James Bond. Sheena Easton added Action movies are loaded with exciting music alive. Carrying the soul of the piece is the “For Your Eyes Only” with a sultry message to build the adrenaline in each scene, but busy bass, which seems to be humming to the movie’s hero. Most recently, Adele there is something special about the elusive along in a world of its own. Suddenly, your penned “Skyfall” for a Bond thriller. nature of spy themed pieces. There is a heart skips a beat as ominous horns sneak familiar process that most spy movie fans in with a dramatic and dominating tune. Music creates a nostalgia that is invaluable can expect to experience in the dramatic to the legacy of a film. It only takes a few scores of favorite secret agent films, What is around the corner? What will notes from a song to trigger the memory of especially those in the James Bond series. happen next? Your emotion dangles in a listener’s favorite movie. With the influence suspense as a blend of calm paranoia of composers like John Barry, Monty A scene opens with the calm serenity of continues to build with every new sound. Norman, Steve Barri and , the strings softly singing a pleasant song. spy music has become a well-respected Occasionally, the flutter of a piano, or the During loud action scenes, orchestra music genre, and it remains an important factor in whaling of a saxophone are the perfect finds its entrance to help cut down on the producing quality television shows and big playful touches. In the background, the noise of fighting or a car crash. screen films. steady tap of the drums keeps the intensity

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28 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor, Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Trust Endowed Chair

Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is “as effective and entertaining a communicator in music as he is in words” according to the Houston Chronicle. Besides his role as Principal Pops Conductor for the Jacksonville Symphony, he is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston and Atlanta Symphonies.

As a guest conductor, Krajewski has performed with the Cleveland and Orchestras, the Boston and Cincinnati Pops and numerous other orchestras in the United State. His international appearances include Canada, and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain’s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.

Krajewski is the conductor of the video, Silver Screen Serenade, with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker which aired worldwide on BYU Broadcasting. His recordings include two holiday albums with the Houston Symphony and other collaborative programs with such artists as flutist James Galway, Jason Alexander, Art Garfunkel, Wynonna Judd, Kenny Loggins, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pink Martini and Cirque de la Symphonie.

He has degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. Further training includes the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. Krajewski was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and later served as that orchestra’s assistant conductor. He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony and for 11 years served as music director of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra. When not conducting, he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.

Debbie Gravitte, soloist

Debbie Gravitte has had a varied career taking her from the Broadway stage to the symphony hall and points between. She won the prestigious Tony Award for Best Featured Actress In A Musical for Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, along with a Nomination as well as the New York Showstopper Award. After making her Broadway debut in the original cast of They’re Playing Our Song, she went on to appear in: Perfectly Frank (Drama Desk Award nomination), in the Night, Ain’t Broadway Grand, , , and Les Miserables. Debbie has appeared in the Encore’s series productions of The Boys From Syracuse, , and Carnival at New York’s City Center.

Debbie has performed her nightclub act worldwide, from New York City’s Rainbow and Stars, to London’s Piazza on the Park and back home again to Atlantic City. She has sung with numerous symphony orchestras including the National Symphony, Boston Pops, Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Utah Symphony, St. Louis, Houston and San Diego Symphonies.

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34 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 SYMPHONY IN 60 SERIES MASTERWORKS SERIES Symphony in 60 Series Thursday, April 27, 2017 l 6:30 pm Masterworks Series Friday & Saturday, April 28 & 29, 2017 l 8 pm TCHAIKOVSKY’S Sunday, April 30, 2017 l 3 pm “PATHÉTIQUE” “Insight” one hour prior to each Masterworks concert By Steven Ledbetter Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts TCHAIKOVSKY’S “PATHÉTIQUE” Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto in D major for Violin Courtney Lewis, conductor and Orchestra (1931) Haskell Endowed Chair Ayano Ninomiya, violin Stravinsky mistrusted virtuosos that tended (not on Symphony in 60 Series Concert) to be too facile, too inclined to show off sheer technique rather than deeper musical bestbet Symphony in 60 Series expression. His view was a reaction to the suggestion made in 1931 by his publisher Willy Strecker, of B. Schott’s Sons, that Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” 45:00 Stravinsky write something for a remarkable young violinist named Samuel Dushkin, I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo whom Strecker admired. Dushkin was II. Allegro con grazia a Polish-born musician who had been III. Allegro molto vivace adopted by an American benefactor, Blair Fairchild, and given training with Leopold IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso Auer. Stravinsky hesitated for two reasons: he doubted that he was familiar enough with the violin to write a really virtuosic part for it, and he was afraid the usual type of Florida Blue Masterworks Series “virtuoso performer” would not in any case be interested in playing his piece. A meeting with Dushkin dispelled the latter doubt: Igor STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto in D major 22:00 “I was very glad to find in him, besides his Toccata remarkable gifts as a born violinist, a musical Aria I culture, a delicate understanding, and—in the exercise of his profession—an abnegation Aria II that is very rare.” Capriccio In the meantime Paul Hindemith encouraged Stravinsky to undertake the work despite ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 his lack of familiarity with the violin; this could be a positive advantage, Hindemith insisted, since it would prevent the solo part Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” 45:00 from turning into a rehash of other violin I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo concertos, employing the same old runs and turns of phrase. II. Allegro con grazia III. Allegro molto vivace As the work progressed, Stravinsky would IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso show Dushkin the materials, little by little, as they were composed; the violinist tried them out and made suggestions as to how they might be made easier or more effective for Students at the Symphony the solo instrument. Whenever Stravinsky is supported in part by: accepted one of the suggestions, even a simple change, he would insist upon altering Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. the very foundations accordingly.

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Winner of numerous prizes including the Walter Naumburg International Competition, Tibor Varga International Competition, Astral Artists National Auditions, Young Performers Career Advancement and Lili Boulanger awards, Ninomiya has appeared recently at the National Gallery of Art in D.C., at Lincoln Center (NYC), in the U.K. and New Zealand, and gave a TEDx talk at the University of Tokyo.

Praised for her “deeply communicative and engrossing” (New York Times) recital at Weill Hall at , she has performed with orchestras across the U.S., in Switzerland and Bulgaria and has been featured in major halls in Vienna, Paris, Lucerne, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Melbourne, Beijing and Tokyo, among others. She has performed at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Moab, Bowdoin, Skaneateles, Adams (New Zealand), Canberra International (Australia) and Prussia Cove (England) festivals and has been featured on Musicians from Marlboro Festival tours on the west and east coast of the U.S. and France. She was first violinist of the Ying Quartet, with whom she recorded three albums and was Associate Professor at the Eastman School of Music until 2015. In 2015 she joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music. As a recipient of the Beebe Fellowship, she studied in Budapest at the Liszt Academy after graduating from Harvard University and The Juilliard School. She is also a watercolor artist and passionate Aikidoka.

The one thing Stravinsky sought to avoid The two middle movements are both labeled The two days he spent with her, reading throughout was the kind of flashy virtuosity “Aria,” a name sometimes given by Bach to over many letters from his mother and his of which many romantic concertos—and predominantly lyrical slow movements. Aria brothers and sisters, not to mention some of especially those by violinists—were made. I is the minor-key lament of the concerto, his earliest musical and literary work, carried but a gentle one; Aria II is the real lyric him off into a deep nostalgia. Despite Dushkin’s assistance, the resulting showpiece. The melodic lines have the kind concerto is unmistakably Stravinsky’s own. of sinuous curve found in an embellished Soon he was hard at work on what was to In the opening Toccata, the woodwind and slow movement by Bach. Stravinsky himself become his masterpiece. By mid-February brass parts predominate so thoroughly and commented that the one older concerto 1893 he wrote to a nephew that the new to such bright effect that one is tempted that might reveal an influence on his work symphony would have “a program that will to think that Stravinsky completely omitted was the Bach concerto for two violins. His be a riddle for everyone. Let them try and the upper strings (as he had done in the predilection for instrumental pairs hinted solve it.” Symphony of Psalms a year earlier) to at that in the earlier movements, especially allow the soloist to stand out. Actually the the Toccata, but the last movement is most The orchestration was interrupted until July orchestra is quite large (and includes the full charmingly explicit: after the solo violin because he made a trip to Cambridge to body of strings), but Stravinsky scores the has run through duets with a bassoon, receive an honorary doctorate. The Latin solo violin in a wide variety of chamber-music a flute, even a solo horn, the orchestra’s citation for the degree appropriately singled groupings. The result is thus less like a grand concertmaster suddenly takes off on a solo out the ardor fervidus and the languor romantic concerto, in which the soloist is of his own—or rather a duet with the principal subtristis of his music. When he returned David pitted against an orchestral Goliath, soloist—thus creating the two-violin texture of home he began the orchestration and noted and rather more like one of the Brandenburg the Bach concerto. in one letter, “It will be...no surprise if this concertos, with the soloist enjoying the role symphony is abused and unappreciated—that of first among equals. has happened before. But I definitely find Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky it my very best, and in particular the most As is often the case when Stravinsky uses (1840-1893) sincere of all my compositions. I love it as I elements of an older style in this period, he have never loved any of my musical children.” takes gestures that seem stable and solid— Symphony No. 6 in B minor, The Sixth Symphony was the last work the turn figure in the trumpets right after the Pathétique (1893) Tchaikovsky would complete. The premiere opening chords, the repeated eighth-notes— on October 28 went well despite the and uses them in different ways, so that At the beginning of the 1890s, Tchaikovsky, orchestra’s coolness toward the piece, but the expectations they raise are sometimes at 50, feared that he was written out. In the audience was puzzled by the whole—not confirmed and sometimes denied. What 1892 he began a symphony and had even least by its somber ending. Five days later is an upbeat? a downbeat? What meter partly orchestrated it when he decided to Tchaikovsky failed to appear for breakfast, are we in, anyway? The witty play of older discard it entirely. But a trip to western complaining of indigestion during the stylistic clichés in a new and unexpected Europe in December brought a warm night. He refused to see a doctor but arrangement is one possible meaning of reunion: he visited his old French governess, that evening his brother Modest sent for “neoclassic” in Stravinsky’s work. whom he had not seen for over 40 years. medical help anyway. For several days

36 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Tchaikovsky lingered on, generally in severe fourth ends dying away (also short). The second movement is simply a scherzo pain. He died at three o’clock in the morning In the end, the program remained the and trio, but it has a wrinkle of its own. on November 6. composer’s secret. The symphony’s title Tchaikovsky was one of the great composers came the day after the first performance, of the orchestral waltz; here he chose to In recent years Tchaikovsky’s sudden death when Tchaikovsky’s brother Modest write a waltz that happens to be in 5/4 time! was attributed to an enforced suicide, a suggested Pathétique. Tchaikovsky seized According to the conservative Viennese fantasy that for a time drove out the long- at once on the suggestion and added it to critic Eduard Hanslick: “This disagreeable accepted view that he drank a glass of the score. The title gives a misimpression meter upsets both listener and player.” But unboiled water during a cholera epidemic in English, where “pathetic” has become a the rhythmic twist is more than compensated and died of the disease. But he was one debased slang word, almost totally losing its for by the extraordinary grace of the music, of the most famous Russians in the world original sense of “passionate” or “emotional,” and Hanslick’s prediction that the music at the time, and his illness and death were with a hint of its original Greek sense of would soon be forgotten could hardly have thoroughly documented, almost hour by “suffering.” And the symphony is, without been more wrong. hour. Most recent scholarship puts accounts a doubt, the most successful evocation of of forced suicide in the same category as Tchaikovsky’s deepest emotions, sublimated The third movement is a brilliant march, UFO abductions. into music of great power. beginning with rushing busy triplets that alternate with a crisp march melody that bursts out into a climactic full orchestral version, a momentary triumph. So triumphant is its close that audiences are sometimes fooled into applauding, thinking the work is over. (It is possible that Tchaikovsky intended to fool us in this way.)

The triumph comes to a sudden end with the beginning of the “Adagio lamentoso.” The first theme is divided between the two violin parts in such a way that neither first nor second violin part alone makes sense, but when played together they result in a simple, expressive, descending melody. The second theme, a more flowing Andante, builds to a great orchestral climax exceeded only by the climax of the opening material that follows. This dies away and a single stroke of the tamtam, followed by a soft and sustained, dark passage for trombones and tuba, brings in the “dying fall” of the ending, the second theme descending into the lowest depths of cellos and basses.

Sandro Botticelli’s La Derelitta Tchaikovsky’s farewell vision is a somber one, congruent with his own pessimistic view of life. But it is worth remembering— Nonetheless the speculation was fired in The slow introduction begins in the “wrong” especially given all the stories that whirl part by the extraordinary expressive richness key, but works its way around to B minor around the composer—that his art, and of the Sixth Symphony, and especially by its and the beginning of the Allegro non troppo. especially the Pathétique Symphony, was finale. In the Fourth and Fifth symphonies It foreshadows the main thematic material a means of self-transcendence, a way of he had already offered two views of man’s (a variant of the bassoon’s opening figure overcoming the anguish and torment of his response to Fate—on the one hand finding over the dark whispering of the double life. It has sometimes been assumed in the solace in the life of the peasants, on the basses). The climax to which this builds is a past that Tchaikovsky chose to revel in his other struggling to some kind of victory. splendid preparation for one of Tchaikovsky’s misery; but in the Sixth Symphony, at least, In the Sixth Symphony, Fate leads only to greatest tunes, a falling and soaring melody he confronted it, recreated it in sound, and despair. Tchaikovsky never did reveal a that is worked to a rich climax and then dies put it firmly behind him. formal program to the symphony, though a away with a lingering afterthought in the note found among his papers is probably an clarinet. An unexpected orchestral crash © Steven Ledbetter early draft for one: begins the tense development section, which builds a wonderful sense of energy as the The ultimate essence of the plan of opening thematic material returns in a distant symphony is LIFE. First partall impulsive key and only gradually works round again to passion, confidence, thirst for activity. Must the tonic. The romantic melody, now in the be short. (Finale DEATH—result of collapse.) tonic B major, is especially passionate. Second part love; third disappointments; ENCORE 37 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Four UpTempo Concert Vouchers Includes UpTempo Block seating • Invitations to Monthly Member Experiences • Buy additional tickets to Symphony concerts and DISCOVER | EXPERIENCE | CONNECT Member Experiences for $25 UpTempo young professionals experience the Jacksonville Symphony • through concerts, educational activities and social events. Discounts to Premier Symphony Events • UpTempo Events are sponsored by One year of Symphony Membership Benefi ts Includes events, discounts and access

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JAMES OWEN PRESENTS CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR SGT. PEPPER’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Michael Krajewski, conductor Sgt. Pepper’s 50th! Jim Owen, guest artist Tony Kishman, guest artist Even 20 years after the release of Sgt. Tom Teeley, guest artist Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul Chris Camilleri, guest artist McCartney couldn’t control himself from his fan-like gushing over the record in a All songs are by Lennon and McCartney except “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” 1987 interview with RollingStone. “God, (George Harrison), “Live and Let Die” (Paul & Linda McCartney) and “Imagine” (John Lennon) I really love this album.” Now as the album celebrates 50 years, his sentiment about the 50:00 record still resonates in the souls of young Arr. MENDELSON Beatles Medley and young at heart music lovers everywhere.

Classical Mystery Tour What was once a record made in defiance of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/ becoming the status quo, eventually became With a Little Help From My Friends an iconic evolution of boys becoming men, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds of pop idols becoming illusive artists. The She’s Leaving Home years of ‘Beatlemania’ exhausted the famous Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite band and constant touring hindered the When I’m Sixty-Four creative desires of John, Paul, Ringo and George. Something had to change. Lovely Rita

Good Morning Good Morning It was the fall of 1966 when The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band decided that a string of sold out concerts A Day In the Life would not define their legacy. If they were ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 going to continue together, they had a statement to make about who they were 50:00 as a band and the depth of their artistry as Arr. HEALEY Love is All You Need musicians. The world would soon get that Performing Selections From the Following: message, loud and clear. Yellow Submarine After taking a much needed post-tour break, While My Guitar Gently Weeps the ‘Fab Four’ came together with a new I Am the Walrus creative drive to birth what RollingStone Golden Slumbers would eventually dub, “The Greatest Album Live and Let Die of All Time.” Enter, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Magical Mystery Tour Heart Club Band. The Long and Winding Road Come Together In early 1967, listeners got a taste of Ob-la-di, ob-la-da the soon-to-come alter-ego album with Imagine the singles Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. Due to pressure from Sponsored by a Special Gift in honor of the management, these tracks did not make City Rescue Mission Staff. the final cut for the Sgt. Pepper’s record. Long time Beatles producer, George Martin, Students at the Symphony is supported in part by The DuBow Family Foundation later noted that this decision was the biggest Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. mistake of his career. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony.

ENCORE 39 Jim Owen (John Lennon), rhythm guitar/piano/vocals

Jim Owen was born and raised in Huntington Beach, . He gained rich musical experience from his father, who played music from the classics for him on the piano, and from his extensive library of recordings by the great classical artists. Jim began studying the piano at age six, and won honors in various piano performance competitions throughout his teenage years. He was eight years old when he first heard The Beatles, and promptly decided to take up the study of the guitar. His first professional performance as a Beatle tribute artist was at 16. Then, at age 18, he began touring internationally with various Beatles tribute productions, visiting Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Mexico, and much of South America.

It has long been Jim’s dream to share with the public live performances of some of the greatest music ever written and recorded, so in 1996, Owen began working on his idea for a new Beatles tribute show with orchestra. Classical Mystery Tour was the result. Most recently, Jim became associate producer of the dance musical “Shag With a Twist,” which premiered in Los Angeles in 2005, and debuted in Las Vegas in 2006.

Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney), bass guitar/piano/vocals

Singer-songwriter Tony Kishman was born in Tucson, Arizona where he began his musical career in the early 1970s. Although he had been playing guitar for a number of years, it was not until age 19 that Tony started performing seriously. Kishman’s early influences included Wishbone Ash, Bad Company and Peter Frampton. Between 1973 and 1978, he played guitar in the group Cheap Trix, a cover band performing Top 40 as well as originals.

Starting in 1979, Kishman played bass and guitar for six years as Paul McCartney in both the national and international tours of Beatlemania. He then went on to perform in Legends in Concert and produced shows that ran in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. He joined the classic supergroup Wishbone Ash for a tour of Europe and the recording of the group’s 18th album.

Thomas Teeley (George Harrison), lead guitar/vocals

Thomas Teeley has starred as George Harrison in both the Broadway production of Beatlemania as well as the film version. His vocal impersonations of numerous other rock icons have also been featured in many television ads as well as other Broadway productions. He has written songs for artists such as Alice Cooper, as well as touring the world as singer-guitarist for Joe Jackson, Sophie B. Hawkins and many others.

Tom still enjoys recreating the classic Beatle recordings in a live performance setting, with an attention to detail, which is his hallmark.

Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr), drums/vocals

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Chris Camilleri had a convenient drum teacher; his dad. He started listening to Beatles records at a young age, and for many years played drums and sang along to the recordings. Gradually Chris gravitated to progressive rock bands, but retained a fondness for The Beatles and eventually formed the internationally-renowned Beatles cover band Liverpool, which still reunites to perform at the Fests For Beatles Fans (formerly Beatlefest). Chris has played drums for a variety of touring artists, including Peter Noone (of Herman’s Hermits fame), Badfinger, Micky Dolenz, , and other Beatles-era bands. He became a good friend and musical associate to Harry Nilsson (who was a contemporary and close friend to all the individual Beatles). In addition to The Beatles, his musical influences include Jethro Tull, Genesis, ELP, and David Bowie. When not playing music, Chris has an active commercial and voice-over career.

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42 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SERIES

Sunday, May 14, 2017 l 5 pm JSYO Spring Concert

Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts The JSYO Spring Concert is the culmination of a year’s worth of instruction and music for JSYO SPRING CONCERT the more than 400 children who take part in Scott C. Gregg the program. This year has been particularly Music Director, Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras exciting in that JSYO has expanded to Winston Family Endowed Chair include a Clay County site for instruction, allowing more children to participate. 48:00 Foundation Strings I Marj Dutilly, conductor JSYO is made up of musicians ages 7 to Elliot DEL BORGO Guard of Honor 21 who are admitted through a competitive Noah KLASS Loch Lomond audition process. Auditions for the 2017- 2018 season have been scheduled for May Foundation Strings II Rocco DiGeorgio and Naira Cola, conductors 30 through June 4 at FSCJ South Campus (Beach Blvd.) and Wehner School of the Rob GRICE Fire Dragon Mountain Arts in Clay County. Deadline to sign up is Reinhold GLIÉRE Russian Sailors Dance May 15. Applications for auditions are listed Chuck ELLEDGE Phantom Dance on jaxsymphony.org.

Encore Strings Rocco DiGeorgio, conductor The JSYO ensembles are as follows: Victor LOPEZ Andaluca Foundation Strings I – Bob MOORE Estampie beginner string students Benoit JUTRAS Gamelan from “O” Foundation Strings II – advancing beginner string students Premiere Strings Judith Steinmeyer, conductor Rosamunde Ballet Music No. 1 Encore Strings – Antonin DVORÁK Three Slavonic Dances intermediate string students SCHON/PERRY/CAIN Don’t Stop Believin’ Premiere Strings – advancing intermediate string students Repertory Orchestra Scott C. Gregg, conductor Repertory Orchestra – Franz von SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant: Overture intermediate to advancing full orchestra Camille SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila: Dance Bacchanale Philharmonic – advanced/pre-conservatory full orchestra ~ Intermission ~ 20:00 61:00 Philharmonic Scott C. Gregg, conductor John WILLIAMS Music from Star Wars Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) Throne Room and End Title

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THE MAMBO KINGS BEETHOVEN AND THE BLIND BANISTER HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE CZECHMATE FABIO, FAURÉ AND FANTASTIQUE THE DOO WOP PROJECT HOME ALONE GERMAN GIANTS HOLIDAY POPS FIRST COAST NUTCRACKER HANDEL’S MESSIAH IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE NEW YEAR’S EVE LUNACY TCHAIKOVSKY’S PIANO CONCERTO 2018 GALA - RENÉE FLEMING THE MAGIC OF THE MOVIES NOTES FROM THE EMPIRE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK SHOSTAKOVICH FIVE STORM LARGE: CRAZY ARC OF LOVE DON GIOVANNI LEGENDS: BILLY HOLIDAY & MORE BRAHMS AND BRUCKNER BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS REINEKE, RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN AMERICAN LANDSCAPES PATRIOTIC POPS TWILIGHT OF THE GODS Scott C. Gregg, Youth Orchestras Music Director and Principal Conductor Winston Family Endowed Chair Scott Gregg will be in his 22nd year holding the Winston Family Endowed Chair with the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO). He has guided the organization’s growth from a 60-member group to an artistically robust arts education program with more than 300 participants this season. Previously, Gregg served as Music Director for Education of the Jacksonville Symphony; Music Director for the Youth at the Beaches Arts Guild productions; and Music Director for the Summer Musical Theater Experience at Florida State College at Jacksonville. In 2016, Maestro Gregg was named Music Director and Principal Conductor of the St. Augustine Orchestra.

In 2006, Gregg helped found the First Coast Community Music School which assists hundreds of Jacksonville music students access top-notch music education. In 2014, he became that school’s Artistic and Executive Director.

Once in a youth orchestra himself, Gregg served as concertmaster of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, and made his solo debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Gregg received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University with a concentration in music theory and composition and minor concentration in astrophysics. He studied conducting at ’s Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he earned a master’s degree and was awarded the Christopher Percy Prize in Conducting. Concurrently, Gregg was appointed to the conducting staff of the Peabody Conservatory Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as Associate Conductor of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.

He is married to Camille Clement Gregg and the two are the proud parents of their golden retriever, Midas. Why Should I Subscribe? If you plan to attend three or more concerts during the upcoming season you should definitely consider a subscription. The benefits you receive are tremendous and add to the already great value the Symphony provides to its patrons. This season you can subscribe by purchasing as few as six concerts. Here are some of the subscriber benefits: Big Discounts 1 Subscribers get great discounts versus the price of single tickets. Yours could be as much as 25%. The discount depends on the subscription you select and/or the number of concerts in your Create Your Own subscription. Free Exchanges 2 Only subscribers can exchange their tickets. And, exchanges are free of charge. Ticket Fee Waived 3 Subscribers never pay the 15% ticket fee, whether it’s on your subscription tickets or any single tickets you might buy during the season. If you purchase a 12-concert subscription, that’s almost like getting two free tickets. Discounted Pre-Paid Parking 4 For just $45, subscribers enjoy parking for the entire season (a booklet of 12 passes), a savings of at least $75. Advance Priority Seating 5 Subscribers are able to purchase the best available seats before they go on sale to single-ticket buyers. View the season online at JaxSymphony.org

ENCORE 45 JSYO Repertory JSYO Foundation Strings II

Violin Samuel Schlenoff Flute Trumpet Violin Chinmay Shandilya Alyssa Albert Selin Tiryakioglu Ainsley Elgin Richard Bachmann Aislin Alexander Amelia Snodgrass Bridget Ausley Elizabeth Whitehead + Hanna Kissenger Joseph Stancil William Bell Timur Tiryakioglu Alexander Barnett + Gabin Park Tyler Bradley + Kylea Watson Julia Butler Viola Horn Ankitha Chintala Joya Welch Mary Carlson Russell Greco Oboe Michael Flanagan Nikitha Chintala Clement Wurtz Grace Castillo Avery Palmer Mackenzie Ki Timothy Kellett Skylar Davis Kismet Field Aditi Shandilya Margaret Monday Justin Marcotte Maxim Drexler Viola Peter Goricki Ellison Whitehead + Matthew Rowell + Kayleigh Owen Jadah Foltz Makayla Artis Katherine Harland Michael Stabile Rex Franklin + Justin Berger Miguel Huertas Cello Trombone Ashley Fuentes Melanie Dickson + Gabrielle Keller Aaron Dantzler + Clarinet Federico Bolano + Jacob Holyer Taylor Graham Ariel Lockley + LaRyn Fagan Nicole Graham + Georgie Rodriguez Nikolus Huff McKennah Lanier + Nicole Lukens Noah Hays + Brianna Howard Cates Kean Lauren Lanier + Nora Menon Mitchell Henshaw William Skinner Tuba Keller Krieger Nevaeh Lanier + Benjamin Model Samuel Iturra Parker White Kariel Lampkin Allison Pianetta Anneliese Nguyen Natalie Taunton + Bass Clarinet Benedict Lang Sarah Park Sam Watson Cordelia Ciuk Percussion Dominic Lang Cello Audrey Plauche Nicholas Willie + Grace Bachmann Aleydis Lockwood Nathalie Bowen Hanna Ray Bassoon Matthew Hein Garrett McLees Jackson Brown Sophia Reed Double Bass Kaila Peeples + Trinity Hootman Abbygale Monroe Alayna Edwards Eden Rewa Christopher Cavaliere Kylie Wilkins Madeline Mormino Leo Franklin + Jamie Robinson Kieran Elwood Giavanna Nagy Taelyn Graham Willmott Ned Franklin + Amelia O’Neill Amaya Gray + Alessia Rosa Chloe O’Neill Thomas Karvounis Mary Patterson Deckland Lanier + JSYO Premiere Strings JSYO Encore Strings Arianna Rahmathulla Madison McInarnay Emaad Rahmathulla Audrey Roes + Violin Kent Peyton Violin Aden Speight Marissua Redmond Water “David” Ulmer Seth Arcenas Xavier Phillips Mary Adams Rodriquez Hannah Lydia Sauer Mihajla Wickham Alexia Bartley + Ericz Plauche Valeria Aviles Shannon Stalford Stephanie Baskin Alexander Roes + Brianna Borbely Srikuti Venkat-Ganesh Gabriella Caballero Elise Russu Jack Camp Natalie Watson JSYO Foundation Strings I Tatiana Caballero Lauren Schawrz Ava Cheng Kaylin White Annastasia Cantu + Sarah-lyuna Spencer + Rebekah Chun Mihajla Wickham Violin Viola Anne Caraher Mary Clare Stinneford Sam Cosby Kalen Wilkins Felisha Cothman Jadon Brown Carolyn Chen Pilar Thorn Ana Docuyanan Enoch Xiao Hunter Davis Talina Fuentes Andrew Chiang Ronak Venkata Emily Docuyanan Ethan Xiao Isaiah Dillon Taylor Graham Augustina Cole Leila Warren Madison Fagan Tayla Epting Louisa Holyer Franchesca Dalugdug Abby Grace French Viola Nathaniel Hall Andrew Keller Ethan Das Viola Katherine Graham Raquel Abril NaRiya Johnson Grace Lampkin Caleb Feng Ian Adkinson Laurence Greene, II + Charlie Doyle Leila Jones Angelina Madison Fisher Nathan Oyler Gloria Honoré + Joshua Manuel Kerrington Marshall Christian Thomas Audrey Freehafer Anna Keller Jairen Neil-Blake + Randy Martin III Jaylen Thomas- Elise French Cello Christian Kim Janel Neil-Blake + Samuel Memon Bailey Levi French Margaret Chalut Christine Kim + Brendan Roes + Maverick Mills Micah French James Dowell David Kim + Aditya Singh Rihanna Odol Cello Katherine Gabriel Maggie Frantz Philip M. Lawson, II Racheal Stowe Yasmen Odol Alani Austin Addison Hassler Jack Gallishaw Likhita Manchikanti Arielle Osorio Farhad Bagirov Claire Huang Ryan Gear Gabriela Micolucci Cello Alex Parra Jackson Brown Stella Hyatt Anamarie Lopez Alerice Milagrosa Kyle Bae Sophia Parra Nicholas Cribbs Michael Kim Wills Maw Mia Moore Emily Caraher Mateo Pinilla Leah Lampkin Jihae Kim Chasney Stancliffe Mason Mormino Lyanne Claudio Sofia Pinilla Joshua Mayrand Rohini Kumar Nate Mormino Jordan Dowell JaMaurie Sanders Kalahni McNair William Li Double Bass Abigail Okey Henry Franklin + David Stewart Glenn Michael Audrey Lindsay Peter Goricki Samay Patel Neriah Holley + Reginald Thomas Monserrad Vasquez Victoria Locklin Julia Peiris Kalahni McNair Grace Vasquez Rachael Lovejoy Volunteer Khobe Pierre + Ian Navaille Kylee Waller Double Bass Marison McDowell Assistants Alyssa Ramesh Finley Petchauer + Liam McNew + Gabriel Miel Kelly Albright Grace Randall Julie Remmer Matthew Miel Selah Welton Laurel Reed Ellie Stewart Gahyun Park Ashkon Shirazi Roan Wallerius Sina Wegerer-Jones

+ Denotes Eleanor King Scholarship winners made possible through the Jacksonville Symphony Guild. ++ Denotes the James B. Lay, Sr. Trumpet Memorial Scholarship

46 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 JSYO Philharmonic

Violin I A.J. Pulliam Flute Horn Noah Arcenas Dolaine Qian Annabelle Gunn Paola Colón Cameron Black Oona Roberts Alex McGuire* Amanda Friedman* Michelle Dantzler + Daniel Savo Jillian Savage + Janet Johnson Glen Dizon Maxwell Vanhoeij Joshua Stancil Ava Hampton Laura Watson* Oboe Lark Harrington Derek Alexander Trombone William Harrington* Viola Jacob Hutchinson Kiara Benjamin* Anatasia Letkemann ‡ Breanna Lang Sammy Park Alexis Potter + Moriah Lewis Grace Remmer Megan Wojtyla* Ian Wolff Bryce Martin* Kaitlynn Thornton Olivia Morello Clarinet Bass Trombone Joseph Petchauer + Cello Michael Jenkins* Georgie Rodriguez Jessica Rinosa Angelo Andrew Frank Lukens Max Warren Hannah Budd Ashlie Santiango Tuba Olivai Wright Nathan Ealum Bryce Pierce Wesley Navaille Bass Clarinet Violin II Alejandro Ochoa + Makobi Marshall Percussion Arianna Arcenas Maxwell Remmer* Lucas Johnson Allen Barnett + Sophia Schlenoff Bassoon Zachary Schoonmaker Sadie Butler Darren Wang Sam Watson* Ignacio Troche Lexi Feng Eva Karjono Double Bass Trumpet Harp Fiona Lockley + Pete Casseday Patrick Clarke* ++ Marie Chappell + ‡ Mira Menon Sam Watson Carson Brite* Isabelle Scott Lara Morello Benjamin Gibson Sadie Pichelmann * Denotes Principals ‡ Denotes 2017 Young Artists Competition Winners

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JSYO ASSISTANT CONDUCTORS

Judith Steinmeyer, Conductor, Premiere Strings Judith Steinmeyer has been involved with the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras for many years serving as a sectional coach, audition faculty, co-director of the beginner strings groups and now director for the Premiere Strings.

She started her career as a violinist at the U.S. Air Force Band Symphony Orchestra and Strolling Strings at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC. After completion of her military service she performed in venues ranging from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the Bolshoi Theatre to Carnegie Hall. Steinmeyer was personnel manager and violinist for the Washington Chamber Orchestra for nearly 10 years. She holds a Professional Educator’s Certificate from the State of Florida and currently teaches private violin and viola lessons at the First Coast Community Music School and general music at Holy Spirit Catholic School. She was named one of five artist-educators in Florida to receive the Florida Alliance for Arts Education 2012 Guided Residency Program Award and scholarship. She is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, the Suzuki Association of the Americas, the American String Teachers Association and the America Orff-Schulwerk Association.

Rocco (Rocky) DiGeorgio, Conductor, Foundation Strings II/ Encore Strings Rocco (Rocky) DiGeorgio has 35 years of experience as an orchestral music instructor. In addition to leading the JSYO Foundation Strings II and Encore Strings, DiGeorgio performs a variety of musical roles in the community. He is founder and director of Jacksonville Suzuki Strings, an ensemble consisting of 60 young musicians from greater Jacksonville. He has also been a guest clinician for Suzuki violin workshops throughout the United States. He also currently serves as Sunday Music Director at San Juan del Rio Church in St. Johns County and conductor for several student orchestras at area private schools. DiGeorgio received his Bachelor of Music Education from Jacksonville University. He resides in Mandarin with his wife Judy and children Antoni and Juliana.

Marj Dutilly, Foundation Strings I Marj Dutilly’s career has taken her from the military to JSYO but music has always been the base of her success. A graduate of Immaculata University with a degree in music, she served a tour of duty in Vietnam and was utilized as a music recreation therapist at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Dutilly has performed with the Ventura (CA) Symphony Orchestra, the North Attleboro (MA) Civic Symphony, the Attleboro Civic Opera Company and the Warwick (RI) Symphony Orchestra. She is Director of Music at Faith Christian Academy, Fernandina Beach and founder/director of SELAH STRINGS of Nassau County. Her work has included assistance with both the JSYO Foundation and Overture Strings as tuning coach and audition judge. She and her husband Ron have six children, one of whom, Peter, was a member of the JSYO Philharmonic Orchestra for six years.

ENCORE 49 John Wieland, Conductor, Woodland Acres Foundation Strings I and II John Wieland, principal bass for the Jacksonville Symphony, will assume additional duties as Assistant Conductor for the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras in charge of Foundation Strings I and II at Woodland Acres Elementary School.

Prior to joining the Jacksonville Symphony, Wieland was principal bass of the and Oklahoma Symphonies, as well as the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City and the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder Colorado. His bachelor’s degree is from the New School of Music in Philadelphia (now part of Temple University) and included studies with Michael Shahan (Associate Principal Bass/Philadelphia Orchestra and (the late) William Smith (Assistant Conductor/Keyboard/Philadelphia Orchestra. Additional teachers include Eugene Levinson/Principal/New York Philharmonic and (the late) H.Stevens Brewster/Principal of the National Symphony.

An avid educator, he has taught students from age three up to the university level. He has held faculty positions at the University of Central Oklahoma, Langston University, Bethune-Cookman University and Stetson University. His many former students teach all over North and Central America and many play professionally around the world.

Naira Cola, Conductor, Clay County Foundation Strings I and II Violinist Naira Cola has been playing with the Jacksonville Symphony since 2012. Cola was born and raised in Pensacola, FL and her upbringing was filled with jazz, gospel and soul music. She studied at the Mannes College of Music under the tutelage of Sally Thomas and Dr. Ann Setzer before attending New York University and the Julliard School for her graduate and post graduate studies.

Over the course of her career, Cola has received numerous accolades for her unique artistry, including winning the Doris Kahn Concerto Competition, being a semi-finalist in the National Sphinx Competition and being awarded the Artist Award from the New York Foundation for the Arts. As a soloist, she has been featured on NPR radio, WUWF Classic radio and WEAR TV. She has also toured with Ensemble Du Monde chamber orchestra.

Cola has served as an Artist in Residence for the Sphinx Performance Academy, Queens Borough Community College and the Noel Pointer School of Music, where she became the Artistic Director. She works each summer as the Artistic Director of the Four Strings Academy in Lexington, MA. As a pedagogue and advocate for arts education, she has instructed hundreds of students in and throughout the New York Metropolitan area. She currently serves on the faculty of the First Coast Community Music School and has recently taken the role of leading the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra in Clay County.

AUDITIONS May 30 - June 4

Serves ages 7-21 FSCJ South Campus Wehner School of the Arts Philharmonic Repertory Orchestra Apply by Monday, May 15, 2017 Premiere Strings Encore Strings Visit JaxYouthOrchestra.com Foundation Strings I & II or call 904.354.5120 or more information.

50 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 MEET THE STAFF

Kyle Enriquez, Stewardship and Events Manager

If you have come to the Symphony and visited Symphony Central, the Conductors Club, the Gala or a pre- or post-concert event, chances are you have run into Kyle Enriquez. He seems to be everywhere. His calm demeanor ensures that everything is just right for patrons.

Kyle is a native of Jacksonville, FL and a graduate of the University of North Florida where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music, Euphonium Performance. He has been a member of the Jacksonville Symphony’s Development team since January 2016. Prior to joining the Symphony, Kyle worked at the University of North Florida Fine Arts Center and Riverside Fine Arts Association. As Stewardship and Events Manager, he works to enrich the Symphony’s membership programs with special events and exclusive access to the orchestra. ORCHESTRA I BA ND I THEATRE In his spare time, Kyle enjoys gardening and posts beautiful pictures of his garden on his Performance andInstagram account,Educatio @kylefromjax. n To reach Kyle at the Symphony, email him at [email protected] or call him at 904.354.4092.

NEW PRODUCTION!

Private Lessons on ALL Instruments for ALL Ages Community Band | Orchestra | Jazz Band Faculty: Jacksonville Symphony Members and College Music Professors New in 2017: Art Department! “Northeast Florida Conservatory is the most comprehensive music school in our community.” ~Philip Pan, Jacksonville Symphony Concertmaster Laura’s Friends Apr 21-23 / Apr 28-30 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) SUMMER CAMPS We offer free music lessons/classes to the MUSIC. THEATRE. ART disadvantaged in our community and have introduced music into the lives of children All tickets only $20! and students at Daniel Kids, Girls Inc., Youth Theatre Art Camp Purchase Tickets Online: July 10-21 July 10-21 The Bridge of NE Florida and many public

Philanthropic Outreach Project schools in the Duval County School System. ShowTixNow.com Guitar Camp June 6-10 904.374.8639 All performances at www.nfconservatory.org The Conservatory NE Conservatory is a non-profit 501(C)(3) Member: National Guild for Community Arts Education 11363 San Jose Blvd., Bldg. 200

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AMERICANA GARDEN CONCERT FEATURING THE HACKENSAW BOYS Saturday, June 24 Doors open at 6 p.m., concert 7 to 9 p.m. | Members $20, Non-Members $25 Enjoy an evening of flawless melodies and Americana music in the breathtaking Cummer Gardens with the nationally-recognized Hackensaw Boys.

For reservations please call 904.899.6038 Bus Transportation from Amelia Island or visit cummermuseum.org All Friday Masterworks Nights: 829 Riverside Ave Bus from Amelia Island at Harris Teeter. Jacksonville, FL 32204 For more information or reservations, please call Patron Services at 904.354.5547.

52 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 MASTERWORKS SERIES Friday & Saturday, May 19 & 20, 2017 l 8 pm hour, he awaited her on the platform of Sunday, May 21, 2017 l 3 pm the railroad station. But when she failed to appear, he returned home, probably with one hour prior to each Masterworks concert “Insight” some sense of relief at having avoided— Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts through no merit of his own—a personal and MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 2 professional abyss. “RESURRECTION” During these interim years Mahler’s life as a composer was devoted largely to the Courtney Lewis, conductor composition of songs, some with piano Haskell Endowed Chair accompaniment, others with orchestra. Laura Tatulescu, soprano They drew their texts almost entirely Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth’s Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Magic Horn), an anthology of German folk poetry published in 1805 under the editorship of Achim von Arnim and Clemens Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection” 1:17:00 Brentano. Suddenly in 1887 Mahler began I. Allegro maestoso concentrating on texts from the anthology. II. Andanta moderator They tapped a wellspring of creativity in III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung him. For the next decade, all his works—from IV. Urlicht little songs with piano accompaniment V. In tempo des Scherzo to immense symphonies—were intricately There will be a five-minute pause between the first and second movements. intertwined with his passion for the Arnim and Brentano anthology.

Weekend sponsors: Roger L. and Rochelle S. Main Charitable Trust During the summer of 1893, on vacation at Brooks Rehabilitation Steinbach, Mahler returned to the Second Symphony while also composing a number Saturday sponsor: of new Wunderhorn songs. He completed a Saturday concert is dedicated voice-and-piano draft of Des Antonius von in memory of Dr. John Spanier CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Padua Fischpredigt (St. Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fishes) on July 8. The full Students at the Symphony score followed on August 1 – but by then is supported in part by: he had already turned the song into a purely orchestral Scherzo, the score of which had Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. been completed on July 16; it ended up as the third movement of his symphony. By July Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” 19 Mahler had set another Wunderhorn poem, Urlicht (Primeval light, for voice and By Steven Ledbetter orchestra). It eventually became the fourth movement of the Second Symphony. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Mahler became involved with the Weber At this point Mahler found himself in a Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1894) family in December 1886, when the Leipzig quandary: how to bring the symphony to a Opera revived a number of Weber’s works convincing conclusion. If he were able to find It is an old cliché in film biographies of for the centennial of the composer’s birth, such a finale, the middle movements could composers to link the moment of artistic many of them conducted by Mahler; he function as intentional points of relaxation in creation in some way with a love affair, also worked on the completion of Weber’s the mighty scale of the whole. whether consummated or otherwise. Cliché unfinished opera Die drei Pintos. His intense though it be, Gustav Mahler began work labor on the manuscript necessitated nearly He found his solution unexpectedly at on the material that was to turn into his first constant contact with the Weber family. a memorial service for his superior in two symphonies as an artistic release from Hamburg, Hans von Bülow. Bülow was a tempestuous and troubling involvement Soon Mahler found himself in love with famous both as conductor and pianist. For with Marion Mathilda von Weber, the wife of Marion, and she with him. Captain von many years he had been intensely active a German soldier, Captain Carl von Weber, Weber was aware of the situation but with the “music of the future,” the works who was the grandson of the composer of discreetly avoided an open break that would of Liszt (his father-in-law) and Wagner, Der Freischütz, which had effectively created surely cause a scandal ruinous to his military whose Tristan and Meistersinger he had a school of German romantic opera. career. At one point Mahler and Marion even conducted at their premieres. But by the planned to elope together. At the appointed time he met Mahler, Bülow was no longer

ENCORE 53 sympathetic to the latest musical trends. Mahler decided to organize and conduct descriptive program for the symphony in He greatly admired Mahler’s conducting, the first complete performance himself. which he explained the character of the but he himself refused to program any of In the days of rehearsing that preceded Allegro maestoso as a recollection of the the orchestral Wunderhorn songs, insisting the premiere (Berlin, December 13, 1895), “life, struggles, passions, and aspirations” that he could make no sense of them. And Mahler’s enthusiasm grew steadily. On and of a “well‑loved person” while standing when Mahler played through some of the the 10th, after all of the elements finally by his coffin. The question that keeps still unfinished Second Symphony for him, came together for a first reading of the intruding, says Mahler, is “What now? What von Bülow covered his ears and declared finale, he wrote to his mistress, soprano is this life—and this death? Do we have that it had surpassed all acceptable bounds Anna von Mildenburg, “Yesterday, for the an existence beyond it? Is all this only a of dissonance. How ironic, then, that it first time, everything turned to sound. All confused dream, or do life and death have was through the death of this musician so was far beyond my hopes. The performers a meaning?—And we must answer this antipathetic to his work that Mahler found were so transported and enthusiastic that question if we are to live on.” the key to his conclusion. they themselves found the appropriate expression...Such grandeur and power have With or without programmatic aid, the first Bülow died in Cairo on January 12, 1894; never been attained before.” movement is overwhelming in vibrancy and a memorial service was held in Hamburg on variety. For all its novel form and content, March 29. Mahler’s close friend, the Czech it still makes obeisance to the traditions of composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster, was also 19th‑century music. The opening key of C present. Foerster lost sight of Mahler in the minor cannot fail to recall Beethoven’s Fifth, crush of people at the service, but he was and the stormy character of the first ideas strangely moved by the effect of a chorus conjures up Siegmund’s arrival at Hunding’s of children singing a resurrection hymn to a house in the opening of Wagner’s Die text of Friedrich Klopstock, “Auferstehen, ja Walküre. But the wonder of this opening auferstehen.” He described what happened is the range of ideas that Mahler develops, next as follows: all in C minor, all redolent of the funeral march. Magically contrasted with this is a I did not find Mahler. But that afternoon bright theme of utter simplicity in E major, I could not restrain my restlessness, and a theme that no one but Mahler could have hurried to him as if to obey a command. I conceived. Its upward-striving character opened the door and saw him sitting at his (reticent at first) is a foreshadowing of the writing-desk, his head lowered and his hand “Resurrection” theme of the finale. The holding a pen over some manuscript paper. material is exposed at considerable length, I remained standing in the doorway. Mahler in two stages (corresponding in principal to turned to me and said: “Dear friend, I have it.” the old repeated exposition in the classical I understood. As if illuminated by a Mahler's conducting style, 1901, caricatured symphony, though Mahler’s “repeat” is in fact mysterious power I answered: in the humor magazine Fliegende Blätter a continuous and varied development). “Auferstehen, ja auferstehen wirst du nach kurzem Schlaf...” Yet to the public, Mahler’s name still meant The many tiny thematic ideas that are nothing. None of his works had achieved created as offshoots of the march rhythm Mahler looked at me with an expression of substantial success, and a few performances are intertwined in an elaborate and extended extreme surprise. I had guessed the secret had been outright catastrophes. As a result, development during the course of which the he had as yet entrusted to no human soul: ticket sales were extremely bad, and most horns sing out a hymnlike melody that begins Klopstock’s poem, which that morning we of the tickets had to be given away to with the first four notes of the Dies irae from had heard from the mouths of children, was musicians or conservatory students. The the Requiem service. But the recapitulation to be the basis for the closing movement of reaction at the end was overwhelming—and avoids resolving the questions raised by the the Second Symphony. this in an audience that included such movement; both of the principal ideas recur important musical figures as the composer in the same keys in which we first heard Mahler’s pent-up eagerness to compose Engelbert Humperdinck and the conductors them (C minor and E major respectively), so his massive finale was suddenly released Arthur Nikisch and Felix Weingartner, not to that the consolation of the major-key theme in the realization that Death (the theme of mention the young Bruno Walter, who found seems to arrive from another world entirely the first movement) could only be followed his calling as a conductor and as a lifelong before being driven aside by a dark and appropriately by Resurrection (a subject devotee to Mahler that evening. mysterious C-minor coda. naturally enough stressed at Bulow’s memorial service). The service not only As we have seen, Mahler composed the In the score, Mahler asks for a five-minute offered an image for the symphony’s close first movement of the Second Symphony pause between first and second movements, but also a text that could give wings to the hard on the heels of the First, as if they a request motivated in part, no doubt, music—Friedrich Klopstock’s resurrection were part of the same creative impulse. because what follows is so different in hymn. (Actually Mahler ended up adapting Indeed, Mahler remarked once that his title character. The next three movements, all the text so freely that, after the first two for the first movement, Todtenfeier, referred much shorter and to some extent lighter, stanzas, it is basically his own work.) From to the funeral rites of the “Titan” who was function as intermezzi. Mahler described the this point he saw his way to the completion the hero of his First Symphony. As late Andante as “a happy moment from the life of the symphony. as 1901, Mahler wrote out an extensive of his beloved departed one.” In style it is a

54 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Ländler, an Austrian folk dance in 3/4 time, the finale. The voice dies away in Mahler’s breathtaking moment of the entire symphony: relaxed and bucolic, yet with an extraordinary favorite rising arch, expressing a sublime unheralded and unexpected, the chorus finish and precision. and tranquil confidence scarcely heard begins singing very softly, the words of heretofore. Klopstock’s resurrection hymn: “Rise again, The third movement, related to the yes, thou shalt rise again, my dust, after a Wunderhorn song about St. Anthony of The serene ending of the fourth movement brief rest.” The dead of all mankind seem Padua’s sermon to the fish, is a witty and is shattered by a horrendous orchestral to be stirring in answer to the summons. sardonic Scherzo. In the song version, the outburst. The reference to Beethoven’s During the symphony’s premiere, the text tells of the saint coming to a stream Ninth Symphony (the last movement of audience actually gasped at the moment and assembling the fishes for a sermon which begins with what German writers have of the choral entrance. on the thoughtlessness of their lives; they been pleased to call a “fanfare of terror”) listen carefully, and then, when the sermon is unmistakable. There follows a complex From this moment the music gradually is finished, go on just as before. But one and very operatic orchestral passage—we becomes confident and affirmative. Mahler need not know the poem: the harshly acid should remember that Mahler was intimately follows Klopstock’s poem closely at first, orchestration and the downward-sinking acquainted, from the conductor’s podium, but from the entrance of the alto solo (“O whirling of the melodic line are unsettling with the world of opera and its larger-than- glaube, mein Herz”—“Believe, my heart, you in a movement that starts out as if it will life gestures. were not born in vain”) the text is Mahler’s be a rather straightforward and light‑ own. It is tempting to read into it a double hearted dance. Offstage horn calls build to elaborate meaning: the evident religious sentiment fanfares. If the dead are to be summoned to derived from Klopstock as well as the After the Scherzo slithers heartlessly and judgment through a musical call to attention, composer’s own assertion that, in spite of chromatically to its conclusion, we suddenly it will be one like this, which seems to fill the setbacks and failures, his music will live hear a human voice and feel a surge of entire universe. It leads to a gigantic march (“You have not lived and suffered in vain”). warmth. It is an unforgettable moment, of wild, even vulgar, character, yielding The ringing choral finale moves to E-flat, marked by a solemnity reinforced by the eventually to a section of incredible stillness relative major of the opening C minor, utterly chorale-like harmonization. The poem itself and unreality. casting aside the torments and doubts of the is at once naive and profound. Mahler funeral march for a confident declaration of constructs his setting to highlight the words Offstage brass instruments utter the the utmost brilliance—and a major point of “I am from God and will return to God” with definitive summons. As the sound of arrival in Mahler’s own personal voyage of a musical phrase that is later worked into fanfares dies away, there occurs the most self-discovery.

Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Donald McCullough, Director Tom Zimmerman Endowed Chair Jill Weisblatt, Chorus Manager

William Adams Alyce Decker Lena Leon de Lahaye John Owen Kim Rowland David Avery Marissa Dickerson Ginger Lindberg Vanessa Pagan AJ Ruvane Jerrye Baker Stephanie Doerr Leyse Lowry Jane Palmer John Ruvane Susan Baker Jeff Elledge Melissa Lumsden Hugh Patterson Jen Schlechte Stan Ballenger Kate Flint Mark Macco Rosina Paul Jeff Schroer Alla Bartosh Brian Ganan Jim Maher Anne Petersen Keith Schroyer May Beattie Veronica Gibson Kristin Markham John Petersen Jennifer Serotta Jessica Bergstol Bonnie Goldsmith Walter Mattingly David Pierson Kara Shidemantle Jonathan Boltz Jessica Green Liz McAlhany Deborah Pierson Janet Snell Elizabeth Bricknell David Groth Marianne McAlhany Laura Jane Pittman Sharon Snow Louise Brooks Michele Hale James McGuffin Kelsey Potratz Laura Stephenson Dorothy Jean Bush Robert Hall Kate Medill Ken Powell Richard Sykes Rita Cannon Deborah Harden Baker Osvaldo Medina Rosalind Powell Hugh Tobias Craig Cantley Carol Heckrotte Pat Medlock Vickie Prince Sheri Van Orden Chuck Carroll Wayne Heckrotte Bill Meisel John Pugh Carole Vanderhoef Banks Kenneth Chin Deborrah Hoag Barbara Miller Nancy Purcell Hannah Ventro Estelle Chisholm Mike Hodges Molly Miller Amy Quinn Eileen Ward Dale Choate Shawna Hodges Kenneth Mixon Paulina Ragunas Jerri Lea Ware Sandy Clarke Kathy Hunt Libby Montgomery Mark Reasoner Jill Weisblatt Susan Connors Steven Jockisch John Morrow Tim Redding John Weitzel Bradley Corner Kiki Karpen Sevella Mostella Nancy Redfern Terri Williams Nancy Crookshank Matthew Kelly Joseph Murray Wynn Redmon Cindy Wohl Julie Cross Michelle Kemp Tom Nesbitt Caitlin Regan Peter Wynkoop Katherine Crowell William Kolb Christina Ng Patti Robertson Jane Daugherty Charla Kuhlmann Ben Norman Mark Robinson Julie Davis Ken Kutch Shane Oakley Karl Rogers Tracy Davis Lili Lauer Sally Offen Robert Roth ENCORE 55 Laura Tatulescu, soprano Masterworks guest artists sponsored by Ruth Conley

Romanian-American soprano Laura Tatulescu has gained recognition for her beauty of voice and her exciting portrayals on the operatic and concert stage.

Ms. Tatulescu’s 2016-17 season includes her debut with Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Musetta in Lorenzo Mariani’s production of La bohème conducted by Daniel Oren and a return to the Bavarian State Opera as Karolka in Janáček’s Jenu˚fa conducted by Tomáš Hanus.

After acclaimed performances at Santa Fe Opera in summer 2015 as Serpetta in Mozart´s La finta giardiniera, conducted by Harry Bicket and directed by Tim Albery, the 2015-16 season included a number of exciting debuts for Ms. Tatulescu. She started the season singing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Robert Spano, joined Opera as Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Gary Wedow and directed by Aidan Lang, took to the stage at Florida Grand Opera as Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, conducted by Ramón Tebar and directed by Renaud Doucet, and lastly portrayed Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio with Cincinnati Opera.

Her orchestral repertoire covers a wide range of Oratorio and concert repertoire, including works by Bach and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Gorecki’s Third Symphony, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, and Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Born in the United States, she started her musical education as a violinist. She later graduated with a Master’s Degree in Opera from the National Music University in Bucharest, Romania and made her professional opera debut in 2004 at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest.

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

British-born Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts brings a uniquely rich and wide-ranging voice to concert and recital repertoire for alto and mezzo-soprano. She is particularly esteemed for her performances of Gustav Mahler’s works.

In May of 2004, as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, world-renowned soprano Jessye Norman chose Ms. Platts as her protégée from 26 international candidates and she has continued to mentor her ever since.

Ms. Platts has performed at Royal Albert Hall, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro di San Carlo, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as with the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Minnesota Orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Montreal, Toronto, American, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Houston Symphonies, Les Violons du Roy, Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, as well as the Los Angeles and St. Paul Chamber Orchestras.

She has collaborated with many of today’s leading conductors including Marin Alsop, Roberto Abbado, Sir Andrew Davis, Ludovic Morlot, Leon Botstein, Andreas Delfs, John Adams, Christoph Eschenbach, Jane Glover, Jeffrey Kahane, Bernard Labadie, Keith Lockhart, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Roger Norrington, Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Bramwell Tovey, Osmo Vänska and Pinchas Zuckerman.

Ms. Platts’ recent highlights include her London and Berlin debuts, in John Adams’ Nixon in China (BBC Symphony), her staged opera debut as Florence Pike in Britten’s Albert Herring (Pacific Opera, Vancouver Opera), Erda in Wagner’s Das Rheingold (Pacific Opera), and Bernstein’s A Quiet Place (Montreal Symphony Orchestra).

Ms. Platts has recorded Das Lied von der Erde for Fontec Records with Gary Bertini, conducting the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, a CD of art songs with pianist Dalton Baldwin, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Smithsonian Chamber Players and Santa Fe Pro Musica for Dorian Records, Brahms Zwei Gesänge with Steven Dann and Lambert Orkis, a solo disc of Lieder by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms on the ATMA label and most recently she recorded the chamber version of Das Lied von der Erde for the Naxos label.

56 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Donald McCullough, Director, Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Tom Zimmerman Endowed Chair

Hailed by the Washington Post for his “dazzling expertise” on the podium, Donald McCullough is considered one of America’s pre-eminent choral conductors. He became the Director of the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus in 2012. In November 2014 he led the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus in its first appearance at New York’s Lincoln Center.

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

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

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

Previously, McCullough was the founder and music director of two Norfolk-based choruses: the all-professional vocal ensemble, the Virginia Chorale, and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus. A native of Jacksonville, FL, he moved to Atlantic Beach, FL, in 2009 to focus on his expanding composing career. He also holds the post of Organist and Choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Riverside.

About the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus

The Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, under This season the Chorus will participate in Choral singing is the most popular form of the direction of Donald McCullough, is an several performances including The Dream participation in the performing arts according all-volunteer group of individuals from all of Gerontius, Holiday Pops and Mahler’s to a recent study by Chorus America. Over walks of life who have a love of singing Symphony No. 2, Resurrection. 18% of American households report one or choral music. The 140 members must more adults participate in a chorus. audition to participate. Four members have been with the Chorus since the beginning: Carole Vanderhoef Banks, Deborrah Hoag, Libby Montgomery and Billy Ware.

“The Symphony chorus is designed to sing over the Symphony,” said McCullough. “I look for voices that have focus and ring to them and that are sizeable enough to add to the sound we are trying to achieve.”

Some of the voice factors that go into selecting a choral member including their ability to sing in tune, which must be impeccable; their flexibility; range, diction; and innate sense of musicality.

The Chorus is celebrating its 32st season this year and was founded by past Music Director Roger Nierenberg. In 2014 the Chorus traveled to New York City to perform under McCullough’s direction in the Lincoln Center premiere of his cantata In The Shadow of the Holocaust.

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ENCORE 59 Randy and Cindy Sonntag Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. French Mr. Rudolf E. Urban Joseph and Nancy Spadaro Stephen M. Gahan Sheri Van Orden George and Shirley Spaniel Yves Genre Billy J. Walker Dr. Mandell and Rita Diamond Stearman Mr. and Mrs. Sydney A. Gervin Mr. and Mrs. Norbert F. Wann The Stellar Foundation Mr. Stephen J. Getsy Cornelia and Olin Watts Endowment Fund Rod and Ellen Sullivan Dr. Mary Alice Westrick and Dr. Thomas Gonwa White Publishing Company Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tierney Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Greenslet Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whittemore James and Lori Tilley Robert and Susan Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Wickersty Gwynne and Bob Tonsfeldt Richard Habres Sylvia G. Cotner and Mary Wysong Susan and James Towler Gisela Haemmerle Dr. Daniel S. Yip and Teresa Rodriguez-Yip Emily Van Vliet Howard Haims Gabriele Van Zon Malcolm and Joyce Hanson Mrs. Georgia Wahl Drs. Alfred D. and Katherine A. Harding Mary V. and Frank C. Watson Advised Fund Dr. John Harrington Linda F. Wilkinson Karen Harris Stephen Williams Hugh and Patricia Hayden Mary Ann and Woody Witczak MaryAnne Dokler Helffrich Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Wohl Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Henrici DONOR Mr. and Mrs. David Wohlfarth Howard and Janet Hogshead Jacob and Karen Worner Mrs. William G. Holyfield APPRECIATION Dr. Mary Ellen Young and Mr. Donald Owen Barbara Johnson Mary Jean Zimmerman Brady C. Johnston Perpetual Charitable Trust NIGHT Carolyn and Elliot Zisser Thelma N. Kager Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Kaplan A celebration of another $500 - $999 William Kastelz, Jr. in memory of Sandra Anonymous (3) Ruth and Jack Kelly season filled with Anne and Billy Allen Ruth and Richard Klein life-changing musical Mr. Thomas Argyris Janet and Ron Kolar Dr. and Mrs. George F. Armstrong Jr Sunny and Harold Krivan moments made possible Barbara H. Arnold Janet LaFrance Shirley and Dave Bailey James and Karen Larsen by you. William and Linda Ann Bainbridge Ms. Merle Lear Dr. and Mrs. Dwight S. Bayley Mark and Mary Lemmenes Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Bender, Jr. Eleanor L. Lotz David and Eleanor Bows Mr. and Mrs. David Lovett Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boylan William and Mary Lou MacLeod Mr. and Mrs. William Braddock Mr. and Mrs. William P. Mallory Sandra Bay Bryant Judith and Ray Mantle Caren and Dennis Buchman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. McCauley Dr. and Mrs. William Bullock William and Brenda McNeiland Kevin and Pat Burke Joe and Nancy McTighe Dr. and Mrs. William H. Caldwell Mr. P. L. McWhorter Mrs. Ruth G. Carden Alex and Joann Meyer Joseph and Susan Castellano Mr. and Mrs. Michael Minch Dorothy Cernik Miranda Contracting, LLC Ian M. Charlton John and Kathie Nevin Gary and Barbara Christensen Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth E. Noon Elizabeth Schell Colyer Patricia D. Page Concert on the Green, Inc. Diane Hale and Charles Parker Tom and Pat Conway Audrey B. Patterson Ted and Margaret Copeland Richard Phlig Arch and Rosemary Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Poniatowski Wednesday Mr. John and Mrs. Muffet Corse Nancy Powell Bill and Kathy Cosnotti Judy and Jere Ratcliffe May 24, 2017 Mrs. Karen Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden 7:00 PM | Jacoby Symphony Hall Lt. Amy Crisp Mr. Neil Rose and Dr. Jeannie Rose Mary Crumpton Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Rust Mims Cushing Peter Ryan Ms. Annabel Custer Colleen Sanchez Your annual gift of $75 or more Harriett L. Dame The Schultz Foundation, Inc. in memory of grants you access to this Noel and Mildred Dana Yvonne B. West Mr. and Mrs. Julius Dean Richard D. and Patricia L. Seiter exclusive concert. George and Sachi Deriso Silicon Valley Community Foundation Paul and Doris Dorfman Mrs. Sally Simpson Margie and George Dorsey Dr. and Mrs. Arne Sippens Reservations required. Kevin and Cathy Driscoll Dr. and Mrs.* Gregory E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. James F. Duffy Dewey Sparks Contact the ticket office Charles and Virginia Dunn Mr. James Stronski at . Elaine Eberhart and Linda C. Miner Ivy Suter 904.354.5547 Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Eckels Crew of Tievoli Julia M. Edgerton Dorcas G. Tanner Virginia M. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Thompson Dr. Bill Ernoehazy and Mrs. Gail Bndi Elsie Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ezequelle Mr. and Mrs. Randall Tinnin David Faliszek Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Torres Bill and Judy Franson Mrs. Alice Trainer

60 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 COFFEE SERIES

Friday, May 26, 2017 l 11 am Patriotic Pops Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Every country has special music and songs PATRIOTIC POPS that engender a national response. It’s that special feeling that makes you proud to be Nathan Aspinall, conductor part of the community. For the British it may be “God Save the Queen.” For the French, 49:00 it’s definitely “La Marseillaise.”

John Stafford SMITH The Star Spangled Banner For Americans, there is a long history of patriotic music dating back to the Overture to West Side Story Revolutionary War and continuing on through John Philip SOUSA Liberty Bell March the Viet Nam era. “The Star Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key in Meredith WILLSON 76 Trombones from The Music Man 1814 was named as the national anthem in 1931. There are many others that relate to Armed Forces Salute different periods in American history. George GERSHWIN Cuban Overture The Civil War gave us songs from both sides John WILLIAMS Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan of the conflict – “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and “Dixie.” Pyotr IlyichTCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

John Philip SOUSA Stars and Stripes Forever “America the Beautiful” was originally a poem by Katharine Lee Bates that was made into a musical hymn by Samuel Ward in 1882. Dana’s Limousine is the official transportation of the Jacksonville Symphony. Omni Jacksonville Hotel is the official hotel of the Jacksonville Symphony. John Philip Sousa, known as “The March King,” composed many patriotic and military marches. His “Stars and Stripes Forever” Nathan Aspinall, conductor is a Fourth of July favorite. He also wrote “Semper Fidelis,” the theme of the United Nathan Aspinall, joined the Jacksonville Symphony as Assistant Conductor in 2015. Formerly, States Marine Corps and “The Washington he held the position of Young Conductor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra where Post” to name a few. he assisted Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and visiting guest conductors and Moving onto World War I, Broadway star conducted concerts for the education series. George M. Cohan penned “Over There” He studied French Horn and Conducting and “Yankee Doodle Dandy” in response to at the University of Queensland and upon American troops going overseas in 1917. He graduation was awarded the Hugh Brandon was joined by Irving Berlin who contributed Prize. In 2012 he attended the Aspen Music “God Bless America” in 1918. Festival studying with Robert Spano and Hugh Wolff. He was awarded the Robert J. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, also known as Harth Conducting Prize, inviting him to “Woody” was a singer-songwriter that gave return to Aspen in 2013. us “This Land is Your Land.” The folksinger was born in Oklahoma and travelled the Aspinall has guest conducted the Sydney, United States during the Great Depression Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian to give voice to what was happening in the Symphony Orchestras, the Queensland Dust Bowl. Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra and has acted as Assistant Conductor for More modern patriotic tunes include those Opera Queensland. During the 2015-16 he of Lee Greenwood. He wrote his “God returned to the Queensland and Adelaide Bless the USA” during the Viet Nam era in Symphony Orchestras and had also been American history. invited to attend the Conductor’s Workshop at the Tanglewood Music Centre. He studied Whatever your favorite patriotic pops, we Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at hope that you enjoy what the Symphony has New England Conservatory. to offer this Memorial Day weekend.

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

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

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

THE CADENZA SOCIETY Office of Development • 904.354.9136 JaxSymphony.org/legacy

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

Mark and Rita Allen Camille Clement Gregg Charitable Remainder Lloyd Hamilton Oakes in memory of Sandra Sue Ashby Trust in memory of Ruthwood Craven Samek Ruthwood Craven Samek Rick E. Bendel Dr. Dan W. Hadwin and Dr. Alice Rietman-Hadwin Mr. Val Palmer Jacob F. Bryan IV Ms. Suna Hall Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters Elizabeth I. Byrne, Ed.D. Preston H. Haskell Ruth (Rusty) Pierce Carl and Rita Cannon Richard Hickok and Andrea Ashley Richard and Leslie Pierpont Clarissa and Warren Chandler Bev and Bill Hiller Donald Albert James Robinson Estelle and Terry Chisholm Calvin and Ellen Hudson Charitable Trust J. William Ross Col. and Mrs. Robert B. Clarke Wes and Beth Jennison Mrs. Ruthwood C. Samek Luther and Blanche Coggin Lillian and Bunky Johnson Carol and Bob Shircliff Elizabeth Schell Colyer Miss Naomi E. Karkanen Mrs. Sally Simpson Ruth P. Conley Elizabeth Kerr Ann H. Sims* Mrs. Caroline S. Covin Frances Bartlett Kinne, Ph.D. Al Sinclair Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cowden Norman and Dolores Kramer Helen Morse and Fritz Skeen Dr. Amy Crowder in memory of Carole V. Ewart Dr. and Mrs. Ross T. Krueger Ana and Hal Skinner Ms. Sara Alice Bradley Darby E. Michel and Heidja Kruse Mary Love Strum Stephen and Suzanne Day Mrs. Edward W. Lane, Jr. Gwynne* and Bob Tonsfeldt Chris and Stephanie Doerr Mary Ann Lindsey Chip and Phyllis Tousey Jeff Driggers* Dr. D’ Anne and Mr. Daniel Lombardo Rev. W. Glenn Turner Brock Fazzini Doug and Laura Mathewson* Mary Jane and Jack Uible Josephine Flaherty Ambassador Marilyn McAfee James and Joan Van Vleck Friend of the Symphony (7) Alison McCallum Stephen R. Wickersham Mr. and Mrs. Allan Geiger Frances Watts McCurry Stephen Williams John L. Georgas* Lee and Bobby Mercier Renee Winkler Linda Barton Gillis Sherry Murray Quentin Wood Rabbi Robert and Marilyn Goodman Mr. and Mrs. E. William Nash, Jr. Thomas C. Zimmerman* Sue Gover Janet and Joseph Nicosia Mary T. Grant *Designates deceased

62 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Presents music under the stars Featuring the JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY

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Come enjoy an incredible afternoon and evening of music and fun. Great for the whole family! May 28 Concert on the Green St. Johns Country Day School Orange Park Gates open at 4 pm Concert at 8 pm For 30 years, Concert on the Green has been awarding scholarships to music and art students, while providing one the area’s premier events featuring the Jacksonville Symphony. Please help us continue this great tradition by becoming a patron or sponsor. Thank you to our faithful sponsors:

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64 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Jacksonville Symphony’s Sound Investment Program

Symphonic music has the powerful ability to transform lives, especially for children. Throughout each season of the Sound Investment Program, the Jacksonville Symphony reaches more than 130,000 lives in Northeast Florida through in-school music programs, special performances and free or discounted tickets.

For more information on any of the Jacksonville Symphony’s Sound Investment Programs, please visit JaxSymphony.org.

Youth Concerts Community Concerts (Elementary School) (all ages) Each fall and spring, elementary school students attend a 45-minute With a promise of making music accessible to all, the Jacksonville concert featuring the full Jacksonville Symphony at Jacoby Hall. Symphony provides free concerts throughout the community during Educator classroom guides and supporting material maximize the its season. impact of the experience for the child. Civic Orchestra Music in the Schools The Jacksonville Symphony invites community members to join them (Elementary and High School) in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform onstage at Jacoby Musicians from the Jacksonville Symphony visit schools to introduce Symphony Hall under the direction of the Jacksonville Symphony smaller ensembles and integrate music with a variety of grade- conductors and alongside some of your favorite Jacksonville appropriate curricula. The 2016-2017 season will introduce a Symphony musicians. new multi-media experience to high school students throughout Northeast Florida

Students at the Symphony (Middle and High School) Students at the Symphony is a concert-going experience that provides tickets to students for select Jacksonville Symphony Masterworks and Pops concert via school partnerships. Pre-concert workshops with Symphony Teaching Artists teach students about the orchestra and connect content of each performance to general elements of musical knowledge and allow students to make cross- curricular connections.

Family Concerts (ages 4 – 10) Musical classics and creative storytelling are sure to engage and enthrall children ages 4 – 10. Family Concerts are a fun experience for the entire family to learn and listen together. Add to this concert experience by attending FREE pre-concert activities designed specifically for the theme of each concert. Activities include crafts, games and the Instrument Zoo presented by the Jacksonville Symphony Guild. Family concerts are used to establish a foundation for learning, reading and/or storytelling. This is essential in creating SPECIAL THANKS TO WAYNE AND successful students, and ultimately, successful adults and an DELORES BARR WEAVER educated work force. ENCORE 65 Florida State College at Jacksonville Continuing Education A Division of Workforce Education and Economic Development

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 fscj.edu/coned  (904) 357-8910  [email protected] MEET THE MUSICIANS

JONATHAN KUO VIOLIN

We may have a cockatiel named Jeffrey to thank for the talented Jonathan Kuo. He took after his brother in playing the piano at a young age, and what kept him going was the beloved bird that would sit upon his shoulder as he practiced, and, in essence, became his first fan.

Piano was just the beginning for Jonathan. Not even one year later he added the violin and by the fourth grade, the flute as well. Why did he settle on the violin? “The violin was the most exciting instrument for me, so I kept at it.”

A native of Los Angeles, Jonathan has been around the world and then some for his music. A graduate of The Juilliard School (Bachelor’s) and Manhattan School of Music (Master’s), he spent two seasons with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach and one season with the Stavanger Symfoniorkester in before settling in Jacksonville.

Running is one of Jonathan’s outside passions from music as he recently completed the 2017 Donna Marathon at the Beaches. “I never thought I would run my first marathon so soon, it always seemed like an insurmountable goal,” he said. On mornings you may find him zipping down San Jose Boulevard, either training for his next big race or just for fun.

Photo by Tiffany Manning

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MEET THE STAFF

Caroline Jones, Sales Manager

Caroline joined the Symphony in September 2016 and has hit the ground running. A graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a minor in communications, she is well-equipped to handle her duties. As sales manager, she sells advertising in the Symphony’s event program, Encore, and plans special marketing events and assists groups with the planning of outings to the Symphony. She has a smile for everyone in her work at the Symphony.

After graduation she moved to Dallas and worked in marketing and sales with a software company. But she missed the ocean so Jacksonville seemed like a better fit. And the beach has been good luck for her as that is where she met her fiancé, Brogden. The two have a one year old golden doodle, Ruby Merlot. The name fits nicely with Caroline’s love of food and wine which she cultivated when she studied abroad in Spain.

“My favorite thing about my role at the Symphony is connecting with patrons and introducing people to the Symphony,” she said. “I love our line – redefining what a Symphony can be. I see that all the time with patrons who have never before experienced symphonic music.”

If you are interested in advertising or organizing a group to visit the Symphony, contact Caroline at [email protected] or call her at 904-356-0426.

TWO ALUMS • TWO ERAS • TWO SUCCESSES

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Anna McGee, Digital Marketing Manager

Anna has called Jacksonville home since 2007; she attended the University of North Florida where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History. Through internships with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville and the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Anna found her passion in the Jacksonville arts community. Prior to joining the Symphony, Anna worked at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach in program and gallery management.

Anna joined the Symphony team in September 2016 – if you’ve visited the Symphony’s website, “shared” a post from the Symphony’s Facebook, or “liked” a photo on the Symphony’s Instagram, you’ve likely seen her work. As Digital Marketing Manager, Anna works with the Marketing team to promote the Symphony’s concerts in new and unique ways, utilizing social media and digital platforms to get the word out. She works behind the scenes, expanding the Symphony’s reach through endeavors like the Facebook live stream season announcement and video series featuring Symphony musicians playing clips of their favorite holiday tunes.

Outside of the Symphony, Anna loves experimenting in the kitchen, planning travel adventures, and spending time with her loved ones, including her three pets.

To get in touch with Anna, email [email protected] or call 904-807-1003.

Help Duval County Public School musical students with Instruments for Change

Donate new or gently used Money donations to purchase instruments when you new instruments are also accepted. attend the Please make checks payable to Jacksonville Symphony Duval County School board and March 1 through May 31 include “Instruments for Change” in the memo line.

For more information visit www.duvalschools.org/arts or call 904.739.4869, ext. 1

70 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 Listen. Learn. Create. Give

Did you know that income from concert tickets covers just half of the cost of creating a full season of concerts? We rely on donations to keep concerts affordable, as well as offer community and education programs that will nurture musicians and listeners alike. Make a gift today that will inspire creativity and spread joy, and you’ll lead the way for great music in Jacksonville.

Giving Programs Making a gift to the Symphony’s Annual Fund strengthens your Symphony experience to include full year of special privileges and benefits for one household. Each level includes benefits of the previous levels for one household.

MEMBERSHIP ($75) CONDUCTOR’S CLUB ($2,500) Insider privileges and events Elite concert and ticketing privileges

Invitations to the all-new Patron Plus events series Florence N. Davis Gallery intermission reception access Invitations to Season Announcement and Member Appreciation Night VIP Ticketing Concierge Minimum 10% off all tickets Invitations to On-Stage Rehearsals Members’-only edition of the Interlude e-Newsletter R R CONDUCTOR’S CLUB GOLD ($5,000) PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP ($250) Guaranteed complimentary valet parking 50% off all Patron Plus events R CONDUCTOR’S CLUB PLATINUM ($10,000) A gift of $250 give 5 middle schoolers access to the new The opportunity to dedicate a concert Students at the Symphony concert and lecture experience. A gift of $2,500 brings seven busloads of students to the hall for youth concerts. PLAYER’S CIRCLE ($500) Exclusive access to Symphony musicians Four vouchers for Patron Plus events DONOR APPRECIATION NIGHT Season-long recognition in Encore! A celebration of another season filled with Invitations to Candlelight Conversations dinners and life-changing musical moments made possible by you. Cast Parties with Symphony musicians R Wednesday, May 24, 2017 PREMIUM PLAYER’S CIRCLE ($1,000) 7:00 PM | Jacoby Symphony Hall An exclusive CD recording of the Jacksonville Symphony Two one-time passes to intermission receptions Your annual gift of $75 or more grants you access to this exclusive concert. A gift of $1,000 underwrites one year of instruction through the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras for one student. Reservations required. Contact the ticket office at904.354.5547 .

Make a difference and be counted among our members who share a passion for music. JaxSymphony.org/donate

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The Jacksonville Symphony loves its volunteers. There are many ways to support the Symphony – you can give a gift, join an auxiliary group, serve as an usher or sing in the chorus. Read about the many opportunities to support our mission.

ARIAS Continues Its Support of Nassau County Music Education

ARIAS, Amelia Residents in Action for the Symphony, has as its primary mission the music education of Nassau County primary school students. This is divided into three parts. Instrument Zoo, our program for fourth graders, kicked off in November with the announcement of our schedule for this year. Our volunteers are given the opportunity to sign up for one or many dates to help guide the children through their introduction to the various symphonic instruments.

If you live in Nassau County and enjoy seeing a student smile when they hear their efforts produce a sound on a clarinet, trumpet or violin, please consider giving our Zoo some time. Call Susan Kosciulek at 904.548.0227 for more information. Our second initiative is bringing symphony ensembles to the various fifth graders. The feedback from the kids, displaying their enthusiasm for the program, is heartwarming. Now in its second year and including first and second graders, is our support for a Suzuki violin program. Instructor Shelby Trevor leads these classes and last year’s results were very encouraging.

If you are interested in joining ARIAS, please call Jack Dickison, President, at 904.277.0572.

BRASS Beaches Residents Actively Supporting the Symphony

BRASS is an all-volunteer group that financially supports the Jacksonville Symphony and promotes concert attendance. BRASS also fosters fine music appreciation by bringing concerts to the Beaches, providing music education through a partnership with OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at UNF, and encouraging and mentoring young musicians with the BRASS Ring Student Music Competition.

BRASS Events—Annual Gala, April 23 At this highly-anticipated event, BRASS members enjoy a fine dinner and a concert by the full Jacksonville Symphony at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. A live auction offers chances to bid on home concerts with Jacksonville Symphony Wines for Music 2017 was brought to you by a hard musicians and the opportunity to conduct the Symphony at next year’s gala. working committee of wine aficionados and music enthusiasts. Pictured from left to right: Glenn Geraci, BRASS Ring Student Music Competition—April 8 Michael Imbriani, Joyce Perlowitz, Will Fellner, Our annual competition for students of orchestral instruments takes place on the Nadine Sabatier, Jim Parker, and Bob Golitz. second Saturday in April. Division I and II winners will be presented in concert Not pictured are Randy Johnson, Lynne Radcliffe, Tuesday, April 25th at Vicar’s Landing. The Division III and IV Winners Recital Bruce Schwartz, Nancy Purcell, Kacey Roache, will be held at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea on Sunday, April 23rd. Check our website and Jessica Mallow. for winner announcements and recital times!

To learn more about BRASS, visit BRASSonline.org.

72 JAXSYMPHONY.ORG – APRIL – MAY 2017 THE GUILD

Our Holiday Luncheon was a huge success mostly because of the surprise guest artist. Conductor Nathan Aspanall was the hit of the sing along when he took part in “the Twelve Days of Christmas” by singing “and a partridge in a pear tree” 12 times. Thank you Nathan for being such a good sport.

Our Painted Violin project is winding down but you still have time to purchase a chance. Ticket sales raise funds for up to seven grants of $500 annually that are awarded to K-12 music educators for special music projects not funded by the schools. We have provided recorders to teach music-reading on a wind instrument. We have bought ukuleles to introduce strings in a general music classroom and provided child-sized, playable flute, trumpet, violin and snare drum to introduce the families of instruments of the orchestra. Grants have been used The Palazzo on St. Johns, site of the 2017 to for rebuilding a band program and provide private tutoring of instrumentalists. Symphony Guild Showhouse. This is just a small sample of what these teachers use their grants for.

There will be a Golf Tournament at Queen’s Harbour on April 10th. If you are attending the first concert mentioned in this Encore issue you still have time to get your reservation in. Even if you do not play golf you can always sponsor a hole.

The most exciting thing is these words: Symphony Guild Showhouse. It is back and its our 40th anniversary. The dates are Sep. 23 – Oct. 8th. The location is Palazzo on St. Johns. Be sure to put it on your calendar.

So as you can see, there are lots of ways to support the Guild. If you would like more information about any of these activities or just want more information about the Guild please contact Jennifer Barton at 904.354.2767 or [email protected]. Also, check us out on Facebook at The Guild of the Jacksonville Symphony.

Pat Manko, Guild President

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Jacksonville Symphony Association is funded in part by the SEP 22/23/24 Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville and the City of Jacksonville Fri/Sat: 8pm Sun: 3pm THE MAMBO KINGS and the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Nathan Aspinall, conductor Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida. Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with the Symphony and the Mambo Kings’ explosive blend of Afro-Cuban, Latin rhythms and jazz improvisation.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Robert Massey, President and Chief Executive Officer Kathryn Rudolph, Director of Education and Community Engagement Sally Pettegrew, Vice President of Administration Brian Ganan, Education and Community Engagement Manager Cayte Connell, Executive Assistant Scott Gregg, JSYO Music Director Judith Steinmeyer, JSYO Assistant Conductor ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Rocky DiGeorgio, JSYO Assistant Conductor Tony Nickle, Director of Artistic Operations Marj Dutilly, JSYO Assistant Conductor Nidhi Gangan Every, Production Manager Naira Cola, JSYO Assistant Conductor Ray Klaase, Stage Manager John Wieland, JSYO Assistant Conductor Kelsey Lamb, Principal Librarian Peggy Toussant, JSYO Site Coordinator Luke Witchger, Orchestra Personnel Manager Kyle Wehner, JSYO Site Coordinator Shamus McConney, Technical Director Jill Weisblatt, Chorus Manager James Pitts, Stage Associate Linda Holmes, Ballet Coordinator Kenneth Every, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Debby Heller, Assistant Librarian FINANCE Annie Hertler, Bowing Assistant Bill Murphy, Chief Financial Officer David St. George, Artistic Advisor Mark Crosier, Senior Accountant Sydna Breazeale, Staff Accountant DEVELOPMENT Eric Joseph, Receptionist Jennifer Barton, Director of Individual Giving Amanda Lipsey, Director of Grants and Sponsorships MARKETING Kaye Glover, Major and Planned Gifts Officer Peter Gladstone, Vice President of Marketing Michelle Barth, Individual Giving Officer Amy Rankin, Director of Public Relations Jessica Mallow, Assistant Director of Corporate Relations Scott Hawkins, Patron Services Manager Ann Marie Ball, Development Operations Manager Christie Helton, Marketing Manager Kyle Enriquez, Stewardship and Events Manager Caroline Jones, Sales Manager Anna McGee, Digital Marketing Manager Ken Shade, Graphic Designer Pam Ferretti, Assistant Patron Services Manager Betty Byrne, Patron Services Associate Nadia Della Penta, Patron Services Associate Tara Paige, Patron Services Associate Cori Roberts, House Manager

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