Take it forward.® PROGRAM GUIDE #SaluteToAmerica 23rd Annual Salute to America July 1-4, 2015 Greenfi eld Village® 6:45 P.M. 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps 7:30 P.M. United States Army Field Band Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus 8:30 P.M. Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Special Guests SALUTE TO AMERICA Salute to America PROGRAM 7:30 p.m. United States Army Field Band John Stafford Smith “The Star-Spangled Banner”*† Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus (1750–1836) With Musical Direction by Lyrics Francis Scott Key Lieutenant Colonel Jim Keene, Commander and Conductor Arr. Master Sgt. (Ret.) Vincent Norman 8:30 P.M. John Philip Sousa Washington Post March* DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (1854–1932) LTC Jim Keene, Conductor Michelle Merrill, conductor With Special Guests Morton Gould American Salute United States Army Field Band Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus (1913–1996) LTC Jim Keene, Commander and Conductor Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Michelle Merrill, conductor (1900–1990) Michelle Merrill is the newly named assistant conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. A passionate and dynamic artist, Gino Vannelli “None So Beautiful”* Merrill was awarded the prestigious Ansbacher Conducting (b. 1952) LTC Jim Keene, Conductor Fellowship in 2013 by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and Arr. Master Sgt. (Ret.) Vincent Norman Sgt. Maj. Victor Cenales, Vocalist the American Austrian Foundation. Merrill has worked with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic and William Steffe & Julia Ward Howe “Battle Hymn of the Republic”† Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and debuts next year Arr. Peter Wilhousky with Symphoria (Syracuse) and the Sacramento Philharmonic. John Williams A Prayer for Peace from Munich Lieutenant Colonel Jim Keene (b. 1932) LTC Jim Keene became commander of The United States Army Arr. Ken Whitcomb, Armed Forces Salute*† Field Band in January 2015. He also has served as commander Robert Lichtenberger, LTC Jim Keene, Commander and Conductor of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, New Gregory Pascuzzi LTC Paul Bamonte, Conductor York; commandant of the Army School of Music at Norfolk, Virginia; and with The United States Army Band “Pershing’s INTERMISSION Own” in Washington, D.C.; the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus in Heidelberg, Germany; and the Army Ground Forces Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Band in Atlanta, Georgia. (1900–1990) Lieutenant Colonel Paul Bamonte John Williams Star Wars Suite for Orchestra LTC Paul Bamonte became deputy commander of The United (b. 1932) The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) States Army Field Band in January 2015. He also has been deputy commandant of the United States Army School of Music Michael Giacchino The Incredibles* (b. 1967) LTC Jim Keene, Conductor and the army music liaison officer for southwest Asia, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, where he served as the senior U.S. military John Williams Superman March from Superman music adviser for the U.S. Army Central Command. (b. 1932) United States Army Field Band Samuel Augustus Ward “America the Beautiful”*† Concert Band & Soldiers’ Chorus (1847–1903) LTC Jim Keene, Conductor The United States Army Field Band has thrilled audiences Arr. McClung for more than six decades. As the premier touring musical representative for the U.S. Army, this internationally Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture† (1840–1893) Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49 acclaimed organization travels thousands of miles With live cannon fire provided by each year presenting a variety of music to enthusiastic Loomis’ Battery**. audiences throughout the nation and abroad. * United States Army Field Band Concert Band † Soldiers’ Chorus REMEMBERING Approximately at 10 p.m. Donald&Gloria Schultz Fireworks with musical accompaniment. Tonight, as you listen to the sounds of your Detroit Symphony Orchestra, we ask you to remember the generosity ** Before the start of the concert, guests are invited to view the historic artillery. of Don and Gloria Schultz. Don and Gloria shared a lifelong love of music and were regular patrons of the DSO and Greenfield Village. Before they passed away, they named the DSO as one of several beneficiaries of their estate. The DSO and The Henry Ford proudly dedicate this year’s Salute to America concerts While Don and Gloria are no longer with us, their legacy lives on. The DSO is pleased to dedicate the 2015 Salute to the memory of Donald and Gloria Schultz. to America Concert Series to their memory. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leonard Slatkin Michelle Merrill Terence Blanchard Music Director Assistant Conductor, Philip Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Music Directorship Endowed by the and Lauren Fisher Community Creative Director Chair Kresge Foundation Ambassador Neeme Järvi Jeff Tyzik Gabriela Lena Frank Music Director Emeritus Hailed by The New York Times as “cutting edge,” the internationally Principal Pops Conductor Music Alive Composer-in-Residence acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra is known for trailblazing FIRST VIOLINS BASSES (cont’d) HORNS (cont’d) performances, visionary maestros, collaborations with the world’s foremost Yoonshin Song Stephen Molina Bryan Kennedy musical artists and an unwavering commitment to Detroit. Esteemed Concertmaster Assistant Principal Scott Strong Katherine Tuck Chair Linton Bodwin Johanna Yarbrough conductor Leonard Slatkin, called “America’s Music Director” by the Los Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy Stephen Edwards David Everson Associate Concertmaster Larry Hutchinson Assistant Principal Angeles Times, became the 12th music director of the DSO during the 2008- Alan and Marianne Schwartz Mark Abbott 09 season. Acclaimed conductor, arranger and trumpeter Jeff Tyzik serves as and Jean Shapero (Shapero HARP Foundation) Chair Patricia Masri-Fletcher TRUMPETS principal pops conductor, while celebrated trumpeter and composer Terence Hai-Xin Wu Principal Hunter Eberly Assistant Concertmaster Winifred E. Polk Chair Principal Blanchard holds the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Lee And Floy Barthel Chair FLUTES Chair. The DSO’s performance schedule includes classical, pops, jazz, young Edison Foundation Chair Kevin Good Jennifer Wey David Buck Stephen Anderson people’s and neighborhood concerts and collaborations with chart-topping Assistant Concertmaster Principal Assistant Principal Marguerite Deslippe * Women’s Association for William Lucas musicians from Smokey Robinson to Kid Rock. A commitment to broadcast Rachel Harding Klaus * the DSO Chair TROMBONES innovation began in 1922, when the DSO became the first orchestra in the Laurie Landers Goldman * Sharon Sparrow Eun Park Lee * Assistant Principal Kenneth Thompkins world to present a radio broadcast, and continues today with the free “Live Adrienne Rönmark * Bernard and Eleanor Principal Laura Soto * Robertson Chair Randall Hawes from Orchestra Hall” webcast series. Making its home at historic Orchestra Greg Staples * Jeffery Zook Jiamin Wang * BASS TROMBONE Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, one of America’s most acoustically Mingzhao Zhou * PICCOLO Randall Hawes perfect concert halls, the DSO actively pursues a mission to impact and Jeffery Zook SECOND VIOLINS TUBA serve the community through music. For more information, visit dso.org or Adam Stepniewski OBOES Dennis Nulty Acting Principal Open Principal download the free DSO to Go mobile app. The Devereaux Family Chair Principal Ron Fischer * Jack A. and Aviva Robinson PERCUSSION Will Haapaniemi* Chair Joseph Becker Hae Jeong Heidi Han* Geoffrey Johnson + Principal Sheryl Hwangbo * Maggie Miller Chair Ruth Roby and Hong-Yi Mo * Brian Ventura Alfred R. Glancy III Chair Robert Murphy * Assistant Principal Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal Alexandros Sakarellos * Monica Fosnaugh Assistant Principal Joseph Striplin * William Cody Knicely Chair Marian Tanau * ENGLISH HORN Joshua Jones Jing Zhang * Monica Fosnaugh African-American Orchestra Fellow VIOLAS CLARINETS James VanValkenburg Ralph Skiano TIMPANI Henry Ford believed in learning by doing. He believed in the power of real Acting Principal Principal Jeremy Epp Robert B. Semple Chair Principal things to inspire, inform and engage people in ways no image or description Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair Caroline Coade Open could do on its own. To prove his point, he set out to build a learning Acting Assistant Principal PVS Chemicals, Inc./Jim and LIBRARIANS Hang Su Ann Nicholson Chair Robert Stiles resource unlike anything the world has seen before or since. At the heart of Glenn Mellow Laurence Liberson Principal Assistant Principal Ethan Allen his audacious, ambitious undertaking lived a vast collection of structures, Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Shannon Orme artifacts, documents and narratives spanning 300 years of American history. Han Zheng PERSONNEL MANAGERS Alexander Mishnaevski E-FLAT CLARINET Stephen Molina The vision that laid the groundwork for The Henry Ford, the place where you Principal Emeritus Laurence Liberson Orchestra Personnel Manager Heather Hart Rochon discover your potential through America’s history, is now more than 80 years CELLOS BASS CLARINET Assistant Orchestra old — and vital as ever. Wei Yu Shannon Orme Personnel Manager Principal Barbara Frankel and James C. Gordon Chair Ronald Michalak Chair STAGE PERSONNEL Today, through our 26 million artifacts, four one-of-a-kind attractions, research Dahae Kim Dennis Rottell center and public high school, we are opening the door to our collections with Assistant Principal BASSOONS Stage Manager