Letter from the Executive Director ...............5 Elizabeth Schulze Bio Letter from the Music Director .....................7 Staff / Board of Directors ............................. 9 Letter from the Board President ............................................11 Elizabeth Schulze Biography ......................16 The Romantics ...............................................21 16 About the Artist ...........................................23 Program Notes ............................................ 24 Andrew Staupe Bio Make the Most of Your Concert Experience ......................................33 Acknowledgements .....................................36 Endowments ................................................37 Friends of the Symphony ............................ 40 23 ADVERTISING Onstage Publishing Contact Information: Advertising Department The Maryland Symphony Orchestra 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 21 S. Potomac Street, 2nd Fl www.onstagepublications.com e-mail: [email protected] Hagerstown, MD 21740 This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, marylandsymphony.org 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. This program may not [email protected] be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business, Inc. Contents ©2020. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 4 Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ear MSO Friends, DWhile there are still a lot of exciting performances yet to come this season, like the exquisite Mahler Symphony No. 4 next month, or the incomparable guitarist, Sharon Isbin in April, or the amazing LaKisha Jones’ tribute to Whitney Houston in May, here at MSO central we are already putting the final touches on our 39th season! Elizabeth and the artistic team have put together another winner that promises to be as wonderful as any to date. Since my first concerts in October and with the huge success of Home for the Holidays and our Year End donation campaign, I’m beginning to get a better sense of the level of commitment and loyalty this community has for the MSO. So many of you are supporting us by attending every concert and supporting our Annual Fund! Some are investing in our future with gifts to the MSO Endowment or New Initiative Fund. And every concert welcomes brand new patrons who we hope will become regulars. Looking at the landscape of patron engagement, we are developing plans to increase engagement, or loyalty, by those at all levels. So if you have only attended once or twice, don’t be surprised if we invite you to come back. If you attend most concerts, we hope we can entice you with a subscription to all of them. If you subscribe and donate, we want to show you how much we appreciate your generous support and demonstrate the impact you are having on our ability to provide great concerts and multiple levels of educational outreach. At the same time, we hope to achieve more consistency in how we offer subscriptions, flexible packages, and single tickets. Everything is on the table and we welcome your input. You may begin to see some small changes in how we sell the season or price tickets, but know that we are working to create the best concert experience and most sustainable model for the future. Your continued enjoyment and loyalty are our top priority! Thank you for spending your time with us and for your support now and in the future. Jonathan Parrish Executive Director Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 5 LETTER FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR reetings and Welcome! GThis season, my 20th with the Maryland Symphony as Music Director and Conductor, offers me an opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to my brilliant colleagues in the orchestra, our talented and devoted administrative staff, our actively involved and visionary board, our generous volunteers and donors and most important of all, to you, our audience members, who have supported us with your gracious and enthusiastic presence over the seasons. © Melanie-Anderson The Art of Music is all about communication between player and listener. It is an active and vital relationship that allows moments of insight, inspiration, excitement and reflection on both sides of the stage. Each season we strive to challenge ourselves to new artistic heights and deepen our relationship with you in the process. The programming for this season is spectacular and particularly meaningful for me. I have had the pleasure and privilege to choose several favorite works, such as symphonies by Dvořák, Schumann and Mahler, concertos by Grieg, Rodrigo and Rouse, epic warhorses such as Carmina Burana and The Pines of Rome, a new work by Kimo Williams, as well as unfamiliar, but eminently worthy works by Florence Price and Ruth Gipps. I’ve also relished the opportunity to invite distinguished and beloved colleagues to join us this season as guest artists, including our brilliant Concertmaster, Robert Martin, pianist Andrew Staupe, soprano, Martha Guth, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Sharon Isbin and the stellar voices of Baltimore Choral Arts. Along with our traditional “Home for the Holidays” featuring soprano Christine Lyons and the children’s choirs of Hagerstown’s First Christian Church, our Pops series brings back our good friends, the ever-popular Time for Three in February and in May, American Idol finalist LaKisha Jones joins us in a tribute To Whitney, With Love. This season, apart from our subscription series, we will continue to serve over eleven thousand children throughout the year with our educational concerts and masterclasses, culminating in our annual LinkUp programs in partnership with Carnegie Hall. Our outreach continues with performances in Garrett and Allegany Counties and in late May, we join the City Ballet School for the world premiere of a new ballet, “The Spell,” created and choreographed by Danielle Horochowski, with newly composed music by Arshak Sirunyan. We are thrilled to call the Maryland Theatre our home, both on stage and now offstage too, with our offices relocated to the fabulous new expansion. The joyous strains of Beethoven’s “Consecration of the House” will inaugurate a new era for the Theatre and the MSO and I have every confidence that your continued presence and support, will ensure that great music will continue to raise the rafters for decades to come. Sincerely, Elizabeth Schulze Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 7 THE MARYLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – 2019-2020 SEASON P 301.797.4000 | F 301.797.2314 www.marylandsymphony.org 21 S. Potomac Street, 2nd Fl, Hagerstown, MD 21740 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MARYLAND THEATRE STAFF Dave McKinney Dr. Stephen W. Miles Elizabeth Schulze Jessica Green Tereance Moore Music Director & Conductor Executive Director James G. Pierné Jonathan Parrish Angel Myers Susan Rocco Executive Director Office Manager Andrew Sussman [email protected] Hugh J. Talton, M.D. Anne Hunt Reggie Turner Michael Harp Programming Manager Brittany Whiteside Director of Marketing & Public Relations Melissa Fountain EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS [email protected] Events Manager Elizabeth Schulze, Music Director Jonathan Parrish, Katherine Woolsey Mike Fletchinger Executive Director Director of Education & Production Maintenance Manager Magaly Rojas Seay, [email protected] Player Representative BOARD OF DIRECTORS Judy Ditto HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Melinda Marsden, President Accounting Manager Dr. J. Emmet Burke Kim Bowen, Vice President [email protected] Anton T. Dahbura, Ph.D Linda Hood, Secretary April L. Dowler Jason Call, Treasurer Keelie Newbold Patricia F. Enders William L. McGovern, Asst. Treasurer Marketing & Box Office Associate Frederica Erath [email protected] John F. Erath Jane Anderson Dr. J. Ramsay Farah Pieter Bickford PRODUCTION STAFF Donald R. Harsh, Jr. Deborah Bockrath Marjorie M. Hobbs Maggie Rojas Seay Kim Bowen Howard S. Kaylor Personnel Manager Jake Caldwell Jason Call Dori Nipps D. Marianne Gooding Connell Cuffie Alan J. Noia Librarian Dr. Brendan Fitzsimmons Mrs. Georgia Pierné Ryan M. Flurie Mr. James G. Pierné David Fitzwater Cindy Garland Samuel G. Reel, Jr. Operations Assistant Linda Hood William J. Reuter Michelle Leveque, Esq. Joel L. Rosenthal, M.D. Ira S. Lourie, M.D. Dr. Hugh Talton Melinda Marsden Martha “Marty” Talton William L. McGovern Cassandra Wantz Richard T. Whisner BRAVO! is published by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. The publishers have made every effort to insure the accuracy of the information contained herein and accept no responsibility for errors, changes, or omissions. The publishers retain all rights to this guide and reproduction of all or a portion of this guide is prohibited without written permission of the publishers. Publication of an advertisement or article does not imply endorsement by the publishers. © 2019-2020. All Rights Reserved. The Maryland Symphony Orchestra is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Bravo! Official Magazine of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra 9 LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT ebruary is upon us and what a month it will be! We have two Fconcerts this month. The first is the