Performance Magazine - Spring Issue 1 - 2023–24 Season

Artistic Director Paul Watkins | Shouse Institute Director Philip Setzer

Alessio Bax | Andrew Litton | Justin Snyder | Alvin Waddles | Shai Wosner | Robyn Bollinger

Leila Josefowicz | Tessa Lark | Tai Murray | Yvonne Lam | Hsin-Yun Huang | Katharina Kang Litton

Peter Wiley | Kevin Brown | Marion Hayden | Merideth Hite Estevez | Alexander Kinmonth

The Randolph siblings as children, including DSO Cello Cole Randolph (bottom right) and African American Orchestra Fellow Harper Randolph (viola, center).

Dear Friends,

Welcome to Orchestra Hall or one of our Neighborhood Concert venues for a performance by your Detroit Symphony Orchestra! We are delighted that you have chosen to spend your time with the DSO and share in the magic of music.

As we reflect on the highlights of this season, we can’t help but feel immense gratitude for your continued support. From our highly successful Florida Tour to our Classical Roots Celebration where we honored the contributions of African Americans to classical music, thank you for being part of our journey.

As our season draws to a close, we look forward to many captivating performances. Music Director Jader Bignamini will close out the PVS Classical Series with two weekends of concerts beginning May 31 through June 2, when he will lead Richard Strauss’s transcendent Alpine Symphony, which the DSO will perform for the first time since 2001. The following weekend, we will welcome rising star Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto and celebrate the centennial of Julia Perry’s birth with a brilliant piece by the prolific Kentucky-born composer. The season ends with Beethoven’s timeless Fifth Symphony.

On the PNC Pops Series, don’t miss the groovy sounds of Disco Fever conducted by Principal Pops Conductor Designate Enrico Lopez-Yañez and Disney & Broadway Favorites: The Magic of Menken conducted by Steven Reineke—two programs sure to have you dancing in your seat!

We’re also excited to bring the joy of music to Metro Detroit communities through our William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series, which wraps up with performances featuring conductors Stephanie Childress and Gábor Takács-Nagy, soprano Erika Baikoff, and violinist William Hagen.

Looking ahead to the warmer months, our summer programming promises even more excitement, including our Summer Soirée featuring Black Violin, where we will party with purpose and support the DSO’s vision to ensure all people can experience their world through music. We’re also pleased to continue valued partnerships with The Henry Ford for Salute to America at Greenfield Village and Interlochen Center for the Arts.

As we embark on the musical adventures ahead, we invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to inspire, uplift, and unite.

Please enjoy your concert, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Erik Rönmark

David T. Provost President and CEO Chair, Board of Directors

JEFF TYZIK

Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN

Robyn Bollinger CONCERTMASTER

Katherine Tuck Chair

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy

ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER

Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair

Hai-Xin Wu

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison

Foundation Chair

Jennifer Wey Fang

ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Marguerite Deslippe*

Laurie Goldman*

Rachel Harding Klaus*

Eun Park Lee*

Adrienne Rönmark*

William and Story John Chair

Alexandros Sakarellos*

Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair

Laura Soto*

Greg Staples*

Jiamin Wang*

Mingzhao Zhou*

SECOND VIOLIN

Adam Stepniewski

ACTING PRINCIPAL

The Devereaux Family Chair

Will Haapaniemi*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Hae Jeong Heidi Han*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Elizabeth Furuta*

Sheryl Hwangbo Yu*

Daniel Kim*

Sujin Lim*

Hong-Yi Mo *

Marian Tanau*

Alexander Volkov*

Jing Zhang*

VIOLA

Eric Nowlin

PRINCIPAL

Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

James VanValkenburg

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Janet and Norm Ankers Chair

Caroline Coade

Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair

Glenn Mellow

Hang Su

Hart Hollman

Han Zheng

Mike Chen

Harper Randolph §

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

CELLO

Wei Yu

PRINCIPAL

Abraham Feder

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman*

Jeremy Crosmer*

Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

David LeDoux*

Peter McCaffrey*

Joanne Deanto and Arnold Weingarden Chair

Una O’Riordan*

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair

Cole Randolph*

Mary Lee Gwizdala Chair

BASS

Kevin Brown

PRINCIPAL

Van Dusen Family Chair

Stephen Molina

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Christopher Hamlen*

Peter Hatch*

Vincent Luciano*

Brandon Mason*

HARP

OPEN

PRINCIPAL

Winifred E. Polk Chair

FLUTE

Hannah Hammel Maser

PRINCIPAL

Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair

Amanda Blaikie

Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair

Sharon Sparrow ^

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair

Jeffery Zook

PICCOLO

Jeffery Zook

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

OBOE

Alexander Kinmonth

PRINCIPAL

Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Sarah Lewis

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Monica Fosnaugh

ENGLISH HORN

Monica Fosnaugh

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

CLARINET

Ralph Skiano

PRINCIPAL

Robert B. Semple Chair

Jack Walters

PVS Chemicals Inc./

Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

Shannon Orme

E-FLAT CLARINET

OPEN

BASS CLARINET

Shannon Orme

Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BASSOON

Conrad Cornelison

PRINCIPAL

Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair

Cornelia Sommer

Marcus Schoon

CONTRABASSOON

Marcus Schoon

HORN

OPEN

PRINCIPAL

David and Christine Provost Chair

Johanna Yarbrough

Scott Strong

Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair

David Everson

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mark Abbott

TRUMPET

Hunter Eberly

PRINCIPAL

Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Austin Williams

William Lucas

TROMBONE

Kenneth Thompkins

PRINCIPAL

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

David Binder

Adam Rainey

BASS TROMBONE

Adam Rainey

TUBA

Dennis Nulty

PRINCIPAL

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

TIMPANI

Jeremy Epp

PRINCIPAL

Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair

James Ritchie

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

PERCUSSION

Joseph Becker

PRINCIPAL

Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair

Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Cody Knicely Chair

James Ritchie

Luciano Valdes§

LIBRARIANS

Robert Stiles

PRINCIPAL

Ethan Allen

LEGACY CHAIRS

Principal Flute

Women’s Association for the DSO

Principal Cello

James C. Gordon

Personnel Managers

Patrick Peterson

DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Benjamin Tisherman

MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Nolan Cardenas

AUDITION AND OPERATIONS

COORDINATOR

Stage Personnel

Dennis Rottell

STAGE MANAGER

Zach Deater

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Issac Eide

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Kurt Henry

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Matthew Pons

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Jason Tschantre

DEPARTMENT HEAD

LEGEND

* These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis

^ On sabbatical

§ African American Orchestra Fellow

BEHIND THE BATON

Jader Bignamini

MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP ENDOWED BY THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

Jader Bignamini was introduced as the 18th music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in January 2020, commencing with the 2020–2021 season. His infectious passion and artistic excellence set the tone for the seasons ahead, creating extraordinary music and establishing a close relationship with the orchestra. A jazz aficionado, he has immersed himself in Detroit’s rich jazz culture and the influences of American music.

A native of Crema, Italy, Bignamini studied at the Piacenza Music Conservatory and began his career as a musician (clarinet) with Orchestra Sinfonica La Verdi in Milan, later serving as the group’s resident conductor. Captivated by the music of legends like Mahler and Tchaikovsky, Bignamini explored their complexity and power, puzzling out the role that each instrument played in creating a larger-than-life sound. When he conducted his first professional concert at the age of 28, it didn’t feel like a departure, but an arrival.

In the years since, Bignamini has conducted some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras and opera companies in venues across the globe including working with Riccardo Chailly on concerts of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in 2013 and his concert debut at La Scala in 2015 for the opening season of La Verdi Orchestra. Recent highlights include debuts with Opera de Paris conducting La Forza del Destino and with Deutsche Opera Berlin conducting Simon Boccanegra; appearances with the Pittsburgh and Toronto symphonies; debuts with the Houston, Dallas, and Minnesota symphonies; Osaka Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo; with the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Dutch National Opera (Madama Butterfly ); Bayerische Staatsoper (La Traviata); I Puritani in Montpellier for the Festival of Radio France; Traviata in Tokyo directed by Sofia Coppola; return engagements with Oper Frankfurt (La forza del destino) and Santa Fe Opera (La bohème); Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi; Traviata, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot at Arena of Verona; Il Trovatore and Aida at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; Madama Butterfly, I Puritani, and Manon Lescaut at Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Simon Boccanegra and La Forza del Destino at the Verdi Festival in Parma; Ciro in Babilonia at Rossini Opera Festival; and La bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Elisir d’amore at La Fenice in Venice.

When Bignamini leads an orchestra in symphonic repertoire, he conducts without a score, preferring to make direct eye contact with the musicians. He conducts from the heart, forging a profound connection with musicians that shines through both onstage and off. He both embodies and exudes the excellence and enthusiasm that has long distinguished the DSO’s artistry.

Jeff Tyzik

PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. In addition to his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the DSO, Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and serves as principal pops conductor of the Seattle Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic—where he celebrates his 30th season in 2023–2024. Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Leslie Odom Jr., Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Sutton Foster, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Visit jefftyzik.com for more.

Terence Blanchard

FRED A. ERB JAZZ CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and educator

Terence Blanchard has served as the DSO’s Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair since 2012. He is recognized globally as one of jazz’s most esteemed trumpeters and a prolific composer for film, television, opera, Broadway, orchestras, and his own ensembles, including the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet. Blanchard’s second opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones, opened The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021–22 season, making it the first opera by an African American composer to premiere at the Met, and earning a Grammy for Best Opera Recording. With a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, the opera was commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where it premiered in 2019. Fire returns to the Met for a second run in April 2024. Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, premiered in 2013 and starred Denyce Graves with a libretto from Michael Cristofer. Its April 2023 premiere at the Met received a Grammy for Best Opera Recording. Blanchard has released 20 solo albums, garnered 15 Grammy nominations and eight wins, composed for more than 60 films including more than 20 projects with frequent collaborator Spike Lee, and received 10 major commissions. He is a 2024 NEA Jazz Master and member of the 2024 class of awardees for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and currently serves as the Executive Artistic Director for SF Jazz. Visit terenceblanchard.com for more.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC.

LIFETIME DIRECTORS

Samuel Frankel◊

Stanley Frankel

David Handleman, Sr.◊

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson ◊

James B. Nicholson

Floy Barthel

Chacona Baugh

Penny B. Blumenstein

Richard A. Brodie

Lois Cohn

Marianne Endicott

David T. Provost Chair

Erik Rönmark President & CEO

Anne Parsons, President Emeritus◊

Barbara Van Dusen

Clyde Wu, M.D.◊

Sidney Forbes

CHAIRS EMERITI

Peter D. Cummings

Mark A. Davidoff

Phillip Wm. Fisher

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Herman H. Frankel

Dr. Gloria Heppner

Ronald Horwitz

Harold Kulish

Bonnie Larson

Arthur C. Liebler

David McCammon

David R. Nelson

William F. Pickard, Ph.D.

Marilyn Pincus

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shirley Stancato Vice Chair

Laura Trudeau Treasurer

James G. Vella Secretary

Richard Huttenlocher Officer at Large

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller

James B. Nicholson

Marjorie S. Saulson

Jane Sherman

Arthur A. Weiss

David M. Wu, M.D. Officer at Large

Directors are responsible for maintaining a culture of accountability, resource development, and strategic thinking. As fiduciaries, Directors oversee the artistic and cultural health and strategic direction of the DSO.

Michael Bickers

Elena Centeio

Aaron Frankel

Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.

Laura Hernandez-Romine

Rev. Nicholas Hood III

Renato Jamett, Trustee Chair

Daniel J. Kaufman

Michael J. Keegan

Peter McCaffrey, Orchestra Representative

H. Keith Mobley, Governing Members Chair

Xavier Mosquet

David Nicholson

Arthur T. O’Reilly

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Stephen Polk

Bernard I. Robertson

Kenneth Thompkins, Orchestra Represenative

Ellen Hill Zeringue

Trustees are a diverse group of community leaders who infuse creative thinking and innovation into how the DSO strives to achieve both artistic vitality and organizational sustainability.

Ismael Ahmed

Richard Alonzo

Hadas Bernard

Janice Bernick

Elizabeth Boone

Gwen Bowlby

Dr. Betty Chu

Karen Cullen

Joanne Danto

Stephen D’Arcy

Maureen T. D’Avanzo

Jasmin DeForrest

Cara Dietz

Afa Sadykhly Dworkin

James C. Farber

Amanda Fisher

Linda Forte

Janet & Norm Ankers, Chairs

Carolynn Frankel

Christa Funk

Robert Gillette

Jody Glancy Malik Goodwin

Mary Ann Gorlin

Peter Hatch, Orchestra Representative

Donald Hiruo

Michelle Hodges

Julie Hollinshead

Sam Huszczo

Laurel Kalkanis

Renato Jamett, Trustee Chair

Jay Kapadia

David Karp

Joel D. Kellman

John Kim

Jennette Smith Kotila

Leonard LaRocca

William Lentine

Linda Dresner Levy

Gene Lovasco

Vincent Luciano, Orchestra Representative

Brandon Mason, Orchestra Representative

Anthony McCree

Kristen McLennan

Tito Melega

Lydia Michael

H. Keith Mobley, Governing Members Chair

Scott Monty

Shari Morgan

Sandy Morrison

Frederick J. Morsches

Jennifer Muse

Sean M. Neall

Eric Nemeth

Maury Okun

Jackie Paige

Vivian Pickard

Denise Fair Razo

Gerrit Reepmeyer

James Rose, Jr.

MAESTRO CIRCLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Cecilia Benner

Joanne Danto

Gregory Haynes

Bonnie Larson

Laurie Rosen

Elana Rugh

Carlo Serraiocco

Lois L. Shaevsky

T. Elliot Shafer

Shiv Shivaraman

Dean P. Simmer

Richard Sonenklar

Rob Tanner

Yoni Torgow

Nathaniel Wallace

Gwen S. Weiner

Donnell White

Jennifer Whitteaker

R. Jamison Williams

Lois Miller

Richard Sonenklar

MEET THE MUSICIAN

Principal Cello Wei Yu

Asa young child growing up in Shanghai, Wei Yu fondly remembers his first encounter with Yo-Yo Ma: “I pointed to my parents and grandparents and said, ‘I want to be just like him!’ He was so mesmerizing. His persona, his chemistry had a huge impact on me.”

Fast forward two decades and Yu was sharing the stage with his childhood idol in his first concert with the New York Philharmonic—where he served in the cello section for seven seasons. Now as DSO Principal Cello, Yu performed with Ma again in 2023 for the orchestra’s Opening Night Gala—a full circle moment.

Yu’s tenure with the DSO has been marked by a confluence of exceptional talent, profound camaraderie, and remarkable music making. Fast approaching a decade of service, he has been a member of the orchestra since 2015, appointed by then-Music Director Leonard Slatkin.

Among Yu’s most treasured memories with the DSO are performances of Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote in May 2022, conducted by Music Director Jader Bignamini. “This work features both a virtuoso solo cello and a virtuoso solo viola part played by my dear colleague, Principal Viola Eric Nowlin,” said Yu. “Don Quixote is a piece on the top of my to-do list, and this was a high point in my musical career,” he continued. “There is a great dialogue between the instruments and a lot of layers to the cello part. When I approach the piece, I go down deeper and explore more possibility, colors, and expressions.”

In April, Detroit audiences will enjoy his interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme conducted by Shiyeon Sung at Orchestra Hall. “Although it is only 18 minutes in length, it illustrates a perfect combination of both virtuosity and warm lyricism,” said Yu. “The work wonderfully showcases the cello as an important solo instrument, and I can’t wait to share it with our audiences.”

This season, Yu’s passion for music education was on full display in February as he lent his talent to the DSO’s Civic Youth Ensembles, performing as soloist with the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra (DSYO) directed by DSO Assistant Conductor and Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador Na’Zir McFadden.

In the 2024–2025 season, he will again feature with the orchestra, pairing up with Concertmaster Robyn Bollinger for Brahms’s robust and riveting Double Concerto, conducted by Bignamini.

Reflecting on his experience with the DSO, Yu highlights the privilege of collaboration. “I’m very blessed that I’m surrounded by all the world-class talent in our orchestra,” he said. “The artistry and integrity of my colleagues constantly inspires me. I also enjoy the camaraderie of the DSO, which is unmistakably characteristic of this institution. I am very proud to be part of this team.”

Yu in rehearsal with DSYO and conductor Na’Zir McFadden

MUSIC BONDS

Talented, connected, and rooted in music, families like the Kanneh-Masons and Randolphs reach new artistic heights and inspire a new generation of musicians

By Hannah Engwall

Picture this: a charming home in a quiet area of Nottingham, England. Sunlight streams through the window as birds chirp outside and trees rustle in the wind. It’s the height of the Covid19 pandemic in 2020, and during a dark time for all, one exceptionally gifted family creates slivers of light in their corner of the world. Though times are difficult, the home is filled with music, laughter, and a sense of community, creating moments of hope and inspiration.

This scene is chronicled in the BBC1 documentary Imagine: This House Is Full of Music. With presenter Alan Yentob, the program follows the Kanneh-Mason family as they quarantined together in their home with seven siblings, two parents, and friend and Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes, all under one roof. But the Kanneh-Masons are no ordinary family.

The family is comprised of parents

Stuart, a business executive, and Kadiatu, author and former university lecturer; and children Isata, Braimah, Sheku, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata, and Mariatu. Ranging in ages from 14 to 27, each of the children is recognized for their incredible musical talent, which is nurtured by their parents and their shared love of the art. Decorated with awards and accolades for their albums and performances, each of the siblings boasts an impressive career for their young ages—prodigies on their respective instruments of violin, piano, and cello.

The children attended Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School and later Trinity Catholic School, both institutions where music was central to the curriculum. The elder children later progressed to London’s Royal Academy of Music, except for pianist Jeneba, who currently holds the Victoria Robey Scholarship at London’s Royal College of Music. Though neither pursued

The Randolph siblings as children

professional careers, both parents Stuart and Kadiatu played musical instruments to a high standard as children and believe strongly in the power of music education.

“Music is something that everyone can access and it’s so important for your mental health, your intelligence, sense of confidence and creativity, collaboration and teamwork, and enjoyment in life,” they jointly concluded in the documentary.

Absent of the live concerts and frequent musical collaborations they previously enjoyed, the pandemic lockdowns were difficult for the family, but they seized the opportunity to make the best of a trying time. They spent their time rehearsing and performing with one another from each room of their home, to outside in their garden and the streets of their neighborhood. Sharing the joy of music with each other, their socially distanced neighbors, and the world via livestream, the Kanneh-Masons exemplified what it means to thrive as a musical family, united in their shared bond of music and a profound support for one another.

“Inspiration is such an important thing and I think if you see someone who looks like you and is doing something to a high level, that can be one of the most inspiring things,” said Sheku. “That’s one of the main things that we try to do as musicians.”

Inspiring indeed, the family released their first collective album, Carnival, on Decca Classics in 2020 to great critical acclaim, and shortly after received the Global Award for Best Classical Artist. In addition to their celebrated performances as a full ensemble, each sibling fosters independent projects.

In 2016, cellist Sheku won the BBC Young Musician award, becoming the first ever Black competitor to take the top prize. In 2018, he became a household name after performing at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle. His 2020 album, Elgar, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle reached No. 8 in the main UK Official Album Chart, making him the first ever cellist to reach the UK Top 10.

Though classically trained, the family’s passion for diverse genres beyond the classical realm is evident, leading to wellrounded musical sensibilities and innovative new arrangements. They grew up playing everything from classical and reggae, to country western, rap, and rock n’ roll, with a special connection to Bob Marley’s message of universal love.

Like Marley, the family hopes to unite the world around music, infusing their imagination and infectious joy into performances that demystify classical music and make it accessible to a variety of audiences.

For their part, sisters Isata (the eldest) and Jeneba, both pianists, have also been finalists in the BBC Young Musician competition and have since forged successful careers with leading ensembles and orchestras. Isata is the recipient of the 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award and 2020 Opus Klassik award for best young artist. She made her Detroit Symphony Orchestra debut in June 2023 on the PVS Classical Series, performing Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune under the direction of Music Director Jader Bignamini.

This season, both Sheku and Jeneba will also make their DSO debuts. On April 18, 19, and 21, Jeneba will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A

Sheku Kanneh-Mason Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

SEE JENEBA AND SHEKU WITH THE DSO:

William Davidson

Neighborhood Concert Series

RAVEL’S MOTHER

GOOSE

April 18–21 in Southfield, Monroe, and Beverly Hills

Simone Menezes, conductor

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

PVS Classical Series

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY

June 6–8 at Orchestra Hall

Jader Bignamini, conductor

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

TICKETS & MORE INFO: DSO.ORG OR 313.576.5111

major on the William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series in Southfield, Monroe, and Beverly Hills, marking her first appearance as a soloist in the United States. Led by Brazilian conductor Simone Menezes, the Mozart-centric program also includes Ibert’s Hommage à Mozart, Villa-Lobos’s Sinfonietta, and Ravel’s Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) suite.

“Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 is a work which I love in part because its key of A major makes it so bright and joyous, but I’m also particularly drawn to the second movement with its operatic style,” said Jeneba. “It will be a privilege to collaborate with the conductor Simone Menezes and to be part of a really interesting and varied program of music. I’m hoping I will learn a lot from all the musicians and the whole experience!”

From June 6 through 8, Sheku performs Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto at Orchestra Hall on the PVS Classical Series, conducted by Music Director Jader Bignamini. The program also includes Julia Perry’s A Short Piece for Orchestra and Beethoven’s timeless Fifth Symphony.

While the Kanneh-Masons are one example of a remarkable musical family, Detroit audiences frequently enjoy such talent closer to home in the Randolph twins: Cole and Harper.

Cole Randolph, cellist, previously served as an African American Orchestra Fellow with the DSO and now holds the Mary Lee Gwizdala Chair as a full-time member of the cello section following a successful audition in 2021.

Harper Randolph, violist, earned Third Prize in the 2022 Sphinx Competition and First Prize in the 2019 NYU Concerto Competition, and currently holds the DSO’s African American Orchestra Fellowship.

Growing up in Washington D.C., Cole and Harper enjoyed a vibrant musical upbringing. Their father dreamed of forming a family string quartet with the twins and their older siblings, violinists Clarke Randolph and Elliot Randolph. To fulfill the vision, in kindergarten, Cole took up cello and Harper took up viola.

“Our father is a composer and pianist, and wanted the level of joy and contentment that music brought to him to also be experienced by his children, even if we decided not to pursue music professionally down the road,” said Cole and Harper.

Young Cole and Harper with their mother

“Because of this, music was a mandatory study in our household. Exposing us to the arts at a young age was also very important to our parents because they understood that one cannot aspire to any career without having ever seen it or experienced it for themselves.”

Like the KannehMasons, the Randolph siblings would rehearse at home in their living room, filling their neighborhood with the sounds of music. As teenagers, they even took to the streets and busked on multiple occasions.

“Busking with our siblings was a very enjoyable experience,” they recalled. “Our success and confidence performing outside only grew from that point on. Being able to make money doing something that we loved, while also impacting people’s lives in a meaningful way shaped how we all saw our futures.”

“Some of the many values our parents instilled in us through playing instruments included creativity, hard work, expression, and discipline,” said Cole and Harper. “Continuously developing skills through practicing and performing requires focus and determination, and being as disciplined as one is required to be to succeed was, and is, not always fun. However, the ‘pain’ that comes with discipline is only temporary, while the results of being disciplined are eternal.”

Now fostering professional music careers, the siblings’ hard work has certainly paid off. “As adults, our motivation to improve comes from the inspiration we get when hearing each other practice and perform, as well as the inspiration we all get when performing together,” said Cole and Harper. “We hold a high regard for each other’s musicianship, which serves

as a unique internal motivation to always bring our best.”

Though an ocean away, the experiences of the Randolphs parallel those of the Kanneh-Masons in many ways. To be young, gifted, and Black in an industry where they have been historically underrepresented comes with challenges and tribulations, yet the adversity doesn’t deter them from pursuing—and accomplishing—their goals as musicians. Building on strong foundations, they put in the work to hone their craft, sharing the gift of music with the world, and serving as inspiration and representation for those pursuing music and beyond. If families like theirs demonstrate one thing, it’s this: that surrounding young people with love and support and fostering their passions provides immeasurable benefits, regardless of the paths they choose to pursue.

“The skills acquired through learning a musical instrument are useful not only in the music field, but also in other fields as well (math, science, etc.),” said Cole and Harper. “Our parents never forced us into any career path, and instead exposed us to many different options that allowed us to make an informed and wise choice when it was time to decide what we each wanted to pursue. We were always encouraged to find our own destiny’s path forward, and that is what we encourage parents to do with their children as well.”

Harper Randolph Cole Randolph

TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT

Sound EFFECT: Stories of DSO Impact

By LaToya Cross

As part of our mission to connect people with remarkable musical experiences in and outside of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center (The Max) and historic Orchestra Hall, the DSO seeks to bring our supporters further inside the organization to better understand the people, place, and purpose of the work we do in support of our orchestra and the Detroit community.

The DSO impact is vast, from behind-thescenes curation to the presentations experienced onstage, and work being done across communities. At the heart of it all is you: our generous supporters and vision collaborators who uphold the collective commitment to uplift and support cultural institutions.

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COMMUNITY & LEARNING Middle School Honor Days

“ What a phenomenal experience! My son learned so much and really enjoyed working with the faculty. He ended the day feeling confident and proud. We are so grateful that he had the opportunity to participate!”

—Middle School Honor Days parent

By Francesca Leo

Each year, the DSO’s Civic Youth Ensembles (CYE) program unites middle school band and orchestra students from across the state of Michigan for the Middle School Honor Days—an event that has nearly tripled in size since 2022, providing transformative experiences for thousands of students.

The Honor Days program introduces these young students to the musical opportunities available through CYE and aims to spark inspiration around the many possibilities of studying music. What began as a recruitment tool has since developed into a wildly successful annual celebration. In 2023, 602 students were selected to participate in Middle School Honor Days out of 1,209 students nominated across 114 schools and private studios. With growing demand, the DSO will add a second Honor Day to the 2025 calendar, allowing more students to participate.

A typical Honor Day is jam-packed full of camaraderie and enriching musical experiences; including sideby-side rehearsals, Q&A sessions, and a chamber music concert with DSO musicians; culminating with a marathon-like concert showcasing the hard work of the day and the incredible talent of all nominated students.

Throughout the program, students are supported by CYE upperclassmen, college mentors, and knowledgeable DSO staff members, many of whom are musicians themselves.

The Honor Days experience is one that sticks with students well beyond their time in Orchestra Hall, and some students go on to audition for CYE to participate in an ensemble year-round. 10% of students from previous Middle School Honor Days are now currently musicians in the CYE program. With exponential growth and meaningful impact, there is great optimism surrounding the Honor Days program. At one of this year’s Middle School Honor Days on March 4, Orchestra Hall was at maximum capacity with standing room only—a powerful testament to the program’s great success and the commitment and dedication of all participating students and parents. As the program continues to thrive, the DSO is proud to shape the musical experiences of students throughout Michigan.

Principal Flute Hannah Hammel Maser works with a young flutist at Middle School Honor Days in 2023

Ken Thompson conducts students at Middle School Honor Days in 2024

JASON SEBER

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

Jason Seber recently completed his sixyear tenure as Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony.

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director

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Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

American orchestras, including the Charleston Symphony, Cleveland Pops, Colorado Symphony, and Houston Symphony, among others.

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Prior to his appointment with the Kansas City Symphony, Seber served as Education and Outreach Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra from 2013 to 2016 and Music Director of the Louisville Youth Orchestra from 2005 to 2016. Seber has guest conducted many leading North

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

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LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

NEEME JÄRVI

Music Director Emeritus

A passionate advocate of music education, Seber recently led the Honors Performance Series Orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall (2018 and 2022), Royal Festival Hall in London (2019), and the Sydney Opera House (2017).

Seber has performed with classical artists including Jinjoo Cho, Paul Jacobs,

TCHAIKOVSKY & DVOŘÁK

Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2024 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

SHIYEON SUNG, conductor

WEI YU, cello

Lili Boulanger D’un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening) (1893 - 1918)

D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello (1840 - 1893) and Orchestra, Op. 33 Wei Yu, cello

Intermission

Antonín Dvorˇák Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 (1841 - 1904)

I. Allegro non tanto

II. Adagio

III. Scherzo (Furiant): Presto

IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito JA

Saturday’s performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live from Orchestra Hall series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund. Technology support comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Flash photography, extended video recording, tripods, and cameras with detachable lenses are strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE

Intersections and Transitions

Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme was written during a difficult time in the composer’s life—he had just married a former student, Antonina Milyukova, to seek acceptance in society where his true sexual orientation was ostracized. The marriage proved to be a disaster, and he left his wife shortly after to pursue work in St. Petersburg, where he began writing the piece for German cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a rising star at the Moscow Conservatory. Dvořák’s sixth symphony was written during his formative years as a composer and proved to be a great personal success—a formidable marker at the intersection of his indebtedness and individuality. Lili Boulanger—younger sister of the renowned composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger—was a brilliant composer and musician in her own right. Born to a musical family, Lili was a child prodigy who became the first woman in history to win the prestigious Prix de Rome composition prize, carrying on her beloved father’s legacy. She suffered from chronic illness that ended her life at the young age of 24, and two of the last works she ever composed were her D’un soir triste and D’un matin de printemps, which are thought to represent her contemplation of life and death—and when performed together as on this program, a great homage to the talented composer.

PROGRAM NOTES

D’un soir triste

Composed 1918

LILI BOULANGER

B. August 21, 1893, Paris, France

D. March 15, 1918, Mézy-sur-Seine, France

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp, keyboard, and strings. (Approx. 11 minutes)

Lili

Boulanger—the younger sister of renowned composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger—was a French composer and child prodigy. Her musical talent was apparent at the young age of two years old, when the Boulanger’s family friend and noted composer Gabriel Fauré discovered that she had perfect pitch. Born into a musical family, she was encouraged to pursue musical studies and began to accompany her older sister Nadia to classes at the Paris Conservatoire by age five. She went on to study organ with Louis Vierne and later composition with her sister Nadia, Paul Vidal, Georges Caussade, and Fauré himself.

Boulanger twice competed in the Prix de Rome—the first time in 1912 when she collapsed in the middle of her performance due to illness, and the second time in 1913 where she became the first woman to win the composition prize for her piece Faust et Hélène. Greatly affected by the death of her father in 1900, many of Boulanger’s pieces invoke themes of grief and loss. Her work has been noted for its colorful harmony and instrumentation and skillful text setting and include stylistic elements reminiscent of Fauré and Debussy.

Boulanger lived a full, but unfortunately very short life due to chronic illness of bronchial pneumonia and later intestinal tuberculosis. Shortly before her untimely death at age 24, she composed two short pieces— D’un soir triste and D’un matin de printemps —that can only be fully understood when performed together. Although the pieces are contrasting in style, they share the same three beat rhythm, harmonic color, and melodic theme. D’un soir triste, translating to “of a sad evening,” very much invokes the heavy emotions Lili was navigating as she reached the end of her life. This is musically demonstrated through the parallel open fifths, dark textural colors, and dense harmonic structure produced by her orchestration

throughout the piece. This piece is a dark, foreboding, dirge-like march full of harmonic dissonances, conveying a sense of emotional desperation.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Lili Boulanger’s D’un soir triste.

D’un matin de printemps

Composed 1917 | March 13, 1921

LILI BOULANGER

B. August 21, 1893, Paris, France

D. March 15, 1918, Mézy-sur-Seine, France

Scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, harp, keyboard, and strings. (Approx. 6 minutes)

Boulanger’s

D’un matin de printemps, “of a spring morning,” invokes an optimistic and joyful spirit with moments of poignant introspection. Boulanger began writing this piece in the spring of 1917 and completed it shortly before she passed away. This short piece begins with a brisk, vibrant introduction featuring the main theme played by a solo flute soaring over an energetic, lightly driving eighth notebased rhythm in the strings. The energy ebbs and flows throughout, specifically after the brass and percussion join the orchestra, leading into a murkier, dreamlike mystérieux section. The piece concludes with a brilliant finale, restoring the energy from the beginning of the piece through a series of flourishes and glissandos. It evokes the feeling of the breaking of dawn and may be interpreted as a sign of hope and peace as the composer grapples with the concept of life after death.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps.

Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33

Composed 1876-1877 | Premiered November 30, 1877

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

B. May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia

D. November 6, 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Scored for solo cello, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. (Approx. 18 minutes)

To Tchaikovsky, Mozart was “the Christ of music,” an influence to end all influences. From the time he first heard Don Giovanni as an impressionable youth, Tchaikovsky was hooked: “You say that my worship of him is contrary to my musical nature,” he wrote to his patron, Nadezhda von Meck, “but perhaps it is just because as a child of my time I am broken, morally sick, that I search Mozart’s music, which for the most part reveals that exceptional joy in life which was part of a nature [that was] sound, unified and not disrupted by introspection, for calm and consolation.”

Tchaikovsky paid homage to his idol on several occasions, but the one in which he most closely brushed Mozart’s musical spirit is the Rococo Variations, written in 1876 for his friend, the cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen. The composition of the Variations occurred during a very turbulent period of Tchaikovsky’s life, and at a moment in his career where brash, emotionally charged works like Eugene Onegin were being penned. In the Variations, he found a way of distancing himself personally from passions and depression that threatened to tear him apart, while at the same time exploring a musical style he found congenial.

The result is not ersatz-Mozart, but certainly sees Tchaikovsky gazing in a Rococo mirror. And yet “there is a good deal more

of Tchaikovsky himself in these Variations than one might at first suspect from the apparent ‘artificiality,’” writes David Brown in his biography of the composer. The delicately balanced theme, for example, could not be mistaken for a product of the Classical period. “The more Rococo stretches contain many details that no 18th century composer would have written,” Brown continues, noting that the Variations are like “a canvas painted from life, with the artist experiencing fully his subject in circumstances which permit a far greater personal involvement in the final product.”

The DSO most recently performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme in March 2022, conducted by Elena Schwarz and featuring cellist Andrei Ioniță. The DSO first performed the piece in February 1919, conducted by Ossip Gabrilowitsch and featuring cellist Philipp Abbas.

Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60

Composed 1880 | Premiered March 25, 1881

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

B. September 8, 1841, Mühlhausen, Germany D. May 1, 1904, Prague, (now the Czech Republic)

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings. (Approx. 43 minutes)

Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony was completed in October 1880. The composer awarded the premiere to Adolf Cech in Prague, where it was brought to life on March 25, 1881. It was the first of Dvořák’s symphonies to be published and soon gained a performance in Leipzig, two in London, and finally one in Vienna by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1883.

Dvořák scholars have frequently

commented upon similarities between this symphony and Brahms’s Second Symphony composed two years earlier. Not only have they cited the tonal identity (both were composed in the key of D major), but also the similarly buoyant spirit that pervades both symphonies. One hears little traits of Brahms’s musical profile in the orchestral colorings, his turns of phrase and some of his frowning counterpoint from time to time in the first movement, and again in the hushed opening theme of the final movement, first stated by the strings, then followed by a sudden brassy outburst. But the rustic character of Dvořák’s dance-like themes keeps bubbling to the surface in these movements, revealing the signature of his inherent musical style.

Considered on its own merits, the Sixth Symphony is most significant for the forward progress Dvořák made in reconciling his penchant for dance music with the organic developmental processes required in large symphonic forms. Its two outer movements are big sonata-form structures, full of energy and enhanced by appealing folk-flavored themes. A quiet lyrical mood dominates the pensive slow movement, while the third-movement Scherzo exudes the lusty spirit of a Czech Furiant. It is Dvořák’s first symphonic use of this ethnic dance rhythm and a favorite piece among his examples of the form. — Carl R. Cunningham

The DSO most recently performed Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6 in February 2014, conducted by Hans Graf. The DSO first performed the piece in November 1947, conducted by Karl Krueger.

PROFILES

SHIYEON SUNG

South Korean conductor Shiyeon Sung is a trailblazer of her profession. She is the first female conductor out of South Korea to make the leap to the podium of internationally renowned orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Since 2023, she has served as the Auckland Philharmonia’s Principal Guest Conductor.

Shiyeon Sung was appointed Assistant Conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2007, and previously won the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors’ Competition and the Gustav Mahler Conductors’ Competition in Bamberg.

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During her three-year tenure in Boston, she began a close collaboration with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted their season-opening concert in 2007. In 2009, the orchestra established an associate conductor’s position especially for her, which she held until 2013. She was chief conductor of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra from 2014 to 2017, during which time she led the orchestra to international success. After her departure from Gyeonggi, Shiyeon Sung relocated to Berlin, where she now resides, but remains a popular guest in her home country and regularly returns to the Korea National Opera and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Shiyeon Sung has worked with renowned orchestras including the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Swedish Radio Symphony

UPCOMING CONCERTS

Ovation Celebration & Mangia

Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

GROSSE POINTE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

211 Moross Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236

No Admission Charge

Young Artist of the Year Concert

Thursday, May 30, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Featuring: Gregory Turner, Piano and TMD Chamber Orchestra with Scott Hanoian, Conductor

ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH

46325 W 10 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48374

No Admission Charge

Artists of the Year Concert

Sunday, June 30, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Featuring: DSO musician Hunter Eberly, Trumpet, with collaborative DSO artists Hai-Xin Wu, Violin and Zhihua Tang, Piano.

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211 Moross Rd, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236

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Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, Bamberg Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition, she appeared as guest conductor at the Teatro Colón and the Stockholm Opera.

Shiyeon Sung’s 2023–24 season kicked off at the Hollywood Bowl in a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Following her successful debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in their Musica Viva series in July 2022, she was immediately re-invited for subscription concerts in November 2023. She returned to the Royal Philharmonic for five concerts in February 2024 following her successful debut in December 2022. She will also make her debuts with the Vancouver Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Adelaide Symphony, among others, and return to the Seattle Symphony and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife. In Asia, she will appear with the Hankyung and Daejeon philharmonic orchestras, KBS Symphony Orchestra, and Kanagawa Philharmonic.

Born in Pusan, South Korea, Shiyeon Sung won various prizes as a pianist in youth competitions. From 2001 to 2006, she studied orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and continued her education with advanced conducting studies with Jorma Panula at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

WEI YU

Wei Yu was appointed Principal Cello of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra by then-Music Director Leonard Slatkin in 2014. He made his subscription debut performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and has appeared as soloist with the DSO every season since. Before joining the DSO, Yu was a member of the New York Philharmonic for seven seasons.

Yu was a prizewinner at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String, Holland American Music Society Cello, Music Teacher National Association (MTNA National Collegiate Strings), Canada’s National Music Festival, Calgary’s Kiwanis Festival, and China’s National Cello competitions.

An avid chamber musician, Yu has been invited to the Marlboro, Ravinia, Great Lakes Chamber Music, and Mainly Mozart music festivals. Yu has recently collaborated with musicians such as cellist Carter Brey and David Soyer; pianists Richard Goode and Menahem Pressler; violinists Augustin Hadelich, Midori, and Pinchas Zukerman; and members of the Guarneri, Emerson, and Juilliard quartets. As a member of the New York Philharmonic Ensembles, he made regular appearances at Merkin Concert Hall.

A successful instructor, Yu serves on the faculty of Northwestern University Bienen School of Music. He has given cello masterclasses at universities and festivals in the United States, Canada, Poland, and China. During the summer, Yu teaches at the Morningside Music Bridge

International Music Festival in Calgary, Canada; Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra; and the Center Stage Strings Summer Institute at the University of Michigan.

Born in Shanghai, China, Yu began studying the cello at age four and made his concerto debut at age 11, performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He received his B.M. from North Park University in Chicago and M.M. from The Juilliard School. His principal teachers include Mei-Juan Liu, John Kadz, Hans Jørgen Jensen, and David Soyer.

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield at Congregation Shaarey Zedek

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Monroe at Meyer Theater at the La-Z-Boy Center

Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills at Seligman Performing Arts Center

SIMONE MENEZES, conductor JENEBA KANNEH-MASON, piano

Jacques Ibert Hommage à Mozart (1890 - 1962)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (1756 - 1791)

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro assai

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano

Intermission

Heitor Villa-Lobos Sinfonietta No. 1 in B-flat major (1887 - 1959)

Maurice Ravel Suite of Five Pieces from Ma Mère l’Oye (1875 - 1937) (Mother Goose)

I. Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty

II. Tom Thumb

III. Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas

IV. Conversations of Beauty and the Beast

V. The Enchanted Garden

Flash photography, extended video recording, tripods, and cameras with detachable lenses are strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE | RAVEL’S MOTHER GOOSE

Mozart’s Legacy

Widely regarded as the man who changed Western music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had an undeniable impact on the course of music history, particularly credited with revolutionizing opera. His prolific influence touched many—from philosophers to politicians to composers, including Jacques Ibert, who for Mozart’s bicentennial in 1955 penned the Hommage à Mozart, a short tribute to the virtues of the 18th-century musical style packaged in a rondo. Villa-Lobos’s Sinfonietta No. 1, subtitled “A Memoria de Mozart,” was based on two unspecified themes by the prominent composer. Even those like Maurice Ravel marveled at Mozart’s enduring legacy, basing many of his compositions on the classical form structure that Mozart developed and solidified throughout his short but incredibly influential career.

PROGRAM NOTES

Hommage à Mozart

Composed 1956 | Premiered 1956

JACQUES IBERT

B. August 15, 1890, Paris, France

D. February 5, 1962, Paris, France

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. (Approx. 6 minutes)

Jacques

Ibert began his formal musical training comparatively late, entering the Paris Conservatory at the age of 21. His studies were soon interrupted in 1914 by the onset of World War I, at which time Ibert left to serve with the French Navy, first as a sailor and then as an officer. Shortly after the Armistice, he returned from wartime duties to continue his musical curriculum, winning the prestigious Prix de Rome with his cantata Le Poète et la Fée in 1919.

In the aftermath of WWI, Ibert—like many composers of his time—sought and enjoyed a new sense of clarity and simplicity inspired by the music of the past as opposed to the previously dense, complex late Romantic music. Ibert took a stride into neo-classicism with his charming Hommage à Mozart, composed in 1956 as a short tribute to the upcoming bicentennial of Mozart’s birth.

The work is packaged in a rondo, a beloved musical form of the 18th century

containing a recurring leading theme. This form is often found in the final movement of a sonata or a concerto, and here is composed as a happy, brisk, standalone movement with the leading theme weaving in and out. This tribute was an opportunity for Ibert to show off his mastery of counterpoint, a perfect tribute to Mozart’s timeless musical style.

The DSO most recently performed Ibert’s Hommage à Mozart in April 2012, conducted by Elizabeth Schulze. The DSO first performed the piece in July 2006, conducted by Nicholas McGegan.

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488

Composed 1786 | Premiered 1786

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

B. January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria

D. December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria

Scored for solo piano, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. (Approx. 26 minutes)

One need not look far in the A major Concerto to discover the wealth of emotion that was so disturbing to the Viennese audiences of Mozart’s day. It is exactly the quality that has allowed this work not only to survive, but to become one of his most popular pieces. The tonality of A major was, for

Mozart, one of luminous beauty shadowed by somber melancholy—of “concealed intensities,” according to the great Mozart authority Alfred Einstein. The opening allegro of the A major Concerto is invested with a surface beauty that belies its deep levels of feeling. The central section is not based on the earlier themes, but rather on a new motive that appears at the end of the exposition, which allows for an extended dialogue between pianist and orchestra.

The key of the second movement, F-sharp minor, is rare in Mozart’s works, and it here evokes a passionate, tragic mood. This movement is written in a rocking siciliana rhythm and gives prominence to the limpid lyricism of the clarinet, used here by Mozart for only the second time in his piano concertos.

“The Finale seems to introduce a breath of fresh air and a ray of sunlight into a dark room,” wrote Einstein. Its invigorating cheerfulness is heightened by the contrast it makes with the touching slow movement.

Of the beauty and breadth of feeling in Mozart’s works, the French poet and critic Adolphe Boschot wrote, “His luminous genius has so often sung the beauty of life and so often replied to his daily trials with songs of love and hope, that one does not discover at once the sadness which is veiled behind his geniality; in his soul and his music, even the shadows are shot through with light, and the reflection of the sky makes them diaphanous.”

—Dr. Richard E. Rodda

The DSO most recently performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 on a DSO Digital Concert in December 2020, conducted by Enrique Mazzola and featuring pianist Inon Barnatan. The DSO first performed the piece in February 1920, conducted by Ossip Gabrilowitsch and featuring pianist Bendetson Netzorg.

Sinfonietta No. 1 in B-flat major

Composed 1916 | Premiered 1919 HEITOR

VILLA-LOBOS

B. March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

D. November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, and strings. (Approx. 18 minutes)

Heitor

Villa-Lobos was among the foremost Latin American composers of the 20th century, whose music is characterized by a singular blend of Western classical music and Brazilian folk songs and rhythms. His Sinfonietta No. 1 represents a unique culmination of the two genres. Dedicated “To the Memory of Mozart” on the original score, the piece is based on two unidentified themes by Mozart and offers a nostalgic appreciation of Mozart’s era and musical world.

Composed for a small orchestral ensemble similar to the instrumentation used during Mozart’s time, Sinfonietta No. 1 is written in three movements—“Allegro giusto,” “Andante non troppo,” and “Andantino.”

The two Mozart themes he explored throughout the piece were described by Villa-Lobos as “delicate and subtle suggest[ing] the European aristocratic elegance of the 18th century,” and “violent, deep and mysterious present[ing] the characteristics of German genius.” He explained that the intention with the piece was to “describe the conflict between culture, represented by the scholastic prejudices and rules, and the temperament of the free, spontaneous artist, independent of any theory.” The work is primarily composed in the Classical style, largely free of the influences of Brazilian folk music that were so apparent throughout his compositions, and sounding unlike anything else Villa-Lobos ever wrote.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Villa-Lobos’s Sinfonietta No. 1.

Pieces from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

Composed 1910 | Premiered 1910 MAURICE

RAVEL

B. March 7, 1875, Ciboure, Basses-Pyrénées, France

D. December 28, 1937, Paris, France

Scored for 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (one doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), 2 horns, timpani, percussion, harp, keyboard, and strings. (Approx. 16 minutes)

Like Dukas, Ravel was a masterful orchestrator and in the Mother Goose suite, he assembled a delightfully nuanced bouquet of orchestral sonorities. The beauty of Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty, for example, stems directly from the delicacy of the scoring: alternating flutes, clarinet, and first violins spin a fragile web from three simple themes, creating an aural effect as ephemeral as gossamer.

In Tom Thumb Ravel depicts the sad plight of Tom, who has lost his way in the woods, through the melancholic solos of oboe and English horn. As Ravel explains in a subtitle: “[Tom] thought he would be able to find the path easily by means of the bread he had strewn wherever he had walked. But he was quite surprised when he was unable to find a single crumb; the birds had come and eaten them all.” The simple melodies of the oboe and English horn waft forlornly above muted string textures as indifferent chirping in the flutes and violin imitate the birds that have caused Tom’s predicament.

In Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas, Ravel describes Madame d’Aulnoy’s tale in his subtitle: “[The Empress] undressed and got into the bath. Immediately the toy mandarins and mandarinesses began to sing and to play instruments. Some had theorbos made from walnut shells; some had viols made from almond shells; for the instruments to be of a size appropriate to their own.”

d’Aulnoy’s tale follows the “Beauty and the Beast” trope, although in this particular tale, both Laideronnette and her suitor, an ugly green serpent, are under spells of alarming ugliness.

In Conversations between Beauty and the Beast, Beauty is represented by the elegant and dark-hued clarinet while Beast’s role is carried by the endearingly less-elegant contrabassoon. Through the voices of the instruments, the characters carry on in dialogue over a spacious waltz rhythm established by the harp and strings.

In The Enchanted Garden, which represents the happy awakening of the Sleeping Beauty, Ravel reprised the entire spectrum of sonorities explored in the previous four movements by beginning with hushed strings and winds that blossom into a dazzling orchestral tutti, replete with shimmering figures from the celesta and glockenspiel. —Nathan Platte

The DSO most recently performed music from Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite at Interlochen Center for the Arts in July 2019, conducted by Matthias Pintscher. The DSO first performed the piece in December 1923, conducted by Victor Kolar.

PROFILES

SIMONE MENEZES

Brazilian conductor

Simone Menezes is a visionary musician, known for her creativity and innovative spirit, brilliantly combining classical and contemporary repertoire. Whether as the Founder and Artistic Director of Ensemble K or in her creative projects in partnership between music and other arts, Menezes has established herself as a rapidly rising artist of a new generation.

As a coveted guest conductor, Menezes has lead many of the world’s most respected orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and others.

Highlights of Menezes’s 2023–24 season include her return to Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine and performances with Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Manchester Camerata, and Filarmonica de Minas Gerais.

Menezes has recorded two albums and premiered over 20 works. Her latest critically acclaimed album, Metanoia, was released in February 2022. She has curated various themed projects, including the celebrated Amazonia (2023): a collaboration between Menezes and the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, shining a spotlight on the ever-changing landscape of the Amazon rainforest. Amazonia was recently performed with Orquesta Nacionales de España and subsequent performances are scheduled with Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

JENEBA KANNEH-MASON

Pianist Jeneba KannehMason is already captivating audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation” (Fraser ).

She recently made her BBC Proms debut performing the Florence Price concerto and was heralded by the press as “demonstrating musical insight, technical acuity, and an engaging performing persona” (Music OMH ). The piece was recorded with Chineke! and Leslie Suganandarajah, and released on Decca Classics in summer 2023.

An avid recital performer, KannehMason began her 2023–24 season with a recital at London’s Bold Tendencies. Other recent and forthcoming highlights include an extensive UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Riccardo Frizza; a European tour with Chineke!; debuts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, and BBC Philharmonic; and the Sinfonia Viva for the New Year Gala. She also recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 6 with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Howard Griffiths, which was released on Alpha.

Kanneh-Mason was a Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician 2018, winner of the Murs du Son Prize at the Lagny-Sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France in 2014, and the Nottingham Young Musician of the year in 2013. She was also winner of the Iris Dyer Piano Prize at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy, where she studied with Patsy Toh.

Kanneh-Mason holds the Victoria Robey Scholarship to the Royal College of Music, studying piano with Vanessa Latarche. She is grateful to Lady Robey, the Nottingham Soroptimist Trust and to The Nottingham Education Trust.

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JA DER B I G NA M I N I MUSIC DIRECTOR A COMMU N I T Y -SU P P ORT E D ORCHESTRA

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director

Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

KENNY BARRON QUINTET

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

KENNY BARRON, piano

KIYOSHI KITAGAWA, bass

JOHNATHAN BLAKE, drums

MIKE RODRIQUEZ, trumpet

RIKO SASAKI, alto saxophone

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

Program to be announced from the stage, artists subject to change

MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM DownBeat magazine

PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE | KENNY BARRON QUINTET

Welcoming a Jazz Legend

Composer, pianist, educator, and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron is a peerless performer known for timeless classics and innovative improvisations. Barron’s piano skills are a testament to his status as a jazz icon. Inducted into the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, and the American Jazz Hall of Fame in 2005, he has released over 40 albums, received 13 Grammy nominations, and has played with legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, and Yusef Lateef. Whether playing solo, trio, or quintet, Kenny Barron is recognized worldwide as a master of performance and composition.

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PROFILES

KENNY BARRON

Honored by The National Endowment for the Arts as a 2010 Jazz Master, Kenny Barron has an unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies, and infectious rhythms.

The Philadelphia native started playing professionally as a teenager with Mel Melvin’s orchestra and Philly Joe Jones. He moved to New York City at 19 and freelanced with Roy Haynes, Lee Morgan, and James Moody, after the tenor saxophonist heard him play at the Five Spot. Upon Moody’s recommendation, Dizzy Gillespie hired Barron in 1962 without even hearing him play a note. It was in Dizzy’s band where Barron developed an appreciation for Latin and Caribbean rhythms. After five years with Dizzy, Barron played with Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, and Buddy Rich. The early seventies found Barron working with Yusef Lateef who Barron credits as a key influence in his art for improvisation. Encouraged by Lateef, to pursue a college education, Barron balanced touring with studies and earned his B.A. in Music from Empire State College, By 1973 Barron joined the faculty at Rutgers University as professor of music. He held this tenure until 2000, followed by faculty positions at Juillard and Manhattan School of Music mentoring many of today’s talents including Jonathan Batiste, David Sanchez, Terence Blanchard, and Regina Bell. An 11-time Grammy Award nominee, Barron’s latest recording, The Source, was released in January 2023.

KIYOSHI KITAGAWA

Bassist and composer

Kiyoshi Kitagawa is an integral part of today’s jazz scene. Since moving to New York City from Osaka, Japan in 1988, he has gone on to work with many of the leading names in jazz including the Harper Brothers, Kenny Garrett, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Heath, Andy Bey, Cedar Walton, Ben Riley, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Dayna Stephens, and Michael Rodriguez. As a leader, Kiyoshi has released nine albums from various labels in Japan and remains active as a member of the Jon Faddis Quartet.

JOHNATHAN BLAKE

Johnathan Blake, one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, has also proven himself a complete and endlessly versatile musician. Blake’s gift for composition and band leading reflects years of live and studio experience across the aesthetic spectrum. Hailed by NPR Music as “the ultimate modernist,” he has collaborated with artists including Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Tom Harrell, Hans Glawischnig, Avishai Cohen, Donny McCaslin, Linda May Han Oh, Jaleel Shaw, Chris Potter, Maria Schneider, Alex Sipiagin, and Kris Davis. A frequent presence on Blue Note Records, Blake has contributed his strong, limber pulse and airy precision to releases including Dr. Lonnie Smith’s Breathe (2021), All in My Mind (2018), and Evolution (2016), plus Kenny Barron’s Concentric Circles (2018).

MIKE RODRIGUEZ

Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer Michael Rodriguez was inspired to pursue music as a career by his father, drummer Roberto Rodriguez. He has performed with Clark Terry, Bobby Watson, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra, and Jessica Simpson, and is a member of the Lincoln Center’s Jazz and Afro-Latin Jazz orchestras. As a member of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, he recorded the Grammy winning Land of the Sun. Rodriguez and his brother, pianist Robert Rodriguez, have recorded four albums together including Impromptu, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2015. Rodriguez is currently on faculty at NYU and conducts clinics around the world.

RIKO SASAKI

Born in Sapporo, Japan in 2004, rising saxophonist Riko Sasaki is a winner of the 2024 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, which recognizes outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz, and contemporary music. Sasaki currently attends the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and in 2022 completed the school’s summer program on a full scholarship. In 2019, Sasaki won the Berklee Award at the Hokkaido Groove Camp.

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

VIVALDI & STRAVINSKY

Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Beverly Hills at Berman Theater

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth at Plymouth First United Methodist Church

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church

Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church

DMITRY SINKOVSKY, conductor and violin

George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56: Overture (1685 - 1759)

Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11 (1653 - 1713)

Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 277, “Il Favorito” (1678 - 1741)

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegro

Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin

Intermission

Jean-Féry Rebel Les Élémens

I. Le Chaos

II. Loure (La Terre et L’Eau)

III. Chaconne (Le Feu)

X. Caprice

Igor Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella [1949 revision] (1882 - 1971)

I. Sinfonia

II. Serenata

III. Scherzino

IV. Tarantella

V. Toccata

IV. Gavotta

VII. Duetto

VIII. Minuetto - Finale

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PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE | VIVALDI & STRAVINSKY

Baroque Showstoppers

Dmitry Sinkovsky is a major proponent of Baroque music—The New York Times dubbed him an “electrifying virtuoso,” remarking on one of his many acclaimed performances, “this is how to perform Baroque music.” This program showcases showstopping works of the period including Handel’s prolific Overture to Messiah a perennial holiday favorite—Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Vivaldi’s “Il Favorito” violin concerto, and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella suite, based on a character from a 17th century Neapolitan commedia dell’arte, an early Baroque form of professional theatre. Across the program, Sinkovsky—as both conductor and violinist—celebrates the era with showstopping brilliance.

PROGRAM NOTES

Overture to Messiah, HWV 56

Composed 1741 | Premiered 1742

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

B. February 23, 1685, Halle, England D. April 14, 1759, London, England

Scored for strings. (Approx. 4 minutes)

“Handel

says he will do nothing next winter,” wrote Charles Jennens to a friend in July of 1741, “but I hope I shall persuade [sic] him to set another scripture collection I have made for him and perform it for his own benefit in Passion week. I hope he will lay out his whole genius and skill upon it, that the composition may excel [sic] all his former compositions, as the subject excels every other subject.” The subject was Messiah.

The work was composed in 1741, receiving its first performance in Dublin in April 1742 and London premiere a year later. Despite the best efforts of Handel’s defenders, Messiah was slow to catch on in England. It was not until Handel presented the work at the Foundling Hospital in 1750 that the public sentiment began to turn in its favor. The first performance, with Handel presiding at the hospital’s new organ, was the society event of the season.

Handel’s Overture to Messiah is a twopart French overture that gives us a preview of the Messiah’s prolonged

journey from darkness to light.

—Michael Fleming

The DSO most recently performed Handel’s Messiah in December 2019, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt. The DSO first performed the work in January 1919, conducted by Julius Sturm.

Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11

ARCANGELO CORELLI

B. Fusignano, Italy, 1653 D. Rome, Italy, 1713

Scored for keyboard and strings. (Approx. 10 minutes)

With the exception only of his younger compatriot Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli was the most influential Italian composer of the Baroque era. One might not expect this, in view of his natural reticence. Corelli was, by all accounts, a mild mannered and even diffident personality. Moreover, his output was limited in scope—a renowned violinist, he wrote only for string instruments—and he cultivated a style that was comparatively restrained in tone and devoid of ostentation, some vigorous passagework notwithstanding. Yet the highly expressive lines and harmonies of his music decisively impressed Handel, Vivaldi, and many other composers of their era. Corelli’s concerto concept varied

considerably from that familiar to present-day audiences. Rather than showcasing a singular soloist, his concertos featured the entire string orchestra and continuo in a celebration of each member “playing together.” His Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11 was clearly written for his own abilities, with Corelli himself playing violin in the ensemble.

His concertos 9-12 in his Opus 6 all begin with a prelude followed by a series of movements—many of them dances, and all composed in a chamber music-like instrumentation. While the majority of his concertos focus more on the “togetherness” aspect of playing, his No. 11 Concerto Grosso highlights a notably virtuosic cello part in its Allemanda movement, perhaps a predecessor to the modern-day cello concerto.

The DSO has performed Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11 once before: in January 2022 with Dmitry Sinkovsky.

Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 277, “Il Favorito” ANTONIO VIVALDI

B. March 4, 1678, Venice, Italy

D. July 28, 1741, Vienna, Austria

Scored for solo violin and strings. (Approx. 17 minutes)

Of the many composers who helped bring the Italian Baroque style to its zenith at the beginning of the 18th century, Antonio Vivaldi was probably the most creative. Like J.S. Bach, Vivaldi directed his energies toward perfecting existing forms rather than inventing new ones. He standardized some of the characteristics we associate with the concerto genre—for example, he regularly composed concertos with fast outer movements and a slower central one. And he is popular among opera fans for groundbreaking Italian operas like

L’Olimpiade and Armida al campo d’Egitto

“Il Favorito” is one of six concertos composed by Vivaldi for his Opus 11. Presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, the works were published in Amsterdam by Le Cene in 1729. The dramatic first movement spotlights a variety of passages for solo violin, and the middle Andante and final movement are reminiscent of “Autumn” from The Four Seasons. It is believed that “The Favorite” was not chosen as a nickname by Vivaldi, rather it appeared on the score years later as a testament to the early popularity of the concerto (perhaps by the emperor), which continues to resonate with performers and listeners alike.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 277, “Il Favorito.”

Selections from Les Élémens

Composed 1738 | Premiered 1738

JEAN-FÉRY REBEL

B. April 18, 1666, Paris, France

D. January 2, 1747, Paris, France

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord, and strings. (Approx. 14 minutes)

The ancient Greeks had three ideas about the nature of the universe which for centuries dominated Western scientific and religious thought: that the world is composed of basic elements (earth, fire, air, and water); that a state of chaos predated the creation of the universe; and that the cosmos revolved around the earth in proportions that reflect musical intervals, a theory advanced by Pythagoras.

Jean-Féry Rebel was 71 when he wrote his last work, the ballet-pantomime called Les Élémens. It began its life as a dance suite to which he added a revolutionary six-minute movement called Chaos, which uses great dissonance (almost unknown at the time) to depict the disorder which

preceded creation, and which is one of the most startlingly original works in Baroque music. In fact, the thunderous dissonance which begins Chaos (all the notes of a D minor scale sounded simultaneously and emphatically) might be first set of tone clusters in the history of Western music.

The Chaos music returns seven times in the movement, and each time, the dissonance (that is, the struggle between the elements) diminishes in intensity, finally ending with an octave—a perfect consonance. Then follow movements depicting the four elements: Earth by slurred bass notes, Water by ascending and descending flute runs, Fire by bravura violin passages, and Air by sustained notes in the recorders which conclude with trills. The piece finishes with several dance movements that offer representations of bird calls.

The DSO most recently performed Rebel’s Les Élémens in March 2018 with conductor and violinist Thomas Zehetmair. The DSO first performed the work in December 2007 with conductor Nicholas McGegan and violinist Jennifer Koh.

Suite from Pulcinella [1949 revision]

Composed 1920 | Premiered 1922

IGOR STRAVINSKY

B. June 5, 1882, Oranienbaum (near St. Petersburg), Russia

D. April 6, 1971, New York City

Scored for 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, and strings. (Approx. 20 minutes)

In 1919 Serge Diaghilev, impresario and head of the Ballet Russe in Paris, suggested to Stravinsky that he arrange for orchestra some unfinished or practically unknown works attributed to the

Neopolitan composer Giovanni Pergolesi (1710–1736). Diaghilev, who had a shrewd understanding of public taste, saw the potential to recreate previous successes of composers Ottorino Respighi and Vincezo Tommasini, who had orchestrated 18th century Italian music.

Stravinsky was originally skeptical of the idea (despite claims to the contrary in his autobiography), but eventually warmed up to it. No doubt the fact that the music would accompany a ballet with set design by Pablo Picasso and choreography by Léonide Massine helped persuade him to take on the project. In addition, he became enamored with the melodic beauty and freshness of the source music.

Stravinsky drew melodic material from two operas, twelve trio sonatas, and harpsichord music from the early 18th century. He went far beyond Respighi and Tommasini in altering the original material, and Pulcinella stands somewhere between a brilliant orchestration and complete re-composition. At the 1920 premiere, critics were confused both by Stravinsky’s return to 18th-century stylistic elements and his willful manhandling of other composers’ work. Critic Reynaldo Hahn may have best expressed this confusion: “Stravinsky has never given proof of greater talent than in Pulcinella, nor of a surer taste in audacity.” Audiences, by contrast, were delighted with the witty and charming music, and in 1922 the composer extracted a suite (slightly revised in 1949) that remains one of his most popular works. The clash between naiveté and cunning made this work an early exemplar of neoclassicism—a musical style that valued clarity and economy of and sought new ways of looking at old musical forms.

The DSO most recently performed Stravinsky’s Suite from Pulcinella in March 2022, conducted by Elena Schwarz. The DSO first performed the piece in December 1954, conducted by Paul Paray.

DMITRY SINKOVSKY

Dmitry Sinkovsky possesses a rare combination of Russian virtuosity and Italian cantabilità.

Born in Moscow, Sinkovsky began violin studies at age five and continued through to the Moscow Conservatory, where he decided to simultaneously pursue singing, giving a broader basis to his dream to become an opera conductor. Following completion of his violin degree, he completed studies in choir conducting at the Zagreb Academy under Tomislav Fačini and conducting at the isdaT in Toulouse under Sabrie Bekirova.

In his 20s, Sinkovsky won many European violin competitions—including the 2011 Internationaler Telemann Wettbewerb Magdeburg, 2008 Musica Antiqua Brugge Competition, and 2007 Bach Leipzig Wettbewerb—and started a brilliant international career as soloist and concertmaster of renowned ensembles including the B’Rock Orchestra, Il Giardino Armonico, Accademia Bizantina Orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, Il Pomo d’Oro, Musica Petropolitana, Ensemble

Claudiana, Concerto Köln, and Ensemble 1700.

Sinkovsky’s conducting career developed in 2012 as a featured guest on Joyce DiDonato’s acclaimed “Drama Queens” tour. Soon after his successful debut as conductor, he was invited for engagements with renowned orchestras including the Budapest Radio Orchestra, Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and others.

In January 2022, Sinkovsky was appointed Chief Conductor of the Nizhny Novgorod Opera House, where he conducted new productions of Bizet’s Carmen and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice; opera renewals of The Queen of Spades (a production of the Bolshoi Theatre), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and La Traviata; as well as symphonic concerts and operatic galas.

Among Sinkovsky’s many recordings, Vivaldi’s Concerti per violino V “Per Pisendel” (naïve) and Il Virtuosissimo (naïve) were awarded a Diapason d’Or. In July 2023, Pentatone launched Water & Fire, Sinkovsky’s first album with the B’Rock Orchestra, featuring Handel’s Water Music alongside his Music for the Royal Fireworks.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor TITLE SPONSOR:

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

DIRECTOR

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

COUNTRY HITS: SONGS FROM NASHVILLE

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

JEFF TYZIK, conductor

RICK BRANTLEY, vocalist and band leader

ANDREW SOVINE, pedal steel

• GRACE LEER, vocalist

• ROSS McREYNOLDS, drums

BRYAN DAWLEY, bass guitar

• DEAN BERNER, guitar

arr. Jeff Tyzik Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Callin’ Baton Rouge

Kerosene

Crazy

Folsom Prison Blues

All My Ex’s Live in Texas

Good Hearted Woman

Fancy

Independence Day

Rainbow

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Intermission

Always On My Mind

Wide Open Spaces

Brand New Man

When You Say Nothing at All

Chattahoochee

Wichita Lineman

Jolene

I Will Always Love You

9 to 5

I Hope You Dance

Jackson

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Take Me Home, Country Roads

The “Nashville Sound” was created in the mid-1950s as a sub-genre of American country music to replace the rough “honky tonk” music with smoother instrumentals and tempos, and sophisticated background vocals that are associated with some of the most popular country songs of all time. While many of the genre’s top hits were developed in Nashville, Detroit also boasts its own unique history of country, western, and bluegrass music. The book Detroit Country Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies by Craig Maki and Keith Cady examines the legacy of the incredible musicians who participated in Detroit’s early country music scene.

On today’s program, experience a who’s who of the Grand Ole Opry, featuring the songs of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, and more.

PROFILES

For Jeff Tyzik biography, see page 7.

GRACE LEER

Grace Leer’s musical journey began at age nine when she sang “Wide Open Spaces,” igniting her passion for storytelling through country music. Her self-titled debut EP was produced by Dan Fernandez and Jared Hampton and blends modern melodies with classic country, showcasing her authentic storytelling and undeniable talent. The album draws inspiration from ‘90s country icons like The Chicks and Martina McBride, as well as diverse influences from Whitney Houston to Selena. During her college years at UC Berkeley, Leer balanced her love for music with a successful soccer career, exemplifying her tenacity and goal-oriented mindset. Her American Idol journey propelled her into the spotlight, leading to her Top 10 finish and the start of her debut record. Leer’s songs, rooted in real experiences, resonate with listeners, capturing heartbreak, empowerment, and self-reflection. Signed with Red Light Management, UTA, and 19 Recordings, Leer is a rising star in the country music scene.

RICK BRANTLEY

Dynamic performing artist and songwriter, Rick Brantley hails from the musical mecca of Macon, Georgia and was raised in the deep Southern roots of blues music, classic rock ‘n’ roll, and the fire and brimstone hymns of his father’s Southern Baptist church. Teenage bar bands gave way to a move to Nashville, where he established himself as one of the most in demand young writers on Music Row, with cuts ranging from Meat Loaf to David Nail.

Brantley has toured the world with artists including John Hiatt, Kiefer Sutherland, Zac Brown, and Brandy Clark; and has headlined his own solo shows. Brantley continues to add to his impressive portfolio, producing acclaimed records with artists like Rob Baird and Justin Halpin, and directing music videos in his down time.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

JADER BIGNAMINI , Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

DER

TERENCE BLANCHARD

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor TITLE SPONSOR:

LEONARD SLATKIN Music Director Laureate

DIRECTOR

NEEME JÄRVI Music Director Emeritus

BACK TO THE ‘80S

Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall

JEFF TYZIK, conductor

BRIE CASSIL, vocals

PAUL LOREN, vocals

COLIN SMITH, vocals

OSCAR RODRIGUEZ, guitar

JACOB NAVARRO, drums

arr. Jeff Tyzik The Power of Love

Kiss On My List

Bette Davis Eyes

These Dreams

Up Where We Belong

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Tell Her About It

Time After Time

I’m Still Standing

INTERMISSION

Sussudio

Holding Back the Years

Addicted to Love

Right Here Waiting

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Material Girl

Lost in Your Eyes (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

Higher Love Flash

Kick Off Your Sunday Shoes

The Detroit music scene in the 1980s was a wonderful place to be. The birthplace of Motown, Detroit was home to several New Wave glam, punk, metal, and garage rock bands in the ‘80s including The Colors, Bitter Sweet Alley, Flirt, The Mutants, Funhouse, Nicki Corvette & The Convertibles, Vendetta, The Romantics, and Madam X, among many others. Celebrate the decade on today’s program with global hits including “Time After Time,” “Material Girl,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” and “Footloose.”

PROFILES

For Jeff Tyzik biography, see page 7.

BRIE CASSIL

Brie Cassil is a singer, actor, and composer based out of NYC. Cassil has traveled all over the world for her art and has led musical theatre workshops in Brazil, as well as opened for Adler (original Guns & Roses drummer) with her original band, Rebel. Cassil has sung genres from opera to rock, and in the theatre world, has performed in productions including Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Urinetown (Little Sally), RENT (Mimi), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), and the new rock musical Chix 6 (Blast).

PAUL LOREN

New York singer/songwriter Paul Loren has always been steeped in the classic American songbook. While his earlier work channeled ‘60s R&B, Brill Building pop, and even big band-era crooning, Loren’s voice, tailored sense of style, and twinklein-his-eye personality has won over fans and devotees from coast to coast.

With his new 11-song collection, Betwixt, (and its forthcoming follow-up, Between), Loren has pivoted in a new direction. The

songs—while retaining his knack for melody and timeless songwriting chops— traffic in a depth and brutal honesty not found in his earlier material. There’s a connective thread in the new songs reminiscent of Elvis’s early Sun Studios recordings, spun fresh with Americana and folk influences. Through it all, he ties together the more profound lyrical territory with a blazing rhythm section that feels rearing and ready to hit the road again.

COLIN SMITH

With a career spanning over 20 years, Irishborn artist Colin Smith has led a musical life as varied as it is impressive. While signed with RCA Records, Smith and his former band, MrNorth, toured extensively with the likes of The Who, Van Halen, Sheryl Crow, and Journey.

As a solo artist, songs from Smith’s two records have been licensed to movies and television. He has collaborated live with Alicia Keys and has worked multiple times on Saturday Night Live as a featured vocal artist. Smith has most recently been seen on tour with Christina Aguilera, duetting with her on the Grammy Award-winning “Say Something” to audiences across the globe, as well as performing background vocals for the show.

The Fine Instrument Collection of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Larson Piano, a Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano, handmade in the New York Steinway Factory. Currently played by guest pianists. Contributed to the DSO in 2023 by Bonnie Larson.

David Tecchler cello, made in 1711 referred to as “The Bedetti” after a previous owner (Dominicus Montagna 1711). Currently played by Wei Yu, DSO Principal Cello. Contributed to the DSO in 2018 by Floy and Lee Barthel.

J.B. Guadagnini viola, made in 1757 (Joannes Baptifta Guadagnini Pia centinus fecit Mediolani 1757). Currently played by Eric Nowlin, DSO Principal Viola. Contributed to the DSO in 2019 by donors who wish to remain anonymous.

THE ANNUAL FUND

Gifts received between September 1, 2022 and February 29, 2024.

The DSO is a community-supported orchestra, and you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods, and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have questions about this roster or would like to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or go to dso.org/donate.

PARAY SOCIETY - GIVING OF $250,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Penny & Harold Blumenstein

Julie & Peter Cummings

Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux

Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr.

DORATI SOCIETY - GIVING OF $100,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Richard L. Alonzo

James & Patricia Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

EHRLING SOCIETY - GIVING OF $50,000 & MORE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Brodie

Lois & Avern ◊ Cohn

Ms. Karol Foss

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson

Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin

Mr. & Mrs. James Grosfeld

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley

JÄRVI SOCIETY — GIVING OF $25,000 & MORE

Ms. Sharon Backstrom

Mrs. Cecilia Benner

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brownell

Dr. Mark & Karen Diem

Mrs. Marjory Epstein

Mr. Michael J. Fisher

Madeline & Sidney Forbes

Mr. & Mrs. Edsel B. Ford II

Mrs. Martha Ford

Dale & Bruce Frankel

Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Norman D. Katz

Mr. Alan J. & Mrs. Sue Kaufman

Morgan & Danny Kaufman

David* & Arlene Margolin

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karmanos, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson

Mr. & Mrs. David Provost

Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Shari & Craig Morgan

The Polk Family

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Drs. David & Bernadine Wu

Paul & Terese Zlotoff

Ric & Carola Huttenlocher

Mrs. Bonnie Larson

Nicole & Matt Lester

David & Valerie McCammon

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

Patricia & Henry ◊ Nickol

Mr. & Mrs. Arn Tellem

Steven & Beth Margolin

Xavier & Maeva Mosquet

Mr. David Nicholson

Ms. Ruth Rattner

Martie & Bob Sachs

Mrs. Patricia Finnegan Sharf

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sherman

Nancy & Alan* Simons

Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes

Dr. Doris Tong & Dr. Teck M. Soo

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Torgow

Peter & Carol Walters

S. Evan & Gwen Weiner

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee

Diane Allmen

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Janet & Norman Ankers

Pamela Applebaum

Drs. Brian & Elizabeth Bachynski

Drs. John ◊ & Janice Bernick

Ms. Debra Bonde

Gwen & Richard Bowlby

Michael & Geraldine Buckles

Ms. Elena Centeio

Thomas W. Cook & Marie L. Masters

Gail Danto & Art Roffey

Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer

Adel & Walter Dissett

Mr. Charles L. Dunlap & Mr. Lee V. Hart

Jim & Margo Farber

Sally & Michael Feder

Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman

Barbara Frankel◊ & Ronald Michalak

Herman & Sharon Frankel

Mrs. Janet M. Garrett

Victor & Gale Girolami ◊

Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

Dr. Robert T. Goldman

Mrs. Denise Abrash

Mrs. Jennifer Adderley

Richard & Jiehan Alonzo

Dr. & Mrs. Joel Appel

Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook*

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Babbage

Ms. Ruth Baidas

James A. Bannan

Dr. David S. Balle

James A. Bannan

Mr. Patrick Barone

Mr. Joseph Bartush

W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh

Ms. Therese Bellaimey

Mr. William Beluzo

Hadas & Dennis Bernard

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Berner

Mr. Michael G. Bickers

Timothy J. Bogan

Ms. Nadia Boreiko

Mr. Anthony F. Brinkman

Claire P. & Robert N. Brown

Dr. & Mrs. Roger C. Byrd

Richard Caldarazzo & Eileen Weiser

Philip & Carol Campbell

Mrs. Carolyn Carr

Mr.◊ & Mrs. François Castaing

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Christians

Mr.◊ & Mrs. James A. Green

Mary Lee Gwizdala

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage

Judy ◊ & Kenneth Hale

Ms. Nancy B. Henk◊

Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis

Ms. Carole Illitch

Renato & Elizabeth Jamett

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup

William & Story John

Lenard & Connie Johnston

Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel

Mr. & Mrs. Kosch

Bud & Nancy Liebler

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile

Dana Locniskar & Christine Beck

Alexander & Evelyn McKeen

Ms. Deborah Miesel

Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley

Cyril Moscow

Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters ◊

David Robert & Sylvia Jean Nelson

Eric & Paula Nemeth

Jim & Mary Beth Nicholson

Gloria & Stanley Nycek

Mr. Fred J. Chynchuk

Dr. & Mrs. Charles G. Colombo

Ms. Elizabeth Correa

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gary L. Cowger

Dr. Edward & Mrs. Jamie Dabrowski

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Dare

Lillian & Walter Dean

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. DeVore

Dr. Anibal & Vilma Drelichman

Elaine C. Driker

Ms. Ruby Duffield

Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff

Randall & Jill* Elder

Dr. & Mrs. A. Bradley Eisenbrey

Mr. Lawrence Ellenbogen

Ms. Laurie Ellias & Mr. James Murphy

Marianne T. Endicott

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb

Mr. Peter Falzon

Fieldman Family Foundation

Dr. & Mrs. Franchi

Ms. Marci Frick

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Richard M. Gabrys

Alan M. Gallatin

Mr. Max Gates

Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari & Mrs. Mara Kalnins-Ghafari

Allan D. Gilmour & Eric C. Jirgens

George & Jo Elyn Nyman

Debra & Richard Partrich

Kathryn & Roger Penske

Dr. Glenda D. Price

Dr. Heather Richter

Dr. Erik Rönmark* & Mrs. Adrienne Rönmark*

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Rosowski

Peggy & Dr. Mark B. Saffer

Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Schwartz

Elaine & Michael Serling

Lois & Mark Shaevsky

William H. Smith ◊

Charlie & John Solecki

Mr. & Mrs. John Stroh III

Joel & Shelley Tauber

Emily & Paul Tobias

Ms. Marie Vanerian

Mr. James G. Vella

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton

Gary L. Wasserman & Charles A. Kashner

Mr. & Mrs. R. Jamison Williams

Ms. Mary Wilson

And four who wish to remain anonymous

Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Golden

Goodman Family Charitable Trust

Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Mann Gray

Ms. Chris Gropp

Leslie Groves* & Joseph Kochanek

Mr. Sanford Hansell & Dr. Raina Ernstoff

Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks

Mr. Donald & Marcia Hiruo

Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner

Mr. & Mrs. Kent Jidov

Mr. George G. Johnson

Paul & Karen Johnson

Carol & Rick Johnston

Paul & Marietta Joliat

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kalkanis

Judy & David Karp

Mike & Katy Keegan

Betsy & Joel Kellman

John Kim & Sabrina Hiedemann

Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Klarman

Dr. Sandy Koltonow & Dr. Mary Schlaff

Ms. Susan Deutch Konop

Barbara & Michael Kratchman

Richard & Sally Krugel

Deborah Lamm

Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa

McBrien-Landes

GIVING OF $5,000 & MORE, CONTINUED

Bill & Kathleen Langhorst

Mr. Leonard LaRocca

LeFevre Family

Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Leverenz

Bob & Terri Lutz

Daniel & Linda* Lutz

Mrs. Sandra MacLeod

Mr. & Mrs. Winom J. Mahoney

Cis Maisel

Dr. Stephen & Paulette Mancuso

Maurice Marshall

Patricia A.◊ & Patrick G. McKeever

Joy & Allan Nachman

Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr.

Ms. Jacqueline Paige & Mr. David Fischer

Mr. David Phipps & Ms. Mary Buzard

William H. & Wendy W. Powers

GIVING OF $2,500 & MORE

Nina Dodge Abrams

Mr. Juan Alvarez

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Anthony

Drs. Kwabena & Jacqueline Appiah

Mr. Eduardo Arciniegas

Dr. & Mrs. Ali-Reza R. Armin

Pauline Averbach & Charles Peacock

Mr. Joseph Aviv & Mrs. Linda Wasserman

Mrs. Jean Azar

Ellie & Mitch Barnett

Mr. Mark G. Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins

Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beaubien

Mr. Abraham Beidoun

Dr. George & Joyce Blum

Nancy & Lawrence Bluth

Ms. Kristin Bolitho

John ◊ & Marlene Boll

The Achim & Mary Bonawitz Family

The Honorable Susan D. Borman & Mr.

Stuart Michaelson

Don & Marilyn Bowerman

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Buchanan

Dr. Robert Burgoyne & Tova Shaban

Virginia Burkel

Sandra & Paul Butler

Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Campbell

Dr. & Mrs.◊ Thomas E. Carson

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Robert J. Cencek

Dr. Carol S. Chadwick & Mr. H. Taylor

Burleson

Ronald ◊ & Lynda Charfoos

Dr. Betty Chu

Mr. William Cole & Mrs. Carol Litka Cole

Mr. & Mrs. Brian G. Connors

Dr. & Mrs. Bryan & Phyllis Cornwall

Patricia & William ◊ Cosgrove, Sr.

Ms. Joy Crawford* & Mr. Richard Aude

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Cullen

Mrs. Barbara Cunningham

Suzanne Dalton & Clyde Foles

Deborah & Stephen D’Arcy Fund

Charlene & Michael Prysak

Drs. Yaddanapudi Ravindranath & Kanta Bhambhani

Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redfield

Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer

Dr. & Mrs. John Roberts

The Steven Della Rocca Memorial Fund/ Courtenay A. Hardy

Ms. Patricia Rodzik

Michael & Susan Rontal

Mr. Ronald Ross & Ms. Alice Brody

Mr. Chris Sachs

Mr. David Salisbury & Mrs. Terese Ireland

Salisbury

Marjorie Shuman Saulson

Sandy Schreier

Robert & Patricia Shaw

Mr. Norman Silk & Mr. Dale Morgan

Maureen T. D’Avanzo

DeLuca Violin Emporium

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Ditkoff

Diana & Mark Domin

Ms. Felicia Donadoni

Ms. Marla Donovan

Paul◊ & Peggy Dufault

Edwin & Rosemarie ◊ Dyer

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Erb

Dave & Sandy Eyl

Hon. Sharon Tevis Finch

John & Karen Fischer

Ms. Joanne Fisher

Dorothy A. & Larry L. Fobes

Amy & Robert Folberg

Mr. & Ms. Henry Ford III

Ms. Linda Forte & Mr. Tyrone Davenport

Kit & Dan Frohardt-Lane

Lynn & Bharat Gandhi

Stephanie Germack

Thomas M. Gervasi

Mr. & Mrs. James Gietzen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Gillette

Dr. Kenneth ◊ & Roslyne Gitlin

Ms. Jody Glancy

Mr. Lawrence Glowczewski

Dr. William & Mrs. Antoinette Govier

Ms. Jacqueline Graham

Dr. Darla Granger & Mr. Luke Ponder

Diane & Saul Green

Anne & Eugene Greenstein

Sharon Lopo Hadden

Dr.◊ & Mrs. David Haines

Robert & Elizabeth Hamel

Thomas & Kathleen Harmon

Cheryl A. Harvey

Ms. Barbara Heller

Ms. Karla Henry-Morris & Mr. William H. Morris

Ms. Doreen Hermelin

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Simoncini

William & Cherie Sirois

Michael E. Smerza & Nancy Keppelman

Mrs. Kathleen Straus & Mr. Walter Shapero

David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel

Dr. & Mrs. Howard Terebelo

Dr. Barry Tigay

Alice ◊ & Paul Tomboulian

Charles ◊ & Sally Van Dusen

Mrs. Eva von Voss

Mr. Michael A. Walch & Ms. Joyce Keller

Dr. & Mrs. Ned Winkelman

Cathy Cromer Wood

Ms. June Wu

Ms. Gail Zabowski

Lucia Zamorano, M.D.

The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III

James Hoogstra & Clark Heath

Mr. F. Robert Hozian

Dr. Karen Hrapkiewicz

Sam G. Huszczo

Larry & Connie Hutchinson

Ms. Elizabeth Ingraham

Carolyn & Howard Iwrey

Dr. Raymond E. Jackson & Dr. Kathleen Murphy

Mr. John S. Johns

Mr. William & Mrs. Connie Jordan

Diane & John Kaplan

Lucy & Alexander* Kapordelis

Bernard & Nina Kent Philanthropic Fund

Mrs. Frances King

Aileen & Harvey Kleiman

Thomas ◊ & Linda Klein

Tom ◊ & Beverly Klimko

Mr. & Mrs. Ludvik F. Koci

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Koffron

Douglas Korney & Marieta Bautista

James Kors & Victoria King

Ms. Jennette Smith Kotila

George M. Krappmann* & Lynda BurburyKrappmann

Mr. Michael Kuhne

Mr. & Mrs. Robert LaBelle

Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Laker

Mr. David Lalain & Ms. Deniella OrtizLalain

Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg

Ms. Sandra Lapadot

Ms. Anne T. Larin

Dr. Lawrence O. Larson

Dr. Jonathan Lazar

Mr. Henry P. Lee

Drs. Donald & Diane Levine

Arlene & John Lewis

Mr. Dane Lighthart & Ms. Robyn Bollinger*

David & Clare Loebl

Mr. John Lovegren & Mr. Daniel Isenschmid ◊

GIVING OF $2,500 & MORE, CONTINUED

Mr. Sean Maloney & Mrs. Laura PepplerMaloney

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr.

Melissa & Tom Mark

Barbara J. Martin

Brian & Becky McCabe

Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D.

Mr. Edward McClew

Mr. Anthony Roy McCree

Ms. Mary McGough

Ms. Kristen McLennan

Dr. Donald & Barbara Meier

Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson

Mr. & Mrs. Randall Miller

Mr. Keith Mobley

J.J. & Liz Modell

Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina

Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry

Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore

Ms. Sandra Morrison

Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem

George

Ms. Jennifer Muse

Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil

Mr. & Mrs. George Nicholson

Megan Norris & Howard Matthew

Lisa & Michael O’Brien

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Obringer

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur T. O’Reilly

Mr. Tony Osentoski & Mr. David Ogloza

Terry E. Packer

Mr. & Mrs. Randy G. Paquette

Mark Pasik & Julie Sosnowski

GIVING OF $1,500 & MORE

Ms. Jacqueline Adams

Mrs. Lynn E. Adams

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Adelman

William Aerni & Janet Frazis

Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian

Drs. Richard & Helena Balon

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Berry

Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burstein

Mr. & Mrs. Byron Canvasser

Steve & Geri Carlson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Colombo

Catherine Compton

Mr. & Mrs. David Conrad

Mr. & Mrs. John Courtney

Gordon & Elaine Didier

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Douglas

Mrs. Connie Dugger

Mr. Howard O. Emorey

Burke & Carol Fossee

Dr. & Ms. E. Bruce Geelhoed

Frank & Elyse Germack

Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Hirt

Jean Hudson

Priscilla & Huel Perkins

Peter & Carrie Perlman

Ms. Alice Pfahlert

Benjamin B. Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reed

Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman

Denise Reske

Mr. & Mrs. John Rieckhoff

Mr. & Mrs. Jon Rigoni

Ms. Linda Rodney

Seth & Laura Romine

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Linda & Leonard Sahn

Ms. Joyce E. Scafe

Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce

Beyer

Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk

Shirley Anne & Alan Schlang

Joe & Ashley Schotthoefer

Catherine & Dennis B. Schultz

Sandy ◊ & Alan Schwartz

Mrs. Rosalind B. Sell

Mr. Jeffrey S. Serman

Carlo & Nicole Serraiocco

Shapero Foundation

Bill* & Chris Shell

Dr. Les Siegel & Ellen Lesser Siegel

Dean P. & D. Giles Simmer

Ralph & Peggy Skiano

Mr. Michael J. Smith & Mrs. Mary C. Williams

Ms. Susan Smith

Shirley R. Stancato

Peter & Patricia Steffes

Mr. & Ms. Charles Jacobowitz

Ms. Nadine Jakobowski

Dr. & Mrs. Leonard B. Johnson

Dr. Judith Jones

Carole Keller

Mr. & Mrs. Gerd H. Keuffel

Elissa & Daniel Kline

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Gregory Knas

Mr. Robert Kosinski

Mr. & Mrs. William Kroger, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manning

Steve & Brenda Mihalik

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Miller

Carolyn & J. Michael Moore

Muramatsu America Flutes

Dr. William W. O’Neill

Rachel L. & Joshua F. Opperer

Ken & Geralyn Papa

Anne Parsons ◊ & Donald Dietz

Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Peterson

Mrs. Anna M. Ptasznik

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rapson

Drs. Renato & Daisy Ramos

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Rask

Ms. Elana Rugh

Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich

Dr. Gregory Stephens

Mr. Mark Stewart & Mr. Anonio GamezGalaz

Nancy C. Stocking

Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Stollman

Mr. & Mrs.◊ John Streit

Dr. & Mrs. Choichi Sugawa

Dr. Neil Talon

Mr. Rob Tanner

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Throop

Yoni & Rachel Torgow

Barbara & Stuart Trager

Tom & Laura Trudeau

Amanda Van Dusen & Curtis Blessing

Gerald & Teresa Varani

Mr. William Waak

Dr.◊ & Mrs. Ronald W. Wadle

Richard P. & Carol A. Walter

Mr. Patrick Webster

David R. Weinberg, Ph.D.

Beverly & Barry Williams

Elizabeth & Michael Willoughby

Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman

Ms. Andrea L. Wulf

Ms. Eileen Wunderlich

Dr. Sandra & Mr. D. Johnny Yee

Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Yee

Ms. Ellen Hill Zeringue

And nine who wish to remain anonymous

Mr. & Mrs. James P. Ryan

Brian & Toni Sanchez-Murphy

Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg

Ms. Rosemarie Sandel

Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Schwartz

Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears

Ms. Sandra Shetler

Mr. Konstantin Shirokinskiy

Ms. Sandra Shetler

Mr. Jon Steiger

Mr. Jt Stout

Ms. Amanda Tew*

David & Lila Tirsell

Dennis & Jennifer Varian

Mr. Barry Webster

Ms. Janet Weir

Janis & William Wetsman/The Wetsman

Foundation

Ms. Joan Whittingham

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Richard Wigginton

Mr. Francis Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Zerkich

And one who wishes to remain anonymous

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Gifts received – November 16, 2023 – February 29, 2024

Tribute gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts, and family programming. For information about making a tribute gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/donate.

In Honor

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Adel & Walter Dissett

Jeffrey Andonian

Dr. & Mrs. James Andonian

Mr. David Assemany

Mr. Mark McManus

Mark Blaquiere & Cathey Ann Fears

Ms. Sonya Perchikovsky

Harriet & Dick Cooper

Ms. Sonya Perchikovsky

Mr. James S. Garrett

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy LeVigne

Mozart Hunter

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hunter

Mrs. Ann Katz

Ms. Ruth Rattner

Thomas Barick

Michael Banks

Mr. Thomas Barick

M. Patricia Finn

Jill Law

Margaret Lawrence

Ellen Link

Geraldine Markel

Janice Milhem

Dave Spratt

Gladys & Julius Barr

Mr. & Mrs. Benson J. Barr

Marcus Belgrave

Hugh & Kathy Leal

Dr. John Bernick

Ilene Fruitman

Ann Kyzar

Lloyd Cheney

Mrs. Marcia Cheney

Stuart & Therese Dow

Sarah Reimers

John Dreifus

John Aoun

Mr. & Ms. Rob

Bloomberg

Bella Brokenthal

Michele Chapnick

John & Sharon Cini

Couzens, Lansky, Fealk, Ellis, Roeder & Lazar, P.C.

Jeff & Mary Dragon

Cheryl Dworman

Joanne Fisher

Mr. Michael Ma

Mr. Andrew Richner

Faye & Seymour Okun

Ms. Ruthanne Okun

Madeline O’Neill

Mr. & Mrs. Reginald O’Neal

William & Ann Ramroth

Erica Seidel

James Rose III

Mr. & Mrs. James Rose Jr.

In Memory

Mr. & Ms. Stuart Freedland

Terry Holmes

Mrs. Joann Honigman

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Jacobson

Lilly Jacobson

Ms. Naomi Laker

Mr. & Mrs. Robb Lippitt

Myra Lipton

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence

Mendelsohn

Joy & Allan Nachman

Dr. Arthur Rose

Eli Saulson

Kim R. Saxe

Ms. Lori Schechter

Loretta Schuster

Joan Shanley

Pamela Shanley

Amy Shefman

David Traitel

Carol Wolfe

Dr. & Mrs. Philip Wolok

Ms. Esther Young

Mr. Eugene Driker

Driker Family Foundation

Sophia Holley Ellis & Oscar Holley

Timothy Holley

Mrs. Helen Fildew

Ms. Paula-Rose Stark

Dr. Doreen Ganos

Dr. Meghan G. Liroff

Mrs. Gale Girolami

Lynn Bogart

Bill Goodman

Ms. Susan Gzesh

Robert Goren

Gayle R. Beck

Mr. Robert Goren

Cathryn Hondros

Denise McGuire

Kendra Miller

Sally Murphy

Sheila Murphy

Mr. & Mrs. David L.

Osher

David Reeves

Mr. & Mrs. Howard

Rosen

Ms. Susan Solarz

Patricia Hoff

Seth Hoff

Steve Kemp

Cassie Brenske

Carole Keller

Ms. Bree Kneisler

Shanda Lowery-Sachs

Vickie, David, & Rollie

Edwards

Mr. & Mrs. Al Lowery

Drs. David & Bernadine

Wu

Marion W. Pahl

Pahl Zinn

Richard May

Mr. & Ms. Don Witsil

Marie Slotnik

Mrs. Judith Schultheiss

Johanna Wayne

Ms. Marsha Billes

Haixin Wu

Yuson Jung & James J. Kim

Jay Zerwekh

Elaine C. Driker

Anne Parsons

The Clinton Family Fund

Patricia Paruch

David Paruch

Alex Peabody

Anonymous

Gilbert Pendolino

Melissa Hood

Mrs. Barbara Pendolino

Mrs. Debra Rodriguez

Sandra Toenjes

James Saindon

Mr. John Saindon

Sharon Singer

Mrs. Tracy Phillips

Al Steger

Ms. Kathleen Baltman

Anne Marie Stricker

Torben L. Winther

Bob Tronstein

Steve Tronstein

Richard Tschirhart

Mr. & Mrs. Ferid Ahmed

Paul Barach

Mr. & Mrs. Shimon Edut

Donna Raphael

Allyson Reinhardt

Mr. Richard Tanghe

Ayten & Nasut Uzman

James Akif Uzman

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT GIVING

Giving of $500,000 & more

SAMUEL & JEAN FRANKEL FOUNDATION

Giving of $200,000 & more

Giving of $100,000 & more

MARVIN & BETTY DANTO FAMILY FOUNDATION

EMORY M. FORD JR. ENDOWMENT FUND

Giving of $50,000 & more

The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Huntington

MASCO Corporation

MGM Grand Detroit

Milner Hotels Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Penske Foundation, Inc.

Donald R. Simon & Esther Simon Foundation

Matilda R. Wilson Fund

Giving of $20,000 & more

Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation

Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund

Henry Ford II Fund

JPMorgan Chase

Myron P. Leven Foundation

Michigan Arts & Culture Council

Stone Foundation of Michigan

Wolverine Packing

Giving of $10,000 & more

Cassie Family Foundation

Geoinge Foundation

Honigman LLP

Laskaris-Jamett Advisors

Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation

Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation

Sun Communities Inc.

Varnum LLP

Burton A. Zipser & Sandra D. Zipser Foundation

Giving of $5,000 & more

Applebaum Family Philanthropy

Creative Benefit Solutions, LLC

Fisher Funeral Home & Cremation Services

Benson & Edith Ford Fund

Hylant Group

Marjorie & Maxwell Jospey Foundation

KPMG LLP

Meemic

Sigmund & Sophie Rohlik Foundation

Taft Law

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

Wisne Charitable Foundation

Giving of $1,000 & more

Coffee Express Roasting Company

The Cassie Family Foundation

Jack, Evelyn, & Richard Cole Family Foundation

Frank & Gertrude Dunlap Foundation

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

EY

James & Lynelle Holden Fund

Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation

Josephine Kleiner Foundation

Dolores & Paul Lavins Foundation

Ludwig Foundation Fund

Madison Electric Company

Michigan First Credit Union

Plante Moran

Renaissance (MI) Chapter of the Links

Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation

Samuel L. Westerman Foundation

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CELEBRATING YOUR LEGACY SUPPORT

BARBARA VAN DUSEN, Honorary Chair

The 1887 Society honors individuals who have made a special legacy commitment to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members of the 1887 Society ensure that future music lovers will continue to enjoy unsurpassed musical experiences by including the DSO in their estate plans.

Ms. Doris L. Adler

Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee ◊

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum ◊

Dr. Augustin & Nancy ◊ Arbulu

Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook*

Ms. Sharon Backstrom

Sally & Donald Baker

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel

Mr. Mark G. Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins

Stanley A. Beattie

Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman ◊

Virginia B. Bertram ◊

Mrs. Betty Blair

Ms. Rosalee Bleecker

Mr. Joseph Boner

Gwen & Richard Bowlby

Mr. Harry G. Bowles ◊

Mr. Charles Broh ◊

Mrs. Ellen Brownfain

William & Julia Bugera

CM Carnes

Cynthia Cassell, Ph. D.

Eleanor A. Christie

Ms. Mary F. Christner

Mr. Gary Ciampa

Robert & Lucinda Clement

Drs. William ◊ & Janet Cohn

Lois & Avern ◊ Cohn

Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock◊

Mr. Scott Cook, Jr.

Mr. & Ms. Thomas Cook

Dorothy M. Craig ◊

Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank

Julie & Peter Cummings

Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden

Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer

Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux

Mr. John Diebel◊

Mr. Stuart Dow

Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G.◊ Eidson

Marianne T. Endicott

Ms. Dorothy Fisher ◊

Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher

Dorothy A. & Larry L. Fobes

Samuel & Laura Fogleman

Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.◊ Endowment

Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman

Barbara Frankel ◊ & Ron Michalak

Herman & Sharon Frankel

Mrs. Rema Frankel ◊

Jane French ◊

Mark & Donna Frentrup

Alan M. Gallatin

Janet M. Garrett

Dr. Byron P.◊ & Marilyn Georgeson

Jim & Nancy Gietzen

Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore

Victor ◊ & Gale Girolami

Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

David & Paulette Groen

Mr. Gerald Grum ◊

Rosemary Gugino

Mr. & Mrs. William Harriss

Donna & Eugene Hartwig

Ms. Nancy B. Henk

Joseph L. Hickey

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman

Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz

Andy Howell

Carol Howell◊

Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky

David & Sheri Jaffa

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup

Mr. George G. Johnson

Ms. Carol Johnston

Lenard & Connie Johnston

Carol M. Jonson

Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales

Faye & Austin ◊ Kanter

Norb ◊ & Carole Keller

Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley

June K. Kendall◊

Dimitri ◊ & Suzanne Kosacheff

Douglas Koschik

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski ◊

Mary Clippert LaMont

Ms. Sandra Lapadot

Mrs. Bonnie Larson

Ann C. Lawson ◊

Allan S. Leonard

Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson

Dr. Melvin A. Lester

Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile

Eric & Ginny Lundquist

Harold Lundquist ◊ & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist

Roberta Maki

Eileen & Ralph Mandarino

Judy Howe Masserang

Mr. Glenn Maxwell

Ms. Elizabeth Maysa ◊

Mary Joy McMachen, Ph.D.

Judith Mich ◊

Rhoda A. Milgrim

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

John & Marcia Miller

Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell

Mr.◊ & Mrs. L. William Moll

Shari & Craig Morgan

Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil

Joy & Allan Nachman

Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters

Beverley Anne Pack

David & Andrea Page ◊

Mr. Dale J. Pangonis

Ms. Mary Webber Parker ◊

Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood ◊

Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein ◊

Helen & Wesley Pelling ◊

Dr. William F. Pickard

Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus

Ms. Christina Pitts

Mrs. Robert Plummer ◊

Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta

Mrs. Mary Carol Prokop ◊

Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen

Ms. Elizabeth Reiha ◊

Deborah J. Remer

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss ◊

Barbara Gage Rex ◊

Ms. Marianne Reye

Lori-Ann Rickard

Katherine D. Rines

Bernard & Eleanor Robertson

Ms. Barbara Robins

Jack & Aviva Robinson ◊

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell

Marjorie Shuman Saulson

Ruth Saur Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk

Ms. Yvonne Schilla

David W. Schmidt ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Shaffer ◊

Patricia Finnegan Sharf

Ms. Marla K. Shelton

Edna J. Shin

Ms. June Siebert

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon

Dr. Melissa J. Smiley & Dr. Patricia A. Wren

David & Sandra Smith

Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass ◊

Mrs. Margot Sterren ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek

David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel

Alice ◊ & Paul Tomboulian

Roger & Tina Valade

Charles ◊ & Sally Van Dusen

Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug

Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent ◊

Mr. Sanford Waxer ◊

Christine & Keith C. Weber

Mr. Herman Weinreich ◊

John ◊ & Joanne Werner

Mr.◊ & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm

Mr. Robert E. Wilkins ◊

Mrs. Michel Williams

Ms. Nancy Williams ◊

Mr. Robert S. Williams & Ms. Treva Womble

Ms. Barbara Wojtas

Elizabeth B. Work◊

Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu ◊

Ms. Andrea L. Wulf

Mrs. Judith G. Yaker

Milton & Lois Zussman ◊

And five who wish to remain anonymous

The DSO’s Planned Giving Council recognizes the region’s leading financial and estate professionals whose current and future clients may involve them in their decision to make a planned gift to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members play a critical role in shaping the future of the DSO through ongoing feedback, working with their clients, supporting philanthropy and attending briefings twice per year.

Mrs. Katana H. Abbott*

Mr. Joseph Aviv

Mr. Christopher Ballard*

Ms. Jessica B. Blake, Esq.

Ms. Rebecca J. Braun

Mr. Timothy Compton

Ms. Wendy Zimmer Cox*

Mr. Robin D. Ferriby*

Mrs. Jill Governale*

Mr. Henry Grix*

Mrs. Julie Hollinshead, CFA

Mr. Mark W. Jannott, CTFA

Ms. Jennifer Jennings*

Ms. Dawn Jinsky*

Mrs. Shirley Kaigler*

Mr. Robert E. Kass*

Mr. Christopher L. Kelly

Mr. Bernard S. Kent

Ms. Yuh Suhn Kim

Mrs. Marguerite Munson Lentz*

Mr. J. Thomas MacFarlane

Mr. Christopher M. Mann*

Mr. Curtis J. Mann

Mrs. Mary K. Mansfield

Mr. Mark E. Neithercut*

Mr. Steve Pierce

Ms. Deborah J. Renshaw, CFP

Mr. James P. Spica

Mr. David M. Thoms*

Mr. John N. Thomson, Esq.

Mr. Jason Tinsley*

Mr. William Vanover

Mr. William Winkler

*Executive Committee Member

Remembering the DSO in your estate plans will support the sustainability and longevity of our orchestra, so that tomorrow’s audience will continue to be inspired through unsurpassed musical experiences. If you value the role of the DSO—in your life and in our community—

please consider making a gift through your will, trust, life insurance, or other deferred gift.

To learn more please call Alexander Kapordelis at 313.576.5198 or email

akapordelis@dso.org.

YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE MAX

Our Home on Woodward Avenue

The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center is one of Detroit’s most notable cultural campuses. The Max includes three main performance spaces: historic Orchestra Hall, the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (The Cube), and Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall, plus our outdoor green space, Sosnick Courtyard. All are accessible from the centrally located William Davidson Atrium. The Jacob Bernard Pincus Music Education Center is home to the DSO’s Wu Family Academy and other music education offerings. The DSO is also proud to offer The Max as a performance and administrative space for several local partners.

Parking

The DSO Parking Deck is located at 81 Parsons Street. Self-parking in the garage costs $12 for most concerts (credit card payment only). Accessible parking is available on the first and second floors of the garage. Note that accessible parking spaces go quickly, so please arrive early!

Valet parking is also available for all patrons (credit card payment only), and a golf cart-style DSO Courtesy Shuttle is available for all patrons who need assistance entering The Max.

What Should I Wear?

You do you! We don’t have a dress code, and you’ll see a variety of outfit styles. Business casual attire is common, but sneakers and jeans are just as welcome as suits and ties.

Food and Drink

Concessions are available for purchase on the first floor of the William Davidson Atrium at most concerts, and light bites are available in the Paradise Lounge on the second floor. Bars are located on the first and third floors of the William Davidson Atrium and offer canned sodas (pop, if you prefer), beer, wine, and specialty cocktail mixes.

Patrons are welcome to bring drinks to their seats at

all performances except Friday morning Coffee Concerts; food is not allowed in Orchestra Hall. Please note that outside food and beverages are prohibited.

Accessibility

Accessibility matters. Whether you need ramp access for your wheelchair or are looking for sensory-friendly concert options, we are thinking of you.

• The Max has elevators, barrierfree restrooms, and accessible seating on each level. Security staff are available at all entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles.

• The DSO’s Sennheiser MobileConnect hearing assistance system is available for all performances in Orchestra Hall. You can use your own mobile device and headphones by downloading the Sennheiser MobileConnect app, or borrow a device by visiting the Box Office.

• Available at the Box Office during all events at at The Max, William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series venues, and chamber recitals, the DSO offers sensory toolkits to use free of charge, courtesy of the Mid-Michigan Autism Association. The kits contain items that can help calm or stimulate a person with a sensory processing

THE MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER

3711 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI 48201

Box Office: 313.576.5111

Group Sales: 313.576.5111

Administrative Offices: 313.576.5100

Facilities Rental Info: 313.576.5131

Visit the DSO online at dso.org For general inquiries, please email info@dso.org

difference, including noise-reducing headphones and fidget toys. The DSO also has a quiet room, available for patrons to use at every performance at The Max.

• A golf cart-style DSO Courtesy Shuttle is available for all patrons who need assistance entering The Max.

• Check out the Accessibility tab on dso.org/yourexperience to learn more

WiFi

Complimentary WiFi is available throughout The Max. Look for the DSOGuest network on your device. And be sure to tag your posts with #IAMDSO!

Shop DSO Merchandise

Visit shopdso.org to purchase DSO and Civic Youth Ensembles merchandise anywhere, anytime!

The Herman and Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge

Governing Members can enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers, and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open 90 minutes prior to each concert through the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member, contact Leslie Groves at 313.576.5451 or lgroves@dso.org.

Gift Certificates

Gift certificates are available in any denomination and may be used towards tickets to any DSO performance. Please contact the Box Office for more information.

Rent The Max

Elegant and versatile, The Max is an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances: weddings, corporate gatherings, meetings, concerts, and more. Visit dso.org/rentals or call 313.576.5131 for more information.

POLICIES SEATING

Please note that all patrons (of any age) must have a ticket to attend concerts. If the music has already started, an usher will ask you to wait until a break before seating you. The same applies if you leave Orchestra Hall and re-enter. Most performances are broadcast (with sound) on a TV in the William Davidson Atrium.

TICKETS, EXCHANGES, AND CONCERT CANCELLATIONS

n All sales are final and non-refundable.

PHONES

Your neighbors and the musicians appreciate your cooperation in turning your phone to silent and your brightness down while you’re keeping an eye on texts from the babysitter or looking up where a composer was born!

PHOTOGRAPHY & RECORDING

To report an emergency during a concert, immediately notify an usher or DSO staff member. If an usher or DSO staff member is not available, please contact DSO Security at 313.576.5199

n Even though we’ll miss you, we understand that plans can change unexpectedly, so the DSO offers flexible exchange and ticket donation options.

n Please contact the Box Office to exchange tickets and for all ticketing questions or concerns.

n The DSO is a show-must-go-on orchestra. In the rare event a concert is cancelled, our website and social media feeds will announce the cancellation, and patrons will be notified of exchange options.

We love a good selfie for social media (please share your experiences using @DetroitSymphony and #IAMDSO) but remember that having your device out can be distracting to musicians and audience members. Please be cautious and respectful if you wish to take photos or videos. Flash photography, extended video recording, tripods, and cameras with detachable lenses are strictly prohibited.

NOTE: By entering event premises, you consent to having your likeness featured in photography, audio, and video captured by the DSO, and release the DSO from any liability connected with these materials. Visit dso.org for more.

SMOKING

Smoking and vaping are not allowed anywhere in The Max.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Erik Rönmark President and CEO

James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

Jill Elder Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Revenue & Financial Officer

Joy Crawford Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Serena Donadoni Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Anne Parsons ◊ President Emeritus

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

ARTISTIC PLANNING

Jessica Ruiz Senior Director of Artistic Planning

Jessica Slais Creative Director of Popular & Special Programming

Stephen Grady Jr. Manager of Jazz & @ The Max

Lindzy Volk Artist Liaison

William Dailing Department Head

Zach Deater Department Head

Isaac Eide Department Head

Kurt Henry Department Head

Matthew Pons Senior Audio Department Head

Dennis Rottell Stage Manager

Jason Tschantre Department Head

LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL

Marc Geelhoed Executive Producer of Live from Orchestra Hall

ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS

Kathryn Ginsburg General Manager

Patrick Peterson Director of Orchestra Personnel & Operations

Benjamin Brown Production Manager

Nolan Cardenas Auditions & Operations Coordinator

Benjamin Tisherman Manager of Orchestra Personnel

LIBRARY

Robert Stiles Principal Librarian

Ethan Allen Assistant Principal Librarian

Bronwyn Hagerty Orchestra and Training Programs Librarian

ADVANCEMENT

Alex Kapordelis Senior Director of Advancement

Ali Huber Director of Donor Engagement

Colleen McLellan Director of Institutional & Legislative Partnerships

Cassidy Schmid Director of Individual Giving

Amanda Tew Director of Advancement Operations

Leslie Groves

Major Gift Officer

Bryana Hall Data & Research Specialist

Jane Koelsch

Major Gift Officer

Francesca Leo Manager of Governance and Donor Engagement

Elizabeth McConnell Stewardship Coordinator

Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Concierge

Susan Queen Gift Officer, Corporate Giving

Joseph Sabatella Fulfillment Coordinator

Alice Sheppard Event Coordinator

Bethany Simmerlein Grant Writer

Shay Vaughn Major Gift Officer

BUILDING OPERATIONS

Ken Waddington Senior Director of Facilities & Engineering

Cedric Allen EVS Technician

Teresa Beachem Chief Engineer

Demetris Fisher Manager of Environmental Services (EVS)

William Guilbault EVS Technician

Robert Hobson Chief Maintenance Technician

Aaron Kirkwood EVS Lead

Daniel Speights EVS Technician

EVENT AND PATRON EXPERIENCE

Christina Williams Director of Event & Patron Experience

Neva Kirksey Manager of Events & Rentals

Alison Reed, CVA Manager of Volunteer & Patron Experience

Andre Williams Beverage Manager

COMMUNICATIONS

Matt Carlson Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations

Sarah Smarch Director of Content & Storytelling

Natalie Berger Video Content Specialist

LaToya Cross Communications & Advancement Content Specialist

Hannah Engwall Public Relations Manager

COMMUNITY & LEARNING

Karisa Antonio Senior Director of Social Innovation & Learning

Damien Crutcher Managing Director of Detroit Harmony

Debora Kang Director of Education

Clare Valenti Director of Community Engagement

Kiersten Alcorn Manager of Community Engagement

Chris DeLouis Training Ensembles Operations Coordinator

Crystal Gause Coordinator of Engagement Operations

Joanna Goldstein Manager of Programs & Student Development

Erin Faryniarz

Detroit Harmony Partnerships & Services Coordinator

Kendra Sachs Training Ensembles Recruitment & Communications Coordinator

FINANCE

Agnes Postma

Senior Director of Accounting & Finance

Adela Löw

Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting

Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant of Business Operations

Claudia Scalzetti Staff Accountant

Julia Strickland Payroll & Benefits Accountant

HUMAN RESOURCES

Hannah Lozon Senior Director of Talent & Culture

Jacquez Gray Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Angela Stough Director of Human Resources

Shuntia Perry Recruitment & Employee Experience Specialist

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

William Shell Director of Information Technology

Pat Harris Systems Administrator

Michelle Koning Web Manager

Aaron Tockstein Database Administrator

MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Charle s Buchanan

Senior Director of Marketing & Audience Development

Teresa Alden Director of Growth Marketing

Sharon Gardner Carr

Tessitura Event Operations Manager

Jay Holladay Brand Graphic Designer

LaHeidra Marshall Direct Marketing Manager

Connor Mehren Growth Marketing Manager

Declan O’Neal

Marketing & Promotions Coordinator

Kristin Pagels-Quinlan Digital Advertising Manager

PATRON SALES & SERVICE

Michelle Marshall Director of Patron Sales & Service

Rolande Edwards Patron Sales & Service Manager

James Sabatella Group & Tourism Sales Manager

Valerie Jackson Group Sales Representative

SAFETY & SECURITY

George Krappmann Director of Safety & Security

Johnnie Scott

Safety & Security Manager

Willie Coleman Security Officer

Joyce Dorsey Security Officer

Tony Morris Security Officer

Eric Thomas Security Officer & Maintenance Technician

PERFORMANCE

Spring 2024

• 2023-2024 Season

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Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

MAY2024

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES MOZART & THE SEASONS

Fri. May 3 – Sun. May 5

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES MAHLER’S NINTH

Fri. May 10 – Sat. May 11

PNC POPS SERIES DISCO FEVER

Fri. May 17 – Sun. May 19

chamber recital DEBUSSY & RAVEL

Mon. May 20

chamber recital BRAHMS & BARTÓK

Fri. May 24 – Sun. May 26

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES DON WAS & THE PAN DETROIT ENSEMBLE

Fri. May 24

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES STRAUSS’S ALPINE SYMPHONY

Fri. May 31 – Sun. Jun. 2

JUNE2024

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH

Thu. Jun. 6 – Sat. Jun. 8

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH

Thu. Jun. 13 – Sun. Jun. 16

SUMMER SOIRÉE BLACK VIOLIN

Sat. Jun. 15

chamber recital SCHUBERT & BLACK ANGELS

Mon. Jun. 17

PNC POPS SERIES DISNEY & BROADWAY FAVORITES

Fri. Jun. 21 – Sun. Jun. 23

SPECIAL EVENT THE GOONIES IN CONCERT

Wed. Jun. 26 – Thu. Jun. 27

JULY2024

chamber recital QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME

Tue. Jul. 9

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES BRITTEN & MENDELSSOHN

Thu. Jul. 11 – Sun. Jul. 14

SPECIAL EVENT BEN RECTOR & CODY FRY

Wed. Jul. 24

SPECIAL EVENT MUSIC OF ELVIS WITH FRANKIE MORENO

Fri. Jul. 26

For complete program listings, including Live from Orchestra Hall webcast dates, visit dso.org

Your investment makes the DSO a place where people of all ages belong, feel welcome, and are inspired. Give today at dso.org/donate to bring our community together through music.

New for 2024! Two Course Pre-�eater menu before all evening performances

Menu specially designed to get you to the show on time.