MASTERWORKS VI: THIS MIDNIGHT HOUR
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The mission of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is to inspire, educate, and enrich lives near and far by creating extraordinary musical experiences with uncompromising artistic excellence.
With a 62-year history of artistic excellence, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is recognized as the largest and most distinguished performing arts organization in Maryland’s capital city. Under the direction of José-Luis Novo, the Symphony continues to rise in excellence and national reputation, performing Masterworks, Pops, Family Concerts, and special events. The Symphony reaches thousands annually with its free Pops in the Park concert, performances in partnership with the United States Naval Academy and the Annapolis Opera, and collaborative projects with other arts organizations and touring headliners. Additionally, ASO sponsors award-winning education concerts and outreach programs in community schools, sharing the joy of music-making with thousands of school children, including through the Annapolis Symphony Academy (ASA).
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Elizabeth Richebourg Rea, in honoring the legacy of her father as co-founder and first board president of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, has created her own legacy with the ASO. Her continued support, beginning with the largest single gift in the history of the orchestra for the 50th Anniversary Season in 2011, has been noted as transformational in inspiring future donations of substantial amounts, in addition to gifts by pledge over multiple years. She has pioneered new levels of giving and today an expanded ASO continues to thrive to greater heights. Elizabeth is sponsor of the The Artistic Director and Conductor’s Chair in her father’s name and in addition is the founding member of the annual Philip Richebourg Encore Circle.
My father Philip Richebourg conducted his own orchestra every day of his life. He personified exactitude and precision in business; in service to his community and in leadership on numerous Boards. He was meticulous in his passions as pilot, musician, archivist. Dedicated to each task at hand my father approached all things in life as if resolute in achieving one goal, that of perfect harmony.
Elizabeth Richebourg Rea is a fine art photographer and curator. Rea’s art career began in the 1970s working for The Museum of Modern Art and Leo Castelli. Curator of numerous exhibitions of Joseph Cornell, she was also catalogue editor and research consultant for two Roy Lichtenstein Museum Retrospectives. Elizabeth is President of the Dungannon Foundation, sponsor of The Rea Award for the Short Story. She is active on the Peggy Guggenheim Advisory Board in Venice and is Honorary Trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Elizabeth Rea lives in Connecticut.
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is indebted to Philip Richebourg, Co-Founder and First Board President (1967-1974). Philip Richebourg’s stalwart support, organizational vision and strong leadership during its formative years helped solidify the orchestra financially and administratively, ensuring its longevity and signature as one of Maryland’s most distinguished performing arts organizations. Philip passionately supported the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra as it sought to enrich the lives of the community through classical music and educational programs. From the modest beginnings of a small community ensemble to the present acclaimed professional orchestra, Philip was at the helm every step of the way. Philip Richebourg’s commitment, dedication and passion for musical awareness leaves an indelible mark on the history of the ASO. The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra would not be what it is today without him.
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VIOLIN I
Netanel Draiblate, Concertmaster
Nicholas Currie, Associate Concertmaster
Hanbing Jia, Assistant Concertmaster
Heather Haughn
Wan-Chun Hu
Susan Benac
Rachael Stockton
Abby Armbruster
William Wang
Angela YuTing Chew
Yan Izquierdo
Amelia Giles
VIOLIN II
Christian Tremblay, Principal
Kristin Bakkegard, Associate Principal
Megan Gray
Sally Stallings Amass
Karin Kelleher
Alexandra Mikhlin
Paul Bagley
Katelyn Lyons Peaden
Sara Schneider
VIOLA
Sarah Hart, Principal
Derek Smith, Associate Principal
Rachel Holaday
Susan Taylor Dapkunas
Kate Zahradnik
Louise Elder Chestnut
Christof Huebner
Heidi Remick
CELLO
Todd Thiel, Principal
Pei Lu, Associate Principal
Nicole Boguslaw
April Studeny
Alison Bazala Kim
Daniel Shomper
Catherine Mikelson
MaryAnn Perkel
BASS
Patrick Raynard, Principal
Benjamin Crofut, Associate Principal
Broc Mertz
Adriane Irving
Jason Gekker
Lee Philip
FLUTE
Kimberly Valerio, Principal
Lauren Sileo
Lori Kesner
OBOE
Fatma Daglar, Principal
Joseph DeLuccio
CLARINET
Robert DiLutis, Principal
Brian Eldridge
BASSOON
Asha Kline, Principal
Patricia Morgan
HORN
Alex Kovling, Principal
Shane Iler, Associate Principal
Elena Varon
Anthony Valerio
Jacob Wiggins
TRUMPET
Christopher Sala, Principal
Christopher Buchanan
Thomas Bithell
TROMBONE
David Perkel, Principal
David Sciannella
Kaz Kruszewski
TUBA
Jake Fewx, Principal
TIMPANI
Glenn Paulson, Acting Principal
PERCUSSION
Anthony Asero, Acting Principal
Aubrey Adams
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MASTERWORKS SERIES
May 10, 7:30 pM | May 11, 7:30 pM
MARYLAND HALL
José-Luis Novo, Artistic Director & Conductor
The Philip Richebourg Chair
Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London” Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Adagio—Allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto: Allegro
IV. Finale: Spiritoso
This Midnight Hour Anna Clyne (b. 1980)
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
I. Allegretto
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
III. Vivacissimo
IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
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Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Born Mar. 31, 1732, Rohrau
Died May 31, 1809, Vienna
The now canonic composer Joseph Haydn began his career in music as a young boy. At age five or six, Haydn moved from his parents’ home to live and study with his cousin, who was principal and choir director of the Hainburg church school. A few years later, Haydn moved to Vienna to be a choir boy, also studying music theory. His career as a choir boy was forced to end when his voice broke, and at age seventeen, Haydn entered the freelance professional world, making ends meet by performing, teaching, and composing. In May 1761, Haydn signed a contract with Prince Paul Anton Esterházy, securing full time employment and longterm patronage at age twenty-nine. By the 1780s, Haydn was one of the most celebrated composers in western Europe. He remained at the Esterházy court until 1790, when a new Esterházy heir dissolved the musical establishment.
Now with more freedom, Hadyn agreed to travel to London to work with concert producer Johann Peter Salomon. They landed in England on January 2, 1791, and thus began the first of Haydn’s two visits to London: the first 1791–92, and the second,
1794–95. During each of these tours, Haydn received patronage from King George III and Queen Charolotte. Haydn was also extremely popular with London audiences, called “an object of homage,” “Shakespeare,” “genius,” and “sublime” by the newspapers. Symphony No. 104 is the last of Haydn’s London symphonies, thus earning it its moniker. It premiered with great success on May 4, 1795, as part of a benefit concert in honor of the composer.
The first movement begins with a fortissimo tutti motive that grabs the listener’s attention, a necessity to divert the public audiences away from the typical chatter that was at the time standard during concerts. After the Adagio introduction follows the Allegro sonata form, the typical structure for a first movement in the eighteenth century. The slower Andante second movement begins with an excellent example of Classical era galant style, characterized by homophonic textures and triadic melodies. A sudden shift to a more rapid pace with minor harmonies demonstrates the Sturm und Drang style. The Menuetto third movement is a minuet and trio, the trio a contrasting middle section that is more developmental. It is the fourth movement Finale that in part has given this symphony its canonic status. Haydn masterfully layers and weaves distinct musical topics throughout the fast sonata form movement. It begins in galant style with a musette, or a drone, in the horns and low strings. The upper strings and oboe have a bouncing melody, the heavy accented downbeats emphasizing the peasant, folk style. Thinner textures and quieter lines are an example of the more intimate, Empfindsamer Stil (sensitive style), which provide a contrast to the dominating galant musette topic. The development section also has the minor, frenzied Sturm und Drang, before the recapitulation returns with Haydn’s typical galant style to end the piece with joy.
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PROGRAM NOTES
This Midnight Hour ANNA CLYNE
Born Mar. 9, 1980, London
Now a resident of New Paltz, located in upstate New York, Anna Clyne was born in London, and studied in Edinburgh and New York City. Her interest in music began at age seven, when her family was given a piano; Clyne taught herself to play and composed pieces for herself and her friends to perform. She then started playing the cello, which began her love for orchestral music. Clyne often refers to music as a “sound world,” a fitting term that encompasses her eclectic influences and exploration of the orchestra’s timbral potential. Her earlier style was electroacoustic, combining live musicians with prerecorded sounds, helping to push the limits of the orchestra. Her current style uses electronic processes in purely acoustic orchestration, which can be heard in This Midnight Hour, which was composed and premiered in 2015.
Starting with a groove laid down in the low strings, the piece juxtaposes pitch registers and melodies in different instrument groups, highlighting Clyne’s interest in melody and timbre. A sudden decrescendo leads to a thinner texture, introducing the second section of the piece that has a strong folk influence. The two sections of this piece are each based on a different poem, a process described in Clyne’s own program note that accompanies the score:
The opening to This Midnight Hour is inspired by the character and power of the lower strings of L’Orchestra national d’Île de France. From here, it draws inspiration from two poems – one by Charles Baudelaire and another by Juan Ramón Jiménez. Whilst it is not intended to depict a specific narrative, my intention is that it will evoke a visual journey for the listener.
La Musica, by Juan Ramón Jiménez (translated by Robert Bly)
¡La musica; mujer desnuda, Corriendo loca por la noche pura!
Music–a naked woman, Running mad through the pure night!
This immediately struck me as a strong image and one that I chose to interpret with outbursts of frenetic energy—for example, dividing the strings into sub-groups that play fortissimo staggered descending cascade figures from left to right in stereo effect. This stems from my early explorations of electroacoustic music.
There is also a lot of evocative sensory imagery in Baudelaire’s Harmonie du Soir […] I riffed on the idea of the melancholic waltz about halfway into This Midnight Hour —I split the viola section in two and have one half playing at written pitch and the other half playing ¼ tone sharp to emulate the sonority of an accordion playing a Parisian-esque waltz.
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Harmonie
Voici venir les temps où vibrant sur sa tige
Chaque fleur s’évapore ainsi qu’un encensoir;
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir;
Valse mélancolique et langoureux vertige!
Chaque fleur s’évapore ainsi qu’un encensoir;
Le violon frémit comme un coeur qu’on afflige;
Valse mélancolique et langoureux vertige!
Le ciel est triste et beau comme un grand reposoir.
Le violon frémit comme un coeur qu'on afflige,
Un coeur tendre, qui hait le néant vaste et noir!
Le ciel est triste et beau comme un grand reposoir;
Le soleil s'est noyé dans son sang qui se fige.
Un coeur tendre, qui hait le néant vaste et noir,
Du passé lumineux recueille tout vestige!
Le soleil s'est noyé dans son sang qui se fige...
Ton souvenir en moi luit comme un ostensoir!
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
JEAN SIBELIUS
Born Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna
Died Sep. 20, 1957, Järvenpää
Johan Julius Christian Sibelius credited his love of music to his uncle Pehr, who was an amateur violinist. Following in his uncle’s footsteps, Sibelius began studying violin at age fifteen, continuing his violin studies at the Helinski Music Institute beginning in 1885. While a student at the Music Institute, Sibelius assumed the name “Jean” and began composing. Born to a Swedish-speaking family, Sibelius also started developing a serious interest in Finnish language, folk
The season is at hand when swaying on its stem
Every flower exhales perfume like a censer; Sounds and perfumes turn in the evening air;
Melancholy waltz and languid vertigo!
Every flower exhales perfume like a censer;
The violin quivers like a tormented heart;
Melancholy waltz and languid vertigo!
The sky is sad and beautiful like an immense altar.
The violin quivers like a tormented heart,
A tender heart, that hates the vast, black void!
The sky is sad and beautiful like an immense altar;
The sun has drowned in his blood which congeals.
A tender heart that hates the vast, black void, Gathers up every shred of the luminous past!
The sun has drowned in his blood which congeals…
Your memory in me glitters like a monstrance!
poetry, culture, and nationalism while a student. After his graduation in 1889, Sibelius furthered his compositional study in Europe, traveling first to Berlin and then, supported by Finnish state funds, to Vienna. While in Vienna, Sibelius turned from chamber music to the symphony orchestra as his main compositional focus.
After returning to Finland in 1891, Sibelius helped to establish a Finnish style of classical composition, gaining first national, then international, fame throughout the decade. One of the most successful and well-known works from this effort is the tone poem Finlandia , Op. 26, written in 1899 and revised into the current version in 1900. A few months after Finlandia ’s premiere, Sibelius began sketching his second symphony while on holiday in Italy. He was near completion in November 1901, but then made such substantial revisions that the premiere was postponed to January 1902, and then again to March. Sibelius himself conducted the sold-out premiere in Helinski on March 8, 1902. Symphony No. 2 was an immediate success, and because of the contemporaneous tension with Russia, audiences connected the piece and Sibelius himself with Finnish resistance and nationalism.
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du Soir, by Charles Baudelaire (translated by William Aggeler)
PROGRAM NOTES continued
Beginning with a pulsating, rising motive in the strings, the Allegretto first movement establishes an atmosphere of warmth and joy. Echoing the strings, lilting woodwinds reverse the motive from an ascending to a descending third, the faster rhythm adding a pastoral feeling. The French horn soli also explores the idea of a third. These three motives, seemingly unrelated but in fact all sharing a common element, demonstrate the tight motivic relationships within the second symphony. The Andante, ma rubato second movement starts with a creeping, D minor bass and cello pizzicato. Joined by the rolling timpani, the bassoons join with a lugubre (dismal) line, the rhythm creating a hemiola with the walking bass, and the modality emblematic of Sibelius’s folk style. In the manuscript sketches, these two themes were originally intended for a tone poem about the legend of Don Juan, and we can hear Death approaching the infamous figure to proclaim his condemnation in first the walking bass and then the singing
bassoons. After a pause, the melody turns major, the pianississimo strings evoking peace and spirituality. In the manuscript, this melody was marked “Christus,” perhaps coming from another abandoned tone poem about Dante. With these figures influencing the thematic composition, the second movement becomes a struggle between life and death. The Vivacissimo third movement is a frenzied scherzo, maintaining the typical structure of a dance for the third movement of a symphony. Sibelius adds a slow trio with pastoral oboes and flutes, giving a stark contrast to the surrounding scherzos. Played attacca from the third, the fourth movement begins with a lush melody in the strings. The rising third in the strings, as well as the pulsating accompaniment in the brass and percussion, connect to the first movement, unifying the composition. The final movement is full of struggle, fanfares, and ultimate triumph, easily allowing Sibelius’s audiences to map this symphony onto their own nationalism.
Program notes by
Elizabeth Massey, Ph.D.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
JOSÉ-LUIS NOVO
THE PHILIP RICHEBOURG CHAIR
Spanish-born José-Luis Novo has instilled a new and vibrant artistic vision into the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra since his appointment as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Maryland-based symphony in 2005. Highlights of Novo’s tenure include numerous appearances at the Music Center at Strathmore with violinists James Ehnes, Anne Akiko Meyers, Leticia Moreno, and Chee-Yun, pianist Olga Kern, late cellist Lynn Harrell, guitarist Manuel Barrueco,
pipa virtuoso Wu Man, and the Naval Academy Glee Club. Also remarkable are a 2012 return appearance at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, national broadcasts on NPR’s Performance Today, debut TV broadcasts on Washington’s WETA Metro PBS, the launching of the ASO’s award-winning streaming platform Symphony+, the creation of the Annapolis Symphony Academy, and the ASO’s first commercial CD commemorating the 300th anniversary
The Artistic Director’s Chair is graciously underwritten by Elizabeth Richebourg Rea, daughter of Philip Richebourg, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Co-Founder and First Board President (1967-1974).
“My father conducted every day of his life as if resolute in achieving perfect harmony. I can think of no greater legacy than naming the Artistic Director’s Chair after my father, Philip Richebourg.”
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of the signing of the City of Annapolis’ Royal Charter. In July of 2022, Maestro Novo and the ASO stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in a debut international tour to Spain with guitar virtuoso Pepe Romero as guest soloist. Maestro Novo’s continuous drive for artistic excellence, innovative thematic programming, and collaborations with some of today’s most respected guest artists keeps generating unprecedented artistic growth and enthusiastic reviews from publications such as The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun .
In addition to his directorship of the ASO, Maestro Novo held an impressive thirteen-year tenure as Music Director and Conductor of the Binghamton Philharmonic in New York state from 2003 to 2016. Prior to this, he served as Assistant Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under both late Music Director Emeritus Jesús LópezCobos and former Music Director Paavo Järvi, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the late Erich Kunzel.
Recent and upcoming guest conducting engagements include debut appearances with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Grand Rapids, Hilton Head, Palm Beach, Alexandria, and South Bend Symphony Orchestras, and return appearances with the Baltimore Symphony, the Fresno Philharmonic, Symphoria, and a Kimmel Center debut in Philadelphia conducting the Curtis Institute Orchestra. After a successful debut with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) for the Thailand International Composition Festival in 2015, Maestro Novo has been invited back regularly to guest conduct the TPO on several occasions. Other guest conducting engagements have included appearances with the Symphony Silicon Valley; the Minnesota Orchestra; the Syracuse, Modesto, Windsor, Stamford, Tulsa, and Tallahassee Symphonies; the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra; the Cleveland and Abilene Philharmonics; and most of the major Spanish orchestras.
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CONDUCTOR continued
José-Luis Novo has also fostered a reputation as a keen educator of young musicians. He has held conducting positions with the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Miami University Symphony Orchestra, and National Repertory Orchestra, and has been on the conducting faculty at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina since 1999. In addition, he has conducted many noteworthy college and youth orchestras such as the Curtis Institute Orchestra, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, and the Portuguesa State Youth Orchestra of the Venezuelan El Sistema. Under the auspices of the Annapolis Symphony
Academy, he presided over the debut of its Orion Youth Orchestra, conducting the inaugural concert in June 2022.
Maestro Novo was featured in the League of American Orchestras Symphony magazine in “Podium Powers,” an article about emerging Hispanic conductors in the United States of America. He holds music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale University, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and is the recipient of a 2010 Annie Award in Performing Arts from the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, a 2008 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Adventurous Programming Award, and a 2005 Broome County Arts Council Heart of the Arts Award.
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Sponsored by Fred Stielow & Susan Rosenfeld
* Deceased
Thank you to our generous sponsors. If you’re interested in sponsoring a musician, please visit www.annapolissymphony.org/support or email development@annapolissymphony.org.
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Viola cont.
Ensuring a Legacy of Musical Excellence for Future Generations
It is with our deepest gratitude that we acknowledge the following Legacy Circle Members for their commitment to the future of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and its place in our community.
Anonymous (3)
Melvin &
*Judy Bender
Bud & *Bee Billups
Elana Rhodes Byrd
James W. Cheevers
Elizabeth Colandro
Ronald E. Council
*Forbes Leland &
*Marilyn Eason
*Patricia Edwards
*Colonel Allan &
*Audrey English
Patrick M. Green
Anna E. Greenberg
*Nancie Kennedy
*Dr. Michael Kurtz
& Cherie Loustaunau
Dr. Mary C. McKiel
Mr. John P. McKim
Anne S. Potter
Susan Rosenfeld
Shelley Row
Stephen A. Sotack
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Inc. Tax I.D. 23-7001357 Make your
To discuss including the Symphony in your Estate Plans, please contact Lauren Silberman at development@annapolissymphony.org
*Deceased
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LEGACY CIRCLE
2023
2024
...leave your legacy
mark...
MEMORIAL AND HONORARY GIFTS
In honor of Herb* & Sallie Abeles
June Cohen
In memory of Herb Abeles
Adele Baron
Pauline Blumenstock
James W. Cheevers
Susanne Lieberman
Anne Potter
Stephen A. Sotack
In memory of Barry Amass
Sally Amass
In memory of Glenn Angus
James W. Cheevers
Karin Kelleher
In honor of the Annapolis Symphony Academy
JoshuaOneNine Fund
In memory of John Auer
James W. Cheevers
In honor of Kristin Bakkegard
Yvonne Higgins
In memory of Mary Jean Boguslaw
Annapolis Symphony Academy
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Musicians
In memory of Ralph Bluntschli
Elizabeth Gordon-Blutschli
In memory of Marian Jones Brennan
Sheila LoCastro
In memory of Pamela F. Bush
David Bush
In memory of Amante Carlquist
James W. Cheevers
In honor of James W. Cheevers
Don* & Keren Dement
Peter Eareckson
Melissa Yanowitz & John Robey
In honor of Karen & Don* Dement
Eric Smith
In memory of Don Dement
Sandra Altherr
Peter Bungay & Joy Chambers
James W. Cheevers
Tara Balfe Clifford
Deborah Coons
Richard & Lisa Hillman
David & Jan Hoffberger
Marilyn E. Lyons
Joan Machinchick
Christopher Nelson & Joyce Olin
Michael P. Parker
Anne Potter
Barbara & Sam Santos
Stephen A. Sotack
Melissa Yanowitz & John Robey
In memory of Simon Draiblate
Paula Abernethy
Sally Amass
Kristin Bakkegard
Susan Benac
James W. Cheevers
Betsy and Arthur Chotin
Nicholas Currie
Drs. Mark Davis and Ann
Tran
Anna E. Greenberg
Collot Guerard
Valerie Gutterson
Heather Haughn
Deb Howe
In memory of Simon Draiblate cont.
Mimi Jones
Jill Kidwell
Dr. Ralph W. Kuncl
Lynn Maichle
The Nolan Family
Barbara Randolph
Shelley Row
Tony and Kim Valerio
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Staff
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Musicians
The Friends of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
In honor of Sylvia Earl
Anna E. Greenberg
In memory of Peggy Ertlmeier
Bob Sherer
In honor of Jackie Ewing
Marzella & Family
Janet & David Ewing
In honor of Ted Ewing & Family
Janet & David Ewing
In honor of Miriam Fogel
Beth D. Jacob
In memory of Louis O. Follett
Eleanor Menosky
In honor of Anna E. Greenberg
Don* & Keren Dement
Gregory Stiverson
Melissa Yanowitz & John Robey
In memory of Julie Hall
Monica Kaiser
In memory of Clarence Harris
Carolyn Cassidy
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In memory of Annie Hobson
Glynis Long
In memory of Maria Baker Kersh
James W. Cheevers
Jack Kersh
In memory of Michael Kurtz
Thomas & Maria Blohm
Patrick M. Green
Constance & William Scott
Pat Zeno & Frank Parent
Many supporters to FASO in his memory
In memory of Numa Lavy
James W. Cheevers
Music Educators of Greater Annapolis Household
In honor of Thea Lindauer
David & Winnie Lindauer
James W. Cheevers
In memory of Susan M. MacDonald, M.D.
David Herron
In memory of Paige Miller
The Paige Miller Memorial Scholarship
Brandon Owens
Linda Miller Neff
In memory of John B. Moore
Don* & Keren Dement
In honor of Patty Morgan
Jayne & Donald Morgan
In memory of Jim Morris
Amy Morris
Charles Converse
Joanne & Arthur Corbin
Arnold Henderson
Elizabeth Mainiero
Lynn and Glenn Mortoro
Joan Odell
In memory of Sage Mumma
James W. Cheevers
Patrick J. Nugent and Mary Kay Rehard
In honor of José-Luis
Novo
Marvin & Nina Kesner
In memory of Philip Patterson
Carol B. Patterson
In memory of Howard & Thea Pinskey
Pamela & James Chaconas
In memory of Robert W. Posten
Peter Bungay and Joy Chambers
In memory of Catherine Reistrup
James W. Cheevers
In memory of Damon Santos
Barbara & Everett Santos
In memory of Robert Schirmer
Vanessa Andris
In memory of Irwin Silber
Susan Amsterdam
Jerome Hudak
In memory of Louise Snyder
Hugh D. Camitta
In memory of Annie Thornton
Kathryn Kent
In memory of Sharie
Lacey Valerio
Annapolis Symphony Academy
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Musicians
James W. Cheevers
In memory of Bonnie Watlington
Susan Gilson
In honor of The Rev.
Mary Fish Walton
Phil Costello & LuAnn
McKinney
In memory of Ellen C. Winner
James & Leighton Krips
Sterling Moms
*Deceased
Generous friends of Howard and Thea Pinskey established a scholarship fund in their memory dedicated to providing financial assistance to students in the Annapolis Symphony Academy. The Annapolis Symphony Academy will also add funds given in memory of Howard and Thea Pinskey to this scholarship fund in their memory. If you would like to contribute to this fund, visit www.annapolissymphony.org/support.
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MEMORIAL/HONORARY GIFTS continued
SUPPORTERS OF THE ASO
We gratefully acknowledge these generous donors to the Annapolis We gratefully acknowledge these generous donors to the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra who have generously contributed since 7/1/22
GIFTS OF $1 MILLION + Joyce Pratt & Jeff Harris + William Seale & Marguerite Pelissier
THE
PHILIP RICHEBOURG
CIRCLE
GIFTS OF $500,000 – $999,999
Elizabeth Richebourg Rea +
GIFTS OF $250,000 – $499,999
Robert & Kathleen Arias + Laird Lott & Linda Gooden
Michael Kurtz *
GIFTS OF $150,000 – $249,999
Jillinda Kidwell + Maryland State Arts Council
GIFTS OF $50,000 – $149,999
Anonymous + Paula Abernethy + Jane Campbell-Chambliss & Peter Chambliss + Mr. Arthur & Dr. Katherine Edwards+
Mrs. Ralph C. Graber*
Anne S. Potter + Shelley Row+
Stephen A. Sotack+
GIFTS OF $25,000 –$49,999
Anne Arundel County Recreation & Parks Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
Elville Center for the Creative Arts + Peter & Sarah Evans + Friends of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
+ MULTIYEAR PLEDGES
Gifts of $25,000 - $49,999 cont.
Sylvia & James Earl Al & Ginger From + David & Eleanor Huggins
Patricia & David Mattingley + Dr. Mary C. McKiel + Martha & John T. Schwieters +
GIFTS OF $10,000 – $24,999
Florence Calvert + James W. Cheevers + Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County
Collot Guerard
Deb Howe + Mimi Jones + Katherine Lantz
Elizabeth Maxwell-Schmidt & Steve Schmidt + Diane Steed
Judith Templeton +
GIFTS OF $5,000 – $9,999
Anonymous
In Memory of Louise A. Snyder
Herb* & Sallie Abeles Bay Radiology
Peter Bungay & Joy Chambers
Susan Byrom & Robert Thomas Prudence Clendenning
Ken Code, Dea Code Foundation
Enser & Marguerite Cole
Council Family Foundation
William & Renata Davis
Norman & Doris Fisher
Thomas J. DeKornfeld & Nina A. Fisher
Anna E. Greenberg
Capt. Mark & Michelle Hellstern (USN Retired) + Pierre & Danalee Henkart Higherschool, LLC
Multiyear pledges ensure a sustained level of funding for the ASO. These donors are recognized with an + beside their name
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 cont.
Jan & David Hoffberger
Karl & Marge Hoke
David & Tove Irving
JoshuaOneNine Fund
The J.M. Kaplan Fund
Elizabeth Mainiero
Rickie Pelle
Steve Root & Nancy Greene
Shore United Bank
Ann & Robert Whitcomb + Dawne Widener-Burrows
GIFTS OF $2,500 – $4,999
Anonymous (3)
Ann Burchard
Betsy & Arthur Chotin
Richard & Dorothy D`Amato
Drs. Mark C. Davis & Ann A. Tran
The Dealy Foundation, Inc
Carole & Richard Falk
Mr. & Mrs. Millard Firebaugh
Patrick M. Green
Scott Gregory & Angela Eggleston-Howard
Richard & Lisa Hillman
Pat Mager
Paige Miller Memorial Scholarship
Murray, McGehrin & Shiery at Merrill
National Philanthropic Trust
José-Luis Novo & Lori Kesner
James E. & Cheryl H. Painter
James D. Parker, M.D.
Clay & Carol Richards
Joan Ruhl
Fred Stielow & Susan Rosenfeld
Rotary of Annapolis
Richard & Martha Schoenfeld
William & Constance Scott
Doug & Karen Smith + Lisa & Chris Smith
Russ Stevenson & Margie Axtell
Bill & Marilynn Sweetser
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ANNUAL GIVING 2023-2024
GIFTS OF $1,000
– $2,499 Anonymous (5)
Bill & Lisa Abercrombie
Sherla Alberola
Annapolis Musicians Fund for Musicians
Renee Ehler & George Bentley
Martha Blaxall & Joe Dickey
Carmen & Nancy Brun
David Bush
Diana Campe
Joseph & Patricia Casey
Ms. Sandy Cohen
Elizabeth Colandro
Jane Danowitz
Don* & Keren Dement
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Demoyer
Elizabeth Gordon-Bluntschli
Joanna Hanes-Lahr & Jack Lahr
Bob & Diane Heaney
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hecht
Hugh & Deborah Houghton
The Johansen Family
Lawrence & Jeanne Kelly
Nicholas Kemp & Kay
Osburnsen
Ms. Sari Kiraly
Dr. Monique Langston
Barbara Lazar
Dr. & Mrs. Norman C. Lerner
Lewis Family Fund Grant
Janet Little
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lynch Cole
David McGill
Amy Morris
Helen (Lee) Mueller
Rob & Patti Muir
Laura Murray
Ed & Jeanne Paglee
Pew Foundation
Progress Family Foundation
Kathryn Porter
Christopher & Anita Rizek
Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Schuncke
Bob Sherer
Betty L. Thompson
Marie & Richard Treanor
Mrs. Tamara & Dr. Stephan Tymkiw
Mr. & Mrs. Damien Wanner
George & Charlotte West
Cecelia Wyatt
Christine & Robert Young
GIFTS OF $100 – $999
Anonymous (8)
Anne Agee
Margaret Alaxanian
Michael Alin & Ann Carroll
Linda Allen
Sandra Collyear Altherr
Sally Amass
Mr. & Mrs. Ward Anderson
Vanessa Andris
Jack & Leslie Andryszak
Lillian Armstrong
Ms. Susan Armstrong
Karen Bakkegard
Adele Baron
Susan & Jess Behringer
Julie Belkin
Susan Benac
Pam Benitez
Patricia Bertsche
Mary Jo Bieberich
James Biggins
Peter Bittner & Margaret Keegan
Marjie & Frank Blanco
Mary Bloom
Paul Bollinger Jr
Bernard Bradpiece
Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Bradshaw
Pat & Karen Brown
Ms. Rebecca A. Byrd
Matthew Caldwell
Ms. Cynthia Carlton
Carolyn Cassidy
Pamela & James Chaconas
Charities Aid Foundation
America
Patrick & Nancy Clagett
Rosemary Claire
Ms. Kathy Clatanoff
Brad Clink & Linda Sexton
June L. Cohen
David Cohn
Dr. Charles & Mrs. Martha Converse
Joanne & Arthur Corbin
Petey Cosby
Ken Counts
B.S. Creighton
Laudine L. Creighton
Nicholas Currie
Barbara & James Cyr-Roman
Barry Dalnekoff
Mary Jean Davidge
Christian Davis
Tresha Davis
Dr. Albert A. Del Negro, M.D., FACC, and Ms. Patrisha C.
Creevy,PA-C
Dr. Dave Denekas &
Michael Sansing
Carl DeVore
James & Debra Dillon
Fred & Susan Eckert
Robert & Gloria Ellsworth
Diana Elson
Earl & Sharon Engelhard
Mrs. Julia Erickson
Janet & David Ewing
Pauline Farmer
Karen Fisher-Nguyen
James R. Fitzpatrick
Gabby Fong
Ted Foster
Cynthia Fox
Patricia Frese
Sheila Gagen
Frederick R. Galloway
Charitable Trust
Leah Garner
Beth Garraway
George Geneaux
Ann Gere
Steven Gilbert
Susan Gilson
Sonja Gladwin & Rod Straw
Michael J. Gray
Charles Green
Diane W. Green
Sophia Green
Megan Greenwell
Rob Greve & Carroll McGillinGreve
Carol Gruen
Valerie & David Gutterson
Andrew Haire
Frances R. Hall
Georgina Hammond
Brian Hanks & Judy CrewsHanks
Alicia Hardisky
Patty Harris
Ronald Havelock
Robert Haywood
Tylar & Carol Ann Hecht
D. Gayle Hensley
Gretchen Herdt
Paul Herman & Karen Goldman
David R. Herron, Ph. D.
Maureen Hess
Yvonne Higgins
Rochelle & Ronald Hollander
Marian Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Hoot
Margaret Hosmer
Dr. & Mrs. William Hunter
Kevin Hurley & Kathleen McDevitt
Sally W. Iadarola
Beth D. Jacob
Mark & Barbara Jacobs
D. Randolph Johnson &
Terry Berg
La-Royce Jordan
Christopher Junker
Michael & Sally Kaiser
Monica Kaiser
Ms. Tomoko Kanamaru
James Kaper & Carol Tacket
Margaret Keegan
Christine Kelsey
Ernie & Chris Kent
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Gifts of $100 to $999 cont.
Jack & Maria Kersh
Marvin & Nina Kesner
Leon & Barbara Kestenbaum
Drs. Charles King & Mary O’Connor
Getha Klejnot
Irma Kolosky
Linda Kolosky
Dan & Sue Konick
Mr. James & Mrs. Leighton Krips
Kathleen Kryza
Dr. Ralph W. Kuncl
Alice F. Kurs
Ray Langston
Carol Laurenzano
J. E. Leanos & Company
Ellen & Joseph Levin
Susanne Lieberman
Rosalie Lijinsky
The Links, Incorporated
Loaves & Fish 247 Fund
Glynis D. Long
Edward A. &
Sandra J. Lovinguth
Lisa Lower
Timothy & Katherine Lynch
Joan Machinchick
Robert Madden
Lynne Malley
Suzanne Mangan & Ed Mangan
Lesley Margerrison
The Martinson Family
Mrs. Shaun Mathis
Ms. Ellen McBride
Mary McGrath
Jeannette McGuire
Colin McIntosh & Robert Smith
Teresa McKenna
Mr. John P. McKim*
Alexandra Mikhlin
Elaine Mines
Priscilla & Bill Mitchell
Francisco R. Montero
Cheryl & James Morgan
Jayne & Donald Morgan
Betty Morganstern
Ed Moses
Mr. & Mrs. George P. Muller III
James Murray Boughton
Music Educators of Greater Annapolis
Chris, Linda, Emily Eric & Evan
Neff & Gram
Don & Carol Nelson
Christopher Nelson
David & Carol Newman
The Nolan Family
Susan Nugent
Nancy Nicoll & Richard Wagner
Joan Odell
John O’Connell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard O`Sullivan
Susan Okula
Old Fox & Coffeehouse
Sheila Onuska
Lily Openshaw & Dave
Openshaw
Pat Zeno & Frank Parent
Mr. Michael P. Parker
Fariba Partawi
Michelle L. Paschal
Carol B. PattersonFire
Patricia Petrou
Kristen Pironis
Pledgeling Foundation
Bob & Cookie Pollock
Alison Porter
Nancy Prendergast
Fred Probeck
Caroline Purdy & John Gudas
Barbara Randolph
Michael & Margret Rauh
Ken & Maureen Reightler
Phil & Ilse Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Risher
Drs. Frank LaScala & Gladys
Rivera-LaScala
Jack Roadhouse
James & Kathleen Roahen
Constance Robinson
Ann Rose
Paul & Joan Rosenberg
Glen L. Rotner
Janet & Michael Rowan
Amy and Joe Rubino
Barbara & Everett Santos
Kimberly Satterthwaite
Herman
Elizabeth Saunders
Jeffrey Scherr
Schmidt Family Charitable Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Schmitt
Scott & Virginia Schollenberger
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Tom & Laurel Scott
Lauren Silberman & Matthew Moffett
Jill Simon
Anne Sloan
Gwynneth Smith
Roderick & Joann Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Smith
Patricia Stallings
Walton Stallings
Carol & David Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stern
Gregory Stiverson
Gabrielle Strandquist
Anne K Stratton
Dr. & Mrs. Albert Strunk
Becky Sunday & Chris Nickas
Mark Sylvester
Tom Taneyhill
Donald Tartasky
Philip W. Tawes & Edward Adams
Michael & Melanie Teems
Emily Tevault
Brian Thiel
Paula Thistle
Peter Threadgill
Barbara Torreon
Sterling Moms
U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
United Way of Central Maryland
Laura & Jack Van Geffen
Matt Venhaus
Cynthia Wells
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Wexley
Virginia White
Jeffrey Williams
Claire Winestock
Barbara Wing
Judith Duckett-Winnefeld
Sibyl B. Wisch
Tara Wittig
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford
Woodward, Jr.
Francis & Maureen Wright
Bernard & Louis Wulff
Mark Wynn
Melissa Yanowitz & John Robey
Marion & Norbert Zacharias
Rosalie Zaia
Anne Zanazzi
David Zinnamon
*Deceased
We make every effort to ensure accuracy. If you notice an error, omission or would like to be recognized in a different way, please let the Symphony staff know at your earliest convenience. The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra greatly appreciates all contributors of any amount.
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is funded by operating grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive, and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, which receives public support from Anne Arundel County, the City of Annapolis, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
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Gifts of $100 to $999 cont.
invite YOU to become a friend!
FASO is a dynamic group of music lovers who support the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. FASO fundraising events include the Concert of Tastes, Historical Happy Hour, themed dinners, Dine-toDonate, Movie & Trivia Nights, wine tastings at local vineyards, international trips and much more. FASO collaborates with the ASO Academy to provide grants that expand programming and provide scholarships. FASO efforts expand beyond Annapolis. FASO recently sponsored the feature-length film ‘Sing to Me Sylvie’, which won the Spotlight Award from the Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras. Join us! Become part of the fun while helping to benefit the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and rising artists.
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2023-2024 Board of Directors
Officers:
Ann A. Tran, M.D., President
Marguerite Cole, Vice President Ways & Means
Paula Abernethy, Vice President Membership
Julie S. Grudzinskas, Treasurer
Kathy Clatanoff, Recording Secretary
Carol Richards, Corresponding Secretary
Directors:
Thelma Bass
Adele Baron
David Bush
Jim Cheevers
Betsy Chotin
Renee Ehler
Robert Foye
Elizabeth Gordon-Bluntschli
Diane Green
Patrick Green
Anna Greenberg
Valerie Gutterson
Marilyn Lyons
Lynn Maichle
Mary McKiel
Stephen Sotack
Rick Sullivan
The Friends of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) organization. Dues and donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law, providing no goods or services are realized by joining.
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ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Use of cameras or recording devices during the performance is strictly prohibited.
LATECOMERS
Latecomers will only be seated at the conclusion of a musical selection.
CHILDREN
Annapolis Symphony Family Concerts are designed for ages four and up. The Symphony recommends that children be at least age eight to attend a Masterworks or Pops concert.
IN CASE OF FIRE
Please note the nearest exit to your seat. In the event of fire or another emergency, WALK — do not run — to that exit.
INCLEMENT WEATHER
In the event of severe weather, every effort will be made to continue with scheduled concerts. No refunds will be given if a concert is performed during severe weather but not attended by the ticket holder.
NO SMOKING
Maryland Hall is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is prohibited in and on the grounds of the building.
MARYLAND HALL BAR
Enjoy a beer or glass of wine before the concert and at intermission in room 206. Cash and credit cards are accepted and drinks are allowed in the concert hall.
ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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GROUP SALES
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TICKET EXCHANGES
Subscribers may exchange their tickets for the alternate performance of the same concert only. Exchanges are subject to availability.
TICKET DONATIONS
Subscribers may donate tickets back to the Symphony as a tax-deductible contribution. We will mail you an acknowledgement letter for your donation.
There are no refunds and all ticket sales are final unless there are further pandemic related cancellations or postponements. If there are changes to the program, ticket holders will be contacted with options.
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