A
Musical Tribute to
JOHN WILLIAMS & STEVEN SPIELBERG
Steven Reineke conductor
Tuesday, June 23
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following participants for generously supporting Corporate Night, every year, since its inception in 1990.
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 35th Annual Corporate Night! On behalf of the Board and the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA), we are delighted to welcome you and to celebrate the enduring partnership between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago’s vibrant corporate community.
Corporate philanthropy and leadership have been essential to the past, present, and future of this institution. In 1891, visionary Chicago business leaders invited Theodore Thomas to establish this orchestra, driven by the belief that a great city deserves great art. Over the past 135 years, the CSO has grown into a world-renowned artistic leader and a cornerstone of Chicago’s civic and economic vitality. Through its performances, education programs, and community outreach, the CSO enriches the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Its impact extends far beyond Symphony Center—supporting arts education in schools, creating opportunities for young musicians, and ensuring that world-class music remains accessible throughout the region.
The funds raised this evening directly support the CSOA’s artistic, educational, and community engagement initiatives. We are deeply grateful to the major sponsors of the 35th Annual Corporate Night: ITW; James & Renée Metcalf; Abbott; Zell Family Foundation; The Negaunee Foundation; Bank of America; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Aurum Trading; Sidley Austin; Ariel Investments; Four Seasons Hotel Chicago; Jenner & Block LLP; Mayer Brown LLP; PNC Bank; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; and Winston Taylor LLP.
Thank you for joining us this evening! We look forward to seeing you at Symphony Center again soon.
ROBERT
B. FORD Chairman & CEO Abbott
CORPORATE NIGHT CHAIR
SUE BRIDGE
CORPORATE NIGHT
LEAGUE EVENT CHAIR
KATHY SOLARO
CORPORATE NIGHT
LEAGUE EVENT CHAIR
The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Committee
PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA
SARAH GOOD
VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA
SHARON MITCHELL
CORPORATE NIGHT EVENT CHAIRS
SUE BRIDGE KATHY SOLARO
EVENT COMMITTEE
JULIET BELL
PETER BOUCHARD LIZ BRANCH
JOAN DATTEL MERLE JACOB HANNAH JOHNSTON
CLARETTA MEIER SHARON MITCHELL JACQUELINE SABIAN
The League is a creative, vibrant, and dedicated group of over 250 members with a 92-year history of supporting the CSO. Members plan and produce fundraising and social events, implement outreach opportunities for adults and children, and support audience development. To learn more about the League of the CSOA, please visit cso.org/league.
Corporate Committee
CORPORATE NIGHT CHAIR
ROBERT B. FORD Abbott
CORPORATE NIGHT COMMITTEE
STEPHEN V. D’AMORE Winston Taylor LLP
DAVID A. GORDON Sidley Austin LLP
MARY LOUISE GORNO Ingenuity International LLC
TOM KILROY McKinsey & Company
CHRISTOPHER A. O’HERLIHY
ITW
JOHN W. ROGERS, JR. Ariel Investments
MELISSA M. ROOT Jenner & Block LLP
DANIEL E. SULLIVAN, JR. CIBC Private Wealth
SCOTT C. SWANSON PNC Bank
LIISA M. THOMAS Sheppard Mullin
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary generosity of its Corporate Night sponsors.
Presenting Sponsor
Production Sponsor
Dinner Sponsor
Event Underwriters
Lighting Sponsor
Gallery Sponsors
Reception Sponsor
Media Partner
Honoree
The Negaunee Foundation
James & Renée Metcalf
Corporate Night Participants and Donors
AAR CORP.
Abbott
Altair Advisers
Anonymous
Ariel Investments
Aurum Trading
Baker McKenzie
Bank of America
BDO Digital
CIBC Bank USA
CNO Financial Group
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
GCM Grosvenor
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
Contributions made as of May 20, 2026
Jenner & Block LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McKinsey & Company
James & Renée Metcalf
The Negaunee Foundation
Northern Trust
PNC Bank
Steve and Megan Shebik
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Gene and Jean Stark
United Airlines
Winston Taylor LLP
Zell Family Foundation
League Event Patrons and Donors
James Adams
Betsy Berry
Peter Bouchard
Nicholas Bridge
Susan Bridge
Carol Brosk
Christopher Buchar
Hanna Czajka
Emily Duda
Mimi Duginger
Kaitlyn Frey
Matthew Fry
Sarah Good
Nancy Henley
Bobbie Huskey
Cheryl Bowers Istvan
Merle Jacob
Kelley Lynch
Daniel Lusk
Bob Mamminga
Jennifer Mamminga
Douglas Morey
Martha Jean Morey
Contributions made as of May 20, 2026
Mark Mosley
Dianne M. Patterson
Robert J. Patterson
Tom Perles
Agnes Piotrowska
Miroslaw Piotrowski
Sally Ransford
Terrence J. Ransford
Nancy Reed
Thomas Reed
Philip Revzin
Connor Smith
John Solaro
Kathy Solaro
Anne Taubeneck
Gregory Taubeneck
Amy Triphan
Mariel Williams
Dr. Michelle Winte
Philip Yarrow
Virginia Yarrow
Janice Young
Dr. & Mrs. Michael P. Zygmunt M.D.
Excellence in Philanthropy
In recognition of its outstanding support for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and exemplary civic engagement in the arts and in Chicago, the CSOA is proud to honor Bank of America at the 35th Annual Corporate Night.
Program
Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 7:30
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke Conductor
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO JOHN WILLIAMS AND STEVEN SPIELBERG
MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS
The Shark Theme from Jaws
Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
Flight to Neverland from Hook
Theme from Jurassic Park
Dartmoor 1912 from War Horse
With Malice Toward None from Lincoln
Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
There will be no intermission.
ITW is the Presenting Sponsor of Corporate Night.
Abbott is the Production Sponsor of Corporate Night.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
Steven Reineke Conductor
One of North America’s leading conductors of popular music, Steven Reineke is in his second decade as music director of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. In addition, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Houston and Toronto symphony orchestras.
Reineke is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Detroit.
Onstage, Reineke creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip-hop, R&B, Broadway, TV, and rock, including Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, Jason Mraz, and Ben Folds Presents, among others. In 2024 he led the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on PBS’s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier and Laufey & dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS’s Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic.
In 2017 he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, leading the National Symphony Orchestra—a first in the show’s history—in live music excerpts between news segments.
Reineke has created hundreds of orchestral arrangements, which are performed worldwide and heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America by such orchestras as the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorates the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were respectively premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops orchestras. His numerous compositions for wind ensemble, published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company, are performed by concert bands all over.
A native of Ohio, Steven Reineke is a graduate of Miami University–Oxford, where he earned bachelor’s degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition and was a recipient of the 2020 Alumnus Distinguished Achievement Medal.
He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 135th season in 2025–26. The ensemble’s history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905, just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham.
Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Stock founded the Civic Orchestra of Chicago— the first training orchestra in the U.S. affiliated with a major orchestra—in 1919, established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.
Three conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodziński in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the CSO are still considered hallmarks. Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.
Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time. The CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction and released numerous award-winning recordings. Beginning in 1991, Solti held the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra each season until his death in September 1997.
Daniel Barenboim became ninth music director in 1991, a position he held until 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, and twenty-one international tours. Appointed by Barenboim in 1994 as the Chorus’s second director, Duain Wolfe served until his retirement in 2022.
In 2010, Riccardo Muti became the Orchestra’s tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. In September 2023, Muti became music director emeritus for life.
In April 2024, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Orchestra’s eleventh music director and will begin an initial five-year tenure as Zell Music Director in September 2027. In July 2025, Donald Palumbo became the third director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Carlo Maria Giulini was named the Orchestra’s first principal guest conductor in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Pierre Boulez was appointed as principal guest conductor in 1995 and was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence for the 2025–26 season.
The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.
Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus— including recent releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s recording label launched in 2007— have earned sixty-five Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä Zell Music Director Designate
Joyce DiDonato Artist-in-Residence
VIOLINS
Robert Chen Concertmaster
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Stephanie Jeong § Associate Concertmaster
The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair
David Taylor* Assistant Concertmaster
The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair
Yuan-Qing Yu* Assistant Concertmaster
So Young Bae
Cornelius Chiu
Gina DiBello
Kozue Funakoshi
Russell Hershow
Qing Hou
Youngji Kim
Gabriela Lara
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Sando Shia
Susan Synnestvedt
Rong-Yan Tang
Baird Dodge Principal
Danny Yehun Jin
Assistant Principal
Lei Hou
Ni Mei
Hermine Gagné
Rachel Goldstein
Mihaela Ionescu
Wendy Koons Meir
Ronald Satkiewicz ‡
Florence Schwartz
VIOLAS
Teng Li Principal
The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair
Catherine Brubaker
Youming Chen
Sunghee Choi
Paolo Dara
Wei-Ting Kuo
Danny Lai
Weijing Michal
Diane Mues
Lawrence Neuman
Jikun Qin
Max Raimi
CELLOS
John Sharp Principal
The Eloise W. Martin Chair
Kenneth Olsen
Assistant Principal
The Adele Gidwitz Chair
Karen Basrak
The Joseph A. and Cecile Renaud Gorno Chair
Richard Hirschl
Olivia Jakyoung Huh
Daniel Katz
Katinka Kleijn
Brant Taylor
The Ann Blickensderfer and Roger Blickensderfer Chair
BASSES
Alexander Hanna Principal
The David and Mary Winton Green
Principal Bass Chair
Alexander Horton
Assistant Principal
Dan Carson
Ian Hallas
Robert Kassinger
Mark Kraemer
Stephen Lester
Bradley Opland
Andrew Sommer
FLUTES
Emma Gerstein
Jennifer Gunn
PICCOLO
Jennifer Gunn
The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair
OBOES
William Welter Principal
Lora Schaefer
Assistant Principal
The Gilchrist Foundation, Jocelyn Gilchrist Chair
Scott Hostetler
ENGLISH HORN
Scott Hostetler
CLARINETS
Stephen Williamson Principal
John Bruce Yeh
Assistant Principal
The Governing
Members Chair
Gregory Smith
E-FLAT CLARINET
John Bruce Yeh
BASSOONS
Keith Buncke Principal
William Buchman
Assistant Principal
Miles Maner
HORNS
Mark Almond Principal
James Smelser
David Griffin
Oto Carrillo
Susanna Gaunt
Daniel Gingrich ‡
TRUMPETS
Esteban Batallán Principal
The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
John Hagstrom
The Bleck Family Chair
Tage Larsen
TROMBONES
Timothy Higgins Principal
The Lisa and Paul Wiggin
Principal Trombone Chair
TIMPANI
David Herbert Principal
The Clinton Family Fund Chair
Vadim Karpinos
Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Cynthia Yeh Principal Chair sponsored by an anonymous benefactor
Patricia Dash § Vadim Karpinos
LIBRARIANS
Justin Vibbard Principal
Carole Keller
Mark Swanson
CSO FELLOWS
Ariel Seunghyun Lee Violin
Jesús Linárez Violin
The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie
Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel
STAGE TECHNICIANS
Christopher Lewis
Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Chris Grannen
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie Riccardo
Michael Mulcahy
Charles Vernon
BASS TROMBONE
Charles Vernon
TUBA
Gene Pokorny Principal
The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave
The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from Zell Family Foundation. The Louise H. Benton Wagner and Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute chairs are currently unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Board of Trustees
OFFICERS
Mary Louise Gorno Chair
Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair
Steven Shebik Vice Chair
Helen Zell Vice Chair
Renée Metcalf Treasurer
Jeff Alexander President
Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board
Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer
Dale Hedding Vice President for Development
TRUSTEES
R. John Aalbregtse
Peter J. Barack
H. Rigel Barber
Merrill Blau*
Roderick Branch
Robert J. Buford
Johannes Burlin
Leslie Henner Burns
Marion A. Cameron-Gray
George P. Colis
Keith S. Crow
Stephen V. D’Amore
Timothy A. Duffy
Brian W. Duwe
James B. Fadim
Robert B. Ford
Matthew Fry*
Jennifer Amler Goldstein
Sarah Good*
David A. Gordon
Mary Louise Gorno
Graham C. Grady
John Holmes
Janice L. Honigberg
Lori Julian
Neil T. Kawashima
Geraldine Keefe
Donna L. Kendall
Thomas Kilroy
Dr. Randall S. Kroszner
Patty C. Lane
Jason M. Laurie
Ling Z. Markovitz
Paul H. McDonough
Renée Metcalf
Britt M. Miller
Frank B. Modruson
Toni-Marie Montgomery
Mary Pivirotto Murley
Sylvia Neil
Christopher A. O’Herlihy
Santa J. Ono
Gerald L. Pauling II
Andrew Pritzker
LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.)
Katherine Protextor Drehkoff
Dr. Don M. Randel
Alexander Ripley
Melissa M. Root
Burton X. Rosenberg
E. Scott Santi
Steven Shebik
Marlon R. Smith
Walter S. Snodell
Juan B. Solana*
Tracy A. Stanciel*
Dr. Eugene Stark
Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr.
Scott C. Swanson
Nasrin Thierer
Liisa M. Thomas
Christopher D. Tower
Laura Sumner Truax*
Frederick H. Waddell
Paul S. Watford
Craig R. Williams
Robert Wislow
Helen Zell
Gifford R. Zimmerman
LIFE TRUSTEES
William Adams IV
Mrs. Robert A. Beatty
Arnold M. Berlin
Randy Lamm Berlin
Laurence O. Booth
William G. Brown
Dean L. Buntrock †
Bruce E. Clinton
Richard Colburn
Richard H. Cooper
Anthony T. Dean
John A. Edwardson
* Ex Officio Trustee † Deceased List as of June 2026
Thomas J. Eyerman
David W. Fox, Sr. †
Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
Mrs. Robert W. Galvin
Paul C. Gignilliat †
Joseph B. Glossberg
Richard C. Godfrey
William A. Goldstein
Chester A. Gougis
Mary Winton Green
David P. Hackett
Joan W. Harris
John H. Hart
Thomas C. Heagy
Jay L. Henderson
Debora de Hoyos
William R. Jentes †
Richard B. Kapnick
Donald G. Kempf, Jr.
Mrs. John C. Kern
Robert Kohl
Josef Lakonishok
Charles Ashby Lewis
Eva F. Lichtenberg
John F. Manley
R. Eden Martin
Arthur C. Martinez
Judith W. McCue
Lester H. McKeever, Jr.
David E. McNeel
William A. Osborn
Mrs. Albert Pawlick
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
John M. Pratt
Dr. Irwin Press
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Jerry Rose
Frank A. Rossi
John R. Schmidt
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Robert C. Spoerri
Carl W. Stern
William H. Strong
Louis C. Sudler, Jr. †
Richard L. Thomas
Richard P. Toft
Penny Van Horn
Paul R. Wiggin
Symphony Ball WITH KLAUS MÄKELÄ
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
Red carpet experience, concert and gala
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Thomas Hampson baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo chorus director
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
WALTON Belshazzar's Feast
Celebrate the 2026/27 Season in grand fashion as Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads a musical journey to the opulent Babylon of Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast. Afterward, guests continue the evening with cocktails, dinner and a reimagined Symphony Ball celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago.
To learn more about the benefit event, visit cso.org/symphonyball, call 312-294-3185 or email symphonyball@cso.org.
The League of the CSOA is a group of volunteers who are not only passionate about the CSO and its mission, but are also committed to investing their time, talent, and resources to ensure the future of the Orchestra and its acclaimed musicians. These devoted ambassadors volunteer their time in support of music education and appreciation. Highlights include volunteering for school and family concerts, hosting education and engagement programs for seniors and veterans, supporting the CrainMaling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition, hosting the annual Musicians’ Luncheon, funding a Civic Orchestra Fellow, endowing a Chicago Symphony Chorus performance, and hosting Area Salons, all designed to build CSO awareness and attract audiences. Significant funds are raised through sponsorship of the CSO’s annual Corporate Night and the League’s signature event Fall In Love With Music. Annual dues and contributions to the League Annual Fund also represent significant donations made yearly to the CSOA.
Help spread the word by becoming part of the League and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association family. cso.org/league
36TH ANNUAL CORPORATE NIGHT
Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?
MONDAY, MAY 24, 2027
7:30 PM | Concert
More event details to follow
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Keith Lockhart conductor Michael Feinstein piano and vocals
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
CSO Artist-in-Residence Jean-Yves Thibaudet teams up with pianist, singer and American songbook expert Michael Feinstein in an extraordinary evening that celebrates George Gershwin and his musical universe.
Michael Feinstein
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
CSO Artist-in-Residence Sponsor James and Brenda Grusecki
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