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I nformation about the program and the performers for this concert

2 A Note from the Board Chair and President A welcoming message from Board of Trustees Chair Helen Zell and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander

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4 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Europe Tour 2020 Photographs and rave reviews tell the story of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixty-second international tour

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A Perfect Ten—Maestro’s Milestones A continuing presentation of highlights from Riccardo Muti’s tenure in honor of his tenth season as music director of the CSO

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Rosenthal Archives Highlighting materials from the collections of the CSO’s Rosenthal Archives

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Symphony Orchestra The Civic Orchestra of Chicago celebrates its 100th anniversary with special events in March 2020.

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Our Donors and Volunteers Recognition of our generous donors and volunteers

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44 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Governing Members

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COV ER P H OTO BY ANNE RYAN

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a note from the chair and the president

DEAR FRIENDS, Welcome to Symphony Center, where we find musicians who constantly amaze us with their talents and enrich our lives with their performances.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti recently returned from the Orchestra’s sixty-second international tour. In eight European cities, six countries, and ten sold-out concerts, they cemented their reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of classical music and a cultural treasure from Chicago that is respected the world over. As one reviewer put it, “There are good orchestras . . . there are great orchestras. And then there is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.”

Riccardo Muti’s first Orchestra Hall concerts in 2020 include the highly anticipated performances of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a remarkable cast of soloists. Then Muti and the Orchestra depart for a tour of Florida, with concerts in Miami, Sarasota, and Naples. They return to continue the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with performances of symphonies nos. 2 and 5. These concerts also include the world premiere of a CSO commission for solo bass clarinet and orchestra by Nicolas Bacri, entitled Ophelia’s Tears. In addition to concerts with Muti, the CSO welcomes to the podium several esteemed guest conductors this winter, including Hannu Lintu, Herbert Blomstedt, Valery Gergiev, André de Ridder, Nicholas Kraemer, Jakub Hrůša, Jaap van Zweden, and Emmanuel Krivine.

The Symphony Center Presents series also honors Beethoven in concerts with Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma performing three of his piano trios; Sir András Schiff in two recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas; and Mitsuko Uchida in a piano recital that includes the Diabelli Variations. In addition to the usual star-studded array of classical, jazz, and international artists, the SCP series presents, in collaboration with Lyric Opera of Chicago, soprano Renée Fleming and pianist Evgeny Kissin in a rare recital on April 19.

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EUROPE TOUR 2020

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iccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra recently completed a triumphant ten-concert tour that took them to eight cities in six countries, marking the CSO’s sixty-second international tour, its thirty-fourth tour to Europe, and eighth European tour with Riccardo Muti. With their stellar reputation preceding them, Muti and the Orchestra “The fabulous Chicago Symphony found sold-out venues and enthusiastic audiences and Riccardo Muti are eager to hear them perform at each location. artistically heart and soul.”

The repertoire featured during the tour high—KURIER, VIENNA lighted works performed by Muti and the CSO during his ten years as music director. Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 3—a work that was included in Muti’s first international tour with the CSO in 2007—and his Suite from Romeo and Juliet—a work featured on a 2014 CSO Resound recording—were part of several programs (they were also performed at Carnegie Hall on November 16, 2019). In addition, Dvořák’s Symphony no. 9 (From the New World), Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler Symphony, and Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman, all performed during recent seasons, displayed the Orchestra’s talents.

The following photographs and press quotes offer a glimpse of this memorable tour.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to Bank of America, the International Tour Sponsor of the CSO for the 2019–20 season; United Airlines, the official airline of the CSO; and the Zell Family Foundation, which sponsored the Naples, Italy, performance on January 19.

abov e : In a triumphant return to his native city, Muti and the CSO performed at the historic Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy, for a capacity audience that included Italian dignitaries such as the mayor of Naples and the minister of cultural heritage and tourism on January 19, 2020. Here, Muti walks offstage as the CSO stands to take a bow.

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f i r s t s t o p : Cologne, Germany | Kölner Philharmonie

“There are good orchestras . . . there are great orchestras. And then there is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.”

—RHEINISCHE POST

“The Echo Chamber of the Soul” — F R A N K F U R T E R A L LG E M E I N E Z E I T U N G l eft : Marking its first performance there since 2000, the CSO began the tour with a concert in Cologne, Germany, on January 9.

Here is a fish-eye view of the Kölner Philharmonie as Muti and the CSO perform Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 3.

s e c o n d s t o p : Vienna, Austria | Musikverein

“What makes metal in the Golden Hall shimmer— “Muti’s interpretation not the gold gilding the stucco walls, but the is brilliant in brass, for whose splendid sound this orchestra every respect. . . . “ —SAL ZBURGER NACHRICHTEN is rightly world-famous.”

—DIE PRESSE * “Riccardo Muti brings salvation to the world . . . . If you hadn’t felt obliged to stand during the applause, you would have wanted to lie at his feet.”

—W I E N E R Z E I T U N G

“Muti and the fabulous orchestra grandly paid homage to a pandemoniac —KURIER ideal of beauty.” left to r i gh t : Muti and the Orchestra returned to Vienna and the historic Musikverein to perform three concerts. The first, on January 11, included Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Wagner’s Mathis der Maler Symphony, and Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 3. Conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Rudolf Buchbinder were two special guests in attendance.

Muti and the CSO also presented two performances of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. The January 13 concert was part of a season-long celebration of the Musikverein’s 150th anniversary. In addition to multiple performances in Chicago, they have previously taken this work on international tours, performing it at the Musikverein in November 2014 and at Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan in January 2019. *See page 8 for an extended review from Die Presse.

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t h i r d s t o p : Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Philharmonie Luxembourg

“With a rich range of nuance and layering of voices, Muti and his orchestra offered a reading of exceptional clarity and sensitivity, emphasizing different instrumental timbres and underlining rhythmic games with a highly disciplined virtuosity that was flexible and full of —LUXEMBURGER WORT playful liveliness.” abov e : The CSO horns graciously accept applause from the audience in Luxembourg following the performance of Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman and Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler Symphony on the first half of the January 16 concert.

“An orchestra of astonishing unity, virtuosity, power, and refinement.”

f o u r t h s t o p : Paris, France | Philharmonie de Paris

—LE MONDE*

“The Chicago Symphony remains the most powerful orchestra in the world.”

—LE FIGARO

“Tonight, [Muti] offered a lesson in rigor, architecture, proportions, and articulation—as well as in what remains the maestro’s greatest secret: intensity through precision.”

— D I A PA S O N

to p to bot to m: On January 17, Muti conducted works by Wagner, Hindemith, and Dvořák at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Organized by the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute, ahead of their Paris concert at the Philharmonie de Paris, Concertmaster Robert Chen, Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh, Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán, Trombone Michael Mulcahy, and Principal Flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson (seen here) gave master classes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse. *See page 8 for an extended review from Le Monde.

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f i f t h s t o p : Naples, Italy | Teatro di San Carlo

“ ‘I am 100% Italian and 200% a man of the south,’ and so Riccardo Muti addresses the audience, all standing, at the end of the concert. The applause that envelopes him at the [Teatro di] San Carlo comes like molten lava, but what happened a few hours earlier, at the Nisida juvenile prison, —CORRIERE DELL A SER A is an experience that will last.” left to r i gh t : After the concert at Teatro di San Carlo, Maestro Muti and Cristina Mazzavillani Muti hosted CSO musicians and distinguished guests at a postconcert dinner. Muti is seen here greeting CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen, Bass Robert Kassinger, Horn James Smelser, Assistant Principal Cello Kenneth Olsen, and Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong.

Joined by CSO Flute and Piccolo Jennifer Gunn, Bass Trombone Charles Vernon, and Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny, Maestro Muti presented an informal recital for young men and women at a juvenile justice center on the islet of Nisida. During his CSO tenure, Muti has made it his mission to bring music to correctional facilities. The program was presented by the Negaunee Music Institute, assisted by the administrative staff of the Teatro di San Carlo.

“What was most striking was the s i x t h s t o p : Florence, Italy | Teatro Maggio Musicale dazzling milky transparency of its thick sound (of each section), the dense homogeneity, the tonal balance, the flesh and blood under a velvet skin, and above all the fervent tension released by every note, every phrase. . . . This, if anything, is a function of the overall architectural design. And if so, it is due to Muti . . . with the awareness that music is primarily a cultural fact, something urgent and —L A REPUBBLICA vital for those who make it and listen to it.” s e v e n t h s t o p : Milan, Italy | Teatro alla Scala

It is a celebrated occasion when Riccardo Muti returns to Teatro alla Scala, where he was music director from 1986 to 2005. This January 22 performance with the CSO was no exception. See page 9.

e i g h t h s t o p : Lugano, Switzerland | LAC Sala Teatro

The tour concluded with a debut appearance for Muti and the Orchestra in Lugano, Switzerland, in LAC’s Sala Teatro, the center for contemporary art and culture that opened in 2015.

The intimacy of the hall and its wooden interior makes for an exceptional acoustic experience.

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Verdi’s Funeral Mass, Newly Interpreted by Muti WA LT E R W E I D R I N G E R , D I E P R E S S E , J A N U A R Y 1 4 , 2 0 2 0

In his Messa da Requiem, Verdi expressed the fears and doubts of modern man in music. Muti and his orchestra were celebrated with standing ovations for their interpretation of the work in this manner.

When Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra interpret Verdi’s Requiem in the Musikverein, together with the Wiener Singverein and prominent soloists, then this not only turns into an event that is cheered by both voice aficionados and orchestral connoisseurs, but it also amounts to a musical reassessment of the often-played work in every possible regard. . . . In all of this, Muti sets the standards that he has meticulously derived from Verdi’s scores and commentaries—and of course, also from his operas. . . . In another sense, we remain consistently attached to mother earth, when, as it were, the dramatically sublime and the deeply profound come together.

Muti’s interpretation reveals the reason for this, namely that Verdi did not write this funeral

mass to comfort the bereaved and to increase confidence in life after death, but to express the fears and doubts of modern man. . . . The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—both brilliant and supple in all sections, with striking accompaniment from the strings and sobbing woodwinds—demonstrates how to roll out the red carpet for these voices without degenerating into a mere backdrop . . .

Translation by Marc Falkenberg

Triumph for Riccardo Muti at the Philharmonie de Paris MARIE-AUDE ROUX, LE MONDE, JANUARY 18, 2020

. . . One expects every performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s most acclaimed ensembles—the best according to the rankings published by the highly respected Gramophone magazine—to feel like a jolt of electricity. And that was true from the opening bars of the Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Wagner’s opera about a ghostly sea captain eternally cursed to roam the stormy seas. Brassy waves smacked and splashed foam up to the ceiling of the Philharmonie de Paris, whose plush acoustics valiantly withstood the tempest.

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At the battleship’s helm stood Riccardo Muti, casting a silhouette of a much younger man, despite his seventy-nine years (he was born in Naples in 1941), and commanding the elements with a ramrod-straight back and measured gestures. The CSO is capable of impressive strength, yes—but it’s also an orchestra that plays with astonishing unity, virtuosity, power, and refinement. . . .

Translation by Roderick Branch

Muti on Board a Spaceship C A R L A M O R E N I , I L S O L E 2 4 O R E , J A N U A R Y 2 6, 2 0 2 0

At Teatro alla Scala, where all the illustrious orchestras have visited, there’s no doubt that today the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra with the most magnificent and luxurious engine—and the most modern. Magnificence, perfection, and discipline are accomplished autonomously. . . . [The members of the Orchestra are] completely focused on the music. All this, even before the entrance of Concertmaster Robert Chen, as always, the perfect combination of stability and class. Impeccable. Even the tuning is a prediction of the end result. Essential, brief. No rowdy eagerness.

We see the wonderful 100 members in every detail. They’ve been on tour in Europe for two weeks, at their ninth concert in a row, and yet they sound fresh, overflowing with energy. . . . This is the secret of the CSO: it’s a spaceship. It lands on the stage and distributes its treasures like a Pandora’s box. The excellence of its musicians is extraordinary. But its style is standard and sober, in the way it presents itself to the audience. In a time of hippy orchestras, with tiny, mosquito-like sounds, it’s the opposite: no effervescence, but a refined technique and an immense sound. It’s the result of its integrity, of every section, blending and balancing each other. These musicians are the most beautiful engine around.

They teach all of us a lesson on the potential of being a team.

A real team.

But the surge of “modernity” that this orchestra poured into the theater was the real revelation of the CSO concert

at La Scala on Wednesday, the last stop of the Italian trio, after San Carlo in Naples and Maggio in Florence, and before the final stop at LAC in Lugano. Wagner, Hindemith, and Prokofiev seemed like music from another world. By listening to them, so expansive, rich, grandiose, one had the impression—especially with the two twentieth century pieces—of an unveiling of repertoire. Riccardo Muti alone piloted them here to the present, leaving the audience enchanted and transfixed (not a cough, unbelievably). . . . Muti, with his Chicago orchestra, showed that some become more modern with time, probably because of their classical heritage. So, in each of the three pieces, a special feature emerged that identified it. In other words, every piece was the narrative of the composer, in that particular moment of his life. . . .

Translation by Claudia Zanella

op p os i te pag e : Riccardo Muti conducting the CSO; guest vocalists Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), and Riccardo Zanellato (bass); and the Wiener Singverein, the Musikverein’s resident chorus, in Verdi’s Requiem in two performances on January 13 and 14 (seen here). abov e : The CSO and Riccardo Muti returned to the Teatro alla Scala on January 22. As an encore, they performed the Intermezzo from Giordano’s opera Fedora. Written in 1898, Fedora enjoyed an era of popularity, then disappeared from the repertoire, until Antonino Votto, one of Muti’s teachers, reintroduced the work, making the encore a touching tribute to one of Muti’s most important mentors.

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No. 4: National and International Tours

Riccardo Muti has embraced the Chicago Symphony’s touring legacy and reinforced the Orchestra’s reputation as a cultural ambassador on more than ten tours including several domestic tours, such as those to the East and West coasts, multiple visits to Carnegie Hall, among other national venues; five European tours; and two tours to Asia. Before assuming the role of music director, Muti returned to lead the CSO in September 2007 in a monthlong residency that included subscription concerts and a triumphant seven-city, nine-concert European tour that featured the Orchestra’s first appearances in Italy in over twenty-five years. The renewed artistic partnership, one that began with Muti’s CSO podium debut at the Ravinia Festival in 1973, led to the appointment of Muti as the CSO’s tenth music director.

Here is a selection of photographs and press quotes that reflect the incredible impact Muti and the Orchestra have made during their travels together.

Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, September 28, 2007

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Muti made his first Carnegie Hall appearances as music director of the CSO between April 15–17, 2011, with three different programs. The April 15 performance of Otello with the Orchestra and Chorus was a compete sell-out.

“ It was a privilege . . . to hear [Otello] performed in concert by this superb orchestra. The nuances of the playing came through vividly: the quartet of plush solo cellos during the love duet, the beautiful interplay of woodwinds in the mournful orchestral opening of act 4, and much more.”

—The New York Times

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From August 22 to September 7, 2011, Muti and the CSO traveled on their first European tour together since his appointment as music director. The tour included performances at the Salzburg, Lucerne, and Dresden music festivals and in Luxembourg at the Philharmonie, in Paris at the Salle Pleyel, and in Vienna at the Musikverein. Seen here is the August 26 concert at the Salzburg Grosses Festspielhaus.

“ The audience response: foot-stomping on the wooden floor and, with Muti and the orchestra’s third bow, a standing ovation. ‘It wasn’t the usual reaction of the audience,’ [Jan] Vogler [director of the Dresden Music Festival] said. “It’s usually a conservative and quiet audience. I think they were really in heaven.’ ” —Chicago Tribune February 14–19, 2012, the CSO returned to California for the first time in twenty-five years for concerts in San Francisco, Costa Mesa, Palm Desert, and San Diego. The February 2012 tour included the West Coast premieres of pieces by CSO Mead Composers-in-Residence Mason Bates and Anna Clyne.

Here Muti and Clyne take a bow at Davies Hall on February 15 following a performance of Night Ferry.

“ Through both concerts, Muti’s marvelously hands-on, total and constant involvement with every element of the music, every member of the orchestra amazed and delighted.”

—San Francisco Classical Voice The April 2012 European tour with Maestro Muti marked the CSO’s first appearances in Russia (Moscow and Saint Petersburg) in more than two decades and included debuts in Naples, Brescia, and Ravenna, Italy. Seen here, a standing ovation for Muti and the CSO following their performance in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on April 18.

“ The audience of nearly five thousand in the Pala de Andrè [Ravenna] was in paradise. One has the impression that the orchestra’s power and gradation of sound are limitless, to which Muti has added clarity and transparency of sound.”

—Il Giornale

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10 Engaging with the public beyond the stage has always been a priority for Muti and the Orchestra. Here Muti shakes the hand of a young man in Tokyo at a CD signing during his first tour to Asia with the CSO, which included ten sold-out concerts in Taipei, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, and Seoul in the winter of 2016.

“ Such mastery!”

—Asahi Shimbun

On the Fall 2014 European Tour, Muti conducted the CSO’s debuts in Warsaw, Poland, and Geneva, Switzerland, in addition to performances in Luxembourg, Paris, and a week-long residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, which included two performances of Verdi’s Requiem and two additional orchestral programs.

Seen here is the standing ovation following the October 20 debut in Warsaw.

“ To say that this concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its charismatic leader will find a place in our history books would be an understatement . . .”

—Tribune de Genève

On their fifth international tour together, Muti conducted the CSO’s debut in Spain’s Canary Islands—in Las Palmas (seen here, January 10, 2014), the capital of Gran Canaria, and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife—opening the thirtieth Canary Islands Music Festival.

“ . . . and what concerts!

Impressive, moving, radiant. . . . I’m at a loss for words. The combination of Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is something close to miraculous.”

—El País

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The Fall 2015 National Tour also included concerts at Carnegie Hall; the Carolina Performing Arts Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and the Kauffman Center (seen here, October 27) in Kansas City, Missouri.

“ Muti is a true genius of the podium.”

—The Kansas City Star

“Muti channeled that excitement into rapt, almost reverent attention with a searing performance of a dramatic work that is very close to his heart.” chicago sun-times

“A probing performance of a work Muti rightly termed ‘a masterpiece.’” chicago tribune

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In addition to concerts in Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, and Osaka, Muti led the CSO, soloists, and the Tokyo Opera Singers chorus in two performances of Verdi’s Requiem during a residency at the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo on January 31 (seen here) and February 2, following a performance of Brahms’s symphonies nos. 1 and 2 on January 30. Verdi’s Requiem was a dramatic conclusion to Muti’s second tour to Asia with the CSO in 2019.

“ The CSO showcased its wide range of expression under the baton of Riccardo Muti. In sensitive movements, there were colors and nuances, and in tutti, glorious sounds filled the hall.” —Nikkei

In February 2018, following concerts in New York and Washington, D.C., Muti and the CSO traveled to Florida.

Seen here, Muti conducts at Hayes Hall in Naples, Florida, on February 12. The success of these concerts led to the foundation of an annual residency for the Orchestra with Artis—Naples.

“ This ensemble commands strength in every instrumental department, and Muti has welded the players into a corporate unit that can turn on a dime.”

—South Florida Classical Review

Riccardo Muti embraces CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen and shares a laugh with the Orchestra during the first rehearsal of their second tour to Asia on January 19, 2019.

“ It seems that after nearly ten years in the group, Muti and the orchestra have now established a kind of tacit understanding, and he has fully integrated his decades of artistic ideas into the deep tradition of the group.”

—Wenhui Daily News Riccardo Muti conducted his 350th performance with the CSO on February 7, 2018, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the first stop of the 2018 East Coast Tour.

“ [An] evening that offered a taste of what a really great orchestra sounds like.”

—Washington Post

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During his tenure as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s eighth music director, Sir Georg Solti led the Orchestra and Chorus (under the direction of Margaret Hillis) in recordings of several of Beethoven’s works for London Records: two symphony cycles; the piano concertos with Vladimir Ashkenazy as soloist; the opera Fidelio; Missa solemnis; and the Coriolan, Egmont (twice), and Leonore no. 3 (twice) overtures.

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In July 1942, second music director Frederick Stock led his final recording sessions with the Orchestra—Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth piano concertos with Artur Schnabel, a foremost interpreter of the composer’s works—for Victor Records in Orchestra Hall.

Sixth music director Fritz Reiner led the Orchestra in sessions of the composer’s Third Symphony in 1954. He also conducted the ensemble in recordings of the First (1961), Fifth (1959), Sixth (1961), and Seventh (1955); along with the Ninth (1961), featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus prepared by Margaret Hillis.

Reiner also led the Orchestra in recordings of the Fourth and Fifth piano concertos with Van Cliburn, as well as the Coriolan and Fidelio overtures, all for RCA.

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Celebrating a Century: The Civic Orchestra of Chicago Turns 100

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econd music director Frederick Stock founded the Civic Music Student Orchestra during the 1919–20 season, and the original objective continues to resonate: “To give an opportunity to capable players to acquire orchestral routine and experience, fitting themselves for positions in the symphony orchestras of the country [and] to take orchestral concerts to outlying districts. . . .”

This spring, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, still the CSO’s prestigious training ensemble, celebrates its 100th anniversary with special events. To mark its centennial, two programs will be led by Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Ken-David

Masur. On Sunday, March 1, the Civic Centennial Celebration Benefit Concert features cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Additionally, there will be a special Anniversary Concert on Sunday, March 29, that includes Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, which was performed on the Civic Orchestra’s inaugural concert on that same date, 100 years ago.

CIVIC CENTENNIAL CELEBR ATION BENEFIT CONCERT March 1, 2020 Presented by the Negaunee Music Institute, the League, and the Women’s Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, the Civic Centennial Celebration celebrates all those that comprise the fabric of the Civic community, including alumni, supporters, leadership, and, of course, the current musicians.

“I congratulate the Civic Orchestra of Chicago on its centennial and commend all who are part of its legacy—past, present, and future,” said Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti. “Providing a strong future for music has

clockwi s e f ro m to p l e f t : The Civic Music Student Orchestra’s first program, given on March 29, 1920; second CSO music director Frederick Stock (Fernand de Gueldre photo); the first image of the Civic Music Student Orchestra, ca. March 1920 (William T. Barnum photo)

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“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”

NEGAUNEE MUSIC INSTITUTE AT THE CSO

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remained at the core of this ensemble of young artists. They are the hope for the preservation of our culture and represent its highest ideals.”

The concert features Yo-Yo Ma as soloist in Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. Ma served as the CSOA’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 through 2019 and has long advocated for the Civic Orchestra’s musicians and mission. “I have had the wonderful experience of working with so many young people through the Civic Orchestra,” said Ma. “Together, we have thought through the stage in between student and professional life and explored what it means to be a musician, a citizen, and to serve our communities. We have talked about what it means to be a member of a larger group that truly, deeply collaborates, and at the same time act as an individual leader to start something new.”

The weekend also features Masur leading a private reading session where past and current members will gather onstage in Orchestra Hall with Ma as the special guest. Other alumni weekend events include attending a CSO concert as well as a Q&A session with notable alumni, such as violinist Rachel Barton Pine and current members of the CSO. CIVIC ANNIVERSARY CONCERT March 29, 2020 Ken-David Masur leads the Civic in its Anniversary Concert, held 100 years to the day of the ensemble’s first performance. This special program opens with Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres), a 2013 work by CSO Mead Composerin-Residence Missy Mazzoli, which mimics the shape of a solar system. CSO Horns Oto Carrillo, Daniel Gingrich, David Griffin, and James Smelser—all are Civic Orchestra alumni— appear as soloists in Schumann’s virtuosic Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 5 closes the program with its colorful orchestration and popular second-movement theme.

top to bot to m : CSO Horn Daniel Gingrich, a Civic alumnus and current Civic Coach, sits in with the Civic Orchestra during a 2017 side-by-side rehearsal. | Ken-David Masur leads the Civic Orchestra in Schumann’s Symphony no. 1 (Spring) during a May 2019 concert in Orchestra Hall. This season, Masur began his new role as principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra. | Ma shares a stand with a Civic musician during the culminating concert of Civic Orchestra’s annual Bach Marathon, held at Fourth Presbyterian Church on December 3, 2015.

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clockwi s e f ro m to p l e f t : CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts Liszt’s Les préludes during a Civic Orchestra Open Rehearsal in September 2014. | San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare leads a January 2018 Civic Orchestra concert featuring Mahler’s First Symphony. | CPS students at Hibbard Elementary listen to a Civic brass quintet perform Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

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Associate Principal Horn Daniel Gingrich. “It was a tremendous opportunity for me. As a member of Civic, I was coached by Dale Clevenger, longtime principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Being able to study with Chicago Symphony musicians really catapulted my career, beyond what I could have expected anywhere else.” The kismet of his current mentorship role with Civic is not lost on Gingrich. “I love that things have come full circle and I am able to be the horn coach. [It’s great to] see more young people learning and getting this experience and, hopefully, being able to go on and enjoy a life in music, the way I have.”

THE CIVIC ORCHESTR A’S LEGACY More than 7,000 musicians have been members of the Civic Orchestra, and many have gone on to perform with the finest ensembles in the world.

Over 160 alumni have become members of the CSO—including fourteen in the current roster.

Today’s Civic members experience an in-depth study of orchestral repertoire, perform as an orchestra and in chamber ensembles, and participate in the co-creation and implementation of

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their own musical projects throughout the community. It is a curriculum designed to produce well-rounded musicians for the modern orchestral landscape—a philosophy emphasized under the leadership of Riccardo Muti.

“That the word ‘civic’ is part of this orchestra’s name is symbolic. It indicates that the musician is both a reflection of his or her society and one who can serve and lead within the community,” said Muti, who will lead his sixteenth open rehearsal with the orchestra on April 27. “Music has the ability to bring people together: people who do not speak the same language and otherwise would not understand each other in terms of culture, ethnicity, or religion. Music is our greatest tool.

In this orchestra, musicians are instilled with the fundamental civic principles of a participatory, respectful society. All contribute to the total harmony.”

To learn more about the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, visit cso.org/civic.

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he atmosphere was festive as the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association celebrated the tenth annual Fall in Love with Music fundraising event on November 8, 2019, in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Union League Club. CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong and Assistant Principal Cello Kenneth Olsen performed Handel’s Passacaglia, a virtuoso piece for violin and cello arranged by Johan Halvorsen. Next, guests enjoyed a fascinating discussion with the featured speaker, Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti, and Phillip Huscher, the CSOA’s Scholar-in-Residence and Program Annotator. Under the leadership of co-chairs Cheryl Istvan and Amy Boonstra, this season’s Fall in Love with Music exceeded its goal and raised over $75,000. Event proceeds support the many outstanding educational and community engagement programs of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the League of the CSOA, such as Adventures in Music, CSO open rehearsals for seniors and veterans, to name a few.

clockwi s e f ro m to p: CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong and Assistant Principal Cello Kenneth Olsen embrace following their performance.

Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti and Phillip Huscher, the CSOA’s Scholar-in-Residence and Program Annotator, engage with the audience.

Sue Bridge, President, League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, addresses the room.

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volunteer and support opportunities The programs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association are made possible each season thanks in part to our dedicated volunteers and donors. Support the music you love by getting involved in the following ways.

GOVERNING MEMBERS are business, cultural, and civic leaders who serve as essential advocates for the CSO, both in Chicago and around the world, and participate in many significant activities at Symphony Center. Email governingmembers@cso.org for more information.

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The CSO L ATINO ALLIANCE encourages individuals and their families to discover and experience timeless music with other enthusiasts in concerts, receptions, and educational events. To learn more, please visit cso.org/latinoalliance or connect with us on Facebook and LinkedIn. The CSO AFRICAN AMERICAN NET WORK’ s mission is to engage Chicago’s culturally rich African American community through the sharing and exchanging of unforgettable classical music experiences while building relationships for generations to come. To learn more and join the Network, please call Sheila Jones at 312-294-3045, email africanamericannetwork@cso.org, or visit cso.org/AAN. The THEODORE THOMAS SOCIET Y recognizes those who make financial plans, usually through a will, trust or gift annuity, to benefit the CSO in the future. Email Al Andreychuk at andreychuka@cso.org for more information.

GOVERNING MEMBERS E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E Michael Perlstein Chair & Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership Jared Kaplan Immediate Past Chair Charles Emmons, Jr. Vice Chair of the Annual Fund Sally Feder Vice Chair of Member Engagement LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE Sue Bridge President William Ward Vice President of Administration Kathy Solaro Vice President of Areas Nancy Friedman Vice President of Education Marcia Lewis Vice President of Events Earle Cromer III Vice President of Finance Eileen Conaghan Vice President of Fundraising Gail Gold Vice President of Membership Bonnie McGrath Secretary Denise Stauder Strategic Planning Chair Fred Garzon, Lee Ori Members-at-Large WOMEN’S BOARD Shelley Ochab President Elizabeth A. Parker Immediate Past President Kim Shepherd, Claudine Tambuatco Communications/Governance Chairs Juli Crabtree Community Engagement Chair Judy Feldman Membership Chair OVERTURE COUNCIL E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E John Dunson President Hank Bell Cultural Outreach Chair Kathryn Davies Activities Chair Kim Ellwein Membership Chair Amy Fallon Communications Chair David Greene Social Media Chair Ben Levy, Taylor Poulin Soundpost Co-chairs Nick McWilliams Secretary L AT I N O A L L I A N C E L E A D E R S H I P Ramiro J. Atristaín-Carrión, Rina Magarici Co-chairs THEODORE THOMAS SOCIETY Mary Lou Gorno Chair

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI Zell Music Director Thursday, February 6, 2020, at 8:00 Friday, February 7, 2020, at 8:00 Saturday, February 8, 2020, at 8:00

Cavalleria rusticana, Melodrama in one act Music by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Based on the play and short story by Giovanni Verga

Riccardo Muti Conductor cast

Santuzza, a peasant girl.............................Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano Turiddu, a young peasant......................................................... Piero Pretti tenor Lucia, his mother................................................. Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano Alfio, a carter......................................................................... Luca Salsi baritone Lola, his wife.......................................................... Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Villagers Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe Director

There will be no intermission.

These performances receive generous support from the Nelson D. Cornelius Endowed Concert Fund.

The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus is made possible by a generous gift from Jim and Kay Mabie.

Bank of America is the Maestro Residency Presenter.

United Airlines is the Official Airline of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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Nelson D. Cornelius for his endowment bequest, which generously supports these performances.

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comments by phillip huscher pietro mascagni

Born December 7, 1863; Livorno, Italy Died August 2, 1945; Rome, Italy

Cavalleria rusticana, Melodrama in one act A week after the famous conductor Theodore Thomas arrived in Chicago, where he would soon launch his new Chicago Orchestra, Pietro Mascagni’s hit opera, Cavalleria rusticana, received its Chicago premiere. In the following days, as Thomas and his wife Rose settled into their new apartment on Elm Street, the founding of Thomas’s orchestra—the one we now know as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—and the first Chicago performance of Mascagni’s opera on September 30, 1891, vied for coverage in the local papers. “No event in the history of music in Chicago has been of so great import and given promise of such wide-reaching benefits to music and musicians as does the formation of this orchestra,” the Chicago Tribune reported four days after the premiere of Cavalleria rusticana. The opera was already an international sensation.

Cavalleria rusticana had quickly conquered all the European music capitals, and was now the subject of a legal battle over which producer had the rights to stage it first in New York City.

Early in the summer, the Tribune reported that the opera had been given in more than one hundred theaters in Europe: “Never perhaps in the entire history of operatic music has a work by an unknown composer been performed in every musical center of importance in Europe in less than six months after its initial production.” “Germany Even Approves of the Work of a Young Italian” ran the newspaper headline over a report from Berlin, where demand for tickets was so great that standing-room spots were snatched up before noon on the day of each performance.

“The same condition of affairs is said to exist in every city in Germany, where it is being presented and nothing else is talked of in musical circles.”

Pietro Mascagni, a baker’s son, was just twenty-six years old when Cavalleria rusticana premiered triumphantly at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome in 1890, thrusting him from obscurity to the very forefront of the Italian opera world, a position he would struggle to maintain for the rest of his life. Mascagni ab ov e : Pietro Mascagni, ca. 1890

composed 1888–89 first performance May 17, 1890; Rome, Italy i n s t r u m e n tat i o n two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones and tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, harp, strings a p p r ox i m at e performance time 1 hour, 19 minutes first cso performances October 19, 1891, Grand Opera House, Rockford. Theodore Thomas conducting (Intermezzo) December 4, 1891, Auditorium Theatre. Emma Eames, Fernando Valero, Mathilde Bauermeister, Edoardo Camera, and Sofia Scalchi as soloists; Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Carlo Corsi, director); Auguste Vianesi conducting August 21, 24, and September 6, 1912, Ravinia Park. Jane Abercrombie, Henri Baron, Miss Durfus, Louis Kreidler, and Frances Ingram as soloists; Chicago Grand Opera Company Chorus; Gustav Hinrichs conducting most recent cso performances July 17 and August 30, 1931, Ravinia Park. Elisabeth Rethberg, Frederick Jagel, Philine Falco, Alfredo Gandolfi, and Ada Paggi as soloists; Chicago Civic Opera Company Chorus (Giacomo Spadoni, director); Gennaro Papi conducting July 2, 1976, Ravinia Festival. James Levine conducting (Intermezzo) June 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting (Intermezzo) cso recording 2016. Riccardo Muti conducting.

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first saw a performance of Giovanni Verga’s play, Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic chivalry is the most common translation), in Milan in 1884, when he was studying at the Milan Conservatory (he roomed with another still unknown composer, Giacomo Puccini). But it was only in 1888 that he decided to make an opera of it, after reading that the prominent publisher Edoardo Sonzogno was sponsoring a new competition for one-act operas from young composers. (Puccini had submitted Le villi to Sonzogno’s previous round, in 1883, but failed to win.) After Mascagni finished his score in May 1889, he sent sections of it to Puccini, who forwarded it to Giulio Ricordi— Verdi’s publisher throughout his entire career and now Puccini’s as well—whose failure to recognize a sure-fire hit was one of his rare miscalculations.

It was Sonzogno who profited (in the extreme) from Mascagni’s opera, which won the competition over seventy-two rival entries, and was then staged, as part of the prize, in Rome. Within months, Cavalleria rusticana was enjoying the kind of runaway success seldom achieved by even the most established of composers.

Gustav Mahler, then head of the Budapest Opera, was one of the opera’s earliest champions.

When Mahler visited Italy in the spring of 1890, looking for new works to present, he brought home the score to Mascagni’s opera, unknown outside Italy at that point, and decided to produce it in Budapest in December. Over the summer, Mahler, who was already forging a path as a composer radically different from Mascagni— Mahler had introduced his first symphony in Budapest the previous year—studied the score to Cavalleria rusticana with growing amazement.

The December 26 performance, under Mahler’s baton, was interrupted several times by wild applause. Cavalleria rusticana was the greatest public success of the opera company during Mahler’s Budapest years. A few days after the

premiere, Mahler received a letter from Mascagni, thanking him.

Mahler remained a champion of Mascagni’s work, even as he grew increasingly disillusioned when none of his subsequent operas achieved the level of the first. (The greatest failure was Le maschere, which opened simultaneously in seven Italian theaters in 1901 and was a flop in all but one.) The dilemma that haunted Mascagni’s entire career was neatly summed up by Queen Victoria’s devastating comment to the composer, after sitting through a performance of his 1891 opera, L’amico Fritz, at Windsor Castle: “Signor Mascagni, when will you give us another Cavalleria?”

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hicago was the second city in the United States to produce Cavalleria rusticana. The opera was given first in Philadelphia, on September 9, 1891, to a packed house. “Stories of genius bursting full-grown from rags and a garret are more numerous in fiction than in history,” The New York Times reported, in covering the highly anticipated premiere. But, it went on to point out, that was in fact Mascagni’s real life story. (At the first performance of the opera at La Scala in Milan, the composer had to be lent a decent coat before he could go before the curtain to acknowledge the audience’s cheers.) Three weeks after the Philadelphia premiere, Chicagoans heard Cavalleria rusticana for the first time, when Minnie Hauk’s grand opera company staged the work, with Hauk, America’s first Carmen, as Santuzza and with Sebastian Montariol as Turiddu, the role that he was advertised, falsely, as having created in Italy. And less than three weeks after that, on October 16, the Chicago Orchestra gave its inaugural concert in the Auditorium Theatre, with Thomas on the podium.

Throughout his career, Thomas was always on the lookout for important new music to conduct.

He had been hearing the buzz about Cavalleria

abov e : Theodore Thomas, founder and first music director of the Chicago Orchestra

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for months, and so before his first Chicago season even opened, he programmed the now-famous intermezzo from the opera on the second program the Orchestra ever played, on October 19 at a run-out concert in Rockford, Illinois.

On December 4, the touring Metropolitan Opera produced Mascagni’s opera for the first time in the company’s history, in Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. The Chicago Orchestra was in the pit, as it was for all of the Met’s Chicago performances that month, with Auguste Vianesi, one of the tour conductors, on the podium. But it was a night Theodore Thomas did not want to miss; for once, he sat in the audience, with his wife at his side, sharing a box with John and Frances Glessner, friends and supporters of Thomas and the Orchestra. Emma Eames, an America soprano with an opulent voice and aristocratic stage presence, sang Santuzza. Although Eames was not known for the magnetism of her acting, the Tribune critic found her surprisingly convincing, aside from the moment when her duet with Turiddu is abruptly interrupted by her rival Lola, who Eames greeted with a smile rather than hatred and anger.

“The orchestra played excellently as a rule, Mascagni’s effective and unusually beautiful orchestral score being accorded a careful and finished interpretation,” the Tribune said, which suggests just how good the Chicago Orchestra truly was that first season, given how little rehearsal would have been available during a run that included more than a dozen operas in the span of one month. The intermezzo was so enthusiastically received that it had to be repeated before the opera could continue, as had often happened in European opera houses.

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lthough Mascagni himself never again equaled the success of Cavalleria rusticana, it was quickly seen as the prototype of a new kind of opera to which the word verismo— after the Italian literary movement of which Verga was a leading voice—was indiscriminately and often inappropriately attached. (In the early 1890s, even Verga crossed over into operatic verismo when he turned his short story La lupa into a libretto for Puccini—who then declined to set it to music.) Oddly for its foundational role in the operatic verismo movement, Mascagni’s opera sidesteps the essential qualities of the literary style— emotional understatement and truthfulness—for bold effects: highly charged atmospheric colors, dazzling musical exoticism, and outsized passions.

When Eleonora Duse, the great Italian actress, played Santuzza in Verga’s play, she was heralded for her restraint—“simple, without ever a shout, without ever a violent gesture, she produced highly moving effects and made the spectators shudder and weep.” But restraint was not part of Mascagni’s theatrical sensibility. In a letter to Verga written in March 1890, Mascagni

abov e : Costume sketches for the roles of Turiddu and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, 1890. Museo Teatrale alla Scala, Milan (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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insisted that his Sicilian friends Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci had faithfully represented the play in preparing the text for his musical setting.

“I assure you that the libretto has reproduced your Cavalleria almost to the letter, preserving in this way that color and that ambience which have made your work immortal.” But the opera in fact offered a different perspective on Verga’s drama. What was lost was the natural understatement of his language and style. What was gained, of course, was a power, concentrated emotion, and taut dramatic tension that was essentially new to opera.

As a play Cavalleria rusticana earned a place in the history of Italian nineteenth-century literature; today it is little known and rarely performed.

As an opera, Cavalleria rusticana is one of the enduring works for the stage; its extraordinary popularity has never waned. The unforgettable cut of its melodies (the intermezzo alone contains a theme as magnificent as any in the operatic literature); the intoxicating colors of its Sicilian atmosphere; and the urgent, heart-racing pace of its drama have few equals in the repertoire. Almost all the action takes place while the Easter mass is being celebrated in church, providing a haunting backdrop to the onstage drama. It was the poet W.H. Auden, in The Dyer’s Hand, who pointed out the effect of this small-town drama played out against the traditional Easter Sunday rites—“The action of the protagonists, their personal tragedy, is seen against an immense backdrop, the recurrent death and rebirth of nature, the liturgical celebration of the once-and-for-all death and the resurrection of the redeemer of man . . . so that their

local history takes on a ritual significance.” (Even Turiddu’s name, a Sicilian diminutive of Salvatore, means “Little Savior.”) Taking the effect even further, Francis Ford Coppola chose to intercut the finale of his third Godfather film with key scenes from a performance of Cavalleria rusticana, using Mascagni’s Sicilian drama as a backdrop and mirror of his own family tale (although he mercilessly scrambles the sequence of the operatic scenes in the process).

Musically, Cavalleria rusticana is not a work of innovation, despite its novelty. “Mascagni’s one-act tragedy surprised and gripped us because it was something quite new,” wrote Eduard Hanslick, the tough, high-minded, and conservative critic (and Brahms champion) of Mascagni’s time, “It was not as if the musical ideas were in themselves particularly original, but combined with the shattering events and the passionately involved orchestra, they contributed without question to the impression of something new.”

After the profound advances of Verdi’s Otello in 1887, in which music and words are woven into a seamless fabric of harmonic daring and structural ingenuity, Mascagni’s score is a throwback

abov e : Print by Rauzzini, 1891, depicting a scene from the finale of Cavalleria rusticana. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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to the formal structure of the number-opera. But from its old-fashioned sequence of clearly defined set-pieces—arias and duets, a drinking song, a siciliana, the Easter hymn, the mule-driving song—Mascagni fashions a tightly paced drama that hurtles toward its inevitable catastrophe, the celebrated intermezzo offering the only moment of respite. (For that reason, the intermezzo is most breathtaking within the context of the opera, although it has inevitably enjoyed great popularity in the concert hall.)

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n 1902, Mascagni sailed to America for a fifteen-week tour. He was paid $15,000 in advance, with which he quickly purchased a villa in Italy overlooking the sea, where he planned to retire. His press agent reported that the composer would be paid $8,000 per week in the United States. Before he left, Mascagni said he knew just “four words” in English: yes, goodbye, New York, Chicago. He told the press he had two aversions: vinegar and music critics. “Vinegar is spoiled cider, and music critics are spoiled composers.” In New York, where he was welcomed at the dock by three hundred Italians, he conducted Cavalleria with a “discordant” orchestra and an “untunable” tenor (in the words of the New York Times, not Mascagni), but before an enthusiastic public. There were problems with the tour from the outset—union issues with orchestra personnel, last-minute schedule changes (there was a riot at the Metropolitan Opera House, when the U.S. premiere of Iris was abruptly canceled), botched travel arrangements, and accusations of financial impropriety. After appearances in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Mascagni was scheduled to come to Chicago to lead Cavalleria, Zanetto, Iris,

and William Ratcliff (the opera he began before Cavalleria, but did not finish until 1894), but on November 6, a week before his arrival in the city, the balance of his tour was canceled. He told the American press that he was particularly disappointed that he could not fulfill his engagement in Chicago. But then, after a volley of new developments, including his arrest (twice) in Boston for breach of contract, Mascagni finally arrived in Chicago on the morning of December 20, with the nearly one hundred Italian singers and players who joined him on the tour. He held an impromptu rehearsal of Cavalleria rusticana in the Auditorium Theatre at noon, and stepped into the pit at three o’ clock for the afternoon concert, which concluded with a performance of the opera.

The intermezzo had to be repeated, and so did the drinking song. It was nearly six o’ clock when the final curtain fell. The shoddy performance, the Tribune said, was memorable only because Mascagni was on the podium. After a concert of opera scenes the following night, the remainder of the tour was canceled. “Mascagni will go back to Italy a brokenhearted man, ruined in health and pocket,” the composer’s attorney told the press.

It was estimated that the composer lost $20,000 from the troubled tour. Mascagni stayed in his Chicago hotel for a few days to recover from throat trouble and “nervous prostration.” “I think this will be my last visit to America,” he said. In the last four decades of his life, he wrote another eight works for the stage, but it was Cavalleria rusticana alone that kept his name alive.

Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.

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CHICAGO’S SANTUZZAS In the early part of its history, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was in the pit for an astonishing number of opera performances, first with singers from the Metropolitan Opera on tour at the Auditorium Theatre (from 1891 through 1899) and again with Ravinia Park Opera in Highland Park (from 1912 until 1931). This included nearly fifty performances of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana featuring some of the greatest singers of the era in the role of Santuzza.

French soprano Emma Calvé (1858–1942, five performances between 1894 and 1899) was a student of Mathilde Marchesi and made debuts at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust), the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and La Scala in Milan, before being selected by Mascagni to create the role of Suzel in the composer’s L’amico Fritz at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on October 31, 1891. Following her U.S. debut as Santuzza on November 29, 1893, with the Metropolitan Opera, she was later hailed for her interpretation of Carmen and performed the role over 150 times with the company.

A member of the Berlin Royal and Hamburg opera companies, English soprano Florence Easton (1882– 1955, five performances between 1919 and 1924) made her U.S. debut with the Chicago Grand Opera Company as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried on December 12, 1915, and as Santuzza with the Metropolitan Opera on December 7, 1917. She was chosen by Puccini to create the role of Lauretta—who sings “O mio babbino caro”—

in his Gianni Schicchi on December 14, 1918, at the Metropolitan.

Rosa Raisa (1893– 1963, two performances in 1925) was born in Poland and studied in Naples with Barbara Marchisio, who introduced her to Cleofonte Campanini, conductor of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. He engaged her to make her debut in Chicago as Aida on November 29, 1913. Raisa later created the role of Puccini’s Turandot under Arturo Toscanini’s baton at La Scala on April 25, 1926, and she sang the title role in Aida for the opening of the Civic Opera House in Chicago on November 4, 1929.

German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (1894–1976, twelve performances between 1927 and 1931) made her U.S. debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 22, 1922, in the title role in Verdi’s Aida. Her association with the company continued for twenty years, and she was featured on four Met opening nights. On June 6, 1928, Richard Strauss invited Rethberg to create the title role in his Die ägyptische Helena in Dresden.

Other singers who performed the role of Santuzza with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra included Jane Abercrombie, Marguerite Bériza, Emma Eames, Lois Ewell, Bettina Freeman, Alice Gentle, Claudia Muzio, Frances Peralta, and Ivy Scott.

Frank Villella is the director of the Rosenthal Archives.

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clockwi s e f ro m to p l e f t : Emma Calvé (J. Beagles and Co. photo), Rosa Raisa (Orlandini photo), Elisabeth Rethberg (Willott photo), and Florence Easton (Georg Gerlach & Co. photo)

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synopsis

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Cavalleria rusticana is set in a square in a small village in Sicily in the late nineteenth century.

At dawn on Easter Sunday, Turiddu serenades his mistress Lola (“O Lola ch’ai di latti la cammisa”). The villagers enter the square, celebrating the spring morning. After they leave, Santuzza appears, looking for Turiddu at his mother’s tavern. Mamma Lucia (Turiddu’s mother) tells Santuzza that Turiddu has gone to Francofonte to buy wine, but Santuzza replies that he was seen in the village late last night. Surprised, Mamma Lucia invites Santuzza into her house. Santuzza declines, reminding Mamma Lucia that she has been excommunicated. Mamma Lucia asks what she knows of Turiddu, but before Santuzza can say more than that her heart is breaking, the villagers assemble in the square to greet Alfio, the village carter, who has just returned. He sings of his love for his wife Lola (“Il cavallo scalpita”).

Mamma Lucia greets him, and when he asks for her special wine, she tells him that Turiddu has gone to get some. Alfio replies that he saw Turiddu early that morning. Mamma Lucia is again surprised, but Santuzza warns her to keep quiet. Alfio tells everyone to go into church, as a choir sings a “Regina coeli.” Santuzza and Mamma Lucia pray with the villagers (“Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto”), who file into the church for Easter services.

Alone with Mamma Lucia, Santuzza tells her tragic story (“Voi lo sapete, o mamma”): Turiddu had been in love with Lola, but he went into the army, and by the time he returned, she had married Alfio. Turiddu took up with Santuzza, who fell deeply in love with him. But Lola seduced Turiddu away from her, leaving Santuzza without love and without honor.

Turiddu arrives. He tries to evade Santuzza’s attempts to speak to him, and when she tells him that he had been seen that morning near Lola’s house, he accuses her of spying on him.

She replies that she heard it from Alfio’s own lips. Turiddu becomes furious, asking whether she wants him killed, and pushes her away. She accuses him of being in love with Lola, which he denies. He derides her jealousy as she declares her love for him (“Bada, Santuzza, schiavo non sono”).

Their argument is interrupted by Lola, who strolls by singing (“Fior di giaggiolo”). She asks

Turiddu if he has seen Alfio and asks Santuzza whether she is going to mass. When Santuzza says that mass is for those who have not sinned, Lola gives thanks to God, infuriating Santuzza.

Turiddu, embarrassed, wants to leave, but Lola urges him to stay. Lola ambles off into church.

Santuzza pleads with Turiddu to stay (“No, no, Turiddu, rimani ancora”), but he orders her to leave. She threatens him; when he says that he doesn’t give a damn that she is angry, she curses him, and he throws her to the ground and stalks away into the church.

Alfio arrives, and Santuzza tells him about Lola and Turiddu. But when he swears vengeance on them, she is suddenly contrite—but it’s too late.

The mass ended, the villagers file out of the church. Turiddu tells Lola to stay. She agrees, and Turiddu leads everyone in a rousing drinking song and a toast to Lola (“Viva il vino spumeggiante”).

Alfio arrives. Turiddu welcomes him and offers him some wine, but Alfio declines. Turiddu pretends not to care. Lola, frightened, is led away by the village women. A tense standoff between Turiddu and Alfio ensues, during which Turiddu challenges Alfio by biting his ear.

Turiddu, remorseful, admits that he has done wrong, especially to Santuzza, who will be abandoned if he dies. Then he swears to plant his dagger in Alfio’s heart. Alfio coldly tells him that he will be waiting for him behind the orchard, and leaves.

Alone, Turiddu calls for his mother and tells her that the wine has made him giddy and that he is going out. But he wants her blessing, just as when he went away into the army, and if he does not return, he wants her to be a mother to Santuzza, whom he had promised to marry. Mamma Lucia, troubled, does not understand; Turiddu blames it on the wine and asks her to pray for him. Then he kisses her goodbye and rushes off. Mamma Lucia, frightened, calls out to him. Santuzza enters and the two women embrace. In the distance, a woman cries out that Turiddu has been killed. The villagers rush in, crying, as Santuzza and Mamma Lucia fall senseless.

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profiles Riccardo Muti Conductor Born in Naples, Italy, Riccardo Muti is one of the preeminent conductors of our day. In 2010, when he became the tenth music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), he had more than forty years of experience at the helm of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1968– 1980), the Philharmonia Orchestra (1973–1982), the Philadelphia Orchestra (1980–1992), and Teatro alla Scala (1986–2005).

Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples and subsequently received a diploma in composition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. His principal teachers were Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto, principal assistant to Arturo Toscanini at La Scala. After he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition in Milan in 1967, Muti’s career developed quickly.

Herbert von Karajan invited him to conduct at the Salzburg Festival in Austria in 1971, and Muti has maintained a close relationship with the summer festival and with its great orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, for more than forty-five years. He has received the distinguished Golden Ring and the Otto Nicolai Gold Medal from the Philharmonic for his outstanding artistic contributions to the orchestra. He also is a recipient of a silver medal from the Salzburg Mozarteum and the Golden Johann Strauss Award by the Johann Strauss Society of Vienna. He is an honorary member of Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Vienna State Opera.

Muti has received innumerable international honors. He is a Cavaliere di Gran Croce

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of the Italian Republic, Officer of the French Legion of Honor, and a recipient of the German Verdienstkreuz. Queen Elizabeth II bestowed on him the title of honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him the Order of Friendship, and Pope Benedict XVI made him a Knight of the Grand Cross First Class of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great—the highest papal honor.

Muti also has received Israel’s Wolf Prize in Music, Sweden’s prestigious Birgit Nilsson Prize, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun Gold and Silver Star and Praemium Imperiale, the gold medal from Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his promotion of Italian culture abroad as well as the prestigious Presidente della Repubblica award from the Italian government and the Viareggio Repaci Special Prize. Muti has received more than twenty honorary degrees from universities around the world.

Passionate about teaching young musicians, Muti founded the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in 2004 and the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in 2015. Through Le vie dell’Amicizia (The roads of friendship), a project of the Ravenna Festival in Italy, he has conducted in many of the world’s most troubled areas in order to bring attention to civic and social issues.

Riccardo Muti’s vast catalog of recordings, numbering in the hundreds, ranges from the traditional symphonic and operatic repertoires to contemporary works. He also has written three books, Verdi, l’italiano and Riccardo Muti: An Autobiography: First the Music, Then the Words, both of which have been published in several languages, as well as Infinity Between the Notes: My Journey Into Music, published May 2019 and available in Italian. riccardomutimusic.com

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Exemplary Beethoven in Vienna and Quintessential Italian in Rome In December, following his previous CSO residency in November, Muti led a series of sold-out concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic and renowned pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss, and Respighi’s Pines of Rome at the Musikverein. During the 2019–20 season, Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Friends of Music) celebrates the 150th anniversary of its hall with a high-profile subscription series, exhibitions, and many other activities. The December performances were part of the celebration, as was the January 13 performance of Verdi’s Requiem by Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during its sixty-second international tour. The Kurier described December concerts as “exceptional . . . the best possible contenders in terms of exemplary Beethoven interpretation.” On January 1, the Vienna Philharmonic also announced that Muti will return for his sixth appearance in the New Year’s Day concert at the Musikverein in 2021.

Riccardo Muti conducted the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in the annual Christmas concert at the Italian Senate in Rome on December 15. That program included works by Italian composers Vincenzo Bellini, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Giuseppe Martucci, Gioachino Rossini, and Giuseppe Verdi. Distinguished guests in the audience included Sergio Mattarella, president of Italy, and Giuseppe Conte, the nation’s prime minister. Elisabetta Casellati, president of the Senate, hailed Muti for his cultural advocacy. “The Christmas concert, entrusted to the main representative of Italian culture in the world, Maestro Riccardo Muti, is an exceptional opportunity to celebrate the art, history, and beauty of Italy,” she said. Proceeds from the concert went to support cleanup efforts in flood-ravaged Venice.

A new commercial featuring Riccardo Muti brings to life the Mausoleum of Augustus through the potential of 5G with TIM, a major Italian telecommunications company. It premiered on Italian television before President Mattarella gave his traditional end-of-year speech. In the commercial, a little girl, guided by Muti, visits the archaeological site in the heart of Rome to discover the many “lives” of the mausoleum, thanks to TIM’s cutting-edge technology. Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana plays in the background while augmented reality allows the girl to immerse herself in the changes to the mausoleum as they happened: from the burial site of Augustus, to the Italian garden of the Soderini family in the 1500s, to its transformation into the Amphitheatre Corea site, until its conversion into the Augusteo Auditorium in the 1900s, the largest symphony hall of its time, hosting conducting greats such as Arturo Toscanini, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Pietro Mascagni.

Following his February CSO residency, Muti returns to lead his second annual Opera Academy in Tokyo.

What follows is an excerpt from Vincent Agrech’s review of Muti and the CSO’s January 17 performance at the Philharmonie de Paris that was featured in in the international classical music journal Diapason.

Time has at last dispelled the misunderstanding that attached itself to Riccardo Muti half a century ago, or even three decades ago. The finger can be pointed squarely at the virtuosic haste of youth for his past image as a Dionysian Latin—spontaneous and emotional—when, in fact, the slowing down of tempos over the years has finally revealed what he has been all along: a Jansenist, in the style of the great Neapolitan moralists, who emphasized the need for divine grace and human discipline to reestablish freedom as a result of the primordial fall. Tonight, he offered a master class in rigor, architecture, proportions, and articulation—as well as in what remains the maestro’s greatest secret: intensity through precision. Others know how to make the same kinds of scalpel cuts, but too often in a way that results in affectation or mannerism. Who else today can do it with such earth-shattering power? The rhythmic and harmonic armor that Muti offers, moreover, is used in the service of an art of phrasing that is more moving, touching, and overwhelming than ever, sustaining and punctuating a cantabile line of admirable flexibility that searches for truth through emotion. . . .

Translation by Roderick Branch

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Anita Rachvelishvili Mezzo-soprano first cso performances June 21, 23, and 25, 2019, Orchestra Hall. Verdi’s Aida, Riccardo Muti conducting

Anita Rachvelishvili’s career was launched in 2009 when Daniel Barenboim chose her to open the Teatro alla Scala season in Milan in a much-publicized new production of Bizet’s Carmen with Jonas Kaufmann as Don José. That performance marked her debut in the role and was televised all over the world. She has since debuted this signature role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Berlin State Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Regio in Turin, Canadian Opera Company, and the Arena di Verona.

Rachvelishvili is an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist; her debut solo album, Anita, was released in 2018 to critical acclaim. She also was featured in a 2019 New York Times article entitled “A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm.”

She makes debuts in the 2019–20 season including Princess Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Paris Opera, Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther in Athens, and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona as Carmen. She makes returns to Paris as Konchakovna in Borodin’s Prince Igor, to the Berlin State Opera as Carmen, and to the Vienna State Opera in the title role in Saint-Saëns’s Samson and Delilah and Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore. She also reprises the role of Santuzza

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in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam.

Rachvelishvili began the 2018–19 season reprising the role of Amneris in Verdi’s Aida at the Met, where she subsequently appeared as Delilah and the Princess of Bouillon in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur. She also debuted in Monte-Carlo as Delilah and returned to the Paris Opera as Carmen. The mezzo-soprano closed the season at the Salzburg Festival in Adriana Lecouvreur and as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem under Riccardo Muti.

Rachvelishvili was recently heard as Carmen in Munich and in her debut at the Semperoper Dresden. She also sang her first performances of Santuzza at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Amneris. In concert, she appeared with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death.

Anita Rachvelishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She first studied piano at the Mukhran Machavariani School, and eventually focused her studies on singing at the Tbilisi Vano Sarajishvili State Conservatory with Manana Egadze. She received a stipend from Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia, and shortly thereafter won the Paata Burchuladze Prize. While still a student, she debuted at the opera in Tbilisi as Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto and as Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, subsequently joining the ensemble of the theater. In 2007, she was invited to join the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, where she came to the attention of Barenboim, who asked her to star in a new production of Carmen to open the 2009–10 season. Several of her performances have appeared on DVD on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

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Piero Pretti Tenor These concerts mark Piero Pretti’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Tenor Piero Pretti began his musical studies in his hometown, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy, and made his professional debut on a European tour in 2006 as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème. In subsequent seasons, he sang Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata in Jesi and Treviso, the title role in Donizetti’s Poliuto in Sassari, and Manrico in Verdi’s Il trovatore in Ravenna. In 2009, Riccardo Muti chose him as Achille in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide staged by Yannis Kokkos at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.

The 2011–12 season marked a turning point in the artist’s career, when he made his debut as Arrigo in Verdi’s I vespri siciliani at the Teatro Regio in Turin, where he returned to sing the Duke of Mantua in the composer’s Rigoletto, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and again Alfredo. He has appeared at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in I vespri siciliani and performed arias

by Verdi in concert led by Muti at the Ravenna Festival and in Verdi’s Requiem at Kazan. Also, in 2012, he debuted at Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Rodolfo in Verdi’s Luisa Miller under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda and staged by Mario Martone, followed by Rigoletto, again in Milan, at the Teatro Regio di Parma and at the Bavarian State Opera.

His recent engagements include Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Bilbao and Vienna; Lucia di Lammermoor at the Hamburg State Opera, Muscat, Turin, and Paris; Ismaele in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Arena di Verona; Madama Butterfly at the Paris Opera; Rigoletto at the Teatro Real in Madrid; La bohème at the Vienna State Opera; Altidòr in Casella’s La donna serpente in Turin; Il trovatore in Macerata and Florence; and Rigoletto in Rome and Naples. He returned to La Scala as Lord Percy in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and Gualtiero in Bellini’s Il pirata.

Further engagements include Madama Butterfly in Munich and Berlin, McDuff in Verdi’s Macbeth in Turin and Edinburgh, Il trovatore in Frankfurt, Riccardo in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera in Vienna and Paris, La bohème in Madrid and Lucia di Lammermoor in Trieste, Il trovatore in Seville and Madrid, and his debut in the title role of Massenet’s Werther in Venice.

In October 2019, Piero Pretti made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in Madama Butterfly. In November, he sang the title role in Verdi’s Don Carlo for the first time at Teatro la Fenice in Venice for the season opening under Myung-Whun Chung with Robert Carsen directing; in December, he appeared in La bohème at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.

His 2020 engagements include Madama Butterfly in Bologna, Lucia di Lammermoor in Munich, Luisa Miller in Rome under Roberto Abbado with staging by Damiano Michieletto, his debut as Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca at the Macerata Opera Festival, and Radamès in Aida and Il trovatore at La Fenice.

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Ronnita Miller Mezzo-soprano These concerts mark Ronnita Miller’s subscription concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. first cso performances August 16 and 18, 2012, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s The Magic Flute, James Conlon conducting most recent cso performances August 15, 2015, Ravinia Festival. Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, James Conlon conducting

American mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller continues her upward career trajectory in the 2019–20 season, her seventh as an ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which she joined in the 2012–13 season, and where performances include Mama Lucia in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, the Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Mary in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, Madelon in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, and Ulrica in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. The artist travels to the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam portraying Fricka for performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre and returns later in the season for Verdi’s Requiem. In the United States, she returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago to continue her portrayal as Erda and First Norn in Wagner’s Ring cycle. She ends the season at Cincinnati Opera in her role debut as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida.

Last season, in Berlin, she sang Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet before returning to Lyric Opera and her signature role of Erda in Wagner’s Siegfried.

She gave further performances of Erda in the composer’s Das Rheingold at Teatro Real in

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Madrid before returning to the Metropolitan Opera in New York as First Norn in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung and to the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Schwertleite in Die Walküre at Tanglewood. She sang First Norn under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis at the Edinburgh International Festival and Tippett’s A Child of our Time with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Brighton Festival.

Recent highlights at Deutsche Oper Berlin include the Handmaiden in Reimann’s L’invisible, Fenena in Verdi’s Nabucco, and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart, as well as appearances in revival performances of some of the roles that have brought her the admiration of Berlin audiences, such as Marthe Schwertlein in Gounod’s Faust.

Other recent highlights include Erda and First Norn at San Francisco Opera and Erda at Semperoper Dresden under Christian Thielemann. Guest appearances elsewhere included the role of Amando in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre with both the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, as well as Verdi’s Requiem at Hanover State Opera.

A Florida native, Ronnita Miller received a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and graduated from the Juilliard School before spending two years in the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera. She made her company debut as the Abbess in Puccini’s Suor Angelica in 2008 before joining the cast of Joachim Freyer’s production of the Ring cycle in the roles of Schwertleite and Flosshilde while also covering Erda. Other roles in Miller’s repertoire include Azucena in Il trovatore and Eboli in Don Carlo by Verdi.

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Luca Salsi Baritone first cso performances September 28, October 1, 4, and 6, 2013, Orchestra Hall.

Verdi’s Macbeth, Riccardo Muti conducting most recent cso performances April 21, 23, and 26, 2016, Orchestra Hall. Verdi’s Falstaff, Riccardo Muti conducting

Born in San Secondo Parmense, Italy, Luca Salsi graduated in singing from the Conservatory Arrigo Boito of Parma under the guidance of Lucetta Bizzi. He later attended master classes with Carlo Meliciani and made his operatic debut in Rossini’s La scala di seta at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.

A winner of the 2000 Viotti International Music Competition, Salsi has established an international career, performing regularly on some of the world’s most prestigious concert stages and in venues including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Washington Opera, Los Angeles Opera, New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Berlin State Opera, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) in London, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Paris Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.

He has worked with such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Gatti, Gustavo Dudamel, Nicola Luisotti, Kirill Petrenko, and Michele Mariotti; and with stage directors including Daniele Abbado, Robert Carsen, Hugo

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De Ana, Anthony Minghella, Franco Zeffirelli, Alvis Hermanis, Damiano Michieletto, and Graham Vick.

His repertoire includes such roles as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (New York, Washington, Berlin) and Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème (Washington, Los Angeles, Milan, Palermo) by Puccini, Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff (Bari), Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (Bologna and Parma), Valentin in Gounod’s Faust (Parma), the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (Naples), and Germont in Verdi’s La traviata (Royal Opera House, Paris Opera, Bavarian State Opera).

Among the baritone’s more recent engagements are Don Carlo in Verdi’s Ernani at Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome; Michonnet in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur in Bilbao; Miller in Verdi’s Luisa Miller at Opéra de Lausanne; the title role in Verdi’s Nabucco at Liceu Barcelona; Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff in São Paulo and Chicago; Renato in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera and Nabucco at Arena di Verona; Don Carlo in Verdi’s La forza del destino in Parma; Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Conte di Luna in Il trovatore, Miller, and Don Carlo in Ernani by Verdi at the Met; La traviata in Paris, Turin, Munich, Macerata, and London; and the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto in Rome and Amsterdam. Others include Carlo in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier in Munich, Vienna, and Milan; Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida in Salzburg; and Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca in Rome and Milan, among many others.

Luca Salsi’s future engagements include Un ballo in maschera, La traviata, and Barnaba in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda in Milan; Falstaff in Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio Emilia; La traviata in New York; and Aida and Nabucco in Verona.

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Sasha Cooke Mezzo-soprano first cso performances November 5, 6, 7, and 10, 2009, Orchestra Hall.

Mendelssohn’s Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bernard Haitink conducting most recent cso performances December 20, 21, 22, and 23, 2018, Orchestra Hall.

Handel’s Messiah, Matthew Halls conducting

During the 2019–20 season, two-time Grammy Award– winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke returns to the San Francisco Opera to reprise the title role in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Laurene Jobs in Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. On the concert stage, she reunites with the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden for Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 (Resurrection) at David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center, Barbican Centre in London, and the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She also is soloist in Mahler’s Symphony no. 3 with Myung-Whun Chung at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Robert Spano in Atlanta and at Carnegie Hall, Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor James Gaffigan, and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Rilke Songs with the Cleveland Orchestra led by the composer.

After a decade of collaborating with the San Francisco Symphony, she undertakes an

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artist-in-residency that encompasses concerts with the orchestra, educational events, and a recital in Davies Hall. Additional appearances include Cooke’s return to the Wigmore Hall in London and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in recital with pianists Malcolm Martineau and Julius Drake, respectively, as well as at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival with pianist Pei-Yao Wang. She also sings the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope with violinist Daniel Hope for Music at Kohl Mansion in California.

Cooke has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, English National Opera, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, among others, and with more than sixty symphony orchestras worldwide under leading conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gustavo Dudamel, Franz Welser-Möst, Sir Andrew Davis, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Edo de Waart, and more. Her recordings can be found on the Hyperion, BIS, and Chandos labels, among others.

Most recently, Sasha Cooke appeared on five new recordings: Berlioz’s L’ enfance du Christ with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Sir Andrew Davis; Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, which won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording; Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä; Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas; and Sasha Cooke LIVE, a collection of her performances from Music@Menlo.

Cooke studied at Rice University, the Juilliard School, and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

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Chicago Symphony Chorus

The Chicago Symphony Chorus celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2017–18. Led by chorus director and conductor Duain Wolfe since 1994, the ensemble regularly performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival.

The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus debuted in March and April 1958, in Mozart’s Requiem under Bruno Walter and Verdi’s Requiem under Reiner.

Hillis served the Chorus for thirty-seven years, until her retirement in 1994; ninth music director Daniel Barenboim appointed Wolfe as her successor in June of that year.

The Chorus frequently performs under music director Riccardo Muti as well as guest conductors. Highlights of 2019–20 season include Orff ’s Carmina Burana and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

The Chorus first performed in Carnegie Hall in 1967 in Henze’s Muses of Sicily and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under seventh music director Jean Martinon, and most recently in 2015 with Riccardo Muti for Scriabin’s Prometheus and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky. Touring internationally with the Orchestra, the Chorus traveled to London and Salzburg in 1989 with Sir Georg

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Solti for performances of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust and to Berlin in 1999 with Barenboim for Brahms’s A German Requiem and Pierre Boulez for Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron.

World premieres featuring the Chorus have included Ned Rorem’s Goodbye My Fancy, John Harbison’s Four Psalms, and Bernard Rands’s apókryphos. With visiting orchestras, the Chorus has collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, and the Staatskapelle Berlin under Barenboim.

Since first recording commercially in 1959— Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky under Reiner— the Chorus has amassed a discography that includes hallmarks of the choral repertoire and several complete operas. The Chorus most recently received a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, led by Riccardo Muti on CSO Resound. The Chorus has received an additional nine Grammy awards for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Brahms’s A German Requiem, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Haydn’s The Creation, and Bach’s Mass in B minor with Solti; Brahms’s Requiem and Orff ’s Carmina Burana with James Levine; and Bartók’s Cantata profana with Boulez.

The Chorus also has appeared on two movie soundtracks with the Orchestra: Fantasia 2000 led by Levine and John Williams’s score for Lincoln, conducted by the composer. Recordings on CSO Resound featuring the Chorus include Mahler’s Second and Third symphonies, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under Bernard Haitink; and Berlioz’s Lélio, Verdi’s Otello, Schoenberg’s Kol Nidre, choruses by Verdi and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele, and most recently Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar) under Riccardo Muti.

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The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus is made possible by a generous gift from

Jim and Kay Mabie.

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PROFILES

Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor Now in his twenty-sixth season as director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe has prepared over 150 programs for concerts in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival, as well as many works for commercial recordings.

Wolfe also directs choral works at the Aspen Music Festival and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, and he is founder-director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus (now in its thirty-fifth season), a position he maintains along with his Chicago Symphony Chorus post.

Winner of two Grammy awards in 2010 (Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album) for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Verdi’s Requiem with Riccardo Muti, in 2012 Wolfe received the Michael Korn Founders Award from Chorus America in recognition of his contributions to the professional choral arts. He also prepared the Chicago Symphony Chorus for the Grammy Award–winning recording of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg with Sir Georg Solti, and for the CSO Resound release of Verdi’s Otello conducted by Riccardo Muti.

Well known for his work with children, Wolfe is conductor laureate of the Colorado Children’s Chorale, an organization that he founded and

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conducted for twenty-five years. Also active in opera, he served as conductor of the Central City Opera Festival for twenty years.

Among the many performances for which Wolfe has prepared the Chicago Symphony Chorus are Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; Cherubini’s Requiem; Brahms’s A German Requiem; Orff ’s Carmina Burana; Verdi’s Requiem, Otello, Macbeth, and Falstaff; Schoenberg’s Kol Nidre with Alberto Mizrahi as narrator; and a selection of opera choruses by Verdi and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele, recorded during performances in Orchestra Hall in 2017 and recently released on CSO Resound—all conducted by CSO music director Riccardo Muti. World premieres include John Harbison’s Four Psalms and Bernard Rands’s apókryphos, both commissioned by the CSO. Wolfe prepared the Chicago Symphony Chorus for its most recent Carnegie Hall performances of Scriabin’s Prometheus and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky in 2015, under Riccardo Muti, as well as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Staatskapelle Berlin in 2000 with Daniel Barenboim. He also prepared the Chorus for performances of Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron (led by Pierre Boulez) and Brahms’s A German Requiem (led by Barenboim) at the Berlin Festtage in 1999.

Duain Wolfe’s activities have earned him an honorary doctorate and numerous awards, including the Bonfils Stanton Award in the Arts and Humanities and the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

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PROFILES

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor Cheryl Frazes Hill Associate Director Jennifer Kerr Budziak Assistant Director Andrew Lewis Assistant Director Benjamin Rivera Assistant Director Gretchen Adams Michele Braché Agpalo Alicia Monastero Akers Melinda Alberty Melissa Arning Anastasia Cameron Balmer* Megan E. Bell Laney A. Benson III Rebecca Berger Nicole Besa Laura Boguslavsky Madison Bolt Eileen Marie Bora Humberto Borboa Michael Boschert William Bouvel Heather Braoudakis Michael Brauer Evan Bravos Matthew Brennan Terry L. Bucher Erich Buchholz Jennifer Kerr Budziak Laura Bumgardner Hannah Busch Diane Busko Bryks* Lieve Buzard Andrea Caruso Joan Cinquegrani Joseph Cloonan Nathalie Colas Natalie Conseur Magaly Cordero Emily Crisp Sandra Cross Angela De Venuto Chris DiMarco Micah A. Dingler Hannah Dixon McConnell Katarzyna Dorula Kathryn Duncan Ashley Eason Stacy Eckert Nora Engonopoulos Nicholas Falco Andrew Fisher Megan Fletcher Kemper Florin Carl Frank Kirsten Fyr-Searcy Ace T. Gangoso Klaus Georg* Dimitri German

Liana Gineitis Jennifer Gingrich* David Govertsen* Mary Lutz Govertsen Josh Green Nida Grigalaviciute Kimberly Gunderson Amy Gwinn-Becker Elizabeth Haley Kevin Michael Hall Ashlee Hardgrave Megan Hendrickson Adam Lance Hendrickson Daniel Julius Henry, Jr. Jianghai Ho Betsy Hoats Michaël Hudetz Ingrid Israel Mikolajczyk Margaret Izard Taylor Jacobson Garrett Johannsen* Amy Alyssa Johnson Alison Kelly Jung Kim Jess Koehn Lisa Kotara Susan Krout Alexandra Kunath Mathew Lake Katelyn Lee Rosalind Lee Kristin Lelm Lee Lichamer Amanda Compton LoPresti* Kathleen Madden Suzanne Ma-Ebersole Dorian McCall Bill McMurray Mark James Meier Eric Miranda Rebecca S. Moan Stephen Mollica Lillian Murphy Keith A. Murphy Nathan S. Oakes Máire O’Brien Rachel Olson Wha Shin Park Clarissa Parrish Short Steven Michael Patrick Douglas Peters Amy Pickering Cari Plachy

The chorus was prepared for these performances by Duain Wolfe. *Section leader

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Sarah Ponder Elvira Ponticelli Robert J. Potsic Angela Presutti Emily Price Ian R. Prichard Nicholas Pulikowski Antonio Quaranta Margaret Quinnette Leo Radosavljevic Julia Rahm Peder Reiff Stephen Richardson Alexia Rivera Benjamin Rivera Nicoleta Roman Brennan Runzo Sladjana Saric Cole Seaton Cindy Senneke Andrew Seymour Aaron Short Joseph Smith Cassidy Smith Brandon Sokol Emma Sorenson Meaghan Stainback Sean Stanton* Heidi Jo Stirling Samantha Thielen Paul W. Thompson Scott Uddenberg Anna VanDeKerchove Elizabeth Vaughan Peter Wesoloski Eric West Debra Wilder* Megan Wilhelm Jonathan Wilson Juan Zapata manager Carolyn D. Stoner assistant chorus manager and librarian Shelley Baldridge rehearsal pianists John Goodwin Sharon Peterson Andrew Rosenblum

chicago symphony orchestra Now celebrating its 129th season, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras. In September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. His vision for the Orchestra—to deepen its engagement with the Chicago community, to nurture its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians, and to collaborate with visionary artists—signals a new era for the institution.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s distinguished history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’s aim to establish a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891.

Thomas served as music director until his death in 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. Dynamic and innovative, the Stock years saw the founding of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the first training orchestra in the United States affiliated with a major symphony orchestra, in 1919. Stock also established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.

Three distinguished conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947; Artur Rodzinski assumed the post in 1947–48; and Rafael Kubelík led the ensemble for three seasons from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered performance hallmarks. It was Reiner who invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For the 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. He then held the title of music director laureate and

returned to conduct the Orchestra for several weeks each season until his death in September 1997. Solti’s arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time, and the CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction, along with numerous award-winning recordings.

Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate in January 1989, and he became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, highly praised operatic productions at Orchestra Hall, numerous appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, twenty-one international tours, and the appointment of Duain Wolfe as the Chorus’s second director.

From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink held the post of principal conductor, the first in CSO history. Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the CSO led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016.

Only two others have served as principal guest conductors: Carlo Maria Giulini, who began to appear in Chicago regularly in the late 1950s, was named to the post in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. In this role, he partnered with Riccardo Muti, staff, and musicians to provide development for the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO. Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli was appointed by Riccardo Muti and began her two-year term in the fall of 2018. In addition to composing, she curates the contemporary MusicNOW series.

Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Current releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label, include the Grammy Award–winning release of Verdi’s Requiem led by Riccardo Muti. Recordings by the CSO have earned sixty-two Grammy awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. cso.org FEBRUARY–APRIL 2020 41F

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is grateful to

Bank of America for its generous support as the Maestro Residency Presenter.

maest ro res i den cy presenter

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director

Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor Missy Mazzoli Mead Composer-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 Yuan-Qing Yu Assistant Concertmasters* So Young Bae Cornelius Chiu Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou ‡ Blair Milton Paul Phillips, Jr. Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang Baird Dodge Principal Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Assistant Principal Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling Hermine Gagné ‡ Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir Matous Michal Simon Michal Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz viol as Li-Kuo Chang Acting Principal The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Catherine Brubaker Youming Chen Sunghee Choi

Wei-Ting Kuo Danny Lai Diane Mues Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi Weijing Wang cellos John Sharp Principal The Eloise W. Martin Chair Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal The Adele Gidwitz Chair Karen Basrak Loren Brown Richard Hirschl Daniel Katz Katinka Kleijn David Sanders Gary Stucka Brant Taylor basses Alexander Hanna Principal The David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Daniel Armstrong Joseph DiBello Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland harps Sarah Bullen Principal Lynne Turner flutes Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn piccolo Jennifer Gunn

oboes William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Michael Henoch Assistant Principal The Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler english horn Scott Hostetler cl arinets Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith J. Lawrie Bloom e-fl at cl arinet John Bruce Yeh

trombones Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon bass trombone Charles Vernon tuba Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld timpani David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal percussion Cynthia Yeh Principal The Dinah Jacobs (Mrs. Donald P. Jacobs) Principal Percussion Chair Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross

bass cl arinet J. Lawrie Bloom bassoons Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Dennis Michel Miles Maner

librarians Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson

contrabassoon Miles Maner

orchestra personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel

horns David Cooper Principal Daniel Gingrich Associate Principal James Smelser David Griffin Oto Carrillo Susanna Gaunt trumpets Esteban Batallán Principal The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Mark Ridenour Assistant Principal John Hagstrom The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair Tage Larsen

stage technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick

* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical The Louise H. Benton Wagner Chair currently is 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.

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administration Jeff Alexander President

president’s office

Karen Rahn Executive Assistant to the President/ Secretary of the Board Mónica Lugo Executive Assistant to the Music Director Human Resources Lynne Sorkin Director Sarah McElroy Coordinator

artistic administration

Cristina Rocca Vice President The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair Guillermo Muñoz Küster Executive Assistant & Associate Artist Coordinator, CSO James M. Fahey Director, Programming, Symphony Center Presents Randy Elliot Director, Artistic Administration Monica Wentz Manager, Artistic Planning & Special Projects Lena Breitkreuz Artist Coordinator, Symphony Center Presents Caroline Eichler Artist Coordinator, CSO Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant Chorus Carolyn D. Stoner Manager Shelley Baldridge Assistant Manager & Librarian

orchestra and building operations

Vanessa Moss Vice President Heidi Lukas Director Michael Lavin Assistant Director, Operations, SCP & Rental Events Jeffrey Stang Production Manager, CSO Joseph Sherman Production Manager, SCP & Rental Events Charles Braico House Manager Michael Manning Manager, Audio Media & Operations Charlie Post Audio Engineer Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO Jonathan McCormick Director, Education & The Negaunee Music Institute Jon Weber Director, School & Family Programs Molly Walker Orchestra Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Nicolas Gonzalez Manager, Civic Orchestra Fellowship Program Katy Clusen Manager, School & Family Programs Benjamin Wise Manager, Communications & Programs Assistant Sarah Vander Ploeg Coordinator, School & Community Partnerships Robert Curl Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Rosenthal Archives Frank Villella Director Orchestra Personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions & Orchestra Personnel Facilities John Maas Director Engineers Tim McElligott Chief Engineer Michael McGeehan Lead Engineer Kevin Walsh Dan Platt

Electricians Robert Stokas Chief Electrician Doug Scheuller Stage Technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick

finance and administration Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Renay Johansen Slifka Executive Assistant

Accounting Kerri Gravlin Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Sarah Lombardi Controller Paulette Jean Volf, Janet Kosiba Assistant Controllers Janet Hansen Payroll Manager Marianne Hahn Accounting Manager Monique Henderson Senior Accountant Hyon Yu General Ledger Manager Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager Jessica Lotz Payroll Assistant Information Technology Daniel Spees Director Douglas Bolino Client Systems Administrator Jackie Spark Lead Technologist Kirk McMahon Technologist

sales and marketing

Ryan Lewis Vice President Melanie Kalnins Director, Marketing & Business Analysis Sheila Jones Director, Community Stewardship/ African American Network Web Systems and Applications Sean Hopp Director Steven Burkholder Manager Marketing Elisabeth Madeja Director Lauren Matson Manager, Retention Marketing David Nutt Manager, Acquisition Marketing Stephanie Lo Ceperich Manager, Integrated Media Alexis Diller Coordinator, Digital Marketing Jerry Downey Coordinator, Loyalty Marketing Olivia Serrano Coordinator, Audience Development Creative Todd Land Director Sophie Weber Creative Services Manager Eddie Limperis Designer Emily Herrington Junior Designer Content Frances Atkins Director Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor Gerald Virgil Senior Editor Kristin Tobin Designer & Print Production Manager Communications and Public Relations Eileen Chambers Director Dana Navarro Manager Clay Baker Coordinator Sales and Ticketing Joseph Fernicola III Director

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Patron Services Pavan Singh Manager Patrice Fumbanks Supervisor, Hospitality Lead Aislinn Gagliardi Supervisor, Patron Loyalty Lead Preferred Services Robert Coad Manager, VIP Services Brian Koenig Manager, Group Services Shifra Werch Specialist, Group Services Box Office Joseph Garnett Manager Steve Paulin Assistant Manager James Krier Treasurer John McGinnis Christie Nawrocki Fernando Vega José Vega The Symphony Store Tyler Holstrom Manager

development

Dale Hedding Vice President Jeremiah Strickler Executive Assistant Bobbie Rafferty Director, Individual Giving & Affiliated Donor Groups Allison Szafranski Director, Leadership Gifts Alfred Andreychuk Director, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Charles Palys Major Gifts Officer & Administrator Miguel Fernández, Rebecca Hill Major Gifts Officers Kayleigh Dudevoir Associate Director, Governing Members Dakota Williams Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement Giving Karen Bullen Manager, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Luciana Bonifazi Manager, National & International Friends Erin Gernon Prospect Research Specialist & Moves Management Coordinator Neomia Harris Senior Assistant, Individual Giving Programs & Planned Giving Institutional Advancement Susan Green Director, Foundation & Government Relations Nick Magnone Director, Corporate Development Jennifer Urevig Manager, Corporate Development Thomas Spears Grant Writer Jennifer Harazin Coordinator, Institutional Giving Donor Engagement and Development Operations Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement Liz Heinitz Director, Annual Giving & Development Operations Kimberly S. Duffy Senior Donor Engagement Manager Jeremy Krifka Associate Director, Donor & Development Services Jocelyn Weberg Manager, Annual Giving Kristopher Simmons Manager, Donor Engagement Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications Ariana Strahl Coordinator, Donor Engagement Peter Rosenbloom Coordinator, Donor Services Julia McGehee Coordinator, Donor & Development Services

chicago symphony orchestra association board of trustees OFFICERS

Helen Zell Chair Mary Louise Gorno Vice Chair Robert A. Kohl Vice Chair Liisa Thomas Vice Chair Renée Metcalf Treasurer Jeff Alexander President Karen Rahn Secretary of the Board Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer The Honorable Lori Lightfoot Honorary Chair HONOR ARY TRUSTEES

The Honorable Richard M. Daley Lady Valerie Solti TRUSTEES

John Aalbregtse Peter J. Barack H. Rigel Barber Randy Lamm Berlin Lori Bradley Roderick Branch Susan Bridge* Kay Bucksbaum Robert J. Buford Leslie Henner Burns Debra A. Cafaro Marion A. Cameron Bruce E. Clinton George P. Colis Keith S. Crow Dr. Christopher L. Culp Stephen V. D’Amore Timothy A. Duffy Brian W. Duwe J. Bradley Fewell

Richard C. Godfrey Graham C. Grady Lori Julian Geraldine Keefe Donna L. Kendall Thomas G. Kilroy James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Josef Lakonishok Patty Lane Renée Metcalf Mary Pivirotto Murley Sylvia Neil Shelley Ochab* Gerald Pauling Michael A. Perlstein* Jose Luis Prado Dr. Irwin Press Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker Dr. Mohan Rao Burton X. Rosenberg Kristen C. Rossi E. Scott Santi Steven E. Shebik Alejandro Silva Marlon R. Smith Walter Snodell Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr. Scott Swanson Nasrin Thierer Liisa Thomas Terrence J. Truax Frederick H. Waddell Paul R. Wiggin Craig R. Williams Robert Wislow Helen Zell

LIFE TRUSTEES

William Adams IV Mrs. Robert A. Beatty Arnold M. Berlin Laurence O. Booth William G. Brown Dean L. Buntrock Richard Colburn Richard H. Cooper Anthony T. Dean Charles Douglas John A. Edwardson Thomas J. Eyerman James B. Fadim David W. Fox, Sr. Richard J. Franke Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. H. Laurance Fuller Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Paul C. Gignilliat Joseph B. Glossberg William A. Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard L. Gottlieb Chester A. Gougis Joyce T. Green Mary Winton Green Dietrich Gross David P. Hackett Joan W. Harris John H. Hart Thomas C. Heagy Jay L. Henderson Debora de Hoyos Mrs. Roger B. Hull Judith W. Istock William R. Jentes Paul R. Judy Richard B. Kapnick Donald G. Kempf, Jr.

George D. Kennedy Mrs. John C. Kern Robert Kohl Fred A. Krehbiel Charles Ashby Lewis Eva F. Lichtenberg John S. Lillard Donald G. Lubin James W. Mabie John F. Manley Ling Z. Markovitz R. Eden Martin Arthur C. Martinez Judith W. McCue Lester H. McKeever David E. McNeel John D. Nichols James J. O’Connor William A. Osborn Mrs. Albert Pawlick Jane DiRenzo Pigott John M. Pratt John W. Rogers, Jr. Jerry Rose Frank A. Rossi Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Cynthia M. Sargent John R. Schmidt Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Rita Simó Robert C. Spoerri Carl W. Stern Roger W. Stone William H. Strong Louis C. Sudler, Jr. Richard L. Thomas Richard P. Toft Penny Van Horn

* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of December 12, 2019

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chicago symphony orchestra association governing members GOVERNING MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ( 2 0 1 9 – 2 0) Michael Perlstein Chair & Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership Jared Kaplan Immediate Past Chair Charles Emmons, Jr. Vice Chair of the Annual Fund Sally Feder Vice Chair of Member Engagement GOVERNING MEMBERS ( 2 0 1 9 – 2 0) Anonymous (4) Dora J. Aalbregtse Floyd Abramson Fraida Aland Sandra Allen Robert A. Alsaker Megan P. Anderson Mychal P. Angelos Dr. Edward Applebaum David Arch Dr. Kent Armbruster Carey August Marta Holsman Babson Ed Bachrach Judith Barnard Merrill Barnes Peter Barrett Roberta Barron Roger Baskes Robert H. Baum Dr. Robert A. Beatty Mike Bell Arlene Bennett Edward H. Bennett III Meta S. Berger D. Theodore Berghorst Ann Berlin Phyllis Berlin Robert L. Berner, Jr. Ronald A. Bevil Mr. William E. Bible Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Mr. Tomás G. Bissonnette Dianne Blanco Judy Blau Merrill Blau Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Ann Blickensderfer Terry Boden Mrs. Suzanne Borland James G. Borovsky Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer John D. Bramsen Mr. Roderick Branch Ms. Jill Brennan Barbara Bridges Bob Brink † Adrienne Brookstone Arnold Brookstone Mr. Roger O. Brown Mrs. Roger O. Brown † Mrs. William Gardner Brown

John D. Brubaker Mrs. Patricia M. Bryan Gilda Buchbinder Samuel Buchsbaum Lisa Dollar Buehler Rosemarie Buntrock Lynn Burt Elizabeth Nolan Buzard Ms. Lutgart Calcote Thomas Campbell Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Judy Castellini Tina Chapekis Mrs. William C. Childs Linton J. Childs Frank Cicero, Jr. Dana Green Clancy Mr. Wesley M. Clark Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey Jean M. Cocozza Mrs. Douglas Cohen Robin Tennant Colburn Lew Collens Mrs. Jane B. Colman Mrs. Earle M. Combs III Dr. Thomas H. Conner Ms. Cecilia Conrad Jenny L. Corley Patricia Cox Mrs. Beatrice G. Crain Mrs. William A. Crane Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. Richard Cremieux Mr. Jerry J. Critser Mr. R. Bert Crossland Rebecca E. Crown Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta Michael Dawson Roxanne Decyk Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Duane M. DesParte Janet Wood Diederichs Paul Dix Lisa Dollar Buehler Mrs. William F. Dooley Sara L. Downey Ms. Ann Drake David Dranove Dr. George Dunea Mr. Frank A. Dusek, CPA Mrs. Dorne Eastwood Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Louis M. Ebling III Mr. Jon Ekdahl Mrs. Richard Elden Kathleen H. Elliott Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Mr. Charles Emmons, Jr. Mrs. Janice Engle Scott Enloe Dr. James Ertle Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri Tarek Fadel Jeffrey Farbman William Farley

Sally S. Feder Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Harve Ferrill † Ms. Constance M. Filling Mr. Daniel Fischel Kenneth M. Fitzgerald Eileen T. Flynn Mrs. John D. Foster Rhoda Lea Frank Mr. Paul E. Freehling Mitzi Freidheim Marjorie Friedman Heyman Mr. Philip M. Friedmann Malcolm M. Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Frank Gelber Mrs. Lynn Gendleman Dr. Mark Gendleman Rabbi Gary S. Gerson Isak V. Gerson Dr. Bernardino Ghetti Karen Gianfrancisco Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Ellen Gignilliat Mr. James J. Glasser Mrs. Madeleine C. Glossberg Mrs. Judy Goldberg Mrs. Mary Anne Goldberg Anne Goldstein Jerry A. Goldstone Marcia Goltermann Mary Goodkind Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Dr. Alexia Gordon Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Ruth Grant Mary L. Gray Dana Green Clancy Freddi L. Greenberg Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri Greer Kendall Griffith Jerome J. Groen Jacalyn Gronek Mrs. John Growdon John P. Grube James P. Grusecki Joel R. Guillory, Jr., M.D. Dr. John W. Gustaitis, Jr. Anastasia Gutting Gary Gutting † Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Ernst A. Häberli Jerry A. Hall, M.D. Joan M. Hall Dr. Howard Halpern Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Joel L. Handelman John Hard Mrs. William A. Hark Mrs. Caryn Harris Mr. King Harris Dr. Robert A. Harris Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh

Thomas Haynes Mrs. Joseph Andrew Hays James Heckman Mr. Dale Hedding Mrs. Patricia Herrmann Heestand Mary Mako Helbert Dr. Scott W. Helm Bob Helman Marilyn P. Helmholz Richard H. Helmholz Dr. Arthur L. Herbst Marlene Kovar Hersh Seymour “Sonny” Hersh Jeffrey W. Hesse Konstanze L. Hickey Thea Flaum Hill Mrs. Mary P. Hines Anne Hokin Mr. William J. Hokin † Wayne J. Holman III Mr. Richard S. Holson III Fred E. Holubow Mr. James Holzhauer Carol Honigberg Janice L. Honigberg Mrs. Nancy A. Horner Mrs. Arnold Horween Frances G. Horwich Mrs. Peter H. Huizenga Patricia J. Hurley Michael L. Igoe Mr. Craig T. Ingram Mr. Verne G. Istock Dr. Peter Ivanovich Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Cynthia Jamison-Marcy Dr. Todd Janus John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes Mrs. William R. Jentes Brian Johnson George E. Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Mrs. Shirley Johnson Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Ms. Stephanie Jones Edward T. Joyce Eric Kalnins Mrs. Carol K. Kaplan Ms. Dolores Kohl Kaplan Jared Kaplan Claudia Norris Kapnick Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Mr. John A. Karoly Mrs. Byron C. Karzas Barry D. Kaufman Kenneth Kaufman Marie Kaufman Don Kaul Marilyn M. Keil Ellen Kelleher Molly Keller Jonathan Kemper Mrs. Nancy Kempf Linda J. Kenney, PhD Gerould Kern John C. Kern † Elizabeth I. Keyser

† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).

The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, celebrating its 125th anniversary in the 2019–20 season. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.

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governing members

Mary Ellen Keyser Richard L. Keyser Emmy King Susan Kiphart Carol Kipperman Dr. Jay Kleiman Carol Evans Klenk Jean Klingenstein Ms. Janet Knauff Mr. Henry L. Kohn Sanfred Koltun Joseph Konen Jack Kozik Dr. Mark Kozloff Mr. David Kravitz Dr. Michael Krco David Kreisman MaryBeth Kretz Dr. Vinay Kumar Dr. Paul Kurtin Rubin Kuznitsky John LaBarbera Arthur Ladenburger Patricia Lee Sunhee Lee Eleanor Leichenko Sheila Fields Leiter Jeffrey Lennard Laurence H. Levine Mrs. Bernard Leviton Dr. Edmund J. Lewis Gregory M. Lewis Mrs. Paul Lieberman Dr. Philip R. Liebson Patricia M. Livingston John S. Lizzadro, Sr. Jane Loeb James R. Loewenberg Renée Logan Amy Lubin Mrs. Duncan MacLean Dr. Michael S. Maling Mr. Daniel Manoogian Judy Marth Patrick A. Martin BeLinda I. Mathie Steven D. McCormick Howard M. McCue III Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. James L. McGee Dr. John P. McGee II † Mrs. Sharon McGee Mrs. Lester McKeever John A. McKenna Mrs. Peter McKinney Mrs. C. Bruce McLagan Mrs. James M. McMullan James Edward McPherson Mr. Paul Meister Mara Mills Barker Ms. Mary Mittler Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Charles A. Moore Emilie Morphew, M.D. Christopher Morrow Daniel R. Murray Eileen M. Murray Mr. Stuart C. Nathan

Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Edward A. Nieminen Dr. Zehava L. Noah Kenneth R. Norgan Susan Noyes Gerard Nussbaum Martha C. Nussbaum William A. Obenshain Shelley Ochab Mrs. James J. O’Connor Eric Oesterle Mrs. Norman L. Olson Joy O’Malley Mr. Thomas Orlando Beatrice F. Orzac Mr. Gerald A. Ostermann James J. O’Sullivan, Jr. Bruce L. Ottley Mrs. China I. Oughton † Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr Benetta Park Jenson Mr. Bruno A. Pasquinelli Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. Michael Payette Frances Penn Mrs. Richard S. Pepper Jean E. Perkins Kingsley Perkins Mr. Michael A. Perlstein Dr. William Peruzzi Robert C. Peterson Sara Peterson Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Sue N. Pick Stanley M. Pillman Virginia Johnson Pillman Mrs. Sherri Pincus Betsey N. Pinkert Harvey R. Plonsker Mr. John F. Podjasek III Judy Pomeranz Mr. Michael Pope Stephen Potter Carol Prins Ms. Elizabeth R.B. Pruett Claire Prussian Betsey Puth Diana Mendley Rauner Susan Regenstein Mari Yamamoto Regnier Mark S. Reiter Mary Thomson Renner Merle Reskin Burton R. Rissman Charles T. Rivkin Carol Roberts Mr. John H. Roberts David Robin Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Kevin M. Rooney Harry J. Roper Saul Rosen Mrs. Sheli Z. Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal Betsy Rosenzweig

Doris Roskin Dr. H. Jay Rothenberg, M.D. Roberta H. Rubin Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Mrs. Sandra K. Rusnak David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg Mary Ryan Richard O. Ryan Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan William Ryan Mr. Norman K. Sackar Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Inez Saunders David Savner Karla Scherer David M. Schiffman Judith Feigon Schiffman Rosa Schloss Shirley Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Al Schriesheim Donald L. Schwartz Ms. Julie L. Schwertfeger Dr. Penny Bender Sebring Chandra Sekhar Dr. Ronald A. Semerdjian Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior Ilene W. Shaw Pam Sheffield James C. Sheinin, M.D. Richard W. Shepro Jessie Shih Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker Morrell McK. Shoemaker, Jr. Stuart Shulruff Honorable Richard J. Siegel, Ret. Linda Simon Craig Sirles Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Mrs. Nancy Smerz Charles F. Smith Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Stanton Kinnie Smith, Jr. Stephen R. Smith Mrs. Ralph Smykal Diane Snyder Kimberly Snyder Kathleen Solaro Mrs. Ida N. Sondheimer O. J. Sopranos Mrs. Linda Spain Orli Staley William D. Staley Helena Stancikas Grace Stanek Dr. Eugene Stark Leonidas Stefanos Ms. Momoko Steiner Mrs. Richard J. Stern Bruce Stevens Liz Stiffel Mary Stowell Lawrence E. Strickling Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Patricia Study

Cheryl Sturm Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. Gregory Taubeneck Mr. David A. Thomson † Dr. Robert Thomson Mr. Scott Thomson † Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Joan Thron Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr. John T. Travers David Trushin Paula Turner Robert W. Turner Henry J. Underwood Zalman Usiskin Mrs. James D. Vail III Mrs. Virginia C. Vale Dr. Cynthia M. Valukas Mr. John E. Van Horn Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Mrs. Herbert A. Vance William C. Vance Julia Vander Ploeg Thomas D. Vander Veen Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski Mr. Christian Vinyard Theodore Wachs Mark A. Wagner Bernard T. Wall Nicholas Wallace Ms. Carol Warshawsky Paul S. Watford Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mrs. Joseph M. Weil † Dr. Jamie Weiner Chickie Weisbard Mr. Robert G. Weiss Barbara Weller Mrs. Barbara H. West † Penelope G. West Carmen Wheatcroft Mrs. H. Blair White M. L. Winburn Stephen R. Winters Peter Wolf Mrs. Arnold R. Wolff Laura Woll Dr. Hak Yui Wong Courtenay R. Wood Michael H. Woolever Ms. Debbie Wright Ronald Yonover Owen Youngman David J. Zampa Dr. John P. Zaremba Ms. Anne Zenzer Richard E. Ziegler Gifford Zimmerman Karen Zupko

† Deceased Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).

The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, celebrating its 125th anniversary in the 2019–20 season. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.

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honor roll of donors Corporate Partners

$ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Abbott CIBC Financial Economics Consulting, Inc. Jenner & Block LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP SP Plus

Accenture Amsted Industries Incorporated Archer Daniels Midland Company Baird The Boston Consulting Group Bulley & Andrews Burwood Group, Inc. Choose Chicago CNA Concentric Equity Partners Credit Suisse Duchossois Group Evans Food Group, Ltd. Evolve IP Fellowes, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Grant Thornton LLP Hyatt Hotels Italian Village Restaurants Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Chicago Kinder Morgan Latham & Watkins LLP Molex The Navarre Law Firm Peoples Gas Segal Consulting Sipi Metals Corporation Snap-On Inc. Starshak Winzenburg & Co. TAWANI Property Management Weiss Financial, Inc.

$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

$ 1,0 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following corporate partners for their generous support. For more information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Jenny Urevig at 312-294-3122 or urevigj@cso.org.

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Bank of America

$ 2 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

ITW United Airlines

$ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 9, 9 9 9

Allstate Insurance Company BMO Harris Bank Exelon Northern Trust PNC Bank Sidley Austin LLP $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

Abbott Fund Ariel Investments Citadel Grosvenor Capital Management JPMorgan Mayer Brown LLP Packaging Corporation of America S&C Electric Company Fund Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Tiffany & Co. Walgreens William Blair Wintrust Financial $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Chicago Capital Deloitte Goldman Sachs & Co. Kirkland & Ellis LLP KPMG LLP Lazard McDermott Will & Emery LLP McKinsey & Company Morgan Stanley Oxford Bank & Trust Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Winston & Strawn LLP

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Advent Systems, Inc. American Agricultural Insurance Company Central Building & Preservation L.P. Columbia Capital Management, LLC Deka Lash Draper and Kramer Incorporated DS&P Insurance Services, Inc. East Loop Dental Gemini Graphics, Inc. Greeley & Hansen Lettuce Entertain You, Inc. MacLean-Fogg Company MUFG Old Republic International Corporation Parkway Elevators Sahara Enterprises, Inc. The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell Shetland Limited Partnership Show Services Shure Incorporated TCB Mailing, Inc. Ventas Vienna Beef Vomela Wellington Management Company UP TO $999

Mackinac Bluffs Maple Farms Susan Rosenstein Executive Search Limited The Ungar Group

Foundations and Government Agencies The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following foundation and government partners for their generous support. For more information, please contact Susan Green at 312-294-3121. $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

Anonymous (2) Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Davee Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation, in honor of Alyce DeCosta JCS Arts, Health & Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Negaunee Foundation Pritzker Military Foundation Rhoades Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Sargent Family Foundation Zell Family Foundation $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

The Brinson Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown JS Charitable Trust Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency Polk Bros. Foundation $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Barker Welfare Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation Crown Family Philanthropies John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Miriam U. Hoover Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Bowman C. Lingle Trust Michael G. Woll Fund at The Pauls Foundation Hulda B. And Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation $ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Adam Mickiewicz Institute in partnership with LOT Polish Airlines Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. The Buchanan Family Foundation Darling Family Foundation Irving Harris Foundation Pritzker Traubert Foundation Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Tully Family Foundation

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foundation spotlight The Davee Foundation

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) is deeply grateful to The Davee Foundation for its many years of generosity. Gifts from The Davee Foundation have provided vital support for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and general operations, and have provided critical funding for the creation of innovative programming and establishment of strategic initiatives of the CSOA. Founded by former CSOA Life Trustee, Ken M. Davee and his wife, Adeline Barry Davee, The Davee Foundation incorporated on November 5, 1964, as a not-for-profit family foundation, making annual year-end gifts to organizations they supported. Under the direction of Ken Davee’s second wife, Ruth Dunbar Davee, the Foundation became a leader in the philanthropic community throughout Chicago and beyond, providing significant grant funding in the fields of medicine, arts and culture, science, public affairs, and education.

The Davee Foundation dissolved in 2019, making final endowment grants to keep the memories of the Davees alive. The CSOA is greatly honored to be the recipient of a gift to its endowment, establishing the Ruth D. and Ken M. Davee Fund for Orchestral Excellence.

$ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9

Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation Hunter Family Foundation Kovler Family Foundation Lieber Family Foundation Stanley L. and Lucy Lopata Charitable Foundation The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Arch Shaw Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Siragusa Family Foundation

$2,500–$ 4,999

The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Arts Midwest Touring Fund Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation William M. Hales Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Geraldi Norton Foundation

Annual Support

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through January 2020. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the members of the Beethoven 250 Patrons Circle for their support of our season-long celebration of the composer.

Anonymous Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Cynthia M. Sargent Sue and Melvin Gray E. and V. Combs Foundation Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck The National Endowment for the Arts Beth A. Mannino and Paul Schick

$ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

Anonymous (3) Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Judson and Joyce Green Mr. Kenneth C. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross Dinah Jacobs (Mrs. Donald P. Jacobs) The Julian Family Foundation Margot and Josef Lakonishok Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Cathy and Bill Osborn

COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) Megan and Steve Shebik Helen and Sam Zell $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (5) Christopher L. Culp Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Jim and Kay Mabie Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Cynthia M. Sargent $ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (1) Ms. Marion A. Cameron Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab John Hart and Carol Prins Pamela Kelley Hull / Roger B. Hull † Ms. Patricia Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mr. & Mrs. William R. Jentes Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Judy and Scott McCue Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Richard and Helen Thomas $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (1) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Julie and Roger Baskes Patricia and Laurence Booth Kay Bucksbaum Robert J. Buford John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Dr. Eugene Fama

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Rhoda Lea and Henry S. † Frank Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Ms. Susan Goldschmidt Richard † and Mary L. Gray Ms. Donna L. Kendall Susan Regenstein Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Michael and Linda Simon Liz Stiffel $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Richard and Alice Godfrey Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. Collier Hands Ms. Sadie Lapinsky Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. David E. McNeel Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Walter and Kathleen Snodell Pam and Russ Strobel Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Penny and John Van Horn $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (5) Sharon and Charles Angell Peter and Elise Barack Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. & Mrs. David Casper Mr. & Dr. George Colis Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy Sheri and J. Bradley Fewell Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Nancy and Larry Fuller William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Mr. Graham C. Grady Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Ms. Leigh Ann Herman Diana C. Hunter, in memory of Henry S. Frank Mr. Robert Johnson Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Ms. Geraldine Keefe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Mr. Michael Leppen Mr. & Mrs. Donald Levinson Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Mrs. Peggy Lim

Mr. Terrance Livingston and Ms. Debra Cafaro Beth A. Mannino and Paul Schick Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Melvin Ms. Renee Metcalf Daniel R. Murray Alexandra and John Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Pauling II Andra and Irwin Press Dr. Mohan Rao Diana and Bruce Rauner Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Dr. & Mrs. Robert Shillman Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Thierer Family Foundation Terrence and Laura Truax Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell Mr. † & Mrs. H. Blair White Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Arnie and Ann Berlin Ms. Christina Donohue John and Fran Edwardson Marguerite DeLany Hark Anne and John † Kern Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Ms. Betsy Levin Mr. Robert Peterson Mr. & Mrs. John Pratt Ida N. Sondheimer & Family, in memory of Joseph Sondheimer The Family of Helmut and Irma Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Ann Dow Weinberg $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Mr. Neal Ball Merrill and Judy Blau Joyce Chelberg Sue and Jim Colletti Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Lynne R. Haarlow Joan M. Hall Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Kay and Fred Krehbiel Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin James Loewenberg, in memory of Nancy Loewenberg Robert R. McCormick Foundation Ms. Emilysue Pinnell

LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor Ms. Joan Richards † Jerry Rose Mr. & Mrs. David Savner Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Mary Stowell Mr. Christian Vinyard M.L. Winburn Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Mr. Roderick Branch Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Douglas and Carol Cohen Ms. Sharon Conway Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Dr. Christopher M. Kelly Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Mr. & Mrs. David Hackett Jim † and SuAnne Lopata Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mary and Joseph Plauché David and Judith L. Sensibar Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Ann S. Wolff $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9

Anonymous (7) Nancy A. Abshire Mrs. Rosa Acevedo and Mr. Jose Luis Prado Jeff and Keiko Alexander Marta Holsman Babson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Brookstone Mr. & Mrs. † Roger O. Brown Tom and Dianne Campbell Ann and Richard Carr Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel E. and V. Combs Foundation Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. & Mrs. William A. Crane Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. Jerry J. Critser R. Bert Crossland Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas Ms. Ann Drake Dr. George Dunea and Dr. Sally Dunea Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Elden Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Sidney Epstein † and Sondra Berman Epstein Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey, Jr. The Florian Fund Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Mr. & Mrs. † Isak V. Gerson Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Dr. Alexia Gordon Mr. & Mrs. John P. Grube James and Brenda Grusecki Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Pati and O.J. Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Mrs. Mary P. Hines Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Fred and Sandra Holubow Janice L. Honigberg Mr †. & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg Mr. & Mrs. † Howard Jessen Mr. & Mrs. George E. Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Ms. Kola Kennedy Jean Klingenstein Dr. June Koizumi Joseph and Judith Konen Mr. & Mrs. John C. Lahey Dr. † & Mrs. H. Leichenko Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Mr. Russ Lyman Mr. & Mrs. † Barry MacLean Ms. Jeanne Malkin Dr & Mrs. Daniel Mass Patty and Mark McGrath James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray † Charles A. Moore Emilie Morphew, M.D. David † and Dolores Nelson Ms. Susan Norvich Ms. Martha Nussbaum James J. and Ellen O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. William J. O’Neill The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James O’Sullivan, Jr. Mrs. China I. Oughton † Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Parkinson, Jr. Pasquinelli Family Foundation Gerald † and Mona Penner Dr. & Mrs. † Ray Pensinger Roxy and Richard Pepper Sue and Thomas Pick D. Elizabeth Price Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Mr. Richard Ryan Rita † and Norman Sackar

Karla Scherer and Harve Ferrill † David and Judy Schiffman Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Joan and George Segal The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Alejandro Silva Kimberly M. Snyder Ms. Momoko Steiner Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sudler, Jr. Dr. Cynthia M. Valukas and Mr. Joseph A. Kohl Mr. & Mrs. William C. Vance Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Mr. & Ms. Richard Williams Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9

Anonymous (9) Fraida and Bob Aland Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Geoffrey A. Anderson Megan P. and John L. Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster Mr. Peter Barrett Ms. Barbara Barzansky Ms. Elaine Baumann Donna and Mike Bell Mr. Thomas Berg Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Mr. Howard Bernick Mrs. Nancy Blum Ms. Terry Boden Cassandra L. Book Amy and Brian Boonstra, in memory of Jung R. Lee and Ida Bychkov Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Janet S. Boyer Ms. Lori Bradley Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Myrna R. Bromley John D. Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum Ms. Joy Buddig Kay and Rhett † Butler Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard Ms. Vera Capp Robert D. Carone Wendy Alders Cartland Mia Celano and Noel Dunn Mr. James Chamberlain Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Jane and John C. Colman Mrs. Francie Comer

Dr. Thomas H. Conner Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley Mr. & Mrs. Richard Corrado Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Dancing Skies Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Janet Wood Diederichs David and Deborah Dranove Ms. Daisy Driss † Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Mr. & Mrs. David P. Earle III Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Eger III Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Michael and Kathleen Elliott Charles and Carol Emmons Dr. & Mrs. James Ertle Mrs. Walter D. Fackler Tarek and Ann Fadel Mr. Harve Ferrill † Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Finnegan Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Henry and Frances Fogel Ginny and Peter Foreman Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann Susan and Paul Freehling Mr. & Mrs. Philip Friedmann Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Mr. & Mrs. James J. Glasser Judy & Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein Mary and Michael Goodkind Mr. & Mrs. William M. Goodyear, Jr. Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Susan † and Kendall Griffith Mrs. Ann Grimes † Halasmani/Davis Family Stephanie and Howard Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada John and Sally Hard Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan In honor of Drs. Sadri and Sarah Hassani Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Mr. Dale C. Hedding Janet and Bob Helman Sonny and Marlene Hersh Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hesse The Hickey Family Foundation William B. Hinchliff Richard and Joanne Hoffman Mrs. Anne Hokin Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Holson III James and Eileen Holzhauer

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

James and Mary Houston Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp Mr. † & Mrs. Peter Huizenga Tex and Susan Hull Ms. Patricia Hurley Michael and Leigh Huston Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Michael L. Igoe Dr. Peter Ivanovich Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Marilyn M. Keil Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Mr. Alfred Kelley Mrs. Elizabeth Keyser Esther G. Klatz † Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek Jack and Cathie Kozik Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff Mr. & Mrs. David Kravitz Dr. Michael Krco Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kreiter Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Mr. Dennis Kuhns Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Patricia Lee Mr. Jeffrey Lennard Wally and Carol Lennox Mary and Laurence Levine Drs. Edmund & Julie Lewis Ms. Barbara Lieber † Dr. Philip R. Liebson and Mrs. Carole F. Liebson Dr. Herbert & Francine Lippitz Mrs. Gabrielle Long Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. Edward Mack The Malott Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Margaret H. and Steven D. McCormick Ann Pickard McDermott In memory of William and Carolyn McKittrick Mr. Gregory and Dr. Alice Melchor Dr. Ellen Mendelson Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Patricia Kenney and Gregory O’Leary, in honor of Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Mr. Bruce Oltman John and Joy O’Malley Opus Agency The Osprey Foundation Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Richard and Frances Penn Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Mr. & Mrs. Norman Perman Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Mrs. Sherri Pincus Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Ms. Judy Pomeranz Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Mr. Samuel Press Elizabeth R.B. Pruett Mr. & Mrs. John Puth Dorothy V. Ramm Harper Reed Ms. Helen Reed Ann and Bob Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch Merle Reskin Burton and Francine Rissman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Travel Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr. Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Dr. & Mrs. Louis Rosenblum D.D. Roskin Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi Jay and Maija Rothenberg Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz William and Mary Ryan Ms. Cecelia Samans Mr. David Sandfort Mr. Muneer A. Satter and Ms. Kristen H. Hertel Shannon Schuyler Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Ruth Grant and Howard Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Siegel Ms. Ann Silberman Mr. & Mrs. John Simmons Julia M. Simpson Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Mrs. Nancy Smerz Mrs. Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith

James and Diane Snyder Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Mrs. Linda Spain Mr. & Mrs. Michael Spain Joel and Beth Spenadel Robert and Emily Spoerri Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Nancy and Bruce Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation Laurence and Caryn Straus Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Cheryl Sturm Mr. & Mrs. Robert Szalay Joan and Michael Thron Bill and Anne Tobey John T. and Carrie M. Travers Howard and Paula † Trienens Mrs. Robert Trotter Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Zalman and Karen Usiskin Virginia C. Vale Mrs. Dorothy Vance Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Catherine M. Villinski Hilary and Barry Weinstein Linda † and Marc Weissbluth Bert and Barbara Weller Ms. Caroline Wettersten Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft Stephen R. Winters Peter Wolf Michael † and Laura Woll Dr. Hak Wong Maryanne Woo David Woodhouse Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever Mari Yamamoto Regnier Paul and Mary Yovovich Mr. Gifford Zimmerman Ms. Karen Zupko $2,500–$ 4,499

Anonymous (15) Elaine and Floyd Abramson Ms. Patti Acurio Ms. Susan Adler Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Dr. Diane Altkorn Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews Ms. Doris Angell Mychal P. Angelos, in memory of Dorothy A. Angelos Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei David and Suzanne Arch Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ascoli Carey and Brett August Ed Bachrach Catherine Baker and Timothy Kent Mr. Robert Barkei

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Roberta and Harold S. Barron Ms. Sandra Bass Daniel and Michele Becker Mr. Ken Belcher Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benck Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Berner, Jr. Catherine and Ron Bevil Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof Jim † and Dianne Blanco Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Ms. Virginia Boehme Mr. James Borkman Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky Mr. Douglas Bragan Ms. Jill Brennan Ms. Susan Bridge Barbara and Powell Bridges In memory of Bob Brink Mr. & Ms. Joel Brosk Mr. Lee M. Brown, Mr. John B. Newman and Ms. Pixie Newman Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Lisa Dollar Buehler and Bill Escamilla Ms. Jeanne Busch Ms. Lutgart Calcote Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Linda Cassil Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Castellini Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Tina and Fredrick Chapekis Jayson and Elizabeth Cheever Linton J. Childs Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Ms. Jean Cocozza Lewis Collens Nancy R. Corral Anita J. Court, Ph.D. Ms. Jane Cox Patricia Cox and Family Ms. Juli Crabtree Mr. Earle Cromer III Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford Muller Davis † and Lynn Straus In Loving Memory of Alice Furumoto-Dawson Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung Paul and Nona Dix Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III Mrs. Susan Duda Ms. Marilyn Duginger Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert La and Philip Engel

Mrs. Janice Engle Scott and Lenore Enloe Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Dr. Robert A. Fajardo and Judith Marohn Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Sally S. Feder Judith E. Feldman Donald and Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad Mr. Conrad Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fleischman Mrs. Donna Fleming Mrs. John D. Foster Ms. Irene Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III Judy and Mickey Gaynor Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco Eunice and Perry Goldberg Mr. Stanford Goldblatt Alfred G. Goldstein Mr. † & Mrs. Thomas M. Goldstein Robert and Marcia Goltermann Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Mr. Jacques Gordon Samantha Gordon Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French Donald J. Gralen Ms. Freddi Greenberg Thomas † and Delta Greene Timothy and Joyce Greening Dr. Michael Greenwald Dr. Jerri E. Greer Ms. Barbara Greis Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen Jacalyn Gronek Dr. & Mrs. John W. Gustaitis, Jr. Anastasia and Gary † Gutting Mr. & Mrs. Ernst A. Häberli Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Ms. Nancy Haller Ms. Agnes Hamos Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Handler Mrs. John M. Hartigan Ms. Kyle Harvey James W. Haugh Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Andrew Hays James and Lynne † Heckman Mr. & Mrs. Quentin Heisler Mr. James R. Helbert † and Mrs. Mary Mako Helbert Scott Helm Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Marjorie Friedman Heyman Mr. Paul E. Hicks Robert A. Hill and Thea Flaum Hill

James and Megan Hinchsliff Mrs. Edwin P. Hoffman Karl and Jan Hoffman Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty Frances and Franklin † Horwich Bruce and Carol Huck Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton Ms. Bobbie Huskey Mr. Craig T. Ingram Merle L. Jacob Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Cynthia Jamison-Marcy Mr. John Jawor Benetta and Paul Jenson Joni and Brian Johnson Maryl Johnson, M.D. Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Ms. Stephanie Jones Ms. Kathleen Jordan Ms. Hyla Kallen Eric and Melanie Kalnins Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan John and Kerma Karoly Ms. Ethelle Katz Dr. & Mrs. Robert Katz Barry D. Kaufman Jim and Ellen Kelleher Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Linda J. Kenney, Ph. D. Gerould and Jewell Kern Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Ketchum Mr. & Mrs. Richard Keyser Mr. Howard Kidd Anne G. Kimball and Peter Stern The King Family Foundation Carol Kipperman Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. Thomas Kmetko Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Bob and Marian Kurz Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. & Mrs. Mark Labkon Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Sheila Fields Leiter Averill and Bernard † Leviton Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Stewart and Susan Liechti Patricia M. Livingston Ms. Alma Lizcano Reva and John S. Lizzadro, Sr. Jane and Peter Loeb Renée Logan Ms. Jean Lorenzen Lulu Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold

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Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling Mr. Daniel Manoogian Dan and Lynne Mapes-Riordan Barbara and Larry Margolis Robert † and Judy Marth Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Ms. Marjorie Martin Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez Robert and Doretta Marwin Dr. & Mrs. James McCreary Dr. & Mrs. James McGee Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II Bill McIntosh John and Etta McKenna Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney Jane and Bruce † McLagan Sheila and Harvey Medvin Mr. Zarin Mehta Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Mr. Michael Melko Ms. Katie Miller and Mr. Jonathan Miller Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad Ms. Mary Mittler Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Mr. Carl and Maria Moore Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morales Mrs. Frank Morrissey The Morrow Family Foundation Mr. Vijai Moses Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Mr. George Murphy Eileen M. Murray Jo Ann and Stuart Nathan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr. Dr. Zehava L. Noah Kenneth R. Norgan Mrs. Janis Notz Mr. Gerard and Dr. Linda Nussbaum Bill and Penny Obenshain Sharon and Lee Oberlander Eric and Carolyn Oesterle Michael and Kay O’Halleran Marjory Oliker Ms. Charlene Olson Mr. Thomas Orlando Beatrice F. Orzac Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann Mr. Bruce Ottley Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Eugene and Lois Pavalon Mr. Michael Payette Kingsley Perkins Mr. Scott Perry Dr. William Peruzzi David and Sara Peterson Craig and Kimberly Pickenpaugh Stanley M. and Virginia Johnson Pillman

Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert Mrs. Camelia Pop Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Drs. Joseph and Kimberly Pyle Mary Rafferty John and Mary † Raitt Ms. Polly Rattner Al and Lynn Reichle Dr. Hilda Richards Mary K. Ring Roberts Family Foundation David and Kathy Robin Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal Betsy Rosenzweig Bob Rowe Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg Carol S. Sonnenschein Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Raymond and Inez Saunders Mr. Laurence Saviers Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Mrs. Rebecca Schewe Mr. † and Mrs. Nathan Schloss Shirley and John † Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil Ronald and Nancy Semerdjian Diana and Richard Senior Ms. Courtney Shea Mary and Charles M. Shea Ms. Mary Beth Shea Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Elizabeth and John Shoemaker Mr. Morrell Shoemaker, Jr. Margaret and Alan Silberman Mr. Larry Simpson Mr. Alan Singer and Ms. Beth Bronner Craig Sirles Charles F. Smith Mary Ann Smith Mary Beth and Stanton K. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Dr. Stuart Sondheimer Mr. & Mrs. O. J. Sopranos Ms. Adena Staben Helena Stancikas Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Mr. James Thompson Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Drs. Karl and Sarah Ticho Ayana Tomeka

Bruce and Jan Tranen James M. and Carol Trapp Mr. & Mrs. William and Joan Trukenbrod Joan and David Trushin Phil † and Paula Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner Mrs. Elizabeth Twede Lori L. and John R. Twombly Henry and Janet Underwood Mrs. James D. Vail III Mr. Peter Vale Jim and Cindy Valtman Ms. Julia Vander Ploeg Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D. Dr. Michael Viglione Frank Villella and Eduardo Hernández Ms. Raita Vilnins Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Nicholas and Jessica Wallace Ms. Carol Warshawsky Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. & Mrs. † Joseph M. Weil Drs. Carolyn and Jamie Weiner Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard Abby and Glen Weisberg Mr. & Mrs. Peter West Dan and Paula Wise Ms. Lois Wolff Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr. Mark and Randi Woodworth Cheryl B. and James T. Wormley Ms. Debbie Wright Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Owen and Linda Youngman Mr. Laird Zacheis and Ms. Sunhee Lee Ms. Robin Zafirovski Alexander F. Zajczenko and Julie Schwertfeger David and Eileen Zampa Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Ms. Anne Zenzer Richard E. Ziegler Ms. Camille Zientek Dr. Michael P. Zygmunt $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Anonymous (26) Mr. & Mrs. Sherwin Abrams Michael and Mary Abroe Ann Acker The Acorn Foundation In memory of Martha and Bernie Adelson Mr. David R. Adler Dr. & Mrs. Carl H. Albright The al Chalabi Group, Ltd. Ms. Rochelle Allen Very Reverend and Mrs. Gary Allie Robert and Marianna Alps Mrs. Evelyn Alter Dr. Ronald and Barbara Altman Dr. Charles and Marie Grass Amenta

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Ms. Carol Anderson Mr. Karl Anderson and Ms. Pamela Shu Mr. Kal Anglewicz Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Mr. Kevin Armstrong Mrs. Jeanne B. Aronson Mary Jane and Bob Asher Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Jack and Carol Aten Fund Athena Fund Ms. Frances Atkins Mr. Bhupat Atluri Ms. Bernice Auslander Phillip Austin Ms. Marlene Bach Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird Jon W. and Diane Balke Mr. & Mrs. William Bardeen Ms. Judith Barnard Mr. Carroll Barnes Mr. & Mrs. John Barnes James and Bartha Barrett Ms. Laura L. Barrett Mr. Peter Barrett Nita and Alvin Barshefsky Howard and Donna Bass Michael and Gail Bauer Mr. Ronald Bauer Mr. & Mrs. James Baughman Robert and Linda Baum Ms. Patricia Bayerlein Paul Becker and Nancy Becker Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Prue and Frank Beidler Mr. Dan Bell Mrs. Gail Belytschko Patti and Nebil Benaissa Ms. Bonnie Benson Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Bergen Sharen and Marc Berman Gene and Natalie Bernardoni Mr. Louis Bernstein Mr. & Mrs. Loren Berry III Ms. Ludmila Bidwell Mr. Jerry Biedeman John Billo and Kenneth James Mr. & Mrs. Charles Black Mr. Joe Blackburn In Memory of John R. Blair Mr. & Mrs. David Blumberg Ms. Barbara Blumenthal Susanna Bodnar Mr. Edward Boehm III Timothy and Karen Bondy Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich Mr. & Mrs. Fred P. Bosselman Gilbert Bowen and Marlene Bowen † Mr. & Mrs. David Boyd Carl and Kathryn Boyens Drs. Nader and Mandan Bozorgi Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener Zachary and Laura Bravos

Ms. Danolda Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu Mr. Michael Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt Mr. Wesley Broquard Ms. Alice Brunner Mrs. Dan Brusslan Mr. † & Mrs. John H. Bryan, Jr. Ms. Kamala Buckner Jack M. Bulmash Ms. Kathryn Burgdorfer Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Burns, Jr. Mr. David Burrage Mr. George Burrows Bob and Lynn Burt Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bushman Mr. & Mrs. John Butler Darren Cahr Ms. Linda Calandra Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Caldwell, Jr. Mr. Robert Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Calvanese Mr. Scot Campbell Gina Carithers Robert and Kay Carlson David and Orit Carpenter Mr. Fairbank Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Blouke Carus Mr. † & Mrs. Henry T. Chandler Mr. Rowland Chang Ms. Margaret Chaplan Mr. & Mrs. John Chapman Ms. Melinda Cheung Harriett and Myron Cholden Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Christianson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chung Peter and Hedy Ciocci Ms. Kathleen Clark Stephen Clark Nancy J. Clawson Robert Coen and Marjorie Coen Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cohen David Colburn Ms. Ruth Colby Ms. Kathryn Collier Mr. Stan Collins Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Collopy James D. Compton Mrs. Eileen Conaghan Mr. Howard Conant Mr. Richard Connaughton Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Mr. Daniel Corrigan Joe and Judy Cosenza Matt and Carrie Cotter Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle Mr. Phil Cottrell Ms. Susan Craw Elliott Crigger Sen. John Cullerton Constance Cwiok Robert Allen Daugherty Melissa and Gordon Davis

Sue and Kent Davis Norma E. Davis Willis Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davison Mr. Guy DeBoo and Ms. Susan Franzetti Mary Dedinsky and William Carlisle Herbert Ms. Karen Deininger Mrs. David DeMar Mr. Adrian Demooy Owen Deutsch and Rona Talcott Ms. Marcia Devlin Mr. † & Mrs. David Devonshire Mr. & Mrs. Byram Dickes Ms. Amy Dickinson and Mr. James Futransky Linda and Peter DiDonato Mr. Paul Dietterich Mr. William Dietz, Jr. Kathleen Lockhart and James Dixon Mrs. Janice Domanik The Donnelley Foundation Mr. Fred Donner Ms. Joan D. Donovan Mrs. Adrienne Doppelt Mary Dorsey Dr. & Mrs. Heratch Doumanian Natalie and Joshua Dranoff Tom Draski Ms. Rosanne Druian Ingrid and Richard Dubberke Daniel and Christine Dudlak Cara Duffy Mr. Robert R. Duggan Mr. Ronald Duke Dr. Thomas Durica and Sue Jacob Mr. & Mrs. Dan Dvorkin Terry Charles Dwortz Joan and Warren Eagle East Loop Dental Judge Frank Easterbrook Gary and Deborah Edidin Elaine Edwards and Fred L. Bonner Nancy M. Eibeck Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Robert S. and Ardyth J. Eisenberg Mr. H.J. Eisenman Estate of Dr. Edward Elisberg Thomas Eller Ms. Paula Elliott Ms. Laura Emerick Mr. & Mrs. Helmut Epp Dr. Wolfgang Epstein Mr. & Mrs. A. Gerald Erickson Keith and Diane Ertner Nancy Estrada Anne H. Evans Paul and Clare Faherty Laura and John Fairfield Judith Farquhar and James Hevia Mr. Andrew Feichter Mr. & Mrs. Robert Feitler Steven and Carol Felsenthal

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Dr. & Mrs. William Felten Mr. & Mrs. Joel Fenchel Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. and Diana P. Feraco Trust Mrs. Josephine Ferguson Ms. Lisa Ferguson Joy Fett Debra Fienberg Sandra E. Fienberg Melinda Filman Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fischer Evelyn T. Fitzpatrick Ms. Lola Flamm Mr. William Fleig Ms. Anita D. Flournoy Mr. Paul Fong Beth Healy and Mike Fordney Mr. Mark Foss Foxman Family Foundation Ms. Stacie M. Frank Lawrence and Pamela Frankel Philip and Melissa Franklin Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson Dr. † & Mrs. Uwe Freese Mr. & Mrs. Louis Freidheim, Jr. Mr. M. Frenkel Ms. Diane Tkach and Mr. James F. Freundt Ms. Nancy Friedman Dr. & Mrs. Willard A. Fry James and Rebecca Gaebe Ms. Cecile Gagan Mr. & Mrs. John D. Galbraith III Peter Gallanis Dr. Ronald J. Ganellen and Dr. Natalia Pascal Brandi Garcia Dr. Francisco Garcini Drs. Henry and Susan Gault Nancy Gavlin Mr. & Mrs. John E. Gepson Ms. Sharon Gibson Ms. Gloria Gierke † Mr. & Mrs. Alan Gilbert Margaret Gilling Mr. Lyle Gillman Lawrence and Amy Gillum Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gilson Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Mr. David Glueck William and Ethel Gofen Norman † and Barbara Gold Mr. † & Mrs. Samuel Golden Adele and Marvin Goldsmith Dr. Robert Golub and Dr. Deirdre Dupre Evgenia Golubeva Ms. Sarah Good Karen and Jay Goodgold Gordon and Nancy Goodman Isabelle Goossen Merle Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon Mr. Andrew Gore Ms. Shelley Gorson

“I am so proud to be a part of its history and so glad to support the future of this worldrenowned orchestra.”

— B O N N I E M C G R AT H , L E A G U E M E M B E R

Mr. & Mrs. James Gorter Mike and Mary Grady David and Elizabeth Graham Mr. Ellsworth Grant Brooks and Wanza Grantier Mr. Robert Graziano and Mr. Terrance Burns Mr. Anthony Green Rochelle and Michael Greenfield Mr. & Mrs. David Greenstein Gregory Grobarcik Charles Grode and Heidi Lukas Mr. H. Grundke Mr. Robert Grundstad Mrs. Marguerite Guido Richard Gunther and Kathleen McLaughlin George F. and Catherine S. Haber Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hageman Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hahn Mrs. Mary Hallman Ronald and Diane Hamburger Hill and Cheryl Hammock Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman Stuart and Shelly Hanfling David Hansen Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa Mr. Charles Hanusin Patrick C Harbour Mary E. Harland Mrs. Louise Hart Robert and Margot Haselkorn Dr. & Mrs. James Haughton Dr. & Mrs. Paul J. Hauser Mr. William P. Hauworth II Mr. John Hawkins Dr. Mary Hayes John Heaton and Margaret Martin-Heaton David Hefter Ross and Andrea Heim Dr. Joseph N. Heiney and Mr. Khadbaatar Jargalsaikhan Mrs. Valerie Heintz Mr. David Helverson Dr. Charles Hemenway Mr. Thomas C. Henniger Mr. † & Mrs. Peter Herr Barbara and Jim † Herst Harriet E. Heyda Mr. Arthur Hill Mr. Felipe Hillard Mr. & Mrs. David Hilliard James and Margot Hinchliff Pat and Joseph Hinkel Ms. Judith Hirsch Mrs. Annika Hoffman Mr. Howard Hoffmann Dr. & Mrs. James Holland

Mr. Jim Holland Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Mrs. J. Holmbeck Dr. George Honig and Ms. Olga Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Peter Horne Vicki and Thomas Horwich Foundation Yihui Hu Michael and Beverly Huckman Dr. Julia Hulcher Ryan Hullinger Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Hurd Ms. Amey Hutchins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hutchins Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu Ms. Frieda Ireland and Mr. Carroll Damron Cheryl Istvan Allan Izzo Ms. Marina Jacks Mr. Harold E Jackson Jr. Egill and Ruth Jacobsen Mr. Matt James Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak Father Daniel Jarosewic Mrs. Sonya Jasper Mr. & Mrs. Joel Jastromb Ms. Patricia Johansen Mrs. Mary Johnston, Ph.D. Mr. Thomas Jones Daniel P. and Barbara J. Justus Mr. & Mrs. Saul Kadin Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Mrs. Janet Kanter Roula and George Karcazes Mrs. Louise Kasch Douglas and Dana Kasl Faye Katt and Ganesh Natarajan Charles Katzenmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kearney Mrs. Stephanie Keehn Laura Kelley Nancy and Donald Kempf Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kennedy Ms. Helen Kessler Ms. Catherine Ketter Mr. & Mrs. † Algimantas Kezelis Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Hank Kinzie Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Kathy Kirn and David Levinson Darlene Kittredge and Lloyd Kittredge Jack and Terry Klecka Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Anna Z. Kleymenova Mr. William Klingelhoffer and Ms. Jill Brindel Ms. Mary Klyasheff Ms. Erika Knierim

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Robert and Andrea Knight Mr. Douglas Knuth Koldyke Family Fund Mr. Edward Koss Mr. Robert Kriss and Ms. Laura Schriesheim Mrs. Leona Krompart Maria Kubik Mr. & Mrs. Walfrid Kujala Mr. Steven Kukalis Dr. & Mrs. Ken Kuo Ms. Michele Kurlander Mr. Matthew Kusek Gary J. Kussow Dr. Marina and Andrey Kuznetsov Chaeyoung Kwon Mr. Thomas Lad Marvin and Carol Lader Mr. John W. Lairson Lisa and Bill Landes Richard Landgraff and Bernadette Foley Ms. Amanda Howland and Dr. Phillip E. Lane Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr Mr. Stephan Lans Mr. John Lansing Ms. Pamela Larsen Ms. Leah Laurie Ms. Ruby Law Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lederer Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Leep Dr. & Mrs. Jan Leestma Ms. Nicole Lehman Mr. Jonathon Leik Alexandre Lemieux Mr. Stephen Lester John and Jill Levi Mrs. Richard Levi Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Abby and Jonathan Levine Dr. & Mrs. Robert Levy Ms. Judith Lewis Mr. Ross Lillie Robert † and Joan Lipsig Diane and William F. Lloyd Mr. Melvin Loeb Candace Loftus Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Ms. Isabela Lopes Mr. & Ms. Matthew LoPresti Donna and Richard Loundy Mr. Joel Lowery Timothy Lubenow Ms. Phylis Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lutz Mr. Jiadong Ma Mr. Aaron Macias Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Ms. Janice Magnuson S. Stella Mah Kenneth J. Malek, Remian LLC Ms. Margaret A. Malone

Mr. Gary L. Mandell and Mrs. Diana Kon Sharon R. Maner Mr. George Mannos Mark and Wendy Manto Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Ms. Steven Marcus Mr. Robert Marks Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Mr. Timothy Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Roland Martel Ms. Molly Martin Sharon and Eden Martin Eduvijes Martinez and John Deverman Drs. Annette and John Martini Mr. † & Mrs. Lowell Mason, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Walter Massey Ms. Catherine Masters Dr. Ann B. Matasar Marilyn and Myron Maurer Adele Mayer Larry and Donna Mayer Dr. Peter Mayock William McAlpine Ms. Sue McCandless Ms. Marilyn Mccoy Margaret and Michael McCoy Rosa and Peter McCullagh Mr. & Mrs. H. O. McDowell III Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Bonnie McGrath Ms. Patricia A. McGuire Mr. Charles McKee Dr. & Mrs. Bruce McLeod Ms. Florence McMillan Dennis and Elyse McWherter Heather McWilliams Mr. Nick McWilliams Mrs. Erma Medgyesy Ms. Claretta Meier Ms. Constance Meinwald Ms. Kelly Meissner Mr. Jorge Mejia Mr. Ernst Melchior Dr. Janis Mendelsohn Mrs. Robert Mendelson Dr. Frank Merrick Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Meyers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Micatka Simon Michal Amy Michalak Michuda Construction Inc. Mr. Robert O. Middleton Ms. Britt Miller Mrs. † Edward Miller Floyd and Elizabeth Miller Mr. Aaron Mills Ms. Vlasta Minarich Mr. & Mrs. Newton Minow Ms. Helen Minsker Mr. Fred Mittelstaedt Mr. Hiroshi and Mrs. Chika Miyamori Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller

Mr. Sanford Moltz Dr. Anthony Montag † and Dr. Katherine Griem Dr. Claudio Silverio Montanari Ms. Chris Moore Hugh and Della Rae Moore Kimberly Moore Lloyd and Donna Morgan Sanford and Monica Morganstein Joyce and Rick Morimoto Mrs. MaryLouise Morrison Ms. Jean Morton Wayne L. Mory and Marcia Snyder David H. Moscow Ms. Vanessa Moss Allison Moulton Phyllis and Zane Muhl Mr. J. Thomas Mullen Luigi H. Mumford Ferdinando Mussa-Ivaldi Jim and Marion Myers Ms. Victoria Nee Kay A. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Alan Nesburg Mr. Wayne Nestander In Honor of Larry Neuman and Qing Hou Mr. John Newman Mr. Robert Newman Mr. Richard Nicholls Jeff Nichols Ms. Sylvette Nicolini Mr. John Nigh Mr. & Mrs. James Nowacki Mark and Gloria Nusbaum Mr. Douglas Nygaard Mr. & Mrs. Delano O’Banion Margo and Michael Oberman Dr. Dragic Obradovic Ms. Christina Ochs Ms. Christine Lee Oler Barbara and Larry Olin Sarah and Wallace Oliver Mr. Arne Olson Larry and Karen Olson Mr. Thomas O’Neill III Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oppenheim Kathleen Field Orr Andrea Owens Garry and Joanne Owens Peter P. Pace Miss Ronna Page Richard and Carolyn Palas Ms. Joan Pantsios Dan and Diane Parrlli Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Patten, Jr. Mr. Mark Pattis Jennifer Pavelec Mr. & Mrs. Dan Peichl Ms. Ana Luz Perez Duran Robert and Barbara Perkaus Ms. Dona Perry Mr. & Mrs. † James Peters Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Peterson

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Mrs. Victorina Peterson Ms. Lynn Petrelli Rita Petretti Mrs. Jana Phariss Genevieve Phelps Rob and Mindy Pierce Dr. & Mrs. V.K.G. Pillay Lee Ann and Savit Pirl Don and Martha Pollak Mr. & Mrs. Byron Pollock Allan and Carla Price Mr. & Mrs. Brad Price Jean M. and R. Price Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Prinz Mr. Duaine Quaini Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Mr. George Quinlan Lee and Al Rabin Dr. Homer Radden Ms. Bobbie Rafferty Ms. Tara Raghavan Anna Rappaport and Peter W. Plumley Dr. & Mrs. Pradeep Rattan Paul Wochinske and Kathleen Ratteree Dr. Dorit Raviv Ms. Carol Rech Jack W. Reeves Dr. Rutbert D. Reisch Ms. Catherine Reiter Mr. James Rhoads Benjamin and Florence M. Rhodes Evan and Catherine Richards Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Ms. Evelyn R. Richer David and Victoria Richter Lyn Ridgeway Drs. Rodney and Patricia Rieger Elaine Lebhoff-Ries, MD, and Michael Ries, MD Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rieser, Jr. Ms. Karen L. Rigotti Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Rim Ring Family Foundation Jerry and Carole Ringer Mr. Alexander Ripley Dr. Anita Robbins Thomas Roberts and Teresa Grosch Ms. Cristina Rocca Mr. James Rocks Mr. Steven Roess Lance and Lori Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rooney Mr. William J. Rosas Al and Mimi Rose Mr. Edgar Rose Ms. Roberta Rosell Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman Ms. Elaine Rosen Mr. † & Mrs. Sherman Rosen Mrs. Babette Rosenthal Marsha and Robert Rosner Joan and Ashley Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Helen and Marc Rubenstein Ms. Emmie Ruffin Mary Russell Mrs. Martha Sabransky Cassandra Salgado Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Mr. Alfred Salvino Suzanne G. Samuels Mr. & Mrs. † Lawrence Sauter Michael and Judith Sawyier Ms. Annette Sayre Jeffrey Schadler Kathleen and Anthony Schaeffer Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schlachtmeyer Mr. & Mrs. John Schladweiler Jeremy Schlee Barbara and Lewis Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl John J. and Barbara L. Schornack Mr. Stephan Schuele Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette Ms. Virginia Hall Schulte Gerald and Barbara Schultz Susan and Charles Schwartz Edward and Irma Schwartz John Schwartz Ms. Terry Schwartz Thomas and Maryellen Scott Ms. Gerry Sczygiel Mr. & Mrs. Richard Seid Ms. Gail Seidel Ms. Marsha Serlin Mr. Mark Sexauer Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro David and Jane Shapiro Mr. Gary Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Myron Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. † David Shayne Mr. Christopher Sheahen Ms. Kim Shepherd Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields J. N. Shimko Susan Shimmin and David Tekler Carolyn M. Short Ellen and Richard Shubart Judith and Fernando Siaba Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Silberman Dr. Rita Simó and Mr. Tomás Bissonnette Jack and Barbara Simon The Honorable John B. Simon and Mrs. Millie Rosenbloom Simon Mr. Jack Simpson Mr. Thomas Simpson Thomas G. Sinkovic Christine A. Slivon Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Smies Pat and J. Clarke Smith Ms. Triste Smith Mr. & Mrs. Paul Snopko Frank So † and Deborah Huggett Dr. Sabine Sobek

In Memory of Timothy Soleiman Judith Sommers Ms. Sondra Sonneborn Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein David, Anna, and Alexandra Sosa Mr. Alexander Sozdatelev Ms. Vesselina Spassova Mr. George Speck Robert A. Spinozzi Mr. Michael Sprinker Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stack Mrs. Julie Stagliano Charles and Joan Staples Ms. Denise Stauder Ms. Sue Stealey Ms. Corinne Steede Mr. & Mrs. Eric Steele George and Julie Steffen Carol D. Stein Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Mrs. Marjorie H. Stephan Mr. Bradley Sterrenberg Ms. Karen Stevens Charles and Catherine Stich Patrick and Astrid Stff Mrs. Marjorie Moretz Stinespring In memory of Marjorie Stone Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Stonebraker Steve † and Ann Stranahan Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Stresen-Reuter, Jr. Donna Stroder Mr. Frederick Sturm and Ms. Deborah Gillaspie Barry and Winnifred Sullivan Mrs. Jeanne Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sullivan Ms. Mary Summers Mr. & Mrs. Mark Sutherland Sharon Swanson Dr. John Swanson Mrs. Robert Swanson Mrs. Patricia Tabet Mr. & Mrs. Richard Taft Ms. Claudine Tambuatco Samuel Tanios Mr. Charles Tausche Mr. Frank TenBrink Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa Mr. Albert Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Myron Tiersky Mr. & Mrs. Tilbrook Ms. Michelle A. Tolliver Mr. Steve Tomashefsky Mrs. Sally TreKell Ms. Joanne Tremulis Steve and Jocelyn Trokenheim Ms. Corina Tsang Mr. Jay Tunney Ellen and Jerry Upton Mr. Theodore Utchen Ruben A. Valadez Dr. Joyce Van Cura Ms. Betty Vandenbosch

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Frances and Peter Vandervoort Ms. Barbara Van Driel Dr. Eladio Vargas Jose Vargas Mr. David J. Varnerin Ms. Lois Vasko Todd and Cari Vieregg Ms. Linda Vincent Mr. John Vinci Ms. Carol Vix Ms. Darla Vollrath Dr. Malcolm V. Vye and Ms. Sherie Stein Ms. Beth Ann Waite Mr. Avon E. Walker Robert J. Walker Mr. Les Wallinga Mr. Frank Walschlager Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward Morrison C. Warren In memory of Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman from David Wasserman, MD Mr. † & Mrs. William Weaver, Jr. Judge Eugene Wedoff Cynthia and Ben Weese David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Linda Welsh Drs. Anne and Dennis Wentz Ms. Patricia Werhane Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wertz Mr. John Wheeler Ms. Zita Wheeler Peter and Valerie Whitcup Dr. Wesley White Mr. & Mrs. † William White Mrs. William White Ms. Susan Whiting Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wick Mr. Eric Wicks and Ms. Linda Baker Jamie Wigglesworth AIA Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning Jennifer D. Williams Norman Williams Joel Williamson Mr. Robert Wilson Mr. Randall Winans Ted Windsor & Associates Consulting Actuaries Dr. Doris Wineman, Ph.D. Dr. Lawrence Winer Mr. & Mrs. Alex Winkler Herbert and Ruth Winter Foundation Ms. Florence Winters Rita Wise Mrs. Iris Witkowsky Mr. Donald Woerner Barbara and Steven Wolf Duain Wolfe Peggy and Ted Wolff Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino Dr. Christopher and Julie Wood Judge Diane Wood and Dr. Robert Sufit Mr. & Mrs. Donald Woulfe

Mrs. Jane Stroud Wright Dr. Robert B. Yahr Dr. Travis Yamanaka and Yuri Yatsuda Ms. Janice Young In memory of Anthony C. Yu Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Mrs. IdaLynn Zahour Mr. & Mrs. David Zelis Ms. Mary Zeltmann Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin Ms. Susan Zick The Charles A. Zika Family Drs. Donald Zimmerman and Susan Pearlson Mr. Gerald A. Zimmerman Ms. Barbara Zutovsky

Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these education and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156. $ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

Anonymous (1) The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Judson and Joyce Green Julian Family Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9

Allstate Insurance Company John Hart and Carol Prins Judy and Scott McCue Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Megan and Steve Shebik Shure Charitable Trust $ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

Rhoades Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (1) Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Ellen and Paul Gignilliat National Endowment for the Arts

Polk Bros. Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Michael and Linda Simon $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Leslie Fund, Inc. Bowman C. Lingle Trust Michael G. Woll Fund at The Pauls Foundation $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Abbott Fund Barker Welfare Foundation PNC The George L. Shields Foundation Wintrust Financial Corp.

Helen and Sam Zell $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (1) John and Fran Edwardson Illinois Arts Council Agency Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Prince Charitable Trusts Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Sue and Jim Colletti Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Dr. Marylou Witz $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9

Nancy A. Abshire Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Belles The Buchanan Family Foundation Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. Jerry J. Critser Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mary Winton Green The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Ms. Susan Norvich Gerald † and Mona Penner D. Elizabeth Price Mrs. John Shedd Reed † Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent The Siragusa Family Foundation Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Penny and John Van Horn

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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$ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 5 0 0

Anonymous Ms. Marion A. Cameron Ann and Richard Carr Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Dr. Alexia Gordon Halasmani/Davis Family Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans Mr. Philip Lumpkin Kinder Morgan Dr. June Koizumi Ms. Barbara Lieber † Mr. Edward Mack The Navarre Law Firm David † and Dolores Nelson Mr. & Mrs. William J. O’Neill Ms. Cecelia Samans Dr. Scholl Foundation Segal Consulting Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs $2,500–$ 4,499

Ms. Patti Acurio Arts Midwest Touring Fund Daniel and Michele Becker Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Alfredo and Ada Capitanini Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Linda Cassil Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Ms. Irene Fox Camillo and Arlene Ghiron William B. Hinchliff Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Italian Village Restaurants Esther G. Klatz † Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Dr. Herbert and Francine Lippitz Mr. Russ Lyman Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Mr. Carl and Maria Moore Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morales Mrs. Frank Morrissey The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Mary and Joseph Plauché Al and Lynn Reichle Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation David and Judith L. Sensibar Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Mr. Larry Simpson Laurence and Caryn Straus Dan and Paula Wise

$ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Anonymous (8) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Robert and Marianna Alps Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Jack and Carol Aten Fund Athena Fund Catherine Baker and Timothy Kent Jon W. and Diane Balke Mr. & Mrs. John Barnes Ms. Barbara Barzansky Howard and Donna Bass Michael and Gail Bauer Patti and Nebil Benaissa Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Ms. Ludmila Bidwell Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Cassandra L. Book Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Myrna R. Bromley Mr. Lee M. Brown, Mr. John B. Newman and Ms. Pixie Newman Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Burns, Jr. Darren Cahr Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Jayson and Elizabeth Cheever Patricia A. Clickener Mr. Daniel Corrigan Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle Constance Cwiok Melissa and Gordon Davis Linda and Peter DiDonato Mr. William Dietz, Jr. Ms. Joan D. Donovan DS&P Insurance Services, Inc. Daniel and Christine Dudlak Gary and Deborah Edidin Nancy M. Eibeck Elk Grove Graphics Ms. Paula Elliott Charles and Carol Emmons Mrs. Walter D. Fackler Tarek and Ann Fadel Judith E. Feldman Joy Fett Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of the Civic Horn Section Evelyn T. Fitzpatrick Ms. Lola Flamm Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Beth Healy and Mike Fordney Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Mr. M. Frenkel Dr. Francisco Garcini Evgenia Golubeva Mike and Mary Grady Gregory Grobarcik

Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Ms. Agnes Hamos Mrs. Louise Hart Mrs. Valerie Heintz Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Mr. Thomas C. Henniger James and Megan Hinchsliff Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Michael and Leigh Huston Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Mr. & Mrs. † Algimantas Kezelis Mr. Howard Kidd Anna Z. Kleymenova Ms. Ruby Law Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Liechti Ms. Alma Lizcano Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Lulu Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Sharon L. Manuel Robert and Doretta Marwin Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass Ms. Catherine Masters Rosa and Peter McCullagh Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Robert Middleton Floyd and Elizabeth Miller Wayne L. Mory and Marcia Snyder Allison Moulton Edward and Gayla Nieminen Marjory Oliker Mr. Bruce Oltman Andrea Owens Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Eugene and Lois Pavalon Ms. Ana Luz Perez Duran Mr. George Quinlan Dr. & Mrs. Pradeep Rattan Dr. Dorit Raviv Dr. Hilda Richards Ms. Karen L. Rigotti Mary K. Ring Mr. Alexander Ripley Mr. David Sandfort Mr. Laurence Saviers Mrs. Rebecca Schewe Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schuette Gerald and Barbara Schultz Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Dr. Rita Simó and Mr. Tomás Bissonnette Ms. Triste Smith Dr. Sabine Sobek Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Ms. Sondra Sonneborn David, Anna, and Alexandra Sosa Mr. Alexander Sozdatelev Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Mr. Frederick Sturm and Ms. Deborah Gillaspie

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Sharon Swanson Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa Ayana Tomeka Ms. Corina Tsang Mr. Peter Vale Dr. Joyce Van Cura Ms. Darla Vollrath Morrison C. Warren Abby and Glen Weisberg Ms. Zita Wheeler Ms. Susan Whiting Jamie Wigglesworth AIA M.L. Winburn Mark and Randi Woodworth Dr. Nanajan Yakoub David and Eileen Zampa Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin ENDOWED FUNDS

Anonymous (3) Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund Dr. † & Mrs. † Bernard H. Adelson Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund CNA The Davee Foundation Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund Mary Winton Green William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement Richard A. Heise Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund The Kapnick Family Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust The Malott Family Very Special Promenades Fund The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Negaunee Foundation Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends Toyota Endowed Fund The Wallace Foundation Zell Family Foundation

CENTENNIAL SEASON SPONSORS

The Centennial Campaign for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series for children is supported with a generous lead gift from The Julian Family Foundation.

The 2019–20 Civic Centennial season is sponsored by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

Additional support for the Centennial season is provided by an Anonymous Family Foundation, Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse, Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett, Judy and Scott McCue, Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal †, The Negaunee Foundation, Megan and Steve Shebik, Michael and Linda Simon, and Penny and John Van Horn.

Thank you to our Centennial Celebration Patrons: Anonymous, Ms. Patti Acurio, Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible, Mr. James Borkman, Ann and Richard Carr, Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Linda Cassil, Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine Rydel, Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel, Gary and Deborah Edidin, Tarek and Ann Fadel, Camillo and Arlene Ghiron, Dr. Alexia Gordon, Halasmani/Davis Family, Ms. Ruby Law, Mr. Philip Lumpkin, Mr. Edward Mack, Mrs. Frank Morrissey, Allison Moulton, Mr. Bruce Oltman, Mr. & Mrs. William O’Neill, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn, Gerald and Barbara Schultz, Megan and Steve Shebik, Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro, Laurence and Caryn Straus, Ayana Tomeka, Ms. Corina Tsang, Dr. Nanajan Yakoub, In Memory of Edward Zasadil and Helen Zell.

To make your gift in support of the Centennial season, please contact the CSO Development office at gifts@cso.org or 312-294-3100.

CIVIC ORCHESTR A OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS

Members of the Civic Orchestra receive an annual stipend to help offset some of their living expenses during their training in Civic. The following donors have generously underwritten a Civic musician(s) for the 2019–20 season.

Nine Civic members participate in the Civic Fellowship program, a rigorous artistic and professional development curriculum that supplements their membership in the full orchestra.

Major funding for this program is generously provided by The Julian Family Foundation.

To learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156.

Dr. † & Mrs. † Bernard H. Adelson Rachel Mostek, viola Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Pei-yeh Tsai, keyboard Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Fahad Awan, violin Sue and Jim Colletti Bethany Pereboom,** viola Lawrence Corry Elizabeth Bellisario, viola Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Abigail Black, horn Nicolas Chona, clarinet Evan Fojtik, flute Jingjing Hu, cello Martin Meyer, cello Sofia Nikas, viola Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Lindsey Orcutt, bass Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Erik Andrusyak, oboe Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geraghty and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Hannah Cartwright, violin Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Jamie Andrusyak, violin Daniel Price, trumpet

† Deceased ** Fellow § Partial sponsor Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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“Every time I attend the CSO, I realize there’s nothing else like it.”

— D R . VA L E R I E L O B E R , T H E O D O R E T H O M A S S O C I E T Y M E M B E R A N D 1 3 -Y E A R S U B S C R I B E R Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Enrique Olvera, viola

Ms. Susan Norvich Eleanor Kirk, harp

Richard and Alice Godfrey Joy Vucekovich, violin

Mrs. Mona Penner in memory of Gerald Penner Rachel Peters, violin

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Hanna Pederson, viola Mary Winton Green Adam Attard, bass Jane Redmond Haliday Chair Noémie Golubovic, cello The Julian Family Foundation Taylor Hampton, percussion Laura Yawney,** oboe

Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Anna Piotrowski, violin Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Joseph Bricker, percussion Ignacio del Rey, trombone The George L. Shields Foundation Inc. Eva María Barbado Gutiérrez, cello Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon Benjamin Wagner, viola

Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust Laurie Blanchet, clarinet Akane Hinamoto, violin Eric Leise, flute Nicholas Ritter, bassoon Arianna Schickel, violin

The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair Pauline Kempf, violin

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett John Heffernan,** violin

Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund Emmett Jackson, bass

League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Alexandria Hoffman,** flute

Dr. Marylou Witz Hannah Christiansen,** violin

Leslie Fund Inc. Tabitha Oh,** violin Juan Gabriel Olivares,** clarinet Phillip G. Lumpkin § Najette Abouelhadi, cello Judy and Scott McCue and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Kristen Seto, violin Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Brian Johnston, trombone Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino § Chia-Yu Hsu, bassoon

Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund Brent Taghap, violin

Michael G. † and Laura Woll Kelsey Williams, horn Michael G. Woll Fund at The Pauls Foundation Ye Jin Goo, viola Michael Terrasi, trumpet Samuel Waring, oboe Jason Yoder, timpani Helen Zell Elliot Lee,** violin Anonymous Philip Bergman,** cello Anonymous Maggie Lin, bass Robinson Schulze, bass trombone

Theodore Thomas Society

Mary Lou Gorno Chair Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please call Al Andreychuk, Director of Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at 312-294-3150.

S T R A D I VA R I A N A S S O C I AT E S

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as of January 2020.

Anonymous (9) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Lisa J. Adelstein Evy Johansen Alsaker Robert A. Alsaker Geoffrey A. Anderson Mychal P. Angelos, in memory of Dorothy A. Angelos Marlene Bach Dr. Jeff Bale Mr. Neal Ball Leland and Mary Bartholomew Marlys A. Beider Dr. C. Bekerman Martha Bell Mike and Donna Bell Celine Bendy Julie Ann Benson K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet Merrill and Judy Blau Ann Blickensderfer Danolda Brennan Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. Mitchell J. Brown Norma Cadieu Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark Patricia A. Clickener Judith and Stephen F. Condren Anita Crocus Harry and Jean Eisenman Dr. Marilyn Ezri Mrs. William M. Flory Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Rhoda Lea Frank Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk Penny and John Freund Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Lyle Gillman

† Deceased ** Fellow § Partial sponsor Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Merle Gordon Mary Louise Gorno Dr. & Mrs. David Granato Mary L. Gray Mary Winton Green Dr. Jon Brian Greis John and Patricia Hamilton John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. William P. Hauworth II Thomas and Linda Heagy Mr. R.H. Helmholz Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder Concordia Hoffmann Frank and Helen Holt Mark and Elizabeth Hurley Michael L. Igoe, Jr. Ms. Darlene Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Lori Julian Jared Kaplan and Maridee Quanbeck Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Howard Kaspin James Kemmerer Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Edwin and Karen Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka Robert B. Kyts Memorial Fund Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring Robert Alan Lewis Dr. Valerie Lober Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl Sheldon H. Marcus Mr. Robert C. Marks Marilyn G. Marr James Edward McPherson Janet L. Melk Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor Craig and Rose Moore Charles Moore Mr. & Mrs. Mario A. Munoz John H. Nelson Muriel Nerad Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen Dr. Joan E. Patterson Donald Peck Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Judy Pomeranz Neil K. Quinn Randall and Cara Rademaker Al and Lynn Reichle Ann and Bob Reiland Wendy Reynes Dr. Edward O. Riley Charles and Marilynn Rivkin David and Kathy Robin Jerry Rose Richard O. Ryan John A. Salkowski Cecelia Samans

A. Wm. Samuel Franklin Schmidt Joanne Silver Mr. Craig Sirles Betty W. Smykal Annette and Richard Steinke Mrs. Deborah Sterling Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Mr. & Mrs. John C. Telander Karin and Alfred Tenny Richard and Helen Thomas Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Dr. Richard Tresley Paula Turner Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn Mr. Christian Vinyard Craig and Bette Williams Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Helen Zell MEMBERS

Anonymous (34) Valerie and Joseph Abel Louise Abrahams Judy L. Allen Ann S. Alpert Ms. Judith L. Anderson Steven Andes, PhD Catherine Aranyi Mara Mills Barker Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty Arlene Bennett William and Ellen Bentsen Joan I. Berger Harriet H. Bernbaum Candace Broecker Mrs. Lucille Brouse John L. Browar Catherine Brubaker Joseph Buc Edward J. Buckbee Michelle Miller Burns Mr. Robert J. Callahan Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Car Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael Dr. Marlene E. Casiano Bill and Betsy Cline Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy Sharon Conway Mr. Robert L. Crawford Mr. Jerry J. Critser Ron and Dolores Daly Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson Sylvia Samuels Delman Mrs. David A. DeMar Ms. Phyllis Diamond Mr. Richard L. Eastline Nancy Schroeder Ebert Robert J. Elisberg Richard Elledge

Charles and Carol Emmons Lu and Philip Engel Tarek and Ann Fadel James B. Fadim Leslie Farrell Donna Feldman Frances and Henry Fogel Allen J. Frantzen Gustave D. Friesem Nancy and Larry Fuller Dileep Gangolli Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Mr. Joseph Glossberg Adele and Marvin Goldsmith Joan E. Gordon Douglas Ross Gortner Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray Delta A. Greene Nancy P. Griffin Mrs. Barbara Gundrum Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley Mr. Tom Hall Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett Mrs. David J. Harris Dr. & Mrs. Donald Heinrich William B. Hinchliff Mrs. Morris H. Hirsh Mr. Thomas Hochman Jack and Colleen Holmbeck Mrs. Walter Horban James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. Jacob Dinah Jacobs Ms. Jessica Jagielnik Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Marshall Keltz Valerie and George Kennedy Paul Keske Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr. Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Sally Jo Knowles Mrs. Russell V. Kohr Ms. Barbara Kopsian Liesel E. Kossmann Richard J. Kost Eugene Kraus Thomas and Annelise Lawson Patricia Lee Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey Ms. Nicole Lehman Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy Ms. Sally Lewis Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Mr. Michael Licitra Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Bonnie Glazier Lipe Suzette and James Mahneke

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Ann Chassin Mallow Sharon L. Manuel Mrs. John J. Markham Judy and Scott McCue Mr. William McIntosh Mrs. Leoni McVey Mrs. Harmon Meigs Marcia Melamed Dale and Susan Miller Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Thomas R. Mullaney David J. † and Dolores D. Nelson Franklin Nussbaum James F. Oates Diana J. and Gerald L. Ogren Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. Wallace and Sarah Oliver Lynn Orschel Dr. David G. Ostrow and Mr. Rafael Gomez Helen and Joseph Page George R. Paterson Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mary Perlmutter Elizabeth Anne Peters Mrs. Lewis D. Petry Judy C. Petty Karen and Dick Pigott Lois Polakoff D. Elizabeth Price Jeanne Reed Dr. Merrell Reiss Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones Don and Sally Roberts Ms. Rosemary Roberts Ms. Elaine Rosen Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal Dr. Virginia C. Saft Craig Samuels Sue and William Samuels Mrs. Milton Scheffler Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt David Shayne Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker Anne Sibley Larry Simpson Thomas G. Sinkovic Mr. Allen R. Smart Mary Soleiman Jim Spiegel Julie Stagliano Mrs. Zelda Star Karen Steil Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale Mr. John Stokes Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson Jeffrey and Linda Swoger Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson Karen Hletko Tiersky Myron Tiersky Jacqueline A. Tilles Mr. James M. Trapp Mr. Donn N. Trautman Ms. Rose Gray Tynan

Mr. Theodore Utchen Mike and Mary Valeanu Virginia C. Vale Frank Villella Raita Vilnins Mr. Milan Vydareny Dr. Malcolm Vye Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek Mr. Frank Walschlager Louella Krueger Ward Dr. Catherine L. Webb Karl Wechter Claude M. Weil Joan Weiss Mr. Thomas Weyland Linda and Payson S. Wild Kayla Anne Wilson Nora M. Winsberg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf Ann Wolff Beth Wollar IN MEMORIAM

Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members and patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support.

Anonymous (7) Hope A. Abelson Elizabeth E. Abler Richard Abrahams Frances B. Abrahamson Donald Alderman Sara Anastaplo Roger A. Anderson and Ruth T. Anderson Elizabeth M. Ashton Irwin Askow James E.S. Baker Jacqueline and Frank Ball Wayne Balmer Paul Barker Leland and Mary Bartholomew Patricia Anne Barton Barbara Burt Baumann Hortense K. Becker Marshall Bennett Norma Zuzanek Bennett Sally J. Benson Harry H. Bernbaum Lenore M. Berner Eleanor Bolz Naomi T. Borwell Harriet B. Brady Marjorie L. Bredehorn Patricia W. and Kenneth A. Bro Howard Broecker Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger Marie Kraemer Burnside

Norma Cadieu Elizabeth R. Capilupo Charles R. Casper Margaret G. Chamales Marcia S. Cohn Milton Colman Robert Cooke Nelson D. Cornelius Billie Dale Delevitt Robert L. Devitt Edison and Jane Warner Dick Howard M. Donaldson James F. Drennan William B. Drewry Robert L. Drinan, Jr. Daisy Driss William A. Dumbleton Evelyn Dyba Marian Edelstein Estelle Edlis Dr. Edward Elisberg Kelli Gardner Emery Joseph R. Ender Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson Shirley Mae Evans Mildred F. Fanslau Dr. James D. Fenters Robert B. Fordham Richard Foster Etha Beatrice Fox Elaine S. Frank Henry S. Frank Herbert B. Fried Dr. Muriel S. Friedman Hynda and Maurice Gamze Florence Ganja Alan J. Garber William and Helene Gardner Martin and Francey Gecht Betsy N. and James R. Getz Elizabeth S. Graettinger George Graham William B. Graham Richard Gray David Green Allen J. Greenberger Dr. Robert A. Greendale Mrs. Ann B. Grimes Ernest A. Grunsfeld III Elizabeth and Paul Guenzel Cecile Guthman Betty and Lester Guttman A. William Haarlow III Grace and Vernon Hajeck Clarine and James Hall Julie and J. Parker Hall Richard Halvorsen Chalkley J. Hambleton Leah C. and Robert J. Hamman CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. Melville D. Hartman Lawrence J. Helstern Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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Marriane Deson Herstein Mary Jo Hertel Helen Hoagland Richard J. Hofemann Blanche Hoheisel Allen H. Howard Hugh Johnston Hubbard Joseph H. Huebner Mrs. Henry Isham Barbara Isserman Robert Johnson Phyllis A. Jones Joseph M. Kacena Stuart Kane Morris A. Kaplan Esther G. Klatz Russell V. Kohr Jeffrey W. Korman Sarah H. and Bertram D. Kribben William Kruppenbacher Evelyn and Arnold Kupec Ruth Lucie Labitzke Louise H. Landau Alice M. La Pert Sadie Lapinsky H. Elizabeth and Earl D. Larsen Caressa Y. Lauer Robert A. Leady Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Lena T. Levinson Beryl M. Lewis Richard Alan Livingston Marion M. and Glen A. Lloyd Mary Longbrake William C. Lordan Arthur G. Maling June Betty and Herbert S. Manning Kathleen W. Markiewicz Mrs. Robert C. Marks Irl and Barbara Marshall Eloise Martin Virginia Harvey McAnulty Helen C. McDougal, Jr. Eunice H. McGuire Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick Jack L. Melamed, M.D. Hugo J. Melvoin Richard Menaul Shirley R. Mesirow Kathryn and Edward Miller Micki Miller Gloria Miner Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Bill Moor Kathryn Mueller Marietta Munnis David H. Nelson Helen M. Nelson Otto Nerad John and Maynette Neundorf Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld Joan Ruck Nopola Carol Rauner O’Donovan

T. Paul B. O’Donovan Mary and Eric Oldberg Bruce P. Olson Suzanne and Brace Pattou Dorothy and William G. Paulick, Jr. Bette G. Petersen Helen J. Petersen Madge and Neil Petersen Maxine R. Philipsborn Walter Placko Elaine and Harold H. Plaut Charles J. Pollyea Miriam Pollyea Virginia and Eugene Pomerance Halina J. Presley Christine Querfeld Ruth Ann Quinn Muriel F. Reder Walter Reed Daniel Reichard Paul H. Resnik Sheila Taaffe Reynolds Joan L. Richards J. Timothy Ritchie Dolores M. Rix David M. Roberts Rosemary Roberts Virginia H. Rogers Jill N. Rohde Irmgard Hess Rosenberger Ben J. Rosenthal Harriet Cary Ross Anthony Ryerson Margaret R. Sagers Beverly and Grover Schiltz Erhardt Schmidt Muriel Schnierow Donald R. Schreiber Margaret and Edwin Seeboeck Denise Selz Joseph J. Semrow Ingeborg Haupt Sennot Soretta and Henry Shapiro Muriel Shaw Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure Mr. William F. Sibley Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel Peter E. Sincox David Slesur Jean H. Smith Willis B. Snell Karen A. Sorensen Georgette Grosz Spertus Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Stagliano Mr. Charles J. Starcevich Lucille G. and David W. Stotter Helmut and Irma Strauss Dr. Gerald Sunko Ruth Miner Swislow Andrew and Peggy Thomson J. Ross Thomson

Beatrice B. Tinsley C. Phillip Turner Paul D. Urnes Robert L. Volz Lois and James Vrhel Cecilia Sue and Burton J. Wade Louise Benton Wagner Michael Jay Walanka Nancy L. Wald Jeanne Walker Laurie Wallach Jean Angus and Ferre C. Watkins Virginia O. Weaver Ann Dow Weinberg Marco Weiss James M. Wells Barbara Huth West Joyce Hadley Williams Arnold Wolff Ronald R. Zierer Rita A. Zralek

Tribute Program

The Tribute Program provides an opportunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It also can serve as a way to honor the memory of friends and family.

An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to express your feelings in a truly distinctive and memorable way. Contributions may be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more information regarding this program, please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts of $100 or more received through January 2020.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

The Dinah Jacobs Principal Percussion Chair is dedicated in loving memory of Tammy Li-Ying Yeh, mother of Cynthia Yeh, and Beatrice Gilman, mother of Dinah Jacobs.

In memory of Frank and Marjorie Alschuler Mr. & Mrs. † Frank Alschuler In memory of Ruth Anderson Ms. Katherine H. Jones Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. & Mrs. William Koch Mr. Larry Simpson In memory of Dorothy Angelos Mychal P. Angelos In memory of Susie Coad Beasley Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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In memory of Irene Cecile Emilie Beck Mr. Daniel Beck

In memory of Arcadio Guajardo Arcadio Guajardo

In memory of Marshall Bennett Kay Bucksbaum

In memory of Zave Gussin Mr. Nathan Kahn

In memory of John R. Blair Barbara J. Blair

In memory of Gary Gutting Moses Cardona Notre Dame University Ms. Sarah Smith Charles Spicer

In memory of Melvin Berlin Bulley & Andrews Ms. Nina Appel Susanna Benningfield Berlin Metals Carrie Berlin The Crown Family Ms. Anita Cukier Joan and William Dutton Ms. Susan Glazer Margaret Gunn Mr. Christopher Hehmeyer Clara and Guillermo Herrera Marc Liebman Oak Hill Capital Management, LLC Ohio Coatings Company The Pace Family Fund Mark and Nancy Ratner Ms. Ann M. Rupcich Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Joel Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Winston

In memory of Sharon Harris Hart Mrs. Louise Hart John Hart and Carol Prins In memory of Valorie Hochberg Ms. Marcia Hochberg In memory of William Hokin Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bowey, Jr. Mr. Matthew Colnon In memory of Arnold Jacobs Mr. Gregory Ronnback In memory of Byron Karzas Anonymous In memory of John Kern William A. and Anne Goldstein

In memory of David Bevington David † and Peggy Bevington

In memory of Esther Klatz Mr. Thomas Opferman

In memory of Donald H. Bittner Mr. Dennis Kuhns

In memory of Meyer Kestnbaum Mrs. Kestnbaum

In memory of Mark Brinthaupt Jr. Gabriel and Jill Buzas

In memory of Abba and Eleanor Leifer Ms. Diana Leifer

In memory of Gary A. Davis Dr. Steven Andes

In memory of Judith Levin Dr. & Mrs. Michael Ellman Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Dr. Sue Ellen Krause Brian Shevitz Ms. Elizabeth Ware

In memory of Robert L. Drinan Jr. Ms. Chantal Lise Haberman In memory of Irwin Esko Mrs. Doris Esko In memory of Ivy Nora Amerson Finkley Stacey Johnson In memory of Nicholas and Angie Forestandi Paul Martino In memory of Jay M. Goldberg Dr. Anna Lysakowski

In memory of Nancy Loewenberg Ms. Susan Carlins Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Dr. Christopher M. Kelly John Hammerschlag Vicki and Thomas Horwich Foundation John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. James R. Loewenberg James McHugh Construction Co. Mr. Richard Stein Liz Stiffel Ms. Erica Trautman

In memory of Abby S. MagdovitzWasserman David Wasserman, MD In memory of Sue Bohannan Mann Mr. Charles Mann In memory of Bez Mayhall Grant Larsen In memory of Joan McKenna John J. and Barbara L. Schornack In memory of Barbara Millar Ms. Kola Kennedy In memory of Franklin Mills Mr. & Mrs. Brent Adler Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fleischman Ms. Sarah Good Gilman and Mary Hallenbeck Ms. Sheldon Kimel Ms. Stephanie Patridge Barry Wolff In memory of Bill Mokrenski Ms. Elsa Trujillo In memory of Bill Moor Katrina Berne In memory of Albert Nagy Mrs. Andrea Stamm In memory of Betty Fae Nusinow Mr. & Mrs. † Bernard Nusinow In memory of William Ochab Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse In memory of Raymond Olson Mrs. Paula Pederson and Mr. Raymond Olson In memory of China Oughton Mr. Robert Broeksmit Mary Eversden Gierach Law Firm In memory of Raquel Paez Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Boyle Mr. Alan I. Goldman Mariann Krippinger David Lyle Ms. Kathryn Roe Ms. Jacqueline Paez Laura Smith Mrs. Frances Zotti In memory of John Calvin Pemberton Mr. Samuel Pemberton

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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In memory of Alfred B. Perlman Mr. James Perlman

In memory of Dr. William Warren Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin

In memory of Betty Piper Ms. Anne Nguyen

In memory of Elizabeth Witter Bernie Witter

In memory of Zachary Crombie Presberg Kathleen Crombie

In memory of Dale E. Woodley Ms. Regina Janes

In memory of Michael Rasmussen Ms. Lesley C. Melen In memory of Bennett Reimer Elizabeth A. Hebert In memory of Virginia H. Rogers and Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Mr. Robert Wilson In memory of Mark Ross Mr. Matthew Boreen Steven Gregory Gary Glazer Cindy Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shapiro In memory of Bengt Sandberg Ms. Annika Christensen In memory of Alice Schoenberg Nancy Stern In memory of Charlotte Garber Schwartz Ms. Terry Schwartz In memory of Alan L. Shulman Ms. June Shulman In memory of Frank So Deborah Huggett In memory of Dr. Alvin D. Star Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr In memory of Marjorie Stone Dr. Arvey Stone and Dr. Leslie Brookfield In memory of Ruth Swislow Daniel Pascale and Mary McDonald In memory of John E. Tetrault Evelyn Brom Laszlo Kulcsar In memory of Alice Trattner Jeannine Trattner In memory of Lynne and Ron Wachowski Ms. Peggy Ryan

In memory of Marion and Eugene Zajackowski Anonymous In memory of David and Suzanne Zesmer Mrs. Lawrence Scheff HONOR GIFTS

In honor of 7th Floor Administration Gretchen Sauer In honor of Mr. & Mrs. David K. Adams James and Rebecca Gaebe In honor of Jeff Alexander Charles Katzenmeyer Mr. Dean Solomon In honor of Jeff and Keiko Alexander Mrs. Marsha Kamen In honor of Doris Angell Dr. Michael Angell In honor of Hillary August and Mitch Suter Mrs. Enid Rieser

In honor of Marshall and Sharon Costantino Anonymous In honor of Dr. Christopher Culp Neal Lenhoff In honor of Edith DeMar Mrs. Susan Maynard In honor of Janet Diederichs Yen-Li Thompson In honor of Louise Dixon M. Lynn Hughitt and James Shaeffer In honor of Uncle Bill and Aunt Willie Dooley Ms. Kerry Quinn In honor of Herb Drury Jill and Scott Gundy In honor of Kim Duffy and Lisa McDaniel Ms. Florence Connelly In honor of Judy Feldman Mrs. Lynn Altschul In honor of Isak Gerson Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III In honor of Daniel Gingrich Mr. Robert Meyer In honor of Paul B. Glickman Mr. & Mrs. Philip Marcus

In honor of Peter Barack Mr. & Mrs. Norman Soep

In honor of Barbara Gold Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

In honor of Jonathan Becker’s birthday Ms. Bonnie Forkosh

In honor of Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cohan

In honor of Dr. Carlos Bekerman Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

In honor of Jennifer Gunn Mr. John Thorne

In honor of Ann Blickensderfer Patricia Kenney and Gregory O’Leary

In honor of Drs. Sadri and Sarah Hassani Dr. Dane Hassani

In honor of Leslie Burns Ms. Gale Fischer In honor of Charlene Ms. Marcia Rogers In honor of Robert Coad Mrs. David DeMar Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mr. & Mrs †. David Shayne

In honor of Qing Hou and Larry Neuman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weil In honor of Lori Julian Sally S. Feder Mr. † & Mrs. Marshall Matz Mr. Robert Napier

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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In honor of Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Louis Philipson In honor of Stephen Lester Ms. Helen Goldstein In honor of Lisa McDaniel Ms. Janice Holling In honor of Heather McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hahn In honor of Jan and Lester Mehlman Mr. Robert Goldman In honor of Blair Milton Elaine Lebhoff-Ries, MD, and Michael Ries, MD In honor of Mimi Murley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Hurd Cathy McGowan In honor of Liz Parker Nancy J. Clawson In honor of Charlotte Pfuhl’s 90th birthday Kathy Maybaum In honor of John Schmidt Lloyd A. Fry Foundation In honor of Dr. James Sheinin Dr. & Mrs. Richard Evans In honor of Dr. John and Mrs. Connie Skosey Laura Skosey In honor of Peter Sorokoff and Marianne Combs Charles F. Smith

In honor of Charles Weinsoff Dennis Carbocci

In memory of Ruth Miner Swislow Penny Van Horn

In honor of Erina Yashima Julian Family Foundation

In memory of Fay Stopeck Margo and Michael Oberman

In honor of Helen and Sam Zell Ms. Myrna Kaplan

In memory of George Mitchell Williams Barbara Wright-Pryor

In honor of Helen Zell Mr. Rowland Chang

In memory of Ralph Young Janice Young

In honor of Michael J. Zeps Mr. Michael Potts

In gratitude for 250 dedicated and hardworking CSOA League members Sue Bridge

LEAGUE OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTR A A S S O C I AT I O N T R I B U T E F U N D

In honor of Pam Andrews Betty Symkal

In memory of Ruth Anderson Hazel Fackler Pam Sheffield

In honor of Sue Bridge, League President Mimi Duginger

In memory of Edwardo and Mary Colando Judith Colando-Johnson

In honor of Thad Cameron Theresa Cameron

In memory of William Conaghan Margo and Michael Oberman Mary Goodkind In memory of Robert Guido Penny Van Horn In memory of Terrence Ashton Jones Sheila Jones In memory of John Kern Penny Van Horn In memory of Pamela Winans Lodal Beth A. Lodal In memory of Nancy Loewenberg Pam Sheffield

In honor of the Civic Orchestra Centennial Betsy and Enrique Beckmann In honor of Edith DeMar Carol Sonnenschein In honor of Mimi Duginger’s four years as League President Betsy Beckmann Judy Das Gupta Sarah Good Mary Goodkind Cheryl Istvan Lori Julian Judy Konen Marcia Lewis Mary Plauché Sally Techtow Penny Van Horn Bill Ward

In honor of Karen Spartz Jack Carter

In memory of George M. Mariner Jessica Jagielnik

In honor of Irving Stenn, Jr. Mr. John Stiefel and Mrs. Lesa Ukman

In memory of Joanne Maurer Karl Maurer

In honor of Barbara Dwyer Mimi Duginger Janice Young

In honor of Andrea Swan David E. Blatt and David M. Moore

In memory of China Oughton Pamela Sheffield

In honor of Jan Erickson Sharon Mitchell

In honor of Helen and Dick Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kerth

In memory of Irene Patner Patty Weber Karen McGirr

In honor of Mary Goodkind Edith DeMar

In honor of Frank Villella and Eddie Hernandez Ms. Janice Holling

In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn Penny Van Horn

In honor of Alexandra Hoffman, 2019 League of CSOA Civic Scholar Margo Oberman

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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In honor of Lori Julian Dea Brennan Sonya Doumanian Sarah Good In support of the League of the CSOA Tribute Fund Sarah Good Kathy Solaro Garret Van Weezel William Ward In honor of Carol Lennox, 2019 Love of the Symphony Award Recipient Carol Brosk In honor of Claretta Meier Janice Young In honor of Erina Yashima Lori Julian

Contributed Gifts and Services The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to Steinway & Sons for its generous support.

Dora and John Aalbregtse Elizabeth and Bill Adams Allium String Quartet American Airlines Apland Avalon String Quartet Baker & McKenzie Banfi Chris and Katie Barber BBJ Linen Robert and Fran Beatty Betsy and Enrique Beckmann Belmont Yacht Club Belvedere Vodka Big Foot Media Blue Plate Catering Boleo Booth Hansen Boston Consulting Group Bridges Mavrakakis LLP Brightwok Kitchen William Buchman Robert J. Buford Bulgari Sarah Bullen Leslie Henner Burns Elliot Callighan, Ramova Music Capstone Financial Advisors Oto Carrillo Li-Kuo Chang Chicago Bears

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago Magazine Chicago Tribune Company Civitas DLA Piper LLP (US) Drury Lane Theatre Duckhorn Portfolio Emmett’s Brewery Melissa and Jamey Fadim Donna and David Fleming Forbidden Root Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North Four Seasons Westlake Village Frederick C. Robie House Frederick Lynn Haberdasshere Susanna Gaunt Gemini Graphics, Inc. Daniel Gingrich Goddess and the Baker Goose Island Beer Co. The Grammy Awards Greenwich Studios David Griffin Grgich Hills Estate John Hagstrom Elisa Harris and Ivo Daalder John Hart and Carol Prins Haymarket Opera Company Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Leigh Ann and Casey Herman Hewitt Associates HispanicPro Hotel Santa Fe Iron Galaxy Studios Iwan Ries & Co. Jarvis Estate Winery Jet’s Pizza Robb Jibson, So Midwest Gabrielle Johnson Kathy Jordan Nicholas Joseph Lori Julian Carole Keller Anne and John † Kern Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lincoln Park Zoo Yo-Yo Ma Beth Mannino and Paul Schick Maple & Ash Mayer Brown LLP Judy and Scott McCue McKinsey & Company Metropolitan Brewing The Napa Valley Reserve National Hispanic Sales Network Nicado Publishing / NegociosNow Nico Osteria Shelley Ochab and Chester Gougis Cathy and Bill Osborn

Jonathan Pegis Sara and Chris Pfaff PianoForte Gene Pokorny PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP R. Crusoe & Son Anna and Iliana Regan John Rogers Roy Estate The Santa Fe Opera Scott and Nancy Santi Lora Schaefer Courtney Shea Steve and Megan Shebik Show Services Slover Linett Strategies James Smelser Mike Smith, Photographic Services International Soldier Field The Sound Co-Op, LLC Spring Mountain Vineyards Steinway Piano Gallery Chicago Michelle Sterling Susan Synnestvedt Brant Taylor David Taylor Benjamin Teichman Theatrical Lighting Connection Think-cell Tiffany & Co. Time Out Chicago Tootsie Roll Union Station United Airlines Virginia Woolf Virtue Cider Walgreens WBBM WBEZ WDCB WFMT Wheaton College Chris White John Williams WLS-FM Wrigley Field WXRT Cynthia Yeh Yuan-Qing Yu Sam and Helen Zell

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.

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THE 2020/21 SEASON IS HERE Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis Dvoล รกk New World Symphony Vivaldi Gloria Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Amadeus Live Berliner Philharmoniker Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Concert Joshua Bell The Princess Bride in Concert Lang Lang Marin Alsop Mahler 7 Measha Brueggergosman Itzhak Perlman Peter and the Wolf

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PUCCINI

FEBRUARY 6 - MARCH 8 Tickets available at

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TCHAIKOVSKY

FEBRUARY 15 - MARCH 1 Tickets available at

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Tickets available at

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