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A welcoming message from Board of Trustees Chair Mary Louise Gorno and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander

Remembering Bernard Haitink

Fine Tuning: Caring for String Instruments

Phillip Huscher and members of the CSO pay tribute to Maestro Bernard Haitink, who died on October 21.

Even the finest instruments require some routine maintenance. CSO members share their stories and preferences for taking care of their instruments.

14 Fine Tuning: Why CSO Horns Choose the Instruments of Steven Lewis

CSO horns describe the myriad qualities of instruments designed by local artisan Steven Lewis.

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The Civic Orchestra of Chicago emphasizes diverse compositional voices in its 2021–22 programming. below: In December, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, prepared by Chorus Director Duain Wolfe (below), marks its official return to Symphony Center for the first time since February 2020, in performances with the CSO of Handel’s Messiah, led by conductor Nicholas McGegan.

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Welcome to Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Symphony Center Presents, and Negaunee Music Institute. While each provides us with the gift of music year round, there is something particularly special about attending concerts during this festive time. We are so grateful that circumstances allow us to come together again and that you have chosen to make music part of your holiday traditions. The CSO begins concerts in December with the world-premiere performances of Magnus Lindberg’s Serenades, a CSO co-commission. Conducted by Hannu Lintu, the program also includes Brahms’s Fourth Symphony and Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole performed by violinist Ray Chen. Then, conductor Andrés OrozcoEstrada leads the CSO in another world premiere and CSO commission, Gabriela Lena Frank’s Haillí-Serenata. On the same program, which ends with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, the CSO’s new Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn performs Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, a work that received its U.S. premiere with the Orchestra, conducted by Theodore Thomas, in 1891. Next, Nicholas McGegan conducts the long-awaited reunion of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for four performances of Handel’s Messiah. The first CSO concerts of 2022 include Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture, as well as Ravel’s Boléro and Piano Concerto in G major with soloist Inon Barnatan and conductor André de Ridder. Symphony Center Presents welcomes the return of the a cappella ensemble Chanticleer to Fourth Presbyterian Church for its Christmas program, in addition to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass for a performance of heart-stirring arrangements for symphonic brass and percussion in Orchestra Hall. From December 17–23, Alastair Willis conducts Broadway star Jessica Vosk and members of the CSO in its traditional holiday program, Merry, Merry Chicago! During this season of giving, we hope that you consider making a gift to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s Annual Fund. Your support ensures that the important work of the CSOA continues for generations to come. On behalf of our musicians, trustees, volunteers, administration, and the many people whose lives are enriched through music, we thank you for your support. We send our warmest wishes for a music-filled, happy, and healthy new year and look forward to seeing you at Symphony Center soon.

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HAITINK By Phillip Huscher

abov e : Bernard Haitink leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program on October 25, 2018, featuring music by Beethoven and Bruckner. Photo by Todd Rosenberg

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This past October 21, the day Bernard Haitink died, the Chicago Symphony opened its Thursday night concert with Bach’s Air on the G string, which it has so often played to memorialize important people in the Orchestra’s history. Ironically, the first time Haitink ever led our Orchestra, on March 3, 1976, he began with the same piece by Bach, to honor the death two days earlier of Jean Martinon, the Orchestra’s seventh music director. Although Haitink was not one of the Orchestra’s ten music directors, he was one of its most important leaders. Beginning in 2006, he served as its first-ever principal conductor, a title and a role created to shepherd the Orchestra through the four-year transition from Daniel Barenboim to Riccardo Muti—a tricky time for an orchestra going through an unusually long wait between music directors. From the start of the 2006–07 season until the fall of 2010, Haitink oversaw the health of the Orchestra, presided over auditions for new players, advised on repertoire and the choice of guest artists, and led several weeks of concerts each season in Orchestra Hall. The match with Chicago had come as something of a surprise, since Haitink

“ I remember a number of years ago, when I had been out of work for several weeks because of an injury to my left wrist that made it impossible for me to play, that Haitink called me at home to tell me that he missed me. I was really surprised to get his phone call and have never forgotten that little moment of kindness. I will miss not only his fine conducting and musicianship but also his humanity.” David Taylor Assistant Concertmaster The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair

had never had a particularly close relationship Turnage, modern classics by Britten and with the Orchestra. In fact, he had conducted Lutosławski, and out-of-the-way composers it in just a handful of programs—in 1976 and such as Henry Cowell. And in 2011, when he 1997—at the time he was asked to step in. But his returned as a guest after stepping down as prinrapport with the Orchestra was immediate and cipal conductor, he chose to conduct Haydn’s the results were extraordinary. full-length, career-crowning masterpiece, The In those four years, Haitink enjoyed many of Creation, for the first time in his career—at the the trappings of a music director. He appeared on age of eighty-two. The last time he appeared tour with the Orchestra in Europe and Asia, and with the Chicago Symphony, in October 2018, his in Carnegie Hall; he led all nine of Beethoven’s walk to the podium was slower and less steady, symphonies in the course of a three-week fesbut once the music began, there was an astontival in June 2010 (only two of the Orchestra’s ishment of youthful riches: Beethoven’s Second music directors have conducted a complete cycle Piano Concerto with Paul Lewis was a model of of Beethoven’s symphonies in a single season). fleet, brisk playing; Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony He made the Orchestra’s first recordings on its new in-house label, CSO Resound, beginning with a magisterial Third Symphony by Mahler, recorded “ Because his technique was so live during his first week of concerts unfussy and drew so little attention as principal conductor. Seven releases to itself, it was almost universally followed, including more Mahler (the First, Second, and Sixth symunderestimated. With a minimum of phonies), repertoire the Orchestra motion, he could give you every single had never recorded before (Webern’s particle of information you needed. little tone poem, Im Sommerwind; Poulenc’s Gloria; Ravel’s complete I always could play with confidence Daphnis and Chloe), and a blazing and freedom under his baton, and he Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony could effortlessly guide the orchestra that won the label one of its first Grammy awards (in 2008, for Best in a subtle ebb and flow of tempo. Orchestral Performance). I read once that he admonished Haitink’s repertoire in Chicago student conductors, saying ‘Don’t tended to favor composers who had anchored his long career—Beethoven, distract the musicians—they are Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Mozart. very busy!’ ” But it also embraced new works by Max Raimi Viola* Peter Lieberson and Mark-Anthony * This is an excerpt from Max Raimi’s remembrance of Maestro Haitink found on cso.org/experience. DECEMBER 2021–JANUARY 2022

“ Bernard Haitink took over the reins at a critical time for our orchestra. Our musicians needed a guardian angel, and divine providence or charmed serendipity blessed us with Maestro Haitink. His personal humility, deep musical conviction, and sincere affection for musicians nourished and fulfilled us. Bernard’s warm embrace made even the most daunting challenges joyful. He exuded such kindness to all.” Michael Mulcahy Trombone

unfolded with masterly pacing and unflagging energy. The audience roared with approval. As was often said of Theodore Thomas, who founded our Orchestra, Haitink looked more like a businessman than a conductor. His demeanor was crisp and efficient, his gestures plain and direct. There were none of the onstage theatrics and choreographic mannerisms that he, like Thomas, knew only got in the way of the music. That was his secret weapon, and it meant that he could dive straight to the heart of a piece— uncover its emotional temperature, unravel notoriously thorny passages, reveal the message hidden in the most complex of pieces. His honest, unfussy music-making was a welcome counterforce to the fashions that regularly sweep

the music business, and onstage he never lost his belief in the communicative power of a subtly raised eyebrow in a world mad for showmanship. Whenever he and I sat down for an interview— which in many cases he had politely tried to decline—we laughed at the folly of it, because, as he was quick to point out, he said everything he knew on the podium. He still always had wonderfully insightful ideas to share, because he had spent so much time thinking deeply about the music he conducted, but in a sense he was right: nothing spoke as loudly—as persuasively, as movingly—as the concert he was about to lead. That is why it is the musicians of our Orchestra who knew him best in Chicago (even though his rehearsals were led with a minimum of talking and never degenerated into mere chitchat), and that is why it is their comments, highlighted on these pages, that most vividly recall Bernard Haitink as the master communicator that he was. Phillip Huscher is the scholar-in-residence and program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

“ One of my strongest memories of Maestro Haitink was during a tour. We were chatting in an airport, waiting to board, and I told him how much I enjoyed the city we were leaving (which shall remain nameless). Maestro leaned toward me conspiratorially, with a twinkle in his eye, and whispered, ‘These people here, they smile at you while they are stabbing you in the back.’ As someone who had traveled and performed throughout the world, I was struck by his honest opinion that he chose to share with me. That was the essence of Maestro Haitink: straightforward honesty.” Peter Conover Principal Librarian

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Caring for String Instruments by Kyle MacMillan

enturies-old string instruments by masters such as Antonio Stradivari and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini are both beautiful art objects and complex musical machines that require regular care to remain in top condition. To that end, the string players of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra all have craftsmen known as luthiers whom they depend on for such rarefied maintenance. “Every once in a while,” said Assistant Concertmaster David Taylor, “work has to be done on the instrument, and you have to take it to somebody who is going to be up to the work for something of that standard, age, and value.” Chicago has several firms capable of adjusting and maintaining top-level instruments, including Carl Becker & Son, John K. Becker & Co., Bein & Fushi, and the Guadagnini Violin Shop—all of which are in the Fine Arts Building, at 410 South Michigan—and Kenneth Warren & Son, Ltd., at 40 North Wells. “We’re really lucky being in a city like Chicago, Boston, or New York. You have access to world-class luthiers, and that’s not the same everywhere, not even in every big city,” said Assistant Principal Cello Kenneth Olsen. He grew up in Albany, New York, and to get high-quality maintenance done on his comparatively inexpensive student cello required a trip to Massachusetts. “Just over the border, but it was still an hour, twenty-minute trip to get to his place, which is not as convenient as walking out of Orchestra Hall and going two blocks south to the Fine Arts Building.” Sometimes luthiers are called on to do comprehensive restorations or conduct major repairs if an instrument has been involved in a mishap. Principal Bass Alexander Hanna, for example, plays an eighteenth-century Italian instrument that has been owned by the Orchestra for more than seventy years. In the 1970s, it was damaged when the CSO was on tour and the truck carrying the basses overturned. While some of the instruments were total losses, the bass

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that eventually became Hanna’s was able to be restored. The biggest repair that Olsen has had to make to his Orchestra-owned Stradivarius cello happened a few years ago when he was performing a chamber-music concert at a summer festival in California. “In the quietest moment of this slow movement of this piece, I thought a gun shot went off or something, and I saw everything on the cello fly apart,” he said. “The strings went flying up, and the bridge fell to the ground.” He rushed home to get the instrument assessed, and it turned out the damage was not as bad as he initially feared. The tail gut, which was made of Kevlar, had snapped—a highly unusual occurrence. Located at the base of the cello, this critical part anchors the tail piece, which in turn secures the strings. “It ended up not being a major thing to fix once we were back, but it was just the scariest thing that I have had happen,” he said. Most of the time, though, luthiers conduct routine maintenance and adjustments to the bridge, sound post, or other parts of string instruments that can be affected by travel or severe changes in weather. “Sometimes, after a while, you suddenly feel the sound is not very good,” said Acting Principal Viola Li-Kuo Chang. “The A string is not as resonant as before, and my C string feels a little difficult to play. This is why we have to do this in order to keep the instrument in the best condition, not only physically, but also acoustically.” In some cases, said Principal Cello John Sharp, it is not so much the sound of the instrument, but the feel that seems off. “As a player, you need a certain comfort, you want it to speak cleanly and clearly, and every instrument is different,” he said. “Some instruments don’t change much with the weather. Some are very sensitive. Everybody feels it. You get very attuned to your instrument. You’re practicing. You’re listening to every little thing.”

Kyle MacMillan is a Chicago-based arts journalist and former classical music critic of the Denver Post.

To read the complete article, published April 2020, visit cso.org/experience/luthiers.

David Taylor Assistant Concertmaster The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair For orchestral performances and rehearsals, Taylor plays a 1776 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, given to the Orchestra by former CSO violin Josef Faerber, a member from 1939 until 1986. Taylor owns another Guadagnini violin, a 1752 instrument with the sobriquet Hartman. “My instrument, I keep at home and use only for chamber music and soloing,” he said. When he substitutes as concertmaster and has solos to play, he uses his own violin, which he prefers slightly to his Orchestra-owned instrument.

Li-Kuo Chang Acting Principal Viola The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor For all of his duties with the CSO, Chang plays a 1778 viola by Guadagnini, widely considered the greatest maker of stringed instruments, behind Stradivarius and Guarneri. He also owns a 1768–70 viola by the same maker, which he purchased in 1994.

John Sharp Principal Cello The Eloise W. Martin Chair Sharp owns a 1694 cello that was made by Giuseppe Guarneri, father of the most famous member of the celebrated family of violin makers, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri, del Gesù. “It’s an incredibly beautiful cello to look at, as well as sound-wise,” he said.

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Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal Cello The Adele Gidwitz Chair Like several other CSO members, Olsen plays an instrument owned by the Orchestra—a 1727 cello by Antonio Stradivari and his workshop. The cello has a couple of unusual characteristics, including a scroll that was crafted by another famed maker of the period, Carlo Bergonzi, and a back and sides made of willow. “It’s a little bit on the small side for a cello, and I’m a little on the big side for a person, so it looks a little weird when I’m playing it, but it’s an amazing cello,” Olsen said.

Alexander Hanna Principal Bass The David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Hanna owns two double basses of his own, but he primarily performs on an Orchestra-owned instrument by a very fine but unknown Italian maker from the eighteenth century. “It’s very challenging to know the history of basses,” he said. “Few of the great makers made basses, because it wasn’t all that practical.” They could craft multiple small stringed instruments with the same amount of wood and make more money in the process. “But this is an exception, and it is really a phenomenal instrument,” he said.

PARTS AND STANDARD MAINTENANCE S OU ND POST The sound post is a wooden dowel inside the violin that runs between the front and back of the instrument under the bridge. If it is even a millimeter or two out of place, it can affect the instrument’s sound. BRID GE The wooden bridge, which elevates and supports the strings, can become warped or out of position because of the pressure of the strings, requiring adjustment or replacement. S E A MS Because of the simple passage of time or the effects of weather, the instrument’s seams can become minutely or, in some cases, noticeably undone and must be reglued. BODY DAMAGE Sometimes luthiers have to repair ordinary minor nicks in the surface or areas where the varnish has worn thin due to sustained use of the instrument. FING ER B OAR D The pressing of metal strings into the fingerboard causes it to become grooved and uneven; this condition can cause minute rattling or buzzing, so this part must be planed every few years and ultimately replaced.

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Why CSO Horns Choose the Instruments of Steven Lewis By Kyle MacMillan

mateur and student french horn players typically purchase instruments from internationally known manufacturers like Conn-Selmer or Yamaha, but top professionals turn to an elite cadre of twenty or so highly skilled artisans across Europe and the United States. Of those, none is more highly respected than Steven Lewis, who lives and works in the Chicago area. “His horns have a depth and complexity that a lot of other horns lack,” said Daniel Gingrich, associate principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who acquired his first Lewis horn in 2003 and has since purchased a second. “There are lots of horns that are easier to play than Lewis horns, but the trade-off in my mind is in sound quality.”

Striking out on his own more than forty years ago, Lewis has produced 382 horns to date— each with his name engraved on the bell—as well as some 8,000 mutes. Working alone, he made ten instruments a year at his peak, but at seventy-two, the craftsman now fabricates about six instruments a year. “His horns are like jewelry,” said David Cooper, who became the CSO’s principal horn in July 2019. “It’s absolutely stunning. It’s mind-blowing the amount of care he puts into every piece, every brace.” Dale Clevenger, the CSO’s much-lauded principal horn from 1966 through 2013, acquired his Lewis horn in 1984, and soon the entire horn section played the local maker’s instruments exclusively, as it still does today, providing an important dimension to the Orchestra’s legendary brass

abov e : (From left) CSO horns Oto Carrillo, Daniel Gingrich (associate principal), David Cooper (principal), David Griffin, Susanna Gaunt, and James Smelser pose for a photo onstage at the LAC’s Sala Teatro in Lugano, Switzerland, during the 2020 European tour.

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sound. “None is better than Steve’s horn—none,” Clevenger said. Cooper met Lewis in 2007, when he had just turned twenty-three. As part of that trip to Chicago, he attended his first CSO concert and was transfixed as he listened to Clevenger on his Lewis horn in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Suite. “I’ll never forget the horn solo that Dale played,” Cooper said. “It just took my breath away. Time stopped. I was transported to another place.” Describing sound quality can be tricky, but Gingrich said that the sound of some brass instruments seems more hollow and peripheral, whereas Lewis’s horns possess a “very solid core of sound.” According to Clevenger, that sound quality is “absolutely uniform” across the three-and-a-half octaves that Shostakovich demands of french horn players in his Fifth Symphony. Clevenger especially praised the instruments’ low register, which he calls the “best in the business—period.” Although Lewis has made eight different models of horns, as well as horn mutes (he also collaborates on another line of horns with a German maker, Dietmar Duerk), he is best known for his Geyer model, based on the design of Carl Geyer (1880–1953), a Chicago craftsman who made more than 1,400 horns. “Steve is the heir or descendant of Carl Geyer,” Gingrich said. “His horns are far more consistent than Geyer’s, but there is some continuity of tradition.” Lewis’s Geyer model has changed little since 1977, other than small improvements in such areas as the “accuracy” of extruded parts. “I am all about constantly raising the bar and challenging myself to improve,” Lewis said. He recently completed, for example, a three-year study of bell resonance with a colleague in Europe. The

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result is his new Lewis Prism Bell, which gives his horns “freer-blowing, improved intonation.” Lewis’s horns are made of yellow brass, with nickel silver slides and a medium-sized bell. “This is all based on my sound concept vis-à-vis my experience with the tradition of the Chicago Symphony and that tradition evolving from middle Europe,” Lewis said. A key aspect of his horns is the use of the rotary valve. A french horn is actually two horns in one: a low-pitched horn in F for the low register and a B-flat horn for the high register, and a dedicated valve allows a player to switch between the two. For many years, CSO players played horns by C.F. Schmidt of Berlin, with a piston selector valve, which was hard to negotiate. Lewis uses an easier-to-manipulate rotary change valve on his instruments. “What I accomplished with the Lewis horn is to make a horn with a rotary change valve perform much like a Schmidt horn with its piston,” he said. Lewis long ago secured his place among history’s great makers of french horns, and his legacy will live on through his instruments, which should last a lifetime in the hands of a careful musician. He points out that Clevenger owns a Schmidt horn from 1914 that remains in playing condition. In addition, Lewis’s achievements are preserved in the memories of CSO Brass fans and on every french horn passage recorded in recent decades.

Kyle MacMillan is a Chicago-based arts journalist and former classical music critic of the Denver Post.

To read the complete article, originally published October 2020, visit cso.org/experience/lewishorns.

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negaunee music institute at the cso The Civic Orchestra of Chicago’s 2021–22 Season The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the preprofessional training ensemble of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, presents a complete slate of orchestral and chamber music concerts running through June 6. Its 2021–22 season puts an emphasis on diversity, with an array of works by women and people of color—what Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur described as “normalizing the call to give voice to musicians and composers who perhaps had been neglected.” Like most classical ensembles today, the Civic Orchestra has become more “intentional” about performing music that represents multiple perspectives, said Jonathan McCormick, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s director of education and the Negaunee Music Institute. “That’s the result of a new value system that we have for our programming,” he said. Nowhere was this enhanced spirit of inclusion more visible than on the opening concert, which included William Grant Still’s Symphony no. 1, Afro- American (1930), the first symphony by an African American composer to be performed by a major U.S. orchestra. Among the other works on the program was An American Port of Call by eighty-year-old African American composer Adolphus Hailstork. “I think it is an exciting new approach to a program that is entirely American music,” McCormick said. The concert, entitled “Fate Now Conquers,” was led by Thomas Wilkins. Other notable examples of the Civic’s more diversified programming can be found on January 16 and 18, when it presents Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Something for the Dark (2015), which McCormick called a “meditation on resiliency,” and February 14, when it offers a program entitled “In Times of War” with Overture (1943) by the overlooked Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. The ensemble’s May 2 concert includes Caught by the Wind (2016) by Jessie

Montgomery, appointed in April as the Chicago Symphony’s Mead Composer-in-Residence. McCormick emphasized, that while performing contemporary and overlooked works from the past in addition to putting increased emphasis on diversity is critical, the Civic Orchestra cannot overlook its mission as a training ensemble. To that end, its leaders make a point of including established masterpieces that the players will encounter in their careers. Such repertoire staples include Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (December 6), Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 10 (January 16 and 18), Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra (February 14), and Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony (May 2). Masur, who holds the Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair, sees himself as a colleague of the Civic musicians and as their guide. One of his main responsibilities is to create programs that not only help make them better individual musicians but also teach them how to listen, play together, and understand that an orchestra is a “communicative environment.” “Just mastering your instrument is not enough,” he said. “It has to be in the service of the composer and the people around you.” To read the complete article by Kyle MacMillan, published October 2021, visit cso.org/experience/ civicforward.

abov e : Thomas Wilkins made his Civic Orchestra debut conducting its season opening concert on November 8, 2021. Wilkins has previously led CSO Family Concerts, including “The Promise of a New Day” on October 23.

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI Zell Music Director Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 7:30 Friday, December 17, 2021, at 1:30 Saturday, December 18, 2021, at 8:00 Sunday, December 19, 2021, at 3:00

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Messiah Part 1

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Born February 23, 1685; Halle, Saxony, Germany Died April 14, 1759; London, England

Messiah On April 6, 1759, just eight days before he died, Handel appeared in public for the last time, blind and partially paralyzed by a series of strokes, to attend London’s annual performance of his Messiah. Not a year has passed without a performance of it since. Handel couldn’t have imagined such a fate for his oratorio—even though its annual presentation was already something of a London ritual at the end of his life—for the idea of playing music of previous generations was nearly unheard of during his lifetime. The concept of music speaking to future generations and different cultures wasn’t something that would have occurred even to as worldly a man as Handel—born in Germany, trained in Italy, a resident of England, famous throughout western Europe, fluent in four languages, and exceptionally well-traveled for a citizen of the eighteenth century, when most people lived and died within a few miles of their birthplace. But Messiah was an exception—recognized as a landmark almost at once and loved more than any other piece of vocal music by generation after generation, each with its own ideas about how Handel’s music should sound. Its history followed a very different course from Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, composed just fourteen years before Messiah, which was all but forgotten after Bach’s death and waited until Mendelssohn’s famous revival in 1829—a century after the first performance— for its rediscovery. Unlike Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony or Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, works that today also are considered icons, Messiah was acclaimed from the start. After the public rehearsal that preceded the first performance in Dublin in 1742, the local Journal reported that Messiah “was allowed by the greatest Judges to be the finest Composition of Musick that ever was heard,” an opinion that was challenged surprisingly little in the years ahead (although London, Handel’s adopted hometown, was indifferent at first). Performances of Messiah quickly became a kind of sacred rite. With the abov e : George Frideric Handel, portrait by Balthasar Denner (1685–1749), 1733

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composed August 22–September 14, 1741 f i rst p e rf o rm a n c e April 13, 1742; Dublin, Ireland; the composer conducting i n st ru m e n tat i o n soloists and mixed chorus, two oboes, bassoon, two trumpets, timpani, strings, organ, harpsichord a p p roxi m at e p e rf o rm a n c e t i m e 2 hours, 25 minutes f i rst c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s December 25 and 26, 1891, Auditorium Theatre. Jennie Patrick Walker (December 25), Genevra Johnstone Bishop (December 26), Pauline Rommeiss Bremner, William J. Lavin, and Emil Fischer as soloists; Apollo Musical Club (William L. Tomlins, director); William L. Tomlins conducting f i rst c s c p e rf o rm a n c e at t h e rav i n i a f e st i va l August 25, 1991, Ravinia Festival. Ruth Ann Swenson, Nancy Maultsby, Richard Margison, and Simon Estes as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director; prepared by Richard Garrin); Ravinia Festival Orchestra; Vittorio Negri conducting (Mozart’s reorchestrated, German-language version of Handel’s oratorio) m o st re c e n t c s o p e rf o rm a n c e s December 20, 21, and 22, 2018, Orchestra Hall. Amanda Forsythe, Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, David Govertson (December 20), and Joshua Hopkins (December 21 and 22) as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Matthew Halls conducting c s o re c o rd i n g 1984. Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, and Gwynne Howell as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); and Sir Georg Solti conducting. London

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1784 presentation in Westminster Abbey, which commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer’s death and featured 261 singers, 229 orchestral musicians, and three conductors, its status as the ultimate musical blockbuster—a guaranteed box-office smash, an unparalleled spiritual experience—was secure. (As was the tradition of monster performances, which lasted more than a century and a half, climaxing with the 1883 production in London’s Crystal Palace with 500 orchestral players and 4,000 singers—a fashion George Bernard Shaw, a lone voice of reason at the time, dismissed as “the silly notion that big music requires big bands and choruses.”) In 1789, Mozart made his own orchestration of Messiah “arranged for greater serviceability for our day,” as the title page explained, that is a labor of love, though also a misrepresentation of Handel’s score. No one, it seemed, was immune to Messiah. “I would uncover my head and kneel down at his tomb,” Beethoven said, when he was asked what he thought of the composer of Messiah, an appraisal confirmed by the way he emulated Handel’s “And he shall reign” fugue in the “Dona nobis pacem” of his own great Missa solemnis. Inevitably, for a work of such widespread popularity, there have been skeptics, beginning with Charles Jennens himself, who wrote, “His Messiah has disappointed me” after the very first performance, later admitting that Handel had made a “fine Entertainment” of the text, “tho’ not near so good as he might & ought to have done.” Attending a later performance, Samuel Johnson chose to compose a Latin poem extolling the virtues of staying at home rather than listen, and Ezra Pound eventually wrote his own

verdict, lumping together “Heer Haendel and boiled potatoes.”

essiah was mentioned for the first time in a letter dated July 10, 1741, from Jennens, who is best known today for compiling the oratorio’s text: “Handel says he will do nothing next Winter, but I hope I shall perswade him to set another Scripture Collection I have made for him. . . . The Subject is Messiah.” Handel apparently was easily persuaded, and he composed the music—more than 250 pages of manuscript—in little more than three weeks, beginning on August 22. (The speed, the concentration of energy, and the lavishness of invention weren’t unusual for Handel—he moved on to Samson

abov e : A view of the interior of London’s Westminster Abbey by Edward Edwards (1738–1806) on the occasion of the Commemoration of Handel in 1784, ca. 1790. Yale Center for British Art

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as soon as he finished Messiah, completing it a month later.) The first performance was given not in London, where Handel had lived for nearly thirty years, but in Dublin, Ireland, during the nine months he spent there beginning in late 1741, following a disastrous London season for his operas at the box office. Handel was already popular in Dublin, and there was great interest in the concerts he announced for the winter and spring. The climax was to come on April 13 with a new work that hadn’t yet even been performed in London—Messiah. Anticipation was high. The concert announcement that ran in the Dublin papers requested “the Favour of the Ladies not to come with Hoops this Day,” and asked the men, likewise, to leave their swords at home, to make room for a bigger crowd. The performance was scheduled for noon (allowing the audience to get home in time for dinner, normally served at four), and the doors opened at eleven in the morning. Denied their hoops and swords, some seven hundred Dubliners jammed Neale’s Music Hall, designed for no more than six hundred. Handel conducted from the keyboard and even played organ concertos, demonstrating his celebrated skill at improvising, during the breaks. If subsequent London performances are any judge, he wore his huge signature white wig, and, as Charles Burney later reported, “when things went well at the Oratorio, it had a certain nod, or vibration, which manifested his pleasure and satisfaction.” Things apparently went very well, and Messiah found such a large and eager public with its first performance that a repeat was scheduled for June 3.

London didn’t share Dublin’s enthusiasm at first, and the performances that Handel gave there both in March 1743 and April 1745 failed to generate excitement. That all changed with the revival Handel led in 1750 to benefit the Foundling Hospital, which launched the successful series of annual charity performances that continued till the composer’s death nine years later. By then Messiah had become a tradition. In all, Handel gave thirty-six performances of his most popular work during the last seventeen years of his life, making adjustments of various kinds—vocal lines rewritten and arias transposed to suit different singers, entirely new pieces added—nearly every time. Messiah is unique, even in Handel’s output. Unlike traditional oratorios, it has no dramatic characters. The story, as pieced together by Jennens (drawing texts from the Old Testament and from the Book of Common Prayer, the service book of the Church of England), is told by an anonymous narrator. This distance from the

abov e : Charles Jennens (1700–1773), who compiled Messiah’s texts, in a portrait by Thomas Hudson (1701–1779). Handel House Museum, London Neale’s Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland, where Messiah was premiered in 1742

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HANDEL’S MESSIAH: A FIRST COLLABORATION WITH THE APOLLO MUSICAL CLUB To close its seventh season on June 5, 1879, the Apollo Musical Club began its annual tradition of presenting Handel’s Messiah, under the baton of the ensemble’s second director, William L. Tomlins. To celebrate the opening of the Auditorium Theatre on December 9, 1889, Tomlins led the Club in the “Hallellujah” chorus, and, later that month, presented the complete oratorio in the new hall. And two years later, the Chicago Orchestra spent its first Christmas holiday sharing the stage with the Apollo, collaborating in Messiah at the Auditorium. On Christmas Day 1891, “every seat in the Auditorium was taken,” according to the Chicago Tribune. “Every part of the choral singing last evening merited highest praise for the excellence of the body of tone, the fine balance of the different parts, the firmness, unity, and confidence in attack, and the spirit and artistic intelligence shown.” The reviewer also praised the “capable orchestra. Some fifty-four members of the Chicago Orchestra played the accompaniments last evening, and delightfully indeed [and] one member of the orchestra merits special mention. Mr. [Christian] Rodenkirchen [the Orchestra’s first principal trumpet] played the clockwi s e f ro m to p l e f t : William Tomlins in 1900; Emil Fischer; Jennie Patrick Walker in 1904; Genevra Johnstone Bishop in 1907 (Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music, Scripps College)

Chicago Tribune advertisement for the performance on Christmas Day 1891

music for the solo trumpet in the air ‘The trumpet shall sound,’ and played it faultlessly, a performance not experienced in this city in years.” The reviewer also praised the “marvelous” podium leadership of Tomlins, who had led the Apollo Musical Club since its third season beginning in 1875. “His conception of the masterpiece is an inspiration, and his success in impressing his conceptions upon the chorus is only equaled by the latter’s ability to express them to the audiences. I do not believe it possible for any body of singers to first catch and then convey the full significance of every word . . . better than the Apollo chorus.” Notable among the soloists was bass Emil Fischer, who was a regular at the Metropolitan Opera from 1885 until 1891. He appeared with the company in New York in the U.S. premieres of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Das Rheingold, Rienzi, Siegfried, Tannhäuser (Paris version), and Tristan and Isolde. American singers rounded out the rest of the cast of soloists, including soprano Jennie Patrick Walker, who performed on December 25 but canceled due to illness for the second performance. On December 26, she was replaced by soprano Genevra Johnstone Bishop, who later served as musical adviser at the White House during Warren G. Harding’s presidency. Contralto Pauline Rommeiss Bremner and tenor William J. Lavin completed the cast. For more than seventy years, the Orchestra continued to regularly collaborate with the Apollo in Handel’s Messiah, with performances at the Auditorium, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, and in Orchestra Hall, most recently on December 15, 1964. Frank Villella is the director of the Rosenthal Archives. For more information, please visit cso.org/fromthearchives. DECEMBER 2021–JANUARY 2022 29

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action is underlined by Handel’s decision, unique in his oratorios, to divide the music into “parts” rather than “acts.” (The texts were so familiar that Handel’s listeners all knew the words by heart—forging a rare bond with the audience that finds its ultimate expression in today’s do-it-yourself performances.)

he musical glories of Messiah are often unconventional (although our familiarity with the score tends to distort our sense of what was the norm). There are many unusual touches: the opening recitative, “Comfort ye my people,” so melodic and richly accompanied that it sounds like an aria; the aria “O thou that tellest good tidings,” in which the traditional repeat of the main section is hijacked by the full chorus, to thrilling effect; a duet, “He shall feed His Flock,” in which the two voices never sing together, or even in alternation, but successively, with the soprano magically taking over from the alto at the moment the text shifts from Isaiah to Saint Matthew. The arias range from the grand (“The trumpet shall sound”) to the deeply introspective

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(“He was despised”), and often demand operahouse virtuosity. There’s an unusual amount of music for the chorus in Messiah—more than in any other of Handel’s oratorios except Israel in Egypt—although the subtlety, imagination, and variety of Handel’s choral writing has long been overshadowed by the brilliant “Hallelujah” that ends part 2. (The habit of standing for this number was begun by King George II at one of the first London performances, although it has been suggested that he was merely confused about the time of the next intermission.) In his will, Handel left his set of Messiah performing parts to the Foundling Hospital in London, which had already benefited considerably from the composer’s annual performances there, in the hope that its Messiah tradition would continue. They are now in the library of the Thomas Coram Foundation, the successor to the hospital. And Messiah itself has become an institution.

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

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“YOU SING FIRST WITH YOUR EARS, THEN YOUR HEART, MIND, AND VOICE.” On October 1, 2021, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association marked the centennial of the birth of Margaret Hillis, the founder and first director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. In 1957, sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She met that challenge, and during the next thirty-seven years, she prepared the ensemble for countless performances in Chicago and at the Ravinia Festival, as well as on tour to New York; Washington, D.C.; London; and Salzburg. Under Hillis’s direction, the Chorus made numerous recordings, including nine Grammy Award winners for Best Choral Performance. She also was the first woman to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and served on the Civic Orchestra’s conducting staff for many years. Hillis retired in 1994. Prior to her death on February 5, 1998, she bequeathed her personal collection of scores, recordings, books, and other memorabilia to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s Rosenthal Archives. For more information, please visit cso.org/hillis. A biography of Hillis—Margaret Hillis: Unsung Pioneer—by Cheryl Frazes Hill, associate director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, will be released by GIA Publications in January 2022.

clockwi s e f ro m to p: Portraits of Margaret Hillis from 1958 and 1967 Margaret Hillis onstage in Orchestra Hall in 1978. Terry’s Photography Sir Georg Solti and Margaret Hillis show off their 1986 Grammy awards for Liszt’s Faust Symphony and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Photo by Jim Steere

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MESSIAH PART 1 Sinfonia (Overture) Tenor Recitative Comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplish’d, that her iniquity is pardon’d. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:1–3)

Tenor Air Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight, and the rough places plain. (Isaiah 40:4)

Chorus And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40:5)

Bass Recitative Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: yet once, a little while, and I will shake the heav’ns, and the earth, the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. (Haggai 2:6–7)

The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple; ev’n the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

Alto Air But who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refiner’s fire. (Malachi 3:2)

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Chorus And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. (Malachi 3:3)

Alto Recitative Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel: God with us. (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23)

Alto Air and Chorus O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! (Isaiah 40:9)

Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 60:1)

Bass Recitative For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. (Isaiah 60:2–3)

Bass Air The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2)

Chorus For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)

Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) Soprano Recitative There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (Luke 2:8)

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Soprano Recitative And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10–11)

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heav’nly host, praising God, and saying: (Luke 2:13)

Chorus Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men. (Luke 2:14)

Soprano Air Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. (Zechariah: 9:9–10)

Alto Recitative Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing. (Isaiah 35:5–6)

Alto and Soprano Air He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: and He shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)

Come unto Him, all ye that labour, that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11: 28–29)

Chorus His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light. (Matthew 11:30)

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part 2 Chorus Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

Alto Air He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3)

Chorus Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him. (Isaiah 53:4–5)

Chorus And with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

Chorus All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned ev’ry one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)

Tenor Recitative All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying: (Psalms 22:7)

Chorus He trusted in God that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, if He delight in Him. (Psalms 22:8)

Tenor Recitative Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him. (Psalms 69:20)

Tenor Air Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto His sorrow. (Lamentations 1:12)

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Tenor Recitative He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)

Tenor Air But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell; nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psalms 16:10)

Chorus Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in! Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. (Psalms 24:7)

Soprano Air How beautiful are the feet of Them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. (Romans 10:15)

Bass Air Why do the nations so furiously rage together: why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed. (Psalms 2:1–2)

Chorus Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us. (Psalms 2:3)

Tenor Recitative He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psalms 2:4)

Tenor Air Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. (Psalms 2:9)

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Chorus Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19:6)

The kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15)

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. (Revelation 19:16)

part 3 Soprano Air I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And tho’ worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25–26)

For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep. (1 Corinthians 15:20)

Chorus Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:21–22)

Bass Recitative Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. (1 Corinthians 15:51–52)

Bass Air The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rais’d incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52)

Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Blessing and honour, glory and pow’r be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 5:12–13)

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profiles Nicholas McGegan Conductor f ir st cso performa nces July 14, 2002, Ravinia Festival. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos October 27, 28, 29, and 30, 2005, Orchestra Hall. Haydn’s Symphony no. 59, Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major with Mark Ridenour, Purcell’s Suite from Abdelazer, and Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks most r ecent cso perfo r m a n ces February 13 and 18, 2014, Orchestra Hall. Handel’s Concerto grosso in G major, op. 6, no. 1; J.C. Bach’s Sinfonia in G minor, op. 6, no. 6; Haydn’s Symphony no. 100; and arias by Broschi, Porpora, and Vivaldi with Vivica Genaux

In his sixth decade on the podium, Nicholas McGegan is recognized for his probing and revelatory explorations of music of all periods. He is music director laureate of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale in San Francisco and principal guest conductor of Hungary’s Capella Savaria. McGegan is best known as a baroque and classical specialist, and his approach—intelligent, infused with joy, never dogmatic—has led to appearances with many of the world’s major orchestras. Highlights of his 2021–22 guest appearances in North America include the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington (D.C.) and the new Capital One Hall (Tysons, Virginia); the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Handel’s Messiah with Apollo’s Fire; the Santa Barbara Symphony; Pasadena Symphony; his annual return to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; and the all-Mozart semifinal round of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which he led at the last competition in 2017. In Europe, he leads the NDR Radio Philharmonie in Mendelssohn’s version of Handel’s Acis and Galatea (HWV 49), the RTÉ

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National Symphony Orchestra, and several performances with Capella Savaria. His discography includes more than a hundred releases spanning five decades. Having recorded over fifty albums of music by Handel, McGegan has explored the depths of the composer’s output with a dozen oratorios and nearly twenty of his operas. Since the 1980s, more than twenty of McGegan’s recordings have been with Capella Savaria on the Hungaroton label, including groundbreaking discs of repertoire by Handel, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Telemann, Vivaldi, Kraus, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Mozart, and Haydn. His discography with Philharmonia Baroque includes two Grammy Award nominees: Handel’s Susanna and Haydn’s symphonies nos. 104, 88, and 101. McGegan has also released two recent albums with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra on the BIS label—Josef Mysliveček’s Complete Music for Keyboard with soloist Clare Hammond and Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos with soloist Alec Frank-Gemmill. He is committed to the next generation of musicians, frequently conducting and coaching students in residencies and engagements at Yale University, the Juilliard School, Harvard University, the Colburn School, Aspen Music Festival and School, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. English-born, Nicholas McGegan was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music overseas. Other awards include the Halle Handel Prize, the Order of Merit of the State of Lower Saxony, the Medal of Honor of the City of Göttingen, and a declaration of Nicholas McGegan Day by the mayor of San Francisco in recognition of his work with Philharmonia Baroque. nicholasmcgegan.com facebook.com/nicholasmcgegan

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Yulia Van Doren Soprano These concerts mark Yulia Van Doren’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

A dedicated interpreter of repertoire off the beaten path, Russian American soprano Yulia Van Doren has thoughtfully cultivated a unique career as one of the foremost concert singers of her generation. Recognized for her work in baroque repertoire, Van Doren has appeared as a guest soloist with a majority of the leading North American orchestras and festivals, and she has the distinction of being the only singer awarded top prizes in all the U.S. vocal competitions devoted to Bach. In addition, she is featured on two Grammy Award–nominated opera recordings with the Boston Early Music Festival. Other career highlights include leading roles in a variety of diverse repertoire, including the world premiere of Shostakovich’s Orango with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, directed by Peter Sellars and released on Deutsche Grammophon; the modern revival of Monsigny’s opera Le roi et le fermier at Opera de Versailles, the Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center; concerts of music by Monteverdi in Venice with Sir John Eliot Gardiner; Scarlatti’s rarely performed opera Tigrane at Opera de Nice; Handel’s Acis and Galatea with the Radio Kamer Filharmonie at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw and with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in Macau, marking the first performance of an opera by Handel in the region; a variety of eclectic

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twentieth-century repertoire as the featured soprano of the 2013 Ojai Music Festival; several world premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York; and nationally televised performances at the Cartagena International Music Festival with soprano Dawn Upshaw, a cherished career mentor. Van Doren made her European debut singing the historically notable Hungarian premiere of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Passionate about cross-arts collaboration, she has been a frequent soprano soloist for renowned choreographer Mark Morris since 2007, singing many national and international performances with his company, including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Handel’s Acis and Galatea, as well as for Morris’s iconic choreography to Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato. In 2019, Van Doren became the first opera singer to perform at the Essaoira World Music Festival, one of Africa’s largest, in a guest appearance with Moroccan Gnawa superstar Hassan Hakmoun. Born in Moscow, Russia, Yulia Van Doren grew up in the United States in a music-filled household in which she and her seven younger siblings were taught by her Russian mezzo-soprano mother and American jazz pianist father. After spending her high school years working full time in professional musical theater, she switched her focus to classical singing and attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Her graduate degree from Bard College Conservatory of Music in New York was generously supported by a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship and postgraduate study in Paris on a Beebe Fellowship. She also is an Astral Artist Laureate.

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Reginald Mobley Countertenor These concerts mark Reginald Mobley’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

American countertenor Reginald Mobley is highly sought after for the baroque, classical, and modern repertoire. Mobley leads a prolific career in the United States, where he resides. In March 2020, he became the first ever programming consultant for the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston following several years of leading H+H in his community engaging Every Voice concerts. He is visiting artist for diversity outreach with the baroque ensemble Apollo’s Fire. In addition, Mobley is a regular guest with Cantata Collective, Musica Angelica, Agave Baroque, Charlotte Bach Akademie, Seraphic Fire, Quodlibet Ensemble, Pacific MusicWorks, Bach Collegium San Diego, San Francisco Early Music Society, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Recent engagements have included concerts and recordings with such organizations as Opera Lafayette, Blue Heron, Chatham Baroque, and Washington Bach Consort. Mobley’s career is expanding in Europe. In the United Kingdom, he has toured with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists and appeared with the Royal Scottish National

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Orchestra and the Academy of Ancient Music; he makes his City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra debut in June 2022. He has been invited to perform with the OH! (Orkiestra Historyczna) in Poland. He appeared in recital at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and toured with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Kristian Bezuidenhout, the Balthasar Neumann Chor and Ensemble, and the Bach Society in Stuttgart. In the fall of 2021, Mobley sang the role of Ottone in Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Pergolesi’s Stabat mater with Seraphic Fire, a program of music by Bach with Orchester Wiener Akadamie, and Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra and at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall in New York. Future engagements include a tour of Australia with Bach Akademie Australia in 2023. Reginald Mobley’s recordings have been received with great critical acclaim. Most recently, his work on A Lad’s Love with tenor Brian Giebler on the Bridge 9542 label was nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category), as was Agave Baroque’s American Originals disc (Best Classical Compendium category), on which he is featured. He is also featured on several albums with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, including a recording of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion and Magnificat. His own projects include Peace In Our Time with Agave Baroque on VGo Recordings and his solo recording debut with Alpha Classics (Spirituals, to be released in 2022).

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Ben Bliss Tenor f ir st cso performa nces August 15 and 17, 2014, Ravinia Festival. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, James Conlon conducting

Hailed by the New York Times, American tenor Ben Bliss has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting performers on today’s operatic stage. He was a 2021 recipient of the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious Beverly Sills Artist Award. His numerous other accolades include the 2016 Martin E. Segal Award at Lincoln Center; the Mozart and Plácido Domingo awards at the 2015 Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition; first prize at the 2014 Gerda Lissner Foundation and Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation competitions; and the 2013 Operalia Don Plácido Domingo, Sr., Zarzuela Prize. He is also cofounder of the classical arts production company Mise-enScène Studios (MESS NYC). Recent highlights include Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, and Ferrando in Così fan tutte at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Bliss’s 2021–22 season highlights include his house debut at the San Francisco Opera as Ferrando, Pylade in Iphigénie en Tauride at Opéra de Rouen, and a return to the Met for Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress.

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While in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Bliss made his Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Kunz Vogelgesang in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under James Levine. He has since returned as the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman under Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Tamino in The Magic Flute; and Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio, the same role of his European debut with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera on tour in 2015. Other operatic highlights have included Tamino at the Los Angeles and Philadelphia operas, Ferrando at the Seattle and Canadian operas and Oper Frankfurt, Tom Rakewell for Boston Lyric Opera, and Flamand in Capriccio and Robert Wilson in Peter Sellars’s new production of Doctor Atomic in Santa Fe. Ben Bliss’s concert highlights include debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic as Tony in Bernstein’s West Side Story Concert Suite no. 1 with Alan Gilbert, Haydn’s Creation and Cassio in Otello at the Cincinnati May Festival under James Conlon, a house and role debut as Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow in concert at the Liceu Barcelona, and a U.S. recital tour including Carnegie Hall with pianist Lachlan Glen. In addition, he appeared alongside mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard for Ferdinand and Miranda’s love duet from Thomas Adès’s Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera’s fiftieth-anniversary gala concert in 2017.

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Dashon Burton Bass-baritone These concerts mark Dashon Burton’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Bass-baritone Dashon Burton has established a vibrant career, appearing regularly throughout the United States and Europe in key elements of his repertoire—Bach’s Passions and the Mass in B minor, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the requiems by Brahms and Mozart, and Handel’s Messiah. He opened the 2021–22 season with the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston led by Marin Alsop as soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, to be repeated later in the season with the Nashville Symphony under the baton of Giancarlo Guerrero. Throughout the season, he makes several notable orchestral debuts: the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Michael Tilson Thomas for the conductor’s Meditations on Rilke song cycle, the Pittsburgh Symphony for Dvořák’s Te Deum led by Manfred Honeck, and the Seattle Symphony and Thomas Dausgaard for Verdi’s Requiem. He also continues his relationship

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with San Francisco Performances and makes his Celebrity Series of Boston recital debut. Operatic engagements in recent seasons have included Salome at the Salzburg Festival led by Franz Welser-Möst and Peter Sellars’s production of Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, as well as the role of Sarastro in The Magic Flute in Dijon and Paris and Jupiter in Rameau’s Castor and Pollux with Les Talens Lyriques. Dashon Burton won his second Grammy Award in March 2021 in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category for Dame Ethyl Smyth’s The Prison with the Experiential Orchestra on Chandos Records. An original member of the groundbreaking vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, he won his first Grammy for the group’s recording of Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Partita for Eight Voices. His other recordings include Songs and Struggles of Redemption; We Shall Overcome; Paul Moravec’s Sanctuary Road on Naxos; Holocaust, 1944 by Lori Laitman; and Caroline Shaw’s The Listeners with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Dashon Burton holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Oberlin College and Conservatory and Yale University, respectively. He is an assistant professor of voice at Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music.

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Chicago Symphony Chorus

The Chicago Symphony Chorus has been 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 Duain Wolfe as her successor in June of that year. 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 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.

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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, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, the 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 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) with men of the Chorus under Riccardo Muti.

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Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor Now in his twenty-eighth 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, and he is founder-director of the Colorado Symphony Chorus (now in its thirty-seventh 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; Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana; Schoenberg’s Kol Nidre with Alberto Mizrahi as narrator; and Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar), recorded during performances in Orchestra Hall in 2018 and 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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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 Alicia Monastero Akers Melissa Arning Laura Boguslavsky Madison Bolt Michael Boschert Michael Brown Diane Busko Bryks* Anastasia Cameron Balmer* Michael Cavalieri Joseph Cloonan Natalie Conseur Sandra Cross Katarzyna Dorula Stacy Eckert Nicholas Falco Ace T. Gangoso Klaus Georg* Jennifer Gingrich* David Govertsen* Nida Grigalaviciute

Kimberly Gunderson Elizabeth Haley Megan Hendrickson Betsy Hoats Garrett Johannsen* Alison Kelly Robin A. Kessler Jess Koehn Susan Krout Matthew Lake Kathleen Madden Rebecca S. Moan Lillian Murphy Nathan S. Oakes Máire O’Brien Wha Shin Park Clarissa Parrish Short Douglas Peters Cari Plachy Angela Presutti Emily Price

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

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Nicholas Pulikowski Margaret Quinnette Leo Radosavljevic Stephen Richardson Alexia Rivera Aaron Short Cassidy Smith Sean Stanton* Alan Taylor Paul W. Thompson Scott Uddenberg Eric West Debra Wilder* manager Shelley Baldridge rehearsal pianists John Goodwin Sharon Peterson Andrew Rosenblum

chicago symphony orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras, and in September 2010, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra has deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 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 build a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905—just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham. Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. 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 eminent 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. His 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. Solti 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. 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. Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the Orchestra 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 appeared 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. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Hilary Hahn currently is the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence, a role that brings her to Chicago for multiple residencies each season. Jessie Montgomery is the current Mead Composerin-Residence. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music—and Missy Mazzoli, who completed her threeyear tenure in June 2021. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since. Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. 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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have earned sixty-three Grammy awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director

Duain Wolfe Chorus Director and Conductor Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence violins Robert Chen Concertmaster The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor Stephanie Jeong Associate Concertmaster The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair David Taylor Assistant Concertmaster* The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair Yuan-Qing Yu Assistant Concertmaster* So Young Bae Cornelius Chiu Alison Dalton Gina DiBello Kozue Funakoshi Russell Hershow Qing Hou Matous Michal Simon Michal Blair Milton ‡ Sando Shia Susan Synnestvedt Rong-Yan Tang

Lawrence Neuman Max Raimi Weijing Wang

Baird Dodge Principal Lei Hou Ni Mei Fox Fehling Hermine Gagné Rachel Goldstein Mihaela Ionescu Sylvia Kim Kilcullen Melanie Kupchynsky Wendy Koons Meir Aiko Noda Joyce Noh Nancy Park Ronald Satkiewicz Florence Schwartz

harp Lynne Turner

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

oboes William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Michael Henoch Assistant Principal The Gilchrist Foundation Chair Lora Schaefer Scott Hostetler

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 Robert Kassinger Mark Kraemer Stephen Lester Bradley Opland

flutes Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Emma Gerstein Jennifer Gunn piccolo Jennifer Gunn The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair

english horn Scott Hostetler cl arinets Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith e-fl at cl arinet John Bruce Yeh bassoons Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Dennis Michel Miles Maner contrabassoon Miles Maner 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

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 Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross librarians Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson orchestra personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel stage technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul Christopher Ramon Echevarria Ryan Hartge Peter Landry Todd Snick

trombones Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon bass trombone Charles Vernon

* 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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chicago symphony orchestra association board of trustees OFFICERS

Mary Louise Gorno Chair Chester Gougis Vice Chair Steven Shebik Vice Chair Helen Zell Vice Chair Renée Metcalf Treasurer Jeff Alexander President Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board Stacie Frank Assistant Treasurer Dale Hedding Vice President for Development HONOR ARY TRUSTEES

The Honorable Lori Lightfoot, Honorary Chair The Honorable Richard M. Daley TRUSTEES

John Aalbregtse Peter J. Barack H. Rigel Barber Randy Lamm Berlin Roderick Branch Kay Bucksbaum Robert J. Buford Leslie Henner Burns Debra A. Cafaro Marion A. Cameron-Gray George P. Colis Keith S. Crow Stephen V. D’Amore Timothy A. Duffy Brian W. Duwe Judith E. Feldman* Graham C. Grady Lori Julian Neil T. Kawashima

Geraldine Keefe Donna L. Kendall Thomas G. Kilroy James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Patty Lane Renée Metcalf Britt M. Miller Mary Pivirotto Murley Sylvia Neil Gerald Pauling Michael A. Perlstein* Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker Dr. Don M. Randel Dr. Mohan Rao Burton X. Rosenberg Kristen C. Rossi E. Scott Santi Steven E. Shebik Marlon R. Smith Walter Snodell Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr. Scott Swanson Nasrin Thierer Liisa Thomas Terrence J. Truax Frederick H. Waddell William Ward* Paul S. Watford Craig R. Williams Robert Wislow Helen Zell Gifford R. Zimmerman

LIFE TRUSTEES

William Adams IV Mrs. Robert A. Beatty Arnold M. Berlin Laurence O. Booth William G. Brown Dean L. Buntrock Bruce E. Clinton 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 Richard C. Godfrey William A. Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard L. Gottlieb Chester A. Gougis 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 A. Istock William R. Jentes Paul R. Judy Richard B. Kapnick

Donald G. Kempf, Jr. George D. Kennedy Mrs. John C. Kern Robert Kohl Josef Lakonishok Charles Ashby Lewis Eva F. Lichtenberg John S. Lillard Donald G. Lubin 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 Dr. Irwin Press John W. Rogers, Jr. Jerry Rose Frank A. Rossi Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Cynthia M. Sargent John R. Schmidt Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. 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 Paul R. Wiggin

* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of November 3, 2021

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chicago symphony orchestra association governing members The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, which celebrated 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. GOVERNING MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Michael Perlstein Chair Jared Kaplan † Immediate Past Chair Nancy Dehmlow Vice Chair of Member Engagement Charles Emmons, Jr. Vice Chair of the Annual Fund Jay Rothenberg † Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership GOVERNING MEMBERS Anonymous (5) Dora J. Aalbregtse Floyd Abramson Ms. Patti Acurio Fraida Aland Sandra Jo Allen Robert A. Alsaker Megan P. Anderson Dr. Edward Applebaum David Arch Dr. Kent F. Armbruster Dr. Andrew J. Aronson Carey August Marta Holsman Babson Ed Bachrach Mara Mills Barker Judith Barnard Merrill Barnes Peter Barrett Roberta Barron Roger S. Baskes Robert H. Baum Dr. Robert A. Beatty Arlene Bennett † Edward H. Bennett III Meta S. Berger D. Theodore Berghorst Ann Berlin Phyllis Berlin Ronald Bevil William E. Bible Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Tomás G. Bissonnette Dianne Blanco Judy Blau Merrill Blau Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Ann Blickensderfer Terry Boden Suzanne Borland James G. Borovsky Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer

John D. Bramsen Roderick Branch Jill Brennan Bob Brink † Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. Brubaker † Sue Brubaker Patricia M. Bryan Gilda Buchbinder Samuel Buchsbaum Lisa Dollar Buehler Rosemarie Buntrock Elizabeth Nolan Buzard Lutgart Calcote Thomas Campbell Vera Capp Mary Anne Carpenter Wendy Alders Cartland Judy Castellini Tina Chapekis Mrs. William C. Childs Linton J. Childs Frank Cicero, Jr. Dana Green Clancy Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey Jean M. Cocozza Mrs. Douglas Cohen Robin Tennant Colburn Lew Collens Jane B. Colman Mrs. Earle M. Combs III † Dr. Thomas H. Conner Cecilia Conrad Jenny L. Corley Patricia Cox Mrs. William A. Crane Sarah Crane Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven R. Bert Crossland Rebecca E. Crown Catherine Daniels Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta Michael C. Dawson Roxanne Decyk Nancy Dehmlow Duane M. DesParte Janet Wood Diederichs Paul Dix Mr. J. Donenfeld Mrs. William F. Dooley Sara L. Downey Ann Drake Dr. David Dranove Robert R. Duggan Frank A. Dusek Judge Frank H. Easterbrook Dorne Eastwood Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Louis M. Ebling III Jon Ekdahl Kathleen H. Elliott Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Charles Emmons, Jr. Janice Engle Scott Enloe Dr. James Ertle Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri Tarek Fadel

Melissa Sage Fadim Jeffrey S. Farbman Sally S. Feder Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Harve Ferrill † Constance M. Filling Daniel Fischel Jennifer J. Fischer Adrian Radmore Foster David S. Fox Rhoda Lea Frank Paul E. Freehling Mitzi Freidheim Philip M. Friedmann Malcolm M. Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Frank Gelber Lynn Gendleman Dr. Mark Gendleman Rabbi Gary S. Gerson Karen Gianfrancisco Ellen Gignilliat James J. Glasser Madeleine Condit Glossberg Judy Goldberg Mary Anne Goldberg Anne Goldstein Jerry A. Goldstone Marcia Goltermann Mary Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Dr. Ruth Grant Mary L. Gray Freddi L. Greenberg Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri Greer D. 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 Joan M. Hall Dr. Howard Halpern Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Joel L. Handelman John Hard Mrs. William A. Hark Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas Haynes James Heckman Patricia Herrmann Heestand Mary Mako Helbert Dr. Scott W. Helm Marilyn P. Helmholz Richard H. Helmholz Dr. Arthur L. Herbst Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman

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

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Konstanze L. Hickey Thea Flaum Hill Mary P. Hines Suzanne Hoffman Anne Hokin William J. Hokin † Wayne J. Holman III Richard S. Holson III Fred Holubow James Holzhauer Carol Honigberg Janice L. Honigberg Nancy A. Horner Mrs. Arnold Horween Frances G. Horwich Dr. Mary L. Houston Heidi Huizenga Patricia J. Hurley Barbara Ann Huyler Michael L. Igoe Sandra Ihm Craig T. Ingram Verne G. Istock Nancy Witte Jacobs Dr. Todd Janus John Jawor Justine Jentes Brian Johnson George E. Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Edward T. Joyce Carol K. Kaplan † Jared Kaplan † Claudia Norris Kapnick Lonny H. Karmin Barry D. Kaufman Kenneth V. Kaufman Marie Kaufman Don Kaul Ellen Kelleher Molly Keller Jonathan Kemper Nancy Kempf Linda J. Kenney, Ph.D. John C. Kern † Elizabeth I. Keyser Leslie Kiesel Emmy King Susan Kiphart Carol Evans Klenk Jean Klingenstein Janet L. Knauff Henry L. Kohn, Jr. Joseph Konen Jack Kozik Dr. Mark Kozloff David Kravitz Dr. Michael Krco David Kreisman MaryBeth Kretz Dr. Vinay Kumar Rubin P. Kuznitsky John LaBarbera Dr. Lynda Lane Maria Lans Stephen M. Lans William Lawlor Flora Lazar Sunhee Lee

GOVERNING MEMBERS

Eleanor Leichenko Sheila Fields Leiter Jeffrey P. Lennard Laurence H. Levine Mrs. Bernard Leviton Dr. Edmund J. Lewis Gregory M. Lewis Carolyn Lickerman Mrs. Paul Lieberman Dr. Philip R. Liebson Patricia M. Livingston John S. Lizzadro, Sr. Jane Loeb Renée Logan Amy Lubin Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mrs. Duncan MacLean Dr. Michael S. Maling Sharon L. Manuel David A Marshall Judy Marth Patrick A. Martin BeLinda I. Mathie Howard M. McCue III Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. James L. McGee Dr. John P. McGee II † Sharon McGee Mrs. Lester McKeever John McKenna Mrs. Peter McKinney Mrs. James M. McMullan † James E. McPherson Paul Meister Mary Mittler Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Charles A. Moore Emilie Morphew, M.D. Kate Morrison Christopher Morrow Daniel R. Murray Eileen M. Murray Stuart C. Nathan Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Edward A. Nieminen Dr. Zehava L. Noah Kenneth R. Norgan Gerard M. Nussbaum Martha C. Nussbaum William A. Obenshain Shelley Ochab Maria Ochs Mrs. James J. O’Connor Eric A. Oesterle Mrs. Norman L. Olson Joy O’Malley Thomas Orlando Beatrice F. Orzac † Gerald Ostermann

James J. O’Sullivan, Jr. Bruce L. Ottley China I. Oughton † Evelyn E. Padorr Dr. Pamela Papas Bruno A. Pasquinelli Timothy J. Patenode Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Michael Payette Frances Penn Mrs. Richard S. Pepper Jean E. Perkins Michael A. Perlstein Bonnie Vaughn Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Robert C. Peterson Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Sue N. Pick Stanley M. Pillman Virginia Johnson Pillman Betsey N. Pinkert Julia Vander Ploeg Harvey R. Plonsker John F. Podjasek III Judy Pomeranz Stephen Potter Carol Prins Elizabeth R. B. Pruett John Wells Puth Duane Quaini Diana Mendley Rauner Susan Regenstein Mari Yamamoto Regnier Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Emilysue Pinnell-Reichardt Mary Thomson Renner Burton R. Rissman Charles T. Rivkin Carol Roberts John H. Roberts William C. Roberts David Robin Dr. Diana Robin Bob Rogers Kevin M. Rooney Harry J. Roper Saul Rosen Sheli Z. Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal Dr. Roseanne Rosenthal Betsy Rosenzweig Doris Roskin Lisa Ross Dr. H. Jay Rothenberg † Roberta H. Rubin Susan B. Rubnitz Sandra K. Rusnak David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg Mary A. Ryan Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan

Richard O. Ryan William G. Ryan Norman K. Sackar Anthony Saineghi Agustin G. Sanz Inez Saunders David A. Savner Karla Scherer David M. Schiffman Judith Feigon Schiffman Rosita Schloss Shirley Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Al Schriesheim Donald L. Schwartz Dr. Penny Bender Sebring Chandra Sekhar Dr. Ronald A. Semerdjian Mrs. Richard J. L. Senior Ilene W. Shaw Pam Sheffield Dr. James C. Sheinin Richard W. Shepro Jessie Shih Elizabeth Shoemaker Morrell McK. Shoemaker, Jr. † Stuart Shulruff Honorable Richard J. Siegel, Ret. Adele Simmons Linda B. Simon Larry G. Simpson Craig Sirles Miyam Slater Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Stanton Kinnie Smith, Jr. Stephen R. Smith Mrs. Ralph Smykal David A. Sneider Diane Snyder Kimberly Snyder Kathleen Solaro Ida N. Sondheimer † Orli Staley William D. Staley Helena Stancikas Grace Stanek Dr. Eugene Stark Leonidas Michael Stefanos Carol Stein Momoko Steiner † Mrs. Richard J. Stern Liz Stiffel Mary Stowell Lawrence E. Strickling Patricia Study

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

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

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administration Jeff Alexander President PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Kristine Stassen Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary of the Board Mónica Lugo Executive Assistant to the Music Director Human Resources Lynne Sorkin Director Dijana Cirkic Coordinator A R T I S T I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N 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 Shelley Baldridge Manager ORCHESTR A AND B U I L D I N G O P E R AT I O N S 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 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 Kyle Hendle 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

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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 Katy Clusen Manager, School & Family Programs Sarah Vander Ploeg Coordinator, School & Community Partnerships Antonio Padilla Denis Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Rachael Cohen Programs Assistant F I N A N C E A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N 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 Hyon Yu General Ledger Manager Cynthia Maday Accounts Payable Manager Ted Sofios 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 Content Marketing and Digital Experience Elisabeth Madeja Director Dana Navarro Associate Director, Digital Content & Producer Laura Emerick Digital Content Editor Steve Burkholder Web Manager Landon Hegedus Coordinator, Digital Engagement Niky Crawford Coordinator, Digital Content Program Marketing and Operations Alex Demas Marketing Manager, CSO Jerry Downey Associate Manager, Marketing Operations Kate McDuffie Coordinator, Community Marketing Amanda Swanson Marketing Associate, Data & Operations Creative Todd Land Director Sophie Weber Creative Services Manager Eddie Limperis Designer Emily Herrington Design Associate Content Frances Atkins Director Gerald Virgil Senior Content Editor Kristin Tobin Designer & Print Production Manager

Communications and Public Relations Eileen Chambers Director Clay Baker Coordinator Sales and Patron Experience Joseph Fernicola III Director Pavan Singh Manager, Patron Services Brian Koenig Manager, Preferred Services Robert Coad Manager, VIP Services Joseph Garnett Manager, Box Office Steve Paulin Assistant Manager, Box Office Patrice Fumbanks Supervisor, Patron Services, Hospitality Lead Aislinn Gagliardi Supervisor, Patron Services, Patron Loyalty Lead 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 Dakota Williams Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement Giving Richard Riedl Manager, Governing Member Gifts Karen Bippus Manager, Endowment Gifts & Planned Giving Emily McClanathan Manager, Strategic Development Communications 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 Jennifer Harazin Grant Writer Donor Engagement and Development Operations Liz Heinitz Senior Director, Development Operations & Annual Giving Lisa McDaniel Director, Donor Engagement Caitlyn Cushing Associate Director, Donor & Development Services Kimberly Duffy Senior Donor Engagement Manager Jocelyn Weberg Manager, Annual Giving Ariana Strahl Manager, Donor Engagement Jamie Forssander Coordinator, Donor Engagement Bri Baiza, Emily Werner Coordinators, Donor Services

honor roll of donors Corporate Partners M A E S T R O R E S I D E N CY P R E S E N T E R

foundation spotlight

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The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

Bank of America United Airlines

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

Allstate Insurance Company ITW Northern Trust $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (1) Abbott Exelon Jenner & Block LLP Kinder Morgan PNC Bank Sidley Austin LLP

$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Abbott Fund Aon Chicago Capital, LLC Mayer Brown LLP S&C Electric Company Fund Tiffany & Co. Walgreens $ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Archer Daniels Midland Company Deloitte GCM Grosvenor Goldman Sachs & Co. Latham & Watkins LLP McKinsey & Company Oxford Bank $ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9

Baird Entercom Chicago Fellowes, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Italian Village Restaurants Segal Consulting Starshak & Winzenburg Ventas Weiss Financial $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9

American Agricultural Insurance Company Amsted Industries Incorporated Central Building & Preservation L.P. Parkway Elevators Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Shetland Limited Partnership Shure Incorporated Vienna Beef Vomela

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are honored to recognize The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation as the 2021–22 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season sponsor. One of Chicago’s nonprofit leaders in arts support, the Foundation has been a longtime and generous supporter of the Civic Orchestra. The CSOA and Civic Orchestra of Chicago are deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, whose directors are committed to celebrating Ms. Cheney’s legacy through the philanthropic support of the arts.

Foundations and Government Agencies $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

Anonymous Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Negaunee Foundation Sargent Family Foundation TAWANI 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 Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous Barker Welfare Foundation The Clinton Family Fund Crain-Maling Foundation Crown Family Philanthropies John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Bowman C. Lingle Trust Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation $ 1 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation The Buchanan Family Foundation

City of Chicago Department of Special Affairs and Cultural Events Darling Family Foundation Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Irving Harris Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. Pritzker Traubert Foundation Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation Tully Family Foundation $ 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9

Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation Hunter Family Foundation JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundaiton Dr. Scholl Foundation $2,500–$ 4,999

The Allyn Foundation, Inc. Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation William M. Hales Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation $ 1,0 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Brown-Monson Foundation Geraldi Norton Foundation Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the Patrons Circle of A Masked Ball for its generous support. Zell Family Foundation Walter E. Heller Foundation Marion A. Cameron-Gray Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz

Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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T H E C A M PA I G N F O R T H E C H I C A G O S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the donors who have made a generous commitment in support of the future of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as of November 2021. Anonymous (5) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Jeff and Keiko Alexander Ruth and Roger Anderson Family Foundation Peter and Elise Barack Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock The Davee Foundation Richard and Alice Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno Howard Gottlieb Mr. Graham C. Grady

Heestand Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes Julian Family Foundation Estate of Esther G. Klatz Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Jim † and Kay Mabie Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Mr. Robert Meeker James and Renée Metcalf Estate of Gloria Miner Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Mr. Daniel R. Murray Cathy and Bill Osborn Andra and Irwin Press

Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Megan and Steve Shebik Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Thierer Family Foundation Richard and Helen Thomas Penny and John Van Horn Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Helen and Sam Zell Estate of Rita Zralek

Annual Support

Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

Susan Regenstein Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Betty W. Smykal Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Liz Stiffel Terrence and Laura Traux

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through October 22, 2021. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165. $ 1 5 0,0 0 0 A N D A B O V E

Anonymous (2) Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross The Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Cathy and Bill Osborn COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) Megan and Steve Shebik Zell Family Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (3) Ms. Nancy Dehmlow James and Brenda Grusecki Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Jim † and Kay Mabie

$ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab John Hart and Carol Prins Pamela Kelley Hull † and Roger B. Hull † Judy and Scott McCue Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Patricia and Laurence Booth Kay Bucksbaum Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Dr. Eugene Fama Rhoda Lea and Henry S. † Frank Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Mrs. Janet Kanter Ms. Renee Metcalf Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley

$ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund John and Fran Edwardson Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Walter and Kathleen Snodell Mary Stowell Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas Penny and John Van Horn $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Peter and Elise Barack Julie and Roger Baskes Mrs. Janet R. Bauer Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Robert J. Buford Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Mr. & Dr. George Colis Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson Ms. Ann Drake Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Neil Fackler Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Mr. Graham C. Grady Mr. Collier Hands Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes Ms. Geraldine Keefe Ms. Donna L. Kendall Anne and John † Kern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner Long Story Short Media Ms. Britt Miller Dr. Charles Morcom Daniel R. Murray Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Mr. & Mrs. Don Phillips Mary and Joseph Plauché 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 Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan Thierer Family Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. H. Blair White Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Nancy A. Abshire Arnie and Ann Berlin Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Mary Louise Gorno Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Ronald B. Johnson Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman

Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family Alexandra and John Nichols Mr. & Mrs. John Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Ida N. Sondheimer † and Family, in memory of Joseph Sondheimer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Ms. Rebecca West $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9

Anonymous (3) Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Ms. Sarah Crane Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III The King Family Foundation Kay and Fred † Krehbiel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Ms. Betsy Levin Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. David E. McNeel Charles A. Moore Edward and Gayla Nieminen D. Elizabeth Price Mr. † & Mrs. David Savner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Marlon Smith and Dominique Brewer Mrs. Carol S. Sonnenschein Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Mr. & Mrs. William C. Vance Mr. Christian Vinyard Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Ann and Richard Carr Mr. Philip Darling Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Dr. Christopher M. Kelly Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Halasmani/Davis Family Marguerite DeLany Hark Pati and O.J. † Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Emilie Morphew, M.D. Jerry Rose David and Judy Schiffman $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9

Anonymous (4) Mrs. Rosa Acevedo and Mr. Jose Luis Prado Jeff and Keiko Alexander Geoffrey A. Anderson

Peter and Betsy Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benck Henry R. Berghoef and Leslie Lauer Berghoef Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Merrill and Judy Blau Ms. Terry Boden Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Joyce Chelberg Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Sue and Jim Colletti Dr. Thomas H. Conner Mr. Lawrence Corry Janet Wood Diederichs Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel Charles and Carol Emmons Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. David and Janet Fox Nancy and Larry Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Sue and Melvin Gray Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gray Kendall Griffith Lynne R. Haarlow Joan M. Hall Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy Richard and Joanne Hoffman Fred and Sandra Holubow Janice L. Honigberg Miriam U. Hoover Foundation Carter Howard and Sarah Krepp Tex and Susan Hull Ms. Patricia Hurley Merle L. Jacob Mr. & Mrs. † Howard Jessen Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller Mr. Alfred Kelley Kohn and Mitchell Family Foundation Dr. June Koizumi Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Mr. Stephan Lans Mr. Jeffrey Lennard Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Robert † and Judy Marth Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Mr. & Mrs. Lester McKeever Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Mrs. Frank Morrissey

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Ms. Susan Norvich Ms. Martha Nussbaum Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Mr. Bruce Oltman The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James O’Sullivan, Jr. Pasquinelli Family Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Richard and Frances Penn Roxy and Richard † Pepper Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Ms. Emilysue Pinnell Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker Mr. Rudolph Rasin † Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Jay † and Maija Rothenberg Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Mr. Richard Ryan Rita † and Norman Sackar Mr. David Sandfort Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Joan and George Segal David and Judith L. Sensibar The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Ms. Courtney Shea Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Julia M. Simpson Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Roger † and Susan Stone Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Kelly Thedinger Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Mrs. Elizabeth Twede Peggy White Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation David and Eileen Zampa $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9

Anonymous (13) Elaine and Floyd Abramson Ms. Patti Acurio Fraida and Bob Aland Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Megan P. and John L. Anderson Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei David and Suzanne Arch Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster Drs. Iris and Andrew Aronson Mrs. Jeanne B. Aronson

Marta Holsman Babson Mr. Neal Ball Ms. Bonnie Barber Ms. Judith Barnard Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Ms. Sandra Bass Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Donna and Mike Bell Mr. Lawrence Belles Mrs. Gail Belytschko Mr. Thomas Berg Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mr. Howard Bernick Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Jim † and Dianne Blanco Ann Blickensderfer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Janet S. Boyer Ms. Jill Brennan John D. Brubaker † Mrs. Sue Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum Linda S. Buckley Ms. Lutgart Calcote Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Mia Celano and Noel Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Mr. James Chamberlain Ms. Margaret Chaplan Linton J. Childs Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Ms. Jean Cocozza Douglas and Carol Cohen Lewis Collens Jane and John C. Colman The Comer Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley Nancy R. Corral Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven R. Bert Crossland Constance Cwiok Dancing Skies Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Mr. J. Donenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas

Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey David and Deborah Dranove Mr. Robert R. Duggan Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Mr. & Mrs. David P. Earle III Judge Frank Easterbrook Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Charles and Lois Edwards Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Elden Thomas Eller Michael and Kathleen Elliott La and Philip Engel Scott and Lenore Enloe Dr. & Mrs. James Ertle Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Donald and Signe Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fischer Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Mrs. John D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks Susan and Paul Freehling Dr. † & Mrs. Uwe Freese Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Dr. & Mrs. Richard Gieser Mr. & Mrs. James J. Glasser Judy and Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein Mary and Michael Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen Hanna H. Gray Ms. Freddi Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Mr. & Mrs. John P. Grube Anastasia and Gary † Gutting Stephanie and Howard Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada Hill and Cheryl Hammock John and Sally Hard Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes James and Lynne † Heckman Mr. Dale C. Hedding David Hefter Scott Helm Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hesse The Hickey Family Foundation Robert A. Hill and Thea Flaum Hill

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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William B. Hinchliff Dr. Richard Hirschmann James and Eileen Holzhauer Frances and Franklin † Horwich James and Mary Houston Michael and Leigh Huston Michael L. Igoe Mr. Craig T. Ingram Ian and Valerie Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Joni and Brian Johnson Dolores Kohl Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Ms. Ethelle Katz Barry D. Kaufman Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Jim and Ellen Kelleher Mrs. Elizabeth Keyser Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn Joseph and Judith Konen Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Mr. & Mrs. Rubin P. Kuznitsky Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr Mr. William Lawlor III Mr. & Mrs. Dean Leff Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Sheila Fields Leiter Mary and Laurence Levine Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Mr †. & Mrs. Howard Lickerman Dr. Philip R. Liebson and Mrs. Carole F. Liebson Robert † and Joan Lipsig Jane and Peter Loeb The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Renée Logan Dr. Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mr. & Mrs. † Barry MacLean Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II John and Etta McKenna Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney

James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray † Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Mr. Gregory and Dr. Alice Melchor Dr. Ellen Mendelson Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Robert O. Middleton Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman David † and Dolores Nelson Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Bill and Penny Obenshain Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs John and Joy O’Malley Mr. & Mrs. William J. O’Neill Kathleen Field Orr Dr. Stephanie Pace and Robert Marshall Mrs. Evelyn E. Padorr Minsok Pak and Carrie Shuchart Ms. Pamela Papas Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. Michael Payette Bonnie Perry Dr. William Peruzzi Mr. Robert Peterson Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr. Stanley M. and Virginia Johnson Pillman Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett Mr. & Mrs. John Puth Mr. Duane Quaini Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn Ms. Helen Reed Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Dr. Rutbert D. Reisch Dr. Hilda Richards Mary K. Ring Burton and Francine † Rissman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts Dr. Diana Robin Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg D.D. Roskin Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg William and Mary Ryan Anthony Saineghi Raymond and Inez Saunders Karla Scherer Mr †. & Mrs. Nathan Schloss

Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Ruth Grant and Howard Schwartz Diana and Richard Senior Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Siegel Ms. Ann Silberman Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons Craig Sirles Valerie Slotnick Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith Mrs. Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith Mary Ann Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith David A. Sneider James and Diane Snyder Kimberly M. Snyder Robert and Emily Spoerri Helena Stancikas Dusan Stefoski and Craig Savage Carol D. Stein Ms. Momoko Steiner † Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Cheryl Sturm Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. James Thompson Joan and Michael Thron David Timm Ray † and Mary Ann Tittle Bill and Anne Tobey James M. and Carol Trapp John T. and Carrie M. Travers Mrs. Robert Trotter Joan and David Trushin Dr. & Mrs. David Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner Zalman and Karen Usiskin Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski Ms. Raita Vilnins Charles Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Abby and Glen Weisberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth Bert and Barbara Weller Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft M.L. Winburn Stephen R. Winters Peter and Marlee Wolf

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Michael † and Laura Woll Dr. Hak Wong Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr. Stephanie Wood Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever Mari Yamamoto Regnier Mr. Laird Zacheis and Ms. Sunhee Lee Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Ms. Karen Zupko $ 3,500–$ 4,499

Anonymous (6) Ms. Doris Angell Carey and Brett August Ed Bachrach Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Bachrach Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Roberta and Harold S. Barron Martin and Jill Baumgaertner Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Mr. Ken Belcher Cassandra L. Book Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Mr. Charles Capwell Peter and Hedy Ciocci Ms. Jane Cox Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall In loving memory of Alice Furumoto-Dawson Ms. Marilyn Duginger Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Ellis Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Dr. Gail Fahey Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad Ms. Irene Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Judy and Mickey Gaynor Timothy and Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri E. Greer Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen Jacalyn Gronek Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Marjorie Friedman Heyman James and Margot Hinchliff Mrs. Edwin P. Hoffman Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Mrs. Caryn Jacobs and Mr. Daniel Cedarbaum Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Mr. Thomas Kmetko Averill and Bernard † Leviton Dr. Herbert and Francine Lippitz

Patricia M. Livingston Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Dr. & Mrs. Walter Massey Dr. & Mrs. James McGee Bill McIntosh Jane and Bruce † McLagan Eileen M. Murray Ms. Victoria Nee Kenneth R. Norgan Mrs. Janis Notz Mr. Thomas Orlando Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann Mr. Bruce Ottley Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Dr. & Mrs †. Ray Pensinger Mr. Ed Platcow Mary Rafferty Dorothy V. Ramm Ms. Evelyn R. Richer Jerry and Carole Ringer David and Kathy Robin Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Shirley and John † Schlossman Douglas M. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Elizabeth and John Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Smies Joel and Beth Spenadel Mr. Michael Sprinker Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos Mrs. Marjorie H. Stephan Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Henry and Janet Underwood Eric Vaang Mr. Peter Vale Ms. Julia Vander Ploeg Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D. Mr. David J. Varnerin Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Nicholas and Jessica Wallace Mr. Lawrence Wechter Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Ms. Lois Wolff Ms. Debbie Wright Owen and Linda Youngman $2,500–$ 3,499

Anonymous (13) Ms. Susan Adler Dr. & Mrs. Carl H. Albright Dr. Diane Altkorn

Sharon and Charles Angell Mychal P. Angelos †, in memory of Dorothy A. Angelos Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ascoli Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Ms. Marlene Bach Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Mr. Carroll Barnes James and Bartha Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Berner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof Mrs. Nancy Blum Ms. Virginia Boehme Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Ms. Susan Bridge Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash Jack Buoscio Ms. Jeanne Busch Robert D. Carone Mrs. Eileen Conaghan Mr. Howard Conant Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Matt and Carrie Cotter Ms. Juli Crabtree Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Thomas E. II and Barbara C. Donnelley Family Fund Ingrid and Richard Dubberke Josephine Lewis and Morton Dubman Linda Dykes Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Ms. Shirley Evans-Wofford Mr. Conrad Fischer Mrs. Donna Fleming Ginny and Peter Foreman Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Mr. & Mrs. Louis Freidheim, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III James and Rebecca Gaebe Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Mr. David Glueck Isabelle Goossen Michelle and Gerald M. Gordon Merle Gordon Mr. Andrew Gore Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French Thomas † and Delta Greene BHD Kozloff Family Fund Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Handler Mr. Joseph Harmon Mrs. John M. Hartigan Ms. Kyle Harvey Mr. Bradley J. Henderson Ms. Leigh Ann Herman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill The Rev. Melinda Hinners-Waldie and Mr. Benjamin Waldie Ms. Eloise Hirschey

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton Cynthia Jamison-Marcy Peter and Stephanie Keehn Ms. Helen Kessler Mr. & Mrs. † W. K. Ketchum Anne G. Kimball and Peter Stern Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Akiko and Shohei Koide Mr. Ken Krantz Mrs. Leona Krompart Bob and Marian Kurz Mr. Michael Licitra Mrs. Gabrielle Long Sherry and Mel Lopata Ms. Jean Lorenzen Daniel and Karen Maki Ms. Barbara Malott Dan and Lynne Mapes-Riordan Barbara and Larry Margolis Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez Mr. † & Mrs. Lowell Mason, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass Igor and Olga Matlin Mr. † & Mrs. George Maze Ms. Marilyn Mccoy Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Mcleod Sheila and Harvey Medvin Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Mr. Carl and Maria Moore Mr. Vijai Moses Shankar and Katharine Nair Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Nowacki Sarah and Wallace Oliver Ms. Diane Ososke Ms. Lynne Ostfeld Garry and Joanne Owens Mr. & Mrs. Norman Perman Mr. Christopher Pickering Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Lyn Ridgeway Roberts Family Foundation Thomas Roberts and Teresa Grosch Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Rusnak, Jr. John Jeral Sabl Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Ms. Cecelia Samans Ms. Judy Saslow Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Gerald and Barbara Schultz Susan and Charles Schwartz Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil Ms. Gail Seidel

Ms. Mary Beth Shea Ellen and Richard Shubart Margaret and Alan Silberman Jack and Barbara Simon Dr. Stuart Sondheimer Charles and Joan Staples Steinway & Sons Mrs. Marjorie Moretz Stinespring Laurence and Caryn Straus Barry and Winnifred Sullivan Wan Suwandi Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft Ayana Tomeka Howard † and Paula † Trienens Mr. Jay Tunney Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner Jim and Cindy Valtman Robert J. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson Barbara and Steven Wolf Peggy and Ted Wolff Ms. Camille Zientek Drs. Donald Zimmerman and Susan Pearlson Mr. Gerald A. Zimmerman $ 1, 5 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Anonymous (13) Richard † and Louise Abrahams Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler Michael and Mary Abroe Ms. Linda Alexander Ms. Rochelle Allen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Allen Ms. Rene Alphonse Mrs. Evelyn Alter Mr. & Mrs. John Amboian Dr. Charles and Marie Grass Amenta Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Ms. Bernice Auslander Richard and Janice Bail Rob and Denise Baptista Mr. Robert Barkei Thomas Barta Mr. Richard Bartecki Howard and Donna Bass Mr. Ronald Bauer Ms. Elaine Baumann Mr. Michael Berman Mr. & Mrs. Loren Berry III Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Bezold Mr. Poul Bjerre-Jensen In memory of John R. Blair Virginia Blanford Dr. Roger Blickensderfer Dr. H. Constance Bonbrest Mr. & Mrs. Fred P. Bosselman Mrs. Joyce Bottum Carl and Kathryn Boyens Drs. Nader and Mandan Bozorgi Mr. Roderick Branch Ms. Danolda Brennan

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu Mr. Michael Brewer Chris Brezil Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brightfelt Andrew and Gail Brown Mrs. Dan Brusslan Sue and John Buchanan Mr. † & Mrs. Allen Buhler Mr. & Mrs. John Butler Kay and Rhett † Butler Mr. & Mrs. Charles Callard Robert and Kay Carlson Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mr. & Mrs. John Chapman Mr. Myron Cherry Ms. Melinda Cheung Mr. Donald Clark Ms. Kathryn Collier Mr. Ronald Combs Mr. William Conlon and Ms. Patricia Habicht Mr. & Mrs. Richard Corrado Ms. Susan Craw Mr. Earle Cromer III Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dam Mr. & Mrs. C. Daniels Kathleen Lockhart and James Dixon Kevin and Kelly Dockery Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III Elaine and Jay Dolgin Ms. Maureen Dooley Natalie and Joshua Dranoff Tom Draski Mr. Robert Druzinsky and Ms. Renee Friedman Mr. Howard Dubin Ms. Paula Ebert Mr. Charles Ebner Gary and Deborah Edidin Patricia and James Edwards Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Ms. Paula Elliott Ms. Laura Engelstein Mrs. Doris Esko Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farley Sally S. Feder Sheri and J. Bradley Fewell Ms. Mary Fields Debra Fienberg Sandra E. Fienberg Henry and Frances Fogel Mr. Matthew Fox Mr. Timothy Fox Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson Ms. Elizabeth Friedgut Dr. & Mrs. Willard A. Fry Jan Gaines and Andrew S. Kenoe Mr. John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garro Dr. & Mrs. T. H. Gasteyer Nancy Gavlin Lawrence and Amy Gillum

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Mr. Timothy Gleason Ms. Barbra Goering Eunice and Perry Goldberg Mr. Stanford Goldblatt Mr. † & Mrs. Samuel Golden Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin, in memory of Dr. William Warren Dr. Robert Golub and Dr. Deirdre Dupre Ms. Eileen Good Ms. Sarah Good Gordon and Nancy Goodman Mr. Jacques Gordon Dr. Michael Greenwald Ms. Jean Griffin Gregory Grobarcik Mr. Tom Guensburg Mrs. Marguerite Guido Jennifer Haar Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hageman Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Ronald and Diane Hamburger Mrs. Terri Hanson Nancy and Thomas Hanson Mrs. Dorothy G. Harza John Heaton and Margaret Martin-Heaton Neal Heriaud and Ann Platzer Mr. David Heroy Barbara Herzog Pat and Joseph Hinkel Ms. Linda Hirt Mrs. & Mr. Elizabeth Hoffman Mrs. J. Holmbeck Mr. Stephen Holmes Rose Marie Houston Cheryl Istvan Ms. Kineret Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. William Jastrow Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jencks Maryl Johnson, M.D. Ms. Kathleen Jordan Ms. Janet Kalin Mr. & Mrs. Larry Kallembach Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kallman Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Mrs. Louise Kasch Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kearney Mr. & Mrs. Richard Keethers Ms. Kola Kennedy Mr. Howard Kidd Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Jack and Terry Klecka Jean Klingenstein Ms. Mary Klyasheff Mr. Howard Korey Dr. Michael Krco Dr. & Mrs. Ken Kuo Ms. Michele Kurlander Mr. Thomas Lad Ms. Barbara Lanctot

Mr. John Lansing Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lederer Dr. † & Mrs. Jan Leestma Ms. Nicole Lehman Ms. & Ms. Ida Lessman Mr. Robert Letchinger † Dr. & Mrs. Murray Levin Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Dr. & Mrs. Robert Levy Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Lewis Stewart and Susan Liechti Dr. Peter Littlewood Mr. Melvin Loeb Robert Losik Ms. Karen MacKay Ms. Janice Magnuson S. Stella Mah Mr. & Ms. Steven Marcus Mr. Timothy Marshall Ms. Molly Martin Mr. Marco Martinez Robert and Doretta Marwin Marilyn and Myron Maurer Patricia and Richard May Adele Mayer Ms. Jane McCarthy Mary McCarthy Mr. William McCune Ms. Patricia A. McGuire Mr. & Mrs. George C. McKann Mr. & Mrs. William McNally Mrs. Erma Medgyesy Mr. & Mrs. John Meeker Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Claretta Meier Lois and Hugo J. † Melvoin Mrs. Robert Mendelson Ms. Ruth Migdal-Brown Mr. Aaron Mills Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller Lloyd and Donna Morgan Mr. Thomas Morris David H. Moscow Allison Moulton Phyllis and Zane Muhl Mr. George Murphy Ms. Yana Nedvetsky Kay A. Nelson Dr. & Ms. Richard Newcomb Mr. Jack Newsom Fr. Charles Niblick Eleanor Nicholson Mr. William Novshek Ms. Julia Nowicki and Dr. Timothy Sanborn Mr. Franklin Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Donnell Ms. Christine Lee Oler Marjory Oliker Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oppenheim Dr. James Orr Richard and Carolyn Palas

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Paszczyk Ms. Joan Lardner Paul Jennifer Pavelec Mrs. Victorina Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Mr. Paul Phillips, Jr. and Mr. Lloyd Palmiter Lee Ann and Savit Pirl Dr. Joe Piszczor Larry and Judy Pitts Don and Martha Pollak Christine and Michael Pope Susan Poser and Stephen DiMagno Charlene H. Posner Barry and Eunice Preston Mr. & Mrs. Brad Price Chris and Elizabeth Quigg Mr. Jeffrey Rappin Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rasio Ms. Polly Rattner Ms. Carol Rech Mrs. Enid Rieser Mr. Alexander Ripley Chauncey Robinson Mr. & Mrs. John Robinson Mr. James Rocks Steve Roper Ms. Elaine Rosen Ms. Lisa Ross Mr. Maris Roze Mr. Nicholas Russell Cassandra Salgado Mr. † & Mrs. William Sample Mr. Laurence Saviers Michael and Judith Sawyier Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Margaret Schaefer Kathleen and Anthony Schaeffer Ms. Penelope Schaschwary Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe Mrs. Rebecca Schewe Barbara and Lewis Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schnell Schultz Family Private Foundation Edward and Irma Schwartz Ms. Marilyn Schweitzer Thomas and Maryellen Scott Ronald and Nancy Semerdjian Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sennett Mr. Mark Sexauer Dr. Lemuel Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Sheinkop Susan Shimmin and David Tekler Carolyn M. Short Mr. David Showalter Mr. Thomas Simpson Christine A. Slivon In memory of Timothy Soleiman David and Laraine Spector Michael Spertus and Wendy Jablow Spertus

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Mr. Stephen Spigel and Ms. Diana Williams Lavanya Srinivasan Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Ms. Sue Stealey Ms. Corinne Steede Mr. & Mrs. Mark Stein Mr. Richard Stein Mr. & Mrs. Mark Stern Donna Stroder Mr. & Mrs. Mark Sutherland Sharon Swanson Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa Ms. Alison Thomas Mr. Jay Tremblay Mrs. Denise Turcotte Trevor Turk Michael Urbut and Barbara Kirchick Urbut Dr. Eladio Vargas Gayle and Loren Veltrop Henrietta Vepstas Todd and Cari Vieregg Ms. Donna Vos Lulu Mr. Les Wallinga In memory of Abby S. Magdovitz-Wasserman from David Wasserman, MD Cynthia and Ben Weese Mr. David Weible Richard and Josephine Weil, in honor of Larry Neuman and Qing Hou Mrs. William White Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wick Jamie Wigglesworth AIA Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning Jennifer D. Williams Mr. Randall Winans Ted Windsor & Associates Consulting Actuaries Mr. Robert Winn Herbert and Ruth Winter Foundation Joseph Wisne Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino Mark and Randi Woodworth Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers Mr. Robert Yarbrough Ms. Janice Young William Zeng Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Zitnik Dr. Michael P. Zygmunt For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.

Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

$ 1 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 9, 9 9 9

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 educational 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

The Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation $ 1 0 0,0 0 0 – $ 1 4 9, 9 9 9

Allstate Insurance Company The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The James † and Madeleine † McMullan Family Foundation $ 75 ,0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9

John Hart and Carol Prins National Endowment for the Arts $ 5 0,0 0 0 – $ 74 , 9 9 9

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Kinder Morgan Judy and Scott McCue Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Megan and Steve Shebik Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. $ 3 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9

John and Fran Edwardson Bowman C. Lingle Trust $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 – $ 3 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous (2) Abbott Fund Barker Welfare Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc. $ 2 0,0 0 0 – $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

Anonymous Illinois Arts Council Agency Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family PNC Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.

Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Mr. Philip Lumpkin D. Elizabeth Price Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Lisa and Paul Wiggin Dr. Marylou Witz $ 1 1, 5 0 0 – $ 1 4 , 9 9 9

Nancy A. Abshire Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Halasmani/Davis Family $ 7, 5 0 0 – $ 1 1, 4 9 9

Archer Daniels Midland Company Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Belles The Buchanan Family Foundation Sue and Jim Colletti Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. & Mrs †. Allan Drebin Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Ms. Susan Norvich Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent Mrs. Carol S. Sonnenschein Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Penny and John Van Horn Dr. Nanajan Yakoub $ 4 , 5 0 0 – $ 7, 4 9 9

Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Ann and Richard Carr Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Dunkel John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Dr. June Koizumi Anne E. Leibowitz Fund Jim and Ginger Meyer Mr. Robert Middleton Dr. Scholl Foundation Segal Consulting $ 3,500–$ 4,499

Ms. Patti Acurio Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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The Osprey Foundation Mary and Joseph Plauché $2,500–$ 3,499

Anonymous (2) Mr. James Borkman Mr. Douglas Bragan Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel William B. Hinchliff Italian Village Restaurants Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino David † and Dolores Nelson Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Mr. David Sandfort Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Mr. Larry Simpson Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Abby and Glen Weisberg $ 1, 5 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9

Anonymous Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Howard and Donna Bass Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Adam Bossov Mr. Donald Bouseman Patricia A. Clickener Edward and Nancy Eichelberger Charles and Carol Emmons Judith E. Feldman Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler Jerry Freedman and Elizabeth Sacks James and Rebecca Gaebe Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Gregory Grobarcik Dr. & Mrs. James Holland Michael and Leigh Huston Thomas and Reseda Kalowski Cantor Aviva Katzman and Dr. Morris Mauer Mr. John Lansing Sharon L. Manuel Mr. & Mrs. William McDowell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Ms. Carol Rech Ruth Anne Rehfeldt Mary K. Ring Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Mrs. Florence and Ron Testa David E. and Kerstin Wellbery Jamie Wigglesworth AIA Mr. Robert Winn $ 1 ,0 0 0 – $ 1 , 4 9 9

Anonymous (4) John Albrecht Dr. Diane Altkorn

Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Dr. & Mrs. Robert Arensman Ms. Marlene Bach Jon W. and Diane Balke Mr. Peter Barrett Ms. Elaine Baumann Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Thomas Bookey Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bowey, Jr. Ms. Danolda Brennan Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman Jack M. Bulmash The Chicago Community Foundation Mr. Howard Conant Matt and Carrie Cotter William and Janice Cutler Robert Allen Daugherty Mr. Adam Davis Mr. Robert Deoliveira Ms. Amy Dickinson and Mr. James Futransky Mrs. Susan F. Dickman Dr. Thomas Durica and Sue Jacob Lori Eich Elk Grove Graphics Ms. Lola Flamm David and Janet Fox Ms. Elizabeth Friedgut Peter Gallanis Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Glickman Goodman Law Group Chicago Brooks and Wanza Grantier George F. and Catherine S. Haber Mrs. Zahraa Hajjiri Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Charlotte Hampton Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Mr. Felipe Hillard Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Ms. Kasey Jackson Egill and Ruth Jacobsen Dr. Jay and Georgianna Kleiman Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Mr. Jerrold Levine Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Robert Losik Mr. Daniel Macken and Mr. Merlyn Harbold Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Marilyn and Myron Maurer Marilyn Mitchell Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Phyllis and Zane Muhl Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mr. & Mrs. Delano O’Banion Mr. Bruce Oltman Ms. Joan Pantsios

Ms. Audrey Paton Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Dorothy V. Ramm Dr. Hilda Richards Cristina Romero Mr. Nicholas Russell Mr. Laurence Saviers Mr. & Mrs. Eric Scheyer Gerald and Barbara Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Xiaokui Katie Shan Dr. & Mrs. Richard Snow Dr. Sabine Sobek Mr. George Speck Joel and Beth Spenadel Mrs. Julie Stagliano Ms. Denise Stauder Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stepansky Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Stoll Sharon Swanson Ms. Deborah Tate Terry Taylor Ayana Tomeka Dr. Joyce Van Cura Henrietta Vepstas Dr. Pietro Veronesi Mrs. Hempstead Washburne Ms. Christine Wilson Irene Ziaya and Paul Chaitkin ENDOWED FUNDS

Anonymous (3) Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund CNA The Davee Foundation Frank Family Fund 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 Virginia C. Vale † The Wallace Foundation Zell Family Foundation

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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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 2021–22 season. Thirteen 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. The 2021–22 Civic season is sponsored by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. To learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156.

Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Liam Jackson, bassoon Mary Winton Green Isaac Polinsky, bass

The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair Joshua Burca, violin

Jane Redmond Haliday Chair Hana Takemoto, cello

Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund Nick DeLaurentis, bass

The Julian Family Foundation Taylor Hampton, percussion Nelson Mendoza,** violin

Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund Caleb Edwards, bass

Dr. † & Mrs. † Bernard H. Adelson Rachel Mostek, viola

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett John Heffernan, violin

Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Michael Stevens, horn

League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Lindsey Sharpe,** cello

Sue and Jim Colletti Bethany Pereboom,** viola

Leslie Fund Inc. Joseph Bricker,** percussion Tabitha Oh, violin

Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Alyssa Primeau,** flute Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Benjamin Foerster, bass Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Haley Slaugh, cello

The George L. Shields Foundation Inc. Phillip Bergman, cello Laura Schafer, violin Seth Van Embden, viola

Richard and Alice Godfrey Robbie Herbst, violin

Nancy A. Abshire Shannon Merciel, cello

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Edin Agamenoni, bassoon Irina Chang, clarinet James Jihyun Kim, oboe Jacob Medina, horn Sofia Nikas, viola Charlotte Ullman, cello

Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Jarrett McCourt, tuba Nelson Ricardo Yovera Perez, horn

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Michael Leavens, trumpet

Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust Miles Link, cello Crystal Qi, violin Daniel Solowey, clarinet Holly Wagner, violin John Wagner, trumpet

Lawrence Corry Wesley Jones bass

Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak Jr. Teddy Schenkman, viola

Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Ye Jin Goo, viola Benjamin Wagner, viola

Dr. Marylou Witz Hee Yeon Kim,** violin Anonymous Hugo Saavedra,** trombone Anonymous Francisco Malespin,** cello Rannveig Sarc, violin

Theodore Thomas Society

Phillip G. Lumpkin Dylan Feldpusch,** violin Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Abigail Monroe, cello Judy and Scott McCue and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Luke Lentini,** violin Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Diego Diaz, violin Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Olivia Reyes, bass Ms. Susan Norvich Eleanor Kirk, harp

Mary Louise 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 contact 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 November 2021. Anonymous (7) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Lisa J. Adelstein

† Deceased ** Fellow § Partial sponsor Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Jeff and Keiko Alexander Evy Johansen Alsaker Robert A. Alsaker Geoffrey A. Anderson Louise E. Anderson Marlene Bach Dr. Jeff Bale Mr. Neal Ball Sally J. Becker 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 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 Merle Gordon Mary Louise Gorno Dr. & Mrs. David Granato Mary L. Gray Mary Winton Green Dr. Jon Brian Greis Nancy Griffin 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 Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes 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 Marilyn G. Marr James Edward McPherson Janet L. Melk Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor Charles Moore Craig and Rose Moore Mrs. Mario A. Munoz John H. Nelson Muriel Nerad Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer Diane Ososke Dr. Joan E. Patterson Donald Peck Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger 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 Mr. James S. Rostenberg 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 Mrs. Gloria B. Telander Karin and Alfred Tenny Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Dr. Richard Tresley Paula Turner Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner Penny and John Van Horn Mr. Christian Vinyard Craig and Bette Williams Florence Winters Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis Dr. Robert G. Zadylak Helen Zell

MEMBERS

Anonymous (31) Valerie and Joseph Abel Louise Abrahams Patrick Alden Richard and Elynne Aleskow Judy L. Allen Ann S. Alpert Ms. Judith L. Anderson Steven Andes, Ph.D. Catherine Aranyi Dr. Susan Arjmand Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba Mara Mills Barker Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty Joan I. Berger Robert M. Berger 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 Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy Sharon Conway 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 La and Philip Engel Tarek and Ann Fadel James B. Fadim Leslie Farrell Donna Feldman Frances and Henry Fogel Allen J. Frantzen Nancy and Larry Fuller Dileep Gangolli Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Steve and Lauran Gilbreath Mr. Daniel Gilmour III Mr. Joseph Glossberg Adele and Marvin † Goldsmith Douglas Ross Gortner Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray Delta A. Greene Mrs. Barbara Gundrum Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Mr. Tom Hall Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett Dr. Donald Heinrich William B. Hinchliff Mr. Thomas Hochman Jack and Colleen Holmbeck Mrs. Walter Horban James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. Jacob Ms. Jessica Jagielnik Joseph and Rebecca † Jarabak Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave Hillel Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin 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 Eugene Kraus Thomas and Annelise Lawson 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 Candace Loftus Suzette and James Mahneke Ann Chassin Mallow Sharon L. Manuel Mrs. John J. Markham Judy and Scott McCue Mr. William McIntosh Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey Dorothe Melamed Marcia Melamed Dale and Susan Miller Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Thomas R. Mullaney Daniel R. Murray Dolores D. Nelson Franklin Nussbaum 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. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Elizabeth Anne Peters Mr. Lewis D. Petry Judy C. Petty

Karen and Dick Pigott Lois Polakoff D. Elizabeth Price Dorothy V. Ramm Jeanne Reed Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones Karen L. Rigotti Don and Sally Roberts Ms. Elaine Rosen Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal Dr. Virginia C. Saft Craig Samuels Sue and William Samuels Paul and Kathleen Schaefer Mrs. Milton Scheffler Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt David Shayne Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Anne Sibley Larry Simpson Thomas G. Sinkovic Rosalee Slepian Mary Soleiman Jim Spiegel Julie Stagliano Denise M. Stauder Karen Steil Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale Mr. John Stokes Jeffrey and Linda Swoger Mr. John C. Telander Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson Karen Hletko Tiersky Myron Tiersky Jacqueline A. Tilles Mr. James M. Trapp Mr. Donn N. Trautman Mike and Mary Valeanu Frank Villella 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 Lisa and Paul Wiggin Linda and Payson S. Wild Kayla Anne Wilson Robert A. Wilson Nora M. Winsberg Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf 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 (9) Hope A. Abelson Elizabeth E. Abler Richard Abrahams Frances B. Abrahamson Donald Alderman Sara Anastaplo Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos Elizabeth M. Ashton Irwin Askow Jacqueline and Frank Ball Wayne Balmer Paul Barker Leland and Mary Bartholomew Patricia Anne Barton Barbara Burt Baumann Hortense K. Becker Arlene and Marshall Bennett Norma Zuzanek Bennett Sally J. Benson Harriet and Harry H. Bernbaum Lenore M. Berner Judy and Dennis Bober Naomi T. Borwell Kathryn Bowers Harriet B. Brady Marjorie L. Bredehorn Howard Broecker Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown George and Jacqueline Brumlik Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger Marie Kraemer Burnside Norma Cadieu Wiley Caldwell Elizabeth R. Capilupo Charles R. Casper Margaret G. Chamales Marcia S. Cohn Milton Colman Robert Cooke Nelson D. Cornelius Anita J. Court, Ph.D. Christopher L. Culp Barbara DeCoster Billie Dale Delevitt Robert L. Devitt Azile Dick Edison and Jane Warner Dick James F. Drennan William B. Drewry Robert L. Drinan, Jr. Daisy Driss

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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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 Leslie Fogel Robert B. Fordham Herbert and Betty Forman Richard Foster Etha Beatrice Fox Elaine S. Frank Henry S. Frank Herbert B. Fried Dr. Muriel S. Friedman Gustave D. Friesem Hynda and Maurice Gamze Florence Ganja Alan J. Garber William and Helene Gardner Martin and Francey Gecht Isak Gerson Betsy N. and James R. Getz Mrs. Willard Gidwitz Lyle Gillman Marvin Goldsmith Elizabeth S. Graettinger William B. Graham Richard Gray David Green Allen J. Greenberger Dr. Robert A. Greendale 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 Leah C. and Robert J. Hamman CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. Mrs. David J. Harris Polly Heinrich Mary Mako Helbert Lawrence J. Helstern Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth Marriane Deson Herstein Mary Jo Hertel Helen Hoagland Blanche Hoheisel Eugene P. Holland Allen H. Howard Hugh Johnston Hubbard Joseph H. Huebner

Helen Igoe Mrs. Henry Isham Barbara Isserman Robert Johnson Phyllis A. Jones Joseph M. Kacena Stuart Kane Jared Kaplan Morris A. Kaplan Roberta Kapoun Paul Keske Esther G. Klatz Russell V. Kohr Jeffrey W. Korman William Kruppenbacher Karen Kuehner Evelyn and Arnold Kupec Rebecca Jarabak Ruth Lucie Labitzke Louise H. Landau Alice M. La Pert Sadie Lapinsky Caressa Y. Lauer Robert A. Leady Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Patricia Lee Christine D. Letchinger Lena T. Levinson Richard Alan Livingston Marion M. and Glen A. Lloyd Mary Longbrake William C. Lordan Iris Maiter Arthur G. Maling June Betty and Herbert S. Manning Kathleen W. Markiewicz Ellen and Robert C. Marks Irl and Barbara Marshall Eloise Martin Virginia Harvey McAnulty Helen C. McDougal, Jr. Lillian E. McLeod Eunice H. McGuire Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick Carolyn and Bruce McPherson Jack L. Melamed, MD Hugo J. Melvoin Richard Menaul Susan Messinger Shirley R. Mesirow Phillip Migdal Kathryn and Edward Miller Micki Miller Gloria Miner Beth Ann Alberding Mohr Bill Moor Kathryn Mueller Marietta Munnis Leota Ann Meyer Murray David H. Nelson Helen M. Nelson Sydelle Nelson

Otto Nerad John and Maynette Neundorf Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld Raymond and Eloise Niwa 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. Mary Perlmutter 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 Samuel Press Alfred and Maryann Putnam Christine Querfeld Ruth Ann Quinn Muriel F. Reder Walter Reed Daniel Reichard Bob Reiland Paul H. Resnik Sheila Taaffe Reynolds Joan L. Richards J. Timothy Ritchie Dolores M. RixFanada 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 Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr. Margaret and Edwin Seeboeck Nancy Seyfried Denise Selz Joseph J. Semrow Ingeborg Haupt Sennot Soretta and Henry Shapiro Muriel Shaw Mr. Morrell A. Shoemaker Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure William F. Sibley Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel Peter E. Sincox

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Allen R. Smart Walter Chalmers Smith Jean H. Smith Peggy E. Smith-Skarry Willis B. Snell Karen A. Sorensen Georgette Grosz Spertus Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Stagliano Mrs. Zelda Star Charles J. Starcevich Curtis D. Stensrud Lucille G. and David W. Stotter Helmut and Irma Strauss Franklin R. St. Lawrence Robert Sychowski Dr. Gerald Sunko Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson Ruth Miner Swislow Robert Sychowski Andrew and Peggy Thomson J. Ross Thomson Sue Tice Beatrice B. Tinsley C. Phillip Turner Paul D. Urnes Ted Utchen Robert L. Volz Lois and James Vrhel Cecilia Sue and Burton J. Wade Louise Benton Wagner Michael Jay Walanka Nancy L. Wald Jeanne Walker Josephine Wallace 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 & Ann 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 July 2020. MEMORIAL GIFTS

In memory of Claudio Abbado Mr. Daniel Balsam In memory of her loved ones Ms. Laverne Alexander In memory of Roy B. Alper Mr. Jeffrey Alper In memory of Frank Alschuler Mr. † & Mrs. † Frank Alschuler In memory of Heather DeBuhr Anderson and Janet Stover Mallot Kenje Mallot In memory of Marjorie Baker Jean LaVelle In memory of Robin Beauchamp Ms. Jacqueline Harper In memory of Dr. & Mrs. Owen and Sylvia Belmont Chifan Belmont In memory of Gerry Benyo Ms. Elisabeth Long In memory of Dr. David Bergson Gary and Carole Lauger In memory of Dr. David Berkson Dr. & Mrs. David Berkson In memory of Hector Berlioz Linda Spadlowski In memory of Bud Beyer Ms. Jean Flaherty In memory of John R. Blair Mrs. Barbara J. Blair

In memory of Kettee J. Boling Mr. Thomas Boling In memory of Ruth Bolotin Dr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Anger In memory of Mr. Robert A. Borich Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich In memory of Barbara Borovsky Anonymous (2) Douglas Bade Jim and Emily Borovsky Peter Borzak Richard Bray Robert Buchsbaum David Carmell Melinda Cook Mr. & Mrs. Dan Drexler Kristen Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. James Esser Terri Feldman Mrs. Lisa Fisher Lee Frank Katie Froelich William and Ethel Gofen Charles Gofen Ms. Judy Golson Mark Goodman Leslie Grauer Renee Greenspon Juli Greenwald Jamie Haddad Chris Hamilton John Hammerschlag Elaine Jacoby Steve Joung Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Beth Kaufmann Kathryn Kerr Bob and Peggy Kimble Susan Koehler Ms. Ann W. Krouse Scott Levee Daniel Libit Marjorie Loeb Jan Mathes Cary Mendelsohn Mr. & Mrs. Russel L. Miron Myra Morris Mrs. John Myers Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nierman John Hart and Carol Prins Julie Regan Mr. & Ms. Thomas Rein Daniel Reisner Lebhoff-Ries, M.D., and Michael Ries, M.D. Amy Saltzman Alison Salzman Gail Seidman Lynne Shapiro

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sharfstein Bonnie Shlensky Mr. Daniel Sobol Nancy Swan Donna Zarcone

In memory of Marc and Carolyn Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Moschandreas Mr. & Mrs. William Rapp Rachel Silver

In memory of John Bross Rev. Robert Wyatt

In memory of Lucille Marilyn Marks Ellison Ms. Nancy Friedman

In memory of Elfrida Bruk Samantha Scalabrino

In memory of Susan K. Gordy Epstein Mr. David Epstein and Ms. Susan K. Gordy

In memory of Carol Mary Carruthers Marshall Johnson

In memory of George Escarra Emily A. Escarra

In memory of Robert Chaiken Mary Chaiken

In memory of George Estevez Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Wilhelm

In memory of Chee-jun Chan Mr. & Mrs. Sai-Kit Chan

In memory of Hazel S. Fackler Neil Fackler

In memory of Shu-yuan Chiang You-Chien Chiang

In memory of Rudolf Fahsbender Ms. Jeanne Cohen

In memory of Mr. Myron Cholden Harriett and Myron Cholden Mrs. and Dr. Diane Levy

In memory of Lyn Corbett Fitzgerald Ms. Nancy Kittle

In memory of Donald Cohen Mr. Donald McKay In memory of Dorothy Cohn Kim Lande In memory of Matthew Cook Ms. Veronica Cook In memory of Joseph Creed Mr. Daniel Creed In memory of Frank R. Crisafulli Mrs. Dorothy Crisafulli In memory of Dr. Christopher Culp Neal Lenhoff In memory of Lawrence Daker and the Reavis High School administration Mr. Lawrence Daker In memory of Gary A. Davis Dr. Steven Andes In memory of Inge de la Camp Stephanie Wood In memory of Herb Drury Jill and Scott Gundy In memory of Ron Eisenhauer Mr. † & Mrs. Gershon Berg

In memory of John P. Flanzer Mrs. Gloria Flanzer In memory of James Foy Ms. Lucienne Johnson In memory of Shirley Freilich Mr. & Mrs. Don Borzak Ms. Carol Dragon Dr. Gershon Locker In memory of Salah Galal and Yasser Mansour Hysam Galal In memory of Neil Gerdes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Helm In memory of Isak Gereson Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Gabriel Gregoratos Bruce Johnson Lynne L. Kuehl In memory of David Lee Gibson Stephanie Jaeger Shannon Rusnak In memory of Dr. Jay M. Goldberg Dr. Anna Lysakowski In memory of Michael Cotter Greenfield Ms. Victoria Greenfield

In memory of Dennis and Bridget Griffin Ms. Kathleen Griffin In memory of Barbara Groves’s mother Ms. Barbara Groves In memory of Zave Gussin Mr. Nathan Kahn In memory of Edith Hamilton Michael Hacker In memory of Roger Harris Gail Shiner In memory of John Hayes Mr. John Hayes In memory of O.J. Heestand Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez Mr. Mimis Cohen and Mrs. Andrea Biel-Cohen Carol Drummond Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Emily Fillingham Mrs. Penny Freund Jane M. Gaines Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Marian Jacobson Gail Krejci Mr. William Lawlor, III Ms. Barbara Malott Miss Robin Moore The O’Connor Partnership Charles Riepe Thomas Romano Leila Shakkour and Michael Thorne Liz Stiffel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Walter In memory of Tom Hill Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hill In memory of Margaret Hillis Mrs. Leona Krompart In memory of Christopher Horsch Mr. † & Mrs. Christopher Horsch In memory of Mary Ingmire Jann Ingmire In memory of Mrs. Estelle Wolowitz Jacobs Mr. Daniel Balsam In memory of Angel Jaramillo Margarita Gallegos

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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In memory of Janet Jentes Anonymous Lynne R. Haarlow Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. In memory of Emil Johnson Dr. Christakes In memory of Edward Jones Mr. Jim Fitzgerald In memory of Shirley Kalnitz Mr. Nathan Linsk In memory of Bernard E. Kane, M.D. Lisa DeVitto In memory of Jared Kaplan Mr. Jeffrey Jahns Tony Kempf Nancy Leizman Stephanie Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith In memory of Merrily Ketchum Lois Berger Wally and Carol Lennox Marijo Schneiderwind Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Smith Kelly Thedinger In memory of Lawrence Klevan Ms. Jane Heron Mabel Menard Ayana Tomeka In memory of Caryn Knott Jenoa Washmon In memory of Adele Kornfeld Ms. Lois Weiss In memory of Antoinette Lalagos Mr. Daniel Creed In memory of Abba and Eleanor Leifer Ms. Diana Leifer In memory of Lena Levinson Sherwin Levinson In memory of Irene Lindau Mr. Kevin Rudd In memory of Richard A. Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Royce Eckhardt In memory of Jim Mabie Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman

In memory of Earl J. Macey Eliot Konz

In memory of Mildred E. Mohr Mr. Dale Mohr

In memory of Edith G. MacLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson

In memory of Charles Francis Moles Ms. Kathleen Harrington and Mr. Charlie Moles †

In memory of Carol J. Mason Jill C. Hawkes In memory of Dr. Ronald Massarik Ms. Catherine Alvary

In memory of Anthony G. Montag Dr. Anthony Montag † and Dr. Katherine Griem

In memory of William C. McConnell Mr. William and Karen McConnell

In memory of Clark and Joann Montgomery Ms. Susan Montgomery

In memory of Edith G. McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watson

In memory of Emma Alice Mosely Ms. Erica Mosely

In memory of Dr. Donald J. and Nancy B. McNeil Elizabeth Gill

In memory of Dorothy Moszynski Judith E. Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Ms. Sandra Morgan Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr.

In memory of Bruce and Carolyn McPherson Mr. Michael Berman Carolyn McPherson In memory of Evelyn Meine Mr. Curt Meine In memory of June Merkel Susan Clifford Mike and Carol Connelly Andrew and Diana DaMiano Mr. Kevin Donnellon John Gehron Ms. Paula Hambrick Ms. Tara McKee Esperanza Morales Cynthia Scillitani Sue Swan Nancy Wiltgen In memory of Leonard E. Meyers Ms. Julie Bromley Ximena Mora Y Olivan Gertrude Slowik Mr. & Ms. James Socke In memory of Barbara P. Millar Ms. Kola Kennedy In memory of Carol Mittleman Mr. & Mrs. Ted Banks Kelly Carter Gloria Gray Jeffrey Gray Karen Gray-Keeler Cynthia Kane Ms. Monica Tobler Shelley Ziack

In memory of Kay Nalbach Ms. Susann Ball In memory of Sooja Cho Nehrlich Ms. Louise Anderson Joan and David Trushin In memory of Raymond Niwa David and Kyoko Greim Richard Klein Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. & Mrs. David Wojtowicz In memory of Gail Niwa Edward Inbusch Emi Matsuda Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky Jean Shin Nanjo Roycroft Chamber Music Festival In memory of Matthew Olson Mrs. Patricia Olderr In memory of Rosalie Aaron Ovson Ms. Janice Aaron In memory of Eul Soo Pang Dr. Laura Pang In memory of Carmen Perez Mr. Jeffrey Callison In memory of Selma Perlmutter Mr. Jerry Smith In memory of Dyan Peterson Joe Bass

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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In memory of Fay B. Photopulos Mark Gorgal

In memory of Charlotte G Schwartz Ms. Terry Schwartz

In memory of Denise Turcotte Annette Snyder

In memory of Shelly Plager Mrs. Janice Pranger

In memory of William Shapiro Marie Waite

In memory of Joan Turk Trevor Turk

In memory of Elaine Prag Myrna Goldman Mr. Daniel Roos Carol W. Whited

In memory of Charles M. Shea Nancy J. Clawson Ms. Martha Egeland

In memory of Virginia C. Vale Mr. Peter Vale

In memory of Justin Edwin Pregenzer Dr. Gerard Pregenzer

In memory of Jean Shorr Pauline Taylor

In memory of Ruth Ann Quinn Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn

In memory of Michael Silverstein from his family Ms. Mara Tapp

In memory of Ted Rachofsky Susan Rachofsky

In memory of Gene Simon Jay Simon

In memory of Lynne Raimondo Lynne Raimondo and family

In memory of Helga Singwi Anjali Oberai

In memory of Florence Rand Elizabeth R. Fuller

In memory of Gerard Smetana Michelle Israel Beth Smetana

In memory of Elizabeth Reda Robert Reda In memory of Charles Leonard Reddington Dr. Karol S. Reddington

In memory of Frank S. So Frank So † and Deborah Huggett In memory of Hallie Stein Liz Radgowski

In memory of Bennett Reimer Elizabeth A. Hebert

In memory of Marjorie Stone Anonymous

In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Reuter Mr. Ulrich Sterzl

In memory of Carol Strauss Mr. Edward Turkington

In memory of Virginia H. Rogers and Arthur E. Leckner, Jr. Mr. Robert Wilson In memory of Edgar Rose Annie Lamb In memory of Robert Rosenman Mrs. Harriet Rosenman In memory of Jerry Roucka Sandra Koehler

In memory of Dr. Jeannette Switzer Hill and Cheryl Hammock David Patton In memory of Anne Teeple Mrs. Julie Jaeger In memory of Grandma Tita Ian Rubin In memory of Viktor Tomilov Ms. Anna Tomilova

In memory of Delores Sarovich Mr. & Mrs. Steven Sarovich

In memory of Feyga and Samuil Totodov Ms. Mariya Kalinovskiy

In memory of Tommy Sarwark JF Sarwark, M.D.

In memory of Alex Trebek Ms. Rita Mendelsohn

In memory of Earl V. Schuster Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dam Mrs. Marcia Dam

In memory of Richard Trueheart Martha Trueheart

In memory of Mr. Donald C. Verlenden Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III In memory of John Vesevick Julie Molina In memory of Mary Anne Vestal Mr. Walter Vestal In memory of Janet Wacholz Lillian McNeil In memory of Lynne and Ron Wachowski Ms. Peggy Ryan In memory of J. Michael Wagner Kim Wagner In memory of Richard and Vanya Wang Eric Vaang In memory of Dr. William Warren Dr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Goldin In memory of Carol Wechter Mr. Lawrence Wechter In memory of Walter Whisler, M.D., Ph.D. Laura Whisler In memory of Rachel Nussbaum Wichert Gerd Wichert In memory of Dr. Kenneth F. Wieg Annette Wieg In memory of Wes Wildman Jessica Armour-Ardizzone Valerie Feldman Mr. James Franczek Karen Gallagher Susan Hastings Ann Leeds Charles Rose Mrs. Jennifer Wilson Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba In memory of Mrs. Sandra Wilkins Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Peterson

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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In memory of Bill Williams Dr. Joseph R. Hageman In memory of Dale E. Woolley Ms. Regina Janes In memory of Michael Wrona Robert Stephens In memory of Edward Zasadil Mr. Larry Simpson HONOR GIFTS

In honor of Liz Adams Mr. Kevin Connellan In honor of Liz and Bill Adams Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Reilly In honor of Mr. & Mrs. David K. Adams James and Rebecca Gaebe In honor of Michael Adolph Mrs. Ann Oros In honor of Lucretia Aiello Lisa Aiello In honor of Jeff Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Alan Dennis In honor of Jeff and Keiko Alexander Dr. Abigail Sivan In honor of Elizabeth A. Allen Pat Allen In honor of Doris Angell Dr. Michael Angell In honor of Dolores Nathanson and Daniel Armstrong Norma Gilson

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Dienstag Mr. Jerome Dienstag

In honor of Sue Bridge Ms. Renita M. Esayian Ms. Kathleen Jordan In honor of Deborah Brusveen John Brusveen

In honor of Baird Dodge Charles Granville Ms. Lori Mitchell

In honor of Ricky Ray Byrd Donald Byrd

In honor of Katy Donovan Emily Corbett

In honor of Kevin Carroll Steph Svarz

In honor of Mimi Duginger The Julian Family Foundation

In honor of Virginia Chao’s brother Virginia Chao

In honor of Larry Ebert Pete Friedmann

In honor of members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians (AFM 10-208) and IATSE 2 Mr. Michael Sprinker

In honor of Mimi Elder and Dian Eller Penny and John Van Horn

In honor of Ms. You Ming Chin Mrs. Mary Dietrick

In honor of Cynthia Ellis Donna Maibusch

In honor of Charlene Chisek Marianne Nesler

In honor of Amy Fallon Erik Schwedhelm

In honor of Sunghee Choi Mrs. Eileen Conaghan

In honor of Elizabeth Fernandez Dr. & Mrs. Jack Faling

In honor of Robert Coad Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III

In honor of Daniel Foster Anna Tyson

In honor of Dorothy Cohn Mr. Gary Cohn

In honor of Calvin Fultz Alison Madrigal

In honor of Richard W. Colburn Charles Katzenmeyer

In honor of Erin Gernon Charlene Gernon

In honor of Eileen Conaghan Mrs. Julie Stagliano

In honor of Emma Gerstein Mr. John Thorne

In honor of Sheila Conlon Ms. Mary Neville

In honor of George Gilkerson Ms. Linda Wallin

In honor of Lev Aronson Travis Casper

In honor of Esme Conour Stacy Fifer

In honor of Esteban Batallán Mr. John Burson

In honor of Ruth and Evelyn Cvengros Kathleen Malone

In honor of Buddy Block Howard and Donna Bass

In honor of John and Barbara Dabrowski Ms. Sara Dabrowski

In honor of Lawrie Bloom Ms. Catherine Stephenson In honor of Doug Bolino Wendy-Jo Toyama

In honor of the Elliot family Ruth Colegrove

In honor of Jim Gill Rosanne Thompson In honor of William Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman In honor of Jan and Larry Goldstein’s 50th wedding anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Goldstein

In honor of Jim Dale Mr. Neil Harris In honor of design, program book, and marketing departments Gretchen Sauer

In honor of Richard Graef Ms. Greta Connor In honor of Madelyn Greenberger Mr. Jeffrey Greenberger

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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In honor of Mary Winton Green Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Cohan In honor of Dale Griffith Ms. Lynn Friedman In honor of piano students from the studio of Helen Grosshans Ms. Helen Grosshans In honor of Jennifer Gunn Mr. John Thorne In honor of Mary Hagen Ms. Alyssa Hagen

In honor of Lori Julian’s 75th birthday Ms. Suzan Bramson Dr. Marcia A. Lewis Mr. † & Mrs. Marshall Matz In honor of Blain and Debbie Keith Dr. Thomas Keith In honor of Todd Kersh David Schroeder In honor of Bob and Ruth Kinsman Mrs. Jeanne Girard In honor of Howard Klapman Mr. Michael Alter

In honor of Jonathan McCormick Emily Wright In honor of Lisa McDaniel and Kim Duffy Ms. Florence Connelly In honor of Leonard E. Meyers Alice Finn and John Finn In honor of Simon Michal Ms. Sarah Good In honor of Dr. Gordon Millichap Bridgette Hayes and Eric Hayes

In honor of Brian Koenig Paul Roskoph

In honor of Lamont Moore, Rhoda Ward, and Margaret Ms. Helen Sinn

In honor of Robert Kohl Mr. Gregory Cameron

In honor of Diane Mues Cynthia Kirk

In honor of Robert Hindsley Anita Hindsley

In honor of Mark Kraemer Mr. David J. Varnerin

In honor of Robert and Jane Hindsley Julia Byrne

In honor of Melanie Kupchynsky Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell

In honor of Diane Mues Paula Gorlitz Brae Korin Bill Loumpouridis and Melanie Loumpouridis

In honor of David Hines, Sr., M.D. Mr. David Hines, Jr.

In honor of Stephen Lester Ms. Helen Goldstein

In honor of Bob and Mimi Murley Suzanne Sennatt

In honor of Joel Horwitz Katharine Horowitz

In honor of Ben Levy Ms. Jessica Jagielnik and Ms. Sam Kufta

In honor of Alaina Murphy Samantha Silva

In honor of Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Michael Henoch, Jim Smelser, Esteban Batallán, David Herbert, Lei Hou, Ni Mei, Matous Michal, and Bill Buchman The Julian Family Foundation

In honor of Dezhong Liang Ms. Jingyi Liang

In honor of musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ms. Lois Wolff

In honor of Taylor Hampton Charlotte Hampton In honor of O.J. Heestand Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Babson Ms. Linda Rosenzweig

In honor of Lei Hou, Qing Hou, and Lawrence Neuman Richard Cohn In honor of Leland Hutchinson and Jean Perkins Ms. Pamela Baker In honor of Mihaela Ionescu Ms. Lois Wolff In honor of Stephanie Jeong, Cornelius Chiu, Jennifer Gunn, Lynne Turner, Gene Pokorny, Patricia Dash, Miles Maner, Katinka Kleijn, Stephen Lester, Nancy Park, and David Sanders Ms. Marilyn Duginger In honor of Earl A. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Johnson

In honor of the Lincoln Quartet Bruce Gribens Bob and Marissa Happ Jonathan Maayan Hung Tzaw Tai In honor of the Logas family Mr. Daniel Logas In honor of Jeffrey London Stephanie Garry In honor of Hershey and MaryGene Longenecker Evelyne Manning In honor of Virginia Lorber Svetlana Rivilis In honor of Maggie and Tom Magarian Greta Wilkening In honor of Margot Martino Mr. Richard Martino

In honor of Heidi Musser Ms. Erika Musser In honor of Riccardo Muti Ms. Mary Neville In honor of Dolores Nathanson Noah Gilson In honor of Raymond, Eloise, and Gail Niwa Ms. Karen Visser In honor of NMI staff Dana M. Cook In honor of Michael J. O’Donnell Martin O’Donnell In honor of Ken Olsen Dr. Charles Morcom

† Deceased Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of October 22, 2021

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In honor of Bradley Opland Ms. Lois Wolff

In honor of John Sharp Ms. Janice Young

In honor of Symphony Financial Scott Jonas

In honor of Craig Oxford Dr. Hebert and Sharon Meltzer

In honor of the Shebik family Giovanna Imbarrato

In honor of Kevin Pavao Jennifer Mislinski

In honor of Amy Shevitz Ms. Jane Lippow

In honor of Susan Synnestvedt Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward

In honor of Clark Pellett and Robert Kohl Dr. & Mrs. Louis Philipson

In honor of Lisa Simeone Elaine Murphy

In honor of Dane Philipsen Michael Philipsen In honor of James Ross Mr. & Mrs. David Weber In honor of Ruthie Ryan Mr. & Mrs. David Heeren James Percifield Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Scheibe

In honor of Karen Sonderby Kate Sheehan In honor of Fran Spellman Ms. Jalene Szuba In honor of Charles Srstka Ms. Beth Hakamy In honor of Judy and Karl Stadler Ms. Mary Dougherty

In honor of David Taylor Ms. Claretta Meier Dr. Steven Pierson In honor of Josie Tomes Li Rigler In honor of Sondra Varco Mr. Gregory Nyczak In honor of Ann Wagener Mr. & Ms. Robert Savard In honor of Robert F. Wallwork family Ms. Michele Packard In honor of Claude Weil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro

In honor of Heloisa and Emi Ryhal Luz Pinilla

In honor of Denise Stauder Mrs. Janet Duffy

In honor of David A. Samson Ken Samson

In honor of Momoko Steiner Ms. and Ms. Eri Iwakuni

In honor of David Sanders Mr. James Taylor

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

In honor of Dean and Martha Sayles Ellen Sayles

In honor of Ray Still Debra and David Barford

In honor of Will Schermer Mary Jane Schermer

In honor of Heather Storey Mr. Mark Mandich

In honor of Cynthia Yeh Mr. Thomas Libera Gabriel Villani Ms. Carla Williams

In honor of Barbara Schneider Barbara and Lewis Schneider

In honor of Ariana Strahl Mrs. Janet Duffy

In honor of So Young Bae Ms. Renita M. Esayian

In honor of Evan Schnurr Adam Baechler

In honor of Jean Stremmel Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Maughan

In honor of Florence Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sudler Mr. Neal Ball

In honor of Helen Zell, in memory of Deborah Sobol Mr. Rowland Chang

In honor of Wilfred Edward White Ms. Olive Dilworth In honor of Stephen Williamson, Joyce Noh, Hermine Gagné, Max Raimi, and Richard Hirschl Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward

In honor of Simon Zreczny Mr. Christopher Pickering

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