April 2024 Greatest Hits Program Book

DEAR PATRONS,

Welcome to our 29th season!

Whether this is your first time joining us or you are a long-time supporter of the symphony, we’re grateful you’re here with us today. We’re excited to be back in the Walter Theatre at St. Norbert College performing for our in-person audience and those who join us virtually via livestream. This season we are pleased to continue our tradition of collaboration with other arts organizations in Northeast Wisconsin, featuring the talents of Evergreen Theater actors in our season opener and the Dudley Birder Chorale in a joint concert at the end of October.

Educational outreach and support are a cornerstone of the orchestra’s mission, which will be on display in February as we welcome talented young musicians from local school groups to showcase the musician’s journey from beginner to adult. The concert will also feature winners of our biennial concerto competition which has celebrated the artistic legacy of Maestro Miroslav Pansky since 2008. This season we’re adding a second morning performance for area public, private, and homeschool students due to increased demand.

Our regular season concludes with the ultimate “music you like” symphony, built from four of the most famous and well-known movements from the symphonic repertoire. The final movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 is the most ambitious work the symphony has tackled in our history. As both a performer and leader within the organization, it’s been incredibly rewarding to watch the group’s artistic quality continue to mature each year, and I’m thrilled to conclude our season with this masterwork.

As a bonus, we are pleased to announce we plan to host our 2nd annual “CSGB at GRB” concert at the Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in June 2024. Once again, this concert will be offered as a free day of family entertainment to the community. Keep your eyes on our website for details this spring!

Thanks again for being here and supporting the Civic Symphony. Without your engagement and support, none of this would be possible.

Dan Marbes President, CSGB Board of Directors

October 2023

MISSION STATEMENT

The Civic Symphony of Green Bay is a community of musicians committed to sustaining the wonder and beauty of symphonic music through live performances and artistic collaborations.

VISION: THE SYMPHONY SEEKS TO

• Make symphonic music accessible through interactive and innovative experiences

• Continue and expand educational opportunities

• Encourage public support and gifts to sustain the goals of the orchestra

OUR HISTORY

The Civic Symphony of Green Bay was founded in 1995 by a committee headed by Gerald Mattern of the St. Norbert College music faculty. Mattern’s band members joined an existing community string ensemble to perform orchestral repertoire. With Mattern’s group as a nucleus and financial support from Green Bay businessman and musician Don Poh, the orchestra was born. Rehearsals began that fall with a series of guest conductors. The musicians overwhelmingly chose Dr. Patrick Miles, professor at the University of WisconsinStevens Point, as CSGB’s first conductor and artistic director. Under Miles, we presented our first public concert on January 27, 1996, in the Ralph Holter Auditorium of West High School.

Miles continued as conductor for 10 years, retiring after the 2004-05 season. Seong-Kyung Graham was appointed conductor and artistic director of the orchestra in 2005 after guest conducting the previous December. During Graham’s tenure, CSGB has performed a wide variety of repertoire and built a reputation for innovative collaboration with other area arts organizations. Our newest initiatives include presenting concerts in alternative venues such as the iconic Lambeau Field Atrium and an enormous Jet Air Group hangar at the Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.

CONTACT INFORMATION

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Phone: 920-432-4676

Website: gbcivic.org

Mail:

Civic Symphony of Green Bay P.O. Box 302

Green Bay, WI 54305-0302

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Officers

President:

Dan Marbes (chair: executive & personnel)

Vice President: Theresa Pelkey

Secretary: Shahnnon Hawkins

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board Members

Lori Bachman

Karin Barth

Evin Duranceau

Michael Knight

Lynn Liddle-Drewiske (chair: education)

Yi-Lan Niu

Ex-Officio Members

Seong-Kyung Graham

(chair: artistic / programming)

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes

(chair: marketing)

Treasurer: Joelle Lohr (co-chair: fundraising)

Judy Schmidt-Lehman

Nicholas Schuh

Rose Van Himbergen (co-chair: fundraising)

Chris Williams

SEONG-KYUNG GRAHAM

Artistic Director & Conductor

Seong-Kyung Graham, a native of Korea, received her Bachelor of Music from Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul before moving to the United States in 1989. After earning her Master of Music at the University of North Texas, she pursued additional graduate studies in conducting at the University of Illinois and the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.

Ms. Graham has a wide range of conducting experience with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and choirs. The orchestras she has guest-conducted include Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra and Lawrence Chamber Orchestra at Lawrence University, All Star Symphony Orchestra in Cincinnati, Concert Orchestra at the University of Cincinnati, Starling Showcase Orchestra in Cincinnati, and Illini Orchestra at the University of Illinois.

She was previously the music director of the Fox Valley Symphony Youth Orchestra, Bradley Chamber Orchestra at Bradley University, Ripon College Orchestra, and served as the assistant conductor of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra at Lawrence University. She also recently served as the music director at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ. She has been the artistic director and conductor of the Civic Symphony of Green Bay since 2005.

TITANIUM BATON SPONSOR

PLATINUM BATON SPONSOR

SILVER BATON SPONSORS

THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON SPONSORS

BRONZE BATON SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS

WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD

Our season is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Civic Symphony of Green Bay

MUSICAL TALES FROM ITALY

Saturday, October 7th, 2023 • 7:00 PM

Walter Theatre • St. Norbert College

SEONG-KYUNG GRAHAM, Conductor DAWN BYRNE, Host

The Star-Spangled Banner

John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)

harmonized/orchestrated by Walter Damrosch

Welcome Message

Dan Marbes, board president

Overture to the Barber of Seville

Barber of Seville Play

Scene 1 – The square in front of Bartolo’s house.

Scene 2 – A room inside Bartolo’s residence.

Scene 3 – Another room in Bartolo’s house.

Scene 4 – The conclusion.

Narrator: Bernie Starzewski

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799)

adapted by Dawn Byrne

Evergreen Theater actors: Lee T. Kerwin, Tonie Bear, Mar McKenna, Jacob Harkins, Jen Harkins, and Devon Breecher

INTERMISSION

Chamber music performance of Italian Song by Carol D. Critelli in the lobby by the Civic Symphony’s cello ensemble, Cello-ship of the String

MUSICAL TALES FROM ITALY

Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” Interwoven with a Pinocchio children’s play, adapted by Dawn Byrne

I. Allegro vivace

Scene 1 – Once upon a time.

II. Andante con moto

Scene 2 – Pinocchio goes to school.

III. Con moto moderato

Scene 3 – Inside the whale.

IV. Presto and Finale (Saltarello)

Narrator: Grace Heine

Evergreen Theater actors: Xander Birschbach, Caitlin Harkins, Claire Harkins, Mar McKenna, Jaeey Oreto, Ezra Morreau, and Arthur Morreau

THANK YOU

Each season, generous donors help the Civic Symphony of Green Bay fulfill our mission to bring live symphonic music to the community at affordable prices. To make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit gbcivic.org/support or mail a check to P.O. Box 302, Green Bay, WI 54305. Check with your employer to see if they’ll match your gift.

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

CHORAL CHILLS & SYMPHONIC SCARES: MUSIC FROM MOVIES

Saturday, October 28th, 2023 • 7:00 PM

Walter Theatre • St. Norbert College

KENT PAULSEN, Dudley Birder Chorale artistic director & conductor

SEONG-KYUNG GRAHAM, Civic Symphony of Green Bay artistic director & conductor

FRANK HERMANS, Host

SELECTIONS BY THE DUDLEY BIRDER CHORALE OF ST. NORBERT COLLEGE

O Fortuna from Carmina Burana

Double Trouble from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Gabriel’s Oboe & River from The Mission

Down in the River to Pray

Dies Irae & Lacrymosa from The Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Agnus Dei transcribed from Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

In Memoriam from Les Choristes

Ave Maria from Fantasia

Vale Decem from Doctor Who

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

John Williams (b. 1932) arranged by Teena Chinn

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

David L. Mennicke (b. 1961)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Bruno Coulais (b. 1954)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) arranged by Leopold Stokowski and Kent Paulsen

Murray Gold (b. 1969)

CHORAL CHILLS & SYMPHONIC SCARES: MUSIC FROM MOVIES

INTERMISSION & COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest in classroom near the lobby

SELECTIONS BY THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF GREEN BAY

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Selections from The Phantom of the Opera

Guest singers: Kelly and David Gusloff

In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Costume parade & audience poll

Pirates of the Caribbean

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

transcribed by Leopold Stokowski

Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)

arranged by Calvin Custer

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Klaus Badelt (b. 1967)

arranged by Ted Ricketts

SELECTIONS BY THE COMBINED ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan

Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Suite

Ghostbusters

John Williams (b. 1932)

John Williams (b. 1932)

Ray Parker, Jr. (b. 1954)

Encore & audience singalong led by Frank Hermans

MUSICIAN’S JOURNEY: BEGINNER TO ADULT

Friday, February 16th, 2024 • 7:00 PM

Walter Theatre • St. Norbert College

SEONG-KYUNG GRAHAM, Conductor

KENT PAULSEN, Host & Narrator

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations

Suzuki Music Academy of Green Bay, directors Carrie Kulas & Bruce Bowers

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Suzuki Music Academy of Green Bay, directors Carrie Kulas & Bruce Bowers

Allegro

Suzuki Music Academy of Green Bay, directors Carrie Kulas & Bruce Bowers

Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2

De Pere Middle School Orchestra, director James Wagner

Russian Sailors’ Dance from The Red Poppy

De Pere Middle School Orchestra, director James Wagner

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

arranged by Paul Schwartz

Folk Song

arranged by Paul Schwartz

Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998)

arranged by Paul Schwartz

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

arranged by Richard Meyer

Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)

arranged by Belisario Errante

MUSICIAN’S JOURNEY: BEGINNER TO ADULT

Romanian Folk Dances

I. Joc cu bâtǎ (Stick Dance)

II. Brâul (Sash Dance)

III. Pê-loc (In One Spot)

IV. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

V. Poargǎ româneascǎ (Romanian Polka)

VI. Mǎrunţel (Fast Dance)

VII. Mǎrunţel (Fast Dance)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Green Bay East High School Chamber Orchestra, director Joseph Baltus

The students will join CSGB on movements I, II, IV, and VI.

Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

St. Norbert College String Orchestra, director Taylor Giorgio

INTERMISSION

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

I. Andantino

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Miroslav Pansky Memorial Concerto Competition Winners:

Violin Soloist, Sophia Serra (11:20 performance)

Violin Soloist, Gabe Roethle (7:00 performance)

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Narrator, Kent Paulsen

Our February concert is sponsored by the George Kress Foundation

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

KENT PAULSEN

HOST & NARRATOR

In addition to directing the Dudley Birder Chorale, Kent Paulsen is the director and founder of the Knights on Broadway, the music director for Summer Music Theatre, and the executive director of the Youth Orchestra Program and the Boy and Girl Youth Choirs, all at St. Norbert College, where Kent is also an adjunct member of the music faculty.

Kent is the worship and music coordinator, senior choir director, and organist at Calvary Lutheran Church. Kent also subs in as a keyboard player for touring Broadway shows at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. These subbing gigs also led him to perform with those touring shows in San Diego, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Madison.

Kent is married to a wonderful, kind, and amazing singer Emily Paulsen. They have three great children – Elli, Gretchen, and Miles. Kent graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton and completed his master’s degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

GREATEST HITS

Sunday, April 21st, 2024 • 3:00 PM

Ralph Holter Auditorium • Green Bay West High School

SEONG-KYUNG GRAHAM, Conductor WARREN GERDS, Host

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Civic Symphony’s brass ensemble

Overture to the Marriage of Figaro

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

I. Allegro con brio

INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”

II. Largo

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

III. Scherzo - Pizzicato ostinato

Symphony No. 1 in D Major “Titan”

IV. Stürmisch bewegt - Energisch

John Williams (b. 1932) arranged by Darrol Barry

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

GREATEST HITS INTERACTIVE CONTENT

As part of our commitment to arts education, we are once again offering additional content for today’s concert. Rather than asking you to keep your phones turned off and out of sight, you can use your device to participate and learn more about the music in real-time.

gbcivic.org/hits

Don’t forget to silence your cell phones and refrain from texting, audio/video recording, or flash photography during the performance.

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

gbcivic.org/survey

We hope you enjoyed the show and look forward to reading your feedback.

WARREN GERDS HOST

After decades of reviewing concerts of the Civic Symphony of Green Bay, Warren Gerds takes the stage to host a concert for the first time.

Warren’s writing started in earnest with the UWM Post, the newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After earning a journalism degree, Warren moved to Green Bay to work for the Press-Gazette forever and then WFRV-TV, Channel 5, for a decade more. His reviews and feature stories number in the thousands, with the “Warren Gerds Papers” held by UW-Green Bay.

Warren has written 12 books held by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. They range from biographical (“Real, Honest Sailing with a Great Lakes Captain”) to fictional (“The Lost Legend of Taylor Rapids”) to career-spanning (“Golden Tales of a Newsman”).

Warren and Kathleen Gerds for many years formed a unique marriage in journalism. As he was Critic at Large at the Press-Gazette, she as an English teacher at Pulaski High coordinated the Pulaski News, the nation’s only community newspaper produced by students year around.

MEET ONE OF OUR BENEFACTORS, GEORGE KRESS

By Warren Gerds

George Kress is talkative. His company has just earned recognition for its meaningful role in culture in Wisconsin. The honor is one of the first Governor’s Awards in Support of the Arts.

Now George is in his office at Green Bay Packaging, Inc. being interviewed by me for an article in the Green Bay PressGazette. It’s December 1984.

George flashes to 1912. He is nine years old, and he has started playing violin. Soon enough, he joins an early Green Bay orchestra – “last row of the first violin section,” he says. A teacher encourages George to study at a conservatory rather than a college. “I decided I’d never be a concert artist,” he says.

George works his way through the University of Wisconsin-Madison by playing violin. “At the university, I had trios my sophomore, junior and senior year,

playing in restaurants and hotels on a daily basis,” he says. “And I played dance jobs on Friday and Saturday nights.”

When George returns to his hometown, he associates with musicians who formed the core of players who brought Green Bay more seriously into symphonic music. But work and family draw George away, and he sets aside music for 25 years… until this: A psychologist examining Green Bay Packaging employees tells him, “You are bottling up a lot of emotion, and it’s going to be very harmful to you.” Not knowing George had played, the psychologist recommends music as an outlet. After fits and starts, the violin makes its way back into George’s life.

At the time of the 1984 interview, he is playing in “The Salami Circuit.” It’s friends who gather to sight read through chamber music literature of “Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák, Mendelssohn and the whole gang” for the sheer pleasure in each other’s homes. “We would never play in public that way, but we have fun,” he says. “We call it ‘The Salami Circuit’ because when we finish we have lunch and conversation. It makes a great evening.”

The violin George plays is no hunk of salami. George is so successful in his business that he can afford the best “fiddle,” as he calls it. His was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1727. George owns and plays the “Kreutzer” Stradivarius violin going on 40 years. After George dies in 1997, the violin is auctioned at Christie’s in London for $1.58 million.

I can still picture sitting across from George in 1984. He is a happy person. He is proud of his company, saying, “We want to be good citizens. We want to do our share.” He speaks with great joy about his life. And he takes the opportunity to share a basic philosophy he holds dear:

“I feel that it’s good for people, older people especially, to try to develop. You see a baby, and it’s developing. In grade school, you’re developing. In high school, you’re developing. In college, you’re developing. When you start a business, you’re developing. And I think that’s a key factor in staying young. So I have always felt that I want to continue to develop. I don’t want to say, ‘This is it, I’m going downhill from here.’ I’m doing that psychologically and for my own reasons, not that I’m going to play better fiddle, but I’m going to try to.”

TODAY’S FUNDRAISER

Visit the lobby to purchase concessions from friendly fundraising committee members. All funds raised at this afternoon’s concert will help support music purchases and rentals.

Seroogy’s bars

$2 Bottled water

$1

Want to get involved? Consider donating to cover the cost of a box of Seroogy’s bars so that more of the money raised benefits the musicians of the orchestra. Ask a committee member for information or email info@gbcivic.org.

PROGRAM NOTES

Compiled by Timberly Kazmarek Marbes

OLYMPIC FANFARE AND THEME

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

With a career spanning seven decades, John Williams is America’s most successful film composer. His orchestrations can be heard in more than one hundred movies, including Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), Jurassic Park (1993), and the Indiana Jones franchise (1981-2023). Williams has received five Academy Awards, three Emmys, four Golden Globes, and 26 Grammys.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

AT A GLANCE

By: John Williams (b.1932)

Composed: 1984

Length: 5 minutes

Instrumentation: 5 trumpets, 5 horns, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, and percussion (bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, snare drum, and triangle)

CSGB premiere performance

Olympic Fanfare and Theme was commissioned for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The piece was to be performed on valveless herald trumpets, so Williams could only use the limited notes those instruments could play.

The fanfare opens with an ascending triad motif adorned by thirty-second notes, later supported by an accented low brass pedal at the end of each measure. After a huge crescendo, the horns enter with the lyrical theme accompanied by a snare drum. Williams captures the excitement and pageantry of the Games, dedicating the piece “lovingly to all participating athletes, from whom we derive so much strength and inspiration.”

The Civic Symphony thanks St. Norbert College student Austin Kobylarczyk for his assistance adjusting Darrol Barry’s British Brass Band arrangement for our available brass personnel.

THANK YOU

The Civic Symphony of Green Bay would like to thank Dan Marbes for purchasing the sheet music for Olympic Fanfare and Theme. If you’re interested in sponsoring your favorite music for future concerts, please let us know! Donations of any amount are always appreciated so that we can continue to share symphonic music with the Northeast Wisconsin community. Visit gbcivic.org/support for details.

OVERTURE TO THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who learned the violin and keyboard at a very early age. He composed his first piece when he was just five years old, and his first opera at age 12. During his short life, Mozart composed more than 800 works including symphonies, operas, concertos, and chamber music.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

AT A GLANCE

By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Composed: 1786

Length: 4.5 minutes

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings

Previous CSGB performances: 2000 January 2014 February

Mozart composed the music for the Marriage of Figaro in just six weeks. The opera was the first of three collaborations with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. In the 18th century, opera overtures did not contain themes from the opera itself, but rather served to set the mood for the audience.

The Overture to the Marriage of Figaro opens with rapid, whispering notes in the strings and bassoon. These bustling fragments merge into the energetic theme giving a taste of the comedic nature of the story. The overture follows a sonata form, with three main (undeveloped) themes and a coda.

Mozart’s overture has delighted audiences as a separate concert piece for over two hundred years. The music can be heard in several popular movies and television shows, including the original Willy Wonka (1984), Mad Men (2007), Zombieland (2009), and The King’s Speech (2010).

SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OP. 67

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He created some of the most influential music in history, with his works spanning the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Even after Beethoven started losing his hearing, he continued composing. Many of his most famous pieces, such as his Ninth Symphony, were completed after he had become totally deaf.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor opens with the most famous four notes in history. You’ll immediately recognize them: short-short-short-long. This distinctive motif has been described as “fate knocking on the door” and the reason the symphony later became known as the Fate Symphony.

Beethoven develops the four-note motif throughout the first movement. His use of silence surrounding the motif is notable. In fact, the very first note of the symphony is a rest before those four glorious notes! There are several caesuras (brief breaks or pauses) throughout the movement.

AT A GLANCE

By: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Composed: 1808

Length: 7 minutes

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings

Previous CSGB performances:

1996 January

2006 April

2012 October

The movement is in the typical sonata form where the dramatic first theme is followed by a more lyrical second theme. The two musical ideas are connected by a fortissimo interruption by the horns. Beethoven repeats both themes again before a short coda. The first movement is the shortest of all of Beethoven’s symphonies, and can be heard in many movies such as Immortal Beloved (1994), Disney’s Fantasia 2000 (1999), and as a disco arrangement in Saturday Night Fever (1977).

SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR, OP. 95

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Antonín Dvořák was born in Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic. He frequently used folk melodies and rhythms in his compositions, and became the first Bohemian composer to earn worldwide recognition. Dvo ř ák lived in the United States in the 1890s and was director of the newly established National Conservatory of Music in New York.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

During his time in America, Dvořák composed his famous Symphony No. 9 in E minor , better known as the “New World Symphony.” He wanted to create music for the young nation, adopting ideas from the new world around him.

AT A GLANCE

By: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Composed: 1893

Length: 13 minutes

Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings

Previous CSGB performances:

1996 April

1999 October

2007 April

2016 October

2021 November

Dvořák composed original themes inspired by Native American and African American folk music and the wide open spaces he saw during his travels. Several sources say the second movement was inspired by Longfellow’s poem, “The Song of Hiawatha.”

William Arms Fisher, one of Dvořák’s students, later took the expressive English horn melody from the second movement and added his own lyrics to create the spiritual tune “Goin’ Home.” Portions of Dvořák’s symphony can be heard in the soundtracks of Clear and Present Danger (1994), Fantastic Four (2005), and even in an episode of The Simpsons

SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN F MINOR, OP. 36

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is likely the most popular and well-known Russian composer in history. He taught harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, but resigned in 1878 to focus more on composing. Many of his pieces are inspired by the plays of Shakespeare. Tchaikovsky is most celebrated for his ballets, such as Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

AT A GLANCE

By: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Composed: 1878

Length: 6 minutes

Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings

Previous CSGB performances: 2005 October 2009 April

The “scherzo” of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor is a lighthearted playful movement that features the tonal effects of each section of the orchestra. Coincidentally, like Beethoven’s piece earlier, this symphony also has the nickname “Fatum” or “Fate” in Europe.

The strings play a delicate pizzicato – plucking the strings – throughout. The oboe interrupts with a long high A at the start of the trio to bring in the dance-like melody in the woodwinds. The brass section enters with a quiet, reserved staccato. The movement is in A-B-A form, ending with a coda with pizzicato strings fading into nothingness.

Tchaikovsky described the scherzo as: “Whimsical arabesques, vague images sweep past the imagination. Suddenly, a picture of drunken peasants and a street song. Somewhere in the distance, a military procession. They are images which sweep through the head as one falls asleep: strange, wild, and incoherent.”

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Gustav Mahler was born in Austria and spent much of his life as an opera conductor, only composing parttime. He eventually composed 10 large-scale symphonies and several song cycles with folk influences. Mahler is best known for his choral work The Song of the Earth and the song cycle Songs of a Wayfarer.

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Mahler initially titled his Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan, a Tone Poem in the Form of a Symphony.” He likened composing to playing with building blocks. In fact, much of the musical material in this symphony is borrowed from other sources, including Liszt’s Dante Symphony and Wagner’s Parsifal.

AT A GLANCE

By: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Composed: 1888

Length: 20 minutes

Instrumentation:

2 piccolos, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons, 7 horns, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 2 timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, and triangle), harp, and strings

CSGB premiere performance

The fourth movement opens with a cymbal strike that Mahler called a bolt of lightning that rips from a black cloud. Driving rhythms, cascading strings, and brass fanfares depict a powerful storm. As the music builds in intensity, Mahler adds fragments of themes from the preceding movements.

The lyrical melodies in the middle of the movement are transcendent, taking the listener to another place. Mahler described the overall narrative of his First Symphony as “a strong, heroic man, his life and sufferings, his battles and defeat at the hands of Fate.”

UPCOMING FUNDRAISER

SAVE THE DATE

Symphonic Sips: Reds, Whites, and Blues

Saturday, May 18 from 6-8 p.m.

Hamlet Creek Weddings & Events

3562 Finger Rd, Green Bay

Join chamber musicians from the orchestra for a fundraiser hosted by LedgeStone Vineyards.

• Variety of musical styles

• Wine & appetizer pairings

• Silent auction

• Wine pull

Money raised at the event will benefit the Civic Symphony of Green Bay. More information and tickets available at gbcivic.org/events.

FIRST VIOLIN

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Taylor Giorgio, concertmaster

Charlotte Bogda

Chris Williams

Amanda Barnes

Brooke LaMonica

Natalie Sturicz-Heiges

Darlene Bentz

Larry Frye

Dan Bogda

Samuel Bieneman

Emily Walters

TJ Lutz

SECOND VIOLIN

Jennifer Coopman, principal

April Baeb

Matthew Piper

Isaac Geiken

Patricia Wilson

Dwight Hayes

Hannah Loveless

Sarah Krienke

Brianna Healy

Angela Jarvie

Emma Utrie

Elizabeth Wozniak

VIOLA

Matthew Kirkendall, principal

Judy Schmidt-Lehman

Barb Akins

Craig Kellenberger

Erica Huettl

Karin Barth

Allyson Fleck

Jacob Alexander

Sara Hermsen

CELLO

Adam Korber, principal

James Wagner

Mary Ellen Kozak

Simon Whiteley

Chelsea Burton

Bill Kasper

Lubov Letunovskaya

Anna Lersch

Tyler Dashnier

Arthur Smeall

Ian Froelich

David Giebler

STRING BASS

Lee Klemens, principal

Jane Kanestrom

James Wilke

Amy Warmenhoven

Jason Holz

FLUTE

Rose Van Himbergen, principal

Becky Czachor

Jean Fontaine

Lauren Seidl

PICCOLO

Becky Czachor, principal

Lauren Seidl

OBOE

Shahnnon Hawkins, principal

Shawn Limberg

Deirdre Rasmussen

Stuart Sutter

ENGLISH HORN

Deirdre Rasmussen

CLARINET

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes, principal

Althea Rosenberg

Nick Waroff

E-FLAT CLARINET

Christina Beaupre

BASSOON

Michael Pittman, principal

Beth Shaw

Barb Wagner

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

HORN

Andrew Parks, principal

Theresa Pelkey, assistant

William Klumb

Paul Oleksy

Stephen Taylor

Kelly Hawkins

Evan Haas

Alex Riemer

TRUMPET

Dan Marbes, principal

Carisa Lueck

Jamie Waroff

Greg Sauve

Michael Cegelski

TROMBONE

Bill Burroughs, principal

Brian Sauve

Tim Kiefer

Geoff Stenson

TUBA

Steve Wilda

TIMPANI

Mindy Popke, principal

Mahri Hodges

PERCUSSION

Mahri Hodges, principal

Lucas Brimmer

Tommy Romanowski

Ben Taylor

KEYBOARD

Franklin Beyer

MUSIC LIBRARIAN

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Mindy Popke

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

Seong-Kyung Graham

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Seong-Kyung Graham (first violin)

Dustin Lateyice (second violin)

Karin Barth (viola)

Adam Korber (cello)

Lee Klemens (string bass)

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes (woodwinds)

Dan Marbes (brass)

Andrew Parks (horn)

Mahri Hodges (percussion)

EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL

Financial contributions in the form of advertisements, donations, and sponsorships make the arts possible. Without the leadership of small businesses, individuals, and large companies, there would be no score, no musicians, and no music.

This listing reflects gifts received from January 1, 2023 through March 16, 2024. If your name has been omitted or misspelled, please contact us at info@gbcivic.org so we may correct the error. An asterisk (*) denotes CSGB personnel.

CORPORATE SUPPORT

Titanium Baton Sponsor $15,000+

George Kress Foundation

Platinum Baton Sponsor $5,000+

Schneider Foundation

Silver Baton Sponsor $1,000+

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation

Heid Music

NEW Dermatology Group

Nicolet National Bank Pilotsmith, Inc.

Bronze Baton Sponsor $500+

EAGLE III Medical Transport

Stark Team Real Estate

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Platinum Baton ($5,000+)

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes* & Dan Marbes*

Gold Baton ($2,500 - $4,999)

Roberta Roloff

Silver Baton ($1,000 - $2,499)

John Kolar*

Thomas Sutter, in memory of Janet Sutter

Bronze Baton ($500 - $999)

Karin Barth*

Nancy Diermeier

Cyndee* & David* Giebler

Dina Graham

Seong-Kyung* & Dan Graham

George F. Howlett, Jr.

Anne & Lee* Klemens

Carol & Donald Kress

Judy Schmidt-Lehman* & Phillip Lehman

Lynn Liddle-Drewiske*

Carisa* & Danny Lueck

Benefactor ($250 - $499)

Anonymous

Kelly Hawkins*

Bill Kasper*

Mary Ellen Kozak*

Shawn Limberg*

Valerie Loughney & Beverly Smith, in memory of Stu Smith

Mindy Popke* with family & friends, in memory of Debra M. Obry

Rose* & Tim Van Himbergen

Cheryl & Chris* Williams

Partner ($100 - $249)

Anonymous

John Asmus*

Amanda Barnes*

Charlotte* & Dan* Bogda

Gordon Clark

Janice Davis

Eileen & Larry* Frye

Tamara & Dale Gasparick

Bonnie & Robert Goelz

Mary Young & Charles Hagen

Sara Hermsen*

Marilee Jahn

Angela* & Elizabeth Jarvie

Pam & Bill* Klumb

Arthur “Chip” Minguey

Janet & Charles Peterson

Rebecca Proefrock*

Beth Shaw*

Susan & Mike Smullen

Karen Sternkopf

Bruce Vanis

Betty & Cliff Wall

Amy Warmenhoven*

Patricia Wilson*

Patron ($50 - $99)

Anonymous

Peter Angilello

Barb Akins*

Edith & Hans Barth

Darlene Bentz*

Franklin Beyer*

Chelsea Burton*

Church of God Academy Cecil

Tom Collins, in memory of

Kathy Lisch Collins

Rebecca Czachor

David Gardner

Roy Gieseker

Dorothy Giovannini

Shahnnon Hawkins*

Beth Holl

Erica Huettl*

Paul Johnson*

Patricia Jones

Dennis Joyce

Jane Kanestrom*

Michael Knight*

Sarah Krienke*

Brooke LaMonica*

Mary Loney*

Brianne Marie

David Nohara

Andrew Parks*

Theresa* & Ben Pelkey

Mindy Popke*

Rachel Richards*

Mark Salmon

Brian Sauve*

Greg Sauve*

Barbara Schuh

Natalie Sturicz-Heiges*

Brandon Taylor

Stephen Taylor*

Mary Beth Williams*

Friend (up to $49)

Anonymous

Lynn Barrett

Christy Becker

Pat Boeselager

Karla Brandl

Jan Butz

Wendy Dearborn

Pasquale De Donato

James Derbique

Ron Evans

Dan Hawkins

Jose Herrera

Sue Johnson

Angel Johnston

Patricia Jones

Robert Knoll

Kristin Lewins

Marianne Mainhardt

Jessie Mansky

Susan Lawrence McCardell*

Anna Mae Petrusha

Deirdre* & Brian Rasmussen

Ken Rost

Laura Schram

EJ Schrock

Paula Schuh

Shaun Showalter

Valerie Simonsen

Kay Spitzner

Patti Warmenhoven

Jen Weiss

Nicole Zimmerman

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributed Goods & Services

91.1 The Avenue

Karin Barth*

Franklin Beyer*

Dawn Byrne

Sara Hermsen*

Jet Air Group

Kwik Trip

Judy Schmidt-Lehman* & Phillip Lehman

Joelle Lohr*

Michele McCormack

Timberly Kazmarek Marbes* & Dan Marbes*

Pilotsmith, Inc.

Mindy Popke*

Rick’s Toybox, Inc.

Rose* & Tim Van Himbergen

Wisconsin Philharmonic

Wisconsin Public Radio

Matching Gifts & Employee Grants

American Family Insurance

Capital Credit Union

Fox Communities Credit Union

Kimberly-Clark Foundation

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Thrivent Choice Charitable Grant Program

Funds of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation

Associated Bank, N.A. Fund

Avram Berk Charitable Fund

Maynard-Hogan Charitable Foundation Fund

Stevens* Family Fund

Ron & Colleen Weyers Fund

Foundation & Government Grants

AmazonSmile Foundation

De Pere Christian Outreach

Heid Music Family Charitable Fund

The Jon and Peg Giving Fund, a fund of the National Christian Foundation Wisconsin

PayPal Give at Checkout Program

The Theresa Refsguard Foundation

John and Janet Van Den

Wymelenberg Foundation

Wisconsin Arts Board

Symphonic Circle Members

Betty Brown

Karen Cowan

Charles Hagen

Anne Mattern

Cheryl Murphy

Judy Poh

Michelle Schleis

Dr. Robert J. Stevens

Julie Poh Thurlow

Scott Vanidestine

Advertisers

Auto Aces

AVB Community Band

Brown County Historical Society

Classic Renovations

Dan Popkey’s De Pere Tax Service

De Pere Smiles

Doctors in Recital

Downtown Auto Service

EAGLE III Medical Transport

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation

Evergreen Theater

George Kress Foundation

Great Music Green Bay

Heid Music

Jakubovsky Chiropractic

Jerry Bodart Agencies

Jerry Ganz Financial Planning

Johnson Financial Group

Let Me Be Frank Productions

Mulva Cultural Center

NEW Dermatology Group

Nicolet National Bank

Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay

Peterson, Berk & Cross

Pilotsmith Flight School

Prevea Health

Replay Sports Bar & Grill

Schneider Foundation

Schroeder’s Flowers

St. Norbert College Music

Stark Team Real Estate

Suzuki Music Academy of Green Bay

Tower Clock Eye Center

Warren Gerds

Wisconsin Public Radio

Wissota Chophouse

Please support our advertisers and let them know you saw their ad in our program book. Interested in advertising with us? Advertising not only shows the community that your business supports the arts, but it’s also a great way to reach new customers.

Email advertising@gbcivic.org for advertising options.

GIVE AT CHECKOUT

Support the Civic Symphony of Green Bay when you shop online with PayPal’s Give at Checkout option. Set CSGB as your favorite charity, and you can choose to donate $1 each time you check out with PayPal. It’s a little thing that can add up to a big impact.

gbcivic.org/support

THANK YOU

The Civic Symphony of Green Bay thanks Press Pass Ink for printing our season brochures, posters, and program books. Graphic design and layout services are generously provided by Mindy Popke.

SHARE YOUR TALENTS

We’d love to expand our board membership and committees to include experts in the areas of marketing, finance, fundraising, and educational outreach. We’re also always looking for energetic and friendly volunteers to greet guests and serve as ushers at our concerts. If you or someone you know (not necessarily a musician) is interested, let us know!

gbcivic.org/volunteer

PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?

We’re always looking for musicians to add to our sub list, especially low strings and percussion. Visit our website to learn about current openings and audition requirements.

gbcivic.org/openings

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

Please visit our website to submit your feedback in our online survey. Tell us what you liked… and what you didn’t… and share ideas and suggestions to help shape our future seasons. We’re listening!

gbcivic.org/survey

SATURDAY

JUNE 15, 2024

CSGB @ GRB:

ORCHESTRA AT THE AIRPORT

Pilotsmith/Jet Air Group hangar

Green Bay Austin Straubel

International Airport

Doors open at noon, concert at 1PM.

Free admission! Donations appreciated.