Christopher Zimmerman, music director and conductor
Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 8pm
Center for the Arts at George Mason University
Christopher Zimmerman, music director
Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 8pm
Center for the Arts at George Mason University
MALEK JANDALI (1972-)
Selected Movements from Symphony No. 6 , “The Desert Rose”
Celebrating Christopher Zimmerman’s 15th Anniversary as FSO Music Director & Conductor
II.“Praise”
V.“Ardah”
VII.“Fete”
EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934)
MALEK JANDALI
Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
JONATHAN LESHNOFF (b. 1973)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE)
Concertante for Two Violins and Orchestra (East Coast Premiere)*
I. Slow
I.Andantino misterioso
II.Nocturne
II. Scherzo
III. Fast
III.Allegro moderato
Chee-Yun and Kit Zimmerman, violin
Anthony McGill, clarinet
*Commissioned by FSO Chairman, José “Pepe” Figueroa, in honor of The Figueroa Strad and in memory of Pepito Figueroa.
Intermission
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No.3 in E flat major “Eroica”, op.55
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Symphony No. 10, Op. 93, E minor
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I.Allegro con brio
I. Moderato
II.Marcia funebre—adagio assai
II. Allegro
III.Scherzo—allegro vivace
III. Allegretto
IV.Finale—allegro molto
IV. Andante; Allegro
MEET THE ARTISTS
CHEE-YUN
ANTHONY
Violinist Chee-Yun’s flawless technique, dazzling tone, and compelling artistry have enraptured audiences on five continents. Charming, charismatic, and deeply passionate about her art, Chee-Yun continues to carve a unique place for herself in the ever-evolving world of classical music.
A winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chee-Yun has performed with many of the world’s foremost orchestras and conductors. She has appeared with the San Francisco, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Atlanta, and National symphony orchestras, as well as with the Saint Paul and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras. As a recitalist, Chee-Yun has performed in many major U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta. In 2016, Chee-Yun performed as a guest artist for the Secretary General at the United Nations in celebration of Korea’s National Foundation Day and the 25th anniversary of South Korea joining the UN. In 1993, Chee-Yun performed at the White House for President Bill Clinton and guests at an event honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts. Recent highlights include her appearance with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, as well as her collaboration with acclaimed guitarist Mak Grgić.
Her most recent recording, Serenata Notturno, released by Decca/Korea, is an album of light classics that went platinum within six months of its release. In addition to her active performance and recording schedule, Chee-Yun is a dedicated and enthusiastic educator. Her past faculty positions have included serving as the resident Starling Soloist and Adjunct Professor of Violin at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and as Visiting Professor of Music (Violin) at the Indiana University School of Music. From 2007 to 2017, she served as Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Violin at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Hailed for his penetrating York Times), enjoys a dynamic chamber music of the New African-American organization’s the 2020 Avery music’s most McGill appears orchestras, Angeles Philharmonics, the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras. Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriela Montero Barack Obama, premiering a piece by John musician, McGill is a collaborator of the Brentano, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takács, and with leading artists including Emanuel Ax, Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida,
Chee-Yun plays a violin made by Francesco Ruggieri in 1669. It is rumored to have been buried with a previous owner for 200 years and has been profiled by The Washington Post.
He serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. He Yu Brody Distinguished Chair at the Curtis In 2020, McGill’s #TakeTwoKnees campaign Floyd and historic racial injustice went viral. Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative industry convening at EJI’s Legacy Museum which leaders and artists in classical music racial inequality and how this legacy continues Backun Artist and performs exclusively on
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CRISTIAN “KIT” ZIMMERMAN
Born in the USA to British parents, violinist Cristian “Kit” Zimmerman is quickly developing a multifaceted career as an orchestral, chamber, and solo violinist. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was immediately drawn to music due to his father’s work as an orchestral conductor. From 2012 to 2018, Kit attended the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of David Updegraff and Jan Sloman, receiving the Jerome M. Gross Award in Violin during his studies. He continued his education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Alexander Kerr.
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Zimmerman has performed with such ensembles as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, Akron Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and the Canton Symphony, where he was appointed as concertmaster in 2017. He has attended prestigious orchestral music festivals including the Verbier Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, and Music Academy of the West. As a chamber musician, he has taken part in both the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Intensive Quartet Seminar and the Music Academy of the West’s String Quartet Seminar, and as a soloist has performed with the Fargo-Moorehead Symphony Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra.
In 2022, Kit joined the first violin section of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN
Music Director & Conductor
Named Music Director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO) in 2009, Christopher Zimmerman celebrates his 15th season with the FSO. Former Washington Post classical music critic, Anne Midgette, wrote: “the Bernstein was a note-perfect end to a very refreshing evening that spoke well for the programming vision of Zimmerman.” Former Washington Post reporter, Stephen Brookes, commented: “Zimmerman has been injecting adrenalin into this determined ensemble… (and has) made the Fairfax players a serious force to be reckoned with.”
Christopher Zimmerman graduated from Yale with a B.A. in Music and received his Master’s from the University of Michigan. He also studied with Seiji Ozawa and Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, and at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine with Charles Bruck. Zimmerman served as an apprentice to Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony and in Prague, as assistant conductor to Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Zimmerman’s debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was followed by engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Prior to his appointment to the FSO, Christopher Zimmerman was Music Director of the Symphony of Southeast Texas, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and the City of London Chamber Orchestra. His career has also embraced teaching and working with student orchestras and conductors; in 1993 he joined the conducting faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati where he was Music Director of their concert orchestra, and in 1999 he was appointed as Fuller Professor of Orchestral Studies at the Hartt School as well as Music Director of the Hartt Symphony.
A champion of contemporary music and commissioning new work, during his leadership with the FSO, Zimmerman has commissioned seven new works and presented 22 premieres. This season, the FSO presents the U.S. premiere piano concerto by composer Elena Kats-Chernin with pianist, Lisa Moore, the Regional premiere of “She Dreams of Flying” by composer Quinn Mason, the Virginia premiere of Clarice Assad’s concerto for Guitar and Cello “Anahata,” and the commission and East Coast premiere by Jonathan Leshnoff “Concertante for Two Violins and Orchestra.” In 202324, Zimmerman conducted the World Premiere Clarinet Concerto by Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali with clarinetist, Anthony McGuill, the Regional premiere of Anna Clyne’s “Dance” with cellist Inbal Segev, and the co-commission and Virginia premiere of “Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue” with pianist Jeffrey Biegel in honor of the 150th Anniversary of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” In 2023, Zimmerman and the FSO presented the U.S. premiere of “Bruromano,” a concerto for guitar, double bass, and string orchestra by Czech composer Sylvie Bodorova featuring renowned guitarist, Jason Vieaux. In 2022, the FSO presented the regional premiere of composer Robert Carl’s “White Heron” and composer Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No. 4 “Heichalos.” The FSO brought “Dances of the Yogurt Maker” by Turkish composer, Erberk Eryilmaz to Virginia for the first time in 2019, along with the 2018 Virginia premiere of Philip Glass’ “Piano Concerto No. 3,” with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who commissioned the work and for whom it was written. In 2017, the Fairfax Symphony in celebration of its 60th season commissioned “Resolutions” by composer Mark Camphouse in honor of the 275th Anniversary of Fairfax County. In 2016, the FSO presented the regional premiere of Martin Bresnick’s “The Way it Goes.”
Zimmerman has also established four artistic collaborations while leading the FSO—its annual co-presentation with George Mason University’s Center for the Arts featuring renowned artists including acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming, and pianists Jeremy Denk and Simone Dinnerstein, the annual production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker with the Fairfax Ballet, and a collaboration with Bown-McCauley Dance Company.
Christopher Zimmerman was recognized as the winner of the American Conducting Prize in 2011, an award given for nationwide performances by orchestral conductors, choral conductors, and a host of other categories. Such recognition of his abilities has been born out in appointments to the Music Directorship of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony (2013-) and Artistic Directorship of the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (2014-2017).
VIOLIN
FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Christopher Zimmerman | Music Director
David Salness, Concertmaster
Allison Bailey, Associate Concertmaster
Chris Franke
Madalyn Navis
Natalie Jankowski Trainer
Glen Kuenzi
Mia Lee
Sharon Like
Miriam Koby
Carolina Pedroza, FSO Fellow
Shu-Ting Yao
George Pekarsky
VIOLIN 2
Sarah Berger, Principal, The Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair
Andrew Juola, Assistant Principal, The Sue Bower Memorial Chair
Jessica Mun
Elena Smirnova
Susan Manus
Rachel Zimmerman
Cindy Crumb
Karan Wright
Edwin Barreno Castillo, FSO Fellow
Makiko Taguchi
Milena Aradski
Peter Dreux
VIOLA
Adelya Shagidullina, Principal
Paul Bagley
Raggie Cover
Eric Whitesides
Patti Reid
Greg Rupert
Steffany Shock
Rizwan Jagani, FSO Fellow
CELLO
Natalia Vilchis, Principal
Rachel Sexton
Brent Davis
Anne Rupert
Kathy Thompson
Michelle Choi
Ryan Donohue
Mea Cook
Chiara Pappalardo
Carlos Figueroa
DOUBLE BASS
Kyle Augustine, Associate Principal
Erik Cohen
Mark Stephenson
Jim Donahue
Asa Dawson, FSO Fellow
Paul Hunt
FLUTE
Larry Ink, Principal
Cherri Hall
Sharon Lee
OBOE
Trevor Mowry, Principal
Belinda Rosen
ENGLISH HORN
Meredeth Rouse
Belinda Rosen
CLARINET
Patrick Morgan, Principal
Wendi Hatton
Kathy Mulcahy
BASS CLARINET
Kathy Mulcahy
BASSOON
Dean Woods, Principal
Matthew Gregoire
Jeff Ward
CONTRABASSOON
Jeff Ward
Matthew Gregoire
FRENCH HORN
Nat Willson, Principal, The Keith and Barbara
Moore Family Chair
Elena Varon, Assistant
Eric Moore
Aaron Cockson
Neil Chidester
TRUMPET
Chris Larios, Principal
James McAloon
Rob Singer
TROMBONE
Dave Miller, Principal
Bryan Bourne
BASS TROMBONE
David Hagee
TUBA
Joseph Guimaraes
TIMPANI
Jonathan Milke, Principal
PERCUSSION
Alex Garde, Principal
Mike Gatti
Dana Dominguez
Sean Van Winkle
HARP
Madeline Jarzembak, Principal
PROGRAM NOTES
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
Composer: born June 2, 1857, Broadheath, near Worcester, England; died February 23, 1934, Worcester
Work composed: 1905. Dedicated to Professor Samuel S. Sanford of Yale University.
World premiere: Elgar led the newly-formed London Symphony Orchestra at Queen’s Hall in London on March 8, 1905.
In 1904, the London Symphony Orchestra, a new ensemble organized and run by its players, was founded. The following year, the LSO invited Sir Edward Elgar, England’s most prominent composer of the time, to compose and conduct a new work for the LSO’s first tour of Britain.
Elgar, a former violinist, decided to focus on the LSO’s string section, and structured a work in the style of a Baroque concerto grosso, in which a small group of soloists (in this case a string quartet) are showcased. It was Elgar’s habit to jot down themes and stray musical ideas in a sketchbook. These fragments would gestate, sometimes for years, before Elgar found appropriate uses for them. The most prominent theme of the Introduction and Allegro, which Elgar referred to as “the Welsh tune,” dates from 1901. In his own program notes for the premiere, Elgar recalled a holiday he and his wife Alice had taken in Wales. “ … in Cardiganshire (Wales), I thought of writing a brilliant piece for string orchestra. On the cliff, between the blue sea and blue sky, thinking out my theme, there came up to me the sound of singing. The songs were too far away to reach me distinctly, but one point common to all was impressed upon me, and led me to think, perhaps wrongly, that it was a real Welsh idiom – I mean the fall of a third …” The viola in the solo string quartet introduces this Welsh tune, a simple, plaintive minor-key melody that returns, this time in a major key executed by the full orchestra, in the final bars.
When August Jaeger, Elgar’s close friend and publisher, immortalized as “Nimrod” in the Enigma Variations, heard about the LSO’s commission, he suggested “a brilliant quick String Scherzo or something for those fine strings only? A real bring-down-the house torrent of a thing such as Bach could write …” Elgar replied, “I’m doing that string thing … no working-out part but a devil of a fugue instead.” The Introduction and Allegro incorporates two facets of Elgar’s style: expansive Romantic interludes and a densely “worked out” fugue whose intricate counterpoint pays homage to Bach.
Concertante for Two Violins and Orchestra (East Coast Premiere)
Commissioned by FSO Board Chairman, José “Pepe” Figueroa, in honor of The Figueroa Strad and in memory of Pepito Figueroa.
“There is only one person to whom I will sell this Stradivarius violin.” Those words started an amazing, multi-generational, international saga that culminates in this commissioned piece.
The piece honors Pepito Figueroa of the legendary Puerto Rican musical Figuero family dynasty, who was known as the most extraordinary Puerto Rican violinist and teacher of all time, and the “Figueroa Stradivarius.”
In 1945, when many top violinists rushed to New York City to play a Stradivarius that was up for sale, the owner’s widow was so impressed by the playing of 40-year-old Pepito Figueroa, the final musician allowed the opportunity to play the instrument, that she vowed she would only sell it to him. Unfortunately, he did not have the funds to allow him to purchase it. A friend of the family in Puerto Rico, which owned the island’s top newspaper El Mundo, put the story on the front page and within days, enough people from around Puerto Rico had donated money to purchase the instrument, and a lifelong career in performance and teaching was launched. Quite a career in fact – the final violin lesson he taught was at age 93 from his hospital bed; he passed away peacefully 4 hours later.
Now the next generation of musical Figueroas intends for this family dynasty’s legendary treasure to come full circle. The Pepito Figueroa Stradivarius violin is in the process of being sold, and the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the people of Puerto Rico, who are still rebuilding from the 2017 Hurricane Maria.
To commemorate this life and legend, Pepito’s son, Pepe Figueroa, commissioned composer Jonathan Leshnoff to write a piece for two violins and piano, to be performed by his famed musical cousins Guillermo Figueroa Jr., Narciso Figueroa Jr., and pianist Ivonne Figueroa. Leshnoff and Christopher Zimmerman then collaborated on the idea of orchestrating the piece for full orchestra and two violins.
The first movement is somber and introspective with long, lyrical lines. The second movement is a lively scherzo, and the triumphant third movement is full of musical virtuosic fireworks, incorporating the original lyrical theme which is now transformed into a brilliant finale. The piece captures the arc of Pepito Figueroa’s career, and ultimate passing on of one violin to another.
Composer: born September 25, 1906, St, Petersburg, Russia; died August 9, 1975, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Work composed: July – October 1953
World premiere: Evgeny Mravinsky led the Leningrad Philharmonic on December 17, 1953.
On March 3, 1953, Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, suffered a stroke. He died two days later. Not long after Stalin’s death, Dmitri Shostakovich began writing his tenth symphony. Eight years earlier, in 1948, Shostakovich and many other prominent Soviet composers were denounced by the Soviet Union’s director of cultural policy, Andrei Zhdanov, who charged them with the sin of writing “formalistic” music. As a result of what is known as the Zhdanov Doctrine, Shostakovich was fired from the Moscow Conservatory, which put the composer and his family in financial peril. Most of his music was banned from publication and public performance. In response, Shostakovich vowed not to write another symphony as long as Stalin lived.
Within weeks of the dictator’s death, Shostakovich released all the music he’d previously withheld from publication and worked quickly on the Tenth Symphony, which he completed in two months. Widely regarded as the greatest of Shostakovich’s symphonies, the Tenth is also generally understood as a musical portrait of Stalin and his despotic reign. The lopsided structure of the symphony – the colossal first movement is almost as long as the subsequent three movements combined – reflects Stalin’s top-heavy attitude to artistic freedom in the USSR.
Since it would have been dangerous for Shostakovich to acknowledge his music had any direct connection to Stalin, even after Stalin’s death, the composer’s official statements about it were deliberately opaque. In response to the question of whether the Tenth Symphony had an extra-musical program, Shostakovich dissembled, replying, “No, let them listen and guess for themselves.” Another equally vague comment: “In this composition I wanted to portray human emotions and passions.” Decades later, Shostakovich is said to have described the Allegro in particular as a rendering of Stalin. Its fierce, unrelenting rhythms, punctuated by shocking, almost irrational outbursts of anger (where Shostakovich demonstrates masterful writing for timpani, snare drum and low brasses), support this characterization.
In several of his later works Shostakovich inserts a personal representation, using the musical signature D-S-C-H, a Germanicized abbreviation of his first initial and surname. These four letters correspond to the notes D, E-flat, C and B natural as they appear in German music notation. The D-S-C-H theme makes its first official appearance in the Allegretto, where it repeats in various timbres,
dynamics, and instruments. Shostakovich also encrypted the name of one of his piano and composition students, Elmira Nazirova, in a theme first sounded by the horns. We hear them call out E-A-E-D-A, which corresponds to E, L[a], Mi, R[e], A. The finale embodies a sense of hope and renewed freedom in the wake of Stalin’s death, though it, too, is shadowed by a cloud of anxiety that never fully dissipates. This may account for Aram Khachaturian’s enigmatic description of the Tenth as “an optimistic tragedy.”
The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra joins our community—and our nation—in mourning the passing of Congressman Gerry Connolly. We are deeply grateful for his unwavering support of the arts in Fairfax County and throughout the region. His dedicated public service helped shape the vibrant cultural landscape that millions enjoy today.
“Gerry was my friend for nearly 20 years,” said José “Pepe” Figueroa, Chairman of the Fairfax Symphony. “He was always forthright— dependable, thoughtful, and a voice of reason. He was also a scholarly gentleman who enjoyed and appreciated the symphony. Gerry understood the vital importance of the arts—not only for our enjoyment and education, but also for our community’s economic vitality. We lost him at a time when his leadership was needed most.”
His memory and legacy will continue to resonate through every note we play.
2024–25 FAIRFAX SYMPHONY FELLOWS
EDWIN BARRENO CASTILLO, violin
Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Edwin pursued his musical studies at Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala, the University of Costa Rica, and Escuela de Música Vida y Movimiento, Ollin Yoliztli in Mexico City. He is currently working toward an Artist Diploma at the Catholic University of America under the guidance of Professor Oleg Rylatko. His orchestral experience spans multiple countries, including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, and the United States. Notably, he has served as Principal Second Violin with Orquesta Juvenil Universitaria Eduardo Mata (OJUEM), concertmaster of Orquesta Filarmónica Mexiquense (OFM), and concertmaster of the Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra.
ASA DAWSON, double bass
A second-year FSO Fellow, Asa is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland School of Music’s undergraduate program, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in Double Bass Performance while studying under Anthony Manzo. Asa has also studied under Paul DeNola, a member of the National Symphony’s powerful Double Bass section. The summer festivals Asa Dawson has participated in include the National Symphony’s Summer Music Institute, Eastern Music Festival, and National Orchestral Institute + Festival.
RIZWAN JAGANI, viola
An American violist of Indian and Pakistani heritage, Jagani was Runner-Up in the 2024 Catholic University Concerto Competition. He has appeared with Apollo Orchestra, Northern Neck Orchestra and is currently the Principal Violist of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. Jagani has an affinity to contemporary viola repertoire and is known for reimagining the idea of what the viola can do by combining his formal training in Western Classical performance with other musical genres. He has collaborated with musical theatre artists from shows including Hamilton and The Lion King and performed with Grammy Award winners Burna Boy and Dwight Yoakam.
CAROLINA PEDROZA, violin
A third-year FSO Fellow, Carolina began studying violin in her hometown Villavicencio, Colombia and is studying for her DMA at Catholic University of America. She has worked in music education programs in Colombia, Venezuela, and the US, and served as Teaching Assistant at Duquesne University and Penn State University. She was a permanent member of the Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas (Venezuela) and has been concertmaster of the Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra, Penn State Philharmonic, and Colour of Music Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. She has participated in festivals including FEMUSC (Brazil), A Tempo (Colombia), Sewanee Summer Music Festival (TN), and Colour of Music Festival (SC and CA).
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The Fairfax Symphony gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following contributions received within the past twelve months as of May 1, 2024. Thank you for dedicating these vital gifts to the music and education programs we work so passionately to create and share with our community.
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Thank you for dedicating these vital gifts to the music and education programs we work so passionately to create and share with our community.
GOVERNMENT ARTSFAIRFAX
GOVERNMENT
ARTSFAIRFAX
City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts
City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts
County of Fairfax
County of Fairfax
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Stephen and Mary Preston
Laura and Ervin Walter
Pepe Figueroa, In Memory of the Figueroa Quintet
Donald and Ruth Drees
Robert W. Henry
Frank and Lynn Gayer
Mr. Kurt P. Jaeger
Eric and Joyce Hanson
GOLD
Eric Moore
Valarie Ney
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kaye
Robert W. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kerr
Mr. Kurt P. Jaeger
FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITABLE FUNDS
FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITABLE FUNDS
Anonymous
Anonymous
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Charles Delmar Foundation
Charles Delmar Foundation
Nelson J. & Katherine Friant-Post Foundation
Community Foundation of Northern Virginia
Richard & Caroline T.
Gwathemy Memorial Trust
Nelson J. & Katherine Friant-Post Foundation
Richard & Caroline T.
Mary & Daniel Loughran Foundation
Gwathemy Memorial Trust
TD BANK Foundation
The Rea Charitable Trust
Mary & Daniel Loughran Foundation
TD BANK Foundation
CORPORATIONS
The Rea Charitable Trust
Hilton Fairfax
CORPORATIONS
Goodwin Living
John Marshall Bank
McKeever Services
Hilton Fairfax
The Mather
Goodwin Living
Dominion Energy
McKeever Services
NOVEC
The Mather
Priority One Services, Inc.
Dominion Energy
NOVEC
SYMPHONY SOCIETY CONCERTO CLUB
Priority One Services, Inc.
Transurban
PLATINUM
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Brownell
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
PLATINUM
Pepe Figueroa
Mr. and Mrs. David Black
Joyce L. Hanson
Dr. Mark Head
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Brownell
Martin Poretsky
Martin Poretsky
The Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair
Anje Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kaye
Dr. and Mrs. Per Kullstam
Steve and Debbie Cohen
Stephen and Mary Preston
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kerr
David and Lenka Lundsten
GOLD
Mr. Sean Foohey
John Lockhart
Anje Kim
John and Jeanette Mason
Dr. and Mrs. Per Kullstam
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mattice
Eric Moore
The Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair
John and Jeanette Mason
Joetta Miller
Dr. Steve and Debbie Cohen
Mr. Sean Foohey
In memory of Richard Benedict
John Lockhart
Sherman & Etta Mae Thomas Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mattice
Judith Nitsche
Joetta Miller
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Overton
Linda Vitello
Judith Nitsche
Michael Wendt
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Overton
Sally and Rucj Uffelman
In memory of Richard Benedict Sherman and Etta Mae Thomas
David and Deborah Winston, In Memory of May Winston
Sandra Lee Stoddard
Linda Vitello
SILVER
Sherman Sally and Rucj Uffelman
Anonymous
SILVER
Ms. Esther Beaumont
Nina and David Breen
Anonymous (2)
Ms. Esther Beaumont
Janine and Curt Buser
Nina and David Breen
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Caress
Janine and Curt Buser
Daniel and Carol Graifer
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Caress
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Hartmann
Frank and Carolyn Gayer
Daniel and Carol Graifer
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Hemer
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Hemer
Robert and Maryanne Jones
Ms. Joetta Miller
Robert and Maryanne Jones
David & Lenka Lundsten
Mr. William A. Nerenberg
Ms. Joetta Miller
David and Bridget Ralston
James and Miriam Ross
Mr. William A. Nerenberg
Mr. and Mrs. David Seida
David and Bridget Ralston
James and Miriam Ross
RHAPSODY CIRCLE
Mr. and Mrs. David Seida
Anonymous
William Bell
RHAPSODY CIRCLE
Bill and Dorothy Brandel
Anonymous
Dr. Karen Detweiler
William Bell
Donald and Ruth Drees
James and Jane Bangarra
Eric and Joyce Hanson
Mr. and Mrs. James
Bongarra, Jr.
Mrs. and Mrs. C. David Hartmann
Bill and Dorothy Brandel
Dr. Karen Detweiler
SONATA CIRCLE
Michael Wendt
Mr. and Mrs. James Bongarra, Jr.
David and Deborah
Ms. Pamela Charin
Winston, In Memory of May Winston
Christopher Forsberg
Anthony and Lucy Griffin
SONATA CIRCLE
Christopher Gohrband
Ms. Pamela Charin
Gareth and Tân Habel
Christopher Forsberg
Spencer Howell
Anthony and Lucy Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Highfill
Christopher Gohrband
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hinkle
Gareth and Tân Habel
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Hanson
Kolleen Martin
Spencer Howell
Helen Noyes
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Highfill
Mr. Justice Percell
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hinkle
Ms. C. Carole Richard
Kathleen Schultz
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lynch
Helen Noyes
Mary Jane Spiro
Mr. Justice Percell
Sandra Lee Stoddard
Ms. C. Carole Richard
Mr. Michael W. Stoltz
Deborah Roudebush
Dr. Jack and Mrs. Jane Underhill
Mary Jane Spiro
Timothy N. Wade
Mr. Michael W. Stoltz
Roy and Margaret Wagner
Mr. William Walderman
Dr. Jack and Mrs. Jane Underhill
Timothy N. Wade
Roy and Margaret Wagner
Mr. William Walderman
SERENADE CIRCLE
Dr. Charles Allen
Ms. Gay B. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Baker
Sarah Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. James Bland
Donald Bieniewicz
Ms. Patricia Boots
Beverly and Terry Boschert
Kathryn and Tony Bovill
Patricia G. Brady
Judith and Peter Braham, In Memory of Rolland Roup
Bill and Dorothy Brandel
Louis and Monika Brenner
David W. Briggs and John F. Benton
Mr. Eric Brissman
Mr. Robert Brown
Judith Buchino
Mary L. Burns
Marvin Burge
Mr. W. Carlson
Cedric Chang
Ms.Tzu-yi Chen
Mr. and Mrs. Brian H. Chollar
Douglas Cobb
Ms. Helen M. Conlon
Robert Creekmore
Ms. Sandy Cromp
Mr. and Mrs. David Cross
Isabelle Cummings
Karin and Michael Custy
Ms. Barbara d’Andrade
In honor of Ms. Sarah
Daniel Ms. Alice DeKany
Catherine Dettmer
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Dillon
Judy Donnelly
Marilyn Dorn
Jean Mitchell Duggan
Colleen Dutson
Karen Eaton
Peggy and Arye Ephrath
Jean Esswein
Brian and Mary Ewell
Mr. John A. Farris
Ms. Jenifer Fisch
Wilford Forbush
Ken and Helen Fussell
Ms. Dorien Garman
Jennifer Gitner Allen
S. Greenspan
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy
Hargreaves
Frederic Harwood
In memory of R. Dennis McArver
Joan Lisante Hood and James Hood
Mr. and Mrs.Ted Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick G. Hutchison
Geraldine Inge
Mr. Edward Jarett
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Jehn
Theda and Huascar Jessen, In Memory of Rolland Roup
Christine Jordan
Nelson Joyner
Benjamin Justesen
Ms. Carol Kearns
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kieffer
Bill and Priscilla Kirby
Frank and Susan Kohn
Greta Kreuz
Charles Kuehn
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Kuhl
James Langmesser
Dara and William Laughlin
Anne Loughlin
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lynch
Catherine Lyon and Stuart Kantor
Susan Manus
Barrie March
Alison Marr
Mr. Scott Marschall
In Memory of Joseph G. Marshall, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs.Timothy J. McCarthy
Joel Meyerson
Mr. Robert L. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Mittelholtz
Virginia and Marion Moser
Jean Murphy
Anthony Nassar
Peggy Newhall
Diane Nolin
Col. and Mrs. Tommy T.
Osborne
Anne and Jim Painter
Frank and Norizan Paterra
Catherine Pauls
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Petrie
Mitzi and Dan Rak
Mr. Richard L. Renfield
Jane Rosenthal
Deborah Roudebush
Karla Roup, In Memory of Rolland Roup
Stephen Sanborn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schaub
Catherine Schifferli
Gayle Schlenker
Ms. Roslyn Schmidt
Mr. and Mrs. Karl W. Schornagel
Michael Schwartz
Ms. Doris Seaton
Neil and Beverly Seiden
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seraphin
Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson
Sydney Smith
Nigel Smyth
Dorothy Staebler
John and Pamela Stark
Kristina Stewart
Agnes D. Stoertz
Mr. John Strong
Frederick and Marjorie Stuhrke
Mr. and Mrs. David Sukites
Reede and Jane Taylor
William Tompkins
Alton P. and Alice W. Tripp
Ms. Barbara Tuset
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Twedt
Jane Underhill
Ms. Shelley Vance
Janet Vanderveer
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Vandivere
Roy and Margaret Wagner
Andrew and Myrna Wahlquist
Ms. Diane Wakely-Park
Robert and Charlene Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Egon Weck
Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Wellman
Harry and Sandra Wilbur
Ms. Jane Woods
Mr. Emile L. Zimmermann
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Fairfax City Self Storage
FAIRFAX SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jose “Pepe” Figueroa, Chairman
Priority One Services
Thomas Murphy, General Counsel
Jackson Lewis P.C.
David Black
Holland & Knight LLP
Thomas Brownell, Secretary Holland & Knight LLP
Eric Moore
The Catholic University of America
Valarie Ney
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Leland Schwartz
Author and Publisher
FSO ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Christopher Zimmerman, Music Director
Jonathan Kerr, Executive Director
Lisa LaCamera, Chief Operating Officer
Susan Petroff, Director of Development
John Murton, Assistant Conductor and Fellowship Program Coordinator
Celeste Duplaa, Link Up Program Manager
Suzy Dawson, Accountant
Cynthia Crumb, Personnel Manager
Wendi Hatton, Librarian
Timothy Wade, Stage Manager
Olivia Hinebaugh, Artistic Programming and Production Coordinator
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