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FROM THE MAESTRO To friends of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Please accept a warm welcome and thank you for joining your ASO as we embark on an historic and celebratory “Homecoming Season!” As I envisage this year and those beyond, I am struck by the unique personality and character of each season. This year has an undeniable sense of progress, achievement, and pride in what the entire ASO family has accomplished together. It seems fitting that as we garner national attention for our artistically thriving orchestra, strongly underpinned by fi nancial stability and sustainability, and a renewed emphasis on education and community engagement, we return to our historic home at Robinson Center. I’m sure you will join me in sharing a sense of awe at what this hall offers for every aspect of the patron experience. Most importantly, it boasts a significantly improved acoustic space that will allow us to experience the talents of our fi ne musicians with enhanced fidelity, greater intimacy, and warmth. Truly, it is an entirely new performance space built within the existing exterior shell, a renovated center with a new hall for the orchestra. Our collective excitement over what is to come is palpable, but don’t miss the chance to hear two exquisite Masterworks programs to begin the season in the intimate acoustic of Maumelle Performing Arts Center. We’ll celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest composers, Franz Schubert, with a broad reaching festival, and be joined by returning audience favorite, pianist Elisso Bolkvadze. We return to the Robinson Center in November with a blockbuster lineup of great works from Pines of Rome, Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto, Sibelius 2nd Symphony, and Mahler’s inspiring 2nd Symphony. Stephanie Berg joins the ASO as Composer of the Year, complete with a world premiere commission. Our Pops Live! season opens with a holiday program in our new space, fulling taking advantage of all of our new hall’s trappings and capabilities. Our symphony is joined by thrilling vocalists in two concerts exploring different sides of rock and roll history, and the season closes with a fun movie night featuring the screening of the fi lm, Back to the Future, with our orchestra performing the score live! This season I hope you will hear a focus on our merry band of players with works that highlight the artistic trajectory of this ensemble—of which every Arkansan can be very proud. I think it is important to look to the future as well, and imagine the new and greater things we can accomplish together. I count myself very lucky indeed to be a part of this organization during this historic period, surrounded by talented and forwardlooking individuals committed to advancing our great state through the power of music. Musically yours,
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PROGRAM
Philip Mann, Music Director
Saturday, February 25, 2017 • 7:30 PM Sunday, February 26, 2017 • 3 PM Robinson Performance Hall Little Rock, Arkansas
Mahler: Resurrection Philip Mann, conductor Kristin Lewis, soprano Christin-Marie Hill, mezzo soprano
MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”
I. Allegro maestoso
~ a brief pause ~ II. III. IV. V.
Andante moderato In ruhig fliessender Bewegung Urlicht (Primeval Light) Im Tempo des Scherzo
PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. Use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted in the concert hall. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Little Rock.
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ARTISTS PHILIP MANN, Music Director Hailed by the BBC as a “talent to watch out for, who conveys a mature command of his forces,” American conductor Philip Mann is quickly gaining a worldwide reputation as an “expressively graceful yet passionate” artist with a range spanning opera, symphonic repertoire, new music, and experimental collaborations. Philip is in his sixth season as Music Director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, which has seen audience and artistic growth, new energy, and financial health under his tenure. Formerly as the San Diego Symphony’s Associate Conductor, he conducted hundreds of performances of Jacobs Subscription Masterworks, Symphony Exposed, family, young people’s concerts, Kinder Konzert, pops, and other special programs and projects. As an American Conducting Fellow, the San Diego Union Tribune raved, “Mann was masterful—a skilled musical architect, designing and executing a beautifully paced interpretation, which seemed to spring from somewhere deep within the music rather than superimposed upon it.” As winner of the Vienna Philharmonic’s Karajan Fellowship at the Salzburg Festival, Mann has relationships with orchestras and operas worldwide: including the Cleveland Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Opera, and the National Symphony of Cyprus. His recent Beethoven 9 was described as “Titanic” and his Canadian debut with the OSQ was dubbed by Le Soleil as a “Tour de Force” and led to an immediate reengagement in 2013. Other upcoming engagements include the Grand Rapids Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Little Orchestra Society of NY, and the Georgian State Opera. Previously, the music director of the Oxford City Opera and Oxford Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, he has also held conducting positions with the Music in the Mountains Festival and Indianapolis Symphony. Mann has worked with leading artists such as Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Dmitri Alexeev, Midori, and Marvin Hamlisch and has given premiers of major composers including John Corigliano, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Torke, Lucas Richman, and many others. He maintains a lively schedule as a guest conductor having conducted at New York’s Avery Fischer Hall and London’s Barbican Center. Elected a Rhodes Scholar, Mann studied and taught at Oxford, and has served as assistant conductor to Franz Welser-Möst, Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Jaime Laredo, Mario Venzago, Bramwell Tovey, Pinchas Zukerman, and many others. At Oxford, he won the annual competition to become principal conductor of the Oxford University Philharmonia. Under his leadership, the Philharmonia’s performances and tours received international press and acclaim. Mann studied with Alan Hazeldine of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Colin Metters at the Royal Academy of Music, and Marios
Papadopolous of the Oxford Philomusica. He worked with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center’s National Conducting Institute and Michael Tilson Thomas at the New World Symphony. Mentorship with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jorma Panula followed at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Conducting Masterclasses, and Robert Spano with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s international Mozart Requiem masterclass for the League of American Orchestras annual conference. He has also worked under Imre Pallo, David Effron, John Poole, and Thomas Baldner at Indiana University, where he was appointed visiting lecturer in orchestral conducting, and worked as assistant conductor at the IU Opera Theater. Additional studies came under the Bolshoi Theater’s music director, Alexander Vedernikov at the Moscow State Conservatory, Gustav Meir, Kenneth Keisler, and with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward. He is the recipient of numerous awards including commendations from several cities, and the state of California.
KRISTIN LEWIS, Soprano Kristin Lewis is native of Little Rock, Arkansas. She is a two-time National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, winner of the 2004 “Concorso Internazionale di Musica Gian Battista Viotti” and of Opera Prize and the Audience Award of “Concorso Internazionale di Canto Debutto A Merano”, of the 2005 “Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb “Ferruccio Tagliavini” and in 2006 finalist of the “XLVI Concours International de Chant de la Ville de Toulouse”. Ms. Lewis was a member of the Knoxville Opera Young Artist’s Studio while receiving her Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville School of Music. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Central Arkansas and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She currently lives in Vienna, Austria, where she is a student of dramatic soprano Carol Byers. She obtained an enormous success in her Italian debut during the 2007-08 season singing the role of Leonora in Verdi’s Il Trovatore under the baton of Maestro Bruno Bartoletti at Teatro Carlo Felice. She made her Bayerische Staatsoper debut during the 2008-09 season singing the title role of Verdi’s Aida under the baton of Maestro Daniele Gatti. Other illustrious debuts of Verdi’s Aida took place at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and at the Arena di Verona with Maestro Daniel Oren conducting, as well as Teatro Verdi di Padova under the baton of Maestro Omer Meir Wellber. Followed her debut in Teatro La Fenice in Venice as Soprano Soloist in Britten’s War Requiem with Maestro Bruno Bartoletti conducting and her debut with the role Micaela in Carmen at the Opera of Bilbao. Outstanding concert performances have included singing the solo in Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’ Requiem, Beethoven’s La Fantasia Corale, Poulenc’s La Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria, and Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42. continued next page
A RTISTS continued She began the 2009-10 season singing the role of Leonora in Il Trovatore with Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, her North American debut with Aida with Opera Birmingham and concerts with Maestro Donato Renzetti singing the role of Leonora in Il Trovatore with Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana. She also sang her role debut of Tosca with the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where she received the honor of the Festival’s 2010 Artist of the Year. During the 2010-2011 season, she sang in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Maestro Riccardo Muti in Naples, Pagliacci in Catania and in Naples (then in tournée in Saint Petersburg), Verdi’s Requiem with the orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Maestro Zubin Mehta conducting, finally Aida in Taormina and Un Ballo in Maschera in Parma. She recently sang Aida in Milan at Teatro alla Scala but also at SO Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper and Liege, always with a big success with the audience. She also sang Andrea Chenier with the Opera Orchestra of New York, Don Carlo in Florence, Verdi Requiem in Paris, Un Ballo in Maschera in Orange and Vienna, Turandot in Torre del Lago Festival, Pagliacci in Copenhagen, La Bohème and Il Trovatore in Venice, I Due Foscari in Piacenza, La Bohème in Munich, La Cena Delle Beffe in Milan. Among her future engagements we look forward to Un Ballo in Maschera in Vienna, Aida in Wien and Hamburg, Il Trovatore in Barcelona. .
CHRISTIN-MARIE HILL, Mezzo Soprano Praised as a “powerful, warm-hued mezzo-soprano” by the New York Times and “majestic in voice and appearance” by the Boston Globe, the young American mezzo-soprano Christin-Marie Hill is captivating audiences and critics alike with her thrilling performances. 2014 began for Ms. Hill as soloist in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Arkanas Symphony under the baton of Philip Mann, and she sang Maddalena in Rigoletto with PORTopera under Stephen Lord. In 2015 she returned singing Verdi’s Requiem, this time with the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie in Germany. Career highlights in previous seasons included: Mrs. Miller in Douglas J. Cuomo’s opera Doubt (in the New York preview at the Guggenheim Museum and as cover for the world premiere at Minnesota Opera – 2013), Amneris with the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra in the Stadthalle in Bayreuth in Germany, Monisha in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha at the Théatre du Châtelet, Hanna Pitt in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America at the Oper Frankfurt, Petrovna in Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra New York under Eve Queler, Anna in Les Troyens with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine, Leokadja Begbick in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and Stella in the American premiere of Elliot Carter’s What Next?, both with Tanglewood Festival, the role of the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas with the Mark Morris Dance Company in New York, Dido in Dido and Aeneas with the Kansas Opera Theater as well as Tisbe in La Cenerentola and Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette, both with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. An avid concert and oratorio soloist, Ms. Hill’s extensive list of concert credits include Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Memphis Symphony, Anchorage Symphony, Des Moines Symphony), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Arkansas Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Memphis Symphony) Brahms’ Alto-Rhapsody (Memphis Symphony), Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Utah Festival Opera Orchestra), Verdi’s Requiem (Lynn Philharmonia), Bach’s B-minor Mass and Handel’s Messiah (both with Blacksburg Chorale of Virginia) as well as Donald Sur’s large oratorioSlavery Documents (Atlanta Symphony). As a young artist she already had the chance to interpret roles such as Dalila in Samson et Dalila and Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress under the auspices of San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. After completing her training in San Francisco, she was a resident artist for two years at the Minnesota Opera singing Jezibaba in Rusalka, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera and covering Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri. A native of Evanston, Illinois, her distinctions include a fellowship in voice from the University of Illinois as well as career grants from the San Francisco Opera, the Rislov Foundation, the Kaplan Foundation, and the 2005 Elardo International Opera Competition. Ms. Hill holds bachelor’s degrees in French literature and sociology, and a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Illinois.
ORCHESTRA
Mahler: Resurrection PHILIP MANN, Music Director, Pamela Diane Stephens Conductor’s Chair GEOFFREY ROBSON, Associate Conductor CRISTIAN CIMEI, Off Stage Conductor KRISTIN LEWIS, Soprano CHRISTIN-MARIE HILL, Mezzo Soprano VIOLIN
Andrew Irvin Concertmaster
Dora Paley Ronnel Concertmaster’s Chair Kiril Laskarov Concertmaster
†Eric Hayward Associate Concertmaster
Sandra McDonald Assistant Concertmaster
Yennifer Correia †Charlotte Crosmer Leanne Day-Simpson ‡Trisha McGovern Freeney Beth Gould Rachel Herman Myra Hinrichs *Meredith Maddox Hicks Margaret Jones Beth Massa Tom McDonald Diana Norwood Geoffrey Robson Magdalena Ryszkowski Daniel Santelices Algimantas Staskevicius Davis West ‡Katherine Williamson Leigh Wing
VIOLA
‡Katherine Reynolds Principal
Joe Joyner Tatiana Kotcherguina Kimberly Lovelace †Ryan Mooney Julian Pranata Beth Robison Borys Smolaga Tze-ying Wu CELLO
†David Gerstein Principal
Casey Buck Daniel Cline Felice Farrell Stephen Feldman Rafael León Kristin Smith ‡Ethan Young BASS
Barron Weir Principal
James Hatch Associate Principal
Jordan Coleman Jarrett Bastow Peter Haas Juan Salamanca Joel Schnackel
FLUTE/PICCOLO
Carolyn Brown Principal
Diane McVinney Gabriel Vega Rochelle Mann OBOE
Leanna Renfro Principal
Rachel Fuller Memorial Chair Lorraine Duso Kitts Beth Wheeler Jason Smoller ENGLISH HORN
Beth Wheeler Principal
Jason Smoller CLARINET
Kelly Johnson Principal
Karla Fournier Lyle Wong Andrew DeBoer E-FLAT CLARINET
Stephanie Berg Andrew DeBoer BASS CLARINET
Lyle Wong
*ASO-UALR Partnership Faculty † Member, Quapaw Quartet ‡ Member, Rockefeller Quartet
BASSOON
Susan Bell León
TRUMPET
*Richard Jorgensen
TIMPANI
Rick Dimond
Principal
Principal
Principal
Eric Killen Kim Woolly Ray Hankins
Larry Jones Carl Mason Chris Wilson Jeremy McBain Jim Buckner
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild Chair Doug DeMorrow
TROMBONE
Principal
CONTRABASSOON
Ray Hankins HORN
David Renfro Principal
Robin Dauer Brent Shires Scott Millichamp Daniel Wions Sonja Kassal Evan Mino
Michael Underwood Principal
William “Bill” Vickery, Jr. Memorial Chair Justin Isenhour Bruce Faske David Carter TUBA
Ed Owen Principal
PERCUSSION
Blake Taylor Erick Saoud Ryan Lewis Tim Mabrey HARP
Alisa Coffey Principal
Anna Cooney ORGAN
David Glaze
Greer & Barnett Grace Chair in memory of Gov. Frank White
MAHLER: RESURRECTION CHORUS Arkansas Chamber Singers John Erwin, director David Allison Bill Austin Linda Austin Teresa Balloun Jennifer Barnett Reed Tim Bartlett John Robert Bass Gene Baxter Jordan Bennett Marcey Schaller Berry Edwin L. Bird Michelle Brewer Heather Bristow Josh Brown Lauri Brown Amy Brunt Katie Burrall Lisette Christensen Larry Curtis
John Czarnecki Brooklyn Davis Treeca Dyer Cotton Trudy Forbush Lis Geoghegan Leann Hatley Margaret Hiers Pat Hitt Diana Holzhauser Rachel Jaramillo Carol Majors Robert McQuade Keith Wayne Moore Gary Moore Bill Morrison Teddy Nguyen Allison Nokleby Martha Norton Mary Jo Parker
Jeff Parker Nan Renaud Annie Sanders Lauren Scott Carolyn Setliff Jordan Simpson Bob Stobaugh Mark Sutherland Todd Swann Kimberly Terrell Diane Thomas-Holladay Michael Thompson Hildredge D. Tripp Claire Vann Susan Walker Jackie Walker James West Katy White Sherri Wright
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MAHLER: RESURRECTION CHORUS The Hendrix College Choir Dr. Andrew Morgan, director Noah Adams Graham Anderson Joshua Beggs Jacob Belding Marlee Bird Joel Brackett Blythe Bull Jenna Crouse Hanna Detar Chris Donnell Michaela Edwards Samantha Fish Andrew Fleming Grace Griffin Nicole Henry Sydney Hickok Michael Hulsey Trevor Loew Ian McVinney Inaya Molina Kathleen Mowery Anna Norman Beth Norman Lauren Petrisin Christian Pickering Ana Romero Flores Kate Sanders John Schuster Cara Schwab Ryan Spainhour Elizabeth Stapper Brock Sullivan Bakers Wells Delaney Wells Kelsey Williams Bridget Yelk
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Lyon College Concert Chorale Dr. Michael Oriatti, director Dr. Russell Stinson, accompanist Kendra Bell Homer E. Brooks IV Jessica Craven Isaac Gunter Stormy Helms Dalton James Turner Kennedy David Lewis Madison Oden Trey Smith Jessica Utley Carolyn Ward Katie Willett Dennis Wright
University of Central Arkansas Concert Choir John Erwin, director Teddy Nguyen, graduate assistant Veena Akama-Makia Cameron Benafield Eliza Brady Danielle Bridges Alex Clark Steven Crook Noah Davidson Nathaniel Echols Julia Ellis Anna Kay Everett Josh Glason Haley Gross Nicole Grover Megan Hefner Mikala Hicks Anthony Humphrey Sarah Issacs Haley Johnson Andre Jordan Landon Kirkland Jerron Liddell Blake Mancil Emily May Angelica Monje Whitleigh Montgomery Tori Neal Teddy Nguyen Patience Ozuru Eilis Pippenger Nathan Rakow Angela Randolph Jake Scott Conner Sowerbrower
Linley Thompson Kaitlyn Tidwell Zoe Tollette Amanda Trice Leslie Vaught Tyler Walters Alexa Willis Evan Willis
UALR Community Chorus and Concert Choir Bevan Keating, director Jillian Armstrong Hannah Blacklaw Hallie Brown Davion Campbell Jody Carreiro Mandi Carreiro Leah Carroll Patricia Carroll John Casey JaColby Crossley Sharon Downs Thomas Geaslin Kyra Hatley Leann Hatley Meredith Howard Sarah Hylton Terry Johnson Stephen Kahler Thomas Kaiser Karen Kuralt Nadia Lalla John Landis Melissa Legendre Emily Mellor Arickka Mendoza Dale Miller Elvis Mull Elizabeth Riddick Stephen Rookey Jonathan Saffell Hannah Schalchlin Samuel Schalchlin Jeremy Schmidt Kim Sherrill Kelly Singer Krista Smith Shelby Taylor Damon Wallace Chris Weaver Kristen Westmoreland Elizabeth Wheeler Shyann Williams Sherrie Williamson Maria Zarate
ENDOWMENT SUPPORT The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is now in its 50th season. There are many ways to make a planned gift to the Symphony that will ensure that future generations can enjoy the artistic excellence and education programs of the orchestra for the next 50 seasons and beyond. For more information on planned giving options, including bequests, annuities and beneficiary designations, contact Heather Honaker at hhonaker@arkansassymphony.org or 501-666-1761, ext. 124. The Arkansas Symphony would like to thank the following donors who have made a lasting commitment to great symphonic music and music education in Arkansas through their gifts to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Foundation. The Pamela Diane Stephens Conductor’s Chair Elizabeth Campbell & Witt Stephens, Jr. The Acxiom Pops Live! Series Charles & Susie Morgan in honor of the employees of Acxiom The Principal Tuba Chair Greer & Barnett Grace in memory of Gov. Frank White The Principal Oboe Chair Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Fuller in memory of Rachel Fuller The Timpani Chair Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild The Violin Chair Dr. Fred Rebsamen in honor of Raymond Rebsamen The Karen & John Flake Youth Orchestra Scholarship Karen & John Flake The Chamber Music Distinguished Artist Series Kay Kelley Arnold in memory of Hon. Richard Sheppard Arnold UAMS Concert Series Dr. Ruth M. Allen The Mary Fletcher Worthen Endowed Conductor’s Chair – Youth Orchestra Family of Mary Worthen Youth Orchestra String Player Scholarships Harry Barnhard Endowment
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Susan & Dr. James Marsh Bruce McEntire Estate Carolyn & George McLeod WM. L. “Dub” Moore The Murphy Foundation Edith & David Parr Marilynn & Dr. Rob Porter Mildred Priddy Rawn Family C.R. Unitrust Rebsamen Insurance Foundation Linda Riggs Jeannette M. Shorey Eileen & Dr. Ricardo Sotomora Martha & Sam Sowell Nan & Dr. Art Squire Mr. & Mrs. John Steuri Alice & Philip Trimble David Olin Tullis Irene & Gus Vratsinas Beth & Dr. Richard P. Wheeler Mary & Jim Wohlleb Mary F. Worthen
PROGRAM NOTES Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ‘Resurrection’ / GUSTAV MAHLER b. Kalischt, Bohemia / July 7, 1860; d. Vienna, Austria / May 18, 1911
The striking compound of optimism and neurosis found in Mahler’s music has made him one of the most popular composers of our time. The optimism speaks to the enduring need for a reminder that life can be beautiful; the neurosis reflects the state of western society, to a remarkably accurate degree for a composer who died more than 100 years ago. “My time will come,” he stated, commenting on his music’s lack of widespread acceptance during his lifetime. How right he was! “A symphony should be like the world,” he told fellow composer Jean Sibelius in 1907, “it must contain everything.” Each of Mahler’s major compositions, in its own way, seeks to express a world’s worth of emotion and experience. The same symphony, or even the same movement of a symphony, may contain any or all of the following: heroism and tragedy, nobility and satire, simplicity and sophistication, despair and contentment. Massive blocks of orchestral sound dissolve into passages scored with the delicacy of chamber music (and vice-versa). Raucous marching bands and whirling, stamping country dancers rub shoulders with angelic, heavenly choirs. This is the unique sound world of Gustav Mahler. No composition of his achieves his goal of enhancing life with a greater, more unequivocal sense of triumph than his Second Symphony. The fact that he composed it between the ages of 28 and 34 makes its stunning impact even more remarkable. During the closing months of 1887 and the beginning of 1888, he worked feverishly on two compositions simultaneously: his First Symphony and Totenfeier (Funeral Rites), an orchestral funeral march. He finished them both before the latter year was out. He also made sketches for an orchestral andante, but then put both it and Totenfeier aside. Three years later, he played Totenfeier on the piano for eminent conductor and pianist, Hans von Bülow. Shattered by Bülow’s utter rejection, Mahler fell into a creative funk that lasted two years. By the end of that period, he had decided to use Totenfeier as the opening movement of a new symphony, and to follow its furious drama and grieving with a series of lighter, contrasting intermezzi. Working with materials not originally intended for this symphony (including his 1888 andante sketches and Urlicht (Primal Light), a song for voice and piano), he completed the second, third and fourth movements during the summer of 1893. Aside from a few sketches, the symphony’s finale continued to elude him. The dilemma was resolved in dramatic fashion, and in a manner appropriately tied in with the symphony’s early history. Bülow died in February 1894. At his funeral service in March, Mahler heard a choir sing poet Friedrich Klopstock’s Resurrection Ode. He knew instantly he had found the material he had been seeking. He eventually added words of his own to bring the text more into line with his own views on the subject. Mahler conducted the symphony’s first complete performance, in Berlin on December 13, 1895. His sister Justine recalled, “The triumph grew greater with every movement. Such enthusiasm is seen only once in a lifetime! Afterwards, I saw grown men weeping and youths falling on each other’s necks...It was indescribable.” Throughout his life, Mahler held ambivalent feelings toward programmatic elements in his music; the Second Symphony was no exception. He first put forward an explicit
program for it in a letter to critic Max Marschalk in 1896. Several even more elaborate descriptions followed, only to have Mahler eventually disavow them all, as he had clearly created them after the music had been written. Yet because of his use of specific texts in Symphony No. 2, it cannot be taken purely as “absolute” music. In finally abandoning more detailed description, however, Mahler left the words he had chosen, and the music he had written, to speak for themselves. The finale of the “Resurrection” Symphony isn’t the only portion that pays homage to the spirit of Beethoven. The opening movement, a minor revision of Totenfeier, does so as well. The model here is the second movement funeral march from Symphony No. 3, the Eroica. But Mahler’s concept, brought to life through the resources of the enormous orchestra he has chosen, is far angrier than Beethoven’s. Still, he repeatedly leavens it with moments of peaceful consolation, of hopeful prediction. The overriding sense of tragic momentum, however, carries right through to the conclusion. Mahler specified that a pause be taken after this movement, and it is here that this concert’s intermission will take place. The first of the three intermezzi is a gentle country dance. “The melody of this andante gushes forth like a broad stream (in the manner of Schubert),” Mahler he wrote to a friend. “It constantly creates new branches with inexhaustible richness and regener ation.” This section lies farthest in spirit from the other portions of the symphony. Yet even this nostalgic reverie does not know total peace, interrupted as it is by an anxious middle section. The three remaining movements are played without pauses between them. The scherzo is dotted with menacing intrusions and macabre touches of orchestration. Its flowing, sinuous main theme is also the basis of Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Saint Anthony of Padua Preaching to the Fishes), one of Mahler’s numerous song settings of texts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn), a collection of German folk tales from which he regularly drew inspiration. He composed the song and the symphonic scherzo simultaneously. The fourth movement is another Wunderhorn inspiration, this time retaining the words. Voiced by the mezzo-soprano soloist, the simple, touching sentiments of Urlicht prepare the way for the symphony’s apocalyptic, virtually theatrical finale. The first part of the concluding movement is emotionally uncertain, haunted by the evocative echoes of off-stage horns and whispered, fragmentary allusions to the Dies irae (Day of Wrath), the chilling theme of the Last Judgement drawn from the medieval plainchant Mass for the Dead. A jubilant outburst sets the stage for a thunderous roll of drums and a lengthy, almost frantic processional. In its aftermath, a demonic offstage band engages in dialogue with the orchestra. A peaceful hush at last descends, its stillness broken only by distant brass, a muffled drum roll and wistful, onstage bird calls. Only then does the chorus make its entrance, softly, magically, with the hymn of resurrection—the heartening reply to all the uncertainties which have plagued the symphony from the very beginning. From there on, with soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists added, Mahler builds an ever more confident wave of hopeful fervor, climaxing with the exultant mass sounds of singers and orchestra, underpinned by the mighty swell of the organ and punctuated with the joyful clamor of bells. After the first complete performance, Mahler wrote, “The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world. And I think there is no one who can resist it. One is battered to the ground and then raised on angels’ wings to the highest heights.” PROGRAM NOTES BY DON ANDERSON © 2017
MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIP Through their contributions to the ASO Annual Fund, the following donors support artist fees and expenses as Musician Sponsors. An exceptional orchestra is not possible without the support of the community — please join us in thanking these dedicated Symphony supporters. Anonymous sponsoring David Gerstein Drs. Lee Abel & Eleanor Kennedy sponsoring Meredith Maddox Hicks Maureen & Rick Adkins sponsoring Lyle Wong Elizabeth A. Andreoli & Joe Goellner sponsoring Kelly Johnson Debi Barnes sponsoring Katherine Williamson Phyllis & Michael Barrier sponsoring Charlotte Crosmer Debbie & Rob Bass sponsoring Yennifer Correia Connie & Ed Bennett sponsoring Ryan Mooney Susan & Nick Brown sponsoring Dick Jorgensen Samuel Caruthers sponsoring Joe Joyner Merri & Robert Chandler sponsoring Gabriel Vega Gertrude Clark sponsoring Trisha McGovern Jose Vasquez & Alan Cochran sponsoring Eric Killen Virginia Flynn & Dr. Joe Crow sponsoring Ethan Young Nancy & Tom Crow sponsoring David Renfro Janae & James Day sponsoring Julian Pranata Carol & Byron Eiseman sponsoring Carl Mason Terri & Chuck Erwin sponsoring Sandra McDonald Karen & John Flake sponsoring Daniel Santelices Dora Jane & Greg Flesher sponsoring Diane McVinney Caroline M. Ford sponsoring Jordan Coleman Col. A. Robert & Dorothy Fortney sponsoring James Hatch June & Edmond Freeman III sponsoring David Carter Cindy & Charlie Fuller sponsoring Ed Owen Martha & Tom Galek sponsoring Eric Killen
Brigita Gardner sponsoring Carolyn Brown Dr. Mary L. Good sponsoring Tom McDonald Dr. James Graham, M.D. sponsoring Brent Shires Ellen M. Gray sponsoring Casey Buck Drs. May & Jack Griebel sponsoring Julian Pranata Linda & Rush Harding sponsoring Daniel Santelices John Hayes sponsoring Leanne Day-Simpson Lauriann Lines Heisler sponsoring Joe Joyner Linda Vail Holbert sponsoring Kater Reynolds Jan & Dr. Randal Hundley sponsoring Geoffrey Robson Drs. Laura & Steve Hutchins sponsoring Leanna Renfro Deb & Bill Jeffs sponsoring Algis Staskevicius Diane & Philip Jonsson sponsoring Trisha McGovern Jeanne & Harold Joyner sponsoring Alisa Coffey Julie & Christoph Keller III sponsoring Kater Reynolds Jeannette Lee & Dr. Philip Kenney sponsoring Katherine Williamson Suzanne & Kent Kuch sponsoring Barron Weir Susan & Dr. James Marsh sponsoring Eric Hayward Mary & Mark Millsap sponsoring Karla Fournier Dr. & Mrs. George K. Mitchell sponsoring Susan Bell León Susie & Charles Morgan sponsoring David Renfro Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Moore sponsoring Dick Jorgenson Cindy & Chip Murphy sponsoring Tom McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Walter Nunnelly III sponsoring Michael Underwood Eileen & Patrick O’Sullivan sponsoring Blake Taylor
Eva & Dr. Jim Pappas sponsoring Gabriel Vega Lynn & Chris Parker sponsoring Rafael Leon Janice & Dr. Phillip Peters sponsoring Justin Isenhour Janet & Michael Rhoda sponsoring Magdalena Ryszkowski Linda & Dr. Lamar Riggs sponsoring Lorraine Duso Kitts Dale & Lee Ronnel sponsoring Beth Wheeler Marion Fulk & Jeff Rosenzweig sponsoring Tatiana Kotcherguina Dr. Jeannette M. Shorey, M.D. sponsoring Ethan Young Belinda Shults sponsoring Larry Jones Jane & Ted Snider sponsoring Charlotte Crosmert Martha N. Sowell sponsoring James Hatch Nan & Dr. Art Squire sponsoring Carl Anthony Stella Boyle Smith Trust sponsoring Kiril Laskarov & Erick Saoud Harriet & Warren Stephens sponsoring Algis Staskevicius Grace & John Steuri sponsoring Ray Hankins Elizabeth & Dr. Chris Stinnett sponsoring Andrew Irvin Melissa & Martin Thoma sponsoring Rafael León Alice & Philip Trimble sponsoring Leanne Day-Simpson Ryan Underwood sponsoring Robin Dauer Irene & Gus Vratsinas sponsoring Rick Dimond Terri & Dr. Charles Watkins sponsoring Leanna Renfro Beth & Dr. Richard Wheeler sponsoring Lorraine Duso Kitts Carolyn & John Witherspoon sponsoring Casey Buck Mary & Jim Wollheb sponsoring Alisa Coffey Sherry Worthen sponsoring Larry Jones
For more information about how you can sponsor a talented ASO musician, please contact Becky Flynn at (501) 666-1761, ext. 129.
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FROM THE CEO Dear ASO community members, Thank you for your attendance this, last, and next season. Yes, we anticipate the concert experience in Robinson will be so enjoyable you will come again and again to see what might happen on any given night! Thank you for your tax support to make this $68 million renovation possible. Also, thank you to CDI, Hunt, Gretchen Hall and the A& P Commission for keeping the project on time and on budget. Live symphony concerts can transform our life if only for a moment and ASO strives to create many moments of joy for you. To do so, ASO raises and spends approximately $3.1 million each year. Over the past several years, ASO focused on surviving the Great Recession, adding value to the community through investments in youth ensembles, building new community relationships during the Robinson renovation, and strengthening our fi nancial foundation for today and tomorrow. In July, ASO successfully completed its Orchestrating the Future Campaign goal of raising $7.1 million toward multi-year annual fund gifts, and funds to keep ASO financially stable during its years out of Robinson, and legacy commitments for the Endowment. Now that we are returning to Robinson in November, we have the chance to think about our next 50 years and how ASO can best serve our Little Rock and Arkansas community. The habits formed during the Orchestrating the Future campaign are still critical: build donations from individuals, multi-year pledges, the ASO endowment, funding for innovation, community partnerships and look fi rst to serve. These habits need to be our foundation as we look to the next stage of ASO. To build, create and transform Arkansas, ASO must be accessible, engage young people in making music, and serve a broad base of Arkansans. A team of community members developed ideas to launch for ASO’s 50th anniversary and we will announce activities in due time. I can now announce the launch of the Sturgis Music Academy with instructor Dr. Tze-Ying Wu. Children ages 5-12 can participate at ASO offices and Dr. Wu is teaching in schools that requested instruction. With support from Sturgis Foundation, ASO could recruit a musician educator of Dr. Wu’s talents to live, play, and teach in Little Rock. Entergy renewed its commitment to the Entergy Free Kids Tickets for all Sunday ASO concerts. SHARP membership of people in their 20s and 30s has grown to over fi fty. More will be announced soon. We continue to develop the imperatives and strategies for the next five years. Surviving is not enough. ASO must serve you through creating, building and transforming Arkansas through the power of music each day. If you would like to participate with ASO as a member of SHARP, Board of Advisors, Board, Guild or staff member, please email me at CLittlejohn@ArkansasSymphony.org. Sincerely,
Christina Littlejohn, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
STRATEGIC PLAN Purpose Statement The ASO exists to connect, enrich, inspire and advance Arkansas through the power of music.
Values The forces that drive the ASO’s aspirations and guide decision making and planning. 1. Courage. Courage to be innovative, creative, curious, adventuresome; courage to undertake risk, demonstrate integrity, and lead. 2. Continual Learning. A culture of being great listeners, of being open to new ideas and applying new learning. 3. Connectivity. Catalyzing relationships through music in diverse geographic, technological and cultural communities. 4. Artistry. Our work is marked by discipline, focus, and accountability. ASO members act upon these values in all aspects of ASO activities. 5. Agility. Demonstrating the ability to respond and adjust to changing circumstances; being flexible, quick, responsive, creative.
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PROGRAM
Philip Mann, Music Director
Saturday, March 4, 2017 • 7:30 PM Sunday, March 5, 2017 • 3 PM Robinson Performance Hall Little Rock, Arkansas
Imagine
The Music of John Lennon Geoffrey Robson, conductor Jean Meilleur, lead vocalist Jeans ’n Classics Band SET ONE
Nowhere Man Come Together Watchin’ The Wheels Strawberry Fields Forever #9 Dream Because Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite Mind Games Instant Karma
SET TWO
Just Like Starting Over Tomorrow Never Knows You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Whatever Gets You Through The Night Beautiful Boy I Am The Walrus Woman Imagine A Day In The Life
There will be a short intermission between sets. MEDIA SPONSOR
PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. Use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted in the concert hall. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Little Rock.
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ARTISTS GEOFFREY ROBSON, Conductor Geoffrey Robson has been the Associate Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra since 2008, and the Music Director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Youth Ensembles since 2012. In 2013-2014 he served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Central Arkansas, a position that included conducting the Conway Symphony Orchestra. He also performs as a violinist, frequently appearing in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s popular River Rhapsodies chamber series, performing with principal members of the ASO. As a conductor, works with guest artists such as Midori, the Beach Boys, Vadym Kholodenko, Rachel Barton Pine, Lawrence Hamilton, Timothy Jones, Henrietta Davis, Christiane Noll, and Calvin Lee. In addition, Robson writes and produces At the Symphony, a concert preview radio series on KLRE Classical 90.5 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Geoffrey completed his M.M. at Yale University in 2004, studying violin performance with Erick Friedman. In Connecticut, he served as co-concertmaster of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and assistant concertmaster of the Waterbury Symphony. Robson also worked as a public schoolteacher in New Haven, CT, and has taught violin, piano, viola, and music theory extensively as a private instructor. Robson studied orchestral conducting at the Mannes College of Music in New York City under the tutelage of David Hayes. He has twice attended the London Conducting Workshop, an annual course at the Royal College of Music in London, and the Interna tional Conducting Festival and Workshop in Zlin, Czech Republic. In 2006, he became a founding member of the Chelsea Symphony, a bold experiment in the structuring of an arts organization, based in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Robson conducted in the inaugural concert of the Chelsea Symphony, and has since conducted numerous other concerts with the ensemble, including world premieres of two works. Robson graduated from the honors college at Michigan State University in 2002, where he studied violin performance with Dmitri Berlinsky and I-fu Wang, and conducting with Leon Gregorian.
JEAN MEILLEUR, Lead Vocalist Jean Meilleur has been a headliner with Jeans ’n Classics for over 20 years. In that time he has performed with scores of major North American orchestras, lending his distinctive voice to some of the greatest popular music of our time. Originally from Madison, Wisc., Jean was born and remains a Green Bay Packer fanatic! He moved to Detroit, Mich. at a young age. Living in the Motor City helped shape his penchant for the Motown, Soul and R&B sounds of the early ’70s. Jean is a prolific songwriter who has been performing professionally for over thirty years. His singing voice can best be described as passionate and provocative, with a robust timbre that is immediately recognizable. His voice stands as a true original. Jean’s voice has been heard over the years on many national radio and television jingles and advertisements. He was recently chosen as the Canadian voice of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. To quote Jean: “It’s a privilege to share the stage with a symphony orchestra, Peter Brennan’s superb arrangements and a flawless band. To have the opportunity to sing some of the greatest popular music of our time, in my own voice, is a rush beyond compare.” Go Pack Go!
JEANS ’n CLASSICS BAND www.jeansnclassics.com KATHRYN ROSE
Backing Vocals
As a singer songwriter, “Canada’s original bombshell” Kathryn Rose is known for her artful, cerebral brand of sexy/sad/funny cinematic pop, over the course of five solo albums to date. Kathryn is currently contemplating a few new recording projects, and spends a great deal of time cleaning out school backpacks and laughing everyday at the antics of her young daughter and son. www.kathrynrose.com
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LEAH SALOMAA
Backing Vocals
Born in Toronto Canada, and trained in classical voice and violin, Leah has been singing with Jeans ’n Classics for 12 years, and greatly enjoys the range of solo and harmony singing she is called on to do with the company. Look out for her new album which touches on sacred, Celtic and mystical sounding vocal layers. www.leahsalomaa.com
PETER BRENNAN
Guitar, Jeans ’n Classics Founder Born in England, Peter moved to Canada as a child. Growing up, Peter was initially heavily influenced by the Beatles, and the love affair with all things musical continued and grew to include everything from Jimi Hendrix to Gilbert and Sullivan. www.jeansnclassics.com
JEFF CHRISTMAS
Drums
Jeff is a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, drummer and percussionist who studied at York University (Toronto), Western University (London), and Berklee College of Music (Boston). His extensive background and versatility encompasses the classical and contemporary worlds. Jeff resides in London with his wife and two sons, and continues to write and teach music, and maintain his online music store and publishing company “Write On Music”. www.jeffchristmas.com
DAVE DUNLOP
Guitar
Dunlop has been a pro guitarist, songwriter, singer, and educator for the past 25 years. Currently, Dave balances his studio work with his touring life as a member of the award-winning Strung-Out Troubadours, the Rik Emmett Band, the Alan Frew Trio, and Jeans ’n Classics.Dave endorses Gibson guitars, Dean guitars, Godin guitars, and Traynor amplifiers. www.davedunlop.com
DON PAULTON
Keyboards
Don Paulton was inducted into the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a longtime member of Canadian super-group, Lighthouse. He has worked with five Juno award-winners and has performed with such acts as Chuck Berry, Aretha Franklin, The Byrds, Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits), Del Shannon, Ben E. King, Leslie Gore and the Platters. An original member of the Jeans ’n Classics band, Don is now in his 20th season appearing with symphony orchestras across North America.
MITCH TYLER
Bass
Conductor, arranger, bassist and educator Mitchell Tyler is an Honours Bachelor of Music (Theory & Composition) and Bachelor of Education graduate of Western University, and has been a member of the Jeans ’n Classics Band since 1992. He has shared the stage with many artists including Rik Emmett (Triumph), Alan Frew (Glass Tiger), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) and Lawrence Gowan (Styx). He has recently played the touring productions of Chicago (2015) and Mamma Mia (2012).
ORCHESTRA
Imagine – The Music of John Lennon PHILIP MANN, Music Director, Pamela Diane Stephens Conductor’s Chair GEOFFREY ROBSON, Conductor JEAN MEILLEUR, Lead Vocalist JEANS ’n CLASSICS BAND VIOLIN
Andrew Irvin Concertmaster
Dora Paley Ronnel Concertmaster’s Chair Kiril Laskarov Concertmaster
†Eric Hayward Associate Concertmaster
Sandra McDonald Assistant Concertmaster
Yennifer Correia †Charlotte Crosmer Leanne Day-Simpson ‡Trisha McGovern Freeney *Meredith Maddox Hicks Margaret Jones Beth Massa Tom McDonald Diana Norwood Magdalena Ryszkowski Daniel Santelices Algimantas Staskevicius ‡Katherine Williamson Leigh Wing VIOLA ‡Katherine Reynolds Principal
Joe Joyner †Ryan Mooney Tatiana Kotcherguina Julian Pranata Tze-ying Wu
CELLO
†David Gerstein Principal
Casey Buck Stephen Feldman Felice Farrell Rafael León ‡Ethan Young BASS
Barron Weir Principal
Jordan Coleman Sean O’Hara Juan Salamanca FLUTE
Carolyn Brown Principal
Diane McVinney OBOE
Leanna Renfro Principal
Rachel Fuller Memorial Chair Beth Wheeler CLARINET
Kelly Johnson
BASSOON
Susan Bell León Principal
Ray Hankins HORN
David Renfro Principal
Robin Dauer TRUMPET
*Richard Jorgensen Principal
Larry Jones TROMBONE
Michael Underwood Principal
William “Bill” Vickery, Jr. Memorial Chair TIMPANI
Rick Dimond Principal
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild Chair PERCUSSION
Blake Taylor Principal
Principal
Karla Fournier
*ASO-UALR Partnership Faculty † Member, Quapaw Quartet ‡ Member, Rockefeller Quartet
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to the following individuals who support our concert season and services to the community through generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Special appreciation to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Foundation, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild, the Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild, and the Russellville Symphony Guild for their extraordinary support. PLATINUM BATON ($15,000+)
Anonymous Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Nancy & Tom Crow Terri & Chuck Erwin Brigita Gardner Ellen Gray Diane & Philip Jonsson Julie & Christoph Keller III Mary & Mark Millsap Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Moore Susie & Charles Morgan Cindy & Charles Murphy III Dale & Lee Ronnel Rebsamen Fund Stella Boyle Smith Trust Irene & Gus Vratsinas GOLD BATON ($10,000+)
Drs. Lee Abel & Eleanor Kennedy Elizabeth A. Andreoli & Joe Goellner Merri & Robert Chandler Jan & Dr. Randal Hundley Jeannette Lee & Dr. Philip Kenney Janice & Dr. Phillip Peters Linda & Dr. Lamar W. Riggs PHILIP MANN SOCIETY ($5,000+)
Maureen & Rick Adkins Debi Barnes Phyllis & Michael Barrier Debbie & Rob Bass Connie & Ed Bennett Susan & Nick Brown Dr. Samuel B. Caruthers Gertrude Clark Jose Vazquez & Alan Cochran Virginia Flynn & Dr. Joe Crow Janae & James Day Sandra & Matt De Luca Carol & Byron Eiseman Dora Jane & Greg Flesher
Caroline M. Ford Col. A. Robert & Dorothy Fortney June & Edmond Freeman III Cindy & Charlie Fuller Martha & Tom Galek Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Dr. Mary L. Good Dr. James Graham, M.D. Drs. May & Jack Griebel Lisa & Dr. John Hayes Lauriann Lines Heisler Linda Vail Holbert Drs. Laura & Steve Hutchins Deb & Bill Jeffs Jeanne & Harold Joyner Suzanne & Kent Kuch Mary & D. Dean Kumpuris Cameron & Matt Machen Susan & Dr. James Marsh Mr. & Mrs. Walter Nunnelly III Eileen & Patrick O’Sullivan Eva & Dr. Jim Pappas Lynn & Chris Parker Janet & Michael Rhoda Marion Fulk & Jeff Rosenzweig Jeannette M. Shorey, M.D. Belinda Shults Jane & Ted Snider Martha N. Sowell Nan & Dr. Art Squire Harriet & Warren Stephens Grace & John Steuri Elizabeth & Dr. Chris Stinnett Melissa & Martin Thoma Alice & Philip Trimble Andrea & Ryan Underwood Terri & Dr. Charlie Watkins Beth & Dr. Dick Wheeler Carolyn & John Witherspoon Jillian & Chris White Sherry Worthen
MAESTRO’S CIRCLE ($2,500+) Dr. Ruth Marie Allen Dr. Beverly Foster & T. Martin Davis Becky & Jim Gifford Faith Anaya & Barry Goldberg Cheryl Harris Heflin Family Foundation Hussman Family Foundation W. W. & Ann Jones Charitable Trust Rhonda & Steven Keith Kimberly Hillis & Dr. Jean Matchett Ms. Jane McKinney & Mr. Richard Tripodi Allan E. Meadors Drs. Paulette & Jay Mehta Dr. & Mrs. George K. Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. Alvah J. Nelson III Delia Prather Georgia & Dr. Henry Rogers Denise & John Rowland Drs. Joanna & Robert Seibert Charles E. Thomas Rhonda Wenberg Camille Williams Mary & Jim Wohlleb CONDUCTOR’S CLUB ($1,250+) Anonymous Suzanne & Dr. Earl Babbie Celia & Howard Barnhard Nan Selz & Chris Barrier Donna & Joseph Bates Monica Denham & Glenn Beasley Peyton Bishop Nancy & Dr. Warren Boop Diane Allen & Renie Bressinck, M.D. Madge Brown, Candy Johnson, Paul Brown Julie & Robert Cabe Meredith & Graham Catlett Mary Frances & Ralph Cotham Dr. Denise Compton & Dr. Doug Owens Mrs. Adron Crews (Ginger) Mary & Clete Davis Flo & Dr. Jim Deer Peggy & Haskell Dickinson Dr. Lee Lee Doyle Patricia J. Edstrom Joyce & Jim Faulkner
Sandra & Mike Flynn Anne & Gus Fulk Julianne D. Grundfest Helen & Fred Harrison Margaret & William Harrison Drs. Betty & Charles Hathaway Barbara & Howard Hawes Betty & Jerry Herron Susan & Dr. Charles Hiller Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Jones Ruthe & Philip Kaplan Molly & Larry Kircher Rafael & Susan Bell Leon Christina Littlejohn Dr. Rochelle Mann Tatiana & Philip Mann Marcille & William McCandless Teddi & Dr. Walter S. Metzer Carl H. Miller, Jr. Foundation Susan Petty-Moneyhon & Carl Moneyhon Drs. Roberta & Thomas Monson Carolyn & Justice David Newbern Patti & Peter O’Connell Alyce & John Parker Marilynn & Dr. Rob Porter Mary & Dr. Robert Powers Frances & Robert Pugh, Jr. Nancy F. Rector, M.D. Martha & Carl Rosenbaum Anna Cox & Jim Rule Wanda Hartnuss & Werner Schwarz Diana Taylor & John Senner Karen & Gary Shires Steven W. Shirm, M.D. Doug Smith & Donna Lombardi Martha & Wilbur Smither Nancy Spaulding Ann & Robert Squyres Amy & Kent Taylor Pat & Bill Tedford Shona & Michael Terrell Jane & John Thompson Mrs. Judy Trice Helen & Delbert Vanlandingham Mrs. Betty Jo Ward Kathleen & David Witchger Mr. & Mrs. Preston Wright
INDIVIDUA L SUPPORT continued SUPPORTING ($750+)
Carol & Terry Amerine Janet Aronson Susan & Philip Axelroth Kaye & Marvin Baden Bailey Foundation Joy Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bennett, Jr. Sally & Tim Blewett Elizabeth & Robert Brave Mary Kay & Dr. Larry Burton Mary Clair & Bill Brierley Dr. & Mrs. Richard B. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Dick Clough Lorna & Mark Coffey Sandra & Robert Connor Sangeeta & Debasis Das Charles Davidson Irene & George Davis Sharon & Jerome Die Karen & John DiPippa Maryann & Jack East III Patricia Jones Edstrom Jan & Victor Ellsworth Jackye & Curtis Finch Jr. Pat & Gene Flesher Jim & Charlotte Gadberry Jane Gillespie Victoria & Dr. A. David Hall Deborah Heau Barbara R. Hoover Catherine & Ron Hughes Drs. Soledad & Hugo Jasin Ellen & Clint Johnson Nancy & Richard Jorgensen Gerelyn & Jim Kelly Dr. & Mrs. Maurice A. Lee Dodie & Lewis Mahoney Karin & Stavros Manolagas Dr. & Mrs. J. Zachary Mason Dr. Deborah Baldwin & James E. Metzger Mary & Jack Mulkey Marita & Sarkis Nazarian Mary K. Olson Jean & John Owen Harriett Phillips Lynne & Dr. Paul Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Joel Pugh Erick Saoud Sally & Walter Sedelow Jawanda & LeMoyne Smith Mrs. Eileen & Dr. Ricardo Sotomora Stephen Stair
Richard & Dr. Judyth A. Swingen Mary Ann Taft Rev. David Tews Van Brimer Family Foundation Allan Ward Betty & Forrest Webb Marsha & Dr. Ronald Winters
ASSOCIATE ($500+)
Anonymous Paige & Glenn Ballard Ms. Karen Barwell Julie & Kenneth Bates James Beachboard Dr. Brenda Booth Elizabeth & William Bowes Anne E. Boyd Luana Bracy Drs. Sandra Chai & John Brineman Francine Bruyneel Charleen & Edgar Copeland Anne & Charles Crow Francine & Eric Del Giacco Jacquelyne & Hugh Dorminy Mr. & Mrs. Mark Filter Dr. Debra Henry Fiser Isabel Wanzer Fisk AJ & Richard Fresquez Dr. Charles & Marcia Gilmore Karen Griebling David F. Gruenewald Mary Haley Linda Hargis Drs. Cynthia Ross & Martin Hauer-Jensen Anita & Ron Hayden Susan & Jack Heinritz Darilyn & Dr. James Hester Mary Ann & Andrew Hiegel Mr. & Mrs. Cyril Hollingsworth Liz & Dennis Jacks, M.D. Janet & Bud Jones Ouida & George Keck Mr. Joe Keith George & Kathy Lease Alicia Paladino-Leis & Jeff Leis Dorothy & Carl Lindsey Julie & Lynn Marshall Carolyn & George McLeod Dr. J.B. Norton Carolyn Oswald Helen Parker Charlotte & David Paul
Dr. Sara E. Peeples R.A. Pickens Patricia & Mark Pollack Glenda & Robert Schmidt Susan & Jim Shifflet Connie & Bob Shoemaker Dr. & Mrs. Gene Singleton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Smith Katherine Stanick Suzanne & Chuck Stofer Jan & Sam Trotter Linda Bly & Ed Turnage Drs. Sanford Benjamin & Barbara Vogt Fran Henderson & Mike Watts Yan & Jingyi Wang Linda & John Webb Dr. & Mrs. Galen Wenger Jeff & Sus Westgate Dr. & Mrs. Matthew Winston Jan & Don Zimmerman PARTICIPATING ($250+) Anonymous Mary Adams Dorothy Aldridge Karen & Barry Ammons Lawrence Angyal Margaret & Rodney Baker Margaret & Dr. Robert Barros Dr. David & Kathy Bauman Dorothy Braithwaite Mary & Pat Bell Mr. Bob Bidewell Joy & Dr. James Blacklock Deitra & Vance Blackwell Shirley Bowling Jane & Douglas Bown Joyce Scates & John Bowyer Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Boyd Linda S. Brown Marsha & Norman Callaway Mary L. Cantwell Craig Chotard Elizabeth & Roger Cline Kay & Darrel Coleman Ashley & Dr. Michael Cope Cathy & Jerry Core April & James Counts Mrs. Barbara Daugherty Renay & David Dean Andrea & William Dobson Michelle & Joseph Dowell Martha & LTC (Ret.) Carroll Dunn Kathy & Charles Eckerson Jo Evelyn Elston Jean & Darrell Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Emery L. Francis Dr. & Mrs. Paul Gardner Pauline & Alan Gerstein Diana & Johnny Glaze Judy Lansky & Ken Gould Kay & Stephen Green Priscilla Green JoAnn Greene Louise & Roy Gutierrez Michael Hagen Dottie & Stuart Hankins Joe van den Heuvel JoAnne & Ron Holmes Dawn & Otis Howe III Sarah Ann Irby Margaret & Peter Johnson Shelli Jordan Paul Krause Athalia & Karl Kullander Wendy & Craig Lair Joyce & Robert Landgren Cherry Light June Lloyd Maxwell J. Lyons II Kathleen Madden Deborah & Michael Malek Arthur Manthey Jackie & Charles Martin Jane & Robert Martin Becky Matthews Thomas McGowan Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. McKelvey Mary Ann & Bob McKuin Mary Jo McLin Joyce McMillan Mrs. Jane P. McMullin Diane & Barry McVinney John B. & Betsy L. Meador Jill Mhyre Ann Mullens Barbara & Don Munro Ann Nicholson Dr. William Ormsbee Jason Ortega Georgann Ozment Pat C. Pearcy Fred Perkins, Jr. Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Jim & Nancy Piersol Kristianna & John Pittenger Jane & John Prather Donald Putnam Stephen Ragland Linda & William Raney Tucker Raney Leanna & David Renfro Laura & Kevin Riedinger
Cathey & Ken Robbins Elisa & Dr. Ashley Ross Shannon & Troy Schoening Mr. Don Schwartz Judi & Steve Short Melanie & William Siegel Carol Silverstrom Suellen & Robert Sims Ellen & Troy Smith Ladona & Charles Smith Mary & David Smith Nancy C. Smith Mr. Lee Solomon Larry Stone & Millie Ward Rebecca Streett & Tom McDonald Chris Hackler & Susan Stroock Al Susoeff Mr. & Mrs. Richard Swanson Frank Thurmond Ken & Karen Tillman Annabelle & Henry Tuck Katherine & Dan Tucker Col (Ret.) Harold A. & Debbie Tucker David Olin Tullis Anne & Charles Vermont Dr. & Mrs. Charles Wagner Teresa & Glenn Walker Lillie F. Wallick Maybian & Don Wardlaw Dale & Roger Webb Cappy & Charles Whiteside Rebecca & Hardy Winburn Bill Wingfield Ted Wood Mr. & Mrs. Woodyear Ginger & Nicholas Wright Joan Zumwalt
FRIEND ($100+)
Anonymous Meagan & Daniel Adams Karis Alderson Larry Allen & Arline Jackson Dale & Marleen Anderson Donna Anderson Karen & Mark Andersen Drs. Sylvia & Edward Angtuaco Carl Anthony & Carolyn Brown Toni Bachman Joan Baldridge Ballard & George Ballard Jeannie Bates Janet Berry Donna & Dan Bartell Mary Jo Beasley
Barbara & Austin Bell Barbara Benson Joseph W. Berg Sue & Dick Blake Wayne Boyce Phyllis C. Brents Ann & Tom Bridgers Judge Robert & Charlotte Brown Helen Buchanan Casey & Kristina Buck Katherine Bynum Kathy & Benny Cagle Mary Jane & John Calhoun, Jr. Nancy Campalans Rev. Donald K. Campbell II Mary Jean & Roger Cannell Donna & Charles Cansler Beth & Larry Carpenter Barbara & Glen Cavallo Kandy Cayce Pat Cheatham Dr. & Mrs. Dan P. Chisholm Ruth Chrenko Jane Clark Sue Clark David Coffman Winema & Gerry Copher Angelo Coppola Jamie & Mike Coogan Richard Corby Alex Crawley Trudie W. Cromwell Jean Crume Lisa Curry Susan Davidson Ann & Dr. Clay H. Davis Gail & David Davis Kerri Davis Drew Irvin & Walt Davis Rebecca & Donald Davis Sharon & Donald Deems, Jr. Julie & Patrick Dempsey Patricia S. DePriest Ms. Mary Dillard Andrea & Jeff Dixon Ms. Erin Dixon Marcy & Mark Doderer Virginia & Robert Douglas Patricia Duke Ellen & Richard Dunn Lawrence A. Eckhart Ms. Susan Eckhart Irene A. Edgar Gwendolyn & Rev. E. Eugene Efird Sherry & Dr. Steve Efird Anne Park Farella
INDIVIDUA L SUPPORT continued Oliver Field Kay H. Fisher Bob Fitzgerald Denise & Fred Fleming Ms. Linda Fletcher Deloris & Kenneth Forrester Jan & Tom Fowler Kate & Bill Franks Sue M. Frueauff Mr. Don Fugett Sharon & Lowell Gardner Van Gates Joan Gage Pat & Jim Genty Dorothy Goff Jamie Goslin Sally & Chuck Goss Beverly Gowin Sally Graham Jeff & Mary Gramlich Carolyn & Michael Gray Ms. Rochelle Greenwood Angie Greer Linda & John Greer Marilyn M. Hall Don F. Hamilton Betty Lou & Frank Hamlin Sharon & Dr. Edwin Hankins III Shirley & Ray Hankins Mrs. Lorraine Hannah Price & Ann Harned Larry Hartsfield Nancy Haynes Ardith & Leon Helms Kathleen M. Henriksson Madelyn & George Hermes Mr. Frank Herring Mary Bea & Ken Hiegel Dolores Hietbrink Margaret & Scott Hiers William Hiers Ms. Ann Hight Kaki Hockersmith Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hodges Marian A. Hodges Karen & Ray Holliday Ms. Martha Hunt Judith Hunt Reginald L. Jackson Dr. Robert Jilka Dr. Robert W. Johns Cheryl & Dale Johnson Melrose & Larry Johnson Ruth Ann & Jim Johnson Trisha & Greg Jones
Marcy Jordan Barb & Frederik Kalsbeek Barbara & John Keller Piano Studio of Linda Kennedy Rev. Howard Lee Kilby Rebecca Kirkpatrick Gayle Kordsmeier Soheila Korourian Virginia K. Kurrus Diane & Raymond Lacroix Joseph D. Laface Judy Lanford Mary Langston Ms. Karen Lauck Catherine Lavey India Lee Bobette Leggett Helen T. Leigh John Leisenring John Mac Leod John Leonard Pollye Lincoln Marilyn & Steve Little Virginia Long Sally Johnson & Carlos Lopez Ms. Sharon Lovell Elaine & Rick Lowens Betty & Gus Ludwig Vladimir Lupashin Joe Luzzi Cammie & David Mackey Otho Jean Marlar Betty & Alex Manz Christina & Brock Martin Garth & Joann Martin Drs. Floyd & Rebecca Martin Dr. & Mrs. George A. Martin Beth & Carl Mason Nell Matthews Martha Mayland Christine & George Mayo Searcy & Betty McBurnett Cathy & Bruce McCarraher Jeanne McDaniel Katrina McDonald Mary Beth McDonald H. Chapman McGaughy Dr. Barry McVinney & Mrs. Diane McVinney Rebecca Meek Richard Meyer Carol & Darrel Meyerdirk Kathryn & Joe Miles Eileen Miller Ginny & Mike Misch Jay Mitchell
Katherine & Justin Mitchell William Monson Caroline & David Morgan Larry Morgan John Murphy Robert Murphey Charlotte & William Murry Dr. & Mrs. William T. Murry, Jr. June & Jack Myers Maria Castro & Charles Napolitano Sandra & Richard Newberg Dana Nixon Pauline & Alan Noznick Edward O’Connell Lynn & George O’Connor Lorene & James Patterson Richard Patterson Drs. Dola & John Pauly Ayse & Hakan Paydak Alice Perry Lynda & Terry Perry Pauletta Perryman Don Pfeifer Dr. Robynn Zinser & Jim Pfeifer Cynthia Pitts Irina Pokrovskaya Jacqueline & Col. Arno L. Ponder Eddie Powell Bill & Mary Ann Proffer Alan & Dina Rail Maxine Ramage Walter & Diana Ramsey Ms. Betty L. Ray Kathleen Rea Mr. Robert Reddish Mr. Greg Reed David Richards Melanie Riley Dana & Bob Ritchie Ladyce & Dr. Robert Ritchie Melinda Robertson Mr. & Mrs. D.K. Robinson Patricia Roby Ms. & Ms. Joy C. Rockenbach Ellen Rogers A. Andre & Louise Rollefson Dr. John D. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Ross Kathryn & William Rubenstein Kay Russell James & Wilma Ryan Elaine & Dick Rypkema Frank Rysan Ronald Salomon Catherine Schambach
Carl Schoenberger John J. Schuetz Dorothy Schwander Ben Seay Leland Seba Mr. & Mrs. Ed Seward Steve Sharp Kathleen Shelton Martha & Peter Sherrill Mr. Johnnie Shinn Ethan Shock Mary & Dr. Hugh Silkensen Mr. Jordan Simpson William F. & Lissa D. Simpson John Sims Anita & Kent Skinner Diane & Bob Skinner Mr. & Mrs. Griffin Smith Sandra & Rod Smith Virginia Smith Betty & David Snellings Maralyn Sommer Logan S. Stafford Christina Standerfer Anita H. Starrett Ms. Marye Jo Stetzer Trish Brown & Harry Stringfellow Ms. Sharon Stuart Linda Swain Camille & Dr. Dwight Talburt Peiyi Tang & Ming Tao Marilynn & Jim Tanner Patty Tanner Thomas E. Tarpley Valerie Thwing Mr. Lou Tobian Ted Holder & Joe Van den Heuve Gabriel Vega Suzanne Waggoner Ms. Ann Wagner Toni & Don Wallace Sue Walls Lynn & A.J. Walsh Amelia Walters Mary & T. L. Waniewski Paul J. Weisenfels Eva-Lou Wellborn Mr. Rolland White C. James Wierdsma Dennis Wightman Ralph Wilcox Dave Williams II Donalee & Kenneth Williams Sherry L. Williams Mary Willmuth Jane & Bob Wilson
Rebecca Wilson Robert J. Wilson Laura Wiltshire Betty Winter Barbara & George Wise Alice Witterman Shelley & Donald Wold Debra Wood Pamela & David Wood Jim & Carol Woolly Martha A. Word Katherine Wurtenberger Dr. Dominic Yang Martha & Thomas Yerina Mr. Steve Yoder Dr. Pat Youngdahl
MEMORIALS Jeff Baskin Carolyn & John Witherspoon Chuck Blair Kathryn Blair June & Edmond Freeman III Cherry Light Marcella & Brian Meyer Betsy & Donald Borchert Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Dale & Lee Ronnel Helen Caruthers Anonymous Howard Barnhard Craig Chotard Friday, Eldredge & Clark Jennifer & Randy Coleman Mary Frances & Ralph Cotham Flo & Dr. Jim Deer Olga Elwood Julianne D. Grundfest Howard & Barbara Hawes Susie & Jim Henley Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Jones Dixie T. Kline Terry Library Nancy & Gene McWhorter Dr. & Mrs. George K. Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Moore Ann Nicholson Frank & Ann Prassel Dale & Lee Ronnel Elisa & Dr. Ashley Ross Hannah Vogler Mrs. Betty Jo Ward Kimberly D. Williams
Minnie Jean Carson Carson Family Revocable Trust Norma Cutler Johnny Ellis Michael Honaker Mr. & Mrs. Craig McCone Mary Lou Middleton Elizabeth Shores Fran Jansen Webb Anne Fulk Ruth & Jim Bell Cynthia Ross & Martin Hauer-Jensen Howard & Barbara Hawes Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Jones Ruthe & Philip Kaplan Anne W. Maxey Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Moore Don Pfeifer Chris Barrier & Nan Selz Drs. Bruce & Laura Smoller Betty Stuckey Hope Coulter & Mel White Mary Hall Elisa & Dr. Ashley Ross Earl Hietbrink Dolores Hietbrink Connie Hill Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Joyce Jones William M. Shepherd Elizabeth Lloyd Candice Johnson Betty Lyon Drs. Bruce & Laura Smoller Margaret F. McGaughy Mary & P. W. Whiteaker Bert Parke Julianne D. Grundfest Dale & Lee Ronnel Martha N. Sowell Barbara Patty Max Brantley Diane Allen & Renie Bressinck, M.D. Georgia & Kayo Harris Elisa & Dr. Ashley Ross Kathy & George Wells Ronald Petti Lynn Petti Marilyn Owen Ms. Olga Elwood
INDIVIDUA L SUPPORT continued
Diane & Philip Jonsson Lynn & George O’Connor
Don Ryan Ann & Tom Bridgers
Philip Kaplan Alice & Jack Williams
Marie Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Witherspoon
HONORARIUM Suzanne Babble Ara Vallaster & Aaron Babbie
Robert E. Spaulding Nancy Spaulding
Peyton Bishop Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Suzanne Waggoner
Kay T. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hodges
Nancy Booth Virginia Long
Fay Sweet Carolyn & John Witherspoon
Diane Allen & Rene Bressinck, M.D. Ashley Cunningham
Karen Tews Rev. David Tews BarbaraThurmond Frank Thurmond Bill Trice Stephen Bengel Craig Chotard Joan Gage Robert Pettengill Trent P. Pierce, M.D. Irene & Gus Vratsinas Ula M. Watts Fran Henderson & Mike Watts
Nick Brown John Brown University Journalism Department Elizabeth Campbell Margaret Runyon Violet M. Cartier Virginia Flynn & Dr. Joe Crow Mary Clark Linda & Bobby Rush Dr. Denise Compton & Dr. Doug Owens Jan & Dr. Randal Hundley
Margeret & Drake Keith Martha N. Sowell Julianne D. Grundfest Jane McMullin Linda & Dr. Lamar W. Riggs Dr. Robert B. Moore Dale & Lee Ronnel Karen Ronnel Cindy & Charles Murphy III Rev. & Ms. Michael W. Murphy Sydney Murphy Jackson Osborne Kelly Jones Ramsey Henry Walter Palazzo Virginia Flynn & Dr. Joe Crow Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Pfeifer Dale & Lee Ronnel Drs. Margarita & Raymond Remmel Salvador Vergara & Sara Wohlleb
Polly K. Winter Madge Brown, Candy Johnson, Paul Brown Craig Chotard Fred & Helen Harrison James E. Hathaway Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Parke
Olga Elwood Jay Mitchell
George Worthen Julianne D. Grundfest Amy & Charles Law Sherry Worthen
Jim Hatch & Betty Seales Susan Reasons
Dale & Lee Ronnel Their children & grandchildren Ms. Pegggy Averbuch Virginia Flynn & Dr. Joe Crow Jill DeHart Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Pfeifer Marilyn & Gene Weinstein Ann & Richard Williams
Joyce Hendricks Alice & Robert Pfeiffer
Chris & Elizabeth Stinnett Carl Schoenberger
Mary Worthen Audrey Namowitz & Joel Abramson Phyllis & Michael Barrier Craig Chotard Olga Elwood Brooke Greenberg Julianne D. Grundfest Don & Nancy Pfeifer Dale & Lee Ronnel Hannah Vogler Lynnette & Michael Watts Dale & Roger Webb
Betty & Jerry Herron Jan & Sam Trotter Dale & Lee Ronnel
Johanna Van DerZalm In honor of her birthday Dee & John L. Ostner
Heather Honaker Mike McCrary
Beth Wheeler Paul Rebsamen Patricia Roby
Mary Fine Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Drs. May & Jack Griebel Alice & Robert Pfeiffer
Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Jones Alice & Robert Pfeiffer Dale & Lee Ronnel Karen Ronnel Nila J. Hendricks
Gifts made between 7/1/15 & 2/9/17. If you have questions, please contact Becky Flynn in the ASO Development office at (501) 666-1761, ext. 129 or bflynn@ArkansasSymphony.org.
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION The ASO gratefully acknowledges the following corporations and foundations for their generous annual support, including gifts-in-kind and matching gifts. P L AT I N U M
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild
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Stella Boyle Smith Trust
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Arkansas Arts Council Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Capital Hotel
$ 2 5 ,0 0 0 +
CDI-Hunt Robinson Joint Venture Deltic Timber Corporation Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Cindy & Chip Murphy III The Murphy Foundation Simmons Bank Sissy’s Log Cabin
S I LV E R
Crowne Plaza Entergy Arkansas Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild
$ 1 5 ,0 0 0 +
Metal Recycling Corporation Russellville Symphony Guild Rebsamen Fund
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Vratsinas Foundation
Frost PLLC/ClearPointe Barry Goldberg, Entelechy Partners JPMS Cox
Murphy USA Pleasant Ridge Town Center Southwest Power Pool Thoma Thoma
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$ 1 0 ,0 0 0 +
C R Y S TA L
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$ 5 ,0 0 0 +
Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Myeloma Institute at UAMS Nabholz Construction Services
Regions Insurance Stephens Inc.
CWP Productions Hussman Family Foundation
Tipton & Hurst The Spirit of Harmony Foundation
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ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Philip Mann
Richard P. Wheeler, MD
Christina Littlejohn
Music Director
Chair of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
Life Members
Board of Directors
Administration
Dr. George K. Mitchell Susie Morgan Lee Ronnel Gus M. Vratsinas
Executive Committee Richard P. Wheeler, MD, Chair Rick Adkins T. Martin Davis Terri Erwin Marion Fulk Ellen Gray Jan Hundley Patrick O’Sullivan Dr. Phillip Peters Lee Ronnel John Rowland Susan Marsh Martin Thoma Michael Underwood
Christina Littlejohn
Directors Elizabeth Andreoli Suzanne Babbie Debi Barnes Phyllis Barrier Ed Bennett Nick Brown Robert Chandler Alan Cochran Denise Compton Jane T. Cornish Dr. Joe Crow Nancy Crow Mary Davis Matt DeLuca Byron Eiseman Dora Jane Flesher Brigita Gardner Barry Goldberg Dr. John Hayes Bill Jeffs Diane Jonsson Jeanne Joyner Philip Kaplan Dr. Philip Kenney Dr. D. Dean Kumpuris Matt Machen Dr. Robert Moore Lynn Parker Mike Rhoda Dr. Jan Shorey Belinda Shults Elizabeth Stinnett Ryan Underwood Michael Upson Chris White Carolyn Witherspoon
Chief Revenue Officer
Honorary Members
Mayor Mark Stodola Mayor Joe Smith Michael Mayton First Lady Susan Hutchinson
Board of Advisors Denise Compton, Chair Chris Barrier Glenn Beasley Peyton Bishop Bob Cabe Rick Dimond Patricia Edstrom Charlie Fuller James Graham William Harrison Chuck Hiller Cyril Hollingsworth Catherine Hughes Ron Hughes Suzanne Kuch Craig Lair Brock Martin Steve Metzer Carl Moneyhon Susan Petty Moneyhon Marita Nazarian Sarkis Nazarian Alvah Nelson Fran Nelson Harriett Phillips Lynne Phillips Kater Reynolds Joanna Seibert Robert Seibert Gene Shelby Steve Shirm Martha Smither Amy Taylor Kent Taylor Bill Tedford Pat Torvestad Helen Vanlandingham Charlie Watkins Camille Williams
Chief Executive Officer
Meagan Adams Director of Finance
Jennifer Glasgow Executive Assistant
Artistic
Philip Mann Music Director
Geoffrey Robson Associate Conductor
Development and Marketing Heather Honaker Becky Flynn
Director of Development
Brandon Dorris
Director of Marketing
Tifffany Mattzela
Director of Special Events and Stewardship
Rebecca Kirkpatrick Patron Services Manager
Kari Schulz
Ticketing Assistant
Education & Artistic Operations Barbara Burroughs Director of Education and Outreach
David Renfro
Director of Operations
Tze-Ying Wu
Sturgis Music Academy Director
Leanne Day-Simpson Orchestra Librarian and Education Coordinator
Marc Nelson
Production Manager
Kelly Hicks Photographer
Adam Lansky
Recording Engineer
Guilds
Michael Upson
ASO Guild President
Suzanne Babbie
Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild President
Mary Davis
Russellville Symphony Guild President
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