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NEAL GITTLEMAN’S 30TH SEASON

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2024–2025 SEASON EDITION 3: SPRING / SUMMER

Spring / Summer Stained Glass Concert at

Grace United Methodist Church

March Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: It’s a World of Dance March 16

Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings & Youth Strings Spring Concert March 23

Stained Glass Concert at Omega Baptist Church March 23

April

April 27

Young People’s Concert: The Orchestra Moves April 30

May Ann Hampton Callaway May 3

DPYO: Spring Concert May 4

Pointes Of View May 9 & 10

Verdi’s Aida

Dayton Ballet School: Magic Mirror

April 4 & 6

May 10

Beethoven String Quartet

Concert For Peace with Marin Alsop

April 13

May 29

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

June

April 25 & 26

Stained Glass Concert at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church June 1

Table of Contents First Timers’ Guide ...................... 5 Artistic Directors ........................ 6 Company Dancers ....................... 8 Opera Artists-In-Residence......... 8 Studio Company Dancers ............ 9 Today’s Program Philharmonic Musicians ........... 11 Our Members ............................ 15 Corporate/Foundation Partners... 18 Board of Trustees and Staff......... 19

Michael Cavanaugh: Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Neil Diamond June 7

Stained Glass Concert at New Season Ministry June 8

Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony June 13 & 14

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Dear Friends FROM THE LEADERSHIP

As

the days grow longer and the world bursts into color, we invite you to the final months of our season—a celebration of opera, ballet, and orchestral brilliance.

This spring and summer, our stage will come alive with performances that capture the energy of renewal, passion, and the pure joy of live performing arts.

From the soaring voices of opera to the breathtaking precision of ballet and the sweeping power of the Philharmonic, each performance is a testament to the timeless magic of music and movement. Whether you are drawn to the drama of a great aria, the athleticism of a pirouette, or the delicate moments of a symphony, this season offers something to stir the soul.

We are grateful for your presence— your enthusiasm and support breathe life into every note and every step.

Join us as we bring this season to a magnificent crescendo, where the beauty of live performance is yours to experience, again and again.

We’ll see you in the audience.

Warmly,

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Artistic Directors

Neal Gittleman

Kathleen Clawson,

Artistic Director, Philharmonic

Artistic Director, Opera; Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair

The 2024–2025 season is my 30th on the DPO podium, following founder Paul Katz, Charles Wendelken-Wilson, and Isaiah Jackson. Next year Keitaro Harada takes over. Until then, I’ll be surrounded by fabulous musicians and fabulous music. Favorite pieces by favorite composers. A world premiere and a U.S. premiere. A ballet I’ve conducted more than a hundred times (The Nutcracker) and one I’ve never conducted before (Cinderella). One of my favorite operas (Amahl and the Night Visitors). And my first-ever concert of country music! But what keeps popping into my head again and again as I think about this last year as your conductor? Song titles by my favorite band, The Beatles: “The Long and Winding Road,” “Come Together,” “We Can Work It Out.” And again and again, these lines: “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Except for me, it’s “… equal to the music you make.” And of course, “P.S. I Love You!”

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Kathleen Clawson begins her fifth season as Dayton Opera Artistic Director and Dr. Ron Anderson and Robb Sloan-Anderson Chair. Clawson began directing for the Opera in 2009 and has directed 19 productions since, including serving as dramaturg and stage director for the world premiere of Finding Wright.

An acclaimed opera director, she directed The Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere of Shoes for the Santo Niño (2011) and was stage director and dramaturg for their world premiere of UnShakeable (2016).

A mezzo-soprano, Clawson’s credits include soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic, productions with The Santa Fe Opera and Dallas Opera, recording de Falla’s “El Amor Brujo” for Maria Benitez’ Teatro Flamenco tour, and singing “Mother Abbess” in Debby Boone’s international tour of The Sound of Music.

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Brandon Ragland

Keitaro Harada

Brandon Ragland has more than a decade of professional experience as a dancer, choreographer, and educator. He trained in Birmingham, AL, and has a bachelor’s degree in Dance-Arts Administration from Butler University. After graduation, Ragland danced with Alabama Ballet, followed by Louisville Ballet in 2010, spending 13 years as a leading artist.

A respected choreographer, Ragland choreographed works for Louisville Ballet, Alabama Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Sedona Chamber Ballet, and The Perla Ballet. In 2017, Ragland was honored to perform with the Black Iris Project at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of the Kennedy Center’s Dance Across America Program. He has received numerous awards, including “Best Artist” in Louisville Magazine and The Lift a Life Foundation’s “Emerging Leader in the Arts Award” from The Fund for the Arts.

Named Music and Artistic Director Designate for Dayton Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season, Keitaro Harada will begin a five-year tenure as Music and Artistic Director with the 2025–26 season. As Music and Artistic Director of the Savannah Philharmonic since the 2020–21 season, Harada has transformed the orchestra and energized its audiences throughout the community with his imaginative programs and charismatic presence.

Artistic Director, Ballet; Sponsored by Dr. Troy Tyner and Dr. Ingrid Brown

Music and Artistic Director Designate, Philharmonic; Sponsored by Barbara O’Hara

Harada is a recipient of the 2023 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. In 2024, he was named Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Partner for the Aichi Chamber Orchestra. Harada was Associate Conductor for four years at the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, where he regularly assisted Music Director Louis Langrée and collaborated with James Conlon and Juanjo Mena at the orchestra’s annual May Festival.

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Dayton Ballet Company Dancers

Connor Barak

Claire Bergman

Nicolas Bierwagen

Erin Blair

Harrison Broadbent

Tomasin Corrente

Emma Duncan

Alyssa Eyster

Hailey Flanagan

Jasmine Getz

Katy Gilliam

Isaac Jones

Patrick Lennon

Tarique Logan

Kyan Park

Lukas Pringle

Francisco Rivera

Belle Urben

Catherine Voorhees

Jalen Williams

Dayton Opera Artists-In-Residence

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Isabel Randall

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Carl Rosenthal

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Randell McGee

Clara Passmore

Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Xochitl Atienza

Sara Beth Austin

Ryan Norman

Elizabeth Sabol

Daniela Bennetti

Analiese Capponi

Amber Huggett

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Requiem March 14 & 15, 2025 • Schuster Center ARTISTS Neal Gittleman, conductor Kayla Oderah, soprano Benjamin Taylor, baritone

Steven Hankle, chorus director Dayton Philharmonic Chorus Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM Lili Boulanger

D’un matin de printemps (Of A Spring Morning)

Lili Boulanger

D’un soir triste (Of A Sad Evening)

Joel Thompson

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed Dedicated to the victims and their families 1. “Why do you have your guns out?”– Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., 68 2. “What are you following me for?” – Trayvon Martin, 17 3. “Mom, I’m going to college.” – Amadou Diallo, 23 4. “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting.” – Michael Brown Jr., 18 5. “You shot me! You shot me!” – Oscar Grant III, 22 6. “It’s not real.” – John Crawford III, 22 7. “I can’t breathe.” – Eric Garner, 43 Benjamin Taylor, baritone Dayton Philharmonic Chorus

Gabriel Fauré

Requiem, Op. 48 1. Introït et Kyrie 2. Offertoire 3. Sanctus 4. Pie Jesu 5. Agnus Dei 6. Libera me 7. In paradisum Kayla Oderah, soprano Benjamin Taylor, baritone Dayton Philharmonic Chorus

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Kayla Oderah and Benjamin Taylor are the Olive W. Kettering Endowed Guest Artists.

The Presenting Sponsor of this performance is the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

The Media Sponsor of this performance is Discover Classical 88.1 WDPR/89.1 WUSO/89.9 WDPG. Microphones on stage are for recording purposes only.

Program Notes Neal’s Note When I first encountered Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed two years ago, I immediately thought, “This is a piece we need to perform.” Not only is it a beautiful, powerful, heartbreaking piece of important new American music, but among the seven men it memorializes is one of Dayton’s own, John Crawford III. By setting to music the dying words of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown Jr., Oscar Grant III, John Crawford III, and Eric Garner, Joel Thompson remembers them in a very different way than the way they are remembered in American history or politics. In Joel’s music we hear their humanity and their loneliness in the moments that their lives were taken from them by a world that somehow felt safer with them dead than alive. Exactly the same way that we hear Jesus’s humanity and loneliness in the final words he spoke as his life was taken by a world that somehow felt safer without him in it.

So it felt somehow wrong to program this work conventionally—with an overture before and a symphony after. Its emotional content is so powerful that it cries out for special treatment. After much thought, I conceived of the evening you’ll experience tonight: four beautiful pieces of music placed together to create an emotional journey from joy to sadness to pain to comfort.

How will you respond to this unusual kind of a concert? I don’t know. You might be moved. You might be angry. You might want to applaud each piece as you would normally. You might not. However your spirit moves you is fine. And after the music is over, if you don’t feel ready to just go home, please feel free to stay for a panel discussion on the experience led by Pastor Joshua Ward of Omega Baptist Church.

When I met with Pastor Ward and others to talk about the discussion, someone asked what I hoped the end-result of this evening would be. It was right after we’d performed Handel’s Messiah, and the first words that came to mind were from “The trumpet shall sound”: “We shall be changed.” Music has the power to change us, to change our hearts, to change the way we feel. That’s what I hope the music of Lili Boulanger, Joel Thompson, and Gabriel Fauré will do for all of us tonight.

– Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Dayton Philharmonic

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Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening

COMPOSED 1917–1918

Lili Boulanger was born into a great Parisian musical family and was surrounded by music and musicians of the highest quality. Lili’s older sister, Nadia, approached prodigy status, and Lili herself was heralded as a prodigy by several great musicians, including Gabriel Fauré, who was the first to discover that Lili had perfect pitch.

PREMIERE 1921; Paris, France

Marie-Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger (1893–1918)

LAST DPO PERFORMANCE Of A Spring Morning: January 2020 Of A Sad Evening: DPO Premiere

Lili was jaw-droppingly talented, but was dogged by ill health her entire life, the most pernicious APPROXIMATE being a lifelong debilitating gastro-intestinal disease DURATION (likely Crohn’s Disease). That illness would end her Of A Spring Morning: life in 1918 at the age of 24. Bedbound in 1917, Lili 5 minutes began composing at that time a pair of particularly Of A Sad Evening: fine works: D’un matin de printemps (“Of A Spring 12 minutes morning”) and D’un soir triste (“Of A Sad evening”).

These were Impressionistic pieces, filled with exquisite colors and psychological explorations. Both were based on the same, short musical theme (an eightmeasure, free-flowing melody that rustles about, first generally upwards, and then back to its starting note). Matin takes this theme into shimmering light and joy, while Soir opens with the theme and then grows into heartbroken grief. These two companion pieces were finished in 1918 and are the last that Lili could physically write in her own hand (in Lili’s final months, Nadia would be her scribe).

Matin begins with a distinctly sparkling sound—as the strings pulse quietly and crisply, glints of bright light gleam from the triangle and celeste. Boulanger has already captured the brimming of life on a Spring morning in just this opening. The eight-measure melody then presents itself in the flute with a cheerful freshness.

The theme here is weightless and gleeful. A middle section, marked Mystérieux (mysterious) nods to Soir by briefly replaying the two pieces’ common theme and now clothed in a gloomy veil. Yet, as Spring always follows Winter’s melancholy, Matin concludes in the strings, harp, and brass with a chortling exclamation mark.

Soir begins with two bars of pulsating in the strings with bassoons, followed by the clarinets playing the shared melody outright. Soir then grows slowly in a series of sonic waves of sound into a blistering and dissonant climax at about four minutes, when the tam-tam (gong) and drums then introduce a halted kind of rhythm, like a battered, dying heartbeat. Boulanger then creates a canvas of evocative orchestral sounds with dark and grainy instrumental colors swirling around each other, while the strings reach up to achingly high registers, like internal screams, only to crash back inwardly. All of this pulses in sonic surges again until the next crushing climax at about nine minutes with brass and percussion, evoking the feel of heaving, uneven breaths. The work progressively fades until the very last bars, when a solo violin sings a brief melody of what would seem like hope, over a slowly throbbing harp and long-held chords in the winds. Of Boulanger’s works, D’un soir triste is perhaps her most poignantly autobiographical. © Max Derrickson

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Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

COMPOSED 2014

From the composer:

PREMIERE 2015; Ann Arbor, Michigan

Joel Thompson (b. 1988)

In November of 2014, a Staten Island grand jury chose LAST DPO not to indict the officer who murdered Eric Garner.

PERFORMANCE To me, the message was clear: if I were to be killed DPO Premiere in some interaction with authority figures, my loved ones should not expect justice. There could be a APPROXIMATE video recording of my futile attempts to describe my DURATION distress—”I can’t breathe”—with the arm of the law 16 minutes around my neck and the life fading from my eyes, and still, my death wouldn’t matter. My death wouldn’t matter enough to warrant a formal charge of even manslaughter or negligent homicide. This was not an isolated incident—this was a trend. The color of my skin is a capital offense. “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” wasn’t written to be heard. It was essentially a sonic diary entry expressing my fear, anger, and grief in the wake of this tragedy. I was serving as a choral conductor at a small college in south Georgia, but I occasionally composed pieces and hid them away. Finishing this work in early January 2015 was a much-needed catharsis; I felt exorcised of the emotions that had drained my spirit. However, Freddie Gray’s death the following April impelled me to try to bring “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” to life. A Facebook post asking musician friends to sightread the work, a phone call by a friend to Dr. Eugene Rogers of the University of Michigan, a commission from Andre Dowell to fully orchestrate the work for the 20th anniversary of the Sphinx Organization, and the piece is alive several years later and I am very grateful.

Liturgical settings of the “Seven Last Words of Christ” are not trying to demonize the Roman soldiers that orchestrated the crucifixion, but they are designed to stir within the listener an empathy towards the suffering of Jesus. Inspired by that template, this piece is a meditation on the lives of seven black men and an effort to focus on their humanity, which is often eradicated in the media in an attempt to justify their deaths.

Listening to “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” can be uncomfortable. As you listen, I ask that you try to remain open. It can be easy to let a spirit of defensiveness pollute the experience of the piece. I ask that you revisit the last moments of these men with fresh hearts: - Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr: the retired Marine who accidentally pressed his Life Alert necklace which recorded the police calling him a n***er before he was killed (“Officer, why do you have your guns out?”).

- Trayvon Martin: the teenage boy with his bag of Skittles being chased in his own neighborhood (“What are you following me for?”).

- Amadou Diallo: the young immigrant who called his mother in Guinea after he had saved up enough money to pursue a degree in computer science (“Mom, I’m going to college.”).

- Michael Brown, Jr: the recent high school graduate and amateur musician whose body lay baking in the street for four hours before being taken to the coroner (“I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!”).

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- Oscar Grant III: the young father (of a 4-year-old girl) who was shot in the back while handcuffed in a prone position at Fruitvale Station (“You shot me! You shot me.”).

- John Crawford III: another young father who was purchasing a BB gun in a Walmart in the open carry state of Ohio (“It’s not real.”).

- Eric Garner: the 43-year-old grandfather who was choked to death on camera on the streets of New York City (“I can’t breathe.”).

When the music is over, let us continue to listen. Let us listen to each other with love and hope for a more just future. Thank you.

With love, Joel Thompson

Requiem, Op. 48

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

COMPOSED 1877–1900

PREMIERE Fauré’s creation of his beloved Requiem spanned July 1900; Paris, France almost a quarter of a century. Beginning first with a sole movement, Libera me, that he wrote in 1877, it LAST DPO took him another decade to add five more movements, PERFORMANCE and then another five years to write the last movement. October 2006 In that 1893 version, the work was scored for a small APPROXIMATE orchestra without woodwinds or a full violin section, and it received scant attention until around 1900 when DURATION 36 minutes a publisher friend persuaded Fauré to re-score his Requiem for full orchestra. This 1900 version of the Requiem (which we hear tonight) soon rocketed to international attention, and Fauré, who had been little known outside of France, found his first global fame.

Perhaps the Requiem’s most beguiling trait is its disarming tenderness in tone, which Fauré acknowledged and explained in an interview in 1902: “… people have said [my Requiem] did not express the terror of death, someone called it a lullaby of death. But that is how I feel death: a happy deliverance, a yearning for the happiness of the beyond, rather than as a distressing transition.”

Here are some of the Requiem’s highlights: Though beginning in darkness and shadows, Fauré’s music is not about gloom so much as bittersweetness. Listen for the Kyrie’s imaginative beginning, where the counterpoint between the violas and organ trade phrases with the choir, creating a beautiful rocking effect.

In its peaceful supplication, the Baritone solo in Offertorium is one of Fauré’s great melodies. Listen at the end for the richly harmonized, sweetly pining “Amen” sequence.

In the third movement, over undulating harp and violas, the sopranos float and are then echoed by the tenors and basses. Here, the male voices are accompanied by a countermelody in the violins which create the feeling of an updraft, spiriting aloft the voices’ prayer.

In the fourth movement, out of the stillness, the lone Soprano humbly beseeches the Divine with an ethereal, soaring beauty. An enchanting moment then arises Today's Program

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when, after the Soprano’s first solo phrase, the harp plays in octaves, creating a sense of a great, mysterious expanse.

The violins play a rather carefree theme in the fifth movement, busy with gentle rhythms, above which the choir sings in simple, grand sweeps upwards and downwards. Everything changes when the choir sings “Lux aeterna …” Here, as if glimpsing the wonders of eternal bliss for the first time in the soul’s new journey, Fauré begins an exquisite cascade of chromatically changing harmonies.

In Libera me, Fauré deviated from the typical Requiem Mass by eliminating the harsh terrors of the Dies irae (Day of wrath) texts. Nonetheless, over a motoric pulse in the low strings and organ, the Baritone’s dramatic solo is one of the most trenchant moments in the work.

The organ, later joined by harp, provide quietly stirring sounds in the final movement, above which arc the sopranos. The music floats above the stratosphere and into the infinite beauty. This is Paradise, creating a weightless ending to Fauré’s masterful musical journey. © Max Derrickson

Text & Translations ORIGINAL LATIN TEXT

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

1. Introit et Kyrie Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.

Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and may light perpetual shine on them, A hymn becomes You, God, in Zion, and to you may be paid a vow in Jerusalem.

Hear my prayer, to You all flesh shall come.

Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

2. Offertoire O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu, de ore leonis, ne absorbeat tartarus ne cadant in obscurum.

O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of the departed from the pains of hell and from the deep pit, from the mouth of the lion, nor may they be absorbed by hell, nor may they fall into darkness.

Hostias et preces tibi, Domine laudis offerimus: tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus.

Sacrifice and prayer to You, Lord, in praise we offer: receive for those souls whom today we commemorate.

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Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam, quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus. Amen.

Allow them, Lord, to pass from death to life, which once to Abraham You promised and to his seed. Amen.

3. Sanctus Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloria tua Hosanna in excelsis.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.

Full are the heavens and the earth of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest

4. Pie Jesu Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem; dona eis sempiternam requiem

Blessed Lord Jesus, grant them rest; grant them everlasting rest.

5. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem, sempiternam requiem.

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, quia pius es.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest, everlasting rest.

Light eternal—may it shine on them, Lord, with your saints in eternity, You who are merciful.

Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual—may it shine on them.

6. Libera Me Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda quando coeli movendi sunt et terra, dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.

Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.

Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies illa, dies magna et amara valde.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Deliver me, Lord, from death eternal in that terrible day, when the heavens shall be moved and the earth, when You shall come to judge the world by fire.

With trembling I am seized and with fear, until the trial to come, also the coming wrath.

That day, day of wrath, calamity and misery, that day, great day and exceedingly bitter.

Rest eternal grant them, Lord, and light perpetual—may it shine on them.

7. In Paradisum In paradisum deducant angeli; in tuo adventu suscipant te martyres et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.

Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro, quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem.

To paradise may the angels lead you; at your coming may the martyrs receive you and bring you to the holy city, Jerusalem.

May the angel chorus receive you and with Lazarus, once a pauper, eternally may you have rest.

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About the Artists Kayla Oderah Soprano

Kayla Oderah is an emerging soprano hailing from Louisville, Kentucky. Last season, Oderah made her Opera Memphis debut as Musetta in La Bohème, as well as Linfea in La Calisto.

As a Handorf Company Artist, she also debuted a workshop performance of A.E. Reverie by Kamala Sankaram in partnership with Chautauqua Opera and Opera Memphis. In 2023, Oderah sang as a Dayton Opera Artist-inResidence where she performed the role of Woglinde in Das Rheingold. She made her Dayton Philharmonic debut performing as the soprano soloist in the Vaughan Williams’ Pastoral Symphony as well as the Mozart Missa Brevis in C Major, K259. Oderah made her professional debut in 2022 performing the role of Girlfriend 2 in Blue with Toledo Opera as well as Despina in Così fan Tutte with Finger Lakes Opera as a Tomita Young Artist. She also sang as a young artist with Opera Ithaca. There, Oderah performed the role of Zegner Daughter Littler in Proving Up and Anna in Nabucco. Oderah returned to Ithaca in the Spring of 2023 to perform the role of Cupid in Orpheus in the Underworld. Oderah has trained at the University of Michigan (M.M.), the Aspen Music Festival as a studio artist, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.M).

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Benjamin Taylor Baritone

Baritone Benjamin Taylor’s 24–25 season includes debuts at Arizona Opera for La bohème (Marcello), Madison Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro), Charleston Opera Theater for La bohème (Schaunard), and Washington National Opera for Porgy and Bess (Jake). On the concert stage, he debuts at Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s Lt. Kije, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic in Sanctuary Road (William Still), Dayton Philharmonic for Fauré’s Requiem, Evansville Philharmonic for Carmina Burana, Opera Omaha for their Opera Outdoors concert, and a return to North Carolina Opera for Opera in the Park. Upcoming engagements include a debut with Seattle Opera and returns to The Metropolitan Opera and Detroit Opera.

Additional recent engagements include his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Chester) followed by debuts with Michigan Opera Theatre and Spoleto Festival USA in La bohème (Schaunard), Cincinnati Opera for the world premiere of Castor and Patience (West), North Carolina Opera for Sanctuary Road (William Still), Baltimore Concert Opera for Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet), and a return to Pittsburgh Opera for The Magic Flute (Papageno). Additionally, he workshopped Factotum (Garby) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Past highlights include a visit to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Digital Opera on the Go!, followed by debuts with Fargo-Moorhead Opera for Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro); Opera Orlando for The

Secret River (Augustus); and Des Moines Metro Opera for Pique Dame (Tomsky), Platée (Satyre), and Fellow Travelers (Tommy McIntyre).

Taylor is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, and he debuted at Madison Opera in I pagliacci (Silvio). Taylor was an Apprentice Artist at The Santa Fe Opera and a Gerdine Young Artist and Richard Gaddes Festival Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Additional performances include La bohème (Marcello) with Crested Butte Festival and Madama Butterfly (Prince Yamadori) for Berkshire Opera’s inaugural season.

DAYTON PHILHARMONIC CHORUS Dr. Steven Hankle, conductor Kevin Wilson, assistant conductor Andrea Arese-Elias, accompanist Carolyn Sweezy, chorus manager Soprano Shelley Ansiel Carla Ballou Kayla Beasley Eva Borbonus Katy Bowman Rebecca Brooks Carmen Bruno Lillian Chambliss Janae Cooper Jordan Drinnon Claudia Fett Anna Ha Karen Hamilton Aleks Harkavy Jeanne Kallenberg Lydia Kee Deb Nash Natalie Nolte Shari Palmer Tamra Payne Annette Rizer Lora Scott Marilyn Smyers Melissa Tan Susan Thomas Schneata Turner Lydia Updike Carole Webb Emma Weir Alto Yana Atim Rebecca Betts Chelsea Brown Julia Crowl

Elizabeth Douras Fantasia Fairchild Michele Foley Sharon Gratto Michele Goodpaster Farrah Isaacs Idamae Jenkins Linda Keith Carol Manda Barb Marcum Katie Maxfield Keara Parciak Julia Randel Carolyn Sweezy Katelyn Tesla Lynne Vaia Susan Welsh Keatha Wilson Tenor Wes Alexander Dorian Borbonus Charles Garland Frank C. Gentner Jon Hauberg Brad Kallenberg Gregory Marx James Sheline Kevin Wilson Brian Wong Bass John Blakelock Dan Bruno, Jr. Doug Conrad Mark Corcoran Basil Fett Rick Gonzalez Tom Gottweis Tim McLinden Curtis Notestine Grant Parks Dylan Reynolds Barrie Van Kirk Peter Veley Paul Webb Today's Program

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Discussion & Reflection Music has the power to spark reactions, inspire strong emotions, and connect us to the world around us. This evening’s discussion is meant to deepen your connection to the pieces on the program. Use this space to reflect on the panel discussion as it unfolds, respond to the prompts in this book, or jot down your own thoughts on the music.

Friday, March 14 Panelists: Dr. Rosalyn Y. Brown Beatty, Dr. Sam Dorf, Sierra Leone, Joel Thompson, and Rev. Joshua Ward Saturday, March 15 Panelists: Dr. Rosalyn Y. Brown Beatty, Dr. Sam Dorf, Sierra Leone, Neal Gittleman, and Rev. Joshua Ward

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How does the emotional nature of music help us engage with issues that might otherwise make us feel uncomfortable?

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How can music help us engage with others across lines of difference?

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Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra: It’s a World of Dance March 16, 2025 • Schuster Center • No intermission ARTISTS Patrick Reynolds, conductor Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Celtic Academy of Irish Dance

PROGRAM Bedřich Smetana

“Dance of the Comedians”

Edvard Grieg

“Morning” from Peer Gynt Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Edward Elgar

“Moths and Butterflies” from The Wand of Youth Dayton Ballet School Ensemble

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov

“Flight of the Bumblebee” Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Edvard Grieg

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Dayton Ballet School Ensemble

Edvard Grieg

“March of the Trolls” from Lyric Suite Dayton Ballet Studio Company

Astor Piazzolla

“Libertango”

Ronan Hardiman

Lord of the Dance Celtic Academy of Irish Dance

Soon Hee Newbold

“Irish Legend” Celtic Academy of Irish Dance

Percy Grainger

“Irish Tune from County Derry”

Bill Whelan

“Reel Around the Sun” from Riverdance Celtic Academy of Irish Dance

Arturo Márquez

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Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Violin 1 Awnik Roy, co-concertmaster Eileen Currie, co-concertmaster Thomas Bussen, co-concertmaster Doris Kang Rudah Lee Faelynn Gill Eva Wright Chenuli Attanayake Isabella Xiao Quincy McCormick Sophia Wang Erin Secody Isabella Rempe Violin II Catherine Jackson, co-principal Arya Schumann, co-principal Ozzy Edmonds-Wert, co-principal Emily Hughes Victoria Chavez Gyurim Kim William Bruhn Sravya Kandarpa Charlotte Richard Wei Li Evie Thomas Daniel Park Viola Jacob Porter, co-principal Kate Ehler, co-principal Tristan Chaffee, co-principal Clo Ryan Kirah Graham Alexander Wang Chloe Earnhardt William Ford Joshua David Fleming Paul Agiro Catie Brenner Ellie Fuller II

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Cello Vasakan Thambi-Pillai, co-principal Harrison Cash, co-principal Elly Kim, co-principal Aryan Vohra Wyatt Eros Robby Arling Adrian Miller-Castaño Victor Moniaci Alexandra “Sasha” Riley Anna Weaver Ethan Kamau Norah Rocke Maggie Steen Preston-Joshua ‘PJ’ Albright Bass Ben Prater, co-principal Owen Welch, co-principal Penelope Ericson, co-principal Ruby Robillard Dennis “DJ” Riffell Flute Kaitlyn Liu, principal Katie Clark Mingde Hirakawa Kira Parshall Oboe Rylee Bauer, principal Sebastian Cady Isabella Villanueva

Claire Bauer Dylan Alexander Horn Jeremy Roehrs, co-principal Claire Lally, co-principal Chloe Spitler Carly Krisher Lillian Spurgeon Trumpet Ben LaCasse, principal Anna Ray Scherer Cooper Plummer Trombone Nick Cribbs, co-principal Nathan Arnow, co-principal Julianna Alexander Bass Trombone Brenna Svisco Tuba Hayden Smith Percussion Micah Bauman, section leader Audrey Riesen Evelynn Buck Maggie Steen Piano/Keyboard Ellie Fuller

English Horn Rylee Bauer

Harp Catie Brenner

Clarinet Minjae Kang, principal Andrew Crocker Rylee Laderer Luke Snider

Librarians Anna Weaver Clo Ryan Amy Juhascik Erin Secody

Bassoon Amy Juhascik, co-principal Rachel Cady, co-principal

Set-Up Crew Elly Kim Luke Snider

About the Artists DAYTON BALLET DAYTON BALLET STUDIO COMPANY SCHOOL ENSEMBLE Daniela Bennetti Mollie Juniewicz Amber Huggett Rebecca Perry Xochitl Atienza Sara Press Ryan Norman Jane Middleton Sara Beth Austin Amy Grennek Elizabeth Sabol Jenna Mumford Analiese Capponi Raeanne Richard Emma Barrentine CELTIC ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE Angelica Green Miranda Grogean Colleen Leaman Abigail McCarty Alana Piroch

Addyson Randolph Anna Sollinger Clare Sollinger Shay Spanier

ARTISTIC STAFF Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director, Dayton Ballet Rachel Cahayla-Wynne, Director, Dayton Ballet Studio Company Megan Forney, Co-director, Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Gabrielle Sharp, Co-director, Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Anna Bumiller, Director, Celtic Academy of Irish Dance Emily Sollinger, Instructor, Celtic Academy of Irish Dance

Patrick Reynolds Conductor

This season Patrick Reynolds celebrates his 25th year as conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He is in his 27th year with the DPAA, serving as Associate Conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. In this capacity, he has conducted the DPO in classical, pops, family and rock series concerts, and in past seasons, he has conducted several Dayton Opera productions. Dr. Reynolds is a Professor of Music at the University of Dayton, currently in his 28th year as a member of the faculty.

At UD, Dr. Reynolds conducts the University Orchestra and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, as well as teaching courses in instrumental conducting.

He is a recipient of the University’s Faculty Award in Teaching, and currently serves as National President-elect of the College Orchestra Directors Association. Dr. Reynolds earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and the Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

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SPECIAL THANKS We gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of the EnCorps Friends of DPAA! which includes volunteers from the former Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association and the Dayton Opera Guild. We greatly appreciate their support of the DPYO and their work on behalf of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s Learning and Community Engagement programs.

A special thanks to the DPYO Parent Officers for all of their time and support of the DPYO: • • •

Heather Bauer, president Emily Fuller, attendance Nancy Roszell, hospitality

We also acknowledge the private music teachers and school band and orchestra directors who have assisted in the growth of these fine young musicians in the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

A special thanks to the DPAA Learning & Community Engagement staff: Jeaunita Château Olówè, Vice President for LCE; Melissa McCoy, Engagement Programs Manager; and Jackie Griffin, Learning Programs Manager; Megan Forney, Dayton Ballet School Education Manager & Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Co-director; as well as the entire DPAA staff for their support of the DPYO.

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David Goist

Kirstin Greenlaw, Acting Concertmaster1

Aurelian Oprea Associate Concertmaster2

Youjin Na, Acting Assistant Concertmaster3

Elizabeth Hofeldt

Mikhail Baranovsky

Louis Proske

Sean Klopfenstein

John Lardinois

Kara Camfield, Acting Principal4

Ann Linn Baer, Acting Assistant Principal

Nick Naegele*

Lynn Rohr*

VIOLIN II

Philip Enzweiler*

Janet George

Scott Moore

Gloria Fiore

Maggie Niekamp

VIOLA

Yoshiko Kunimitsu

Bill Slusser

Yein Jin*

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Colleen Braid, Assistant Principal

Karen Johnson6

Scott Schilling

Lori LaMattina

Mark D. Reis

Jonathan Lee, Principal

Christina Coletta, Assistant Principal7

Mark Hofeldt

Nadine Monchecourt

Oleg Babkov

Deborah Taylor, Principal10

Jon Pascolini, Assistant Principal

Donald Compton In Memoriam

CELLO

Leslie Dragan

Belinda Burge

Molly Castrucci8

Lucas Song9

BASS

Zoë Moskalew

FLUTE AND PICCOLO

Stephen Ullery

Christopher Roberts

James Faulkner

Bleda Elibal

OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN

Rebecca Andres, Principal11

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Eileen Whalen, Principal12

CLARINET

Robyn Dixon Costa

BASSOON

John Kurokawa, Principal13

Rachael Young, Principal14

HORN

Kristen Smith15

Aaron Brant, Principal16

Lotti Ropert

Todd Fitter

Charles Pagnard, Principal17

Alan Siebert

Richard Begel

Chad Arnow19

TRUMPET

Amy Lassiter

Sean Vore, Assistant Principal

TROMBONE

Eric Knorr

Tyler Bentley, Acting Principal18

TUBA

TIMPANI

Timothy Northcut, Principal20

PERCUSSION

Gerald Noble, Acting Principal21

HARP

Michael LaMattina, Principal22

Davi Martinelli de Lira23

Leslie Stratton, Principal24

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Joshua Nemith25

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Denotes leave of absence J. Ralph Corbett Chair Huffy Foundation Chair Sherman Standard Register Foundation Chair 4 Jesse Philips Chair 5 F. Dean Schnacke Chair 6 Grace Counts Finch Chair 7 Edward L. Kohnle Chair in Memory of Andra Lunde Padrichelli, Principal Cellist 2003–2018 8 Gilbert and Patricia Templeton Chair 9 Paul and Susanne Weaver Chair 10 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association/C. David Horine Memorial Chair 11 Dayton Philharmonic Volunteer Association Chair 12 Catharine French Bieser Chair 13 Rhea Beerman Peal Chair 14 Robert and Elaine Stein Chair 15 David and Lois Gribler Chair 16 Frank M. Tait Memorial Chair 17 John W. Berry Family Chair 18 John Reger Memorial Chair 19 Bill and Wanda Lukens Chair 20 Zachary, Rachel and Natalie Denka Chair 21 Rosenthal Family Chair in Memory of Miriam Rosenthal, In Honor of Donald Donnett, Principal Timpani 1966–2023 22 Miriam Rosenthal Chair 23 Richard A. and Mary T. Whitney Chair 24 Daisy Talbott Green Chair 25 Demirjian Family Chair

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Special thanks to all our DPAA Members who keep the classical arts thriving in Dayton with their annual donation.

President’s Circle

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Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Herbeck The Holland Family Trust Mr. Jeffrey Huntington Dr. Michael A. Jaffe M.D. Sandi Simmons & Tom Jonak Ms. Norma Keefer Dr. & Mrs. Brian Kent Chuck Knickerbocker Kathryn A. Lamme Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Langguth Dr. James T. Lehner & Hon. Peggy Lehner Mr. & Mrs. Franklin C. Lewis Robyn Lightcap Dr. & Mrs. William Lindahl The Margaret & Paul C. Magill Fund* Amy Radachi & Tom Maher Dr. & Mrs. Frank P. Mannarino M.D. Drs Jerry Clark & Barry McCorkle Marc & Melissa McNulty Thom & Penni Meyer Ms. Shannon Joyce Neal Mr. John Phillips Mrs. Helen C. Potter Robert & Cynthia Puskar Mr. Todd Press Mr. & Mrs. Dominick A. Rinaldi Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Roedersheimer Ms. Patricia Roth Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Routson Ms. Colleen M. Ryan Dr. Burton R. Saidel & Mrs. Alice L. Saidel The Sanchez Family Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Schaeffer Mrs. Winnie Scholl Bill & Ann Schuerman Charles V. Simms Mrs. Catherine J. Skardon Mrs. Gaynelle M. Spiegel Lt. Col & Mrs. Michael H. Taint Mr. John Tate Mrs. Mary T. Tymeson Drs. Paul & Sharon Vander Gheynst Malte & Pan Von Matthiessen Dr. & Mrs. Andreas M. Walchner Andrew & Julie Wallner K Wiedeman & L Elliott-Sowers Lt. Col & Mrs. Robert W. Wilda Janice Finch Willhelm Mark & Kim White Ms. Katherine Wiedeman Janice Finch Willhelm Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Williamson Mr. & Mrs. John J. Winch

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Corporate and Foundation Partners We thank our corporate and foundation partners for their support of DPAA’s mission, programs, and artists.

IMPRESARIO AES Ohio Foundation The Charles D. Berry Foundation The Kettering Family Foundation Virginia W. Kettering Foundation Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts Schiewetz Foundation Harry A. Toulmin, Jr. and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund of the Dayton Foundation MAESTRO The Berry Family Foundation VIRTUOSO Dayton Freight The Mary H. Kittredge Fund of The Dayton Foundation Bill and Jackie Lockwood Fund to Support Opera LEGATO All The Best Delicatessen Cox First Media Dayton Aerospace iHeart Media The Eleanor and John Kautz Fund of the Dayton Foundation Kettering Health Marriott University of Dayton The Shubert Foundation The Nick and Edna Weller Charities, Inc. CONCERTO 10 Wilmington Place Arts Consulting Group

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Bob Ross Auto Group Discover Classical 88.1 WDPR/89.1 WUSO/89.9 WDPG Mathile Family Foundation The Troy Foundation ARIA The Iddings Foundation Lockwood Family Foundation Thompson Hine LLP Victory Wholesale Group and the Kantor Family SONATA The Allegro Fund of The Dayton Foundation Centerville-Washington Foundation The Dayton Hydraulic Co. Enterprise Roofing Heidelberg Distributing Company Johnson Investment Counsel The Charles F. Kettering Foundation The Kuntz Foundation Levin Family Foundation LION Nova Creative PNC INTERMEZZO Coolidge Wall Harlamert Foundation Knack Video + Photo Sam Levin Foundation The Mark Andrew Kreusch Memorial Fund Pickrel, Schaeffer & Ebeling OVERTURE The African-American Community Fund Barnes Dennig Houser Asphalt & Concrete M&M Title Co. Requarth Lumber Company The Rubi Girls Voss Auto Network ADDITIONAL MAJOR SUPPORT BY: Culture Works The Dayton Foundation Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council

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Board of Trustees and Staff OFFICERS Joseph Zehenny, Chair Patricia McDonald, Vice Chair Dr. Ed Tomme, Chair Emeritus Tom Burkhardt, Treasurer Timothy Riordan, Assistant Treasurer Rev. Joshua Ward, Secretary Rodney Veal, Assistant Secretary

Carolyn Sweezy, Manager, Philharmonic Chorus Maureen Hickey Haitch, Conductor, Philharmonic Youth Strings Michelle Mastin, Conductor, Philharmonic Junior Strings Jeffrey Powell, Chorus Master, Opera Chorus Sharon Neumeister, Company Teacher and Rehearsal Assistant Rachel Cahayla Wynne, Rehearsal Director and Dayton Ballet Studio Company Manager

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Ron Anderson Libby Ballengee Dr. Zachary Beck Ashley Bethard Jim Butler Christopher Coombs Allyson Danis Courtney Ditmer Dr. Samuel Dorf Deborah Gross Col. Mary-Kathryn Haddad Michael Howard Xavier Johnson Dr. G. Scott Jones Robyn Lightcap Patrick Martin Peggie McQuiston Shannon Joyce Neal Barbara O’Hara Todd Press Burt Saidel Dori Spaulding John Tate Rick Thie Abbie Trittschuh Katie Wahl Dr. Daniel Zehringer

DEVELOPMENT Elaine Gounaris, Vice President for Philanthropy Lynnette Ivey, Director of Institutional Giving Allie Haines, Membership Manager Anne O’Hara, Development Operations Manager LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Jeaunita Ìféwándé Château Olówè, Vice President for Learning and Community Engagement Jacqueline Griffin, Learning Programs Manager Melissa McCoy, Engagement Programs Manager Megan Forney, Dayton Ballet School Education Manager; Co-Director of Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Gabrielle Sharp, Co-Director of Dayton Ballet School Ensemble Elizabeth Sabol, Ballet School Registrar Vicky Archibald, Ballet School Receptionist MARKETING Brittany Laughlin, Vice President for Marketing and Audience Development Olivia Budde, Marketing Coordinator James Mikolajewski, Marketing and Patron Acquisition Manager Kate LaFollette, Engagement and Patron Services Manager

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS EMERITUS Thomas Bankston, Opera ADMINISTRATION Patrick J. Nugent, President and CEO Teri Warwick, Chief Financial Officer Michael Sieveking, Vice President for Information and Analytics Sue Martin, Accounting Manager ARTISTIC Kathleen Clawson, Artistic Director, Opera Neal Gittleman, Artistic Director and Conductor, Philharmonic Brandon Ragland, Artistic Director, Ballet Patrick Reynolds, Associate Conductor, Philharmonic; Conductor, Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Steven Hankle, Director, Philharmonic Chorus

OPERATIONS Theodore Nelson, Vice President for Operations and Artistic Planning Milena Treer, Director of Production Chris Brislin, Director of Theater Operations Sean Vore, Orchestra Personnel Manager Lyn Baudendistel, Wardrobe Supervisor Eric Knorr, Orchestra Librarian Kelly DeLisle, Resident Stage Manager Lloyd Bryant, Recording Engineer The stagehands of IATSE Local 66 The wardrobe members of IATSE Local 886

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