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CONTENTS Welcome......................................................4 Orchestra Roster.........................................5 Behind the Baton.........................................6 Board Leadership........................................8

Marsalis: 10 Wynton Always Swinging

Transformational Support........................15 Donor Roster............................................. 32 Maximize Your Experience....................... 42 DSO Administrative Staff......................... 44

16 Community & Learning 17

Upcoming Concerts.................................. 46

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Program Notes

Wynton Marsalis returns to perform with the DSO and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Classical Roots on March 5 and the Paradise Jazz Series with JLCO on March 4. Wynton is pictured with fellow guest artists Isabelle Faust (April 1-3), Peter Oundjian (March 11-13), and Randall Goosby (February 24-26).

Photos by Piper Ferguson (Marsalis), Felix Broede (Faust), Sian Richards (Oundjian), and Kaupo Kikkas (Goosby).

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WELCOME SARAH SMARCH

Dear Friends, Welcome to Orchestra Hall!

Whether you’re here for a PVS Classical Series or PNC Pops program, a Paradise Jazz concert, or one of our wonderful Civic Youth Ensemble showcases, you join us at a pivotal time in our history.

The DSO and Music Director Jader Bignamini have never sounded better together, and our exciting 2022-2023 season, to be announced in March, will take the DSO to new heights. While the pandemic continues to present challenges for us all, audiences are returning thanks to our additional safety measures both here at The Max and throughout the region for our William Davidson Neighborhood Concerts and other community performances. We understand, now more than ever, that you are choosing to spend your time with us, and we offer our profound thanks. If you’re not ready to come back as often as you’d like, remember that we webcast every one of our classical concerts and select pops shows for free on dso.org and Facebook.

In March, we present two distinct programs for our 44th annual Classical Roots concerts, the first with the fabulous pianist Lara Downes, followed by a return engagement by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, who also appear on our Paradise Jazz Series. The Brazeal Dennard Chorale will perform on both programs—as they have done at every Classical Roots concert since 1978. We thank DSO President Emeritus Anne Parsons for her championing of Classical Roots, and we look forward to honoring the late conductor Michael Morgan and our own Dr. Glenda Price.

The mission of Classical Roots to celebrate Black musicians, composers, and their advocates, remains central to all that we do at the DSO, not just for one week but throughout the year. Be sure to join us one week after Classical Roots for Voices of America, featuring pianist Aaron Diehl in his DSO debut plus William Grant Still’s Poem and Joel Thompson’s To Awaken the Sleeper, inspired by James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son. These backto-back weeks are bound to be highlights of the year and can’t be missed!

Thank you again for continuing to support your Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Erik Rönmark President & CEO

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Mark Davidoff, Chair, Board of Directors

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Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation

JEFF TYZIK

Principal Pops Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy

ACTING CONCERTMASTER Katherine Tuck Chair

Hai-Xin Wu

ACTING ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair

Jennifer Wey Fang ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair

Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

SECOND VIOLIN Adam Stepniewski ACTING PRINCIPAL The Devereaux Family Chair

Will Haapaniemi*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Hae Jeong Heidi Han*

David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Sheryl Hwangbo Yu* Sujin Lim* Hong-Yi Mo^ Alexandros Sakarellos*

Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair

Marian Tanau* Alexander Volkov* Jing Zhang*

VIOLA Eric Nowlin PRINCIPAL Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

James VanValkenburg ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Caroline Coade Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair

Glenn Mellow Hang Su Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Mike Chen

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LEONARD SLATKIN

NEEME JÄRVI

Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

Music Director Laureate

Music Director Emeritus

CELLO Wei Yu PRINCIPAL

Abraham Feder

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman* Jeremy Crosmer*

Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

CLARINET Ralph Skiano

PRINCIPAL Robert B. Semple Chair

Jack Walters

PVS Chemicals Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

TUBA Dennis Nulty PRINCIPAL

TIMPANI Jeremy Epp

PRINCIPAL Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair

James Ritchie ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey*

Laurence Liberson Shannon Orme

PERCUSSION Joseph Becker

Una O’Riordan*

E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson

Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal

BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme

James Ritchie

Joanne Deanto and Arnold Weingarden Chair Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair

Cole Randolph*

BASS Kevin Brown PRINCIPAL Van Dusen Family Chair

Stephen Molina ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Christopher Hamlen Brandon Mason Nicholas Myers

HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher PRINCIPAL Winifred E. Polk Chair

FLUTE Hannah Hammel PRINCIPAL Alan J. and Sue Kaufman and Family Chair

Amanda Blaikie Morton and Brigitte Harris Chair

Sharon Sparrow ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Bernard and Eleanor Robertson Chair

Jeffery Zook

PICCOLO Jeffery Zook

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

OBOE Alexander Kinmonth

PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Sarah Lewis ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

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Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BASSOON Michael Ke Ma

PRINCIPAL Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL William Cody Knicely Chair

LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles PRINCIPAL

Ethan Allen

ACTING PRINCIPAL

Marcus Schoon^ Jaquain Sloan §

CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon ^

PERSONNEL MANAGERS Patrick Peterson

DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

STAGE PERSONNEL Dennis Rottell

HORN Karl Pituch

STAGE MANAGER

PRINCIPAL

Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong

Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair

David Everson ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mark Abbott

Ryan DeMarco

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Noel Keesee

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Steven Kemp

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Matthew Pons

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Michael Sarkissian

DEPARTMENT HEAD

TRUMPET Hunter Eberly PRINCIPAL Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Kevin Good Stephen Anderson ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

William Lucas TROMBONE Kenneth Thompkins PRINCIPAL

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B E H I N D T H E B AT O N

MUSIC DIRECTORSHIP ENDOWED

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ader Bignamini was introduced as the 18th music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in January 2020, commencing with the 2020-2021 season. He kicked off his tenure as DSO Music Director with the launch of DSO Digital Concerts in September 2020, conducting works

by Copland, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Georges. His infectious passion and artistic excellence set the tone for the season ahead, creating extraordinary music and establishing a close relationship with the orchestra. A jazz aficionado, he has immersed himself in Detroit’s rich jazz culture and the influences of American music.

A native of Crema, Italy, Jader studied at the Piacenza Music Conservatory and began his career as a clarinetist with Orchestra Sinfonica La Verdi in Milan, later serving as the group’s resident conductor. Captivated by the symphonies of greats like Mahler and Tchaikovsky, Jader explored their complexity and power, puzzling out the role that each instrument played in creating a larger-than-life sound.

When he conducted his first professional concert at the age of 28, it didn’t feel like a departure, but an arrival.

In the years since, Jader has conducted some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras and opera companies in venues across the globe including working with Riccardo Chailly on concerts of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in 2013 and his concert debut at La Scala in 2015 for the opening season of La Verdi Orchestra. Recent highlights include debuts with the Houston, Dallas, and Minnesota symphonies; Osaka Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo; with the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Dutch National Opera (Madama Butterfly); Bayerische Staatsoper (La 6

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Traviata); I Puritani in Montpellier for the Festival of Radio France; Traviata in Tokyo directed by Sofia Coppola; Andrea Chénier at New National Theatre in Tokyo; Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy; Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle at Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; return engagements with Oper Frankfurt (La forza del destino) and Santa Fe Opera (La Bohème); Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi; Traviata, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot at Arena of Verona; Il Trovatore and Aida at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; Madama Butterfly, I Puritani, and Manon Lescaut at Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Simon Boccanegra and La Forza del Destino at the Verdi Festival in Parma; Ciro in Babilonia at Rossini Opera Festival; and La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Elisir d’amore at La Fenice in Venice.

When Jader leads an orchestra in symphonic repertoire, he conducts without a score, preferring to make direct eye contact with the musicians.

He conducts from the heart, forging a profound connection with his musicians that shines through both onstage and off.

He both embodies and exudes the excellence and enthusiasm that has long distinguished the DSO’s artistry.

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Jeff Tyzik

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PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

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rammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought-after pops conductors.

Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. In addition to his role as Principal Pops Conductor of the DSO, Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and serves as principal pops conductor of the Oregon Symphony, Florida Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic — a post he has held for over 20 seasons.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music.

Visit jefftyzik.com for more.

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FRED A. AND BARBARA M. ERB JAZZ CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

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rumpeter, bandleader, composer, and educator Terence Blanchard has served as the DSO’s Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Chair since 2012. Blanchard has performed and recorded with many of jazz’s superstars and currently leads the celebrated E-Collective. He is also wellknown for his decades-long collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee, scoring more than 15 of Lee’s movies since the early 1990s. 2018’s BlacKkKlansman earned Blanchard his first Academy Award nomination, with a second Academy Award nomination in 2021 for Da 5 Bloods. In and out of the film world, Blanchard has received 14 Grammy nominations and six wins, as well as nominations for Emmy, Golden Globe, Sierra, and Soul Train Music awards.

Blanchard’s second opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the memoir of New York Times columnist Charles Blow, recently opened The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-2022 season, making it the first opera by an African American composer to premiere at the Met. With a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, the opera was commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis where it premiered in 2019. The New York Times called it “inspiring,” “subtly powerful,” and “a bold affecting adaptation of Charles Blow’s work.”

Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, also premiered to critical acclaim in 2013 in St. Louis and starred Denyce Graves with a libretto from Pulitzer Prize Winner Michael Cristofer.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Directors are responsible for maintaining a culture of accountability, resource development, and strategic thinking.

As fiduciaries, Directors oversee the artistic and cultural health and strategic direction of the DSO.

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Samuel Frankel◊ Stanley Frankel David Handleman, Sr.◊

Dr. Arthur L. Johnson◊ James B. Nicholson Clyde Wu, M.D.◊

Peter D. Cummings Phillip Wm. Fisher Stanley Frankel

Robert S. Miller James B. Nicholson

Floy Barthel Chacona Baugh Penny B. Blumenstein John A. Boll, Sr. Richard A. Brodie Lois & Avern Cohn Marianne Endicott Sidney Forbes Barbara Frankel

Herman H. Frankel Dr. Gloria Heppner Ronald Horwitz Harold Kulish Bonnie Larson David McCammon David R. Nelson William F. Pickard, Ph.D. Marilyn Pincus

Lloyd E. Reuss Marjorie S. Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jane Sherman David Usher Barbara Van Dusen Arthur A. Weiss

Mark A. Davidoff Chair

Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder (Ret.) Secretary

Shirley Stancato Officer at Large

Erik Rönmark President & CEO

Pamela Applebaum Officer at Large

James G. Vella Officer at Large

David T. Provost Vice Chair

Ralph J. Gerson Officer at Large

Faye Alexander Nelson Treasurer

Glenda D. Price, Ph.D. Officer at Large

David Assemany Governing Members Chair Elena Centeio Richard L. DeVore Aaron Frankel Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A. Laura Hernandez-Romine Rev. Nicholas Hood III

Richard Huttenlocher Renato Jamett Trustee Chair Daniel J. Kaufman Michael J. Keegan Arthur C. Liebler Xavier Mosquet Arthur T. O’Reily Stephen R. Polk

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Bernard I. Robertson Scott Strong Orchestra Representative Nancy Tellem Laura J. Trudeau Dr. M. Roy Wilson David M. Wu, M.D. Johanna Yarbrough Orchestra Representative

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Renato Jamett, Chair Trustees are a diverse group of community leaders who infuse creative thinking and innovation into how the DSO strives to achieve both artistic vitality and organizational sustainability.

Ismael Ahmed Richard Alonzo Hadas Bernard Janice Bernick Elizabeth Boone Gwen Bowlby Marco Bruzzano Margaret Cooney Casey Karen Cullen Joanne Danto Stephen R. D’Arcy Maureen T. D’Avanzo Jasmin DeForrest Afa Sadykhly Dworkin Peter Falzon James C. Farber Linda Forte Carolynn Frankel Maha Freij Christa Funk Robert Gillette Jody Glancy Malik Goodwin Mary Ann Gorlin Donald Hiruo

Michelle Hodges Julie Hollinshead John Jullens David Karp Joel D. Kellman Jennette Smith Kotila Leonard LaRocca William Lentine Linda Dresner Levy Florine Mark Anthony McCree Kristen McLennan Tito Melega Lydia Michael Lois A. Miller Daniel Millward H. Keith Mobley Scott Monty Shari Morgan Sandy Morrison Frederick J. Morsches Jennifer Muse, NextGen Chair Nicholas Myers, Musician Representative Sean M. Neall

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MAESTRO CIRCLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Janet & Norm Ankers, Chairs

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WYNTON MARSALIS:

Always Swinging by

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s an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator, and leading advocate of American culture, Wynton Marsalis understands the complexities of creating and performing music and its intersections with history and culture. His musical philosophy is shaped by experiences across a career spanning more than four decades.

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“You meet people, and you start to know who they are in relation to history and tradition,” said Wynton. “All these traditions, like religious traditions in many ways, have the same root; they’re saying the same thing, just in different styles.

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what you study to your own creativity and sense of the world and your place in it, and people’s place in it.”

Acknowledging the essential role music plays in establishing America’s cultural identity, Wynton remains committed to education for the next generation of musicians and serves as a tireless ambassador for jazz and its rich history, preserving the traditions of the past while putting his own spin on the sound of the future.

“We’ve all known about the importance of cultivating young talent. So now to see Wynton at this stage of his career embracing the youth in our business and encouraging them to be their best, just makes total sense,” said Terence Blanchard, DSO Erb Jazz Chair and Wynton’s childhood friend.

Now recognized among the modern greats, the two started off as children playing trumpet together in New Orleans. Wynton’s jazz roots run deep as the son of Ellis Marsalis and a member of the iconic “first family of jazz,” yet his influences have expanded to include classical music. “If there’s one thing music like that teaches you, it’s really how to listen: to listen in depth, to listen patiently, to follow thematic material, and to develop an understanding of harmonic relationships between instruments,” said Wynton.

In 2021, Wynton was honored by the DSO at the Arthur L. Johnson-Honorable Damon Jerome Keith Classical Roots Celebration following a weeklong DSO residency by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Since its inception in 1978, Classical Roots has recognized and celebrated African American composers, musicians, educators, and cultural and civic leaders for their cultural contributions. This mission is close to Wynton’s heart, and he applauds efforts by the DSO and other organizations to offer diverse programming.

“We can still play music of Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Milton Babbitt, whoever you like, but kids need to be exposed to a lot of things,” he said. “Let’s pick good music and acquaint our students with dso.org

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good music, and let’s not do it fighting and screaming.”

This March, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will return to Orchestra Hall. On March 4, they’ll take to the Paradise Jazz Series to perform original compositions, arrangements, and music by beloved jazz giants.

The following night, they’ll be featured in the annual Classical Roots Celebration, playing selections by Duke Ellington and others before joining forces with the DSO for a performance of Wynton’s Symphony No. 3, “Swing Symphony.”

Commissioned in 2010, Swing Symphony draws inspiration from composers like Ives, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and Ellington. It is at once invigorating and elegiac, bombastic, and introspective; a modern classic that captures the full breadth of 20th-century orchestral music and the spirit of American optimism.

Blending classical music and jazz across seven movements, Swing Symphony traces the sonic journey of jazz from New Orleans ragtime to Kansas City swing and New York bebop, embracing the many influences of those who have come before.

On what makes the piece American, Wynton said, “My belief in the freedom of other people who are not like me […], We don’t have to segregate ourselves from who we are. We are Winslow Homer.

We are Walt Whitman. We are William Faulkner. We are George Gershwin.

We are Duke Ellington. We are Mary Lou Williams. We are Louis Armstrong.

All we have to do is embrace that.”

Later this season, we’ll hear more of Wynton’s music when Music Director Jader Bignamini leads the DSO in a program including Wynton’s Fanfare and Blues Symphony.

“Wynton is one of the very few musicians in the world who plays and composes music embracing the highest levels of blues, classical, and jazz,” said Jader. “Musicians appreciate his inspiration and musical technique, while music lovers appreciate the engaging melodies and rhythms that are the result of so much experience, energy, and talent.

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virtuoso masterpiece that highlights the best qualities of the orchestra’s musicians.”

Now regarded as one of Wynton’s most innovative and colossal works, the Blues Symphony, his second symphonic work, was many years in the making.

First conceptualizing the Blues Symphony in 2008, Wynton and his music supervisor Jonathan Kelly would continue work on it for over a decade, finding triumph through collaboration. The piece was recorded by The Philadelphia Orchestra under conductor Cristian Mǎcelaru and released in May 2021. “This recording is the culmination of the talents, efforts, well-wishes, disparagements, advisements, critiques, and prayers of quite literally 1000s of people. And that’s how you make a Blues Symphony. You sit alone and wallow. You wail to those that will listen.

You seek help and you find it. You admit your own inadequacies. The ones you can change, you do. The ones you can’t, you embrace. You search high and low for answers, but mostly you find more questions. But most importantly, you never quit. The spirit of America lives in the blues. It’s our language. It talks of our scars, and it talks about healing.

It laments the past and yearns for a brighter future,” said Kelly.

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even a big city soundscape that serves as a nod to the Great Migration. “The blues helps you remember back before the troubles on hand and in mind,” said Marsalis, “and they carry you on the wings of angels to a timeless higher ground.”

Despite his impressive body of work, Wynton’s view of his own legacy is remarkably humble: “I don’t think about it, we’re here and then we’re gone, I just want to be a part of something.”

UPCOMING Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Paradise Jazz Series) Fri., Mar. 4 at 8 p.m.

Classical Roots, featuring DSO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, performance of Marsalis’s Swing Symphony (PVS Classical Series) Sat., Mar. 5 at 8 p.m.

Jader Bignamini Conducts DSO in Marsalis’s Fanfare and Blues Symphony (PVS Classical Series) Fri., June 10 to Sun., June 12

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T R A N S F O R M AT I O N A L S U P P O R T The DSO is grateful to the donors who have made extraordinary endowment investments through the DSO Impact Campaign or multi-year, comprehensive gifts to support general operations, capital improvements, or special programs.

FOUNDING FAMILIES Julie & Peter Cummings The Davidson-Gerson Family and the William Davidson Foundation The Richard C. Devereaux Foundation The Fisher Family and the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Stanley & Judy Frankel and the Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation

Danialle & Peter Karmanos, Jr. Linda Dresner & Ed Levy, Jr. James B. & Ann V. Nicholson and PVS Chemicals, Inc. Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Clyde & Helen Wu◊

VISIONARIES

Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. FisherMM Alan J. & Sue Kaufman and FamilyMM

Shari & Craig MorganMM Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen

CHAMPIONS

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Alonzo Mandell & Madeleine Berman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Cracchiolo Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation DTE Energy Foundation The Fred A. & Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Ford Motor Company Fund Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris◊

John S. & James L. Knight Foundation The Kresge Foundation Mrs. Bonnie Larson The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Ms. Deborah Miesel Dr. William F. Pickard The Polk Family

LEADERS

Applebaum Family Philanthropy Charlotte Arkin Estate Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation Adel & Walter Dissett Herman & Sharon Frankel Ruth & Al◊ Glancy Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz Ric & Carola Huttenlocher MM John C. Leyhan Estate Mr.◊ & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Mr. David Assemany & Mr. Jeffery Zook MM W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh Robert & Lucinda Clement Lois & Avern Cohn MM Mary Rita Cuddohy Estate Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff MM Adel & Walter Dissett MM DSO Musicians MM Bette Dyer Estate Marjorie S. Fisher Fund MM

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Dr. Marjorie M. Fisher & Mr. Roy Furman Barbara Frankel & Ronald Michalak MM Victor◊ & Gale Girolami Fund Herbert & Dorothy Graebner◊ Richard Sonenklar & Gregory Haynes MM Mr. & Mrs. David Jaffa Renato & Elizabeth Jamett MM Allan & Joy Nachman MM Ann & Norman◊ Katz Morgan & Danny Kaufman MM

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n January 31, 1971, the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra took the stage for its inaugural concert, refreshing the legacy of music education at the DSO. Today, that legacy lives within fourteen classical and jazz ensembles that make up Civic Youth Ensembles (CYE).

Since its founding in 1970 and through years of visionary leadership from Clyde and Helen Wu, CYE has grown in its mission to cultivate every student’s artistic and creative potential through rewarding musical experiences while developing meaningful skills outside the arts.

CYE offerings include full and string orchestras, plus wind, jazz, and chamber ensembles. Across these ensembles and through additional activities including sectionals and guest artist chats, students at all skill levels learn from experienced music directors, faculty, and

mentors. CYE even provides students with the chance to perform at historic Orchestra Hall and participate in masterclasses with DSO musicians and guest artists.

Overcoming the challenges of pandemic learning has been no easy task, yet CYE students, instructors, and staff have risen to the occasion to not only stay connected, but also celebrate a historic 50 years of CYE. This celebration will culminate April 29 through May 1 as the DSO welcomes CYE students, alumni, and supporters to gather in Detroit to enjoy music, share stories and memories, and look ahead to an even brighter future.

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“ The reason why the DSO’s education programs are so important is not only for the fact that they train young musicians. They train them to get better on their instruments, learn famous repertoire, and participate in ensembles, but they also teach kids to have an appreciation for this music.

You teach them that the arts are important and that if you combine arts and academics, you have a much fuller life than if you just have one by itself.”

—Bryan Kennedy, retired DSO horn and educator than 4,000 alumni, with many continuing to pass knowledge and appreciation for music to the next generation. Damien Crutcher, the DSO’s Managing Director of Detroit Harmony, remembers fondly his CYE roots. Now a CYE conductor himself, Crutcher credits his educators with instilling in him a lifelong love of music.

After picking up the horn at Cass Technical High School, Crutcher became a student of now retired DSO horn Bryan Kennedy in 1984. Kennedy, himself an original member of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra, mentored Crutcher, encouraging him to join CYE—at the time known affectionately as Civic—and helping build the foundation for a successful career in education and music. Today, the two regard one another as friends and colleagues, a connection made possible

by CYE. With successful alumni around the globe, a teaching roster of the best artists and educators in our region, and a commitment that no student will be turned away for financial reasons, CYE provides the opportunity for students to have enriching musical experiences outside of the classroom. We invite alumni to reconnect with us and we invite students from across metro Detroit to make the DSO their musical home by auditioning for CYE. 50 years, 4,000+ alumni, 14 ensembles, unlimited possibilities. Where will CYE take you?

Visit dso.org/cye to learn more.

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Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor GEORGE SHIRLEY, narrator AARON DIEHL, piano William Grant Still (1895 - 1978)

Poem

George Gershwin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major (1898 - 1937) I. Allegro II. Adagio - Andante con moto III. Allegro agitato Aaron Diehl, piano Intermission Joel Thompson To Awaken the Sleeper (b. 1988) George Shirley, narrator Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

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PROGRAM NOTES Poem Composed 1944 | Premiered December 1944

WILLIAM GRANT STILL B. May 11, 1895, Woodville, MS D. December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, CA

Scored for 3 flutes (2 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons (1 doubling on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings.

(Approx. 15 minutes)

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illiam Grant Still is remembered as a pioneering musician of the modern age. He was the first living African American composer whose work was performed by a major symphony orchestra, and his most popular work— the “Afro-American” Symphony—was the most-performed work by an American composer (African American or otherwise) for more than 20 years in the midsection of the 20th century.

He composed more than 150 concert works, including symphonies, ballets, operas, chamber works, choral and solo vocal works, and arrangements of Negro spirituals. Still synthesized his musical experiences into a career that saw many firsts for African American composers, and throughout his career he wrote constantly about the challenges facing America’s Black citizens in contemporary society.

Still’s Poem for orchestra was commissioned for The Cleveland Orchestra

by The Fynette H. Kulas American Composers’ Fund. The work’s premiere was conducted by Rudolph Ringwall on December 7, 1944, the third anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

Though Still is known for his gorgeous melodies, lush orchestration, and dynamic storytelling, Poem begins in a vicious and foreboding state. No doubt World War II weighed heavily on Still, and he called on some of the dissonant chord structures and jarring orchestration

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techniques he learned from his mentor, the avant-garde composer Edgard Varèse.

The work is based on a poem by Verna Arvey—librettist, pianist, writer, and Still’s wife. According to Arvey, it was “inspired by the concept of a world being reborn spiritually after a period of darkness and desolation.” Though the opening of the piece is aggressive, Still’s formidable melodic gifts shine through from darkness to light. As the music evolves, so too does its mood, blossoming into a serene and aspirational melody of both musical and spiritual affirmation. The final sonority is left unresolved, however. Its instability a reminder that Still was writing about hopes, not certainties.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of William Grant Still’s Poem.

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major Composed 1925 | Premiered December 1925

GEORGE GERSHWIN B. September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, NY D. July 11, 1937, Los Angeles, CA

Scored for solo piano, 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings.

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n the beginning of the 20th century, classical composers were trying to find new ways to structure music, thinking that the possibilities of tonality had been exhausted. Schoenberg had turned his back on tonality and had developed a radically new method of organizing the 12 notes of the musical scale, while Stravinsky in his neoclassic period went the other way by returning to the past for a new kind of inspiration. Between these two extremes was George Gershwin, who tread the middle ground by incorporating WINTER 2021-2022

popular music into his compositions.

The piano concerto began its life under the title New York Concerto, on which Gershwin began work in 1924 after the breakout success of his Rhapsody in Blue. While reactions to the concerto where more mixed than they were for Rhapsody, the piece slowly gained popularity and acceptance, and is now viewed as one of Gershwin’s masterpieces, as well as one of the most individual and unusual piano concertos of the 20th century.

As he was writing the concerto, Gershwin said, “Many people thought that the Rhapsody was a happy accident.

I wanted to show that there was plenty more where that came from.” Prior to the piece’s premiere, he summarized it: “The first movement of the Concerto in F is quick and pulsating, representing the young, enthusiastic spirit of American life with a Charleston motif. Later, a second theme is introduced by the piano.

The second movement has a poetic and nocturnal atmosphere which has come to be referred to as the American blues, but in a purer form than that in which they are usually treated. The final movement reverts to the style of the first. It is an orgy of rhythms, starting violently and keeping the same pace throughout.”

In Gershwin’s view, the popular and classical musical worlds were not mutually exclusive, and he was happiest when he could write music which appealed to audiences in both areas. The piano concerto represents the zenith in the merging of European styles with the freedom, rhythmic flexibility, and improvisational style of jazz, along with the wide-ranging appeal of American musical theater.

The DSO most recently performed Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in February 2019, conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring pianist Jon Kimura Parker. The DSO first performed the piece in January 1937, conducted by Victor Kolar and featuring Gershwin himself on the piano.

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To Awaken the Sleeper Composed 2021 | Premiered August 2021

JOEL THOMPSON B. 1988

Scored for 2 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings. (Approx. 18 minutes)

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oel Thompson is an Atlanta-based composer, conductor, pianist, and educator, best known for the choral work, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, which was premiered in November 2015 by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club and Dr. Eugene Rogers and won the 2018 American Prize for Choral Composition. Thompson’s works have been performed by esteemed ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Master Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, EXIGENCE, and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

Currently a doctoral student at the Yale School of Music, Thompson was also a 2017 post-graduate fellow in Arizona State University’s Ensemble Lab/ Projecting All Voices Initiative and a composition fellow at the 2017 Aspen Music Festival and School, where he studied with composers Stephen Hartke and Christopher Theofanidis and won the 2017 Hermitage Prize. Thompson taught at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta from 2015 to 2017 and served as Director of Choral Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Andrew College from 2013 to 2015. Thompson has a B.A. in Music and an M.M. in Choral Conducting, both from Emory University.

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PROGRAM NOTES Baldwin, weaving selections of Baldwin’s own words into a musical profile on one of the most powerful Black voices of his generation.

This performance marks the DSO premiere of Joel Thompson’s To Awaken the Sleeper.

Quotes from James Baldwin’s works “An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis,” “No Name In The Street,” and James Baldwin’s National Press Club Speech, December 10, 1986 are used with permission from the James Baldwin Estate.

To Awaken the Sleeper “So be it! So be it. We cannot awaken [the] sleeper, and God knows we have tried. We must do what we can do, and fortify and save each other—[...] We know that democracy does not mean the coercion of all into a deadly—and, finally, wicked—mediocrity but the liberty for all to aspire to the best that is in us, or that has ever been.”

“Well, if one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most! – and listen to their testimony.”

“Power, which can have no morality in itself, is yet dependent on human energy, on the wills and desires of human beings. When power translates itself into tyranny, it means that the principles on which that power depended, and which were its justification, are bankrupt. When this happens, and it is happening now, power can only be defended by thugs and mediocrities – and seas of blood.”

“The representatives of the status quo are sickened and divided, and dread looking into the eyes of their young; while the excluded begin to realize, having endured everything, that they can endure everything. They do not know the precise shape of the future, but they know that the future belongs to them. They realize this—paradoxically—by the failure of the moral energy of their oppressors and begin, almost instinctively, to forge a new morality, to create the principles on which a new world will be built.”

“We are living in a world in which everybody and everything is interdependent. It is not white, this world. It is not Black either. The future of this world depends on everyone in this room. And that future depends on to what extent and by what means we liberate ourselves from a vocabulary which now cannot bear the weight of reality.”

“Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any Black man, any poor person —ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it.”

“Ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know whether or not [this country] has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

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Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 Composed 1935-36 | Premiered December 1936

SAMUEL BARBER B. March 9, 1910, West Chester, PA D. January 23, 1981, New York, NY

Scored for 3 flutes (1 doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings.

(Approx. 20 minutes)

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arber composed his First Symphony in the winter of 1935-36, which he spent in Italy.

Although this is a youthful work—Barber was only twenty-five when he wrote it—its author was no novice in matters of orchestral composition.

Two years earlier he had scored a major success with his overture to The School for Scandal, and he had followed that work with the impressive Music for a Scene from Shelley. A symphony, at least a small-scale one, must have seemed to the composer his logical next step.

In this piece, Barber used a symphonic design that compressed the usual four movements into one. The work’s tonal language is not the lean American neoclassicism familiar from the music of Aaron Copland and other of Barber’s contemporaries. Instead, its broad

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melodic lines, rich harmonies, and generous orchestration point to a decidedly Romantic sensibility.

The opening section introduces three themes, as prescribed in classical sonata form: a principal subject with a bold rhythmic profile presented by the full orchestra in the opening measures; a second, more lyrical melody first heard in the English horn and violas; and a closing theme of running sixteenthnotes, sounded by the clarinets and strings. Barber gives these materials an energetic development that builds from modest beginnings to an intense climax (a procedure he will follow in each of the work’s succeeding sections). Each of the ensuing sections—which correspond to the scherzo, slow movement, and finale of a full-scale symphony—use variants of the same themes. The closing part of the work is written in the form of a passacaglia, with a short phrase, first heard in the low strings, repeating continuously.

Against this brief thematic “ground,” Barber blends portions of all three of the symphony’s themes in tightly-knit counterpoint.

The DSO most recently performed Barber’s Symphony No. 1 in March 2010, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The DSO first performed the piece in February 1941, conducted by Albert Stoessel.

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PROFILES PETER OUNDJIAN

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ecognized as a masterful and dynamic presence in the conducting world, Peter Oundjian has developed a multi-faceted portfolio as a conductor, violinist, professor, and artistic advisor. He has been celebrated for his musicality, an eye towards collaboration, innovative programming, leadership and training with students, and an engaging personality.

Now carrying the title of Conductor Emeritus, Oundjian’s fourteen-year tenure as Music Director of the Toronto Symphony served as a major creative force for the city of Toronto and was marked by a reimagining of the TSO’s programming, international stature, audience development, touring, and a number of outstanding recordings, garnering a Grammy nomination in 2018 and a Juno Award for Vaughan Williams’s Orchestral Works in 2019. He led the orchestra on several international tours to Europe and the USA, conducting the first performance by a North American orchestra at Reykjavik’s Harpa Hall in 2014.

From 2012-2018, Oundjian served as Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra during which time he implemented the kind of collaborative programming that has become a staple of his directorship. Oundjian led the RSNO on several international tours, including North America, China, and a European festival tour with performances at the Bregenz Festival, the Dresden Festival, as well as in Innsbruck, Bergamo, Ljubljana, and others. His final appearance with the orchestra as their Music Director was at the 2018 BBC Proms where he conducted Britten’s epic War Requiem.

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with streamed events with Atlanta, Colorado, Indianapolis, and Dallas symphonies. The 2021-22 season anticipates return visits to Toronto, Kansas City, Seattle, Colorado, Detroit, Baltimore, and Indianapolis.

Oundjian has been a visiting professor at Yale University’s School of Music since 1981, and in 2013 was awarded the school’s Sanford Medal for Distinguished Service to Music. A dedicated educator, Oundjian conducted the Yale and Juilliard symphony orchestras and the New World Symphony during the 2018-19 season.

An outstanding violinist, Oundjian spent fourteen years as the first violinist for the renowned Tokyo String Quartet before he turned his energy towards conducting.

GEORGE SHIRLEY

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eorge Shirley is in demand nationally and internationally as performer, teacher, and lecturer. He has won international acclaim for his performances in the world’s great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Royal Opera (Covent Garden, London), Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Téatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Netherlands Opera (Amsterdam), L’Opéra de Monte Carlo, New York City Opera, Scottish Opera (Glasgow), Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera (Kennedy Center), Michigan Opera Theater, Glyndebourne Festival, and Santa Fe Opera.

He has recorded for RCA, Columbia, Decca, Angel, Vanguard, CRI, and Philips and received a Grammy Award in 1968 for his role (Ferrando) in the RCA recording of Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

In addition to oratorio and concert literature, Shirley has, in a career that spans 49 years, performed more than 80 operatic roles in major opera houses around the globe with many of the world’s most renowned conductors (Solti, Klemperer, Stravinsky, Ormandy, von Karajan, Colin Davis, Boehm, Ozawa, WINTER 2021-2022

Haitink, Boult, Leinsdorf, Boulez, DePriest, Krips, Cleva, Dorati, Pritchard, Bernstein, Maazel, and others).

Shirley was the first African American to be appointed to a high school teaching post in music in Detroit, the first African American member of the United States Army Chorus in Washington, D.C., and the first African American tenor and second African American male to sing leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera, where he remained for eleven years.

Shirley has served on three occasions as a master teacher in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program for Young NATS Teachers. He was also a member of the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School for ten years.

AARON DIEHL

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ince his debut release on Mack Avenue Records in 2013, pianist-composer Aaron Diehl has mystified listeners with his layered artistry. He reaches into expansion. At once temporal and ethereal—deliberate in touch and texture— his expression transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, and Jelly Roll Morton.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, a young Diehl flourished among family members supportive of his artistic inclinations. His grandfather, piano and trombone player Arthur Baskerville, inspired him to pursue music and nurtured his talent. In 2003, Diehl traveled to New York; following his success as a finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2002 Essentially Ellington competition and a subsequent European tour with Wynton Marsalis, he began studying under mentors Kenny Barron, Eric Reed and Oxana Yablonskaya, earning his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School. His love affair with rub and tension prompted a years-long immersion in seemingly disparate sound palettes he found to be similar in depth, resonance, and impulse to explore, from Monk and Ravel to dso.org

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Gershwin and William Grant Still. Among other towering figures, Still in particular inspires Diehl’s ongoing curation of Black American composers in his own performance programming. This ongoing project, along with his recent and widely lauded trio interpretations of Glass’s iconic repertoire, has propelled Diehl into the next phase of self-actualizing.

He embraces the challenge of drawing on other artists’ visions and expressions, then interpreting those within the framework of his own personal aesthetic.

As thoroughly a collaborator as he is a leader, Diehl has appeared at such celebrated international venues as the Barbican, Ronnie Scott’s, Elbphilharmonie, and Philharmonie de Paris, as well as domestic mainstays Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Village Vanguard, and Walt Disney Hall. Jazz Festival appearances comprise performances at Detroit, Newport, Atlanta, and Monterey, for which he received the 2014 festival commission.

Orchestral performances include hits at New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Diehl’s appetite for expansion has afforded him passing and extended associations with some of the music’s most fascinating and enduring figures including Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Buster Williams, Branford Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, and Philip Glass. His formative association with multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Cecile McLorin Salvant only enhanced his study and deeply personal delivery of the American Songbook. Recent highlights include an appearance at the New York premiere of Philip Glass’s complete Etudes at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, collaborating with flamenco guitarist Dani De Morón in Flamenco Meets Jazz (produced by Savannah Music Festival and Flamenco Festival), and performing with the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra as featured soloist on George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F.

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teven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music and is in his second decade as Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall.

Additionally, he is Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston and Toronto Symphony Orchestras.

Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Dallas, Detroit, and the Ravinia Music Festival.

On stage, Reineke has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, R&B, Broadway, television, and rock including Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Cynthia Erivo, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” featured Reineke leading the National Symphony Orchestra performing live music excerpts between news segments—a first in the show’s 45-year history. In 2018, Reineke led the National Symphony Orchestra with hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album “Illmatic” on PBS’s Great Performances.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label.

His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony

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EMILY PADGETT-YOUNG

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veteran of six Broadway shows, Emily Padgett-Young was most recently Broadway’s original Mrs. Bucket in the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by the legendary Jack O’Brien.

Padgett-Young drew from her Southern roots in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s first musical, Bright Star, gracing the stage from the Kennedy Center to its Tony Award nominated Broadway mounting. The Kennedy Center was also a pre-Broadway home to Side Show, Oscar winner Bill Condon’s reimagined revival. Padgett-Young played Daisy Hilton from Side Show’s development at the La Jolla Playhouse, where she was awarded The San Diego Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical, to The Kennedy Center, where she was nominated for the renowned Helen Hayes Award, and finally, to Broadway’s St. James Theatre.

Padgett-Young was in the original cast of the most recent revival of Grease on Broadway and went on to play Sandy on its first National Tour. A true “triple threat” performer, Padgett-Young has toured the United States and Mexico as Demeter in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats and was chosen to originate the role of Alex in the musical adaptation of the beloved 80’s classic, Flashdance. For her dance prowess, Padgett-Young was nominated for the prestigious Chita Rivera Award for her turn as Helene in the most recent revival of Sweet Charity playing alongside Tony Award winner Sutton Foster.

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Factory. As a concert artist, PadgettYoung has appeared in New York’s most glamorous cabaret venues from 54 Below to the famed Joe’s Pub at The Public Theatre. She’s performed with symphony orchestras from coast to coast and has joined her husband, Tony Award nominee Josh Young for duo performances all over the world including invited engagements on Crystal Cruises’s select specialty line, “Crystal on Broadway,” produced by original Rent producer Kevin McCulum.

JOSH YOUNG

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rior to his Tony Award-nominated Broadway debut as Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, Josh Young had the distinction of playing the role of Marius in Cameron Macintosh’s Les Misérables and in more subsequent productions than any other actor.

Young also won the Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance for his turn in Jesus Christ Superstar. He went on to originate the role of John Newton on Broadway in the world premiere of Amazing Grace. Young was awarded the Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his turn as Che in the North American Tour of the Olivier Awardwinning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, directed by Michael Grandage.

This was a reprisal of the role for Young, having been awarded the same distinction by Broadway World Toronto for Gary Griffin’s production of Evita at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Young was a company member of The Stratford Festival for two seasons, the rare American to be given the opportunity at this world-renowned institution.

It was Stratford’s production of the Des McAnuff reimagined Jesus Christ Superstar that brought Young back to the states.

Young toured Europe and Asia as Tony for the 50th Anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Also abroad, and most recently, he played Jerusalem

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as famed Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in the biographical rock musical Soul Doctor.

Regionally, Young’s performance as Tateh in Ragtime earned him the prestigious IRNE Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He’s performed in North America’s finest regional theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Walnut Street Theater, St. Louis MUNY, Baltimore Center Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Huston’s Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, and North Carolina Theatre. He’s been involved in new works with NYC’s Roundabout Theatre Company, The Transport Group, and The New York Musical Theater Festival.

As a concert artist, Young has had the privilege of performing with major symphonies across the globe. Equally, at home in more intimate venues, Young has written no less than five one-man cabarets which have sold out venues from New York City to Ho Chi Minh City.

Young is a frequent headliner on Crystal Cruises’s specialty voyage “Crystal on Broadway,’’ where his self-written solo shows are highlighted.

Young can be heard on numerous albums, including the original cast recording of Amazing Grace and on his two solo albums: Still Dreaming of Paradise and his self-titled debut album, Josh Young.

Young is the co-founder of Cutting-Edge Composers, a concert and weekly web series on Broadway World, created to give exposure to musical theatre’s next generation of songwriters.

Young is the Coordinator of Musical Theatre at Oakland University.

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Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE, conductor ISABELLE FAUST, violin Robert Schumann Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor (1810 - 1856) In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo Langsam Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell Isabelle Faust, violin Intermission Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 82 (1865 - 1957) I. Te mpo molto moderato - Allegro moderato Presto II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto III. Allegro molto - Misterioso

Saturday’s performance will be webcast via our exclusive Live From Orchestra Hall series, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund and made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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PROGRAM NOTES Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor Composed 1853 | Premiered November 1937

ROBERT SCHUMANN B. June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Germany D. July 29, 1856, Endenich, Bonn, Germany

Scored for solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings.

(Approx. 29 minutes)

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he circumstances surrounding the creation, presumed disappearance, and ultimate rediscovery of Schumann’s only violin concerto constitute one of the most bizarre and fascinating stories in all of music. This unjustly neglected work was Schumann’s last major composition and was written rapidly in Dusseldorf in the fall of 1853 for the celebrated Hungarian-born violinist, composer, and conductor Joseph Joachim. However, Joachim never performed the concerto. After completing the concerto, Schumann accepted revisions to the work that were suggested by Joachim, and plans were made for a premiere the following year. Unfortunately, in that tragic year Schumann attempted death by suicide.

He was forced to relinquish his position as music director in Dusseldorf and committed to a mental institution. As a result, the projected premiere never took place, and the concerto was not first performed until well into the 20th century.

Initially, Joachim and Schumann’s wife Clara thought well of the concerto, but after Schumann’s death in the institution in 1856 they changed their minds, feeling that it was the product of a deranged and morbid mind and unworthy of the great composer. Before his death in 1907,

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Joachim gave the music to the Prussian State Library in Berlin with the express instructions that it not be published until 100 years after Schumann’s death, meaning 1956.

In March of 1933 in London, Joachim’s two grandnieces attended a séance.

One of the nieces was Jelly d’Aranyi, a well-known violinist in her own right.

At this séance, d’Aranyi claimed that she had heard the voice of Robert Schumann asking her to find the unpublished concerto and perform it. Then, she said, she heard the voice of her granduncle Joachim telling her where to find the concerto. Up to this time d’Aranyi claimed to have had absolutely no knowledge of the work. After three years, she finally tracked the manuscript down in the Prussian State Library and managed to convince the curators that the concerto should be published and performed.

After some editing of the solo part by German violinist Georg Kulenkampff and the famous composer and theoretician Paul Hindemith, it was Kulenkampff who gave the first performance with the Berlin Philharmonic in November 1937, recording the work shortly thereafter. In 1938, d’Aranyi gave the first performance in London, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

The DSO most recently performed Schumann’s Violin Concerto in October 2012, conducted by Douglas Boyd and featuring violinist Baiba Skride. The DSO first performed the piece in January 1989, conducted by Günther Herbig and featuring violinist Gidon Kremer.

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Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 82 Composed 1915 | Premiered December 1915| Revised 1916, 1919

JEAN SIBELIUS B. December 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Finland D. September 20, 1957, Ainola, Finland

Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings.

(Approx. 31 minutes)

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fter walking close to the edge of tonality to meet early 20th century musical trends with his cryptic Symphony No. 4, Jean Sibelius stepped back from that precipice onto firmer tonal ground in his celebrated Symphony No. 5. Sibelius conducted the premiere of the symphony on his 50th birthday in the auditorium of the University of Helsinki. He was dissatisfied with the result, however, and made revisions in 1916 and 1919 (one and four years after the premiere, respectively).

The symphony does not represent Sibelius’s final achievement in telescoping the four-movement symphonic plan he inherited from 19th century composers into a single uninterrupted movement; that did not occur until the Symphony No. 7 was completed five years later. But Sibelius does transform the themes, rhythm, and pace of the opening sonata-form movement into a high-powered Scherzo, accelerating the two unified movements into an exhilarating climax at the halfway point of the symphony.

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In his comprehensive study of the symphony, Sibelius scholar James Hepokoski notes that while the slow movement and the finale remain separated, the main theme of the finale is suggested in the bass line at the center of the slow movement, while a leading thematic idea in the slow movement is transformed to become a subsidiary theme at the center of the finale. In a sense, the finale becomes “the slow movement pulled inside-out.”

The slow movement, leading off with a gentle thematic idea in the plucked strings, shares dual characteristics of a set of variations and a song form with slightly contrasting music toward its center. But this delicate, lacy music, tinted in the pastel tone colors of pale modal scales, intrigues the listener because it does not fit quite comfortably in either category. The finale begins in a swarm of fluttering tremolos in the strings, leading to the gradual gathering of the woodwinds and the first appearance of a rocking horn theme that later returns to dominate the end of the movement. It forms a mighty climax to the symphony, which then concludes with a series of widely spaced, emphatic chords. —Carl R. Cunningham The DSO most recently performed Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5 in October 2018, conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali. The DSO first performed the piece in March 1936, conducted by Werner Janssen.

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PROFILES JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE

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ukka-Pekka Saraste has established himself as one of the outstanding conductors of his generation, demonstrating remarkable musical depth and integrity. Born in Heinola, Finland, he began his career as a violinist before training as a conductor with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He maintains a strong connection to the works of Beethoven, Bruckner, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Sibelius and is internationally celebrated for his interpretations of Mahler.

From 2010 to 2019, Jukka-Pekka Saraste served as Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Cologne.

During his tenure, the orchestra built a reputation both at home and abroad, touring Austria, Spain, the Baltics, and Asia. The symphonic cycles of Sibelius, Brahms, and Beethoven were exceptionally well received. Previously, from 2006 to 2013, Jukka-Pekka Saraste was Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

He was subsequently appointed Conductor Laureate, the very first such title bestowed by the orchestra.

Earlier positions include the principal conductorships of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he is now Conductor Laureate. He also served as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Advisor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. He founded the Finnish Chamber Orchestra where he remains the Artistic Advisor. Most recently, JukkaPekka Saraste is a founding member of the LEAD! Foundation, a mentorship program for young conductors and soloists. Based in Finland, the foundation has run projects in Stockholm, Lausanne, Dortmund, and Sofia. In 2020, it also created the Fiskars Summer Festival, an international platform for both Finnish and international artists to pass on their

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knowledge and experience to the next generation of conductors from all around the world. The second edition of the festival took place in the summer of 2021.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s guest engagements have led him to the major orchestras worldwide, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Munich Philharmonic, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concertgebouworkest, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, and the leading Scandinavian orchestras. In North America, he has conducted The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

In recent years, Jukka-Pekka Saraste has developed a strong profile in operatic repertoire. Following concert performances of Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex, Schönberg’s Erwartung, and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Saraste conducted a new scenic production of Mendelssohn’s Elijah directed by Calixto Bieito in Vienna and Korngold’s Die tote Stadt at the Finnish National Opera. In the 2020-2021 season, he conducted a new production of Reimann’s Lear at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

Saraste’s extensive discography includes the complete symphonies of Sibelius and Nielsen with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and several well-received recordings with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra of works by Bartók, Dutilleux, Mussorgsky, and Prokofiev for Warner Finlandia. His CDs with the WDR Sinfonieorchester for Hänssler have earned him critical acclaim including Schönberg’s Pelleas and Melisande, Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol, Brahms’s complete symphonies, as well as Mahler’s 5th and 9th symphonies and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8. The complete cycle

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of Beethoven’s symphonies, released in 2019 to high critical acclaim, can be regarded as a legacy of his tenure in Cologne.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste has received the Pro Finlandia Prize, the Sibelius Medal, and the Finnish State Prize for Music. He was awarded honorary doctorates from York University, Toronto and Sibelius Academy, Helsinki.

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sabelle Faust captivates her listeners with insightful and faithful interpretations, based on a thorough knowledge of the historical context of the works, as well as her attention to current scholarship.

At an early age, Faust won the prestigious Leopold Mozart and Paganini competitions and was soon invited to appear with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

This led to close and sustained cooperation with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Giovanni Antonini, Frans Brüggen, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Philippe Herreweghe, Andris Nelsons, and Robin Ticciati.

Faust’s vast artistic curiosity encompasses all eras and forms of instrumental collaboration, performing a wide-ranging repertoire from J.S. Bach to contemporary composers such as Ligeti, Lachenmann, and Widmann. To highlight this versatility, in addition to her mastery of the great symphonic violin concertos, she also performs works such as Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments” with soprano Anna Prohaska, Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat, or Schubert’s octet on historical instruments. She will premiere several new works for violin and orchestra in the coming seasons, including concertos by composers Péter Eötvös, Brett Dean, dso.org

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Ondřej Adámek, and Oscar Strasnoy.

A prolific recording artist, Faust has a large discography. Her critically acclaimed recordings have received a Gramophone Classical Music Award, the Diapason d’or, the Choc de l’année, and other prizes. Her most recent recordings include Bach’s violin concertos with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted

by Pablo Heras-Casado. Her album of Bach’s harpsichord sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout was released in March 2018. Other notable recordings include Bach’s sonatas and partitas, and Beethoven’s and Berg’s violin concertos with Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart. Faust shares a longstanding recital partnership with pianist Alexander Melnikov, with whom she has recorded many discs for harmonia mundi including sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, among other chamber recordings.

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THE ANNUAL FUND

Gifts Received between September 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021

The DSO is a community-supported orchestra, and you can play your part through frequent ticket purchases and generous annual donations. Your tax-deductible Annual Fund donation is an investment in the wonderful music at Orchestra Hall, around the neighborhoods, and across the community. This honor roll celebrates those generous donors who made a gift of $1,500 or more to the DSO Annual Fund Campaign. If you have questions about this roster or would like to make a donation, please contact 313.576.5114 or go to dso.org/donate.

PARAY SOCIETY - GIVING OF $250,000 & MORE Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Penny & Harold Blumenstein Julie & Peter Cummings Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Emory M. Ford, Jr.◊ Endowment Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frankel

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Dr. Kenneth◊ & Roslyne Gitlin Ruth & Al◊ Glancy Dr. Robert T. Goldman Dr. Herman & Mrs. Shirley Mann Gray Mr.◊ & Mrs. James A. Green Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hage Judy & Kenneth Hale Ms. Nancy B. Henk Michael E. Hinsky & Tyrus N. Curtis Mr.◊ & Mrs. Norman H. Hofley Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup William & Story John Lenard & Connie Johnston Faye & Austin Kanter Morgan & Danny Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Kosch Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kulish Mr. Daniel Lewis Bud & Nancy Liebler Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile The Locniskar Group Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Ms. Deborah Miesel Dr. Robert & Dr. Mary Mobley Cyril Moscow Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters

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Dr. Gloria Heppner Mr. Eric J. Hespenheide & Ms. Judith V. Hicks Mr. George Hill & Mrs. Kathleen Talbert-Hill Mr. Donald & Marcia Hiruo Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hollinshead Mr. Matthew Howell & Mrs. Julie Wagner Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Igleheart Mr. & Mrs. Kent Jidov Paul & Marietta Joliat Judy & David Karp Mike & Katy Keegan June K. Kendall◊ Dr. David & Mrs. Elizabeth Kessel Barbara & Michael Kratchman Dr. Raymond Landes & Dr. Melissa McBrien-Landes Marguerite & David Lentz Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Leverenz Daniel & Linda* Lutz Bob & Terri Lutz Mrs. Sandra MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Winom J. Mahoney Maurice Marshall Ms. Mary McGough Patricia A.◊ & Patrick G. McKeever Mr. Frederick Morsches & Mr. Kareem George Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller Xavier & Maeva Mosquet Robert & Paulina Treiger Muzzin

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Mr. & Mrs. David H. Loebl Mr. John Lovegren & Mr. Daniel Isenschmid Cis Maisel Margaret Makulski & James Bannan Dr. Stephen & Paulette Mancuso Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Manke, Jr. Mervyn & Elaine Manning Ms. Florine Mark Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mark Barbara Martin Brian & Becky McCabe Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. McCann, M.D. Mr. Edward McClew Mr. Anthony R. McCree Mr. John McFadden Ms. Kristen McLennan Mr. & Mrs. Brian Meer Dr. & Mrs.◊ Donald A. Meier Dr. & Mrs. David Mendelson Olga Sutaruk Meyer Bruce & Mary Miller Mr. & Mrs. Randall Miller Steve & Judy Miller J.J. & Liz Modell Dr. Susan & Mr. Stephen* Molina Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry Eugene & Sheila Mondry Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Moore Ms. Sandra Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Germano Mularoni Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Nelson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Obringer Ellen & Larry Oshkaloff Mrs. Margot Parker Mr. Mark Pasik Ms. Alice Pfahlert Benjamin B. Phillips Mr. Dave Phipps Mr. Luke Ponder & Dr. Darla Granger Mr. David Potter Jill M.* & Michael J. Rafferty Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rapson Drs. Stuart & Hilary Ratner Mr. Tony Raymaker Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit Reepmeyer Dr. Claude & Mrs. Sandra Reitelman Mr. & Mrs. John Rieckhoff Ms. Linda Rodney Michael & Susan Rontal Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Ms. Elana Rugh Jane & Curt Russell Linda & Leonard Sahn Dr. & Mrs. Hershel Sandberg Ms. Martha A. Scharchburg & Mr. Bruce Beyer Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk Shirley Anne & Alan Schlang Sandy & Alan Schwartz Ms. Sandra Seligman WINTER 2021-2022

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Dr. & Mrs. Gary S. Assarian Mr. & Mrs. David W. Berry Mrs. Marilyn Bishop Ms. Liz Boone Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burstein Dr. & Mrs. Glenn B. Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Tom Compton Ms. Sherri Davis Ms. Laurie DeMond-Rosen Gordon & Elaine Didier Mr. Patrick Doig Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Douglas Jodie Elrod Mr. Howard O. Emorey Mrs. Janice Erichsen Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Howard & Francina Graef Anne & Eugene Greenstein Dr. William Higginbotham III MD The Honorable Denise Page Hood & Reverend Nicholas Hood III Mr.◊ & Mrs. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr.

Ms. Nadine Jakobowski Mr. William Jordan Carole Keller Mr. & Mrs. Gerd H. Keuffel Ms. Ida King Mr. Daniel Kline Mrs. Mary Ann LaMonte The Dolores & Paul Lavins Foundation Ms. Christine M. Leonard Ms. Florine Mark Mr. Jeffrey Marraccini Mr. Robert L. Martin Ms. Evelyn Micheletti Dr. Van C. Momon, Jr. & Dr. Pamela Berry Ms. A. Anne Moroun Mr. & Mrs. George Nicholson Mrs. Ruth Nix Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Peterson Drs. Renato & Daisy Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Rask Mrs. Hope Raymond

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Pamela Applebaum Pauline Averbach & Charles Peacock Drs. Brian & Elizabeth Bachynski W. Harold & Chacona W. Baugh Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Baum Ms. Marlene Bihlmeyer Gwen & Richard Bowlby Butzel Long Ms. Elena Centeio Margie Dunn & Mark Davidoff Deloitte Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Eugene & Elaine C. Driker Jim & Margo Farber

Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Frankel Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Gerson Ms. Jody Glancy Mary Ann & Rob Gorlin Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Renato & Elizabeth Jamett Kenneth & Susan Konop Mrs. Karen Kotulis-Carter Barbara & Michael Kratchman Drs. Lisa & Scott Langenburg Laskaris-Jamett Advisors of Raymond James Drs. Donald & Diane Levine Alexander & Evelyn McKeen Patricia A.◊ & Patrick G. McKeever Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

Beverly & Barry Williams Dr. M. Roy & Mrs. Jacqueline Wilson Rissa & Sheldon Winkelman Mr. Jonathan Wolman◊ & Mrs. Deborah Lamm Cathy Cromer Wood Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Ms. Eileen Wunderlich Dr. Sandra & Mr. D. Johnny Yee Lucia Zamorano, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Alan Zekelman Milton Y. Zussman And eight who wish to remain anonymous

GIVING OF $1,500 & MORE Cheryl & Paul Robertson Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Ms. Joyce E. Scafe Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Kingsley G. Sears Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest◊ Mr. Steve Secrest Ms. Sandra Shetler Mrs. Andreas H. Steglich Mr. & Mrs.◊ John Streit Mr. William Thom Mr. James G. Tibbetts David & Lila Tirsell Dennis & Jennifer Varian Ms. Janet Weir Janis & William Wetsman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wigginton Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder (Ret.) Debra Wood Ms. Denise S. Young And two who wish to remain anonymous

CYE50 GOLD CLUB Mr. & Mrs. James B. Nicholson Anne Parsons* & Donald Dietz Mr. Dave Phipps Sue & Bob Pilon Dr. Glenda D. Price Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Martie & Bob Sachs Nancy Schlichting & Pamela Theisen Mrs. Patricia Shaw Ms. Claudia Sills Mr. James G. Vella Mr.◊ & Mrs. Jonathan T. Walton Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder (Ret.) Drs. David & Bernadine Wu

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Giving of $200,000 & more

Giving of $100,000 & more

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Giving of $50,000 & more Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Applebaum Family Philanthropy Marvin & Betty Danto Family Foundation League of American Orchestras Edward C. and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Milner Hotels Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Penske Foundation, Inc.

Giving of $20,000 & more Mandell and Madeleine Berman Foundation Blue Star Catering The Clinton Family Fund DeRoy Testamentary Foundation Eleanor & Edsel Ford Fund Edsel B. Ford II Fund

Henry Ford II Fund Myron P. Leven Foundation MASCO Corporation Schneider-Engstrom Foundation Sun Communities Inc. Wolverine Packing Company

Giving of $10,000 & more Flagstar Foundation Honigman LLP Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation KPMG LLP Laskaris-Jamett Advisors of Raymond James MGM Grand Detroit Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation Stone Foundation Of Michigan Burton A. Zipser and Sandra D. Zipser Foundation

Giving of $5,000 & more

Giving of $1,000 & more

Benson & Edith Ford Fund Butzel Long Creative Benefit Solutions Geoinge Foundation Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik Foundation Schaerer Architextural Interiors Speyer Foundation Warner Norcross + Judd And one who wishes to remain anonymous

The Children’s Foundation EY Frank and Gertrude Dunlap Foundation James and Lynelle Holden Fund Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation Josephine Kleiner Foundation Lakeside Ophthalmology Center Ludwig Foundation Fund Madison Electric Company Michigan First Credit Union Plante and Moran, PLLC Renaissance (MI) Chapter of the Links Louis & Nellie Sieg Foundation Samuel L. Westerman Foundation

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The DSO’s Planned Giving Council recognizes the region’s leading financial and estate professionals whose current and future clients may involve them in their decision to make a planned gift to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members play a critical role in shaping the future of the DSO through ongoing feedback, working with their clients, supporting philanthropy and attending briefings twice per year. For more information or to join the PG Council, please call 313.576.5114.

Linda Wasserman, Chair Mrs. Katana H. Abbott* Mr. Joseph Aviv Mr. Christopher A. Ballard* Ms. Jessica B. Blake, Esq. Ms. Rebecca J. Braun Mr. Timothy Compton Ms. Wendy Zimmer Cox* Mr. Robin D. Ferriby* Mrs. Jill Governale* Mr. Henry Grix* Mrs. Julie R. Hollinshead, CFA Mr. Mark W. Jannott, CTFA

Ms. Jennifer A. Jennings* Ms. Dawn Jinsky* Mrs. Shirley Kaigler* Mr. Robert E. Kass* Mr. Christopher L. Kelly Mr. Bernard S. Kent Ms. Yuh Suhn Kim Mr. Henry P. Lee* Ms. Marguerite Munson Lentz* J. Thomas MacFarlane Mr. Christopher M. Mann* Mr. Curtis J. Mann

Mrs. Mary Mansfield Mr. Mark Neithercut* Mrs. Alice R. Pfahlert Mr. Steven C. Pierce Ms. Deborah J. Renshaw, CFP Mr. James P. Spica Mr. David M. Thoms* Mr. John N. Thomson, Esq. Mr. Jason Tinsley* Mr. William Vanover Mr. William Winkler Mrs. Wendy Zimmer Cox*

*Executive Committee Member

Share the music of the DSO with future generations INCLUDE THE DSO AS A BENEFICIARY IN YOUR WILL Remembering the DSO in your estate plans will support the sustainability and longevity of our orchestra, so that tomorrow’s audience will continue to be inspired through unsurpassed musical experiences.

If you value the role of the DSO – in your life and in our community – please consider making a gift through your will, trust, life insurance or other deferred gift.

To learn more please call Alexander Kapordelis at 313.576.5198 or email akapordelis@dso.org

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CELEBRATING YOUR LEGACY SUPPORT BARBARA VAN DUSEN, Honorary Chair

The 1887 Society honors individuals who have made a special legacy commitment to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Members of the 1887 Society ensure that future music lovers will continue to enjoy unsurpassed musical experiences by including the DSO in their estate plans. If you have arranged a planned gift to support the DSO or would like more information on planned giving, please call 313.576.5114.

Ms. Doris L. Adler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Albert Mr.◊ & Mrs. Robert A. Allesee Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum◊ Dr. Augustin & Nancy◊ Arbulu Ms. Sharon Backstrom Sally & Donald Baker Mr. & Mrs. Lee Barthel Mr. Mark G. Bartnik & Ms. Sandra J. Collins Stanley A. Beattie Mr. & Mrs. Mandell L. Berman◊ Virginia B. Bertram◊ Mrs. Betty Blair Ms. Rosalee Bleecker Mr. Joseph Boner Gwen & Richard Bowlby Mr. Harry G. Bowles◊ Mr. Charles Broh◊ Mrs. Ellen Brownfain William & Julia Bugera Cynthia Cassell, Ph. D. Eleanor A. Christie Ms. Mary Christner Mr. Gary Ciampa Robert & Lucinda Clement Lois & Avern Cohn Mrs. RoseAnn Comstock◊ Mr. Scott Cook, Jr. Mr. & Ms. Thomas Cook Dorothy M. Craig Mr. & Mrs. John Cruikshank Julie & Peter Cummings Joanne Danto & Arnold Weingarden Mr. Kevin S. Dennis & Mr. Jeremy J. Zeltzer Ms. Leslie C. Devereaux Mr. John Diebel◊ Mr. Stuart Dow Mr. Roger Dye & Ms. Jeanne A. Bakale Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Eidson Marianne T. Endicott Ms. Dorothy Fisher Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher◊ Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Dorothy A. & Larry L. Fobes Samuel & Laura Fogleman Mr. Emory Ford, Jr.◊ Dr. Saul & Mrs. Helen Forman Barbara Frankel & Ron Michalak Herman & Sharon Frankel Mrs. Rema Frankel◊ Jane French Mark & Donna Frentrup Alan Galatin Janet M. Garrett Dr. Byron P. & Marilyn Georgeson Jim & Nancy Gietzen Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Lois Gilmore Victor◊ & Gale Girolami Ruth & Al◊ Glancy

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David & Paulette Groen Rosemary Gugino Donna & Eugene Hartwig Ms. Nancy B. Henk Joseph L. Hickey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Hitchman Ronald M. & Carol◊ Horwitz Andy Howell Carol Howell Paul M. Huxley & Cynthia Pasky David & Sheri Jaffa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Jeffs II Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Jessup Mr. George G. Johnson Lenard & Connie Johnston Ms. Carol Johnston Ms. Carol Jonson Drs. Anthony & Joyce Kales Faye & Austin Kanter Norb◊ & Carole Keller Dr. Mark & Mrs. Gail Kelley June K. Kendall◊ Dimitri◊ & Suzanne Kosacheff Douglas Koschik Mr.◊ & Mrs. Arthur J. Krolikowski Mary Clippert LaMont Ms. Sandra Lapadot Mrs. Bonnie Larson Ann C. Lawson◊ Allan S. Leonard Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Dr. Melvin A. Lester◊ Mr. & Mrs.◊ Joseph Lile Harold Lundquist◊ & Elizabeth Brockhaus Lundquist Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Lundquist Roberta Maki Eileen & Ralph Mandarino Judy Howe Masserang Mr. Glenn Maxwell Ms. Elizabeth Maysa Mary Joy McMachen, Ph.D. Judith Mich◊ Rhoda A. Milgrim Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller John & Marcia Miller Jerald A. & Marilyn H. Mitchell Mr.◊ & Mrs. L. William Moll Shari & Craig Morgan Ms. I. Surayyah R. Muwwakkil Geoffrey S. Nathan & Margaret E. Winters Beverley Anne Pack David & Andrea Page◊ Mr. Dale J. Pangonis Ms. Mary W. Parker◊ Mr. David Patria & Ms. Barbara Underwood Mrs. Sophie Pearlstein◊ Helen & Wesley Pelling◊ Dr. William F. Pickard Mrs. Bernard E. Pincus

Ms. Christina Pitts Mrs. Robert Plummer◊ Mr. & Mrs. P. T. Ponta Mrs. Mary Carol Prokop◊ Ms. Linda Rankin & Mr. Daniel Graschuck Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Rasmussen Deborah J. Remer Mr. & Mrs.◊ Lloyd E. Reuss Barbara Gage Rex Ms. Marianne Reye Lori-Ann Rickard Katherine D. Rines Bernard & Eleanor Robertson Ms. Barbara Robins Jack◊ & Aviva Robinson Mr.◊ & Mrs. Gerald F. Ross Mr. & Mrs. George Roumell Marjorie & Saul◊ Saulson Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Janet Schenk Ms. Yvonne Schilla Mr. & Mrs. Fred Secrest◊ Patricia Finnegan Sharf Ms. Marla K. Shelton Edna J. Shin Ms. June Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Simon◊ Dr. Melissa J. Smiley & Dr. Patricia A. Wren Ms. Marilyn Snodgrass◊ Mrs. Margot Sterren◊ Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuecken Mr.◊ & Mrs. Alexander C. Suczek David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel Mrs. Rose Taksier Ms. Mary Evelyn Durden Teal◊ Alice & Paul Tomboulian Roger & Tina Valade Mrs. Jane Van Dragt◊ Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Charles & Sally Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Melvin VanderBrug Mr. & Mrs. George C. Vincent◊ Christine & Keith C. Weber Mr. Herman Weinreich◊ John◊ & Joanne Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wilhelm Mr. Robert E. Wilkins◊ Mrs. Michel Williams Ms. Nancy Williams◊ Mr. Robert S. Williams & Ms. Treva Womble Ms. Barbara Wojtas Elizabeth B. Work◊ Dr. & Mrs. Clyde Wu◊ Ms. Andrea L. Wulf Mrs. Judith G. Yaker Milton & Lois◊ Zussman And five who wish to remain anonymous ◊

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TRIBUTE GIFTS Gifts received September 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Tribute gifts to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are made to honor accomplishments, celebrate occasions, and pay respect in memory or reflection. These gifts support current season projects, partnerships and performances such as DSO concerts, education programs, free community concerts, and family programming. For information about making a tribute gift, please call 313.576.5114 or visit dso.org/donate.

In Honor

Janet & Norm Ankers Jill & Randy Elder

Caroline Coade Jack & Susan Carlson

James Garrett Jean Paton

George Blum Jane & Lawrence Sherman

John C. Dillingham, Sr. John C. Dillingham

The Ho Family Tim Shuller

Milluk Callsen James Knaus

Stanley Frankel Stephen & Carol Coden

Melissa McBrien & Raymond Landes Victoria McBrien

Anne Parsons Cynthia MacDonald Dr. Bonne Price-Linden & Mr. David Camp Dr. Philip S. Nash

In Memory Shirley Allison Beth Flannery

Max Coplen Jospeh Dill

June Kendall Kent & Margaret Gage

James Bazakis Dr. Andrew Bazakis

Grerry D’Avanzo Anna & Yale Levin

Kathleen Krevsky H.A. & Mary Sugarman

Ken & Mary Beattie Mr. Michael J. Fisher

Paul Denawetz Sandra Karolak

Viola & Frank Navetta Cheryl Rohrkemper

Martha Blom Mary Margaret Danto

Ruth Frank Duncan McGuffie David J. Vaughan

Ginka Ortega Elizabeth DuMouchelle

Rosemary Carman Anthony & Roupina Carman Kathryn Clemans Jane Chamberlain

Alice Haidostian Agatha Kalkanis

Richard Place Joel & Sheila Pitcoff Lawrence R. Stone Elena L. Gross

Roberta Stulberg Jerry Brookstein Debbie & Ron Lederman Sandra & Alan Schwartz Deborah Schwartz Julie Tepperman Kathleen Witt John Hartmus Michele Olind Joann Trosell Russell Witt William Witt Clyde & Helen Wu Cynthia MacDonald

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U ni q u e Hands- On Experiences at epiphany studios Work with our artists to make your own glass piece! This workshop is a great opportunity to try something new and create a beautiful keepsake to remember the occasion by.

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WELCOME TO THE MAX OUR HOME ON WOODWARD AVENUE The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center is one of Detroit’s most notable cultural campuses. The Max includes three main performance spaces: historic Orchestra Hall, the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube (“The Cube”), and Robert A. and Maggie Allesee Hall. All are accessible from the centrally located William Davidson Atrium. The Jacob Bernard Pincus Music Education Center is home to the DSO’s Wu Family Academy and other music education offerings. The DSO is also proud to offer The Max as a performance and administrative space for several local partners, including Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit Youth Volume, and others.

To report an emergency during a concert, immediately notify an usher or DSO staff member. If an usher or DSO staff member is not available please contact DSO Security at 313.576.5199

Visit dso.org/yourvisit for full information on your concert experience.

Parking

Shop @ The Max

The DSO Parking Deck is located at 81 Parsons Street.

Self-parking in the garage costs $10 for most concerts; we take both cash and credit cards. Handicapped parking is available on the first and second floors of the garage. Note that handicapped parking spaces go quickly, so we recommend arriving early!

As of October 2021, Shop @ The Max is currently closed. Please check dso.org for updates ahead of your visit.

What Should I Wear?

You do you! We don’t have a dress code, and you’ll see a variety of outfit styles. Business casual attire is common, but sneakers and jeans are just as welcome as suits and ties.

Food and Drink As of October 2021, the DSO is offering beverage only concessions. Please check dso.org for the latest ahead of your concert.

Bars are located on the first and third floors of the William Davidson Atrium and offer canned sodas (pop, if you prefer), beer, wine, and specialty cocktail mixes.

While drinks may be taken to your concert seat, the DSO’s mask policy will be enforced when you are not actively drinking.

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Handicap Access and Hearing Assistance Accessibility matters. Whether you need ramp access for your wheelchair or are looking for sensoryfriendly concert options, we are thinking of you.

The Max has elevators, barrier-free restrooms, and accessible seating on each level. Security staff are available at all entrances to help patrons requiring extra assistance in and out of vehicles.

The DSO’s Sennheiser MobileConnect hearing assistance system is available for all performances in Orchestra Hall. You can use your own mobile device and headphones by downloading the Sennheiser MobileConnect app, or borrow a device by visiting the Patron Services Center on the second floor of the William Davidson Atrium. This system is made possible by the Michigan Ear Institute.

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POLICIES HEALTH & SAFETY The Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center 3711 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 Box Office:............................................. 313.576.5111 Group Sales:........................................... 313.576.5111 Administrative Offices:.........................313.576.5100 Facilities Rental Information:................313.576.5131 Visit the DSO online at dso.org For general inquiries, please email info@dso.org

SEATING

Please note that all patrons (of any age) must have a ticket to attend concerts.

If the music has already started, an usher will ask you to wait until a break before seating you. The same applies if you leave Orchestra Hall and re-enter. Most performances are broadcast (with sound) on a TV in the William Davidson Atrium as well.

TICKETS, EXCHANGES, AND CONCERT CANCELLATIONS All sales are final and non-

WiFi Complimentary WiFi is available throughout The Max. Look for the DSOGuest network on your device. And be sure to tag your posts with #IAMDSO!

The Herman and Sharon Frankel Donor Lounge Governing Members can enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers, and desserts in the Donor Lounge, open 90 minutes prior to each concert through the end of intermission. For more information on becoming a Governing Member, contact Leslie Groves at 313.576.5451 or lgroves@ dso.org.

Gift Certificates Gift certificates are available in any denomination and may be used towards tickets to any DSO performance. Please contact the Box Office for more information.

refundable. Even though we’ll miss you, we understand that plans can change unexpectedly, so the DSO offers flexible exchange and ticket donation options.

Please contact the Box Office to exchange tickets. The Box Office can also help with all ticketing questions and concerns.

The DSO is a show-must-go-on orchestra! In the rare event a concert is cancelled, our website and social media feeds will announce the cancellation, and patrons will be notified of exchange options.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND RECORDING

We love a good selfie (don’t forget to share your experiences using @DetroitSymphony and #IAMDSO) but remember that photography can be distracting to musicians and audience members. Please be cautious and respectful if you wish to take photos.

Note that flash photography, video recording, tripods, and cameras with detachable lenses are strictly prohibited.

PHONES

Your neighbors and the musicians appreciate your cooperation in turning your phone to silent and your brightness down while you’re keeping an eye on texts from the babysitter or looking up where a composer was born!

SMOKING

Smoking and vaping are not allowed anywhere in The Max.

Rent The Max Elegant and versatile, The Max is an ideal setting for a variety of events and performances: weddings, corporate gatherings, meetings, concerts, and more. Visit dso.org/rent or call 313.576.5131 for more information.

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• All guests must provide proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 test upon entry.

• Guests must wear a mask, worn properly over the nose and mouth, unless they are actively eating or drinking.

Masks must be worn regardless of vaccination status.

• We have also instituted contactless e-ticketing this season to add another layer of safety. You will be asked to present the barcode for your e-tickets at the second entry point – after you present your vaccine or test results.

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By entering event premises, you consent to having your likeness featured in photography, audio, and video captured by the DSO, and release the DSO from any liability connected with these materials. Visit dso.org for more.

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A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F EXECUTIVE OFFICE

ADVANCEMENT

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Erik Rönmark President and CEO James B. and Ann V. Nicholson Chair

Alex Kapordelis Senior Director, Campaign

William Shell Director of Information Technology

Jill Elder Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Holly Gorecki Director of Advancement Operations

Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Beth Carlson Stewardship Coordinator

Joy Crawford Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Elaine Curvin Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer Anne Parsons President Emeritus

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS ARTISTIC PLANNING Jessica Ruiz Senior Director of Artistic Planning Dasha Gilmore Artistic Coordinator Alexandra Luke Artist Liason Goode Wyche Manager of Jazz and @The Max

LIVE FROM ORCHESTRA HALL Marc Geelhoed Executive Producer of Live from Orchestra Hall

Jill Rafferty Senior Director of Advancement

Leslie Groves Major Gift Officer Ali Huber Signature Events Manager Jane Koelsch Fulfillment Coordinator Amanda Lindstrom Events Coordinator Juanda Pack Advancement Benefits Concierge Cassidy Schmid Manager of Campaign Operations

COMMUNICATIONS Matt Carlson Senior Director, Communications & Media Relations Sarah Smarch Content Director Natalie Berger Video Content Specialist Hannah Engwall Public Relations Manager

COMMUNITY AND LEARNING Caen Thomason-Redus Senior Director of Community & Learning

Cassidy Schmid Campaign Manager

Karisa Antonio Director of Social Innovation

Amanda Tew Data and Research Manager

Damien Crutcher Managing Director of Detroit Harmony

BUILDING OPERATIONS EVENTS AND RENTALS Presley Feezell Manager of Events and Rentals

FACILITY OPERATIONS

ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS Kathryn Ginsburg General Manager

Demetris Fisher Chief EVS Technician

Patrick Peterson Director of Orchestra Personnel

William Guilbault EVS Technician

Ezra Gans Artistic Operations Assistant

Robert Hobson Chief Maintenance Technician

Bronwyn Hagerty Orchestra and Training Programs Librarian

Keith Kennedy Chief Engineer

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Aaron Tockstein Database Administrator

Susan Queen Gift Officer, Corporate Giving

Ken Waddington Director of Facilities and Engineering

Dennis Rottell Stage Manager

Michelle Koning Web Manager

Debora Kang Director of Education Clare Valenti Director of Community Engagement Kiersten Alcorn Manager of Community Engagement Connor Bulka Training Ensembles Recruitment & Communications Coordinator Angelina Cicchella Training Ensembles Operations Coordinator Joanna Goldstein Training Ensembles Student Development Coordinator

Lawrence Johnson EVS Technician

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FINANCE Jeremiah Hess Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Adela Löw Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting Erik Anundson Accounts Payable Coordinator Sandra Mazza Senior Accountant, Business Operations Ashley Simon Gift Processing Coordinator Michelle Wisler Payroll and Benefits Accountant

HUMAN RESOURCES Hannah Lozon Senior Director of Talent and Culture Mary Lambert Human Resources Generalist Shuntia Perry Human Resources Coordinator

MARKETING & AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Charles Buchanan Senior Director of Marketing & Audience Development Teresa Alden Director of Growth and Acquisition

CATERING AND RETAIL SERVICES Christina Williams Director of Hospitality and Patron Experience Alison Reed, CVA Manager of Volunteer and Patron Experience Nate Richter Bar Manager

PATRON SALES AND SERVICE Sharon Gardner Carr Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations Rollie Edwards Lead Patron Services Representative Michelle Marshall Manager of Patron Sales & Services James Sabatella Group and Patron Services Specialist

EDITORS Matt Carlson mcarlson@dso.org

Hannah Engwall hengwall@dso.org

PUBLISHER Echo Publications, Inc. Tom Putters

SAFETY & SECURITY

Cover design by Jay Holladay

George Krappmann Director of Safety and Security Norris Jackson Security Officer Edward John Security Manager Lawrence Johnson Security Officer

LaHeidra Marshall Audience Development Specialist

Tony Morris Security Officer

Kristen Pagels Content Marketing Strategist

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Tommy Tatti Manager of Box Office Operations

Jay Holladay Brand Graphic Designer

Connor Mehren Digital Marketing Strategist

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Johnnie Scott Security Officer Antonio Thomas Security Officer

Activities of the DSO are made possible in part with the support of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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U P CO M I N G CO N CER T S & EVENTS TICKETS & INFO

3 1 3 . 5 76 . 5 1 11 o r d s o . o r g PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

VOICES OF AMERICA

Peter Oundjian, conductor Aaron Diehl, piano Fri., Mar. 11 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., Mar 12 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Mar 13 at 3 p.m.

WILLIAM GRANT STILL Poem

GEORGE GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F SAMUEL BARBER Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 JOEL THOMPSON To Awaken the Sleeper

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

SCHUMANN & SIBELIUS

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor • Isabelle Faust, violin

Fri., Apr. 1 at 8 p.m.

Sat., Apr. 2 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Apr. 3 at 3 p.m.

ROBERT SCHUMANN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERT SERIES FOR CHILDREN AGES 6 AND UP

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT VOYAGE

Elena Schwarz, conductor Andrei Ionit,ǎ, cello Thu., Mar. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Southfield Fri., Mar. 18 at 8 p.m. in Monroe Sun., Mar. 20 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

Sat., Apr. 2 at 11 a.m.

TCHAIKOVSKY AND STRAVINSKY

OTTORINO RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 OTTORINO RESPIGHI Serenata per piccola orchestra, P. 54 IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

WITH CLASSICAL KIDS LIVE! PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4 Kazushi Ono, conductor • Paul Lewis, piano

Thu., Apr. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Apr. 8 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., Apr. 9 at 8 p.m.

FRANZ SCHUBERT Overture to Die Zauberharfe, D. 644, “Rosamunde” LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

RAVEL: LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

Thu., Mar. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., Mar. 25 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth Sat., Mar. 26 at 8 p.m. in Bloomfield Hills Sun., Mar. 27 at 3 p.m. in Grosse Pointe

Fabien Gabel, conductor Nicolas Altstaed, cello

Ari Pelto, conductor • Zlatomir Fung, cello

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Four Noveletten, Op. 52 MAURICE RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin LUIGI BOCCHERINI Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in in B-flat major, G. 482 SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical”

PNC POPS SERIES

SALOME’S SEDUCTION Fri., Apr. 22 at 8 p.m.

Sat. Apr. 23 at 8 p.m.

MEL BONIS Salomé, Op. 100 ANDERS HILLBORG Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (US Premiere) RICHARD STRAUSS “Salome’s Dance” from Salomé, Op. 54 FLORENT SCHMITT La Tragedie de Salomé, Op. 50

THE BEST OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

PNC POPS SERIES

Fri., Mar. 25 at 10:45 & 8 p.m.

Sat., Mar. 26 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Mar. 27 at 3 p.m.

Stuart Chafetz, conductor Aaron C. Finley, vocalist • Brook Wood, vocalist

Steven Reineke, conductor Josh Young, vocalist • Emily Padgett-Young, vocalist

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IN THE AIR TONIGHT: THE MUSIC OF GENESIS & PHIL COLLINS Sun., Apr. 24 at 3 p.m.

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Hear. Together.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

RACHMANIOFF: SYMPHONY NO. 2

BIGNAMINI CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN 9

Thu., Apr. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Beverly Hills Fri., Apr. 29 at 8 p.m. in Monroe Sun., May 1 at 3 p.m. in Beverly Hills

Jader Bignamini, conductor Ailyn Pérez, soprano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Saimir Pirgu, tenor Luiz-Ottavio Fario, bass Performers from Opera MODO & AUDIVI, choir

FLORENCE PRICE Piano Concerto in One Movement SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Thu., May 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., May 13 at 8 p.m.

Sat., May 14 at 8 p.m.

Sun., May 15 at 3 p.m.

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES

HANNAH LASH In Hopes of Finding the Sun LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Kahchun Wong, conductor Michelle Cann, piano

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES BIG BAND FEAT. TERENCE BLANCHARD/ DIRECTED BY KRIS JOHNSON

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

THIBAUDET: RAVEL’S PIANO CONCERTO IN G

Sat., Apr. 30 at 8 p.m.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

SAINT-GEORGES AND MOZART Yue Bao, conductor Pablo Ferrández, cello

Thu., May 5 at 7:30 p.m. in West Bloomfield Fri., May 6 at 8 p.m. in Plymouth Sat., May 7 at 8 p.m. Bloomfield Hills Sun., May 8 at 3 p.m. Grosse Pointe CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Symphony No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2 JOSEPH HAYDN Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C Major WILLIAM GRANT STILL Danzas de Panama WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”

PNC POPS SERIES

Jader Bignamini, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Eric Nowlin, viola Wei Yu, cello

Fri., May 20 at 10:45 Sat., May 21 at 8 p.m.

Sun., May 22 at 3 p.m.

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers MAURICE RAVEL Concerto in G major for Piano and Orchestra RICHARD STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op. 35

PVS CLASSICAL SERIES

SAINT-GEORGES & MOZART 39 Xian Zhang, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin

Thu., May 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Fri., May 27 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., May 28 at 8 p.m.

KINGS OF SOUL

Jeff Tyzik, conductor Chester Gregory, vocalist Darren Lorenzo, vocalist Michael Lynche, vocalist

ELIZABETH OGONEK In Silence CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 5 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543

Fri., May 6 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat. May 7 at 8 p.m.

Sun. May 8 at 3 p.m.

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