2014 Florida Tour: A Look Back

A MESSAGE FROM LEONARD SLATKIN This winter has been just a bit rough on even seasoned Detroiters. So it was with a great sense of anticipation that the members of the DSO embarked on a fivecity, six-concert tour of Florida with the support of the General Motors Foundation, Cadillac, and many generous donors.

It was my privilege to stand before this orchestra and bring our music to more than 10,000 concertgoers. On tour we had the opportunity to show off who we are and the city we represent.

Of course we had plenty of supporters who left the frozen north and headed down south. These listeners know what we are accomplishing at home and were proud of what we brought to their sun-drenched neighbors.

All our performances were greeted with ovations and cheers. The press was most kind, and we felt welcomed at every stop. Our dear sponsors, donors, and patrons were there for us at all times. We were able to bring our community outreach programs to hospitals, universities, and other unexpected “pop-up” venues in each city we visited.

Throughout the tour, we reconnected with friends we met four years ago and welcomed new ones. Letting everyone in on the resurgence of our city and the DSO’s role at the forefront of this renaissance was most gratifying. All one had to do was hear the strains of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Gould, Copland, or Prokofiev to know that not only were these composers in safe hands, but Detroit’s future was as well.

Please enjoy reading and seeing some of the highlights of this wonderful tour.

Leonard Slatkin, Music Director

Photo by Jen Scott; cover photo by Hart Hollman

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thank you.

THE DSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE MADE OUR 2014 FLORIDA TOUR POSSIBLE PRESENTING PARTNER General Motors Foundation Cadillac ORCHESTRA BENEFACTOR Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher CITY PATRONS Sidney and Madeline Forbes The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller HOST COMMITTEE Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Applebaum Herman and Sharon Frankel Mandell and Madeleine Berman Mr. & Mrs. Morton E. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bluestein Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr. Penny & Harold Blumenstein Mrs. Bonnie Larson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller Julie & Peter Cummings Martie and Bob Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Ethan Davidson Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. Fisher Gary Wasserman and Charlie Kashner Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak

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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra gave a Tuesday evening concert that solidified its position as one of the finest orchestras in the country.

- Palm Beach Daily News

Photo by Hart Hollman

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EVENT SPOTLIGHT: WELCOME DINNER

Pictured above: DSO Chairman Phillip Wm. Fisher joins a table with Donald Dietz, Cindy McTee, Olga Kern, and Leonard Slatkin Clockwise from right: Harold & Penny Blumenstein, Kareem George, and principal flute David Buck; Phillip Wm. Fisher and GM Foundation President Vivian Pickard; Violinist Laurie Landers Goldman, DSO Chairman Emeritus Peter Cummings, DSO President & CEO Anne Parsons, and Vivian Pickard.

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH As Detroit’s most exportable cultural asset, the DSO treated the southern Florida community as if it were its very own. The DSO Neighborhood Residency Initiative puts musicians in schools, senior living communities, hospitals, libraries, and other intimate settings across southeast Michigan. Applying that same initiative on tour took our musicians to St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital, MorseLife Senior Living, Hospice of Palm Beach County, and The Gardens shopping center, all in West Palm Beach.

It’s rare for orchestras to conduct extensive outreach while on tour . . .

- Palm Beach Daily News

Pictured below: General Motors Foundation President Vivian Pickard joined DSO bassoonists Robert Williams, Victoria King, Michael Ke Ma, and Marcus Schoon as they spent time with patients at St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital.

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THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ORCHESTRA ON THE PLANET Prior to the encore at each performance on our #DSOFloridaTour, Maestro Slatkin asked the audience to help break down the barrier between the stage and audience by sharing their concert experience on their mobile phones.

Pianist Olga Kern with a young first-time concertgoer in the Kravis Center lobby.

MASTER CLASSES Hunter Eberly, principal trumpet, Caroline Coade, viola, and Hai-Xin Wu, associate concertmaster, gave master classes at Palm Beach Atlantic University, bringing their expertise from the stage to the classroom.

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Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news: veering sharply from traditional classical concert decorum, Leonard Slatkin told concert-goers in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday night that he and the Detroit Symphony were ready for their close-up (or long shot, as the case might be), and invited them to whip out phones, snap pictures of the scene, and post them on social media to instantly commemorate the moment.

- LA Times “Culture Monster� blog

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[The orchestra] sounded in great form at the Arsht Center . . . the luster of the Detroit strings and strong wind solos alertly propelled Rachmaninoff’s plush orchestral writing.

- South Florida Classical Review

Photo by Hart Hollman

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The DSO carried on its commitment to reach new audiences through innovative programming. Maestro Slatkin taught a conducting lesson to a diverse set of Miami media professionals, and cover conductor Oriol Sans gave a lecture on the program in Spanish.

El concierto de la Detroit Symphony Orchestra con su director, Leonard Slatkin y la pianista Olga Kern, el viernes en el Knight Concert Hall, logró atraer a un público muy nutrido que no salió defraudado con lo ofrecido: una noche variada en la que se combinó con gracia la sensibilidad y el virtuosismo.

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Translation: “The concert by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with its director, Leonard Slatkin, and pianist Olga Kern...attracted a very satisfied audience not left disappointed with what was offered: a varied night that combined graceful sensitivity and virtuosity.”

EVENT SPOTLIGHT: KNIGHT FOUNDATION AFTERGLOW The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which hosted a post-concert reception in Miami, has played a tremendous role in fostering the DSO’s Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series. The foundation’s focus on digital innovation helps drive the DSO’s initiatives to the forefront of the classical music industry.

Pictured left: Olga Kern and Leonard Slatkin with Knight Foundation President & CEO Alberto Ibargüen and Adrienne Arsht Center President & CEO M. John Richard

Pictured Below: Friends and family join GM Foundation President Vivian Pickard; Susana Ibargüen with Aspen Institute Arts Program Director Damien Woetzel; Sylvie Bouchard and Masahide Kajimoto of Kajimoto Concert Management Co., Ltd.

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#DSOFloridaTour TWEETS @jadesimmons: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m convinced if Rachmaninov were alive, @kernolga1 would b his muse! @kernolga1: Last nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance of Rachmaninoff was dedicated to my friend and mentor Van Cliburn @knightarts: .@DetroitSymphony brings down the house tonight @ArshtCenter. Love good music in #Miami! @emilyhoneyman: so fun seeing the @ DetroitSymphony in miami tonight! <3 @ellencreager: Amazing sight: @DetroitSymphony plays national anthem at Detroit @tigers game here in Lakeland, Fla. #perfectday INSTAGRAMS

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GO GET â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;EM, TIGERS! Leonard Slatkin and a DSO Brass Quintet (Hunter Eberly and Bill Lucas, trumpets, Dave Everson, french horn, Randy Hawes, bass trombone, and Dennis Nulty, tuba) proudly played the Star-Spangled Banner for the Detroit Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spring Training game against the St. Louis Cardinals!

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The Detroit Symphony has a reputation as lustrous as the finish on the zaftig luxury cars that hip-rolled off Motor City assembly lines in the 1950s . . . its formadible string section can whisper behind the soloist as well as carry a hall-sweeping finish.

- Naples Daily News

Photo by Donald Dietz

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ARRIVING IN STYLE Florida Tour presenting partner Cadillac generously provided a fleet of brandnew vehicles for guest artists and DSO personnel.

Left: Dazzling on and off the stage, pianist Olga Kern next to a Crystal Red 2014 Cadillac ELR. Below: Lauren Fisher, Mandell Berman, Anne Parsons, Madeleine Berman, and Phillip Wm. Fisher before heading out to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center in Sarasota, FL.

EVENT SPOTLIGHT: NAPLES Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr. graciously opened their home and garden in Naples, FL to members of the DSO family. Pictured right: Monica Fosnaugh, English horn, Marcus Schoon, bassoon, and Laurence Liberson, clarinet, performing outside.

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SHARING THE SPIRIT OF “ONE DSO”

. . . there was more than music in the DSO’s beachside tour. Much more, in fact.

Besides the artistic excellence that has become a hallmark of the DSO, and the incredible flair and musicianship Maestro Slatkin brings to the podium, there was this new thing we call “One DSO,” a belief that we’re all in this thing together and the only way we can be successful is together.

- Bud Liebler, Board of Directors, OpEd in the Detroit News Below: Sheryl Hwangbo and Jing Zhang, violin, Hang Su, viola, and David LeDoux, cello, give a “pop-up” performance at The Waterside Shops in Naples, FL.

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2014 FLORIDA TOUR ORCHESTRA ROSTER Leonard Slatkin Music Director • Olga Kern piano • Hilary Hahn violin FIRST VIOLINS Yoonshin Song Concertmaster

Katherine Tuck Chair

Kimberly A. Kaloyanides Kennedy Associate Concertmaster

Alan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Shapero (Shapero Foundation) Chair

Hai-Xin Wu Assistant Concertmaster

Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair

Jennifer Wey Assistant Concertmaster Beatriz Budinszky* Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Landers Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park* Adrienne Rönmark* Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* SECOND VIOLINS Adam Stepniewski Acting Principal The Devereaux Family Chair

Ron Fischer* Sheryl Hwangbo* Hong-Yi Mo* Robert Murphy* Bruce Smith* Joseph Striplin* Marian Tanau* Jing Zhang*

VIOLAS James VanValkenburg Acting Principal Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

Caroline Coade Acting Assistant Principal Glenn Mellow Hang Su Shanda Lowery-Sachs Hart Hollman Han Zheng Catherine Compton Alexander Mishnaevski Principal Emeritus

VIOLONCELLOS Dahae Kim Assistant Principal

Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman* David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey* Haden McKay* Úna O’Riordan* Paul Wingert*

CLARINETS Theodore Oien Principal

Robert B. Semple Chair

Open

PVS Chemicals, Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

Laurence Liberson Assistant Principal Shannon Orme

Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

E-FLAT CLARINET Laurence Liberson

James C. Gordon Chair

BASS CLARINET Shannon Orme

Open Principal

BASSES Stephen Molina Acting Principal Van Dusen Family Chair

Linton Bodwin Stephen Edwards Larry Hutchinson Craig Rifel

HARP Patricia Masri-Fletcher Principal Winifred E. Polk Chair

FLUTES David Buck Principal

Women’s Association for the DSO Chair

Sharon Sparrow Acting Assistant Principal Jeffery Zook PICCOLO Jeffery Zook OBOES Donald Baker Principal

Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Shelley Heron

Maggie Miller Chair

Brian Ventura Assistant Principal Monica Fosnaugh ENGLISH HORN Monica Fosnaugh

Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BASSOONS Robert Williams Principal John and Marlene Boll Chair

Victoria King Michael Ke Ma Assistant Principal Marcus Schoon Garrett McQueen §

CONTRABASSOON Marcus Schoon FRENCH HORNS Karl Pituch Principal Bryan Kennedy Johanna Yarbrough David Everson Assistant Principal Mark Abbott TRUMPETS Hunter Eberly Principal Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Kevin Good Stephen Anderson Assistant Principal William Lucas

TROMBONES Kenneth Thompkins Principal Nathaniel Gurin Assistant Principal Randall Hawes BASS TROMBONE Randall Hawes

^ Extended leave * These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis § African-American Orchestra Fellow

TUBA Dennis Nulty Principal

TIMPANI Open PERCUSSION Joseph Becker Principal

Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair

Open

William Cody Knicely Chair

LIBRARIANS Robert Stiles Principal Ethan Allen PERSONNEL Stephen Molina Orchestra Personnel Manager

Heather Hart Rochon

Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager

STAGE PERSONNEL Frank Bonucci Stage Manager

Steven Kemp

Department Head

Matthew Pons

Department Head

Michael Sarkissian Department Head

COVER CONDUCTOR Oriol Sans ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Malorie Blake, violin Kyoko Kashiwagi, violin Velda Kelly, violin Cristina Muresan, violin Alexandros Sakarellos, violin Kristin Van Ausdal, violin Melody Wootton, violin Sarah Cleveland, cello David Huckaby, cello Jessica Grabbe, bass Greg Sheldon, bass Jung-Wan Kang, flute Regina Yost, piccolo Jocelyn Langworthy, clarinet Scott Strong, horn Reed Capshaw, trombone John Tafoya, timpani Keith Claeys, percussion George Nickson, percussion Ron Strnad, percussion Rob Conway, piano Russell Mallare, saxophone Erik Ronmark, saxophone Read full bios online at dso.org/orchestra.

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