Heroes Gala 2023 Program Book

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With Love from Your Family Max and Marjorie Fisher and Robert and Marian Cummings (in spirit) Jane, Larry, David, Ellen, Jessica, Andrew, Allie, Bo, Maude, Zeke and Hank Scott, Robbie, Samantha, Justin and Emily Dakota, Brett, Stevie Rae and Dylan, Joshua, and Lilli, Sylvia, Stanley and Aviv Mary, Max, Natasha and Sloane, and Zachary Phillip, Lauren, Chase, Annie, Weston and Lucas, Amanda, Benjamin, Abigail, Blake, Alexis Keith, Dina, Megan, Nathan and Maxwell, Anthony, Amanda, and Levi Caroline, Nick, Francesca, and Dashiell Marjorie, Roy, Andrew, Alaia, and Iris Alissandra, John, Jill, Sam, Stephanie, Nicholas, Frankie and Birdie

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Welcome

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ELCOME TO THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL HEROES GALA,

With deep appreciation,

Erik Rönmark, President and CEO

David T. Provost, Chair, Board of Directors

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where we celebrate the remarkable leaders, colleagues, and friends who significantly impact the vision, values, and success of our Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Tonight, we are honored to recognize DSO Board Chair Emeritus Peter Cummings. Peter’s guiding principle and advocacy of “people, place, and purpose” has been ingrained in this organization’s DNA during the three decades he’s been involved as a leader, supporter, and friend of the DSO. This holistic approach has enabled the DSO to grow and evolve while staying committed to its mission.

Peter’s impact has been transformational, starting with our home: The Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, or The Max for short. Attend a concert on a Friday or Saturday night when all our performance spaces are activated—the DSO and Jader Bignamini performing a big orchestral work in Orchestra Hall, an evening of spoken word and DJs spinning records in The Cube, or a jazz combo playing in Sosnick Courtyard. That special combination of excitement, camaraderie, and a community coming together in support of music can’t be topped anywhere else in the city of Detroit.

As the visionary behind the expansion of Orchestra Hall into The Max in 2003, Peter provided our musicians ample backstage amenities (before 2003 dressing rooms were trailers on Parsons Street) and gave students enrolled in our Civic Youth Ensembles an entire wing dedicated to music education. Perhaps more importantly, he gave us an opportunity to envision a deeper relationship with the city and its people, to be good neighbors, and to consider the role we play in the larger narrative of Detroit.

These considerations are inherent today in the work we do through our Detroit Strategy, Detroit Neighborhood Initiative, and Detroit Harmony programs, and how we are committed to expanding our participation in the growth and well-being of our city.

Thank you, Peter, for all you have done in service to the people, place, and purpose of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. And thank you to all of you who have come out tonight to celebrate Peter and support the DSO. We are excited to ask you to save the date—Saturday, September 30, 2023—for our Opening Gala when the DSO and Jader Bignamini celebrate the start of the 2023-2024 season with the one-and-only Yo-Yo Ma. We have not held a true opening-night gala in many years, so make sure to reserve your place now for what is sure to be an extraordinary and memorable evening.

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Host Committee HONORARY PATRONS Stanley and Judy Frankel Jim and Ann Nicholson

HONORARY CHAIRS Mark Davidoff and Margie Dunn Phillip and Lauren Fisher Mariam Noland and Jim Kelly Bob and Sandy Riney Stephen Ross Nancy and Arn Tellem Barbara Van Dusen

HOST COMMITTEE

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W. Harold and Chacona W. Baugh Louis Beck Barbara and Michael Bickers Penny and Harold Blumenstein Karen and Matt Cullen Dina and Casey Cummings Amanda and Tony Cummings Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden The Honorable David Fischer and Mrs. Jennifer Fischer Linda Forte and Tyrone Davenport Carolynn and Aaron Frankel Erica and Ralph Gerson Carola and Ric Huttenlocher Elizabeth and Renato Jamett Morgan and Danny Kaufman Bonnie Larson Florine Mark Faye and Al Nelson Sylvia and David Nelson

Dave Nicholson Jackie Paige Myrna and Spencer Partrich Dr. Glenda Price Christine and David Provost Caroline and Nicholas Rafferty Eleanor and Bernard Robertson Brenda and Howard Rosenberg Dr. Mark and Peggy Saffer Marjorie Shuman Saulson Mary and Tom Shafer Jane and Larry Sherman Shirley and Henry Stancato Shelley and Joel Tauber Laura and Thomas Trudeau Trudy and Arthur Weiss Dr. M. Roy and Jacqueline Wilson Drs. Bernadine and David Wu

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along with Honorary Patrons Stanley and Judy Frankel & Jim and Ann Nicholson present

This Evening

THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

the 11th annual

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5:30 PM

7:00 PM

8:30 PM

Red carpet arrivals and cocktails ——

DSO Heroes Benefit Concert ——

Formal dinner ——

THE WILLIAM

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CUMMINGS CUBE

DAVIDSON ATRIUM

THE PETER D. AND JULIE F.

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ORCHESTRA HALL | MAX M. & MARJORIE S. FISHER MUSIC CENTER | DETROIT

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CONGRATULATIONS GRAMPS!

WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO PROUD OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING JOY AND MUSIC INTO ALL OF OUR LIVES! XO, CAROLINE, NICK, FRANCESCA, & DASH

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This Evening

Two Pianos: WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE

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Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet—join forces for the first time in an innovative program for two pianos celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world.

Born of a serendipitous encounter between the two artists at Festival Napa Valley 2021, Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More? showcases each artist’s unique gifts for creativity, virtuosity, and sheer joy of music making. Feinstein is the renowned vocalist/ pianist/conductor and the leading authority on the Great American Songbook, while Thibaudet has built a 30year reputation not only as one of today’s finest pianists, but also for his imaginative partnerships in film, fashion,

and visual art. Together, Feinstein and Thibaudet form a uniquely prodigious artistic and creative force.

There is an extraordinary heritage of music from the 20th century that straddles the worlds of classical and popular, and this presentation will resonantly connect the dots with rich anecdotes and rare musicality afforded by the genre. A centerpiece of the program will feature lost and unknown Gershwin works, some originally conceived for two pianos, alongside his more beloved works including Rhapsody in Blue. Other works will include those penned by Leonard Bernstein and Irving Berlin, with a suite of charming waltzes by Richard Rodgers.

Program subject to change

THANK YOU TO OUR MUSICIANS Thank you to the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra who are playing this evening’s concert as a donated service. We appreciate their continued support and generosity.

The DSO, in partnership with Bonnie Larson, is also pleased to present this evening one of the newest additions to our fine instrument collection—The Larson Piano, acquired in 2022.

The Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano is the standard by which other concert pianos are judged and compared. Handmade in the New York Steinway Factory, this majestic musical instrument is the pinnacle of concert grands.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

THE LARSON PIANO

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Congratulations to

PETER & JULIE

CUMMINGS For their decades of service to the symphony and our community.

——————— With gratitude for all that our families have shared,

RALPH, ERICA, STEPH & MADDIE GERSON

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History

Historic Heroes The DSO founded the Heroes Gala in 2010 in honor of the remarkable people who impact the vision, values, and success of the organization.

2010: JAMES B. NICHOLSON

DSO Chairman Emeritus, and President and CEO of PVS Chemicals Inc.

2012: LLOYD REUSS

DSO Director Emeritus and former President of General Motors Corporation

2013: BARBARA VAN DUSEN

DSO Director Emerita and beloved supporter of the arts in Detroit

2014: DAN GILBERT Founder and Chairman of Rock Ventures LLC together with

MATT CULLEN former President and Chief Executive Officer of Rock Ventures LLC

2015: THE DAVIDSON/GERSON FAMILY

prolific Detroit philanthropists and supporters of the DSO’s William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series

2016: JOHN A. BOLL DSO Director Emeritus and former Chairman and CEO of Chateau Properties & MARLENE L. BOLL former Radio City Rockette and active DSO volunteer

2017: MANDELL AND MADELEINE (BILL AND MADGE) BERMAN each longtime DSO board members and steadfast supporters of the orchestra’s education programs

Penny and Harold Blumenstein Future Audiences Fund, together with LEONARD SLATKIN 10-year DSO Music Director who established the Cindy and Leonard Slatkin Emerging Artists Fund

2019: MORT HARRIS

DSO Board member Emeritus, philanthropist, and decorated World War II veteran

2022: LINDA DRESNER AND ED LEVY, JR. longtime DSO supporters and community philanthropists with President Emeritus ANNE PARSONS, longtime transformative President and CEO of the DSO

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2018: PENNY AND HAROLD BLUMENSTEIN each longtime DSO supporters who established the

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Honoree

Peter D.

Sometime around the year 2000, Peter Cummings decided it would be a good time to take piano lessons.

He fell hard for classical music a decade earlier, became a regular at Orchestra Hall after relocating to Detroit from Florida in 1989, and joined the board of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1992. Playing the piano would anchor his love for classical music, particularly Mozart, connecting his body and spirit to the sound that had changed his life.

Besides, it’s not like he had all that much on his plate at the time. Wait, check that.

At the turn of the century, Cummings was the visionary chairman of the DSO, overseeing the historic transformation of Orchestra Hall into the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center—an audacious, ambitious plan hatched from his imagination. Then there were his day gigs. He managed the real estate portfolio belonging to the family of Max Fisher, his father-in-law, an industrialist, philanthropist, and a perennial on the Forbes

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list of wealthiest Americans. Cummings also ran his own development company with his son, Casey, in Florida and Detroit.

So, yeah, he did have a few other things occupying his time.

Cummings soon found himself waking at 4 a.m. just to find time to practice. “I had to give up music for the DSO,” he once said.

But it reveals something about why Cummings, the 2023 DSO Heroes Gala honoree, is the most soulful real estate developer in Detroit and has earned a spot on the Mount Rushmore of the orchestra’s most important philanthropists and board leaders: The artform meant so much to him that he wanted to experience the feeling of making music.

“Music,” he said during a recent conversation in the donor lounge at The Max, “is like meditation. If I’m feeling a certain way that I don’t want to, I play classical music.

The way you come into yourself and get lost in an experience—music is one of the few things that can do that.”

Cummings’s contributions to the DSO are broad, deep, and generational. They touch on nearly every aspect of the institution, from the concert hall to backstage and front-of-house facilities, artistic initiatives, manage-

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ment, board leadership, donor cultivation, and more than $10 million in lifetime giving from himself and his wife, Julie.

The headlines begin with the entrepreneurial leadership that gave birth to The Max, a $60 million, 135,000-square-foot addition to Orchestra Hall, including expansive lobbies, backstage facilities, an education wing, and a flexible, 450-seat performance space. The building opened in 2003, capping his five-year tenure as chairman by bequeathing to the orchestra, and the city, a 21st century performing arts and education complex.

The magic of what was called the Orchestra Place project was how it linked the symphony’s destiny to that of Detroit

He recalled a community presentation he gave about the Orchestra Place project in January 1996 and a conversation with the late David Page, a prominent Honigman attorney: “He said, ‘If you can do this, and you never do anything else in your life, you will leave a legacy.’ At the time, I thought he was being excessive, but over time I’ve come to appreciate that statement. You need to conceive it, round-up constituent groups, raise the financing, put it in place. And then you need to see it work.”

Cummings paused. Then he added a quiet kicker. “I think this works pretty well.”

The Max wedded the DSO to the city and its audiences in an evolving partnership built on pillars of civic and cultural relevance.

The building also changed the orchestra’s self-identity. It elevated everything the institution did while folding its core classical programming within an expanding mission of education and community initiatives and musical diversity.

By 2016, however, Cummings realized that the building wasn’t fulfilling its potential because the small performance space known as the Music Box remained underutilized. Ideas and imagination weren’t lacking, but resources were. Cummings and his wife Julie provided financial support to reboot the Peter D. and Julie F. Cummings Cube, and the reinvigorated space remains a lynchpin in broadening the orchestra’s programming and audiences via jazz, hip-hop, pop, salsa, classical chamber music, and more.

“The cost of doing something in The Cube and the flexibility of the space provides you with a total complement to Orchestra Hall,” he says. “It’s a lot easier to be experimental and reach out to other audiences with other genres and forms in The Cube. I always felt that we had to reach outside the traditional classical music audience.”

Reaching across stylistic and audience divides is not just something Cummings has championed through his work with the DSO. From 2011 to 2014 he also hosted a monthly Sirius XM Satellite Radio show called “Linked: Connecting the Classics” that featured a multi-genre mix of music and interviews. Like his piano lessons as an adult, the show intensified his experience with music as an artform.

"Music is like

meditation...

The way you come into yourself and get lost in an experience—music is one of the few things that can do that."

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to help rebuild the city.

Cummings understood that while it was cash poor, the DSO owned a striking amount of undeveloped land surrounding Orchestra Hall. The footprint would eventually encompass The Max, a DSO-financed office building and parking garage just south of Orchestra Hall, and an adjacent publicly financed Detroit School of Arts. The combined development represented $220 million of neighborhood investment, an influential early victory in Detroit’s nascent renaissance.

What Cummings understood more profoundly than anyone else was that the DSO, which had teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in the late ’80s and early ’90s, would survive only by weaving itself deeper into the fabric of the city.

“His time as chairman was as much about looking outward as looking inward,” said Chair Emeritus Mark Davidoff.

“Who else was thinking about Midtown at that time?”

Beyond Orchestra Place, Cummings would also develop the Ellington residential-retail building and parking deck across the street from Orchestra Hall. A decade later, with support of his Florida company, he developed the Whole Foods project in the neighborhood with key help from Midtown Detroit’s Sue Mosey to bring the grocery store to the site. Cummings is a businessperson, of course, but his development projects are intrinsically tied to neighborhood revitalization, community residents, and cultural initiatives. He creates environments, not just buildings.

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Mark Stryker is the author of Destiny: 100 Years of Music, Magic, and Community at Orchestra Hall in Detroit and Jazz from Detroit. He was an arts reporter and music critic at the Detroit Free Press from 1995-2016.

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While The Max and The Cube are the most visible manifestations of Cummings’s contributions, there are others that continue to resonate on less public frequencies.

One is the subtle bridge-building that initially brought the Fisher family—including Max and wife Marjorie, their son Phillip (also a DSO Chair Emeritus), and the Fisher Family Foundation—into the DSO family. Jane Sherman, Cummings’s sister-in-law, also served as a board member. Cummings confirmed that the cumulative giving to the DSO by the extended Fisher family has passed $30 million to endowment, construction, touring, education, and programming. The number is higher when annual giving is included.

On another front, in 2004 Cummings joined with his successor as Board Chair, Jim Nicholson, to put on a full court press that brought the late DSO President Anne Parsons to Detroit, whose landmark tenure lasted from 2004-2021.

There is one additional Cummings contribution to the DSO that’s hard to quantify but continues to make an indelible impression: his presence. “I just find it so refreshing and honest that he commits to being in the hall,” said Stephen Molina, longtime Assistant Principal Bass.

“And he comes to small concerts, not just the big ones.

It’s a tribute to him and what he truly thinks about the orchestra—all we do on stage and as an arts entity for the community.”

As transformative as Cummings has been for the DSO, the orchestra has left an indelible imprint on him too. A Montreal native, he was a newcomer to Detroit when he and his family arrived from Palm Beach. The DSO was his pathway into the city, providing him with a community, a calling, and endless musical nourishment for his soul.

“There are two fundamental ways you can play your involvement on a board,” he says by way of advice to those starting their volunteer journey with nonprofits.

“One is just to show up to meetings and occasionally say something, if you have something worth saying. The other is to pick an area where you have a skill that needs to be addressed. The second is the way you’ll have the richest experience by far. If you do that, an amazing world will open up to you.”

Another pause.

“I don’t think there’s any institution that I dug into deeper than the DSO.” ——

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Orchestra

JADER BIGNAMINI, Music Director Music Directorship endowed by the Kresge Foundation JEFF TYZIK

TERENCE BLANCHARD

NA’ZIR MCFADDEN

LEONARD SLATKIN

NEEME JÄRVI

Principal Pops Conductor

Fred A. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

Assistant Conductor, Phillip & Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador

Music Director Laureate

Music Director Emeritus

First Violin Robyn Bollinger CONCERTMASTER Katherine Tuck Chair

Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER Schwartz and Shapero Family Chair

Hai-Xin Wu ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Walker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation Chair

Jennifer Wey Fang ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER

Marguerite Deslippe* Laurie Goldman* Rachel Harding Klaus* Eun Park Lee* Adrienne Rönmark* William and Story John Chair

Alexandros Sakarellos* Drs. Doris Tong and Teck Soo Chair

PRINCIPAL

Abraham Feder ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dorothy and Herbert Graebner Chair

Robert Bergman* Jeremy Crosmer* Victor and Gale Girolami Cello Chair

David LeDoux* Peter McCaffrey* Joanne Deanto and Arnold Weingarden Chair

Una O’Riordan* Mary Ann & Robert Gorlin Chair

Cole Randolph* Bass Kevin Brown PRINCIPAL Van Dusen Family Chair

Clarinet Ralph Skiano PRINCIPAL Robert B. Semple Chair

Jack Walters PVS Chemicals Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson Chair

Shannon Orme E-Flat Clarinet OPEN Bass Clarinet Shannon Orme Barbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

Bassoon Conrad Cornelison PRINCIPAL Byron and Dorothy Gerson Chair

Marcus Schoon Jaquain Sloan §

Timpani Jeremy Epp PRINCIPAL Richard and Mona Alonzo Chair

James Ritchie ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Percussion Joseph Becker PRINCIPAL Ruth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III Chair

Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL William Cody Knicely Chair

James Ritchie Librarians Robert Stiles PRINCIPAL

Ethan Allen Legacy Chairs Principal Flute

Laura Soto* Greg Staples* Jiamin Wang* Mingzhao Zhou*

Stephen Molina Christopher Hamlen Brandon Mason

Contrabassoon Marcus Schoon

Principal Cello

Second Violin Adam Stepniewski

Harp OPEN

Horn Karl Pituch

Personnel Managers Patrick Peterson

ACTING PRINCIPAL The Devereaux Family Chair

Will Haapaniemi* David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Hae Jeong Heidi Han* David and Valerie McCammon Chairs

Elizabeth Furuta* Sheryl Hwangbo Yu* Daniel Kim* Sujin Lim* Hong-Yi Mo* Marian Tanau* Alexander Volkov* Jing Zhang* Viola Eric Nowlin HEROES GALA 2023

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Cello Wei Yu

PRINCIPAL Julie and Ed Levy, Jr. Chair

James VanValkenburg ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Caroline Coade Henry and Patricia Nickol Chair

Glenn Mellow Hang Su Hart Hollman Han Zheng Mike Chen

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

PRINCIPAL Winifred E. Polk Chair

Flute Hannah Hammel Maser 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

PRINCIPAL

Johanna Yarbrough Scott Strong Ric and Carola Huttenlocher Chair

David Everson ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Mark Abbott Trumpet Hunter Eberly PRINCIPAL Lee and Floy Barthel Chair

Women’s Association for the DSO James C. Gordon

DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Benjamin Tisherman MANAGER OF ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

Nolan Cardenas AUDITION AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Stage Personnel Dennis Rottell STAGE MANAGER

William Dailing DEPARTMENT HEAD

Jeffery Zook Shantanique Moore§

William Lucas

Zachary Deater

Piccolo Jeffery Zook

Trombone Kenneth Thompkins

Isaac Eide

Shari and Craig Morgan Chair

Oboe Alexander Kinmonth PRINCIPAL Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Chair

Sarah Lewis ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Monica Fosnaugh English Horn Monica Fosnaugh

DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD

PRINCIPAL

Kurt Henry

David Binder Adam Rainey

Steven Kemp

Bass Trombone Adam Rainey Tuba Dennis Nulty PRINCIPAL

DEPARTMENT HEAD DEPARTMENT HEAD

Matthew Pons DEPARTMENT HEAD

Jason Tschantre DEPARTMENT HEAD

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

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JADER 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 musician (clarinet) 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 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.

Conductor

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MICHAEL

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MICHAEL FEINSTEIN has built a dazzling career over the last three decades bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy nominated PBS-TV specials, his acclaimed NPR series, and concerts spanning the globe—in addition to his appearances at iconic venues including the White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and Sydney Opera House—his work as an educator and archivist define Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time.

In 2007, he founded the Great American Songbook Foundation, dedicated to celebrating the art form and preserving it through educational programs, masterclasses, and the annual High School Songbook Academy. This summer intensive, open to students from across the country, has produced graduates who have gone on to record acclaimed albums and appear on television programs such as NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Feinstein serves on the Library of Congress’s National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to ensuring the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America’s sound recording heritage.

Feinstein earned his fifth Grammy Award nomination in 2009 for The Sinatra Project, his CD celebrating the music of “Ol’ Blue

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Eyes.” The Sinatra Project, Volume II: The Good Life was released in 2011. He released the CDs The Power Of Two—collaborating with Glee and 30 Rock star Cheyenne Jackson—and Cheek To Cheek, recorded with Broadway legend Barbara Cook. For Feinstein’s CD We Dreamed These Days, he co-wrote the title song with Dr. Maya Angelou.

His Emmy Award-nominated TV special Michael Feinstein–The Sinatra Legacy, which was taped live at the Palladium in Carmel, Indiana, aired across the country in 2011. The PBS series Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, the recipient of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor Television Broadcast Award, was broadcast for three seasons and is available on DVD. His most recent primetime PBSTV Special, “New Year’s Eve at The Rainbow Room”—written and directed by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry—aired in 2014. For his nationally syndicated public radio program, “Song Travels,” Feinstein interviews and performs alongside music luminaries including Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Rickie Lee Jones, and David Hyde Pierce.

Feinstein was named Principal Pops Conductor for the Pasadena Symphony in 2012 and made his conducting debut in June 2013 to celebrated critical acclaim. Under Feinstein’s leadership, the Pasadena Pops has quickly become a premier orchestral presenter of the Great American Songbook with definitive performances of rare orchestrations and classic arrangements. He launched an additional Pops series at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach, Florida in 2014.

Feinstein’s book The Gershwins and Me—the Los Angeles Times best-seller from Simon & Schuster—features a new CD of Gershwin standards performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano.

Feinstein serves as Artistic Director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, a $170 million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in January 2011. The theater is home to diverse live programming and a museum for his rare memorabilia and manuscripts. Since 1999, he has served as Artistic Director for Carnegie Hall’s “Standard Time with Michael Feinstein” in conjunction with ASCAP. In 2010, he became the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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THIBAUDET For more than three decades, JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET has performed worldwide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. He plays a range of solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire—from Beethoven through Liszt, Grieg, and Saint-Saëns, to Khachaturian and Gershwin, and to Olivier Messiaen, Qigang Chen, James MacMillan, Richard Dubugnon, and Aaron Zigman.

From the very start of his career, he has delighted in music beyond the standard repertoire, from jazz to opera, including works which he has transcribed himself for the piano. His profound professional friendships crisscross the globe and have led to spontaneous and fruitful collaborations in film, fashion, and visual art.

This season, Thibaudet continues his multi-season focus on Debussy’s Préludes, playing the complete Préludes in solo recitals in Seattle, at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, in Bilbao, Luxembourg, Metz, San Francisco, and Chapel Hill; at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival; and in Kansas City, Orange County, Zurich, and Leipzig.

Thibaudet will also perform several recitals and small-ensemble concerts with close friends and new collaborators this season.

After a recital with Renée Fleming at Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Colburn Celebrity Series, Thibaudet will join violinist Midori for a tour of Beethoven’s complete Violin Sonatas, with dates at Dartmouth College, in Chicago, and at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall; the duo will release a recording of the sonatas on Warner Classics later this season.

In December, Thibaudet appeared with the all-star Itzhak Perlman and Friends program at the University of Michigan, in Toronto, and at Carnegie Hall. Beginning in the spring, Thibaudet will join pianist, singer, and music historian Michael Feinstein in Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?, a bespoke evening-length program featuring the music of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, and more, specially arranged for the occasion for piano duos, solos, vocals, and orchestra.

Thibaudet appears as soloist in eight different pieces this season, performed with eleven orchestras. A noted interpreter of Gershwin’s piano works, Thibaudet performs the composer’s Concerto in F with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, as well as the Lu-

zerner Sinfonieorchester. Beginning in January, Thibaudet performs Debussy’s Fantaisie for piano and orchestra with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony, where it is programmed alongside Messiaen’s Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine; he later brings the piece to the San Diego Symphony.

A renowned performer of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, Thibaudet joins Jaap van Zweden for performances of the piece with both the Hong Kong and New York Philharmonic. He then joins the Cincinnati Symphony in performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, after which he brings Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 5 to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He brings another signature piece of his—Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety,”—to The Cleveland Orchestra, followed in May by a performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Thibaudet has a lifelong passion for education and fostering young musical talent. He is the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. In 2017, the school announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships, funded by members of Colburn’s donor community, to provide aid for Music Academy students, whom Thibaudet will select for the merit-based awards, regardless of their instrument choice. cont'd on pg. 14

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Guest Artists

FEINSTEIN from pg. 12

Hotel, has presented the top talents of pop and jazz since 2013. He opened Feinstein’s at the Hotel Carmichael in 2021. His first venue in New York, Feinstein’s at the Regency, featured major entertainers such as Rosemary Clooney, Glen Campbell, Barbara Cook, Diahann Carroll, Jane Krakowski, Lea Michele, Cyndi Lauper, Jason Mraz, and Alan Cumming from 1999 to 2012.

He has designed a new piano for Steinway called “The First Ladies,” inspired by the White House piano and signed by several former First Ladies. It was first played to commemorate the Ronald Regan centennial on February 6, 2011.

In 2013, Feinstein released Change Of Heart: The Songs of Andre Previn in collaboration with four-time Oscar and eleven-time Grammy Award-winning composer-conductor-pianist Andre Previn.

The album celebrates Previn’s pop songs and motion picture classics.

Earlier album highlights include Hopeless Romantics, a songbook of classics by Feinstein’s late friend Harry Warren, recording with legendary jazz pianist George Shearing. His album with songwriting icon Jimmy Webb, Only One Life–The Songs of Jimmy Webb, was named one of “10 Best CDs of the Year” by USA Today.

Feinstein received his fourth Grammy nomination for Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, his first recording with a symphony orchestra. The year before, Rhino/Elektra Music

released The Michael Feinstein Anthology, a two-disc compilation spanning 1987 to 1996 and featuring old favorites and previously unreleased tracks.

Feinstein was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, where he started playing piano by ear at age five. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles at age 20. The widow of legendary concert pianist-actor Oscar Levant introduced him to Ira Gershwin in July 1977. Feinstein became Gershwin’s assistant for six years, which earned him access to numerous unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded.

Gershwin’s influence provided a solid base upon which Feinstein evolved into a captivating performer, composer, and arranger of his own original music. He also has become an unparalleled interpreter of music legends including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington, and Harry Warren. Feinstein has received three honorary doctorates.

Through his live performances, recordings, film and television appearances, and his songwriting (in collaboration with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Lindy Robbins, Bob Merrill, and Marshall Barer), Feinstein is an all-star force in American music.

Wardrobe by Ron Tomson, Los Angeles

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Thibaudet records exclusively for Decca; his extensive catalogue has received two Grammy nominations, two ECHO Awards, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, and Gramophone awards. His most recent album, 2021’s Carte Blanche, features a collection of deeply personal solo piano pieces never before recorded by the pianist. Other highlights from Thibaudet’s catalog include a 2017 recording of Bernstein's “Age of Anxiety” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, with whom he previously recorded Gershwin, featuring big band jazz orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, the Concerto in F, and the original version of Variations on “I Got Rhythm.” In 2016, on the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie's birth, Decca released a box set of Satie's complete solo piano music performed by Thibaudet—one of the foremost champions of the composer's works. On his Grammy-nominated recording Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerti Nos. 2 & 5, released in 2007, he is joined by Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Thibaudet's Aria–Opera Without Words, which was released the same year, features aria transcriptions, some of which are Thibaudet's own. His other recordings include the jazz albums Reflections on Duke: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Conversations With Bill Evans.

Thibaudet has also had an impact on the worlds of fashion, film, and philanthropy. He was soloist on Aaron Zigman’s score for Robin Swicord’s Wakefield; this was the first time that the composer had allowed a pianist other than himself to perform his film work.

He was also soloist in Dario Marianelli’s award-winning scores for the films Atonement (which won an Oscar for Best Original Score)

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and Pride and Prejudice, as well as Alexandre Desplat’s soundtracks for the 2012 film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Wes Anderson’s 2021 film The French Dispatch. He had a cameo in Bruce Beresford's film on Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind, and his playing is showcased throughout. In 2004, he served as president of the prestigious charity auction at the Hospices de Beaune. His concert wardrobe is designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood.

Thibaudet was born in Lyon, France, where he began his piano studies at age five and made his first public appearance at age seven. At 12, he entered the Paris Conservatory to study with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves, a friend and collaborator of Ravel. At age 15, he won the Premier Prix du Conservatoire and, three years later, the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York City. Among his numerous commendations is the Victoire d’Honneur, a lifetime career achievement award and the highest honor given

by France’s Victoires de la Musique. In 2010, the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. In 2020, he was named Special Representative for the promotion of French Creative and Cultural Industries in Romania. He is co-artistic advisor, with Gautier Capuçon, of the Festival Musique & Vin au Clos Vougeot.

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Staff

The DSO Administrative Staff salutes tonight’s honoree!

Advancement

Communications

Erik Rönmark

Alex Kapordelis

Matt Carlson

Senior Director of Advancement

Senior Director, Communications and Media Relations

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

Jill Elder Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Linda Lutz Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Joy Crawford

Audrey Kelley Director of Executive and Board Operations

Amanda Tew Director, Advancement Operations

Damaris Doss Major Gift Officer

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Leslie Groves

Serena Donadoni

Major Gift Officer

Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer

Anne Parsons ◊ President Emeritus

Artistic Operations AR T I ST I C P L A NNING Jessica Ruiz Senior Director of Artistic Planning

Jessica Slais

Ali Huber Signature Events Manager

Jane Koelsch Colleen McLellan Institutional Gift Officer

Juanda Pack

Joseph Sabatella

Manager of Jazz and @ The Max

D. Kenji Lee

Shalynn Vaughn

Jazz and @ The Max Coordinator

Major Gift Officer

Claudia Scalzetti

Alice Sheppard

Executive Producer of Live from Orchestra Hall

OR C H E ST R A OP E R AT I ON S Kathryn Ginsburg General Manager

Patrick Peterson Director of Orchestra Personnel

Dennis Rottell

Events Coordinator

Building Operations Ken Waddington Senior Director of Facility Operations

Cedric Allen EVS Technician

Teresa Beachem Chief Engineer

Demetris Fisher Manager of Environmental Services (EVS)

William Guilbault EVS Technician

Robert Hobson Chief Maintenance Technician

Stage Manager

Daniel Speights

Benjamin Brown

EVS Technician

Production Manager

Nolan Cardenas Audition and Operations Coordinator

Bronwyn Hagerty Orchestra and Training Programs Librarian

Benjamin Tisherman Manager of Orchestra Personnel

Event And Patron Experience Christina Williams Director of Patron and Event Experience

Neva Kirksey Manager of Events and Rentals

Alison Reed, CVA Manager of Volunteer and Patron Experience

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Hannah Engwall Public Relations Manager

Francesca Leo Public Relations Coordinator

Community & Learning

Susan Queen Gift Officer, Corporate Giving

Manager of Campaign

Marc Geelhoed

LaToya Cross Communications and Advancement Content Specialist

Karisa Antonio

Cassidy Schmid

LI VE FR OM OR C H E ST R A H A L L

Video Content Specialist

Senior Director of Social Innovation and Learning

Goode Wyche III

Artist Liaison

Natalie Berger

Advancement Benefits Concierge

Fulfillment Coordinator

Lindzy Volk

Director of Content and Storytelling

Data and Research Specialist

Creative Director of Popular and Special Programming

Artistic Coordinator

Sarah Smarch

Damien Crutcher Managing Director of Detroit Harmony

Debora Kang

Information Technology William Shell Director of Information Technology

Michelle Koning Web Manager

Aaron Tockstein Database Administrator

Marketing & Audience Development Charles Buchanan Senior Director of Marketing and Audience Development

Teresa Alden Director of Growth and Acquisition

Rebecca Villarreal Director of Subscriptions and Loyalty

Sharon Gardner Carr Assistant Manager of Tessitura and Ticketing Operations

Jay Holladay

Director of Education

Brand Graphic Designer

Clare Valenti

Crystal Mann

Director of Community Engagement

Kiersten Alcorn

Loyalty Marketing Strategist

LaHeidra Marshall

Manager of Community Engagement

Marketing Projects Specialist

Chris DeLouis

Connor Mehren

Training Ensembles Operations Coordinator

Joanna Goldstein

Digital Marketing Strategist

Declan O'Neal

Training Ensembles Student Development Coordinator

Marketing and Promotions Coordinator

Kendra Sachs

Content Marketing Strategist

Training Ensembles Recruitment and Communications Coordinator

Kristin Pagels-Quinlan

Finance

PATRO N SAL ES & S ERV IC E

Agnes Postma

Michelle Marshall

Senior Director of Accounting and Finance

Director of Patron Sales and Service

Adela Löw

Rollie Edwards

Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting

Patron Sales and Service Specialist

Sandra Mazza

James Sabatella

Senior Accountant, Business Operations

Group and Patron Services Specialist

Hoang Duong Accounting Clerk Assistant

Dina Hardeman-McCoy Payroll and Benefits Accountant

Sarah Nawrot Accounting Clerk

Human Resources

Safety & Security George Krappmann Director of Safety and Security

Willie Coleman Security Officer

Naomi Howard Security Officer

Hannah Lozon

Joyce Dorsey

Senior Director of Talent and Culture

Security Officer

Angela Stough

Tony Morris

Director of Human Resources

Security Officer

Shuntia Perry

Johnnie Scott

Recruitment and Employee Experience Specialist

Safety and Security Manager

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Our

Congratulations to the DSO and Peter Cummings!

———

Stanley and Judy Frankel

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Samuel Frankel ◊

Officers of the Board of Directors

Renato Jamett,

Lois A. Miller

Stanley Frankel

David T. Provost

Trustee Chair

Chair

Ismael Ahmed

H. Keith Mobley

Erik Rönmark

Richard Alonzo

David Handleman, Sr. ◊ Dr. Arthur L. Johnson ◊ James B. Nicholson Anne Parsons

President Emeritus ◊

Barbara Van Dusen Clyde Wu, M.D. ◊ Deceased ◊

President & CEO

Faye Alexander Nelson Vice Chair

Laura Trudeau

Hadas Bernard Janice Bernick Elizabeth Boone

Scott Monty Shari Morgan Sandy Morrison Frederick J. Morsches Jennifer Muse,

Treasurer

Gwen Bowlby

NextGen Chair

James G. Vella

Marco Bruzzano

Sean M. Neall

Secretary

Dr. Betty Chu

Eric Nemeth

Margaret Cooney Casey

Maury Okun

Karen Cullen

Jackie Paige

Ralph J. Gerson Officer at Large

Chairs Emeriti

Board of Trustees

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

Joanne Danto

Vivian Pickard

Peter D. Cummings

Shirley Stancato

Stephen D’Arcy

Denise Fair Razo

Mark A. Davidoff

Officer at Large

Maureen T. D’Avanzo

Gerrit Reepmeyer

Jasmin DeForrest

Richard Robinson

Afa Sadykhly Dworkin

James Rose, Jr.

James C. Farber

Laurie Rosen

Abe Feder,

Elana Rugh

Orchestra Representative

Marc Schwartz

Phillip Wm. Fisher Stanley Frankel Robert S. Miller

Board of Directors

James B. Nicholson

David Assemany,

Directors Emeriti

Governing Members Chair

Michael Bickers

Linda Forte

Amanda Blaikie,

Carolynn Frankel

Orchestra Representative

Maha Freij

Carlo Serraiocco Lois L. Shaevsky

Floy Barthel

Elena Centeio

Chacona Baugh

Dave Everson,

Penny B. Blumenstein

Orchestra Representative

Robert Gillette

Richard A. Brodie

Aaron Frankel

Jody Glancy

Richard Sonenklar

Lois Cohn

Herman B. Gray, M.D., M.B.A.

Mary Ann Gorlin

Rob Tanner

Marianne Endicott

Laura Hernandez -Romine

Donald Hiruo

Yoni Torgow

Sidney Forbes

Rev. Nicholas Hood III

Michelle Hodges

Gwen Weiner

Herman H. Frankel

Richard Huttenlocher

Julie Hollinshead

Donnell White

Dr. Gloria Heppner

Renato Jamett,

Sam Huszczo

Jennifer Whitteaker

Trustee Chair

John Jullens

R. Jamison Williams

Daniel J. Kaufman

Laurel Kalkanis

Margaret E. Winters

Michael J. Keegan

Jay Kapadia

Xavier Mosquet

David Karp

David Nicholson

Joel D. Kellman

Arthur T. O’Reilly

John Kim

Maestro Circle Executive Committee

Stephen Polk

Jennette Smith Kotila

Janet & Norm Ankers,

Bernard I. Robertson

Leonard LaRocca

Nancy Tellem

William Lentine

David M. Wu, M.D.

Linda Dresner Levy

Ellen Hill Zeringue

Florine Mark

Ronald Horwitz Bonnie Larson Arthur C. Liebler Harold Kulish David McCammon David R. Nelson William F. Pickard, Ph.D. Marilyn Pincus Lloyd E. Reuss Marjorie S. Saulson Alan E. Schwartz Jane Sherman Arthur A. Weiss

Christa Funk

Anthony McCree Kristen McLennan Tito Melega Lydia Michael

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Mary Shafer Ralph Skiano, Orchestra Representative

Chairs

Cecilia Benner Joanne Danto Gregory Haynes Bonnie Larson Lois Miller Richard Sonenklar

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Lifetime Directors

Board of Directors

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Sponsors

THANK YOU to this evening's

sponsors

Proceeds from the 2023 Heroes Gala will support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s commitment to transforming the lives of children and youth across our region through music education.

Presenting Sponsor

Stanley and Judy Frankel Diamond Sponsor

Marjorie S. Fisher Fund Julie and Peter Cummings

Platinum Sponsors

Burns and Wilcox Corewell Health The Honorable David Fischer & Mrs. Jennifer Fischer Globe Midwest Adjusters International Kathryn and Roger Penske Myron P. Leven Foundation

Gold Sponsors Emerald Sponsor

Linda Dresner and Ed Levy, Jr. Sapphire Sponsors

HEROES GALA 2023

DTE Energy Lauren and Phillip Fisher Erica and Ralph Gerson Joanne Danto and Arnold Weingarden Penny and Harold Blumenstein Henry Ford Health System Bernadine and David Wu

Louis Beck Marjorie Fisher and Roy Furman Madeline and Sidney Forbes Mariam Noland and Jim Kelly Jane and Larry Sherman Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation Sally and Michael Feder Eleanor and Bernard Robertson Therese and Paul Zlotoff Shelley and Joel Tauber Bobbi and Stephen Polk Barbara Van Dusen Joy and Allan Nachman

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Sponsors Sandy Schreier Carola and Ric Huttenlocher Sally Orley Bonnie Larson Nicole and Matt Lester Carol and Richard Lewnau & Barton Whitis and Bill Lewnau Ann and Jim Nicholson Wayne State University Dr. William Pickard Taft Law Public Affairs Associates Trudy and Arthur Weiss The Detroit Pistons

Bronze Sponsors

Marla and Doug Etkin Moira and Anthony McCree Basco Joanne and Richard Brody Margie Dunn and Mark Davidoff Kari and Rob Gillette Jennifer and Chris Granger Elizabeth and Renato Jamett Susan and Art Kleinpell Don Manvel Christine and David Provost Sylvia and David Nelson Caroline and Nicholas Rafferty Brenda and Howard Rosenberg Karen and Matt Cullen Pauline Averbach and Charles Peacock Sachse Construction Mark and Peggy Saffer Mona and Matthew Simoncini Shirley and Henry Stancato The Detroit Jewish News Mary Wilson Sonia and Tom Pastore

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Silver Sponsors

* Sponsors and Supporters listed as of print deadline. We regret any omissions that occurred.

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Thank you for your continued support for the DSO and Detroit community!

————— Shirley and Henry Stancato

Congratulations,

Peter!

Bobby Levin and Globe Midwest Adjusters International are proud to join the DSO in honoring

Peter D. Cummings for his unwavering support of the DSO's vision, values, and dedication to enriching the lives of young people through music education.

—Doug, Marla and Toby Etkin

Congratulations to

Cоgratulatiоs to Peter Cummings

for your many years of service to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

PETER CUMMINGS from the Nicholson family.

••• WILLIAM F. PICKARD

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Thank you for keeping the music playing, and our hearts soaring.

- Jennifer & David Fischer

Heartfelt congratulations, Peter.

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We applaud you for your commitment to the DSO and our Detroit community!

Congratulations, Peter!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

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Making beautiful music together Wayne State University congratulates Peter D. Cummings and all of this year’s Heroes Gala honorees. We celebrate your contributions to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its commitment to enhancing Detroit’s artistic community.

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ART IS ENERGY

The arts enrich and energize lives and communities unlike any other experience. That’s

why the DTE Foundation is proud to support the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which celebrates the role the arts play in making our community more inviting and connected.

we thank you Peter, To one of our most cherished leaders, for all you do!

Lots of love, Arnie and Joanne

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PETER D. CUMMI NGS

Congratulations to a visionary leader in our community.

DSO Hero And Midtown Provocateur

K A R E N & M AT T C U L L E N

With love and respect, MARGIE DUNN & MARK DAVIDOFF

Bravo!

WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE DSO MATTHEW & MONA SIMONCINI

Peter, Thank you for your lifelong contributions to the DSO, Orchestra Hall and the Detroit Community!

-Dr. Mark and Peggy Saffer

Celebrating the commitment of

Peter Cummings

to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and our city. Congratulations!

ELIZABETH AND RENATO JAMET T

We congratulate you, for all of your work for the city of Detroit!

—HOWARD AND BRENDA ROSENBERG—

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Congratulations

Peter Cummings On this well-deserved honor You have been a true Hero to the DSO In word and in deed • Penny and Harold Blumenstein •

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

Congratulations

Peter

PETER CUMMINGS Roger Basmajian Joseph Shihadeh

for this well-deserved honor.

Your generosity to the entire community is meaningful and appreciated.

Joel and Shelley Tauber

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LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP OUR CITY! l e

Kathy, Roger and Family

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Congratulations to

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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S TO

Peter Cummings

for his extraordinary commitment to the DSO and distinguished civic leadership.

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The DSO thanks you, the City of Detroit thanks you and Spencer & Myrna Partrich

thank you.

Congratulations Petey.

We are so proud of you.

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Peter, Thank you for helping to make the Detroit Symphony everyone’s favorite ORCHESTRA!

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—SANDY SCHREIER—

Peter,

We extend our sincere appreciation

to our community and our world-class Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

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for the relentless commitment you have made

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Thank you for all of the

wonderful things you do and continue to do!

———— Sally Orley

Our congratulations to Peter on being this year’s Heroes Gala honoree and for all of your efforts on behalf of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

—Christine and Dave Provost

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Congratulations Peter We commend your inspiring vision and unwavering commitment to promoting musical education for the youth.

Thank you for championing this worthy cause that has the potential to shape the lives of future generations.

Your contribution deserves a resounding round of applause and a standing ovation.

Peter, Your many years of leadership and support of the DSO’s mission helped transform so many young lives through the beauty of music and music education.

Congratulations on this special honor and thank you for your steadfast support of the DSO! You have touched the lives of so many in our community.

—DAVID & BERNADINE WU AND FAMILY—

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