West Texas Symphony 2022-2023 Season

60 th season celebration WTXS.ORG Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Board President......................................................................................................... 9 From the Executive Director....................................................................................................10 From the Music Director..........................................................................................................12 Music Director Biography........................................................................................................13 2022-2023 Orchestra Personnel.............................................................................................. 15 2022-2023 Board of Directors & Staff..................................................................................... 16 Odessa Symphony Guild..........................................................................................................18 Midland Symphony Guild........................................................................................................19 Ticket Pricing............................................................................................................................22 Music Education.......................................................................................................................36 Symphony Soundbites.............................................................................................................41

OUR SEASON 2022-2023 Season ..................................................................................................................20 Your West Texas Symphony.....................................................................................................24 Asleep at the Wheel................................................................................................................30 Sibelius, Symphony No. 2........................................................................................................42 Sounds of the Season..............................................................................................................51

OUR ENSEMBLES Chamber Ensembles................................................................................................................14 2022-2023 Chamber Concerts................................................................................................ 23

OUR CONTRIBUTORS / DONORS 2022-2023 Sponsors................................................................................................................52 2022-2023 Fund Drive Contributors....................................................................................... 53 Endowment Fund Contributors............................................................................................... 57 Advertiser Index.......................................................................................................................74

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FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT Welcome to tonight’s performance of West Texas Symphony.

As we celebrate the 60th season of our organization, you and your guests are greatly appreciated. Without you, our patrons, the mission of WTS could not be fulfilled.

As the lights dim and Maestro Lewis enters the stage, feel the energy grow to a crescendo as amazing professionals bring music to life and fill the concert hall with sound.

New Name, Achieving potential You have likely noticed a new name for our organization. As part of a long-term strategic plan, your symphony has a new name and multiple goals for future success. Recognizing that change is essential to staying relevant has enabled WTS to reach for a larger audience and seek new ideas for programs. This rebranding is reaching to connect with the next generation of symphony patrons. The plan includes ideas beyond a name change. Join us in the vision.

The challenge of change is overcome by the opportunity of potential. The West Texas music community is broad and diverse. The cultural impact of professional music is far-reaching.

The vision of WTS is one where a growing audience can enjoy professional programming, students experience music delivered by professionals, and the music community is enriched by support and encouragement.

Embracing tradition West Texas Symphony is proudly keeping traditions. Our symphony is the premier performing arts organization in West Texas. WTS is a professional orchestra with artists both local and from across the nation. From the strings & woodwinds to the brass & percussionists, the music professionals of WTS endeavor to provide a unique experience to each of you. The Masterworks Series plus Pops & Family Series concerts provide eight big events in the world-class Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Beyond the eight primary concerts per year, six ensemble chamber concerts are held across our community led by our Principal musicians. Education is a continuing priority of WTS. Thousands of students annually attend program concerts and musical knowledge is shared to our next generation.

Our growing Chorale is seeking new voices, while youth is celebrated through the Voices of the Permian Basin program. Impact and value six decades in the making.

Thank you to the sponsors, donors, and patrons of WTS. Your support makes all this possible.

Enjoy the show!

Thomas W. Elrod 2022-2023 President – Board of Directors West Texas Symphony

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR What is the West Texas Symphony?

It’s the eight concerts we put on the stage of the magnificent 10-year-old Wagner Noël performing Arts Center. It’s our 3 Chamber Groups - made up of many of the Symphony’s Principal instrumentalists - who perform two recitals each season, education concerts at the local ISDs, and for special events. It’s ‘Voices of the Permian Basin’, our Children’s Choir, that provides an educational and performative outlet for vocalists in 2nd-8th grade. It’s the adult Chorale, largely responsible for the formation of both the Midland and Odessa Symphonies over half a century ago, that dedicates itself to be the premier vocal ensemble in West Texas.

It’s a robust giving community that ensures each Season continues via our annual Fund Drive and Sponsorship opportunities, and who secure future programming through support to our Legacy Endowments. It’s the students and parents of both the Midland Symphony Guild and Odessa Symphony Guild who raise support, advocacy, and enthusiasm from the next generation of arts patrons. It’s our local area foundations, who have invested in the Symphony for decades, to ensure that all have an opportunity to experience quality professional music in West Texas.

It’s a rich history of patronage, with steadfast support through ticket subscriptions. It’s a strong legacy of leadership, from Maestros to Executive Directors, to Board Presidents, and Board Members who have given so much of their time and energy in times of difficulty and exciting change. It’s a powerful support system for local arts and music educators, many who bring their students to rehearsals, concerts, and welcome our smaller ensembles into their schools.

It’s a rich 60-year history of providing quality professional music to the Midland, Odessa, and greater West Texas communities.

Over the next 9 months, we will demonstrate just a small part of what it means to be the West Texas Symphony. You will be able to experience some of our most popular concerts while engaging with our ongoing innovations in programming, music selections, and collaborations. As a strong arts organization, we are committed to embracing our current impact in West Texas, and we are continuing to take greater strides toward increased collaborations. Join our momentum! Tell a friend, bring a friend, or consider reaching out to development@wtxs.org to discover more ways you can play a part in ensuring our legacy lives on.

Let’s go!

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FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR Greetings and welcome to our 60th Anniversary Season!

We are delighted you are joining us during the first season with our new name, the West Texas Symphony. While the name is new, the real identity of the orchestra is found in the quality of the musicians you see before you and the amazing and inspiring performances they consistently present. That part has not and will not change. We are incredibly excited to bring another exciting season of great music to the communities of the Permian Basin and beyond!

We’ll start our Diamond Anniversary season with the epic Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler. It is always an honor to be able to present an masterwork of this magnitude. In October we will again share the stage with the audience favorite (and ours, too!) Asleep at the Wheel, winners of 10 Grammy awards while bringing Texas swing to their audiences for over 50 years! We are so pleased to feature Lubbock native, Fiona Shea, performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto on our November program, along with the stunning Symphony No. 2 of Jean Sibelius. As in every December, we’ll help you start the holiday season in a festive way with the annual Basin tradition, the Sounds of the Season.

It is always a pleasure to present one of our own musicians as featured soloist and the February program will bring just that. Principal Bassoonist, Philip Hill, will perform Weber’s Bassoon Concerto with Haydn’s final and brilliant Symphony No. 104 bringing the program to a close. Partnering with the West Texas Jazz Society, we are eager to share the stage with noted jazz saxophonist Brad Leali in March. It will be a great evening of jazz with Brad and the orchestra! 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Russian composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff and we are thrilled to feature pianist Caroline Hong performing his breathtaking Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on this final masterworks program of the season, members of the UTPB orchestra, along with other young musicians in the community, will join the WTS side-by-side on stage. Finally, in May, the timeless favorite movie, Back to the Future, will come to life in the Wagner-Noël as the orchestra performs the score live along with the screening of the film. You won’t want to miss it!

We are grateful for your support and patronage, helping us bring this great music to the Permian Basin. Please be sure to also attend the many wonderful performances by the outstanding ensembles of the WTS, the Chorale, our youth choir The Voices of the Permian Basin, along with the West Texas Winds, Lone Star Brass, and Permian Basin String Quartet.

These programs are always inspiring and engaging and you don’t want to miss them!

We hope you will subscribe to all of these wonderful series of concerts. Plan to bring a friend and join us for this season as we celebrate the first 60 years of our mission to change lives in the Permian Basin through great music. I look forward to meeting you at the concert!

Gary Lewis Music Director & Conductor

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GARY LEWIS MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Gary Lewis is the Music Director and Conductor of the West Texas Symphony orchestra.

This is his 16th year with the orchestra and his 15th as Music Director. He is also Director of Orchestral Studies and the Bob and Judy Charles Professor of Conducting in the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he conducts the University Symphony Orchestra and oversees the entire orchestra program.

Mr. Lewis is equally at home with professional, university, and youth ensembles. In addition to his regular posts with the West Texas Symphony Orchestra and the University of Colorado Boulder, he serves as Principal Guest Conductor for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and was the founding Artistic Director of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras.

He has also appeared with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra (Chengdu, China), the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra (Sofia, Bulgaria), and the Western Plains Opera Theater. Lewis served as the Resident Conductor of the Pine Mountain Music Festival (opera and symphonic), for seven years and was the founding conductor of the Caprock Pro Musica. His work with summer music festivals has also been noteworthy including the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Pine Mountain Music Festival (opera and symphonic), and Rocky Ridge Music Center.

At CU Boulder, Mr. Lewis also leads the graduate program in orchestral conducting including both the masters and doctoral level. His former students are currently enjoying success as conductors with professional orchestras and opera companies, university and public school ensembles, and youth orchestras.

As a strong advocate of music education, Mr. Lewis has presented many in-service workshops for public school educators, as well as numerous presentations at state and regional music education association conferences. He has conducted All-State Orchestras and Bands in over 20 states along with the ASTA National Honor Orchestra and the Honor Orchestra of America. In 2010, Mr. Lewis became the founding Artistic Director of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras and he continues to serve as conductor of the Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Lewis is also a strong proponent of new music. He has been instrumental in the development and production of contemporary music festivals and his interest in new music has led him to collaborations with composers such as Dan Kellogg, Carter Pann, George Crumb, William Bolcom, John Harbison, Chen Yi, Michael Daugherty, Stephen Paulus, and many others.

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

For information regarding instrumental teachers, or to hire an ensemble, please contact WTS at 432-563-0921 or marketing@wtxs.org

Permian Basin String Quartet The Permian Basin String Quartet is the resident string quartet of the West Texas Symphony, whose members are the principal string players of the orchestra.

They strive to share classic and current works of the string quartet repertoire in an engaging and approachable way while championing underrepresented composers. The quartet has a loyal audience and has built a reputation as a leading ensemble in the Permian Basin.

Lone Star Brass

Formed in 1981, the Lone Star Brass is the resident brass quintet of the West Texas Symphony. The Lone Star Brass presents concerts that display the consummate technical skill of each performer and the expertise involved in working together as an ensemble. The group has recorded two albums, “Lone Star Christmas,” and “Western Fanfare.” They performed in Carnegie Hall with the Symphony Chorale and have toured the country performing shows for all ages. From New York to New Mexico, this seasoned ensemble offers programs of classical music, jazz, original works, and even opera. They perform to have fun, and it rubs off on their audiences at every concert.

West Texas Winds

As the resident woodwind quintet of WTS, the West Texas Winds are active throughout the year presenting audiences young and old with performances full of energy and refinement. The ensemble has a significant repertoire of classic standard woodwind quintets and groundbreaking new music, having presented both U.S. and world-premiere performances by living composers from around the globe. West Texas Winds are always working to present something new and exciting to their listeners.

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MOSC 2022-2023 ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor

VIOLIN

BASS

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Sarah Cranor, Acting Concertmaster & Principal Second Endowed in memory of Dorothy Croft by the Midland Symphony Guild Alejandro Gómez Guillén, Acting Concertmaster & Principal Second Laurel Lawshae, Associate Principal Kevin Crutchfield Romina Dimock Nikesha Hailey-Hicks Amanda Hernandez Lowell Hohstadt Saikat Karmakar Karen McAfee Robert Meinecke Turner Partain Jason Snider Erin E. Weber

Mark Morton, Principal Bill DeLavan, Associate Principal Christopher Arcy Endowed in memory of Mary June Rasmussen by Mr. Kenneth Anderson and Dr. Anne Acreman, MD

Eric Baker, Co-Principal Ben Fairfield, Co-Principal Endowed in honor of Michael J. Santorelli by Karen & Spencer Beal John Irish

VIOLA Conrad Sclar, Principal Endowed by Mary de Compiegne & Rosalind Redfern Grover Laura Peña, Associate Principal Beau Garza Jean Gómez Kathy Hohstadt

CELLO Suyeon Kim, Principal Endowed in memory of Walter Osadchuk by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Miller Danny Mar, Associate Principal Ilia De la Rosa Susan Jimenez Aurelia Rocha David Thoma

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FLUTE Lyndsay Eiben, Principal Kate Martin, Associate Principal

OBOE Caryn Crutchfield, Principal Abby Yeakle Held, Associate Principal Ann Hankins

CLARINET Chris Chance, Principal Tyler Webster, Associate Principal & E-flat Mande Gragg, Bass Clarinet

TROMBONE Stewart Rhodes, Principal Darin Cash

BASS TROMBONE Jon James, Principal

TUBA Arturo Galvan, Principal

TIMPANI Tim Mabrey, Principal

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Erin Martysz Thies, Principal Jacob Adam Garcia Matt Richards

Philip Hill, Principal Bill Harden, Associate Principal

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HORN Sonja K. Millichamp, Co-Principal Scott Millichamp, Co-Principal Norma Binam Derek Wright

Vincent Pierce, Principal

PIANO LuAnn Lane, Principal Endowed in honor of Shari Santorelli by Karen & Spencer Beal

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2022-2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF OFFICERS

Thomas W. Elrod, President Jessica Bexley, Executive Vice President Carolina Keith, Immediate Past President Connie May, Vice President Finance Floyd Rountree, Vice President Fundraising Dee Anna Arellano, Vice President Sponsorships Sophie Edwards, Secretary

DIRECTORS Gabriel Alemendarez Rebecca Bell Erin Berridge Gregg Blain Mary Dawson Dr. Nnamdi Ezenyi Maridell Fryar

Beau Garza Allison Gray Dr. Aaron Hawley Jacy Lewis Melanie Lively Diann McKee Megan Pausé

Robin Richey Stephanie Rivas Sara Safarzadeh-Amiri, MD Rohith Saravanan, MD Deb Shaw Gregory Smith Nancy Stout Melissa Ware

HONORARY MEMBERS

Mrs. Leland Croft (dec’d) Mrs. James A. Fowler (dec’d) Mr. Don Williams (dec’d) Mr. Josh H. Parr (dec’d) Mrs. Ellen Noël (dec’d)

Mrs. Lois Rochester (dec’d) Ms. Mary Harrington (dec’d) Mr. Don Williams (dec’d) Mr. Fred Trout Jr. (dec’d)

MOSC STAFF

Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor Ethan Wills, Executive Director Violet Singh, Development Director Crystal Radford, Marketing Director Deanna J. Russell, Office Administrator Leslie Delgado, Personnel Manager

FRANK A. BELL AWARDS

For contributions and/or services that have significantly advanced the mission of the Midland Odessa Symphony & Chorale, Inc. Frank A. Bell - May 21, 1997 The Beal Family - May 19, 1999 Robert E. Hunt - August 31, 2000 Mary Harrington - May 16, 2001 Ted Hale - April 14, 2007 Grace Osadchuk - October 13, 2007 Scott W. Long - May 18, 2013

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ODESSA SYMPHONY GUILD The Odessa Symphony Guild (OSG) is delighted to begin it’s 64th year serving the West Texas Symphony and supporting arts in the Permian Basin. OSG began in 1958 with a group of women who were dedicated to their community. They formed an organization that would provide both financial and volunteer support to arts and music programs across the Basin. Since its inception, the Odessa Symphony Guild has raised thousands of dollars and members have volunteered countless hours to continue the mission of the founders. OSG has greatly enriched the communities of Midland and Odessa by helping the West Texas Symphony provide educational programs and concerts to the West Texas area.

The Odessa Symphony Guild is comprised of members who contribute to their communities by volunteering time and giving financially. The OSG Belles and Beaux, active members, and patrons selflessly gave over 1000 hours of community service last year. Our 9th-12th grade Belles and Beaux spent time ushering concerts, hosting receptions, serving musicians lunches, working SoundBites, and attending concerts for the West Texas Symphony. In addition to the hours dedicated to the West Texas Symphony, the Belles and Beaux volunteered within the community at many local schools, St. John’s Kooky Karnival, Permian Orchestra, Hope House, Odessa College, Salvation Army, West Texas Food Bank, Ellen Noel Art Museum, and Jesus House.

Moving forward, the Odessa Symphony Guild is committed to investing even more in our community. In addition to the financial support and hours given to the West Texas Symphony, OSG will be awarding scholarships to four deserving high school seniors each year. A grant will also be made available to a school or organization that is dedicated to our mission of sharing arts with the Permian Basin. We are thrilled to be able to give back in these additional ways!

Our annual Symphony Ball fundraiser will be held in February. This is a special event for all of our Belles and Beaux and will honor the seniors who have served in the guild for four years. Additionally, we celebrate the numerous hours that our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors have served. It is incredibly encouraging to see students who have given of their time and will soon be leaders in our community. We invite you to join us for this fun event.

I am proud to lead an organization that helps to bring culture and talent to our city.

Our community is a better place because of the dedicated volunteers of OSG who are passionate about supporting the arts. We are eager to serve alongside the West Texas Symphony and help bring arts to the Permian Basin for years to come.

Erin Berridge 2022-2023 President Odessa Symphony Guild

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MIDLAND SYMPHONY GUILD The Midland Symphony Guild (MSG) is excited to begin its 60th year of supporting the West Texas Symphony. The MSG began with the goal of supporting and raising funds for our local symphony music program. Over the past six decades, that effort has grown into a self-sustaining non-profit organization that provides financial and volunteer support to the West Texas Symphony and the various productions and events that it produces. The West Texas Symphony enriches the communities of both Midland and Odessa by showcasing worldclass performers, local artists and musicians, and featured presentations.

The MSG comprises members who invest time and money in their local communities. Annually, the MSG donates thousands of volunteer hours, contributed by our Symphony Belles, who are the daughters of our MSG members. Each Belle is required to complete 15 volunteer events or placements in their years in the MSG program (8th-12th grades), many of which include performances presented by the West Texas Symphony. This requirement of service fosters a sense of giving back to the community and appreciation for the work ethic and commitment demonstrated by the talented artists and musicians. In addition to the West Texas Symphony, our Belles volunteer at community organizations such as Safe Place, Midland Festival Ballet, Museum of the Southwest, Midland Food Bank, Midland Community Theater, and the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. We are so proud of our Belles!

It is my privilege to serve as president of the Midland Symphony Guild this year. I look forward to working with many wonderful men and women while encountering exceptional musical and fine arts performances. For our Belles, friendships will be formed, a spirit of service instilled and a love of the arts encouraged. Thank you to the West Texas Symphony for enriching our lives for another season.

Melissa Ware 2022-2023 President Midland Symphony Guild

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2022-2023 SEASON GARY LEWIS | MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

MASTERWORKS SERIES YOUR WEST TEXAS SYMPHONY SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

“Blue Hour Skyline” - Kevin Day Symphony No. 1 - Mahler We’re kicking off our diamond anniversary with past favorites and new selections!

SIBELIUS, SYMPHONY NO. 2 NOVEMBER 5, 2022 Fiona Shea, Violin “Fanfare for Amazing Grace” - Hailstork Violin Concerto - Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 - Sibelius

WTS SPOTLIGHT FEBRUARY 4, 2023 Philip Hill, Bassoon Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75 Maria von Weber Symphony No. 104 Haydn

RACHMANINOFF APRIL 15, 2023

Caroline Hong, Piano Side-By-Side with UTPB Orchestra & Local Students Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakoff Piano Concerto No. 2 - Rachmaninoff

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Enjoy your favorite hits by Asleep at the Wheel joined by the West Texas Symphony orchestra!

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON DECEMBER 3, 2022

Celebrate the holidays with West Texas Symphony’s annual Christmas concert featuring our symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, and choral groups!

BRAD LEALI, SAXOPHONE MARCH 4, 2023

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Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor Presents

YOUR WEST TEXAS SYMPHONY

Saturday, September 10, 2022 7:30 p.m.

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YOUR WEST TEXAS SYMPHONY 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 10, 2022 Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Gary Lewis, Conductor

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Kevin Day b. 1996 in Arlington, Texas.

Blue Hour Skyline Premiered: Sunday, October 3, 2021, by the Texas State Symphony Orchestra.

Kevin Day is one of the brightest young stars in contemporary classical music. His music is characterized by “propulsive, syncopated rhythms, colorful orchestration, and instrumental virtuosity,” according to Robert Kirzinger of the Boston Symphony. His music draws inspiration from an eclectic group of styles including jazz, minimalism, Latin music, and contemporary classical music.

Day has collaborated with some of the greatest soloists and ensembles in the world, including David Childs, Jens Lindemann, Demondrae Thurman, Axiom Brass, the Zenith Saxophone Quartet, the Tesla Quartet, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Low Brass Section. He has composed over 200 works, and his music has been heard around the world.

He is a winner of the BMI Student Composer Award and was considered for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for his piece, Concerto for Wind Ensemble.

Kevin Day currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Composition at Wildfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is currently pursuing a DMA in Composition at the University of Miami and holds degrees from the University of Georgia and Texas Christian University.

Blue Hour Skyline is a lively and engaging overture for orchestra. The composer writes of the piece, “Blue Hour Skyline is a symphony orchestra composition that depicts a city that comes alive once the ‘blue hour’ approaches. The ‘blue hour’ often refers to the darker stages of evening twilight, when the skyline transitions from day and becomes fully night. For the city, this is the moment when the lights start to come on, from the buildings, to bridges, to billboards and cars, and people begin to enjoy the bustling nightlife with their family and friends.” The piece opens with some jazz-inspired riffs in the trombones and trumpets, followed by very rhythmic opening section. The piece makes use syncopation and jazz harmonies over the top of driving rhythms. Blue Hour Skyline is a wonderful example of Day’s ability to bring seemingly disparate musical styles into one enchanting work.

Gustav Mahler b. July 7, 1860, in Kaliste, Bohemia. d. May 18, 1911, in Vienna, Austria.

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Slowly, dragging, very restrained throughout.

Moving strongly, but not too quickly, restrained, Trio.

Solemnly and measured, without dragging, very simple, like a folk tune, once again and somewhat more agitated, as at the start—a funeral march based on the children’s song Frere Jacques.

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Composed: Written between late 1887 and March 1888 while Mahler was working as second conductor with the Leipzig Opera.

Premiered: First performance in Budapest at the Vigado Concert Hall in 1889. It was not well received.

The Work in Context • 1887: Flooding of the Yellow River kills 900,000 in China.

• 1888: George Eastman invents the Kodak camera, Mahler finishes Symphony No. 1.

• 1889: The Dakotas, Montana, and Washington become states, Symphony No. 1 premieres.

• 1890: Congress creates Yosemite National Park.

Gustav Mahler was born to a family of humble means in what was the Austrian Empire. The Mahler family spoke a different language than those who lived around them and were also Jewish, so they lived with a permanent sense of exile. Mahler’s grandmother had been a street peddler, but his father, Bernhard, was able to improve the family’s lot, becoming a coachman and eventually, and innkeeper. Gustav was one of fourteen children born to his parents. Five of his siblings died in infancy while another three did not survive unto adulthood. Mahler discovered his grandparent’s piano at the age of 4 and was immediately hooked on music. Although he had limited academic success in school, he had a reputation as a musical prodigy in his community. Mahler successfully auditioned for the Vienna Conservatory and studied piano and composition. Very few of his student compositions survive, as the composer destroyed many of them after becoming embarrassed of his immature work. In 1880, Mahler took his first conducting job in a theater just south of Linz.

Conducting would become Mahler’s most successful and publicly acclaimed occupation throughout his life. He won a series of conducting posts of increasing prestige, culminating in positions with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York Philharmonic.

Although Mahler gained tremendous success as a conductor, he always wanted to compose and hoped to be able to fully support himself and his family through his composition. That dream was never realized, as his music was not as appreciated in his lifetime as it is today.

Mahler only composed in two genres throughout his career: song (often with symphonic accompaniment), and symphony. Mahler assimilated all musical styles he needed to reach his expressive goals, but this practice brought criticism for not having a style of his own. This criticism notwithstanding, Mahler stands at the end of a long tradition of German Romanticism reaching back to Beethoven. Arnold Schoenberg was just beginning his experiments with atonality as Mahler’s life ended, making Gustav Mahler one of the last composers of the German Romantic tradition.

Mahler wrote Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan” while working as an opera conductor in Budapest. Mahler’s personal and professional life was chaotic at the time. His father passed away, leaving the eldest surviving son Gustav responsible for two younger sisters and two younger brothers. As conductor of the Royal Opera in Budapest, his busy schedule left little time for composition. Mahler had begun the symphony while working in Leipzig, but he resigned that position and moved to Budapest before the premiere. The first performance was given on November 20, 1889, and its reception was a disaster which dampened the development of his reputation as a composer. Of the early performances of the piece, only a single performance in Prague was successful. Some of the criticisms were quite vicious and, in some cases, even laced with anti-Semitism. Mahler’s symphonies received at best, mixed

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reviews all throughout his life. In the decades after his death, performances became even less frequent. The great American conductor, Leonard Bernstein, is credited with almost single-handedly reviving Mahler’s works. While this characterization is somewhat overstated, there is no question that Bernstein played a pivotal role, along with a renewed interest in Romantic era music and longer playing vinyl records which allowed for recordings of his work.

The form this work takes today, a standard four-movement symphony, was not the original version of this piece. Mahler continued to revise the work over a span of nearly 15 years. At the premiere, Mahler characterized the collection of movements as a “symphonic poem.”

This early version had two parts, the first having three movements and the second two.

Mahler even leaked a programmatic narrative for the work to a local newspaper the day before the premiere. It outlined the work as containing, in order: spring, happy daydreams, a wedding procession, a funeral march, and hard-won progress and spiritual victory. Mahler revised the score in 1893, now calling the work a five-movement symphony. He gave the symphony the name ‘Titan’, after a novel by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. In 1900, for the Vienna premiere of the work, Mahler again revised the work and again leaked a program to the press. In this latest leak, he renounced the title ‘Titan’, saying that all programmatic titles were “anti-musical,” but also gave a new scenario for the work, like the one from the Budapest premiere. Mahler seemed to want to have the issue of programmatic music both ways, and unfortunately for his compositional career, critics roasted him both for admitting the programmatic scenario and keeping it hidden.

Mahler once wrote of composing a symphony: “To create a symphony is, for me, to create a world.” All of Mahler’s symphonies, starting with the first, are written on this grand scale.

Both the length of the work and the size of the orchestra are monumental, and Mahler continued experimenting with adding additional instruments to the orchestra throughout his compositional career. The final version of the symphony is in four movements. The first movement opens with a single note, A, sustained at the interval of seven octaves. Mahler meant for this opening to evoke nature, and the winds enter with birdcall like statements.

The main theme of the movement comes from Mahler’s orchestral song-cycle, the ‘Songs of the Wayfarer’. The second movement is a landler, a form of Austrian peasant dance.

It is a dance in three like a minuet or a waltz, but less refined and more boisterous. The third movement was the part of the symphony that caused the most consternation with audiences. Mahler used a tune that is still familiar today, Freré Jacques. However, Mahler wrote the tune in a minor key and wrote the whole movement in the style of a funeral march. Audiences were confused and alienated by this strange juxtaposition. Mahler wrote of the final movement: “the hero is exposed to the most fearful combats and to all the sorrows of the world. He and his triumphant motifs are hit on the head again and again by Destiny…Only when he has triumphed over death, and when all the glorious memories of youth have returned with themes from the first movement, does he get the upper hand, and there is a great victorious chorale!”

Program notes by Martin D. King An active performer and teacher, Martin D. King is on the faculty of Washington State University, where he teaches horn and music education. Dr. King maintains a busy performance schedule, holding positions in three orchestras in Eastern Washington and touring with his quintet, the Pan Pacific Ensemble. For more information, please visit. www.martinking.music.com

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Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor Presents

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Saturday, October 8, 2022 7:30 p.m.

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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Saturday, October 8, 2022 7:30 p.m.

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor Program subject to change.

Cherokee Maiden Miles and Miles of Texas Don’t Fence Me In Route 66* Bob Wills STK* San Antonio Rose* Faded Love Old Cowhand Milk Cow Blues* Choo Choo Boogie Devil’s Dream South of the Border Ode to Joy Call It A Day Tonight Take Me Back to Tulsa* Half A Hundred Years* What A Wonderful World Dublin Blues Tiger Rag* Big Balls in Cowtown* House of Blue Lights *Songs without symphony.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Fifty years ago, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wrote in his journal that he wanted to form a band to bring the roots of American pop music into the present. It seemed like an ambitious goal for a 19-year-old, yet Benson has done exactly that – traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation. Although the lineup has changed countless times since its inception, Benson’s mission has never wavered.

That merging of past and present is effortlessly woven throughout two of the band’s new releases. First, their Better Times EP compiles three new tracks: “All I’m Asking,” a rousing plea for a second chance; the hopeful title track, about getting back to life as it once was (namely, before the pandemic); and “Columbus Stockade Blues,” a traditional tune arranged in the spirit of Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie’s 1960s version. Then, in the fall, a career retrospective recorded with the new band -- and a few special guests -- will carry Asleep at the Wheel back onto the road, where they’ve remained a staple for five decades.

“I’m the reason it’s still together, but the reason it’s popular is because we’ve had the greatest singers and players,” Benson explains. “When someone joins the band, I say, ‘Learn everything that’s ever been done, then put your own stamp on it.’ I love to hear how they interpret what we do. I’m just a singer and a songwriter, and a pretty good guitar player, but my best talent is convincing people to jump on board and play this music.”

Raised in Philadelphia, Benson dropped out of college in 1969 and moved to a farm near Paw Paw, West Virginia, to figure out how to put a band together with two friends, Lucky Oceans and LeRoy Preston. Although he gravitated toward honky-tonk and swing music, Benson stood on the opposite side of the generation gap – a young man opposed to the Vietnam War. “Music became a rallying cry for these disparate groups,” he recalls. “My reaction was we need to take this music to my generation to show them it’s not the political posturing that is important, it is the soul of the music.”

Then, in 1970, two hippie buses pulled up to the farm looking for the band they’d heard about. Inside were a ragtag group of musicians calling themselves the Medicine Ball Caravan and they invited Asleep at the Wheel to open their upcoming show in Washington D.C. The fledgling band at this time was centered around guitar, steel guitar, bass and drums.

From that very first out-of-town gig, Asleep at the Wheel steadily built a fan base in D.C., and opened a date for Poco a short time later. However, Benson observes that the reception back home wasn’t always so warm. “We would play these little bars in West Virginia, and

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they thought because we were hippies, we wouldn’t fight. I stared down a few shotguns,” he says. “I think it was the music that saved us because we were playing real country music.”

When Benson booked Commander Cody for a double bill in D.C., the cosmic country legend encouraged them to give the Berkeley, California, a try. The group arrived out West in August 1971 and started booking shows in the East Bay clubs. Word of their Tuesday night gigs reached Van Morrison, who loved country music and asked to play a show with them. Around this time, when Rolling Stone asked if that pop star was excited about any new bands, he name-checked Asleep at the Wheel. That’s when, as Benson remembers, “the L.A record companies came running.”

Then everything happened fast. The band paid its dues by touring as country singer Stoney Edwards’ band in 1971. A year later, their United Artists debut album sold well in Oklahoma and Texas. In February 1973, they moved to Austin, Texas, encouraged by Doug Sahm and Willie Nelson; that same day, Epic Records issued the band’s second album. When that deal unraveled, they joined the Capitol Records roster.

One of the band’s compositions, “The Letter That Johnny Walker Read,” became a national Top 10 country hit in 1975. For the remainder of the decade, Asleep at the Wheel rode the wave of success, charting multiple singles and developing an international following. The Academy of Country Music named them the top touring band for 1977. The band won the first of 10 career Grammys in 1979.

“We’ve always said that we’re a live band,” Benson emphasizes. “We’ll make great records but it’s all about being on stage. The best promotion for a band is a great live show.”

By 1981, the band faced a turning point. Most of its members had departed and the disco craze stood in direct contrast to Asleep at the Wheel’s authentic approach. While the band still played shows, they went without a label deal for six years.

Benson made ends meet by producing commercials for Budweiser.

“The one reason that I kept going,” Benson says, “is that every week a fan would come up and be so appreciative, saying, ‘Don’t ever stop.’ We weren’t drawing a lot of people, but they’d say, ‘You’re the only band that goes out on the road and does this old, cool music.’

That’s when I knew it was more than just a living – that I was blessed with caretaking a form of music.”

The 1990s put Asleep at the Wheel back on the map permanently, with the band regularly playing between 180 and 200 dates a year. Benson enlisted the top country artists of that era for an outstanding pair of Bob Wills tribute albums, a move that solidified the band’s focus on Western swing. When a duet version of “Roly Poly” with Dixie Chicks impacted country radio in 2000, Asleep at the Wheel became that rare country band to chart across four consecutive decades.

Fifty years in, Asleep at the Wheel represent an important cornerstone of American roots music, even though some of its members and audiences represent a new generation. That far-reaching appeal remains a testament to Benson’s initial vision.

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“How do you keep this music going?” Benson asks. “Well, you’ve got to have some young people. If young people aren’t doing this, then we’re just a museum – and I don’t want to be a museum.”

About Asleep at the Wheel Founded in 1970, Asleep at the Wheel has been part of the American roots music landscape for more than 50 years. Although the band got its start on a farm in Paw Paw, West Virginia, Asleep at the Wheel became a cornerstone of the Austin, Texas, scene upon its arrival in 1973. Inspired by Western swing and honky-tonk country, the band has accrued 10 Grammy Awards. In the fall, a career retrospective recorded with the current lineup -- and a few special guests -- will carry the band back onto the road, where they’ve remained a staple for five decades.

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Gary Lewis, Music Director & Conductor Presents

SIBELIUS, SYMPHONY NO. 2

Fiona Shea, Violin Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:30 p.m.

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SIBELIUS, SYMPHONY NO. 2

7:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 5, 2022 Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Gary Lewis, Conductor Fiona Shea, Violin

"Fanfare on Amazing Grace" ……...................................…… Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 ……………………………………………………………Felix Mendelssohn I. Allegro molto appassionato II. Andante III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 ………………………………………….............……………Jean Sibelius I. Allegretto II. Tempo andante, ma rubato III. Vivacissimo IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

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ABOUT THE ARTIST FIONA SHEA – VIOLIN Violinist Fiona Shea is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory, where she studies with Professor Robert Lipsett. Originally from Lubbock, TX, she has appeared as concerto soloist with the Mesquite, Waco, Conroe, Kingsville, and Abilene Symphonies in Texas as well as with orchestras in Jacksonville, IL and Interlochen, MI. Most recently, she performed with the Pacific Symphony in August of 2021 and the San Fernando Valley Symphony in October of 2021. She has been featured as one of the soloists in Colburn’s 2019 Concerto Showcase and has had opportunities to play in masterclasses with artists including Ray Chen, Stefan Jackiw and Hilary Hahn. She received a Bronze Medal in the Junior Division of the 2017 Fischoff Competition, as a member of the Aurielle Quartet and was a member of the 2016 Class of Texas Young Masters by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Ms. Shea is looking forward to attending and performing at the Aspen Music Festival this coming summer as a recipient of the 2022 Dorothy DeLay Fellowship.

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Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III b. April 17, 1941, in Rochester, New York.

Fanfare on Amazing Grace Composed: 2011, recorded by the Virginia Symphony.

The Work in Context • 2009: Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States.

• 2010: South Korean climber, Oh Eun-sun, becomes the first woman to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks.

• 2011: Tsumani floods the nuclear powerplant at Fukushima, disrupting the cooling system. Hailstork writes Fanfare for Amazing Grace.

• 2012: Norway’s Parliament abolishes the Church of Norway. The country will have no established religion.

Born in Rochester, New York in 1941, Adolphus Hailstork is one of the preeminent African American composers of the second half of the 20th century. Hailstork’s musical career began with piano lessons as a small child. He went on to study violin, organ, and voice in addition to piano. Hailstork studied with some of the best composers and teachers of composition in the world, including Nadia Boulanger, Mark Fax, Vittorio Giannini, and H. Owen Reed.

He received his PhD in composition from Michigan State University in 1971. Hailstork held a variety of positions as a professor of composition before being hired at Norfolk State University and later, Old Dominion University. He has resided in Virginia Beach, Virginia since being hired at Norfolk State in 1977.

Hailstork’s musical style blends influences from European classical music and African American musical traditions. He has drawn thematic influence from the experiences of African Americans in the United States, and social activism has been an important driving force of his creative output. In the composer’s words: “What can an artist do? I can speak on the issues and put them in my work. These are the tragedies and triumphs of a people who have been beaten up for 400 years. Does anyone speak for them? Who writes pieces that speak for the existence of African Americans in the United States? I’ll take on that job.”

Dr. Hailstork’s work has been performed by some of the best orchestras in the United States, including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.

In 1992, he was named Cultural Laureate of the state of Virginia.

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Although Fanfare on Amazing Grace, was written in 2011 and recorded by the Virginia Symphony, it had its most high-profile recording in 2021. The work was transcribed for band by Donald Patterson, chief arranger for the U.S. Marine Band and performed at the inauguration of President Joe Biden by the President’s Own Marine Band. Hailstork wrote the piece in commemoration of William Walker, and American singing master who published several collections of shape-note hymns, including the famous collection Southern Harmony.

In this hymnal, Walker combined a tune called New Britian with a text by the English abolitionist John Newton to create one of the most famous hyms of all time, Amazing Grace.

Hailstork’s work draws inspiration from a Baroque chorale prelude, with the hymn tune gradually unfolding within a texture of rich counterpoint. The brass trade fanfare figures over the top of the melody richly orchestrated in the strings.

Felix Mendelssohn b. February 3, 1809, in Hamburg, Germany. d. November 4, 1847, in Leipzig, Germany.

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Composed: Mendelssohn began to work on the concerto in 1838 for his friend, the violinist Ferdinand David.

Premiered: First performed on March 13, 1845, in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.

IV. Allegro molto appassionato V. Andante VI. Allegretto non troppo—Allegro molto vivace The Work in Context • 1842: British Forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

• 1843: Charles Thurber invents the typewriter • 1844: Australia passes a law that allows the kidnapping of aboriginal children.

• 1845: The US Congress annexes Texas. Mendelssohn premieres his Violin Concerto.

Felix Mendelssohn, born in 1809, stands as one of the foremost composers in the era after Beethoven. A child prodigy, Mendelssohn’s musical style was well established before his 20th birthday. He drew upon the influence of a wide variety of composers and wrote in a style that contained both Classical and Romantic elements. The grandson of the prominent Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix was born into an elite intellectual family in

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Germany. To avoid persecution in the Prussian empire, Abraham Mendelssohn had the Mendelssohn children secretly baptized into the Christian faith and Felix was given the name Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Abraham Mendelssohn, Felix’s father, saw the Christian faith as a positive influence in the world and believed that it would not pull his family away from what was good and true as it protected them from persecution.

Mendelssohn began thinking of the material for his Violin Concerto in E minor years before its eventual premiere. In 1838, he wrote to his friend Ferdinand David, “I should like to write a violin concerto for you next winter. One in E minor runs through my head, the beginning of which gives me no peace.” David and Mendelssohn had been friends since childhood. When Mendelssohn became principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, he selected Davide as concertmaster. The completion of the concerto was delayed by other projects for several years, so Mendelssohn did not finish the work until 1844.

This concerto is one of the most important works for solo violin, and one that violinists for the last 150 years have all learned and loved. The work follows the typical three-movement form of the Classical-Era concertos before it, but the movements are expanded, and the virtuosic capabilities of the violin are more fully explored than in the previous era. The first movement, rather than opening with an orchestral introduction, begins almost immediately with the solo violin. The tune is relatively simple, and this simplicity contrasts with the virtuosic cadenza. The second movement is a beautiful “song without words” in 6/8 time.

The third movement starts with a brief transition in a minor key, then a brass fanfare in a major key opens a bubbly and cheery finale.

Jean Sibelius b. December 8, 1865, in Hameenlinna, Finland. d. September 20, 1957, in Ainola, Finland.

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Composed: Sibelius wrote Symphony No. 2 while staying in a villa in Rapallo, Italy in 1901-1902.

Premiered: The Helsinki Orchestral Society first performed the work on March 8, 1902.

V. Allegretto VI. Tempo andante, ma rubato VII. Vivacissimo VIII. Finale: Allegro moderato

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The Work in Context • 1899: The boll weevil crosses the Rio Grande and begins destroying Southern cotton fields and causing farm laborers to migrate North.

• 1900: The paper clip is invented.

• 1901: The first Australian parliament is convened; Sibelius completes Symphony No. 2.

• 1902: A new automobile speed record is set at 74 mph.

Widely regarded as Finland’s greatest composer, Jean Sibelius reached from the Romantic era well into the 20th century. His most famous work, Finlandia, became an important musical expression of Finnish national identity as it struggled for independence from Russia.

Until Finland adopted the euro, Sibelius was on the country’s 100-mark note.

Sibelius was born in 1865 in the Grand Duchy of Finland, at that time a part of the Russian Empire. His father was a doctor, but he died when young Sibelius was just three years old, leaving the family very much in debt. His mother moved back in with her mother, and Sibelius lived in his grandmother’s household as he came of age. His uncle Pehr, the only male relative in his life, gave Sibelius his first violin when he was ten and encouraged him to practice. He played piano and violin and began to experiment with composition.

Sibelius started his university study in 1885, studying law at the Imperial Alexander University in Finland. However, his law study was short-lived, and he quickly moved to the Helsinki Music Institute (which is now named the Sibelius Academy) to study music. After graduating, Sibelius moved to Berlin and later Vienna, studying with important composers, attending concerts, and enjoying social life in these cosmopolitan cities. Sibelius returned to Finland in 1892, gave up his ambitions to be a concert violinist, got married, and began his compositional career in earnest. Sibelius spent the approximately 10 years between his return to Finland and the premiere of his first symphony teaching, conducting, and composing smaller works. In 1899, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 premiered to national celebration. The premiere came at a time when Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was restricting the powers of the local Finnish government, so national fervor was in the air. The symphony shared the concert with Sibelius’ patriotic Song of the Athenians. This song, along with some subsequent nationalistic music Sibelius wrote, made him a national hero.

Sibelius was having a hard time finding time to compose amid all his teaching and conducting commitments. One of his benefactors, Baron Axel Carpelan, raised money for Sibelius and his family to spend a few months in a villa in Rapallo, Italy where he could compose without distraction. The idea for a symphony evolved from the story of Don Juan, to four tone poems on Dante’s Divine Comedy, to a full-fledged symphony as he continued to sketch and work. Sibelius rejected there being any programmatic elements to the work, but critics and musicians in Finland couldn’t resist reading nationalistic and patriotic themes into the music. The symphony is a piece that is constantly changing: cheerful one moment, then

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pastoral, then triumphant, then moody. The first movement starts simply then builds to its iconic grand statement in the brass. The second movement is based on the melody Sibelius wrote when he was thinking of composing a piece about the famous literary character Don Juan. The movement starts with pizzicato in the strings and the melody in the bassoon and ends with thunderous brass. The third movement, a lightning-quick scherzo, is constantly in motion. The middle section of the movement is slow with lovely melodies in the woodwinds.

The third movement moves directly into the fourth without pause. The Finale is a grandiose, stately movement that begins and ends on a triumphant note.

Program notes by Martin D. King An active performer and teacher, Martin D. King is on the faculty of Washington State University, where he teaches horn and music education. Dr. King maintains a busy performance schedule, holding positions in three orchestras in Eastern Washington and touring with his quintet, the Pan Pacific Ensemble. For more information, please visit. www.martinking.music.com

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SOUNDS OF THE SEASON

Saturday, December 3, 2022 7:30 p.m.

Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center Celebrate the holidays with West Texas Symphony’s annual Christmas concert event!

POPS & FAMILY SERIES IS PROUDLY UNDERWITTEN BY Wood Family Foundation THIS CONCERT IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Claire & Jim Woodcock

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West Texas Symphony is pleased to acknowledge the generosity of those who place a high value on the presence of live symphonic, chamber, and choral music in West Texas. Through their monetary commitment or other unique forms of support, they enable us to fulfill our mission of enriching lives through music for a 60th season!

Listed below are the gifts and pledges for the 2022-2023 season as of August 1, 2022.

DIAMOND BATON SOCIETY ($10,000+) J.C. Ferguson Foundation Midland Symphony Guild & Odessa Symphony Guild GOLDEN BATON SOCIETY ($5,000+) Kay & George Smith SILVER BATON SOCIETY ($2,500+) Jessica Bexley Mary Dawson Julia Edwards Mary & Nam Kim C. Richard Sivalls Michael & Dana Ashton & Mr. Marc Capellini Dr. Ed Rathbun & Suzanne Rathbun Rosemary & Max Wright FORTISSIMO ($1,000+) Anonymous Gayle & Michael Banschbach Robin Richey & Gary Brednich Drs. Roberta & Richard Case Martha & Paul Crump Denise & Thomas W. Elrod Maridell Fryar Rosalind Redfern Grover Carole & Harry Hinkle Carolina & Ronny Keith Mark Knox Diann & John McKee Patricia & Peter Lufholm Doris Casey Mason A. Lee Miller Doris P. Redfern Dale Stice FORTE ($500+) Anonymous Penny & Ernie Angelo

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Suzie & Kirk Boyd Paul Feit Elizabeth S Prentice Juandelle Lacy Roberts Cathy & Floyd C Rountree Carole V Warren Kay & Tom Zeltman MEZZO FORTE ($250+) Sophie Edwards Lou Nelle & Jeff George Bill Harden Lynn Mashburn Dawn Nichols Eric Pantzer Ruth & Bob A. Price Nicholas C Taylor Dr. Tulsi & Mrs. Claudette Singh Violet & Mark Singh CRESCENDO ($125+) Network for Good Dee Anna Arellano Ann Curtis Jeannine & Robert Donnelly Monsignor Larry Droll Ashlee Dunn Connie May Deeann & Richard Werner PIANO ($75+) Chevron Beverly Alstrin Sandra Bridgewater Julie & Pat S. Canty Em Carnett Nancy Hull Ann Parish Crystal Radford

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CONSIDER A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING GIFT! Established in 1992 to help provide a financial cushion when economic activity in the Basin declines, the WTS Endowment Fund currently accounts for about 6% of the annual budget. As you consult with your tax advisor, financial planner, or attorney, please consider West Texas Symphony as a beneficiary of your planned giving or of your estate. Your legacy will continue to Enrich Lives Through Music for generations to come.

For further details on how you can play your part in assuring that WTS concerts and programs continue well into the future, please contact:

Violet Singh, Development Director 432-563-0921 or development@wtxs.org

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ENDOWMENT FUND CONTRIBUTORS You, Your Legacy, and the Music of West Texas Symphony For 60 seasons the music of West Texas Symphony has not just endured, but grown.

What a testament to residents of this community and their determination to include live symphony, chamber, and choral music as part of the cultural landscape of West Texas!

By donating to the WTS Endowment Fund, you join generous contributors whose gifts immediately work to provide critical funding for the quality programming WTS offers season after season, now and into the future.

For further details on how you can play your part to assure that WTS continues to Enrich Lives Through Music well into the future, please contact Violet Singh, Development Director at 432-563-0921.

THE FOUNDERS

Mrs. Keleen Beal Millennium Club ($25,000+) MEMORIALS: Walter Osadchuk

Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Miller

Mary June Rasmussen

Mr. Kenneth Anderson & Anne Acreman, MD Anonymous Karen & Spencer Beal Davidson Family Charities Estate of Dollie Neal Ballenger Mary de Compiegne Estate of Mary Louise Gilmour Rosalind Redfern Grover William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Music Education Midland Symphony Guild MOSC Board of Directors Harvey & Harriet Herd John & Doris Mason Estate of Alice B. Moxey David Austin Stephens

Beethoven Society ($10,000-$24,999) In Memory of Charles Tracy Sivalls Mrs. C.T. Sivalls In Honor of Ruth McFarland Midland Symphony Guild Estate of Mary Harrington Anonymous (2) Nancy & Buddy Anguish Drs. Terry & Elvira Burns Dr. & Mrs. J. Terry Carpenter

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Mr. & Mrs. Louis Rochester

Mr. & Mrs. Nance G. Creager Marion E. Luper, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William L. McGavran III Beverly Pevehouse Mr. & Mrs. T.G. Roden Mr. & Mrs. Earl Rodman

Mozart Society ($5,000-$9,999)

In Honor of Ted Hale Anonymous MEMORIALS:

Nelson Allison

Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Wilson

Bach Society ($1,000-$4,999) MEMORIALS: Anne K. Anson Robert D. Anson

Robert D. Anson

Drs. Richard & Roberta Case

Tyler T. Burns

Bobby & Denise Burns

Johnny “Cactus Jack” Dowdle Nash Dowdle

Marion E. Luper, Jr.

Marguerite W. Davis

Marion E. Luper, Jr.

John M. Grimland, Jr.

Mrs. Viola Campbell

Neal H. Johnson

Jared A. Barlage

Roy E. Campbell

Justin Andrew Fregia

Ludie & Eben Warner

Mrs. John M. Grimland, Jr

Berniece Johnson

Martha Fregia

Vera Osadchuk

HONORARIUMS: Ted Hale

Walter Osadchuk

Anonymous

Michael J. Santorelli

Modesta and Clayton Williams J.C. Ferguson Foundation The Midland Musicians Club Drs. Richard & Roberta Case Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Cole Roger B. Corzine Dr. & Mrs. Bart Mayron Phil & Susan Parker Mr. & Mrs. C. Richard Sivalls Mr. & Mrs. George S. Smith

Bea & Bob Angevine Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Covington

Josh H. Parr

Anne & Jim McLaughlin Victoria Parr Ehrlich

Mary June Rasmussen Dr. & Mrs. Terry Unruh

Fred A. Stout, Jr. Kathlene N. Stout

Martha Tompkins

Dianne & Mark Tompkins

Bob Winkler & Clayton Taylor Winkler Carolyn Winkler

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HONORARIUMS: Dorothy Davis

Dr. & Mrs. Terry Unruh

Michael J. Santorelli

Penny and Ernest Angelo Carole V. Warren

Shari Santorelli

Penny and Ernest Angelo Betty Rae and Paul Davis The MOSC Chorale Carole V. Warren Estate of Joyce Ann Bradley ExxonMobil Foundation Marshall & Winston. Inc. Mobil Foundation, Inc. Shinn Industrial Sales/Barbara & Don Shinn TXU Electric The Midland Musicians Club Anonymous (3) Nelson Allison Dollie Neal Ballenger Dr. & Mrs. John E. Bauman Karen & Spencer Beal Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Boothe Mrs. M.O. Boring, Jr. David and Vicki Brown Bob & Julia Chandler Mr. & Mrs. K. Michael Conaway Paul & Martha Crump Betty & Albert Dale Mr. & Mrs. Roy H. Davidson Mary & Henri de Compiegne Kimberly B. Dollens Betty & Don Ewan Celeste Fasken Frances Gilliland Elizabeth A. Greaves Elizabeth Harvey Karl & Cathy Herzog Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Innerarity Mrs. Stan Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Bob L. Jones Marian & Charles E. Jones V. Wayne & Joann Jones Dr. & Mrs. Nam Kim Mr. & Mrs. James W. Lacy Dr. Ron Larson & Pat Paxton Larson Stephanie Latimer Jane C. Lea Robert M. & Prudie Leibrock Scott W. Long LaNelle McBee Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McHaney Rusty & Alyson McInturff Mr. & Mrs. James D. McLaughlin

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Walter & E. Grace Osadchuk Dr. E. Grace Osadchuk Mr. & Mrs. Josh H. Parr Dr. & Mrs. Jess Parrish Margaret L. Peer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pollard Mike and Sue Potter Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Rice Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Rutter, Jr. Rick & Debbie Schneider Violet & Mark Singh Dr. Roger M. Traxel Bill & Patti Watson Harold & Jacquelyn Williams Rachel & Ethan Wills Jane Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Max Wright

Jane & Don Samples Sue Solari

Louise M. Garay Bill & Mary Garay

Luis de la Garza, III Pamela Howell

Richelle Gengler

The Midland Musicians Club

Dr. Ted Hale

Anonymous Carol, John & Caroline Deats

Edith C. Hardy

The Midland Musicians Club

Lee Harley Flo White

Sharon Hickox

Mark & Janet Krause

Dr. Thomas A & Anne B. Hyde

Contributors (Up to $999) HONORARIUMS: Bea Angevine

Violet and Mark Singh

Peggy C. Jones

The Midland Musicians Club

Abigail Kauffman

Jane & Don Samples

Katherine Bash & Duncan Kennedy

Mary Macferran

Carolina Kieth

Harriet A. & Gene Motter

MOSC Board of Directors

Jack “Dug” Belcher

Jeannette Kolokoff

Dortha & Ronald Bennett

MOSC Board of Directors Crystal Radford Ann Parish Betty Ann Prentice

Dortha & Ronald Bennett & Barbara Shinn Ms. Judy DeWees

Brad Bullock

LaDoyce Lambert

MOSC Board of Directors Eddie Montoya

MOSC Board of Directors

David Lauritzen

Marin & Ashlin Bullock

MOSC Board of Directors

Brad & Crista Bullock

Martha Lewis

Pamela Howell

Karen McAfee

MOSC Board of Directors

John and Melissa Madura

The Midland Musicians Club

Reba McHaney

Chris Chance

The Midland Musicians Club

Carol Chandler

Carole Symonette

Jo Ann Collett

Violet and Mark Singh

Kimberly Corman

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Parker Tim Young & Sharon Hickox

Janet Williams Pollard

Ann Countryman

Edward McPherson

Mrs. D. Pat Darden

Charles & Brenda Nail

Gary Edmiston

Vera Osadchuk

Karen Elliott

Dr. Henry Page

Trisha Faubion

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Pope

Maridell Fryar

Richy Puga

Larry & Gwen Roberts

Jeannette & Mark Kolokoff

Betty M. Scott

Bill Harden

Employees of Security State Bank Jane Wolf

Karen Watson

Bea Angevine

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Jennifer & John C. Harper

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Chapter Gd P.E.O. Connie May

Russell J. Ramsland

Midland Symphony Guild

Jay Reynolds

MOSC Board of Directors

Red & Juandelle Lacy Roberts

Violet & Mark Singh

Elizabeth Roweck

The Midland Musicians Club

Jane Samples Bea Angevine

Michael J. Santorelli Violet and Mark Singh Janet Stafford Carol Symonette

Shari Santorelli

Craig and Doris Anderson Connie May Violet and Mark Singh Janet Stafford Carol Symonette

Cliff & Joyce Sherrod Violet & Mark Singh

Violet Singh

Alynda Best Joanie Holt Rev. Jon & Dale Stasney The Midland Musicians Club

Sue & Buddy McDonald Violet & Mark Singh Dr. & Mrs. Steve Wiehle

Anne Anson

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Durham Arlen Edgar Betty & Clem George Robert D. Anson Thomas K. Anson Ms. Francene Breckenridge Edith Libson Andrew W. Austin & Cynthia K. Stewart

Eldon Basney

Midland Symphony Guild Ms. Beverly K. Cunningham Dr. E. Grace Osadchuk Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tandy

Frank Bell

Betty Ann Prentice

Emma Burnett

Violet and Mark Singh Jane Wolf

Jack E. Brown Jeannette and Mark Kolokoff

Warren Burnett

Paula & Ruff Ahders Ms. Judy DeWees Mr. & Mrs. Jim Leeton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tandy Jane Wolf

Sue Smith & Jim Huddleston

Anne Caldwell

Sue Solari

Mrs. Ethel Chapman

Alathea & Jim Blischke Violet and Mark Singh Jane & Don Samples Mark & Jeannette Kolokoff Bill & Mary Garay

Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Jones

Clarence E. Cardwell, Jr. Eric Leibrock

Truman & Doreen McCreless

Viola Campbell

The Midland Musicians Club

Herb and Pat Stanley

J. Dan Carpenter

Cindy Walton

Marcella Christensen

Violet and Mark Singh

Amy A. Walton Jane Wolf Memorial Christian Church Billy T. Schulze

Beverly Wise

The Midland Musicians Club

Gene & JoAnn Wyatt Risa Brown MEMORIALS

Nelson Allison

Michael & Dana Ashton Bob & Kay Bivens Karl & Cathy Herzog Joan McCown

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Alan and Susan Leshnower Katherine Grella

Doris Cooper

Cowan Hill Bond Agency Mullis Newby Hurst Ronald Bennett Howard Cowan Janet Hayes Bob & Pam Leibrock Violet & Mark Singh Mary Nixon Tighe

Dorothy Croft

Caroline Ater Howard Chancy & Toni Croft Barbara Davis

Alan & Susan Leshnower

Mary McKeown Davis Pat & Herb Stanley

Lynn Davis

LaDoyce Lambert

Perry Davis

Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren

Jean Grisham Dean

Jeff & Lou Nelle George

Opal Dobbs

Ludie & Eben Warner

Gretchen Estes

The Midland Musicians Club

Marie Finical Chris Newman

John Foster

Kay & Robert Bivens

Kathleen Freeman Lyn Fishman Maridell Fryar Ann Parish Betty Ann Prentice

Fay Griffin

Betty & Stuart Awbrey

Betty Louise Gulledge Lou Nelle & Jeff George Martha Savage

Marshall C. Gulledge

Marilyn J. Craig Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Neill Frankie Simmons Mary Harrington Odessa Council for the Arts & Humanities Odessa Symphony Guild Nancy Anguish Karen & Spencer Beal Bobby & Denise Burns Emma H. Burnett Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren Karl & Cathy Herzog Tim Young & Sharon Hickox Melissa Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Jones Charles Milby Hartwell Barbara Hartwell Mayor Dan Hemphill Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren Harriet Herd Midland Symphony Guild Alathea & Jim Blische Jeannine Donnelly Kenneth Herrick Elizabeth & Preston Black

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Myrna Herrick The Preston Black Family Mayor Bill Hext Bobby & Denise Burns Jacque Nell Hunder Holland Marc and Kay Maddox Dr. Thomas Hohstadt Jane Wolf Rose Ann Houghton Joanie Holt Robert Hudson Jane Wolf Billie Hunt Pam & Bob Leibrock Pat Innerarity Jim & Barbara Clack Mary B. Kennedy Rebecca Sawyer Janet & Paul St.Hilaire Dr. Thomas A. Hyde The Midland Musicians Club Neal Johnson Ms. Judy DeWees Marian Jones Bob & Nancy Dott Betty & Harvey Dunn Alan & Susan Leshnower Sally McGuffey Esther D. Bird Jane Knox Jeannette & Mark Kolokoff LaDoyce Lambert Phyllis Kvasnicka Beverly Muire & Family Dick Lambert LaDoyce and Gloria Lambert Gloria Lambert Barry and Mary Beck Jeannette and Mark Kolokoff Lynn Mashburn Violet and Mark Singh Jane Wolf LaDoyce Lambert Martha & Paul Crump Lynn Mashburn Margaret Purvis Jane Wolf Merceda Layton Audrey Chartier Katherine Leeton Fowler Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren Ed Leps Audra & J.D. Whatley Katherine Linehan

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Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Berger Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Blake Alva D. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cahoon Elinore Chase Harvey & Harriet Herd Patty & Tevis Herd Sue Houghton Dan M.Leonard Jan & Bill Setzler Mrs. E.M. Seydell Barnie Snure Mrs. George Lovett Audrey Chartier Geraldine MacCabe Chastain Jheri Fleet Marjorie Sue McLelland Emma H. Burnett Maurice “Mo” Martel W.M. Champion Sammie K. Rogers Mary Elizabeth Newman Carole Symonette Grace Osadchuk Jan Artley, Jane Samples, Patty Smith, Lucinda Windsor, Maridell Fryar Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren Mr. & Mrs. D. N. Ewan Chris & Fred Newman Rebecca Sawyer Schatzie & Charlie Tighe Vera Osadchuk Rino Irving Pam & Bob Leibrock Lynch Chappel Alsup Ed Magruder Suzanne Martin Bill & Sheila Morrow Violet & Mark Singh Sue Solari Bill Stella Jan & Paul St.Hilaire The Midland Musicians Club Jane Wolf Walter Osadchuk Vera Osadchuk Barbara Parr Anonymous Rebecca Atwood Victoria Ehrlich Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Jones Josh H. Parr Anonymous Rebecca Atwood

Mrs. Coy Best Victoria Ehrlich Delia Griffin V. Wayne & Joann Jones Mr. & Mrs. James D. McLaughlin John O’Hern Dr. Jess Parrish Kay and Bob Bivens Harold Rasco Audrey Chartier Victor Rede Melissa Burnett & Wayne Warren Charles H. Rentz Mary Rentz Charles Roberts Mr. & Mrs. George F. Harley Betty Lloyd Ross Frank & Getchen Bell Rebecca Bell Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cahoon Ms. Sarah C. Hardwick Dr. & Mrs. Charles Simmons Violet and Mark Singh Russell F. Sanders Emma H. Burnett Sue Bob Smith Drs. Roberta & Richard Case Jeannette Kolokoff Elizabeth Prentice Violet and Mark Singh Junia Stoddard Helen Parsons Adhers Sally Stella Chris Newman David Austin Stephens Davis, Gerald & Cremer Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder Mary Lou Cassidy Permian Basin Landmen’s Association Violet & Mark Singh Nan & Alan Zeman Deane Stoltz & Susan Stoltz Tirey Kay & Robert Bivens Emma H. Burnett Wanda Campbell Kathleen Stout Midland Symphony Guild Twentieth Century Study Club Capt. & Mrs. William E. Clark Berniece Johnson Charlene Shults

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Kay & Robert Bivens Sheila Thompson The Midland Musicians Club Naomi Tillett Mary & Barry Beck Alva D. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cahoon Elinore Chase Capt. & Mrs. William E. Clark David & Sarah Lew Grimes Sue & Ted Kerr LaDoyce & Gloria Lambert Mary Ann McRae Mr. Mrs. Charles L.Tighe Earl Van Stavern Midland Symphony Guild Thomas Welch Schatzie & Charles Tighe Bill J. Whitfield Dee Griffin Rita Williams Ronald & Dortha J. Bennett Berniece Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Paul H. Johnson AT&T Foundation The Bosworth Company Chapter Gd P.E.O. The Midland Musicians Club Tierra Company / Bill Musar Stanton Music Club Twentieth Century Study Club Anonymous (4) Dr. & Mrs. Clayton Alred Jim & Sandra Alsup Mr. & Mrs. George Alther Mr. & Mrs. John F. Armstrong Joyce R. Barthelemy Cliffy & Barry Beal Helen B. Beal Chrys & Kelly Beal Cheryl Becker Frank & Gretchen Bell Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Bellows Virginia Berry Elizabeth & Herb Blankinship Berry & Jane Breining Ken & Cathy Burgess

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Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bynum Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cahoon Mr. & Mrs. Jack C. Cartwright Edward & Cassandra Cheek Mr. & Mrs. Bill Clifton Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Cooke Margaret Cowden Enid W. Davis Tom & Dorothy Davis Bill & Mary Anne Dingus Mary Margaret Donelson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn D. Durham, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Erwin, Jr. Paul Feit Iris & John Foster Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Frazer Jeff & Lou Nelle George Richard D. & Iola Gillham Dan Green Sarah & David Grimes Mr. & Mrs. M.C. Gulledge, Jr. Barbara Hales Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Halpert Billie C. Halstead Mrs. Thornton Hardie Phil & Judy Hayes Patty & Tevis Herd Dr. & Mrs. William M. Hibbitts Melissa Hirsch Brittie N. Holster Dr. Jim Huddleston & Sue Smith Dr. & Mrs. James Humphreys Patricia & Leon Jeffcoat Barbara J.H. Johnson Maureen Johnson & Todd Torczon Jo Ann Jonsson Al & Elayne Karickhoff Sherry Keisling Niran E. Kellogg Lee & Bob Kennedy Mary B. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. William D. Kleine Jane Knox Sarah & David Lauritzen Pam & Bob Leibrock Edith H. Libson Buddy & Anita Lintzen Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Lytle

Beverly Martin James H. Miller, D.D.S. Darla V. Mueller Kelvie Williams Muhlbauer Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Nail Mr. & Mrs. Jim Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Newman James & Jerri Nickel Ann Parish Steve & Diane Parker Bill Peyton Rod & Jane Phares Margaret & James H. Purvis Jane B. Ramsland Randee and Jack Rathbone Lynn Renaud Jane & Ray Riddle Mary G. Ritchie Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Hal Roegner Mrs. Donald A. Ross Rita Rusnak Dee Ann & Jeff Salehi Rebecca Sawyer Lisa and Geoffrey Schaffer-Harris Mrs. Suzanne Seright James & Alison Small Sally & Bill Stella Harley R. Stimmel Mary & Paul Summersgill John & Barbara Swart Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Szenasi Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tandy John J. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. L.B. Terrell Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Tighe William A. Townsend Julia E. Vaughan Mary Edith Waddell Orin Wade Mr. & Mrs. Edward Wallace Rev. & Mrs. Robert Walter Jenna H. Welch Mr. & Mrs. Richard Werner Jann & Dr. Stephen Wiesenfeld Mike Willson

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