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onductor, pianist, composer and pedagogue Robert Spano is known for his unique communicative abilities. Beginning his 14th season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, this imaginative conductor has quietly been responsible for nurturing the careers of numerous classically-trained composers and conductors. As Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, he oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs for 630 students, including Aspen’s American Academy of Conducting.

The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Spano’s commitment to American contemporary music. He has led ASO performances at Carnegie Hall (2014-2015 marks Spano’s ninth consecutive season as a guest of that prestigious venue), Lincoln Center, and the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah Music Festivals. Guest engagements include the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera productions of Wagner’s Ring cycles.

Following Britten’s War Requiem in Carnegie Hall and Verdi’s Aida in Atlanta, Spano conducted the world premiere of Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style in Ojai and will reprise the opera at Carnegie Hall in December. In addition to his hands-on leadership and eight Festival concerts at The Aspen Music Festival and School, Spano’s Hölderlin Songs premiere in August with soprano Susanna Phillips.

Recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon and ASO Media, have received six Grammy™ Awards with an allVaughan Williams disc released in September. Spano is on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory and has received honorary doctorates from Bowling Green State University, the Curtis Institute of Music, Emory University and Oberlin. Maestro Spano was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and is proud to live in Atlanta.

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Maestro Spano conducts three world premieres with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and joins both the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Symphony. Guest conducting in Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong is woven with Spano’s passion for education with the Curtis Institute of Music’s Orchestra on tour, and the New England Conservatory Philharmonic.

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Xia Liu Kelly L. Loeffler Meghan H. Magruder Brian F. McCarthy Penny McPhee† Michael J. Merlin Terence L. Neal E. Fay Pearce, Jr. Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia H. Reid† Ronda Respess* William Schultz John Sibley† H. Hamilton Smith†

Directors Jim Abrahamson† Neil H. Berman Paul Blackney Brett M. Blumencranz Frank H. Boykin Mary Rockett Brock Janine Brown C. Merrell Calhoun Bill Carey S. Wright Caughman, M.D. Ronald M. Cofield Russell Currey Carlos del Rio, M.D. Lynn Eden

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Robert Spano Music Director The Robert Reid Topping Chair * Donald Runnicles Principal Guest Conductor The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

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David Coucheron Concertmaster The Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair* The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair* Associate Concertmaster TBD The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair* Justin Bruns Assistant Concertmaster Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster Anastasia Agapova Carolyn Toll Hancock John Meisner Christopher Pulgram** Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Principal - TBD The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair* Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair* Jay Christy Assistant Principal Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift David Dillard Eleanor Kosek Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’Donnell** Ronda Respess Frank Walton

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By Andrew Alexander

hen Benjamin Britten wrote A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra in 1946 to introduce children to the various sections of a symphony orchestra, a media label certainly wasn’t part of the picture. But over the years, recording has become a more and more important aspect of an orchestra’s public face, and with recent changes in the music industry, orchestras like the Atlanta Symphony have started to form their own recording labels

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in order to get music into the hands of listeners. A house media label has in fact become a crucial functioning part of many contemporary symphony orchestras.

“It’s really important for us to move quickly in response to what we’re hearing from our audiences,” says Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Interim President and CEO Terry Neal on the founding of ASO Media. “It has become an increasingly on-time, on-demand world. A media label is a way to make sure

when Telarc disbanded,” says ASO Vice President and General Manager Julianne M. Fish. “The ASO has such a rich recording history, to be able to continue this, a media label was deemed to be the best option.”

Prior to the formation of ASO Media, creating a recording was ‘one-stop shopping,’ as Fish puts it: Telarc handled almost all aspects of production, recording and distribution. But now nearly all of this falls to the organization itself. Although it’s a challenge for the ASO to handle the new tasks, Fish points out that one of the primary advantages of the new label is that it does give a greater level of artistic control back to the orchestra.

“We had a different relationship with Telarc, as did most of the traditional orchestras,” she explains. “Telarc had an interest in what was recorded because we make the artistry of the ASO they had an interest in what sold available to our audiences all and what their markets wanted. the time. No matter how you ASO now retains that control want to hear the music, you can from almost every aspect. We have the ASO with you.” are the decision makers for the The decision to create ASO artistic product.”

Media originally came about Digital downloads and media as a reaction to changes in the labels may be developments of recording industry, specifically the recent past, but recording the 2009 disbandment of the is nothing new for the ASO, production arm of Telarc which has earned 27 Grammys Records, the ASO’s longtime for its past recordings over the record label. Like other major years. Although the relationship orchestras in San Francisco with Telarc came to an end, and Chicago, the ASO decided the ASO chose to maintain its the best way to continue its longtime relationship with key recording legacy was to form engineering and production an independent media label. “It staff – an important ingredient was almost a logical progression

“No matter how you want to hear the music, you can have the ASO with you.”

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in ensuring recordings on the new label kept up the tradition of excellence in capturing the signature ASO sound. “There’s quite a bit of alteration to the hall to make it into a studio, because we’re trying to put the listener into the theoretical best seat in the house,” says the ASO’s longtime recording engineer Michael Bishop. As in the days of recording under the baton of Robert Shaw, 300 sheets of plywood are brought into Symphony Hall to cover seats and concrete side walls in order to transform the hall into a recording studio. “We need the wood out there to make a different kind of ambience in the hall. The whole hall behaves quite differently than when there’s an audience in 18 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | aso.org

there... The recording’s going to be around for a long time, so you want it to stand up to repeated listening. You want it to be everything the music director and musicians hope for.”

For distribution, the ASO now partners with Nashville-based classical music record label Naxos. And as the name implies, ASO Media is not technically just a ‘record’ or ‘CD’ label: more and more, modern listeners no longer want or need to buy a physical product, but use digital downloads from iTunes and other sources to access music.

The first release on the ASO Media label was a 2011 recording of Pulitzer Prize

winner Jennifer Higdon’s concerto On A Wire and Michael Gandolfi’s choral work, QED: Engaging Richard Feynman featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

During the 2011-12 season, ASO Media released two recordings: in June there was the Atlanta Symphony’s commission of Atlanta School of Composers member Christopher Theofanidis’ Symphony and Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, and in October an all-Rachmaninov recording featuring Garrick Ohlsson playing Piano Concerto No. 3. Sibelius’ Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 were featured on the fourth release in November 2013.

The latest, a collection of Vaughan Williams’ works released on September 9, allows the orchestra to utilize some of its most popular elements: the recording features a popular concert program from the 2013-14 season, the ASO Chorus takes center stage on Williams’ famous Dona nobis pacem, and Concertmaster David Coucheron records as soloist with the ASO for the first time on The Lark Ascending.

No matter the format and no matter the label, the emphasis remains on capturing the living artistry of the ASO. “Nothing can replace live performance because there’s always something electric about it,” says Coucheron about the process of recording.

“The challenging part of playing The Lark Ascending is to capture the serenity, the quietness, the slowly accelerating motions.

And to do that in fifteen minutes, creating an arc from all the many different sections of the piece, a beginning, middle and end: to get that right is tricky. I have to get myself in a specific mindset. When I play recordings I try to make it seem as live as possible, trying to imagine that there are thousands of people listening.”

The recording’s going to be around for a long time, so you want it to stand up to repeated listening. You want it to be everything the music director and musicians hope for.

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ANTONIO VIVALDI was born in Venice, Italy, on March 4, 1678, and died in Vienna, Austria, on July 28, 1741. The Gloria is scored for soprano and alto soloists, mixed chorus, oboe, trumpet, continuo and strings.

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ntonio Vivaldi was one of the most prolific and influential musicians of the Baroque era—not just as a composer, but also as a violin virtuoso and teacher. The son of a professional violinist, Vivaldi originally trained for the priesthood and was ordained in 1703. However, Vivaldi suffered from an ailment he described as strettezza di petto (“tightness of the chest”)—in all likelihood, asthma. As a result, Vivaldi later recalled: “I said mass for year or a little more. Then I discontinued it, having on three occasions had to leave the altar without completing it because of this ailment.”

Vivaldi left the priesthood in 1703. That same year, he began his association with Venice’s Ospedale della Pièta, a home for orphaned girls renowned for its excellence in musical education. Despite extensive travels throughout Europe, Vivaldi remained affiliated with the Ospedale as a teacher, composer and music director for the better part of four decades.

works, operas and sacred vocal music, the latter including two settings in D Major of the Gloria (RV 588 and 589).

The date and specific circumstances surrounding the composition of the Gloria, RV 589, are unknown. However, its omission of any male soloists (unlike RV 588) indicates that Vivaldi may well have composed this beautiful work for performance at Ospedale della Pièta.

Gloria in excelsis (Chorus)

Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high, Et in terra pax (Chorus)

Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. and on earth peace to men of good will.

Laudamus te (Two Sopranos)

Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te.

We praise You, we bless You, we adore You, we glorify You. Gratias agimus tibi (Chorus)

Gratias agimus tibi We give thanks to You Propter magnam gloriam tuam (Chorus)

propter magnam gloriam tuam. for Your great glory.

Although Vivaldi enjoyed great success during much of his life, the composer was poverty-stricken when he died in Vienna on July 28, 1741, at the age of 63. Like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi was buried in a pauper’s grave.

Domine Deus (Soprano Solo)

It is in the realm of the concerto that Vivaldi exerted his most profound influence. Vivaldi composed approximately 550 concertos in which he explored a wide variety of instrumental combinations. But Antonio Vivaldi’s compositions also include numerous chamber

Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe.

Lord the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

Domine Deus, Rex celestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.

Lord God, heavenly King, Father almighty.

Domine Fili unigenite (Chorus)

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Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (Alto Solo and Chorus)

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Qui tollis (Chorus)

Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.

You who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Alto solo)

Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.

You who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us.

Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Chorus)

Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, For You alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You, Jesus Christ, are the Most High, Cum Sancto Spiritu (Chorus)

Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris.

Amen. with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

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Christmas Portion and “Hallelujah!”

Chorus from Messiah (1742) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL was born in Halle, Germany, on February 23, 1685, and died in London, England, on April 14, 1759. The first performance of Messiah took place at the New Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland, on April 13, 1742. Messiah is scored for solo soprano, alto, tenor and bass, mixed chorus, two oboes, two bassoons, two trumpets, timpani, organ, continuo and strings.

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he creation of George Frideric Handel’s most beloved work, Messiah, took place during a challenging period in the composer’s life. The steady decline in London of the popularity of Italian opera had caused Handel tremendous financial hardship. In addition, Handel’s rigorous work schedule had taken a profound toll on the composer’s health. By the summer of 1741, a period of lethargy had set in.

It was at this point that Handel received a libretto for a new work, an oratorio based upon the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The author of the libretto was Charles Jennens, who collaborated with Handel on several oratorios.

In July of 1741, Charles Jennens wrote to a friend: Handel says he will do nothing next Winter, but I hope I shall persuade him to set another Scripture Collection I have made for him, & perform it for his own Benefit in Passion Week. I hope he will lay out his whole Genius & Skill upon it, that the Composition may excel

Handel began composition of Messiah on August 22, 1741. There seems to be no question that the libretto, based upon the Old and New Testaments, proved to be a source of majestic inspiration. Handel, working at a lightning pace, completed Messiah in just 24 days.

(T)he best Judges allowed (Messiah) to be the most finished piece of music. Words are wanting to express the exquisite Delight it afforded to the admiring crowded audience. The Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving Words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished Heart and Ear. It is but justice to Mr. Handel, that the World should know, he generously gave the Money arising from this Grand Performance, to be equally shared by the Society for relieving Prisoners, the Charitable Infirmary, the Mercer’s Hospital, for which they will ever gratefully remember his Name…

Once Handel completed Messiah, he focused his attention upon Samson, another oratorio inspired by the Bible. It was during this period that Handel accepted an invitation to travel to Dublin for a series of concerts in aid of charity. In November, Handel set sail for Dublin, bringing with him several works for performance at the charity concerts. Among those works was The London premiere of Messiah, which Messiah. took place at Covent Garden on March 23, The premiere of Messiah took place at 1743, was more problematic. It appears Dublin’s New Music Hall in Fishamble that the London public accorded Handel’s Street on April 13, 1742. Three days prior Messiah a mixed reception. However, at to the performance, the Dublin Journal least according to one observer, those in printed the following admonition: attendance—including one very prominent Many Ladies and Gentlemen who member of the audience—were particularly are well-wishers to this Noble moved by a portion of the oratorio. This and Grand Charity for which this resulted in the birth of a tradition that Oratorio was composed, request continues to this day: “When the chorus it as a Favour, that the Ladies who struck up ‘for the Lord God Omnipotent’ honour this Performance with their (in the ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus), they were so Presence would be pleased to come transported that they all together, with the without Hoops, as it will greatly King (who happened to be present), started increase the Charity, by making up and remained standing till the chorus room for more company. ended.”

Gentlemen were also requested to In May of 1750, Handel agreed to present refrain from bringing their swords to the Messiah as a benefit for London’s Foundling performance, again for the purpose of Hospital. The performance venue of the increasing the audience capacity.

Hospital’s Chapel, coupled with the worthy The performance was a tremendous success. cause, removed any possible objections.

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all his former Compositions, as the Subject excels every other subject.

The Subject is Messiah.

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yearly tradition at the Foundling Hospital.

On April 6, 1759, Handel made his final public appearance, conducting a London performance of Messiah. Eight days later, Handel was dead at the age of 74.

The funeral, held in Westminster Abbey, attracted an estimated 3,000 mourners.

Three years later, the great church unveiled a monument to Handel, created by the French sculptor, Louis François Roubiliac.

The monument depicts Handel, holding the score of Messiah. Overhead, an angel plays a lyre. The score is opened to the soprano solo that serves to begin the oratorio’s Third Part: “I know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.”

This concert features Part I, the Christmas Portion, of Messiah, as well as the “Hallelujah!” Chorus from Part II. Messiah Music by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Texts selected from Holy Scripture by Charles Jennens (1700-1773) Part I Sinfonia TENOR

Comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.

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places plain.

[Isaiah 40:1-4] CHORUS

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

[Isaiah 40:5] BASS

Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea and the dry land, and I will shake all nations, and the desire of nations shall come.

The Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.

[Haggai 2:6-7; Malachi 3:1] ALTO

But who may abide the day of His coming?

And who shall stand when He appeareth?

For He is like a refiner’s fire.

[Malachi 3:2] CHORUS

And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

[Malachi 3:3] ALTO

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, God with us.

[Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23]

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O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah: Behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

[Isaiah 40:9; 60:1]

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For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

[Isaiah 60:2-3]

There were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people: for unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying: [Luke 2:8-11,13] CHORUS

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

[Isaiah 9:2 (Matthew 3:16)] CHORUS

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

[Isaiah 9:6]

Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men.

[Luke 2:14] SOPRANO

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, behold, thy King cometh unto thee. He is the righteous Saviour, and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.

[Zechariah 9:9-10] ALTO

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.

[Isaiah 35:5-6]

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He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Come unto Him, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and He will give you rest.

Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for he is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

[Isaiah 40:11; Matthew 11:28-29] CHORUS

His yoke is easy, and His burthen is light.

[Matthew 11:30] CHORUS

Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

[Revelation 19:6; 11:15; 19:16]

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NORMAN MACKENZIE, Conductor

JESSICA RIVERA, Soprano

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s Director of Choruses for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000 and holder of its endowed Frannie and Bill Graves Chair, Norman Mackenzie was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw to a new generation of music lovers. At the ASO, he prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, works closely with Robert Spano on the commissioning and realization of new choral-orchestral works and conducts holiday concerts annually. Mr. Mackenzie also serves as Organist and Director of Music and Fine Arts for Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church and pursues an active recital and guest conducting schedule.

oprano Jessica Rivera is established as one of the most creatively inspired vocal artists before the public today. Ms. Rivera’s recent engagements include performances of Donnacha Dennehy’s That the Night Come with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Fort Worth Symphony, Rachmaninov’s The Bells with Matthew Halls and the Houston Symphony, Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos with Robert Spano and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mark Grey’s Fire Angels, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem (all with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), and Mozart’s Requiem with David Robertson conducting The Cleveland Orchestra. In a national recital tour, Ms. Rivera was joined by mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor and pianist Robert Spano for concerts at Carnegie Hall, Cal Performances, Berkeley, Kennesaw State University, Pepperdine University and at Cincinnati’s Constella Festival. Ms. Rivera continues her Artist Residency Program with San Francisco Performances where she conducts workshops in classroom and community settings throughout the Bay Area encouraging young people to open their minds to the beauty and power of music as well as to the poetry and spirit behind the art of song.

Mr. Mackenzie has been hailed by The New York Times as Robert Shaw’s “designated successor.” In his 14-year association with Mr. Shaw, he was keyboardist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal Accompanist for the ASO Choruses, and ultimately assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the United States and the famed Shaw/Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops. He was choral clinician for the first three workshops after Mr. Shaw’s passing and partnered with Robert Spano for the 2011 Carnegie Hall Workshop fea- Ms. Rivera released two recordings in the 2014 season — Robert Spano’s Hölderlinturing the Berlioz Requiem.

Lieder and her sophomore release with the Urtext label entitled Classical Spanish Songs with pianist L. Mark Carver.

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his Fall Magdalena sings Messiah with Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Mozart’s Requiem with the National Philharmonic. Last season Magdalena gave her debut performance with the Seattle Symphony as soloist for their performances of Messiah. She played Maddalena in Opera Birmingham’s Rigoletto and Bach’s B Minor Mass and Messiah with the National Philharmonic. Past seasons included Alexander Nevsky and Messiah with National Philharmonic Orchestra and Suzuki in Opera Birmingham’s Madama Butterfly, Carmen for the Lyric Opera of Virgina, Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Cathedral Chorale Society of the Washington National Cathedral and for Bach Magnificat with the National Philharmonic.

Additional engagements and honors include Tisbe for Washington Concert Opera’s La Cenerentola, soloist in Vivaldi Gloria and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the National Philharmonic, soloist in Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, solo recitals in London at the Polish Ośrodek Spoleczno-Kulturalny celebrating Chopin’s 200th Birth Anniversary, a concert with Baltic Opera, recognition as a finalist in the 2011 Marcello Giordani and Moniuszko International Vocal Competitions and featured solo artist in the film documentary on Marcello Giordani.

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Competition National Finalist, an alumna of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Summer Opera Program and the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera.

Magdelana is originally from Poland and has lived in the United States since 1991. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in vocal performance from Georgia State University and is a student of Magdalena Moulson-Falewicz. Magdalena is represented worldwide by JEJ Artists.

GRANT KNOX, Tenor

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merican tenor Grant Knox is enjoying a varied career in opera, musical theater, concert and recital. He has appeared with the Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Chautauqua Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Lyric Opera Atlanta, Rochester Lyric Opera, and with Maestro Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Opera Festival. Mr. Knox has also been engaged by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Cobb Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic, Peninsula Music Festival, Bach Ensemble of Cincinnati, Rochester Oratorio Society and in recital at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

As a proponent of new American music, Mr. Knox has worked with composers Libby Larsen, John Musto, and Jake Heggie as a Stern Fellow at the SongFest Festival in Los Angeles. He was chosen as one of six singers to participate in the pilot season of the Fall Island Vocal Arts Festival, celebrating song repertoire in English and led by American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe.

Recently, Mr. Knox sang the world premiere

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performances of Nico Muhly’s The Unknown Room, Three Songs for Tenor and Violin, for the Constella Festival of Music in Cincinnati.

As a recording artist, he can be heard on the complete cast recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Grand Duke and The Sorcerer, Offenbach’s The Brigands, Romberg’s Maytime, and Kalman’s The Carnival Fairy, all released on the Albany Records label. Dr. Knox is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM, MM) and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music (DM).

He is proud member of the Opera Producers Group at the John Duffy Institute (Virginia Arts Festival). Before becoming the Assistant Professor of Voice and Director of Lyric Theater at Furman University, Dr. Knox served as the Neyer Family Endowed Professor of Music at Northern Kentucky University.

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erformances for the 2013-14 season included Duruflé Requiem with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Bel Canto Chorus; Brahms Triumphlied with Chicago Master Singers; Bach Christmas Oratorio part 2, and Handel Messiah part 1 with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Rockford (IL) Symphony; Haydn Creation with Duke University; Beethoven’s Mass in C, Michael Haydn’s Te Deum in C, and Mendelssohn’s Chorale Cantata Ach Got, vom Himmel sieh darein with Downers Grove Choral Society (IL); Mozart Per Questa Bella Mano in “Tuesdayat-1” concert, University if IL, Chicago; and Bach Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 and Bach O Ewiges Feuer, BWV 34 with Peoria Bach Festival (IL).

This season (2014-15) includes Dvorak Mass in D and Mozart Requiem with Chicago Master Singers, Chicago, IL; Händel Messiah with

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Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion with Bel Canto Chorus and Milwaukee Symphony; J.S. Bach St. Matthew Passion with Chicago Chorale; Mozart Little Masonic Cantata and Mozart Requiem with Key Chorale and Orchestra, Sarasota, FL; Elgar Light of Life and Stanford Stabat Mater Op. 96 with Chicago Master Singers, Chicago, IL; and Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Northern IL University, DeKalb, IL Dr. Sundberg is a graduate of Bethel College (St. Paul, MN), and holds both Master of Fine Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Minnesota where he studied voice with Clifton Ware and Roy Schuessler. He is presently Professor of Voice at Wheaton Conservatory of Music (Wheaton, IL), where he teaches studio voice and vocal pedagogy. Mr. Sundberg is also an active church musician, and vocal and choral clinician. His three recordings are “Singer on a Journey,” including four sacred song cycles

by Brahms, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and Carlisle Floyd; “Songs for the Journey” and “Songs Through Endless Ages” including arrangements by Edwin Childs of hymns and gospel songs.

On view through January 11 ❅ Two floors of decorated trees ❅ Cultural displays ❅ Weekend activities and holiday cartoons ❅ Santa-saurus ❅ Jerusalem in IMAX® Winter Wonderland is made possible in part by The Nissan Foundation to support Cultural Learning.

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ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER CHORUS

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ithin the larger Atlanta Symphony Chorus, there is an auditioned group of 60 called the ASO Chamber Chorus. The Chamber Chorus, which was formed before the larger Chorus in 1967, performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters such as Osvaldo Golijov, Tavener, Pärt, Stephen Paulus, Theofanidis and Britten.

The Chamber Chorus has appeared with the ASO and Music Director Robert Spano in California’s Ojai Festival, participated in multiple recordings with the ASO, and has made several Carnegie Hall appearances, which include performances of Bach’s Mass in B minor, and the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, and Magnificat; the RachmaninovVespers, the Mozart/Levin Requiem.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator The Florence Kopleff Chair

Peter Marshall, Accompanist

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Michelle Griffin Victoria Kolterman Arietha Lockhart** Alexis Lundy Mindy Margolis Rachel O’Dell Joneen Padgett Lisa Rader* Anne-Marie Spalinger* Catherine Steen Lykins Wanda Yang Temko* Allegra Whitney Kara Mia Wray

Michelle Austin Ana Baida Donna Carter-Wood* Marcia Chandler Laurie Cronin Holly McCarren* Linda Morgan** Katherine Murray* Kathleen Poe Ross Brenda Pruitt* Laura Rappold Diana Strommen Sarah Ward Carol Wyatt

Jeffrey Baxter** David Blalock** John Brandt* Jack Caldwell* Justin Cornelius Phillip Crumbly* Jeffrey Daniel Leif Gilbert-Hansen Keith Langston Clinton Miller Christopher Patton Wesley Stoner Caleb Waters

Russell Cason* Joseph Champion Trey Clegg Rick Copeland* Steven Darst* Timothy Gunter* Philip Jones Jason Maynard Stephen Ozcomert* Kendric Smith** Edgie Wallace Edward Watkins**

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AtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus is presented by:

Coca-Cola Holiday Concert Christmas with the ASO Thursday, December 11, 2014, at 8:00pm, and Saturday, December 13, 2014, at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.

Norman Mackenzie, Conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Morehouse College Glee Club, DAVID MORROW, DIRECTOR

Gwinnett Young Singers, LYNN URDA, DIRECTOR

Russell Thomas, Tenor NO INTERMISSION

* The audience is invited to join the choruses in singing these familiar carols.

Lyrics are included on the following pages.

Text translations by JEFF BAXTER, ASO Choral Administrator The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

Please be kind to those around you and silence your mobile phone and other hand-held devices.

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PART TWO—The Stable “Hodie Christus natus est” from A Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)

ELISABETH REMY-JOHNSON, harp “Wolcum Yole!” from A Ceremony of Carols (Britten)

ELISABETH REMY-JOHNSON, harp Allegro, non troppo from “Winter” of The Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi)

DAVID COUCHERON, violin “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” (Michael Praetorius) “There is a Rose in Flower” (Johannes Brahms/Erich Leinsdorf) “Hail Mary” (arr. Dawson) Cantique de Noël (Adam) “This Little Babe” from A Ceremony of Carols (Britten)

ELISABETH REMY-JOHNSON, harp “Masters in this Hall” (arr. Parker) “Ave Maria” (Franz Schubert) “March of the Kings” (arr. Shaw /Parker) “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne (Georges Bizet) “Bogoroditse Devo” (Virgin Mother of God) from Vespers (Sergei Rachmaninov) “Betelehemu” (Babatunde Olatunji/Whalum) “Hallelujah!” from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) PART THREE—Around the Christmas Tree “March” from Nutcracker (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) PETER MARSHALL, celeste “Trepak” from Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) “The Boar’s Head” (arr. Shaw/Parker) “I Saw Three Ships” and “Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly” from Suite No. 4, The Many Moods of Christmas (arr. Robert Russell Bennett) PART FOUR—Adoration “Sleep, O Lovely One” (Jeffrey Van)

ELISABETH REMY-JOHNSON, harp “El Cant des Ocells” (“The Song of the Birds”) (arr. Pablo Casals)

CHRISTOPHER REX, cello “Coventry Carol” (arr. Shaw) “The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family” from L’Enfance du Christ (Hector Berlioz) “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach) “Adeste, fideles”* (arr. Alice Parker)

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PART ONE—Prophecy and Advent “O Come, Emmanuel” (arr. Alice Parker) “Comfort Ye, My People” from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) “And the Glory of the Lord” from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) Praeludium, Sostenuto ma non troppo from Missa Solemnis (Ludwig van Beethoven) “Heavenly Light” (Alexander Kopylov) “The First Nowell”* (arr. David Willcocks)

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Translations of the Vocal Selections, and Sing-Along Carols

The audience is invited to join in singing the familiar carols marked with * *AUDIENCE SING-ALONG CAROL “The First Nowell”

14th-century English carol; arr. David Willcocks The first Nowell the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay, keeping their sheep, On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel!

They lookèd up and saw a star, Shining in the east, beyond them far; And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night.

Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel!

Then let us all with one accord Sing praises to our heav’nly Lord, That hath made heav’n and earth of naught, And with His blood mankind hath bought.

Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel!

“Hodie Christus natus est” from Benjamin Britten; traditional Latin text Today Christ is born. Today the Savior appears.

Today on earth angels are singing, archangels rejoicing.

Today they proudly proclaim, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia!

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“Wolcom Yole!” from Benjamin Britten; medieval English carol Welcome, Welcome, Welcome be thou heavenly King.

Welcome, Yule!

Welcome, born in one morning!

Welcome for whom we shall sing!

Welcome be ye, Stephen and John; Welcome, Innocents every one; Welcome Thomas, martyred one; Welcome be ye, good New Year; Welcome Twelfth Day, both in fear; Welcome, Saints both loved and dear.

Welcome, Yule, welcome!

Candlemas, Queen of bliss, Welcome both to more and less.

Welcome be ye that are here.

Welcome, Yule!

Welcome all and make good cheer.

Welcome all another year.

Welcome, Yule, welcome!

March of the Kings Medieval French carol; arr.

Robert Shaw and Alice Parker This morning I met the procession Of three great kings who were on a journey, This morning I met the procession Of three great kings on the highway.

All laden with gold there followed behind Great warriors who guarded the treasure.

All laden with gold there followed behind Great warriors with their shields.

1. Audience (Translation is verse 4)

Rejoice O Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.

Blessed art Thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, For thou has borne the Savior of our souls.

“Betelehemu” (Bethlehem) Babatunde Olatunji; arr. Wendel Whalum text in the Yoruba language of Nigeria We are glad that we have a Father to trust, We are glad that we have a Father to rely upon.

Where was Jesus born? Bethlehem!

That’s where the Father was born, for sure!

Praise Him, praise be to Him. We thank thee for this day, gracious Father.

Praise to the Father, merciful Father.

“Dona nobis pacem” from Johann Sebastian Bach; Latin text from the Roman Catholic Mass Grant us peace. *AUDIENCE SING-ALONG CAROL

“Adeste, Fideles” 18th-century carol; Latin text by John F. Wade English version by William Mercer

Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes; venite, venite in Bethlehem; natum videte, regem angelorum.

Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus, Dominum!

2. Sung by the Choruses, Translation: God of gods, Light of lights, Carried in a maiden’s womb.

True God: begotten, not made.

O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

3. Sung by the Choruses, Translation: “Hallelujah!” now sings the angelic chorus; The heavenly host now sings, “Glory to the highest!”

O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

4. Audience: O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant; O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him, born the king of angels: O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

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“Bogorodiste Devo” (Virgin Mother of God) from Sergei Rachmaninov; Russian liturgical text

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s Director of Choruses for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000 and holder of its endowed Frannie and Bill Graves Chair, Norman Mackenzie was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw to a new generation of music lovers. At the ASO, he prepares the Choruses for all concerts and recordings, works closely with Robert Spano on the commissioning and realization of new choral-orchestral works and conducts holiday concerts annually. Mr. Mackenzie also serves as Organist and Director of Music and Fine Arts for Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church and pursues an active recital and guest conducting schedule.

opera and concert scene. Mr. Thomas’ ASO season begins with these Christmas concerts. He last appeared in the ASO’s “Theater of a Concert” performances of John Adams’ A Flowering Tree in June of 2012 in and in June 2011 in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (both conducted by Robert Spano).

Winner of the First Prize, Audience Favourite and Best Tenor awards at the Viñas Competition in Barcelona, Russell Thomas has made a number of notable debuts in recent seasons: at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra) under Antonio Pappano; Mr. Mackenzie has been hailed by The New at Canadian Opera York Times as Robert Shaw’s “designated Company in the title successor.” In his 14-year association with role in Les contes Mr. Shaw, he was keyboardist for the d’Hoffmann under Johannes Debus; and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Principal with Deutsche Oper Berlin in his role debut Accompanist for the ASO Choruses, and as Don Carlos under Donald Runnicles. ultimately assistant choral conductor. In This season Russell adds Pollione (Norma) addition, he was musical assistant and at San Francisco Opera and Valencia’s accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, the title Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer role in Faust for Michigan Opera and Choral Festivals in France and the United Manrico (Il trovatore) for Cincinatti Opera States, and the famed Shaw/Carnegie to his repertoire. He also debuts at English Hall Choral Workshops. He was choral National Opera as Lazarus in Peter Sellars’ clinician for the first three workshops after new production of John Adams’ The Gospel Mr. Shaw’s passing and partnered with according to the Other Mary. He can be Robert Spano for the 2011 Carnegie Hall heard on the world premiere recording Workshop featuring the Berlioz Requiem. with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel, recently released by RUSSELL THOMAS, Tenor Deutsche Grammophon. enor, Russell Thomas, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2014-2015 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB Artist in Residence, is quickly establishing The Morehouse College Glee Club himself as one of the most exciting vocal celebrated 100 years of its musical and dramatic talents on the international legacy throughout the 2011 calendar year,

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beginning with an Alumni Reunion Concert and recording in February and culminating with a concert at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in October. It has continued in this tradition through the dedication and commitment of its members and the leadership that our directors have provided throughout the years. Through its tradition, the Glee Club has an impressive history and seeks to secure its future through even greater accomplishments. The Glee Club has sung consistently with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for this and other concerts since the late 1960’s through the relationship with ASO conductor Robert Shaw and Wendell Whalum, second director of the Glee Club. David Morrow, himself a graduate of Morehouse College is the current director. It is the mission of the Morehouse College Glee Club to maintain a high standard of musical excellence.

mer public school Music Specialist and has spent the majority of her professional life serving as a church musician, directing children’s, youth and adult choirs. She holds membership in Chorister’s Guild and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), for which she has previously served as Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s Choirs for the Georgia division of ACDA. She also serves as the Director of Youth and Children’s Choirs at Tucker First United Methodist Church.

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ow in its 25th season, Gwinnett Young Singers are frequent guests of the ASO. Under the direction of Founder and Music Director Lynn Urda and Associate Director Carol Wyatt, the choir is a nationally recognized children’s chorus, best noted for its mastery of challenging repertoire and exceptionally high musical standards. The The current members come from all over faculty and staff are dedicated to profesthe United States and from places around sionalism in music education and strive the world. While many are music majors, to share the power and beauty of a wide the singers come from majors in all divisions variety of choral music. of the college. Even though some members The choir was featured on the Grammy take Glee Club as a course for credit, our Award-winning CD recording of John goal is for all members still sing as a labor Adams’ On The Transmigration Of Souls of love and enjoy being ambassadors for with the ASO & Chorus. In 2004 they Morehouse College. performed in the Grammy nominated CD LYNN URDA recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina burana ynn Urda, Conductor & Music Director with the ASO and Chorus. The choir has of the Gwinnett Young Singers main- performed in seventeen annual performanctains an active schedule as a guest clinician, es of Christmas With The ASO. conductor and adjudicator for All-State Gwinnett Young Singers offers a program Choruses & Honors Choirs, choral festi- of beginning through advanced choirs for vals, and workshops for youth and their children in second through twelfth grades, conductors. She has distinguished herself including Treble Choir, Concert Choir, for her unique ways of achieving excellence Chamber Choir and the Georgia Young in choral blend, intonation and sensitive Men’s Ensemble. For more information, singing. Mrs. Urda holds a degree in Music call 770.935.6657 or visit www.gwinnetEducation and Voice from Florida State tyoungsingers.com University School of Music. She is a for-

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ASO | 12.11/13 | guests Morehouse College Glee Club MarTaze Gaines Carl Alexander Jahbril Armstead Ian George Richard Gibbs Stanley Arnold Johnny Gillings Damarcus Bell Jr. Kevin Borgella Jordan Gleaves Jerek Brown Ethan Godfrey Malik Brown Sterling Campbell Dontea Gresham Jostin Grimes Rakim Cephus Brandon Hall Jacob Cobb Ira Cunningham Marquez Hall Myles Hicks Daniel Dalpiaz Joshua Hill Thomas Darby Tyler Hill Eugene Francis

Eion HindsmanCurry Khalil Holland Nicolas Johnson Hilliard Jones Jaylin Jones Jeremy King David Kyler Auby Legall III Gaelen LemelleBrown William McChriston Jarrod McCown Elijah McDavid

Daniel McRath Christian McRoberts Jerrell Melton III Cordell Mimms Elijah Mobley Eddie Oliver Marcus Palmer Armand Peterson Trevor Queen Malik Ray Jared Ross Saquante Rosser Shaad Singleton

Ja’Lon Smith Randall Smith Aaron Spain-Bey Christian Stegall Kenneth Stodghill Nicholas Suarez Christopher Sumlin Joshua Troutman Timothy Tukes Jelani Watkins Juan Watkins Darius Williams Clarence Wilson III

Jackie Lenz Dorothy McBane Anna McCarthy Caleb McCarthy Eleana McDaniel Paul Massey Miranda Mills Kelley Monahan Sarah Nicoara Amelia Pattillo Emma Pattillo Grace Rivord

Emi Sandy Kinzy Sjogren Lauren Smith Taylor Smith Zachary Stancea Blair Varney Elizabeth Wheless Olivia White Gabrielle Willet Ruth Willet Hailey Williams

The Gwinnett Young Singers Concert Choir Brenda Arnaut Marguerite Baker Rose Barfield Emma Barrett Julia Brosas Nichole Brown Delaney Burke Fiona Burnett Meghan Buxton Katie Collett Kyler Dent Mikayla Dorman

Amy Faur Byron Fisher Hannah Fleming Hope Fowler Emily Gavriliuc Jasmine George Christian Gibson Alondra Gonzales Camille Goss Christian Goudy Savannah Greene

Amelia Gustafson Lydia Hamilton Ruth Harasemuic Katelyn Hensley Bonna Herlocher Leigh Johnson Sierra Jones Will Jordan Marisa Joyner Shelby Joyner Lydia Kelley Lyndi Kemp

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ASO | 12.11/13 | guests ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS

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he Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus (ASOC) was founded in 1970 by former ASO Music Director Robert Shaw. Comprising 200 auditioned voices, the Chorus is an all-volunteer organization that performs on a regular basis with the ASO and is featured on many of the Orchestra’s recordings.

Led by ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie, the Chorus is known for its precision and expressive singing quality. Their recordings with the ASO have won multiple GRAMMY® Awards, including Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Recording and Best Opera Recording. Those include Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and the Berlioz Requiem.

The ASOC performs large choral-symphonic works with the full Orchestra under the batons of Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

In addition, the Chorus has been involved in the creation and shaping of numerous worldpremiere commissioned choral works.

The Chorus made its debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1976 with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In addition, the Chorus performed in Washington, D.C., for President-elect Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Concert in 1977. The chorus has traveled to Germany three times to be a special guest of the Berlin Philharmonic in December 2003 for performances of Britten’s War Requiem, in May 2008 for the Berlioz Requiem and in December 2009 for a week of Brahms Requiem performances — all with ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.

Within the Chorus, there is an auditioned group of 60 musicians called the ASO Chamber Chorus. The Chamber Chorus, which formed before the larger Chorus in 1967, performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters.

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ASO | 12.11/13 | guests Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

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SOPRANO 1

Ariel Barnes Rachel Bloemer Sakinah Davis Liz Dean Laura Foster Michelle Griffin Victoria Kolterman Arietha Lockhart** Alexis Lundy Mindy Margolis Patricia Nealon* Joneen Padgett Olivia Rutkowski Catherine Steen Lykins Stacey Tanner Emily White Natalie York Eaker SOPRANO 2

June Abbott** Sloan Atwood* Jessica Barber Barbara Brown Kelly Campobasso Ellen Chase Martha Craft Ellen Dukes** Katherine Folds Mary Goodwin Kathleen KellyGeorge Eda Mathews** Rachel O’Dell

Vickie Orme Lindsay Patten Chantae Pittman Donna Ross Linda Searles Sydney SmithRikard Paula Snelling* Tommie Storer Emily Tallant Cheryl Thrash** Donna Weeks*

Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator The Florence Kopleff Chair ALTO 2

Nancy Adams* Michelle Austin Ana Baida Stephanie Bizardi Marcia Chandler Meaghan Curry Cynthia Goeltz DeBold** Sally Kann Nicole Khoury* Katherine MacKenzie ALTO 1 Lynda Martin Deborah Andrea Schmidt Boland** Rachel Bowman Sharon Simons Meagan Bradford Alexandra Tanico Cheryl Vanture Laurie Cronin Sarah Ward Pamela Diane Drummond* Woodard** Beth Freeman TENOR 1 Pamela Griffin* Jeffrey Baxter** Julia Heard John Brandt* Noelle Hooge Jack Caldwell* Beverly Hueter Daniel Cameron* Janet Johnson* Joseph Cortes Virginia Little* Clifford Edge** Staria Lovelady Steven Farrow** Frances McDowell** Wayne Gammon Linda Morgan** Leif GilbertHansen Ashley Perry Dominique Petite- James Jarrell Chabukswar Keith Langston Meesook Sonu Jeffrey LeCraw Rachel Stewart** Ariel Merivil Diana Strommen Christopher Patton Nancy York John Perry

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Peter Marshall, Accompanist

Stephen Reed† Nathan Schreer Mark Warden* TENOR 2

Mark Barnes Curtis Bisges Justin Cornelius Charles Cottingham† Phillip Crumbly* Joseph Few* Hamilton Fong Steven Johnstone* David Lamb Jonathan Marvel Michael Parker Marshall Peterson* Brent Runnels Clifton Russell Wesley Stoner Caleb Waters Robert Wilkinson Mark Zekoff BASS 1

John Newsome Andrew Riechel Mark Russell Kendric Smith† Owen Talley Ike Van Meter Aaron Villalobos Edward Watkins** BASS 2

Philip Barreca Brian Brown* John Cooledge† Rick Copeland* Joel Craft** Paul Fletcher Andrew Gee* Marcus Hill Eric Litsey** Evan Mauk Eckhart Richter* John Ruff* Jonathan Smith Timothy Solomon** Benjamin Temko Seth Whitecotton Gregory Whitmire* Keith Wyatt*

Richard Brock* Russell Cason* Trey Clegg Steven Darst* Leroy Fetters * 20+ years Jon Gunnemann* of service ** 30+ years James Honn of service Nick Jones† † Charter member Jameson Linville (1970) Peter MacKenzie Joshua Martin Jason Maynard

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ASO | 12.19/20 | program AtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Robert Spano, Music Director Donald Runnicles, Principal Guest Conductor

Coca-Cola Holiday Concert A Very Merry Holiday POPS! Friday, December 19, 2014, at 8pm, and Saturday, December 20, 2014, at 2pm and 8pm

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Michael Krajewski, Conductor Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Reginald Smith, Jr., Baritone Alina Sergeeva, Rings Vladimir Tsarkov, Juggler John Lemley, Santa All-City High School Chorus KEVIN HILL, Director

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Festival Fanfare for Christmas

JOHN WASSON

“Sing We Now of Christmas”

TRADITIONAL (arr. John Leavitt)

“Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella” TRADITIONAL (arr. Michael Kurth) (“Variations on an Old French Carol”)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (“Grinch Medley”)

ALBERT HAGUE (arr. Matthew Naughtin)

“Sleigh Ride”

LEROY ANDERSON

INTERMISSION

20 MIN

Chanukah Suite: TRADITIONAL (arr. Jeff Tyzik) “Rock of Ages”; “My Dredl”; “Al Hanissim”; “Who Can Retell”; “Hanukkah” “Dance of the Reeds” PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY from Nutcracker (“Danse des Mirlitons”) “Believe” from Polar Express

GLEN BALLARD & ALAN SILVESTRI (arr. Anthony Bisbano)

“Here Comes Santa Claus!”

GENE AUTRY & OAKLEY HALDEMAN (arr. Lucas Richman)

“It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”

MEREDITH WILLSON (arr. Prechel)

A Merry Christmas Sing-Along TRADITIONAL (arr. Robert Wendel) “Deck the Halls”; “Jingle Bells”; “O Come, All Ye Faithful”; “Angels We Have Heard On High”; “Silent Night”; “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”

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“Dance of the bouffons” NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV from The Snow Maiden (IV. “Tumblers”)

ASO | 12.19/20 | guests A MERRY SING-ALONG Deck the Halls

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la ’Tis the season to be jolly, Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la Don we now our gay apparel Fa-la-la—la-la-la—la-la-la Troll the ancient Yule-tide Carol Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la See the blazing Yule before us, Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la Follow me in merry measure, Fa-la-la—la-la-la—la-la-la While I tell of Yule-tide treasure Fa-la-la-la-la—la-la-la-la

O, come ye, o, come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him, born the King of Angels.

O, come let us adore Him. O, come let us adore Him. O, come let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high. sweetly singing o’er the plains.

And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains.

Gloria! In excelsis Deo. Gloria! In excelsis Deo. Silent Night

Silent night. Holy night.

All is calm. All is bright.

Jingle Bells

’Round yon Virgin Mother and Child.

Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh.

O’er the fields we go laughing all the way!

Bells on Bob-tail ring making spirits bright.

What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight.

Holy Infant, so tender and mild.

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way!

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way!

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

O, Come all ye Faithful

O, Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.

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Sleep in Heavenly peace.

Sleep in Heavenly peace.

(Hum a verse) We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin.

Good tidings for Christmas, and a happy New Year.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year.

(REPEAT) And a happy New Year.

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ASO | 12.19/20 | guests MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI, Principal Pops Conductor

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rincipal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s POPS! Concert Series, and is the first to ever hold the title at the ASO. He is also Principal Pops Conductor with the Houston and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestras.

As a guest conductor, Mr. Krajewski has performed with the Boston Pops, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Other guest conducting appearances include the San Francisco, Dallas, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Phoenix and National symphonies.

In Canada, Mr. Krajewski has led the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony and the Winnipeg Symphony.

Other international appearances include performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and the Ulster Orchestra.

MICHAEL TAMMARO

He recorded two holiday albums with the Houston Symphony: Glad Tidings and Christmas Festival. Mr. Krajewski collaborates with multiple artists, including flutist James Galway, mezzo Marilyn Horne, guitarist Angel Romero, and pop artists Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, Ben Folds, Doc Severinsen, Sandi Patti, Rockapella, Cirque de la Symphonie, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

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and later served as their assistant conductor.

He was resident conductor of the Florida Symphony and served as the Modesto Symphony Orchestra’s music director.

REGINALD SMITH, JR., Baritone

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eginald Smith, Jr., a native of Atlanta , GA, is currently a Studio Artist with Houston Grand Opera.

Reginald has been seen in operatic performances of Falstaff (Falstaff), La Traviata (Germont), Porgy and Bess (Jake), Romeo et Juliette (Capulet/Le Duke), Carmen (Le Dancaïre), Rigoletto (Marullo),Die Zauberflöte (Sprecher), Die Fledermaus (Dr. Falke), Pirates of Penzance (Pirate King), and Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro) among many others. Mr. Smith has dazzled audiences around the world including the audiences of France, the Bahamas, England, Austria, Ireland, Germany, Australia, and many cities in the United States. He has performed with several orchestras including the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Johnson City Symphony, the Evansville Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops. Mr. Smith has been a reward recipient in the George London Foundation Competition, the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, the district and regional auditions of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, as well as first place in the Orpheus Vocal Competition and the National Opera Society Competition.

JOHN LEMLEY, Santa

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ince Groundhog Day 2009, John Lemley has served as host and producer of City Café with John Lemley (90.1 FM, WABEAtlanta). Between 2005 and 2009, John

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anchored the news program, All Things Considered. For his work, John was named “Best Drive-Time DJ” by the staff of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In 2010, John and City Café were recognized as “Best of the Dial” by Atlanta Magazine. What many do not know is that the Oneonta, Alabama native is an “accidental broadcaster” and that he spent the better part of his early years on-stage, even receiving a B.A. in Musical Theatre from Birmingham-Southern College. John and his partner, Mike Selk, live in Decatur.

ALL-CITY HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS Kevin Hill, Director

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evin Hill has spent nearly two decades as a music educator and choral conductor in the state of Georgia. He began his teaching career as Choral Director at Rome High School and Rome Middle School from 19952000. He is currently in his thirteenth year as Choral Director at Grady High School. While at Grady, his choirs have consistently scored superior ratings performance evaluations.

Under his direction, the Choirs of Grady have traveled to France and England performing in Bath Abbey, Gloucester Cathedral, and the American Church in Paris. Domestically, his choirs have performed throughout the MetroAtlanta area as well as at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

Mr. Hill holds a Master of Choral Conducting from Georgia State University and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Shorter College.

He is an active member of Georgia Music Educator’s Association.

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sion with the folk/bluegrass band, The Paulines.

He lives in Grant Park with his wife, Elizabeth Hill, also a choral director in Douglas County.

VLADIMIR TSARKOV, Juggler

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ladimir Tsarkov comes from a famous circus family rich in the traditions of Russian circus artistry. Trained by masters in the circus arts, he exhibits exceptional talents and skills in all of his performances. His “Mask” juggling act is a fascinating blend of illusion and juggling skills. Vladimir is a worldwide star, having performed in the major productions from Las Vegas to Korea. He enchanted audiences in Busch Gardens’ cirque shows and has starred in numerous special corporate events, along with dozens of performances with symphony orchestras. Vladimir is one of the most multi-talented performers in Cirque de la Symphonie, with performances that include various juggling acts, the spinning cube and frame, Diablo, and other uniquely entertaining acts.

ALINA SERGEEVA, Rings

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lina Sergeeva is a third generation circus performer from Russia. She began performing on stage at the age of three with her family in a hand balancing adagio act with her father, later branching out into various acts such as aerial silks, lira, and hoops. Alina’s professional performances have taken her around the world to countries in South America, Europe, and Asia. Along the way, she won the “most talented” award for youth performers in Brazil. Alina’s career in the US includes numerous circus tours, corporate shows, cruise ship productions and special events. Alina has starred in numerous Cirque de la Symphonie productions as an amazing hula hoops performer, with accompanying hand balancing, acrobatic and contortion skills. Her mastery of illusion includes the amazing quick change and magic jacket acts.

All-City High School Chorus Comprised of students from Benjamin E. Mays High School, D.M. Therrell High School, Grady High School, Inman Middle School, North Atlanta High School, Riverwood International Charter School, The Galloway School and Young Middle School SOPRANO

Trinity Davenport Kristen Kelley Sydney King Miya Pike Zameh Omonuwa Lauryn Bell Grace Bridges Chloe Citron Nena Dorsey Christina Estell Savannah Friday Elizabeth Gibbs Molly Gray Maya Hogan Tyler Hunt Hannah James Asia lewis Kira Lewitt Anya Lomsadze Briana Martin Tyler Mckinzie Gwendolyn McManus Karringtin Moore

Sara Lucy Ferguson Chloe Hatcher Lily Hesketh Alexis Hill Ahtiana Holmes Kennedy King Jameesha Lamaar Emma Mathews Melanie McCammon Nia Nkosi Lynsey Noelle Isabel Olson Joy Peace Destiny Potts Soniya Rao Michelle Salandy ALTO Genevieve China Saunders-Futsch Cunningham Teryn Shipman Alexia Patterson Diamond Smith Courtney Rhodes Rayedean Sparks Josie Arenella Anna StearnsSeraphina Cooley Bernhart Kalei Downing JaRielle Taylor Lillian Fahey

Emily Ng Nadia Schenck Audrey Sullivan Tessa Szalkowski Brittany Williams Kathryn Wright Khalia RobertsHarris Jenna Hink Barrett Taylor Caroline Speir Alexis Cohen Zaire White Ellen Murray Janice Alcalde Nakia Byrdsong Gary

Tamia Warren Camille Williams N’Kiya Williams Annie Zintak Mikayla Cummings Guianna Inoa Nunez Jorri Mosby Sadie Llop Jasmine Smith Lily Guthrie Kaitlyn Poindexter TENOR

Ted Bridges Christopher Hardy Demetric Sims Noah Clinkscales Shann Mack Ely Peteet Kendall Stroud James Winer Justice Woodard Zachery Frazier

Lawrence Nieves Jack Walz BASS

Phillip Davis Timothy Johnson Bobby Spence Max Calderon Elijah Dumitrescu Blake Fowler Justin Mullis Thomas Shoup Toren Stafford Joseph Virgin Ian Laurie Myles Laurie Maxwell Palisoc John Reese UNDEFINED

Ziana Townsend Jenna Montgomery Thomas Pierce Anna Tischer Robb Lusk

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s we celebrate the season of giving thanks, we are honored to include in this program all donors giving over $250 to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s fundraising campaigns during the last twelve months.

This remarkable list includes those among us who have been transformed by music, whether during one evening or over the course of a lifetime. Those among us who understand the Orchestra’s role in providing music education across our schools, enhancing our quality of life and being a beacon of Atlanta’s cultural sophistication for the entire world.

On behalf of your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – musicians, volunteers and staff – we thank you for playing such an important part in the music we work so passionately to create and share.

Bravo!

$500,000+

Friends of the Orchestra (2) Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers Delta Air Lines The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Woodruff Arts Center

$250,000+

A Friend of the Orchestra The Coca-Cola Company Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall Jr. Ticketmaster

$100,000+

A Friend of the Orchestra Madeline & Howell E. Adams Jr. Bank of America Carl Black Buick GMC Ms. Lynn Eden First Data Corporation GE Asset Management Global Payments Inc. Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Wells Fargo

$75,000+

Accenture LLP Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. The Livingston Foundation Inc. Susan & Thomas Wardell

$50,000+

A Friend of the Orchestra Susan & Richard Anderson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Celebrity Cruises Marcia & John Donnell Equifax Inc. Georgia Power Company William Randolph Hearst Foundations Invesco Victoria & Howard Palefsky Philips The Reiman Foundation Superior Plumbing Services Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John B. White Jr.* The Zeist Foundation Inc.

$35,000+

AGL Resources Inc. Mary Rockett Brock Georgia Natural Gas Karole & John Lloyd National Endowment for the Arts Porsche Cars North America Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

$25,000+

Alston & Bird LLP Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide Connie & Merrell Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey Jr. Catherine Warren Dukehart Roger F. Kahn Betty Sands Fuller Fulton County Arts Council Paul & Carol Garcia Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation The Home Depot Inc. D. Kirk Jamieson, Verizon Wireless Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. The J. W. Fund Kimberly-Clark Corporation Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company The Charles Loridans Foundation Inc. Massey Charitable Trust Mueller Water Products Inc. Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Newell Rubbermaid PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Publix Super Markets and Publix Super Markets Charities Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Rock-Tenn Company Ryder Systems Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Steel

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Steinway Piano Galleries SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation — Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Vineyard Brands Inc. Adair & Dick White Mrs. Sue S. Williams The Vasser Woolley Foundation Inc.

$17,500+

The Antinori Foundation Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Wright & Alison Caughman Chick-fil-A Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Dr. John W. Cooledge The Jim Cox Jr. Foundation The Estate of Roy A. Dorsey E. & J. Gallo Winery Carol G. & Larry L. Gellerstedt III Georgia Council for the Arts Jane & Clay Jackson Edward A. Labry Suzanne & Bill Plybon* Printpack Inc. and The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor Jr. Mark & Rebekah Wasserman

$15,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons Jr. John W. & Rosemary K. Brown The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Gary & Nancy Fayard Genuine Parts Company Georgia Humanities Council Charles & Mary Ginden The Graves Foundation James H. Landon Donna Lee & Howard Ehni Ken & Carolyn Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Merlin Nordstrom Inc. Mr. & Mrs. E. Fay Pearce Jr.* Mr. Thurmond Smithgall

Jeffrey C. Sprecher & Kelly Loeffler Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson The Trapp Family John & Ray Uttenhove Patrick & Susie Viguerie Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren Jr. Camille Yow

$10,000+

A Friend of the Orchestra AGCO Corporation Alpharetta Convention & Visitors’ Bureau ARSC Bacardi USA Julie & Jim Balloun Ms. Juanita Baranco Bell Family Foundation Liz & Frank Blake Alexandra & Brett Blumencranz Mr. David Boatwright The Breman Foundation Inc. The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Camarena Tequila Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Campbell Janet Davenport in honor of Norman Mackenzie Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow EY Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Mary D. Gellerstedt Georgia Lottery GMT Capital Corporation Nancy D. Gould Drs. Jeannette Guarner & Carlos del Rio Jan & Tom Hough JBS Foundation Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III* The Philip I. Kent Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy & Mark Kistulinec Pat & Nolan Leake Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Morgens West Foundation Caroline & Joe di Donato O’Donnell Franca G. Oreffice The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost Jr. Priority Payment Systems Margaret & Bob Reiser Pierrette Scanavino Bill & Rachel Schultz* Joyce & Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III Staging Directions Inc. Peter James Stelling Mary Rose Taylor Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund* Traditional Home Turner Foundation Inc. United Distributors Inc. Chilton & Morgan Varner Neal & Virginia Williams YP

$7,500+

Friends of the Orchestra (2) Peggy Abbott ADAC Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Cofield Sally & Carl Gable John & Linda Matthews The Fred & Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund Piedmont National Corporation Tito’s Handmade Vodka Pamela Weck Cohen Ms. Sarah Weck Mr. Thomas Weck

$5,000+

Friends of the Orchestra (4) Ms. Kay Adams* & Mr. Ralph Paulk Ms. Julie M. Altenbach Lisa & Joe Bankoff Blackwell Rum Patricia & William Buss Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Susan & Carl Cofer The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta David Coucheron Ms. Diane Durgin David L. Forbes Charitable Fund Shirley C. Franklin Georgia-Pacific Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Dominic Guercio & Robert Rigsby The Robert Hall Gunn Jr. Fund Gene Haywood Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz Tad & Janin Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Mr. & Mrs. Baxter Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight Lance Toland Associates George H. Lanier The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Lillian Balentine Law The Links Inc. — Azalea City Chapter Dr. & Mrs. John E. Maupin Mr. & Mrs. Brian F. McCarthy Mr. Justin R. McLain Miller’s Ale House John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Walter W. Mitchell Moe’s Southwest Grill Ms. Suzanne E. Mott Dansby Margaret H. Petersen In memory of Dr. Frank S. Pittman III Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves Vicki & Joe Riedel Betsy & Lee Robinson Donald Runnicles Amy & Paul Snyder Geraldine Dillard Stutz Sherry P. Taylor, MD Verifone Village Tavern Joan N. Whitcomb Dr. Thomas E. Whitesides Jr. Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner Zeliff & Wallace Advisory Company Inc.

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A Friend of the Orchestra ACI Worldwide Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation Inc. Bahama Breeze Jack & Helga Beam Rita & Herschel Bloom Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown Jr. Capgemini Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Chorba Carol Comstock & Jim Davis* Mr. & Mrs. Brant Davis* Sally & Larry Davis Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Delany Deloitte & Touche LLP Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dragt The Elster Foundation David & Patty Emerson Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Caroline Gilham Deedee & Marc Hamburger* Sally W. Hawkins Mr. Sean Heckert The Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Inc. Robert & Sherry Johnson Dick & Georgia Kimball* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Deborah & William Liss* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Belinda & Gino Massafra Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Gregory & Judy Moore Morris, Manning & Martin Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nathan Robert & Mary Ann Olive David Paule & Gary Mann Provaré Technology Inc. S. A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue

Russell Reynolds Associates In memory of Willard Shull Hamilton & Mason Smith Barry & Gail Spurlock Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Stephen & Sonia Swartz The Elster Foundation Lizanne Thomas & David Black Burton Trimble TSYS UNISYS Alan & Marcia Watt* Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells Jr. Patrice M. Wright- Lewis H. & T. Yamashita*

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Friends of the Orchestra (7) Phyllis Abramson Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Dr. & Mrs. David Bakken Asad Bashey Mr. & Mrs. R. Edwin Bennett B. Sandford Birdsey III Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Leon & Linda Borchers Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Jr., Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Anton J. Bueschen Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Carlin Susan & Carl Cofer Ralph & Rita Connell Dr. & Mrs. William T. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cousins Peter & Vivian de Kok Mr. Philip A. Delanty Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Greg & Debra Durden

Ms. Betty W. Dykes & Mr. Lars Steib Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard H. Delay Mary Frances Early Christopher & Sonnet Edmonds George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge Ellen & Howard Feinsand Mach Flinn John & Michelle Fuller Ed & Judy Garland Peg Simms Gary Drs. John & Gloria S. Gaston Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Michael Gillen Marty & John Gillin Mary C. Gramling Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Rand & Seth Hagen Betty L. Hammack & Charles Meredith M.D. Dr. Lewis H. Hamner III Hansberger & Merlin Harald R. Hansen* John & Martha Head Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Kenneth R. Hey Mr. Harvey & Dr. Sarah Hill* Alan & Lucy Hinman Harry & Tatty Howard Stephanie & Henry Howell In memory of Byron P. Harris Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Mr. John Hunter The Hyman Foundation Ms. Bettina A. Jackson Cantador Mary & Wayne James Cynthia Jeness Aaron & Joyce Johnson Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston Mr. & Mrs. William K. Kapp Jr. Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Mark B. Kent & Kevin A. Daft Paul & Camille Kesler Kinetix LLC Ms. Allyson Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Alan M. Knieter Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kranjc Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Isabel Lamy Lee Olivia A. M. Leon J. Bancroft Lesesne & Randolph Henning Mrs. William C. Lester* Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey Lime Media Group Inc. Joanne Lincoln Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Elvira & Jay Mannelly Kay & John Marshall Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Mrs. Mary Ruth McDonald* Mr. Mark F. McElreath Ms. Shelley S. McGehee Dr. Larry McIntire Birgit & David McQueen Virginia K. McTague Tom & Jennifer Merkling Angela & Jimmy Mitchell Lilot S. Moorman & Jeffrey B. Bradley The Mortimer Family* Janice & Tom Munsterman Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Murphy Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Lebby Neal Melanie & Allan Nelkin Barbara & Sanford Orkin Peach State Freightliner Trucks Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Leslie & Skip Petter Elise T. Phillips Doris D. Pidgeon in memory of Rezin E. Pidgeon Jr.

Mary Kay & Gene Poland The Reverend Neal P. Ponder Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley Mr. Leonard B. Reed Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves Sr. Ricoh Roger & Lynn Lieberman Ritvo Betsy & Lee Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers The Gary W. Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Jane & Rein Saral Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Schultz June & John Scott Patrick & Donna Scullin Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Shapiro Angela & Morton Sherzer Beverly & Milton Shlapak W. Henry Shuford & Nancy Shuford Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard Sydney Simons Baker & Debby Smith Mrs. J. Lucian Smith* Johannah Smith Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel* John & Yee-Wan Stevens Lou & Dick Stormont Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz Jr. The Reverend Karl F. Suhr Mr. & Mrs. Alex Summers David & Kelly Taylor Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Mr. Wit Truitt Annie-York Trujillo & Raul Trujillo Sheila L. Tschinkel Bill & Judy Vogel Mr. & Mrs. William C. Voss Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter The Reverend & Mrs. Donald Welles Jr. David & Martha West

Sally Stephens Westmoreland Hubert H. Whitlow Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Mary Lou Wolff Jan & Beattie Wood in memory of Bill Lester and in honor of Rhonda Respess Dr. & Mrs. William Yang Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates

$250+

Friends of the Orchestra (17) The Hon. & Mrs. Gregory A. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Michael Adamson Mr. Paul Alfieri Mr. & Mrs. John Allan Ms. Margaret Allen Dr. William D. Amis & Dr. Paula S. Amis Mr. Mark Andersen & Mr. William Anderson Antista Fairclough Design Ms. Tanika Antonio Dr. Beverly J. Armento & Dr. Rebecca More Mr. Gregory Armijo Mr. & Mrs. Chris F. Bachelder Mrs. Ann Marie Baggett Tammy & Chad Bagwell Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bair Ms. Joanne Balen Mr. & Mrs. McCary Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Banker Mr. & Mrs. William R. Banks* Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks Mr. Jose Barbosa Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Bare Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barker Jim & Suzanne Barksdale Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Morris L. Barto* Everette Bass Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bass Mr. & Mrs. James Bealle Mr. Ernest W. Beals Denise & Lexi Smith Mr. Herschel V. Beazley Mr. & Mrs. Victor A. Bell Jr.

Mrs. Jean G. Bell Mr. & Mrs. Louis Benton Paul & Linnea Bert in honor of Maestro Robert Spano Susan & Jack Bertram Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Betenia Ms. Sandra R. Blackwood Shirley Blaine Dr. & Mrs. Donald Block Mr. & Mrs. Fredric Bloemeke Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal Suzanne & Rob Boas* Mr. & Mrs. George Boltwood Mr. Don Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Mr. Merritt S. Bond Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bonstein Jr. Dan & Merrie Boone Foundation Ms. Elaine Bourdeaux Ms. Kristin Boyle Dr. Curtis Bradford Mr. & Mrs. L. Travis Brannon Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Breakstone Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Breer James L. Bross Mr. Jackson A. Bross Molly Bass Brown Robert & Lisa Brown Thomas & Lucy Browning Dr. Barbara S. Bruner Mr. & Mrs. Rod D. Bunn Drs. Patricia & John S. Burd Ms. Diana Burden Mr. Richard H. Burgin Mr. Walter Burnett Mr. Michael P. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Michael Butdorf Sissy & Joel Butler Mrs. William F. Byrnes Mrs. Kyle R. Cade Dr. Wayne E. Campbell M.D. Dr. Richard Carlson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Carney Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Carr Dr. & Mrs. William J. Casarella

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Mr. & Mrs. George E. Case III Mary C. & David F. Cawley Nathaniel & Ingrid Chafee Ms. Janet M. Chapman Ms. Diane Chauffe Mr. & Mrs. Jerome K. Chautin Frank & Mary Chew Mr. Brian Christjohn Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Chunka Mr. & Mrs. W. Christopher Clark Peggy & Tony Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton Ms. Melodie H. Clayton Mrs. Gwen Cleghorn Donald & Karen Clewell Mr. & Mrs. Alva C. Cobb* David H. Cofrin Judith & Elliott Cohen Malcolm & Ann Cole Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cole Mr. Blake Cole Mr. Nicolas Collins D. D. Conrad Ms. Cathryn V. Cook John & Linda Cooke Mr. Michael Cooley Dr. & Mrs. Max Cooper Mr. & Mrs. David B. Cooper Mr. Kenneth Cornwall Mr. & Mrs. David Corts Jr. Ms. Martha E. Cotter & Mr. Powell Cotter Ms. Erin Cousar Ms. Lisa Cowart Bales Ms. Jane Cox Dr. & Mrs. Mark Crawshaw Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Crean Billy & Kay Crouch K & J Title Works Gray & Marge Crouse Mr. Jimmy W. Crowe Mr. & Mrs. Erik Curns Mrs. Lavona Currie Dr. Marian E. Dabney Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Erroll B. Davis Jr.

Ms. Priscilla A. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Alex Day Susan Day & Jonathan Easterling Mark & Julie De Jong Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey A. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Donald Defoe* Marianne S. & Robert* DeHaan Mr. & Mrs. Reed Deupree Harold & Sandra Dickerson Mrs. Barbara Dillingham Dr. & Mrs. Morton B. Dimenstien Ms. Elizabeth Dimling Mr. Mark Ditsler Ms. Nina S. Dobbs Steven & Jean Marie Doctor Jack & Jill’s: A Consignment Boutique Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Dorazewski Katherine & Bertis Downs Mr. & Ms. Gary L. Dresser Mr. & Mrs. David W. Drews Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Elizabeth Eakes Mr. Kevin S. Early Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. Ray Edge Mr. Raymond F. Edge Mr. & Mrs. John D. Edison Geoffrey G. Eichholz Dr. & Mrs. Norman L. Elliott Dr. Elizabeth M. Ellis Mr. & Mrs. H. Alan Elsas Mr. Laurence W. Entrekin Mr. Jerry L. Siegel & Dr. AnnRita L. Hader The Hon. & Mrs. Jack Etheridge Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Lee Evatt Jim & Nancy Ewing Ms. Mary A. Fair Mr. & Mrs. James Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Clayton H. Farnham Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham Mr. Eric Feron

Ms. Virginia M. Ferrell & Mr. Jack Raymer Lisa Fey* Dr. Mary M. Finn Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn Gina Foil Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Folger Robert Fornal & John Watson Ms. Maria Francis Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Franco Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Franklin Sarah Freeman Homer S. French Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matt Friedlander Mr. Norman C. Frost Tom & Donna Fullilove Bill & Carolyn Gaik Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Gantt Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Alma R. Garrette Mary Anne Gaunt Mr. Walter A. George III & Mrs. Sally George Mr. & Mrs. Dale C. Gerhardt Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Gibbs Edward & Virginia Gignoux* Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gilbert David M. Gittelman Mr. Thomas P. Glanton Mr. & Mrs. James L. Gole Mr. & Mrs. Robert Golomb Mr. Mitchell O. Goodman & Ms. Wendy Orent Hugh Goodwin in memory of Barbara Goodwin Carol H. Gordon Mr. Kenneth L. Gould Dr. & Mrs. Carl Grafton Mrs. Louise Grant Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Gray Jr. Dr. & Mrs. David Greene William Eiselstein & Andrew Greene Mr. & Mrs. David Gregory

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Griffiths Roger Allen Grigg & Elizabeth S. Vantine Mr. & Mrs. George N. Gundersen* Dr. & Mrs. David Gushee John B. Haberlen Mr. & Mrs. Isaac N. Habif Dr. Getachew Hagos Dr. Sylvia Halleck Mrs. Anne Haltiwanger Ms. Anne Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Donald Handell Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Harley Dr. & Mrs. C.R. Harper Mr. David J. Harris Joe B. Harrison Phil & Lisa Hartley Mr. Walter B. Harvey Mrs. Charlotte T. Harvey Dr. & Mrs. J. Rhodes Haverty Mr. James W. Hays John & Martha Head Dr. & Mrs. Howard L. Hecht Ms. Susan V. Herrin Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Heller Ms. Mary Hendrix Richard L. Henneman & Janet L. Fath* Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Hertlein Ms. Edith Heter Arthur Heyman & Shirley Michalove Mr. John Hilleary Alan & Lucy Hinman Phillip & Cathy Hodges Louise Hoff Thomas & Catherine Hoffmann J. Mac & Chippy Holladay James E. Honkisz* Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Hoover James & Bridget Horgan Mr. Gurdon Hornor Mrs. Sally Horntvedt Gerald D. Horowitz Foundation Mr. Joseph M. Hovanes Jr. Mr. Carl V. Huber Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Hundt Marguerite Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Francis Jack Mr. & Mrs. Glen O. Jackson Mrs. Lou B. Jewell Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Willie Johnson Mr. Timothy A. Johnson & Mrs. Margaret Wood Mrs. Benita P. Johnson Ms. Melissa Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn H. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jones Mr. Ezra B. Jones III William L. & Sally S. Jorden Dr. & Mrs. Rafael L. Jurado Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Kalista Ms. Regina Kane & Mr. Jeffery Dworetz Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Kaplan Ms. Elena Kaplan Ed & Teresa Kennedy Robert & Vevonna Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Ketchie Mrs. Anne P. Key Carol Ann Kilburn Mr. Norman & Dr. Bettina Kilburn Mrs. Donna Jane Kilgore Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Kimball Dr. Candance KimbroughGreen Ann T. Kimsey* Ms. Carlene T. Kincaid Mr. Kyle Knab Mr. Matthew Ko Mrs. Jo W. Koch Mr. & Mrs. James M. Koelemay Jr. Mr. George & Dr. Marjorie B. Kossoff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kraft Mr. & Mrs. Dennis H. Lacoss Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land Jr.

The Honorable & Mrs. John S. Langford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tom E. Lantz Ms. Katherine Larder* Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Lavallee Sr. Mr. & Mrs. David LaWare* Mr. & Mrs. Igor Lazar Mr. & Mrs. Chris Le Ione & John Lee Elizabeth J. Levine Mr. & Mrs. William L. Levine Steven & Ellen Levy Doreen Lewis Kenna Libby Mr. A. Warren Lippitt & Dr. Jean A. Muench Mr. John Little & Mrs. Kathleen Casses Dr. Valerie Jagiella Barbara M. Long Mr. & Mrs. William G. Loventhal Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lukasiewicz Mr. Kevin & Dr. Jennifer Lyman Deirdre Lyons-Gary Mr. & Mrs. Carol Lyttle Fredrick Makori Maurice “Ted” & Gloria Maloof Dr. Harvey Mannes Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Many Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe M. Jackson Marr Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Martin Jr. Mr. Jeffrey Martin Mrs. June T. Martin Sharan & Tony Martin Iain & Nancy Matheson Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William A. Matthews III Luis Maza Ann E. Pasky Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. McCoy Mr. & Mrs. William J. McCranie III Miss Joey McCraw Robert & Elba McCue Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McCullough

Mr. & Mrs. John McCutcheon Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. McGinnis Toni McGowan Robert & Deborah McKeeman Mr. & Mrs. John McKibben Ms. JoAnn McLean Marsha & Tom McMurrain Ms. Phyllis McNeill & Mr. Peter Brannigan Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany* Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Medlin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Metz Elsa Ann Gaines & Joe Meyer Ms. Caroline Miklosovic & Ms. Allison Taylor David & Kara Miller Luine B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Norman F. Miller Mr. Donald Miller Mr. Scott Miller Mrs. Dorothy H. Miller Ms. Ann M. Miller & Mr. Charles S. Raben Ms. Gin Miller Lonnie & Agneta Mimms Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms Jr. Keith & Lisa Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mitchell Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sean Molley Mrs. Sarah Montgomery Dr. & Mrs. Melvin R. Moore Ms. Florence L. Moran Carter & Hampton Morris Tim & Kate Morris Dr. Patricia Moulton Mr. & Mrs. Mark I. Murovitz Mrs. Sherry Murphy David & Teresa Murray Janine & Chuck Musholt Wayne & Nancy Musselwhite Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Naman David Neises John & Agnes Nelson Kent C. Nelson & Ann Starr

Mr. & Mrs. Jon L. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Newman David Perrin Nicholson & Raul Castro Dr. Edward O. Nix Mr. Gary Noble Mr. & Mrs. Tom Norris Mr. & Mrs. Leon Novak Mr. & Mrs. Jim Nowicki Marcia & Kevin Nuffer Ms. Susan C. Nussrallah Godfrey & Mary Ann Oakley Mr. Charles O’Brien III Lynn & Galen Oelkers Ms. Karla P. Olterman Mrs. Mary Ann D. Oprisch Dr. John D. Orme Dr. & Mrs. Keith D. Osborn Mr. Philip Ott Chip & Julie Oudin Mr. John C. Owens Mrs. Sherri & Mr. Steve Ozcomert Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Paller Ms. Dorothy M. B. Palmer Adelisa Panlilio & Andrew Eilers Mr. & Mrs. Charles Paparelli Mr. Mark A. Parison & Mr. Robert D. Woodman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Peaden Mr. Steve M. Peck Mr. & Mrs. Robbie C. Peele Mrs. Clarence L. Peeler Dr. Allan & Dr. Lori Peljovich Tremayne A. Perry* Mr. & Mrs. W. Ray Persons Pete & Charlotte Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. S. Howard Pharr III George & Susan Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Phillips Ms. Cheryl A. Phillips Simon & Barbara Pines Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Pisik Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Plummer Anne & Miriam Pollock

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Barbara & Marty Pollock John P. Pooler Stanley & Virginia Powell James E. & Sharon V. Radford Ms. Lavanya Ramanujan Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Ramsay Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Raper Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi Bill & Bamby Ray John Reed & Amy Rowley Ms. Joyce Reedy Dr. Susan Reef Ms. Kathryn W. Reid Ms. Susan E. Reid Mrs. Susan H. Reinach Mr. Wes Reynolds* Mr. Ed Rhein LeeAnne Richardson & James Diedrick Mrs. Barbara Riff Colonel & Mrs. Doug J. Riffey Ms. Brenna Rizzardi Ms. Lillie M. Robbins Ms. Shelley Roberts Dr. Saundra Robinson Carolyn L. Robison David F. & Maxine A. Rock Mr. & Mrs. Clyde A. Rodbell Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Roman Dan & Carolyn Roper Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Rosner Ms. Jane Royall & Mr. John Lantz Eric Ruben Mr. David Russell Angela Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Daryll J. Samples* Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Samuelson Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin Ms. Sally Sangster Mr. & Mrs. Milton Saul Paul S. Scharff & Polly G. Fraser Dr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Schmieta Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schraudenbach Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schreck

Caroline Wainright & Colby Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Schwartz Mr. Sam Schwartz & Ms. Lynn Goldowski Mr. & Mrs. David Scoular Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Scovil Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Self Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions Mr. & Mrs. William A. Sessions Mr. Alexander Shane & Ms. Cynthia Peng Ms. Mary Sherman* Mr. & Mrs. James Sherwood IV Mr. Khonie Shlevich Alan & Marion Shoenig Douglas & Robin Shore Mr. Roger Simon & Ms. Mary Monsees Dr. Richard Simpson* Mr. & Mrs. David L. Sjoquist Bill & Susan Small Marjorie M. Smith M.D. Mr & Mrs. Gerald E. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Emmett Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith David & Mei Snyder Mr. William F. Snyder Dr. Seymour & Helena Solodar Mr. David Sowell Mr. & Mrs. John E. Sowers Mrs. Jack J. Spalding Anne-Marie Sparrow Dr. & Mrs. James O. Speed Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Mrs. Rosemarie Spielman Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spina Jr. Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Srochi Dr. & Mrs. David Stacy Aaron & Elaine Stambler Irene & Howard Stein Mr. & Mrs. Warren N. Steinberg Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Mr. & Mrs. Scott G. Stephenson Ms. Jennifer Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Stoecker

Esther & Jim Stokes Dr. Leslie J. Story Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans Mr. & Mrs. A. Pinckney Straughn Mr. & Mrs. Kenard G. Strauss Ms. Andrea Strickland & Mr. N. J. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Strom Mr. Frederick Stuart Dr. & Mrs. Ramon A. Suarez Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr. Brian Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. George Sutherlin Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Swanson Michael & Francoise Szikman Mr. & Mrs. Alva Tabor III* Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Taratus Ms. Elaine M. Tarkenton Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Tate Ms. Barbara Taylor Ms. Leslie M. Taylor & Mr. David Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen Ms. Linda F. Terry & Mr. Claude Terry Mr. John Teuscher Dr. & Mrs. Richard Thio Karen Thomas Mr. Michael A. Thomas Dede & Bob Thompson Carolyn & Tom Thorsen Ms. Mary Thurlow Mr. Joe M. Timberlake Willard & Wanda Timm Mr. Stephen Timme Mr. Russell B. Tippins & Mr. Randy New C. Barry & Louisa Titus Roger & Brenda Torri Mr. & Mrs. William H. Townsend Denise & Jim Traicoff Ms. Mary F. Trembath Ms. Elizabeth R. Trulock Jeremy S. Uchitel Mr. & Mrs. Chase Underwood Charles & Carol VanOver Mr. & Mrs. Alphonso J. Varner

Ms. Susana Velez Ms. Emasue Vereen Mr. Earl Verigan Mr. & Mrs. William P. Vestal Frank Vinicor M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Mr. & Mr. Larry B. Vogler M.D. Fritz & Norma Von Ammon Mrs. Joyce Vroon Stayce & Robert Wagner Richard & Adele Ward Clay & Mary Jo Warner Ms. Alice Jane Wasdin Carolyn & Dick Wasser Mr. & Mrs. Randolph O. Watson Mrs. Ruthie Watts Mr. & Mrs. F. Wayne Weaver Thomas R. Webb Mrs. Patricia Webber Dr. & Mrs. Collin J. Weber Brooke & Winston Weinmann The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Westerhoff Dr. & Mrs. Talbert Williams Mr. A. Joseph Williams & Ms. Teresa F. Fleming Professor Robert Williams & Mr. Charles C. Montgomery Betty Williford Russell F. Winch Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Winkler Elliott & Susan Winton Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wisener Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Wolensky Raymond Woller & Doris Kadish Mr. K. Brent Woodruff Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Woodson Henry Wu Harold & Jane Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wygant Mr. & Mrs. William Yadlosky* Drs. Holly & Marty York Chuck & Pat Young Dale & Ellen Zeigler

*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.

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ASO | support Henry Sopkin Circle Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Anonymous (20) Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. John E. Aderhold Mr. & Mrs. William Atkins Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Mr.** & Mrs. Sol Blaine W. Moses Bond Mr.** & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer Elinor A. Breman James C. Buggs Mr. & Mrs.** Richard H. Burgin Hugh W. Burke Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia & Donald Carson Lenore Cicchese** Margie & Pierce Cline Dr. & Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr. Robert Boston Colgin Dr. John W. Cooledge John R. Donnell Pamela J. Drummond Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Kenneth P. Dutter Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Elizabeth Etoll Brien P. Faucett

Dr. Emile T. Fischer A. D. Frazier, Jr. Nola Frink Betty & Drew** Fuller Sally & Carl Gable William & Carolyn Gaik Mr.** & Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Micheline & Bob Gerson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Robert Hall Gunn, Jr., Fund Billie & Sig** Guthman James & Virginia Hale Sally & Paul** Hawkins John & Martha Head Ms. Jeannie Hearn Barbara & John Henigbaum Richard E. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. Jim & Barbara Hund Clayton F. Jackson Mary B. James Calvert Johnson Herb & Hazel Karp Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Bob Kinsey James W. & Mary Ellen** Kitchell Paul Kniepkamp, Jr.

James H. Landon Ouida Hayes Lanier Ione & John Lee Lucy Russell Lee & Gary Lee, Jr. Mr.** & Mrs. William C. Lester Liz & Jay** Levine Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Jane Little Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Nell Galt & Will D. Magruder K Maier John W. Markham Linda & John Matthews Dr. Michael S. McGarry Mr. & Mrs. Richard McGinnis John & Clodagh Miller Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Roger B. Orloff Dr. Bernard** & Sandra Palay Dan R. Payne Bill Perkins Mr.** & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. William L. & Lucia Fairlie Pulgram Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel Helen & John Rieser Dr. Shirley E. Rivers David F. & Maxine A. Rock

Mr.** & Mrs. Martin H. Sauser Mr. Paul S. Scharff & Ms. Polly G. Fraser Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions Charles H. Siegel** Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Gail & Loren Starr Peter James Stelling C. Mack** & Mary Rose Taylor Jennings Thompson IV Kenneth & Kathleen Tice Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr. Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Adair & Dick White Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue & Neil** Williams Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Joni Winston George & Camille Wright Mr.** and Mrs. Charles R. Yates

Atlanta Symphony Associates The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

2014-2015 ASA Board of Directors Camille Kesler President Sylvia Davidson Immediate Past President Leslie Petter Advisor Belinda Massafra Secretary & Nominating Chair

Marie Hannon Treasurer Bunny Davidson Membership VP Pat King Education VP Glee Lamb Fundraising VP

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Celeste Pendarvis Marketing VP Wadette Bradford & Jonathan Brown Bravo Unit Chairs Martha Head & John Head Concerto Unit Chairs Joan Abernathy Encore Unit Chair

Corrie Johnson & Joanne Chesler Gross Ensemble Unit Chairs Nancy Cox & Nancy Chunka Intermezzo Unit Chairs

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corporate & government | support

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and POPS! Presenting Sponsor

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Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

Major funding is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts

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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of the Woodruff Arts Center, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 33 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1+ MILLION

$500,000-$999,999

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Hagedorn Family SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

$250,000-$499,999 AT&T Bank of America Lucinda Bunnen The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Fulton County Arts Council Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr. The Home Depot Fay & W. Barrett Howell The Kendeda Fund Sarah & Jim Kennedy Marilyn & Donald Keough The Estate of Florence Kopleff Anna & Hays Mershon The Sara Giles Moore Foundation PNC PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Louise Sams Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Ticketmaster UPS

THE PATRON CIRCLE The Woodruff Arts Center’s Annual Campaign set an all-time record, raising more than $9.6 million, thanks to the generosity of Patron Circle donors and their contributors.

Campaign gifts support our shared services model, which funds campus-wide operations. $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund $300,000+ Cox Interests: Anne Cox Chambers* Atlanta Journal Constitution James M. Cox Foundation Cox Radio Group Atlanta WSB-TV Deloitte, its Partners & Employees The Home Depot PwC, Partners & Employees UPS

$200,000+ Bank of America The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Delta Air Lines, Inc. EY, Partners & Employees Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Cushman & Wakefield of Georgia King & Spalding Partners & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc.

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$100,000+ AT&T Equifax Inc. & Employees Invesco Ltd. Kay and Doug Ivester Jones Day Foundation and Employees Kaiser Permanente The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund $75,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Chick-fil-A Foundation Kilpatrick Townsend LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation * Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn

$50,000+ Susan and Richard Anderson Neil K. Aronson & Wendy L. Conrad Birch Communications Camp-Younts Foundation Crawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Jones Lang LaSalle NCR Foundation Novelis PNC Primerica Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $25,000+ Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff * BB&T Corporation Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Cousins Properties Foundation John & Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III * Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific GMT Capital Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Holder Construction Company The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Lou Brown Jewell The Joe E. Johnston Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy The Klaus Family Foundation * The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newell Rubbermaid Norfolk Southern Foundation Printpack, Inc. & The Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation Rollins, Inc. Rooms to Go Children’s Fund Sam’s Club and WalMart Stores, Inc. SCANA Energy

Southwest Airlines Southwire Company Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Troutman Sanders LLP United Distributors, Inc. Verizon Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & Williams C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Woodruff Arts Center Employees Yancey Bros. Co. $15,000+ A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Aaron’s Inc. ABM Onsite Services Acuity Brands A.E.M. Family Foundation Mr. Peter Aman * Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation Atlantic Trust Anna & Ed Bastian* Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris * Laura & Stan Blackburn * Bluetube Interactive Ms. Lisa Borders * The Boston Consulting Group The Brand Banking Company The George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Capital Guardian Trust Company Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas C. Chubb * Ann & Jeff Cramer * CSX Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. * Michael S. Donnelly * Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Flanagan * Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke Mr. Phil Harrison * HD Supply

Virginia A. Hepner & Malcolm Barnes * The Howell Fund, Inc. * Isdell Family Foundation Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund * The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd * Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis * Macy’s Foundation Majestic Realty Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane and Joe Prendergast Quikrete Mary & Craig Ramsey Regal Entertainment Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. * Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot * Selig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig Foundation * Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Claire E. Sterk and Kirk Elifson * Tishman Speyer Properties Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Viera * Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Wood Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014

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ASO | staff EXECUTIVE Terry Neal Interim President & Chief Executive Officer Bob Scarr Archives Program Manager

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Mark B. Kent Vice President, Education & Community Engagement Katherine Algarra Program Assistant for Student Music Programs Niki Baker Manager of Ensembles & Instructions Kaitlin Gress Arts Vibe Teen Program Coordinator Tiffany I. M. Jones Education Associate for Audience Development Ahmad Mayes Manager of Community Programs

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Lucio Petroccione Vice President for Stategic Business Development Dave Adan Director of Special Events OPERATIONS and Programs Julianne M. Fish Dallas Greene Vice President & General Season Tickets Assistant Manager, ASO Holly Hanchey Paul Barrett Director of Marketing & Senior Production Patron Experience Stage Manager Meko Hector Richard Carvlin Marketing Production Stage Manager Manager Alex Malone Tegan Ketchie Managing Producer Manager of Broad Symphony Pops!

Based Giving Jesse Pace Melanie Kite Orchestra Operations & Subscriptions Office Hall Rental Coordinator Manager Susanne Watts Pamela Kruseck ASO PRESENTS Assistant Orchestra Manager of Group Trevor Ralph Personnel Manager Sales & Tourism Vice President, Chief Russell Williamson Jan Lochmann Operating Officer Orchestra Personnel Director of Revenue Clay Schell Manager Management Vice President, Alesia Mack ARTISTIC Programming Director of Season Tickets Evans Mirageas Holly Clausen & Customer Service Vice President for Artistic Director of Marketing Robert Phipps Planning Lisa Eng Publications Director Graphic Artist Carol Wyatt Thomas Pinckney Executive Assistant to the Ashley Majher Group & Corporate Music Director & Principal Marketing & Promotions Sales Manager Guest Conductor Coordinator Brandon Sheats Jeffrey Baxter Natacha McLeod Database Manager Choral Administrator Marketing Manager Robin Smith Ken Meltzer Verizon Wireless Subscription & ASO Insider & Amphitheater at Education Sales Program Annotator Encore Park Kourtnea Stevenson Christopher McLaughlin Katie Daniel Group & Corporate Artist Assistant Director of Sales Sales Associate Deborah Honan Karen Tucker Office & Customer Service Season Tickets Associate Manager & Venue Rental Sean Ward Coordinator Communications Specialist Brandon Schleicher Russell Wheeler Facility Manager Director of Group & Rebecca Simmons Corporate Sales Director of Ticketing at ASO Presents Jack Stiegler Director of Operations

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WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER STAFF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Susan Ambo Vice President of Finance Shannon McCown Assistant to the Vice President of Finance Peter Dickson Senior Accountant Nicole Epstein Venues Accountant Kimberly Hielsberg Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis Stephen Jones Symphony Store April Satterfield Controller DEVELOPMENT Jessica Langlois Development Director, Annual Giving Rebecca Abernathy Associate Director, Developmnet Operations, Advancement Services Tammie Cotton Gift Entry Assistant, Advancement Services Brien Faucett Manager, Corporate Philanthropy Melissa Muntz Grants Manager, Advancement Services Johnnie Oliver Manager, Development Research Advancement Services Gokul Parasuram Gift Entry Coordinator, Advancement Services Kate Robson Donor Communications & Stewardship Manager, Long-Term Giving Lauren Turner Individual Giving Manager, Annual Giving Trammell Williams Development Assistant, Annual Giving

ASO | ticket info CAN’T ATTEND A CONCERT? If you can’t use or exchange your tickets, please pass them on to friends or return them to the box office for resale. To donate tickets, please phone 404.733.5000 before the concert begins. A receipt will be mailed to you in January acknowledging the value of all tickets donated for resale during the year.

WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER BOX OFFICE Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday – Friday; and noon – 8 p.m.

Saturday; noon - 5 p.m. Sunday. Please note: All single-ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. All artists and programs are subject to change.

SINGLE TICKETS Call 404.733.5000 10 a.m.-8 p.m. MondayFriday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Service charge applies. Phone orders are filled on a best-available basis.

GROUP DISCOUNTS Groups of 10 or more save up to 15 percent on most ASO concerts, subject to ticket availability. Call 404.733.4848.

www.atlantasymphony.org Order any time, any day! Service charge applies. Allow two to three weeks for delivery. For orders received less than two weeks before the concert, tickets will be held at the box office.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Available in any amount for any series, through the box office. Call 404.733.5000.

ASO | general info LATE SEATING Patrons arriving later are seated at the discretion of house management.

Reserved seats are not guaranteed after the performance starts. Late arrivers may be initially seated in the back out of courtesy to the musicians and other patrons.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE All programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call the box office (404.733.5000) to make advance arrangements.

SYMPHONY STORE The ASO’s gift shop is located in the galleria and offers a wide variety of items, ranging from ASO recordings and music-related merchandise to T-shirts and mugs. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

THE ROBERT SHAW ROOM The ASO invites donors who contribute at least $2,000 annually to become members of this private dining room for cocktails and dining on concert evenings — private rentals available. Call 404.733.4860.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Concert Hotline (Recorded info) 404.733.4949 Symphony Hall Box Office 404.733.5000 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404.733.5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404.733.4800 Group Sales 404.733.4848 Atlanta Symphony Associates 404.733.4865 (Volunteers) Educational Programs 404.733.4870 Youth Orchestra 404.733.5038 Box Office TTD Number 404.733.4303 Services for People 404.733-5000 with Special Needs 404.733.4800 Lost and Found 404.733.4225 Symphony Store 404.733.4345 Donations & Development 404.733.4375

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JAN 8/10 Delta Classical LISZT: Les Préludes R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben Asher Fisch, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano

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