AT L A N TA SY M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A
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I N T R O D U C T I O N S In Tune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Music Director.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ASO Musicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Symphony Sparks Musical Inspiration in School Children During Field Trip Concerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 N OT E S
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Symphony Sparks Musical Inspiration in School Children During Field Trip Concerts By Jon Ross
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4 | encore ASO | IN TUNE Welcome to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2026/27 season! We are delighted you have chosen to spend your evening with us, and we hope you will come back many more times this season to enjoy the tremendous variety of performances we have planned for you. There’s something for everyone.
TODD HALL
DEAR FRIENDS,
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to grow and evolve, attracting the best musicians from around the world to contribute to the musical life of our city. This year we are delighted to welcome new principal trumpet Elmer Churampi, principal trombone Craig Mulcahy, cellist Gabriella McClellan, trombonist Chance Gompert and bassoonist Sam Blair to the ensemble. In addition to the inspired live music-making every week here at home, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of our rock-star Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann, is sharing its unique blend of virtuosity, warmth and precision to the world. “Musically perceptive,” “superb,” and “inspired” are just a few of the words reviewers are using to describe the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s new recording of Bruckner’s 4th Symphony, “Romantic,” released in late July on Warner Classics. Listen to the full recording on your favorite streaming service. Starting off the new season with a bang, we welcome back the charismatic and creative violinist Joshua Bell in Edouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, a virtuosic showpiece heavily inspired by Andalusian flamenco flair, the seguidilla, and the habanera. September also features the versatile musicians of the ASO joining forces with Mike Campell, the virtuoso lead guitarist, co-producer, and co-writer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, interpreting some of the band’s greatest hits. In addition, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and actress Ledisi join the Orchestra for a night of smooth R&B and contemporary soul. This will be a special night: Ledisi has performed numerous sold-out shows in Symphony Hall, but this is her first time performing with the Orchestra. As the season continues, you will see more enticing and exciting music and artists joining us here in Symphony Hall. Enriching and inspiring Atlanta’s community with great music is our mission and our passion. The fun has just begun. Join us! With gratitude,
Jennifer Barlament, Executive Director
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ASO | NATHALIE STUTZMANN Nathalie Stutzmann is the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where her tenure has been extended through the 2028/29 season. She is the second woman in history at the helm of a major American orchestra. This season she takes up the role of Artistic and Musical Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, becoming the first woman ever to hold the position. From 2021 to 2024, she served as Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. In the 2026/27 season, she makes her debut with the Staatskapelle Dresden, and returns to Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Munich Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recent symphonic highlights include the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and Bayreuth Festival, bringing Rienzi to life for the first time at the Festspielhaus. Her lifelong commitment to opera is reflected in a sequence of engagements across major European houses and festivals. This season, she makes her Opéra national de Paris debut with Werther. She was named Best Conductor of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards. An exclusive Warner Classics artist, Stutzmann’s newest release with the Atlanta Symphony is Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. It follows her first symphonic release with the ASO, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 and “American” Suite, which earned her cover recognition from Gramophone magazine. The album was highlighted by The New York Times and received OPUS Klassik nominations for Best Conductor and Best Symphonic Recording of the Year. This followed her 2023 OPUS Klassik win for Concerto Recording of The Year, for her album featuring the Glière and Mosolov harp concertos with Xavier de Maistre and the WDR Sinfonieorchester. In 2022, she released the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Haochen Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra, which Gramophone hailed as “a brilliant collaboration.” Nathalie began studying piano, bassoon, and cello at a young age, and studied conducting with Jorma Panula. As one of the world’s most celebrated contraltos, she has made over 80 recordings and received numerous international accolades. Named “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” and “Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French government, she is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy.
MUSIC DIRECTOR'S CORNER Recently, Nathalie was praised “a marvel,” (Bayerische Staatszeitung) with conducting that “bordered on perfection,” (El Periódico) during her return to Bayreuth for the Festival’s 150th anniversary to lead a new production of Rienzi. Stutzmann’s latest release of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 with the Atlanta Symphony through Warner Classics has topped streaming charts and garnered high praise.
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Nathalie Stutzmann
2026/27 Musician Roster
music director
FIRST VIOLIN
SECOND VIOLIN
CELLO
David Coucheron
Anastasia Agapova-Lacomba
concertmaster
principal
Daniel Laufer acting / associate principal
The Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair
The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair
The Miriam & John Conant Chair
Justin Bruns*
Sou-Chun Su*
acting associate / assistant
associate concertmaster
associate principal
principal
The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair
The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair
The Livingston Foundation Chair
Lauren Roth-Gómez acting associate / assistant
Jay Christy
Thomas Carpenter
concertmaster
principal
Jun-Ching Lin
Rachel Ostler*
assistant concertmaster
Robert Anemone
Kevin Chen Carolyn Toll Hancock The Wells Fargo Chair
Juan R. Ramírez Hernández Kelly Kanai John Meisner Christopher Pulgram Olga Shpitko Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich
acting associate / assistant
David Dillard Paul Halberstadt Eun Young Jung Eleanor Kosek Julia Su Yaxin Tan VIOLA Zhenwei Shi principal
The Robert Reid Topping Chair
Karen Freer
Joel Dallow The UPS Foundation Chair
Ray Kim Isabel Kwon Gabriella McClellan Nathan Mo Brad Ritchie BASS Joseph McFadden principal
The Marcia & John Donnell Chair
Gloria Jones Allgood associate principal
The Lucy R. & Gary Lee Jr. Chair
Jin Wook Suk
The Edus H. & Harriet H. Warren Chair
Sissi Yuqing Zhang
Paul Murphy
Michael Kurth
associate principal
The Jane Little Chair
Judith Cox
The Mary & Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair
Jungsu Lee
Raymond Leung
Catherine Lynn
The Carolyn McClatchey Chair
assistant principal
Daniel Tosky
Marian Kent
FLUTE
Yang-Yoon Kim
Christina Smith
Yiyin Li
principal
SECTION VIOLIN ‡
Karl Fenner
Nicholas Scholefield
Jessica Oudin
The Jill Hertz Chair The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair
Madeline Sharp
Robert Cronin
Lachlan McBane
associate principal
C. Todd Skitch second flute
Gina Hughes piccolo / flute
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William R. Langley resident conductor &
atlanta symphony youth
Norman Mackenzie
Finan Jones
director of choruses
assistant conductor
The Frannie & Bill Graves Chair
orchestra music director
The Zeist Foundation Chair
OBOE
HORN
TIMPANI
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione
Ryan Little
Jake Darnell
principal
principal
principal
The George M. & Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair
The Betty Sands Fuller Chair
The Walter H. Bunzl Chair
Zachary Boeding
Andrew Burhans
Michael Stubbart
associate principal
assistant principal timpani /
Kimberly Gilman
section percussion
second horn
PERCUSSION
associate principal
The Kendeda Fund Chair
William Dunlop second oboe
Emily Brebach english horn / oboe CLARINET Jesse McCandless principal
The Robert Shaw Chair
Alcides Rodriguez
acting associate principal / e - flat
Iván Valbuena second clarinet
BASSOON Cameron Bonner principal
The Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation Chair
Anthony Georgeson associate principal
Sam Blair second bassoon
Juan de Gomar contrabassoon / bassoon
Scott Sanders fourth horn
TRUMPET Elmer Churampi
Joseph Petrasek principal
The Julie & Arthur Montgomery Chair
principal trumpet
Michael Jarrett
Michael Tiscione
The William A. Schwartz Chair
associate principal
assistant principal
The Madeline & Howell Adams Chair Michael Stubbart The Connie & Merrell William Cooper Calhoun Chair second trumpet
Mark Maliniak utility / fourth trumpet TROMBONE Craig Mulcahy
HARP Elisabeth Remy Johnson principal
The Sally & Carl Gable Chair
principal trombone
KEYBOARD
The Terence L. Neal Chair, Honoring his dedication & service to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Hugh & Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair
Nathan Zgonc second / associate principal /
Shih-Man Weng †
utility trombone
The Home Depot Veterans Chair
Chance Gompert bass trombone
TUBA Michael Moore principal
The Delta Air Lines Chair
David Mamedov † LIBRARY Emma Luty principal
The Marianna & Solon Patterson Chair
Sara Baguyos associate principal
James Nelson GUEST CONDUCTOR Neil and Sue Williams Chair
Players in rotating sections are listed alphabetically. ‡ Rotates between sections | * Leave of absence | † Regularly engaged musician
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Joia Johnson
Janine Brown
chair
treasurer
vice chair
Patrick Viguerie
Galen Oelkers
Lynn Eden
immediate past chair
secretary
vice chair
DIRECTORS Cathy Callaway Adams
Craig Frankel
Grace Lee, M.D.
June Scott
Juliet M. Allan
Sally Bogle Gable
Sukai Liu
V Scott
Susan Antinori
Anne Game
Kevin Lyman
Charles Sharbaugh
Rona Gomel Ashe
Rod Garcia-Escudero
Deborah Marlowe
Gayle Sheppard
Carol Attridge
Sally Frost George
Rob McDonough
Fahim Siddiqui
Andrew Bailey
Robert Glustrom
Arthur Mills IV
John Sparrow
Jennifer Barlament*
Julie Goosman
Molly Minnear
Elliott Tapp
Keith Barnett
Bonnie B. Harris
Hala Moddelmog*
Yannik Thomas
Paul Blackney
Charles Harrison
Caroline Moïse
Maria Todorova
Janine Brown
Tad Hutcheson, Jr.
Anne Morgan
Ben Touchette
Betsy Camp
Roya Irvani
Terence L. Neal
Benny Varzi
Lisa Chang
Joia M. Johnson
Galen Lee Oelkers
S. Patrick Viguerie
Russell Currey
Baxter Jones
Dr. John Paddock
Kathy Waller
Sheila Lee Davies
Margie Painter
Chris Webber
Carlos del Rio, M.D. FIDSA
Raymond Kotwicki, M.D., M.P.H.
Cathleen Quigley
Richard S. White, Jr.
Carrie Kurlander
Doug Reid
Mack Wilbourn
Lisa DiFrancesco, M.D.
Scott Lampert
James Rubright
Lynn Eden
James H. Landon
Ravi Saligram
Kevin E. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.
Yelena Epova
Daniel Laufer*
William Schultz
Angela Evans
Donna Lee
BOARD OF COUNSELORS Neil Berman
John T. Glover
Shelley McGehee
G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr.
Benjamin Q. Brunt
Dona Humphreys
Penelope McPhee
Ray Uttenhove
John W. Cooledge, M.D. Aaron J. Johnson, Jr.
Howard D. Palefsky
Chilton Varner
John R. Donnell, Jr.
James F. Kelley
Patricia H. Reid
Adair M. White
Jere A. Drummond
Patricia Leake
Joyce Schwob
Sue Sigmon Williams
Carla Fackler
Karole F. Lloyd
John A Sibley, III
Charles B. Ginden
Meghan H. Magruder
H. Hamilton Smith
LIFE DIRECTORS Howell E. Adams, Jr.
Connie Calhoun
Azira G. Hill
John B. White, Jr. * Ex-Officio Board Member ^ On Sabbatical
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Advisory Council is a group of passionate and engaged individuals who act as both ambassadors & resources for the ASO Board and staff. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra extends heartfelt gratitude to the members listed on this page. 2026/27 CHAIRS Jane Morrison advisory council chair
Justin Im internal connections task
force co-chair Kristi Stathopolous
internal connections task force co-chair
Jane Blount patron experience
task force co-chair
Frances A. Root patron experience
task force co-chair
Tiffany Rosetti community connections
& education task force co-chair Otis Threatt community connections
& education task force co-chair MEMBERS Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes Phyllis Abramson Joel & Toni Adler Kristi & Aadu Allpere Logan Anderson & Ian Morey Steven Attorri Evelyn Babey Asad & Sakina Bashey Meredith W. Bell John Blatz Jane Blount Carol Brantley & David Webster Johanna Brookner Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D JC Chi Tracey Chu
Robert Lewis, Jr. Bruce Cohen Allen & Judy Lipis Kate Cook Jonathan Lively DePorres & Barbara Cormier Eunice Luke Daniel P. Debonis Catherine & Bill Lundstrom Donald & Barbara Defoe Thomas Mabry Paul & Susan Dimmick Erin Marshall Bernadette Drankoski Alfredo Martin Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Belinda Massafra John & Catherine Massey Catherine Fare Dyer Doug & Kathrin Mattox Jerry H. Evans Ed & Linda McGinn Mary Ann Flinn Suneel Mendiratta Bruce & Avery Flower Berthe & Karen Foster Shapour Mobasser Annie Frazer Bert Mobley John D. Fuller Maria & Chris Moffett Alex Garcias Jamal Mohammad & Marcus Dean Dr. Paul Gilreath Sue Morgan Nadeen Green Bill Morrison & Greg Heathcock & Cesar Moreno Beth Clark-Morrison Elizabeth Hendrick Jane Morrison Caroline Hofland Whitney Myers Desmond L. Hollingsworth Gary Noble Justin Im Regina Olchowski Dr. Lillian Ivansco Bethani Oppenheimer Frank & Joseph Owen, Jr. Janice Johnston Ralph & Suzanne Paulk Lana Jordan Ann & Fay Pearce Jennifer B. Kahnweiler Jonathan & Lori Peterson Rosthema Kastin Stephen Polley Andrea Kauffman Doug Powell & Alfred D. Kennedy & Bill Kenny Alexandra Miller Brian & Ann Kimsey Dr. John B. Pugh Jason & Michelle Kroh Eliza Quigley Jeff & Pam Kuester Joseph Rapanotti Van & Elizabeth Lear Leonard Reed Dr. Fulton Lewis III & Dr. Jay & Mr. Neal Rhoney Kimberley Rhee
Vicki Riedel Felicia Rives Angela Robinson Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer David Rock Frances A. Root Maurice & Tricia Rosenbaum Tiffany & Rich Rosetti Noelle Ross Thomas & Lynne Saylor Beverly & Milton Shlapak Suzanne Shull Rev. Jeanne S. Simpson Baker Smith Cindy Smith Janice Smith Victoria Smith Peter & Kristi Stathopoulos Tom & Ani Steele Deann Stevens Ian Steward Beth & Edward Sugarman Stephen & Sonia Swartz Sadie Talmadge George & Amy Taylor Bob & Dede Thompson Otis Threatt Jr. Cathy Toren Roxanne Varzi Robert & Amy Vassey Juliana Vincenzino Emily C. Ward James Washburn Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Kiki Wilson Dr. Jiong Yan Camille Yow Peter Zimmerman
For more information about becoming an Advisory Council member, please contact Gregory Freeman at gregory.freeman@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.4532.
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We are deeply grateful to the following leadership donors whose generous support has made the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's season possible.
Symphony Sparks Musical Inspiration in School Children During Field Trip Concerts by Jon Ross
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rianne Turgeon witnessed a transformation at the symphony. As the music and chorus teacher at Springdale Park Elementary School, she brings her classes to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra every year as part of the organization’s Students at the Symphony program. On one of these outings—the symphony was playing a work by Berlioz—she watched a shy, awkward child become an active and enthusiastic listener. Beaming, he started conducting to himself, the sound sparking a need for music he perhaps didn’t know existed.
“It’s one of my favorite things that’s ever happened to me as a teacher in my whole life,” Brianne says. “Here’s this child who had all of these social barriers … and he was just changed in that moment. It was just beautiful.”
These day-time field trips pack dozens of school classes into Symphony Hall for tailored, one-hour performances. In 2024, the ASO inspired close to 19,000 students from more than 200 area schools.
During the 2025-2026 school year, students experienced the ASO, led by William R. Langley, perform works by Gershwin, Copland and Ferde Grofé. These were nestled alongside Ron Nelson’s “Savannah River Holiday” and “Reflections on Georgia” by student composer Emily Anne Klayman. The music was packaged within a play, written
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and directed by Jessica Espinoza, titled “Southern Landscapes: A Musical Journey through the American South.” Brianne has been bringing her classes to the symphony since she worked at Morningside Elementary, before she moved over to the brand-new Springdale Park in 2009. During that time, she has found that the vast majority of kids truly pay attention and really care about the music being made on stage. This is likely due to weeks of preparation, where she teaches her classes about the works being performed and the composers, along with a little bit of concert etiquette. Armed with all this information, the students notice anything out of the ordinary. Brianne remembers one trip where the orchestra was set up in an atypical formation. “The basses were on the left, and the kids were outraged,” she jokes. “They were like, ‘What is happening?’” These field trips don’t need to be programmed with familiar tunes or short excerpts of longer pieces to spark enthusiasm for classical music among little listeners. Brianne has found that keeping her kids engaged and listening to the music has never really been an issue. When the ASO performed snippets of Christopher Theofanidis’ “Rainbow Body” one year, her kindergarteners were disappointed. They wanted to hear the entire piece. She attributes that to unpacking the themes behind the music in kid-appropriate terms. “It’s taking the time to explore what the music can give to different people who are going to experience it differently,” she says. “That experience deepens everything we do.” Brianne also practices active listening with her music classes, showing students how to focus on music and push other distractions from their brains. Talking about how the music makes them feel, giving them the space for their imagination to wander, is an important early lesson. “People can’t just sit and let their minds wander and let something take them where they don’t know where they’re going,” she says. “Any person needs to know how to just sit and listen.”
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FOR LEGENDARY DUO AIR SUPPLY, IT’S ONLY ‘A MATTER OF TIME’ CELEBRATING A REMARKABLE HALF CENTURY MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP, VETERAN HIT MAKERS GRAHAM RUSSELL AND RUSSELL HITCHCOCK SET TO RELEASE THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FIRST ALBUM IN 15 YEARS
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ontinuing to make musical history with every sold out performance around the world, legendary pop duo Air Supply is riding the wave of an eventful banner year in 2026, with concerts across North America, Australia, South America, Europe and Asia, a biopic in the works, an impending Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and—brace yourselves, devoted Airheads—A Matter of Time, their first studio album in 15 years. Graham Russell’s heartfelt and soul-piercing songwriting talents, along with his and Russell Hitchcock’s dynamic trademark vocals, are on emphatic display throughout the multi-faceted 11-track collection. During their early 80’s run, they sold a collective total of 20 million copies of their first three albums (Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever) and the 1983 Greatest Hits collection and achieved multi-million radio plays for five of their hits, including “Sweet Dreams” and the Jim Steinman-penned “Making Love Out of Nothing At All.” In 2010, the year Air Supply released their last studio album Mumbo Jumbo, Graham was honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate recognizing three million performances of “All Out of Love.” The release of the album comes seven months after Graham and Russell celebrated a half century since meeting as chorus members of the Australian touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar in a most extraordinary way—headlining a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall on their actual 50th anniversary date.
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MIKE CAMPBELL
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ike Campbell was a member, architect and cocaptain of the Heartbreakers, a band he cofounded with Tom Petty in 1976. Campbell co-wrote many of the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers hits and also co-produced many of their albums—in addition to penning songs for Don Henley (“Boys of Summer”), Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and playing on records by Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. In 2018, Campbell joined Fleetwood Mac’s World Tour on lead guitar and in 2020, Campbell released Wreckless Abandon, the first album by The Dirty Knobs, a group that was Campbell’s longtime side project but is now his primary musical focus. They released their second LP External Combustion in 2022 and toured the USA. Their third album Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits is out now on BMG featuring appearances from artists including Graham Nash, Lucinda Williams, Chris Stapleton and fellow Heartbreaker Benmont Tench. Mike Campbell recently released his memoir Heartbreaker, a fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ’n’ roll memoir for the ages and a New York Times bestseller. Part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, it recounts Campbell’s life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. WILLIAM R. LANGLEY, conductor
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aestro Langley has guest conducted with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Starling Chamber Orchestra, Blueshift Ensemble, Concert: Nova, and All of the Above Ensemble. In demand as a cover conductor, Langley has frequently covered for the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Langley holds a master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
20 | september16 The 4,217th concert of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Wednesday, September 16, 8:00pm Atlanta Symphony Hall MICHAEL STERN, CONDUCTOR JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN
If you need to exit the hall during the performance, you may reenter between works. 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.
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (“Classical”) (1916-1917) 15 MINS I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Gavotte. Non troppo allegro IV. Finale. Molto vivace ÉDOUARD LALO (1823-1892) Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21 (1874) 33 MINS I. Allegro non troppo II. Scherzando. Allegro molto III. Intermezzo. Allegretto non troppo IV. Andante V. Rondo. Allegro Joshua Bell, violin INTERMISSION
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940) 35 MINS I. Non allegro – Lento – Tempo I II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) III. Lento assai—Allegro vivace
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Notes to Know • Édouard Lalo was one of many French composers who wrote “Spanish music,” including Charbrier, Bizet, Massenet, Ravel, and Debussy. • Shortly after the acclaimed premiere of his Classical Symphony, Sergei Prokofiev moved to the United States, but never achieved the popularity of his fellow Russian, Sergei Rachmaninoff.
• Édouard Lalo was a late bloomer. He was over 50 when he became a successful composer.
PROKOFIEV “Classical” Symphony
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ccording to biographer Harlow Robinson, some of Sergei Prokofiev’s instructors found the boy’s compositions “irreverent, noisy and filled with the awful dissonant intervals they banned from students’ homework assignments.” But the fiercely independent child found an ally with his conducting professor. Like his young charge, Nikolai Tcherepnin liked contemporary music, but also grounded the boy in the classics—Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. From Tcherepnin, Prokofiev learned to appreciate the classical rules of harmony and form. In 1916, the 25-year-old composer decided to wean himself of the piano. To grease the wheels, he chose a model he’d so thoroughly studied with his professor —the classical symphony. Scoring for the smaller, Mozart-sized orchestra, he sketched out the piece and even followed the sonata form in the first and final movements.
First ASO performance: March 2, 1950 Henry Sopkin, conductor Most recent ASO performance: April 29, 2018 Carlo Rizzi, conductor
In that spirit, Prokofiev opens with a Haydn-esque Mannheim rocket (a quickly ascending figure). But there’s no mistaking this piece for Haydn. Call it snark, sarcasm, or wrong notes, Prokofiev’s “Classical” Symphony sounds like a sassy take on yesteryear’s music. Notice the bassoon arpeggios in the first movement. It’s a classic accompaniment. But the bassoons and the octave leaps in the strings give it a cheeky quality. In the third movement, a gavotte supplants the
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traditional minuet, but can’t decide what key it’s in, moving from D to B to G and back to D — all on the first page. (20 years later, Prokofiev gave the Gavotte a second life in his ballet masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet.) In the breakneck finale, he avoided minor-mode harmonies altogether for a joyous romp. INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings LALO Symphonie espagnole
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requently, flamenco is described as a melding of Roma, Arab, Jewish and Iberian elements; the Black African imprint is rarely credited,” wrote BrendaDixon-Gottschild in Dance Magazine. She based her comment on recent research that is attempting to recover a lost history. Over the centuries, efforts to oust minorities from the Iberian Peninsula created a memory hole. As a result, we know little about the origin of Spain’s most enduring art form.
First ASO performance: November 26, 1950 Ruggiero Ricci, violin Henry Sopkin, conductor Most recent ASO performance: March 11, 1995 Silvia Marcovici, violin Louis Lane, conductor
Looking northward into France, 19th-century creatives favored the exotic and produced a series of Spanishthemed works. Of these, two of the most beloved —Bizet’s Carmen and Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole —hit music stands within a month of each other in 1875, immortalizing their composers, while helping to mainstream Spanish themes.
Until that point, Édouard Lalo had taken a lonely path through the mid-nineteenth century. For much of his life, Lalo limped along as a string player until the Franco-Prussian War disrupted Paris’s cultural life. France lost the war in 1871, prompting Camille SaintSäens to establish the Société nationale de musique to boost morale and promote French culture. People gathered for chamber concerts, giving Lalo some currency. Homegrown orchestral music steadily became popular, and the Spanish firebrand Pablo de Sarasate scored a success playing Lalo’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in 1873. 51-year-old Lalo followed with his dazzling Symphonie espangole in 1874, a five-movement showpiece he called a symphony, but is, in essence, a violin concerto.
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INSIDE THE SCORE Picking up on that delightful Iberian stew of Gitano, Moorish, Sephardic, Iberian, and African influences, Lalo made a convincing tribute to Sarasate’s homeland. (Note: Lalo’s own ancestry was Spanish.) He gave the roisterous first movement its swagger by alternating between triplet and paired quarter notes, while using the “Spanish Gypsy scale” throughout. He based the second movement on the traditional Castilian seguidilla by using punchy brass, percussion, and pizzicato strings to suggest stomping (zapateado) and handclaps (palmas). The intermezzo hints at the habanera, a dance that came to Spain via Cuba. In the finale, Lalo punches the third beat in 6/8 time to add syncopated oomph. Throughout the piece, orchestral bravura mixes with lots of saucy glissandi and violinistic fireworks to capture the freewheeling spirit of flamenco — but through the eyes and ears of a Frenchman. INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 percussion (triangle, snare), harp, solo violin and strings RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
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n 1940-41, Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff spent two summers in a Long Island hamlet. “Imagine the joy the lucky boaters experienced drifting by at just the right time,” writes the Huntington Historical Society, “while the virtuoso was practicing in his studio near the water.” Such was life for a composer in exile.
First ASO performance: December 14, 1964 Robert Mann, conductor Most recent ASO performance: October 26, 2024 Roderick Cox,
conductor Rachmaninoff came from an aristocratic Russian family whose holdings were squandered by his improvident father. Young Sergei emerged as an important composer and conductor, and achieved celebrity status, with all its advantages, when the Russian Revolution upended his world. Fleeing to the United States, he made the most lucrative choice for his family and embarked on a glittering piano career.
24 | encore During his lifetime, critics undervalued Rachmaninoff as a composer. It started early with his First Symphony. The reviews were so damning that he quit writing for three years, and the manuscript vanished. Although he recovered from that trauma, many of his works went overlooked in the West. Rachmaninoff wrote Symphonic Dances, his last piece, in the summer of 1940 at the seaside estate on Long Island. As was typical for him, he embedded its pages with secrets, little cameos that bear personal significance. In this case, the cameos look back on fifty years of compositions. Many works make appearances, including a private reference to his long-lost First Symphony (discovered only after his death, when the orchestral parts surfaced in Leningrad). The last movement of Symphonic Dances shrieks with the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) from the Latin Mass for the Dead, a tune he used throughout his career. Here, the Dies irae battles with a Russian Orthodox theme from his All-Night Vigil: “Blessed Art Thou, O Lord.” Finally, when Day of Wrath gives way to that hymn of praise, the word “Alliluya” appears in his autograph score. At the end of the manuscript, Rachmaninoff wrote: “I thank thee, Lord.” The autograph score to Symphonic Dances now resides at the Library of Congress. Sergei Rachmaninoff became a U.S. citizen in 1943. Sergei Prokofiev went back to Russia, where Soviet authorities seized his travel documents and closed the door to the West forever. INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussion, harp, piano, and strings
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JOSHUA BELL, violin
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ith a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell CBE is one of the most celebrated artists of our time. He has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, and regularly appears as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and as the Music Director of London’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields. In 2025, he was awarded an honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Following his world premiere recording of Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto, Bell gives the work’s UK, North American, and Canadian premieres at London’s BBC Proms, with the New York Philharmonic, and during his season-long tenure as a Toronto Symphony Spotlight Artist, respectively. He also leads extensive U.S. and European tours with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; makes his first appearances as the New Jersey Symphony’s inaugural Principal Guest Conductor; tours Asia with Hamburg’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; and joins Steven Isserlis and Evgeny Kissin for trio programs in New York, Paris, Vienna, and Prague. Bell has been nominated for six GRAMMY® awards, named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America, selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, recognized with the Avery Fisher Prize, and honored as an “Indiana Living Legend.” His many collaborators include Emanuel Ax, Chris Botti, Chick Corea, Renée Fleming, Josh Groban, Lang Lang, Dave Matthews, Anoushka Shankar, Regina Spektor, Sting, and Daniil Trifonov. Bell has performed for three American presidents and the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. After participating in former president Barack Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities’ first cultural mission to Cuba, he headlined the subsequent Emmy-nominated "PBS Live from Lincoln Center" special. Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin. joshuabell.com www.facebook.com/joshuabellviolinist
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MICHAEL STERN, conductor
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tern is Music Director of Orchestra Lumos (formerly the Stamford Symphony) and the National Repertory Orchestra, a summer music festival in Breckenridge, CO which, for over 60 years, has provided an intensive, unique fellowship program for aspiring young musicians, and whose alumni populate every major orchestra across the United States. He is Music Director Emeritus of the Kansas City Symphony where he concluded his 19-year tenure at the end of the 2023-2024 season. Following a 22-year tenure as founding Artistic Director of Iris Orchestra in Germantown, Tennessee, he now serves the newly reimagined Iris Collective as Artistic Advisor. Stern’s illustrious American conducting engagements have included the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood; the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia; the Atlanta Symphony; and the Minnesota Orchestra. He debuted with the New York Philharmonic in 1986 and conducted again in 2001, at NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks and at PNC Bank Performing Arts Center with Audra McDonald; in 2018, he conducted the film score to The Red Violin with soloist Joshua Bell. Stern has served as guest conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra for various performances. Internationally, he has led major orchestras in London, Stockholm, Paris, Helsinki, Budapest, Israel, and Moscow, Taiwan, and Tokyo. Stern has been Chief Conductor of Germany’s Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra (the first American chief conductor in the orchestra’s history), Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon in France, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestre National de Lille, France.
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edisi is a GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, author, and producer whose voice and artistry have made her one of the most respected performers of her generation. Born in New Orleans and raised in Oakland, she has built a career defined by vocal excellence, emotional storytelling, and fearless creativity, seamlessly blending R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, and blues into a sound that is uniquely her own. A classically trained vocalist with a commanding stage presence, Ledisi has earned critical acclaim for both her recordings and live performances, including the White House, sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall and major stages around the world.
Over the course of her career, Ledisi has received multiple GRAMMY® nominations including Best New Artist for her breakthrough album Lost & Found and won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for her song “Anything For You.” In 2025, she earned two additional Grammy nominations for Best R&B Album for her sixteenth studio album The Crown and Best Traditional R&B Performance for the album’s standout single “Love You Too.” The album showcased Ledisi at her most confident and creatively expansive, blending feel-good soul, modern R&B, funk, and jazz while reaffirming her place as one of music’s most versatile vocalists. Ledisi has continued to deepen her connection to jazz, paying tribute to the women who helped shape her artistry. Her latest release, For Dinah, is a heartfelt homage to the legendary Dinah Washington. The album follows her acclaimed tribute project Ledisi Sings Nina honoring the iconic Nina Simone, which earned a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, further showcasing Ledisi’s ability to bridge generations of Black music while making each song fully her own. In 2025, she also delivered an unforgettable performance at the "Super Bowl LIX", further cementing her status as a powerful cultural voice.
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JACOMO BAIROS, conductor
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escribed in the press as “thrilling”, “worldclass” and “inspirational,” Portuguese-American conductor, producer and podcaster Jacomo Bairos challenges the preconceptions of orchestral repertoire by fusing musical genres, collaborating deeply with a wide array of compelling and diverse artists, and integrating the modern orchestra into the worldwide community through innovative and powerful new ways. Defined by riveting performances, artistic excellence, a collaborative spirit, and education initiatives infused with mindfulness and wellness practices, Bairos has reframed the role an artistic leader can hold for its organization and the community it serves. As one of the most dynamic conductors of his generation, Bairos annually works with and maintains relationships with some of the world’s great orchestras and institutions. Recent and returning engagements include the San Francisco, St. Louis, Atlanta, Houston and Singapore Symphonies, as well as the Boston Pops, Metropol Orkest and Cincinnati Pops to name a few. Bairos is both a Chopra-certified meditation instructor, and an RYT 200 Yoga Alliance teacher. He guides group meditations, mindfulness practices, yoga, and wellness workshops online and is lead wellness director for the youth ensemble members of Nu Deco NXT. Bairos divides his time between his homes in Miami Beach, Florida and Lisbon, Portugal.
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oy meets girl meets the up-ending aspirations of the city of stars—and they all break out of the conventions of everyday life as La La Land takes off on an exuberant song-and-dance journey through a life-changing love affair between a jazz pianist and a hopeful actress. At once an ode to the glamour and emotion of cinema classics, a love letter to the Los Angeles of unabated dreams, and a distinctly modern romance, the film reunites Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, bringing them together with rising writer/director Damien Chazelle (the Oscar®-winning Whiplash). Wearing its influences on its sleeve yet taking considerable risks, La La Land allows Chazelle to pay homage to legends of cinema while harnessing its current power to make the most private human terrain—the territory of intimate relationships, personal dreams and the crossroads where decisions set fate into motion—come to life on the screen as a palpably real, yet enchanted, universe. JUSTIN HURWITZ, composer
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ustin Hurwitz graduated in 2008 from Harvard University, where he studied music composition and orchestration. He composed the songs and score for Damien Chazelle’s 2010 feature debut, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. In 2014, he composed the original score for Whiplash, earning a GRAMMY® nomination. Justin lives in Los Angeles. ESIN AYDINGOZ, conductor
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sin Aydingoz is an emerging conductor and composer, active in a diverse range of work spanning animation, film, television, video games, and stage musicals. Originally from Istanbul, she moved to the United States to pursue her studies at Berklee College of Music, where she later served as the Assistant Chair of the Screen Scoring Department. In 2024, Esin earned a GRAMMY® nomination for her cello arrangement of the Rolling Stones’ iconic “Paint It Black,” featured in Tim Burton’s Emmy-winning Netflix series Wednesday. Her arrangement reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts.
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Esin performed as music director and conductor for the first-ever U.S. national tours of Disney-Pixar’s Coco: Liveto-Film Concert (2023 & 2024) with Orquesta Fólclorica Nacional de México. She conducted The Lion King (both the 1994 and 2019 versions) live-to-picture in Istanbul and Ankara. Tapped by Academy Award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz, Esin conducted Lionsgate’s La La Land in Concert with the Wordless Music Orchestra in Boston. As a frequent collaborator with Disney Concerts, Esin served as the assistant music director for Disney’s a cappella sensation, DCappella, created an orchestral medley for Disney+’s inaugural launch event in Turkey in 2022, where she also performed as a pianist, and arranged & produced 10 tracks for various Disney Peaceful Piano albums. Esin’s debut feature film score for Simchas and Sorrows was nominated for the prestigious David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent from the Society of Composers & Lyricists. Her score for the critically acclaimed drama, She Taught Love, garnered widespread praise following its theatrical release and is currently streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally. She contributed additional music to Apple TV’s SEE, Netflix’s Blood Origin and Princess Power, Hallmark’s One Summer and Presence of Love, and is currently scoring her first AA-level video game, Olpamis.
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has begun an ambitious campaign to generate new endowment and stability funding. Our Campaign for the Next Era will allow the ASO to achieve its vision while maintaining its financial health and ensuring long-term sustainability. This Campaign will create sustainable funding to: • Enable the ASO to continue to attract and retain the finest musicians in the world • Maintain and expand our community-wide education programs • Fully fund our nationally-recognized Talent Development Program Investments in the Campaign for the Next Era will help the ASO continue to enrich our beloved community with brilliant performances and music education for decades to come.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is grateful to the following donors and volunteers who have supported our Campaign for the Next Era Endowment Campaign. CAMPAIGN CHAIRS
CAMPAIGN CABINET
Kathy Waller
Bert Mills
Ray Uttenhove
John B. White, Jr.
Anne Morgan
Patrick Viguerie
Jim Rubright
For more information about the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Campaign for the Next Era, please contact Grace Sipusic, Vice President of Development, at grace.sipusic@atlantasymphony.org or 404.733.5061.
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$1,000,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (4) Mr. Eric Bressner The Family of Ann Grovenstein Campbell Ms. Margie Painter The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $500,000+ A Friend of the Symphony The Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation Emerald Gate Charitable Trust Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins $250,000+ A Friend of the Symphony Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Mary & Jim Rubright Patrick & Susie Viguerie $100,000+ Balloun Foundation Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow Marcia & John Donnell Ms. Angela L. Evans Dick & Anne Game June & John Scott Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr. $50,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (4) The Antinori Foundation Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD Bonnie Harris James H. Landon Ms. Molly Minnear Bert & Carmen Mills Patty & Doug Reid Ross** & Sally Singletary Slumgullion Charitable Fund John & Ray Uttenhove
UP TO $50,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (2) Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D. Mr. Keith Adams & Ms. Kerry Heyward Juliet & John Allan Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey Wright* & Alison Caughman Ms. Lisa V. Chang Lisa DiFrancesco, MD & Darlene Nicosia The Gable Foundation Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero Sally & Walter George Georgia Power Company Pam & Robert Glustrom Elizabeth & Sheffield Hale Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison Tad & Janin Hutcheson Brian & Carrie Kurlander Donna Lee & Howard Ehni Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence Massey Charitable Trust John & Linda Matthews Carla & Arthur Mills IV Galen Oelkers John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D. Victoria & Howard Palefsky Dr. Kenneth Sass & Mr. Daniel Lazarus Bill & Rachel Schultz Joyce & Henry Schwob Charlie & Donna Sharbaugh Elliott & Elaine Tapp
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he Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper thanks to the support of our generous patrons. The list below recognizes the donors who have made contributions since June 1, 2025. Their extraordinary generosity provides the foundation for this worldclass institution. $1,000,000+ A Friend of the Symphony $100,000+ Sheila Lee Davies & Jon Davies Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund The Estate of Mr. Max M. Gilstrap The Estate of Mr. Frederick D. Weaver $50,000+ The Antinori Foundation Paulette Eastman & Becky Pryor Anderson** Ms. Lynn Eden Ms. Angela L. Evans John D. Fuller The Gable Foundation Ms. Margie Painter ∞ Mr. Robert L. Setzer SFH Giving Fund Gayle Sheppard Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr. ° $35,000+ Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Sally & Walter George Jeannette Guarner, MD & Carlos del Rio, MD ∞ Sig & Billie Guthman Legacy Fund Donna Lee & Howard Ehni John R. Paddock, Ph.D. & Karen M. Schwartz, Ph.D. Sally & Pete Parsonson ∞ Patty & Doug Reid Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Saligram June & John Scott Patrick & Susie Viguerie Kathy Waller & Kenneth Goggins $25,000+ John & Juliet Allan Carol C. Attridge, in memory of Phil Attridge Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bailey Jennifer Barlament & Kenneth Potsic
Mr. Keith Barnett Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. John W. Cooledge The Estate of Jimmy Waymon Crowe Cari K. Dawson & John M. Sparrow Mr. Richard H. Delay & Dr. Francine D. Dykes ∞ Mr. & Mrs. William S. Duffey, Jr. Dick & Anne Game Pam & Robert Glustrom Bonnie Harris Ms. Joia M. Johnson Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Van R. Lear Massey Charitable Trust John & Linda Matthews Martha M. Pentecost Mary & Jim Rubright Bill & Rachel Schultz ° Katherine Scott Mrs. Edus H. Warren $17,500+ Mr. Neil Ashe & Mrs. Rona Gomel Ashe Ms. Elizabeth W. Camp Russell Currey & Amy Durrell Florencia & Rodrigo Garcia Escudero Dr. V. Alexander Garcias Mr. & Mrs. David Goosman Mr. James N. Grace Stephen & Carolyn Knight Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Drs. Joon & Grace Lee Dr. Jennifer Lyman & Mr. Kevin Lyman ∞ Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe & Dr. Clint Lawrence Ms. Erin M. Marshall ∞ Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills IV Ms. Molly Minnear Caroline & Phil Moïse Terence L. & Jeanne Perrine Neal ° Galen Oelkers Ms. Cathleen Quigley
Dr. Kenneth Sass & Mr. Daniel Lazarus Ross** & Sally Singletary Slumgullion Charitable Fund Carolyn C. Thorsen John & Ray Uttenhove Roxanne & Benny Varzi Mrs. Sue S. Williams Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones $15,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (2) Phyllis Abramson, Ph.D. Cathy Callaway Adams Madeline** & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Aadu & Kristi Allpere ° Mr. & Mrs. Brett Bartlett Mr. David Boatwright Wright** & Alison Caughman Ms. Lisa V. Chang Dr. John Dyer & Mrs. Catherine Faré Dyer Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Ms. Yelena Epova & Mr. Neil Chambers Craig Frankel & Jana Eplan Roya & Bahman Irvani Mr. W. F. & Dr. Janice Johnston Dr. Raymond Kotwicki Brian & Carrie Kurlander ∞ James H. Landon Mr. Sukai Liu & Dr. Ginger Chen Belinda & Gino Massafra Mr. Robert McDonough & Ms. Cydnee Dubrof Mr. & Mrs. Suneel Mendiratta ∞° Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Mr. Edward Potter & Ms. Regina Olchowski ° Vicki & Joe Riedel David F. & Maxine A.** Rock V Scott Michelle & Steve Shlansky Mr. John A. Sibley, III Mr. Fahim Siddiqui & Ms. Shazia Fahim Tom & Ani Steele Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Stroetz, Jr. Elliott & Elaine Tapp ° Judith & Mark K. Taylor
encoreatlanta.com | 39 Mr. Yannik Thomas Ms. Maria Todorova Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Mr. Ben Touchette Ruthie Watts Adair & Dick White Hank Wilkinson Drs. Kevin & Kalinda Woods $10,000+ A Friend of the Symphony Mr. & Mrs. Calvin R. Allen Asad & Sakina Bashey Jack & Helga Beam Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Benjamin Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Carol Brantley & David Webster Karen & Rod Bunn Lisa & Russ Butner John Champion & Penelope Malone Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III Janet & John Costello Peter & Vivian** de Kok Mr. Christopher J. Decoufle & Ms. Karen Freer Donald & Barbara Defoe ° Marcia & John Donnell Ms. Diane Durgin Cheryl Etheridge in memory of David Etheridge Dr. & Mrs. Leroy Fass Mr. & Mrs. William A. Flinn Dr. Robert W. Gilbert Dr. Paul Gilreath The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc. Clay & Jane Jackson ∞ Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III ° Jennifer & Bill Kahnweiler Ann & Brian Kimsey ∞ Pam & Jeff Kuester Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & S. Neal Rhoney Allen & Judy Lipis Meghan & Clarke Magruder In Memoriam: Betty (B.J.) Malone Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Mattox Mr. Cesar Moreno & Mr. Greg Heathcock Jane Morrison ∞ Victoria & Howard Palefsky Margaret H. Petersen John H. Rains Mr. Ron Raitz
Mr. Joseph Rapanotti Leonard Reed Ms. Frances A. Root John T. Ruff Thomas & Lynne Saylor Ms. Barbara S. Schlefman Beverly & Milton Shlapak John & Yee-Wan Stevens Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor & Ms. Triska Drake** George & Amy Taylor Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Kiki Wilson Mr. David J. Worley & Ms. Bernadette Drankoski Camille W. Yow $7,500+ Dr. Marshall & Stephanie Abes Patricia & William Buss CBH International, Inc Ned Cone & Nadeen Green Kelly Goldston DeBonis & Daniel P. DeBonis Xavier Duralde & Mary Barrett Sally W. Hawkins The Reverend Elizabeth H. Hendrick Grace Taylor Ihrig** Mrs. Gail Johnson** Cecile M. Jones Jason & Michelle Kroh Ms. Eunice Luke Elvira & Jay Mannelly Ed & Linda McGinn Berthe & Shapour Mobasser Sue Morgan Ralph Paulk & Suzanne Redmon Paulk Ms. Eliza Quigley ∞ Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves Dr. Jay Rhee & Mrs. Kimberley Rhee Tiffany & Rich Rosetti Ms. Juliana T. Vincenzino Alan & Marcia Watt $5,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (5) Dr. & Mrs. Joel M. Adler Louis J. Alrutz The Hisham & Nawal Araim Family Foundation Mr. Steven Attorri °
Azalea City Chapter of Links Lisa & Joe** Bankoff Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks Meredith Bell Mr. John Blatz Rita & Herschel Bloom Jane & Greg Blount Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal Mrs. Robert C. Boozer Ms. Jane F. Boynton Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Ms. Johanna Brookner Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Mrs. Amy B. Cheng & Dr. Chad A. Hume, Ph.D JC Chi Helena & Phillip Choi Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Chorba Ms. Tracey Chu Bruce Cohen Malcolm & Ann Cole Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Matt & Kate Cook William & Patricia Cook Mr. & Mrs. DePorres Cormier Claire & Alex Crumbley Mr. & Mrs. Warren L. Culpepper Mr. & Mrs. Alan Dean Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Dimmick ∞ Jerry H. Evans & Stephen T. Bajjaly Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Ellen & Howard Feinsand Bruce W. & Avery C. Flower ∞ Mr. David L. Forbes Karen Foster Annie Frazer & Jen Horvath ° Gaby Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Goodsell Deedee Hamburger & Dr. Steven M. Gallant Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hauser John** & Martha Head Mrs. Nicole L. House Richard & Linda Hubert For information about giving to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Annual Fund, please contact William Keene at 404.733.4839 or william.keene@ atlantasymphony.org.
ASO | SUPPORT Mr. & Mrs. Paul Huesken Susan J. Robinson & Mary C. Roemer Tad & Janin Hutcheson Mr. Justin Im & Dr. Nakyoung Nam Ms. Noelle Ross & Mr. Tim Dorr Lillian Kim Ivansco & Joey Ivansco Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Suzanne Shull ∞ Lana M. Jordan ∞ Gerald & Nancy Silverboard Paul** & Rosthema Kastin Rev. Jeanne Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman Baker & Debby Smith Mona & Gilbert Kelly ° Ms. Cynthia Smith Mr. Alfred D. Kennedy & Dr. William R. Kenny Hamilton & Mason Smith James Kieffer Janice B. Smith Mr. Charles R. Kowal Ms. Victoria Smith Pat & Nolan Leake Ms. Lara Smith-Sitton Jonathan Lively Ms. Angela Spivey Mr. William A. Lundstrom & Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stathopoulos Mrs. Catherine L. Lundstrom In memory of Elizabeth B. Thomas & Marianne Mabry Stephens by Powell, Preston & Sally ∞ Ms. Ellen B. Macht Ms. Deann Stevens Mr. Michael F. Mansfield Jr. Ian Steward Beau & Alfredo Martin Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Martin Stephen & Sonia Swartz Marx & Marx LLC Sadie Talmadge Catherine Massey Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Masterson Dede & Bob Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Toren Ms. Darla B. McBurney Mr. Jerry Stacy Tucker Gray McCalley Chilton D. Varner Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Amy & Robert Vassey Molly McDonald & Jonathan Gelber Emily C. Ward Ms. Whitney Myers Emily & James Washburn Mr. Bert Mobley ∞ Mr. & Mrs. Chris Webber Maria & Chris Moffett Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Mr. Jamal Mohammad & David & Martha West Mr. Marcus Dean Suzanne Bunzl Wilner Mr. William Morrison & Mr. & Mrs. M. Beattie Wood Mrs. Elizabeth Clark-Morrison Kaya Yamashita in memory of Agnes V. Nelson her parents, Hiroko & Tomohiro Ms. Bethani Oppenheimer Yamashita Donald S. Orr & Marcia K. Knight Danielle & Peter Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Owen, Jr. $3,500+ Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Edmund F. Pearce, Jr. ° A Friend of the Symphony (2) Mr. Brett Badessa & Jonathan & Lori Peterson Dr. Cristina Del Toro Badessa Susan & Mike Petrik Dr. Bruce & Linda** Beeber In Memory of Sam & Linda Boyte Dr. Frank S. Pittman III Coenen-Johnson Foundation Stephen Polley Mary Carole Cooney & Dr. & Mrs. John P. Pooler Douglas Powell & Alexandra Miller Henry R. Bauer, Jr. Jean & Jerry Cooper Dr. John B. Pugh Mr. David S. Dimling Mrs. Susan H. Reinach Gregory & Debra Durden Ms. Felicia Rives ∞ Mr. Ralph Fruchtman & Angela Robinson Mr. Ted Gulick
Marty & John Gillin ° Sandra & John Glover Richard & Debbie Griffiths Ms. Susan V. Heerin Mr. & Mrs. John Hellriegel Barbara M. Hund Ms. Rebecca Jarvis Sally C. Jobe Wolfgang** & Mariana Laufer Deborah & William Liss Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Ms. Kathy Powell S.A. Robinson Ms. Donna Schwartz Ms. Martha Solano Kay R. Summers Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin Dr. Brenda G. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Vanderver III Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Welch Sally & Mel Westmoreland Russell F. Winch & Mark B. Elberfeld Judy Zaban-Miller & Lester Miller** $2,000+ A Friend of the Symphony (6) Paul & Melody Aldo Herschel Beazley Dr. & Mrs. Joel E. Berenson Susan & Jack Bertram Leon & Joy Borchers Martha S. Brewer Mr. Stephen Brown Laurel & Gordon Buchmiller Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe Betty Fuller Case Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Mr. Cameron England Julie & Jerry Chautin Mr. Michael J. Clifford & Ms. Sandra L. Murray Mr. James Cobb Nicky Cohen & Simon Dibley Liz & Charlie Cohn ° Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke Mr. William R. Cranshaw R. Carter & Marjorie A. Crittenden Foundation Susan & Ed Croft Kaitlin & Sheila Crumrine
encoreatlanta.com | 41 Dr. & Mrs.** F. Thomas Daly, Jr. Jerome J. Dobson Mr. & Mrs. Graham Dorian Mr. Trey Duskin & Ms. Noelle Albano ° Mrs. Eve F. Eckardt Tom & Kim Eckhardt Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Edwards William Eiselstein & Andrew Greene Dieter Elsner & Othene Munson Robert S. Elster Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Farnham Mr. & Mrs. John Ferguson Dr. Donald & Janet Filip Tom & Cecilia Fraschillo Dr. Elizabeth C. French Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier ∞ Mrs. Janet D. Goldstein Mr. Robert Golomb ** Mrs. Beverly Green Juan & Debbie Guerra Mr. & Mrs. George Gundersen Phil & Lisa Hartley Patti Heinz & Brooke Chaplain Bill & Babette Henagan Ann J. Herrera & Mary M. Goodwin Kenneth & Colleen Hey Dr. Thomas High Azira G. Hill Mrs. Leslie H. Hill & Mr. Jacob C. Hill Sarah & Harvey Hill, Jr. ° Mr. Larry B. Hooks & Mrs. Carole W. Hooks Laurie House Hopkins & John D. Hopkins James & Bridget Horgan ° Mrs. Sally Horntvedt Mr. & Mrs. Brian Huband Dr. Dorothy M. Huenecke Mr. Christopher Hurst Cameron H. Jackson ° Mr. Kevin F. Jameson Aaron & Joyce Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Eike Jordan Teresa M. Joyce, Ph.D Kyle & Danielle Dr. & Mrs. William C. Land, Jr. Lillian Balentine Law Salli LeVan Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey
Dr. Peter C. Mann Dr. Marcus Marr Ben Mathis & Mary Anne Mathis In Memory of Pam McAllister Cody & Missy McClatchey Mr. & Mrs. James McClatchey Mr. & Mrs. Penn McClatchey Birgit & David McQueen Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. McTier Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany Anna & Hays Mershon Bert & Carmen Mills Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr. Pat Mitchell & Scott Seydel Ms. Helen Motamen & Mr. Deepak Shenoy Mrs. & Mr. George Neil Gary R. Noble, MD & Joanne Heckman Mr. & Mrs. G. Ferrell Patrick Martha & Al Pearson Mr. Greg Poirier Provaré Technology Ms. Ronda Respess Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Riffey, Jr. Ms. Francene Riley Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Roberts Betsy & Lee Robinson Dr. Judith C. Rohrer Stuart Romm Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray Dr. Marianne Scharbo-DeHaan Drs. Lawrence & Rachel Schonberger Dick Schweitzer Mallie Sharafat Angela Allen Sherzer Alan & Marion Shoenig Helga Hazelrig Siegel Diana Silverman Caryl & Kendrick Smith Mr. Kelly W. Smith James & Shari Steinberg Dr. Steven & Lynne Steindel ° Ms. Lizanne E. Stephenson & Mr. Alan Kendall Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans Lauren, RJ, & Mia Stuart Ms. Linda F. Terry Herb & Elke Timmerman Duane P. Truex III Mr. Ronald M. Turbayne & Ms. Charlotte S. Lee
Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Bill & Judy Vogel Mrs. Joyce Vroon Dr. James L. Waits Mr. Charles D. Wattles & Ms. Rosemary C. Willey Mr. John Wilson Mrs. Lynne M. Winship Mr. Will Young Herbert** & Grace Zwerner
** = deceased ° = We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. ∞ = Leadership Council We salute these extraordinary donors who have signed pledge commitments to continue their support for three years or more. Patron Leadership (PAL) Committee We give special thanks to this dedicated group of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra donor-volunteers for their commitment to each year’s annual support initiatives: Kristen Fowks chair
Kristi Allpere Helga Beam Bill Buss Pat Buss Deedee Hamburger Judy Hellriegel Belinda Massafra Linda Matthews Sally Parsonson June Scott Milt Shlapak Lara Smith-Sitton Kay Summers Jonne Walter Marcia Watt
42 | encore CORPORATE PARTNERS $250,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Delta Air Lines The Home Depot Foundation $100,000+ Bloomberg Philanthropies Georgia Power Company Piedmont Realty Trust
$25,000+ CONTINUED PwC The QUIKRETE® Companies RSUI The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University Truist Bank
$15,000+ Atlanta Parent BlackRock Cisco EY $50,000+ FleishmanHillard Dennis Dean Catering Google Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Rough Draft Atlanta Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Tony Brewer and Company Regions Bank Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits Warner Bros. Media $25,000+ Bank of America Charitable Foundation $10,000+ BlueLinx Corporation Buckhead Village Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Costco Wholesale Dan Cathy Georgia-Pacific Deloitte Gift of Music Eversheds Sutherland Greenberg Traurig Huntington Bank Merrill King & Spalding LLP Music Matters KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees WABE 90.1 FM Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. $75,000+ Alston & Bird LLP The Norfolk Southern Corporation
$5,000+ A Friend of the Symphony Big Dome Promotions, LLC. Drummond Woodsum FayTak Designs | Farideh Takaloo Perkins&Will The St. Regis Atlanta Ticketmaster $2,000+ Allen Organ Studios Legendary Events Phoenix Senior Living The Piedmont National Family Foundation Premier Events / Chastain Concessions Prime Pharmaceuticals & Compounding Pharmacy Smith + Howard $1,000+ A&E Photobooths Baker Donelson Brooklyn Bagel & Deli Elise
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT $250,000+ Lettie Pate Evans Foundation∞ Goizueta Foundation∞ $100,000+ Emerald Gate Charitable Trust The Halle Foundation Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $50,000+ Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation∞
$35,000+ City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs The Roy & Janet Dorsey Foundation Livingston Foundation
$10,000+ Georgia Council for the Arts The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation In Memory of Betty Sands Fuller
$25,000+ The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation Fulton County Arts & Culture The Graves Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc. ∞ Massey Charitable Trust
$5,000+ The Breman Foundation, Inc. Georgia Department of Public Health
$15,000+ National Endowment for the Arts The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation∞
$2,000+ Catholic Foundation of North Georgia Georgia Humanities $1,000+ Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University The Parham Fund South Arts
encoreatlanta.com | 43 Mr.* & Mrs.* Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. William L.* & Lucia Fairlie* Pulgram Jim* & Barbara Hund Ms. Judy L. Reed* Clayton F. Jackson Carl J. Reith* Mary B. James Vicki J. & Joe A. Riedel H E N RY S O P K I N C I R C L E Nancy Janet Helen & John Rieser Mr. Calvert Johnson & Named for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Mr. Kenneth Dutter Dr. Shirley E. Rivers* founding Music Director, the HENRY SOPKIN Joia M. Johnson David F. & Maxine A.* Rock CIRCLE celebrates cherished individuals and Dr. Jiong Yan & Baxter Jones Glen Rogerson* families who have made a planned gift to the Deforest F. Jurkiewicz* Tiffany & Richard Rosetti Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley Mr.* & Mrs.* Martin H. Sauser Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. These special Bob Kinsey Bob & Mary Martha Scarr donors preserve the Orchestra’s foundation James W.* & Mary Ellen* Mr. Paul S. Scharff & and ensure success for future generations. Ms. Polly G. Fraser Kitchell Dr. Barbara S. Schlefman Miss Florence Kopleff* Bill & Rachel Schultz Mr. Robert Lamy A Friend of the Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel James H. Landon Dr. Sanford & Ellen Schwartz Symphony (22) Bob* & Verdery* Cunningham Ouida Hayes Lanier Mrs. Joan C. Schweitzer* Madeline* & Vivian* & Peter de Kok June & John Scott Lucy Russell Lee* & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. Richard H. Delay & Gary Lee, Jr. Edward G. Scruggs* Mr.* & Mrs.* John E. Aderhold Dr. Francine D. Dykes Ione & John Lee Dr.* & Mrs. George P. Sessions Paul & Melody Aldo John R. Donnell Mr. Larry M. LeMaster Mr. W. G. Shaefer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Antinori Dixon W. Driggs* Mr.* & Mrs.* William C. Lester Charles H. Siegel* Elizabeth Ann Bair* Pamela Johnson Drummond Liz & Jay* Levine Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Mrs. Kathryn E. Duggleby* Robert M. Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall* Helga Beam Catherine Warren Dukehart* Carroll & Ruth Liller* Ms. Margo Sommers Mr. Charles D. Belcher* Ms. Diane Durgin Ms. Joanne Lincoln* Elliott Sopkin Neil H. Berman Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Jane Little* Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Susan & Jack Bertram Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr.* Mr. Daniel D. Stanley* Mr.* & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins Geoffrey G. Eichholz* K Maier Gail & Loren Starr The Estate of Donald S. & Elizabeth Etoll John W. Markham* Peter James Stelling* Joyce Bickers Mr. Doyle Faler* Mrs. Ann B. Martin Ms. Barbara Stewart* Ms. Page Bishop* Brien P. Faucett Linda & John Matthews Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr.* & Mrs.* Sol Blaine Dr. Emile T. Fisher* Mr. Michael A. McDowell, Jr. C. Mack* & Mary Rose* Taylor John Blatz Moniqua N Fladger Dr. Michael S. McGarry Isabel Thomson* Rita & Herschel Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower Richard & Shirley McGinnis* Jennings Thompson IV The Estate of Mrs. A. D. Frazier, Jr.* John & Clodagh Miller Margaret* & Randolph* Thrower Gilbert H. Boggs, Jr. Nola Frink* Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mills, IV Kenneth & Kathleen Tice W. Moses Bond Betty* & Drew* Fuller Ms. Vera Milner Mr. H. Burton Trimble, Jr.* Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. Boozer Sally & Carl Gable Mrs. Gene Morse* Mr. Steven R. Tunnell Elinor A. Breman* William & Carolyn Gaik Hal Matthew Mueller* & Mr. & Mrs. John B. Uttenhove Carol J. Brown Dr. John W. Gamwell* Constance Lombardo Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* James C. Buggs* Mr.* & Mrs.* L.L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ms. Janice Murphy* Diane Woodard & Hugh W. Burke* Ruth Gershon & Sandy Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Bruce Wardrep Mr. & Mrs. William Buss Max Gilstrap* Mrs. Amy W. Norman* Mr. Robert Wardle, Jr. Wilber W. Caldwell* Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Galen Oelkers The Allan Wasserman Mr.* & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Mrs. David Goldwasser* Charitable Remainder Trust Roger B. Orloff Cynthia & Donald Carson Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Barbara D. Orloff Mrs. Jane Celler* Billie & Sig Guthman* Mr. & Mrs. Paul Joseph Owen Jr. Adair & Dick White Mr. Jeffery B. Chancellor & Betty G.* & Joseph* F. Haas Mr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr.* Dr. Bernard* & Sandra Palay Mr. Cameron England Dr. Charles H. Hamilton* Sue & Neil* Williams Sally & Pete Parsonson Lenore Cicchese* Bonnie Harris Suzanne Bunzl Wilner James L. Paulk Dr.* & Mrs. Grady S. Sally & Paul* Hawkins Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Ralph & Suzanne Paulk Clinkscales, Jr. John* & Martha Head Mrs. Elin M. Winn Dan R. Payne Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan Ms. Jeannie Hearn* Ms. Joni Winston Bill Perkins Robert Boston Colgin Barbara & John Henigbaum* George & Camille Wright Mrs. Lela May Perry* Mrs. Mary Frances Ms. Elizabeth Hendrick Mr.* & Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Mr.* & Mrs.* Charles R. Yates Evans Comstock* Jill* & Jennings* Hertz Janet M. Pierce* Miriam* & John A.* Conant Mr.* & Mrs. Charles K. * deceased Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Dr. John W. Cooledge Holmes, Jr. Dr. John B. Pugh Dr. Janie Cowan
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44 | encore ASO | STAFF EXECUTIVE
Sara Baguyos
Jennifer Barlament
associate principal
SALES & REVENUE MANAGEMENT
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
James Nelson
Russell Wheeler vice president, sales &
Susan Ambo
assistant librarian
revenue management
& cfo
management
David Lesser
Nancy James
Kimberly Hielsberg
Alvinetta Cooksey executive &
director of orchestra
front of house manager
vice president of finance
personnel
Erin Jones
April Satterfield
executive director
Lizzy Clements
executive assistant, senior
librarian
finance assistant
Meagan Rwambaisire
ARTISTIC
assistant orchestra
audience development
Gaetan Le Divelec vice president, artistic
personnel manager
Dasha Allen
Jesse Pace
planning
Meredith Morse artistic administrator
Catherine Barkes executive assistant to the music director
Zachary Nelson artistic liaison
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Sarah Grant vice president of education
& patron experience
Brittany Everett ash live
Dennis Quinlan manager, business insights & analytics
Crystal Fasanya
Robin Smith
production manager,
production manager,
goizueta & education
Harold Abbott head flyman/carpenter Lydia Falcon stage technician
Will Fields stage technician
Colin Heath
Ryan Walks
stage technician
MARKETING & orchestra & teen programs COMMUNICATIONS atlanta symphony youth
Elena Gagon Dunn family programs & community engagement manager
Ashley Mirakian vice president, marketing &
Brandon Eggert audience development associate
ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL LIVE Nicole Panunti vice president, atlanta symphony hall live
Brandi Reed staff accountant
DEVELOPMENT Grace Sipusic vice president of development
William Keene senior director of development
Renee Contreras
director of development, institutional giving
Rachel Bender associate director of individual giving
James Paulk senior annual giving
Will Strawn
officer
director of marketing
Beth Freeman
Christine Lawrence
senior manager of major
director of ticketing &
gifts
parking
Sharveace Cameron
Liza Palmer
Camille McClain
director of operations
associate
Dan Nesspor
senior ticketing manager,
Jenny Ricke manager, grants
atlanta symphony hall live
and development
Nicole Jurovics booking & contract
communications
director of marketing
& communications
manager of school
Adam Fenton director of
Kamyron Williams
multimedia technology
talent development
Matt Dykeman
program manager
guest services coordinator
controller
communications
Michael Kralik engagement
senior manager of ticketing
production manager, aso
& community engagement
manager
senior director of sales &
executive vice president
senior development
manager
Matthew Enfinger manager, corporate
director of
Lisa Eng
relations
OPERATIONS
digital content
creative services
AJ McCurry
Emily Liao Master vice president & general
Whitney Hendrix
manager
manager of donor
senior manager of creative
Meredith Chapple
engagement and events
manager
services
associate marketing
Gregory Freeman
Hannah Pearson
Amy Godwin
assistant general manager
senior manager
Justin Richardson senior manager of
of marketing & communications
operations
Ron Davalos
Marcia Chandler
marketing specialist
chorus administrator
Emma Luty principal librarian
manager, live
Maria Austin
marketing coordinator, live
Steven Thompson event coordinator, live RaSheed Lemon
event coordinator, live
development associate
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ASO | CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
Major funding is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Thank you to our Woodruff Circle donors, whose generous annual support advances the transformative arts and education programs of the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • Lauren Amos The Estate of Rose Mary Kolpatzki • Orange Barrel Media
$500,000 - $999,999 Anonymous
Georgia Power Foundation
Art Bridges Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation
The SKK Foundation
Alfred A. Thornton Venable Trust
$250,000 - $499,999 Bank of America
Lucy Clair Harris Atlanta Arts Trust
The Rich’s Foundation
Molly Blank Fund
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
The Shubert Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
E. McBurney Trust
Truist Trusteed Foundations:
The Chestnut Family Foundation
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Chick-fil-A Foundation |
Novelis, Inc.
Rhonda and Dan Cathy Google
Nell Warren Elkin and William Simpson Elkin Foundation
PNC
UPS
Garnet and Dan Reardon
The Zeist Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 - $249,999 A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (3)
*
The Estate of Mr. Max M. Gilstrap Graphic Packaging
Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation
International, Inc.
Piedmont Realty Trust
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation
The Halle Foundation
Patty and Doug Reid
Sandra and Dan Baldwin
Huntington Bank
Terra Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family
The Imlay Foundation
Alston & Bird
Foundation Helen Gurley Brown Foundation City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies
Mr. and Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester King & Spalding, Partners and Employees KPMG LLP, Partners and Employees Sartain Lanier Family Foundation The Charles Loridans
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Foundation, Inc.
Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W.
Henry Luce Foundation
Burke Charitable Fund
The Marcus Foundation
for American Art Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund Warner Bros. Discovery The Estate of Mr. Frederick D. Weaver Kelly and Rod Westmoreland
Viola Van Horn has a secret to share... in Broadway’s Death Becomes Her.
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The show opens with Viola Van Horn and her group of immortals sharing “a secret you would die for” by offering the audience a magic potion that grants eternal beauty and perfection (“If You Want Perfection”). Vain and self-absorbed actress Madeline Ashton performs in the Broadway show Me! Me! Me! (“For the Gaze”). She is visited by her old friend and struggling writer Helen Sharp, whom she frequently belittles and insults for her own amusement. However, Helen has one-upped Madeline by revealing she is engaged to famed plastic surgeon, Ernest Menville, and relishes the opportunity to get back at her frenemy (“That Was Then, This is Now”). Madeline invites the two over to her home, where she seduces Ernest (“Tell Me, Ernest”), steals him from Helen and ends up marrying him (“Madeline Ashton’s Intimate Wedding Extravaganza”), with Ernest promising during the wedding to stay “til death do us part” (“Ernest’s Real Vows”). Helen has a psychotic break and is forcibly committed to a mental hospital, where she obsesses over killing Madeline (“Madeline”).
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