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contents July 2008

features

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6 Clay Schell: A Little Bit Classical; Very Rock ‘n’ Roll ASO’s General Manager of Popular Venues

shares what he loves about his job.

8 Chastain Spotlight: Idina Menzel Acclaimed singer follows triumphs

in Rent and Wicked with new album and Atlanta debut.

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14 The National Black Arts Festival Your guide to what’s going on.

the music

23 The concert’s program and notes

12 16 20 21 35 50

Robert Spano, Music Director Musicians Board of Directors Administrative Staff Contributors General Information

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Clay Schell: Based in Atlanta, Schell frequently making people aware of different music.” attended Chastain Amphitheater, but Having two amphitheaters with such not as a patron. He was different attributes gives backstage with the band, By Kristi Casey Sanders the ASO tremendous working. “I’m looking flexibility in terms of Atlanta Symphony programming. It also forward to getting more acclimated to the Chastain allows the ASO to serve Orchestra General experience, enjoying it as a Manager of Popular its existing patrons while patron in the front of the growing its audience Venues Clay Schell north of Atlanta. house and learning what may be new to the the patron enjoys about When asked if he coming to [this] facility,” thinks his rock ’n’ roll classical music world Schell says. “I’m really background has helped – he joined the ASO the ASO attract quality interested in learning the in December 2007 acts into Verizon and social element as well as the music element and Chastain, Schell says, “I – but he’s been in how we balance them. think it helps immensely. the entertainment Chastain is [an experience] They understand [my] business since 1977. reputation and what I’ve people absolutely love.

How you enhance it by been involved with. I’m what kind of artists come pretty interwoven to, to play becomes a part of if not the production that experience.” team [e.g., the roadies The fact that Verizon and tech staff], then to Wireless Amphitheatre the artists coming in. I will host classical concerts know a lot of the artists as well as popular coming through.” entertainers thrills Schell.

Schell toured with “I’m very excited about artists such as Joe Cocker the Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1997, and playing at Verizon. Any time you can represented a roster of acts including expand the horizons of people by playing Tina Turner, Sir Paul McCartney and music, it’s incredibly valuable. I love Aerosmith. Prior to joining the ASO, he Continued on page 44 Encore Atlanta

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A little bit classical; very rock ‘n’ roll

Idina Menzel CHASTAIN SPOTLIGHT:

Acclaimed singer follows triumphs in Rent and Wicked with new album and Atlanta debut

By Jonathan Williams As part of the original cast of Rent and with a Tony Award-winning performance as Elphaba in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Idina Menzel is no stranger to Broadway fans. But as she makes her Atlanta performance debut at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Delta Classic Chastain series on Friday, July 18, she’ll be singing a different tune in support of her recently released pop album I Stand.

“I’m looking forward to playing at Chastain,” says the songstress. “I hear it’s a beautiful venue and it should be quite a different experience for me. I’ve had a lot of fans [say] that I should come down south and I’m looking forward to their enthusiasm.”

Her third album, I Stand, is Menzel’s first to debut on the Billboard charts. But this album and tour mark several other firsts for the multitalented beauty.

“It’s my first summer tour – my first tour, period – so it’s all very exciting and new and I’m looking forward to [it],” she says. “This will be the first time that Encore Atlanta

I’m really with a band on a regular basis, just doing my thing.”

Produced by Glen Ballard (best known for helping propel Alanis Morissette, Shakira, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion to stardom), the album makes a smooth transition to live performance.

“Glen was the one that really helped me find myself in this record and find a unique sound, something that could embrace my experiences having come from the theater, and bring together all my different influences and make it feel cohesive,” she says.“We’ve taken a lot of the sounds from the actual album and incorporated them into the live setting.”

Having also worked in film and TV (most notably in the 2005 movie version of Rent) Menzel remains focused on her music for the time being. But, she’s the first to admit that she’ll never be able to leave stage and screen behind her.

“I feel very fortunate to be given an opportunity to delve into all these things at different times,” she says.

“It keeps me challenged and fresh,

“I feel very fortunate to be given an opportunity

to delve into all these things at different times.” and I don’t get bored and I’m constantly going from one to the other. But right now, it’s really important to me that people in the music industry know this has been a dream of mine and that I’m not going to take the first acting job that comes along and disappear. I really want to work hard and go out there and promote my music.”

Menzel acknowledges that the majority of her audience knows her from her work on Broadway, and she tries to make the transition as comfortable as possible for them.

“The common denominator is it’s me, so I’m not really going to be

alienating anybody,” she says. “As long as I’m true to myself, they’ll go on this ride with me. I do incorporate a few songs from my theatrical experiences, but I put them in a context where it fits organically with my original music. I feel like all these different experiences have made me into a more unique performer.”

Jonathan Williams is a freelance writer specializing in arts & entertainment. He contributes regularly to accessAtlanta and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and is the Entertainment Editor for Gothic Beauty magazine.

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obert Spano is among the most innovative and imaginative conductors of his generation.

Now in his seventh season as Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Spano’s arrival heralded an exciting, new era – the Creative Partnership, a collaborative approach with Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles and President and Managing Director Allison Vulgamore to major artistic and programming decisions – that has enriched the Orchestra’s repertoire and elevated it to greater prominence.

A highly sought after guest conductor, Mr. Spano has conducted the major orchestras of North America, including those in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Internationally, he has led the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Sinfonie Orchestra, BBC Scottish and BBC Symphony Orchestras, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic. Mr. Spano has appeared with the opera companies of Chicago, Houston and Santa Fe, and at the Royal Opera at Covent Garden and Welsh National Opera. In August 2005, he conducted three consecutive cycles of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at Seattle Opera, and returns to conduct the Ring in 2009.

This season’s Atlanta programs reflect Mr. Spano’s broad and diverse repertoire as well as his commitment to living composers, opening with La bohème, and including masterworks of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Sibelius and Ravel, whose Daphnis et Chloé were featured in the orchestra’s April 2008 return to Carnegie Hall. Important commissions include works from Gonzalo Grau, Behzad Ranjbaran and Wynton Marsalis, as well as works by John Adams, Jennifer Higdon, Osvaldo Golijov and Christopher Theofanidis, composers closely associated with Mr. Spano and the ASO. The ASO’s distinguished recording legacy with Telarc continues to flourish with Mr. Spano. Their discography includes music of Del Tredici, Theofanidis, Higdon and Gandolfi, Sibelius’ Kullervo, and the Grammy Awardwinning recordings of Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony and Berlioz’s Requiem. Mr. Spano and the ASO also recently recorded two discs of the music of Golijov for Deutsche Grammophon: one including Three Songs and Oceana, and the other, Ainadamar, which was awarded two Grammys.

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The National Black Arts Festival brings international talents to

Atlanta

By Koye Berry

For 20 years, Atlanta has been the home of the National Black Arts Festival (NBAF), a year-round celebration of the art and culture of African descendants in America. This month, the NBAF is presenting a wide variety of exhibits, concerts and lectures to entertain and educate festival goers. These, in particular, are not to be missed: l

July 15-Aug. 3

Oprah Winfrey presents The Color Purple

Fox Theatre, check foxtheatre.org for times and prices.

The hotly anticipated musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel returns to Atlanta after a triumphant Broadway engagement. l

July 16-27

Gee’s Bend

Theatrical Outfit, Wednesdays through Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., Sundays, 2:30 p.m., $25.

Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s musical about a unique group of African-American women whose faith and craft transformed suffering and injustice into beauty and meaning in Gee’s Bend, Ala., plays at Theatrical Outfit, where it had a sold-out run in 2007. l

July 18-27

Pan African Film Festival

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The Los Angeles-based Pan African Film Festival comes to Atlanta, bringing with it the nation’s largest showcase of black cinema.

Continued on page 46

Paul Kolnik

Woodruff Arts Center, $8 per film (unless otherwise noted).

The Color Purple July 15-Aug. 3

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a Musicians Robert Spano,

Music Director

The Robert Reid Topping Chair *

Donald Runnicles, The Neil and Sue Williams Chair *

FIRST VIOLIN Cecylia Arzewski Concertmaster The Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Peevy Chair * William Pu Associate Concertmaster The Charles McKenzie Taylor Chair * Justin Bruns Assistant Concertmaster The Mary and Cherry Emerson Chair Jun-Ching Lin Assistant Concertmaster Carolyn Toll Hancock The AGL Resources Chair Martha Reaves Head John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Assistant Conductor Mei-Ann Chen is a member of the American Conducting Fellows Program, a national conductor-training program developed and managed by the American Symphony Orchestra League.

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Principal Guest Conductor

SECOND VIOLIN David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair * Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair * Jay Christy Assistant Principal Eleanor Arenz Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift Judith Cox David Dillard Raymond Leung Ruth Ann Little Thomas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell Ronda Respess Sanford Salzinger Frank Walton VIOLA Reid Harris Principal The Edus H. and Harriet H. Warren Chair * Paul Murphy Associate Principal The Mary and Lawrence Gellerstedt Chair * Amy Leventhal â&#x2014;&#x2020; Assistant Principal Lachlan McBane Acting Assistant Principal Amy Chang Wesley Collins Robert Jones Marian Kent Catherine Lynn Lachlan McBane Heidi Nitchie Ardath Weck

CELLO Christopher Rex Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair * Daniel Laufer Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair Karen Freer Assistant Principal Dona Vellek Klein Assistant Principal Emeritus Joel Dallow Jere Flint Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner BASS Ralph Jones Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair * Gloria Jones Associate Principal Jane Little Assistant Principal Emeritus Michael Kenady Michael Kurth The UPS Community Service Chair Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson FLUTE Christina Smith Principal The Jill Hertz Chair * Robert Cronin Associate Principal Paul Brittan The Georgia Power Foundation Chair Carl David Hall

Jere Flint, Staff Conductor; Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra The Zeist Foundation Chair *

Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair

Mei-Ann Chen, Assistant Conductor / League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow PICCOLO Carl David Hall

CONTRABASSOON Juan de Gomar

OBOE Elizabeth Koch l Principal The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair * Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Deborah Workman Patrick McFarland

HORN Brice Andrus Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair Susan Welty Associate Principal Thomas Witte Richard Deane Bruce Kenney

ENGLISH HORN Patrick McFarland CLARINET Laura Ardan Principal The Robert Shaw Chair * Ted Gurch Associate Principal William Rappaport The Lucent Technologies Chair Alcides Rodriguez E-FLAT CLARINET Ted Gurch BASS CLARINET Alcides Rodriguez BASSOON Carl Nitchie Principal The Walter L. “Buz” Carr, III Chair Elizabeth Burkhardt Associate Principal Laura Najarian The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair Juan de Gomar

TIMPANI Mark Yancich Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair * William Wilder Assistant Principal

TRUMPET Thomas Hooten Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair * Kevin Lyons l Associate Principal Joseph Walthall The SunTrust Bank Chair Michael Tiscione TROMBONE Colin Williams Principal The First Union Chair Stephen Wilson Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair George Curran

PERCUSSION Thomas Sherwood Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair * William Wilder Assistant Principal Charles Settle HARP Elisabeth Remy Johnson Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair KEYBOARD The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair * Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson LIBRARY Rebecca Beavers Principal Steven Sherrill Assistant Frank Walton John Wildermuth

BASS TROMBONE George Curran TUBA Michael Moore Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

*Chair named in perpetuity

New this season Leave of absence † Regularly engaged musician Players in string sections are listed alphabetically. l ◆

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the teMptAtIONS/ the fOUr tOpS Saturday, July 12

MIChAeL McdONALd/ AL GreeN Wednesday, July 16

IdINA MeNZeL Tony Award-winning lead actress of “Wicked” Tony Award nominee as the original Maureen in “Rent”

Friday, July 18

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hOOtIe & theDRew BLOwfISh DAVIS BAND

SISter hAZeL with ASO Saturday, August 23

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JACk BRuCe of Cream, eRIC BuRDON & The ANIMAlS, The TuRTleS featuring Flo & eddie, MelANIe, BADFINGeR featuring Joey Molland, JONAThAN eDwARDS

Friday, August 8

the BeACh BOYS with ASO

Friday, August 22

CrOSBY, StILLS & NASh

Wednesday, August 6

Saturday, August 9

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Friday, August 1

MARTy STuART, Del McCOuRy BAND, DOyle lAwSON

GIpSY kINGS

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Wednesday, July 30

featuring The huMAN leAGue, BelINDA CARlISle, ABC, A FlOCk OF SeAGullS, NAkeD eyeS

Friday, August 29

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Wednesday, August 13

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Delta Classic Chastain Concerts at Chastain Park Amphitheater brought to you by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Promoter.

A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2007-08 Board of Directors Of f i c e r s

Di rectors

Ben F. Johnson, III, Chairman Clayton F. Jackson Jeff Mango John D. Rogers, Treasurer Chilton Davis Varner Allison Vulgamore * Kathleen (Suzy) Wasserman, ASA President* Joni Winston Secretary

Robert M. Balentine Joseph R. Bankoff * Jason A. Bernstein Paul Blackney C. Merrell Calhoun Donald P. Carson Philip Cave Alston Correll III Ann W. Cramer Christopher Crommett Cari K. Dawson Carla Fackler Gary P. Fayard Dr. Robert Franklin Willem-Jan O. Hattink Jim Henry Edward S. Heys, Jr.

Tycho Howle Tad Hutcheson Mrs. Roya Irvani Mark Kistulinec Michael Lang Patricia Leake Lucy Lee Darrell J. Mays JoAnn McClinton Penelope McPhee Giorgio Medici Charles Moseley Galen Oelkers Victoria Palefsky Leslie Z. Petter * Margaret Conant Reiser Martin Richenhagen

Dennis Sadlowski Marsha Sampson Johnson William Schultz Tom Sherwood Thurmond Smithgall Gail R. Starr Mary Rose Taylor Liz Troy Ray Uttenhove Rick Walker Mark Wasserman John B. White, Jr. Richard S. [Dick] White, Jr. Camille Yow * ex officio

B oa rd o f C o u n selors Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mrs. John Aderhold Milton Brannon Elinor Breman Dr. John W. Cooledge Bradley Currey, Jr. John Donnell Jere Drummond

Ruth Gershon Charles Ginden John T. Glover Frances B. Graves Dona Humphreys John S. Hunsinger Aaron J. Johnson Herb Karp

Jim Kelley George Lanier Mrs. William C. Lester Mrs. J. Erskine Love Adair R. Massey Carolyn C. McClatchey John W. McIntyre Bertil D. Nordin

Dell P. Rearden Joyce Schwob Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. W. Rhett Tanner G. Kimbrough Taylor Michael W. Trapp Neil Williams

L i f e Di re c to r s Mrs. Betty Fuller Mary D. Gellerstedt

Azira G. Hill Dr. James M. Hund

Arthur L. Montgomery Mrs. M.G. Woodward

Atl anta Symph o n y A s s o c i at e s b oa rd Suzy Wasserman – President Leslie Petter – Advisor Judy Schmidt – Parliamentarian Alison Mimms – Secretary Belinda Massafra – Treasurer Joanne Lincoln – Historian Gail Spurlock – Nominating Chair

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Elba McCue – VP Administration Honey Corbin – VP Public Relations Liz Troy – VP Membership Sylvia Davidson – VP Youth Education Yetty Arp and Deede Stephenson – ASA Fall Meeting April Conaway and Annie York Trujillo –

ASA Night at the Symphony Janis Eckert – ASA Spring Luncheon Camille Kesler – Newsletter Editor Nancy Levitt – Ambassadors’ Desk Camille Yow & Leslie Petter – Annual Fund Mary Francis Early – Outreach

Administrative Staff EXECUTIVE Allison Vulgamore President and Chief Executive Officer Evans Mirageas Director of Artistic Planning Emma Murley League of American Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellow Rachel Roberts Director of Strategic Planning Engagement Tom Tomlinson Symphony Center Project Director Martha M. Van Nouhuys Executive Assistant to the ASO Executive Office ADMINISTRATION John Sparrow Vice President for Orchestra Initiatives and General Manager Julianne Fish Orchestra Manager Nancy Crowder Operations/Rental Events Coordinator Steven Behr Artistic Administrator Carol Wyatt Executive Assistant to the Music Director and Principal Guest Conductor Jeffrey Baxter Choral Administrator Ken Meltzer ASO Insider & Program Annotator Russell Williamson Orchestra Personnel Manager Susanne Watts Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Paul Barrett Senior Production Stage Manager Kevin Brown House Manager

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Donald F. Fox Vice President for Business Development and Chief Financial Officer Aysha Siddique Administrative Assistant to the CFO Susan Ambo Controller April Satterfield Senior Accountant Kim Hielsberg Director of Financial Planning and Analysis Ebony Woods Staff Accountant Guy Wallace Staff Accountant Rachel Parton Reception/ Administration Support Stephen Jones Symphony Store Manager Popular Presentations Clay Schell General Manager Trevor Ralph Senior Operations and Venues Manager Holly Clausen Director of Marketing Keri Musgraves Promotions Manager Lisa Eng Graphic Artist Chastain Park Amphitheater Tanner Smith Program Director Jonathan Owens Operations Manager Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park Jill Lovell Director of Sales Katie Daniel Sales Coordinator Deborah Honan Receptionist Stevan Simms Facility Operations and Maintenance Manager Jenny Iammarino Guest Services Manager and Operations Assistant Rebecca Gordon Box Office Manager Peter Dickson Accountant

DEVELOPMENT Paul W. Hogle Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Learning Tammie Taylor Assistant to the VP for Development Renee Vary Director of Constituent Communications Annual and Volunteer Services Stephanie Malhotra Director of Development Administration Rebecca Abernathy Development Assistant Scott Giffen Director of Institutional Support & Partnerships Amelia Nickerson Corporate Relations Manager Deirdre Dam Director of Volunteer Engagement Catherine Bowman Decorators’ Show House Coordinator Toni Paz Director of Individual Giving Maya Robinson Patron Partnership Gifts Officer Dan Knapp Membership Gifts Manager Celeste Pendarvis Special Events Manager Symphony Center Campaign Christine Stanley Director of Symphony Center Campaign Andrea Welna Major Gifts Officer Mary Susan Wheeler Director of Legislative Affairs Jessica Langlois Special Gifts & Planned Giving Officer

aso learning COMMUNITY Beth Wilson Interim Director of Learning Development Carla Peterson Administrative Assistant for the Learning Community Mariel Reynolds ASO Community Catalyst Melanie Darby Director of Educational Programming Lindsay Fisher Learning Community Specialist Kevin Smoot Interim Learning Community Fund Gifts Officer MARKETING AND CONCERT PROMOTIONS Alesia Banks Director of Customer Service and Season Tickets Nellie Cummins Group and Corporate Sales Associate Rebecca Enright Subscription and Education Sales Assistant Janice Hay Senior Director of Marketing Meko Hector Office and Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Jefferson Interactive Media Manager Melanie Kite Subscription Office Manager Michelle Moscardini Group Sales Assistant Seth Newcom Database Administrator Robert Phipps Publications Director Melissa A.E. Sanders Director of Public & Media Relations Karl Schnittke Publications Editor Charles Wade Vice President for Marketing and Audience Engagement Russell Wheeler Group and Corporate Sales Manager Angela White Group and Corporate

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Boz Scaggs with David Jacobs-Strain and the ASO

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BOZ SCAGGS Grammy Award-winning artist, Boz Scaggs and his band are hitting the road performing the best-known songs of his career, like “Lido Shuffle,” “Look What You’ve Done To Me,” “Miss Sun,” “Jo Jo,” “Heart Of Mine,” “Lowdown,” “Harbor Lights,” “We’re All Alone” and many others.

Scaggs grew up in Texas immersed in rhythm and blues, soul music, early rock ’n’ roll and raw Delta and Chicago blues – the music he heard coming over the radio airwaves across Texas and from as far away as Nashville. In high school, he played in a band with classmate Steve Miller, before striking out on his own. In 1965, he landed in London and spent the next couple of years traveling around Europe in the “dharma bum” tradition, playing everywhere from clubs to sidewalks before making his first record and establishing a home base in Stockholm. In 1967, Scaggs headed to San Francisco where he joined the Steve Miller Blues Band and took part in the Bay Area scene that was helping to revolutionize American rock ’n’ roll. After two albums with Miller, he made his U.S. solo debut for Atlantic Records. The album, Boz Scaggs, was cut with the famed Mussel Shoals rhythm section, and featured the young guitarist Duane Allman on the blazing 13-minute blues workout “Loan Me a Dime.”

In 1971, Scaggs moved to Columbia Records, where he made a string of records (Moments, Boz Scaggs & Band, My Time) that increasingly explored his love for rhythm and blues music. 1974’s Slow Dancer was his most explicit bow to soul music, and it was followed two years later by the commercial and artistic breakthrough Silk Degrees. Scaggs made a few more albums (including the hit Middle Man in 1980) before taking a hiatus from the road and the pressures of stardom. In 1988, Other Roads showed that he hadn’t lost anything; in the early 1990s, he signed with Virgin and made four albums, including the Grammynominated blues collection Come On Home and the critically acclaimed 2001 release Dig. 2005’s Fade Into Light is a collection that spans the last three decades of a career that has now lasted for more than 40 years.

On his own Gray Cat label, Scaggs has released Greatest Hits Live, a two-disc live collection that spans his entire career. He also made But Beautiful, in which he tackled the Great American Songbook, accompanied by a jazz quartet.

Scaggs has combined rock, jazz, R&B and blues to create a trademark sound and continues to prove himself as one of music’s most creative and original artists.

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David Jacobs-Strain, a consummate finger-style and slide guitarist, plays in the blues tradition but isn’t from it. You’ll hear echoes of Skip James, Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and a song or two by Fred McDowell or Robert Johnson in his solo performances. But as a modern roots musician, singer, and songwriter, “I come from the language of the country blues, but it’s important not to silence other influences,” he says.

Upon listening to Jacobs-Strain’s latest CD, Liar’s Day, you can imagine him inviting his touchstone, American bluesman Taj Mahal, on a musical walkabout. The mix of instruments and old-school analog effects on this album produce “a sonic palette that’s neither just blues nor just rock and roll,” Jacobs-Strain says. Liar’s Day was produced by his mentor and collaborator, Kenny Passarelli (Otis Taylor, Stephen Stills), who’s also featured on the bass. They’re joined by Joe Vitale on drums. “I wanted a big, aggressive drum sound – a Neil Young or Tom Petty sound – that still allowed space for the Traugott acoustic and National steel guitars. I got it by working with Joe and Kenny, Joe Walsh’s rhythm section in the ’70s.”

“I’ve always been drawn to the trance-oriented, heavier, Delta blue – to the driving, passionate, raw, distraught sound of somebody like Son House,” he says.

“When you’re in the flow of the music, there’s an ecstasy to it. Of course, when I was 12, I thought I knew what Robert Johnson’s ‘Come on into My Kitchen’ was all about.” Over the years, Jacobs-Strain has refined his youthful expression of raw energy, passion, and technique into powerful, nuanced performances like those captured on Liar’s Day. He grew up in Eugene, Ore., in a community that was centered on cultural change and environmentalism. He sees a distinct connection between the principles embodied in his upbringing and the democracy of the blues. “I’m really into hand-made culture – and real people making real music. The voice. One guitar. Even at their simplest, the blues have always been a vehicle for expressing your own situation, whether as an individual or a community. There’s such power in that.”

For the past three years, the 24-year-old Jacobs-Strain has been touring the country performing on bills with T-Bone Burnett and Bob Weir, and has opened for acts such as Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Etta James, Boz Scaggs and the Blind Boys of Alabama. By the time he was 19, he had played at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and MerleFest. His other festival credits include the Strawberry Music Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, the Telluride Blues Fest, the Vancouver Folk Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Lugano Blues to Bop Festival in Switzerland. He’s also served as faculty at guitar workshops.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at 8 p.m.

Soul Asylum & Gin Blossoms

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Soul Asylum Renewed and revitalized, Soul Asylum founders Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy return to rock’s front line with The Silver Lining, their first new studio release since 1998’s Candy From a Stranger. That album inadvertently kicked off a sevenyear sabbatical for the group, which telescoped into the death of bassist Karl Mueller in June 2005, the other founding member of the triumvirate that has steered Soul Asylum through rock’s white water for the past two decades.

The re-emergence of the group on The Silver Lining is as much a reaffirmation of Soul Asylum’s commitment to the music as it is a dedication to Karl, who worked and played on the album right up until the end. They were joined in the studio by not-so-new heavyweight Minneapolis drummer Michael Bland (who has played with everyone from Paul Westerberg to Prince). The band is now complemented by Tommy Stinson on bass, a member of fellow Twin Cities band the Replacements since age 13, and a pal of Dan’s since high school.

Tommy was the only friend that Karl could endorse to replace himself in the band. This hard-driving lineup was introduced for the first time in October 2005, when they played sold-out showcase dates at First Avenue in Minneapolis and the Bowery Ballroom in New York – within three days.

The Silver Lining, Soul Asylum’s ninth full-length album (there were several EPs and cassette-only releases back in the indie ’80s) is every bit as quirky and off-centered cut-to-the-bone rock as their hardcore fans have come to expect, an indication that the Minneapolis-bred band has lost none of its edge. And why should they? “We weren’t Mouseketeers,” Dave says, “we never had any sort of showbiz advice that was useful to us. Everything that we’ve done has been relatively homespun and we’ve had to do it all by ourselves and we never got a lot of fake support or showbiz chops or anything like that.”

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gin blossoms After a difficult breakup, a stirring reunion and a few years of playing live shows together, the Gin Blossoms have completed Major Lodge Victory, a new album in stores Aug. 8. Accept no substitutes: The Gin Blossoms are back.

The 12 songs on Major Lodge Victory deliver that same signature blend of melody, mystery and poignancy that Gin Blossoms fans have come to love – from the band’s breakthrough album, New Miserable Experience through to its powerful follow-up Congratulations…I’m Sorry, and such enduring and memorable songs as “Hey Jealousy,” “Allison Road,” “Follow You Down” and “Til I Hear It From You.” Since Wilson, guitarists Jesse Valenzuela and Scott Johnson and, bassist Bill Leen reunited as the Gin Blossoms in 2002, the idea of recording new songs was something the group thought about but didn’t want to force. “I wanted it to happen organically,” Valenzuela says. “And it did.”

Successful tour dates demonstrated that fans were still eager to hear more from the band. So were their younger brothers and sisters. “I didn’t even know if we could get back together,” Leen says. “I didn’t know we’d have a fan base.

I think it helped that our songs never left the radio.”

Truly, on the radio it was as if the Gin Blossoms had never left, even as all the band’s members moved on to other projects. And getting back together proved satisfying.

Very little on Major Lodge Victory will surprise fans, except in the way that great pop music always surprises listeners – by taking familiar elements and making them sound thrillingly new.

“Now we don’t take it for granted,” says Johnson. “I’m very proud of the Gin Blossoms and our sound and our style of rock and roll. I’m excited about bringing that to the world again.”

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Trace Adkins with Ronnie Milsap

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TRACE ADKINS He is, quite simply, country music’s alpha male, a towering presence in an era when larger-than-life personalities are a rarity. His instantly recognizable baritone has been cutting through the airwaves and energizing concert hall speakers for well over a decade as he has established himself as a major force in contemporary country. Now, with the release of American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II, Trace Adkins collects the songs that have turned him from rising star to superstar.

Trace’s body of work has been marked by both good-time anthems and soul-stirring slices of life. The centerpiece of American Man may well be “Honky-Tonk Badonkadonk,” the hip-hop-influenced, across-the-board smash that carried the Louisiana-born singer to new levels of popularity following its 2005 release, but the song that sets both the CD and Trace’s career into perspective is “Songs About Me,” which makes clear the emotional realities behind the best of country music and so much of Trace’s work. Perhaps nowhere is that better shown than in “Arlington,” told from the perspective of a veteran whose heroism has earned him a spot in one of the nation’s most hallowed resting places, or in “I Wanna Feel Something,” which catalogues one man’s battle with the deadening emotional effects of modern living.

The project comes at a time when Trace is increasingly making his mark across the world of popular culture. Long known for his skills as a voiceover announcer both for documentaries and for TV commercials, and for his repartee on the nation’s televised talk-show circuit, he has added acting to his resume and has become an author with the release of A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck. His accomplishments and his continuing rise as a public figure represent the culmination of a long and often arduous journey from Sarepta, La. Trace sang in a gospel quartet, played football at Lousiana Tech, and worked as a pipefitter on an off-shore drilling rig before making a name for himself in the honky-tonks of Texas and Louisiana. He moved to Nashville in 1992 and worked construction while he sang at night and looked for his break. It came three years later when Scott Hendricks, then president of Capitol Records, spotted him in a working man’s bar outside Nashville and signed him. Trace’s one-of-a-kind voice and his knack for putting believability into songs dealing with love, loss, sex and blue-collar realities did the rest.

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Ronnie Milsap ranks as the pre-eminent country soul singer of his generation. He also represents much more than any two-word definition can convey: a humble, overtly friendly fellow with a talent as vast and multidimensional as the American South. Milsap provided country music with one of its most important voices as the genre was moving beyond its rural roots into the mainstream of modern entertainment.

Country music couldn’t have found a man more suited to lead the charge. Steeped in the mountain music of the North Carolina hills and schooled in classical piano, Milsap early in life found inspiration in a wide variety of music. Even as he mastered Beethoven and Mozart, his heart belonged to hardcore country and rhythm-and-blues – music he heard beamed from powerful radio stations located in Nashville. Those earthy sounds about life and love provided a young, impoverished blind boy with a connection to a world beyond the harsh reality of his daily existence.

Eventually, an adult Milsap forged his myriad of influences into a cosmopolitan style of country music that helped revolutionize Nashville. His track record speaks loud and clear: 40 No. 1 hits, over 25 million records sold, seven Grammy awards, four Academy of Country Music awards and eight Country Music Association awards. Together, they underscore Milsap’s position as one of the best-loved and most enduring artists in country music history.

Born into dire poverty in the Appalachian town of Robbinsville, N.C., Milsap’s mother viewed her newborn’s blindness as punishment from God. Shortly after his first birthday, he was cast off and given to his grandmother to raise. At age six, he was sent to the Governor Moorehead State School for the Blind in Raleigh, and the young boy faced barbaric disciplinary treatment all through his grade school and high school years. All along, the sightless child took refuge in music and the radio.

Moorehead put him through strict classical music training, a program that was heightened after the young boy early on showed the innate talent of a prodigy.

At the same time, he obsessively listened to the radio, especially the late-night programs of country music, gospel and rhythm-and-blues. Those duo pursuits – demanding classical study and an intense pop-music obsession – served Milsap well. By age 20, he released his first single, “Total Disaster.”

In April 1973, the blind singer began a long-lasting association with RCA Records. His 40 No. 1 hits stand as a testament to his success and staying power as a country artist; only the late Conway Twitty scored more top country hits, and his included many duets with Loretta Lynn.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008, at 8 p.m.

The Temptations & The Four Tops This concert is sponsored by:

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For more than 40 years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold-out performances. The history of The Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented

by Berry Gordy, The Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early ’60s. It wasn’t until 1964 that the Smokey Robinson – written and produced “The Way You Do the things You Do” turned the guys into stars.

An avalanche of hits followed, many of which – “My Girl,” “It’s Growing,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Beauty Is only Skin Deep” and “I Wish It Would Rain” – attained immortality.

The classic lineup was Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. Beyond the fabulous singing, The Temps became known for smooth stepping and flawless presentations.

When the ’60s and ’70s turned political, The Temps got serious with producer Norman Whitfield leading the way. His Temptations hits, many featuring Dennis Edwards, who had replaced David Ruffin, burned with intensity.

“Runaway Child” “Cloud Nine,” “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” and “Psychedelic Shack” still smolder. Richard Street and AliOllie Woodson joined, adding their luster to the group’s growing fame.

No matter the change in personnel, The Temptations remained true to tradition. They survived the whims of fashion, whether disco or techno, and stuck to their guns. In the ’80s, The Temps prevailed with smashes like the Otis Williams’ penned “Treat Her Like A Lady.” Then came another Temptations explosion. It began with their appearance on Motown 25 in 1983; it continued with the ’90s NBC mini-series that chronicled the group’s history, a ratings triumph over two nights in primetime. An Emmy Award followed.

The current lineup consists of Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon and Bruce Williamson.

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THE four tops The Four Tops deserve to be recognized both for their achievements and their longevity. On the latter count, the group performed for over four decades together without a single change in personnel – a record of constancy that is mind-boggling in the notoriously changeable world of popular music.

As for their accomplishments, the Four Tops cut some of Motown’s most memorable singles, including “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “I Can’t Help Myself,” “It’s the Same Old Song,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love” and “Bernadette.” The Four Tops’ greatest records were recorded at Motown with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland between 1964 and 1967.

The foursome arrived at Motown in 1963 as seasoned veterans, having already logged nearly a decade in show business. The Detroit-based vocal group – consisting of lead vocalist Levi Stubbs, first tenor Abdul “Duke” Fakir, second tenor Lawrence Payton and baritone Renaldo “Obie” Benson – began singing together as the Four Aims soon after graduating high school in 1954. Modeling themselves on the Ink Spots, the Aims evolved into a versatile nightclub act. They recorded for the Chess, Red Top and Columbia labels before Motown founder Berry Gordy lured them to Motown. Stubbs’ bold, dramatic readings of some of Holland-Dozier-Holland’s choicest material set a high standard for contemporary soul in the mid-’60s.

Subsequent to their glory days at Motown, the Four Tops remained an in-demand live act. Periodically, they found themselves back on the charts during the ’70s and ’80s with such hits as “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I Got)” and “When She Was My Girl.” Since the death of Payton in 1997, the remaining members continue to perform as the Tops.

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a

Richard S. White, Jr. Appassionato Chair

Ap-pas’-si-o-na’-to – adv., Passionately, with strong emotion The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is privileged to receive annual contributions from individuals throughout the southeast.

Appassionato was inaugurated in 2000 & welcomes annual givers of $10,000 & above. Appassionato members provide the Symphony with a continuous & strong financial base in support of our ambitious artistic & educational initiatives.

($50,000+) Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers

Ms. Joni Winston

($35,000-$49,999) C. Tycho and Marie Howle Foundation

($25,000-$34,999) Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Stephanie and Arthur Blank Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Catherine Warren Dukehart Mary and Charles Ginden* Mr. Robert J. Jones* Anne Morgan and Jim Kelley*

Lucy R. and Gary Lee, Jr. Massey Charitable Trust Darrell and Glinis Mays Victoria and Howard Palefsky Margaret and Bob Reiser Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Robert Spano

AGCO Corporation Betty and Robert Balentine Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Ms. Diana J. Blank Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Shannon and Philip Cave Mary Helen and Jim Dalton Marcia and John Donnell Gary and Nancy Fayard* Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Fox Mrs. John T. Godwin

Nancy D. Gould James H. Henry Sara and Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. JoAnn Hall Hunsinger Clay and Jane Jackson Ann A. and Ben F. Johnson III Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kennedy John Rogers and Kyle Koehler Michael and Cindi Lang Mr. and Mrs. John M. Law Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Moseley, Jr.

Aadu and Kristi Allpere Anonymous (2) The Balloun Family* Lisa and Joe Bankoff Mr. and Mrs. Jason A. Bernstein Breman Foundation Frances B. Bunzl Cynthia and Donald Carson Lucy and John Cook Dr. John W. Cooledge Christopher S. and Ana P. Crommett In Honor of Norman Mackenzie

by Janet Davenport Cari Katrice Dawson Jere and Patsy Drummond Eleanor and Charles Edmondson Katharina Peters Efron Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Dr. and Mrs. John C. Garrett Mary D. Gellerstedt

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Grathwohl The Graves Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Gross Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Ed Heys Lauri and Paul Hogle Tom and Jan Hough Mr. Tad Hutcheson Bahman and Roya Irvani Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy and Mark Kistulinec Family of Thomas B. Koch Pat and Nolan Leake Mrs. Jay Levine Printpack Inc. and The Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Mr. Jeff Mango Giorgio and Nasrin Medici Mr. and Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III Morgens West Foundation

Ray and John Uttenhove Allison Vulgamore Richard (Dick) S. White, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John B. White, Jr.* Sue and Neil Williams*

($15,000-$24,999) Patty and Doug Reid Dennis and Joanne Sadlowski Mr. Thurmond Smithgall Marsha Johnson – Southern Company Morgan and ChiltonVarner Roz and Rick Walker Susan and Thomas Wardell Mr. and Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Wasserman Camille W. Yow

($10,000-$14,999) Lynn and Galen Oelkers Mr. and Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Mr. Donald Runnicles Bill and Rachel Schultz Joyce and Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III Hamilton and Mason Smith* John Sparrow Loren and Gail Starr Irene and Howard Stein Mary Rose and Mack** Taylor Carol and Ramon Tome* The Michael W. Trapp Family Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Troy R. E. Turner Gertrude and William C. Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Sue and John Wieland Neal and Virginia Williams

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a The Pat ro n Pa r t n e r s h i p

The Insiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience for Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Members The Patron Partnership of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is the society of donors who have given $1,750 or more and comprise a vital extension of the ASO family through their institutional leadership and financial support. Judy Hellriegel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chair

( $5,000-$9,999) Anonymous (5) Ron and Susan Antinori Mr. and Mrs. William Atkins Jan and Gus Bennett Kelley O. and Neil H. Berman Mr. David Boatwright Dr. Robert L. and Lucinda W. Bunnen Mr. and Mrs. Alston D. Correll III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Cramer* Ms. Suzanne Dansby-Phelps Sally and Larry Davis Triska Drake and G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Admiral and Mrs. James O. Ellis The Robert S. Elster Foundation

Rosi and Arnoldo Fiedotin Mr. David L. Forbes Mrs. Drew R. Fuller Sally and Carl Gable Ruth Gershon and Sandy Cohn The Glover Family Foundation, Inc. Dick and Ann Goodsell John E. Graham Joe Guthridge and David Ritter Sharon and Michael Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. John Hunsinger Ms. Joia M. Johnson Hazel and Herb Karp

Julie M. Altenbach Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Anderson Antista Fairclough Design Shirley and Sol Blaine** Mr. and Mrs. Todd Evans Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Gregory Mark and Sandra Jungers Dr. and Mrs. James T. Laney* Paul and Winifred Lefstead *

Deborah and William Liss* Dr. and Mrs. James T. Lowman Barbara and Jim MacGinnitie John and Linda Matthews Dr. and Mrs. William McClatchey Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dr. and Mrs. Mark Pentecost, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe

John and Helen Aderhold Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Agnew Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allison Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Alvelda* Marian and Paul Anderson Anonymous (4) Dr. David and Julie Bakken Jack and Helga Beam Neale M. Bearden Mr. and Mrs. R. Edwin Bennett Ms. Penelope Berk Robert and Teresa Betkowski Rita and Herschel Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Merritt S. Bond* Mr. and Mrs. Milton W. Brannon Jacqueline A. and Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert Bunker Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Butner* Charles Campbell and Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Mrs. Thalia Carlos

Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp Carr John and Adrienne Carr Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cathy Barbara and Steve Chaddick Mrs. Hugh Chapman Dr. Michele R. Chartier and Lt. Col. Kirk Chartier Lavon and Dennis Chorba Bettie and Robert Coley Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cook Jean and Jerry Cooper Don and Mary Comstock, Jr. Robert Cronin and Christina Smith Mona and Leonard Diamond George and Debra Durden Mary Frances Early George T. and Alecia H. Ethridge Ken Felts and Richard Bunn Mr. Joseph M. and Pronda Few Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Franz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Fullilove*

James H. Landon George H. Lanier* Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Lavallee, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Lester* Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Carolyn Meltzer C.B. Harman Nicholson Mr. George E. Peterson Ms. Margaret H. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Tunstall P. Rushton Lynne and Steven Steindel* Mr. Russell Williamson and Ms. Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Wilson T & H Yamashita*

( $3,500-$4,999) Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Reeves S. A. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Seaman Morton and Angela Sherzer Lewis Silverboard Sydney Simons Mrs. Frances L. Sowers Mr. Peter J. Stelling Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Robert F. Tuve*

( $2,250-$3,499)

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Realan Foundation, Inc. Representative Pat Gardner and Mr. Jerry Gardner Judy and Ed Garland Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Geller Bill and Susan Gibson Elliott Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Grady Ben and Lynda Greer Mrs. Herbert Haley Mr. and Mrs. Lance E. Hall Dr. and Mrs. Earl Haltiwanger Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hanner Sally and Paul Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Mr. S. Bayne Hill Linda and Richard Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hund Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnston

A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a Mr. and Mrs. L. Michael Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. King Mr. and Mrs. John King Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kruger Mrs. Agnes Landers in memory of Mr. James H. Landers, Jr. Dr. Leslie Leigh Mr. and Mrs. David Lifsey Mr. R. C. Loper Mr. and Mrs. Sean Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Gino and Belinda Massafra Adair Massey Mr. and Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Devereaux McClatchey Mr. and Mrs. John W. McIntyre* Mr. and Mrs. William Michalwicz Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Mitchell

Ms. Lilot Moorman and Mr. Jeffrey B. Bradley John E. Moyer Richard S. and Winifred B. Myrick Dr. and Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Penninger Ms. Susan B. Perdew Janet M. Pierce Dr. John B. Pugh Dr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr. Nora and Joseph Richardson Mrs. William A. Schwartz Edward G. Scruggs Mr. Craig H. Seibert and Ms. Molly Minnear Elizabeth S. Sharp Beverly and Milton Shlapak W.H. Shuford Theresa and Louis Sicurezza

Helga Hazelrig Siegel in memory of Chip Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Baker A. Smith Amy and Paul Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Spina, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Stainback, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Steagall Ms. Caroline M. Thompson Ann and Joan Titelman Burton Trimble Mr. William C. Voss Dr. and Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John Westerhoff Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Mr. John Wise Mary Lou Wolff Jan and Beattie Wood Mr. and Mrs. John C. Yates Dr. and Mrs. James D. Young

( $1,750-$2,249) Mr. Albert Anderson Anonymous Barbara and Robert Berger Mrs. Kathy Betty B. Sandford Birdsey III Leon and Linda Borchers Martha S. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Tony and Norma Jean Bueschen Ian M. Burt Dr. Carol T. Bush and Dr. Aubrey M. Bush Mr. and Mrs. Walter Canipe Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Chalef Dr. and Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. B. Woodfin Cobbs, Jr. Susan and Carl Cofer Mr. and Mrs. Barksdale Collins* Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Conrad, Jr. Mary Carole Cooney and Henry R. Bauer, Jr. The Ruth and Willie Cox Foundation James L. and Ann Q. Curry Mrs. H. Frances Davis Cecil B. Day Family Elizabeth and John Donnelly Mr. Bruce E. Dunlap Ms. Diane Durgin Cree and Frazer Durrett Drs. Norma J. and Bryan P. Edwards Heike and Dieter Elsner Ms. Alma Garrette Dr. Mary G. George Joseph W. and Elizabeth M. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. Gray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harald R. Hansen Deedi Henson Mr. Kenneth R. Hey

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. High Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Hollums Dorothy Jackson Wayne James Aaron and Joyce Johnson Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Jurkiewicz Betty Karp Paul and Rosthema Kastin Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kauffman Dick and Georgia Kimball* Dr. Laurel B. Kohn and Dr. Donald A. Lackey Veronique Krafft-Jones and Baxter Jones Mr. and Mrs. David Krischer Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Leddick Dr. Fulton Lewis III and Mr. Neal Rhoney Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Lollar Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Ruth and Paul Marston Martha and Reynolds McClatchey JoAnn Godfrey McClinton Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan Mr. and Mrs. David V. McQueen Angela and Jimmy Mitchell Judy and Gregory Moore Mrs. Gene Morse Mr. and Mrs. Vernon J. Nagel Lebby Neal Mr. and Mrs. J. Vemon O’Neal, Jr. Sanford and Barbara Orkin Dr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. William A. Parker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William John Petter Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Brian and Sherry Ranck

Mr. Christopher D. Rex and Dr. Martha Wilkins Mr. and Mrs. John E. Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers The Gary W. and Ruth M. Rollins Foundation Jane and Rein Saral Mrs. Barbara C. Schatten Mrs. Robert Schellman Dr. Paul Seguin Dr. and Mrs. James Sexson Kay R. Shirley, Ph.D. Andrew J. Singletary Ms. Sheila Skillman Gary E. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Sport Dr. and Mrs. John Stevens Mrs. James R. Stow Kay and Alex Summers Elvira Tate Dr. Beverly D. Tatum and Dr. Travis Tatum Mr. and Mrs. George B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark Taylor Dede and Bob Thompson Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tipping Drs. Mel and Nan Vulgamore Mr. J.H. Walker III Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Warner Drs. Julius and Nanette Wenger David and Martha West Mark and Ruthelen Williamson Ned J. Winsor Mrs. Barbara Wylly Marguerite and Mike York Chuck and Pat Young The Zaban Foundation, Inc. Grace and Herbert Zwerner

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

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a C orporate Sponsors Delta Air Lines

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and SuperPOPS Presenting Sponsor Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer

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Bill Linginfelter Chief Executive Officer Georgia Banking

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Sponsors of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Jerry Karr Managing Director GE Asset Management

$50,000+

$20,000+

$10,000+

AT&T The Real Yellow Pages GE Energy Oliver Wyman

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC Publix Super Markets Charities Porsche Cars Reliance Trust Stanford Financial Services The UPS Foundation Verizon Wireless

CNN Evolution Home Theater Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Nordstrom Peachtree Hills Place The Boston Consulting Group Wilmington Trust WineStyles

Fo u n d ation and Governmen t Suppor t $100,000+

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Halle Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundations The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Zeist Foundation

$25,000-99,999

American Symphony Orchestra League Anne and Gordon Getty Foundation MetLife Music for Life Initiative

$10,000-24,999

The Green Foundation Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation The Kendeda Fund

$5,000-9,999

Atlanta Federation of Musicians Fraser-Parker Foundation Robert S. Elster Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

Endowment Livingston Foundation Reiman Charitable Foundation William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund

Special Gifts The ASCAP Foundation Kathy Griffin Memorial

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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

National Endowment for the Arts

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a T he H enry S opkin C ircle Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the ASO. Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Aderhold William and Marion Atkins Dr. and Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Fred and Bettye Betts Mr. and Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins Mr.* and Mrs. Sol Blaine Frances Cheney Boggs* Robert* and Sidney Boozer Elinor A. Breman William Breman* James C. Buggs, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia and Donald Carson Margie and Pierce Cline Dr. and Mrs. Grady Clinkscales, Jr. Miriam and John A. Conant* Dr. John W. Cooledge Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cummickel* John R. Donnell Dixon W. Driggs* Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Arnold and Sylvia Eaves Elizabeth Etoll

John F. Evans Doyle Faler* Rosi and Arnoldo Fiedotin Dr. Emile T. Fisher A. D. Frazier, Jr. Betty and Drew* Fuller Carl and Sally Gable William H. Gaik Kay Gardner* Mr.* and Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Ruth Gershon and Sandy Cohn Micheline and Bob Gerson Mr. and Mrs. John T. Glover Mrs. Irma G. Goldwasser* Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Billie and Sig* Guthman Betty G. and Joseph* F. Haas James and Virginia Hale Ms. Jeannie Hearn Jill* and Jennings Hertz Albert L. Hibbard, Jr.* Richard E. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Holmes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Hoyt, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. James M. Hund Mary B. James deForest F. Jurkiewicz* Herb and Hazel Karp

Anne Morgan and Jim Kelley Bob Kinsey James W. and Mary Ellen* Kitchell Paul Kniepkamp, Jr. Miss Florence Kopleff Ouida Hayes Lanier Liz and Jay* Levine Jane Little Mrs. J. Erskine Love, Jr. Nell Galt and Will D. Magruder K Maier John W. Markham, III Ann Bernard Martin* Mr. Michael McDowell* Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGinnis Vera A. Milner* Mr. and Mrs. Bertil D. Nordin Roger B. Orloff Dr. Bernard and Sandra Palay Bill Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Rezin E. Pidgeon, Jr. Janet M. Pierce Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. William L. and Lucia Fairlie Pulgram Carl J. Reith* Edith Goodman Rhodes* Vicki J. and Joe A. Riedel Dr. Shirley E. Rivers

A zira G. H ill S cholarship Dr. and Mrs. H.E. Mallinson Dr. Joanne R. Nurss Monica (Kaufman) Pearson and John E. Pearson, Sr. Ms. Margaret H. Petersen Elise T. Phillips Margaret and Bob Reiser Signature Donors Mr. Herman J. Russell, Sr. ($1,000-$4,999) Michael and Lovette Russell Margo Brinton and Eldon Park Suzanne and Willard Shull Sharon, Lindsay and Gordon Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Troy Dr. John O. Gaston and Ms. Joni Winston Dr. Gloria S. Gaston Georgia-Pacific Corporation Sustaining Donors Mary and Charles Ginden ($500-$999) Mrs. Mary C. Gramling Big Bethel AME ChurchHank Aaron Chasing Rev. Gregory Eason, Pastor the Dream Foundation Ada Lee and Pete Correll Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter Ms. Cheryl E. Dixon Sponsors ($5,000 and above) The Goizueta Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. Lincoln Financial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Richardson Simmons Family Foundation

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Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Sauser Mr. Paul S. Scharff and Ms. Polly G. Fraser Edward G. Scruggs Dr. and Mrs. George P. Sessions W. Griggs Shaefer, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw* Charles H. Siegel* Mr. and Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Margo Sommers* Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Daniel D. Stanley* Peter James Stelling C. Mack* and Mary Rose Taylor Jed Thompson Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* Mr. and Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Richard S. White, Jr. Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue and Neil Williams Elin M. Winn* Joni Winston George and Camille Wright Mr.* and Mrs. Charles R. Yates Anonymous (12) *Deceased.

Talent D evelopment

Dr. Walter J. Hill and Mrs. Beatrice P. Hill Ms. Joy G. Howard William and Kathy Lamar Ms. Malinda C. Logan John C. Portman, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lee R. Shelton The Society, Inc., Greater Atlanta Chapter Mrs. Mattye L. Sullivan Dr. Alfred D. Wyatt Contributing Donors ($250-$499) Ms. Emma Jean Bell Dr. and Mrs. Bhuiyan Brown & Moore Financial Services, LLC

Yolande Brunson Collins and H.T. Dryer Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Cooke III Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Mary Frances Early The Entertainment Group Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Ferdinand Nelson and Phyllis Hagar JoAnn Hall Hunsinger Edward and Willrene Howard Aaron and Joyce Johnson Mrs. Elena C. Mola Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moore Rochelle and William Reeder Joyce and Henry Schwob Dr. Louis and Ginger Sullivan John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods

TDP S cholarship E ndowment C ampaign Madeline and Howell Adams AGL Resources Bank of America Edith H. and James E. Bostic, Jr. Family Foundation

Dr. Sherri Campbell Cynthia and Donald Carson Marcia and John Donnell Cree and Frazer Durrett Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr.

Claire and Hubie Brown* Nancy Gould

Mr. Kenneth and Dr. Carolyn Meltzer

Dr. Emily Abrams Massey Victoria and Howard Palefsky Monica (Kaufman) Pearson and John E. Pearson, Sr. Erich and Suzette Randolph

Margaret and Bob Reiser Jay and Arthur Richardson Stephanie and H. Jerome Russell The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

The Learning Community Northside Drive Baptist Church

Mr. and Mrs. Roby Robinson, Jr. in honor of Mrs. Joyce Schwob * In support of the ASYO

Scholarships for Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO)* tuition are made possible through the Elinor Rosenberg Breman Fellowship Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Performing Arts Publication 39

Patron Circle

of

Stars

The Woodruff Arts Center salutes the Patron Circle of Stars: those who have given $15,000 or more to our Annual Corporate Campaign.

You helped us reach a record $8.5 million goal for 2006-2007. Thank You! ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+

The Coca-Cola Company

★★★★★★★★★★★ $400,000+

Cousins Properties Incorporated Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+

Cox Interests Cox Enterprises (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, Cox Foundation) The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers Deloitte Partners & Employees Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS

★★★★★★★ $100,000+

Alston & Bird LLP Holder Construction Company The Home Depot Foundation ING King & Spalding LLP The Marcus Foundation, Inc. One Museum Place PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

Georgia-Pacific Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Katherine John Murphy Foundation Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Rock-Tenn Company Siemens Harris A. Smith Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★ ★★★★★★ $75,000+

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation

★★★★★ $50,000+

AFLAC Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BDO Seidman, LLP The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Brookdale Group Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Crawford & Company Ford & Harrison LLP General Motors Corporation Genuine Parts Company Georgia Natural Gas Global Payments Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. Harland Clarke Haworth, Inc. C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation IBM Corporation IDI J. Mack Robinson Interests Atlantic American Corporation Delta Insurance Group Gray Television Philip I. Kent LaFarge North America Thomas H. Lanier Foundation The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP McKinsey & Company, Inc. Norfolk Southern Foundation

★ ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+

SunTrust Foundations & Employees Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust

★★★★★★★★ $150,000+

AirTran Airways Bank of America The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees Ernst & Young Partners & Employees Georgia Power Company Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Wachovia Foundation, Inc. 40 Encore Atlanta

AGL Resources Inc. American International Group, Inc. Citigroup Foundation Primerica Smith-Barney Citicorp Citifinancial The Delta Air Lines Foundation Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota GE Energy INVESCO JPMorgan Private Bank Kimberly-Clark Corporation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Scientific-Atlanta, a Cisco Company Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

★★★★ $35,000+

Arcapita Lisa & Joe Bankoff Duke Realty Corporation John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc.

★★★ $25,000+

Powell Goldstein LLP RBC Centura SCANA Energy Shailendra Group Southwire Company Sprint Nextel Synovus Financial Corp./ TSYS Tishman Speyer Properties Troutman Sanders LLP United Health Group Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. CheckFree Corporation Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown Exide Technologies Exposition Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Glenfield Capital/James & Amy Cate Greenberg Farrow Architecture Inc. Heidrick & Stuggles Fred & Terry Henritze Family Fund The Howell Fund, Inc. Hunton & Williams Initial Contract Services Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Jones Lang LaSalle Sarah & Jim Kennedy Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Macy’s Systems & Technology Manhattan Associates Manning, Selvage & Lee Moran Family Foundation Morris, Manning & Martin LLP Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation

David M. Ratcliffe Regal Entertainment Group Rooms to Go Russell Reynolds Associates Schiff Hardin LLP Emily Winship Scott Foundation The Sembler Company Seyfarth Shaw LLP Clyde & Rebecca Shepherd Simmons Bedding Company Alex and Betty Smith Foundation, Inc. Karen & John Spiegel Spectrum Brands Superior Essex Inc. Taylor Consulting Group, Inc. Towers Perrin Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Jane Smith Turner Foundation U.S. Security Associates, Inc. Verizon Wireless VIPGift Vulcan Materials Company Waste Management Charitable Foundation Watson Wyatt Worldwide John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods The Betty A. & James B. Williams Foundation Sue & Neil Williams Wood Partners WXIA TV/Gannett Foundation The Xerox Foundation

★ ★ ★★ $15,000+

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Accenture ACE INA Foundation Ackerman & Co. Acuity Brands, Inc. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta Life Financial Group Atlanta Marriott Marquis Bain & Co. Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation The Beaulieu Group, LLP Kenny Blank BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia Boral Bricks Inc. The Boston Consulting Group Bovis Lend Lease Bradley-Turner Foundation Sue & Guy Budinscak Capital Guardian Trust Company Carter’s Inc. Center Family Foundation Mrs. Bunny Center Mr. Charles Center

The Woodruff Arts Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the Fulton County Arts Council. *As of December 1, 2007.

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A t l a n ta S y m p h o n y O r c h e s t r a

❖ 2007 Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Diamond Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Platinum AirTran Airways.

Bank of North Georgia Opening night party Regions Bank Gold Comcast The Epicurean Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company Hennessy Lexus Jackson Spalding The Sherwin-Williams Company Where/Encore Atlanta Magazines Silver Northern Trust Publix Super Markets Charities Siemens Energy & Automation Ticket sponsor Springer Mountain Farms Bronze Arborguard Tree Specialists John Grady Burns Commercial Audio Systems Dornbracht Americas, Inc. HiFi Buys Kenneth Lynch & Associates, AIA KitchenAid Michael Jackson Landscape Company Micron Pest Management Phantom Screens Phipps Plaza Preprint Reece Tent Rental Specialty Pool and Spa Swoozies Walker McIntyre Antiques We Rent Atlanta staffing sponsor CareerBuilder.com

❖ 2007 Atlanta Symphony Ball 2007 corporate Sponsors phoenix Sponsor Delta Air Lines Platinum Coca-Cola Company INVESCO Diamond A Legendary Event Gold Mednikow UPS Silver Aetna AGL Resources AirTran Beacham & Company, Realtors Caren West PR Cayo Espanto Island Resort Deloitte Goldman Sachs & Co. Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP King & Spalding Neiman Marcus Printpack, Inc. and the Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Scientific-Atlanta, A Cisco Company Siemens Energy & Automation SunTrust Private Wealth Management United Distributors Wachovia Wealth Management

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Bronze Equity Estates Lazard Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. media sponsor The Atlantan 2007 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Diamond Stephanie and Arthur Blank Victoria and Howard Palefsky Silver Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Mr. and Mrs. William M. Graves Margaret and Bob Reiser Ms. Joni Winston Bronze Katharina Peters Efron Foundation Jennings M. Hertz, Jr. Giorgio Medici Mr. Richard (Dick) S. White, Jr. Hosts Bill and Rachel Schultz BenefactorS Madeline and Howell Adams Lisa and Joe Bankoff Mrs. Neale Bearden Jan and Gus Bennett Caryn and Jason Bernstein Lelia and Brent Brougher Jamie Brownlee and David Russell Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Susan and Tom Callaway Chris and Merry Carlos Philip and Shannon Cave Dr. Michele R. Chartier and Lt. Col. Kirk Chartier Chip and Darlene Conrad The Correll Family Foundation Christopher and Ana Crommett David and Michelle Edwards Crosland Jere and Patsy Drummond Cree and Frazer Durrett Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Gross Betsy and Harald Hansen Jim and Elsie Henderson Mark and Amy Kistulinec Lucy R. and Gary Lee, Jr. Jeff and Kathy Mango Mr. Lawrence E. Mock, Jr. Brenda and Charles Moseley Leslie and Skip Petter Patty and Doug Reid John Rogers and Kyle Koehler Gretchen L. Stewart Joyce and Henry Schwob Beverly and Milton Shlapak Mr. and Mrs. Baker Smith Cissy Smith and Pat Lander Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Irene and Howard Stein Thomas and Cheryl Weldon Joan N. Whitcomb Neil and Sue Williams Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Woollcott

❖ 2008 ASO Classic Golf Tournament presenting Sponsor AirTran Airways Reception Sponsor Siemens Energy & Automation Luncheon Sponsor SunTrust Private Wealth Management Team Sponsors Allconnect Coca-Cola Company Deloitte EMC Corporation Ernst & Young Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Jones Day Jones Lang LaSalle

Ovations Food Services Patty and Doug Reid John W. Rooker & Associates, Inc. Jeff Mango/Verizon Wireless Twosome Team Sponsors Alston & Bird Argus Benefits Credit Suisse Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Solution Property Group Turner Construction Zeliff Wallace Jackson HOLE Sponsors AutoTrader.com Coca-Cola Company EMC Corporation Jones Day King & Spalding, LLP Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP Sea Island Properties Zeliff Wallace Jackson

❖ The 2008 A King Celebration Ms. Lisa Borders, Honorary Chair champion The Dawson Company and The Dawson/Sparrow Family Massey Charitable Trust Siemens Energy & Automation UPS VIsionary Stephanie and Arthur Blank Coca-Cola Company Georgia-Pacific Corporation Morgens West Foundation Munich American Reassurance Company patron Anonymous Atlanta Journal Constitution Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Tanya M. Coleman, Publix Super Markets Coxe Curry & Associates First Presbyterian Church Georgia Power Company Sheri and John Latham David and Cecelia Ratcliffe R.L. Brown & Associates Bernard Taylor Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. Allison Vulgamore The Honorable and Mrs. Andrew J. Young Supporter Madeline and Howell Adams, Jr. Lisa and Joe Bankoff Moses Brown, Jr. Janet Davenport Lauri and Paul Hogle John and Kathy Hunsinger Joyce and Aaron Johnson James H. Landon George A. Lottier Golf Foundation Dr. Herman H. and Mrs. Thena Monts Durham Norman Margaret and Bob Reiser Ray and John Uttenhove Shameika and Jomal Vailes Donna M. Williams Ms. Joni Winston Tiffany N. Yarn

Continued from page 6 managed concert bookings for House of Blues venues from Orlando to Cary, N.C. While touring, he was exposed to the European tradition of outdoor classical concert series, which are a popular form of entertainment.

To him, it makes perfect sense that a classical music lover also would be interested in attending a Crosby, Stills & Nash concert.

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“This season is incredibly affordable and incredibly diverse,” Schell says. “And there’s a lot of things going on for 2009 that I’m already involved with, a lot of big tours coming up next year that we’re already discussing.”

So keep your eyes peeled – the ASO summer 2009 season should be announced early next year.

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OFFICIAL NBAF ARTISTS’ MARKET AND LITERARY SALON THUR, 7/24/08 - SUN, 7/27/08

DANCE! A TRIBUTE TO JUDITH JAMISON SAT, 7/19/08 - SUN, 7/20/08

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VISIT WWW.NBAF.ORG FOR TICKETS AND EVENT DETAILS Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Commission under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia Black United Fund, Georgia Council for the Arts, The Kendeda Fund, The Nonprofit Finance Fund/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Woodruff Arts Center: Alliance Theatre, Young Audiences, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, 14th Street Playhouse.

Gladys Knight July 19

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July 19

Legends Celebration: An Evening with Gladys Knight Atlanta Civic Center, 8 p.m., $20+.

This is an opportunity to see a living legend do what she does best. Joining the ranks of Roberta Flack and Andrew Young, Gladys Knight is this year’s honoree at the NBAF Legends Celebration.

The Atlanta native will perform songs spanning her five-decade career for this one-night-only event. l

July 19

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis

Woodruff Arts Center – Symphony Hall, 7 p.m., $20.

Legendary jazz composer/trumpeter Wynton Marsalis will perform a selection

of timeless jazz standards with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Take note: On Nov. 6 and 7, Marsalis will return to the ASO for a world premiere of his newest symphonic work. l

July 20

Creatively Speaking: Dr. Cornel West & Wynton Marsalis with Carrie Mae Weems

Woodruff Arts Center – Rich Theatre, 2 p.m., $20.

The “Creatively Speaking” series is one of the most important features of the

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Wynton Marsalis July 19 & 20

NBAF, facilitating intellectual conversation among some of the greatest minds in the African-American community. Famed philosopher Dr. Cornel West, renowned composer Wynton Marsalis and award-winning photographer Carrie Mae Weems will discuss the role of artists in the continuing civil rights movement. l

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July 27

ASO at Ebenezer Baptist Church Ebenezer Baptist Church, 7 p.m., Free.

World Music Festival

Centennial Olympic Park, 5 – 10 p.m., Free and open to the public.

The World Music Festival boasts a twoday lineup of musical acts homegrown and from abroad. Toots and the Maytals, Roy Ayers and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra are just a few of the scheduled

Robert Spano conducts a special concert to close the NBAF festivities. Program selections include the Haydn Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

Koye Berry is a writer/musician with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Maryland’s Loyola College.

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G e n e r a l I n f o r m at i o n – Chastain Park Amphitheater Chastain Park is located in northwest Atlanta, between Buckhead and Sandy Springs, off Roswell Road, near the intersection of West Wieuca and Powers Ferry Roads. The Chastain Park Box Office is at the intersection of Powers Ferry Road and Stella Drive, and it opens at 6:30 PM or one hour before concert time, whichever comes first, on the days of performances.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Chastain Park is accessible via MARTA rail/bus connections.

For information on train or bus routes or other details of tran­ sit services, please call MARTA directly at 404-848-4711.

PORTER SERVICE Porters are located at each of the four entrances of the amphitheater to carry your cooler to your seats. This con­ venient free service is available on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning at 6:30 PM or one hour before concert time, whichever comes first, and ending promptly at concert time. Please call ahead to verify times: 404-733-4800.

SEATING Patrons in the Terrace seating area may bring small tables (no larger than 24” x 18”) for their dining convenience.

Lawn patrons, be sure to bring your own blanket – no chairs, please.

CONCERT COURTESY It is important that courtesy and good manners be practiced at all times during performances Please stay in your seat while artists are on stage, limit conversation, and visit facil­ity amenities when the performance is not in progress.

LATE ARRIVALS Allow ample time for travel. parking. and getting to your seats. Latecomers may be asked to wait for a break in the program before taking their seats.

GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY We urge our Chastain audiences to be good neighbors during visits to Chastain Park Amphitheater. Please drive courteously and patiently, and respect the privacy of our neighbors by parking only in public areas. For everyone’s safety, please do not drink and drive.

PHOTOS/ELECTRONICS/CELL PHONES As a courtesy to performers and audience members, the following equipment is not permitted: cameras, camcord­ ers, and recording devices. The use of cellular phones is not permitted in the seating areas. Please limit use of cell phones to the entry ways.

SMOKING POLICY The Amphitheater is a smoke-free environment. For the comfort of our guests and in accordance with municipal law, smoking is prohibited throughout the facility.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE Persons requiring access assistance are requested to phone the Box Office at 404-733-5000 for advance arrangements.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Box Office 404-733-5000 Group Sales 404-733-4848 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404-733-5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404-733-4800 Lost and Found 404-733-5373 Chastain Director 404-733-4886 Atlanta Symphony Associates (Volunteers) 404-733-4865 Youth Programs 404-733-4871 Concert Hotline (Recorded information) 404-733-4949 TTD Number 404-733-4303 Services for People with 404-733-5000 or -4800 Special Needs

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TICKET INFORMATION SEASON TICKETS How do you get the best seats in the house? By ordering season tickets, of course! Season subscriptions for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Classic Chastain come in a variety of packages. Fixed packages of 8 concerts are available for Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays. Additionally, we offer a 3-concert Country package as well as 4-concert Friday A and B packages. You can also mix and match a flexible series to fit your taste! Select any 5 or more concerts from the Classic Chastain schedule and get a Take Five series. Series remain on sale until the date of the first concert in the series. The Atlanta Symphony also offers a variety of packages available throughout the year. For more information, call 404-733­4800; e-mail asosubscriptions@ woodruffcenter.org; or go online at classicchastain.com.

CAN’T ATTEND A CONCERT? Please don’t let your tickets go unused. If you cannot use your tickets, please pass them on to friends or return them to the Box Office for resale. To return tickets as a taxdeductible donation, please phone 404-733-5000 before the perfor­mance time. The Box Office can take the location of your seats and make them available to waiting patrons.

A receipt will be mailed to you in January acknowledging the value of all tickets returned for resale during the year.

SINGLE TICKETS ORDER BY PHONE: Call 404-733-5000, Monday - Friday, 10 AM - 8 PM; Saturday - Sunday, Noon - 8 PM. Phone orders may be charged to MasterCard, VISA, Discover or AMEX. $5-per-ticket service charge applies.

ON THE INTERNET: Visit our Web page at classicchastain. com and order your tickets online, at any time of day. Your order may be charged to MasterCard, VISA, Discover or AMEX. $5-per-ticket service charge applies. Net orders are filled on a best-available basis. Allow two to three weeks for delivery. For orders received less than two weeks prior to the concert, tickets will be held at the Chastain Box Office. Tickets can also be purchased through all Ticketmaster locations including ticketmaster.com.

BY MAIL: Complete an order form found in our Season Brochure and mail it with your payment to: Atlanta Symphony Box Office, 1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Orders are filled in the order received. Allow two to three weeks for del ivery. Please add a service charge of $6 per order. For orders received less than two weeks prior to the concert, tickets will be held at the Chastain Box Office.

IN PERSON: The Woodruff Arts Center Box Office is located at the corner of Peachtree and 15th Streets in Midtown Atlanta. Hours are Monday - Friday, 10 AM - 8 PM; Saturday - Sunday, Noon - 8 PM. There is no service charge for tickets purchased in person.

Please note: All single-ticket sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges. All artists and programs are subject to change. Concerts take place rain or shine.

GROUP DISCOUNTS Group discounts of up to 15% are offered for most ASO Chastain concerts, subject to ticket availability. Contact Quidana Bosman, Group Sales Manager, at 404-733­4848 or bye-mail at asogroups@woodruffcenter.org for groups of 15 or more.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Available in any amount for any series, gift certificates can be purchased through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office. Phone 404-733-5000. classicchastain.com atlantasymphony.org

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