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8 President’s Letter 10 Orchestra Leadership 12 Robert Spano 16 Musicians 29 Contributors 48 Retiring 50 Honors 52 Calendar 54 Administration 56 General Info 58 Ticket Info 60 Gallery ASO

James Alexander expands the world of Madama Butterfly in the Orchestra’s Theater of a Concert staging of Puccini’s operatic masterpiece.

the music 19 The concert’s program and notes

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Welcome to June!

June is, traditionally, a time for wrapping up some things and beginning others: A school year comes to a close and summer activities ensue; students graduate from high school and look towards college; lovers marry and work to create a new, shared life.

This month we conclude the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2010-2011 classical season at Symphony Hall and move outdoors to our summer stages at Chastain Park and Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Listening to our Orchestra under the summer stars is an incredible experience. I hope you’ll join me at our summer concerts: July 4 – All-American Celebration with patriotic standards, the U.S. Army Chorus and spectacular fireworks at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

July 8 – The Music of Abba, featuring Arrival from Sweden with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Chastain Park.

July 9 – a return engagement with Idina Menzel, on stage with your Orchestra at Chastain Park.

July 15 – Casablanca: the complete film on the big screen, with Bogie and Bergman accompanied by your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

July 30 – Cirque de la Symphonie: classical masterpieces and high-flying aerialists at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

August 13 – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, America’s premiere Big Band, joins the Atlanta Symphony for an evening of Swing classics at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

You can find tickets to these and other summer concerts at our website: www.atlantasymphony.org.

I look forward to the summer and to seeing you at our concerts.

Thank you for supporting your Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!

Wishing you all the best,

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. President

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leadership Atlanta Symphony Orchestra League 2010-2011 Board of Directors Officers Ben F. Johnson, III Chair Vice Chairs Clayton F. Jackson Finance Chair/ Treasurer

Meghan H. Magruder Jeff Mango Belinda Massafra * ASA President Penny McPhee

Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D. * Chilton Davis Varner Joni Winston Secretary

Directors Jim R. Abrahamson Pinney L. Allen Joseph R. Bankoff * Jason A. Bernstein Paul Blackney Janine Brown Donald P. Carson Ann W. Cramer Cari K. Dawson Richard A. Dorfman David Edmiston Gary P. Fayard Dr. Robert Franklin Paul Garcia Carol Green Gellerstedt Jim Henry

Tad Hutcheson Mrs. Roya Irvani Clayton F. Jackson D. Kirk Jamieson Ben F. Johnson, III Steve Koonin Carrie Kurlander Mike Lang Donna Lee Lucy Lee Karole F. Lloyd Meghan H. Magruder Jeff Mango Belinda Massafra * Darrell J. Mays Penny McPhee

Galen Oelkers Victoria Palefsky Leslie Z. Petter Suzanne Tucker Plybon Patricia Reid Martin Richenhagen John D. Rogers Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D.* Dennis Sadlowski Ms. Lynn Schinazi William Schultz Tom Sherwood John Sibley Hamilton Smith Lucinda B. Smith

Thurmond Smithgall Gail R. Starr Mary Rose Taylor Joseph M. Thompson Liz Troy Chilton Davis Varner S. Patrick Viguerie Rick Walker Thomas Wardell Mark Wasserman John B. White, Jr. Richard S. (Dick) White, Jr. Joni Winston Patrice Wright-Lewis Camille Yow

Board of counselors Mrs. John Aderhold Robert M. Balentine Elinor Breman Dr. John W. Cooledge John Donnell Jere Drummond Carla Fackler Arnoldo Fiedotin

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

George Lanier Patricia Leake Mrs. William C. Lester Mrs. J. Erskine Love Carolyn C. McClatchey Bertil D. Nordin Joyce Schwob

Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. W. Rhett Tanner G. Kimbrough Taylor Michael W. Trapp Edus Warren Adair R. White Neil Williams

Azira G. Hill Dr. James M. Hund

Arthur L. Montgomery

Life Directors Howell E. Adams, Jr. Bradley Currey, Jr.

Mrs. Drew Fuller Mary D. Gellerstedt

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usic Director Robert Spano, beginning his 10th season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001, he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.

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The Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings and visual enhancements, such as Theater of a Concert — the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience — and the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships, defining a new generation of American composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis and Michael Gandolfi. Since the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Spano and the Orchestra have performed over 100 concerts featuring contemporary works (composed since 1950), including 13 Atlanta Symphony-commissioned world premieres and three additional world premieres.

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Mr. Spano has a discography with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra of nine recordings — six of which have been honored with Grammy® awards. He has led the Orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as the Ravinia, Ojai and Savannah music festivals. He has led the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, San Francisco, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and Philadelphia symphony orchestras, as well as Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, BBC Symphony and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. In addition, he has conducted for Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and the 2005 and 2009 Seattle Opera Ring cycles.

Mr. Spano was Musical America’s 2008 Conductor of the Year. In March 2010, Mr. Spano began a threeyear tenure as Emory University’s Distinguished Artist in Residence, for which he spends three weeks each year leading intensive seminars, lecturing, and presenting programs on science, math, philosophy, literature and musicology throughout the university’s campus.

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he first thing symphony soloists and choruses need to know about the noted Scottish stage director James Alexander is BYOC. “Bring your own costume,” he laughs.

James Alexander expands the world of Madama Butterfly in the Orchestra’s Theater of a Concert staging of Puccini’s operatic masterpiece, June 9/11/12

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is Mr. Alexander’s fifth Theater of a Concert presentation with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and in each he has asked cast and chorus members to BYOC. “By asking them to bring their concert attire and applying modest additions of hats, sashes or coats, we offer our audience a further suggestion of character.” Continued on page 42

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

David Coucheron 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

John Meisner Alice Anderson Oglesby Lorentz Ottzen Christopher Pulgram Carol Ramirez Juan Ramirez Olga Shpitko Denise Berginson Smith Kenn Wagner Lisa Wiedman Yancich

Sharon Berenson David Braitberg Noriko Konno Clift Judith Cox David Dillard Eleanor Kosek Raymond Leung Ruth Ann Little Thomas O’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 *

Catherine Lynn Assistant Principal

Wesley Collins Marian Kent Yang-Yoon Kim Yiyin Li

SECOND VIOLIN

David Arenz Principal The Atlanta Symphony Associates Chair*

Sou-Chun Su Associate Principal The Frances Cheney Boggs Chair*

Jay Christy Assistant Principal

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Lachlan McBane Jessica Oudin Ardath Weck

BASS

Ralph Jones

CELLO

Principal The Marcia and John Donnell Chair  *

Christopher Rex

Gloria Jones

Principal The Miriam and John Conant Chair*

Daniel Laufer Associate Principal The Livingston Foundation Chair*

Associate Principal

Jane Little Assistant Principal Emeritus

Assistant Principal

Michael Kenady Michael Kurth Douglas Sommer Thomas Thoreson

Dona Vellek

FLUTE

Karen Freer

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Joel Dallow Jere Flint Jennifer Humphreys Larry LeMaster Brad Ritchie Paul Warner

Christina Smith Principal The Jill Hertz Chair*

Robert Cronin Associate Principal

Paul Brittan The Georgia Power Foundation Chair

Carl David Hall

michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor 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 PICCOLO

E-FLAT CLARINET

TRUMPET

PERCUSSION

Carl David Hall

Ted Gurch

Thomas Hooten

Thomas Sherwood

Principal The Madeline and Howell Adams Chair* The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair

Principal The Julie and Arthur Montgomery Chair*

OBOE

BASS CLARINET

Elizabeth Koch

Alcides Rodriguez

rincipal P The George M. and Corrie Hoyt Brown Chair *

Yvonne Powers Peterson Associate Principal Ann Lillya † Patrick McFarland

BASSOON

Carl Nitchie Principal The Walter L. “Buz” Carr, III Chair

Karin Bliznik Associate Principal

Charles Settle

Associate Principal

TROMBONE

Laura Najarian

Colin Williams

Elisabeth Remy Johnson

Elizabeth Burkhardt

The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Chair

Principal The Wachovia Chair

Patrick McFarland

Juan de Gomar

Stephen Wilson

CLARINET

CONTRABASSOON

Principal The Robert Shaw Chair*

Juan de Gomar

Ted Gurch

HORN

Associate Principal

Brice Andrus

William Rappaport

Principal The Sandra and John Glover Chair

The Alcatel-Lucent Chair

Alcides Rodriguez

Assistant Principal William A. Schwartz Chair*

Michael Myers Joseph Walthall

ENGLISH HORN

Laura Ardan

William Wilder

Associate Principal The Patsy and Jere Drummond Chair

Edmon Nicholson George Curran BASS TROMBONE

George Curran

HARP

Principal The Delta Air Lines Chair

KEYBOARD The Hugh and Jessie Hodgson Memorial Chair*

Peter Marshall † Beverly Gilbert † Sharon Berenson LIBRARY

Rebecca Beavers

Susan Welty

TUBA

Associate Principal

Michael Moore

Thomas Witte Richard Deane

Principal The Georgia-Pacific Chair

Steven Sherrill

TIMPANI

Assistant Librarian

The UPS Community Service Chair

Bruce Kenney

Mark Yancich Principal The Walter H. Bunzl Chair*

William Wilder Assistant Principal

Principal Assistant Principal Librarian

John Wildermuth

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

Delta Classical Series Concerts Thursday and Saturday, June 2 and 4, 2011, at 8 p.m.

Robert Spano, Conductor Mark Yancich, Timpani Paul Yancich, Timpani Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)

After Fallen Crumbs (1987) James Oliverio (b. 1956)

DYNASTY: Double Timpani Concerto (2011) I. Impetuous

II. Naïveté

III. Interlude

IV. Ancestors Within

V. Destiny

Mark Yancich, Timpani

Paul Yancich, Timpani Word Premiere, Commissioned by The Brothers Yancich, Mark and Paul.

INTERMISSION Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Symphonic Dances, Opus 45 (1940) I. Non allegro

II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) III. Lento assai; Allegro vivace

“Inside the Music” preview of the concert, Thursday at 7 p.m., presented by Ken Meltzer, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Insider and Program Annotator.

The use of cameras or recording devices during the concert is strictly prohibited.

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sponsors This evening’s Double Timpani Concerto with Mark and Paul Yancich is made possible through deeply appreciated gifts from: Suzanne Bunzl Wilner and Frances Bunzl in loving memory of Walter H. Bunzl Marjorie and Ferdinand Levy Robert Spano Sue and Neil Williams

is proud to sponsor the Delta Classical Series of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Delta is proud to be celebrating our 70th anniversary as Atlanta’s hometown airline. Delta’s community spirit worldwide continues to be a cornerstone of our organization. As a force for global good, our mission is to continuously create value through an inclusive culture by leveraging partnerships and serving communities where we live and work. It includes not only valuing individual differences of race, religion, gender, nationality and lifestyle, but also managing and valuing the diversity of work teams, intracompany teams and business partnerships.

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Major funding for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

Solo pianos used by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are gifts of the Atlanta Steinway Society and in memory of David Goldwasser. The Hamburg Steinway piano is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Rosi Fiedotin. The Yamaha custom six-quarter tuba is a gift received by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in honor of Principal Tuba player Michael Moore from The Antinori Foundation.

This performance is being recorded for broadcast at a later time. Atlanta Symphony concert broadcasts are heard each week on Atlanta’s WABE FM-90.1 and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s statewide network.

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program Notes on the Program

By Ken Meltzer After Fallen Crumbs (1987) Alvin Singleton was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 28, 1940. The first performance of After Fallen Crumbs took place at Symphony Hall in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 9, 1988, with Michael Palmer conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. After Fallen Crumbs is scored for three flutes, two oboes, English horn, three clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani and strings. Approximate performance time is six minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: January 9, 1988, Michael Palmer, Conductor.

ASO Recording: Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79231-2, Louis Lane, Conductor

Alvin Singleton

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lvin Singleton’s unique musical voice is the product of his richly diverse educational and cultural background. Mr. Singleton studied at New York University, Yale University, and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Mr. Singleton acknowledges the influence of numerous and varied styles of popular music in his concert works. While growing up in Brooklyn, Mr. Singleton was fascinated by such artists as the Beatles, John Coltrane, James Brown and Mahalia Jackson. Mr. Singleton was also profoundly influenced by the gospels and spirituals that resounded in his own family’s church.

Alvin Singleton was the first Composer-in-Residence in the history of Spelman College (19881991). Alvin Singleton has also served as UNISYS Composer-in-Residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1996-97), and was the 2002–03 Composer-in-Residence with the Ritz Chamber Players of Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, he has served as Visiting Professor of Composition at the Yale University School of Music. In the spring of 2004, Mr. Singleton joined the American Composers Orchestra as “Music Alive” Composer-in-Residence and Artistic Advisor for the IMPROVISE! Festival. In October, 2008, Singleton served as Composer-in-Residence in Tirana, Albania. He was invited by the cultural organization Eurynome Corp., who presented the Albanian premieres of selected works performed by the Orchestra of Albanian Radio and Television conducted by Oleg Arapi. Mr. Singleton also conducted a master class at the Fine Arts Academy in Tirana.

Alvin Singleton’s compositions have been performed by the symphony orchestras of Boston, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Oregon, Baltimore, Syracuse, Louisville, and Florida, the American Composers Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, l’Orchestre de Paris, the Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker, as well as the Kronos Quartet, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Nash Ensemble of London, the Asko Ensemble of Amsterdam, Ensemble des 20. Jahrhunderts of Vienna, the London Sinfonietta, Trio Basso of Cologne and the Bremer Tanztheater.

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Important international festivals that have programmed Mr. Singleton’s music include Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, OR, Tanglewood, Aspen, Bravo! Colorado, Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico, Cincinnati May Festival, Cabrillo Music Festival, Bang On A Can, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Other Minds in San Francisco, Festival Miami, the Vienna Summer Festival, Pro Musica Nova in Bremen, the Styrian Autumn Festival in Graz, Nuova Consonanza Festival in Rome, the Brussels ISCM World music Days and IRCAM in Paris.

Alvin Singleton’s music is published by Schott Music Corporation, and is recorded on the Albany Records, Elektra/Nonesuch, Tzadik, and Innova labels. Singleton’s latest CD, “Sing to the Sun,” was released in February 2007 on Albany Records and is the fourth all-Singleton disc.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and After Fallen Crumbs After his studies in Rome, Alvin Singleton remained in Europe for fourteen years as a freelance composer, where he received numerous awards and citations for his works. While in Paris, Mr. Singleton met Robert Shaw, then the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This meeting ultimately led to Mr. Singleton’s appointment as Composer-inResidence for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a post he held from 1985-88.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has continued to enjoy a long and rewarding association with Mr. Singleton. On the weekend of March 5, 2009, Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed Mr. Singleton’s PraiseMaker, which they also recorded for Telarc Records (Telarc CD-32630). On the weekend of February 3, 2011, Robert Spano and the ASO performed Mr. Singleton’s fanfare, Miaka Kumi (2010), written in celebration of Maestro Spano’s 10th anniversary as Music Director. In May of 2012, Maestro Spano and the ASO will premiere a new composition by Mr. Singleton.

The brief orchestral work, After Fallen Crumbs, dates from Mr. Singleton’s years as Composer-in-Residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The work was a joint commission by the ASO and the MEET THE COMPOSER Orchestra Residencies Program.

Mr. Singleton dedicated the work to the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. After Fallen Crumbs received its premiere at Symphony Hall on January 9, 1988, with Michael Palmer conducting. Louis Lane conducted subsequent ASO performances, as well as the Orchestra’s recording of the work, part of an all-Singleton disc (Elektra/Nonesuch 9 79231-2).

After Fallen Crumbs had its genesis in a prior work by Mr. Singleton for unaccompanied male chorus. That piece, Fallen Crumbs, addresses the subject of world hunger, and concludes with the proverb: “An ant can feed a family with the fallen crumbs of an elephant.” After Fallen Crumbs, which Mr. Singleton describes as “fanfare-like,” shares both musical themes and the general spirit of its predecessor.

DYNASTY: Double Timpani Concerto (2011) James Oliverio was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 11, 1956. These are the world premiere performances of DYNASTY. In addition to two sets of five drums for two solo timpanists, DYNASTY is scored for piccolo, two flutes, alto flute, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, 22 EncoreAtlanta.com

program four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, percussion, two harps and strings.

Approximate performance time is twenty-one minutes.

James Oliverio

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ames Oliverio is internationally known as a creative artist, researcher, educator and producer. He is a frequent keynote speaker and consultant to arts, digital media and education programs. Oliverio has served as Founding Director of the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida since January 2001, with full professorships in Digital Arts & Sciences and in Music.

Mr. Oliverio holds five Emmy Awards from the Atlanta chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his original soundtracks, along with numerous national grants and commissions. His work in internationally-distributed performing and digital arts has been featured on CNN International and the BBC. Additional recognition for his artistic and administrative leadership includes the International Digital Media and Arts Association Award for the “Most Innovative Program 2008,” the Inaugural “Peoria Prize for Creativity” (2005) and the “Most Courageous and Creative” Award in the High Bandwidth Challenge at the 2001 global SuperComputing Conference.

In addition to performances of his orchestral scores by ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra and the symphonies of Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Columbus, James Oliverio has produced for and collaborated with Jazz @ Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. He served as Artistic Consultant on a number of projects with Wynton Marsalis, including the Millennial commission of All Rise, which premiered with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Kurt Masur and enjoyed subsequent performances with the London and Los Angeles Philharmonics and the Boston and Chicago Symphonies. Most recently Mr. Oliverio served as Orchestral Consultant to Mr. Marsalis on the Swing Symphony, which world premiered with Sir Simon Rattle leading the Berlin Philharmonic in June, 2010, and then received its American premiere with the New York Philharmonic in a national broadcast on “Live from Lincoln Center” in September, 2010, followed by subsequent performances with Leonard Slatkin and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in February, 2011.

James Oliverio has served as a research investigator on numerous interdisciplinary digital arts projects funded by agencies including the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and National Public Broadcasting. He has partnered with research institutions around the world to create “In Common Time” (ICT), a series of globally distributed performing arts collaborations. ICT has been featured in specially commissioned real-time events, including “Non Divisi” for the Internet2, SIGGRAPH 2005 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, at the 2006 College Music Society National Conference and the 2007 Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology.

Prior to becoming the Founding Director of the UF Digital Worlds Institute, Oliverio served as the Composer in Residence at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and also as Founding Director of AudioLab in the Graphics, Visualization and Usability (GVU) Center in the Georgia Tech College of Computing. Mr. Oliverio’s score for Time and Dreams, Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23

commissioned as part of the United States’ successful bid for the 1996 Olympic Games, held in Atlanta, earned an Emmy Award. Likewise, his multimedia opera, StarChild, premiered at Olympic Village and broadcast on Public Television, won an Emmy. The City of Atlanta has bestowed its highest cultural honor upon Mr. Oliverio — the Mayor’s Fellowship in the Arts.

DYNASTY The composer provided the following program notes on DYNASTY: In setting out to create a virtuosic yet memorable concerto for world premiere by the Brothers Yancich, there were a number of musical and extra-musical considerations. First and foremost, the work had to give both soloists an equal opportunity to feature their musical talents while showcasing the capabilities of the timpani, an instrument most commonly relegated to an important but primarily accompanimental role at the back of the orchestra. The best musical range of the timpani is lower in pitch than most of the other instruments of the orchestra, and therefore can easily slip into the background melodically when any of the other higher-pitched instruments play at the same time. And while the audience is accustomed to hearing the drums provide rhythmic underpinning or support for orchestral crescendos, they are generally not attuned to perceiving melodies played with the timbre of the kettledrums.

Each drum has a usable pitch range of about half an octave. When the two timpani soloists are called upon to play a different pitch on any one of their respective drums, they have to operate a tuning pedal with their foot, oftentimes while performing rhythms or rolls simultaneously with their hands.

So to allow the melodic potential of the instruments and the musicality of the artists to come to the foreground, the actual composition had to overcome a number of perceptual and technical limitations with writing that empowers two soloists to perform as one.

My overarching esthetic consideration was to evoke and honor the rich legacy of the Brothers and their ancestors, whose love and passion for music continues on across multiple generations. The musical metaphor for DYNASTY was conceived and developed on several levels: the personal, the ancestral, the political and, in the case of the only two timpanist brothers currently holding simultaneous posts with major American orchestras, as a professional analogy as well. The energy and naïve optimism of a person or organization in its youth, the character evidenced in meeting challenges faced in times of transition, the fulfillment and meaning derived from a long period of accomplishment; these are all notions that influenced and inspired me as I undertook the composition of this work.

The first movement, Impetuous, begins with a brief introduction that sets up a harmonic counterpoint that will appear in various iterations throughout the entire concerto. The ensuing rhythmic passages feature a dynamic exchange of bold melodic gestures, moving back and forth between the soloists’ ten

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program drums and the orchestral ensemble. An emphatic pronouncement in 6/2 time is several times interjected, increasingly adorned with orchestral variations until the movement concludes with a final tutti statement.

The second movement, entitled Naïveté, is cast entirely in a lilting 5/2 time.

While the timpani begin with an arpeggiated accompanimental figure, it is not long before they pick up the main theme from the alto flute and English horn. The dual harps also play an important role alongside the two timpani soloists in creating a flowing forward motion that supports the main theme’s long melodic line as it presents itself in a variety of orchestral colors.

A brief Interlude for unaccompanied timpani comprises the third movement.

Hearing the sound of the drums themselves, sans orchestral color, allows the listener to appreciate some of the more subtle nuances of the timpanic craft.

These include devices such as one performer playing two separate musical lines simultaneously, as well as melodic rolls in the middle register of the instrument. Often times a player will seek to change pitches on a drum with no audible transition. Several times in this passage however, the changing of a drum’s pitch (a pedal glissando) is purposefully made audible and actually featured as an expressive melodic technique.

The fourth movement, entitled Ancestors Within, begins and ends with an offering from the solo French horn. The timpani and orchestral writing weaves a nostalgic remembrance of the life and times of those who have come and gone before us. The middle section once again calls upon the dual harps to accompany the timpani soloists, now in a playful 7/4 time. The music rises to a brief understated climax, then subsides to a final gentle statement honoring those whose essence we carry, literally and metaphorically, inside us.

The fifth and final movement, Destiny, unfolds with numerous passages for melodic timpani, often cast into rhythmically complex structures. The initial theme is voiced across the two sets of five timpani, building in intensity until the strings offer a contrasting melodic opportunity. The timpani are quick to add this new influence into their own thematic arsenal, soon propelling the rest of the orchestra to engage in a variety of cross-rhythms.

The interchanges continue, leading up to two solo timpani cadenza passages.

Following the brief improvised cadenze, the orchestra and soloists work together to forge a new synthesis, coalescing their combined forces into an energetic finale with an emphatic conclusion.

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Symphonic Dances, Opus 45 (1940) Sergei Rachmaninov was born in Semyonovo, Russia, on April 1, 1873, and died in Beverly Hills, California, on March 28, 1943. The first performance of the Symphonic Dances took place at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 3, 1941, with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The Symphonic Dances are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, harp, piano, bass drum, chimes, cymbals, snare drum, orchestra bells, tam-tam, tambourine, triangle, xylophone and strings. Approximate performance time is thirty-seven minutes.

First ASO Classical Subscription Performance: December 14, 1964, Robert Mann, Conductor.

Most Recent ASO Classical Subscription Performances: October 30 and 31, and November 1, 2008, Leonard Slatkin, Conductor.

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n June 30, 1938, Russian choreographer Michel Fokine presented the world premiere of Paganini, his ballet adaptation of Sergei Rachmaninov’s work for solo piano and orchestra, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 (1934).

Rachmaninov hoped to attend the London performance, but an injury sustained after a fall made that impossible.

Rachmaninov soon regained his health, and the great composer/pianist resumed a demanding European and American concert tour. Finally, in the spring of 1940, Rachmaninov was able to enjoy a period of rest. He traveled to Orchard Point, an estate near Huntington, Long Island. There, Rachmaninov composed his final work, the Symphonic Dances.

“My last spark” It appears that Rachmaninov first conceived the Symphonic Dances as another potential ballet subject for Fokine. Rachmaninov originally entitled the work “Fantastic Dances,” with the three movements representing “Midday,” “Twilight,” and “Midnight.” (Rachmaninov later discarded these titles and designated the various movements simply by their tempo markings.) Prior to orchestrating the work, Rachmaninov played excerpts of the Dances on the piano for Fokine. However, the choreographer’s death in 1942 prevented any contemplated ballet from becoming a reality.

Rachmaninov initially scored his Symphonic Dances for two pianos, before completing the orchestration in the autumn of 1940. He dedicated the work to conductor Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, who gave the premiere of the Symphonic Dances on January 3, 1941. The initial critical reception was not enthusiastic. However, in time, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances have become widely admired as the composer’s finest orchestral achievement. Rachmaninov himself was rather surprised by his accomplishment, observing: “I don’t know how it happened, it must have been my last spark.”

Rachmaninov, who died two years after the premiere of his Symphonic Dances, never composed another work. While it is not clear that Rachmaninov intended the Symphonic Dances to be his final composition, the piece does have a decidedly valedictory character.

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program The Symphonic Dances feature quotations of earlier Rachmaninov compositions, as well as the Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath”) chant — a recurring leitmotif in the Russian pianist/ composer’s music. Further, the masterful orchestration, captivating melodies and brilliant juxtaposition of dramatic and lyric elements are all trademarks of Rachmaninov’s art.

Musical Analysis I. Non allegro — Over furtive string accompaniment, various winds quietly introduce the opening movement’s principal motif, based upon a “short—short—long” rhythmic figure.

Soon, the motif is presented in a far more aggressive fashion. An expansive, lyrical interlude (Lento) features a solo alto saxophone, the only time that Rachmaninov included this instrument in his music (Here, the composer sought the advice of his friend, Broadway orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett). The strings soon repeat the beautiful saxophone melody.

A mysterious transitional passage leads to a reprise of the movement’s opening section. The coda features hints of the “short—short—long” motif. There is also a quotation by the strings of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony, a work that received a disastrous premiere in 1897. The First Symphony was neither published, nor again performed during the composer’s lifetime.

II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) — Ominous brass fanfares and swirling wind figures serve as a preamble to an extended, melancholy (and brilliantly scored) waltz. An agitated coda serves to conclude this central movement.

III. Lento assai; Allegro vivace — The finale opens with a brief slow introduction (Lento assai), featuring a sforzando chord, followed by a string fanfare and a descending woodwind passage. The orchestra launches into the finale’s principal Allegro vivace section, a fantasia on the Dies Irae, in which the foreboding plainchant is presented in various instrumental and rhythmic guises. As in the opening movement, the finale offers a lengthy contrasting central episode in slow tempo (Lento assai. Come prima). Fanfares by the winds and strings herald the return of the Allegro vivace. Soon, however, the Dies Irae is confronted by another, syncopated melody. It is an orchestral setting of a portion of the chorus “Blessed Art Thou, O Lord” from Rachmaninov’s Vespers, Opus 37 (1915). After the Vespers quotation, the Symphonic Dances hurtles to its resolute close, with five emphatic sforzando-forte chords.

Paul Yancich and Mark Yancich, Timpanists

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t is unusual to have two professional musicians in the same family, let alone two who play the same instrument and hold concurrent timpani posts with major American orchestras. Yet this is the case with Paul and Mark Yancich who are now the longestsitting principal timpanists in the world with their respective orchestras in Cleveland and Atlanta.

Mark and Paul took similar paths to become leading timpanists of their generation. Paul lead the way into percussion at the age of 9 while Mark switched to percussion at 14 after studying French Horn in grade school. Both brothers were fortunate to study with the greatest players and teachers of the late 20th century. Paul began with William Street (Eastman School of Music professor and Rochester Philharmonic Timpanist) later working with William Cahn (Rochester Philharmonic) while Mark started with Mr. Cahn before his own college preparation with Ruth Cahn (Rochester Philharmonic). Each studied timpani and percussion during their years Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Cleveland Orchestra Principals Cloyd Duff and Richard Weiner. At the same time, they spent summers studying with Saul Goodman (Julliard professor and former timpanist of the New York Philharmonic).

This isn’t where the similarities end. Each brother played three seasons with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Paul followed that by serving as timpanist with the Atlanta Symphony for six years before joining the Cleveland Orchestra in 1981. In the meantime, Mark was timpanist and principal percussion of orchestras in Maracaibo and Caracas, Venezuela, where he also taught for the burgeoning Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestras. Robert Shaw then hired Mark as timpanist in Atlanta.

Paul Yancich

The brothers Yancich are not the first in their family to pursue and attain some measure of success in a musical career. The family musical history stretches back for four generations. Their great-grandfather, Bohumir Kryl, was the foremost cornet soloist of his time playing with John Philip Sousa. Grandfather, Dr. Paul White, was a violinist, composer and conductor of the Rochester Mark Yancich Philharmonic for thirty years. Both parents were professional French Horn players — father Milan playing in the orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus and Rochester where he was also a distinguished member of the Eastman School of Music faculty — mother Paulina performing with the Columbus and North Carolina Symphonies.

Parallel careers mean interesting overlapping experiences. They are the most recorded timpanists in history with well over 300 recordings between the two. They have operated instrument and publishing companies, produced performance CDs and educational DVDs, been featured clinicians at Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, as well as held teaching positions at Georgia State University, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Emory University and the Aspen Music Festival. They have acted as mentors for current and future professional timpanists through their seminars and clinics in the U.S. and around the world.

The Yancich brothers have performed in recital together playing Bartok’s Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, and individually performed Oliverio’s Timpani Concerto #1 (The Olympian) with their respective orchestras. They have also appeared separately as soloists in the Phillip Glass Fantasy Timpani Concerto with various other orchestras. This week’s concerts are a fitting celebration of these two professional careers with the debut of the new DYNASTY: Double Timpani Concerto by James Oliverio that will be followed by a subsequent performance with the Cleveland Orchestra in September.

Mark and Paul would like to particularly acknowledge their parents for their support, their teachers for their guidance, their orchestral colleagues for the opportunity to be part of great musical ensembles, and their family and friends for their love and encouragement. A special thanks goes to their long-time friend James Oliverio for his inspiration, creativity and significant artistic contribution to the timpani repertoire.

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Membership The ASO is flourishing thanks to the generous support of our members. With ticket sales covering only half of our operating expenses, Membership contributions help bridge the gap and enable the talented members of our Orchestra to reach even greater heights of artistic excellence.

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support principal members $500+ (continued) Dr. & Mrs. F. Thomas Daly, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joaquin R. Davila* Christine & Trey Davis Steven & Jean Marie Doctor Mr. & Mrs. Anjan Dutta-Gupta Ms. Gail H. Evans Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Lee Evatt Dick Evelyn Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Mach Flinn Dr. Marla J. Franks & Reverend Susan Zoller Nola Frink Joseph W. & Beth M. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Carl Gilchrist Dr. & Mrs. Howard C. Glover Dr. & Mrs. Carl Grafton John E. Graham Mr. Charles E. Griffin Mr. Sam Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Groshans Mr. Bradley Hale Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Hantula Mr. & Mrs. Pearce D. Hardwick Mr. & Mrs. Willie Harper Mr. & Mrs. William Harriman Frances L. Harrold Mrs. Charlotte T. Harvey Helen & Edward M. Hatch Ms. Susan V. Herrin Richard Henneman & Janet Fath Mrs. Ann J. Herman Mr. Harvey & Dr. Sarah Hill Dr. James H. Hipkens & Mr. Robert Lamy Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Hooker Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Howell Barry Hyman Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Jacobson Mr. Timothy A. Johnson & Mrs. Margaret Wood Mr. Doyle P. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Milton H. Jones, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman Mrs. Carol Kemker

Mr. William J. & Mrs. Betty Lynn Kirwan Dr. & Mrs. John R. Kludt Dr. & Mrs. Ron Koger Miss Florence Kopleff Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Kraft The Honorable & Mrs. John S. Langford, Jr. Ms. Katherine Larder* Ms. Jane B. Lee & Ms. Ivey L. Hubert Dr. & Mrs. Steven J. Levy Jun-Ching Lin Mr. & Mrs. Allen H. Lipis Mr.** & Mrs. Nathan I. Lipson Sheri & Rick Long* Richard H. Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lukasiewicz Mr. Richard Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Manners Dr. M. Jackson Marr Nancy & Bob Mason Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Miss Joey McCraw Bob & Elba McCue Michael S. McGarry, Ph.D. Sylvia Debenport & Shelley McGehee Mr. & Mrs. Norman F. Miller Luine B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Mimms, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Melvin R. Moore Carter & Hampton Morris David & Teresa Murray Lebby Neal Mrs. Amy W. Norman Mrs. Lee G. Offen Dr. & Mrs. Michael O’Neill Mr. Albert Palombo & Mrs. Linda Berggren Mr. & Mrs. Richard Panarese Cynthia & Roy Pearson Mr. Robert Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Simon Pines Barbara & Marty Pollock Mr. Hubert Prescod, LUC Media Mr. Charles Pritchard Ken & Suzy Rabun Ms. Kathryn W. Reid

Ms. Joyce Resnick & Dr. Robert Schumacher Mr. Tom B. Reynolds Ms. Patricia U. Rich Ms. Lee Anne Richardson & Mr. James Diedrick Mr. & Mrs. Maury Riff Colonel & Mrs. Doug J. Riffey Carolyn L. Robison Sidney & Phyllis Rodbell Mark Rowles Cecil B. Day Family Barbara C. Schatten Dr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Schmieta Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schreck Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Schubert Mr. & Mrs. William R. Seden Mr. Rudolf Sedlacek-Parker Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Shapiro Pat & Jim Shoop Mr. Travis C. Simmons Mr. Roger Simon & Ms. Mary Monsees Andrew J. Singletary Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Smythe, Jr. Mr. William F. Snyder & Mr. Louis A. Peneguy Anne-Marie Sparrow Ms. Odessa K. Spraggins Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stiles Mr. & Mrs. Dale Stortz Dr. & Mrs. John P. Straetmans Beth & Edward Sugarman Mr. James G. Tausche & Mrs. Jane Kamenz Jennings Jed Thompson IV Roger & Brenda Torri Ms. Mary F. Trembath Mr. Jermaine Trott Annie York-Trujillo & Raul F. Trujillo Jeremy S. Uchitel Frank Vinicor, M.D. Dr. Mildred Collier Walton Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Westerhoff Mr. & Mrs. Homer W. Whitman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Woodman Mrs. William B. Wylly

associate members $250+ Anonymous (9) Sandy & Davis Abrams Joanna M. & Alfred B. Adams* Dr. & Mrs. Joel M. Adler, D.D.S. Ms. Victoria Afshani Mr. & Mrs. Aaron I. Alembik Dr. R. Wayne Alexander & Mrs. Jane Woods Alexander Kent & Diane Alexander

Greg & Claire Allison Mr. & Mrs. Hans Almering Mr. Mark Andersen & Mr. William Anderson Ms. Alice Anderson Gordon & Virginia Anderson Mr. William W. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Tanika Antonio Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Arthur

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Attridge Mr. Travis Bailey Ms. Joanne Balen Mary & Turner Ball, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Banker Mr. & Mrs. William R. Banks* Mr. & Mrs. James F. Barksdale Mr. Everette L. Bass Mr. Thomas Beaver

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

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Membership (continued) associate members $250+ (continued) Mrs. Alice D. Bell Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Bell Mr. Robert Berger Dr. & Mrs. Jay E. Berkelhamer Mr. Ray Berry Mr. Clay Bethune Mary Reichler & Peter Bing R. Dwain Blackston, M.D. Ms. Sandra R. Blackwood Mrs. William N. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Blanchard Dr. & Mrs. Donald L. Block Suzanne & Rob Boas Mr. Don Bonar Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Bonstein, Jr. Mr. Jason Boulton Mr. Joel M. Bowman & Ms. Pat Michaelson Mr. Curtis Bradford Ms. Kaye Bradford Dr. & Mrs. James N. Brawner III Mr. Edward W. Brink & Ms. Elizabeth R. Zell Charlesey & Gene Brown Mr. & Mrs. John P. Brumbaugh Mr. Charles & Dr. Charlene Budd Mr. & Mrs. William B. Bullock Mr. & Mrs. Rod D. Bunn Mr. & Mrs. John H. Burleigh, Jr. Mr. Walter Burnett Robert Butler Chuck Button Dr. Lina B. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. John R. Campbell Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Capps Mr. Kenneth Carr Mr. & Mrs. Norm M. Carver Dr. & Mrs. William J. Casarella Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Causey Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Chafee Ms. Janet M. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Chester Frank & Mary Chew Peggy & Tony Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Alva C. Cobb* Mr. & Mrs. Tony Cochran Ms. Jane Cofer & Mr. David Roper David H. Cofrin Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohn* Terri & Jim Coil Mr. Ashley Cole Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm H. Cole, Jr. Ms. Cathryn V. Cook Dr. & Mrs. John E. Cooke Dr. & Mrs. Max Cooper Philip & Alice Cordes Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Mr. & Mrs. John L. Cromartie

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Ms. Rosa A. Crooms* Gray & Marge Crouse Mr. & Mrs. Overton Currie Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Czarnecki Mr. & Mrs. Harold T. Daniel, Jr. Ms. Elaine Davis Mr. & Mrs. Alex Day Susan Day & Jonathan Easterling Mark & Julie De Jong Mrs. Winston C. Dees Mr. Matthew Doyal Miriam A. Drake Mr. & Mrs. Scott Dunn Elizabeth Eakes Arnold & Sylvia Eaves Charles & Janice Edwards Mrs. Merrill B. Ellis in memory of Mr. R. Park Ellis Dr. Charlotte P. Ellithorp Mr. Laurence W. Entrekin Marcia & Jacob Epstein Mr. & Mrs. David C. Ewert Ms. Jane E. Fahey Dr. Abbott L. Ferriss Ms. Julie A. Fishman & Dr. Terry Pechacek Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Flower Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Foss Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Franco Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Franklin Drs. Robert & Cheryl Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Freeauf Homer S. French, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matt Friedlander Mr. & Mrs. Norman C. Frost Mr. Max Gallimore Mr. & Mrs. Sebastien Galtier Mr. David G. Gardner* & Ms. Brenda E. Andrews Dr. & Mrs. John C. Garrett Joseph C. & Susan Gavalis Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Gignoux, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Harry L. Gilham, Jr. Michael Gillen Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Robert Golomb Mr. David Goo & Mrs. Susan Doyle A. J. & Carol H. Gordon Mr. Marc D. Gottlieb Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Gould Mr. & Mrs. James N. Grace Mr. & Mrs. John W. Grant III Ms. Thyrsa M. Gravely Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Gray, Jr. Jim & Fran Greenlee Mr. & Mrs. Richard Griffiths Dr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Grubb

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Gussman* John B. Haberlen Mr. & Mrs. Isaac N. Habif Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hagan Penny & Alex Halkos Mr. & Mrs. William R. Hall Mrs. Anne Haltiwanger Ms. Anne Hammond Dr. & Mrs. Ben E. Hampton, Sr. Richard W. Harrell Mrs. Jeanette G. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Harrison Mr. Walter B. Harvey Mr. James W. Hays Pamela P. & John A. Helms Mr. & Mrs. David R. Hendrick Mr. Nicholas M. Hess & Ms. Tracy K. Woodard Arthur Heyman Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hicks Ms. Jane G. Higdon Louise Hoff Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Hoffmann Mr. & Mrs. J. Mac Holladay Mr. Robert A. Holmes Mr. Gurdon Hornor Gerald D. Horowitz Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul Houston Janet Hubler Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hughes Mr. Ronald J. Hughes, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Infanger Pamela P. Ingram Mr. & Mrs. A. MacArthur Irvin Mr. Alexander P. Isakov & Ms. Jennifer A. Goedken Mr. & Mrs. John E. Isbell, Jr. Ms. Lisa Isenogle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas James Dr. & Mrs. Philip Jardina Mr. Bruce H. Johnson & Ms. Andrea Roamine Teddy & Kenneth Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn H. Johnston Ms. Erica Jong William L. & Sally S. Jorden Dr. & Mrs. Rafael L. Jurado Mr. & Mrs. Steven Kahn Mr. Stephen J. Kalista & Ms. Pamela San Martin Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Sidney I. Katz Mr. & Mrs. Howard Kearns, Jr. Ms. Gail M. Kendall Mr. Yury Khudyakov Dr. Fred E. Kiehle III Carol Ann Kilburn Mrs. Donna Jane Kilgore

support associate members $250+ (continued) Virginia Killorin Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kimsey Ms. Carlene T. Kincaid Dr. Naomi M. Kirkman-Bey Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Kirtz Dr. Constantine Kokenes Mr. John Kranjc Edward B. Krugman & Jill A. Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Dennis H. Lacoss Kyle & Kim Landers Ms. Olivia L. Lane Ms. Mary E. Lang Mr. & Mrs. Tom E. Lantz Mr. & Mrs. Theodore J. Lavallee, Sr. Mr. Terri Lawson Marlene J. Lee & Dervent A. Lee Dr. & Mrs. John E. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lennie Dr. & Mrs. Allan N. Levine Mr. & Mrs. William L. Levine Diane & David Levy Ms. Teresa A. Lind Allan & Vaneesa Little Dr. & Mrs. Earl G. Long Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Long Mr. & Mrs. James R. Love Mr. & Mrs. William G. Loventhal Mr. Trevor Lumb Mr. & Mrs. R. Gregg Magruder Ms. Doris J. Maisel Ms. Mary Mallison Gloria & Maurice Maloof Mr. & Mrs. William A. Mamrack Ms. Pat Mannelly Mr. Jeffrey Martin Mrs. June T. Martin Arthur B. Mathews Mr. & Mrs. Whit Matteson Mr. Pierce Matthews Richard B. Matthews Evan Mauk Luis Maza Ms. Lynn McClintock Mr. & Mrs. James A. McCoy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. McCoy Mr. & Mrs. William J. McCranie III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McCullough Sally & Allen McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. McGinnis Mr. & Mrs. Ken McGraw Sarah & David McKenney Mr. Jack McKinley Mr. & Mrs. Philip McKinney Norma & Doug McNeill Mr. William F. McNeill Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Medlin, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Metz

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miles Ms. Nicole M. Miller Mrs. Cantey Mills Mr. & Mrs. Edward Mitchell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John H. Mobley II Mr. Sean Molley Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Moore Dr. Patricia Moulton Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Mulick Mr. & Mrs. Mark I. Murovitz Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Murray Ms. Melanie Nelkin Mr. & Mrs. Frank Nicholson Carl & Heidi Nitchie Mr. Edward D. Nix Mr. Charles O’Brien III Mrs. Cornelius W. Owens Dr. & Mrs. Roger Pajari Carol & Bob Paller Adelisa Panlilio & Andrew Eilers Mr. & Mrs. Charles Paparelli Paradigm Capital Management Dr. Manning M. Pattillo, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Peaden Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Pearson Mr. Steve M. Peck Mr. Howard Pennington George & Susan Phillips Mr. Carlton Placeway Mr. Michael G. Podkulski Gene & Mary Kay Poland* Mr. Gerald Polk & Ms. Rhonda Fox Anne & Miriam Pollock Mrs. Catherine T. Porter Mr. & Mrs. Val J. Porter Stanley & Virginia Powell Mr. Christopher Prangley Mr. Gregory E. Preddy Ms. Ruth Primm & Mr. James W. Penland Mr. & Mrs. Laird D. Prussner Mr. & Mrs. David Pulver Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Purdon* Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Raber Mr. Stephen R. Ratterree Mrs. Milton Rauzin Ms. Annette G. Reed Ms. Joyce Reedy Dr. Susan Reef Lauren & Klaus Rees Mr. Roy Reese Mrs. Mary C. Reisweber Ms. Jane M. Remy Ms. Lillie M. Robbins Don C. Robinson Rev. & Mrs. Alexander W. Roddy Karen Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Michael Roman

Laurence & Abby Rosenthal Sandy Salzinger Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Samuelson Dr. & Mrs. David Satcher Mr. & Mrs. Milton Saul Barbara Saunders Mr. & Mrs. James S. Schiwal Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Schmidt Drs. Lawrence & Rachel Schonberger Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Schorr Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Schultz Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Schwartz June & John Scott Roger & Mary Earle Scovil Charles T. Sharbaugh Mr. Ed Sherling Ms. Mary Sherman* Margaret M. Sherrod* Mr. & Mrs. James Sherwood IV Ms. Brenda Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Bill Shults Mr. Robert N. Sidewater Mr. & Mrs. William E. Simerly Rex & Joy Simms Mr. & Mrs. Richard Simons III Dr. Richard Simpson* Mr. & Mrs. David L. Sjoquist Bill & Susan Small Ms. Laura M. Smith Marjorie M. Smith, M.D. The Snells Donald E. Snyder Mr. & Mrs. John E. Sowers Mr. & Mrs. Scott Spangenberg Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Ms. Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Gail & Barry Spurlock Jimmy & Frances St. John Mr. & Mrs. Art Staden Marilyn & Mickey Steinberg Mr. & Mrs. Scott G. Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Jeb Stewart Joan & Cole Stratton* Mr. & Mrs. A. Pinckney Straughn Ms. Andrea Strickland & Mr. N. J. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Strom Mr. James Sustman & Dr. Janet St. Clair Michael & Francoise Szikman Mrs. Marianne E. Tanner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Tate, Jr. Mr. Eric Taylor Ms. Leslie M. Taylor & Mr. David Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Neil Taylor, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Teepen

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

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Membership (continued) associate members $250+ (continued) Mr. Christopher Terilli Mr. John Teuscher Dr. & Mrs. Richard Thio Dede & Bob Thompson Ms. Allyson A. Till & Mr. Earl Robles Willard & Wanda Timm C. Barry & Louisa Titus Alfred & Sarah Tollison Denise & Jim Traicoff Mr. Joseph A. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Chase Underwood Mr. & Mrs. Charles VanOver Mr. Robert S. Vansant Mr. & Mrs. Alphonso J. Varner Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Vason Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Fritz & Norma Von Ammon

Mr. Hugh Waddy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Walkington, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Wallingford Richard & Adele Ward Carolyn & Dick Wasser Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Watke Mrs. Ruthie Watts Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Webber Ardath Weck Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Wernert Ms. Susan B. Whitlock & Mr. Earl Lewis Linda Wiant & C.P.A.C. Reynolds Mr. Jerry Wiese Ms. Anne E. Williams* Nesie & Ralph W. Williams, Jr. Mr. Randolph Williams

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Williams III Dr. & Mrs. W. Talbert Williams Elliott & Susan Winton Mr. & Mrs. Michael K. Wolensky Raymond Woller & Doris Kadish Edward M. Wolpert & Beth Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Fred H. Woodruff Dr. & Mrs. William G. Woods Mr. & Mrs. Norman E. Zoller Ms. Ula Zusman

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

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support Corporate Support $100,000+

Classical Title Sponsor Classic Chastain Title Sponsor Family and SuperPOPS Presenting Sponsor

Holiday Title Sponsor Muhtar Kent Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer

jerome j. byers, II Atlanta Regional President

$50,000+ AT&T The Real Yellow Pages GE Energy InterContinental Hotels Group UPS

Atlanta School of Composers Presenting Sponsor

Supporter of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Philip I. Kent Chief Executive Officer

Jerry Karr Senior Managing Director GE Asset Management

$35,000+ Georgia Natural Gas Porsche Cars North America Publix Super Markets & Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

$10,000+

$20,000+ Nalley Cars Ryder System, Inc. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP SunTrust Foundation

AlixPartners, LLP Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta The Boston Consulting Group

Foundation and Government Support $250,000+ The Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$100,000+ The Halle Foundation Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc

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

$25,000+ Anne & Gordon Getty Foundation John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc. Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. MetLife Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation- Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund

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

$10,000+

Special Gifts

The Aaron Copland Fund The ASCAP Foundation For Music, Inc. Irving Caesar Fund The Arnold Foundation, Inc. The Blonder Family Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. $5,000+ Reiman Charitable The Fraser-Parker Foundation Foundation Robert S. Elster Foundation William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund JBS Foundation William McDaniel The Sartain Lanier Charitable Foundation Family Foundation

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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Henry Sopkin Circle Recognizing planned gifts that benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Aderhold William & Marion Atkins Dr. & Mrs. William Bauer Neil H. Berman Fred & Bettye Betts Mr. & Mrs.* Karl A. Bevins Mr.* & Mrs. Sol Blaine Frances Cheney Boggs* W. Moses Bond Robert* & Sidney Boozer Elinor A. Breman William Breman* James C. Buggs, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Hugh W. Burke Wilber W. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Cynthia & Donald Carson Margie & Pierce Cline Dr. & Mrs. Grady Clinkscales, Jr. Miriam & John A. Conant* Dr. John W. Cooledge Mr. & Mrs. William R. Cummickel* John R. Donnell Dixon W. Driggs* Catherine Warren Dukehart Ms. Diane Durgin Kenneth P. Dutter Arnold & Sylvia Eaves

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

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

Edward G. Scruggs* Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions W. Griggs Shaefer, Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shaw* Charles H. Siegel* Mr. & Mrs. H. Hamilton Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Margo Sommers* Elliott Sopkin Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Daniel D. Stanley* Peter James Stelling C. Mack* & Mary Rose Taylor Jed Thompson Margaret* & Randolph Thrower Kenneth & Kathleen Tice Steven R. Tunnell Mary E. Van Valkenburgh Mrs. Anise C. Wallace* Mr. & Mrs. John B. White, Jr. Adair and Dick White Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Sue & Neil Williams Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Elin M. Winn* George & Camille Wright Mr.* & Mrs. Charles R. Yates Anonymous (12)

*Deceased

Education & Community Engagement Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Talent Development Program, Talent Development Program Endowment, Concerts for Young People, Family Concerts, Conversations of Note

$250,000+

Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

GE Energy Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation

$25,000+

The Coca-Cola Company Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr. MetLife Foundation Monica & John Pearson Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Publix Super Markets & Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Jay & Arthur Richardson

SunTrust Bank Trusteed Foundation - Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund SunTrust Foundation

Links Inc., Azalea City Chapter Victoria & Howard Palefsky Ms. Margaret H. Petersen Ms. Joni Winston Elise T. Phillips $2,500+ Alison Rand Elinor Rosenberg Breman** Mr. & Mrs. Johnathan Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Ginden H. Short InterContinental Suzanne & Willard* Shull $10,000+ Hotels Group The Society, Inc., Edith H. & James E. Bostic, Greater Atlanta Chapter Jr. Family Foundation $1,000+ Isaiah & Hellena Huntley Cree & Frazer Durrett Anonymous Tidwell Livingston Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Aaron Annie-York Trujillo Primerica Sharon, Lindsay & Raul F. Trujillo Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees & Gordon Fisher Mr. Mack Wilbourn Drs. John O. & Gloria S. Gaston Dr. Blenda Wilson $5,000+ Aaron & Joyce Johnson & Dr. Louis Fair Dr. Margo A. Brinton Ms. Malinda C. Logan & Mr. Eldon Park Mr. & Mrs. Howatt E. Cynthia & Donald Carson Mallinson Mrs. Mary C. Gramling Dr. Joanne R. Nurss *Deceased

** Scholarships for Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra tuition are made possible through the Elinor Rosenberg Breman Fellowship.

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support Atlanta Symphony Associates The volunteer organization of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

2010-2011 board Belinda Massafra President Suzy Wasserman, Leslie Petter & Camille Yow Advisors Leslie Petter Parliamentarian Elba McCue Secretary Janis Eckert Treasurer

Ellie Kohler Historian Alison Mimms VP Adminstration Corrie Johnson Nominating Chair Sylvia Davidson ASA Spring Luncheon Sheila Richards & Juanita Jones ASA Night at the Symphony Co-Chairs

Liz Troy ASA Night at VWA (Verizon) Camille Kesler Newsletter Editor Pat King Directory Editor Suzy Smith VP Public Relations Faye Popper VP Youth Education Glee Lamb VP Membership

Nancy Levitt Ambassador’s Desk Judy Schmidt VP Annual Fund Dr. Mary Francis Early VP Outreach Ann Levin & Gail Spurlock Ensemble Co-Chairs Ruth & Paul Marston Decorators’ Show House & Gardens Co-Chairs

Nancy Cox Intermezzo Chair Brooke Merrill Bravo Chair Elba McCue Concerto Chair Joan Abernathy Encore Chair

Events 2011 decorators’ show house & gardens media sponsor Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

Gold sponsors Benvil Photography Jewelry Artisans Soiree Catering & Events

Flora by John Grady Silver sponsors Burns American Renaissance InterContinental Development University Corporation Barefoot Wines Wilmington Trust & Bubbly Benjamin Moore & Co.

Bronze sponsors Buckhead Coach Callahan Landscape Services Steinway Piano Galleries World of Rugs Presents: The Foundry Home Furnishings

2011 atlanta symphony gala corporate Sponsors Phoenix AirTran Airways Platinum The Coca-Cola Company Invesco

auction sponsors

Brown & Co. Jewelers IHG Sea Island Resorts

gold Global Payments Verizon Wireless

special contributors

Adele & Jim Abrahamson Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. & Mrs. Paul Blackney Marcia & John Donnell Lucy & Gary Lee Patty & Doug Reid Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wardell Mrs. Judy Zaban

2010 airtran classic golf tournament Global Payments Inc. The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte & Touche Mr. & Dr. Kenneth H. Reception Meltzer Sponsor Alston & Bird LLP Crowne Plaza Ernst & Young LLP InterContinental Team Sponsors Hotels Group Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. SunTrust Robinson Feinsand Humphrey Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kastin Presenting Sponsor AirTran Airways

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Two-Person Corporate Teams MillerCoors Argus Benefits Jones Lang LaSalle DSSI UBS Right Way Services

Hole Sponsors Global Payments Inc. Capgemini Financial Services Royal Cup Coffee Provista Russell Reynolds Associates

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.4 million last year. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ The Coca-Cola Company ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees The Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Equifax Inc. & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust

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Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Greene-Sawtell Foundation Wells Fargo ★★★★★★★ $100,000+ AirTran Airways Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund ★★★★★★ $75,000+ Holder Construction Company The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Lisa & Joe Bankoff Cisco Coca-Cola Enterprises Doosan Infracore International Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion GMT Capital Corporation Beth & Tommy Holder ING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Newell Rubbermaid Primerica Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. ★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property BDO USA, LLP Laura & Stan Blackburn Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. Chartis Cousins Properties Incorporated Crawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc. Eisner Family Foundation First Data Corporation Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. IBM Corporation

Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Risk Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Katherine John Murphy Foundation Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company Richard D. Shirk Southwire Company Spectrum Brands Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Waste Management Charitable Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

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Madama Butterfly is the crowning work of the 2010-2011 season, which has celebrated the 10th anniversary of Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles. Mr. Spano is on hand to lead the Chorus and a superb vocal cast in what promises to be a grand farewell to the season, Thursday and Saturday, June 9 and 11, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 12 at 3 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall.

have been embraced once more. Puccini’s demands for realistic acting will be staged, and with a live kid!” he exults.

For Mr. Alexander, however, creating a Butterfly that will soar visually as well as dramatically presents the unique challenge “of staging this truly verismo opera without the luxury of expensive sets, props and costumes.” In addition, he says that “Butterfly challenges further as characters mention actual things — references to whisky, seats, swords, fans, umbrellas and a small boy abound!”

In a career marked by imaginative stagings of more than 20 operas and musicals, including a number of collaborations with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony, Mr. Alexander beams when talking about his relationship with Robert Spano, saying: “Maestro Spano exhibits a complete faith in my work. Each of our projects together has offered its own considerable challenges and pleasures, and our partnership has been most rewarding from day one at the ASO.”

Mr. Alexander has dedicated Madama Butterfly to the memory of his father.

“Both my parents loved opera. In fact I dedicated the ASO La bohème to them both shortly after my mother passed in 2007. Dad died this spring, and Puccini was his favourite composer, so it felt right to dedicate this staging to him.”

Day one was in the summer of 2007, when Mr. Alexander memorably brought an evening of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway repertoire, hosted by Jamie Bernstein, the composer’s daughter.

Rather than avoid such issues and play it safe, Mr. Alexander has found the Orchestra and management to once again be a willing partner in his vision of any airy Butterfly. “I am proud to say that on this, my fifth collaboration with this remarkable conductor and orchestra, and their keen and creative management and staff, my ideas 42 EncoreAtlanta.COM

“The challenge here was linking and coordinating disparate pieces with Jamie as narrator,” he explains. “We engaged a crossover cast of opera and Broadway singers, but had no budget for sets, costumes or props. The cast displayed enormous trust in me — the soprano even climbing a stepladder representing the balcony in West Side Story!”

Months later Robert Spano reached out and asked Mr. Alexander to collaborate in a Theater of Concert staging of Puccini’s La bohème.

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“La bohème could have been daunting,” he recalls. “The challenge was that it had to be visually logical and accessible for an audience, but recorded live for a Telarc CD! I personally came onstage with a microphone and introduced the audience to each act — part compère, part warmup — joking with the audience that we certainly wanted to record their presence, but that the role of the coughing lady had been filled!”

The director’s next Theater of a Concert with the Orchestra was worlds away from the streets of Paris: the 2008 staging of Dr. Atomic, American composer John Adams’s modern classic on the making of the atom bomb and the moral cost it exacted on the physicist Robert J. Oppenheimer, the A-bomb’s chief architect.

“What an amazing opera,” Mr. Alexander says. “The challenge here was to stage this new and oratorio-like opera in a meaningful way without the multimillion dollar sets that the opera houses had been lavishing on it. I asked the soloists, arranged on various platforms, to play out as if they were acting to a camera and relate through us, the audience.

“Not only did the presence and standard of playing of the ASO take this work to new heights, but I specifically lit them in the production to enhance the atmosphere of the presentation, and the ASO Chorus was pivotal to the success of Dr. Atomic,” he adds. “With scores in hand, they signalled and semaphored another layer of meaning. It’s a controversial work, and Robert [Spano] and I are both proud that it discomfited some concertgoers — as well it should.”

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“ Simply breathe in the Puccini and live the emotion!”

– James Alexander Orchestral managements actively seek Mr Alexander’s expertise when staging operatic works as it is widely recognized that he never treats symphony orchestras like jukeboxes. Director of Artistic Planning Evans Mirageas coined the phrase, “James speaks Symphony”.

Mr. Alexander’s next role with the Orchestra came as part of a premiere weekend in October 2009. Yo-Yo Ma gave the world premiere of a cello concerto written by Angel Lam, and Mr. Alexander’s aesthetic graced the Orchestra premiere of The Nightingale, Stravinsky’s glittering opera story of an Emperor and a Nightingale in a fairy-tale Chinese setting.

The work, which the Orchestra repeated the following month at Carnegie Hall, called for Mr. Alexander’s deft touch and he delivered. “My approach was of a naive children’s comic book, again with cast appearing on various platforms or in the auditorium, surrounded by cut out pictures of Chinoiserie and a huge golden train for the Emperor” he explains. “The Chorus had yet more ‘funky’ business, including heaps of confetti to throw. I felt we had captured the essence of the satire.

Yo-Yo Ma certainly liked it!”

Mr. Alexander thinks audiences will like Madama Butterfly as well. His advice?

“Simply breathe in the Puccini and live the emotion!”

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Mr. McFarland has been part of the Orchestra since 1964, having held the positions of Principal Oboe and, since 1968, Solo English Horn. He previously played with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Florida Symphony Orchestra in Orlando.

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Mr. McFarland has produced four English Horn recordings during his tenure here: “Patrick McFarland and Friends,” with Orchestra Principals Elisabeth Remy Johnson, Harp, Christina Smith, Flute, and Elizabeth Koch, Oboe; two albums of works in various settings for strings, other woodwinds and piano — “Diversions for English Horn,” and “Gems for English Horn,” which features the Ferlendis/Kraus Concerto for English Horn; and “Music for Double Reeds,” trios and solos for oboe and English horn.

Mr. McFarland performed on the Orchestra’s many Telarc recordings, notably Copland’s Music for the Theater, Shostakovich’s 8th Symphony, Rossini’s William Tell Overture and the Sibelius Swan of Tuonela. All are available at either his McFarland Double Reed Shop, which imports oboes and English horns, caters to every major U.S. orchestra and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, or the Symphony Store located across the lobby.

Exceptional performance and leadership have marked Mr. McFarland’s five-decade career at the Orchestra, and for this we extend our deepest thanks and appreciation.

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June 10 – 26, 2011 Atlanta Lyric Theatre is thrilled to announce Felicia Boswell starring as Mimi in our upcoming production of Rent. A Lyric veteran, Felicia is currently starring in the lead role of Broadway’s 2010 best musical Memphis! Following Rent, Felicia will star in the first national tour of Memphis!

Rent is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini’s opera “La Bohème.” The musical follows a year in the lives of seven friends living in the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s Alphabet City located in the East Village. As the impoverished artists deal with their daily struggles, tragedy hits, and the love they share embodies their lives. The music, characters and story of Rent celebrate love, diversity and the power of friendship, as shown through the musical’s signature song, “Seasons of Love.” This blockbuster show will truly inspire and move any audience.

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2 GIVING VOICE Soprano Joslyn Henderson, a student from Spelman College, performed at a preconcert recital at the Rich Auditorium.

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