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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
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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
Assistant Principal Emeritus
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
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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*
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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
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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
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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
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Delta Classical Series Concerts Thursday and Saturday, June 9 and 11, 2011, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 12, 2011, at 3 p.m.
Robert Spano, Conductor James Alexander, Stage Director Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San): Shu-Ying Li, soprano Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton: Russell Thomas, tenor Suzuki, Butterfly’s servant: Mika Shigematsu, mezzo-soprano Sharpless, U.S. Consul in Nagasaki: Dwayne Croft, baritone Goro, a marriage broker: Steven Cole, tenor Prince Yamadori/Imperial Commissioner: Kelvin Chan, baritone Bonze: Morris Robinson, bass Official Registrar: Michael Arens, baritone Kate Pinkerton: Viveka Chandrasekaran, soprano The Child, “Sorrow” (or, “Trouble”): Judah Kavi Giedd Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Madama Butterfly (1904)
Act I: Hill near Nagasaki. Japanese house, terrace, and garden.
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Act II: Interior of Butterfly’s house. Act III: Same, at dawn
English surtitles by Ken Meltzer This concert is performed in memory of Margaret Munroe Thrower with our heartfelt gratitude for her many contributions to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. “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. Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 19
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program Notes on the Program By Ken Meltzer Madama Butterfly (1904) Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy, on December 22, 1858, and died in Brussels, Belgium, on November 29, 1924. The first performance of Madama Butterfly took place at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy, on February 17, 1904, with Cleofonte Campanini, conducting. Madama Butterfly is scored for two soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenor, and four baritone soloists, chorus, piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, orchestra bells, triangle, suspended cymbal, crash cymbal, Japanese bells, bass drum, snare drum, chimes, bird whistle, triangle, Japanese tuned gongs, tam-tam (backstage), canon and strings. Approximate performance time (including intermission) is two hours, fifty minutes. These are the first ASO Classical Subscription Performances.
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iacomo Puccini’s beloved opera, Madama Butterfly, is based upon a 1900 drama by the American author, David Belasco. The source for Belasco’s play was a short story by the American writer John Luther Long. That story, first published in Century Magazine in 1898, related the tale of a Japanese geisha abandoned by her husband, an American naval officer. Puccini first saw Belasco’s Madame Butterfly in 1900, while in London for rehearsals of his opera, Tosca. Despite Puccini’s limited command of English, the Italian composer was immediately captivated by the tragic story.
After a year of negotiations with Belasco, Puccini secured the rights to bring Madame Butterfly to the operatic stage. Puccini then devoted all his energies to Madama Butterfly. He collaborated with authors Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (authors of the texts for the composer’s prior successes, Manon Lescaut, La bohème and Tosca), who fashioned the libretto from Belasco’s play. Puccini took great pains to create an authentic drama and sound world. He consulted with the wife of the Japanese ambassador in Rome, who provided him with Japanese melodies. He also incorporated touches of Americana, most notably, the prominent use of the “Star Spangled Banner.” The gala premiere of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly took place at Milan’s La Scala Opera House on February 17, 1904. By all reasonable expectations, it should have been a grand success. Puccini was at the height of his powers and public acclaim. The cast included several of the world’s finest singers; soprano Rosina Storchio in the title role, tenor Giovanni Zenatello as Pinkerton, and baritone Giuseppe de Luca as Sharpless. On the day of the performance, Puccini sent a note to Storchio:
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February 17, 1904 Dearest Rosina: My good wishes are not necessary. So true, so fine, so moving is your wonderful art that the public must succumb to it! I hope that through you I will gain my victory. Until tonight then — with confidence and much affection. But instead of a triumph, the premiere turned out to be one of greatest opening night fiascoes in opera history, joining the company of such works as Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (1816) and Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata (1853). There were several factors at play. Puccini’s enemies (and he had several) were bound and determined to sabotage the opening night. And they succeeded by hissing, booing and hurling insults at every turn. At the time of the premiere, Storchio was in the midst of a love affair with the legendary Italian maestro, Arturo Toscanini (who led the world premieres of Puccini’s La bohème, La fanciulla del West, and Turandot). At one point during the performance, a breeze caused Storchio’s kimono to billow out. As if on cue, one of Puccini’s enemies immediately shouted from the audience: “She’s pregnant…Toscanini’s baby!” It should be noted that Toscanini, who had reservations about the opera, was not at the performance. After the disastrous premiere, Puccini wrote to a friend: “The press, the public, can say what they want, they can throw stones at me…but they cannot kill my Butterfly, who will rise again, healthier and more alive than before.” Puccini immediately withdrew Madama Butterfly from any further performances, and set about revising the opera. The original La Scala version was performed in two acts. Puccini divided the opera’s original lengthy second act into two, making the work a three-act opera. He also trimmed some music, most notably from the first-act wedding scene. And, Puccini added an aria for Pinkerton in the last act, “Addio, fiorito asil.” The new version of Madama Butterfly triumphed in Brescia on May 28, 1904. Puccini wrote to a friend: “It’s really a dream come true! Seven encores and 32 curtain calls!” Puccini made some further revisions for a 1906 production in Paris. These Brescia and Paris revisions formed the basis for the performing version known and beloved by audiences around the world today. Madama Butterfly remains one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking tales in all of opera — the story of a woman who is willing to sacrifice everything for love. Puccini weaves this tale with a rich vocal and orchestral tapestry, brimming with color and melody. More than a century after its disastrous premiere, Madama Butterfly continues to vindicate the optimism of its creator.
Act I Madama Butterfly takes place in Nagasaki, Japan, in the early 1900s. The curtain rises on a small Japanese-style dwelling on a hill above the city. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, an American naval officer, inspects the dwelling with Goro, the marriage broker. Goro then introduces Pinkerton to Suzuki, Butterfly’s maid, as well as to the cook and manservant.
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program The voice of Sharpless, the American Consul, is heard in the distance. Sharpless has arrived to act as a witness for Pinkerton’s arranged marriage to Cio-Cio-San, a young geisha. Pinkerton explains that both the lease for the house and his marriage contract to Cio-CioSan are for a term of 999 years, both of which can be terminated by him within a month. Sharpless counsels the cynical Pinkerton that perhaps his bride to be will take this marriage much more seriously. Pinkerton ignores Sharpless’s warnings and offers a toast to America, and the day he will marry a “real American bride.” Suddenly, the voices of Cio-Cio-San and her entourage are heard approaching. Butterfly sings of her joy on her wedding day and proclaims herself “the happiest girl in Japan.” The entourage arrives and all kneel before Pinkerton. Sharpless again warns Pinkerton not to enter into this disastrous union, but the Lieutenant is unmoved. Cio-Cio-San shows Pinkerton some of her most prized possessions, including a jar of rouge she throws away when she perceives disapproval on the Lieutenant’s part. CioCio-San then produces her “most sacred possession,” a knife. Goro explains privately to Pinkerton that Cio-Cio-San’s father used it to commit hari-kari. Butterfly then informs Pinkerton that she has forsaken her religion so that she and her new husband may pray to the same God. The wedding is concluded in short order. When her friends offer congratulations to “Madame Butterfly,” Cio-Cio-San corrects them by announcing herself as “Madame B.F. Pinkerton.” The celebration is underway when an angry voice is heard in the distance. It is the Bonze, a Japanese priest and Butterfly’s uncle, who has discovered Cio-Cio-San’s conversion to Christianity. He curses Butterfly before the assembled, who also turn on her. The furious Pinkerton orders everyone to leave at once. As night begins to fall, Pinkerton attempts to comfort his crestfallen bride. In one of Puccini’s most extended and beautiful love duets, Pinkerton is captivated by Butterfly’s innocence and beauty. The two enter the house.
Act II The curtain rises on the same house as in Act I, three years later. Pinkerton has returned to the United States. Suzuki prays to Buddha to rescue Cio-Cio-San. Butterfly replies that the American God would answer their prayers much more quickly if He were aware of their predicament. There is almost no money left. Suzuki remarks that unless Pinkerton returns soon, they will starve. Cio-Cio-San is adamant that Pinkerton will come back, and lashes out at Suzuki when she appears skeptical. Finally, in the aria “Un bel dì,” Butterfly describes in loving detail the happy day when Pinkerton will return to his faithful wife. Suzuki leaves, and Sharpless and Goro enter the garden. When Sharpless refers to Cio-CioSan as “Madame Butterfly,” she politely corrects him with “Madame Pinkerton.” Sharpless informs Cio-Cio-San that he has received a letter from Pinkerton. Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23
Butterfly interrupts and asks Sharpless when robins make their nests in America, as Pinkerton had promised to return during that season. Sharpless, taken aback by Pinkerton’s deception, replies he never studied ornithology. Goro then ushers in Prince Yamadori, a wealthy man in love with Cio-Cio-San. Yamadori’s protestations are in vain; Butterfly insists that under American law, she is still Pinkerton’s bride. The crestfallen Yamadori quickly departs. Sharpless again attempts to read Pinkerton’s letter, but Cio-Cio-San’s excited interjections make it impossible. Finally, Sharpless asks Butterfly what she would do if Pinkerton never returned. Cio-Cio-San replies she would either “go back to entertaining people with my songs…or better…die.” Sharpless counsels Butterfly to marry the wealthy Yamadori. Cio-Cio-San bursts into tears and rushes out of the room. She quickly returns carrying a child, born after Pinkerton’s departure. Cio-Cio-San begs Sharpless to tell Pinkerton the news. When Sharpless asks the child’s name, Butterfly replies it is “Sorrow,” but when Pinkerton returns, it will be “Joy.” Sharpless vows to contact Pinkerton and leaves. Suzuki rushes in, dragging Goro. The marriage broker has been spreading rumors that nobody knows the identity of the child’s father. Butterfly threatens to kill Goro. Suddenly, the sound of the harbor gun is heard in the distance. Butterfly trains her spyglass on the approaching vessel and recognizes Pinkerton’s warship, the “Abraham Lincoln.” Cio-Cio-San directs Suzuki to pick all of the flowers from the trees surrounding the house. When Suzuki returns, she and Butterfly spread the flower petals throughout the house. CioCio-San then bids Suzuki to dress her as she appeared on her wedding day. Butterfly then makes three holes in the shoji, and stands next to her child and Suzuki. The sounds of the harbor and the sailors are heard in the distance, as night falls.
Act III The curtain rises on the same scene that concluded Act II, now at dawn. Cio-Cio-San anxiously awaits Pinkerton’s arrival, while her child and Suzuki are asleep. When Suzuki wakens, she tells Butterfly to try to rest. Cio-Cio-San takes her child into an adjoining room. Pinkerton and Sharpless appear. Suzuki is about to cry out, but Pinkerton and Sharpless urge her to be quiet. Suzuki then notices a woman standing in the garden. It is Kate, Pinkerton’s American wife. Suzuki realizes that all is over for Butterfly, but she cannot bring herself to break the tragic news to Cio-Cio-San. Pinkerton looks at the house and is reminded of Butterfly’s devotion and how wretchedly he has treated her. Overcome with remorse, Pinkerton rushes away. Butterfly enters and sees Kate and Sharpless. She finally realizes that Kate is Pinkerton’s wife. Sharpless urges Butterfly to give her child to Pinkerton and Kate. After congratulating Kate on her happiness, Cio-Cio-San promises to turn the child over to Pinkerton, if he will return in a half hour’s time.
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program Cio-Cio-San bids everyone to leave. She kneels before the statue of Buddha. Cio-Cio-San then removes her father’s knife from the wall, kisses it, and reads the inscription on the blade: “He dies with honor who cannot live with honor.” Just as Cio-Cio-San is about to kill herself, Suzuki pushes the child toward her. Butterfly offers a tearful farewell to her baby. She sets him down on a mat, gives him a doll and American flag, and gently places a blindfold over his eyes. Cio-Cio-San picks up the knife and walks behind the screen. Moments later, she emerges, mortally wounded. She reaches for her child, embraces him, and collapses. The voice of Pinkerton crying out for Butterfly is heard in the distance. Pinkerton and Sharpless rush into the room. Butterfly looks at Pinkerton, gestures toward her child, and dies. Pinkerton kneels beside Cio-Cio-San. Sharpless cradles the child in his arms.
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JAMES ALEXANDER, Stage Director
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adama Butterfly represents James Alexander’s fifth collaboration with the ASO. Previous stagings have included Bernstein on Broadway, Puccini’s La Boheme, John Adams’ Dr. Atomic and Stravinsky’s Nightingale. He returns next season to direct the Theater of a Concert production of John Adams’ A Flowering Tree. Mr. Alexander has had an extensive career in the performing James Alexander arts. Among other professional ventures, he has founded a music theatre company in his native Scotland, managed the Boston Pops on international tours, and directed both plays and musicals in London’s West End. Mr. Alexander has been part of the Decca label A&R team, managed classical conductors and soloists, and produced television programs. He has collaborated on stagings of more than 20 operas and musicals on three continents with many prestigious companies, orchestras, soloists and conductors. In the United States, Mr Alexander has been a longtime collaborator with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony, where he helped create stagings of Salome, Pique Dame and Idomeneo at both Symphony Hall and Tanglewood. He was instrumental in the creation of the 50th anniversary production of Peter Grimes at Tanglewood in1996. In 2009, Opera News hailed Mr Alexander’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington for Cincinnati Opera, as “a perfect combination of tastefulness and humor.” Mr. Alexander would like to dedicate this production of Madama Butterfly to the memory of his father.
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program shu-ying li, Soprano Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)
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oprano Shu-Ying Li was born in Shandong, China, and is the 2008 Emmy winner for Madama Butterfly Live From Lincoln Center at the NYCO. Performances include Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly with New York City Opera and its tour to Japan, Cincinnati Opera Festival, Baltimore Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Columbus, Fresno Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Arizona Opera, Shu-Ying Li Connecticut Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Tampa, Florida Grand Opera and Honk Kong Festival. Other performances include the title role in the world premiere of Bun-Ching Lam’s Wenji in New York’s Lincoln Center Festival and the Hong Kong International Arts Festival; the Princess in Tan Dun’s Tea in Shanghai and Lyon, France; Marguerite in Faust in Santa Barbara; Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore with Connecticut Opera; Musetta and Mimi in La bohème at the Budapest Opera and the Grand Theater in Shanghai; Mimi in La bohème with NYCO and Fresno Opera; Liu in Turandot in Mallorca, Spain, and Opera Lyra Ottawa; title role in Ariadne auf Naxos in Tel Aviv and Opera North; Micaela in Carmen at the Shanghai Concert Hall; and Elisabetta in Don Carlo at Hong Kong Opera. Additionally she has performed the title role in Suor Angelica, The Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro and Violetta in La Traviata.
russell thomas, Tenor Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton
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native of Miami, tenor Russell Thomas is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting vocal and dramatic talents on the international opera and concert scene, most recently as the first-prize winner of the prestigious Viñas Competition in Barcelona (first prize, Audience Favorite and Best Tenor) and at the Competizione dell’Opera in Dresden.
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Mr. Thomas’ current season began with the Duke in Rigoletto with the Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, followed by Tamino in The Magic Flute and Andres in Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera; Faust in La Damnation De Faust in Frankfurt; the title-role in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with the Boston Symphony; and James Levine and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Atlanta Symphony and Robert Spano. Other notable concert appearances include the Mozart Requiem with the Milwaukee Symphony and Edo de Waart; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Dallas Symphony; and the Rossini Stabat Mater with the San Antonio Symphony. Future plans include debuts with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Seattle Opera, all in leading roles. His recent projects included his role debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for his return to the Welsh National Opera. He was then heard in two operas at his home company, Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27
the Metropolitan Opera, first as Foresto and Uldino in a new Pierre Audi/Riccardo Muti production of Verdi’s Attila, then as the Steersman in Der Fliegende Holländer. Later in the season, Mr. Thomas added two more Verdi parts to his repertoire: the tenor solo in his Messa Da Requiem for the Basel Opera and Cassio in Otello with the Cincinnati Opera. Prior to that Mr. Thomas sang Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera, made his debut as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto with the Arizona Opera, and sang the Steersman in Der Fliegende Holländer with Atlanta Opera. He also reprised his role of the Prince for John Adams’ A Flowering Tree with Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Perth International Festival and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
Mika Shigematsu, Mezzo-Soprano Suzuki, Butterfly’s servant
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graduate of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola and Adler Programs, Mika Shigematsu made international headlines when she sang Elvira in the North American premiere of Bellini’s I puritani (the Malibran version) for Boston Lyric Opera in 1993. Born in Osaka, Japan, she won the first prize in that country’s most prestigious international music competition in 1992.
Mika Shigematsu
Past engagements include: Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Boston Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo and Canadian Opera Company; Suzuki in Madama Butterfly for Opéra National de Lyon, Boston Lyric Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Westfield Symphony, Opera Company of North Carolina, Opera Memphis, Central City Opera, Kentucky Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Boheme Opera, Lake George Opera Festival and in a production directed by David Freeman at Royal Albert Hall in London; Angelina in La Cenerentola for Opera Colorado and San Francisco Opera; Madrigal Singer in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut for Opéra National de Paris, Bastille; Agnese in Beatrice di Tenda for VARA Radio Orchestra broadcast from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; Charlotte in Werther for Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Boston Lyric Opera; and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro for Seattle Opera. Ms. Shigematsu has sung Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerd Albrecht, which was recorded for subsequent CD release; A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mendelssohn with Kurt Masur; Sea Pictures by Elgar; several concerts and recitals in Tokyo and Osaka, one of which is to be broadcast nationwide in Japan by NHK; a Gala Concert at the Montreal Opera; concerts with Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra; Duruflé’s Requiem and El Sombrero de Tres Picos by Falla in Tokyo; and solo recitals in Geneva (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Lyon (Opéra National de Lyon), San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka; duo recitals with counter-tenor Brian Asawa in San Francisco and Lyon (with Christophe Rousset on the harpsichord at the Opéra National de Lyon).
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program Dwayne Croft, Baritone Sharpless, U.S. Consul in Nagasaki
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he 1996 winner of the prestigious Richard Tucker Foundation Award, American baritone Dwayne Croft has established himself as a leading artist with prominent opera theaters throughout the world. Since joining the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artist Development Program in 1989, Mr. Croft has become a favorite artist of Met Dwayne Croft audiences. He has appeared in more than 350 performances of 27 roles at the Metropolitan Opera, including performances of the title role in Billy Budd; Pelléas opposite Frederica von Stade in a new production of Pelléas et Mélisande; the title roles in Don Giovanni, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Eugene Onegin; Count Almaviva in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro; Giorgio Germont in La Traviata; his creation of the role of Nick Carraway in the world premiere of John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby; Ernesto in the company premiere of Bellini’s Il Pirata; Ford in Falstaff; Guglielmo in a new production of Cosi fan tutte; de Siriex in a new production of Fedora with Plácido Domingo and Mirella Freni; Valentin in Faust; Sharpless in a new production of Madama Butterfly; Marcello in La Bohème; Chorèbe in Les Troyens; and Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa in Don Carlo. Mr. Croft has participated in seven TV broadcasts for the Met, including productions of Billy Budd, Madama Butterfly and Fedora. On five occasions he has been invited to open the Metropolitan Opera season: in 2005’s opening gala concert; in 2002 as de Siriex in Act II of Fedora opposite Domingo and Freni; in 1999 as Silvio in I Pagliacci, also opposite Domingo; in 1994 as Silvio, opposite Teresa Stratas and Luciano Pavarotti; and in 1991 as Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. Mr. Croft returned to the Metropolitan Opera in the 2010-11 season as Donner under the baton of James Levine in Robert LePage’s new production of Das Rheingold. He continues at the Met as Sonora in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West and Capulet in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. In May he performed Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale under the baton of Placido Domingo at the Washington National Opera. He has recorded for EMI Classics, Sony, Decca Records, and Philips Classics.
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Steven Cole, Tenor Goro, a marriage broker
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nternationally acclaimed American character tenor Steven Cole made his professional debut singing Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin with the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa at Tanglewood. Specializing in character tenor roles, he has a remarkably varied repertoire with more than 70 roles from Monteverdi to Ligeti. Steven Cole Mr. Cole’s recent seasons exemplify his extraordinary versatility: Ariadne auf Naxos at the Liceo in Barcelona, the Witch in Hansel und Gretel with the Boston Symphony, the Four Valets in Les contes d’Hoffmann in Lausanne, Le prince de Boetie in Orphée aux enfers in Granada, Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte in Cagliari, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Austrian operetta festival of Bad Ischl, performances of his “Animals, Big and Small” recital in Hanover, and a concert version of Ligeti’s Le grand macabre with the BBC Orchestra at the Barbican. He recently performed in La fanciulla del West in Seattle, Die Zauberflöte in Rome, Sartorio’s Giulio Cesare at the Innsbruck Baroque Festival in Austria, and Les contes d’Hoffmann with the Marseille Opera. Mr. Cole made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos under James Levine. He has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony and performed Janacek’s From the House of the Dead with Rafael Kubelik conducting the New York Philharmonic. During the course of his career, he has returned many times to the San Francisco Opera (Die Zauberflöte, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and La fanciulla del West). He has performed with the Chicago Lyric and the Canadian, Houston, Washington and Seattle operas. He has performed with the Opéra National de Paris (most recently Billy Budd), the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the Opéra Comique, the opera companies of Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nantes, Nancy, Geneva and Lausanne. He has performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, where he has recorded two productions for the ERATO Label: Die Zauberflöte under William Christie and The Rake’s Progress under Kent Nagano. Mr. Cole’s performance of Orphée aux enfers under the musical direction of Marc Minkow was recorded for EMI. Mr. Cole has a particular interest in contemporary repertoire, having participated in the world premieres of Jean Prodromides La noche triste, Gavin Bryar’s Medea, and the revised version of Györgi Ligeti’s Le grand macabre in a production by Peter Sellars at the Salzburg Festival in 1997 under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen (recorded by Sony Classical). Mr. Cole has also been heard in Berg’s Lulu, Boulevard Solitude by Hans Werner Henze, and in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, the latter recorded under Kent Nagano for Virgin records. He has collaborated with such baroque specialists as Michel Corboz (Orfeo, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, L’incoronazione di Poppea) and René Jacobs (Cesti’s L’argia and, Cavalli’s La Calisto at the Salzburg Festival).
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program Kelvin Chan, Baritone Prince Yamadori/Imperial Commissioner
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ailing from Chino Hills, Calif., Kelvin Chan is an avid performer of the operatic, concert and recital repertoire. With Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, he created the role of Shi-Yin in Red Dust, an opera electronica by Mathew Rosenblum. He was Valmont in Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons, with CCM Opera in 2006. He performed the role of Remendado in Carmen with 2005 Regional Theatre Kelvin Chan Tony Award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis, and reprised that role with the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. He has appeared with Cincinnati Opera, the Minnesota Opera and Nautilus Music-Theater in St. Paul. This season he again appears with CCM Opera as Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème. On the concert stage, Mr. Chan has performed as a soloist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Mozart’s Requiem. For five years, he performed with the all-male chamber vocal ensemble, Cantus, and served as that ensemble’s artistic co-director. With Cantus, he performed concerts and conducted workshops in 46 of the contiguous 48 states. He recorded five albums with that ensemble, and his recording of Charles Villiers Stanford’s Songs of the Sea appears on Cantus’ 2006 album, There Lies the Home. Kelvin is an avid recitalist, with a particular interest in modern and contemporary American art song. St. John’s United Church of Christ in Bellevue, Ky., featured his program with pianist Jennifer Quammen McGuire titled “American Portraits/Echoes of American Dreams” on the 2007 Music on the Avenue Series. A graduate of Carleton College, with a B.A. in geology, Kelvin is pursuing his master of music degree in voice performance at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where he studies voice with William McGraw.
Morris Robinson, Bass Bonze
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orris Robinson is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most interesting and sought after basses performing today. A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Mr. Robinson made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Fidelio. He has since appeared there as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte (both in the original production and in a Morris Robinson new children’s English version), the King in Aida and roles in Nabucco, Tannhäuser and new productions of Les Troyens and Salome. He has also Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 28D
appeared at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis and the Wolf Trap Opera. His many roles include Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Ramfis in Aida, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Timur in Turandot, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly, Padre Guardiano in La Forza del Destino, Ferrando in Il Trovatore, and Fasolt in Das Rheingold. Also a prolific concert singer, Mr. Robinson has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in Chicago and at the Ravinia Festival), National Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Met Chamber Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, New England String Ensemble, and at the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Cincinnati May, Verbier and Aspen festivals. He appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of Jessye Norman’s HONOR! Festival. In recital he has been presented by Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Savannah Music Festival, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Mr. Robinson’s first album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label. His appearances this season include Sarastro at the Metropolitan Opera, Commendatore at the Dallas Opera and Florida Grand Opera, and concerts with the Nashville and Detroit symphony orchestras. An Atlanta native, Mr. Robinson is a graduate of The Citadel and received his musical training from the Boston University Opera Institute.
Michael Arens, Baritone Official Registrar
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ichael Arens has been a part of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus for 20 years, singing in both the chorus and chamber chorus and as part of the Festival Singers and first Carnegie Hall workshop choruses with Robert Shaw. In the mid-1990s, he performed with the Atlanta Opera chorus and performed as the Sergeant in La Boheme and the Page in Amahl and the Night Visitors. Michael Arens Other opera roles, including touring shows with both Atlanta Opera and Capitol City Opera companies include Tom/John in Face on the Barroom Floor; Uberto in The Maid as Mistress; Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood; Enrico & Don Scarpione in Il Campanello; Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief; and El Dancairo in Carmen. After moving to the Cumming area in 1996, he has appeared in and directed numerous theater productions in North Georgia. Professional roles at Black Bear Dinner theater include the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Michael in I Do!, I Do!; Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha; Fagin in Oliver!; Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun; and Smudge in Forever Plaid. His favorites include Walter in Chess, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his most recent role as Harold Hill in The Music Man.
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program Viveka Chandrasekaran, Soprano Kate Pinkerton
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iveka Chandrasekaran recently completed a bachelor of music degree in music theatre at Florida State University. Upon graduating, she was invited to work as a resident actor at the Charleston Stage, where she worked in 2008-09. Her credits include Maria in West Side Story and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. She has sung in numerous concert productions with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, including the highly acclaimed opera Ainadamar, which she performed in London, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Judah Kavi Giedd, Actor The Child, “Sorrow” (or, “Trouble”)
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udah Kavi Giedd, an Atlanta native, is 4 years old and comes from a family of musicians and artists. He is the oldest of three and his interests include singing, reading and playing with his brothers. This marks Judah’s debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Judah Kavi Giedd
atlanta symphony orchestra chamber chorus Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses The Frannie and Bill Graves Chair Jeffrey Baxter, Choral Administrator Todd Skrabanek, Accompanistt
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uring the 2010–11 season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus will be featured in seven concert programs, including Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Janácˇek’s Atlanta Symphony Glagolitic Mass, Britten’s Spring Symphony, Rachmaninov’s Orchestra Chamber Chorus rarely performed Spring Cantata, and the ASO Theater of a Concert presentation of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Acclaimed for the beauty, precision and expressive qualities of its singing, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus has been an important part of the Orchestra’s programming since its founding on Sept. 24, 1970 by Robert Shaw. Composed entirely of volunteers, the 200voice ASO Chorus and 60-voice ASO Chamber Chorus also are featured on many of the ASO’s recordings, which have earned 14 Grammy awards (nine for Best Choral Performance; four for Best Classical Recording and one for Best Opera Recording). Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 28F
The Chamber Chorus, which debuted on Dec. 14, 1967, is composed of volunteers selected by audition from the ranks of the ASO Chorus, who meet for extra rehearsals and perform with the ASO each season. The Chamber Chorus performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters such as Golijov, Tavener, Pärt, Paulus, Poulenc and Britten. Highlights of the ASO Chamber Chorus’s history include a residency with the ASO and Robert Spano for California’s Ojai Festival; participation with the ASO in Telarc recordings of masterworks by Bach, Golijov, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Vivaldi; a 2005 a cappella recording that features the Vaughan Williams Mass under Norman Mackenzie; an appearance on national television in 1987 performing Handel’s Messiah with Robert Shaw; and several Carnegie Hall appearances, which include performances of the B-minor Mass, the Matthew and John Passions of Bach, the Rachmaninoff Vespers and the Mozart/Levin Requiem. The ASO Choruses made their Carnegie Hall debut in 1976, and have returned on a number of occasions, most recently in November 2009 to perform Stravinsky’s The Nightingale with Music Director Robert Spano and the Orchestra. The ASO Chorus performed at the Kennedy Center for President Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural Concert in 1977 and, in 1988, accompanied the Orchestra on its first European tour. The Choruses have appeared with the ASO for several televised concerts, including the 1996 Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games. The Choruses have twice performed at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago: in June 2003, when Mr. Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus opened the festival with John Adams’s El Niño; and in 2006, when Mr. Spano lead the Orchestra and Chorus in Osvaldo Golijov’s opera, Ainadamar. The ASO Chorus has also three times traveled to Germany with conductor Donald Runnicles to be a special guest of the Berlin Philharmonic at their home, the Berlin Philharmonie: in December 2003 with a series of three triumphant performances of Britten’s War Requiem, in May 2008 for a week of three Berlioz Requiem concerts and in December 2009 for a trio of Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem performances. Soprano June Abbott** JoAnn Alexander Suzy Carrington Claudia Corriere Amber Greer Kristen Gwaltney Celia Jacobs Kathy Kelly-George Colleen Kingston Marie Little Arietha Lockhart * Mindy Margolis Patty Nealon Joneen Padgett Olivia Rutkowski Anne-Marie Spalinger Camilla Springfield* Rachel Stewart** Brianne Turgeon Kara Mia Wray Wanda Yang Temko
alto Ana Baida Sally Bates Marcia Chandler Christa Joy Chase Janet Johnson* Holly McCarren Linda Morgan Katherine Murray Dominique PetiteChabukswar Brenda Pruitt* Laura Rappold Andrea Seeney Diana Strommen Sarah Ward
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tenor Jeffrey Baxter* Daniel Bentley Jack Caldwell* Phillip Crumbly Jeffrey Daniel Joseph Few Chad Gough Leif Hansen Nick Jones ‡ Thomas LaBarge Keith Langston Jason Locker Nathan Osborne Christopher Patton Brent Runnels Wesley Stoner * 20+ years of service ** 30+ years of service ‡ Charter member (1970)
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orman Mackenzie’s abilities as musical collaborator, conductor and concert organist have brought him international recognition. As director of choruses for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 2000, and holder of its endowed Frannie and Bill Graves Chair, he was chosen to help carry forward the creative vision of legendary founding conductor Robert Shaw to a new generation of Norman Mackenzie music lovers. At the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he prepares the choruses for all concerts and recordings, conducts holiday concerts annually and works closely with Music Director Robert Spano and commissioned composers in the creation and premiere of new works. His leadership was rewarded in 2003 with Grammy awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the orchestra and chorus recording of A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams, in 2005 with another Best Choral Performance Grammy for the Berlioz Requiem and in 2007 for Best Opera Recording with Golijov’s Ainadamar. Mackenzie also serves as director of music and fine arts for Atlanta’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, and pursues an active recital and guest conducting schedule. Mr. Mackenzie has been hailed by The New York Times as Robert Shaw’s “designated successor.” In his 14-year association with Shaw (1985-99), he was keyboardist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, principal accompanist for the ASO Choruses, and ultimately assistant choral conductor. In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the U.S., and the famed Shaw/Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops. In 1996, Mr. Mackenzie made his New York conducting debut in a concert sponsored by Carnegie Hall, leading the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers in a critically acclaimed performance at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, substituting for Shaw on short notice. In 1999, he was chosen by Shaw to prepare the Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus for Charles Dutoit, and he was choral clinician for the first three annual workshops after Shaw’s passing. In 2011, he will partner with Robert Spano and members of the ASO Chamber Chorus for the workshop’s 20th anniversary, featuring the Berlioz Requiem. A native of suburban Philadelphia, Mr. Mackenzie made his debut as a pianist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 12, and as an organist at age 20. He made his New York recital debut at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He holds degrees from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and Westminster Choir College. He has prepared choruses for performance under Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, John Adams, Roberto Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Bernard Labadie, Nicholas McGegan, John Nelson, Alan Gilbert, Yoel Levi, Robert King, James Conlon and Sir Neville Marriner. A frequent recitalist and clinician for conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association, he also has been featured on National Public Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 28H
Radio’s “Performance Today” and Minnesota Public Radio’s “Pipedreams” broadcasts. Mackenzie’s acclaimed Telarc recording of a cappella sacred music (featuring the Vaughan Williams Mass in G-Minor), represents the ASO Chamber Chorus’ first recording apart from the Orchestra. In November 2009, he returned with the Chamber Chorus, ASO and Robert Spano to Carnegie Hall for a concert performance of Stravinsky’s The Nightingale. Mackenzie also prepared the ASO Chorus for its acclaimed 2003 debut and successive 2008 and 2009 performances in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic (in Britten’s War Requiem, Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem respectively), conducted by ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles.
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support Appassionato
Meghan H. Magruder, Appassionato Chair
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 ambitionous aritistic & education initiatives.
$50,000+
Mrs. Anne Cox Chambers
The Reiman Foundation
$35,000+
Robert Spano
Susan & Thomas Wardell
Mark & Rebekah Wasserman
$25,000+ Lucy R. & Gary Lee, Jr. Terence L. & Jeanne P. Neal* Victoria & Howard Palefsky Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr.
Mr. Thurmond Smithgall Mr. & Mrs. K. Morgan Varner, III Adair & Dick White Ann Marie & John B. White, Jr.* Sue & Neil Williams*
Pinney L. Allen & Charles C. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Janine Brown & Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Mary Helen & Jim Dalton Mr. & Mrs. David Edmiston In memory of Polly Ellis by Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. Gary & Nancy Fayard* Mr. Donald F. Fox $10,000+
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Garcia Charles & Mary Ginden Jim & Pam Henry InterContinental Hotels Group Clay & Jane Jackson Ann A. & Ben F. Johnson III Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Eydie & Steve Koonin Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kurlander Michael & Cindi Lang Donna Lee & Howard C. Ehni Karole & John Lloyd
Meghan & Clarke Magruder Jeff Mango-Verizon Wireless Mr. Kenneth & Dr. Carolyn Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. William T. Plybon Patty & Doug Reid Ms. Lynn Schinazi Gail & Loren Starr Irene & Howard Stein Alison M. & Joseph M. Thompson Ray & John Uttenhove Camille W. Yow
AGCO Corporation, Lucinda B. Smith Anonymous (2) Ron & Susan Antinori Mark & Christine Armour The Balloun Family* Lisa & Joe Bankoff Barnes & Thornburg LLP Kelley O. & Neil H. Berman Mr. David Boatwright The John & Rosemary Brown Family Foundation The Walter & Frances Bunzl Foundation Cynthia & Donald Carson Shannon & Philip Cave Dr. John W. Cooledge Trisha & Doug Craft Cari Katrice Dawson
Eleanor & Charles Edmondson Rosi & Arnoldo Fiedotin Carol & Larry Gellerstedt Mary D. Gellerstedt Nancy D. Gould Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Grathwohl The Graves Foundation Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Joe Guthridge & David Ritter* Tom & Jan Hough Mr. Tad Hutcheson Roya & Bahman Irvani Robert J. Jones* Anne Morgan & Jim Kelley* Philip I. Kent Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Keough Amy & Mark Kistulinec Mr. & Mrs. John M. Law Massey Charitable Trust
Morgens West Foundation Lynn & Galen Oelkers Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson* Bob & Margaret Reiser Stanley & Shannon Romanstein Dennis & JoAnne Sadlowski Bill & Rachel Schultz Joyce & Henry Schwob Mr. John A. Sibley III John Sparrow Mary Rose Taylor Carol & Ramon Tome* The Michael W. Trapp Family Mike & Liz Troy Turner Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Neal & Virginia Williams
Madeline & Howell E. Adams, Jr. Susan & Richard Anderson Stephanie & Arthur Blank Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Marcia & John Donnell Catherine Warren Dukehart $15,000+
*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.
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Patron Partnership
Judy Hellriegel, Chair
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 Orchestra family through their institutional leadership and financial support.
$5,000+ John & Helen Aderhold* Aadu & Kristi Allpere* Anonymous (3) Mrs. Suzanne Dansby Bollman & Mr. Brooks Bollman Breman Foundation Dr. Robert L. & Lucinda W. Bunnen Ann & Jeff Cramer* Triska Drake & G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Fackler Mr. David L. Forbes
Mr. James F. Fraser Betty Sands Fuller Sally & Carl Gable Dick & Ann Goodsell C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation The Jamieson Family Family of Thomas B. Koch James H. Landon George H. Lanier Pat & Nolan Leake Linda & John Matthews Penelope & Raymond McPhee*
Brenda & Charles Moseley Dr. & Mrs. Mark P. Pentecost, Jr. Margaret H. Petersen John & Kyle Rogers Hamilton & Mason Smith Lynne & Steven Steindel* Peter James Stelling Charlie Wade & M.J. Conboy Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund, Inc. Russell Williamson & Shawn Pagliarini Suzanne Bunzl Wilner
Dr. & Mrs. James T. Laney* Mr. & Mrs. William C. Lester* Deborah & William Liss* Dr. & Mrs. James T. Lowman Gino & Belinda Massafra* Walter W. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Rezin Pidgeon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joel F. Reeves
S. A. Robinson Nancy & Henry Shuford Sandy & Paul Smith Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Burton Trimble T & H Yamashita*
Sally & Larry Davis Gregory & Debra Durden Ms. Diane Durgin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Edmonds Ellen & Howard Feinsand John & Michelle Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Garland Peg Gary Dr. Mary G. George & Mr. Kenneth Molinelli Ben & Lynda Greer Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Gross Herbert & Marian Haley Foundation Mr. Lewis H. Hamner III Steven & Caroline Harless Sally W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hellriegel Darlene K. Henson Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Hill, Jr.
In Memory of Carolyn B. Hochman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Hollums Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Howard Richard & Linda Hubert Dr. William M. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. James M. Hund Dorothy Jackson Ms. Cynthia Jeness Mr. W.F. & Dr. Janice Johnston Dr. Maurice J. Jurkiewicz Hazel & Herb Karp Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kauffman Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Kelly Dick & Georgia Kimball* Dr. Fulton D. Lewis III & Mr. Stephen Neal Rhoney Mr. & Mrs. J. David Lifsey
$3,500+ Julie M. Altenbach Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Chorba Ms. Carol F. Comstock & Mr. James L. Davis* Jere & Patsy Drummond Dr. & Mrs. C.R. Harper JoAnn Hall Hunsinger $2,250+ Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Alvelda* Marian & Paul Anderson Anonymous Jack & Helga Beam Ms. Laura J. Bjorkholm & Mr. John C. Reece II Rita & Herschel Bloom Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Jacqueline A. & Joseph E. Brown, Jr. Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Robert Bunker Dr. Aubrey M. Bush & Dr. Carol T. Bush The Buss Family Charitable Fund Ms. Marnite B. Calder Charles Campbell & Ann Grovenstein-Campbell Mrs. Thalia N. Carlos Mr. & Mrs. Beauchamp Carr Lucy & John Cook Robert Cronin & Christina Smith
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support $2,250+ (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Lutz* Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Mabry Ruth & Paul Marston The Devereaux F. & Dorothy McClatchey Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Birgit & David McQueen Mr. & Mrs. Harmon B. Miller III Judy & Gregory Moore Ms. Lilot S. Moorman & Mr. Jeffrey B. Bradley Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Nable Ms. Rebecca Oppenheimer
Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Susan Perdew Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Realan Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. George P. Rodrigue Mrs. William A. Schwartz Elizabeth S. Sharp Angela & Morton Sherzer Dr. Kay R. Shirley Beverly & Milton Shlapak In memory of Willard Shull Helga Hazelrig Siegel Lewis Silverboard
Baker & Debby Smith Amy & Paul Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Raymond F. Stainback, Jr. John & Yee-Wan Stevens Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Mr. William C. Voss Dr. & Mrs. James O. Wells, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Whitcup Ms. Mary Lou Wolff Jan & Beattie Wood Mr. & Mrs. John C. Yates
Representative Pat Gardner & Mr. Jerry Gardner Carol & Henry Grady Paul B., Paul H. & M. Harrison Hackett Carol & Thomas J. Hanner Thomas J. High Mr. Thomas Hooten Mary & Wayne James Aaron & Joyce Johnson Veronique & Baxter Jones Lana M. Jordan Mr. Thomas J. Jung Dr. Rose Mary Kolpatzki Mr. & Mrs. David E. Krischer Thomas C. Lawson Dr. Leslie Leigh Levenson Foundation Barbara & Jim MacGinnitie Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. MacKenzie Kay & John Marshall Mr. & Mrs. James H. Matthews, Jr. Martha & Reynolds McClatchey Captain & Mrs. Charles M. McCleskey John F. & Marilyn M. McMullan Virginia K. McTague Angela & Jimmy Mitchell* Mrs. Gene Morse** Mr. & Mrs. Robert Olive Sanford & Barbara Orkin Dr. & Mrs. Keith D. Osborn
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Palay Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Leslie & Skip Petter Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Pittman III The Reverend Neal P. Ponder, Jr. Provaré Technology Dr. & Mrs. W. Harrison Reeves, Sr. The Gary W. & Ruth M. Rollins Foundation John T. Ruff Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Alida & Stuart Silverman Sydney Simons Alex & Betty Smith Foundation, Inc. Johannah Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Steagall Kay & Alex Summers Elvira Tate Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tipping Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark Lange Robert F. Tuve* Drs. Jonne & Paul Walter Drs. Julius & Nanette Wenger David & Martha West Mr. & Mrs. William White* Hubert H. Whitlow, Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson, Jr. Dorothy & Charlie Yates Family Fund Grace & Herbert Zwerner
$1,750+ Anonymous (2) Mrs. Kay Adams* & Mr. Ralph Paulk Mr. & Mrs. John Allen Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ambo Dr. David & Julie Bakken Betty & Robert Balentine Mr. & Mrs. Ron H. Bell Leon & Linda Borchers Mr.** & Mrs. Eric L. Brooker Dr. & Mrs. Anton J. Bueschen Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. Butner* Mr. & Mrs. Walter K. Canipe In Memory of Dr. Richard A. Carroll, Sr. Susan & Carl Cofer Mr. & Mrs. R. Barksdale Collins* Ralph & Rita Connell Jean & Jerry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Curling Mrs. H. Frances Davis Brant & Kathy Davis* Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. de Kok Drs. Carlos del Rio & Jeannette Guarner Elizabeth & John Donnelly Cree & Frazer Durrett Dr. Francine D. Dykes & Mr. Richard Delay Mary Frances Early Judge & Mrs. Jack Etheridge George T. & Alecia H. Ethridge
*We are grateful to these donors for taking the extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers. **Deceased.
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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.
executive members $1,000+ Anonymous (6) Mr. & Mrs. John Allan Gerson H. Aronovitz Mr. & Mrs. William Atkins Rod & Leslie Aycox Anthony Barbagallo & Kristen Fowks Mrs. Kathleen Barksdale Robert & Teresa Betkowski Shirley Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Merritt S. Bond Ms. Shelia A. Brown Dr. Barbara S. Bruner Mrs. Kyle R. Cade Barbara & Steve Chaddick Cindy & Ethan Charleston Mr. Brian Christjohn Mr. & Mrs. Randall T. Clark Dr. & Mrs. William Clarkson IV Dr. & Mrs. William T. Cook Dr. Xavier A. Duralde & Dr. Mary Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Eichel Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Erwin Mr. & Mrs. Todd Evans Mr. & Mrs. Clayton H. Farnham Tom & Donna Fullilove Peg Simms Gary Michael & Deborah Gerace Mr. & Mrs. John T. Glover Mr. & Mrs. Jere W. Goldsmith IV
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Gregory Mr. & Mrs. George N. Gundersen* Mr. David J. Harris Phil & Lisa Hartley Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hays Betty & Gene Haywood John & Martha Head Ms. Suellen Henderson Greg L. & Mary Grace Heston Kenneth R. Hey Alan & Lucy Hinman Ms. Rachel Hundley Mr. Ray Inglett, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Mr. Mark S. Lange Mr. & Mrs. John L. Latham J. Bancroft Lesesne Mrs. Jay Levine Mr. Carlos E. Lopez Mr. & Ms. Larry E. Mansfield III Dr. & Mrs. William McClatchey Mr. Larry McIntire Mr. Gene & Dr. Rhonda Milner Frank M. Monger Mr. & Mrs. Frank Murray John & Agnes Nelson Kent C. Nelson & Ann Starr Mr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Pharr III
Mr. Christopher D. Rex & Dr. Martha Wilkins Ms. Barbara Rivenbark* Mr. & Mrs. Clyde A. Rodbell Dan & Carolyn Roper Mr. William H. Runge III Ms. Pierrette Scanavino Mr. & Mrs. Alva B. See, Jr. Mr. Jerry L. Siegel & Dr. AnnRita L. Hader Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spina, Jr. Michael D. Stargel, M.D. Linda Martinson & Andrew C. Stratton Mr. & Mrs. George Sutherlin Carolyn & Rhett Tanner Mr. Charles Vorndran & Mr. Wade Hodge Mr. J. H. Walker III Falcon IP Capital Clay & Mary Jo Warner Marcia & Alan Watt* Dr. & Mrs. Roger P. Webb Russell F. Winch Ned & Melissa Winsor Mr. & Mrs. Donn Wright Dr. & Mrs. William Yang Drs. Holly & Marty York Chuck & Pat Young The Zaban Foundation, Inc.
benefactor members $750+ Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bass Susan & Jack Bertram John Clum & Walter Melion Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan J. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Denney Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Dillingham* Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Dowdle John W. Gamwell Mrs. John R. Hall James E. Honkisz*
Jane Jerden Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Dr. Harry L. Keyserling Jim & Karen Knorr Joanne Lincoln Thomas & Marianne Mabry Ms. Deborah A. Marlowe Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. McDonald* Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick
John P. Pooler Mr. & Mrs. David Poroch Dr. Jason Schneider Dr. & Mrs. George P. Sessions Mrs. J. Lucian Smith* Thomas R. Webb Brooke & Winston Weinmann Dr. Thomas E. Whitesides, Jr. Mike & Marguerite York Nancy J. Young
principal members $500+ Anonymous (3) Ms. Margaret Allen Mr. & Mrs. William B. Astrop John & Elizabeth Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Baldinger Mr. & Mrs. Michael Barker Asad Bashey In memory of Leigh Baier Dr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Blumenthal
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C.J. Bolster & Barbara Petit Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. Boone III Mr. Ronald Bossick & Ms. Theresa J. Maene Dr. & Mrs. James E. Bostic, Jr. Mr. Robert Boulet Charles & Laura Bowen Shirley P. Bower Mr. & Mrs. L. Travis Brannon, Jr.
Dr. Donald N. McRae Broughton Mr. & Mrs. Weyman V. Brown Mrs. Betty W. Bullock Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Chunka Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Conrad, Jr. Ms. Patti Cooper Mr. & Mrs. David Corts, Jr. Dr. Anna L. Crawford & Dr. Barbara Thomason
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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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** Scholarships for Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra tuition are made possible through the Elinor Rosenberg Breman Fellowship.
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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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lease join us in honoring Patrick McFarland, who retires this season after 47 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. 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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DEVELOPMENT Sandy Smith Vice President for Development Rebecca Abernathy Development Services Coordinator Zachary Brown Director of Volunteer Services Corey Cowart Director of ADMINISTRATION Corporate Relations John Sparrow Melissa Donalson Vice President Development Coordinator for Orchestra Initiatives Janina Edwards & General Manager Grants Consultant Mala Sharma Ashley Krausen Assistant to the Special Events Coordinator Vice President Jessica Langlois for Orchestra Initiatives Director of Leadership Gifts & General Manager & Planned Giving Julianne Fish Sarah Levin Orchestra Manager Volunteer Project Manager Nancy Crowder Stephanie Malhotra Operations/Rental Director of Development Events Coordinator & Education Services Kelly O’Donnell Toni Paz Artist Assistant ASO Presents Director of Individual Giving Carol Wyatt Clay Schell Barbara Saunders Executive Assistant Vice President, Programming Director of to the Music Director Foundation Relations Trevor Ralph & Principal Guest General Manager and Senior Meredith Schnepp Conductor Director of Operations Prospect Research Officer Jeffrey Baxter Holly Clausen Tammie Taylor Choral Administrator Director of Marketing Assistant to the Ken Meltzer Keri Musgraves VP for Development ASO Insider Promotions Manager Andrea Welna & Program Annotator Lisa Eng Major Gifts Office Russell Williamson Sarah Williams Orchestra Personnel Manager Graphic Artist Individual Giving Chastain Park Amphitheater Susanne Watts Coordinator Assistant Orchestra Tanner Smith Personnel Manager Program Director Paul Barrett Verizon Wireless Senior Production Amphitheatre at Stage Manager Encore Park Richard Carvlin Katie Daniel Stage Manager VIP Sales Manager Lela Huff Jenny Pollock Assistant Stage Manager Operations Manager Education & Rebecca Simmons Community Engagement Box Office Manager Mark B. Kent Senior Director of Education & Community Engagement Melanie Darby Director of Education Programming Ahmad Mayes Community Programs Coordinator Nicole Bird Education Program Coordinator
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MARKETING & CONCERT PROMOTIONS Charles Wade Vice President for Marketing & Symphony Pops Alesia Banks Director of Customer Service & Season Tickets Nellie Cummins Group & Corporate Sales Associate Meko Hector Office & Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Jefferson Director of e-Business & Interactive Media Melanie Kite Subscription Office Manager Shelby Moody Group & Corporate Sales Coordinator Seth Newcom Database Administrator Kimberly Nogi Publicist Robert Phipps Publications Director Melissa A. E. Sanders Senior Director, Communications Travis Sari Marketing Manager Christine Saunders Group & Corporate Sales Assistant Karl Schnittke Publications Editor Robin Smith Subscription & Education Sales Rachel Trignano Manager of Broad Based Giving Russell Wheeler Group & Corporate Sales Manager Christina Wood Director of Marketing
general info LATE SEATING Latecomers are seated at the discretion of house management. Reserved seats are not guaranteed after the performance starts. Latecomers may be initially seated in the back out of courtesy to the musicians and other patrons. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE All programs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are accessible to people with disabilities. Please call the box office (404.733.5000) to make advance arrangements. SYMPHONY STORE The ASO’s gift shop is located in the galleria and offers a wide variety of items, ranging from ASO recordings and music-related merchandise to T-shirts and mugs. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
THE ROBERT SHAW ROOM The ASO invites donors who contribute at least $1,750 annually to become members of this private salon for cocktails and dining on concert evenings — private rentals available. Call 404.733.4860. IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Concert Hotline 404.733.4949 (Recorded information) Symphony Hall Box Office 404.733.5000 Ticket Donations/Exchanges 404.733.5000 Subscription Information/Sales 404.733.4800 Group Sales 404.733.4848 Atlanta Symphony Associates 404.733.4865 (Volunteers) Educational Programs 404.733.4870 Youth Orchestra 404.733.5038 Box Office TTD Number 404.733.4303 Services for People 404.733-5000 with Special Needs 404.733.4800 Lost and Found 404.733.4225 Symphony Store 404.733.4345
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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. (MATURE CONTENT NOT INTENDED FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES)
Book, Music & Lyrics By Jonathan Larson DIRECTED BY ALAN KILpATRICK
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1 SHARING A MOMENT At the pre-concert reception [left to right]: Sandy Smith, Vice President for Development, President Stanley Romanstein and Scarlett Presley Brown of Delta Air Lines, the chair of A King Celebration Concert
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2 GIVING VOICE Soprano Joslyn Henderson, a student from Spelman College, performed at a preconcert recital at the Rich Auditorium.
3 RITE OF PASSAGE The Orchestra performed Mahler’s poignant Totenfeier (Funeral Rites) beneath images from the High Museum of Art’s permanent Civil Rights exhibit.
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