Fairfax Symphony_March 11, 2023_Jason Vieaux

Christopher Zimmerman, music director and conductor

John Murton, assistant conductor

Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8pm

Harris Theatre at George Mason University

CHARLES IVES

“Country Band” March, S.36 Concierto de Aranjuez

John Murton, assistant conductor

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO

Jason Vieaux, guitar

—Intermission—

JACQUES IBERT

Divertissement

John Murton, assistant conductor

SYLVIE BODOROVÁ

Bruromano (U.S. Premiere)

Jason Vieaux, guitar

Aaron Clay, double bass

The FSO’s 65th Anniversary Season is dedicated to the memory of William Hudson, FSO Music Director from 1971-2007.

This performance is made possible with generous support from

PROGRAM NOTES

CHARLES IVES COUNTRY BAND MARCH

Composer: born October 20, 1874, Danbury, CT; died May 19, 1954, New York City

Work composed: 1903

World premiere: 1974

As a boy, Charles Ives’ formative musical experiences were shaped in large part by his father George, who conducted the village marching band in Ives’ hometown of Danbury, CT. The sound of several bands warming up simultaneously on the village green before a parade made an indelible lifelong impression on Ives, and was an integral part of his own compositions.

One of the most innovative components of Ives’ music is the way he incorporated well-known melodies – marching songs, folk and popular melodies of the day, hymns, children’s songs – into a richly layered sonic landscape. The melodies are often simultaneous rather than sequential, which can result in a boisterous, hilarious cacophony. In just under five minutes, Ives’ Country Band March presents more than a dozen tunes, including “The Arkansas Traveler,” “The Battle Cry of Freedom,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “London Bridge,” and “Yankee Doodle.”

In his biography of Ives, Jan Swafford wrote, “[Ives] and his father (also) appreciated that town bands integrated all levels of ability. If the notes and the beat got the worst of it in this democracy of competence, at least everyone was enjoying himself. Ives’s riotous Fourth of July features drunken cornet players falling off the beat and mixing up the crook attachments that changed the horns’ key, so some end up blaring away in the wrong key. Country Band March ends revealing a hapless saxophonist playing an extra couple of beats. ‘Bandstuff,’ Ives wrote to one of his longtime copyists; ‘they don’t always play right & together & it was as good either way.’”

Ives sketched out the Country Band March in 1903, revised it in 1905, put it aside for several years, and eventually incorporated it into several later works, including the “Hawthorne” movement from the second Piano Sonata, “Concord” (1911); “Putnam’s Camp” from Three Places in New England (1912); and the second movement of the Fourth Symphony (1916).

PROGRAM NOTES

RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez

JOAQUÍN

Composer: born November 22, 1901, Sagunto, Spain; died July 6, 1999, Madrid

Work composed: 1939. Dedicated to guitarist Regino Sáinz de la Maza

World premiere: November 9, 1940. César Mendoza Lasalle led the Orquesta Filarmónica de Barcelona with soloist Regino Sáinz de la Maza at the Palau de la Música Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) in Barcelona.

Joaquín Rodrigo’s inspiration for the Concierto de Aranjuez came from the Palacio Real de Aranjuez, the palace and gardens built by Philip II in the 16th century, not far from Madrid, and rebuilt two centuries later by Ferdinand VI; today, only the gardens survive.

Rodrigo lost his sight at age three after contracting diphtheria, and therefore could not perceive the visual beauty of the gardens. Instead he sought, in his words, to depict “the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds and the gushing of fountains.” Rodrigo added that the concerto “is meant to sound like the hidden breeze that stirs the treetops in the parks; it should be as agile as a butterfly, and as tightly controlled as a veronica [a term from bullfighting referring to a pass with a cape]; a suggestion of times past.”

Rodrigo’s emphasis on “times past” may have been a conscious effort on his part to avoid associations with Spain’s present: the turbulent aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and the rise of Hitler across Europe.

In the Concierto, Rodrigo pays particular attention to orchestration, insuring that the solo guitar is not overwhelmed by the orchestra. Much of the accompaniment has the quality of chamber music, as when a single instrument or section partners the soloist. Rodrigo only unleashes the full orchestra when the soloist is silent.

The Allegro con spirito features the fandango, an aristocratic dance of the Spanish court, characterized by rhythmic shifts between 3/4 and 6/8 time. Victoria Rodrigo’s biography of her husband notes that the Adagio reflects both happy memories of the couple’s honeymoon, and Rodrigo’s heartbreak over the miscarriage, at seven months, of their first child. The yearning beauty of the main theme, heard first in the English horn, expresses both Rodrigo’s wistfulness and his pain; Rodrigo once said of the Adagio, “If nostalgia could take form, the second movement would be its tightest mold.” Like the opening movement, the Allegro gentile showcases Baroquestyle dances with shifting meters and Spanish folk songs.

PROGRAM NOTES

JACQUES IBERT Divertissement

Composer: born August 15, 1890, Paris; died February 5, 1962, Paris

Work composed: 1929-30

World premiere: November 30, 1930, at the Odéon in Paris

“I want to be free – independent of the prejudices which arbitrarily divide the defenders of a certain tradition and the partisans of a certain avant-garde.” – Jacques

Ibert

At age 29, after interrupting his musical studies to serve in World War I, Jacques Ibert won his nation’s highest compositional honor, the Prix de Rome. Before the war, while at the Paris Conservatoire, Ibert initially studied both drama and music before he chose to focus exclusively on composition. As a result, Ibert maintained a lifelong interest in drama and dance; in addition to his purely instrumental music, he wrote seven operas, five ballets, more than a dozen film scores, and a wide variety of music for the theatre.

In 1929, Ibert composed incidental music for the Paris production of Eugéne Labiche’s 1851 comedy, Un chapeau de paille d’Italie (The Italian Straw Hat). A year later, Ibert reworked the music into one of his most popular compositions, the Divertissement for orchestra. The score is a cleverly constructed pastiche of popular tunes of the day, jazzy riffs, and Viennese waltzes. In the Cortège, Ibert quotes the “Wedding March” from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while the Finale features a riotous can-can punctuated by blasts from a police whistle. The mischievous quality of the music perfectly captures the essence of the play’s ridiculously convoluted plot, which revolves, not surprisingly, around a lost straw hat.

PROGRAM NOTES

SYLVIE BODOROVÁ

Bruromano (U.S. Premiere)

Composer: born December 31, 1954, České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic)

Work composed: 2019. Hommâge à Bohdan Warchal, founder and chief conductor of the Slovak Chamber Orchestra

World premiere: Ewald Danel led the Slovak Chamber Orchestra with guitarist Miriam Rodriguez Brüllová and bassist Roman Patkoló at Slovak Philharmonic Concert Hall in Bratislava on January 26, 2020

Sylvie Bodorová is one if the foremost Czech composers working today, and her music has been both commissioned and performed by renowned artists and ensembles around the world. “I have known Sylvie Bodorová for 25 years,” says FSO Music Director Christopher Zimmerman. “She has made an impact on the national and international stage, and her music is direct, completely without pretension, beautiful, and sometimes very powerful.”

“Bruromano is a rare work composed as a double concerto for Guitar and Double Bass and String Orchestra,” adds FSO Principal Bass Aaron Clay. “This combination works very well for this concerto. The colors of the two instruments mix well and produce different shades of musical expression throughout.”

Clay is joined by Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. “I’ve never performed a concerto with double bass before,” says Vieaux. “There’s a lot of dialog between the soloists and the orchestra, particularly in the outer movements, and I think the balancing of the ensemble writing with two relatively quiet solo instruments is handled very well. There are also moments of reflection and lyrical playing for both solo instruments.”

Bodorová’s music combines the rhythmic snap and sharp accents of Spanish guitar music with Slavic-flavored melodies. The music reflects moments of high drama, pensive reflection, and agitated exuberance.

Bruromano premiered in January 2020, just before worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns began. “For me, music is the best encouragement; it brings hope for a better future,” says Bodorová. “I would like to share the spirit of this hope with all of you.”

© Elizabeth Schwartz 2023

MEET THE ARTISTS

JASON VIEAUX

Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation”.

Jason recently made his debuts for Domaine-Forget Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, Wolf Trap, and made returns to San Francisco Performances, Caramoor, Ravinia, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Other recent venues include the National Gallery of Art, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the 92Y, Seoul Arts Center, and Shanghai Concert Hall. Jason Vieaux has performed as soloist with over 100 orchestras, including Cleveland, Toronto, Houston, Nashville, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

In March 2021, Jason Vieaux performed the premiere recording of a new solo work, “Four Paths of Light”, a new solo guitar suite dedicated to Vieaux by jazz legend Pat Metheny for his 2021 album Road To The Sun. Jason performed the live recording of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Guitar Concerto with Nashville Symphony in 2019 (Naxos). Jason’s passion for new music has also fostered recent premieres from Jeff Beal (House of Cards Symphony, BIS, 2017), Avner Dorman, Vivian

Fung, Mark Mancina, Dan Visconti, and many more. Slated for Spring 2022 release is a new solo Bach recording on Azica. Of his Grammy-winning 2014 solo album Play, The Huffington Post declared that Play is “part of the revitalized interest in the classical guitar.”

Vieaux’s multiple appearances over the years with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Music@Menlo, Strings Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, etc., have forged his reputation as a top chamber musician. Regular collaborators include the Escher String Quartet, Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, and accordion/ bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro.

As a teacher, Vieaux co-founded the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music in 2011, and has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music for 25 years. Jason’s online Guitar School has subscribers from over 30 countries.

AARON CLAY

Aaron Clay distinguishes himself regularly as a uniquely versatile double bassist. He commands great respect as a performer in both the classical and jazz worlds of bass playing, but it was The Washington Post that observed, “What sets [Clay] apart is elegant bowing... His melodic lines have a cello-like glow and flexibility...”

A native of Fairmont, West Virginia, Mr. Clay began his musical training at the age of 10 when he taught himself to play jazz on the electric bass. He later pursued classical training on the upright double bass prior to attending West Virginia Wesleyan College, where he studied with Richard Manspeaker. After graduating in 1989, he was selected to join the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC. Upon completing one enlistment with the Navy, Mr. Clay auditioned for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band where he has been a member since 1993.

Mr. Clay is a founding member of the highly acclaimed string duo, Bridging the Gap, in which he performs with violinist, Peter Wilson. Hailed by The Washington Post for “superior arrangements and uncommon musicianship,” the unique duo performs works covering a wide range of musical styles. They released their first CD in 2003. Mr. Clay enjoys performing with Bridging the Gap for educational and community outreach programs throughout the United States.

Mr. Clay is also developing a reputation as a composer and arranger of works for the violin and bass duo as well as larger ensembles.

Mr. Clay serves as Principal Bassist of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, and performs with other Washington area jazz and pop groups.

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CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN, Music Director

Named Music Director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra in 2009, Christopher Zimmerman celebrates his fourteenth season with the FSO. Under his leadership, the FSO has received consistent praise from the media. Former Washington Post arts critic, Anne Midgette, wrote: “the Bernstein was a note-perfect end to a very refreshing evening that spoke well for the programming vision of Zimmerman.” Washington Post reporter, Stephen Brookes, commented: “Zimmerman has been injecting adrenalin into this determined ensemble… (and has) made the Fairfax players a serious force to be reckoned with.”

Christopher Zimmerman graduated from Yale with a B.A. in Music and received his Master’s from the University of Michigan. He also studied with Seiji Ozawa and Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, and at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine with Charles Bruck. Zimmerman served as an apprentice to Andrew Davis and the Toronto Symphony and in Prague, as assistant conductor to Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

A champion of contemporary music and commissioning new work, during his leadership with the FSO, Zimmerman has commissioned three new works and presented nine premieres. In 2023, Zimmerman and the FSO will present the U.S. premiere of “Bruromano,” a concerto for guitar, double bass, and string orchestra by Czech composer Sylvie Bodorova featuring renowned guitarist, Jason Vieaux. In 2022, the FSO presented the regional premiere of composer Robert Carl’s “White Heron” and composer Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No.4 “Heichalos.” The FSO brought “Dances of the Yogurt Maker” by Turkish composer, Erberk Eryilmaz to Virginia for the first time in 2019, along with the 2018 Virginia premiere of Philip Glass’ “Piano Concerto No. 3,” with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who commissioned the work and for whom it was written. In 2017, the Fairfax Symphony in celebration of its 60th season commissioned “Resolutions” by composer Mark Camphouse in honor of the 275th Anniversary of Fairfax County. In 2016, the FSO presented the regional premiere of Martin Bresnick’s “The Way it Goes.” In 2013 premiered “Virtue” by composer Chris Theofanidis for soprano, actor, three voices and orchestra that it cocommissioned with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and in 2011, the FSO commissioned Concerto of “The Andes” for Guitar, Charango and orchestra by composer Javier Farias.

JOHN MURTON, Assistant Conductor

Praised for his “musicality and gravitas” on the podium, John Murton is currently the Assistant Conductor of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, and a recent winner of the Sofia Sinfonietta International Conducting Competition in Bulgaria. Murton’s work draws upon his background as both a singer and instrumentalist with the goal of bringing the life-affirming, life-changing power of live classical music to as wide an audience as possible.

Murton has been a Conducting Fellow with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, and at the Eastern Music Festival. While studying at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati he served as the Assistant Conductor of the CCM Philharmonia, conducting numerous performances on and off campus, and in a program alongside Cincinnati Symphony Music Director Louis Langrée.

A strong proponent of the power of musical education to change lives, Murton leads the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra’s Link Up educational concerts, providing many students in Fairfax County Public Schools with their first taste of live orchestral music. He has also collaborated on the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s educational programming and worked with young musicians at the Youth Orchestras of Prince William County and Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Murton relocated to the United States from the UK, taking up a scholarship at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati where he studied with Mark Gibson. A graduate of the University of Oxford, he held a choral scholarship at Magdalen College, going on to build a career performing with professional choirs and consorts across the UK and Europe. Murton’s experience as a singer also makes him a particularly sensitive collaborator in opera, with credits including acclaimed productions at London’s Grimeborn Festival, Tête à Tête Opera Festival, and at the College-Conservatory of Music.

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MEET OUR 2022/23 FELLOWS

Fairfax Symphony Diversity Fellowship Program

This season, we strengthen our commitment to serving students through high-quality education and mentorship programs, as we launch the FSO Diversity Fellowship program to help accelerate the careers of talented, student musicians from backgrounds that are underrepresented in orchestras today. The program is designed to enhance opportunities for pre-professional musicians, encourage greater diversity in the field, and increase diverse representation in orchestras across the United States.

Carlos Figueroa, cello

Mr. Figueroa is an emerging cellist from Venezuela. His passion for music never stopped and he was always striving to one day share the stage with famous musicians and to be a concert soloist. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in cello performance at George Mason University under the guidance of Dr. Dorotea Racz after successfully earning his bachelor’s degree at Shenandoah University as summa cum laude.

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Carolina Pedroza, violin

She was a permanent member of the Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas (Venezuela) and has been concertmaster of the Catholic University Symphony Orchestra, Penn State Philharmonic, and Colour of Music Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. She has also been a section member of the West Virginia Symphony and Baton Rouge Symphony, among others. She has participated in festivals including FEMUSC (Brazil), A Tempo (Colombia), Sewanee Summer Music Festival (TN), Academia Internacional Teatro del Lago (Chile), Northern Lights Music Festival (MN), and Colour of Music Festival (SC and CA).

Joshua Rhodes is a double bassist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is currently in his first year of pursuing a Master’s of Music degree in Double Bass Performance at the University of Maryland. Prior to his enrollment at UMD, he procured his Bachelor’s Degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Rhodes has a severe passion for understanding others and contributing positively to the environment around him. As a musician, this drives him to explore music and new ways of sharing art.

Cristian Contreras is an accomplished Violist from Los Angeles, CA. At the age of 19, he won a three-year tenure with the American Youth Symphony and also attended the National Orchestral Institute. He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Viola Performance at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Cristian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Viola Performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach.

Ms. Proctor graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor of Music degree concentrating in Music Industry. Breonna is currently in pursuit of a law degree with an intellectual property concentration. With this degree, she hopes to become an advocate for the protection of artists and their creations.

Breonna Proctor, violin

The FSO Diversity Fellowship is made possible in part by the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Fairfax County Government, TD Bank, and GEICO.

Joshua Rhodes, double bass

Cristian Contreras, viola

MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MUSIC

Beyond the concert stage, the Fairfax Symphony partners with teachers in classrooms across Fairfax County to enhance learning through music. Your support is essential to help bring vital education programs to thousands of students in our community each year.

CONNECTING THE CLASSROOM WITH THE CONCERT HALL

In partnership with Carnegie Hall, the FSO joins orchestras across the globe to implement Link Up—a semester-long, music-learning program that engages young minds and connects over 500,000 students with the concert hall experience. Through our Link Up program, the FSO works together with teachers in schools across Fairfax County to implement evidence-based curriculum that builds creativity, communication, collaboration, and confidence. The students then join us in a culminating, collaborative performance at the GMU Center for the Arts!

Over 3,000 students in Grades 3-5 from across the DC metro region perform in our collaborative, Carnegie Hall Link Up concert.

2022-2023 PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

The Fairfax Symphony gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following contributions received within the past twelve months as of March 1, 2023.

Thank you for dedicating these vital gifts to the music and education programs we work so passionately to create and share with our community.

GOVERNMENT ARTSFAIRFAX

City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts

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SYMPHONY SOCIETY CONCERTO CLUB

PLATINUM

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Brownell

Pepe Figueroa

Joyce L. Hanson

Dr. Mark Head

Martin Poretsky

Stephen and Mary Preston

GOLD

The Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair

Steve and Debbie Cohen

Mr. Sean Foohey

John Lockhart

Eric Moore

In memory of Richard Benedict

Sherman & Etta Mae Thomas

Sherman

Sally and Rucj Uffelman

Laura and Ervin Walter

SILVER

Nina and David Breen

Janine and Curt Buser

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Caress

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Mr. and Mrs. C. David Hartmann

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Hemer

Robert and Maryanne Jones

David & Lenka Lundsten

Ms. Joetta Miller

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David and Bridget Ralston

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid

James and Miriam Ross

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RHAPSODY CIRCLE

Anonymous

William Bell

James and Jane Bangarra

Bill and Dorothy Brandel

Dr. Karen Detweiler

Donald and Ruth Drees

Frank and Lynn Gayer

Daniel Graifer

Eric and Joyce Hanson

Robert W. Henry

Mr. Kurt P. Jaeger

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kaye

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kerr

Anje Kim

Dr. and Mrs. Per Kullstam

John and Jeanette Mason

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mattice

Joetta Miller

Judith Nitsche

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Overton

Sandra Lee Stoddard

Linda Vitello

Michael Wendt

David and Deborah Winston, In Memory of May Winston

SONATA CIRCLE

Ms. Pamela Charin

Christopher Forsberg

Anthony and Lucy Griffin

Christopher Gohrband

Gareth and Tân Habel

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Hanson

Spencer Howell

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Highfill

Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hinkle

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Lynch

Helen Noyes

Mr. Justice Percell

Ms. C. Carole Richard

Deborah Roudebush

Mary Jane Spiro

Mr. Michael W. Stoltz

Dr. Jack and Mrs. Jane Underhill

Timothy N. Wade

Roy and Margaret Wagner

Mr. William Walderman

SERENADE CIRCLE

Dr. Charles Allen

Ms. Gay B. Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Baker

Ms. Esther Beaumont

David Black

Mr. and Mrs. James Bland

Donald Bieniewicz

Ms. Patricia Boots

Beverly and Terry Boschert

Kathryn and Tony Bovill

Patricia G. Brady

Judith and Peter Braham

Bill and Dorothy Brandel

Louis and Monika Brenner

David W. Briggs and John F. Benton

Mr. Eric Brissman

Mr. Robert Brown

Judith Buchino

Mary L. Burns

Mr. W. Carlson

Cedric Chang

Ms.Tzu-yi Chen

Mr. and Mrs. Brian H. Chollar

Douglas Cobb

Ms. Helen M. Conlon

Ms. Sandy Cromp

Mr. and Mrs. David Cross

Isabelle Cummings

Karin and Michael Custy

Ms. Barbara d’Andrade

In honor of Ms. Sarah Daniel

Ms. Alice DeKany

Catherine Dettmer

Dr. and Mrs. John S. Dillon

Judy Donnelly

Marilyn Dorn

Jean Mitchell Duggan

Colleen Dutson

Karen Eaton

Peggy and Arye Ephrath

Jean Esswein

Brian and Marian Ewell

Mr. John A. Farris

Ms. Jenifer Fisch

Wilford Forbush

Ms. Dorien Garman

Jennifer Gitner Allen

S. Greenspan

Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Hargreaves

Frederic Harwood

In memory of R. Dennis McArver

Joan Lisante Hood and James Hood

Mr. and Mrs.Ted Hudson

Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick G. Hutchison

Geraldine Inge

Mr. Edward Jarett

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Jehn

Nelson Joyner

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Ms. Carol Kearns

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Barrie March

Alison Marr

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Joel Meyerson

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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Mittelholtz

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Diane Nolin

Col. and Mrs.Tommy T.

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Anne and Jim Painter

Catherine Pauls

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Petrie

Mitzi and Dan Rak

Mr. Richard L. Renfield

Rolland Roup

Stephen Sanborn

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schaub

Catherine Schifferli

Gayle Schlenker

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Michael Schwartz

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Neil and Beverly Seiden

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Sydney Smith

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Kristina Stewart

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Reede and Jane Taylor

William Tompkins

Alton P. and Alice W. Tripp

Ms. Barbara Tuset

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Twedt

Jane Underhill

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Janet Vanderveer

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Vandivere

Andrew and Myrna Wahlquist

Ms. Diane Wakely-Park

Robert and Charlene Ward

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Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Wellman

Harry and Sandra Wilbur

Ms. Jane Woods

Mr. Emile L. Zimmermann

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FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Christopher Zimmerman | Music Director

VIOLIN 1

David Salness, Concertmaster

Doris F. Dakin Chair

Cristina Constantinescu, Assistant Concertmaster

Sharon Like

Carolina Pedroza, FSO Fellow

Natalie Trainer

Tim Kidder

Amelia Bailey

VIOLIN 2

Melanie Kuperstein, Interim Principal, Timothy Evan Owens Memorial Chair

Andrew Juola, Assistant Principal, Sue Bower Memorial Chair

Karan Wright

Nancy Bovill

Cindy Crumb

Breonna Proctor, FSO Fellow

Sue Manus

VIOLA

Greg Rupert, Principal

Paul Bagley

Patti Reid

Helen Fall

Cristian Contreras, FSO Fellow

CELLO

Natalia Vilchis, Principal

Rachel Sexton

Carlos Figueroa, FSO Fellow

Anne Rupert

Kathy Thompson

DOUBLE BASS

Aaron Clay, Principal

John Barger

Dale Houck

Joshua Rhodes, FSO Fellow

FLUTE

Lawrence Ink, Principal

Cheryl Hall

OBOE

Fatma Daglar, Acting Principal

Emily Foster

ENGLISH HORN

Emily Foster

CLARINET

Edna Huang, Acting Principal

Wendi Hatton

BASSOON

Matthew Gregoire, Acting Principal

Jon Zepp

SAXOPHONE

Connor Mikula

FRENCH HORN

Eric Moore, Principal

Neil Chidester

TRUMPET

Chris Larios, Principal

Rob Singer

TROMBONE

Bryan Bourne, Acting Principal

Kaz Kruszewski

PERCUSSION

Shari Clark Rak, Principal

Michael Gatti, Associate Principal

Joe Connell

KEYBOARD

Sophie Kim Cook

FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Christopher Zimmerman, music director & conductor

65TH Anniversary Season!

Saturday, October 15 | 8PM Capital One Hall

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

Jeremy Denk, piano

Sibelius

Symphony No. 1

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Saturday, December 17, 2022 | 4pm

Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 4pm

Featuring the Fairfax Ballet

Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 8PM

Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Florence Price

Violin Concerto No. 2

Rachel Barton Pine, violin

Dvořák:

Symphony No. 7

Saturday, March 11, 2023 | 8pm

GMU Harris Theatre

Ives

Country Band March

Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

Jason Vieaux, guitar

Ibert

Divertissement

Bodorová

Bruromano (U.S. Premiere)

Jason Vieaux, guitar and Aaron Clay, double bass

Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 8PM

Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1

Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 2

George Li, piano

Elgar

Symphony No. 1

Saturday, May 13, 2023 | 8PM

Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Dvořák

Cello Concerto

Zuill Bailey, cello

Nielsen Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable”

FAIRFAX SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jose “Pepe” Figueroa, Chairman

Priority One Services

John Lockhart, Treasurer

PNC Bank

Thomas Murphy, General Counsel

Jackson Lewis P.C.

David Black

Holland & Knight LLP

Thomas Brownell, Secretary

Holland & Knight LLP

Eric Moore

American University

Susan Manus Players Committee Member

Leland Schwartz Journalist

HONORARY BOARD

The Honorable Sharon Bulova

The Honorable Thomas M. Davis

Dr. Gerald L. Gordon

Julien Patterson

FSO ARTISTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Christopher Zimmerman, Music Director

Jonathan Kerr, Executive Director

Lisa LaCamera, Chief Operating Officer

Susan Petroff, Director of Development

John Murton, Assistant Conductor and Fellowship Program Coordinator

Celeste Duplaa, Link Up Program Manager

Suzy Dawson, Accountant

Cynthia Crumb, Personnel Manager

Wendi Hatton, Librarian

Timothy Wade, Stage Manager

Heather Rhine, Graphic Designer

ArtsFairfax connects you with all the arts can offer.

As the nonprofit serving as your designated local arts agency, we provide more than $750,000 in funding to Fairfax County arts organizations annually.