Tuesday Musical April 20 Concert

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS

APRIL 20, 2024

More to come!

Many of you here tonight are longtime patrons (thank you!), while many others are new to Tuesday Musical (welcome!).

We hope you’ll return for our 137th season — and we have great reasons for you to do so.

These outstanding musicians are the stars of Tuesday Musical’s 2024-25 Akron Concert Series.

Starting at only $90 for all six concerts, full-season subscriptions are on sale now at tuesdaymusical.org and 330-761-3460. Single-concert tickets go on sale in mid-July.

For now, we hope you enjoy tonight (and return next season)!

Cynthia Snider Executive Director

The

Tuesday, November 19: One of the world’s most sought-after pianists, Simone Dinnerstein came to the instrument later in life, dropped out of Juilliard, and struggled for recognition until she scraped together the funds to record Bach’s epic Goldberg Variations — which exploded to #1 on Billboard’s classical music chart. She’s this season’s Margaret Baxtresser Pianist.

Michael Feinstein’s Tribute to Tony Bennett — Tuesday, October 22:

unforgettable music of the legendary Tony Bennett comes alive through Michael Feinstein and the Carnegie Hall Big Band. Hear beloved favorites including Rags to Riches, The Best is Yet to Come, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, and more. A blockbuster season opener!

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein —

Joyce DiDonato with Kings Return

— Tuesday, December 3: A fun and unexpected holiday program. Superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reached out to the young a cappella singers of Kings Return after seeing their barebones stairwell performances in videos that went viral. Lucky us: We’re the first stop on their combined national tour.

Isidore String Quartet with Pianist

Jeremy Denk — Tuesday, March 4: Stars-in-the-making, Isidore won the Banff International String Competition in 2022 and received the prestigious Avery Fischer Career Grant in 2023. They’ll be joined by Jeremy Denk — heralded by The New York Times as “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.”

Czech National Philharmonic —

Tuesday, February 11: Playing its first concert in January 1896 under the baton of Antonín Dvořák himself and still based in Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall in the heart of Prague, the Czech National Philharmonic is one of the world’s oldest and finest.

Akron Bicentennial Concert —

Tuesday, April 22: We’re celebrating Akron with a new fanfare! Tuesday Musical’s Myers New Music Fund has commissioned internationally acclaimed composer Peter Boyer to create and conduct the world premiere of Fanfare for Akron as a highlight of our Akron Bicentennial Concert — featuring the brass and percussion sections of the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra, led by TCO principal trumpet Michael Sachs.

Akron Concert Series at EJ Thomas Hall

EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall—The University of Akron

Saturday, April 20, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis, Music Director, Trumpet

Ryan Kisor, Trumpet

Kenny Rampton, Trumpet

Marcus Printup, Trumpet

Chris Crenshaw, Trombone — The Golkin Family Chair

Elliot Mason, Trombone

Jacob Melsha, Trombone

Sherman Irby, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet

Ted Nash, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet

Victor Goines, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

Abdias Armenteros, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet

Paul Nedzela, Baritone and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet

Dan Nimmer, Piano — The Zou Family Chair

Carlos Henriquez, Bass — The Mandel Family Chair in honor of Kathleen B. Mandel

Obed Calvaire, Drums

Artists subject to change.

Selections announced from the stage.

Among Tuesday Musical’s generous season supporters:

Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, Betty V. and John M. Jacobson Foundation, KeyBank Trustee, Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust,

Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation,

Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Foundation,

Sisler McFawn Foundation,

Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation, Welty Family Foundation

Be kind to the patrons around you — and to this evening’s musicians.

Please silence your cell phones and limit the taking of photos and videos.

The Artists

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988 and spends more than a third of the year on tour across the world.

Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s programming, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York City, across the U.S. and around the globe, in concert halls, dance venues, jazz clubs, public parks, and with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students, and an everexpanding roster of guest artists.

Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to Jazz at Lincoln Center-commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, and current and former Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members Wynton Marsalis,

Wycliffe Gordon, Ted Nash, Victor Goines, Sherman Irby, Chris Crenshaw, and Carlos Henriquez.

Throughout the past decade, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has performed with many of the world’s leading symphony orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and many others.

Wynton’s three major works for full symphony orchestra and jazz orchestra, All Rise — Symphony No. 1 (1999), Swing Symphony — Symphony No. 3 (2010), and

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The Jungle — Symphony No. 4 (2016), continue to be the focal point of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s symphonic collaborations.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra has also been featured in several education and performance residencies in the last few years, including those in Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia; Chautauqua, New York; Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; London, England; São Paulo, Brazil; and many others.

Education is a major part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission, its educational activities are coordinated with concert and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra tour programming. These programs, many of which feature Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members, include the celebrated Jazz for Young People™ family concert series, the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, the Jazz for Young People™ Curriculum, Let Freedom Swing, educational residencies, workshops, and concerts for students and adults worldwide.

Jazz at Lincoln Center educational programs reach more than 110,000 students, teachers and general audience members.

Jazz at Lincoln Center, NPR Music and WBGO have partnered to create the next generation of jazz programming in public radio: Jazz Night in America. The series showcases today’s vital jazz scene while also underscoring the genre’s storied history. Hosted by bassist Christian McBride, the program features hand-picked performances from across the country, woven with the colorful stories of the artists behind them. Jazz Night in America and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s radio archive can be found at jazz.org/radio.

In 2015, Jazz at Lincoln Center launched Blue Engine Records (jazz.org/blueengine), a platform to make its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere. The label is dedicated to releasing new studio and live recordings as well as archival recordings from past Jazz at Lincoln Center performances, and its first record — Live in Cuba, recorded on a historic 2010 trip to Havana by the Jazz at Lincoln

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The Artists

Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis — was released in October 2015.

Big Band Holidays was released in December 2015, The Abyssinian Mass came out in March 2016, The Music of John Lewis was released in March 2017, and the JLCO’s Handful of Keys came out in September 2017.

Blue Engine’s United We Swing: Best of

the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of special guests, with all proceeds going toward Jazz at Lincoln Center’s education initiatives. Blue Engine’s most recent album releases include 2020’s A Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration and 2021’s The Democracy Suite featuring the JLCO Septet with Wynton Marsalis.

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Wynton Marsalis (Music Director, trumpet) is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961 to a musical family, Mr. Marsalis was gifted his first trumpet at age 6 by Al Hirt. By age 8, he began playing in the famed Fairview Baptist Church Band led by Danny Barker. Yet it was not until he turned 12 that Wynton began his formal training on the trumpet. Subsequently, Wynton began performing in bands all over the city, from the New Orleans Philharmonic and New Orleans Youth Orchestra to a funk band called the Creators.

His passion for music rapidly escalated. As a young teenager fresh out of high school, Wynton moved to New York City in 1979 to attend The Juilliard School to study classical music. Once there, however, he found that jazz was calling him. His career quickly launched when he traded Juilliard for Art Blakey’s band, The Jazz Messengers. By age 19, Wynton hit the road with his own band and has been touring the world ever since.

From 1981 to now, Wynton has performed more than 4,777 concerts in 849 distinct cities and 64 countries. He made his recording debut as a leader in 1982 and has since recorded 110 jazz and classical albums, 4 alternative records, and 5 DVDs. In total, he has recorded 1,539 songs at the time of this writing.

He is the winner of 9 GRAMMY Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He’s the only musician to win a GRAMMY Award in two categories, jazz and classical, during the same year, two years in a row (1984 and 1985).

Wynton Marsalis has solidified himself as an internationally acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader, educator and advocate of American culture. As a composer, his body of work includes more than 600 original songs, 11 ballets, 4 symphonies, 8 suites, 2 chamber pieces, 1 string quartet, 2 masses, 1 violin concerto and, in 2021, a tuba concerto.

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The Artists

Included in this rich body of compositions are Sweet Release, Jazz: Six Syncopated Movements, Jump Start and Jazz, Citi Movement/Griot New York, At the Octoroon Balls, In This House, On This Morning, and Big Train

As part of his work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton has produced and performed countless new collaborative compositions, including the ballet Them Twos for a 1999 collaboration with the New York City Ballet. That same year, he premiered the monumental work All Rise, commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic along with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Morgan State University Choir. All Rise was performed with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra as part of the remembrance of the centennial anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre in June 2021. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wynton and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra have released 7 full-length albums and 4 singles on Blue Engine Records.

Wynton Marsalis is also a globally respected teacher and spokesman for music education. He led the effort to construct Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home — Frederick P. Rose Hall, the first education, performance, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz — which opened in October 2004. He conducts educational programs for students of all ages and hosts the popular Jazz for Young People™ concerts produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center.

In addition to his work at JALC, Wynton is also the Founding Director of Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School. He has written and is the host of the video series “Marsalis on Music,” the radio series “Making the Music,” and a weekly conversation series titled “Skain’s Domain.”

He has written and co-written 9 books, including 2 children’s books: Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! and Jazz

ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits, both illustrated by Paul Rogers.

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The Artists

Wynton has received such accolades as having been appointed Messenger of Peace by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (2001), The National Medal of Arts (2005), and The National Medal of Humanities (2016). In December 2021, Wynton and Jazz at Lincoln Center were awarded the Key to New York City by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Wynton has received honorary doctorates from 39 universities and colleges throughout the U.S, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Tulane University in New Orleans.

Wynton Marsalis’ core beliefs and foundation for living are based on the principles of jazz. He promotes individual creativity (improvisation), collective cooperation (swing), gratitude and good manners (sophistication), and faces adversity with persistent optimism (the blues).

Jazz at Lincoln Center

With the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and guest artists spanning genres and generations, Jazz at Lincoln Center produces thousands of performances, education, and broadcast events each season in its home in New York City (Frederick P. Rose Hall, “The House of Swing”) and around the world, for people of all ages.

Jazz at Lincoln Center is led by Chairman Clarence Otis, Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, and Executive Director Greg Scholl.

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Ohio Poetry Out Loud State Champion Hiba Loukssi of Xenia High School (Greene County) reciting a poem at the 2023 state finals. She competed at the national finals in Washington, D.C.

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Lifting up students embarking on music careers

Tuesday Musical’s 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition, held March 23, awarded scholarships to 23 college and university music majors in Ohio to help them embark on careers as music educators and performers.

Now in its 68th year, the adjudicated annual competition — held at The University of Akron — drew more than 120 applicants from 15 schools to compete for 28 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling $40,050.

Four scholarships were new this year, including music education and piano scholarships endowed by the William Bingham Foundation and fourth-place scholarships funded by an anonymous donor in the strings and voice categories.

Composer and pianist Jamie Wilding, a Tuesday Musical board member and faculty member at The University of Akron School of Music, chairs Tuesday Musical’s scholarship committee. Our thanks go to the many volunteers, donors, judges, and teachers who make the annual competition possible.

Final Round/Winners Concert on May 5

You are invited to be in the audience when this year’s top winners compete again in the competition’s Final Round/Winners Concert on Sunday, May 5, 2:30 p.m. at The University of Akron’s Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave. (across from EJ Thomas Hall).

Two additional adjudicated scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will be awarded. The audience will also pick the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People’s Choice Award of $500.

The May 5 concert and post-concert reception are free; no tickets or reservations needed. More at 330-761-3460 and tuesdaymusical.org/education.

Winners of Tuesday Musical’s 2024 Annual Scholarship Competition

Brass — adjudicated by Sean Yancer, freelance musician

■ 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Austin Cruz, trumpet, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Will Bowers, tuba, The University of Akron

■ 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: Micah Kroeker, trombone, Cleveland Institute of Music

Piano — adjudicated by Sean Schulze, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 1st Place, Marilyn Fischer & Joan Marie Scherer Scholarship, $2,000: Jiusi Zhang, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

■ 2nd Place, Marguerite Thomas & Gertrude Lancaster Scholarship, $1,500: Shuhan Chen, University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music

■ 3rd Place, Clarenz J. Lightfritz Scholarship, $1,000: Yuxuan Chen, Bowling Green State University

■ 4th Place, William Bingham Foundation Scholarship, $750: Jianzhi Chen, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Strings — adjudicated by Amy Glick, Malone University and Kent State University

■ 1st Place, Drs. Frederick A. and Elizabeth M. Specht Scholarship, $2,000: Karisa Chiu, violin, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Daniel Dorsey, cello, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 3rd Place, Barbara Ainsworth Porter Scholarship, $1,000: Paolo Dara, viola, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 4th Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $750: Matthildur Traustadóttir, violin, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

■ Howard E. Leisinger Viola Prize, $2,000: Paolo Dara, viola, Cleveland Institute of Music

Voice — adjudicated by Kimberly Lauritsen, The University of Akron

■ 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Ziqi Wang, mezzo-soprano, Cleveland Institute of Music

■ 2nd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,500: Erin Perry, soprano, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music

■ 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: Emily Barron, soprano, The University of Akron

■ 4th Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $750: Maxwell Smith, baritone, The University of Akron

Woodwinds — adjudicated by Cynthia Warren, College of Wooster and The University of Pittsburgh

■ 1st Place, Arden J. Yockey Scholarship, $2,000: Toree Fogle, saxophone, The University of Akron

■ 2nd Place, Ann, Emily & Jeffrey Gleason/ Travis & Caitlin Rea Scholarship, $1,500: Alexis Hefley, flute, The University of Akron

■ 3rd Place, Tuesday Musical Scholarship, $1,000: Shreya Girish, flute, Case Western Reserve University

Classical Guitar — adjudicated by Bryan Reichert, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music

■ Margaret Watts Hunter Scholarship, $2,000: Nik Divall, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Marimba/Classical Steel Pan — adjudicated by Glenn Schaft, Youngstown State University

■ Dr. Larry D. Snider Scholarship, $2,000: Ayoola Sunmiboye, The University of Akron

Organ

■ No scholarship awarded in 2024.

Music Education — adjudicated by Patricia Grutzmacher, Kent State University, retired

■ Gertrude Seiberling Scholarship, sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, $1,400: Jacqueline Kaminski, cello, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music

■ Winifred Collins Scholarship, sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, $1,400: Marjorie Spinner, trumpet, The University of Akron

■ William Bingham Foundation Scholarship, $1,000: Baylee Richardson, voice, Capital University

Making a lasting impression

As a grade-school student in Copley, Bob Fischer recalls being bused to a Tuesday Musical concert at the old Akron Armory.

While the armory is long gone, the positive experience of attending a Tuesday Musical concert made a lasting impression.

Bob and his wife, Beverley, love that Tuesday Musical has a long tradition of providing free concert tickets for all students and bus funding for school groups — as well as going beyond the concert hall to provide meaningful education and community engagement activities that bring the power of music to people of all ages.

Wanting to help those traditions continue, they have become members of Tuesday Musical’s 1887 Legacy Society through a designated estate gift.“ We want future generations to have the amazing experiences we have had with Tuesday Musical,” says Bob.

“Two of our grandchildren, who are violinists, attended Joshua Bell concerts and met him multiple times. One granddaughter got to do a one-on-one masterclass with the Escher String Quartet while she was in her senior quartet at the Campus International School in Cleveland. What an amazing experience! This all happened because of Tuesday Musical.”

It was easy, says Bob, to include Tuesday Musical in their estate plans.

“Our church offered a free opportunity to set up an estate plan as long as the church was included. Simple and easy to do. Also, financial planners (mine is Edward Jones) and many attorneys offer opportunities to include non-profit organizations such as Tuesday Musical in estate plans. I encourage others to please consider this opportunity.”

Thank you, Bob and Beverley Fischer, for your generous and thoughtful commitment to Tuesday Musical!

Bob and Beverley Fischer have been Tuesday Musical members and concert-goers for years. They have also included Tuesday Musical in their estate plans. “Please teach your children to be generous. They may have decisions to make about your estate,” says Bob. “I’ve advised our four children to be considerate of our favorite non-profits. I’ve reminded them that Mom and I raised them, educated them, and helped them get started in life. Please share our thoughts as we move on.”

The Fischers want future generations to experience the positive power of music. Among those future generations: their grandchildren who, like all students of any age, can attend Tuesday Musical concerts for free.

By creating your own legacy in music, you can help Tuesday Musical continue to present concerts by the finest musicians as well as vibrant education and community engagement programs that will benefit current and future generations of music lovers.

For information about Tuesday Musical’s 1887 Legacy Society, contact Cynthia Snider, Executive Director, 330-761-3460, csnider@tuesdaymusical.org.

Tuesday Musical is a tax-exempt 501c3 organization; Federal Tax ID number 340786212. For advice regarding specific cases or whether to make certain a contemplated gift fits well into your circumstances and planning, the services of an attorney or other professional advisor should be obtained.

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Donations enable Tuesday Musical to share the world’s best music and musicians throughout our community.

Are you — and perhaps a few of your friends — interested in funding a specific budget item? Perhaps in honor of a friend or family member? (Unrestricted gifts for our general operating fund are always welcome, too!)

Wish List:

● Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks): starting at $55 per concert, depending on numbers and needs of musicians

● Street banners in downtown Akron: $125 each

● Paper stock for concert tickets: $225 for a case

● Facebook advertising: $250 per concert

● Underwrite the cost of one bus for a school group to attend a concert: $300

● Concert promo postcard, printing and mailing: $500 per concert

● Concert Conversation in EJ’s Flying Balcony: $400 per concert

● Sponsor a post-concert reception with the guest artist(s): $1,500

● Sponsor a concert: starting at $10,000

● Endow and name a scholarship: starting at $20,000

● Ticket scanners: $850 each

Generous Wish Granters (thank you!):

● Anonymous: One street banner in downtown Akron.

● Linda Bunyan: Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks).

● Judith Dimengo: Underwriting the cost of five buses for school groups to attend concerts.

● Jim and Maureen Kovach: One season of tuning and maintenance for our Three Graces Steinway D Grand Piano.

● Barbara and Mark MacGregor: Sponsorship of piano concert at EJ Thomas Hall.

● Cecilia and Nathan Speelman: Fuel for performers (concert meals and snacks).

● Fred and Elizabeth Specht: Underwriting performance fees for young musicians.

● Bob and Beverley Fischer: Funds to purchase a letter-folding machine, given in honor of Karla Jenkins’ service to Tuesday Musical.

For more information, please contact Cynthia Snider at 330-761-3460 or csnider@tuesdaymusical.org or write to Tuesday Musical at 1041 W. Market St., Ste. 200, Akron, OH 44313

Tuesday Musical is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are fully deductible as provided by law.

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Support Individuals

We gratefully acknowledge all donors this season. Thank you for helping Tuesday Musical continue to inspire current and future generations of music lovers. This list includes this season’s donors who have given at least $200 as of March 31, 2024.

Director $5,000+

Jerry Davidson bequest

Donald M. and Mary E. Jenkins Family Trust

Cynthia Knight

Martha Lanning

Linda and Paul Liesem

Kenneth Shafer

Tim and Jenny Smucker

Fred and Elizabeth Specht

Darwin Steele

James and Linda Venner

Benefactor $1,500 to $4,999

Lee and Floy Barthel

Earl and Judy Baxtresser

Sally Childs

Judith Dimengo

Barbara Eaton

Bob and Beverley Fischer

Bruce Hagelin

Dottie and DuWayne Hansen

David and Margaret Hunter

Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund

Marianne Miller

Michael and Lori Mucha

Claire and Mark Purdy

Richard and Alita Rogers

Peter and Nanette Ryerson

Patricia Sargent

Cynthia and Larry Snider

Nathan and Cecilia Speelman

Michael and Elizabeth Taipale

Ken and Martha Taylor

Sustainer $700 to $1,499

Richard and Eleanor Aron

Sandy and Mark Auburn

Robert Carlyon

Mary Lynn and Tom Crowley

Karen Dorn

Louis Elsaesser

Kate Fiala

Paul and Jennifer Filon

Michael Frank

Sharon and Bob Gandee

Sue Gillman

Lloyd and Grace Goettler

Elaine Guregian

Louise Harvey

Dorothy Lepp

Barbara and Mark MacGregor

Arlene Nettling

Dianne and Herb Newman

George Pope

Roger and Sally Read

Pamela Rupert

Richard Shirey

Sandra Smith

Carol Vandenberg

John Vander Kooi

Shirley Workman

Patron $400 to $699

John and Kathleen Arther

Linda Bunyan

Amielie and Phil Cajka

Ted and Teresa Good

Anita Meeker

Charles and Elizabeth Nelson

Landon Nyako and Dallas Moore

Jean Schooley

Sandra Smith

Jennifer and Jeffrey Stenroos

Gail Wild

Bruce Wilson

Carol and Bob Zollars

Donor $200 to $399

Ham and Beth Amer

Guy and Debra Bordo

Alfred Cavaretta

Frank Comunale

Robert and Susan Conrad

Roberta DePompei

Michael Dunn

Roger and Ann Edwards

Barbara and Denis Feld

Benjamin Flaker

Nicole and Alan Gaffney

Rosemarie George

Stanislav Golovin

Ian Haberman

Michael Hayes

John and Suzanne Hetrick

Betty Howell and Mike Smith

Karla and Mark Jenkins

William Jordan and Laurel Winters

Greer Kabb-Langkamp

Gretchen Laatsch and James Switzer

George Litman

Cheryl and Tom Lyon

Jim and Mary Messerly

Alan and Lori Mirkin

Paul and Alicia Mucha

Judith Nicely

Annette Nicoloff and Kristine Mikolajczk

Paula Rabinowitz

Kathy Rose

John Schambach

Anna Marie Schellin

Rachel Schneider

Fred and Karen Schreckengost

Betty and Joel Siegfried

James Simon

Joe Skubiak

Mickey Stefanik

Elinore Stormer

Jorene Whitney

Jamie Wilding and Caroline Oltmanns

Terry and Susan Yingling

These generous donors have chosen to honor special people in meaningful ways.

List as of March 31, 2024.

In memory of Melanie Baird

Barbara Herberich

In memory of Margaret Baxtresser

Floy and Lee Barthel

Earl and Judy Baxtresser

Elaine Guregian

Barbara and Mark MacGregor

In memory of John Bertsch

Barbara Eaton

Barbara and Denis Feld

Bruce Hagelin

Dorothy Lepp

In honor of Bobbie Eaton

Austin and Amanda Ferguson

In memory of William Eaton

Doris St. Clair

In honor of Denis and Barbara Feld

Jerry and Judi Brenner

Shirley Workman

In memory of Mary Ann Griebling

Barbara Eaton

Bruce Hagelin

Shirley Workman

In memory of Joy Hagelin

The Hagelin and Wolff families

Moneeb Iqbal

Anita Meeker

Marianne Miller

In memory of Kay Jenkins

Bob and Beverley Fischer

In memory of Martha Kelly

Susan and Charlie Akers

Frank Comunale

Mike and Debi Coudriet

Cynthia Knight

Loman and Susan Lindeman

Rosemary Lombardi

Stephen L. Meyer

Becky Michael

Betty and Joel Siegfried

Linda S. Smith

Charlcie and Charlie Towne

In memory of Natalie Miahky

Sally Childs

Frank Comunale

Barbara Eaton

Barbara and Denis Feld

Bruce Hagelin

DuWayne and Dorothy Hansen

Moneeb Iqbal

Mark and Karla Jenkins

Dorothy Lepp

Cynthia Snider

Gail Wild

Shirley Workman

In honor of George Pope

Fred and Elizabeth Specht

In memory of Austin Ferguson’s grandmother, Deloris Quinn

Bob and Beverley Fischer

In memory of Rosemary Reymann

Barbara Eaton

Barbara and Denis Feld

Bruce Hagelin

Cynthia Knight

In memory of Robert Roach

Marjorie Donahue

In memory of Lola Rothmann

Elizabeth Rusnak

In memory of their parents

Nathan and Cecilia Speelman

In memory of Bob Whittum

Barbara and Denis Feld

Bille Whittum

In honor of Shirley Workman

Anita Meeker

In honor of Tuesday Musical’s staff

Barbara Eaton

Foundations, Businesses, Government

Through their vital support, these organizations help to sustain Tuesday Musical and the arts throughout our region. List as of March 31, 2024.

$25,000+

William Bingham Foundation

GAR Foundation

Hillier Family Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Ohio Arts Council

$10,000 to $24,999

Akron Community Foundation

Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation

Mary and Dr. George L. Demetros Charitable Trust

Donald M. and Mary E. Jenkins Family Trust

Kulas Foundation

Gertrude F. Orr Trust Advised Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Peg’s Foundation

Charles E. and Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation

Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999

The Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust, KeyBank, Trustee

Betty V. and John M. Jacobson Foundation

John A. McAlonan Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Polsky Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Peter Zaret & Sons Violins

Helen S. Robertson Fund of Akron Community Foundation

Sisler McFawn Foundation

Welty Family Foundation

$1,000 to $4,999

C. Colmery Gibson Fund of Akron

Community Foundation

KeyBank Foundation

Lehner Family Foundation

Beatrice K. McDowell Family Fund

W. Paul Mills and Thora J. Mills Memorial Foundation

Laura R. and Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation

R. C. Musson and Katharine M. Musson

Charitable Foundation

Ohio Federation of Music Clubs

Synthomer Foundation

Business Partners

Tuesday Musical thanks these businesses for their financial support. As our partners, they are investing in the community where their customers, employees, and families live, learn and work.

The McCarron Group

Inventors of ZarelonTM Unbreakable Bow Hair

Never Need a Rehair! Expert repair and service, by appointment.

440-461-1411

zaret@roadrunner.com

5767 May eld Road

May eld Hts., OH 44124

www.zaretandsonsviolins.com

The Schauer Group and Chad Immel at Edward Jones in Fairlawn are among Tuesday Musical’s Business Partners.

Is your business interested in connecting with well-educated and sophisticated arts supporters and community leaders throughout Greater Akron and Northeast Ohio? To discuss options and opportunities, please contact Cynthia Snider, executive director of Tuesday Musical, at 330-7613460 or csnider@tuesdaymusical.org.

2023-2024 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President

Vice President/President Elect

Treasurer

Secretary

Governance Committee Chair

Committee Chairs

Artistic Planning

Brahms Allegro

Development

Finance

Hospitality

Membership

Member Programs

Scholarship

Student Ticket Program

At-large Members

George Pope

Claire Purdy

Paul Mucha

Sally Childs

Linda Liesem

Cynthia Snider

Jennifer Stenroos

Louise Harvey

Paul Mucha

Bobbie Eaton

Fred Specht

Stanislav Golovin

James Wilding

Teresa Good

Theron Brown, Mark Greer, Cheryl Lyon,

Bryan Meek, Marianne Miller, Landon Nyako, Shirley Workman

Staff

Executive Director

Director of Finance and Audience Services

Director of Artistic Operations

and Educational Engagement

Marketing Consultants

Social Media Assistant

Program art direction by Live Publishing Co.

Cynthia Snider

Karla Jenkins

Austin Ferguson

Brett Della Santina, Jim Sector

Amie Cajka

MAN DEL OPERA &

MAY 15–26, 2024

A festival of concerts, conversations, and ideas, inspired by Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

clevelandorchestra.com/festival

JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON