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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA Contact the Symphony ........................................................ 4 John DeMain Biography ...................................................... 6 Orchestra Personnel For This Concert .......................... 8 Ticket Information .................................................................. 51 Overture Hall Information ................................................... 51 Boards and Administration ................................................. 53

STRING SPIRIT, SEPT 24–25 Concert Sponsors ................................................................... 10 Program ...................................................................................... 11 Greg Zelek Biography........................................................... 12 Rhapsodie Quartet Biographies....................................... 13 Program Notes......................................................................... 18

SUPPORT Individual Donors.................................................................... 29 Stradivarius Society Members .......................................... 39 Business, Foundation and Government Donors... 42 Tributes........................................................................................ 44 Madison Symphony Orchestra Endowment Donors ........................................................48 Index of Advertisers .............................................................. 55

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JOHN DEMAIN | CONDUCTOR

In his 27th season as music director of the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Grammy and Tony Award-winning conductor John DeMain is noted for his dynamic performances on concert and opera stages throughout the world. American composer Jake Heggie assessed the conductor’s broad appeal, saying, “There’s no one like John DeMain. In my opinion, he’s one of the top conductors in the world.”

During his over two decades in Madison as the MSO music director, DeMain has consistently raised the quality of the orchestra by introducing blind auditions and continuously expanding the repertoire to encompass ever more challenging and virtuosic works, including the highly-acclaimed 6

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DeMain also oversaw the move into the world-class Overture Hall and expanded the subscription season to triple performances.

His active conducting schedule has taken him to the stages of the National Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the symphonies of Seattle, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Columbus, Houston, San Antonio, Long Beach, and Jacksonville, along with the Pacific Symphony, Boston Pops, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Seville, the Leipzig MDR Sinfonieorchester, and Mexico’s Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.

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Prior engagements include visiting San Francisco Opera as guest conductor for General Director David Gockley’s farewell gala, the Glimmerglass Festival in New York to conduct Sweeney Todd, Northwestern University to conduct Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, and the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in D.C. to conduct Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars. In 2019, he conducted the world premiere of Blue at the Glimmerglass Festival to critical acclaim — he “drew a vibrant performance from an orchestra of nearly 50 players; the cast was superb.”

(The New York Times) DeMain also serves as artistic director for Madison Opera and in their 2021–2022 season will conduct Lucia di Lammermoor, She Loves Me, and Orpheus in the Underworld. He has been a regular guest conductor with Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York, Aspen Music Festival, Portland Opera, and Mexico’s National Opera.

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During his distinguished 17-year tenure with Houston Grand Opera, DeMain led a historymaking production of Porgy and Bess, winning a Grammy Award, Tony Award, and France’s Grand Prix du Disque for the RCA recording. In spring 2014, the San Francisco Opera released an HD DVD of their most recent production of Porgy and Bess, conducted by John DeMain.

DeMain began his career as a pianist and conductor in his native Youngstown, Ohio. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Juilliard School and made a highly acclaimed debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

DeMain was the second recipient of the Julius Rudel Award at New York City Opera and one of the first six conductors to receive the Exxon/National Endowment for the Arts Conductor Fellowship for his work with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

DeMain holds honorary degrees from the University of Nebraska and Edgewood College and he is a Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. He resides in Madison and his daughter, Jennifer, is a UW– Madison graduate.

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ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL FOR THIS CONCERT VIOLIN I

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Naha Greenholtz Concertmaster

Christopher Dozoryst Principal

John Jutsum Principal

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

Suzanne Beia Co-Concertmaster Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair

Leanne Kelso League Associate Concertmaster George and Candy Gialamas Chair

Huy Luu Associate Concertmaster Olga Pomolova Assistant Concertmaster Endowed by an Anonymous Friend

Neil Gopal Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Tim Kamps Jon Vriesacker Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Paran Amirinazari Laura Mericle Christine Hauptly Annin Clayton Tillotson David Huntsman + Mary Theodore

VIOLIN II Xavier Pleindoux Principal Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair

Hillary Hempel Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky Wes Luke Rolf Wulfsberg Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl Geri Hamilton Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Jerry Loughney Maynie Bradley Michelle Kaebisch

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James F. Crow Chair

Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson Marika Fischer Hoyt Ina Georgieva Marie Pauls Alexis Carreon Bonnie Yeager +Davis Perez

Eugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair

ORCHESTRA COMMITTEE Lisa Bressler, Chair Jeff Takaki, Vice-Chair Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary Mark Bridges, Treasurer Josh Biere, Member-at-large JJ Koh, Member-at-large

Librarian Kathryn Taylor John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

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Mark Bridges Assistant Principal Karen Cornelius Jordan Allen Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Laurie Riss Derek Handley Becky Pan Trace Johnson + Adam Ayers

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“Zelek was physically animated throughout the performance. His hands flew across three levels of keyboards while his feet worked the pedalboard like somebody playing Dance Dance Revolution in an arcade.”

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Charles-Marie Widor’s Sixth Organ Symphony is one of his most famous, and for good reason! This five-movement masterpiece includes two of his most performed movements of all of his symphonies (other than his often played Toccata) and is a work of grand symphonic proportion. Before diving into this tour de force, I open the concert with a transcription of Elgar’s Nimrod from his Enigma Variations in reflection of the challenging past year.

— Greg Zelek

Greg Zelek, Organ Elgar, ‘Nimrod’ from Enigma Variations Widor, Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor MAJOR FUNDING PROVIDED BY: Gale Meyer Jane Hamblen and Robert Lemanske Gerald and Shirley Spade

Greg Zelek is the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Organist and the Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ.

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS for supporting these performances

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with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

Endowment support for the music library collection is the gift of John & Carolyn Peterson.

The Overture Concert Organ is the gift of Pleasant T. Rowland.

Greg Zelek is the MSO's Principal Organist and the Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ.

Welcome to this Madison Symphony Orchestra concert! Please turn off your electronic devices and cell phones for the duration of the concert.

Today's performance is approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission. Wearing masks is required throughout the concert. Please be sure to position your mask properly over your nose. Photography and video are not permitted during the performance. Please take and share photos at the end of the concert. Thank you!

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John DeMain, Conductor Greg Zelek, Organ Suzanne Beia, Violin Laura Burns, Violin Christopher Dozoryst, Viola Karl Lavine, Cello EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Introduction and Allegro RHAPSODIE QUARTET MS. BEIA MS. BURNS MR. DOZORYST MR. LAVINE

FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963) Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani MR. ZELEK PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48 Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo—Allegro moderato Waltz: Moderato Elegy: Largo elegiaco—Poco più animato Finale, Tema Russo: Andante—Allegro con spirito

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GREG ZELEK | ORGAN

Praised as “extraordinary in the classical music world” (Jon Hornbacher, PBS Wisconsin Life), Greg Zelek is the Principal Organist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ, where he oversees all of the MSO’s organ programming.

Since September 2017, Greg has proudly held the Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curatorship.

In addition to concertizing throughout the United States, Greg regularly performs with orchestras as both a soloist and professional ensemble member, including the Florida Orchestra, Ridgewood Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, MET

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Orchestra, and Miami Symphony Orchestra. In 2016, Greg was chosen by The Diapason magazine as one of the top “20 Under 30” organists, a feature which selects the most successful young artists in the field. He was the First Prize winner in the 2012 Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition, the 2012 West Chester University Organ Competition, and the 2010 East Carolina University Organ Competition. A recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship, Greg received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, as well as an Artist Diploma, from the Juilliard School as a student of Paul Jacobs.

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Suzanne Beia, Violin Suzanne Beia is the Associate Concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. She is also the Concertmaster of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and second violinist in the Pro Arte Quartet. A native of Reno, Nevada, she began her musical studies on the viola at the age of ten. Three years later, she shifted her attention to the violin and made her solo debut at the age of fourteen with the North Lake Tahoe Symphony. Since that time, she has performed on numerous occasions as a soloist with orchestras throughout the United States and Germany.

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Her chamber music experience has been extensive, having been invited to perform in numerous festivals such as Chamber Music West, Telluride Chamber Music Festival, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, Festival de Prades, and Chamber Music at the Barn. Suzanne has served on the faculties of the Rocky Ridge Music Center and Florida International University. Her major teachers have included Theodore Madsen, Roy Malan, Jorja Fleezanis, and David Perry.

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Laura Burns, Violin

Chris Dozoryst, Violin

Laura Burns is a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, where she also performs with the Rhapsodie String Quartet, part of the Madison Symphony’s HeartStrings® initiative that brings live interactive music programs to adults and children with disabilities. Laura is an active performer in the Madison area, appearing with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Token Creek Music Festival, LunArt Festival, Mosaic Chamber Players, Duo Penumbra, and Quartessence.

She has taught studio violin, chamber music and conducted orchestras in both public and private education settings, including her current position as string specialist at Edgewood College. In addition to performing and teaching, Laura has served as president of the Independent String Teachers of Madison and president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.

Ms. Burns holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in violin performance from UW–Madison.

Her teachers include David Perry and Tyrone Greive.

Chris Dozoryst was appointed to the position of Principal Viola with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in 2007. He has also been a member of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra since 2004.

Additionally, Chris is a guest performer with the Oakwood Chamber Players and a member of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. Previously, Chris was a member of the Northwest Indiana Symphony and Illinois Philharmonic orchestras and has performed with the Elgin Symphony, Lake Forest Symphony, Ars Viva, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicagoland Pops, and many other ensembles. Chris earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin– Madison in 1997 and his Master’s degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in 2000. His teachers have included Louis Rosove, Sally Chishom, and Atar Arad. Chris and his wife Shannon live in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

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Karl Lavine, Cello Karl Lavine is principal cellist for Madison Symphony Orchestra and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. He is also Director of the Chamber Music Program for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. He has freelanced and worked as a grant writer in New York City, toured Europe and Canada as a member of the Kandisky Trio, and performed an 18-month European tour of West Side Story.

Karl appears regularly at John and Rose Mary Harbison’s Token Creek Chamber Music Festival and maintains an active private teaching studio in Madison. He has held faculty positions at Iowa’s

Luther College, Illinois Wesleyan University, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the National String Workshop. As a member of the Present Music, Karl has recorded many recent compositions with the ensemble as well as solo repertoire. He is also a member of the Kepler Quartet, a string quartet which resulted from performances of works of composer Ben Johnston. With the help of a generous grant from the Aaron Copland Recording Foundation and support from New World Records, the Kepler Quartet is recording the complete string quartets of American composer, Ben Johnston.

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PROGRAM NOTES SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2021 Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen

Welcome back to Overture Hall!

As a special concert to open this season, the Madison Symphony Orchestra presents this program of three works for strings, opening with our first-ever performance of Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro.

Featured in this work is the Rhapsodie Quartet, the resident ensemble of our award-winning HeartStrings® educational program: Suzanne Beia and Laura Burns, violins, Christopher Dozoryst, viola, and Karl Lavine, cello. The MSO’s principal organist, Greg Zelek, then takes center stage for Poulenc’s brilliant Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani.

Our closing work, Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous Serenade, is among the finest Romantic pieces written for string orchestra.

Introduction and Allegro Composed: 1905.

Premiere: March 8, 1905, in Queen’s Hall, London, with the composer conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

Previous MSO Performance: This is our first performance of the work.

Duration: 15:00.

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Edward Elgar

Born: June 2, 1857, Broadheath, Great Britain.

Died: February 23, 1934, Worcester, Great Britain.

This sumptuous work for strings was written in 1905 to showcase the principal string players and string section of the newly-created London Symphony Orchestra.

Background By 1905, when he composed his Introduction and Allegro, Elgar was tremendously successful: widely recognized at home and abroad as one of England’s leading composers. The work was written for the newly-founded London Symphony Orchestra, at the suggestion of his friend August Jaeger (immortalized as Nimrod in Elgar’s famous Enigma Variations). Elgar frequently sketched musical ideas as they came to him, and would come back to these sketches months or years later in creating new works. In this piece, he drew upon a theme he called the “Welsh tune,” reportedly a melody he had heard in the distance when he and his wife were on holiday in Wales in 1901. He had intended to use it in a planned, but never completed Welsh Overture. In the Introduction and Allegro, 2021 | 2022 SEASON

it became the unifying main theme. Scored for strings only, this work was designed to display the virtuosity of the orchestra’s principal string players—parts played here by the Rhapsodie Quartet. Writing for strings came naturally to Elgar, who, as a young man, had earned much of his living as a violinist. He had a keen awareness of the capabilities of the instruments, and wrote challenging but idiomatic parts for the soloists and accompanying string orchestra.

What You’ll Hear The Introduction opens with a bold, tragic statement from the full ensemble, but the solo viola soon introduces the flowing, wistful “Welsh tune.” A brief return to the opening music and a hushed passage for the quartet usher in the main body of the work (Allegro). This broad scherzo is set in sonata form, and works with three primary ideas: a wide-ranging opening theme, a rather tense sixteenthnote idea introduced by the quartet, and a soaring closing idea. This exposition ends with a languid version of the opening idea from the Introduction and brief reminder of the Welsh tune. In place of a conventional development section, Elgar wrote an extended fugue on a new theme, but which eventually incorporates most of the other musical ideas. (In a letter to Jaeger, he described this as a “devil of a fugue.”) Rather than coming to some kind of climactic ending, the fugue dies madisonsymphony.org

away into a brief recapitulation of the main Allegro themes.

The coda returns to the Welsh theme, now in a lushly-scored version for the full ensemble, before a brisk closing passage.

Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani Composed: Poulenc completed this work in 1938.

Premiere: It was premiered privately at the home of the Princesse de Polignac in Paris in December of that year, and the first public performance, also in Paris, took place in June 1939.

Previous MSO Performance: 2006, with organist Samuel Hutchinson.

Duration: 22:00.

Francis Poulenc

Born: January 7, 1899, in Paris, France.

Died: January 30, 1963, in Paris, France.

This concerto, written by one of the 20th-century French masters, Francis Poulenc, frequently pays tribute to the great organ works of J. S. Bach.

Background Poulenc, born into wealth, had the enviable position as a composer of not having to worry about making a living. Likable, humorous, and friendly, he circulated easily in the social world of the French

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upper class. This didn’t mean he was not serious about his work, however. Poulenc was a member of the influential group of French composers known as Les Six, together with Honegger, Milhaud, Auric, Durey, and Tailleferre: an informal association founded when most of them were Paris Conservatory students in the late 1910s. The members of Les Six sought a more naturalistic style of modern French music, rejecting the Romantic excess of Wagner, the harsh atonality of Schoenberg, and what they saw as vagueness of form in Debussy. Poulenc’s music, often dry and witty, fits these goals perfectly.

There is also a deeply spiritual and serious side to much of Poulenc’s music. He rediscovered his Catholic faith while in his late 30s, and many of his choral works, from the Mass in G Major of 1937 to the well-known Gloria of 1960, were settings of Latin religious texts.

Poulenc’s religious vision reflected his own joie de vivre, and his religious music is never pompous or conventional. His organ concerto, though not intended as church music, clearly draws on the organ fantasias of Bach and other Baroque composers and on the great 20th-century French organ tradition. It was originally commissioned in 1934 by the Princesse de Polignac, a wealthy patroness who had earlier commissioned his concerto for two pianos. The Princesse—Americanborn Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer sewing machine

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fortune—was a talented musician who had a large organ installed in her salon in Paris.

The Concerto’s composition was uncharacteristically drawn-out and difficult for Poulenc. He was not himself an organist, and was unsure about technical details of writing for the instrument. He also seems to have had in mind a piece of greater emotional depth than many of his earlier works, writing at one point to the Princesse that: “It is not the amusing Poulenc of the Concerto for Two Pianos, but more like a Poulenc on the way to the cloisters.” After four years of off-and-on frustration, he wrote to her in May 1938 that “Yes, you will finally have your Concerto.

The word finally sums up the joy I feel on being at peace with my conscience and even more specifically, with my artistic conscience, as the work is now truly ready. Never, since I first began composing, have I had so much trouble finding my means of expression, but I nevertheless hope that it now flows freely without giving the impression of too much effort.”

What You’ll Hear Though the original commission was apparently for a relatively easy organ piece that the Princesse herself could play, the solo part of Poulenc’s concerto ended up as music calling for considerable virtuosity. (For the premiere, Poulenc enlisted the eminent Maurice Duruflé, organist at the church of St. Etienne-du-Mont,

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and organ professor at the Paris Conservatory.) The piece is laid out in several linked sections, which do indeed “flow freely” from one to another. There is a severe and distinctly “Bach-like” introduction, which eventually leads to stormy music carried by the strings with short bursts from the organ. There is a full stop, and then a short recitative by the organ leads to long section marked “very calm.”

A long period of increasing tension culminates in an outburst from the organ, a short quiet interlude, and another furious scherzo. In the end, there is a brightening of the harmony, and a quiet passage of almost religious mystery, before a final Baroque explosion from the organ and a closing chord.

Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48

Composed: Between September 21 and November 4 of 1880.

Premiere: It was first played at a private concert at the Moscow Conservatory on December 3, 1880, and the public premiere was in St Petersburg on October 30, 1881.

Previous MSO Performances: The complete Serenade has been played twice at these concerts: in 1926 (at the orchestra’s inaugural performance) and 1993 Duration: 31:00.

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born: May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Russia.

Died: November 6, 1893, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Tchaikovsky’s Serenade is filled with delightful music: a tribute to Mozart in the opening movement, a swirling Waltz, an emotional Elegy, and a forceful Russian-style finale.

Background In October of 1880, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron and confidante Nadezhda von Meck: “You can be assured, dear friend, that my muse has been benevolent lately, when I tell you that I have written two long works very rapidly: a festival overture for the upcoming Exhibition and a serenade in four movements for string orchestra.

The overture [the famous 1812 Overture] will be very noisy. I wrote it without much warmth and enthusiasm—therefore it has no great artistic value. The serenade, on the other hand, came from an inward impulse. I felt it, and I venture to hope that this work is not wholly lacking in artistic qualities.” The new work was played in December 1880 by his colleagues and students at the Moscow Conservatory as a surprise for the composer, who was returning to Moscow after a long absence. In 1881, he sent a copy the score to Eduard Nápravník, conductor of the Russian Musical Society in St. Petersburg. Nápravník conducted

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its public premier in October, and the Serenade was an immediate success. It was apparently one of Tchaikovsky’s personal favorites among his works, and it remains is one of the most popular Romantic works for string orchestra.

What You’ll Hear Tchaikovsky described the opening movement (Pezzo in forma di sonatina) as “...my homage to Mozart; it is intended to be an imitation of his style.” The opening passage clearly hearkens back to the slow introductions to a few of Mozart’s symphonies, and the middle section of the work is set in one of the lightest of Classical forms, the sonatina: a sonata form with very little in the way of development. The Waltz (Moderato) is lilting and graceful, spinning out two lovely themes, and occasionally slowing to hold the highest note in a phrase for moment before continuing its forward motion. The Elegy (Largo elegiaco) is also in a very simple form. The beginning is a emotional passage for the entire orchestra, which gives way to a

more agitated section (Poco più animato). The opening music returns at the end, and is expanded in a brief coda.

The Finale, Tema Russo is the most nationalistic of the Serenade’s movements. For the opening passage (Andante), Tchaikovsky borrows a folk tune from the Volga region, passing it from the upper strings to the lower. The main theme of the movement, marked Allegro con spirito, is a popular dancelike tune from Moscow, and this is pitted against a more songlike melody of distinctively Russian character.

Tchaikovsky skillfully weaves these themes together until the very end, when he brings back the very opening music of the first movement. After this reminiscence, the tempo quickens gradually for a lively coda.

program notes ©2021 by J. Michael Allsen Complete program notes for the 2021-22 season are available at www.madisonsymphony.org.

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GRAND PANORAMA The majesty of the Grand Canyon unfolds musically and visually in the spectacle of Ferde Grofé’s expansive musical palette accompanied by stunning projected imagery. Cuban-American cellist Thomas Mesa, a hit in his 2019 Madison recital, balances the program with the equally expansive and expressive Cello Concerto of Antonin Dvořák. Two Madison premieres, Arthur Honegger’s Rugby and Lyric for String Orchestra by African-American composer George Walker NOV complete the program.

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The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our affiliate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of The Symphony’s mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all individual donors for their gifts and sponsorships to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, and/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ. Donors are listed according to the total amount of their monetary donations supporting the 2021-2022 Season* as of August 31, 2021.

$20,000 & ABOVE Fernando & Carla Alvarado Diane Ballweg Norm & Barbara Berven Rosemarie & Fred Blancke W. Jerome Frautschi & Pleasant Rowland Myrna Larson Roma Lenehan Marvin J. Levy Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Stephen Morton David & Kato Perlman Cyrena & Lee Pondrom Lise R. Skofronick One Anonymous Friend

$10,000-$19,999 Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Louise & Ernest Borden Scott & Janet Cabot Audrey Dybdahl Marilyn Ebben Joan Fudala & Richard Dike Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde Susan S. Harris Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Howard Kidd & Margaret Murphy Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Doug & Norma Madsen Barbara Melchert & Gale Meyer Claudia Berry Miran Fred & Mary Mohs Nancy Mohs Peggy & Tom Pyle Kay Schwichtenberg & Herman Baumann William Steffenhagen Judith & Nick Topitzes Fred A. Wileman

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$5,000-$9,999 William & Claudette Banholzer Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Jeff & Beth Bauer Joel & Kathryn Belaire Robert Benjamin & John Fields Marian & Jack Bolz Martha & Charles Casey Dennis & Lynn Christensen Wallace & Peggy Douma Bob Erb & Wendy Weiler Dr. Thomas & Leslie France John & Christine Gauder Dr. & Mrs. Frank Greer Jane Hamblen & Robert F. Lemanske Janet Hyde James & Joan Johnston Shree Kalluri & Family Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Barbara J. Merz Michael Oliva & Patricia Meyer Sandra L. Osborn & Marshall Finner Reynold V. Peterson Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson Walter & Karen Pridham Charitable Fund Beth & Peter Rahko Rodney Schreiner & Mark Blank Gerald & Shirley Spade John F. Suby Greg & Jenny Williams One Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999 Kay & Martin Barrett Shaila & Tom Bolger Anne W. Bolz Patricia Brady & Robert Smith Ellsworth & Dorothy Brown Richard & Marilyn Cashwell Lau & Bea Christensen Anne-Marie & Paul Carrell Steven Ewer & Abigail Ochberg Timothy & Renee Farley Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James Dolores & Paul Gohdes Tyrone & Janet Greive Terry Haller Mike & Beth Hamerlik Curt & Dawn Hastings Bob & Louise Jeanne Sue & Paul Jobst Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Terry & Mary Kelly Michael & Linda Lovejoy Dr. Renate E. Madsen Connie Maxwell Peder & Jeanne Moren David Myers Paul & Maureen Norman Kevin & Cheryl O'Connor William & Patricia Paul Doug & Katie Reuhl Steven P. Robinson Family Fund Harold & Marilyn Silvester Thomas Rae Smith & Jennifer A. Younger Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston Dr. Steven Stoddard Jerry & Vicki Swedish

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$1,500–$2,499 Brian & Rozan Anderson Ron & Sharon Anderson Emy Andrew Dennis Appleton & Jennifer Buxton Beth Baldwin Jeffrey & Angela Bartell Bradford Brown & Maribeth Gettinger Donna Carnes Steve & Shirley Crocker James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund Kari Peterson & Ben De Leon William & Alexandra Dove Kristine Euclide & Douglas Steege Clayton & Belle Frink Katharine Gansner George Gay Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner Greg & Carol Griffin Kim Hah Julie Marriott & David Harding Betty & Edward Hasselkus Dr. Brandon S. Hayes Jim & Kathy Herman Walter & Barbara Herrod Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King Nancy Jesse & Paul Menzel Maryl R. Johnson, M.D. John Jorgensen & Olga Pomolova Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Bill & Fern Lawrence Helen & Ernest Madsen David & Ann Martin Jane McGinn Joseph Meara & Karen Rebholz Jon & Cookie Miller Mark & Nancy Moore Thomas H. Nash III & Corinna Gries

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$750–$1,499 Ellis & Susan Bauman James & Diane Baxter Lawrence Bechler Darrell & Michelle Behnke Catherine Briggs & Marthea Fox Betty Chewning Mike & Quinn Christensen Phil Daub Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo Charles & Bonnie Dykman Ray & Mary Evert Michael & Anne Faulhaber Robert & Vivian Ghiz Cynthia S. Hiteman Charles & Tammy Hodulik David & Kathleen Irwin Stan & Nancy Johnson

Rosemary & Lee Jones Robert & Judy Knapp John & Barbara Komoroske David & Hilda Kuter Richard & Judy Kvalheim Constance Lavine & Fred Holtzman Charles Leadholm & Jeanne Parus Margaret Luby Patrick Luby Clare & Michael McArdle Charles McLimans & Dr. Richard Merrion Patricia McQuiddy Christine & Jeff Molzahn Vicki & Marv Nonn Jon & Fung Wai D Parker Gary & Mary Peterson Mary Pinkerton & Tino Balio Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer Don & Carol Reeder Charles Scott Eileen M. Smith Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston James J. Uppena Dr. Condon & Mary Vander Ark Teresa Venker Willis & Heijia Wheeler Jeffrey & Nancy Williamson David Willow Jeffrey Wright & Jatinder Cheema Fred Younger George & Dorothy Zografi Four Anonymous Friends

$500–$749 Bert & Diane Adams Mike Allsen Peggy Anderson Carolyn Aradine Joel & Kathryn Belaire David & Karen Benton Bruce & Nancy Braun Brooks & Virginia Brenneis Joyce A. Bringe Rueben Buse & Mary Murray Barbara & Ted Cochrane Marshall & Arlene Colburn Louie Cornelius & Pris Boroniec Judy Craig Jerome Cronin

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Bill & Kim Donovan Marlene Duffield & Terry Walton-Callaghan Jerome Ebert & Joye Ebert Kuehn Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich William & Lynne Watrous Eich Janet Faulhaber Robert Forbess & Eunice Reep Eric & Amanda Frailing Paul Fritsch & Jim Hartman Robert & Carol Frykenberg Rosalee Gander Evan & Emily Gnam Joel & Jacquie Greiner Ei Terasawa Grilley Robert & Judith Havens Ivan Haynes Sandra Haynes Kris S. Jarantoski Bobbie & Steve Jellinek Norman Johnson Jerome & Dee Dee Jones Tim Kamps & Laura Mericle Larry M. Kneeland Catherine & Douglas Knuth Tom Kurtz Eric & Alyson Larson Richard & Joan Leffler Ed & Julie Lehr Mike & Kathy Lipp Laird Marshall & Alice D'Alessio Hal & Christy Mayer Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez Rick & Jo Morgan Earl & Eleanor Munson Anne & David Nerenz Sharon Newlun Dan & Judy Nystrom Pamela Oliver & John Lemke David & Barbara Parminter Peter S. Pessoa Barbara Prindiville Roger & Nancy Rathke Drs. Joy & David Rice Lorraine & Gary Roberts James & Carol Ruhly Bela & Ruth Sandor

Kathleen & Ronald Schell Wayne & Barbara Schwalen Lanny & Margaret Smith Chris & Ron Sorkness Dawn Stucki Edith Sullivan Millard & Barbara Susman Richard & Barbara Weaver Derrith Wieman & Todd Clark Two Anonymous Friends

$250–$499 Hilde & Julius Adler Derek Aimonetto & Glenn Rowe Anne Altshuler & David Sulman Sally E. Anderson David & Ruth Arnold Nancy Baillies & Kevin Gould Christine K. Beatty Patricia Bernhardt Beth Binhammer & Ellen Hartenbach Terry Bloom & Prudy Stewart M. Lynn Bonneau Daniel & Stacey Bormann Stan & Marylin Boyer Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter Calvin Bruce & Cathy Caro-Bruce Thomas Buchhauser & John Ely Catherine Buege Charles & Joanne Bunge David & Sarah Canon Dennis & Jean Carlson Trinidad & Billie Chavez Evonna Cheetham Sam Coe Marc & Sheila Cohen Theodore & Eileen Collins Bruce Croushore & Michele Hilmes R. Christian & Kathy Davis Bob & Paula Dinndorf Russell & Janis Dixon Jean Druckenmiller John & Deidre Dunn Fred Edelman Jane Eisner

Jim & Jean Elvekrog Crystal Enslin Wes & Ankie Foell Donna B. Fox Jonathan Fritz John Gadow C. Daniel & Margaret Geisler Barbara Gessner Paul & Joyce Gottschalk Dianne Greenley George & Joan Hall Brian Haltinner Hoyt Halverson & Katherine Morkri John Hayward & Susan Roehlk John & Sarah Helgeson Cornelia & A. Henry Hempe Deborah Hoffman & Mark Hazelbaker Helen Horn & Ralph Petersen Evelyn Howell James & Cindy Hoyt Barbara S. Hughes Robert & Ellen Hull John & Karen Icke Margaret & Paul Irwin Maryanne & Bob Julian Noël & Steven Klapper Robert Klassy Chris & Marge Kleinhenz Mary & Scott Kolar James Krikelas Roberta Kurtz Beverly Larson David Lawver Richard & Jean Lottridge Doug Knudson & Judith Lyons John & Mary Madigan Thomas & Elvice McAlpine Chandler McKelvey Ken Mericle & Mindy Taranto Carol Milanich & Robert Davenport Margaret & Paul Miller Arthur Hans & Terry Ellen Moen Robin Moskowitz Genevieve Murtaugh Mary & Michael Myers

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Gary Davis & James Woods James & Sally Ann Davis Sally & James Davis Beverly Davison James & Edith Davison Eve & Carl Degen Royce Dembo Laura & Erik Dent Rahel Desalegne Carla & Michael Di Iorio Michael & Ulrike Dieterle Cliff Dillhunt & Kathleen Koegel Ruth Dobbratz David Dodd & John Pearson Dan & Carole Doeppers Rosemary M. Dorney Sue Dornfeld Ruth Downs Paula K. Doyle Eve & Peter Drury Richard & Doris Dubielzig Katrina Dwinell & Jane Oman Janine C. Edwards Barbara G. Eggleston Amanda Elfman Roy & Stephanie Elkins Albert & Ann Ellingboe Elizabeth Enright John & Will Erikson Phyllis Ermer Johanna Fabke Zsuzsa Fabry & Matyas Sandor Robert Factor & Kris Rasmussen Phillip & Deborah Ferris Susan & James Fiore Jennie Fischer Peter Fisher & Cyndy Galloway Emily & Milton Ford Kate Ford Roberts & Jim Struve Kathryn Forde Carol Fosshage Bobbi & Jim Reynolds Evelyn Fox Raelene & LisaAnn Freitag Janet & Byron Frenz Perry & Carolyn Frey Anna & Suraya Gade Kenneth & Molly Gage Debra Dahlke & Robert Gake Alan & Kathy Garant Russell & Suzanne Gardner Jill Gaskell Michael George & Susan Gardels Charles & Janet Gietzel Fr. C. Lee & Edith M. Gilbertson

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Andres Acosta Troy Cook Kenneth Kellogg DIRECTED BY Fenlon Lamb CONDUCTED BY John DeMain FEATURING Madison Opera Chorus, Madison Symphony Orchestra

NOVEMBER 5 & 7, 2021 OVERTURE HALL In the highlands of Scotland, Lucia is deeply in love with Edgardo, whose family are sworn enemies of her clan. Her brother rips them apart and convinces Lucia to marry another man, but neither the wedding ceremony nor the wedding night go according to plan.

Donizetti’s extraordinary music tells a story of longing and betrayal, of love and despair. Join us back in the theater for one of the world’s most celebrated operas.

Tickets start at just $19!

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Joan Gilbertson Pauline Gilbertson & Peter Medley Carl & Peggy Glassford William & Sharon Goehring Janice Golay John & Barbara Gordon Barbara Grajewski & Michael Slupski Jon & Nancy Gramzow Janice Gratch & Steven Wilensky Sam Gratz Marjorie & Andrew Greene Kelton Greenway Philip Greenwood David Griffeath & Catherine Loeb Adrienne Gross Paul Grossberg & Dean Ziemke Susan Gruber Dale & Linda Gutman Bob & Bevi Haimerl Andrew Halbach Thomas & Vicki Hall Jane Hallock & William Wolfort Wava Haney Philip A. Hardacre Arlene P. Hart Phil & Mary Hasheider Paul L. Hauri H. William & Susan Hausler Jeff & June Hausmann Betty B. Hayward Gregg Heatley & Julie James Cheryl Heiliger Peter & Mariana Hewson William & Sara Lee Hinckley Jeff & Kristi Hoffman James Holden & Gundega Korsts Cheryl Holzhueter Linda & Jeff Huttenburg Frank Iltis Mark & Catherine Isenberg Paul & Lynne Jacobsen Charles James Evelyn Jennings Carol & Herbert Jensen Aaron & Sarah Johnson Barent & Noreen Johnson Doug & Kathy Johnson Dan & Janet Johnson Jerry & Sherry Johnson Lowell & Patty Johnson Conrad & Susan Jostad Kristine Kennedy Charles & Susan Kernats

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Paul & Jane McGann Julie McGivern & Tom Smith Andy & Laura McGuire Edward Meachen & Francine Tompkins Doris Mergen Lori J. Merriam Nancy Metzger Lorrie & Kevin Meyer Andrew & Kathy Milkowski Dan & Jodi Miller Kathleen & Richard Miller Linda Miller Ann Miller Coleman Jerry & Maureen Minnick Linda Mintener & Bob Jones Carla Moore Terry & Shirley Morrison Gary & Carol Moseson Ann & David Moyer William Muir & Bob Wright Lisa Munro Bill & De Nelson Agate Nesaule Jules & Judy Nicolet Ron Nief Lynette Nisbet Mary Lou Nord Kenneth Nordsieck Maria Novak & Jory Keating Casey & Eric Oelkers David Oesper & Suzy Munday Richard & Mary Ann Olson Richard & Marcia Olson Ron & Jan Opelt Bonnie Orvick Kathleen Otterson Leslie & Peter Overton Barbara Park Donna L. Paske Amy & Mark Pauli Ernest J. Peterson Roger & Linda Pettersen Russell & Marveen Phelps Ann Pollock & James Coors Virginia Porter & Ronald Niece Sue Poullette Jack & Lori Poulson Sarah Pozdell Lucinda K. Prue Robert Przybelski Thomas & Janet Pugh Donald & Roz Rahn Melanie Ramey & Linda Vahldieck

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John & Rose Rasmus Jason Rasmusen & Sarah Rasmusen Kathleen Rasmussen Loren & Margaret Rathert Sheila & C. Read Sherry Reames Mary Ann Rehberg Thomas & Rolando Reid Catherine Richard Kathryn Richardson Joan & Kenneth Riggs Kirsten Rindfleisch John K. Rinehart Cathy River Sara Roberts & Carolyn Carlson Todd & Sheryll Rockway John Rose & Brian Beaber Howard & Mirriam Rosen Fred & Mary Ross Richard A. & Lois K. Rossmiller Karen & Harry Roth Carol Rounds Nathaniel Ruck Robert & Nancy Rudd Dean Ryerson Carol Ryff Steven & Lennie Saffian Joy Sample Matt & Linda Sanders Rob & Mary Savage Dennis & Janice Schattschneider Jeffrey & Gail Schauer John & Susan Schauf Lawrence & Anne Scheidler Ron & Joanne Schmidt David & JoAnn Schoengold Dorothy I. Schroeder Donald & Joan Schuette Gary & Barbara Schultz Ron Hahm & Anita Schulz Ann & Gary Scott Magdolna Sebestyen Sandy Shepherd Daryl Sherman & Kathryn Lederhause Carolin Showers Thomas & Myrt Sieger Daniel & Cheryl Siehr Ulrich Sielaff & Janet Miller Rev. Gregory B. Sims Patricia & Robert Skryshevska J.R. & Patricia Smart Karen Smith

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Steven & Ellen Wickland Rebecca & Marvin Wiegand Rita Weiland Joy Wiggert Royce Williams & Judith Siegfried Mary Ann Willow Bambi Wilson Bill & Jackie Wineke Scott & Jane Wismans Brad Wolbert & Rebecca Karoff Eric Wolf Marcia Wright John Young & Gail Snowden Bethel Zabell Steven & Patty Zach George & Susan Zagorski Ledell Zellers & Simon Anderson Joan N. Zingale Sixty Anonymous Friends We also thank 371 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.

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A MADISON SYMPHONY CHRISTMAS Beginning with caroling in the lobby, and the entire audience singing Christmas carols together for the finale, this beloved annual Madison tradition brings the holiday season to a glorious start! Embrace the spirit of the season with our orchestra, opera stars, and three choruses for a celebration sharing hope and joy with everyone who joins us.

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MAJOR SPONSORS

Elizabeth Caballero, Soprano

American Printing Fiore Companies BMO Harris Bank Richard and Pamela Reese, in memory of Maurice and Arlene Reese Judith and Nick Topitzes An Anonymous Friend

Jared Esguerra, Tenor Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director

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Mount Zion Gospel Choir, Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors

Flad Architects J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc. Hooper Foundation Reinhart Boerner van Deuren s.c.

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PLANNED GIVING: THE STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY The individuals listed below have informed the MSO that they have included gifts for the Symphony in their estate plans. If you have remembered the Symphony in your will, living trust, or have made other arrangements for a future gift, we would love to know so we can thank you! We honor all requests for anonymity. Contact Casey Oelkers at (608) 260-8680 x228 for more information.

Fernando & Carla Alvarado Emy Andrew Dennis Appleton & Jennifer Buxton Judy Ashford Diane Ballweg Margaret B. Barker Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Rosemarie & Fred Blancke Shaila & Tom Bolger Marian & Jack Bolz Michael K. Bridgeman Alexis Buchanan & James Baldwin Scott & Janet Cabot Clarence Cameron & Robert Lockhart Martha & Charles Casey Elizabeth A. Conklin Barbara & John DeMain

Robert Dinndorf Audrey & Philip Dybdahl Jim & Marilyn Ebben George Gay Tyrone & Janet Greive Terry Haller Robert Horowitz & Susan B. King Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Richard & Meg LaBrie Steven Landfried Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Stephen D. Morton Reynold V. Peterson David & Kato Perlman Judith Pierotti Michael Pritzkow Gordon & Janet Renschler Joy & David Rice

Joan & Kenneth Riggs Harry & Karen Roth Edwin & Ruth Sheldon Dr. Beverly S. Simone Hans and Mary Lang Sollinger Family Fund Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston Gareth L. Steen Jurate Stewart John & Mary Storer Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer Marilynn Thompson Ann Wallace John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Helen L. Wineke Ten Anonymous Friends

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Jane Hilsenhoff Carl M. Hudig Martha Jenny Lois M. Jones Shirley Jane Kaub Helen B. Kayser Patricia Koenecke Teddy H. Kubly Arno & Hazel Kurth James V. Lathers Renata Laxova Stella I. Leverson Lila Lightfoot Jan Markwart Geraldine F. Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Miller Elmer B. Ott Ethel Max Parker Josephine Ratner Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser

Harry D. Sage Joel Skornicka Chalma Smith Marie Spec Charlotte I. Spohn Evelyn C. Steenbock Harry Steenbock Virginia Swingen Gamber F. Tegtmeyer, Jr. & Audrey Tegtmeyer Katherine Voight William & Joyce Wartmann Sally & Ben Washburn Sybil Weinstein Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson Glenn & Edna Wiechers Elyn L. Williams Margaret C. Winston Jay Joseph Young Two Anonymous Friends

Elizabeth S. Anderes Donald W. Anderson Helen Barnick Norman Bassett Nancy Becknell DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager Theo F. Bird Kenneth Bussan Margaret Christy Frances Z. Cumbee Teddy Derse Dr. Leroy Ecklund Mary J. Ferguson Linda I. Garrity Maxine A. Goold Beatrice B. Hagen Martin R. Hamlin Sybil A. Hanks Elizabeth Harris Julian E. Harris

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ENDOWMENT GIVING

The Century Society

We gratefully acknowledge our Century Society members. These donors have committed $100,000 or more to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s endowment, outright and/or through their estates.

Carla and Fernando Alvarado Diane Ballweg Barbara and Norman Berven Rosemarie and Fred Blancke Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation Jim and Cathie Burgess Margaret Christy Pat and Dan Cornwell James F. Crow The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Linda I. Garrity George Gay George and Candy Gialamas Tyrone and Janet Greive Terry Haller Carl M. Hudig Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Arno and Hazel Kurth Myrna Larson

James Victor Lathers Madison Symphony Orchestra League Nicholas and Elaine Mischler David and Kato Perlman John L. Peterson The Reuhl Family Pleasant T. Rowland Harry D. Sage JoAnn Six Gareth L. Steen Harry and Evelyn C. Steenbock Steinhauer Charitable Trust Thomas E. Terry Marilynn Thompson Katherine and Thomas Voight William and Joyce Wartmann Elyn L. Williams Margaret C. Winston Six Anonymous Friends

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We invite you to join these distinguished donors in helping the Madison Symphony Orchestra realize its vision to be a leader in classical music performance, education, community engagement, and artistic innovation for generations to come. Endowment gifts may be made for general purposes or to endow specific programs or chairs. For more information, please call Casey Oelkers, Director of Development, at (608) 260-8680 x228.

PROGRAM AND CHAIR NAMING OPPORTUNITIES Music Director’s Chair/Podium

Associate Concertmaster

HeartStrings®

Principal Bass

Symphony Soup

Principal Bassoon

Fall Youth Concerts

Principal Tuba

Spring Young People’s Concert

Assistant Principal Viola

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Assistant Principal Cello

Chorus Director Chorus Accompanist Adopt-a-Stop/Organ Endowment

Assistant Principal Bass Section Chair (most instruments)

BUSINESS, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT DONORS Madison Symphony Orchestra Madison Symphony Orchestra League Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our affiliate organizations rely on generous donor support to fund the fulfillment of our mission each year. We gratefully acknowledge all companies, foundations and government agencies for their grants, sponsorships and general contributions.

Organizations that have contributed to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, and/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ are listed according the total amount of their donations supporting the 2021-2022 Season* as of September 1, 2021.

$100,000 or more Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation Madison Symphony Orchestra League NBC 15 US Small Business Administration

$50,000–$99,999 Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation National Endowment for the Arts

$25,000–$49,999 American Printing Irving and Dorothy Levy Family Foundation, Inc. The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club Madison Magazine Wisconsin State Journal and Madison.com

$15,000–$24,999 BMO Harris Bank Fiore Companies, Inc. John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc.

$10,000–$14,999 The Burish Group at UBS Capitol Lakes The Gialamas Company, Inc. Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. Madison Community Foundation Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Marriott Daughters Foundation

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$5,000–$9,999 Boardman & Clark LLP Capitol Bank Exact Sciences Flad Architects Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Hooper Foundation/General Heating & Air Conditioning J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. John A. Johnson Foundation, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Stafford Rosenbaum LLP SupraNet Communications, Inc. TDS Telecom U.S. Bank von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Wisconsin Public Radio An Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999 American Family Insurance Dane Arts, with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation

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Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Steinhilber Swanson LLP UnityPoint Health – Meriter UW Health & Unity Health Insurance

$1,000–$2,499 The Capital Times Kids Fund Colony Brands, Inc. Farley’s House of Pianos Madison Arts Commission Unity Point Health – Meriter Foundation West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

UP TO $999 State Farm Insurance Companies Unlimited Decorating of Wisconsin Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc. *Total includes donations that support 2021-2022 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 20212022 Organ Concerts, 2021-2022 Education and Community Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League's 2021-2022 Events and Activities; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2021-2022 Annual Campaign. Fundraising event ticket purchases are not included. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this list.

If you believe an error has been made, please contact our development department at (608) 257-3734.

ARE YOU A BUSINESS LEADER

WHO LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC? The MSO has many opportunities for your business to support great music in our community, from sponsoring a concert weekend to helping present youth education programs. We work with you to find the best fit for your company’s needs. A variety of recognition and benefit packages are available.

Interested in learning more?

Visit madisonsymphony.org/corporategiving or call (608) 260-8680 x228.

Photos by Brett Stepanik and Amandalynn Jones.

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TRIBUTES

The Madison Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contributions honoring family & friends.

In honor of Jean Alderman Ian Alderman American Family Insurance

In memory of Philip Certain Vic & Sue Levy

In honor of James E. Engeler Janet Cibula

In memory of Marvin L. Conney Diange Agans Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In honor of Beth & Mat Gunshor & Family Harriet & Gordon Coppoc

In memory of Barbara DeMain Judith & Nick Topitzes Carolyn White

In honor of Scott Johnson Norman Johnson

In memory of Ivy Dreizin Sharon & Bradley Kahn Thomas & Margie Krauskopf Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In honor of Stephanie Jutt Susan Vergeront In honor of Robert Kramer Susan & Louie Cornelius & Pris Boroniec In honor of Dan Lyons Susan & Mark Oleinik In honor of Richard Mackie 103 donors to the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund In honor of Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Randall & Pamela Clouse In honor of Judith E. Topitzes Karen & Harry Roth In memory of Jess Anderson Valerie & Andreas Kazamias In memory of Erin Blasinski Alan Harvey In memory of Roman Bukolt Susan Vergeront

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In memory of Stan Druckenmiller Jean Druckenmiller In memory of James Ebben Jason & Erin Adamany Margo Ahrens Ron & Sharon Anderson Gregory & Mary Bares Patricia Bernhardt Miriam & Brian Boegel Marian & Jack Bolz Thea Brunsell Catherine Buege Stephen & Mary Cheney Audrey Dybdahl James Engeler Timothy & Renee Farley Patricia Fuller The Goldman Family Nona Hill & Clark Johnson Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Chris & Marge Kleinhenz Kevin & Mary Kucera

Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Michael & Linda Lovejoy Dr. Renate E. Madsen Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Barbara Melchert & Gale Meyer Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Robert & Carolyn Montgomery Darlene M. Olson James & Barbara Patch Barbara Peterman Beth & Peter Rahko Wipfli Financial Advisors Mary Schroeder JoAnn Six Therese Smith Pauline Sparks Lynn Stathas John & Catherine Steinhauer Mark & Daria Thomas Judith & Nick Topitzes Gordon & Karen Tuffli Jerome & Karen Wallander Carolyn White In memory of Jean Frank William & Sara Lee Hinckley Jeff & Kristi Hoffman Donald & Joan Schuette Ruth Sheldon Terry & Mary Warfield In memory of Richard Harper Elizabeth Harper In memory of Palmer Haynes Lydia Haynes

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In memory of Greg Hettmansberger John Bickford Susan Cook Mark & Cheryl Foltz Robin & Dan Ryan Sweet Orchard Outreach Ministries, Inc. In memory of Jane Hilsenhoff Patricia Bernhardt Jane McGinn In memory of Thomas Kuczmarski Marian & Jack Bolz In memory of Renata Laxova William & Alexandra Dove

In memory of Michael McKenna Richard & Nancy Latta Stephen and Marilyn Riederer In memory of Gordon Renschler Marian & Jack Bolz Audrey Dybdahl In memory of Marguerite Saecker Mary Saecker In memory of Patricia Struck Lawrence Bechler In memory of Paul Ulrich Ben & Allison Jaeger In memory of Margaret C. Winston John Erickson

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ (FOCO) play an important role in supporting the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Overture Concert Organ programming. FOCO helps the Symphony: • Bring you live performances by some of the best organists in the world • Produce a variety of free education and outreach programs to benefit our community • Tune and maintain the Overture Concert Organ Members receive invitations to behind-the-scenes events and opportunities to meet our guest organists. Become a member and show your support for this unique aspect of the MSO! Memberships begin at $35.

FOCO operates as part of Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Memberships are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/foco | 608-257-3734 222 W Washington Ave Suite 460 Madison, WI 53703

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In Memoriam

Tom Mohs November 6, 1938 – April 29, 2016

The friends and family of Tom Mohs are pleased to announce that a chair in the Bass section of the Madison Symphony Orchestra has been endowed and named the Tom Mohs Chair.

Madison was Tom’s home, and the Madison Symphony Orchestra was one of the institutions that made this community special to him. A group of Tom’s friends and family felt that the permanent naming of a symphony chair would be a fitting way to pay tribute to Tom for the difference he made in their lives, and in the Madison community.

The Tom Mohs Chair is supported by an $80,803.00 endowment established by these generous donors: Dr. Ernest & Louise Borden Judy & Dr. Carl Bowser Dr. Marcus & Sheila Cohen Dr. Paul & Anne Marie Correll John & Coleen Flad Lottie & Joel Frank Linda & Tony Granato Don & Mary Harkness Andrea & James Klauck Dr. Robert & Pam McDonald Howard & Nancy Mead

Dan & Ellyn Mohs Fred & Mary Mohs Daniel & Judith Nystrom Catherine B. Peercy Hannah & Tad Pinkerton Karen & Jacob Stampen Janet Streiff Judy & Nick Topitzes Carolyn White Dr. John Wiley

Information about Madison Symphony Orchestra endowment naming opportunities can be found at madisonsymphony.org/endowchair.

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ENDOWMENT DONORS The Madison Symphony Orchestra is deeply grateful to these generous donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the Symphony’s endowment, including gifts made directly to the Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation and gifts made to the Great Performance Campaign Fund benefitting the Madison Symphony Orchestra. These gifts are invested in perpetuity to ensure the MSO’s continuing fiscal stability and its legacy of great music for generations to come.

Alliant Energy Foundation Altria Group, Inc. Carla & Fernando Alvarado American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation, Inc. American Girl, Inc. Anchor Bank Mel Anderes Brian & Rozan Anderson Ron & Sharon Anderson Estate of Donald W. Anderson Emy Andrew George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin Jim & Sue Bakke Helen Baldwin Diane Endres Ballweg Estate of Betty J. Bamforth Estate of Helen Barnick Jeffrey & Angela Bartell Nancy Becknell Chuck Bauer & Chuck Beckwith DeEtte Beilfuss-Eager & Leonard Prentice Eager, Jr. Barbara & Norman Berven Ed & Lisa Binkley Robert & Caryn Birkhauser Tom & Shaila Bolger Marian & Jack Bolz Anne & Robert Bolz Ernest & Louise Borden Daniel & Stacey Bormann Carl & Judy Bowser Nathan Brand Jim & Cathie Burgess Frank & Pat Burgess Mary P. Burke Capital Newspapers Capitol Lakes Thomas & Martha Carter Tony & Deri Cattelino

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Estate of Margaret Christy Marc & Sheila Cohen Mildred & Marv Conney Pat & Dan Cornwell James F. Crow Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc. Frances Z. Cumbee Trust CUNA Mutual Group Corkey & Betty Custer Teddy Derse Dorothy Dittmer Philip & Audrey Dybdahl Dr. Leroy Ecklund Jim & Marilyn Ebben Richard & Frances Erney Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation Ray & Mary Evert The Evjue Foundation, Inc. The Charitable Arm of The Capital Times David Falk & Joanne Robbins Thomas A. Farrell Janet Faulhaber First Business Bank of Madison First Weber Group Flad & Associates John & Colleen Flad Rockne Flowers Foley & Lardner Jean & Werner Frank W. Jerome Frautschi Walter A. & Dorothy Jones Frautschi Friends of the Overture Concert Organ Clayton & Belle Frink Paul Fritsch & Jim Hartman William & Jane Hilsenhoff Linda I. Garrity

John & Christine Gauder Candy & George Gialamas The Gialamas Company, Inc. Albert Goldstein, in memory of Sherry Goldstein Dr. Robert & Linda Graebner Anthony & Linda Granato Fritz & Janice Grutzner Terry Haller Dorothy E. Halverson Jane Hamblen & Robert Lemanske Estate of Martin Hamlin Julian & Elizabeth Harris Curtis & Dawn Hastings Ann & Roger Hauck Peggy Hedberg Roe-Merrill S. & Susan Heffner Jerry M. Hiegel Tom & Joyce Hirsch Hooper Corp./General Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Carl M. Hudig J. Quincy & Carolyn Hunsicker Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. Ralph & Marie Jackson Allen Jacobson Kris S. Jarantoski Peter & Ellen Johnson Marie & Hap Johnson Stan & Nancy Johnson Rosemary B. Johnson Johnson Bank Estate of Lois M. Jones JPMorgan Chase Darko & Judy Kalan Carolyn Kau & Chris Hinrichs Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Terry & Mary Kelly

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Kenneth R. Kimport Charles & Patricia Kincaid Joan Klaski & Stephen Malpezzi James & Andrea Klauck Patricia G. Koenecke William Kraus & Toni Sikes Estate of Theodora H. Kubly Estate of Arno & Hazel Kurth Michael G. Laskis Estate of James Victor Lathers Renata Laxova Lee Foundation Estate of Stella I. Leverson Ronald L. & Jean L. Lewis Gary E. Lewis Robert Lightfoot Laura Love Linden Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Madison Investment Advisors, Inc. Madison Symphony Orchestra League Madison Symphony Orchestra New Year’s Eve Ball 2003 Douglas & Norma Madsen Margaret Christy Revocable Trust Estate of Jan Markwart Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc. Connie Maxwell Oscar G. & Geraldine Mayer Hal & Christy Mayer Clare & Michael McArdle Richard & Mary McGary Elizabeth McKenna Michael & Cynthia McKenna Richard & Jean McKenzie Howard & Nancy Mead Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Gale Meyer Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Susanne Michler Nicholas & Elaine Mischler Dan & Ellyn Mohs Fred & Mary Mohs Tom & Nancy Mohs Alfred P. Moore & Ann M. Moore Katharine Morrison Mortenson Family Foundation Stephen D. Morton Walter Morton Foundation Jeanne Myers Stephen & Barbara Napier National Guardian Life Insurance Company

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Vicki & Marv Nonn Norman Bassett Trust Daniel & Judith Nystrom Casey & Eric Oelkers Sandra L. Osborn John & Carol Palmer Park Bank Estate of Ethel Max Parker & Cedric Parker Catherine Peercy John L. Peterson Reynold V. Peterson Larry & Jan Phelps E. J. Plesko Thomas & Janet Plumb Potter Lawson Architects Martin & Lynn Preizler Marie B. Pulvermacher Quarles & Brady LLP Estate of Josephine Ratner David Reinecke Douglas & Katherine Reuhl George & Jean Reuhl Thomas & Martha Romberg Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser Dan Rottier & Frankie Kirk Rottier Patrick M. Ryan Harry Sage Douglas Schewe Stephen & Marianne Schlecht Donald K. Schott Margaret & Collin Schroeder William & Pamela Schultz Marti Sebree Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Millie & Irv Shain Terry & Sandra Shockley Paul & Ellen Simenstad JoAnn Six Lise Skofronick Joel Skornicka Eileen Smith Estate of Chalma Smith Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger Glenn & Cleo Sonnedecker Marie Spec Spohn Charitable Trust Mike & Sandy Stamn Karen & Jacob Stampen Harriet Statz Estate of Evelyn Carol Steenbock Estate of Harry & Evelyn Steenbock Steinhauer Charitable Trust

Joseph & Jamie Steuer Peg Gunderson Stiles John & Janet Streiff Virginia Swingen W. Stuart & Elizabeth Sykes John & Leslie Taylor Gamber & Audrey Tegtmeyer, Jr. Terrance & Judith Paul Advised Fund Tom Terry Marilynn Thompson Estate of Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Thompson Jeff & Barbara Ticknor Todd & Elizabeth Tiefenthaler Harry & Marjorie Tobias Nick & Judy Topitzes John & Carol Toussaint U.S. Bank Foundation Jon & Susan Udell Virchow, Krause & Co. Katherine & Thomas Voight W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation Thomas & Rita Walker Ann Wallace Walter A. & Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Trust William & Joyce Wartmann Sally & Ben Washburn Estate of Sybil Weinstein Jeff & Cindy Welch Edwenna Rosser Werner Bob & Lu Westervelt John & Joyce Weston Jerry & Enid Weygandt Carolyn & Ron White Wiechers Survivor’s Trust Thomas & Joyce Wildes Georgia & John Wiley Bill Williamson Margaret C. Winston Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation Kathleen Woit Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman Jay J. Young Five Anonymous Friends We also thank the donors who have made endowment gifts up to $999.

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T I C K E T I N F O R M AT I O N SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box Office. Single tickets for 21/22 Symphony masterworks concerts are $20-$98, and Beyond the Score® tickets are $18-$74. Seniors (62 and over) and students save 20% in select seating areas, and students can purchase up to two $15 Student Rush tickets on the day of the concert at the Overture Center Box Office. All 21/22 Overture Concert Organ tickets are $20, and Organ Student Rush tickets are all $10.

SUBSCRIPTIONS are available through November! New subscribers save up to 50% off single ticket prices and enjoy benefits all season long including priority seating, unlimited ticket exchange, missed concert insurance, and more. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/21-22. Organ subscriptions are available through Oct. 18 — four concerts for $63. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/organ.

Please take note: we guarantee a refund for tickets to any concert that cannot be performed for any reason.

O V E R T U R E H A L L I N F O R M AT I O N RESTROOMS Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture Hall.

ACCESSIBILITY Overture Center is fully accessible to persons with mobility, hearing, and visual impairments. Ushers are available at each concert to assist you. Wheelchair or transfer seating is available; please notify the Overture Center Box Office when purchasing your ticket. If you require an assistive-listening device, please alert an usher at the concert.

GUEST CONSIDERATIONS The musicians and your fellow audience members thank you!

• Please arrive early to ensure plenty of time to get through security and to be seated. If you arrive late, you will be seated during an appropriate break in the music at the discretion of the house staff. If you need to leave during the concert, please exit quietly and wait to be reseated by an usher at an appropriate break.

• If you need to be reached during the concert, leave your cell phone with an usher along with your seat number. To contact a patron in an emergency, call (608) 258-4972 with the patron’s name and seat and row number. Please leave this information with anyone who might need to contact you.

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• Please feel free to take photos before the concert begins and during intermission! Once the lights dim, please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices.

• Please do not wear perfumes, colognes or scented lotions as many people are allergic to these products.

• Smoking is not permitted anywhere in Overture Center for the Arts.

• Children ages six and older with tickets are welcome at all MSO concerts.

Children of all ages are welcome at the Christmas concerts.

• The coat-check room is open when the weather dictates and closes 20 minutes after the performance ends.

• Eating and drinking are not permitted during Madison Symphony Orchestra performances. Please unwrap cough drops and candies before the concert begins.

Please take note: We will adhere to all public health guidelines and cooperate with Overture Center for the Arts to assure your safety (requirements include proof of COVID-19 vaccination and wearing masks). We invite you to visit madisonsymphony.org/faq for more information on health and safety. Overture Center safety information can be found at overture.org/health.

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B O A R D S A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021-2022

OFFICERS Ellsworth Brown President Mike Hamerlik Vice President Kay Schwichtenberg Vice President Lynn Stathas Vice President Martha Casey Secretary Doug Reuhl Treasurer Elliot Abramson Member-at-large Paul Norman Member-at-large Jacqueline Rodman Member-at-large Elaine Mischler Immediate Past President

DIRECTORS Carla Alvarado Brian Anderson Ruben Anthony, Jr. Jeffrey Bauer Darrell Behnke Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot Martha Casey Jessica Cavazos James Dahlberg Kimila Daniels Robert Dinndorf Audrey Dybdahl Marc Fink Jane Hamblen Michael Hamerlik David Harding Mark Huth Shree Kalluri Valerie Kazamias Howard Kidd Darcy Kind

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Ann Lindsey José Madera Nicholas Mischler Oscar Mireles Paul Norman Kevin O’Connor Cyrena Pondrom Margaret Pyle Steven Reuhl Michael Richman Jacqueline Rodman Kay Schwichtenberg Derrick Smith Mary Lang Sollinger Lynn Stathas Judith Topitzes Stephen White

ADVISORS Elliott Abramson Jason Adamany Emy Andrew Rosemarie Blancke Michael Bridgeman Camille Carter Kristine Euclide Tyrone Greive Terry Haller Robert Horowitz Connie Maxwell Joseph Meara Gary Mecklenburg Larry Midtbo Regina Millner Richard Morgan Abigail Ochberg Greg Piefer Sverre Roang Marilyn Ruffin Tamera Stanley Ellis Waller Carolyn White Anders Yocom Stephen Zanoni

LIFE DIRECTORS Marian Bolz Stanley Inhorn Douglas Reuhl

HONORARY DIRECTORS Jack Daniels, III, President Madison College Kathy Evers, First Lady of the State of Wisconsin Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive

DIRECTORS EMERITUS Helen Bakke Wallace Douma Perry A. Henderson Fred Mohs Stephen Morton Velma Ritcherson Margaret Schroeder Beverly Simone John Wiley

EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS James Baxter Elaine Mischler Nancy Young

EX OFFICIO ADVISORS Susan Cook Lisa Bressler Tola Ewers Peter Kuzma Jeff Takaki

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2021–2022

OFFICERS Douglas Reuhl President F. Charles Steinhauer Vice President TBA Secretary-Treasurer

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DIRECTORS Elliot Abramson Marian Bolz Ellsworth Brown Beth Dettman Gary Mecklenburg Elaine Mischler Nicholas Mischler Fred Mohs

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021–2022

OFFICERS Nancy Young President Barbara Berven President-Elect Beth Rahko Immediate Past President Ledell Zellers Recording Secretary Emy Andrews Corresponding Secretary Leslie Overton Treasurer Louise Jeanne VP-Administration Rozan Anderson AVP-Administration Cathy Buege VP-Communications Jacqui Shanda AVP-Communications Lori Poulson VP-Education Ann Dettwiler AVP-Education Judy Kalan Behind the Music: Concert Previews Jessica Yehle VP-Membership Recruitment/Retention Janet Cabot VP-Membership Records Mark and Daria Thomas VP-Special Projects Carole Schaefer AVP-Special Projects Kathy Belaire

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Symphony Gala Barbara Berven Symphony Gala Linda Lovejoy Parties of Note Beth Rahko MSOL Connect Christine Ramkey VP-Social Activities Marilyn Ebben Ladies Bridge Jim Patch Mens Bridge Jessica Morrison Fall Luncheon Pat Bernhardt Holiday Party Valerie Kazamias Mid-Winter Luncheon Rosemarie Blancke Spring Luncheon/Annual Meeting

Mary Ann Harr Grinde Ellen Larson Rob Lemanske David Parminter Rhonda Rushing William Steffenhagen David Willow

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Pat Bernhardt Rosemarie Blancke Marian Bolz Janet Cabot Marilyn Ebben Valerie Kazamias Ann Lindsey Linda Lovejoy Elaine Mischler Chuck Snowdon Judith Topitzes Carolyn White

FRIENDS OF THE OVERTURE CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2021–2022

OFFICERS Jim Baxter President Reynold Peterson Secretary-Treasurer Ellsworth Brown Past President

DIRECTORS Barbara Berven Katie Biegel Janet Cabot Eric Frailing

ADVISORS Diane Ballweg Marian Bolz John Gauder Terry Haller Gary Lewis Connie Maxwell Elaine Mischler Vicki Nonn Anders Yocom

EX-OFFICIO Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

ADMINISTRATION TBA Executive Director Ann Bowen General Manager Alexis Carreon Office & Personnel Manager Kathryn Taylor Orchestra Librarian Kathryn Schwarzmann Director of Education & Community Engagement Lisa Kjentvet Education Assistant Casey Oelkers Director of Development Leah Schultz Manager of Individual Giving TBA Manager of Grants and Corporate Giving Peter Rodgers Director of Marketing Amanda Dill Marketing/Communications Specialist Aaron Krish Patron Services Manager Greg Zelek Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist

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ADVERTISE WITH US! Advertising in Madison Symphony Orchestra Program Books is a great way to reach thousands of people throughout the year and support us! Our 21/22 season ad package includes 8 editions of our Symphony Program Books and 4 editions of our Overture Concert Organ Program Books.

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YOUR GIFT TO THE SYMPHONY IS A GIFT OF MUSIC TO YOUR COMMUNITY. Gifts of all amounts make a difference. Thank you!

Ways you can give: • Cash, check or credit card • Appreciated stock or other securities • Direct distribution from your IRA • Grant from your Donor Advised Fund • Matching gift from your employer • Legacy gift through your estate

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L I V E MU S I C R E T U R NS FO R YO U !

OV E RT U R E H ALL

21 /2 2 SYMPH O NY SE ASO N OCTOBER 15, 16 & 17, 2021

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

RAVISHING RHAPSODY — Olga Kern, Piano

BEYOND THE SCORE®, STRAVINSKY: THE RITE OF SPRING James Ridge, Kelsey Brennan, Jonathan Smoots

NOVEMBER 12, 13 & 14, 2021 GRAND PANORAMA — Thomas Mesa, Cello DECEMBER 3, 4 & 5, 2021 A MADISON SYMPHONY CHRISTMAS Elizabeth Caballero, Jared Esguerra Madison Symphony Chorus, Madison Youth Choirs, Mt. Zion Gospel Choir

JANUARY 21, 22 & 23, 2022

MARCH 11, 12 & 13, 2022 GIL SHAHAM PLAYS THE BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO — Gil Shaham, Violin APRIL 8, 9 & 10, 2022 MISSA SOLEMNIS — Naha Greenholtz, Violin, Madison Symphony Chorus, Sarah Duchovnay, Briana Hunter, Clay Hilley, Kenneth Kellogg

PREMIERE DEBUT — Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin, Greg Zelek, Organ

MAY 6, 7 & 8, 2022 HIS GREATEST HITS — Garrick Ohlsson, Piano

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MARCH 15, 2022

Greg Zelek, Organ

Isabelle Demers, Organ

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

MAY 20, 2022

Reginald Mobley, Countertenor, Greg Zelek, Organ

The Diapason Brass & Timpani, with Greg Zelek, Organ

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