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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE ORCHESTRA Contact the Symphony ........................................................ 5 John DeMain Biography ...................................................... 6 Orchestra Personnel for this Concert ............................ 8 Ticket Information .................................................................. 53 Overture Hall Information ................................................... 53 Boards and Administration ................................................. 54

GRAND PANORAMA, NOV 12, 13 & 14 Concert Sponsors ................................................................... 14 Program ...................................................................................... 15 Thomas Mesa Biography..................................................... 16 Program Notes......................................................................... 20

SUPPORT Individual Donors.................................................................... 30 Stradivarius Society Members .......................................... 43 Business, Foundation and Government Donors... 44 Tributes........................................................................................ 48 Madison Symphony Orchestra Endowment Donors ........................................................50 Index of Advertisers .............................................................. 59

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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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performances of the complete symphonies of Gustav Mahler.

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 Naha Greenholtz Concertmaster 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

Chang-En Lu Neil Gopal Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Tim Kamps Jon Vriesacker Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Laura Mericle Clayton Tillotson David Huntsman Aaron Yarmel

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

Hillary Hempel Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky Rolf Wulfsberg Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl Geri Hamilton Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Marley Haller Jerry Loughney

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Maynie Bradley Glen Kuenzi Carol Carlson

Brett Lewis Greg Heintz Jason Niehoff

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Christopher Dozoryst Principal

Stephanie Jutt Principal

James F. Crow Chair

Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson Ina Georgieva Marie Pauls Alexis Carreon Ria Hodgson

CELLO Karl Lavine Principal Reuhl Family Chair

Mark Bridges Assistant Principal Karen Cornelius Lindsey Crabb Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Laurie Riss Derek Handley Becky Pan Amy Harr

BASS David Scholl Principal Robert Rickman Assistant Principal Carl Davick

Terry Family Foundation Chair

Elizabeth Marshall Linda Pereksta

PICCOLO Linda Pereksta

OBOE Marc Fink Principal Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair

Lindsay Flowers Laura Medisky

ENGLISH HORN Lindsay Flowers

CLARINET Nancy Mackenzie Principal Barbara and Norman Berven Chair

Bernard Parish

BASS CLARINET Gregory Smith

BASSOON Cynthia Cameron Principal Juliana Mesa

CONTRABASSOON Carol Rosing

Tom Mohs Chair

Jeff Takaki August Jirovec

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Linda Kimball Principal

Joshua Biere Principal

Daniel Lyons Principal

Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair

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Ricardo Almeida Michael Szczys William Muir Ingrid Mullane

John Jutsum Principal

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John Aley Principal

Nicholas Bonaccio Principal

Marilynn G. Thompson Chair

Rob Rohlfing Matthew Onstad

TROMBONE Joyce Messer Principal Fred and Mary Mohs Chair

Rick Seybold

Eugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair

JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair

Richard Morgan Tom Ross

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Stephen D. Morton Chair

Orchestra Committee Lisa Bressler, Chair Mark Bridges, ViceChair/Treasurer Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary Joshua Biere, Member-at-large JJ Koh, Member-at-large

Librarian Kathryn Taylor John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

Property Manager John Straughn

Johanna Wienholts Principal

Personnel Manager

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Alexis Carreon

BASS TROMBONE Mark Hoelscher

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John DeMain, Conductor Thomas Mesa, Cello ARTHUR HONEGGER (1892-1955) Rugby (Mouvement symphonique No. 2) ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 Allegro Adagio non troppo Allegro MR. MESA INTERMISSION GEORGE WALKER (1922-2018) Lyric for Strings FERDE GROFÉ (1892-1972) Grand Canyon Suite Sunrise Painted Desert On the Trail

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Sunset Cloudburst Synchronized imagery assembled by Stephen Lias

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THOMAS MESA | CELLIST

Thomas Mesa, Cuban-American cellist, is the winner of the 2017 Astral Artists Auditions and the 2016 Sphinx Competition. He previously performed with the MSO's Principal Organist Greg Zelek during our 18/19 Organ Series, and has performed in a wide variety of solo engagements across the U.S. including with The Cleveland Orchestra and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and The Supreme Court of the United States. As an enthusiastic interpreter of music for choir and cello, Mr. Mesa was one of the featured instrumentalists on The Crossing Choir’s album called “Bonhoeffer” that was

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nominated for a Grammy Award in 2017. As a chamber musician, Mr. Mesa has toured with Itzhak Perlman both nationally and internationally and is a member of St. Petersburg Piano Quartet who are in high demand for the most important series in America.

Mr. Mesa received his bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School and his master’s degree from Northwestern University where he was the recipient of the Richard and Helen Thomas Fellowship and Graduate Program Honors for extraordinary contributions to the String Department. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

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PROGRAM NOTES NOVEMBER 12-13-14, 2021

Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen

This varied program opens with our first performance of Honegger’s Rugby, a wild celebration of athleticism. The Madison Symphony Orchestra then welcomes the young CubanAmerican cellist Thomas Mesa, who makes his MSO debut with Dvořák’s great Cello Concerto.

Following intermission, we perform the music of AfricanAmerican composer George Walker, his wistful Lyric for Strings.

We end with the Grand Canyon Suite, Grofé’s vivid portrait of the American Southwest, accompanied on this program by projected images of the equally vivid landscapes it depicts.

Honegger’s 1928 Rugby is a musical picture of a rugby match.

Like the game itself, Honegger’s music is often rough and even violent…and ends with a rowdy victory celebration!

Arthur Honegger

Born: March 10, 1892, Le Havre, France.

Died: November 27, 1955, Paris, France.

Rugby (Mouvement symphonique No. 2) Composed: 1928.

Premiere: October 19, 1928 in Paris, conducted by Ernest Ansermet.

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

Duration: 8:00.

Background In the 1920s, Swiss-French Arthur Honegger was a member of the influential group of young composers that French critics labeled Les Six, a group that sought to create a new, straightforward, and distinctly French style in the years after the first world war. Honegger’s music was generally more serious in tone than that of his Les Six colleagues Milhaud, Poulenc, and Satie, but, like other members of the group, he was willing to include virtually any sort of musical influence into his composition. His compositions incorporate elements as diverse as Gregorian chant, American jazz, natural sounds, and even industrial sounds—as in his famous Pacific 231, an evocation of a steam engine by a symphony orchestra. His work up through the second world war was dominated by oratorios, operas, ballets and other theatrical music, and film scores. (Honegger was one of France’s first great film composers.) During the war he taught in Paris at the National School of Music, and turned

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increasingly to the symphony, writing the last four of his five symphonies in 1940-1950.

Rugby is the second of three modernist “symphonic movements” Honegger composed between 1923 and 1946 (Pacific 231 was Mouvement symphonique No. 1). According to the composer, the piece had its origins in a 1927 conversation with the sports editor for one of the Parisian newspapers.

Honegger jokingly suggested that he could imagine a symphonic poem based upon a rugby match, and the journalist clearly took him seriously enough to publish an announcement that Honegger was in fact working on such a piece. The amused composer eventually did compose Rugby, which would become one of his most often-played short orchestral pieces.

What You’ll Hear The action begins immediately with forceful and dissonant music. Though Honegger did not publish a specific program, it is perfectly easy to imagine all of the action of a rugby match—tackles, scrums, and open-field runs—in his energetic and sometimes disjointed music. It closes with what is obviously a short, joyful celebration by the winning team.

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Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, certainly one of the longest and most profound concertos for the instrument, was written during his sojourn in the United States during the 1890s. This work is “symphonic” in scope, beginning with an extended and intense opening movement, and continuing through a lovely slow movement based upon one of his songs, and an aggressive finale.

Antonín Dvořák

Born: September 8, 1841, Nelahozeves, Czech Republic.

Died: May 1, 1904, Prague, Czech Republic.

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 Composed: 1894-95.

Premiere: March 19, 1896 in Queen’s Hall, London, with Leo Stern as soloist and Dvořák conducting.

Previous MSO Performances: 1967 (Raya Garbousova), 1977 (Zara Nelsova), 1995 (Desmond Hoebig), 2005 (Carter Brey), and 2010 (Alisa Weilerstein).

Duration: 40:00.

Background Three of Dvořák’s most profound works were written during his three-year stay in America (189295): the Symphony No.9 (“from the New World”), his F Major string quartet, and the concerto heard on this program. One inspiration for his cello concerto may have been

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a performance of a concerto by Victor Herbert, then principal cellist with the New York Philharmonic.

However, his friend Hanus Wihan, cellist of the Bohemian Quartet had been urging him to write a concerto even before Dvořák left for America.

The first sketches of the concerto date from the spring of 1894, when Dvořák was briefly back in Bohemia. He completed the score in New York City in February of 1895. When he returned to Prague in April of that year, he handed the score over to Wihac, who carefully edited the solo part. However, Dvořák made several more revisions to the concerto, and when it was published in 1896, very few of Wihac’s ideas were used. This chilled their friendship, and Wihac seems to have been especially disappointed by revisions made to the end of the third movement. He had requested that the concerto end with a grand virtuoso cadenza, but at the last minute Dvořák changed the last 60 measures to round off the concerto in a more contemplative mood. In the end, even though the published score was dedicated to Wihac, he declined to play the premiere.

This concerto was to be Dvořák’s last completed orchestral work.

The movements of the concerto are symphonic in size, dwarfing Dvořák’s violin concerto of 1882. Indeed, parts of it may originally have been conceived in the composer’s mind as a 22

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symphony. When some friends from New York City took him to visit Niagara Falls in 1892, he was deeply impressed, and exclaimed: “My word, that is going to be a symphony in B minor!” This symphony was never written, but the B minor cello concerto might well have had its roots in this moment of excitement.

There is also a moment of much more personal significance in the second movement. Its lyrical second theme is drawn from one of Dvořák’s songs, Lasst mich allein in meinen Träumen gehn (“Let me wander alone in my dreams,” Op.82). This seems to have been a tribute to Dvořák’s sister-in-law Josefina Kauric. The composer had fallen deeply in love with her as a young man in the 1860s, but she did not return his love. Dvořák would eventually marry Josefina’s sister Anna, but he and Josefina remained close friends throughout their lives.

He was devastated when he received word in New York that Josefina was dying. The song was a favorite of hers, and its text probably reflects Dvořák’s emotions at the time.

What You’ll Hear The opening movement (Allegro) begins quietly in the woodwinds, but soon reaches a tremendous peak, with full orchestra building on the opening idea. The lovely second theme is laid out by the horn and clarinet. When the soloist enters, it is with aggressive variations of the opening theme.

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straightforward and lyrical, although it quickly spins off into an ornate set of runs. The relatively brief development section is taken up with emotionally reserved treatments of this theme. At the end, Dvořák brings back the themes in reverse order. The movement ends with a dazzling cadenza-style passage by the soloist and a triumphant statement of the main theme by the brass.

The slow movement (Adagio non troppo) begins with a lovely folklike melody in the solo clarinet, which is then taken up and given broader treatment by the cello.

The second idea, Dvořák’s tribute to his beloved Josefina, appears after a forceful passage for full orchestra. This melody is expanded in conversations between the soloist and the woodwinds. The orchestra returns forcefully to announce a more tragic central section. Throughout this episode, Dvořák makes prominent use of woodwind soloists, and he rounds it off with a beautiful horn chorale.

When the folklike theme returns, it is highly ornamented by the soloist and overlaid by a solo flute.

In the conclusion, the orchestral accompaniment remains quietly in the background, allowing the cello to carry the most expressive moments in the concerto.

The final movement (Allegro) is a rondo, with a march-style main theme introduced by the horns, and quickly developed by the cello.

The first contrasting episode has the cello playing above a sparse woodwind background, but this

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theme is eventually expanded to full strength, and rounded off with ominous trombone chords. After a brief return of the march music, Dvořák begins another contrasting section, now in a slower tempo and a major key. The cello touches upon the march theme again, and the closing episode comes as a series of reminiscences of themes from previous movements. At the end, the orchestra provides a brief coda, with a final forceful statement of the march.

The music of American composer George Walker appears for the first time at our concerts: his Lyric for Strings, a quiet and lovely work written as a memorial to his grandmother.

George Walker

Born: June 27, 1922, Washington, DC. Died: August 23, 2018, Montclair, New Jersey.

Lyric for Strings

Composed: This was composed in 1941, as part of Walker’s First String Quartet, and reworked for string orchestra in 1946.

Premiere: March 22, 1947, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Richard Bales conducting.

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

Duration: 6:00.

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Background Composer and pianist George Walker was born in Washington, DC, and his first musical training was from his mother and at the Howard University Prep School. By age 18, Walker had already graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory and went on to study at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute before touring successfully as a pianist. He later attended the American Academy in Fontainbleu, France where, like many American composers of his generation, he studied with the great composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. He completed a Ph.D at the Eastman School of Music.

By the time he retired in 1992, Walker had had a distinguished career as an academic, teaching composition at Rutgers University, Smith College, the Peabody Conservatory and others. In 1996, Walker became the first living Black composer to win a Pulitzer Prize in Music—for his 1995 composition Lilacs.

What You’ll Hear Lyric for Strings was originally the slow movement of string quartet Walker composed when he was just eighteen, and a student at the Curtis Institute.

Originally titled Lament, Walker described the piece as a memorial to his grandmother, Malvina King, who died shortly before he wrote it. It develops from a stark and simple beginning to a long free-flowing melody. This flowing music

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alternates with a series of solemn chords. The music reaches a restrained climax near the midpoint and fades gently away.

Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite is certainly one of the most famous works inspired by the American landscape. Beginning with sections that depict a glorious sunrise and the shimmering heat of the Painted Desert, Grofé moves to a humorous donkey ride and a lonesome cowboy song, before ending with a quiet sunset and a ferocious thunderstorm.

Ferde Grofé

Born: March 27, 1892, New York City.

Died: April 3, 1972, Santa Monica, California.

Grand Canyon Suite

Composed: completed in the summer of 1931.

Premiere: November 22, 1931, in Chicago, by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

Previous MSO Performances: Once previously in 2004 at our subscription concerts, but we have performed excerpts and the complete Suite at many previous Youth and Pops programs since 1950.

Duration: 33:00.

Background Born in New York City, Grofé received classical training in

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Germany as a child. Though he was familiar with classical music, and eventually played in the Los Angeles Symphony, Grofé became increasingly involved with the new style known as “rhythm music” or jazz, and worked as a pianist and arranger in early Los Angeles jazz bands. He was hired as an arranger by Paul Whiteman, the self-styled “King of Jazz,” in 1920, and was largely responsible for creating Whiteman’s successful “symphonic jazz” style. In 1924, he provided the arrangement for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and later composed many successful works for the Whiteman Orchestra. By 1930, Grofé’s music was becoming more “symphonic” than “jazz,” and in 1931, he composed his Grand Canyon Suite. Though it is based upon a famous American landmark, the Grand Canyon Suite is programmatic music very much in the European classical tradition.

The piece was written at Whiteman’s request in the summer of 1931, and Grofé reportedly retreated to “a secluded lakeside cottage in Wisconsin” to finish the work.

Though the piece is a tonal picture of Arizona’s most famous landmark, most of Grofé’s direct inspirations came from closer to home. The gallumphing donkeys of On the Trail were probably based on the rhythm of pile drivers at work outside of Grofé’s Chicago apartment, and the cowboy ballad at the middle of that movement apparently

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came from the squeaking of his son’s baby carriage. And the inspiration for the famous Cloudburst finale was not the spectacular weather of the Grand Canyon, but a good old Wisconsin thunderstorm that Grofé witnessed at his cottage near Hayward!

After Whiteman moved his base of operations to Chicago in 1930, Grofe’s role as lead arranger was largely taken over by another musician, and he began to moonlight as an arranger for radio and for other bands. The Grand Canyon Suite was a tremendous success when Whiteman introduced it in the fall of 1931, so much so, that it became Grofé’s ticket out of the band. He began to conduct performances of the piece that did not involve Whiteman; the last straw was when he arranged for a concert in New York that competed directly with a Whiteman show. They did not speak for years afterwards, and were never again on friendly terms. For his part Grofé went on to a successful career as a conductor and composer for radio and film. The Grand Canyon Suite remains his most familiar work, particularly in the full orchestra version, first recorded

by Arturo Toscanini in 1935.

What You’ll Hear Sunrise, the opening movement, is based upon a continuouslyrising ostinato that builds to a great orchestral climax, as

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woodwind chirps and twitters stand in for the awakening birds. Painted Desert is a quiet moment of mysterious Impressionist effects, portraying the stark beauty and heat of this landscape. On the Trail is Grofé’s famous sound portrait of the donkey trains that carry tourists down into the canyon. After a “hee-haw” of protest and a brief violin cadenza, the donkeys begin a steady pace down the precipitous trail. At the bottom. there is a more lyrical cowboy song, as our tourists rest their saddle sores in preparation for the long ride home. Sunset, opens with a horn call, answered by the main theme, played in rather spooky string timbres.

The movement eventually dies away to into darkness. There are many orchestral renditions of thunderstorms, but Grofé’s Cloudburst has to be one of the most effective. It begins quietly, but moves inexorably towards a crashing climax, driven by ostinato-style writing in the brass, and flashes of orchestral lightning. In the end, the storm fades away and is replaced by a broad statement of the cowboy tune from On the Trail.

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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

As we approach the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s centennial in 2025, our hope is to acknowledge 100 Century Society members for their endowment commitments of $100,000 or more.

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.

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS Madison Symphony Orchestra Madison Symphony Orchestra League Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra & 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 & sponsorships to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, &/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 October 26, 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 Sandra L. Osborn & Marshall Finner 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 Richard & Pamela Reese Kay Schwichtenberg & Herman Baumann William Steffenhagen

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Charles & Bonnie Dykman Jane Eisner Ray & Mary Evert Michael & Anne Faulhaber Roberta Gassman & Lester Pines Robert & Vivian Ghiz Cynthia S. Hiteman Charles & Tammy Hodulik David & Kathleen Irwin Ronald & Janet Johnson 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 Clare & Michael McArdle Charles McLimans & Dr. Richard Merrion Patricia McQuiddy Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez Jon Parker & Jung Wai D Hui Gary & Mary Peterson Judith Pierotti Mary Pinkerton & Tino Balio Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer Don & Carol Reeder Ron Rosner & Ronnie Hess Kathleen & Ronald Schell Dean & Orange Schroeder Charles Scott Linda Shaw Eileen M. Smith 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

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Pamela Oliver & John Lemke David & Barbara Parminter Peter S. Pessoa William E. Petig Barbara Prindiville Roger & Nancy Rathke Drs. Joy & David Rice Lorraine & Gary Roberts James & Carol Ruhly Bela & Ruth Sandor Wayne & Barbara Schwalen Lanny & Margaret Smith Diane Sorensen Chris & Ron Sorkness Jurate Stewart Dawn Stucki Edith Sullivan Millard & Barbara Susman James J. Uppena 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 George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin Nancy Baillies & Kevin Gould Janneke & Richard Baske Christine 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 Sally Carpenter

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 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 Norman Jenkins & Diane McNeilly Maryanne & Bob Julian Charlene Kim Noël & Steven Klapper Robert Klassy Chris & Marge Kleinhenz Mary & Scott Kolar James Krikelas Roberta Kurtz Ann Lacy

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RETIREMENT On June 30, the Madison Symphony Orchestra bade farewell to its Executive Director of 22 years, Rick Mackie.

During his time with the Symphony, Rick oversaw the orchestra’s move into Overture Hall and the installation of the Overture Concert Organ. He expanded the Symphony’s performance schedule from two-concert weekends to triples.

Rick is a program builder and was instrumental in the creation, establishment, enhancement or inclusion of programs such as MSO’s awardwinning HeartStrings® arts-in-healthcare community engagement program, “The Final Forte” statewide broadcast partnerships with PBS Wisconsin and WPR, Carnegie Hall’s Link Up education program and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Beyond the Score®” multi-media series. Rick successfully led the organization through the recession of 2008, has built and mentored a strong team of arts administrators, and graciously delayed his retirement to guide the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The MSO Board of Directors established the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund as the repository for all gifts made in Rick’s honor.

The Fund will support the MSO’s future Education & Community Engagement Programs and will provide catalyst funding for new initiatives to expand the Symphony’s reach as the organization approaches its 100th anniversary season in 2025-2026.

As of November 1, 2021, 110 donors have contributed $99,750 to the Catalyst Fund. Contributions will continue to be accepted. To add your contribution, mail a check payable to Madison Symphony Orchestra, 222 W Washington Ave Ste 460, Madison, WI 53703, or donate online at madisonsymphony.org/mackie.

R I C H A R D H . M AC K I E C ATA LYS T F U N D The following donors have contributed a total of $99,750 to the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund as of November 1, 2021.

Fernando & Carla Alvarado Emy Andrew Diane Ballweg Jeffrey & Angela Bartell Joel & Kathryn Belaire Norm & Barbara Berven Dr. Annette Beyer-Mears Rosemarie & Fred Blancke Jeff & Beth Bauer Marian & Jack Bolz Michael Bridgeman & Jack Holzhueter Daniel & Joyce Bromley Ellsworth & Dorothy Brown Laura Burns Martha & Charles Casey Pat & Dan Cornwell Betty Harris Custer & Corkey Custer Kari Peterson & Ben De Leon Ann & Philip Dettwiler Bob & Paula Dinndorf Wallace & Peggy Douma Marilyn Ebben William & Lynne Watrous Eich Tola Ewers Timothy & Renee Farley Marc & Marcia Fink Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James Linda Franklin W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation Clayton & Belle Frink David Gersbach Norman & Amanda Gilliland Tyrone & Janet Greive Emily Gruenewald Terry Haller Jane Hamblen & Robert F. Lemanske

Frank Hanson & Linda Kimball Dr. Perry A. Henderson Jim & Kathy Herman Samuel C. Hutchison Janet Hyde Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Bob & Louise Jeanne Guangyun Lin & Hongrui Jiang James & Joan Johnston Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Howard Kidd & Margaret Murphy Darcy Kind & Marc Vitale James & Karen Laatsch Steven E. Landfried Myrna Larson Gary E. Lewis Ann Lindsey & Charles Snowdon Richard & Jean Lottridge Michael & Linda Lovejoy Margaret Luby Helen & Jeffrey Mattox Connie Maxwell Clare & Michael McArdle Sharifa Merchant Barbara Melchert & Gale Meyer Oscar Mireles & Diana Gonzalez Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Stephen Morton Paul & Maureen Norman Drs. Dexter Northrop & Lynn Van Campen Kevin & Cheryl O'Connor Casey & Eric Oelkers Sandra L. Osborn & Marshall Finner Peter & Leslie Overton Reynold V. Peterson Deb Piper Isaac Polinsky Cyrena & Lee Pondrom

Jack & Lori Poulson Walter & Karen Pridham Charitable Fund Peggy & Tom Pyle Beth & Peter Rahko Janet Renschler Michael & Claire Ann Richman Velma J. & Ritcherson Jacqueline Rodman Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation Beverly Schrag Jacqui & John Shanda Catherine & Charles Sih Dr. Beverly S. Simone JoAnn Six Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger Lynn Stathas Gareth L. Steen John Straughn Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer Kathryn & Robert Taylor Mark & Daria Thomas Judith & Nick Topitzes Teresa Venker Ann Wallace Katie & Ellis Waller Mary Webster Carolyn White Kennedy Gilchrist & Heidi Wilde Fred A. Wileman John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Rolf & Susan Wulfsberg Anders Yocom & Ann Yocom Engelman Nancy & Edward Young Ledell Zellers & Simon Anderson John & Peggy Zimdars

We both love classical music and “ believe it is so important for children to be exposed to it early on. We have chosen to support the MSO’s youth education programs through our estates so that future generations of children can benefit from our wonderful orchestra.

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Kenneth and Joan Riggs

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You can help preserve the MSO’s legacy of great music for future generations by including the Symphony in your estate plans. Call (608) 257-3734 to learn more.

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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

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

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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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 October 25, 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 PBS Wisconsin

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University Research Park Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

$5,000–$9,999 Boardman & Clark LLP Capitol Bank DeWitt LLP Exact Sciences Flad Architects Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Hooper Foundation 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.

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Wisconsin Public Radio An Anonymous Friend

$2,500–$4,999 American Family Insurance Dane County 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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Green Bay Packers Foundation Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Steinhilber Swanson LLP UW Health, UnityPoint Health - Meriter, Quartz WPS Health Solutions

UP TO $999

$1,000–$2,499

*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.

The Capital Times Kids Fund Colony Brands, Inc. Farley’s House of Pianos Madison Arts Commission

Alliant Energy Matching Gifts Program State Farm Insurance Companies Unlimited Decorating of Wisconsin Inc. Wisconsin Solar Deisgn, Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc.

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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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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TRIBUTES The Madison Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contributions honoring family & friends. Tributes are listed for one year.

In honor of Jean Alderman Ian Alderman American Family Insurance In honor of John DeMain Jerry M Salzberg, Esq. & Elisabeth Howard, M.S. In honor of James E. Engeler Janet Cibula In honor of Scott Johnson Norman Johnson In honor of Robert Kramer Susan & Louie Cornelius & Pris Boroniec In honor of Richard Mackie 110 donors to the Richard H. Mackie Catalyst Fund, please see page 41 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 Marvin L. Conney Diange Agans Elaine & Nicholas Mischler In memory of Barbara DeMain Charles James Hans & Mary Lang Sollinger Judith & Nick Topitzes Carolyn White In memory of Ivy Dreizin Sharon & Bradley Kahn Thomas & Margie Krauskopf

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Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

Terry & Mary Warfield

In memory of Stan Druckenmiller Jean Druckenmiller

In memory of Palmer Haynes Lydia Haynes

In memory of James Ebben Gregory & Mary Bares Patricia Bernhardt Marian & Jack Bolz Thea Brunsell Catherine Buege Stephen & Mary Cheney Audrey Dybdahl James Engeler Timothy & Renee Farley The Goldman Family Nona Hill & Clark Johnson Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias 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 Barbara Peterman Beth & Peter Rahko Wipfli Financial Advisors Mary Schroeder Leah Schmid JoAnn Six Therese Smith Pauline Sparks John & Catherine Steinhauer Judith & Nick Topitzes Gordon & Karen Tuffli Jerome & Karen Wallander Carolyn White

In memory of Greg Hettmansberger John Bickford Susan Cook Mark & Cheryl Foltz Robin & Dan Ryan Sweet Orchard Outreach Ministries, Inc.

In memory of Jean Frank William & Sara Lee Hinckley Jeff & Kristi Hoffman Donald & Joan Schuette Ruth Sheldon

In memory of Jane Hilsenhoff Patricia Bernhardt Jane McGinn In memory of Leroy Hoekman Nancy Hoekman 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 Sherri Talbert Jessica Talbert In memory of Margaret C. Winston John Erickson

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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 Shirley Jane Kaub 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.

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

ADVISORS

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

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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STARRING Susannah Biller, Emily Glick, Ben Edquist, Andrew Bidlack Alan Dunbar, Jeff Mattsey, Walker Stephenson, Robert A. Goderich DIRECTED BY Doug Scholz-Carlson CONDUCTED BY John DeMain FEATURING Madison Symphony Orchestra

FEBRUARY 18 & 20, 2022 CAPITOL THEATER Another day in the local perfume shop, circa 1930. Two clerks hate each other, not knowing that they are secret pen pals on their way to falling in love. Two other clerks are having an affair, but one of them is not playing by the rules. As fall gives way to winter, will love prevail?

With its charming score, witty lyrics, and sophisticated story, She Loves Me is the perfect romantic comedy. Brighten up winter with some happily-ever-after!

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Madison Opera. ..........................................................................57

BMO Harris Bank........................................................................39

NBC15/WMTV.............................................................................2

Boardman & Clark LLP ............................................................56

PBS Wisconsin ............................................................................58

Beloit-Janesville Symphony Orchestra ..........................11

Stafford Rosenbaum LLP ......................................................52

Capitol Lakes ..............................................................................17

Strictly Discs ................................................................................34

The Gialamas Company..........................................................47

SupraNet Communications, Inc..........................................46

Godfrey & Kahn .........................................................................49

von Briesen & Roper, s.c.........................................................17

The Madison Concourse Hotel ...........................................33

Wisconsin Public Radio...........................................................38

Madison Magazine.....................................................................60

Wisconsin State Journal and Madison.com...................4

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