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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As we gather in this space for these concerts, the Madison Symphony Orchestra acknowledges the Ho-Chunk Nation’s ancestral lands and celebrates the rich traditions, heritage, and culture that thrived long before our arrival. We respectfully recognize this Ho-Chunk land and affirm that we are better when we stand together.
John DeMain music director
In his 31st 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.”
In January 2023 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association, the NOA’s highest award.
During more than three 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 highlyacclaimed 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.
Prior engagements include visiting San Francisco Opera as guest conductor for General Director David Gockley’s farewell gala, 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 Tazewell Thompson’s 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) He was also planning to conduct the premiere of Blue at the Washington National Opera in March 2020.
DeMain also serves as artistic director for Madison Opera and in their 2024-2025 season conducts The Barber of Seville, Maria de Buenos Aires, and Don Giovanni. He has been a regular guest conductor with Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center and has made appearances at the Teatre Liceu in Barcelona, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Aspen Music Festival, Portland Opera, and Mexico’s National Opera.
During his distinguished 17-year tenure with Houston Grand Opera, DeMain led a history-making 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.
VIOLIN I
Suzanne Beia
Concertmaster
VIOLA
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Musician Roster
December 6-8, 2024
William and Joyce Wartmann Chair
Leanne Kelso
Associate Concertmaster
Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair
Huy Luu
Associate Concertmaster
George and Candy Gialamas Chairr
Olga Pomolova
Assistant Concertmaster
Endowed by an Anonymous Friend
Neil Gopal
Assistant Concertmaster
Tim Kamps
Annetta H. Rosser Chair
Jon Vriesacker
Laura Burns
Naomi Schrank
Matthew Dahm
Wes Luke
Laura Mericle
VIOLIN II
Xavier Pleindoux
Principal
Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair
Hillary Hempel
Assistant Principal
Elyn L. Williams Chair
Holly Wagner
Rolf Wulfsberg
Olga Draguieva
Wendy Buehl
Kathryn Taylor
Geri Nolden
Robin Ryan
Michelle Kaebisch
Christopher Dozoryst
Principal
James F. Crow Chair
Katrin Talbot
Assistant Principal
Dove Family Chair
Diedre Buckley
Renata Hornik
Elisabeth Deussen
Janse Vincent
Jennifer Paulson
Hanna Pederson
CELLO
Karl Lavine
Principal
Reuhl Family Chair
Mark Bridges
Assistant Principal
Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence
DeRoo Chair
Karen Cornelius
Knapp Family Chair
Jordan Allen
Margaret Townsend
Lisa Bressler
Trace Johnson
Alex Chambers-Ozasky
BASS
David Scholl
Principal
Robert Rickman
Assistant Principal
Carl Davick
Tom Mohs Chair
Zachary Betz
Jeff Takaki
August Jirovec
FLUTE
Collin Stavinoha
Principal
Terry Family Foundation Chair
Dawn Lawler
Linda Pereksta
PICCOLO
Linda Pereksta
OBOE
Izumi Amemiya
Principal
Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair
Andrea Gross Hixon
Laura Medisky
ENGLISH HORN
Andrea Gross Hixon
CLARINET
JJ Koh
Principal
Barbara and Norman Berven Chair
Nancy Mackenzie
Laura McLaughlin
BASS CLARINET
Laura McLaughlin
BASSOON
Cynthia Cameron
Principal
Amanda Szczys
CONTRABASSOON
Carol Rosing
HORN
Emma Potter
Principal
Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair
Dafydd Bevil
Michael Szczys
William Muir
Ingrid Mullane, Assistant
TRUMPET
John Aley
Principal
Marilynn G. Thompson Chair
John Wagner
Rob Rohlfing
TROMBONE
Joyce Messer
Principal
Fred and Mary Mohs Chair
Benjamin Skroch
BASS TROMBONE
Benjamin Zisook
TUBA
Joshua Biere
Principal
TIMPANI
John Jutsum
Principal
Eugenie Mayer Bolz
Foundation Chair
PERCUSSION
Anthony DiSanza
Principal
JoAnn Six Plesko and E.J. Plesko Chair
Richard Morgan
Nicholas Bonaccio
HARP
Johanna Wienholts
Principal
Endowed by an Anonymous Friend
Margaret Mackenzie
PIANO/CELESTE
Daniel Lyons
Principal
Stephen D. Morton Chair
ORGAN
Gregory Zelek
Principal
The Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curatorship
Orchestra Committee
Mark Bridges, Chair
Joshua Biere, Vice-Chair
Elspeth Stalter-Clouse, Secretary
David Scholl, Treasurer
Lisa Bressler, Member-at-large
Librarian
Jennifer S. Goldberg
John and Carolyn Peterson Chair
Stage Manager
Benjamin Skroch
Personnel Manager
Alexis Carreon
Piano Specialists
thank you to our generous sponsors for supporting these performances sponsors
Lau and Bea Christensen
Stephen Caldwell
Richard and Pamela Reese, in memory of Maurice and Arlene Reese
Peggy and Tom Pyle
Judith and Nick Topitzes
An Anonymous Friend
The Burish Group at UBS
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
program
John DeMain | Music Director
99th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Program No. 4 Fri., Dec 6, 7:30 pm | Sat., Dec 7, 7:30 pm | Sun., Dec 8, 2:30 pm
John DeMain, Conductor
Vanessa Becerra, Soprano
Craig Irvin, Baritone
Madison Symphony Chorus, Beverly Taylor, Director
Mount Zion Gospel Choir, Leotha and Tamera Stanley, Directors
Madison Youth Choirs, Michael Ross, Artistic Director
HOLFORD/MASON
Joy to the World, arr. Mack Wilberg
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
For Unto Us a Child is Born from Messiah
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
The Trumpet Shall Sound from Messiah
MR. IRVIN
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Exultate jubilate and Alleluia from Exultate, jubilate, K.165
MS. BECERRA
BURT/HUTSON
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.
The Madison Symphony Christmas Angels were designed and sculpted by Angelina Paoli.
Endowment support for these concerts is the gift of Carl M. Hudig.
Caroling, Caroling, arr. Drew Collins
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (TREBLES)
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
MARTIN/BROOKS
Everywhere Christmas Tonight, arr. Brant Adams
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (TREBLES)
SMITH/KIRKPATRICK
All is Well, arr. Ronn Huff
MS. BECERRA
MR. IRVIN
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Final chorus, Sing the Lord, Ye Voices All, from The Creation
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
LUKE WADDINGE
On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol), arr. Richard Elliott
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Hallelujah chorus from Messiah
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES)
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
INTERMISSION
SHAYNE BAKER/REGNEY
Do You Hear What I Hear?, arr. Todd Hayen
JAMES PIERPONT
Jingle Bells, arr. David Willcocks
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES)
SCOTT GENDEL
South American Christmas Medley
Mario Cavagnaro Llerena, La buena nueva (Peru)
Hugo Blanco, El burrito sabanero (Venezuela)
MS. BECERRA
FOSTER/THOMPSON-JENNER
My Grown-Up Christmas List, arr. Bob Krogstad
MR. IRVIN
RANDOL ALAN BASS
Bell Carols from Christmas Ornaments
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
COOTS/GILLESPIE
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, arr. Kirby Shaw and Frank Mantooth
MS. BECERRA
MR. IRVIN
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES)
MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH/WILLIAM C. DIX / LOWRY/GREENE
What Child is This/Mary Did You Know?, arr. Leotha Stanley
MT. ZION GOSPEL CHOIR
LEOTHA STANLEY
Christmas Greeting
MT. ZION GOSPEL CHOIR
ADOLPHE ADAM
O Holy Night, arr. Leotha Stanley
LETRICE STANLEY
MT. ZION GOSPEL CHOIR
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS (HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLES)
Madison Symphony Chorus
Sing-along: see carols on p. 23.
ALL
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Vanessa Becerra
soprano
Peruvian & Mexican American Soprano
Vanessa Becerra’s 24/25 season is highlighted by her return to LA Opera for Ainadamar (Nuria). Additional engagements include her house and titular role debut in Paër’s Leonora at Chicago Opera Theater, debuts at UC Davis in Don Pasquale (Norina), Berkshire Opera Festival in La traviata (Violetta) and Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera in Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna). On the concert stage, Vanessa debuts with Madison Symphony Orchestra as a guest soloist for their holiday concert, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for their Spanish Journey program on tour, and the Boise Philharmonic as the Soprano Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem
Last season, Vanessa was a featured soloist at Fort Worth Opera’s annual gala, debuted with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera in Die Fledermaus (Adele) and returned to Opera Omaha for Don Pasquale (Norina), Minnesota Opera for L’elisir d’amore (Adina), Arizona Opera for Don Giovanni (Zerlina), and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Galileo Galilei (Maria Celeste/Eos). On the concert stage she debuted with The Phoenix Symphony for Messiah In the 22/23 season, she made debuts with Florida Grand
Opera for El matrimonio secreto (Carolina), and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Così fan tutte (Despina) along with returns to Minnesota Opera for La fille du régiment (Marie), Opera Omaha for Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna), and Houston Grand Opera for El Milagro del Recuerdo (La Mujer). On the concert stage, she debuted with the newly formed San Antonio Philharmonic.
Vanessa has made debuts at The Metropolitan Opera in Cendrillon (Noémie), Boston Lyric Opera in Roméo et Juliette (Juliette), Intermountain Opera Bozeman in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina), Austin Opera in Fidelio (Marzelline), Opera Parallèle in La Belle et la Bête (Belle), Houston Grand Opera in the world premiere of El Milagro del Recuerdo (La mujer), Washington National Opera in Don Giovanni (Zerlina), and Arizona Opera for the feature length film adaptation and world premiere of The Copper Queen (Julia Lowell). She also has debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel in Die Zauberflöte (Papagena), San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas in Candide (Paquette), Lyric Opera of Chicago in Fellow Travelers (Miss Lightfoot), Opera Delaware and Baltimore Concert Opera in Werther (Sophie), Opera Omaha in Medea (Glauce), and Atlanta Opera in Sweeney Todd (Johanna).
Ms. Becerra is a graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Los Angeles Opera. During her time with LAO, she appeared in Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina), Die Zauberflöte (Papagena), La traviata (Annina), Gossip 2 in the GRAMMY Award-winning recording of Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, and as a featured soloist in a concert with bass-baritone Erwin Schrott. Vanessa enjoys a long relationship with The Glimmerglass Festival where she has been seen in Oklahoma! (Laurey), La bohème (Musetta), and in their Young Artist performances of The Magic Flute (Pamina). Other training programs include Wolf Trap Opera Company, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Seagle Music Colony. She received her master’s degree from The Boston Conservatory, her bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University in her hometown of Fort Worth, TX and is a graduate of the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.
Craig Irvin baritone
Craig Irvin brings a vibrant sound and commitment to character to a wide variety of repertoire. Opera News has praised his “rich, resonant baritone” while the Dallas Morning News has noted his “truly commanding baritone.” Mr. Irvin most recently returned to The Atlanta Opera in his role début as Jack Torrance in The Shining , to Madison Opera as Scarpia in Tosca , and reprised his Older Thompson in Glory Denied with Annapolis Opera and his Pirate King in The Pirate of Penzance with Kentucky Opera. Additional recent engagements include his role début as Jochanaan in Salome with Madison Opera, his role début as Older Thompson in Glory Denied with Knoxville Opera and Permian Basin Opera, Maximillian in Candide with the Atlanta Opera, the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods with Tulsa Opera, and an appearance with the New West Symphony in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony . In the summer of 2024 Craig made his Glimmerglass Opera début singing the Pirate King in their Pirates of Penzance as well as Giove in La Callisto . The 2024-2055 season brings his Pirate King in Knoxville Opera’s Pirates of Penzance , a role and house debut as Kenny Kencaid in Shawn Okpebholo and Mark Campbell’s The Cook Off with Nashville Opera, Maximillian and Captain in
Candide with Opera Tampa, Thalasso in the premiere of The Pigeon Keeper with Opera Parallèle, and concert appearances with the Des Moines Symphony for Orff’s Carmina Burana and the Madison Symphony Orchestra for their Christmas Concert.
In recent seasons, he reprised of one of his signature roles: The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance at both Atlanta Opera and Utah Symphony and Opera. Additionally, he joined Orchestra Iowa for Handel’s Messiah and the Cincinnati May Festival for Candide Other recent engagements include the revival of his Dan Packard in Dinner at Eight with the Wexford Festival, Lt. Horstmayer in Silent Night with Austin Opera, Valentin in Faust with Opera Omaha, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Portland Symphony, singing Dominik and covering Mandryka in Arabella with Canadian Opera Company, Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony, Britten’s War Requiem with Music Worchester, Stubb in Moby Dick with Utah Opera, Dandini in La Cenerentola with Opera Orlando, and Frank in Die Fledermaus with Des Moines Metro Opera.
A winner of the Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Award sponsored by Orlando Opera, Mr. Irvin spent a season with the company as a Resident Artist. With Orlando Opera he has sung the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance , Abimelech in Samson et Dalilah , Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro , Elder Ott in Susannah , and Angelotti in Tosca . While in Orlando, Mr. Irvin also sang the role of Gaston in over 700 performances of Beauty and the Beast at Walt Disney World, MGM. In the course of his graduate work at The University of Tennessee, he performed with the Knoxville Opera as Pooh Bah in The Mikado , Der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte , and Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia , as well as Reverend Blitch in Susannah and the title role in Sweeney Todd with the Knoxville Opera Studio. A native of Iowa, Mr. Irvin completed his undergraduate study at the Simpson College in Indianola under the tutelage of Dr. Robert L. Larsen.
Beverly Taylor
Claudia Berry & David E. Miran Director, Madison Symphony Chorus
Beverly Taylor, Emerita Professor of Music at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Madison Symphony Chorus, is a frequent guest conductor at festivals throughout the United States. She has been recognized by critic Richard Dyer (The Boston Globe) as a conductor who “has the crucial gift of inspiring people to give of their best, and beyond.”
Taylor assumed the post of Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995, where she served as director of the Concert Choir and the Choral Union, and led the graduate choral conducting program until her retirement in 2020. From 19892012, she was conductor of the Boston Bar Association Orchestra, and for seven years the Music Director of the Back Bay Chorale, in which she conducted concerts with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and other professional orchestras. Their recording of Robert Kyr’s Passion According to Four Evangelists is available on the New Albion label. She served as Assistant Conductor of the Madison Symphony Orchestra from 1996-2018.
In 1995, Taylor completed 17 years as the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University. In this position, she directed both the prize-winning Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus. She led the groups on frequent domestic and international tours, directed a number of premieres of American music, and produced two recordings on the AFKA label.
As a guest conductor, Taylor has led the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, the Vermont Symphony, the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, the Madison Opera, the U.S. Air Force Band and Orchestra, the Harvard Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, and the Wellesley Chamber Singers. She worked with John Williams to prepare for a July 4th concert with the Boston Pops Summer Esplanade Chorus.
A graduate of the University of Delaware and Boston University, Taylor studied with Gustav Meier, Paul Vermel, Andrew Davis, Helmuth Rilling, Robert Shaw, Margaret Hillis, and Herbert Blomstedt. She received a fellowship from Chorus America and an orchestral fellowship from Aspen. She was a 2016 finalist for the American Prize in choral conducting, college division, and a 2017 recipient of the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts at UW-Madison.
Madison Symphony Chorus
Beverly Taylor, Claudia Berry & David E. Miran Director
Drew Collins, Assistant Director Dan Lyons, Accompanist and Manager
Formed in 1927, the Madison Symphony Chorus gave its first public performance on February 23, 1928, and has performed regularly with the Madison Symphony Orchestra ever since. The chorus is comprised of more than 150 volunteer musicians who come from all walks of life who enjoy combining their artistic talent. In 2017, the chorus sang three Brahms Requiems in Germany with regional orchestras under Ms. Taylor’s direction.
In recent seasons, the Chorus has joined the MSO for such awe-inspiring works as Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, Rossini’s jubilant Stabat Mater, the Requiems of both Verdi and Mozart, Holst’s The Planets, John Adams’ challenging On the Transmigration of Souls, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Rachmaninoff’s magnificent The Bells, Vaughan Williams's Toward the Unknown Region, and excerpts from Handel’s Solomon, among others
SOPRANO
Caryn Baham
Jill Bailey
Judith Brauer
Alexis Buchanan
Lisa Burns
Ashley Calderon-McHugh
Jennifer Christensen
Barbara Eggleston
Linda Feiler
Sydney Fine
Susan Galasso
Kate Grovergrys
Kimberly R. S. Han
Margaret Harrigan*
Rose Heckenkamp-Busch
Sara Hendrickson
Katie Hess
Laurie Holman
Patricia Jenkins-Bock
Janet Joe
Marjasana Kay
Holly Keevil
Maureen Kind
Susan Kittleson
Veronica Kleckner
Julie Klein
Jennifer Kuckuk
Marie Kulackoski
Sarah Lang
Amber Lehnherr
Natalie Lowe
Claudia Berry Miran
Genevieve Mullen
Connie Nelson
Sally Norman
Vanessa Orr
Christine Otth
Myleen Passini
Lindey Peterson
Libby Pier
Kristen Radley
Susan Roehlk
Erin Selbee*
Anya Smith
Natalie Sorden
Joette Suloff
Samantha Tushaus
Casey Umhoefer
Sarah Walker
Pam Wilinski
Merina Witz
Sophie Wohltjen
ALTO
Annemarie Adams
Jaime Alvis
Kathleen Berkley
Sharon Blattner Held*
Penny Carlson
Roberta Carrier
Spencer Chaplin
Johanna Chworowsky
Wendy Coleman
Lavonne Dettmers*
Susan Ecroyd
Tammy Elmer
Gwen Evans
Tola Ewers
Deb Flanders
Denise Garvin
Holly Gefroh-Grimes
Kristina Geiger
Bryn Golden
Lori Grapentine
Jane Henneberry
Rebecca Hillary
Talia Ivry
Amy Johnson
Jessica Jones
Susan Jones
Estelle Katz
Alana Katz
Heidi Kramer
Sally Lanz
Heather Laurila
Denise Martin
Rachel Mokelke-Heineman
Fran Puleo Moyer
Jacklyn O’Brien
Susan Peterson
Rhianna Reed
Emily Regenold
Angela Reisetter
Christine Richards
Deb Roever
Veronica Rueckert
Kathleen Schell
Nancy Shook
Caroline Short
Latisha Smith-Chase
Robin Swadley
Julianne Wilke
Katie Wisz
Megan Yockey
TENOR
Gordon Brand
William Bremmer
Ray Calderon
Bradley Carter
Drew Collins
Jeff Cooper
Bryan Endres
Robert Factor
Christopher Feyrer
Michael Hammer
Mark Hanson
David Hanson
John Hayward
John Heaton
James Kleckner
Alex Kovensky
Kathy Lewinski
Jonathan Myers
William Nelson*
Mitchell Patton
Dave Roever
Basil Rutkowski
David Snook
James Staskal
LeRoy Stoner
Craig Wuerzberger
Steve Yeazel
BASS
Jeff Bauer
Steve Beversdorf
James Blanchard
Paul Bushland
Mike Byrne
Mark Danforth
Robert DeBroux
Robert Dinndorf
Alan Ferguson
David Flanders
Benson Gardner
Robert Gentile
Glenn Hanson
Charles Hodulik
Colin Holden
Alexander Jankowski
David Johnson
Peter Kleinschmidt
Mitchell Lattis
Jules Lee
Donald Olsen
Greg Polacheck
Brayden Remerowski
Barry Rokusek
Michael Schmit
George Shook
Chris Sink
John Unertl
James Wear
Benjamin Wehseler
Craig Wille*
Kent Williams
Isaac Wojcicki
*Section Leader
OFFICERS
Rose Heckenkamp-Busch, President
James Wear, Vice-President
Samantha Tushaus, Secretary
Madison Youth Choirs
Madison Youth Choirs (MYC) is dedicated to inspiring youth with a choral experience that fosters creativity, reflection, and the exploration of diverse ideas. MYC welcomes singers of all ability levels, and annually serves hundreds of young people, ages 7-18, through a wide variety of choral programs in our community. Cultivating a comprehensive music education philosophy that inspires a spirit of inquiry leading students to become “expert noticers,” MYC creates accessible, meaningful opportunities for youth to thrive in the arts and beyond. For more information, visit madisonyouthchoirs.org.
MYC STAFF
Kevin Blakeslee, Eliav
Goldman*, Calli Ingebritsen, Margaret Jenks, Lisa Kjentvet, Marie McManama, David Olson, Chris Powers, Margaret Stansfield, Randal
Swiggum, Artistic Staff
Michael Ross*, Artistic Director
Lynn Hembel, Executive Director
Nicole Sparacino, Development Director
Ian Disjardin, Operations Manager
Katie Paape, Operations Assistant
*denotes conductor that prepared singers for this concert
MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS TREBLES
Lital Adelman
Rowen Anderson
Lily Anderson
Marilyn Anthony
Ella Banfield
Lydia Beck
Anneliese Benish
Finley Bliefernicht
Natalie Callies
Violet Covarrubias
Ellie Cunningham
Jane Cunningham
Cece Dressler
Linnea Erickson
Cece Erling
Addy Gandley
Ellie Gefroh-Grimes
Lenny Gefroh-Grimes
Clara Gillisman
Sasha Greenberg
Daphne Grevstad
Martie Han
Daphne Heinemann
Freya Henning-Olson
Ella Hilsabeck
Cecelia Jaeger
Felix Karlson
Eva Kernkamp
Corinne Kuenzi
Taylah Lewis
Alyson Midlikowski
Veronica Niemeier
Rowan Nivens
Cora O’Callaghan
August Pierce
Barrett Pinsonneault
Arcadia Roys
Phoenix Sallis
Miriam Sampene
Fiona Schultz
Emma Severtson
Sophia Smithka
Paige Stanford
Zoey Stellick
Cora Storm
Allie Vens
Iris Violi
Maya Walsh
Lucy Weeth-Feinstein
Elsa Weinfurter
Sylvia Weiser
HIGH SCHOOL SINGERS
Olaife Adegbite
Kellyn Ash
Owen Auby
Linus Ballard
Alex Bares
Liam Benish
Talli Berge
Freddy Berkelman
Anna Block
Arthur Boldyrev
Max Boldyrev
Sophie Borger
Tori Broker
Milo Burns
Sebastian Bushland
Brynn Campbell
Maia Caruth
Calvin Cavanagh
Nina Chan
Duncan Charles
Dominica Costanzo-Adkins
Gabe Cox
Lena Cox
Kalea Cummings
Mazi Dossa
Sophia Dyer
Corgus Eenigenburg
Lila Elliott
Alex Everson
Ryan Fahey
Lily Fellenz
Isaac Freiberg
Isla Gard
Lucy Gard
Henry Gehrenbeck
Theo Gehrenbeck
Isaac Gildrie-Voyles
Blu Ginko
Natalie Graybar
Alleanah Hancock-Jammeh
Kate Hannon
Jackson Harwood
Madeleine Hayward
Emily Henderson
Ellie Hershberger
Drew Hill
Eleanor Huebner
Cate Hughes
Ben Hughes
Anya Isaac
Riley Jackson
Aaden Juarez-Kim
Liam Kendziorski
Katarina Kenney
Onnalin Ketilson
Isa Killian
Jeana Kim-Bolt
Teagan Kluetzman
Braiden Kovell
Fiona Lalor
Kerry Lauer
Kikko Martin Leano
Seb LeBarron
Babette Loesch
Leila Madureira-Alvarez
Charles Malueg
Ari Marckel
Anthony Marino
Nate Martin
Kayah McCants
Nathan Meyer
Daniel Mueller
Kent Mullen
Lily Nelson
Pamina Nemet
Luca Nicometo
Ella Novoselac
Sofia Ortiz-Lunyova
Mallory Peters
Matias Picasso
Santiago Picasso
Sena Pollock
Elise Rancour
Kat Rettig
Zachary Richmond
Marvella Saucedo-Zenti
Evan Sherer
Donovan Sido
Johanna Smith
Frankie Spielbauer
Ellie Steiner
Megan Streit
Sofia Suazo
Oden Swanson
Fi Taketani-Campos
Ben Thom
Gus Tills
Rhiannon Tool
Jackson Umhoefer
Charlie Vanderbloemen
Antonio Vazquez
Anna Wagner
Marian Wallace
Ally Walters
Ollie Warnecke
Liam Weitner
Devon Wells
Violet Wickizer
Shenal Wijekoon
Eleanor Winkle-Wagner
Lia Wochenske
Phoebe Yancey
Zane Yeazel
Astrid Zimmerman
Mount Zion Gospel Choir
This is the 19th year of Mt. Zion Gospel Choir being represented at the MSO Christmas concerts. Other churches from the surrounding area are also represented. Leotha & Tamera are very appreciative of the recurring invitation to come and share the music that has been gifted within them. This year, the Stanleys are pleased to welcome their daughter Letrice Stanley from Nashville to sing their arrangement of “O Holy Night”. Please enjoy!
SOPRANO
Terra Allen
Sarah Jordan
Candace Patterson
ALTO
Angie Kier
Tamera Stanley
LaTanya Taylor
Elissa Waller
TENOR
J Ruthie Carroll-Wiles
Rene Robinson
David Smith Jr.
BASS GUITAR
Matther Heredia
DRUMS
O’Malley Lomax
SOLOS
Christmas Greeting: J Ruthie Carroll-Wiles
Mary Did You Know:
Tamera Stanley
O Holy Night: Letrice Stanley
What Child Is This: Terra Allen
program notes
dec 6-8, 2024
program notes by
J. Michael Allsen
The MSO’s annual presentation of “A Madison Symphony Christmas” has become a beloved musical holiday tradition in Madison. This year includes everything you’ve come to expect: fine choral performances by the Madison Symphony Chorus, Madison Youth Choirs, and a rousing Gospel conclusion led by the Mt. Zion Gospel Choir. We also welcome two fine vocal soloists, Madison-based soprano Vanessa Becerra, and baritone Craig Irvin.
For many years Joy to the World was credited to Handel—who almost certainly did not write it. One of the first to publish the melody, hymn writer William Holford printed it with Handel’s name in the early 1830s, probably because of its close resemblance to a few bits from the ever-familiar Messiah The great Methodist hymn writer Lowell Mason also credited Handel when he revised the tune in 1839 and used it to set the Christmas hymn text Joy to the World by Handel’s contemporary Isaac Watts. While Mason usually gets credit for this melody, the composer of the original version remains a mystery. It is heard here in a suitably grand arrangement by Mack Wilberg, conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir since 2008.
Next are two pieces of genuine Handel, a brilliant aria from his oratorio Messiah In 1717, George Frideric Handel moved to England to compose and produce opera. For nearly two decades, Handel was the most successful opera impresario in England, but by the 1730s, Italian opera had gone out of fashion, and he turned increasingly to the English oratorio. His oratorios—dramatic renderings of Biblical stories familiar to his English audiences—were enormously successful, and their popularity endured and grew long after Handel’s death. Messiah of 1741 is, of course, Handel’s
most enduring hit, but it is somewhat unusual among his oratorios in that his text is a pastiche of direct quotes from the “King James” version of the Bible. The great chorus For Unto Us a Child is Born is the centerpiece of the Christmas section (Part I). The baritone aria The Trumpet Shall Sound, comes from Part III. This adapts the da capo form heard in most of his earlier opera arias. It opens with a brilliant trumpet passage, and when the bass enters it is with a sweeping fanfare motive of his own. Baritone and trumpet weave counterpoint around one another in the opening section. The baritone is left alone for the more pensive middle section, before a joyful ornamented repeat of the opening.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created a large body of music for the Catholic church: eighteen Masses (including the unfinished Requiem), four Litanies, three Vespers, and dozens of shorter settings of Latin texts. While much of this liturgical music was composed for the Archbishop of Salzburg, the solo motet Exsultate jubilate, composed a few days before Mozart’s seventeenth birthday, was written during a visit to Milan in the winter of 1772-73 Exultate jubilate was not originally composed for a woman’s voice, but rather for the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini, who had sung the principal role in Mozart’s opera Lucio Silla a few weeks earlier, in December of 1772. This piece is not really a motet in the traditional sense, though it does set a Latin text for the Virgin Mary, but a sort of operatic scena for soprano and small orchestra. (The text may have been written by Rauzzini himself, a noted composer in his own right.) The style is that of Mozart’s opera buffa, with three arias grouped around a central recitative. The opening section, Exsultate, jubilate, is a joyous aria with an orchestral introduction, giving extensive play to the word psallat (sing). The brilliant concluding Alleluia is frequently performed as an independent coloratura showpiece.
Alfred Burt was born in Michigan, son of an Episcopal minister. He spent most of his all-too-brief career working as a
jazz trumpeter and arranger. He is best known today for a series of fifteen fine Christmas carols he wrote beginning in 1942. Burt’s carols were first intended only for the annual family Christmas card, sent out to his father’s parishioners, and to Burt’s family and friends. Fortunately for us, he began to let them circulate more widely in the early 1950s, and while he was stricken with lung cancer, he conducted a recording of the first twelve carols in Hollywood in 1953. That year, Burt wrote three new carols, including Caroling, Caroling, completing them just months before his death at age 33. The full collection of Alfred Burt Carols was published in 1957. Caroling, Caroling, like many of Burt’s later carols had a text by Wilha Hutson, the organist at his father’s church and a family friend. It was a huge hit for the singer Nat “King” Cole in 1960 and this song remains the most oftenperformed of Burt’s carols.
Everywhere Christmas Tonight was written in 2011 by noted choral composer Joseph Martin. This is a rollicking setting of an exuberant 19thcentury poem by Phillips Brooks, in an arrangement for treble voices by Brant Adams. Michael W. Smith is a huge star in Contemporary Christian music: a winner of several Dove Awards, a sought-after songwriter, and a popular singer in his own right. His All is Well, composed in 1989, is a wonderfully simple setting of words by Wayne Kirkpatrick. It is well-suited to this emotional arrangement, by Ronn Huff for vocal soloists and young voices.
Franz Joseph Haydn, in his sixties when he completed The Creation in 1798, considered this massive oratorio to be his greatest accomplishment, and a personal statement of faith. It was clearly inspired by Handel’s Messiah (Haydn heard a festival performance of Messiah in May of 1791 while in England, and was profoundly moved, reportedly bursting into tears during the Hallelujah chorus.) The Creation likewise sets a series of quotations: in this case, extracts from the “King James” version of the Bible: from the first two chapters of Genesis and the Psalms.
Interspersed with these Bible verses are passages adapted from Milton’s Paradise Lost. Parts I and II tell the story of the first six days of creation, narrated by Milton’s angels, while Part III is set in the Garden of Eden. As with Handel, the chorus plays a central role in the drama. Here we present the final chorus, Sing the Lord, ye Voices All. Capping a long, passionate duet by Adam and Eve, this is a grand closing to the oratorio, launching into a rousing fugal setting of the final words, “Jehovah’s praise for ever shall endure. Amen.”
Next is the well-known Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night All Christians Sing). This text was first published in 1684 by an Irish bishop, Luke Waddinge, though it is possible that Waddinge merely printed a hymn already in circulation. The carol was certainly part of the folk tradition in Britain, and it circulated with a few different melodies. The nowuniversal tune for the Sussex Carol was transcribed in about 1900 by the English song-collector Cecil Sharp and his student Ralph Vaughan Williams. Vaughan Williams heard this melody from a woman in the English county of Sussex, and published it as the Sussex Carol in 1919. It is heard here in an enjoyably “over-the-top” arrangement for orchestra and organ by Richard Elliot that manages to work in several sly references to the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony!
As always, we return to Handel’s Messiah for the finale to our first half: the concluding Hallelujah chorus from Part II. This chorus, undoubtedly the single most famous work by Handel, has been a sensation since the first performance of Messiah in Dublin in 1742. The chorus is heard today in contexts that Handel— tireless self-promoter though he was!— never dreamed of: movies, TV ads and sitcoms, and in cover versions in styles ranging from gospel and jazz to rock, punk, and rap. The music is in no danger of becoming a mere cliché, however: it remains true to Handel’s original intent. Following the first performance of Messiah in London, the composer remarked: “My Lord, I should be sorry if I
only entertained them. I wished to make them better.”
We open the second half with a feature for the orchestra. Composer Noel Regney and his wife, lyricist Gloria Shayne Baker wrote the Holiday standard Do You Hear What I Hear? in 1962 and it became a huge hit for Bing Crosby in 1963, selling over a million copies. Though usually heard as a sentimental song to the Baby Jesus, Regney later said “I am amazed that people can think they know the song, and not know it is a prayer for peace.”
It was written in October 1962, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when nuclear war seemed imminent. Contrary to their usual practice, Regney wrote the lyric, and his wife wrote the melody. The result was a song that they found so moving that they couldn’t bear to sing it at first. The final stanza, with its “Pray for peace, people everywhere!” makes this as appropriate in 2024 as it was in 1962. It is heard here in a rich orchestral arrangement by Todd Hayen.
The most familiar of all holiday songs, Jingle Bells, was written in the 1850s by James Pierpont: a Unitarian minister, organist, photographer, and sometime songwriter who worked in Massachusetts, California, Georgia, and Florida. Jingle Bells, published in 1857, was not intended as a “Christmas song” at all, but rather as a “sleighing song”—a popular genre at the time. Pierpont’s song caught on later in the 19th century, when it gained its exclusive association with the Holiday season. The lively arrangement presented here is by the eminent English choral director and arranger David Willcocks.
Next is a pair of Christmas villancicos (carols) from South America, in an arrangement by Madison’s own Scott Gendel, beginning with La buena nueva (The Good News) This was written in the early 1960s by Peruvian songwriter Mario Cavagnaro Llerena, a singer who strongly identified as criollo, a musical culture that freely mixes Spanish and Peruvian indigenous heritages with influences from across Latin America. the song was first recorded in 1965,
and became a hit throughout South America. This lively Christmas tune is in the style of the Huayno—an ancient Andean form with roots in preColumbian music. Mi burrito sabanero (The Little Donkey from the Savannah – also known as The Little Donkey from Bethlehem). The popular Venezuelan singer and songwriter Hugo Blanco wrote this charming children’s song in 1972. The original song channeled the infectious rhythm of joropo—folk music of the vast grassland that stretches across Venezuela and Columbia—but the song has proven to be endlessly adaptable in a variety of styles. It became popular across Latin America in a 1974 cumbia-style recording by the children’s group La Rondollita, but since then has been recorded in Mariachi style, by Salsa bands, in a pop-style version by the Columbian star Juanes, and in Reggaeton remixes. Mr. Gendel provides the following note:
“Both La buena nueva and El burrito sabanero are delightful South American songs about getting nearer to Christmas morning, anticipation building as the birth of Jesus gets closer and closer. To depict that growing excitement, my arrangement begins with a lovely pastoral sound, but repeatedly changes to higher keys, faster tempos, and increased rhythmic complexity, until the medley ends with maximum wild energy, in a very different place than it began. First, the piece features a fairly straightforward arrangement of La buena nueva that incorporates some lush harmonies along with Peruvian rhythms. The “chorus” of that song is introduced by propulsive brass and percussion, kicking the energy up a notch as the medley transitions towards El burrito sabanero. That song takes a faster tempo, and has a less traditional arrangement (continuing its history as adaptable to so many different styles). My arrangement of El burrito sabanero dances with lighthearted jubilation until finally erupting with glee into a percussion section feature (drum solo!) that speeds up the tempo
and ups the stakes once more. Finally, nearly twice as quickly as the medley began, La buena nueva returns with great excitement, in a higher key, with the brass playing El burrito sabanero in counterpoint, both songs combining into a frenzy of wild exuberance that whirls into a final flourish, nearly exhausted with anticipation for the coming of Christmas.”
My Grown Up Christmas List, was written in 1990 by lyricist Linda Thompson-Jenner and composer David Foster. This lovely song tells of an adult revisiting Santa and listing a more mature set of wishes: for peace, healing, friendship, justice, and love. It was first recorded in 1990 by Natalie Cole, but has also been covered by Kelly Clarkson, Amy Grant, and many others—a contemporary holiday classic.
Randol Alan Bass’s Christmas Ornaments is lushly-orchestrated choral fantasia on several familiar holiday tunes. The section labeled Bell Carols, brings together a pair of bell-themed carols, beginning with Ding, Dong, Merrily on High, whose lively tune was adapted from a 16th-century dance. The familiar Carol of the Bells was written in 1916 by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych for a Christmas concert by students in Kiev. The carol, originally part of a choral work titled Schedryk, was inspired by the traditional Ukrainian legend that all of the bells on earth rang of their own accord to announce the birth of Christ. The Carol of the Bells is a tintinnabular sound portrait of the pealing of bells of all sizes.
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town was written in 1932, a collaboration between composer J. Fred Coots, and lyricist Haven Gillespie. The song was not introduced until the Holiday season of 1934 by radio star Eddie Cantor, but it was popular as soon as it hit the airwaves, undoubtedly lifting the spirits of Americans in the depth of the Great Depression. This durable song sold millions of records for singers from Bing Crosby to Gene Autry to Perry Como to
the Andrews Sisters, and even inspired an animated television special in 1970. Fast forward to 1995... For one of its early “Holiday Spectacular” concerts in 1995, the Madison Symphony Orchestra commissioned Jazz arranger Frank Mantooth to create an updated version of the song for that season. Mantooth’s swinging arrangement, building on a choral arrangement by Kirby Shaw, was premiered in December 1995 by the Madison Boychoir. Mantooth later adapted the piece for the larger Madison Symphony Chorus.
We end, as always, with a performance by Mt. Zion Gospel Choir, in arrangements written specifically for these concerts by the group’s director, Leotha Stanley. The first of these brings together two beloved and gentle Christmas songs, beginning with What Child is This. The lovely tune Greensleeves seems to have originated in 16th-century England, though it has never been clear who composed it. One story credits this song to none other than King Henry VIII, who supposedly wrote it for his lover and second wife Ann Boleyn. It’s a great story...but there is no evidence that it is true; though Henry was, in fact, an accomplished composer. In 1871, Sir John Stainer adapted this tune to set a Christmas hymn by William Chatterton Dix, What Child Is This. One of the most popular Christmas songs of recent years—Mary, Did You Know?—was written as a lyric in 1984 by singer Mark Lowry, as an interlude for a church Advent play. In an interview several years later, Lowry said, “I tried to picture Mary holding the baby Jesus on the first Christmas morning and wondered what she was thinking about that child...when I wrote it, I felt there was something special there, but I never imagined how wide-reaching it would become.” In 1990, composer Buddy Greene set the lyric to music, and the song quickly caught on, with recordings by some three dozen singers. It became a huge hit for American Idol star Clay Aiken in 2004 and remains an often-covered holiday favorite. It is heard here in a lush arrangement for soprano and full orchestra. Christmas Greeting, a
Stanley original, was introduced at these concerts in 2012. Our grand finale, led by the Mt. Zion Gospel Choir, and featuring everyone on stage, is O Holy Night. Though he was respected in his day as composer of operas and ballet scores (including the well-known Giselle) Adolphe Adam is known to American audiences almost exclusively for his Christmas carol Cantique de Noël. Written in 1847 as a setting of a Christmas poem by Mary Cappeaux, this carol was later adapted by J. S. Wright as the English text O Holy Night.
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Text and Translations
feb 13
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Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 (Arr. Brahms)
Sibelius, Valse Triste
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Bizet, Farandole
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Mozart, Exultate, jubilate (excerpts)
Exsultate, jubilate, o vos animae beatae, dulcia cantica canendo,
cantui vestro respondendo, psallant aethera cum me. Alleluia!
Rejoice and resound with joy, O you blessed souls, singing sweet songs, in response to your own singing, let the heaven sing forth with me. Hallelujah!
Cavagnaro Llerena, La buena nueva
Rueda, rueda, por la montaña, blanca lunidad, llega, llega, cholo, cholita es la navidad.
Vuela, vuela, blanca paloma sigue más allá. Lleva, lleva, la buena nueva, es la navidad.
Lleva lejos la buena nueva, es navidad; que esta noche, a medianoche Jesús nacerá.
Roll, roll, down the mountain, white moonlight it comes, it comes cholo and cholita* it is Christmas.
Fly, fly white dove, far away.
Spread, spread the good news afar: it is Christmas.
Spread, spread the good news afar: it is Christmas; that on this night, at midnight, Jesus will be born.
* Note that in the United States, cholo is all too often a slang term for a thug, but in Peru, it is more generally a term for a person of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage.
Blanco, Mi burrito sabanero
Con mi burrito sabanero voy camino de Belén.
Si me ven si me ven voy camino de Belén.
El lucerito mañanero ilumina mi sendero. Si me ven si me ven voy camino de Belén.
Con mi cuatrico voy cantando, mi burrito va trotando.
Si me ven si me ven voy camino de Belén.
Tuki tuki tukituki tuki tuki tukita
Apúrate mi burrito, que ya vamos a llegar.
Tuki tuki tukituki tuki tuki tukita.
Apúrate mi burrito, vamos a ver a Jesús.
Con mi burrito sabanero voy camino de Belén. Si me ven si me ven voy camino de Belén.
With my little savannah donkey I’m going to Bethlehem.
If they see me, if they see me, I’m going to Bethlehem.
The bright morning star lights my path.
If they see me, if they see me, I’m going to Bethlehem.
With my little guitar I go singing, my little donkey goes trotting
If they see me, if they see me, I’m going to Bethlehem.
Tuki tuki tukituki tuki tuki tukita.
Hurry up my little donkey, we’re almost there.
Tuki tuki tukituki tuki tuki tukita
Hurry up my little donkey, let’s go see Jesus.
With my little savannah donkey. I’m going to Bethlehem
If they see me, if they see me I’m going to Bethlehem.
Christmas Carol Sing Along
O Come All Ye Faithful
O come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the King of angels
O come, let us adore Him (x3)
Christ the Lord
Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God
All Glory in the highest
O come, let us adore Him (x3)
Christ the Lord
Away in a Manger
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head
The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay
The First Noel
The First Noel
The Angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds
In fields as they lay
In fields where they
Lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night
That was so deep
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel!
Silent
Night
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Peace on earth, and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful, all ye nations, rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings, risen with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that we no more may die
Born to raise the sons of Earth
Born to give us second birth
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy new year
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas
And a happy new year
We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3)
And a happy new year
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We also thank 189 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49. Luther Memorial Church presents 2024–25:
A SEASON OF SACRED SONG
MUSIC AT MIDDAY
WEDNESDAYS , SEPTEMBER 11–MAY 7 | NOON
A beloved Madison tradition of 55 years, this series features free, 30-minute concerts performed by area musicians, including the Just Bach ensemble.
LESSONS & CAROLS FOR ADVENT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 | 4 pm
The Luther Memorial Adult Choir and instrumentalists weave scripture, poetry, hymns and choral anthems together in a stirring service to prepare our hearts for Christmas.
SAINT OLAF CHOIR
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025 | 8 pm
The world-renowned Saint Olaf Choir will once again perform at Luther Memorial on its annual winter tour. Tickets available at stolaf.edu/tickets/choir.
THOMANERCHOR
(SAINT THOMAS CHOIR, LEIPZIG, GERMANY)
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025
Founded in 1212, this fabled choir has been led by many notable conductors, including Johann Sebastian Bach! This concert will mark only their third visit to Madison in their 812-year history. It’s a sound you won’t want to miss! More info and tickets coming soon.
Luther Memorial Church | 1021 University Ave | Madison, Wis. www.luthermem.org
A gift to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s endowment can provide permanent and lasting support for a position in the orchestra, helping to ensure the MSO will continue to attract and retain top quality artistic talent.
Available* Chair Naming Opportunities: Music Director Principal Bassoon, Tuba, Bass
Associate Concertmaster
Assistant Principal Bass Section Chair
Other opportunities and more information: madisonsymphony.org/endowment
STEPHENSON
SUN., MAR. 9, 2025
4:00 PM
Albéniz, Arlen/Jarrett, Schubert, Stravinsky
For questions or to discuss a potential gift: Casey Oelkers, Director of Development, (608) 257-3734 *as
HORSZOWSKI TRIO
SAT., APR. 5, 2025
7:30 PM
Clarke, Harbison, Schubert
Make Music Your Business!
Each season, Madison-area businesses help the MSO share live, classical music with over 60,000 people by providing generous financial support for our concerts, education programs and special events.
JAN BARTOŠ
SAT., APR. 26, 2025
7:30 PM
Kabeláč, Janáček, Smetana
Are you a corporate leader who values high quality arts and culture in our community?
Visit madisonsymphony.org/corporategiving to learn more about how your business can partner with the MSO and show your support for the arts.
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, general contributions, and gifts-in-kind.
Organizations that have contributed to the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, and/or Friends of the Overture Concert Organ are listed according to the total amount of their donations supporting the 2024-2025 Season* as of October 31, 2024.
$100,000 or more
Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation
Madison Symphony Orchestra League
WMTV 15 News
$50,000–$99,999
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
American Printing
Irving and Dorothy Levy
Family Foundation, Inc.
The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club
Madison Magazine
Madison Media Partners
$15,000–$24,999
Capitol Lakes
The Evjue Foundation, Inc.
Fiore Companies, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
Nimick Forbesway Foundation
Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts
An Anonymous Foundation
$10,000–$14,999
BMO
Boardman Clark Law Firm
Lake Ridge Bank
Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.
Marriott Daughters Foundation
PBS Wisconsin
University Research Park
U.S. Bank Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
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
The Burish Group at UBS
DeWitt LLP
Exact Sciences
Fields Auto Group
Hooper Corporation
Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc.
Qual Line Fence Corp.
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Richman & Richman LLC
Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
SupraNet Communications, Inc.
von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
West Bend Insurance Company
Wisconsin Public Radio
Woodman’s Food Markets
$2,500–$4,999
Alliant Energy Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
Madison Arts Commission
Midwest Patrol & Investigative LLC
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
UW Health & Unity
Health Insurance
West Bend Insurance Company
$1,000–$2,499
BRAVA Magazine
Capitol Bank
Farley’s House of Pianos
Festival Foods
Herb Kohl Charities
Johnson Financial Group
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Sold with Faith Real Estate, Restaino & Associates
The Suby Group
Up to $999
Badger Bus Bank of America
The Capital Times Kids Fund
Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC
Choles Floral
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Fuhrman & Dodge, S.C.
Hartmeyer Ice Arena
Promega Corporation
*Total includes donations that support 2024-2025 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 2024-2025 Organ Concerts, 2024-2025 Education and Community Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League’s 2024-2025 Events and Activities including Symphony at Sunset 2024; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2024-2025 Annual Campaign. Fundraising event ticket purchases are not included. We have
every effort
ensure
accuracy of this list. If you believe an error has
please contact our development department at (608) 257-3734.
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.
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ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED
Elizabeth S. Anderes
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Helen Barnick
Norman Bassett
Nancy Becknell
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Theo F. Bird
Marian & Jack Bolz
Kenneth Bussan
Margaret Christy
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Teddy Derse
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Lila Lightfoot
Jan Markwart
Geraldine F. Mayer
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Janet Nelson
Sandra L. Osborn
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
A Legacy of Music
The Madison Symphony Orchestra is a grateful recipient and faithful steward of planned gifts from individuals who have remembered the Symphony in their estate plans. Through a planned gift, you can help preserve MSO’s legacy of great music for generations to come. All planned gifts qualify for Stradivarius Society recognition, and requests for anonymity will be honored.
Learn more madisonsymphony.org/stradivarius
“We have included the MSO in our wills because we want future generations to enjoy and benefit from it as we have.”
– Martha and Charles Casey, Stradivarius Society Members
Tributes
The Madison Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contributions honoring family & friends.
In honor of Emy Andrew
Janet Renschler
In honor of Chuck and Elizabeth Barnhill
Lois H. McDonald
In honor of Professor Ed Feige
The Dove Family
In honor of Olin Martis James
Charles James
In honor of Casey Oelkers
Doug and Norma Madsen
In memory of Tom Anderson
Anonymous
In memory of John Barker
Bela and Ruth Sandor
In memory of Marian Bolz
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Jim & Betty Bruce
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Clarence Porter Cameron
Alfred Andreychuk and Allan Deptula
In memory of Deri Cattelino
Janet Renschler
In memory of Camryn Dahlke Anonymous
In memory of Barbara DeMain
Laura Gallagher
In memory of Jean K. Druckenmiller
Sandra Levin
In memory of Jean and Stan Druckenmiller
Grace Homb
In memory of Clela Duemler
John C. Duemler
In memory of Mary Esser
Jane Esser
Jane Harberg
In memory of Janet Faulhaber
Lois M. Smith
In memory of Kyle Friedow
Elaine and Nicholas Mischler
In memory of Rev. Shirley Funk
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Esther Hedfield
Wayne Blodgett
Shirley Hanson
Thomas & Cynthia Lerdahl
Carol Ruhly
In memory of Paul J. Heiser
Alfred Andreychuk and Allan Deptula
In memory of Tony Holt
Tyrone and Janet Greive
Ann Manser
Claudia Berry Miran
Jacklyn O’Brien
Phillip and Karen Paulson
Robert A. Reed
John N. Santeiu Jr.
In memory of Sam and Mary Hutchison
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Sarah “Sally” Jamieson
Bruce and Alice Green
Ronald and Janet Wanek
In memory of Aileen Jensen
Eileen Cripps Stenberg
In memory of Howard Kidd
Roger and Berta Lerch
In memory of John Kjentvet
Barbara S. Hughes
In memory of Robert “Bob” Lockhart
Alfred Andreychuk and Allan Deptula
Valerie and Andreas Kazamias
Melissa Keyes and Ingrid Rothe
Laurel Kinosian
Andrew and Jolyon Maier
Robert A. Reed
Don and Barb Sanford
In memory of Connie Maxwell
Samuel C. Hutchison
Valerie and Andreas Kazamias
Elaine and Nicholas Mischler
In memory of Janet Nelson
Elaine and Nicholas Mischler
In memory of Sandra Osborn
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Lillian Porcaro
Valerie and Andreas Kazamias
In memory of Rev. Dr. Terry A. Purvis-Smith, PhD.
Samuel C. Hutchison
In memory of Tim Reilley
Elaine and Nicholas Mischler
In memory of Jean Reuhl
Valerie and Andreas Kazamias
In memory of Harley Richard
Catherine Richard
In memory of Robert J. Rodini
Gino and Terri Casagrande
In memory of Robert and Eleanor Rodini
Barbara S. Hughes
In memory of Jeanette Ross
John Ross
In memory of Dorothy Schroeder
Anonymous
In memory of Anne Stanke
Daniel and Lavonne Dettmers
In memory of John Lloyd Straughn
Alexis M. Carreon
Andrea and Bill Hixon
John Wendt and Kathryn Kleckner
Rod and Jo MacDonald
Robert A. Reed
Mary Ellen Straughn
The Family of John Straughn
Two Anonymous Friends
In memory of Patricia Davey Struck
Larry Bechler
In memory of Sherri Talbert
Jessica Talbert
In memory of Marjorie Tobias
Karen Gray
Marjorie K. Gray
presents Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert featuring the complete film with composer John Williams’ iconic Oscar®-winning score performed live to the film. Since the release of this first Star Wars movie over 45 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by Williams. Fans will experience the scope and grandeur of this beloved film in a live symphonic concert experience.
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. These gifts are invested in perpetuity to ensure the MSO’s continuing fiscal stability and its legacy of great music for generations to come. Learn more at madisonsymphony.org/endowment.
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
Patricia Brady & Robert Smith
Nathan Brand
Jim & Cathie Burgess
Frank & Pat Burgess
Mary P. Burke
Mary Kay Burton
Capital Newspapers
Capitol Lakes
Thomas & Martha Carter
Tony & Deri Cattelino
Lau & Bea Christensen
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
Ruth & Frederick Dobbratz Estate
William & Alexandra Dove
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
Kenneth R. Kimport
Charles & Patricia Kincaid
Joan Klaski & Stephen Malpezzi
James & Andrea Klauck
Robert & Judy Knapp
Patricia G. Koenecke
Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo
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
Claudia Berry & David E. Miran
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
Janet Nelson
Vicki & Marv Nonn
Norman Bassett Trust
Daniel & Judith Nystrom
Casey & Eric Oelkers
Sandra L. Osborn
Peter & Leslie Overton
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
Dr. Joy K. Rice
Thomas & Martha Romberg
Mrs. J. Barkley Rosser
Dan Rottier & Frankie Kirk Rottier
Patrick M. Ryan
Harry Sage
Douglas Schewe
Stephen & Marianne Schlecht
Richard and Barbara Schnell
Donald K. Schott
Margaret & Collin Schroeder
William & Pamela Schultz
Marti Sebree
Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner
Millie & Irv Shain
Twila Sheskey
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
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
Elyn L. Williams
Bill Williamson
David Willow
Margaret C. Winston
Sally & Ben Washburn Estate of Sybil Weinstein
John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Foundation
Kathleen Woit
Susan & Rolf Wulfsberg
Anders Yocom & Ann
Yocom Engelman
Jay J. Young
Five Anonymous Friends
We also thank the donors who have made endowment gifts up to $999.
Endowment Giving: The Century Society
We gratefully acknowledge our Century Society donors, who have made commitments of $100,000 or more to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s endowment through outright or planned gifts, as of September 6, 2024. Their gifts create a solid financial foundation upon which the MSO can realize its vision to be a leader in classical music performance, education, community engagement, and artistic innovation for generations to come.
As the Madison Symphony Orchestra approaches its centennial in 2025-2026, we hope to welcome new Century Society donors who make endowment commitments of $100,000 or more through outright or planned gifts. Visit madisonsymphony.org/ endowment to learn more about endowment giving.
Carla and Fernando Alvarado
Dennis Appleton and Jennifer Buxton
Diane Ballweg
Chuck Bauer and Chuck Beckwith
Barbara and Norman Berven
Rosemarie and Fred Blancke
Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Foundation
Jim and Cathie Burgess
Martha and Charles Casey
Margaret Christy
Pat and Dan Cornwell
James F. Crow
James Dahlberg & Elsebet Lund
William and Alexandra Dove
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
Patricia Kokotailo and R. Lawrence DeRoo
Arno and Hazel Kurth
Myrna Larson
James Victor Lathers
Peter Livingston and Sharon Stark
Madison Symphony Orchestra League
Claudia Berry and David E. Miran
Nicholas and Elaine Mischler
David and Kato Perlman
John L. Peterson
A Gift of Music
Sheila Read
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
Did you know that the MSO presents a series of Young People’s Concerts specifically designed for students in grades K-12 and offered at a very low cost to participating schools? Annual contributions from dedicated MSO patrons help to support our Young People’s Concerts. Make a gift to the MSO Annual Fund today and take pride in knowing you have helped make it possible for children from all over south-central Wisconsin and beyond to experience the thrill of hearing orchestral music performed live.
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Overture Hall Information
RESTROOMS
Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture. Family assist/gender inclusive restrooms, available to persons of any gender identity and expression, are available in the following areas:
• Lower-Level Rotunda: to the right of the stairway.
• First floor lobby / Overture Hall: near coat check.
• Second floor: Gallery 2—second door to the left off the elevators.
Amenities at gender-inclusive restrooms include:
• Lockable door to provide privacy for individual users
• Ample room for an assistant/family member, if needed
• Accessible sink, stool and urinal (floor level)
• Changing stations
• Power-assist doors (Level 1 restrooms only)
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. Braille programs are also available upon request. Please contact Amanda at adill@madisonsymphony.org at least three weeks prior to the concert you wish to attend.
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.
• Please feel free to take photos before and after the concert, 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.
• The coat-check room is open when the weather dictates and closes 20 minutes after the performance ends.
• Food and beverages are available at bars and concession stands in the Overture Lobby. Beverages are allowed in Overture Hall, but please enjoy food in the lobby. 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 ensure your safety. We invite you to visit madisonsymphony. org/health for more information on health and safety. Overture Center safety information can be found at overture.org/health
Boards & Administration
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2024-2025
OFFICERS
Ellsworth Brown, Chair
Michael Richman, Chair
Janet Cabot, Secretary
Doug Reuhl, Treasurer
Ellsworth Brown,
Immediate Past Chair
José Madera, Member-at-large
Kay Schwichtenberg, Member-at-large
Derrick Smith, Member-at-large
Lynn Stathas, Member-at-large
DIRECTORS
Lynn Allen-Hoffmann
Brian Anderson
Ruben Anthony
Rosemarie Blancke
Ellsworth Brown
Janet Cabot
Martha Casey
Bryan Chan
Elton Crim
James Dahlberg
Bob Dinndorf
Audrey Dybdahl
Marc Fink
David Harding
Paul Hoffmann
Mark Huth
Mooyoung Kim
David Lauth
Rob Lemanske
Ann Lindsey
José Madera
Oscar Mireles
Rick Morgan
Jon Parker
Cyrena Pondrom
Margaret Pyle
Michael Richman
Carole Schaeffer
Monique Scher
Kay Schwichtenberg
John Sims
Derrick Smith
Tamera Stanley
Lynn Stathas
Todd Stuart
Anna Trull
Jasper Vaccaro
Eric Wilcots
Michael Zorich
ADVISORS
Elliott Abramson
Michael Allsen
Carla Alvarado
Jeffrey Bauer
Ted Bilich
Camille Carter
Laura Gallagher
Tyrone Greive
Jane Hamblen
Michael Hobbs
Stephanie Lee
Joseph Meara
Gary Mecklenburg
Larry Midtbo
Paul Norman
Kevin O’Connor
Abigail Ochberg
Greg Piefer
Jacqueline Rodman
Mary Lang Sollinger
Judith Topitzes
Ellis Waller
Carolyn White
Anders Yocom
Stephen Zanoni
LIFE DIRECTORS
Terry Haller
Stanley Inhorn
Valerie Kazamias
Elaine Mischler
Nicholas Mischler
Douglas Reuhl
HONORARY DIRECTORS
TBA, President Madison College
Kathy Evers, First Lady of the State of Wisconsin
Melissa Agard, Dane County Executive
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Helen Bakke
Wallace Douma
Perry A. Henderson
Fred Mohs
Stephen Morton
Beverly Simone
John Wiley
EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS
Barbara Berven
Mark Bridges
Rose Heckenkamp-Busch
William Steffenhagen
EX OFFICIO ADVISORS
Josh Biere
Dan Cavanagh
Daniel Davidson
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2024–2025
OFFICERS
Douglas Reuhl
President Nicholas Mischler
Vice President
Robert A. Reed
Secretary-Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Ellsworth Brown
Joanna Burish
Beth Dettman
Jill Friedow
Juan Gomez
Jane Hamblen
Jon Parker
Gregory Reed
Michael Richman
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2024–2025
