September 2023 Program Book: American Rhapsody

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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

AMERICAN RHAPSODY, SEPT 22, 23 & 24 Concert Sponsors........................................................ 10 Program......................................................................... 11 Terrence Wilson Biography...................................... 12 Program Notes ............................................................ 18

In Memoriam

SUPPORT Individual Donors........................................................ 30 Stradivarius Society Members................................. 42 Business, Foundation and Government Donors. ................................................. 44 Madison Symphony Orchestra Endowment Donors ................................................. 46 Tributes.......................................................................... 48 Index of Advertisers................................................... 57

LAURIE ANNE RISS July 31, 1963 - August 4, 2023

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John DeMain CONDUCTOR

In his 30th 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.

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During his 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 highly-acclaimed 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 2023–2024 season conducts Tosca, The Anonymous Lovers, and Candide.

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

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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.

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Orchestra Personnel For This Concert VIOLIN I

Naha Greenholtz Concertmaster

VIOLA

Christopher Dozoryst Principal

FLUTE

Stephanie Jutt Principal

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

James F. Crow Chair

Terry Family Foundation Chair

Suzanne Beia Co-Concertmaster

Katrin Talbot Assistant Principal

Dawn Lawler Linda Pereksta

Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair

Dove Family Chair

Leanne Kelso Associate Concertmaster

Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Elisabeth Deussen Janse Vincent Jennifer Paulson Hanna Pederson David Beytas Melissa Snell Ina Georgieva Molly O’Brien

George and Candy Gialamas Chair

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

Maynie Bradley Annetta H. Rosser Chair

Kina Ono Neil Gopal Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Tim Kamps Jon Vriesacker Katherine Floriano Laura Burns Paran Amirinazari Alec Tonno Naomi Schrank

VIOLIN II

Xavier Pleindoux Principal Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Chair

Hillary Hempel Assistant Principal Elyn L. Williams Chair

Peter Miliczky Holly Wagner Rolf Wulfsberg Olga Draguieva Kathryn Taylor Wendy Buehl Geri Hamilton Robin Ryan Matthew Dahm Chang-En Lu Laura Mericle Madlen Breckbill

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CELLO

Karl Lavine Principal

PICCOLO

Linda Pereksta

OBOE

Izumi Amemiya Principal Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair

Andrea Gross Hixon

ENGISH HORN Lindsay Flowers

CLARINET

Reuhl Family Chair

JJ Koh Principal

Mark Bridges Assistant Principal

Nancy Mackenzie

Patricia Kokotailo & R. Lawrence DeRoo Chair

Karen Cornelius Knapp Family Chair

Lindsey Crabb Margaret Townsend Lisa Bressler Derek Handley Trace Johnson Jean Hatmaker Alex Chambers-Ozasky

BASS

David Scholl Principal Robert Rickman Assistant Principal Carl Davick Tom Mohs Chair

Zachary Betz Jeff Takaki August Jirovec Mike Hennessy Brett Lewis

Barbara and Norman Berven Chair

BASS CLARINET Gregory Smith

ALTO SAXOPHONE Matt Sintchak Matthew Koester

TENOR SAXOPHONE Jeremy Ruthrauff

BASSOON

Cynthia Cameron Principal Amanda Szczys

CONTRABASSOON Carol Rosing

HORN

Dafydd Bevil Acting Principal Steve and Marianne Schlecht Chair

Ricardo Almeida Michael Szczys William Muir Linda Kimball, Assistant

TRUMPET John Aley Principal

Marilynn G. Thompson Chair

John Wagner David Cooper

TROMBONE Joyce Messer Principal

Fred and Mary Mohs Chair

Benjamin Skroch

BASS TROMBONE Benjamin Zisook

TIMPANI

BANJO

Eugenie Mayer Bolz Foundation Chair

Orchestra Committee

John Jutsum Principal

Steve Roberts

Mark Bridges, Chair Joshua Biere, Vice-Chair Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary David Scholl, Treasurer JJ Koh, Member-at-large

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

PIANO

Librarian

Jennifer S. Goldberg John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

Property Manager John Straughn

Personnel Manager Alexis Carreon

Daniel Lyons Principal

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Fri., Sep. 22, 7:30 pm | Sat., Sep. 23, 8:00 pm | Sun., Sept. 24, 2:30 pm

John DeMain, Music Director Terrence Wilson, Piano AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) Suite from “Appalachian Spring” GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Rhapsody in Blue MR. WILSON

INTERMISSION JOHN ADAMS (B. 1937) The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981) Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic” Adagio—Allegro Andante con tenderezza Allegro con brio

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Terrence Wilson PIANO

Acclaimed by the Baltimore Sun as “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years,”

pianist Terrence Wilson has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Washington, DC (National Symphony), San Francisco, St. Louis, and with the orchestras of Cleveland, Minnesota, and Philadelphia and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductors with whom he has worked include Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Neeme Järvi, Jesús LópezCobos, Lawrence Renes, Robert Spano, Yuri Temirkanov, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gunther Herbig and Michael Morgan.

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Abroad, Terrence Wilson has played concerti with such ensembles as the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has toured with orchestras in the US and abroad, including a tour of the US with the Sofia Festival Orchestra (Bulgaria) and in Europe with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.

An active recitalist, Terrence Wilson made his New York City recital debut at the 92nd Street Y, and his Washington, DC recital debut at the Kennedy Center. In Europe he has given recitals at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, the Lourvre in Paris, and countless other

major venues. In the US he has given recitals at Lincoln Center in New York City (both Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall), the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Caramoor Festival in Katonah, NY, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, and for the La Jolla Chamber Music Society.

An avid chamber musician, he performs regularly with the Ritz Chamber Players.

Festival appearances include the Blossom Festival, Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, with the San Francisco Symphony at Stern Grove Park, and an appearance with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra on July 4, 2015 before an audience of over fifteen thousand.

During the 2021-2022 season Wilson returned as soloist with the Alabama and Nashville Symphony Orchestras. He also made his debut with the Roanoke Symphony and returned to the Boulder Philharmonic. In the fall, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit presented Wilson with the Escher Quartet performing Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor. He also appeared at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in April 2022 performing music by Julius Eastman and Clarence Barlow. In May 2021, Wilson performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 with the New Jersey Symphony, of which a video was produced and is available for viewing on YouTube.

In the summer of 2022, Wilson appeared as a guest of the Aspen Music Festival, performing with the Aspen Chamber Symphony and Robert Spano. He returned for chamber music performances at the St. Augustine Music Festival in August, and made his debut on the Maverick Concert Series in Woodstock,

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NY. Wilson also returned as piano faculty at the Brevard Music Center in Western North Carolina, and had a teaching residency at Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute.

In the 2022-2023 season, Wilson had numerous engagements as soloist with such orchestras as the Pasadena and Stockton Symphonies in California. He also performs recitals in Boston and Kansas City.

Terrence Wilson has received numerous awards and prizes, including the SONY ES Award for Musical Excellence, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Juilliard Petschek Award. He has also been featured on several radio and television broadcasts, including NPR’s “Performance Today,” WQXR radio in New York, and programs on the BRAVO Network, the Arts & Entertainment Network, public television, and as a guest on late night network television. In 2011, Wilson was nominated for a Grammy in the category of “Best Instrumental Soloist With an Orchestra” for his (world premiere) recording with the Nashville Symphony conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina for piano and orchestra written for Wilson in 2007.

Terrence Wilson is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky. He has also enjoyed the invaluable mentorship of the Romanian pianist and teacher Zitta Zohar. A native of the Bronx, he resides in Montclair, New Jersey. In March 2021, Wilson was appointed to the piano faculty at Bard College Conservatory of Music.

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I am so excited to bring my childhood experience of listening to the music of my Cuban heritage while growing up in Miami to my home in Madison. This program will demonstrate the tremendous versatility of our Overture Concert Organ in a way that you all have not heard before. I contacted my childhood guitar teacher, Alvaro Bermudez, to help put together a band of some of the best classical and jazz musicians in Miami.

Magela Herrera, flute, Alvaro Bermudez, guitar, Yarelis Gandul, percussion, and Alex Hernandez, bass, will join forces with me and our Mighty Klais to present a bilingual program of both classical and popular Latin-American music. We will even premiere the lyrics that my grandfather wrote to one of the most popular Cuban songs of his day. I cannot wait to bring this joyous and emotional event to our Madison community.

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and premiered that year by the New York Philharmonic.

Premiere: October 30, 1944, Washington, DC.

Program Notes SEPTEMBER 22-23-24, 2023 Program Notes by J. Michael Allsen

Previous MSO Performance: Appalachian Spring—or excerpts from it—has been played many times by the MSO, beginning in 1964. Our most recent performance of the complete suite at these concerts was in September 2013.

Duration: 25:00.

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“It is essentially the coming Our opening concert brings together music from four American composers, opening with a suite from Copland’s great ballet score Appalachian Spring. Pianist Terrence Wilson then joins the Madison Symphony Orchestra for Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin’s successful fusion of Jazz style and Classical form. Maestro DeMain (celebrating his 30th season with the MSO!) has described The Chairman Dances as a “prequel” to John Adams’s 1986 opera Nixon in China. In The Chairman Dances, Adams portrays the characters of Chairman Mao and his former wife with an eclectic blend of minimalism and other styles. The program ends with the deeply satisfying second symphony of Howard Hanson.

One of the defining American works of the 20th century, Appalachian Spring is the last of Copland’s great trilogy of “American” ballets, following Billy the Kid (1938) and Rodeo (1942).

Aaron Copland

Born: November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, New York.

Died: December 2, 1990, Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Suite from “Appalachian Spring”

Composed: 1943-44. The orchestral suite heard at these concerts was written in 1945,

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of a new life. It has to do with growing things. Spring is the loveliest and saddest time of the year.”

– MARTHA GRAHAM Background

The ballet, created by choreographer Martha Graham, is set on the early 19th century American frontier. It centers on the marriage of a young couple and the community that surrounds them.

Appalachian Spring was created in response to a 1942 commission from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation of the Library of Congress, for a new ballet by the Martha Graham dance company. Graham, who knew Copland’s earlier ballet scores Billy the Kid and Rodeo, asked him to provide a score for this new ballet, which was also to be on an American theme. The result, which Copland titled simply Ballet for Martha, is one of the landmark works of American twentieth-century music, and reflects a new, sometimes austere, but more accessible style Copland adopted in the late 1930s. (The title Appalachian Spring was applied by Graham, who took it from a poem by Hart Crane.) The original version of the score, written for a small

group of woodwinds, strings and piano, won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for music, and Copland quickly produced two more versions of the score in 1945: a suite for full orchestra, and a complete ballet score for full orchestra.

The scenario for Graham’s ballet centers around a young pioneer couple who are about to be married in early 19th-century Pennsylvania, and around their newly-built homestead.

The couple receives visits and advice from neighbors and a revivalist preacher, and are finally left alone to their new lives and home.

Copland’s music is optimistic and evocative, calling up images of strength, courage, and religious faith from the American frontier. His earlier ballets had used folk songs to create an American quality, but nearly all of the melodic material in Appalachian Spring is Copland’s own—only at the climactic point of the ballet does he introduce folk material in the guise of an old Shaker melody.

its characters. At the end, Copland’s stirring “Shaker Variations” lead into the quiet conclusion.

The Appalachian Spring Suite is cast in eight sections, which are played without pauses. In his notes to the first performance of the suite in 1945, Copland gave the following description: “1. Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light.

2. Fast. Sudden burst of A Major arpeggios to start the action. A sentiment both elated and religious is the keynote to this scene.

3. Moderate. Duo for the Bride and her Intended— scene of tenderness and passion.

4. Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feelings—suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.

5. Still faster. Solo dance of the Bride—presentiment of motherhood. Extremes of joy and fear.

6. Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction.

What You’ll Hear

Copland’s score was the perfect accompaniment to Graham’s scenario.

The spare, unadorned music of the opening conveys a sense of boundless space on the frontier, and the music that follows the action of the ballet represents the dignified simplicity of Love great music. Find it here.

7. Calm and flowing. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer-Husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title The Gift to be Simple. The melody I borrowed and used almost literally is called ‘Simple Gifts’. It has this text: ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ‘Tis the gift to be free, ‘Tis the gift to come down Where we ought to be.

8. Moderate. Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end, the couple are left quiet and strong in their new house.

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Monumental Moments Bernstein | Shostakovich | Brahms We begin with Leonard Bernstein, who was a major influence on Music Director John DeMain’s early life and career. Bernstein had a knack for bringing lighthearted populism into the concert hall. Though written in the late 1940s, Shostakovich’s first concerto makes use of traditional musical forms, including a famous Passacaglia, favored by composers like Bach 200 years earlier. Feared by violinists and loved by audiences, it was a hit from the day it was written and is one of the true masterpieces of the solo violin repertoire. The final work is Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet, orchestrated by Schoenberg. These will be the MSO’s first ever performances of this remarkable work. Schoenberg took Brahms’ chamber work and transformed it into a kaleidoscope of 20th-century orchestral color, giving virtually every instrument the spotlight.

KYLE KNOX, Conductor NAHA GREENHOLTZ, Violin

music Leonard Bernstein, Three Dance Variations from “Fancy Free” Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77(99) Johannes Brahms, (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg), Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

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Gershwin’s 1924 Rhapsody in Blue was his first great success in fusing Jazz style and Classical form and scoring.

George Gershwin

Born: September 26, 1898, New York City, New York.

Died: July 11, 1937, Los Angeles, California.

Rhapsody in Blue

Composed: January and February, 1924.

Premiere: Gershwin was the piano soloist with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in the premiere, in New York City on February 12, 1924.

Previous MSO Performances: 1929 (Sigfrid Prager), 1963 (Arthur Becknell) 2002 (Leon Bates), 2010 (Joel Weng, at the Final Forte competition), and 2012 (Martina Filjak).

Duration: 16:00.

Background

In early 1924, Gershwin found that a casual conversation with bandleader Paul Whiteman about a “Jazz concerto” had suddenly become a public commitment: to write a large-scale work for piano and orchestra...in the space of a month! The result, Rhapsody in Blue, was a phenomenal success.

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By 1924, Gershwin was a huge success on Broadway, and well-regarded as a pianist. It was at this time that Paul Whiteman conceived one of the most ambitious concerts of the Roaring ‘20s. Whiteman, the self-styled “King of Jazz,” announced an “Experiment in Modern Music” for February 12, 1924, a concert that would supposedly answer the question “What is American Music?” Whiteman planned to bring together Jazz of all styles with Classical music, and newly-composed works by composers such as Irving Berlin and Victor Herbert. Whiteman and Gershwin had casually chatted about a large-scale Jazz-style orchestral work for the Whiteman Orchestra. But this casual commitment became a fait accompli when Gershwin read the New York Herald’s January 3 announcement that he was “already at work” composing a “Jazz concerto” for Whiteman’s grand concert!

Composing a concerto in just over a month was a daunting task for a composer who had never written a work of this scale, and he already had several heavy Broadway commitments. Rather than attempting a traditional concerto, Gershwin settled on a “rhapsody”—a much less rigorous form that would allow him to develop musical ideas freely. According to a letter by Gershwin, the final inspiration for the score came during a train trip to Boston for the opening of his show Sweet Little Devil: “It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattlety-bang that is often stimulating to a composer—I frequently hear music in the heart of noise—I suddenly heard—and even saw on paper—the complete construction of the rhapsody from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already in my mind, and tried to conceive the composition as a whole. I heard it as a musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our national pep, of our blues, our metropolitan madness. By the time I reached Boston, I had a definite plot of the piece, as distinguished from its actual substance.” m a d i s o n s y m p h o n y. o r g / 2 3 - 2 4

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Given Gershwin’s relative inexperience in writing for orchestra, and the short lead time available, much of the orchestration was done

by Whiteman’s staff arranger, Ferde Grofé. In the end, Whiteman’s pretentious and over-long “Experiment” was a qualified success. However, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue—the 24th work on a program of 25 pieces—stole the show.

The Chairman Dances is an orchestral work related to Adams’s 1986 opera Nixon in China.

What You’ll Hear

The Rhapsody evolves freely from one idea to another. Gershwin was a powerful pianist and wrote the virtuoso solo part for himself. He probably improvised some of the long solo passages on the spot at the first performance.

The Rhapsody opens with a famous clarinet glissando, the trademark lick of Ross Gorman, Whiteman’s lead clarinetist, which Gershwin adopted as the perfect lead-in to the first theme.

The piece develops freely, with one theme flowing naturally into the next, and with increasing intensity, until the piano takes a long solo and slows the tempo. The central section is based upon a romantic melody that sounds like a nod to Tchaikovsky with a bit of jazz punctuation. There is a recapitulation, and the piece ends aggressively, with the solo piano playing its loudest.

[MSO historical note: In February 1929, only five years after its premiere, the orchestra’s first conductor, Sigfrid Prager, programmed the Rhapsody in Madison. Prager played the solo piano part, and local musician Richard Church conducted. Prager was apparently nervous enough about the audience reaction to such a “controversial” new work that he published an article a few days before the concert in the Wisconsin State Journal, explaining the Rhapsody and asking the audience to approach it with an “open mind.” He needn’t have worried: the audience loved it, and Prager repeated the work “by popular demand” at a concert in May! - M.A.] 22

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John Adams

Born: February 15, 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts.

The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)

Composed: The Chairman Dances, composed in 1985, is an orchestral work related to Adams’s opera Nixon in China.

Premiere: This piece was performed before the opera as whole was complete: it was premiered by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on January 31, 1986. (The opera was first performed in October 1987 by the Houston Grand Opera: a production conducted by John DeMain.)

Previous MSO Performances: 1989 and 1998.

Duration: 13:00.

Background

Nixon in China is an opera based on the events of President Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. The Chairman Dances accompanied a scene cut from the final version of Act III. a banquet on the final night of the visit.

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Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China was the greatest diplomatic coup of his presidency. The staunchly anti-Communist Nixon surprised the world by visiting a then-closed and isolated China, and meeting both with Premiere Zhou Enlai and Chairman Mao. Though the actual results of the visit were limited, it was a powerfully symbolic opening in what had been a hostile relationship.

Some 15 years later, John Adams wrote Nixon in China—his first full-length opera—on the events of the three-day presidential visit to Peking.

Adams is one of several composers whose music is frequently characterized—sometimes misleadingly—as “minimalist.” This style, pioneered in the 1960s and 1970s by composers such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, and Adams, featured constant repetition, and simple musical changes that are carried out gradually over a long period of time.

In the last 40 years, Reich, Glass, and Adams have all moved far beyond the original minimalist style, and by the mid 1980s, when he wrote Nixon in China, Adams was already working with an eclectic range of styles and techniques. Nixon in China, which Adams described as a “docu-opera,” was a three-year collaboration with director Peter Sellars, and librettist Alice Goodman. It is notable for its intense character development, and for its innovative use of operatic conventions. The Chairman Dances was premiered while the rest of the opera was still in progress.

What You’ll Hear

The work begins with persistently pulsing music, which gradually evolves, giving way to a more lush style, and eventually to a foxtrot. The original rhythmic energy returns— now with a lyrical overlay—before the piece winds quietly to close.

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Adams describes its composition as follows: “The Chairman Dances was an ‘out-take’ of Act III of Nixon in China. Neither an ‘excerpt’ nor a ‘fantasy on themes from,’ it was in fact a kind of warmup for embarking on the creation of the full opera. At the time, 1985, I was obliged to fulfill a long-delayed commission for the Milwaukee Symphony, but having already seen the scenario to Act III of Nixon in China, I couldn’t wait to begin work on that piece. So The Chairman Dances began as a ‘foxtrot’ for Chairman Mao and his bride, Chiang Ch’ing, the fabled ‘Madame Mao,’ firebrand, revolutionary executioner, architect of China’s calamitous Cultural Revolution, and (a fact not universally realized) a former Shanghai movie actress.”

This music was initially intended for the final scene of the opera, a formal banquet for the Nixons, hosted by Mao, who looks down from an enormous portrait. Though this scene did not appear in the final version, Adams describes the action: “Chiang Ch’ing, a.k.a. Madame Mao, has gatecrashed the Presidential Banquet. She is first seen standing where she is most in the way of the waiters. After a few minutes, she brings out a box of paper lanterns and hangs them around the hall, then strips down to a cheongsam, skin-tight from neck to ankle and slit up the hip. She signals the orchestra to play and begins dancing by herself. Mao is becoming excited. He steps down from his portrait on the wall, and they begin to foxtrot together. They are back in Yenan, dancing to the gramophone...”

According to Adams, the final act is about love and aging. In its final state, Mao, Chiang Ch’ing, and the Nixons reminisce about the simpler days gone by: the Nixons about the early days of their marriage and his tour of duty in World War II, and the Maos about the months before the Revolution, when they spent quiet times together in the caves at Yenan. These reminiscences are treated

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with humor in The Chairman Dances—as in the chugging opening music associated with Mao or Chiang Ch’ing’s more seductive dance. But the end result is sweet and melancholy.

As a successful composer, and as the longtime director of the famed Eastman School of Music, Howard Hanson was one of the leading American musicians of the middle 20th century. His fine “Romantic” Symphony remains his most popular work today.

Howard Hanson

Born: October 28, 1896, Wahoo, Nebraska.

Died: February 26, 1981, Rochester, New York.

Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, “Romantic” Composed: 1930.

Premiere: November 28, 1930, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Serge Koussevitsky.

Previous MSO Performance: 1955.

Duration: 29:00.

Background The symphony was commissioned by Hanson’s friend, Serge Koussevitsky, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Nebraska, Howard Hanson would become one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. After studies with the great American composition teacher Percy Goetschius at Northwestern University, Hanson spent the early 1920s in Rome, studying with Ottorino Respighi. He returned to the United States in 1924, and was appointed director of the Eastman School of Music, a position he held for four decades. Under Hanson’s leadership, the Eastman School became one of America’s leading conservatories, and he helped to train a whole generation of younger American musicians and composers. Both as a leader in several arts groups (including the Music Teachers National Organization) and as leading American conductor, he championed contemporary works by American composers. Hanson’s own musical style has generally been labeled “neo-Romantic” and his works, particularly the symphonies, were clearly influenced by the music of Sibelius and Grieg.

He had a long association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Serge Koussevitsky, and when the BSO celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1930-31, Hanson was one of several leading composers from whom Koussevitsky commissioned works. The premiere of Hanson’s Symphony No.2, was a success, and it has proved to be the most enduringly popular of his seven symphonies. Hanson gave it the subtitle “Romantic,” and this is a piece that clearly looks back to the 19th century in its sentiment and sweeping melodies. It is also composed in the mold of Sibelius and Brahms, with development of a few themes across its three movements.

What You’ll Hear

The work is laid out in three movements: An opening movement, with a slow introduction, and a faster main section that features two distinctly contrasting ideas.

A tender second movement, with a lovely main theme from the flutes.

A finale which brings back the themes of the first movement and ends in an exciting coda.

The opening movement begins with a rather mysterious introduction (Adagio) that quickly builds to a peak of intensity, and just as quickly dies away. The aggressive main theme (Allegro) is carried by the brass, and mood is gradually calmed by tender oboe and horn solos. The strings introduce a lyrical second theme below a horn countermelody. In place of a development, there is a luscious bit of chamber music for solo woodwinds and horn. Tension increases gradually until a varied recapitulation of the two main ideas. The movement closes quietly, in the mood of the second theme.

The two concluding movements are much more compact. The second movement (Andante con tenderezza) begins with a gentle theme played by the flutes. An extended interlude recalls the foreboding mood of the first movement’s

introduction, but this soon gives way to an exultant horn theme. The movement closes with a reprise of the opening music.

The whole point of the finale (Allegro con brio) seems to be to work its way towards a restatement of the main ideas of the opening movement, bringing the symphony’s thematic development full circle. It begins with nervous energy—flickering woodwinds and brass fanfares that clearly show the influence of his study with Respighi. A quieter interlude leads to an insistent pulsing from the strings and a series of increasingly intense brass fanfares. The opening movement’s main theme finally reappears. Hanson then proceeds to the second theme of the opening movement, now transformed into something bold and triumphant.

He breaks this mood briefly with a short woodwind interlude, but then concludes the movement with a grand, brassy coda. program notes ©2023 by J. Michael Allsen Complete program notes for the 2022-23 season are available at www.madisonsymphony.org.

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Wayne & Jane Ellefson Anne Epstein Phyllis Ermer Robert Factor Elizabeth Fadell Douglas & Carol Fast Ed Feige & Elizabeth Palay Phillip & Deborah Ferris Alan & Cindy Finesilver Peter Fisher & Cyndy Galloway Marshall & Linda Flowers Lynette & Bernard Fons Emily & Milton Ford Adam & Sara Forster Dan & Mary Fose Evelyn Fox John & Signe Frank Mary Frantz Raelene & LisaAnn Freitag Janet & Byron Frenz Perry & Carolyn Frey Douglas Fritsch Paul & Nancie Fuhremann Kenneth & Molly Gage Debra Dahlke & Robert Gake Susan Gandley Alan & Kathy Garant Russell & Suzanne Gardner Jill Gaskell Laurie Gauper Charles & Janet Gietzel Pauline Gilbertson & Peter Medley Fr. C. Lee & Edith M. Gilbertson Joan Gilbertson Craig & Cristel Gjerde Carl & Peggy Glassford William & Sharon Goehring Ceasar & Deborah Gonzaga Sam Gratz David Griffeath & Catherine Loeb Peter Guenther & Barbara Woodriff Dale & Linda Gutman Jan & Jane Hall Thomas & Vicki Hall Jane Hallock & William Wolfort William Hansen Terese Hansen Paul Haskew & Nancy Kendrick Paul L. Hauri H. William & Susan Hausler Dan Hayes Gregg Heatley & Julie James Cheryl Heiliger Robert Heimerl

Nona Hill & Clark Johnson William & Sara Lee Hinckley Michael Hobbs & Sherry Boozer-Hobbs Ryan Hoffland & Heidi Bardenhagen Les & Susan Hoffman Paul & Debra Hoffman Kurt Hornig & Alfredo Sotomayor Tom Howells Jim & Lee Huffer Robert & Ellen Hull Chris & Kathryn Hurley Don Hynek Frank Iltis Mark & Catherine Isenberg Anna January Kathleen Jeffords Greg & Doreen Jensen Paul & Sarah Johnsen Dan & Janet Johnson Doug & Kathy Johnson Aaron & Sarah Johnson Susan & Conrad Jostad Kandy & Randall Kahl Chuck & Kathy Kamp Estelle Katz Virginia Kaufman Joseph Kay Arlan Kay Robert Keller & Catherine Kestle Melissa Keyes & Ingrid Rothe James Kleeman Jennifer Knolleberg & Kastl Myers Doug & Judith Knudson Steven Koslov Kevin & Theresa Kovach Joanna Kramer Fanney Mark Kremer Shirley Krsinich Linda Krueger Ann Kruger Katherine Kruse Polly & Jim Kuelbs Kathleen K. & Richard R. Kuhnen Merilyn Kupferberg Ann Lacy John & Marie LaFontaine Paul Lambert & Anne Griep William Lane Mary & Steve Langlie Richard & Nancy Latta Jerome Lawler Richard & Lynn Leazer Stephanie Lee & Pete Fillipi Sally Leong

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Roger & Sherry Lepage Steve & Karen Limbach Patrick Litscher Phyllis Lorenz Doug & Mary Loving Kathy Luker Ross & Kathy Lyman Rick & Diane Mackie John & Mary Madigan Frank & Nancy Maersch Cheryl Mahaffay Richard Margolis James & Eileen Marshall Joan & Doug Maynard Gordon & Janet McChesney Paul & Jane McGann Julie McGivern & Tom Smith Tracy Melin & Stephen Klick Lori J. Merriam Susan Millar Margaret & Paul Miller Linda Miller Eric Mischo Rolf & Judith Mjaanes Judith & Paul Moriarty Terry Morrison Gary & Carol Moseson Bruce Muckerheide & Robert Olson Mary Murray Mary & Michael Myers Raymond Nashold Lana Nenide & Jonathan Rosenblum Jeff Nickols Mary Lou Nord Andrew Nowlan Richard & Mary Ann Olson Ron & Jan Opelt Bonnie Orvick Peter & Leslie Overton Barbara Park Ryan Parks & Birke Knipping Mitchell L. Patton Phillip & Karen Paulson Ernest J. Peterson Eric A. Peterson Roger & Linda Pettersen Donna Jean Phelps & Thomas Phelps Tom Pierce Deacon Michael & Jeanna Pipitone Phila & Ronald Poff Ann Pollock & James Coors Steve & Robin Potter Barbara & Michael Pratzel Paula Primm

Robert Przybelski & Jana Jones Thomas & Janet Pugh Donald & Roz Rahn Jason & Sarah Rasmusen Kathleen Rasmussen Thomas Reid Drs. Joy & David Rice Catherine Richard Gordon & Susan Ridley Diane & Will Risley John Rose & Brian Beaber Howard & Mirriam Rosen Fred & Mary Ross Richard A. & Rossmiller John & Rachel Rothschild Carol Rounds Robert & Nancy Rudd James & Carol Ruhly Janet Ruszala-Coughlin & Tim Coughlin Dean Ryerson Carol Ryff Steven & Lennie Saffian Matthew & Linda Sanders Nan & Bob Schaefer Vicki Semo Scharfman Dennis & Janice Schattschneider Jeffrey & Gail Schauer John & Susan Schauf Tom & Lynn Schmidt Phillip Schneider Gerald Schneider Steven & Debra Schroeder Andreas & Susanne Seeger Sandy Shepherd Daryl Sherman Jackson Short Carolin Showers Dr. Richard Shropshire J.R. & Patricia Smart Robert & Suzanne Smith Terrell & Mary Smith Steve Somerson & Helena Tsotsis Alice Spencer Kenneth Spielman Nakkiah & Korvid Stampfli Joanne Stark Chuck & Shirley Stathas Franklin & Jennie Stein John & Catherine Steinhauer Michael Stemper David Stone JoAnne & Ken Streit Jim Struve & Kate Roberts Jerry & Georgie Suttin

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11 SAT 7:30 PM

Ken Cowan After his last performance in Madison in 2017 alongside his wife, violinist Lisa Shihoten, Ken Cowan now returns to Overture Hall for a solo concert. With a program featuring selections from Elgar’s Organ Sonata and Bach’s powerful Prelude and Fugue in E minor, as well as Mr. Cowan’s own virtuosic transcription of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, I know the audience will be awed by Mr. Cowan’s incredible technique and refined artistry.

– Greg Zelek, Principal Organist and Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Curator of the Overture Concert Organ

MAJOR SPONSORS: Shirley Spade, in memory of Gerald Spade Jane Hamblen and Robert F. Lemanske Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

KEN COWAN, Organ

music Charles-Marie Widor, Allegro from Symphony VI Olivier Messiaen, Le Banquet céleste Edward Elgar, Sonata in G, Op. 28 J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (“The Dance in the Village Inn”)

ALL TICKETS $25-$35

madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141 Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

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17 FRI 7:30 PM 18 SAT 8:00 PM 19 SUN 2:30 PM

Symphony Gems Mozart | Schumann | Dawson November brings two great staples of the symphonic repertoire, Mozart’s “Haffner” Symphony in our first performances in over twenty years, and another all-time favorite of mine, Schumann’s Piano Concerto. I am so looking forward to welcoming back the brilliant pianist Jonathan Biss who has a special affinity for this concerto. It is also with great excitement that we will perform William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony for the first time. This work, which was greeted with great acclaim when it was premiered under the baton of Leopold Stokowski in 1934, was all but forgotten until recently, and has been heralded as a masterpiece. Using Negro folk melodies and spirituals as its thematic source, the work is colorfully orchestrated and an absolute delight to listen to. I wanted to perform this work with the orchestra the minute I first heard it and so look forward to sharing it with you.

JOHN DEMAIN, Conductor JONATHAN BISS, Piano

music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner ” Robert Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 William Levi Dawson, Negro Folk Symphony

– John DeMain, Music Director PRESENTING SPONSOR: Myrna Larson, in memory of James F. Crow MAJOR SPONSORS: Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc., David and Kato Perlman ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Ronald J. and Janet E. Johnson, Prairie Trust, Sharon Stark, in memory of Peter Livingston, Wisconsin Arts Board

ALL TICKETS $15-$102

madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141 Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

to live classical music is one of our great joys. The Madison “Listening Symphony Orchestra brings brilliant music to our ears and inspires our souls, whether in the concert hall or through community engagement programs. Our estate gift will help insure that this gorgeous music by our beloved symphony is available to all for generations to come.

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Elaine and Nicholas Mischler

Photo by Amandalynn Jones

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.

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 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 Claudia Berry Miran 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 JoAnn Six Mary Lang Sollinger Sharon Stark & Peter D. Livingston Gareth L. Steen Jurate Stewart John & Mary Storer Richard Tatman & Ellen Seuferer Marilynn Thompson Ann Wallace Richard & Barbara Weaver Carolyn & Ron White John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Mary Alice Wimmer Helen L. Wineke Ten Anonymous Friends

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

Julian E. Harris 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 Marian & Jack Bolz 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

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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, 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 2023-2024 Season* as of August 31, 2023. $100,000 or more Madison Symphony Orchestra Foundation Madison Symphony Orchestra League NBC 15

$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 Walter and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation

$15,000–$24,999 BMO Harris Bank Capitol Lakes The Evjue Foundation, Inc. Fiore Companies, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts Walter A. and Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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$10,000–$14,999 An Anonymous Friend Boardman Clark Law Firm John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. Lake Ridge Bank Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Marriott Daughters Foundation PBS Wisconsin University Research Park West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

$5,000–$9,999 American Family Insurance Bishops Bay Country Club The Burish Group at UBS 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

DeWitt LLP Exact Sciences Flad Architects Fields Auto Group The Gialamas Company, Inc. Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. M3 Insurance Prairie Trust Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Stafford Rosenbaum LLP Steinhilber Swanson LLP Sub-Zero Group, Inc.

SupraNet Communications, Inc. U.S. Bank von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

Wisconsin Public Radio Woodman’s Food Markets

$2,500–$4,999 Adesys IT Specialists Capitol Bank Farley’s House of Pianos Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. The Madison Club UW Health, UnityPoint Health – Meriter, Quartz WPS Charitable Foundation

$1,000–$2,499 An Anonymous Friend Baird/The Woodford Group BRAVA Magazine Faith Morledge - Sprinkman Real Estate Festival Foods Goodman’s Jewelers Inc. J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. Hooper Foundation Laffey, Sebranek, Auby & Ristau, S.C. Stark Company Realtors The Suby Group Surroundings Events and Floral Veridian Foundation Wisconsin Solar Design, Inc.

Up to $999 Blackhawk Country Club Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC FoxArneson, Inc. Fuhrman & Dodge, S.C. Le Personal Chef, LLC Madison Arts Commission Madison Black Chamber of Commerce Meriter Health Services, Inc. Michael F. Simon Builders, Inc. Murphy Desmond S.C. Promega Corporation Sigma Alpha Iota Alumnae Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC United Way of Dane County Ward-Brodt Music The Zimdars Company, Inc. *Total includes donations that support 2023-2024 Madison Symphony Orchestra Concerts, 2023-2024 Organ Concerts, 2023-2024 Education and Community Engagement Programs; Madison Symphony Orchestra League's 2023-2024 Events and Activities including Concert on the Green 2023; and Friends of the Overture Concert Organ’s 2023-2024 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.

Salon Piano Series TENTH ANNIVERSARY

JAN BARTOŠ OCT. 14, 2023 Kabeláč, Janáček, Smetana

MAXIM LANDO NOV. 11, 2023 Price, Liebermann, Liszt

AVERY GAGLIANO JAN. 27, 2024 Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert

ILYA YAKUSHEV FEB. 17, 2024 Schumann, Prokofiev

SE-HEE JIN MAR. 10, 2024 Bach, Rachmaninoff, Harbison, Likhuta

BILL CHARLAP & RENEE ROSNES APR. 6 & 7, 2024 Four-hand jazz piano duets

SHAI WOSNER APR. 21, 2024 Schubert, Harbison, Beethoven

Tickets at SalonPianoSeries.org All concerts are held at Farley’s House of Pianos

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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. 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 Capital Newspapers Capitol Lakes Thomas & Martha Carter Tony & Deri Cattelino

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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 Vicki & Marv Nonn

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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 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 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 John Wiley & Andrea Teresa Arenas Elyn L. Williams 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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TRIBUTES The Madison Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contributions honoring family & friends.

In honor of Jean Alderman Ian Alderman In honor of Barbara and Norm Berven Barbara Peterman In honor of John DeMain Catherine & Charles Sih An Anonymous Friend In honor of Hillary Hempel An Anonymous Friend In honor of Elspeth Stalter-Clouse Randall & Pamela Clouse In honor of Nick and Judy Topitzes Marilyn Ebben William & Jill Emmons In memory of Anne Bolz Norm & Barbara Berven Melinda & Mark Heinritz Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Stan & Nancy Johnson Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Melissa Keyes & Ingrid Rothe William & Judy Mayer Meriter Foundation, Inc. Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Jeanne Myers The Rusy Family Eileen Cripps Stenberg United Way of Dane County In memory of Jack and Marian Bolz Diane Ballweg Norm & Barbara Berven Jean Druckenmiller Tyrone and Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Jesse & Nancy Ishikawa Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Madison Community Foundation Meriter Foundation, Inc. Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Robert A. Reed Janet Renschler

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Don & Barb Sanford Mary Lang Sollinger Eileen Cripps Stenberg Judith & Nick Topitzes In memory of Marian Bolz Kevin Bonderud Daniel & Joyce Bromley Vivien Hudig Margaret Luby Richard & Jean Lottridge Jeanne Myers Carolyn White In memory of Joanne Berg Janet & Keith Hilts Clarice Arsers In memory of Eva Wright Buzecky Association of Equipment Manufacturers Ellen Burmeister Kathryn & Jeffry Erickson Nicole Hallada Samuel C. Hutchison Sara Truesdale-Mooney Ann Wallace In memory of Margaret Rupp Cooper Marjorie Sutton In memory of Barbara DeMain Emy Andrew In memory of Warren Downs Ruth Downs In memory of Jean Taylor Erickson Kathryn Bartling Terri Deist Sheila & Ron Endres Lona George Michael George & Susan Gardels Joan Gilbertson The Hallada Family Susan Gruber Lisa Grueneberg Michael & Bernice Hirsch

Teresa & Joshua Hyman Karen Johnston Judy Karofsky Marian Korth & Mim Jacobson Allan, Sandra & Jeremy Levin Roe Parker & Deborah Firkins Margaret Planner & James Curtis Dale Schmidt Donald & Judith Taylor Karin & Douglas Thurlow TMH Masonry, LLC Jeanne & Frank Vitale Mary & Warren Willauer Henry Zander One Anonymous Friend In memory of Janet Faulhaber Steve & Jane Carrola Michael & Anne Faulhaber Dan & Mary Fose Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC Ward-Brodt Music Two Anonymous Friends In memory of Celia Fine Caroline & Mike Gilbert In memory of Carl Gulbrandson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler In memory of Richard W. Hahn Marilyn Evert Hahn In memory of Marika Fischer Hoyt Norm & Barbara Berven Rosemary M. Dorney Jennifer & Jim Lattis Elizabeth Perry In memory of Howard Kidd Eric, Jill, Ryan & Emma Biegansky Jerry Doss Rex Gromer & Myra Huth Doug & Kay Horan The Hogerty Family Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Susan Lorenz

Elaine & Nicholas Mischler Robert A. Reed Dennis and Ann Saye Thomas Scheetz John Sensenbrenner John & Deanna Swanson Daniel & Irene Thearle Katie & Ellis Waller Carolyn White In memory of John Kjentvet Mike Allsen Deb & Scott Anderson Sarah & Scott Bentley Norm & Barbara Berven Matthew Clayton & Elizabeth Odders-White Bob & Paula Dinndorf Timothy Dybevik Euchre Group Friends Tola Ewers Dan and Mary Fose Michael & Carey Fose Michael George & Susan Gardels Timothy Harms & Diane Davia-Harms Ann & Peter Herb Jerrine Kjentvet Christine Kramschuster Lenmark Gomsrud Linn Funeral & Cremation Services Robert Matthews Lynn and Bob McFadyen Steve and Rita Nordness Casey and Eric Oelkers Julie Ottum and David Runstrom David & Molly Petroff Emily & Brian Propst & Family Robert A. Reed Janet Reichl & Will Rietveld Sarah Robertson David & Jane Rockwell Valerie Voelz Rosenthal Michael Ross & Kirsten Fruit Lisa Schuebel Jim & Deb Schultz Leah Schultz Jacqui & John Shanda Duane & Jamie Vandermause Sharon Voelz David & Stephanie VonBehren Heidi Weber Carolyn White Joan Wiberg Two Anonymous Friends

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In memory of Peter Livingston Elaine & Nicholas Mischler

In Memory of Mary Schroeder Fred & Carol Appleton Janis Arnovich Dee Baldock Judy Courtney Marilyn Ebben Jim & Lee Huffer Nona Hill & Clark Johnson Patricia M. King Cheryl & Thomas Kuster Linda & Michael Lovejoy Margaret & Paul Miller Karen & Craig Myers James & Barbara Patch Barbara & Michael Pratzel Nancy Priegel Cathy River Alice Spencer Chuck & Shirley Stathas Gordon & Karen Tuffli Jerome & Karen Wallander

In memory of Lawrence Lundy Betty Chewning & Family In memory of Mary Mohs Emy Andrew In memory of Dexter Northrop Charles Elson Karen Jones & Lian Yu Warren & Dorothy Rebholz In memory of Janet Nelson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler In memory of Hiram Pearcy Tyrone & Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Jerry & Vicki Swedish Carolyn White An Anonymous Friend In memory of Susan Derse Phillips Donald W. & M. Marilyn Anderson Foundation The Baranko Family Sara & Toby Campbell Philip Caravello Bill & Ellen Dupuy Janna Frank Julie Hagen Carol Hutchison Integral LLC Arlyn Lulewicz Madison Community Foundation Joe Manes Carla Moore James & Carol Ruhly Joe Vande Slunt Janice Weatherhogg John & Mary Witte Three Anonymous Friends In memory of Velma Ritcherson Elaine & Nicholas Mischler In memory of Robert J. Rodini The Kleinhenz Family Dr. Evan & Jane Pizer In memory of Margaret Schroeder Emy Andrew Norm & Barbara Berven

In memory of Charles Snowdon Patricia Bernhardt Marian & Jack Bolz Catherine Buege Marilyn Ebben Tyrone & Janet Greive Dr. Stanley & Shirley Inhorn Darko & Judy Kalan Valerie & Andreas Kazamias Linda & Michael Lovejoy Elaine and Nicholas Mischler Peter & Leslie Overton Joann Six Ellis and Catharine Waller Carolyn White In memory of Hans Sollinger Pamela Ploetz & John Henderson Two Anonymous Friends In memory of Anne Stanke Daniel & Lavonne Dettmers In memory of Rita D. Stofflet Anna Trull & John Stofflet In memory of Kristina Cuthbert Stuart The Stuart Family In memory of Patricia Davey Struck Larry Bechler

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BY GIACOMO PUCCINI

Michelle Johnson as Tosca

Limmie Pulliam as Cavaradossi

Craig Irvin as Scarpia

DIRECTED BY Frances Rabalais CONDUCTED BY John DeMain FEATURING The Madison Opera Chorus and the Madison Symphony Orchestra

NOVEMBER 3 & 5, 2022 OVERTURE HALL “And before him all of Rome trembled...”

Rome, 1800. As political storms gather, the opera singer Floria Tosca risks everything to save her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, from sinister police chief Baron Scarpia.

Based on a French play that scandalized critics and was a smash hit with audiences, Puccini’s opera is theatrically sensational, musically thrilling, and justifiably renowned. Don’t miss this tour de force of soaring music and headlong drama.

Sung in Italian with projected English translations | 608.258.4141 | madisonopera.org/Tosca

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1 FRI 7:30 PM 2 SAT 8:00 PM 3 SUN 2:30 PM

A Madison Symphony Christmas Our traditional and beloved Christmas concert returns in all of its aural and visual splendor, with our own Madison Symphony Chorus, The Madison Youth Choirs, and the Mt. Zion Gospel Choir. Joining us will be soprano Evelyn Saavedra, who recently starred in our Voices of Spring organ gala, bringing to us a voice of great beauty and a charming personality as well. Those of you who attended last summer’s Opera in the Park will remember Limmie Pulliam’s show stopping performance of Puccini’s Nessun dorma. This remarkable tenor will join us as well, for a perfect way to start the holiday season.

– John DeMain, Music Director MAJOR SPONSORS: American Printing, Fiore Companies, Inc., Richard and Pamela Reese, in memory of Maurice and Arlene Reese, An Anonymous Friend, BMO, Peggy and Tom Pyle, Judith and Nick Topitzes ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Flad Architects, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Wisconsin Arts Board

JOHN DEMAIN, Conductor EVELYN SAAVEDRA, Soprano LIMMIE PULLIAM, Tenor MADISON SYMPHONY CHORUS, Beverly Taylor, Director MOUNT ZION GOSPEL CHOIR, Tamera and Leotha Stanley, Directors MADISON YOUTH CHOIRS, Michael Ross, Artistic Director

ALL TICKETS $15-$102

madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box Office or (608) 258-4141 Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

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TICKET INFORMATION SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box Office. Single tickets for 23/24 Symphony masterworks concerts are $15-$102, and MSO at the Movies tickets are $15-$102. Seniors (62 and over) and students save 20% in select seating areas.

Students can also purchase up to two $15 Student Rush tickets beginning on the Friday of the concert weekend or on each concert day. 23/24 Overture Concert Organ tickets are $25 or $35, and Organ Student Rush tickets are all $10.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for our 23/24 Symphony season are available through October! 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/23-24.

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

OVERTURE HALL INFORMATION RESTROOMS Women’s and men’s restrooms are located on each level of Overture.

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

ACCESSIBILITY

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

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 assistivelistening 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATION MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023-2024

OFFICERS

Ellsworth Brown, Chair Michael Richman, Chair-Elect Jane Hamblen, Secretary Douglas Reuhl, Treasurer José Madera, Member-at-large Elaine Mischler, Immediate Past Chair Paul Norman, Member-at-large Kay Schwichtenberg, Member-at-large Derrick Smith, Member-at-large Lynn Stathas, Member-at-large

DIRECTORS

Carla Alvarado Brian Anderson Ruben Anthony, Jr. Jeffrey Bauer Ellsworth Brown Martha Casey Jessica Cavazos Bryan Chan Elton Crim James Dahlberg Bob Dinndorf Audrey Dybdahl Marc Fink Jane Hamblen David Harding Mark Huth Mooyoung Kim Ann Lindsey José Madera Oscar Mireles Rick Morgan Margaret Murphy Paul Norman Kevin O’Connor Jon Parker Cyrena Pondrom Margaret Pyle Michael Richman Carole Schaeffer Monique Scher Kay Schwichtenberg John Sims Derrick Smith Tamera Stanley

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Lynn Stathas Todd Stuart Anna Trull Eric Wilcots Michael Zorich

ADVISORS

Elliott Abramson Jason Adamany Michael Allsen Ted Bilich Rosemarie Blancke Michael Bridgeman Janet Cabot Camille Carter Benito De Leon Kristine Euclide Laura Gallagher Tyrone Greive Michael Hobbs Bob Horowitz Valerie Kazamias Stephanie Lee Joseph Meara Gary Mecklenburg Larry Midtbo Abigail Ochberg Greg Piefer Jacqueline Rodman Marilyn Ruffin Mary Lang Sollinger Judith Topitzes Ellis Waller Carolyn White Anders Yocom Stephen Zanoni

LIFE DIRECTORS Terry Haller Stanley Inhorn Nicholas Mischler 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 Beverly Simone John Wiley

EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS Robert Lemanske Elaine Mischler Barbara Berven Mark Bridges William Nelson

EX OFFICIO ADVISORS Josh Biere Mark Bridges Dan Cavanaugh Daniel Davidson

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION INC. BOARD, 2023–2024

OFFICERS

Douglas Reuhl President Nicholas Mischler Vice President Robert A. Reed Secretary-Treasurer

DIRECTORS

Elliott Abramson Ellsworth Brown Joanna Burish Elizabeth Dettman Jill Friedow Gary Mecklenburg Elaine Mischler Nicholas E. Mischler Gregory Reed Douglas Reuhl

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2023–2024

OFFICERS

Barbara Berven, President Judy Kalan, President-Elect Nancy Young, Immediate Past President Ledell Zellers, Recording Secretary Janet Renschler, Corresponding Secretary Leslie Overton, Treasurer Nancy Young, Past President & Nominations Louise Jeanne, VP Administration Rozan Anderson, AVP Administration Kathy Forde, VP Communications

ADVISORS

OFFICERS

Judy Kalan, Behind The Music: Concert Previews Jessica Yehle, VP Membership Recruitment/Retention

DIRECTORS

Lori Poulson, VP Education Jacqui Shanda, AVP Education

Michael Bridgeman, VP Membership Records Lynn Stegner, VP Special Projects Carole Schaeffer, AVP Special Projects Ann Lindsey & Judy Topitzes, Symphony Gala Claire Ann and Michael Richman, Concert on the Green Beth Rahko, MSOL Connect & Musicology Moments Jan Cibula, VP Social Activities Jessica Morrison, Fall Luncheon Pat Bernhardt, Holiday Party Valerie Kazamias, Midwinger Luncheon Rosemarie Blancke, Spring Luncheon & Annual Meeting Marilyn Ebben, Ladies Bridge Jim Patch, Men's Bridge

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Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

ADMINISTRATION

Robert Reed, Executive Director David Gordon, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Ann Bowen, General Manager

FRIENDS OF THE OVERTURE CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2022–2023

Robert Lemanske President David Willow Secretary-Treasurer Jim Baxter Past President

Cathy Buege, AVP Communications

EX OFFICIO

Pat Bernhardt Rosemarie Blancke Janet Cabot Marilyn Ebben Valerie Kazamias Fern Lawrence Ann Lindsey Linda Lovejoy Elaine Mischler Janet Renschler Judy Topitzes Carolyn White

Fernando Alvarado Beth Bauer Barbara Berven Ellsworth Brown Janet Cabot Quinn Christensen Eric Frailing Mary Ann Harr Grinde Ellen Larson David Parminter Rhonda Rushing Eileen Smith William Steffenhagen Teri Venker

Alexis Carreon, Office & Personnel Manager Jennifer Goldberg, Orchestra Librarian Lisa Kjentvet, Director of Education & Community Engagement Katelyn Hanvey, Education & Community Engagement Manager Casey Oelkers, Director of Development Leah Schultz, Manager of Individual Giving Emmett Sauchuck, Manager of Grants & Sponsorships Yumian Cui, Data & Analytics Manager Peter Rodgers, Director of Marketing Amanda Dill, Marketing/ Communications Manager Lindsey Meekhof, Audience Experience Manager Greg Zelek, Overture Concert Organ Curator/Principal Organist

ADVISORS

Diane Ballweg John Gauder Terry Haller Gary Lewis Elaine Mischler Vicki Nonn Reynold Peterson Anders Yocom

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SupraNet Communications, Inc..............................................................60

The Madison Concourse Hotel ................................................................23

University of Wisconsin Opera................................................................32

Madison Magazine .......................................................................................35

Wisconsin Public Radio..............................................................................40

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

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

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