September 2023 Program Book: American Rhapsody

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July 31, 1963 - August 4, 2023

Laurie Riss was a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra cello section for more than 30 years. The musicians, board and sta of the Madison Symphony Orchestra extend our sincere sympathy to her family.

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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.

John DeMain CONDUCTOR

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

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.

Orchestra Personnel For This Concert

VIOLIN I

Naha Greenholtz

Concertmaster

William and Joyce Wartmann Chair

Suzanne Beia

Co-Concertmaster

Steinhauer Charitable Trust Chair

Leanne Kelso

Associate Concertmaster

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

VIOLA

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

David Beytas

Melissa Snell

Ina Georgieva

Molly O’Brien

CELLO

Karl Lavine

Principal

Reuhl Family Chair

Mark Bridges

Assistant Principal

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

Je Takaki

August Jirovec

Mike Hennessy

Brett Lewis

FLUTE

Stephanie Jutt

Principal

Terry Family Foundation Chair

Dawn Lawler

Linda Pereksta

PICCOLO

Linda Pereksta

OBOE

Izumi Amemiya

Principal

Jim and Cathie Burgess Chair

Andrea Gross Hixon

ENGISH HORN

Lindsay Flowers

CLARINET

JJ Koh

Principal

Barbara and Norman Berven Chair

Nancy Mackenzie

BASS CLARINET

Gregory Smith

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Matt Sintchak

Matthew Koester

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Jeremy Ruthrau

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

TUBA

Joshua Biere

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

PIANO

Daniel Lyons

Principal

Stephen D. Morton Chair

BANJO

Steve Roberts

Orchestra Committee

Mark Bridges, Chair

Joshua Biere, Vice-Chair

Rolf Wulfsberg, Secretary

David Scholl, Treasurer

JJ Koh, Member-at-large

Librarian

Jennifer S. Goldberg

John and Carolyn Peterson Chair

Property Manager

John Straughn

Personnel Manager

Alexis Carreon

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John DeMain | Music Director 98th Season | Overture Hall | Subscription Program No.

John DeMain, Music Director Terrence Wilson, Piano

AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)

Suite from “Appalachian Spring”

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

Rhapsody in Blue

INTERMISSION

MR. WILSON

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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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.

Terrence Wilson PIANO

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,

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 orchestrawritten 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.

¡ Greg Zelek Y Amigos !

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.

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

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MAJOR SPONSORS:

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Audrey Dybdahl, in memory of Philip Dybdahl

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MAGELA HERRERA, Flute

ALVARO BERMUDEZ, Guitar

YARELIS GANDUL, Percussion

ALEX HERNANDEZ, Bass

GREG ZELEK, Organ

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MARGARITA LECUONA, Babalú

ERNESTO LECUONA, Andalucia, Danza Negra, La Comparsa

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, Oblivion, Libertango

MOISÉSSIMONS, El Manisero “The Peanut Vendor”

J.S. BACH, “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578

ARMANDOMANZANERO, Somos Novios

“It’s Impossible”

RAMÓNNOBLE, Fantasia-Toccata

ALBERTODOMÍNGUEZ, Perfidia

MIGUELMATAMOROS, Son de La Loma

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Program Notes

SEPTEMBER 22-23-24, 2023

Program

Notes by

J. Michael Allsen

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 ChairmanDances as a “prequel” to John Adams’s 1986 opera NixoninChina. In The ChairmanDances, 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,

and premiered that year by the New York Philharmonic.

Premiere: October 30, 1944, Washington, DC.

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.

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 AppalachianSpring was applied by Graham, who took it from a poem by Hart Crane.) The original version of the score, written for a small

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

– MARTHA GRAHAM

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 AppalachianSpring 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 su used 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

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. Muted strings intone a hushed, prayer-like passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.”

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, Associate Conductor

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MAJOR SPONSORS: Diane Ballweg, Scott and Janet Cabot, Madison Symphony Orchestra League, University Research Park

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS: Robert Benjamin and John Fields, Joan Johnston, Ann Lindsey, in memory of Chuck Snowdon, Barbara J. Merz, John and Twila Sheskey Charitable Fund, Wisconsin Arts Board

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21 SAT 8:00 PM

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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.

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 LittleDevil:

“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.”

Given Gershwin’s relative inexperience in writing for orchestra, and the short lead time available, much of the orchestration was done by Whiteman’s sta arranger, Ferde Grofé. In the end, Whiteman’s pretentious and over-long “Experiment” was a qualified success. However, Gershwin’s Rhapsody inBlue—the 24th work on a program of 25 pieces—stole the show.

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.]

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

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 b ased 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.

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 Nixonin 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 inChina, Adams was already working with an eclectic range of styles and techniques. Nixonin 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 ChairmanDances 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.

Adams describes its composition as follows:

“The ChairmanDances was an ‘out-take’ of Act III of NixoninChina 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 NixoninChina, I couldn’t wait to begin work on that piece. So The ChairmanDances 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.

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.

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.

Born into a Swedish immigrant family in Wahoo,

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.

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Sam Gratz

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Jane Hallock & William Wolfort

William Hansen

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Paul Haskew & Nancy Kendrick

Paul L. Hauri

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Dan Hayes

Gregg Heatley & Julie James

Cheryl Heiliger

Robert Heimerl

Nona Hill & Clark Johnson

William & Sara Lee Hinckley

Michael Hobbs & Sherry Boozer-Hobbs

Ryan Ho and & Heidi Bardenhagen

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Paul & Debra Ho man

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Tom Howells

Jim & Lee Hu er

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Dan & Janet Johnson

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Doug & Judith Knudson

Steven Koslov

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Mark Kremer

Shirley Krsinich

Linda Krueger

Ann Kruger

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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

Roger & Sherry Lepage

Steve & Karen Limbach

Patrick Litscher

Phyllis Lorenz

Doug & Mary Loving

Kathy Luker

Ross & Kathy Lyman

Rick & Diane Mackie

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Frank & Nancy Maersch

Cheryl Maha ay

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

Je 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 Po

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 Ry

Steven & Lennie Sa an

Matthew & Linda Sanders

Nan & Bob Schaefer

Vicki Semo Scharfman

Dennis & Janice Schattschneider

Je rey & 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

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Jerry & Georgie Suttin

Cheri Teal

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Eric Thompson

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Margaret Trepton

Colleen & Tim Tucker

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John & Shelly Van Note

John & Bonnie Verberkmoes

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Elena Vetrina & Wallace Sherlock

Angela Vitcenda & Jerry Norenberg

Liz Vowles

Greg Wagner & Fred Muci

John & Janine Wardale

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Scott Weber & Martha Barrett

Nancy Webster

Karl & Ellen Westlund

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Steven & Ellen Wickland

Nancy & Tripp Widder

Rebecca Wiegand

Eric & Margaret Wilcots

Eve Wilkie

Bambi Wilson

Bill & Jackie Wineke

Rick Wirch

Scott & Jane Wismans

Brad Wolbert & Rebecca Karo

Barbara Wolfe

Marcia Wright

David Wuestenberg

John Young & Gail Snowden

Ronald Zerofsky

Debra Zillmer & Daniel Leaver

Joan N. Zingale

32 Anonymous Friends

We also thank 182 donors for their contributions of $1 to $49.

Praise to Timothy Farley! It is simply amazing how he manages to restore old pianos and to bring them to new life again.

–Paul Badura Skoda

I am profoundly grateful to Timothy Farley, piano rebuilder, scholar, technician and tuner par excellence, for demonstrating the precious benefits there are in applying older, traditional tunings to keyboard instruments.

–Peter Serkin

‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.’ And so it is with Farley’s restored pianos.

–Frank Glazer

See and hear pianos at farleyspianos.com

The Midwest’s premier piano restoration workshop.

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

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”)

MAJOR SPONSORS:

Shirley Spade, in memory of Gerald Spade

Jane Hamblen and Robert F. Lemanske

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

ALL TICKETS $25-$35

madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box O ce or (608) 258-4141

Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

Symphony Gems

Mozart | Schumann | Dawson

November brings two great staples of the symphonic repertoire, Mozart’s “Ha ner” 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 a nity 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, 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

november

17 FRI7:30 PM

18 SAT 8:00 PM

19 SUN 2:30 PM

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

ALL TICKETS $15-$102 madisonsymphony.org, the Overture Center Box O ce or (608) 258-4141

Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

JOHN DEMAIN, Conductor JONATHAN BISS, Piano music

Listening to live classical music is one of our great joys. The Madison 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.”

Elaine and Nicholas Mischler

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.

Photo by Amandalynn Jones

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

ESTATE GIFTS RECEIVED

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

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

Julian E. Harris

Jane Hilsenho

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 & 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

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

BUSINESS, FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT DONORS

Madison Symphony Orchestra

Madison Symphony Orchestra League

Friends of the Overture Concert Organ

The Madison Symphony Orchestra and our a liate 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

$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.

Sta ord 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

La ey, 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. Findor & Son Inc.

Hooper Foundation

La ey, 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 e ort 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

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

Je rey & 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

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 Hilsenho

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 He ner

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. Findor & 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

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 Strei

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

Je & 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

Je & 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.

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

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Don & Barb Sanford

Mary Lang Sollinger

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Judith & Nick Topitzes

In memory of Marian Bolz

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Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Ellen Burmeister

Kathryn & Je ry Erickson

Nicole Hallada

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Ann Wallace

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Marjorie Sutton

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Emy Andrew

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Ruth Downs

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Terri Deist

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Lona George

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Ward-Brodt Music

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Jennifer & Jim Lattis

Elizabeth Perry

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Eric, Jill, Ryan & Emma Biegansky

Jerry Doss

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Doug & Kay Horan

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Valerie & Andreas Kazamias

Susan Lorenz

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Dennis and Ann Saye

Thomas Scheetz

John Sensenbrenner

John & Deanna Swanson

Daniel & Irene Thearle

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Carolyn White

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Norm & Barbara Berven

Matthew Clayton & Elizabeth Odders-White

Bob & Paula Dinndorf

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Tola Ewers

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Joan Wiberg

Two Anonymous Friends

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Emy Andrew

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Charles Elson

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Carolyn White

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Madison Community Foundation

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Janice Weatherhogg

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Jerome & Karen Wallander

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Patricia Bernhardt

Marian & Jack Bolz

Catherine Buege

Marilyn Ebben

Tyrone & Janet Greive

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Darko & Judy Kalan

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Linda & Michael Lovejoy

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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. Sto et

Anna Trull & John Sto et

In memory of Kristina Cuthbert Stuart

The Stuart Family

In memory of Patricia Davey Struck

Larry Bechler

BY GIACOMO PUCCINI

NOVEMBER 3 & 5, 2022 OVERTURE HALL

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 justi ably renowned. Don’t miss this tour de force of soaring music and headlong drama.

“And before him all of Rome trembled...”

DIRECTED BY Frances Rabalais CONDUCTED BY John DeMain

FEATURING The Madison Opera Chorus and the Madison Symphony Orchestra

Michelle Johnson as Tosca

Craig Irvin as Scarpia

Limmie Pulliam as Cavaradossi

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

1 FRI7:30 PM

2 SAT 8:00 PM

3 SUN 2:30 PM

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 O ce or (608) 258-4141

Dates, artists, and programs subject to change.

SINGLE TICKETS are available at madisonsymphony.org and through the Overture Center Box O ce. 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% o 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.

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 O ce 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 sta . 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 o 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 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.

Je rey 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 Schae er

Monique Scher

Kay Schwichtenberg

John Sims

Derrick Smith

Tamera Stanley

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 Ru n

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, FirstLady of the State of Wisconsin

Joe Parisi, DaneCountyExecutive

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

Cathy Buege, AVP Communications

Lori Poulson, VP Education

Jacqui Shanda, AVP Education

Judy Kalan, Behind The Music: Concert Previews

Jessica Yehle, VP Membership Recruitment/Retention

Michael Bridgeman, VP Membership Records

Lynn Stegner, VP Special Projects

Carole Schae er, 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

ADVISORS

Pat Bernhardt

Rosemarie Blancke

Janet Cabot

Marilyn Ebben

Valerie Kazamias

Fern Lawrence

Ann Lindsey

Linda Lovejoy

Elaine Mischler

Janet Renschler

Judy Topitzes

Carolyn White

FRIENDS OF THE OVERTURE

CONCERT ORGAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2022–2023

OFFICERS

Robert Lemanske President

David Willow Secretary-Treasurer

Jim Baxter Past President

DIRECTORS

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 Ste enhagen

Teri Venker

ADVISORS

Diane Ballweg

John Gauder

Terry Haller

Gary Lewis

Elaine Mischler

Vicki Nonn

Reynold Peterson

Anders Yocom

EXOFFICIO

Greg Zelek, Organ Curator

MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

INC.

ADMINISTRATION

Robert Reed, Executive Director

David Gordon, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Ann Bowen, General Manager

Alexis Carreon, O ce & 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

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

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Boardman Clark LLP....................................................................................2

Con Vivo...........................................................................................................25

Farley's House Of Pianos ..........................................................................38

Farley’s Salon Piano Series ......................................................................45

Lake Ridge Bank ..........................................................................................9

Lasting Legacies ..........................................................................................58

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

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

Madison Media Partners. ...........................................................................52

Madison Opera. .............................................................................................50

Madison Public Schools Foundation.....................................................4

NBC15/WMTV ................................................................................................56

PBS Wisconsin...............................................................................................59

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

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

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

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