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MUSICIAN SPOTLIGHT
by Barbara Fitzsimmons
Julie Angelis Boehler
Acting Principal Percussion
Alan D. Lichtman Chair
Julie is a native of Worcester, MA, a city which is so much like Hagerstown that she sometimes forgets she’s not from here until she hears someone pronounce the letter “R.” She started playing percussion in a Drum & Bugle Corps at the tender age of eight and spent her final summer in the activity as Timpanist with The Boston Crusaders. After over a decade of marching, she excitedly made the shift to orchestral percussion and spent a life-altering summer at Tanglewood. She has enjoyed a career that meshes her rudimental and classical training. After summers in Breckenridge, CO, Japan, and Italy, where she had the surreal honor of performing for Pavarotti. After winning a coveted job with The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” she was abruptly shipped off to boot camp to perform.
She “retired” after 23 years of service, 17 as Principal Timpanist. She continues to enjoy playing Percussion with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra (MSO), the Blossom Festival Band in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, The Venice (FL) Symphony, and as Timpanist of The Brass Band of Battle Creek. Her MSO highlights include the recording of Chris Brubeck’s “Affinity” with Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, the PBS feature “Music to my Ears” with “Bob the Vid Tech” and as soloist in “Gerald McBoing Boing” by Gail Kubik/Dr. Seuss.
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra
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SYMPHONY STAFF
Elizabeth Schulze Music Director & Conductor
Kim Bowen Executive Director
Michael Harp Director of Marketing
Jennifer Sutton, Esq Director of Development
Antoninus “AJ” Hines, Jr. Box Office &
Accounting Manager
Kyle Graham Operations Manager
Kathy Gleason Education Programs Coord.
Barbara Fitzsimmons ............. Development Associate
Nathan Lushbaugh Marketing Assistant
Cam Millar Operations Assistant
Christian Simmelink Personnel Manager
D. Marianne Gooding............................................... Librarian
AUDIO ENGINEERING
Bill Holaday Audio Recording Engineer
MARYLAND THEATRE STAFF
Jessica Green Executive Director
Anne Holzapfel Program Director
Melissa Fountain ......................................... Events Director
Jenna Miller Box Office Administrator
Timothy Gregory Box Office Assistant
Breanna Holloway .....................................Events Manager
Kelly Parr Events Assistant
Amanda Gowin Events Assistant
Mike Fletchinger Maintenance Manager
Phil Hunt ........................................... Maintenance Manager
Caleb Smith Production Manager
Noah Johnson Lead Lighting Technician
David Kunz...................................... Lead Audio Technician
Adam Petrie Lead Audio Technician
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SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jason Call President
Douglas Spotts, M.D. Vice President
Valerie Owens Secretary
William “Tad” Holzapfel Treasurer
Jane Anderson Assistant Treasurer
Jane Anderson
Dave Barnhart
Teresa Barr
Jason Call
Judy Ditto
Katharine Groh Fitzsimmons
Jean Hamilton
Marjorie Hobbs
William “Tad” Holzapfel
Linda Hood
Michelle Leveque, Esq.
Monica Lingenfelter
Ira Lourie, M.D.
Heather McEndree
Nicholas Mohar-Schurz
Candice Mowbray, D.M.A.
Valerie Owens
Ilissa Ramm
Susan Rocco
Dustin Simmons
Douglas Spotts, M.D.
James Stone, Esq.
Hugh J. Talton, M.D.
James. D. Vaughn
SYMPHONY HONORARY DIRECTORS
Dr. J. Emmet Burke
Anton T. Dahbura, Ph.D
April L. Dowler
Patricia F. Enders
Frederica Erath
John F. Erath
Dr. J. Ramsay Farah
Brendan Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.
Donald R. Harsh, Jr.
Marjorie M. Hobbs
Howard S. Kaylor
Mindy Marsden
Dori Nipps
ABOUT THE COVER ART
Alan J. Noia
Mrs. Georgia Pierné
Mr. James G. Pierné
Samuel G. Reel, Jr.
William J. Reuter
Joel L. Rosenthal, M.D.
Hugh J. Talton, M.D.
Martha “Marty” Talton
Cassandra Wantz
Richard T. Whisner
Beethoven had a well-earned reputation for being highly disagreeable, headstrong and proud. As he grew older and deafness overtook him, the negative aspects of Beethoven’s personality came to the fore. For the cover, I wanted to capture his intensity, which is often reflected in his beautiful, timeless music.
Hector Fernandez, Artist
ELIZABETH
SCHULZE,
MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR
FIRST VIOLIN
Robert Martin
Concertmaster
MSO Guild Chair
Joanna Natalia Owen
Associate Concertmaster
Marty & Hugh Talton Chair
Brent Price
Assistant Concertmaster
Lysiane GravelLacombe
Thomas Marks Chair
Kristin Bakkegard
H. Lee Brewster
Yen-Jung Chen
Mauricio Couto
Megan Gray
Catherine Nelson
Petr Skopek
SECOND VIOLIN
Anna Luebke
Principal
J. Emmet Burke Chair
Ariadna Buonviri
Associate Principal
Julianna Chitwood
Assistant Principal
Ruth Erbe
Teresa L. Gordon
Melanie Kuperstein
Swiatek Kuznik
Kat Whitesides
Patricia WnekSchram
VIOLA
Phyllis Freeman
Principal
Alan J. Noia Chair
Magaly Rojas Seay
Associate Principal
Stephanie Knutsen+
Acting Assistant
Principal
Sungah Min
Rachel Holaday
Alice Tung
CELLO
Todd Thiel
Principal
J. Ramsay Farah Chair
Katlyn DeGraw
Associate Principal
Jessica Albrecht
Assistant Principal
Aneta Otreba
Mauricio Betanzo
Youbin Jun
Alyssa Moquin
Jessica Siegel Weaver
BASS
Adriane Benvenuti
Irving Principal
Shawn Alger
Associate Principal
Kimberly Parillo
Brandon Smith
FLUTE
Laura Kaufman
Mowry
Principal
Marjorie M. Hobbs Chair
Nicolette Driehuys Oppelt
Elena Yakovleva
PICCOLO
Elena Yakovleva
OBOE
Fatma Daglar
Principal
Joel L. Rosenthal Chair
Amanda Dusold
Rick Basehore
ENGLISH HORN
Rick Basehore
CLARINET
Beverly Butts
Principal
John M. Waltersdorf Chair
Jay Niepoetter
BASS CLARINET
Open
BASSOON
Erich Heckscher
Principal
Bennett S. Rubin Chair
Scott Cassada
Susan Copeland Wilson
CONTRABASSOON
Susan Copeland Wilson
FRENCH HORN
Alex Kovling
Principal
Libby Powell Chair
Mark Hughes
Assistant Principal
Chandra Cervantes
Kyle Pompei+
TRUMPET
Nathan Clark
Principal
Robert T. Kenney Chair
Scott A. Nelson
Robert W. Grab Chair
Matthew Misener
TROMBONE
Liam Glendening
Principal
Richard T. Whisner Chair
Jeffrey Gaylord
Kaz Kruszewski
TUBA
Zachary Bridges
Principal
Claude J. Bryant Chair
TIMPANI
Open
Principal
William J. Reuter Chair
Matthew Mitchener+
Eric Stoss+
PERCUSSION
Open
Principal
Donald R. Harsh, Jr. Chair
Julie Angelis Boehler+
Acting Principal
Alan D. Lichtman Chair
Robert Jenkins
Vincent & Phyllis Mauro Chair
HARP
Maryanne Meyer+ Principal
PIANO/KEYBOARD
Open
James G. Pierné Chair
PERSONNEL MANAGER
Christian Simmelink
GABRIELA BRONK
MUSIC LIBRARY
LIBRARIAN
D. Marianne
Gooding + One-Year Position * On Leave
MUSIC DIRECTOR BIO
With passion, verve and illuminating musicianship, Elizabeth Schulze has been conducting orchestras and opera companies, advocating for music education, and electrifying audiences in the States and abroad for more than two and a half decades.
Recipient of the 2013 Sorel Medallion in Conducting for her adventurous programming, Schulze is in her 24th season as the Music Director and Conductor of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and is the recently appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra in Alaska.
Schulze made her European debut, leading the Mainz Chamber Orchestra in the Atlantisches Festival in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She appeared in Paris as the assistant guest conductor for the Paris Opera and has also appeared in London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Vienna with the National Symphony during its 1997 European tour. Her most recent international work includes conducting in Hong Kong, Jerusalem and Taipei.
Schulze’s recent guest conducting in the States includes appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic and the New Jersey, Detroit, San Francisco and Chautauqua Symphonies. Her positions with U.S. orchestras include an appointment as Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Flagstaff, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Kenosha Symphony Orchestras, Principal Guest Conductor of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Cover Conductor and Conducting Assistant for the New York Philharmonic, and Assistant Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, an appointment sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Since the beginning of her career, Schulze has been a spirited advocate for music education. Her far-ranging work included a long association with the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute (SMI). For more than 15 years Schulze conducted, taught and mentored dozens of young musicians at SMI at the Kennedy Center. She has also conducted the American Composer’s Orchestra in LinkUp educational and family concerts in Carnegie Hall and throughout New York City. And for six years, Schulze joined her mentor Leonard Slatkin, teaching at the NSO’s National Conducting Institute.
Her music education and mentoring work spans the elementary school to the university. She was an artist-in-residence at Northwestern University and has guest conducted the orchestras of The University of Maryland, the Manhattan School of Music and Catholic University of America. She has also guest lectured at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Schulze’s own education includes training in Europe and in the States. She graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and was an honors student at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She holds graduate degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from SUNY at Stony Brook. She was the first doctoral fellow in orchestral conducting at Northwestern University and was selected as a conducting fellow at L’École d’Arts Americaines in France. She was the recipient of the first Aspen Music School Conducting Award. At Aspen, she worked with Murry Sidlin, Lawrence Foster and Sergiu Commissiona. As a Tanglewood fellow, she worked with Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier and Leonard Bernstein.
Schulze is represented by John Such Artists Management, Ltd.
STUDENT MUSICIANS OF THE MONTH
Congratulations to May’s Student Musician of the Month, Daphne Wang! Daphne is a senior at North Hagerstown High School and an experienced Violinist. She has served as concertmaster for North’s Advanced String Orchestra and Freshman Orchestra, helped lead several successful fundraisers, and has won the State Chapter of the year award. Her teacher notes that she is so proud to have such a strong leader and player her in the orchestra family.
Congratulations to June’s Student Musician of the Month, Thomas Neisser! Thomas studies a variety of instruments including Trumpet, Piano, and Tuba, which is his primary instrument. As a Senior at North High School, Thomas participates in Wind ensemble, Jazz Band, and has even played with the MSO several times for our Link Up Concerts in the Percussion Ensemble. He is an energetic leader both on and off stage as well as a passionate musician.
Elizabeth Schulze Music Director & Conductor
GUEST ARTIST BIOS
Anthony Blake Clark Music Director & Conductor
Baltimore Choral Arts Society builds a stronger, more connected, more inspired community by celebrating the joy of choral music through exceptional performances and diverse educational and artistic partnerships.
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, now in its 58th season, is one of Maryland’s premier cultural institutions. The Symphonic Chorus, Chorus, and Chamber Singers perform throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Washington, D.C., New York, and in Europe. Music Director Anthony Blake Clark has established new, large-scale collaborative performances with Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland State Boychoir, and Peabody Youth Orchestra. In October 2022, Choral Arts went on its second European tour under the direction of Maestro Clark, with performances in Vienna, Berlin, and Prague, and concluded with a prestigious invitation to perform with the Vienna Radio Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop.
Baltimore Choral Arts provides several thoughtful and impactful music education programs that serve youth in and around Baltimore. These programs include CoroLAB, a partnership with Overlea High School and Baltimore City College’s choral music programs; Vocal Fellows, an expanded professional development program for early-career singers; Student Composer Project, a competition for highschool and college composers; and Christmas for Kids. Through these educational programs, Choral Arts serves the very young to early-career adult musicians.
Anthony Blake Clark
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Music Director & Conductor
Anthony Blake Clark is a leading voice among his generation of choral conductors. He is in demand by both amateur and professional ensembles, praised for his “readily apparent musicality” (Baltimore Sun) and his passionate belief that classical music can transform lives—on stage, in rehearsal, and in the audience.
He has prepared choirs for the Rundfunkchor Berlin with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Vienna Radio Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony, collaborating with Marin Alsop, Fabio Luisi, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Jonathon Heyward, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and Simon Halsey. His ensembles have performed at worldrenowned venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Symphony Hall Birmingham (UK), St. Martinin-the-Fields, The Kennedy Center, and Washington National Cathedral.
Clark serves as Jean D. Wilson Chair Chorus Director for the Dallas Symphony. This
season, he conducts the orchestra and chorus in Bernstein’s music and leads their European tour, with performances at the Philharmonie Berlin, St. Thomas Leipzig, and Smetana Hall in Prague. The Dallas Symphony Chorus under Clark’s preparation can be seen on Medici TV and DSO’s “Next Stage” streaming platform.
As Music Director of Baltimore Choral Arts, Clark has expanded concert offerings and developed strong community outreach and education programs. He received the American Prize in Choral Conducting, Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award, and a regional Emmy® Award. Recently, Clark and Baltimore Choral Arts made their Berlin Philharmonie debut. On the same tour, BCAS collaborated with the Vienna Singakademie to perform with the Vienna Radio Orchestra under Marin Alsop.
He has served as Artistic Director of Bach Vespers in NYC and held the James Erb Choral Chair with the Richmond Symphony. He made his conducting debuts with the Baltimore Symphony (2021), Richmond Symphony (2022), and appears this season with the Dallas Symphony and National Philharmonic.
A dedicated educator, Clark served as Director of Choral Activities at The George Washington University and guest lectured at Westminster Choir College. He regularly leads workshops for school and community ensembles.
A mentee of Marin Alsop, Clark studied with her in the Peabody Institute’s doctoral conducting program. He earned his master’s under three-time Grammy Award winner Simon Halsey CBE at the University of Birmingham (UK), whom he considers a lifelong mentor.
GUEST ARTIST BIOS (con’t)
François Amet
Karen Baillargeon
Diane Baldridge
Doug Baldridge
Tom Barth
Valerie Battista
Elizabeth Belli
Sarah Berger
Jean Shaffer Blair
Martha Blakely
Sandra Boyd
Kelly Buchanan
Lavenia Calvin
Chris Cimorelli
Jeb Cook
Shirlanna Correia
Noah Crist
Lindsay Cronin
Elizabeth DeVito
Chris Dias
Arthur Ding
Lauren Dodson
Connor Drew
Rafi Fernandez
Sandra Files
Carla Finkelstein
David Frankenberger
Rob Freund
Michael Furlane
Eric Gee
Louis Gephardt-Gorsuch
Rebecca Gideon
Steven Gilmore
Arthur Dan Gleckler
Alyson Griese
Brett Heischmidt
Phil Hurd
Claire Husselbee
Elizabeth James
Douglas Jones
James Kaper
Erin S. Koch
Becca Kowalski
Adria Lawrence
Michael Lee
Rebecca W. Lieb
Robert Lieberman
Sandra Losemann
Caleb Madder
Amy Mansfield
Brendan McCoy
Lauren McDonald
Elizabeth McGonigle
Andrew McGuirk
Rachael Altemose Moore
Diane Mountain
Michael Mountain
Alexander Myers
Chet Myers
Spoorthi Nibhanupudi
Claire Nutt
Michael Nutt
Darin Ostrander
Emily Pallikal
Clark D. Pickett
Bob Pownall
Jorge Ramirez-Sanchez
Sarah Rivera
Liz Russell
Kristen Samuelsen
Maria Satyshur
Jacob Schleger
Priya Sekar
Michael Selmanoff
Ginette Serrero
Lindsay Sheets
Karen Shively
Joel Slotkin
Rina Steinhauer
Alan Sweatman
Kelly Sweatman
Rachel Tanenblatt
Bryce Tempest
Chris Thaler
Eric Thompson
Shelbi Timmons
Jay Tortona
Raymond Toy
Adam VanGorder
Elisabeth Vaeth
Rebecca Wald
Dan Weyandt
Mel Wilhoit
Susan Wilhoit
Lauren Williams
Ryan Wilson
Eric Winter
Laura Wolf
Lynn Wolf
Nancy Womble
Norah Worthington
Mara Yaffee
Adam Zukowski
CEDRIC BERRY, bassbaritone, received his music diploma from the Interlochen Arts Academy and both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California. He gained his first professional experience as a Resident Artist with Los Angeles Opera, performing the roles of Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, Schaunard in La Bohème, Second Philistine in Samson et Dalila, Wagner in Faust, Crébillon in La Rondine, and First Mate in Billy Budd.
Other roles include the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Collatinus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Falstaff in Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte—all with USC Opera. He has also portrayed Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust with Pacific Repertory Opera, Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with UCLA Opera, Dewaine in John Adams’ I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky with Long Beach Opera, and the Good Man in Anne LeBaron’s Crescent City with The Industry.
Cedric made his first European stage appearances as Jake in concert versions of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in Madrid and Cuenca, Spain. He also appeared with Los Angeles Opera at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, singing the role of First Nazarene in Salome, and performed a tribute concert to Paul Robeson for the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Paris, France.
On the concert stage, he has appeared with the Bakersfield Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, and Santa Fe Symphony in Handel’s Messiah; with the Pacific Symphony in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor; and with the Arizona Symphony as Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors. He has also performed
with the Telemann Chamber Orchestra in Tokyo, Japan, in Handel’s Messiah, and in Osaka, Japan, in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio; with the Luckman Jazz Orchestra in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Songs; with the New West Symphony as Zuniga in Carmen; with the Southwest Chamber Orchestra in Wuorinen’s The Haroun Songbook; with the Pasadena Pops Orchestra in Jerome Kern’s Show Boat Symphonic Suite; with the California Philharmonic in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Concert Suite; and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Michael Torke’s Book of Proverbs.
He has received several awards, including first place in L.A.’s Artist of the Future Competition, the Italian Educator’s Vocal Competition, and the Metropolitan Opera Western Region Competition.
Recent Los Angeles engagements include the lead role of Kublai Khan in Invisible Cities, an opera that was a 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist. The production was named a “Best of 2013” by the Los Angeles Times. The documentary of the production received an Emmy Award, and a CD was recorded and released in November 2014.
RICHARD TROXELL
, tenor, has captivated audiences in leading roles on opera and concert stages around the world for over 25 years. His career spans from starring as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton in Martin Scorsese’s award-winning Sony film of Madama Butterfly—hailed by The New York Times as “the most dramatically satisfying vocal characterization”—to performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Broadway.
GUEST ARTIST BIOS
Known for his versatility, Troxell’s roles include Don José in Carmen at the Sydney Opera House, the title role in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at Avery Fisher Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra, and Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Roberto Alagna, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2015 in Michael Mayer’s production of Rigoletto, followed by his Broadway debut in Rodgers and Sondheim’s Do I Hear a Waltz in New York City Center’s Tony Award-winning Encores! series.
He has performed with major orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Saint Louis Symphony, with signature concert appearances in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, and Mendelssohn’s Walpurgisnacht. A frequent pops soloist, Troxell has sung with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, and Naples Philharmonic in beloved Broadway and American standards.
Equally at home in film and television, Troxell’s credits include La Rondine (EMI) for PBS Great Performances and multiple appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. His recorded works span opera, jazz, and Broadway, including So in Love with the Tom Lawton Trio, Classic Broadway with the Czech National Symphony, and multiple recordings for the Milken Archive of Jewish Music on the Naxos label.
Born in Thurmont, MD, Troxell began singing at age four, performing Broadway tunes at Lions Club events and hymns in church choirs. He trained at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Away from the stage, he enjoys cooking, motorcycling, hiking, and long-distance cycling. He lives in Chester County, PA, with his wife, dancer and choreographer Lisa Lovelace, and their two sons, Wilder and Shane.
ERIN WAGNER, mezzosoprano, is establishing herself as an artist of “versatility and musical curiosity” (Opera News). A recent alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, she appeared in The Wreckers (Jack), Salome (Page), Madama Butterfly (Kate Pinkerton), Parsifal (Blumenmädchen), The Sound of Music (Sister Margaretta), and Le nozze di Figaro (Barbarina; Cherubino study cover). Additional scene work included roles such as Béatrice (Béatrice et Bénédict), Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw), Frau Reich (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), and Larina (Eugene Onegin).
Erin made her Wolf Trap Opera debut as a 2024 Filene Artist singing Dorabella in Così fan tutte, and will return in 2025 as Blanche de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) and Mércèdes (Carmen). Her 2024–2025 season includes debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in Die Frau ohne Schatten (Unborn Voice 3, Servant 2 cover), Louisville Orchestra as Der Trommler (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), Maryland Symphony in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Brooklyn Art Song Society premiering David Ludwig’s arrangements of Machaut mélodies, and Brazos Valley Symphony in Bruckner’s Te Deum.
A prizewinner in numerous competitions— including the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Opera Index, the George & Nora London Foundation, Young Concert Artists, Schwabacher Recital Debut, and the Naumburg Foundation—she is also a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from The Shoshana Foundation.
Erin is committed to performing works that reflect modern and diverse perspectives. She has appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall, The
Kennedy Center, San Francisco Opera, and The Kaufmann Center. With pianist-composer Shawn Chang, she made her Carnegie Hall debut for The Naumburg Foundation with “But How Things Change,” featuring commissioned works inspired by her father’s childhood with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Their recital programs, including “To Come Back” and “Touching the Living Garden,” explore themes of resilience, joy, and personal memory through new commissions and rarely heard works.
She has performed at the Aspen Music Festival (Idamante, Idomeneo) and Merola Opera Program (Die Zauberflöte, Ainadamar), and appeared with New York Festival of Song. A graduate of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, Erin is an alumna of Renée Fleming’s SongStudio, SongFest’s Colburn Fellowship, and other prestigious young artist programs.
In her spare time, she enjoys visiting art museums and rewatching The Twilight Saga.
AMANI COLE-FELDER
, soprano, is a 2023 graduate of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. During her time with the program, she performed scenes and studied roles including Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Liù (Turandot), Sister Rose (Dead Man Walking), Mary (Highway 1, U.S.A.), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), and Musetta (La bohème). She made her Metropolitan Opera début in 2021 as the Strawberry Woman in Porgy and Bess and returned as the Woman of Crete in Idomeneo. Most recently, she debuted with Fargo-Moorhead Opera as Liù in Turandot.
As a 2023 Gaddes Festival Artist, Amani made her Opera Theatre of Saint Louis début as Lucy/Lovie Alexander in Damien Sneed’s reimagined Treemonisha, covered the title role in Susannah, and appeared in the Center Stage Gala Concert with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. At the Aspen Opera Theater, she performed Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) as a Renée Fleming Artist Fellow under Patrick Summers, and returned as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) under Dame Jane Glover.
Amani also appeared as Angelica/Fiordiligi in the North American premiere of Roberto Scarcella Perino’s Furiosus with NYU’s Casa Italiana, directed by Robert Tweeten. Additional performances include the MET SummerStage recital series with City Parks Foundation, and soloist appearances in Messiah (Handel), Theresienmesse (Haydn), Sparrow Mass (Mozart), Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), and Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams).
While completing her Master’s at the New England Conservatory of Music, Amani sang Suor Angelica (title role), First Lady (Die Zauberflöte), and scenes from La bohème, Florencia en el Amazonas, and Les contes d’Hoffmann. Additional roles include Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) and Countess (Le nozze di Figaro).
She is the recipient of a 2023 career grant from the Pasadena Vocal Competition and placed second in the 2022 Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition. In 2020, she was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Eastern Region), a semifinalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition, and earned an Encouragement Award from the Giulio Gari Competition. Ms. Cole-Felder holds a Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music.
July 25 – 27, 2025
• Design your very own delectable candy crafts
• Catch some candy waves at Gummy Bear Beach
• Compete in an oversized Maryland-themed candy board game
• Challenge a friend to a candy-style lawn game in Lollipop Park
• Embark on a thrilling candy scavenger hunt
• Snap some selfies at Insta-worthy photo ops throughout
With delectable treats around every corner, CandyFest promises to be an enchanting journey for candy enthusiasts of every age!
SEASON SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Our Deepest Gratitude to Our Season Sponsors and Partners
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and partners. We extend heartfelt thanks for their commitment to bringing exceptional music to our community.
The Maryland Symphony Orchestra is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
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Mr. Ed Lough
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THE MARYLAND THEATRE
Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 7:30pm
Sunday, June 1, 2025 | 3:00pm
Elizabeth Schulze, conductor
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
Anthony Blake Clark, music director
Cedric Berry, bass-baritone
Richard Troxell, tenor
Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano
Amani Cole-Felder, soprano
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Jubel Overture, Op. 59 (1786-1826)
9’
QUINN MASON
A Joyous Trilogy (b. 1996)
16’
I. Running
II. Reflection
III. Renewal
-- INTERMISSION --
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral (1770-1827)
70’
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
III. Adagio moto e cantabile
IV. Finale
CONCERT SPONSORS
James & Georgia Pierné
PROGRAM NOTES
Jubel Overture
Carl Maria von Weber
Born November 18, 1786 in Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck and died June 5, 1826 in London, England.
This work was composed and premiered in 1818. The work is scored for two piccolos and flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion, and strings.
Carl Maria von Weber was born in 1786 into a musical family in modern day Northern Germany (at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire). A composer, pianist, conductor, and guitarist of the early Romantic Period, Weber received a comprehensive music education from his father, the music director of various municipalities and theatre companies, before going on to study with many of the leading musicians of the time, including the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.
Weber wrote his first opera in the fall of 1798 at the age of twelve and published six fughettas for piano that same year. By fourteen, Weber had his opera Das stumme Waldmädchen (The Silent Forest Maiden) produced in theaters in Freiberg, Chemnitz, and St Petersburg. He would continue composing as the family moved across modern-day Germany and Austria throughout his childhood.
At age 17, Weber took his first full time appointment as the Director of the Breslau Opera in 1804 by the recommendation of his teacher, Abbé Vogler. His operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, and Oberon were very influential in the development of the Romantic Opera in Germany, with Der Freischütz being regarded as the first German Opera. As a pianist himself, Weber wrote many important works for piano, as well as for bassoon, clarinet, and horn. He became
a successful and prolific composer as well as an influential figure of the early Romantic Period.
The Jubel (or Jubilee) Overture is one of Weber’s concert overtures that is not part of a larger work. This work was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Frederick Augustus I’s ascension to the throne. The work structurally is formatted similarly to his opera’s overtures but the most unique part of this overture is the ending, which features the melody of “God Save the King.”
A Joyous Trilogy
Quinn Mason Born 1996, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
This work was premiered on February 15, 2020, in Seattle, Washington, by the Harmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer. It is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings.
Quinn Mason (b. 1996) is a composer and conductor based in Dallas, Texas. He recently served as the Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He also recently served as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Roots composer in residence—the youngest composer to fill that role—and as the inaugural composer-in-residence for the Austin radio station KMFA.
His music has been performed and commissioned by over 160 renowned orchestras, including the San Francisco, National, Cincinnati, Detroit, Seattle, Utah, Dallas, Fort Worth, Vermont, Pensacola, Memphis and Amarillo symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Italy’s
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, UK’s Sheffield Philharmonic and numerous others.
Recent performances have been also by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Chattanooga Symphony, Richmond Symphony and Sarasota Orchestra.
As a conductor, Quinn studied with Marin Alsop, James Ross, Gerard Schwarz, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Christopher Zimmerman and others. At age 27, he made his major orchestra debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. He has also appeared as a guest conductor with many orchestras around the country, including the Houston Ballet Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and more.
He has also won multiple awards from several organizations including ASCAP, American Composers Forum, International Clarinet Association, the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and more.
Mason writes that he,
“…wanted to create a composition that was the very embodiment of happiness and cheerfulness, an accessible work that would put any listener in a good mood. The first movement, ‘Running’ is so called because of its always-moving and seemingly never-waning energy that keeps going and going. The second, ‘Reflection,’ is a gentle and introspective meditation featuring a solo trombone. The third, ’Renewal,’ picks the energy back up, but a little more spirited and zestful this time, and keeps it going to the very end, complete with dynamic and vibrant interplay between all the orchestral sections.”
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral
Ludwig van Beethoven
Born December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany and died March 26, 1827, in Vienna, Austria.
This work was premiered on May 7, 1824, at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna, with Michael Umlauf conducting. It is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two, oboes, two, clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion, strings, SATB choir, and SATB soloists.
Of all the monolithic works of western musical history, perhaps no individual piece is the subject such adulation as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. His nine symphonies comprise probably the greatest body of work ever written in symphonic form. Even its composer was not able to outdo himself, leaving fragmentary sketches for a tenth symphony in disarray at his death.
The Ninth’s history is a multifaceted one. As early as 1793, the composer entertained the idea of setting Friedrich Schiller’s 1785 Ode to Joy. Potential settings of the poem included one for solo voice. He then used sections of the poem in his 1790 Cantata on the Death of Emperor Leopold II and would again draw from the poem in the 1806 version of his opera, Fidelio. Beethoven’s attachment to this text was no accident. It is often forgotten that Bonn was a regular stop for refugees of the French Revolution. Schiller’s message of joy through universal brotherhood resounded loudly, resonating deeply in the soul of the young composer as he heard stories of oppression from those fleeing the battles.
As the years mounted, so did Beethoven’s deafness. His attraction to the text takes on a new facet. With his gradually withdrawal into
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a life of seclusion, Beethoven yearned for companionship, although he often purposely avoided it. Schiller’s text is a geselliges Lied (social song), and was meant to be sung by a group of friends while raising their glasses and pontificating on the meaning of happiness – in short, a drinking song. Therefore the poem’s meaning progressed over thirty years from an intimate ode for a small circle of friends, to a plea for the world to come together in one voice. To achieve this purpose, Beethoven trimmed the ninetysix lines of Schiller’s text down to around thirty – reordering stanzas and editing as needed. The introduction sung by bass soloist, is a setting of Beethoven’s own lines.
By the time Beethoven began work in earnest on the symphony in 1822, he was firmly entrenched in the austere style of his final period of composition. However, much of the music in the Ninth Symphony seems to be more related to the Eighth Symphony from twelve years earlier than to the final string quartets. Despite this, there are moments of extreme experimentation. The opening of the first movement with its hollow sound of sustained fifths was certainly not common practice. Wagner would imitate it in Das Rheingold to represent the flow of the Rhine. Mahler used a strikingly similar idea to open his first symphony. Also innovative is Beethoven’s recall of the principal theme of previous movements just before the first vocal entrance in the finale. Of course, the use of voices in a symphony, although used occasionally after the Ninth, was revolutionary at the time.
The opening of the first movement sneaks up on the listener, as the sustained notes seem to have no beginning. Fleeting hints of melody spring from within the textures, eventually coalescing into the rhythmically defined fortissimo theme and revealing the key of D minor for the first time. Many secondary themes reveal themselves only
to be transformed, as Beethoven’s masterful abilities become apparent in an extensive development section. After the themes return in the recapitulation, a massive coda decisively ends the movement. The scherzo follows with its famous rhythmic hammered motif. A fleet-footed fugue follows, played softly but interrupted by several loud interjections, most notably by the timpani. A legato theme contrasts with the quick fugue. The Adagio molto e cantabile is a double variation – one based on two themes. Transcendently beautiful, the movement is full of spirituality.
The heart and soul of the ninth is in its finale. The movement opens with an apocalyptic fanfare, full of clashes and urgency, only to be answered by the cellos and double basses. This recitative, traditionally an operatic device for setting conversations to music, uses speech-like rhythms in an ingenious dialogue with the rest of the orchestra. Within the recitative, the orchestra interjects thematic recollections of the previous three movements. Upon completion, the orchestra finally introduces the famous Ode to Joy theme and adapts it through three pastoral variations. The fanfare returns and the bass soloist enters with the recitative previously heard in the low strings. On the words “O friends, not these sounds,” he sings the Ode to Joy theme, which is then taken up by the chorus. After two variations and a brief codetta, Beethoven jokingly sets the theme as a puckish Turkish march, complete with cymbals and triangle. The tenor soloist joins. In the slow and stately andante maestoso that follows, the chorus evokes a call for universal brotherhood with an expressive new theme doubled in the trombone – an instrument traditionally associated with the voice of God in sacred music of the day. The music suddenly rushes into an allegro tempo as the chorus enters in 6/4 time. The meter changes again as the soloists enter, soon to be joined by chorus on the words Alle Menschen (All mankind). The soloists again
break away, this time in a florid simultaneous cadenza. Rhythmic activity boils over as all forces join together for one final grand statement of the Ode to Joy theme, bringing this monument of music to an electrifying conclusion. The deaf Beethoven, who stood next to the conductor during the premiere
flailing his arms madly while leading his own imaginary orchestra’s sounds, had to be turned around to see the audience’s warm applause.
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Ode to Joy
(Friedrich Schiller)
Bass O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!
Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudenvollere.
Bass and Chorus
Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder, was die Mode streng geteilt; alle Menschen werden Brüder wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.
Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen, eines Freundes Freund zu sein, wer ein holdes Weib errungen, mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer’s nie gekonnt, der stehle, weinend sich aus diesem Bund!
Freude trinken alle Wesen an den Brüsten der Natur; alle Guten, alle Bösen folgen ihrer Rosenspur. Küsse gab sie uns und Reben, einen Freund, geprüft im Tod; Wollust war dem Wurm gegeben, und der Cherub steht vor Gott.
Bass
O friends, not these tones! But rather, let us strike up more pleasant and more joyful ones.
Bass and Chorus
Joy, thou lovely spark of the gods, daughter of Elysium; drunk with fire, we tread thy holy realm, O heavenly one! Thy magic joins again that which custom has torn apart; all men become brothers wherever thy gentle wings are spread.
He who has had the great fortune of being a friend’s friend, he who has won a gracious wife, let him join the celebration! Yes, even he who can call only one soul on earth his own! And let the one who could never do this steal from our midst in tears!
All living beings drink joy at Nature’s breast; all good things, all evil things walk her rose-strewn path. She gave us kisses, she gave us vines, she gave us a friend true to the grave; wantonness was given to the worm, and the cherub stands before God.
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Tenor and Chorus
Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen durch des Himmels prächt’gen Plan, laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.
Chorus
Seid umschlungen, Millionen!
Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
Brüder über’m Sternenzelt muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.
Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?
Such’ ihm über’m Sternenzelt, über Sternen muss er wohnen.
Tenor and Chorus
Happily, as his suns fly across heaven’s magnificent expanse, brothers, run your course joyfully, like a hero to victory
Chorus
Be embraced, ye millions! This kiss goes to all the world! Brothers, above the starry canopy there must dwell a loving Father.
Do you fall prostrate, O millions?
Do you worship the Creator, O world? Look for Him above the starry canopy; He must live above the stars.
English translation by Paul J.
Horsley
BRAVO! COVER ARTIST
Hector Fernandez is a self-taught artist who has been creating since he was young. Although he has worked in many mediums, his true passion is scratchboard, which allows for incredible detail and striking contrast in each piece.
Scratchboard is a unique black-and-white medium. The board is a wood panel with a fine white clay veneer covered by black India ink. The drawing starts black, and white lines are carefully scratched through the ink with sharp tools like scalpel blades.
Hector resides in Hagerstown, MD and is a Signature Member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists, which he joined when it was formed 13 years ago. He has received many awards for his art from
various exhibitions including the Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Glendale Art Association, Washington County Arts Council, and most notably 8 awards from the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (2 Silver, 1 Bronze, and 5 Awards of Excellence).
Hector’s work has shown across the U.S., Canada, and Australia. He is thrilled to be collaborating with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra to create the cover artwork for the BRAVO! programs for the 2024/2025 Season.
See more of Hector’s work at www. hectorgallery.com.
Auditions Now Open for the 2025-2026 Season!
The Maryland Symphony Youth Orchestra (MSYO) strives to nurture and empower young musicians by providing professional mentorship and enhance the existing musical community within our region through the shared goal of achieving musical excellence through collaboration, education, and the enjoyment of music.
See our website for details on how to apply and learn more about the MSYO.
Calling Young Artists!
The Bravo! Cover Contest is now live! To celebrate the launch of our new Youth Orchestra, we want artwork made by students (grades 6-12) to take the forefront by being on the cover of our program booklets. All mediums are welcome, check out our website to learn more about how to submit your art for a chance to be part of the music!
Winners will receive 4 free tickets to the concert their work is selected for, recognition in the Bravo! magazine, and have their original work displayed in the lobby on concert weekend.
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MUSIC EDUCATION SOCIETY
The Music Education Society is dedicated to fostering intellectual, emotional, and social growth through the transformative power of music. Our educational outreach reaches Title I schools and Head Start programs, providing children from low-income families with the opportunity to experience and benefit from orchestral music.
The Youth Orchestra, composed of middle and high school students, nurtures the next generation of musicians. Additionally, our wide-ranging lecture series offers enriching experiences for adults of all ages. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the supporters listed below, whose generosity ensures that community members of all ages can experience the healing power of music.
Music Education Society Founding Members
Founding members as of May 10, 2025.
Mr. Robert Abdinoor, Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. A.F. Abdullah
Karen L. Adams
Capt. & Mrs. William. T.
Alexander, Ret.
Donna Allen
Ruth Alpaugh in memory of Walter H. Alpaugh
Dr. Michael & Mrs. Jane Anderson
Anonymous
Verna Anson
Harold & Elizabeth Baker
Stephenie Baker
Dave Barnhart
John & Teresa Barr
Robert & Judith Batson
Stephen Becker
David & Elizabeth Beachley
Stephen Becker
Douglas Shaffer & Mary Bell
Kennedy & Debby Boone
Scott & Kim Bowen
Mr. Brooks & Mr. Kline
Dr. J. Emmet & Mrs. Mary
Anne Burke
J. Bruce & Connie Burley
Jason & Dadra Call
Scott & Megan Cassada
Dr. & Mrs. Robert
Cirincione
Debbie & Todd Cornell
Ms. Sherry Cramer
Dr. Lynn Crosby
Alison Curwen
Michael Cusic
Dan & Carolyn Davis
Mr. Larry DeHaan in memory of Frank & Dolly DeHaan
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto
Patricia Douglas
Kenneth & Pamela Duncan in memory of Kaye
Duncan
The Reverend Dr. D. Stuart
Dunnan
Andrew C. Durham
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Erath
George & Donna Ersek
James C. Failor
Philip Fearnow
Robert & Virginia Fennel
Mrs. Susan Fiedler
Robert & Louise Finch
Richard & Susan Foot
Patricia Ford
Carl & Louise Galligan
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Garlitz
Bruce & Sandra Gephart
Terri Gwizdala
Jamie & Sarah Hall
Jean Hamilton
Edwin & Lucinda Hawbaker
Ms. Deborah Hendrickson
Roland and Leslie Hobbs
Dianne Holliman
Cindy & Jim Holzapfel
Tad & Anne Holzapfel
Anna Hutzell
Jean Inaba in honor of Elizabeth Schulze and all the violins
Dr. Mark Jameson
Karen Jenneke
Paula Jilanis
Lori & Kevin Jones
Michael & Kathy Jordan
Karlen Keto
Robert & Barbara Kott
Elizabeth Krell
Robert & Susan Larivee
Ms. Doris E. Lehman in honor of Elizabeth Schulze
Judith & John Lilga
Ric & Betsey Lillard
Virginia Lindsay in memory of Tom Lindsay
Bill & Monica Lingenfelter
Ed & Julie Lough
Mary Malaspina
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Malejko
Estelle Martin
Heather McEndree
Peter Michael
Barbara Miller
Lisa Miller
Paul & Mary Ann Miller
Tyler Miller
Nick Mohar-Schurz
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Morgan
Ella C. Mose in memory of Jimmy
Dr. Candice Mowbray & Mr. Danny Webber
Paul & Harriet Muldowney
Patricia Mullinix
William & Cynthia Myers in memory of Richard Biesecker and Charles Swigart
Larry & Helen Nowack
Mike Dunkum & Valerie Owens
Terry Wills & Christine Parfitt
Robert Cook & Cherie Pedersen
James & Georgia Pierné
William G. Pitzer
Edward Poling
Phyllis L Price, MD
Greg & Ilissa Ramm
Howard & Francine Reynolds
Mrs. Theron Rinehart
Kathy Robinson
Mario & Magaly Rojas
Robert Shipley
Paul Skidmore
Ida Smith
Jennifer Smith
Wilbur & Deanna Soulis
Frank & Cheryl Stearn
Thomas & Veronica Stein
Dr. Robert & Millie Steinke
Andrew & Gloria Stevens in memory of David Bragunier
Lee & Patricia Stine
Jim & Colleen Stone
David & Naomi Styer
Ronald & Leura Sulchek
Dr. Hugh & Mrs. Marty Talton
George A. Tompkins Jr.
Donald & Paula Trumble
David & Deborah Vorhis
Matthew & Bernadette Wagner
James Waltersdorf
Margaret O. Waltersdorf
Roberta A. Waltersdorf
Sandy Wantz
Cynthia Weaver
Clarence White, Jr.
Martha Williams in memory of George W & Margaret K Comstock
David & Shanon Wolf
Lloyd Yavener
Mike & Marlene Young & Family
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Young, Jr.
HERITAGE SOCIETY & ENDOWMENT
The MSO’s commitment to excellence is supported by the generosity of individuals who are personally committed to promoting, preserving, and supporting the arts. In recognition of these patrons, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra has created the Heritage Society.
We invite you to consider becoming a member of the Heritage Society through an outright financial gift, living trust, bequest in will, life insurance gift naming, retirement gift plan, real estate gift donation of real property, or a charitable remainder annuity trust.
Please contact Jennifer Sutton, Director of Development, at jsutton@marylandsymphony.org to learn more.
Heritage Society Members
Members as of May 16, 2025.
Dr. & Mrs. A. F. Abdullah
Alberta G. Alcorn Family
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Anderson
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Baer
Teresa & John Barr
Dave Barnhart
Jack Beachley Family
John Beck, Jr.
John R. Beck
Sara Bock
Gary & Deb Bockrath
The Honorable & Mrs. W. Kennedy Boone, III
David Bottini & Ray
Everngam
Joann Bousum
Kim & Scott Bowen
Hermione H. Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Byers
Jason & Dadra Call
Michael G. Callas
Mr. & Mrs. Frank D.
Carden, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Carey
Mr. & Mrs. Allen J. Clopper
Peter & Kathleen
Clouthier in memory of Rosemary G. Vocke
Mrs. David Cushwa, III
Toni & Lee Crawford
Mary & Bud Dahbura Family
Dr. & Mrs. Breese
Dickinson
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Ditto
Dr. Edward W. Ditto, III Family
Mr. & Mrs. Merle Elliott
Patricia Enders
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin P. Erck, III
Katie Fitzsimmons
Samuel Freeman Family
Dr. & Mrs. Carl J. Galligan
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gelbach, Jr.
Florence Hill Graff Family
Vincent Rauth Groh & Barbara Ingram Groh Perpetual Charitable Trust
Lucinda S. Grunberg
Jean Hamilton
Michael & Rowan Harp
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Harsh, Jr.
Dr. Aryeh & Mrs. Laura Herrera
Mr. & Mrs. John Hershey, Jr.
Harvey H. Heyser, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert K. Hobbs
Elsie Holloway Family
Anne & William “Tad” Holzapfel
John H. Hornbaker, Jr., M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Hose
William B. Hunsberger
John V. Jamison, III Family
Karen Jenneke
Dr. Robert L. Josephs
Mr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kaylor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Kenney
Renee & Fred Kramer
Patrick McFadden & Michelle Leveque
Bill & Monica Lingenfelter
Reverend George A. Limmer
Dr. & Mrs. Ira Lourie
Morton & Sophia Macht
Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Macon
Dr. & Mrs. George Manger Family
Melinda & James E. Marsden
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Massey
Paul C. & Margaret K. Massey Family
Vincent & Phyillis Mauro Family
Joseph McIntyre in Memory of Alan D. Lichtman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Meyer
Mrs. Victor D. Miller
Leslie W. Mills
Dr. Candace Mowbray & Mr. Daniel Webber
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Nitzell
Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Noia
Mike Dunkum & Valerie Owens
Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Pedersen
Mr. & Mrs. Dominick J. Perini
Mr. & Mrs. Spence W. Perry
James & Georgia Pierné
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Pitzer Family
William G. Pitzer
Samuel G. Reel, Jr.
William J. & Selina A. Reuter
Mrs. Theron Rinehart
Pearl & Odell H. Rosen
Dr. & Mrs. Joel L. Rosenthal
Bennett Rubin Family
Mrs. Agnita M. Schreiber Family
The Schurz Family
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Sharrett
Petr Skopek
Dustin & Ashley Simmons
Sonny Smoyer & Jennifer-Joy Sutton
Donald Spinelli in memory of Alan D. Lichtman
Dr. Douglas & Mrs. Sue
Ellen Spotts
James & Colleen Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Z. Sulchek
Agnes Supernavage
Dr. & Mrs. Hugh J. Talton
Doris H. Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Tischer
Jay L. Troxell Family
Bruce Van Wyk
John M. Waltersdorf Family
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wantz
Mrs. Dorothy Slocum Webster
Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Weeks
Mrs. Mary B. Welty
Captain J. Maury Werth
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Whisner
Mr. & Mrs. William P.
Young, Jr.
Jim & Stephanie Vaughn
SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT
“I’ll always have the highest regard for his musicianship and his kindness.”
- Tony Asero
Always willing to drive carpools to rehearsals, give advice, and even share valuable and rare percussion instruments with his peers when they needed, Alan D. Lichtman, of blessed memory, played with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for over 25 years. He enjoyed and helped improve the MSO as an organization from the stage and continued to aid us in small percussion ensembles as well as from his seat in the auditorium after stepping down. When Covid meant coming to the Maryland Theatre wasn’t possible, Alan watched virtually and took the time to send emails and write letters, ensuring his peers knew this community was still there and that he was still listening. He was a lifelong supporter and a constant presence.
Over the course of several months, Alan’s family, friends and fellow musicians have shared some of their favorite memories. Resoundingly, three sentiments recurred in each conversation; that Alan was a deeply gifted musician, an energetic advocate for the arts, and most importantly an incredible friend who uplifted those around him.
In honor of Alan, in honor of every carpool, every word of inspiration, every visit, and his many years as a Maryland Symphony Percussionist, musicians from across decades of the Maryland Symphony have joined together to dedicate the second percussion chair to Alan D. Lichtman. We are honored to carry his name forward so he can continue to inspire MSO musicians and his constant, supportive presence can remain, even now.
Thank you for the music, Alan.
Leftmost Julie Angelis Boehler, Second from Right Alan David Lichtman z’’l
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