Experience 2012-2013 Volume 1

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Contents

Volume 1

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2012|2013 Season

Concert Experience • Beethoven 8 September 14................................................. 21 • Rachmaninoff and Mahler September 22 & 23....................................... 29 • Stax! The Memphis Sound October 13 & 14............................................ 37

• Sponsors & Foundations............................... 64 • Membership Benefits..................................... 66 • Contributors................................................... 67 • Honorariums & Memorials .......................... 82 • Patron/Ticket Information ........................... 84

• Yo-Yo Ma October 22..................................................... 45

Symphony Gallery

• Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director ................... 56

• Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends............................ 8

• Orchestra Roster............................................. 58

• Meet the Musicians....................................... 16

Patron Experience

Community Experience

• Advertiser Listing........................................... 53

• I n Memory of Marguerite Piazza.. ........... 6

• MSO Board of Directors, Staff, League Board & Chorus Board............................................. 60

• Family Tunes and Tales................................. 10 • Symphony Soul Project................................. 14

• Memphis Symphony League......................... 62

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Inc., is a qualified 501(c)(3) deductible organization funded by gifts from you, ticket sales and contracted services. We are recipients of grants from ArtsMemphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission. ©2012|2013 Memphis Symphony Orchestra • 585 S. Mendenhall Rd., Memphis, TN 38117

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The Theater of Needless Talents Spectrum Dance Theater wednesday, november 14

The chucho Valdés Quintet sunday, 0ctober 21 Jane Monheit with special guest Mark O’connor sunday, february 17

Cinderella Russian national Ballet Theatre sunday, january 6 Savion Glover’s SoLe Sanctuary friday, january 25

Monterey Jazz Festival 55th anniversary Tour sunday, april 21

celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Rite of Spring tuesday, april 23

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SPecIaL eVenTS

“Sleeping Beauty” with David Gonzalez, storyteller sunday, october 7 Cirque Chinois national circus of the People’s Republic of china sunday, october 14 Cinderella Russian national Ballet Theatre sunday, january 6 The Black Watch and The Band of the Scots Guards sunday, february 10

The Secret Sisters friday, september 7 capitol Steps friday, september 14 Van cliburn Gala saturday, march 16

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In Memory of Marguerite Piazza (May 6, 1926 – August 2, 2012)

By Shelly Sublett Many documentaries, memoirs, and articles have described Marguerite Piazza’s life as a performer on the opera stage, television, and in supper clubs as well as detailing her tireless efforts to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by giving benefit concerts.

During her funeral at St. Louis Catholic Church on August 7th, Reverend Richard A. Cortese announced that Marguerite Gloria Nobles, Marguerite Piazza and Marguerite’s had raised a total of $70 million during Aunt Anne her lifetime. “Piazza,” which means “a large public square,” was her mother’s maiden name that she adopted during her early years of performance, and it accurately portrays her generous heart and her incredible work ethic which enabled her to touch so many lives. Her own life was full of adversity, but she never allowed her problems to interfere with her professionalism or her duties as a mother.

Her philanthropy was also extended to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. During the early years, she became a board member of the Memphis Orchestral Society. At the first Sinfonietta Ball on October 16, 1959, her name was listed as the main attraction. This ball raised funds for the school concerts, to create a “family interest” in music. The Sinfonietta was officially renamed the Memphis Symphony Orchestra the following season. She and her husband, William (Billy) Condon, hosted the gala reception at their home to commemorate this event on October 21, 1960.

As the times changed, she changed with them. When Marguerite was featured as the guest artist for the Memphis Symphony Pops Concert on February 24, 1973, she performed a variety of styles including arias, songs from Broadway, and Italian folk tunes.

Her three daughters also joined her on stage to sing Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head and Candy Man from the Top 40. Her audiences were always touched by her ability to sing from the heart, no matter what style of music she sang.

She never stopped working. On December 10, 2011, the Memphis Symphony League hosted a cocktail buffet honoring her. The proceeds from this event benefited the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s annual city school program, “Music in the Schools.”

We are saddened by her death, but we are so grateful for her support during these past decades. May her legacy always live on!

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Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends

Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends members had a fantastic evening with Mei-Ann Chen at a Box Supper in the home of Becky Wilson this past June. The women attending began discussions about the Circle’s future projects.

Back Row: Sandra Mays, Ritche Bowden, Cynthia Ham, Sharon Wheeler, Janet Seessel, Pam Arrindell, Becky Wilson Front Row: Frances Hooks, Mei-Ann Chen

Ann Marie Wallace, Monica Wharton, Phyllis Berz

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Mary Tate-Smith, Phyllis Berz, Monica Wharton, Diane Rudner, Mei-Ann Chen, Mary McDaniel, Nicki Inman, Ruby Bright

Diane Rudner Frances Hooks

Cassandra Webster Ellen Rolfes Sandra Mays Deborah Craddock Pam Arrindell Ritche Bowden

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Family Tunes and Tales

MSO ensembles bring classic children’s tales to life through narration and music.

At Family Tunes and Tales your imagination will take you around the world. You’ll see unbelievable sights and encounter characters great and small: a tender hearted bull, musical mice, frogs that dance and sing, a violin-playing mole, nasty pirates, courageous village girls, and adventurous boys. You might even combat a monster dog, kill a giant with song, fly to the moon, and watch butterflies tricking coyotes! These delightful concerts are not to be missed!

Currently embarking on its fourth season, Family Tunes and Tales is the product of a partnership between five community libraries and the MSO. Each season, the librarians compile a list of children’s books. One book is selected from the list by each ensemble and the musicians create a score to accompany the story. Sometimes the players use existing works and sometimes a special arrangement or composition is created by MSO Violist Marshall Fine. On the day of the concert, the librarians read as the musicians perform. The entire event lasts an hour and is free and open to everyone. Family Tunes and Tales take place on Saturdays starting in October and continuing through the spring.

Post-concert activities that relate thematically to the performances the children have just experienced are also featured.

This season, the MSO and the Shelby County Books from Birth Foundation will begin a new collaboration around Family Tunes and Tales. Books from Birth is a statewide initiative providing Tennessee children from birth to age five with books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The goal of the Foundation is to promote reading and comprehension, vocabulary development and school readiness. Two of this season’s Family Tunes and Tales selections are on the Books from Birth list: Five Nice Mice and Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears. Books from Birth will provide copies of these books for children who attend their performances.

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Family Tunes and Tales 2012-2013 All performances begin at 11:00 am on Saturdays Date

Hooks Central Library

Randolph Branch Library

Cordova Branch Library

Germantown Community Library

Burch Library, Collierville

October 27

Percussion Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

by Verna Aardema

String Quartet Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies

by Harriet Peck Taylor

Woodwind Quintet Five Nice Mice

by Chisato Tashiro

Brass Quintet Dirty Joe the Pirate: A True Story

by Bill Harley

Kinder Trio Abiyoyo

By Pete Seeger

January 19

String Quartet Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies

Woodwind Quintet Five Nice Mice

Brass Quintet Dirty Joe the Pirate

Kinder Trio Abiyoyo

Percussion Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

February 9

Woodwind Quintet Five Nice Mice

Brass Quintet Dirty Joe the Pirate

Kinder Trio Abiyoyo

Percussion Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

String Quartet Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies

April 20

Brass Quintet Dirty Joe the Pirate

Kinder Trio Abiyoyo

Percussion Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

String Quartet Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies

Woodwind Quintet Five Nice Mice

May 11

Kinder Trio Abiyoyo

Percussion Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears

String Quartet Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies

Woodwind Quintet Five Nice Mice

Brass Quintet Dirty Joe the Pirate

Also noteworthy, as a part of a special initiative in which the Symphony will be in residence in the Soulsville area throughout the 2012 – 2013 season, two performances of Family Tunes and Tales will occur at Cornelia Crenshaw Branch Library in addition to the five performances described above. On September 29 at 2:30 pm the brass quintet will perform Dogzilla from last year’s line-up, and on March 2 at 1:30 pm percussion will perform Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears. These two performances are free and open to everyone. Also this fall, MSO ensembles will perform Family Tunes and Tales at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. These concerts are for patients and hospital staff only and are not open to the public; they do, however, provide entertainment and edification for children who are seriously ill.

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Symphony Soul Project

Question: What’s one way for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra to celebrate 60 years of service?

Answer: Present a year of free programming in a real Memphis music neighborhood.

Question: What makes Soulsville USA a real Memphis music neighborhood?

Answer: In Memphis, where music is both legacy and industry, Soulsville is an authentic artistic asset. It is the Upper South Memphis community where Stax Records began, in the Joseph Salvalaggio, oboe late-1950s, to craft an essential chapter in the American songbook – a place where musicians gave sound to soul in their homes, schools and churches. The streets of Soulsville resonate with decades of authentic Memphis music making.

Question: But that’s all history - why go there now?

Answer: Soulsville lost its voice in the mid-1970s when Stax went out of business. Streets went quiet and people left. Fortunately for Memphis, the Stax Museum of American Soul rose from the studio’s vacant lot to become a catalyst for community interest and revitalization, and now the Stax Music Academy is training a new generation of Memphis musicians. These and other vibrant amenities, including the Renaissance Center at College Park, enhance the neighborhood’s historic assets – like Metropolitan Baptist Church, where civil rights leaders gathered after Dr. King was killed, and LeMoyne-Owen College, which began educating African-Americans in the 1800s.

Question: So how does the MSO fit into the Soulsville revitalization scene?

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To support community revitalization in historic Soulsville USA, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will present a series of FREE concerts during 2012-2013 at the Memphis Music Magnet facility, located at 915 East McLemore Avenue. The MSO, in partnership with Community LIFT, received generous funding from ArtPlace to support this work.

and private funding toward resource-poor neighborhoods. In June 2012, the MSO / Community LIFT partnership received a highly coveted grant from ArtPlace, a national initiative that invests in community revitalization through the arts. Grant funds will be used to improve Soulsville’s music-focused infrastructure and fund a full season of free MSO concerts in the historic neighborhood.

At the heart of the MSO / Community LIFT partnership is a shared interest in the success of the Memphis Music Magnet. Originating as a research project of the Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at the University of Memphis, the Memphis Music Magnet seeks to rehabilitate vacant neighborhood properties into a Soulsville community plan powered by the creativity and manpower of musicians. By attracting and supporting musicians, artistic products and the Memphis music industry, the plan breaks down barriers within and around the neighborhood to create an epicenter of cultural and commercial activity. MMM is designed to draw young, educated and vested residents, and provide opportunities for economic advancement. Visit memphismusicmagnet.org to learn more about the plan.

Question: What exactly is the MSO doing with a year-long residency in Soulsville?

Answer: Throughout 2012-2013, the MSO will present concerts at the Magnet, a new performing arts facility in the heart of the community. Performances represent the full range of MSO offerings – classical, pops and the alternative series, Opus One. The Magnet at Soulsville is located at 915 East McLemore Avenue. The concerts are free, but come early – seating is limited!

October 14, 2012 October 18, 2012 January 26, 2013 February 17, 2013 February 26, 2013

April 20, 2013

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Pops - STAX! The Memphis Sound Opus One with DJ Redeye Opus One with North Mississippi Allstars Pops – A Memphis Gospel Celebration MSO / Brooks Museum Arts & Music Lecture Masterworks - HOLST The Planets Opus One with Hope Clayburn

The season will begin with a free concert on the LeMoyne-Owen College Campus, September 9, 2012, beginning at 6:00 p.m. In addition, the MSO Gospel Choir will present open rehearsals at Metropolitan Baptist Church – the schedule of open rehearsals will be posted on the MSO website.

Looking for more information about the MSO Symphony Soul Project? Visit the MSO website at www.MemphisSymphony.org/SymphonySoulProject… follow us on Facebook… or contact Joseph Nelson, Project Manager, at 901.537.2528 or joseph.nelson@ memphissymphony.org.

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Meet the Musicians Welcome Conner Gray Covington!

The MSO’s new Assistant Conductor.

Colleges attended: Eastman School of Music, University of Texas at Arlington Most influential musical teachers: Robert Spano, Neil Varon, Dr. Clifton Evans Notable achievements: 2011 and 2012 Fellowship Student in the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, 2012 Walter Hagen Conducting Prize from Eastman School of Music, youngest participant to advance to the third round of the Malko Conducting Competition with the Danish National Symphony FUN FACTS! Favorite Memphis restaurant: I haven’t been here very long, but Central BBQ is pretty impressive so far Describe your family and pets: Big!! Mom (Kay), Dad (Russ), Stepmom (Debbie), Stepdad (Dick), Sister (Annie), Brother (Cole), 2 Stepsisters (Stephanie and Kara), 2 Stepbrothers (Chris and Tommy), and 2 dogs (Molly and Happy) If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: Sweden. It’s such a beautiful country!

Favorite hobby: Golf Age you started your instrument: Conducting-18, Violin-11 What inspired you to make music your career: The love that I have for the orchestral repertoire and for making music with other people Favorite book, movie, or TV show: Catcher in the Rye, Shine, and The Office Favorite piece of music: It is impossible for me to choose one, but Beethoven’s 9th is pretty amazing Interesting Fact about yourself: I am a HUGE neat freak

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Name: Ruth Valente Burgess Instrument: Principal Cello

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Colleges attended: Indiana University, Musik Hochschule Freiburg (Germany), New England Conservatory Most influential musical teachers: Janos Starker, Tsyoshi Tsutsumi, Adriana Contino, Natasha Brofsky, Donna Davis, Phyllis Kline First Season with the MSO: 2008-2009 Teaching Positions: private studio, Suzuki teacher As a Chamber Musician: Performances around town with MSO String Quartet Notable achievements: toured internationally with the Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra Academy, attended many summer music festivals MSO Community Involvement: Â CAPA Virtuosi, Family Tunes and Tales FUN FACTS! Describe your family and pets: I live with my husband Chris, who is also a musician, and we have two orange cats, Archie and Ginny If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: England and Wales Favorite hobby: reading and knitting Age you started your instrument: 6 What inspired you to make music your career: My parents always encouraged me to find a career that would be fulfilling and I have always loved making music Favorite book, movie, or TV show: Harry Potter books and movies Most embarrassing moment on stage: I fell on my face walking up the stairs to the stage at a piano recital in high school Favorite piece of music: anything by the folk band Harpeth Rising

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Name: Shelly Sublett Instrument: English Horn/Assistant Principal Oboe Colleges attended: University of Memphis, D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, M.M., Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, B.M. Most influential musical teachers: John Mack, Richard Killmer, Pamela Pecha, Robert Weiner First Season with the MSO: 1985-1986 Teaching Positions: University of Memphis, Distance Education; Southwest Tennessee Community College, Adjunct Instructor of music theory and music appreciation; Private instruction Appeared as a soloist with: Memphis Symphony Orchestra, November 2000, Copland’s /Quiet City/ with Scott Moore Notable achievements: Tennessee Arts Commission Fellowship Award, 1995-1996. This award enabled me to fund a tour to premiere commissioned works by Robert Patterson, Paul Pellay and John Elmquist MSO Community Involvement: Memphis Symphony Orchestra League Board Member and Memphis Symphony Orchestra Historian FUN FACTS! Something you do outside of the MSO: Being a Mary Kay Consultant. This is my fun business. As a member of Sara Chiego’s unit, I really enjoy interacting with a diverse group of women. We enjoy attending local meetings, special events, and seminar in Dallas where we receive wonderful training. Last year, I had the honor of performing for our National Sales Director, Pat Campbell, at her retirement dinner Favorite Memphis restaurant: Firebirds, Collettas, and Formosa Describe your family and pets: Mike, husband and Persephone, cat If you could travel anywhere, where would you go: New York to attend a Metropolitan Opera performance Favorite hobby: Knitting, gardening, and power walking Age you started your instrument: 14 What inspired you to make music your career: My love for it…couldn’t imagine doing anything else Favorite book, movie, or TV show: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (book and movie) and the Big Bang Theory Most embarrassing moment on stage: Can’t think of one, but do remember when it rained on stage during a Masterworks Concert with Alan Balter before Vincent De Frank Hall was remodeled Favorite piece of music: Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin Interesting Fact about yourself: Owner of Sublett Woodwind Repair...I repair oboes and have the Fox dealership Additional Facts: I enjoy spending time with my family 18

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Joseph Salvalaggio, principal oboe

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SOULSVILLE, USA

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OCTOBER 14 AT 4:00 PM – STAX! The Memphis Sound OCTOBER 18 AT 7:30 PM – Opus One with DJ Redeye

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Season Launch Party

and costume fashion show at the Studios 9/8

The River Project a world premiere at Playhouse 10/20–28

Nutcracker

with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra at The Orpheum 11/30–12/2

Family Matters

at Playhouse 2/22–24

Wizard of Oz

America’s fairytale ballet at The Orpheum 4/20–21

Taking Flight

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Beethoven 8 Friday, September 14, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Lindenwood Christian Church

MEI-ANN CHEN, conductor

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

I. Allegro vivace con brio

II. Allegretto scherzando

III. Tempo di menuetto

IV. Allegro vivace

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 - 1953) Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 (Classical)

I. Allegro con brio

II. Larghetto

III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro

IV. Finale: Molto vivace

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Naha Greenholtz guest concertmaster

Canadian violinist Naha Greenholtz was born in Kyoto, Japan, where she began her studies on violin at the age of three. Since debuting at age 14, her concerto appearances include engagements with the Vancouver, Madison, Quad City, Burnaby, Kelowna, National Repertory, and Vancouver Youth symphony orchestras in works ranging from Bach to Stravinsky.

A participant in many prominent music festivals, Ms. Greenholtz has been featured at venues such as Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival (Maine), the Taos School of Music (New Mexico), the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi (Italy), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), and the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall. She was recently named Artistic Director of Davenport, Iowa’s acclaimed Signature Series, a chamber music festival dedicated to bringing world class performances to the Davenport metro area.

Ms. Greenholtz has also had an active career as an orchestra musician. In addition to her duties as Concertmaster of both the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, performance highlights include guest concertmaster appearances with the Oregon Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, National Ballet of Canada, Omaha Symphony, and Memphis Symphony, among many others. She continues to perform frequently with The Cleveland Orchestra both at Severance Hall and on tour domestically and abroad, and has also been a member of the first violin section of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Greenholtz began her career as the Associate Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the New Orleans Symphony), a position she assumed at age 21.

In 2010-2011, she was the sole participant in the prestigious Concertmaster Academy at the Cleveland Institute of Music, a mentoring fellowship with William Preucil, Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra and former first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet.

Ms. Greenholtz received her Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School, where her primary teachers were Joel Smirnoff and Donald Weilerstein. Other teachers have included Andrew Dawes and Judith Ingolfsson. She performs on a 1778 Antonio Gragnani violin (“Ex- Caressa”), and a Eugene Sartory bow.

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program notes BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op.93 (1812) Today, we tend to view Beethoven’s symphonies in two groups—the bolder, more adventurous odd-numbered works, and the lighter, more conservative even-numbered pieces. Beethoven himself actually conceived of these works in odd-even pairs, performing them on the same concert—and the even numbered symphonies often suffered in comparison. The Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, with their stark differences in mood, were composed around the same time, and even premiered on the same concert (with their numbers and orders switched). Similarly, the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies were also written close together—and from the start, the Eighth was overlooked. When the work was premiered—on a program that also featured the Seventh Symphony and Wellington’s Victory—of Beethoven’s friends pointed out that the Symphony No. 8 received less applause—and Beethoven retorted, “That’s because it’s so much better!” A reviewer writing in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung(the leading music periodical) agreed that any lack of enthusiasm was due more to comparisons with Beethoven’s other symphonies than to some inherent compositional weakness: The applause that it received was not accompanied by the enthusiasm which distinguishes a work that gives universal delight. … The reviewer is of the opinion that the reason does not lie by any means in weaker or less artistic workmanship (for here as in all of Beethoven’s work of this kind there breathes that peculiar spirit by which his originality always asserts itself); but partly in the faulty judgment which permitted this symphony to follow the [Seventh in] A major. … If this symphony should be performed alone hereafter, we have no doubt of its success.

Written in the standard four-movement form, the Eighth Symphony begins with an Allegro vivace e con brio, a suitable designation for a movement that seems to flit from one big idea to the next. As Michael Steinberg writes, “Its melodies are of amazing brevity; yet, what would seem to be neutral accompaniment or cadential figures sometimes claim enormous amounts of real and psychological room.” One notable feature of the Eighth Symphony is that it has no slow movement; in the second movement, marked Allegretto scherzando, Beethoven evokes the sound of the newly invented “chronometer” (known today as the metronome), given to him by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel. Beethoven makes another substitution in the third movement, replacing his signature scherzo with the minuet used in the Classical period—the last time he ever used the courtly dance in a major work. In the concluding Allegro vivace, Beethoven revives the same density of musical ideas present in the first movement, alternating so quickly between lighthearted melody and intense orchestral tuttisthat the listener is left almost bewildered. Toward the end, Beethoven strays so far from the original key that he takes extra time at the end to reinforce his return to F Major, ending the Eighth Symphony in a way that is at once humorous and exhilarating.

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PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony Born in 1891, Sergei Prokofiev began writing music at the age of five and went on to study with Glière. He eventually attended the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he was the pupil of some of the most famous Russian composers of the time including Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov. It was at the Conservatory where Prokofiev seems to have found his impetus for his first symphony, the “Classical.” Though students at St. Petersburg were not necessarily encouraged to study music of the classical period, Prokofiev’s conducting professor, Nikolai Tcherepnin, urged his students to get to know the music of the Viennese classicists.

As Prokofiev later explained, Haydn provided the impetus for the Classical – not just his music, but also the innovative spirit with which Haydn approached his compositions. As Prokofiev later wrote in his autobiography, It seemed to me that if Haydn had lived into this era, he would have kept his own style while absorbing things from what was new in music. That’s the kind of symphony I wanted to write: a symphony in the Classical style. And when I saw that my idea was beginning to work, I called it the Classical Symphony: in the first place because it was simpler, and secondly, for the fun of it, to “tease the geese,” and in the secret hope that I would prove to be right if the symphony really did turn out to be a piece of classical music.

Prokofiev began the Classical Symphony in 1916, finishing it less than a month before the October Revolution of 1917. A few days after the work’s premiere on April 21, 1918, Prokofiev asked the People’s Commissar of Education, A. V. Lunarchsky, for permission to travel abroad. The commissar is said to have responded, “You are a revolutionary in music and we are revolutionaries in life. We ought to work together. But if you want to go to America, I shall not stand in your way.” While audiences responded positively to its New York premiere later that same year, a Musical America article in December 1918 foreshadows the difficulty Prokofiev was later to have in the United States: “In these days when peace is heralded and the world is turning from dissonance to harmony, it comes as a shock to listen to such a program. Those who do not believe that genius is evident in superabundance of noise looked in vain for a new musical message in Mr. Prokofiev’s work. Nor in the Classical Symphony, which the composer conducted, was there any cessation from the orgy of discordant sounds.”

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program notes Perhaps the Classical Symphony sounded like an “orgy of discordant sounds” to its 1918 listeners, but its nostalgic look at music history has made it a favorite of audiences ever since. The work’s lighthearted tone stands in sharp contrast to the major political events surrounding its inception. While Prokofiev follows classical procedure throughout, he girds the formal architecture with thoroughly modern sounds. Prokofiev uses eighteenth century scoring, writing the piece for strings, pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets, and timpani. The way in which he uses these instrumental resources is audibly different, however. In the opening movement—a lively Allegro in traditional sonata form—the first and second theme are suitably “classical,” but the way the themes unfold, coupled with the movement’s nuanced dynamics and rich orchestration, is less than Haydnesque. In the Larghetto that follows, the graceful, elegant opening melody sounds almost nostalgic, while the strings’ extreme register creates a sound characteristic of Prokofiev’s music. The gallant Gavotte is peppered with striking harmonies, while the brilliant Finale, marked Molto vivace, possesses an exhilarating drive.

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Rachmaninoff and Mahler Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Cannon Center Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. - GPAC MEI-ANN CHEN, conductor Gabriela Montero, piano SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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Gabriela Montero piano

Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique improvisational gifts have won her a quickly expanding audience and devoted following around the world. “I connect to my audience in a completely unique way – and they connect with me. Because improvisation is such a huge part of who I am, it is the most natural and spontaneous way I can express myself”. Today, in both recital and after performing a concerto, Gabriela often invites her audience to participate in asking for a melody for improvisations.

Ms. Montero’s engagements include acclaimed performances with the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, Rotterdam Philharmonic, WDR Sinfonieorchestre Koln. In recital she has appeared in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dresden, Hamburg, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Salzburg Festival, Koln Philharmonie, Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Istanbul International Festival, Kennedy Center and Library of Congress in Washington DC, Ravinia Festival, National Arts Centre Ottawa, Orchard Hall Tokyo and at the ‘Progetto Martha Argerich’ Festival in Lugano where she is invited annually.

It has long been a desire to take her improvisations to the next logical step of composition. Gabriela has enthusiastically embarked on this new phase of her career by composing a new work ExPatria for piano and orchestra. Her composition received its premiere performance in London and on tour in Germany with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra. In these concerts, her multi-faceted talents were featured along with her new work as Ms. Montero performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto as well as her legendary solo improvisations.

Ms. Montero’s recordings for EMI Classics comprises of one disc of music by Rachmaninov, Chopin and Liszt and a second of her deeply felt and technically brilliant improvisations.

Her EMI CD Bach and Beyond is a complete disc of improvisations on themes by Bach which topped the charts for several months. In February 2008 her follow up EMI recording of improvisations Baroque was nominated for a Grammy Award and released with great critical acclaim receiving 5 star reviews from BBC Music Magazine and Classic FM. Gabriela’s most recent recording Solatino released by EMI Classics in January, is devoted exclusively to works by Latin American composers. She selected the works of six composers, including Alberto Ginastera’s Piano Sonata No. 1 as well as her own improvisations on Latin themes.

Born in Caracas Venezuela, Gabriela gave her first public performance at the age of five.

At the age of eight she made her concerto debut with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra conducted by Jose Antonio Abreu and was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan Government to study in the USA. She currently resides in Massachusetts with her two daughters.

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Peter Rovit

guest concertmaster Peter Rovit (BM with High Distinction, Indiana University; MM, Hartt School; Professional Studies, Juilliard; DMA, SUNY at Stony Brook) was among the last students of Josef Gingold at Indiana University where he also studied Baroque violin with Stanley Ritchie. Other teachers have included Mitchell Stern, Philip Setzer, Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Kantor and Donald Weilerstein. As a chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist he has performed throughout the United States and at music festivals such as Aspen, Taos, Yellow Barn, Hot Springs, and Skaneateles. A concerto competition winner at both the Hartt School and at SUNY Stony Brook, Mr. Rovit has also performed as a soloist with the Montgomery Symphony, the Fort Smith Symphony, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony. He has been a member of the Quartet Oklahoma, Associate Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and Concertmaster of the Tuscaloosa Symphony. Mr. Rovit also loves to share his knowledge and experience with young musicians and has been on the string faculty of the University of Oklahoma, the University of Alabama, and Syracuse University.

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program notes RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Like many of his compatriots, Rachmaninoff left Russia as a result of the 1917 Revolution, moving to Europe and eventually the United States. Although he was internationally recognized as a conductor, soloist, and composer, Rachmaninoff soon decided that the first two careers would bring him greater financial stability, and composed relatively fewer pieces in the final decades of his life. Written during the summer of 1934, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is one of these works. As Brahms and Liszt had done before him, Rachmaninoff took as inspiration the main theme from the last of Niccolò Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin. In choosing this melody, Rachmaninoff placed himself in a line of great composers—and, as he also served as the Rhapsody’s first soloist during its November 1934 premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Leopold Stokowski, shrewdly aligned himself with one of history’s finest virtuoso performers.

One of the most intriguing violinists of all time, Paganini was the stuff of legends.

Contemporaries who saw him perform described his talents as unearthly, even demonic.

As composer Louis Spohr gushed after hearing him play, “He is a complete wizard, and brings tones from his violin which were never heard before from that instrument.”

Heinrich Heine described Paganini in equally supernatural terms, “waving his bow in the air, he appeared more than ever like a wizard commanding the elements.” Paganini’s renowned personal life was also the subject of much speculation, some of which was fueled by the virtuoso himself. In one particularly famous statement, Paganini describes his experiences with the opposite sex: “I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.” Some even believed that Paganini had sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his ungodly talent—and for a little attention from women, too.

This Faust-inspired myth inspired Rachmaninoff as much as Paganini’s music. Although the Rhapsody has no stated program, a few years later Rachmaninoff proposed the violinist as the subject for Mikhail Fokine’s 1939 ballet, Paganini(for which he provided the music). Elements of the Paganini legend are audible in the Rhapsody, too. In the melody from Caprice No. 24 (which appears after the introduction and first variation) Rachmaninoff heard the “Dies irae,” the well-known chant from the Requiem Mass that he used in other works, including The Isle of the Deadand Symphonic Dances. In the Rhapsody, the chant seems to symbolize the devil, while the original theme could be interpreted as Paganini. Whether or not this was Rachmaninoff’s actual intent, Paganini’s life-as-legend is easy to hear in the Rhapsody’s central contrast between lush romanticism (particularly in the well-known Variation 18, which was featured in the 1980 movie “Somewhere in Time”) and diabolical intensity.

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MAHLER Symphony No. 1 (Titan) A series of false starts marked the start of Gustav Mahler’s career as a composer. Although he knew he wanted to write music by the time he was eighteen, he decided conducting was perhaps the more prudent choice after his cantata Das Klagende Lied failed to win the Vienna Beethoven Prize. Not until 1888, when he was 27 years old, did he begin composing the work that ultimately became his first symphony. He was confident in its success: as he later wrote, “I imagined naively that it was childishly simple, that it would please immediately, and that I was going to be able to live comfortably on the royalties I would earn.”

Mahler quickly learned that winning audience approval wasn’t going to be quite so easy.

After trying in vain to have his “Symphonic Poem in Two Parts” (as it was first called) premiered in Prague, Munich, Dresden, and Leipzig, Mahler finally conducted its debut himself in November 1889 in Budapest, where he was then director of the Hungarian Opera. Critics and audience members alike were unimpressed. Mahler completely revised the piece, unveiling it four years later in Hamburg as Titan: A Tone Poem in the Form of a Symphony. By its Berlin performance in 1896, Mahler had jettisoned the program, simply calling the piece Symphony No. 1. He also excised the symphony’s original second movement, entitled “Blumine” (Flowers). Still performed today, “Blumine” often appears as a self-standing concert work, although modern performances sometimes restore it to its earlier position within the First Symphony.

In its earliest guise as a “symphonic poem,” Mahler’s work was structured in two parts— the first three movements, representing spring, daydreams, and a wedding procession, and the final two, a funeral procession and a progression to spiritual victory. When he reworked the piece as Titan, he retained the division into two parts, but added descriptive titles and extensive programs describing the metaphorical content of each movement. Why did Mahler ultimately strip away these extra-musical associations?

The work’s evolution—from Symphonic Poem, to Titan, and finally to the generic First Symphony—illustrates the myriad of attitudes towards “program music” in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The 1890s were the time of Richard Strauss’s rich tone poems Till Eulenspiegel, Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Quixote, and Ein Heldenleben, and in abandoning the idea of a program Mahler created a certain distance between himself and his colleague. At the same time, the extra-musical ideas that served as the symphony’s inspiration were very much in evidence, and Mahler struggled to resolve the contradiction. Before the Symphony’s Vienna premiere in 1900, he “leaked” a program to a critic, rejecting Titanalong with “all other titles and inscriptions, which, like all ‘programs,’ are always misinterpreted. [The composer] dislikes and discards them as ‘anti-artistic’ and ‘anti-musical.’” He ultimately proposes a schema similar to his original Symphonic Poem, saying “the real, the climactic denouement [of the First] comes only in the Second [Symphony].”

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program notes Musically, Mahler’s First Symphony holds within it the same ambivalence towards the idea of program music. As he once mused, “To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world,” and indeed, the First Symphony’s distinctive soundscape suggests a story more than it does the generic conventions the term “symphony” suggests. Mahler draws much of its musical material from his Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer), both quoting the songs—especially the first and second—and using them as thematic material in the symphony. The first movement, Langsam Schleppend (Slow and dragging), unfolds as if evoking dawn itself, weaving cuckoo calls and distant fanfares into its pastoral musical landscape. Mahler takes the movement’s principal theme from the second “Song of a Wayfarer,” “Ging heut’ Morgens übers Feld” (I Went Out This Morning Through the Fields), echoing its original connection to “spring.” A hearty Austrian Ländler, full of yodels and foot stomping, takes over in the ensuing Kräftig bewegt (Strongly moving), gradually giving way to a wistful Trio that conjures feelings of nostalgia and longing. A woodcut depicting animals carrying a hunter to his grave inspires the ironic third movement, Feierlich und gemessen (Solemnly and measured). As the centerpiece of this funeral march, Mahler famously uses the French folk song “Frère Jacques” (which he would have most likely known in the Austrian version, “Bruder Martin”), which first appears—in the minor mode—as a lugubrious double bass solo. The tawdry Viennese cabaret music that dominates the Trio adds to the sardonic mood. The final movement of the First Symphony—Stürmisch bewegt (Stormy)—begins with what Mahler originally called “the sudden outburst of a wounded heart.” After this intense, tumultuous opening, including a strident march derived from the first movement, the music gives way to a richly lyrical melody that bears traces of the omitted “Blumine.” A transformative fanfare points the way to the Symphony No. 1’s final triumphant conclusion.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Cannon Center Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. - The Magnet @ Soulsville James Lowe, conductor Booker T. Jones, organ William Bell, vocals Susan Marshall, vocals Wendy Moten, vocals

with special guest Wayne Jackson from the Memphis Horns – 2012 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award featuring Members of the Stax Music Academy Soulsville Charter School String Program Program to be announced from the stage and will include an intermission.

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James Lowe conductor

A leading conductor of Opera and Musical Theater, James Lowe will make his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut this season conducting a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Most recently Mr. Lowe served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Tony Awardwinning Broadway revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes.

Mr. Lowe was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on the Anything Goes cast album released on Ghostlight Records, which he conducted and co-produced. With members of the cast he has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, the CBS Early Show and A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Mr. Lowe was recently seen conducting performances of the Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone. He toured the United States as Music Director and Conductor of the acclaimed Cameron Mackintosh/National Theatre production of My Fair Lady, and conducted the First National Tour of Adam Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza.

Mr. Lowe has appeared in concert with Sir Elton John, conducting his own orchestrations and choral arrangements of Elton’s classic songs, as well as with singer-songwriter Randy Newman. He accompanied legendary lyricist and writer Betty Comden in a performance featuring his own arrangements of Comden and Green songs, and his arrangements of Gershwin songs have been performed by renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in recitals at Lincoln Center and Wigmore Hall.

Mr. Lowe has played in several rock, jazz, blues and country bands. He was the keyboardist, rhythm guitarist, lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Backwash for five years, recording and touring the Eastern United States. He co-produced the band’s compact disc, Goin’ to the Mall, released in 1995 on Transit Records.

Mr. Lowe holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, with additional studies at the Aspen Music School and the Aspen Opera Theater Center.

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Booker T. Jones organ

Booker is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Musicians Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and arguably the most famous Hammond B3 player in history. As leader of the legendary Booker T and the MG’s, this pillar of soul music collaborated with Otis Redding, Albert King, Eddie Floyd and Sam and Dave during his tenure at the renowned Stax Records label.

Since then, Booker has lent his trademark keyboard chops to artists as diverse as Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and produced classic albums such as Willie Nelson’s triple platinum hit “Stardust” and Bill Withers’ “Just As I Am” featuring the hit song “Ain’t No Sunshine”. Booker’s 2009 solo release on Anti Records, “Potato Hole” won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2010. Booker followed “Potato Hole” with “The Road From Memphis”, a soulful return to the classic Memphis sound recorded No Bleed Curves.pdf 1 8/29/2012 10:51:47 AM Anti Records. with Symphony The Roots and released in 2011 with

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William Bell vocals

As a native of Memphis, William Bell was dominant in the city’s rise to prominence as an international city of music in the 60’s.

He was one of the pioneers of the Stax-Volt empire. His first release came in 1961, and was the self-penned hit record “You Don’t Miss Your Water.”

Other Classics are “Any Other Way” - “Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday” - “Never Like This Before” Tribute To A King” - (Bell’s personal tribute to another Stax Legend, Otis Redding) “I Forgot To Be Your Lover” & “Born Under A Bad Sign” and his internationally acclaimed duet with Judy Clay “Private Number.”

In 1994 William Bell’s released his “Greatest Hits Vol. 1&2”. Every year William Bell finds the time to tour Europe. He remains faithful to his fans in England - Belgium - Switzerland - Austria, France, Italy & Germany.

He has also launched his new web site where he provides information on himself and other Wilbe artists. Also Sound Clips, Photos and links to sites that sell William’s CDs. Visit William at: www.williambell.com In 1999 William Bell finished a CD, with all new original self-penned songs. The CD is titled “A Portrait Is Forever” and is released on William Bell’s Wilbe Record label.

In 2003 William received the prestigious W.C. Handy Heritage Award.

William Bell’s Record label Wilbe Records’ chain of success, promises to continue with the latest CD release by Jeff Floyd “Keepin’ It Real” & “Watch me Work” as well as a new CD soon to be released by Award Winning Artist Lola !

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Susan Marshall vocals

One of the region’s finest vocalists, international recording artist Susan Marshall began her career OffBroadway as a leading soprano in the Rep-Company Light Opera of Manhattan. Shortly after moving back to Memphis in 1990 she began fronting rock-soul band The Mother Station and was signed to a record deal with EastWest / Atlantic Records. In 1994 they released their debut album “Brand New Bag” which peeked at #34 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts.

Since then, Susan’s released three critically praised solo albums—“Susan Marshall Is Honey Mouth”, “Firefly” and “Little Red”. She has performed renditions of her eclectic mix of jazz, blues and soul standards and originals with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Jazz Orchestra and is also known for her solo and duo performances in residency over the last 5 years at Itta Bena located on world famous Beale Street just above B.B. Kings.

Susan has toured all over the world as part of the Afghan Whigs as well as with Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band, which included appearances on Austin City Limits, The Late Show w/David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the BBC’s “Later…with Jools Holland.”

Her song “Better Off Alone” was recorded by American Idol’s Katherine McPhee for her 2007 self-titled debut which reached #2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart. Her songs have also been recorded by international blues divas Ana Popovic and Reba Russell to name a few.

Susan was recently elected as the first female President of Memphis’ Chapter of the Recording Academy, and is currently serving that term through 2013. Susan was also the winner of the 2003 “Premier Female Vocalist Award” given by the The Recording Academy’s Memphis Chapter. She was voted Best Local Singer in the Memphis Flyer’s “Best of Memphis 2008” issue, named “Emissary of Memphis Music” in 2009 by the Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission where her name was read into the official Congressional record on the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives by Representative Steve Cohen, and was given the “Divine Memphis Diva Award” at the 2011 Blues Ball.

Susan is also known for her studio and/or stage work with a wide range of superstars; Lucinda Williams, Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ann Peebles, North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Solomon Burke, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Earle, and Kirk Whalum to name a few. In the studio she has worked alongside legendary producers Tom Dowd, Chips Moman, Willie Mitchell, Jim Dickinson, Joe Hardy, John Hampton and husband Jeff Powell. Her studio work has garnered multiple gold and platinum record awards, as well as the distinction of having sung on five GRAMMY nominated records.

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Wendy Moten vocals

Wendy Moten has recorded three solo albums EMI Records and several singles.

With a fluid, stylish voice, the Memphis-born artist started her career with the Billboard hit ballad, Come In Out Of The Rain. Wendy’s self-titled debut EMI release also included up tempo tracks, Step By Step and Nobody But You. Wendy toured as the opening act for Michael Bolton during his North American stadium tours and was the toast of Japan when she performed sold-out concerts held at the famed Budokan, hosted by David Foster and friends.

Wendy released her second EMI album Time For Change, produced by David Foster and Michael Powell. Popular cuts included Forever Yours and Your Love Is All I Know. After receiving rave U.S. reviews, Wendy’s music became one of Japan’s and some parts of Europe as one of the best selling albums.

Wendy recorded the GRAMMY nominated single, Whatever You Imagine, for the animated film, The Pagemaster, starring Macauley Caulkin.

Alongside her solo albums, Wendy has recorded duets with Michael McDonald, No Love To Be Found; Julio Iglesias, Just Walk Away; and Peabo Bryson, My Gift Is You. She was also a featured artist on Larry Carlton’s CD, I Still Believe. One of Wendy’s most recognizable accomplishment, is her recording of the Stevie Wonder hit, All I Do which appears on Grammy-award winning saxophonist, Kirk Whalum’s CD, For You, produced

by Paul Brown.

Wendy has toured with Julio Iglesias for many years singing duets with the world-wide artist as well as with country music star, Faith Hill, Wynonna Judd ,Tim McGraw and others.

WENDY MOTEN is “THE VOICE”.

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Soulsville Symphony Orchestra In addition to rigorous academy studies, almost all students of The Soulsville Charter School (TSCS) participate in the Soulsville Symphony Orchestra. This is based on proof that musical education greatly enhances general education.

TSCS’s partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra has afforded students special opportunities, including receiving small group instruction, playing alongside the professionals on stage, and attending rehearsals and concerts. Students have performed a variety of public concerts, including concerts for the likes of former First Lady Laura Bush. Students study and learn to play violin, cello, viola, percussion, keys, and other instruments.

Stax Music Academy The Stax Music Academy serves approximately 70 high school students and 20 middle school students in its SNAP! After School and SNAP! Summer Music Experience programs, many of whom are potentially at-risk. Approximately 90 percent of the students attend via scholarships provided by the Soulsville Foundation. Students study music and vocal training, as well as music production, theory, marketing, and songwriting.

They have performed in Italy, Australia, Lincoln Center in New York City, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Berklee College of Music Performance Center in Boston, and many other venues. Since 2008, every high school senior in the Stax Music Academy SNAP! After School program has gone on to college.

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Yo-Yo Ma

Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Cannon Center

MEI-ANN CHEN, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897) Hungarian Dances

No. 1 in G Minor

No. 3 in F Major

No. 5 in G Minor

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 - 1949)

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ANTONIN Dvorˇ ák (1841 - 1904) Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 I. Allegro

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Finale: Allegro moderato

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Yo-Yo Ma cello

The many-faceted career of cellist Yo-Yo Ma is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Mr. Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras worldwide and his recital and chamber music activities. His discography includes over 75 albums, including more than 15 Grammy award winners.

Mr. Ma serves as the Artistic Director of the Silk Road Project, an organization he founded to promote the study of cultural, artistic and intellectual traditions along the ancient Silk Road trade routes. Since the Project’s inception, more than 60 works have been commissioned specifically for the Silk Road Ensemble, which tours annually. Mr. Ma also serves as the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Institute for Learning, Access and Training. His work focuses on the transformative power music can have in individuals’ lives, and on increasing the number and variety of opportunities audiences have to experience music in their communities.

The Project’s ongoing affiliation with Harvard University has made it possible to broaden and enhance educational programming. In the 2011-2012 school year, with ongoing partnerships with arts and educational organizations in New York City, it continues to expand Silk Road Connect, a multidisciplinary educational initiative for middle-school students in the city’s public schools. Developing new music is also a central undertaking of the Silk Road Project, which has been involved in commissioning and performing more than 60 new musical and multimedia works from composers and arrangers around the world.

Through his work with the Silk Road Project, as throughout his career, Yo-Yo Ma seeks to expand the cello repertoire, frequently performing lesser known music of the 20th century and commissions of new concertos and recital pieces. He has premiered works by a diverse group of composers, among them Stephen Albert, Elliott Carter, Chen Yi, Richard Danielpour, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, Peter Lieberson, Christopher Rouse, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, John Williams and Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky.

As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant, Mr. Ma is partnering with Maestro Riccardo Muti to provide collaborative musical leadership and guidance on innovative program development for The Institute for Learning, Access and Training at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and for Chicago Symphony artistic initiatives. Mr. Ma’s work focuses on the transformative power music can have in individuals’ lives, and on increasing the number and variety of opportunities audiences have to experience music in their communities. Mr. Ma and the Institute have created the Citizen Musician Initiative, a movement that calls on all musicians, music lovers, music teachers and institutions to use the art form to bridge gulfs between people and to create and inspire a sense of community. www.citizenmusician.org features stories of Citizen Musician activity across the globe.

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Yo-Yo Ma is strongly committed to educational programs that not only bring young audiences into contact with music but also allow them to participate in its creation.

While touring, he takes time whenever possible to conduct master classes as well as more informal programs for students - musicians and non-musicians alike. At the same time, he continues to develop new concert programs for family audiences, for instance, helping to inaugurate the family series at Carnegie Hall. In each of these undertakings, he works to connect music to students’ daily surroundings and activities with the goal of making music and creativity a vital part of children’s lives from an early age. He has also reached young audiences through appearances on “Arthur,” “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “Sesame Street.”

Mr. Ma was born in Paris to Chinese parents who later moved the family to New York. He began to study cello at the age of four, attended the Juilliard School and in 1976 graduated from Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, among them the 2001 National Medal of Arts, the 2006 Sonning Prize, the 2008 World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award, and the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2011 Mr. Ma was recognized as a Kennedy Center Honoree. Mr. Ma serves as a UN Messenger of Peace and as a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities. He has performed for eight American presidents, most recently at the invitation of President Obama on the occasion of the 56th Inaugural Ceremony.

Mr. Ma and his wife have two children. He plays two instruments, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius. For additional information, see www.yo-yoma.com and www.silkroadproject.org.

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Charles Morey guest concertmaster

Charles Morey was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia and began playing the violin at the age of two. Leading a diverse musical life as violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher, he frequently performs in the country’s most prestigious halls, including the Kennedy Center, Severance Hall, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the River Cities Symphony Orchestra, Seneca Chamber Orchestra, Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra, and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. In the Spring of 2009, Mr. Morey won CIM’s concerto competition, performing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no. 2. He was also a prize winner in the 2009 Annual Milhaud Performance Prize Competition.

As concertmaster, he has performed with orchestras such as the San Antonio Symphony, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Ashland Symphony, CIM Orchestra, Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra. Also a composer, in February 2011 he made his Kennedy Center debut performing his own composition, “Images,” for violin and piano. He has also performed his own set of variations on the tune “Wondrous Love” with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, with an orchestral accompaniment by Artistic Director Grant Cooper. He frequently composes pieces for student ensembles, which have been premiered by students from Cleveland School of the Arts and CODA Mountain Academy of Music. In 2005 he was a recipient of the Andrew and Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship, which culminated in a performance with the WVSO as conductor.

Mr. Morey received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he was a student of William Preucil. A recipient of the Bock scholarship, he was chosen in 2010 to study in an orchestra leadership program at the Music Academy of the West under San Diego Symphony concertmaster Jeffrey Thayer.

Mr. Morey is founder of the CODA Mountain Academy of Music, a summer music festival in Appalachia.

He is currently a member of the Rochester Philharmonic and Canton Symphony Orchestra.

Previous positions include concertmaster of the Ashland Symphony, Solon Philharmonic, and Suburban Symphony, as well as violin instructor in the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Preparatory Department. Recent honors include a collaboration with composer Augusta Read Thomas, world premiere of “Three Short Pictures for Violin and Piano” by Dolores White, and a solo performance for Bronislaw Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland.

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program notes Behind the creation of every artwork is inspiration—and as the works on this program demonstrate, inspiration takes many forms. For his beloved Hungarian Dances, Brahms drew upon his experiences as a teenaged pianist trying to make a living in Hamburg. A few decades later, Richard Strauss cast a mischievous scamp from the Middle Ages in the starring role of Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. And Antonin Dvorˇák’s Cello Concerto in B Minor may have been shaped by perhaps the most classic of artistic impulses—love.

BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms isn’t always thought of as a lighthearted composer—after all, his anxiety over Beethoven’s symphonic precedent was so extreme that it took him years to produce his first symphony. The Hungarian Dances were born of very different musical experiences, however. As a teenager, Brahms was active in the local Hamburg music scene, performing as a pianist in modest local venues (and perhaps even a few immodest locales, though the notion that he played dance music in bordellos has been generally discredited). By the time he performed his first solo concert in September 1848, however, Europe was in turmoil. Political events in their homeland led many Hungarians through Hamburg en route to the United States, and refugee musicians gave many public performances to earn money for their passage.

This was most likely the way Brahms first heard Hungarian—or “gypsy”—music. In 1853, he accompanied one of the major interpreters of this style, violinist Eduard Hoffman (known as Reményi) on a concert tour. Personally, the trip had a profound impact on his life: in Göttingen, Brahms met Joseph Joachim, who became a close friend, and in Düsseldorf, he met Robert and Clara Schumann.

Hungarian music itself had a less profound but equally lasting impact on Brahms’s musical idiom, and it is from this wellspring that the Hungarian Dances came. Brahms reportedly enjoyed improvising upon Hungarian melodies for fun and entertainment at private performances, and Clara Schumann—herself a fine pianist—took up some of these early dances at her own concerts in the 1860s. The first complete performance of what we know today as the first ten Hungarian Dances, for four-hand piano, took place in 1868 with Brahms and Clara Schumann as the soloists. Published in 1869, the pieces were immediate hits. Seizing the moment (and almost certainly with the blessing of his publisher, Fritz Simrock, who essentially made his fortune on the works), Brahms arranged the dances for solo piano in 1872 and orchestrated three the following year (Nos. 1, 3, and 10). In order to capitalize on the works’ success, Simrock persuaded Brahms to compose even more dances, and asked other composers to create orchestral arrangements.

In 1880, Simrock published eleven more dances—and riding on the success of his own Slavonic Dances, Dvorˇák orchestrated the last four. Not only are the Hungarian Dances 50

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among the most beloved of Brahms’s works, they were by far the most lucrative for the composer.

As Malcolm McDonald writes of the Hungarian Dances, “Brahms takes full advantage of the rhythmic freedom, the opportunities for cross-rhythms and rubato, the popular melodic style and exotically inflected cadences that the [Hungarian] idiom offered.”

The first and third dances, which Brahms orchestrated, are based on tunes by known Hungarian composers. No. 1, in the key of G minor, alternates between a sensuous, swaying melody (likely Ferenc Sárkozi’s “Isteni Csárdas”) and a lively dance with sparkling woodwinds adding brilliant accents. The melody in the third dance is taken from a wedding dance by Rizner. With a stately pair of oboes setting the tone, it is relatively sedate and dignified in comparison. Orchestrated by Martin Schmeling (whose main legacy may well be his orchestrations of several of the dances), Hungarian Dance No. 5 is perhaps the most recognizable.

R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Till Eulenspiegel’s lustige Streiche Although Richard Strauss lived until 1949, his music highlights one of the major debates of the nineteenth century: between “absolute” music, or music with no extra-music connections, and program music, or music based on non-musical ideas. While Johannes Brahms is often held as a symbol of the former, Richard Strauss became increasingly associated with the latter. Perhaps the best illustrations of this allegiance are his tone poems, his series of single-movement symphonic works based on a story or idea. Abandoning traditional musical forms seemed natural to Strauss. As he wrote to his mentor Hans von Bülow after writing Don Juan and Macbeth, “To create a correspondingly new form for every subject, to shape which neatly and perfectly, is a very difficult task, but for that very reason the more attractive.”

Despite his allegiance to “correspondingly new forms,” Strauss manages to do something equally brilliant in many of his compositions: merging unique ideas with preexisting musical structures. Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks is an excellent example of this achievement. Completed in May of 1895 and published in September—two months before its first performance—Till Eulenspiegel is actually a rondo, generally fast and sprightly with lots of repeating motives. The form fits the tone poem’s subject well.

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program notes to the old saying, “One sees one’s own faults no more clearly than an owl sees its own ugliness in a looking glass.” Through his practical jokes and trickery, Till points out the hypocrisy of others. (The real Till may not have been quite so lighthearted. The earliest account of Till Eulenspiegel, published around 1510, depicts him as a living cautionary tale—a demonic figure whose misdeeds served as a warning to good Christians.

Did Strauss see Till as a corrupting force? A glimpse of the title page—on which Strauss wrote the direction, “after the manner of an old-style rogue”—immediately suggests otherwise. The tone poem begins with a gentle melody that is often described as a musical version of “Once upon a time.” The French horn sounds the slightly off-kilter, energetic theme associated with Till himself—and his adventures ensue. Till races through a marketplace upsetting baskets, clothes himself in religious garb and gives a blasphemous speech, flirts with ladies, and presents himself as a scholar disseminating false information. While he pays for his misdeeds on the gallows, even execution can’t silence the roguish hero.

Contemporary listeners didn’t know quite how to react to Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. In 1900, a critic for the Musical Record of Boston wrote, “No gentleman would have written that thing. It is positively scurrilous. There are places for such music, but surely not before miscellaneous assemblages of ladies and gentlemen.” For French composer Claude Debussy, the work was like “an hour of music in an asylum ... You do not know whether to roar with laughter or with pain and you wonder at finding things in their customary places.” Debussy goes on to express sentiments closer to our modern assessment of Till Eulenspiegel: “But in spite of all this, there is genius in certain aspects of the work, notably in the amazing sureness of the orchestration and in that frenzied movement which sweeps us on from beginning to end, making us live through all the hero’s adventures.”

Dvorˇ ák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 When Antonin Dvorˇák came to New York City in 1892 to become the Director of the National Conservatory of Music, he became good friends with Victor Herbert, the school’s cello professor, and worked with him on several projects and performances. Herbert later left the school to do more performing, conduct the Regimental Band of the New York National Guard, and finish composing his second Cello Concerto for the New York Philharmonic. Dvorˇák attended the work’s premiere in 1894, and went backstage to congratulate his friend. Within two years, in March 1896, Dvorˇák led the London Philharmonic in the debut of his own Cello Concerto, with cellist Leo Stern as soloist.

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Was it the spirit of competition that spurred Dvorˇák to compose a cello concerto? More likely, Herbert’s work had jogged his memory: thirty years earlier, Dvorˇák had begun a cello concerto at the request of Czech cellist Hanus Wihan, but had set it aside. Now thousands of miles away, Dvorˇák began writing anew—expressing his longing for his homeland and according to some, his desire for his sister-in-law, Josefina Kaunitzova, his first love interest and possibly the greatest love of his life. From the start of the work, its drama is clear. After a lengthy orchestral introduction, the soloist enters—but with a statement that itself sounds like an introduction, or even a cadenza. When Dvorˇák was composing the Adagio that follows, he reportedly received a letter from Josefina in which she shared that her health was deteriorating. The stormy episode that erupts in the middle of the movement—and then gives way to a quotation from her favorite of his songs (Leave me alone in my fond dream)—is often said to mirror his reaction to the news. After completing the energetic rondo with which the concerto ends, Dvorˇák returned home— and shortly thereafter, Josefina passed away. Just before the concerto’s end, Dvorˇák inserted a short, exquisitely lyrical passage in memoriam, quoting her favorite song once again in the violin.

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Mei-Ann Chen music director One of the most dynamic young conductors in America, MeiAnn Chen is currently in her third year as Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. She is also beginning her second season as Music Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta.

During this time, the impact of her energy, enthusiasm and high level of music-making has been felt by both of these orchestras, their audiences and entire communities, as well.

The League of American Orchestras recognized this fact by choosing her for the prestigious Helen M. Thompson Award at their 2012 national conference in Dallas.

Among Ms. Chen’s upcoming highlights are debuts on the Chicago Symphony subscription series, the San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year Celebration, North Carolina Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the São Paulo Symphony in Brazil, and the Tampere Philharmonic in Finland. Among last season’s debuts were the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Aspen Music Festival, and the symphonies of Jacksonville, Naples and Sarasota.

In great demand as a guest conductor, Mei-Ann Chen recently stepped in on short notice for her very well-received subscription concert debut with the Cincinnati Symphony. She has been engaged by the Cincinnati Symphony for this season as well. Ms. Chen has also appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic and the symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus, Edmonton (Canada), Florida, Fort Worth, Nashville, National (Washington, DC), Oregon, Pacific, Pasadena, Phoenix, Seattle and Toronto. Worldwide engagements include all the principal Danish orchestras, BBC Scottish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Graz Symphony, National Symphony of Mexico, Norrlands Opera Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Trondheim Symphony.

Festival appearances include Grand Teton, Wintergreen, Chautauqua Institute and the Texas Music Festival in Houston.

The first woman to win the Malko Competition (2005), Ms. Chen has served as Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta, Baltimore and Oregon symphonies. The positions in Atlanta and Baltimore were sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. Recipient of the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has appeared jointly with Marin Alsop and Stefan Sanderling in highly acclaimed subscription concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Florida Orchestra.

In 2002, Ms. Chen was unanimously selected as Music Director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic in Oregon, the oldest of its kind and the model for many of the youth orchestras in the United States.

During her five-year tenure with the orchestra, she led its sold-out debut in Carnegie Hall, received an ASCAP award for innovative programming, and developed new and unique musicianship programs for the orchestra’s members. She was honored with a Sunburst Award from Young Audiences for her contribution to music education.

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the United States since 1989. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, where she was a student of Kenneth Kiesler. Prior to that, she was the first student in New England Conservatory’s history to receive master’s degrees, simultaneously, in both violin and conducting. Ms. Chen also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. and the American Academy of Conducting in Aspen.

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2012 | 2013 SEASON

Student Tickets $5 First Tennessee Masterworks, Pops and Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents!* Beethoven 8 September 14

Rachmaninoff and Mahler September 22 & 23

STAX! The Memphis Sound GABRIELA MONTERO, PIANO SEPTEMBER 22 & 23

October 13

Shostakovich 5 November 17 & 18

Home for the Holidays December 8 – Two performances: 2:30 & 7:30 PM

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Innovation: Beethoven & Bernstein STAX! THE MEMPHIS SOUND OCTOBER 13

January 12 & 13

Bach and Mozart January 18

A Memphis Gospel Celebration February 16

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FEELIN’ GROOVY: THE MUSIC OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL MARCH 9

Feelin’ Groovy: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel March 9

Tchaikovsky 5 March 16 & 17

If Bach Were A Beekeeper March 22

From Gandolfi to Memphis April 13 & 14

Porgy & Bess ANTHONY McGILL, CLARINET APRIL 13 & 14

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Marisa Polesky, Assistant Principal Barrie Cooper, Assistant Principal Diane Zelickman Laurie Pyatt* Wen-Yih Yu Jessica Munson Greg Morris Long Long Kang

Bass Scott Best, Principal Christopher Butler, Assistant Principal Sean O’Hara Andrew Palmer Timothy Weddle David Troupe* Jeremy Upton Sara Chiego

Violin II Gaylon Patterson, Acting Principal

Flute Karen Busler, Principal

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Heather Trussell, Acting Assistant Principal Erin Kaste Christine Palmer Ann Spurbeck Lenore McIntyre Viola Jennifer Puckett, Principal The Corinne Falls Murrah Chair

Michelle Pellay-Walker, Assistant Principal Marshall Fine, Assistant Principal Irene Wade Michael Barar Karen Casey Kent Overturf Beth Luscombe Cello Ruth Valente Burgess, Principal The Vincent de Frank Chair

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Todd Skitch Chris James Sarah Beth Hanson* Piccolo Chris James Sarah Beth Hanson* Oboe Joseph Salvalaggio, Principal Saundra D’Amato Shelly Sublett, Assistant Principal English Horn Shelly Sublett Clarinet Andre Dyachenko, Principal Rena Feller Nobuko Igarashi Bass Clarinet Nobuko Igarashi

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Bassoon Susanna Whitney, Acting Principal Jennifer Rhodes* Michael Scott Christopher Piecuch

Bass Trombone Mark Vail

Contrabassoon Christopher Piecuch

Timpani Frank Shaffer, Principal

Horn Samuel Compton, Principal

Percussion David Carlisle, Principal Ed Murray, Assistant Principal

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra governance & staff Board of Directors

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Arthur N. Seessel III Interim Executive Director Memphis Symphony Orchestra Louis Jehl Chair Elect Diversified Trust Louise Barden Secretary First Tennessee Bank Lowry Howell Treasurer Southeastern Asset Management Paul A. Bert Immediate Past Chair Retired Corporate Executive Board Paul Berz Retired Corporate Executive Ritche Manley Bowden Arts Advocate Dr. Karen Bowyer Dyersburg State Community College Austin Byrd Darrell Cobbins Universal Commercial Real Estate Nancy Hughes Coe Dominion Partners Private Wealth Management 60

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Arthur N. Seessel III Interim Executive Director

Joseph Nelson Soulsville Project Manager

Accountability Anita McLean Chief Financial Officer

Artistic Engagement Brandon Knisley Vice President of Artistic Engagement

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Memphis Symphony League Board of Directors Mary Lawrence Flinn, President Priscilla Alexander Honey Cannon Scottie Cobb Jeanette Cooley Jean de Frank Billie Jean Graham

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Letter from the League President As we begin the 2012-2013 season, we in the Memphis Symphony League invite you to join us and share our passion - supporting the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

This 60th season will be The Memphis Story, and it is hard to miss the excitement in the air.

Wonderful music is headed our way for patrons and all in our city, because our musicians are everywhere in the community mentoring, teaching, and sharing music. We support those efforts by volunteering our time and talents as needed. You could be a part of that too.

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Symphony Fund 2012-2013 As a community-supported organization committed to Memphis, the MSO depends more than ever before on the generosity of donors who make it possible for us to make meaningful experiences through music. We are pleased to offer the following benefits in response to your support: Maestro’s Partners $10,000 and above (Fair Market Value is $350) Maestro’s Partners welcomes annual donors of $10,000 and above. In recognition of their support, donors receive unprecedented opportunity to engage with the MSO through personalized events.

For more information, please call Nicki Inman, Vice President of Patron Engagement at 537-2519.

Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999 (Fair Market Value is $295) Invitation to join Maestro Mei-Ann Chen and the orchestra on-stage for a First Tennessee Masterworks or Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents rehearsal Personalized concierge ticket services (with waiver of service fees) Plus all below Patron $2,500 - $4,999 (Fair Market Value is $220) Invitation to MSO Annual Review meeting Invitation to the annual Season Preview Party Plus all below Golden Circle $1,000 - $2,499 (Fair Market Value is $200) Admission to the donors-only Golden Circle Room, during intermission, at First Tennessee Masterworks and Pops concerts Seven passes for free parking at the Cook Convention Center, good for First Tennessee Masterworks or Pops concerts Plus all below MSO Associates Associate $600 - $999 (Fair Market Value is $80) Opportunity to purchase tickets in advance Plus all below Member $300 - $599 (Fair Market Value is $60) Invitation to MSO open rehearsals Plus all below Friend $100 - $299 (Fair Market Value is $40) Backstage tour of the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Two tickets to Contributor Recognition Night Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in all volumes published during the season Supporter Up to $99 (Full Market Value) Acknowledgment in Experience, the MSO concert magazine, in one volume published during the season Consider a gift to the Symphony Fund today! To donate, visit the MSO office, go online to www.MemphisSymphony.org, call (901) 537-2525 or mail to 585 S. Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117 66

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Contributions Symphony Fund 2011-2012 Thank you! Individuals, corporations, foundations, ArtsMemphis, the Tennessee Arts Commission and others make annual contributions to support our Symphony. Because the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, like orchestras throughout the country, obtains less than 30% of our income from ticket sales, these gifts and grants are crucial to our ability to provide music of the highest quality. The following community members have expressed their support for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra between July 1, 2011 and August 1, 2012. We are most appreciative.

Virtuoso - ($100,000+) Anonymous (2) Arts Memphis Impresario - ($50,000 - $99,999) Paul & Linnea Bert The Estate of Billy J. Christian Jeniam Foundation The Estate of Jean C. Mosow Visionary - ($25,000 - $49,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. George E. Cates Scott & Carolyn Heppel Wil & Sally Hergenrader Gayle S. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Smith Joy & Russel Wiener Pacesetter - ($15,000 - $24,999) Anonymous Phyllis & Paul Berz Scheidt & Hohenberg Charity Trust Families Buzzy Hussey & Hal Brunt Kim & Bryan Jordan Marion & James McClure Susan & Robert J. Quinn Mrs. Thomas N. Stern Ann & Jim Vining Sustainer - ($10,000 - $14,999) Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bruns Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Craddock Michael J. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Engelberg Mary Lee & Peter Formanek Sylvia G. Marks Andrew R. & Anne H. McCarroll Phillip & Mabel McNeill Estelle & John Sheahan Craig Simrell & Mark Greganti Bonnie & Chapman Smith Lynne & Henry Turley Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Weller For Tickets 901-537-2525

Benefactor - ($5,000 - $9,999) Anonymous William & Louise Barden David & Betty Blaylock Mr. & Mrs. Marion S. Boyd, Jr. Phyllis Brannon Andrew Clarkson Nancy & Chuck Coe Mike & Carolyn Edwards Robin Lauren & Peter Hale Formanek Advised Fund Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer & Mr. Ellis Delin Larry J. Hardy Lowry Howell Lisa & Louis Jehl Hamilton Eye Institute Dorothy O. Kirsch J. W. & Emily McAllister Carol W. Prentiss Mrs. Alice J. Rawlins Burnett Schadt Foundation, Inc. Charles & Nino Shipp Mr. John C. Speer Michael & Andie Uiberall Watkins Uiberall Jack & Cristina Ward Patron - ($2,500 - $4,999) Allied Pest Control, Inc Jack & Kathleen Blair Scott E. Bohon Phillip Bowden & Ritche Manley Bowden Ms. Mei-Ann Chen Harriett & Hilliard Crews Liz & Glenn Crosby Mark Crosby Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Farrell Calhoun, Inc. Ryan Fleur & Laura Banchero Martha & Robert Fogelman and Bradley & Robert Fogelman Kathy & J. W. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Goodman Pam & Steve Guinn Dr. & Mrs. Masanori Igarashi Ellen Cooper Klyce Mr. Edwin Koshland III

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Contributions Joanna & Josh Lipman Dr. & Mrs. Dan Meadows Mark & Suzanne Medford Morgan Stanley Ron & Jessica Morris Sadie & C.J. Pickering Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Powell CAPT & Mrs. Robert R. Proctor, USN (Ret.) Mrs. Charles E. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Weintraub Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Wurtzburger Golden Circle - ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous (4) Ben & Kathy Adams Peter & Fran Addicott Ms. Anita Allison Kay Farrish & Roger Arango Pamela & Esmond Arrindell Charles S. & Stephanie Baer Richard W. Barnes & Peter R. Pauciello Carol & Bert Barnett Sharon Barnett-Myers Neal & Joey Beckford Dot & Stanley Bilsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Bodine, Jr. The Honorable Joseph Boeckmann, Jr. Carmen C. Bond Dr. Karen A. Bowyer Martha & James Boyd Charles R. & Ronell C. Brindell Lillian Hammond Brown Austin Byrd Canale Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cannon Karen M. Carlisle Jeanne Gray Carr Robert & Jenny Carter Dan & Rhonda Causie Dr. Fenwick W. Chappell Dr. Nancy A. Chase, M.D. Gloria & Irvine Cherry Memphis Symphony Chorus Board of Directors Mikki & Darrell Cobbins Seandria Cobbins Colonial Middle School Ms. Jeanette S. Cooley Bill & Foy Coolidge Robert & Kim Cox Mr. & Mrs. David Crippen Jill & Joe Crocker Elaine & Loren Crown Dr. & Mrs. Ray E. Curle 68

Barbara A. Denley Saryn Doucette M.D. Mrs. Bryan M. Eagle Susan & David Ellison Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro Ms. Kathy Fish Fred & Mary Lawrence Flinn Barbara & Hiram Fry Allison Garrott Mr. & Mrs. James S. Gilliland Ms. Katie Smythe Gould Martha & Jerrold Graber Billie Jean Graham Phyllis Guenter Sarah Haizlip Judith & John Hansen Mrs. James E. Harwood III Ann & O. Mason Hawkins Mrs. June Hildebrand Sigmund Hiller David O. Hill & Elisabeth Hills Lunida & Lewis Holland Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Howell, Jr. Greg & Trina Huelsman Terri & Don Hutson Barbara Hyde Brian & Nicki Inman Dr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson Ms. Rose M. Johnston Dr. Edward S. & Linda S. Kaplan Sue Kaplan Edith Kelly-Green Dale V. Kelman Delores Kinsolving Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Kirkland, Jr. Knapp Foundation Bruce & Susanne Landau Mr. & Mrs. George Lapides Dr. Peter G. & Susan J. Law LeMay+Lang Daniel Lewis Suzana & Michael Lightman, Jr. Aron Livnah & Rose Merry Brown Al & Janet Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Jerome B. Makowsky B. Lee & Susan Mallory Jerry & Elizabeth Marshall William D. & Marcia B. Mathis III Martha Ellen Maxwell Ashley Mayfield Sandra H. Mays Mr. & Mrs. Alexander D. McLean Mary McDaniel www.MemphisSymphony.org

Mr. & Mrs. Michael McDonnell Anita & Don McClean Linda McNeil Jean & Michael McSwain Dr. Lisa & Dr. Maurice I. Mendel Nancy & Rodgers Menzies Pam & Fred Montesi

Snow & Henry Morgan Brooke Morrow Christine B. Munson Zoe & Alan Nadel Gloria P. Nobles Dr. Frank & Mrs. Sarah Ognibene Sally Pace

MEI-ANN’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends is a women’s philanthropic giving circle honoring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, Mei-Ann Chen, whose artistic vision is reshaping the city’s cultural center. This critical group of diverse community investors is called to be stakeholders who support and steward her vision as a creative catalyst for innovation through the performing arts. Most importantly, Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends welcomes new members, as its ultimate mission is to be an instrument of inclusion.

Ritche Bowden, co-chair Mary McDaniel, co-chair Becky Wilson, co-chair Jean Abraham Anita Allison Belinda Anderson Pam Arrindell Louise Barden Sharon Barnett-Myers Joey Beckford Phyllis Berz Kathy Blair Peggy Bodine Carmen Crane Bond Dr. Marcia Bowden Martha Boyd Sonji Branch Ronell Brindell Ruby Bright Lillian Brown Rose Merry Brown Marian Bruns Alice Burnett Kitty Cannon Karen Carlisle Jeanne Gray Carr Jenny Carter Dr. Nancy Chase Dorothy Cleaves Mikki Cobbins

Nancy Coe Jeanette Cooley Kim Cox Deborah Craddock Jill Crocker Elaine Crown Dr. Saryn Doucette Joy Doss Mary Ann Eagle Marsha Evans Kathy Fish Mary Lawrence Flinn Mary Lee Formanek Allison Garrott Billie Jean Graham Sarah Haizlip Cynthia Ham Ann Hawkins Carolyn Heppel Trina Huelsman Buzzy Hussey Barbara Hyde Nicki Inman Rose Johnston Dale Kelman Edith Kelly-Green Delores Kinsolving Dorothy Kirsch Ellen Klyce Suzanne Landau Florence Leffler Suzana Lightman Joanna Lipman

Sponsorships: Baptist Mem Health Care Fd. Blue Cross Blue Shield TN Gerber/Taylor

Gretchen McLennon Bickie McDonnell Linda McNeil Mabel McNeill Lisa Chow Mallory Suzy Mallory Ashley Mayfield Suzanne Medford Nancy Menzies Snow Morgan Brooke Morrow Christine Munson Jenny Nevels Gloria Nobles Sarah Carpenter Ognibene Sally Pace Tommie Pardue Barbara Perkins Carol Prentiss Mary Alice Quinn Susan Quinn Dr. Sandra Reed Ellen Rolfes Gayle Rose Diane Rudner Lila Saunders Honey Scheidt Janet Seessel Rachel Shankman Lynda Mead Shea Alisa Smallwood Bonnie Smith

Hyde Foundation Paragon Bank Phyllis Berz

Maxine Smith Rita Sparks Susan Springfield Nancye Starnes Helga Stengel Anne Stokes Margaret Tabor Mary Tate-Smith Ashley Tobias Anne Townsend Bridget Trenary Lynne Turley Lura Turner Andie Uiberall Jeanne Varnell Anita Vaughn Kimmie Vaulx Ann Vining Stacie Waddell Ann Marie Wallace Jane Walters Cassandra Webster Becky West Sharon Wheeler Joy Wiener Dr. Ethelyn WilliamsNeal Julia Williams Tracey Williams Barbara Williamson Oneida Wittichen Jocelyn Wurzburg Jan Young Ritche Bowden Deborah Craddock Ellen Klyce Gayle Rose

For more information please contact Ellen Rolfes at the Memphis Symphony: 901.537.2526

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Contributions Tommie Pardue Marianne Parrs Robert G. Patterson, Jr. & Patricia Gray Clint & Esther Pearson Mrs. Barbara J. Perkins Arnold & Mary Lynn Perl Elisabeth & Lewis Perry Chloee & Dan Poag Dr. Anca Pop Mary Alice Quinn Dr. Sandra Reed Dr. & Mrs. Brown Robertson Carol Lee & Joe Royer Diane Rudner Jocelyn & William Rudner Dr. Craig & Mrs. Andrea Sander Jeff Sanford & Cynthia Ham Lila Saunders Dr. Charles A. & Mrs. Sharen Schulz Mary M. Seratt Patricia & John Seubert John & Lynda Mead Shea William W. Siler Ron & Linda Sklar Alisa & Arwin Smallwood Bruce R. & Jane Scharding Smedley Rita Sparks Susan L. Springfield Nancye Starnes Eugene & Helga Stengel Anne & John Stokes Owen & Margaret Tabor Mary E. Tate-Smith The Rose & Walter Montgomery Foundation Paul G. Thomas Ashley & Todd Tobias Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Trenary Mr. & Mrs. Corey B. Trotz Steve & Lura Turner Dr. Eugene A. Vaccaro Family Ms. Susan Van Dyck & Dr. James Newcomb Mr. & Mrs. William M. Vaughan, Jr. Mike & Gay Veazey Williams Mr. & Mrs. David S. Waddell Patricia & Charles Walker James L. Waller Dr. Jane Walters Graham Warr Dr. & Mrs. Otis S. Warr III Frank & Houston Watson Anneliese & William Watts Mrs. Cassandra H. Webster Martha & Lee Wesson 70

Becky West Barry White & Dr. Janice Garrison Julia G. Williams Ms. Tracey Williams Dr. Ethelyn Williams-Neal Barbara Williamson Becky Webb Wilson Oneida Wittichen Jocelyn Wurzburg Jan Young Associate - ($600 - $999) Ms. Carol Beachey & Mr. Donald Voth Nancy E. Bogatin Walter Brown Joanne & George Buzard Gary Carlson Sara G. Folis Dot & Luther Gause Emily & Jerry Gay Jim & Harriett Gillis John Gilmer & Catherine Willner Susan Kingston Father Albert Kirk Janie & Martin Kocman Barry Kuhn Ramona & Harry Mahood Shirley W. McRae Mr. & Mrs. J. A. O’Neill, Jr. Johnny & Kim Pitts Mrs. Emily Ruch John Pickens & Suzanne Satterfield Jenny & Graham Smith Robert Vidulich & Diane Sachs Don B. Vollman Julia Wilkins Berje & Kathy Wade-Yacoubian Member - ($300 - $599) Anonymous Dot Arata Mary & Allen Battle Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Belz Eugene Bernstein Denise & Scott Borton Jerry Bowman Gregory Buckley & Susan Berry-Buckley Reggi & Sharon Burch Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burgar Lewis Donelson Dr. Michael R. Drompp Gerry & Charles Duff Betty Jo & William P. Dulaney www.MemphisSymphony.org

Joseph & Anne Fisher Dr. Phillip George Mr. Charles K. Gilder Mary Gill Diane Greenhill Robert Hanusovsky Janet D. Held Judith & Howard Hicks Bill & Marian Himmelreich Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr. Dr. G. Leon Howell Joanna Hwang Susan & Frank Inman Paul Tudor Jones William B. Keiser, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Kirkscey Ms. Yoriko Kitai Marti & Mike Laslavic Lucy Lee Mrs. Esther K. Lubin Jennifer Lyons Frank & Mary Markus Nancy Masterson Ethel T. Maxwell Richard McStay Simone & Logan Meeks Ed & Anne Motley Cecile & Frederick Nowak Max B. Ostner, Jr. Bob Owens Nancy M. Penisten Dr. William S. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Neil Ringel Marco & Cynthia Ross Sandy & Beth Schaeffer Marcia Schlesinger Bonnie & Bill Siler Fred & Joan Stephenson Leslie Stratton Ryals & Gwendolyn Thomas Keith & Anne Townsend Mariet & Sam Rogers Joan & James Vogel Dr. William W. Walker & Ms. Mary L. Belenchia Lee & Mary Wardlaw Jules & Betty Weiss Stewart Wingate Mary Jane & Herman Wolfe, AIA Jerry Wolfe Mr. Winston Wolfe Dr. George R. Woodbury & Dr. Cathy M. Chapman Nick & Charlotte Woodward Mr. & Mrs. William M. Yandell III For Tickets 901-537-2525

Friend - ($100 - $299) Anonymous Larry Adler Gwendolyn & John Ahlemann Harriet Alperin Frank Anthony Mrs. Eleanor Appling Genni Arledge Dr. & Mrs. Philip Aronoff Sue & Wesley Atwood Clayton Baker William Baker Dr. & Mrs. George I. Balas Sue & A.E. Balkin Mary Nell & Pervis Ballew David & Debbie Balling Rosemary Banta Robert Bartolotta & Ellen Hutchinson-Bartolotta Mrs. Frank Barton, Jr. Patricia Barton John & Wanda Barzizza Mr. Herbert Battle Becky Bayless Dr. & Mrs. Tom Beasley Ernest & Georgia Bell Dr. & Mrs. Michael P. Berry Dr. Harry Berryman Dr. & Mrs. H. Delano Black Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blackburn Allen & Mary Blair Sam Blair Emilie Blanchard Clark & Yolanda Blatteis Dr. & Mrs. Gene Boeckman Lois E. Bohon Scott Bojko Modine & Lee Bolen Jan & John Boudreaux Dr. & Mrs. Allen Street Boyd Jennifer Brady David Brown Judy & Charles Burkett Raymond Butts Eleanor & Gerald Byrne Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Califf Ricardo Callender Cham & Hazel Canon Ruby Chittenden Carol & David Ciscel Dorothy Cleaves Brian Clement Allen E. Cohen Alan K. Cole

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Contributions James P. Cole Samuel & Jenny Compton Anne Connell Tim Cook David Cooper Alice & Jack J. Craddock Mr. & Mrs. William S. Craddock Mrs. Laura J. Crane Robert K. Crane Brad Crawford Michelle Cronk Susanna & Daniel Cullen Dale & Gina Cunningham Leslie Daniel Fred Davis Diane & Joe Davis Steve Davis Phili & Terry Deboo Kathryn Deshpande & Jon Katze Drs. Robert & Heather Donato Joe & Martha Dooley George Douglas Jed Dreifus Regina Duberstein John & Alice Dudas Delories Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Duncan Mrs. Ruth Edmonds Patti & Lew Ellis Karen English Richard Ennis Lillian & Thomas Ernst Dorothy Evans Edward & Gloria Felsenthal Fredrika & Joel Felt Helen Ferguson James & Sue Ferguson Donna Fisher Tanya Fitts Jackie & David Flaum Molitor Ford Turner Foster Ms. Kathie Fox Desi Franklin Ms. Barbara A. Frederick Dr. Jerre Freeman Caroline Fruchtman Kathleen C. Gardner Ana & Mark Gardner Bill & Jeannine Gaudet Frank & Anne Gianotti Mr. & Mrs. James D. Gibson John Gibson 72

Marsh & Ann Gibson Paul & Mary Evelyn Goodwin Capt. & Mrs. James P. Googe, Jr. Arthur Graesser Betty Tully Graves Rita Mercille Green Lyndal Grieb Gerard & Alessandra Grosveld Bela & Nan Hackman Mr. Reb Haizlip Clarence & Harriett Halmon William Haltom Doug Hamik Robert Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. O. Brewster Harrington Jeffery & Cathy Harris Thomas Harrison III Albert C. Harvey, Jr. Geraldine Haspel Diane Hawks Dr. Jean S. Hayden Mr. Jerry Hearn Emil Henry Ms. Jane Hester Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hillis Sara M. Holmes Bobby & Eva Hussey Mr. & Mrs. Antonino Incardona Ann Indingaro Bertha Means & Michael Jacewicz Larry & Diane Jackson Mr. & Mrs. James B. Jalenak Anita James David & Ann James Dr. & Mrs. Russell James Harriette Jenkins Mr. David Jennings Mickey Johnson Mr. Jeff Johnston Nancy Lou & Mott Jones John & Anne Jones Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Jones Warren & Betty Lu Kathy Junkin Tom & Anne Marie Kadien Helen & J.D. Kelly Charlotte King Nadine King Jon Knight Nancy & Brian Kuhn Michael & Diane Kuhn Kitty & Howard Lammons Ms. Patsy Lane www.MemphisSymphony.org

Frank M. Langford, Jr. Ms. Demetra Lawrence Gumersindo & Marianne Leal Suzanne Lease & Michael Watts Mr. Shelby R. Lee III Sandra Leftwich Kristin Lensch & Tim Huebner Tom & Celesta Letchworth Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Levinson Jean & Melvyn Levitch Pamela & Robert Levy Leticia Lindsey Mrs. Molly Lockwood William Payson & Melissa Luck Chris Luhrs Jose & Nancy Magallanes Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Mallory Charles & May Lynn Mansbach Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Marks Shannon G. Matta, Ph.D. Mrs. Eloise Mays Michael McCanless Peggy & Don McClure, Jr. Sandra & Lynn McCorry Mr. & Mrs. James W. McDonnell, Jr. Mary Ellen & Phillip McDow Martha & I. W. “Dan” McGuire Mary Allie & Denton McLellan Barbara & George McMahon Sylvia & Ron McSwain Gale Medley T. Medlin Diane Meess Dr. & Mrs. Lee Milford, Jr. Phoebe & Dan Miller Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mirvis Mrs. Houston Niller Moore Ms. Patricia T. Moran Gregory Morrell George Morris Dr. R. J. & Susan Moskop, Jr. Mrs. Sue Myers Alan’s Carpetland Dr. Robert Neimeyer & Ms. Kathryn E. Story Stephen & Mary Nelson Drs. Thomas J. & Monika Nenon Julie & William Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. Greg Nomland Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Notowich Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Oates Adrienne Oeding David Ogdon Wilson Orr For Tickets 901-537-2525

Jason & Rita Ortiz Norma Davis Owen & Penn Owen Jr. Christopher A. Owens Mr. Ernest Owens Joy Ozbirn Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Parker Roylyn & Bill Parks Richard Patterson Eugene Pearlman Dana Sue Percer O.C. Pleasant, Jr. Maryanna Popper Ms. Prak Peter A. Pranica Mr. & Mrs. Julian Prewitt Brenda & Robert Rachor Karen & James Ralston Lynn Rawlings Nancy Reed Betsy Reeder Mrs. & Mr. Geraldine Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Ringold Mr. Luther L. Robinson III Dr. & Mrs. E. William Rosenberg Tom & Elena Ross Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Ross Barbara Rubenstein Thelma Rudd Melanie Runyon Amy & William Ryan Bev & Ken Sakauye Barbara J. Sax Joseph & Mary Scheuner Doug Schrank Mike Schwartz J. Allen Scoggin Christopher Seaton Roy & Cyndy Shepherd Beth Simpson Kenneth & Mary Sipley John H. Sligh Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Smith Cecil Smith Charles Smith Ritchie & Patti Smith Marshall & Maida Smith John Snowden Trish & Richard R. Spore III Sheri L. Spunt, M.D. Shirley St. Hilaire Charles & Mary Stagg Terry Starr Jill & Kenneth Steinberg

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Contributions Betty & Vaughn Stimbert Fred & Shirley Stinson David & Alicia Stires Harriett Surprise Denise Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Parrish Taylor The Womans Exchange of Memphis, Inc Doris Thomas Hill John J. Thomason, Esq. Dr. & Mrs. Steve Tower Patricia Wilson Tripp Mike Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. Simon Wadsworth Drs. Anni B. Walker & William S. Walker Sonia Walker Mr. Edward Wallace Evelyn Walpole Gerald & Julie Walton Shihung & Chingfun Wang Matilda Washington Patrick & Vicki Washington Susan S. Webb Judge & Mrs. Bernie Weinman Ira & Deborah Weinstein Diane & Walker Wellford James Werkhoven Dr. & Mrs. Benton Wheeler Elsa & David Williams Tige Williams Mrs. Barbara H. Wilson Carol Wilson Mrs. John M. Wilson Major & Donna Wilson Debra Wingood Josephine M. Wood Mary & Lucius Wright Peggy Wroten Mr. Paul Yacoubian John Young Dr. Herbert D. Zeman Qihong Zhou Supporter - (Up to $99) Melissa Abbis Angela Adams Dennis Adams Marta Adams Mary Adams Bettie Albers Ray & Nancy Marilyn & Franklin Allen Julia Allen Roosevelt & Jo Ann Allen 74

Ruth Allen Sonia Alvaerz Murphy Appling Tonya Ashworth Dorothy S. Atkinson Edna Bagoyado Elsie Bailey Mary Baird Sara Baker Bernice Banes Carol Barber William Bastnagel Rose A. Bauer Barbara Beck Dea & Richard Beckwith Paul Bell Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Bell Robert Bell Kathryn & William Bendall Linda-Anne Bennett Ms. Mary Benton William & Annette Bickers Linda Billings Molly & Karl Birkholz Kathryn Black Ben Blackburn Patricia Bladon Melissa Blakemore Ms. Joanne Bloom Robert Bloom Jeff Bloomfield William Bodley Lura Bond Mr. & Mrs. Jack Borg Aretha Bourne Matthew Bowlin Keith Brame Mary Kate Brandon Peggy Brawner Dr. & Mrs. Lamar Bridges Mr. Jerry Brigman Linda Broffitt Cortni Brooks Caroline Brown Ignatious Brown Deana Brunjes Robert & Beverly Buchalter Roger & Jill Buckmaster Alice Burns Marcia Buster Dr. Patty & Dennis Calvert Ms. Janet Campbell Kerry Campbell www.MemphisSymphony.org

Molly Carr Gary Carter Gene Carter Patricia Casey John Cassidy Don Chenault Russell W. & Joan Chesney Mary Clark Charles Clerget David & Amy Cluck Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Cobb, Jr. Marian Cocke Thomas Coffelt Larose Todd Coffey Keith Coker George & Jan Colgate Fred & Pat Collins Thomas & Marcia Collins Betty Colter Billy & Sara Colvard Leo Connolly Robert Connolly Mike & Jane Coop Stanley Cooper Dr. & Mrs. George Cowan Ms. Beverly Cox Gwendolyn Cranshaw Michele Robin Crump Betty Cruzen Kay Cunningham Dianne Curtiss Ms. A. J. Daneman Mrs. Mimi Dann Susanne Darnell Elina Davidoff Henry Davis Dr. Ira N. B. Davis Jr. Louie Debacco Marcelle Decorte Carol Deforest Carolyn & Kevin Delaney Gulcan Demirtas H. Dermon Julia DeWeese Sam Diaz Lynn & Robert Dittman Ann Dixon Gloria Dobbs Curtis & Jean Dohan Thea Dotson Amy Downing Mr. & Mrs. William Dozier Ms. Qiuyue Du For Tickets 901-537-2525

Mr. & Mrs. Duckworth Robert Dumais Earline Duncan Teresa Dunlap John & Lissa Duston Brian Earwood Dan Elias Hallie Elliot Amber England Mary Epps Lawrence A. Estes Marguerite Estes Nancy Eubanks Betty Evans Mr. Metab Falanzi John Faulconbridge Carroll R. Fay Ms. Lynn Ferrier Caylain Festherson Lara A. & Thomas A. Firrone Ashley Flashner Cheryl Floyd Linda Forbess Isaac Fordjour Yvonne Fournier Becky Fowler Joan D. Freund Mr. & Mrs. Bill Friedl Ms. Ann Frogge Prentice Fulton Virginia Gandy Lida Garcete Lori & Scott Garner Robert I. Gilbert Jr. Sharon Gilbert Gwynne Gladden Mr. Marvin Glatstein Dr. Leslie Gordon Richard Graff Sheri & Donald Grear Ms. Amy Greenberg Dr. Jennifer Grove Scott Gustafson Dalia Hammoudeh Louis Hamric Telisha Hankins Paul & Agnes Hanson Suzanne Hanson Elizabeth Harris Peggy Harris Amber-Rose Hawkins Stoy & Kathryn Hedges William Henderson Follow the Memphis Symphony!

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Contributions Arthur & Sally Hermsdorfer Sally Hermsdorfer Cathy Hobbs Shirley Hollahan Donna P. Holliday Sherwin Holloway Jerry Holmes Linda Holmes Elizabeth Hopper Robert & Eula Horrell Lisa Houston Josh Howard Julia Howell Mr. & Mrs. Wally Huggins Sarah Hurley Matt Blake & Nobuko Igarashi Mr. & Mrs. Deke Iglehart Carmen Inquilla Kenny Jabbour Janas L. Jackson Grace Jamison Daisy Jefferson Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Johnson Darrell & Betty Z. Johnson Inez Johnson James & Theresa Johnson Dr. & Mrs. James R. Johnson Warren & Claire Johnson Evelyn Jones Lynn Jones Mark Jones Patricia Joyner Cantor & Mrs. John M. Kaplan Mrs. Susan Karpie Philip & Carol Keith Donna & John Kelly Linda Kennard Stanley Kess Rhinda Kesselring Larry & Karen Kestner Georgia King Ruth & James King Jim & Ruth King Kathryn A. King Mary King Virginia Klettner Robert Klyce Rev. & Mrs. William A. Kolb Victoria Krivda-Ferrell Bobbie Kyle Cynthia Lancaster Dr. & Mrs. Mack A. Land Jane Landrigan 76

Emily Landry Nanette G. Lawhon Xue Leng Sam Leow Nicole & Jack Lewis Jean Lewis Myron & Gail Lewis Peter Limper Mary Livaudais Dr. & Mrs. William E. Long David & Dorothy Love Joseph Loveland Dr. Catherine Ly Kyle Lynch Betty Lyon Mrs. Floyd Lyons Frances Manley David Mann Patti Martin Randy & Carol Martin Pat Massengill Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mathes Carlise Mathews Connie May Jill & Tibor Mazar Grace McAlister Mary Alice McAlister Jan McClain Mary McCombs Jill McCool Mollie McCormick Walker Mccutcheon Dale & Eugene McDermott Marion McDonald Geneva McGee Jeremy C. McGee Brother Joel McGraw Norma McHugh Sharron McKinney Speed McLean Frank Lewis McRae Thomas & Maryann Mears Oscar Menzer Ms. June E. Merrell Maragret Meyer Nancy Meyer Suttina & William Millar, III Pamela & Fred Miller Lee Miller Paige Miller Christine Mitchell Susan Miville Linda Mohns www.MemphisSymphony.org

Leroy Mosby Virginia & Tom Moss Camille & William Mueller Ann Mulis Harry & Vivian Murchison Sean Murnan Edward Murphy Gail Murray Martha Myers Paula Newberry Toni Nguyen Irene & Svend Nielsen Suzette Noel Allison Ogilvie Dr. Anthony Oldknow Mr. & Mr. Mark O’Malley Fred Ousley Lucia Outlan Teresa Owen Lynne Owens Rose Mary Pace Marvarene Paker Lyda Parker Steve & Sue Parr Clyda Parrish Rachel Patrick Stephanie & Michael Patton Charles Pazar Chelsea Pearce Binford Peeples William Peer Lynne & Warren Pence Mary Pennington Larry Perlberg Mr. Gordon Perry Alice Petty Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Pfund Ashley Piper Rafael Portillo Paula Posey-Destefanis Kelly Pouncey Jim Prate Kara Preston Libby & Howard Pritchard Mrs. Van Pritchartt Lana & Gary Prosterman LTC Judith C. Pruitt (Ret.) Carol Purvis Jennifer Ransom Rance & Deborah Reagan Ralph Reed Charles Reifers Eugene Reyneke For Tickets 901-537-2525

Donald Reynolds Janice Richie Holly Rickman Mi Rim Gwelyne Robinson Kirby Rogers Norma M. Rogers Norma Rogers Betty & Al Rome Jennifer Rote James B. Rothman Aileen Ruben Mr. Forster Ruhl Dr. & Mrs. C. A. Ruleman Jr. Leonid & Fridrerica Saharovici Konnie K. Saliba-Reid & Dennis Reid Joe Schellenberg Jonathon Schug Cathy & Ray Schwill Mary Lynn Scoggins Erin Shackelford Marian & Frank Shaffer Vicki Shelton Mark Sherman Marilyn Shiffman Donna Shipman Martina Sigal Bill & Cheryl Simco David Simmons Jeanne Simmons David Skinner Ben & Robyn Slen Rochelle & Avron Slutsky Betty Smith Bruce Smith Virginia Smith Lisa Soplata Mark Sorrell Ms. Laura Spencer Dr. Bernard Spiegel Eugene Spiotta Shannon Stanley Mary Steele Maury Strauss Lynn Strickland Douglas Strohmer Peter & Catrina Sullivan Sarah Sullivant Richard Summers Parker Suttle Truman Suttle Carol W. Tabor Michael Taube Follow the Memphis Symphony!

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Contributions Herbert & Diane Taylor Jane & Reede Taylor Robin Taylor Mr. & Mrs. William Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Terry Templeton Lavern Terrell Heather L. Tetleton Ms. Joan Thomas Charles Tilly David Tipton Bruce Tonkel Richard Townsend Beverly Trojan Ed & Ann Truett Kelly & Sharon Truitt Jane Umfress Rev. & Mrs. Robert Van Doren Barbara Van Ness Doug Vance & Darlene Germuend Vance Janice Vanderhaar Peggy Vannucci Mr. Erick Vasquez Albert Vaughn Kristen & Richard Vining Fred Voigt Robert Wakefield Dolores Waldrup Carol Walker Julie Wang

Hallie Ward Nicole Ward Phyllis M. Warmington David & Georgie Weaver Marcia B. Wells Kathleen Weston Jennifer & Brian Wilder Mary Wilder Jane Williams Patricia Williams Robert & Nancy Williams Robert Williams Dr. Beverly J. Williams-Cleaves Betsy Wilson Mary Jo Wilson Elise & Robert Wilson Marianne Wolff Jerry Woods Beebe Woodside Dorothy Work Laura Burgoyne & Becky Wright Lloyd Wright Rebecca Yancey Jaime Yanes Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Young

Matching Gifts Corporate matching gifts are a great way for MSO patrons and donors to maximize personal contributions to the Symphony and increase the impact of their gift. By taking advantage of your company’s matching gift benefit, you may be able to double or triple your contribution.

Thank you to those companies below who match current and retired employees’ contributions to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and thank you to our donors who apply for these matching gifts. For more information on matching gifts, please call (901) 537-2523.

AT&T Foundation Bank of America Chevron Corporation Citigroup Foundation Digital Equipment Corporation Ernst & Young, PLLC Federated Department Stores First Horizon National Corporation First Tennessee Foundation Gap Foundation General Electric General Mills Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

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Home Depot Foundation Johnson & Johnson Kraft, Inc. Lucite International Merrill Lynch New York Times Company Foundation Nissan Motor Corporation Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. Quaker Oats Foundation Regions Financial Corporation Security Pacific Foundation United Technologies – Carrier Corporation

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Memphis Youth Symphony Program Conner Gray Covington, Music Director ||Musical Musical Leaders Since 1966

Youth Symphony, Conner Gray Covington, Conductor Fall Concert | Sunday, November 18, 7:30 Winter Concert | Sunday, February 24, 7:30 Spring Concert | Sunday, April 28, 7:30 *venues TBD

String Orchestra, Ray Pak Chung Cheng, Conductor Fall Concert | Sunday, May 5, 4:30 Winter Concert | Sunday, February 24, 4:30 Spring Concert | Sunday, November 11, 4:30 *venues TBD

String Sinfonia, Karla Philipp, Conductor Fall Concert |Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm Winter Concert | Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm *venues TBD

String Ensemble, Karla Philipp, Conductor Fall Concert |Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm Winter Concert |Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 pm *venues TBD

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Fall Schedule Jazz Eucharist with the Tony Thomas Trio Sunday September 30, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

Memphis Boychoir & Memphis Girlchoir

25th Annual Service of Lessons and Carols Sunday December 16, 2012 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Memphis Boychoir & Memphis Chamber Choir

Ongoing Auditions for the Memphis Boychoir and Memphis Girlchoir Please contact Dr. Geoffrey Harris Ward for more information (901) 351-8540

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Honorariums and Memorials

The following Honorarium and Memorial contributions were made to the Symphony Fund between July 1, 2011 and August 1, 2012.

In Honor of Kathy & Ben Adams Camille & William Mueller

In Honor of Peter & Fran Addicott Ms. Rosemary Banta

In Honor of Jim Albrecht Ms. Kathryn A King

In Honor of Michael Barar Anonymous

In Memory of Dr. Bernard B. Beard Dr. Jerre Freeman

In Honor of Paul & Linnea Bert Ms. Mei-Ann Chen Jennifer Lyons

In Memory of Florence Bohon Ms. S. Dorothy Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blackburn Ms. Lois E. Bohon Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Laslavic Dr. & Mrs. Myron Lewis Ms. Nancy M. Penisten Ms. Barbara Van Ness

In Memory of Tandy Brannon Mrs. Phyllis Brannon

In Honor of Joy Brown Wiener Ms. Lucia Outlan

In Honor of the Marriage of Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller Mr. & Mrs. Rodgers Menzies, Jr.

In Honor of Rhonda Causie Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Shaffer

In Honor of Mei-Ann Chen Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Bilsky Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Bryson Randolph

In Memory of Charles P. Cobb, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr.

In Honor of Ruth Moore Cobb Chuck & Scottie Cobb Dr. & Mrs. Horace K. Houston, Jr.

In Honor of Mrs. Scottie Cobb The Womans Exchange of Memphis, Inc In Honor of the Birthday of Charles “Chuck” Coe Dr. & Mrs. Dan T. Meadows

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In Memory of Billie Crenshaw Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro

In Memory of Nancy Crosby Dr. & Mrs. Vaughn E. Stimbert

In Honor of Jane Dutcher Norma M. Rogers

In Honor of Rena Feller Helen Ferguson

In Honor of Laura, Ryan, Robert & Anna Fleur Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cannon Dr. & Mrs. Dan T. Meadows Mrs. Lyda Parker

In Honor of Sara G. Folis Helen Ferguson

In Honor of Billie Jean Graham Mr. & Mrs. James L. Alexander Mr. Samuel Graham In Memory of Mrs. Barbara Ramsey Harris Louis & Lisa Jehl In Honor of James “Jim” Gholson Mr. & Mrs. Ron Sklar

In Memory of Mrs. Evelyn Foote Horrell Mrs. Jean Lewis

In Honor of Buzzy Hussey Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Allen Ms. Jeanette S. Cooley Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Coolidge, Jr. Ms. Jean Lewis Coors Mr. & Mrs. James S. Gilliland Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Hussey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hutton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Jones Ms. Adrienne Oeding Mr. & Mrs. Bryson Randolph Mr. & Mrs. Arthur N. Seessel III Dr. & Mrs. W. Chapman V. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John W. Stokes, Jr. Ms. Patricia Williams

In Memory of Max E. Johns Mr. & Mrs. Michael Edwards Gerber-Taylor Family Buzzy Hussey & Dr. C. Hal Brunt Louis & Lisa Jehl Watkins Uiberall Family In Honor of John Paul Jones Paul Tudor Jones

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In Memory of Dr. Abraham D. Kriegel Dr. & Mrs. H. Delano Black Mr. Walter R. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Collins Mr. Jed Dreifus Ms. Gail S. Murray Ms. Leslie Stratton Mr. & Mrs. Major Wilson

In Memory of George Krupicka nexAir Family

In Honor of Florence Leffler Dr. & Mrs. William E. Long Ms. Mary Alice Quinn

In Honor of Sissy Long Mr. & Mrs. James L. Alexander Dr. & Mrs. O. Brewster Harrington Dr. & Mrs. Edward S. Kaplan Mrs. Van Pritchartt Dr. & Mrs. Jack Roane Mrs. Jane Williams

In Memory of Mrs. Cele Carolyn Lubin Louis & Lisa Jehl

In Honor of Susanna Perry Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Dr. Diane Greenhill Ms. Lynn Jones Mrs. Lyda Parker

In Memory of Mr. William “Bill” Prest Mrs. Virginia P. Gandy

In Memory of Ms. Marguerite Piazza David & Barbara Ferraro Mrs. Buzzy Hussey & Dr. C. Hal Brunt

In Memory of Dorothy McDonald Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ferraro

In Honor of the Marriage of Don & Anita McLean Louis & Lisa Jehl

In Honor of Perry Redfearn Chancel Choir of Christ United Methodist Church

In Memory of Thomas M. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Mrs. Lucy C. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. McDermott, Jr.

In Honor of Dr. Charles Schulz Mrs. Sue Myers

In Honor of Peggy Seessel Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Blair

In Honor of Marian & Frank Shaffer Ms. Josephine M. Wood

In Memory of Mrs. Dena Shapiro Dr. & Mrs Sheldon Korones

In Memory of Jeff Manis Dr. Suzanne Gronemeyer & Mr. Ellis Delin

In Honor of Barbara H. Marshall Mrs. Doris Thomas Hill

In Honor of Martha Ellen Maxwell Ms. Kathleen C. Gardner

In Honor of Dr. & Mrs. Lee Milford Mr. & Mrs. James Boyd

In Memory of Madeleine Moore Patti Martin

In Honor of Charlotte Neal Dr. & Mrs. Edward S. Kaplan

In Honor of Gloria Nobles Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Coolidge, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Jack Roane

In Honor of David Skinner Anonymous

In Memory of Donna Simmons Mr. David Simmons

In Memory of Peter Spurbeck Mrs. Jean de Frank Mr. & Mrs. John S. Evans Ms. Shirley W. McRae Ms. Shirley St. Hilaire Mr. & Mrs. Reede Taylor Dr. Robert Vidulich & Ms. Diane Sachs

In Memory of Robert Spurbeck Ms. Susan S. Webb

In Memory of Jean Tuttle Mr. & Mrs. William Watts

In Honor of Irene Wade Dr. Diane Greenhill

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Patron Information Your attendance constitutes consent for use of your likeness and/or voice on all video and/ or audio recordings and in photographs made during Symphony events.

Box Office Location/Hours: The Box Office is located at 585 South Mendenhall Road, between Cadence Bank and Folk’s Folly. We are open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on concert Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Box Offices at the concert venues open 90 minutes prior to each performance and remain open until intermission begins. Please note that for concerts at the Cannon Center on the night of, concert tickets must be purchased through the Ticketmaster Box Office located in the east hallway. Services and Will Call for MSO patrons are located near the box office at each venue.

Venues: Saturday First Tennessee Masterworks Series and Memphis Symphony Pops Series concerts are performed at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 North Main Street in downtown Memphis. Paid parking is available in the Cook Convention Center garage or surface lots. Friday performances of the Paul and Linnea Bert Classic Accent Series are at the Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union Avenue in Midtown Memphis. First Tennessee Masterworks Sundays are performed at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), 1801 Exeter Road in Germantown. Free parking is available at Lindenwood Christian Church and GPAC. Cameras and Recording Devices: No photos or video recordings are allowed during the performance due to potential injury to performers on stage.

Concert Preview: Free pre-concert discussions begin 45 minutes prior to each First Tennessee Masterworks series performance. Join us in the Cannon Center west mezzanine and the GPAC Dance Studio to get the inside scoop on the upcoming performance.

Coat Check: In the lobby of the Cannon Center and GPAC. Wheelchair Seating: Wheelchair seating is available upon request at each of our concert venues. Please call our Box Office for more information.

Ticket Information Subscriptions: Buy a series and save! Subscribers get the best seats in the house. Plan for the music you love with our First Tennessee Masterworks, Pops, and Paul & Linnea Bert Classic Accents series. As a subscriber, you will not only save off the single ticket price but also enjoy priority seating and ticket flexibility! Subscribers have the opportunity to purchase the best available seats for your series before tickets go on sale to the general public. You also have the same great seats all season and every year! Subscribers also have the opportunity to purchase tickets for special events before they are available to the general public! New season ticket patrons receive up to a 50% savings off the single ticket price. Established subscribers receive up to a 33% discount for their second year and all others (3+ year) subscribers save 20% off the full price. For subscriber services or to order, call the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 or visit www.MemphisSymphony.org.

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Single Tickets: Tickets for all events are available through the MSO Box Office by phone, in person, or online at www.MemphisSymphony.org. Please note that vouchers and coupons may only be redeemed at the MSO office and must be done in person.

Gift Certificates: Give the gift of music! Gift certificates to the Memphis Symphony Orchestra may be purchased in any denomination. Please call the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 for details.

Refunds/Exchanges: There are no refunds or exchanges on single ticket purchases or returned tickets. Subscribers have the benefit of exchanging their subsription tickets. All subscription ticket exchanges are subject to availability. Ticket exchanges must be made at least 24 hours before the date of the original performances.

Lost Tickets: Subscribers can have lost tickets reprinted by calling the Box Office at (901) 537-2525 or visiting the Box Office prior to the concert.

Student/Child Tickets: Student Tickets are available for $5.00 (plus applicable processing fees, excluding Memphis Messiah, Nutcracker, Symphony in the Gardens and Opus One series) to regular series concerts based on availability. Please come to the box office prior to the performance. Students must show a valid student ID. A maximum of 1 ticket per ID is available. All discount tickets are subject to availability.

Group Discounts: For more information, call our Box Office at (901) 537-2525.

Other Information • Please turn off all cell phones and pagers when the performance begins.

• Food and beverages are not allowed in the concert halls.

• Lost and Found is located at the box office. Management is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged property.

• Restrooms are located off the main floor, lobby and balcony areas of the concert hall.

Facilities for wheel chair bound patrons are also available in each main floor restroom.

First Aid • Contact an usher for assistance.

• Emergency Evacuation – In case of a fire or other emergency, please use the exit nearest to your seat, indicated by a lighted Exit sign. This is the shortest route out of the performing arts center. Please be sure to walk to the exit – do not run.

All concerts and performers are subject to change with or without notificiation.

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Nationally recognized for creative quality and community vision.

Join us for a stellar season with a variety of entertaining shows in our 2012-13 season.

See classics, comedies, musicals and new works on the Lohrey Stage and Next Stage.

Memberships include six tickets to use in any combination on any unrestricted show and Member Card benefits are all part of your Membership,including discounts on adult tickets to A Christmas Carol, TM’s special events and ShoWagon children’s camps.

Season Memberships may be purchased through November 30, 2012 for only $120.

Purchase individual tickets online at www.theatrememphis.org or call 901.682.8323 to become a member.

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2012-13 Season FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Aug 24 – Sept 16, 2012

A CHRISTMAS CAROL* Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2012

SYLVIA April 5 – 21, 2013

TALLEY’S FOLLY Sept 21 – Oct 7, 2012

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Jan 25 – Feb 10, 2013

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS April 26 – May 12, 2013

A STEADY RAIN Feb 15 – March 3, 2013

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN June 7 – 30, 2013

DANGEROUS LIAISONS Oct 12 – 28, 2012 ALTAR BOYZ Nov 2 – 18, 2012 Jan 11 – 20, 2013

A CHORUS LINE March 8 – 30, 2013

*Not part of the season membership but members do get discounts on A Christmas Carol tickets.

UNRIVALED PERFORMANCE. UNENDING APPLAUSE. Season Presenting Sponsor

Season sponsored by

Generous support received from

Arthur F. and Alice E.

Adams Foundation

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE WWW.THEATREMEMPHIS.ORG OR CALL 682.8323

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For home delivery, call 529.2666

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