Holiday Pops

HOLIDAY POPS

HOLIDAY POPS Friday, December 10, 2021 at 7:30 pm Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 2:30 pm Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:30 pm Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 7:30 pm ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL Jeff Tyzik, conductor Shayna Steele, vocalist Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

Cheryl Frazes Hill, director

JEFF TYZIK

A Christmas Overture LEROY ANDERSON

Sleigh Ride IRVING BERLIN/Bennett, Robert Russell

White Christmas TRADITIONAL/Jeff Tyzik What Child Is This?

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker, Opus 71a TRADITIONAL/Dan Forrest

The First Noel

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus FELIX MENDELSSOHN/Jeff Tyzik

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Shayna Steele, vocalist

ADOLPHE ADAM/Jeff Tyzik O, Holy Night

Shayna Steele, vocalist

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

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TRADITIONAL/Jeff Tyzik O Come, All Ye Faithful Shayna Steele, vocalist

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus INTERMISSION

JOHN WILLIAMS

“Merry Christmas” from Home Alone

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus PAUL AND ROBERT O’NEILL AND KINKEL/Bob Phillips

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 PIETRO YAN/Jeff Tyzik Gesu Bambino VARIOUS/Jeff Tyzik

Chanukah Suite

Rock of Ages

My Dredl

Al Hanissim

Who Can Retell

Hanukkah JOHN HENRY HOPKINS JR./Jeff Tyzik

We Three Kings

Shayna Steele, vocalist TRADITIONAL/Jeff Tyzik God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Shayna Steele, vocalist

Milwaukee Symphony Chorus TRADITIONAL/Jeff Tyzik Joy to the World

Shayna Steele, vocalist Milwaukee Symphony Chorus The length of this concert is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes.

All programs subject to change.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra can be heard on Telarc, Koss Classics, Pro Arte, AVIE, and Vox/Turnabout recordings. MSO Classics recordings (digital only) available on iTunes and at mso.org. MSO Binaural recordings (digital only) available at mso.org.

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Guest Artist Biographies JEFF TYZIK, Conductor

GRAMMY® Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages.

Tyzik holds The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Seattle Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Oregon Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra.

This season, Tyzik will celebrate his 23rd season as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the RPO, which stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.” Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing.

Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music.

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Guest Artist Biographies SHAYNA STEELE

Shayna Steele is the kind of singer you wonder why you’ve never heard of, but once you do, you’ll never forget her. “That’s probably the number one complaint I get at the merchandise table. How come I’ve never heard of you?” Steele says.

With a voice that the London Jazz News says “unleashes enough voltage to light up the West End”, Steele has made her mark as an in-demand vocalist on stage and in the studio. After spending 8 years as a Broadway ensemble member in shows such as Rent and Hairspray, and 6 years in the background supporting artists like Bette Midler, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson, Steele stepped out on her own with the release of her 3rd studio album Watch Me Fly (Must Have/Membran) following the huge success of her album Rise (Ropeadope Records) in 2015 which reached #3 on the U.S. iTunes jazz charts. Her self-penned song “Gone Under” from that same album was personally selected by Michael League of Snarky Puppy to be arranged for their Family Dinner, Volume 1(Ropeadope Records). The song and Shayna’s performance was the first single to be released on the GRAMMY® Award-winning band’s album, which has now reached over 1.7 million views on YouTube to date.

While promoting her latest album Watch Me Fly (2019 Musthave/Membran) throughout Europe and ready to embark on her first tour in China in March 2020, she, like all musicians in her industry, was hit hard by Covid-19. While in the middle of a residency in Bern, Switzerland with her band at the famous Marian’s Jazz Room, Steele, and her band were woken up at 3 am to panicked calls from family to return home immediately. The border would be shut within 48 hours. “We were devastated. Terrified. I didn’t know if I would be able to safely get my band and myself back to our families.”

After a year and a half and hundreds of cancelled shows, Shayna returns to the scene to finish what she started as she embarks on her first U.S Tour with her band.

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2021.22 SEASON KEN-DAVID MASUR Music Director Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair EDO DE WAART Music Director Laureate YANIV DINUR Resident Conductor CHERYL FRAZES HILL Chorus Director Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair TIMOTHY J. BENSON Assistant Chorus Director FIRST VIOLINS Ilana Setapen, Acting Concertmaster Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair Jeanyi Kim, Acting Associate Concertmaster (2nd Chair) Chi Li, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Alexander Ayers Michael Giacobassi Yuka Kadota Dylana Leung Lijia Phang Margot Schwartz SECOND VIOLINS Jennifer Startt, Principal Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin Chair Timothy Klabunde, Assistant Principal Glenn Asch John Bian Lisa Johnson Fuller Paul Hauer Hyewon Kim Shengnan Li Laurie Shawger Mary Terranova VIOLAS Robert Levine, Principal Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair Samantha Rodriguez, Acting Assistant Principal Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola Chair Alejandro Duque, Acting 3rd Chair Assistant Principal Elizabeth Breslin Nathan Hackett * Erin H. Pipal Helen Reich

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CELLOS Susan Babini, Principal Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus Madeleine Kabat Gregory Mathews Peter Szczepanek Peter J. Thomas Adrien Zitoun BASSES Jon McCullough-Benner, Principal Donald B. Abert Bass Chair Andrew Raciti, Associate Principal Scott Kreger Catherine McGinn Rip Prétat HARP Julia Coronelli, Principal Walter Schroeder Harp Chair FLUTES Sonora Slocum, Principal Margaret and Roy Butter Flute Chair Heather Zinninger Yarmel, Assistant Principal Jennifer Bouton Schaub PICCOLO Jennifer Bouton Schaub OBOES Katherine Young Steele, Principal Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe Chair Kevin Pearl, Assistant Principal Margaret Butler ENGLISH HORN Margaret Butler Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin CLARINETS Todd Levy, Principal Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet Chair William Helmers E FLAT CLARINET Benjamin Adler BASS CLARINET William Helmers BASSOONS Catherine Chen, Principal Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal Beth W. Giacobassi

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CONTRABASSOON Beth W. Giacobassi HORNS Matthew Annin, Principal Krause Family French Horn Chair Krystof Pipal, Associate Principal Dietrich Hemann Andy Nunemaker French Horn Chair Darcy Hamlin TRUMPETS Matthew Ernst, Principal Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet Chair David Cohen, Associate Principal Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal Trumpet Chair Alan Campbell, Fred Fuller Trumpet Chair TROMBONES Megumi Kanda, Principal Marjorie Tiefenthaler Trombone Chair Kirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal BASS TROMBONE John Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair TUBA Robert Black, Principal TIMPANI Dean Borghesani, Principal Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal PERCUSSION Robert Klieger, Principal Chris Riggs PIANO Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair PERSONNEL MANAGERS Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel Paul Beck, Interim Personnel Manager LIBRARIANS Patrick McGinn, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair Paul Beck, Associate Librarian PRODUCTION TECHNICAL MANAGER Tristan Wallace, Technical Manager & Live Audio Supervisor

* Leave of Absence 2021.22 Season