InConcert - September 2010

InConcert Nashville Symphony

September 2010

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Overture: Giancarlo Guerrero High Notes: Symphony News 2010/11 Season Calendar Backstage: Erin Long InTune: SunTrust InTune: Memorial Foundation Conductors Orchestra Roster Board of Directors Staff Roster Applause: Donor Listings Annual Fund: Individuals Annual Fund: Corporations & Foundations A Time for Greatness Campaign Legacy Society Guest & Facility Information Coming Soon!

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Looking Ahead: David Sanborn Trio with Joey DeFrancesco, Gershwin “Here to Stay,” Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, Halloween in Space, The Rite of Spring, Jewel, Beethoven & Schubert, Elgar & Bach, Home for the Holidays, Handel’s Messiah, A Flicker of Light on a Winter’s Night Cover illustration by Bryce McCloud www.IsleofPrinting.com

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We can’t wait to return to our home in early 2011, but until then the next few months offer us a unique opportunity to share our music in fresh surroundings.

The beginning of the concert season is always a time of great anticipation for our orchestra, but this year in particular the Nashville Symphony has so much to look forward to — and so much to be thankful for. In the months following the flood that deluged Schermerhorn Symphony Center, along with so many other homes and businesses, we have been amazed by the remarkable spirit of the Middle Tennessee community. We are hugely grateful to all of you who’ve shown your support over the past few months, and we are especially appreciative of our partners in the community who’ve worked so hard to help us find alternative venues while the Schermerhorn continues to undergo repairs.

We can’t wait to return to our home in early 2011, but until then the next few months offer us a unique opportunity to share our music in fresh surroundings. This month, we’ll visit both War Memorial Auditorium and the campus of Lipscomb University, and later in the season we’ll also be performing at TPAC and Ryman Auditorium. Each of these venues has been wonderfully accommodating to our orchestra, and thanks to them we are able to continue providing great music for the people of Middle Tennessee.

These changes of venue have resulted in a few programming changes. We are postponing some of the pieces I’d originally planned for this season — most notably, Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 8 — until we can return to the Schermerhorn. In exchange, you’ll get to hear a combination of much-loved pieces and rarely heard treasures that will show off our orchestra and capture your imagination. Look through this edition of InConcert to learn more about this month’s programs, or visit NashvilleSymphony.org for a full concert schedule.

In addition to thanking our hosting venues and our loyal patrons, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the musicians and staff of the Nashville Symphony, particularly the stagehands who help us make it all happen every week. Under sometimes hectic circumstances, all of these talented individuals have undertaken their work with professionalism and an unflappable, can-do attitude. They have proven to me that no matter what kinds of obstacles we face, the Nashville Symphony will always be there for this community.

The events of the past few months have also reminded me that music makes our lives richer and fuller. The coming season promises an exciting musical journey as we make our way back to Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and I hope you’ll join us!

GIANCARLO GUERRERO Music Director Nashville Symphony

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HighNotes Repairs on Schermerhorn continue, Nashville Symphony relocates fall concerts Repairs continue at Schermerhorn Symphony Center following the historic flooding in early May. In recent weeks, crews have been hard at work installing drywall in the lower lobby and coat check areas, rewiring the electrical system, and reconstructing the Schermerhorn’s kitchen and basement areas. Next month, they will begin to rebuild the state-of-the-art lifts used to convey audience seating and pianos from their basement storage area into Laura Turner Concert Hall. In addition, employees of the San Franciscobased organ maker Schoenstein & Co. have traveled to Nashville several times and have begun rebuilding the console for the Martin Foundation Concert Organ.

All repairs will be completed by the end of the year, and public events will resume at the Schermerhorn in January 2011. In the meantime, the Nashville Symphony has relocated all of the upcoming concerts in its fall schedule to other venues around town. A complete list follows: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Beethoven’s Ninth: September 10 & 11 at War Memorial Auditorium André Watts Plays Beethoven: September 16, 17, 18 & 19 at Lipscomb University’s Collins Alumni Auditorium Michael McDonald: September 23, 24 & 25 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco: October 10 at Ryman Auditorium Gershwin “Here to Stay”: October 14, 15 & 16 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto: October 21, 22 & 23 at War Memorial Auditorium Halloween in Space: October 30 at Lipscomb University’s Collins Alumni Auditorium The Rite of Spring: November 4, 5 & 6 at TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall Jewel: November 11, 12 & 13 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena Beethoven & Schubert: November 18, 19 & 20 at War Memorial Auditorium Elgar & Bach: December 2, 3 & 4 at Lipscomb University’s Collins Alumni Auditorium Home for the Holidays: December 10 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena Handel’s Messiah: December 16, 17 & 18 at War Memorial Auditorium A Flicker of Light on a Winter’s Night: December 18 at Lipscomb University’s Collins Alumni Auditorium

For more information about these upcoming concerts and the rest of the Nashville Symphony’s 2010/11 season, visit NashvilleSymphony.org, or call the box office at 615.687.6400.

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HighNotes Nashville Symphony’s latest recording features the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla On September 28, the Nashville Symphony will release its latest CD for the Naxos label, featuring the music of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla. Recorded last November at Schermerhorn Symphony Center with Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, the disc includes three works that exemplify Piazzolla’s singular “nuevo tango” style, which transformed the tango music of his native country into sophisticated art music. Sinfonía Buenos Aires offers an orchestral vision of the bustling port city that Piazzolla called home; Aconcagua is a concerto for the bandoneón, the accordion-like instrument that gives the tango its distinctive sound; and Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) pays tribute to Vivaldi’s famous set of four concertos. Together, these pieces give expression to a wide range of moods and expressions, from Tchaikovskian emotionality to languid delirium to amorous passion.

To celebrate the CD’s release, Naxos and the Nashville Symphony will host a gathering at DavisKidd Booksellers at 7 p.m. on September 29. Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony President and CEO Alan D. Valentine will be in attendance, and the public is invited.

Schermerhorn Symphony Center now booking special events for 2011 If you’re planning a special event for anytime in the next year, now is the perfect opportunity to consider booking it at the Schermerhorn. With the building set to reopen after the new year, many of the Schermerhorn’s interior and exterior spaces are available for rent — and reservations are already beginning to fill up. Already known as an ideal location for weddings, corporate events and gatherings of all kinds, the newly restored Schermerhorn promises to be even better than before.

One of the great advantages of hosting a special event at Schermerhorn Symphony Center is that if you book your event on a concert night, you can treat your guests to an evening of unforgettable music featuring Nashville’s GRAMMY®-winning orchestra — and you can expect great savings as well! For more information about booking a special event at the Schermerhorn, contact Lori Scholl at 615.495.5128 or lscholl@nashvillesymphony. org, and for more information about group ticket sales, contact Meredith Benning at 615.748.4782 or mbenning@nashvillesymphony.org.

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HighNotes Donors help rebuild Symphony's Instrument Petting Zoo The Nashville Symphony’s Instrument Petting Zoo, which encourages people of all ages to try their hand at making music, was one of the many losses sustained in May’s historic flooding.

But thanks to a growing number of generous donors, the Symphony is well on its way to replacing many of the instruments in its Petting Zoo. In early July, Billy Ray Hearn, founder and chairman of EMI Christian Music Group and a member of the Symphony’s Board of Directors, donated the first replacement, a 1920 violin made in the former Czechoslovakia.

In the weeks since then, several more donors have stepped forward. These include Tommy L. Turner, a devoted musician and lifelong member of the Jacksonville AFM local, who provided a 1915 Gibson f-hole guitar, a 1960 Epiphone Classic guitar, a Martin ukulele, and a dulcimer handmade by his father; Justin and Eric Near, who donated a French horn; and the W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School, which has donated a total of 30 instruments.

In addition, the Nashville Symphony is pleased to announced that Music Rising and the Gibson Foundation are donating a substantial gift of $25,000 to the Instrument Petting Zoo. “We are hugely grateful to each of these parties for helping to rebuild this valuable educational resource,” says Mitchell Korn, the Nashville Symphony’s Vice President of Education and Community Engagement. “Music has the power to change lives, and for many people, this Petting Zoo may be their very first encounter in what we hope will be a lifelong engagement with making music.”

If you’re interested in donating an instrument, or if you’d like more information about the Petting Zoo, contact the Nashville Symphony’s Education Department at education@nashvillesymphony.org or 615.687.6561.

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2010/11 season-at-a-glance SunTrust Classical Series

September 16-19 October 21-23 November 4-6 November 18-20 December 2-4 January 6-8 January 20-22 February 17-19 March 10-12 March 24-26 April 7-9 April 21-23 May 12-14 June 2-4

André Watts Plays Beethoven Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto The Rite of Spring Beethoven & Schubert Elgar & Bach Mozart & Beethoven Sibelius’ Violin Concerto Holst’s The Planets Slatkin Conducts Glass Prokofiev’s Fifth Rachmaninoff & Bruckner Dvorák’s Eighth Olga Kern Returns Giancarlo Conducts Mahler’s Second

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The Sound of Philadelphia Michael Cavanaugh Sings The Music of Billy Joel May 26-28 Lorrie Morgan

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October 10 David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco February 4 Kurt Elling March 18 Al Di Meola The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper Series

October 30 December 18 February 26 May 7

Halloween in Space A Flicker of Light on a Winter’s Night The Listener Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Special Events

September 10 & 11 December 10 December 16-18 February 11 & 12 March 6 March 7 April 14

Beethoven’s Ninth Home for the Holidays Handel’s Messiah Valentine’s with Gladys Knight Voices of Spring Camerata Ireland Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona

Visit NashvilleSymphony.org for the most up-to-date concert listings and locations.

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Meet Erin Long First violinist, Nashville Symphony Hometown: Northridge, California Member of the Nashville Symphony since: 1996 Married to: Gil Long, Principal Tuba for the Nashville Symphony Erin Long

“Kenneth came out for bows, and he fell off the podium. The audience let out this huge gasp, and he jumped up and said, ‘I’m OK! I’m OK!’ It was so funny, because it was so Kenneth — charming and quick to recover.”

What’s your favorite thing about playing in the Nashville Symphony? Performing the music of composers who bring out the passion of every member of the orchestra — especially symphonies by Mahler, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

Do you have a favorite piece of music you’d like to perform?

I’ve always wanted to play the Brahms Piano Quintet.

What would you be doing if you weren’t a professional musician? I would want to help people in some way, whether it’s through community service or through giving people access to facilities that promote self-healing.

What do you like to do when you’re not performing?

I love being with my kids, hiking in the Rocky Mountains or anywhere out West, and swimming in the ocean. I also love being with my extended family and have a rich and long relationship with them; we have great fun together.

Could you share a memorable onstage experience with the Nashville Symphony: I remember one time when Kenneth Schermerhorn was Music Director, and we had just done a piece by Prokofiev, who’s one of my favorite composers.

Kenneth came out for bows, and he fell off the podium. The audience let out this huge gasp, and he jumped up and said, “I’m OK! I’m OK!” It was so funny, because it was so Kenneth — charming and quick to recover.

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The Foundation responds to diverse community needs, assisting agencies that focus on health, human and social services, education, senior citizens, youth and children, community services and substance abuse programs. The Foundation also strives to respond to immediate, critical needs that arise in the community.

The Memori­al Foundation is a leading partner in the Nashville Symphony’s Music Education City initiative, through which the organization is able to reach 100,000 children annually with a variety of free programs aimed to enhance classroom curriculum. Deeply committed to arts education opportunities for youth in our region, the Foundation also fosters relationships with Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Opera, Cheekwood and Tennessee Performing Arts Center, among others.

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PAUL HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Allegro Turandot: Scherzo Andantino March

intermission LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso Molto vivace Adagio molto e cantabile Presto — Allegro assai — Allegro assai vivace Erin Wall, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Morris D. Robinson, bass

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Paul Hindemith Born on November 16, 1895, in Hanau, Germany; died on December 28, 1963, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Hindemith composed the Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber in 1943. His delight in the sheer craftsmanship of the art of composing is evident throughout the Symphonic Metamorphosis, which showcases the virtuosity of the orchestra and is among his most frequently performed works. Composed soon after Hindemith emigrated to America, this miniature symphony also reflects the creative stimulus he found in his new environment.

Paul Hindemith

First performance: January 20, 1944, with Artur Rodzinsky leading the New York Philharmonic First Nashville Symphony performance: November 26 & 27, 1962, at War Memorial Auditorium, with guest conductor Harry Newstone Estimated length: 22 minutes Paul Hindemith came of age during the years of violent, revolutionary change in the early 20th century — the period that encouraged the birth of modernism in its many forms. In the 1920s, he himself caused a stir as a rebellious young upstart who flirted with avant-gardisms, particularly in his stage works. In fact, he would incur the personal displeasure of Hitler; when the Nazis came to power, they eventually banned his music (see the sidebar on the facing page).

Despite his earlier reputation, however, Hindemith always remained anchored in a deep and practical respect for musical tradition. His own anti-Romantic attitudes took the form of espousing “occasional” or “functional music” — music associated with a particular situation or need (Gebrauchsmusik), rather than the spontaneous inspiration of abstract genius.

This pragmatic emphasis was part of a general cultural rejection of Romanticism — including the cult of art for art’s sake and the idea that musical inspiration should not be sullied by the contingencies of everyday reality. But Hindemith was also harking back to a pre-Romantic ethic of music as a craft to be plied. He had a deep affinity for Baroque counterpoint and other technical tricks of the trade, and it’s no coincidence that he ranks among the most prolific of 20th-century composers. Instead of patiently waiting for a fickle “muse” to provide inspiration, Hindemith approached the act of composing like an athlete constantly training muscles and coordination.

This attitude was in marked contrast to the one prevailing at the time, which tended to emphasize the idea of specialization and a distinction between composers and performers. Hindemith spent the early part of his career playing for public entertainments, in opera orchestras and in chamber music ensembles. Especially renowned as a violist, he was proficient on many other instruments as well. As a musical polymath, Hindemith channeled much of his creative energy into performance. He was well known for his work as a conductor and became an influential teacher and music theorist as well.

The Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber reveals Hindemith’s natural gift for colorful invention and his skill in manipulating the modern orchestra in all its dazzling glory.

The composer had only recently left Europe for America, having already left Germany in 1938 for the neutral refuge of Switzerland. (Despite the scandals he caused, Hindemith’s rapport with the Third Reich is a convoluted story; like Richard Strauss, for a period he seemed to make efforts to compromise with the government so as to be able to influence musical policy.)

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Hindemith was approached by the choreographer Léonide Massine to write a ballet score adapting music by the early German Romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), a contemporary of Beethoven’s. Massine was famous for his work with the legendary Ballets Russes in Paris and had pioneered ballets that were adapted from symphonic works originally written for the concert hall. Hindemith, however, developed qualms about the projected collaboration and decided to forgo the ballet, fashioning a stand-alone instrumental score from his research into Weber. Despite its rather dry, academic title, the Symphonic Metamorphosis is a richly colorful tour de force for large orchestra whose delights are immediately evident on first hearing. Going back to compare Hindemith’s transformations with the original material only adds to the enjoyment.

What to listen for

Hindemith as Bad-Boy Shocker There are several contradictory images of Paul Hindemith. His intense privacy and his status as a revered professor at Yale during his later years of American exile encouraged the leaden, colorless image of a kind of musical mechanic. But Hindemith had earned a reputation as a young firebrand in the Weimar Republic.

His operas of the 1920s introduced shock tactics that triggered the ire of one Adolf Hitler. The latter’s unyielding hatred of Hindemith began when he saw a scene from the composer’s satirical 1929 opera Neues vom Tage (News of the Day), which featured a “nude” soprano (actually, in a flesh-colored stocking) as she sings in the bathtub. Though he wasn’t Jewish, Hindemith thus gained a place of honor among the “degenerates” singled out by the Nazis, who regarded the composer as “spiritually non-Aryan.”

By casting the work in four movements, Hindemith suggests the essential outlines of a classical symphony (with the order of Scherzo and slow movement reversed, as in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony). Much of the Weber source material, however, comes from rather obscure pieces for piano four hands. This includes the music heard in the opening Allegro movement. Instead of a traditional theme-andvariations approach, Hindemith overlays a modern sensibility on large stretches of the original, “innocent” foundation of Weber’s music. His harmonic signatures add piquancy and edge to the original piano themes.

Moreover, Hindemith’s process of “metamorphosis” isn’t just about motivic elaboration or new harmonic guises: He also uses the full palette of his orchestra to reveal unexpected surprises. The extraordinary Scherzo that follows (the longest of the four movements) is based on Weber’s Turandot Overture of 1809, for which the composer himself had borrowed a pentatonic Chinese melody from an 18th-century reference. The main tune is ultra-simple, though Hindemith steers its second part down a harmonic detour. While the tune is endlessly repeated and passed around the orchestra — as maniacally obsessive as an earworm — the accompaniments present a kaleidoscopically shifting background. Suddenly, Hindemith finds a new direction by recasting the tune as a brassily exuberant jazz fugue, giving a nod to his new American surroundings. The extensive use of percussion instruments that characterizes this movement leads to a charming and witty conclusion.

The Andantino’s motifs are also simple on the surface: a wistful minor-key main theme and a swerve to the major for a second theme, making for a compact romance. Hindemith juxtaposes the predictability of this music with another series of shifting colors and, in the final section, with a freely floating counterpoint from solo flute as the textures thin out. The finale presents another brilliant workout for the full orchestra in the form of a march. Hindemith’s ironic winking here is manifold. The Weber source (again from his four-hand piano pieces) is akin to a funeral march; Hindemith speeds up the tempo and further enlivens a fairly indifferent tune with his wonderful mixture of orchestral colors.

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Pintos (The Three Pintos). This merging of different eras — and approaches to the symphony, with Mahler as the great heir to the Romantic tradition — is the epitome of a creative makeover.

The score calls for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, tubular bells, small gong, wooden bowls, cymbals, tambourine, Chinese tom-tom, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, woodblocks, glockenspiel and strings.

Recommended listening: Hindemith was also a famous conductor, and his exciting account of the Symphonic Metamorphosis, leading the Berlin Philharmonic, is available on a three-CD set from Deutsche Grammophon, which will also give you an excellent overview of his work, including another famous symphonic composition, the Mathis der Maler Symphony.

Ludwig van Beethoven Born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany; died on March 26, 1827, in Vienna.

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 Beethoven composed the Symphony No. 9 between 1822 and 1824 (he had begun sketching ideas for it in 1817). The last of Beethoven’s symphonies, the Ninth not only numbers among the most influential musical compositions of the last two centuries but also marks a milestone of Western culture. Beethoven’s innovations revealed the profound range of meanings — from the aesthetic to the philosophical and ethical — that a symphony could encompass.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

First performance: May 7, 1824, in Vienna; the deaf composer stood at the podium but was “shadowed” by Michael Umlauf as conductor First Nashville Symphony performance: April 18, 1950, at War Memorial Auditorium with Music Director William Strickland Estimated length: 70 minutes “We live in the valley of the Ninth,” musicologist Joseph Kerman once observed, referring to the impact of Beethoven’s final symphony on our culture as a whole. But because its presence is so familiar, its influence so pervasive, we sometimes lose track of what a daunting mountain Symphony No. 9 in D minor really is. Despite countless commercials and ringtones exploiting the Ninth, ascending these musical peaks is not an effort to be undertaken lightly.

The Viennese audience of nearly 1,000 people privileged to attend the premiere was unequivocally enthusiastic. It took place on a Friday night, sharing the program with Beethoven’s Consecration of the House Overture and excerpts from his Missa Solemnis. The premiere was even more extraordinary if we recall that it went forward following a mere two full rehearsals. There was some carping about the technical quality of the performance, but the initial critical tone overall tended toward admiration. One particularly influential correspondent described how Beethoven’s “inexhaustible genius revealed a new world to us.”

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Vienna at the time didn’t even have a self-standing orchestra devoted to concert music. Throughout his career, Beethoven organized programs employing freelancers from the various theater orchestras to present his latest compositions.

(He was even responsible for his own marketing of these events.)

One gauge of the Ninth’s iconic status is the variety of interpretations it continues to inspire. Precisely because it commands exalted prestige, the Ninth has also generated controversy, including its share of naysayers, as well as skeptics who discern an element of danger in its overwhelming power.

Some have insisted on seeing the symphony’s epic breadth as a spiritual autobiography of its composer, while for others it encapsulates an entire history of music. There have been elaborate psychoanalytic and feminist readings. Our most revered works of art seem always to be drawn into play not just as experiences in themselves but as mirrors for our own preoccupations.

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What to listen for Perhaps what intensifies the Ninth’s effect is that it both echoes and transcends Beethoven’s heroic style, replacing the individual hero with an all-embracing social vision in the finale. The gravitational pull of that finale is so immense that it has a tendency to overshadow just how extraordinary are the Ninth’s first three movements.

Indeed, Beethoven’s ambiguous and enigmatic opening seems to reveal the very process of musical thought evolving — a

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gambit that later composers have continued to capitalize The Ninth and the on. Emerging out of an indistinct void of pulsing open Modern Orchestra fifths (chords that have yet to materialize as either major One way in which the Ninth was or minor), the music coalesces to thunder forth a titanic so pivotal in music history is that theme, its first part made from the simple elements of a D it actually shaped the role of the minor triad, ruggedly defiant despite tracing a dramatic modern professional conductor, descent. This musical genesis has invited comparisons fostering new standards of rehearsal both to creation myths and to nuclear physics as a way of thanks to its unprecedented technical describing the unleashed energy it calls forth. demands and its array of orchestral It’s as if we’re listening to the universe expand. Part and choral forces. Beethoven of the awe comes from Beethoven’s uncanny ability to adds instruments to his orchestral build vast structures from such primal thematic material. ensemble that did not belong to He introduces elements of tender lyricism in classical the classical symphony, though they contrast, yet these become swept up in the unrelenting were used on occasion in the opera momentum of the music. Just as Beethoven seems to house: piccolo, contrabassoon, trombones (which also appear in have exhausted the full potential of his material, he his Fifth Symphony) and percussion launches into an extensive and apocalyptic coda that instruments in addition to timpani. has fascinated later composers (among them Bruckner) And of course the human voice is almost as much as the movement’s oracular beginning. here added to what had previously With our heads still spinning from this rapidly been the purely instrumental medium expanding musical universe, the Scherzo introduces of the symphony. The Ninth even another kind of energy — one which seems more densely encouraged a new approach to writing concentrated, chasing itself in circles with repetitions that about music: Mere description was no almost anticipate minimalism. Beethoven’s reordering of longer adequate to convey the often the movements so that the Scherzo comes second gives confusing power of this experience; it the Trio a special strategic prominence. Notice how the had to be interpreted. joyful melody, rising upward against a sustained horn note and then descending, foreshadows the profile of the famous tune in the Finale.

In contrast to the emotional turbulence of the first two movements, the Adagio transports us to an otherworldly realm. Its sustained lyrical elevation is based on a series of alternating variations on two themes (“double variations”). These are given in contrasting keys and tempos, the first in the prevailing Adagio tempo (in B-flat) and the second in a faster-flowing Andante in D major — the key toward which the symphony as a whole will culminate. Mahler would learn much from Beethoven’s manner of variation here, where the melody is not only presented under a different guise but is intensified to a new level with each reiteration.

In the Fifth Symphony — Beethoven’s only other symphony in a minor key — the breakthrough occurs at the outset of the final movement. His strategy here is more complex. By introducing the human voice (the most overtly innovative part of the Ninth in terms of form), the finale resists classification. Some commentators view this movement as a compressed miniature symphony, with its own interior sequence of movements. Instead of the inchoate vagueness that sets the first movement in motion, the finale begins with a clamorous chaos, from which order must again be constructed and jubilation earned.

Beethoven looks back over where the symphony has come from as he clears the path to introduce the human voice, first as a brave solo for baritone and then via the collective of the chorus, which counterbalances the individual nuances of the solo quartet. For his text, he adapts selections from Schiller’s lengthy ode from 1785, “An die Freude” (“To Joy”). Yet in what follows, the first three September

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The Numerology of the Ninth Because it was Beethoven’s final symphony, the number itself acquired superstitious significance for some as “the curse of the Ninth” — a marker of finality. Schoenberg, who was acutely susceptible to numerical symbolism, declared that whoever “wants to go beyond the Ninth must pass away.” And in Beethoven’s wake, nine did indeed seem to mark a sort of limit when it came to numbered symphonies. Bruckner’s Ninth is an incomplete torso, while Mahler died before he could complete his Tenth (though Shostakovich got to 15 and the American composer Alan Hovhaness completed a total of 67 numbered symphonies). The association of the Ninth with limits can even be seen in the development of the compact disc, whose maximum playing time was originally designed by using the Ninth as the unit of measure.

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movements are not so much “rejected” as integrated.

For example, the lengthy instrumental fugue flowing out of the jubilant tenor’s solo recalls similar fugal textures from the first two movements. The counterpoint recalls the magnificent eloquence of Handel when Beethoven thickens it further with choral textures. Later, he contrapuntally merges the main “Joy” theme with another theme associated with “sacred” joy (introduced in the passage about what “the starry skies” signify).

The main tune of the “Ode to Joy” itself is basically just a partial run up and down the scale — but with an unexpectedly lengthened beat in its final phrase.

It has a workaday, down-to-earth quality but serves as the basis for an immense series of variations which are superimposed on the finale’s vast structure. For Beethoven, the variation principle seems to function as a symbol of life-affirming creativity. (He had, after all, concluded his path-breaking Eroica Symphony with it.) Perhaps it also signifies the composer’s awareness that, however utopian the vision of the “Ode to Joy,” our highest aspirations must always be molded anew.

— Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator. He writes extensively about music and theater. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader.

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The score calls for 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle, bass drum, cymbals, and strings; in the fourth movement, in addition, Beethoven asks for a solo vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and four-part chorus.

Recommended listening: There’s a mountain of recordings to choose from, but these versions of the Ninth particularly stand out: Ferenc Fricsay’s recording with the Berlin Philharmonic from the 1950s (Deutsche Grammophon) and Leonard Bernstein’s lateperiod account with the Vienna Philharmonic (also on Deutsche Grammophon).

For further exploration: Nicholas Cook’s study, part of the excellent Cambridge Music Handbooks series, considers the Ninth’s background and genesis and offers a close reading. The recently published The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824, by Harvey Sachs (Random House), explores how the Ninth issued a profound challenge to the reigning post-Napoleonic milieu in which Beethoven created it; the book also includes insights into the work’s impact on later generations.

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TEXT AND TRANSLATION FOR BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY An die Freude O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! sondern lasst uns angenemere anstimmen, und freudenvollere.

— Beethoven Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.

Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt, Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

All creatures drink joy at Nature’s breast, all good, all evil ones follow her trail of roses.

She gave us kisses and vines, a friend, proven faithful to death; Pleasure was given even to the worm, and the cherub stands before God.

Freude trinken alle Wesen An den Brüsten der Natur, Alle Guten, alle Bösen Folgen ihrer Rosenspur.

Küsse gab sie uns und Reben, Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod, Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben, Und der Cherub steht vor Gott.

Happy, as his suns fly through heaven’s magnificent design, follow, brothers, your path, joyfully, like a hero to victory.

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen Durch des Himmels prächt’gen Plan, Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.

Be embraced, ye millions!

This kiss to the whole world!

Brothers, beyond the starry sky surely a loving Father dwells.

Seid umschlungen, Millionen!

Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!

Brüder, überm Sternenzelt Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen.

Do you fall prostrate, ye millions?

Do you sense the Creator, World?

Seek Him beyond the starry sky!

Beyond the stars He must dwell.

Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen!

Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?

Such ihn überm Sternenzelt! Über Sternen muss er wohnen.

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Joy, fair spark of the gods, daughter of Elysium, We enter, intoxicated with fire, Heavenly One, your holy place.

Your magic again unites what custom strictly divided; all men become brothers where your gentle wings abide.

Whoever has had the great fortune of being friend to a friend, whoever has won a loving woman, let him add his jubilation!

Yes, even he who calls but one soul on earth his own!

And he who has never done it, let him steal away, weeping, from this company.

Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen, Eines Freundes Freund zu sein, Wer ein holdes Weib errungen, Mische seinen Jubel ein!

Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!

Und wer’s nie gekonnt, der stehle Weinend sich aus diesem Bund.

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Ode to Joy O friends, not these sounds!

Rather let us begin to sing more pleasantly and more joyously.

Phrases of the above text are alternated and combined, especially in the latter part of the movement.

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ARTIST BIOS

ERIN WALL, soprano Soprano Erin Wall is fast establishing herself as one of today’s most sought-after sopranos. Her 2009/10 season saw her debut with two major European companies, the Bavarian State Opera and the Vienna State Opera, in what has steadily become her signature-role: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. Wall also made two important role debuts last season, first as the Countess in Strauss’ Capriccio with Pacific Opera Victoria and then as the four heroines in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann with the Santa Fe Opera.

Wall’s future engagements include returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Vancouver Opera, and recent seasons have included debuts with the Metropolitan Opera as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, with La Scala as Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and with Los Angeles Opera as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. In concert, Erin Wall has appeared on three different programs with the San Francisco Symphony — first as the soprano solo in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, then in Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 and finally as the Soprano I in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in performances that have since been commercially released. Other recent concert engagements have included a program of Fauré and Strauss with the Calgary Philharmonic and Musetta in concert performances of La Bohème with the City of Birmingham (UK) Symphony Orchestra.

Among the awards and career grants that Wall has received are the 2004 ARIA Award from the Aria Foundation, a Richard Tucker Award (2004) and a Sara Tucker Study Grant (2002) from the Richard Tucker Foundation. She represented Canada in the finals of the 2003 BBC Singer of the World competition to critical acclaim, and has also received awards from the Dallas Opera Career Grant Competition, the George London Foundation, the MacAllister Awards, the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, and the Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artists’ Competition.

Born to American parents in Calgary, Alberta, Wall studied piano at the Vancouver Academy

of Music throughout her childhood. She holds music degrees from Western Washington University and Rice University.

She also attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.

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KELLEY O’CONNOR, mezzo-soprano Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate Kelley O'Connor dramatic artistry, GRAMMY® Awardwinning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor quickly has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2010/11 season, the California native’s impressive calendar includes performances of Berio’s Folk Songs with Daniel Harding and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Berlin Festival; excerpts from Roussel’s Padmâvatî with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra; Bach’s Missa Brevis in F major with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra; Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with Stéphane Denève and the Seattle Symphony, as well as with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony both with David Robertson and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and with Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony; and Britten’s Spring Symphony with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The artist returns to the New York Philharmonic for staged performances of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen under the baton of Alan Gilbert, and she joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on an international tour offering performances of Bernstein’s “Jeremiah” Symphony. O’Connor September

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makes her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the company’s new production by Neil Armfield conducted by Rory Macdonald.

O’Connor has received unanimous international critical acclaim for her numerous performances as Federico García Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. She created the role for the world premiere at Tanglewood under the baton of Robert Spano and subsequently has joined Miguel Harth-Bedoya for performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall. She reprised her portrayal of Lorca in the world premiere of the revised edition of Ainadamar at the Santa Fe Opera in a new staging

by Peter Sellars during the 2005 season, which also was presented at Lincoln Center. For her debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, she joined Robert Spano for performances of Ainadamar and a Deutsche Grammophon recording. Additional operatic engagements include her Canadian Opera Company debut in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the role of Meg Page in Falstaff at the Santa Fe Opera.

Additional information is available on the artist’s website, at www.kelleyoconnor.com.

ANTHONY DEAN GRIFFEY, tenor Four-time GRAMMY® Award-winning American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages around the world.

His beautiful and powerful lyric tenor voice, his gift of dramatic interpretation and his superb musicianship have earned him the highest praise from critics and audiences alike. He has performed leading roles at the great international opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne, the Opera National de Paris and the Teatro Comunale di Firenze, to name a few. He is a regular guest of orchestras in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Melbourne, and he is a regular guest at popular festivals including Tanglewood, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart and the

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Griffey has collaborated with many of today’s preeminent conductors, including James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Michael Anthony Dean Griffey Tilson Thomas, Sir Andrew Davis, Esa Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Kurt Masur, Donald Runnicles, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach and Charles Dutoit. In the 2010/11 season, Griffey will make operatic appearances in the title role of Peter Grimes with the Houston Grand Opera and as Lennie in Of Mice and Men with Opera Australia.

His symphonic appearances include Britten’s War Requiem at Carnegie Hall with Seiji Ozawa and the Saito Kinen Orchestra, and with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony, as well as Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony. He will also appear in recital under the auspices of San Francisco Performances, Parlance Chamber Concerts in Parlance, N.J., and Skidmore College in Saratoga, N.Y. Griffey has been celebrated the world over for his powerful portrayal of the title role of Britten’s Peter Grimes. His critically acclaimed 2008 performance in a new production with the Metropolitan Opera was broadcast live in HD worldwide to movie theaters, featured on PBS and released on DVD (EMI Classics.) In 2004, André Previn composed a song cycle for Griffey’s successful New York solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, accompanying him on the piano.

Griffey holds degrees from Wingate University, the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School, and he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Program.

MORRIS D. ROBINSON, bass Morris Robinson is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most interesting and sought-after basses performing today. A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, he made his debut

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at the Metropolitan Opera in Fidelio. He has since appeared there as Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte (both in the original production and in a new children’s English version), the King in Aïda, and in roles in Nabucco, Tannhäuser and new productions of Les Troyens and Salome. He has also appeared at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Florida Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis and the Wolf Trap Opera. His many roles include Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Timur in Turandot, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly, Padre Guardiano in La Forza del Destino, and Ferrando in Il Trovatore.

Also a prolific concert singer, Robinson has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in Chicago and at the Ravinia Festival), National Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Met Chamber Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, New England String Ensemble and at the Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Cincinnati May, Verbier and Aspen festivals. He also appeared at Carnegie Hall as part of Jessye Norman’s HONOR! Festival. In recital, he has been presented by Spivey Hall in Atlanta, the Savannah Music Festival, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. His first album, Going Home, was released on the Decca label.

During the 2009/10 season, Robinson returned to the Los Angeles Opera as Fasolt in Das Rheingold and made his debut at the Atlanta Opera as Ramfis in Aïda. During the summer, he returned to the Cincinnati Opera as the Nightwatchman in Die Meistersinger and the Tanglewood Festival for a concert performance of Die Entführung aus dem Serail with James Levine.

This season he returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Sarastro and makes his debut at the Dallas Opera in Don Giovanni.

An Atlanta native, Robinson is a graduate of The Citadel and received his musical training from the Boston University Opera Institute.

ALEXANDER KERR, guest concertmaster Alexander Kerr’s expressive and charismatic style has made him one of the most accomplished and versatile violinists on the Morris D. Robinson international music scene today. In 1996, at the age of 26, he was appointed to the prestigious position of Concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After Alexander Kerr nine successful years at that post, he left in June 2006 to assume the endowed Linda and Jack Gill Chair in Music as Professor of Violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In addition to his teaching responsibilities in Bloomington, he maintains a busy concert schedule appearing with orchestras and in recital and chamber music performances throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. In 2008, he began his tenure as Principal Guest Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Regarded by the press as a masterful virtuoso with an elegant, old-world sound, Kerr has appeared as soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, working with such renowned conductors as Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Chailly, Peter Oundjian, Robert Spano, Alan Gilbert and David Zinman. An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Edgar Meyer, Truls Mørk and Mstislav Rostropovich at festivals including Aspen, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Stavanger and throughout Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. He recently launched a collaboration with colleague Eric Kim and the Dorothy Richard Starling September

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Foundation, showcasing the enormous wealth of talent at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Kerr’s CD releases include the Dvořák Piano Quintet with Sarah Chang and Leif Ove Andsnes on the EMI label; music by Dutch composer Julius Röntgen on the NM Classics label; and the Shostakovich Romance on a series of discs released by Decca. Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Kerr began his studies at age 7 with members of the National Symphony Orchestra. He went on to study with Sally Thomas at The Juilliard School, and with Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1992.

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NASHVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS George Mabry, chorus director SOPRANO Beverly Anderson Karen L. Argent Esther Bae Amie Bates Allison Bordlemay Angela Carr Leslie M. Crowder Desireé Dolan Katie Doyle M. Kathleen Figaro Heather Funderburg Delphine Gentry Laurens Glass+ Grace J. Guill Jane Harrison Ellen Harvey-Smith Sarah Hayes Sarah Hiestand Catherine Holsen Vanessa D. Jackson Carla Jones Young-Soon Kang Alesia Kelley Amanda King Barbara Jean Laifer Jennifer Lynn Lora Manson Stephanie Martin Susan McIntyre Kimberly McLaughlin Erin R. Meadows Dori Mikus Linda T. Naron Carolyn Naumann Nicole Naumann Samara Pals Lisa Pasto-Crosby Iris Walton Perez Catherine Pratt Tanya Raney Jennifer Robinson Jenna Rose Sonya Sardon Janet Schmitt Deborah S. Schrauger Rachel Schulte Jennifer Goode Stevens Susan Stumne Brandi Surface Marva A. Swann Heather S. Thurman Bethany Trainor

Carol Ann Turney Janelle C. Waggener Emily Warth Debra T. Waters Kathryn Whitaker Amy Wirdzek Joanna Wulfsberg+ Sylvia Wynn ALTO Nakayah Box Rachel Burkey Linda J. Burson Cathi Carmack Teresa C. Cissell Lisa Cooper** Karen Crow Janet Keese Davies* Carla M. Davis* Leriel Davis June Dye Barbara Felts Natalie Felts Susan Fouché Shanon Harris Freeman+ Emily Gaskill Elizabeth Gilliam Leah Handelsman Sallie Hart Gay Hollins-Wiggins Marah Kirsten Janice Lewis Aynsley McLean Barbara Miller Karen Mitchell Pamela Coble Moudy+ Betty Mullens Lisa C. Pellegrin Sarah Redfern Debbie Reyland** Jessica Riviere Nancy Roberts Stephanie Robinson Ursula Roden Carmen Sanders Laura Sikes Maribeth Stahl* Carol Stewart Ember Tanksley Victoria C. Walker Debra Lee Williamson Katie Wilson

TENOR Chris Arguello Nickolas Barnes Dustin Baucom D.J. Cabeen Thomas Clay John Devonald Michael Dozier Douglas Easterling Joshua Harper David W. Hayes Lance High+ William F. Hodge Cory Howell Matthew Klinedinst David Krause John R. Manson+ Bob McLeary John McMeen Bobby Myers Mark Naumann Charlie Overton Bill Paul John Perry David W. Piston Al Powers Craig Raymaley Robert C. Richardson Douglas Rose David M. Satterfield* Eddie Smith Stephen F. Sparks** Clint Swan James W. White Bruce Williams Jonathan Yeaworth BASS Gary Adams Matt Adrian Gilbert Aldridge Robert A. Anderson Robert O. Begtrup James Collins James L. Cox Kenton Dickerson Patrick Dunnevant Scott Edwards John Ford Dave Goodridge Dan Hansen James Harrington Richard Hatfield

Charles Heimermann Stanley Jenkins Carl Johnson Clinton Johnson Adam Ketron Matt Landman William B. Loyd** Bob MacKendree Ryan Mason Bruce Meriwether Andrew Miller Stephen Mitchell Christopher Mixon Larry Moore Dwayne Murray Steve Myers Jason Pearson Steve Prichard+ J. Paul Roark Fred Rowles Glenn Sanford David Schober Jordan Simpkins Matthew Smedberg Larry Strachan Chad Stuible David B. Thomas+ Edwin M. Walker Adam Wegner John Wells Michael Wentz David Binns Williams David Boyd Williams John Williams Douglas Rose, assistant chorus director Emma Smyth, chorus manager Elizabeth Smith, accompanist John Roberts, librarian + Section Leaders ** NSC Board Member * NSC Board Appointment

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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Prologue Somewhere Scherzo Mambo Cha Cha Meeting Scene Cool Fugue Rumble Finale

intermission LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra,

Op. 73 “Emperor” Allegro Adagio un poco mosso Rondo: Allegro André Watts, piano André Watts’ recordings are available on the SONY Classical, Phillips, Angel/EMI and Telarc labels.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Russia; died on November 6, 1893, in St. Petersburg, Russia Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy Tchaikovsky composed the first version of his Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy in 1869. He subsequently revised the score twice, finishing the third, definitive version in 1880. It was a breakthrough work for the young Tchaikovsky, pointing ahead to the powerful emotional drama of his later symphonies. Instead of “illustrating” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Shakespeare’s famous play in a linear fashion, the Overture-Fantasy distills its main elements: After a somber, tragic introduction, martial themes establish the atmosphere of conflict between the two families, while a transcendent love theme evokes the unbreakable bond uniting the lovers.

First performance: March 1870 with Nikolai Rubinstein, director of the Moscow Conservatory First Nashville Symphony performance: April 8, 1947 (during the orchestra’s inaugural season), at War Memorial Auditorium with Music Director William Strickland Estimated length: 20 minutes Shakespeare helped provide the impetus for Tchaikovsky to find his true voice with this orchestral masterpiece. So did Mily Balakirev, a contemporary who acted as an insistent guru to a whole generation of composers seeking to establish a uniquely Russian musical identity. Though just a few years older than Tchaikovsky, he combined the roles of mentor, faculty advisor and even spiritual confessor, while the latter, fresh out of the Conservatory, was trying to make his name as a composer.

It was Balakirev who suggested the idea of a concert work based on Romeo and Juliet. He pointed out what he considered flaws in an earlier work and suggested using Shakespeare’s play as the basis for a new piece of concert music. He recommended the segmentation of musical ideas into material representing Friar Lawrence, the feuding families and the lovers, and he even suggested the dramatic use of key relations: Romeo and Juliet’s music (D-flat major) is remote from the tragic B minor in which the Montague-Capulet strife is cast — a world unto itself.

Tchaikovsky wrote the score in six weeks near the end of 1869 but was unsatisfied and revised it twice, crafting an especially effective ending for the standard, final version he completed in 1880. In the process, he designed a dramatic musical architecture that masterfully supports the contrast of dramatic elements. Although he termed the work a “Fantasia Overture,” the composer didn’t write a merely episodic “fantasy,” but instead adapted classical sonata form to his purpose, framed by an introduction and coda-epilogue. He similarly selected three key elements from the play to use as the basis for his musical narrative: the intervention of Friar Lawrence, the hateful division between the feuding families, and the blindingly intense love of the young couple.

The Friar’s music sets the scene in the Andante introduction, first as a contemplative chorale of clarinets and bassoons with a hint of Orthodox chant. Tchaikovsky’s palette alternates most effectively between ominous and deliriously swooning colors. The feud music then splashes across the canvas, violent in its rhythmic snap and swirling figures. It gives the main Allegro its momentum. At first, Romeo and Juliet’s love theme, introduced by English horn and viola, is a melancholy oasis set apart from the violence. But when he later returns to this theme, Tchaikovsky elaborates it into a more extravagant statement of passion, only to shatter its textures with the relentless feud music. A dirge-like

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beat in the final section underscores the tragic death of the lovers, as their theme soars one last time but is silenced by a chillingly conclusive fanfare.

The Overture-Fantasy is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, harp and strings.

Recommended listening: Mikhail Pletnev’s account with the Russian National Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon is available as part of a three-CD budget set, offering a terrific entrée into all of Tchaikovsky’s symphonic poems and also including the unjustly neglected Manfred Symphony. Both this and Leonard Bernstein’s riveting performance with the New York Philharmonic (released on Sony) are readily available on iTunes.

Leonard Bernstein Born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts; died on October 14, 1990, in New York City

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Bernstein composed the musical score for West Side Story in 1956 and 1957. The show was a smash from its opening in September 1957.

The composer supervised the arrangement of the concert suite Symphonic Dances from West Side Story in the winter of 1960-61; his collaborators Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal completed the orchestration.

Bernstein’s original score for the musical used classical compositional techniques to develop and integrate its thematic material. This “symphonic” quality is one of several features that set West Side Story apart from the familiar formulas of American musical theater. The Symphonic Dances, one of his most popular concert works, gathers preexisting episodes from the score and presents them in fuller orchestral garb.

First performance: February 13, 1961, at Carnegie Hall, with Lukas Foss conducting the New York Philharmonic First Nashville Symphony performance: May 1 & 2, 1987, at Tennessee Performing Arts Center with Music Director Kenneth Schermerhorn estimated length: 23 minutes It’s hard to believe West Side Story is now over a half-century old. Despite the ground-breaking musical’s iconic status onstage and onscreen, the freshness of its score seems undiminished and preserves all the charge, energy and grace of Leonard Bernstein’s vintage years as a composer. West Side Story’s legendary success also makes it easy to forget just what a risky and innovative venture this was — not only in terms of what was considered challenging subject matter at the time for the genre (gang violence and the disillusionment of the American Dream), but in its formal elements as well, which tightly integrated dance and music to unify the narrative.

In fact, the project began with dance very much at its core. West Side Story, as every production reminds us, is “based on a conception of Jerome Robbins.” Bernstein had first teamed with the revolutionary choreographer — a notorious terror to work with — in 1943 for the ballet Fancy Free, which became the kernel for his debut musical comedy of the following year, On the Town. As early as January 1949, according to a timeline the composer later published about the creation of West Side September

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Story, Robbins had planted the “noble idea” of making a contemporary adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. With the working title East Side Story, it would be “set in slums at the coincidence of Easter-Passover celebrations,” centered around a theme of Jewish-Catholic divisions.

The idea failed to gel in this first stage, but Robbins convinced Bernstein to reconsider it in 1955, together with playwright Arthur Laurents, who had already drafted the book.

They decided to alter the setting to the rundown area of Manhattan’s West Side, with a truly upto-date urban backdrop of bitter gang rivalry between Puerto Rican immigrants (the Sharks) and working-class whites (the Jets). As a fresh addition to the collaborative team, the young, just-emerging Stephen Sondheim was brought on board as lyricist.

Another major risk of the undertaking was to incorporate elements of “highbrow” art into a decidedly populist medium without diluting its immediacy. This choice adds to the emotional complexity of West Side Story. It also provided a ready foundation for the later concert suite: When Bernstein decided to create the Symphonic Dances, he simply took pieces directly from his original score for West Side Story, rather than recompose material from the musical in a more elaborate form. As biographer Humphrey Burton aptly observes, “even in its show form West Side Story is symphonically conceived.” The vital pulse of the dance, meanwhile, had been integral to its conception from the start.

Bernstein composed much of West Side Story’s music while simultaneously immersed in another daring work of musical theater, the ambitious, operetta-styled Candide. Some of the music we now think of as inevitably belonging to West Side Story was originally conceived as part of the latter (“One Hand, One Heart” and “Gee, Officer Krupke”) — and vice versa. The composer also benefited from his recent scoring of the film On the Waterfront (itself later arranged as a “symphonic suite”), for which he had to imagine a tense and grittily urban musical fabric as well.

What to listen for Bernstein’s colleagues Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal — both of whom had recently scored the film version of West Side Story — assisted in the actual orchestration of Symphonic Dances, which features an extensive percussion section for the “action” sequences. The suite seamlessly blends nine different episodes from the musical (though not in their original dramatic sequence).

Bernstein had toyed with the idea of a formal overture but wisely decided to dispense with it, opening instead in the middle of things: The danced face-off between Jets and Sharks, depicted by the music of the Prologue, simmers with tension. The original East Side Story idea is still discernible in the fanfare-like blast of the opening, which the composer compared to the call of the shofar (the ram’s horn traditionally used in Jewish services). This theme also introduces the ambiguous-sounding interval of the tritone (also known as an augmented fourth), which is seeded throughout the score as a primary motivic idea. It features prominently in the gang music but can suggest longing as well (as in the opening notes of “Maria,” one of the first ideas Bernstein drafted for the musical back in 1949).

Menace gives way to the fragile hope expressed in “Somewhere,” a dream vision of love that occurs near the beginning of the second act; darker harmonies enter in to complicate the picture, though, and underline its utopian unreality. A brief Scherzo, with its nod to Copland’s Americana landscapes, provides the transition to the Latin-flavored music of “Mambo” for the scene of the dance at the gym — Laurents’ equivalent of Shakespeare’s ball at the Capulets — where Tony and Maria meet and instantly fall in love. The hostility of the gangs is barely held in check by the stylized energy of the dance, while the gentle rhythms of “Cha-cha” turn toward the private world of the young lovers, with pizzicato strings anticipating the tune of “Maria.”

After the brief “Meeting Scene,” the focus swerves back to the harsh reality of the violence around them, now channeled into “Cool” and the thrilling jazz fugue sequence that follows.

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ethnic hatred between the gangs in the climactic “Rumble.” A wandering flute solo leads the way to the finale. Here, the possibility of a way out of this dead end returns in the lyricism of Maria’s “I Have a Love.” Yet the harmonies again grow thornier. A brief reprise of the chorus from “Somewhere” brings the suite to its conclusion, but underpinned by the lingering ambiguity of the tritone motif — now as a chord in the bass.

The score calls 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussion players (snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, tom-tom, conga, 4 pitched drums, bongos, traps, cymbals, suspended cymbals, finger cymbals, cowbells, chimes, tam-tam, triangle, timbales, police whistle, woodblock, tambourine, maracas, gourds, xylophone, glockenspiel and vibraphone), harp, celesta/piano and strings.

Recommended listening: Bernstein’s own account of this music with the New York Philharmonic is available on Sony and iTunes.

For further exploration: One of the most balanced biographies of Bernstein remains Humphrey Burton’s Leonard Bernstein (Doubleday). Also well worth investigating is the fascinating DVD The Making of West Side Story (Deutsche Grammophon), which documents the composer’s 1984 recording of the complete score with a luxury cast — tantrums and all.

Ludwig van Beethoven Born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany; died on March 26, 1827, in Vienna

Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) Beethoven composed the Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat in 1809.

The last piano concerto he completed, the “Emperor” synthesizes extraordinarily imaginative virtuosity for the soloist with symphonic grandeur and expansiveness.

First performance: November 28, 1811, in Leipzig, with the Leipzig Ludwig Van Beethoven Gewandhaus Orchestra and soloist Friedrich Schneider First Nashville Symphony performance: January 25, 1949, at War Memorial Auditorium with Music Director William Strickland and soloist Clifford Curzon Estimated length: 38 minutes A number of nicknames have become inextricably linked with Beethoven’s compositions, but none is as ironically misleading as the posthumously invented tag “the Emperor” — at least insofar as it might suggest any sort of glorification of Napoleonic power. The name by which his last completed piano concerto is known in the English-speaking world could hardly have pleased the composer.

Napoleon and his troops were in fact making Beethoven’s life hell precisely when he was in the thick of creating this music. Following their bombardment of Vienna in the spring of 1809, Beethoven angrily described the destructive misery caused by war. Amid the crumbling foundations of the old Habsburg order and the ensuing economic chaos, Haydn’s death in that troubled year must have underscored the sense of an era coming to its end.

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Despite the external turmoil, Beethoven composed music of sweeping (indeed majestic) grandeur in the Fifth Concerto. Its outer movements, set in E-flat — the composer’s signature key for evoking the heroic — even enlist an assertively “militaristic” rhetoric within the larger scope of this profoundly inventive and influential score. The turn and dotted rhythm of the first movement’s main theme, to take an obvious example, act as a march-like stimulus.

Yet Beethoven scholar Leon Plantinga observes that beneath the surface, the symbolism here is much subtler: a metaphorical recasting of the military that was then impinging on the composer’s daily life. The overbearing presence of armed conflict during this period “may have reminded him (and now us) of a generalized human struggle,” Plantinga writes. So instead of glorifying any one figure, the Concerto’s “heroic gestures pointed to a nobility of character required to prevail.”

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What to listen for The famous opening sequence of orchestral chords and solo cadenzas are more than grandiose introductory proceedings before the real business of the first movement starts off. In fact, they serve as a microcosm for the entire work. Alongside the extroverted confidence of these three fundamental chords, the piano’s flourishes inject an air of leisurely fantasy and even, in its third flight, a hint of otherworldly introspection. The vast expanse of the entire first movement unfolds less as a “heroic” struggle than as an ongoing contrast between these two impulses — dynamic momentum on the one hand, relaxed musing on the other. Only once, at the climax of the development, does a real sense of crisis threaten, preparing the way for a glorious recapitulation of the opening cadenzas.

Progressive deafness had by now put an end to Beethoven’s virtuoso career, and the sense of retreat from the world’s cares suffuses the Adagio with a serene, veiled beauty that perfectly counterbalances the energetic exertions of the

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Beethoven as Pianist Mozart once described Vienna as “the land of the clavier.” When Beethoven settled in the Habsburg capital in November 1792 — only a year after Mozart had died — he followed the pattern set by his predecessor and initially made his name as a virtuoso keyboard performer. The piano served as his center of gravity: It was the tool through which he cultivated a style and experimented. Carl Czerny, who was a prodigy when Beethoven took him on as a pupil, later recalled the charismatic impact made by his famous improvisations. He added that Beethoven “would burst into loud laughter and banter his hearers” after seeing how his playing had brought many of them to tears. But by the time of the “Emperor,” worsening deafness had made it impossible for Beethoven to continue performing in public.

This is the only one of his five piano concertos that the composer himself did not introduce as soloist.

For the Vienna premiere in 1812, it was Czerny who took over this role. outer movements. (Particularly in this concert’s context, it’s easy to hear the oft-remarked resemblance of the Adagio’s main melody to that of Bernstein’s “Somewhere.”) Yet there are deep coherences within the Concerto as a whole: The turn to B major alludes to the tonal expansiveness of the first movement, yet the tonality now remains static while the piano’s exquisite filigree seems to revisit its earlier dreamy impulses in slow motion.

At the end of the second movement, Beethoven enacts one of his most magical transitions simply by lowering that static B by a half-step, to B-flat — sounded first by bassoons — to provide a direct springboard back to E-flat and into the finale. The piano first spells out the main subject — a variant of a characteristic “hunting” rondo theme which Beethoven renders more aggressive by phrasing it with propulsive rhythmic accents. Forward-pushing dynamism once again brushes up against dazzlingly virtuosic ruminations. In a startling theatrical surprise, the music nearly comes to a standstill — the timpani alone insisting on a rhythm — before the piano’s fierce cascade of scales leads the way out to an exuberant finish.

—Thomas May is the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator. He writes extensively about music and theater. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader.

In addition to solo piano, the score calls for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.

Recommended listening: You can’t go wrong with Maurizio Pollini and the Vienna Philharmonic’s invigorating performance under Karl Böhm (Deutsche Grammophon) or Rudolf Serkin as soloist with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic (Sony). Both are available on iTunes.

For further exploration: A richly detailed, indepth study of Beethoven’s social and cultural milieu, his biographical background and his music, Leon Plantinga’s Beethoven’s Concertos: History, Style, Performance (Norton) is highly recommended.

ARTIST BIOS

ANDRÉ WATTS, piano André Watts burst upon the music world at age 16, when Leonard Bernstein chose him to make his debut at the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concerts, broadcast nationwide on CBS-TV. Only two weeks later, Bernstein asked him to substitute at the last minute for the ailing Glenn Gould in performances of Liszt’s E-flat Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, thus launching his career in storybook fashion. More than 45 years later, Watts remains one of today’s most celebrated and beloved superstars.

A perennial favorite with orchestras throughout the U.S., Watts is also a regular guest at the major summer music festivals, including Ravinia, the Hollywood Bowl and Tanglewood.

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appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, and the Atlanta, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Seattle and National symphonies, among others. During the 10/11 season, Watts plays all-Liszt recitals throughout the U.S., while recent international engagements include appearances in Japan, Germany and Spain.

Watts has had a long and frequent association with television, having appeared on numerous programs produced by PBS, the BBC and the Arts and Entertainment Network. His 1976 New York recital, aired on the program Live From Lincoln Center, was the first full-length recital broadcast in the history of television.

His recent television appearances are with the Philadelphia Orchestra on the occasion of the orchestra’s 100th Anniversary Gala and a performance of the Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the Seattle Symphony for PBS. His extensive discography includes recordings of works by Gershwin, Chopin, Liszt and Tchaikovsky for CBS Masterworks; recital CDs of works by Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and Chopin for Angel/EMI; and recordings featuring the concertos of Liszt, MacDowell, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens on the Telarc label.

A much-honored artist who has played before royalty in Europe and heads of government all over the world, Watts was selected to receive the Avery Fisher Prize in 1988. At age 26 he was the

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youngest person ever to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Yale University, and he has since received numerous honors from highly respected schools, including The Juilliard School of Music and his alma mater, the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.

Previously artist-inresidence at the University of Maryland, Watts was appointed to the newly created Jack I. and Dora B. Hamlin Endowed Chair in Music at Indiana University in May 2004.

WILLIAM PREUCIL, guest concertmaster William Preucil became concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra in April 1995 and has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Orchestra in concerto performances at both Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center. Prior to joining The Cleveland Orchestra, Preu­cil served for seven seasons as first violinist of the GRAMMY®winning Cleveland Quartet. Telarc International recorded the Cleveland Quartet performing the complete cycle of Beethoven’s 17 string quartets, as well as a variety of chamber works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Brahms.

From 1982 to 1989, Preucil served as concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, after previously holding the same position with the orchestras of Utah and Nashville. During his tenure in Atlanta, he appeared with the Atlanta Symphony as soloist in 70 performances of 15 different concertos.

Composer Stephen Paulus’s Violin Concerto was written for and dedicated to Preucil, who premiered it and then recorded it for New World Records with the Atlanta Symphony and conductor Robert Shaw. He also has made solo appearances with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Hong Kong, Minnesota, Rochester and Taipei.

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Preucil regularly performs chamber music, as a guest soloist with other orchestras, and at summer music festivals. His North American festival performances have included Santa Fe, Sarasota, Seattle and Sitka, with international appearances in France, Germany and Switzerland. Each summer, he serves as concertmaster and soloist with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra in San Diego. He also continues to perform as a member of the Lanier Trio, whose recording of the complete Dvořák piano trios was honored as one of Time magazine’s top 10 compact discs for 1993.

Preucil serves as Distinguished Professor of Violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Furman University. He previously taught at the Eastman School of Music and at the University of Georgia. Preucil began studying violin at age 5 with his mother, Doris Preucil, a pioneer in Suzuki violin instruction in the U.S. At 16, he graduated with honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and entered Indiana University to study with Josef Gingold (former concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra).

He was awarded a performer’s certificate at Indiana University and also studied with Zino Francescatti and György Sebök.

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ALLEN ARENA LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY Thursday, September 23, at 7 p.m.

Friday & Saturday, September 24 & 25, at 8 p.m.

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EMMANUEL CHABRIER España LEONARD BERNSTEIN adapted by Maurice Peress

Overture to West Side Story

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Audiences will enjoy a program rich with favorites when renowned singer Michael McDonald joins the Nashville Symphony. The program gets off to a lively start with Antonín Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, Op. 92. The second in a cycle of three overtures that are known collectively as Nature, Life and Love, the Carnival Overture was composed in 1892, shortly before Dvořák left Prague for his legendary sojourn in the United States. The 10-minute piece has been aptly described as “a miniature symphony in four movements.” It opens with a rousing march featuring cymbals, timpani and tambourine, followed by interludes with strings and woodwinds that shift between tenderness and drama. The finale circles back to the boisterous opening theme, kicking it into higher gear with a burst of brass and percussion.

Dvořák’s dynamic overture will be followed by the infectious Spanish dance rhythms and delicate plucked strings of Emmanuel Chabrier’s España. Chabrier, a Parisian who abandoned a legal career at age 40 to devote himself to music, wrote España following an 1882 tour of Spain, where he was inspired to create, as he put it, “voluptuous” melodies. The rhapsody named for the country that so enchanted him was an immediate hit when it premiered in Paris in 1883, and it remained so popular that Chabrier made a lifelong habit of pleasing his friends by playing it whenever a piano came to hand. España served as the score for a 1961 ballet by choreographer Roland Petit, and the melody was borrowed for Perry Como’s 1956 pop hit “Hot Diggity.”

Latin rhythms — with a distinct jazz influence — continue with Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story overture, which will conclude the first half of the program. While leaning heavily on the more hard-charging themes, the overture touches on the 1957 musical’s every mood, from the driving beat of gang encounters to the lush, romantic melodies of star-crossed young lovers.

The energy and richness of the orchestral selections serve as an apt introduction for the extraordinary vocal gifts of Michael McDonald, who will take the stage for the second half of the evening. As lead singer of the Doobie Brothers, McDonald lent his vibrant, unmistakable baritone to a remarkable string of hits for the band in the late ’70s. His voice was essential to their soulful soft rock classics, including “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “Minute by Minute” and “What a Fool Believes.” In his solo career, McDonald’s music took on an even more pronounced R&B sound, with passionate vocal performances on “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)” and on “Yah Mo B There,” a duet with soul legend James Ingram. McDonald will treat Nashville audiences to a selection of these favorites, but the focus of the evening will be an acoustic tribute to the music of Nashville. McDonald’s stirring voice combined with Nashville’s great tradition of song is sure to make for a memorable evening.

— Nashville-based freelance writer Maria Browning is the Nashville Symphony’s pops program annotator.

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MICHAEL MCDONALD “You just try to pick the songs that are most meaningful to you,” five-time GRAMMY®-winner Michael McDonald says about the inspiration for his new album, Soul Speak. “These songs span my life — they’re the ones where I can remember where I was when I first heard them, the ones that made me interested in becoming a recording artist, the songs I’d always imagined myself singing.” Soul Speak is the natural follow-

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up to McDonald’s two smash explorations of the Motown Records songbook. This time, however, McDonald didn’t restrict himself to any one style or record label or decade; he wanted to interpret songs that he loved, regardless of genre. So while some of the selections fall squarely within the blue-eyed soul territory that we associate with Michael McDonald, others are a bit more surprising.

McDonald has been a fixture in American pop music for more than three decades. After

emerging out of the local scene in his hometown of St. Louis, he first came into the spotlight as part of Steely Dan’s touring band in the early 1970s. He contributed vocals and keyboards to the band’s classic albums Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho. While working with Steely Dan, McDonald also joined the Doobie Brothers, where his voice became the group’s focal point on such songs as “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “Minute

by Minute” and, unforgettably, the No. 1 single “What a Fool Believes,” which won the 1980 GRAMMY® for Song of the Year.

McDonald expects that his next project will be more focused on his own songwriting, but notes that his busy touring schedule makes it difficult.

“More and more, I find that I’m out working all the time, and I have to search for any time to be able to woodshed and write.” But of course, the key to a project like Soul Speak is that even if most of these songs weren’t written in Michael McDonald’s own words, that doesn’t make them any less personal.

The album is the story of a musical life, of the thoughts and sounds and influences that helped shape a legendary career.

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Giancarlo Guerrero, music director

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ow entering his second season with the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero continues to flourish as the orchestra’s music director. A fervent advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with and championed the works of several of America’s most respected composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty and Roberto Sierra. In the fall of 2009, Naxos released a recording of Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony performing works by Michael Daugherty. This coming season, Guerrero and the orchestra have two more recordings planned for release on Naxos, the first featuring the music of Argentine legend Astor Piazzolla and the second featuring American composer Joseph Schwantner.

Photo by David Bailey During the 2010/11 season, Guerrero will travel to five continents to guest-conduct a wide array of repertoire. In North America, he conducts the Cleveland Orchestra during one of its Miami residency weeks, marking his fourth appearance with the orchestra in as many years. He also returns to the Kansas City Symphony for a second consecutive year. In South and Central America, he makes his Brazilian debut with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in a two-week residency with concerts in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He now returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s much-lauded El Sistema music education program. In addition, he will make a special appearance in his native Costa Rica to conduct the 70th anniversary gala concert of the Costa Rican National Orchestra. Guerrero appears for the first time in Asia conducting the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur, again with a twoweek residency. He returns to Australia for a re-engagement with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted at the 2008 Adelaide Festival, coupled with a debut visit to the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth. In Europe he will make his debut with the Brussels Philharmonic.

Last season, Guerrero made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut at Tanglewood and returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center. His European engagements included return appearances with Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Orchestra and his U.K. debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In recent seasons he has appeared with many of the major North American orchestras, including the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Seattle, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Houston, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, San Diego, Toronto, Vancouver and the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. He has also appeared at several major summer festivals, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival, and Indiana University’s summer orchestra festival.

Also in demand in Central and South America, Guerrero made his debut at the Casals Festival with Yo-Yo Ma and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in 2005, which was followed by return engagements in 2006 and 2007. He recently conducted the Filarmónica de Buenos Aires in one of its first concerts in the newly refurbished Teatro Colón, where he first appeared with the orchestra in 2005.

Equally at home with opera, Guerrero works regularly with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and in recent seasons has conducted new productions of Carmen, La bohème, and Rigoletto. In February 2008, he gave the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival, to great acclaim.

In June 2004, Guerrero was awarded the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide. He holds degrees from Baylor and Northwestern universities. He was most recently the music director of the Eugene Symphony. From 1999 to 2004, Guerrero served as associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he made his subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano’s Phantasmagoria on the Ghosts of Versailles. Prior to his tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra, he served as music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.

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Conductors Albert-George Schram, resident conductor

Kelly Corcoran, associate conductor

Albert-George Schram, a native of the Netherlands, has served as resident conductor of the Nashville Symphony since August 2005 and is concurrently staff conductor of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He also holds regular guest-conducting Photo by Amy Dickerson positions with the Tucson Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

When the Nashville Symphony opened Schermerhorn Symphony Center in 2006, Schram was invited to become the orchestra’s resident conductor. While he has conducted on all series the orchestra offers, Schram is primarily responsible for its Bank of America Pops Series.

Maestro Schram’s longest tenure has been with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, where he has worked in a variety of capacities since 1979 and is an audience favorite for all series he conducts, including Pops and the CSO’s summer season. As a regular guest conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Schram in 2002 opened the orchestra’s new permanent summer home, Symphony Park. He has regularly conducted the Charlotte Symphony for nine consecutive years.

In 2008 Maestro Schram was invited to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Bolivia in La Paz and the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. His other foreign conducting engagements have included the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Taegu Symphony Orchestra in Korea, and the Orchester der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Luzern in Switzerland. He has made return appearances to his native Holland to conduct the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and the Netherlands Broadcast Orchestra.

Schram’s studies have been largely in the European tradition under the tutelage of Franco Ferrara, Rafael Kubelik, Abraham Kaplan and Neeme Järvi. He received the majority of his initial training at the Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands. His training was completed at the University of Washington.

The 2010/11 season marks Associate Conductor Kelly Corcoran’s fourth season with the Nashville Symphony. During this time, she has conducted a variety of programs, including the Symphony’s SunTrust Classical Series and Bank of America Pops Series, and has served as the primary conductor for the orchestra’s education and community engagement concerts. She also conducted the Nashville Symphony’s CD with Riders In The Sky, ‘Lassoed Live’ at the Schermerhorn.

Corcoran debuts this season with the Houston Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Colorado Symphony and Springfield (Mo.) Symphony. She has conducted orchestras throughout the country, including performances with the Milwaukee, Detroit and National symphonies, as well as the Naples (Fla.) Philharmonic. In 2009, she made her successful South American debut as a guest conductor with the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. She has developed a reputation for exciting, energized performances. The Tennessean hailed her work on the podium as “lively” and “fresh.”

Named as Honorable Mention for the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, Corcoran conducted the Bournemouth (UK) Symphony in January 2008 and studied with Marin Alsop. Prior to her position in Nashville, she completed three seasons as assistant conductor for the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio and music director of the Canton Youth Symphony and the Cleveland-area Heights Chamber Orchestra.

In 2004, Corcoran participated in the selective National Conducting Institute, where she studied with her mentor, Leonard Slatkin. She has held additional posts as assistant music director of Nashville Opera, founder/music director of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra and fellow with the New World Symphony.

Originally from Massachusetts and a member of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for more than 10 years, Corcoran received her Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from The Boston Conservatory. She received her Master of Music in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. Corcoran currently serves on the conducting faculty at Tennessee State University.

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Conductors George Mabry, chorus director and conductor George Mabry, who has directed the Nashville Symphony Chorus since 1998, is Professor Emeritus of Music at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville.

He served as Director of its Center for the Creative Arts and Director of Choral Activities at the university until his retirement in 2003.

While at Austin Peay, Mabry’s choirs performed for national and regional conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and the American Choral Directors Association. A native Tennessean, Mabry holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University and Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University.

Mabry is active as a choral clinician and festival adjudicator. He has conducted All-State choirs in Kentucky and Virginia.

Mabry is also a published composer and arranger. In addition to his choral and instrumental compositions, he has written and produced musical shows for entertainment parks around the country. He was formerly Director of Entertainment for Opryland U.S.A. in Nashville. In 2003, he received the Governor’s Award in the Arts for Arts Leadership in Tennessee and the Spirit of Tennessee Award from the Tennessee Arts Academy.

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Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero Music Director Albert-George Schram Resident Conductor First Violins* Concertmaster, vacant Walter Buchanan Sharp Chair Gerald C. Greer, Acting Concertmaster Erin Hall, Acting Associate Concertmaster Denise Baker, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Concertmaster Emeritus Kristi Seehafer John Maple Deidre Fominaya Bacco Alison Gooding Paul Tobias Beverly Drukker Anna Lisa Hoepfinger Kirsten Mitchell Erin Long Isabel Bartles Second Violins* Carolyn Wann Bailey, Principal Zeneba Bowers, Assistant Principal Louise Morrison Rebecca J Willie Kenneth Barnd Radu Georgescu Benjamin Lloyd Jessica Blackwell Lisa Thrall Jeremy Williams Rebecca Cole Laura Ross +Keiko Nagayoshi

Kelly Corcoran Associate Conductor

Violas* Daniel Reinker, Principal Shu-Zheng Yang, Assistant Principal Judith Ablon Bruce Christensen Michelle Lackey Collins Christopher Farrell Mary Helen Law Melinda Whitley Clare Yang Cellos* Anthony LaMarchina, Principal Julia Tanner, Assistant Principal James Victor Miller Chair Bradley Mansell Lynn Marie Peithman Stephen Drake Michael Samis Matthew Walker Christopher Stenstrom Keith Nicholas Xiao-Fan Zhang Basses* Joel Reist, Principal Glen Wanner, Assistant Principal Elizabeth Stewart Gary Lawrence, Principal Emeritus Kevin Jablonski Joe Ferris Flutes Erik Gratton, Principal Anne Potter Wilson Chair Ann Richards, Assistant Principal Norma Grobman Rogers Piccolo Norma Grobman Rogers

George L. Mabry Chorus Director

Oboes Principal, vacant Ellen Menking, Acting Co-Principal Roger Wiesmeyer, Acting Co-Principal

Trombones Lawrence L. Borden, Principal Susan K. Smith, Assistant Principal Bass Trombone Steven Brown

English Horn Roger Wiesmeyer

Tuba Gilbert Long, Principal

Clarinets James Zimmermann, Principal Cassandra Lee, Assistant Principal Daniel Lochrie

Timpani William G. Wiggins, Principal Percussion Sam Bacco, Principal Richard Graber, Assistant Principal

E-flat Clarinet Cassandra Lee Bass Clarinet Daniel Lochrie

Harp Licia Jaskunas, Principal

Bassoons Cynthia Estill, Principal Dawn Hartley, Assistant Principal Gil Perel

Keyboard Robert Marler, Principal

Contra Bassoon Gil Perel Horns Leslie Norton, Principal Beth Beeson Kelly Cornell, Associate Principal/3rd Horn Hunter Sholar Radu V. Rusu, Assistant 1st Horn Trumpets Jeffrey Bailey, Principal Patrick Kunkee, Co-Principal Gary Armstrong, Assistant Principal September

Librarians D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian Orchestra Personnel Managers Anne Dickson Rogers Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant *Section seating revolves +Leave of Absence

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2010/11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Alan D. Valentine * President & CEO James C. Gooch Board Chair John T. Rochford Board Vice Chair Robert E. McNeilly, III Board Chair-Elect Lee A. Beaman * Immediate Past Board Chair David Williams, II Board Treasurer Julie G. Boehm Board Secretary Directors Janet Ayers Julian B. Baker Jr. Russell W. Bates Scott Becker James L. Beckner Rob Bironas David L. Black James B. Boles Jack O. Bovender, Jr. William H. Braddy III, CFP Anastasia Brown Virginia Byrn Ann Carell Pamela L. Carter

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Rebecca Cole * Michelle Lackey Collins * Susannah C. Culbertson * Greg Daily David Steele Ewing John D. Ferguson John Gawaluck Edward Goodrich Amy Grant Carl Grimstad Francis S. Guess Billy Ray Hearn C. Keith Herron Dan W. Hogan Lee Ann Ingram Martha R. Ingram Clay Jackson Ruth E. Johnson Elliott Warner Jones, Sr. Kevin P. Lavender Mary Helen Law * Zachary Liff Richard Maradik, Jr. Ellen Harrison Martin * Robert A. McCabe, Jr. Eduardo Minardi Gregg Morton Peter Neff Hal N. Pennington Joseph K. Presley * Charles R. Pruett

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Jesse B. Register Wayne J. Riley Doyle Rippee Norma Rogers * Anne L. Russell Michael Samis * Devin Schultz ** James C. Seabury III Kristi Seehafer * Mark Silverman Beverly K. Small Patti Smallwood Stephen Sparks * Howard Stringer Bruce D. Sullivan Louis B. Todd Steve Turner Jay Turner David T. Vandewater Jeffery Walraven Johnna Watson Ted Houston Welch William Greer Wiggins * Jeremy Williams * Sadhna V. Williams * Betsy Wills William M. Wilson Clare Yang * Shirley Zeitlin *Indicates Ex Officio **Indicates Intern

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2010/11 Nashville Symphony Staff Executive Alan D. Valentine, President and CEO Karen Fairbend, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO Mark A. Blakeman, V.P. of Orchestra and Building Operations and General Manager Sarah Jones, Assistant to the V.P. of Orchestra and Building Operations Andrea Dillenburg, V.P. of External Affairs Polly Rembert, Assistant to the V.P. of External Affairs Michael Kirby, V.P. of Finance and Administration and CFO Mitchell Korn, V.P. of Education and Community Engagement Jim Mancuso, V.P. of Artistic Administration Jonathan Norris, SPHR, V.P. of Human Resources Artistic Administration Emma Smyth, Manager of Artistic Administration Valerie Nelson, Artistic Administration Assistant Andrew Risinger, Organ Curator Box Office/Ticketing Kimberly Darlington, Director of Ticket Services Emily Shannon, Box Office Manager Tina Messer, Ticket Services Specialist Missy Hubner, Ticket Services Assistant Communications Jonathan Marx, Director of Communications Jared Morrison, Website and Multimedia Manager Laurie Davis, Publicist Barbara Hoffman, Archivist and Historian Data Standards Kent Henderson, Director of Data Standards Sheila Wilson, Sr. Database Associate Grant Cooksey, Patron Services Analyst

Development Susan D. Williams, CFRE, CVA, Sr. Director of Development Charles Stewart, Director of the Annual Campaign Maribeth Stahl, Manager of Sponsorships and Grants Holly Noble, Special Campaigns Coordinator Kathleen McCracken, Annual Campaign Coordinator Roxana Imam, Annual Campaign Coordinator Education Michelle Lin Doane, Education and Community Engagement Manager Sarah Conwell, Education and Community Engagement Assistant Deborah Pentecost, Part-time Education and Community Engagement Assistant Finance Karen Warren, Controller Mildred Payne, Accounts Payable and Payroll Manager Sheri Switzer, Senior Accountant Steven McNeal, Finance Assistant Debra Hollenbeck, Buyer/Retail Manager Food, Beverage and Events Steve Perdue, Director of Food, Beverage and Events Roger Keenan, Executive Chef David Bolton, Sous Chef Bruce Pittman, Catering and Events Manager Lacy Lusebrink, Food and Beverage Manager Angela Gutheridge, Food and Beverage Supervisor Sherman Hughes, Banquet Captain Anderson S. Barns, Beverage Manager Jody Sweet, Beverage Manager Lori Scholl, Food, Beverage and Events Coordinator

Human Resources Ashley Skinner, PHR Human Resources Generalist Martha Bryant, Receptionist and Human Resources Assistant I.T. Andrew Grady, Software Applications Administrator Maren Smith, Technical Support Specialist Marketing Ronda Combs Helton, Sr. Director of Marketing Becca Hadzor, Graphic Designer Misty Cochran, Advertising and Promotions Manager Meredith Benning, Group Sales Specialist Production and Orchestra Operations Tim Lynch, Sr. Director of Operations Anne Dickson Rogers, Orchestra Personnel Manager Carrie Marcantonio, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager D. Wilson Ochoa, Principal Librarian Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian John Sanders, Chief Technical Engineer Brian Doane, Production Manager Mitch Hansen, Lighting Director Gary Call, Audio Engineer W. Paul Holt, Stage Manager Patron Services Kristen Oliver, Director of Patron Services Darlene Boswell, Patron Services Specialist Aaron Coleman, Patron Services Specialist

September

Sara Davenport, Patron Services Specialist Daniel Tonelson, Patron Services Specialist Judith Wall, Patron Services Specialist Jackie Knox, Manager of Marketing Associates Linda Booth, Marketing Associate Ryan Byrne, Marketing Associate Bonnie Carden, Marketing Associate James Calvin Davidson, Marketing Associate Andrea Flowers, Marketing Associate Gina Haining, Marketing Associate Mark Haining, Marketing Associate Lloyd Harper, Marketing Associate Rick Katz, Marketing Associate Deborah King, Marketing Associate Cassie Morazzi, Marketing Associate Venue Management Eric Swartz, Associate V.P. of Venue Management Craig Colunga, Director of Security Danny Covington, Chief Engineer Raay Creech, Facility Maintenance Technician Kenneth Dillehay, Facility Maintenance Technician Wade Johnson, Housekeeping Manager Kevin Butler, Housekeeper Veronica Morales, Housekeeper Ellen Kasperek, House Manager Volunteer Services Stacie Taylor, Director of Nashville Symphony Orchestra League Nicole Bellare, Volunteer Coordinator

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Annual Fund Individuals

The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following individuals who support its concert season and its services to the community through their generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Donors as of August 5, 2010.

Virtuoso Society Gifts of $10,000+ Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Lee A. Beaman Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. Richard & Judith Bracken Mr.* & Mrs. J. C. Bradford Jr. Martin Brown Family Mr. & Mrs. John Chadwick Mac & Linda Crawford Janine & Ben Cundiff Mr. & Mrs. Michael Curb Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Daniels III

James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith Giancarlo & Shirley Guerrero Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes Mr. & Mrs. John Ingram Mrs. Martha R. Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Brad M. Kelley LifeWorks Foundation The Martin Foundation Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Ron McDow Mr. & Mrs. Clayton McWhorter

The Melkus Family Foundation Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener Ragsdale Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Carol & John T. Rochford Anne & Joe Russell Margaret & Cal Turner Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner Ms. Johnna Benedict Watson Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Welch Mr. & Mrs. William M. Wilson

Stradivarius Society Gifts of $5,000+ Allis Dale & John Gillmor Mrs. Harold Hassenfeld Jim Hastings Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn Helen & Neil Hemphill Mr.* & Mrs. V. Davis Hunt Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ingram Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram Gordon & Shaun Inman Keith & Nancy Johnson Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Robin & Bill King Dr. & Mrs. Howard Kirshner Christine Konradi & Stephan Heckers Ralph & Donna Korpman

Anonymous (1) Mr. James Ayers J. B. & Carylon Baker Judy & Joe Barker Russell W. Bates Mr. James B. Boles Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bottorff Kelly & Bill Christie Connie & Tom Cigarran Hilton & Sallie Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis Marty & Betty Dickens Alan & Linda Dopp The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Marilyn & Bill Ezell Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Frist Jr.

Golden Baton Society Gifts of $2,500+ Anonymous (1) Clint & Kali Adams Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Shelley Alexander Mark & Niki Antonini Dr. & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Allison & John Beasley Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup Julie & Dr. Frank Boehm Dr. & Mrs. H. Victor Braren Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Manny* & Patricia Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Castner Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler Mr. & Mrs. John W. Clay Jr. Richard & Kathy Cooper

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Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Carroll & Dell Crosslin Barbara & Willie K. Davis Andrea Dillenburg & Ted Kraus Dee & Jerald Doochin Patrick & Kitty Moon Emery Jere & Linda Ervin Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind John & Carole Ferguson Bob & Judy Fisher Amy Grant & Vince Gill Kate R. W. Grayken Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Grimstad Carl & Connie Haley Suzy Heer Robert & Ann Howe Hilton

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Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby Karen & Jim Lewis Mr. Zachary B. Liff Robert Straus Lipman Clare* & Samuel Loventhal Mrs. Jack Carroll Massey Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Richard & Sharalena Miller Christopher & Patricia Mixon Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Patton Hal & Peggy Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Pruett Marvin J. Rosenblum, MD The Roros Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James C. Seabury III

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus Mary Ruth & Bob Shell Nelson & Sheila Shields Linda & Gibbs Smith Barbara & Les Speyer Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Jay Steere Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Earl & Sue Swensson Robert & Regina Swope Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. The Vandewater Family Foundation Peggy & John Warner David & Gail Williams Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr. Shirley Zeitlin Mr. Nicholas S. Zeppos & Ms. Lydia A. Howarth

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Klaritch Anne Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Koban Jr. Kevin P. & May Lavender John T. Lewis Gina & Dick Lodge Sheila & Richard McCarty Dr. Arthur M. Mellor F. Max & Mary A. Merrell The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Edward D. & Linda F. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Gregg F. Morton Anne & Peter Neff Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley

Dr. Terryl A. Propper Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil John & Nancy Roberts Anne & Charles Roos Dr. & Mrs. Albert-George Schram Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott Ronald & Diane Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Pamela & Steven Taylor Dr. John B. Thomison Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery C. & Dayna L. Walraven Stacy Widelitz Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer

Giancarlo Guerrero, Ann Johnson

Conductor’s Circle Gifts of $1,500+ Anonymous (8) James & Martha Ackerman James & Glyna Aderhold Dr. Alice Arnemann & Richard C. Arnemann Jon K. & Colleen Atwood Barbara & Mike Barton Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Betty C. Bellamy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey K. Belser Frank M. Berklacich, MD Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard Mark & Sarah Blakeman Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Dennis & Tammy Boehms Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III

Karen Hedges & David Hayes

Mr. & Mrs. C. Dent Bostick Jamey Bowen & Norman Wells Mr. William H. Braddy III Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman Ann & Frank Bumstead Betty & Lonnie Burnett Chuck & Sandra Cagle Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Ann & Sykes Cargile Dr. Elizabeth Cato Barbara & Eric Chazen Sigourney* & Jim Cheek Mr. & Mrs. John J. Chiaramonte Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell Mr. & Mrs. John M. Clark

Dorit & Don Cochron Esther & Roger Cohn Ed & Pat Cole Chase Cole Marjorie & Allen* Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan James L. & Sharon H. Cox Robert C. Crosby Kimberly L. Darlington John & Natasha Deane The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Cindi & David Dingler DJMD Philanthropic Fund Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden E.B.S. Foundation

JET QUICK

Catherine Hanson, Mark Hinesley

Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Robert Eisenstein David Ellis & Barry Wilker Dr. Neil Price & Nancy M. Falls T. Aldrich Finegan John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald Ms. Deborah G. Flowers John & Cindy Watson Ford Tom & Judy Foster Danna & Bill Francis Ann D. Frisch Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins Larry & Felicia Gates Harris A. Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III Frank Ginanni

Debbie Henry, Justice Cornelia Clark

Ed & Nancy Goodrich Tony & Teri Gosse Francis S. Guess Kathleen & Harvey Guion Mr. & Mrs. Arthur S. Hancock Dr. Edward Hantel Jay & Stephanie Hardcastle Mr. & Mrs. Tom Harrington Kay & Karl Haury Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes Philip & Amber Hertik Lucia & Don Hillenmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey N. Hinson Judith Hodges Kenneth E. Hoffman Ms. Cornelia B. Holland Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Linda & Doug Howard Donna & Ronn Huff Dr. William H. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hulme Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Judith & Jim Humphreys Marsha & Keel Hunt Bud Ireland Donald L. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Adam W. James Louis Johnson M.D. Mary Evelyn & Clark Jones Jan Jones & Steve Williams Mr. & Mrs. Russell A. Jones Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Bill G. Kilpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Kirby The Kirkland Foundation/ Chris & Beth Kirkland Mr. Richard B. Kloete William C. & Deborah Patterson Koch Gene & Bettye Koonce Mitchell Korn Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kovach Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Bob & Mary LaGrone Martha & Larry Larkin Tom & Sandi Lawless Jon & Elaine Levine

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Stephanie Heckman, Georgina Hughes

Sally M. Levine Drs. Thomas J. & Lee E. Limbird Robert A. Livingston Dr. & Mrs. Joe MacCurdy Donald M. & Kala W. MacLeod Shari & Red Martin Scott & Jennifer McClellan Tommy & Cat McEwen Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Don & Carolyn Midgett Ms. Lucy H. Morgan Matt & Rhonda Mulroy James & Patricia Munro Mr. & Mrs. Leonard B. Murray Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. John C. Neff Ms. Agatha L. Nolen Jonathan R. Norris & Jennifer L. Carlat Representative & Mrs. Gary L. Odom Patricia J. Olsen Jerry & Patricia Painter Ms. Mary E. Pinkston David & Adrienne Piston Susan & Bob Plageman Charles H. Potter Jr. William W. & Julie C. Pursell Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Raths Sharon Hels & Brad Reed Drs. Jeff & Kellye Rice Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation Ms. Sara L. Rosson & Ms. Nancy Menke James & Patricia Russell Mr. & Mrs. John J. Sangervasi Dr. Norman Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Cooper & Helen Schley Dr. & Mrs. John Selby Max & Michelle Shaff Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Mr. & Mrs. Martin Simmons

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2010

Susan & Luke Simons William & Cyndi Sites Joanne & Gary Slaughter Drs. Walter Smalley & Louise Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Smallwood Suzanne & Grant Smothers K. C. & Mary Smythe Jack & Louise Spann Dan & Cynthia Spengler Michael & Grace Sposato Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Ann & Bob Street Mr. & Mrs. William S. Stuard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Keith Summar Dr. & Mrs. John Tapp Rev. & Mrs. Tim Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. & Mrs. C. S. Thomas Jr. Scott & Julie Thomas Candy Toler Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Christi & Jay Turner Alan D. & Connie F. Valentine Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund Kris & G. G. Waggoner Deborah & Mark Wait Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Robert & Michelle Way Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Craig Williams & Kimberly Schenck Mr. Donald E. Williams Sadhna & Jim Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills III Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie

John Sloan, Giancarlo Guerrero

Rev. Donald Orin* & Janet B. Wiseman Mr. & Mrs. Karey L. Witty Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Encore Circle Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (2) Ms. Peggy Mayo Bailey Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Mrs. Brenda Bass Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Dr. & Mrs. Daniel H. Biller Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills Bob & Marion Bogen Alan & Katherine Bostick Mr. & Mrs. James A. Brown Jean & David Buchanan John E. Cain III Anita & Larry Cash Mr. & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Mr. & Mrs. Joe C. Cook Jr. Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Devlin Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Stephen Drake Mike & Carolyn Edwards Ms. Paula Fairchild Mr. William C. Farris Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frist Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Ms. Judith Gentry Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Gould Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Guerin Dr. Charlene Harb Mrs. Charles Hawkins III Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Irby Sr. Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson George & Shirley Johnston Ray & Rosemarie Kalil Dr. & Mrs. David G. Lalka Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Dr. & Mrs. T. A. Lincoln

Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lipman Mr & Mrs. William D. Lockett Tim Lynch James Mancuso Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Mathews Lynn & Jack May Jim & Judi McCaslin Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly III Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Neal Robert Ness Dr. Casey L. Noble & Mrs. Holly L. Noble Ann & Denis O'Day Mr. Garrick O. Ohlsson Mr. & Mrs. William C. O'Neil Jr. Alex S. Palmer Barron Patterson & Burton Jablin Dr. & Mrs. W. Faxon Payne Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Mr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Raskin Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Scarlett Dr. & Mrs. John S. Sergent Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack Bill & Sharon Sheriff Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Singleton

Julie & George Stadler Hope & Howard Stringer Fridolin & Johanna Sulser James B. & Patricia B. Swan Joe & Ellen Torrence Dr. & Mrs. Alexander S. Townes Bill & Cathy Turner Mike & Elaine Walker Ms. Rachel L. Wendell Bill & Gay Wiggins Judy S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Williams Concertmaster Gifts of $500+ Anonymous (15) Jeff & Tina Adams Don & Judi Arnold Jeremy & Rebecca Atack Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Austin Jeff & Carrie Bailey David A. & Stephanie Bailey Sallie & John Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Bainbridge Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Ms. Katrin Bean Bernice Amanda Belue

Dr. & Mrs. Cliff Bennett Mike & Kathy Benson Dr. & Mrs. Ben J. Birdwell Ralph & Jane Black Randolph & Elaine Blake Dr. Marion & Tricia Bolin Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Joseph & Bethany Bradford Irma Bolster Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun Keith & Lisa Brent Vic Briggs & Family Berry & Connie Brooks Sharon Lee Butcher John & LuAnnette Butler Virginia Byrn Mr. & Mrs. Cabot J. & Angelia Cameron Michael & Linda Carlson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Mr. & Mrs. D. Michael Carter Mary & Joseph Cavarra Mr. & Mrs. John L. Chambers Mrs. John H. Cheek Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Mr. & Mrs. David F. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen

Blair School of Music

Mr. & Mrs. M. Thomas Collins Charles J. Conrick III Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Marion Pickering Couch Richard & Marcia Cowan Janice Crumpacker Buddy & Sandra Curnutt Jim & Carolyn Darke MariaGabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Julian de la Guardia M. Maitland DeLand, M.D. Sandra & Daryl Demonbreun Mark & Barbara Dentz Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght George deZevallos Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Tere & David Dowland Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Dr.* & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam Dr. Christopher & Wendy Ellis Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Michael & Jeannine Engel Ms. Kaaren Engel Dr. & Mrs. Alan Ericksen Robert & Cassandra Estes Dr. & Mrs. John H. Exton

Larry Boyd, Tim Easter

Dr. & Mrs. Roy C. Ezell Francisco P. Ferraraccio Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Art & Charlotte Fogel Randy & Melanie Ford Ms. Deborah F. Turner & Ms. Beth A. Fortune Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Ms. Elizabeth A. Franks Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. H. Steven George Ted M. George Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Giacobone Bryan D. Graves Richard & Randi Green Mr. Thomas A. Greene Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin Steve & Anna Grizzle Mr. Gary L. Groot Dr. & Mrs. W. H. Hackman Mr. & Mrs. Elden Hale Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hamilton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy H. Clay & Mary Harkleroad Kent & Becky Harrell Janet & Jim Hasson Lisa & Bill Headley Ronda & Hank Helton Kent & Melinda Henderson Keith & Kelly Herron Kem & Marilyn Hinton Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hooper II Ray Houston Margie & Nick Hunter Ms. Sherry J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Lee & Pat Jennings Bob & Virginia Johnson Mary Loventhal Jones Jack & Joan Jordan Bill & Susan Joy Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Drs. Spyros Kalams & Lisa Mendes

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Giancarlo Guerrero, Jeff Hall

Dorothy & Michael Kaminski Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanak Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Marion & Peter Katz Mr. & Mrs. James Kelso Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Jane Kersten Ms. Linda R. Koon Robert & Carol Lampe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Richard & Diane Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Mr. & Mrs. Don R. Liedtke Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Mr. & Mrs. Denis Lovell Drs. Amy & George Lynch Drs. George & Sharon Mabry James & Jene Manning Mr. & Mrs. Richard Maradik James & Patricia Martineau Leon & Mimsye May Robert P. Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Ken P. McDonald Joey & Beth McDuffee Mary G. McGrath Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Susan Averbuch Michael Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Miles II Drs. Randolph & Linda Miller Dr. Jere Mitchum Diana & Jeff Mobley Ms. Gay Moon Steve & Laura Morris Lynn Morrow Margaret & David Moss Lucille C. Nabors Larry & Marsha Nager Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. Jane K. Norris Virginia O'Brien D. Wilson Ochoa Mr. & Mrs. Russell Oldfield Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Owens David & Pamela Palmer Terry & Wanda Palus John W. & Mary Patterson

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2010

Steve A. Perdue Linda & Carter Philips Drs. Sherre & Daniel Phillips Kevin & Kathryn Phillips Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts George & Joyce Pust Mr. & Mrs. Hugh M. Queener Dr. James Quiggins Mr. Nigel A. Redden Alan & Candace Revelette Barbara Richards Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Dr. Philip & Mrs. Deborah Rosenthal Dr. & Mrs. Mace Rothenberg Ms. Jo Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. Dick Sammer David Sampsell John R. Sanders Jr. Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Philip & Jane Sanderson Paula & Kent Sandidge Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Schlacter Stacey & Don Schlitz Pam & Roland Schneller Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Drs. Carl & Mary Schofield Anna W. Roe & Kenneth E. Schriver Odessa L. Settles Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Crea & Alan Sielbeck Mark Silverman Betty B. Sisk Pamela Sixfin David & Robin Small Charles R. & Vernita Hood-Smith Smith Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Richard & Molly Dale Smith Bob Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jim Spalding Ms. Maggie P. Speight Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr.

Kathryn Capaldi, Betsy Crossley

Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Gloria & Paul Sternberg Elizabeth Stewart & James Grosjean Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Jean Stumpf Mr. & Mrs. James E. Summar Sr. Dianne & Craig Sussman Mr. & Mrs. Kirk R. Sykes Ms. Ann Marie Kilpatrick Terry Norman & Marilyn Tolk Martha J. Trammell Karl & Ann VanDevender Larry & Brenda Vickers John & Ann Waddle Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Talmage M. Watts Dr. Medford S. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Ted Wells Beth & Arville Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wheeler Ms. Harriett C. Whitaker Harvey & Joyce White Alyson Wideman Adam & Laura Wilczek Gary & Cathy Wilson Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Taylor M. Wray Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright Chancellor & Mrs. Joe B. Wyatt Roy & Ambra Zent First Chair Gifts of $250+ Anonymous (25) Judith Ablon The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Robert Abstein Ben & Nancy Adams Dr. & Mrs. John Algren Carol M. Allen Dr. Joseph H. Allen Newton & Burkley Allen

Ruth G. Allen Ms. Adrienne Ames Mark Amonett William J. & Margery Amonette Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Ms. Patricia A. Armstrong Dr. Raja A. Atiyah Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Don & Beverly Atwood Dr. Philip Autry Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch Janet B. Baggett Jerry E. Baker Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Ms. René Balogh & Mr. Michael Hinchion Dr. Beth S. Barnett Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Barr Mr. & Mrs. William Beach Susan O. Belcher Mark H. Bell Ron & Sheryl Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mr. & Mrs. Earl Bentz Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Best Frazier K. Beverly

Drs. William & Wanda Bigham Cherry & Richard Bird William W. Bivins Mr. William Blackford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blackwell Joan Bledsoe Judge & Mrs. Sam E. Boaz David L. Bone David Bordenkircher Jerry & Donna Boswell Robert Bosworth Mr. Brian Boxer Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Bradbury III Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Mr. & Mrs. James F. Brandenburg Mr. Jere T. Brassell Robert & Barbara Braswell John* & Mary Lawrence Breinig Henry & Linda Cato Brendle Phillip & Pat Bressman Betty & Bob Brodie Kathy & Bill Brosius Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Browne Jr. Mr. Tom D. Bruce Burnece Walker Brunson John & Karyn Bryant

Christ the king school

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Bunting Linda & Jack Burch Vira Burcham Mr. & Mrs. David G. Buttrick Geraldine & Wilson Butts Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Byrd Drs. Robert & Mirna Caldwell Mrs. Julia C. Callaway Bratschi Campbell Patricia & Winder Campbell Mr. Gary Canaday Karen Carr Ronald & Nellrena Carr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Carter Kent Cathcart Martin & Mitzi Cerjan Mr. & Mrs. John P. Chaballa Evelyn L. Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Dean F. Chase Ernest & Carolyn Cheek Catherine Chitwood Ms. Dorothy H. Chitwood Bette & Mark Christofersen Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Dr. André & Ms. Doreatha H. Churchwell Councilman Phil Claiborne & Judy Steven & Donna Clark Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clarkson Jay & Ellen Clayton

Habitat for Humanity

Sallylou & David Cloyd Joyce P. Collins Ms. Peggy B. Colson The Honorable & Mrs. Lewis H. Conner Bill & Peg Connor Paul & Alyce Cooke Laura & Kyle Cooksey Dr. Jackie Corbin & Jan Gressman Elizabeth Cormier David & Sally Costello Mr. James L. Cottingham Dr. & Mrs. Jeff Creasy Mr. & Mrs. Rob Crichton Mary & Jim Crossman R. Barry & Kathy Cullen Dan Daley Mr. & Mrs. David L. Dancer Katherine C. Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Dano Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum Calvin & Elizabeth Davidson Janet Keese Davies Adelaide S. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Maclin Davis Jr. Robert & Leriel Davis Dr. & Mrs. Roy L. DeHart Mrs. Edwin DeMoss

International Justice Mission

Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Ann Deol Dr. Jayant Deshpande & Ms. Patricia Scott Ann & Grady Devan Dr. Joseph & Ambassador Rachel Diggs Mr. Donald A. Dobernic Ms. Shirley J. Dodge Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin Betty & Robert Dooley James & Ramsey Doran Elizabeth Tannenbaum & Carl Dreifuss Clark & Peggy Druesedow Ms. Susan L. Drye Mr. & Mrs. Carl Duffield Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Dugger Mr & Mrs. Mike Dungan Ms. Margaret R. Dunn Kathryn & Webb Earthman Drs. Timothy & Stephanie Eidson The Rev. Dr. Donna Scott & Dr. John Eley Dan & Zita Elrod Dr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Emeson Mr. & Mrs.* Thomas E. Epperson Dr. & Mrs. James Ettien Ms. Claire Evans Bill & Dian S. Ezell Ms. Marilyn Falcone Drs. Charles & Evelyn Fancher Kathryn Beasley & Christopher Farrell Ms. Carole P. Farris Michael & Rosemary Fedele Dana Ferris Mr. & Mrs. Billy W. Fields Julia, Susan, Carolyn & Adam Finch Mr. John T. Fisher Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Flynn Ms. Elizabeth G. Folsom Anne A. Fottrell Cathy & Kent Fourman Scott Aikin & Susan Foxman Andrew & Mary Foxworth Sr. Drs. Frederick & JoAnn Frank Scott & Anita Freistat Blake & Elizabeth Frerking Ms. Bettie D. Fuller Ms. Johnnie L. Fulton Dr. David & Kimberly Furse Lois & Peter Fyfe Bill & Ginny Gable Barbara & Joaquin Garcia Mr. George C. Garden Alan & Jeannie Gaus

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Jennifer George Mr. & Mrs. V. Carl George Em J. Ghianni Dr. & Mrs. John Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist Linda & Joel Gluck Tom & Carol Ann Graham Roger & Sherri Gray Mr. James H. Griggs R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Dr. Winston H. Griner Mrs. Grace G. Grissom John & Susan Hainsworth Scott, Kathy & Kate Hall RenĂŠe & Tony Halterlein Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Hanna Joel T. Hargrove Frank & Liana Harrell Lawrence Harris Dickie & Joyce Harris Dr. Troy Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hartley Mr. James S. Hartman Dr. Morel Enoch & Mr. E. Howard Harvey David & Judith Slayden Hayes Bob & Judy Haynes Mr. Kurt H. Heinecke Doug & Becky Hellerson Ernest & Nancy Henegar Ms. Marilyn L. Henry Dr. Casilda I. Hermo Gregory Hersh Ms. Donna Hill Dr. & Mrs. George A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilmer Mr. Wayne E. Hilton Sam & Melanie Hirt Anna Lisa Hoepfinger Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hofe Aurelia L. Holden Dr. Nancy D. Holland Mr. & Mrs. James G. Holleman Jung Ja Hong Ken & Beverly Horner Dr. Cherry L. Houston Allen, Lucy & Paul Hovious Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Howard Louis & Lyn Hoyt Dr. Jason R. Hubbard Dr. & Mrs. Louis C. Huesmann II Mr. & Mrs. William E. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Robert Huljak The Hunt Family Foundation Gail Hyatt Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Dr. Anna M. Jackson Frances C. Jackson Dr. & Mrs. G. Whit James Patti & Greg James

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Dr. Robert Cameron Jamieson Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Javorcky Carl Johnson & Mine Yoshizawa Mr. & Mrs. Walter Johnson Joyce E. Johnson Pres. Melvin N. Johnson & Dr. Marcy N. Johnson Mary & Doug Johnston Donald & Catherine Joiner Mr. & Mrs. David G. Jones Frank & Audrey Jones Mr. Jesse Lee Jones Mr. Regi Jones Sarah Rose Jones Ms. Rita K. Jorgensen Cornelia S. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Kenworthy Edward & Eunice Kern Robert Kerns Jim & Liz Kershaw Mr. Brock Kidd Kathleen & Don King Marilyn & Wayne King Jane & Frank Kirchner James L & Dale Knight Edward & Rosemary Knish Mr. & Mrs. Rick Koelz Judy & David Kolzow Sanford & Sandra Krantz Ms. Geri Kristof Tim Kyne Mr. Daniel L. LaFevor Mrs. Betty S. Lamar Edd & Nancy Lancaster Don & Melanie Larson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lassiter Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lawrence Ms. Ellen C. Lawson Mrs. Douglas E. Leach Rob & Julia Ledyard Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee J. Mark Lee Richard & Deborah Lehrer Michael & Ellen Levitt Marty & Ronald S. Ligon Burk & Caroline Lindsey Mr. & Mrs. Mack S. Linebaugh Jr. Vic Lineweaver Joanne L. Linn, M.D. Jean & Steve Locke Kim & Mike Lomis Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Looney Frances & Eugene Lotochinski Mr. & Mrs. David L. Loucky Thomas H. Loventhal Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lowenthal Mr. & Mrs. Ed Lowery Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lundy Jr. Jeffrey C. Lynch Mr. Raymond A. Lynch

Patrick & Betty Lynch Sharron Lyon Ms. Francine K. Maas William R. & Maria T. MacKay Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Maier Helga & Andrea Maneschi Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Beverly Darnall Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. David Marcus Jean W. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Mason Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Sue & Herb Mather Lynn & Paul Matrisian Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Mr. & Mrs. John D. McAlister Mr. Jack McCall Mrs. Joanne Wallace McCall Chris & John McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. McCarty Kathleen McCracken Roy Wunsch & Mary Ann McCready Mr. & Mrs. James M. McFarlin Mr.* & Mrs. William Thomas McHugh Michael McKinley Mr. Brian L. McKinney Malcolm & Jamesina McLeod Catherine & Brian McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McNutt Sr. Sam & Sandra McSeveney Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. McWherter Mr. & Mrs. James R. Meadows Robby & Kathy Meadows Dan & Mary Mecklenborg Ms. Virginia J. Meece Ronald S. Meers Janis Meinert Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Raymond & Linda Meneely Manfred & Susan Menking Sara Meredith Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger Dr. & Mrs. Philip G. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Dr. Ken Moffat Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Montemuro Mr. James Elliott Moore James & April Moore Mr. & Mrs. Steve Moore Margaret E. Moorhead Mr. David K. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Morphett Lee & Ingeborg Mountcastle

Paul Stumb, Chris Burgess

Dwayne & Sterlene Murray Mr. & Mrs. J. William Myers Dr. & Mrs. Allen Naftilan Dodie & Bob Nemcik Dr. & Mrs. Harold Nevels Dr. Scott Newman & Leslie Newman Judy & John Nichols Al Nisley Mrs. Caroline T. Nolen Judy M. Norton Ms. Kristen Oliver Philip & Marilyn Ollila Philip & Carolyn Orr Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict Dr. & Mrs. James Pace Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Mrs. Kimberly Williams Paisley Doria Panvini Lisa & Doug Pasto-Crosby Grant & Janet Patterson John & Lori Pearce Phil & Elizabeth Perkins Dr. & Mrs. A. F. Peterson Jr. Claude Petrie Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James R. Pickel Jr. Dudley & Regina Pitts Don & Viv Pocek Rick & Diane Poen Phil & Dot Ponder Stanley D. Poole Mr. John Pope Dr. Benjamin K. & Michelle Poulose Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ragan Edria & David Ragosin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rainwater Nancy & Harry Ransom Mr. Randall Raplee Nancy Ward Ray Raul & Kelly Regalado Allen Reynolds Al & Laura Rhodes Don & Connie Richardson Ms. Mary A. Riddle Mrs. Paul E. Ridge Margaret Riegel

Sherri Grossman, Giancarlo Guerrero

Janice Rinker Ms. Margot A. Riser Jan & Stephen S. Riven Mrs. Roscoe R. Robinson Fran C. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ropelewski Rodney & Lynne Rosenblum Laura Ross Victoria Olin Ross Mr. & Mrs. Edmund P. Routon Lauren & Christopher Rowe Pamela Lee Rutledge Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom Ron & Lynn Samuels James & Susan Sandlin Jack & Diane Sasson William B. & Toni C. Saunders Mr. Donald D. Savoy Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Schott Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Schultenover Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott Gary & Gloria Scott Gina & Stephen Scott Drs. Fernando F. & Elena O. Segovia Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Seiters Gene A. & Linda M. Shade Richard & Marilyn Shadinger Joan Blum Shayne Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Ms. Ann M. Shipp & Mr. Roger N. Higgins Keith & Kay Simmons Mr. Michael Simpson Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Alice T. Sisk Donny & Charles Sissom Matt & Kristen Slocum Dr. & Mrs. David Slosky Mrs. Madison Smith Jo Ann & Dallas Smith Mr. & Mrs. Brian Smokler Marc & Lorna Soble Dan & Siri Speegle Thomas F. Spiggle Mrs. Randolph C. St. John

Caroline Stark & Lane Denson Janice & Charley Stefl John & Jane Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel Stevens Jr. Richard & Jennifer Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Charles V Stewart III Mr. & Mrs. David B. Stewart Mr. J. Cyril Stewart Bob & Tammy Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Kent F. Stockton Jane Lawrence Stone Lois & Larry Stone Charles & Deborah Story Mr. Harry E. Stratton* Tom & Gayle Stroud Jane & Sam Stumpf Jr. Mr. John Graham Sugg Gayle Sullivan Mrs. T. C. Summers Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Svennevik Dr. Esther & Mr. Jeff Swink Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Ms. Sylvia E. Taylor Dr. Paul E. Teschan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Theiss Jennifer & Greg Thomas Mrs. Lillian D. Thomas Lisa G. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Billy H. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Bob F. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Wendol Thorpe Richard & Shirley Thrall Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Thurman Mr. Michael P. Tortora Richard, Kimiko, Jennifer & Lindsey Tucker Jay & Peggy Turman Mr. James N. Vickers Kimberly Dawn Vincent Mrs. Deborah W. Walker Victoria C. Walker Kay & Larry Wallace Fran Wallas Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Warner Jr. Gayle & David Watson Shirley Marie Watts Jane & Frank Wcislo H. Martin & Joyce Weingartner

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Natalie Dodd, Rogers Anderson

Mr. Kevin L. Welsh Dr. J. Jason Wendel Kim & Jason West Linda West Franklin & Helen Westbrook J Peter R. Westerholm Mrs. Barbara Bransford White Linda & Raymond White Jerrie Barnett-Whitlow Ms. Eleanor D. Whitworth Ms. Judith B. Wiens Marie Holman Wiggins Mr. Robert S. Wilkinson Jeremy Williams John & Anne Williams Susan & Fred Williams Paul & Dena Williamson Dr. Carl R. Willis Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills II The Rev. & Mrs. H. David Wilson Carol Ann & Tommy Wilson The Wing Family Jerry & Julia Wingler Edward & Mary E. Womack Price B. Womack Mrs. S. T. Womeldorf Patricia A. Wozniak Mr. & Mrs. Matthew W. Wright Gary & Marlys Wulfsberg Richard A. & Vivian R. Wynn Dr. & Mrs. Barry Yarbrough Emmett & Lee Yeiser Faith Adams Young Dr. Michael Zanolli & Julie K. Sandine Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Zeitlin Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart James & Candice Zimmermann *denotes donors who are deceased

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Annual Fund

Corporations, Foundations & Government Agencies The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies that support its concert season and its services to the community through generous contributions to the Annual Fund. Donors as of August 05, 2010.

Season Presenters Gifts of $100,000+

The Martin Foundation President’s Council Gifts of $75,000+

Directors’ Associates Gifts of $50,000+

Principal Players Gifts of $25,000+ Mike Curb Family Foundation

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Government Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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Mayor Karl F. Dean

Metropolitan Council

Heather Lawrence, Virginia Bennett Orchestra Partners Gifts of $10,000+ AT&T Atticus Trust Caterpillar Financial Services Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated Gaylord Entertainment Foundation LifeWay Worship MetLife Foundation Neal & Harwell Publix Super Markets Charities Tower Investments, LLC VSA – The International Organization on Arts and Disability The Wachovia Foundation, A Wells Fargo Company Wilkes & McHugh, P.A.

Sperry's

Tracey Watson, Giancarlo Guerrero, Robert Hicks

Artistic Underwriters Gifts of $5,000+ Aladdin Industries, LLC BDO The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Corrections Corporation of America Cracker Barrel Foundation Dell Foundation Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Ford Motor Company Gannett Foundation/ The Tennessean Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust

Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC The HCA Foundation Heidtke & Company, Inc. Interior Design Services, Inc. Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Opry Mills Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP Business Partner Gifts of $2,500+ American General Life and Accident Insurance Company AMSURG Blevins, Inc. City of Brentwood

Glendale School

Fred Kane, Cindi Paramenter Delta Dental of Tennessee First Baptist Church Nashville Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects, Inc. Sandra Schatten Foundation Washington Foundation Business Council Gifts of $1,500+ Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation H. G. Hill Realty Company, LLC Indianapolis Musicians J. Alexander's Corporation Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation Tennsco Corporation WASCO, Inc.

State farm Insurance

Business Leader Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (1) ASCAP Barrett Johnston & Parsley Bio Ventures, Inc. Carter-Haston Holdings, LLC Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation Neely Coble Company Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co. DZL Management Economy Pen & Pencil Co. Paramore|Redd Online Marketing Purity Dairies, Inc. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Business Associates Gifts of $500+ American General Life & Accident APEX - Atlas Van Lines Agent Black Box Network Services R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC Broadcast Music, Inc. Buford Lewis Co. Capitol Records CedarStone Bank The Celebration Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre D.F. Chase, Inc. Chesley The Cleaner Country Music Association Fabricators CAD Service, Inc. Gould Turner Group, P.C. Haber Corporation J & J Interiors, Inc. Liddle Brothers Contractors, Inc. Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville Nashville Commercial / Cushman & Wakefield Alliance Northgate Gallery, Inc. PICA Group Prime Properties, Inc. RD Plastics Co., Inc. SESAC, Inc. Stansell Electric Co., Inc. Sysco Nashville The Tennessee Credit Union WBUZ Buzz 102.9 / WPRT Party 102.5

Business Friend Gifts of $300+ V. Alexander & Co., Inc. Alpha Delta Omega Foundation Altissimo! Records & Distribution Apple Barn Cider Bar – Opry Mills Mall Batten & Shaw, Inc. BB&T Cooper, Love, Jackson, Thornton & Harwell Insurance Services, Inc. Bradshaw Collision Repair Centers Case Selects Wine and Spirits CB Richard Ellis, Inc. Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Dancy's, Nancy June Brandon Frank C. Davis & Associates Demos' Steak & Spaghetti House Ellis Moving & Storage, LLC Emma Feldhaus Memorial Chapel Freeman Webb Company Realtors, Inc. GML, LLC Hoge Motor Company Horrell Realty and Investments Hunter Marine IBIS Communications, Inc. integrity events, inc.

Jack Cawthon/Jack's Bar B Que Pam Lewis & PLA Media MAC Presents National Toxicology Specialists Inc. Perennial Services Network Pharos Capital Group, LLC David L. Battis / Edwin B. Raskin Company Riley Warnock & Jacobson Servitech Industries, Inc. Southern Light Inc. Springs Bath Fashions Trickett Honda Monte Turner/Turner and Associates Realty, Inc. Volunteer Barge & Transport, Inc. Walker Lumber & Hardware Company Youth About Business

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IN-KIND American Airlines American Tuxedo AT&T Real Yellow Pages Bates Nursery & Garden Center The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville, 4th Avenue McQuiddy Printing Performance Studios Steinway Piano Gallery Wild Oats Natural Markets WTVF-TV, Channel 5 Honorary & Memorial Gifts In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Carol Ainsworth In honor of Bette Berry In memory of Pearl Bottiggi In honor of Zeneba Bowers (2) In honor of Bridgie Brelsford In memory of Jerome Buc In memory of Elizabeth Carré-Pirtle (3) In honor of Olivia Collins In memory of Geoffrey Crisco (3) In honor of Jeanne Crossnoe In memory of Gerry Daniel In honor of Dr. Laura Dunbar In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Fischer In memory of Gary Fitzhugh In memory of Sandra Franklin In honor of James Gooch In memory of Jeannie Hastings

In honor of Ronda Combs Helton In memory of T. Earl & Nora Smith Hinton (2) In memory of Davis Hunt In memory of Lillian Vann Hunt In honor of Martha Ingram (2) In memory of Rodney Irvin In memory of Mrs. Ann Rita Jameson In memory of Mark Alan Lewis In memory of Mary Hannah Long In memory of Clare Hellman Loventhal (26) In memory of Marie Musgrave McGlasson In memory of Cate Myer In memory of Claude N. O'Donnell In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In honor of Hal Pennington In honor of Albert-George Schram In memory of Mary Jane Stewart (4) In memory of Harry Stratton (2) In memory of Marjorie Valentine In memory of Sandra K. Whipple (3) In memory of Charles C. Wollett

A Time For Greatness Campaign A Time for Greatness, the Nashville Symphony’s endowment campaign, ensures a brilliant future for the orchestra. Funds raised through A Time for Greatness are used to increase the orchestra’s financial capacity to support continuing artistic growth and program development, and sustain the orchestra’s expanded operations in Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Changes as of August 5, 2010

Founders Gifts of $1,000,000+ AmSouth Foundation James W. Ayers - FirstBank Bank of America Alvin & Sally Beaman Foundation Lee A. Beaman, Trustee / Kelley Beaman, Trustee Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C Bottorff Ann & Monroe* Carell CaremarkRx Caterpillar Inc. & Its Employees The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Mike Curb Family Foundation Greg & Collie Daily Dollar General Corporation

Laura Turner Dugas The Frist Foundation The Grimstad & Stream Families Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Hays HCA Ingram Charitable Fund Gordon & Shaun Inman Ellen Harrison Martin Charles N. Martin Jr. The Martin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Clayton McWhorter The Memorial Foundation Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

Anne* & Dick Ragsdale Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter The Grimstad & Stream Families Margaret & Cal Turner Jr. James Stephen Turner Charitable Foundation Vanderbilt University The Vandewater Family Foundation Ms. Johnna Benedict Watson Colleen & Ted Welch The Anne Potter Wilson Foundation

Leadership Gifts Gifts of $500,000+ HCA Foundation, in honor of Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Frist Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Regions Bank

Anonymous (1) Mr. Tom Black Giarratana Development, LLC Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes

Gifts of $250,000+ American Retirement Corp.

Connie & Tom Cigarran E.B.S. Foundation

Harry & Jan Jacobson The Judy & Noah Liff Foundation Robert Straus Lipman

SunTrust Bank Laura Anne Turner Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle

Gifts of $100,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Dale Allen Phyllis & Ben* Alper American Constructors, Inc. Andrews Cadillac / Land Rover Nashville Averitt Express Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton BellSouth Julie & Frank Boehm Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC Richard & Judith Bracken Mr.* & Mrs. James C. Bradford Jr. The Charles R. Carroll Family Fred J. Cassetty Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Chasanoff CLARCOR Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fite Cone

Corrections Corporation of America Deloitte & Touche LLP The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Michael D. & Carol E. Ennis Family ESa Design Team Earl Swensson Associates Inc. I.C. Thomasson Associates Inc. KSI/ Structural Engineers Annette & Irwin* Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Franklin Frost Brown Todd LLC Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia Gordon & Constance Gee

Genesco Inc. Amy Grant & Vince Gill Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Gordon Guardsmark, LLC Billy Ray & Joan* Hearn The Hendrix Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker and Family Walter & Sarah Knestrick Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, PC Mrs. Jack C. Massey Lynn & Ken Melkus Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation Nashville Symphony Chorus Nashville Symphony Orchestra League Pat & John W. Nelley Jr. O'Charley's Bonnie & David Perdue

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Mr. & Mrs. Philip Maurice Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Dale W. Polley Mary C. Ragland Foundation The John M. Rivers Jr. Foundation Inc. Carol & John Rochford Anne & Joseph Russell and Family Daniel & Monica Scokin Bill & Sharon Sheriff Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Luke & Susan Simons Irvin & Beverly Small The Henry Laird Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Smith Barbara & Lester Speyer The Starr Foundation Hope & Howard Stringer Louis B. & Patricia C. Todd Jr. Lillias & Fred Viehmann Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Wendell Mr. David M. Wilds 2010

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Major Gifts Gifts of $50,000+ Adams and Reese / Stokes Bartholomew LLP Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, A Professional Corporation J B & Carylon Baker Barbara & Jack Bovender Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Dr. Ian & Katherine* Brick Betty & Martin Brown Michael & Jane Ann Cain The Danner Foundation Dee & Jerald Doochin Ernst & Young Mr. & Mrs. David S. Ewing Ezell Foundation / Purity Foundation Mr.* & Mrs. Sam M. Fleming Gannett Foundation / The Tennessean Letty-Lou Gilbert, Joe Gilbert & Family Gail & Steven Greil Bill & Ruth Ann Leach Harnisch Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson KPMG LLP Mrs. Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wiehl Lazenby Gilbert Stroud Merritt Mr. & Mrs. David K. Morgan Musicians of the Nashville Symphony Cano & Esen Ozgener Ponder & Co. Eric Raefsky, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil Ro's Oriental Rugs, Inc. Rosalie Buxbaum Delphine & Ken Roberts Mrs. Dan C. Rudy Mary Ruth & Bob Shell Stites & Harbison, PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Sullivan Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP Nicholas S. Zeppos & Lydia A. Howarth

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Gifts of $25,000+ AMSURG The Bank of Nashville Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Tom & Wendy Beasley The Honorable Philip Bredesen & Ms. Andrea Conte Mr. & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Doug & Sondra Cruickshanks Gail & Ted DeDee In memory of Ann F. Eisenstein Enco Materials, Inc./ Wilbur Sensing Jr., Chair Emeritus John & Carole Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. F. Tom Foster Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Frazier John & Lorelee Gawaluck Jeannie* & Jim Hastings Hawkins Partners, Inc. Landscape Architects Neil & Helen Hemphill Hilton Nashville Downtown Nancy Leach & Bill Hoskins Hudson Family Foundation John F. & Jane Berry Jacques Mercedes E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Randall L. Kinnard KraftCPAs PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman The Howard Littlejohn Family Mimsye & Leon May Kevin P. & Deborah A. McDermott Rock & Linda Morphis Anne & Peter Neff Carole & Ed Nelson Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Larry D. Odom, Chairman/CEO Hal N. & Peggy S. Pennington Celeste Casey* & James Hugh Reed III* Renasant Bank Lavona & Clyde Russell Kenneth D. Schermerhorn* Family of Kenneth Schermerhorn Nelson & Sheila Shields Michael & Lisa Shmerling Joanne & Gary Slaughter Doug & Nan Smith Hans & Nancy Stabell Ann Street / Robert H. Street Mr. and Mrs. William J. Tyne Alan D. & Connie Linsler Valentine Janet & Alan Yuspeh Mr. & Mrs. Martin Zeitlin

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Special Gifts Gifts of $15,000+ Donna & Kent Adams Aladdin Industries, LLC Mr. & Mrs. J. Hunter Atkins Mr. & Mrs. Albert Balestiere Baring Industries James S. & Jane C. Beard Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Bogle III John Auston Bridges Terry W. Chandler Community Counselling Service Co., Inc. Barbara & Willie K. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. DeVooght Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson V Mr. John W. Eley & Ms. Donna J. Scott Larry P. & Diane M. English Nancy M. Falls & Neil M. Price Beatriz Perez & Paul Knollmaier Richard & Delorse Lewis Frances & Eugene Lotochinski The Loventhal Family: Clare & Samuel Loventhal Thomas H. Loventhal Oscar* & Mary Loventhal Jones Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C. H. Mathews, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Lee McGregor Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Dr. Arthur M. Mellor Christopher & Patricia Mixon Piedmont Natural Gas Dr. & Mrs. Clifford Roberson Anne & Charles Roos Joan Blum Shayne Eli & Deborah Tullis Mr. & Mrs. James M. Usdan Betty & Bernard Werthan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. W. Ridley Wills II

Gifts of $10,000+ Anonymous (2) Ruth Crockarell Adkins American Brokerage Company, Inc. American Paper & Twine Co. Mr. & Mrs. William F. Andrews Dr. Alice A. & Mr. Richard Arnemann Sue G. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Brenda C. Bass Allison & John Beasley Frank & Elizabeth Berklacich Ann & Jobe* Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Roger T. Briggs Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead Patricia & Manny* Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Chase Cole Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew D. Crawford Ms. Rita Bennett* & Mr. Steve Croxall Janine & Ben Cundiff Marty & Betty Dickens Mike & Carolyn Edwards Martin & Alice Emmett Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Bob & Judy Fisher Karen & Eugene C. Fleming Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Paul & Patricia Gaeto Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Heidtke & Company, Inc. Robert C. Hilton Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Franklin Y. Hundley Jr. Margie & Nick Hunter Joseph Hutts Mr. & Mrs. TJ Jackson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Russell A. Jones Jr. Pamela & Michael Koban Jr. Robert A. Livingston Jack & Lynn May Betsy Vinson McInnes Mary & Max Merrell Donald J. & Hillary L. Meyers NewsChannel 5 Network Susan & Rick Oliver David & Adrienne Piston Charles H. Potter Jr. Joseph & Edna Presley Linda & Art Rebrovick Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Robinson Jr. Ron Rossmann In memory of Kenneth Schermerhorn Mr. & Mrs. Irby C. Simpkins, Jr. Patti & Brian Smallwood Murray & Hazel Somerville Southwind Health Partners速 Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mark Lee Taylor John B. & Elva Thomison Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Jr. Louise B. Wallace Foundation David & Gail Williams Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Dr. & Mrs. Artmas L. Worthy Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr.

Susan Leathers, Jack Walton

Gifts of $5,000+ Anonymous (3) Elizabeth Adams & David Scott In memory of Carole Slate Adams Mr. & Mrs. James Devoe Aderhold Jr. American Airlines David & Linda Anderson Joël Anquetil DeVan D. Ard & Renée A. Chevalier The Arrants Family Mark & Lisa Bainbridge Dr. & Mrs. Elbert W. Baker Jr. Dr. & Mrs. R. Daniel Beauchamp Jim & May Bell Annie Laurie & Irvin Berry Dr. Marion & Tricia Bolin Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Bradbury III Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Bradford Dr. & Mrs. Victor Braren Mr. William V. Briggs Mr. Richard F. Bryan J. Burts Bryant Jr. Michael & Sarah Buckland Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Hillary & Jimmy Bynum Ann & Sykes Cargile Clint Carter / Patty Carter Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Casa Santa Central Business Group / Space Saver Mr. & Mrs. James A. Charron Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Chasanoff Barbara & Eric Chazen John Hancock Cheek Jr.* Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell CIC Foundation, Inc. Bishop & Mrs.* Roy C. Clark Esther & Roger Cohn Mrs. Peggy Wemyss Connor Joseph & Beverly Craig The Currie Family Kimberly L. Darlington

Ricky Rodriguez, Tabor Stamper

In memory of Joe Davis Drs. Carla & Dick Davis Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Carol A. King & Thomas J. DePauw Mr. Mark Deutschmann Jane Davis Doggett Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood Jr. Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Sylvia & Robert H. Elman Kitty & Patrick Emery Mr. & Mrs. John David Fitzgerald Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. Gerald Fleischer Phyllis & Steve Fridrich Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Mr. & Mrs. Landy Gardner Timothy J. Gilbreath Fred & Deana Goad Edward A. & Nancy Goodrich Gerald C. Greer & Dr. Scott Hoffman Jennifer & Dan Gremillion Dale & Nancy Grimes Doug & Rose Grindstaff Jim & Paula Grout Sylvia Hyman & Arthur Gunzberg John & Freda Hall Mr. Mark Hann R. Rick Hart Janet & Jim Hasson William A. & Robin Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes In memory of Macon Hilton Judith & Mark* Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Hogan Sally A. Holland Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Keel & Marsha Mason Hunt Mr.* & Mrs. V. Davis Hunt Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Toshinari & Emiko Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel Frances C. Jackson Mr. Erin Matthew Johnson George T. Johnston / Shirley A. Johnston

Mark IV In Honor of Mercedes E. Jones Journal Communications, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Karr Cornelia S. Kelly Carolyn & Buddy* Killen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Klaritch Tom & Randi Land Larry J. Larkin Sally M. Levine Barbara & Irving Levy Zach Liff Drs. Thomas & Lee Limbird Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. Lippolis Mrs. Roberta D. Lochte-Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Lovett William R. & Maria T. MacKay Mr. & Mrs. H. Hill McAlister Karen C. & Charles R. McCarty Sheila & Richard McCarty Mr. & Mrs. David McClain Mr. & Mrs. Mark McDonald James Victor Miller* Richard L. & Sharalena Miller Mrs. Margaret E. Moorhead Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli John & Mariann Morris Mr. & Mrs. Lee Mountcastle Dr. J. Philip Moyers Mr. & Mrs. F.I. Nebhut Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ralls Niewold Mr. & Mrs. Marvin J. Nischan Oakwood the Greener Cleaner The O'Briant Family Hunt Oliver – Nashville Carpet Center Lucius & Freida Outlaw Pamela & David Palmer Pan South Productions Parking Management Company Dr. & Mrs. Joel Q. Peavyhouse Nancy Sanders Peterson Valery & Paul Prill Production Resource Group Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney

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Rev. David Hesson, Susan Williams

Randy Rayburn Michael & Janice Reeves John & Nancy Roberts Charles, Jean & Paisley Robison Mrs. Teena Rodgers Charles B. & Margaret G. Rush Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Russ Mr. & Mrs. P. Michael Saint David F. Sampsell Dr. Paula C. Sandidge & Mr. Kent Sandidge III James A. Scandrick Jr. In memory of Emanuel Schatten In memory of Kenneth Schermerhorn Cooper & Helen Schley Mr. & Mrs. John Schottland Dr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Scobey Edward J. & Karen A. Scott Dr. & Mrs. Max Shaff R. Patrick & Susan Shepherd Betty B. Sisk Mr. & Mrs. Richard Small Dr. & Mrs. Brent A. Soper Karen Spacek Mickey & Kathleen Sparkman Ms. Maggie P. Speight Michael & Grace Sposato Edward & Sally Stack John & Beth Stein Cheryl A. & Wm. Robert Stewart Cyndi Stover Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Tracy Tajbl & Neil Kent Jones Mr. Brad Thomason Candy Toler & Bob Day Byron & Aleta Trauger Larry & Brenda Vickers Rosemary & Bayard Walters Terry & Amber Wang Mr. & Mrs. James Crawford Ward Sr. Nancy & Marty Warren Drs. Mark & Sally Watson & Billy Jimmie D. & Patricia White Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer Frank & Mareca Williams John & Anne Williams

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Gary & Catherine Wilson Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Theodore Elliott Wiltsie Tim & Mary Wipperman Richard & Vivian Wynn Ms. Donna B. Yurdin

General Gifts Gifts of $2,500+ Anonymous (8) In memory of Ann Canfield Arnett Mr. Frederick C. Ayers* Mr. & Mrs. F. Clay Bailey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. Bauguess Dr. & Mrs. Cliff B. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bibb Drs. William & Wanda Bigham Randolph & Elaine Blake Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Blakeman The Very Rev. Robert E. & Linda M. Brodie Dr. Richard G. Bruehl & Dr. Nancy J. Stott Mr. Earl C. Burgess Daniel & Rosalie Buxbaum Ms. Janet C. Camp Mr. Kent S. Cathcart Cavalier Family Cavarra Family Mr. & Mrs. William G. Coke Jr. Everett & Katheryne Cowan Dr. & Mrs. George H. Crossley III Janice Crumpacker Donna & Dan Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Jay Dawson Dr. & Mrs. Roy L. DeHart Daryl & Sandra Demonbreun Dr. Robert F. Dendy & Ms. Lisa R. Silver Michael & Roxanna Devlin Ken & Beth Downey Mike & Carol Dye Gloria & Colin Elliot Sam & Laura Faust Beverly K. Feldman Kevin & Susan Foley Family Faith & Ron Galbraith Joaquin & Barbara Garcia John & Eva Gebhart Kate R. W. Grayken Holly Greene Matthew T. Grimm Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Hankla Mr. & Mrs. J. George Harris Ron & Carolyn Harris Dr. Richard & Rev. Paula C. Hoos The Houghland Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James M. Hull

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The Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville, TN Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James V. Hunt, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. James V. Hunt, Jr. Mr. Allan B. Hunt Dr. Anna M. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Jones Harold G. & Robbie H. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Sam Jones Mr. & Mrs. Kazuhiko Kawamura Adrienne & Nicole Kersey Wayne & Marilyn King Deborah P. & William C. Koch Philip & Leslie Kulp Mr. & Mrs.* Frank Kurzynske Mr. & Mrs.* Vaden Lackey Jr. Mrs. Douglas E. Leach Jim & Dorothy Lesch Elaine & Jon Levine LifeWorks Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Lind Jay & Debbie Lowenthal Mr. & Mrs. James P. Manning Mr. & Mrs. James L. Martineau Dr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Mathews Sally & Joe Matlock Jackson Brim McCall & Family Mr. & Mrs. Dale McCulloch Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Meadows Robert W. Meyer & Family Philip & Lechelle Moore Mr. & Mrs. Russell F. Morris III William & Jennifer Moseley In memory of Professor C. A. & Mrs. Ruby Mosemiller Craig & Linda Nelson Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict Gary & Nancy Pack Ms. Patricia Paiva Dr. Mary W. Parks Tom Patterson & Mike Eldred Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Plageman Ms. Elizabeth M. Queener Dr. James G. Quiggins Mr. & Mrs. Harry Ransom Eleanor & Charles Raths Mr. & Mrs. David L. Raybin Martha & Buist Richardson Miss Margaret L. Riegel Kathleen H. Rivers Georgianna W. Russell Dr. & Mrs. Henry P. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Sammer Caren A. Shaffer Dana & Nicole Shockley James T. & Judith Smythe Clark Spoden Mr. & Mrs. Roland R. Strickert

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Drs. Reid C. Thompson & Lorraine B. Ware Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Trost Kenneth & Jean Tyree Mr. & Mrs. M. Andrew Valentine Mary Kathryn VanOsdale Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl nneth Allen Walkup David & Karen Walton Talmage M. Watts & Debra Greenspan Watts Mrs. Marie H. Wiggins Judy S. Williams Mrs. Mary K. Wolf Donald & Trudi Yarbrough Peter G. Youngman

Gifts of $1,000+ Anonymous (13) Bassel & Rima Abou-Khalil Rev. Dr. & Mrs. William Robert Abstein Clint & Kali Adams Aerial Innovations of Tennessee, Inc. Rob & Linda Allen David E. & Kathy Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Andrews Jr. Mr. Carl D. Apple Mr. Daniel H. Ashmead & Ms. Mary Candice Burger Mr. & Mrs. Sam D. Bacco Carolyn Wann Bailey Jeff Bailey Mr. & Mrs. William M. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Barber Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Barr Clisby Hall Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Batson Nader & Barbara Baydoun & Family Ted & Beverly Beckwith Sarah Elizabeth Beeson Ronald & Sheryl Bell Lori & Jeff Belser Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mr. David W. Berndt Charlotte Bialeschki Dr. Joel S. Birdwell Diana & Phil Bittle Ralph & Jane Black Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Blagojevich Drs. Mary Anne Blake & Judson E. Rogers John & Jeanette Bliss Dr. & Mrs. George C. Bolian Sandra J. Boone Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Booth John & Teri Bosio

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. James K. Brahaney Jere T. Brassell Dr. & Mrs. Phillip L. Bressman Mr. James J. Breuss Ms. Sandra J. Brien Dr. & Mrs. Marcellus Brooks Dr. & Mrs. Gaylan W. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Tony E. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Bryan Mr. & Mrs. William J. Bryan Jr. Jean & David Buchanan Melissa & Rod Buffington Donah & Roger Burgess Jamie & Gene D. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Caldwell Kathryn H. Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Warren Barton Campbell Mike, Linda, Rick & Lauren Carlson Mr. & Mrs. David G. Carson Karen D. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Cassilly Gladys M. Chatman Barbara F. Richards & Stanley Chervin Dr. & Mrs. Robert Childress Sam & Alice Childs Mr. Won S. Choi Elsie H. Clark Mr. George D. Clark Jr. The Honorable & Mrs. Bob Clement Mr. Penn B. Cobb Marcia & Steve Colburn Lisa & Jonathan Cole Sam Coleman & Phillip Stewart Annamarie Collins Mr. & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Don & Mary Gail Compton Mr. Peter Condiles Robert & Gail Merritt Congdon The Honorable & Mrs. Lewis H. Conner Terry & Joani Cook Paul & Alyce Cooke Dr. Michael Cooper & Ms. Bethany Jackson James L. & Sharon H. Cox Mr. & Mrs. John T. Crain D. Robert Crants III Suzanne Cherry Cravens Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Crawford John & Rosalie Crispin Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Crouch Joann Cruthirds Ms. Kay C. Crowder Carol L. Crowell-Bayer & William Bayer

The Honorable & Mrs. James Dewey Daane Katherine Daniel Mrs. Donald L. Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Mark Davenport Mr. W. T. Davidson Dr. & Mrs. Ben W. Davis Mr. & Mrs. W. I. Dawson Ms. Martha Lou Deacon Mrs. Edwin F. DeMoss Mrs. Anne R. Dennison William T. DePriest Don Dey Mr. & Mrs. G. Orion Dickson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson IV Mr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Doeg Ms. Amy Dorfman & Mr. Donald Capparella Lynn Dorris Ted & Karen Dreier Mrs. Jane Anderson Dudley & Mr. Dwayne Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Carl D. Duffield Mr. & Mrs. William D. Duke Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Dunnington Mr. & Mrs. John W. Eakin Jr. Susan Sheppard Edwards Eric & Nena Egli Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Elkin Steve & Suzi Elsesser Ms. Constance N. Ely Mrs. Ervin M. Entrekin Ann Epperson Ms. Betty E. Esslinger Dr. & Mrs. Roy C. Ezell Lois B. Faison Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Flaker Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle Inc. Dr. Edward & Mrs. Janet Foley Ms. Elizabeth G. Folsom Mrs. Patricia A. Fredericksen Mr. James C. Free Alexander & Makiko Freeman Anita & Scott Freistat Hubert & Wendy Freund Mary Carol & Charles Friddell Ms. Pamela B. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Tim K. Garrett Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins Mr. & Mrs. Marbut G. Gaston Jr. David & Patsy Gaw Ms. Sally Ann Gentry Mr. & Mrs. V. Carl George Mr. & Mrs. Edwin F. Gerace Mr. Harry E. Gibson Mr. Terrence L. Gibson Elizabeth Gilliam Dr. Joseph Awad & Ms. Jane E. Gilliam

Dr. Francis R. Ginanni Dr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Gotterer Jay Grannis Bryan D. Graves Dr.* & Mrs. Herschel A. Graves Jr. In memory of Greg Griffith Ms. Thelma L. Grimsley Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Groff Daniel J. Guill / Sara E. Guill Mr. & Mrs. Maurice M. Hallum III Mr. & Mrs. William P. Hamilton Edward & Kathryn* Hantel Dr. Charlene Harb Jay & Stephanie Hardcastle George & Cindy Harper Paul & Senator Thelma Harper Scott & Carol Harris Mr. & Mrs. Clifford J. Harrison Jr. Jay & Dawn Hartley Dorothy M. Hartman* Mr. James S. Hartman Lane & Hugh Harvey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harvey Chris & Sedley Hassel Mr.* & Mrs. Marion J. Hatchett David & Judith Slayden Hayes Bill & Lisa Headley Peter & Gini Heller Kent & Melinda Henderson

Mr. William I. Henderson Ms. Doris A. Hendrix Mr. & Mrs. David A. Herlitzka Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Hickerson III Ms. Martha Sue Highfill* The Hilt Family Eileen R. Holloran Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. House Mr. & Mrs. Rannie D. Howell Mr. & Mrs. L. Wearen Hughes Judith & Jim Humphreys In honor of the birthday of Mrs. Martha R. Ingram In honor of Martha R. Ingram Rodney Irvin* Dr. & Mrs. Albert P. Isenhour Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Edward I. Isibor J & J Interiors, Inc. Claudia S. Jack Donald L. Jackson Ms. Patricia M. Jansen Mr. John Barlow Jarvis Mr. Charles Jenkins Mrs. Mary Grey Jenkins Dr. & Mrs. Gary F. Jensen Keith & Nancy Johnson Mary & Doug Johnston Mr. & Mrs. Cecil D. Jones Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sydney L. Jones Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Martin Katahn Christopher & Ginger Kelly & Family Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Kelly The Kelly Family Mr. & Mrs. John L. Kennedy Patrick B. Kennedy & Jaime S. Amos & Riley & Eden Mr. & Mrs. Bill G. Kilpatrick Dr. Edward M. & Bonita D. Kimbrell Kathleen & Don King Jim & Bunny King & Family Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kinser Michael & Melissa Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Kitchell Mr. & Mrs. James A. Knestrick Ms. Linda R. Koon Ms. Linda J. Knowles Bob & Cathy Krumm Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lamb Sterling S. Lanier III* Robert M. Latimer* Mr. & Mrs. Danny Law Fran & Chuck Lawson James E. & Judith Lawson Richard & Sandra Lenz In memory of Dr. Virgil Shields LeQuire Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis

Nashville Predators

Ms. Mary Frances Ligon Rhea & Marie Little Drs. Walt & Shannon Little Stephen & Jean Locke Kaye Lockwood Douglas & Denise Lokken David & Nancy Loucky Johnny & Lindalu Lovier Mr. James Edgar Lowe William & Evelyn Luetzow Dr.* & Mrs. John N. Lukens Jr. Ms. Nina B. Lunn Mrs. Robert P. Mace Mrs. Robert MacKenzie Mr. & Mrs. Boyce C. Magli Helga & Andrea Maneschi Mark & Kelly Manning Bradley Mansell John Maple Annette Martin Ben & Loy Martin Dr. & Mrs. Raymond S. Martin III Ms. Cynthia Clark Matthews Ms. Sonje K. Hubsch Mayo Ms. Jocelynne I. McCall Jennifer & Shane McClure Lisa H. McDonald Ms. Josephine McLeod* Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. McMahan

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Michael & Mary Jane McWherter Mr. Ronald S. Meers Ellen Menking Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Mewbourne Jr. Dr. & Mrs. J. Berry Middleton Mr. Anthony P. Migliore Cedric & Delberta Miller Jim & Glenda Milliken Diana & Jeff Mobley Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Moench Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Moench Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Molnar Jr. Mr. Kevin N. Monroe Margaret W. Moore Cynthia & Richard Morin The Morphett Family Mr. & Mrs. Rogers H. Morrison Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mullins Nashville Advertising and Promotions Mr.* & Mrs. Roger J. Neal Mr.* & Mrs. John C. Neff James & Irene Neilan Dr.* & Mrs. I. Armistead Nelson Lee & Emily Noel Chuck Norman Jonathan R. Norris D. Wilson Ochoa

Dr. Samuel O. Okpaku Hazel R. O'Leary Jo Ellen L. Olson Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Oman Hansi D. Orgain Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Mrs. John Gray Palmer Mr. Clint Parrish Dr. & Mrs. Earl Q. Parrott Mr. Richard D. Parrottino Lisa & Doug Pasto-Crosby Jeannie & Jack Patterson Mr. & Mrs. John W. Patterson Mr. Stephen D. Patton Dr. W. Faxon & Frances W. Payne Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Pennington Elizabeth & Phil Perkins Rosetta & L.O.P.* Perry Dr. & Mrs. A. F. Peterson Dr. James A. Petty Mrs. Patsy C. Petway Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Phy Robert Webb & Gail Plucker Robert S. Poole Mr. & Mrs. Joel A. Pope Mr. & Mrs. Bob Pope Ms. Rhonda M. Prevatt Charles W. Rager & Amber Culverhouse

St. Edwards

Mr. & Mrs. David E. Rawlings Jeff & T Reese Ms. Sandra L. Reeves Reliable Ultrasound Services, Inc. Steven & Ellen Resnick Brooke & Jason Reusch & Family Kay & Byung-Hyun Rhee Kellye & Jeff Rice Cemele & Woody Richardson Mrs. Cornelius Ridley Dr. & Mrs. Russell Ries Mrs. Roscoe R. Robinson Anne D. Rogers Fran C. Rogers Norma & Bruce Rogers Sydney & Buddy Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Tate Rogers Bart & Delinda Rollins Ms. Judith R. Roney Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Ropelewski Lynne & Rodney M. Rosenblum Laura Ross Joyce & Mace Rothenberg Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Roy Mr. Warren T. Runion & Ms. Catherine J. Holsen Ms. Patricia Russell Ms. Jean W. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Jason Saling

Goodwill

John R. Sanders Jr. Sam & Barbara Sanders Ms. Suzanne Sanders James & Susan Sandlin Pauline & Robert Satterfield Mr. & Mrs. William B. Saunders In memory of Kenneth Schermerhorn (18) Molly & Richard Schneider Jim & Mary Schumacher Claire & Marvin Schwartz In Memory of Ola Mabel Webb Scott Gary & Gloria Scott Terry & Patti Sears Charles & Bettye Seivers Dr. & Mrs. John S. Sergent Odessa L. Settles John & Nanette Shand Dr. & Mrs. Steven B. Shankle & Family Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Sharp III Joe & Tricia Sharp Ms. Kenya Sharp Beverly P. Sharpe & Devin C. Sharpe Nita & Mike Shea Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Gerald "Buzz" & Lex Ann Sheridan Jr. David & Nancy Shurson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Sigmund Ms. Sandra Simpson Michael & Susanne Sims Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Pamela Sixfin Ms. Diane M. Skelton Ms. Susan Sloatman Sandra & Randall Smith Mr. Joe R. Smith Ms. Melanie K. Smith Mrs. Samuel Boyd Smith Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James A. Staley Leon E. Stanislav, DDS Mrs. Elise L. Steiner Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom Mr. & Mrs. John L. Stephens Dan & Rosi Stewart Michael Stiltz Kelli & Bill Stokes Dr. & Mrs. William S. Stoney Jr. Shelby B. Strickland Cindy Strother Richard & Jennifer Stults John & Judy Sujdak Michael* & Kay Sykes Dr. & Mrs. S. Bobo Tanner Boyce & Amelia Tate

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tatum Bobby G. Taylor Donald & Kristin Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert Taylor William E. & Susan E. Taylor Dr. & Mrs. William Thetford Mr. Frank Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Thomas Gloria & Frank Thomas Patricia & Parker W. Thomas Jr. Mrs. Overton Thompson Jr. In memory of Moneta Allison Thorpe Mr. & Mrs. John H. Tipton Jr. John W. Todd Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Tolk Dr. & Mrs. Alex S. Townes Claire & Reece Whitfield Tucker Lizette M. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. John A. Turnbull Ms. Donna Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. Victor R. Vaughn Mr. Wayne Vaught Joyce A. Vise Robert C. & Mary M. Vowels Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Mrs. Patricia W. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Walton Glen A. Wanner Mr.* & Mrs. James M. Ward Leslie P. Ware W. Miles* & Sharon Warfield C. Brian & Alison H. Warford Karen M. Warren Cheryl & Mark Wathen Dr. & Mrs. Gates J. Wayburn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. Wcislo Mr.* & Mrs. William C. Weaver III Mr. Stephen Webb H. Martin & Joyce Weingartner William* & Raylene Welch Ms. Jo H. West Charles Hampton White James W. White Raymond & Linda White Mr. & Mrs. William G. Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wilkening Mr.* & Mrs. Jimmy D. Williams Ms. Vicki Gardine Williams Paul & Dena Williamson Rod & Phyllis Williamson Eleanor Lawson Willis Blythe Wilson, Elysabeth Lackey Mr. & Mrs. Jerry R. Wingler Scott & Ellen Wolfe Ms. Rachel B. Wolfe Dale & Carol Womack Ms. Lisa A. Wood Joy Worland & Paul Gambill

James & Jan Yarbrough Mr. & Mrs. Barry Zeitlin Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart Dr. Thomas F. Zimmerman

Gifts of $500+ Anonymous (12) Judith Ablon Vicky J. Abney & Lesley A. Voltz Jeff, Tina, Jennifer & Jonathan Adams Mr. Howard D. Adcock Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey K. Adkisson Elke M. Aita George Alexander & Family Mrs. Joyce P. Allen Mr. & Mrs. William J. Amonette Paul & Nancy Anderson Robert A. & Sharon B. Anderson Peggy Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Argo Mr. & Mrs. James C. Armistead Jr. Aaron B. Armstrong Debi & Katrina Armstrong Pamela R. Atkins Ms. Geralda M. Aubry Mr. Albert Austin The Brian C. Austin Family Dr. Philip Autry Dr. Elizabeth M. Backus Mr. Timothy C. Artist & Mrs. Jane Bacon Al & Judy Baer Mr. & Mrs. Herb Baggett Mr. Lawrence E. Baggett Sallie & John Bailey Scott M. Bane Mrs. Daniel B. Barge Jr. Kenneth Barnd Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Bayless Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Beck Ms. Kristi L. Behm Dr. & Mrs. Leslie A. Bergstrom Dr. & Mrs. Roy S. Berkon Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Berry Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Best Ms. Jane B. Blakey Ron, Sandra, Ethan & Erica Block Familia Boero Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Bolton Andi Bordick Dr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Boskind Mr. & Mrs. C. Dent Bostick Nancy & Dewey Boswell Ms. Michelle Boucher Zeneba Bowers Mr.* & Mrs. James E. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. John S. Bransford Jr. September

Mr. Keith Brent Mr. & Mrs. John F. Brewer III Dr. Elizabeth Oldfield Broadhurst & Mr. E. David Broadhurst Mr. & Mrs. Danny E. Broadway Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Brockman Jr. Berry & Connie Brooks Vernice Oakley Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Bulso Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Burgess Dr. & Mrs. Ian M. Burr Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Burr Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Callis Dr. & Mrs. Tracy Q. Callister Jeanne Camara Mrs. Bratschi Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Canterbury Luther E. Cantrell Jr. David L. Carlton Mr. & Mrs. D. Michael Carter David S. Carter Joya R. Caryl Mr. James F. Casselberry Mr. & Mrs. Dean F. Chase Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Chickey Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Mr.* & Mrs. Robert Churchwell Sr. Teresa C. Cissell Mr. & Mrs. Gary Clardy Shelton & Catherine Clark Mr. & Mrs. John J. Claxton II Ms. Jacquelyn L. Clevenger Mr. & Mrs. Herbert H. Cobb Mr. & Mrs.* Neely Coble Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Rebecca Cole Rev. & Mrs. John H. Collett Jr. Mr. & Mrs. M. Thomas Collins Mr. Charles J. Conrick III Ms. Catherine Cook Robert & Jill Coon Dr. Will Kendrick & Ms. Marymac Cortner Jim & Susan Costello James & Amy Cotton Jennifer A. Coyle Ms. Ann S. Cross Mr. Will R. Crowthers Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Cullen Mr. Thomas Cullen & Ms. Wray Estes Virgil & Faye Cummins Buddy & Sandy Curnutt Louis & Kathy D'Angelo Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Davenport Robert & Leriel Davis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Debelak Ms. Jean Dedman Mr. & Mrs. Brett A. DeFore 2010

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Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Delk Dr. & Mrs. James L. Dickson Ms. Mary Sue Dietrich Wally & Lee Lee Dietz James & Ramsey Doran Rebecca J. Dorcy Robert & Kathryn Dortch Mr. & Mrs. David Dowland James & Julie Duensing Ms. Janet C. Ivey-Duensing Greg Dugdale Felicia & Charles Duncan Bob & Nancy Dunkerley Mr. Blair P. Durham Mr. & Mrs. Ray S. Dwelle Lynne M. Cushing & S. June Dye Frances & Bill Earthman Susan Eason* Ms. Helen C. Elkins Mr. & Mrs. Dan Elrod Mary Ella Eubanks Mr. & Mrs. Ross I. Evans Duncan Eve Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Evers III Mr. & Mrs. Mark Farrington Bryan & Rachel Fay Anthony J. Ferrara Walter & Rebecca G. Ferris Jim & Mary Flanagan

Covenant Presbyterian

Mr.* & Mrs. M.E. Flautt Jeff & Margaret Flowers Ms. Sarah Fogel Mr. & Mrs. Harold W. Fogelberg Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Forshee Ms. Julie J. Foss Robert & Michelle Francis Elizabeth A. Franks Ms. Rhonda Franks Mr. Jim W. Freeland Ms. Sara N. Gaines Anderson C. Gaither & William Joyce Dr. & Mrs. Richard Gannaway Glenna R. Gant Mr. & Mrs. Brian Garcia Ms. Jane Gardner G. Waldon & Renee Garriss Mr. Ronald Gash The Gassler Family Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Gideon Mr. Michael E. Giffin Norman & Cathy Gillis Mr. & Mrs. William L. Godsey Nancy T. Goins Mr. & Mrs. Jay H. Goostree Dr. John C. Gore Esther A. Gorny Ms. Leigh Gostowski

In memory of Edwin M. Gould Dr. & Mrs. C.K. Hiranya & Saraswathi Devi Gowda Mrs. Jeanne S. Gower Bryan D. Graves Mr. & Mrs. John G. Gray Mrs. Max Greenberg Ms. Martha P. Gregory Ms. Gail W. Griffin Ms. Becky Griffith Mr. Thomas A. Grooms & Ms. Linda G. Ashford Mary Beth & Raul Guzman Dr. & Mrs. Allen F. Gwinn Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Bill Halliday Dr. & Mrs. Charles Hambrick Dr. & Mrs.* James R. Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. F. Payne Hardison Martin T. Harris Ms. Ruth E. Hayes James & Sandra Heatley Fred & Judy Helfer Ted & Mary Beth Helm Ernest & Nancy Henegar Father John C. Henrick Ms. Elizabeth W. Henson Karen Hickox Mr. & Mrs. Byron C. Hillblom Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Hindalong

Hermitage (home of andrew jackson)

Michelle E. C. Hinson Mrs. Johnnie K. Hodge Marilyn J. Hofstetter-Kreider Sandra D. Hollingsworth Jeanni Holmes William Paul Holt David F. & Barbara S. Howell Mr. & Mrs. A. Scott Hubbard SSG. Derrick W. Hudson & Mrs. Kerry Hudson Mr. & Mrs. William E. Hughes Jr. Mrs. Beverly Hyde Ms. Suzy C. Hyslip In honor of Martha R. Ingram (3) Ms. Peniruth Ingram Mr. William C. Ireland Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Van T. Irwin Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John R. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. James Judi & John N. Jaszcz Mr. & Mrs. Neil Jobe Mr. & Mrs. David A. Johnson Ms. Joyce Jones David Kacynski Jonnie & Barbara Kaye Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Kazimi Mr.* & Mrs. George F. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Kidd Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Knabe

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Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Knox Jr. Tom & Karen Knox Morris Kraft Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Kupferer Jr. In loving memory of: Polly B. Lake Denver* & Sandra Sherry & Family Anthony & Wendy La Marchina Robert R. Laser Jr. Mr. Roger Latterell Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lawrence Cassandra Lee Mrs. Vito F. LePore The LeQuire Family Samuel B. & Lee C. Levine Paul & Susan Levy Rita Diane Lewis Daniel P. Lindstrom Mr. & Mrs. Ken Lingo Ms. Amanda Livsey Daniel Lochrie Ms. Carolyn S. Lockard In memory of H. A. Lockhart Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Loffi Erin Long Gilbert Long Dr. & Mrs. William R. Long William & Joyce Loyd Mr. & Mrs. Bert Lyles Betty & Pat Lynch Dr. & Mrs. George L. Mabry Malinda Mabry-Scott Ms. Alexandra T. MacKay Mr. Douglas MacKenzie Mr. & Mrs. James N. Maddox John & Laura & Patrick Maddux Miss Anne W. Magruder Larry & Lucy Majors Mrs. Tommie C. Manning Dr. & Mrs. Mark S. Mappes Carrie & Steve Marcantonio & Family Gino & Jeanne Marchetti Curt & Cynthia Masters Steve & Jean Matthews Leslie H. Matkosky Mr. Mark E. Matson Linda Mattson Mary Helen Maupin Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Maxwell Dr. Ingrid Mayer & Dr. Ricardo Fonseca Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. McAllister Mr. & Mrs. Randall McCathren Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. McClanahan Mr. & Mrs. E. Lamar McCoy Kathleen McCracken Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. McCullough Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. McDougle Mr. R. David McDowell Tim & Sally McFadden

Mr. & Mrs. Neil McFarren Mr. James R. McGlocklin Ms. Anne Elizabeth McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. McKean Linda R. McLeod Herbert & Sharon Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Merin Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Middleton Ms. Donna J. Mills James L. Mills Stephen A. & Karen R. Mitchell Tom & Joan Mitchell Robert & Marie Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Harold W. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Morrison Mehran Mostajir & Dr. Mojdeh Mozayani Ms. Patricia Mraz Tom* & Lucille Nabors Carolyn Heer Nash Mark & Carolyn Naumann Mr. Michael T. Neely Stephen L. Nesbitt Keith Nicholas The Kinsley/Nichols Family Mr. Paul M. Nicholson Mrs. Marvin A. Nikolaus Christopher & Leslie Norton Mr. James H. O'Neill Nancy & Frank Orr Richard & Penelope Osgood & Family Ms. Mary J. Osthus Mr. Inman E. Otey Ophelia & George Paine Ms. Ellie Parchman Lt. Col.* & Mrs. James P. Parker Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Peak Dan Peck Lisa C. Pellegrin Ms. Melrose Faulkerson Perry Sue Peters Ms. Carol A. Pike In loving memory of Charles M. Plaxico Mr. Paul A. Pomfret Stephanie L. Poole Mr. & Mrs. John C. Porter Mr. & Mrs. Bill Powell Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Price Pamela L. Quayson Mr. & Mrs. Ross A. Rainwater Ms. Gayle Ray Ms. Kathleen G. Rayburn Douglas P. Raymont Dr. & Mrs. Paul S. Redelheim Ms. Charlotte A. Reichley

Debbie & Jim Reyland Bob Richardson Rev. & Mrs. Robert P. Richardson Jr. Dr.* & Mrs. Harris D. Riley Jr. Dave & Ramona Riling Harry & Deborah Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Albert Rodewald Elizabeth & John Alden Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. Fernando Rodriguez Federico Rodriguez-Giacinti Mr. & Mrs. Don Rollins Jack & Sharon Rubey Ms. Lora L. Rucker Gary M. Russell Radu V. Rusu Mr. Scott Rye Ms. Irene C. Sain Dr. & Mrs. Norman R. Saliba Mr. Sterling M. Sanders Dr. Samuel A. Santoro & Dr. Mary M. Zutter David M. Satterfield Creston & Janice Saylors Carina & Roger Schecter In memory of Kenneth Schermerhorn (22) Glenn R. & Carolyn J. Schirg Bob & Linda Schnell & Family Nelda & Kurt G. Schreiber Dr. Anna W. Roe & Dr. Kenneth Schriver In Memory of Ola Mabel Webb Scott Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott Ms. Margaret D. Scruggs Ms. Amy Jeanece Seals Kristi L. Seehafer Mr. & Mrs. L. Ray Sells Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Shears Ms. Clela Sheppard Richard L. Simmons Dr.* & Mrs. T. A. Smedley Don & Kathy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Kevin S. Smith Susan & Bill Snyder Jack S. Sollner Southeastern Telecom, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Sperling Ms. Irma H. Spies Mr. & Mrs. William T. Spitz Butch & Sunny Spyridon Mr. Daryle Steele Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Steele Jennifer Goode Stevens Mrs. Frank W. Stevens* Storage Technologies Joseph & Cheryl Strichik September

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Suddeath John & Judy Sujdak Charles S. & Gayle A. Sullivan Andrea & Matthew Sullivan & Family Robert L. & Catherine Cate Sullivan James Marshall Summar Mr. Frank Sutherland & Ms. Natilee M. Duning Greg & Rhonda Swanson Dr. Anna Szczuka Dr. Loyda C. Tacogue Carolyn & Sam Talley Bruce & Jaclyn Tarkington Dr. Calvin M. Taylor Mary Curtis Taylor Penny & Eugene Te Selle Lisa G. & Casey Thomas Ms. Mary Lee Thompson Donna K. Thurman Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Thurman Jr. Jeffrey Null Tiefermann & Family Mr. & Mrs. Don Tillman Dale & Doris Torrence Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Tosh Sr. Lloyd Townsend Jr. Tom & Judith Turk Mr. Bradley G. Vander Molen Ms. Susan C. Vincler Mr. Richard J. Waldrop Matt Walker Dr. & Mrs. Steve L. Walker Victoria C. Walker Mr.* & Mrs. Simon G. Waterlow Jerry & Brenda Weeks Ms. Rosemary D. Wesela Mr. & Mrs. John W. Westfield Dr. & Mrs. Arville V. Wheeler Mr. Walter White & Dr. Susan Hammonds-White Mr. & Mrs. C. Parker Whitlock Roger M. Wiesmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Earl H. Williams Jr. Jeremy Williams Ms. JoAnne Williams Ms. Cheryl L. Wilson Mrs. F. R. Wingo Chris & Cindy Wood Mr. & Mrs. Lewis F. Wood Jr. Sidney & Richard M. Wooten Mrs. Anne A. Wright Dr. Patty W. Wright & Mr. Christopher J. Wright Gary & Marlys Wulfsberg Kay & Randall Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. James C. Young Sr. *denotes donors who are deceased

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LegacySociety

Legacy Society The Legacy Society honors those patrons whose deep commitment to the future of the Nashville Symphony has inspired them to include the Symphony in their estate planning through bequests, lifeincome gifts or other deferred-giving arrangements.

Anonymous Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton Julie & Frank Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C Bottorff Charles W. Cagle Donna & Steven Clark Mrs. Barbara J. Conder Mr. & Mrs. Roy Covert William M. & Mildred P.* Duncan Deborah Faye Duncan Annette & Irwin* Eskind Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia James C. Gooch Landis Bass Gullett* Billy Ray Hearn Judith Hodges Judith S. Humphreys Martha R. Ingram

Heloise Werthan Kuhn Sally M. Levine John T. Lewis Clare* & Samuel Loventhal Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Arthur McLeod Mellor Cynthia & Richard Morin Anne T. & Peter L. Neff Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Pamela K. & Philip Maurice Pfeffer Eric Raefsky, MD & Victoria Heil David and Edria Ragosin Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Irvin & Beverly Small Dr. John B. Thomison Sr. Judy & Steve Turner Shirley Zeitlin Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle

*deceased

Great orchestras, like all great cultural institutions throughout history, are gifts to posterity; they are built and bestowed to succeeding generations by visionary philanthropists.

If you have that vision for the Nashville Symphony and have provided for its future through your estate planning, the Symphony would like to recognize you as a member of its Legacy Society. You can request an enrollment form or more information about tax-advantaged planned giving through Holly Noble in the Symphony Development Department at 615.687.6529 or hnoble@nashvillesymphony.org.

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GuestInformation

TICKET SALES For information about Nashville Symphony events, please contact the Symphony Box Office at 615.687.6400 or NashvilleSymphony.org.

LATE SEATING As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, each performance will have designated breaks when latecomers are seated. Those arriving after a performance begins will be asked to remain outside the entrance door nearest their ticketed seats until the appropriate break.

CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS Offered prior to each SunTrust Classical Series concert, these informal half-hour talks with our conductors and guest artists explore the evening’s program. Talks will take place in the concert hall beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

CAN’T MAKE A CONCERT? If you are unable to use your tickets, you may exchange them for another performance, availability permitting, or you may donate them for a tax deduction.

Tickets must be exchanged or donated by 6 p.m. on the day before the performance.

Some restrictions may apply. Call 615.687.6401. shuttles For $10 cash per person, round-trip shuttle service is available for SunTrust Classical Series and Bank of America Pops Series concerts. First come, first served. The shuttles leave from Belle Meade Plaza and The Factory at Franklin. For more info, call 615.687.6541.

VENUE INFORMATION FOR LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY Collins Alumni Auditorium Collins Alumni Auditorium has been the center of campus life at Lipscomb University for more than half a century. Since the auditorium opened in September 1947, theatrical productions, concerts, lectures, worship and more have come to life on its stage.

Renovated in 2008, Collins Alumni Auditorium is named in honor of Willard Collins, Lipscomb president from 1977-86. Emergency exits are located at the back of the auditorium through the Ruth Morris Collins Lobby. Restrooms are located in the lobby and below the lobby on the lower level of the building.

In February 2010, some of music’s most influential performers — including Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall and the Del McCoury Band — gathered in Collins to participate in Lipscomb’s inaugural Music from the Mountain concert, this year honoring Mother Maybelle Carter of The Carter Family. At the concert, Lipscomb officially named the stage the Maybelle Carter Memorial Stage in her honor.

Allen Arena Allen Arena is a hub of campus activity. Located on the south end of campus, Allen Arena is home to a wide variety of events. It is the home of convocation and chapel programs, Bison and Lady Bison basketball games and Lady Bison volleyball games. It has also housed concerts, lectures, dinners, trade shows and other events. Emergency exits are located on the gold and purple levels of the Arena at all four corners.

This past summer, the Grand Ole Opry came to Allen Arena for several special performances. The Opry was temporarily displaced due to the historic flooding that hit Nashville in May. Starbucks Stop by Starbucks before or after the concert!

Starbucks is conveniently located in the Bennett Campus Center, across from Collins Alumni Auditorium.

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War Memorial Auditorium Concerns or compliments? E-mail patronservices@tpac.org Accessibility Services include parking, which is available on both sides of Sixth Avenue between Deaderick Street and Charlotte Avenue. The accessible entrance to War Memorial Auditorium is located near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the southeast corner of the building. Use the ramp on Union Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues leading to War Memorial Plaza. From the top of this ramp, turn left into the courtyard (do not continue up the second incline). The accessible entrance is near the corner of the building and is clearly labeled. The hall inside the building leads to elevators with access to the orchestra level of the auditorium. Accessible seating is available on the orchestra level of the auditorium.

Please call the House Manager at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center at 615.782.4087 to discuss accessibility needs, including assistance from the street into War Memorial Auditorium.

Valet parking for concerts at War Memorial Auditorium is available at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Deaderick Street, underneath the marquee at the entrance to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

Restrooms are located one floor down from the orchestra level of War Memorial Auditorium, accessible by elevator or stairs located to the left from the main entrance.

All cellular phones, pagers, watch alarms, cameras, recorders and other electronic devices should be turned off prior to the performance or checked in with the floor manager or an usher, who will note the seating location of physicians and others who expect emergency calls.

Call “Lost and Found” at 615.782.4098 to report an item that may have been left at War Memorial Auditorium.

Smoking is permitted outside of the building.

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Parking is available in any lot on Lipscomb’s campus, as long as there is not a reserved sign on the space, or patrons may park in either of the two marked parking garages.

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GERSHWIN “HERE TO STAY,” October 14-16 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena The Nashville Symphony pays tribute to the great American composer George Gershwin at this upcoming concert in the Bank of America Pops Series. No composer before or since has merged classical, jazz, Broadway and pop quite the way Gershwin did, and this multimedia celebration will highlight his fascinating rhythms and his wonderful song collaborations with brother Ira. Guest pianist Kevin Cole, one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Gershwin’s music, returns to Nashville for an unforgettable evening with the orchestra, led by Resident Conductor Albert-George Schram.

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HALLOWEEN IN SPACE, October 30 at Lipscomb University’s Collins Alumni Auditorium Explore the farthest reaches of outer space with the Nashville Symphony and Adventure Science Center at this season’s first installment in The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper Series. Space Captain Kelly Corcoran will lead two expeditions, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, as the orchestra performs thrilling music from Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” John Williams’ Star Wars theme and much more. Large-screen projections courtesy of Adventure Science Center will enhance the spaceexploration theme, and there’ll be plenty of fun-filled activities beginning an hour before each show!

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JEWEL, November 11-13 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena One of the most beloved pop artists of the past two decades, singer-songwriter Jewel joins the orchestra and Resident Conductor Albert-George Schram for the Bank of America Pops Series. She’ll survey her prolific career, from her debut album Pieces of You to her latest collection Sweet and Wild, which reveals her full range as an artist. Backed by the Nashville Symphony, Jewel’s exquisite voice and honest, heartfelt songs will sound richer than ever.

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