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Born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg, Germany; died on April 3, 1897, in Vienna Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Composed: 1874-76 (with much work prior to that, including sketches dating back to the 1850s) First performance: November 4, 1876, in Karlsruhe, with Felix Otto Dessoff conducting.

First Nashville Symphony performance: February 20, 1951, with Music Director Guy Taylor Estimated length: 45-50 minutes

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he process of completing his First Symphony was an arduous one for Brahms. He not only found himself competing with the weight of tradition, but also seemed to be going against the grain by persevering in a genre considered obsolete by many of his contemporaries. All told, the creation of this work spanned a period almost as long as that of Wagner’s Ring cycle, which was given for the first time in its entirety just a few months before the premiere of the First Symphony. Yet Brahms transformed his feelings of being overwhelmed by the past into a creative spur. In the process, he carved out a central place for himself within a still-unfolding tradition, vindicating his belief that the symphony could convey deep truths without reference to an external program. Here Brahms revisits classical forms while finding new ways to use them as a vehicle for the heightened emotional content of a new era.

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W H AT TO L I ST E N FO R The First at once establishes a tragic tone with troubled harmonies and the timpani’s ominously treading beat. The first movement proper springs to action with a shock. Brahms unfurls, fuses and breaks apart thematic material presented in condensed form in the introduction. An insistent rhythmic pattern comes to the fore in the development: three shorts and a long (famous from another great C minor symphony, Beethoven’s Fifth). At the end of the opening movement, an unexpected calm descends and the key shifts to the major, though with no genuine sense of resolution.

It’s the composer’s way of setting the stage for the breakthrough to come in the finale.

The two middle movements relax the high drama of the opening. An Andante showers the listener with a warm-blooded outpouring of lyricism. The ascending violin solo near the end conjures a serene setting where Arcadia veers toward elegy. In the third movement Brahms swerves away from the scherzo that might have been expected if this were a slavish imitation of Beethoven. Instead we get a pastoral intermezzo sunlit by gracious writing for solo woodwinds. But there is internal contrast as well in the vigorous, rhythmically dynamic middle section.

The grand final movement clinches the full epic scope of Brahms’ symphonic plan. Once again he begins with a slow, darkly colored introduction full of suspense. After a tense climax, the vista shifts dramatically, revealing a first glimpse of breakthrough as horns call out in a simple C major tune and the trombones appear for the first time.

Another breakthrough is still to come. The horn theme develops to a climax, answered by a noble melody in the strings. The melody’s resemblance to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is obvious, but here Brahms turns away from the pattern of Beethoven’s Ninth.

This is the moment where we might have expected human voices to join in the throng. Instead, Brahms expands on the template of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to forge a sense of renewed possibility for the purely instrumental symphony.

The intoxication of his creative advance resounds in

unbridled triumph as the First Symphony comes to a momentous close.

Brahms scored the Symphony No.1 for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings.

EDWARD ELGAR

Although Elgar didn’t intend his Cello Concerto as a valedictory statement, the score is full of backward glances.

Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85 Composed: 1919 First performance: October 26, 1919, in London, with Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Felix Salmond as solo cellist First Nashville Symphony performance: March 17 & 19, 1983, with guest conductor Alvaro Cassuto and soloist János Starker.

Estimated length: 30 minutes

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he Cello Concerto was Elgar’s last completed full-scale composition for orchestra. Although he didn’t necessarily intend it as a valedictory statement, the score is full of backward glances. The music seems to sift yearningly for meaning in the wake of World War I, which had forever shattered the old certainties.

As the Great War was nearing its end, Elgar retired from London to his beloved countryside in Sussex, seeking to be closer to the healing powers of nature. He experienced a late-career burst of inspiration with a series of chamber music works and the Cello Concerto. Elgar’s brand of Romanticism owed much to the wellspring of the Central European tradition, now so tainted by the war.

In addition to the soloist, the Cello Concerto calls for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani and strings.

— Thomas May, the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator, is a writer and translator who covers classical and contemporary music. He blogs at memeteria.com.

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Born on June 2, 1857, in the village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, in the Midlands of England; died on February 23, 1934, in Worcester

The cello comes into the spotlight at the very start with a dramatic recitative that immediately establishes the vivid presence of the soloist.

Elgar sustains this throughout the work, whether the mood tends toward deep contemplation or passionate expression. Elgar dramatizes the interplay between orchestra and soloist with many inventive touches. For example, the violas are first to trace the elegiac main theme — so recognizable from its lilting, wavelike motion — before the cello elaborates its deeper implications. Another strain of melancholy imbues the second theme. The contrast between the two might almost suggest the difference between public and private grief.

Another recitative, now based on low plucked notes, serves as a transition to the next movement: a lighthearted scherzo pulsating with rapid-fire repeat notes. The Adagio’s lengthy melody distills a profound sense of tragedy and leave-taking, but its above-the-battle resignation is free of sentimental self-pity.

The Cello Concerto’s unusual four-movement design gravitates toward the finale, the longest the movements. A recitative-like cadenza for the cellist once again serves as a transition from the Adagio and a prelude before the finale proper takes off.

Based on an animated main theme, this highly varied movement proceeds with much drama as it alternates between confident assertions and somber introspection. Toward the end, a slower, graver theme calls forth the cellist’s fullest eloquence.

Flashbacks to earlier material cast a shadow against the music’s dying glow, before the tempo quickens for Elgar’s impassioned adieu.

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The Institute for Learning, Access and Training at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and for Chicago Symphony artistic initiatives. Ma’s work focuses on the transformative power music can have in individuals’ lives, and on increasing the number and variety of opportunities audiences have to experience music in their communities.

Ma is also widely recognized for his strong commitment to educational programs that bring the world into the classroom and the classroom into the world.

Ma’s discography of over 90 albums (including more than 17 GRAMMY® Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests. His recent recordings include Mendelssohn Trios with Emanuel Ax and Itzhak Perlman. The Goat Rodeo Sessions” with Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile and Stuart Duncan, received the 2013 GRAMMY® for Best Folk Album.

Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at The Juilliard School.

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YO-YO MA, cello Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music or exploring cultures and musical forms outside the Western classical tradition, Ma strives to find connections that stimulate the imagination.

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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Two Dances from Aleko Women’s Dance Men’s Dance

Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1 Vivace Andante Allegro vivace Olga Kern, piano INTERMISSION Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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Born on April 1, 1873, in Semyonovo, Russia; died on March 28, 1943, in Beverly Hills, California Women’s Dance and Men’s Dance from Aleko Composed: 1892 First performance: Premiere of the complete opera on May 9, 1893 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow First Nashville Symphony performance: These are the orchestra’s first performances.

Estimated length: 10 minutes

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he first half of tonight’s all-Rachmaninoff program contains a portrait of the emerging young artist. Members of the landed gentry of old Russia, his family experienced a decline in fortunes when the young Rachmaninoff ’s spendthrift father had to sell the family estates.

As a child, Rachmaninoff displayed evidence of the musical gift that was also part of the family heritage. His mother encouraged his training, and at age 10 Sergei became a precocious student at the conservatory in St. Petersburg, where the family had moved. He then continued at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating with degrees in both piano and composition.

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Aleko represents Rachmaninoff ’s crowning success as a composition student there. He composed the music for this one-act opera to fulfill requirements for his mentor Anton Arensky’s composition class, becoming only the third student to that point to receive the prestigious Great Gold Medal — which came with the promise of a production at the Bolshoi.

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, a colleague of Russian stage actor/director Constantin Stanislavsky, wrote the libretto, drawing on the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin. This tale of jealous passion set amid a gypsy camp in southern Russia has inspired numerous other operas and ballets.

The outsider Aleko, dropped by his gypsy lover for another man from the camp, murders the couple and is then outcast from the outcasts.

(Think of Bizet’s Carmen, which dramatizes a novella likely influenced by the Pushkin poem.)

W H AT TO L I ST E N FO R The two orchestral dances occur early in the one-act opera, establishing the “gypsy” setting that gives Aleko its particular flavor.

This is the music Rachmaninoff wrote as soon as he plunged into the project — he was one of three finalist students in the competition, all of them given only a month to compose and orchestrate the same libretto.

The Women’s Dance, featuring a beguiling clarinet at the low end of its register, is set as a teasing waltz filled with delectable woodwind detail. In stark contrast, the Men’s Dance swaggers with brassy machismo and prowling low instruments. The tempos are highly varied to include a passage of gypsy fiddling, and the dance culminates in a no-holds-barred, furious swirl.

The Dances from Aleko are scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

W H AT TO L I ST E N FO R The influence of Grieg — whose own concerto is heavily indebted to Schumann’s Piano Concerto — is immediately obvious from the piano’s dramatically descending cascade of chords. This points to a typical conservatory method in which students were instructed to emulate particular models. Rachmaninoff ’s piano teacher and relative, Alexander Siloti, to whom he dedicated the score, had become a champion of the Grieg concerto in particular.

Yet another inspiration is the music of Tchaikovsky, one of Rachmaninoff ’s idols. The call-to-attention fanfare in the brass at the very beginning, as well as some of the heavenstorming rhetoric later in the movement, brings to mind the fateful climaxes found in the older master’s symphonies. Tchaikovsky, in fact, personally encouraged Rachmaninoff after the premiere of Aleko, even suggesting that the oneact opera might make a good curtain raiser for his own recently completed opera Iolanta.

Biographer Norris remarks that a distinguishing feature of the writing here is “a youthful vivacity and impetuosity which were soon to be replaced by the more somber melancholy and wistfulness of the later works.”

The main theme, though, seems instantly recognizable as Rachmaninoff, with its striking emotional force and characteristic curve. A

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During the spring in which he wrote Aleko, Rachmaninoff also performed the first movement of his Piano Concerto No. 1 as part of a student concert at the Moscow Conservatory. He had composed this first of his four numbered piano concertos during the previous spring and summer, at the age of 18. One of the perks of garnering the Great Gold Medal with Aleko was access to a publisher. Thus the First Concerto became the composer’s first official Opus 1.

Eventually, Rachmaninoff became unsatisfied with the First Concerto in its original version as too clumsy, too replete with “beginneritis.” His reservations kept him from performing the entire concerto as part of his own repertory, and in time he determined to revise it drastically. More than a quarter of a century elapsed, however, before Rachmaninoff could at last settle down to the task. This he did during a stay at his apartment in Moscow, which coincided with a fateful period in world history: the October Revolution of 1917.

A widely shared explanation posits that Rachmaninoff had become too disturbed by political uncertainty to begin a completely fresh work and chose instead to focus on something from the past. According to biographer Michael Scott, the composer buried himself in the revisions so intensely that “he scarcely noticed the shots and machine gun rattles” turning the streets outside into a war zone. This would be the very last large-scale musical work he produced before hastily leaving Russia for good.

By 1917 Rachmaninoff had already written two of his best-loved pieces, the Second and Third

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Composed: 1891; revised 1917 First performance: Rachmaninoff premiered the first movement alone on March 17, 1892, in a student concert in Moscow; he was soloist for the premiere of the revised version on January 28, 1919, with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York First Nashville Symphony performance: May 18 & 19, 2001, with guest conductor Robert Bernhardt and soloist Anne-Marie McDermott Estimated length: 28 minutes

Piano Concertos, and he was even sketching what later became the Fourth. For his revision of the First Piano Concerto — the version that entered the repertory and that we hear tonight — Rachmaninoff drew on his more recent experience and made significant changes.

These pertain especially to the third movement, which, like the first, had been selfconsciously modeled on Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor. Other revisions included a subtler approach to the orchestration. In other words, the revised First Piano Concerto represents a kind of hybrid of very different periods in the composer’s career. Geoffrey Norris, another biographer, observes that the differences between the two versions “reveal much about the composer’s development.”

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gigantic cadenza, fully written out, reconsiders all of the first movement’s themes.

Rachmaninoff ’s nocturne-like brooding comes to the fore in the brief slow middle movement, opening with a tender horn solo and subdued orchestral phrasings that give way to a ruminative monologue from the piano. The heavily revised finale begins with another forceful call to attention. The music still partakes of the “youthful vivacity” mentioned above, its energetic course channeled across two alternating meters.

Rachmaninoff took pleasure in performing the revised First Piano Concerto (which he also recorded), but he remained disappointed that it never really caught on during his lifetime. “I have rewritten my First Concerto; it is really very good now,” he once said. “All the youthful freshness is there, and yet it plays itself so much more easily.

And nobody pays any attention. When I tell them in America that I will play the First Concerto, they do not protest, but I can see by their faces that they prefer the Second or the Third.”

In addition to the solo piano, the Concerto is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings.

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Composed: 1906-07 First performance: February 8, 1908, in St. Petersburg, with the composer First Nashville Symphony performance: March 22, 1955, with Music Director Guy Taylor Estimated length: 60 minutes Following a promising launch to his career, Rachmaninoff must have felt all the more devastated by the first professional catastrophe he encountered: the unveiling of his First Symphony in March 1897. The stakes were especially high, as this was a long-awaited premiere for the emerging composer.

Here’s what César Cui, an influential critic and composer (and a member of “The Mighty Five” pioneers of Russian music) had to say after the concert: “If there were a conservatory in Hell,

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if one of its talented students were instructed to write a program symphony on the ‘Seven Plagues of Egypt,’ and if he were to compose a symphony like Mr. Rachmaninoff ’s, then he would have fulfilled his task brilliantly and would delight the inhabitants of Hell.”

Some of this can be ascribed to culture politics, the scorn of the St. Petersburg-based Cui for a young composer based in rival Moscow.

But the rendition was probably a mess, too, if reports of the conductor being soused on vodka at the podium are to be credited. That conductor, Alexander Glazunov, was himself a composer who went on to become an important figure at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

The miserable reception set off an intense bout of depression lasting several years.

Rachmaninoff ’s momentum as a composer came to a standstill, though he managed to remain musically active through conducting engagements and solo performances as a pianist. Thanks to hypnotherapy, he experienced a breakthrough and won an enthusiastic public as soon as he premiered his Second Piano Concerto in 1901.

The genre of the symphony understandably caused him much anxiety. For his Second Symphony, Rachmaninoff waited to find the right circumstances. Like Tchaikovsky before him, he headed west to clear his head and give himself creative space, far from the gossip and pressure of daily musical life in Russia. Rachmaninoff found attractive lodgings in Dresden, which he could use as a base for excursions to hear German ensembles and composers that interested him. From 1906 to 1908 he composed several important pieces there, including his next attempt at a symphony, undertaken in secret.

The Second categorically broke whatever symphonic “curse” Rachmaninoff may have felt, earning him another round of accolades and devotion from his public. One matter of controversy remains, however: Rachmaninoff designed a work strikingly ambitious in scope, which lasts an hour (or even more, depending on tempo choices) when performed as he wrote it. The Second has frequently been performed with substantial cuts to the score — to the tune of 20 minutes, in some cases — but increasingly,

W H AT TO LIST E N F OR The first movement, the most expansive of the four, opens with a lugubrious motto theme whose notes lie close together; the effect resembles the linearity of Orthodox chant melody. The opening motto, sounded first in the low strings, plants the seed for much of the thematic material throughout the Second.

The slow introduction also gives a first taste of Rachmaninoff ’s richly upholstered orchestration.

This is further elaborated in the Allegro moderato, which launches with an extended theme in the violins. Along with noticeable reminiscences of Tchaikovsky’s symphonic music, Rachmaninoff ’s captivation with the orchestral brilliance of Richard Strauss is apparent. (He had been wowed by the composer’s provocative opera Salome, which had recently premiered in Dresden.) The second theme stands like an oasis within the epic journey of the movement as a whole.

Next comes a Scherzo that stands out in Rachmaninoff ’s output — one of “the most vigorous orchestral [pieces] he composed,” according to biographer Geoffrey Norris. The composer’s fascination by the medieval chant tune associated with the Requiem (the Dies Irae) is subliminally present in the march-like shape of the main tune. Contrasting episodes include another signature Rachmaninoff melody, lyrically unfurled by the strings, and a thrilling fugal passage that anticipates the harsh humor of Shostakovich.

Melody reigns at its most glorious in the

Adagio — enjoy it not just in the soaring violin tune of the opening (a figure which strategically recurs throughout the Adagio), but in the loving theme given by the solo clarinet. As usual with Rachmaninoff, the melody is patiently traced across small steps, gliding along closely neighboring notes. Commentator Patrick Piggott evocatively describes the central section as introducing a “note of questioning…much as lovers might demand from one another…repeated assurances of undying affection.”

The highly varied finale also stands out as unusually exuberant in Rachmaninoff ’s oeuvre.

Its aggressive momentum possibly recalls the effect of Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger, which was another work that had greatly affected the composer. The key has changed from the E minor of the first movement to E major. Later comes another irrepressible melody, again high in the violins. These ideas develop and intermingle with music heard in the previous movements.

During one unforgettable climax, Rachmaninoff braids together a sequence of bell-like descending scales, all falling at different rates. A recapitulation ensues, leading to a stirring glorification of the big tune in the violins and a triumphal rounding-out of this vast symphony.

Rachmaninoff ’s Second Symphony is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel and strings.

— Thomas May, the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator, is a writer and translator who covers classical and contemporary music. He blogs at memeteria.com.

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conductors are honoring the integrity of Rachmaninoff ’s design, as in this performance of the unabridged work.

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For his Second Symphony, Rachmaninoff waited to find the right circumstances.

Like Tchaikovsky before him, he headed west to clear his head and give himself creative space, far from the pressure of daily musical life in Russia.

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OLGA KERN, piano With her vivid stage presence, passionately confident musicianship and extraordinary technique, Olga Kern continues to captivate fans and critics alike. The striking Russian pianist jumpstarted her U.S. career as the first woman in more than 30 years to receive the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas.

First prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at age 17, Kern is a laureate of many international competitions and is also a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Division of the Arts.

In the 2014/15 season, Kern performs with the NHK Symphony, Orchestre National De Lyon, New Mexico Philharmonic and the symphonies of Detroit, Colorado, Madison, Austin, Mobile and Santa Rosa. She will give recitals alongside American soprano Renée Fleming in Boston and Washington, D.C.

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Last season, Kern performed with the Detroit and Cincinnati symphonies, New Mexico Philharmonic and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and gave recitals across North America.

She has performed in such famed concert halls as Carnegie Hall, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Symphony Hall in Osaka, Salzburger Festspielhaus, La Scala in Milan, Tonhalle in Zurich and the Chatelet in Paris.

Kern’s discography includes Harmonia Mundi recordings of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Christopher Seaman (2003); her GRAMMY®nominated recording of Rachmaninoff ’s Corelli Variations and other transcriptions (2004); a recital disk with works by Rachmaninoff and Balakirev (2005); Brahms Variations (2007); and Chopin Piano Sonatas No. 2 and 3 (2010). She was also featured in the award-winning documentary about the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing on the Edge, as well as in Olga’s Journey, Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg and They Came to Play.

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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis, music director, trumpet Gregory Gisbert, trumpet Marcus Printup, trumpet Kenny Rampton, trumpet Vincent R. Gardner, trombone Elliot Mason, trombone Chris Crenshaw, trombone Sherman Irby, saxophones Ted Nash, alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet Walter Blanding, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet Victor Goines, tenor and soprano saxophones, B-flat and bass clarinets

Paul Nedzela, baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet Dan Nimmer, piano Carlos Henriquez, bass Ali Jackson, drums Selections to be announced from the stage.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988.

Featured in all aspects of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s programming, this remarkably versatile orchestra performs and leads educational events in New York, across the U.S. and around the globe, with symphony orchestras, ballet troupes, local students and an ever-expanding roster of guest artists.

Education is a major part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission. These programs, many of which feature JLCO members, include the Jazz for Young PeopleSM family concert series, the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, the Jazz for Young PeopleTM Curriculum, educational residencies, workshops and concerts for students and adults worldwide. Jazz at Lincoln Center educational programs reach more than 110,000 students, teachers and audience members.

Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra spends more than a third of the year on tour. The big band performs a vast repertoire, including compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea, Oliver Nelson and many others.

Jazz at Lincoln Center also regularly premieres works commissioned from a variety of composers, including Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, Chico O’Farrill, Freddie Hubbard and Christian McBride.

Over the last few years, the JLCO has performed collaborations with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Boston, Chicago and London symphony orchestras. In 2006, the ensemble collaborated with Ghanaian drum collective Odadaa! to perform “Congo Square,” a composition co-written by Wynton Marsalis and Odadaa! leader Yacub Addy.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Bridging the gulf between pop and classical music, conductor/arranger Brent Havens takes the podium to present The Music of Michael Jackson.

Performed by an orchestra and amplified with a full band and vocals, Havens and his ensemble capture the King of Pop’s distinct sound while presenting both familiar and new musical colors.

Delivering a fabulous rendition of Michael Jackson’s vocals is Broadway veteran Chester Gregory. “Chester has that rare combination of a

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fabulous voice, athletic dance moves and audience sensitivity. And he delivers,” Havens says. “He has an uncanny ability to make the right move onstage or say the right thing just as the audience is looking for it. It’s amazing to see.”

Of the music, Havens says, “We wanted to keep the foundation as close to the originals as we could, and then add additional colors to enhance what Michael had done. The wonderful thing with an orchestra is that you have an entire palette of sounds

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the wonderful music.”

Havens understands that Michael Jackson fans want to hear the original, familiar elements of the music. He tries to stay as close to the originals as possible and use the orchestra for enhancement: “Having the world-class musicians of the Nashville Symphony makes the music that much more compelling.”

Trained at Berklee College of Music, Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every kind of television. His TV work includes movies for ABC, CBS and The Family Channel; commercials; sports music for ESPN; and cartoons. He worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the music for Harley Davidson’s 100th anniversary birthday party finale. His most recent film work includes the score for the remake of the 1951 gladiator film Quo Vadis.

Featured singer Chester “Chess” Gregory Jr. was born in Gary, Indiana, to a steel mill worker and schoolteacher. Growing up in the same hometown as Michael Jackson greatly inspired him to become an artist. Gregory’s vocal range and acting prowess

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Bridging the gulf between pop and classical music, conductor/arranger Brent Havens takes the podium to present The Music of Michael Jackson.

Performed by an orchestra and amplified with a full band and vocals, Havens and his ensemble capture the King of Pop’s distinct sound while presenting both familiar and new musical colors.

Delivering a fabulous rendition of Michael Jackson’s vocals is Broadway veteran Chester Gregory. “Chester has that rare combination of a fabulous voice, athletic dance moves and audience sensitivity. And he delivers,” Havens says. “He has an uncanny ability to make the right move onstage or say the right thing just as the audience is looking for it. It’s amazing to see.”

Of the music, Havens says, “We wanted to keep the foundation as close to the originals as we could, and then add additional colors to enhance what Michael had done. The wonderful thing with an orchestra is that you have an entire palette of sounds to call upon. The band is reproducing what Michael did as closely as possible, and then having an orchestra behind the band gives the music richness, a whole different sense of color, but still preserves

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Nashville Symphony Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Simone Porter, violin TOBIAS PICKER Old and Lost Rivers

NICCOLO PAGANINI Concerto No. 1 in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 6 Allegro maestoso Adagio

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Composed: 1986 First performance: May 9, 1986, with Sergiu Commisiona conducting the Houston Symphony First Nashville Symphony performance: March 19-21, 2009, with Associate Conductor Kelly Corcoran Estimated length: 6 minutes

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ith various productions and revivals of his five operas and the launch of his brandnew company, OPERA San Antonio, Tobias Picker knows how to make the most of a milestone birthday. Just turning 60 this past summer, Picker has become an especially prominent force in the American opera scene, with commissions from the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera in the past decade.

Yet even though he began as a prodigy composer, receiving commissions while still in his late teens, Picker took his time before undertaking his first opera. He initially came to attention for his orchestral and chamber works, earning one major distinction after another, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Charles Ives Scholarship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a composer residency with the

Picker uses the orchestra with painterly detail to evoke a sense of landscape and longing through extreme contrasts of register — a strategy clear from the gentle opening of the piece. An actual Texan landscape inspired the composer: “Driving east from Houston along Interstate 10, you will come to a high bridge which crosses many winding bayous,” Picker writes. “These bayous were left behind by the great wanderings over time of the Trinity River across the land. When it rains, the bayous fill with water and begin to flow. At other times — when it is dry — they evaporate and turn green in the sun. The two main bayous are called Old River and Lost River. Where they converge, a sign on the side of the highway reads: Old and Lost Rivers.”

In his own way, Picker creates a sense of open, timeless spaces that some might compare to the most popular ballet scores of Aaron Copland — another city boy reimagining powerful natural landscapes in music. Yet Old and Lost Rivers is marked by a serene, meditative quality. Just as the music seems ready to gather for a climax, it mysteriously dissipates.

Old and Lost Rivers is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 6 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (optional, or may be used as 2 of the horn players), tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp and strings.

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Old and Lost Rivers

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It was during those Houston years that Picker composed Old and Lost Rivers. The impetus was to contribute to a series of fanfares paying tribute to the Texas Sesquicentennial. Picker’s approach, however, turned into an intensely evocative, miniature tone poem in which the native New Yorker reflected on his new home.

Old and Lost Rivers has gone on to become one of Picker’s most frequently programmed works, performed by orchestras across the U.S. and Europe. The composer subsequently made a keyboard version for pianist Ursula Oppens, and he also transformed this music into a highlight of his debut opera, Emmeline, in 1995, using it as the basis for an achingly poignant portrayal of the heroine.

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Born on October 27, 1782, in Genoa, Italy; died on May 27, 1840, in Nice, France Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 Composed: c. 1816-1818 First performance: March 31, 1819, in Naples, Italy, with Paganini as the soloist First Nashville Symphony performance: October 4 & 5, 1976, with Music Director Michael Charry and soloist Eugene Fodor Estimated length: 30 minutes

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prodigy in an era of rapid change, Niccolò Paganini reinvented the image of the solo performer for the spirit of emerging Romanticism.

He fused his special brand of hyper-virtuosity with a performance charisma that paved the way for the likes of Franz Liszt — who in turn transferred what Paganini had done for the violin to his own instrument, the piano.

It later became commonplace to compare Paganini’s ability to whip his audiences into a frenzy with the power of rock superstars.

Contemporary accounts suggest the ritual-like sensation generated by his performances, for which the lanky, wiry Italian maestro would dress in black, achieving feats with his instrument that, it was suggested with a bit of savvy marketing, might be possible only for someone who had signed a pact with the devil himself.

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Some of the thrill had to do with unorthodox or even unheard-of techniques Paganini introduced into his playing: strange tuning systems, trills across multiple notes, “ricochet” bowing (which produces notes with a “bouncy” sound), pizzicato notes with both hands, and much more.

Paganini also liked to awe audiences by playing his music from memory, thus giving the illusion of spontaneous inspiration. But he was a highly competent craftsman and composed numerous pieces to spotlight his peculiar artistry, from his fiendish 24 Caprices for solo violin to chamber works and violin concertos. In fact, Paganini for the most part savvily withheld his scores from publication, treating his inventions as jealously guarded secrets and making their performance into an exclusive event.

The Violin Concerto No. 1, for example, remained unpublished until after his death, but it became one of his best-known calling cards from the time it was introduced, most likely in his native Naples in 1819. (The concerto now known as No. 6 actually predates this one, but was discovered only in modern times.) The orchestral score was written in E-flat major, but since some of the soloist’s material would be impossible even for a Paganini to play in standard tuning in this key, he introduced a little trick: having the violinist play as if in D major, but with the strings tuned a half-step higher, in E-flat, which was the intended sonority. In any case, all the parts were published later in D major, and this is the key in which the concerto is usually heard nowadays.

W H AT TO L I ST E N FO R The Classical design of the First Concerto is familiar enough, with its fast-slow-fast movement format. Yet as Michael Thomas Roeder observes in his History of the Concerto, the innovative side of Paganini found expression in giving “new musical meaning” to virtuosity. The extremity of the demands he made on his soloist — in other words, himself — entailed a radically new concept of the instrument, one already far outside the bounds of Classical tradition.

But the orchestra has a rather lengthy say of its own in the first section, which sets out the main themes at leisure, as if teasingly delaying the

a peaceful release through death. Note how much Paganini can make from a simply drawn-out melodic line.

The finale returns to the call for exceptional technical wizardry. The main theme of this rondo — which recurs following a variety of episodes — contains a catchy example of Paganini’s “ricochet” bowing, while the writing throughout amounts to a virtual compendium of the violin’s musical possibilities.

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In addition to the solo violin, the Concerto is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, percussion and strings.

RICHARD STRAUSS Born on June 11, 1864, in Munich, Germany; died on September 8, 1949, in GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 [An Alpine Symphony] Composed: 1911-1915 First performance: October 28, 1915, with Strauss conducting the orchestra of the Dresden Hofkapelle in Berlin First Nashville Symphony performance: September 11 & 12, 1992, with Music Director Kenneth Schermerhorn Estimated length: 55 minutes

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he death of Gustav Mahler in 1911 profoundly affected Richard Strauss, his near contemporary. One result was to reawaken Strauss’ interest in a project he had set aside years earlier involving the death of a visual artist. Equally inspired by his fascination for the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, his original plan was even more ambitious than the enormous, symphonically expansive tone poem that eventually crystallized as An Alpine Symphony.

This was the last in the great series of tone poems,

a genre Strauss had re-patented as his own when he first gained notoriety as a composer.

One of Mahler’s best-known pronouncements was about the meaning of the term symphony: for him, it meant “creating a world with all the technical means available.” In An Alpine Symphony, Strauss sharpens his technique to a new level. His score requires a vast ensemble (the largest of all his orchestral works) with hugely expanded woodwind and brass sections and a gigantic array of percussion, including wind

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entrance of the violin. After a full stop, the soloist dominates through the rest of the movement, offering dazzling new angles on the thematic ideas. Not surprisingly, Paganini’s score doesn’t include the lengthy cadenza he would have improvised, and several violinists have taken up the challenge of writing down one commensurate with his style.

In the affecting, melancholy Adagio, set in B minor, Paganini reveals his abiding love of contemporary bel canto opera as practiced by his friend and compatriot, Gioacchino Rossini.

Among the dramatic scenarios that have become associated with this music is one of a repentant criminal in prison who appeals to the divinity for

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There is far more to An Alpine Symphony than a thrillingly cinematic depiction of an imaginary climbing party. The challenge posted by nature was linked in Strauss’ imagination with the fundamental existential challenge of life itself.

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and thunder machines. Yet Strauss uses these forces judiciously to create an enormously varied palette for his canvas, with room for plenty of exquisitely shaded, even chamber-like sonorities.

While rehearsing for the premiere in 1915, this acknowledged master of instrumentation remarked, “I have finally learned to orchestrate!”

Yet precisely because of Strauss’ gift for vivid musical evocation of the natural world, the work has been underestimated as little more than a virtuoso display of pictorialism, a kind of symphonic Baedeker’s guide up and down the Alps. Strauss did in fact draw on his memories of an actual climbing expedition he had undertaken as a teenager, and the villa in Garmisch where he eventually settled commanded spectacular views of his beloved Bavarian Alps. Certainly, the piece can be enjoyed on a more literal level, and the score is undeniably a virtuoso showcase for the orchestra.

But if its technical demands and scope make this work the Mount Everest of Strauss’ tone poems, there is far more to An Alpine Symphony than a thrillingly cinematic depiction of an imaginary climbing party. Strauss conceived An Alpine Symphony in part as a sequel to his 1896 tone poem inspired by Nietzsche’s Also Sprach Zarathustra. (There are clear musical crossreferences, whether in the passages depicting the majesty of sunrise or the scintillating orchestrations from Zarathustra’s “Dance Song.”)

The challenge posed by nature in An Alpine Symphony was linked in Strauss’ imagination with the fundamental existential and creative challenge of life itself — and, above all, of the artist who rejects the structures of traditional faith to create his own meaning. Biographer Michael Kennedy

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even calls An Alpine Symphony “Strauss’ most Nietzschean composition,” while critic Tim Ashley aptly identifies the climbers as Mahler and the composer “clambering up the whole Romantic edifice, at the center of which Wagner is seen as an immovable mass.” A network of allusions to the works of Wagner and Mahler (along with hints of Beethoven and of Strauss’ own earlier works) adds a musical-historical layer.

W H AT TO L I ST E N FO R While Strauss originally envisioned a fourmovement plan, the work evolved into one monumental span lasting about 50 minutes and comprising 22 sections. These are all linked together seamlessly, with brief, evocative headings in the score that outline the various stages of the expedition. Expectant night gives way to sunrise, and the ascent begins, followed by a lengthy interlude in the forest, passages around a stream and waterfall, and a calm, pastoral scene of flowering meadows and roaming cows. Straying through thick undergrowth, the climbers reach a glacier and experience “dangerous moments” before they at last attain the summit. There ensues a “vision,” and with the first hints of oncoming darkness, an elegiac mood settles in. Moments of eerie calm precede the arrival of a violent thunderstorm during the descent. Sunset brackets the day’s adventure and prepares the tone for final reflections on what was accomplished.

This scenario sounds deceptively episodic, much as the “literal” reading of mountain climbing has obscured the metaphorical dimensions suggested by the music itself. It is significant that Strauss labels the work a symphony rather than a tone poem — as if to

— Thomas May, the Nashville Symphony’s program annotator, is a writer and translator who covers classical and contemporary music. He blogs at memeteria.com.

SIMONE PORTER, violin Violinist Simone Porter is an emerging artist of impassioned energy, musical integrity and vibrant sound. Still in her teens, she has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the American Youth Symphony, Utah Symphony and as soloist at the Aspen Music Festival. She made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony, and her international debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at age 13.

The 2013/14 season marked Porter’s debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Ludovic Morlot at the Hollywood Bowl, Pasadena Symphony and Pacific Symphony.

She traveled to Central America to perform with the Costa Rica Youth Symphony and gave recitals in Los Angeles on the South Bay Chamber Music Series. Last summer, she performed at the Aspen Music Festival and the Grand Teton Festival.

Porter is also an avid chamber music performer. Past performances of note include a solo appearance in Singapore at the 2010 Great Eastern International Kids Performing Festival, and the honor of performing for the Dalai Lama in 2008 at the opening ceremony of a five-day symposium on compassion in Seattle, Washington. Porter is a 2011 Davidson Fellow Laureate, an award given by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, which carries with it a $50,000 scholarship to further her musical education. In 2009, she was presented as an Emerging Young Artist by the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

Raised in Seattle, Washington, Porter studied with Margaret Pressley as a recipient of the Dorothy Richard Starling Scholarship, and was then admitted into the studio of the renowned pedagogue Robert Lipsett, with whom she presently studies at The Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. She plays on a 1745 J.B. Guadagnini violin on generous loan from The Mandell Collection of Southern California.

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An Alpine Symphony is scored for a very large orchestra of 4 flutes (flutes 3 and 4 double piccolos), 3 oboes (oboe 3 doubles English horn), heckelphone, clarinet in E-flat, 2 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet (doubles clarinet in C), 4 bassoons (bassoon 4 doubles contrabassoon), 8 horns (horns 5-8 double Wagner tubas), 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, 12 offstage horns, 2 offstage trumpets, 2 offstage trombones, timpani (2 players), percussion (including a thunder machine), celesta, organ, 2 harps and strings.

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underline the parallels with Mahler’s own artistic ambitions. Elements characteristic of symphonic architecture — epic exposition, scherzo-like interludes, meditative slow music, rousing climaxes — are embedded in the design. Even more, An Alpine Symphony is unified through Strauss’ careful construction of a network of readily recognizable leitmotifs, including a brassy, Wagnerian one for the mountain itself, heard in the opening minutes.

Likewise, the tour de force storm scene is not only splendidly “realistic,” but also breaks up and reconfigures earlier motifs. This passage belongs to the considerable amount of music devoted to what happens after the attainment of the summit.

The lilting motif initially associated with the meadows acquires a heroic new character, hinting at the new perspectives (inner and outer) that have been attained. The remarkable “vision” that follows is a central moment of the work, a secular epiphany replacing traditional faith. Most intriguing of all is the mysterious framework of slow music, shrouded in mists of B-flat minor and descending scales, with which Strauss begins and ends An Alpine Symphony. Strains of a funereal dirge announce the descent of night after the descent from the mountain, as if to remind us that the creative struggle for liberation can never end, but awaits us anew at every stage in our life’s journey.

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HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Peter Krasinski, organ Director: Rubert Julian Screenplay adapted from the novel by Gaston Leroux Cast: The Phantom..............................................................Lon Chaney Christine Daaé ..........................................................Mary Philbin Vicomte Raoul de Chagny....................................Norman Kerry Ledoux..........................................................................Arthur Edmund Carewe Simon Buquet............................................................Gibson Gowland Official Partner

ABOUT THE ARTIST PETER KRASINKI, organ Peter Edwin Krasinski is a conductor, organist and music educator whose imaginative and energetic performances elevate and inform diverse audiences. Well respected in both the secular and sacred genres of his field, he has taught the enchantment of music to both public and private institutions in the greater Boston area for many years. His Bach interpretations have been hailed in print as “sublimely spiritual,” and his improvisations have been critically acclaimed in the press as “stunning,” “seamless” and “brilliant.”

He specializes in the art of live silent film accompaniment worldwide. Appearances include Hammond Castle in Gloucester (for the International Society of Organ Builders), Irvine Auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania, the John Silber Symphonic Organ at Boston University and the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. He has premiered the art

of silent film at many distinguished venues, including Marsh Chapel at Boston University, Saint Joseph’s Cathedral Hartford, Saint Joseph’s Oratory Montreal, Second Congregation Church Holyoke, Old South Church Boston, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall and Harmony Hall in Fukui, Japan.

Krasinski currently serves as Organist of First Church of Christ, Scientist in Providence and as accompanist at Beth El Temple Center Belmont. He is a faculty member of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School, Cambridge.

Krasinski has shared his organ accompaniment, interpretation and improvising skills as a soloist and with many organizations around the United States and France. He has conducted internationally, and his numerous commissioned compositions have enjoyed repeat performances.

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POPS SERIES POPS

Thursday, October 30, at 7 pm Friday & Saturday, October 31 & November 1, at 8 pm

Nashville Symphony Brent Havens, conductor Brody Dolyniuk, vocals Daniel Clemens, bass/vocals Powell Randolph, drums/vocals George Cintron, guitar/vocals Bart Kuebler, keyboards/vocals

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THE MUSIC OF QUEEN WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY Official Partner

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM Bridging the gulf between rock ’n’ roll and classical music, conductor/arranger Brent Havens takes the podium to present The Music of Queen.

Delivering a fabulous rendition of Freddie Mercury’s vocals is Las Vegas star Brody Dolyniuk. “When he came out to audition for the show, we knew immediately that he had something special,” Havens says. “He not only knew the music, but he had clearly listened to every aspect of Freddie’s performances. His inflections were spot-on, and even his wailing rock sound had that Freddie resonance. There will never be another Freddie Mercury, but close your eyes and listen to Brody, and you’re going to get something very close.”

Heightened by rock concert lighting, this symphonic rock hybrid has met with riotous approval. “We wanted to keep the foundation of the music as close to the originals as we could and then to enhance what Queen had done,” Havens says.

Havens understands that Queen fans want to hear the original, familiar elements of the music. He therefore follows exact line arrangements and uses the orchestra for enhancement. With a full orchestra hanging on his every cue, Havens has a large landscape to work with. Just among the double-reed instruments — the oboe, English Horn, bassoon — there are so many colors. Add in the violins, violas, cellos, basses and woodwinds, and the selection grows. Then consider the entire brass section —

trumpets, trombones, French horns and the lower brass like the bass trombone and tuba — and the variety of choices becomes even more dynamic.

Queen’s rich chord structures and amazing vocal harmonies make the music an ideal choice for scoring. “When I sat down to begin scoring the show,” Havens says, “it was amazing how comfortably the orchestra fit within the structure of the music.”

Guest vocalist Brody Dolyniuk remembers mimicking voices even as a child, listening to old records and tapes. He is a self-taught musician, capable of playing several instruments, with a knack for capturing the voices and mannerisms of classic characters from music, TV and movies. His first professional gigs were at piano bars in several U.S. cities, where he learned to charm audiences and expand his musical repertoire. With a longing to perform the music of the many rock bands that inspired him, he assembled Yellow Brick Road, Las Vegas’ most successful classic rock band. Since 1997, the group has been reshaping the casino entertainment scene by bringing a rock concert atmosphere to showrooms previously reserved for lounge acts.

Dolyniuk has made numerous radio and TV appearances, and earned a spot in the finals of two national singing competitions.

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Nashville Symphony Vinay Parameswaran, conductor FALL The Aerial Fabricators Kristen Leophard LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

“Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

JACQUES OFFENBACH Can-can from the Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld FRANZ LISZT Excerpt from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor

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ANTONIN DVORÁK Carnival Overture, Op. 92

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GIOACHINO ROSSINI Finale from the Overture to William Tell

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FALL FALL is a contemporary dance company using all the instruments at our disposal to create art that both inspires and entertains.

By incorporating aerial dance (hanging from the ceiling), site-specific work (climbing on things not typically climbed on), more traditional dance elements and collaborations with other artists and genres, FALL moves in all dimensions of space to make innovative, exciting and unexpected art.

FALL was founded in 2010 as a small group of performers doing site-specific work, collaborative performances and traditional theatrical concerts. The vision of FALL’s founder, Rebekah Hampton Barger, is to utilize the vocabulary of aerial arts (which are traditionally circus arts) to expand the bounds of contemporary dance. Other dancers in the company include Bethany Miller, Rachel Rebottaro and Elizabeth Eisenga.

Last year, Barger led FALL into a year of exploratory work to develop a strategy for the future of the company. FALL looks forward to a future of creating unique site-specific experiences in the city of Nashville, while continuing to collaborate with artists of all genres.

AERIAL FABRICATORS Founding director of Aerial Fabricators, Molly Graves has been teaching and performing aerial arts in the Nashville area since 2009. She completed the New England Center for Circus Arts Pro-Track Program in Brattleboro, Vermont, with a focus on aerial rope (corde lisse) and static trapeze. She has trained with professional coaches from Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Elozie, École Nationale de Cirque, Ringling Brothers and Drapés Aériens. She currently travels and performs with Girls on Trapeze, and she was recently awarded Best Technical Performance for her rope act at the 2014 Aerial Acrobatic Arts Festival in Denver.

Professionally trained in dance, singing and acting from the age of 7, Lizard Walker began dancing professionally age at 10 with choreographer Nancy Havlick in Washington, D.C. At 15, she discovered the world of aerial

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dance. A founding member of Maryland-based touring aerial dance theater company Updraft, she spent five years as both performer and operations manager for the group. She currently performs and teaches aerial dance and circus arts with Aerial Fabricators. She also collaborates with musicians on live and video performances that weave genres together in unique and beautiful ways.

Co-founder Alicia Dawn spent much of her youth in Cairo, Illinois, climbing trees and hanging from monkey bars. A dabble of dance, cheerleading and hooping led her to an aerial class in March 2010. She trained at the New England Center for Circus Arts under the tutelage of various former members of Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Eloize and Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus, and she has studied with Sarah Poole of Ecole Nationale du Cirque in Montreal, Susan Murphy (founder of Canopy Studio), and various members of Frequent Flyers in Boulder, Colorado. She currently tours with Girls on Trapeze and Cirque Motion.

KRISTEN LEOPHARD Kristen Leophard grew up in the hills of Tennessee immersed in music and classical dance. Her first experience with hula hoop dance led her to explore this contemporary circus art, an expanding form of movement combining elements of dance, circus and rhythmic gymnastics. She began performing hoop dance in 2010 and, after a serendipitous encounter with aerialist Molly Graves, began her training in aerial and circus arts.

Leophard performs throughout the United States with ensemble troupes such as the Thin Air Collective, Playing By Air, FALL and Music City Burlesque. She studied Roue Cyr, acrobatics, contortion and partner acrobatics while attending the New England Center for Circus Arts. She also trained under the tutelage of Susan Murphy of The Marsh Studio, Vivian “Spiral” Hancock, Carolyn Mabry, Lara Eastburn and Sandra “SaFire” Sommerville, in aerial fabric, aerial sling, static and single-point trapeze, hula hoop dance and fire performance.

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iancarlo Guerrero is Music Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of Cleveland Orchestra Miami.

Guerrero has established himself with many of the major North American orchestras, including the symphony orchestras of Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, among others. He is also known to audiences of large summer festivals such as the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) and Blossom Music Festival (Cleveland). Equally at home in operatic repertoire, Guerrero makes his debut with the Houston Grand Opera in 2014/15 conducting Puccini’s Madame Butterly.

He has conducted new productions of Carmen, La bohème and Rigoletto; in 2008, he gave the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival to great acclaim.

Guerrero is cultivating an increasingly visible profile in Europe, where his recent debuts include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Copenhagen Philharmonic and Frankfurt Radio Symphony. In the 2014/15

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season, he makes debuts with the Orchestre National de France, Tonkünstler Orchester and Residentie Orkest (The Hague Philharmonic).

For many years, Guerrero has maintained a close association with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Brazil, as well as with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and El Sistema in Venezuela.

Guerrero’s recordings with Nashville Symphony won GRAMMY® Awards in 2011 and 2012, including Best Orchestral Performance.

A fervent advocate of contemporary music and composers, he has championed works by several of America’s foremost composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty, Roberto Sierra and Richard Danielpour.

A native of Costa Rica, Guerrero gained early experience with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera, and later spent time in Venezuela as Music Director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra. Upon moving to the U.S., he studied conducting and percussion at Baylor and Northwestern universities. He served as Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1999-2004 and was Music Director of the Eugene Symphony in Oregon from 2002-09.

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

CHORUS DIRECTOR

VINAY PARAMESWARAN

KELLY CORCORAN The 2014/15 season marks Kelly Corcoran’s eighth season with the Nashville Symphony. As Associate Conductor for seven seasons, she conducted the Nashville Symphony in hundreds of performances, including the Symphony’s Classical and Pops Series, and served as the primary conductor for the orchestra’s education and community engagement concerts. In 2013, Corcoran was named Director for the Nashville Symphony Chorus.

Always interested in creating something new and collaborating with others, Corcoran plans to unveil her latest project, Intersection, an exciting new music ensemble with concerts for all ages. Corcoran created and founded the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra 11 years ago and continues to serve on the board.

Corcoran has appeared as a guest conductor with many major orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee and National Symphonies and the Louisville Orchestra, often with return engagements. Abroad, Corcoran has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica UNCuyo in Mendoza, Argentina, and the Bournemouth (UK) Symphony. Interested in many musical styles, she has worked with a range of artists, including Béla Fleck, Brad Paisley, Amy Grant and Chris Botti, and has conducted the film scores to many movies in live performance screenings.

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 and her Master of Music in instrumental conducting from Indiana University. She made her professional conducting debut in 2004 with the National Symphony Orchestra where she studied with her primary mentor, Leonard Slatkin. Corcoran studied with Marin Alsop as Honorable Mention for the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship.

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As Assistant Conductor of the Nashville Symphony, Vinay Parameswaran works closely with Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero and conducts the symphony in classical, pops and education and community concerts. During the 2013/14 season, Parameswaran conducted an acclaimed concert with Itzhak Perlman at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

He also returned to the Curtis Opera Theater in a production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore.

During the 2012/13 season, Parameswaran conducted Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with the Curtis Opera Theatre, followed by appearances with the Vermont Symphony conducting three doubleconcertos with distinguished violinists Jamie Laredo and Jennifer Koh. He concluded the season with East Coast tour appearances at the Perelman Theater (Kimmel Center), the Kennedy Center and Miller Theater, also featuring Jamie Laredo and Jennifer Koh, as part of the “Curtis on Tour” program.

In the summer of 2012, Parameswaran was one of seven out of more than 130 applicants to be selected as a participant in the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Workshop’s Conductors Institute, headed by Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier. In May of that year, he served as the cover conductor to Robert Spano in the Curtis Symphony Orchestra’s tour to Dresden, Germany, as well as the cover conductor to Miguel Harth-Bedoya with the Fort Worth Symphony.

As an opera conductor, Parameswaran made his Curtis Opera Theater debut conducting a doublebill of works by Davies and Handel. He served as the assistant conductor of Curtis Opera Theater productions of Les Mamelles de Tirésias, The Cunning Little Vixen and Elegy for Young Lovers.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Parameswaran holds a Bachelor of Arts in music and political science from Brown University, where he graduated with honors. At Brown, he began his conducting studies with Paul Phillips. He received a diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Otto-Werner Mueller, distinguished conducting pedagogue, as the Albert M. Greenfield Fellow.

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Jun Iwasaki,

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VIRTUOSO SOCIETY Gifts of $10,000-$14,999 Anonymous (3) Dale & Julie Allen Mr. Bill G. Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Balser Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender Jr. Mrs. J. C. Bradford Jr. Mr.* & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jere M. Ervin

Tommy & Julie Frist Jennifer & Billy Frist Allis Dale & John Gillmor James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith Ed & Nancy Goodrich Ellen C. Hamilton Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kirshner Ralph & Donna Korpman

Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Mr. & Mrs. William Minkoff Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer Mr.* & Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus Ronald & Diane Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shmerling

STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Julie & Tom Aaron Mr. & Mrs. James Ayers Brian & Beth Bachmann J. B. & Carolyn Baker Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup Annie Laurie & Irvin* Berry Mark & Sarah Blakeman Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bottorff H. Victor Braren, M.D. Ann & Frank Bumstead Kelly & Bill Christie Drs. Keith & Leslie Churchwell Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin Greg & Collie Daily Hilton & Sallie Dean Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis The Rev. & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Marty & Betty Dickens Dee & Jerald Doochin Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dye Mrs. Annette S. Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation Marilyn Ezell Tom & Judy Foster Frank & Amy Garrison John & Lorelee Gawaluck

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Giacobone Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin Francis S. Guess Carl & Connie Haley Carolyn Hamby Jack & Jill Harmuth William Hester & Titus Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilton Judith Hodges Mrs. V. Davis Hunt Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ingram Keith & Nancy* Johnson Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Anne Knauff Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee Jim Lewis John T. Lewis Robert Straus Lipman Myles & Joan MacDonald Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Sheila & Richard McCarty Mr. & Mrs. Clayton McWhorter Edward D. & Linda F. Miles Michael & Karen Musick Anne & Peter Neff

Mr. Mark E. Nicol Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Odom The Paisley Family Victoria & William Pao Dr. Barron Patterson & Mr. Burton Jablin Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Patton Peggy & Hal Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV Eric Raefsky*, M.D. & Ms. Victoria Heil Carol & John T. Rochford Anne & Joe Russell Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Satterwhite Joe & Dorothy Scarlett Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Schatzlein Nelson & Sheila Shields The Shields Family Foundation Mr.* & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small Hope & Howard Stringer Mr. & Mrs. Earl S. Swensson Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. Alan D. & Jan L. Valentine Peggy & John Warner Jonathan & Janet Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White Barbara & Bud Zander Shirley Zeitlin

GOLDEN BATON SOCIETY Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous (2) Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Drs. W. Scott & Paige Akers Shelley Alexander Mr. Thomas L. Altman Jon K. & Colleen Atwood Sallie & John Bailey Dr.* & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. 56

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Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard Betty C. Bellamy Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg Dr. & Mrs. Frank H. Boehm Dennis & Tammy Boehms Jamey Bowen & Norman Wells Randal & Priscilla Braker Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman

Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt Chuck & Sandra Cagle John E. Cain III Michael & Jane Ann Cain Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Jan & Jim* Carell Ann & Sykes Cargile Mr. David Carlton

Joan Blum Shayne Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard Bill & Sharon Sheriff William & Cyndi Sites George & Mary Sloan David & Niki Smith K. C. & Mary Smythe Jack & Louise Spann Mr. & Mrs. Clark Spoden & Norah Buikstra Christopher & Maribeth Stahl Deborah & James Stonehocker Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III Brett & Meredythe Sweet Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Matthew K. Taylor Pamela & Steven Taylor Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Rich & Carol Thigpin Julie & Scott Thomas Candy Toler Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes Risë & Laurence Tucker Mr. Robert J. Turner Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund Mr. Vince Vinson Kris & G. G. Waggoner Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner Mark Wait Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery C. & Dayna L. Walraven Mrs. W. Miles Warfield Dr. & Mrs. Mark Wathen Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle Art & Lisa Wheeler Mr. Thomas G. B. Wheelock Charles Hampton White David W. White Mr. & Mrs. James W. White Jerry & Ernie Williams Mr. & Mrs. Joel Williams Ms. Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Wimberly Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Dr. Artmas L. Worthy Patrick & Phaedra Yachimski Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Zigli

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Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Koban Jr. William C. & Deborah Patterson Koch Ms. Pamela L. Koerner Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kovach Robert & Carol Lampe Larry & Martha Larkin Paul & Dana Latour Mr. & Mrs. John M. Leap Sally M. Levine David & Lisa Manning Red & Shari Martin Rhonda A. Martocci & William S. Blaylock Ms. Amanda Mathis Tommy & Cat McEwen Dr. Stephen Y. McLeod-Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Martin F. McNamara III Dr. Arthur M. Mellor Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Mericle F. Max & Mary A. Merrell Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger Christopher & Patricia Mixon Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli Mr. David K. Morgan Ms. Lucy H. Morgan Matt & Rhonda Mulroy James & Patricia Munro Dr. Barbara A. Murphy & Bruce Tripp NashvilleCurrent.com Kenneth & Merna Niermann Dr. Agatha L. Nolen Jonathan Norris & Jennifer Carlat Dr. Edgar H. Pierce Jr. David & Adrienne Piston Donna and Tom Priesmeyer Dr. Terryl A. Propper Jeff & Kim Rice Misha Robledo Anne & Charles Roos Ms. Sara L. Rosson & Ms. Nancy Menke Dr. James Roth Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Saul Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott Stephen K. & Patricia L. Seale Dr. & Mrs. John Selby

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Dr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Carter Michael & Pamela Carter Ms. Pamela Casey Fred Cassetty Mr. Philip M. Cavender Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler Catherine Chitwood Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Clark Mr. & Mrs. John M. Clark Dorit & Donald Cochron Ed & Pat Cole Marjorie & Allen* Collins Mr. Brian Cook Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Richard & Sherry Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Daley III Dr. & Mrs. Ben Davis John & Natasha Deane Dr. & Mrs. Alan Dopp Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington Robert D. Eisenstein David Ellis & Barry Wilker Dr. Noelle Daugherty & Dr. Jack Erter Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Dr. Meredith A. Ezell Ms. Paula Fairchild Dr. Lee A. Fentriss T. Aldrich Finegan Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Ganick Harris A. Gilbert William & Helen Gleason Kate R. W. Grayken Mr. John Green Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Hagood Mr. & Mrs. Arthur S. Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Monty D. Hatcher Suzy Heer Hemphill Family Foundation Ken & Pam Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hoffman Ms. Cornelia B. Holland "David" Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel Donald L. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kestner Tom & Darlene Klaritch Walter & Sarah Knestrick

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (12) Jerry Adams Eric & Shannon Adams James & Glyna Aderhold Carol M. Allen Gerry & Lisa Altieri Jeremy & Rebecca Atack Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Barbara & Mike Barton Mrs. Brenda Bass Dr. & Mrs. Jere Bass Ned Bates Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Bernice Amanda Belue Frank M. Berklacich, MD Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills Mr. David Blackbourn & Ms. Celia Applegate Randolph & Elaine Blake Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Bob & Marion Bogen

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Bonfoey Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Berry & Connie Brooks Mr. James Beach & Dr. Shervondalonn Brown Jean & David Buchanan Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. John R. Burch Sr. Mrs. Patricia B. Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Ms. Marguerite E. Callahan Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle & Charlie Carlisle Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Valleau & Robert M. Caruthers Anita & Larry Cash Dr. Elizabeth Cato Mary & Joseph Cavarra Dr.* & Mrs. Robert Chalfant Mr.* & Mrs. James W. Chamberlain Erica & Doug Chappell Barbara & Eric Chazen

Donna R. Cheek Mrs. John Hancock Cheek Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher David & Starling Clark George D. Clark Jr. Jay & Ellen Clayton Sallylou & David Cloyd Esther & Roger Cohn Charles J. Conrick III Joe & Judy Cook Paul & Alyce Cooke Mike & Sandy Cooper Mr. William P. Cooper Nancy Krider Corley Roger & Barbara Cottrell Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert Dr. & Mrs. W. Morgan Crawford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Demonbreun Mrs. Edwin DeMoss LeeAnne & Carl Denney

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Alice & Walton Denton Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin Joe & Shirley Draper Laura L. Dunbar Michael & Beverly Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden E.B.S. Foundation Melissa Eckert Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Dr. Christopher Edwards & Mrs. Lori Edwards Dr. & Mrs. James E. Edwards Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Dr. Christopher & Wendy Ellis Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Mr. Owen T. Embry Laurie & Steven Eskind Dr. John & Janet Exton Bill & Dian S. Ezell Alex & Terry Fardon Mr. & Mrs. John Ferguson W. Tyree Finch Bela Fleck Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family Robert & Barbara Flowers Ms. Deborah F. Turner & Ms. Beth A. Fortune Drs. Robert* & Sharron Francis Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Peter & Debra Gage Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins John & Eva Gebhart Ted M. George Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III Frank Ginanni Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Gnyp Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Goad Jr. Nancy & Gerry Goffinet Mr. C. Stanley Golden & Ms. Andrea J. Barrett Richard A. Green Dr. & Mrs. Allen F. Gwinn Cathey & Doug Hall The Evelyn S. & Jim Horne Hankins Foundation Terry Hardesty Kent & Becky Harrell Mr. & Mrs. James M. Harris Mary & Paul Harvey Janet & Jim Hasson Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes Lisa & Bill Headley Dr. A. Clyde Heflin & Ms. Jodi L. Schrick Ms. Doris Ann Hendrix Kem & Marilyn Hinton Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Dr. Elisabeth Dykens & Dr. Robert Hodapp Ms. Susan S. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Ray Houston Hudson Family Foundation Donna & Ronn Huff Albert C. Hughes Jr. & Charlotte E. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Huljak Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Judith S. & James R. Humphreys Bud Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Ellen & Kenneth Jacobs Janet & Philip Jamieson Lee & Pat Jennings Bob & Virginia Johnson George & Shirley Johnston Mary Loventhal Jones Mrs. Robert N. Joyner Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Kelly Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy John & Eleanor Kennedy Terry Kimbrell & Laura Covington Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. Daniel L. LaFevor Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Bob & Mary LaGrone Mr. Okey M. Landers

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Mr. Thomas S. Lannom Richard & Diane Larsen Kevin & May Lavender Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Sandi & Tom Lawless Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lea IV Don & Patti Liedtke Mrs. John N. Lukens Drs. Amy & George Lynch George & Cathy Lynch William R. & Maria T. MacKay Joe & Anne Maddux Drs. Thomas & Beverly Madron James & Gene Manning Captain Nathan Marsh Metro Fire Fighter James & Patricia Martineau Steve & Susie Mathews Lynn & Jack May Mr. & Mrs.* Leon May Bob Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. McCall Peg & Al McCree Mrs. Arlene McLaren Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Sam & Sandra McSeveney Ronald S. Meers Drs. Manfred & Susan Menking Diana & Jeff Mobley Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Kevin N. Monroe Ms. Gay Moon Lynn Morrow Ms. Rebecca Morse Patricia & Michael Moseley Juli & Ralph Mosley Margaret & David Moss Betty Maynard Mullens Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. Lannie W. Neal Mr. & Mrs. F.I. Nebhut Jr. Robert Ness Leslie & Scott Newman Mr. & Mrs.* Douglas Odom Jr. Ms. Divina Ontiveros Dan & Helen Owens David & Pamela Palmer Mrs. Nan N. Parrish Grant & Janet Patterson

Drs. Teresa & Phillip Patterson Linda & Carter Philips Mr. Charles H. Potter Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Potter Ms. Julia W. Powell Mr. Tim Powers Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Prill Brad S. Procter Mr. Larry Quinlan Dr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Rankin Dr. Gipsie B. Ranney Franco & Cynthia Recchia Ms. Allison R. Reed & Mr. Sam Garza Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee Mr. & Mrs. John A. Roberts Dr. Julie A. Roe Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roland Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Georgianna W. Russell David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. Jay Sangervasi Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter James A. Scandrick Jr. Mrs. Cooper Schley Dr. Kenneth E. Schriver & Dr. Anna W. Roe Ms. Jessica Schwieger Peggy C. Sciotto Mr.* & Mrs. John L. Seigenthaler Alfred & Katherine Sharp Mr.* & Mrs. Robert K. Sharp Anita & Mike Shea Mr. & Mrs. Richard Shearer Mr. Michael Sheen Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Sieveking Sr. Luke & Susan Simons Tom & Sylvia Singleton Drs. Walter E. Smalley Jr. & Louise Hanson Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Smallwood Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith Suzanne & Grant Smothers Mr. & Mrs. James H. Spalding Mickey M. & Kathleen Sparkman Ms. Maggie P. Speight

Dr. & Mrs. Norman Spencer Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Mr. & Mrs. William T. Stroud Bill & Linda Suchman Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Gayle Sullivan Johanna & Fridolin Sulser William & Rebecca Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Clarence S. Thomas Marcus & Patti Thompson Mr. Mark Tillinger Dr. & Mrs. Todd Tolbert Norman & Marilyn Tolk Joe & Ellen Torrence Martha J. Trammell Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Ms. Tammi Turner Mr. & Mrs. William E. Turner Jr. Souraya Uniejewski Dr. Jan van Eys Bradley & Karen Vandermolen Larry & Brenda Vickers David Coulam & Lucy A. Visceglia Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mr. David Walker Mike & Elaine Walker James & Greta Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Martin H. Warren Talmage M. Watts Erin Wenzel Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wheeler Stacy Widelitz Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wieck Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer Adam & Laura Wilczek Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenk Donald E. Williams Judy S. Williams Shane & Laura Willmon Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills II Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright Mr. Matthew W. Wyatt Gail & Richard Yanko Mr. Payton H. Young Donna B. Yurdin Ms. Jane Zeigler

CONCERTMASTER Gifts of $500 - $999 Anonymous (19) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Abelman Jeff & Tina Adams Eddie & RenĂŠ Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Roger Allbee Ken Altman Doug & Jessica Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple Mr. David E. Armstrong Geralda M. Aubry Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Mr. Christopher S. Aycock Lawrence E. Baggett Richard W. Baker Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico Susan F. & Paul J. Ballard Mr. John U. Basinger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Katrin T. Bean Mr. & Mrs. Craig Becker Mark H. Bell Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mr. Jason Bennett Mike & Kathy Benson James & Peggy Biagini Ralph & Jane Black Marilyn Blake Mr. John Blanton Jim & Sydney Boerner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Irma Bolster Beverly J. Brandenburg Jere & Crystal Brassell Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun 60

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Mary Lawrence Breinig Dr. & Mrs. Phillip L. Bressman Bob & Leslie Brown Thomas K. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Mr. & Mrs. G. Rhea Bucy Sharon Lee Butcher Ms. Brenda Butler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Butler Geraldine & Wilson Butts William & Mary Callahan Mr. & Mrs. David E. Campbell Mr. Thomas R. Campion Mr. & Mrs. Luther Cantrell Jr. Michael & Linda Carlson Crom & Kathy Carmichael Mr. T. James Carmichael Mr. & Mrs. Colin Carnahan Bill & Chris Carver Mr. & Mrs. Christopher John Casa Santa John & Susan Chambers M. Wayne Chomik Douglas & Cindy Cobb Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook III Elizabeth Cormier Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Marion Pickering Couch Chuck & Jackie Cowden James L. & Sharon H. Cox Ms. Rachel F. Crabtree D. Robert Crants III Ms. R. Suzanne Cravens Mr. & Mrs. Rob Crichton

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks Jr. Maria Gabriella Giro & Jeff Davidson Janet Keese Davies Steve & Julie Davis Steve Sirls & Allen DeCuyper Mr. Daniel A. DeFigio Anne R. Dennison Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. DePhillips Drs. Clint & Jessica Devin Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Tom & Leslie DiNella Dr. Dorothy J. Diveley Karen & Steven Good Ms. Shirley J. Dodge Mr. Newton Dominey Mr. Eddie H. Doss Josephine Doubleday Tere & David Dowland Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Drake Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Mrs. Clara Elam Dr. William E. Engel Robert & Cassandra Estes Dr. & Mrs. James Ettien Edgar & Kim Evins Jr. Laurie & Ron Farris Mr. Steven Fast Dr. Kimberly D. Ferguson Ms. Fern Fitzhenry Denise Foote Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Forrester Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Ms. Nelle L. Freemon

Ann D. Frisch John C. Frist Jr., M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Frist Jr. Robert & Peggy Frye Suzanne J. Fuller Tom & Jennifer Furtsch Bill & Ginny Gable Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Galbraith Mr. & Mrs. George C. Garden Mrs. Beth Garner Randolph Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr.* & Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist Mr. Norman B. Gillis Mark Glazer & Cynthia Stone Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Gould Dr. Antonio M. Granda Bryan D. Graves Dr. Cornelia R. Graves Brent & Pat Graves Alexander & Simone Gray Dr. Katrina Green Mr. & Mrs. Russell D. Groff Dr. & Mrs. Carl Hampf Cindy Harper Frank & Liana Harrell Mrs. Edith Harris Mr. & Mrs. Evans Harvill Dr. & Mrs. Jason Haslam Dr. Gerald & Mary Hausman David & Judith Slayden Hayes Doug & Beth Heimburger Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Heyman Mr. Kevin E. Hickman Mr. Dan E. Hippensteel Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holton Ms. Mary A. Hooks Mrs. Barbara A. Hord Ken & Beverly Horner Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Horrell Diane & Bruce Houglum Samuel and Karan Howard Mr. & Mrs. William E. Hughes Margie Hunter Nelson Hunter & Becky Gardner Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Sandra & Joe Hutts Michael & Evelyn Hyatt Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Haynie & Patsy Jacobs Mr. Andrew Jacobson James R. & Helen H. James Robert C. Jamieson MD Mr. & Mrs. Timothy K. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Jolly Mrs. Margaret H. Joyce Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Karr Jane Kersten Peter & Courtney Kihlberg Mrs. Elizabeth D. Knight George McCulloch & Linda Knowles Mr. & Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Sanford & Sandra Krantz Mr. Jerry Lackey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lawrence Mrs. Martha W. Lawrence Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lee Judy & Lewis Lefkowitz Mr. David C. Lehman Jr. Ralph G. Leverett Michael & Ellen Levitt Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Ligon Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lippolis Dr. & Mrs. John L. Lloyd Keltner W. & Debra S. Locke Mr. Rufus & Evelyn Long J. Edgar Lowe Michael & State Representative Susan Lynn Sharron Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Phil Lyons Herman & Dee Maass Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Macdonald

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Mrs. Jeannine G. Manes Sheila Mann Dr. John F. Manning Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Manyik David & Leah Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Ben T. Martin Mr. Henry Martin Abraham, Lesley & Jonathan Marx Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Margery Mayer & Carolyn Oehler Joanne Wallace McCall Mr. & Mrs. Guerry McComas Mary & Don McDowell Mrs. Heidi L. McKinney Mr. & Mrs. Rick McKnight Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Randy & Edina McMasters Catherine & Brian R. McMurray Ed & Tracy McNally Ms. Virginia J. Meece Linda & Ray Meneely Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Mr. & Mrs. Rich Miles Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Miller Drs. Randolph & Linda Miller Dr. & Mrs. Kent B. Millspaugh Dr. Jere Mitchum Anthony & Ariane Montemuro Beth & Paul Moore Mr. Thomas P. Moran Cynthia & Richard Morin Steve & Laura Morris Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Sarah Morse Dick & Mary Jo Murphy Johnny Mutina & Earl Lamons Lucille C. Nabors Teresa & Mike Nacarato Larry & Marsha Nager Dr. John Newman & Ms. Rebecca Lyford Mr. Christopher Newsom William & Kathryn Nicholson Mr. Brian M. Norris Jane K. Norris

Virginia O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. Russell Oldfield Jr. Hunt & Debbye Oliver Mr. Sergio Ora Drs. Lucius & Freida Outlaw Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page James & Jeanne Pankow Dr. C. Lee Parmley Mr. & Mrs. M. Forrest Parmley Dr. & Mrs. C. Leon Partain John W. & Mary Patterson Dr. & Mrs. Joel Q. Peavyhouse Claude Petrie Jr. Mary & Joe Rea Phillips Faris & Robert Phillips CW Pinson, M.D., MBA Ms. Sheila F. Pirkle Mr. John Pope Dr. & Mrs. James L. Potts Mr. & Mrs. Alvin C. Powers Ms. Belinda A. Pulley George & Joyce Pust Dr. James Quiggins Mr. Edwin B. Raskin Dr. Amos Raymond Mrs. Ida D. Read Paul & Gerda Resch Candace Mason Revelette Mr. & Mrs. Tate Rich Barbara Richards Mrs. Jean Richardson Mary Riddle Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rogers Fran C. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Jorge Rojas Rodney & Lynne Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Rowan Samuel L. & Barbara Sanders Philip & Jane Sanderson Dr. Glynis Sandler & Dr. Martin Sandler David M. Satterfield

Ms. Elizabeth K. Scheibe Dr. Alex D. Schenkman & Melissa Musser Jean & Stuart Schmidt Molly & Richard Schneider Pam & Roland Schneller Mr. & Mrs. Hank Schomber Jack Schuett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott Drs. Fernando F. & Elena O. Segovia Odessa L. Settles Max & Michelle Shaff Paul & Celeste Shearer Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Pamela Sixfin Ashley N. Skinner Mr. Wesley A. Skinner Susan Diane Sloan Smith Family Foundation Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Ruth & William Smith Mr. James E. Snider Jr. Marc & Lorna Soble Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Ms. Karen G. Sroufe Mrs. Randolph C. St. John Hilary & Shane Stapleton Gloria & Paul Sternberg Jr. CAPT & Mrs. Charles E. Stewart Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Catherine Stober & James McAteer Craig & Dianne Sussman Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Ms. Kelly Taylor Dr. Paul E. Teschan Mrs. Kimberly S. Teter Lisa G. Thomas David & Kathryn Thompson Mr. Dwight D. Thrash, CPA, FCPA Mr. & Mrs. Michael Todd Mr. Michael P. Tortora Mr. Lloyd Townsend Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Mila & Bill Truan Monty Holmes & Van Tucker Mr. & Mrs. James F. Turner Jr. Christi & Jay Turner Mr. & Mrs. Mike Vaden Ms. Rita R. Vann Kathryn G. Varnell Janice Kay Wagen Curt & Kay Wallen Mr. Donald D. Warden II Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Warner Jr. Bill & Ruth Wassynger Gayle & David Watson Mrs. James A. Webb Jr. Dr. Medford S. Webster Mr. John W. West Beth & Arville Wheeler Linda & Raymond White Jonna & Doug Whitman Mrs. Marie Holman Wiggins Mr. James L. Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilds Mr. Robert S. Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Williams Vicki Gardine Williams Mr. Kirby S. Willingham Amos & Etta Wilson Gary & Cathy Wilson Greg & Debbie Wolf Mary E. Womack Mr. Peter Wooten & Ms. Renata Soto Gary & Marlys Wulfsberg Mr. Thomas L. Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Yeager Faith Adams Young Dr. Beverly Zak Roy & Ambra Zent William C. Zotti

FIRST CHAIR Gifts of $250 - $499 Anonymous (39) Mr. Jeffrey A. Abell Bassel & Rima Abou-Khalil The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Robert Abstein Mr. Sari Acra Ben & Nancy Adams Maryle & Tom Albin Nancy & Bruce Alexander Chip Alford Dr. Joseph H. Allen Mr. Mac Allen Newton & Burkley Allen Mr. John D. Allison Michael & Charlene Alvey Adrienne Ames Andy & Karen Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson Dr. & Mrs. John E. Anderson Professor Kathryn Anderson Ken & Jan Anderson Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. Robert L. Appleby Heidi M. Arata Drs. Ron & Mary Ann Arildsen Mr. Aaron Armstrong Mr. Robert Arnold Todd & Barbara Arrants Ms. Deborah Arvin Candy Burger & Dan Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins The Brian C. Austin Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Averbuch Janet B. Baggett* David A. & Stephanie Bailey Charles & Marjorie Bain Ms. Carolyn C. Baker Mr. & Mrs. J. Oriol Barenys Dr. Fatima Barnes Dr. Beth S. Barnett Ms. Patricia W. Barrett Ms. Rose C. Barton Mr. & Mrs. James Bauchiero Ms. Michelle L. Beauvais Fran & Sandy Bedard Susan O. Belcher Mr. Wesley P. Belden Mr. Carl W. Berg Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Berry Mr. Samuel C. Bessey Mr. Kenneth E. Bigsby Cherry & Richard Bird Dr. Joel Birdwell Bill & Donna Bissell Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Rebekah Blackburn Ms. Helen R. Blackburn-White Dr. Lacy R. Blackwell Mrs. Andrea Boely Mr. Delmas L. Bogus Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Bolger Mr. & Mrs. Seton J. Bonney Mr. Henry Booker Dr. & Mrs. Glenn H. Booth Jr. David Bordenkircher Robert E. Bosworth Mr. Kevin L. Bowden Don & Deborah Boyd Mr. Howard L. Boyd Ms. LaDonna Y. Boyd Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Eleanor & Harold Bradley Dr. Joel F. Bradley Dr. & Mrs. James M. Brakefield Robert & Barbara Braswell Mr. & Mrs. Gene Brewer Jamie A. Brewer Mr. Michael F. Brewer Basia Brock Betty & Bob Brodie Mr & Mrs. Larry J. & Julia Brooks Ms. Bettye F. Brown Carol Brown Mrs. Deborah K. Brown Ms. Kristi A. Brown Dr. Pamela E. Brown Ms. Roxanne Brown

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Catherine M. Czopek Katherine C. Daniel James & Maureen Danly Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum Mr. Frederick L. Davidson Ms. Joni M. Davidson Thomas G. Davidson Ms. Luda E. Davies Frank C. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Davis Stacy F. Davis Mrs. Alyce L. Daws Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Daws Dr. & Mrs. John H. Dayani Mrs. Terry Deason Doug & Marie DeGraaf Dr. & Mrs. Roy L. DeHart Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Delk Mr. MocTavius D. Demonbreum Mr. Jim P. Demos Ms. Betty H. Dennis Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Eustace Denton Mr. John I. Dickson Jr. Mr. Aaron Raney & Natalie Dickson Dr. Joseph & Ambassador Rachel Diggs Ms. Angelica M. Dones Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Donnell Jr. Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin Amy Dorfman & Donald Capparella Mr. & Mrs. William A. Dortch Jr. Claudia Douglass Henry & Anna Dowler Ms. Martha H. DuBose Judith A. Dudley Mr. & Mrs. Carl Duffield Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Dugger Kathleen & Stephen Dummer Bob & Nancy Dunkerley Mr. & Mrs. Jim Eades Jr. Lowell & Carol Ebersole Braces by Dr. Ruth Thomas D. Edmonds DVM Ms. Jenna C. Egelston Mr. James H. Eldridge Dan & Zita Elrod Ms. Martha C. Elzen Mr. Ray Enochs & Mrs. Lee Emerson Mr. Vince Emmett Mr. Timothy W. Estes Ms. Claire Evans Bobby & Dawn Evans Tony & Shelley Exler Dr. & Mrs. Roy C. Ezell Mr. Stephen E. Farner Glenn & Susan Ferguson Mr. Matt H. Ferry Vince & Dorothy Fesmire Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fidler Janie & Richard Finch Doris T. Fleischer Mr. Joseph B. Fleming III Toni Foglesong Cathy & Kent Fourman Mr. Eric P. Fowlds Mrs. Katherine H. Fox Andrew & Mary Foxworth Sr. Robert Franz* & Nancy Zambito Ms. Caitlin S. Frazier Ms. Sandra L. Freeze Scott & Anita Freistat Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Debra Frey Dr. Mark E. Frisse Lois* & Peter Fyfe Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Galbraith Ms. Mary T. Gallagher Ms. Elham Galyon Ms. Lisa Garmon Ms. Donna S. Garripoli Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Garrison Mr. Kelly E. Gatewood Dr. Carrie C. Gauchat Alan & Jeannie Gaus Christopher & Amanda Genovese

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Miss Lindsay A. George Dodie & Carl George The Geraghty Family Em J. Ghianni Ms. Stephanie R. Gibbs Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Giles Mr. Mark S. Giovetti Mr. Andre L. Gist Mr. & Mrs. Ralph T. Glassford Mrs. Megan G. Glosson Linda & Joel Gluck Theresa G. Payne Ms. Beverly Jean Godwin Caroline Goedicke Susan T. Goodwin Dr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Gotterer Tom & Carol Ann Graham Jay & Suzanne Grannis Mr. & Mrs. Richard Grant Roger & Sherri Gray Ms. Maria Green Mrs. Judith Griffin Mr. Michael Grillot Mr. James H. Grimes R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Eric & Martha Grindeland Karen & Daniel Grossman Sandra M. Gurgone Ms. Elaine J. Hackerman Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hainsworth John Hall Katherine S. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman Mrs. Axel Hansen Mr. Stephen R. Hardin Mr. Daniel J. Harper Dickie & Joyce Harris Eric Harrison Jean & Dick Hart Mr. James S. Hartman Mark & Sylvia Hartzog Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hayes III Ms. Valerie Hayes Peggy R. Hays Stephen & Deborah Hays H. Carl Haywood Mr. & Mrs. Allen W. Head Doug & Becky Hellerson Dr. Frances D. Henderson Dr. Regina S. Henry Dennis & Leslie Henson Steve Hesson Dr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Hickson Ms. Cheryl L. Hiers Ronald & Nancy Hill Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hilmer Dr. & Mrs. M. Bruce Hirsch Aurelia L. Holden Mr. David L. Holeton Dr. Nan Holland & Dr. R. Duane Holland Mr. & Mrs.* James G. Holleman William Hollings & Michael Emrick Dr. and Mrs. Doy Hollman Don & Deb Holmes Catherine J. Holsen Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hooper Drs. Richard T. & Paula C. Hoos Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. House Mr. Seth C. Houser Allen, Lucy & Paul Hovious William Howard Mrs. Winifred Howell Mr. Steven M. Hub Mr. David Huckabee Bill Hudgins Mrs. Carol Hudler Dr. & Mrs. Louis C. Huesmann II Ms. Jean C. Hughes Kevin Hunsinger Mr. & Mrs. David Hunt The Hunt Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hunt Mrs. Beverly Hyde

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Ms. Karen L. Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Irlinger Ms. Anna K. Iversen Dr. Anna M. Jackson Ms. Chamika R. Jackson Frances C. Jackson Ms. Theressa C. Jackson Gregory & Patricia James Mr. & Mrs.* Alan R. Javorcky Mr. & Mrs. Neil Jobe Dr. & Mrs. Charles Johnson John T. & Kerrie Johnson Ms. Michaelene Johnson Ms. Pamela D. Johnson Susan & Evan Johnston Bridgette Jones Pat & David Jones Frank & Audrey Jones Pat & Howard Jones Mr. Jeffrey A. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanak Dr. & Mrs. Herman J. Kaplan Carol & Sol Katz Hal & Peggy Kearns Mr. Antonio Keith Jamie & Wade Kelley Ron & Janice Kempf Jeffrey & Layle Kenyon Mr. & Mrs. Brock Kidd Mr. Harlon J. Kimbro Jr. Marsha Kline Jack T. & Barbara E. Knott David & Judy Kolzow Ms. Linda R. Koon Mrs. Rachel Korine Mr. & Mrs. Carl Kornmeyer Mark J. Koury & Daphne C. Walker David G. Kuberski Joyce K. Laben Mr. James G. Lackey III Mr. & Mrs. John H. Laird Dr. Kristine L. LaLonde Mr. John E. Land Mr. Howard Landman Mr. & Mrs. Keith H. Landry Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Latham Danny & Jan Law J. Mark Lee Ms. Nora Lee Mr. Kyle Lehning Michael Leidel Dorothy & Jim Lesch Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Lester Mr. Matthew Leverton Jeff & Lynn Levy E. A. Lewis Mr. Michael A. Lewis Mr. Adam J. Liff Mack & Katherine Linebaugh Richard & Tad Lisella The Howard Littlejohn Family Mr. & Mrs. James H. Littlejohn Jean & Steve Locke Ms. Deborah Logsdon Kim & Mike Lomis Kim & Bob Looney Mr. Mark E. Lopez & Mr. Patrick J. Boggs Frances & Eugene Lotochinski David & Nancy Loucky Thomas H. Loventhal Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lowenthal Terry & Larry Lowman Mr. & Mrs. William B. Loyd Drs. Bo Lu & Jia Bi Jeffrey C. Lynch Patrick & Betty Lynch Mr. Michael J. MacDonald Dr. Susan R. MacKenzie Mr. John Maddux Mr. Eric J. Mader Mr. & Mrs. John D. Madole Dr. Mark A. Magnuson & Ms. Lucile Houseworth Audrea & Helga Maneschi Sam & Betty Marney

Lee Marsden Dr. & Mrs. Harry D. Marsh Ms. Anne B. Marshall Dr. Dana R. Marshall Mr. Arrold Martin Paloma Martinez Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Mr. & Mrs. Donnie H. Masters Sue & Herb Mather Eva Mathis Ms. Mitzi Matlock Sonje K. Mayo Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. McAllister Mr. Paul Lorczak & Janet McCabe Ron & Suzanne McCafferty Jocelynne McCall Ms. Beverly McCann Ms. Carolyn McClerkin Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. McClure Kathleen McCracken Mary & John McCullough Bob McDill & Jennifer Kimball Ed & Carla McDougle Edward W. McFadden Mr. & Mrs. Thomas N. McGrew Jr. Ms. Ashley M. Mcmahan Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McNutt Sr. Dr. Larry L. McReynolds Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. McWherter Mr. David W. Mead Mr. Julius E. Meriweather Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Mewbourne Mr. Jack E. Meyer Mr. James A. Meyer & Ms. Lynne Link Sherree Meyers Sheila & Alan Miller Dr. & Mrs. Philip G. Miller Dr. Ron V. Miller Mrs. Sherri M. Miller David & Lisa Minnigan Mr. Robert D. Minton Mr. Trent J. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Scott Moffett Mr. & Mrs. Steven Moll Felix & Shirley Montgomery Dr. Michael F. Montijo & Mrs. Patricia A. Jamieson-Montijo Jerry E. & Gleedell J. Moody Sandra G. Moore James & April Moore Dr. & Mrs. Keith B. Moore Dr. Kelly L. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Morphett Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Morreale Scott & Suzy Morrell Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Morris Monica L. Mosesso Dr. Matthew K. Mosteller Phil Mowrey Drs. Russell & Lizabeth Mullens Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy Mr. & Mrs. B. Dwayne Murray Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. William Myers Capt. Bryan Clinton Neal Mr. James R. Neal Gerald & Jennifer Neenan Mr. Fred S. Nelson Jennifer Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Harold Nevels Ms. Alice Nichols Mark & Kaye Nickell Drs. John* & Margaret Norris Judy M. Norton Mr. & Mrs. William A. Norton Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Ms. Laura B. O'Connell Patricia J. Olsen Mr. Brendan O'Malley Frank & Nancy Orr Philip & Carolyn Orr Wayne Overby Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Overstreet Dr. & Mrs. Aydin Ozan Mr. Joshua D. Ozment Dr. & Mrs. James Pace

Ms. Emily Todoran Leon Tonelson Mr. & Mrs. Sean Torr Mr. Phillip Trusty Mr. & Mrs. John A. Turnbull Mr.* & Mrs. Jimmy L. Turner Dr. & Mrs. Michael Tyler Frances Anne Varallo Kimberly Dawn Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Voise Mrs. Bridget S. von Weisenstein Ms. Maria Voss Mr. & Mrs. William W. Wade Lois J. Wagner & Barbara M. Lonardi Ms. Brenda Walker Lynn S. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wall Jr. Kay & Larry Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Waltemath Mr. Allen P. Ward Mr. & Mrs. William Joe Warise Dr. Jane Warren Bob Watson & Beth Mallen Shirley Marie Watts Mr. James C. Way Frank & Jane Wcislo Ms. Bernadette A. Webster H. Martin* & Joyce Weingartner Ms. Amy Wells Dr. & Mrs. J. J. Wendel Ms. Jo H. West Mrs. Julia West Linda C. West Franklin & Helen Westbrook Mr. Angelo White Mr. & Mrs. Larry Whitehead Keith & Amy Whitfield Eleanor D. Whitworth Ms. Judith B. Wiens Mr. Jonathan N. Wike Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Williams John & Anne Williams Dr. Joyce E. Williams Susan & Fred Williams Mr. John A. Willis Tommy & Carol Ann Wilson The Rev. & Mrs. H. David Wilson Ms. Barbara W. Winstead Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Mr. Robert E. Wise Mr. & Mrs. William F. Wolf Scott & Ellen Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Wood Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Miss Jessica Woodard Ms. Nerene G. Wray Dr. John Wright & Mrs. Jenni Wright Kathryn & Roy Wroth Vivian R. & Richard A. Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Yarbrough Ms. Laura L. Yeager Mr. Anthony Zahorik Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart Dr. Thomas F. Zimmerman, M.D. Rev. & Mrs. A. Jackson Zipperer Jr. Ms. Wilma Zonn

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Mr. Donald D. Savoy Ms. Sandra A. Schatten Bob & Lisa Schatz Diane Scher Ms. Carol Schlafly Mr. Bob Schlafly Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Schnaars Drs. Carl & Wendy Schofield Sheila Schott Kurt Schreiber & Nelda Schreiber Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Schultenover Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Schwab Mr. Paul C. Scott Mr. & Mrs. Harold Seavey Mr. Carl A. Sedgeman Mrs. Adrianne Seifert Gene A. & Linda M. Shade Richard & Marilyn Shadinger Dr. & Mrs. Steven Shankle Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Shanklin Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Shea Ms. Laura E. Sikes Dr. & Mrs. John O. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. William L. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Alice Sisk Ms. Diane M. Skelton Rebecca Slaughter Dr. & Mrs. David Slosky David & Robin Small Scott Smieja & Leilani Mason Mrs. Madison Smith Charles R. Smith & Vernita Hood-Smith Dallas & Jo Ann Smith Mr. Edd Smith James T. & Judith M. Smythe Ms. Rejane Soucy Mr. John D. Souther Nan E. Speller Mrs. Karen E. Speyer Tom Spiggle Mr. Michael E. Spitzer Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sprintz Tom Squires Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell Nancy & Lily Stalls Mr. Sidney T. Stanley Caroline Stark Lelan & Yolanda Statom Dr. & Mrs. James D. Stefansic Dr. C. Thomas & Cheryl Steiner Mr. Donald L. Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel Stevens Jr. Richard & Jennifer Stevens Mr. Phillip M. Stewart Bob & Tammy Stewart Ms. Allison Stillwell Ms. Lisa H. Stinson Dr. Christie E. St-John Kent & Judy Stockton Mr. & Mrs. Glenn C. Stophel Mr. & Mrs. Warner A. Stringer III Frank Sutherland & Natilee Duning Don D. & Louise McKee Swain Greg & Rhonda Swanson Dr. Becky E. Swanson-Hindman Rev. Justin Sweatman Ms. Carolyn C. Swinney Dr. Thomas R. Talbot Bruce & Jaclyn Tarkington Mr. and Mrs. James D. Tashie Mr. Lawrence E. Taylor Dr. Patricia Lloyd Taylor Eugene & Penny Te Selle Jeremy & Carrie Teaford Dr. & Mrs. David L. Terrell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Theiss Dr. & Mrs. William Thetford Bob & Mary Battle Thompson Mr. Larry C. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Wendol R. Thorpe Richard & Shirley Thrall Bill Tidwell Scott & Nesrin Tift Brian & Callie Tinney Mr. Mark G. Tobin

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Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Palm Terry & Wanda Palus Mr. & Mrs. Chris Panagopoulos Doria Panvini Jason & Chelsea Parker Dr. & Mrs. Earl Q. Parrott Ms. Lisa Pasho-Coughlin Ms. Anupama A. Patel Ms. Rebecca Selove Diane Payne Dr. & Mrs. W. Faxon Payne Mr. & Mrs. John O. Pearce Ms. Linda Pegues Lewis & Martha Penfield Anne & Neiland Pennington Frank Perez Dr. & Mrs. A. F. Peterson Jr. Kenneth C. Petroni MD Ms. Caroline Peyton Mr. Donald L. Pickard Mr. Maurice W. Pinson Dennis Pitts Rick & Diane Poen Mr. Timothy J. Polaschek Ms. Carol Polston Phil & Dot Ponder Katherine M. Poole Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Kathleen Poole Stanley D. Poole Dr. Benjamin K. & Michelle Poulose Cammy Price Mr. Franklin M. Privette Mr. & Mrs. James Puckett Mr. & Mrs. Brooks A. Quin Mr. Daniel L. Rader & Mrs. Leah R. Jensen-Rader Mrs. Tanya C. Radic CDR Helen F. Ragan, NC, USNR Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rainwater Mr. & Mrs. William C. Randle Charles H. & Eleanor L. Raths Nancy Ward Ray Mr. Hugh M. Rayhab Mrs. Dawn D. Redlin Marie Carney Reed Mr. Roger H. Reed Charlotte A. Reichley Jean D. Reily Lee Allen Reynolds Mr. Cliff N. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth & Lori Rhodes Dr. John S. Rich Mrs. Jane H. Richmond Mrs. Paul E. Ridge Margaret Riegel Mr. & Mrs. James Riley Rob & Tammy Ringenberg Lowell & Sondra Roddy Marc R. Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Rogers Alice & Michael Rolli Judith R. Roney Dr. & Mrs. Hal M. Roseman Edgar & Susan Rothschild Jan & Ed Routon Lauren & Christopher Rowe Mr. Jeffery M. Roy Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Roy Dr. Irving Rubenstein Mrs. Denise Ruiz Dr.* & Mrs. Kenneth Rutherford Mr. Arthur C. Rutledge Pamela & Justin C. Rutledge Judith Ann Sachs Mr. Stephen Sachs Mr. & Mrs. John Saidy Ms. Kaori Saito Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Sams Ron & Lynn Samuels Mr. & Mrs. Bryce Sanders Ms. Teri I. Sanders Mr. Bradley T. Sanderson Mr. & Mrs. Bobby & Brenda Sandlin Mr. & Mrs.William B. Saunders & Family

HONORARY

In honor of Ms. Bettie Berry In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Milton Hay Brown In honor of Barbara Chazen In honor of Kevin & Katy Crumbo In honor of Kaelyn Giles In honor of Marilyn & Malcom Hazelip In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Norman Holcombe In honor of Martha Ingram In honor of Allen & Liza Lentz In honor of Peggy Loughran's birthday In honor of Roger T. May, Esq. In honor of the Nashville Symphony Musicians In honor of the Nashville Symphony Musicians and Staff In honor of Harrell Odom In honor of Reba Sanders In honor of Beverly Small

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In honor of Mark Lee Taylor In honor of Mrs. Sally Williams In honor of the marriage of Celia Applegate & David Blackbourn

MEMORIAL

ANNUAL GUIDE

Celebrating the Best of Nashville NINTH ANNUAL EDITION — Fall/Winter 2014 - 2015

FALL/WINTER 2014 – 2015

DISPLAY UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2014

From the performing arts to sports, Nashville Arts & Entertainment Magazine celebrates the thriving, creative spirit of one of the most exciting cities in the nation.

A work of art unto itself, the magazine is your ultimate source for exclusive interviews, news, and information, including a calendar of events. The perfect-bound annual glossy is a beauty, exclusively distributed in the 800 rooms at the Omni Convention Center Hotel, in addition to other select locations. Of course, you’ll want one for your coffee table, too.

The brand new edition includes a fun piece that takes you backstage at TPAC, the Nashville Symphony, the Grand Ole Opry, and Ryman Auditorium. New this year, Nashville Arts & Entertainment will honor five remarkable Nashvillians whose lives have impacted our city in countless ways. Nashville Arts & Entertainment Honors is pleased to make a donation of $1,000 to each of five different charities these honorees support in recognition of their tremendous spirit of giving and encouragement. Read all about it!

Get your copy at Barnes & Noble, Costco, Hudson News Gift Shops at the airport, Kroger, Publix, and finer newsstands throughout middle Tennessee or purchase online at NAEmag.com.

The magazine is also distributed by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of James R. Austin In memory of Paul W. Beam In memory of James F. Brandenburg In memory of W. Ovid Collins, Jr. In memory of Lucille David In memory of Mort L. Downey In memory of Mrs. Sue Doyle In memory of Allen Eskind In memory of Adolphus "Dolph" Henry Hatcher III In memory of Dolph Hatcher In memory of Nora & T. Earl Hinton In memory of Miles Stuart Hunter In memory of Rodney Irvin In memory of Mark Alan Lewis In memory of Clare & Samuel Loventhal In memory of Samuel Loventhal In memory of Lt Cmdr Alan A. Patterson, USN In memory of Susan Plageman In memory of Alyce M. Priesmeyer In memory of Mr. John Robert Sanders Sr. In memory of Reba Morton Sanders In memory of William Satterwhite In memory of Walter & Huldah Sharp In memory of Dr. Sam Simon In memory of Mrs. Barbara Smith Cagle-Walker In memory of James R. Surface In memory of Ginny Thigpen In memory of Fred Viehmann In memory of James E. Ward In memory of Irving & Gladys Wolfë

LAWRENCE S. LEVINE MEMORIAL FUND George E. Barrett John Auston Bridges Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Barbara & Eric Chazen Donna R. Cheek Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Esther & Roger Cohn Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Dee & Jerald Doochin Robert D. Eisenstein Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Laurie & Steven Eskind Harris A. Gilbert Allis Dale & John Gillmor Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner Mr. & Mrs. Billy Ray Hearn Judith Hodges Judith S. & James R. Humphreys Walter & Sarah Knestrick Sheldon Kurland Ellen C. Lawson Sally M. Levine In honor of Judith & Jim Humphreys Frances & Eugene Lotochinski Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. & Mrs. Martin F. McNamara III Cynthia & Richard Morin Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Craig E. Philip Anne & Charles Roos Mr.* & Mrs. John L. Seigenthaler Joan B. Shayne Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Vicky & Bennett Tarleton Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Todd Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Byron Trauger Betty & Bernard Werthan Mr. Mark Zimbicki and Ms. Wendy Kurland Alice A. Zimmerman *denotes donors who are deceased

Nashville Arts & Entertainment Magazine is published by Glover Group Entertainment. For information about advertising in the magazine — or the Performing Arts Magazine you received at today’s performance — visit GloverGroupEntertainment.com or call 615-373-5557.

Encore Dining 1808 Grille

Sophisticated, yet casual, 1808 Grille’s seasonal menus blend traditional Southern dishes with global flavors. Award-winning wine list, as well as full bar and bar menu.

Forbes Four-Star. Complimentary valet. 1808 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 Ph: (615) 340-0012 www.1808grille.com

Bob’s Steak & Chop House

The prime place for prime steak Located inside the Omni Nashville Hotel, Bob’s Steak & Chop House is a nationally renowned steak house specializing in the finest corn-fed, Midwestern prime beef. Our menu formula is simple: incredible meat, gigantic shrimp, fabulous salads and decadent desserts. Classic steak house food prepared and presented in a manner that Bon Appétit calls “the kind of fare you’ll want to go back for again and again.” 250 5th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203 Ph: (615) 761-3707

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Fleming’s Nashville is an ongoing celebration of exceptional food & wine, featuring the finest prime steak and an award-winning wine list. We are located across from Centennial Park at 2525 West End Ave.

Ph: (615) 342-0131 www.flemingssteakhouse.com/locations/tn/nashville

Kitchen Notes

Authentic Southern Flavor Enjoy traditional Southern dishes handed down from generation to generation at Kitchen Notes, offering sustainable dishes made from treasured family recipes. This innovative farm-to-table concept incorporates using the freshest ingredients to create great food and a casual dining experience. While you’re here, don’t miss out on our famous Biscuit Bar, serving biscuits throughout the day! 250 5th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203 Ph: (615) 761-3700

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Nashville

On the corner of Fourth & Broadway, Margaritaville has everything… authentic southern food, the best bars & the caliber of music that’s expected in Nashville.

Ph: 615-208-9080 / www.MargaritavilleNashville.com / Sales@MargaritavilleNashville.com

The Melting Pot - a Fondue Restaurant

Where fun is cooked up fondue style. Join us for Cheese and Chocolate fondue or the full 4-course experience. Casually elegant – Always Fun. Open 7 Days for dinner.

Sundays after the Matinee. Valet Parking. Ph: (615)742-4970. 166 Second Ave. N.

Reservations Recommended. www.meltingpot.com/nashville

Prime 108

Prime 108 was named a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant, offering contemporary American cuisine with new menus each season and an extensive wine list.

Located inside the historic Union Station Hotel. 1001 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

Ph: (615) 620-5665 for reservations www.prime108.com

Rodizio Grill - The Brazilian Steakhouse

Enjoy the authentic flavors, style and warm alegria of a Brazilian Churascarria (Steakhouse). Rodizio Grill features unlimited appetizers, gourmet salads, side dishes and a continuous rotation of over a dozen different meats carved tableside by our Gauchos. Banquet seating and private dining available. Valet Parking .

Ph: (615)730-8358. 166 Second Ave. N. Reservations Accepted. www.rodiziogrill.com/nashville

Stock-Yard Restaurant

One of the top 10 Prime Steakhouses in the U.S.! Private dining is available from 10130. Complimentary shuttle service from every hotel in the city! Make your reservations today! 901 Second Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37201 Ph: 615.255.6464 www.stock-yardrestaurant.com

For Advertising Information Call: Glover Group Entertainment 615-373-5557

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 29, 2014

SEASON PRESENTERS Gifts of $100,000+

Care Foundation of America, Inc.

DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATES Gifts of $50,000+

PRINCIPAL PLAYERS Gifts of $25,000+ Mike Curb Family Foundation

Mary C. Ragland Foundation

Washington Foundation

GOVERNMENT Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

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Mayor Karl F. Dean

Metropolitan Council

BUSINESS LEADER Gifts of $1,250 - $2,499 The Crichton Group Gannett Foundation/The Tennessean J. Alexander's Corporation Vannatta Farms' family: Linda Vannatta, Tracy & Teri Vannatta; Troy & Elizabeth Vannatta; Ralph & Sharon Edwards

BUSINESS PARTNER Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 AmSurg BioVentures, Inc. Blevins, Inc. Carter Haston Real Estate Services Inc. City of Brentwood Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. Delta Dental of Tennessee First Baptist Nashville Gould Turner Group, P.C. Harmon Group, Inc. Just Love Coffee Kaatz, Binkley, Jones & Morris Architects, Inc. Parking Management Company Tennsco Corporation Vanderbilt University

IN-KIND AARP Tennessee Crowe Horwath LLP Stephen M. Emahiser The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Nashville, Hilton Nashville Downtown Just Love Coffee Roasters Ms. Sally M. Levine Lipman Brothers & R.S. Lipman Company McQuiddy Printing CAPT & Mrs. Charles E. Stewart Jr. Nashville Symphony Volunteer Services NAXOS OSHi Floral Décor Studio

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Arcadia Healthcare American General Life & Accident American International Group, Inc. Atmos Energy AT&T Higher Education/Cultural Matching Gift Program Bank of America BCD Travel Becton Dickinson & Co. CA Matching Gifts Program Caterpillar Foundation Cigna Foundation Community Health Systems Foundation Eaton Corporation ExxonMobil Foundation First Data Foundation First Tennessee The Frist Foundation GE Foundation Hachette Book Group IBM Corporation Illinois Tool Works Foundation McKesson Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co Foundation, Inc. Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Nissan Gift Matching Program Regions Scottrade Square D Foundation Matching Gift Program Shell Oil Company Foundation Starbucks Matching Gifts Program The Aspect Matching Gifts Program The HCA Foundation The Meredith Corporation Foundation The Prudential Foundation The Stanley Works U.S. Bancorp Foundation Williams Community Relation

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ARTISTIC UNDERWRITERS Gifts of $5,000- $9,999 A.C. Entertainment Inc. The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Aladdin Industries, LLC BDO Chet Atkins Music Education Fund Of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated The Cockayne Fund Inc. Cracker Barrel Foundation Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Freeman Webb, Inc. Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown KraftCPAs PLLC OSHi Floral Decor Studio NAXOS PwC Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation SunTrust Wells Fargo WME and Becky Gardenhire

BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Gifts of $500 - $1,249 Anonymous (1) A-1 Appliance Company V. Alexander & Co., Inc. Beaman Automotive Group Burger Up Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation Cooper Steel Creative Artists Agency The Buzz 102.9 / The Game 102.5/ Game2 94.9 / The LIGHT 102.1 Nancy June Brandon, Dancy's Enfinity Engineering, LLC Haber Corporation INDUSCO Nashville Predators Foundation Nashville Symphony Crescendo Club Osher Lifelong Learning Institute At Vanderbilt RD Plastics Co., Inc. Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC Stansell Electric Company, Inc. Sysco Nashville The Tennessee Credit Union Volunteer Barge & Transport, Inc. VSA Arts Tennessee

Premier Parking of Tennessee Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant Sambuca Restaurant

ANNUAL

ORCHESTRA PARTNERS Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Caterpillar Financial Services Corrections Corporation of America Frost Brown Todd LLC Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Griffin Technology Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation The Hendrix Foundation Neal & Harwell, PLC Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Renasant Bank

CAPITAL FUNDS

CAPITAL

The Nashville Symphony wishes to acknowledge and thank the following individuals, foundations and corporations for their commitment to the Symphony. This list recognizes donors who contributed $15,000 or more to one of the Symphony’s endowment or capital campaigns. These capital campaigns make it possible to ensure a sustainable future for a nationally recognized orchestra worthy of Music City. $1M+

Dollar General Corporation Laura Turner Dugas The Frist Foundation Amy Grant & Vince Gill Patricia & H. Rodes Hart Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Hays HCA Ingram Charitable Fund Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram The Martin Foundation Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. & Mrs. R. Clayton McWhorter The Memorial Foundation Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

Anne* & Dick Ragsdale Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Estate of Walter B & Huldah Cheek Sharp State of Tennessee 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

Mr. Tom Black Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Giarratana Development, LLC Carl & Connie Haley Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes

HCA Foundation, in honor of Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Frist Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. Regions Bank Mr. & Mrs. James C. Seabury III

Estate of Anita Stallworth SunTrust Bank Tennessee Arts Commission Laura Anne Turner

$250,000+

American Constructors, Inc. Barbara & Jack Bovender American Retirement Corp.

Connie & Tom Cigarran E.B.S. Foundation Gordon & Shaun Inman

Harry & Jan Jacobson The Judy & Noah Liff Foundation Robert Straus Lipman Mrs. Jack C. Massey* Mr. & Mrs. Henry McCall Lynn & Ken Melkus

Richard L. & Sharalena Miller National Endowment for the Arts Justin & Valere Potter Foundation Irvin & Beverly Small Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle

$100,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Allen Phyllis & Ben* Alper Andrews Cadillac/Land Rover Nashville Averitt Express Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton BellSouth Julie & Frank Boehm Richard & Judith Bracken Mr.* & Mrs. James C. Bradford Jr. Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC The Charles R. Carroll Family Fred J. Cassetty Mr.* & Mrs. Michael J. Chasanoff Leslie Sharp Christodoulopoulos Charitable Trust CLARCOR Mr. & Mrs. William S. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Fite Cone Corrections Corporation of America Estate of Dorothy Parkes Cox Janine, Ben, John & Jenny Cundiff Deloitte & Touche LLP The Rev. Canon & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller Marty & Betty Dickens Michael D. & Carol E. Ennis Family Annette & Irwin* Eskind The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation

The M. Stratton Foster Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steven B. Franklin Front Brown Todd LLC Gannett Foundation / The Tennessean Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia Gordon & Constance Gee Genesco Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Gordon Guardsmark, LLC Billy Ray & Joan* Hearn The Hendrix Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker & Family Mr. & Mrs. Elliott Warner Jones Walter & Sarah Knestrick ESaDesign Team Earl Swensson Associates Inc. I.C. Thomasson Associates Inc. KSi/Structural Engineers Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain PC Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wiehl Lazenby Sally M. Levine Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. Nashville Symphony Chorus Nashville Symphony Orchestra League Pat & John W. Nelley Jr.

O’Charley’s Partnership 2000 Bonnie & David Perdue Mr. & Mrs. Philip Maurice Pfeffer Mr. & Mrs. Dale W. Polley Mary C. Ragland Foundation The John M. Rivers Jr. Foundation Inc. Carol & John Rochford Mr. & Mrs. Alex A. Rogers Anne & Joseph Russell & Family Daniel & Monica Scokin Bill & Sharon Sheriff Mr.* & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Luke & Susan Simons Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Smith Barbara & Lester* Speyer The Starr Foundation Hope & Howard Stringer Louis B. & Patricia C. Todd Jr. Lillias & Fred* Viehmann The Henry Laird Smith Foundation Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Wendell Mr. David M. Wilds Mr. & Mrs. W. Ridley Wills III Mr.* & Mrs. David K. Wilson

$50,000+

Adams and Reese / Stokes Bartholomew LLP American Airlines American General Life & Accident Insurance Company

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz J B & Carylon Baker Dr. & Mrs. T.B. Boyd III William H. Braddy III

Dr. Ian & Katherine* Brick Mr. & Mrs.* Martin S. Brown Sr. Michael & Jane Ann Cain Mike Curb/Curb Records Inc. The Danner Foundation

FUNDS

AmSouth Foundation Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation The Ayers Foundation Bank of America Alvin & Sally Beaman Foundation Lee A. Beaman, Trustee Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Bottorff Ann* & Monroe* Carell Caterpillar Inc. & Its Employees The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Mike Curb Family Foundation CaremarkRx Greg & Collie Daily

$500,000+

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Ro’s Oriental Rugs, Inc. Mrs. Dan C. Rudy* Mary Ruth & Bob Shell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Speer Stites & Harbison, PLLC Mr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Sullivan Alan D. Valentine Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP Estate of Christine Glenn Webb David & Gail Williams Nicholas S. Zeppos & Lydia A. Howarth

$25,000+

AMSURG Family of Kenneth Schermerhorn The Bank of Nashville Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Tom & Wendy Beasley The Bernard Family Foundation The Honorable Philip Bredesen & Ms. Andrea Conte The Very Rev. Robert E. & Linda M. Brodie Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Bumstead Community Counselling Service Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. Doug & Sondra Cruickshanks Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Dale Gail & Ted DeDee In Memory of Ann F. Eisenstein Enco Materials, Inc./Wilber Sensing Jr., Chair Emeritus Nancy Leach & Bill Hoskins John & Carole Ferguson Estate of Dudley C. Fort Mr. & Mrs. F. Tom Foster Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Frazier John & Lorelee Gawaluck Giancarlo & Shirley Guerrero Mr. & Mrs. James Earl Hastings Hawkins Partners, Inc. Landscape Architects Neil & Helen Hemphill Hilton Nashville Downtown In Memory of Ellen Bowers Hofstead Hudson Family Foundation Iroquois Capital Group, LLC John F. & Jane Berry Jacques Mercedes E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Randall L. Kinnard KraftCPAs PLLC Estate of Barbara J. Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman The Howard Littlejohn Family The Loventhal and Jones Families Mimsye* & Leon May Kevin P. & Deborah A. McDermott Rock & Linda Morphis Carole & Ed Nelson Nissan North America, Inc.

Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Larry D. Odom, Chairman/CEO Hal N. & Peggy S. Pennington Celeste Casey* & James Hugh Reed III* Renasant Bank Jan & Stephen S. Riven Lavona & Clyde Russell Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Schatzlein Kenneth D. Schermerhorn* Lucy & Wilbur Sensing Nelson & Sheila Shields Michael & Lisa Shmerling Joanne & Gary Slaughter Doug & Nan Smith Hans & Nancy Stabell Ann & Robert H. Street Mr. & Mrs. William J. Tyne Washington Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. W. Ridley Wills II Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Wimberly Janet & Alan Yuspeh Shirley Zeitlin

$15,000+

Kent & Donna Adams Ruth Crockarell Adkins Aladdin Industries, LLC American Brokerage Company, Inc. American Paper & Twine Co. Mr. & Mrs. William F. Andrews Dr. Alice A. & Mr. Richard Arnemann Mr. & Mrs. J. Hunter Atkins Sue G. Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Albert Balestiere Baring Industries Brenda C. Bass Russell W. Bates James S. & Jane C. Beard Allison & John Beasley Ruth Bennett & Steve Croxall Frank & Elizabeth Berklacich Ann & Jobe* Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Bogle III John Auston Bridges Mr. & Mrs. Roger T. Briggs Jr. Cathy & Martin Brown Jr. Grennebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Patricia & Manny* Buzzell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Terry W. Chandler Neil & Emily Christy Chase Cole Dr. & Mrs. Lindsey W. Cooper Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew D. Crawford Barbara & Willie K. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. DeVooght Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson V Mike & Carolyn Edwards Mr. John W. Eley & Ms. Donna J. Scott Sylvia & Robert H. Elman

Martin & Alice Emmett Larry P. & Diane M. English Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Bob & Judy Fisher Karen & Eugene C. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Cathey & Wilford Fuqua Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Gaeto The Grimstad & Stream Families Heidtke & Company, Inc. Robert C. Hilton Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Franklin Y. Hundley Jr. Margie & Nick* Hunter Joseph Hutts Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. David B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Russell A. Jones Jr. John Kelingos Education Fund Beatriz Perez & Paul Knollmaier Pamela & Michael Koban Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Langone Richard & Delorse Lewis Robert A. Livingston Frances & Eugene Lotochinski Mr.* & Mrs. Robert C.H. Mathews, Jr. Betsy Vinson McInnes Jack & Lynn May Mr. & Mrs. James Lee McGregor Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod MR. & Mrs. Robert E. McNeilly III Dr. Arthur McLeod Mellor Mary & Max Merrell Donald J. & Hillary L. Meyers Christopher & Patricia Mixon NewsChannel 5 Network Susan & Rick Oliver

Piedmont Natural Gas David & Adrienne Piston Charles H. Potter Jr. Joseph & Edna Presley Nancy M. Falls & Neil M. Price Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Pruett Linda & Art Rebrovick Mr. & Mrs. Doyle R. Rippee Dr. & Mrs. Clifford Roberson Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Robinson Jr. Anne & Charles Roos Ron Rossmann Joan Blum Shayne Mr. & Mrs. Irby C. Simpkins, Jr. Patti & Brian Smallwood Murray & Hazel Somerville Southwind Health Partners® The Grimstad & Stream Families Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mark Lee Taylor John B. & Elva Thomison Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Trammell Jr. Eli & Deborah Tullis Mr. & Mrs. James M. Usdan Louise B. Wallace Foundation Mr.* & Mrs. George W. Weesner Ann & Charles* Wells In Memory of Leah Rose B. Werthan Mr.* & Mrs.* Albert Werthan Betty & Bernard Werthan Foundation Olin West, Jr. Charitable Lead Trust Mr. & Mrs. Toby S. Wilt Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Dr. Artmas L. Worthy Mr. & Mrs. Julian Zander Jr. *denotes donors who are deceased InConcert

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Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson KPMG LLP Mrs. Heloise Werthan Kuhn John T. Lewis Gilbert Stroud Merritt Mr. David K. Morgan Musicians of the Nashville Symphony Anne & Peter Neff Cano & Esen Ozgener Ponder & Co. Eric Raefsky, M.D.* & Ms. Victoria Heil Delphine & Ken Roberts

CAPITAL

Dee & Jerald Doochin Ernst & Young Mr. & Mrs. David S. Ewing Ezell Foundation / Purity Foundation Mr.* & Mrs. Sam M. Fleming In Memory of Kenneth Schermerhorn Letty-Lou Gilbert, Joe Gilbert & Family James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith Edward A. & Nancy Goodrich Bill & Ruth Ann Leach Harnisch Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC Dr. & Mrs.* George W. Holcomb Jr.

N A S H V I L L E SY M P H O N Y LEGAC Y

LEGACY SOCIETY

SO C IET Y

LEAVING A LEGACY, BUILDING A FUTURE

Violinist Erin Hall is one of many Nashville Symphony musicians who are passing along the gift of music to the next generation.

Pictured is the commemorative lapel pin given exclusively to members of the Nashville Symphony Legacy Society.

Anonymous (3) Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton Ann R. Bernard Diane and David L. Black Julie & Frank Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Bottorff Charles W. Cagle Mr. & Mrs. Christopher John Casa Santa Donna & Steven* Clark George D. Clark, Jr. Dr. Cliff Cockerham & Dr. Sherry Cummings W. Ovid Collins, Jr.* Mrs. Barbara J. Conder* Kelly Corcoran Mr. & Mrs. Roy Covert Janet Keese Davies William M. & Mildred P.* Duncan Deborah Faye Duncan Annette & Irwin* Eskind Mrs. Johnna Benedict Ford Judy & Tom Foster Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia 74

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The Nashville Symphony is committed to serving Nashville with world-class music and education programs not just for today, but for generations to come. If you share the same vision for your orchestra and your community, please consider making a planned gift to the Nashville Symphony. Your gift will leave a lasting impact on Middle Tennessee and beyond!

You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime — it’s true! By making the Nashville Symphony the beneficiary of your will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy or other estate planning vehicle, you’ll help guarantee our financial strength tomorrow without affecting your cash flow or your family’s financial stability today.

The Legacy Society honors those who include a gift to the Nashville Symphony in their estate plans. Accepting our offer of membership allows us to honor your future gift and to say “thank you” now.

Be “instrumental” in our success by sharing your passion for music with future generations. For more information on the many creative ways to make a planned gift, please visit www.nashvillesymphony.org/plannedgiving or call Maribeth Stahl at 615.687.6532.

Harris Gilbert James C. Gooch Ed & Nancy Goodrich Landis Bass Gullett* Carl T. Haley, Jr. David W. & Judith S. Hayes Billy Ray Hearn Judith Hodges Judith S. Humphreys Martha R. Ingram Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Anne T. Knauff Heloise Werthan Kuhn Sally M. Levine John T. Lewis Todd M. Liebergen Clare* & Samuel* Loventhal Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Arthur McLeod Mellor Richard L. Miller Cynthia & Richard Morin Anne T. & Peter L. Neff Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Harry & Shelley Page

Pamela K. & Philip Maurice Pfeffer Joseph Presley Eric Raefsky*, MD & Victoria Heil David & Edria Ragosin Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Fran C. Rogers Kristi Lynn Seehafer Mr.* & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Irvin & Beverly Small Mary & K.C. Smythe Dr. & Mrs. W. Anderson Spickard Jr. Maribeth & Christopher Stahl Dr. John B. Thomison Sr.* Louis B. Todd Judy & Steve Turner Alan D. & Jan L. Valentine Dr. Colleen Conway Welch & Mr. Ted Houston Welch* Barbara & Bud Zander Shirley Zeitlin Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle *deceased

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