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2015/16 NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GIANCARLO GUERRERO Music Director

VINAY PARAMESWARAN Associate Conductor

KELLY CORCORAN Chorus Director

The Nashville Symphony is composed of 83 full-time artists who live in Middle Tennessee and play an integral role in the life of our community.

FIRST VIOLINS* Jun Iwasaki, Concertmaster Walter Buchanan Sharp Chair

Gerald C. Greer,

Associate Concertmaster

Erin Hall,

Assistant Concertmaster

Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Concertmaster Emerita

Denise Baker Kristi Seehafer John Maple Alison Hoffman Paul Tobias Beverly Drukker Anna Lisa Hoepfinger Kirsten Mitchell Isabel Bartles

CELLOS*

Anthony LaMarchina, Principal

Kevin Bate,

Assistant Principal James Victor Miller Chair

ENGLISH HORN

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CLARINETS

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Roger Wiesmeyer

James Zimmermann, Principal

Bradley Mansell Lynn Marie Peithman Stephen Drake Matthew Walker Christopher Stenstrom Keith Nicholas Xiao-Fan Zhang

Cassandra Lee,

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Daniel Lochrie

Assistant Principal

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Cassandra Lee

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Joel Reist, Principal Glen Wanner,

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Kevin Jablonski Katherine Munagian Tim Pearson ++ Elizabeth Stewart

Gil Perel

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SECOND VIOLINS*

Carolyn Wann Bailey, Zeneba Bowers,

Kenneth Barnd Jessica Blackwell Rebecca Cole Zoya Leybin + Benjamin Lloyd Louise Morrison Laura Ross Jung-Min Shin+ Jeremy Williams VIOLAS*

Daniel Reinker, Principal Shu-Zheng Yang, Assistant Principal

Judith Ablon Hari Bernstein Bruce Christensen Michelle Lackey Collins Christopher Farrell Mary Helen Law Melinda Whitley Clare Yang

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Erik Gratton*, Principal

Anne Potter Wilson Chair

Philip Dikeman,

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Ann Richards,

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Kathryn Ladner*,

Norma Grobman Rogers Chair

Leslie Fagan+ PICCOLO

Kathryn Ladner*,

Norma Grobman Rogers Chair

Leslie Fagan+ OBOES

James Button, Principal Ellen Menking, Assistant Principal

Roger Wiesmeyer

Julia Harguindey, Principal Dawn Hartley, Assistant Principal

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Steven Brown

Gilbert Long, Principal TIMPANI

Joshua Hickman, Principal

PERCUSSION Sam Bacco, Principal

Richard Graber,

Assistant Principal

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Licia Jaskunas, Principal

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Robert Marler, Principal

Gil Perel

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Jennifer Goldberg,

Leslie Norton, Principal Beth Beeson Patrick Walle, Associate Principal/3rd Horn

Hunter Sholar Radu V. Rusu,

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Jeffrey Bailey, Principal Patrick Kunkee, Co-Principal

Alexander Blazek TROMBONES Paul Jenkins, Principal

Susan K. Smith,

Assistant Principal

Melissa McCarthy Steinberg, Principal

Librarian

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MEET OUR MUSICIANS

ME E T O UR MUS IC IA NS MELISSA MCCARTHY STEINBERG PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN Hometown: Northeaston, MA | New member of the Nashville Symphony Where did you work prior to joining the Nashville Symphony?

I was performance librarian for New England Conservatory for 10 years. Before that, I was the principal librarian of the Virginia Symphony. And prior to that, I had various freelance jobs as a cellist and librarian, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra library for 15 years and the Orchestra of Indian Hill in Littleton, Mass., where I played and was librarian.

What made you want to be a musician?

I’ve always wanted to be in music. I started very young, singing in choirs, and by age 10 I was organist for my parents’ church. I played violin for a couple years — which was horrible — and switched to cello when I was 11. I heard a recording of Rostropovich playing Dvorák’s Cello Concerto and told my teacher, “I’m not going to quit until I play that piece.”

And my teacher said, “Good, because you’re going to be playing for a long time.” I went on to get two performance degrees in cello.

Brahms one week, the Cinderella ballet another week, and then Ben Folds another week.

What something people might not know about you from reading your bio?

I tend to unconsciously sing along to whatever I’m listening to when I’m working. I’ll be in the music library, and I’ll be belting out something and not realize I’m doing it.

Favorite composer?

It depends on the day. Today I’m listening to Mahler and Stravinsky, so I’ll say Mahler and Stravinsky!

Favorite piece of music?

My list would be endless. I can get into any Stravinsky ballet at any moment, and Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin is amazing.

First concert you attended?

Boston Symphony Orchestra youth concert at age 10 or 11.

What is the role of a music librarian?

A librarian makes sure that the right piece of paper is in front of the right person at the right time. But the music doesn’t come to life until it goes through the library and through our hands. You couldn’t have a concert if you didn’t have the music, so you need someone who really understands the score and the different needs of the composer, conductor, and players.

First record you owned?

The Muppets Christmas album or the soundtrack to Annie.

What interested you in the Nashville Symphony?

New England Conservatory is a very exciting place to be, but we do a lot of standard repertoire, and I missed doing other kinds of music. So I’d been wanting to branch out and find a position where I could flex a different set of chops. It’s one thing to do Brahms symphonies. It’s another thing to do

Favorite sports team?

Red Sox — that’s required if you’re from Boston!

Favorite movie?

The Sound of Music and The Blues Brothers.

Favorite book?

Impossible to name, but I’m a huge Harry Potter fan.

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GIANCARLO GUERRERO

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iancarlo Guerrero is Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, having taken up the post in 2009. A natural and instinctive musician, Guerrero is a charismatic presence on the podium.

He is a strong advocate of contemporary music and has championed the works of several of America’s most respected composers. He has presented eight world premieres with the Nashville Symphony and has led the orchestra to several GRAMMY® wins in recent years, including in 2016 for his recording of works by Stephen Paulus.

In the 2016/17 season, Guerrero will lead performances with The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami, Charlotte Symphony, Yale Philharmonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin, Brussels Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Frankfurter Opernand Museumsorchester, Orchestre National de France, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. For many years Guerrero has maintained a close association with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Brazil and will spend three weeks with the orchestra in the summer of 2017. In addition, he has been re-invited to lead a summer residency with Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute’s NYO2 project, culminating in a concert with the young musicians alongside the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall.

Guerrero’s recent debuts include the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Houston Grand Opera conducting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and, in Europe, with the NDR Hanover, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest, and Tonkünstler Orchester.

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Maestro Guerrero has appeared with many of the prominent North American orchestras, including those of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Montreal, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., among others. He is also known to audiences of major summer festivals such as the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) and Blossom Music Festival (Cleveland). He has developed a strong guest-conducting profile in Europe and has worked with great success in recent seasons with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

A passionate proponent of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has performed and recorded the works of John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty, Roberto Sierra, and Richard Danielpour. With the Nashville Symphony, he has made recordings of music by Danielpour and Sierra for the Naxos label, and Béla Fleck’s Banjo Concerto for Deutsche Grammophone. Guerrero also recently developed and guided the creation of Nashville Symphony’s Composer Lab & Workshop initiative, together with composer Aaron Jay Kernis, to foster and promote new American orchestral music.

Giancarlo Guerrero previously held posts as the Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami (2013-2016), Music Director of the Eugene Symphony (2002-2009), and Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (19992004).

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VINAY PARAMESWARAN ctive as both an orchestra and opera conductor, Vinay Parameswaran currently serves as Associate Conductor of the Nashville Symphony, where he works closely with Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero and conducts the Symphony in classical, pops, education, and community concerts.

In his tenure as Associate Conductor, Parameswaran has conducted the Nashville Symphony in over 100 performances.

In the 2016/17 season, Parameswaran will make his debuts with the Rochester Philharmonic and Tucson Symphony. He will also make his Aegis Sciences Classical Series debut with the Nashville Symphony conducting works by Gabriella Smith, Grieg, and Prokofiev.

During the 2015/16 season, Parameswaran made his debuts with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra. During the 2014/15 season, he made his debut with the Eugene Symphony, and he was one of four conductors selected to participate in the David Zinman Conductor Workshop with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada. He was also one of 24 conductors selected to participate in the Malko Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

Parameswaran conducted the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble on the album Two x Four, featuring violinists Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh. Along with works by Bach, David Ludwig, and Philip Glass, the recording included Anna Clyne’s Prince of Clouds, which received a 2014 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. In the summer of 2012, Parameswaran was one of seven out of over 130 applicants to be selected as a participant in the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s Conductors Workshop, headed by Marin Alsop and Gustav Meier.

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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r. Tucker Biddlecombe is interim director of the Nashville Symphony Chorus for the 2016/17 season. He currently serves as associate professor and Director of Choral Activities at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he leads the Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir. He has prepared choruses for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and the Tallahassee Community Chorus, and he worked for 10 years as a public school music educator in New York and Florida.

Through creative programming and community building, Biddlecombe has reinvigorated choral activities at the Blair School of Music. Concert highlights have included Haydn’s Creation, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Brahms’ Schicksalslied, Fauré’s Requiem, Tarik O’Regan’s Triptych, and Rutter’s Mass of the Children.

In demand as a conductor and clinician, Biddlecombe has served as a clinician to choirs in 22 states and has conducted all-state choruses in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and New York. He has participated in master classes for Chorus America, Eastman’s Choral Institute, and the Oregon Bach Festival. He achieved National Board Teacher Certification and was awarded Teacher of the Year at Lawton Chiles High School in Tallahassee. Ensembles under his direction have toured nationally and internationally.

Off the podium, Biddlecombe is active as a tenor and keyboardist. He is a collaborator in Collegium, a new professional choir based at Vanderbilt. He can also be heard as tenor soloist and conductor on And the Time Is, a Naxos recording of the music of Jack Stamp featuring the Vanderbilt Chorale and Wind Symphony. He is organist and musician at Harpeth Presbyterian Church in Brentwood.

Biddlecombe holds a Ph.D. in Music Education and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Florida State University, and he holds a Bachelor of Music degree, with majors in Vocal Performance and Music Education, from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He is a native of Buffalo, New York, and resides in Nashville with his wife, Mary Biddlecombe, Artistic Director of the Blair Children’s Chorus.

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RO BE RTO S IE R R A Born on October 9, 1953 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico; resides in Ithaca, New York

Sinfonía No. 4 Composed: 2008-09 First performance: October 1, 2009, with Giancarlo Guerrero leading the Nashville Symphony First Nashville Symphony performance: January 19 & 20, 1970, with music director Thor Johnson Estimated length: 25 minutes

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lthough he has lived in the United States for more than a quarter-century, Roberto Sierra remains intimately connected to his Puerto Rican heritage and the vernacular music that was a part of daily life growing up in Vega Baja, on the northern coast of the Enchanted Isle. “Because I am Puerto Rican,” he says, “my music is Puerto Rican. Always. The wealth of images I have in mind refers to that place where I grew up, to the sounds, the colors, the sunshine, the Puerto Rican sky. Even the more abstract music has an accent that points to where I was born.” During a period of study with György Ligeti, one of the most remarkable and adventurous composers in postwar Europe, Sierra was encouraged to stay true to his roots.

“I’m interested in the Classical and Romantic tradition of the multi-movement symphony as something that can still be used by modern composers,” explains Sierra, who was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. He intends his symphonies to communicate purely musical experiences, without reference to external programmatic elements. In Sinfonía No. 4, he integrates popular idioms into the symphonic fabric — a signature of what he calls his “tropicalizing” style — through the subtle use of metrical patterns familiar from Caribbean music. Sometimes these appear subliminally, sometimes more overtly, as in the bolero context 18

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of the third movement or the rhythmic motto set as a 3+3+2 pattern (known as a clave) that energizes the finale.

Dedicated to Giancarlo Guerrero, the Sinfonía No. 4 is designed according to the pattern familiar from the Classical masters: a first movement which can be loosely traced to sonata form, followed by Sierra’s reinterpretations of a scherzo and a slow

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The first movement (Moderadamente rápido) introduces three different kinds of materials: first, melodic gestures centered around the tonality of A minor; a series of chords with highly chromatic content that provide harmonic support for contrasting melodic gestures; and a rhythmic figure which supports both harmonic and melodic materials. These elements are then developed, combined, and appear in different guises, sometimes either as foreground or background material. The movement closes with a brief coda that comes back to the initial tonality of A minor and vaguely suggests a recapitulation.

The first 12 notes of the “scherzo” (Rápido) form the basis for the whole second movement.

Instead of using the traditional scherzo-trioscherzo structure, slow lyrical sections provide formal variety. Although the initial melodic material is not a tone row, it is formed of four three-notes groups that are symmetrical in nature.

The central note of the movement is C-sharp.

As the tempo indication implies, the third movement (Tiempo de bolero) evokes the slow Latin ballads, called boleros, that became very popular in the 1950s. The accompanying chords of the bolero melodies are written on a chromatic descending bass line that starts in F and cycles back to F. The first fast digression is reminiscent of the “scherzo” material and provides a contrasting musical idea that becomes contrapuntal accompaniment when the bolero resumes. The two ideas are then superimposed, forming a complex polyphonic structure. Eventually the bolero idea returns just as it was introduced at the start of the movement.

The last movement (Muy rápido y rítmico) ends where the Sinfonía began and is centered around the note A. The arch formed by the central notes of each movement thus forms the

Sinfonía No. 4 is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes and English horn, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, marimba, bongos, bass drum, harp, piano, and strings.

BE N FO L DS Born on September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; currently resides in Nashville

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Composed: 2013-14 First performance: March 13, 2014, with the composer as soloist and Giancarlo Guerrero leading the Nashville Symphony Estimated length: 22 minutes

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he model for the piano concerto has stood the test of time. By writing one of his own, Ben Folds has tapped into the tradition of artists who doubled as performers and composers: Mozart and Beethoven, who shaped the modern piano concerto, were celebrity pianists and wrote concertos for themselves to “star” in.

“It can seem like it doesn’t really make any sense: to move from a four-minute pop song to a 22-minute concerto,” Folds remarks with a trademark note of self-deprecating humor. “But I’ve always been fascinated with the long form. I once had the idea of making one of my albums a single 45-minute piece. That got me a lot of free lunches: free because the record company, the producer, and my own bandmates kept taking me out to lunch to talk me out of it, which they did.

But now I’m fired up by the experience and want

to write more pieces along these lines.”

Acclaimed as a singer-songwriter, performer, and record producer, Folds has also achieved fame for his distinctive — and thrillingly unorthodox — keyboard style. He immersed himself in the rich repertory of classical, romantic, and early modern piano concertos for a solid year to psych himself into the mindset he felt he needed to fulfill his commission from the Nashville Symphony: “I wanted to see where these composers’ heads were at when they wrote their concertos, compared with when they wrote a symphony or a string quartet or another kind of piece. I’ve never felt so close to dead people before. What I don’t want to be is a tourist, but a humble, self-invited guest into their world. And that meant a lot of listening and reflecting on what went into these things.”

The greatness of classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven is obviously intimidating. But Folds points out that the look-over-your-shoulder phenomenon is familiar to pop songwriters, too: “It’s similar to people who say, ‘OK, we’ve had the Beatles, now what?’ It can seem things are so well done that there isn’t anything else left for me. But you can’t think like that.”

It was reassuring to discover that the composers whose piano concertos “really perked me up” wrote with a harmonic sensibility which felt entirely familiar from his own work as a songwriter. Folds mentions the composerperformers Ravel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and Bartók. “Harmonically, this era exists in my music anyway.”

Inviting himself into their world, Folds began to realize, didn’t have to mean abandoning his own. In fact, in his student days Folds had serious training as a percussionist — a background that has left its mark on his largely self-taught piano style. He jokes that parts of the score look like they were written as a “Concerto for the Left-Handed Drummer.”

Folds was also able to use the knowledge he’s acquired from years of playing with orchestras.

Although he turned to colleagues in the film scoring world to consult about orchestration — “to know where the clarinet is going to be running out of gas or the horns are about to pass out” — Folds points out that “damn near every note in the orchestration I put there.” Meanwhile, on the melodic level, “the Concerto is written from the place where I compose when I write a song.”

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augmented chord A—C-sharp—F—A, which is a basic chordal structure/sound used in all four movements. The main idea of this finale is the vibrant Latin clave rhythm, which supports from beginning to end all the melodic and harmonic materials.”

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BY WRITING HIS OWN PIANO CONCERTO, BEN FOLDS HAS TAPPED INTO THE TRADITION OF ARTISTS SUCH AS MOZART AND BEETHOVEN WHO DOUBLED AS PERFORMERS AND COMPSOSERS.

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n the big scale, Folds follows the reliable concerto format: a fast movement followed by a slow, lyrical movement and capped by a butt-kicking finale, as the composer himself might put it. And he knows how important it is to make a big impact with the first movement, which kicks off with a brief orchestral introduction before the solo part jump-starts with a deep rumble in the bass. “There’s a fantasy aspect to the first movement, where I imagined what it would be like if I did these flourishes that I’ve never thought about doing at the piano.”

Folds describes the collage-like process that informs the first movement (the longest of the three): “We’re in the age of post-Lady Gaga and sampling. The first movement is all about that.

It’s overtly and proudly derivative, but never for more than 10 seconds at a time.” His approach was to synthesize a lot of the inspirations he found from immersing himself in the great piano concertos of the past. “It’s essentially built on the excitement of that and on the things that I can do on the piano that other people don’t seem to be able to do.”

Against a backdrop of tuned percussion and sustained, shimmering harmonies in the strings, the second movement occupies the emotional space equivalent to the “big song” on an album — one whose melody is lovingly allowed to unspool and develop. Folds refers to the inspiring examples of the moving, waltz-like slow movement of Ravel’s Concerto in G and of a Beethoven slow movement that’s found in a 20

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string quartet rather than a concerto (the “Holy Song of Thanksgiving” from the late quartet in A minor, Op. 132). Deceptively simple yet innovative — the orchestra players are required to set their cell phone ringtones to trace the melody — this movement proved especially hard to write, since there’s no “show-off ” factor to lean on. Folds grinningly refers to it as the “Concerto for One Finger” movement.

The Concerto hurtles forward into the final movement, introduced by a section Folds likens to Van Halen. The overall feel, he suggests, is similar to a scherzo movement, but it’s not just playfulness he conjures: “The third movement goes nuts — it’s insanity!” Another comparison Folds draws is to the famously terse poem Muhammad Ali once improvised: “Me/We!” There’s still another connotation to playing “in concert” with the symphony that Folds believes listeners today can treasure: “We see so much emphasis on what’s divisive, how things are unable to work together. What a difference it makes when you see people working in concert with this incredible musical tool that has hundreds of years of wisdom behind it.”

In addition to solo piano, the Concerto is scored for 3 flutes (2nd doubling alto and bass flute, 3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, harp, and strings.

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

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Composed: The musical Candide was composed between 1954 and 1956.

First performance: December 1, 1956 (official opening night on Broadway) First Nashville Symphony performance: January 18 & 19, 1960, with music director Willis Page Estimated length: 5 minutes

Overture to Candide

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andide arguably ranks among the very finest of Leonard Bernstein’s achievements as a composer. Yet this comic operetta proved to be an exceptionally vexing work. Other composing and conducting projects intervened before he could complete the first version (including West Side Story and the film score for On the Waterfront), and he continued tinkering with the show for decades after the premiere in 1956 (the year before West Side Story opened and became an instant triumph).

In the early 1950s, the playwright Lillian Hellman suggested a theatrical adaptation of the philosopher Voltaire’s 1759 novella Candide, an Enlightenment satire of corrupt institutions and gullible optimism — with incidental music to be provided by Bernstein. But the composer envisioned something more ambitious and operatic. They settled on an eclectic concoction: a parody with one foot in the opera house and the other on Broadway.

The early versions of Candide pointedly lampooned McCarthy-era conformism, but over the years Bernstein and other collaborators polished the existing material and added new numbers. His score adroitly pirouettes from one style and era to another, mirroring the dizzy pace of Voltaire’s wide-ranging narrative — a story that revolves around the education of the naïve young hero as he and his comrades are forced to confront the world’s cruel, absurd realities, whether natural (earthquakes, shipwrecks) or manmade (slavery, the Inquisition).

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ith unerring musical and theatrical instincts, Bernstein’s Candide riffs effortlessly on classical and operatic clichés: from Baroque dance forms to Italian bel canto and French coloratura. There’s even a spoof on Gilbert and Sullivan operetta-style parody.

Yet the effect of the whole goes beyond mere pastiche.

It’s not surprising that the Overture has gone on to have a life of its own. In fact, this short but scintillating piece ranks among Bernstein’s most frequently performed compositions. Opening with a fanfare, Bernstein plies his trademark rhythmic snap and melodic verve. Most of the material will reappear in separate numbers within the musical, but there’s also a theme used only in the Overture. Bernstein’s delight in skillfully interweaving all of these threads is obvious — and it’s the key to the musical’s overall spirit. With zesty moments that evoke a 20thcentury Rossini, the Overture bursts with charm and energy, lyricism, and over-the-top wit — a musical champagne toast.

The Overture to Candide is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, celeste, and strings.

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An American in Paris Composed: 1928 First performance: December 13, 1928, in New York, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony First Nashville Symphony performance: February 16, 1994, with music director Guy Taylor Estimated length: 16 minutes

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espite his superb gift for melody — and, of course, his smash success at crafting popular hits — George Gershwin wasn’t content with songwriting. He approached larger, more ambitious forms associated with the classical tradition with remarkable imagination and daring. Concert music offered a new direction for his career while Gershwin continued to produce a string of works for the musical theater — a pattern foreshadowing the one Leonard Bernstein would repeat a few decades later.

In 1924 Gershwin burst on the scene as a “classical” composer with Rhapsody in Blue, which mingles jazz and classical elementsWalter Damrosch, who headed the New York Philharmonic at the time, was so impressed by Rhapsody that he immediately commissioned a full-scale piano concerto (the Concerto in F).

An American in Paris (1928) was Gershwin’s next commission from the New York Philharmonic. The largely self-taught composer had decided to travel to Paris in the mid-1920s to study European tradition firsthand, having struck up a friendship with fellow composer Maurice Ravel.

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meant to evoke another storyline or idea, usually literary or autobiographical. This form allowed Gershwin the freedom to write what he styled a “rhapsodic ballet” so as “to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris, as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere.” The work’s title includes a sly comment on his own musical journey. But, as Gershwin pointed out, his intent isn’t to force the listener to picture specific images: “The rhapsody is programmatic only in a general impressionistic way, so that the individual listener can read into the music such as his imagination pictures for him.”

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nlike Rhapsody, Gershwin orchestrated An American in Paris himself — including such unusual elements as a trio of saxophones and taxi horns, which the composer painstakingly procured to bring back with him for the premiere. The busily striding rhythms that open the piece drop us into the scene instantly (with those taxi horns adding authentic local color).

It’s as if we’re presented with the scene from a fresh-eyed American’s point of view. Gershwin mixes in snatches of French popular song and more reflective passages, while an alluring interplay between solo violin and celesta turns seductive.

A blues-tinged trumpet heralds a bout of homesickness: the music becomes more emotion-drenched as this blues interlude builds to a magnificent climax. After another violin solo, memories of life back home take on a more exuberant air with a Charleston. Gershwin notes that “the homesick American, having left the café and reached the open air, has disowned his spell of the blues and once again is an alert spectator of Parisian life.” The extroverted music from the opening returns, Gershwin mixes in the blues tune one more time, and the American heads back into the bright city lights.

An American in Paris is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 saxophones, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, 4 taxi horns, and strings.

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en Folds came of age listening to great pop bards like Elton John and Billy Joel and was soon crafting songs of his own while expanding his experience with various bands and even playing drums in studio sessions in Nashville. A taste for pushing past genres became apparent early on and can be seen in his work fronting Ben Folds Five as well as in his solo albums. The result has been a uniquely affecting style that balances emotional rawness and honesty with a wry sense of wit.

The effect of composing the Piano Concerto left its mark on the “chamber rock” songs Folds wrote to fill out his most recent album, So There (released in September 2015), which includes

the Piano Concerto. Collaborating with the New York-based yMusic, a six-piece chamber ensemble, Folds composed, arranged, and orchestrated the songs in advance, later adding in light percussion.

But along with this new direction, So There includes elements familiar to his longtime fans, who can expect to hear him perform at least one song from the new album tonight, along with a few favorites from classic albums like Rockin’ the Suburbs.

Looking forward, Folds — who turns 50 on September 12 — has announced his intention to continue exploring classical composition while remaining true to the musical identity that’s been there all along.

— 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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en Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation.

He’s spent over a decade sharing the stage with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras — from Sydney, Australia, to the Kennedy Center, performing his pop hits and his critically acclaimed concerto for Piano and Orchestra.

For five seasons he was a judge on the popular NBC series The Sing-Off, which catapulted the art of a cappella into the national spotlight and helped launch the careers of numerous a cappella groups.

Throughout his career, Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending musical art that includes pop albums as the front man for Ben Folds Five, multiple solo rock albums, and unique collaborative records with artists from Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor to Weird Al and William Shatner. His most recent album is a blend of pop and classical original works, recorded in part with the revered classical sextet yMusic, that soared to No. 1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.

Beginning this fall, Folds will be back to pound pianos again with cross country solo touring reminiscent of his earliest tours, where he defied skeptics by delivering a high-energy rock performance using the intimacy of just a piano.

In addition to his self-described love of performing and making music “for humans,” Folds is also an avid photographer and is a member of the distinguished Sony Artisans of Imagery. Folds is also an advocate for music education and music therapy as a member of Artist Committee of the Americans for the Arts, and he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Symphony.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, FOLDS HAS CREATED AN ENORMOUS BODY OF GENRE-BENDING MUSICAL ART

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TONIGHT’S CONCERT AT A GLANCE KENNETH SCHERMERHORN Jubilee: A Tennessee Quilting Party for Orchestra • The namesake of Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Kenneth Schermerhorn was music director of the Nashville Symphony from 1983 to 2005 and is credited with building the orchestra’s artistic quality and its commitment to performing, commissioning, and recording American music. Though (like Mahler) he was best known as a conductor, he also had a great passion for composing: This short piece for orchestra is one of over 50 works he wrote.

• Jubilee was commissioned by the state of Tennessee in 1985 for the inaugural session of the Governor’s School for the Arts, a statewide program for gifted high school students that continues to this day. Like Tennessee itself, the piece is divided into three distinct sections, each intended to capture the unique flavor of the state’s geographic regions — from the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee to celebrated musical traditions of Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee.

• Schermerhorn was a great lover of Mahler’s music and performed the composer’s music a number of times throughout his career. In a 2003, he told an interviewer, “For sheer conducting enjoyment, something I would liken to eating macadamia nuts, the symphonies of Gustav Mahler are a conductor’s delight.”

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” • Composed over six years, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 offers a resounding testament to the endurance of the human spirit. Only 28 at the time, the composer started work on the piece in 1888, initially calling it Totenfeier (German for “funeral rite”) and conceiving of it as a stand-alone, one-movement piece. As he progressed, however, Mahler realized that his ideas couldn’t be contained within a single movement, and the work expanded into five wideranging moments reflecting the full scope of Mahler’s ambitions.

• With this work, Mahler sought to pick up some of the thematic and philosophical ideas from his First Symphony, which explored the life of a heroic figure. In his Second Symphony, the hero has died, prompting Mahler to explore the following questions, as he put them: “What next? What is life and what is death? Why did you live? Why did you suffer? Is it all nothing but a huge, frightful joke?”

• Mahler’s early work was heavily influenced by literature and other writings.

German writer Jean Paul’s novel Titan give his First Symphony its subtitle, while the intense philosophical explorations of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer strongly informed how the philosopher approached his own art form. The folk poems and songs found in the German collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Youth’s Magic Horn”) provided thematic material for the third and fourth movements of this symphony.

• The composer’s musical touchstones and references are equally broad, ranging from Beethoven (whose choral Ninth Symphony provided a daunting precedent) to Wagner to the earthy sounds of klezmer music.

• Mahler had very precise ideas about how he wanted his symphonies to be performed. He indicated that there should be a five-minute pause between the first and second movements of his Symphony No. 2 — though most orchestras don’t follow this instruction — while the third, fourth and fifth movements are to be played continuously, with no pauses.

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Born on November 20, 1929, in Schenectady, N.Y.; died on April 18, 2005, in Nashville

Jubilee! A Tennessee Quilting Party for Orchestra

Composed: 1985 First performance: July 18, 1985, by an ensemble of Tennessee students led by Schermerhorn.

First Nashville Symphony performance: December 3, 1985, at TPAC with Schermerhorn Estimated length: 12 minutes

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t happens that Kenneth Schermerhorn left us with an ideal program entrée for this season marking the 10th anniversary of the concert hall named in his honor. Jubilee! A Tennessee Quilting Party for Orchestra, which was performed during Schermerhorn Symphony Center’s inaugural season a decade ago, is a product of this legendary musician’s multifaceted talents. It dates from the first years of his tenure with the Nashville Symphony, an association that began in 1982 with the conductor serving in an advisory position.

Along with profoundly transforming the Nashville Symphony as its music director from 1983 until his death in 2005, Schermerhorn left an indelible mark on American musical life through his other major achievements as a conductor: with the Milwaukee Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and the American Ballet Theater. A protégé of Leonard Bernstein’s at Tanglewood, he became Bernstein’s assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic and also helmed the Hong Kong Philharmonic in the 1980s.

Jubilee! stitches together Schermerhorn’s gifts as a composer, master orchestrator, and educator.

The piece was prompted by then-Gov. Lamar Alexander’s initiative to reform education in Tennessee through a network of governor’s schools for highly talented students — including

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esigned as a concert overture in 333 measures, Jubilee! alludes to the social-artistic tradition of the quilting party (a mainstay of social life for women especially in the 19th century).

Schermerhorn translates this metaphor into musical terms, with the orchestra naturally playing the role of the community. As McGuffey writes of the work, Schermerhorn “painted a pastiche of motifs of regional images conjured through music, connecting the harmony and melodic references to times gone by as if there were a musical sinew binding it all together.”

The Overture is cast in three parts, with elements of a fantasy on its material, as themes and orchestral colors evoke different eras and regions in Tennessee’s history. The opening section represents the period of discovery by new settlers and what McGuffey suggests may be “clouded mists of the Great Smoky Mountains” and “the verdant land of East Tennessee.” In the middle section the focus turns to the country and hymn sounds of Music City, followed by a clear illustration of Memphis’ jazzy vitality.

Especially notable is Schermerhorn’s method of working his full orchestra into the tapestry in the final moments of the piece. McGuffey praised Schermerhorn for giving Nashville “a greater insight into orchestral music,” adding, “He taught us [musicians of the Nashville Symphony] how to learn. His spirit is exemplified in this composition.”

Jubilee! A Tennessee Quilting Party for Orchestra is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, piano/celesta, and strings.

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the Governor’s School for the Arts, which opened in the summer of 1985. Patrick McGuffey, former principal trumpet of the Nashville Symphony and a friend of Schermerhorn’s, was appointed executive director for the new school’s inaugural session and persuaded him to write and conduct a new piece for the occasion.

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Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Resurrection”)

Composed: 1888-94 First performance: December 13, 1895, with the composer conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.

Mahler also led the U.S. premiere in New York on December 8, 1908, with the New York Symphony.

First Nashville Symphony performance: April 17 & 18, 1972, with music director Thor Johnson Estimated length: Between 80 and 90 minutes

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ne of the young Gustav Mahler’s towering achievements, the Symphony No. 2 similarly hearkens back to the Schermerhorn’s inaugural concert, during which two movements of the work were performed. Mahler himself took a good six years to work his initial ideas for the piece into the vast epic that the Second became — a turning point not only in his career but in the history of the symphony and its ambitions.

The Second Symphony originated in 1888 as a single-movement piece, in the manner of a tone poem, titled Totenfeier (“Funeral Rite”) and inspired by the work of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. Mahler was still struggling with the final form of his First Symphony, completing its initial version that year (he was only 28 at the time). Already in the First he had dared to stretch the limits of symphonic form to take on existential questions of the meaning of life. The First’s implicit portrayal of a Titanic hero’s struggle planted the idea for a “sequel” that would continue exploring the questions it had broached: “What next? What is life and what is death? Why did you live? Why did you suffer? Is it all nothing but a huge, frightful joke?” as Mahler himself put it.

This impulse to grapple with such issues in musical terms was nothing new for a young Wagnerian in the twilight years of Romanticism.

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Characteristically, though, Mahler took it to unprecedented extremes, infusing his early symphonies with inspirations from philosophy and literature. These works balance the atheist worldviews of such philosophers as Nietzsche and Schopenhauer with the touchingly simple piety expressed by the folk poems anthologized in Des Knaben Wunderhorn (“The Youth’s Magic Horn”).

Totenfeier started off as a single instrumental movement to depict a state of solemn mourning in the wake of the death of the hero (and alter ego) around whom the First Symphony had centered. But Mahler realized that Totenfeier was becoming more prologue than epilogue and needed to be continued with additional movements. This engendered a new problem of musical architecture: what kind of music could provide the necessary weight to such a funereal opening? The choral solution of Beethoven’s Ninth was an obvious model, but that introduced another problem: how to end with a choral finale without being seen as merely derivative of Beethoven? Mahler let these questions incubate while his conducting career advanced at a rapid clip. And then, he later wrote, “It flashed on me like lightning, and everything became plain and clear in my mind! It was the flash that all creative artists wait for….”

This epiphany came when he attended an actual funeral commemoration, one held for the legendary conductor Hans von Bülow in February 1894. Bülow had been something of a mentor (though he failed to appreciate the novelty of Totenfeier when the young Mahler played it for him at the keyboard), as well as a living link to the legacy of Wagnerian music drama. The memorial service included a choral hymn setting a poem called Auferstehung (“Resurrection”) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), best known for his Milton-inspired religious epic, The Messiah. The affecting simplicity and directness of Klopstock’s ode suggested the tone Mahler wanted to achieve. Within just a few weeks he sketched out the trajectory of the Second Symphony’s final (and longest) movement.

Much of Mahler’s music provoked misunderstanding or even hostility from his contemporaries, but the Second had a different fate. It soon earned a warm reception from the public. Could this be the result of the

IN THE SECOND SYMPHONY, WE SEE MAHLER REINTERPRETING THE MUSICAL PAST, CLAIMING HIS PLACE WITHIN IT AND HIS DIFFERENCE FROM IT.

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he C-minor key and low strings with which Mahler opens the Second evoke aspects of the Funeral March from Beethoven’s Eroica, while the stormy flurry echoes the ominously stressful music at the beginning of Wagner’s Die Walküre. The material outlines a kind of “death and transfiguration” already as it moves on to a glowing second theme (played by violins and horns) that rises hopefully and anticipates the “resurrection” music to come in the finale. But that destination is still a long way off. Mahler transforms the funeral march into a widely ranging journey that encompasses pastoral reflections and immersive despair, building to one of the most shattering climaxes you’ll encounter in a concert hall. In its final gesture, the first movement plunges mercilessly downward, as if descending into the grave.

Mahler requests a lengthy pause of five minutes (though this is seldom followed in performance) to demarcate the opening movement and what follows. The Andante seems less like a “contrast” than a blithe denial, a nostalgic glimpse touched with its own melancholy interludes. Mahler’s irony comes to the fore in the Scherzo, a purely instrumental elaboration of a song he’d written (to a text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn) about St. Anthony as he preaches to the uncomprehending fish. The music’s relentless flow returns to the C minor of the first movement, with notable accents from the timpani. Mahler also references klezmer music, while the brushing of a birch branch against the bass drum adds a unique touch to this kaleidoscopic sound picture. Near the end we hear a shocking outburst of panic, described by the composer as a “cry of despair.”

Urlicht is as startlingly different from what we’ve just heard as the Andante is from the Scherzo, but Mahler wanted the final three movements to be played as an interconnected sequence, with no pauses between. The sound world is now intimate rather than epic, its signature a radiant brass chorale and the amber timbre of the mezzosoprano. But even as the text invokes the promise of eternal life, resolution remains still far off.

An even greater catastrophe has yet to be encountered. Mahler links back to earlier music

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overwhelmingly powerful affirmation of its conclusion?

In any case, the essential scenario Mahler imagined for this five-movement work is easy enough to follow: The hero of the First Symphony has died, and we are left mourning by his grave in the tragic opening movement of the Second.

The Andante evokes a flashback, according to Mahler: “a last lingering echo of days long past from the life of the one who was born to his grave in the first movement” and an interruption of “the grim, austere march of events.” The puzzle of life returns in the Scherzo, the first of two consecutive movements that draw inspiration from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. In the ensuing fourth movement (Urlicht—“Primal Light”), Mahler introduces “the moving voice of naïve faith.”

Beautiful as that voice is, it represents a childlike illusion. The gnawing questions of the first movement and the Scherzo return, more fiercely than ever, in the sweeping panorama of the final movement. Like The Last Judgment of Michelangelo, Mahler paints a dramatic musical fresco of despair, hope, and anxious waiting before the answer comes in the vision of the final sections. But instead of merely avowing the conventional Christian piety of Klopstock’s poem.

Mahler uses only two stanzas from the poem and grafts his own verse onto it for the remainder. The resulting vision of redemption is highly personal, and the music expressing it suggests that art itself provides the answer.

It’s also possible to interpret the Second as a kind of ongoing commentary on the musical traditions with which Mahler was most intimate.

We see the composer reinterpreting the musical past, claiming his place within it — but also, significantly, his difference — through the ambitious achievement of the Second. Ultimately, insisted Mahler, “I leave the interpretation of details to the imagination of each individual listener.”

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by recalling the “cry of despair” at the start of the finale. No more can the tormenting questions that began the Second be evaded. Immediately after this initial outburst, meanwhile, come anticipations of music to be heard in the finale’s choral second part. Sounded by horns, the ascending “resurrection theme” mixes a sense of anxiety for the Day of Judgment with a series of fanfares, but the overall feeling is of prelude and expectation. Mahler’s dramatic technique here anticipates aspects of cinematic structure.

A terrifying percussion crescendo signals the arrival of an apocalyptic march, as Mahler calls for an offstage band of brass and percussion.

Particular textures come into focus: the horn and then brass issuing a roll call for the assembled dead known as “The Great Summons,” followed by solo flute and piccolo representing the deathly voice of the nightingale amid the ruins. The composer maximizes the suspense through the use of silence. And from this, at last, emerges the chorus: not in blazing triumph but in a tour de force of hushed, a cappella singing that suddenly gives resonance to the promises scattered earlier through the Symphony. The solo soprano floats aloft, and the resurrection theme now rings out in its most thrilling form. Soprano and mezzosoprano unite in a duet, while the full chorus swells with the orchestra for the unforgettable conclusion.

Symphony No. 2 is scored for soprano and mezzo-soprano solo, large mixed chorus, 4 flutes (all doubling piccolo), 4 oboes (3rd and 4th doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 2 E-flat clarinets (2nd doubling 4th clarinet), 4 bassoons (3rd and 4th doubling contrabassoon), 10 horns, 8 to 10 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, 2 sets of timpani, bass drum, snare drums, cymbals, tam-tams, triangle, glockenspiel, deep untuned bells, birch brush, off-stage percussion group (consisting of timpani, bass drum, triangle, and cymbals), organ, 2 harps, 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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he 2005 winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition and a Decca recording artist, Nicole Cabell is one of the most sought-after lyric sopranos of today. Her solo debut album, Soprano, was named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone and received the 2007 Georg Solti Orphée d’Or from the French Académie du Disque Lyrique and an Echo Klassik Award in Germany.

Cabell’s 2016/17 season features her debut as Bess in Porgy in Bess with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, performances of Mimi in La Bohème with the Minnesota Opera and the Cincinnati Opera, and performances of the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with Angers Nantes Opera in France. In concert, she will sing Shéhérazade with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cabell’s 2015/16 season included her debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève in the title role of Handel’s Alcina and returns to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Violetta in La Traviata; to the Atlanta Opera as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette; to the Michigan Opera Theatre as Mimi in La Bohème; and to the Cincinnati Opera in a new role, Rosalinde, in Die Fledermaus.

Cabell’s previous engagements have included many exciting debuts, most notably with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Eudoxie in concert performances of La Juive; the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall in Poulenc’s Gloria; the Santa Fe Opera as Musetta in La Bohème; and the Opéra de Montpellier as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore.

Cabell’s awards include first place in both the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition and the Women's Board of Chicago Vocal Competition.

She was a semi-finalist in the 2005 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and earned first place in the American Opera Society competition in Chicago. She is the 2002 winner of the Union League’s Rose M. Grundman Scholarship and the 2002 Farwell Award with the Woman's Board of Chicago.

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Equally at home on the opera stage, DeYoung has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro alla Scala, Bayreuth Festival, Berliner Staatsoper, Paris Opera, Theater Basel, and the Tokyo Opera. Her many roles include the title roles in Samson et Dalilah and The Rape of Lucretia; Fricka, Sieglinde, and Waltraute in The Ring Cycle; Kundry in Parsifal; Venus in Tannhäuser; Brangäne in Tristan und

Isolde; Eboli in Don Carlos; Amneris in Aïda; Santuzza in Cavellaria Rusticana; Marguerite in Le Damnation de Faust; and Jocaste in Oedipus Rex. She also created the role of the Shaman in Tan Dun’s The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera.

A multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist, DeYoung has built an impressive discography that includes Kindertotenlieder, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, and Das Klagende Lied with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS Media); Les Troyens with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO Live!); and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Bernard Haitink (CSO Resound) and the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck (Challenge Records International). Her first solo disc was released on the EMI label.

DeYoung’s many engagements this season include appearances with The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Paris Ensemble Intercontemporain, NHK Symphony in Tokyo, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the New Zealand Symphony.

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HAL HOLBROOK IN “MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!” NOTE: While Mr. Twain’s selections will come from the complete list below, we have been unable to pin him down as to which of them he will do. He claims it would cripple his inspiration. However, he has generously conceded to a printed program for the benefit of those who are in distress and wish to fan themselves.

SELECTION Compliments Collection Chaucer, Sailor, Tennessee Girl Slow Train, Long Dog Charity, Reform, Cats My Cigar Habit?

The Marienbad Cure A Cyclopedia of Sin Smoke Rings A Moral Pauper Hunting the Water Closet Virginia City Shoveling Sand The Ant The Great Landslide Case The Lord Will Provide The German Opera A Genuine Mexican Plug San Francisco Crippling the Accordion The Anarchist Story Baker’s Bluejay The Sweet Bye and Bye His Grandfather’s Old Ram Congress: The Grand Old Asylum The Press Down There in Washington 34

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SOURCE Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Following the Equator Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Essays Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Following the Equator Mark Twain’s Notebook Roughing It Roughing It A Tramp Abroad Roughing It Autobiography A Tramp Abroad Roughing It Miscellaneous Sketches Speeches A Tramp Abroad Essays: The Invalid Story Mark Twain’s Notebook Miscellaneous Speeches Miscellaneous

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Running For President The Sandwich Islands The Italian Guide My Encounter with an Interviewer Accident Insurance The Supreme Art White Suit Requesting a Hymn Book Money is God Decay in the Art of Lying Advice to Youth Taming the Bicycle The Evolution of Man Insanity: Elections, War and Petrified Opinions Huck and Jim Shooting of Boggs Huck, Jim and ’Lizbeth Huck’s Conscience Lost in the Fog Lynching and China A Helluva Heaven Slavery: A Holy Thing Man, That Poor Thing Noah’s Ark Chief Love The Creator’s Pet The War Prayer The Christian Bible Circumstances Our Civilization A Ghost Story Sunrise on the River The Get Rich Quick Disease The Thin Skin The Virgin Mary Praying for Gingerbread Boyhood on the Farm Taking Along the Window Sash My Trained Presbyterian Conscience How I Stole My Name Livy How to Be Seventy My Ancestor Satan The Hartford Home Susy’s Prayer Halley’s Comet Mary Ann

Miscellaneous Roughing It Innocents Abroad Sketches Speeches Letters from the Earth Speeches Mark Twain in Eruption Notebooks Essays & Miscellaneous Speeches Essays Biography Miscellaneous Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn Essays Letters from the Earth Autobiography Biography Letters from the Earth Mark Twain in Eruption Letters from the Earth Europe and Elsewhere Miscellaneous Mark Twain in Eruption Autobiography Short Stories Life on the Mississippi Miscellaneous Mark Twain’s Notebook Ladies Home Journal Autobiography Autobiography Innocents Abroad Autobiography Life on the Mississippi Autobiography Speeches Short Stories Letters Autobiography Biography Speeches

These selections are quotations directly from Mark Twain’s writings, edited together by Mr. Holbrook to create his performance.

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INTERMISSION: Two? Or One MUSIC: A trombone player was engaged, but is unreliable and should not be expected.

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The entirety of Mr. Holbrook’s material is protected by copyright law and may not be transcribed or performed in any venue or context without the express permission of Mr. Holbrook. No audio or video transmitting or recording device of any kind shall be used in any manner to reproduce the artist’s performance. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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t could be said that Hal Holbrook comes as close to the early American touring actors — Joseph Jefferson, Edwin Booth, James O’Neill — as anyone on the stage today. Now in its 62nd consecutive year, with more than 2,250 performances, Mark Twain Tonight! may be the longest running show in theater history.

Holbrook has aged, but his Mark Twain has not. “He keeps me fired up, asking questions,” the actor says. He has developed over 15 hours of Twain selections to choose from, cutting through our chorus of opinions today with a voice soaked in humor and history — and sometimes outrage, because we keep repeating the same song.

Holbrook was born in Cleveland in 1925.

When he was 2, his mother disappeared, his father followed suit, and young Holbrook and his two sisters were raised by their grandfather in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, where his people had settled in 1635. He was sent away at age 7 to one of the finer New England schools, beaten regularly by a Dickensian headmaster, and at 12 was sent to Culver Military Academy.

After three years in World War II, Holbrook completed his college education at Denison University, where the Mark Twain characterization grew out of an honors project that gave him and his young wife an immediate job after graduation, playing scenes from Shakespeare to Twain on the school assembly circuit in the Southwest. His first solo

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appearance as Twain was at the Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania in 1954.

When a radio and television soap opera, The Brighter Day, rescued them, Holbrook still pursued the Twain character in a Greenwich Village nightclub, where Mark Twain Tonight! opened in 1956. From there, he landed on The Ed Sullivan Show and opened off-Broadway in 1959 — an unknown actor never seen before on a New York stage. Reviews were unanimous: Opined The New Yorker: “Uncanny. A dazzling display of virtuosity.”

The State Department sent Holbrook’s Mark Twain to Europe. Back home, he turned down a leading role in a Broadway musical to play Shakespeare in Stratford, Conn., and Lincoln in an off-Broadway production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois. He joined the original Lincoln Center Repertory Company and in 1966 won the Tony Award on Broadway in a return engagement of Mark Twain Tonight! His 90-minute CBS television special was seen by 30 million people.

By this time Holbrook was an actor of many roles and disguises, with 12 Emmy Award nominations and over 40 feature films, including Sean Penn’s Into the Wild, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.

Working with his dear wife Dixie Carter on Designing Women was the best fun Holbrook ever had, Between them, they have five children. Dixie passed away in 2010. Holbrook is 91 and has not stopped touring America.

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Anonymous (2) Dale & Julie Allen ◊ Mr. Newman & Mr. Johnathon Arndt ◊ Mrs. Melinda S. & Dr. Jeffrey R. Balser Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Bottorff Mrs. J. C. Bradford Jr. ◊ Mr. Philip M. Cavender ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. W. Ovid Collins Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Jennifer & Billy Frist Allis Dale & John Gillmor ◊

James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith ◊ Ed & Nancy Goodrich ◊ Mr. & Mrs. William D. Gwin Sr. ◊ Lee Ann & Orrin Ingram ◊ Mr. & Mrs. David B. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Howard S. Kirshner ◊ Ralph & Donna Korpman Ellen Harrison Martin ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. Robert McNeilly Jr. ◊ The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt ◊ Mr. & Mrs. David K. Morgan ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Pfeffer ◊ Anne & Joe Russell ◊ Mrs. Nelson Severinghaus ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Mark Tillinger ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Cal Turner Jr. ◊ Alan D. & Jan L. Valentine ◊ Peggy and John Warner ◊ Jonathan & Janet Weaver ◊ Mr. & Mrs. James W. White ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie D. White ◊

* denotes donors who are deceased

◊ denotes donors who are Governing Members

2016/17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

DIRECTORS

Mark Peacock Board Chair

John Bailey III Russell Bates Krystal Bonner* H. Victor Braren, MD Pamela Carter Phil Cavender Stu Crum Kevin Crumbo Frank Daniels Jana Davis Robert Dennis Mary Falls Benjamin Folds Judy Foster Becky Gardenhire Vince Gill Edward A. Goodrich

Kevin Crumbo Board Chair Elect David Morgan Board Treasurer Jennifer Puryear Board Secretary Alan D. Valentine President & CEO*

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Brenda Griffin David Gwin Carl Haley Jr. Michael W. Hayes Christopher Holmes Vicki Horne Martha R. Ingram+ Richard Miller Louise Morrison Pat Murphy Mike Musick Harrell Odom Mark Peacock Lynn Peithman W. Brantley Phillips Jr. Ric Potenz Jennifer H. Puryear

James Seabury III Nelson Shields Jeremy Tucker Mark Wait Patrick Walle Jonathan Weaver Bethany Whelan+ Jim White Betsy Wills+ Clare Yang Donna Yurdin+ Shirley Zeitlin + Indicates Ex Officio * Young Leaders Intern

STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY Anonymous (1) Brian & Beth Bachmann ◊ Sallie & John Bailey ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John L. Barker Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup ◊ Annie Laurie & Irvin* Berry ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Harold Brewer ◊ Ann & Frank Bumstead ◊ Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt ◊ Michael & Jane Ann Cain ◊ Ms. Pamela Casey ◊ Fred Cassetty ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Chasanoff Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Clark ◊ Dorit & Donald Cochron ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Brian Cook ◊ Allen & Nancy Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ansel L. Davis Hilton & Sallie Dean ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis ◊ The Rev. & Mrs. Fred Dettwiller ◊ Marty & Betty Dickens ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dye ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jere Mann Ervin Mrs. Annette S. Eskind ◊ The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation ◊

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Marilyn Ezell Mr. Dave Felipe & Mrs. Mary Jennings ◊ Tom & Judy Foster ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Ganick John & Lorelee Gawaluck Mr. & Mrs. C. David Griffin ◊ Carl & Connie Haley ◊ Carolyn Hamby ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Tom Harrington Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Hill ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Holmes Mr. & Mrs. David B. Ingram Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Irby Sr. ◊ Drs. Edmund and Lauren Parker Jackson ◊ Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee ◊ Jim & Kimberly Lewis ◊ LifeWorks Foundation Robert Straus Lipman ◊ Myles & Joan MacDonald ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. ◊ Sheila & Richard McCarty ◊ Edward D. & Linda F. Miles ◊ Michael & Karen Musick ◊ Jonathan Norris & Jennifer Carlat ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Odom ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Olsen ◊ Victoria & William Pao

GOLDEN BATON SOCIETY Anonymous (3) Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. ◊ Shelley Alexander ◊ Jeremy & Rebecca Atack ◊ Jon K. & Colleen Atwood ◊ Grace & Carl Awh ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard ◊ Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II Ned Bates and Brigitte Anschuetz ◊ Betty C. Bellamy ◊ Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Frank H. Boehm ◊ Dennis & Tammy Boehms ◊ Gene & Donna Bonfoey ◊ Samuel Nicholas Borgese ◊ Jamey Bowen & Norman Wells ◊ Randal & Priscilla Braker ◊ Mary Lawrence Breinig ◊ Steven & Cassandra Brosvik Dr. Michael C. Buchholz & Dr. Jacqueline R. Ansell ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Buijsman ◊ Marcus Butler ◊ Chuck & Sandra Cagle ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun ◊ Kirk & Darlene Campbell ◊ Ann & Sykes Cargile ◊ Crom & Kathy Carmichae ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Carter ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler ◊ Erica & Doug Chappell ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence M. Papel Dr. Barron Patterson & Mr. Burton Jablin ◊ Peggy & Hal Pennington Joelle & Brant Phillips CW Pinson, M.D., MBA ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV ◊ Carol & John T. Rochford ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Satterwhite Joe & Dorothy Scarlett ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. J. Ronald Scott ◊ Nelson & Sheila Shields ◊ The Shields Family Foundation ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Small ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Smallwood Mr. & Mrs. Hans Stabell ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Matthew K. Taylor ◊ Louis B. Todd & Patricia C. Todd* ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Tucker Mr. Robert J. Turner & Mr. Jay Jones ◊ Peggy & John Warner ◊ Ms. Johnna Benedict Watson ◊ Bethany Whelan◊ Jerry & Ernie Williams ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Wimberly Barbara & Bud Zander ◊ Shirley Zeitlin ◊

Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 Donna R. Cheek* Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cheek III ◊ Terry & Holly Clyne ◊ Ed & Pat Cole ◊ Marjorie & Allen* Collins ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Brian Cook ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. ◊ Kathy & Scott Corlew ◊ Teresa Corlew & Wes Allen ◊ David Coulam & Lucy A. Visceglia ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert ◊ Mrs. Donald S. A. Cowan ◊ Dr. & Mrs. James Crafton ◊ Janine Cundiff Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Daley III ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Ben Davis ◊ John & Natasha Deane ◊ Nick Deidiker & Connie Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Donald Denbo Claudia Douglass ◊ Myrtianne Downs ◊ Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington ◊ Robert D. Eisenstein Mr. Owen T. Embry ◊ 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 ◊

Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick ◊ Dr. Arthur C. Fleischer & Family ◊ John & Barbara Fletcher ◊ Drs. Robert* & Sharron Francis ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gann ◊ Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins ◊ Harris A. Gilbert ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III ◊ Andrew & Alene Gnyp ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Goad Jr. ◊ Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner ◊ Mr. John Mack Green ◊ Gerald C. Greer & Dr. Scott Hoffman ◊ Ms. Gail Danner Greil ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin D. Griffin ◊ Karen & Daniel Grossman ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Hagood ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Halsell ◊ Mrs. Robbie J. Hampton ◊ Andrew & Ally Hard ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Hatef ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes ◊ Suzy Heer◊ Everly Heeren & Greg Suhayda ◊ Helen & Neil Hemphill ◊ Drs. Robert Hines & Mary Hooks ◊ Dr. Jan Van Eys & Judith Hodges ◊ Ken & Pam Hoffman ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hoffman ◊ Ms. Cornelia B. Holland ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III INCONCERT

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Rick and Vicki Horne ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Houff ◊ Mr. Hank Ingram ◊ Rodney Irvin Family Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson ◊ Donald L. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques ◊ Janet & Philip Jamieson ◊ George & Shirley Johnston ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kestner ◊ Robin & Bill King Tom & Darlene Klaritch ◊ Anne Knauff ◊ Walter & Sarah Knestrick ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Koban Jr. ◊ William C. & Deborah Patterson Koch ◊ Ms. Pamela L. Koerner ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Kovach ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Spencer N. Lambright ◊ Robert & Carol Lampe ◊ Mr. Edward Lanquist ◊ Larry & Martha Larkin ◊ Drs. Paul & Dana Latour ◊ Kevin & May Lavender Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Lazenby Mr. & Mrs. John M. Leap ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Lentini ◊ Sally M. Levine ◊ Marye & Bill Lewis ◊ George & Cathy Lynch ◊ Red & Shari Martin ◊ Rhonda A. Martocci & William S. Blaylock ◊ Steve & Susie Mathews Lynn & Jack May ◊ Tommy & Cat McEwen ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Martin F. McNamara III Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Mericle ◊ F. Max & Mary A. Merrell ◊

Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger ◊ Michael G. Miller ◊ Christopher & Patricia Mixon ◊ Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli ◊ Matt & Rhonda Mulroy ◊ James & Patricia Munro ◊ Dr. Barbara A. Murphy & Bruce Tripp ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Patrick H. Murphy ◊ Mr. Aaron Connolly & Dr. Kenneth Niermann ◊ Dr. Agatha L. Nolen ◊ Dr. Christopher J. Ott & Mr. Jeremy R. Simons Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict ◊ David & Pamela Palmer ◊ Chelsea & Jason Parker ◊ Grant & Janet Patterson ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Francis Paul ◊ Catherine J. Holsen & John S. Perry ◊ Ms. Cassandra E. Petty ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Edgar H. Pierce Jr. ◊ Carol Len & Scott M. Portis ◊ Mr. Charles H. Potter Jr. ◊ Donna and Tom Priesmeyer ◊ Dr. Terryl A. Propper ◊ Mr. & Mrs. W. Edward Ramage ◊ Allison Reed & Sam Garza ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Riven ◊ Margaret Ann & Walter Robinson Foundation ◊ Misha Robledo ◊ Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roland ◊ Anne & Charles Roos ◊ Ms. Sara L. Rosson & Ms. Nancy Menke ◊ Ms. Mary Frances Rudy ◊ Geoffrey & Sandra Sanderson ◊ Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Saul ◊ Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell ◊ Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Mr. Tim Scarvey ◊ Stephen K. & Patricia L. Seale ◊ Dr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Shack

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Anonymous (9) Jerry Adams Jeff & Tina Adams James & Glyna Aderhold Carol M. Allen Dr. & Mrs. Gregg P. Allen Gerry & Lisa Altieri The Brian C. Austin Family Mr. Christopher S. Aycock David A. & Stephanie Bailey Barbara & Mike Barton Dr. Reca Barwin Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. Craig Becker Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Mr. Wesley P. Belden 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 Nicole L. Schlechter & Raymond F. Bluth Beverly J. Brandenburg-Scott Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Berry & Connie Brooks Mr. & Mrs. John H. Bryan III

Joan Blum Shayne Allen Spears* & Colleen Sheppard ◊ Bill & Sharon Sheriff ◊ William & Cyndi Sites ◊ George & Mary Sloan ◊ David & Niki Smith ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Smith ◊ K.C. & Mary Smythe ◊ Clark Spoden & Norah Buikstra ◊ Christopher & Maribeth Stahl ◊ Deborah & James Stonehocker ◊ Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III ◊ Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes ◊ Risë & Laurence Tucker Mr. & Mrs. James F. Turner Jr. ◊ George & Margaret Uribe ◊ Drs. Pilar Vargas & Sten H. Vermund ◊ Larry & Brenda Vickers ◊ Mr. & Mrs. William H. Wade ◊ Kris & G. G. Waggoner ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Martin H. Wagner ◊ Mark Wait ◊ James & Greta Walsh ◊ Mrs. W. Miles Warfield ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Mark Wathen ◊ Talmage M. Watts & Debra Greenspan Watts ◊ Mr.& Mrs. Kevin Welty and Jasmine ◊ Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle ◊ Art* & Lisa Wheeler ◊ Mr. James L. White ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joel Williams ◊ Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie ◊ Ms. Deborah L. Winkler Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe ◊ Dr. Artmas L. Worthy ◊ Donna B. Yurdin ◊

Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Jean & David Buchanan Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Mr. & Mrs. John R. Burch Sr. Sharon Lee Butcher John E. Cain III Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack Mr. David Carlton T. James Carmichael Don Carmody Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Carr Clint & Patty Carter Valleau & Robert M. Caruthers Bill & Chris Carver Mary & Joseph Cavarra Dr.* & Mrs. Robert Chalfant Barbara & Eric Chazen Catherine Chitwood Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher George D. Clark Jr. Mr. & Dr. Brian & Anna Clayton Jay & Ellen Clayton Mr. Ernest Clevenger III Sallylou & David Cloyd Douglas & Cindy Cobb Esther & Roger Cohn Chase Cole Joe & Judy Cook

Mike & Sandy Cooper Nancy Krider Corley Greg & Mary Jo Cote Roger & Barbara Cottrell Drs. Paul A. & Dorothy Valcarcel Craig Mr. Charles Curtiss James & Maureen Danly Drs.Maria Gabriella Giro & Jeffrey M. Davidson Drs. Clint & Jessica Devin Ms. Teri I. DeVires Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin John & Diana Doss Joe & Shirley Draper Laura & Wayne Dugas Laura L. Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Dr. James E. & Mrs. Beverly Edwards Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Drs. James & Rena Ellzy Laurie & Steven Eskind Bill & Dian S. Ezell Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ezrin Alex & Terry Fardon Dawn L. Farris Michael & Rosemary Fedele John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald Béla Fleck

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Robert & Barbara Flowers Ann D. Frisch Peter & Debra Gage Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. Ryan W. Gardenhire John* & Eva Gebhart Frank Ginanni Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Glover Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin R. Goldberg Dr. Cornelia R. Graves Richard A. Green Elinor Hall Ellen C. Hamilton The Evelyn S. & Jim Horne Hankins Foundation Dr. Edward Hantel Mr. & Mrs. James M. Harris Ms. Pamela Harris Janet & Jim Hasson Jim & Stephanie Hastings Lisa & Bill Headley Eric Raefsky, M.D.* & Ms. Victoria Heil Philip & Amber Hertik Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Dr. Elisabeth Dykens & Dr. Robert Hodapp Dale & Willa Holmer Ms. Susan S. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Ray Houston Allen, Lucy & Paul Hovious Hudson Family Foundation Donna & Ronn Huff Albert C. Hughes Jr. & Charlotte E. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. John Huie Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hulme Dr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Humphrey Judith S. & James R. Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Michael & Evelyn Hyatt Bud Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Jackson Lee & Pat Jennings Keith & Nancy* Johnson Mary Loventhal Jones Joseph Judkins Dr. Barbara F. Kaczmarska Mr. & Mrs. Lon D. Keele Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Kelly Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy Jeffrey & Layle Kenyon Mrs. Daisy King Ms. Nona Kroha Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land Mr. Thomas S. Lannom Sandi & Tom Lawless Ms. Natalie C. Lévy-Sousan Daniel Lewis Burk & Caroline Lindsey Mr. Mark E. Lopez & Mr. Patrick J. Boggs Drs. Amy & George Lynch Mr. John Maddux Drs. Thomas & Beverly Madron Ms. Orlene Makinson Andrea & Helga Maneschi Ms. Sheila Mann James & Gene Manning David & Leah Marcus Captain Nathan Marsh Metro Fire Fighter James & Patricia Martineau Ms. Helen J. Mason Dr. Nancy Brown & Mr. Andrew May Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Bob Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Sidney McAlister Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. McCall

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Judi McCaslin Joey & Beth McDuffee Dr. Hassane Mchaourab Ms. Virginia J. Meece Ronald S. Meers Jayne Menkemeller Drs. Manfred & Susan Menking Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Drs. Randolph & Linda Miller Ms. Stephanie Miller David & Lisa Minnigan Dr. & Mrs. William M. Mitchell Dr. Jere Mitchum Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Moffatt Ms. Gay Moon Lynn Morrow Juli & Ralph Mosley Margaret & David Moss Teresa & Mike Nacarato Larry & Marsha Nager Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. Lannie W. Neal Mr. & Mrs. F.I. Nebhut Jr. Anne & Peter Neff Leslie & Scott Newman Dr. John A. Oats Jr. & Meredith S. Oates Mr. & Mrs.* Douglas Odom Jr. Ms. Divina Ontiveros Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page James & Jeanne Pankow Mr. Timothy Park Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pfaender Linda & Carter Philips Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Potter Mr. Tim Powers

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Brad S. Procter Ms. Belinda A. Pulley Tom & Chris Rashford Mr. & Mrs. Tate Rich Mr. Jeremy M. Robb Mr. & Mrs. John A. Roberts Delphine and Kenneth Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rogers David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. Jay Sangervasi James A. Scandrick Jr. Mrs. Cooper Schley Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Peggy C. Sciotto Susan Seabury Alfred & Katherine Sharp Mr.* & Mrs. Robert K. Sharp Anita & Mike Shea 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 Dr. Neil & Ruth Smith Mr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Smith Mr.& Mrs. James M. Sohr Dr. Michael & Tracy Stadnick Steve & Misty Standley Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. David M. Bayer Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Mr. & Mrs. David B. Stewart

CONCERTMASTER SOCIETY Anonymous (19) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Abelman Mr. James Adkins Ken & Jan* Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle D. Apple David & Marsha Armstrong Candy Burger & Dan Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Mr. Bruce G. Aubrey Geralda M. Aubry Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Lawrence E. Baggett Dr.* & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Richard & Ada Baker Mr. Joe Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Jere Bass Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Katrin T. Bean Scott & Dawn Becker Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mike & Kathy Benson Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Besand Marilyn Blake Mimi Bliss & Dwayne Barrett Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Irma Bolster Ben & Regina Boswell Dr. Scott B. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Drs. James P. & Andrea C. Bracikowski Jeff & Jeanne Bradford Jere & Crystal Brassell Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun

Dr. & Mrs. Phillip L. Bressman Alan & Kim Brosché Bob & Leslie Brown Ms. Ruth Ann Brown Mr. & Mrs. Steve R. Brubaker Drs. Nancy J. Scott & Richard G. Bruehl Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Mr. & Mrs. G. Rhea Bucy Mr. & Mrs. Eugene N. Bulso Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Horatio B. Buntin Dr. & Mrs. Howard A. Burris III Dr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Buxbaum Ms. Betsy Calabrace Ms. Constance L. Caldwell Ms. Marguerite E. Callahan Claire Ann Calongne Ms. Eva Cantrell Mr. & Mrs. Luther Cantrell Jr. Mr.& Mrs. John Carr Ronald* & Nellrena Carr Mr. Jeffrey C. Cartwright Mr. & Mrs. Christopher John Casa Santa Vickie & Buzz Cason Mr. Patrick L. Cassady Marty Cavanaugh Mr.* & Mrs. James W. Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. John L. Chambers Evelyn LeNoir Chandler Dean & Sandy Chase Mrs. John Hancock Cheek Jr. Renée Chevalier Mr. & Mrs. Cooper Chilton Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Teresa C. Cissell

Mr. James McAteer & Dr. Catherine Stober Hope & Howard Stringer Bella & Pete Stringer Ann & Noel Sullivan Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Craig & Dianne Sussman Dr. & Mrs. Richard Tayrien Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Jeremy & Carrie Teaford Clay & Kimberly Teter Julie & Scott Thomas Larry & Paula Throneberry Dr. & Mrs. Todd Tolbert Norman & Marilyn Tolk Torrence Family Fund Mr. Michael P. Tortora Martha J. Trammell Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Mr. & Mrs. William E. Turner Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mike & Elaine Walker Stacy Widelitz Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wieck Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenk Donald E. Williams Judy S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills II Mr. & Mrs. William (Dan) F. Wolf Mr. & Mrs. D. Randall Wright Berje Yacoubian & Kathy Wade-Yacoubian Ms. Jane Zeigler Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Zigli

Gifts of $500 - $999 Charles & Agenia Clark Dr. Paul B. Clark Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Elizabeth Cormier Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner Marion Pickering Couch Dr. Charles Cox & Dr. Joy Cox Charles G. Crane Ms. R. Suzanne Cravens Mr. & Mrs. Rob Crichton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks Jr. Buddy & Sandra Curnutt Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum Edgar & Barbara Davenport Mr. Frank C. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Steven Davis Dr. & Mrs. Roy L. DeHart Mr. & Mrs. Joe H. Delk Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Demonbreun Mrs. Edwin DeMoss Ms. Laura Denison Anne R. Dennison Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. DePhillips Dr. Dorothy J. Diveley Ms. Shirley J. Dodge Dr. Tracey E. Doering Mrs. Carolyn W. Donaldson Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Josephine Doubleday Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson Tere & David Dowland Ms. Katie Doyle Bob Dozier Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Drake

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Elizabeth Tannenbaum & Carl Dreifuss Mr & Mrs. Mike Dungan Bob & Nancy Dunkerley Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden Dr. William E. Engel Mr. Timothy W. Estes Dr. & Mrs. James Ettien Mr. & Mrs. David W. Evans Dr. Ann Evers & Dr. Gary Smith Tony & Shelley Exler Dr. John & Janet Exton Mr. & Mrs. DeWitt Ezell John & Deborah Farringer Dr. Kimberly D. Ferguson W. Tyree Finch Dr. & Mrs. Jack Fisher Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch Mr. & Mrs. Pete Franks Dr. Alex B. Fruin Robert & Peggy Frye Tom & Jennifer Furtsch Bill & Ginny Gable Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Galbraith Mr. David Gann & Dr. Joe Brasher Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Giles Mr. & Mrs. John Gillespie Mr. Norman B. Gillis Mark Glazer & Cindy Stone Linda & Joel Gluck Kathleen Gould Brent & Pat Graves Dr. Katrina Green John & Libbey Hagewood Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Hakim Drs. Steven & Ruth Haley Cathey & Doug Hall Mr. Christopher Hamby Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Hamilton Mrs. Elisabeth B. Handler Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy Cindy Harper Frank & Liana Harrell David & Judith Slayden Hayes Peggy R. Hays Mr. & Mrs. Shannon Heil Doug & Becky Hellerson Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Heyman Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Holmes Frances Holt Drs. Richard T. & Paula C. Hoos Bruce & Diane Houglum Mr. David Huckabee Carla & David Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Huljak Mr. & Mrs. David Hunt Margie Hunter Nelson Hunter & Becky Gardner Sandra & Joe Hutts Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Mr. & Mrs. Rogers Jackson Ms. Janice A. Jennings Mr. Richard W. Jett Hal & Dona Johnson Bob & Virginia Johnson Stephen Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy K. Johnson Mr. & Mrs.* Donald M. Johnston Pat & Howard Jones Mr. & Mrs. John Jones Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley Jones Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kane Mr. & Mrs. Lee R. Kenderdine John & Eleanor Kennedy William Killebrew George C. King Jack T. & Barbara E.* Knott

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Dr. Robert Smith & Barbara Ramsey Mr. John D. Souther Mr. James H. Spalding Dr. Dan R. Spice Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard Jr. Mr. Michael E. Spitzer Ms. Karen G. Sroufe Sid Stanley Caroline Stark Gloria & Paul Sternberg Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William R. Stewart Gayle Sullivan John Sullivan Bruce & Jaclyn Tarkington Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Taylor Mr. Lawrence E. Taylor Dr. & Mrs. David L. Terrell Lisa G. Thomas Jeanne & Steve Thomas Lorraine Ware & Reid Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Wendol R. Thorpe Candy Toler & Bob Day Mila & Bill Truan Mr. & Mrs. William W. Wade Kay & Larry Wallace Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Waltemath Ms. Judith Walter Mr.* & Mrs. Robert J. Warner Jr. Gayle & David Watson Mr. Thomas J. Watson Dr. Medford S. Webster Ms. Lori Weitzel Dr. & Mrs. J. J. Wendel Erin Wenzel Franklin & Helen Westbrook Beth & Arville Wheeler Charles Hampton White Linda & Raymond White Jonna & Doug Whitman Marie Holman Wiggins Mr. James L. Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilds Frank & Marcy Williams Vicki Gardine Williams Mr. Kirby S. Willingham Amos & Etta Wilson Gary & Cathy Wilson Mary E. Womack Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wood Sr. Dr. Mary Yarbrough & Terry Wharton Mr. Anthony Zahorik Roy & Ambra Zent Zelly L. Zim Barbara J. Zipperian

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FIRST CHAIR Anonymous (34) Henry J. Abbott & Rita J. Bradley The Rev. Dr. & Mrs. W. Robert Abstein Ben & Nancy Adams Newton & Burkley Allen Mr. John D. Allison Adrienne Ames William & Margery Amonette Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anderson Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Mr. Aaron Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Arnold Todd & Barbara Arrants Ms. Deborah Arvin Mr. & Mrs. Kevin W. Atenhan Richard C. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. J. Oriol Barenys Dr. Beth S. Barnett Mr. Richard M. Barry Mr.* & Mrs. Jack Bass, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Bauchiero Charles & Sandra Baugh Fran & Sandy Bedard Mark H. Bell Ms. Jackie Bellar Ms. Reba Bellar Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bennett Jr. Carl W. Berg Dr. Diane Rae & Mr. Greg Berty Cherry & Richard Bird Dr. & Mrs. Ben J. Birdwell Walter Bitner & Melanie Delvalle Melvin Black Ms. Helen R. Blackburn-White Dr. Lacy R. Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. John Bliss Mrs. Andrea Boely Mr. & Mrs. Seton J. Bonney Dr. & Mrs. Glenn H. Booth Jr. David Bordenkircher Mr. Kevin L. Bowden & Candice Ethridge Don & Deborah Boyd Eleanor & Harold Bradley Robert & Barbara Braswell Gene & Delane Brewer Jamie A. Brewer Mr. David Bridgers Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bridges Mr. & Mrs. Iain Briggs Betty* & Bob Brodie Caherine Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Brown Mr. James I. Brown Ms. Tonia K. Brown Karen M. Browne Martha S. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Burgess Dr. Grady L. Butler Mr. & Mrs. David R. Buttrey Jr. Geraldine & Wilson Butts Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Byrd Mrs. James W. Byrdsong Mr. & Mrs. Joe Calloway Mrs. Bratschi Campbell Dr. W. Barton Campbell & Mrs. Campbell Mr. Thomas J. Carey Jr. Karen Carr Mary Ann Carter Ronald Cooke Cate Mr. Edmundo J. Cepeda Dr. Walter J. Chazin

Gifts of $250 - $499 Mr. William T. Cheek III & Ms. Kathryn E. Barnett Dr. Amy Chomsky Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Dr. & Mrs. André L. Churchwell Drs. Walter K. Clair & Deborah Webster-Clair Ms. Jennifer R. Clapp Mr. & Mrs. Roy Claverie Sr. Mark A. Clay Dr. Mary Ellen Clinton-Wade Mark & Robin Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Wiley B. Coley Alma Jean Colley Colonel (ret.) Dr. & Mrs. James R. (Conra) Collier Ms. Peggy B. Colson John O. Colton Mr. & Mrs. Randy Cook Paul & Alyce Cooke Ted Cooper Renette I. Corenswet Dr. Adrienne Corn & Mr. Darwin Melnyk Ms. Nina Cornelsen Mr. & Mrs. George Crawford Jr. Mr. Jonathan I. Creamer Mr. & Mrs. David Crecraft R. Barry & Kathy Cullen Mr. Timothy D. Curtis & Adam N. Castellarin Katherine C. Daniel William N. Daniel Jr. Mr. M. Bradshaw Darnall III Jessica David Mr. Jerry W. Davidson Ms. Joni M. Davidson Deborah Davies Ms. Luda E. Davies Adelaide S. Davis* Ms. Crystal Davis Mr. William T. Davis Ms. Martha Lou Deacon Dr. & Mrs. Darryl T. Deason Steve Sirls & Allen DeCuyper Mrs. Elizabeth C. DeFrancesco Mr. & Mrs. J. William Denny Mr. Wayne Detring Ms. Kathy Devine Mr. & Mrs. Arthur DeVooght Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin Amy Dorfman & Donald Capparella Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dortch David Dubose Judith A. Dudley Carl & Francie Duffield Greg Dugdale Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Dugger J. Michael & Kay Duncan Michael & Beverly Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Jim Eades Jr. Dr. Jane Easdown & Dr. James Booth Braces by Dr. Ruth Thomas D. Edmonds DVM Sherie Lea Edwards Drs. Timothy & Stephanie Eidson Ms. Rosana Eisenberg Mrs. Clara Elam Mr. James H. Eldridge Dan & Zita Elrod Ms. Martha C. Elzen Mr. Ray Enochs & Mrs. Lee Emerson Michael D. & Carol Ennis Robert & Cassandra Estes

Ms. Claire Evans Edgar & Kim Evins Jr. Ms. Marilyn Falcone Dale C. Farran Janie & Richard Finch Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fish Mr. & Mrs. James Fishel Doris T. Fleischer Cathy & Kent Fourman Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Fox III Andrew & Mary Foxworth Sr. Ms. Elizabeth A. Franks Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Freas Emily & Randy Frey Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Debra Frey William S. Joyce & Anderson C. Gaither Ms. Mary T. Gallagher Mr. Russell C. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Joaquin Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Garrett Alan & Jeannie Gaus Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Gaw Dodie & Carl George Dr. Sam & Diane Glasgow Mrs. Lucie A. Glass Ms. Beverly Jean Godwin Zachary & Martha Goodyear Tom & Carol Ann Graham Bill & Jane Gray Alexander & Simone Gray Roger & Sherri Gray Austin & Delaney Gray Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Green Ms. Lynn Gregory Judith & Peter Griffin Ms. Rebecca Grim R. Dale & Nancy G. Grimes Mr. & Mrs. David C. Guth Jr. Rev. & Mrs. Gerald R. Hager Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hainsworth Katherine S. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hamilton Pamela Hamrick Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Hanselman Mrs. Edith Harris Dickie & Joyce Harris Ron & Carolyn Harris George Harrison Mr. James S. Hartman Mr. Jonathan Harwell Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hayes III Bob & Judy Haynes Stephen & Deborah Hays H. Carl Haywood Mr. & Mrs. Allen W. Head Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Heeren Dr. & Mrs. James A. Hefner Fred* & Judy Helfer Jack & Shirley Henry Dennis & Leslie Henson Patricia Ann Hester Dr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Hickson Ronald & Nancy Hill Robert C. & Shirley M. Hilmer Ms. Mary C. Hinton Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hofe Aurelia L. Holden Dr. Nan Holland & Dr. R. Duane Holland Mr. & Mrs.* James G. Holleman William Hollings & Michael Emrick Dr. and Mrs. Doy Hollman

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Steve & Leslie Holman Donald & Deborah Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hommrich Mr. & Mrs. George Hornberger Mr. Terry K. House III Samuel and Karan Howard Mrs. Carol Hudler Dr. & Mrs. Louis C. Huesmann II John & Beth Huff The Hunt Family Foundation Ms. Karen L. Ingram Mr.* & Mrs. Billy C. Jack Gregory & Patricia James Mr. & Mrs.* Alan R. Javorcky Joetter Smith Jenkins Roger T. Jenkins & Gayle Jenkins Dr. James T. John & Dr. Brenda J. Butka Dr. Carl H. Johnson & Mrs. Mine Yoshizawa Dr. & Mrs. Charles Johnson John T. & Kerrie Johnson Susan & Evan Johnston Mr. Rhori Johnston Jane & Cecil Jones Frank & Audrey Jones Drs. Ramon & Cathy Jrade Ms. Carolyn Kamp Dr. & Mrs. Herman J. Kaplan Cathy Couey & Richard Kasnick Carol & Sol Katz Mr. & Mrs. Brock Kidd Peter & Courtney Kihlberg George McCulloch & Linda Knowles Ms. Diane Knox David & Judy Kolzow Ms. Sherry E. Male & Terry Komp Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Krantz Joyce K. Laben Mr. John E. Land Mr. Howard Landman Tom Langford Ms. Deborah A. Lannigan-Macara Mr. Robert J. Laub Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lawrence Ms. Kelly Lebow Rob & Julia Ledyard Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lee J. Mark Lee Mr. Joseph Y. Lee & Ms. Erica Fetterman Martin & Eileen Leinwand Dr. Emiko J. LeJeune Dorothy & Jim Lesch Ralph G. Leverett Ms. Delores A. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Ligon Alice & John Lindahl Mack & Katherine Linebaugh Richard & Tad Lisella The Howard Littlejohn Family Mr. & Mrs. James H. Littlejohn Jean & Steve Locke Kim & Mike Lomis Mr. Thomas H. Loventhal Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lowenthal Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lundy Jr. Patrick & Betty Lynch Sharron Lyon Mr. Michael J. MacDonald Theresa MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Mack Douglas L. MacKenzie Mr. & Mrs. James N. Maddox Dr. & Mrs. Mark A. Magnuson Mr. & Mrs. Robin L. Majors Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Manno Dr. & Mrs. Harry D. Marsh Dr. Dana R. Marshall Dr. & Mrs. Raymond S. Martin

Ms. Jane M. Massey Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Sue & Herb Mather James Mathis Ms. Mitzi Matlock Ms.Margery L. Mayer & Ms. Carolyn Oehler Sonje K. Mayo Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. McAllister Dr. James S. McBride Mr. Jack McCall Timothy & Shirlee McCleskey Andy McCloud Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. McClure Mr. William S. & Dr. Charity F. McConnell Mr. Robert L. McCreary Mr. & Mrs. Lynn D. McGill Mr. & Mrs. Durand McIntosh Scott & Karen McKean Dr. Joy H. McKee Mrs. Catherine G. McMurtry Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. McWherter Ms. Martha Mecke Mrs. Norma L. Merced Mr. Julius E. Meriweather Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Miller Dr. Ron V. Miller Mark & Bonnie Miller-McLemore Dr. Michael F. Montijo & Mrs. Patricia A. Jamieson-Montijo Ms. Margaret J. Keese Livingfield More Dr. & Mrs. Joe M. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Sarah Morse Mr. Neal R. Morse Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Mueller Drs. Russell & Lizabeth Mullens Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy Mr. Robert T. Nash Mr. & Mrs. James R. Neal Jim & Irene Neilan Beverly Nelson Ms. Diana Nelson Mr. Hunter S. Neubert Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Nicholas Rev. Alice Nichols Mark & Kaye Nickell Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Mrs. Edith M. Oathout Mary O'Kelly Hunt & Debbye Oliver Mr. Robert O'Quin Frank & Nancy* Orr Drs. Lucius & Freida Outlaw A. Wayne Overby Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield Dan & Helen Owens Dr. & Mrs. James Pace Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Terry & Wanda Palus Doria Panvini Clint Parrish Dr. & Mrs. Earl Q. Parrott Mr.* & Mrs. Douglas Parsons Diane Payne Joyce D. Peacock Mr. & Mrs. John O. Pearce Ms. Linda Pegues Anne & Neiland Pennington Mr. Scott C. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. James D. Peyton Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Phillips Mary & Joe Rea Phillips Mrs. Laura B. Pittman Mr. Bradley K. Place Craig & Raelynn Plattner Ms. Julie B. Plexico Rick & Diane Poen

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Dr. Clair S. Poff Phil & Dot Ponder Stanley D. Poole Mr. & Mrs. Brooks A. Quin Mr. & Mrs. Ross Rainwater Dr. & Mrs. Ivan N. Raley Mr. & Mrs. William C. Randle Charles H. & Eleanor L. Raths Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rawle Mrs. Dawn D. Redlin Mr. Casey Reed Mr. Ray T. Register Dr. John S. Rich Charles Richardson Mrs. Paul E. Ridge Margaret Riegel Ms. Linda N. Rittenhouse Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Robbins Judith R. Roney Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Roy Mr. Arthur C. Rutledge Judith Ann Sachs Mr. Stephen Sachs Diane Sacks Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom Mr. Hal R. Sanders LaRhea D. Sanford Eleanor* & Rudy Saperstein Mr. & Mrs.William B. Saunders & Family Mr. Donald D. Savoy Mr. Frank J. Scanlon Ms. Carol Schlafly Mr. Bob Schlafly Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Schnaars Molly & Richard Schneider Mr. James C. Scott Mr. Paul C. Scott Mr. Carl A. Sedgeman John & Nanette Shand Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Shanklin Shannon Family Mr. Wayne C. Shelton Ms. Laura E. Sikes Keith & Kay Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Alice Sisk Mr. & Mrs. John C. Slater Elisabeth Small Scott Smieja & Leilani Mason

Mr. Brian J. Smith Ms. Cara Smith Dallas & Jo Ann Smith Mr. Edd Smith Gail S. Smith Kenric & Suzette Smith Ms. Kelly J. Smits Mr. Brandon T. Sory Nan E. Speller Robert & Irma Spies Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sprintz Stacy Harris Hilary & Shane Stapleton Lelan & Dr. Yolanda Statom Dr. & Mrs. James D. Stefansic Dr. C. Thomas & Cheryl Steiner Mr. Donald L. Stephenson Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel Stevens Jr. Richard & Jennifer Stevens Dr. Virginia & Mr. Robert J. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Glenn C. Stophel Dr. Martha Walker-Stratton Mr. & Mrs. William T. Stroud Dewayne & Kristy Sullivan Frank Sutherland & Natilee Duning Don D. & Louise McKee Swain Dr. Becky E. Swanson-Hindman Dr. Esther & Mr. Jeff Swink Mr. Richard J. Swoboda Dr. Anna & Mr. Jaroslaw Szczuka Bishop & Mrs. Melvin G. Talbert Ms. Jeanette Tatman Mr. Philip S. Tatum Ms. Sylvia E. Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Thackston Ms. Prema Thiagarajah Rev. C. Steve Thomas Bob & Mary Battle Thompson David & Kathryn Thompson Richard & Shirley Thrall Mr. Dwight D. Thrash, CPA, FCPA Mr. Walter Tieck Scott & Nesrin Tift Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Tippens Mr. Carlos Tirres Mr. Mark G. Tobin Mr. & Mrs. Lewis J. Tomiko Mr. Anthony E. Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Turnbull

Ms. Jesse W. Van Volkenburg Frances Anne Varallo Kimberly Dawn Vincent Jessica & Daniel Viner Mrs. Bridget S. von Weisenstein Mrs. Emily L.Martin Lynn S. Walker Dr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wall Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robin Walsh Major & Yong Wang Ryan Ward Dr. & Mrs. John J. Warner Mrs. Lynn S. Waterman Shirley Marie Watts H. Martin* & Joyce Weingartner Ms. Joni P. Werthan & Mr. Larry S. Jessen Linda C. West Mr. & Mrs. Larry Whitehead Mr. Michael T. Whitler & Mr. Mark Weber Ms. Judith B. Wiens Mr. & Mrs. James M. Williams John & Anne Williams Dr. Joyce E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. John W. Williamson Ms. Donna Wilson Tommy & Carol Ann Wilson Ms. Sandra Wiscarson Jeff & Karen Witte Scott & Ellen Wolfe Ms. Laura Katherine Wood Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Wood Miss Jessica Woodard Susan Woods Linda Workman Todd K. Wortman Clayton Wraith Kathryn & Roy Wroth Mr. & Mrs. Gary P. Wulfsberg Kay & Randall Wyatt Pam & Tom Wylly Vivian R. & Richard A. Wynn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Yarbrough Adam Zager Ms. Shirley Zent Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart Dr. Thomas F. Zimmerman, M.D.

HONORARY In honor of Jane & Jim Beasley's 50th wedding anniversary In honor of Bettie Berry's Birthday In honor of Judi Blondell In honor of Audrey Campbell In honor of Kelly Corcoran In honor of Marion P. Couch In honor of Bob Eisenstein In honor of Michael Emerick & Bill Hollings In honor of Jason Frazier In honor of Andy Giacoboni's 50th Birthday In honor of Maestro Guerrero's appearance at the Centennial Club 68

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In honor of Erin Hall In honor of Anne Heeren In honor of Everly Heeren In honor of Bo Hillard In honor of Vicky & Rick Horne In honor of Martha Ingram In honor of Bill & Elizabeth Minkoff In honor of Laura Niewold In honor of board member Harell Odom In honor of Harrell Odom and Barry Cook In honor of Sarah Reisner In honor of Evelyn Richmond In honor of Bethany Rozell

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. James C. Seabury III In honor of Ron and Diane Shafer's first granddaughter, Penelope Anna Marie Gellis In honor of Cassidy Thomason In honor of Alan Valentine In honor of Roger Weismeyer In honor of Paulette Wells-Harris In honor of Arthur & Lisa Wheeler

* denotes donors who are deceased

MEMORIAL In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Jan Anderson In memory of James R. (Pete) Austin In memory of Jessica Bloom In memory of Lawrence Bond In memory of Flora Borloz In memory of Mary Katherine "Kitty" Boyd In memory of James F. Brandenburg In memory of W. Ovid Collins Jr. In memory of Lito-Fabio Guerrero Corrales In memory of Leisa Crane In memory of Gerry Daniel In memory of Mr. J.D. Elliott

In memory of Sanford "Tex" Payne Fagadau In memory of Catherine Ann "Cathy" Fleming In memory of Helen Hall Golter In memory of Eleanor Goodman In memory of Mr. Francis S. Guess In memory of Bruce Hall In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hassenfeld In memory of Billy Ray Hearn In memory of Ilona and Jozef In memory of Rodney Irvin In memory of Nancy Hall Mason Johnston In memory of Barbara Knott In memory of Jim McCaslin

In memory of Mrs. J.C. Norris In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In memory of Ronnie Scott In memory of Glenn E. Smith In memory of H. Martin Weingartner In memory of Arthur P. "Art" Wheeler In memory of Candice Zimmermann In memory of Candice Zimmermann, her love and talent will touch our hearts forever~ Ron and Diane Shafer

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

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 April 30, 2016.

SEASON PRESENTERS

Gifts of $100,000+

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DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATES

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SAMUEL M. FLEMING FOUNDATION

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PRINCIPAL PLAYERS

Gifts of $25,000+

MIKE CURB FAMILY FOUNDATION

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WASHINGTON FOUNDATION

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ANNUAL FUND ORCHESTRA PARTNERS Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999 The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Ann Hardeman and Combs L. Fort Foundation Blakeford California Closets Caterpillar Financial Services Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated Country Music Association Corrections Corporation of America Flavor Catering FTB Advisors The HCA Foundation The Hendrix Foundation Humphreys and Partners Architects Made In Network Mednikow Jewelers Nashville Symphony Crescendo Club Neal & Harwell, PLC Peace Communications Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. Rebel Hill Florist Renasant Bank ARTISTIC UNDERWRITERS Gifts of $5,000- $9,999 Aladdin Industries, LLC American Paper & Twine Aston Martin, Maserti, Rolls-Royce & Bentley of Nashville Bass Berry & Sims BDO USA, LLP Blevins, Inc. BMI Bonnaroo Works Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee The Cockayne Fund Inc. Chet Atkins Music Education Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Clarcor Foundation Community Health Systems Direct Travel The Edwards Pharris Group at Morgan Stanley Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown Dan Hatef, M.D. KraftCPAs PLLC Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust The Lipman Group Sotheby's International Realty M. Stratton Foster Charitable Foundation NAXOS Nordstrom Community Giving Parking Management Company Pinnacle Financial Partners Premier Parking

Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation UBS Vanderbilt University Wells Fargo Foundation Wiseman Ashworth Law Group PLC WME and Becky Gardenhire BUSINESS PARTNER Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 AmSurg BioVentures, Inc. City of Brentwood Carter Haston Real Estate Services Inc. Cumberland Trust The Goddard School Gould Turner Group, P.C. Clint Newman, DDS Pancake Pantry Piedmont Natural Gas Tennsco Corporation Tokio Marine Management BUSINESS LEADER Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous (1) DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. GM-Spring Hill Manufacturing J. Alexander’s Corporation Marylee Chaski Charitable Corporation RD Plastics Co., Inc. The Village Fund Walker Lumber & Hardware Company BUSINESS ASSOCIATES Gifts of $500 - $999 ADEX! Homesellers The Buzz 102.9 / The Game 102.5 / Game2 94.9 / The LIGHT 102.1 Creation Gardens, Inc. The Heritage at Brentwood Hoskins & Company, P.C. INDUSCO Partners Healthcare Group Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC Stansell Electric Company, Inc. Sysco Nashville Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy IN-KIND Crowe Horwath LLP Flavor Catering The Garage Coffee Company The Glover Group Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown Hans and Nancy Stabell Household Hilton Nashville Downtown

James and Valorie Cole Household Jason and Chelsea Parker Household Laurence and Risë Tucker Household Lipman Brothers, Inc. Made In Network NAXOS of America Inc. Peace Communications Premier Parking Provence Breads & Café Puckett’s Grocery And Restaurant Rebel Hill Florist Sally Levine Household Sambuca Restaurant 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 General Mills 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 P&G Fund Matching Gift 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 Relations

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CAPITAL FUNDS 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.

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

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

$500,000+

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

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

$1M+

$50,000+

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Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson KPMG LLP Mrs. Heloise Werthan Kuhn John T. Lewis Gilbert Stroud Merritt Mr. & Mrs. 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

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

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

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.

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.

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

*denotes donors who are deceased

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C A P I TA L F U N D S

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.

LEGACY SOCIETY

N A S H V I LLE SYMPH ONY

LEGACY SOCIETY LEAVING A LEGACY

BUILDING A FUTURE

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he Nashville Symphony is grateful to those donors who have remembered the orchestra in their estate plans. Legacy gifts to the Nashville Symphony help Middle Tennessee’s resident orchestra achieve its mission of making beautiful music, reaching diverse audiences and improving life in our community for generations to come through the following: • World-class performances of enduring orchestral music, from Bach to Beethoven to Bernstein • Affordable ticket prices for music lovers of all ages and backgrounds • Commissions and recordings of America’s leading composers, who are keeping classical music relevant for 21st-century audiences • Life-changing education programs that provide inspiration, instruction and mentorship for students from kindergarten through high school • The acoustical brilliance of Schermerhorn Symphony Center, a venue built to serve the entire community

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 NashvilleSymphony.org/plannedgiving or call Kathryn Wroth at 615.687.6615.

Anonymous (4) Barbara B. & Michael W. Barton Russell & Oguz Bates Elisabetha C. Baugh Ann Bernard Congressman Diane Black and Dr. David L. Black Julie G. & Frank H. Boehm, MD Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Bottorff Charles W. Cagle Mr. and Mrs. Christopher John Casa Santa Paul Catt and Linda Etheredge George D. Clark Jr. Donna & Steven* Clark Dr. Cliff Cockerham & Dr. Sherry Cummings W. Ovid Collins, Jr.* Barbara J.* and John J.* Conder Marianne Connolly Kelly Corcoran Mr. & Mrs. Roy Covert Kevin & Katie Crumbo Janet Keese Davies The William M.* & Mildred P.* Duncan Family & Deborah Faye Duncan Annette & Irwin* Eskind Paula Fairchild Judy & Tom Foster Henry S. Fusner* 78

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Dr. Priscilla Partridge de Garcia & Dr. Pedro E. Garcia Harris A. Gilbert Allis Dale & John Gillmor James C. Gooch Ed & Nancy Goodrich Landis Bass Gullett* Connie & Carl T. Haley, Jr. David W. & Judith S. Hayes Billy Ray Hearn* Judith Hodges Judith Simmons Humphreys Martha Rivers Ingram Elliott Warner Jones & Marilyn Lee Jones Anne Knauff Heloise Werthan Kuhn Sally M. Levine John T. Lewis Todd M. Liebergen Claire* & Samuel* Loventhal Ernestine M. Lynfoot Ellen Harrison Martin Dr. Arthur McLeod Mellor Sharalena & Dick Miller Ellen Livingfield More Cynthia* & Richard* Morin Patricia W. & James F. Munro Anne T. & Peter L. Neff Jonathan Norris & Jennifer Carlat

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Harry & Shelley Page Juanita M. Patton * Drs. Mark & Nancy Peacock Pamela K. and Philip Maurice Pfeffer and the Pfeffer Foundation Joseph Presley Eric Raefsky, M.D.* & Victoria Heil David & Edria Ragosin Nancy Ray Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Fran C. Rogers Kristi Lynn Seehafer Mr. Martin E.* & Mrs. Judy F. Simmons Irvin & Beverly Small Mary & K.C. Smythe Dr. & Mrs. Anderson Spickard, Jr. Maribeth & Christopher Stahl Dr. John B. Thomison, Sr.* Mr. & Mrs.* Louis B. Todd, Jr. Judy & Steve Turner Robert Turner Alan D. & Janet L. Valentine Johnna Benedict Watson Dr. Colleen Conway Welch Lalah Gee Williams Barbara & Bud Zander Shirley Zeitlin Anne H. & Robert K.* Zelle

*deceased

S TA F F R O S T E R

N AS HV I L L E SYM PH ONY ADMI N I ST R ATIVE STA FF EXECUTIVE

Alan D. Valentine, President and CEO Karen Fairbend, Executive Assistant to President and CEO Steven Brosvik, COO Katy Lyles, Operations Coordinator Marye Walker Lewis, CFO

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

Laurence Tucker, Vice President of Artistic Administration Maiken Knudsen, Director of Artistic Administration Ellen Kasperek, Manager of Artistic Administration Eleanor Roberts, Artistic Coordinator Melissa McCarthy Steinberg, Principal Librarian Jennifer Goldberg, Librarian Andrew Risinger, Organ Curator

COMMUNICATIONS Jonathan Marx, V.P. of Communications Dave Felipe, Publicist Justin Bradford, Website and Social Media Community Manager Sean Shields, Art Director Kailey Sullivan, Graphic Design Associate

DATA STANDARDS

Tony Exler, Director of Data Standards Sheila Wilson, Sr. Database Associate LaNessa Griffey, Data Standards Assistant

DEVELOPMENT Jonathan Norris, V.P. of Development Kathy Devine, Sr. Director of Corporate Development Maribeth Stahl, Sr. Director of Development Delaney Gray, Director of Development Events Kathryn Wroth, Senior Patron Engagement Officer Celine Thackston, Grants and Research Manager

Michael Ceccarelli, Corporate Partnerships Officer Dennis Carter, Patron Engagement Officer Gina Haining, Patron Engagement Officer Sam LoCascio, Patron Engagement Officer Judith Wall, Patron Engagement Officer Jami Frazier, Stewardship Coordinator Cori Rodery, Development Assistant

EDUCATION

Walter Bitner, Director of Education and Community Engagement Kelley Bell, Education and Community Engagement Program Manager Kristen Freeman, Education and Community Engagement Coordinator

FINANCE

Karen Warren, Controller Bobby Saintsing, A/P & Payroll Manager Sheri Switzer, Senior Accountant Charlotte Schweizer, Retail Manager and Buyer

FOOD, BEVERAGE AND EVENTS

Johnathon McGee, Senior Event Sales Manager Schuyler Thomas, Senior Event Manager Anderson S. Barns, Beverage Manager Brandon Hogan, Event Supervisor

HUMAN RESOURCES

Ashley Skinner SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Vice President of Human Resources Katie Conwell SHRM-CP, Human Resources Manager Kathleen McCracken, Director of Volunteer Services and League Liaison

I.T.

Trenton Leach, Director of Information Technology

MARKETING

Lindsay Bergstrom, Box Office Manager Gena Staib, Assistant Box Office Manager Missy Hubner, Ticket Services Assistant Paul Shearer, Manager of Marketing Associates Sarah Rose Peacock, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Marketing Associates - Rich Bartkowiak, Henry Byington, Toni Conn, Jim Davidson, Kimberly DePue, Rick Katz, Misha Robledo, Cody Smith, Luke Watson Ticket Services Specialists - Liana Alpino, Harrison Bryant, Zac Cambria, Jean-Marie Clark, Ashlinn Dowling, Steven Gadzinski, Jeff Hoehne, Brett Mitchell, Emily Perino, Jesse Rosas, Elena Sokol, Geoff Sullivan

PRODUCTION & ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS

Sonja Winkler, Sr. Director of Operations and Orchestra Manager Carrie Marcantonio, Orchestra Personnel Manager John Sanders, Chief Technical Engineer Gary Call Hanley, Recording and Audio Engineer Mark Dahlen, Audio Engineer Mitch Hansen, Lighting Director W. Paul Holt, Stage Manager Josh Walliser, Production Manager Trevor Wilkinson, Assistant Production Manager Emily Yeakle, Assistant Lighting Director

VENUE MANAGEMENT

Eric Swartz, V.P. of Venue Management Kenneth Dillehay, Chief Engineer Wade Johnson, Housekeeping Manager James Harvell, Housekeeper Tony Meyers, Director of Security and Front of House Alan Woodard, Security Manager Larry Maday, Facility Maintenance Technician

Daniel B. Grossman, V.P. of Marketing Misty Cochran, Director of Marketing Emily Shannon, Director of Ticket Services

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WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF ACCELERANDO The Nashville Symphony is thrilled to announce the inaugural class of participants in its Accelerando initiative, a groundbreaking new music education program designed to facilitate the studies of gifted young musicians from diverse backgrounds and prepare them for careers in music.

All from Middle Tennessee, the students are: BERNARD EKWUAZI, trombone

ISABEL EVERNHAM, flute

AALIA HANIF, flute

Grade 9, Blackman High School, Rutherford County Schools

Grade 10, Central Magnet School, Rutherford County Schools

Grade 10, Central Magnet School, Rutherford County Schools

EMILY MARTINEZ, viola

CEDRIC QUINN, bassoon

ANTONIO THAI, violin

Grade 9, Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School, MNPS

Grade 10, McGavock High School, MNPS

Grade 7, Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet, MNPS

“This pioneering class represents everything that we envisioned when we announced Accelerando more than a year ago: talented and dedicated youngsters from different corners of our community who have the potential to shape the future of American orchestras,” says Walter Bitner, director of education and community engagement for the Nashville Symphony.

“I am thrilled to welcome these gifted young musicians into the Nashville Symphony family, and I know everyone in our organization is excited to follow their development and progress in the coming years.”

Each of the six participating students will begin private lessons this September in conjunction with participation in local youth orchestras, and will also be provided complimentary tickets to the Nashville Symphony’s 2016/17 Aegis Science Classical Series.

For more information, visit NashvilleSymphony.org/accelerando