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2017/18 NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GIANCARLO GUERRERO Music Director

ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ Assistant Conductor

TUCKER BIDDLECOMBE 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,

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

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Assistant Principal

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Kenneth Barnd Jessica Blackwell Rebecca Cole Paul Kim Jimin Lim Benjamin Lloyd Louise Morrison Laura Ross Jung-Min Shin Jeremy Williams

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MEET OUR MUSICIANS

ME E T O UR MUS IC IA NS PAUL KIM SECOND VIOLIN Hometown: Seattle, Washington | Joined the Nashville Symphony in 2017

What interested you in auditioning for the Nashville Symphony?

I happened to run into Maestro Guerrero a couple of times while I was studying at Cleveland Institute of Music; he held short readings where he led a rehearsal, and he also conducted a concert there. I always knew that he was a musician of great energy, and I had a lot to learn from him. When I saw his name as the music director of this ensemble, I felt like it would be a good place to audition.

website, because they were doing this new thing where you can stream videos of contestants playing online. I saw everybody from the semifinals in a week, and I heard Augustin Hadelich’s round, and I thought, “Wow, I think this guy might win. He’s really great. I think he’s really special.” I was young, so I had no idea what I was talking about, but I was really drawn to his performance. And lo and behold, he did end up winning. So I have personal connection to him, and I really admire his playing.

What do you love most about playing the violin?

What drives and excites me the most is collaboration — when I get to collaborate with people and then experience their music, and maybe play a part in influencing them as they influence me. Every day I walk into rehearsal, there’s someone new that I notice; I look around and I think, “Wow! Just really great! I want to be like that!”

Favorite piece of music?

Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony

Do you have a favorite movie score?

I remember the first time I watched a movie, and I kind of don’t remember the movie, but I remember the soundtrack really well. It was Cinema Paradiso, and the music in it was just so gorgeous and honestly very distracting, but in the best way possible.

What are the most important lessons you’ve learned from your teachers?

I’ve always felt like my career as a musician is an amalgamation of what my teachers have taught me.

What’s more important is that they have all taught me through example how to be a better person. In this field, it can be very easy to go through phases of big-headedness. When I look at my teachers, they’re so much greater than me and they are just as humble, and I feel like I should aspire to be that way as well.

Which concert are you most looking forward to this season?

I’m really excited to see Augustin Hadelich. When I was in middle school, my violin teacher told me to go online to the Indianapolis Violin Competition

Favorite classical musician?

Frank Peter Zimmerman First concert?

Probably the earliest I remember was Maxim Vengerov when I was really young. I just slept through the whole thing. It’s one of my biggest regrets.

First recording you owned?

The first one I remember buying for myself was Maxim Vengerov’s The Road I Traveled. I really loved that CD. It stayed in our car forever.

Favorite movie?

The Artist — it’s a silent movie about silent movies.

Favorite TV show?

How I Met Your Mother Favorite book?

Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. I’d never read a book like that.

Favorite food?

Food in general!

Read more interviews at NashvilleSymphony.org/meet-our-musicians

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MUSIC DIRECTOR

GIANCARLO GUERRERO

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iancarlo Guerrero is the five-time GRAMMY®winning Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, a post he has held since 2009 and has committed to through the 2024/25 season. Starting in the 2017/18 season, Guerrero will also take on the role of Music Director of the Wrocław Philharmonic at the National Forum of Music in Poland. A natural and instinctive musician, Guerrero “brings to the podium not only vitality and insight but also an appealing physical dynamism,” writes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A passionate proponent of new music, Guerrero has championed the works of several of America's most respected composers through commissions, recordings and world premieres. Guerrero’s advocacy has helped make Nashville a destination for contemporary music. He has presented eight world premieres with the Nashville Symphony, including the 2016 performance and recent GRAMMY®-winning recording of Michael Daugherty’s cello concerto Tales of Hemingway. The 2016/17 season also saw the release of new albums with the Nashville Symphony dedicated to the music of Richard Danielpour and Jennifer Higdon. Guerrero developed and guided the creation of Nashville Symphony’s Composer Lab & Workshop initiative, together with composer Aaron Jay Kernis, to further foster and promote new American orchestral music.

A well-traveled guest conductor, Guerrero enjoys relationships with orchestras around the world. In the 2017/18 season, his guest-conducting engagements include the Boston Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Residentie Orchestra in The Hague and Gulbenkian

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Orchestra in Lisbon, among others.

Maestro Guerrero has appeared with many of the prominent North American orchestras, including those of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Montréal, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver; the Philadelphia Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic; and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. He has developed a strong guestconducting profile in Europe and has worked with great success in recent seasons with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Deutsches Radio Philharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Guerrero made his debut with Houston Grand Opera in 2015 conducting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Early in his career, he worked regularly with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and has conducted new productions of Carmen, La bohème, and Rigoletto.

In 2008 he gave the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival to great acclaim.

Guerrero previously held posts as Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami (2011-16), Music Director of the Eugene Symphony (2002-09) and Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (1999-2004).

Guerrero is particularly engaged with conducting training orchestras and works regularly with the Curtis School of Music, Colburn School in Los Angeles and Yale Philharmonia. In recent years, he has developed a relationship with the National Youth Orchestra (NYO2) in New York, created and operated by the Weill Institute of Music at Carnegie Hall.

ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ

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nrico Lopez-Yañez is the newly appointed Assistant Conductor of the Nashville Symphony.

Lopez-Yañez comes to Nashville following two seasons as Assistant Conductor (and, previously, Conducting Fellow) of the Omaha Symphony, where he led more than 100 performances on the orchestra’s Family, Education, Community and Symphony Rocks concert series. In the summer of 2016, Lopez-Yañez served as Assistant Conductor to Christoph Eschenbach and Valeri Gergiev for the National Youth Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall, New York state, and European tour performances.

Sharing an equal love for opera, Lopez-Yañez recently served as Assistant Conductor and Chorus Master for the Berkshire Opera Festival, where his work was met with rave reviews. He has led opera gala concerts in San Diego and Aguascalientes, Mexico; led a production of Madama Butterfly with Main Street Opera in Chicago; and served as Assistant Conductor for Opera Omaha’s production of La bohème.

While in graduate school, Lopez-Yañez served as Assistant Conductor to the Capital City Symphony and Music Director for the University of Maryland’s Repertoire Orchestra. Lopez-Yañez also attended the Castleton Music Festival, where Lorin Maazel invited him as a Conducting Associate. His international appearances have included guest conducting with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Zacatecas, Mexico; the Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes, Mexico; the Prague Summer Nights Orchestra in Czech Republic; and the 2011 Festival de Musica in Londrina, Brazil.

Lopez-Yañez’s principal teachers were Jim Ross and Thomas Wilkins, with additional studies and masterclasses from Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas and Ken Kiesler. He holds a Master’s in Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Maryland. Before studying at Maryland, Lopez-Yañez received his Baccalaureate and Master’s in Music from UCLA, where he studied trumpet with Jens Lindemann and graduated summa cum laude.

CHORUS DIRECTOR

TUCKER BIDDLECOMBE

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his season marks Tucker Biddlecombe's first as Chorus Director of the Nashville Symphony Chorus, after having served as interim director for the 2016/17 season. He also serves as Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where he directs the Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir and teaches courses in choral conducting and music education.

His work with the Nashville Symphony has included Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and a world premiere recording of John Harbison’s Requiem for Naxos. Other notable works with Vanderbilt Choirs have included Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Haydn’s Creation and an upcoming staged performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in April 2018. The Vanderbilt Chorale will release their first solo album, Music in the Listening Place (Navona), in March 2018.

Biddlecombe can also be heard as tenor soloist and conductor on And the Time Is (Klavier), a recording of the music of Jack Stamp (Klavier) featuring the Vanderbilt Chorale and Wind Symphony.

Biddlecombe serves as director of Blair’s fiveyear Bachelor of Music/Teacher Education degree (Ma5) program offered in conjunction with Peabody College at Vanderbilt. He has served as a clinician to choirs in 22 states and has conducted all-state choruses in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and New York.

Off the podium, Biddlecombe is active as a tenor and keyboardist. He has guest-conducted performances with Music City Baroque and the Nashville Early Music Festival, and serves as organist and musician at Harpeth Presbyterian Church in Brentwood. Biddlecombe is active in public school music programs in Nashville, working with teachers as a side-by side coach. His web initiative, the Nashville Choral Consortium, tracks each choral ensemble throughout the season and serves as a hub for choral performance throughout Middle Tennessee.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Biddlecombe is a graduate of SUNY Potsdam and Florida State University. He resides in Nashville with his wife Mary Biddlecombe, Artistic Director of the Blair Children’s Chorus.

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HAYDN’S CREATION

NASHVILLE SYMPHONY AND CHORUS CLASSICAL SERIES FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 & 4, AT 8 PM

NASHVILLE SYMPHONY NASHVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, conductor TUCKER BIDDLECOMBE, chorus director ASHLEY VALENTINE, soprano ISAIAH BELL, tenor ANTHONY REED, bass

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN The Creation, H. XXI:2

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TONIGHT’S CONCERT AT A GLANCE

JOSEPH HAYDN The Creation • The enormously prolific composer of more than 100 symphonies, Haydn took at least a year-and-a-half to compose The Creation, which is considered by many to be his masterpiece. “Only when I had reached the half-way mark in my composition did I perceive that it was succeeding,” he said after its completion.

• The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the book of Genesis. Part One captures the emergence of light and life from darkness and chaos, while Part Two depicts the creation of the animals, with musical motifs representing a lion, a tiger, insects and other creatures. Part Three describes Adam and Eve’s first day.

• This nearly two-hour oratorio was stylistically inspired by Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, which the Austrian composer heard during his trips to London. The libretto — which was rumored to have been offered to Handel himself — was initially provided by impresario Johann Peter Salomon in the form of a poem called The Creation of the World.

• Haydn took this source poem and handed it to the Baron Gottfried van Swieten, who adapted the libretto into German and then had this new version translated back into English.

• In addition to drawing from the book of Genesis, the text takes some of its material from John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Key characters include the archangels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael, as well as Adam and Eve, all of whom are represented by vocal soloists.

• Mirroring the diversity of creation itself, Haydn weaves a whole spectrum of music history into his score: Handelian textures for his choral double fugues; the Classical symphony that he himself spearheaded; heroic arias from opera; and the popular idiom of the Singspiel.

• The Creation won Haydn the most resounding praise of his career, and it led to several other choral works by the composer, including a series of Masses and the oratorio The Seasons.

• Now in his fifth decade on the podium, Nicholas McGegan is recognized as one of the most accomplished Baroque conductors working today. Wellknown to Nashville audiences from previous engagements conducting Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, he is an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

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Born on March 31, 1732 in Rohrau, Lower Austria; died on May 31, 1809 in Vienna

Composed: 1796-98 First performance: April 29, 1798, in a private performance in Vienna; the public premiere took place March, 19, 1799, also in Vienna First Nashville Symphony performance: November 22 & 23, 1976, with music director Michael Charry, soprano Barbara Hendricks, tenor John Aler and bass David Ford Estimated length: 100 minutes (not including intermission)

The Creation

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espite his status as Europe’s leading composer of instrumental music at the end of the 18th century, Joseph Haydn endured a notable degree of self-doubt while at work on The Creation. This score was one with which he wrestled mightily — a fact easy to overlook for this enormously prolific composer — and he let it preoccupy him for at least a year and a half, between 1796 and 1798. “Only when I had reached the half-way mark in my composition did I perceive that it was succeeding,” Haydn declared, “and I was never so devout as during the time when I was working on The Creation.”

Haydn had succeeded in creating his own identity as a freelance artist during a period of epochal social change in Europe — even while he was still officially a servant of His Serene Highness Prince Esterházy, for whom he served as court music director. This autonomous identity, spread across Europe thanks to the power of publishing houses in Paris and foreign commissions, eventually brought Haydn to London in the 1790s for two triumphant, extensive residencies that would have made a glorious final chapter to his career. Yet the aging master refused to rest on these laurels. He would reinvent himself one more time, turning from his unmatched achievements in the symphony to sacred music.

Already in the 1770s, Haydn had experimented with the oratorio, drawing on the genre’s Italian Baroque heritage. But the ambition fueling The Creation, which he modeled on the English threepart oratorio, was entirely different in ambition and scope.

What inspired Haydn to take up this new challenge after his return to Vienna in 1795? The London experience had exposed him to stirring performances of several of Handel’s oratorios (in particular, Israel in Egypt and Messiah). Haydn was deeply impressed not only by the music, but also

by Handel’s ability to move a diverse audience.

Johann Peter Salomon, the impresario who had organized Haydn’s London concerts, had provided him with an English libretto recounting the biblical creation story — a libretto allegedly once offered to Handel himself. Perhaps this added a competitive thrill to Haydn’s undertaking. The decisive catalyst was provided in Vienna by Baron Gottfried van Swieten, the music-loving diplomat and court librarian. Enamored of the Baroque heritage, van Swieten had earlier enlisted Mozart to “update” several Handel oratorios (including Messiah) for their belated Viennese premieres.

For Haydn, van Swieten not only arranged a handsome commission; he also extensively tailored the original English libretto. Its actual authorship remains a matter of scholarly debate.

In translating The Creation into Die Schöpfung, the Baron generally shortened the original lengthy text but elaborated or rewrote several numbers, then translated the new version back into English.

Haydn set both the German and English texts and — a first for music publishing — had the two languages printed side by side in a bilingual edition.

The Creation won Haydn the most resounding praise of his career, beginning with a semiprivate premiere in April 1798, followed by the highly acclaimed first public performances in Vienna’s Burgtheater in 1799. The composer further explored his newfound mastery of choral music in a final series of Masses and in a “sequel” oratorio, The Seasons (the libretto for which was unequivocally authored by van Swieten). But it was above all thanks to The Creation that Haydn spent his twilight years admired as a celebritysage. During Napoleon’s bombardment and occupation of Vienna, the emperor (who himself had survived a bombing attempt on the night of the work’s Paris premiere in 1800) gave orders to INCONCERT

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The Creation’s three parts trace the six days of the divine Creation of the world, culminating in a day of paradisal rest. The text draws on the first and second chapters of Genesis (originally from the King James Bible) and includes poetic meditations on the biblical narrative, rendered as paraphrases from Milton’s Paradise Lost (especially from Books VII and VIII).

Part One depicts the first four days, involving the creation of light; the separation of heaven, the earth and the seas; and formation of the heavenly bodies. Days five and six make up Part Two, which depicts the creation of animals and, finally, of humans. In Part Three, where only Milton’s source is used, the subject is Adam and Eve’s first day, during which they offer thanksgiving to the Creator and then discover love.

Haydn transforms the libretto’s various numbers into chains of interconnected musical structures. Recitatives — both with mere continuo backing and with richly detailed “accompanied” settings — introduce full-scale pieces for the soloists, while each day of the Creation story concludes with a choral celebration.

Along with chorus and an expanded Classical orchestra calling for a third flute, contrabassoon and trombones, Haydn scores for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, who appear, respectively, as the archangels Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael. (Not present in the scriptural account, these three roles appear as part of the epic cast in Paradise Lost.) In the third part, the soprano and bass take the parts of Eve and Adam. The concluding number adds an alto to complete a solo quartet, whose sonority is contrasted with that of the full chorus.

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he most imposing challenge that Haydn set for himself occurs, fittingly enough, right at the beginning — or rather, before the beginning, in the orchestral prelude titled “The Representation of Chaos.” Here Haydn brings his expertise as a symphonist to the fore, but he invents an original instrumental language by intentionally distorting the very traits that made him a master symphonist (clarity of form above all) and exaggerating the “tricks” that had been the foundation of his witty style: deceptive cadences, surprising dynamic shifts and tonal detours. The human voice enters in a subdued bass recitative (the angelic role of Raphael), followed by a hushed chorus, which then famously blazes into white-hot C major at the appearance of light. This single ploy — the sudden eruption of triumphant major after painful wandering in the minor — established a paradigm that Beethoven would later use to give the symphony a metaphysical intensity.

Here and elsewhere in the first two movements, Haydn also illustrates one of The Creation’s guiding musical principles: in the beginning was the tone, so to speak, which precedes the word, the verbal image conjured by the singers. With remarkable

consistency, the score offers musical depictions before the objects that they describe are identified.

The Creation is a virtuoso score in terms of such gestures of musical imitation. These are scattered throughout the accompanied recitatives, as in the delightful calling forth of the creatures of the land, and developed in more detail in the solo arias (Gabriel’s hymns to flowering vegetation and to the variety of birds, for example). The composer’s approach here was later viewed as a liability, derided as “naïve” by Romantics and Modernists.

Haydn’s music transcends local details of clever representation and generates its own structures of tension and release. The libretto’s retelling of the Creation story encodes an Enlightenmentinspired focus on rational order — one allied to the Masonic image of God-as-architect, with which the composer very likely sympathized.

Haydn’s own architecture includes gestures of reenactment to reinforce the most significant patterns of the created universe. Thus the opening refinement of chaos into light is echoed twice more: in the rising of the sun in Part Two and in the first human dawn that opens Part Three. The Masonic faith in enlightening reason serves as a

The Creation’s three parts trace the six days of the divine Creation of the world, culminating in a day of paradisal rest.

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heroic arias from opera; and the popular idiom of the Singspiel. In Adam and Eve’s duet, he even foreshadows the program music of the Romantics who would follow him. Past, present and future become entangled as Haydn instils into the familiar story of Creation a sense of fresh wonder.

The Creation is scored for solo soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and an orchestra of 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, harpsichord 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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s he embarks on his fifth decade on the podium, Nicholas McGegan — long hailed as “one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation” (The Independent) and “an expert in 18th-century style” (The New Yorker) — is recognized for his probing and revelatory explorations of music of all periods. The 2017/18 season marked his 32nd year as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, and he is also principal guest conductor of the Pasadena Symphony.

Best known as a Baroque and Classical specialist, McGegan has appeared with many of the world’s major orchestras. At home in opera houses, he shone new light on close to 20 Handel operas as the artistic director and conductor at the Göttingen Handel Festival for 20 years (19912001) and on the Mozart canon as principal guest conductor at Scottish Opera in the 1990s.

McGegan’s 2017/18 guest appearances include his return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic

at the Hollywood Bowl for two programs (his 21st consecutive appearance at the Hollywood Bowl) and return engagements with the Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pasadena, Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis and New Jersey orchestras.

A residency at The Juilliard School this fall will lead to performances in New York and a side-byside with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Juilliard415 on the West Coast. He will make his annual return to the Aspen Music Festival as well.

Abroad, he appears at Casa da Musica (Portugal) and with SWR Sinfonieorchester, Gottingen Symphonieorchester and Jerusalem Symphony.

McGegan’s prolific discography includes more than 100 releases spanning five decades. Having recorded over 50 albums of Handel, McGegan has explored the depths of the composer’s output with a dozen oratorios and close to 20 of his operas.

Under its own label, Philharmonia Baroque Productions (PBP), Philharmonia has recently released almost a dozen acclaimed albums of Handel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven and more. McGegan’s latest release with PBO is the first-ever recording of the recently rediscovered 300-year-old work La Gloria di Primavera by Alessandro Scarlatti, recorded live at the U.S. premiere.

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compass, though Haydn does not stint on drama and emotion. The rhetoric of Sturm und Drang returns in Uriel’s number with chorus at the end of the First Day, which mixes praise for creation with acknowledgment of darker forces. Together, both elements generate a powerful miniature tone poem of contrasts.

With the shift toward the human perspective in Part Three — note that it is Eve who has the honor of singing first — Haydn writes the most extensive number of the work in the first humans’ song of thanksgiving, which is amplified by the chorus. The act of conscious praise is, after all, what Haydn himself aimed to imitate and initiate through his own creative effort — and what we as listeners are invited to share. Mirroring the diversity of Creation, Haydn weaves a whole spectrum of music history into his score: Handelian textures for his choral double fugues; the Classical symphony that he had spearheaded;

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McGegan is committed to the next generation of musicians, frequently conducting and coaching students in residencies and engagements at Yale University, The Juilliard School, Harvard University, the Colburn School, Aspen Music Festival and School, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. In 2013 he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and in 2016 was the Christoph Wolff Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Harvard.

The English-born McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford. He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to music overseas.” Most recently, he was invited to join the board of Early Music America.

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passionate performer of early music, soprano Ashley Valentine recently performed the title role in Handel’s Rodelinda at Indiana University, where she studied historical performance. She has sung with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra as a soloist in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang and with the American Bach Soloists, portraying the role of Orfeo in the American premiere of Handel’s Parnasso in festa. Other performances include Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, concerts with Cappella SF under Ragnar Bohlin, Haydn’s Creation with the Bloomington Chamber Singers, and Bach Cantatas with the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project.

Valentine holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied under mezzo-soprano Catherine Cook. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying under soprano Lillian Watson.

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ailed in The New York Times for “a performance of haunting beauty, ideally depicting emotional distraction with ultimate economy and glowing vocal skill,” Canadian-American tenor Isaiah Bell looks forward to a season highlighted by the works of Handel, Britten and Weill. His current season includes Messiah with the Toronto Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic (both conducted by Nicholas McGegan), Bernstein’s Mass with Bethlehem Bach, Britten’s Curlew River at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and Weill’s Sieben Todsünden for the Toronto Symphony’s Decades series, conducted by Peter Oundjian.

Bell also looks forward to Messiah with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Seattle Symphony. In 2018, he will appear as Urimeco/Sailor in Opera Atelier’s production of Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses as well as a return to Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole singing the male lead in the premiere of Pierre Bartholomée’s Nous Sommes Eternels.

On the opera and concert stage, Bell continues to be recognized for his “beautiful tenor, command of style and natural stage presence,” his “willingness to invest himself wholly into the character,” the “fervency and clarity” and “overwhelming emotional force” of his performances, and his “uncommonly warm light tenor, smooth musical line and sound artistic choices,” to quote recent reviews of his work.

Bell received his formal training at the University of Victoria, from which he holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance. Subsequently, he was an ensemble member in the Young Artist Program of Pacific Opera Victoria, Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Program and l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, with supplementary training gained at the Tanglewood Music Centre, Salzburg’s Universität Mozarteum, Edmonton’s Opera NUOVA and the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

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Hailed by the Baltimore Sun for his “warm, promising bass,” Anthony Reed joined the San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow in January 2015. A versatile singer and actor, he has amassed operatic credits including Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), King of Egypt (Aida), Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore), Death (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), Spencer Coyle (Owen Wingrave) and many others.

This season’s engagements include Count Ceprano (Rigoletto), Tutor of Orest (Elektra) and Doctor Grenville (La Traviata), all with the San Francisco Opera.

In addition to his mainstage debut with Fort Worth Opera, the Alexandria, Minnesota, native has performed with orchestras including the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque and Curtis Symphony Orchestra, among others. Notable performances including bass soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Adam in Haydn’s Creation, and the bass solos of Bach’s B Minor Mass, Handel’s Messiah and Handel’s Missa in Tempore Belli.

A winner of the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Regional Encouragement Award, Reed is a distinguished alumnus of the Merola Opera Program, the Wolf Trap Studio, Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He has studied under the tutelage of William Stone, Mikael Eliasen, Sheri Greenawald, Danielle Orlando, George Manahan and Darren Keith Woods.

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erklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every kind of television.

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Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by over 150,000 fans. He has also worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic in London, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Dallas Symphony and others.

Havens composed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013 he worked with the Baltimore Symphony and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show, adapting both classical music and rock songs into

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a single, four-minute show. He is the arranger/ forS a series of symphonic rock Bguest R E Nconductor T HAVEN programs, the Music of Led Zeppelin, CO N D UCincluding TOR the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of Queen, the Music of Michael Jackson, the Music of Whitney

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ver the course of more than a dozen years and six studio albums, Amos Lee has continued to evolve, develop and challenge himself as a musician. With his most recent release, Spirit, he makes his biggest creative leap yet.

Most notably, for the first time, Lee acted as his own producer. While his last two albums bore the stamp of strong producers — Joey Burns of Calexico on 2011’s Mission Bell and Jay Joyce on 2013’s Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song — Lee finally felt ready to take over the helm.

“I’ve been wanting to produce my own record for a long time,” he says, explaining that he met with numerous candidates before concluding that he should make the move. “What I wanted to provide was a place for musicians to come and

feel they were able to express themselves, and contribute in their own voice the way I was able to contribute in mine.”

Lee’s sense of ambition for Spirit largely derived from his own live performing experiences in recent years. “Working with folks like the L.A. Philharmonic and the Mobile, Alabama, Community Gospel Choir opened my mind to the possibility of pushing the edges of arrangement away from solitary moments into more collaborative, community experiences,” he says.

“These were transformative creative opportunities that I never dreamed I would have. To stand onstage and be equal parts participant and observer during these career-defining moments was such a thrill, and I credit the singers, arrangers

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and conductors for being so open and generous to the songs.”

For Amos Lee, Spirit is the fulfillment of dreams and aspirations — musical, personal and professional — that he’s had for a long time.

“All you can ask for as an artist is the chance to create what you hear and feel inside of yourself,”

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rchestral and operatic conductor Jayce Ogren was recently named the new Artistic Director of Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia. His recent engagements include return visits to the Colorado Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, concerts at the Breckenridge Festival, and performances with Dallas, Indianapolis and Edmonton symphonies. In addition to debuts with Columbus and Asheville Symphonies and with the Louisville Orchestra, he also debuts this season with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Terence Malick’s The Voyage of Time and with the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

With Orchestra 2001, Ogren leads staged performances of Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King at the Philly Fringe Festival and Steve Mackey’s Slide in Princeton at the Sound Kitchen, National Sawdust in Brooklyn and at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia. Also in Philadelphia, Ogren leads the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang for sounds that only broken instruments

he says. “The performances by everyone gave me such a strong place to draw from, and being more connected to the arrangements made it easier and more fun to sing. For my first time producing, I could not have been luckier — I was able to get into the heart of every single moment of this record.”

can make. Some 400 of these instruments found in the Philadelphia school system will be played by orchestra professionals, Curtis Institute and Temple faculty and students, plus school kids, after which the instruments will be repaired and returned to the schools for future use.

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A native of Washington, Ogren received his Bachelor’s Degree in Composition from St. Olaf College and a Master’s Degree in Conducting from the New England Conservatory. With a Fulbright Grant, he completed a postgraduate diploma in orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and spent two summers at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. He was appointed by Franz Welser-Möst as Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director of the Cleveland Youth Orchestra, and has led The Cleveland Orchestra in regular season subscription concerts and at The Blossom Festival.

As a composer, Ogren’s works have been performed at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, the Brevard Music Center, the American Choral Directors Association Conference and the World Saxophone Congress.

Amos Lee’s latest album Spirit is the fulfillment of dreams and aspirations — musical, personal and professional — that he’s had for a long time. “All you can ask for as an artist is the chance to create what you hear and feel inside of yourself,” he says.

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In addition to her classical work, Thomas is also a worship leader, hired to lead music for women’s retreats and conferences across the country. She worked as a director of worship for First Baptist Church of Geneva and First Baptist Church Wheaton. Thomas has also produced a number of concerts for the Moody Radio Network and was a featured soloist, pianist and arranger for several radio programs.

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TONIGHT’S CONCERT AT A GLANCE DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto • Like other artists in the U.S.S.R., Shostakovich was under the constant scrutiny of Soviet authorities and had to be extremely careful about expressing his individualism. After receiving backlash from the official state newspaper Pravda for his popular 1936 opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the composer felt compelled to step back and decided to withhold his Symphony No. 4 from publication.

• Shostakovich rehabilitated his reputation with his Symphony No. 5 and his Leningrad Symphony. But by the time he wrote his First Violin Concerto in 1948, he was under scrutiny again. As a result, he kept the score locked in a drawer for several years, concerned that the work wouldn’t be approved

by Soviet authorities. As a result, the concerto didn’t receive its premiere until 1957, several years after Stalin’s death.

• Like J.S. Bach before him, Shostakovich encrypted messages in his music.

In the Violin Concerto, he inserted his “musical signature” of D, E-flat, C, B into the second movement. These notes, when read using the German notation, spell the letters DSCH. This signature is played by the woodwinds and by the soloist, who repeats it with intensity.

• The composer dedicated his concerto to Soviet violinist David Oistrakh, who premiered it and then toured with it in America. A highly demanding work, the score hardly allows the soloist to take a break.

• Shostakovich’s orchestration for the ensemble is notable because he chose to include no trumpets or trombones. Even so, the music maintains a broad scope, from deep bass sounds to delicate brushstrokes from the celeste and harps.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 • Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony No. 3 is one of two works inspired by a trip that the 20-year-old composer made to Scotland. This piece, in particular, was inspired by the ruins of Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh: “Everything round is broken and mouldering and the bright sky shines in,” he wrote. “I believe I have found today…the beginning of my Scottish Symphony.”

• The castle was notable as the residence of Mary Queen of Scots in the mid-16th century, and it was there that the monarch witnessed the murder of her private secretary, who was suspected of being her lover.

• It would take Mendelssohn another decade to complete his symphony.

The music is vivid and expressive, but without making any specific references to Scottish scenery or lore. The Scherzo movement contains the most “Scottish”-sounding music, as Mendelssohn uses dotted rhythms to evoke Scottish folk and dance music.

• Robert Schumann, interestingly, thought that the symphony had a distinctly Italian flavor.

• Although numbered as the third of his five symphonies, the “Scottish” was Mendelssohn’s last completed symphony and was dedicated to Queen Victoria, who called him “the greatest musical genius since Mozart.”

— Corinne Fombelle & Thomas May

Born on September 25, 1906, in Saint Petersburg, Russia; died on August 9, 1975, in Moscow

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DMITR I SHOSTA KOVICH Composed: 1947-48 First performance: October 29, 1957, with David Oistrakh as the soloist and Eugene Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic First Nashville Symphony performance: January 18-20, 2007, with guest conductor Keith Lockhart and soloist Leila Josefowicz Estimated length: 35 minutes

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lthough we’ve reached the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution, the debate surrounding Dmitri Shostakovich and his legacy continues to generate passionate speculation.

When the composer died in 1975, the prevailing view in the West was of a national cultural hero who, despite his clashes with authority in harsher times, remained a true believer and dedicated servant of the Soviet state.

Yet Shostakovich remains among the most enigmatic geniuses of 20th-century music in large part because his identity was — and remains — such a question mark. Even with the benefit of hindsight, it’s not easy to determine exactly how life in the Soviet Union caused his political and ideological values to become entangled with artistic ones. More than four decades after the composer’s death, and a generation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, questions remain about the relationship between Shostakovich’s identity and his musical expression — and they are of particular relevance to the First Violin Concerto, which he voluntarily suppressed for nearly a decade. The Concerto provides a vivid example of what was at stake for Soviet-era artists even when it came to producing the most “abstract” pieces of concert music.

In the years since Shostakovich’s death, many critics and historians have claimed that there are hidden meanings and nested enigmas lurking in his scores, which continue to move listeners in the 21st century. The composer’s story touches on fundamental questions about the kinds of meaning music can convey. The concerto format in particular, with its built-in dichotomy of the soloist and the collective ensemble, offered Shostakovich a powerfully ambiguous metaphor

for the fate of the individual. Whether we hear a heroic assertion of the self, harmonic convergence with the group, or even total subjugation to it: all of these choices could be interpreted in political and existential terms, as well as musical ones.

As with his symphonies, the concerto genre posed dangers for Shostakovich. Indeed, five of his six concertos (two each for piano, violin and cello) did not appear until after Stalin’s death in 1953.

The dictator had first targeted the composer by having an opinion piece published in the official Communist newspaper, Pravda, in 1936.

Disguised as a review of Shostakovich’s wildly successful opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, it was a strong denunciation of “decadence” in his art — and a warning. In response, Shostakovich decided to withdraw his recently completed Fourth Symphony — one of his most audaciously experimental scores — before the premiere. He meanwhile rehabilitated his public image with the more populist Fifth Symphony and, during World War II, with his rousing Leningrad Symphony.

But in 1948 the pendulum swung back, and another denunciation followed when the Supreme Soviet declared war on composers who had allegedly fallen prey to the “corrupt” influences of Western Modernism. Shostakovich, among those named, was just then at work on his Violin Concerto No. 1 for the virtuoso David Oistrakh, its dedicatee. He proceeded to complete the score but withheld it (and several other projects) from the public.

Aspects of the Violin Concerto anticipate the sound world of Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, composed not long thereafter. The latter score contains his scathing portrait of Stalin and was premiered soon after the tyrant’s death in 1953.

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The new political atmosphere encouraged the composer to unveil his earlier Violin Concerto, which Oistrakh also introduced to the West.

Although the score was initially published as Op.

99 in 1956, Shostakovich later asked to have it catalogued as Op. 77 so as to reflect the moment in his career when it had originated.

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hostakovich’s decision to cast the First Violin Concerto in four movements is a clue that his impetus went beyond writing a conventional virtuoso concerto, with its predictable fast-slowfast arrangement. There is a symmetry to the plan, such that the first and third movements are expansive and contain music of gravitas, while the second and fourth are relatively brief and fast-paced. Oistrakh, who consulted with the composer about the solo part (as Shostakovich himself was not a string player but a pianist), observed that the Concerto overall “does not fall easily into one’s hands.” It betrays a “surprising seriousness and depth of artistic content, an absolute symphonic thinking” and poses challenges for the soloist, whose part Oistrakh compared to a Shakespearean role requiring “complete emotional and intellectual commitment.”

Also unusual is the soundscape Shostakovich builds. His orchestra is large, but it omits trumpets and trombones (standard participants in a canvas of this size), calling on deep, abysmal bass sounds as well as ethereally delicate ones, with brushstrokes from the celeste and harps.

The opening movement is a nocturne whose drenching pathos has also been perceived as a search for earnest release amid a backdrop of stifled expression. Early on, the violin emerges in a lengthy rumination, setting the pattern for its contemplative, at times almost withdrawn attitude.

The Scherzo’s demonic, savage energy poses a riveting contrast. Of special note here, this marks the first instance of Shostakovich inscribing his initials into his music (the D — E-flat —

C — B motto, which “translates” as “D. Sch” using German spelling). This is by no means unprecedented — J.S. Bach often used musical cryptograms — but it is a bold move in that it explicitly inserts the creator into his score. In this oppressive cultural context, the composer relied on using coded messages — above all to communicate defiance and dissent, if that is what is to be read into such gestures (though the debate continues, unresolved).

At the heart of the Concerto is its longest movement, a vast Passacaglia of tremendous emotional grandeur. This variation format, which unfolds over a constantly repeated bass line in triple meter, pays tribute to the Baroque era, during which it was used frequently. Shostakovich builds the Passacaglia over an immense bass of 17 measures, revolving through eight variations after the initial statement, each shifting to a different collection of orchestral colors.

After covering a spectrum of playing styles throughout these variations, the ensemble dies out and the violinist embarks on an extraordinary cadenza bridging the way into the rapid-fire finale, described by the composer as a “burlesque” and permeated by his characteristic irony.

In addition to the solo violin, the Violin Concerto No. 1 is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, tuba, timpani, tambourine, tam-tam, xylophone, celeste, 2 harps and strings.

Shostakovich’s decision to cast the First Violin Concerto in four movements is a clue that his impetus went beyond writing a conventional virtuoso concerto, with its predictable fast-slow-fast arrangement.

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Born on February 3, 1809, in Hamburg, Germany; died on November 4, 1847, in Leipzig, Germany

Composed: 1829-42 First performance: March 3, 1842, with the composer conducting the Leizpzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

First Nashville Symphony performance: December 14, 1954, with music director Guy Taylor Estimated length: 42 minutes

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 (“Scottish”)

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n 1829, long before Brexit, young Felix Mendelssohn heartily took up the promise of the “European” spirit and embarked on an extensive grand tour of the continent. During its course, he stored up impressions for a number of future compositions that would become masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire. These include The Hebrides Overture and the Third Symphony, as well as another of his finest compositions, the Fourth Symphony (“Italian”), prompted by his travels in Southern Europe.

1829 was also the year when one of the most astounding prodigies in music history entered his 20s. Mendelssohn’s famous revival of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion that spring helped shore up his reputation as a leading and influential musical thinker. Several months afterward, he was a magnet among London’s glitterati but needed a refreshing break — and found it in the scenic beauty of Scotland. An excursion to one of the uninhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides give Mendelssohn the kernel idea for his Hebrides Overture, a pioneering work that helped pave the way toward the quintessential Romantic genre of the tone poem.

Another spontaneous musical inspiration occurred during the composer’s trip to Edinburgh — sparked by the palpable sense of history that imbues the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the British monarch’s official residence in Scotland.

This melancholy musical idea remained dormant, though, for a dozen years before he began grappling with the “Scottish” Symphony.

The Third is actually Mendelssohn’s last in chronological terms; both the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies were published after his death, thus acquiring their later numbers.

Mary, Queen of Scots, lived in Holyrood

Palace until she was forced to abdicate. Even today, a haunting gloom pervades the rooms, where she was forced to witness the notorious murder in 1566 of her private secretary (suspected of being her lover). In one of his dispatches home, Mendelssohn recounted a thrilling visit at twilight to Holyrood, “where Queen Mary lived and loved.” He was also fascinated by the poetic ruins of the early medieval abbey church next to the palace: “Everything there is ruined, decayed and open to the clear sky. I believe that I have found there today the beginning of my Scotch Symphony.”

As with The Hebrides Overture, Mendelssohn left no explicit program for the “Scottish” Symphony. Still, his allusion to Mary Tudor is often cited as a subtext for at least some aspects of the work. Other impressions from the Scottish tour — from Celtic legend and folklore to the Highland Games and the fiction of Sir Walter Scott — have been said to play a role as well.

Yet for all its Romantic associations, the music refers to no specific literary source in the manner of, say, the Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Rather, the Third Symphony integrates the evocative power of early Romanticism with the composer’s mature admiration for classical balance and consistent musical design.

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endelssohn weaves his score into a seamless whole, with no interruption between the four movements. The opening movement begins with a slow introduction suffused with a mood of gloomy obsession: this is the musical idea that occurred to him at Holyrood Palace, and its dotted rhythm recurs in various guises later in the work. The movement proper launches in a spirit of restless agitation; after another variant of the opening motif comes a second, singing theme.

Mendelssohn adds a remarkably eventful and stormy coda to shed new light on what has gone before.

A compact Scherzo contains the most “Scottish”-sounding music. Here Mendelssohn uses dotted rhythms to evoke Scottish folk and dance music, along with tunes of diatonic simplicity. Curiously, when his friend Schumann first heard this music, he raved about the Symphony’s marvelous Italian local color: a reminder, perhaps, of the subjective basis of musical perception.

At the emotional center of the work, the Adagio develops two distinctive ideas: a poignant, long-spanning melody in the strings and a ceremonial march of dirge-like gravity. Regardless of whether Mendelssohn intended to depict a

tonal portrait of Mary Stuart’s secret love and her tragic fate, his dexterity as an orchestrator is clear in the serenade-like pizzicato accompaniment and the afterthoughts spun by the woodwinds.

In the wake of such intimate music, the finale opens up a more epic perspective. Mendelssohn even asks for the Allegro to be played with “warlike” intensity. Biographer R. Larry Todd remarks that the energy of this music, “with its jagged dissonances and contrapuntal strife, generalizes the topic of conflict in Scottish history.” But then, in an extended epilogue to be played in a “majestic” manner, Mendelssohn turns from the minor to a confident, hymn-like melody in A major to bring the work to a stately and dignified close.

The Symphony No. 3 is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings.

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

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One highlight of Hadelich’s 2017/18 season will be a return to the Boston Symphony, playing the Ligeti Concerto with Thomas Adès on the podium. For this performance, he will play the U.S. premiere of Adès’ new cadenza for the concerto. Additional highlights include performances with the San Francisco Symphony, 44

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as well as the orchestras of Atlanta, Detroit, Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Seattle, St. Louis and Utah.

Abroad, Hadelich will play with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Orchestra, Lahti Symphony in Finland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Spain.

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Competition of Indianapolis. Since then, he has garnered an impressive list of honors, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009); a BorlettiBuitoni Trust Fellowship in the U.K. (2011); Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award (2012); and the inaugural Warner Music Prize (2015). In December, he will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter in the U.K. Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Hadelich is now an American citizen. He holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

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Mark Peacock Board Chair

Newman Arndt John Bailey III Russell Bates H. Victor Braren, MD Thallen Brassel Rev. Dexter Sutton Brewer Pamela Carter Frank Daniels Judy Foster Andy Giacobone Edward A. Goodrich Debra Greenspan* Brenda Griffin David Gwin Michael W. Hayes Christopher Holmes Vicki Horne

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

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Hank Ingram* Martha R. Ingram* Jay Jones Sarah Kendrick+ Richard Miller Louise Morrison* Pat Murphy Mike Musick Bob Olsen W. Brantley Phillips Jr. Ric Potenz Janice Riley-Burt, MD Dr. E. Kelley Sanford James Seabury III Jeremy Tucker Patrick Walle* Glen Wanner*

Jonathan Weaver James W. White Betsy Wills* Clare Yang* Alan Yuspeh Shirley Zeitlin * Indicates Ex Officio + Indicates Young Leaders Intern

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Ric Potenz, Chair Emeritus Brenda Griffin, Chair

Rhonda Mulroy, Chair, Engagement Jay Jones, Vice Chair, Ambassadors

STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY Anonymous (3) Judy & Joe Barker ◊ Annie Laurie & Irvin* Berry Mr. & Mrs. Harold Brewer ◊ Ann & Frank Bumstead ◊ Drs. Rodney & Janice Burt ◊ John E. Cain III Michael & Jane Ann Cain ◊ Ms. Pamela Casey ◊ Fred Cassetty ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Chasanoff Christ the King Church Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Clark ◊ Dorit & Donald Cochron ◊ Brian & Haden Cook ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Justin Dell Crosslin ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ansel L. Davis Hilton & Sallie Dean ◊ Nick Deidiker & Connie Richardson ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Dennis ◊ Marty & Betty Dickens ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Doochin ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dye ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jere Mann Ervin Mrs. Annette S. Eskind ◊ The Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation ◊

Marilyn Ezell John & Lorelee Gawaluck James C. Gooch & Jennie P. Smith ◊ Carolyn Hamby ◊ Dick & Vicki Hammer ◊ Gregory Hersh ◊ Mr. Timothy Hertel Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Irby Sr. ◊ Drs. Edmund & Lauren Parker Jackson ◊ Keith & Nancy* Johnson Dr. & Mrs. George R. Lee ◊ Jim & Kimberly Lewis Robert Straus Lipman ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ryan C. Lipscomb Retired Cols, Steve & Julie Lomax Myles & Joan MacDonald ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. McCabe Jr. ◊ Sheila & Richard McCarty ◊ Tommy & Cat McEwen ◊ The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt ◊ Edward D. & Linda F. Miles ◊ Christopher & Patricia Mixon ◊ Michael & Karen Musick ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Odom ◊ Victoria & William Pao Barron Patterson & Burton Jablin ◊ Peggy & Hal Pennington

GOLDEN BATON SOCIETY Anonymous (3) Mrs. R. Benton Adkins Jr. Shelley Alexander ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Gregg P. Allen ◊ Jeremy & Rebecca Atack ◊ Jon K. & Colleen Atwood ◊ Grace & Carl Awh ◊ Dr. Tamie Babb ◊

Brian & Beth Bachmann ◊ David Baldwin & Melissa K. Moss ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Billy R. Ballard ◊ Ned Bates and Brigette Anschuetz ◊ Elisabetha Baugh ◊ Mr. Michael V. Beard ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Begtrup ◊ Mr. Wesley P. Belden

ANNUAL FUND

Governing Members are those who attend at least four performances and make a contribution of $2,500+ to the Annual Fund each season. The program provides opportunities for recognition, special access and institutional influence. Call 615.687.6615 to become a Governing Member today!

John Halsell, Vice Chair, Ambassadors

Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Joelle & Brant Phillips CW Pinson, M.D., MBA ◊ Carol & John T. Rochford ◊ Mr. & Mrs. David L. Rollins Mr. & Mrs. Scott C. Satterwhite Joe & Dorothy Scarlett ◊ Elaina & the Late Ronnie Scott ◊ The Shields Family Foundation ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. Martin E. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Matthew K. Taylor ◊ Louis B. Todd & Patricia C. Todd* ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Tucker Mr. & Mrs. James F. Turner Jr. ◊ Mr. Robert J. Turner & Mr. Jay Jones ◊ Peggy & John Warner ◊ Mr.* & Mrs. Ted H. Welch ◊ Art *& Lisa Wheeler ◊ Peri Widener ◊ Jerry & Ernie Williams ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Wimberly Barbara & Bud Zander ◊ Shirley Zeitlin ◊

Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999 Betty C. Bellamy ◊ Dr. Eric & Elaine Berg ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Frank H. Boehm ◊ Dennis & Tammy Boehms ◊ Gene & Donna Bonfoey ◊ Jamey Bowen & Norman Wells ◊ Alandis and Thallen Brassel ◊ Mary Lawrence Breinig ◊ * denotes donors who are deceased

2017/18 BOARD OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OFFICERS Hank Ingram Chair Bethany Whelan Past Chair Allison Reed Chair Elect

DIRECTORS Brian Cook Andrew Hard Lauren Parker Jackson Laura Kimbrell Ryan Lipscomb Drew Martin

Melissa Moss Cassie Petty James Richfield Ginny Stalker Clayton Wraith

Nick Deidiker Secretary

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Chanelle Acheson & David Bridgers ◊ Steven & Cassandra Brosvik ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Steve R. Brubaker ◊ Chuck & Sandra Cagle ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Calhoun* ◊ Kirk & Darlene Campbell ◊ Ann & Sykes Cargile ◊ Crom & Kathy Carmichael ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Carr ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Carter ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Terry W. Chandler ◊ Erica & Doug Chappell ◊ Donna R. Cheek* ◊ Terry & Holly Clyne ◊ Ed & Pat Cole ◊ Mr. & Mrs. H. Rhea Cole ◊ Marjorie & Allen* Collins ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook Jr. ◊ Kathy & Scott Corlew ◊ Teresa Corlew & Wes Allen ◊ Mr. & Mrs. James H. Costner ◊ Roger & Barbara Cottrell David Coulam & Lucy A. Visceglia ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Covert ◊ Dr. & Mrs. James Crafton ◊ Janine Cundiff Mr. & Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Daley III ◊ Mr. M. Bradshaw Darnall III ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Ben Davis ◊ John & Natasha Deane ◊ Dr. Shana R. Dowell ◊ Myrtianne Downs ◊ Kathryn Duffer Laura & Wayne* Dugas ◊ Dr. & Mrs. E. Mac Edington ◊ Robert D. Eisenstein Drs. James & Rena Ellzy ◊ Mr. Owen T. Embry ◊ Dr. Noelle Daugherty & Dr. Jack Erter ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind ◊ Dr. Meredith A. Ezell Ms. Paula Fairchild ◊ Mr. Dave Felipe & Mrs. Mary Jennings ◊ Dr. Lee A. Fentriss ◊ T. Aldrich Finegan ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Will Fischer ◊ Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick ◊ John & Barbara Fletcher ◊ Drs. Robert* & Sharron Francis ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Pete Franks ◊ Cathey & Wilford Fuqua ◊ Peter & Debra Gage ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Mike Gann ◊ Mr. and Mrs. Ryan W. Gardenhire

Carlene Hunt & Marshall Gaskins ◊ Harris A. Gilbert ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Gilleland III ◊ Andrew & Alene Gnyp ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Goad Jr. Mr. John Mack Green ◊ Gerald C. Greer & Scott Hoffman MD ◊ Ms. Gail Danner Greil ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin D. Griffin ◊ Karen & Daniel Grossman & Family ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Hagood ◊ John & Melissa Halsell ◊ Mrs. Robbie J. Hampton ◊ Dr. Edward Hantel ◊ Andrew & Ally Hard ◊ Janet & Jim Hasson ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Hatef ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Burton Hayes ◊ Helen & Neil Hemphill ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin H. Hill ◊ Drs. Robert Hines & Mary Hooks ◊ Dr. Jan Van Eys & Judith Hodges ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hoffman ◊ Ms. Cornelia B. Holland ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Holmes Susan Holt & Mark Patterson ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam H. Hoover III Hank Ingram ◊ Rodney Irvin Family ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Israel ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson ◊ Donald L. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. John F. Jacques ◊ Mr. Atmanand Jaikarran & Mrs. Aneela Rajaram Janet & Philip Jamieson ◊ George & Shirley Johnston ◊ Mrs. Edward C. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kestner ◊ 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 ◊ Ms. Nona Kroha ◊ Mr. Paul H. Kuhn, Jr. ◊ Robert & Carol Lampe ◊ Mr. Edward Lanquist ◊ Martha & Larry Larkin ◊ Drs. Paul & Dana Latour ◊

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Lavender Mr. & Mrs. John M. Leap ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Lentini ◊ Sally M. Levine ◊ Ms. Natalie C. Lévy-Sousan ◊ Marye & Bill Lewis ◊ Mr. Brent D. Longfin ◊ George & Cathy Lynch ◊ Andrea & Helga Maneschi ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Dan J. Marcum ◊ Red & Shari Martin ◊ Shawn & Vida Mathis ◊ Lynn & Jack May ◊ Jayne Menkemeller ◊ F. Max & Mary A. Merrell ◊ Dr. Mark & Mrs. Theresa Messenger ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Miller ◊ Ms. Stephanie Miller & Ms. Carla Moring Dr. Dina & Mr. Rami Mishu ◊ Mr. & Mrs. William P. Morelli ◊ Mr. Wayne E. Morris ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Kelvin A. Moses ◊ Matt & Rhonda Mulroy ◊ James & Patricia Munro ◊ Mr. Chase Neely Mr. Aaron Connolly & Dr. Kenneth Niermann ◊ Dr. Agatha L. Nolen ◊ Jonathan Norris & Jennifer Carlat ◊ Dr. Harrell Odom II & Mr. Barry W. Cook ◊ Dr. Christopher J. Ott & Mr. Jeremy R. Simons ◊ Judy Oxford & Grant Benedict ◊ David Oxley, MD FACS David & Pamela Palmer ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Laurence M. Papel Chelsea & Jason Parker ◊ Grant & Janet Patterson ◊ Mr. & Mrs. John Francis Paul ◊ Catherine & John Perry ◊ Ms. Cassandra E. Petty ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Edgar H. Pierce Jr. ◊ Mr. Charles H. Potter Jr. ◊ Donna and Tom Priesmeyer ◊ Dr. Zeljko & Tanya Radic ◊ Mr. & Mrs. W. Edward Ramage ◊ Allison Reed & Sam Garza ◊ Mr. James E. Richfield Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Riven ◊ Misha Robledo ◊ Mr. & Mrs. David C. Roland ◊ Anne & Charles Roos ◊ Ms. Mary Frances Rudy ◊ Samuel A. Santoro & Mary M. Zutter ◊

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE Anonymous (12) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Abelman Jerry Adams Jeff & Tina Adams Mr. & Mrs. Roger Allbee Carol M. Allen Lisa & Gerry Altieri Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Andrews Jr. Ms. Teresa Broyles-Aplin Ms. Deborah Arvin Mr. Bruce G. Aubrey 60

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David A. & Stephanie Bailey Ms. Peggy Mayo Bailey Richard & Ada Baker Mr. Bradford Baldauf Mrs. Brenda Bass Mr. & Mrs. John Baxter Craig & Angela Becker Mr. & Mrs. James Beckner Bernice Amanda Belue Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Bender Mr.* & Mrs. Harold S. Bernard

Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Saul Dr. Norm Scarborough & Ms. Kimberly Hewell ◊ Mr. Paul H. Scarbrough Mr. Tim Scarvey ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle ◊ Peggy C. Sciotto ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Seale ◊ Joan Blum Shayne ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Steve Shelton ◊ 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 ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Jack Stalker ◊ Gregory W. Stasko Dr. Virginia & Mr. Robert J. Stewart ◊ Deborah & James Stonehocker ◊ Mr. & Mrs. James G. Stranch III ◊ Dr. Steve A. Hyman & Mr. Mark Lee Taylor ◊ Jeremy & Carrie* Teaford Mr. & Mrs. David B. Thomas Sr. ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Townes ◊ George & Margaret Uribe Mr. James N. Vickers & Mr. Brian Schafer ◊ Larry & Brenda Vickers ◊ Mr. Vince Vinson ◊ 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 ◊ Carroll Van West & Mary Hoffschwelle ◊ Mr. James L. White ◊ Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Wiesmeyer ◊ Donald E. Williams ◊ Marilyn Shields-Wiltsie & Dr. Theodore E. Wiltsie ◊ Paul Winkler Inc. ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe ◊ Dr. Artmas L. Worthy ◊ Donna B. Yurdin ◊ Dr. & Mrs. Victor L. Zirilli ◊

Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Bills David Blackbourn & Celia Applegate Randolph & Elaine Blake Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Boyd Bogle III Dr. & Mrs. Marion G. Bolin Drs. James P. & Andrea C. Bracikowski Dr. Joe P. Brasher Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Braun

Dr. & Mrs. Phillip L. Bressman Dan & Mindy Brodbeck Mr. James I. Brown & Ms. Lindella Johnson Jean & David Buchanan Mr.* & Mrs. Arthur H. Buhl III Gina & Sam Burnette Dr. & Mrs. Howard A. Burris Mrs. Patricia B. Buzzell David L. & Chigger J. Bynum Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack

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Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Demonbreun Dr. Tracey E. Doering Carol & Harold Donaldson Peter & Kathleen Donofrio Michael Doochin & Linda Kartoz-Doochin John & Diana Doss Claudia Douglass Stephen & Kimberly Drake Joe & Shirley Draper Laura L. Dunbar Margaret & James Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Eaden E.B.S. Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Edmondson Sr. Chris & Lori Edwards Dr. & Mrs. William H. Edwards Sr. Laurie & Steven Eskind Bill & Dian S. Ezell Mr. & Mrs.* DeWitt Ezell Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ezrin Scott & Dawn Farris Michael & Rosemary Fedele Dr. Kimberly D. Ferguson John David & Mary Dale Trabue Fitzgerald Béla Fleck Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Frazier Ann D. Frisch Mr. & Mrs. David B. Fruetel Dr. & Mrs. John R. Furman Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Galbraith Chris & Mandy Genovese

Sonny Gichner Mr. Guy Gilchrist Frank Ginanni Dr. Fred & Martha Goldner Mr. Mark Graziano & Ms. Alyson Young Richard A. Green Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gwyn Drs. Steven & Ruth Haley Elinor Hall Ellen C. Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. Carl Hampf The Evelyn S. & Jim Horne Hankins Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy Dr. & Mrs. Jason Haslam Jim & Stephanie Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Havens Lisa & Bill Headley Suzy Heer Dr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Heimburger Ms. Doris Ann Hendrix Philip & Amber Hertik Mr. & Mrs. Winston C. Hickman Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hitt Dr. Elisabeth Dykens & Dr. Robert Hodapp Mr.* & Mrs. Henry W. Hooker Ray Houston 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. V. Davis Hunt Bud Ireland Mr. & Mrs. Toshinari Ishii G. Brian Jackson & Roger E. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Jackson Lee & Pat Jennings Charles & Adrienne Johnson Hal & Dona Johnson Stephen Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy K. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. David S. Jones Pat & Howard Jones Mary Loventhal Jones Joseph Judkins Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanak Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Kelly Jane S. Kersten William Killebrew Mrs. Daisy King George C. King Linda R. Koon Mr. & Mrs. Gene C. Koonce Bethany & William Kroemer Heloise Werthan Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Land John & Barbara Lawless Sandi & Tom Lawless Daniel Lewis

THE SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE — ENHANCED. ALLEN WALTER WATSON, SR. FOUNDERS HALL Socialize with passionate Nashville Symphony supporters in our VIP patron lounge, open before the concert and during intermission on all series concert evenings.

Enjoy spirits, wine, coffee and light bites while meeting fellow music lovers and talking about your favorite “Schermerhorn moments”!

BECOME A VIP Founders Hall access begins with a gift of $1,000. Call 615.687.6494 for more information.

ANNUAL FUND

Mr. David Carlton T. James Carmichael Mr. & Mrs. William F. Carpenter III Dr. Robert J. Carroll Bill & Chris Carver Dr. Elizabeth Cato Mary & Joseph Cavarra Dr.* & Mrs. Robert Chalfant David Chamberlin Barbara & Eric Chazen Renée Chevalier Mr. & Mrs. Cooper Chilton Catherine Chitwood Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Christopher David & Starling Clark George D. Clark Jr. Mr. & Dr. Brian & Anna Clayton Jay & Ellen Clayton Mr. Ernest Clevenger III Sallylou & David Cloyd Cindy & Doug Cobb Esther & Roger Cohn Chase Cole Dr. Ronald D. Collier Joe & Judy Cook Nancy Krider Corley Greg & Mary Jo Cote Drs. Paul A. & Dorothy Valcarcel Craig Ms. R. Suzanne Cravens Charles & Angela Curtiss Drs. Maria Gabriella Giro & Jeffrey M. Davidson

ANNUAL FUND

Ms. Delorse A. Lewis Hon. & Mrs. Thomas R. Lewis Don & Patti Liedtke Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lippolis Keltner W. & Debra S. Locke Mr. Mark E. Lopez & Mr. Patrick J. Boggs Mr. & Mrs. George Luscombe III Mr. & Mrs. Phil Lyons Theresa MacDonald William R. & Maria T. MacKay Mr. John Maddux Joe & Anne Maddux Ms. Orlene Makinson James & Gene Manning David & Leah Marcus Ms. Brenda Lee Marero Captain Nathan Marsh Metro Fire Fighter Mr. Sean J. Martin James & Patricia Martineau Ms. Helen J. Mason Steve & Susie Mathews Dr. Nancy Brown & Mr. Andrew May Bob Maynard Dr. Wendell McAbee Judi McCaslin Mr. & Mrs. Cary A. McClure Ms. Virginia J. Meece Ronald S. Meers Drs. Manfred* & Susan Menking Steven Meranze & Irene Feurer Bruce & Bonnie Meriwether Rev. Dr. & Mrs.* Charles L. Moffatt Mr. & Mrs. Steven Moll

Ms. Gay Moon Joseph & Julia Moore Monica L. Mosesso Juli & Ralph Mosley Margaret & David Moss Mary Jo & Dick Murphy Larry & Marsha Nager Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave Jr. 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. Drs. Lucius & Freida Outlaw Mr. & Mrs. Cano Ozgener Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Page Mr. & Mrs. Tim & Sue Palmer Janie Parmley Drs. Teresa & Phillip Patterson Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pfaender Linda & Carter Philips Robert & Laura Pittman Robert & Carol Pitz Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Potter Ms. Julia W. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Presley Mr. Franklin M. Privette Brad S. Procter Ms. Deborah Putnam Nancy Ray Mr. Mason Revelette Mr. & Mrs. Dudley C. Richter Delphine and Kenneth Roberts Richard Rosenthal & Audrey Anderson Edgar & Susan Rothschild

Ed & Jan Routon Ms. Caroline Rudy Ms. Diane L. Sackl David Sampsell Paula & Kent Sandidge Mr. & Mrs. Jay Sangervasi Mrs. Cooper Schley Pam & Roland Schneller Mr.* & Mrs. John L. Seigenthaler Dr. & Mrs. John S. Sergent Alfred & Katherine Sharp Mrs. Lillian C. Sharp Anita & Mike Shea Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Shinar Luke & Susan Simons Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Simonsen Tom & Sylvia Singleton Jim & Melody Sipes Ashley N. Skinner Drs. Walter E. Smalley Jr. & Louise Hanson Byron & Beth Smith Dr. Neil & Ruth Smith Dr. & Mrs. Norman Spencer Steve & Misty Standley Sid Stanley Mr. & Mrs. Joe N. Steakley Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stein Mr. James McAteer & Dr. Catherine Stober Ann & Noel Sullivan Bruce & Elaine Sullivan Dr. & Mrs. Richard Tayrien Ann M. Teaff & Donald McPherson III Dr. Paul E. Teschan

Rich* & Carol Thigpin Julie & Scott Thomas Lorraine Ware & Reid Thompson Larry & Paula Throneberry Dr. & Mrs. Todd Tolbert Norman & Marilyn Tolk Torrence Family Fund Mr. Michael P. Tortora John & Charlotte Trainer Martha J. Trammell Mila & Bill Truan Thomas L. & Judith A. Turk Mr. & Mrs. William E. Turner Jr. Mrs. Jennifer von der Heiden Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mike & Elaine Walker Dr. Medford S. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Derek West Linda & Raymond White Stacy Widelitz Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wieck Craig P. Williams & Kimberly Schenk Judy S. Williams Ms. Leonora Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Ridley Wills II Mr. & Mrs. Blair Wilson Mr. & Mrs. William (Dan) F. Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Wood Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Woosley III Pam & Tom Wylly Berje Yacoubian & Kathy Wade-Yacoubian Ms. Jane Zeigler Glenn & Heather Zigli

Governing Members are highly engaged patrons who have a desire to influence the future of the Nashville Symphony.

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overning Members receive access to Founders Hall donor lounge, complimentary drinks, special access, exclusive invitations and behind-thescenes experiences Membership is offered with an annual gift of $2,500 and purchase of 4+ concerts.

UPCOMING EVENTS November 14: Insiders’ Access Event: Composer Lab Reading and Q&A Join us for a Founders Hall cocktail hour with special guests prior to the public reading of new works by our 2017 Composer Lab and Workshop participants, followed by an onstage Q&A session with the composers moderated by Maestro Guerrero.

November 30-December 2: Pre-Concert Holiday Party Get into the spirit before Cirque de la Symphonie at a special Founders Hall reception featuring holiday cheer with a circus twist.

January 18-20: Pre-Concert Reception for The Songs of Elvis Presley Join us for an enhanced Founders Hall experience before this Pops Series concert, with Elvis-themed treats (think peanut butter and banana) in honor of the King.

Get involved and gain access! Contact Maribeth Stahl, Sr. Director of Development, at 615.687.6532 or mstahl@nashvillesymphony.org.

Anonymous (21) Ben & Nancy* Adams Mr. Jeffrey H. Adams Drs. Wendell S. & Paige Akers Adrienne Ames Ken & Jan* Anderson Newell Anderson & Lynne McFarland David & Marsha Armstrong Candy Burger & Dan Ashmead Mr. & Mrs. John S. Atkins Geralda M. Aubry Mr. & Mrs. James E. Auer Lawrence E. Baggett Dr.* & Mrs. Elbert Baker Jr. Drs. Ferdinand & Eresvita Balatico J.E. & Doris Barlow Dr. & Mrs. Jere Bass Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman Katrin T. Bean Fran & Sandy Bedard Ms. Carmen Bellos Mike & Kathy Benson Carl W. Berg Dr. Diane Rae & Mr. Greg Berty Mr. Calvin Bishop Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blackwell Marilyn Blake Jim & Sydney Boerner Irma Bolster Mr. Kevin L. Bowden & Candice Ethridge Mr. & Mrs. William E. Boyte Beverly J. Brandenburg-Scott Gene & Delane Brewer Mr. Sean Brobston Berry & Connie Brooks Ms. Catherine Brown Dr. Pamela E. Brown Ms. Ruth Ann Brown Steven & Jill Brown Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Buckspan Mr. & Mrs. G. Rhea Bucy Sharon Lee Butcher Marcus Butler Dr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Buxbaum Ms. Betsy Calabrace Ms. Constance L. Caldwell Ms. Marguerite E. Callahan Dr. W. Barton Campbell & Mrs. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Luther Cantrell Jr. Mr. Jeffrey C. Cartwright Mr. & Mrs. Christopher John Casa Santa Vickie & Buzz Cason Mr. Andrew I. Castillo Mrs. Gay Chamberlain Dean & Sandy Chase Ms. Wendy P. Cheney Dr. Amy Chomsky Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Christenberry Dr. Karla G. Christian Ms. Chris Quinn Dr. & Mrs. André L. Churchwell Ms. Donna P. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Alan G. Cohen Colonel (ret.) Dr. & Mrs. James R. (Conra) Collier Dr. Michael Conver Paul & Alyce Cooke

William & Sabrina Coopman Elizabeth Cormier Marion Pickering Couch Mr. & Mrs. George Crawford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rob Crichton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Cruickshanks Jr. R. Barry & Kathy Cullen Buddy & Sandra Curnutt Mr. Timothy D. Curtis & Adam N. Castellarin Katherine C. Daniel Andrew Daughety & Jennifer Reinganum Janet Keese Davies Steve & Julie Davis Ms. Donna M. Dean Dr. & Mrs. Darryl T. Deason Dr.* & Mrs. Roy L. DeHart Mrs. Edwin DeMoss Ms. Laura Denison Anne R. Dennison Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. DePhillips Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Ms. Naoma Donnelley Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Drake Dr. Robert E. Dudley Mr & Mrs. Mike Dungan Ms. Vickie Bevels-Eatherly Shervin & Georgette Eftekhari The S. Brent Elliott Family Ms. Martha C. Elzen Dr. William E. Engel Dr. & Mrs. James Ettien Mr. & Mrs. Gerald M. Farina John & Deborah Farringer Anita Schmid & W. Tyree Finch Dr. & Mrs. Jack Fisher Mr. & Mrs. David B. Foutch John C. Frist Jr., M.D. Tom & Jennifer Furtsch Bill & Ginny Gable Ms. Mary T. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Garber Ray & Ruth Randolph Charitable Fund Mr. Kelly E. Gatewood Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Gentry Dodie & Carl George Dr. Mark Glazer & Cindy Stone Linda & Joel Gluck Kathleen Gould Brent & Pat Graves Judith & Peter Griffin Steve & Anna Grizzle John & Libbey Hagewood Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hainsworth Cathey & Doug Hall H. Clay & Mary Harkleroad Cindy Harper Frank & Liana Harrell Peggy R. Hays Stephen & Deborah Hays Mr. & Mrs. Shannon Heil Doug & Becky Hellerson Mr. James D. Hennessy & Mrs. Deanna Watters Patricia Ann Hester Gerald Hill Robert C. & Shirley M. Hilmer Robert Hoffman Savina Hollman Frances Holt

Gifts of $500 - $999

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hommrich Drs. Richard T. & Paula C.* Hoos Ken & Beverly Horner Bruce & Diane Houglum Mr. David Huckabee Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Huljak Mr. & Mrs. David Hunt Margie Hunter Nelson Hunter & Becky Gardner Mr. & Mrs. David Huseman Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Hutchison Ms. Karen L. Ingram Dr. & Mrs. Roger Ireson Ms. Janice A. Jennings Richard W. Jett Mr. Deron Johnson Bob & Virginia Johnson Mr. & Mrs.* Donald M. Johnston Susan & Evan Johnston Frank & Audrey Jones Mr. & Mrs. Tarpley Jones Ms. Carolyn Kamp John & Eleanor Kennedy The Kimball Family Dr. Valentina Kon & Dr. Jeffrey L. Hymes Mark J. Koury & Daphne C. Walker Mr. Daniel L. LaFevor Mrs. Martha W. Lawrence J. Mark Lee Lewis & Judy Lefkowitz John & Mary Leinard Dr. Emiko J. LeJeune Ted & Anne Lenz Michael & Ellen Levitt Mr. & Mrs. Irving Levy Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Lind Drs. Walt & Shannon Little The Howard Littlejohn Family Dr. & Mrs. John L. Lloyd Kenyatta & Tracey Lovett Bruce & Penny Lueckenhoff Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lundy Jr. Jeffrey C. Lynch Michael & State Representative Susan Lynn Herman & Dee Maass Mr. Michael J. MacDonald Dr. Mark A. Magnuson & Lucile Houseworth Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mahoney Dr. John F. Manning Jr. Mr. Danny Maples Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Marston Mr. & Mrs. Ben T. Martin Henry & Melodeene Martin Abraham, Lesley & Jonathan Marx Drs. Ricardo Fonseca & Ingrid Mayer Alan & Deborah Mayes Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. McCall Kathleen McCracken John & Mary McCullough Bob McDill & Jennifer Kimball Joey & Beth McDuffee Mr. & Mrs. Lynn D. McGill Mr. Brian L. McKinney Dr. & Mrs. Alexander C. McLeod Randy & Edina McMasters Catherine & Brian R. McMurray Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McNutt Sr.

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Gifts of $250 - $499 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Buttrey Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Byrd Mrs. James W. Byrdsong Mr. & Mrs. Wentworth Caldwell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Callighan Claire Ann Calongne Charlie Caldwell Karen Carr Dr. & Mrs. Mike Carrigan Mr. Rick D. Casebeer Mr. Patrick L. Cassady Mr. Edmundo J. Cepeda John & Susan Chambers Evelyn LeNoir Chandler Gladys M. Chatman Dr. Walter J. Chazin Mark & Bette Christofersen Neil Christy & Emily Freeman Teresa C. Cissell Drs. Walter K. Clair & Deborah Webster-Clair Mr. & Mrs. Roy Claverie Sr. Mark A. Clay Dr. Mary Ellen Clinton-Wade Mr. & Mrs. Neely B. Coble III Misty & Joshua Swann

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Ms. Paula S. Felps Glenn & Susan Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. James Fishel Doris T. Fleischer Dr. Evon Flesberg & Mr. Norm Nelson Cathy & Kent Fourman Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Fox III Andrew & Mary Foxworth Sr. Ms. Elizabeth A. Franks Mrs. Cynthia Franzen Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Freas Judson & Leah Fredrickson Emily & Randy Frey Ms. Linda Friend Robert & Peggy Frye Al Fuller Dr. & Mrs.* Paul O. Gaddis Mobile Music Adademy Anderson C. Gaither W. David Gann Mr. & Mrs. Joaquin Garcia Rev. Phillip W. Garvey Alan & Jeannie Gaus Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Gaw Nancy & Ken Gentry Mr. Joe W. Giles Mrs. Lucie A. Glass Ms. Beverly Jean Godwin Caroline Goedicke Ms. Jennifer Goetz Dr. & Mrs. Gerald S. Gotterer Mrs. Herschel A. Graves Roger & Sherri Gray Austin & Delaney Gray

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Mr. & Mrs. James R. Neal John Paul Nefflen Ms. Regina V. Nelson Dr. John Newman & Ms. Rebecca Lyford Mike & Jeanne Newton Bill & Sandie Nichols Mark & Kaye Nickell Drs. John* & Margaret Norris Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nowlin Mr. Jake W. Null Hunt & Debbye Oliver Chris & Tricia Olson Dr. Thomas W. Onstott Mr. Robert O'Quin Ms. Geri Ordway A. Wayne Overby Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Overfield Dr. & Mrs. Aydin Ozan Dr. & Mrs. James Pace Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Ms. Susan Palmer Terry & Wanda Palus Mr. & Mrs.* Chris Panagopoulos Doria Panvini Frank & Elaine Parker Mr. Richard M. Patterson Mr. Tommy Patterson Dr. Brandyn Payne John & Lori Pearce Ms. Linda Pegues Mr. & Mrs. Franklin D. Pendleton Anne & Neiland Pennington Mr. & Mrs. Rod A. Petak Mr. & Mrs. Steve Petersen Ms. Sara L. Pettit Daniel Pfeifer

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Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Phillips Mary & Joe Rea Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Maurice W. Pinson Dr. Clair S. Poff Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood L. Powers Ms. Lisa M. Price Mr. & Mrs. John E. Prine F. Leon Rader & Jewell McGhee-Rader Drs. Wesley & Kecia Ray Jean D. Reily Dr. John S. Rich Mrs. Jane H. Richmond Margaret Riegel Dr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Roads Mr. & Mrs. Brian Roark Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Robbins Marc R. Rogers Rodney & Lynne Rosenblum Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ross Mr. & Mrs. Richmond P. Ross Lauren & Christopher Rowe Mr. John W. Russell Rebecca Slaughter Mr. Arthur C. Rutledge Mr. G. Kyle Rybczyk Judith Ann Sachs Mr. Stephen Sachs Michael Samis & Christopher Stenstrom Mr. & Mrs. Bryce Sanders Mr. Paul Sanderson Mr. & Mrs.William B. Saunders & Family Michael Savona Mr. Donald D. Savoy Mr. Frank J. Scanlon

Ms. Sandra A. Schatten Dr. Charles W. Scheib Teris K. Schery Molly & Richard Schneider Kurt Schreiber & Nelda Schreiber Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Schwab Ms. Amy Jeanece Seals Mr. Carl A. Sedgeman Ms. Patricia B. Selle Mrs. Alexandrino Severino Gene A. & Linda M. Shade John Shafer & Lisa Getfrid Shannon Family Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sharpe Mr. Wayne C. Shelton Keith & Kay Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Manuel Sir Scott Smieja & Leilani Mason Mr. Brian J. Smith Mr. Charles Smith Charles R. Smith & Vernita Hood-Smith Dallas & Jo Ann Smith Smith Family Foundation Dr. Kara Smith Ms. Kelly J. Smits Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Snyder Dr. & Mrs. Marcus Solomon Mrs. Martha A. Sorrell Mr. & Mrs. Robert Speight Mrs. Karen E. Speyer Michael & Kelly Sponsler Mrs. Randolph C. St. John Stacy Harris Jane L. Stafford Dr. Ernest D. Standerfer

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Drs. Jeff & Patty Marvel Ms. Jane M. Massey Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Massie Sue & Herb Mather John H. Mather M.D. Eva Mathis Ms.Margery L. Mayer & Ms. Carolyn Oehler Sonje K. Mayo Dr. James S. McBride Jocelynne McCall Timothy & Shirlee McCleskey Andy McCloud Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. McClure Mr. Patrick J. McHale Mr. & Mrs. Durand McIntosh Scott & Karen McKean Dr. Joy H. McKee Ms. Martha Mecke Mr. Marco Medici & Mrs. Petra Krick Ms. Jenna D. Kozlowski Alice Mellette Mr. Julius E. Meriweather Jr. Peter Meschter Andrew Miller Mr. & Mrs. Jon Miller Dr. Ron V. Miller Livingfield More Dr. & Mrs. Joe M. Morgan Dr. Bruce T. Morrill Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Sarah Morse Andrew Moyer Drs. Russell & Lizabeth Mullens Leonard Murray & Jacqueline Marschak Emily Music

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Lelan & Dr. Yolanda Statom Dr. C. Thomas & Cheryl Steiner Richard & Jennifer Stevens Mr. Gregory J. Suhayda Mr. & Mrs. Don D. Swain Dr. Becky E. Swanson-Hindman Dr. Esther & Mr. Jeff Swink Mr. Richard J. Swoboda Dr. Anna & Mr. Jaroslaw Szczuka Dr. & Mrs. S. Bobo Tanner Bruce & Jaclyn Tarkington Ray & Janet Tarkington Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Taylor Lynne Taylor Ms. Sylvia E. Taylor The Children Freedom Choir Mr. William Taylor & Mr. Richard D. Bird Jr. James Temple Eleanor H. Templeton Ms. Prema Thiagarajah Bob & Mary Battle Thompson Mr.& Mrs. James A. Thorpe Richard & Shirley Thrall

Walter & Cindy Tieck Scott & Nesrin Tift Mr. Carlos Tirres Mr. Mark G. Tobin Mr. & Mrs. Lewis J. Tomiko Mr. Lloyd Townsend Jr. Mr. Thomas Tracy Stephen Treon Mr. Joseph J. Troccoli Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Trusty Mr. & Mrs. John F. Tures Mr. & Mrs. John A. Turnbull Barbara S. Turner Dr. Lelia M. & Mr. John A. Udick Ms. Jesse W. Van Volkenburg Frances Anne Varallo Mr. Anthony J. Viglietti Jessica & Daniel Viner Mr. & Mrs. Douglas K. Voise Mrs. Bridget S. von Weisenstein Mrs. Emily L.Martin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Wall Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wallace Kay & Larry Wallace

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Wallick Mr. Kenneth F. Walters Major & Yong Wang Ryan Ward Jon Warkentin Dot & Jerry Warren Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Warren Mr. & Mrs. Greg Watts Shirley Marie Watts Mr. Joseph D. Weekly H. Martin* & Joyce Weingartner Dr. Jay Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Weiss Dr. & Mrs. J. J. Wendel Joni Werthan Linda C. West Ms. Judith B. Wiens Donna Williams John & Anne Williams Dr. Joyce E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. John W. Williamson Ms. Donna Wilson Gary & Cathy Wilson Ms. Sandra Wiscarson

Scott & Ellen Wolfe Lea Womack Ira Work Kathryn & Roy Wroth Mr. & Mrs. Gary P. Wulfsberg Kay & Randall Wyatt Mary Yarbrough & Terry Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Michael Yarbrough Charles Yearta Dr. Michael Zanolli & Julie K. Sandine Ms. Shirley Zent Mr. George R. Zepp Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Zibart Dr. Thomas F. Zimmerman, M.D.

In honor of Judith Hodges In honor of Martha Rivers Ingram In honor of the Ingram Family In honor of Anne Knauff Planned Giving Council of Middle Tennessee in honor of Steve Manno In honor of Jeff Moles In honor of The 45th Wedding Anniversary of Bill and Bonnie Myers

In honor of the awesome Nashville Symphony Chorus In honor of Dr. Ken Niermann and Aaron Connolly's wedding In honor of Mark Patterson & Susan Holt In honor of Mark Peacock In honor of Mark Peacock's work as board chair In honor of Ruth Rahenkamp In honor of Carey Rutledge In honor or Jim & Laurie Seabury

In honor of John L. Seigenthaler In honor of Tamara Senibaldi In honor of Lee Steelman In honor of Symphony Volunteers In honor of Alan Valentine In honor of Scott Wolfe

Mr. Ronald P. Soltman, in memory of Judith Cram In memory of Gerry Daniel In memory of The Honorable Douglas and Mrs.Lolly Henry In memory of Wayne Dugas In memory of Doris Emogene Estes In memory of Jean Lorraine Lieber Eskind In memory of Jim Foglesong In memory of Fr. Charles Giacosa In memory of Mary Ruth Moore Gould

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hassenfeld In memory of J.W.Hastings and Therese Wilson In memory of Robert E. Hershey In memory of Gary Kenneth Hughes In memory of Rodney Irvin In memory of Jim McCaslin In memory of Sara Moffatt, a lady who loved and enjoyed sharing music with others.

In memory of Thomas J. Morgan In memory of Mrs. Joan Neff In memory of Mrs. J.C. Norris

In memory of Mildred J. Oonk In memory of Lt Cmdr Alan A. Patterson, USN In memory of Tony Sendrowski In memory of Mary Ruth Shell In memory of Hayes Springer, support of Youth Music Program In memory of John Warren Steen In memory of Howard Stringer In memory of Robert VanWyck In memory of H. Martin Weingartner

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

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HONORARY In honor of Nancy Allen, Coordinator of Musical Theatre, Belmont University In honor of Jessica Blackwell In honor of Julie Boehm In honor of Marion P. Couch In honor of Patrick Deal In honor of Kimberly DePue In honor of Karen Fairbend In honor of David Goodridge In honor of David Hall In honor of John Halsell

MEMORIAL Jerry Adams - In memory of Carole Slate Adams In memory of Jan D. Anderson In memory of Ruth Anschuetz In memory of James R. (Pete) Austin In memory of Andrew G. Bachmann In memory of Jessica Bloom In memory of Frederic ‘Fred’ Blumberg In memory of James F. Brandenburg In memory of W. Ovid Collins Jr. In memory of Judith Cram

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Wally & Lee Lee Dietz Dee & Jerald* Doochin Robert D. Eisenstein Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Laurie & Steven Eskind Harris A. Gilbert Allis Dale & John Gillmor

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

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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 their contributions.

SEASON PRESENTERS & OFFICIAL PARTNERS THE ANDREW W.

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PRINCIPAL PLAYERS

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CORPORATE PARTNER FAMILY ADEX! Homesellers Aladdin Industries, LLC American Paper & Twine AmSurg Ann Hardman and Combs L. Fort Foundation Aston Martin, Maserati, Rolls-Royce & Bentley of Nashville Athletic Clubs of Tennessee BDO BioVentures, Inc. Blevins, Inc. BMI Bonnaroo Works Fund Foundation of Middle Tennessee California Closets Carter Haston Real Estate Services Inc. Caterpillar Financial Services Chef's Market Chet Atkins Music Education Fund Foundation of Middle Tennessee City of Brentwood Clint Newman, DDS

Community Health Systems Core Civic Craft Brewed Creation Gardens, Inc. Crowe Horwath LLP Cupcake Collection Dan Hatef, M.D. DBS & Associates Engineering, Inc. Downtown Nashville Nissan Ensworth School Equitable Trust Flavor Catering GM-Spring Hill Manufacturing Gould Turner Group, P.C. Hampton Inn& Suites Nashville Downtown Hans and Nancy Stabell Hilton Nashville Downtown Hoskins & Company, P.C. Humphreys and Partners Architects INDUSCO J. Alexander's Corporation James and Valorie Cole Jason and Chelsea Parker KraftCPAs PLLC

Laurence and Rise Tucker M. Stratton Foster Made in Network MarketStreet Enterprises Mednikow Jewelers NAXOS Pancake Pantry Parking Management Company Partners Healthcare Group Peace Communications Piedmont Natural Gas Pinnacle Financial Partners Premier Parking Provence Breads and Café Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant RD Plastics Co., Inc. Rebel Hill Florist Renesant Bank Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC Robert K. Zelle Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation Sally Levine Sambuca Restaurant

Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Sotheby’s International Realty Stansell Electric Company Inc. Sysco Nashville Tennsco Corporation The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. The Buzz 102.9 / The Game 102.5 / Game2 94.9 / The LIGHT 102.1 The Cockayne Fund Inc. The Edwards Pharris Group at Morgan Stanley The Glover Group The Hendrix Foundation The Heritage at Brentwood The Village Fund Tokio Marine Management Travelink UBS Walker Lumber & Hardware Company Wiseman Ashworth Law Group PLC

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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 Frost 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 Dee & Jerald* Doochin Ernst & Young

$1M+

$50,000+

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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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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. Mr. & Mrs. Clay T. Jackson KPMG LLP

NASHVILLE SYMPHONY

C A P I TA L F U N D S

LEGACY SOCIETY LEAVING A LEGACY

BUILDING A FUTURE

T

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 Maribeth Stahl at 615.687.6532.

Anonymous (4) Stephen Abelman & Robin Holab-Abelman 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 Ellen & Roger Borchers 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*

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* Gregory T. Hersh Judith Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Bennett F. Horne Judith Simmons Humphreys Steve Alan Hyman & Mark Lee Taylor 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 Dr. Zeljko Radic & Tanya Covington Radic Eric Raefsky, M.D.* & Victoria Heil David & Edria Ragosin Dr. Gipsie Ranney* Nancy Ray Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter Fran C. Rogers James A. Scandrick Jr.* 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. Patricia Mlcuch Strickland Dr. Esther & Mr. Jeffery Swink 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 Jimmie D. & Patricia Lee White Lalah Gee Williams Dr. Patricia B. Willoughby Barbara & Bud Zander Shirley Zeitlin

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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, CPA, CFO

Ashlinn Snyder, Patron Engagement Officer Cori Rodery, Development Events Manager Lenai Augustine, Corporate Partnerships Manager Morgan Owen, Corporate Partnership Assistant Haley Hanneman, Stewardship Coordinator

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

EDUCATION

Ellen Kasperek, Senior Manager of Artistic Administration Eleanor Roberts, Manager of Artistic Administration Harrison Bryant, Artistic Coordinator Jennifer Goldberg, Principal Librarian Andrew Risinger, Organ Curator Kelsey Lamb, Acting Librarian Kelly deHaven, Library Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS Jonathan Marx, V.P. of Communications Dave Felipe, Publicist Justin Bradford, Website and Social Media Community Manager Sean Shields, Art Director Jessica Whitehouse, 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 Partnerships Maribeth Stahl, Sr. Director of Development Delaney Gray, Director of Development Events Celine Thackston, Grants and Research Manager Tara Little, Prospect and Research Manager Dennis Carter, Patron Engagement Officer Gina Haining, Patron Engagement Officer Judith Wall, Patron Engagement Officer

Walter Bitner, Director of Education and Community Engagement Kelley Bell, Education and Community Engagement Program Manager Kimberly Kraft McLemore, Accelerando 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, V.P. of Human Resources Annie Paul, Human Resources Generalist Kathleen McCracken, Director of Volunteer Services and League Liaison

I.T.

Trenton Leach, Director of Information Technology

MARKETING Daniel B. Grossman, V.P. of Marketing Misty Cochran, Director of Marketing Emily Shannon, Director of Sales

Lindsay Bergstrom, Box Office Manager Gena Staib, Assistant Box Office Manager Rich Bartkowiak, Marketing Supervisor Missy Hubner, Ticket Services Assistant Sarah Rose Peacock, Marketing and Communications Coordinator Mary Siroky, Group and Tourism Sales Manager Marketing Associates: Henry Byington, Jim Davidson, Kimberly DePue, Rick Katz, Misha Robledo, Cody Smith, Carrie Tillis Ticket Services Supervisors: Jean-Marie Clark, Jeff Hoehne, Brett Mitchell, Geoff Sullivan Ticket Services Specialists: Jesse Baker, Megan Cargin, Maggie Chafee, Peter Donnelly, Bailey Jackson, Emily Perino, Jesse Rosas, Angilee Smith, Cameron Wolford

PRODUCTION & ORCHESTRA OPERATIONS

Sonja Winkler, Sr. Director of Operations and Orchestra Manager John Wesolowski, Orchestra Personnel Manager Erin Ozment, Orchestra Personnel Assistant 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

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