Spring Into Music 2018

SHOWBILL New Jersey Symphony Orchestra XIAN ZHANG Music Director

An Evening with

Jason Alexander April 14, 2018

Honoring Kenneth C. Frazier Chairman of the Board and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA XIAN ZHANG Music Director Linda M. Bowden

David R. Huber

Gabriel van Aalst

Co-Chair of the Board

Co-Chair of the Board

President & CEO

in association with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees present

An Evening with Jason

Alexander

Saturday, April 14, 2018

New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street, Newark, New Jersey Reception 4:30 pm

Gala Dinner 6 pm

Concert 8 pm

featuring

Jason Alexander: The Broadway Boy with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and honoring

KENNETH C. FRAZIER Chairman of the Board and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc. Dress code: Cocktail Attire

Please respond by: April 2, 2018

Silent Auction Preview the auction and begin bidding on a fantastic array of items at www.bidpal.net/njsymphony.

For additional information, please contact Laura Bessey, Manager of Special Events, at lbessey@njsymphony.org or 973.735.1729.

THE C AS T KENNETH C. FRAZIER (Honoree) Under Ken Frazier’s leadership, Merck is delivering innovative, lifesaving medicines and vaccines that save and improve lives around the world.

As a long-standing, major supporter of the Orchestra and its education and community engagement programs, Merck helps the NJSO nurture young minds, inspire creativity and promote lifelong engagement with live music.

JASON ALEXANDER (Himself) Long before becoming world renowed as the iconic George Costanza on “Seinfeld,” Jason Alexander was a Tony Award-winning Broadway song-and-dance man. His concert with the NJSO brings a hilarious re-telling of his journey to and on the Broadway stage and features a program of great music from the theater along with comedy and audience interaction.

G AL A L EADER SH IP Gala Co-Chairs..............James J. Galeota ...................................John F. Hoffman Gala Committee...........Audrey Bartner Linda M. Bowden David R. Huber Hope & Alan Danzis Ruth Lipper Elin Mueller Joe & Sheila Nadler

Susan Shiff

Norman Slonaker Cecilia Sweeney

SPECI AL THANK S

Honoree Sponsor

Dinner Sponsor

Thank You We thank the following participants and invite you to join them in supporting this event.

Honoree Sponsor

Dinner Sponsor

Merck

Northern Trust Diamond Sponsors

BD Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey A. Michael & Ruth C. Lipper PSEG Platinum Sponsors Johnson & Johnson PNC Wealth Management Prudential

Event Supporters Audrey Bartner Deborah Ann Bello Ann & Stan Borowiec Linda M. Bowden Alan & Hope Danzis Anna Drago Dr. Peter Geidel & Mrs. Francesca P. Kubian-Geidel John & Karen Hoffman David & Ellen Huber Gregory & Jacqueline Khost Scott & Susan Kobler Teri Lawver Judith Lieberman Bill & Paula Marino McCarter & English, LLP

Elin Mueller Joseph & Sheila Nadler Joseph & Margaret Santamaria Craig Silliman & Kate Ransom-Silliman Susan & Laurence Shiff Eve E. Slater, MD John & Mary Kay Strangfeld U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management Verizon Barbara & Ed Zinbarg

Commitments as of February 5, 2018

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Commitee

Trustees

Life Trustees

Linda M. Bowden, Co-Chair of the Board David R. Huber, Co-Chair of the Board Albert D. Angel, Vice Chair Christopher Petermann, Vice Chair/Treasurer Alan L. Danzis, Secretary

Valerio Azzoli Audrey Bartner Deborah Ann Bello Thomas H. Comiskey Carmen Amalia Corrales David Ebenstein Jay Galeota James R. Gillen Philippa Girling John F. Hoffman Christopher Johnson Andrew Lamy* Teri Lawver Martin Melilli Elin Mueller Stephen A. Ploscowe, Esq. Warren K. Racusin James V. Reilly Adriana Rosin* Joseph Santamaria Kei Sasaki Marcia Sass Sarah Seiver* Susan Shiff Craig Silliman Susan Stucker Cecilia Sweeney Mark Timmerman* Richard Vezza Peter Webster Dennis G. Wilson Diane C. Young

Dr. Victor J. Bauer John Campbell Barbara Bell Coleman Dr. Anita Falla R. John Forrest Scott Kobler Willard D. Nielsen Dr. Algernon A. Phillips Jr. Russell C. Prince Charlotte Tanenbaum Robert C. Waggoner Josh S. Weston

Dr. Victor Parsonnet, Chairman Emeritus Ruth C. Lipper, Immediate Past Co-Chair Stephen Sichak Jr., Immediate Past Co-Chair Ann D. Borowiec Curtland E. Fields Robert C. Garrett Gregory Khost Amy C. Liss William J. Marino Dr. Philip Neches Norman D. Slonaker Francine Storck* Donald Strangfeld Gabriel van Aalst Robert Wagner* Edward D. Zinbarg

* Member of the Orchestra serving on the Board of Trustees.

XIAN ZHANG MUSIC DIRECTOR