2024-25 Bravo 1 (Sep 15-Oct 5)

BRAVO

ANDREAS DELFS, MUSIC DIRECTOR

JEFF TYZIK, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR

CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, CONDUCTOR LAUREATE

The Christopher Seaman Chair, Supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society

JHERRARD HARDEMAN, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Education and Community Engagement Chair

THIS ISSUE:

The safety of patrons, musicians, and staff is of the utmost importance.

Following the University of Rochester masking protocols and guidelines, masking is currently optional at Eastman Theatre.

Dear RPO Patrons, Donors, Community Partners, and Sponsors, It is great to see you back.

And for those hearing our orchestra for the first time, we promise you are about to experience something special.

Following our spectacular Centennial Season, RPO Music Director Andreas Delfs opens our 24/25 Philharmonic series with Tchaikovsky’s exhilarating Symphony No. 5 and closes with Stravinsky’s explosive The Firebird. In between, RPO Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik kicks off his 31st season paying homage to everyone from disco divas to The Rat Pack. And RPO Assistant Conductor and RPYO Music Director Jherrard Hardeman returns to lead our community, education, and family programs, and take our youth orchestra to new, exciting places.

Of course, many of your longtime holiday favorites return: Handel’s Messiah, Tyzik’s Gala Holiday Pops, and special edition of The Nutcracker as we celebrate a quarter-century of collaboration with Rochester City Ballet.  Finally, the weekend before Thanksgiving, hometown favorite Thomas Warfield gives us all something to be thankful for when he joins the RPO to narrate Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf.

While we treasure those RPO traditions, and our roles as the community’s resource for and advocate of classical music, we also understand the key to surviving the present is looking to the future.

This season, for the first time in the RPO’s 100-year history, you can enjoy part of our Philharmonics season on Sunday afternoons at Eastman Theatre – starting with our opening weekend. We will also be introducing our Voices of Today initiative -- RPO’s commitment to creating, performing, and recording new works. Stay tuned for more on this exciting and gamechanging new endeavor.

Of course, without your support, none of this would be possible. At our Centennial Gala in May we announced that the RPO has raised over $25 million towards a $50 million goal in the first two years of a five-year RPO& Comprehensive Capital Campaign. The campaign will grow the orchestra’s endowment and provide critical funding for both traditional RPO programs and new initiatives, assuring our ability to serve future generations of Rochesterians. To reach our goal over the final three years of the campaign we’ll need the community’s continued generosity and support for our mission to inspire, engage, and enrich lives through music.

And speaking of community support, a big thank you to our 24/25 returning corporate partners which include Season Sponsor M&T Bank, Philharmonics Series Sponsor St. Ann’s Community, Pops Series Sponsors Canandaigua National Bank and Wegmans Food Markets, RPYO Series Sponsor Pittsford Federal Credit Union, and Hospitality Partner Grace & Disgrace, and a special welcome to new Sunday Matinees at Naz Series Sponsor Kimbo Coffee.

With our sincerest gratitude,

CURT LONG, PRESIDENT & CEO

DIANA CLARKSON, ESQ., BOARD CHAIR

The Orchestra 2024/25 SEASON

VIOLIN 1

Juliana Athayde+, Concertmaster

The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair, funded in perpetuity

Shannon Nance, Assistant Concertmaster

Jeongwon Claire An Tigran Vardanyan

James Zabawa-Martinez

Thomas Rodgers

Anna Leunis

Molly McDonald

Kurt Munstedt

Perrin Yang

Jeremy Hill

An-Chi Lin

VIOLIN 2

Jeanelle Thompson, Principal

The Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz Chair

Daryl Perlo, Assistant Principal

The James E. Dumm Chair, funded in perpetuity

Patricia Sunwoo

John Sullivan

Lara Sipols

Sooyeon Kim

Petros Karapetyan

Liana Koteva Kirvan

Margaret Leenhouts

Heidi Brodwin

Ellen Stokoe

VIOLA

Joshua Newburger, Principal

The William L. Gamble Chair, funded in perpetuity

Marc Anderson, Assistant Principal

Rebecca Christainsen

James Marshall

Olita Povero

Neil Miller

Melissa Matson

Ye In Son

David Hult

CELLO

Ahrim Kim, Principal

The Clara and Edwin Strasenburgh Chair, funded in perpetuity

Lars Kirvan, Assistant Principal

Samuel Pierce-Ruhland

Christopher Haritatos

Benjamin Krug

Jennifer Carpenter

Ingrid Bock

BASS

Cory Palmer, Principal

The Anne Hayden McQuay Chair, funded in perpetuity

Michael Griffin, Assistant Principal

Daniel Morehead

Edward Castilano

Fred Dole

Jeff Campbell+

Eric Polenik

FLUTE

Rebecca Gilbert, Principal

The Charlotte Whitney Allen Chair, funded in perpetuity

Sean Marron

Elise Kim

PICCOLO

Sean Marron

Elise Kim

OBOE

Erik Behr, Principal

The Dr. Jacques M. Lipson Chair, funded in perpetuity

Anna Steltenpohl

Megan Kyle

ENGLISH HORN

Anna Steltenpohl

CLARINET

Kenneth Grant, Principal

The Robert J. Strasenburgh Chair, funded in perpetuity

Kamalia Freyling

Andrew Brown

E-FLAT CLARINET

Kamalia Freyling

BASS CLARINET

Andrew Brown

BASSOON

Matthew McDonald, Principal

The Ron and Donna Fielding Chair, funded in perpetuity

Karl Vilcins

Martha Sholl

CONTRA-BASSOON

Karl Vilcins

HORN

Michael Stevens, Principal

The Cricket and Frank Luellen Chair

YiCheng Gong, Associate/Assistant/Utility

Maura McCune Corvington

Nathan Ukens

Stephen Laifer

TRUMPET

Douglas Prosser, Principal

The Elaine P. Wilson Chair, funded in perpetuity

Wesley Nance

Herbert Smith

Paul Shewan

TROMBONE

David Bruestle, Principal

The Austin E. Hildebrandt Chair, funded in perpetuity

Lisa Albrecht

Jeffrey Gray

BASS TROMBONE

Jeffrey Gray

TUBA

W. Craig Sutherland, Principal

The Rob W. Goodling Chair, funded in perpetuity

TIMPANI

Charles Ross, Principal

The Harold and Joan Feinbloom Chair, funded in perpetuity

PERCUSSION

Brian Stotz

The Barbara and Patrick Fulford Chair, funded in perpetuity

HARP

Grace Browning, Principal

The Eileen Malone Chair. A Tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt M. Sylvester

Rosanna Moore

KEYBOARD

Chiao-Wen Cheng+, Principal

The Lois P. Lines Chair, funded in perpetuity

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Fred Dole

PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN

Kimberly Hartquist

Kathalee & Ian Hodge Library

Operation Endowment

STAGE MANAGERS

Danielle Suhr

Cederick Martinez + Eastman faculty

ANDREAS DELFS Music Director

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 24/25 season marks a milestone for Music Director Andreas Delfs, whose debut with the RPO was November 17, 1994. Many return appearances and more than 25 years later, Maestro Delfs was announced as the RPO’s 13th music director in January 2021.

Since then, Delfs has been pivotal in leading the orchestra out of the depths of the pandemic through the RPO’s history-making 23/24 Centennial Season: breaking box-office records with blockbuster programming and A-list special guests, while also climbing to new artistic heights with world-premiere commissions and acclaimed community collaborations.

Not one to rest on the laurels of those successes, Delfs is using them to inspire the orchestra to thrive into its second century. “You always have to move forward,” he explained. “And the only way to follow a breath-taking anniversary season is to build on its momentum.”

Born in Flensburg, Germany, Delfs began studying piano and music theory at age five. By 20, he became the youngest music director in the history of the Hamburg University Orchestra. Following graduation from Hamburg Conservatory, he followed the recommendation of legendary German conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, and took off for New York, where he earned his master’s degree at Juilliard School of Music, studying under such legendary conductors as Jorge Mester, Sixten Ehrling, and Leonard Bernstein.

Delfs soon landed posts at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra (SYSO). He served as general music director of Hanover, Germany, conducting the city’s renowned symphony orchestra and opera company.

As music director and conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Delfs led the orchestra on its historic 1999 tour of Cuba, the first by an American orchestra in more than 37 years. During his tenure in Milwaukee Symphony, he was instrumental in the symphony’s rise to national prominence.

Andreas Delfs has led scores of distinguished ensembles such as the London Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Beijing Symphony Orchestra. He has partnered with world-renowned artists including Philip Glass, André Watts, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, and Renée Fleming.

While Delfs’ approach to conducting has been forged by decades of experience, his love of new music is undeniable. Over the last two seasons alone, he has overseen RPO commissions by such highly regarded composers as Derrik Skye, Roberto Sierra, James Lee III, and Aaron Jay Kernis.

His passionate and dramatic interpretations of the late romantic repertoire with orchestras in both North America and Europe have drawn critical acclaim, reflecting a constantly evolving artistic maturity marked by the insight, depth and integrity he brings to the podium.

He and wife Amy live east of Rochester in the hamlet of Pultneyville, surrounded by their children, a grandchild, and Casper the Spitz.

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Our Conductors

JEFF TYZIK Principal Pops Conductor

Grammy Award winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming, and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. Tyzik is celebrating 31 years as Principal Pops Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Oregon Symphony. Tyzik made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in September 2023 and closed the 23/24 season conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with over 100 orchestras including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, New York Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released his recording of works by Gershwin with pianist Jon Nakamatsu and the RPO which stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years”.

In 2023, Jeff Tyzik launched his new publishing company TyzikMusic.com. This digital site features over 150 arrangements, orchestrations and compositions for Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music ensembles, and Wind Ensemble.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Leslie Odom Jr., Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Sutton Foster, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. He has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz and classical to Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin, and swing. Tyzik holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music.

With co-producers Greenberg Artists and Schirmer Theatrical, Jeff Tyzik has created 20 new orchestra pops programs that have been presented by 150 orchestras in the past three seasons.

For more information about Jeff Tyzik, please visit www.TyzikMusic.com

CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN Conductor Laureate

The Christopher Seaman Chair, supported by Barbara and Patrick Fulford and The Conductor Laureate Society

Christopher Seaman was music director of the RPO from 1998-2011, and was subsequently named conductor laureate. During his 13-year tenure, the longest in RPO history, he raised the Orchestra’s artistic level, broadened its audience base, and created a new concert series. This contribution was recognized with an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. In May 2009, the University of Rochester made him an honorary doctor of music.

Previous positions include music director of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra (Florida) for 10 years, conductor-in-residence with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and artistic advisor of the San Antonio Symphony.

He is recognized for his wealth of repertoire, which ranges from baroque to contemporary, and in particular the works of Bruckner, Brahms, and Sibelius. Seaman also is highly regarded for his work with younger musicians, and he served as course director for the Symphony Services International Conductor Development Program (Australia) for many years.

Recent conducting engagements include the Aspen Music Festival, Detroit, Houston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Seattle symphony orchestras; the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristians Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, and Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais in Brazil. He frequently visits Australia and Asia where he has conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Taiwan, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Singapore symphony orchestras, among others.

JHERRARD HARDEMAN Assistant Conductor

The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Education and Community Engagement Chair Jherrard Hardeman begins his second season with the RPO as Assistant Conductor (The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Education and Community Engagement Chair). Hardeman serves as Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (RPYO).

A rising star in the symphonic world, Hardeman leads the RPO’s signature OrKIDStra family series, education concerts at Kodak Hall, concerts for the community and beyond, and our July summer series.

By his mid-teens, Detroit native Hardeman was already attracting national attention as a classical conductor, composer, and violinist. He studied orchestral conducting under internationally renowned conductors David Robertson at The Juilliard School. Hardeman notes he cannot overstate the importance of mentorships by conductors Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, and Kevin Noe, Executive Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.

Hardeman has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, Grosse Pointe Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, and the Longy Conservatory Orchestra. An innate leader, he has also formed and/or conducted orchestras at such prestigious institutions as the New England Conservatory of Music, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and the AVANTI Summer MusicFest.

RPO Board of Directors

Maintaining and operating the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Founded in 1923 —Incorporated in 1930)

OFFICERS

Diana Clarkson, Esq., Chair of the Board

Curtis S. Long, President & CEO

Cindy Yancey, Vice Chair of the Board

Kathy Lindahl, Vice Chair of the Board

Karen Kessler, Secretary

Richard Stein, Treasurer

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq., Immediate Past Chair

TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2025

James Fulmer

Laurie A. Haelen

Ralph F. Jozefowicz. M.D.

Karen Kessler

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.

Deborah Onslow

Ronald E. Salluzzo

Jason Thomas

TERM EXPIRES JUNE 2026

Daisy R. Algarin

Diana Clarkson, Esq.

George Daddis

Catherine Frangenberg

Allyson Hiranandani

Dr. Diane Lu

Sujatha Ramanujan

Elizabeth F. Rice

Dr. Eva P. Sauer

George J. Schwartz, M.D.

Richard Stein

Thomas Warfield

Dr. James Watters

TERM EXPIRES

JUNE 2027

Brian Bennett

Kimberly Gangi

Catherine Gueli

Emerson Fullwood

Paulette Gissendanner

Zuzanna Kwon

Katherine Lindahl

Jack McGowan

Sidney Sobel, M.D.

Cindy Yancey

EX-OFFICIO

Patrick Fulford

Chairperson, Honorary Board

Lars Kirvan

Orchestra Representative

Erik Behr

Orchestra Representative

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq., Immediate Past Chair

Curtis S. Long President & CEO

Kate Sheeran

Dean, Eastman School of Music

HONORARY BOARD

Patrick Fulford, Chairperson, Honorary Board

Stephen B. Ashley

Nancy Beilfuss*

James M. Boucher

Paul W. Briggs*

William L. Cahn

Louise Epstein

Joan Feinbloom

Ilene Flaum

Betsy Friedman

Ronald A. Furman*

Mary M. Gooley*

Suzanne Gouvernet*

David C. Heiligman

A. Thomas Hildebrandt

Harold A. Kurland, Esq.

Dr. Dawn F. Lipson

Jacques M. Lipson, MD* Cricket and Frank Luellen*

Elizabeth F. Rice

Nathan J. Robfogel, Esq.

Jon L. Schumacher, Esq.

Katherine T. Schumacher

Betty Strasenburgh*

Josephine S. Trubek

Suzanne D. Welch

Patricia Wilder*

Deborah Wilson

Robert Woodhouse

The RPO expresses its gratitude to all those who have served as Honorary Board members in the past.

PAST RPO CHAIRPERSONS

1930–32: Edward G. Miner*

1932–34: Simon N. Stein*

1934–38: George E. Norton*

1938–41: Leroy E. Snyder*

1941–42: Frank W. Lovejoy*

1942–43: Bernard E. Finucane*

1943–46: L. Dudley Field*

1946–48: Edward S. Farrow, Jr. *

1948–51: Joseph J. Myler*

1951–52: Joseph F. Taylor*

1952–55: Raymond W. Albright*

1955–57: Arthur I. Stern*

1957–59: Thomas H. Hawks*

1959–61: Walter C. Strakosh*

1962–63: Ernest J. Howe*

1963–65: O. Cedric Rowntree*

1965–67: Frank E. Holley *

1967–69: Thomas C. Taylor*

1969–71: Thomas H. Miller*

1971–72: Mrs. Frederick J. Wilkens*

1972–73: Edward C. McIrvine

1973–74: Robert J. Strasenburgh*

1974–75: John A. Santuccio

1975–76: Robert J. Strasenburgh*

1976–78: Dr. Louis Lasagna*

1978–80: Edward C. McIrvine

1980–82: Peter L. Faber

1982–84: Paul F. Pagerey*

1984–85: Peter L. Waasdorp*

1986–89: Robert H. Hurlbut*

1989–91: Paul W. Briggs*

1991–93: Karen Noble Hanson*

1993–95: Ronald E. Salluzzo

1995–98: A. Thomas Hildebrandt

1998–00: Harold A. Kurland, Esq.

2000–04: David C. Heiligman

2004–06: Ingrid A. Stanlis

2006–09: James M. Boucher

2009–11: Suzanne D. Welch

2011–13: Elizabeth F. Rice

2013–15: Dr. Dawn F. Lipson

2015-17: Jules L. Smith, Esq.

2017-19: Ingrid A. Stanlis

* Deceased

2 PM

For Andreas Delfs’ biography, please see page 7. Anna Steltenpohl, cor anglais SUN SEPT 15

NAZARETH UNIVERSITYBESTON HALL

Andreas Delfs, conductor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, 20:00 BACH BWV 1068

I. Overture

II. Air

III. Gavotte

IV. Bourrée

V. Gigue

WILLIAM ALWYN Autumn Legend 11:00

INTERMISSION

LUDWIG VAN Symphony No. 2 in D Major 32:00 BEETHOVEN

I. Adagio molto

II. Larghetto

III. Scherzo

IV. Allegro molto

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MATINEES AT NAZ: BACH & BEETHOVEN

SUNDAY

ARTISTS

ANNA STELTENPOHL, cor anglais

Currently in her 16th season with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Steltenpohl is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. Her teachers have included Elaine Douvas, Nathan Hughes, and Richard Woodhams. She has performed as principal oboe with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony (under Maestro Delfs,) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony. Ms. Steltenpohl has also played English Horn with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She attended the Pacific Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Anna last appeared with the RPO during the 2013 season, performing Vincent Persichetti's Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra with Maestro Delfs.

A native of Barrington, IL, Anna was featured twice on National Public Radio's nationally syndicated "From the Top." She and her twin sister Lisa, Principal Violist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, also starred together in the educational video series "Musical Encounters."

Ms. Steltenpohl lives in Webster with her husband Dr. Bipul Baibhav, a cardiovascular disease specialist and the director of Cardiac Imaging at Rochester Regional Health, and their two young children. She has served on several committees for the RPO and RPYO and In her free time you can find her on the Peloton leaderboard at annastelt585.

ANNA STELTENPOHL

PROGRAM NOTES

J.S. BACH

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

B. EISENACH, GERMANY  March 21, 1685

D. LEIPZIG, GERMANY  July 28, 1750

J.S. Bach spent his entire career in Germany employed by churches and courts, which precluded him from traveling throughout Europe to experience the latest musical trends. Nevertheless, he was exposed to French music — possibly through contact with others who had traveled, or through music circulating in Germany, although any direct lines of influence have remained elusive to scholars. Carl Friedrich Zelter, a later German composer, claimed the French influence permeated all of Bach’s music in inextricable ways.

The French influence is easy to spot in Bach’s four orchestral suites, which consist of courtly French Baroque dances, each given Bach’s full contrapuntal treatment. Scored for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings, and continuo, and thought to be written around 1725 in Leipzig, Bach’s third orchestral suite in D major opens with a quintessential French overture with stately dotted rhythms. The third, fourth, and fifth movements are all French dances: buoyant Gavottes, a slightly faster and bouncy Bourrée, and ending with a romping Gigue. The second movement “Air” is not a French form but rather is an English word that references the Italian aria. Indeed, the movement is the most lyrical of all and one of the most recognizable works of Bach’s, often performed standalone and dubbed “Air for the G String.”

WILLIAM ALWYN

Autumn Legend

The post-romantic English composer William Alwyn never reached the same level of fame as contemporaries such as Benjamin Britten, but Alwyn did build a successful career as a prolific film composer, with his score for the James Mason British film noir classic, Odd Man Out (1947) among his most notable.

B. NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND  November 7, 1905

D. SOUTHWOLD, ENGLAND  September 11, 1985

Despite his successes there, he felt writing for film was a less serious endeavor than concert music and bemoaned he wasn’t more highly regarded for his large output of concert works. He would be pleased to know that, posthumously, his music has had a resurgence in concert halls and beyond. His orchestral work Lyra Angelica was even heard in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where figure skater Michelle Kwan gave an inspiring performance to his music’s captivating impressionism.

Alwyn’s composition Autumn Legend for English horn (cor anglais) and string orchestra was written in 1954 and was a personal tribute to a favorite poet, Dante Gabriel Rosetti. Rosetti was part of the Romantic-era Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood of artists who argued for a return to nature and realism. The words of Rosetti’s The Blessed Damozel are printed right on the score:

‘Surely she leaned o’er me - her hair   Fell all about my face . . .   Nothing: the Autumn fall of leaves   the whole year sets apace.’

Alwyn described the work as “a free improvisation arising spontaneously from the poet’s words” and admitted it was “unashamedly romantic.” His cinematic skills seem evident in this work, painting atmospheric scenes that conjure up the melancholy of autumn.

PROGRAM NOTES

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in

D

Major, Op. 36

B. BONN, GERMANY  December 17, 1770

D. VIENNA, AUSTRIA  March 26, 1827

Contemporary media, such as the film, Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), may have us think that Beethoven’s deafness was first apparent in works such as the seventh symphony composed in 1811. But in 1801, we find the first documented admittance of Beethoven’s loss of hearing, and in 1802, the year Beethoven finished his second symphony, he lamented to his brothers in a famous letter, “But what a humiliation for me when someone standing next to me heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing, . . . Such incidents drove me almost to despair, a little more of that and I would have ended my life—it was only my art that held me back.” Although his second symphony is ultimately an optimistic work, some inner darkness lurks concurrent to the composer experimenting with the symphony genre. This is apparent in quick modal shifts and new key relationships (exploring third relations), in scoring (the second movement Larghetto has the intimate quality of chamber music, a contrast to the forces of the first and final movements), and in form (in extended introductions and codas in the first and last movements, and in a third movement that moves away from the classical minuet and trio, replacing it with a scherzo, the Italian word for “joke”). The symphony’s prevailing cheerfulness attests to Beethoven’s spirit. “I will seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not crush me completely,” he wrote early on in his hearing loss. Perhaps it was also an attitude connected to his flourishing career. The second symphony was dedicated to Prince Carl Lichnowsky, who was supporting Beethoven with a substantial income, enabling his compositional pursuits.

Program notes by Anna Reguero, PhD, a Rochester-based arts writer and music scholar.

SAT SEPT 21

8 PM

SUN SEPT 22

2 PM

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN

THEATRE

Andreas Delfs, conductor

For Andreas Delfs’ biography, please see page 7.

Time For Three

Ranaan Meyer, double bass

Nick Kendall, violin

Charles Yang, violin

KEVIN PUTS Contact: Triple Concerto for Two Violins, 30:00 Bass and Orchestra

I. The Call

II. Codes (Scherzo)

III. Contact

IV. Convivium

INTERMISSION

PIOTR ILYICH Symphony No. 5 47:00 TCHAIKOVSKY

I. Andante - Allegro con anima - Molto piu tranquillo

II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

III. Valse. Allegro moderato

IV. Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Meno mosso

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ARTISTS

TIME FOR THREE

RANAAN MEYER, double bass

NICK KENDALL, violin

CHARLES YANG, violin

Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble, Time For Three (TF3), defies convention and boundaries by showcasing excellence across different genres, including classical music, Americana, and singersongwriter. Their unique sound captivates audiences, immersing them in a musical experience that merges various eras, styles, and traditions of Western music. TF3, consisting of Charles Yang (violin, vocals), Nicolas “Nick” Kendall (violin, vocals), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass, vocals), combines their instruments and voices in a remarkable sound, establishing a distinct voice of expression that resonates with listeners worldwide.

TF3’s longstanding history of collaboration with contemporary classical composers continues to thrive. They have worked closely with esteemed artists such as Chris Brubeck and Pulitzer Prize winners William Bolcom and Jennifer Higdon. Their most recent commission, Contact, composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts, premiered with the San Francisco Symphony and The Philadelphia Orchestra in the summer of 2022. This extraordinary piece, alongside Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto 4-3, was released on Deutsche Grammophon under the album title Letters for the Future. Conducted by Xian Zhang, the album’s exceptional quality propelled it onto the Billboard top 10 Classical Recordings charts. Additionally, it garnered a nomination for an Opus Klassik award and received a Grammy win in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category.

Renowned for their charismatic and energetic performances, TF3 has garnered praise from respected outlets including NPR, NBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Sun-Times. They have graced illustrious stages such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and The Royal Albert Hall, effortlessly adapting their inimitable and versatile style to intimate venues like Joe’s Pub in New York or Yoshi’s in San Francisco. TF3 was featured on the acclaimed “Night of the Proms” tour, sharing stages with renowned artists like Chaka Khan and Ronan Keating across several European countries. Their collaborations span a diverse range of artists, including Ben Folds, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Aoife O’Donovan, Natasha Bedingfield, and Arlo Guthrie.

TF3’s exceptional talents have not only earned them a Grammy win but also secured them an Emmy for their concert special, “Time For Three In Concert,” produced by PBS. Their appetite for new experiences led them to collaborate with cellist and composer Ben Sollee, creating the soundtrack for Focus Features’ film Land, directed by Robin Wright, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021. TF3 has teamed up with Grammy-winning songwriter Liz Rose and Grammy-winning producer Femke Weidema for new recordings released through Warner Music. They have also contributed to Summer Walker’s R&B hit, Constant Bullsxxt, showcasing their versatility across genres.

Time For Three’s artistic achievements, fueled by their relentless pursuit of musical excellence, have solidified their status as a remarkable ensemble. Their Grammy win and extraordinary collaborations speak to their unwavering dedication to pushing creative boundaries and captivating audiences with their exceptional talent.

ARTISTS

KEVIN PUTS

Winner of numerous prestigious awards, including the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his debut opera Silent Night, Kevin Puts’ works have been commissioned, performed, and recorded by leading ensembles, and soloists throughout the world, including Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Kahane, Dame Evelyn Glennie, the New York Philharmonic, the Tonhalle Orchester (Zurich), the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Miro Quartet, and the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Atlanta, Colorado, Houston, Fort Worth, St. Louis, and Minnesota. His newest orchestral work, The City, was co-commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in honor of its 100th anniversary and by Carnegie Hall in honor of its 125th anniversary. His new vocal work Letters From Georgia, written for Soprano Renée Fleming and orchestra and based on the personal letters of Georgia O’Keeffe, had its world premiere in New York in Fall 2016, and his first chamber opera, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s gothic novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, had its world premiere in September 2017, followed by performances with Chicago Opera Theater in February 2018.

Silent Night, commissioned and premiered in November 2011 by Minnesota Opera and co-produced by Opera Philadelphia, has been produced at Fort Worth Opera, Cincinnati Opera, the Wexford Opera Festival, Calgary Opera, Montreal Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Atlanta Opera, Opera San Jose, and Michigan Opera Theatre. In 2013, his choral works To Touch The Sky and If I Were A Swan were performed and recorded by Conspirare. His second opera, also commissioned by Minnesota Opera, The Manchurian Candidate, based on the novel, had its world premiere in 2015.

A former Composer-in-Residence of Young Concerts Artists, he is currently a member of the composition department at the Peabody Institute and the Director of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer’s Institute.

KEVIN PUTS

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KEVIN PUTS

Contact: Triple Concerto for Two Violins, Bass and Orchestra

B. JANUARY 3, 1972

St. Louis, Missouri

In April, 2017 I first heard a live performance by the prodigiously gifted string trio Time for Three at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The group—Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, violinists and Ranaan Meyer, bassist— had reached out about the possibility of my writing them a concerto, and after hearing them play, sing, improvise and perform their own arrangements and compositions that evening I felt both elated—by the infectious energy and joy they exude as performers—and also rather daunted by the thought. It seemed our musical tastes were so similar that I suggested to them, not at all facetiously, “Maybe you ought to write your own concerto!” I simply couldn’t imagine conceiving any music they couldn’t improvise themselves.

One of the tunes the trio performed that night at Joe’s Pub was an original, called “Vertigo”, which the guys later told me they wrote in a hotel room on the road. In the song, all three members both play their instruments and sing. I wondered about the possibility of beginning the concerto with the trio singing a wordless refrain, acappella. I wrote a chord progression which unfolds from a single note and progresses through simple, suspended harmonies. Orchestral winds respond with the same music while the trio adds decorative, improvisatory gestures. This idea, first heard in a reflective manner, grows considerably until the orchestral brass deliver a most emphatic version of it. This first movement (“The Call”) ends with the same sense of questioning with which it began.

Threatening unison stabs, played by the entire orchestra, break the mood startlingly and impel the soloists who drive forward with syncopated rhythms and virtuoso flurries of arpeggios. The energy in this second movement (“Codes”) is unrelenting, often drawing its harmonic flavor from the ladder of notes which forms the overtone series and by combining triads from disparate keys.

By yet another contrast, the orchestral music that opens the third movement (“Contact”) is cold and stark. I had the image of an abandoned vessel floating inert in the recesses of space. The soloists interrupt this with a quiet, gently rolling meditation, eventually inviting a solo oboe and a solo clarinet to join in lyrical counterpoint high above. Eventually, the soloists recall the stark opening of the movement, rendering its rhythms into an unaccompanied phrase of tenderness and longing.

To put it mildly, the search for a silver lining amid the Covid-19 pandemic was a unique challenge. But the cancellation of the initial performances of Contact scheduled for the summer of 2020 allowed us to continue working together on the concerto long after I finished it. Though my original title was simply Triple Concerto, we all agreed there was something more than abstract musical expression going on, that there was a story being told. Could the refrain at the opening of the concerto be a message sent into space, a call to intelligent life across the vast distances containing clues to our DNA, to our very nature as Earth people? Could the Morse code-like rhythms of the scherzo suggest radio transmissions, wave signals, etc.? And might the third movement (originally called simply “Ballad”) represent the moment of contact itself? (Admittedly, the climax of the film adaptation of Carl Sagan’s Contact, at which point Ellie, played by Jodie Foster, en route via a wormhole to an alien civilization, witnesses a radiant cosmic event to which she tearfully breathes, “No words...they should have sent a poet...no words...” was in my mind during these discussions.)

Still in search of a finale to the concerto, I was serendipitously introduced to the wonderful gankino horo (Ganka’s Dance), a traditional Bulgarian melody, blazingly performed by at least twelve young cellists in unison at my (then) ten-year-old son Ben’s studio cello recital. At home, I began playing it on the piano and gradually my own compositional voice crept in. I was reminded of Bartok’s haunting Romanian Folk Dances and the composer’s fusion of his own musical sensibilities with age-old folk melodies. And so I set about composing a sort of fantasy on this tune, its asymmetric rhythmic qualities a fitting counterbalance to the previous three movements.

The word contact has gained new resonance during these years of isolation. It is my hope that this concerto might be heard as an expression of yearning for this fundamental human need. I am deeply grateful to Time for Three for their belief in my work and for the tireless collaborative spirit which allowed us to develop this showcase for their immense talents.

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PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

B. VOTKINSK, UDMURT REPUBLIC, RUSSIA

May 7, 1840

D. ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

November 6, 1893

Any composer who writes a fifth symphony contends with the shadow of Beethoven, whose fifth symphony—and its ubiquitous opening four-note motif, ‘short-short-short-long’—is etched into minds and ears. Tchaikovsky was no exception. In his brief autobiography (1889), Tchaikovsky wrote that in his early adulthood, he studied Beethoven symphonies. “From then on, I was filled with a burning desire to write a symphony — a desire which would erupt afresh each time that I came into contact with Beethoven’s music. However, I would then feel all too keenly my ignorance, my complete inability to deal with the technique of composition, and this feeling brought me close to despair... ”

Although Beethoven’s fifth is considered “absolute” music—a work that isn’t based upon dramatic words or images—many consider there to be a thematic concept of “fate knocking at one’s door,” and the opening four notes are commonly called the “Fate” motif. The symphony’s large-scale move from C minor to C major is heard as fate’s triumph. Tchaikovsky, too, was taken by the idea of fate. Just before writing the fifth symphony, he made this diary entry:

“Introduction. Complete resignation before Fate, or, which is the same thing, before the inscrutable predestination of Providence. Murmurs of doubt, complaints, reproaches against XXX. (2) Shall I throw myself in the embraces of faith??? A wonderful program, if only it can be carried out.”

Although many find this to be proof that the symphony—and its main motto—expresses the idea of fate, others argue Tchaikovsky was growing tired of programs. In fact, Tchaikovsky wrote that the fifth symphony has no program, which may be as good as any indication that it is music for music’s sake. Given the conflicting evidence, it is up to listeners to decide the most compelling way to hear the work.

In the work’s opening movement, “Allegro con anima,” the clarinet carries the minor mode motto in a tentative opening introduction. Picking up with a skipping primary theme, the motto is given momentary sunnier outlooks. Heightened romanticisms sneak in as a second theme before it’s back to darker ruminations.

A luxurious horn solo carries the opening main melody in the second movement, “Andante cantabile,” featuring Tchaikovsky’s famous hyper-romanticism. The so-called “fate” motto returns in fiery, foreboding statements, though the movement ends with a quiet nostalgia.

The third movement “Valse” is a carefree, moderate waltz with lots of inner chattering between the strings and winds. The unifying motto enters near the movement’s conclusion in the clarinet and bassoon before erupting into a surprise finish.

The Finale offers the best argument to hear the work in relationship to Beethoven’s fifth: ending in E major, it sets out the entire symphony as a progression from minor to major. The so-called “fate” motto is given a stately and heroic treatment to open the work, and when the moment launches into a thrilling presto, the motto and themes from the other movements are weaved into the movement’s thick textures. After what seems to be the big ending with rumbling timpani, the main motto interrupts the silence in a joyful return—now firmly planted in E major. Listen for the quick restatement of the first movement’s primary theme, carried by the brass, in the movement’s final phrases.

Program notes by Anna Reguero, PhD, a Rochester-based arts writer and music scholar.

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8 PM

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For Jeff Tyzik’s biography, please see page 8.

Shayna Steele, vocals

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JOE”BEAN” ESPOSITO Bad Girls 4:15

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SHAYNA STEELE, vocals

This dynamic vocalist puts new meaning to diversity and grass-roots talent. Her natural ability to traverse musical genres in the studio and on stage and screen has kept her on the A-list of in-demand singers in the industry. Shayna’s effortless execution of both soul and jazz has grabbed the attention of audiences globally including with hundreds of Symphony Orchestras throughout North America.

She released her fourth studio album, Gold Dust, in 2023 on Ropeadope Records. Shayna’s creative abilities explode in multiple genres and her original signature sound. Her mature song-writing abilities are dynamically evident as heard through her infusion of soul, jazz, and blues. Produced by David Cook, Gold Dust embodies a sound that has taken Shayna 20 years to perfect. The album features a fresh new cover of Cole Porter’s “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” featuring Grammy-nominated saxophonist Donny McCaslin. The album also highlights brand new original material such as the inspiring anthem “The Bloodline” celebrating her ancestors and the sultry, yet intimate “Behind Closed Doors” with jazz crooner Sachal Vasandani. But it’s her explosive new arrangement of Stevie Nick’s “Gold Dust Woman” that will leave every listener in awe of her explosive vocals on her rendition of the classic hit. Growing from the pandemic’s gridlock on the music industry, Shayna’s inspiration for Gold Dust was fueled by her creative relationship with extra family time. It drove Shayna to not only plan the new album following her 2019 Watch Me Fly (Must Have/Membran) but also to return to music school almost 30 years later to finish her degree at Berklee College of Music.

In 2023, Shayna debuted her solo symphony show, American Diva, with the prestigious Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Grammy-winning conductor and composer Mr. Jeff Tyzik featuring arrangements of her music and favorite covers. Shayna has performed as the guest soloist with over 100 North American symphony orchestras such as The Dallas Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra where she debuted her solo blues program Nothin’ But the Blues with Tyzik.

Throughout her career, Shayna has lent her talent to leading artists such as Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti and Moby, whose tracks Raining Again, Disco Lies, and Extreme Ways, featured Shayna’s blockbuster vocals. No stranger to both the small and silver screens, Shayna has sung on the Hairspray, Bourne Identity, and Sex and the City 2 soundtracks, as well as made a guest appearance on The Sopranos! Shayna will appear on television again in the new Marvel Max Original Series The Penguin this fall.

After spending her early years living mainly in Germany as the daughter of an Air Force master sergeant, Shayna spent her teen years in Biloxi, Mississippi, where she honed her musical theater and vocal talent. Her appearance on Star Search with Ed McMahon provided a bigger spotlight for her and, after leaving college, found herself in New York City appearing in the smash hit musical RENT as well as Jesus Christ Superstar, and then her original role in the massive Tony winning musical Hairspray!

She then moved out on her own, providing background vocals for Bette Midler, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson, among others. After going solo, writing, and putting her band together, Shayna released her album, RISE, in 2015 (Ropeadope Records), reaching #2 on the U.S. iTunes jazz charts.

SHAYNA STEELE

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KELLY LEVESQUE, vocals

Kelly Levesque (pronounced Le-Vek) is a native New Yorker who began her career in the studio at the age of 3, with her musician-father recording her first notes. Kelly has performed on leading international stages such as Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, Budokan, Staples Center, The White House, and Madison Square Garden with such artists as: Sting, Jamie Foxx, Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Josh Groban, Michael Bolton, John Legend, Patti LaBelle, Gloria Estefan, Chris Botti, Sheryl Crow, Toni Braxton, Brian McKnight, and many more.

Kelly’s soaring vocal range, beautiful tone, and stunning stage presence have provided her with an international recording and performing profile since she signed her first major record deal. Kelly’s voice has been featured on numerous national television and radio commercial spots. Kelly has had two Top 10 Billboard Classical Crossover Albums in the US and has been honored to perform for four US Presidents, International Royalty, and His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

CRYSTAL MONEE HALL, vocals

Crystal Monee Hall’s varied career as a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and actress has included roles on Broadway (“RENT”), sold out tours with acclaimed musicians Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) and Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), being a featured vocalist on Saturday Night Live, and also a guest appearance on the HBO comedy-drama High Maintenance. She has released three albums (one solo as well as two with Hart) with work from her most recent EP “If You Breathe” called ‘riveting’ by Billboard Magazine . Her newest release seamlessly blends Hall’s love for world, blues, jazz, soul, and contemporary R&B, showcasing her talent as a songwriter while highlighting a voice that has captivated audiences worldwide.

Crystal is a featured vocalist on Broadway Superstar Kristin Chenoweth’s “For The Girls” concerts at Broadway’s Nederlander Theater. In addition to being heavily featured, her songwriting was front and center when Chenoweth performed her original tune “Reasons for Hope” co-written by the shows Musical Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Crystal continues to be a key part of high-profile music moments, including a feature with country superstar Thomas Rhett on Saturday Night Live in March 2019. RollingStone took notice of her standout performance of “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time,” noting it “put on display the superb, soulful talents of Crystal Monee Hall”. He invited her out to to his sold out show at Madison Square Garden in September 2019 for an encore performance of the tune.

Crystal was featured in Emmy, Tony and Grammy winning Ben Platt’s Netflix concert special filmed at Radio City Music Hall in September 2019. She also performed with him The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Good Morning America and for the run of his sold-out “Sing to Me Instead” Tour.

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award Winner Cynthia Erivo’s PBS special features Hall in the role of soprano during her knockout performance of “Ain’t No Way”. She also joined Kesha as part of her powerful 2018 Grammy Awards performance in support of the #TimesUp movement, provided supporting vocals for Mariah Carey’s Christmas residency at New York’s Beacon Theater, performed alongside Kanye West and Chance The Rapper during their debut performance of “Ultralight Beam” on SNL. Crystal provided backing vocals for Craig David’s “All We Needed,” the official song of the BBC›s 2016 Children In Need campaign.

With her career continuing to flourish, Hall looks forward to reaching new listeners with her message, music, and voice.

CRYSTAL MONEE HALL

KELLY LEVESQUE

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Bruce and Laura Smoller

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Marsha Young

Rodney Young

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Helen A. Zamboni

Susan and Maurice Zauderer

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Mohsen Emami, M.D.

D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Esser

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Joan and Harold* Feinbloom

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Karolina Fero

Almon Fisher

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Hope Quallo

Jerry and Janice Rachfal

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Suzanne Robinson

Dr. Gerald and Maxine Rosen

Richard and Margery Rosen

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Hon. Franklin T. and Cynthia Russell

Jean Ryon

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Eleanor Stauffer

Lisa H. Stoddard

David B. Stong

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Joyce Sudak and Christopher Carretta

Anne Sullivan

Yoshiko Tamura and Bruce M. Lee

David and Carol Teegarden

Carina L. Telesca

Darbbie J. Thomas

Eric and Sue-Ellen Thompson

Joel Thompson

James Tobin

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John Ulatowski

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Stephen Wershing

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Elizabeth D. Woodard

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Thomas Wooldridge

Jeff Wright and Betty Wells

Eileen M. Wurzer

Lawrence and Susan Yovanoff

Margaret and Ken Zeiner

Eric Zeise and Ellen Henry

Robert and Carol Zimmerman

& Denotes donor(s) has/have contributed to the RPO& Comprehensive Capital Campaign. S Denotes donor(s) has/have a recurring Sustaining Circle contribution to the RPO. ^ Denotes donor(s) has/have contributed to the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (RPYO). * Denotes donor(s) is/are deceased.

BRAVO TRIBUTES

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations for their generous support by honoring, or remembering in memory of, the individuals listed below. Listings are in recognition of our current donors from July 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024.

Tribute gifts are a special way to remember loved ones or commemorate special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, births or graduations. If you would like to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please visit www.rpo.org/donate or contact the Development office at 585/454-7311 ext. 249 or email development@rpo.org.

IN MEMORY OF…

Carol Achilles

Marilyn Merrigan

Elizabeth Affolter

Mason B. Fitch

Cheryl A. Minchella

Todd and Kathleen Slocum

Elizabeth M. Thomsen

Joanne Anderson

Dolores Young

Jack Bawden

Gerald and Sandra Maar

Gretchen Mittelstaedt

Donald and Rosemarie Ruck

Carl and Eileen Webster

William J. Beenhouwer

Elizabeth Thorley

Robert N. Bischoff

The Ormsbee Family

John Boreman

Lori and Marvin Friedman

Paul W. Briggs

Beatrice Briggs

Laura Brown

Nellie J. Rosenberg

Susann Brown

Terence Chrzan

Louise Delaus

Wilma C. Chadwick

Barbara Chadwick

Jody Clark

Charlotte Streams

Linda Y. Swanson

Elizabeth M. Thomsen

Hamilton Chase

Charles Courtsal and Lisa Gwinner

Lieuween T. Chase

Charles Courtsal and Lisa Gwinner

Gerald Christoff

Rosemary Christoff Dolan

Tina J. Cichanowicz

Peggy and Ted Cichanowicz

Joyce M. Clark

Sally M. Field

Pincus Cohen

Gabriel and Deborah Aizenberg

Madeleine Cohen

Kathy Durand

Frank and Lori Karbel

Martha Lindsay

Joyce M. Clark

Sally M. Field

Dr. Salvatore Dalberth

Joan Dalberth

Barbara Dechario

Mary A. Fink

E. Deisenroth

Doreen Deisenroth

Giovanna Dibble

Karen J. Jacque

Vicky Edwards

John and Kathy Kutolowski

Henry Epstein

Kathleen and Robert Heinig

Elvira R. Felty

Evan Felty

Jefferson E. Fraser

Paul Gorman

Louise French

Stephen E. French

Johanna M. Gambino

Michael Ellison

Burt Harris

Dr. Maria G. Mastrosimone

Suzanne Gouvernet

Helen A. Zamboni

Robert Gotham

Robert and Elizabeth Smith

Robert E. Hallstrom

Lily Shaw

Ian M. Harvey

Elizabeth K. Stevens

Richard C. Hastings

Glenda Hastings

Warren H. Heilbronner

Marvin and Lori Friedman

Donald Heinle

Stephen and Ann Martin

Patricia L. Hemmenway

RPO Ushers

Margaret L. Herkimer

William and Kathleen Ross

Kathalee Hodge

Dr. Ian M. Hodge

Norman Horton

Daryl Dear Cubitt

Bruce and Sheron Marche

Daniel M. Meyers

Larry and Susan Yovanoff

Richard Howden

Moses and Patricia Howden

Jay and Lillian Howk

Cynthia L. Howk

David L. Hunley, Sr.

Karen Stafford

Donald Hunsberger

Jonathan R. Parkes and Marcia Bornhurst-Parkes

Sylvia Jackson

La Marr J. Jackson, Esq.

Anne M. Jones

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Lew Jones

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Anita M. Hansen

Robert Israel

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Andrea Miller

Nellie J. Rosenberg

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Carol Lovell

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Taimi Marple

Robert Marx

Frances Marx

Max and Emma Meschonat

Maxine M. Smith

Hinda Miller

Helen Beach

Edward Doherty and Patrice Mitchell

Susan Edelman

Evelyn Frazee and Thomas Klonick

Ronny Frishman

Greenpoint Trail Association

Robert C. Grossman

Janet Juneau

Joyce Lindley

Nathan and Susan Robfogel

Nellie J. Rosenberg

David and Naomi Schrier

Mary Schwarz

Anthony and Gloria Sciolino

Ann Weintraub

Hon. Michael Miller

Edward Doherty and Patrice Mitchell

Evelyn Frazee and Thomas Klonick

H. Robert and Joyce Herman

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Eric and Elizabeth Rennert

Nathan and Susan Robfogel

Nellie J. Rosenberg

Anthony and Gloria Sciolino

Sue Thering

Richard Moncrief

Sandra Moncrief

Jimmy Morey

Jeanne E. Morey

Alice Morgan

Charles Morgan

Suzanne J. O’Brien

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Otto Muller-Girard

Robert Oppenheimer

June Adler

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Irma Bernstein

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Carolyn T. Cleary

Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC

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Jody Dushay

Louise Epstein

Warren and June Glaser

Jerry and Maxene Greenfield

David Klass

Dr. Sarah F. Liebschutz

Mary Ockenden

Thomas Oppenheimer

John and Diane Parrinello

Rochester Regional Health Foundation

Nellie J. Rosenberg

Natalie Schwartz

Arline and Warren Seideman

Carole R. Starr

Karen Zilora

Dr. Bernard Panner

Bruce Goldman

Molly Panner

Marvin and Lori Friedman

Yolanda Petruzzi

Sandra C. Short-Bartlett

Hope Rase

Peter and Michele Rase

Charles Reveal

Susan Attia

Donna Rice

Peer and Elizabeth Affolter

Lia Gigas

Su Holt

Kathy Peishel

Marce L. Welton

Donald C. Rimlinger

Kathleen Rimlinger

John B. Rumsey

Howard and Jo Cone

Debra Ryan

Kevin Ryan

Dr. Jack Sandler

Ira H. Schulman

Earl Sexton

Marjorie Sexton

David A. Schaeffer

Karol Eller

William F. Schmitz

Erika Schmitz

Dan A. Schreiber

Clare Schreiber

George A. Schutt

Dr. Philip S. Nash

Vicki Schwartz

Mary Jane Proschel

Robert Foster Scott

Scott-Crabb Family Fund

Albert Serenati

Nancy Snyder and Family

Vicki Schwartz

Mary Jane Proschel

Earl Sexton

Marjorie Sexton

Loretta Shaffer

RPO Ushers

Janet Stager

Barbara Packer

Genevieve Tepedino

Anthony Tepedino

Barbara Walker

James Walker

Stephen G. Weber

Robert and Janet Davies

Dr. Tae B. Whang

H. Robert and Joyce Herman

David and Naomi Schrier

James E. Woods

Barbara Woods

Donald F. Zale

Robert and Signe Zale

Jeff Zehr

Todd Heller

IN HONOR OF…

Nancy E. Boone-Bahr

Peter and Deborah Kummer

Margaret Budd

James and Hollis Budd

Jennifer Carpenter

Mei F. Carpenter

Teresa Cooper

Kathleen Thomas

William F. Dewart

Janet Dewart

James T. Englert

Merrill and Dianne Herrick

Renée Fleming

Richard and Mary Jo Teneyck

Nancy Gerard

Paula Howk

Lillian Johnson

Nancy Lynch

Ann and Hal Kanthor

Deborah and George Kornfeld

Zuzanna Kwon

Lucy B. Wilke

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.

Nannette Nocon and Karl Wessendo

Dr. William Valenti

Peter A. Law

Edward H. Law

Maura McCune Corvington

John and Lisa Lacci

Karen and Joseph McCune

Richard and Elizabeth Myers

John and Kathy Kutolowski

Shannon Nance

Julie Alweis

Patricia Overmoyer

Edward H. Law

Joanne Prives

Mary Elaine Pierce

RPO Ushers

David and Alice Meyer

Craig Sutherland

Anne and John Walker

Jeff Tyzik

Sally B. Bush

RPO Usher Staff

Tristan Zhang

Carl H. Reynolds

RPO GEORGE EASTMAN LEGACY SOCIETY

Members of the RPO George Eastman Legacy Society are true believers in the power of music. The RPO George Eastman Legacy Society honors those individuals who remember the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra through a planned gift. The RPO’s team of development professionals are available to work with you and your advisors to create a plan that will help you meet your financial and philanthropic goals. For more information, please contact the Development Office at 585.454.7311.

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Carol and John Bennett

Jack and Carolyn Bent

Donald Berens*

Ellen S. Bevan

Stuart and Betsy Bobry

James R. Boehler*

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Christine Colucci

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Amelia N. Dunbar*

Frederick Dushay

Richard and Harriet Eisenberg*

James T. and Ellen Englert

John R. Ertle*

Glenn and Rebecca Fadner

Ruth H. Fairbank*

Joan and Harold* Feinbloom

Albert Fenyvessy*

Donald and Elizabeth Fisher

Suressa and Richard H. Forbes**

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Carolyn and Roger Friedlander

Betsy Friedman

Karyl P. Friedman

Linda and David Friedman

Patrick and Barbara Fulford

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William L. Gamble*

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Rob W. Goodling

Mary M. Gooley*

Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff*

George Greer*

Jean Groff*

William B. Hale*

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Karen G. Hart*

Monica R. Hayden*

Warren and Joyce Heilbronner

Helen and George E. Heller**

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Norman L. Horton*

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H. Larry and Dorothy C. Humm

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hursh*

Carol A. Jones

Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz

Nancie R. Kennedy*

Robert T. Kimbrough*

Glenn and Nancy Koch

Jim and Marianne Koller**

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.

Jeanne Lareau*

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Drs. Jacques* and Dawn Lipson

Sue and Michael Lococo

William C.* and Elfriede K. Lotz

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Linda Malinich*

Joseph J. Mancini

Gerard Mayer*

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Robert J. and Marcia Wishengrad Metzger

Dan Meyers

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Jane E. Miller*

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Eleanor Morris*

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Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness

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Diane F. Nelson*

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Margaret Paaschen*

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Ernest Rashiatore*

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Pearl W. Rubin*

Wallace R. Rust

Ron and Sharon Salluzzo

Wesley Saucke

Peggy W. Savlov

James G. Scanzaroli*

David G. and Antonia T. Schantz

William and Susan Schoff

Peter Schott and Mary Jane Tasciotti

Jon L. and Katherine T. Schumacher

Laura M. Seifferd*

Libba and Wolf Seka

Gretchen Shafer*

Virginia Durand Shelden*

Elbis A. Shoales, M.D.

Carol Shulman

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Patricia E. Stott

Betty Strasenburgh*

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Margaret Webster*

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Jean B. Wetzel*

Patricia and Michael Wilder**

Mildred Wischmeyer*

Kitty J. Wise

Helen W. Witt*

Mary Alice and Robert Wolf*

Susan and Lawrence Yovanoff

Nancy and Mark Zawacki

Alan Ziegler and Emily Neece

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zornow

* Denotes donor(s) is/are deceased. ^Denotes donor(s) has/have contributed to the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (RPYO).

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE

Since 1929, the Rochester Philharmonic League has been collaborating with the RPO to enrich the musical life of our community. League members provide support by ushering at the RPO’s concerts, assisting with craft activities for OrKIDStra programs, providing administrative support in the RPO offices, offering financial support in the form of League donations which are given to the Education Department, and more. We are grateful to League members for their continued support of the RPO. The below listing of League members is in recognition of current active volunteers and donors, as of August 1, 2024. For questions or to join the League, please call 585-454-7311 ext 254 or email rpl@rpo.org.

Karen Abbas

Chuck Agostinelli

Beth Albert

James Alexander

Mary Andrews

Patricia Andrews

Kathy Armstrong

Ed Austin

Deborah Aylward

Debbie Bahr

Jessica Baker

Kathleen Bankey

Carolyn Bansbach

Bryan Bedell

Judy Bennett

Melina Berndt

Dayle Bird

Nancy Bleichfeld

Barbara Bossert

Donna Bott

Claire Boyce

Wes Boyce

Henra Briskin

Cheryl Brinkman

Keith Bullis

Jennifer Buondonno-McHugh

Ruth Cahn

Rhonda Callard

Dawn Choudri

Pat Coakley

Albert Consentino

Catherine Consentino

Steven Cortese

René Coston

Sharon Cree

Elizabeth Crony

Scott Crosier

Noreen Crouse

Faith Delehanty

Trudy DeMarte

Jayne DePoint

Connie Derby

Steven DeSmitt

Betsy DeSmitt

Judy DeVore

Erin Doyle

Bob DuPre

Michelle Eichelberger

Rosemary Eichenlaub

Kathleen Eisley

Cheri Emler

Molly Erler-Perry

KC Fahy Harvick

Mary Feasel

Len Fela

Bruce Fenton

Bruce Finch

Margaret Finch

Katherine Flynn

Marjorie Focarazzo

Christine Foster

Joyce Fowler

Catherine Frangenberg

Elmar Frangenberg

Barbara Frank

Joanne French

James Friedland

Lori Friedman

Rebecca Fuss

Barbara Genier

Joe Gentile

Stewart Goldman

Josh Goldowitz

Jillian Gruber

Gabrielle Guhman

Kennedy Guhman

Surangee Gunawardena

Liz Guthrie

David Hall

Laura Hameister

Holly Hammond

Cat Hardesty

Daniel Harrison

Eleanor Hartquist

Anita Hawkins

Susan Hayes

Cheryl Heimberger

Fran Henry

Linda Hilburger

Donna Hooker

Julie Howe

Hu Huang

Lisa Hughes

Cindy Jankowski

Ed Johnson

Judy Johnson

Monique Johnson

Rebecca Jones

Debby Kadlubowski

Tom Kadlubowski

Connie Kaminski

Diane Kaminski

Mark Kaminski

Daryl Kaplan

Isabel Kaplan

Laura Kelsey

Kristen Kessler

Judith Kiley

Elizabeth Kinney

Marvin Krieger

Ernest Krug

Sarah Krug

Jennifer Kump

Mary Jo Lanphear

Kathryn Larson

Betty Lee

JoAnne Leetz

Brenda Lennon

Michelle Lessard

Beth LeValley

Simon Levin

Maryjane Link

Carole Anne Lipani

Judy Lippa

Linda LoCastro

Linda Lowenstein

Gerry Maar

Sandy Maar

Sarah Madden

Mary Maher

Jim Maliborski

Vera Mandrove

Maryann Manion

Ari Margolis

Katherine Martel

Deborah Matrachisia

Virginia Maurer

Carolyn Mazzota

Maryann McCabe

Melissa McCarthy

Quinn McCarthy

Joan McElligott

Chris McGovern

Chita McKinney

Donna Mero

Sally Merrill

Dave Meyer

Sigrun Miller

Margaret-Anne Milne

Paul Minor

Frank Mobilio

Linda Mulcahy

Julie Mullen

Brenda Murphy-Pough

Eleni Nakis

Judy Nanni

Paul Ness

Pamela Ness

Ira Nesterov

Kathleen Newcomb

Rose Newhart

JoBeth Nichols

Mary O’Hara

Chris Ott

Marion Overslaugh

Serene Palozzi

Marcia Bornhurst Parkes

Mary-Ellen Perry

Linda Quinn

William Rahn

Patricia Rahn

Sandra Rake

Linda Ranslow

Michael Re

Susan Redlinski

Lorie Reilly

Aileen Reis

Libby Reitz

Joyce Renz

Charles Romano

Linda Rosebrough

Roy Sargent

Chris Sauer

Ellen Scalzo

Betty Schaeffer

Justin Schiess

Jane Schneier

Naomi Schrier

Katherine Schumacher

Emily Scorse

Barbara Segel

David Sek

Rich Sensenbach

Don Sheffrin

AnnMarie Simmons

Diane Smith

Joyce Smith

Marina Smith

Kathy Spies

Howard Spindler

Anita Spoor

Anne Sprout

Daniel Stare

Ilene Stella

David Stern

Michael Stern

Anne Stevens

Pat Sullivan

Sharon Sweeney

Debbie Tennity

Marcella Thompson

Scott Thompson

Allyn VanDusen

Karen Walter

Lu Wang

Irene Ward

Tom Ward

Judith Watt

Kathleen Wayne

Elaine Welch

Steve Wendell

Dorris White

Ginny Wilterdink

Kitty Wise

Jerry Wolf

Maureen Wynn

Bonnie Yannie

Keith Yeates

Larry Yovanoff

Joanne Zeppetella

Anne Ziegler

The League welcomes back our RPO volunteers!

Volunteers are at the heart of the RPO, supporting the orchestra on stage and behind the scenes.

Interested in volunteering?

Visit rpo.org/volunteer for more information, and join the League today! 585-454-7311 x254 | rpl@rpo.org

ADMINISTRATION

Curt Long President and CEO

Samantha Marchant Executive Assistant/Office Manager

Kristen Zimmer Director of Human Resources

DEVELOPMENT

Rob Dermody Vice President of Development

Lis Bischoff-Ormsbee Senior Director of Principal Gifts

Amy Gallaher Director of Development, Annual Giving & Special Events

Elizabeth Garijo-Garde Development Associate, Institutional Partnerships

Dorian Delfs Development Officer

George DeMott Development Officer

MARKETING

Herb Griffith Vice President of Marketing & Communications

Lauren MacDonough Director of Marketing

Joyce Tseng Content & Digital Marketing Manager

Meg Spoto Creative Director

Mike Cidoni Public Relations & Communications Manager

Sal Uttaro Group and Corporate Sales Manager

PATRON SERVICES CENTER

Charlene Beckwith Director of Ticketing

Daniel Traina House Manager

Daniel Long

Patron Services Manager

Ashlee Allaire

Patron Services Assistant Manager

Samuel DeAngelis

Abby Chapman Duprey

Emma Duprey

Rilyn Garcia

Stephen House

Nathan Howton

Alyssa Koh

Connor Straight

Anders Wong Patron Services Representatives

FINANCE

Brandi Sheppard Director of Finance

Priscilla DeSoto Staff Accountant

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS AND EDUCATION

James Barry Vice President of Artistic Planning & Operations

Barbara Brown Vice President of Education

Chisato Eda Marling Manager of Education & Community Partnerships

Meghan Dunn Orchestra Operations Manager

Fred Dole Orchestra Personnel Manager

Danielle Suhr Stage Manager

Cedrick Martinez Assistant Stage Manager

Kim Hartquist Principal Librarian

Sam Giacoia Artistic Coordinator

Karl Vilcins Auditions Coordinator

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC LEAGUE

Rachel Solomon Volunteer Administrator

ABOUT US

Since its founding by George Eastman in 1922, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has been committed to enriching and inspiring our community through the art of music. Currently celebrating our Centennial Season, the RPO is dedicated to maintaining its deep commitment to artistic excellence, educational opportunity, and community engagement.

Today, the RPO presents up to 120 concerts per year, serving nearly 170,000 people through ticketed events, education and community engagement activities, and concerts in schools and community centers throughout the region. Nearly one-third of all RPO performances are educational or community-related. In addition, WXXI 91.5 FM rebroadcasts approximately 30 RPO concerts each year. For more information, visit rpo.org.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TICKETS: The RPO Patron Services Center is located at 255 East Avenue in the back of the Farash Place building in downtown Rochester. Free parking is available in a small lot between the parking garage and building. Open Monday through Friday 10 AM–5PM.

NIGHT-OF-CONCERT PURCHASES: RPO will-call tickets and concert tickets are available at the RPO tables in the Eastman Theatre Box Office lobby starting 90 minutes prior to concert time.

PARKING: Paid parking for Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is available at the East End Garage, located next to the theatre. Open entrances/exits change frequently while the garage is under construction. Visit rpo.org/parking for the most recent updates. Paid parking for the Performance Hall at Hochstein is available at the Sister Cities Garage, located behind the school at Church and Fitzhugh Streets.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS: All ticketholders are welcome to attend free pre-concert talks held one hour before all Philharmonics concerts and all Jeff Tyzik-conducted Pops concerts. Ticketholders are asked to sit anywhere they would like in the orchestra level of the theatre, then head to their reserved seat for the concert.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Wheelchair locations and seating for those with disabilities are available at all venues; please see the house manager or an usher for assistance. Elevators are located in the Eastman Theatre Box Office lobby. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is available on the first floor.

SERVICES FOR HARD-OF-HEARING PATRONS: Audio systems are available at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre; headsets may be obtained from an usher prior to the performance.

CHANGING SEATS: If you find it necessary to be reseated for any reason, please contact an usher who will bring your request to the House Manager.

LOST AND FOUND: Items found in Kodak Hall will be held at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 E. Main Street. For more info, call 585-274-3000.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: The use of cameras or audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Patrons are asked to silence all personal electronic devices prior to the performance.

REFRESHMENTS: Food and drink are not permitted in the concert hall, except for bottled water. Refreshments are available for purchase in Betty’s Café located on the orchestra level of Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

TICKET DONATION: If you are unable to attend a concert, please consider donating your tickets to us as a tax-deductible contribution. Return your tickets to the RPO no later than 2 PM the day of the performance to make them available for resale.

GROUP SALES: Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discounts starting at 20%! Contact Group and Corporate Sales Manager: Sal Uttaro at suttaro@ rpo.org | Office: (585) 454-7311 ext. 267 | Mobile: (585) 530-0865

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