2024-25 Bravo 3 (Nov 9-Nov 23)

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, funded in perpetuity

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 Hannover, 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 at the 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 Chinese National 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.

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.

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 Derrick Skye, Roberto Sierra, James Lee III, and Aaron Jay Kernis.

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

PHOTO:ALEXCASSETTI

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 conductor 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

2019-24: Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.

* Deceased

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8 PM SUN NOV 10

2 PM

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Andreas Delfs, conductor

For Andreas Delfs’ biography, please see page 5.

The Naughtons, piano

Anna Steltenpohl, cor anglais

GIUSEPPE VERDI Overture to La forza del destino 8:00

WILLIAM ALWYN Autumn Legend 11:00

JAMES LEE III

Sensational Dynamism: 18:00

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (RPO Voices of Today Commission)

INTERMISSION

RICHARD STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra 33:00

I. Sonnenaufgang (Sunrise)

II. Von den Hinterweltlern (Of the Backworldsmen)

III. Von der grossen Sehnsucht (Of the Great Longing)

IV. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften (Of Joys and Passions)

V. Das Grablied (The Song of the Grave)

VI. Von der Wissenschaft (Of Science and Learning)

VII. Der Genesende (The Convalescent)

VIII. Das Tanzlied (The Dance Song)

IX. Nachtwandlerlied (Song of the Night Wanderer)

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ARTISTS

THE NAUGHTONS, piano

As the first piano duo to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Christina and Michelle Naughton have captivated audiences throughout the globe with the unity created by their mystical communication. The Naughton duo’s career was launched with a recital debut at Kennedy Center and an orchestral debut at the Mann Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which led the Philadelphia Inquirer to characterize their playing as “paired to perfection”. Subsequently, their careers spread into Europe and Asia.

Especially passionate about American 20th century music, Christina and Michelle have immersed themselves in several projects devoted to this theme. 2019’s American Postcard, their second album of their exclusive signing with Warner Classics, showcases a variety of 20th century American compositions and commissions by composers such as John Adams, Aaron Copland, Conlon Nancarrow, and Paul Schoenfield. Additionally, they have done several premieres of works in capacities such as commissions by the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella series, a world premiere of John Adams’ Roll Over Beethoven at NYC’s WQXR Greenespace, a European premiere of Paul Lansky’s Shapeshifters with Solistees Europeans Luxembourg, a weeklong American chamber music residency with musicians of the New World Symphony, and several concerts devoted to 20th century American music at Germany’s Klavierfestival Ruhr.

The Naughtons discography features a wide variety of musical styles. Their first album, released on the German label ORFEO in 2012 and recorded in Bremen’s Sendesaal; focuses heavily on traditional Classic and Romantic selections. It was praised by Der Spiegel Magazine for “stand(ing) out with unique harmony, and sing(ing) out with stylistic confidence, and described by ClassicsToday as a “Dynamic Duo Debut.” In 2016 they released their debut record on the Warner Classics label titled Visions. The album is comprised of the music of Messiaen, Bach, and Adams and was chosen as “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone Magazine shortly after its release.

Christina and Michelle have played as soloists with orchestras around the world. As recitalists, the Naughtons have performed at such notable concert halls as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, Walt Disney Hall, Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw.

Frequent guests at festivals around the world, the Naughtons have appeared at American venues such as the Tanglewood Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Festival, La Jolla Music Society, and Ravinia Festival to name a few.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey to parents of European and Chinese descent, Steinway artists Christina and Michelle are graduates of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music, where they were each awarded the Festorazzi Prize.

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 PHOTO CREDIT

PROGRAM NOTES

GIUSEPPE VERDI

Overture to La forza del destino

B. RONCOLE, NEAR BUSSETO, DUCHY OF PARMA, ITALY October 10, 1813

D. MILAN, ITALY January 27, 1901

A forbidden love, an accidental murder, hidden identities, and more bloodshed comprise the tragic plot of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La forza del destino, translated as “The Power of Destiny.” Leonora, the daughter of a high-ranking official in the Spanish military, falls in love with Don Alvaro, an immigrant from South America. They plan to run off together, but when Don Alvaro accidentally shoots Leonora’s father, it sets off a series of misfortunes, an unalterable destiny. Leonora seeks solace in a monastery, while Alvaro hides his identity to join the Spanish army. Alvaro, in disguise, befriends Leonora’s brother, who is also disguised and hungry to exact revenge for his family. Identities are eventually revealed, and all three characters meet in a violent conclusion.

It’s not Verdi’s easiest plot to follow, but the music makes up for any confusion. Its melodies—which Verdi packed into an overture after revising the opera for a new performance at Italy’s La Scala in 1869—are divine. The brass and bassoon begin with a militaristic call, a foreboding statement of the tragedies ahead. A pulsating opening theme foregrounds the character’s fate, an undulation that lurks beneath Verdi’s soaring melodies, preventing the star-crossed lovers from reuniting.

When Verdi wrote the opera, he was already an international sensation due to operas such as Rigoletto and La Traviata and was turning down work. A commission from Saint Petersburg, Russia, offering a pretty penny, motivated Verdi to resume composing. The opera maintains a place in opera houses, and the overture has become a favorite for orchestras.

PROGRAM NOTES

WILLIAM ALWYN

Autumn Legend

B. NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND November 7, 1905

D. SOUTHWOLD, ENGLAND September 11, 1985

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.

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.

JAMES LEE III

Sensational Dynamism: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (RPO Voices of Today Commission)

B. ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN November 26, 1975

When I received the commission to compose a new concerto for two pianos and orchestra for the Naughton Duo and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, I was inspired by elements of gymnastics. The title, Sensational Dynamism, reflects the excitement and energy generated when an audience watches exceptional gymnasts perform acts of strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry, and endurance. Similarly, there’s a thrilling energy and expectation that comes from witnessing virtuoso pianists display these same qualities while performing a concerto.

Sensational Dynamism is in three movements and is inspired by various forms of gymnastics which are aerobic, artistic, and rhythmic. The movement titles are Summoning Strength, Artistic Movements, and Rhythmic Propulsions. The first movement, Summoning Strength utilizes material that is drawn from melodic and motivic figures, which almost evoke the idea of an étude in which certain pianistic figures are “worked out” as in a training session. Movement two, Artistic Movements if focused more on beauty and musical colors. Finally, in the last movement, Rhythmic Propulsions, the music here consists mostly of forward driving rhythms, which are contrasted by elements of “finger gymnastics” that all culminate into an explosive celebration.”

—James Lee III

PROGRAM NOTES

RICHARD STRAUSS

Thus Sprach Zarathustra

B. MUNICH, GERMANY June 11, 1864

D. GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY September 8, 1949

For composers like Richard Strauss in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, tone poems were “the music of the future.” Part of a New German School led by Wagner and Liszt, Strauss and his contemporaries felt that writing music to epic storylines could free them from prior forms so they could progress the art form. They pushed the limits of chromaticism, which enabled quick harmonic shifts and maximum motivic interplay for ultimate descriptive power. The drama was brought to aural life through ‘leitmotifs,’ melodic units that gave sonic representation to a specific character or idea. Leitmotifs could be pulled out like calling cards to unite music with drama for easy recognition, a device popularized by Wagner. It remains a common device in movie and television soundtracks.

Strauss’s early training followed a more traditional path, but he soon felt the exciting tug of Wagner’s music and took off in new directions to become known as one of the leading modernists of his time. His tone poems brought him his earliest acclaim and comparisons to Wagner for their dramatic scope. However, Strauss’s storylines sometimes verged on the experimental side. This is the case for Thus Sprach Zarathustra, written in 1896. It was based on a book by philosopher Frederick Nietzsche, known for his critique of universalism and existential theories. The loose story follows the Persian prophet Zarathustra as he emerges from years of meditative isolation to proselytize about the power of nature and the failure of man-made morality. Each section ends with the words “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.” Although it is a confounding read, Strauss wrote some of his most evocative—and famous—music to the obscure plot.

In Strauss’s Zarathustra, the conflict between nature and man is heard as a pull between key centers. The key of C symbolizes nature, while the key of B represents man. The thematic struggle results in an ambiguous ending in which the two chords sound back and forth without a clear winner. Although theorists have identified several leitmotifs, the opening motif—the “nature” motif—is the most recognizable. After an ominous low pedal tone backed by the hum of an organ, a trumpet fanfare states three rising pitches: C – G – C. The pitches are the casings of a C chord, but it is neither major nor minor. The fanfare first lands on a surprising minor, followed by the primordial pounding of the timpani. But when the fanfare repeats, it flourishes into a brilliant C major, backed by the forces of the full orchestra. Strauss appropriately titled the section “Sunrise,” and it coincides with Zarathustra’s epiphany about existence and his decision to emerge from isolation.

Many will recognize this as the opening soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the movie, the fanfare is the awe-inspiring accompaniment to the sun slowly rising over the Earth and the moon in outer space. It gets a reprise when an ape strikes the bones of a dead animal with carnal abandon, a savage portrait of nature and a commentary on man’s origins.

Throughout the tone poem, statements of the opening fanfare’s nature motif will continue to recall nature’s authority despite the human quest for meaning. The rest of the work follows Zarathustra’s search in places like religion (with a hymn-like faith motif) and science (written as a fugue, the most technical of compositional forms). But he finally accepts nature’s unyielding powers and breaks into a folksy, frolicking dance carried by the violin. Despite man’s efforts, nature cannot be transcended.

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

8 PM SAT NOV 16

8 PM

KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE

Jeff Tyzik, conductor

For Jeff Tyzik’s biography, please see page 6.

Aaron LaVigne, vocals

Brie Cassil, vocals

Colin Smith, vocals

Eric Metzgar, drums

Shubh Saran, guitar FRI NOV 15

All songs arranged by Jeff Tyzik

ROLAND ORZABAL Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4:20

IAN STANLEY CHRIS HUGHES

KEITH FORSEY Don’t You Forget About Me 3:50 STEVE SCHIFF

DANNY SEMBELLO Say You Really Want Me 4:16 DICK RUDOLF DONNELL SPENCER, JR.

CHRISTOPHER Our House 3:20 FOREMAN

LYRICS BY CATHAL SMYTH

BURT BACHARACH Always Something There to Remind Me 3:20 LYRICS BY HAL DAVID

MICHAEL SCORE I Ran (So Far Away) 4:30 ALISTAR MAUDSLEY SCORE PAUL REYNOLDS FRANCIS REYNOLDS MAUDSLEY

ED COBB Tainted Love 2:35

GIORGIO MORODER Call Me 3:10

DEBORAH HARRY Heart of Glass 3:40 CHRIS STEIN

DEBORAH HARRY One Way or Another 3:35 NIGEL HARRISON

INTERMISSION

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Jeff Tyzik, conductor

For Jeff Tyzik’s biography, please see page 6.

Aaron LaVigne, vocals

Brie Cassil, vocals

Colin Smith, vocals

Eric Metzgar, drums

Shubh Saran, guitar

ARTISTS

AARON LAVIGNE, vocals

Aaron LaVigne grew up in Cincinnati, OH where his love of music started since before he could speak.  The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Motown Artists taught him the language of music while inspiring him to sing, pick up multiple instruments, and write songs.

Aaron made New York City his base after graduating with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Northern Kentucky University, where he has performed on Broadway (SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK), Off-Broadway (RENT), Broadway Tours (JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, RENT), with Symphonies, in Lower East Side rock clubs, on the high seas, & in concert halls across multiple continents. He recorded & released two original studio albums in Brooklyn & Cincinnati. Portraying  Jesus in the 50th Anniversary Tour Andrew of Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar was a true honor.  He is always looking to create, collaborate, perform, & write with like minded artists.

BRIE CASSIL, vocals

Brie Cassil is a singer, actress, and composer and has traveled all over the world for her art. She has led Musical Theatre Workshops in Brazil, as well as opened for Adler (original drummer for Guns & Roses band) with her original band, Rebel. Brie has had the pleasure of singing in several different genres of music in her career. She has sung everything from Opera to Rock. In the world of theater, she has been seen in many productions such as Beauty and The Beast (Belle), Urinetown (Little Sally), RENT (Mimi), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), and the new rock musical Chix 6 (Blast). Brie is excited and honored to be performing on multiple productions with symphony orchestras where she gets to sing the music of some of her biggest artistic influences. You can follow her @briecassil and check out her website for more information at www.briecassil.com.

COLIN SMITH, vocals

With a career spanning over 20 years, Irish born Colin Smith has led a musical life as varied as it is impressive. With his former band MrNorth, while on RCA, they toured extensively with the likes of The Who, Van Halen, Sheryl Crow, and Journey among many others. As a solo artist, songs from his two records have been licensed to movies and TV alike. Colin has been seen in live collaborations with Alicia Keys and has worked multiple times on Saturday Night Live as the featured vocal talent. Colin has most recently been seen touring with Christina Aguilera, duetting with her on the GRAMMY winning Say Something to audiences across the globe, as well as performing background vocals for the show. Colin splits his time between NYC and LA.

AARON LAVIGNE

BRIE CASSIL

ARTISTS

ERIC METZGAR, drums

Eric Metzgar is an in-demand drummer and versatile collaborator who offers his musicianship to various jazz/pop artists and symphony orchestras worldwide. He has had the opportunity to work with numerous firstrate performers including Jeff Tyzik, Sutton Foster, Joe Locke, Jimmy Greene, Shayna Steele, Byron Stripling, and Delfeayo Marsalis. Eric is a passionate educator deeply invested in music teaching and learning. He maintains a private studio and serves as a clinician at grade schools and universities. Eric holds a BM in Drum Set Performance and an MM in Music Teaching and Learning from the Eastman School of Music. He is based in São Paulo, Brazil and tours frequently around the world.

SHUBH SARAN, guitar

Shubh Saran is a New York-based guitarist, composer, and producer who has performed globally with his band throughout the United States, India, Canada, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Mexico. Having grown up in six different countries, his career has been shaped by a mixture of influences. Saran’s intricate compositions fuse sounds from modern jazz, neo-soul, and rock with classical and contemporary Indian music.  In October 2021, Saran independently released his second full-length album and fourth overall release titled inglish – a groundbreaking work that explores concepts of assimilation, global identity, and native culture.

Pitchfork described inglish as “a heartfelt exploration of the ups and downs of being part of the world’s fastest-growing floating tribe—part global citizen, part cultural refugee,” and named the album to its list of Best Jazz and Experimental Music of 2021.

ERIC METZGAR

SHUBH SARAN

SUN NOV 17

7:30 PM

HOCHSTEIN

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Jherrard Hardeman, conductor

The Louise and Henry Epstein Family Education and Community Engagement Chair

For Jherrard Hardeman’s biography, please see page 7.

Edward Castilano, double bass

SAINT-SAËNS

DRAGONETTI

COPLAND

Danse Macabre  8:00

Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra 15:00

I. Allegro Moderato

II. Andante

III. Allegro Guisto

Billy the Kid Suite 22:00

I. Introduction: The Open Prairie

II. Street in a Frontier Town

III. Mexican Dance and Finale

IV. Prairie Night (Card Game at Night)

V. Gun Battle

VI. Celebration (After Billy's Capture)

VII. Billy's Death

VIII. The Open Prairie Again

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EDWARD CASTILANO, double bass

A member of the RPO bass section since 2013, Edward Castilano is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Syracuse University. Ed is also an alumnus of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He was Principal Bass of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra until 2011, and has also performed with Lincoln Center Chamber Players and participated in the Skaneateles Chamber Music Festival and Spoleto Festival.

ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA

IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EASTMAN COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL

In Alphabetical Order by Instrument

VIOLIN 1

Weston Brown

Claire Chen

Friana Engineer+

Evan Hoefen

Jason Hsu

George Huang

Vasundhara Jaligama

Xavier Joseph

Sharon Lin

Helena Lu

Alyssa Millar

Timothy Seo

Elise Spurling

Alyssa Yang

VIOLIN 2

Matthew Belous

Eva Chadwick

Charles Chang

Leixi Chen

Cailey Huang

Jayliana Jenkins

Nevaeh Joseph

Lily McGowan

Olivia Ofori

Jay Schreiber

Ryan Shaffer*

Benjamin Song

Evan Yip

Emma Zhang

Selina Zhuo

VIOLA

Peyton Crony

Sophie Gagnier

Myles Hammond

Karthik Jaligama*

John Luger

Isabella Mamo

Tianze Qiu

Eva Yip

CELLO

Juliet Besch-Turner*

Rebecca Camilleri

Daniel Chadwick

Ben Doyley

Henry Gagnier

Felicia Garnot

Jiahn Han

Haolin Jin

Adalyn Kelly

Morgan Kerr

Hannah Shim

DOUBLE BASS

Annie Dodge*

Emma Goldberg**

Ethan Olmstead

Annaliese White**

FLUTE

Lilianna Fietkiewicz*

Raeha Khazanchi

Camryn Wlostowski

PICCOLO

Camryn Wlostowski

OBOE

Jiwoo Han

Kimberly Wang

Tristan Zhang*

ENGLISH HORN

Jiwoo Han

CLARINET

Mathew Atalla*

Daniella Miller

Michael Shi

Jemma Wallis

BASSOON

Quinn Feldman

Frances Lovett*

Raylan Trapani

HORN

Lucas Childs

Lilah Costanzo**

Liam Keeney

Benjamin Watson*

TRUMPET

Leah Cashin

Alexandra Foley*

Nathaniel Ying

TROMBONE

Ryan Ferrer*

Joel Rucci Jr.

BASS TROMBONE

James Tolleson

TUBA

Evy Sibley

PERCUSSION

Renee Groesbeck*

William Harrington

Jacob LaDolce

Oscar Libman-Lee

Ben Roller

HARP

Lilia Nadir-Abraham

Student

EDWARD CASTILANO

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

Danse macabre (1874)

B. PARIS, FRANCE

October 9, 1835

D. ALGIERS, FRANCE

December 16, 1921

Skeletons zig and zag on a tombstone at midnight to the discordant sounds of a scratchy violin in a poem by French poet Henri Cazalis. The frightful poem caught the interest of the nineteenth-century French composer Camille SaintSaëns, who used it as fodder for a one-movement symphonic poem titled Danse macabre, translated as “the Dance of Death.”

The dance of death has been a subject appearing in literary sources as early as Medieval times, surging in reference after the fourteenth-century Bubonic plague in Europe and reappearing in Romantic literature and art of the nineteenth century. Romantic era artists were drawn to the supernatural and grotesque, and composers from Liszt to Schumann and Saint-Saëns all capitalized on such nightmares of the imagination.

Saint-Saëns was an organist, composer, and pianist who helped revitalize French music in the nineteenth century. Although Saint-Saëns did much to elevate the music of Bach and Mozart during his lifetime, he also supported the more contemporary programmatic efforts of composers like Liszt and Wagner, defending them against their conservative critics. Inspired by Liszt, he wrote four symphonic poems in the 1870s, of which Dance macabre is the best known.

The symphonic poem of Dance macabre opens with 12 accentuated “Ds” by the harp, symbolizing the clock striking midnight. Then a fiddle-playing demon skeleton—performed by a solo violinist— announces the hallowed night with Machiavellian tritones, accomplished by tuning the violin’s top E-string down a half step. The first theme is one of anxious motion—it has become a common theme heard across contemporary popular media when time is of the essence. It was even heard in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics when the masked torchbearer fled through the Louvre. The solo violin has a secondary fiery melody in its lowest register. Then, as a developmental section, SaintSaëns fragments the melody into a wide-spread contrapuntal fugue, heard in the staggered melodic material.

But when the fugue comes up for air, and the orchestra takes a momentary breath in A major, SaintSaëns does something a little ironic. The woodwinds are given a cutesy staccato dance, but it’s not just any pitches. The melody is a quote from the famous Gregorian chant Dies Irae, the universal theme of death in the classical music canon.

The storm of dancing skeletons picks up again, the primary theme returning in force with the full orchestra. The dance hits a breaking limit when the violins get a skippy motive with quippy grace notes. When daylight is about to break, a sad solo violin motions for the skeletons to return to the grave, and the dance ceases with two quiet closing taps.

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ÉDOUARD NANNY

Dragonetti Double Bass Concerto in A major (first published in 1925)

B. SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE March 24, 1872

D. PARIS, FRANCE October 12, 1942

One of the eighteenth century’s most celebrated virtuoso musicians was not a violinist, pianist, or woodwind or brass player. It was a player of the most unlikely of instruments: the stout double bass. Dominico Dragonetti (1763-1846), originally from Venice but who served most of his career in London, commanded his bass as if it were a nimble violin and became one of the best-known musicians of his time. Illustrating this is a story about the famous virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini, who had heard rumors of Dragonetti’s skill and challenged the bassist play a violin duet with him. Paganini was mightily impressed. Additionally, Dragonetti performed one of Beethoven’s cello sonatas with Beethoven at the piano. Beethoven reportedly hugged him afterward. He was nicknamed “Il Drago,” or “The Dragon.”

Dragonetti did more than play: he developed a special curved bow for the instrument called the Dragonetti bow that inspired bow makers across Europe, influenced bass string tuning to be in fourths rather than fifths, and wrote original music for the double bass to grow the instrument’s lagging repertoire. He left, among other works, 10 concertos for the bass.

Unfortunately, the Dragonetti Bass Concerto in A is not one of them. Scholars now believe that the bassist and teacher Édouard Nanny is the work’s true author. Nanny imitated Dragonetti in a kind of parody, putting the technical displays of the instrument at the forefront. The first and last movements are fast and fun, featuring lots of running scales and arpeggios traversing several hand positions, an ideal work to develop technique in student bassists. The second movement, however, contrasts with lyricism, mounting a convincing defense of the double bass’s expressive capabilities.

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AARON COPLAND

Billy the Kid Suite (1938)

B. BROOKLYN, NY

November 14, 1900

D. NORTH TARRYTOWN, NY

December 2, 1990

Few musical works channel youthful rebellion the way Copland’s Billy the Kid does. It is based on the story of Henry McCarty—who called himself William H. Bonney and became colloquially known as Billy the Kid—a famous outlaw and fugitive in the Western frontier of America in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The word “Kid” was a common term for a juvenile delinquent. In the 1800s, Western America was still open territory, and pioneers, cowboys, and indigenous tribes vied to claim a piece of America. However, Billy the Kid’s shenanigans undoubtedly contributed to the term “the Wild West.” Only 21 when he was finally apprehended and killed, Billy the Kid was infamous for his disappearing acts after bucking the law and his attempts to outwit law enforcement upon being caught, which made him something of a legend.

When the Ballet Caravan, an early twentieth-century ballet troupe that aimed to bolster young American choreographers, was looking to commission a composer, they looked to none other than Aaron Copland, the master of the American sound. Copland was intent on simplifying his music so that he could better appeal to all people—not just those educated about classical music. He was not shy about his populist leanings; he even titled one of his works “Fanfare for the Common Man.” Copland created an American sound in several ways. For example, his use of large intervallic pitch spans emulates America’s wide-open plains of land, a fascination with American jazz influenced his rhythmic syncopations and polyrhythms, and he integrated American folk tunes into his works. All can be heard in Billy the Kid

Copland’s ballet is more an impression of Billy the Kid than is it a biographical account. Copland sets the atmosphere with an introduction to the prairie and then zooms in on a frontier town where the ballet’s action begins. In the town, a gunfight breaks out, and Billy’s mother is shot by a stray bullet—a fateful moment that sets Billy the Kid on his destructive path after he stabs his mother’s murderer. (This is fictionalized, as Billy’s mother was never shot and instead died of tuberculosis when Henry—aka Billy—was just an early teen.) Having fled the town and living as a fugitive, he is eventually caught after a percussive-filled gunfight, but he escapes. The sheriff does eventually close in on Billy and finally shoots him dead. A celebration ensues, and then Copland zooms back out to the prairie in a quiet ending.

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

2 PM

Andreas Delfs, conductor

For Andreas Delfs’ biography, please see page 5.

Juliana Athayde, violin

The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair

Thomas Warfield, narrator

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN Variations and Fugue 17:00 on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

SERGEY PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63 26:00

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante assai

III. Allegro, ben marcato

INTERMISSION LOWELL

Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

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JULIANA ATHAYDE, violin

Concertmaster, The Caroline W. Gannett & Clayla Ward Chair

Appointed concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005 at the age of 24, Juliana Athayde became the youngest person and first female to hold the position since the orchestra’s founding in 1922. She has appeared as guest concertmaster with the Houston, San Diego, Kansas City, and Santa Barbara symphonies, as well as the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, Ontario. She has also performed with The Cleveland Orchestra in the United States and Europe.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms. Athayde made her solo debut at the age of 16 performing with the San Francisco Symphony and has been praised by critics for her “power and precision,” “melting lyricism,” and “larger than life” performances. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Athayde’s numerous solo appearances with the RPO have covered a wide range of composers and include multiple world premieres: Allen Shawn’s violin concerto (2010), Jeff Tyzik’s Jazz Concerto for Violin (2016), and Roberto Sierra’s violin concerto (2022), all commissioned by the RPO and written specifically for her. Athayde has also performed as a soloist with orchestras throughout the United States and is in demand as a chamber musician. Notable collaborations include Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Vadim Gluzman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Neubauer, Anton Nel, Orion Weiss, Shai Wosner, Joseph Silverstein, Orli Shaham, Jon Nakamatsu, William Preucil, Jon Kimura Parker, and Anthony McGill. Together with her husband, RPO principal oboist Erik Behr, Ms. Athayde demonstrates her commitment to fostering a thriving classical music scene in the community and serves as Co-Artistic Director of the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester.

A dynamic teacher, Ms. Athayde is Associate Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the faculty at music festivals throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra and the National Orchestral Institute + Festival with Music Director Marin Alsop. She has held visiting faculty positions at both the Cleveland Institute of Music and Cornell University, and has guest taught at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Ms. Athayde holds a B.M. from the University of Michigan where she studied with Paul Kantor, and both M.M. and A.D. degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with former Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster, William Preucil, where she was the first graduate of CIM’s Concertmaster Academy. A fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and School for six years, Ms. Athayde was awarded the prestigious Dorothy DeLay fellowship in 2005 and was invited to deliver the festival’s convocation speech in 2010.

Summer festival residencies include San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival and the Sun Valley Music Festival in Idaho where Ms. Athayde is a frequently featured soloist and chamber musician. She can be heard on multiple RPO recordings for the Harmonia Mundi label and is also featured on a recording of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat with the Eastman Virtuosi. Ms. Athayde performs on a J.B. Vuillaume violin and a Jean Dominique Adam bow.

JULIANA ATHAYDE KATE LEMMON

ARTISTS

THOMAS WARFIELD, narrator

Thomas Warfield is an international performing artist who’s lived in six countries. As a singer, dancer, actor, model, composer, pianist, choreographer, director, producer, educator, activist, and poet, Warfield has performed on stage, television, and film in more than 100 cities worldwide.

His childhood dance training in Rochester, NY was with Olive McCue at the Mercury Ballet, and piano and voice training at Eastman School of Music where he performed with Opera Theatre of Rochester and local theatre groups. He also trained in New York City at the School of American Ballet. Warfield holds a bachelor’s degree in dance and journalism from SUNY Purchase, and a master’s in dance ethnology from the University of Utah. His professional dance career has included performing with the Joffrey Ballet, Jane Dudley in London and New York, and ballet companies in Hong Kong, Stockholm, Paris, San Francisco, Macau, and elsewhere. His numerous and diverse professional performances include at the New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, a circus in Japan, three U.S. prisons, HBO Shorts, Marie Claire Magazine in Hong Kong, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II in London, and an East Coast tour of his original project AstroDance, which combines dance and astrophysics, funded by the National Science Foundation. He is the founder and artistic director of the 33-year-old PeaceArt International, Inc., a global project using arts to foster world peace. For 25 years Warfield has been the director of dance at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former dance critic for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Warfield was recently appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul to the New York Hate and Bias Prevention Council, and appointed by Rochester mayor Lovely Warren as co-chair of the City of Rochester’s Arts & Creative Community Committee. He serves on the boards of Garth Fagan Dance, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rochester Area Community Foundation Advisory Council. He has served on the YWCA Diversity Advisory Board, Eastman School of Music Action Commission for Racial Justice, is a former president of ARTWalk, a former president of Association of Teaching Artists, a founding board member of MuCCC Theatre, and president emeritus of the William Warfield Scholarship Fund.

He’s also served on the board of the World Dance Alliance in Hong Kong, Young Audiences, Greentopia, the Rochester City Ballet, Gateways Music Festival, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Area Community Foundation, Rochester Fringe Festival, NY Dance Festival, Education for Peace, and China Millennium Council. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Special Recognition Award, New York State Commendation Award, United Nations Peace Award, American Ethical Union Award, Empire State Pride Agenda LGBTQ Champion Award, National Dance Education Association Award, University of Rochester Medical Center Red Ribbon for HIV Research, City of Rochester Unsung Heroes Award, National Task Force on AIDS Prevention Award, Rochester Pride Parade Grand Marshall, and an off-off Broadway award for choreography. His Global Poem In Praise of Peace garnered global recognition in letters from composer Leonard Bernstein, Mother Teresa, The Dalai Lama and hundreds of others. Thomas Warfield’s first solo album of original compositions, “Celebrate the Moment,” has sold throughout the world and can be found on itunes.com and Spotify.

THOMAS WARFIELD

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

B. LOWESTOFT, ENGLAND November 22, 1913

D. ALDEBURGH, ENGLAND December 4, 1976

How can young people best be introduced to the beauty and power of an orchestra? That’s the question the British Ministry of Education asked when it commissioned one of the leading English composers of the twentieth century—Benjamin Britten— to write a work that would appear in an educational documentary televised in 1946. Britten’s fame had just catapulted due to the success of his opera, Peter Grimes, which premiered one year prior. His televised children’s work was soon embraced in the concert hall and was given a first public performance by the Liverpool Philharmonic later that year.

Instead of basing the work around an entirely original theme (Britten’s veiled English modernisms still perhaps a bit too much for children), he borrowed a stately theme from English Baroque composer Henry Purcell. It was the “Rondeau” of Purcell’s incidental music to a play called Abdelazer, or The Moor’s Revenge, the music written in 1695. Although the play is not suitable for children (several characters are slain), Purcell’s music had just enough pomp and circumstance—and hummability—to become a classic for both children and adults.

After a spoken introduction by a narrator touting the orchestra’s dazzling capabilities, Purcell’s “Rondeau” theme is first performed tutti (by the full orchestra) and then passed off through each instrumental grouping, whetting the audience’s appetite for the showcase ahead. Then, Britten uses his magnificent orchestration skills to spotlight each instrument’s unique characteristics in 13 variations on Purcell’s theme. With each new variation, Britten turns Purcell’s original theme on its head, a lively and entertaining way to cycle through the orchestra. In a finale, the instruments take off in a windswept fugue, concluding with a brass chorale of the original theme. Britten’s adeptness for orchestral writing turned a small children’s commission into a masterpiece and core repertory for modern orchestras.

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63

B. SONTSOVKA, BAKHMUTSK REGION, YEKATERINOSLAV DISTRICT, UKRAINE

April 23, 1891

D. MOSCOW, RUSSIA

March 5, 1953

Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 is uncanny and macabre, juxtaposed by vivid and emotionally heightened themes. Rising violinist Haley Maurer Gillia described the concerto’s characteristics well: “dark and ominous, majestic, militaristic, and anxious, but also light and sweet, lush, dreamy, and heartbreakingly romantic.” The concerto might recall Tim Burton’s films with music composed by Danny Elfman. “Prokofiev got right into my soul,” Elfman has said of Prokofiev’s influence on his music.

When Prokofiev wrote the second concerto in 1935, he was in the midst of a major transition: moving back to Moscow, Russia, after nearly 20 years of living in the West. He was frustrated by the grunt work needed to get his works performed in Europe, and he felt his music had fallen out of popularity. Already fielding commissions from Russia—including his ballet Romeo and Juliet— he decided to take his chances on Russia despite the uncertain political climate.

Right before his move, Prokofiev went on a concert tour with French violinist Robert Soetens, for whom he wrote his second violin concerto. The tour provided some of the inspiration for his work. Prokofiev explained in a biography, “The variety of places in which the concerto was written is a reflection of the nomadic concert-tour existence I led at that time: the principal theme of the first movement was written in Paris, the first theme of the second movement in Voronezh [Russia], the orchestration I completed in Baku [Azerbaijan], while the first performance was given in Madrid, in December 1935.” Passing influences from some of their geographical locales can be discovered in the concerto.

The first movement’s sinuous violin theme recalls Russian folk melodies, while a hyper-romantic theme later seems influenced by Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. In the lyrical second movement, the violin sings a tender melody that recalls the “Ave Maria,” suspended over a soft, bouncy staccato accompaniment in the orchestra. Roles are reversed at the movement’s end, where the orchestra’s lowest instruments get an atypical moment to sing while the violin provides the pillowy accompaniment. The final movement is a folksy rondo. Prokofiev’s travels to Spain are heard in the addition of castanets to the texture.

The work is straightforward in its themes and harmonies, perhaps a purposeful way to appeal to the Russian government in preparation for his move. However, the work’s haunting qualities seem to foreshadow the nightmare ahead for the composer, who would attempt to create his music in an increasingly dangerous climate for artists under Stalin.

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LOWELL LIEBERMANN

Frankenstein Waltzes

B. NEW YORK, NEW YORK

February 22, 1961

American composer Lowell Liebermann has an accessible style that combines aural fantasy with harmonic complexity. When British dance choreographer Liam Scarlett was considering composers to help bring a new ballet based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 book Frankenstein to the stage—a co-commission between the Royal Ballet and San Fransisco Ballet—he looked toward Liebermann to create a score that could strike the right balance of romantic and strange.

At the center of Shelley’s story is Victor, the scientist whose experiments uncover a method that can spark life into dead matter. He attempts to build a beautiful hominoid out of mismatched parts, but it goes awry, resulting in the “Creature,” a hideous, 8-foot-tall monster. The Creature yearns for love and acceptance but is only met with rejection. Feeling lonely, he asks Victor to create him a soul mate. When Victor refuses to duplicate his experiments, the angered Creature vows to kill those he loves, including Victor’s dear wife Elizabeth.

Scarlett, the choreographer, was most interested in accessing Frankenstein’s inner humanity, shedding an empathetic light on the monster, as well as grasping onto the longing, hopes, and fears of all the characters. “This isn’t a horror story in the sense of a Hitchcock film,” he said in an interview. “This is an intimate journey for the audience.”

Liebermann wrote of the music: “The musical language of Frankenstein is thus a synthesis of aspects of a Classical/Early Romantic musical aesthetic filtered through my own compositional sensibility. The spirit of Mendelssohn, always a favorite composer of mine, hovered in the back of my mind as a period inspiration in terms of the transparency and simplicity I wanted to strive for, in order to encapsulate what I felt was the emotional world of the novel.”

Although Liebermann considered the ballet a through-composed “two-and-a-half-hour symphony,” his Frankenstein Waltzes are a smaller selection of dances from the ballet for orchestra that will sweep listeners into the eerie—but also beautiful—world of Victor, Frankenstein, and Elizabeth from Mary Shelley’s celebrated story.

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SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Peter and the Wolf

B. SONTSOVKA, BAKHMUTSK REGION, YEKATERINOSLAV DISTRICT, UKRAINE

April 23, 1891

D. MOSCOW, RUSSIA

March 5, 1953

Peter, an adventurous, self-assured, and somewhat foolish boy, is the hero of Sergei Prokofiev’s musical children’s story, Peter and the Wolf. Peter yearns to explore the wild green meadow beyond his home. But his grandfather warns a hungry wolf may be lurking. With youthful ignorance, Peter heads out anyway, befriending a bird, duck, and cat on his journey. The animals all have close encounters with the wolf, but Peter schemes a way to catch the wolf with a lasso, outsmarting even the hunters in the woods. He emerges victorious, although the poor duck isn’t as lucky.

Each character—from Peter to the animals to the hunters—is represented by an instrument or instrument family, Prokofiev’s clever way of introducing children to the sounds and capabilities of a full symphonic orchestra. The educational goals of the work, however, are never heavy-handed: the instruments are only memorable because of Prokofiev’s adeptness at hearing characters in the distinctive timbres of each instrument.

The tale of Peter and the Wolf is so ubiquitous today that it’s easy to think it might be an old fairytale, given a musical dramatization by the composer. Instead, it’s a story that is straight from Prokofiev’s imagination and is influenced, in part, by his surroundings in Russia. He moved back to Russia in 1936—after relatively unsuccessful stints in the United States and Europe—hoping for a better reception for his music. Soon after, however, Prokofiev had to tow the Stalinist line or face serious repercussions. With his two sons, Prokofiev frequented the Moscow Children’s Musical Theatre, where the standoffish composer eventually warmed to its director, Natalya Sats. Sensing a childlike nature in the composer, Sats commissioned Prokofiev to write something for the theater.

Prokofiev pacified the government with his young hero, Peter, who represented a Russian “young pioneer.” Young pioneers were like politicized Boy Scouts, groomed to be model socialists. Although Russian audiences would have recognized Peter as such at the time, Prokofiev managed to avoid any direct political statements in the work, which has resulted in its longevity as a concert work.

The music was written to accompany a lively, spoken script. Many celebrities have served as Peter and the Wolf narrators, including Eleanore Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery, David Bowie, Sting, and recently, Viola Davis. Here, our local celebrity, Thomas Warfield, the nephew of renowned opera singer William Warfield and director of dance at the Rochester Institute of Technology, narrates. Thomas, an accomplished singer and dancer, leads a vibrant artistic life and has a long history of sharing his gifts with his native Rochester community.

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

CORPORATE PARTNERS, FOUNDATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following corporate, foundation, and community organizations for their generous support. Listings are in recognition of our current donors from September 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Please contact the Development Office at development@rpo.org with questions or corrections.

SYMPHONY

($50,000 AND ABOVE)

Canandaigua National Bank and Trust

City of Rochester

Glover-Crask Charitable Trust&

The William and Sheila Konar Foundation

Lisk Morris Foundation, Inc. & M&T Bank

Monroe County

NYS Council on the Arts

Regional Economic Development Council

Waldron Rise Foundation

Wegmans Food Markets

CONCERTO ($25,000–$49,999)

The Community Foundation

ESL Charitable Foundation

The Gertrude Chanler RPO Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation

Kimbo il Café di Napoli

MusicPower.org

National Endowment for the Arts

Guido and Ellen Palma Foundation

The Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Foundation, Inc.

St. Ann’s Community

SONATA ($10,000–$24,999)

Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation

Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation

B. Thomas Golisano Foundation

Hoselton Auto Mall

LSI Solutions, Inc.

Pittsford Federal Credit Union^

Riedman Foundation

Rubens Family Foundation

TwoPoint Capital Management

SUITE ($5,000–$9,999)

Akerman LLP

Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation

Broadstone Net Lease

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music

Melvin and Mildred Eggers Family

Charitable Foundation

Joseph and Anna Gartner Foundation

Gianniny Family Fund II at the Rochester Area Community Foundation

Grace & Disgrace

The Hallowell Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation

Heathwood Assisted Living & Memory Care

Leading Edge Advising & Development

Lighthouse Family Fund

Music Performance Trust Fund

Rochester Philharmonic League

Sheila Konar Fund for Alzheimer’s Services

Spindler Family Foundation

OVERTURE

($3,000–$4,999)

Alesco Advisors, LLC

Harter Secrest and Emery, LLP

iHeartMedia – Rochester

Mengel Metzger Barr & Co.

NextCorps

Paris-Kirwan Associates, Inc.

Andrew J. Burke, RE/MAX Realty Group

Rochester Institute of Technology

Spall Management Corp.

The Westport Fund

13WHAM-TV

PARTNER

($1,000–$2,999)

Alliance Advisory Group, Inc.

American Packaging Corp.

Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust

Arthur Murray Dance Studio

The Bank of Castile, a Tompkins Community Bank

Bristol Mountain Resort

Brown and Brown of New York

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Meagan Walker Doxtad

MANAGING EDITOR Donna Hoke

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jean-Pierre Thimot

BRX Research

The Cabot Group

Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC

T.M. and M.W. Crandall Foundation

DGA Builders, LLC

Easter Seals

EFPR Group, LLP

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

GP Flooring Solutions

Insero & Co.

The Johnson Browning Family Fund

Nazareth University

The QMC Group

Sage Rutty & Co., Inc.

Schreiner Family Fund

The Scott-Crabb Family Fund

University of Rochester

Woods Oviatt Gilman, LLP

FRIENDS ($1-$999)

20/20 Wealth Solutions

Aldridge Tinker Fund

Chipotle Mexican Grill^

Combined Jewish Philanthropies

Family First Federal Credit Union

Greenpoint Trail Association

KeyBank Foundation

Media Connection

Morning Musicale

The Jane Parker Foundation

Pledgeling Foundation

Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Rochester Regional Health System

The Sprinkler Connection

Fred M. and Lurita D. Wechsler

Memorial Fund

West Rush Media, LLC

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Charities Aid Foundation of America

The Gerber Foundation

Johnson and Johnson Matching

Gift Foundation

United Electric Supply

Joshua Flanigan

Kim Miers

Nicholas Vitello

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE LEADERSHIP GIVING SOCIETY

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the generous individuals listed here who help us continue to enrich and inspire the community through the art of music. While space only permits us to list pledged gifts made at the Benefactor level and above in the printed program book, we value the generosity and vital support of all donors and have moved all donors from Contributor amount and above to be listed in our digital edition donor roll on www.rpo.org/donor-recognition. Listings are in recognition of our current donors from September 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Please contact us at development@rpo.org questions or corrections.

MAESTOSO ($50,000 AND ABOVE)

Anonymous

Stephen and Janice Ashley&

Allen* and Joyce Boucher&

Jim and Maria Boucher&

Mary Ellen Burris&

William L. and Ruth P. Cahn^&

Mr. and Mrs.* Harlan D. Calkins&

Betsy and John Carver&

Joan and Paul Casterline**&

Terence Chrzan and Susann Brown*&

Christine Colucci

Mary Cowden

Karen Duguid and Wallace Johnson& The Dumm Family

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Englert&

PRESTISSIMO

($25,000-$49,999)

Anonymous

Anne and Steve* Bauer

Diana R. Clarkson, Esq. and James Donnelly& Emerson and Vernita Fullwood&

Jeffrey and Lynne Halik&

VIVACE ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous

Carol and John Bennett&

Dr. Stanley Byrd&

Jeff and Sue Crane^&

Alison and John Currie&

George Daddis, Jr., Ph.D.&

Katie and Rob Dermody&S

Ron DoughertyS

Karen and Laurence Kessler

Elsbeth J. Kozel&

ADAGIO ($2,500-$9,999)

Daisy AlgarinS

Todd Allen

Allan Anderson

Elaine Anderson

Dave and Jan Angus

Anonymous

Jane Ellen Bailey

Marvin L. Becker and Daryl Kaplan

Stewart Beecher

William J. Beenhouwer*

Barbara Berman

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Bielaska, Jr.

Eric and Marcia Birken

Nelson Blish

Jamie Block

Stuart and Betsy Bobry

Kristine Bouyoucos

Dr. and Mrs. Albert Brault

Mr. and Mrs. Paul W.* Briggs

Peter W. Briggs

Barbara and John Bruning

Andrew J. Burke

Sharon and Philip Burke

Tom Burns

Ann Burr and A. Vincent Buzard

Carol J. Buzzard

Keith and Joan Calkins

Jane A. Capellupo

Dr. and Mrs. Elmar Frangenberg&^L

Betsy and Jay*Friedman&

Barbara and Patrick Fulford&

Marjorie and James Fulmer&

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Furman**&

Gouvernet Fund for the Arts at RACF&

Mrs. Laura J. Hameister^&S

Daniel W. Hinz*

H. Larry and Dorothy C. Humm&

Dr. Ralph F. Jozefowicz&

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.&

Katherine Lindahl&

Dr. Dawn F. Lipson^

Jack McGowan and Kathleen Muscato&

Michael and Frances Millard&

David and MaryAnn Hamilton&

Joyce and Warren* Heilbronner&

Tom and Nan Hildebrandt&

Elsbeth J. Kozel

Karen and Gerald Kral&

Glenn and Nancy Koch

Marcy and Ray Kraus in loving memory of Dr.

Allan and Charlotte Kraus

Vincent and Zuzanna Kwon&

Curtis and Elizabeth Long&S

Mrs. Bruce P. Marshall

Bryan Maslin and Jane Flasch-Maslin

Donald Messina

Daniel M. Meyers&

Kathy Purcell

Dr. Thomas and Ann Caprio

William T. Chandler

Robert and Susan Chapman in memory of Lucille Giglia

Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Chapman

Barbara A. Colucci^

Walter Cooper

Mrs. Joan Dalberth

Dr. Joann Dale

Karen E. Dau

Nancy and Sreeram Dhurjaty

Dr. and Mrs. Vikram Dogra

Tex and Nicki Doolittle

William and Cynthia Dougherty

Michele Dryer

Rufus K. Dryer II

Frederick Dushay, M.D. in memory of Anita B. Dushay

Simos and Eleni Economides

William Eggers and Deborah McLean

Ed and Rosemary Eichenlaub

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eisenberg

Larry and Kas Eldridge

Carol and Tom* Elliott

Louise W. Epstein

Gerald G. Estes

David and Anne Ferris

David Fetler*

Deborah Onslow&S

Pace Family Fund&

Larry and Betsy Rice&

Ron and Sharon Salluzzo&

Drs. Eva and Jude Sauer&

Richard and Vicki* Schwartz

Dr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Sobel& Ingrid Stanlis&

Sandra and Richard Stein&

Josephine S. Trubek&

Krestie Utech&

Louise Woerner and Don Kollmorgen

Robert A. Woodhouse& Geff and Cindy Yancey&

Joyce* and Victor Poleshuck&

Deborah Ronnen and Sherman Levy*

Nellie J. Rosenberg

Mrs. Robert M. Santo&

Katherine T. and John L. Schumacher&

Nathan J. and Susan S. Robfogel

Marion Swett Robinson

Helen and Jack Rubens

George J. Schwartz, M.D. and Paula Maier

Barbara and George Segel

Mark and Lois Taubman

John Urban

Robin and Michael* Weintraub& Carol Whitbeck&

Dr. Paul Fine

Thomas and Janet Fink

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Forsyth

Shirley B. and Kevin Frick

Dan Fultz

Nancy and Peter Gaess

David and Patricia Gardner

Ellen Garfinkel

Paul and Carol Goldberg

Deborah G. Goldman

Rob W. Goodling

Janet and Roger Gram

David Louis Guadagnino and Mary

Beauchamp

Susan and James Haefner

Laurie Haelen and Mary McCrank

Mr. Gary D. Haines

Robert and Deborah HallS

George and Mary Hamlin

Alan J. Harris

Nicki Hastings

John and Ruth Hazzard

David and Barrie Heiligman

Walter B.D. Hickey, Jr.

David C. and Patricia M. Hinkle

Bruce R. and Janice V. Hinman

Sanjay and Ally Hiranandani

Ian and Kathalee* Hodge

Kathleen Holt and Stephen Lurie

Philip and Eleanor Hopke

Dr. Jack and Harriette Howitt

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ierardi

Orna Intrator

Robert and Merilyn* Israel

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Iwan

La Marr J. Jackson, Esq.

Bruce Jacobs

Leslie H. Jacobs in memory of her husband, Stephen D. Jacobs

Nicholas and Kathryn Jospe

Judy and Norm Karsten

Marie and Charlie Kenton

Joseph and Dale Klein

Richard and Karen Knowles

Glenn and Nancy Koch

Christine Koundakjian

Chari and Joel Krenis

Harold and Christine Kurland

Joanne Lang

Connie Leary and James O’Connell

Jennifer Leonard and David Cay Johnston

Norma and Anthony* Leone, M.D.

Sue and Michael LococoS

Edith M. Lord

Dan and Nancy Loughran

Dr. Diane Lu and Jeremy A. Cooney, Esq.

PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS

ADVOCATE ($1,000-$2,499)

Daniel and Elizabeth Abbas

Robert E. and Carol G. Achilles

Barbara and David AckroydS

Edward and Joan After

Marvin and Frederica Amstey

Anonymous

Allegra Angus

Mr. and Mrs. Mehdi N. Araghi

Neil and Maggie Atkins

L. Baldwin

Thomas L. Bantle

Jim and Linda Baroody

Walter J.* and Jeanne M. Beecher

Hays and Karen Bell

Kate M. Bennett

David M. Berg and Dawn K. Riedy

Bischoff Family

Mrs. Philip P. Bonanni

William and Grace Boudway

Shirley Bowen and Tracy Perkins

Donald and Mary BoydS

Simon* and Josephine Braitman

Joseph* and Nancy Briggs

Priscilla and Rob Brown

Mr. Paul Browning

Eric and Wendy Bruestle

Josephine Buckley

Drs. Jim and Rae Burchfiel

Brian and Mary Jane Burke

Bruce and Shirley Burritt

Dan and Amanda Butler

Mr. and Mrs. John Buttrill

Ms. Barbara J. Case

Brendan and Suzanne Casey

Steve and Deborah Chartrand

Jack and Barbara Clarcq

Clark Family Fund at the RACF

Alan Cohen and Nancy Bloom

Beth CrossS

Roy Czernikowski and Karin Dunnigan

Judith and Joseph Darweesh

Doreen and E. Thomas* Deisenroth

Mr. and Mrs. Steven DeSmitt

Stephanie and Douglas Dickman

Vince DiRaimo

Swaminathan and Janice Madhu

Dan and Kiki Mahar

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Marche

Mr. Lawrence Martling

William and Erin McCune, in memory of Vera McCune

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert J.C. McCurdy*

Gilbert Kennedy McCurdy

Bruce and Eleanor McLear

Jonathan Mink and Janet Cranshaw

John Muenter

Susan Murphy and Ralph Black

Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness&

Noel and JoBeth NicholsL

Peter J. Obourn

Drs. Avice and Timothy O’Connor

William J. O’Connor, Jr.

John and Tobie Olsan

Dee and Horace E. Perry

Suzanne and Richard Portland

Brock and Sandra* Powell

Peter and Christina Prieto

Alice and Andrew Publow

Robert and Anne QuiveyS

David Rakov

Nancy and Vincent Reale

Ms. Michele Rechberger

Drs. Chris and Doria Ritchlin

Donald and Stephanie Doe

Rosemary Christoff Dolan in memory of Gerald Christoff, Composer and Pianist

Rose Duver

Dr. Dianne Edger and Terry Platt

Dr. Steven and Susan Eisinger

John and Cathy Englert

Trevor and Elizabeth Ewell

Udo Fehn and Christine Long

Gail R. Flugel

Susan and Leslie Foor

Jonathan Foster

Ann and Steve Fox

P. Robert and Mary Anne Fox

Barbara L. Frank

Sandra and Neil Frankel

Bob and Bobbie Freitag

Linda and David FriedmanS

Kevin FrischS

Richard T. Galvin

Jerry J. Gambino, Jr.

Jacquie and Andrew Germanow

Paulette GissendannerS

John and Leslie Glynn

John and Roslyn Goldman

Patricia Goodwin

Debbie and Michael Gordon

Crofts* and Jane Gorsline

Robert and Jeanne Grace

Dr. and Mrs. William Grace

Carolyn D. Gray*

Russell and Kathleen Green

Joanna and Michael Grosodonia

James and Jennifer Guelzow

Tony Gugino and Ernie Siebold

Joan Hallenbeck

Fred and Martha Hamaker

Marilyn* and Dick Hare

A. Scott Hecker

Molly and Brud Hedges

Bob and Kathy Heinig

Tom Heiss

James and Susan Herman

Dr. Tomas Hernandez and Dr. Keith Reas

Merrill and Dianne Herrick

Nancy Robbins

Jamal and Pam Rossi

Mr. Fritz Ruebeck and Dr. Cecilia Meagher

Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan, Jr.

Drs. Carl and O.J. Sahler

David and Antonia Schantz

Paul and Barbara Schmied

Joan M. Schumaker

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Seymour

Georgine and James Stenger

Nancy Stevens and David Williams

Bob and Gayle Stiles

David and Grace* Strong

Aaron and Rachel Stuckey

Glen and Lynne Suckling

Donald G. Symer, Jr.

Margaret and Charles Symington

Mimi and Sam Tilton

Margaret Tonkinson

Gary and Marie VanGraafeiland

James Viscardi, Lisa Brubaker and Marja Wilson

Jennifer and Scott Vogler

Erik and Judy Von Bucher

Stephen R. Webb

David and Julie Weinstein

Dr.* and Mrs. Tae B. Whang

Eleanor Williams

Kitty J. Wise&L

Michael R. Herzog

Drs. Ryan and Makiko Hoefen^

Dr. Marvin and Nancy* Yanes Hoffman

David and Elizabeth Hofmeister

Mr. and Mrs.* Howard E. Holcomb, Jr.

Susan and Chris Holliday

Audrey W. Holly

Andrew and Kathleen Holt

Dr. Robert Horn and Dr. Patricia Nachman

Marjorie S. Humphrey

Mr. and Mrs. John Hustler

Dr. Dewey Jackson

Robert and Mary* Jackson

Steven Jarose and Marvin Ritzenthaler

Maryanne Jones

Nancy Jones

Mr. Gilbert F. Jordan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Judson, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Kanthor

Heidi Katz and Carl Chiarenza

Barbara and Robert Kay

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Kemp

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Kennedy

Robert J. Kennedy

Michael King

Ann Knigge and Al Buckner

Arnold Kovalsky

James Kraus

Lynn Krauss-Prince

Deanna and Charles Krunsenstjerna

Werner and Susan Kunz

John and Lisa Lacci

David and Andrea Lambert

Donna M. Landry

Patrick and Sarah Lavell

Hochang Lee and Christine Chung^

Katharine and Kyle Lennox

Katherine Lewis and Richard Chasman*

Sarah F. Liebschutz, Ph.D.

John and Jane Litttwitz

Curtis and Elizabeth Long&S

Carol C. Lovell

John and Judy Lynd

Patrick Macey and Jeremiah Casey

David J. Mack

Russell and Mary Lou Madsen

Chen and John MageeS

Pamela Krug Maloof

Scott Manspeaker

Anthony and Kimberly Maroldo

Diana Marquis

Saul and Susan Marsh

Richard and Kate Massie

Carol and John Matteson

Tom and Emily McCall

Alex and Joyce McClean

Edward G. McClive

Karen and Joseph McCune

Dick and Sandra McGavern

Richard W. McGrath

John W. McNeill

Andrew and Kay Melnyk

Pete* and Sally Merrill

Robert J. and Marcia Wishengrad Metzger

Ralph and Martha Meyer

Clayton and Kimberly Millard

Fritz and Maura Minges

James* and Geraldine Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Morgan

Laura V. Morrissey

Pastor and Mrs. Donald Muller

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson

Dr. Gary and Ruth Myers

Andy Nahas

Dr. Philip S. Nash

Michael D. Nazar

Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely

Nixon Family Foundation

Nannette Nocon

Peggy and David Oakes

Susan and Thomas E. O’Brien

W. Smith and Jean O’Brien

Margie O’jea

Tom Parker

Jonathan R. Parkes and Dr. Marcia Bornhurst

Parkes

Douglas and Rose Peet

Robert and Penny Peterson

Thomas W. Petrillo and William R. Reamy

BENEFACTOR ($500-$999)

James Alexander

Anonymous

Dr. and Mrs. E. David Appelbaum

Betsy and Gerald Archibald

Bob and Jody Asbury

Gloria Baciewicz

Roger W. and Elga Baker

Karen Bancroft

Maureen Baran

Kathleen C. Barbehenn

Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Barry

Ann Bauer

Jack and Kathleen Beadling

Richard J. Beard

Suzanne Bell and Chris Brown

Richard Bennett

Teresa and Tim Biehler

James and Lynette Blake

Jay and Beth Blaufuss

John and Cindy Blawski

Robert A. Bond

Mitchell J. Boucher

Judith Boyd*

Daniel Bresnan

Paula and James* Briggs

Mark and Anita Brown^

Patrick and Irene Burke

Gretchen and Paul Burke

Richard and Peggy Burton

Douglas and Diana Phillips

Everett Porter

Bill Prest

Susan and Donald Pritchard

Mary Jane Proschel

Bill and Beverly Pullis

Dick and Cathy Rasmussen

Cary Ratcliff

Marcia Rausch

Stan and Anne Refermat

Martin and Laurie Reinhold

Rene Reixach

Elizabeth and Eric Rennert

Josh Reynolds

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Richards

Nancy and Art Roberts

Richard and Margery Rosen

Hannah and Arnold Rosenblatt

Dr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Ruckert

Carolyn and Charels Ruffing

Hon. Franklin T. and Cynthia Russell

Joan and James* Ryan, Sr.

Gary B. Schaefer

Paul and Stephanie Schaeffer

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Schenck

Peter Schott and Mary Jane Tasciotti

Nancy and David Schraver

Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz

Heidi B. Schwarz, M.D.

Anthony and Gloria Sciolino

Catherine and Richard Seeger

David Segal

Joan and Arthur Segal

Libba and Wolf Seka

Theresa A. Seil and Debra Celestino

Rich Sensenbach

Dr. Jenny C. Servo and Mr. John Servo

Hezekiah and Ann Marie Simmons

Jeffrey T. Skuse

Alice and Ken* Slining

Greg and Shari Smith

Bruce and Laura Smoller

Kathie Snyder

Janet H. Sorensen

Drs. David Bushinsky and Nancy Krieger

Susan W. Call

Mitchell Chait

Barry Childs and Kathy Cloonan

Victor Ciaraldi and Kathy Marchaesi

E.A. Claypoole

Nelson and Janet Cole

Albert and Catherine Consentino

William Coppard

Elison and Donald Cramer

John and Mary Crowe

Cathy Cushman and Jeff Sokol

Janice and Robert Daitz

Joanna Das

Frederick and Doris Davey

Joe and Sue DeGeorge Foundation, Inc.

Linda and William* Delaney

Jacques and Monique Delettrez

James Derleth in memory of Bernadette A. Derleth

Daniel and Susan DimpflS

Michael DiSalle

Jane Dunham

Janice and James* Durfee

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Eaton

Marcia L. Elwitt

Mohsen Emami, M.D.

D. Craig Epperson and Dr. Beth Jelsma

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Esser

Mr. Richard R. Spellicy

Ms. Suzanne Spencer

Jason Spurling and Song Xue

Ann H. Stevens and William J. Shattuck

David and Christine Sage Suits

Kevin and Erica Surace

Steve and Cheryl Swartout

Robert and Diane Swinehart

Melanie and Jason Thomas

Dr. Mark Tolbert

Michael and Beverly Tomaino

Sally Turner

Wayne and Anne Vander Byl

Thomas and Jeanne Verhulst

Harry and Ruth* Walker

James and Barb* Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace

James Watters

Jean and Sterling L.* Weaver

Pierce and Elizabeth Webb

Mr. and Mrs. David K. Weber

Philip and Marilyn Wehrheim Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weingarten^

Joyce and William Weir

Rick and Yvonne Whitmore

Ed and Wilma Wierenga

Amy and Brent Williams

Herbert E. Winkelman

Elise and Joseph Wojciechowski

Grace Wong

Jim* and Barb Woods

Charloette J. Wright

Eileen M. Wurzer

Patty and Rich Yarmel

Dr. Charles Yates

Laura and Joel Yellin

Marsha Young

Rodney Young

Wende and Bill Young

Helen A. Zamboni

Susan and Maurice Zauderer

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zornow

Julia B. Everitt

Sherman and Anne Farnham

Joan and Harold* Feinbloom

Evan and Elvira* Felty

Karolina Fero

Almon Fisher

Elizabeth B. Fischer

Sarah Fitts-Roming

George and Marie Follett

James A. Frackenpohl and Dr. George Corella

Evelyn Frazee and Thomas Klonick

Carolyn and Roger Friedlander

John and Lisa Fulmer

N. Gadziala and R. J. Looney

Kimberly and Lou Gangi

Paul and Marjorie Gardella

Paul Gardella

Sharon Garelick

M. Lois Gauch

Mary Anna and Darrell Geib

Mrs. Charles J. Gibson

Rick and Nancy Goetz

Mr. and Mrs. Julian Goldstein

Dr. John W. and Mrs. Heather Goodbody

Joy Goodman and John F. Sawyer

Kyle Gordon

Dr. and Mrs. William Grace

Marvin and Barbara Gray

Pat Gray

Gay Greene and Robert Goeckel

Michael D. Grossman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Guerin

Stephen Gullace

Robert V. Haggett

Rod Ham

David and Edna F. Hamlin

Martin and Sherrie Handelman

Barbara and A. Michael Hanna

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hanna

Carol Hardy

Dr. Erica Haskell

Gil and Judy Hawkins

William and Patricia Hayles

Maureen* and Ken Hendel

Dr. and Mrs. Raul Herrera

Carol Herring

K.L. Hersam and Paul Sawicki

John and Barbara Holder

Sheila Hollander

Mr. and Mrs. Ned Holmes

Cynthia L. Howk

Randy and Denise Hubler

Leslie and Sam Huey

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Husson

Agrp Ispentchian & Fulltec, LLC

Ronald and Martha Jodoin

Connie KaminskiS

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kamp

Lori and Frank Karbel

Michael and Joann Keefe

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Keenan

Marilyn and John Kiesling

Samuel R. King

Mr. Edward Klehr

Connie Klein

Carol R. Klinger

Susan and James Knauer

Ken Knight and Ann Curtin-Knight

Gary G. Kochersberger

Mark and Mona Friedman Kolko

Mrs. Ellen Konar

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kopf, Jr.

Paulina and Laurence Kovalsky

Drs. Richard Kreipe and Mary Sue Jack*

Robert B. Kuehl

Lucinda Lapoff

Mr. Thomas G. Lathrop

Philip and Susan Lederer

J. Michael and Joan Lehman

Janet and James Leone

Doris and Austin Leve

Ellen C. Lewis

Ben Lichtin and Grace Seiberling

Bob and Dodie Linder

Martha Lindsay

Kathy J. Lindsley

Justin Lloyd

Janet and Haines Lockhart

Dr. and Mrs. Norman R. Loomis

Dr. Barbara P. Lovenheim

Mr. Robert Lowenthal

Douglas* and Marcia Lowry

Susan and Chris Luedde

Frank Maley

James and Rosa Mance

James and Patricia Mangin

Darlene Mante

Jeffrey C. and Linda L. Mapstone

Kathy Markakis

Dr. and Mrs. James Maxwell

David and Dorcas McCartney

Mary Ellen McDougal

Sabrina McLeod and Gretta Schaefer

Diann and Tom Meek

Marion Mench

Duane and Ida Miller

Hinda and Michael Miller**

Mimi and Chris Miller

Sanford and Jill Miller

Mary E. Miskell and Terrance Clar

Rebecca Monk

Ilene Montana

David and Monika M. MullenS

Thomas C. Munger

John Myers

John Myers and Mary Ellen Guon

Rita Myers

Rob and Jacqueline Nasso

Eleanor R. Newell

Christine and John Norris

Susan Nutt

Jason Oaks

Dr. Stephen Olmsted

Jim and Linda Orgar

Debra and George Orosz

Phil R. Palumbo

Jane Parker and Francis Cosentino

Dolores F. Parlato

Marcella S. Pavelka

Donna Gooden Payne

Marian Payson and Helen Wiley

Glen Pearson

Kevin and Christine Peartree

David and Marjorie Perlman

Peter Pero

Christian and Sarah Peyre

Gloria and Karl Pleger

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Polidor

Keith Polidor

Dr. Lee Pollan

Harry J. and Margaret H. Price

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Przybylowicz

Hope Quallo

Jerry and Janice Rachfal

James Reed

Ann Rhody

Constance Rice

David and Judy Richardson

Ray and Judy Ricker

Robert and Ann Reimer

Linda and Michael Riordan Family Fund

Suzanne Robinson

Dr. Gerald and Maxine Rosen

Tom and Ellen Rusling

Jean Ryon

Mrs. Bonnie B. Sale

Victor* and Eileen Salerno

Ed and Gabriel Saphar

Linda and Tom Sargent

John J. Schantz

Robert and Cynthia Schlauch

Charlene Schoenenberger

David and Naomi Schrier

Jack and Elizabeth Schroeder

Patricia Schwarz

Leslie Scott- Lindler

Marjorie and Earl* Sexton

Robert E. and Susan H. Shapiro

David and Susan Sharp

Lily Shaw and Robert Hallstrom*

Richard and Joanne Shimko

Mrs. Caroline Shipley

Donna Broberg Shum

Christina Sickelco

Joseph Simpson

Daniel and Sarah Singal

Mrs. Maxine M. Smith

Carol Snook in memory of Richard Snook

Maria Sohn

Phillip and Karen Sparkes

Ms. Maureen A. Stables

Karen S. Stafford

Eleanor Stauffer

Abby and David Stern

Lisa H. Stoddard

Kim Stolp

David B. Stong

Mrs. Alexander L. Strasser

Joyce Sudak and Christopher Carretta

Anne Sullivan

Bernard and Katherine Sussman

Yoshiko Tamura and Bruce M. Lee

David and Carol Teegarden

Carina L. Telesca

Darbbie J. Thomas

Eric and Sue-Ellen Thompson

Jeffrey J. Thompson

Joel Thompson

William and Faye Thompson

James Tobin

Celia and Doug Topping

Adam and Catherine Towsley

Donald and Nancy Trott

John* and Janet Tyler

David and Lori Uhazie

John Ulatowski

Eugene and Gloria Ulterino

Dr. William M. Valenti

William and Susan VanTyle

Timothy and Debbie Veazey

Suzanne Verstraten

Karl and Aimee Vilcins

Vic Vinkey

Robert Vosteen

Ms. Mary Wade

Stephen H. and Jody Waite

Brian and Jean Waldmiller

John and Anne Walker

Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace

Dr. Gareth Warren and Ms. Kearstin Piper Brown

Betsy and Peter Webster

Ms. Jean Webster

Warren Welch

Stephen Wershing

Charles and Carolyn Whitfield

Bob* and Mary Ann Whitmore

Susan and Paul Wilkens

David and Donna Willome

Keith and Betsy Wilson

Beatrice and Michael Wolford

Les and Wanda Wood

Elizabeth D. Woodard

Jim* and Barb Woods

Thomas Wooldridge

Jeff Wright and Betty Wells

Caroline and Richard Yates

Lawrence and Susan Yovanoff

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

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 August 1, 2023 through August 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.

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

Frank and Lori Karbel

Martha Lindsay

Eleanor Conte

George Conte

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

Jerry J. Gambino, Jr.

Burt Harris

Dr. Maria G. Mastrosimone

Jane L. Garrett

Michael Garrett

Suzanne Gouvernet

Helen A. Zamboni

Robert Gotham

Robert and Elizabeth Smith

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

Robert K. Jones

Lew Jones

Jeffrey S. Arnold

Harvey and Barbara Festenstein

Anita M. Hansen

Robert Israel

Carol Kolb

Dr. Barbara Lovenheim

Andrea Miller

Nellie J. Rosenberg

Dr. Anthony Leone, Jr.

Norma Leone

Edna Lovell

Carol Lovell

Cricket and Frank Luellen

Beverly and Michael Tomaino

Ellen and Homer L. Marple

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

John and Tobie Olsan

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

Elaine Buralli

Otto Muller-Girard

Robert Oppenheimer

June Adler

Bernard and Rina Baron

Thomas and Julie Bartlett

Irma Bernstein

Stuart and Betsy Bobry

Carolyn T. Cleary

Cobblestone Capital Advisors, LLC

Barbara H. Davis

Dr. Frederick Dushay

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

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

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

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

Laurie Haelen’s Birthday

Donna Cator

John Frost

Dean Hutchinson

Kevin D. Kinney

Catherine D. Noble

James P. Terwilliger

Jennifer A. Yance

Elizabeth Zammit

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

Nancy E. Scher

Harvey Simmons

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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Marie Aklin*

Betty Jane Altier*

Alva Angle*

Don J. and Edith B. Arganbright**

Catherine N. Asmuth*

Jean Boynton Baker*

John B. and Margaret Barnell*

Walter J.* and Jeanne M. Beecher

Walter S. Beecher

Nancy and Harry Beilfuss**

Carol and John Bennett

Jack and Carolyn Bent

Donald Berens*

Ellen S. Bevan

Stuart and Betsy Bobry

James R. Boehler*

Marilyn Bondy

Beverly T. Bowen*

John W.* and Margaret Z.* Branch

William and Ruth Cahn

Mary Allison Callaway and Paul R. Callaway*

Catherine B. Carlson*

Norris F. Carlson*

Margaret J. Carnall*

Joan and Paul Casterline**

Susann* and Terence Chrzan

Nancy A. Clemens*

Barbara Colucci

Christine Colucci

Dr. and Mrs. John J. Condemi**

Mary Consler*

Maurice and Bernice Cornell**

Alfred L. Davis*

Barbara Dechario*

Sally and John Dineen**

Paul Donnelly

Janis Dowd* and Daan Zwick*

Marilyn A. Drumm*

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 C.* and Elizabeth Fisher

Suressa and Richard H. Forbes**

Catherine and Elmar Frangenberg

Carolyn and Roger Friedlander

Betsy Friedman

Karyl P. Friedman

Linda and David Friedman

Patrick and Barbara Fulford

Ron and Marilyn Furman**

William L. Gamble*

Sharon Garelick

Rob W. Goodling

Mary M. Gooley*

Barbara Jean Gray-Gottorff*

George Greer*

Jean Groff*

William B. Hale*

Mrs. Laura J. Hameister

Marilyn* and Dick Hare

Karen G. Hart*

Monica R. Hayden*

Warren and Joyce Heilbronner

Helen and George E. Heller**

David W. Hinz*

Jean Hitchcock

Norman L. Horton*

Mrs. Samter Horwitz*

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*

Marcella Klein and Richard Schaeffer

Glenn and Nancy Koch

Jim and Marianne Koller**

Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq.

Jeanne Lareau*

Marshall and Lenore* Lesser

Drs. Jacques* and Dawn Lipson

Sue and Michael Lococo

William C.* and Elfriede K. Lotz

Cricket and Frank Luellen**

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mahar

Linda Malinich*

Joseph J. Mancini

Gerard Mayer*

John T. McAdam*

Pete* and Sally Merrill

Robert J. and Marcia Wishengrad Metzger

Dan Meyers

Mrs. Elizabeth O. Miller*

Jane E. Miller*

Mary L. Mitchell*

Deanne Molinari

Eleanor Morris*

Mrs. Marjorie Morris*

Paul Marc and Pamela Miller Ness

Patricia McCurdy Morse*

John S. Muenter

Diane F. Nelson*

Carolyn Noble*

Deborah Onslow

Margaret Paaschen*

Mary Anne Palermo

Ms. Lydia Susan Palmer

Eleanor T. Patterson*

Suzanne F. Powell

Robert and Ann Quivey

Ernest Rashiatore*

Eileen D. Ramos*

William and Jean Vincent-Rapp**

Marjorie Cohen Relin*

Doris Repenter*

Dr. Ramon L. and Judith S. Ricker

Dr. Suzanne H. Rodgers*

Dick* and Bea Rosenbloom

Elise and Stephen* Rosenfeld

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

Anna Rita Staffieri*

Ingrid Stanlis

Abby and David Stern

Patricia E. Stott

Betty Strasenburgh*

Martha Ann* and Daniel Tack

Amanda Tierson

Ivan Town*

Carol Van Hoesen*

Elizabeth Van Horn*

Ann and Robert Van Niel**

Harry and Ruth Walker

Lewis and Patricia Ward-Baker

Margaret Webster*

Fred M. and Lurita D. Wechsler**

Robin and Michael* Weintraub

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 October 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

Nancy Bleichfeld

Barbara Bossert

Donna Bott

Claire Boyce

Wes Boyce

Henra Briskin

Cheryl Brinkman

Lorita Bryant

Keith Bullis

Jennifer Buondonno-McHugh

Ruth Cahn

Rhonda Callard

Charles Chang

Dawn Choudri

Dan Clayton

Pat Coakley

Ramona Colon

Albert Consentino

Catherine Consentino

Steven Cortese

René Coston

Sharon Cree

Elizabeth Crony

Scott Crosier

Noreen Crouse

Donna Del Santos, SSJ

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

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

Sara Merrill

Dave Meyer

Sigrun Miller

Margaret-Anne Milne

Paul Minor

Linda Mulcahy

Julie Mullen

Brenda Murphy-Pough

Eleni Nakis

Judy Nanni

Paul Ness

Pamela Ness

Kathleen Newcomb

Rose Newhart

Lucas Ng

JoBeth Nichols

Dennis O’Keefe

Chris Ott

Marion Overslaugh

Serene Palozzi

Marcia Bornhurst Parkes

Mary-Ellen Perry

Larry Pough

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

Jim Smith

Joyce Smith

Marina Smith

Rajiv Snape

Kathy Spies

Howard Spindler

Anita Spoor

Anne Sprout

Cynthia Stanley

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

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

Connor Straight Patron Services Assistant Manager

Samuel DeAngelis

Abby Chapman Duprey

Emma Duprey

Rilyn Garcia

Stephen House

Nathan Howton

Alyssa Koh

Grant Simon

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

Ashlee Allaire Youth Orchestra and Education Projects Manager

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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