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Contents A Note from the Music Director.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Larsen Legacy Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Program.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Music Director Biography.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Orchestra Members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chorale Members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Guest Biographies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–13, 15 Lyrics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–18 Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Corporate and Foundation Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Leadership Giving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Individual Contributors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–26 Tribute Gifts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Contracted Musicians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Encore Society.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 RSO Administration.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency’s Partners in Excellence program

Additional support comes from the Rockford Area Arts Council

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A Note from the Music Director October 23, 2021 Welcome to the first show of the muchanticipated, long-delayed “Steve Larsen Farewell Concert Tour!” T-shirts, bobbleheads and souvenir merch will be available at intermission in the lobby (or not).

Tonight’s program is a rather ungainly hybrid: the first half is a parade of some of my favorite finales (for my own finale: get it?) followed by an attempt to relive the fun of our 2019 “Last Night of the Proms” concert. It’s a perfect example of what happens when one tries to cram too much into too little time — for which I have regrets but no apologies. We’ll play some great music, take a short intermission and then have a lot of fun with some sing-alongs and assorted British silliness and traditions. After tonight’s extravaganza, we’ll join the Rockford Dance Company for “The Nutcracker” in December, followed by a final Holiday Pops concert with the Nielsen Chorale — twenty-eight years after the RSO’s first Pops concert — after which I will exit stage right for the last time.

Whether your tastes lean towards the traditional concert or the pops format, I think you’ll enjoy this concert. But I think I speak for many of you when I say that the greatest thrill tonight will come from being in the Coronado with a full audience and an orchestra and chorus on stage. It’s been a while: our last performance was March 7, 2020, just before everything shut down. Technology makes it possible for us to enjoy music in the privacy of our own homes, our cars, or through our phones or portable screens, but it can’t compare to that joyful feeling of experiencing it live with others.

Welcome back, everyone: audience, ushers, orchestra, chorus, stage hands, box office personnel! And enjoy!

Steven Larsen

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Larsen Legacy Thank you to our Larsen Legacy Campaign Donors The Larsen Legacy Campaign honors Steven Larsen and his final season with the RSO. Gift of $100,000 Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation Gifts of $10,000 Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Dr. & Mrs. Paul Christensen Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Fred & Wendy Young Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Don Banks Robin Gausebeck Michael Kikta & Karen Stephenson In memory of John & Lois Kikta Ralph Kreissler In memory of Dorothy E. Kreissler Dick Leighton Ms. LoRayne Logan Mrs. Carol Malmgren Dr. Richard & Karen Olson Drs. Arnold Rosen & Kathleen Kelly Brian Willemot Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Ron Burmeister Mr. & Mrs. James Dehler Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson Ellwyn & Gayle Englof Mr. & Mrs. Frank Flores Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Herdeman Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler Mrs. Judith Larson Craig & Lin Milius Marcia L. Mueller In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Ronald F. Peterson Jay & Cathy Pick RSM Dr. & Mrs. James Sadlon Savant Wealth Management Charles & Stella Schroeder Lora E. McClelland & Michael O. Simmons In honor of Amanda Eden & Nicolai Janitzky Jack & Barbara Simon The Stim Family Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stoneback Keith Syfert & Linda Miller In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Dr. & Mrs. Dean E. Thomas Mike & Judy Thompson Title Underwriters Agency Mr. & Mrs. Doral Watts David & Rosalie Whitehouse In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok

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Gifts of $500 - $999 Gene & Maggie Anderson In memory of Brian Anderson Paul & Teri Baits The Estate of Jean-Marc Bartsch In memory of Jean-Marc Bartsch Kyle & Marge Bevers Capri Restaurant Dr. Ronald Foran & Ms. Martha Dahlberg Joseph & Susan Drennan Mr. & Mrs. De Lon Fox Jason & Louise Gesmer Shirley Holzwarth Mr. & Mrs. J. Laird Lambert Mr. & Mrs. Donald Martin Nancy Matthews Marcia L. Mueller In celebration of Fred & Wendy Young’s 40th Wedding Anniversary Northwest Bank of Rockford Chris & Megan Perry Sarah Pfluger Virginia Poust Wirsing Tom & Vira Rudnicki Schirger Family Brian & Julie Thomas Doug & Diane Wilson Christopher & Sandra Wrate Drs. Mark & Jo Ann Zarnke Gifts of $100 - $499 Anonymous (2) Mrs. Barbara Adam AFHL Law Anna & John Borchers Taylor & Susan Carlin In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Mary Caskey Ms. Susan Conant Mr. & Mrs. John Cook John & Geri Cygnor Dan & Kirby Doyle Gene & Carolyn Elliott Dr. & Mrs. George English Paula A. Fitzpatrick Michael & Audra Freeze Alan & Marlene Garrett The Piano Doctor Bonnie & Bob Gosdick Ms. Brina Grigg In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Gerrie Gustafson Erich & Jan Hagenlocher Ms. Susan Hansen Margret & Brett Hanson Mrs. Janis Hedrick Madeline Herdeman

Mrs. Nancy Hyzer In memory of Keith Hyzer Beverly Joyce In honor of William & Christine Howard Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Keating Jerry Kortman & Doc Slafkosky Ms. Constance Kramer Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Kullberg Brian LeClercq Mr. & Mrs. Brian Livingston Mr. Richard Luthin Mark & Mary Madaus Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mahler Katie Mahor Mrs. Marty Mangas Drs. Michael & Karol Manley Faye Marcus Joseph & Mary Rita McCarthy Daniel McCullough In celebration of Steven Larsen’s tenure John & Barbara McNamara Susan Moller Mr. & Mrs. Parker Moyer Lowell & Carol Nafziger OliverClose, LLC Robert & Amy Phelps Ken & Marth Reinert Carole M. Restuccia In memory of Dr. Robert D. Restuccia Sharon Robertson Martha Rolf Bill & Kathy Scarpaci Mr. & Mrs. Frank Schepley Sigma Alpha Iota William & Karen Sikorski Mr. & Mrs. Richard Silvestrini Steven & Julie Spencer Kyle & Margo Stedman Reid & Anthea Tanouye Duane & Melissa Teske Ms. Patricia Timm & Mr. Roger Kaage John & Kathy Torrence Jim & Jean Twyning Karen Van Howe Dubravka Vedo Tom & Linda Vojtech James & Stephanie Waddell Stephen & Rita Weber Dr. Loyd J. Wollstadt William & Joyce Zartman Ethan Zentz Mr. & Mrs. David Zumdahl Gifts up to $99 Anonymous Dick & Sally Baker Patricia Bartels Kevin & Monna Bergdall

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Mr. & Mrs. John Buzzard Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Carlson Lori Chappell Ron & Patricia Cox Phil & Shirley Davidson Michael & Nancy Driscoll Rev. Jane Eesley In honor of Rev. Jay and Kris Quinn Ellwyn & Gayle Englof In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok LaVona Farney Cindy Fischer Minoo Hagshenas Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Hanstad Leonora Hantke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harms Cynthia Hill Jeannine Kleczewski Richard & Nancy Kunnert Ms. Luba Levin In memory of Lyudmila Levina Mr. & Mrs. Brian Livingston Colleen McDonald William Midgett Lynda Moser Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pauwels Curtis & Selma Peterson Ms. Dorothy Powell Ms. Stephanie Quinn In celebration of Steven Larsen’s tenure Nick & Gayle Scheuer Sancee Siebold Jim & Sharon Smith Sandra Stevens Jim & Patti Tefft Joan Tilson Jack & Dora Tippens Brad & Meredith Townsend Shirley Wooden RSO Musicians Tom & Becky Asher James Brechlin Ruth Aurand Casserly Lisa Chodorowski Barbara Drapcho Jackie Fisher Alison Gaines Jayne Latva Scott Metlicka Saphra Mikal Brent & Ingrid Mullane Joel Ross Karl Rzasa Rick & Julie Seybold Teresa Wilmot Gifts as of September 30, 2021.

Rockford Symphony Orchestra Steven Larsen, Music Director October 23, 2021 7:30 p.m.

The Last Night of the Proms Christopher Brady, Master of Ceremonies Johannes Brahms

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

Wolfgang Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C Minor, K. 551 “Jupiter” IV. Molto allegro

Richard Wagner

Finale to Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Nicolai Janitsky, baritone

Igor Stravinsky Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri Shostakovich

Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird (1919 version) Finale of Alexander Nevsky (”Alexander’s Entry into Pskov”) Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 IV. Allegro non troppo

—INTERMISSION— Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, arr. Gary Fry

Mamma Mia Medley Karen Manley Kahler, vocals

W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

“As Someday It May Happen” (I’ve got a little list) from The Mikado

John Williams

Selections from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “Nimbus 2000” “Harry’s Wonderful World”

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, arr. Bruce Healey Traditional, arr. Percy Grainger Thomas Arne, arr. Malcolm Sargent

“Mary Poppins” Medley Irish Tune from Country Derry (“O Danny Boy”) “Rule, Britannia”

Gustav Holst

“Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” from The Planets, Op. 32

Edward Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D, Op. 39

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Music Director Steven Larsen has been Music Director of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and will be officially retiring in December of 2021. During his tenure the orchestra has flourished and grown to become the third largest symphony orchestra in Illinois. His energetic leadership earned two “Orchestra of the Year” awards to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and three “Conductor of the Year” awards for himself, the most recent in 2016. Critics have praised his ease with all ranges of musical styles and periods, his sense of line and dramatic tension, and his ability to bring new life to familiar music. Audiences respond warmly to his informal podium style and enjoy his enthusiastic desire to communicate his love for music.

Larsen is a native of Chicago, where he attended the American Conservatory of Music, receiving a degree in music theory and composition. As his interests in conducting grew, he auditioned for the graduate program at Northwestern University, earning an assistantship and leading to studies with Margaret Hillis and Bernard Rubenstein. He received that school’s first Master of Music in orchestral conducting in 1976. In 1979 he was the only American to be awarded a fellowship in the prestigious Netherlands Broadcasting Company Conductors Course, leading to continued studies with the late Russian conductor Kyrill Kondrashin. In 1981 he was invited to participate in the first Conductors Institute, held in Morgantown, West Virginia, as a conducting fellow.

A significant portion of his career has been devoted to opera. For 13 years, he was resident conductor and Artistic Administrator of Chicago Opera Theater, where he also produced the New Opera Workshop. He has guest conducted for opera companies in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Cleveland, Westchester (NY), and Dayton (OH), returning to Dayton for a season as Interim General Director. For three years he was Principal Conductor for Opera Theater of San Antonio.

His many symphonic guest conducting engagements include the State Orchestra of Mexico; the Camerata Polifonica Siciliana in Catania, Italy; the Milwaukee Symphony, Grant Park Symphony and Tulsa Philharmonic, as well as leading several children’s concerts with the Chicago Symphony. In 2012 he traveled to Prague to conduct the Hradec Králové Philharmonic.

He has received the “Star of Excellence” Award from the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center, the “Mayor’s Arts Award for Distinguished Service by an Individual”, and the “Distinguished Service” Award from the Rockford Park District. In May of 2021, Larsen was honored as the City of Rockford Distinguished Artist of the Year from the Rockford Area Arts Council.

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Roster Last Night of the Proms, October 23, 2021

Violin 1 Michèle Lekas, Concertmaster Eric Pidluski, Assistant Concertmaster Matthew Cataldi Jackie Fisher Denise Connolly Joanna Bryk- Roberts Carol Dylan Rebecca Blaho Michelle Wynton Christine Chon Marty Hackl Susan Thorne Violin 2 Azusa Tashiro, Principal Lisa Chodorowski Kathryn Siegel Tara Hayes Hanna Bingham Kristen LeJeune Karen Van Acker Cathy Schmidt Annarita Tanzi

Viola Rebecca Swan, Principal Kelly Larson David Beytas Theresa Goh Christopher Dozoryst William McLellan Emma Strohbusch Teresa Wilmot Cello Lisa Bressler, Principal Andrew Snow Paul Gronquist David Bednarek Mark Anderson Margaret Daly Mike Nelson Kathryn Tarko Bass Alison Gaines, Principal Weldon Anderson Doug Bistrow Timothy Shaffer Scott Rosenthal John Floeter

Flute Scott Metlicka, Principal Nicole Frankel Jean Bishop Oboe Laura Medisky, Principal Andrew Leitza Ruth Aurand Casserly Clarinet Darleen Carl-Beck, Principal Colleen Griggs Patrick Rehker Bassoon Karl Rzasa, Principal Vincent Disantis Jon Schule Horn Kathryn Swope, Principal Rob Murphy Jeremiah Frederick Parker Nelson Katherine Ritter

Trombone Rick Seybold, Principal Brian Rogers Bass Trombone Darren Castellanos, Principal Tuba Joshua Wirt, Principal Timpani Sarah Christianson, Principal Percussion Kerry Knodle, Principal Dan Bretz Colin Boltz Nick Bonaccio Bryce Strunk Harp Meg Rodgers, Principal Piano Joel Ross, Principal Guitar Steve Roberts

Trumpet Mark Baldin, Principal Saphra Mikal Michael Swope

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Guest Artists Nielsen Chorale Martha Bein, Conductor | Kristen Nelson, Piano Soprano Amy Behling Wanda Berke Janet Bracken Susan Contrady Sandra Fenton Cindy Fischer Hayley Gotzche Cathy Herdeman Melissa Johnson Karen Manley Kahler* Carolyn Kobler Alexandra Koch Susan Lambert Kari Maratos* Aubree Rogers Sally Spencer Rita Weber

Alto Rose Carr Jaida Cunnigham Deb Dew Cathy Feehan Jeanette Jess Geraghty Kristin Hatch* Valerie Hoglund Amy Jensen Audrey Johnson Nicole Johnson* Lindsey Lancaster* Tim Lilly* Barbara Fisher Livingston Christine McElmeel Jean Seegers Mickey Swart

Tenor Kevin Jensen Laird Lambert Brice Miller Mark Miller Gonzi Ocampo William Shold* Dan Shuman Marc Soriano Loyd Wollstadt

Bass Christopher Berndt* Larry Brown James Burright Lee Eclov John Holtan Ted Johnson Bill Kobler Tim Krug* Michael Leitz Robert Lindstrom Lowell Nafziger Tom Stein John Wahlquist *Section Leader

Nielsen Chorale 2019-2020 marked the inaugural season of The Nielsen Chorale, resident chorus of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. The Chorale’s name honors Ralph Nielsen (19161995), the founding father of choral music in Rockford and one of the city’s most important musicians of the 20th century. Business owner, singer, and conductor, Ralph passionately promoted music in our community, especially choral music. He was also the patriarch of a remarkably distinguished musical family that spans three generations (so far). The Nielsen Chorale is committed to continuing the high standards of choral music performance that he started decades ago.

The Chorale is incorporated as an independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.

Its mission is “to enrich and inspire our community through choral music.” Artistic leadership is provided by Music Director Martha Bein, who led the Mendelssohn Chorale from 1994-2019.

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Guest Artists Christopher Brady After the longest reprieve from live music and art that a society can possibly go through without having social media take absolute control of its denizens’ lives, Chris Brady is grateful to be back with the greatest night of our lives - the Proms!

Honestly, we didn’t intend for the last time to truly be the Last Night of the Proms...but that was close.

Artistic Director of Starlight Theatre and long-time respected Rockford performer, Chris studied musical theatre at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, NYC; was co-creator of (usual) Suspects, a local theatre troupe here in Rockford; and has performed most of his life at theatres in the area including Starlight Theatre, Timberlake Playhouse, Artists’ Ensemble Theatre, and (usual) Suspects.

Tonight, however, Chris would like to abandon the respect his past has garnered and prove himself the fool once again! So, be a part of it with Chris, the RSO, the rest, and join the fun. Carouse a good health to the Maestro and bob up and down for the heck of it. This is the last night of the Proms, so live it. Long live the Queen and God bless America! The same to his wife, Erin, and his daughters Ophelia and Imogen who will only be appalled by his performance here tonight.

Martha Bein Martha Bein, Music Director of the Nielsen Chorale, is a multifaceted musician with extensive experience in conducting, vocal performance, musical theater, education, and church music. After earning degrees at Baldwin Wallace College (OH) and Cleveland State University, she continued post-graduate education with Fellowships at the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University (NY), Northwestern University School of Music, and the Conductors Institute of South Carolina.

Marti has served as Chorus Master for Chicago Opera Theater, Lyric Opera Cleveland, the Bel Canto Foundation, as Music Director for the Shaker Symphony in Cleveland, OH, and the Mendelssohn Chorale in Rockford. For eight years she conducted the Rockford Lutheran Choral Union’s annual performances of Handel’s Messiah. Her teaching positions include Laurel School in Cleveland, where she also chaired the Fine Arts Faculty; Lake Forest Academy (IL); and Keith Country Day School. An ordained ELCA Deacon, Marti has served as Director of Worship and Music at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and St. Mark Lutheran Church.

Recently returning to her passion, teaching middle school students, Marti’s current title is Creative and Performing Arts Choir Director at Rockford’s West Middle School.

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Some of her all-time favorite roles there include Eve in Children of Eden, Gertrude in Seussical the Musical, Mother in Ragtime, Lily in Secret Garden, and Donna in Mamma Mia! Karen received her degree in Music Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. She has been a guest artist with the Rockford Concert Band and the Dekalb Municipal Band. One of her favorite things to perform is our country’s National Anthem, which she does often at various events in the community.

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Nicolai Janitzky Baritone Nicolai Janitzky is a native of Northern California, and currently resides in the Rockford area. He began his career with the Santa Fe Opera Young Artist Program, where he went on in the title role in Eugene Onegin on short notice.

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Lyrics Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg APPRENTICES Silence! Silence!

No talking and no murmuring!

THE PEOPLE Ha! Sachs! It's Sachs!

Look, Master Sachs!

Begin! Begin! Begin!

ALL "Awake! the dawn is drawing near; I hear a blissful nightingale singing in the green grove, its voice rings through hill and valley; night is sinking in the west, the day arises in the east, the ardent red glow of morning approaches through the gloomy clouds."

HANS SACHS Scorn not the Masters, I bid you, and honor their art!

What speaks high in their praise fell richly in your favor.

Not to your ancestors, however worthy, not to your coat-of-arms, spear, or sword, but to the fact that you are a poet, that a Master has admitted you to that you owe today your highest happiness.

So, think back to this with gratitude: how can the art be unworthy which embraces such prizes?

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That our Masters have cared for it rightly in their own way, cherished it truly as they thought best, that has kept it genuine: if it did not remain aristocratic as of old, when courts and princes blessed it, in the stress of evil years it remained German and true; and if it flourished nowhere but where all is stress and strain, you see how high it remained in honor what more would you ask of the Masters?

Beware! Evil tricks threaten us: if the German people and kingdom should one day decay, under a false, foreign rule soon no prince would understand his people; and foreign mists with foreign vanities they would plant in our German land; what is German and true none would know, if it did not live in the honor of German Masters.

Therefore I say to you: honor your German Masters, then you will conjure up good spirits!

And if you favor their endeavors, even if the Holy Roman Empire should dissolve in mist, for us there would yet remain holy German Art! THE PEOPLE Hail! Sachs! Hail to you, Hans Sachs!

Hail to Nuremberg's dear Sachs!

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Lyrics “Mary Poppins” Medley Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim chim cheree!

A sweep is as lucky as lucky can be!

Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim chim cheroo!

Good luck will rub off when he shakes hands with you.

Or blow me a kiss and that’s lucky, too!

Up where the smoke is all billered and curled, ‘Tween pavement and stars, is the chimney sweep’s world.

When there’s hardly no day nor hardly no night There’s things half in shadow and half way in light.

On the rooftops of London, coo, what a sight!

Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim chim cheree!

When you’re with a sweep you’re in glad company.

Nowhere is there a more happier crew Than them what sings “chim-chim cheree, chim cheroo!”

Ain’t it a glorious day, right as the morning in May? I feel like I could fly.

Have you ever seen the grass so green, or a bluer sky?

Oh, it’s a jolly holiday with Mary, Mary makes your heart so light.

When the day is gray and ordinary, Mary makes the sun shine bright.

Oh, happiness is bloomin’ all around her, The daffodils are smilin’ at the dove; When Mary holds your hand you feel so grand.

Your heart starts beatin’ like a big brass band.

It’s a jolly holiday with Mary! No wonder that it’s Mary that we love!

Oh, it’s a jolly holiday with Mary! A jolly, jolly holiday with you.

A jolly, jolly holiday with you.

Um diddle-diddle-diddle um diddle-aye, Um diddle-diddle-diddle um diddle-aye (repeat)

Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious, If you say it loud enough you’ll always sound precocious: Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Um diddle-diddle-diddle um diddle-aye, Um diddle-diddle-diddle um diddle-aye.

Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad, Me father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad.

But then one day I learned a word that saved me achin’ nose, The biggest word you ever heard, and this is how it goes. Oh! Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic, Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic, Su-per-cal-i-frag-il-is-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious!

Step in time, step in time, step in time, step in time.

Never need a reason, never need a rhyme When you step in time, you step in time.

Kick your knees up, step in time, kick your knees up, step in time.

Never need reason, never need a rhyme Kick your knees up, step in time.

‘Round the chimney, ‘round the chimney, ‘round the chimney, step in time.

‘Round the chimney, step in time.

Never need reason, never need a rhyme, ‘Round the chimney, in time!

Link your elbows, step in time. Link your elbows, step in time.

Never need a reason, never need a rhyme.

Link your elbows, link your elbows in time.

Step in time, step in time, step in time, step in time.

Never need a reason, never need a rhyme when you step in time.

Kick your knees up, ‘round the chimney, link your elbows, step in time When you step in time you step in time.

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Lyrics “Oh, Danny Boy” Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.

The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow, ‘Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying, If I am dead, as dead I well may be, You'll come and find the place where I am lying, And kneel and say an Ave there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me, And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be, For you will bend and tell me that you love me, And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!

“I Vow To Thee, My Country” (Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity) I vow to thee, my country all earthly things above; Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love; The love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; The love that never falters, the love that pays the price, The love that makes undaunted the final

sacrifice.

And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago, Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know; And soul by soul and silent, her shining bounds increase, Her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace.

“Land Of Hope And Glory” (Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1) Land of hope and glory, mother of the free How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set.

God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

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STEM plus Religious Focus and Strong Programs in the Arts.

We are the Area’s Leading STREAM School.

S CIENCE T ECHNOLOGY R ELIGION E NGINEERING A RTS M ATH MAP

Measure of Academic Progress

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Ensuring the Legacy of Great Music in Rockford We are grateful to the following leaders who have contributed to the endowment, where their gift will live on forever. $250,000 and above Mr. James Lathers Mr. Richard Nordlof

Classics Series Guest Artist Chair

$100,000 - $249,999 Mary Ann Eibler Loving Trust The Funderburg Foundation John C. McCarthy

Assistant Concertmaster and Principal Cello Chair

$50,000 - $99,000 Dick & Grace Leighton

Youth Concert Education Program

$10,000 - $49,999 Dan & Ruth Nicholas Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Dr. & Mrs. Robert Pasky Priscilla & John Cotton Gordon & Georganne Eggers Bob & Patty Rhea Severson Charitable Ellwyn & Gayle Englof Isadore Olson Scholarship Fund Remainder Trust DeWayne & Donna Fellows Sterling Charitable Trust RSYO Sterling String Quartet Jim & Carol Gingrich Verona A. Swenson Goddard Family Foundation Keith Syfert & Bill & Sally Hoff Linda Miller Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Glenn Theil Janet Kjellstrom David & Rosalie Whitehouse LoRayne Logan Fred & Wendy Young Mrs. Jane Marlowe $1,000 - $9,999 Mr. Charles Prorok & Ms. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baker, III Marcia Mueller Edward J. Enichen Caroline Reed Dr. & Mrs. Donald Feeney Roger & Mary Reithmeier David D. Kalber Brian A. Ritter Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler Arnold Rosen & Kent & Marti Mallquist Kathleen Kelly Lisle Menzimer Dick & Katie Wolff Ronald F. Peterson

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The Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation was established in 2007 to build a permanent endowment to benefit the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. The Foundation prudently invests donated funds to generate annual income in perpetuity for the RSO. Special opportunities are available to endow a chair, a program, or to underwrite RSO musicians.

Naming chairs or programs recognizes donors (or honors a person dear to a donor) in a most caring and enduring way. Endowed chairs and programs are named in perpetuity.

For more information about supporting the Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation, please call 815.965.0049.

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RSO Annual Fund Corporations & Foundations Generous support from businesses and foundations help fund the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and specific programs and events each year. These vital partnerships provide support for the RSO’s concert performances, education and outreach programs, and many other projects. The following reflects gifts received towards the Annual Fund in the last year.

$50,000 + Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation Small Business Administration

$10,000 - $49,999 Arts for Illinois Relief Fund a partnership of Arts Alliance Illinois, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, and Kjellstrom Family Foundation Bergstrom, Inc. ComEd, An Exelon Company Illinois Arts Council Agency

Illinois Bank & Trust Midland Wealth Management Smith Charitable Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999 Farny R Wurlitzer Foundation Hunt Charitable Trust Estate

Kjellstrom Family Foundation of Northern Illinois Savant Wealth Management

$2,500 - $4,999 Alfred & Ella Peterson Anderson Family Foundation

$1,000 - $2,499 Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. Estwing Manufacturing Co.

Flute Club of Rockford Gloyd Family Foundation Greenlee

HMC Products, Inc. Jean VanLandingham Fund Rockford Area Arts Council

Sjostrom & Sons Foundation, Inc. Williams McCarthy LLP

$100 - $999 Collins Aerospace

Paul & Dorothy Salerno Endowment Fund

Holiday Inn

John Morrisey Accountants/ Morrissey Family Businesses

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Premium In-Kind Rockford Park District

Media El Sol de Rockford

WNIJ/WNIU

13WREX

The purpose of the 815CRT-ART COVID-Response Fund is to provide immediate opperational relief to arts and culture organizations to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RSO Annual Fund Leadership Giving The investments made by our Larsen Circle and Founders Club members allow the Rockford Symphony Orchestra to strengthen our commitment to providing vibrant musical experience to our community. These donors receive special benefits including opportunities to meet RSO musicians and guest artists, and access to the Manager’s Apartment reception at intermission and following performances. The RSO is proud to count the following individuals among its leadership supporters.

Larsen Circle ($5,000+)

Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin*° Dr. & Mrs. Paul Christensen Robin Gausebeck* Bill & Sally Hoff° Michael Kikta & Karen Stephenson Betty Klingensmith

Mr. Steven Larsen & Ms. Marti Bein Ms. LoRayne Logan*° Drs. Arnold Rosen & Kathleen Kelly° Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stoneback

Founders Club Fellow ($2,500 - $4,999)

Don Banks Dr. & Mrs. Ron Burmeister Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Jack & Colleen Holmbeck*° Dick Leighton* Mrs. Barbara McDonough

Steve & Donnette Nailor Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Pittman Ellen Poppen Mr. & Mrs. William H. Shippee Keith Syfert & Linda Miller*°

Founders Club Member ($1,750 - $2,499)

Anonymous Ronald Armagost Lyn Becknell* Judy Bridgeman Ellwyn & Gayle Englof*° Thomas & Tami Gaudreau Jim & Mary Lou Gault Dr. & Mrs. Norm Hagman Mr. & Mrs. John R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Chris Kovarik

Mrs. Judith Larson Mrs. Carol Malmgren Marcia L. Mueller*° Tom & Linda Sandquist Jack & Barbara Simon Brian & Julie Thomas Stephen & Rita Weber Fred & Wendy Young° Drs. Mark & Jo Ann Zarnke

* In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor is an Encore Society Member, having pledged an estate gift to the RSO Foundation which will generate annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity. ° In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor has made a lifetime gift to the RSO Foundation which generates annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021 • 7:30 PM

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RSO Annual Fund The Rockford Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the hundreds of music lovers who contribute to our Annual Fund campaign. Every gift plays an important part in the success of the RSO’s many performances, programs, and education activities. The RSO is proud to count the following individuals among its most valued supporters with gifts received in the last year.

Symphony ($1,000 - $1,749) Dr. & Mrs. James Barrett Peter & Ann Boline Mrs. Jean Cassens Mrs. Marilyn Dougherty Dan & Kirby Doyle Tom & JoAnne Kress Paul & Judy Letourneau Mr. & Mrs. Ron Lundstrom John & Karen Messley Grant & Erin Moore Glenn & Gail Palmer Dr. Arthur Rettig & Hon. Kathryn Zenoff Dick & Trudy Reynolds Gene & Donna Seefeldt Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor Richard & Lan Vaughan Mrs. Carol Waxler Raphael E. Yalden II Concerto ($500 - $999) Mr. & Mrs. Larry Andersen Gene & Maggie Anderson Paul & Teri Baits Patricia Bartels Fr. David Beauvais Dennis & Joanne Blunt Anna & John Borchers Dr. & Mrs. Neil Brogren Alan & Susan Bryant Sandra Campbell Andy Conway Mr. & Mrs. James Dehler Dick & Emily Diller Dr. & Mrs. Donald Feeney Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Geller Matt & Heather Giebel

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hager Mrs. Janis Hedrick Warren & Mariel Heinke Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Herdeman Dr. & Mrs. Roger Hilbert Caroline Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Keating Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Krueger Mr. & Mrs. Doug Kruger Mr. & Mrs. J. Laird Lambert Mr. Dave Lantz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Long Vickie Lund Mr. & Mrs. Donald Martin Nancy Matthews Joe & Meg McCoy Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Newcomer Richard & Sandra Niggemann Marianna & Herb Page Mrs. Cheryl Parrett Colin & Hana Peterson Jay & Cathy Pick Lois Cannell Ramon Ken & Martha Reinert Trish Rooney & Stanton McGroarty Charles & Stella Schroeder Rick & Julie Seybold Harley Shepherd Dr. & Mrs. Dean E. Thomas Mike & Judy Thompson Brad & Meredith Townsend Jim & Jean Twyning Karen Van Howe Dubravka Vedo Dr. Ruth Ann Wasson Christopher & Sandra Wrate Ethan Zentz

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Overture ($200 - $499) Mrs. Alice Alfredson Mr. Jim Anders Tom & Becky Asher Bob & Lois Bertolasi Kyle & Marge Bevers Mr. & Mrs. David Bloomstrand David & Anne Boccignone Major General (ret) John & Myrna Borling Susan Bowler Mary Caskey Mr. & Mrs. Steven Chapman Mr. & Mrs. David L. Clendening James & Connie Coffey Ms. Mary S. Cook Alan Cooper Ron & Patricia Cox James & Vicki Crone Sue Custer Phil & Shirley Davidson Janet de Guehery John DeWaters & Lenore Lund Philip & Kathy Dierstein Jeff & Maria Diestelmeier Mr. & Mrs. William Dilts Ms. Lynne Emling Dr. & Mrs. Laurence Fitzpatrick Paula A. Fitzpatrick John & Mary Ann Foster Mr. & Mrs. De Lon Fox John Fox Laura Frankiewicz & Lucio Bortolin Jon & Nancy Gramzow Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Gray Minoo Hagshenas Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hallstrom

Mr. & Mrs. James Hansberry Ms. Susan Hansen Margret & Brett Hanson Kent & Jean Heise Mr. & Mrs. John Heisel Jr. Cynthia Hill Robert Hohf Robert & Erika Holdmann Larry & Julie Holen Don Holt Dr. & Mrs. William Hutt Mrs. Christel Ilg Mike & Lynne Istad Dave & Ruth Johnson Mr. George E. Kujawa Ms. Lorre LaPasso Dr. & Mrs. Herbert Lash Mr. Geoffrey Lauprete Brian LeClercq Ms. Betty J. Leeson Mr. & Mrs. Ken Lemmel Susan Lindsay-Jones Mr. & Mrs. Brian Livingston Kathlynn & James Lockard Mr. & Mrs. Paul Logli Pam Lonsway Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mahler Mrs. Marty Mangas Drs. Michael & Karol Manley Faye Marcus Tom & Sandra Mathews E. Joanne Muck Northern Illinois Trauma Orthopaedics Mrs. Annetta Parker Raymond & JoMarie Paul Walter & Cheryl Peters Sue Polivka Terry Raiford Robert & Lanna Raley Mr. Daniel Peter & Ms. Ellen Roseberg Jeffrey & Dorice Royce Bill & Kathy Scarpaci

José & Lois Seijo Tom & Karen Shifo William & Karen Sikorski Lora E. McClelland & Michael O. Simmons Tyler Smith Steven & Julie Spencer Cheryl Ann Stockwell George Strombeck Chuck & Jan Thomas James & Stephanie Waddell John & Marianne Wahlquist Richard & Donna Warden Sandra Welte Brian Willemot David & Fleur Wright* William & Joyce Zartman Dr. & Mrs. Phil Zimmerman Prelude ($75 - $199) Anonymous (2) Lyn Allison Robin Ashley Mrs. Linda Ballou Don & Cheryl Balsam Freya Barger Janice & Ed Bartik Mr. Don Bein Gregory & Kathryn Biegel Mr. & Mrs. Rod Bjerke Mrs. Karen Brown Mr. & Mrs. George Bull Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burkholder Lori Bush Paul & Cheryl Callighan Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Carlson Mary Carpenter Roland & Marjorie Christen David & Hope Collins Ms. Susan Conant Greg & Lorna Cote David & Sara Deutsch Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson Barbara Drapcho Loren & Patricia Due

Martha Dunegan Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Eaton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Elliot Lana Engen Dr. & Mrs. George English Mrs. Barbara Erickson Cathy Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Frank Flores Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fredericksen Michael & Audra Freeze Mr. Lloyd Fulcer Alan & Marlene Garrett Tom & Gail Giglio Ms. Suzanne Gill Mark & Merry Beth Gliebe Ms. Susan Goldberg Peter & Jane Gottlick Dr. & Mrs. Roger Greenlaw Lori Gummow Ken & Barbara Hall Rev. & Mrs. Gordon Hanstad Leonora Hantke Ms. Jane Hawkins-Hoff Sherri Hayes Tom & Sue Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Healy Mr. & Mrs. Charles Helsten David & Paula Hougan Mrs. Janette Howard* William & Christine Howard Mrs. Margret Hynes Margaret Jindra Audrey Johnson Janice Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Johnson Marth Kaiser Mary Kaull Nancy Joan Kauzlarich John & Margaret Kleber Jane Klep Hugh & Sarah Knapp Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler° Jerry Kortman & Doc Slafkosky Ms. Constance Kramer

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Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Lara Roger & Kay Larrick Krista Larsen Mr. Timothy Leake Ray & Debbie Lecuyer Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Leslie George & Beverley Letcher Erik & Susan Lewinski Mr. Richard Luthin Mark & Mary Madaus Betsy Makris Sandra Martell Frank & Sue McCabe Mr. Thomas McCullough Cathy McIntire Tom & Sarah McNamara Mary McNamara Bernsten Dora May Meredith Thomas & Enid Michalowski James & Helen Millikin Susan Moller Brian Molloy John & Anita Mueller Virginia Mullin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nelson K. Sue & Bill Null Ms. Karen Olscamp Carol Ann Ostrom Dean & Bonnie Parker

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pellicore Curtis & Selma Peterson James Petrie Robert & Amy Phelps Ms. Marjorie Phillips James Pirages Carolyn & Anthony Pobjecky Ms. Dorothy Powell Ed & Lora Prochaska Mr. James & Dr. Margaret Provenza Edward J. Richard John & Anita Richards Ms. Darlene Riddle Dr. & Mrs. Gary Rifkin Elizabeth C. Rogers Bob Shaper Nick & Gayle Scheuer Schirger Family Sarah Schlegel Mrs. Dolores Schnoes Joe Herreweys & Twila Schock Andrew Schultheis Brent & Lizabeth Schultz John & Carol Schuster Tom & Jennie Seeling* Paul & Amy Seiler Employees of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Mary Elisabeth Skerkoske

Michael J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Martin Sobczak Molly Soper Fred Speer & Chris Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Michael Spoden Karen Starr Kyle & Margo Stedman James & Margaret Stuntz Ms. Patti Thayer John & Pat Timmerwilke Matthew & Karen Toohey John & Kathy Torrence Dale & Lynne Townsend Joseph Valaitis Rudy Valdez Mr. Jimmy Vandiver Ms. Lynne Vass Waterside Financial Advisors Lenae Weichel Paul & Sharon Werther Fred & Mary Ann Wham Deanna Wilcox-Sandberg Doug & Diane Wilson Dr. Loyd J. Wollstadt Judith Wyatt Chuck & Louisa Yarris Ms. Mary S. Young Michael & Teresa Youngblood Mr. & Mrs. David Zumdahl

* In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor is an Encore Society Member, having pledged an estate gift to the RSO Foundation which will generate annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity. ° In addition to this gift to the Annual Fund, the donor has made a lifetime gift to the RSO Foundation which generates annual funding to the orchestra in perpetuity.

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Tribute Gifts Honor a loved one by making a donation to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra in their name.

In celebration of Alice Alfredson Harley Shepherd In memory of Arthur Alfredson Mrs. Alice Alfredson In memory of Brian Anderson Gene & Maggie Anderson In celebration of Tony Artale Northern Illinois Trauma Orthopaedics In memory of Roger Becknell Lyn Becknell In honor of Michael Beert & Rachel Handlin Sandra Welte In memory of Alice Bein Mr. Don Bein In memory of Mrs. Barb Campbell Susan Bowler In honor of Ella Caswell Daniel & Beth Caswell In memory of Gretchen Ericson Cathy McIntire In memory of Mary Elizabeth Fox Mrs. Margret Hynes Mr. & Mrs. Karl Moehling Leota Romig Judith Wyatt In celebration of Bradley Gabbert’s Birthday Gail Gabbert Janis Gabbert Ernie Redfern In honor of Elena Giglio Tom & Gail Giglio In memory of Troy Hedrick Mrs. Janis Hedrick In memory of Dick Hynes Anonymous Richard Eckburg Marcia L. Mueller Jody Perrecone Joseph Valaitis

Waterside Financial Advisors Judith Wyatt In memory of Keith Hyzer Don & Cheryl Balsam In memory of Mary Stuart Johnson Mr. Don Bein In celebration of Nicole Scorgie Johnson’s Birthday Heather Scorgie Datisman Kathleen Haas Mary Cross Packer Barb Schmidt In memory of James E. Johnson & James L. Johnson Audrey Johnson In memory of Holly Beth Kaske Anonymous In celebration of Phil Klintworth José & Lois Seijo In celebration of Brian Kobischka & Bev Joyce William & Christine Howard In memory of Bill Langs Mrs. Merle Langs In memory of Jeanne Lindquist Harley Shepherd In memory of Mary J. Lucas Dr. Ruth Ann Wasson In memory of Sandy McCullough Mr. Thomas McCullough In memory of Dennis McDonough Mrs. Barbara McDonough In memory of Tom McIntire Anonymous Paul & Cheryl Callighan Mary Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fredericksen Mr. William Grady Ms. Jane Hawkins-Hoff Dr. & Mrs. William Hutt

Roger & Kay Larrick Mr. James Rice Mark Rizzutti Helen Sweeney In memory of A. Nekunam Minoo Hagshenas In memory of Ron Parrett Mrs. Cheryl Parrett In memory of Charles “Chuck” Prorok Lyn Allison Fritz & Kelly Anderson Dick & Sally Baker Richard & Carol Bennett Gregory & Kathyrn Biegel Burl & Anne Brown Glenn & Caroleigh Casebolt Jamie Cassel James & Connie Coffey Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Eaton Employees of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Lana Engen Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Ferry Robin Gausebeck Mark & Merry Beth Gliebe Ms. Susan Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. James Hansberry Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Healy Mr. & Mrs. Charles Helsten Bill & Sally Hoff Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler Mr. & Mrs. J. Laird Lambert Mrs. Judith Larson Mr. Geoffrey Lauprete Mr. Timothy Leake Ms. Diane Lester Betsy Makris Mr. & Mrs. Kent A. Mallquist Thomas & Enid Michalowski Ms. Lisa Novak Ms. Karen Olscamp Dean & Bonnie Parker Mr. Jim Pirages Prairie Street Legal Services Ed & Lora Prochaska Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rundquist Ms. Jill Rylander

Mrs. Dolores Schnoes John & Carol Schuster Tom & Jennie Seeling Mary Ann Smith Michael J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Michael Spoden Ms. Patti Thayer Mike & Judy Thompson Matthew & Karen Toohey Mr. Jimmy Vandiver Ms. Lynne Vass Fred & Mary Ann Wham Patrick & Mary Jane Winn David & Fleur Wright Judith Wyatt Fred & Wendy Young In memory of Carmen & Wilbur Pursley Ms. Betty J. Leeson In memory of Tom Rogiewicz John Gradick In memory of Donald Ross, Robert & Betty Ross Ms. Lynne Emling In celebration of SOS America (Service Over Self) Major General (ret) John & Myrna Borling In memory of William Starr Karen Starr In memory of Diane R. Steva Patrick & Anita Steva In honor of Rebecca Swan Elizabeth C. Rogers In celebration of Julie Thomas Ms. Suzanne Gill In memory of Rudolf Vedo Dubravka Vedo In memory of Helggee & June Wahlquist John & Marianne Wahlquist In memory of Don Zimmerman Dennis & Joanne Blunt

We make every effort to ensure that our listing is accurate. If your name is missing or misspelled, we apologize. Please call the RSO at 815.965.0049; we will make the correction in our next Program.

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Rockford Symphony Orchestra with Endowed and Sponsored Chairs Violin I Michèle Lekas, Concertmaster Sponsored by Barbara McDonough Rachel Handlin, Assistant Concertmaster John C. McCarthy Chair Matthew Cataldi Denise Connolly Jacqueline Fisher Gretchen Madson-Sherrell Eric Pidluski Carol Yampolsky Violin II Azusa Tashiro, Principal Lisa Chodorowski Kathryn Siegel Tara Hayes Susan Oliverius Viola Rebecca Swan, Principal Noel Navoa Ria Hodgson Annika Sundberg Nick Munagian Teresa Wilmot Cello Mike Beert, Principal John C. McCarthy Chair Michael Nelson Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Kerena Moeller James Haugland * Derek Handley Lisa Bressler

Bass Alison Gaines, Principal Sponsored by Dr. Michael Kikta & Ms. Karen Stephenson Weldon Anderson James Brechlin Chair Doug Bistrow Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Steve Nailor Flute Scott Metlicka, Principal Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. John Holmbeck Nicole Frankel Jean Bishop Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Oboe Laura Medisky Principal** Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Paul Christensen Ruth Aurand Casserly Clarinet Darleen Carl-Beck, Principal Colleen Griggs Patrick Rehker Bassoon Karl Rzasa, Principal Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Bill Kobler

Trumpet Mark Baldin, Principal Sponsored by Bill & Sally Hoff Paul Semanic Saphra Mikal Trombone Rick Seybold, Principal Brian Rogers Bass Trombone Mike Zielinski, Principal* Tuba Joshua Wirt Principal** Sponsored by Drs. Arnold Rosen & Kathleen Kelly Timpani Simón Gómez Gallego Principal Sponsored by Dick Leighton Percussion Kerry Knodle, Principal Harp Nanette Felix Principal

Piano Jayne Latva Joshua Fleming Joel Ross Sponsored by Robin Gausebeck Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. William H. Shippee Gerik Fon-Revutzky Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Russ Stoneback

*Leave of Absence **Acting, Principal

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Horn Kathryn Swope Principal** Rob Murphy Beth Kinch Ingrid Mullane

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A Special Thanks Dr. & Mrs. William Baskin Lyn Becknell

Have you made a bequest through your will or provided another type of estate gift to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra? If so, we hope you will share this information with us.

Ruth Aurand Casserly Ellwyn & Gayle Englof Mrs. Crawford Gates Robin Gausebeck Jack & Colleen Holmbeck Shirley Holzwarth Mrs. Janette Howard Kerry Knodle

Remaining anonymous is a choice that is understood and respected by the RSO. But sharing information about your gift can also be an important choice to help us clearly understand your desires and ensure your wishes are carried out.

Informing the RSO about your intentions also allows us to celebrate your generosity and thank you during your lifetime and could inspire others to make a similar commitment.

Dick Leighton Ms. LoRayne Logan Gerald & Diana Ogren

Unless otherwise designated, all bequests go directly to the Rockford Symphony Orchestra Foundation Endowment Fund, benefitting the RSO in perpetuity.

Charles J. Prorok & Marcia L. Mueller Joel Ross Tom & Jennie Seeling Keith Syfert & Linda Miller David & Fleur Wright

Are you a member of the Encore Society?

For more information about becoming a member of the Encore Society, please call 815.965.0049.

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RSO Administration Board of Directors

RSO Foundation

Artistic Staff

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Officers

Colin Peterson President

Keith Syfert President

Steven Larsen Music Director

Joe McCoy Immediate Past President

LoRayne Logan Vice President

Ethan Zentz Treasurer

Bill Kobler Secretary/Treasurer

Tami Gaudreau Secretary

Trustees

Directors

Marcia Mueller

Ellwyn Englof

Donald Banks Judy Bridgeman Andy Conway

John Floeter Personnel and Operations Manager Marty Hackl Music Librarian Linc Smelser RSYO Conductor Curt Johnsen Production Manager

David Whitehouse Julie Thomas (ex officio)

Administrative Staff Julie Thomas Executive Director

Gayle Englof Matt Giebel

Margo Stedman Education & Community Engagement Director

John Johnson Michael Kikta, M.D.

Matt Guschl Patron Services Coordinator

Kerry Knodle Arnold Rosen, M.D.

Angie Theisen Development and Special Events Coordinator

Thomas Sandquist Russ Stoneback

Heather Savage Administrative Coordinator

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