Hudson Crossing Park KINGSTON JUNE 19 Hu on Brickyards
HUDSON
JUNE 24 & 25
Basilica Hudson, Olana State Historic Site
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022
“ENDANGERED” CHAMBER PERFORMANCE 9:30AM
SANDBOX PERCUSSION RECITAL 3:00PM
ALBANY SYMPHONY SEASON
FINALE - TRAILBLAZE
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall | 7:30PM
LATE NIGHT LOUNGE - CAROL DAGGS
Lucas Confectionery | 10:00PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2022
VEG OUT!/MUSIC IN THE SQUARE
Troy, NY | 11:00AM
“FIRST DRAUGHTS” READING SESSION AND BEER TASTING
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall | 7:30PM
SCHENECTADY
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Blazing the Empire State Trail with the Albany Symphony’s five-weekend New Music Festival
Trailblaze NY celebrates the completion of New York’s Empire State Trail–750 miles of cycling, walking, and hiking trails alongside the state’s most significant waterways–through innovative free concerts and activities. Over five weekends and across nine counties, the Symphony will present multimedia art and recreation events to thousands of people along New York’s scenic trails and waterways. An intensive Troy kickoff week of wall-to-wall new music is followed by free outdoor concerts and trail activities in Hudson, Kingston, Schenectady, Albany, Amsterdam, and
Schuylerville to a total prospective audience of more than 23,000 participants.
In all-day street fair settings, each weekend features site-specific Trail events, family activities, and free outdoor concerts, all topped off with fireworks. Visitors will enjoy immersive adventures on the Trail, cycling and hiking itineraries, craft food and beverage happenings, and exploring intriguing towns, art galleries, cultural heritage sites, fine dining, and charming inns.
Learn more and plan your summer musical adventure now at TrailBlazeNY.org
CELINE AND DANIEL KREDENTSER
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DAVID ALAN MILLER Heinrich Medicus Music Director
Two-time Grammy Award–winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Mr. Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony’s reputation as the nation’s leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring For Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and at the
SHIFT Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other accolades include Columbia University’s 2003 Ditson Conductor’s Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP’s first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming.
Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Mr. Miller has worked with most of America’s major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the New York City Ballet. In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, the UK, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. Since 2019, Mr. Miller has served as Artistic Advisor to the Little Orchestra Society in New York City, and, from 2006 to 2012, served as Artistic Director of “New Paths in Music,” a festival of new music from around the world, also in New York City.
Mr. Miller received his most recent Grammy Award in 2021 for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis’ Viola Concerto, with Richard O’Neill and the Albany Symphony, and his first Grammy in 2014 for his Naxos recording of John Corigliano's "Conjurer," with the Albany Symphony and Dame Evelyn Glennie. His extensive discography also includes
recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince, Michael Torke (London/Decca), Luis Tinoco, and Christopher Rouse (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton Gould, Don Gillis, Aaron J. Kernis, Peter Mennin, and Vincent Persichetti on the Albany Records label. He has also conducted the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in three
acclaimed recordings on Naxos.
A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Mr. Miller was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Mr. Miller lives in Slingerlands, New York, a rural suburb of Albany.
MISSION STATEMENT: The Albany Symphony Orchestra celebrates our living musical heritage. Through brilliant live performances, innovative educational programming, and engaging cultural events, the Albany Symphony enriches a broad and diverse regional community. By creating, recording, and disseminating the music of our time, the Albany Symphony is establishing an enduring artistic legacy that is reshaping the nation’s musical future.
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
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DAVID ALAN MILLER
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The Albany Symphony's string sections use revolving seating. Players behind the stationary chairs change seats systematically and are listed alphabetically.
Jill Levy + CONCERTMASTER LIFETIME CHAIR, GOLDBERG CHARITABLE TRUST
Eiko Kano + ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
Elizabeth Silver ^
Jamecyn Morey ^ Paula Oakes ^ Funda Cizmecioglu PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Mitsuko Suzuki
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Barbara Lapidus ^ ENDOWED BY MARISA AND ALLAN EISEMANN
Gabriela Rengel ^
Magdiell Antequera
Brigitte Brodwin
Ouisa Fohrhaltz
Heather Frank-Olsen
Emily Frederick
Rowan Harvey
Margret E. Hickey
Christine Kim
Sooyeon Kim
Aleksandra Labinska +
Myles Mocarski
Kae Nakano
Yinbin Qian +
Muneyoshi Takahashi
Harriet Dearden Welther
VIOLA
Noriko Futagami PRINCIPAL ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY BY THE ESTATE OF ALLAN F. NICKERSON
Sharon Bielik + ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Carla Bellosa
Daniel Brye
Ting-Ying Chang-Chien
Andrew Eng
Anna Griffis
Dana Huyge
Hannah Levinson
CELLO
Susan Ruzow Debronsky
PRINCIPAL
SPONSORED BY AL DE SALVO & SUSAN THOMPSON
Erica Pickhardt
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Hikaru Tamaki ^
Kevin Bellosa
Matthew Capobianco + Marie-Therese Dugre +
Catherine Hackert
Li Pang
BASS
Bradley Aikman + PRINCIPAL
Philip R. Helm
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Michael Fittipaldi ^
Luke Baker
James Caiello
Joshua DePoint
FLUTE
Ji Weon Ryu PRINCIPAL
Mathew Ross
OBOE
Karen Hosmer PRINCIPAL
Grace Shryock
ENGLISH HORN VACANT
CLARINET
Weixiong Wang PRINCIPAL IN MEMORY OF F.S. DEBEER, JR. -ELSA DEBEER IN MEMORY OF JUSTINE R.B. PERRY -DAVID A. PERRY
Bixby Kennedy
BASSOON
William Hestand PRINCIPAL ENDOWED IN PERPETUITY BY THE ESTATE OF RICHARD SALISBURY
HORN
William J. Hughes PRINCIPAL
Joseph Demko + Alan Parshley
Victor Sungarian
TRUMPET
Eric M. Berlin PRINCIPAL
Eric J. Latini
TROMBONE
Greg Spiridopoulos PRINCIPAL
Karna Millen
BASS TROMBONE
Charles Morris
TUBA
Derek Fenstermacher + PRINCIPAL
TIMPANI
Kuljit Rehncy + PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Richard Albagli PRINCIPAL
Mark Foster
HARP
Lynette Wardle PRINCIPAL
PERSONNEL
MANAGER
Susan Debronsky
LIBRARIAN
Elizabeth Silver
HOUSING COORDINATOR
Daniel Brye
UNION STEWARD
Greg Spiridopoulos
SYMBOL KEY ^ STATIONARY CHAIR + ON LEAVE
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
COMPOSER MASTERCLASS
2:00PM
Christopher Theofanidis and other Festival master composers critique and work with our Composer workshop participants to hone their craft. The Composer workshop is an intensive 5-day course that provides emerging composers with in-depth training in composing for today’s ensembles, immerses them in the Festival’s new music activities, and features each of their new works in the “First Draughts” reading session.
DOGS OF DESIRE OPEN REHEARSAL COHOES MUSIC HALL | 3:30PM
Combining the power of popular culture with the finesse of a classical ensemble, Dogs of Desire is a laboratory for today’s most exciting and compelling composers. Get an insider’s look at the creative process as David Alan Miller works with composers and musicians to prepare the Dogs for five world premieres.
GLORIA CHENG RECITAL
THURSDAY | JUNE 2, 2022 | 7:30 PM
TROY
Adelaide da Silva
SAVINGS BANK MUSIC HALL
Valsa Chôro No. 1
Valsa Chôro No. 2
Lu Wang and Anthony Cheung Recombinant
David Lang summer piano world premiere
James Newton Looking Above, The Faith Of Joseph
Zhou Long Pianobells
Hannah Lash November*
Joseph Phibbs Elegy*
William Kraft Music for Gloria*
Christopher Rouse Mustomerkki *
Stephen Andrew Taylor From "Seven Memorials” Black Smoker Satellite
*From “Garlands for Steven Stucky”
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“An invaluable new-music advocate and a preferred collaborator of composers like Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen” (The New York Times), Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng has long been devoted to creative collaborations with composers of our time. She has been a concerto soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and Pierre Boulez, and on its acclaimed Green Umbrella series with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Oliver Knussen. As a recitalist she has performed at the Ojai Music Festival (where she began her association with Boulez in 1984), Chicago Humanities Festival, William Kapell Festival, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, and annually on Los Angeles’ Piano Spheres series. She has premiered countless works that include John Williams’ Prelude and Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Dichotomie (of which she is the dedicatee), and John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction for two pianos (written for her and Grant Gershon).
In duo-recitals with composers, Cheng premiered Thomas Adès’s two-piano Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face and Terry Riley’s Cheng Tiger Growl Roar. She was awarded the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Grammy® for her 2008 recording of Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski, and received a second nomination for her 2013 disc, The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. Her film project, MONTAGE: Great Film Composers and the Piano, aired on PBS SoCal and captured a 2018 Los Angeles-Area Emmy. Her education includes a B.A. in
Economics from Stanford University, a Woolley Scholarship for study in Paris, and graduate degrees in performance from UCLA and the University of Southern California, where her teachers included Aube Tzerko and John Perry. Cheng teaches graduate seminars and chamber music at the UCLA Heb Alpert School of Music.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3
“PREVUE” LIBRARY TALK
BETHLEHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY | 12:00 PM
Lively interviews with guest artists and visiting composers for the American Music Festival concert.
LATE NIGHT LOUNGE - JORDAN TAYLOR HILL
TABLE 41 BREWING | 10:00PM
Jordan Taylor Hill is an artist rooted in traditional music from West Africa and the diaspora combined with today’s sounds. His early influence in song-writing and performance is coupled in a unique way meant to equally inspire and entertain. Hill offers traditional drum and dance workshops, performances, and private lessons. The native New Yorker began his musical career tape-recording radio segments and instrumentals in his headphones in middle school. Since his first trip to Senegal, West Africa in 2011, his unique style of traditional drumming and songwriting has combined to deliver a fusion of Hip-Hop, World, and all things Afro.
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DOGS OF DESIRE
FRIDAY | JUNE 3, 2022 | 7:30 PM
COHOES MUSIC HALL
DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR
World premieres by Natalie Draper, Jack Frerer, Bobby Ge, Loren Loiacono and Andre Myers.
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Episcopal Church in Baltimore, MD. She is an assistant professor in the music theory and composition department at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY.
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NATALIE DRAPER
Praised for her “individual and strong voice” (Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine), Natalie Draper explores character and evocative sound-worlds in her music. Upcoming premieres include The Bells (Beth Willer & the NEXT Ensemble at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, MD) and A Study in Breathing: Allein zu dir (Dianna Morgan, Christopher Frtizsche, and Anne Laver as part of Sonoma Bach’s concert season in Sonoma, CA). Recent projects have included a solo organ work for the Italian Baroque organ at University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery (Pattern Dances for Meantone Organ), a piano trio (Fragile Music), and three works for choir (Three Lenten Motets). Her music has been included on recordings by Akropolis Reed Quintet, soprano Danielle Buonaiuto, and Symphony Number One. She has been featured in articles in Vox Humana, I Care If You Listen, and Van Magazine. Draper has held residencies and fellowships at the Ucross Foundation, the Tanglewood Music Center, the I-Park Foundation, Yaddo, and St. David’s
The “exuberant” and “delicious” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) music of Australian composer Jack Frerer has been performed across the US, Australia, Europe, and Asia by ensembles including the Nashville Symphony, the Albany Symphony, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, the Australian and Metropolitan youth orchestras, Decoda, Metropolis, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the wind ensembles of UT Austin, UNT, and Cornell. Frerer is the recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Morton Gould Composers Award from ASCAP, the Suzanne and Lee Ettelson Composers Award, the Brian Israel Prize from the Society for New Music, and winner of both the Juilliard Orchestra and Gena Raps Chamber Music competitions. He was a
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Tanglewood composition fellow for 2019 and a composer for the New York City Ballet’s 2019 Choreographic Institute. He is currently Composer-in-Residence with the Arapahoe Philharmonic.
Frerer studied with John Corigliano and Robert Beaser at The Juilliard School where he now serves on the faculty of its Pre-College division, and is currently a graduate student at the Yale School of Music where he studies with David Lang, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Theofanidis, and Martin Bresnick.
BOBBY GE
Bobby Ge is a Chinese-American composer and avid collaborator who seeks to create vivid emotional journeys that navigate boundaries between genre and medium. He has created multimedia projects with the Space Telescope Science Institute, painters collective Art10Baltimore, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, the Scattered Players Theater Company, and the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center. Ge has received commissions and performances by groups including the Minnesota Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire, the Harbin Symphony Orchestra, Music from Copland House, the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, the Bergamot Quartet, the Boss Street Brass Band, and Mind on Fire. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D at Princeton University as a Naumberg Fellow, and holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the Peabody Conservatory.
LOREN LOIACONO
The music of Loren Loiacono (b. 1989) has been described as “plush...elusive” (New York Times), “vivid and colorful” (Albany Times Union), “dreamy, lilting” (Pioneer Press), and “quirky and fun” (Bad Entertainment - Twin Cities). An emerging orchestral voice, she has received commissions and performances from such nationally esteemed ensembles as the Detroit Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and the American Composers Orchestra. She is a frequent collaborator of the Albany Symphony, having served as Mellon Composer-Educator-in-Residence for the 2017-18 season. In June 2018, the Albany Symphony premiered Loiacono's Concerto for Piano, written for Vicky Chow. In 2012, the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic premiered her Violin Concerto at St. Petersburg’s Shostakovich Philharmonic Hall, with Nicholas DiEugenio as soloist.
Loiacono is also a prolific writer of chamber and vocal music, with performances by ensembles and performers including clarinetist Anthony McGill, pianist Xak Bjerken, cellist Peter
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has three times been commissioned by the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served as composer-in-residence for the Philharmonic’s CLASSical music outreach program. His second commission from the Philharmonic, a musical adaptation of Holling C. Holling’s picture book Paddle to the Sea, has been performed regularly since 2005 as a part of the orchestra’s “Koncert for Kids” series, and the composer has narrated the work for tens of thousands of school children.
Stumpf, New Morse Code, Latitude 49, the New York Virtuosi Singers, Music from Copland House, Transit NewMusic Ensemble, and the JACK, FLUX, Friction, Argus and Altius string quartets. She has received awards from ASCAP’s Morton Gould Awards, New York Youth Symphony’s First Music Commissioning Program, the Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute, and many others. A native of Stony Brook, NY, Loiacono holds degrees from Cornell University (DMA) and Yale University (MM/BA).
ANDRE MYERS
Andre Myers (b.1973) is an artist and instructor of piano, composition, and theory based in California’s Inland Empire. He serves on the faculty at the University of Redlands School of Music, teaching composition, music theory, and electronic music. Intense and lyrical, his music mixes narrative drama, poetry, and meditations on color to create work that aspires to moments of honesty, poignancy, and depth. A native of Ann Arbor, MI, Myers
Myers received his B.Mus. in composition from the Eastman School of Music, and his M.Mus. and A.Mus.D. in composition from the University of Michigan. His principal teachers in composition were William Banfield, Warren Benson, Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, David Liptak, Robert Morris, Bright Sheng, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, and Erik Santos. In addition to the University of Redlands, Myers has served on the faculty of Occidental College and Renaissance Arts Academy, both in Los Angeles. Myers currently lives in Redlands, CA with his wife, Andrea, their dogs Charlotte and Walter, and their cat, Jean-Paul.
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Philadelphia Orchestra
2022 Season Highlights
July 27 August 13
FRIDAY, JUL 29
Voice and the Violin
Joshua Bell, violin Larisa Martinez, soprano
FRIDAY, AUG 12
Angel Blue Sings Coleman & Barber
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Angel Blue, soprano
SATURDAY, AUG 13
Beethoven’s Ninth Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Angel Blue, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Albany Pro Musica, chorus
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New York City Ballet July 12 16
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
June 12 August 21
Angel Blue
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
“ENDANGERED” CHAMBER PERFORMANCE
LOCATION TBA | 9:30 AM
Three works developed by composers in collaboration with students, their teachers, and New York State wildlife biologists tell the stories of endangered and threatened animal species of our region. Composer Tanner Porter works with students and wildlife biologist Christopher Bowser in the mid-Hudson Valley to create a gigantic virtual musical storybook about the return of ancient sturgeon populations to the Hudson River; composer Takuma Itoh works with biologist Sean Madden and Schuylerville students to tell the story of the endangered marine animals of the upper Hudson River and the Champlain Canal; and composer Carlos Bandera works with bat biologists and students to tell the story of the threatened bat populations of the Mohawk Valley.
SANDBOX PERCUSSION RECITAL
LOCATION TBA | 3:00PM
Sandbox Percussion presents Andy Akiho’s Seven Pillars.
LATE NIGHT LOUNGE - CAROL DAGGS
LUCAS CONFECTIONERY | 10:00PM
Fourth generation Saratogian Carol R. Daggs has been enjoying making and sharing music since her childhood. Daggs received her undergraduate education at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY and holds a degree in Music Education with a concentration in piano and Spanish minor.
An accomplished vocalist and pianist, Daggs successfully auditioned for and attended the 1999 International FAME Festival Center for Jazz Studies, directed by trombonist and Grammy-winning Producer Delfeayo Marsalis. Additional honors include: an October 2002 guest spot on Albany radio station 90.3 WAMC's ‘Performance Place’ hosted by Mr. Paul Elisha, receiving a 2002 and 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts ‘Strategic Opportunity Stipend’ award, and attending the 2002 and 2005 ‘Jazz in July’ summer workshop at UMASS/Amherst.
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ALBANY SYMPHONY SEASON
FINALE - TRAILBLAZE!
SATURDAY | JUNE 4, 2022 | 7:30 PM
TROY
SAVINGS BANK MUSIC HALL
DAVID ALAN MILLER, CONDUCTOR GLORIA CHENG, PIANO
TIMOTHY MCALLISTER, SAXOPHONE
John Williams Prelude and Scherzo (American premiere)
Gabriella Smith Field Guide
John Corigliano “Triathlon” for Saxophone and Orchestra
I. Leaps
II. Lines
III. Licks
Steven Stucky Radical Light
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both appeared on 2019 Grammy®-nominated albums, with the Fuchs winning in the Best Classical Compendium category.
TIMOTHY MCALLISTER
Described as “an exemplary soloist” by Gramophone and as “a titan of contemporary music and the instrument, in general” by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, acclaimed saxophonist Timothy McAllister is a premier soloist and a member of the Grammy®-winning PRISM Quartet, with more than 50 recordings and 200 premieres of new compositions by eminent and emerging composers worldwide to his credit. McAllister has appeared with more than 40 of the world’s most prominent orchestras and ensembles in more than 20 countries.
McAllister's rise to international recognition began with his world premiere performance of John Adams’s Saxophone Concerto in 2013 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer in the Sydney Opera House, and his recordings of both the composer’s City Noir and the Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony and conductor David Robertson garnered a 2015 Grammy® Award for Best Orchestral Performance.
His 2018 recordings of Kenneth Fuchs’s Saxophone Concerto Rush with JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra and City Noir with the Berlin Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel
A widely respected teacher of his instrument, McAllister is Professor of Saxophone at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and he appears at summer festivals and academies worldwide. His degrees include the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan, where he studied with legendary saxophonist Donald Sinta.
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Find Cheng’s bio on page 22.
JOHN WILLIAMS
In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage. He has served as music director and laureate conductor of one of the country’s treasured musical institutions, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he maintains thriving artistic relationships with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles
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Philharmonic. Williams has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Olympic Order, and numerous Academy, Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe awards.
Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, four Indiana Jones films, Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Munich, Hook, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Empire of the Sun, The Adventures of TinTin and War Horse. Williams has composed the scores for Star Wars, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman: The Movie, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone, Nixon, The Patriot, Angela’s Ashes, Seven Years in Tibet, The Witches of Eastwick, Rosewood, Sleepers, Sabrina, Presumed Innocent, The Cowboys and The Reivers, among many others. In addition to his activity in film and television, Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos for flute, violin, clarinet, viola, oboe, and tuba.
GABRIELLA SMITH
Gabriella Smith is a composer and environmentalist. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area playing and writing music, hiking, backpacking, and volunteering on a songbird research project. Whether for orchestras, chamber
ensembles, voices, or electronics, Smith’s music comes from a love of play, exploring new sounds on instruments, building compelling musical arcs, and connecting listeners with the natural world. Recent highlights include the premiere of her organ concerto, Breathing Forests, written for James McVinnie and LA Phil, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen; and the release of her first full-length album, Lost Coast, with cellist Gabriel Cabezas, which was named one of NPR Music’s “26 Favorite Albums Of 2021 (So Far)” and a “Classical Album to Hear Right Now” by The New York Times. Currently she is working on a version of Lost Coast for cello and orchestra, which will premiere by Gabriel Cabezas and The Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel in May 2023.
FROM THE COMPOSER
Gabriella Smith - Field Guide Orchestra
In the past few years, I have become obsessed with making field recordings everywhere I go. It began with my desire to record the unfolding and trajectory of the
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dawn choruses I remember hearing every early Sunday morning as a teenager on the drive out to Point Reyes Bird Observatory where, I would volunteer as a bird bander. It would always start just as we drove past Lagunitas Creek, about 30 minutes before sunrise, and we’d turn off the music and roll down the windows and let in the glorious cacophony and cold morning air. Since then I have recorded dawn choruses and many other natural and human-produced soundscapes around the world while backpacking in the Sierras, Cascades, and Andes, in temperate and tropical rainforest, in desert, in coastal scrub, and in oceans, tide pools, bays, lakes, and glacial streams, recording underwater sounds with my hydrophone, and in the streets and parks and subways of the cities I have spent time in. I envisioned Field Guide as a collage inspired by these various recordings and my improvisations with them on violin and voice, and experiments processing them electronically.
JOHN CORIGLIANO
John Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual, and most widely celebrated bodies of work any composer has created over the last 40 years. Corigliano’s numerous scores— including three symphonies and eight concerti among more than 100 chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral works—have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. Recent scores include Conjurer (2008), for percussion and string orchestra, commissioned for and introduced by Dame Evelyn Glennie; Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra: The Red Violin (2005), developed from the themes of the score to the François Girard’s film of the same name, which won Corigliano the Oscar in 1999; Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (2000) for orchestra and amplified soprano, the recording that won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition in 2008; Symphony No. 3: Circus Maximus (2004), scored simultaneously for wind orchestra and a multitude of wind ensembles; and Symphony No. 2 (2001: Pulitzer Prize in Music.)
One of the few living composers to have a string quartet named for him, Corigliano serves on the composition faculty at the Juilliard School of Music and holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Music at Lehman College, City University of New York, which has established a scholarship in his name; for the past 14 years he and his partner, the composer-librettist Mark Adamo, have divided their time between Manhattan and Kent Cliffs, NY. Learn more at johncorigliano.com.
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FROM THE COMPOSER
John Corigliano – “Triathlon” for Saxophone and Orchestra
The virtuosic possibilities of the soprano sax—rivaling those of the clarinet— inspired a first movement entitled “Leaps” that is buoyant, acrobatic, and optimistic. An orchestral introduction of jumping woodwinds and a long-lined melody leads to the entrance of the soloist who, after a few virtuosic turns, sings the melody introduced by the orchestra. This melody utilizes the entire lyrical range of the soprano saxophone, and leads to a slower section that extends and develops the melody. But the joyous opening returns and the movement ends as it began—with a leap.
The second movement features the alto saxophone and is entitled “Lines.” Lines, in music describe the horizontal motion of notes, or, as we know it, melody. And, indeed, this entire movement is totally melodic and serene. The only dynamic climax in it is one of intensity, but it, too, is composed of purely melodic material. I have always loved the sassy, gravelly sound of the baritone sax, so it had to lead the last movement of my concerto. “Licks” is a jazz term, and means small improvisational moments in a piece. While this is not a jazz movement, the idea of small ornamental turns appealed to me, and provided me with the inspiration for the solo writing.
The movement starts with an unaccompanied cadenza. In it, the soloist explores many of the remarkably unusual sounds that the saxophone family can produce. At the beginning, we hear soft key clicks, which are done without breathing into the instrument. This soon develops into a technique called “slap tonguing,” in which the performer literally slaps his
tongue against the reed. It is a totally delightful and rude sound, and both these devices alternate in the body of the cadenza.
After the saxophone plays a giant harmonic glissando, the orchestra enters with a soaring dramatic theme totally at odds with the soloist’s strange sounds. The soloist then enters, playing material with slap-tongue technique, which the orchestra constantly interrupts. Finally, the soloist joins the orchestra in some highly ornamented licks, and the movement barrels forward. The soloist, playing in perpetual motion and in extreme registers, leads us to a central dialogue between him and the woodwinds. The dramatic material returns, building to a climax at which the soloist retrieves his soprano saxophone, and leads the orchestra to its spirited conclusion.
I could not have written this work without the support of a couple whose help in commissioning composers is legendary. This concerto is dedicated to Michèle and Larry Corash, with love and admiration, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
STEVEN STUCKY
Steven Stucky (1949-2016), whose Second Concerto for Orchestra earned him the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Music, has received commissions from countless orchestras, performing groups, individuals, and foundations both at home and abroad. For more than 20 years, Stucky enjoyed the longest relationship on record between a composer and an American orchestra: In 1988 André Previn appointed him Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; later, as the ensemble’s Consulting Composer for New Music, he worked closely with Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen on contemporary
FROM THE COMPOSER
Steven Stucky - Radical Light
According to Lao-tse, “Nothing that can be said in words is worth saying.” And according to Goethe, “Music begins where words end.” If they are right, then to say what my orchestral work is “about” is doubly impossible. Still, man is not only the animal that sings, but also the animal that speaks, the animal that cannot resist the urge to explain himself.
programming, the awarding of commissions, and programming for nontraditional audiences.
After several earlier teaching and conducting visits, in 2013 Stucky became artist-faculty composer-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival and School. He was appointed as the first Barr Institute Composer Laureate at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Stucky taught at Cornell University from 1980 to 2014, chairing the Music Department from 1992 to 1997, and then serving as Cornell’s Given Foundation Professor of Composition, Emeritus. He was Visiting Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music and Temple University, and Ernest Bloch Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Stucky was a member of the faculty of the Juilliard School from 2014 to 2016.
Born on November 7, 1949, in Hutchinson, KS, Stucky was raised in Kansas and Texas. He studied at Baylor and Cornell universities with Richard Willis, Robert Palmer, Karel Husa, and Burrill Phillips. Stucky passed away on February 14, 2016, in Ithaca, NY.
I could say, then, that Radical Light was influenced by its role as a companion to two Sibelius symphonies in a festival of that composer’s music. It was daunting to play the role of the upstart who dares to stand between two monuments like the Sibelius Seventh and Fourth, but there was nothing for it but to meet the assignment head-on. Sibelius has been a strong influence on me for many years, and I especially admire his Seventh Symphony as an architectural marvel. Having long wanted to attempt something like that myself, in Radical Light I tried to emulate something about the architecture of that peerless masterpiece: a single span embracing many different tempi and musical characters, but nevertheless letting everything flow seamlessly from one moment to the next – no section breaks or disruptions, no sharp turns or border crossings. The idea of music that unfolds in a gradual, seamless evolution is a lesson I have also been learning lately from two other Finns, Magnus Lindberg and Esa-Pekka Salonen, and from my Swedish colleague Anders Hillborg. (I hasten to add that the actual sound of the music has nothing to do with Sibelius or the other composers just mentioned, at least not intentionally.) Radical Light is a fundamentally slow piece, but it is infiltrated more than once by livelier music.
STEVEN STUCKY
And the title? That came after the fact, and not easily. From my favorite poet, A.R. Ammons, I found these striking lines: He held radical light in his skull: music turned, as over ridges immanences of evening light rise, turned back over furrows of his brain into the dark, shuddered, shot out again in long swaying furls of sound. This poetry seemed—even if accidentally—to capture something about the role of the artist in general, about the personality of Sibelius in particular, and even about the very architecture and physicality I had attempted in my own new piece. So I adopted Ammons’s title, and at the same time I dedicated the piece to my colleague
and friend Elinor Frey, who helped me not only in choosing the title but also through a great deal else in the making of the piece.
What I hope for this music is, I think, what Ammons hopes for poetry: that it “leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a builtin resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life. . . . Nothing that can be said about it in words is worth saying.”
Radical Light was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with the generous support of Lenore and Bernard Greenberg.
CAPITAL REGION LIVING
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
VEG OUT! At Monument Square
TROY, NY | 11:30AM
Join members of the Albany Symphony for a free outdoor performance as part of the Capital Region Vegan Network’s VEG OUT!, a food festival filling Troy’s downtown with vegan food for sale from dozens of Capital Region area restaurants and vendors. In partnership also with City of Troy, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, and the Downtown Troy Business Improvement District.
“FIRST DRAUGHTS” READING SESSION
TROY
SAVINGS
BANK MUSIC HALL | 7:30 PM
From the composer’s imagination to the concert hall, watch as emerging composers have their newest works performed for the first time. David Alan Miller, composer Christopher Theofanidis, and musicians of the Albany Symphony guide each new voice through the challenges of composing in the 21st Century. In between the readings, audience members can sample new craft beers from local upstate breweries.
ALBANY SYMPHONY HITS THE ROAD WITH SEVEN
SUMMER PERFORMANCES
This summer, the Albany Symphony is hitting the trail! Led by Music Director David Alan Miller, the Capital District’s Grammy Award-winning orchestra and an array of special guest artists are heading out across the region to share free outdoor concerts and daylong festivals with activities for all ages with a project called TrailBlaze NY. The events celebrate the completion of the Empire State Trail—the 750-mile corridor for hikers and cyclists that connects New York City all the way to Canada, and Albany all the way west to Buffalo—with a seven-stop tour highlighting communities in our region.
“There is just so much to celebrate here, from the natural wonders of the Catskills to the rich history of innovation rooted in the Erie Canal,” says Miller, who is celebrating his 30th Season as the Albany Symphony’s director. “When we saw how these places were being brought together by the Empire State Trail, we jumped at the chance to help blaze it with music.”
The TrailBlaze NY tour will start with the Symphony’s annual American Music Festival Week in Troy and Cohoes (June 2-5) and then proceed on to free outdoor concert stops in Schuylerville (June 11), Kingston (June 19), Hudson (June 24), Schenectady (July 1), Albany (July 2), and Amsterdam (July 3). In addition to a concert of favorites such as Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring”, John Philip Sousa marches and selections from John Williams movie scores, each day will include health and wellness activities that include hiking, cycling, and water sports, as well as art, craft food and beverages, performances from local musicians, and events for kids and families. Many stops will also include post-concert fireworks.
“For tourists getting back to adventuring and exploring, this is a perfect way to come experience the beauty, history and diverse offerings of these great cities, towns, and villages,” says Miler. “And for our neighbors, it’s a chance to gather again safety after the challenges we’ve all faced in recent years.”
The events, artists, activities, and food and drink offerings will vary at each location to feature local creators and businesses. Every stop will include a KidsZone and a 7:30pm orchestra concert. Schuylerville events will take place at Hudson Crossing Park. Kingston’s will be at Hutton Brickyards. Hudson events will be at Basilica Hudson—and as a special added event, an Albany Symphony wind quintet will present a free sunset concert the following night, June 25, at the Olana State Historic Site.
July brings the Symphony back to three more favorite past venues for outdoor concerts: Schenectady’s Mohawk Harbor on the 1st, Albany’s Jennings Landing on the 2nd, and Amsterdam’s Riverlink Park on the 3rd.
TrailBlaze NY is funded in part by New York State through Market NY / Capital Region’s Regional Economic Development Council and the New York State Council on the Arts, with vital additional support from corporate and individual donors from across the region. To
ALBANY SYMPHONY BOARD & STAFF
BOARD
OFFICERS
Jerel Golub, Chair
Faith A. Takes, Vice Chair
David Rubin, Treasurer
John Regan, Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kaweeda Adams
Guha Bala
Melody Bruce, MD
Charles Buchanan
Dr. Benjamin E. Chi
Judith Ciccio (Ex Officio)
Marcia Cockrell
Ellen Cole, Ph. D.
David Duquette
Marisa Eisemann, MD
Nicholas Faso
Alan Goldberg
Joseph T. Gravini
Catherine Hackert (Ex Officio)
Anthony P. Hazapis
Jahkeen Hoke
Edward M. Jennings
Daniel Kredentser
Mark P. Lasch
Steve Lobel
Cory Martin
Anne Older
Henry Pohl
Dush Pathmanandam
Barry Richman
Hon. Kathy M. Sheehan (Ex Officio)
Rabbi Scott Shpeen
Micheileen Treadwell
DIRECTORS’ COUNCIL
Rhea Clark
Denise Gonick
Sherley Hannay
Charles M. Liddle III
Judith B. McIlduff
John J. Nigro
STAFF
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Anna Kuwabara, Executive Director
FINANCE
Scott Allen, Finance Director
DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING
Robert Pape
Director of Development & Marketing
Alayna Frey
Box Office & Marketing Coordinator
Amanda Irwin
Annual Fund & Grants Manager
Nyla McKenzie-Isaac
Marketing & Development Assistant
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Jae Gayle
Director of Education & Community Engagement
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS
Derek Smith
Director of Operations & Programming
Susan Ruzow Debronsky
Personnel Manager
Liz Silver, Music Librarian
Daniel Brye, Housing Coordinator
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. Updated March 2, 2022. *In Memoriam
PLATINUM BATON LEVEL
($25,000+)
Dr. Benjamin Chi
Jerel Golub
Sherley Hannay
Ms. Faith A. Takes
GOLD BATON LEVEL
($10,000-$24,999)
Eric Berlin
Marcia & Findlay Cockrell
Daniel & Celine Kredentser
David & Tanyss Martula
Karen & Chet Opalka
Dush & Kelly Pathmanandam
A.C. Riley
David M. Rubin & Carole L. Ju
Dennis & Margaret Sullivan
Merle Winn*
SILVER BATON LEVEL
($5,000-$9,999)
Charles & Charlotte Buchanan
Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann
Malka & Eitan Evan
Arthur Herman
The Herman Family
Al De Salvo & Susan Thompson*
Mr. David Duquette
The Hershey Family Fund
Edward & Sally S. Jennings
Anna Kuwabara & Craig Edwards
Bob & Alicia Nielsen
Dr. Henry S. Pohl
Drs. Karl Moschner & Hannelore
Wilfert
BRONZE BATON LEVEL
($2,500-$4,999)
Peter & Debbie Brown
Drs. Melody A. Bruce & David A. Ray
Drs. Ellen Mary Cosgrove & Jeffrey Fahl
Dr. Thomas Freeman & Mrs. Phyllis Attanasio
Mr. & Mrs. Ephraim & Elana Glinert
Alan Goldberg
Mrs. Ellen Jabbur
Judy & Bill Kahn
William & Mary Jean Krackeler
Mark & Lori Lasch
Charles M. Liddle III
Steve & Vivian Lobel
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older
The Massry Family
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Maston
Hilary & Nicholas Miller
Larry & Clara Sanders
Rabbi Scott Shpeen
Mrs. Jeanne Tartaglia
Bonnie Taylor* & Daniel Wulff
William Tuthill & Gregory Anderson
Barbara & Stephen Wiley
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
VIRTUOSO LEVEL
($1,500-$2,499)
Mr. & Ms. John Abbuhl
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Allen
Hermes & Linda Ames
Sharon Bedford & Fred Alm
Michael & Linda Barnas
Paul & Bonnie Bruno
Dr. A. Andrew Casano & Bella Pipas
Drs. Ellen Cole & Doug North
Kirk Cornwell & Claire Pospisil
Dr. & Mrs. Harry DePan
Dr. Joyce J. Diwan
Mrs. Joy Emery
David Ernst
Thomas Evans
Joseph & Linda Farrell
Dr. & Mrs. Reed Ference
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gordon
Holly Katz & William Harris
Gerald Herman
Alexander & Gail Keeler
Herbert & Judith Katz
Georgia & David Lawrence
Drs. Matthew Leinug & Cyndi Miller
Karen & Alan Lobel
Tom & Sue Lyons
Charles & Barbara Manning
Ted & Judy Marotta
Mr. Cory Martin
Judith B. McIlduff
Paul & Loretta Moore
Marcia & Robert Moss
Robert & Samantha Pape
Dr. Nina Reich
Mark J. Rosen & Leslie Newman
Alan & Leizbeth Sanders
Dwight & Rachel Smith
Mitchell & Gwen Sokoloff
Paul & Janet Stoler
Avis & Joseph Toochin
Dr. Micheileen Treadwell
Mrs. Jane A. Wait
Mrs. Candace King Weir
Michael & Margery Whiteman
Harry & Connie Wilbur
CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE
FRIEND LEVEL
($1,000-$1,499)
Albany Medical Center
Dr. Richard & Kelly Alfred
Wallace & Jane Altes
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Amodeo
Timothy Burch
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Cromie
Ms. Ruth Dinowitz
Ann & Don Eberle
Herb & Annmarie Ellis
Jack M. Firestone
Roseanne Fogarty & Perry Smith
Lois Foster
John & Linda Fritze
David Gardam & Mary McCarthy
Mary Gitnick
The Family of Morton Gould
Michael & Katharine Hayes
Wendy Jordan & Frank Murray
Mr. & Mrs. E. Stewart Jones Jr.
Margaret Joynt
Mr. Robert J. Krackeler
Dr. Joseph Peter Lalka & Ms. Teresa Ribadenerya
Robert C. and Mary P. LaFleur
Sara Lee & Barry Larner
William Lawrence
Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert
Robert & Jean Leonard
Mr. Donald Lipkin & Mrs. Mary Bowen
Mrs. Jill Goodman & Mr. Arthur Malkin
Dr. & Mrs. Richard MacDowell
Mrs. Nancy McEwan
Stewart Myers
Vaughn Nevin
Patricia & Kevin O’Bryan
Sarah M. Pellman
Henry & Sally Peyrebrune
Susan Picotte
Lee & Donna Rosen
Lewis C.* & Gretchen A. Rubenstein
Hiroko Sakurazawa
Harriet B. Seeley
Peggy & Jack Seppi
Herb & Cynthia Shultz
Ronald & Nadine Stram
Robert P. Storch & Sara M. Lord
Alexandra Jane Streznewski & Robert Reilly, Jr.
I. David & Lois Swawite
Dale Thuillez
Anders & Mary Ellen Tomson
Virginia E. Touhey
F. Michael & Lynette Tucker
Darrell Wheeler & Donovan Howard
Lawrence & Sara Wiest
Austin & Nancy Woodward
FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The Albany Symphony is deeply grateful to the foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose ongoing support ensures the vitality of our orchestra. Updated December 10, 2021.
$100,000+
Empire State Development
Capital Region Economic
Development Council
Carl E. Touhey Foundation
$50,000+
New York State Council on the Arts
$25,000+
Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Faith Takes Family Foundation
League of American Orchestras
National Endowment for the Arts
$10,000+
Amphion Foundation
The Bender Family Foundation Hannay Reels, Inc.
Lucille A. Herold Charitable Trust
May K. Houck Foundation
Nielsen Associates
New Music USA
The John D. Picotte Family Foundation
M & T Charitable Foundation
Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
Sano-Rubin Construction
Stewart’s Shops
Vanguard-Albany Symphony
$5,000+
Capital Bank
Alice M. Ditson Fund
Graypoint, LLC
AllSquare Wealth Management
Atlas Wealth Management
Discover Albany
Howard & Bush Foundation
The Hershey Family Fund
$2,500+
Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust
Charles R. Wood Foundation
Hudson River Bank & Trust
J.M. McDonald Foundation
The Business for Good Foundation
The Peckham Family Foundation
The Robison Family Foundation
Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.
The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation
The David and Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund,Inc.
$1,500+
John Fritze Jr., Jeweler Pioneer Bank
$1,000+
Dr. Gustave & Elinor Eisemann
Philanthropic Fund Firestone Family Foundation
Hippo’s
Pearl Grant Richmans
Repeat Business Systems Inc.
Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP
CORPORATE SPONSORS
The Albany Symphony acknowledges the support of our corporate sponsors whose contributions recognize the importance of the Albany Symphony in building civic pride, educating our youth, and contributing to the cultural life of all people in the Capital Region. Updated September 1, 2021.
This concert season has also been made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the City of Albany, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Capital District Economic Development Council, Vanguard-Albany Symphony, and the support of our donors, subscribers, and patrons.
Celine & Daniel Kredentser
John D. Picotte Family Foundation
Carl E. Touhey Foundation
Courtyard by Marriott Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
The Albany Symphony is grateful to the following individuals for their vital ongoing support. Updated March 7, 2022.
SYMPHONY CIRCLE
($500-$999)
Dr. Kenneth S. & Rev. Elizabeth D. Allen
Mr. Leslie Apple
Robert & Susan Cook
Mary DeGroff & Robert Knizek
Kate & Jerry Dudding
Ben & Linda English
Wayne Metsch & Lynn Gelzheiser
Susan Haswell
Nancy Ross & Bob Henshaw
Paul Hohenberg
Lynn Holland
Howard & Mary Jack
Marilyn & Stan Kaltenborn
Mr. James Levine
Thomas & Sue Lyons
C. Ursula W. MacAffer
Dr. Christopher John Maestro
Richard & Anne Martula
Karen Melcher
Deborah Onslow
David M. Orsino
Sarah M. Pellman
Deborah Roth
Donna Sawyer
Anne-Marie Serre
David Shaffer
Ms. Jean Stevens
Marie & Harry Sturges
Mr. Frank Thiel
Avis & Joseph Toochin
Virginia Touhey & Kathleen Simmonds
Linda Valentine
Jeff & Barbara Walton
APPLAUSE CIRCLE
($250-$499)
Linda Anderson
James Ayers & Miriam Trementozzi
Jeevarathnam Ayyamperumal
Richard & Susan Baker
Hank & Anne Bankhead
Dr. & Mrs Beehner
Charles Braverman & Julia Rosen
Dorice Brickman
Robert G. Briggs
Wesley R. & Shelley W. Brown
Michael Buckman
Timothy Burch
Mr. David Clark
Deanna Cole
Jane & John Corrou
Mr. Wilson Crone
Mary Beth Donnelly
Robert & Marjorie Dorkin
Mr. Robert S. Drew
Elena Duggan
Ann & Don Eberle
John & Pamela Eberle
Hope Engel Greenberg & Henry
Greenberg
Marvin& Sharon Freedman
Janice & Robert Frost
Mr. Ronald C. Geuther
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Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Goodman
Shirley & Herbert Gordon
Robert & Mary Elizabeth Gosende
John Gross
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John M Lawrence
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Patrick McNamara
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Anne Messer & Daniel Gordon
Mrs. Sheila Mosher
Marcia & Robert Moss
Sarah & Rana Mukerji
Stephen & Mary Muller
Heidi & Lee Newberg
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Mrs. Tina W. Raggio
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Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C.
George & Ingrid Robinson
Martha Rozett
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Richard Scarano
Peg & Bob Schalit
Cynthia Serbent
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Sandra & Charles Stern
Patrick & Candice Van Roey
Stephanie H. Wacholder & Ira Mendleson III
Wheelock Whitney III
Drs. Susan Standfast & Theodore
Wright
Dayle Zatlin & Joel Blumenthal
PATRON CIRCLE
($100-$249)
Mrs. Carol Ackerman
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Rosemarie Amendolia
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Ms. Janet Angelis
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Gumaer
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Trompeter
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Julie & William Shapiro
In Memory of Felix Shapiro
Stephen J. Sills MD
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John Matthew Staugaitis
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Waite
DeWitt &Dorothy Ellinwood
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Teresa Maria Sole
Joyce A. Soltis
Dr. & Mrs. Yaron & Katie Sternbach
David H. Steward
Hon. & Mrs. Larry G Storch
Sheila Sullivan
Amy & Robert Sweet
Prof. Ben G. Szaro
John & Sally Ten Eyck
Ms. Martha Teumim
Mr. Michael Tobin
Paul Toscino
Daniel & Terry Tyson
Michele Vennard & Gordon Lattey
Maria Vincent
Janet Vine
Martha von Schilgen
Wendy Wanninger
Larry Waterman
Jerry & Betsy Weiss
Elliott & Lisa Wilson
Paul Wing
Russell Wise & Ann Alles
Mr. Meyer J. Wolin
Barbara Youngberg
Dr. Shelley M. Zansky
Michael Zavisky
IN HONOR, CELEBRATION & MEMORY
In Memory of Sharon Bamberger
Joe Bamberger
In Memory of Jeanne Bourque
Chris Edwards
In Memory of Neil C. Brown, Jr.
Thomas Cheles
John Davis
Dominick DeCecco
Robert & Pauline Grose
Gary Jones
Elinor & Michael Kelliher
Kersten Lorcher & Sylvia Brown
Deborah Mazzone
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Older
Joseph & Patricia Potvin
Robert Joseph & Rosemarie Rizzo
Stuart Rubinstein
Mary Kay Sawyer
Patricia & Roger Swanson
Lisa Trubitt & Spiro Socaris
Maryalice & Bruce Svare
Jody & John Van Voris
Sharon A. Wesley
Mr. Meyer J. Wolin
Anne & Art Young
In Honor of David Ray & Mimi Bruce
Dorothy Seagle
In Honor of Elaine Conway
Elaine Verstandig
In Loving Memory of Adella Cooper
Miss Eileen C. Jones
In Memory of Elsa deBeer
Jenny deBeer Charno
Jo Ann & Buzzy Hofheimer
Susan Thompson*
Peter & Rose-Marie Ten Eyck
Sarah & Patrick Carroll
Charlotte & Charles Buchanan
John J. Nigro
New York Council of Nonprofits
David Scott Allen
Greta Berkson
Mary & Tom Harowski
Mary James
Sally & Edward Jennings
Leigh & Louis Lazaron
Susan Limeri
Ann Silverstein
Anna Taglieri
Enid Watsky
In Memory of Edna deBeer
Thomas & Ann Connolly
As of December 10, 2021. *In Memoriam
In Loving Memory of Frederick S. deBeer, Jr.
David Scott Allen
Elsa G. deBeer
Adelaide Muhlfelder
In Honor of Dr. Gustave Eisemann
Alan Goldberg
In Honor of Marisa Eisemann
Dr. Heinrich Medicus
In Loving Memory of Mary
Rita Flanagan
Michael A. Byrne
In Memory of Dr. Alvin K. Fossner
Carl & Cathy Hackert
In Memory of Allan D. Foster
Mrs. Lois V. Foster
In Memory of Rachel Galperin
Margaret & Robert Schalit
In Memory of Shirley Gardam
Maryann Jablonowski
Reg Foster
Mary McCarthy
David Gardam
Doris Tomer
Stephanie Wacholder
In Memory of Jane Golub
Albany Symphony Orchestra Committee
In Honor of Jerry Golub
Sara & Barry Lee Larner
In Loving Memory of Roger Hannay
Alan Goldberg
In Memory of Jeffrey Herchenroder
Linda Anderson
Robert Akland
Ann-Marie Barker-Schwartz
Paula Brinkman
Elizabeth Bunday
Joseph Demko
Gary & Sandy Gnirrep
Guilderland Central Teachers Assoc.
Guilderland Music Parents and Friends Assoc.
Leif & Claudia Hartmark
Kelly Hill
Geneva Kraus
Lynwood Elementary
Marybeth Maikels
Sharen M. Michalec
Timothy & Kathleen M. Owens
Jocelyn Salada
Jacqueline West Farbman
In Loving Memory of Beatrice & Robert Herman
Arthur Herman
Dr. & Mrs. Neil Lempert
Lawrence Marwill
Louise & Larry Marwill
In Memory of Petia Kassarova
Julie & William Shapiro
Larry Waterman
In Memory of Audrey Kaufmann
Judith & Herbert Katz
In Memory of Louise Marshall
Kimberly Arnold
Gloria MacNeil
Jennifer Marshall
Susan Marshall
Ricki Pappo & Caleb Rogers
Ann & Mark Rogan
Beth Rosenzweig
In Memory of Susan Martula
Alex Wirth-Cauchon
Elena Duggan
Megumi Hemann
Edward Kish
Paul Lamar & Mark Eamer
David & Tanyss Martula
Thomas McGuire
Marsha Lawson
Anne & Thomas Older
Rider, Weiner & Frankel, P.C.
Margaret Schalit
Richard & Anne Martula
William & Julie Shapiro
Robert Sweet
Dawn Weinraub
In Loving Memory of Dr. Heinrich Medicus
Carol & Ronald Bailey
Paul & Bonnie Bruno
Elsa deBeer
Alan Goldberg
Harry G. Taylor
In Honor of David Alan Miller
Arthur Herman
Celine & Daniel Kredentser
Lois & Barry Scherer
Susan St. Amour
In Honor of Miranda, Elias, and Ari Miller
Bonnie Friedman & Gerald Miller
In Honor of Candida R. Moss
Marcia & Robert Moss
In Memory of Marcia Nickerson
Philip & Penny Bradshaw
Irene Wynnyczuk
In Loving Memory of Don B. O’Connor
Helen J. O’Connor
In Honor of Anne Older
Shannon Older-Amodeo & Matthew Amodeo
In Memory of Clyde Oser
Janice Oser
In Memory of Paul Pagerey
Peter & Ruth Pagerey
In Loving Memory of Jim Panton
Bonnie & Paul Bruno
Marcia & Findlay Cockrell
Nancy Goody
Mary Anne & Robert Lanni
Drs. Marisa & Allan Eisemann
David Alan Miller
In Memory of David Perry
Steven Fischer
William Hughes
Frederick Luddy
Richard & Anne Martula
James McGroarty & The NYCPGA
Robin Seletsky
Amy & Robert Sweet
Dawn Weinraub
In Memory of Justine R. B. Perry
Dr. David A. Perry
In Loving Memory of Vera Propp
Dr. Richard Propp
In Honor of Carole Rasmussen
Elizabeth Williams
In Honor of Nancy & Barry Richman
Jan & Lois Dorman
In Honor of Jill Rifkin
Matthew Collins
In Memory of John Leon Riley
Anne & Thomas Older
Chet & Karen Opalka
Jane Wait
In Memory of Lewis Rubenstein
Mark Aronowitz
August Costanza
Gina Costanza
Marcia Dunn
Susan & Stewart Frank
Arthur & Maxine Mattiske
Barbara Poole
Kathleen Pritty
In Memory of Pearl Sanders
Larry & Clara Sanders
In Memory of Gael Casey Vecchio
Aimee Allaud
Margaret Skinner
In Memory of Gerry Weber
Janet Angelis
Theresa Mayhew
In Memory of Dr. Manuel Vargas
Lois Foster
In Honor of Barbara and Steve Wiley
Paul Lamar
In Honor of Barbara Wiley
Elaine Walter
In Memory of George William "Bill" Zautner
John King
ENCORE SOCIETY
To keep orchestral music alive in our community, and to ensure that future generations experience its joy, please consider joining the Albany Symphony Encore Society.
Gifts of all sizes make it possible for the Albany Symphony to maintain our tradition of artistic excellence and innovation and community engagement for generations to come.
There are many options to make a planned gift to the Albany Symphony that enable anyone to leave a legacy of music:
• Charitable bequests
• IRA or 401(k) beneficiary designation
• Gifts of life insurance or appreciated stocks
• A bequest in a will or living trust
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENCORE SOCIETY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Robert Pape | Director of Development & Marketing (518) 465-4755 x144 | Robertp@albanysymphony.com
WE INVITE YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN LEGACY AND JOIN THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF ENCORE SOCIETY
Anonymous
Matthew Bender IV
Melody Bruce, MD
Charlotte & Charles Buchanan
Susan Bush
Adella S. Cooper
Susan Thompson & Al De Salvo
Marisa Eisemann, MD
David Emanatian
Alan P. Goldberg
Edward M. Jennings
William Harris & Holly Katz
Charles Liddle III
Steve Lobel
Dr. Heinrich Medicus
Marcia Nickerson
John L. Riley
Harry Rutledge
Gretchen A. & Lewis C. Rubenstein
Ruth Ann Sandstedt
Rachel & Dwight Smith
Harriet & Edward Thomas
Micheileen J. Treadwell
Paul Wing
ALBANY SYMPHONY
MUSICIAN
HOUSING PROGRAM
Did you know that many of the musicians of the Albany Symphony do not live in the Capital Region? Musicians travel from New York, Boston, Montreal, Nashville, Ft. Lauderdale, and even as far as Texas to perform with the Albany Symphony. Typically, our musicians are here from Thursday through Sunday of a concert week. Through the generosity of local host families, the Albany Symphony Musician Housing Program was created. Without the support of our host families, we would not be able to maintain the high caliber of musicians who perform with our orchestra. Many of our hosts have created strong bonds with the musicians that stay with them, creating friendships that last a lifetime.
Right now, due to the pandemic, musicians are not staying with our generous host families. Instead, the Albany Symphony is providing hotel rooms for our musicians.
The Albany Symphony Orchestra extends a very special thank you to patrons who generously provided housing for musicians during the 2019-20 season, and we look forward to reuniting our musicians with our hosts when it is once again safe to do so.
