Madrid to Rome - USM Symphony Orchestra

V yagE 104th SEASON

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dr. Michael Miles, Music Director

Madrid to Rome

Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.

Bennett Auditorium

Welcome to the first concert of our spring semester!

The next two stops on our season-long voyage are Madrid and Rome! We are excited tonight to feature music from these two beautiful European cities, along with some newer music from Belgium and the good old USA. Tonight we feature two of our annual William T. Gower Student Concerto Competition winners.

Jonathan Henneveld is a talented bass trombonist, who will treat us to a wonderful jazz-inspired concerto by Chris Brubeck. Be sure you check the program notes on this piece so you get the full effect of the music. We will also feature Juan Oviedo, a doctoral alto saxophone student on a beautiful and entertaining work by Belgian composer André Waignein. Hold on to your hats during the last movement. It goes really fast!

We are honored tonight to welcome to the Bennett stage the pre-eminent flutist of his generation, Mr. Andrea Oliva. Mr. Oliva has won awards and accolades all over the world, including Sir James Galway himself calling Oliva, “one of the best flutists of his generation, a shining star in the flute world.”

Mr. Oliva comes to us from Italy, where he teaches, performs and records. Mr. Oliva holds positions in several orchestras and chamber ensembles while also performing as a soloist around the world. Tonight he will play an arrangement of Joaquin Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Fantasia for a Gentleman), a work originally written for the famous guitarist Andrés Segovia. The arrangement you will hear tonight was written by another famous flutist who has performed with our Orchestra three times – Sir James Galway.

We close tonight’s program with one of the most effective pieces of programmatic music ever written. Respighi’s Pines of Rome so beautifully depicts the four settings of life and the landscape of Rome. You can see in your mind’s eye the children playing in the Villa Borghese, the solemn and mysterious catacombs, the pines of Gianicolo Hill, and the powerful triumphal march to the Capitol. Even if you don’t know these settings, the music is so expressive, it will allow you to form your own story as you listen! The addition of six “buccine” brass in the final movement should cause chill bumps if we do it right.

As I began the journey (voyage?) of choosing the programs for my final season as the conductor of the Orchestra, my wife, a stout horn player in her time, kept asking me to program the Pines of Rome. I truly love the piece as well, but she insisted this piece be in the final season because it has always been a piece we enjoyed listening to and performing together. She has certainly heard me practice the famous trumpet solo in the second movement at least a thousand times!

We share many great memories of this piece, so tonight, in my penultimate performance with the Symphony Orchestra, I dedicate this piece to my beautiful and always loving and supportive wife, Stacey. Enjoy, my sweet.

Program THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF MUSIC present

Madrid to Rome

The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Dr. Michael Miles, music director Carlos Fernandez, guest conductor featuring

Andrea Oliva, flute

with William T. Gower Student Concerto Competition Winners Jonathan Henneveld, bass trombone, and Juan Oviedo, alto saxophone

Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.

Bennett Auditorium

Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra Cristopher Brubeck II. Sorrow Floats (b. 1952) III. James Brown in “The Twilight Zone” Jonathan Henneveld, bass trombone

Fantasia para un Gentilhombre Joaquin Rodrigo I. Villano y Ricercare (1901-1999) II. Españoleta y fanfare de la Caballeria de Nápoles III. Danza de las hachas IV. Canario Andrea Oliva, flute

Intermission Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra II. Meno Mosso III. Poco Allegro

André Waignein (1942-2015)

Pines of Rome I. Pini di Villa Borghese II. Pini presso una catacomba III. Pini del Gianicolo IV. Pini della via Appia

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Juan Oviedo, alto saxophone

This program is presented in part by a generous grant from Partners for the Arts.

Program Notes Concerto for Bass Trombone

Having spent many years of my adolescence playing in youth orchestras, counting endless measures, playing trombone for only a few passages, and then frustratingly having to count more measures of rest yet again, I resorted to frequent musical daydreams. In fact, I used to have musical nightmares about not being able to contain myself any longer and would visualize myself jumping up from the back of the orchestra to unleash improvisations much to the conductor’s horror. So imagine how my wheels began turning when in 1991, I was approached by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Youth Orchestra (in my home state of Connecticut) to compose a work utilizing their high-­school aged students.

Being a veteran of that scene, and a strong advocate for the arts in our schools, I couldn’t resist the chance to compose for these forces. My goal was to write a challenging work that would keep all sections of the orchestra on their toes, expose them to odd time signatures, polytonality, and above all, remind them that music was supposed to be joyous, energetic, beautiful, adventurous, powerful, and even humorous!

The name of the Third Movement, “James Brown in The Twilight Zone,” might benefit from a note of explanation. The title refers to dual compositional elements used throughout; two bars from the “turn-­around” of the godfather of soul’s “I Feel Good,” and an ascending chromatic passage (originating in the piano and pizzicato strings), which is reminiscent of the music used in Rod Serling’s innovative TV anthology. In addition to these very American cultural influences, the first gulf war was being waged, and Middle Eastern threads started to weave through the music.

The Second Movement, “Sorrow Floats”, is a reflective Adagio; I must admit, I was inspired to name the movement after a chapter title from one of my favorite novels by John Irving.

Fantasia para un gentilhombre

The music of Joaquin Rodrigo is steeped in the music and culture of his native Spain, including Baroque music of the early Spanish church as well as folk melodies and traditional Spanish folk instruments, especially the guitar.

He is best known for his concerti, especially the haunting Concierto de Aranjuéz for guitar.

The Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Fantasia for a Gentleman) was written in 1954 for Andrés Segovia, the “gentleman” of the title. The thematic elements are based on short works by a 17th-century Spanish baroque guitarist, Gaspar Sanz, who wrote the first Instruction Book of Music for Spanish Guitar in 1674. The melodies compiled by Sanz were based on still older, traditional dance

tunes. Rodrigo expanded on these short melodies, in some cases completing themes from the older composer’s original sketches, and said he orchestrated the work to produce a sound in the “manner of strong spices that were so popular in the victuals of the period.” Segovia premiered the work in 1958 with the San Francisco Symphony.

In the late 1970s, flutist Sir James Galway asked Rodrigo for permission to arrange the fantasia for flute. Rodrigo readily agreed, and also checked the score and attended the recording sessions in 1978, marking suggestions for changes. It is Galway’s arrangement that is performed here tonight.

Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

André Waignein composed this Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra or Piano for the occasion of the fifth International Adolphe Sax Competition, in Dinant (Belgium) in 2010. This is not a programmatic work but one which develops spontaneously into a natural musical journey. The rhapsody exploits and explores both the technical potential and the expressive nature of the saxophone.

Expressiveness and musicality are the distinguishing features of the second movement; the saxophone’s characteristic rich sounds invite a sense of serenity.

The colour and atmosphere allow one freedom to daydream and to imagine. The third movement opens with a Tarantella on the piano (or orchestra). The tempo is extremely fast, in striking contrast to the calm of the preceding movement.

The melodic line is lively and varied. Supported by rhythmic motifs, and on one occasion exposed, it progresses to a brilliant unison passage, which compounds the sense of virtuosity. Highlighted by a remarkable and convincing show of force, the Rhapsody concludes with a final majestic and breathtaking flourish.

Well known Belgian composer André Waignein received several national and international composition prizes, including the European Broadcasting Union Composition Prize and the SABAM Prize. His compositions are performed in Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan and Australia, and have been recorded by top bands. His catalogue consists of more than 400 published pieces for concert band, symphonic orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments. His discography comprises more than 100 CDs.

The Pines of Rome

Respighi left extensive prose descriptions of his Pines of Rome: The Pines of the Villa Borghese (Allegretto vivace)—Children are at play in the pine groves of the Villa Borghese, dancing to “Madama Doré,” the Italian equivalent of “Ring Around a Rosy.” They mimic marching soldiers and battles. They twitter and shriek like swallows at evening, coming and going in swarms. The exuberance of children at play comes to a climax with a wild, whooping conclusion. Suddenly the scene changes.

The Pines Near a Catacomb (Lento)— From the depth rises the sound of mournful psalmsinging, floating through the air like a solemn hymn, and gradually and mysteriously dispersing. Muted horns introduce melodic fragments inspired by Gregorian chant, which echo throughout the orchestra until we hear a distant trumpet playing a “Sanctus” chant from the Roman Catholic Liber Usualis. The trumpet melody leads to a chanting figure that gradually crescendos to a powerful return of the trumpet melody in the trombones. The chant figure fades away into the final movement.

The Pines of the Janiculum (Lento)— The full moon reveals the profile of the pines of Gianicolo’s Hill. “Pines of the Janiculum” is all about atmosphere: a moonlit night on a distant hill overlooking the city. The mood is set with impressionist rippling from the piano and a clarinet floating on a cloud of muted strings. But this movement is most famous for the appearance of a nightingale at the end. In 1924, the gramophone record was the latest in music technology, and Respighi took delight in using a recording of an actual nightingale. With today’s technology, a laptop and a Google search will make do.

The Pines of the Appian Way (Tempo di Marcia) —Misty dawn on the Appian Way: pine trees guarding the magic landscape; the muffled, ceaseless rhythm of unending footsteps. The poet has a fantastic vision of bygone glories: trumpets sound and, in the brilliance of the newly risen sun, a consular army bursts forth toward the Sacred Way, mounting in triumph to the Capitol.

In Respighi’s memoir, his wife Elsa recalled, “The first performance of I pini di Roma took place on December 14 [1924], at the Augusteo, the ancient mausoleum of the Emperor Augustus, which had been converted into a concert hall. The day before the final rehearsal, Respighi confessed to me that the crescendo of ‘I pini della via Appia’ had impressed him in such a way that he felt ‘an I-don’t-know-what’ in the pit of his stomach. This was the first time that I heard him say that a work of his had turned out as he had planned it. […] The last measures of the poem were […] drowned by frenetic applause as had never been heard at the Augusteo. The work was presented again on December 28 at a sold-out performance, and its success echoed immediately throughout the world.”

Program notes compiled by Michael Miles and Carlos Fernandez.

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About the Artists “Andrea Oliva is one of the best flutists of his generation, a shining star in the flute world”, is how Sir James Galway describes Andrea Oliva. Mr. Oliva is principal flute of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, a position he has held since 2003. Andrea was born on Modena, Italy in 1977 and graduated with honors in just five years from the Musical Institute Vecchi-Tonelli in Modena under the guidance of G. Betti. Mr. Oliva has also studied with C. Montafia, G. Cambursano, J.C. Gérard and Sir James Galway.

From 2001 to 2003 Andrea was principal flute of the Teatro dell’Opera di and currently works in the same role with numerous orchestras such as the Bayerische Rundfunk and Monaco’s chamber Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He has performed several times as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Santa Cecilia conducted by C. Hogwood, M.W. Chung.

In 2012 he performed the first national concert for flute and orchestra by M. A. Dalbavie directed by M. Honeck. He is member of GlobeDuo (flute and guitar with C. Savarese) with whom he performed in the most important Italian and foreign seasons addressing new and unexplored repertoire for this formation as well as being a member of the Quitetto di fiati Italiano.

Among the numerous awards Oliva has won in major international flute competitions are first prize at the first International Competition in Kobe, and the third prize at the International ARD Competition in Monaco. His concert activity has taken him to perform in some of the most important theaters around the world, such as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Museum of Contemporary Art in London in the presence of Queen Elizabeth, in the prestigious Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, at Hong Kong Academy, as well as in Chile and Cuba. He was a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, and attended the Herbert von Karajan Academy.

Andrea teaches specialization courses at the Santa Cecilia National Academy of, and is currently principal flute professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana. He has played for VDM Records Sonate for flute and piano (M. Grisanti pf ), Sonate di Händel for Le Chant de Linos. He has published a didactic DVD about flute (Accademy edition 2008) and CD about Bach Flute Sonatas with Canadian pianist A. Hewitt for Hyperion, with which debuted in 2014 at the Wigmore Hall in London. Recently he has published the Sonatina

by H. Duttileux and Romance of Saint-Saëns for Brillant (A. Makita pf ) and Sonata da Concerto for flute and archs by G. F. Ghedini for Sony. Andrea Oliva plays a Muramatsu flute of 14k all gold SR.

Jonathan Henneveld was born in the Netherlands where he played with Brass Band Pro Rege in Heerenveen. He started his studies at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen with Michael Eversden and Dick Bolt in 2014. In 2017, he moved to Denmark to study at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, with Professor Niels-Ole Bo Johansen and Honorary Professor Brandt Attema. Here he finished both his Bachelors and Masters Degrees as an Orchestral and Solo musician. Throughout his studies, Henneveld played with several Symphony and Jazz orchestras in and around Denmark and was awarded a solo performance with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra. He also organized several concerts for Baroque trombones and choir as part of a series called Voci e Tromboni. Henneveld is a DMA student of Dr. Ben McIlwain.

Juan Oviedo-Reina, a native of Ibagué, Colombia, has garnered significant recognition in the realm of music. He is a notable baritone saxophonist, arranger, and founding member of the SaxBag – Saxophone Quartet, achieving the prestigious “Serie de los Jóvenes Intérpretes” award and securing second place in the V Chamber Music Festival organized by the Conservatory at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá. He has also been an integral part of the renowned Bogotá Saxophone Quartet, acclaimed for its dedication to preserving and promoting traditional Colombian tunes and rhythms through the saxophone quartet format.

Juan has actively participated in music festivals, notably the FEMUSC in Brazil and the 1st Latin-American Saxophone Festival in Colombia, where he received valuable coaching from prominent figures like Dilson Florêncio. Over the years, Juan has showcased his talent as a soloist, collaborating with various orchestras such as the Ibagué Conservatory High School Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, and Comfenalco Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. An avid arranger, Mr. Oviedo-Reina has crafted nearly 100 musical arrangements for a wide array of ensembles, rooted mainly in traditional Colombian rhythms.

Juan holds both a Masters and Bachelors degree in Saxophone Performance from The University of Southern Mississippi and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, respectively. Currently, Juan is a Doctoral student at The University of Southern Mississippi, where he proudly serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and as Assistant Director of the Sax- Chamber Orchestra, both under the mentorship of Dr. Dannel Espinoza.

Dr. Michael Miles is a unique brand of musician, whose career includes a blend of musical and academic positions. Dr. Miles’ academic career includes appointments at Western Carolina University and Florida International University. He also served for seven years as chair at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and six years as director of the School of Music at The University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Miles’ interest in arts advocacy and education in the community has led him to administrative positions in several community and state organizations. He served on the Hattiesburg Concert Association staff, and as executive director and founder of the Red River Arts Academy, an intensive summer arts training experience for students 14-18 years of age. Dr. Miles also served eight years as president of the Board of Directors of the Red River Arts Council in Durant, Oklahoma.

Dr. Miles’ appreciation for all forms and styles of music are evident in the variety of performing, conducting and music directing positions he has enjoyed.

As a trumpet artist, Dr. Miles has performed with dozens of symphony orchestras as featured soloist and principal trumpet, and released a compact disc recording of new music for trumpet and piano by Robert Suderburg and James Wintle, titled Reflections in Times’ Mirror. In addition to his current duties as director of orchestral activities at Southern Miss, Miles’ conducting appointments include music director of the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera Company, music director of the Oklahoma Youth Symphonies, and music director of the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival. Miles recently conducted the USM Chamber Orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut and served as guest conductor of the Festival Orchestra at the V Clinicas Instrumentalis in Cartegena, Columbia. In 2013, Dr. Miles served as guest conductor with The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, backing the legendary Beach Boys at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dr. Miles has also served as guest conductor with the Xinghia Conservatory Orchestra of Guangzhou, China, Vidin (Bulgaria) Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Tallahassee Symphony, New Mexico University Symphony, and Oklahoma Youth Orchestra.

In his career, Dr. Miles has served as music director/conductor for over 190 musical theatre performances involving 55 different musical theatre productions, including the recent highly acclaimed Southern Miss productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, The Phantom of the Opera, Magic of the Musical Stage, West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Ragtime, Showbiz Showstoppers, Showbiz Harmony and Sweeney Todd. Dr. Miles served as music director of HCLO’s productions of Into the Woods, Cabaret, Wizard of Oz, Camelot and Tommy. Dr. Miles also served as chorus master for the Hub City Players production of Rock of Ages and music director for their production of James and the Giant Peach. The Phantom of the Opera and James and the Giant Peach productions were awarded the prestigious American Prize for Musical Theater in 2018.

In his tenure at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Dr. Miles led an award-winning Jazz Ensemble that was recognized by the Oklahoma State Legislature as the “Official Jazz Ambassadors of Oklahoma.” This ensemble made three concert tours of the People’s Republic of China School of the Arts.

Carlos Manuel Fernandez is a multifaceted conductor from Colombia, with experiences in Europe, North, and South America that provide him with a wide vision of world music. During his studies and professional upbringing in Vienna, he conducted premieres of modern pieces for new ensembles and the standard orchestral and opera repertoires of 18th to 20th centuries.

In 2010 he premiered Lepanto by Alexander Kaisser, followed by a collaboration with composer Nancy Van de Vate as principal accompanist and assistant for the recording of her opera, Hamlet, in Olomuc, Czech Republic. In 2012 Carlos had various projects in Vienna: assistant conductor for the premiere of the operas Edenarabeske by Wolfgang Liebhart and Azrael by Dirk D’Ase, assistant to Guido Mancusi at the Volksoper Wien, and assistant fellow Korrepetitor under David Aronson at the Staatsoper Wien. Further engagements during the season 2013-2014 included his debut with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava and Vienna, guest performances with the AOV orchestra in Vienna, the premiere of Unlimited Imaginations, by Julian Gamisch, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Ibagué, Colombia, in a live open-air concert offered for more than 5000 attendees.

Carlos’s interests, besides conducting, embrace piano chamber music, choir conducting, voice and instrumental accompanying, and arranging and composing for different ensembles. He was the conductor of the MGV Choir in Breitenfurt, Austria, and founder of “Enchoir”, the choir of the English Studies Department at the University of Vienna from 2011 to 2014. In Colombia in 2014 he founded the choir and orchestra of the University of Ibagué, Colombia, co-founded the independent choir, Coro Polifónico Nuevo Tolima, and was named Artistic Director of the Ibagué Conservatory and Principal Conductor of its Symphony Orchestra for the years 2014-2019. All these groups collaborated during those seasons in opera, sacred music festivals and choral-symphonic programs. During his tenure in Colombia, his work made possible a decentralized approach to the music offerings in different cities, touring with opera, sacred music and choir and orchestra productions through different regions. Choir conferences and concerts as the Panama-ELAMCO and Cancún, Mexico-CoralCun, staging concerts in vulnerable zones, and providing choir, orchestra and conducting workshops for free.

In addition to his love for music and music projects for the communities where he serves, he enjoys cooking with his wife and daughters, traveling around the world, and discovering all kinds of music. Carlos holds Bassoon studies from the Tolima Conservatory, studies in orchestra, choir, and opera conducting and

opera piano collaboration with Dr. Georg Mark, Guido Mancusi and David Aronson at the Konservatorium Wien. Carlos recently received his Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Southern Mssissippi, where he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting. He is also the Graduate Assistant for opera productions and orchestra under the tutelage of Dr. Michael Miles. Carlos recently served as Music Director and Conductor for the USM opera productions of Hänsel und Gretel and Too Many Sopranos.

Carlos has received master classes in opera and orchestra conducting under Felipe Aguirre, Sir Simon Rattle, Bertrand de Billy, and Apo Hsu, and for choir conducting with Virginia Bono. Carlos has performed and conducted in venues as the Wien Konservatorium Auditorium, Konzerthaus Wien, and Stephansdom in Vienna, throughout Austria, Panama, Mexico, and in various concert halls in his home country.

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Dr. and Mrs. David W. Bomboy Catherine Bongiovanni Lauren and JoJo Bridges Joanna and Biljac Burnside Fran and Gene Carothers Peg and Bob Ciraldo Rachel and Nicholas Ciraldo Carolynn and Lewis Clark Dr. Eyler Coates Jr. Amber Cole Anna and Ryan Copeland Bettie Cox and David Powers Linda and Robert Cox Joelle Crook in memory of George T. Crook Alice Crotwell Kimberley Davis Beejee and Andy Dickson DeAnna Douglas Drs. Sergey and Veronica Dzugan Allyson Easterwood Muriel Everton Gary Fordham Veronica Feeman Pamela Gavin Ms. Allison Gillespie Phillip Goe Linda Boutwell-Griffith and John Griffith Wes Hanson Dr. and Mrs. Robert Heath in honor of Sarah K. Heath Richard D. Hudson Che’ and Wayne Hughes Joyce and Chris Inman Betty Jo D. Ison Althea and Raoul Jerome Rebekah and Jeff Johnson LBJ Properties LLC Dr. Jameela Lares Dr. Mike Lopinto in honor of Carolyn and John Lopinto Maureen K. Martin in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Aubrey K. Lucas Megan McCay Jennifer and Kennard McKay Mary Virginia McKenzie Philip Mellen Drs. Diane and Jim Miller Drs. Bitsy Browne and Marvin Miller Drs. Suzanna and Andrew Nida Candace and Kent Oliver Clay Peacock Pinebelt Foundation Jacquelyne and Brad Pittman Aaryanne and Rick Preusch Dr. and Mrs. Tom Puckett Petra and Curt Redden in memory of Irma Schneider Sharon and David Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Rust Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sackler Carolee and Seth Scott Sabrina and Alex Schuerger Diana and Ed Simpson Susan Slaughter Mary and Eric Sumrall Martha and Tommy Thornton Debra and Richard Topp Dr. Sharon and Mr. Carey Varnado Mr. and Mrs. Ric Voss Barbara and Kenneth Waites Diane and Jerry Waltman Amelia Watkins Alissa Wiggins Paige and Pat Zachary CONTRIBUTOR - $150 Area Development Partnership Lynne and William Baggett Billie Ballengee

Mrs. Anita and General Buff Blount Katherine Boone Mr. Joe Bost and Dr. Katie James Michael Boudreaux Rose Bowe Mary Glenn and Todd Bradley The Rev. Laurie Brock Charles A. Brown in memory of Mirneal C. Brown Jennifer and Sam Bruton Megan Burkes Julia Chaffin Douglas B. Chambers Margaret and Ron Chapman Mitch and Marcia B. Cochran Jacob Cotton Jennifer Courts LuAnn Knight Crenshaw Alice Crotwell Dr. and Mrs. Randall Currie Maryann Kyle and Jay Dean in memory of Jack and Sara Dean Bethanie and Jerry DeFatta Andrew Dews Steve Farrell Carol and Gardner Fletcher Andrea Ford Nancy Guice in memory of Dr. John D. W. Guice Benjamin Hardy Susan and John Howell Elizabeth Hughes Beth Mayo Jamison Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Johnson Rosi and Dex Johnson Ivonne Kawas Debbie Killen Lorinda S. Krhut Linda and Mike Kuykendall Dr. Francis Laatsch and Susan Reiter Marcia M. Landen Vicki R. Leggett Mr. John Logan Melinda and Alan Lucas Marcos Machado Jackie and Milo McCarthy Bill McHugh Jackie and Ben McIlwain Ellen McKenzie Mary Virginia McKenzie Bill and Bebe McLeod in memory of Dr. John A. McLeod III Margaret and Larry McMahan Kathy J. Cornelius McMahon in honor of Kate Smith Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Messer Jr. in honor of Dr. Mike Lopinto Louise and John Meyer Barry Monday Astrid Mussiett in memory of Gladys S. Mussiett Danilo Mezzadri Dr. Mark Miller Deborah and Steve Moore John Mullins in honor of Jim Meade Heath Nobles Mr. and Mrs. Hal E. Odom Dr. Roderick and Eula Posey Bob and Betty Press Charles and Anita Price Ellen Price-Elder Jann and George Puckett in honor of DeAnna Douglas Louis N. Rackoff and Elizabeth Slaby Mr. and Mrs. William K. Ray Bill and Martha Resavy Sherrie Mitchell Richmond Mark Rigsby and Melanie Eubanks Marc Edward Rivet Barbara Ann Ross Ellen Ruffin

David Sliman Tayvi Smith Joseph Steadman in memory of Betty A. Steadman Sally and Garland Sullivan in memory of Garland H. Williams Barbara and Sidney Sytsma Jennifer Torres Jewel Brantley Tucker in memory of Samuel Tucker Lisa and Greg Vickers Jacqueline and Michael Vlaming Brittney Westbrook Aissa Wiggins Larry G. Williamson FRIEND - $50 Michael Aderibigbe Nikki Acord Kimberly Ainsworth Dr. Jenna and Mr. Daniel Barton Richard Edward Beckford Elizabeth and Chris Bedenbaugh Drs. Diana and Joshua Bernstein Cindy Bivins Day Bookout Dr. Cherie and Mr. Lance Bowe Chris and Lisa Bowen Dr. and Mrs. Bob Brahan Rashonda Brown-Hughes Joe Brumbeloe William Byars Kathy and Ben Carmichael Matthew Casey Dr. Adam Clay Jim and Deedré Coll Darcie Conrad Brooke Cruthirds Drs. Lisa and John Culpepper John Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daughdrill Melissa Jean David Becky Pruett Denham Dannika Dewhurst Diane Dobson Mary and Steve Dryden Helen Edwards Kelly Ellis Elissa Ernst Carol and Gardner Fletcher Barbara Jane Foote David Fortenberry Olivia Clare Friedman Emily and Joel Gallaspy in memory of Jane Bradley Gorman Monika Gehlawat Heather and Ken Graves in memory of Jeremy Lespi Jeff Greene Bruno D. Griffin Barbara L. Hamilton Julie Hammond Diana and George Hardin Anita Hearon Frances B. Hegwood Dr. and Mrs. Wendell Helveston Brenda Hesselgrave Marsha Hester Mrs. Sarah and Dr. Eddie Holloway Emily and Dale Holmes Wanda J. Howard in memory of Mrs. Beth Curlee Dr. Luis A. Iglesias Casey Jarman Cheryl D. Jenkins Jane W. Jones Lisa Jones Nicolle Jordan and Thomas O’Brien Dr. and Mrs. Charles Junek Kailey Kemp Simpson H. Kendall Penny and Gene Kochtitzky

Wendy Kulzer Francis E. Laatsch Karl Langenbach in memory of Betty Langenbach Karen LeBeau Kelly Ferris Lester Linde and Jeff Lynn Jessica Magee Tammy Martin Kelli McCloskey Robert Angus McTyre Kristie Murphy Christa Nelson Chuck Nestor in memory of Dr. Charles Nestor Sr. Katherine Olexa Kathy Owens Robert Pierce Amy Rogers Pelton in memory of Betty C. Rogers Morris James Pettis in memory of Linda C. Pettis Nellie and Charles Phillips Kathy and Peter Pikul Mr. and Mrs. Zeke W. Powell Jr. Ashley Price Charles Ray Julie Reid Barbara L. Ross Dr. Alexander Russakovsky Rosalie and Bill Schoell Elizabeth and Scott Schwartz Allie and Chris Seay Linda Seifert Erin Sessions Jae-Hwa Shin Valerie C. Simmons Carol and Ken Simpson Dana William Skelton Carroll and Dura Smith Ginger and Bill Smith Blaise Sonnier Rebecca G. Stark Edward N. Stephens Virginia and Kenneth Stevens William K. Stevens Lorraine A. Stuart Katie and David Sullivan Dr. Timothy J. Tesh Hayden Tharpe Gabby Theriot Janet and Pat Tidmore David Tisdale Susannah J. Ural and John Rasberry in memory of Dr. William F. Ural Betty Lynn and Joe Ed Varner in memory of Virginia H. Culpepper Krystyna Varnado Sharon and Carey Varnado Lee Anne Venable Cathy Gulli Ventura Kisha Welford Anne G. Wilkins in memory of Bert Wilkins Cory R. Williams Alehandro Wooten Christine Wooton Dr. John Wooton As of January 3, 2024 To request a correction to this list, contact Kate Smith, Partners for the Arts, at 601.266.5095 or kate.smith@usm.edu.

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Symphony Season Finale!

The Titan

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.

Bennett Auditorium Invite a friend to join you on the final destination of this fantastic musical voyage!

Be a part of Dr. Michael Miles’ final concert with the Symphony before his retirement.

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