SoNA 2023-24 Ode to Joy Program

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Ninth

Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Ninth

Saturday, April 6, 2024 – 7:30PM

Walton Arts Center

Paul Haas, Conductor

Astor Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio

from María de Buenos Aires

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor

I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

II. Molto vivace

III. Adagio molto e cantabile

IV. Finale

Amanda Lenora Green-Turner, Soprano

Katherine DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano

Joel Burcham, Tenor

Timothy Jones, Baritone

Please note, this program will be presented without intermission.

This concert is sponsored by Highlands Oncology. Flowers are given in honor of Mary Ann Greenwood by her family.

SoNA Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Marti Sudduth, Chair

Mike Russell, Vice Chair

Kim Hadley, Treasurer

Laura Wilkins, Secretary

Hannah Breden

Monique Carswell

Al Dominguez

Josh Havens

Malcolm Hayward, M.D.

Holly Johnson

Tom King Ph. D.

Tod Yeslow

Board of Advisors

Ed Clifford

Cynthia Coughlin

Reed Greenwood

Susan Hui

Jill King

Peter B. Lane

Bill Mitchell

Frank Sharp

Dick Trammel

Staff

Paul Haas, Music Director

Ben Harris, Executive Director

Natalie Fernandez, Education Director/Personnel Manager

Marti & Kelly Sudduth Chair

Devanee Williams, Development Manager

Ben Glodowski, Operations & Production Manager

Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director

Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor

Luke Pearson, Accounting

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus Manager

Richard Bobo, Music Librarian

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The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas

Paul Haas

Music Director

Bob & Becky Alexander Chair

FIRST VIOLIN

Winona Fifield, Concertmaster

Maestro’s Circle Chair

Johann Acuña, Acting Associate Concertmaster

Sara Sasaki Lam, Acting Assistant Concertmaster

Will Bush

Andrew Chu

Eugenio Alfaro

Galo Arboleda

Faith Flurry

Sidney Hudelson

Hubert Pralitz

Austin Rice

Alla Wijnands

SECOND VIOLIN

Miho Oda Sakon, Principal

Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*

Bethany Wildes, Associate Principal

Diane Halliburton

Mary Haley

Martha Mattes

Karol Rulli

Rebecca Cutler-Metzger

Merritt Denton

Lester Lewis Endowed Chair

Greta Lane

Mariah Murphy

VIOLA

Jesse Collett, Principal

Bob & Becky Alexander Chair

Grace Clark, Acting Associate Principal

Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music Chair*

Anne Wenzel

Ricardo Cavalcante

Carla Geter

Mary Kelly

Logan Mabry

Matt Pavon

CELLO

Ezgi Karakus, Acting Principal

Thad & Melanie Beck Chair

Michael Puryear, Acting Associate Principal

Diane Bucchianeri

Diane & Edward Knight Chair

Lauren Green

Cheyenne McCoy Pecos Singer

BASS

Riley Robison, Acting Principal

Benji Wilson, Acting Associate Principal

Carter Buckner

Peter Lane & Barbara Putman Chair

Jerry Lane

FLUTE

Virginia Broffitt-Kunzer, Principal

Kristen Salinas, Associate Principal

Carley Flowers, piccolo

OBOE

Kristin Weber, Principal

Robert T. Murphy III & Beau G. Reynolds Chair

Suji Chang

CLARINET

Jasper Hensley, Acting Principal

Laura & Bruce Wilkins Chair

Mason Sangster

BASSOON

Dennis Pearson, Principal

Malcolm & Ellen Hayward Chair

Kay Brusca

Richard Bobo, contrabassoon

HORN

Evan Mino, Acting Principal

Kim & Kelly Hadley Chair

Michael Gale

Calvin & Shawna Jarrett Chair

Ben Korzelius

Jason Hofmeister

Marie Smith, Assistant

TRUMPET

Richard Rulli, Principal

Ed & Carol Clifford Chair

Tim Wootton

TROMBONE

Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor

Michael Hollomon & Eric Wailes Chair

Doug Fletcher

Zachariah Davis, Acting Principal Bass

TIMPANI

Steve Craft, Principal

PERCUSSION

Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal

Julianne Brown-Meola Chair

Amy Hearting

Connor Stevens

*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Linda Kelly, Jill King, Lynn Rogers, Jane Scroggs, Jackie Telfair, Laura Wilkins, and Ann Marie Ziegler

Paul Haas

Music Director & Conductor

SoNA Music Director Paul Haas enjoys a distinctive career as conductor, composer and installation artist. His guest conducting engagements have included performances with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, San Antonio Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony, among others, as well as festival appearances.

Over the last decade, he has written commissions for a wide variety of iconic venues, including the Park Avenue Armory and Rubin

Museum of Art in New York, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the Anchorage Museum of Art in Alaska and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

In addition to his position as Music Director of SoNA, Haas is the founder and Artistic Director of Sympho, a trailblazing concert production company that creates powerful and emotional musical experiences, collaborating with leading artists and using unexpected performance methods and unorthodox venues.

Haas is a graduate of Yale University and The Juilliard School. He resides in Germantown, New York, with his wife and three children. Find out more at paulhaas.com.

SoNA Singers

Terry Hicks, Director

Soprano

Clara Augustin

Emily Auten-Cross

Arlene Biebesheimer

Gabriela Blotor

Samanthe Burrow

Holly Carmichael

Gretchen Davidson

Claire Eugenio

Rebecca Grear

Cheri Headrick

Michelle Higuera

Vickie Hilliard

Erin Johnson

Shiloh Jones*

Erin Jorgenson

Amy Locke

Dawnelle McAlister

Rosezita Morrison

Wendy Neill

Erin Schlabach

Lisa Auten, Collaborative Pianist *section leader

Emily Sink

Jordan Tyler

Laura Welkey

Kaitlyn Wyre

Brinley Young

Alto

Ashley Adair

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Chorus Manager

Marcie Bayles

Kandace Bowen

Christina Hacala

Megan Hefner

Peggy Hicks

Katie Hicks

Cassie Holder

Robyn Holt

Katie Jackson

Savannah Krause

Sarah Matteri*

Barbara Miller

Anne Millett

Diane Morrison

Sarah Nickerson

Erin Novak

Becky Seidl

Mary Louise Smith

Cassidy Sykes

Holly White

Tenor

Henry Aggus

Chris Brown*

Jason Burrow

Nick Cross

Tony Dutton

Blaine Hill

Edwin Mayes

Becky Riggs

Benjamin Sasine

Micah Smukler

Blake Vetetoe

Shannon Wicker

Bass

Maxwell Bernards

Jerry Biebesheimer

Gabriel Blotor

Dennis Brewer

Mark Dingler

Daniel Fry

Ken Griggs*

Jordan Grizzard

David Hernandez

Willie Jasinski

Connor Klaassen

Jim Loyd

Scotty Scott

Michael Upton

Jeramy Upton

Brandyn Young

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Contributions to SoNA’s annual fund and special events enable us to continue to bring great music and innovative music education to life in Northwest Arkansas. Gifts listed below have been received or pledged between July 1, 2022 through March 1, 2024. We make every effort to maintain accurate records. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, please let us know so that we may correct our error. Gifts listed below do not include corporate matches.

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Frank Sharp

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Deborah Sabo

Anita Scism

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Lori Bremer

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In Honor of Dr. Malcolm & Ellen Hayward

Tod Yeslow & Jackie Telfair

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Mary & George Benjamin

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Sudduth

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