SoNA Phoenix Ascending Program

2021-22 Season

Phoenix Ascending January 22, 2022

Phoenix Ascending Saturday, January 22, 2022 — 7:30PM Baum Walker Hall / Walton Arts Center Paul Haas, conductor Heather Schmidt, piano

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Danzón No. 2

Heather Schmidt

Piano Concerto No. 4, Phoenix Ascending

Soaring Blazing Fire From the Ashes Heather Schmidt, piano

INTERMISSION Sibelius

Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Allegretto Tempo andante ma rubato Vivacissimo – Lento e suave Finale – Allegro moderato

Concert sponsored by

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SoNA Board and Staff

The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas

Board of Directors Mike Russell, Chair Jack Cleghorn, Vice Chair Drew Hutchison, Treasurer Marti Sudduth, Secretary Hannah Breden Julianne Brown, Ph.D. Monique Carswell Lynda Coon, Ph.D. Kimberly Hadley, D.B.A., C.P.A. Malcolm Hayward, M.D. Carl Frazier-Sparks Anthony Sumlin Laura Wilkins Tod Yeslow

Paul Haas Music Director & Conductor

Board of Advisors Ed Clifford Cynthia Coughlin Mary Ann Greenwood, Ph.D. Reed Greenwood, Ed.D. Michele Harrington, Esq. Susan Hui Jill King Tom King, Ph.D. Peter B. Lane Bill Mitchell Frank Sharp Dick Trammel Staff D. Riley Nicholson, Executive Director Paul Haas, Music Director Terry Hicks, SoNA Singers Director Sarah Pearson, Assistant Conductor Jarrett Bastow, Personnel Manager Ben Harris, Director of Operations & Annual Giving David Ewing, Music Librarian Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair Luke Pearson, Accounting

Marti and Kelly Sudduth Chair

Contact PO Box 1243 / Fayetteville, AR 72702 479.521.4166 info@sonamusic.org Connect www.sonamusic.org facebook.com/sonafan twitter.com/SoNAinfo Join our email list Email us at info@sonamusic.org to receive the latest updates.

FIRST VIOLIN Winona Fifield Concertmaster Maestro’s Circle Chair Natalia Korenchuk, Acting Associate Concertmaster Tara Mueller, Acting Assistant Concertmaster Rebecca Cutler-Metzger Paulo Eskitch Meredith Hicks Raul Munguia Eun Seo Park Jennifer Sherman Allison Steiner Kiersten Weiss Jill Woodhouse

CELLO Kari Caldwell, Principal

TROMBONE Cory Mixdorf, Principal Tenor

Starr Foundation Chair

Doug Fletcher Jason Hausback, Principal Bass

BASS Jarrett Bastow, Principal Marybeth and Rick Hays Chair Christine Craddock, Associate Principal Marc Facci Kassandra Ferrero

TIMPANI Fernando Valencia, Acting Principal

SECOND VIOLIN Miho Oda Sakon, Principal Mt. Sequoyah Women of

FLUTE Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, Principal Greenwood Gearhart Chair Kristen Salinas, Associate Principal Mt. Sequoyah Women of

Music Chair*

Hollomon Wailes Chair

Eman Chalshotori, Associate Principal Diane Bucchaneri Amelia Ivory Ezgi Karakus Cheyenne Rain

Music Chair*

Evgeny Zvonnikov, Acting Associate Principal Andrew Chu Diane Halliburton Cristian Martinez Vega Mary Haley Michael MacLaughlin Martha Mattes Karol Rulli Aleksis Zarins

Carley Flowers, piccolo

VIOLA Jesse Collett, Acting Principal

BASSOON Eric Stomberg, Acting Principal Richard Bobo

OBOE Theresa Delaplain, Principal Andrew Baker

TUBA Ryan Robinson, Principal

PERCUSSION James Harris, Principal Amy Hearting Micheal Barnes HARP Alisa Coffey, Acting Principal KEYBOARD Tomoko Kashiwagi, Acting Principal Garrison Financial Chair

*Mt. Sequoyah Women of Music: Liz Allen, Carol Barnett,

CLARINET Jasper Hensley, Acting Principal Orlando Scalia

Jenny Coogan, Karolyn Farrell, Phoebe Goodwin, Jill King, Melinda Nickle, Natalie Olsen, Lynn Rogers, Jane Scroggs, Jackie Telfair, Laura Wilkins, and

Kirk Thompson and Brett

Burch Chair

Alyssa Bell, Acting Associate Principal Grace Clark Rachel Daniels Mary Kelly Hailey Treas Phillip Wachowski Anne Wenzel

Ann Marie Ziegler

HORN Bruce Schultz, Principal Jason Hofmeister David Renfro Lanette Compton Ashley Walla, Assistant Horn TRUMPET Richard Rulli, Principal

Ed and Carol Clifford Chair

Andrew Stadler Tim Wootton www.sonamusic.org

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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.

the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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

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.

In addition to his positions as Music Director of SoNA and the Thunder Bay Symphony in Ontario, Canada, 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.

Heather Schmidt Piano Heather Schmidt is internationally recognized as a composer and pianist through performances, broadcasts, commissions and awards in Canada, the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, England, Cyprus, Mexico, Brazil, and the British West Indies. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Heather is currently based in Los Angeles.

Heather began studies in piano at the age of 4, and composition at the age of 5. She pursued double majors in piano performance and composition throughout her musical education. She studied at Juilliard in New York City and at Indiana University, where, at age 21, she became the youngest student to receive a Doctor of Music degree.

Heather’s extensive catalogue of compositions includes works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and vocal/ choral genres. She has received commissions from prestigious sources such as the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation, WDR (Westdeutsches Rundfunk in Germany), the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, the New York State Council for the Arts, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the Harvard Musical Association. She has composed the imposed test pieces for several international

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competitions including the Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Ester Honens International Piano Competition and the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, and the CBC Young Performers Competition. She has held numerous composer residencies, including a long-term residency with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.

In addition to concert music, Heather composes scores for film, television, and video games. Her recent film scores include Jurassic School/Netflix, Empire of the Sharks/Syfy, Break-Up Nightmare/Lifetime, Elvis Lives!/AXS TV and the video game Homesick. She also writes and directs films. For her most recent film MAN OF FIRE starring Lance Reddick (John Wick, Bosch, Fringe, The Wire) she was screenwriter, director and composer. On the film festival circuit, it received 21 awards, including 3 awards for Best Director, 3 awards for Best Female Director, 2 awards for Best Short Film, 4 awards for Best Fantasy Film, 4 awards for Best Soundtrack/Composer.

A huge animal lover, Heather has many rescue pets – 5 dogs, many cats, 2 horses, 2 pigeons and some fish. Her two non-profit dog rescues, Hollywood Huskies in Los Angeles and Halo Husky Haven in Calgary, have saved over 1,000 dogs. Find out more at heatherschmidt.com.

Support SoNA Overture Society

A gift to the Overture Society (our annual fund) provides general operating support for concerts, education programs, outreach, collaborations and administrative expenses.

Chair Sponsorships

Chair Sponsorships — whether individual, group or corporate — provide much needed support and can create a personal relationship with a SoNA musician. Your gift will help attract and retain the best musicians, ensuring our continued artistic growth and regional stature. A gift of $2,500 will support a SoNA principal musician chair.

Leave a Legacy

Your planned charitable bequest to SoNA can make a significant impact by helping to ensure that our mission will thrive far into the future. Gifts of all sizes make it possible for us to build financial strength and maintain our tradition of excellence and community outreach for generations to come.

For assistance with bequests, including gifts of stock, please contact Jett Moore with Greenwood Gearhart, Inc. at jtmoore@greenwoodgearhart.com or 479.521.5353.

The Maestro’s Circle

SoNA wishes to thank the donors who have contributed to our Endowment Fund through the Maestro’s Circle. If you would like to learn more about multi-year gifts that help ensure SoNA’s future, please contact D. Riley Nicholson, Executive Director, at riley@sonamusic.org or 479.521.4166.

Anonymous Bob & Becky Alexander The James Burton Blair Family Foundation Bob Bogle Benjamin, George & Mary Carver, Joel & Lynn Cole, Nick & Carolyn Coughlin, Cynthia Edwards, Sandra K. Esch, Pete & Shirley Garrison, Tom Garner, Hershey & Denise Greenwood, Reed & Mary Ann Hall, Susan & Orville

Hays, Mary Beth & Rick Hayward, Malcolm and Ellen Hui, Tony & Susan Kapella, Karen & Tom King, Tom & Jill Lee, Hannah & Greg McKenzie, Jim & Ann Melton, Ellis & Kay Parks, David & Pamela Parks, Peggy Reese, Mary Lynn Russell, Mary & Mike Scott, Frances Lee Sharp, Frank

Shaw, Bob & Diane Simmons, Diane & Mark Smith, Dewitt & Cindy Starr, Billie Starr Sudduth, Marti & Kelly Telfair, Jackie & Yeslow, Tod Thompson, Kirk The Walton Family Foundation

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Corporate, Foundation & Government Partners

Friends of SoNA 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 as of December 6, 2021. 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.

Concerto $10,000+ Anonymous Bob & Becky Alexander Bob Bogle Nick & Carolyn Cole Cynthia Coughlin Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood Marybeth & Rick Hays Malcolm & Ellen Hayward Jim & Ann McKenzie Mary Lynn Reese Frank Sharp Mark & Diane Simmons Dewitt H. Smith III & Cynthia B. Smith Billie Starr Marti & Kelly Sudduth Kirk Thompson & Brett Burch Bravissimo $5,000 - $9,999 George & Mary Benjamin The James Burton Blair Family Foundation Joel & Lynn Carver Sandra K. Edwards Pete & Shirley Esch Orville & Susan Hall Bruce & Joan Johnson Hannah & Greg Lee Tom & Jill King Ellis & Kay Melton David & Pam Parks Mike & Mary Russell Bob & Diane Shaw Jackie Telfair & Tod Yeslow Eric Wailes & Michael Hollomon The Walton Family Foundation

Baum Charitable Foundation Trust Support for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Season Partners

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Bravo $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous Thad & Melanie Beck Ed & Carol Clifford Bob & Barbara Costrell Hershey & Denise Garner Michael Hill James R. Jinks Doug & Barbara Prichard Todd Simmons Bruce & Laura Wilkins Encore $1,000 - $2,499 Janet Baker Carol Barnett Ted & Leslie Belden Julianne Brown Patric & Terrye Brosh Anne Butt Monique Carswell Jack & Grace Cleghorn Virginia Ann Coogan

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Lynn Rogers & Jerry Jones Ann & Charles Rye Joe & Sue Schultz William & Judy Schwab Eloise Jane Scroggs Ken & Celia Shireman Mark Smidt Dr. & Mrs. Arnold Smith Janice Stanesic Paul & Linda Swaim Tucker Taylor Zack & Kellie Taylor Dick & Nancy Trammel LeAnn & Bill Underwood Brad Vester Margaret M. Whillock Pattie & David Williams Presto $250 - $499 Anonymous Kathryn Birkhead Hannah Breden Susan Bristow June M. Carter Jonathan Deweese Tommy & Kathy Deweese Peter & Tara Elzer James & Betty Ezell Rebecca & Tommy Free Dr. Robert & Brenda Gullett Paul & Suzette Haas Al & Dorothy Hanby Walt & Millie Heyne James & Mary Hurley Barbara Jackson Karen & Ken Kolls Sandra Luetjen Alice Martinson Mack & Jana Mayfield Bill & Kim McComas Dennis McKinnie David McNabb Jeanette & Jim Millar Kristene Miller Brandy & Dwight Mitchell Lee & Lynn Moore Stanley & Peggy Mott Vivian & Charles Nicholson Tim & Debbie Ogg Loria & Kent Oliver Chip & Carey Pollard Danielle Pribbernow Hoyt & Mary Purvis Martin & Cookie Redfern Rick & Janet Roessler David Russell Dr. & Mrs. James Scherer Steve & Cynthia Schneider Phillip & Mary Alice Serafini Steve Skoch & Robin Skochova Curt Stamp Rebecca Summerlin Loyd & Carol Swope Marv & Donna Wiseman Allegro $100 - $249 C.L. Abercrombie Karen Anderson Thomas & Diane Beckett L.E. & Patricia Beland John Van & Rosemary Brahana John Brewer John E. Brown, III Robert & Vicky Bruce Holly Childs Margaret Clark Tyler Clark

Thomas & Roxanna Cole Drew & Nancy Collom Rosemary Conrad Paul Corlett Patricia A. Cornish David & Marsha Crittenden John & Patricia Czuba Nancy Dodson Ted & Dianne Dreher Mary Droho Alan Ellstrand & Karen Byers Lewis Epley Jr. & Donna Epley Debbie Evans Cindy Farrell Norma & John Farthing Boyd Fisher Michael and Catherine Fothergill Scott & Florence Galbraith Ian Hanson Gemzel Hernandez Gary Charles Hertweck Vickie Hilliard Linda Jones Bob Johnston Ann Kabanuck Jennifer Kaley Jacqueline King Peter & Judy Kohler Priscilla Kumpe Burnis Leavens Garry & Marilyn Lee Lorraine Lorne Don & JoAnn Lyall Nancy Mays John & Ann Marie McAuley James & Patricia McClelland Lana McDonald William McGowan & Kelly Carithers Bill & Deeg Mitchell Pat Morrison Steve & Linda Nelson Tom O’Neal Steve & Rosemary Petruconis Joe Randel Frances Rankin Gary Reich & Keith Floyd James R. Roe Kitty & Bill Rubenstein Barbara Rutledge Faith Sawyer-Tindle James Sawyer & Mary Charlton Doris Schuldt Michael & Lara Shepherd Harold Shute Jerri & John Skaggs Jacquelyn Smith Jason Smith Tara Smith Norma Staley Joe & Jennifer Thompson Mark Tocco & Colleen McCarthy Craig & Laura Underwood Mark Weaver Gary & Shea Weidner Sandra Womack Nick & Sallie Zazal

Rachel and Adam Golden Jonathan Heintz Walt & Sudie Henderson Will Huff Bill & Missy Darwin Kincaid Hugh & Brenda Kincaid John E. & Sally Kelley King Aaron Kohn Leslie C. Krusen, JR. Julie Long Molly Longstreth John & Harriet Mack Tim Mccausland Donald Mesecher Sheila & Larry Morgan J.P. Peters Kathy Pettigrew Wilbur Rankin Stuart Reaves George & Deborah Sabo Andrew Schick Ms. Ethel Simpson David Sloan Terra Stephenson Ms. Sunny Turner Kurt & Gene Tweraser Michelle Utterson Claire Williams Tom Zhang In Memory of Eugene “Kayo” Harris Buddy & Mary Whiteaker In Memory of Jacquelyn Kay Linebarger Bill & Teresa Bodie Bob & Kathy Daniel Christopher Keys Phillip Keys Kimberly Peters

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By Request Carol Haut Craig Underwood Diane Stinebaugh Dog Party USA Don Dewese DOXA / VANTAGE East Side Grill Eventures Garrison Financial Corporation Gloss Nail Lounge The Kester Group Jana Mayfield Jill King In Motion Apparel John Elrod Lanuti’s Glass LaVida Massage & Med Spa Lee Anne Dodson Liquor World Lululemon Malcolm and Ellen Hayward Marti and Kelly Sudduth Mary Benjamin Mary and O.H. Storey Premier Dermatology Romance Diamond Co. Ropa Boutique SBS Properties Siloam Springs Flowers & Gifts So Inviting State Beauty Supply The Gift House Theo’s Restaurant Uptown Eyes Vetro 1925 Ristorante Walker Brothers Zuzu’s Petals & Gifts

In Memory of Sara Sharp Virginia Ann Coogan Elizabeth Davis Don Deweese David Fedele & Matthew Herren Bill & Joyce Feldman Phyllis Gasser Josh & Margo Hale Carolyn Johnson Tom & Jill King Robert Ritschel John Savage & Julie Crawford Joyce Stafford & Jack Cole Gene Tweraser Terry Vaughn & Tim Gilster Marianne Woods Don & Sheroll Walker Matching Gifts

Debut $20 - $99 Anonymous Elizabeth Bainbridge Lisa Bowman Stanley & Kimberly Bradley Michael Bunten Bob & Kathy Daniel James E. Durham Rosemary Elizabeth French Joel Freund & Carla Crawley Susan Garriss www.sonamusic.org

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