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15 HOLIDAY POPS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19

21 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MESSIAH BY CANDLELIGHT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

5 Welcome Letter, Andrew Constantine 18 Holly Jolly Sing-a-Long 19 Fort Wayne Children's Choir Roster 36 The Phil Friends 37 Andrew Constantine, Music Director 39 Chia-Hsuan Lin, Assistant Conductor 40 Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Director

41 Board of Directors 41 Administrative Staff 42 Orchestra Roster 44 The Phil Chorus Roster 46 Series Sponsors 48 Donors 53 Sponsors

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11 Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano 12 Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom 16 Christopher J. Murphy 16 Kishna Davis 17 Nathaniel Irvin 17 Heather Closson 17 Billy Dawson

19 Jonathan Busarow, FWCC Director 24 Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano 25 Angela Young-Smucker, mezzo soprano 26 Hoss Brock, tenor 26 David Goverten, bass 32 Yoojin Jang, violin

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WELCOME FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Hello and welcome to the holiday season with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Let me be the first to wish you and your families a joyful festive season with hopes for a peaceful and prosperous new year to come.

As you’ve come to expect from The Phil, we are here to cater for all your musical expectations and our re-invigorated Holiday Pops Home for the Holidays concerts will both delight you and set you in just the right mood to celebrate with gusto! Renowned Broadway star Kishna Davis joins the orchestra, chorus and many other guest performers, to bring you a thrilling show crafted for all the family that blends the sacred, traditional and contemporary. Performances take place on the 11th, 12th and 19th of December at 7:30 p.m. at the Embassy Theater with extra 2:00 p.m. matinee performances on both the 12th and 19th.

In the midst of all this jollity we will also be there to transport you musically with Handel’s towering sacred, celebratory masterpiece Messiah – by Candlelight, at the First Wayne Street United Methodist Church on Friday, December 18th at 7:30 p.m. I will have the privilege of directing four fabulous soloists – including last year’s stunning soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg – and you can have the pleasure of hearing some of the finest music ever written!

Let’s not forget our classics though as the Masterworks concerts continue on both November 21st and January 9th with some fabulous music and truly outstanding soloists. Janice Chandler-Eteme returns to Fort Wayne where I know she’ll give a stunning account of Samuel Barber’s gorgeous and bucolic Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and we frame that with Kodaly’s fantastical masterpiece, Háry János and Dvorak’s much celebrated, and rightly so!, Symphony No. 9 – From the New World. Then on Saturday, January 9th again at 7:30 p.m. in the Embassy Theater, be prepared to be dazzled by the wonderful Yoojin Jang in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto – so dazzled in fact that I chose to end the concert with it! Prior to this I’m thrilled to be presenting what many people think of as the most beautiful piece of music ever written, the Love Scene from Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet alongside a modern masterpiece by that great American composer John Adams, his Dr. Atomic Symphony.

As always, never a dull moment at the Fort Wayne Philharmonic as we continue to bring you music of the highest order to both feed your mind and nourish your soul.

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KODÁLY Suite from Háry János Prelude; The Fairy Tale Begins The Viennese Musical Clock Song The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon Intermezzo Entrance of the Emperor and his Court Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom

BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano

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DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, E minor ("From the New World") Adagio - Allegro molto Largo Molto vivace Allegro con fuoco

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Suite from Háry JánosZOLTÁN KODÁLY (b. 1882, Kecskemet, Hungary; d. 1967, Budapest, Hungary)

“If I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodály.” Thus wrote Béla Bartók, who together with Kodály had spent the early years of the 20th century in the Hungarian countryside gathering traditional folk songs. These ancient melodies, captured on primitive recording cylinders, influenced both men’s creative voices, but Kodály’s most of all. Even his celebrated program of music education, known as the Kodály Method, taught sight singing through the medium of folk melodies.

Never did Kodály celebrate the Hungarian spirit more entertainingly than in his 1926 opera Háry János and the popular orchestral suite he extracted from it in 1927. Háry János was a real-life veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, but he became a folk legend not for his actual deeds but for the fabulous tales he told. Kodály wrote: “Day after day he sits in the tavern and recounts his incredible heroic feats. ... His tales are not true, but that is not the point. They are the fruits of his lively fantasy, which creates for himself and for others a beautiful world of dreams.” In Kodály’s story, Napoleon’s wife, Empress Marie Louise, falls in love with Háry and spirits him away to the Viennese Court. The enraged Napoleon declares war on Austria, but Háry defeats his army single-handedly at the gates of Vienna. Háry then rejects Marie Louise’s advances to return to his village and his Hungarian sweetheart.

The Suite opens with the opera’s Prelude. By Hungarian tradition, a sneeze indicates that the listener doubts the speaker’s veracity, and the orchestra opens with a mighty one, followed by music that conjures Háry’s dream world. Whirring, chiming wind and percussion instruments describe the marvelous “Viennese Musical Clock” Háry sees at court. In movement three, the solo viola sings a traditional Hungarian folk melody for an atmospheric love scene in which the hero and his fiancée Orsze yearn for their native village; the bell-like clatter of the cimbalom, a Hungarian hammered dulcimer, adds authentic color. The farcical “Battle and Defeat of Napoleon” pits a jaunty Háry, hurling rude raspberries, against an absurdly pompous French army; a solo saxophone pronounces the French defeat. Movement five is a spirited dance in the style of the Hungarian verbunkos or recruiting dance, again featuring the cimbalom. The Suite

closes with the mock-pompous “Entrance of the [Viennese] Emperor and His Court.”

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Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24SAMUEL BARBER(b. 1910, West Chester, Pennsylvania; d. 1981, New York City)

The nephew of contralto Louise Homer, one of the operatic superstars of the early 20th century, Samuel Barber possessed such a fine baritone voice that he too considered a professional singing career. His sensitivity to the beauty of the human voice produced two major operas Vanessa and Antony and Cleopatra, a quantity of gorgeous songs, the choral Prayers of Kierkegaard, and Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for lyric soprano and orchestra.

Barber was also a passionate reader and was always looking for possible texts to set to music. In 1947, he came across “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” an evocative ode to childhood by the American writer James Agee in an anthology of articles from The Partisan Review. Agee and Barber were both the same age, born in 1910, and although the writer had grown up in Tennessee and the composer in Pennsylvania, their memories tallied uncannily.

“We both had back yards where our families used to lie in the long summer evenings,” Barber wrote, “we each had an aunt who was a musician. I remember well my parents sitting on the porch, talking quietly as they rocked. And there was a trolley car with straw seats and a clanging bell called ‘The Dinky,’ that traveled up and down the main street. … Agee’s poem was vivid and moved me deeply. … I think I must have composed Knoxville within a few days.”

Agee’s and Barber’s Knoxville seemed to strike a common chord in many other people who had grown up in that earlier, more tranquil America. Soprano Eleanor Steber of Wheeling, West Virginia, who sang its first performance on April 9, 1948 with the Boston Symphony declared: “That was exactly my childhood!” And Leontyne Price, who grew up in Mississippi and later also became a noted interpreter of this piece, said: “As a southerner, it expresses everything I know about my roots and about my mama and father. … You can smell the South in it.”

Agee’s text is actually in prose, but the language is poetic in its imagery and in its evocation of more than literal facts. Because this text was the focus of the work, Barber skillfully

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ("From the New World")ANTONíN DVOŘÁK(b. 1841, Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic); d. 1904, Prague)

At its premiere in the newly opened Carnegie Hall on December 16, 1893, Dvořák’s last symphony, “From the New World,” was perhaps the greatest triumph of the composer’s career, and it has continued to rank among the most popular of all symphonies. Yet from its first reviews, commentators have asked the question: “Is this symphony really American?” In other words, how much is it “from the new world” and how much “from the old world”?

In 1892, Mrs. Jeannette Thurber, a devoted music patron and wife of an American multimillionaire businessman, had lured Dvorák to New York City to become director of her new National Conservatory of Music. She chose well, for not only was Dvořák one of Europe’s most celebrated composers, but more importantly he brought fine teaching skills and an openness to the potential of American music. “I did not come to America to interpret Beethoven or Wagner for the public, “ he stated. “I came to discover what young Americans had in them and to help them express it.”

molded his vocal part to the natural rhythms of American-English speech. The orchestral part is also lightly scored so it never obscures the words. Yet it enhances and amplifies the vocal part: establishing an atmosphere of small-town peace, providing vivid descriptions (especially of the trolley car), and revealing the emotional depths beneath the often-naive words.

The work is structured in five sections. After a brief prelude, the singer’s first section is sung to a lilting, childlike melody that returns like a refrain in the middle and at the end. In the first episode, the orchestra bursts in to portray a passing trolley breaking the nocturnal quiet, with woodwinds and violins imitating its clanging bell. After the refrain’s return, a second episode introduces us to the other members of the child-narrator’s family. Beginning with the words “By some chance, here they are all on this earth,” the music suddenly becomes more passionate. When he was writing Knoxville, Barber knew both his father and his aunt were gravely ill; they died within a few months of the score’s completion. It is his adult sense of mortality threatening these beloved figures that fuels this passage and the heartfelt benediction that follows: “May God bless my people.” And one final sting of emotion disturbs the concluding return of the refrain melody, as the child voices her adult perception that her loving family can never fully understand her (“But will not ever tell me who I am”).

A man who drew on his Czech peasant roots both for personal values and artistic inspiration, Dvořák found much to treasure in American folk traditions. While white Americans were inclined to undervalue the spirituals of black Americans, Dvořák was enraptured by them. One of his students was Harry T. Burleigh, an African American with a fine baritone voice who was to become an important arranger of spirituals and writer of American art songs. As Burleigh remembered, Dvořák “literally saturated himself with Negro song ... I sang our Negro songs for him very often, and before he wrote his own themes, he filled himself with the spirit of the old Spirituals.” Although pointing out the resemblance between the second theme in the first movement of the “New World” and the opening of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” Burleigh stressed, as did Dvořák himself, that the Czech did not actually quote from American tunes but used them to inspire his own original themes. Later the process came full circle when another Dvořák pupil William Arms Fisher created a popular quasi-spiritual, “Goin’ Home,” from Dvořák’s magnificent English horn melody in the “New World’s” slow movement.

With his sensitive antennae, Dvořák absorbed the vitality and brashness of America in the 1890s (“The enthusiasm of most Americans for all things new is apparently without limit. It is the essence of what is called ‘push’—American push,” he observed) as well as the soulfulness of spirituals, and all this influenced his new symphony of “impressions and greetings from the New World.” “I should never have written the symphony as I have if I hadn’t seen America,” he declared. The drive of the first and last movements as well as the syncopated rhythms and melodic shapes of many of the themes did indeed give this symphony a unique voice. But, as Burleigh wrote, “the workmanship and treatment of the themes … is Bohemian.” Dvořák is here, as always, the proud Czech patriot. The fruitful mixture of American inspiration and Czech sensibility is best summed up by the fact that both Americans and Czechs consider this symphony their own.

The first movement’s slow introduction hints at the principal theme, which, as the tempo quickens to Allegro molto, is introduced by the horns. Motto-like, this theme will recur in all four movements. Dvořák seems to capture the spirit of “American push” in this driving, optimistic music. Listen for the hints of “Swing Low” in the second theme, a merry tune for flutes and oboes. A prodigal melodist, Dvořák also offers a third theme in the solo flute, bright and full of “can-do” spirit.

The Largo slow movement is one of the most beautiful Dvořák ever wrote. Here is the great “Goin’ Home” melody for English horn, an instrument chosen by the composer because it reminded him of Burleigh’s baritone voice.

American soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme’s astonishing range of concert literature includes Strauss’  Four Last Songs  (Reading, Baltimore, Syracuse, Harrisburg  and Utah Symphonies; Florida Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic; Grand Teton and Texas Music Festivals);    the Verdi  Requiem  (Binghamton Philharmonic, Chautauqua Music Festival); Philip Glass’ Passion of Ramakrishna  (Pacific Symphony); Mahler’s  Second Symphony  (San Diego, Baltimore, Nashville, Cincinnati, Colorado and Pacific Symphonies; Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra); Haydn’s  Die Schöpfung  (Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Symphonies); Mendelssohn’s  Lobgesang  Symphony (San Diego Symphony);    Lokumbe’s  Dear Mrs. Parks  (Detroit Symphony) and  Can You Hear God Crying?  (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia); the Brahms  Requiem  (San Diego, Baltimore, Colorado Symphonies); Mahler’s Eighth Symphony (Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, American and Montreal Symphonies); Beethoven No. 9 (Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey and Houston Symphonies); Barber’s  Knoxville:  Summer of 1915  (Festival Miami, Baltimore Symphony); Tippett’s A Child of Our Time (Dallas and Santa Rosa Symphonies) and Britten’s  War Requiem  (Lincoln and Santa Rosa Symphonies and Evansville Philharmonic).    She remains among the most in-demand sopranos for Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, in staged performances of the complete work at the Opera de Lyon and Dallas Opera, the Bennett concert version under Jeffrey Tyzik with the Milwaukee, Seattle, Dallas, Detroit and Vancouver Symphonies, Florida Orchestra and at the Vail Music Festival, and in Andrew Litton’s version with the composer conducting the Colorado Symphony and at the Bergen International Festival in Norway.  Other forays into operatic literature have included a first-

ever Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the National Philharmonic.

Ms. Chandler-Eteme first came to international prominence as a favorite of    Robert Shaw and has in the years since collaborated with many renowned and respected conductors, among them    Marin Alsop, James Conlon, Andreas Delfs, Christoph von Dohnányi, Charles Dutoit, Claus Peter Flor, Hans Graf, Jeffrey Kahane, Carlos Kalmar, Raymond Leppard, Jahja Ling, Andrew Litton, Keith Lockhart, David Lockington, Stuart Malina, Peter Oundjian, Christof Perick, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Sanderling, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Temirkanov, Edo de Waart and Hugh Wolff.  She has been guest soloist with the Los Angeles and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras; Boston, NHK (Japan),    Phoenix and Kansas City Symphonies; Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Rochester Philharmonics; and Philadelphia Orchestra.  Festival invitations include Bard, Grant Park, Aspen, Prague Autumn and Blossom.  Ms. Chandler-Eteme's recordings include an inspirational solo disc (Devotions), and the Dvořák Te Deum with Zdeněk Mácal and the New Jersey Symphony.  She holds degrees from Oakwood College and Indiana University and has studied with Virginia Zeani, Margaret Harshaw, Ginger Beazley and Todd Duncan.

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The composer loved Longfellow’s poem “Song of Hiawatha” and claimed that this music was inspired by the death of Hiawatha’s bride, but many, including Dvořák’s sons, heard more of his homesickness for his native land here. A poignant middle section in the minor presents two hauntingly wistful melodies for woodwinds above shuddering strings.

Dvořák also cited “a feast in the woods where the Indians dance” from “Hiawatha” as influencing the third-movement scherzo. But it is far easier to detect European influences in this spirited dance movement, which summons memories of the composer’s greatest idols, Beethoven and Schubert: Beethoven for the opening recalling the Ninth Symphony’s scherzo and Schubert for the ebullient trio section, sparkling with triangle.

The finale boasts a proudly ringing theme for the brass that propels its loose sonata form. But its development section brings back the first movement “motto” theme as well as the Largo’s “Goin’ Home” and a snatch of the scherzo. At the end, the home key of E minor brightens to E major. Dvořák’s final magical touch in a loud, exuberant close is a surprise last chord that fades to silence.

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At the age of 19, Laurence Kaptain began a 2-year stint as a section percussionist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic (1972-74). His first engagement with the orchestra was as an emergency substitute on the day of a crucial concert on the Butler Romantic Music Festival in Clowes Hall in Indianapolis. It was March of 1972 with conductor Thomas Briccetti and soloist Aaron Rosand. In 1981, Briccetti invited Kaptain to perform the cimbalom part to the Haŕy Jańos Suite with the Omaha Symphony.

Born to a father of Hungarian ancestry, Laurence Kaptain was exposed to the cimbalom at an early age by attending ethnic social functions in his hometown of Elgin, Illinois. He was awarded a grant to study cimbalom in Budapest, Hungary and has appeared with major North American, Mexican and European symphonic ensembles for over 30 years.

As a percussionist and symphonic cimbalom artist, Laurence Kaptain appears regularly with major ensembles, award-winning composers and renowned performing artists, including the New York Philharmonic, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. His performances may also be heard on recordings with the Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony.

Kaptain has been interviewed and featured on programs such as NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and, most recently, a retrospective broadcast of historic recordings

made by Georg Solti on the Chicago Symphony’s BP Network broadcasts. He has also performed with renowned artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elliot Carter, Gil Shaham, Suzanne Farrell, Kurt Masur, Elvis Costello, Henry Mancini, Donna McKechnie, Carol Channing and Robert Altman.

In his current position as dean of the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver, Kaptain is an energetic, well-respected academic leader with an exemplary record of effectiveness directing internationally renowned higher education programs and performing arts units in the provision of superlative learning, creative and performance opportunities. He was previously Dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts at LSU and prior to that Dean of Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. He received the first doctorate in percussion instruments at the University of Michigan, where he was a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico and received the prestigious Rackham Graduate School Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. His undergraduate degree was from Ball State University (’74) where he studied with Ft. Wayne native Dr. Erwin C. Mueller.

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Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductorChristopher J. Murphy, director Kishna Davis, guest vocalistThe Phil Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, directorFort Wayne Children’s Chorus, Jonathan Busarow, director

Heather Closson, choreographer, dancerNathaniel Irvin, dancer, vocalsBilly Dawson, dancer, vocalsDesiree Lantz, dancerOlivia Ross, dancerRachel Klein, dancer

WASSON Festival Fanfare for Christmas TRADITIONAL (Dragon) Hark! The Herald Angels SingTRADITIONAL (Mager) Ding Dong! Merrily on HighTRADITIONAL (Wilberg) The First NowellSCHUBERT Ave Maria TRADITIONAL (Rutter) I Saw Three ShipsTCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers Trepak TRADITIONAL (Dragon) Twelve Days of ChristmasADAM (Clydesdale) O Holy NightHANDEL "Hallelujah Chorus" from The Messiah

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POLA & WYLE (Kessler) It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the YearANDERSON Sleigh RideTAYLOR, BROOKS, STANLEY The Man With the Bag WILLIAMS & BRICUSSE "Some Where in My Memory" from Home AloneLOWRY & GREENE (Fleischer) Mary, Did You Know? WELLS, TORMÉ, MARTIN, BLANE (Pippin) Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasBERNARD & SMITH (Dragon) Winter WonderlandAMUNDSON Reindeer RockCOOTS & GILLESPIE Santa TapTRADITIONAL (Stephenson) A Holly and Jolly Sing-a-LongTIOMKIN "Christmas Eve Finale" from It’s a Wonderful Life

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Heather Closson is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator from Northeast Indiana. She has her B.S. in Dance Performance from Ball State University. During her time at Ball State, Heather received the prestigious Kay Knight Choreography Award for her exceptional choreography. Upon graduation, she worked for and studied at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the American Dance Festival. Through these opportunities, Heather has worked with notable companies, including Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dorrance Dance, Martha Graham Dance Company, Brian Brooks Moving Company, Wendy Whelan / Restless Creature, 3e etage, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Ballet BC. Heather is a third-year company member of dAnce.Kontemporary, under the direction of Alison Gerardot and Kara Wilson. Most recently, her choreography appeared in “Urban Legends”

and “Lovestruck” (FW Dance Collective), “what moves you” (Fort Wayne Fringe) and “Spooktacular” (FW Phil). Specializing in musical theatre choreography, Heather has choreographed for over thirty productions throughout the state of Indiana. She serves as the Fort Wayne Youtheatre Outreach & Technical Director, teaching creative drama, stagecraft, musical theatre dance, and leading their award-winning StoryBook Theatre Troupe.

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Christopher J. Murphy (Producer/Director) is an award-winning actor, director and teacher whose works have been seen on stages as far away as the Virginia State Symphony and as near to home as Arena Dinner Theatre, First Presbyterian Theatre, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and the Fort Wayne Youtheatre. Most recently, he directed FPT’s Escanaba in da Moonlight by Jeff Daniels and Arena’s Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike by Christopher Durang. A random sampling of his credits include directing the summit city premieres of The Fox on the Fairway, The 39 Steps and  Boeing Boeing as well as playing such roles as Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Maj. Warnie Lewis in Shadowlands and more than one spin in the wheelchair as the title character in The Man Who Came to Dinner. He has collaborated with Grammy and Tony-winning composer Rupert Holmes on a revised version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and with

Emmy Award-winner Mark Kistler on his annual performing arts camp in Houston, Texas. Murphy has served as a Master Teacher with F.A.M.E. (Foundation for Art and Music Education) for the past eleven years. He is pleased to return to the Phil for his fifth season as a producer, director, writer and performer. “Merry Christmas to all…and to all a great night!”

Symphonies and the soprano soloist in Too Hot to Handel with Marin Alsop and the Colorado Symphony. She has performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Baltimore Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and in October, 2015 with the Virginia Symphony. She has sung holiday concerts with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, Baltimore Symphony, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony, and the Annapolis Symphony. Ms. Davis was invited to appear at the Altenburg Opera Festival in Germany, where she sang the role of Medoro in Handel’s Orlando, and appeared in concert scenes from La Forza del Destino and Rusakla.

Ms. Davis is a graduate of Morgan State University and the Juilliard Opera Center, where she received her Master’s Degree in Music. She is currently on the faculty at Kent State University.

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Soprano Kishna Davis has won wide critical and audience acclaim throughout the United States and Europe for her deeply intimate artistry, commanding vocal ability, and versatile stage presence.

Ms. Davis made her New York City Opera debut singing the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess, conducted by John de Main, a role she repeated many times including performances with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Indianapolis Opera, and Virginia Opera. She has performed concert versions of Porgy and Bess with the National Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and the Cleveland Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, as well as European performances in Rome, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Berlin, and Siena. Additional operatic highlights include Nedda in I Pagliacci with Opera Memphis, Tosca and Aida with Metro Lyric Opera, Musetta in La Boheme with Connecticut Grand Opera, and the title role in Carlyle Floyd’s Susannah, under the baton of James Conlon.

A versatile concert performer, Ms. Davis’ orchestral engagements include Carmen and a concert of the music of Duke Ellington with the Cleveland Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin; Clara in Porgy and Bess with the National Symphony conducted by Bobby McFerrin; the soprano solo in Leslie Dunner’s Songs of a Motherless Child with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas, Baltimore, and Annapolis

Nathaniel Irvin is a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music currently living in New York City. At CCM, he played numerous roles including “Ernst” in Spring Awakening, “Roscoe Dexter” in Singin’ in the Rain, “Grantaire” in Les Misérables, “Emmett” in Legally Blonde, and “Captain Hook” in Peter Pan. Some of his recent professional credits include “Marius” in Les Misérables at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts by McCoy Rigby Entertainment and the guest soloist for the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists national convention in Orlando, Florida. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, he has performed at many Twin Cities venues including the Guthrie Theater, the Minnesota Opera, the Children’s Theatre Company, Theater Latté Da, and the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Nathaniel was honored as a Scholar of Distinction in the Theater Arts in 2009 as well as the recipient of four SpotLight Musical Theater

awards including 2010 Best Actor. He has been a featured performer on multiple occasions with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera, and Skylight Milwaukee Opera among others.

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Billy Dawson is thrilled to be returning to his hometown for this year’s Holiday Pops! A resident of Chicago for three years, he has been hailed as “golden-voiced,” possessing “stunning, stage scorching, stage presence.” Recent credits include Sir David McVicar’s new critically-acclaimed production of Wozzeck at Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

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Heather Closson is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator from Northeast Indiana. She has her B.S. in Dance Performance from Ball State University. During her time at Ball State, Heather received the prestigious Kay Knight Choreography Award for her exceptional choreography. Upon graduation, she worked for and studied at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the American Dance Festival. Through these opportunities, Heather has worked with notable companies, including Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dorrance Dance, Martha Graham Dance Company, Brian Brooks Moving Company, Wendy Whelan / Restless Creature, 3e etage, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Ballet BC. Heather is a third-year company member of dAnce.Kontemporary, under the direction of Alison Gerardot and Kara Wilson. Most recently, her choreography appeared in “Urban Legends”

and “Lovestruck” (FW Dance Collective), “what moves you” (Fort Wayne Fringe) and “Spooktacular” (FW Phil). Specializing in musical theatre choreography, Heather has choreographed for over thirty productions throughout the state of Indiana. She serves as the Fort Wayne Youtheatre Outreach & Technical Director, teaching creative drama, stagecraft, musical theatre dance, and leading their award-winning StoryBook Theatre Troupe.

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Christopher J. Murphy (Producer/Director) is an award-winning actor, director and teacher whose works have been seen on stages as far away as the Virginia State Symphony and as near to home as Arena Dinner Theatre, First Presbyterian Theatre, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre and the Fort Wayne Youtheatre. Most recently, he directed FPT’s Escanaba in da Moonlight by Jeff Daniels and Arena’s Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike by Christopher Durang. A random sampling of his credits include directing the summit city premieres of The Fox on the Fairway, The 39 Steps and  Boeing Boeing as well as playing such roles as Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Maj. Warnie Lewis in Shadowlands and more than one spin in the wheelchair as the title character in The Man Who Came to Dinner. He has collaborated with Grammy and Tony-winning composer Rupert Holmes on a revised version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and with

Emmy Award-winner Mark Kistler on his annual performing arts camp in Houston, Texas. Murphy has served as a Master Teacher with F.A.M.E. (Foundation for Art and Music Education) for the past eleven years. He is pleased to return to the Phil for his fifth season as a producer, director, writer and performer. “Merry Christmas to all…and to all a great night!”

Symphonies and the soprano soloist in Too Hot to Handel with Marin Alsop and the Colorado Symphony. She has performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Baltimore Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, and in October, 2015 with the Virginia Symphony. She has sung holiday concerts with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, Baltimore Symphony, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony, and the Annapolis Symphony. Ms. Davis was invited to appear at the Altenburg Opera Festival in Germany, where she sang the role of Medoro in Handel’s Orlando, and appeared in concert scenes from La Forza del Destino and Rusakla.

Ms. Davis is a graduate of Morgan State University and the Juilliard Opera Center, where she received her Master’s Degree in Music. She is currently on the faculty at Kent State University.

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Soprano Kishna Davis has won wide critical and audience acclaim throughout the United States and Europe for her deeply intimate artistry, commanding vocal ability, and versatile stage presence.

Ms. Davis made her New York City Opera debut singing the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess, conducted by John de Main, a role she repeated many times including performances with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Indianapolis Opera, and Virginia Opera. She has performed concert versions of Porgy and Bess with the National Symphony, Aspen Music Festival, and the Cleveland Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, as well as European performances in Rome, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Berlin, and Siena. Additional operatic highlights include Nedda in I Pagliacci with Opera Memphis, Tosca and Aida with Metro Lyric Opera, Musetta in La Boheme with Connecticut Grand Opera, and the title role in Carlyle Floyd’s Susannah, under the baton of James Conlon.

A versatile concert performer, Ms. Davis’ orchestral engagements include Carmen and a concert of the music of Duke Ellington with the Cleveland Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin; Clara in Porgy and Bess with the National Symphony conducted by Bobby McFerrin; the soprano solo in Leslie Dunner’s Songs of a Motherless Child with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas, Baltimore, and Annapolis

Nathaniel Irvin is a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music currently living in New York City. At CCM, he played numerous roles including “Ernst” in Spring Awakening, “Roscoe Dexter” in Singin’ in the Rain, “Grantaire” in Les Misérables, “Emmett” in Legally Blonde, and “Captain Hook” in Peter Pan. Some of his recent professional credits include “Marius” in Les Misérables at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts by McCoy Rigby Entertainment and the guest soloist for the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists national convention in Orlando, Florida. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, he has performed at many Twin Cities venues including the Guthrie Theater, the Minnesota Opera, the Children’s Theatre Company, Theater Latté Da, and the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Nathaniel was honored as a Scholar of Distinction in the Theater Arts in 2009 as well as the recipient of four SpotLight Musical Theater

awards including 2010 Best Actor. He has been a featured performer on multiple occasions with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera, and Skylight Milwaukee Opera among others.

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Billy Dawson is thrilled to be returning to his hometown for this year’s Holiday Pops! A resident of Chicago for three years, he has been hailed as “golden-voiced,” possessing “stunning, stage scorching, stage presence.” Recent credits include Sir David McVicar’s new critically-acclaimed production of Wozzeck at Lyric Opera of Chicago, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

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PART ONEOverture (Sinfony)Recitative: “Comfort ye, my people”Aria: “Every valley shall be exalted”Chorus: “And the glory of the Lord”Recitative: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive”Aria: “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion”Recitative: “For, behold”Aria: “The people that walked in darkness”Chorus: “For unto us a Child is born”Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)Recitative: “There were shepherds”Chorus: “Glory to God”Aria: “Rejoice greatly”Recitative: “Then shall the eyes of the blind”Aria: “He shall feed His flock”Chorus: “His yoke is easy”

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PART TWOChorus: “Behold the Lamb of God”Aria: “He was despised”

Chorus: “Surely He hath borne our griefs”Chorus: “And with His stripes we are healed”Chorus: “All we, like sheep, have gone astray”Recitative: “Thy rebuke hath broken His heart”Aria: “Behold, and see”Aria: “But Thou didst not leave”Chorus: “Lift up your heads”Chorus: “The Lord gave the word”Aria: “How beautiful are the feet”Chorus: “Their sound is gone out”Aria: “Why do all the nations rage”Chorus: “Let us break their bonds”Recitative: “He that dwelleth in heaven”Aria: “Thou shalt break them”Chorus: “Hallelujah”

PART THREEAria: “I know that my Redeemer liveth”Chorus: “Since by man came death”Recitative: “Behold I tell you a mystery”Aria: “The trumpet shall sound”Chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb”

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meSSiaH, HWV 56GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL(b. 1685, Halle, Saxony (now Germany); d. 1759, London)

Handel’s great oratorio Messiah has become such a beloved musical icon in the nearly 270 years since its birth in 1741 that it is not at all surprising that many myths and legends have grown up around it. We have been told that Handel himself compiled its mostly Biblical text or, alternatively, that it was sent to him by a stranger; that its success transformed him overnight from a bankrupt operatic has-been to England’s most revered composer; that at its London premiere the king himself rose during the “Hallelujah Chorus” to express his approbation. But Messiah’s real story is much more complicated, though no less fascinating.

In the early 1740s, Handel was indeed in considerable professional and financial trouble. After emigrating from Germany to England as a young man, he had enjoyed a celebrated career as the country’s leading composer of operas, mostly in Italian and enhanced by spectacular costumes and scenic effects. But by the end of the 1730s, Handel’s serious grand operas were falling out of fashion. The success of John Gay’s much simpler, English-language The Beggar’s Opera fueled a new enthusiasm for popular-style comic operas. Unable to fill London’s opera houses anymore, Handel retreated from the field and turned his genius to sacred dramas or oratorios.

He was not a novice in this genre. Even while busy writing operas, Handel had composed a number of oratorios, notably Israel in Egypt and Saul. Typically, his oratorios were not so very different from his operas: they told a dramatic story — in this case drawn from the Bible or other sacred literature — and their soloists played actual characters. They were performed in theaters and concert halls, not churches. But Israel in Egypt took a new musical approach in that the chorus now became the central character. And Messiah, while giving the soloists more to do, still emphasized the chorus for its climactic moments. Moreover, it broke with Baroque oratorio tradition in that it was a meditation on the coming of the Messiah and his promise for humanity rather than a narrative of events in his life.

Handel himself did not compile the group of texts drawn from the Bible’s Old and New

Testaments for Messiah. Instead, this was the work of Charles Jennens, a wealthy landowner and literary figure who was a longtime friend of the composer’s and had created texts for several other Handel oratorios. But Handel, devoutly religious as well as worldly, responded with a burst of almost miraculous creative energy to the words Jennen’s had prepared for him. Beginning his work on August 22, 1741, he completed the two-and-a-half-hour oratorio in just over three weeks. Besides inspiration from God, he also had a little practical assistance in this huge task: like most Baroque composers (Bach included), he did not hesitate to borrow from earlier works if they were suitable for use here. Three of the choruses in Part I — “He shall purify,” “His yoke is easy,” and even the famous “For unto us a child is born” — are based on music he’d originally composed as Italian vocal duets.

Messiah was introduced to the world in Dublin, Ireland on April 13, 1743, during Holy Week (the tradition of performing it during the Christmas season is fairly recent). At the invitation of the Duke of Devonshire, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Handel had been presenting concerts of his works there since the previous November and winning the kind of warm response that had been eluding him in London. On that Tuesday, Neal’s Musick Hall was packed beyond its capacity; audience members had been specifically requested to leave their swords and hoop shirts at home in order to fit more people into the hall!

The Dublin audience responded with enormous enthusiasm to the new work, and another performance was quickly scheduled. But when Handel brought Messiah to London in March 1743, attendance was disappointing and the critics unkind. A subsequent Handel oratorio, Samson, was much preferred. Much of Messiah’s failure was caused by a heated controversy that broke out in the city as to whether such a serious sacred subject ought to be presented as an “entertainment” in secular concert halls. Receiving few subsequent performances, the oratorio went back on Handel’s shelf.

By 1749 when Handel was 64, the trustees of London’s Foundling Hospital invited him to present Messiah there at a charitable fundraising concert. This time the oratorio aroused no controversy, more than 1,000 people attended, and for the first time Messiah enjoyed a London triumph. From then on, annual performances during the Lenten season became a London

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tradition, soon spreading throughout Europe. Now Handel was finally acknowledged as England’s leading musical citizen, and he lived long enough — until 1759 — to be able to savor the success of the work he loved so dearly.

Listening to MessiahMessiah’s heroic journey is divided into three parts. Part I revolves around the Old Testament prophecies (emphasizing the Book of Isaiah) of the Messiah’s coming and culminates with his birth as told in the Gospel of Luke. Indeed more of Messiah’s text is drawn from the Old Testament than the New, and, apart from the Nativity story, the Gospel histories are seldom used. Thus, the emphasis falls on the broader meaning of Christ’s redemption of the human race rather than on the details of Jesus’ life.Part II meditates on human sinfulness, the Messiah’s rejection and suffering, and his sacrifice to redeem humankind; it concludes with that famous song of praise and triumph, the “Hallelujah” Chorus. Finally moving into the New Testament, Part III tells of the Messiah’s vanquishing of death and the promise of everlasting joy for the believer.

Handel did not leave behind a definitive version of Messiah; instead, he reworked numbers and re-assigned arias to different voice categories depending on the soloists available for each performance. Messiah’s solo sections are divided between recitatives, which place greater emphasis on delivery of the words, and arias, in which musical values and the showcasing of the singer’s technical prowess take precedence. The tenor’s two opening numbers are a good example: “Comfort Ye, My People” is an accompanied recitative and “Every Valley” is an aria.

Perhaps the most stunning sequence in Part I is the juxtaposition of the bass soloist’s aria

“The people that walked in darkness” with the beloved chorus “For unto us a child is born.” In a marvelous example of musical text painting, the bass literally wanders in a chromatically confused maze in the dark key of B minor. The “great light” for which he yearns is then joyfully revealed in G major as the chorus salutes Jesus’ birth.

All the choruses, including the “Hallelujah,” demonstrate Handel’s exhilarating technique of mixing powerful homophonic or chordal utterances (“Mighty! Counselor!”) with a more intricate polyphonic style in which each voice part pursues its own elaborately decorated line (“For unto us a child is born”). The origins of the ritual of standing for the “Hallelujah Chorus” are rather misty. Scholars believe that the Prince of Wales may have stood up when he attended that historic London performance in 1749. Certainly by 1780, everyone in the audience was following King George III’s lead in rising for Handel’s mighty hymn of praise.Perhaps even exceeding “Hallelujah” in majesty and joy is the magnificent chorus “Worthy is the Lamb” that closes Part III, the shortest of the three sections but also the one most densely packed with the oratorio’s greatest sequences (the soprano’s serenely beautiful statement of faith “I Know that my Redeemer Liveth”; the bass’s hair-raising proclamation of the Final Judgment, based on First Corinthians, “The Trumpet Shall Sound,” with its gloriously realized trumpet accompaniment). “Worthy is the Lamb” itself is capped with an “Amen” Chorus on an epic scale worthy of the masterpiece it closes — unfurling in grand sweeps some of the finest, most inspired choral counterpoint this Baroque master ever devised.

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Called “an astonishing singer’” by the Chicago Tribune, soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg, has performed as a soloist in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America and the Arab Emirates. From 2005 until 2007 Josefien was part of the Young Opera Ensemble of Cologne, Germany.

Leading roles have included Aci in the Haymarket Opera Company’s acclaimed production of Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo and "Tirsi" in Clori, Tirsi e Fileno and Poulencs La Voix Humaine in the International Chamber Opera Festival (The Netherlands).

Equally at home in the field of historical performance, she has appeared with Camerata Amsterdam, Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orkest, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Haymarket Opera Company, Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Baroque Artists of Champaign Urbana, Newberry Consort, Handel Week Festival, Fulcrum Point and Music of the Baroque, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project and the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble.

The ensemble Brothers and Sisters (vocal duo Charlotte and Josefien Stoppelenburg and piano duo and brothers Martijn and Stefan Blaak)

recently appeared live on Radio 4, the Dutch classical radio station for Classical Music and just made their ensemble debut in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

In 2013, Stoppelenburg won the Chicago Oratorio Award, as well as a second place in the American Prize Opera Competition. She performed for Dutch King Willem Alexander in March 2014.

Josefien’s second love is paintings. She was the artist in Residence at the Evanston Art Center in 2014 and paints frequently on commission.

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Angela Young Smucker has earned praise for her “rich, secure mezzo-soprano” (Chicago Tribune) and her "powerful stage presence" (The Plain Dealer). Her performances in concert, stage, and chamber works have made her a highly versatile and sought-after artist.

Highlights of the 2015-16 season include debut performances with Spire Chamber Ensemble in the Duruflé Requiem and Handel’s Messiah, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), and with the San Diego Pro Arte Voices as featured soloist in Copland’s In the Beginning.

Concert work from past seasons includes Mozart’s Coronation Mass (Music of the Baroque), Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival), Haydn’s Creation (Oregon Bach Festival), Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience under the baton of Philip Brunelle, Mozart’s Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, and Duruflé’s Requiem. She has been a featured artist in the U.S. premieres of Robert Kyr’s O Word of Light and Thunder (Evangelist), Francis Grier’s The Passion (Herod), and Siegfried Matthus’ Te Deum (Mezzo Soloist). Ms. Smucker has also appeared on Garrison

Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, WFMT’s Impromptu, and WTTW’s Chicago Tonight.

Ms. Smucker’s work as a chamber artist has earned high praise. Her debut performances with French Baroque ensemble Les Délices were chosen as a 2013 “Cleveland Favorite” by The Plain Dealer. She has also worked with Grammy-nominated Seraphic Fire and Grammy-winning ensembles: Chicago Symphony Chorus, Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, and Conspirare.

Ms. Smucker holds degrees from Valparaiso University and the University of Minnesota and was awarded acceptance into the 2015 NATS Intern Program while serving as an adjunct voice instructor at Valparaiso University (2008-2015).

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Tenor Hoss Brock is a versatile singer who has enjoyed performing as a soloist and ensemble member with many prestigious organizations.

His solo appearances with the Grant Park Music Festival include Poulenc’s Gloria, Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance and Mikado, Weil’s Seven Deadly Sins, and the Midwest premier of MacMillan’s Quickening. His Rachmaninov’s Vespers, earned praise from critic John Von Rhein for his “plaintive, clarion singing” as well as his command of the Slavic text.

Appearing regularly as a guest artist with chamber ensembles including the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Newberry Consort, his performance of the Brahms “Liebeslieder Waltzer” with the former revealed a voice “full of nuance and depth” (the Chicago Sun Times). As a long time member of the internationally recognized Chicago a cappella, his voices-only arrangement of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was hailed by founder Jonathan Miller as “…one of the great achievements in the ensemble’s history”.

His operatic credits include performances with Merola Opera, L’Opera Piccola, Chautauqua Opera, and Tulsa Opera. His portrayal of the Majordomo of the Marschallin with Renée Fleming at the San Francisco Opera earned critical acclaim in Opera News. A member of the Lyric Opera chorus, Hoss has understudied several supporting roles at Lyric, including “A Backwoodsman”, “Boyar”, and “An Idiot”. He made his Lyric Opera solo debut as Ike Skidmore in Oklahoma!, and will portray the “Spanish Ambassador” in this season’s world premiere of Bel Canto.

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Chicago native David Govertsen recently stepped in  on short notice at Lyric Opera of Chicago where he “handsomely replaced the ill Peter Rose as the producer La Roche" opposite Renée Fleming and Anne Sophie von Otter in Capriccio.  Mr. Govertsen also appeared on short notice as Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande with the Chicago Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen and as a soloist in James MacMillan’s Quickening with the Grant Park Orchestra.

Mr. Govertsen recently created the roles of David/Bonobo in Matthew Aucoin’s new opera Second Nature for Lyric Opera Unlimited.  Other operatic highlights of the past season season include roles in double-bills at Chicago Opera Theater (The Emperor of Atlantis/The Clever One), Santa Fe Opera (Impresario/Le Rossignol), and the newly launched Chicago Theatre-Opera (The Telephone/Hello Out There), as well as Duke/Roméo et Juliette with Tulsa Opera, Raimondo/Lucia di Lammermoor with Main Street Opera, and Collatinus/The Rape of Lucretia with Chicago Fringe Opera.  On the concert stage this season he appeared with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Bach Week Festival, Apollo Chorus, and the Fox Valley Orchestra, among others. 

Mr. Govertsen made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2011 as the Herald in Otello with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.   He is an alumnus of both the Santa Fe Opera and Central City Opera apprentice programs and holds degrees from Northwestern University, Northern Illinois University and the College of DuPage. Locally in Chicago he has performed dozens of roles, among them the title roles in Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro,  Don Pasquale, and Gianni Schicchi, the Four Villains/Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Sarastro/Die Zauberflöte, Colline/La Bohème, Basilio and Bartolo/Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Magnifico/La Cenerentola, Zaccaria/Nabucco, Sparafucile/Rigoletto, Padre Guardiano/La Forza del Destino, Nick Shadow/The Rake’s Progress, and Friedrich Bhaer/Little Women.

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BERLIOZ "Love Scene" from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

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TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 35 Allegro moderato Canzonetta: Andante Finale: Allegro vivacissimo Yoo Jin Jang, violin

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“LOVE SCENE” FROM Roméo et Juliette, OP. 17HECTOR BERLIOZ(b. 1803, La Côte-St.-André, France; d. 1869, Paris)

Berlioz first saw Romeo and Juliet, as well as Hamlet, in 1827, and even though he knew hardly any English at the time, it changed his life. “This sudden and unexpected revelation of Shakespeare overwhelmed me,” he recalled in his Mémoirs. “The lightning-flash of his genius revealed the whole heaven of art to me.” Shakespeare’s impact was intensified by the appeal of the young Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, who portrayed Juliet and Ophelia; the composer fell madly in love with her and after a long campaign made her his wife in 1833. (Sadly, it was not a “happily-ever-after” marriage.)

But Berlioz had to wait until 1839 when the unexpected gift of 20,000 francs from the violin virtuoso Nicolò Paganini gave him the freedom to create his own ambitious musical treatment. And ambitious it was! In seven months of frenzied creativity, Berlioz composed a seven-part work lasting an hour and a half and utilizing a huge orchestra, double chorus, and three soloists. Its form was as original as everything this radically Romantic artist did; he called it a “choral symphony,” but it is really a marvelous hybrid of opera, oratorio, and orchestral tone poem. But Roméo was expensive to mount in its entirety, and Berlioz himself started the tradition of performing the three purely orchestral movements on concert programs.

We will hear the longest of them: Berlioz’s gorgeous musical depiction of the Balcony Scene in which, after meeting for the first time at the Capulet ball, Romeo and Juliet passionately declare their love. Berlioz the master orchestrator captures the sensuous atmosphere of a warm summer night in Italy, something he remembered well from his years studying in Rome. A bounty of supple, long-breathed melodies ride atop a gently rocking beat; the finest of them is a soaring, ardently romantic theme introduced by cellos combined with horns. Berlioz was also a great operatic composer, and the words spoken by the lovers can almost be heard in the instruments: Romeo voiced by the warm, virile tones of cellos, Juliet by high woodwinds, especially flute and oboe. Near the end, hasty interjections muttered by the low strings represent Juliet’s nurse calling impatiently from within. And at the close of the scene, Berlioz beautifully captures the lovers’ lingering, reluctant farewells.

Late in life, Berlioz confessed that the “Love Scene” was his own favorite among all his compositions.

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DOCTOR ATOMIC SYMPHONYJOHN ADAMS(b. 1947, Worcester, Massachusetts; now living in Berkeley, California)

Music journalists have dubbed John Adams the “CNN composer,” a term he heartily dislikes. True, he has won fame with a number of works that feature events in recent American history, notably his operas Nixon in China (inspired by Richard Nixon’s breakthrough visit to China in 1972), The Death of Klinghoffer (about the 1985 highjacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro), I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (touching on the Los Angeles earthquake of 1994), and Doctor Atomic (the testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945), as well as his 9/11 memorial piece On the Transmigration of Souls. But Adams has never chosen his subjects in an effort to be relevant or trendy. Instead, he has sought to bring out the universal and timeless elements in these stories — even their mythic qualities.

In the complex figure of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, (1904–1967), director of the Manhattan Project that built the first atomic bomb, he found a classical tragic protagonist and in the events of the summer of 1945 in the New Mexico desert, a story, in his words, “ripe for mythic treatment. Mythology abounded in stories of hubris, of the arrogant human or god who through cleverness makes an invention that unleashes powers that eventually turn on their inventor and destroy him. The manipulation of the atom, the unleashing of that formerly inaccessible source of densely concentrated energy, was the great mythological tale of our time.”

The idea of turning the momentous events of 1945 into an opera came from Pamela Rosenberg, then general director of the San Francisco Opera, who suggested to Adams that he compose an “American Faust” opera based on Oppenheimer’s story. The opera received its world premiere to great acclaim on October 1, 2005 at the San Francisco Opera, then moved on to performances in Amsterdam, London, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 2008. The provocative director Peter Sellars, a frequent Adams collaborator, not only staged the opera, but also fashioned its libretto from original source materials, including the characters’ first-hand accounts in newspapers and journals, their memoirs, and declassified government documents. Enlarging these factual materials is a rich trove of poetry from the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, John Donne, and Charles Baudelaire that Oppenheimer — an immensely cultivated and well-read man who wrote sonnets as relaxation from his scientific work — personally loved.

In two acts, the opera takes place on two summer nights in 1945. It begins in Los Alamos, New Mexico at the headquarters of the Manhattan Project during a June evening as the scientists prepare for the test explosion one month ahead and argue about the morality of using the

bomb on a civilian population in Japan, as the government intends. Divided between the desert test site at Alamogordo and Los Alamos, the final scene of the first act and the entire second act takes place on the fateful night of July 15-16 as the scientists ready the bomb for its 5:30 a.m. test. The drama becomes an agonizingly tense and protracted countdown, and the opera ends with the explosion.

Following the opera’s success, Adams decided to create a symphonic treatment of some of its musical material, whose development he felt had been overly restricted by the needs of the drama. The resulting 25-minute symphony was co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, the Saint Louis Symphony, and BBC Radio 3 for the popular BBC Proms series. It was premiered by the BBC Symphony under Adams’ baton on August 21, 2007 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Though in one long, continuous movement, the Doctor Atomic Symphony is divided into three distinct sections: 1) “The Laboratory”; 2) “Panic”; and 3) “Trinity.” As does the opera, the Symphony opens with a violent onslaught of sound. The timpani pound relentlessly: a monster clock counting off the moments to ignition. Brass roar, bells toll, heralding imminent apocalypse. Eventually, this violence subsides into an eerie quiet and a melancholy modal melody for woodwinds.

A frenzied string ostinato and wild cries from the brass propel the music into the second section, “Panic,” the Symphony’s longest. On the night of July 15-16, powerful thunderstorms menaced the test site, risking a premature detonation of the bomb and the lives of the scientists making final preparations. Gigantic, terrifying brass chords pierce this nervous whirlwind. Adams uses the trombone to represent the bass voice of Gen. Leslie Groves, the military commander of the project, as he refuses to postpone the test and barks orders. A quieter section carries us back to Los Alamos, where that same night, the Oppenheimers’ Native American maid, Pasquelita, expresses her own Delphic warnings, here in the voices of the cellos and solo horn. The music grows progressively softer, slower: time stands still waiting for the moment that will change humankind forever.

Part 3, “Trinity”: The music gradually crescendos into a frantically pulsing, rhythmically complex ostinato that, like Adams’ earlier minimalist scores, obsesses on one pitch, the note D. D minor is the key of the powerful, emotionally anguished aria Oppenheimer sings at the close of the first act: “Batter my heart, three-person’d God,” a poem from the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, the great 17th-century English mystical poet whom Oppenheimer treasured. Between returns of the frantic ostinato, we hear a solo trumpet singing the verses of this aria, which is set in the style of a solemn Baroque chaconne. At this moment in the opera, Oppenheimer is face to face with the awesome “Gadget” he has created and asks God to “break, blow, burn, and make me new”: to destroy his contaminated inner being and restore his moral balance. Comments Adams: “He is alone — a rare moment of solitude for him — and feels a very deep dissonance within himself over the fact that here he is bringing forth this terrible weapon, something that is going to introduce an unknowable amount of pain and destruction into the world. The Donne sonnet, which Oppenheimer

CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRA, OP. 35PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY(b. 1840, Votkinsk, Russia; d. 1893, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto belongs to that illustrious group of masterpieces that were savaged by uncomprehending critics at their premieres. Nearly all the critics at its first performance — in Vienna on December 4, 1881 with Russian violinist Adolf Brodsky as soloist backed by the Vienna Philharmonic — gave the work negative reviews, but the one penned by the notoriously conservative Eduard Hanslick was so vicious it stung Tchaikovsky for years after. “Tchaikovsky is surely no ordinary talent, but rather, an inflated one … lacking discrimination and taste. … The same can be said for his new, long, and ambitious Violin Concerto. … The violin is no longer played; it is tugged about, torn, beaten black and blue.” Hanslick demolished the finale “that transports us to the brutal and wretched jollity of a Russian church festival. We see a host of savage, vulgar faces, we hear crude curses, and smell the booze.”

Because of its flamboyant language and mind-boggling wrong-headedness, this is the review that has come down to us from a city that was generally unsympathetic to Tchaikovsky’s Russian intensity. A much fairer judgment of the concerto’s worth came from an anonymous critic for the Wiener Abendpost: “The first movement with its splendid, healthy themes, the mysterious, quiet middle movement (who could fail to be reminded by this of Turgenev’s female characters!) and the wild peasant dance make up a whole for which we would claim an outstanding place among contemporary compositions.”

Today, this work holds an outstanding place among all violin concertos. One of the more demanding works for the violin virtuoso, it is more remarkable still for its unwavering melodic inspiration and passionate expression of human feeling. Here Tchaikovsky speaks to us from the heart, using the communicative voice of the solo violin as his medium.

The concerto came in the aftermath of the composer’s ill-conceived marriage to Antonina Milyukova in 1877. Eight months later in March 1878, his wanderings to escape his wife brought him to Clarens, Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva. Here he and his brother Modest were visited by the gifted 22-year-old violinist Yosif Kotek, a composition pupil of Tchaikovsky’s in Moscow. Kotek had been a witness at the composer’s wedding and a confidante of his post-nuptial anguish; now he provided both artistic inspiration and practical technical advice for Tchaikovsky’s recently begun Violin Concerto. In less than a month, the work was nearly finished, and on April 3, Kotek and Tchaikovsky gave it a full reading at the piano. After the run-through, both agreed the slow movement was too slight for such a large work, and in one day flat, the composer replaced it with the tenderly melancholic Andante second movement it bears today.

later said prompted him to name the test site Trinity, is a poem of almost unbearable self-awareness, an agonistic struggle between good and evil, darkness and light.”

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Ninth Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Laureate Yoojin Jang is a powerful young violinist who has been praised for her “fiery virtuosity” and “sensitive interpretation.” She has been performing with top Korean orchestras such as the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra since the age of nine. An active international soloist as well, Yoojin has appeared with Ivan Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Bulgaria National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Emil Tabakov, the Sofia Philharmonia Orchestra under Ljubka Biagioni, the Erato Ensemble with Sholomo Mintz, the Exremadura Orchestra led by Jesus Amigo and the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo. Yoojin’s recent and upcoming engagements in the United States include the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Caramoor Rising Stars and Ravinia Steans Institute on Tour. International concerts include the Munetsugu Competition Gala Concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya, the Nagoya Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra and the Kumho Artist Series in Seoul. She will also solo with the NEC Philharmonia under conductor Josh Weilerstein. Yoojin will release her first CD titled “Korean Young Musicians” under the KBS (Korean Broadcast System) label, Aulos media & KBS Classic FM.

A seasoned competition winner, Yoojin won all of the top youth competitions in Korea including the prestigious Ewha Kyunghyang Competition. She also won the 4th International Munetsugu Violin Competition in Japan in 2013 for which she was awarded the loan of the 1697 “Rainville” Stradivari violin. Most recently, Yoojin was awarded Fifth Place and the special prize of “Best sonata other than Beethoven” at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Yoojin was the grand prix winner at the Tchaikovsky Homeland International Competition for Young Musicians where she was also awarded “Best Performance of

a Commissioned Work.” She has been a prizewinner at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, the Yfrah-Neaman International Violin Competition, and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, where she won the Audience Prize and Best Performance of the New Zealand Commission Work. Yoojin is the recipient of many prestigious international prizes including the Second Daewon Music Award, Ishikawa Music Academy I.M.A Award and the Lotos Mozart Prize.

A sought after chamber musician, Yoojin founded The Kallaci String Quartet with Hyuk-ju Kwan, Hanna Lee, and Joon-Ho Shim. In 2012, The Kallaci String Quartet made its international debut at the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea and at the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music. Yoojin has been recognized for her creative work as a chamber musician—in 2011 she won the Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award and in 2009 was awarded the Schloss Weikersheim Scholarship as part of the London String Quartet Competition. Yoojin has participated in the Marlboro and Ravinia festivals where she worked with esteemed artists Menahem Pressler, Dénes Várjon and Peter Wiley.

Yoojin holds a Bachelor of Music from The Korean National University of Arts, where she studied under Nam Yun Kim. She received her Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory, where she studied with Miriam Fried and is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma.

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So prodigal is Tchaikovsky’s melodic inspiration that he can afford to begin the sonata-form opening movement with a lovely little theme for orchestral violins and then — just as he did at the beginning of his First Piano Concerto — never play it again. The orchestra next hints at the big theme to come and provides anticipatory excitement for the soloist. After a brief warm-up stretch, he launches one of Tchaikovsky’s most inspired themes, and one with multiple personalities. At first, it is gentle, even wistful, but when the orchestra takes it up a few minutes later, it becomes very grand: music for an Imperial Russian ball. Later still in the development section, the soloist transforms it again with an intricately ornamented, double-stopped variation. The violin’s second theme, begun in its warm lower register, retains its wistful nature.

The exquisite second-movement “Canzonetta” (“little song”) in G minor — Tchaikovsky’s one-day miracle — blends the melancholy colors of woodwinds with the violin. Tchaikovsky scholar David Brown suggests it reflects the composer’s homesickness during his self-imposed exile from Russia. Rather than ending, it rises on a two-note sighing motive and then explodes into the Allegro vivacissimo finale.

In this hearty rondo inspired by Russian folk dance, Tchaikovsky finally lets the soloist fly. He alternates two contrasting themes: the first a high-spirited scamper; the second a slower, downward-drooping melody that shows off the violin’s earthy low register and also features a nostalgic dialogue with woodwind solos. At the close, the dance keeps accelerating to a breathless finish.

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ANDREW CONSTANTINE

“The poise and hushed beauty of the London Philharmonic’s playing was one of the most remarkable qualities of Constantine’s direction. He has an exceptional gift for holding players and listeners on a thread of sound, drawing out the most refined textures.” Edward Greenfield.

-The Times of London

Born in the north-east of England, Andrew Constantine began his musical studies on the cello. Despite a seemingly overwhelming desire to play football (soccer) he eventually developed a passion for the instrument and classical music in general. Furthering his playing at Wells Cathedral School he also got his first sight and experience of a professional conductor; “for some reason, the wonderful Meredith Davies had decided to teach in a, albeit rather special, high school for a time. Even we callow youths realized this was worth paying attention to!” After briefly attending the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, a change of direction took him to the University of Leicester where he studied music, art history and politics. A chance discovery at an early age of a book about the great conductor John Barbirolli in his local library had instilled in him yet another passion – conducting. Later, as he began to establish his career, the conductor’s widow Evelyn Barbirolli, herself a leading musician, would become a close friend and staunch advocate of his work.

His first studies were with John Carewe and Norman Del Mar in London and later with Leonard Bernstein at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany. At the same time, he founded the Bardi Orchestra in Leicester. With this ensemble he performed throughout Europe and the UK and had his first taste and experience of conducting an enormous range of the orchestral repertoire.

A British Council scholarship took Constantine to the Leningrad State Conservatory in 1991 where he studied with the legendary pedagogue Ilya Musin. He cites Musin as being the strongest influence on his conducting, both technically and philosophically. “Essentially he taught how to influence sound by first creating the image in your head and then transferring it into your hands. And, that extracting your own ego from the situation as much as possible is the only true way of serving the music. He was also one of the most humble and dedicated

human beings I have ever met”. In turn, Musin described Andrew Constantine as, “A brilliant representative of the conducting art”.

Earlier in 1991 Constantine won first prize in the Donatella Flick-Accademia Italiana Conducting Competition. This led to a series of engagements and further study at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and a year working as assistant conductor for the late Giuseppe Sinopoli. His Royal Festival Hall debut in 1992 with the London Philharmonic was met with unanimous critical acclaim and praise. The Financial Times wrote: “Definiteness of intention is a great thing, and Constantine’s shaping of the music was never short of it.” The Independent wrote: “Andrew Constantine showed a capacity Royal Festival Hall audience just what he is made of, ending his big, demanding program with an electrifying performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5.”

Described by the UK’s largest classical radio station, Classic FM, as “a Rising Star of Classical Music,” Andrew Constantine has worked throughout the UK and Europe with many leading orchestras including, The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Danish Radio Orchestra. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music by the University of Leicester for his “contribution to music.”

Constantine’s repertoire is incredibly broad and, whilst embracing the standard classics, spans symphonic works from Antheil and Bliss to Nielsen and Mahler. His affinity for both English and Russian music has won him wide acclaim, particularly his performances of the works of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. His “Made in America” series in 2013/14 at the Fort Wayne Philharmonic included works by eight US composers, four of whom are still living, and one world premiere.

In 2004, he was awarded a highly prestigious British NESTA Fellowship to further develop his

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS “The purpose of this organization shall be to support and to serve as an advocate for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc. in its fundraising and educational endeavors, while striving also to discover and encourage musical talent.” Welcome to the Holiday edition of the Prelude. The last couple of months have been really busy. • The Friends sponsored the second Masterworks concert on October 24 at IPFW’s

Auer Performance Hall. • Our second Instrument Playground of the season was held at the October 25 Hallow-

een Spooktacular at IPFW’s Auer Performance Hall. Thanks so much to all our volun-teers as they provided exciting “playing” opportunities for the young ghosts and gob-lins. The next Playground will be on February 14. If you would like to help, contact Sara Davis at saraleadavis@hotmail.com

• The second Vines & Vibes wine tasting fundraiser was held on October 14 at Country Heritage Winery with Alicia Pyle providing the vibes.

• Another Symphony of Style fashion show is being planned for April 2016 at Club Soda. Keep an eye on this space and our web site www.fwphilfriends.com for more information as it becomes available.

• The Friends continue to sponsor Musically Speaking before the Masterworks con-certs. While attendance is free to our concert patrons, the venue does cost the Friends money. If you would like to sponsor an evening of Musically speaking or donate some-thing to help cover expenses, see our ad elsewhere in this publication.

• The second annual Swing for the Symphony golf outing is scheduled for July 28, 2016. at the Orchard Ridge Country Club. Please check future Preludes and our web-site for more information as it’s available.

This year promises to be full of many and varied opportunities to support the Phil through our ongoing fundraising, education and hospitality projects. Whatever your interest, there is a place for you. Just contact us at our alternate email address fwphilfriends@aol.com and one of our Executive Committee members listed below will assist you in your willing-ness to become a vital contributing member of the Philharmonic family. We have a great orchestra, chorus and staff. Let’s make their greatness even more possible through the work that we do for them. And last, but not least, the entire Friends Board and membership wish you a Merry Christmas, and a prosperous, healthy New Year. Sincerely,

The Friends Officers & Board

P.S. Buy a Cookbook. They make great holiday gifts!!! THE PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS BOARD

OFFICERS Vice-President Education: Sara Davis Vice-Presidents Fundraising: Susan Lehmann Vice-President Hospitality: Jayne Van Winkle

Vice-President Marketing: Cynthia Fyock Recording Secretary: Patty Arata Corresponding Secretary: Kathie Sessions

BOARD MEMBERS Mary Campbell Suzi Hanzel Sandra Hellwege Pat Holtvoigt Naida MacDermid Nellie Bee Maloley

Nan Nesbitt

Tamzon O'Malley John McFann Shelby McFann Janet Ormiston Ruth Springer Marcella Trentacosti Alexandra Tsilibes

“The purpose of this organization shall be to support and to serve as an advocate for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc. in its fundraising and educational endeavors, while striving also to discover and encourage musical talent.”

Welcome to the Holiday edition of the Prelude. The last couple of months have been really busy.

• The Friends sponsored the second Masterworks concert on October 24 at IPFW’s Auer Performance Hall. • Our second Instrument Playground of the season was held at the October 25 Halloween Spooktacular at IPFW’s Auer Performance Hall. Thanks so much to all our volunteers as they provided exciting “playing” opportunities for the young ghosts and goblins. The next Playground will be on February 14. If you would like to help, contact Sara Davis at saraleadavis@hotmail.com • The second Vines & Vibes wine tasting fundraiser was held on October 14 at Country Heritage Winery with Alicia Pyle providing the vibes. • Another Symphony of Style fashion show is being planned for April 19, 2016 at Club Soda. Keep an eye on this space and our web site www.fwphilfriends.com for more information as it becomes available. • The Friends continue to sponsor Musically Speaking before the Masterworks concerts. While attendance is free to our concert patrons, the venue does cost The Friends money. If you would like to sponsor an evening of Musically Speaking or donate something to help cover expenses, see our ad on page 11 of this publication. • The second annual Swing for the Symphony golf outing is scheduled for July 28, 2016, at the Orchard Ridge Country Club. Please check future Preludes and our website for more information as it’s available.

This year promises to be full of many and varied opportunities to support the Phil through our ongoing fundraising, education and hospitality projects. Whatever your interest, there is a place for you. Just contact us at our alternate email address fwphilfriends@aol.com and one of our Executive Committee members listed below will assist you in your willingness to become a vital contributing member of the Philharmonic family. We have a great orchestra, chorus and staff. Let’s make their greatness even more possible through the work that we do for them.

And last, but not least, the entire Friends Board and membership wish you a Merry Christmas, and a prosperous, healthy New Year.

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The Friends Officers & Board

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OFFICERSVice-President Education: Sara DavisVice-Presidents Fundraising: Susan LehmannVice-President Hospitality: Jayne Van Winkle

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international career. This was also a recognition of Constantine’s commitment to the breaking down of barriers that blur the perceptions of classical music and to bringing a refreshed approach to the concert going experience. This is a commitment that he has carried throughout his work and which continues with his advocacy for music education for all ages. “Taste is malleable, we only have to look at sport to see the most relevant analogy. It’s pretty rudimentary and not rocket science by any stretch of the imagination. The sooner you are shown the beauties of something, whether it be football or Mozart, the greater is the likelihood that you’ll develop a respect or even passion for it. It complements our general education and is vital if we want to live well-rounded lives. As performing musicians our responsibility is to not shirk away from the challenge, but keep the flame of belief alive and to be a resource and supporter of all music educators.” Another project created by Constantine geared towards the ‘contextualizing’ of composers’ lives is, The Composer: REVEALED. In these programmes the work of well-known composers is brought to life through the combination of dramatic interludes acted out between segments of chamber, instrumental and orchestral music, culminating with a complete performance of a major orchestral work. 2015 saw the debut of Tchaikovsky: REVEALED.

In 2004, Andrew Constantine was invited by the great Russian maestro Yuri Temirkanov to become Assistant Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Within a year he became Associate Conductor and has enjoyed a wonderful working relationship with the orchestra since that time. As Temirkanov has said, “He’s the real thing. A serious conductor!” In 2007 he accepted the position of Music Director of the Reading Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania – after the RSO considered over 300 candidates - and recently helped the orchestra celebrate its 100th Anniversary as they continue to perform to capacity audiences. In addition, in 2009 he was chosen as the Music Director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic in Indiana from a field of more than 250 candidates.

Other orchestras in the US that he has worked with include the Buffalo Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony. Again, critical acclaim has been hugely positive, the press review of his Phoenix debut describing it as, “the best concert in the last ten years.” Engagements in 2014 included concerts with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Italy and, the NWD Philharmonie in Germany.

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Chia-Hsuan Lin is pleased to begin her second season as Assistant Conductor with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.

Lauded for her clarity and elegance on the podium, Chia-Hsuan has shared her talents in many diverse musical settings throughout the world.  She recently conducted the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra as one of three young talents chosen for the Emerging Conductor Program, and she was a semi-finalist in the 2013 Jeunesses Musicales International Conducting Competition in Bucharest, Romania.  Earlier this year, Chia-Hsuan conducted a performance of Mark Adamo’s  Little Women  at Northwestern University.  She led the 2012 Mainstage Opera production of Mozart’s  Don Giovanni  at the University of Cincinnati, where she also served as music director of the University of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and later participated in the 2012 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California.  In celebration of the Taiwanese premiere of Bach’s  St. Matthew Passion, Chia-Hsuan returned to Taipei in 2011 to conduct the Academy of Taiwan Strings and Taipei Philharmonic Chorus for a lecture series by conductor and Bach scholar Helmuth Rilling.  In the summer of 2011, she traveled to Italy to serve as Assistant Conductor of Opera at the CCM Spoleto Music Festival.

Chia-Hsuan first received musical training as a pianist in Taiwan at age three.  At age nine, she began studies as a percussionist and later

performed with the renowned Taipei Percussion Group from 2003 to 2010.  Chia-Hsuan received her undergraduate degree in percussion and graduate degree in conducting from National Taiwan Normal University, where she studied with Apo Hsu.  Her musical training continued in the United States after being selected to study with Harold Farberman as a Fellow of the Conductor Institute at Bard College.  Under the tutelage of Mark Gibson, she earned a graduate degree at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, and in 2012, Chia-Hsuan received the Foreign Study Award for Music from the Taiwan Education Bureau to begin her doctoral degree with Victor Yampolsky at Northwestern University. Chia-Hsuan has furthered her education through masterclasses and workshops, including sessions with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Romanian Royal Camerata, as well as with conductors Günther Herbig, Jorma Panula, Imre Palló, Steven Smith, Helmuth Rilling, Gábor Hollerung, Mei-Ann Chen, Markand Thakar, Israel Yinon, and Douglas Bostock.

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ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Jim MancusoGeneral Manager

Christina BrinkerDirector of Operations

Timothy TanOrchestra Personnel Manager

Adrian MannOrchestra Librarian/Staff Arranger

Ryan PequignotStage Manager

EDUCATION

Jason PearmanDirector of Education and Community Engagement

Anne Preucil LewellenEducation and Ensemble Coordinator

Joseph KalismanYouth Orchestra Manager

Derek ReevesInstructor, Club Orchestra program

DEVELOPMENT

Sarah KimouGrants and Sponsorship Coordinator

Clarissa ReisAnnual Fund Coordinator

FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY

Beth ConradDirector of Finance

Kathleen FarrierAccounting Clerk

Angelyn BegleyTechnology Coordinator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Melysa RogenDirector of Marketing and PR

Ed StevensSales Manager

Brooke SheridanPublications and Graphics Manager

Doug DennisPatron Relations Manager

OFFICERS

Ben Eisbart, Chair

Chuck Surack, Chair-Elect

Carol Lindquist, Vice-Chair

Sharon Peters, Vice-Chair

Philip Smith, Vice-Chair

Daryl Yost, Vice-Chair

Greg Marcus, Secretary

George Bartling, Treasurer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George BartlingSarah BodnerEarl D. Brooks, IIVicky CarweinAnita CastKeith DavisBen EisbartDennis FickMichael GalbraithLeonard HelfrichKaty HobbsVicki JamesPamela KellyCarol LindquistGreg MarcusEleanor Marine

Nick MehdikhanTimothy MillerTamzon O’MalleySharon PetersDr. Lance Richey (Intern) Melissa SchenkelJeff SebeikaRob SimonPhilip SmithNancy StewartChuck SurackBarb WachtmanDaryl YostAlfred ZacherMary Ann Ziembo

Benjamin Rivera has been artistic director and conductor of Cantate Chicago since December of 2000. He has prepared and conducted choruses at all levels, from elementary school through adult, in repertoire from gospel, pop, and folk to sacred polyphony, choral/orchestral masterworks, and contemporary pieces. He prepared the Fort Wayne (IN) Philharmonic Chorus and members of Cantate for a performance of William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast in March of 2013. He was appointed director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus in the fall of the same year. He has also served as Guest Chorus Director of the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago.

In his nineteenth season as a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, including twelve seasons as bass section leader, Rivera also sings professionally with Chicago a cappella, the Grant Park Chorus, and many other ensembles. He is a frequent soloist, appearing with these ensembles and others, most often in sacred and

concert works. He has sung across the U.S., and can be heard on numerous recordings.

He has been on the faculty of several colleges and universities, directing choirs and teaching voice, diction, music theory, and history. In addition, he has adjudicated many competitions (solo and ensemble), led numerous master classes and in-school residencies, and he has presented at the Iowa Choral Directors Association summer conference.

Especially adept with languages, Benjamin Rivera frequently coaches German and Spanish, among several others. He holds degrees in voice and music theory from North Park University and Roosevelt University, respectively, and a DMA in choral conducting from Northwestern University. His studies also have included the German language in both Germany and Austria, for which he received a Certificate of German as a foreign language in 2001; conducting and African American spirituals with Rollo Dilworth; and workshops, seminars, and performances in early music. In 2011, he researched choral rehearsal and performance practice in Berlin, Germany.

Benjamin Rivera is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Chorus America, and the College Music Society (CMS).

THE PHIL CHORUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD MEMBERSTom Cain Sara DavisLenore Defonso Sandy Hellwege

Katy Hobbs Nathan Pose Sarah Reynolds Greg White

OFFICERSKaty Hobbs, President Sarah Reynolds, Vice PresidentGreg White, Treasurer Sara Davis, Secretary

HEAT RESISTANT FABRICATIONS & CASTINGSQ U A L I T Y • S E R V I C E • V A L U E

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VIOLINDavid Ling, Acting Concertmaster Frank Freimann Chair

Johanna Bourkova-Morunov, Acting Associate Concertmaster Michael and Grace Mastrangelo Chair

Rotating, Assistant Concertmaster John and Julia Oldenkamp Chair

Olga Yurkova, Principal Second Wilson Family Foundation Chair

Betsy Thal Gephart, Assistant Principal Second Eleanor and Lockwood Marine Chair

Marcella Trentacosti Wayne L. Thieme Chair

Timothy Tan

Alexandra Tsilibes

Pablo Vasquez

Kristin Westover

Dessie Arnold

Zofia Glashauser

Janet Guy-Klickman

Linda Kanzawa

Ervin Orban

VIOLADerek Reeves, Principal

Debra Welter, Assistant Principal Charles and Wilda Gene Marcus Family Chair

Bruce Graham

Debra Graham S. Marie Heiney and Janet Myers Heiney Chair

Theodore E. Chemey III

Erin Maughan

Erin Rafferty

CELLOAndre Gaskins, Principal Morrill Charitable Foundation Chair

Deborah Nitka Hicks, Assistant Principal Judith and William C. Lee Family Chair

Jane Heald

David Rezits

Edward Stevens

Joseph Kalisman

Greg Marcus Linda and Joseph D. Ruffolo Family Foundation Chair

BASSAdrian Mann, Principal

Kevin Piekarski, Assistant Principal Giuseppe Perego Chair

Brian Kuhns

Andres Gil

Joel Braun

FLUTELuke Fitzpatrick, Principal Rejean O’Rourke Chair

Vivianne Bélanger Virginia R. and Richard E. Bokern Chair

Hillary Feibel Mary-Beth Gnagey Chair

OBOEOrion Rapp, Principal Margaret Johnson Anderson Chair

Pavel Morunov Fort Wayne Philharmonic Friends' Fellow Rikki and Leonard Goldstein Chair

ENGLISH HORNLeonid Sirotkin Marilyn M. Newman Chair

ANDREW CONSTANTINE MUSIC DIRECTORIone Breeden Auer Podium

CHIA-HSUAN LIN ASSISTANT CONDUCTORBENJAMIN RIVERA CHORUS DIRECTOR

CLARINETCampbell MacDonald, Principal Howard and Marilyn Steele Chair

Cynthia Greider Georgia Haecker Halaby Chair

BASSOONDennis Fick, Principal

Anne Devine Joan and Ronald Venderly Family Chair

HORNMichael Lewellen, Principal Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Swanson Chair

J. Richard Remissong John D. Shoaff Chair

Michael Galbraith Walter D. Greist, MD Family Chair

Katherine Loesch

TRUMPETAndrew Lott, Principal Gaylord D. Adsit Chair

Daniel Ross George M. Schatzlein Chair

Akira Murotani Charles Walter Hursh Chair

TROMBONEDavid Cooke, Principal W. Paul and Carolyn Wolf Chair

Adam Johnson

BASS TROMBONEAndrew Hicks

TUBASamuel Gnagey, Principal Sweetwater Sound and Chuck and Lisa Surack Chair

TIMPANIEric Schweikert, Principal William H. Lawson Chair

PERCUSSIONScott Verduin, Principal June E. Enoch Chair Alison Chorn NorthAmerican Van Lines funded by Norfolk Southern Foundation Chair

Kirk Etheridge Patricia Adsit Chair

HARPAnne Preucil Lewellen, Principal Fort Wayne Philharmonic Friends Chair

ORGANIrene Ator Robert Goldstine Chair

PIANOAlexander Klepach English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation Chair

VIOLINJenna AndersonNathan BanksNicole DeGuireRegan EcksteinJanice EplettPaul HauerMichael HouffVictoria MooreCaleb MossburgIrina MuellerMichael O'GieblynIlona OrbanKristine PapillonEleanor PiferColleen TanLauren TourkowJessica Wiersma

VIOLARachel GoffMelissa Lund ZieglerKatrin MeidellEmily MondokAnna RossLiisa Wiljer

CELLOGena Taylor

BASSBrad KuhnsJohn Tonne

FLUTEJanet GalbraithAlistair HowlettPatricia Reeves

OBOEJennet IngleAryn SweeneySarah Thelen

CLARINETElizabeth CrawfordDan HealtonSpencer Prewitt

BASS CLARINETElizabeth CrawfordDaniel HealtonSpencer Prewitt

BASSOONMarat RakhmatullaevMichael Trentacosti

CONTRA-BASSOONAlan PaliderKeith Sweger

HORNGene BergerKurt CiviletteKenji Ulmer

TRUMPETBrittany HendricksDouglas HofherrLarry PowellAlan SeversAdam Strong

PERCUSSIONColin HartnettMatt HawkinsRenee KellerBen KippKevin KosnikJerry NobleJiye Oh

KEYBOARDJonathan Mann

SAXOPHONEMatt CashdollarEd RenzFarrell Vernon

CONTRIBUTING MUSICIANS

THE PHIL ORCHESTRA ROSTER

CHAMBER MUSICIANS

THE PHIL CHORUS ROSTER

SOPRANOAshley AdamsonMicaela BasilliciKaren CampbellSheila Chilcote-CollinsKaitlin ClanceyElaine CooperNicoline DahlgrenSara DavisKathy DewRuth FearnowKaty HobbsCarol JacksonJill JefferyNatasha KersjesJane MeredithLeeAnn MiguelMeg MossClarissa ReisKarma RemsterRita RobbinsMary Snow

Sherrie SteinerSue StumpChristina ThomsonCarrie VeitSarah Vetter

ALTONancy ArcherCathryn BoysRonnie BrooksJeri CharlesCaitlin CoulterLenore DeFonsoJoan GardnerRonnie GreenbergCheryle GriswoldSandra HellwegeDarah JonesJody JonesSharon MankeyTara OliveroSarah Reynolds

Paula Neale RiceSabrina RichertCindy SaboLynn ShireSue SnyderRuth TrzynkaFrédérique WardGretchen WeertsMary WintersLea Woodrum

TENORGarrett ButlerThomas CainSarah KindingerJohn T. MooreNathan PoseMark RichertJohn SaboGreg White

BASSThomas BakerJohn BrennanThomas CallahanJon EifertKris GrayGerrit JanssenFred MiguelMichael F. PoppEwing PottsKeith RaftreeGabriel SeligKent Sprunger

BENJAMIN RIVERA CHORUS DIRECTORJONATHAN EIFERT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

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SERIES SPONSORS

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THE MAdGE ROTHSCHild fOuNdATiON

During her lifetime, Madge Rothschild’s philanthropy in support of many local charities was frequent and generous, but, far more often than not, was done anonymously. Aware of her mortality, Madge established The Madge Rothschild Foundation and at death willed her remaining estate to it in order that her support for various local charitable organizations would be continued. The Fort Wayne Philharmonic was one of the charities she supported, remarking, “Without The Phil, there would be so much less culture in this city for us to be proud of and for me to enjoy with others.”

SERIES SPONSORS

CHuCK SuRACK fOuNdER ANd PRESidENT, SWEETWATER SOuNd, iNC.

The Phil is truly one of our most important assets, enhancing northeastern Indiana in the areas of culture, education, and economic development. All of us at Sweetwater are looking forward to an exciting season of memorable performances.

jiM MARCuCCilli PRESidENT & CEO, STAR BANK

STAR is proud to call Fort Wayne home. As a local company, we’re dedicated to making our city an ideal place to raise a family. That is why we created Family of STARs, our community involvement initiative that supports family-oriented programming. The Phil Family Music Series is one of those underwriting commitments. (The three-part Family Series is held in IPFW’s Auer Performance Hall). The programs showcase classical music to families in a fun, relaxed setting. The perfect fit for a culturally rich family experience.

"We're fortunate to have the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at the center of Fort Wayne's arts community. It strengthens our community character and helps make Fort Wayne a great place to live. Brotherhood Mutual is proud to sponsor the Fort Wayne Philharmonic."

MARK ROBiSONCHAiRMAN & PRESidENT, BROTHERHOOd MuTuAl iNSuRANCECOMPANy

At Steel Dynamics, we believe that the right people in the right place are our greatest strength. And it’s in those communities where our co-workers live and work where we provide support through our Steel Dynamics Foundation. In northeastern Indiana, we’re pleased to support the Fort Wayne Philharmonic which enriches the life of tens of thousands …“bringing music to our ears.”

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PATRIOTIC POPS

MARK MillETTPRESidENT & CEO,STEEl dyNAMiCS

For so many of us, a Fort Wayne Philharmonic Holiday Pops Concert is a treasured part of our end-of-year festivities. The familiar carols bring us together in the spirit of community, evoking happy memories with friends and family. We at Parkview Health are very pleased to sponsor the Regional Holiday Pops Concert series. From the physicians and the clinical, administrative and support staff members, and from my wife, Donna, and me, heartfelt wishes to you and yours for a blessed and joyous holiday season.

MiKE PACKNETTPRESidENT & CEO,PARKviEW MEdiCAlCENTER

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HOLIDAY POPS

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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges these individuals for their generous gifts received within the past twelve months. We make every attempt to include everyone who has supported The Phil during that time. Please let us know if we've made an error.

For information about supporting The Phil’s 2015/16 Annual Fund, contact the Development Office at 260•481•0774.

ANNUAL FUND INDIVIDUALS

FOUNDERS SOCIETY (GIFTS OF $25,000+)

Anonymous (2)Gloria Fink*Diane S. Humphrey

Russ & Jeanette QuilhotChuck & Lisa Surack, Sweetwater Sound

VIRTUOSO SOCIETY (GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $24,999)

Anonymous (1)Wayne & Linda BoydHoward & Betsy ChapmanMr. & Mrs. Irwin F. Deister Jr.June E. EnochLeonard & Rikki GoldsteinWilliam N. & Sara Lee Hatlem

Drs. Kevin & Pamela KellyEleanor H. MarineIan & Mimi RollandHerb & Donna SnyderJeff Sebeika, Subway

STADIVARIUS SOCIETY (GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999)

Dr. & Mrs. Alfred AllinaDrs. David Paul J. & Jeneen AlmdaleNancy ArcherGeorge & Linn BartlingDavid & Janet Bell

Andrew & Jane ConstantineTod KovaraMr. & Mrs. Victor PorterThe Rifkin Family Foundation

CONDUCTOR’S CIRLCE (GIFTS OF $2,500 TO $4,999)

Tim & Libby AshAnita & Bill CastWill & Ginny ClarkSarah & Sherrill ColvinJohn H. Shoaff & Julie DonnellAnn H. EckrichMark O. FlanaganPatricia S. GriestSusan HanzelDr. Rudy & Rhonda KachmannDrs. Carol & David Lindquist

Greg MarcusMichael MastrangeloKevin & Tamzon O’MalleyDr. Evelyn M. PaulyCarolyn & Dick SageMs. Carol Shuttleworth & Mr. Michael GavinBarbara Wachtman & Tom SkillmanDaryl YostAl & Hannah ZacherBrian & Kyla Zehr

COMPOSER’S CIRCLE (GIFTS OF $1,250 TO $2,499) Norma & Tom BeadieKatherine BishopJoan Baumgartner BrownKathy CallenTom & Margaret Dannenfelser

George & Ann DonnerBen & Sharon EisbartFred & Mary Anna FeitlerSusan & Richard FergusonFredrica Frank*David S. Goodman

Sattar & Marlene JabooriGinny & Bill JohnsonDorothy K. KittakaMr. & Mrs. John KrueckebergGreg & Barbara MyersRosemary NoeckerKathryn & Michael ParrottLinda PulverThe Rev. C. Corydon Randall & Mrs. Marian Randall

The Rothman Family FoundationMelissa & Peter SchenkelPhilip & Rebecca SmithWayne & Helen WatersLewie WieseVirginia ZimmermanDr. & Mrs. Richard Zollinger

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE (GIFTS FROM $1,000 TO $1,249) Dr. & Mrs. James G. BuchholzBeth ConradDr. & Mrs. Jerald CooperKeith & Kyle DavisThe Dyer Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Ronald B. FosterElizabeth A. FrederickLeonard HelfrichFloyd A. & Betty Lou LanciaLyman & Joan Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Mefford

Timothy & Jennifer MillerNorma J. PinneyCarol & Bill ReitzDr. Joseph SchneiderJohn & Barb SniderKathleen M. SummersRachel A. Tobin-SmithCarolyn & Larry VaniceNancy VendrelyHerbert & Lorraine WeierMary Ann & Mike Ziembo

ENCORE CIRCLE (GIFTS OF $750 TO $999) Glenn & Janellyn BordenMr. & Mrs. Craig D. BrownAnita G. DunlavyEmily & Michael ElkoMr. & Mrs. Daniel C. EwingDavid B. LupkeAnne & Ed Martin

Bonnie & Paul MooreMr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Nave, Jr.Linda & Alan RichardsRobert SimonNorma ThieleKari & Jeannine Vilamaa

CONCERTMASTER (GIFTS FROM $500 TO $749) Anonymous (3)Jeane K. AlmdaleJohn BalesFrederick A. BeckmanLarry & Martha BerndtElizabeth BuekerMargaret L. & Richard F. BugherBarbara BulmahnMary CampbellVirginia CoatsJohn & Janice CoxDr. & Mrs. Fred W. DahlingSara DavisDr. & Mrs. J. Robert EdwardsClayton EllenwoodBruce & Ellen EnglandSteven & Nancy GardnerRoy & Mary GilliomScott & Melissa GlazeShirley H. GrahamMrs. Eloise GuyBob & Liz HathawayWilliam & Sarah Hathaway

Anne & James HegerMr. & Mrs. Mark HestermanMark & Karen HuntingtonMr. & Mrs. Kenneth JohnsonStephen & Roxanne KelkerRichard & Mary KoehnekeG. Irving Latz II FundDr. & Mrs. John W. LeeStephen & Jeanne LewisFrank LuardeDavid B. LupkePeter & Christine MallersAnne & Ed MartinThomas & Dianne MayJim & Alice MerzSusan & David MeyerBonnie & Paul MooreSean & Melanie NatarajanPaul OberleyMr. & Mrs. Maurice O’DanielBrian & Susan PayneBill & Sue RansomDr. & Mrs. Stephen Reed

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CONCERTMASTER (CONTINUED)(GIFTS FROM $500 TO $749)

LTC Ret. & Mrs. Richard ReevesAlan & Pat RiebeAnne & David SillettoMr. Marco Spallone & Ms. Anne LongtineNancy & David Steward

Jane C. ThomasMr. John UlmerAngela & Dick WeberVirginia & Don Wolf Mary Ann & Mike Ziembo

FIRST CHAIR (GIFTS FROM $300 TO $499) Anonymous (1)Michael & Mary Jo AmoriniScott & Barbara ArmstrongLinda BalthaserAmy & John BeattyMichael & Deborah BendallDr. & Mrs. Robert BurkhardtAndy & Peg CandorBob & Margita CriswellAnn & Tim DempseyGeorge & Nancy DoddBill & Dot EasterlyMrs. Philip W. EherenmanAl & Jeanne EmilianPauline EversoleDan & Nacy FulkersonLinda GaffRobert & Barbara GasserMr. & Mrs. Thomas E. GreenLois GuessWarren & Ardis HendryxTom & Mary HuffordMr. & Mrs. Arnold HugeMarcia & Andy JohnsonLarry & Annette KappMr. John A. KirchhoferBruce & Mary Koeneman

Ed & Linda KosDr. & Mrs. Richard D. LiebAnne A. LovettPaul & Pauline LyonsPeg MaginnLusina McNallSuzon MotzCathy A. NiemeyerPaul A. OberleyJanet PaflasMr. & Mrs. Delmar J. ProctorPaul J. & Lula Belle ReiffMaryellen RiceRobert & Ramona ScheimannMary SchneiderScot C. Schouweiler & Julie KellerChuck & Patty SchrimperFort Wayne Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha IotaStephen R. & Anne S. SmithLois A. SteereCarol Ann TerwilligerCarl & Cynthia ThiesMichael J. Vorndran & Joshua LongLorraine & Shepard WeinswigSteve & Keitha Wesner

SECTION PLAYER (GIFTS OF $100 TO $299) Anonymous (6)Irving AdlerMax M. AchlemanTerry & Phil AndorferKeith & Lynn AppleDr. & Mrs. Justin ArataMs. Mary Jo ArdingtonThomas ArmbusterMel & Ruth ArnoldMr. & Mrs. William ArnoldJohn & Dianna Thornhill AuldRichard & Matoula AvdulDick & Adie BaachDave & Bev BaalsPatricia BarrettMike & Kay BausermanTony & Pat BeckerKevin BeuretBeth & Don BieberichHolly & Gil BiermanMatthew Bilodeau

Robert & Mary BinnsSherry L. BlakeVirginia BokernJon Bomberger & Kathryn RoudebushDennis BowmanDavid & Joan BoyerSue & James C. BradleyDr. Helene BreazealeMr. & Mrs. David BrennanJohn P. Brennan & SuzAnne RungeDr. & Mrs. Todd BriscoeMs. Evelyn Brosch-GoodwinDavid N. Brumm & Kimberly S. MacDonaldWilliam & Joan D. BryantWilliam & Dorothy BurfordDr. David & Gayle BurnsMarguerite W. BurrellPhilip BurtJoyce & Paul BuzzardAnne & Michael CayotMr. & Mrs. David Childers

Arlene ChristWillard & Nena ClarkNelson & Mary CoatsRobert & Annelie CollieMr. & Mrs. Richard CookJohn CrawfordWendell & Mary CreeDan & Marjorie CulbertsonJane DehavenTom & Holly DeLongVera & Dominick DeTommasoCarol DiskeyDaryle L. DodenGene & Carol DominiqueFred & Joan DomrowGeorge Drew & Janet ArnoldPhyllis DunhamDr. & Mrs. John DyerDon & Mary Kay EhlerdingCynthia ElickLillian C. EmbickPam & Steve EtheridgePam Evans-MitorajMr. & Mrs. Larry FarverDr. & Mrs. Joseph P. FiacableJohn & Jane FoellDavid & Mary FinkDaniel & Sara GebhartGeoff & Betsy GephartRobert & Constance GodleyEdward & Henrietta GoetzWilliam & Mary GoudyMr. & Mrs. Ronald GreekNorm & Ronnie GreenbergDon & Kate GriffithJames B. GriffithDavid L. GuilfordMary K. GynnMark HagermanDr. & Mrs. Charles Frederick HaighMelanie & Robert HallJonathan & Alice HancockBrian & Barbara HarrisPaul J. HaughanDennis & Joan HeadleeJacqueline HecklerMarsha HellerMayor Tom C. & Cindy HenryTom & Jane HoffmanDouglas & Karla HofherrPhil & Sharon HowardWinifred HoweDr. & Mrs. Joseph HuguenardEd & Mary Lou HutterGeorge & Jane IrmscherJocelyn Ivancic

Mr. & Mrs. Arlin JansenGordon & Julie JohnsonSharon & Alex JokayGwen KaagJames R. KarlinLuAnn R. KellerBridget KellyDale KellyJane L. KeltschCarol & Norman KemplerDr. & Mrs. Bruce KinseyWilliam G. KnorrJames & Janice KodayKay & Fred KohlerDr. & Mrs. Daniel KrachHedi KruegerPaula Kuiper-MooreJJ Carrol & Jeff LaneDrs. Chung & S. Sage LeeSteven & Rhonda LehmanMs. Frances LemayRaymond & Mary Lou LoaseDale & Virginia LutzJanet & Larry MacklinNellie Bee MaloleyCheryl MathewsDavid MatzDr. & Mrs. Michael L. McArdleSusan J. McCarrolJohn H. & Shelby McFannScott McMeenAlice McRaeLeanne MensingElizabeth MeyerMr. & Mrs. Jerry R. MeyerCarolyn MillerAl & Cathy MollRay & Nancy MooreDeborah MorganDr. David MoserKenneth & Linda MoudyJohn & Barbara MuellerMs. Mary MussonEd NeuferMartha L. NoelRon & Ruth NofzingerDavid & Sally NortonJay & Jill NusselBetty O’ShaughnesseyC. James & Susan J. OwenMr. & Mrs. ParaisoMac & Pat ParkerEdwin & Maxine PeckMr. & Mrs. John M. PetersRaymond & Betty PippertMarvin & Vivian PriddyHelen F. Pyles

Dr. & Mrs. George F. RappDr. Donald & JoEllen ReedJohn & Diana ReedEmma ReidenbachJeremy & Clarissa ReisMr. & Mrs. Robert RelitzThomas RemenschneiderAnne RemingtonDennis L. ReynoldsBenjamin & Alex RiveraJanet RoeJim & Phyllis RonnerStanley & Enid RosenblattMartin & Rita RungeJames M. SackMarilyn SalonNancy & Tom SarosiJan & Steve SarratoreHarold SchickMary Ellen SchonDavid SeligmanMr. & Mrs. Richard ShanklePhyllis ShoaffLt. Col. & Mrs. Tom SitesRamona & Dick SiveCurt & Dee SmithDarryl R. SmithDelois SmithLynda D. SmithSharon SnowBetty SomersMichael SorgThomas & Mary Jane SteinhauserAnnetta StorkMatt & Cammy SutterTim & Colleen TanLois Teders HornJudge Philip ThiemeTom & Maureen ThompsonScott & Jenny TsuleffDr. & Mrs. J. Phillip TyndallDonald & Amy UrbanMr. & Mrs. David Van GilderJayne Van WinkleDaniel & June WalcottDr. James C. WehrenbergPat & John WeickerDr. & Mrs. Alfred A. WickEllen WilsonHope WilsonLea B. WoodrumMarcia & Phil WrightMr. Galen YordyGlen & Janice YoungBob & Jan Younger

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The Fort Wayne Philharmonic thanks these concert and event sponsors for their generous contributions over the past twelve months. Please call 260•481•0774 to join our family of sponsors.

SPONSORS

MAESTOSO $250,000+

Madge Rothschild Foundation

APPASSIONATO $150,000 to $249,999

Anonymous (1)

ALLEGRETTO$50,000 to $149,999

Anonymous (1)

FOUNDER’S SOCIETY $25,000 to $49,999

VIRTUOSO SOCIETY $10,000 to $24,999

The Huisking Foundation, Inc.

SERIES SPONSORS

Madge Rothschild Foundation

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VIRTUOSO SOCIETY (CONTINUED) $10,000 to $24,999

Drs. Kevin & Pamela Kelly

The Miller Family Foundation

Russ and Jeanette Quilhot

STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY $5,000 to $9,999

Nancy Archer

Mildred Roese and Gloria Nash Charitable Fund

Jeff Sebeika

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $2,500 to $4,999

BAE SystemsBKDDebrand Fine ChocolatesMedPartnersPain Management & Anti-Aging Center, Dr. Alfred Allina

Parrish Leasing Inc.PBS 39SubwayTravel Leaders

COMPOSER’S CIRCLE $1,000 to $2,499

Alpha Rae Personnel, Inc.Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.Fort Wayne Parks & RecreationHagerman Construction Corp.Indiana Wesleyan University – Fort Wayne

Jehl & Kreilach Financial ManagementCrumpet The TrumpetShambaugh, Kast, Beck, & Williams, LLPUeber & Friedrich DentistryWells Fargo Advisors

CONCERTMASTER $500 to $999

Britton Marketing & Design GroupChristopher James MenswearClub, Car, Limousine, & TrolleyDowntown Improvement DistrictJoseph DecuisMonarch Capital Management, Inc.

Old Crown Brass BandParkview FieldPaul Davis Restoration & RemodelingUnified Wealth & Retirement PlanningVision Scapes

FIRST CHAIR $300 to $499

AEGIS Sales & Engineering Inc.ChromaSource Inc.Club SodaErika’s Spa & Wellness ClubHyndman Industrial Products, Inc.

Old National InsuranceOttenweller Co., Inc.String ShiftThe Oyster BarWeb Industries Inc.

SECTION PLAYER $100 to $299

Ambulatory Medical ManagementLeonard J. Andorfer & Co., LLPAunt Millie’s BakeriesBelmont BeverageBone Asset ManagementBradley Gough DiamondsBrown Equipment Co.Cali NailsCatablu GrilleCertified Burglar & Fire Alarm SystemsCrazy PinzDekko InvestmentsDesign CollaborativeEPCO ProductsFort Wayne Tin CapsFriendly FoxHakes & Robrock Design-Build Inc.

Jophiel ClothingLonghorn SteakhouseMasoliteMetro Real EstateMike’s CarwashMoose Lake Products Co., Inc.Northeast Indiana Building TradesPaula’s on MainRudy’s Shop Sheridan StablesJohn ShoemakerSkyZoneSmoothie KingTomkinson BMWTwo EE’s WineryUltrazone Family Entertainment Center

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The Phil gratefully acknowledges the follow regional supporters who invest in the cultural vibrancy of their own communities. We take great pleasure in performing for enthusiastic audiences throughout the Northeast Indiana region and welcome and value each contribution that makes those concerts and education performances possible. Thank you!

REGIONAL PARTNERS

MULTIPLE COUNTY SUPPORTIndiana Michigan PowerOlive B. Cole FoundationParkview Regional Medical Center/ Parkview Health

Star Financial BankSteel Dynamics Foundation, Inc

ADAMS COUNTYAdams County Community FoundationBunge North AmericaDecatur Rotary Club

Eichhorn JewelersGilpin, Inc.Janet & Larry MacklinEllen Mann

Mr. & Mrs. Victor PorterPsi Iota Xi (Alpha Delta)Mr. & Mrs. James ShraderSandra Striker

ALLEN COUNTYJonathan AtkinsDr. & Mrs. Justin ArataGeorge & Linn BartlingCraig & Diana BartschtAmy & John BeattyLeaanne BernsteinSarah BodnerCharles BolyardJoan Baumgartner BrownRichard BrownAnita & Bill CastCarolyn ColpetzerCity Of Fort WayneJane DehavenMatthew & Kris DerbyDowntown Improvement DistrictTeresa DustmanAnn H. EckrichSuzie FastHagerman Construction Corp.

Robert HoffmanStanley & Mary HurshMartha JonesDr. Rudy & Rhonda KachmannGerald & Marie KanningStephen KelkerDrs. Kevin & Pamela KellyRuss & Marcia KirbyRonald & Patricia KohartJoellen LauerDrs. Carol & David LindquistPaul & Pauline LyonsJohn MartinMichael MastrangeloDiane McCammonDouglas McCoyJohn H. & Shelby McFannRoger & Rachel McNettSusan & David MeyerGreg & Barbara MyersMike & Pat Miller

Ray & Nancy MooreMr. & Mrs. Terence O’NeilMs. Nigel PerryPNCMr. & Mrs. David RidderheimAlan & Pat RiebeMadonna RyanRichard ScheumannGrant & Stephanie SchultzJohn SmithNancy & David StewartMr. & Mrs. Robert StreeterMrs. Carol WardWayne & Helen WatersJeanne Weber RushWells Fargo AdvisorsDonna WindmillerDavid WintersDaryl Yost

DEKALB COUNTYAuburn Arts Commission, Inc.Auburn Moose Family CenterAuburn Dental AssociatesVon & Nancy BaumBeverly BlechGary & Lisa BowserJohn & Cheryl ChalmersGerald ChappRita CollinsDeKalb County Community Foundation

DeKalb County Council on AgingDeKalb Outdoor TheaterErica DekkoPhyllis DunhamWilliam & Mary GoudyC. Bishop HathawayWilliam & Sarah HathawayGreg & Emma HendersonDavid & Pat KruseSteve & Linda Kummernuss

Metal Technologies Inc. FoundationMargery NorrisKevin & Tamzon O’MalleyDr. & Mrs. Keith PerryDr. & Mrs. James RobertsScheumann Dental AssociatesRichard & Suzanne ShankleGary SibleRosemary SprungerMayor Norman & Peggy Yoder

FULTON COUNTYPsi Iota Xi (Eta Mu) Ronnie Shreffler

KOSCIUSKO COUNTYMr. & Mrs. Russell AndersonMr. & Mrs. Donn BairdAunt Millie’s BakeriesMrs. Carol B. BennettJames H. BenninghoffAl CampbellBill & Anita CastGeorgia CookThomas & Nancy CottrellEdward & Linda DahmGretchen & Greg DahmTom & Sandi DruleyDavid & Judith EckrichRichard & Susan FergusonMr. Alan FoxNorman GrandosMichael GlasperRhonda GipsonDr. & Mrs. Lloyd HagedornMr. & Mrs. Vaughn HankinsKenneth & Lela Harkless Foundation

Bruce & Sabine HopkinsMrs. Hope HuberStanley & Mary HurshNeedham & Mary Lou HurstRosalie HurstHarriet InskeepPhyllis JamesDr. Rudy & Rhonda KachmannPhillip & Janet KeimDan & Sarah KitchKosciusko County Community FoundationKosciusko REMC Operation Round Up ProgramLakeland Community Concert AssociationFloyd A. & Betty Lou LanciaMr. & Mrs. Max LaudemanJim & Pat MarculccilliMr. & Mrs. Paul MastGarth & Susie McClainMr. & Mrs. William F. McNagny

Dr. Dane & Mary Louise Miller Family FoundationDave & Dorothy MurphyWalter & Ann PalmerDr. & Mrs. Ronald PancerMr. & Mrs. Paul PhillabaumRichard & Susan PletcherPrickett’s Properties, Inc.Maryellen RiceIan & Mimi RollandMs. Mary RothAnn StrongDick & Linda TillmanWawasee Property Owners AssociationMr. Larry WeigandDr. & Mrs. Leamon D. WilliamsTod & Sandy WolfrumJames YoungAlfred & Hannah ZacherRobert & Karen Zarich

NOBLE COUNTYDr. & Mrs. Craig AtzGreg & Sheila BeckmanArthur & Josephine Beyer FoundatonGregory & Michele Bricker

Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Inc. – Alpha Iota ChapterDr. & Mrs. Kenneth CripeErica DekkoMs. Ellen Holliman

KPC Media GroupNoble County Community FoundationJennie Thompson Foundation

STEUBEN COUNTYAnonymous (1)Sandra AgnessDonald & Janet AhlersmeyerAmerican Legion Angola Post 31Mr. Ron BallGlen & Chris BickelMr. & Mrs. Robert BigelowRay & Marianne BodieJames & Lynn BroylesLaura BuellChuck & Maureen BuschekCameron Memorial Community HospitalJames & Wanda CarperCity of Angola, Richard Hickman, MayorJudith Clark-Morrill FoundationColdwell Banker Roth Wehrly GraberMrs. Margie Deal

First Federal Savings Bank of AngolaFrank GraySusan HanzelLinda HawkinsJim & Karen HuberPatricia HuffmanThomas & Cheryl HugheyMr. & Mrs. Roger KaiserKappa, Kappa, Kappa, Inc. – Zeta UpsilonVelma KenningLeo & Marlene KuhnLake James AssociationMr. & Mrs. Wally LeuenbergerMr. & Mrs. Ralph McDowellGerald & Carole Miller Family FoundationSteve & Jackie Mitchell

Stan & Jean ParrishMiles & Judith PerkinsPsi Iota Xi (Rho Chapter)Max & Sandy RobisonSatek WineryFred & Bonnie SchlegelJoseph SeyferMr. & Mrs. Charles SheetsErik & Laura SorensenDick & Karen SpakeSteuben County Community FoundationSteuben County REMC Round Up FoundationTrine UniversityLinda WagonerNorma WarrenB. Lynn Wernet CPAJim & Kathryn ZimmermanDale & Judy Zinn

WELLS COUNTYAdamsWells Internet Telecom TVAlmco Steel Products Corp.Bluffton Rotary ClubMr. & Mrs. Doug GerberMrs. Diane Humphrey

L.A. Brown Co.Grace MoserPretzels, Inc.Richard & Donna ScheumannMr. & Mrs. Kenneth Steffen

Troxel EquipmentUnited REMCWells County FoundationPhillip Zent

WHITLEY COUNTYCopp Farm SupplyMr. & Mrs. Harold CoppRonald DavisFred GeyerJ & J Insurance Solutions

Performance PC, LLCMr. & Mrs. Nicholas SteillPamela ThompsonJohn UnderwoodMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Walker

Whitley County Community FoundationDr. & Mrs. Richard Zollinger

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FOUNDATION AND PUBLIC SUPPORT

ALLEGRETTO $50,000 to $149,999

Anonymous (1)Steel Dynamics Foundation

Foellinger Foundation

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE $2,500 to $4,999

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Jennie Thompson Foundation

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY $1,000,000+

Edward D. & Ione Auer Foundation

MAESTOSO $250,000+

Dekko Foundation Madge Rothschild Foundation

APPASSIONATO $150,000 to $249,999

Anonymous (1)Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne

English, Bonter, Mitchell FoundationO’Rourke-Schof Family Foundation

FOUNDER’S SOCIETY $25,000 to $49,999

Community Foundation of Greater Fort WayneIndiana Arts Commission

Lincoln Financial FoundationW. Gene Marcus TrustPNC Charitable Trusts

VIRTUOSO SOCIETY $10,000 to $24,999

Olive B. Cole FoundationThe Huisking FoundationThe Miller Family Fund

Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer FoundationEdward M. & Mary McCrea Wilson Foundation

STRADIVARIUS SOCIETY $5,000 to $9,999

Journal Gazette FoundationRobert, Carrie, and Bobbie Steck Foundation

Wells County FoundationWells Fargo Charitable Trusts

COMPOSER’S CIRCLE $1,000 to $2,499

Adams County Community FoundationHoward P. Arnold FoundationArthur and Josephine Beyer FoundationJudith Clark-Morrill FoundationDeKalb County Community Foundation

Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce FoundationKenneth & Lela Harkless Foundation

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Kosciusko County Community FoundationMAXIMUS FoundationDr. Dane & Mary Louise Miller FoundationGerald & Carole Miller Family FoundationSteuben County Community FoundationMary E. VanDrew Charitable FoundationWhitley County Community Foundation

CONCERTMASTER $500 to $999

Auburn Arts CommissionNoble County Community Foundation

IN KIND DONATIONS

Arts Consulting Group, Inc. Linda BrananBarnes & Thornburg LLPIPFWKeefer PrintingNIPRSoft Rock 103.9Summit City RadioWANE-TVWOWO-FMWLDE-FMPatricia Weddle

ENDOWMENT FUND

Chorus Director Louis Bonter

Philharmonic Center Rehearsal Hall - In honor of Robert and Martina Berry, by Liz and Mike Schatzlein

Music Library Josephine Dodez Burns and Mildred Cross Lawson

Music Director Podium Ione Breeden Auer Foundation

Guest Violinist Chair Nan O’ Rourke

Youth Symphony Walter W. Walb Foundation

Family Concerts Howard and Betsy Chapman

Young People’s Concerts The Helen P. Van Arnam Foundation

Philharmonic Preschool Music Program Ann D. Ballinger

Radio Broadcasts Susan L. Hanzel

SPECIAL ENDOWMENTS

The Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges these special endowments, which are in addition to the musician chair endowments. See page 46-47 for musician chair endowments.

Arthur A. BealCharlotte D. BradleyBeverly DildineGloria FinkHenrietta Goetz

Joyce Gouwens John HeineySanford RosenbergAlice C. Thompson

BEqUESTS

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges recent bequests from the following estates:

CONTRIBUTORS

The Fort Wayne Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges and thanks the many contributors to its Endowment Fund, who for generations have been a lasting financial bedrock for the institution. The Endowment Fund ensures the Philharmonic’s future for succeeding generations as a symphonic ensemble, an educational leader, and a cultural ambassador for the entire Northeast Indiana region. A full Endowment Fund listing is available year round on the website at fwphil.org. To learn more about specific naming opportunities or to discuss how you might make your own unique contribution to the future of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, please contact the Development office by phone at 260.481.0775, or by email at creis@fwphil.org for further information.

Mr. & Mrs. Max AchlemanMr. & Mrs. James AckleyDr. Verna AdamsPatricia Adsit in memory of Gaylord AdsitMr. & Mrs. Walter AinsworthMr. & Mrs. Oscar AlbersSabah Al-SaudHoward and Jeane AlmdaleMr. & Mrs. James AlmdaleBrad Altevogt in memory of Jeff AltevogtMr. & Mrs. Dale AmstutzDorothy Anglin in memory of James AnglinBob and Pat AnkerDr. & Mrs. James ArataDrs. William and Mary Ellen Argus Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Armbuster

Dessie Arnold & Richard Dunbar Jr. in memory of Eddy & Beth Lydy BrownMr. & Mrs. Melvin ArnoldMr. & Mrs. Richard Arnold in memory of George & Esther HullKaren and Gerald Arthur Barbara & Milton Ashby Irene & Jim AtorMr. and Mrs. Edward AuerVirginia Ayers Adie & Dick BaachMary A. BachA. Gerald and Pauline BackstromH. Norman Ballinger in memory of Ann BallingerMr. & Mrs. James Barrett III

R. Janice BartonMr. & Mrs. Glenn BashamNorma and Thomas BeadieMr. & Mrs. Glen Beams Mr. & Mrs. John Beatty Dennis & Nancy Becker Mary & Joseph Becker Pat & Tony BeckerMr. & Mrs. Charles BeckmanBetty and Frederick Beckman Nancy BellingerMr. & Mrs. William BenfordMr. & Mrs. Phillip BennettColleen and Jim BenninghoffColleen Smith Benninghoff TrustRobert and Vera Benninghoff Bonita & William Bernard Bethel United Methodist Church – Chancel Choir

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Brenda Betley George Bewley Holly & Gil BiermanThe Reverend Dr. Virgil Bjork in honor of the Masson Robertson Family in memory of Frances Mae BjorkMr. & Mrs. William Black Sherry Blake Connie & Darrell Blanton

Dr. & Mrs. Peter BlichertBob and Judy in honor of Ervin Orban, in honor of Christine Thompson, in honor of David Borsvold, in honor of Deb and Andrew Hicks, in honor of Eric Schweikert, in honor of Braham Dembar, in honor of Alexander Klepach in honor of Brian Prechtl, in honor of Bradley Thachuk, in honor of our musicians, especially those who are soloistsJocelyn & Jim Blum Ann & David Bobilya Phyllis BoedekerVirginia and Richard Bokern, in memory of Loved OnesJim and Lois Boomer Janellyn & Glenn BordenSid and Bonnie BosticPatricia Boyle in memory of B.C. Boyle, in memory of Mary A.J. BoyleJ. Charles BradenRobert BraunDr. Helene Breazeale, in honor of Andrew ConstantineDavid and Faye BrennanMartha Brenner, in memory of Elsa BrennerDr. Wm. Lloyd BridgesDr. Glenn Brinker and Ms. Willi Ratliff, in honor of Mr. & Mrs. John BrinkerCarolyn BrodyMrs. Robert Brokaw, in memory of Harriet ParrishRoberta Brokaw in memory of Miriam Louise Brokaw Joan Baumgartner BrownBarbara and John BruceBeverly and Larry Brunke Bob & Margaret BrunsmanRosemary BucklinJames BueterBarbara J. BulmahnJohn and Paula Bullman Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Burnside Karen ButlerSean Butler and Paula George Dr. Carol ButtellJoyce and Paul BuzzardMr. & Mrs. Thomas Callison Princess Cameron

Kevin CampbellIsa and Elizabeth Canavati Alan Candioto Peg & Andy CandorMr. & Mrs. John CantrellRichard CarlsonMr. & Mrs. Lyle CaryAnita and Bill Cast, in memory of Charles Walter HurshMr. & Mrs. M. Stuart CavellCharles Caylor, MDMrs. Harold Caylor Mr. Michael CayotElizabeth and Howard ChapmanCharles Chidester in memory of Jean ChidesterMr. & Mrs. C. Gregory ChildsWill and Ginny ClarkMr. & Mrs. Beresford ClarkeDon ClearyWillis ClouseMr. & Mrs. Lowell CoatsMr. & Mrs. John CoeNancy ColeAnnelie and Bob Collie in memory of Capt. Otto Eichrodt, in memory of “Suse” Gitterman Eichrodt, in memory of Judge Turner, in memory of Mrs. Zula CollieSherrill and Sarah Colvin, in memory of Herbert CooperGwendolyn and Donald ConverseJ. Philip and Susan Cooling CookPatricia CookMr. & Mrs. Herbert CooperHarry CrawfordDr. & Mrs. John CrawfordRosemarie and Stephen CrisafulliKathleen and Robert CrispinDawn, Dave and Nate CroftonPatricia and Robert Cross Brenda & David Crum Michael CrumpDr. & Mrs. John CsicskoMr. & Mrs. King CulpJoseph CulverGloster Current Jr.Bill and MaryAnn DahlmanAlbert and Yvonne DahmEdward and Linda DahmMr. & Mrs. George Davis Janet DavisMr. & Mrs. Ronald Davis Ted Davis Judy & Wayne DawesCathleen and David Debbink Cindy & Mark DeisterGwen and Dick DeKay Martha & William DerbyshireJane and Tom DicksonRoslyn DidierBeverly Dildine Mr. & Mrs. John Dillard

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd DoehrmannMr. & Mrs. Richard DoermerMr. & Mrs. Fred DolorescoNancy and Harley DonnellMr. & Mrs. Richard DonnellyGeorge & Ann DonnerMr. & Mrs. Barry DormanDr. Robert DoyalMr. & Mrs. George DrewDouglas DriscollMr. Richard Dunbar Jr. Delores DunhamPhyllis DunhamDr. & Mrs. John DyerDot and Bill EasterlyLawrence EberbachMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. EckrichMr. & Mrs. John Edris Jr.Dr. & Mrs. J. Robert Edwards Ben & Sharon EisbartCynthia ElickMr. & Mrs. C.B. Ellis Jr. Constance EllisMadelane and Ralph ElstonThomas ElyeaLillian C. Embick in memory of Byron L. EmbickEnglish, Bonter, Mitchell FoundationJune EnochMary Anna FeitlerDr. & Mrs. James EppsRichard ErbMr. & Mrs. Walter ErxlebenRev. James and Helen EshlemanJames Evans TrustMr. & Mrs. Charles EversoleDorothy FaulknerMr. & Mrs. Robert FaySuzanne GilsonSusan and Richard Ferguson Vernell & Peter FettigCharles FineMr. & Mrs. Richard FinkBetty FishmanMargaret and Mark Flanagan Jr.Cleon FleckRichard E. Ford Mr. & Mrs. John Forss in honor of David CroweFort Wayne Philharmonic ChorusThe Phil FriendsRichard CarlsonDon MansfieldRon and Marilyn FosterDr. Thomas and Sue Fowler-FinnGus FranklinFrank Freimann Charitable Trust in honor of Frank FreimannFrances and Avis FrellickFred and Grace GageMr. & Mrs. Neil GallagherMr. & Mrs. William GarveyMark GarvinMr. & Mrs. Robert Gasser

Dr. & Mrs. Basil Genetos Betsy & Geoff GephartMr. & Mrs. Miles GerberdingMr. & Mrs. August Gerken William GharisJack and Catherine GintherSusan and Mark GiaQuintaMichael and Carol GibsonJay and Kathy Gilbert Suzanne GilsonGuy and Lucia GlennMrs. William Goebel in memory of Dr. C. William GoebelMr. & Mrs. Edward Goetz Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Edward GoldenMyron GoldmanRikki and Leonard GoldsteinRobert Goldstine L. Ann & James GolmMrs. Hugo Gottesman Mr. & Mrs. Robert GouwensJoan and Bill Graham Nancy Graham-SitesJ.P. Graney Ron & Nicole GreekRobert GreenNorman and Ronnie GreenbergDr. & Mrs. Robert GreenleeMrs. Walter Griest in memory of Walter Griest, MDElla and Lester GrileMr. & Mrs. Merle GrimmDonald Grissom in memory of Doty GrissomThomas GroteAnn GroverGrueninger TravelRuth and Christopher GuerinMr. & Mrs. Gerald GuernseyMr. & Mrs. Victor GuessNeola and Gerry GugelKirk GutmanBob and Jill GutreuterJoyce and Alfred GutsteinEloise and Robert Guy Kenton HagermanMr. & Mrs. Mark HagermanMr. & Mrs. Theodore HagermanMichael HaggartyDave and Sandy HaistDr. & Mrs. Fouad HalabyBarbara and Don HallMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Hall Nadine HallMrs. William B.F. HallMr. & Mrs. Robert HallerMrs. John HamiltonBarbara HannaSusan HanzelThomas HarkerMildred HartmanRuth HaslacherMr. & Mrs. William HatlemCarl and Silvia HausmannJeff Haydon Judy & Tom HayhurstMary Ann HaynieThe Heart Center Medical Group

Sanjiv Aggarwal, MD

Ravi Bathina, MDSteven Behrendsen, MDRichard Cardillo, MDManuel Cernovi, MDKent Farnsworth, MDRevati Ghatnekar, MDGary Hambel, MDPeter Hanley, MDMark Hazen, MD Elizabeth Isbister, MDSushil Jain, MD Mark Jones, MDDavid Kaminsakas, MD

Andrew Katz, MDSteven Ko, MDC. Casey Kroh, MDScott Mattson, D.O.Sudheer Meesa, MDRebecca Minser, MDSteven Orlow, MDSanjay Patel, MD Fred Rasp, MDSubhash Reddy, MDStephen Reed, MDStanley Rich, MDAbdul Sankari, MDRobert Swint, Sr., MDGregory Tomlinson, MDRavi Vaela, MDStacie Wenk, MDCarl Wrobleski, MDChristopher Zee-

Cheng, MD Ronald HeilmanJohn Heiney in memory of Janet Heiney, in memory of S. Marie HeineyLeonard Helfrich Jerome Henry Dr. & Mrs. T.L. HerendeenNancy and Philip Hershberger, MD Deborah & Andrew HicksJames and Dorothy Hilmert Ann Hoard Jenny & Andrew HobbsMark Hochstetler and Mary MaloneyDr. & Mrs. Arthur HoffmanDonald HoffmanDr. & Mrs. Gregory Hoffman Colleen J. HohnHook Drug FoundationJohn and Dawn Hopkins Nancy & Tuck HopkinsJody and Jim Horein Suzanne & Michael Horton Barbara & Phillip HothMrs. Rod Howard Mary & Tom Hufford Amanda Hullinger & FamilyDiane HumphreyDavid & Nancy HunterLeonard IaquintaGordon and Marie IddlesJo Bess Jackson on behalf of The Windrose EnsembleMs. Ruthie JacksonMarlene JessupSheila and David Joest

Ginny & Bill JohnsonMary and George Johnson in memory of M. Johnson AndersonMr. & Mrs. Kenneth JohnsonMr. & Mrs. M. James Johnston Barbara Jones Mr. & Mrs. Christopher JonesMr. & Mrs. Joseph JonesMr. & Mrs. Thomas JonesRichard Juergens, MDPhilip and Phyllis KaiserDr. & Mrs. Martin KaplanDr. & Mrs. Gerry KaufmanDr. & Mrs. Carleton KeckMarcile KeckKeefer Printing Company, Inc. Leslie KeeslarMr. & Mrs. David KeimDale KellyPamela Kelly, MD and Kevin Kelly, MDMr. & Mrs. Geoffrey KelsawJane Keltsch in memory of Donald KeltschDr. & Mrs. Norman KemplerDiane KeounCraig and Diane KeounDr. & Mrs. S. Bruce KephartAnne KernMr. & Mrs. Ross KingDr. & Mrs. Robert Kittaka in memory of Mr. Kizo KometanI, in memory of Kumako Kittaka, Beloved MotherJohn and James Knight FoundationMr. & Mrs. Lynn KoehlingerMary KoehlingerBruce and Mary KoenemanJohn KorteTod Kovara in memory of Earl Kovara, in memory of Judy Ann KovaraFritz & Joan KraberKrouse FoundationHedi and Irwin Krueger Keith Kuehnert Mr. & Mrs. Don E. LahrmanMr. & Mrs. Rex LammMr. & Mrs. Theron LansfordDr. & Mrs. William LaSalleJanet and Bud LatzMr. & Mrs. William LatzWilliam LawsonDoretta Laycock Pat LeahyMr. & Mrs. Ivan Lebamoff Ruth LebrechtDr. Chung-Seng and Sage LeeAntoinette and H.S. LeeJohn Lee, MDJudith and William LeeMr. & Mrs. Joseph LeeuwDr. & Mrs. Robert LeiningerMr. & Mrs. Gerald LeMastersMr. & Mrs. James LewellenPaul Liechty

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David & Carol LindquistMr. & Mrs. Nocholas LitchinDavid and Melissa LongAnne Longtine and Marco Spallone Judy & Gerald LopshireEleanor LudyDuane and Carol Lupke Margaret & Doug LyngMr. & Mrs. William MacomberMr. & Mrs. George MallersPeter and Christine Mallers in honor of the Philharmonic musicians and staffJoyce MalloryNellie MaloleySylvia Manalis and Richard ManalisGeorge and Mary MarchalMr. & Mrs. Michael Marchese Jr.Mrs. Charles MarcusGreg MarcusWilda Gene Marcus TrustEleanor and Lockwood Marine Christina & Stephen Martin Don & Eleanor Martin Nancy & Victor Martin Wayne Martin & Nancy Olson-MartinChristian and Michelle MaslowskiMichael Mastrangelo in memory of Grace MastrangeloMichael and Grace MastrangeloGeorge and Doris MatherJudge & Mrs. Dalton McAlisterMrs. Byron McCammonEmery McDanielShelby and John McFann in memory of Sarah Smith and Ben McFannJ. McFann Consulting Co. Monarch Capital ManagementMonty McFarrenScott and Charles McGeheeGeorge McKayMr. & Mrs. Richard McKeeMrs. Thomas McKiernan Lee McLairdMary McLisleMr. & Mrs. Alan McMahanMcMillen FoundationJoan McNagnyEugene and Betty McQuillan in memory of Betty McQuillanDonald Mefford Julie & Bob MehlMr. & Mrs. Richard Menge in memory of Elsie MengeFred MeriwetherMr. & Mrs. Edwin MetcalfeRalph MeyerSusan and David MeyerDr. & Mrs. Joseph MeyersMr. & Mrs. George MikulaBarbara and Joe Miller Bradley MillerKerry Miller

Mr. & Mrs. P. Michael MillerSusan and Scott Miller, MDDr. & Mrs. Michael MirroJudge & Mrs. Alfred MoelleringMr. & Mrs. Charles Momper Monarch Capital ManagementMr. & Mrs. Frank MonroeMr. & Mrs. Bruce Montgomery Bill MorganAloyse MoritzJames MorrellAmy Morrill TrustMorrill Charitable FoundationMarie MoserSue & Rowland MoserDr. & Mrs. Dwight MosleyMr. & Mrs. Lindy MossMr. & Mrs. Leslie MotzMrs. Nancy MoyerAkira Murotani & Alexandra TsilibesMr. & Mrs. John MurrayMr. & Mrs. Wilbur NahrwoldRalph and Becky Naragon Gloria & Jim NashNational Endowment for the ArtsAgnes Nelson in memory of Sheldon NelsonMarilyn NewmanBarb and Tom NiezerMr. & Mrs. Carson Noecker The Carson and Rosemary Noecker Family FoundationCarol Nole in memory of Bobbie and Bob ShillingWalter and Margaret NollenNorthAmerican Van Lines & Norfolk Southern FoundationCatharine Norton in memory of Philip NortonSally & David Norton Terrence NuferMarta and Jim OberlinMr. & Mrs. Harry OkesonMr. & Mrs. John OldenkampMr. & Mrs. Larry O’Maley Ervin & Cynthia OrbanThe O’Rourke-Schof Family FoundationConnie OverholserHarry and Ruth OwenMr. & Mrs. Ralph PaetzJanet and Daniel Paflas, MD Patricia & Maclyn ParkerHarriet and Robert Parrish Kathy & Michael ParrottKevin and Ann PatrickPatrick PaymentMr. & Mrs. Kenneth PearsonLucio and Ann PeregoDouglas and Lenore PerryMrs. Theodor Petry Pat & John PfisterPhelps DodgePhilharmonic Staff in recognition of Christopher D. GuerinRon Philips

Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Phillips Richard Phillips in memory of Evelyn PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Richard PhillipsMr. & Mrs. Douglas PinnerPoinsatte-Altman FoundationMr. & Mrs. Howard PolkMrs. H. Leslie Popp Jr. Vivian Purvis David QuilhotMr. & Mrs. A. Russell Quilhot in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Byron Holmes Somers Barbara Mann RammDr. & Mrs. Fred RaspMrs. J. E. RawlesBetty Rayl John RecheDr. & Mrs. John ReedMr. & Mrs. Thomas RehrerPaul and Lula Belle Reiff Carroll & Bill Reitz Laura RessNancy Rieke Willis & Anne Ritter Ann & Dick RobinsonMr. & Mrs. Don RobinsonMax and Sandy RobinsonPhyllis RobyMr. & Mrs. Richard RoeseDavid and Kathy RogersNancy RogersIan and Mimi RollandSanford Rosenberg TrustMadelon RothschildDrs. Roush & Roush, Inc. Emily & Matt Roussel Bette Sue Rowe Phillip & Ruth RuderMr. & Mrs. Joseph Ruffolo Carol Lynn Rulka Deb & Bob RuppRabbi Richard and Lois SafranRichard and Carolyn SageLynne SalomonDr. & Mrs. Joel SalonAlma SalzbrennerAnn and Morrie SandersonNancy and Tom Sarosi Saturday ClubSchaefer FoundationPatricia SchaeferLiz and Mike Schatzlein in honor of George SchatzleinTimothy ScheidtLetha SchererKathleen and Dale SchipperMr. & Mrs. Donald SchmidtPhillis Schmidt in memory of Eugene Schmidt, MDJeanne Schouweiler in memory of Edwin SchouweilerWilliam Schreck Schust FoundationMr. & Mrs. Frank SechlerMr. & Mrs. Daniel SerbanMr. & Mrs. William SerstadShearson Lehman Hutton Inc.Erin SheehanJoan and Don Sherman

Roqua Shideler in memory of Jack Shideler Jr.John Shoaff and Julie Donnell in memory of John ShoaffMr. & Mrs. Thomas ShoaffMack Short Mary & Robert Short Carol Shuttleworth & Michael GavinDr. & Mrs. James SidellC. David and Ann SillettoPauline Ware SilvaMark and Sharon SimmonsRoberta and Robert SimmonsHank and Marilyn SkinnerSledd FoundationMr. & Mrs. Walter SlofferMichael Slutsky and Jean Tipton in memory of Tasha TiptonDr. Edra SmileyMr. & Mrs. Daniel SmithHerbert and Donna SnyderByron Somers Foundation Carol Baxter SomervilleThelma SomervilleKathryn and Ray SommersShari and Jim SousleyWilliam SpindlerMr. & Mrs. Arthur SpirouSquare D CompanyStaehle FoundationRonald StaggHoward and Marilyn SteeleMr. & Mrs. Allen Steere Lois A. Steere in memory of Allen C. SteereMr. & Mrs. A. James SteinTodd and Janet StephensonRev. & Mrs. Daniel StewartNancy and David Stewart

Marjorie Stewart in memory of Carlton StewartAmy StoneRobert StoufferEdith Stout Mr. & Mrs. Leo StroncczekJames and JeanneLeita StumpCarl Suedhoff Jr.James SuelzerThomas Summerill Kathleen SummersMrs. Thomas SummersSunriver Music Festival FriendsThe Bowerman Family of SunriverSunset Drive Neighbors in memory of Betty McQuillanChuck and Lisa Surack and Sweetwater Sound in honor of Samuel GnageyMr. & Mrs. Art SurguineMr. & Mrs. Arthur SwansonSwiss ReDavid Swanson Cyndy & Jim TaberDr. & Mrs. Robert TaylorMr. & Mrs. Zohrab TazianEdvard and Luba TchivzhelMr. & Mrs. Harry TharpPhilip and Betty Thieme in memory of Wayne ThiemeJane C. Thomas Christine Thompson in memory of Mary Isabel Cook, in honor of Blanche and Jabe LuttrellMr. & Mrs. Francis ThompsonJosephine ThompsonMadeleine Thompson

Amy Throw & FamilySonja ThurberJeff and Barb TillmanMr. & Mrs. Joshua TourkowDr. & Mrs. Herbert TrierLinda and Dennis TroyMichael & Janet Tucker Cathy Tunge & Steve KieferBetty Turen Nancy Vacanti & Abigail KesnerThe Helen P. Van Arnam Foundation, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Robert VegelerMr. & Mrs. Ronald VenderlyJan VickDulcy VonderauCathy VoorsVirginia WadeThe Walter W. Walb FoundationMr. & Mrs. Robert Walda Jane & Frank WalkerMr. & Mrs. John WalleyMr. & Mrs. James WalperEsther WalterRobert & Irene WaltersMichael and Ruth Wartell Bob & Martha WassonMrs. Richard WaterfieldHelen and Wayne WatersMr. & Mrs. Herbert WeierDorothy WeissMr. & Mrs. Paul WelkerNicholas WerdellLynn Wernet Kristin Westover Cathleen Westrick Mrs. Charles Weyrick Catherine White Perry and Jackie White Dana Wichern Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Wick Mr. & Mrs. Ray Wiley William Willennar Foundation Fred and Marion Williams Eloise Willis Elizabeth Wilson Wilson Family Foundation Dianne and George Witwer Mr. & Mrs. Don Wolf Mr. & Mrs. W. Paul Wolf Melody Wolff Lawrence and Lea Woodrum Mack Wootton Beth Perrins Wright Mary Lou Wright Phillip and Marcia Wright Mary Jo Yentes Mr. & Mrs. Alan Yoder Laura York Daryl Yost Victoria Young Hannah and Alfred Zacher Tim & Sandy Zadzora Drs. Christopher Zee-Cheng and Barbara Nohinek Father Tom Zelinski Larry and Diane Zent Dr. & Mrs. Richard Zollinger

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In Memory of David Platt for the Youth Symphony

The following people have provided for a deferred gift to the Philharmonic, through an estate plan or other financial planning instrument. We gratefully acknowledge their kindness, forethought and lifelong commitment. All gifts are allocated to the Philharmonic Endowment Fund unless otherwise specified by the donor.

The Phil is proud to honor our planned giving donors with membership in the Laureate Club. A planned gift can provide an ideal opportunity to support the orchestra you love at a higher level and can benefit both you and your family. The Phil welcomes the opportunity to assist you and your advisors in planning a contribution that suits your particular needs. Please contact the Development Office at 260•481•0774 or by email at info@fwphil.org to find out more about specific planned giving strategies and arrangements.

Anonymous (26)Patricia AdsitRichard & Sharon ArnoldDick & Adie BaachGeorge & Linn BartlingFred BeckmanKevin Paul BeuertJanellyn & Glenn BordenCarolyn & Steven BrodyAnita Hursh CastBetsy & Howard ChapmanJune E. EnochFred & Mary Anna FeitlerRichard & Susan FergusonGloria Fink*

Henrietta Goetz*Mrs. Edward GoldenLeonard & Rikki GoldsteinJoyce Gouwens*Jay & Sandra HabigSusan HanzelJeff HaydonJohn Heiney*Mr. & Mrs. Donald HicksTom & Shirley JonesDiane KeounMrs. Bruce KoenemanTod S. KovaraDoris LatzAntoinette Lee

Jeff Leffers & Jane GerardotNaida MacDermidEleanor H. MarineMick & Susan McCollumJohn & Shelby McFannDonald MeffordJohn Shoaff & Julie DonnellChuck & Lisa SurackHerbert & Lorraine WeierMr. & Mrs. W. Paul Wolf

* Indicates Deceased

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TRIBUTES

We gratefully acknowledge the following friends who have contributed gifts to The Phil in memory of loved ones recently. All memorial, honorariums and bequests are directed to the Endowment Fund unless otherwise specified by the donor. These gifts are so meaningful and they are appreciated.

Dec 3 Dvorak's New World Symphony

Jan 21 Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Feb 4 Midwinter Mozart

Mar 3 An Evening with George Gershwin

Mar 24 Legends and Fairy Tales

Apr 21 Sibelius and Brahms

May 5 Carmina Burana

May 26 Russian Classics

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Masterworks Radio Broadcast Schedule

Thursdays at 7PM on Classical 94.1WBNI

Metropolitan Opera Saturdays at 1PM on Classical 94.1 WBNI

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Jane & Frank Walker

In Honor of Hannah & Al Zacher (60th Wedding Anniversary)

Marie & David WarshauerJudy & Steven ZacherMichael, Andrew, Daniel, Adam, Joshua & Theo (children & grandchildren)

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