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Thursday, November 1, 2012 – Harris Theater for Music and DanceFriday, November 2, 2012 – Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College

Día de los MuertosChicago Sinfonietta

Mei-Ann Chen, Music DirectorGisèle Ben-Dor, Conductor

La Vida Breve ..................................................................................................................... Manuel de Falla

Danza Ritual del Fuego, del Ballet El Amor Brujo ......................................................Manuel de Falla

La Noche de los Mayas ..........................................................Silvestre Revueltas, arr. Gisèle Ben-Dor

Theme from Il Postino .......................................................................................... Luis Enríquez BacalovRaul Jaurena, bandoneón

La Cumparsita .............................................................. Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, arr. Raúl JaurenaRaul Jaurena, bandoneón

Adiós Nonino ......................................................................................................................... Ástor PiazzollaRaul Jaurena, bandoneón

INTERMISSION

Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte ................................................................................... Maurice Ravel

Danzón No. 4 ...................................................................................................................... Arturo Márquez

Poema de Neruda .................................................................................................................... Blas Galindo

Sinfonieta .................................................................................................................... José Pablo Moncayo

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DEDICATION

The Chicago Sinfonietta dedicates this evenings Wentz Concert Hall performance to retiring President of North Central College, Hal Wilde. It was Hal’s vision and support that helped bring the Sinfonietta to our new west suburban home at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville. On behalf of the Chicago Sinfonietta’s staff, board, musicians, and audience members, we thank Hal and wish him the best in his future endeavors.

Ginny Clarke, Chair, Board of DirectorsMei-Ann Chen, Music DirectorJim Hirsch, Executive Director

Dr. Harold R. WildeA.B., Amherst College, 1967; M.A., Ph.D., 1973, Harvard UniversityIn his 22nd year as president of North Central College, Harold R. (Hal) Wilde describes his position as “the best job in the world ... to be the number one fan of an extraordinary community of students, faculty and staff ... and live on a historic campus in the heart of one of Amer-ica’s finest cities.” In February 2012, Wilde, 67, announced that he will retire as the second longest serving of North Central’s nine presidents.

Deeply committed to the mission of the College—“a community of learners dedicated to preparing informed, involved, principled and productive citizens and leaders over a lifetime”—Wilde’s tenure has been marked by a tenfold increase in North Central’s endowment; continuous balanced budgets; the largest individual, corporate and founda-tion gifts and bequests in the College’s 151-year history (making possible 13 endowed faculty chairs and six “Ruge Fellows,” a 500 percent rise in scholarship support, 15 major construction projects and significant campus expansion); 100 percent growth in full-time undergraduate enrollments (from 1,290 to 2,600); adoption of the College’s first com-prehensive new curriculum in 30 years; and a broadened commitment to international programming, service-learning and interdisciplinary studies.

Over Wilde’s tenure, the College has raised over $200 million, including $30 million to fund construction of the 57,000 square foot Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center (2008), which includes a concert hall that has been widely praised for its acoustics and that serves as the west suburban home of the Chicago Sinfonietta. In conjunction with its recent Sesquicentennial, the school is presently engaged in a major capital campaign to construct new science facilities.

Dr. Wilde is married to Benna Brecher Wilde, managing director of Prince Charitable Trusts in Chicago and secretary of the Poetry Foundation, and they are the parents of three adult children, Anna Wilde Mathews, Henry and Elizabeth Ty.

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PROGR A M NOTES

We’ve all heard the phrase before: “life is short.” Some of us hear it with a kind of dread, as a sign of impending mortality; others, with a bit of desperation, as we might feel stuck in a cycle of mundane routines. Sometimes we say it in excitement, when taking a risky action; other times we say it in lament, when we see the people and things we love slipping away. But being aware of the brevity of life need not be so gloomy—for even though we can concede that death comes to all, it does not follow that all is for naught. Life gains meaning in the shadow of death. “Life is short” and in that brevity, beautiful. The festival of Día de los Muertos is a celebration of that wisdom—that no matter how long or short we spend on this earth, every life is precious and should be remembered. The music you will hear tonight is a resounding reminder of the triumph of love over death; for if there is anything that the Día de los Muertos symbolizes it is this: that in the struggle between love’s memory and passion and death’s forgetfulness and apathy, love will endure in the end.

The first piece we’ll hear tonight beautifully captures this, and is appropriately titled La Vida Breve (Life is Short or The Brief Life). The orchestral piece is taken from the opera of the same name by Manuel de Falla. While the opera has a deep Andalusian origin, it was first performed in Nice in 1913 with a French translation before moving on to Paris and Madrid. While listening to the richly Spanish orchestration, you might be able to glimpse parts of the opera as they echo through the music. The opera follows a young gypsy woman named Salud, as she wanders through the sunset-tinged gypsy district and pines after her love Paco. Rippling through the piece are the undertones of deception and betrayal as Salud discovers that Paco, who is from an established family, is already en-gaged to be married. Finally, in a dramatic crescendo of passion, tragedy, and broken love, we can hear Salud die of a broken heart at Paco’s feet, as he denies knowing her after she barges in to stop his wedding.

The heroine of our next piece could easily be sisters with Salud. Danza Ritual del Fuego from the ballet El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician), by Manuel de Falla captures the fierce, romantic, and creative spirit of the Andalusian Spanish gypsies, both in vocal dia-lect and musical orchestration. Composed after La vida breve, the piece was first commis-sioned by Pastora Imperio (a famous flamenco gypsy dancer) and performed in Madrid in 1915 but did not meet with much success. Over the next ten years, de Falla continued to work on the piece, taking it from its intimate chamber orchestra and flamenco roots, to a broader symphonic orchestra, and finally into a one-act ballet. No matter the version, the heroine of El amor brujo is Candela, an Andalusian gypsy girl like Salud. However, in Candela’s story, the young gypsy girl is haunted by the ghost of her unfaithful husband after she falls in love with a new man. Surrounded by the support of Candela’s family and friends, Candela dances with the husband’s ghost until he is drawn into a gypsy-fire. Sometimes, the memories and ghosts that haunt us are not so cheerful, and it takes an act of personal and collective exorcism to be free of the past.

Our next piece, La Noches de los Mayas by Silvestre Revueltas and arranged by our conductor Gisèle Ben-Dor, is taken from the score for the film by Chano Urueta of the same name. While the film was not financially successful at the time, the musical score has become one of Mexico’s national treasures. Revueltas—who scored five films—died in 1940, only a year after the film debuted. Nearly two decades later, Revueltas’ friend José Ives Limantour went through the film’s entire score and edited it so that it would fit within a concert suite. Every artist leaves an imprint—a ghost—of themselves in the work

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they leave behind. Ben-Dor’s arrangement brings Revuelta’s spirit to the surface, moving gracefully through different textures of a Mayan night: the atmospheric rumblings of dormant power; the uplifting revelry of passion; the slow, nocturnal voluptuousness of darkness; and finally the frenzy of an enchanted night.

While de Falla’s fiery dance showed us how to free ourselves from the past, tango com-poser Astor Piazzolla’s Adiós Nonino (Farewell, Nonino) shows us how to say goodbye with love. Rearranged a few days after his father— Vicente “Nonino” Piazzolla—died, Piazzolla based the composition on his earlier tango Nonino, retaining the rhythm but modifying the rest. In the heights and depths of its melody, and the quickening and gentling of its beats, we can hear a son saying farewell to a father. While the piece does contain some more meditative and melancholic parts, there is an overriding sense of mischief and life running throughout. Perhaps the best way to say farewell to a lost loved one is to remember them as they were in life—if this piece is any indication, Piazzolla’s father was quite a man!

Following this intimate piece, we are greeted by the masterful tango La Cumparsita, composed in 1916 by Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. It is among the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time. While it was primarily written by Rodríguez, Roberto Firbo (director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song) added to the composition parts of his tangos La Gaucha Manuela and Curda Completa. Thus, La cumparsita is actually a collection of a few tangos. This is perhaps fitting, since the title translates to “the little parade.” What kind of parade? According to the lyrics by Pascual Contursi (written much later in 1924), “the little parade of endless miseries…” In true tango fashion, though, this little parade of endless miseries doesn’t sound quite so miserable. La cumparsita has a special place in Halloween history, as it was the music played right before the radio drama War of the Worlds interrupted the radio waves and convinced a nation that we were being invaded by aliens…

We pick up that suitably cinematic cliff-hanger, with Luis Enríquez Bacalov’s Theme from Il Postino (The Postman). The film Il Postino (The Postman) follows young fisherman-turned-postman Mario as he struggles to find happiness on a small island in Italy. Along the way, he is hired by exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda as a temporary postman (with Neruda being his only customer). After befriending the poet, Neruda aids Mario in his pursuit of a beautiful girl named Beatrice, whom the simple man has fallen in love with. As life continues, the three must confront and make sense of their brief time together. After Neruda leaves the island, Mario is moved to create a recording of all the sounds on the island, including the heart-beat of his soon-to-born child. Bacalov’s theme reminds us that music can keep the memory of our time together alive.

After the intermission, we’ll return with Maurice Ravel’s Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess). Ravel’s piece is content to slowly contemplate a romantic yesterday and memorialize it. Ravel followed up his hugely popular original version for solo piano with a version for full orchestra in 1910. The “pavane” in the title was a slow proces-sional court dance popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Ravel described the piece as “an evocation of a pavane that a little princess might, in former times, have danced at the Spanish court.” There is something simple, beautiful, and sad in its extremely slow tempo, as if it is an attempt to prolong the length of the dance and thus avoid the end.

2012-13 SEASON

ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SUN, JAN 20, 2013 | 3:00 PM | WENTZ CONCERT HALL MON, JAN 21, 2013 | 7:30 PM | SYMPHONY CENTER

The lessons of Dr. King are shared across cultures and generations, and echoes of his message continue to inspire the global community. Our tribute concert celebrates this universal connection, from the American south to the plains of Africa, the Pacific Islands and back home to Chicago.

ARAB SPRING: POLITICAL AWAKENINGS FRI, APR 19, 2013 | 7:30 PM | HARRIS THEATER SAT, APR 20, 2013 | 8:00 PM | WENTZ CONCERT HALL

The cry for freedom expressed during the Arab Spring resonates with similar awakenings throughout history. The Chicago premier of Palestinian composer Simon Shaheen’s Oud Concerto is paired with William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, emphasizing the shared human struggle across time and cultures.

CITY‐SCAPES: CELEBRATING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT SAT, JUN 8, 2013 | 8:00 PM | WENTZ CONCERT HALL SUN, JUN 9, 2013 | 3:00 PM | SYMPHONY CENTER

The pulsing urban environment in which we live, work, and play shapes us and frames our perspective. This concert explores the history and mythology of the places we call home and features the World Premiere of ChiScape, a four‐movement work celebrating Chicago’s iconic architecture.

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MEI-ANN CHEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Our next ew pieces revolve around the celebration of cultural memory. Whether they are celebrations of cultural poets—like Blas Galindo’s Poema de Neruda—or festivals of folk dances—like Arturo Marquez’s Danzon No. 4—they remind us that we live our lives not alone, but within a greater fabric of humanity. Keeping that cultural tapestry—that collective memory—sustained and thriving is an important part of this brief life. For Blas Galindo—who studied under the innovative Carlos Chávez at the National Conservatory and formed a group with his friend José Pablo Moncayo—that meant incorporating the folk music indigenous to Mexico into his compositions. In his Poema de Neruda, we can hear a melancholic, fragile kind of longing build and finally resolve. For Arturo Marquez, it meant taking popular folk dances of the Caribbean and transforming them into master-ful compositions, transmuted into complex metaphors of longing, loneliness, passion, and the increasing loss of inhibition, like those found in Danzon no. 4.

We close the night with José Pablo Moncayo’s Sinfonieta. Moncoya shared his friend Galindo’s love of Mexico and the promise of classical Mexican music. As Moncayo describes “Blas Galindo and I went to Alvarado, one of the places where folkloric music is preserved in its most pure form; we were collecting melodies, rhythms and instru-mentations during several days. The transcription of it was very difficult because the huapangueros (musicians) never sang the same melody twice in the same way.” In his Sinfonieta, we hear both a longing and respect for what has preceded us, and an impetus to create a future worthy of our ancestors. Just as no song is ever sung the same way twice, so too is every life lived uniquely. Life is short, yes, but let that brevity be a call to action, a call to live beautiful lives.

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PROFILES

Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor

One of the most dynamic young conductors in America, Mei-Ann Chen continues her second season as Music Direc-

tor of the Chicago Sinfonietta. Appointed in August of 2010 as Music Director Designate, she led the Sinfonietta in a concert attended by over 7,000 people in Millennium Park in August of 2011 to introduce her to the people of Chicago. Her debut season with the Sinfonietta garnered two awards from the League of American Orchestras: The First Place ASCAP Award for Programming of Con-temporary Music and the Helen M. Thompson Award for an Emerging Music Director, which honors exceptional musical leadership and commitment to organizational vitality. Also Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Chen’s charismatic podium style, musicality, and personal warmth have helped fuel her meteoric rise to the top ranks of conductors in the U.S.

In great demand as a guest conductor, Ms. Chen has appeared with the symphonies of Alabama, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Colo-rado, Columbus, Edmonton (Canada), Florida, Fort Worth, Honolulu, National (Washington, DC), Oregon, Pacific, Phoenix, Princeton, Seattle, Toronto, and the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. Worldwide engagements include all the principal Danish orchestras, BBC Scot-tish Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Graz Symphony, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic, and the Trondheim Symphony. During the 2011-12 season, she will debut with the symphonies of Jackson-ville, Naples, Nashville, Pasadena, Sarasota, as well as the National Symphony of Mexico and the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Amster-dam Concertgebouw.

The first woman to win the Malko Competi-tion (2005), Ms. Chen has served as Assistant Conductor of the Oregon Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and Baltimore Sym-phony. Recipient of the 2007 Taki Concordia Fellowship, she has appeared jointly with Marin Alsop and Stefan Sanderling in highly

acclaimed subscription concerts with the Baltimore Symphony, Colorado Symphony and Florida Orchestra.

In 2002, Ms. Chen was unanimously selected as Music Director of the Portland Youth Phil-harmonic in Oregon, the oldest of its kind and the model for many of the youth orchestras in the United States. During her five-year tenure with the orchestra, she led its sold-out debut in Carnegie Hall, received an ASCAP Award for Innovative Programming, and developed new and unique musicianship programs for the orchestra’s members. She was honored with a Sunburst Award from Young Audiences for her contribution to music education.

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the United States since 1989. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Michigan, where she was a student of Kenneth Kiesler. Prior to that, she was the first student in New England Conservatory’s history to receive master’s degrees, simultaneously, in both violin and conducting. Ms. Chen also participated in the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. and the American Academy of Conduct-ing in Aspen.

Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor

A formidable and incan-descent presence on the podium, conductor Gisele Ben-Dor is described by the Los Angeles Times as “a

star on the rise - a ferocious talent.” “Ben-Dor casts her spell,” the Boston Globe reported, “a tremendous musician, expert technician, charismatic performer.” These comments reflect the overwhelming praise Ben-Dor has garnered in her appearances as guest conductor with major orchestras and opera houses throughout the world.

Amongst her list of past successes, Ms Ben-Dor has led the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Helsinki Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse

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Romande, New World Symphony, Israel Phil-harmonic , Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Seoul and Rotterdam Philharmonics,and many orchestras in France, Italy and Latin America.

Renowned for her interpretations of the established classics, as a Uruguayan by birth and upbringing, she is a champion of Latin American music - notably the works of Ginas-tera, Revueltas, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Luis Bacalov - and is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest and most dedicated exponents of this repertoire.

Maestra Ben-Dor is currently Conductor Laureate of the Santa Barbara Symphony and Conductor Emerita of the Boston Pro-Arte Chamber Orchestra, a post to which she was elected exclusively by the musicians. In 2004, working with Georgina Ginastera, the com-poser’s daughter, she created the exciting and extraordinarily popular Tango and Malambo Festival ,a wide-ranging feast of concerts, dance, and film celebrating the urban and

universally admired tango and its less familiar cousin, the more rustic Malambo.

Raul Jaurena, bandoneón

Tango master Raul Jaurena is among today’s most prominent bandone-on players. His music plays a very personal tribute to the influences of his native

South America and his adopted hometown of New York. It combines the traditional roots of the tango and the “nuevo tango” style devel-oped by Astor Piazzolla.

The bandoneon has influenced Jaurena’s life right from the cradle. He was raised in Uruguay and his father taught him how to play the bandoneon - at the age of eight he already joined a tango orchestra. The fascina-tion for this highly emotional music grabbed him and has not let go of him ever since. As a member various tango ensembles in the 1960s and 70s throughout South America,


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Raul Jaurena laid the tracks for his career. A performance together with Astor Piazzolla at the Montreal Jazz Festival was critical in his musical development. The conservation of the musical spirit of Piazzolla became his personal vocation.

His activities remain as many-faceted as the artist himself. His arrangements and his skills as a composer and a solo player make him equally popular both in the USA and in Europe. The ballet suite he composed in 1995 for the Irene Hultman Dance Company debuted in New York and is shortly after awarded the “Bessie”. During the same year he was invited to the White House and received a Grammy nomination for his CD Tango Bar. Over the years he took charge of the musical direction of many other stage projects. He has played with Cuban Jazz saxophone player Paquito D’Rivera, Yo-Yo-Ma, Giora Feidman, and others. As a soloist he plays with promi-nent ensembles and orchestras throughout the world. He toured through Europe with Tango Five and singer Marga Mitchell with

the program Amando a Buenos Aires in 2001. He has performed at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York, the Cleveland Museum of Art World Music and Dance Series, the Orchestra Concertante of Chicago, and at the Fiedrichs-bau Theatre in Stuttgart, Germany.

In 2007, Rual Jaurena won a Latin Grammy® for Best Tango Album for his recording of Te amo Tango.

As the result of a continuing search for new experiences, Jaurena’s music has turned into something truly unique. It reflects the influences of different cultures as well as one hundred years of tango history with all its contradicting emotions. Raul Jaurena - the man that Astor Piazolla once called one of the greatest bandoneon players ever - has established a unique connection to his instru-ment: Genuine, open, touching, with stunning technical brilliance, his play has enriched and added an important facet to modern tango interpretation.

CHICAGO S INFONIET TA H ISTORY

The year was 1987, and Maestro Paul Freeman had a decidedly different vision of what a symphony orchestra could, and should be. Paul had earned an international reputation through years of guest conducting all over the world and as Music Director of a number of orchestras in the US and Canada. He was the first African American on the podium of over fifty orchestras worldwide and had a huge catalog of recordings to his credit. By the mid-1980s he concluded that the time was right for a mid-sized orchestra dedicated to promoting diversity, inclusion, and innovative programming, and luckily for all of us, he decided that Chicago was the right place to do this.

The Chicago Sinfonietta performed for the first time in October of 1987. Concerts took place in River Forest at Rosary College and downtown at Orchestra Hall. The Sinfonietta was a different type of orchestra from the very beginning. The orchestra members, staff, board of directors, guest artists, and most importantly of all, the audience were of diverse backgrounds. No one had ever seen anything quite like this in classical music. And the music was different. Yes, the Sinfonietta could, and did play the standards to great critical acclaim. But under Paul’s leadership innovative concerts became a part of the Sinfonietta experience.

The rarely performed music by composers of color became a Sinfonietta staple, and intro-duced these symphonic gems to generations of concert-goers. Through recordings like the three-volume African Heritage Series, these lost compositions entered the classical music mainstream and brought acclaim and attention to deserving but unrecognized composers. Unusual instruments and musical styles like the bagpipes, steel drums, sitar, Indian Ghazal music, hip hop, and yes, even the ubiquitous cell phone became the cen-terpieces for some of the most daring musical collaborations any orchestra was program-ming. And partnerships with arts organizations and ensembles including the Luna Negra Dance Theater, the Apostolic Church of God Choir, the alternative rock group, Poi Dog Pondering, and others significantly broadened the orchestra’s programming palette.

The Sinfonietta experience quickly caught on and the orchestra’s audience and support grew through its early seasons. Due to Paul’s international reputation, European tours were booked resulting in six overseas trips during the first 17 years. Other highlights included two triumphant performances at the Kennedy Center, the recording of fourteen albums and CDs, a 2008 performance at Millennium Park attended by over 12,000 people, and a nine-year relationship with the Joffrey Ballet.

Paul’s passion for helping others and opening the doors of classical music to everyone was also expressed through the Sinfonietta’s educational and mentoring programs. Thousands of public school students have, and continue to benefit from the orga-nization’s Audience Matters and SEED programs that place Sinfonietta musicians in classrooms, thereby inspiring the next generation of musicians and composers. The orchestra’s groundbreaking Project Inclusion program that provides two-year profes-sional development fellowships to aspiring classical musicians from under-represented communities grew out of Paul’s life-long practice of mentoring and assisting young musicians. One young musician Paul helped by giving his very first professional perfor-mance opportunity to has gone on to become the most recognizable figure in classical music, Yo-Yo Ma. Mr. Ma performed a concert in 2011 in honor of Paul and recognized the unique role he and the Chicago Sinfonietta have played in the development of the field. Anthony McGill and Jeremy Jordan, two young and extremely talented African American musicians, performed with Yo-Yo that evening. The circle continues.


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In 2009 Paul Freeman announced that he would retire at the end of the 2010-2011 Season and the Sinfonietta began its first Music Director search. The Board of Directors formed a selection committee and after a two-year, international search that began with over forty candidates and concluded with eight finalists performing podium auditions throughout the 2008-09 and 2009-2010 seasons, Mei-Ann Chen was unanimously select-ed as Paul Freeman’s successor. In May of 2011 Paul publicly conducted the orchestra for the final time in a nationally broadcast concert, and in a particularly emotional moment, passed his baton to Mei-Ann at the conclusion of the performance. A giant had left the stage, but his legacy lives on.

Mei-Ann Chen’s tenure began with a welcoming concert at Millennium Park attended by over 7,000 people. Her inaugural season in 2011-2012 also coincided with the orchestra’s move from its long time west suburban home in River Forest to Wentz Concert Hall in Na-perville. The reviews and audience response for Maestro Chen’s debut season have been extraordinary, and the season concluded with the orchestra’s first recording in 10 years that will be released in 2013 on the Cedille Records label. In addition to these accom-plishments, the Chicago Sinfonietta was named by ASCAP and the League of American Orchestras as the recipient of the 2011-12 Awards for Adventurous Programming for Mei-Ann’s first season of concerts. Her work was also recognized by the League of Ameri-can Orchestras by being chosen as the recipient of the Helen M. Thompson Award that recognizes early career music directors who show exceptional musical leadership and commitment to organizational vitality.

As the Chicago Sinfonietta begins the next twenty-five years of presenting one-of-a-kind concerts, inspiring young students to pursue music as a life-long passion or career, and serving as the model for diversity, inclusion and innovation, it is clear that Paul Freeman’s dream of a special orchestra in Chicago has become a reality.

MISS ION

The mission of the Chicago Sinfonietta is to serve as a national model for inclusive-ness and innovation in classical music through the presentation of the highest quality orchestral concerts and related programs. The Chicago Sinfonietta aspires to remove the barriers to participation in, and appreciation of classical music through its educational and outreach programs that expose children and their families to classical music, and by providing professional development opportunities for young musicians and compos-ers of diverse backgrounds enabling new, important voices to be heard. This will help America become a true cultural democracy, in which everyone can share fully in its cultural resources and in which all can contribute to its cultural richness.

CHICAGO S INFONIETA EDUCATIONAL AND COM MUNIT Y OUTREACH

Audience Matters is the Chicago Sinfonietta’s core educational program. This program provides an immersive introduction to classical music for elementary school students in the Chicago Public School system. Through the program, students learn about the families of instruments in the orchestra from teaching artists – Sinfonietta musicians – who also relate composers, history, art, and architecture to the various periods of classical music. On multiple visits, musicians from different sections of the orchestra demonstrate their instruments through experiential tools, integrating visual, audio, and tactile ele-ments to help the students learn. In addition, students and their families are invited to all Sinfonietta performances for the season. Over 1,000 students are participating in Audi-ence Matters this year thanks to our generous donors.

SEED (Student Ensembles with Excellence and Diversity) provides mentoring for young musicians. The SEED Program identifies talented high school musicians and offers them a series of workshops and master classes taught by Chicago Sinfonietta teacher-musicians in small ensemble settings. The program concludes with a concert performed by the ensembles. The goal of this program is to both inspire and mentor these young artists, and encourage their professional growth for the future.

Project Inclusion Orchestra Fellowship (PIOF) and Project Inclusion Ensembles (PIE) are programs developed in 2007 and 2009 to identify, train, mentor, and ready orchestra musicians who are just beginning their pursuit of a professional career from diverse backgrounds, including, but not limited to diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and geo-graphic backgrounds, that are traditionally underrepresented in orchestras to compete

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for, and win positions in America’s orchestras. Through PIOF, the Sinfonietta offers each fellow selected the opportunity to rehearse and perform at every concert during their two-year involvement in the program. In addition, each fellow receives one-on-one coaching with the principal player in his or her section. Mentoring activities include the introduction of professional work skills that help to develop a well-rounded career in music and that provide realistic preparation to early career musicians seeking to enter the world of classical music. The program also gives guidance on, and experience with, how to interact with donors, board members, and how to serve as spokespeople for the organization. Added in 2009, PIE offers early career musicians the opportunity to rehearse and perform in chamber sized ensembles thereby gaining valuable experience as performers and freelance musicians.

The Chicago Sinfonietta is delighted to welcome the 2012-13 Fellows for Project Inclusion Orchestra Fellows and Project Inclusion Ensembles. The 2012-13 Orchestra Fellows are: Name Instrument Renaudo Robinson Violin Victor Sotelo Cello Jocelyn Butler Cello

We are also delighted welcome the 2012-2013 Project Inclusion Ensemble Fellows who will be performing in smaller ensembles at various community locations throughout the year. This group also includes Project Inclusion alumni. They are:

Name Instrument Sandra Bailey Bassoon Brandon Patrick George Flute Kevin Lin Viola Shawnita Tyus Violin Dorthy White Viola Elizabeth Diaz Flute Project Inclusion Orchestra and Ensemble Fellows Program is managed by Renée Baker. Our mentors include orchestra members Renée Baker, Principal Viola, John Fairfield, Prin-cipal French Horn, Janice McDonald, Principal Flute, and Karen Nelson, Principal Second Violin. William Porter, cello ,Christian Dillingham, bass, Robert Fisher, viola and Daniel Won clarinet are assistant mentors for the Project Inclusion Ensemble. We also wish to acknowledge some very important partners whose assistance has been invaluable in developing and implementing Project Inclusion:

Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University – Henry Fogel, DeanDePaul School of Music – Donald E. Casey, DeanNorthwestern University School of Music – Toni-Marie Montgomery, Dean

CHICAGO S INFONIET TA BOARD OF D IRECTORS

Virginia Clarke ......................................................................................................................................... ChairCheri Chappelle....................................................................................................... Immediate Past ChairGreta Weathersby ...........................................................................................................................Secretary Mark J. Williams ....................................................................Treasurer/Finance Committee Co-ChairPat Cermak ..................................................................................... Development Committee Co-ChairAnnette Freund ............................................................................ Development Committee Co-ChairNazneen Razi ............................................................................................Nominating Committee ChairMaurice Smith........................................................................................... Finance Committee Co-ChairRich Gamble ...............................................................................................Marketing Committee ChairKarim Ahamed .............................................................................................. Program Committee ChairMei-Ann Chen ........................................................................................................................Music DirectorJim Hirsch ....................................................................................................................... Executive DirectorPaul Freeman .....................................................................................................Music Director Emeritus

Neelum T. AggarwalAnne Barlow-JohnstonJohn BarronLinda BoasmondEileen ChinRoger CrockettPhil Engel

Margarete EvanoffAnnette FreundSteven V. HunterCarl JenkinsBetty JohnsonLorrie JonesKevin A. Krakora

Gordon C. C. LiaoOksana MalyshevaAnthony E. MunroeDean NelsonJuan RangelStephanie SpringsKimberly Waller

Chairs of Friends OrganizationsDorothy R. White – South Side FriendsAlenda Young – West Suburban Friends

LIFETIME TRUSTEESMichelle CollinsBettiann GardnerTara Dowd GurberWeldon RougeauAudrey TuggleRoger Wilson

ASSOCIATE BOARDAlthea Lee ................................................................................................................................................. ChairAmee Christ .................................................................................................................................... Vice-ChairCarole Wood .....................................................................................................................................Secretary

Christen BaruaCarolyn BrantonJetta BatesAngel R. Broach

May Young ChinKaren DoerrTamara Edmonds AskewBrandi Pitts

Robert QuashieCassandra RdzakReynaldo SolivanShawn Taylor

WEST SUBURBAN CORPORATE COMMITTEEAnnette Freund, Navistar, Chair

Mary Jo Adamis, JPMorgan ChaseJeffrey Brown, Hotel Arista

Kevin Harris, BPPatricia Keenan, The Tallah Group

Tom Miers, Naperville Bank & TrustFaith Slowinski, MolexAlenda Young, Naclo


CHICAGO S INFONIET TA ADMINISTR ATIVE PERSONNEL

Jim Hirsch .......................................................................................................................... Executive DirectorRenée Baker .......................................................................................................Project Inclusion ManagerJeanelle Sora Chang ........................................................................................... Development AssociateSylvia de la Cerna .................................................................................. Orchestra Personnel ManagerTaylor French ............................................................................................................... Office AdministratorJeff Handley ............................................................................... Education Outreach Program DirectorChristina Harris ........................................................................................Production Manager/LibrarianDon Macica ........................................................................................................ Communications DirectorCamille McClain ................................................................................Sales and Patron Services DirectorCourtney Perkins .................................................................................................... Development DirectorWilliam Porter .................................................................................................................Assistant LibrarianRyan Smith ................................................................................. Box Office and Digital Media ManagerDelores Williams ..............................................................................................................Financial DirectorAndréa Banks .......................................................................................................................................... Intern

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CHICAGO S INFONIET TA PERSONNEL

Mei-Ann Chen, Music DirectorGisele Ben-Dor, Conductor

FIRST VIOLINPaul Zafer, concert masterDavid Katz, assistant concert masterTerrance GrayMichael SheltonCarmen KassingerPhyllis McKenny-SandersCarl JohnstonSylvia de la CernaElizabeth Brausa BrathwaiteRenaudo Robinson* SECOND VIOLINKaren Nelson, principalDavid Belden, assistant principalEdith YokleyChuck BontragerGretchen SherrelDominica LunguNina Saito Tamara Gonzalez

VIOLARenée Baker, principalMatthew MantellBecky CoffmanVannia PhillipsScott DowdRobert Fisher CELLOAnn Griffin, principalDonald MeadAndrew SnowEmily MantellWilliam PorterJocelyn Butler* BASSChristian Dillingham, principalAlan SteinerRichard EdwardsKarl EH Seigfried FLUTEJanice MacDonald, principalClaudia Cryer, piccolo

OBOERicardo Castaneda, principalJune Matayoshi, english horn CLARINETLeslie Grimm, principalWagner Campos

BASSOONRobert Barris, principalJohn GaudetteSandra Bailey* FRENCH HORNJohn Fairfield, principalLaura FairfieldJohn SchreckengostElizabeth Mazur-Johnson TRUMPETMatt Lee, principalJohn Burson

TROMBONEKatherine Stubbins, principalJames MatternJohn McAllister

TUBAScott Tegge TIMPANIBrandon Podjasek, principal PERCUSSIONJeff Handley, principalJon JohnsonTina Laughlin HARPFaye Seeman PIANOMaria Honigschnabel * Project Inclusion Fellow

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INDIV IDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS

The Chicago Sinfonietta gratefully acknowledges the following contributors (as of 10-1-12):

Concert Circle ($50,000+)AnonymousChicago Community TrustChicago MagazineChicago Sun-TimesIllinois Tool Works, Inc.The Joyce FoundationThe John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

Premier Circle ($25,000-$49,999)ABC7Alphawood FoundationPaul M. Angell Family FoundationAnonymousBlue Cross Blue Shield of IllinoisThe Boeing CompanyBP AmericaCrown Family Philanthropies Fifth Third BankJP Morgan Chase & Co.Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Mellon FoundationPeoples GasPolk Bros. FoundationTimothy, Sandra and Deven RandSouthside Friends of the Chicago

Sinfonietta

Crescendo Circle ($10,000-$24,999)

Anonymous Aon FoundationBMO Harris BankMs. Renée BakerBaxterCedar Concepts CorporationThe Collins Family FundField Foundation of IllinoisMs. Tara Dowd GurberLeo S. Guthman FundIllinois Arts CouncilIllinois Tool Works FoundationThe Jacobson GroupMr. & Mrs. William JohnsonMacy’sDrs. Mikhail and Oksana

MalyshevaNational Endowment for the ArtsNavistar, Inc.Northern Trust Charitable TrustThe Albert Pick, Jr. FundPricewaterhouseCoopersMr. & Mrs. Weldon and Shirley

RougeauWight & Co.

Presto Circle ($5,000-$9,999)AAR CorpAnonymous

Ms. Anne Barlow JohnstonMs. Adela CepedaElizabeth F. Cheney FoundationR. M. Chin & AssociatesMs. Virginia ClarkeThe Aaron Copland Fund for

MusicRoger CrockettDLA Piper US LLP Richard H. Driehaus FoundationMr. & Mrs. Philip L. EngelExelonMrs. Jill FitzgeraldFranczek Radelet Attorneys and

CounselorsMr. Richard GambleAnn and Gordon Getty

FoundationJohn R. Halligan Charitable FundHarper Court Arts CouncilJim and Michelle HirschDrs. Peyton and Betty HutchisonKraft Foods Global, Inc.Mr. Kevin KrakoraGordon C.C. LiaoLoop Capital MarketsMr. Michael MackeyMesirow FinancialNicorQuarles & Brady LLPMr. & Mrs. Salahuddin and

Nazneen RaziThe Siragusa FoundationMr. John SmithMs. Stephanie SpringsMr. Mark WilliamsMs. Anita WilsonThe Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation

Vivace Circle ($2,500-$4,999)AnonymousAT&TMr. Karim AhamedDr. Neelum AggarwalMr. Peter BarrettChallenger, Gray and ChristmasNorman Chappelle and Cheri

Wilson-ChappelleCity Arts - City of Chicago

Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Ms. Eileen ChinSandya DandamudiDeborah Dorman-RodriguezDeloitte Consulting LLPMs. Diane DowdMs. Annette M. FreundMr. Patrick FitzgeraldHPM PartnersMr. Charles H. HarperIrving Harris Foundation

Ms. Susan IrionMs. Mary JamesKenmare CateringMr. Brian KreiderMr. & Mrs. Dean and Maureen

Nelson Mr. & Mrs. John and Margaret

SaphirMaurice SmithTamarindUnited Neighborhood

Organization

Allegro Circle ($1,000-$2,499)Mr. Richard AndersonIn Honor of Maestro FreemanAriel Capital Management, LLCArt of ImaginationPeter BarrettMr. Raymond BisanzBlue Duck CateringMr. Marcus BoggsMr. Leslie Bond, Jr.Ms. Elena Nicole and Anton

BrittonLouis CarrMs. Gloria CastilloMr. & Mrs. William and Arlene

ConnellMr. & Mrs. Michael and Loretta

DavenportMs. Shelley DavisMs. Catherine DowdDrinker BiddleMr. Jamal EdwardsGregory W. ElliotEMSO Equities, LLC Ms. Margie EvanoffCarmen and Earnest FairFeldman Family FoundationIn Honor of Barbara Pace MoodyMs. Ann Hendrickson GriffinRoger G. Wilson and Hon.

Giovinella GonthierWilletta Greene JohnsonMr. Dan GrossmanBob Harlow Research &

ConsultingMr. Doug HarrisMs. Sharon HatchettHBK Engineering, LLCLee Hecht HarrisonMr. Prentiss Jackson and Dr.

Cynthia HendersonHinsdale Center for the ArtsJim HurleyIndian Prairie Educational

FoundationMr. John JanowiakMs. Carol B. JohnsonMs. Linda Johnson Rice

Michael Albrow Ruth Allin Brian Anderson Patricia Andrews‐Keenan Peggy Beatta Jann Beauchamp Janis Bell D.D. Bendre Mike & Dawn Blanton Mary Blomquist William Cassin Patrick Cermak Cora Chin Judy Chrisman Melody & Edward Coleman John Colucci Thomas Davis Ted & Joanne Despotes Shawna Epich Robert & Mary Ellen Fieseler Thomas & Tina Finch Hilda Fischer Kathleen Frank Peggy Frank Annette and Rich Freund Theodia Gillespie Catherine Glass Deborah Hatchett Helen Hatchett Sharon Hatchett Dean and Mary Hoffer Lucy Hoy Marilyn Huebel Rosemary Jack Ronnie and Cynthia Johnson Maura Junius Maryann Junkrowski William & Helen Juvancic Mary Ann Kolinski Jean S. Kosaria Terry Kulat

Fred Lu Floyd Mallory Terry & Laura Marsh Jeordano Martinez Gayle Millsaps Edgar & Wilda Morris John D. Morrison Juanita Nash Archie L. Needham Deborah Newman Donald Newsom Arnold Oppenheim Richard Oppenheimer Gary C. Pelz Santiago & Patricia Ramos Gary & Elaine Raymond Dr. Jerome Roberts Robert Sacks Mary Samuel Kathryn Simmons Dana Simone Stovall Earl Stubbe Joon Sun Albert W. Turner Kenrick V. and Marion O. Warner Bruce Watson Marcia Weinhold Doug and Mary Wiersema Denise Wild Ken Williams Mark Williams Maureen & Dennis Wood Alenda Young M. Linda Lin Yu

Corporate Charter Members La Sorella Di Francesca Naperville Bank and Trust The Shred Authority White Eagle Family Dentistry

Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College Charter Members


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Ms. Adrienne KingKnight Partners, LLCCatherine and Jack KotenJackson LewisMr. Roger LefebvreMr. Joe LernerMr. & Mrs. Richard McKinlayMs. Dorri McWhorterThe Millard Group Mr. Ralph MooreMr. Michael MorrisDr. John D. MorrisonMs. Isobel NealMr. Walter NelsonNicolay & Dart LLCMs. Brenda PulliamRGMA, Inc.Ms. Betty RileyMs. Hollie RummanRuzicka and Associates, LTD.Ravi SaligramMr. & Mrs. R.E. SargentMr. Michael SawyierDiane C. SwonkThe Tailor Shop LLCMr. Andres TapiaMs. Jacqueline TaylorGrant Thornton, LLPTowers WatsonJacqueline Triche AtkinsMs. Almarie WagnerMs. Greta WeathersbyMr. Monty Kehl and Mr. Craig

WilbanksMr. & Mrs. Patrick WooldridgeJohn Wyma & Associates

Forte Circle ($500-$999)Ms. Rochelle AllenMr. Carlos Alonzo MarunAnonymousMr. Stephen C. BakerMs. Grace BarryMr. Dennis BartolucciMs. Yasmin BatesPeggy BeataMr. & Mrs. Lerone Bennett, Jr.Ms. Julie BouchardMr. Rich BreyMs. Beulah R. BrooksMr. Brady BrownleeMr. Paul BujakBlanton CanadyMs. Luz ChavezThe Chicago Classical Recording

SocietyMr. & Mrs. John T. ClarkClauDiva’s BakeryMr. Michael CleavengerMr. Wheeler ColemanDr. Roosevelt Collins and Jean

CollinsConstellation Wines

Ms. Rita CurryDr. Linda Curtis-O’BannonMr. & Mrs. Michael DamskyDSS Global Executive Search Inc.Ms. Marsha DavisMs. Karen DeLauMr. William DeWoskinMs. Tatiana K. DixonMs. Toni DunningMr. Alan EaksDr. Gloria Elam-NorrisEpstein GlobalDeborah and David Epstein

FoundationMr. Michael FalboMs. Roshni FlynnMr. James FoleySue and Paul FreehlingRosalind and Gilbert FryeMs. Alice GreenhouseMr. & Mrs. Timothy GreeningMr. Larry HaefnerMs. Helen HatchettMs. Gwendolyn Hatten ButlerMr. Stanley Hill, Sr.Mr. Steven V. HunterMs. Phyllis JamesDebra Jennings JohnsonPran JhaMr. & Mrs. George E. JohnsonDeepak and Vera KapurKensington International, Inc.Mr. Drew KentMr. Eric KingMr. & Mrs. Craig and Jennifer

KnappCheng-Yung KuoMr. Stanley HiltonLa Rabida Children’s HospitalLake Shore Chapter of the Links,

Inc.Mr. Jacques LaunerGregory L. and Alice Lee MelchorMs. Louise Lee ReidMs. Natalie LewisMs. Maria LinMr. Lewis LivermoreChuck and Jan MackieMr. George MansourMr. & Mrs. Walter and Shirley

MasseyKenneth MathieuMr. Gary MattsMcDonald’s B T II IncMr. & Mrs. Lester and Nancy

McKeeverMr. Craig MilkintMr. & Mrs. Stephen and Cindy

MitchellMs. Constance MontgomeryMoonhouse ProductionsMr. Robert J. Moriarty

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony and Michelle Munroe

Ms. Nailah D. MuttalibMr. Marcello NavarroMr. David NicholsAngela Pace MoodyBarbara Pace MoodyGlenn PalmerPepsiCo FoundationMs. Judy PettyMr. Roberto RamirezThe Rise GroupThe Robinson Family FoundationJohn and Gwendolyn RogersMs. Susan RogersAbbie RothMr. Julius RothschildJack Rovner In tribute to Giovinella Gonthier,

the dear wife of Roger WilsonMr. William RuffinMs. Jagriti RuparelMs. Rebecca SanchezMr. & Mrs. William ScottMr. Al SharpSidley Austin FoundationRuth and Frederick Spiegel

FoundationMrs. Tammy SteeleMr. & Mrs. James W. StoneMs. Kathleen TannyhillMs. Dana Thomas AustinDr. and Mrs. Roland WaryjasMr. & Mrs. James and Mary

WeidnerMs. Thelma WestmorelandMr. Tramayne WhitneyMr. Hugh WilliamsMr. & Mrs. Bruce and Rita WilsonMr. & Mrs. David WintonMr. Tom WolfMr. & Mrs. James and Gertie

WootenKionne Annette WyndewickeTheodore YiMs. Beatrice Young

Patron’s Circle ($250-$499)Ms. Janice AgnewTeresa AguinaldoMs. Regina Allen WilsonMs. Iris AtkinsMr. Jeff BaddeleyMs. Zita BaltramonasMr. John BarronMr. Walter Becky IIMs. Carol A. BergerMr. Perry BerkeMr. Arthur BoddieMr. Robert BowerMs. Barbara BowlesMs. Ina Burd


Mr. Wesley Bushby Ms. Geneva CallowayRev. Finley CampbellMs. J.C. CampbellMr. Ruben CannonMs. Janet CarlsonNicala R. Carter-WoolfolkMs. Vilma ChanMs. Kimberly Chase HardingMr. William R. CrozierMs. Amee ChristMr. & Mrs. John ClarkMr. Lawrence CohnMaggie ColemanIn honor of Michelle CollinsMr. & Mrs. Lewis and Marge

CollensMs. Kevann CookeMs. Barbara Cress LawrenceMr. Joseph DanahyMs. Marsha DavisMs. Noel DeBackerMs. Bertha DePriestMs. Gloria DillardMr. Patrick DorseyJoanne and Bob DulskiMs. Sarah EbnerMs. Sylvia EdwardsMr. Paul M. EmbreeRoss Erlebacher

Lisa FittererMs. Marcia FlickPeggy FrankMr. Dennis FruinGabriel FuentesMs. Maeve GernstetterMs. Randilyn GilliamMr. James GinsburgC. M. GoviaMs. Jean GrantMs. Maria GreenMr. Brian GurberMs. Alyce HammonsMr. Scott HargadonHarris Bank FoundationMs. Christine HauvilleMs. Marilyn HeckmyerMr. Michael HenkelMr. Jay HeymanMr. Stan HillScott HoesmanI-Stats Med Inc.IBM International FoundationMs. Mary JamesThe Janotta-Pearsall Family FundMr. & Mrs. Ronnie and Cynthia

JohnsonMs. Paula K. JonesMr. William JonesKatten Temple LLC

Mr. Christopher KellyMr. Steve KingMs. Vivian KingMr. & Mrs. Richard and Roberta

LarsonMr. & Mrs. Arnie LentersDr. and Mrs. Edwin J. LiebnerMs. Vivian LosethMrs. Christine LovingMr. Craig Jeffery and Ms. Barua

ManaliMr. Matthew MantellMr. Steven MarcusMs. Janis MarleyMr. Michael MayoMr. John P. McAllister and Ms.

Laura F. EdwardsMr. Thomas McElroyMr. Hasan MerchantMs. Doris MerrityMs. Irene MeyerTom MiersMs. Joyce Johnson MillerMr. Scott MillerMs. Carole C. Miller–WoodMs. Peggy MontesMs. Constance MontgomeryMs. Helen MooreMr. Todd MuchMs. Alison E. Nelson

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Drs. Donald E. and Mary Ellen Newsom

Kedra NewsomMs. Dorothy NisbethMs. Joyce NormanMs. Deidra Ann NorrisBernhard OrtelJeff and Susan Pearsall FundMr. Gary PelzMs. Dolores PettittMr. & Mrs. Joe and Naomi PettyMs. Mackenzie PhillipsMs. Harriet PiccirilliMs. Sara Pope DavisMr. James W. RankinMr. & Mrs. Cordell ReedAndre and Dana RiceMs. Hilda RichardsMr. & Mrs. Michael and Ruth

RichardsonMs. Penelope RobinsonMichele RogersMs. Nisha Ruparel-SenRay SalehMr. Hosea SandersSean ScottMs. Helen ShankMs. Gloria SilvermanJan SlaughterDr. Glenda SmithMr. Robert SmithMs. Annette Soil MooreRick SpencerMs. Pauline Spicer BrownMs. Mary Ann SpiegelMelinda SpoonerJesse SpunginMs. Joyce StricklinMs. K. SujathaMr. Darrell TaylorDavid Hirschman and Morrison

TorreyMs. Sheila TuckerMs. Linda S. TuggleMr. & Mrs. William and Audrey

TuggleMr. David J. VarnerinMr. Darwin WaltonMr. Marc WashingtonMs. Thelma WestmorelandMs. Dorothy WhiteNorma WilliamsMs. Rita WilsonMs. Gladys WoodsMrs. Ruth O. WooldridgeMs. Jenny YangMs. Aline O. YoungMs. Cynthia Young

Sustainer’s Circle ($100-$249)Mr. Michael AbelsMr. Finis AbernathySusan AlbertsMs. Ruth A. Allin

Ms. Arlene AlpertDr. Lascelles AndersonDr. Anna AnthonyMs. Rita BakewellMs. Karen BealMr. David BeedyMr. Dave BeldenMs. Janice BellMs. Melanie BergMs. Angela BillingsMs. Geneva BishopMr. Stephen BlessmanStephen Jones and Patricia

BlessmanMs. Mary BlomquistMr. Darryl BoggsMs. Joyce BowlesRuby and Romural BradleyW. G. and Joann BramanMs. Martha BrummittBob BujakIn Honor of Dorothy WhiteIrving and Ragina L. BuntonJoli BurrellDr. Rose Butler HayesMs. Karen CallawayMs. Debra O. CallenMr. Greg CameronIn Honor of Audrey TuggleMary Jo CannizzoMr. David CarnerinRichard and Nancy CarriganMs. Julia CartwrightCertified Tax ServiceMr. & Mrs. Richard and Jeanne

ChaneyMr. Thomas ChesrownChicago Legal Search, LTDMr. & Mrs. Robert and Vivian

ChurchMichael and Peg ClearyIra and Nancy CohenSue CollartMs. Toba CohenMr. William Cousins, Jr.Ms. Mary-Terese CozzolaBob and Mary Ellen CreightonMs. Geraldine CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Tapas and Judy Das

GuptaMs. Donna DaviesMr. & Mrs. Charles and Rosalie

DavisThomas and Linda DavisJoseph and Susanna DavisonIn Memory of Lowell LivezeyMr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. DawsonMr. & Mrs. Robert and Marilyn DayTom and Samantha DeKovenMs. Elizabeth DiazMr. & Mrs. Elva and Juan DiazMs. Shirley DillardJoann and Bob DulskiMr. & Mrs. Goodwin W. Duncan

Ms. Clarice DurhamMs. Patricia EichenoldMr. Peter EllisMs. Pat EmmerMs. Emelda L. EstellBarbara and Charlotte FantaMr. & Mrs. Paul and LaVergne

FantaMr. Harvey FelderMs. Susan FioreMs. Joan Y. FlemingJohn and Judith FloeterMs. Pricilla FlorenceDr. Juliann Bluitt FosterMs. Diana Frances BlitzerKathy Frank and Earl StubbeMs. Victoria FrankMr. Paul FreehlingMs. J. FriedmanMr. Norman GantzMr. Dileep GangolliMr. & Mrs. James GervasioMs. Barbara GilbertMs. Carol GilbertsonMs. Phyllis GlinkMs. Irene GoldsteinMs. Andrea GreenMrs. Joyce GreeningMr. & Mrs. Timothy GreeningMs. Barbara GreenleeMr. James GrisbyMs. Susan GrossmanIn Honor of Dan and Caroline

GrossmanMr. Calvin Hall, Sr.Ms. Alyce G. HammonsMs. Gwendolyn HardenAnita & Warren HarderMr. Dolphin S. HarrisDoris J. HarrisMr. Herbert C. HarrisMs. Deborah Minor HarveyMs. Gail Harvey ParkerRoosevelt HaywoodMarilyn HeckmyerGloria O. HemphillMs. Barbara J. HerronMs. Alicia HillMs. Tanya HintonMs. Ruth HorwichMs. Gwendolyn HudsonMs. Doris HullihanMr. Clifford HuntMs. Marilyn R. HunterMs. Yvonne HuntleyMs. Delores IveryMr. & Mrs. John and Leola JacksonMr. & Mrs. Greg and Betsy

JacobsonMr. Jack JamesMs. Mary L. JannottaMr. Dwayne JasperJohnson Controls Foundation, Inc.Ms. Beulah Johnson


Mr. James JohnsonMr. Jon D. JohnsonMr. Jon S. JohnsonMr. Carl JohnstonMs. Sharon R. JohnstonMs. Constance J. JonesMs. Marion JonesMs. Patricia KilduffMr. Bryant KimMarie C. KingMs. Patricia KoldykeTerry KulatMr. Donald LaackmanEstelle McDougal LanierFranklin St. LawrenceJoan H. LawsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew and Mary Lee

GreenleeMr. Ross LeeMs. Rosemary LevineMr. Robert B. LiftonMs. Patricia LongMs. Christine LovingNini and Tom Lyman IIIMr. & Mrs. Matthew and Emily

MantellMantell Music Ensemble, Inc.Stephen MarcusMs. Shirley MartinJune MatayoshiMs. Grace L. MathisMr. John McAllisterMs. Corinne Allen McArdleMr. Ruben McClendon, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McLeanMs. Joyce MerriwetherDr. Irene M. MeyerMs. Cindy MitchelRobert MoellerMary MomsenMs. Peggy MontesMr. Edward MooreRev. Calvin MorrisEdgar and Wilda MorrisMs. Catherine MugeriaMs. Monica MurthaMr. James MyersMs. Myrna NolanMs. Karen NooraniMs. Joyce NormanMs. Earnestine NorwoodNovak ConstructionMs. Sally NusinsonMargaret O’HaraMr. Dragic M. ObradovicSarah OlsonMr. Paul OppenheimMs. Pamela OrrMs. Dorris OveMr. Larry OwensAllen and Georga ParchemMs. Maude PattersonJohn Paul BlosserMs. Donna M. Perisee McFarlane

Ms. Anna M. PerkinsToussaint and Thelma PerkinsMartha B. PetersMr. Vikton PetroliunasMs. Judy PettyMs. Catherine PickarMs. Rosemary PietrzakMr. & Mrs. Larry and Judy PittsMaria PradoMs. Katherine RagnarMr. Brian RayMs. Elizabeth RayMs. Bobbie RaymondAdm. J. Paul ReasonMs. Colleen RobertsMr. Arnold RobinsonMs. Lavada RobinsonRoenigk Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Jack RogersMs. Marcia L. RogersMs. Susan RogersVictoria SarahIn Honor of Sally Nusinson Mr. John G. SchreckengostMs. Ida L. ScottMr. Howard J. SellerMs. Elizabeth SelmierHoward S. ShapiroMr. Herbert SiegelMr. & Mrs. Martin SilvermanRobert Elston and Patricia SloanFrank and Mary Kay SlocumbDoris and Herman SmithMs. Hope D. SmithMs. Janice SnyderMr. Craig SokolSouth Shore Cultural CenterIn Memory of Anna AnthonyMs. Jeanne SparrowMr. & Mrs. Joan and Charles

StaplesMs. Betty J. M. StarksMs. Marie StauchMr. Frankie StephensMs. Sue StewartMr. Brian StintonMs. Lisa SullivanMs. Peggy SullivanMr. Michael SutkoSymphonic VoyagesIn Honor of Beatrice YoungMr. & Mrs. Steven and Astrida

TantilloMs. Janice TaylorBenita Terry Ms. Bradena ThomasBradena ThomasMs. Brianna ThompsonJanet and Samme ThompsonAlbert and Glennette TurnerCordelia D. TwittyMs. Gloria Cecilia ValentinoMr. John J. VieraMs. Carol R. Vieth

Ms. Dorothy V. WadleyMs. Audrey WalkerMr. John WallaceAnita M. WardMs. Jean E. WebsterMs. Lois Wells ReedKen and Marie WesterMs. Thelma WestmorlandMr. Jay N. Whipple, Jr.Ms. Melissa A. WhitsonRichard WildKeven WilderMs. Vera WilkinsMr. Brian WilliamsPam WilsonMr. Harold WingfieldMaureen WoodMs. Gladys WoodsMr. & Mrs. Joseph YokleyMr. Clyde A. Young IIIMs. Milicent YoungYvonne L. YoungMr. Paul ZaferLian Xu

Friend’s Circle (To $99)Mr. Howard AckermanMs. Duffie AdelsonMr. Brian AndersenMs. Crystal AndrewsAnonymousMs. Carolyn S. AustinPeggy AustinMr. Charles A. BakerMs. Barbara BallingerMs. Gail BanksCrotaluer BarnettJacqueline BarreraMs. Jann BeauchampMs. Judith BeisserW.J. BellMr. Tomas G. BissonnetteMs. Juliann Bluitt FosterIn Memory of Yvonne FowlerMr. Darryl BoggsBruce and Faith BonecutterMs. Michelle T. BooneDonald and Irma BravinKim L. BrightMs. Cynthia BrownPaul BucknerMs. Laura BuntingMs. Trina BurrussMs. Anne CanaparyWilliam and Virginia CassinMr. Joshua B. ChrismanMs. Karen ChrismanMichael Scott and Joy

ClendenningMs. Patricia CollinsWilliam and Arlene ConnellMs. Anna Cooper StantonDr. and Mrs. Roque CorderoMs. Dorothy B. Cressie



Reverend Robert CrossMs. Gwendolyn CurrinMs. Vera Curry JamesMr. Andrew CutlerMs. Kassie DavisMs. Linda DavisMr. Thomas DavisVelma Dawson MomanMs. Laura Dean FriedrichMr. Tom DeKovenTed and Joanne DespotesAli DonmezMs. Alison DonnDonna DorseyMs. Joan Doss AndersonMs. Brenda DowningMarshall Keltz and Bill DrewryMs. Susan DuensingMr. Marvin DysonIn Memory of Ethel SparrowMr. & Mrs. John and Pamela

EggumMs. Delores EllisonMs. Angela EugeneMs. Pearlie FarmerMs. Sondra L. FewMs. Laura FieldsMs. Annette FordMs. Diana FrancesMs. Blanca FrankMs. Karen FreelMs. Martha L. GarrettMs. Ellen GaryMr. & Mrs. James and Annleola

GervasioMs. Phyllis J. GilfoyleMs. Marcella E. GillieMr. James GinsburgMs. Julia GolnickMs. Valerie GoodcaseMs. Ophelia GoodrumMs. Anita GreenMr. & Mrs. Christopher and

Elizabeth GriffinMs. Doris M. GruskinMs. Laura E. Hamm and Mr. George

P. Goetschel HouseholdMs. Phyllis HandelMs. Deborah HatchettMs. Harriet HausmanMs. Lori Hayes ShawZakryscha HayesMr. William HeelanMs. Mia HenryMs. Rhonda HillMs. Dori HirschMs. Florence L. HirschMr. John B. HirschIn Honor of Florence L. HirschMs. Theresa HookMs. Holly HughesMs. Rosemary JackMs. Doris JacksonMs. Kennie M. JamesPamela Jameson

Ms. Argie JohnsonMr. Ray JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Kenneth and Charlotte

Kenzel Ms. Debra KerrCarol KippermanGeorge & Velna KolodziejMs. Patty KryschaMs. Henrietta LaceyMr. Robert LardnerClaire Laton-TaylorIn Honor of Jacquié TaylorLisa LattucaMrs. Willie E. LegardyMs. Pat LeshukPaulette LevyElizabeth Liederbach-Coffman

and Timothy J. CoffmanMr. & Mrs. Samuel and Joan

LoveringMs. Pearl MadlockPearl MalkSonya MalundaMs. Laura MarshMs. Karen E. MasseyAlefiyah MasterMs. Sylvia McClendonMr. John M. McDonaldMs. Yvonne D. McElroyMr. & Mrs. Dick and Peg McKinlayMr. & Mrs. Thomas and Sharon

McLeanIrene M. MeyerBarbara MillarGabriel MitchellMs. Vivian MitchellMs. Madeline MoonMs. Melissa MooreWayne MorganBelkis MuldoonMs. Meredith B. MurrayMr. Archie NeedhamDeb Newman RoeKathryn and Fred NirdeMs. Earnestine NorwoodDelano and Bonita O’BanionMs. Gertrude O’ReillyJewell K. OatesMs. Irma OlmedoMs. Jennifer OlssonMr. Gary C. PelzNoel and Bella PerlmanRex PiercyMs. Rosemary PietrzakMr. James PryorStephanie PolitoJoan and Robert PopeMr. Clyde ProctorPatricia RamosStuart and Marlene RankinMr. Gary RaymondMs. Jennifer ReedE. Dolores RegisterTelenae ReidMs. Janice E. Rhodes

J. Dennis and Eli RichCheryl B. RichardsonMs. Gloria RigoniMs. Marion E. RobertsMr. Arnold RobinsonMs. Michele RobinsonIn Memory of Ethel SparrowMr. Steve RobinsonMs. Helen RosalesMr. Sam RosenthalMr. Alan RubensteinMs. Marguerite L. SaeckerMs. Mary Rose SarnoRev. and Mrs. Don SchillingMr. Jeff ScurryIn Honor of Josephine ScurryMs. Faye SeemanMr. & Mrs. Timothy and Joceyln

ShafferMs. Julie SheltonMs. June ShiversMr. Brian SikoyskiGloria P. Silverman Living TrustMs. Kathryn SimmonsTomas Bissonnette and Rita SimoChester SingletaryMs. Lydia Smutny SterbaMr. Douglas StewartMs. Roma StewartMs. Elisabeth StiffelMr. Michael SutkoMr. James SwinertonCaesar and Patricia TabetMs. Carolyn TaylorMs. Ruth Teena WilliamsMs. Shelby TennantConrad and Georgia TerryMr. Melvin ThomasMs. Mary Jo TozziMr. Tom UngerMarsha VillanueavaMs. Dorothy WadleyMs. Georgene WaltersMs. Erika WaltonMs. Margaret WanderMs. Dyahanne WareAlsencia Warren HodoIn Honor of Patricia Bournique

HollowayMs. Lois WatsonMs. Julia WenzlaffMs. Ann WhitakerMr. Jay WilcoxenMs. Consuelo WilliamsIn Memory of George WilliamsMs. Ada WilsonMs. Lynn WinikatesDavid and Nancy WintonRuth WooldridgeMr. & Mrs. Eric YondorfMs. Alenda YoungLinda Yu

† In Loving Memory

SPONSORS

The Chicago Sinfonietta gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organizations:

This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Community Arts Access Regranting Program, which is funded by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, Hinsdale Center for the

Arts, and the Special Events and Cultural Amenities Fund of the City of Naperville.

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Southwest Airlines is the Official Airline of the Chicago Sinfonietta

Brave New Pictures is the Official Video Company of the Chicago Sinfonietta

THANKS TO THE SAINTS, Volunteers for the Performing Arts.

For information visit www.saintschicago.org or call 773-529-5510.

Supporting Season Sponsor

Lead Media Sponsor Supporting Media Sponsor

West Suburban Season Sponsor

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THE FR IENDS GROUP OF THE CHICAGO S INFONIET TA

The Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta is made up of two volunteer organizations - the South Side and West Suburban chapters - that promote the Sinfonietta and its mission. These groups introduce the Sinfonietta to new audiences and seek their involvement as subscribers, attendees, contributors, and volunteers. For more information about how you can become involved, contact the Chicago Sinfonietta at 312.236.3681.

South Side Chapter

Dorothy R. White, Chair

Lonnette AlexanderIris AtkinsJulie BargowskiBeulah R. BrooksPauline Spicer BrownChristine BrowneJohnnie BurkeCarole H. ButlerCheri ChappelleMaggie CrenshawElise Howard EdmondEmelda L. EstellEileen FoggieEllen GaryJoyce GreyJanice M. HamasakiHelen HatchettSharon D HatchettVeronica S. JeniferBobbi Jo King-DonelsonCarmen LeonardJanis E. MarleyDoris MerrityHelen P. MooreJacqueline L. MooreJoyce NormanMarcia A. PrestonGwendolyn RitchieMarion E. RobertsAntoinette ScottSharon E. ScottGlenda SmithJoyce Occomy StricklinSheila TuckerAudrey TuggleLinda TuggleElizabeth WilkinsRita WilsonDr. Barbara Wright-Pryor (Leave of

Absence)Aline O. Young

West Suburban Chapter

Alenda Young, ChairMaureen Wood, Vice-ChairPatricia Andrews-KeenanPeggy BeataKim L. BrightMelody ColemanGina Banks EanesMary Ellen FieselerKathleen FrankPeggy FrankShoshana FrankTheodia B. GillespieDeborah HatchettHelen HatchettSharon HatchettLucy HoyJames MarkArchie NeedhamDeborah NewmanTelene Williams ReidShawna RoysterDana Simone StovalEarl StubbeBarbara Yokom


HARRIS THEATER INFOR M ATION

RENTAL INFORMATION: If you have any questions about the Harris Theater, including rental of the facility, group tours, or volunteer opportunities, please call the administrative office Monday through Friday during normal business hours at 312-334-2400.

TICKET PURCHASES: To purchase tickets visit www.HarrisTheaterChicago.org 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; call 312-334-7777; or visit the Harris Theater box office Monday through Friday from 12 – 6 pm or until curtain on days with performances.

GROUP SALES: Experience your next Harris Theater Presents event with a group of 10 or more people and take advantage of special discounts and priority seating. All perfor-mances are eligible for discounts of up to 20% and your group is always guaranteed the best-available seating. Students and seniors receive special discounts. For more informa-tion, please call our sales office at 312.334.2419.

IN CONSIDER ATION OF OTHER PATRONS AND THE PERFOR MERS

Turn off all cell phones.

For your safety, please take a moment and note the nearest exit. In the event of an emergency, please follow the directions of the Harris Theater house staff. In the event of an illness or injury, please inform the Harris Theater house manager.

Photography is not permitted in the Theater at any time. Film or digital images will be confiscated or deleted by the Harris Theater house staff; violators will be subject to a fine.

Infrared assisted listening devices are available from the Harris Theater house staff. The Theater is equipped for easy access to all seating levels for patrons needing special access. Please advise the box office prior to the performance for any special seating needs.

Smoking is prohibited within the Harris Theater.

PARKING: Discounted parking validation is available for all ticket holders using the Millennium Park Garage. A validation machine is located next to the Box Office on the Orchestra Level, as you enter the theater lobby. Retrieved items will be held for ninety days with the Harris Theater house staff at 312-334-2403.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of house management.

ABOUT HARR IS THEATER FOR MUSIC AND DANCE

A PARTNER TO CHICAGO’S PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY

Opened on November 8, 2003, the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park was the first multi-use performing arts venue to be built in the downtown Chicago area since 1929. Today, the non-profit theater features the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, hosting the city’s most acclaimed music and dance institutions as well as world-renowned national and international artists and ensembles through its Harris Theater Presents series.

A core component of the Harris Theater’s mission is to partner and collaborate with an array of Chicago’s emerging and mid-sized performing arts organizations to help them build the resources and capacity necessary to achieve artistic growth and long-term or-ganizational sustainability. In addition to providing subsidized rental, technical expertise and marketing support, the Harris Theater also offers ongoing professional development opportunities to its resident companies, including the innovative Learning Lab Initiative, which was recently endorsed by the National Endowment for the Arts with an Access to Artistic Excellence grant.

In just nine seasons, the Theater’s original group of 12 resident companies has grown to include 40 diverse and exceptionally talented performing arts organizations. Through these partnerships, the Harris Theater has earned national recognition as a unique model of collaboration between the philanthropic community, a performance venue, and its artistic community in residence.

Through the Harris Theater Presents series, the Theater has achieved widespread recogni-tion as a vital cultural anchor in the city. The Paris Opéra Ballet, Renée Fleming, Daniel Barenboim, the San Francisco Ballet, Stephen Sondheim, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Lang Lang, the New York City Ballet and many other world renowned artists and ensembles have all graced the Harris’ stage through this series. The Harris Theater is committed to present-ing internationally acclaimed music and dance organizations in order to maintain its reputation as a venue of growing importance, as well as to help build audiences for the Theater’s resident companies.

The Theater also promotes family enrichment and engagement for children, teens and adults to advance the understanding of the performing arts for Chicago residents of all ages and communities. Collaborating with 23 arts education partners and local health and human service organizations that work with underserved constituencies, the Harris Theater has provided more than 2,500 complimentary Family Series and Harris Theater Presents tickets through its popular and recently expanded Access Tickets Program and Teen Arts Exploration Project.

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