PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEMaggie Stehman

Greetings Fellow VC Members,

Here we are nearly midway through the 2019-2020 season. How fast time flies. The Volunteer Council has been busy, as always, with volunteer activities and social events and we’re planning more.

Beyond the VC, our support for the NSO extends to attending and enjoying wonderful performances by the orchestra, and, this year there have been many, whether you’re a fan of classical, pops or other offerings. I hope you’ve attended many and will agree that the NSO is having a brilliant season not only at home at the Kennedy Center but also at other venues in DC and at Lincoln Center in NYC. Soon, the Orchestra will be embarking on a major Asian Tour with stops in Hiroshima, Beijing and Shanghai. We can all agree that the NSO constantly provides us with a wealth of musical entertainment.

With our General Meetings in November and January, the VC launched an important initiative to address the critical challenges facing the VCNSO. These go to the heart of the viability of the VCNSO’s future. These meetings have been a great success thanks to the enthusiastic participation of VC members. If you were not able to attend, this issue of Noteworthy features an article setting forth our challenges and ideas from members to preserve and enhance the VCNSO into the 2020s. As you will see, moving forward requires taking concurrent action in the short and long terms. Participation and input by a wide spectrum of our membership is essential if the VCNSO is to thrive. I urge you to participate in this crucial effort in whatever capacity you choose. We’ll continue to hold monthly general meetings, and I encourage you to attend whenever you can. Meetings are on the third Thursday of the month at the Kennedy Center. Specific details for each meeting will be sent well in advance.

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VOLUNTEER COUNCIL FOR THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FEBRUARY 2020

Harmony Hall, Fukui National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

As you know, the VC is invited to attend two Open Rehearsals each season. Maestro Noseda conducts the first, at 9:45 am on Thursday, February 20. To enhance everyone’s enjoyment of the rehearsal, we’re planning an event for the VC. We’ll be sending out an announcement, including information about the program, and parking discounts will be available for those who RSVP. Following the rehearsal, a discussion, featuring a guest speaker will be the centerpiece for a VC get-together. With this early notice, I hope many of you will save the date.

Later in the spring, our annual Guest Conductor Reception will be held on Thursday, April 2. In a departure from previous years, our second Open Rehearsal will precede the Reception. This gives us the chance to see our guest conductor in action before welcoming him to the reception. This Noteworthy includes a profile of our exciting Guest Conductor Gustavo Gimeno.

February and March offer many opportunities for volunteering and supporting the NSO, including Instrument Petting Zoos. On February 16, we’ll hold zoos before Family Concerts of Girl Power, Celebrating Women in Music. Later in the month, there will be a series of Music for Young Audiences, “Mozart Mash-up.” There is also a Coffee Concert scheduled for late February. The Calendar, included in this issue, offers additional information about these events including contact information.

On a less happy note, we want to be certain we learn of the important transitions of fellow VC members. Please contact Dulce Obias-Manno (d.obiasmanno@gmail.com) should you learn of the passing of a member. Thank you.

I’m enthused about what’s coming up for the Volunteer Council this spring. I hope to see you soon at one of our events

NSO’s FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR WITH MAESTRO NOSEDA

In his third season as National Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Gianandrea Noseda has ambitious travel plans for the NSO. This coming March 6-17 they travel to major cities in Japan and China. The NSO last toured Asia in 2009.

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The upcoming Asia tour begins in Fukui’s Harmony Hall. Japan’s Fukui prefecture lies along the Sea of Japan, less than two hours by train from Kyoto. The group then crisscrosses the country, most likely via rapid train (Shinkansen), through Osaka, Hiroshima and Tokyo to perform at those major concert halls. Leaving Tokyo, the NSO flies to Beijing for two days of performances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Their final concert takes place in Shanghai at the Oriental Arts Center.

Japanese violinist Akiko Suwanai is guest artist for this tour of Asia, and will perform with the NSO in several concerts here in Washington in February. The programs include Samuel Barber’s First Essay, Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto in D major, music from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty arranged by Igor Stravinsky, and Stravinsky’s own Symphony in Three Movements. The February 28 program pairs the Violin Concerto with Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, “From the New World.”

LOOKING TOWARD SPRING

Keep your eyes on the calendar! Early April will be here before we know it and you don’t want to miss the NSO invited Open Rehearsal on the morning of April 2, 2020 followed by a reception for and informal conversation with “our” guest conductor. Watch for further details!

In 1986 the Volunteer Council raised the funds to endow a guest conductor for a subscription concert each year, and each year we plan an event during his or her visit. We are excited this year to welcome Gustavo Gimeno, Music Director of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and incoming Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra starting with the 2020/2021 season.

Gimeno was born in 1976 in Valencia, Spain and studied percussion and piano. He began his musical career as a percussionist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2001 and became principal percussionist in 2002, also continuing his education, primarily focused on conducting. In 2013, he left to devote full time to his craft, becoming principal conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra at the start of the 2015-2016 season.

THE PROGRAM

Following his celebrated NSO debut last season, acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin returns to performGrieg’s Piano Concerto. The program also includes Shostakovich's brilliant Symphony No. 1. Written at the age of eighteen, the work is already characteristic of Shostakovich's trademark style: unafraid, exuberant, and delightfully dramatic.

Gimeno is young, dynamic and charismatic. The Guest Conductor Reception will give us an opportunity to mix, mingle, and enjoy getting to know him. You’ll be glad you did!

WHERE WE’RE GOING Maggie Stehman, Peggy Siegel and Carol Ruppel

Many of you attended our two hugely successful General Meetings at the REACH. With these meetings we’ve launched an initiative to improve the health of the Volunteer Council and move forward to embrace new challenges. It was gratifying to see new and long-term members come together to enthusiastically participate in these critical meetings.

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Looking to the Future proposes that we study the effectiveness of the current VCNSO to identify our path going forward. To accomplish this we must

• Identify Council goals and priorities to determine future activities and programs.

• Evaluate our relationship with NSO staff to enhance our support of the NSO and its priorities, particularly for community engagement.

• Assessing our current programs to identify their value, improve and update practices, and consider their fit in today’s environment.

• Undertake a membership study to identify ways to attract and retain members over the long term. A mentor program for new members and a welcome package were suggested.

• Examine VC membership obligations and benefits such as dues, volunteering and “perks” to determine if changes are needed.

Expanding Member Programs

Members clearly want to participate in a range of activities that serve both educational and social needs. Outside of volunteering for petting zoos, children’s concert ushering, In Your Neighborhood and Summer Music Institute, we discussed the following possibilities:

• Seminars before and after concerts to learn about and discuss the concert’s program

• General programs to learn about of the organization of the NSO • Monthly meetings with a speaker to encourage regular member engagement with

each other and the NSO • Attendance at Coffee Concerts, Open Rehearsals and similar NSO programs

followed by a VC get-togethers like wine and cheese and happy hours

We need to assess member benefits to assure their value, and modify them as appropriate and to evaluate the reasons members join, renew or drop out.

Not only should we improve our internal communication among members, but we can also raise our visibility in the community by investing in signage, especially at off-campus NSO events, announcing events in local newsletters, newspapers, etc. and developing presentations for retirement communities, where many active people live.

January meeting

Building on the energy and positive response to the Fall/Winter meeting, our second meeting, held in mid-January, followed the same format. We set out to refine our ideas as we plan for ensuring a successful future.

Maggie recapped November’s meeting. She reiterated that our mission is to serve and support the National Symphony Orchestra, a mission that can provide us new opportunities. To be successful we need to address both long and short term goals, because only by addressing both can the VC build the energy needed to assure its future.

We identified three areas in which to channel our efforts and engage our members in the near term. The first is in community engagement, a goal that with NSO goals. The VC has volunteered with In Your Neighborhood, and working with staff, we could broaden our role. We might have a role in helping to sustain the NSO presence in a neighborhood after In Your Neighborhood is over. This might involve our meeting NSO musicians one-on-one, something everyone enjoys.

The VC needs to make better use of data. Instead of simply collecting volunteer hours, we should monetize them to document our support. We should examine and document our relationship with the NSO so that we can better identify ways to strengthen that relationship. A stronger relationship with the NSO might affect how we communicate with each other and provide ideas for recruiting and communicating with new members.

Maggie passed out sign-up sheets for us to get to work on the areas of Plotting the Future, Communications, Programs, and Membership. Thank you to all who have signed up so far. Each group is given a charge. If you too would like join a group and participate in helping the VC move forward, or simply discuss possibilities, please contact Maggie at mstehman1@verizon.net or call 703-963-3802.

We agreed to continue to these general meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 1 pm. The entire VC membership is invited and encouraged to participate. The next one is Thursday, February 20 at 1 pm at the Kennedy Center. Hopefully, many of you will “save the date.”

A Return of Leonard Slatkin Carol Ruppel, editor

Leonard Slatkin, former National Symphony Orchestra music director from 1996-2008, is commemorating his 75th birthday by conducting orchestras around the world—those he directed, those where he regularly guested and a few that are new to his lead.

Before his long tenure with the NSO Slatkin directed the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra from 1977-79 and, famously, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1979-1996. After the NSO, he directed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for ten years. He’s also served as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia and of the Royal Philharmonic in London, the Pittsburgh, the Los Angeles, the Hollywood

Bowl and the Minnesota. There’s hardly a major orchestra he’s not conducted. He currently holds the titles of Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He’s won countless awards and honors.

Now Slatkin’s enjoying immensely his freedom from having to direct an orchestra, with all those attending obligations (“I did that for 41 years.”) and being able to focus his attention outside the concert halls of the cities where he guest conducts. He continues to compose, write and educate.

He was back in Washington to conduct the NSO in early December. His program began with Yet Another Set of Variations on a Theme of Paganini. The program notes remark that Paganini wrote 24 caprices, and the 24th has inspired works by Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benny Goodman and Rachmaninoff. Slatkin had first expanded on that list by inviting the four composers who’d been in residence with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to write a variation for Slatkin’s final concert as director. Slatkin also wrote a couple. For his 75th he invited five orchestras he’d led to each commission a composer with whom he’d worked while there to also write a variation.

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They were John Corigliano; Truman Harris, retired NSO assistant bassoon; Slatkin’s wife composer Cindy McTee; his son, composer Daniel Slatkin and the former resident composer of the Orchestre National de Lyon Guillaume Connesson. Slatkin tied the 11 variations into one piece, as he says, “balancing the serious pieces with the outrageously humorous ones.”

The second piece on the December program was Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, with dazzling Russian-born American pianist Olga Kern. Slatkin and Kern have performed together often and spoke at the Afterwards.

Aaron Copeland’s Symphony No. 3 was the final piece, and the last time the NSO performed it was also behind Leonard Slatkin’s baton, in 2008. Slatkin was known for bringing more American works into the NSO repertoire, and NSO Director of Artistic Planning Nigel Boon, who interviewed Slatkin and Kern at the Afterwards noted that Symphony No. 3 is “our” symphony, as it conveys understanding the U.S. place in World War II history and optimism that the world survived the horror.

After the Thursday morning rehearsal with the NSO Slatkin talked with the NSO Youth Fellows. He began by stressing the difficulty of becoming a professional musician, illustrating with the fact that there are 50 million piano students in China alone, so what are the odds? We learned that Slatkin’s an avid baseball fan, loyal to his home team the St. Louis Cardinals. He told that for their first rehearsal together in December, several NSO members greeted him in our home team, the Nationals’, regalia, in honor of the World Series semifinal game between the two teams. As Slatkin’s Cardinals lost, one musician brought him a whisk broom labeled “SWEEP” to rub it in. Another hobby he mentioned to the students was cooking, on one of 22 weeks a year when he’s not on the road. In his current leisure he often takes cooking classes in the country where he’s conducting, around his gig.

If you are a Slatkin fan, as I am, I suggest you go to his web page, leonardslatkin.com, and read some of his monthly journal entries. He ends his January 2020 entry, in which he talks about his recent Washington visit and his 75th, with his article, “Uncle Frank: Sinatra and the Slatkins.” Leonard’s father Felix was concertmaster of the Twentieth Century Fox orchestra; his mother, principal cellist at Warner Brothers. They were founding members of the Hollywood String Quartet, though criticized for naming it that, given its stature in the classical world. Because of its excellence, Frank Sinatra recorded exclusively with the Hollywood String Quartet for Capitol Records. He was a close family friend who put Leonard and brother Frederick to bed singing them to sleep. Slatkin’s account both of Sinatra and of Sinatra’s relationship with the Slatkins is “unforgettable.”

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NSO VOLUNTEER COUNCIL TO HOST THE ASSOCIATION OF MAJOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VOLUNTEERS

The Association of Major Symphony Orchestra Volunteers (AMSOV) first met in St. Louis in 1937. The objective was to establish a free interchange of ideas among the volunteer organizations for major symphony orchestras.

Conferences are held every two years, and after 18 years, the AMSOV Conference returns to Washington, D.C. Hosted by the Volunteer Council for the National Symphony Orchestra, the 43rd Biennial Conference will be take place June 3-6, 2021. It will bring together over 100 delegates and alumni from more than 30 major symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Canada to discuss ways and means to ensure the support and continued existence of major symphony orchestras. Highlighting the conference will be a performance of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Expanding to Fulfill JFK’s Vision Carol Ruppel, editor

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter convened her annual donors’ meeting on November 4, reviewing the 2018-2019 season and describing the 2019-20. She’s now in her sixth year on the job and appears to continue feeling it’s the best job in the world. She and her senior staff shared their expansive programming schedule. Here are some of the highlights of her address.

The Center’s budget remains consistent from year to year. Because the KC serves as the monument to former President Kennedy, it receives an annual appropriation from Congress of about $41 million for operations, maintenance, capital repairs and restoration, thus allowing other sources of revenue to be spent on programs and administration. [Rutter frequently mentions the fact that the Center is a national monument dedicated to President Kennedy, and some of the programming consciously reflects his legacy.] The earned revenue comes from ticket sales, concessions, rental fees, parking, gift shop sales and touring fees earned from such as the NSO’s upcoming Asia tour. Contributions come from the obvious sources, the bulk of which are individuals.

This season the Center has 1,600 performances planned, not counting those at the Millennium Stage, which brings the number to almost 2,000.

Rutter and her staff are delighted with the REACH, funded by over $250 million contributed by 3,000 donors. The opening, September 7-21, held 560 free events with 1,800 artists, and half of those in the audiences were new to the Kennedy Center. The REACH with its innovative space and programming goes a long way to fulfilling Rutter’s aim to offer something for everyone and to make arts more participatory and accessible. And to think that she inherited this project and has executed it so successfully is impressive.

The Center has hired Marc Bamuthi Joseph to be vice president and artistic director of Social Impact. He’s the self-proclaimed poet-in-residence, and recited his “Re-declaration of Creative Independence,” framed like the original and accompanied by a Jason Moran jazz composition. Joseph proclaims that “Joy is a human right; inspiration is an American ideal. In order to achieve the beautiful democracy we must have a democracy of beautiful things.” “We are at our best when creativity is right within our reach.”

We heard from the manager of the new Moonshot Studio, “a drop-in space” for people of all ages “to try on different art forms” mostly on Saturdays. Many activities tie in with current KC performances, and groups like City Dance collaborate. The director of Hip Hop and Culture told us about the Club and Studio K, “a cabaret-style lounge” that provides an informal, interactive and intimate setting, a “hang space,” with “cross-genre, multidisciplinary programming” that provides a sense of belonging.

Gary Ginstling, executive director of the NSO, called 2019 “a momentous year for the NSO.” Ticket sales are up and there’s a “new feeling of energy and electricity.” NSO’s performance at Carnegie Hall in May won great acclaim, so much so that Lincoln Center invited it to perform in November. From March 6-17, 2020, the NSO will perform in Tokyo and Hiroshima; Beijing and Shanghai.

Mario Rossero, senior vice president of Education, with his 60 team members oversee 40 programs in most US states and in 26 foreign countries, including nearly 200 Music for Young Audience performances, the Very Special Arts program, Jazz Ahead, the Washington National Opera Institute, the American College Theater Festival, Dance Lab and the Summer Music Institute, to name a few. A program of special interest to many of us is Nurturing Arts-Rich Communities. Six large school districts across the country will map every single artistic enterprise in each of its schools in order to capture data representative of the country. And Rossero and his colleagues are truly energized by the two-year appointment of Mo Willems, the children’s book author and illustrator, and visual artist, as Educational Artist in Residence. I encourage you to see his video on the Kennedy Center website under the Education category.

The director of Theater Programming and Producing delivered such an original accounting of her department by focusing mostly on the upcoming arrival of playwright Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. She says, “His Atticus is a flawed man. He’s a parent who may be guilty of articulating a reductive view of right and wrong for his children. In the play we’re going to see the events unfold as they are, instead of exclusively through the eyes of the young daughter who worships her father. Perhaps most important, Calpurnia, the Finches’ cook, and Tom Robinson, the innocent man on trial, are finally given agency and the opportunity to speak for themselves.”

VCNSO CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2020 TO MAY 2020

FEBRUARY TO MAY 2020

WELCOME CENTER Before NSO Concerts Time Varies, Concert Hall

• Staff the Welcome Cart before NSO Concerts, Greet and Answer Patron Questions before Concert and during Intermission. Concert attendance likely

• Contact: Bonnie Brose: bcbrose@comcast.net

FEBRUARY 2020

12 VCNSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETING 11:15 AM Bird Room

16 FAMILY CONCERT Concert Hall

• Instrument Petting Zoo (IPZ) – Girl Power! Atrium Demonstrate and Clean Musical Instruments for young children to try before concerts. Volunteers can usually attend concert. Arrive at 12:00 Noon. (IPZ One Hour before each Concert)

• Concerts: 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM • Contact: Bill Brose wmbrose@comcast.net

20 NSO OPEN REHEARSAL AND POST DISCUSSION 9:45 AM Concert Hall

Noseda Conducts Mahler’s 5th and Schubert

• Arrive 9:45 for 10:00 AM Rehearsal • Post Rehearsal Discussion Follows Immediately TBD • Contact: Maggie Stehman mstehman@veriszon.net

20 VC GENERAL MEETING 12:30 PM TBD

• Topic – Plotting Our Future w/possible Speaker • Contact: Maggie Stehman mstehman1@verizon.net

23-24 MUSIC FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Hall of States

• Instrument Petting Zoo (IPZ) – Mozart Mash-Up • Demonstrate and Clean Musical Instruments for young children to try before concerts.

Volunteers can usually attend concert. • Arrive 1½ hours before concert. (IPZ is One Hour before each Concert.) • Concerts: February 23 at 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM

February 24 at 10:30 and 12:30 PM (Schools) • Contact: Bill Brose wmbrose@comcast.net

28 COFFEE CONCERT 9:00 AM, Pre-Concert KC Café

• Greet, respond to questions, and assist attendees before 11:30 AM Concert •

MARCH 2020

3 COFFEE CONCERT 9:00 AM, Pre-Concert KC Café

• Greet, respond to questions, and assist attendees before 11:30 AM Concert Complementary Tickets for volunteers to attend Concert (Gimeno conducting)

• Contact: Victoria Cordova victoriarcordova@gmail.com

8 VCNSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETING 11:15 AM Israeli Lounge

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TBD ORCHESTRA LUNCHEON Multi-Purpose Room

11 VCNSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETING

11:15 AM Bird Room

APRIL 2020

2 NSO OPEN REHEARSAL Concert Hall

• Gimeno conducts Greig, Shostakovich and Liadov • Arrive 9:45 for 10:00 AM Rehearsal

2 GUEST CONDUCTOR RECEPTION Time and Place TBD

• The VCNSO hosts a reception for the week’s Guest Conductor and members. Following a short introductory program with the Conductor, there is an opportunity to ask questions.

• Guest Conductor is Gustavo Gimeno

3 COFFEE CONCERT 9:00 AM, Pre-Concert KC Café

• Greet, respond to questions, and assist attendees before 11:30 AM Concert Complementary Tickets for volunteers to attend Concert (Gimeno conducting)

• Contact: Victoria Cordova victoriarcordova@gmail.com

8 VCNSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETING 11:15 AM Bird Room

TBD ORCHESTRA LUNCHEON Multi-Purpose Room

• VCNSO members bring lunch dishes and host a luncheon for NSO Musicians and Staff

19 FAMILY CONCERT Concert Hall/Atrium

• Instrument Petting Zoo (IPZ) – Goldilocks and the 3 Dinosaurs Demonstrate and Clean Musical Instruments for young children to try before concerts. Volunteers can usually attend concert.

• Arrive at 12:00 Noon. (IPZ is One Hour before each Concert.) • Concerts at 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM • Contact: Bill Brose wmbrose@comcast.net

27 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT Concert Hall

• Assist Ushers in ushering school children into and out of the Concert Hall. Volunteers can generally attend the concert.

• Program – Girl Power, Celebrating Women in Music • Arrive at 10:15AM • Concert: 11:00 AM • Contact: Bill Brose wmbrose@comcast.net

MAY 2020

13 VCNSO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETING 11:15 AM Israeli Lounge

TBD VCNSO ANNUAL SPRING MEETING • Annual business meeting and Lunch for VCNSO members

20 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT Concert Hall

• Assist Ushers in ushering school children into and out of the Concert Hall. Volunteers can generally attend the concert.

• Program – Girl Power, Celebrating Women in Music • Arrive at 10:15AM • Concert: 11:00 AM • Contact: Bill Brose wmbrose@comcast.net

29 COFFEE CONCERT 9:00 AM, Pre-Concert KC Café

• Greet, respond to questions, and assist attendees before 11:30 AM Concert Complementary Tickets for volunteers to attend Concert (Noseda conducting)

• Contact: Victoria Cordova victoriarcordova@gmail.com

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NOTEWORTHY 2020 February

ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL

The Volunteer Council was founded in 1941 as The Women’s Committee for the National Symphony Orchestra to provide educational and financial support to the orchestra and offer anyone with an interest in symphonic music a networking group.

Today, the VC/NSO is open to women and men and is one of the leading orchestra volunteer organizations in the United States. The VC/NSO is associated with the American Symphony Orchestra League and the Association of Major Symphony Orchestra Volunteers.

Membership is open to anyone who shares a love of music, music education, and an interest in the National Symphony Orchestra.