Contents

WELCOME TO THE 2014–15 FAMILY SERIES

Welcome 1

NJSO Orchestra Roster 2

The Musical Time MachineNov 29 3

The Land of Make BelieveFeb 7 7

A Hero’s JourneyJune 6 10

Bring the NJSO to Your Kids’ School 12

About Us 15

NJSO Board & Staff 16

Promoting meaningful,

lifelong engagement

with live music!

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Front cover: Violist Christine Terhune. Photo by Fred Stucker.

Take a journey of endless musical inspiration with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra! When asked, “Who inspired you?,” NJSO musicians shared: “My two most inspiring music teachers coached chamber music at summer festivals … They knew how to impart their love of the literature and get the best out of every ensemble. They were unfailingly encouraging to me personally. I used to fall apart in performances, let alone auditions. Working with these wonderful teachers enabled me to overcome my nerves and really enjoy performing.” – Lucy Corwin, NJSO violist

“The first time I played for Mr. G. (as he was known to his students), he told me something very important. He said that your innate musicality and creativity will be heard by others only when you have mastered the technique of violin playing. This is something that you never stop working on, no matter how long you have played your instrument.”– Rebekah Johnson, NJSO assistant principal second violin

“One of my favorite musical experiences as a young violinist was viewing the Young People’s Concerts of Leonard Bernstein broadcast throughout the world even to my home, at that time, in Romania. Later, as an adult, working closely with Bernstein in Tanglewood was more than a dream come true! His love and enthusiasm for music came across even stronger in real life, and he remains an inspiration for me to this day.” – Adriana Rosin, NJSO first violinist

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FIRST VIOLINEric Wyrick, Concertmaster, The Donald L. Mulford ChairBrennan Sweet, Associate ConcertmasterAlbin Ifsich Adriana Rosin Naomi Youngstein James Tsao Xin Zhao Darryl Kubian Judy Lin Wu •

SECOND VIOLINFrancine Storck, Principal, The Dr. Merton L. Griswold, Jr. ChairRebekah Johnson, Assistant PrincipalDebra BidermanAnn KossakowskiJohn ConnellySusan Gellert Lisa Matricardi • Alexandra Gorokhovsky Ming Yang Héctor Falcón

VIOLINFatima AazizaWendy Y. ChenMaya Shiraishi

VIOLAFrank Foerster, Principal, The Margrit McCrane ChairElzbieta Weyman, Assistant PrincipalMichael StewartChristine TerhuneMartin AndersenLucy CorwinHenry KaoBrett DeubnerDavid Blinn

CELLOJonathan Spitz, Principal, The MCJ Amelior Foundation Chair, in honor of Barbara Bell ColemanStephen Fang, Associate PrincipalMyung Soon WoohSarah SeiverTed AckermanFrances RowellNa-Young Baek

BASSPaul Harris, Principal, The Lawrence J. Tamburri ChairFrank Lomolino, Assistant Principal

Jonathan Storck, The Tray and Maris Davis ChairDavid Rosi Joseph Campagna

FLUTEBart Feller, PrincipalKathleen Nester

PICCOLOKathleen Nester

OBOERobert Ingliss, Principal, The Arthur E. Walters and Marjory S. Walters Chair Andrew Adelson

ENGLISH HORNAndrew Adelson

CLARINETKarl Herman, Principal, The Roy and Diana Vagelos ChairAndrew Lamy

E-FLAT CLARINETAndrew Lamy

BASSOONRobert Wagner, Principal, The Charlotte and Morris Tanenbaum ChairMark Timmerman

HORN Lucinda-Lewis, PrincipalAndrea Menousek Chris Komer Susan Standley

TRUMPETGarth Greenup, PrincipalChristopher Stingle, Assistant PrincipalDavid Larson

TROMBONECharles Baker, PrincipalVernon PostVincent Belford

TUBADerek Fenstermacher, Principal, Anonymously Endowed Chair

TIMPANIRandall Hicks, Principal, The Mia and Victor Parsonnet Chair

PERCUSSIONDavid Fein, Principal

PERSONNELJames Neglia, ManagerNaomi Youngstein, Assistant Manager

LIBRARIANAnn Kossakowski

JACQUES LACOMBE, Music Director, The Jaqua Foundation ChairJEFFREY GROGAN, Education & Community Engagement Conductor

GEMMA NEW, Associate Conductor

N E W J E R S E Y S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A

2014–15 ORCHESTRA ROSTER

The NJSO uses a system of string rotation. In each string section, members are listed in order of seniority. The musicians and librarians employed by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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JEFFREY GROGAN conductorBEN STEINFELD hostNEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Program includes selections from:

BEETHOVEN ??? GABRIELI Canzona per Sonare No. 2 in F Part II PACHELBEL Canon in D ROSSINI William Tell Overture DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95 Largo SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 in B Major, Op. 141 Allegretto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Allegro con Brio

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Program and artists are subject to change. The use of flash bulbs, cameras or recording equipment during the concert is strictly prohibited. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Food and beverages may not be taken into the auditorium. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Fire notice: The red exit sign nearest your seat is the shortest route outside. The management is not responsible for personal property of patrons.

Sat, Nov 29, 2014, at 2 pm NJPAC in Newark

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.We kindly request that you silence all electronic devices and take extra caution when recording microphones are on the stage.

Enjoy a Pre-Concert Adventure beginning one hour before the performance, and stay after the concert to meet the artists.

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Welcome to the NJSO’s Family concert! We hope you will enjoy hearing our Orchestra play this great music. Here is a guide to today’s program that you can share with your young concertgoers.

THE MUSICAL TIME MACHINEHop into a musical time machine with the NJSO! Take a listening tour, making stops to visit some of the world’s great composers and their musical masterpieces. See if you can hear how classical music and orchestras grew up, got bigger and began to tell stories.

“The Musical Time Machine” opens with four of the most famous musical notes in orchestral history—the striking launch of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Your next stop is back in time to the Renaissance with Gabrieli’s Canzona, which means “song,” featuring the “voice” of the brass instruments. Even though Pachelbel’s Canon, the next piece on our musical journey, is more than 300 years old, it has been sampled by popular artists from Green Day to Coolio. Jump forward more than 100 years for the first performance of Rossini’s William Tell Overture in Paris in 1829 and listen to how the composer creates excitement with leaping, galloping rhythms. Next stop: the Romantic era, at the end of the 19th century, with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9; it was written when the composer, far from home in the “New World” of the United States, was missing his native Czechoslovakia. Finally, our time machine powers forward into the 20th century to hear the first movement from Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15, originally entitled “The Toyshop.” This inventive composer uses instruments in new and quirky ways, making music that dips and dances and sounds both funny and eerie.Learn more about the 2014–15 Family series at www.njsymphony.org/family.

2014–15 NJSO EDUCATION COMMITTEE:The NJSO gratefully acknowledges the members of the Education Committee of the Board of Trustees—who serve as a critical sounding board for the development of our education and community engagement programs—for their dedication, guidance and expertise.

Donald Strangfeld and Penelope Vance, Co-ChairsAnn Borowiec, Rose Cali, Ronald Castaldo, Iqua Colson, David Dik, Rani Doyle, Curtland Fields, John Garone, Jeffrey Grogan, William May, Linda Morgan, Lee Neamand, Stephen Sichak Jr., Debra Tarby, Christine Terhune, Peggy Valenti, Linda Walker and Naomi Youngstein.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Applauded for performances “high in energy, with close attention to ebb and flow,” New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Education & Community Engagement Conductor JEFFREY GROGAN is hailed as an innovative musical leader. His humanistic leadership style, coupled with a strong command of skills as a musical communicator, has earned him an impressive reputation with audiences and music programs throughout the country. Known for “shrewd programming, skillful rehearsing and an energized performance,” Grogan participated in

the prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview—a showcase appearance with the Nashville Symphony—sponsored by the League of American Orchestras.Grogan considers his work with young musicians as one of the cornerstones of his career. He is artistic director of the NJSO Youth Orchestras, InterSchool Orchestras of New York and New Jersey Youth Symphony. His youth orchestras have performed to capacity crowds at Carnegie Hall and the Musikverein in Vienna. He serves as artistic director of the El Sistema-inspired Paterson Music Project sponsored by Wharton Music Centers and is artistic advisor to the El Sistema-inspired NJSO CHAMPS (Character, Achievement and Music Project) in Newark. Grogan has served as adjudicator, conductor and clinician for prestigious national festivals and recently led teacher-training workshops for the New York City Board of Education and through Tony Bennett’s foundation Exploring the Arts. He was previously on faculty at the University of Michigan, Ithaca College and Baylor University and taught public school in Desoto, Texas. Grogan is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Michigan.

Actor, director, teacher and musician BEN STEINFELD is co-artistic director of the celebrated Fiasco Theater. He has appeared on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Cyrano de Bergerac and as James Monroe in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off-Broadway acting work includes Fiasco Theater’s acclaimed production of Cymbeline, which he also co-directed, at Theatre for a New Audience and Barrow Street Theatre, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at

the Public Theater. Selected regional work includes Fiasco’s Into the Woods at the McCarter Theatre, Misalliance at Portland Center Stage, Design for Living at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Room Service at the Westport Country Playhouse and 10 plays with Trinity Rep. Steinfeld’s television and film work includes HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, “The Good Wife” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” He co-authored an essay for the new book “Living with Shakespeare.” He is a graduate of Brown University and the Brown/Trinity MFA Program.

GRETCHEN LOCHNER GONZALES

MEMORIAL FUNDGretchen Lochner Gonzales was a cellist in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for five years. She believed in the power of music to transform lives, especially through education initiatives. To that end, the NJSO and the Gonzales family established the Gretchen Lochner Gonzales Memorial Fund after Gretchen lost her battle with breast cancer in 2006.

The fund recognizes Gonzales’ passion for music education. Fittingly, the Gretchen Lochner Gonzales Memorial Fund will support expenses related to one of the programs in the NJSO’s annual Family Concert Series.

GEMMA NEW conductorSID SOLOMON hostNJSO ACADEMY ORCHESTRANEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Program includes selections from:

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker “Trepak”

WAGNER Die Walküre “Ride of the Valkyries”

PROKOFIEV Cinderella Suite No. 1 “Cinderella Goes to the Ball”

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite “Conversations of Beauty and the Beast”

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture BERNSTEIN Selections from West Side Story Arr. Mason MUSSORGSKY “Night on Bald Mountain” WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “Harry’s Wondrous World”

THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

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Program and artists are subject to change. The use of flash bulbs, cameras or recording equipment during the concert is strictly prohibited. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Food and beverages may not be taken into the auditorium. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Fire notice: The red exit sign nearest your seat is the shortest route outside. The management is not responsible for personal property of patrons.

Sat, Feb 7, 2015, at 2 pm NJPAC in Newark

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.We kindly request that you silence all electronic devices and take extra caution when recording microphones are on the stage.

Enjoy a Pre-Concert Adventure beginning one hour before the performance, and stay after the concert to meet the artists.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Welcome to the NJSO’s Family concert! We hope you will enjoy hearing our Orchestra play this great music. Here is a guide to today’s program that you can share with your young concertgoers.

THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVEJourney with us into the Land of Make Believe! On this vivid musical excursion into imagination, you will hear how composers tell stories through music, using the instruments of the symphony to create vivid scenes, evoke powerful moods and create the dramatic arc of a story. Tchaikovsky’s “Trepak,” a wild Russian folkdance, is one of several

short dances the young Clara sees when she travels with the prince to his homeland, the Land of Sweets, in The Nutcracker. Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” tells an ancient story, showing the warrior-maiden daughters of the Norse god Wotan racing through a mountain pass on their airborne horses, charging into war. Prokofiev offers a musical portrait of Cinderella imagining the ball as she prepares, even hearing the chimes of midnight that will end her evening. Ravel based “Beauty and the Beast” from his Mother Goose ballet on a traditional fairytale. The music is a conversation between Beauty (voiced by a clarinet) and the Beast (a contrasting contrabassoon). The Beast is transformed with the magical sound of a harp, and his voice becomes that of a noble violin. We hear the story of Romeo and Juliet twice on this program—first by Tchaikovsky, who uses a soaring melody and surging accompaniment to tell the tragic teenage love story, and then by Bernstein, who updates the tale to New York City in the mid-1950s. In the ancient folktale depicted in Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain,” witches celebrate a festival of black magic on a midsummer night atop a mountain. “Harry’s Wondrous World,” by the American composer John Williams, features themes that depict Harry Potter’s magical life at Hogwarts, with music that moves through many moods and builds to a climactic triumph.Learn more about the 2014–15 Family series at www.njsymphony.org/family.

Named by WQXR in 2013 as one of the “Top Five Women Conductors on the Rise,” New Zealand-born conductor GEMMA NEW is associate conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and is the founder and director of the Lunar Ensemble, a contemporary music collective in Baltimore. This season, New is one of two Dudamel fellows with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and will conduct eight LA Phil education concerts in April and May 2015.Along with her appearances with the NJSO and Lunar

Ensemble, New has led the Atlanta and Miami symphony orchestras, as well as the Hamilton Philharmonic in Canada and Opus Orchestra in New Zealand. She recently made her debut in Germany with the Leipziger Symphonieorchester, conducting the music of Mendelssohn and mentored by Kurt Masur. In 2013,

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New made her Carnegie Hall conducting debut, leading works by Adams, Norman and Ives on the American Soundscapes series.Passionate about music education, New was guest conductor for the 2013 New Jersey All-State Orchestra. Between 2007 and 2009, New conducted the Christchurch Youth Orchestra, which grew from 40 to 70 players under her leadership and performed upwards of nine concerts a year.

SID SOLOMON is a Brooklyn-born actor and teaching artist, and he is thrilled to be working with the NJSO for the first time. As an actor, he has performed with theaters all across the country including The Acting Company, New York Classical Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Virginia Stage, Florida Rep, Georgia Shakespeare and Florida Stage. As a teacher, he has worked with students from grade school to grad school in cities and towns from Arkansas to Ontario. From 2007–2010, he served on the faculty of the Theatre Arts Training Program of the Tony Award-winning

Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. He also has taught classes and workshops for The Acting Company in New York, Northern Stage in Vermont and The Studio in New Canaan, CT. Solomon is currently in his third year as the host of Musical Explorers, a concert series for elementary school students at Carnegie Hall. More information is available at www.sidsolomon.com.

Under the artistic direction of Jeffrey Grogan, the NJSO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS give qualified middle- and high-school students—especially African-American and Latino youth in the Greater Newark area—unparalleled opportunities to achieve personal and musical excellence. Weekly coaching by NJSO musicians and a supportive peer-to-peer environment provide quality learning and performing experiences and build a unique culture of collaboration. The achievements of this program and its impact on the lives of these young musicians have received national recognition from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.Three distinct ensembles—the Academy Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and Violin Ensemble—perform two full concerts each year. Additionally, the Academy Orchestra annually performs a side-by-side concert with the NJSO at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark and two community chamber music concerts. In addition, a preparatory program offers small group lessons and ensemble experiences, laying the foundation for students’ membership in one of the program’s three performing ensembles. The Youth Orchestras annually serve students from 10 counties across Northern and Central New Jersey.Students who play orchestral instruments can apply for membership in the NJSO Youth Orchestras. For more information about the program/ensembles and auditions, visit www.njsymphony.org/youthorchestras. The Youth Orchestras are part of the NJSO Academy, a suite of offerings that provide and promote instrumental instruction.

JEFFREY GROGAN conductorBEN STEINFELD hostNEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Program includes selections from:

COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 Allegro BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, “Eroica,” Op. 55 Allegro con brio BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture, Op. 84 VERDI Nabucco Overture SUPPÉ Light Cavalry Overture SOUSA “Stars and Stripes Forever”

A HERO’S JOURNEY

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Program and artists are subject to change. The use of flash bulbs, cameras or recording equipment during the concert is strictly prohibited. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Food and beverages may not be taken into the auditorium. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Fire notice: The red exit sign nearest your seat is the shortest route outside. The management is not responsible for personal property of patrons.

Sat, June 6, 2015, at 2 pm NJPAC in Newark

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.We kindly request that you silence all electronic devices and take extra caution when recording microphones are on the stage.

Enjoy a Fiddle-and-Fa-La-La-Fest beginning one hour before the performance, and stay after the concert to meet the artists.

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Welcome to the NJSO’s Family concert! We hope you will enjoy hearing our Orchestra play this great music. Here is a guide to today’s program that you can share with your young concertgoers.

A HERO’S JOURNEY“A Hero’s Journey” explores how composers throughout history have used music to celebrate what it means to be a hero. Your heroic journey includes Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik, a famous piece whose ingenious instrumentation takes a simple melody and embroiders it into a delightful musical confection. Beethoven wrote his Symphony No. 3 (also called “Eroica,” or “Heroic”) to evoke feelings of heroism. In Beethoven’s time, the characteristic

powerful sound you’ll hear called for more instruments and a bigger orchestra than ever before. Operas often tell stories of adventure and heroism. This includes pieces like Beethoven’s Overture from Egmont, the story of a 16th-century champion of freedom, Count Egmont; Verdi’s Nabucco Overture, from his opera based on the history of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar; and Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture, from his opera that tells the story of a troop of soldiers battling hooligans in order to reunite a young couple. You’ll also hear music about American heroes. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man was commissioned during World War II and designed to evoke feelings of national pride; it is scored for brass ensemble with timpani, bass drum and tam-tam. “Stars and Stripes Forever”—composed by John Philip Sousa—is the official march of the United States, and it features a famous piccolo solo that overlaps the orchestral melody with one of its own. This piece often fills the air during America’s national summer holidays.Learn more about the 2014–15 Family series at www.njsymphony.org/family.

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So you love the NJSO, but do you like us?

FACEBOOK: Visit www.facebook.com/njsymphony and click “like.” Be sure to select “+follow” so that concert information, fan contests, live event photos and occasional music puns just for laughs will become a part of your News Feed, and you can interact with the NJSO and share with your Facebook friends.

TWITTER: Visit www.twitter.com/njsymphony and click “follow.” In 140 characters or less, you’ll receive links to NJSO news, stay current with live concert updates and see what our followers are saying! Mention @NJSymphony to share your thoughts and photos with us.

Connect with the NJSO on Facebook and Twitter for exclusive news about concerts and guest artists, live updates from events, the latest stories from our inspiring education & community engagement programs, links to classical-music news and more!

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Inspire your young musicians’ peak performance!Through the NJSO Coach-in-Residence Program, the Orchestra offers customized, multi-week small-group coaching for instrumental music students in grades 3–12. Building on the best practices and 14-year foundation of its flagship NJSO Early Strings Program, the Orchestra fosters unique partnerships with schools and districts to provide regular coaching sessions by NJSO musicians in residence, supplementing instrumental music teachers’ weekly in-school instruction.

Why should your kids’ school invest in a partnership with an NJSO coach? • NJSO coaches can help kids achieve the Student Growth Objectives (SGOs) their teachers have established.

• NJSO coaches can support advocacy efforts for the arts programs in your district.

• NJSO coaches can boost recruitment efforts for school ensembles.

• NJSO coaches can expand the sense of what’s possible to achieve as young musicians, scholars and leaders.

If you have questions or would like to learn more about bringing an NJSO coach to your kids’ school, contact Thomas Gorman, Associate Director of Education & Community Engagement, at tgorman@njsymphony.org or 973.735.1745.

HOW CAN YOU BRING THE NJSOTO YOUR KIDS’ SCHOOL? Tap the educational resources of your state orchestra at a budget-friendly price!

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HOW CAN THE NJSO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT TO YOUNG MUSICIANS?The NJSO is an unparalleled resource for K–12 school and music programs. Our musicians are experienced educators with a passion for sharing music with students of all ages. NJSO musicians can:• Introduce instruments and exciting repertoire through school assemblies or classroom programs.

• Provide master classes, clinics or sectionals for bands and orchestras, led by our experienced players.

• Speak at career days to introduce music as a profession.

• Enliven interdisciplinary projects with customized residency programs.

• Perform concerts to assist with fundraising efforts.

In public and private schools from pre-K through college, the NJSO’s small ensembles can have a big impact. Find out how to bring the NJSO to your kids’ school today!

If you have questions or would like to learn more about presenting an NJSO ensemble performance at your kids’ school, contact Terri Campbell, Sales Consultant, at tcampbell@njsymphony.org or 973.735.1717.

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The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s programs are made possible in part by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, along with many other foundations, corporations and individual donors. United is the official airline of the NJSO.

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRANamed “a vital, artistically significant musical organization” by The Wall Street Journal, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra embodies that vitality through its statewide presence and critically acclaimed performances, education partnerships and unparalleled access to music and the Orchestra’s superb musicians.

Under the bold leadership of Music Director Jacques Lacombe, the NJSO presents classical, pops and family programs, as well as outdoor summer concerts and special events. Embracing its legacy as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO is the resident orchestra of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark and regularly performs at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown and bergenPAC in Englewood. Partnerships with New Jersey arts organizations, state universities and civic organizations remain a key element of the Orchestra’s statewide identity.

In addition to its lauded artistic programming, the NJSO presents a suite of education and community engagement programs that promote meaningful, lifelong engagement with live music. Programs include school-time Concerts for Young People performances and multiple offerings—including the three-ensemble NJSO Youth Orchestras and El Sistema-inspired NJSO CHAMPS—that provide and promote in-school instrumental instruction as part of the NJSO Academy. The NJSO’s Resources for Education and Community Harmony (REACH) chamber music program annually brings original programs—designed and performed by NJSO musicians—to a variety of settings, reaching as many as 17,000 people in nearly all of New Jersey’s 21 counties.

For more information about the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, visit www.njsymphony.org or email information@njsymphony.org. Tickets are available for purchase by phone at 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476) or on the Orchestra’s website.

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NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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Gerald AppelsteinLinda M. BowdenTrayton M. DavisAndrew Lamy eAmy LissWilliam J. MarinoDr. Algernon A. Phillips, Jr.James RoePenelope VanceRobert Wagner eEdward D. Zinbarg

TRUSTEES Valerio AzzoliAudrey Bartner Ron BeitDeborah Ann BelloAnn BorowiecRose C. CaliCarmen CorralesDerek Fenstermacher eCurtland E. FieldsJay GaleotaJohn T. GaroneJames R. GillenGregory KhostScott KoblerRobert LeBuhnElin MuellerChristopher PetermannDaria PlacitellaStephen A. Ploscowe, Esq.Warren K. RacusinRoberta RenardGwendolyn RobossonAdriana Rosin eCraig SillimanDonald StrangfeldSusan StuckerMark Timmerman eRichard VezzaJohn T. Wooster, Jr.

LIFE TRUSTEES Dr. Victor J. BauerJohn CampbellBarbara Bell ColemanDr. Anita FallaR. John ForrestWilliam S. FurmanDr. Francis J. HonnWillard D. NielsenRussell PrinceCharlotte TanenbaumRobert C. WaggonerJosh S. Weston

EXECUTIVE James Roe, President & CEO The Ruth C. and A. Michael Lipper NJSO President & CEO ChairH Susan Stucker, Chief Operating Officerj Roxanne Kam, Chief Financial Officer j Marshell Jones Kumahor, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement, The Marjorie Bunnell Charitable Fund Chair H Philip Leininger, Chief of Staff & Board Liaison Catherine Ogden Levin, Vice President of Marketing & External Affairs

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCIAL SERVICESH Karen Duda, Office Manager Denise Jaffe, Controller

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Brian Donnelly, Stage Technician Amanda Fischer, Artistic Operations Coordinatorj Laurel Gilmer, Director of Artistic Operations Dervin Sabater, Stage Technician

DEVELOPMENT Heidi Baumbach, Manager of Institutional Giving Alicia Benoist, Senior Director of Development Anne DeVivo DeMesa, Director of Major & Planned Gifts Alice Golembo, Senior Manager of Special Events Ingrid Novak, Director of Institutional Givingj Renée Pachucki, Senior Director of Patron Relationsj Christopher Van Cleve, Manager of Donor Database & Research Lindsay Wood, Development Associate

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTj Stacy Beltran, Assistant of Education & Community Engagement Joanna Borowski, Manager of Education & Community Engagement Audra Fuhr, Senior Coordinator of Education & Community Engagement Thomas Gorman, Associate Director of Education & Community Engagementv Florence Johnson, Community Liaison Sophie Kossakowski, NJSO CHAMPS Site Coordinator Judy Yin-Chi Lee, Manager of Education & Community Engagement

MARKETING & EXTERNAL AFFAIRSj Geoffrey Anderson, Senior Manager of Marketing & Digital Communicationsj Raquel Bonassisa, Art Directorv Mary Brenycz, Director of Patron Services & Salesj Amy Brondyke, Director of Marketing & External Affairs Terri Campbell, Sales Consultantv Enide Charlemagne, Senior Patron Services Representativev Julia Escueta-Acosta, Patron Services Managerj Tess Giardina, Sales Manager j Victoria McCabe, Communications & External Affairs Managerv Carissa Taliaferro, Patron Services Representative

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEERuth C. Lipper, Co-Chair of the BoardStephen Sichak, Jr., Co-Chair of the BoardDr. Victor Parsonnet, Chairman EmeritusAlbert D. Angel, Vice Chair David R. Huber, Vice Chair/TreasurerAlan L. Danzis, Secretary

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