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MICHAEL FEINSTEIN WITH SPECIAL GUEST

STORM LARGE:SHAKEN AND STIRRED

Saturday, October 12, 2019Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall

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Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN WITH SPECIAL GUEST

STORM LARGE:SHAKEN AND STIRRED

This program will run approximately 70 minutes, with no intermission.

MICHAEL FEINSTEINMichael Feinstein has built a dazzling career over the last three decades, bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy-nominated PBS specials, his acclaimed NPR series and concerts spanning the globe – in addition to his appearances at such iconic venues as the White House, Buckingham Palace, the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House – his work as an educator and archivist defines Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time.

In 2007, he founded the Great American Songbook Foundation, dedicated to celebrating the art form and preserving it through educational programs, master classes, and the annual High School Songbook Academy. This summer intensive, open to students from across the country, has produced graduates who have gone on to record acclaimed albums and appear on television programs such as NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Michael serves on the Library of Congress’ National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to ensuring the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America’s sound recording heritage.

The most recent album from his multi-platinum recording career is A Michael Feinstein Christmas from Concord Records. The CD features Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Alan Broadbent (Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole). Feinstein earned his fifth Grammy Award nomination in 2009 for The Sinatra Project, his CD celebrating the music of “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” The Sinatra Project, Volume II: The Good Life was released in 2011. He released the CDs The Power Of Two – collaborating with Glee and 30 Rock star Cheyenne Jackson – and Cheek To Cheek, recorded with Broadway legend Barbara Cook. For Feinstein’s CD We Dreamed These Days, he co-wrote the title song with Dr. Maya Angelou.

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His Emmy Award-nominated TV special Michael Feinstein – The Sinatra Legacy, which was taped live at the Palladium in Carmel, IN, aired across the country in 2011. The PBS series Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, the recipient of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor Television Broadcast Award, was broadcast for three seasons and is available on DVD. His most recent primetime PBS special, New Year’s Eve at The Rainbow Room – written and directed by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry – aired in 2014. For his nationally syndicated public radio program, Song Travels, Michael interviews and performs alongside music luminaries such as Bette Midler, Neil Sedaka, Liza Minnelli, Rickie Lee Jones, David Hyde Pierce and more.

Feinstein was named principal pops conductor for the Pasadena Symphony in 2012 and made his conducting debut in June 2013 to celebrated critical acclaim. Under Feinstein’s leadership, the Pasadena Pops has quickly become a premier orchestral presenter of the Great American Songbook with definitive performances of rare orchestrations and classic arrangements. He launched an additional pops series at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach, Florida in 2014.

Michael’s book The Gershwins and Me – the Los Angeles Times best-seller from Simon & Schuster – features a new CD of Gershwin standards, performed with Cyrus Chestnut at the piano.

Feinstein serves as artistic director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, a $170-million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, IN, which opened in January 2011. The theater is home to diverse live programming and a museum for his rare memorabilia and manuscripts. Since 1999, he has served as artistic director for Carnegie Hall’s Standard Time with Michael Feinstein in conjunction with ASCAP. In 2010 he became the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Michael’s nightclub at San Francisco’s Nikko Hotel, has presented the top talents of pop and jazz since 2013. He debuted Feinstein’s/54 Below, his new club in New York, late in 2015. His first venue in New York, Feinstein’s at the Regency, featured major entertainers such as Rosemary Clooney, Glen Campbell, Barbara Cook, Diahann Carroll, Jane Krakowski, Lea Michele, Cyndi Lauper, Jason Mraz and Alan Cumming from 1999 to 2012.

He has designed a new piano for Steinway called “The First Ladies,” inspired by the White House piano and signed by several former First Ladies. It was first played to commemorate the Ronald Reagan Centennial on February 6, 2011.

In 2013 Michael released Change Of Heart: The Songs of Andre Previn in collaboration with four-time Oscar and eleven-time Grammy Award-winning composer/conductor/pianist Andre Previn. The album celebrates Previn’s pop songs and motion picture classics. Earlier album highlights include Hopeless Romantics, a songbook of classics by Michael’s late friend Harry Warren, recorded with legendary jazz pianist George Shearing. His album with songwriting icon Jimmy Webb, Only One Life – The Songs of Jimmy Webb, was named one of 10 Best CDs of the Year by USA Today.

Feinstein received his fourth Grammy nomination for Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, his first recording with a symphony orchestra. The year before, Rhino/Elektra Music released The Michael Feinstein Anthology, a two-

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disc compilation spanning 1987 to 1996 and featuring old favorites and previously unreleased tracks.

Michael was born and raised in Columbus, OH, where he started playing piano by ear as a 5-year-old. After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles when he was 20. The widow of legendary concert pianist/actor Oscar Levant introduced him to Ira Gershwin in July 1977. Feinstein became Gershwin’s assistant for six years, which earned him access to numerous unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded.

Gershwin’s influence provided a solid base from which Feinstein evolved into a captivating performer, composer and arranger of his own original music. He also has become an unparalleled interpreter of music legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington and Harry Warren. Feinstein has received three honorary doctorates.

Through his live performances, recordings, film and television appearances, and his songwriting (in collaboration with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Lindy Robbins, Bob Merrill and Marshall Barer), Feinstein is an all-star force in American music.

For more information, please visit www.MichaelFeinstein.com.

STORM LARGEStorm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, Storm built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day.

Storm spent the 90s singing in clubs throughout San Francisco. Tired of the club scene, she moved to Portland to pursue a new career as a chef, but a last-minute cancellation in 2002 at the Portland club, Dante’s, turned into a standing Wednesday night engagement for Storm and her new band, The Balls. It wasn’t long before Storm had a cult-like following in Portland, and a renewed singing career that was soon to be launched onto the international stage.

The 17-18 season included debuts with the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Vancouver, Jacksonville, and RTÉ National Symphonies, as well as return engagements with the Houston, Toronto, and Toledo Symphonies. Storm and her band, Le Bonheur, continue to tour concert halls across the country. The 16-17 season included debuts with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and BBC Symphony Orchestras, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as well as return engagements with National Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Recent highlights include engagements with the New York Pops, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, and the Knights, as well as performances at the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. She joined Michael Feinstein as special guest on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Popular Song series, as well as with Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and the Pasadena Pops.

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Storm made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, singing four sold-out concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She continues to perform with the band, touring nationally and internationally, and she was featured on their CD, Get Happy. Storm has also sung with Grammy winner k.d. lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein, punk rocker John Doe, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer George Clinton.

She debuted with the Oregon Symphony in 2010 and has returned for sold-out performances each year thereafter. Storm made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013, singing Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins with the Detroit Symphony as part of the Spring for Music festival. The NY Times called her “sensational,” and the classical music world instantly had a new star.

In 2007, Storm starred in Portland Center Stage’s production of Cabaret with Wade McCollum. The show was a smash hit, earning Large glowing reviews. Her next endeavor, the autobiographical musical memoir, Crazy Enough, played to packed houses in 2009 during its unprecedented 21-week, sold-out run in Portland. Storm went on to perform a cabaret version of the show to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival in Australia, and Joe’s Pub in New York. Her memoir, Crazy Enough, was released by Simon and Schuster in 2012, named Oprah’s Book of the Week, and awarded the 2013 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction.

Storm is featured in Rid of Me, a film by Portlander James Westby, starring Katie O’Grady and Theresa Russell. In 2010, she starred at the Mark Taper Forum with Katey Sagal and Michael McKean in Jerry Zak’s production of Harps and Angels, a musical featuring the work of Randy Newman.

In the fall of 2014, Storm & Le Bonheur released a record designed to capture their sublime and subversive interpretations of the American Songbook. Entitled simply Le Bonheur and released on Pink Martini’s Heinz Records, the recording is a collection of tortured and entertaining love songs: beautiful, familiar, yet twisted … much like the lady herself.

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BLACK VIOLIN

Wednesday, October 16, 2019Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall


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BLACK VIOLINIMPOSSIBLE TOUR

Wil B., violaKev Marcus, violin

DJ SPSNat Stokes, drummer


Black Violin is led by classically trained string players Wil B. (viola) and Kev Marcus (violin). Joining them onstage are DJ SPS and drummer Nat Stokes. The band uses their unique blend of classical and hip-hop music to overcome stereotypes while encouraging people of all ages, races, and economic backgrounds to join together to break down cultural barriers. In the past 12 months, the band has performed for over 100,000 students in the U.S. and Europe, and has partnered with Yamaha and NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) to continue supporting music education.

Black Violin, alongside artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Elton John, recently joined with Turnaround Arts to bring arts education to struggling schools in underserved communities. Turnaround Arts is a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts founded by President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2012. In addition, Black Violin has composed for a major Fox Television original, Pitch, and has been featured by ESPN as the official artist of the 2017 U.S. Open (tennis) and 2016 & 2017 Heisman Trophy Award ceremonies. They have been featured on The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams Show, NPR, and more.

The group has collaborated creatively with artists such as Kanye West, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Wu-Tang Clan, Wyclef Jean and Alicia Keys. Their most recent album, Stereotypes, hit #1 on Billboard ’s Classical Crossover chart and #4 on Billboard ’s R&B Chart.

The band recently released their track “Showoff,” as well as an accompanying video. Black Violin’s next studio album, Take the Stairs, is set to be released in November.

Tonight’s performance will run approximately 90 minutes.

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“We had a wall that we wrote stuff on,” says Wil Baptiste, describing the process that led to Black Violin’s new album, Take the Stairs. “We had all the ideas about what story we were going to convey. And it kept coming back to the idea of hope—songs that spoke about going against the grain, carrying on through struggle, being optimistic. We wanted to say, ‘its tough now, but hang in there.’”

Much like the ways their instruments interact on stage, Wil’s creative collaborator, Kev Marcus, echoes this theme, and then expands it. “Hope is the thread that keeps this thing together, it’s the heartbeat of this album,” he says. “But then a lot of tentacles went different ways: the song ‘Impossible is Possible’ is about challenging people. So it went different directions from just being hopeful … we took it a little further.”

The first single released ahead of Take the Stairs was the timely and inspiring “Dreamer,” with a message that was immediately embraced by several commercial campaigns. “This is the day when I go all the way/I make it my own/Here’s to the dreamers,” sings Wil. “That just really hit home,” says Kev. “It got to the heart of what we’re about.”

For more than a dozen years, Black Violin has been all about taking things further, exceeding expectations, challenging conventions. The classical-meets-hip-hop duo has steadily built a devoted following and a diverse touring base, while occupying a musical lane that’s entirely its own.

“When you do something you love, it’s not difficult,” says Wil. “I’m just going on stage and being who I am. When people want to listen, when you touch them and make them want to keep fighting – to see that spreading out to more people, it’s about way more than just the music.”

Indeed, Black Violin’s work extends far beyond the stage, reaching deep into urban communities with numerous free performances for students and hands-on engagement with youth symphonies and community centers. Through the Turnaround Arts program, Wil and Kev connect with more than 100,000 students throughout the year, mostly at low-income and Title 1 schools, and adopted Bethune Elementary in Florida’s Broward County (near where they grew up) to initiate an ongoing mentorship program.

Wil expresses the idea that, no matter how unique Black Violin’s music may be, it is ultimately more than just a creative enterprise. “It’s really a movement,” he says, “an organism that’s its own thing and really feels necessary.”

With Take the Stairs, Black Violin is striving to take their message of unity and inclusiveness even further, moving Wil’s vocals further forward while continuing to explore the possibilities of merging classical virtuosity and structure with modern beats and tones. “We wanted something different, beautiful songs that could go to radio,” says Wil. “I sing every night, so that’s nothing new, but we felt like we’ve never had that one song that can help elevate us to the next level. This album has records like ‘One Step’ that can appeal to everybody, so we lean a bit more on that, but we still had to keep that quintessential Black Violin sound.”

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“When you’re a creative musician,” adds Kev, “when you press a record, you let the music lead you. The vocals have definitely stepped up each time; Wil becomes more of a vocalist on each album and finds his voice a little more. It solidifies us as artists, too, trying to make a bigger stamp.”

The members of Black Violin first met in Ft. Lauderdale and played together in the orchestra at the Dillard High School of the Performing Arts. (Baptiste originally wanted to play saxophone in the band, but the orchestra teacher got him assigned to his class by winning a golf bet with the band instructor.) Classically trained by day, they faithfully put on their headphones and listened to the hottest rap records each night. They went to different colleges – Marcus attended Florida International University and Wil B. went to Florida State – but then reconvened, moved into an apartment together, and started trying to produce other musicians.

They developed an act covering hip-hop songs on their violins, which became popular in local clubs. Two years after sending in a tape to Showtime at the Apollo, they were invited to appear on the show, which they won … and kept winning.

They were approached by the manager of Alicia Keys, who asked them to perform with the singer on the Billboard Awards. Other offers followed: they toured with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, opened for the Wu-Tang Clan, scored an episode of CSI: New York. Individually and together, Wil and Kev have worked with everyone from Kanye West to Tom Petty, Lupe Fiasco to Aerosmith. All the while, Black Violin continued touring non-stop ( as many as 200 shows a year) and released two independent, self-financed albums before putting out the acclaimed Stereotypes in 2016.

The 13 tracks on Take the Stairs reveal the range and diversity of their influences and vocabulary, from “Showoff” (which Wil calls a “classic instrumental”) to the Curtis Mayfield-inspired “Lost in the Garden.” One favorite is “A Way Home” … “That record should be the Olympics theme song!” says Wil. “I can see us going from country to country, engaging with different cultures. I played it for my wife, and she started crying. That’s a special song right there.”

Kev notes that “inspiration can come from anywhere. The cable guy played me an Ethiopian tune when he was fixing my modem.” He points to the track “Al Green” as an example of the journey that Black Violin songs can take. “I had a Dvořák piece called ‘Slavonic Dancers,’ and I was into that vibe,” he says. “I played it for Salaam Remi [who has worked with the likes of Nas, Amy Winehouse, and the Fugees, and coproduced and is featured on several Take the Stairs tracks] and he said, ‘That has a cool bounce to it. Let’s funk out that groove and put an Al Green-style bass line on it.’ We both played violas over that, which I’d never heard. So that one is funk-mixed with a Czech Slavonic dance, with an Al Green sample and viola solos.”

The members of Black Violin both point to their own personal evolution and maturity, and to the ways this growth came out on Take the Stairs. “This time, every ‘I’ is dotted and ‘T’ is crossed,” says Kev. “There was a rush to the last album, a deadline we had to hit after we signed our record deal. This one we funded and produced ourselves, then shopped the record. So it was a really well-thought-out and more deliberate process;

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we had more time to live with everything and feel comfortable with it.”

Wil says that Black Violin isn’t always explicit with its message, but that they don’t have to be … that the creation of an audience that is multi-generational, ethnically and economically diverse, is a powerful statement of its own. “The stereotypes are always there, embedded so deep in our culture,” he says. “Just by nature of our existence – the idea that these black guys who could be football or basketball players are playing the violin – we challenge those ideas. It’s a unique thing that brings people together who aren’t usually in the same room, and in the current climate, it’s good to bring people together.”

It’s all wrapped up in the name of the album. “For sixteen years, we’ve slowly been taking the stairs,” says Kev. “It’s a gradual kind of snowball where, now, we have control, we can tour in Alaska; we took the hard way for so many years, now we can look back and see what we’ve learned.

“You’ve got to work hard to get what you want. But you shouldn’t be looking for the easy way, anyway, because the hard way is where the real lessons are.”

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EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Friday, October 18, 2019Catherine Herrick Cobb Great Hall


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PROGRAM

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Eugene Drucker & Philip Setzer, violinsLawrence Dutton, viola

Paul Watkins, cello

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, No. 6, “The Frog” Allegro Spirituoso Poco Adagio Minuetto: Allegretto Finale: Allegro con Spirito Eugene Drucker, First Violin

String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 51 Allegro ma non troppo Dumka: Andante con moto; Vivace Romanze: Andante con moto Finale: Allegro assai Eugene Drucker, First Violin

Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 Allegro Adagio molto Allegretto Finale: Presto Philip Setzer, First Violin

Joseph Haydn(1732-1809)

Antonín Dvořák(1797-1828)

Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)

Intermission

Tonight’s performance will run approximately 110 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission.

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The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its stature as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. The quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine Grammys® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year. The Emerson frequently collaborates with some of today’s most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet art form alive and relevant. They have partnered in performance with stellar soloists including Renée Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.

During the 2018-2019 season the Emerson performed as the quartet in residence at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. for its 40th season, and returned to perform with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The group’s North American appearances include performances at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress in Washington DC, Denver, Vancouver, Seattle, Houston, Indianapolis, Detroit, the Yale School of Music and University of Georgia, among others. The quartet also embarked on two European tours, performing in major venues in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. During the summer of 2019, the Emerson performed at Tanglewood, Ravinia, and the Aspen Music Festivals. Other North American highlights include subsequent performances of Shostakovich and The Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy, the new theatrical production co-created by the acclaimed theater director James Glossman and the Quartet’s violinist, Philip Setzer. The music/theater hybrid, co-commissioned by the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Princeton University and Tanglewood Music Festival, has been presented at the Ravinia Music Festival, Wolf Trap, and in Seoul, South Korea. The quartet reprised this work at Stony Brook University and the Orange County Performing Arts Center. In a bold intersection of chamber music and theater starring David Strathairn/Len Cariou and Jay O. Sanders/Sean Astin with the Emerson String Quartet, the audiences witness the trials of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 40-year obsessive quest to create an opera based on Anton Chekhov’s mystical tale: The Black Monk. The Emerson’s extensive recordings range from Bach to Harbison, including the complete string quartets of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bartók, Webern and Shostakovich, as well as multi-CD sets of the major works of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Dvořák. The ensemble has also recorded music by Tchaikovsky, Smetana, Debussy, Ravel, Barber and Ives. In April 2017, the Emerson released its latest album, Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell, the first CD issue on the label, Decca Gold. The Quartet has commissioned and performed new works from composers such as Thomas Adés, Kaija Saariaho, Wolfgang Rihm, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Edgar Meyer.

Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson was one of the first quartets whose violinists alternated in the first chair position. The quartet, which took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-

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Residence at Stony Brook University. In 2013, cellist Paul Watkins, a distinguished soloist, award-wining conductor, and devoted chamber musician, joined the original members of the Emerson Quartet. The reconfigured group has been praised by critics and fans alike around the world. In spring 2016, full-time Stony Brook faculty members Philip Setzer and Lawrence Dutton received the honor of Distinguished Professor, and part-time faculty members Eugene Drucker and Paul Watkins were awarded the title of Honorary Distinguished Professor. The Emerson had previously received honorary doctorates from Middlebury College, the College of Wooster, Bard College and the University of Hartford. In January 2015, the Quartet received the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award, Chamber Music America’s highest honor, in recognition of its significant and lasting contribution to the chamber music field.

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PROGRAM NOTES

JOSEPH HAYDN born Rohrau, Austria, 31 March 1732/died Vienna, 31 May 1809

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, No. 6, “The Frog”

The six “Prussian” quartets of Op. 50 were composed in 1787 and dedicated to Frederick William II, the King of Prussia, a fine amateur cellist to whom Mozart and Beethoven also dedicated works. Motivic structure and variety mark the set.

Not of Haydn’s origin, the unfortunate nickname of this quartet stems from its final movement where the violinist uses a technique known as bariolage, best described as repeated notes played on different strings. Some hapless listener likened the effect to a frog’s croaking and thus came the nickname despite the musicality of not only this movement, but the whole quartet. Although it is considered to be the “lightest” of the set, the first movement of "The Frog” bears a certain intensity while the second movement is frankly emotional, and not without its complexities, particularly in the cello part. The Minuetto is filled with contrasts from the forceful to the tender. The spirited Finale makes reference to the first movement, and as implied above, established the name of the work.

Program notes by Lucy Miller Murray published by Rowman & Littlefield.

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ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK born Nelahozeves, Czech Republic, 8 September 1841/died Prague, 1 May 1904

String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 51

The year 1878 was particularly auspicious for Dvořák, both personally and musically. The birth of a daughter in June, following the earlier losses of two children, was truly a blessed event. His career was flourishing as his three Slavonic Rhapsodies, the first set of Slavonic Dances, and the string sextet scored great artistic successes. Dvořák was also lauded for capturing the directness, warmth, simplicity, and infectious merriment of native Czech folk music, without resorting to overt borrowing of national melodies.

On the basis of his growing fame, Jean Becker of the Florentine Quartet asked Dvořák to write a quartet in the Slavic Style. The result was the very charming and beautiful Op. 51, in which Dvořák integrates elements of Czech national music with his basically Classical approach to composition.

The first movement reflects the serenity and contentment that Dvořák was experiencing at the time. The radiant first theme proceeds calmly; of special interest are the little figures at the ends of each phrase that bring to mind the dance rhythms of the Czech polka. The second theme, slightly more intense than the first, maintains the lightness of mood with the reappearance of the polka rhythm. After a development devoted mostly to the first theme, Dvořák starts the truncated recapitulation with the second theme, reserving the opening theme for the coda.

Dvořák’s Dumka movements are traditionally slow and melancholy in character, with one or more fast, lively contrasting sections. Over strummed harp-like chords in the cello, the first violin, echoed by the viola, sings the sad lament. In time this gives way to the saucy interlude, which resembles the popular Czech folk dance, Furiant. Melodically, it is a fast, rhythmic refashioning of the slow Dumka theme. After a shortened review of the opening section, a coda based on the Furiant subject ends the movement.

Short and intimate, the Romanze is the most songlike and least nationalistic of the four movements. It derives essentially from one theme which Dvořák, most imaginatively and with great ardor, transforms, ornaments, and develops.

The Finale theme, akin to the skacna, a fast, boisterous Bohemian reel dance, is stated initially by the first violin, but is soon taken up by the others. A slightly slower and more serious subsidiary subject in the second violin intrudes on the good time, but its playful aspects are soon brought out as Dvořák speeds up the tempo and later gives it to the first violin and cello, playing a full four octaves apart. The two subjects are developed in more-or-less conventional sonata form, before reaching an exuberant climactic close.

Although dedicated to Jean Becker of the Florentine Quartet, the premiere was given by the Joachim Quartet in Berlin on July 29, 1879.

Program notes by Melvin Berger from Guide to Chamber Music. Published by Anchor/Doubleday.

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENborn Bonn, Germany, 17 December 1770/died Vienna 26 March 1827

Quartet in E Minor, Op. 50, No. 2

The Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 is the second in the series of three commissioned by Count Rasumovsky in 1806. At the beginning of the Allegro, Beethoven suddenly repeats the terse opening statement a half tone higher, in the Neapolitan key of F, without preparation and after the home key is barely established. This creates an unsettled, tense feeling which permeates the movement. There is much sixteenth-note motion and hardly any real themes, only motivic fragments often punctuated by silence. The second subject, though in major, is hardly relaxed, being propelled by restless accompaniment. In the development, Beethoven moves through thirteen keys, with passing harmonies in between, before arriving at E minor for the recapitulation. The return, coming after a series of fortissimo trills, is somewhat disguised by the filling in of the spaces between the original opening chords. Even the coda, with its brief calm, moves through several keys. A crescendo builds toward the end in a flurry of notes, and the main theme, heard previously only in pianissimo, is played fortissimo in the final bars. Carl Czerny, a close friend of Beethoven’s, wrote, “The Adagio, in E Major, in the second Rasumovsky Quartet, occurred to him while he was contemplating the starry sky and thinking of the music of the spheres.” There exists no proof of this other than the extraordinary quality of the movement itself. The tension in the first movement is transcended here by timeless ecstasy, an otherworldly atmosphere. The opening hymn is soon punctuated by quiet dotted rhythms and the sound of celestial mechanics, if one believes Czerny’s statement. At the end of the second theme this dotted rhythm finally gives way to leisurely triplets, which spin slowly like orbiting planets. After the development, which contains more contrasting material and some very dramatic moments, the recapitulation is slightly extended within itself, contributing to the timelessness even more. The hymn makes an impassioned appearance in new harmonic guise, and the triplets float down through the instruments at the end, leaving the cello murmuring contentedly.

The third movement is in two sections, the first Allegretto, the second a trio titled Maggiore and bearing the obligatory Russian Theme. The melancholy Allegretto is obsessed by a single rhythmic idea, heard in the first measure. The trio is a lively fugue on the Russian tune first heard in the viola against a triplet countersubject. At the climax, the theme is played fortissimo in canon by all four instruments. Beethoven indicates that the Allegretto should be repeated twice and the Maggiore once, perhaps to properly proportion this movement to the others.

The Finale opens with a burst in C Major, only to turn to the home key of E minor in the seventh bar. This unusual harmonic trick starting on the flatted sixth degree and fooling the listener, rekindles a charged atmosphere. Dotted rhythms in both melody and accompaniment create a martial, even relentless, mood. The second subject provides contrast; it is a steady stream of even notes, played legato, and utilizes the Neapolitan harmony so central to the first movement. The coda is long and dramatic, with fortissimo explosions in the Neapolitan key. The main theme is finally heard in fortissimo, as in the end of the first movement, and the work concludes with a dashing Presto.

Program notes by Archiboldus Holden.

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KEIKO MATSUI

Friday, October 25, 2019Shirley K. & Athanase J. Pasant Theatre


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KEIKO MATSUI

This program will run approximately 80 minutes, with intermission to be determined.

JP Mourão, guitarJimmy Branly, drums

Rico Belled, bass

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BIOAcclaimed pianist, composer and humanitarian Keiko Matsui's transcendent and haunting melodies have long sought to build bridges. Her sonic cultural exchange has reached the hearts and minds of fans throughout the world and has allowed the pianist to work alongside icons Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Hugh Masekela and Bob James. “I would like my music to be a conduit for peace, kindness, love and light,” shares the petite, soft-spoken, yet commanding pianist. She adds, “My recording Echo is my attempt to capture all of these elements into the vibration of sound.” Matsui has released her 28th recording as leader, Echo, which she co-produced with Grammy nominated producer Bud Harner. A master storyteller, Matsui crafts exquisite compositions replete with lush harmonies and global rhythms to create timeless musical anthems. Like iconic musicians Miles Davis and Shirley Horn, Keiko is also a master at utilizing space in her music to create a backdrop of drama, tension and sheer beauty. Keiko’s most inspired work yet, Echo features numerous special guests, including bassist Marcus Miller, saxophonist Kirk Whalum, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, guitarist Robben Ford and bassist (and son of Clint Eastwood) Kyle Eastwood. The all-star lineup also showcases premiere recording musicians: drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist Jimmy Johnson, guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr. and percussionist Luis Conte, as well as Keiko’s top-notch touring band, Jimmy Branly, JP Mourão and Rico Belled.

“While composing the songs on Echo, I had a feeling of gratitude and a sense that there were infinite possibilities,” reflects Matsui. “This music is close to my heart because it is a celebration of the joy of the imagination, the strength of courage and the endurance of faith. It is about romance and a reminder to honor all living things.” There is a grace and spirituality about Keiko that permeates her music and very essence. Listening to Echo, you feel as if you are transported on a journey as the music unfolds like ten sweeping movements in a rapturous suite. The prolific Matsui composed 100 motifs for the recording that eventually were narrowed down to the songs featured on the CD. Keiko Matsui took her first piano lesson at five, and she made her U.S. recording debut in 1987 with the recording A Drop of Water. Under Northern Lights followed in 1989, and her subsequent albums of note include No Borders (1990), Night Waltz (1991), Cherry Blossom (1992), Doll (1994), Sapphire (1995) and Dream Walk (1996), which remained on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart for over 15 months and further cemented her reputation as a force to be reckoned with.

In 1997, she launched a tour dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer and released a four-song CD entitled A Gift of Hope that benefited the Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization. Her music was prominently featured in Say It, Fight It, Cure It, a Lifetime special profiling several courageous women battling breast cancer. “My fans come from all backgrounds, and I have been approached by various foundations to join in their efforts. When I hear of a cause that resonates with me that I can dedicate my music to, then I am always willing. It is my way to show gratitude and give back,” states Keiko. In 1999, the pianist performed at A Golden Moment, a skating concert featuring Olympic figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski, Ekaterina Gordeeva, and Katarina Witt, which benefited the Susan G. Komen

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Foundation. 1998 saw the release of her album Full Moon And The Shrine, which was accompanied by the acclaimed PBS-TV special Keiko Matsui: Light Above The Trees. In 2000, the special earned Keiko a National Smooth Jazz Award for Best Long-Form Video Achievement, and she was honored with an award for Best Female Artist. She claimed the award again in 2001. In 2002, she released the poignant recording, The Ring, which was meant to communicate a message of peace, compassion, and humanity to listeners around the world.

Keiko Matsui’s CD Deep Blue (2001) topped Billboard ’s Contemporary Jazz charts for three consecutive weeks. She is the first Japanese artist to achieve this honor. In 2003 she enjoyed success with her recording The Piano, which featured reinventions of some of her most loved original works. In 2004 the title track of Keiko’s Wildflower was used to support the United Nations World Food Programme’s efforts in Africa. "I decided I wanted to support the WFP after learning about the tremendous problems in Africa and how humanitarian assistance can change people’s lives for the better," shares the activist.

Keiko has also collaborated with Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M) in numerous charity concerts. In addition, proceeds from her 2001 mini-CD, A Gift of Life, went to the National Marrow Donor Program and Marrow Foundation in support of A3M.

In December 2009, the highly sought-after pianist was asked to put together a Christmas show at the Blue Note club in Tokyo, which was a major success, and in November 2010 she made her highly anticipated debut at the Blue Note in NY, which was sold out. In 2011 Keiko recorded with fellow pianist – and Michigan native – Bob James on a four-hand piano project called Altair & Vega. Keiko’s depth as a composer has also allowed her to contribute music to soundtracks in Japan, the U.S. and Russia.

Keiko also released her critically heralded Billboard Top 5 recording The Road… which featured Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona and saxophonists Kirk Whalum and Jackiem Joyner among others. In 2013, Keiko Matsui celebrated the release of her critically lauded album Soul Quest, which is the musical inspiration behind Live in Toyko. The same year she was an invited guest to Istanbul for International Jazz Day alongside luminaries Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. 2016 saw the release of Journey To The Heart, which was Keiko’s first acoustic project and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts. Keiko Matsui concludes, “My sole desire is to write songs that create a feeling of oneness. This music is a reflection of my thoughts and life, and right now, I am drawing my road towards happiness and truly learning about what it means to be happy.”

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GOLD CIRCLE ($650 & above) Anonymous ** Jane Andros Frank Baker Jack Baker & Robert Welch ** Fred Baker-Nowinski * Sherry Barnhart Shannon & Mark Beckman Sara & Scott Bernstein Carol L. Besse Paula & Roger Bjornstad ** Leonard Bornor & Penny Wallace Alexis & Dennis Branoff Gretchen Bria David J. & Loretta K. Briggs * Scott Brooks Dr. Suzanne H. Brouse William & Cheryl Bupp Joan Burke ** Lawrence P. & JoAnne A. Burrill ** Carl A. Calille * Beverly & Mark Campbell Nancy & Thomas Campbell Marlene & David Carron ** Laurie & David Chapin Lyle & Lois Chick ** Gary L. & Judy H. Clark ** Thomas L. and Jan L. Clark Barbara & James Cleland ** Marion & George P. Contompasis Joy L. Costar Nancy E. Craig ** Al Crooke Janice A. Curry ** Patricia & John Czarnecki Julie E. Day Cheree A. De Golia ** Sharon R. DeBar Carol S. Demlow Maureen & Douglas DeYoung Carol Doocy Matthew & Jennifer Duffield Kathi Dunn Dr. James & Marcia Engelkes ** Lorel & Thomas Evans ** Martha E. Ewing Mike Farrell Theresa A. Fedewa-Wells J. Louise & John Findley ** Mary Jane Flanagan & Grant Skomski Mark & Stephanie Fleming Kris Flint Mary & Ralph Fogwell

David & Janis Forbord ** Dan Fox ** Lisa & Jay Francisco Mary & Paul Gadola Alice Gale & Michael Spaniolo Theresa Gale ** Laurie & James Gallagher Jennifer & Michael Gardner Joyce Gingrich Nancy S. Gott ** Judy Green & G. Ron Welch ** Richard D. & Patricia K. Greene ** Arnold Greenfield & Patricia Brown Kimberly Griffin & Bruce Rowe ** Subhash Gupta & Joanne Sorlie Susan & Jonathan Hall ** Patricia & Raymond Hammerschmidt Jill & Scott Henry James & Mayette Hicks Carol Hill Suzette & Konrad Hittner Marti Howe Martha & Marquis Hudson Jack & Roberta Jacobowitz Dr. Richard S. Johnson Barry & Janice Johnson Douglas Johnston ** Julie & Donald Kagey Donna & Michael Kaplowitz Catherine Kerschen ** Marsha & Timothy Kessler Linda Ketcham * Elizabeth & James Kinsey Karen A. Kiser ** Sheri A. Knowles David & Aletha Kuenstler James D. & Kathleen M. Lammers ** Mary Ellen Lane Drs. Peter A. & Glenda L. Lappan ** Cleo-Rae Lavey ** Donna & Carl Lawson Tammy S. Leach Dr. Carol B. Levin Melissa & James Lewis Stephen & Iris Linder ** Doreen J. Logan ** Susan Long Brad & April Lunsford ** Samuel and Rita Luppo Lois Lynch Diann Maldonado Cosme Daniel & Tracey Malin Roger & Carolyn Manning ** Veronica & David Matejko Mary McCulloch Rebekah & Michael McKenney ** Dr. David W. & Alison K. Michelson ** Drs. Shelagh Ferguson-Miller & Robert J. Miller Kenneth Milne & Ellen Rasmussen

Milne Jana & John Moore ** Linda Mulder Judith & Wayne Niles Barbara & Kevin Nilsen ** Shari & James Nussdorfer Joan Overway Ann E. Parker Laurie & Curtis Parker ** David R. & Judy K. Pfaff Carma Philip ** Laura J. Priebe Siri & David Rainone ** Daniel & Lucy Reeves Helen G. Reinhart ** Diane & John Revitte Thomas & Susan Rippy Gail & John Roberts Barbara Robie Marilyn & Lowell Rothert Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Schiffer Vicki & Larry Schneider Kandice L. Scott Zelda Seidenberg Tim & Rene Shireman Jeffrey B. Simbob Zoe P. Slagle & James M. Gillespie ** Pauline Sondag ** Subhash Gupta & Joanne Sorlie Linda Sowers Brenda & James Spackman ** Steven T. & Esther M. Spees Carol Squires Vesna & Gordan Srkalovic Laura D. Stebbins * Brian Stonestreet Dr. Gale M. Strasburg & Christine H . Reay ** Dr. Leslie N. & Anne P. Stumpos * Donald Thomas Teresa & Roger Thornburg ** James Tidd Ilene Tomber ** Sherry & Peter Trezise ** Alexa Marie Vitek ** Carol & John Voss ** Dr. John & Angie Walling, Jr. Stephanie & Stephen Ward Rochelle & Robert Washabaugh Dr. Richard P. Weber Col. Joseph L. Webster, Jr. Jane & Clarence Weiss Barbara S. Wepman Jefferson & Wendy Westwood Dr. John White, Jr. Linda & Scott Wilson Amy J. Winans Nancy Wing Drs. Richard & Andrea Witkowski ** Karen Wood




** Valerie & Christopher Wright Corinne R. Wynants-Jankowski Sally & James Young ** Yasmeen & Kevin Youngs ** Ms. Sandra Zarr

Business ** Rick’s Family Barber Shop

SILVER CIRCLE ($300 & above) Anonymous Nancy L. Abramson Donna Ackley Edith & Bruce Allen Judith & Alex Allie Jennifer & Matthew Allswede David & Gloria Ambrose Connie & Matthew Anderson Jeanne & Jason Tippett Kip J. Anderson ** Gloria & Stephen Anderson Sarah & James Anderton Dr. Joseph & Beth Anthony Rebecca S. Armstrong Robert Arnold Mary Jo & William Atchison Kathryn & James Ault Sam M. & Mary E. Austin Katherine K. & John R. Aylsworth Valma Bader & Richard Randolph Carolyn & William Baird Suzanne C. & Samuel A. Baker Beth Barna Cloyd W. & Candace J. Barnes Kelly Barson Dale Bartlett Catherine Bartlett Kelly Bartlett Pamela & Paul Bartlett * Annette Barton Paula & Don Batch Susan Bathke & Stuart Landay ** Karen & Robert Batterham Joan Bauer Kenneth C. Beachler ** Carol & Richard Beard Laurie Bechhofer & Leon Puttler Susan Fleming Bence & James Bence Cheryl L. Benjamin Jessica A. Bennett tewart Binke & Christine Nichols * Andrea & Lance Binoniemi Karen & Thomas Bird Charlene Birgy Pamela & Donald Bishop Charlee & Alan Black Diana J. Blackford William G. Blanchard Larry & Ryan Fewins-Bliss Gilbert J. Blok

Sarah Blom ** Cheryl & Stephen Blonde Coralene & Basil Bloss Lance & Angie Boldrey Tisa L. Bolen Diane Boroughf Jeff Borton & Barbara Anderson- Borton Susan L. Brand Michael & Deborah Brenton Allison Breuer ** Doris Brewer & Thera Curtis John & Sarah Briggs Patricia & George Brookover Eileen Brooks Arlene M. Brophy Julie & Ross Brower Arlene & Daniel Brown Jane M. Buher Linda Burnard Patricia Burton Sherry Byrnes JodieAnn Boyd Cady & Dean A. Cady Kristen & Shawn Calabrese Anita Calcagno Karen & John Caldwell Andrea & Doug Campbell Anna & Dennis Campbell ** Julie Ann & James Campbell Michael & Cheryl Cardamoni Brian Carter & Michelle LaFave Debra Chamberlain Michael Chapman & Gary Lindsay Nancy K. Chapman & Robert Karabees Lynette Chekan Kay Cherry Cynthia & Edgar Church Shelley & Ronald Cichy Alexis & Gerald Clark * Carolyn & Mark Clark Marjory L. Clay Dr. James S. & Constance R. Close Dr. David J. & Noel E. Closs ** Susan & Peter Cobbett Janet J. Coggins Connie Cogswell ** Denise & Patrick Cole David K. & Nancy A. Colflesh ** Paul & Tracy Collins Joshua Collopy Charles H. & Judith L. Connelly Andrew P. & Sandra D. Conner Jacqueline & Bruce Cook Sarah & Steven Cook ** Michelle Coolidge * Kelly Coppins Tom & Sherry Corwin Darlene Costello *James & Kimberly Cotter Carol & Howard Cousineau

Geoffrey Cradit & Joyce O'Brien-Cradit Carol & Robert Cramer David & Loraine Craun Linda & Louis Cravotta Vickie Crouch Mary M. Cullen Connie & Robert Cullum ** Dale Dadd & Valerie Shebroe Elizabeth & Douglas Daligga William D. & Linda E. Dansby Don Davis Paula & Theodore Debnar William & Nancy DeFrance Sherri DeMarco & Joseph Ross Kathryn Dewsbury-White & Gilbert White Robert C. Dickins Judith & Daniel Dickinson * Linda & Jonathan Dickinson Deborah Diesen Ms. Terra Dodds Eleanor Doersam Pamela & Thomas Dolan Debra & Lewis Dotterer ** Tonya Droessler & Daniel Goatley Stanley & Diane Dudek Tad & Sue Duemler Teresa & Rick DuPuis Jeanette M. Eastham Peter & Janice Eckel Dr. Patricia A. Edwards Georganne D. Ehlert Janet & Gerald Eidt Ellen M. Eisele Dr. Frances F. Ekern Corless & Keith Eldred Laura & Steven Elias Katherine & Trent English Nancy Enslin * Courtney Estala Patricia A. Fackler Beverly & Robert Fairbanks Kimberly & Daniel Farley Mary Farrand ** Samuel F. & Elizabeth M. Febba Beth Fields Joseph Filip Steve & Nicky Findley Jill & Jerome Fine Mr. Glenn Fink Timothy Fisher Dana Fink ** Jim & Elaine Flore ** Joan Forgrave ** Jackie & James Forkner ** Barbara & James Forney Richard W. Fortner Gerald C. Fox Phyllis & Ronald Fox ** Pamela Fraley




Betty L. Francis Janet & Ed Franks Deb Freeman Jean & Arthur Frentz Susan & Chris Friend Ruth Galas Jean & Gary Galia Jason Galicki Sarah & Joseph Garcia Jennifer & John Garcia Ray Garcia ** David Gard & Gwen Wittenbaum Cynthia Ghering & Michael James Melissa Gibson ** Thomas Giddings Linn & Troy Gladstone Anna Glaser-Platte & Jerry Platte Kenneth S. & Karen B. Glickman Lori & James Grace Dr. George & Susan Graeber Kay & Andrew Granskog Anne & William Seery Jean Green Timothy D. Greenman * Kim & Ronald Grinnell Roger & Marilyn Grove Mark & Linda Grua Lynda Gugel Dr. Peter & Charlotte Gulick, Sr. Celia & Igor Guro Kurt & Barbara Guter Al Hakala Lauren Hall-Tate Donna Hamilton Kurt & Claire Hankenson Janette H. Price Deborah L. Harrison Theresa Harrison Linda Harrold William & Joan Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Hastay Phyllis & David Hayhurst Kendra & Edward Heath Sha'marie Heberer Colleen & Eric Hegg Margo Heiden Patrice & James Heinzman Christine Hennessey Dr. Richard E. & Lynn O. Hensen * Constance Henslee Christopher & Tara Herald Susan & Robert Herner Donna Herrle Tom & Michele Hile Linda L. Hill Susan HIll & Connor Shelton Marlene & Robert Hind Mr. & Mrs. Douglas & Marisol Hissong Ann Hoisington & Dean Kimmith Charles & Elizabeth Holcomb

Marie & Douglas Holem ** Melvin & Verna Holley * John Holmstrom & Theresa Barnes- Holmstrom Drs. Frederick L. & Barbara A. Honhart Richard Honicky & Kathleen King Terri J. Hooper * Roger Hoopingarner & Marian Stoll Joan & James Hornak Brian J. Howard John Hulbert Fayyaz Hussain Charles Hutchins ** Barbara & Daniel Ilgen Christopher Inman & Andrew Driska Elaine & Emil Jackinchuk Amy Jo Jacobson Susan & Brian Jennings John Jerome & Jaye Hamilton * Heidi & Alexander Johnson Colleen Johnson & Ellen Ives Mary Ann Johnson Debra Jones Pamela & Gerald Jones ** Elizabeth & Mark Jones Dr. John W. & Nan B. Judy, Jr. Arlene Jury Gwynne & Mark Kadrofske * Heidi Kaiser Michelle Kaminski & Dan Hamilton Susan & Larry Karnes Wendy & Gary Kashenider Constance & Gus Kavalaris Mary J. & Robert C. Keller Julie & Gary Kelterborn * Edward King Mary & Ronald Kinne Margie & Boyd Kinzley ** Robert & Janet Kirkbride Gaylord L. & Eileen E. Kleuckling Karrie Bosanic Anne & William Knox Laurie Kohl * Richard Kohler Delphine Kolacki Cheryl L. Kompsi ** Robert & Susan Korte Kimberly & Michael Kovalchick Mary Krasny Deidre & Kevin Krause Cynthia Krauz Brad & Kristen Kremer ** Mary Jo & Robert Kunkle, II Robin & Richard Kustasz * Maria & Michael Kuzmich Margaret Kyser Kristyn & David Ladd Marilyn Laughlin Rita Richardson & Thomas Law Lisa & John Lawitzke

Jane & Michael Laycock Hue T. Le ** Ruth & Robert Lendt Suzanne J. Levy Thomas Lico Mary L. Liechty Stephanie Livingston & Andrew Elms Dr. Gus M. & Katie E. Lo David & Laurie Lockman Judith & Wayne Loescher Carolyn Longton Kathryn & Robert Lovell Kelly & Mary Lynch Elizabeth Lyons Marguerite Mahler ** Joanne Mahoney & Deborah Wieber Dari & Robert Mahoney John & Maureen Malone Katharine Manganello Michelle & John Mapes Patricia Marin & John Yun Christy & Bradley Marks Catherine & David Marr Lindsey Martin Robert Matson Maureen & Duane Mayhew Lori McAllister Teddi M. McAttee Pam & Michael McCormack * Corinne McElwee Matthew McKune Helen & John McLaughlin Claudia McLoughlin Julie McMahon Evalyn & Paul McNamara Judy E. McPherson Nancy & Charles Meddaugh Melanie Meengs Robert F. Mellor & Roger L. Rochowiak Dick & Renee Merchant Gavin J. Smith & Mary C. Mertz-Smith Dr. William & Mrs. Elizabeth Meurer Steve & Kathleen Michael Robert Michela ** Barbara Middleton Lisa & Timothy Miles Dr. Steven Miller & Sandra Schian-Miller Edna & Everette Miller Jennifer Miller Dr. Anna E. & Michael E. Miller Kristine & David Milligan Nelson Missbach & Judy Tant Michelle & John Mitchell Tom & Laurie Mitchell Amy & Andrew Moeder David & Magdalena Mooberry * Susan Moore Lynn Munoz




Patricia & Gary Murphy Sharon L. Myers Christine & Theodore Nastal Kristine & William Neale Connie Neese Theodore Neff Mary Nehls-Frumkin & Jeffery Frumkin John Nielsen & Naomi Gaynor Neilsen Robert & Carol Nelson Henry J. & Nancy L. Nelson Laura B. Newlin Irv Nichols Barbara Nielson Jessica A. Nieuwkoop & Matthew Snell Thomas & Rosalie Nitzsche Sally & Carlton Nogle * Richard & Katie Norton ** Betty & Douglas Noverr Julia & Michael O'Connor Mary & Thomas O'Connor David & Jan O'Leary Zola & Stanley Olson Eleanor E. Omoto Katherine H. O'Neill Allison Ouellette Dr. Edward & Tina Oxer Jeffrey Padden Robert & Kitty Padget Bruce & Maggie Papesh Drs. Leslie Papke & Jeffrey Wooldridge ** Ann Pappas Louise & Lee Paquette Lois Park Anne & James Parker Melissa & Ara Parseghian Barbara Parsons Jane & Douglas Paterson Sandra Patterson William & Shirley Paxton Odile & Richard Perry Janice & Dale Pettengill * Ginger & Charles Petty Robin & Daniel Phillips Gary Philpott Jane A. Harrell & Judith Pick Jim Pike Andrew Pittsley Carol Ann Pixley Howard A. & Nell Pizzo Drs. Jacob Plotkin & Susan Schuur Patricia Podoll Chloe E. Polzin Richard M. Pomeroy ** Carol Prahinski & Flemming Mathiasen Helen J. Preston * Tammy Proux Tracy & John Prush Tara & Douglas Pugmire Renae Pullman

Patricia & Andrew Quinn * Kevin & Karen Quinn ** Todd Quiring & Esther Spencer Aileen & Crispin Quitos Diane Rardeen & Teresa House- Rardeen Cheryl & James Reed ** Sharon M. Reeves * Twila & James Reighley Teri J. Richardson * Marilyn Rider * Amy & Jon Riekse Brian Riley Karen & Chuck Risch Margaret L. Rockwell Coral & Stuart Roller ** Esther Romblom Winifred H. Rome Christine & Donald Root Merry A Rosenberg Gretchen & Dennis Rosenbrook Nancy & Mark Rudd David Russell & Karen Conroy ** Valerie Rutz ** Lori Ryland Ruth L. Sablich ** Marie Sanborn Jeanne & Lawrence Sartor Robert & Rosemary Schaffer ** Jeffrey Schenker & Michelle Traven Mary & Dana Scherer Cynthia & Paul Schluckebier Teresa Schmidt ** Ann Schmitz & James Woehrle John & Deborah Schneider ** Margaret Schneider Eric Schneidewind Christine & Alex Schram Denise & Thomas Schroeder Polly & Ben Schwendener, Jr. Carl & Amy Seabold Drs. Arthur & Elizabeth Seagull * Anne & William Seery T.J. Segerlind & Sarah Underwood Segerlind Karen & Robert Seppala Sharon S. Shamka Jack Shanholtz & Patricia Miner- Shanholtz Kevin & Shawna Shaw Heidi & Robert Sheehan Jack G. & Carol A. Shepard Deborah Sherrod & Sheryl Judd Rebecca & John Shives Dorothy Shonkwiler Elizabeth Simmons & R. Sekhar Chivukula Susan & James Simons ** Charlotte Sinadinos & Russell Launer Kenneth & Donna Slater

Nancy J. Small Shelly & Mark Smith * Michelle & Todd Sneathen Rhonda & Richard Sorrell Tom and Deborah Southworth ** Craig Sparks & Roberta Tisdale Carol & James Spoelma ** Jackie & Eric Staib Tom & Randi Stanulis JoAnn Stefani Dr. Barbara & Mr. James Steidle Bill & Sue Stelzer Daniel McCole & Jill Stephenson- McCole Kathleen & Michael Stiffler ** Judith Stoddart & Alfred Goodson Marlene & Don Stone Thomas W. & Janet L. Stone * Amy & Gary Strickler Kenneth D. & Nancy A. Stringer Joseph & Barbara Strittmatter Ronald & Georgina Styka Patricia & Hamed Suffety Linda & Wayne Summers Rose Ann & Fred Swartz Shirley A. Swick Barbara & Michael Szkotnicki Laura L. Tafelsky Carl Taylor & Florene McGlothian Taylor Thomas & Connie Taylor * Donald Telles Chelsea & Brendon Thiede ** Gladys M. Thomas Carol Ann & Morris Thomas * Mary & Joseph Thompson ** Kay Toben Deanna L. Toth Joan Travis ** Joan & Robert Trezise Penelope Tsernoglou ** Georgiann & Richard Tunningley Elizabeth Turpin Kathryn VanDagens & Daniel VanOverbeke Vickie Vandenbelt Linda J. VandenBerg Richard M. & Kathy L. Vanderbeek * Jennifer VenDerHeide Megan Foldenauer Lillian & Ronald VanHouten *Carl VanderZee Brian Vecsei Kathleen & Gary Vermeulen Kara & John Villarreal Ann & Timothy Vogelsang Janet & Donald Volk Mizue & James Wagner Lynnell Wakley Julia & Kenneth Walz


74Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season


Nancy & William Wardwell Cynthia & Mark Warnshuis ** Sara Wassenaar Jane Waun Ronald & Nancy Wefel Larry R. Welch Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Whelan Linda L. Widener Angela Wieber Laurie K. Sommers & David W. Winder Margaret Wochaski Mr. & Mrs. Phil Wolfe Patricia Zajac & Mark A. Cowles Leslie & Juan Zamora Suzanne Ziel Paul J. & Jamie A. Zimmer Karl Zinn ** Cheryl & Carl Zuidema * Mark ZumMallen

BRONZE CIRCLE ($125 & above) Anonymous Christoph Adami Ms. Marsha E. Albritton & Mr. James T. Leffler William C. & Jane E. Allen * Andrea Amalfitano Donna S. Anderson Theodore K. & S. Joanne Anderson * Melissa & Jeff Andresen Betty & Keith Apple Charles G. Apple Mary Ann Austin Jacqueline & Philip Babcock * Dawn L. Baker Dr. Richard L. & Carol M. Baldwin Richard D. Ball Rose & Bryan Bareham Polly & Douglas Barr David Barry Joanne & Jack Bass Debra & Mark Bathurst Holly Baumgartner Ronda & John Beach Jane & Gary Beaudoin Susan & David Beck Katie & Joel Beltran Stephen Bennett Drs. Arnold & Claire Berkman Mary & Cornelis Beukema Nicole & Clay Bidwell Robert & Sandra Bierwagen Donna & Joe Billig Frederick W. Bissinger Paula Bladen Donna Blaszczak Brooke & James Bleicher Karyn & Erik Bloch * Dan Boehning

Candace & Robert Boldrey Jean & Shane Bolley * Michelle Bonilla * Mary & Philip Booth * Rebecca & Paul Bossenbroek * Willard & Maria Bowerman Marilyn M. Bowker Tyler J. Braddock Jennifer Bradley Dr. Harold & Jeanne Braeutigam Teresa Brantley Emmett & Karen Braselton Julia Ryan-Brawner & Bobbie G. Brawner Kathleen & Gerald Brazil Dr. Martha W. Bristor Tamela & James Brouillette Elaine & Murray Brown Susan L. Brundage Harry Brunet & Ruth Foiles Brunet Chris & Edward Brynn Rosemary & Earnest Bullion * Lou Ann & Henry Bullough Eileen M. Bur Ms. C. Lark Burger Lawrence & Evelyn Burgess Diana & George Burgoyne Barbara J. Burke Peggy H. Burke ** Barbara & Steven Bursian Thomas & Lisbeth Byerley Peggy & George Campbell * Michael Carey Mary Carlson Maxwell Chappuis Maynard A. & Carol M. Christensen Sandra & Frank Ciloski Janet & Robert Clark Christine & Michael Clifford Barbara Coey Monica & Rick Collett * Heather Collins * Jeannie & John Commet Stephanie Commings Shyrlann Cone Sharon & Jim Conroy Judith Corr * Linda Coy Richard Coy & Wendy Mead Frank & Diane Cranmer Louis & Linda Crenshaw * Todd Culver & Trude Rodli-Culver Anne Dafoe Dr. Marcos Dantus Heather Davidson * Bristol Day ** Mary Day Condalee & Peter Decker Denecia Deford * Christina DeJong & Todd Wilson

Robin & James DeMuth Heather DeRose Sheila M. & Scott W. Dill MaryLou Dillon Lisa Dixon Kimberly & Dean Dockter * Laurel & Roger Doherty Ellen Dohr & Scott Loveridge Benjamin & Kelly Dollard Laima & Ernest Dome Conrad & Judith Wharton Donakowski Lou Douglas Davia & John Downey Anthony & Ruth Drago Mrs. Darrell F. Duffield James Dunn Christine & Lynn DuVal Marilyn Duvall Christine Dwyer-Jaroszewicz Rev. James F. Eisele Anna R. Epkey Jennifer & Mike Esper * Ryan Fajardo Judith & Arthur Falk Dr. Philip L. & Elaine K. Fanson * Mary & Wade Finney * David Fitzgerald Patricia Fitzpatrick Jewell Flajole Andrea Flitton Angelna Ballard June Forman Mills George A. & Diane M. Fox Patricia Fox Donna & Paul Freddolino Amy Fredrick * Martha & Thomas Froman Mary Jo & Jeff Fuhrman Jacqueline & Stephen Fuller Lois A. Furry & Phillip Knapman Heather & Craig Galecka Linda M. Garbarino Donna Gardner * Brian Garrett Ann & James Garvey Deanna & Timothy Gates Diane Gewirtz * Amy & Osama Ghannam John A. Gibbs Rebecca & Aaron Gillett Joan & Dennis Gilliland * Kimberly Giordano Yvonne N. Glenn John & Tomoko Gnodtke Monica & James Goble Erik & Cheryl Goodman William F. Goodwin, Jr. Steve & Patricia Goorin Linda K. Graesser Mary J. Graesser




W H A R T O N C I R C L E Audrey Grant Delight Greenberg Tammy J. Griffin Casey & Mary Griggs ** David Gruber Leta Guild Frances Hackney Marge Hall * Mark Halstead Dorisa J. & John P. Hamm Helen Hansens ** Lisa M. Hansknecht Wendy Hardt & Donald Winey Michael & Jennifer Hardy Kay Harkness Ann Tukey Harrison * Jacqueline & Walter Hawthorne Genevieve Healy Margaret L. Hebekeuser Lynn Heline Shawna Hessling * Roberta & Richard Higginbotham Richard & Alice Hill Leeann Hilton * Kimberly & Jeffrey Himelhoch * Swapna Hingwe Donna J. Hobart * Jaime Hoffman Kathleen & Erin Hoffman John Holck ** Melvin & Verna Holley Claudia Holzman & David Lipsitz Patrina & David Hoppe Patrice & Paul Hornak * Arlene & Mark Houston Linda & Ross Howard Brandi Howell * Jennifer Hsu * Alice & Allan Huber Shirley & Roger Hughes Janet & Arden Hundey Arden P. Irwin Michelle L. Jacobs Margaret & John Janssens * James Jarrett Lesa Jarski Pamela & Vernon Jarvi Stephanie L. Jerick James Jersey & Barbara Stevens Jersey James & Nancy Jewett Nancy Johnston Arlene & Ashley Jones * Heather Jones & Timothy Slawinsky Arlene & Mark Jones Virginia Judge Brad & Victoria Jurgensen Jane & Thomas Kalchik Mackenzie & Mark Kaminski Eileen & Kenneth Kapka Kathy & Charles Karpinski

Shiv Karunakaran Suman & Gauresh Kashyap Drs. Donald Kaufman & Elizabeth Hutchinson Hanna & Norman Kelker * Kelsey Kelling Kim & Paul Kelly Verlecia Kelly & Kenneth Johnson * Tyler T. Kendle Roger P. & Meredith A. Kennedy * Sharon Ketchum * Lisa & Charles Klein Patrice A. Klein Heather Kleinhardt Rebecca A. Kopf Michael & Lihting Kostrzewa Evelyn & Paul Krause Carol Krieger Cynthia Kruska * Donald Kuhnlein & Lauri Read Karen Kumon-Sinclair Mika Kunk Michael Beratta & Judith Lamphere * Alexis Langtry Suzanne Laningham & Allen Holzhausen Amanda & Jason Lantz ** Sean M. Larson * Jamie LaVigne Richard & Carol Lehman Will & Lisa Lemanski Laraine & David Levin Carl & Margaret Liedholm Dr. James T. Linnemann & Ruth L. Eggert-Linnemann April & Patrick Logghe Mike Longenecker Ronald & Judy Lott * Cindy Lounsbery & Dave Giordan Greg Ludden Sue & Robert Lutton * Victoria & Roger Lynas Cybelle A. Lyon Marie Lyons Dawn Y. MacCreery, O.D. Margaret Mahaffy Mary & Kenneth Marton Karen & Frederick Massoll Raymond & Susan Brian Mattes & Dr. Elise Zitkin Joan & Jeremy Mattson Shalimar & Robert Maynard Judith & Darold McCalla Gretchen & Michael McLellan David B. McCloy * Barbara & William McConnell John & Heidi McGarry Shelly & Mark McGee Michael McGlynn Pamela & Joseph McGraw

Sheila M. McGreal * Tricia & Jon McKay Pollyanne & Larry McKillop Patricia & Michael McKimmy Donna McLean Dr. Robin L. Miller & Dr. Miles A. McNall Kay McNeal Judith McQueen Mrs. Hugh B. McVicker Laurie & Martin Mecher Kathleen E. Melville-Hall Bettie & Paul Menchik Lauri Ellen Mendelsohn & Daniel J. Dunn Kimberly Metzer Carol J. Micale Patricia & Randall Middlin Sandra & Jack Midgley Murley & Alan Miller Frederick & Beverly Miller Denise Miller Glynda & Donnell Moorer, Sr. Marie & Craig Moreland Paul Morley Gordon D. Murphy Sarah & Stephen Musko Maggie & Jacob Myers Marylou & Ernest Nagy Sandra & John Nagy Shelby Nakon Barbara & James Neubeck Laura & Kai Nimtz * Catherine & Eric Novak * Brenda L. Nuffer Pamela Nyquist Sarah O'Brien * Neil O'Brien Georgia A. Old Michele Olind Jane C. Olson Douglas Osborn Debbie Osborne Drs. Wendy E. & William H. Page- Echols Richard Pallister & Kathleen Wight Shirley & Joseph Paris Roschenne & Chad Parmalee Cody Paseka Michelyn & Ernest Pasteur Deborah & Thomas Pavlak Maria & Richard Pearse Gillian & David Peck, Jr. Thomas Pegler Dorothy & Giovannino Perri John Person & Terry McKenney Person Anthony Piper Debra & Jon Powell * Martha Powelson Greg & Denise Pratt

76Donors since our 1982-83 Opening Season


W H A R T O N C I R C L E Susan & James Pratt Kristen & Steven Pricco * Elyse Prosniewski Ann & Ira Purchis ** Dawn & Morris Pysarchik Rachel Quinn Arlene & Clark Radcliffe Susan & Mark Rantz Jennifer L. Jensen Carrie & Clinton Hawks * Elaine & James Rauschert Matthew Redshaw Sandra & Jeremy Reed Christine & John Rehagen Jennifer & Clark Rasmussen Lewis D. Resnick Julie & Robert Richardson ** Susan & William Richardson * Cynthia Richmond * Joseph & Karen Riley Patricia Roethele Daniel & JoAnne Romanek Rick Ruble Robin & Jeffrey Rudnick Robert E. Ruigh * Retta Salstrom Richard Samson * Anita Sandel & Colin Mallory Roy Saper & Nell Kuhnmuench Ann Saunders David F. Savickas, Ph.D. Michael Sheetz & Gina Polce Scheetz Rebecca Schein Carol L. Scherer Freida & John Schneeberger Judith & James Schneider Ken Schoepf * Rachel Schumann James & Christine Schweigert Mary A. Scoblic Michelle Scott David & Rebecca Shane Allyn Shaw, Ph.D. Anastasia & Ashton Shortridge * Julie A. Sinclair Sharon & David Sinclair Stuart D. Sleight * Samantha Sloma Joan & Ronald Smith Ruth & Curtis Smith Marian E. & Dennis Smith Mary E. Smith Patricia J. Smith Maria M. Smyka Tori & John Sordyl Rick Soucy * Angela & Kevin Southworth * Patricia & Richard Spreng * Barbara & Ajit Srivastava Lawrence Stawiarski

Connie & Michael Stevens * Elaine & Donald Stevenson Nancie Stoddard ** Jessie Storey-Fry Elias Strangas & Jane Turner Bobbie Stuart Cynthia J. Sundberg Kathleen & Michael Sweat Cindy & Michael Swix Anne Szczubelek Marlene & Dave Tebben Patricia & Brad Thelen Pamela A. Thompson, D.O. * Subasree Thompson Kathy A. Tilley * Colleen & Keith Tinsey Shannon & Alfred Torres William C. & Linda S. Trevarthan Jo E. Trumble Linda Trumbull John & Allene Tucker * Perrine A. Tufnell Stacy M. Turke Judith & Gordon Tuthill * Abigail & Nathan Tykocki Rachelle VanDeventer Virginia VandeVord Catherine & Vyautas Virskus Candy & Robert Voigt ** Edith Wacksman Pamela & Patrick Walsh Rebecca & Eric Walters Sheridan Warden Joann Warren Stephanie A. Warren Anne & Thomas Watson Jane & Paul Wei * Glenda Weiss Dr. Timothy & Jan Wellemeyer Joelene & William Wellman Barbara V. White Gretchen & Walter Whitmer Katherine Wilcox Cynthia Williams Karen Willson Amy & Christopher Wilson Gloria & Robert Wilson Joseph T. Wing * Jillian & Brian Winn * Maureen & Lynn Winslow Ralph & LeAnn Witgen Christopher Wojcik Linda & Philip Wolak Gail & Alan Wolfe Marie Wolfe & Nancy Warner Clover Lee Wolford Lisa Woodcock-Burroughs Ken & Kay Woodring Barbara Worgess Elaine Wright

Linda K. Wright Gwen Wyatt * Ellen Zienert Susan K. Zimmerman Irma & Harvey Zuckerberg

In Honor Of: Susan K. Croley

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Nancy L. AbramsonMichael C. AdrianJan Alleman Trumbull In honor of Mr. Larry W. ReevesSarah AllenLinda K. ArensMichael & Lisa ArmstrongCheryl & John BakerLorie Seitz-Barbieri & Charles E. BarbieriDevon BarrettMichael & Deborah BaughmanDale BartlettThomas & Lynn BartlettLaurie & Lawrence BassLaura Bates & Joseph VerreauMichael & Deborah BaughmanJohn & Ronda BeachKim BeattieLeslie BehmKaren & Thomas BirdCatherine &Lawrence BlatnikThomas & David Block-EasterdayDonna & Dennis BlueNikkie & Jarrod BradfordDiane & Brian BradyPeggy & Mike BrandKathleen & Gerald BrazilCynthia BredernitzAllison BreuerChrissie & Greg BroganDavid & Patricia BroganCarol BrownellLanny & Molly BrunetteNorris & Carol BrysonJoan BurkeThomas & Sharon ButlerBZEMS Group at Merrill LynchKristen & Shawn CalabreseCynthia A. Cameron, Ph.D.John C. ChiodiniPatrick Y. ChiuChu-Hsiang Chang & Russell JohnsonBrian & Lori ClarkLarry CoatesCarol & Paul ConnApril Clobes & Glen BroughCorie CostelloMichael CostelloHeather L. DavidsonWilliam & Nancy DeFranceLynne & Bruce DevereauxDewpointFrances C. Dittrich Kathleen & Thomas DominguezCaroline DudaTricia & Eric EidsmoeKeith & Corless EldredNancy & Michael ElwoodNolan EricksonSandy & Gary EvansDave & Patricia FinnieMichael & Judith FlintoffSusan & Chris FriendSonja Fritzsche & Ronald SchwartzJeffery Frumkin & Mary Nehls-FrumkinMary Ann Galluci In memory of Larry SierraBarbara GarveyDeanne & Timothy GatesPatricia & Donn GatesMary Lou & Roland GiffordSharon E. GillisonDaniel Goatley & Tonya Droessler

Sarah & Nolan EricksonScott & Gina GoldeBert Goldstein & Linda ReiffJudy Green & G. Ron WelchMargie GriffithDave & Rashi GuptaDeborah & Michael HarrisonThomas E. Heasley, IIIMargo HeidenPatrice & James HeinzmanLawrence & Mary HennesseyElizabeth Hepola & David RothMayette & Jim Hicks In memory of Helen S. DawsonLisa Hildorf & Mark CastellaniDennis & Lynda HillRobert Hollenshead & Lily GeeDavid & Christine HollisterMark & Marcia HooperCarol & Ron HorowitzAnne HouseLisa HuberPatricia HuddlestonJon P. HumistonNed & Evelyn JacksonMichelle JacobsMichael & Wendy JamesColleen Johnson & Ellen IvesJeri JohnsonKaren Jurgensen & Robert ParksBill & Jan KahlDavid & Holly KazyakMarsha & Warren KiffersteinJacqueline A. KillingsworthBonnie KnutsonTheresa KonecnyMary Ellen LanePeter & Glenda Lappan Kathy Loveberry In honor of Ms. Peggy D. LuxPeggy D. LuxMarie LyonsNathan Maas & Amy AdamsOlin & Janice MaceLarry & Katrina MackleyDrs. Wilford & Sarah MaldonadoJohn & Maureen MaloneGeorgia MarkakisAudrey MartinMichelle MasseyVeronica & David MatejkoRoberta Matheson & Allen RussellBrian Mattes & Elise ZipkinJill MazzolaMelissa & Dan McCanceMarvin McKinneyMatthew T. McKuneBarbara McMillanTrevor McMinnMichael McNairThomas MetevierKristen MetzgerCarol & Doug MillerDenise E. MillerElizabeth MooreThomas & Sheila Moore In honor of Mrs. Lisa B. RentzMarilyn & Eddie MooreMarie & Craig MorelandJacob & Maggie MyersSharon L. MyersSarah E. NestleWilliam & Elizabeth Newberry

Barbara & Kevin NilsenKaren & David NoeMary Lou O’ConnellMelissa OesterleGeorgia A. OldLisa & John OlivaHelen & Keith OstienSusan M. PalacLouise & Lee PaquetteJan & Jim ParishRichard & Donna ParrChristopher PetersonJudy Kay & David PfaffKaren & Joseph PhillipsGary PhilpottJane & Craig PilditchDavid & Kristine PoulsonTammy ProuxJoyce & Jimmy PutnamRae Ramsdell & George OrbanRonald ReynoldsJulie RiceKimberly & Brendan RingleverBarbara RobieMargaret RockwellShirley & David RummingerRuth SablichMary & William SavageScott & Stacey SchabelAndrew & Erin SchorCathleen & James SchultzT. J. Segerlind & Sarah Underwood SegerlindZelda SeidenbergDebra & Scott SellersSharon Senk In Honor of Mrs. Carolyn R. ScheinToni SessomsRobyn SheelyCatherine Short Weaver & Mark WeaverJanice & William SimpsonDavid Slater & Julia GoatleyRichard SnearyJohn & Karen StarcevichGlinda StarrChristine & Michael SwordsLynn & Michael TannerFrank & Avril TeggeMary Lou TerrienPhyllis & Mark ThodeKay TobenDavid & Amy TrattKathryn VanDagens & Daniel VanOverbekeLynnell & Dennis WakleySharon Watson & Donald LodingEdith WacksmanRichard D. WeingartnerJohn & Tammara Wenzel, III, D.O.Jane & Clarence WeissRajkumari & Richard WienerJane A. WilenskyStephan & Gail WilcoxBrian & Denise WilliamsElaine J. WrightThoms M. YaksichFrances & Stephen YelonJuan & Leslie ZamoraDavid & Rhonda ZimmermanSally & Dan ZimmermanLyn Zynda

Seats 4 Kids is a scholarship fund that provides free tickets to local youth and families who could not otherwise afford to attend a performing arts event.

S E A T S 4 K I D S

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AnonymousEthel & John AnthonySue & Bruce Augenstein John Depew Barkham Betty & Jack BarnesKenneth C. BeachlerJane M. & Robert H. Becker John L. & Marie J. BlackThomas J. Block & David L. EasterdayCharles & Kathleen BonneauGregory & Christine B. BroganDr. & Mrs. Daniel A. BronsteinMr. David BrowerMr. & Mrs. Douglas D. BrownRoy & Carolyn Buckingham Clyde & Ellen Burton Jeanne Cargill Stella & Jerry Cash Phoebe (Pat) Clark Andrew P. & Sandra D. Conner Ms. Diana E. D’Angelo & Dr. Martin C. Hawley Kevin & Lauri Draggoo Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Eckel, Jr.Eva Evans Dr. Maxine A. Eyestone Joe & Betty Gadaleto Shirley & Bruce Goodrich Maxwell & LeAnn Goodwin Frances & Daniel Hamermesh Elizabeth Hoger & Lisa Swem Linda K. GraesserDorisa J. & John P. Hamm Dr. Gilbert & Mrs. Susanna HarrellMichael G. & Deborah L. Harrison David E. Havrilla C. Richard & Susan M. Herrold Elizabeth Hoger & Lisa Swem Meegan Holland Selma & Stanley Hollander Annie D. Holmes Marcia & Mark Hooper Robert B. & Dolores L. Hughes Jack & Roberta Jacobowitz Rich & Tracy JohnsonMrs. June E. Johnston Walter J. Kachelski Drs. Lois J. Karl & J. Roy Black

Warren M. Kifferstein Pat Klein Sam & Cheryl Knox Jacquelyn & William Lack Ms. Marilyn R. Laughlin Arthur R. Luedders Joseph & Jeanne Maguire William Marklewitz Veronica & David Matejko Martha Miller Maxwell Joanne & E. Jerome McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. J. Bruce McCristal Donald R. & Barbara D. McMillan Doug & Carol Miller Robin and Betsy Miner-Swartz Milton Muelder Patricia K. Munshaw Carol Overley Mr. & Mrs. James D. Parish Teck Yew & Daisy Pee Max & Shirley Ploughman Richard & Shelley Pulliam Dave & Mary Ann Reinhart Sharon R. Ruble Ms. Sharon K. Skinner Dr. & Mrs. David B. Smith Sharon & Richard Smith Richard Sneary Judith A. & Lonny L. Snow Pamela Steckroat Andrew Sulen, Jr. Mrs. Sally A. SwissBarbara & Michael Szkotnicki Linda A. Tanner, in memory of Elizabeth Charles Frank A. Tegge Joe, Maggie & Eloy Trevino Celia Tulloch Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Vine Richard D. Weingartner Carol M. Welch Clifton & Dolores Wharton Albert A. White Jeff Williams & Joy Whitten George W. Winchell Mary D. Zehner

With thoughtful and creative estate planning, you can provide future support toWharton Center for Performing Arts. We invite and encourage you to contact the

Development Office at (517) 353-4640 to explore estate planning strategies.

Wharton Center gratefully thanks those who have chosen to remember and support Wharton Center in their estate plans.

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Wharton Center gratefully acknowledges individuals and organizations that have established named endowments to support Wharton Center through cash and/or their estate plans.

Endowments provide a foundation of stability and support. These funds differ from others in that the total gift is invested. Each year, a portion of the income earned is spent while the remainder is added

to the principal for growth. In this respect, an endowment is a perpetual gift.

E N D O W M E N T S

Alexander Family Endowment for Children’s Theatre and Arts EducationJohn D. Barkham Endowment Kenneth C. Beachler Arts Management InternshipStuart and Judy Birn Endowment for Youth TicketsJohn L. and Marie J. Black Endowment for Broadway and EducationThomas & David Block-Easterday Endowment for Jazz PerformanceThomas J. and David L. Block-Easterday Scholarship Fund for Youth TicketsCharles & Kathleen Bonneau EndowmentMichael and Margaret Brand Endowment for Arts EducationJohn R. and Martha L. Brick Endowment for Classical Music/EducationChristine B. and Gregory D. Brogan Endowment for Dance PerformanceApril M. Clobes and Glen F. Brough Endowment for Dance Kevin and Lauri Draggoo Endowment for Volunteerism and Community EngagementEndowment for Arts EducationMaxine A. Eyestone Endowment Foster Swift Collins & Smith Law Firm Endowment for Jazz Performance and EducationRobin & Sharron Frucci Endowment Joe and Betty Gadaleto Endowment for Performing Arts Internship Dr. Shahriar & Dokhy Ghoddousi EndowmentMaxwell Asa & LeAnn B. Goodwin EndowmentGlenn D. and Sherry K. Granger Endowment for Family Performance/EducationGilbert & Susanna Harrell Endowment for Arts EducationMichael G. & Deborah L. Harrison Endowment for Arts EducationRobert & Carol Hildorf Endowment for Jazz Performance and EducationThe Elizabeth Hoger and Lisa Swem Endowment for Arts Education Meegan Holland Endowment for Music, Dance and Theatre Stanley & Selma Hollander EndowmentStanley & Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber MusicAnnie D. & Robert A. Holmes Perennial Garden EndowmentMarcia & Mark Hooper Endowment for Performing Arts EducationCarol & Ronald Horowitz Endowment for Youth Access to the ArtsIn The Wings @ Wharton Center Inner Circle Endowment for Arts EducationJazz and Classical Music Endowment

The Hari Kern and late Ralph Edminster, M.D. Endowment for Arts Education Warren M. Kifferstein Discretionary EndowmentThe Jackie Killingsworth Endowment for Arts Education Bonnie & Robert Knutson Endowment for Musical Theatre Larry P. Lee Endowment for Youth & Family Access to the ArtsJoseph and Jeanne Maguire Endowment for JazzMansfield Family Foundation Endowment for Seats 4 KidsMartha Miller Maxwell Endowment for Arts EducationJoanne N. and E. Jerome McCarthy Endowment for Arts EducationRichard D. McLellan Endowment for Dance PerformancePatrick and Victoria McPharlin Endowment for Arts EducationDoug and Carol Miller Endowment at Wharton Center MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway EndowmentMSU Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts & Creativity EndowmentDennis & Deborah Muchmore Backstage EndowmentPatricia K. Munshaw and Dana Munshaw Brazil Endowment for Arts EducationWilliam R. & Denise Nielsen Management InternshipNancy S. Passanante Endowment for Arts EducationBetty Price Retail Management Internship EndowmentShelley and Richard Pulliam Endowment for Youth TicketsNancy and Mitchell Rinek Endowment at Wharton CenterTom and Mary Kay Shields Endowment for Musical TheatreArlene and Lawrence Sierra Family Endowment for Arts EducationDrs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Endowment for Jazz Performance/EducationDrs. Lou A. and Roy J. Simon Discretionary EndowmentSharon Kouts Skinner EndowmentRichard C. and Sharon M. Smith Endowment Richard Sneary Endowment for Musical Theatre and Arts EdudationKaren E. Spak and Dale K. Howe Endowment for Arts Education Harvey and Barbara Sparks Endowment for Arts EducationFrank A. Tegge Discretionary EndowmentJoe & Maggie Trevino Performing Arts EducationWatson-Shannon Management InternshipRichard D. Weingartner Arts Education EndowmentWharton Center EndowmentWharton Center Endowed Enhancement FundJoan Wright Endowment for Young Playwrights Festival and Arts EducationWilliam Wright Endowment for New Works & Initiatives

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Wharton Center wishes to thank the following corporate partnersfor their support of the 2019-2020 season.

AF GroupArts Council of Greater LansingArts Midwest Touring FundAuto-Owners InsuranceB-Dry System of Central & West Michigan, IncBrogan, Reed, Van Gorder & Associates/Ohio National Financial ServicesBZEMS Group at Merrill LynchThe Centennial GroupThe Christman CompanyClark Trombley Randers Consulting EngineersComerica FoundationComprehensive Psychological Services, P.C.Coral Gables RestaurantDelta Dental of MichiganDewpointDisneyThe Doctors CompanyFarm Bureau InsuranceForesight GroupGovernmental Consultant ServicesGrangerGrewal Law PLLCHonigman, LLPJackson National Life Insurance CompanyKaryn’s Dance Place, Inc.L.O. Eye CareLansing Board of Water and LightManer CosterisanMayberry Homes

Mercantile BankMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and National Endowment for the ArtsMichigan RadioMichigan State Medical SocietyMSU Federal Credit UnionPalmer, Bush & Jensen Family Funeral HomesPiper & Gold Public RelationsPlante Moran, PLLCPNC BankPortnoy and Tu, DDS, PCProAssurance Casualty CompanyRetailers Insurance CompanyRick’s American Café/Harrison Roadhouse/Beggar’s BanquetSutton Advisors, PLCTechSmith CorporationTri-Star Trust BankWarner Norcross + Judd LLPWharton Center Inner CircleWKAR Radio & TelevisionWolverine Development Corporation

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