JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2018 I ISSUE 3 - WSO

JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2018 I ISSUE 3

NIELSEN & MOZART

THE TWINS AND THE MONSTER

MUSIC OF THE ICE WITH KURT BROWNING

VALENTINE’S DAY: BROADWAY IN LOVE

CHARLES CHAPLIN: CITY LIGHTS LIVE

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE WSO BOARD

Happy New Year! All of us at the WSO wish you good health,happiness and much great music in the coming year.

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is halfway through its 70thAnniversary Season, and all of us are looking forward to many morewonderful concerts and programs in the coming months. I amparticularly looking forward to seeing the orchestra work with anumber of fine guest conductors in the next few months. We aredelighted to welcome Winnipegger Keri-Lynn Wilson to conduct theJanuary 12th and 13th concerts featuring a new work by WSO’s

Composer-in-Residence Harry Stafylakis, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3.February 9th and 10th will see a return visit by José Luis Gomez, and on February 23rd and 24th,Yaron Traub will conduct a concert featuring the music of Spain.

For those of us looking for some special entertainment, there will be an opportunity from January19th to 21st to enjoy the excellent music that provides inspiration for great figure skatingperformances with Canadian icon Kurt Browning. February 16th to 18th will allow us to becomereacquainted with the genius of Charlie Chaplin in City Lights.

While the details are not included in this issue of Overture, the Winnipeg New Music Festival,January 27 – February 2, promises to be an unforgettable opportunity to encounter the remarkablecreative force Philip Glass. This is a Festival that will be remembered for its international scope andimportance.

There is indeed much to celebrate in the 70th Anniversary Season. All of us who enjoy the WSO’sperformances and programs want to see this community resource here to serve future generations.We know that the environment is becoming increasingly difficult for cultural institutions, and sobuilding additional stability for the orchestra is an important legacy that we can leave for ourcommunity. I invite you to consider supporting the WSO’s Endowment Fund at The WinnipegFoundation by making a generous gift this year, or by making a gift to the WSO in your will andbecoming a part of the WSO’s Legacy Circle. We can all play a part in ensuring the presence of anexcellent orchestra in Winnipeg for the years to come.

Terence SargeantChair of the WSO Board

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Alexander Mickelthwate, Music DirectorGerman conductor Alexander Mickelthwate is renowned for his “splendid, richlyidiomatic readings” (LA Weekly),“fearless” approach and “first-rate technique” (LosAngeles Times). Critics have noted Alexander’s extraordinary command over theAustro-Germanic repertoire, commenting on the “passion, profundity, emotionalintensity, subtlety and degree of perfection achieved” in Bruckner’s SymphonyNo. 7 as “miraculous” (Anton Kuerti, 2011).

Following on from his tenure as Assistant Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, whichhe completed in 2004, Alexander Mickelthwate was Associate Conductor of the Los AngelesPhilharmonic for three years, under the direction of Essa-Pekka Salonen. Now in his twelfthseason as Music Director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander has significantlydeveloped the orchestra’s profile through active community engagement and innovativeprogramming initiatives like the annual Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Indigenous MusicFestival. Chosen to perform at the Carnegie Hall Spring For Music Festival in New York, May 2014,due to “creative and innovative programming” (CBC Manitoba Scene), the orchestra was the onlyCanadian ensemble in the showcase.

CONDUCTORS AND COMPOSERS

Julian Pellicano, Resident ConductorA conductor with expansive musical interests, Julian Pellicano is a formidable interpreter ofthe symphonic repertoire.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is trulyastonishing…”Marking his fifth season with the WSO, the 2017-2018 season includesappearances at the inaugural edition of the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea in Oviedo,Spain, a return to the Louisiana Philharmonic and his first appearance conducting the Royal Winnipeg Ballet among many other highlights.

The creation, with Dr. Paul Lehrman, of a new performance edition of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique firstbrought Pellicano to the public’s attention. Conductor of the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble since 2008,Pellicano is recognized for his transparent interpretations of contemporary music. He studied conductingas a fellow at the Yale School of Music. An autodidact, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory as apercussionist without typical classical training, and continued his studies at the Royal College of Music inStockholm, Sweden and at the Yale School of Music and was a member of the critically acclaimed YalePercussion Group. Pellicano also holds a degree in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.

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Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival DirectorHarry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal and is now based in NYC. He is theWinnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Festival Director of theWSO's Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the AmericanComposers Orchestra, the Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Spokane, Stamford, Victoria, andPEI symphonies, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet,Quatuor Bozzini, and Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, among others. Awards include

the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP Foundation’sLeonard Bernstein Award, four SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, and grants from theCanada Council, NYSCA, and New Music USA. He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centreand a member of the NYC composer collective ICEBERG New Music. Stafylakis holds degrees from McGillUniversity and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and lectures at the City College of New York. His doctoralresearch, supported by SSHRC, examines rhythm and meter in progressive metal. www.hstafylakis.com


MUSIC DIRECTORAlexander Mickelthwate

RESIDENT CONDUCTORJulian Pellicano

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCEHarry Stafylakis

FIRST VIOLINSGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

The Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Memorial Chair, endowedby the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation

Karl Stobbe, Associate ConcertmasterMary Lawton, Assistant ConcertmasterChris AnsteyMona CoardaTeodora DimovaTara FensomHong Tian JiaMeredith McCallumSonia ShklarovJulie SavardJun Shao

SECOND VIOLINSJeremy Buzash, PrincipalElation Pauls, Assistant PrincipalKaren BauchKristina BauchElizabeth DyerBokyung HwangRodica JeffreySusan McCallumTakayo Noguchi*Jane PulfordClaudine St-Arnauld

VIOLASDaniel Scholz, PrincipalAnne Elise Lavallée,

Assistant PrincipalMarie-Elyse BadeauLaszlo BarocziRichard BauchGreg HayMichael ScholzHeather Wilson

CELLOSYuri Hooker, PrincipalLeana Rutt, Assistant Principal**Desiree AbbeyAlex AdamanArlene DahlCarolyn NagelbergEmma QuackenbushSean Taubner

BASSESMeredith Johnson, Principal

Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal

Travis Harrison

Paul Nagelberg

Bruce Okrainec

Daniel Perry

**Anna Scheider

FLUTESJan Kocman, Principal

OBOESBeverly Wang, PrincipalRobin MacMillan

ENGLISH HORNRobin MacMillan, Principal

CLARINETSMicah Heilbrunn, PrincipalTaylor Eiffert

BASSOONSAlex Eastley, PrincipalKathryn Brooks

HORNSPatricia Evans, PrincipalKen MacDonald, Associate PrincipalJames RobertsonCaroline OberheuMichiko Singh

TRUMPETSChris Fensom, PrincipalPaul JeffreyIsaac Pulford

TROMBONESSteven Dyer, PrincipalKeith Dyrda

BASS TROMBONE**Stephen Clayton, Principal*Julia McIntyre, Principal

TUBAChris Lee, Principal

TIMPANIMike Kemp, Principal

PERCUSSIONFrederick Liessens, Principal

HARPRichard Turner, Principal

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ASSISTANT LIBRARIANLaura MacDougall

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Holocene Extinction Harry Stafylakis (b.1982)EdenArrivalThrenodyHammerfall

Concerto No. 5 for Violin and Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)in A major, K. 219 “Turkish”

Allegro apertoAdagioTempo di Menuetto – Allegro – Tempo di Menuetto

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Symphony No. 3 (“Sinfonia espansiva”), Op. 28 Cark Nielsen (1865-1931)Allegro espansivoAndante pastorale*Allegretto un pocoFinale: Allegro

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PROGRAM NOTESby James Manishen

Holocene ExtinctionHarry Stafylakisb. Montreal / 1982Composed: 2017World Premiere

The Holocene epoch, whichspans the past 11,700 years,encompasses the totality ofhumanity’s written history.Our species’s staggering

growth and development into Earth’s firstglobal superpredator is unprecedented inthe known history of the planet. Anunintended consequence of this explosiverise is the pervasive impact humanity hashad on the environment. Human predation’seffects on food webs, the destabilization ofbiodiverse habitats, industry’s role in climatechange, overpopulation, and profligateconsumption are among the principal causesof an increase in the extinction rate of plantand animal species to between 100–1,000times higher than natural background rates.

The Earth has experienced five massextinction events in its history, spread outover hundreds of millions of years.Humanity is the first species to havedirectly precipitated such a cataclysm –what has been termed the sixth massextinction, or the Holocene extinction.

This work is a symphonic poem, a meditationon our unfortunate complicity in thisongoing mass extinction event.The narrativeis set in four continuous movements.

The first, Eden, imagines an idyllic Earthbefore the growth of humanity. It seeks tocapture the simplicity and balance of theworld as depicted in our origin myths.Gradually, a sense of foreboding invadesthe dreamlike naivety of the opening.

In Arrival, humanity enters the scene. Afrenetic increase in energy and aggressiondepicts our rapid proliferation andtakeover of the ecosystem.

Threnody, from the Greek , or“wailing ode,” is an exercise in catharsis, apurely emotional response to this ongoingtragedy.

The finale, Hammerfall, evokes themassiveness and cold brutality of industry,an unstoppable force subjugating themusical landscape with mechanicalimplacability.

- Harry Stafylakis

Violin Concerto No. 5Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartb. Salzburg / January 27, 1756d. Vienna / December 5, 1791Composed: 1775First performance: 1775 (Salzburg), withthe composer as soloistLast WSO performance: 2004; SimonStreatfeild, conductor, with Gwen Hoebigas soloist

Mozart keenly observedthe concerto form duringhis travels across England,Germany, France and Italyas a young man. At the

time, concertos were grab-bags of theold and the new, with Italianate “motoperpetuo”rhythms and the “ritornello”form of returning themespredominating.This, plus the emergenceof sonata-allegro form, with itscontrasting themes and structuralrecapitulations, offered tellingopportunities for Mozart to explore ingrowing the concerto as a genre.

Mozart’s five Violin Concertos werecomposed during five months in 1775and with each one Mozart shows anintense re-evaluation over thepredecessor. He was just 19-years-old,but with a compelling and fertileimagination, plus formidable skills onthe violin. (Mozart’s father Leopold wasa renowned violin teacher whosepublished methods were widely used,and young Wolfgang had dazzled onthe instrument during his first Italiantour at age seven).

Mozart’s last Violin Concerto, No. 5 in A major, is the jewel of the set.Theopening movement immediatelydiverts with its unusual structure – thesoloist entering with a short, dignifiedAdagio, and then a different lyricalmelody that what the orchestra setsout with. New material and richerharmonic development ensue.

The second movement is a lovelysonatina (sonata-allegro form butwithout a development passage).TheFinale contains the Turkish connection:an “interruption”as it were, whosemusical elements convey the popularityof Turkish subjects in Western Europe atthe time, for which Mozart provides alusty confrontation with the infidel East!

The movement is a rondo in the styleof a minuet, interrupted with a lively“contra dance”section of lustyHungarian and gypsy tunes – moreTurkish style than substance, as the

leaping melody, swirling ornamentsand drone bass convey the exotic.Occurring before the rondo’s theme islast heard, complete with double bassesslapping the strings with the wood ofthe bow, the return of the minuettheme feels as if the dancers haveexerted enough, gently easing theirsteps towards the quietly elegant close.

Symphony No. 3 ‘Espansiva’Carl Nielsenb. Sortelung, Denmark / June 9, 1865d. Copenhagen / October 3, 1931Composed: 1910-1911First performance: February 28, 1912(Copenhagen), conducted by thecomposerLast WSO performance: 1976;Piero Gamba, conductor

Born in the same EasternDenmark township asHans Christian Andersen,Carl Nielsen is among themost original of all

Scandinavian composers. His sixsymphonies become more adventurousas the cycle progresses, the Third amelodic mélange describing, as Nielsenscholar Robert Simpson wrote,“theoutward growth of the mind’s scopeand the expansion of life that comesfrom it,”going on to suggest Nielsen’s“sense of human energy and enjoymentof life” in exhilarating fashion.

Opening with 26 violent explosions allon A, a waltz of enormous scale ensues,the melody driving forward withvariations Nielsen returns to throughoutthe work reminding of Brahms’sstechniques in developing variations.

The second movement Andantepastorale reflects Nielsen’s ruralchildhood on the island of Funen.Beginning gently with horn and strings,the music moves into darker realmslater resolved by wordless baritone andsoprano human voices in contentedcommunication, as if similar toimpressionistic painting where, asNielsen expressed “the contours washout in an atmospheric haze.”

The third movement Allegretto un pocofeatures a restless oboe theme thatspreads throughout the orchestrabefore concluding peacefully.The Finalebegins with a march whoseintensification reminds of Mahler, withNielsen’s characteristic harmonic side-steps from earlier on signed and sealedat the blazing close.

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Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductorKeri-Lynn Wilson is a guestconductor of leadinginternational opera companiesand orchestras. This season,Ms. Wilson conducted a newproduction of Verdi’s Aida at the

ENO in London. Il Barbiere di Siviglia at theBayerische Staatsoper München, Rusalka inPrague and a new production of Bizet’s Carmenin Warsaw will follow, as well as numerousorchestral concerts. Recently, Ms. Wilsonconducted at the Bolshoi Opera (Don Carlo),the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra (Roméoand Juliette), the NDR Orchestra (Rigoletto),Otello at the Montreal Opera, and in Valencia(L'Elisir D'Amore) and Bilbao (Don Giovanni). Shealso made her debut with the Canadian OperaCompany in Toronto (Tosca). A native ofWinnipeg, Canada, Ms. Wilson studied the flute,piano and violin. At the Juilliard School in NewYork, she was a student of renowned flutistJulius Baker and made her debut at CarnegieHall at the age of 21. Upon graduation, she wasthe Associate Conductor at the DallasSymphony Orchestra until 1998, when shelaunched her international career as a guestconductor.

Alexandre Da Costa, ViolinIn 1998, at age 18, Alexandre DaCosta obtained a Master’s Degreein violin and went on to study withZakhar Bron in Europe. In 2010, hereceived the prestigious Virginia-Parker Prize, one of Canada’s

highest cultural distinctions.

Winner of many national and international firstprizes, Alexandre Da Costa has been guest soloistfor nearly two thousand concerts and recitalsthroughout the Americas, Europe, Oceania andAsia. He has performed in major halls such asVienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, NewYork's Carnegie Hall, and played with prestigiousorchestras such as the London RoyalPhilharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, the BerlinSymphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Prague

Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony. He hasworked with conductors such as Rafael Frühbeckde Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, MatthiasBamert, Vasily Petrenko and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.Among Da Costa's chamber music colleagues havebeen Menahem Pressler and Elizabeth Leonskaya.

As a recording artist, he has more than 25 solo CDs,among them, his JUNO Award-winning recordingof the concertos by American composer MichaelDaugherty, with the Montreal Symphony underPedro Halffter for Warner Classics. He now recordsfor Spectra and SONY Classical.

Alexandre Da Costa is also Head of Strings andAssociate Professor at the Edith Cowan University,and Artistic Director of the Laurentians ClassicalFestival of Canada. Alexandre Da Costa plays the“Deveault” Stradivarius of 1701 loaned by hisfriends Guy and Maryse Deveault.

Jayne Hammond, SopranoA recent graduate of the DesautelsFaculty of Music, soprano JayneHammond is already beingrecognized for her concert work inWestern Canada. Jayne hasappeared as a soloist with the

Victoria Symphony (Mendelssohn’s A MidsummerNight’s Dream), the Pacific Baroque Festival(Handel’s Silete venti), the Victoria Baroque Players(Bach’s Wachet Auf!), the University of ManitobaSymphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate),and the University of Manitoba Singers(Stravinsky’s Les Noces). Equally at home on theoperatic stage, recent roles include KatePinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Pacific OperaVictoria), Casilda in The Gondoliers (OperaNUOVA), Clorinda in La Cenerentola andLucia/Gardner in a school tour production ofAngela and her Sisters (University of Manitoba),and Suor Infermiera in Suor Angelica (ManitobaUnderground Opera). Jayne looks forward toperforming the role of Elsie Maynard in theGilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg’sproduction of Yeomen of the Guard this spring.

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Matthew Pauls, BaritoneBaritone Matthew Pauls hasbeen praised for his on-stagepoise and magnificent singing(Opera Canada). Selected stagecredits include, Figaro in Le Nozzedi Figaro, Don Inigo Gomez in

L’Heure Espagnole, Father Christmas in MerryChristmas Stephen Leacock, Dr. Falke in DieFledermaus, Benoit in La Bohème, Marullo inRigoletto, Frank Maurant in Street Scene, andMasetto in Don Giovanni. On the concert stage,Matthew has performed numerous works suchas Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah,Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’sRequiem, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona NobisPacem and Five Mystical Songs.

Matthew has been delighted to perform as afeatured soloist with ensembles such as theSaskatoon Symphony, Windsor Symphony,Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Paraguay,Canadian Chamber Choir, Pro Coro Canada,Winnipeg Singers, and the Guelph Chamber Choir.Matthew teaches at Canadian MennoniteUniversity in the area of voice and music theory.He is also the conductor of the CMU Men’s Chorus.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Momoko Matsumura, violin; Anna Scheider, bass;Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; CaitlinBroms-Jacobs, oboe; Tracy Wright, oboe; SharonAtkinson, clarinet; Allen Harrington, bassoon;Donna Laube, keyboard

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Dandi Productions was established byperformers Doug McKeag and OnaleaGilbertson to develop, promote and tour newand innovative symphony works for YoungOrchestra audiences. Dandi presented theNorth American Premieres of three RoaldDahl “Revolting Rhymes,”and produced theWorld Premieres of two additional full-orchestra concert-stories: The MysteriousMaestro and The Twins and the Monster. AsArtistic Producers, Doug and Onalea believepassionately in the fundamental importanceof music in young peoples’ lives. As singersand actors themselves, they have appearedwith major theatres across Canada, in a widevariety of musicals and plays.They develop

their productions with a keen sense ofhumour, top-notch performers, and thehighest of entertainment standards.Featuring puppets by the Old Trout PuppetWorkshop, these concerts are in turnspellbinding, heartbreaking, scary andhysterically funny.

Dandi has toured across North America, andhas performed with the Toronto,Vancouver,Edmonton and Winnipeg SymphonyOrchestras, l’orchestres symphoniques deQuébec and Montréal, the CalgaryPhilharmonic,The Grand Rapids Symphony;and was presented at the Hollywood Bowl by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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The Twins and the Monster

Dandi ProductionsJulian Pellicano, conductorNorma Lewis, narrator

Story by Tololwa MollelAdapted and Directed by Doug McKeagOriginal Score by John EstacioCarved masks by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

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John Estacio, Composer In the past 12 years, John hasserved as Composer-in-Residence with the CalgaryPhilharmonic Orchestra, theCalgary Opera, the EdmontonSymphony and Pro Coro

Canada. His compositions have been playedacross Canada and in the United States.Orchestra works include Borealis; Solaris;A Farmer’s Symphony; and Triple Concerto forViolin, Violincello, Piano and Orchestra. His operaFilumena premiered in Calgary in 2003. Johnwas recently nominated for two JUNO Awardsfor his CD of orchestral compositions Frenergy:The Music of John Estacio.

About the Twins project, John says,“myinspiration for the music comes from mycollaborators, both Tolo’s entertaining storyand Doug’s engaging script. The story is aquintessential tale of good versus evil, with acouple of twists. Writing the music for the storyis a lot like writing music for a film – there arecharacters and scenes and action and it is myjob to make sure the music is an accuraterepresentation of what is happening in thestory. A collaborative opportunity such as thisis always a joy. As a composer, I spend most ofmy working time in isolation, so I welcome thechance to work with other artists.”

Tololwa M. Mollel, Author “Tolo” was born in Tanzania, andnow lives in Canada. He is astoryteller and dramatist, andchildren’s author of fifteenbooks, including the GovernorGeneral’s Award-winning The

Orphan Boy; Rhinos for Lunch, Elephants forSupper; Song Bird; and My Rows and Piles ofCoins. Tololwa’s books have been published inthe U.S., Australia, Britain, South Africa andCanada. Several of his works have beenadapted for the stage, including The FlyingTortoise; Subira, Subira; A Promise to the Sun; andThe Visit of the Sea Queen.

On Twins, Tolo says, ”My grandmother lovedto tell stories, usually at suppertime to keepus from nodding off, as supper took so longto prepare. Some of the stories were aboutmonsters. Those stories certainly kept usawake! We were truly terrified as we listenedto grandmother’s stories, but we were alsothrilled. In creating the monster in Twins, Iborrowed from my grandmother’s yarns andadded my own imagined features for themonster’s character. What I love most aboutbeing a storyteller is the opportunity tobring an imaginary world to life throughcharacters, images, sounds, and of course,song. I also love to listen to stories, for as mygrandmother taught me, to be a goodstoryteller, you have to be a good listener.”

Norma Lewis, Performer Norma Lewis is a born andraised Calgarian of Caribbeandescent, and has been aperformer most of her life.She is the co-producer andfounder of Maple Salsa

Theatre, whose mandate has focussed onbringing “spicy” international theatre toAlberta Audiences. Ms. Lewis performed inJosé Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics, and one of hermost challenging roles in Mamagorka, bythe late Mexican Playwright GerardoMancebo de Castillo Trejo. Originally aPolitical Science Major at the University ofCalgary, Ms. Lewis’ passion for social andpolitical issues has brought a new angle toher creative career. After performing in thecontroversial play The Laramie Project byMoises Kaufman, she performed her firstself-created piece, JOY. Norma hasperformed The Twins and the Monster acrossCanada.

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Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima; arr. Lucas WaldinSwan Lake: Tchaikovsky

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La cumparsita Gerardo Matos Rodriguez; arr. WaldinSelections from The Producers Mel Brooks; arr. Ted RickettsSingin’ in the Rain Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed;

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile,Friday, 7:15 p.m. Winnipeg Youth OrchestrasSunday, 1:15 p.m. MBCI Music Program


Lucas Waldin Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatileconductor whose flare for audienceengagement and passion forperformance have delighted audiencesacross North America.

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Lucas joined theEdmonton Symphony as Resident Conductor in2009 and was subsequently appointed Artist-in-Residence and Community Ambassador, the firstposition of its kind in North America. He hasappeared with the orchestra over 150 times and hascollaborated with artists such as Angela Cheng, JensLindemann, Sergei Babayan and Bill Eddins, andconducted in Carnegie Hall during the ESO'sparticipation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival.Lucas was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Awardin Orchestral Conducting by the Canada Council forthe Arts and received a Citation Award from the Cityof Edmonton for his outstanding achievements inarts and culture.

With an ability to slide easily between styles andgenres, Lucas has worked with a range of pop andcrossover artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, BenFolds, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies andBuffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conductingpresentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue PlanetLive, and Cirque de la Symphony. Lucas has been aguest conductor for numerous orchestras in Canadaand the U.S., including the Kitchener-WaterlooSymphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, theToronto Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic andthe Houston Symphony, while this season will seedebuts with the Victoria Symphony, the ReginaSymphony, the Winnipeg Symphony and the CalgaryPhilharmonic.

A native of Toronto, Ontario, Lucas received degreesin both flute and conducting from the ClevelandInstitute of Music.

Kurt BrowningBorn in Rocky Mountain House, Albertaand raised in Caroline, Alberta,Browning was a four-time Canadianfigure skating champion and four-timeWorld Champion. He represented

Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988 (finishing 8thoverall), 1992 (6th) and 1994 (5th), and was giventhe privilege of carrying the Canadian flag duringthe opening ceremonies of the 1994 games inLillehammer, Norway. Browning's otherachievements are numerous, including threeCanadian Professional Championships, three World

Professional Championships, a Lou Marsh Trophy fortop Canadian athlete (in 1990), Lionel ConacherAward winner (1990 and 1991), Order of Canadarecipient (in 1990), an American Skating WorldProfessional Skater of the Year Award (in 1998), and aGustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters'Association (in 2001).

On March 25, 1988 World Championships in Budapest,Hungary, Browning landed the first quadruple jumpever in competition.This accomplishment is listed inthe Guinness Book of Records. Browning is also knownfor his footwork. He was inducted into Canada's SportsHall of Fame in 1994 and Canada's Figure Skating Hallof Fame in 2001.

His energy and talent are welcomed by his fans andembraced by his fellow skaters. An absolutecraftsman on skates, Kurt's natural humour andrapport with the audience will always be an obvioushighlight of his performance.

Kurt enjoyed co-hosting Battle of the Blades with RonMaclean for three years and in the fourth and finalyear of the show he was the head judge for thecompetition. He has provided colour commentary forfigure skating competitions on NBC and ABC, and iscurrently working for CBC. Kurt has been a performerin the iconic touring show Stars on Ice for 28 years,and was recently On-Ice Director for the new Cirquede Soleil show "Crystal."

Geoffrey Tyler, vocalistGeoffrey Tyler is a Canadianactor/singer/dancer, musician, anddirector who has work extensivelyacross Canada, as well parts of the U.S.and Europe, including London's West

End for close to 25 years. His performances havespanned most medias: stage, screen, television, radio,and recordings. Over the past few years Geoffrey hasbranched out into Directing as well, but still retainshis love of being in front of the footlights.

Geoffrey is also a Performance Coach andChoreographer for professional and competitivefigure skating, a Director/Choreographer ofcommercial skating shows working internationallythroughout the last four years. It's something thathas come to him fairly recently in his career, but he is loving it, and hopes to do much more.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laurel Ridd, flute; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet;Donna Laube, keyboard; Tony Cyre, percussion;Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Manfred Overture, Op. 115 Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Allegro con brioLargoRondo: Allegro

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Friday, February 9 8:00 p.m.Saturday, February 10 8:00 p.m.


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Friday, February 9 10:30 a.m.

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Manfred OvertureRobert Schumannb. Zwickau, Saxony / June 8, 1810d. Endenich (Bonn) / July 29, 1856Composed: 1848First performance: March 14, 1852(Leipzig), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2002;Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

As Schumann once said,music’s role was to shedlight on the depths of thehuman heart.

Schumann’s volatile Romantic nature,allied to a refined literary background –his father was a bookseller andSchumann grew up surrounded bybooks – led to an intense love for thewritings of Lord Byron, whose restlesslytormented verse drama Manfred (1817)provoked music of real affinity from thecomposer in 1848.When Schumannbegan reciting Manfred out loud for thefirst time, he reportedly burst into tearsand had to stop.

Clara Schumann referred to Manfred as awitch drama. It tells of a Swiss noblemanwho in wanderlust through the Alpsseeks to evoke the spirit of his much-loved dead sister by engaging spirits ofthe earth and air. But Manfred finds thatthey are of no help, so he goes to theghost of the Evil Principle whoseambiguous answers fail to satisfy Manfred.

At the end, defying religiousredemption and supernatural authority,Manfred gives his soul only to death.

As something like this provedimpossible to stage, Schumannconceived incidental music toaccompany a German translation inpoetic recitation. He completed theOverture in early November of 1848, andfinished 15 additional pieces byNovember 23rd. Schumann conductedthe premiere of the Overture in Leipzigon March 14, 1852. Franz Liszt led thecomplete drama with all of Schumann’sincidental music on June 2 of that year,proclaiming Schumann’s efforts asamong his greatest successes.TheOverture, with its large sonata-allegroform and tempestuous drama, followsthe plot.

Piano Concerto No. 3Ludwig van Beethovenb. Bonn / December 17, 1770d. Vienna / March 26, 1827Composed: 1797-1803First performance: April 4, 1803 with thecomposer as soloistLast WSO performance: 2003; AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor, with Michael Kimas soloist

The conditions ofBeethoven’s premiere of hisPiano Concerto No. 3 wouldbe quite amusing if theyweren’t so fraught with

stress for the composer. Beethoven’sfriend Emanuel Schikaneder was thedirector of Vienna’s Theater-an-der-Wien,and the two were hatching plans forBeethoven’s only opera Fidelio in 1803.Since opera could not be performedduring Lent, the theatre was available forBeethoven to present some of hisinstrumental works, which wasopportune since he hadn’t produced aconcert of his own music in three years.The date was set during April 1803 andBeethoven was looking forward tointroducing his Third Piano Concerto, aswell as his Second Symphony on the bill.

Schikaneder had a rival in the court-subsidized Kärtnertortheater, whosedirector Baron Peter von Braun had ideasof his own to snare an audience thatevening. He not only mounted Haydn’sCreation, a huge hit in Europe at the time,but snapped up Vienna’s best musicians,leaving Beethoven with a rag-tag groupfor his concert for which just one six-hourrehearsal on the concert day wasscheduled. Beethoven played his ThirdConcerto mostly from memory, notwriting it down until a year later for aperformance by his pupil Ferdinand Ries.Though the mild audience response wasundoubtedly due to the spottyperformance, Beethoven knew he had agood work and enjoyed a laugh in thepub afterwards with his page-turner whohad had fits trying to turn mostly invisiblepages encoded with scrawls!

As with the Fifth Symphony, the ThirdConcerto is in C minor and sets the keyout clearly from the first motive. Pianoand orchestra are equal partners, living inthe emotional narrative of the Romanticera, especially so in the second movementwhich is an extended aria that is sensuousand tranquil by turn.The Rondo takes theclassical form of a returning theme to new

heights, developing it further andextending its dramatic elements wellbeyond its classical roots, vivaciouslyletting C minor go to C major at itsbounding close.

Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”Robert SchumannComposed: 1850First performance: February 6, 1851(Dusseldorf), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2007; MarkandThakar, conductor

The beautiful city of Düsseldorf becamehome to Robert Schumann, his wifeClara and their seven children onSeptember 2, 1850. Schumann took onhis new duties as conductor of a mostcapable local orchestra, heading a musicfestival, and enjoying living in the heartof the Rhineland which was an area healways loved. Schumann’s lastproductive years of music-makingwould be there, and his “Rhenish”Symphony holds up a mirror to theidyllic surroundings.

Though designated Number 3 because itwas the third to be published, the“Rhenish”was actually the last ofSchumann’s four symphonies to bewritten and arose from a visit he madeto Cologne on September 29, 1850.There he witnessed a grand ceremony atCologne’s great Cathedral where itsArchbishop had been elevated to therank of Cardinal.The magnificent servicebecame the motive for the Symphony’sfourth movement – contrapuntal in stylewhose mystical sonority is enhanced byoboes, bassoons and noble voices oftrombones who appear for the first timein the work at that point.

The opening movement exudes joy in theland and the river, with a notabledevelopment section.The secondmovement suggests a drinking song in aslow Ländler, the peasant dance that wasthe forerunner of the waltz.The brief thirdmovement is a kind of German barcarollesuggesting Heine’s Rhine poem The Lorelei.“The air grows cool in the twilight, andsoftly the Rhine flows on.” Following themajestic fourth movement, one exits theCathedral in the lively Finale, whichsuggests a sun-lit outdoor square filledwith revelers. A triumphant recall of theCathedral music follows, with a nod to thefirst movement’s opening theme in theexultant coda.


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José Luis Gomez, conductorThe Venezuelan-born,Spanish conductor José LuisGomez was catapulted tointernational attention whenhe won First Prize at theInternational Sir Georg Solti

Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt inSeptember 2010, securing a sensational andrare unanimous decision from the jury.

Since then, he has worked with the RTVENational Symphony Orchestra of Madrid,the Houston and Grand Rapids SymphonyOrchestras, National Arts Centre Orchestraof Ottawa, Hamburg Symphony, BaselSinfonietta and Orquesta Sinfonica doPorto. From 2012 to 2015, he was principalconductor of the Orchestra 1813 TeatroSociale di Como where he led performancesof Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and DonGiovanni, to name a few.

The 2016-2017 season saw Gomez namedMusic Director of the Tucson SymphonyOrchestra. The season also includedappearances with Chamber Orchestra ofSan Antonio, Winnipeg Symphony, SzczecinPhilharmonic Orchestra, OrquestaFilarmónica de Gran Canaria, DaeguSymphony Orchestra, and returnengagements with the EdmontonSymphony and the Macau Orchestra.

In 2017-2018, with the Tucson Symphony,Gomez will conduct concerts including Yo-Yo Ma, Arturo Sandoval and Gil Shaham;two programmes with the Tucson DesertSong Festival celebrating the 100thanniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth andthe world premiere of a work by AnthonyConstantino, an alumnus of the TSO’s well-known Young Composers Project. Newengagements this season will include theLouisiana Symphony and OrquestaSinfónica de Tenerife. He will also return tothe Edmonton and Winnipeg SymphonyOrchestras and the Chamber Orchestra ofSan Antonio.

Katherine Chi, PianoIn 2017-2018, Katherine Chiperforms Grieg’s Concerto in A Minor with the EdmontonSymphony Orchestra; in recitals at the Freer Gallery of Art, withCanada’s Chamber Music Kelowna,

Honens International Piano Foundation, MapleRidge Music Society and, in a duo recital withIngrid Fliter, for the Gilmore InternationalKeyboard Festival. She has appeared with theVancouver Symphony; the Library of Congress;the Alabama, Calgary, Colorado, Columbus,Edmonton, Grand Rapids, Kitchener-Waterloo,Nova Scotia, Philadelphia, Quebec, Thunder Bay,Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria symphonyorchestras; CBC Radio Orchestra; Canada’sNational Arts Centre Orchestra; I Musici deMontreal; Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; the NeuePhilharmonie Westfalen; and Toronto Sinfonia.Festival appearances include Aldeburgh, Banff,Canada’s Festival of the Sound, Launadière,Domaine Forget, Marlboro, OsnabrückKammermusik, Germany’s Ruhr, SantanderSummer Music, and Festival Vancouver. Ms. Chihas been named a prizewinner at the BusoniInternational Piano Competition, and a Laureateof the Honens International Piano Competition.

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Fiorello!: When Did I Fall in Love Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick

I Love a Piano Irving Berlin, arr. P. O’Neil

Blah Blah Blah Gershwin

Pardon My English: Isn’t It a Pity? Gershwin

Music from Pirates of the Caribbean 1 Klaus Badelt, arr. Larry Moore

The Music Man: Lida Rose Meredith Willson

Love Life: Mr. Right Kurt Weill / Alan Jay Lerner

Take of My Solitude T. Megan, arr. P. O’Neil

My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night Lerner / Loewe

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Love People 2 Mirko Senkovski Geronimo / Tricia Tunstall,

Ismar Poriç, arr. Osvaldo Ferraz

Rusalka: Song to the Moon Dvorák

A Connecticut Yankee: To Keep My Love Alive Rodgers / Hart

The Boys from Syracuse: This Can’t Be Love Rodgers / Hart

Carousel: Carousel Waltz Rodgers

After the Ball is Over C. Harris, arr. P. O’Neil

Show Boat: Bill Kern / Hammerstein

The Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You Webber / Hart / Stilgoe

The King and I: Shall We Dance Rodgers / Hammerstein

Thursday, February 14 8:00 p.m.

A portion of the proceeds from this evening’s performance help build the Endowment Fundfor Sistema Winnipeg, a daily after-school program offered at no cost to participants thatenriches the lives of children and young people with the fewest resources and the greatestneed. Thank you for your support. Visit wso.ca/sistema to learn more.

Valentine’s Day:Broadway in Love

Lisa Vroman, soprano

Julian Pellicano, conductor

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marvel,” by The San Francisco Chronicle, aswell as “one of American Musical Theater’smost beautiful voices,” by acclaimed Broadwayproducer Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Among herextensive repertoire, Ms. Vroman starred onBroadway, in San Francisco, and Los Angeles asChristine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.Her many roles include: Rosalinda in DieFledermaus; both Fantine and Cosette in Les

Miserables; Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella(New York City Opera) as Marion Paroo inThe Music Man (with Shirley Jones and PatrickCassidy); Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me KateGlimmerglass Opera / St. Louis MUNY; AnnaLeonowens in The King and I (Lyric Opera ofVirginia). For PBS, she played Johanna inSweeney Todd in Concert (Patti LuPone,George Hearn) and was Christine (Phantomof the Opera) in Hey, Mr. Producer! (LondonRoyal Gala) Ms. Vroman is a regular guestartist with symphonies including SanFrancisco, Cleveland, Hong Kong,Philadelphia, Seattle, Atlanta, Detroit, as wellas Boston Pops (Keith Lockhart), Philly Pops(Peter Nero), and New York Pops (CarnegieHall). Please visit www.lisavroman.com

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Release date: March 7, 1931 (USA)Runtime: 87 minutesWandering the city streets, the Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl who mistakeshim for a rich man. The Tramp later saves a drunken millionaire who is attempting todrown himself in the river. The millionaire becomes his best friend. That is, until he sobersup and no longer recognizes the Tramp… In City Lights, friendship and social ranking arenot always as they seem. We enter a world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, where a trampis king and a blind girl is queen.

In 2008, City Lights was voted #1 on the American Film Institute's list of theten best romantic comedies of all time.

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Setting: Charles D. HallProduction: United Artists

Music composed by Charles Chaplin except“la Violetera” by José PadillaOriginal musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston;Original musical direction by Alfred Newman2004 restoration of Chaplin’s score by Timothy Brock

Julian Pellicano, conductor

Friday, February 16 8:00 p.m.Saturday, February 17 8:00 p.m.Sunday, February 18 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile,Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Erica Schulz and the Canadian

Music CompetitionSunday, 1:15 p.m. Jacqueline Ryz Piano Studio


Suite Española Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)Castilla orch. Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosGranadaAsturiasAragón

Symphonie Minute José Evangelista (b. 1943)Envol (Flight)Méloppé (Chant)CombatPresto chromatique

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)Allegro con spiritAdagioAllegro gentile

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Danzas Fantásticas, Op. 22 Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)Exaltación (Ecstacy)Ensueño (Daydream)Orgia (Revel)

El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)Suite No. 1

Introduction – AfternoonDance of the Miller's Wife (Fandango)The CorregidorThe Grapes

Suite No. 2The NeighborsMiller's Dance (Farruca)Final Dance

Friday, February 23 8:00 p.m.Saturday, February 24 8:00 p.m.


A Night in SpainYaron Traub, conductor

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Suite EspañolaIsaac Albénizb. Camprodon, Spain / May 29, 1860d. Cambo-les-Bains, France / May 18, 1909Composed: 1886-1896; orchestrated byRafael Frühbeck de BurgosFirst WSO performance

As a child, Isaac Albéniz wasone of the most spectacularpiano prodigies of his time.Aided by an ambitious father,

at age 12 Albéniz was met withthunderous applause on tours of SouthAmerica, the United States and Spain. By1873, he was considered a mature pianistand by 1880 he was crediting a briefperiod of study with Liszt as the catalystthat perfected his piano technique.

In 1883, Albéniz met composer-folkloristFelipe Pedrell who invigorated the youngpianist to his Spanish musical roots. Movingto France in 1893, Albéniz gave up hiscareer as a performer and became acomposer who would soon become amajor representative of the Spanish side ofmusical impressionism in keyboard workssuch as Iberia, Suite Española and Navarra.

In the mid-1960s, conductor RafaelFrühbeck de Burgos orchestrated selectionsfrom Albéniz’s eight-movement SuiteEspañola. Castilla (Castile, in central Spain) isa rousing seguidilla in triple-metre, withactual castanets as suggested in theoriginal piano version. Granada is anocturne, whose solo flute suggests theArabic airs of Andalusia. Asturias (from thenorthwestern coast of Spain) is representedby “Leyenda,”famously known from theguitar transcription by Francisco Tárrega.Aragón closes the suite, a lively triple-metredance with sensuous interludes.

Symphonie MinuteJosé Evangelistab. Valencia, Spain / August 5, 1943Composed: 1994Last WSO performance: 2001; Michael Hall,conductor

Born in Valencia, Spain, JoséEvangelista began his musicalstudies while also studyingphysics. Later work in

computer science led him to Montreal,where he settled in 1970 studyingcomposition with André Prevost andBruce Mather. Since 1979, he has taughtat the University of Montreal.

“This short work in four contrastingmovements reproduces, in miniature, theform of a symphony. The music is mostlynervous and light, and the tempo rapid.The piece is thus in contrast to themajority of symphonies in the repertoire,which is predominated by works of grandproportions in duration, instrumentationand powerful expression.

The first movement, Envol, is builtaround a very rapid theme suggestingthe flight of a bird.The second, Mélopée,features a melismatic melody of animprovisational character, climbing inregister and intensity. Combat is a veryrhythmic piece interspersed with shortrests. Presto chromatique is made up oflines rapidly ascending and descending.

Symphonie minute is dedicated to mychildren.” - José Evangelista

Concierto de AranjuezJoaquín Rodrigob. Sagunto, Spain / November 22, 1901d. Madrid / July 6, 1999Composed: 1939First performance: November 9, 1940(Barcelona), with Regino Sainz de laMaza as soloistLast WSO performance: 2008; AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor, with AlexanderDunn as soloist

Following early musicaltraining in his nativeValencia, Joaquín Rodrigomoved to Paris in 1927 to

study with Paul Dukas.There, fellowcountryman Manuel de Falla recognizedRodrigo’s potential and encouraged the26-year-old to become a composer.Returning to Madrid after the SpanishCivil War ended in 1939, Rodrigo madehis mark with the Concierto de Aranjuezand went on to earn a place among thetop tier of Spanish composers, receivingmany awards and acclaim for hisregularly Spanish-inspired compositions.

Rodrigo turned to the elegant town ofAranjuez for his inspiration. Located incentral Spain just south of Madrid,

Aranjuez has an idyllic settingsurrounded by royal parks and forestsand was a favourite retreat of Spanishnobility where the royals would enjoylife in high fashion. Rodrigo chose toinhabit its musical equivalent in hismuch-loved guitar concerto, lookingback to an epoch where in an expandedrole the guitar might, as he said,“possessthe wings of the harp, the heart of thegrand piano and the soul of theguitar….to sound like the hiddenbreeze that stirs the tree tops in theparks, and it should be only as strong asa butterfly, and as dainty as a veronica.”

The Concierto de Aranjuez has becomethe most popular guitar concerto in thehistory of the instrument. Its threetraditional movements embodydifferent elements of an older and morechivalrous Spain than the time when thepiece was conceived.

The opening movement ischaracteristically rhythmic and dance-like.The celebrated Adagio is thepersonification of Spanish hondo (deepsong), whose memorable English hornintroduction and succeeding guitararabesques have defined Spanish musicfor many.The Finale’s child-like openingtheme gives way to virtuoso display inthe solo, capping off an enduring workrich in Mediterranean spirit and sunnynostalgia.

Danzas FantásticasJoaquín Turinab. Seville / December 9, 1882d. Madrid / January 14, 1949Composed: 1920First performance: February 13, 1920(Madrid) conducted by Bartolomé Pérez CasasLast WSO performance: 1979;Piero Gamba, conductor

As with his older Spanishcomposer-colleagues IsaacAlbéniz, Enrique Granadosand Manuel de Falla, Joaquín

Turina went to Paris to study the latestmusical trends so that he could find hisown personal connection to the musicof his native land.With Ravel andStravinsky in Paris plus the ongoinginfluence of Debussy, the city was avibrant place for music.The 25-year-old



Turina was welcomed by his threecompatriots to form an alliance to fightfor the music of their native country.When Turina returned to Spain in 1914,he was regarded as a major musicalfigure of his country.

Gypsy and flamenco traditions arecentral to Danzas Fantásticas, Turina’sbest-known work, where fragrantIberian melodies and fiery Andalusianrhythms abound.Turina prefaces eachmovement with a quotation fromSpanish poet José Más, whose novel Laorgía inspired the work:

Exaltación (Ecstacy): It seems as ifthe figures in that incomparablepicture were moving like a calix of aflower.

Ensueño (Daydream):The guitar'sstrings sounded the lament of asoul helpless under the weight ofbitterness.

Orgia (Revel):The perfume of theflowers merged with the odor ofchamomile from the bottom ofraised glasses, full of theincomparable wine, like an incense,rose joy.

The Three-Cornered HatManuel de Fallab. Cadiz, Spain / November 23, 1876d. Alta Gracia, Argentina / November 14,1946Composed: 1917-1919First performance: July 22, 1919(London) conducted by ErnestAnsermet.Last WSO performance: 2010; AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor

The musical soul of Spainusually draws theinvoluntary response ofManuel de Falla, the shy,

meticulous master who abhorredexcess as much as he loved his Iberian

heritage. The Three-Cornered Hat wascommissioned by Diaghilev for hiscelebrated Russian Ballet company andthe premiere boasted a starry team thatincluded choreography by Massine anddesigns by Picasso. It was a greatsuccess.

With music drawing from a mix oftraditional folk and original material, theracy story is based on a novel by Alarcónand tells of a failed attempt of an elderlyCorregidor (magistrate, with his three-cornered hat as symbol of authority) toseduce the local miller’s pretty wife.Following a series of dazzling dances,festivities and the arrest of themagistrate in humiliation, the miller andhis wife are reconciled as the villagerstoss an effigy of the magistrate in ablanket, amid general rejoicing. Falla’sscore bristles with atmosphere andhumor, sharply characterizing eachfigure just as Stravinsky had done withPetrushka, Diaghilev’s previous triumph.

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Yaron Traub, conductorBorn in Tel Aviv, Yaron Traubis the son of Chaim Traub,who was concertmaster ofthe Israel Philharmonic. Hestudied piano and from1990, orchestral conduction.

He later moved to Munich, where heworked with Sergiu Celibidache. Then hehad contact with Daniel Barenboim, whointroduced him to the Bayreuth Festival,where he was his assistant. Subsequently,between 1994-1999 he served as AssociateConductor of the Chicago SymphonyOrchestra. Yaron Traub is currently ChiefConductor and Artistic Director of theOrquesta de Valencia.

In 1998, Yaron Traub won the OrchestraPrice at the 4th Kondrashin InternationalConducting Competition in Amsterdam.His career took off with engagementsworldwide including: the RotterdamPhilharmonic, Israel PhilharmonicOrchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony,Sidney Philharmonic Orchestra,Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon,Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra,Helsinki Philharmonic, L'OrchestreNational de Lyon, etc… as well as themost important Spanish orchestras.

Yaron Traub works closely with renownedsoloists such as Daniel Barenboim, GidonKremer, Radu Lupu, Alfred Brendel,Waltraud Meier, Victoria Mullova, EmanuelAx, Helene Grimaud, Truls Mørk, JulianRachlin, or Nikolaj Znaider, amongstothers.

Gaëlle Solal, guitarGuitarist of extraordinary passionand virtuosity, Gaëlle Solal was bornin Marseilles (France) and beganplaying the guitar at age 6 with RenéBartoli. At 14, she won three goldmedals at the Conservatoire de

Marseilles and as the best student among allinstruments, was awarded the Prix de la Ville deMarseille.

A winner of 1st Grand Prix at multiple competitionsincluding Alessandria Competition, Locquémeau,Savona, Sernancehle, and Finalist at Concert ArtistsGuild New York, Honor Diplom at AccademiaChigiana, and 2nd Prize at Guitar Foundation ofAmerica. Gaëlle has performed in more than 35countries including Germany, Myanmar, Bulgaria,Canada, Denmark, Israel, Spain, France, Gabon, India,Iceland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico,Philippines, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Serbia,Switzerland, Tunisia, U.S., and Japan.

Recent and upcoming United States recitals includeNew York City Classical Guitar Society; the GarthNewel Chamber Music Festival (VA); Interlochen(MI); Cleveland Guitar Weekend; St. Louis ClassicalGuitar Society; the Guitar Foundation of America(GFA) Conventions in Charleston, SC, Fullerton, CA,and Louisville, KY; Hillsborough Community College,Tampa; Xavier University, Cleveland Guitar Society;the State University of New York, Fredonia; SarasotaClassical Guitar Society; Clemson University; theUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque; theNashville Public Library; and educational outreachrecitals for the Austin Classical Guitar Society, Texas,and teaching for the Albuquerque Public Schools.Gaëlle will also tour in France, Italy, Bosnia,Germany, Marocco, and Peru.

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Mr. Mark, entertainer His real name is MarkCameron, but he hasbeen known tocountless kids and theirfamilies as Mr. Mark,creator of wild andwonderful music for kidsto sing and dance to.

Armed with a truckload of enthusiasm anda truckload of instruments, his shows arealways lively and engaging!

When he is not gallivanting around theworld with Manny Tuba, the WSO’s greatestspokesperson, Mr. Mark is either busyperforming at children’s festivals acrossCanada, or making orchestras out of junkwith kids, as part of Manitoba ArtsCouncil’s Artists in the School Program. Ifhe’s not doing that, he is most likely atCanada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School,where he has been an accompanist andteacher since 1989.

ARTIST BIOS

Teaching opportunities available! For more information, please contact:Marilyn Unrau, MYCCRegional Coordinator - Western Canada1.877.603.3MYC [email protected]

At Music for Young Children®, we encourage children to bemore creative, inventive, imaginative and expressive throughour keyboard-based music education program. We providethem with a unique set of skills that will carry throughout theirlives. Whether it’s improving their grades, enhancing coordinationskills for their athletic activities, or to learn the rewarding skill ofplaying the piano; MYC® is the first key to getting them there.

GREAT-WEST LIFE KIDS CONCERTSMr. Mark and Manny Tuba go to the Birds!

The WSO gratefully acknowledgesthe following companies whosegenerous support helps to ensuremusical enrichment within ourcommunity.

Podium

Johnston Group Inc.

Resident Artist

QualicoWawanesa Insurance

Principal Chair

Banville & JonesTerracon Development Ltd.

Assistant Principal Chair

Cambrian Credit Union

Orchestra Chair

Bison TransportMaxim Truck & TrailerRoyal Bank of Canada

Music Stand

Coghlan's LimitedPollard Banknote LimitedPremier Printing Ltd.Reider InsuranceWinmar Property Restoration

Riser

Akman Management Ltd.European Art Glass Ltd.Greg Brodsky Law CorporationInterGroup Consultants Ltd.Mid West Packaging Limited

FoundationsThe WSO gratefully acknowledgesthe following foundations:Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund - the

Winnipeg FoundationThe Noreen & Robert Allen

Charitable TrustThe Asper FoundationGails Asper Family FoundationBrandon Area Community FoundationWinnipeg Jets True North FoundationSylvia & Robin Cowan FoundationIn Memory of Peter D. CurryDefehr FoundationFoundation for Choral Music in

ManitobaFrancofonds Inc.Souchay Gossen Family FoundationMarjory Alexander Graham & Family

FundMichael S Gray Fund C/O Private

Giving FoundationGeorge Warren Keates Memorial

FundLutz Family Foundation

Joseph and Judith Malko FamilyFund - the Strategic CharitableGiving Foundation

The Winnipeg Foundation - MauroFamily Fund

The Winnipeg Foundation, John andCarolynne McLure Fund

Marjory Stewart McLaren FundMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundProgram for the Enrichment of

French in EducationRBC FoundationRichardson FoundationPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer FoundationDavid & Leda Slater Memorial FundAqueduct Foundation - Inga and

Anna Storgaard FundLeslie John Taylor Fund, the

Winnipeg FoundationJames Thompson Memorial Fund in

Trust of WSOWhite Rose Foundation Inc.The Winnipeg Foundation - Dr. Ken

and Lorna Thorlakson FundThe Winnipeg Foundation - Marylla

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The Legacy Circle exists torecognize the following patronswhose foresight ensures that theWSO plays on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSOgratefully acknowledges LegacyCircle members for their plannedfuture gift to the WSO.

Siana Attwell, PhDGreg Doyle and Carol BellringerMrs. Lucienne BlouwDolores P. BrommellLorraine and Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey F. HubbardRichard & Carol JonesLen & Koren KaminskiEthel KarrHenry KatzKevin & Els KavanaghErwin W. KitschMichel D. LagacéGail E. LoewenS. E. LoewenW. H. LoewenDr. Brendan MacDougallMargaret Kellermann McCullochNathan & Carolyn MitchellLesia PeetBeth M. ProvenEdward Fisher & Lyse RémillardTrudy SchroederJune SlobodianMuriel SmithDr. & Mrs. S. SziromEdith A. Toews & Dr. Helen A. ToewsRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-WiensDonn K. Yuen4 Anonymous

The Maestro’s Circle recognizespatrons whose significantphilanthropy furthers themusical artistry of the WSO.*Based on 12 months accumulative giving

Honourary ChairAlexander Mickelthwate,Music Director

Diamond MC

Gail Asper & Michael PatersonPeter & Dana JessimanMichael NesbittMichael Nozick & Cheryl AshleyTannis Richardson*1 Anonymous

Platinum Baton

Mrs. Marjorie BlanksteinJames Cohen & Linda

McGarva-CohenMarten & Joanne DuhouxDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshDavid & Diane JohnstonBill and Shirley Loewen*Raymond & Lynne-Anne McFeetorsFrank & Jeanne PlettDr. Robert & Mrs. Angela RossSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonMr. & Mrs. Curt & Cathy Vossen

Gold MC Art & Leona DeFehrDr. Marcel A. DesautelsArnold & Myra FriemanKevin & Els Kavanagh*Arlene Wilson & Allan MacDonaldDrs. Eleanor & Grant MacDougallBarry & Carol McArtonRon & Sandi MielitzKen and Judy MurrayHartley & Heather RichardsonDr. Jens J. Wrogemann1 Anonymous

Silver MC

Ida Albo & Rick BelMark & Carilyn BullerTimothy & Barbara BurtDr. Ken FowlerDr. Albert & Mrs. Lee FriesenMr. & Mrs. Duncan &

Judy JessimanMs. Tina JonesMr. Sotirios KotoulasDr. David LyttleDon & Kim MacDonaldMr. Art Mauro &

Ms. Naomi LevineWade Miller & Melissa MaldenBob and Cindy NewfieldBarb & Gerry PriceMs. Iris ReimerMr. & Mrs. Meril & Eveline RivardMr. & Mrs. Lyle & Anna SilvermanCharlie & Dayna SpiringDr. Lea StogdaleJim & Jan Tennant

Concertmaster's Bow

Austin AbasDavid & Ruth AsperLeonard & Susan AsperMr. Jim BarrettMrs. Lucienne BlouwKatharine BruceMr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie BuhlerHerb & Erna BullerBrent Trepel & Brenlee

Carrington TrepelMorris ChiaDr. Leslie Simard-Chiu &

Dr. Aaron ChiuJohn & Gay DochertyDr. Ravi & Mr. Leomark DookeranKarl & Petra DornetshuberPhilipp & Ilse EnsDouglas C. Everett, Chairman,

Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd.Bill & Margaret FastGreg & Linda FearnMrs. Audrey F. HubbardJared & Robin JacobsonDerek & Mary JohannsonMargaret Kellermann McCulloch

& Paul A. McCullochDr. Terry Klassen & Ms. Grace DueckMr. & Mrs. Jack & Zina LazareckChristine Skene & Nick LoganElaine & Neil MargolisBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringTerri & Jim McKercharMr. & Dr. John & Joan MorrissRobert PennerMs. Pat PhilpottOliver & Gennie PlettLawrie & Fran PollardDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth

Tippett-Pope*Josef RyanDr. Donald S. Reimer &

Mrs. Anne ReimerMrs. Shirley RichardsonOlga & Bill RunnallsPaul & Shelley SmithDonald & Jennifer StreuberIan R. Thomson & Leah R. JanzenMr. & Mrs. Simon & Deborah WallerMeeka WalshProfessor A.M.C. WatermanElsie WillistonKlaus & Elsa WolfKlaus and Dorit Wrogemann1 Anonymous

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Ms. Sandra AltnerAubrey & Dr. Linda AsperShibashis BalMr. R.D. BellFrances BoothDoneta & Harry BrotchieMs. Emily BurtRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokPierce & Amy CairnsMr. Steven ChipmanJan & Kevin CoatesD.J. CowanMargaret CuddyMichael DuncanJoan & Glen DyrdaMr. Alan Freeman &

Dr. Radhika Desai

WSO SUPPORTERS



Jason A. GoldbergTyler GompfDr. Alexander Grunfeld &

Silvester KomlodiGregg & Mary HansonMicah HeilbrunnJohn & Lisa HeimbeckerRobin HildebrandRichard & Carol JonesNora KaufmanMichael & Glenna KayMr. & Mrs. Konstantinos &

Chrysoula KotoulasMr. Rob Kowalchuk, CPA, CAMr. & Mrs. Bob & Deirdre KozminskiMr. Aaron Lewis in Memory of

Robert HandlerDr. Judith LittlefordMr. & Mrs. David & Nancy MacAngusScott MacDonald & Tracey NovakMiss Heather MenziesGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Valerie MollisonJim & Krista MordenDr. Michael Nelson &

Dr. Selena FriesenDr. Joel NkosiMr. John Pacak & Dr. Clare RamseyTed & Mary PaetkauLesia PeetDr. & Mrs. Brian PostlBeth M. ProvenJohn & Violet RademakerDr. Diane RamseyJim & Leney RichardsonMr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean CarterSanford & Deborah RileyTerry Sargeant & Margaret HaneyTrudy SchroederJimmy & Morse SildenBob Silver FamilyPam Simmons*Muriel SmithMrs. Rae SpearJason StefansonJon & Jodee StewartMr. Richard TurnerAndrew ValkoDr. & Mrs. Eric VickarPeter & Marina WhiteDon & Florence WhitmoreRaymond & Shirley WiestMitch & Wanda Zajac2 Anonymous* Founding Members

Friends of the WSO supportthe WSO each season.*Based on 12 months accumulative giving

Honourary ChairGwen Hoebig, Concertmaster

Symphony Mrs. France AdamsGreg Fettes & Carmyn AleshkaJudy & Jay AndersonMs. Janet AshMargaret-Lynne & Jim AstwoodDr. David BarnardDavid & Gillian BirdHelga & Gerhard BockSusan Brownstone Brock &

Thomas Brock

Sheila & David BrodovskyStephen BrodovskyAndy BurgessLorraine & Gerry CairnsMr. David ChristiansonJoy Cooper & Martin ReedGordon & Jeannine CornellJohn Corp & Mary Elizabeth

McKenzieHelene DyckMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen & David EsteyCarrie FergusonDr. LeeAnn FishbackJudith & Peter FlynnJocelyn and Mark GabbertRobert & Linda GoldDr. Percy Goldberg in memory of

Elaine GoldbergMr. Gary B. GoossenMrs. Audrey HarburnMrs. Lisa HastingsN and L HollidayRobert JaskiewiczMarianne JohnsonMr. Peter JohnsonLawrence JonesMr. Darrell KlassenMillie & Wally KroekerT.G. KuceraMrs. W.K. LabiesMr. Frank LavittLydia MacKenzie, in loving

memory of DonnDr. John & Mrs. Natalie MaybaJonathan E. MitchellTerence and Violeta MooreYvonne MorierVera MorozDrs. Kenneth & Sharon MouldKevin Neiles & Tracy KogaDr. Rashmi NigamBonnie & Richard OlfertMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufDonna & Ian PlantMrs. Marina Plett-LyleCarolynne PresserMike Pyle & Laura LomowLarry & Thelma ReynoldsJim & Pat RichtikRoss & Allana RobinsonDr. Guillermo RochaNoni & Dan RosenblatBarbara ScheunemanMr. Walter SiliczRobert SimMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarJim Skinner & Judy NicholDeborah SpracklinMurray & Loretta SteinbartMarlene SternMs. Marilyn ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van OersFaye WarrenHerbert & Shirley WildemanProfs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene

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Concerto Gorden Andrus & Adele KoryCheryl & Earl BarishMs. Kathleen Beach-NelsonAudrey BelyeaZita & Mark Bernstein Family

Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Joy C. BettsBernice BlakemanDr. Tenley Nicole BowerCathie and Brian BowermanMr. & Mrs. Penny & Sheldon BowlesDaniel Heindl & Eugene BoychukMr. & Mrs. F. BuckmasterMs. Carol BudnickAlexis Kochan & Nestor BudykDr. David CamorianoMrs. Audrey CampbellJames CarrDavid CarrShelley ChochinovMr. Raymond ChrunykAnna-Lisa CohenDrs. David & Kathleen ConnorPam & Andrew CookeIrene & Robert CorneMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia CoronaDennis & Ruth CrookGary & Fiona CrowMr. Bradley J. CurranMr. Peter CzaplinskiEsther and Hy DashevskyMiss O. DilayHilary DruxmanDr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn

DuckworthBeverley & Fred DyckMr. & Mrs. W. EastonRandy EwanikaMs. Susan FeldmanMarcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonaldMargaret FollettWayne ForbesPenny GilbertBruno GossenKatie & DeLloyd GuthPatricia GuyDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallGordon E. HannonMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMr. & Mrs. Allen HattieAudrey A. HawkinsBlair & Erica HendersonMarilyn & Helios HernandezHilda & Elmer HildebrandBob & Biddy HiltonMaryann HudjikMrs. Joan M. HunterDr. Lorne Hurst & Elly HoogterpDrs. Keith & Gwyneth JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiMs. Marilyn KapitanyRandy & Kathleen KempMarion & Bill KinnearRay Kohanik & Terri AshcroftMr. Andre KrieningMs. Janet KuchmaKat KupcaEdith Landy, in Memory of

David LandyYan Lau & Ming-Ka ChanMs. Francoise Lesage &

Mr. Ken MillsJames & Pat LudwigDr. Brendan MacDougallDouglas MacEwanJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonDrs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen

CreekLouise McLandressShana MenkisMr. Neil MiddletonNathan & Carolyn Mitchell

Sylvia MitchellRon & Maureen MonsonMargaret MorozMorna-June MorrowConor MulhollandDr. Rashmi NigamGarth & Diane PantingPhyllis Portnoy & Rory EganTim Preston & Dave LingRosemary PriorDr. Clare RamseyEsther and Reynold RedekoppJ. ReichertPat and Bill ReidLevi & Tena ReimerRicou-ManfredaJudge & Mrs. Charles & Naida

RubinMs. Miriam RudolphA. SchroederMs. Noreen SealyMajid & Moti ShojaniaMerrill & Shayna ShulmanMr. & Mrs. Gary and Gwen SteimanHelen SundstromPaul SwartDr. & Mrs. David SwatekTodd TanchakJennifer & Brian ThiessenMs. Vanessa ThiessenTom & Lori ThomasEdith A. ToewsDr. Helen A. ToewsCarol & Neil TrembathStrang/ van Ineveld FamilyBrad VannanThuraya WeedonDiane WeselakeMr. Neil WilcoxDavid C. WilsonMyra Wolch & Saul CherniackKarin WoodsHarry & Evelyn WrayDon & Betty Young6 Anonymous

Serenade Edward AcunaJean AltemeyerKaeren AndersonPat & Harvey AntonDoug Arrell & Dick SmithBetty & Ted AshMr. John A. BaileyMr. John A. BaileyRalph & Eileen BaxterJanet, Susan, Kathie BeachDick & Minnie BellMr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene BergnerSusan & Edwin BethuneJoan BlightShirley BookMr. Robert BriercliffeJackie BrignallMr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C.Sherrill BrownMichael BumsteadSel & Chris BurrowsGary & Jane CainesGerald CallowMs. Donna CarruthersLaura Chan & Herman LamRon ClementFred CoakesMs. Julie CollingsGlynis CorkalHelle Cosby


Barbara & Brian CrowMs. Linda DanielsMr. Tom DercolaSandra & Robert DeweyMr. & Mrs. Gordon DingmanFaye Dixon in Memory of

Graham DixonMr. & Mrs. Lawrence &

Brenda DonaldJohn and Ada DucasR. DuddekFrances EdyeGeorge B. EliasMr. & Mrs. Richard A. Elsner Jr.John & Martha EnnsSiegfried EnnsIndependent Jewellers Ltd.Ruth & Ernest EppMargaret E. FaberNelma FettermanDoug & Phyllis FlintMrs. Gitta FrickeDonalda FridfinnsonArnold & Christa FroeseHarold & Alice FunkGeorge & Carol GambyKelvin Goertzenlarry & Susanne GreerGeorge HaidauLinda Harlos & Adrian WildsmithPatricia HarrasBeth & Raymond HarrisCatherine HarrisonTeresa A. HayRuediger & Lydia HedrichL.G. HerdMs. Susan HildebrandtDebby and Brian HirschCarole HolkeMr. & Mrs. J.K. HollandPatti HolmHelmut & Dorothy HuebertCarl & Vi HultinWilliam J. HuttonRudy & Gail IsaakDavid JacobsonTerry & Shirley JamesMargaret JeffriesRoss & Betty Jo JohnstonVictoria JohnstonRick & Caroline JosephsonJ. Gartner & L. KampeasHenry Katz, in Memory of DenaMarilynne KeilMr. & Mrs. Burton J. KennedyKen KinsleyHeather KirkhamErwin W. KitschSusan & Keith KnoxMs. Jose KoesEd & Helen KolomayaMarion B KornMona KoropatnickMs. Dorothy KotlerSarah Kredentser & David HowenElaine & Patrick LamonicaLisa & TedMr. Don LawrenceRose & Dick LimFraser & Joan LinklaterNick Logan & Christine SkeneSarah LubyJanice Lutz in Memory of

Andrew LutzJanice Lutz in Memory of

Patricia HoebigLorraine MacLeod

Angelos and Pauline MacrodimitrisAllan MalbranckLinda MartinRuth MayLynne McCarthy & Claude DavisJ. Doreen McCormickMrs. Maureen McIntoshMr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeodGlen MeadJudith MeunierDr. Kyle MillarBrad & Donna MitchellD.E. MorrisonMr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena

BuksakMs. Bonnie NeilTruus OliverProf. Kerrie A. OrlickWayne & Linda PaquinPatricia Mary PattersonCameron PaulsMs. Eleanor PayneDavid & Veronica PayneMr. Rick PinchinSandra & Irvin PloskerRuth Carol & Len PodheiserDon & Carol PoulinMs. Lois PowneDonna & Gordon PriceDr. David PunterJuta RathkeDr. Kelly RegulaAnne Reid and the MacLarty FamilyMr. Daryl & Mrs. Sheila ReidM. RennieKevin Rollason & Gail MacAulaySteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleMatt SchaubroeckWilliam ScheidtEd & Susan SchmidtHans & Gabriele SchneiderMarie SchoffnerDr. & Mrs. Alvin and Ethel SchroederDr. & Mrs. Morry SchwartzDr. L. SeklaOlga & Myron ShatulskyRobert Shaw & Chris KrawchenkoPhil & Nancy SheadRobert Shindleman and FamilyMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykLouis & Shirley Ann SimkulakBrenda SklarDavid & Lorraine SmithMs. Kaye SnatenchukMs. Brenda SniderMargaret & Hartley StinsonSusan StobartLorne SunleyDr. & Mrs. Ian & Karen SuttonJo Swartz & Richard SilvermanDr. & Mrs. Stephen SziromDr. & Mrs. John TaylorJames & Joanne TeitsmaJune & Lorne ThompsonC. & R. ThomsenPaul TrapnellEstela ViolagoVQ SalonMs. Edna WalpoleSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigGarnet WardDr. Marnie WatersJack WattsMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron WeinsteinJ. WhyteRobin Wiens and Emilie

Lagacé-Wiens

Edith WildeDebbie WilsonDonna WoodsMr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema20 Anonymous

PreludeBrian & Karen AbramsDr. & Mrs. N.R. AnthonisenBrian & Janice BaileyAllan & Rochelle BakerAlison BaldwinMr. & Mrs. R. Bruce BallMr. Robert BaragarMs. Margaret BarbourRobert BartonIn Memory of Robert CoatesDonald & Edith BesantMs. Diane BewellMs. Trudy BlightEric & Clara BohmRuth & Kris BreckmanPaul & Doreen BromleyMiss Dorothy BroomhallChris Brown & Pat McCulloughMr. E. BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldKevin BurnsMr. John BurrowsRuth CalvertMrs. Patti CherneyLawrie and Bea CherniackAnne Cholakis & Howard LoewenMrs. Leona ChristiansenHelen Bergen, Music Director

FGUC ChoirMr. Victor CollombDennis CooleyJoyce & Lawrence CormackMaxine CristallTracey CullenMr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona

CunninghamJudy & Werner DanchuraMaureen DanzingerMr. Ray DavisF. De GraziaWade DerksonAnne DowneyMr. & Mrs. Mervin & Ariela

DrabinskyHerb & Norma DriverAnne Dubouloz-GislasonLezlee DunnGloria DyckAndrea DyheLinda EdelScott & Margaret EdmondsMr. & Mrs. J.G. EkinsDon & Martha EpsteinMs. Karin ErhardtS & G FastMichael FeldMathilda FijnJoanne FlynnMargo FoxfordMrs. Marguerite FredetteMrs. Donna FriesenMrs. Margaret FunkLise Laverdure & François GauvinDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardIn memory of a long time

supporter Mrs. Kay LeeDr. & Mrs. Andrew & Karen GomoriD. GoochSuzanne GrayMrs. Noreen Greenberg

Marj GrevstadIrene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg

EdmondMr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie

GrowerMr. & Mrs. Saul GuttmanMs. Joanne HampsonMs. Meghan HansenKelsey Hargreaves & Vojtech

BalabanMs. Erin HarleyMrs. Phyllis HatskinMs. Helen HawryshLarry & Evelyn HechtTerry HeronShirley HicksMs. Marilyn HidoKaren HiscottRichard & Karen HowellHuynh Van HoRozin & Cathy IwanickiMrs. Jacquie JamesBob JansenAlan Janzen & Leona SookramFather Stan A. JaworskiMrs. Karen KaplenMs. Bev KawchukUrsula & Sandor KelemenJo KellendonkMs. Mary KlassenNadine & Herb KlassenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesKozub/Halldorson FamilyMiss Patricia KuchmaHelen & Len La RueAnne La TourRon LambertLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeMr. & Ms. Saul & Kathy LeiblFrancois LentzMr. R. LeroeyeJennifer LidstoneTom & Lovie LiewickiAlbert & Helen LitzBarry & Patricia LloydRoger LoweMs. Dorothy I. MacIntyreAl & Pat MacklingMr. & Mrs. Cam & Joy MacLeanBarbara MainAnethea MarshallHarold S. Mawhinney & Judy MoonDr. & Mrs. Ihor MaybaPaul A. McCullochC. & J. McIntyreD. McKayViolet McKenzieTed McLachlanMrs. Jean McLennanS. McMillanCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaughtMs. Linda MecklingEstelle MeyersTzivie Meyers, Anibal, Ashira and

Ronen MassMs. Sue MiclashMr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys MildrenCarolyn Garlich & Peter MillerMs. Sheila MillerMrs. Mona MillsMs. Marlene MilneMrs. Joan Ann MortonJohn & Margaret MundieLeesa MunroeCharlotte Murrell


Mel & Sharon MyersMrs. Sheila MymrykDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerMikaela OldenkampDavid & Hermine OlfertAllan & Hazel OsbornMr. Douglas PageMs. Georgine PalmquistJoan, Stuart and Helen PayneJohn & Agnieszka PayneMs. Nettie PetersIngrid Peters-FransenIan & Ann-Margret PlummerMs. Danuta PodkomorskaGabriela PopescuBlumie PortnoyMrs. Edna PoulterApril PowellMr. Guy ProkopetzBeth M. ProvenMrs. Nell ProvincianoBryan & Diana PurdyM. RegulyTheresa RempelEleanor RiachMr. Louis RicciutoMr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera RipleyBrian & Iris RountreeFrances E. RowlinMr. Johnny Rule Salangad &

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SteimanMs. Helena StelsovskyMs. Sally StephensArchie & Shirley StoneLorron Agencies Ltd.Muriel SutherlandMs. Karen SwainRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTom ThiessenMary and Robert ThomasMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonBetsy F ThorsteinsonRobert & Barb TisdaleHenry & Elizabeth ToewsMs. Andrea TowersIra van den Berg & Greg ButterfieldMr. Michael van LieropDr. & Mrs. Jose & Ruth VasconcelosBarry and Gail VealsHugo and Anny VeldhuisNils & Melissa VikJim & Joan WarbeckWaverley Tenant AssociationMrs. Evelyn WenerJames & Claudia WeselakeDr. Gaynor Jane WilliamsDorcas & Kirk Windsor

Mr. Andrew WinklessJoan Heather WisePatrick WrightLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyMr. Edwin YeeDonn K. Yuen22 Anonymous

SonatinaArshad AhsanuddinJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaIn Memory of Andrew LutzJacqueline AndersonGreg AndersonDr. John BadertscherMs. Susan BairdMrs. Eva BerardMrs. Lori BettigMr. Dick J. BloemheuvelMr. Laurence BrandtMonica BrechkaCrowe & BrownlieAlfred BuelowSusan BurchillSheila BurlandDivna CalicMs. Linda CampbellAline CaronElla ChenkieMelina ChowS.K. ClarkMr. Alfred CorniesKaren CouchGreg CoxThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. Fred J. CrossJean CunninghamCarl Ar DarbyEric DaviesMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisSilvia V. de SousaMrs. Wilna DehlsL. N. DelisleBeth DerraughMs. Terrylynn DesrosiersM. Jane DickMrs. Ethel DilPaul DueckPam EylandVera & Peter FastRoss FeldmanMs. Helen FeniukDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetBarbara FilukMs. Catherine FlowerMrs. Cindy FlynnPeter FlynnHilda FranzBonny FraserJim & Betty GaynorMr. David P. GiesbrechtMs. Jacqueline GodardHeather F. GrahamMs. Gail GrangerMrs. Inga GranovskayaVictoria GretchenMs. Marianne GruberMs. Marion GuinnRaul GutierrezB. & R. HallGertrude HamiltonHelen & Peter HaywardJohn HeathD&R HerntierJean HighmoorMrs. Margaret HillThe Hintsas

Mrs. Diane HoldingWalter & Victoria HrablukStella HryniukMr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind HusbandIshbel IsaacsBonnie Dee & Richard JakubowskiDavid & Heather JenkinsSusan JohnsonRon & Barb JohnsonC BohemierDr. Arnold & Mrs. Doreen KapitzMr. Gordon C. KeatchKatie KirkpatrickMrs. Vera KostyshynMs. Irene KuhteyMs. Betty LaingElizabeth LansardFrances LemieuxKim LentowitschMr. & Mrs. David LeveneKatrina LimberatosChristopher MacNuttPat & Murray MacraeMr. Allan L. MapesMrs. Irene MarriottMarian MartinMs. Teresa MartinEmily MayoralgoHugh McCabeKelly McGonigalJim McLarenArdythe McMasterSen. Marilou McPhedranIona McPheeMr. Garfield McRaeMs. Kathleen MichenerMrs. Jocelyn MillardBob & Penny MillerHarry & Annette MinukMs. Sharon MinukSandi MitchellCarolyn and Nathan MitchellMs. Sandra MitchellJon MontesM MorawskiMaureen MorinJeffrey & Mary MortonKim MortonJackie MurphyAnne MartinMs. Helen O'NeillAlice OswaldMrs. Clarice OwenJudith OwensShirley & Graham PadgettSonjia PasiechnikMrs. Liz PatzerEllen Peel & Neil BruneauMr. Irwine PermutGail Perry & David FirmanMargaret PetersRobert PetersonGrant & Gail PierceDenise PiperKen & Geri PorathMark Potash, Darena Snowe, Lily

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Margot A. RossMarnie RossJohn & Shirley RussellJoan SabourinEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyJessie SawiczIvor & Lorna SchledewitzMary Agnes WelchCharlene & Harry SchwartzAdriana SedlakMr. & Mrs. Bill & Lynn SheadMichael & Elaine ShnierIzzy ShoreMrs. Elaine SilverbergMs. Jean P. SmellieEvelyn R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Robert SmithDarby SpaffordDr. Camelia StefanoviciRobert Stewart & Leslie Ross-StewartGeorge StolarskyjMrs. Marilyn StothersMrs. Joan SwafferFrank TalbotGladys TaralaRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorMs. Linda ThomasPhyllis ThomsonMs. Melita TonogaiSherri TowaijMs. Josette ToyeShelley TurnbullWard TweetCathy TymmCarole UriasMs. Eleanor UrquhartMs. Stephanie M. van NestMrs. Arlene van RuitenMr. Steve van VlaenderenDenis VincentMrs. Nancy VincentIrv & Toby VinskyMiss A. H. WagstaffeDr. Jackie WalkerMr. Glen Angus WebsterGrace M. WiebeAnnemarie WiebeMs. Barbara WiebeTheresa WiktorskiPeter WilkChristine WojcikowskiMs. Ruth ZahodnikMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerman33 Anonymous

Festival donors help to furtherthe musical artistry of theWSO’s New Music Festival.Thank you!

Alpha MasonryMrs. France AdamsJean AltemeyerGorden Andrus & Adele KoryMs. Janet AshAubrey & Dr. Linda AsperAlison BaldwinDavid & Gillian BirdMs. Trudy BlightDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical

CorporationJackie BrignallStephen Brodovsky

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Share the Music is a uniqueoutreach initiative of the WSOthat allows economicallydisadvantaged children andtheir families to attend WSOperformances. Thank you forhelping to Share the Music!

Ms. Margaret BarbourRalph & Eileen BaxterLucienne Blouw in Honour of Louise

Nebbs and Paul GodardLucienne Blouw in memory of

Hermi van den BergDr. William DutkaBarbara FilukGeorge HaidauDon & Jerri Hall, in Memory of

Aunt Lois AndersonHuynh Van HoIn Memory of Mary HarrisonMrs. Karen KaplenRussell KennedyClaudette & Robert LussierPat & Murray MacraeMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonMs. Sharon MinukMr. Gordon MitchellMargaret Moroz, in memory of

Mrs. Pat HoebigAnne MartinDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoLesia Peet in memory of Andrew LutzAnne Reid and the MacLarty Family in

Memory of Norman MacKay, 38 years as a member of theFrench Horn Section of WSO andPersonnel Manager for some time

Margot A. RossMr. L. J. RoyM ScheunemanBrenda SklarMr. Robert B. StinsonJim & Jan TennantWard TweetMs. Gerardina VanaertEstela Violago5 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a daily after-school program offered at no cost to participants thatenriches the lives of children andyoung people with the fewestresources and the greatest need. The WSO gratefullyacknowledges the followingpatrons whose support makes adifference in the everyday lives of these children. Thank you!

Honourary ChairDaniel Scholz, Principal Viola

MaestosoWinnipeg Jets True North FoundationRBC FoundationRichardson Foundation

VivaceMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonTelus

Con Brio Bridgeport Office SolutionsDr. Ken FowlerSouchay Gossen Family FoundationManitoba Liquor and LotteriesThe Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro

Family Fund1 Anonymous

Allegro Dr. David BarnardMr. R.D. BellAndy BurgessTimothy & Barbara BurtRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokMr. David ChristiansonGordon & Jeannine CornellArt & Leona DefehrGreg & Linda FearnJudith & Peter FlynnJocelyn and Mark GabbertMr. Gary B. GoossenMichael S Gray Fund C/O Private

Giving FoundationKevin & Els KavanaghBill and Shirley LoewenDr. David LyttleManitoba Community Services

CouncilMiss Heather MenziesJonathan E. MitchellYvonne MorierJohn MorrissKevin Neiles & Tracy KogaProfs. Robert O'Kell & Arlene YoungMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundMrs. Shirley RichardsonMr. Walter SiliczJim & Jan TennantFaye WarrenElsie Williston6 Anonymous

ConmotoJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaIn Memory of Eleanor Anne

AnnandaleBetty & Ted Ash

Mr. John A. BaileyMs. Susan BairdIn Memory of Robert CoatesRalph & Eileen BaxterJanet, Susan, Kathie Beach in

Memory of Garnet & Betty BeachMs. Kathleen Beach-NelsonIn Honour of Helene BeaucheminAudrey BelyeaHelen Bergen, Music Director FGUC

ChoirMs. Diane BewellSheila & David BrodovskyPaul & Doreen BromleyMs. Carol BudnickAlexis Kochan & Nestor BudykSusan BurchillLorraine & Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey CampbellMs. Linda CampbellCanada GuarantyFred CoakesAnna-Lisa CohenMr. Victor CollombDennis CooleyD.J. CowanGreg CoxThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyTracey CullenCarl Ar DarbyL. N. DelisleSilvia V. de SousaDouglas Kuhl School of Music Inc.Dr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn

DuckworthDr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn

Duckworth in Memory of DienaYoungR. DuddekGloria DyckECCO SingersLinda EdelMs. Karin ErhardtMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen Estey, in memory of

Alan MaxwellPam EylandMichael FeldRoss FeldmanNelma FettermanMathilda FijnMrs. Cindy FlynnJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of

Diena YoungJudith & Peter Flynn in memory of

Andrew Wihelm-BoylesPeter FlynnMargo FoxfordBonny FraserDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardIn Memory of James Joseph ("Jim")

GibbonsMs. Gail GrangerSuzanne GrayRaul GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakPatricia HarrasCatherine HarrisonAudrey A. Hawkins in memory of her

mother, Mrs. Janice HawkinsRuediger & Lydia HedrichD&R HerntierShirley HicksRobin HildebrandDebby and Brian HirschKaren HiscottMrs. Jacquie JamesBob Jansen in memory of Eleanor

Annandale



In memory of my uncle Joe Jaworskiwho was a musician

Ron & Barb JohnsonSusan JohnsonVictoria JohnstonRick & Caroline JosephsonMarilynne KeilEd & Helen KolomayaAnne La TourKim LentowitschAlbert & Helen LitzDr. Brendan MacDougallLorraine MacLeodAllan MalbranckJoseph and Judith Malko Family

Fund - the Strategic CharitableGiving Foundation

Manitoba Children's MuseumMarian Martin in Memory of Eleanor

AnnandaleEmily MayoralgoLynne McCarthy & Claude DavisKelly McGonigalMrs. Maureen McIntoshQuinton & Maureen McNaught in

Memory of Barry AndersonMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of

Merrily PetersIona McPheeMs. Linda MecklingMr. Neil MiddletonDr. Kyle MillarMs. Marlene MilneCarolyn and Nathan MitchellVera MorozMorna-June MorrowKim MortonJeffrey & Mary MortonMrs. Sheila MymrykMs. Bonnie NeilNorth Kildonan United ChurchAlice OswaldIn Memory of Diena YoungGarth & Diane PantingPatricia Mary PattersonDavid & Veronica Payne, in Memory

of Eleanor AnnandaleJohn & Agnieszka Payne in Memory

of Eleanor Anne AnnandaleIn Memory of Eleanor Annandale

from Joan, Stuart and HelenLesia PeetMargaret PetersRobert PetersonGrant & Gail PierceMrs. Edna PoulterApril Powell in memory of

S. Devinder S. BharajMs. Lois PowneElizabett PrenterDr. David PunterValerie RaberMrs. Marieann ReevesM. RegulyMs. Teresa ReillyMelissa SteeleJean RobsonMs. Miriam RudolphJoan SabourinMr. Terry SargeantNicola SchaeferPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer

FoundationEd & Susan SchmidtA. SchroederTrudy SchroederOlga & Myron ShatulskyJim Skinner & Judy NicholWilma SotasDarby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMrs. Pat StefanchukRobert Stewart & Leslie Ross-Stewart,

in Memory of Eleanor Anne Annandale

Todd TanchakIn Honour of Bette Jayne TaylorJennifer & Brian ThiessenMary and Robert ThomasPhyllis ThomsonBetsy F Thorsteinson in Memory of

Ruth DowseJulian ThorsteinsonToad Hall Toys Inc.Edith A. ToewsCarol & Neil TrembathCathy Tymm in Honour of Meg

Specht's BirthdayCarole UriasStrang/ van Ineveld FamilyMr. Michael van LieropMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte WalktyMs. Vanessa WarneThuraya WeedonDiane WeselakeMaryann HudjikWestminster United ChurchWhoDunit? Mystery BookstoreMs. Barbara WiebeGrace M. WiebePeter WilkDr. Gaynor Jane WilliamsMyra Wolch & Saul CherniackDonna WoodsLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyArlene Young and Robert O'KellDon & Betty Young16 Anonymous

GENERAL WSO

The WSO gratefully acknowledges thefollowing patrons whose foresighthelps to ensure long-term financialsupport for the WSO. Thank you!

Judy & Jay AndersonShibashis BalBlumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment FundSheila & David Brodovsky, in memory

of Dr. Moe and Ethel PierceLorraine & Gerry CairnsGlynis Corkal & Jim TurnockD.J. CowanMr. Ray DavisHelene DyckRuth & Ernest EppMs. Ursula ErhardtGreg & Linda FearnMs. Catherine FlowerMrs. Gitta FrickeMarilyn & Helios HernandezMs. Marilyn KapitanyMarilynne Keil, in Memory of

David H. SkinnerMargaret Kellermann McCulloch &

Paul A. McCullochAaron LewisNick Logan & Christine SkeneBarbara MainBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonJudith MeunierMargaret MorozGabriela PopescuPat and Bill ReidMs. Iris ReimerLevi & Tena ReimerMr. Louis RicciutoRoss & Allana RobinsonOlga & Bill RunnallsIvor & Lorna Schledewitz

Ms. Noreen SealyPietra ShirleyMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarMs. Karen SwainDr. & Mrs. David SwatekFrank TalbotJames & Joanne TeitsmaJim & Jan TennantSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonGarnet WardJames & Claudia WeselakeRobin Wiens & Emilie Lagacé-WiensRaymond & Shirley WiestEdith WildeDavid C. WilsonWSO Women's Committee in

memory of Eleanor GibsonKarin WoodsMr. & Mrs. John & Beverly Yarema3 Anonymous

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATEENDOWMENT FUND Shelley ChochinovBarbara & Brian Crow in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateBruno Gossen in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateRichard & Carol JonesLydia MacKenzie in Honour of

Alexander Mickelthwate, inloving memory of Donn

Lawrie & Fran PollardJim Skinner in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateHien Tran

ENDOWMENT FUNDSistema Winnipeg gratefullyacknowledges those who havestarted their own named funds at The Winnipeg Foundation.

The Marjorie & Morley Blankenstein Sistema Endowment Fund

The Tannis M. RichardsonSistema Endowment Fund

The Michael Nozick Family Sistema Endowment FundMr. John A. BaileyRalph & Eileen BaxterAudrey BelyeaMr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene BergnerShirley BookFrances BoothMr. E. BrownMs. Shirley BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldD.J. CowanThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisMr. John J. EnnsSiegfried EnnsS & G FastDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetMr. David P. GiesbrechtKatie & DeLloyd GuthMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakLinda Harlos & Adrian WildsmithTeresa A. HayShirley HicksMs. Susan HildebrandtBob & Biddy HiltonThe HintsasWalter & Victoria HrablukCarl & Vi HultinWilliam J. Hutton

Margaret JeffriesUrsula & Sandor KelemenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMrs. Vera KostyshynEdith Landy, in Memory of

David LandyLangrell FamilyAnne La TourMrs. Ingrid LeeFrances LemieuxFrancois LentzMr. & Mrs. David LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiElaine & Neil MargolisCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisKim MortonMr. Tom Mutter and Ms. Raena BuksakMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerWayne & Linda PaquinMrs. Liz PatzerMs. Pat PhilpottMr. Guy ProkopetzMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyKay SchalmeDeborah SpracklinDr. & Mrs. Stephen SziromMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonAnnemarie WiebeMs. Ruth Zahodnik8 Anonymous

OTHER DONATIONSBrian & Karen Abrams in Honour of

Harvey & Sandra Weisman's60th Anniversary and Harvey's90th Birthday

Lucienne Blouw in Memory ofNancy Lambert

Lucienne Blouw in Honour ofMarlene Crielaard and AlanSchmitt's Wedding

Lucienne Blouw in Honour of Peter and Jane Markesteyn

Jackie Brignall in memory ofAndrew Lutz

Anne Downey in Memory of Pat Mutchmore

Barry & Susan Greenberg inMemory of Mayer Rabkin

Nessie & David Greenberg inMemory of Mayer Rabkin

Harvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam, Nora,Fran, Betty & Al, Bev & Bruce inMemory of Merrily Peters

Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memoryof Mayer Rabkin

Sharon Love in Memory ofJeannine McCallum

Gail Perry & David Firman inMemory of Andrew Lutz

In memory of Katherine (Kay) LeeCharlene & Harry Schwartz in

Memory of Mayer RabkinRobert Shindleman and Family in

memory of Mayer RabkinEvelyn R. Smith in Memory of

Mayer RabkinDr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory of

Edith SagiIn memory of Mayer RabkinIrv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of

Mayer RabkinMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan

Zwingerman in Memory ofMayer Rabkin

1 AnonymousListing as of December 1, 2017


1948-51 Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien1951-53 Mr. J. M. Sinclair1953-55 Dr. Digby Wheeler1955-57 Mr. W. D. Hurst1957-58 Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson1958-61 Mr. E. W. H. Brown1961-62 Mr. David Slater1962-64 The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin1964-65 Mr. Norman J. Alexander1965-67 Mr. R. W. Richards1967-69 Mr. W. R. Palmer1969-71 Mr. E. J. Smith1971-73 Dr. M. M. Pierce1973-74 Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith1974-76 Mr. Allan G. Moffatt1976-78 Mr. Julian D. T. Benson1978-79 Mr. John L. Buckworth1979-80 Mr. N. Roger McFallon1980-81 Mr. John F. Fraser1981-82 Mr. William W. Draper1982-83 Mr. John O. Baatz1983-84 Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.

1984-86 Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.1986-88 Mr. Michel Lagacé1988-90 Mr. William H. Loewen1990-92 Mrs. Julia DeFehr1992-94 Mr. Gordon Fogg1994-96 Mrs. Helen Hayles1996-97 Mr. Anthony Brookes1997-98 Mrs. Helen Hayles1998-99 Mr. William NorrieFeb 1999-May 1999 Mr. William LoewenJun 1999-2000 Mr. Bruce MacCormack2000-Feb 03 Mr. Roger KingMar 2003-Dec 2003 Ms. Patti SullivanDec 2003-Jan 2005 Mr. Wally Fox-DecentJan 2005-Jul 2006 Ms. Carol BellringerJul 2006-Nov 2006 Mr. Harvey I Pollock, QC

(Interim President)Dec 2006-Jun 2007 Dr. Brendan MacDougall2007-2012 Ms. Dorothy Dobbie2012-2016 Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA2016- present Mr. Terry Sargeant

Al AlexandrukMal AndersonCarol BellringerMarilyn BillinkoffDoneta BrotchieJohn and Bonnie BuhlerTimothy E. Burt, CFAJames CarrEdmund Dawe, D.M.A.Dorothy DobbieGreg DoyleJamie DolynchukJulia De FehrSusan FeldmanBarbara FilukWally Fox-DecentJack FraserEvelyn Friesen

Elba HaidHelen HaylesKaaren HawkinsSherrill HershbergIan KayRoger King Bill KnightMichel LagacéZina LazareckGail LeachDr. Hermann LeeNaomi LevineBill LoewenJackie LoweDr. Brendan MacDougallDon MacKenzieBill MarrEd J. Martens

Michael NozickHarvey I Pollock, QCDr. William PopeJohn RademakerKathleen RichardsonTannis RichardsonLeney RichardsonEd RichmondLorne SharfeWilliam SheadGraeme SiftonJoanne SigurdsonMuriel SmithBonnie Staples-LyonBrenlee Carrington TrepelDennis Wallace

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

BOARD OF DIRECTORSTerry Sargeant,

PresidentCurt Vossen,

Vice PresidentRob Kowalchuk,

TreasurerMichael Kay,

Corporate SecretaryIda AlboSandra AltnerLucienne BlouwEmily Burt, MBA, CFAJames CohenArlene DahlMarten DuhouxSteven DyerAlan Freeman

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTORBramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate Julian Pellicano, Resident ConductorHarry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTJean-Francois Phaneuf, VP Artistic Operations &

Community EngagementJames Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate Evan Klassen, Director of Artistic Operations & ProductionSheena Sanderson, Stage ManagerTatiana Carnevale, Operations CoordinatorChris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager Greg Hamilton, Principal Librarian Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian Lawrence Rentz, Stage SupervisorBrent Johnson, Education & Community

Engagement Manager Shannon Darby, Sistema Winnipeg Manager

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONLyn Stienstra, VP Finance & AdministrationSandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting AdministratorOscar Pantaleon Jr., Finance & Administration AssistantPat Foot, Administration Assistant

OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS

TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE OFFICELori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICESRyan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience Services Desiree La Vallee, Patron Services SupervisorTheresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services CoordinatorPatron Services Representatives (p/t):

Phil Corrin Melissa HoustonMeg Dolovich Laura Gow Sandesh Fernandez Paul LongtinShevaun Fortune Emma MilnerJason Hayes Alyssa Ramsay

MARKETING & DEVELOPMENTNeil Middleton, VP Marketing & SponsorshipBeth Proven, VP Development Carol Cassels, Development Manager Shenna Song, Development Coordinator Desiree La Vallee, Campaign & Event CoordinatorSarah Panas, Marketing & Communications OfficerDiana Chabai-Booker, Communications AssistantS.Thompson Designs Inc.

Daniel FriedmanDr. Selena FriesenMicah HeilbrunnRobin HildebrandPeter JessimanMargaret Kellermann

McCullochDr. Maureen KilgourSilvester KomlodiSotirios Kotoulas Dr. Eleanor MacDougallSherratt MoffattRichard TurnerTrudy Schroeder, Executive

DirectorAlexander Mickelthwate,

Music Director

Her Honour the Honourable Janice C. Filmon C.M., O.M.

Lieutenant Governor of ManitobaThe Honourable Brian Pallister,

Premier of ManitobaHis Worship Brian Bowman,

Mayor of the City of WinnipegMr. W.H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen,WSO Directors Emeritus

WOMEN'S COMMITTEE EXECUTIVESherratt Moffatt, PresidentMargaret Harvie, Vice-PresidentSylvia Cassie, Past PresidentNancy Weedon, TreasurerAgnes Bailey, SecretaryFlorence Bell, Asssistant

CONTACT US: BOX OFFICE: 204-949-3999 [email protected] OFFICE: 204-949-3950 [email protected] wso.ca


WSO BOARD & STAFF 2017-2018 SEASON

The WSO recognizes the following patrons whose foresight ensures that theWSO play on for all Manitobans for generations to come. The WSO gratefullyacknowledges Legacy Circle members for their planned future gifts.

The WSO currently has 44 individuals who have indicated their futureplans to leave a bequest to the orchestra in their wills. In our 70thyear, our goal is to reach 70. If you have a future planned gift for theWSO we would love to count you. Please let us know.

Your Own Personally Named Fund in Support of Sistema WinnipegAs part of your legacy planning, you may wish to set upyour own named fund at the Winnipeg Foundation tosupport the Sistema program. For a minimumdonation of $10,000, which can be paid over aperiod of years, you may set up a fund topermanently support The Sistema Winnipegprogram. The fund can be named for you, or forsomeone you wish to honour.The fund will beinvested in the market and will earn interestincome. Each year, a portion of this income will be spentin support of Sistema Winnipeg in your name. Donations toendowments are also eligible for matching through theCanadian Cultural Investment Fund.Your legacy will carry onby supporting future generations of children in Sistema.

If you would like information about making a legacy gift please visit our planned giving website at wso.ca/support or contact Beth Proven at (204) 949-3989 or [email protected].

Siana Attwell, PhDGreg Doyle and Carol BellringerMrs. Lucienne BlouwDolores P. BrommellLorraine and Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey F. HubbardRichard & Carol JonesEthel KarrHenry KatzKevin & Els KavanaghErwin W. Kitsch

Michel D. LagacéGail E. LoewenS. E. LoewenW. H. LoewenDr. Brendan MacDougallLen and Koren KaminskiMargaret Kellermann McCullochNathan & Carolyn MitchellLesia PeetBeth M. ProvenEdward Fisher & Lyse Rémillard

Trudy SchroederJune SlobodianMuriel SmithDr. & Mrs. S. SziromEdith A. Toews &

Dr. Helen A. ToewsRobin Wiens and Emilie

Lagacé-WiensDonn K.Yuen5 Anonymous Donors

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