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SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 2018 I ISSUE 1

MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to a new and exciting season of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra!

“From the heart, may it go further, to the heart!” is the famous inscription on thescore of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. I chose this motto since everyone of us atWSO – musicians, board and staff alike – are passionate about the music we’d liketo reach your hearts.

As the WSO’s new Music Director, I feel privileged and blessed presenting my firstseason built on a 70-year legacy of an institution so strongly embedded in thecommunity, so respected and loved in Winnipeg.

Like many of us, The Beatles played a significant role in my life as a teenager in the Soviet Union, where thegroup was actually banned for years. I am particularly excited about Classical Mystery Tour – A Tribute toThe Beatles, a show that presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played, and performed exactly as theywere written. The Beatles recorded with a 41-piece orchestra, so this is going to sound bigger than anyrecording you’ve ever heard!

For kids and parents alike – no one will leave without a smile after having fun at our Disney in Concert:A Silly Symphony Celebration. Groundbreaking cartoons by Walt Disney Studios accompanied by theiroriginal scores, performed live by full orchestra – it will be a real treat.

Continuing our commitment to presenting the finest scores of film music, we move on to Casablancawith Live Orchestra. Casablanca is often rated as one of the best movies ever and if you have not seen it yet – now is the time. Captivating performances by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart and a fewiconic lines like “Here’s looking at you, kid” will spring to life like never before.

Our Masterworks concerts in September and October each feature works that have changed the course of music forever. Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 “Titan” is the symphony as much about space as it is about time. And however familiar it might sound to us in 21st century, when we hear this music, weshould try and recreate the sense of wonder that audiences felt during premiere of this revolutionarywork in Budapest in 1889.

Even more stunned were the audiences in Paris in May 1913 at the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “TheRite of Spring.” We have often heard about the riot it provoked when it was first performed, and eventhough I do not expect riots breaking out at Centennial Concert Hall, it is easy to comprehend why it wasso shocking, provocative and groundbreaking then. This iconic work is a ballet and our collaboration withBuffy Handel’s Aboriginal School of Dance and Odette Heyn-Projects will surely imbue performancewith joy and thrill of dance.

We are also excited to welcome young Canadian pianist Charles-Richard Hamelin for his debut withWSO. Silver medalist and laureate of the Krystian Zimerman award at the International Chopin PianoCompetition in 2015, he is surely an authority when it comes to performing Chopin’s 1st Piano Concerto.

There is much to discover and to enjoy in our season and I am confident that you will not leave after ourconcerts untouched and uninspired. You, our beloved audience, have a unique ability to inspire us musiciansto aim for the stars. And, rephrasing another iconic line from Casablanca:“We’ll always have music.”

Daniel RaiskinMusic Director

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Daniel Raiskin, Music Director

A son of a prominent musicologist, Daniel Raiskin grew up in St. Petersburg. Heattended music school and later the celebrated conservatory in his native city,where he studied violin, viola and conducting. At the age of twenty, Daniel Raiskinleft the Soviet Union to continue his studies in Amsterdam and Freiburg. Inspired totake up the baton by an encounter with the distinguished teacher Lev Savich, healso took classes with Maestri such as Mariss Jansons, Neeme Järvi, Milan Horvat,

Woldemar Nelson and Jorma Panula. Raiskin, who cultivates a broad repertoire, often looks beyondthe mainstream in his strikingly conceived programmes.

He was Chief Conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz (2005-2016)and held the same title with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestrain Lódz (2008-2015). Fromthe 2017-2018 season onwards, Daniel Raiskin will be Principal Guest Conductor of the OrquestaSinfónica de Tenerife and of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Artistic Partner of theChamber Orchestra St. Michael Strings in Finland.

Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor

A musician with wide-ranging musical interests, conductor Julian Pellicano has made hismark with a multifaceted approach to programming and performing, engaging audiencesin a diverse mélange of concerts and genres. Dedicated to invigorating performances of thetraditional and contemporary symphonic repertoire, Pellicano’s range has extended to filmslive with orchestra, classical and modern ballet, collaborations with composers, opera, pops,musical theater, multi-media productions, workshops, as well as carefully programmed

concerts for young listeners.The Winnipeg Free Press says of Pellicano,“His versatility is truly astonishing…”

The 2018 - 2019 season includes exciting debut performances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,National Arts Centre Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as well as a return to conduct twoproductions with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.This year also marks Pellicano’s sixth season as ResidentConductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with concerts on the WSO’s Masterworks Series inaddition to leading a multitude of performances throughout the season on the WSO’s Pops, Movie, Kids,Specials and Education series. He studied conducting on fellowship at the Yale School of Music where hewas also a member of the critically acclaimed Yale Percussion Group.

Harry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence, WNMF Festival Director

New York City-based composer Harry Stafylakis (b. 1982) hails from Montreal. "Dreamyyet rhythmic" (NY Times), with a “terrible luminosity” and “ferociously expressive” (TimesColonist), his concert music is “an amalgamation of the classical music tradition and thesoul and grime of heavy metal” (I Care If You Listen).

He is the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence and Co-Curator ofthe Winnipeg New Music Festival. His works have been performed by the Toronto,

Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, Victoria, Spokane, Stamford, and PEI symphonies, American ComposersOrchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, ICE, Contemporaneous, Mivos Quartet, Quatuor Bozzini, and AspenContemporary Ensemble, among others. www.hstafylakis.com

WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2018-2019 SEASON


MUSIC DIRECTORDaniel Raiskin

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 Dyer Bokyung HwangRodica Jeffrey**Momoko MatsumuraSusan McCallum*Takayo NoguchiJane PulfordClaudine St-Arnauld

VIOLASDaniel Scholz, PrincipalAnne Elise Lavallée,

Assistant PrincipalMarie-Elyse BadeauLaszlo BarocziRichard BauchGreg HayMichael ScholzHeather Wilson

CELLOSYuri Hooker, PrincipalLeana Rutt, Assistant PrincipalAlex AdamanArlene DahlCarolyn NagelbergEmma Quackenbush**Alyssa RamsaySean Taubner

BASSESMeredith Johnson, PrincipalAndrew Goodlett, Assistant PrincipalTravis HarrisonPaul NagelbergBruce OkrainecDaniel Perry**Anna Scheider

FLUTESJan Kocman, PrincipalAlex Conway

OBOESBeverly Wang, PrincipalRobin MacMillan

ENGLISH HORNRobin MacMillan, Principal

CLARINETSMicah Heilbrunn, PrincipalTaylor Eiffert

The James Thomson Memorial Chair

BASSOONSKathryn Brooks, Acting Principal**Brenton Foster

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TROMBONESSteven Dyer, PrincipalKeith Dyrda

BASS TROMBONE**Isabelle Lavoie, Principal

TUBA*Chris Lee, Principal**Jarrett McCourt

TIMPANIMike Kemp, Principal

PERCUSSIONFrederick Liessens, Principal

HARPRichard Turner, Principal

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ASSISTANT LIBRARIANLaura MacDougall

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Classical Mystery Tour:A Tribute to the Beatles

Classical Mystery TourJim Owen: rhythm guitar, piano, vocalsPaul Curatolo: bass guitar, piano, vocalsTom Teeley: lead guitar, vocalsChris Camilleri: drums, vocals

Julian Pellicano, conductor

Friday, September 21 8:00 p.m.Saturday, September 22 8:00 p.m.Sunday, September 23 2:00 p.m.

Let It Be arr: Martin Herman

Performing selections from the following:A Day in the LifeAll You Need Is LoveCome TogetherEleanor RigbyGolden SlumbersGood NightGot to Get You Into My LifeHere Comes the SunI Am the WalrusI Saw Her Standing ThereImagineLive and Let DieLucy in the Sky with DiamondsMagical Mystery TourOb-la-di, ob-la-daPenny LaneSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Long and Winding RoadWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsWith a Little Help from My FriendsYellow SubmarineYesterday

*Note: there will be an intermission between sets.All songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, or George Harrison.

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Since its initialperformance at theOrange CountyPerforming Arts Center (now renamedSegerstrom Center for the Arts) in 1996,Classical Mystery Tour

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Laura MacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; JamesLangridge, trumpet; Miles Thomsen, trumpet; JuliaMcIntyre, bass trombone; Tony Cyre, percussion;Victoria Sparks, percussion; Will Bonness, keyboards;Janice Finley, saxophone; Ken Gold, saxophone; JulieHusband, saxophone; Jonathan Stevens, saxophone

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Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Allegro maestoso

Romanze: Larghetto

Rondo: Vivace

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Symphony No. 1 in D major (Titan) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Langsam, schleppend – Sehr gemächlich

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Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

Stürmisch bewegt

Friday, September 28 8:00 p.m.Saturday, September 29 8:00 p.m.

Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 7:15 p.m.

Mahler’s Titan

Daniel Raiskin, conductor

Charles-Richard Hamelin, piano

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The Sept 29th concert is performed in memory ofLouise Nebbs. Louise left a gift of $100,000 to theWSO in her will. The WSO is tremendously gratefulfor her generosity.

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PROGRAM NOTESby James Manishen

Overture to The Marriage of FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozartb. Salzburg / January 27, 1756d. Vienna / December 5, 1791Composed: 1785-1786First performance: May 1, 1786 (Vienna)Last WSO performance: 2015, AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor

The appointment of Venetian-born Lorenzo da Ponte byEmperor Joseph II as poet toVienna’s Imperial Theatres in1783 proved a godsend to

Mozart, a true man of the theatre whose firstlove was opera.When the two met soon after,da Ponte agreed to furnish a new librettowhen Mozart told him he had searchedthrough “hundreds of plays”hoping to findmaterial for a new opera. But nothinghappened until 1785, when Mozart cameupon the idea of fashioning an opera arounda recent and highly successful satiric comedyof manners entitled La Mariage de Figaro bythe French writer Beaumarchais.

The original play was written around 1781 andhad to wait three years before being produceddue to Louis XVI’s objections in the way itslammed the aristocracy. After the play becamea runaway hit in Paris in 1784, da Ponte wasable to convince the Emperor, who was equallywary of the subject matter, that he and Mozartcould make an opera buffa that would notshock conventionalities. Permission was granted.

“As fast as I wrote the words,”da Ponte told inhis memoirs,“Mozart wrote the music, and itwas all finished in six weeks.”The Overturewas composed just two days before the May1, 1786 premiere, which was a great successwith immediate encores demanded of manyof the numbers.The boisterous Overturecaptures the lively spirit and fast pace of the story.

Piano Concerto No. 1Frédéric Chopinb. Warsaw / March 1, 1810d. Paris / October 17, 1849Composed: 1830First performance: October 11, 1830 (Warsaw),Carlo Soliva, conductor; with the composer assoloistLast WSO performance: 2013; AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor; Umi Garrett, soloist

At the time 20-year-oldChopin composed thisconcerto, the concertworld was ruled by thetouring virtuoso,

equipped with technical extravagance,thundering volume and plenty ofshowmanship.The arrival of Paganinion the circuit in 1805 followed by Lisztin 1823 set the rules whereby if ayoung artist wanted success, he hadto both play his own music andensure he had something that couldbe performed with orchestra. Chopin’sPiano Concerto No. 1 was the second ofthe two piano concertos he composedin 1830 but the first to be published.

Chopin’s playing was the ultimate insensitivity and poetry, perhapsunequalled in the entire history of thepiano. Berlioz praised Chopin’sperforming style and music, with therequirement that “it is necessary tohear him at no great distance, rather inthe salon than in the theatre.”Chopinknew his intimate style well, quicklybecoming a much sought-after artistamong the private Parisian salons ofthe elite.

All one expects from Chopin’s maturestyle are in the E minor Concerto: theongoing flow of arresting melody, theease and variety of his harmonic turns,the inventive exploration of pianosonority and a finely constructedstoryline, if somewhat sparse in theorchestral contribution.The secondmovement “Romanze”is especiallymemorable, while the rondo-finale isan exuberant setting of the nativePolish dance, the Krakowiak.

Symphony No. 1Gustav Mahlerb. Bohemia / July 7, 1860d. Vienna / May 18, 1911Composed: 1883-1888, revised 1892-1893First performance: November 20, 1889(Budapest), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2010;Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

The First Symphony wasa special piece for Mahler.He conducted it moretimes than any of hisother later works. One

might suspect several reasons for this,not the least the love affairs thatinspired its creation – an affair in 1884

with one Johanne Richter, a singer atthe Cassel Opera where Mahler wasconducting (an affair which alsoinspired his Songs of a Wayfarer), and aliaison in 1887 with Marion Weber, thewife of the grandson of the composerCarl Maria von Weber. Mahleracknowledged these but referred tothem as the “occasion”of the FirstSymphony, not the “message.”

The work originally had fivemovements but the “Blumine”(Flora)second movement was dropped asMahler felt it not sufficientlysymphonic since it came fromincidental music he had written for a play.

The Symphony opens with a giantevocation of nature, starting with aseemingly unending string octaveover which the first appearance of adescending fourth figure arrives inthe woodwinds.This descendinginterval of the fourth unites the otherfour movements and runs through allof them.

Cuckoos, hunting horns and quotesfrom the Wayfarer songs are heard asthe music speeds up. More Wayfarerreferences appear in the Scherzo aswell as the middle of the thirdmovement, whose grotesqueharmonies and strident orchestrationfollow an eerie rendering of FrèreJacques from the solo double bass.

This mock funeral march was inspiredby a woodcut of Moritz von Schwindtentitled How the Animals Bury theHunter and was attacked by the criticsof the time, especially in Vienna wherethe prevailing conservatism felt that asymphony should not have such asubversive, even evil reference toNature.

The finale is a great storm ofexcitement and a journey fromInferno to Paradise with majestichunting horns (their “bells in the air,”Mahler instructs) and a stunningaffirmation of Mahler’s friend andcolleague, conductor Bruno Walter’sview of the Symphony:“the youthfulwork of genius…the unconditionalcourage to use new ways ofexpression…the pulse beat of ferventpassion.”

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Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianoSilver medalist and laureate of theKrystian Zimerman award of the bestsonata at the International Chopin PianoCompetition in 2015, Charles Richard-Hamelin is standing out as one of themost important pianists of his generation.

As a soloist, he has performed with various ensemblesincluding the Montréal Symphony Orchestra,TorontoSymphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, WarsawPhilharmonic, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, OFUNAM(Mexico City), Orchestre Métropolitain, National ArtsCenter Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra,Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Violons du Roy,I Musici de Montréal, Sinfonia Varsovia and the PoznanPhilharmonic. He has played under the baton ofrenowned conductors such as Kent Nagano, VasilyPetrenko, Jacek Kaspszyk, Aziz Shokhakimov, PeterOundjian, Jacques Lacombe, Fabien Gabel, Carlo Rizzi,Alexander Prior, Christoph Campestrini, Lan Shui andJean-Marie Zeitouni.

Charles Richard-Hamelin’s 2018-2019 season ismarked by three tours in Asia (Japan, Korea andChina), the recording of the second volume ofBeethoven’s complete sonatas for piano andviolin with Andrew Wan, the recording ofChopin’s two concertos with the Orchestresymphonique de Montréal conducted by KentNagano, a solo recording of Chopin’s works andover 75 concerts in Canada, Asia, Europe andthe United States.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Karin Erhardt, cello; Martin Blanchet, bass;Graeme Delahey, bass; Laura MacDougall, flute;Laurel Ridd, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe;Tracy Wright, oboe; Sharon Atkinson, clarinet;Mike Dassios, clarinet; Allen Harrington,bassoon; Todd Martin, French horn; NeilSpaulding, French horn; James Langridge,trumpet; Julia McIntyre, bass trombone; BrendanThompson, timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion;Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)GalopWaltzDanzon

Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

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The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)Part One:The Adoration of the Earth

IntroductionThe Augurs of Spring, Dances of the Young GirlsMock AbductionSpring Round DancesRitual of the Rival TribesProcession of the Wise ElderAdoration of the EarthDance of the Earth

Part Two: The SacrificeIntroductionMystical Circles of the Young GirlsGlorification of the Chosen OneEvocation of the AncestorsRitual of the AncestorsSacrificial Dance:The Chosen One

Friday, October 19 7:30 p.m.Saturday, October 20 7:30 p.m.


SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEEIgor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Friday, October 19 10:30 a.m.Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 10:05 p.m.

The Rite of SpringDaniel Raiskin, conductor

Odette Heyn-Projects, Odette Heyn, C.M.,

artistic director and choreographer

Aboriginal School of Dance, Buffy Handel,

artistic director and choreographer

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The Oct 19th concert is performed in memory of Leroy Montgomery Johnson. Leroy left a gift of $24,718.74 to the WSO in his will. The WSO is tremendously grateful for his generosity.



Three Dance Variations fromFancy FreeLeonard Bernsteinb. Lawrence, MA / August 25, 1918d. New York / October 14, 1990Composed: 1944First performance: April 18, 1944(New York), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 2005, DavidItkin, conductor

Leonard Bernstein tookNew York City by stormwhen, on his 25thbirthday in 1943, he wasnamed both assistant

conductor of the New YorkPhilharmonic and recipient of acommission from New York’s BalletTheater for his first ballet, Fancy Free,which would also mark the debut ofchoreographer Jerome Robbins.Thepremiere at the Metropolitan OperaHouse was a smash hit, playing 99times in New York that year andpaving the way for a collaboration thesame year between Bernstein, AdolphGreen and Betty Comden for theBroadway musical On the Town, whichused the same story but different music.

Bernstein summarized the plot ofFancy Free: “From the moment theaction begins, the ballet is strictlyyoung America of 1944.The curtainrises on a street corner with alamppost, a side-street bar and NewYork skyscrapers picked out with acrazy pattern of lights, making a dizzybackdrop.Three sailors explode onthe stage; they are on shore leave inthe city and on the prowl for girls.”

Bernstein fashioned an orchestral suitefrom the score. In the Three DanceVariations, the three sailors devise acontest to determine which of themwould keep company with two girlsthey’ve just met.The sailors are todance; the girls will pick two winnersand the loser will disappear.The firstcontestant dances a punchy Galop; thenext does a lyrical Waltz; the third sailorgoes Latin as the orchestra plays aCuban Danzon. Unfortunately for them,the contest produces no result.

Suite from Der RosenkavalierRichard Straussb. Munich, Germany / June 11, 1864d. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany /September 8, 1949Composed: 1909-1910First performance: January 26, 1911(Dresden), Ernst von Schuch, conductor Last WSO performance: 1997,Bramwell Tovey, conductor

In the last dozenyears of the 19thcentury, nocomposer’s newestofferings were more

anticipated than the tone poems ofRichard Strauss, and he didn’tdisappoint. Each one stretched thelimits of what programmaticorchestral music could be, both inthe use of orchestral resources andpsychological probing.When hisoperas Salome appeared in 1905and Elektra three years later, Straussclearly wore the mantle of musicalmodernist par excellence. But withhis new opera in 1910, Strauss didan about-face.

Leaked to the Berlin press beforethe premiere, Der Rosenkavalier’spremise would be a bittersweetlookback to 18th-century Vienna, astory of love and longing ripe withcatchy melodies mostly in thethree-four time of the waltz.Thelibretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthalwas a warmly affectionate pasticheof sentiment and wit thatpoignantly examined both theyoung love of Octavian and Sophieand the fading youth of thearistocratic Marschallin.

Der Rosenkavalier caught on likewildfire in Dresden following thepremiere and acclaim quicklyspread throughout Europe asproductions became mounted inall its major capitals. Soon after,instrumental arrangements of DerRosenkavalier’s music began toappear in many combinations,including a sequence of waltzes thecomposer compiled in 1944.Thearranger of this other orchestralsuite from 1945 has never beenidentified, though it is thought thatthe conductor Artur Rodzinski mayhave had some involvement.

The Rite of SpringIgor Stravinskyb. Oranienbaum, Russia / June 5/17, 1882d. New York / April 6, 1971Composed: 1910-1913; revised in 1921 & 1943First performance: May 29, 1913 (Paris), PierreMonteux, conductor Last WSO performance: 2010, AlexanderMickelthwate, conductor

Igor Stravinsky had a visionwhile he was completing TheFirebird in 1910: a solemn paganrite where a group of wiseelders seated in a circle watch a

young girl dance herself to death to appeasethe god of spring.Thinking that this could bean exciting ballet (not knowing his score wouldlater become the most influential work of the20th-century), Stravinsky asked for input fromhis friend Nicholas Roerich, an authority onancient Slavic legend, and Serge Diaghilev,director of the Ballet Russe that had commissionedThe Firebird. Both jumped at the idea.

Stravinsky wanted to convey “the surge ofspring, the magnificent upsurge of naturereborn”as inspired by his childhood memoriesin Russia of “the earth cracking,”as he recalled.He developed a libretto with Roerich aroundancient Slavic ideas of earthly joy. Bold newmusic unlike anything ever before was to be therule.“I was guided by no design,”Stravinskywrote.“I heard, and I wrote what I heard.”

Intense preparations went on for the premierewithout a hint of the now famous melee thattook place at the Théâtre des Champs-Elyséeson May 29. Just after the music started, a riotbroke out with shrieks and catcalls from theaudience punctuated by fistfights and whistles.Diaghilev flashed the houselights on and offto try to calm things down. Debussy called fororder while Ravel stood up shouting “genius,genius.”Puccini called the score the “creationof a madman.”A furious Stravinsky ran fromthe theatre while a cool Pierre Monteux keptconducting the score to the end.

Yet as the work began to be heard on its own,audiences took to its slashing new style.Within a year, more and more listeners beganto understand that revolutionary music asbold as this could be a truly special experience.

The Rite of Spring is filled with hard hittingdissonance, galvanic irregular rhythms and adeliberate primitivism using ostinato(repeated) rhythms and simple melodicmaterials within a complex harmonicstructure. No work has had a greater impacton the music of its time than this.



Odette Heyn-Projects, Odette Heyn, C.M.,artistic director and choreographer

Odette Heyn, C.M.,Co-Founder and Co-Directorof the Professional Programof The School ofContemporary Dancers andArtistic Director of Odette

Heyn-Projects. Odette has choreographed worksboth nationally and internationally. In the past sixyears she created two full-length works for theWSO’s La Noche de los Mayas and the Rite ofSpring. Odette choreographed for the off-Broadway production Requiem for a Lost Girl and,in 2013, Mata Hari, in New York City. OnDecember 30, 2015, Odette was honoured to beappointed as a Member of the Order of Canadafor her “contribution to contemporary dance inCanada and the development of the nextgeneration of dancers.” She is also the recipientof the Winnipeg Arts Council’s “Investors GroupMaking a Difference Award - for extraordinarycontribution to the arts” and of Dance Manitoba’s“Lifetime Achievement Distinction Award forExcellence in Dance.” Odette is thrilled to becollaborating once again with the WSO and BuffyHandel to present the Rite of Spring.

Aboriginal School of Dance,Buffy Handel, artistic director andchoreographerSince making their explosive debut more thanten years ago, the Aboriginal School of Dancehas become the number one choice formulticultural entertainment and educationalprogramming for 13 school divisions and over100 organizations and businesses.

The Aboriginal School of Dance is known forenergetic and innovative choreography thatprovokes an intense emotional experience foraudiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds.Training young people as professionalperformers and providing them with skills to beindependent, the Aboriginal School of Dancewas built on the traditional values of integrity,respect and community as well as imagination,creativity and most importantly – the purpose:our youth.

Founded by accomplished dancer,choreographer and entrepreneur Buffy Handel,this Winnipeg-based group is recognized forhigh quality Aboriginal artistic entertainmentand educational programming andpresentations.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Jeff Dyrda, violin; Coca Bochonko, viola; LauraMacDougall, flute; Laurel Ridd, flute; KatrinaPanchuk, flute; Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, oboe; TracyWright, oboe; Rick Basehore, oboe; SharonAtkinson, clarinet; Mike Dassios, clarinet; RossEdwards, clarinet; Allen Harrington, contrabassoon; Elizabeth Mee, bassoon; Kristy Tucker,bassoon; Todd Martin, French horn; Roslyn Black,French horn; Micajah Sturgess, French horn;James Langridge, trumpet; Francois Godere, basstrumpet; Chad Reimer, tuba; Brendan Thompson,timpani; Tony Cyre, percussion; Victoria Sparks,percussion; Matt Abraham, percussion; Josh Bater,percussion; Donna Laube, piano/celeste; OliviaRichey, harp

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Pre-concert Activities 1:00 p.m.Sunday, October 21 2:00 p.m.

The Skeleton Dance (1929)

Flowers and Trees (1932)

Three Little Pigs (1933)

The Old Mill (1937)

The Ugly Duckling (1939)

Music Land (1935)

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Disney in Concert:A Silly SymphonyCelebrationJulian Pellicano, conductor

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Directed by Michael CurtizProduced by Hal B. WallisScreenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard KochBased on Everybody Comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett & Joan Allison

Starring Humphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidClaude Rains

Music by Max Steiner

Cinematography Arthur EdesonEdited by Owen MarksProduction company Warner Bros. – First National Pictures

Release date: January 23, 1943 (USA)Runtime: 102 minutes

*Note: there will be an intermission.

In 1989, Casablanca was one of the first 25 films selected for preservation in the UnitedStates National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aestheticallysignificant.” In 2006, the Writers Guild of America voted it the best ever in its list of the101 greatest screenplays.

PRODUCTION CREDITS:Producer John GobermanLive orchestra adaptation by Patrick RussTechnical supervisor Pat McGillenMusic preparation Larry Spivack

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Friday, October 26 8:00 p.m.Saturday, October 27 8:00 p.m.Sunday, October 28 2:00 p.m.

MUSICIANS IN THE MAKINGPre-Concert Performance on the Piano Nobile,Friday, 7:15 p.m. Sistema WinnipegSaturday, 7:15 p.m. Sistema WinnipegSunday, 1:15 p.m. University of Manitoba

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ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:Sharon Atkinson, clarinet; Tony Cyre,percussion; Victoria Sparks, percussion;Brendan Thompson, percussion;Olivia Richey, harp; Donna Laube, piano

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Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (The Abduction from the Seraglio), K.384 (1756-1791)

Misera, dove son—Ah, non son io che parlo, K.369 W. A. Mozart“Crudele……Non mi dir” from Don Giovanni W. A. Mozart

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 W. A. Mozart Molto allegroAndanteMenuetto e Trio: AllegrettoAllegro assai

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“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben”from Zaide W. A. Mozart

“Ach, ich liebte”from The Abduction from the Seraglio W. A. Mozart

Suite No. 4 for Orchestra, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Gigue: Allegro (1840-1893)Menuet: ModeratoPreghiera: Andante ma non tanto Thème et variations: Allegro giusto

Friday, November 2 8:00 p.m.Saturday, November 3 8:00 p.m.


DINNER & SYMPHONY3-course Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., Saturday

SPECIAL CONDENSED MATINEEMozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor

Friday, November 2 10:30 a.m.Pre-Concert Chat on the Piano Nobile at 10:05 p.m.

An Evening of MozartDaniel Raiskin, conductor

Tracy Dahl, soprano

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The Abduction from theSeraglio: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozartb. Salzburg / January 27, 1756d. Vienna / December 5, 1791Composed: 1781First Performance: July 16, 1782(Vienna), conducted by thecomposerLast WSO performance: 2005,Andrey Boreyko, conductor

Mozart knew he was aman of the theatrewhen he moved toVienna in 1781. At age25, he had enough of

the service of the archbishop ofSalzburg and had just received atentative offer from the NationalSingspiel Theatre’s residentpoet/director Gottlieb Stephanie tocompose a German comic opera, asrequested by Emperor Joseph II in itsmandate to advance stage works inthe native language.

Stephanie offered Mozart a librettotitled Die Entführung aus dem Serail(The Abduction from the Seraglio), alively story set in 16th-century Turkeyof an Englishwoman Konstanzecaptured by pirates and her eventualrescue from the harem by her loverBelmonte.With exotic “orientalism”invogue at the time, ripe with drums,cymbals and triangle from whatEuropeans associated with theJanissary bands, Mozart had a fieldday capitalizing on his theatricalinstincts and carefully prepared ascore perfect for the occasion. It wasa huge hit but though it wasMozart’s first acclaim as a musicaldramatist, he didn’t receive muchrevenue from the 16 performancesat the Burgtheater. Still, he felt secureenough in his new-found fame totake Constanze Weber as his wife onAugust 4, 1782.

The Overture dances and sparkles,with a middle section drawn fromBelmonte’s air that opens the first act.

Symphony No. 40Wolfgang Amadeus MozartComposed: 1788Last WSO performance: 2010, CristianMandeal, conductor

In less than two months Mozart produced thetowering masterpieces of his orchestraloutput, Symphonies 39, 40 and 41.Thoughone cannot simplify the striking wealth ofresource in No. 40, it may be fair to say that inits key of G minor and the symphony’simpassioned moods and restless intensity mayvery well be in response to the tragicconditions Mozart was living under at the time.

Mozart was 32 in the summer of 1788, indeclining health and with only three yearsto live. His wife was in failing health and theyhad just lost their six-month-old daughter.His opera Don Giovanni was not wellreceived in May, not much was on Mozart’splate performance-wise and he was deeplyin debt.Those two summer months may bethe most magical period of musical creationin the history of the art.

No. 40 is a work at the crossroads of theClassical and Romantic eras – a phenomenalhappening that seems to live in both worldsat the same time. Here the orderly ways ofthe Classical period find themselvesamalgamated to a new and vivid power ofself- expression which Beethoven was totake up and run with. All that, coupled witha masterly technical skill produce a trulygripping experience in No. 40, no matterhow many times you hear it.

Orchestral Suite No. 4“Mozartiana”Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyb. Votkinsk, Russia / May 7, 1840d. St. Petersburg, Russia / November 6, 1893Composed: 1887First performance: November 26, 1887(Moscow), conducted by the composerLast WSO performance: 1985,Kazuhiro Koizumi, conductor

Tchaikovsky was never moreeffusive than when hewould praise Mozart’sgenius as the reason hedecided to devote his life to

music. Mozart was the only composer livingor dead that Tchaikovsky went into raptures

over throughout his life, writing in his diarythat Mozart inspired “nearness to thatsomething which we call ideal.”

In Tchaikovsky’s view, Mozart’s opera DonGiovanni stood above all his other works. InMay 1884,Tchaikovsky decided torecognize the 100th anniversary of theopera’s premiere on October 29, 1787 bywriting a suite based on small, lesser-known Mozart compositions.

Tchaikovsky began work on the suite inJune 1887, continuing over the summer inBorzhom in the Caucasus while visiting hisbrother Anatol, and in Aachen where hespent six weeks nursing a sick friend.ThatAugust,Tchaikovsky completed the scorein Aachen.The premiere was scheduled onthe first all-Tchaikovsky concert conductedby the composer in Moscow on November26, 1887 and it turned out to be a triumph.

However sincerely done,Tchaikovsky’s vastresources in orchestration considerablyoverride the effect of Mozart’s originals, inpart since the Mozart models used are notespecially characteristic of his style.Theresult is a valentine painted inTchaikovsky’s broadest brush strokes.

The opening Gigue comes from a little pianopiece (K. 574) Mozart penned on May 16,1789 into the musical notebook of CarlEngel, the Leipzig court organist. It recallsEngel’s great predecessor Johann SebastianBach in its light contrapuntal style.Thefollowing Menuet comes from a keyboarddance Mozart composed in Vienna in 1789.

For the Preghiera (Prayer) movement,Tchaikovsky draws from one of Mozart’slast works, the motet Ave verum corpus.Rather than the using the original choralversion,Tchaikovsky’s model is a floridpiano transcription by Franz Liszt titled A laChapelle Sistine.

The closing movement variations uses atheme Mozart had improvised at a concertin 1783. Based on a buffo aria from Gluck’scomic opera Die Pilger von Mecca, about theCalendar Monk who feasts on wine anddelicatessen while the commoners imaginehim living on fruit and milk, it became thestarting point for some of Mozart’s finestvariations for a piano setting in 1784 (K. 455).



Tracy Dahl, sopranoTracy Dahl has appearedwith such esteemedcompanies as theMetropolitan, San Francisco,Houston Grand, Santa Fe andCalgary operas; the CanadianOpera Company, Pacific

Opera Victoria, Teatro alla Scala (Milan) and theThéâtre du Châtelet (Paris). Ms. Dahl’s 2018-2019 season highlights include appearanceswith Regina Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony,and the Canadian Opera Company in Cosi fantutte. She has recently performed as soloistwith the St. Louis Symphony and the Vancouver

Symphony. She also recently appeared with theToronto Symphony Orchestra and sung in a dualrecital with Adrianna Chuchman with theManitoba Chamber Orchestra. Born in Winnipeg,Tracy Dahl has been appointed to the Order ofCanada for her accomplishments as an operasinger and for her commitment to mentoring thenext generation of Canadian singers.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN:Victoria Sparks, percussion

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Now in their 71st Season, the Women’s Committee promotes community interest in the WSO, organizes and implements activities to provide

financial support to the WSO, supports the WSO community outreach and educational programs, and assists in many other facilities.

Shop for exciting gifts and accessories at great prices at the Music Stand prior to WSO’s performances and during intermission.

Interested in joining the Women’s Committee of the WSO?Make a difference I Enjoy a challenge I Meet new friends I Build our team I Promote our symphony

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

Winnipeg FoundationThe Noreen & Robert Allen

Charitable TrustElizabeth B. Armytage Fund,

The Winnipeg FoundationThe Benevity Community Impact FundHy & Pat Cohen FundSylvia & Robin Cowan FoundationIn Memory of Peter D. CurryD'Addario FoundationNita Eamer Memorial Fund,

The Winnipeg FoundationFoundation for Choral Music in

ManitobaFrancofonds Inc.The Bertram Austin Goodman, Mary

Easton McLaren Goodman andDorothy Jean Goodman Foundation

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Family FundMarjory Stewart McLaren FundThe Winnipeg Foundation - John and

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French in EducationRBC FoundationSiobhan Richardson Foundation Inc.Richardson FoundationBurton A. and Geraldine L. Robinson

Fund, The Winnipeg FoundationPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer

FoundationDavid & Leda Slater Memorial Fund,

Jewish Foundation of ManitobaLeslie John Taylor Fund, the

Winnipeg FoundationJames Thompson Memorial Fund

in Trust of WSO, C/O theWinnipeg Foundation

The Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Kenand Lorna Thorlakson AnnualGiving Fund, in memory of Alan Adams

True North Jets FoundationMarylla van Ginkel Memorial FundThe Kurt Weill Foundation for MusicWhite Rose Foundation Inc1 Anonymous

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 CairnsMr. Hugh CowanMrs. Audrey F. HubbardRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiHenry KatzKevin & Els KavanaghMargaret Kellermann McCullochErwin W. KitschMichel D. Lagacé

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ToewsRobin Wiens and Emilie

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The Maestro’s Circle recognizespatrons whose significantphilanthropy furthers themusical artistry of the WSO.

Honourary ChairAlexander Mickelthwate,Music Director

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Jane BohmJoan BraunRuth & Kris BreckmanMr. Robert BriercliffeJackie BrignallMiss Dorothy BroomhallChris Brown & Pat McCulloughMr. E. BrownMrs. Margaret BrownSean BucholzMrs. Dee BuchwaldMs. Carol BudnickMs. Judi L. BurlingKevin BurnsMr. John BurrowsMr. Bryan ByhrePat & Mary Jo CarrabreLaura Chan & Herman LamLawrie and Bea CherniackMs. Gert ChipkaMelina ChowKatherine Cobor & Gordon

SteindelJoyce CormackThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardMs. Maxine CristallTracey Cullen

Maureen DanzingerMr. Raymond DavisDan De BruijnF. De GraziaBeth DerraughMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckClaire DionneJennifer DobsonHerbert & Norma DriverAnne Dubouloz-GislasonR. DuddekLezlee DunnGloria DyckAndrea DyheLisa EdelAudrey EppDon & Martha EpsteinS & G FastRick & Julie FastGreg & Linda FearnMichael FeldMs. Helen FeniukMs. Catherine FlowerJoanne FlynnMrs. Marguerite FredetteLise Laverdure & François GauvinMrs. Margaret FunkJim & Betty GaynorDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardW. Blair GohlD. GoochMs. Barbara GrahamSuzanne GrayMarj GrevstadMr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. & Marjorie

GrowerSaul & Lolly GuttmanGeorge HaidauGertrude HamiltonMeghan HansenMs. Erin HarleyMrs. Phyllis HatskinLarry & Evelyn HechtRuediger & Lydia HedrichMs. M. HidoDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van

VlaenderenRichard & Karen HowellShaun HumphriesHuynh Van HoRozin & Cathy IwanickiAlan Janzen & Leona SookramFather Stan A. JaworskiVictoria JohnstonMs. Bev KawchukPatricia KellendonkErwin W. KitschNadine & Herb KlassenMs. Mary KlassenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMs. Jacki KovenPatricia KuchmaRon LambertLisa & TedEdith Landy, in Memory of

David LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeMr. & Ms. Kathy and Saul LeiblMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiAlbert & Helen LitzBarry & Patricia LloydPamela LockmanMr. & Mrs. Chris and Lori LubyAngela MacDonaldAl & Pat MacklingDr. Sabine Mai

James ManishenMr. Allan MapesLinda MartinMargaret (Bouskill) MawMr. Harold MawhinneyJemara FayDr. & Mrs. Ihor MaybaJ. Doreen McCormickDr. Ian McIntyreArdythe McMasterCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaughtMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisEstelle MeyersDr. Adrienne MeyersIn Honour of Donn Yuen's RetirementMr. & Mrs. Walter & Gladys MildrenPeter Miller & Carolyn GarlichMs. Sheila MillerMrs. Mona MillsMargaret & Fred MooibroekMs. Francine MorinMrs. Joan Ann MortonJohn & Margaret MundieLeesa MunroeMel & Sharon MyersMrs. Sheila MymrykDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerDavid & Hermine OlfertTruus OliverMrs. Henny ParitzkyKathleen ParumsMr. Julian PellicanoMs. Nettie PetersIngrid Peters-FransenIan & Ann-Margret PlummerCristian PopescuGabriela PopescuCarol PoulinMs. Lois PowneMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterBryan & Diana PurdyJudith PutterErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly RaffertyDaryl & Sheila ReidMrs. Barbara RempelMr. William ReynoldsSheilas Music StudioEleanor RiachMrs. Melissa RiceMrs. Tracy RidleyFrances E. RowlinMr. Chris RuddMr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule

SalangadMrs. Claudia SarbitR. SchroederA. SchroederDr. Marlis SchroederMr. Ken SchykulskiCharlene ScoutenRobert ShawLynn & Bill SheadMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykPatricia Simcoe-Rosenbaum &

Harvey RosenbaumLouis & Shirley Ann SimkulakJordan SodowskyGeri & Peter SpencerMr. & Mrs. StarodubDan & Elsie StasiukBonnie Hoffer-Steiman &

Lionel SteimanMs. Sally StephensMr. & Mrs. Lorne & Lorna StevensArt Turner & Lyn Stienstra


Ms. Karen SwainRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTEC VIDEO SECURITY INCMary and Robert ThomasMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonJulian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonRobert & Barbara TisdaleIn Memory of Ronald George

SpencerHenry & Elizabeth ToewsEdith UgrinMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestBarry and Gail VealsJim & Joan WarbeckKen & Mary WarmbrodMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersWaverley Tenant AssociationJames & Claudia WeselakeDorcas & Kirk WindsorAndrew WinklessMs. Joan WiseTerrie WoodwardPatrick WrightLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyWanda YoungDonn K. Yuen20 Anonymous

SonatinaArshad AhsanuddinJonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerMr. Lance Arthur AndersonMs. Susan BairdVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterMs. Oslen BelleMrs. Eva BerardMrs. Lori BettigAnna Ruth BirdMr. Dick J. BloemheuvelSally BouldingMonica BrechkaMs. Shirley BrownAlfred BuelowSusan BurchillCanada GuarantyCanadian Association of Gift

Planners Manitoba ChaperSister Josephine ChudzikS. K. ClarkMelissa ColquhounGlynis CorkalKaren CouchThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMrs. Jean CunninghamMr. & Mrs. Ted & Lacona CunninghamD. CymbalistShannon DarbyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisThompson Dorfman Sweatman LLPMrs. Wilma DehlsMrs. Michele Del RizzoL. N. DelisleMs. Shawna DempseyChristine DewarM. Jane DickMrs. Ethel DilMonica DinneyPaul DueckMr. Spencer DuncansonMs. Margaret Elaine EllisVera & Peter FastRoss FeldmanDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetBonny Fraser

Joycelyn and Bryan GawrylukMr. David P. GiesbrechtHeather F. GrahamMs. Gail GrangerMrs. Inga GranovskayaVictoria GretchenMs. Marion GuinnRaul GutierrezMichael & Elaine ShnierHelen & Peter HaywardPaul HenteleffMs. Shirley HicksMrs. Margaret HillArlene Hintsa in Memory of

MarilynMrs. Cathy HobdayWalter & Victoria HrablukStella HryniukMrs. Mary-Ann HudjikMs. Barbara HunnieMr. & Mrs. Peter & Rosalind HusbandIshbel IsaacsDavid & Heather JenkinsSusan JohnsonMrs. Karen KaplenCathy & Robert KaptianMr. Gordon C. KeatchUrsula & Sandor KelemenKatie KirkpatrickMrs. Vera KostyshynMr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie KuhnMs. Irene KuhteyAnne La TourMs. Desiree La ValleeMs. Betty LaingMr. & Mrs. Emery & Vlasta LajtaiElizabeth LansardFrances LemieuxKim LentowitschLinda LitwackGail LoewenRoger & Norma LoweZeeba LoxleyPat & Murray MacraeBarbara MainFrank & Terry MartinMarian MartinEmily MayoralgoHugh McCabeMs. Marlene McCullochKelly McGonigalJim McLarenMrs. Jean McLennanSen. Marilou McPhedranMr. Garfield McRaeMs. Kathleen MichenerMrs. Jocelyn MillardHoward MillerBob & Penny MillerSandi MitchellCarolyn and Nathan MitchellMr. Gordon MitchellM. MohrJon MontesMargaret MorseKim MortonMs. Bonnie NeilMs. Sabrina NeumannFred & Karen NicholsonMrs. Clarice OwenShirley & Graham PadgettOscar Pantaleon Jr.Sonjia PasiechnikJudy PatemanMrs. Liz PatzerDonald PearenEllen Peel & Neil BruneauMrs. Denise PenleyRobert PetersonMs. Bettina PfeifferGrant & Gail Pierce

Denise PiperRandy PitchRoss PokezaDr. Christine PolimeniDr. & Mrs. James PopplowKen & Geri PorathJanis PregnallMr. James & Christine PrendergastMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottMs. Margaret ProvenMs. Joanne PrygrockiJoanne PrygrockiValerie RaberW Rannie & Elaine WalkerKaren Rassmussen-OkeMrs. Marieann ReevesM. RegulyMs. Susan RenardBeverley RiddMs. Heather RobbinsEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMrs. Susan E. Roe-FinlayGisela RogerSandra RosenMrs. V. RosolowichMargot A. RossJohn & Shirley RussellBrittany RycroftMr. & Mrs. James SankeyEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyJessie SawiczNicola SchaeferKay SchalmeIvor & Lorna SchledewitzCharlene & Harry SchwartzSharna SearleIzzy ShoreGail & Murray SingerEvelyn R. SmithMr. & Mrs. Robert SmithMs. Kaye SnatenchukDarby SpaffordGarry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtGerry & Jasmin St. LaurentMarianne StaubDiane StewartArchie & Shirley StoneMrs. Marilyn StothersMuriel SutherlandDianne SzelagFrank TalbotGladys TaralaCharles TaxRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorSherri TowaijMs. Josette ToyeCathy TymmMrs. Nancy VincentDenis VincentIrv & Toby VinskyMiss A. H. WagstaffeDr. Jackie WalkerPatricia & Lorne WallaceMr. & Mrs. Paul A. WaltonPhyllis M WatersMr. Glen Angus WebsterMorgan WegeMr. James WernhamGrace M. WiebeAnnemarie WiebeEmily WilcoshPeter WilkMrs. Lilli WilliamsAnne YankiwskiGarden City CollegiateMs. Ruth ZahodnikMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan Zwingerma27 Anonymous

Festival donors help to furtherthe musical artistry of theWSO’s New Music Festival.Thank you! Mrs. France AdamsJean AltemeyerJanet Ash & Associates Ltd.Aubrey & Dr. Linda AsperGail & Domenic AuritiNeil Bardal Funeral CentreMs. Trudy BlightDr. Tenley Nicole Bower Medical

CorporationJackie BrignallStephen BrodovskyKevin BurnsDr. David CamorianoPat & Mary Jo CarrabreMr. & Mrs. John & Claudia CoronaCushman & WakefieldDr. Peter CzaplinskiMs. Shawna DempseySandra & Robert DeweyDr. R. Dookeran Medical CorporationAndrea DyheRobert EnrightKathleen & David EsteyRandy EwanikaMs. Susan FeldmanWayne ForbesDaniel Friedman & Rob DalglieshBaked Expectations - Beth Grubert

& FamilyMrs. Elba HaidDr. & Mrs. Don & Jerri HallMichael & Elaine ShnierMrs. Lisa HastingsMarilyn & Helios HernandezPatti HolmMr. Peter JohnsonMarianne JohnsonRichard & Carol JonesKoren & Leonard KaminskiJ. Gartner & L. KampeasKevin & Els KavanaghPatricia KellendonkMs. Jose KoesRon LambertLisa & TedMs. Bergthora LaxdalBernie Léveillé & Moira SwintonSherri Walsh & Dr. Louis LudwigDrs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallChris Pearce & Ruth MagnusonJohn Maguire & Susan CollisonDrs. Joshua Manusow & Kristen

CreekFrank & Terry MartinBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringShana MenkisRon & Sandi MielitzMs. Sheila MillerHoward MillerConor MulhollandMichael NesbittBob and Cindy NewfieldDr. Rashmi Nigam Medical CorpMikaela OldenkampLesia PeetRandy PitchDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth

Tippett-Pope

Phyllis Portnoy & Rory EganBeth M. ProvenDr. Clare RamseyKelly Regula Dental CorpPat and Bill ReidMichael RennieGuillermo Rocha Medical

CorporationSteve Ruddy & Pauline BoisselleOlga & Bill RunnallsBarbara ScheunemanRobert Shaw & Chris KrawchenkoDr. Moti ShojaniaSOCAN FoundationJordan SodomskyMarlene SternSusan StobartDr. Kenneth ThorlaksonSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonMr. Ron TimlickUniversity of Manitoba Icelandic

DepartmentMs. Stephanie M. van NestBrad VannanVolvo WinnipegMeeka WalshDr. Marnie WatersMr. & Mrs. Hymie & Shaaron

WeinsteinMr. Neil WilcoxKarin WoodsDr. Jens J. WrogemannAnne Yankiwski2 Anonymous

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 BarbourLucienne Blouw in memory of Hermi

van den BergMrs. Marlene J. CrielaardHuynh Van HoVolvo WinnipegPat & Murray MacraeMr. Gordon MitchellDr. Sidney & Gwen NelkoDaryl & Sheila ReidMargot A. RossBarbara ScheunemanBrenda SklarRoss & Bette Jayne Taylor2 Anonymous

Sistema Winnipeg is a free dailyafter-school program offered atno 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 ofthese children. Thank you!

Honourary ChairDaniel Scholz, Principal Viola

MaestosoThe Bertram Austin Goodman,

Mary Easton McLaren Goodmanand Dorothy Jean GoodmanFoundation

RBC FoundationRichardson FoundationWinnipeg Jets True North Foundation

VivaceManitoba Community Services CouncilMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonThe Thomas Sill Foundation IncSiobhan Richardson Foundation Inc.

Con Brio Bridgeport Office SolutionsDr. Ken FowlerSouchay Gossen Family FoundationThe Winnipeg Foundation - Mauro

Family Fund

Allegro

Mr. R.D. BellAndy BurgessD'Addario FoundationJudith & Peter Flynn in honour

of Arlene Young's BirthdayJudith & Peter Flynn in memory

of Diena YoungJudith & Peter Flynn in memory

of Andrew Wihelm-BoylesMark & Jocelyn GabbertMargaret & Peter HughesDr. David LyttleMiss Heather MenziesJonathan E. MitchellYvonne MorierJohn MorrissMr. Jean-Francois PhaneufMaurice (Moe) & Ethel Pierce FundE. ToewsFaye Warren1 Anonymous

Conmoto

Jonathan AlvaranAlyssa AmpostaJudy Amy-PennerBetty & Ted AshMs. Susan BairdIn Memory of Robert CoatesNeovation Learning SolutionsIsaak & Tina BergenMs. Diane BewellMr. William Richard BloxomCarole BoilySheila & David BrodovskyKathy BurchillMs. Judi L. BurlingMr. Bryan ByhreStanley Byskal, Ardelle & Denis

Jacques, and Cathy Carter inhonour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Lorraine and Gerry CairnsMrs. Audrey CampbellCanada GuarantyCanadian Maple Wings Association -

Winnipeg ChapterMelina ChowDave Christianson & Vera SteinbergerD.J. CowanGreg CoxThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyTracey Cullen

Betty Curnew in honour of Ben &Nadia Hanuschak's 65thWedding Anniversary

Shannon DarbySilvia V. de SousaMrs. Michele Del RizzoL. N. DelisleMarc DesjardinsMr. & Mrs. Ryan & Janice DiduckMonica DinneyJennifer DobsonHarry & Mary Duckworth in honour

of Arlene Young's birthdayDr. Harry & Mrs. Mary Lynn Duckworth

in Memory of Diena YoungR. DuddekGloria DyckJohn and Marilyn EkinsAudrey EppMs. Ursula ErhardtKathleen & David EsteyRick & Julie FastMichael FeldRoss FeldmanMs. Catherine FlowerFoundation for Choral Music in

ManitobaBonny FraserJoycelyn and Bryan GawrylukDr. & Mrs. Jon GerrardPenny GilbertMs. Barbara GrahamMs. Gail GrangerSuzanne GrayRussel & Mary Grenkow in honour of

Ben & Nadia Hanuschak's 65thWedding Anniversary

Raul GutierrezMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakAudrey A. Hawkins in memory of her

mother, Mrs. Janice HawkinsRuediger & Lydia HedrichCarl & Vi HultinShaun HumphriesWilliam J. HuttonP. IlavskyInvestors GroupSusan JohnsonVictoria Johnston in honour of Ben &

Nadia Hanuschak's 65thWedding Anniversary

Cathy & Robert KaptianKevin & Els KavanaghMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David

H. SkinnerMarion & Bill KinnearEd & Helen KolomayaDr. Alexander Grunfeld & Silvester

KomlodiMr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie KuhnKim LentowitschAlbert & Helen LitzGail LoewenZeeba LoxleyDrs. Christie J. MacDonald & Philip

St. JohnAngela MacDonaldDrs. Grant & Eleanor MacDougallLydia MacKenzieAllan & Anita MalbranckMr. & Mrs. Al & Pat Mackling in

honour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Joseph and Judith Malko FamilyFund

James ManishenJackie MarkstromMarian Martin in memory of Eleanor

Annandale

Margaret (Bouskill) MawEmily MayoralgoKelly McGonigalMrs. Maureen McIntoshDr. Ian McIntyreMr. & Mrs. Q. McNaught in Memory of

Merrily PetersQuinton & Maureen McNaught in

Memory of Barry AndersonMs. Linda MecklingKaren MenkisIn Honour of Donn Yuen's RetirementMrs. Jocelyn MillardCarolyn and Nathan MitchellGord & Sherratt MoffattMs. Francine MorinMorna-June MorrowMargaret MorseKim MortonMrs. Sheila MymrykMs. Bonnie NeilIn Memory of Diena YoungIn honour of Arlene Young's birthdayOscar Pantaleon Jr.Garth & Diane PantingJudy PatemanDonald Pearen in honour of Arlene

Young's Special BirthdayLesia PeetMr. Julian PellicanoRobert PetersonGrant & Gail PiercePatricia Pollard in Memory of Gary

PollardDr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth Tippett-

PopeMrs. Edna PoulterMs. Lois PowneMr. James & Christine PrendergastElizabett PrenterMr. & Mrs. Thomas PrescottAdeline Pressey in honour of Ben &


Beth M. ProvenValerie RaberErin RaffertyShane RaffertyHolly RaffertyDarcia Ratuski in honour of Ben &


Mrs. Marieann ReevesMs. Teresa ReillySheilas Music StudioMrs. Shirley RichardsonTannis RichardsonEttie RobinsonJean RobsonMr. Chris RuddMs. Miriam RudolphJoan SabourinMrs. Claudia SarbitNicola SchaeferBarbara ScheunemanPerce & Elizabeth Schirmer

FoundationEd & Susan SchmidtTrudy Schroeder & Norman DyckHarald & Vicky SchulzMs. Beverley J. ScottDebra ScottOlga & Myron ShatulskyMr. & Ms. Ed ShwedykJim Skinner & Judy NicholJoan Smith in honour of Ben & Nadia

Hanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Darby Spafford



Garry & Linda SpechtMs. Meg SpechtSt. Mary's Road United ChurchMarianne Wojtas Staub in honour of

Eileen Zaluski Dola and BeverlyKaran Pope's 60th Birthday

Mrs. Pat StefanchukMs. Suzanne StevensonDiane StewartArt Turner & Lyn StienstraRoss & Bette Jayne TaylorTEC Video Security IncMary and Robert ThomasThe Winnipeg Foundation – Dr. Ken

and Lorna Thorlakson AnnualGiving Fund, in memory of AlanAdams

Julian ThorsteinsonBetsy F. ThorsteinsonToad Hall Toys Inc.Edith A. ToewsCarol & Neil TrembathChristine Tymchak & Les Cels in

honour of Ben & NadiaHanuschak's 65th WeddingAnniversary

Cathy Tymm in Honour of MegSpecht's Birthday

Strang/van Ineveld FamilyMr. Michael van LieropMs. Stephanie M. van NestMr. & Mrs. Gordon & Charlotte WalktyMs. Vanessa WarneShawn & Beth WattersThuraya WeedonNoah & Myrna WeisznerDiane WeselakeWestminster United ChurchWhoDunit? Mystery BookstoreEdith WildePeter WilkLibby Yager and Billy BrodovskyTyler YipArlene Young and Robert O'KellDon & Betty Young20 Anonymous

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

Judy & Jay AndersonDr. Siana AttwellShibashis BalSheila & David BrodovskyLorraine and Gerry CairnsKatherine Cobor & Gordon SteindelMs. Barbara CookGlynis CorkalD.J. CowanMr. Raymond DavisHelene DyckRuth & Ernest EppMs. Ursula ErhardtDr. LeeAnn FishbackMs. Catherine FlowerMrs. Gitta FrickeMarilyn & Helios HernandezMs. Marilyn KapitanyMarilynne Keil, in Memory of David

H. SkinnerMargaret Kellermann McCulloch &

Paul McCulloch

T.G. KuceraAaron LewisNick Logan & Christine SkeneBrent Mazur & Nancy QuiringMr. & Mrs. Barry & Carol McArtonJudith MeunierMargaret MorozGabriela PopescuPat and Bill ReidLevi & Tena ReimerMs. Iris ReimerMr. Louis RicciutoHenriette Ricou & Jure ManfredaRoss & Allana RobinsonOlga & Bill RunnallsIvor & Lorna SchledewitzMarie SchoffnerPietra ShirleyMr. & Mrs. Daniel & Maureen SitarMs. Karen SwainDr. & Mrs. David SwatekFrank TalbotJames & Joanne TeitsmaThe Winnipeg FoundationSusan Glass & Arni ThorsteinsonIn Memory of Ronald George

SpencerGarnet WardJames & Claudia WeselakeRobin Wiens and Emilie Lagacé-WiensRaymond & Shirley WiestEdith WildeDavid C. WilsonKarin WoodsMr. John YaremaBlumie & Iser Portnoy Endowment FundWSO Women's Committee in

memory of Leila Alvare 4 Anonymous

ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATEENDOWMENT FUND Shelley Chochinov in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateBarbara & Brian Crow in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateIn honour of Robert Dalgliesh and

Daniel FriedmanBruno Gossen in Honour of

Alexander MickelthwateRichard & Carol JonesLydia MacKenzie in Honour of

Alexander Mickelthwate, inLoving Memory of Donn

Lawrie & Fran PollardBarbara ScheunemanLynn & Bill SheadJim Skinner & Judy Nichol in

Honour of AlexanderMickelthwate

Hien 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. BaileyVeronique BarthetRalph & Eileen BaxterAudrey Belyea

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Irene BergnerShirley BookFrances BoothSally BouldingJoan BraunMs. Shirley BrownMr. E. BrownMrs. Dee BuchwaldRev. Msgr. Michael BuyachokHelle CosbyD.J. CowanThe Crawford & McCarver FamilyMr. & Mrs. Ken & Monique DavisSiegfried EnnsJohn J. EnnsS & G FastDr. Jeannette Filion-RossetMr. David P. GiesbrechtKatie & DeLloyd GuthMr. & Mrs. Ben & Nadia HanuschakMs. Linda Harlos & Mr. Adrian

WildsmithTeresa A. HayMs. Shirley HicksDarlene Hildebrand & Steve van

VlaenderenMs. Susan HildebrandtBob & Biddy HiltonArlene Hintsa in Memory of MarilynWalter & Victoria HrablukCarl & Vi HultinWilliam J. HuttonMargaret JeffriesUrsula & Sandor KelemenJohn Knowles & Kathryn KnowlesEd & Helen KolomayaMrs. Vera KostyshynAnne La TourEdith Landy, in Memory of David

LandyLangrell FamilyMrs. Ingrid LeeFrances LemieuxMr. Francois LentzMr. & Mrs. David & Sherrill LeveneTom & Lovie LiewickiDr. Sabine MaiMr. Allan MapesElaine & Neil MargolisCheryl McNabb & Gerald DavisMargaret & Fred MooibroekKim MortonCharlotte MurrellMr. Tom Mutter and

Ms. Raena BuksakMs. Judy M. Nichol & Dr. Jim SkinnerWayne & Linda PaquinMrs. Liz PatzerMs. Bettina PfeifferMs. Pat PhilpottCarolynne PresserBarb & Gerry PriceMr. Guy ProkopetzDr. Fiona PunterW Rannie & Elaine WalkerM. RegulyLevi & Tena ReimerMrs. Barbara RempelMrs. Shirley RichardsonJim & Pat RichtikMrs. Patricia RomeynSandra RosenEduardo & Olga SaveliovskyKay Schalme

Ms. Debbie SpracklinMs. Helena StelsovskyMrs. Elizabeth SziromThe Winnipeg Foundation – The

Asper EndowmentMrs. Deborah ThorlaksonPatricia & Lorne WallaceAnnemarie WiebeGrace M. WiebeMs. Ruth Zahodnik11 Anonymous

OTHER DONATIONSLucienne Blouw in memory of

Louise NebbsLucienne Blouw in Memory of

Alexander Mickelthwate'sFather

Lucienne Blouw in Honour ofMarlene Crielaard and AlanSchmitt's Wedding

Lucienne Blouw in Memory ofNancy Lambert

Hilary DruxmanNessie & David Greenberg in

Memory of Mayer RabkinBarry & Susan Greenberg in

Memory of Mayer RabkinSaul & Lolly Guttman in memory of

Dr. Stephen SziromDr. & Mrs. Paul Henteleff in memory

of Dr. Stephen SziromHarvelyn, Catherine, Lisa, Pam,

Nora, Fran, Betty & Al, Bev &Bruce in Memory of Merrily Peters

Kevin & Els Kavanagh in memory of Jacqueline Desmarais

Nadine & Herb Klassen in Memoryof Mayer Rabkin

Linda Litwack in memory of MayerRabkin

Sharon Love in Memory ofJeannine McCallum

Brian Muirhead in memory ofMayer Rabkin

In memory of Katherine (Kay) LeeBill Pope & Elizabeth Tippett-Pope

in honour of Bill & ShirleyLoewen's 60th Anniversary

Bill & Elizabeth Pope in Honour ofBert & Lee Friesen's 50th Anniversary

Charlene & Harry Schwartz inMemory of Mayer Rabkin

Robert Shindleman and Family inmemory of Mayer Rabkin

Evelyn R. Smith in Memory ofMayer Rabkin

Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom, in Memory ofEdith Sagi

In memory of Mayer RabkinIrv & Toby Vinsky in Memory of

Mayer RabkinMr. Aaron Witzke in memory of

his grandfather, Mayer RabkinMargaret Wollner, in Memory of

Dr. Stephen SziromWanda Young in memory of Edwin

YeeMr. & Mrs. Edward & Susan

Zwingerman in Memory ofMayer Rabkin

Listing as of Sept. 4, 2018

PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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


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BOARD OF DIRECTORSTerry Sargeant,

PresidentCurt Vossen,

Vice PresidentRob Kowalchuk,

TreasurerMichael Kay,

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

Trudy Schroeder, Executive DirectorLori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant

ARTISTIC Daniel Raiskin, Music DirectorAlexander Mickelthwate, Director EmeritusBramwell Tovey, Conductor LaureateJulian Pellicano, Resident ConductorHarry Stafylakis, Composer-in-Residence,

Winnipeg Symphony OrchestraFestival Director, Winnipeg New Music Festival

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

Community EngagementJames Manishen, Artistic Operations AssociateLaura Lindeblom, Production ManagerTatiana Carnevale, Operations CoordinatorSheena Sanderson, Stage ManagerGreg Hay, Orchestra Personnel ManagerGreg Hamilton, Principal LibrarianLaura MacDougall, Assistant LibrarianBrent Johnson, Education &

Community Engagement Manager

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONLyn Stienstra, CPA, CMA, VP Finance & AdministrationSandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting AdministratorOscar Pantaleon Jr, Finance & Administration Assistant

MARKETINGBrent Phillips, VP Marketing & CommunicationsSarah Panas, Marketing & Communications ManagerDiana Chabai, Communications AssistantS. Thompson Designs Inc.

DEVELOPMENTBeth Proven, VP DevelopmentCarol Cassels, Development ManagerRenate Rossol, Development CoordinatorChelsey Hiebert, Sistema & Special Events CoordinatorKae Normandeau, Development Communications

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SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICESRyan Diduck, VP Sales & Audience ServicesJen Skelly, Sales & Audience Services Manager Rachel Himelblau, Box Office Coordinator Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative

Meg Dolovich Paul Longtin Sandesh Fernandez Emma Milner Jason Hayes Stephanie Van Nest Laura Gow

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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 EXECUTIVEMargaret Harvie, PresidentEva Lavallee, Vice-PresidentSherratt Moffatt, Past PresidentSusan Cooke, SecretaryNancy Weedon, Treasurer

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