2013-2014 Annual Report - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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2013-2014 SEASON
Annual Report for the
Annual General Meeting of Members
JULY 16, 2014 12:00 PM I RICHARDSON CONFERENCE CENTRE I SALON A, CONCOURSE LEVEL I WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Carnegie Hall
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WSO Mission, 2020 Vision, Strategies and Values .................. 3
Message from the President .................................................. 4
Message from the Executive Director .................................... 5
Message from the Music Director .......................................... 6
2013 – 2014 Season Highlights .............................................. 7
Artistic & Community Partnerships ...................................... 9
Education & Outreach Programs .......................................... 9
Sistema Winnipeg ................................................................ 12
Beyond the Perimeter - Tour Report.................................... 13
Carnegie Hall – Spring For Music Festival .......................... 13
2014 New Music Festival ...................................................... 14
Financial Report .................................................................. 16
WSO Sponsors, Funders and Acknowledgements ................ 20
WSO Supporters .................................................................. 21
Golden Baton Award Winners ............................................ 25
Volunteer Resources ............................................................ 26
Governance ........................................................................ 27
President’s Advisory Council ................................................ 28
Presidents of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra ................ 28
WSO Staff ............................................................................ 29
WSO Musicians .................................................................... 30
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WSO Annual Report – 2 013-2014 Season I 2
As an organization, we are pleased to report the seventh
consecutive operating surplus for the WSO. This gradual increase
in the financial stability of the organization continues to be a
significant focus and concern of the board and staff of the WSO.
- Timothy E. Burt, CFA
President, Board of Directors
WSO STRATEGIC PLAN 2014-2020
On March 18, 2014, the WSO board approved a Strategic Plan.
A summary of key elements of the plan follows.
WSO MISSION
To provide exceptional musical experiences for Manitobans.
2020 VISION
The WSO will be thriving artistically and organizationally, and it will have enhanced its
position as a dynamic, pivotal musical institution in Manitoba. It will be an internationally
recognized model of artistic excellence and community relevance with structural pillars that
include excellent musicians, innovative programs, strong leadership, and a well-diversified
and solid financial foundation.
STRATEGIES FOR 2014-2020
• Consolidating the WSO’s national and international artistic identity.
• Celebrating the Canadian Symphonic Voice.
• Engaging the community and engaging with the community through education and
outreach initiatives.
• Improving the range and quality of facilities in which the WSO performs and works.
• Establishing a WSO brand in the local, national, and international market.
VALUES
Artistic Excellence
Operational Excellence
Governance Excellence
Community Engagement
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Inclusion
Respect
Innovation and Opportunity
Adaptability
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s (WSO) 2013-14 season will be remembered as the
year the orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall. This project was the focus of so much
community goodwill, excitement, and exceptional efforts on the part of WSO staff and
musicians. The benefits of participation in the Spring For Music Festival were significant.
The recognition that this project garnered for the WSO in the local community and in the
broader international music community were important on a reputational and relational
basis. The selection for participation in this prestigious festival and the opportunity to
perform Canadian works on the stage of Carnegie Hall were a recognition of the
importance of the work we do in Winnipeg to explore new programs, composers, and
formats. The wonderful community support and excitement around the project confirmed
and displayed the pride Manitobans feels for their orchestra. The hundreds of Manitobans who were at Carnegie
Hall on May 8, 2014 will remember the pride and pleasure of that evening for many years to come. The project
was a success financially as well, and that is an achievement worth celebrating.
Besides the activity and excitement around the Carnegie Hall project, the WSO also accomplished many important
tasks on a local and institutional level. For the board of directors, this was a year of consideration and discussion
regarding an up-dated strategic plan for the WSO. The new plan was adopted in March 2014, and it builds on the
successes of the 2008 to 2013 plan. The governance committee continued its work on board governance policies
that follow up on last year’s revision of the WSO By-laws.
As an organization, we are pleased to report the seventh consecutive operating surplus for the WSO. This gradual
increase in the financial stability of the organization continues to be a significant focus and concern of the board
and staff of the WSO. We know that the benefits of fiscal health create a framework for the impact the organization
can have in the community through its performance programs and outreach activities. Sistema Winnipeg continues
to make a connection with youth in the Elwick and King Edward schools. The program has completed its third year
of operations, and the impact of 15 hours a week of participation in the program is making a difference in lives of
the participants and their families. We have been pleased to continue our partnership with the Manitoba Opera and
Royal Winnipeg Ballet as well as participate in national and local collaborative initiatives.
I thank my fellow board members for their work and contribution to the health and development of the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra. Dorothy Dobbie and Muriel Smith will be retiring from the board at the end of this season.
During their eight years of service to the WSO board, they have both contributed significantly to the gradual
improvement in the finances and operations of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. We thank them for their
dedicated support of the WSO and recognize that they have left the WSO stronger and more resilient than they
found it eight years ago.
Timothy E. Burt, CFA
I thank the staff of the WSO for the hard work and great spirit of
collaboration, the board for its commitment and dedication to the
WSO, and the WSO musicians for providing so many moments of
wonder and beauty for all of us to enjoy.
- Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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This is a year that feels like a turning point for the WSO in many ways. We have achieved
many strategic goals that have been part of our thinking and planning for the past six
years, and we built on the successes of those years in crafting the strategic plan that will
take us to 2020. With a commitment to musical excellence and programs and initiatives
that are deeply engaged with the people and institutions of our home community, we
know that there is a bright future ahead for the WSO. In fulfilling our mission and
working toward our vision of an institution that serves its community with excellence and
commitment, while also building its reputation on an international level, we have a
complex and challenging road into the future. The plan for the way forward is ambitious,
but there is a sense that Manitoba is entering an exciting and productive period of
growth.
No one involved with the WSO this year will forget the wonderful feeling of pride as the WSO musicians walked
onto the stage of Carnegie Hall. With red scarves waving, the hundreds of WSO supporters from Winnipeg made
the experience many times more exciting and memorable. New Yorkers were very impressed with the community
spirit and support that the WSO provided for its orchestra. We made a mark artistically and we made a mark as
Manitobans. When a project meets its artistic goals, its financial goals, its community goals, and is also great fun,
we know we have succeeded.
I thank the staff of the WSO for the hard work and great spirit of collaboration, the board for its commitment
and dedication to the WSO, and the WSO musicians for providing so many moments of wonder and beauty for
all of us to enjoy. This year, the WSO celebrates the careers and contributions of three WSO musicians: Raymond
Chrunyk, violin; Boyd MacKenzie, violin; and Zdzislaw Prochownik, bass. We also are very sorry to lose the energy
and talents of Lisa Abram, the WSO’s director of marketing and communications for the past five years. We wish
her well as she moves to Victoria, and we know that she will make an excellent contribution to the community
there. We also thank Sarah Lund, Jason Hayes, Amanda Wilson and Andrea de Haan for their work at the WSO.
We wish you all much joy and good fortune in the coming years.
Our 66th season has passed in a blur of activity, energy and musical exploration. For our loyal audience
members, our volunteers, our donors, our sponsors, our Women’s Committee, our staff, our musicians and our
board, I have to say thank you for the difference you have made here. The WSO serves its community with pride
and pleasure, and the community has demonstrated so much affection for its orchestra. I believe that the WSO is
leading the way for orchestral and community collaboration, and this will be our biggest strength moving
forward.
Trudy Schroeder
Executive Director
Dame Evelyn Glennie
MESSAGE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR
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Our 2013-2014 season will always count as one of the most historic and special in the life
of this organization because of our concert at Carnegie Hall.
We started out the season with the return of two international stars: André Laplante playing the
powerful Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 and James Ehnes performing Khachaturian’s
Violin Concerto, not quite as known as the Rachmaninoff, yet an absolute gem.
It was the first year that we created a new festival based on the Russian composer
Tchaikovsky with several partnerships and Winnipeg collaborations.
For me personally, in November and December we performed two very special concerts,
Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) and Handel's Messiah. Both interpretations were
historically informed with beautiful results. Both programs featured quite young soloists or singers: 12-year-old Umi
Garrett played a refreshing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Messiah was served dramatically well by four young
voices and the University of Manitoba Singers, brilliantly prepared by Elroy Friesen.
In our New Music Festival last season we explored the ‘Beyond’ in every aspect. From the spiritual music of Arvo
Pärt and Valentin Silvestrov to the most extreme sound worlds of Glenn Branca to the cutting edge of a new work
by Phil Kline and Jim Jarmusch, it really got people talking. The Hilliard Ensemble performed as part of their
worldwide farewell tour.
And then two more highlights, this time of the most romantic repertoire: Bruckner's majestic Symphony No. 8
and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
Several audience members wrote this year about the quality of the orchestra’s playing, from Baroque to the classics
and the romantics to contemporary. The playing this season was exceptional.
Our guest conductors, Aziz Shokhakimov, José Gomez and Marc Piollet, added a nice dose of spice and colours.
Our Carnegie program by three living Canadian composers Derek Charke, Vincent Ho and R. Murray Schafer was
a statement for Canada and signified the place this orchestra has in this country. The performance in New York
was something that I will never forget.
Other highlights from our Pops series included the descent of Hollywood through George Takei and Babelsberg
through Fritz Lang's Metropolis. We had lots of fun with Natalie MacMaster, Lindi Ortega, James Bond, Manitoba
Rocks! and the Peking Acrobats.
I want to thank everyone in administration and the board for this outstanding season.
Alexander Mickelthwate
Music Director
Music from James Bond classic movies, four great Manitoba
rock bands with our orchestra plus the awe-inspiring Peking
Acrobats completed our pops offerings.
2013-2014 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Alexander’s eighth full season as music director continued
to display our orchestra’s stimulating programming of wellknown masterworks and new discoveries to excite WSO
audiences, capped off with a historic return to Carnegie
Hall in May.
A broad sampling of the core symphonic literature in the
Masterworks series was highlighted. Our exciting Canadianfocused program performed at Carnegie Hall was also
presented in our Masterworks series: the orchestra’s first-ever
performance of R. Murray Schafer’s Symphony No. 1,
composer-in-residence Vincent Ho’s The Shaman – with Dame
Evelyn Glennie as percussion soloist, and Derek Charke’s
Thirteen Inuit Throat Song Games. More about Carnegie later.
A much-anticipated performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8
was a season highlight (what magnificent brass playing!), as
was our fall Tchaikovsky Festival that included the composer’s
Fourth and Sixth Symphonies, his second piano concerto,
Rococo Variations, plus a week of Tchaikovsky-based chamber
music, discussions and film. The theme/composer-based
festival concept holds much
promise going forward.
Other Masterworks programs included Holst’s everpopular The Planets, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony plus
other symphonies by Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven.
A special treat was Schumann’s rarely heard
Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra, brilliantly
played by WSO hornists Patricia Evans, Ken
MacDonald, Caroline Oberheu and Michiko Singh.
Guest conductors included the exciting young
Russian Aziz Shokhakimov, from France Marc Piollet
and Venezuelan-born José Luis Gomez, who started
his rising career as a young musician in his country’s
celebrated El Sistema program.
Our choral programs featured Verdi’s Requiem plus
Handel’s Messiah, both with stellar groups of soloists,
large audiences and ovations that always accompany
these two masterworks whenever they are performed.
In his first season as resident conductor, Julian
Pellicano took charge of a wide variety of programs,
winning audiences and musicians alike with his
excellent musicianship and engaging personality.
Julian led a splendid performance of Gottfried
Huppert’s massive score alongside the Fritz Lang
classic science fiction film Metropolis, truly a season
highlight in our SoundBytes series.
A fine collection of guest soloists appeared
throughout the Masterworks series.
Especially notable were performances by pianists
André Laplante in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3,
the young star Umi Garrett in Chopin’s Piano
Concerto No. 1 and violinists James Ehnes and
Augustin Hadelich in the concertos of Khachaturian
and Mendelssohn respectively.
Peking Acrobats
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Our choral offerings continued in strong fashion
with contributions from three major Manitoba
choral institutions: the Mennonite Festival Chorus,
the Winnipeg Singers, the University of Manitoba
Singers, the Canadian Mennonite University Chorus
and the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir.
(left to right): Michiko
Singh, Caroline Oberheu,
Kenneth MacDonald,
Patricia Evans, Credit:
Kenneth MacDonald
Credit: Matthieou Gauchet
Our theme-based SoundBytes series entered its fourth
season with typically eclectic programs. This threeconcert series offered a stimulating product mix for
both new and seasoned listeners. A gala Christmas
program opened the series to a sold-out audience. The
Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed and
enlightening Beyond the Score© presentation of
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition attracted another
large audience. Fritz Lang’s Metropolis closed
SoundBytes, the orchestra performing Gottfried
Huppertz’s rarely heard and vivid score live to a
screening of the classic movie.
Our Air Canada Pops season offered a wide mix of
music and styles for all to enjoy. Star Trek legend
George Takei and guest conductor Jack Everly kicked
the series off with a lively show devoted to music from
science fiction classics. The shadow artistry of Le Ombré
displayed itself in its premiere show with orchestra, not
only presented but co-created with our orchestra, as
was our February pops concerts with rising country star
Lindi Ortega. Fiddling sensation Natalie MacMaster
wowed audiences as she always does. Music from James
Bond classic movies, four great Manitoba rock bands
with our orchestra plus the awe-inspiring Peking
Acrobats completed our pops offerings.
Our outreach department was especially busy in the
2013-14 Season. In early October, Alexander and the
orchestra visited seven high schools throughout the city
in the aptly titled Up Close and Orchestral series,
promoting the season and filling the various gyms and
auditoriums with great music. Similarly, our Adventures
in Music series in March and April brought
approximately 15,000 elementary school students to the
concert hall for a highly successful concert that
featured dancers, singers, entertainers and plenty of
symphonic inspiration from our musicians.
Our Great-West Life Concerts for Kids series again proved
highly successful, both in the lively programs and
engaging pre-concert activities. Percussion virtuoso
Vern Griffiths opened the season. Veteran Canadian
writer/storyteller Roch Carrier presented his classic
story The Hockey Sweater to music by Abigail
Richardson-Schulte. Ever-popular host Mr. Mark
(Mark Cameron) delivered a rousing program
partnered by WSO mascot Manny Tuba.
Philadelphia’s Enchantment Theatre Company
appeared in a musically and visually arresting show
entitled The Firebird.
Once again, Winnipeg new music-lovers’ hearts and
souls were warmed in the middle of our cold winter
by the 2014 New Music Festival.
Co-curated by Alexander Mickelthwate and Matthew
Patton, this year’s Festival was entitled Beyond.
Opening with an appearance by Britain’s famed
Hilliard Ensemble, as part of their farewell tour, the
Festival included music by Arvo Pärt, Pierre Boulez,
Max Richter, Valentin Silvestrov plus a host of pre-and
post-concert performances, speakers and activities,
with an exciting new
partnership from
Toronto’s Spur Festival.
The 125th anniversary
of Gimli’s Icelandic
Festival was
commemorated with a
commission of a work
by Valgeir Sigurdsson.
The Pop Nuit portion
of NMF proved as
popular as ever, the
young audiences
showing their pleasure
post-concert.
Umi Garrett, pianist
The Bach to School program, made up of ten ensemble groups
of the WSO – string, woodwind, brass and percussion – visited
more than 60 schools across Manitoba. This program reached
over 14,000 students from Kindergarten to Grade 8.
ARTISTIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
The orchestra continued to forge artistic connections
with the community in several notable partnerships.
The ongoing success of the WSO’s annual
collaboration with the River East Transcona School
Division was again in evidence in the 10th anniversary
celebration at the Centennial Concert Hall.
The WSO’s annual MTS Rising Stars concert was held
in May and featured honour bands of a variety of
levels from the Manitoba Band Association. The
WSO’s first-ever partnership with Winnipeg’s Filipino
community took place in May in a concert with the
renowned vocalist Pilita Corrales, a program the WSO
co-created with Ms. Corrales’s artistic staff.
The fifth biennial Doris McLellan Competition for
Solo Performance with our orchestra is one of our
most valued partnerships. Created with the Women’s
Musical Club in 2006, this year’s final round was
presented in April and featured an outstanding trio of
Manitoba soloists performing with the WSO. Violinist
Joshua Peters was awarded the $10,000 first prize.
The second triennial International Cello Festival
presented in partnership with the Agassiz Festival saw
our orchestra performing at the closing concert with a
splendid group of internationally recognized soloists.
This exciting event holds much promise going forward.
The longstanding highly successful Virtuosi Concert
series continued its partnership with the WSO at the
University of Winnipeg’s Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall. A
program of works for piano and chamber ensemble
was presented, featuring soloist Sheng Cai. We look
forward to an ongoing relationship with the University
of Winnipeg in presenting stimulating, theme-based
programs for Virtuosi.
Partnering with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
within its series, our musicians appeared in a special
performance of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor at
St. Boniface Cathedral in March.
Summer appearances found the WSO performing at the
Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park, The Forks on Canada
Day, Central Park stage and its annual appearance at
Kenora’s new dockside Lucia Melnick Stage.
The WSO continues to serve as the musical
foundation for the Manitoba Opera and the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet, bringing to their audiences the full
symphonic resources their productions require.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
The WSO’s exciting and innovative education
programs were presented to more than 35,000 students
during the 2013-14 season. Reaching students from
across Manitoba, these programs introduce orchestral
music and instruments in an engaging and educational
way. These programs offer a “backstage door” approach
that creates opportunities for students and community
members to truly engage in the life and music of a
symphony orchestra.
• Creating personal connections and meaningful
experiences with WSO musicians and conductors,
and the music of our orchestra.
The four key areas of the WSO’s education and
outreach programs are:
• Providing opportunities for Manitobans to make
music, listen to music and learn about music in
connection with the WSO.
• Being a resource to our community on many levels
including great music-making, music listening,
educational resources, innovative ideas and
programming. We want to be the ‘go-to’ place when
people think of excellent music and programs.
• Presenting programming that supports continuous
learning so that patrons of all ages have multiple
touch-points with the WSO as a young person and
into adulthood, and therefore a long-term
connection to the WSO.
WSO Violist Dan
Scholz conducts a
full band workshop
for the Destination
WSO program
Education Programs
Early in the fall, the full orchestra visited seven high
schools with the Up Close and Orchestral program. Led by
music director Alexander Mickelthwate, this program
featured a variety of music, from Shostakovich’s Festive
Overture to the theme from Mission Impossible. More
than 4,000 students across Winnipeg received a rare
opportunity to meet the WSO and experience an “up close
and personal” orchestra performance in their school. As
part of the WSO’s annual student competition, these
concerts featured 16-year-old student marimba player
Claire Ploughman performing Rosauro’s Concert No. 1 for
Marimba and Orchestra. Two students from each school
were invited to perform the canon part on bass drums as
part of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. One lucky student at
each concert received their debut by conducting Rossini’s
Barber of Seville with the WSO. All the high school students
were invited to attend the opening night of the WSO’s
Tchaikovsky Festival on October 25, 2013. More than 300
students enjoyed this concert at no cost.
Destination WSO brings students directly into the
Masterworks concert experience via an open dress
rehearsal. School groups can also book tours, attend
concerts at discounted prices, or participate in sectional
clinics and masterclasses with WSO musicians. In total,
more than 650 junior high and high school students and
chaperones, from five different Manitoba communities
attended these rehearsals. Several of these schools attended
evening concerts at discounted rates, and two schools
booked clinics and sectionals with WSO musicians. Music
director Alexander Mickelthwate hosted the rehearsals and
participated in a Q&A session with the students.
The Bach to School program, made up of ten ensemble
groups of the WSO – string, woodwind, brass and
percussion – visited more than 60 schools across
Manitoba. This program reached over 14,000 students
from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Continuing on the success
of the French ensemble pilot program in 2012-13, the
French group was formally made a part of the Bach to
School program and was able to reach into Francophone
and Immersion schools. In addition, WSO horn player
Michiko Singh visited five high schools to work with and
perform for band students as part of this program. This
program has a strong reach to many communities
including rural, inner city, junior high and high
schools covering 12 school divisions.
The Nursery Notes program is an innovative
program designed to reach pre-school aged
children. A string ensemble group from the WSO
shared presentations in 12 different nursery schools
across Winnipeg. More than 285 children connected
with the music and instruments through interactive
activities, learning about colours and working
together. The WSO also partners with the River East
Transcona School Division each year to present this
program as part of their nursery school classes.
The WSO presented the fifth year of the Musical
Discoveries program for Grades 1-3 students. This
series presents three concerts with 4,788 students
attending. This program continues to grow in
attendance each year. This year’s program, Manny
Tuba’s Musical Treasure Hunt joined WSO mascot
Manny Tuba and children’s entertainer Mr. Mark as
they explored the musical treasures inside the
orchestra. For the first time in an education concert,
the WSO brought the music to life by using a live
video-feed for the students to see the instruments and
musicians performing up close on the screen during
the concert. Teachers received a curriculum-based
Study Guide that included lesson plans to teach
children about the music and prepare them to attend.
Adventures in Music, the WSO’s largest education
program, presented eight concerts in March and
April. More than 13,000 elementary schools students
attended this program. “Raiders of the Lost Art”
brought students through a journey through the art
gallery of great music featuring excerpts of
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, John Williams’s
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Flight to Neverland, and more.
Led by resident conductor Julian Pellicano, these
concerts included more than 400 students
performing on stage in movement, recorder and
string groups. These concerts also featured student
artwork during the performance of Mussorgsky’s The
Old Castle.
The highlight of the year was on the WSO’s Season Opener
Concert on September 20 th, when all 100 Sistema Winnipeg
students joined the WSO on stage to perform the famous
tune ‘Ode to Joy’ by Beethoven.
Education Programs (Cont.)
Prior to each Concerts for Kids concert, the WSO
presents an hour of pre-concert activities for children
ages 4-9. In partnership with Music for Young
Children, these activities can include a craft station,
rhythm ensembles, an instrument petting zoo, and a
conducting station. WSO mascot Manny Tuba
attended each concert, inviting children to learn about
music, pose for pictures, and bring their friends.
In partnership with the University of Manitoba Marcel
A. Desautels Faculty of Music, WSO musicians attend
University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra
rehearsals. This Mentorship Program provides the
opportunity for young university orchestra students to
be mentored by professional orchestra musicians.
Nineteen WSO musicians participated in the
rehearsals to offer technical expertise, suggestions for
rehearsing excerpts, and demonstrate leadership skills.
The Apprenticeship Program provides string players
currently enrolled in a Master of Music program or in
a performance degree at the undergraduate level at
the University of Manitoba the opportunity to rehearse
and perform as an orchestral musician with the WSO.
They learn about preparing for orchestra auditions and
rehearsals, performing with an orchestra and making
connections to prepare them for a professional career
in music. This year, one cellist and one bassist
participated by performing in the Adventures in Music
program. They also gave a 30-minute presentation to
two schools as part of their professional development.
For the third year, the WSO partnered with the National
Arts Centre Orchestra to present the Music Alive
Program, which aims to support and inspire musical
learning in schools. WSO horn player Ken MacDonald
travelled with aboriginal musician and composer
Andrew Balfour to three remote rural communities to
work with students in each school. The musicians spent
a full day each at Waterhen School, Skownan School,
and Minegoziibe Anishinabe School, connecting with
the students and making music together.
Outreach Programs
The WSO is committed to being an integral part of
our community and bringing orchestral music to new
audiences.
Culture Days took place across the country on the
weekend of September 27-29, 2013. The WSO held an
event on September 28 in partnership with the
Manitoba Opera, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the
Centennial Concert Hall and Music for Young Children.
This included an open house at the Centennial Concert
Hall, with tours, a chance to pick your seat,
performances by the Manitoba Opera and Music for
Young Children, and child-friendly music activities.
The WSO and the River East Transcona School Division
presented a special community concert at the
Centennial Concert Hall on October 29, 2013. Building
on the success of previous years, these concerts
showcased more than 575 students from the division
who performed with the WSO in one of three divisional
choirs, a recorder ensemble, or a guitar ensemble.
The concert also featured student involvement through
various visual arts components. This is a very special
partnership that engages many students, teachers,
administration and superintendents from the division.
The Musicians in Healthcare program offered musical
presentations by a WSO string quartet and a musical
duo featuring WSO principal harpist Richard Turner
and flutist Laura MacDougall at various healthcare
centres across Winnipeg. Using live music, this
program promotes the health and healing of hospital
patients, visitors and staff in the community.
Share the Music is a unique partnership with
community organizations that enables economically
disadvantaged children, their families and adults to
attend WSO performances. Because of the generous
donations by corporations and individuals, more
than 2,000, were provided across the Province this
season. The organizations distribute tickets free of
charge to people who want to hear our orchestra.
MTS Rising Stars
Outreach Programs (Cont.)
Through the Musicians in the Making program, the
WSO provided performance opportunities for young
musicians in our community. This season, numerous
school groups and students performed in the Piano
Nobile Level prior to each Pops and SoundBytes
concert throughout the season.
The Soundcheck program offers young people ages 30
and under the opportunity to attend WSO concerts all
season for only $15 per concert. In the 2013-14 season,
the Soundcheck membership reached almost 2,500
people. The program kicked off the year on September
20 with a large event called Dust off the Dress. More than
140 young people came dressed in their best attire to
celebrate the launch of the WSO season and mingle with
WSO musicians and the music director. The event was
complete with a fashion show presented by local store
Rockabetty. This year, the Soundcheck program hosted
its first ever event in Brandon – a pre-concert Coffee,
Dessert and Music, where members met Resident
Conductor Julian Pellicano as he presented a chat
about the Four Horns & Beethoven concert. The
Soundcheck program also hosted a post-concert
Casino Royale event – a Symphonic tribute to 50
Years of 007 as the Piano Nobile level was
transformed into a casino.
For the fifth time, the WSO presented the MTS
Rising Stars concert, bringing together some of the
most talented students in Manitoba. This year the
WSO partnered with the Manitoba Band Association
to present a program featuring all three provincial
honour bands performing with the WSO. The
concert also featured student soloist Heather
Jonasson on flute. More than 200 students
performed side-by-side with WSO musicians.
SISTEMA WINNIPEG
Sistema Winnipeg continued strongly in its third year with
100 students participating daily from 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm.
This program is a partnership with the Seven Oaks School
Division and the Winnipeg School Division and seeks to
promote social changes through music in an intensive
group-based orchestral environment that inspires and
supports students in achieving their full potential. The
program values inclusion and accessibility, artistic
excellence, community building and mentorship in
achieving its goals.
Sistema Winnipeg
Students
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In addition to the violin, viola and cello ensembles,
the program launched the double bass sectional to fill
out the string section of the orchestra. The students
performed more than 30 times in the community at
various events and functions, as well as presented their
own concert with all 100 students in November and
May to audiences of more than 250 people including
parents, supporters and community members.
The highlight of the year was on the WSO’s Season
Opener concert on September 20th, when all 100
students joined the WSO on stage to perform the
famous tune Ode to Joy by Beethoven. It was a
moving performance with a standing ovation from
the Masterworks audience.
In addition, former Manitoba Arts Council chair and
Sistema Winnipeg volunteer Judith Flynn gave 10
presentations to rotary clubs and retirement
homes in Winnipeg in order to increase
awareness in the community and to assist
with fundraising efforts of the program.
Her energy, time and support are truly
a gift to this program.
The jewel in the season’s crown was the orchestra’s performance
in New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall on May 8th.
BEYOND THE PERIMETER – TOUR REPORT
The WSO regularly packs up instruments and
musicians and heads out on the open road to take
the full orchestra to communities throughout the
province and beyond. Our regular concert series in
Brandon presented a wide range of musical offerings,
as we have done, four times per season, ensuring that
music lovers in the Western regions of Manitoba can
experience the wonder of live symphonic music.
Summer of 2014 found the WSO appearing in
Kenora, the large audience enjoying a lovely summer
evening’s program of music dockside.
December was especially busy, as the orchestra
embarked on its Power Smart Holiday Express Tour with
family-focused holiday concerts in Steinbach, Baker
Colony, Winkler and Portage la Prairie.
Thanks to the Richardson Foundation, the WSO’s
Adventures in Music education series saw May
performances in Brandon. Approximately 1,500
elementary students were in attendance. This program
works closely with the school divisions to provide
musical content and preparation for the students so that
they find the programs stimulating and memorable.
The WSO continues to connect with rural schools
through the Bach to School program. Each year a group
of five musicians visit five schools in small communities
introducing more than 1,500 students in Grades 1-8 to
live music.
As always, the WSO continues to explore touring
opportunities in Manitoba to ensure that all
Manitobans may regard the orchestra as their own.
Carnegie Hall
The jewel in the season’s crown was the orchestra’s
performance in New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall
on May 8th. Our orchestra was chosen as one of six
from 32 orchestras that applied to appear at the
week-long Spring For Music Festival, the final time
this annual festival devoted to innovative
programming was to take place.
Over 800 Manitobans travelled to the “big apple” to
hear and cheer the WSO on in an all Canadian
program of music by R. Murray Schafer and our own
composer-in-residence Vincent Ho, whose percussion
concerto The Shaman brought the house down in a
vivid performance by Dame Evelyn Glennie, the
world’s most renowned percussion soloist. Derek
Charke’s Thirteen Inuit Throat Song Games featured
renowned throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
The reviews were highly positive. James Oestreich in
the New York Times called Vincent’s piece “brilliant
and compelling” and Alexander “conducted
expertly.” Following the concert, the large audience,
dignitaries and musicians celebrated at New York’s
legendary Russian Tea Room.
All of this could not have taken place without the
tremendous efforts of the WSO staff, the
development team in particular: Joanne
Gudmundson, Carol Cassels, Jason Hayes and all the
other staff that assisted them. Every musician was
“adopted” by enthusiastic patrons and supporters.
No doubt the WSO’s star rose considerably from this
memorable event which was an unqualified success
on all fronts.
2014 NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
This year’s New Music Festival (NMF) was another
exciting event that pushed the boundaries of creative
thinking. As this year’s theme suggests, “Beyond,” it
was a weeklong event devoted to exploring music
that lays outside the academic realm. This creative
vision, spearheaded by co-curators Alexander
Mickelthwate and Matthew Patton, led to the
creation of a program that featured many innovative
artists of varying genres: Jim Jarmusch, Venetian
Snares, Owen Pallett, etc. As a result, this year’s
NMF programming enabled us to reach new
audiences of various demographics, many of whom
have never attended our event before, and saw the
creation of many new partnerships.
The initial vision was to showcase these two streams
of thought and to see how they are being expressed
today. The opening concert presented this thesis
with two works by composers representing these two
musical worlds – Pierre Boulez (who was deeply
rooted in the contemporary philosophies of Europe)
and Frank Zappa (who began breaking down the
barriers between the pop/rock and classical
contemporary world). From there on, the rest of the
week showcased music by composers who
represented similar contrasts. Using Frank Zappa as
one model, we were proud to feature composers who
represented his philosophical thinking:
• Owen Pallett (CAN) – Canadian
singer/songwriter who is now making a name for
himself as an orchestral composer (Violin Concerto).
• Jonny Greenwood (UK) – Member of the UK
band Radiohead, who now has established
himself as a major contemporary classical
composer.
• Mychael Danna (CAN) – Hollywood film
composer.
• Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney (CAN/USA) –
Experimental composers/performers.
• Venetian Snares (CAN) – Electronic sound artist.
• Glenn Branca (USA) – Avant-garde composer
and guitarist known for his use of volume,
alternative guitar tunings, repetition, harmonic
series.
This collection of artists allowed us to reach a new
demographic audience that was new to our Festival.
They represented an “underground” scene that has
existed for many years and are only now being
connected to our annual event.
As the counterpoint to this, programmed alongside
these works was music by composers who
represented the current contemporary new music
scene:
• Pierre Boulez (FR)
• Arvo Pärt (EE)
• Valentin Silvestrov (UA)
• Max Richter (UK)
• Gavin Bryars (UK)
In addition, we were proud to present as our guest
artists the world-renowned Hilliard Ensemble. Their
participation at our Festival reinforced our position
as a world-class event that features critically
acclaimed artists.
This year, we continued our new Pop Nuit series
that consisted of two post-concert performances by
artists from the pop/rock genre. Curator Matt
Schellenberg successfully brought together a
collection of artists whose music explores the
boundaries between pop and experimentalism:
Colin Stetson, Venetian Snares, Mahogany Frog,
and Hannah Epperson. The music they presented
represented the latest developments and
experiments being made today from within their
musical sphere. Being that this new series was
highly successful with the local youths, we held
these events at larger venues this year that caters to
this demographic of audience while expanding its
marketing campaign. The two concerts were sold
out and brought in a record-number of listeners.
Thus, our Festival had created many opportunities
for our local artists whose artistic practice lie
beyond musical categorizations. In other words, we
had brought cutting edge artistic developments to
our receptive audience while serving the needs of
Thus, our Festival had created many opportunities for our local
artists whose artistic practice lie beyond musical categorizations.
In other words, we had brought cutting edge artistic developments
to our receptive audience while serving the needs of the artists,
which thereby nurtures the health of our creative community.
2014 NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
(CONT.)
the artists, which thereby nurtures the
health of our creative community. This
is one of the fundamental ways of
ensuring the growth of our musical
culture.
In addition, we have maintained our
commitment to our outreach programs.
One of our mandates is to showcase
many of these ensembles at our New
Music Festival by way of performance
opportunities. They play an important
component to our event and have
always added to the Festival experience
while enriching our local music scene.
This year we were proud to feature a
concert that showcased many of the
student and local wind ensembles.
Ensembles featured were: the Brandon
University New Music Ensemble, The
University of Manitoba Wind
Ensemble, The University of Manitoba
Flute Ensemble, and The Winnipeg
Wind Ensemble. As a result, our
outreach events were all very successful
and had brought in a large number of
audiences and participating artists.
In conclusion, this year’s NMF
programming pushed the creative
boundaries further than ever before.
By committing ourselves to a theme
that highlights artists and music that
lie beyond the concert classical realm,
we successfully maintained our
“thinking-outside-of-the-box” philosophy, which
has been the foundation of our creative process.
Thus, we brought in many new audiences while
continuing our role as a voice for the Canadian
and international music community.
New Music Festival 2014 Poster
Urban Ink
Hilliard Ensemble
FINANCIAL REPORT
It is a pleasure to be able to report the seventh consecutive annual operating surplus for the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra (“WSO”). The excess of revenue over expenditures for the year ended May 31, 2014 was
$30,260. The Operating Fund balance was $198,357 and the Net Assets, including the ASM Working Capital
Reserve Fund, totaled $398,357.
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund held by the Winnipeg Foundation had a market value
of approximately $6,400,000 at May 31, 2014 an increase of over $800K in the year. During the year, the
contributions to the Fund were $13,249, of which $6,043 was matching funds received through the
Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund from Canadian Heritage related
to contributions made during the 2013 financial year.
Concert revenue increased by $90,755 (3%) from that generated in 2013. Winnipeg subscription concerts
decreased by $44,537, having fewer special concerts decreased concert revenue by $77,949. Brandon concert
revenue decreased $12,732. Sponsorship of performances increased $276,230, broadcasting revenue decreased
$60,046, and contracted services revenue increased $9,779.
Performance revenue from Education and Outreach decreased by $105,264 from 2013; Education & Outreach
Designated Donations from Foundations decreased $77,996, ticket sales to outreach events decreased $20,806
and revenue from Education and Outreach Sponsorships and Contracted Services decreased $6,461.
Private Sector revenue increased by $442,789 (33%) from 2013. The main changes from 2013 were; the Adopt
a Musician Campaign up by $223,364, the Carnegie Hall donations up by $61,145, Fund Raising Special Events
revenue was up by $149,401, Endowment Fund and Bequests were down by $94,199, Individual Donations
were down $23,338, Corporate Donations were up $47,162, and General Foundations were up $61,300 from
2013.
Expenditures increased by $648,133 (8%) compared to 2013. The majority of the increase was due to the
expenses related to the New York Trip $390K, expanded Special Fundraising Events expenses $202K, and
enhancing the Sistema Winnipeg program $50K.
During the year the Finance & Audit Committee met every two months and its activities included:
• Review of the monthly financial statements and year end forecasts.
• Review of the 2014-2015 budget and business plan and recommendation for its approval by the WSO Board.
• Review of all major contractual commitments.
• Oversight of the annual external audit process including the audited financial statements
• Review of the work of the external auditor and recommendation of the appointment of auditors.
I would like to thank the members of the committee for their work during the year.
Rob Kowalchuk
Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Full audited statements available at the WSO General Office,
located at Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0X3
Adventures in Music
WSO SPONSORS, FUNDERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNER
EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS
IN MEMORY OF
PETER D. CURRY
Michael
Nesbitt
Gail Loewen in
Memory of
Sue Lemmerick
POPS
SERIES
CONCERTS FOR KIDS
SERIES
POWER SMART
HOLIDAY TOUR
LOBBY
DISPLAY
MASTERWORKS A
SERIES
WSO IN BRANDON
INDIVIDUAL CONCERTS
MEDIA
SPONSOR
CANADA DAY
AT THE FORKS
PIANO RAFFLE
CAR RAFFLE
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Women’s Committee
of the
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
FUNDERS
The Soundcheck program offers young people ages
30 and under the opportunity to attend WSO concerts all
season for only $15 per concert. In the 2013-14 season, the
Soundcheck membership reached almost 2,500 people.
WSO SUPPORTERS
The WSO gratefully acknowledges
the following companies whose
generous support helps to ensure
musical enrichment within our
community. Thank you!
Resident Artist
$10,000 - $24,999
Johnston Group Inc.
Qualico
The Council for Business and the
Arts in Canada
The Distillery
Principal Chair
$5,000 - $9,999
National Leasing
Terracon Development Ltd.
Piston Ring Service and the
Tennant Family
Premier Printing Ltd.
Wawanesa Insurance
Assistant Principal Chair
$2,500 - $4,999
Cambrian Credit Union
Piston Ring Service and the
Tennant Family
Orchestra Chair
$1,000 - $2,499
B. A. Robinson & Co.
Ltd./Robinson Bath Centre
Durango Construction Inc.
Long & McQuade Musical
Instruments
MTS Allstream
Urban Ink
Winmar Property Restoration
Music Stand $500 - $999
Coghlan's Limited
Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.
E.H. Price Limited
Hub International STRATA
Benefits Consulting
InterGroup Consultants Ltd.
Peerless Garments LP
Pollard Banknote Limited
True Value Hardware & V. & S.
Dept. Stores
Riser
Under $500
A. Akman & Son Ltd.
Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd.
Mid West Packaging Limited
Patill/St. James Insurance
Foundations
Aqueduct Foundation - Inga and
Anna Storgaard Fund
Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund
Brandon Area Community
Foundation
Bruce and Catherine Jones Fund,
the Winnipeg Foundation
Burton A. and Geraldine L.
Robinson Fund
Sylvia & Robin Cowan Foundation
C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Inc.
Marjory Alexander Graham &
Family Fund
Houston Family of Bradwardine
Fund, the Winnipeg
Foundation
James Thompson Memorial Fund
in Trust of WSO
John and Carolynne McLure Fund
George Warren Keates Memorial
Fund
Leslie John Taylor Fund, the
Winnipeg Foundation
Lutz Family Foundation
Marjory Stewart McLaren Fund
Nita Eamer Memorial Fund
The Noreen & Robert Allen
Charitable Trust
The Pollard Family Foundation
Program for the Enrichment of
French in Education
Perce & Elizabeth Schirmer
Foundation
The Tallman Foundation
United Way of Greater Toronto
The Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation
- Dr. Peter & Geraldine
Spencer Fund
The Legacy Circle exists to recognize
the following patrons whose foresight
ensures that the WSO plays on for all
Manitobans for generations to come.
Legacy Circle members for their
planned future gift to the WSO.
Lucienne Blouw
Lorraine & Gerry Cairns
Greg Doyle & Carol Bellringer
Ethel & Joe Karr
Michel D. Lagacé
G. E. Loewen
S. E. Loewen
W. H. Loewen
Dr. Brendan MacDougall
Carolyn & Nathan Mitchell
Lesia Peet
George and Tannis Richardson
Trudy Schroeder
June Slobodian
Muriel Smith
Robin Wiens & émilie
Lagacé-Wiens
Donn K. Yuen
2 Anonymous
2 Anonymous
The Maestro’s Circle exists
to recognize special patrons
whose significant philanthropy
furthers the musical artistry of
the WSO. Thank you!
Honourary Chair
Alexander Mickelthwate,
Music Director
Platinum Baton
$25,000 +
Bill & Shirley Loewen
Silver Baton
$5,000 - $9,999
James Gibbs
Michael Nozick & Cheryl Ashley
Concertmaster's Bow
$2,500 - $4,999
Bill & Margaret Fast
Timothy & Barbara Burt
Pierce & Amy Cairns
Audrey F. Hubbard
Kevin & Els Kavanagh
Drs. Eleanor & Grant
MacDougall
John Mansfield & Pam Simmons
Ron & Sandi Mielitz
Frank & Jeanne Plett
Lawrie & Fran Pollard
Dr. Diane Ramsey
Hartley & Heather Richardson
George & Tannis Richardson
Ian R. Thomson &
Leah R. Janzen
Professor A.M.C. Waterman
Black Tie $1,500 - $2,499
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper
Mr. Jim Barrett
Morley & Marjorie Blankstein
C.M., O.M.
Mrs. Lucienne Blouw
Brenlee Carrington Trepel
& Brent Trepel
Doneta & Harry Brotchie
Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie
Buhler
Herb & Erna Buller
Ms. Patricia Chaychuk
In Memory of Robert M.
Chipman
Mr. David Christianson
Jan & Kevin Coates
James Cohen & Linda McGarvaCohen
De Fehr Foundation
John & Gay Docherty
Dorothy Dobbie
Douglas C. Everett, Chairman,
Domo Gasoline Corporation
Limited
Dr. Beryl Peters & Dr. Blair
Peters
Ilse & Philipp Ens
Mr. Alan Freeman
Arnold & Myra Frieman
Dr. & Mrs. Albert D. Friesen
Dr. & Mrs. Percy Goldberg
Drs. Daya & Chander Gupta
Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Hawkins
Peter Jessiman
Richard & Carol Jones
Nora Kaufman
Michael & Glenna Kay
Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas
Mr. Rob Kowalchuk
Paul Leinburd
Dr. Judith Littleford
Graham & Suzie Lount
Jackie Lowe and Greg Tallon
Dr. David Lyttle
Mr. David Mann
Elaine & Neil Margolis
Mr. Brent R. Mazur
Maestro Alexander
Mickelthwate
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Murray
Wayne & Linda Paquin
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Parrish
Diane Payment and Roxroy
West
Lesia Peet
Harvey I. Pollock Q.C.
Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth
Tippett-Pope
Dr. & Mrs. Brian Postl
Mr. & Mrs. G.V. Price
John & Violet Rademaker
Dr. Donald S. Reimer & Mrs.
Anne Reimer
Jim & Leney Richardson
Mrs. Shirley Richardson
Mr. Rick Riess & Mrs. Jean
Carter
Sanford & Deborah Riley
Mr. Terry Sargeant
Trudy Schroeder
Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe
Jimmy & Morse Silden
Winnifred Sim
Jack & Elaine Sine
Muriel Smith
Dudley & Eleanor Thompson
Susan Glass & Arni
Thorsteinson
Mr. Richard Turner
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Vickar
Edward & Irene Warkentin
Don & Florence Whitmore
Klaus & Elsa Wolf
Dr. & Mrs. Klaus Wrogemann
Friends of the WSO help support
the WSO’s artistic programs each
season. Members enjoy special
benefits that bring Friends closer
to the music, guest artists and
WSO musicians. Thank you!
Honourary Chair
Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
Symphony $600+
Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory
Margaret-Lynne & Jim Astwood
Len & Mary Bateman
David & Gillian Bird
Lorraine and Gerry Cairns
Miss O. Dilay
Carrie Ferguson
Robert & Linda Gold
Marianne Johnson
June & Lawrence Jones
Christina & Alan Kowalec
Millie & Wally Kroeker
W.K. Labies
Gord & Sherratt Moffatt
Ms. Valerie Mollison
Terence and Vi Moore
Levi & Tena Reimer
Jim & Pat Richtik
Mr. Bob Tallman
Dr. & Mrs. Willem T.H. van Oers
Raymond & Shirley Wiest
1 Anonymous
Concerto $300 - $599
All Charities Campaign
Judy & Jay Anderson
Ms. Margaret Barbour
Cheryl & Earl Barish
Monty & Mary-Claire Bell
Mr. & Mrs. C.R. Betts
Helga & Gerhard Bock
Mr. Jim Bracken
Sheila & David Brodovsky
Mr. & Mrs. F. Buckmaster
Canadahelps.Org
Gail Carruthers
Ross M. Cleeve
Ms. Julie Collings
Dr. & Mrs. David Connor
Barbara Cook
Dennis & Ruth Crook
Gary & Fiona Crow
Esther and Hy Dashevsky
Marten & Joanne Duhoux
Beverley & Fred Dyck
Helene Dyck
Kathleen & David Estey
Marcia Fleisher & Kelly MacDonald
Mr. Lloyd Friedman
Mrs. Catherine Gordon
Patricia Guy
Mary & Gregg Hanson
Mr. & Mrs. Allan & Audrey
Harburn
Mr. Daniel Heindl
Number Ten Architectural Group
Robert Jaskiewicz
Mr. Leroy M. Johnson
Drs. Keith & Gwyneth Jones
Koren & Leonard Kaminski
J. Gartner & L. Kampeas
Brian Kells
Mr. & Mrs. Burton J. Kennedy
Dr. I. Kinizsi
Susan & Keith Knox
WSO Soundcheck
WSO SUPPORTERS
T.G. Kucera
Ms. Francoise Lesage & Mr. Ken
Mills
Ted & Wanda Lismer
James & Pat Ludwig
Andrew Lutz
Douglas MacEwan
Dr. & Mrs. John & Natalie Mayba
Mrs. Maureen McIntosh
Mrs. E. Louise McLandress
Vera Moroz
Drs. Kenneth & Sharon Mould
Bonnie & Richard Olfert
Carole & Cameron Osler
Shelley Parham & David Smith
Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike
Donna & Ian Plant
Lois Anderson
Carolynne Presser
Rosemary Prior
J. Reichert
Ms. Iris Reimer
Donald & Karen Ross
Judge & Mrs. Charles & Naida
Rubin
F.E. Sanderson
Hans & Gabriele Schneider
Merrill & Shayna Shulman
Brenda Standing
Curtis & Lorane Steiman
Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Steinbart
Dr. Lea Stogdale
Susan & Kerr Twaddle
Mr. Robert Vineberg
Jesse Vorst
Pat Walker
Ms. Donna Webb
Herbert & Shirley Wildeman
Elma & Charles Wilson
Robert & Rosalie Wood
Harry & Evelyn Wray
Zita & Mark Bernstein Family
Foundation
Serenade $150 - $299
Ross & Doreen Adamson
Dick & Minnie Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bethune
Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Bolton
Paul & Doreen Bromley
Mr. Chris Brown
Mrs. Jane Bullied
Sel & Chris Burrows
Rev. Msgr. Michael Buyachok
Mrs. Mary C. Campbell
Ron Clement
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew & Pamela Cooke
Mrs. Joyce Cooper
Irene & Robert Corne
Ted & Margaret Cuddy
Judy & Werner Danchura
Ms. Linda Daniels
Mrs. Maureen Danzinger
Bob & Alison Darling
Miss Anne Defehr
In Memory of Graham Dixon
Sally R. Dowler
Mr. & Mrs. W. Easton
George B. Elias
Nobu Ellis
Eva Enders
(CONT.)
John & Martha Enns
John B. & Katie Epp
Ms. Ursula Erhardt
Margaret E. Faber
Margaret & Bob Ferguson
W. & K. Ferreira
Dr. Nelma Fetterman
Mr. & Mrs. D.C. Finnbogason
Doug & Phyllis Flint
Margaret Follett
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Harold & Alice Funk
Jim & Betty Gaynor
Eileen George
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Gomori
Mr. Donald Graham
Larry & Susanne Greer
Dr. Hilary Grocott & Ms. Shivaun
Berg
Beth & Raymond Harris
Nora Harvey
Jane Hayakawa
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Mr. & Mrs. J.K. Holland
Sonia & Harvey Hosfield
Helmut & Dorothy Huebert
Mrs. Joan M. Hunter
Rudy & Gail Isaak
David Jacobson
Terry & Shirley James
Ms. Marilyn Kapitany
Henry Katz, in Memory of Dena
Mr. Ray Kohanik
Mrs. Marion Korn
Ms. Janet Kuchma
Elaine & Patrick LaMonica
Mr. Norman Leathers
Mrs. Donna Leech
Mrs. Myrna H. Levin
Rose & Dick Lim
Mr. Gordon P. Linney
Jim MacNair in Memory of Mae
Dr. & Mrs. A.G. Macrodimitris
Barbara Main
Matthew Gossen Advancement
Trust
Ruth May
David and Francesca McBean
D. McKay
Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Terri McKerchar
Mr. James A. McKinley
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon McLeod
Glen Mead
Nathan & Carolyn Mitchell
Sylvia Mitchell
Margaret & Fred Mooibroek
Mr. Peter Morgan
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Edgar Oddleifson
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Ms. Pat Philpott
Mr. Rick Pinchin
Blumie Portnoy
Phyllis Portnoy & Rory Egan
Don & Carol Poulin
Tim Preston & Dave Ling
Mrs. Nell Provinciano
Reynold & Esther Redekopp
Mrs. Eleanor Riach
John & Wendy Russell
Dr. & Mrs. Alvin N. Schroeder
A. Schroeder
Dr. Robert J. Schroth
Mr. Gunter Schupke
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Dr. L. Sekla
Shirley E. Sherwood
Louis & Shirley Ann Simkulak
David & Lorraine Smith
Lindi & John Smith
Ms. Brenda Snider
Gordon & Darby Spafford
Mr. & Mrs. R.P. Spear
R.P. Spear
Gary & Gwen Steiman
Bonnie Hoffer-Steiman & Lionel
Steiman
Margaret & Hartley Stinson
Dr. V. Marie Storrie
Dr. & Mrs. David Swatek
Dr. & Mrs. John Taylor
Tom & Lori Thomas
Ms. Marilyn Thompson
C. & R. Thomsen
Jim & Joan Warbeck
Melissa Weselake
Myra Joan Wolch
Karin Woods
19 Anonymous
Prelude $75 - $149
P. Achtemichuk
Patricia Allen & Len Dueck
Mr. Philip Ashdown
Rochelle & Allan Baker
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Robert Barton
Ms. D Beaven
Audrey Belyea
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Keith & Marnie Bolland
Frances Booth
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Norma Bortoluzzi
Mrs. Jean M. Bradley
Mrs. Ruth Bredin
Lorne & Rosada Bride
Mr. Robert Briercliffe
Miss Dorothy Broomhall
Mr. E. Brown
Mr. Ross Brownlee
Ms. Carol Budnick
Ms. Donna Carruthers
Carol A. Cassels
Ms. David Charlesworth
Mrs. Patti Cherney
Mrs. Leona Christiansen
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Ms. Marcella Copp
Joyce & Lawrence Cormack
Helle Cosby
M. & G. Crielaard
Ms. Maxine Cristall
Ms. Denise Cyr-Gander
Alonzo & Lise Daley
Jack & Mary Davison
F. De Grazia
Ms. Maureen Dolyniuk
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Brenda
Donald
F. P. Doyle
Herbert Driver
John & Ada Ducas
Mrs. Dorothy Easton
Mr. & Mrs. J.G. Ekins
John & Ruth Ens
Ken & Connie Epp
Don & Martha Epstein
Greg & Linda Fearn
Ms. Helen Feniuk
Doug & Joanne Flynn
Mrs. Marguerite Fredette
Mrs. Margaret Funk
M. & Mme. Andre Gautron
Father R A. Glofcheski
D. Gooch
Mrs. Noreen Greenberg
Marj Grevstad
Irene Groot-Koerkamp & Greg
Edmond
Ms. Christina W. Grose
Mr. & Mrs. Mel Guberman
Katie & DeLloyd Guth
Mr. Patrick Hackett
Miss Marilyn Hall
Ian & Gerry Hamilton
Marie Harnois
Mrs. Phyllis Hatskin
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hattie
Dr. & Mrs. J.C. Haworth
Larry & Evelyn Hecht
Millie Hemmelgarn
L.G. Herd
Marilyn & Helios Hernandez
Max & Eleanor Herst
Ms Marilyn Hido
Ms. Susan Hildebrandt
William J. Hutton
Ms. Helen Isaak
Rozin & Cathy Iwanicki
Jacqueline Iwasienko
Wilfred & Dorothy James
Alan Janzen & Leona Sookram
Father Stan A. Jaworski
Ms. Nadia Kamienski
Ms. Jayne Laverne Kapac
Ms. Bev Kawchuk
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kinnear
Erwin W. Kitsch
Mrs. M. E. Kittle
Ms. Mary Klassen
Mona Koropatnick
Mr. Ernie Krahn
D. Kristjanson
Patricia Kuchma
Robert Kusmack
Edith Landy, in Memory of David
Landy
Mrs. Jessie Lang
Mrs. Helen La Rue
Rod & Ann Ledwich
Mr. R. Leroeye
R. & J. Lewis
Jennifer Lidstone
Albert & Helen Litz
Barry & Patricia Lloyd
Ms. Cathy Lloyd
Mrs. Helga Loechner
Lorron Agencies Ltd.
Roger Lowe
Mr. Al Mackling
Ms. Lorraine MacLeod
Mr. John Macrae
Harold S. Mawhinney & Judy Moon
Mr. Alan Maxwell
Dr. & Mrs. Ihor Mayba
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond & Margaret
McDougall
Robert McDowall
C. & J. McIntyre
Violet McKenzie
Mrs. Jean H. McLennan
Sandra McMillan
Mr. & Mrs. Erhard Meier
Mrs. Jocelyn Millard
Mrs. Mona Mills
Dr. Stan & Wendy Moroz
John & Margaret Mundie
D. Munro
Charlotte Murrell
David & Hermine Olfert
Truus Oliver
Theda Olson
Miss Jenny Olynyk
Mrs. L. Ozog
Shirley & Graham Padgett
Mr. Cam Pauls
Mrs. Betty Peddie
Ms. Nettie Peters
Mrs. Helene Picton
Sylvia & Earl Pitch
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Polinsky
Ms. Lois Powne
Donna & Gordon Price
Mr. David Procner
Bryan & Diana Purdy
Mrs. Carol Pyper
Juta Rathke
Mrs. Esther Remis
Waltraut Riedel-Baun
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vera Ripley
Ms. Ludvika Rogozinska
Frances E. Rowlin
Mr. John Russell
Mr. & Mrs. John Sadler
Mr. Johnny & Ms. Pearly Rule
Salangad
R. Schroeder
Shirley Schroeder
Walter & Dorothea Schultz
Charlene Scouten
Ms. Noreen Sealy
Ed Segstro
Mrs. Doreen Shanks
Ms. Selma Shearer
Izzy Shore
Mr. & Ms. Ed Shwedyk
Dr. Don & Lynne Simonson
Jack & Elaine Sine
Mr. & Mrs. Ian & Arlene Smith
Ms. Kaye Snatenchuk
Geri & Peter Spencer
Coralie Standing
Coralie Standing
Mr. & Mrs. Starodub
Mrs. Elsie Stasiuk
Ms. Helena Stelsovsky
Elva G. Stevens
Paul Swart
Dr. & Mrs. S. Szirom
Dr. Meir Serfaty & Bonnie Talbot
Taylor McCaffrey
Every musician was “adopted” by enthusiastic patrons and
supporters. No doubt the WSO’s star rose considerably from this
memorable event which was an unqualified success on all fronts.
WSO SUPPORTERS
Ms. Anne Thiessen
Douglas & Leeann Thompson
June & Lorne Thompson
Robert & Barb Tisdale
Henry & Elizabeth Toews
Dr. Helen A. Toews
Neil & Carol Trembath
Mr. Richard Turner in Memory of
William Schroeder
Dr. & Mea. Jose & Ruth Vasconcelos
Hugo & Anny Veldhuis
Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago
Elizabeth M. Wall
Ken and Mary Warmbrod
Jack & Bernice Watts
Harvey & Sandra Weisman
Mrs. Evelyn Wener
J. Whyte
Debbie Wilson
Dorcas & Kirk Windsor
Joan Wright
Patrick Wright
Mr. Edwin Yee
Ms. Vicki Young
Donn K. Yuen
27 Anonymous
Sonatina
Under $75
Elinor Ableson, In Memory of
Dr Fred Ward
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Susan Allen
Jacqueline Anderson
Mr. M. Richard Arcand
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Janice Bailey
Ray & Barb Bailey
Bairdmore School
Veronique Barthet
Asher Begleiter
Mrs. Eva Berard
Donald & Edith Besant
Ms. Joanne Biggs
Barbara Bohune
Ms. Ingrid Bolbecher
Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Brodsky Q.C.
Ms. Meira Buchszreiber
Alfred Buelow
In Memory of Joan McLeod
Sheila Burland
Saul Silbert
Ruth Calvert
Andrea Charron
Ella Chenkie
Ms. Claudia Chernitsky
Sister Josephine Chudzik
S.K. Clark
Ms. Doreen Conlin
Mr. Alfred Cornies
Stephen Crane
Ms. Judy Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Cunningham
Ms. Jean Curtis
D. Cymbalist
David Livingstone School
Margaret Redekop
Beth Derraugh
Marlene & Fred Dickson
Sylvia Dixon
Ecole Centrale
Ecole Pointe-Des-Chenes
Ecole Provencher
Ms. Margaret Elaine Ellis
(CONT.)
In Memory of Fred Ward
Vera & Peter Fast
Cal & Lois Finch
Mrs. Gitta Fricke
Ms. Anne Friesen
Mr. & Mrs. George & Carol Gamby
Ms. Barbara Gessner
Marilyn Gilbert
Satwant Gill
Heather Graham
Mrs. Inga Granovskaya
John & Louise Greenaway
Ms. Cheryl M. Greenwood
Victoria Gretchen
Ms. Marianne Gruber
Ms. Marion Guinn
Mr. & Mrs. H Gustafson
B. & R. Hall
Irene Hamerton
Gertrude Hamilton
Mrs. Sylvia Haverstick
Ms. Shirley Hicks
Jean Highmoor
Holy Cross School
Elly Hoogterp-Hurst & Lorne Hurst
Kim Horne
Ken Howard
Richard & Karen Howell
Mrs. Carole Hreno
Ishbel Isaacs
Bob & Vi Jacob
Peter & Dora Janzen
David & Heather Jenkins
Nadine Kampen
Dr. & Mrs. Arnold & Doreen Kapitz
Cindy Keenan
Mrs. Shirley Kilburn
Mr. Eugene S. Kovach
Mrs. Jennifer Krestanowich
Ms. Betty Laing
Elizabeth Lansard
Wayne & Helen LeBlanc
Mrs. Ingrid Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Lentle
Mr. & Mrs. David Levene
Jackie Lowe
Manitoba Museum Social Fund in
Memoruy of Frances
Thorsteinson
Mr. Allan Mapes
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon & Rita Margolis
Mrs. Irene Marriott
Ms. Mary Massey
Keith and Debbie Mayoh
Ms. Susan McCarthy
Ardythe McMaster
Mrs. M. Jean Moniuk
David Moroz & Gwen Hoebig, in
Memory of William Schroeder
Mrs. Joan Ann Morton
Sonjia Pasiechnik
Pat Patterson
Mrs. Bev L. Penner
Louise Penner
Mrs. June Perron
Ms. Gail Perry
Ms. Beverley Phillips
In Memory of Sheila Lugtig
In Appreciation of Mrs. Sydney
McInnis
In Appreciation of Mrs. Ishbel
Isaacs
Ken & Geri Porath
Mrs. Glennys Propp
Ms. Beth Proven
Mrs. Margaret Rayter
Ms. Pat Repa
Beverley Ridd
Ms. Pat Robertson
Elaine Rohoway, in memory of
Victoria Sebastian Kereluk
Mrs. V. Rosolowich
John & Shirley Russell
Leonore Saunders O.M.
Kay Schalme
William Scheidt
Adolph & Diane Schurek
Mr. John Schwandt
Shamrock School
Mr. & Mrs. Jiri Sichler
Mrs. Elaine Silverberg
St. George School
Muriel Sutherland
Ms. Marguerite Szymesko
Mary Lou Talmage
Gladys Tarala
Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor
Bette Jayne Taylor
Ross & Bette Jayne Taylor
Ms. Doreen Thorlacius
Nancy & Geoff Tidmarsh
Edith A. Toews
Ms. Eleanor Urquhart
Mrs. Roseline Usiskin
Denis Vincent
Miss A. H. Wagstaffe
Mrs. Laurabelle Wallace
E. Sylvia Warrington
Mr. Glen Angus Webster
Snjolaug Whiteway
Ms. Lois A. Whyte
Ms. Lorraine Willms
Julia Witt
Mr. Robert Witzke
No Giving Level Available
14 Anonymous
Based on Venezuela’s revolutionary
El Sistema social change model,
Sistema Winnipeg is a free daily
after-school orchestra program that
enriches the lives of children and
young people with the fewest
resources and the greatest need.
the following patrons:
Vivace $10,000 +
Gail Loewen in Memory of
Her Mother Sue Lemmerick
Con Brio $5,000 - $9,999
Allegro $1,000 – $4,999
Golden West Broadcasting Inc.
Patricia Lee
Lydia MacKenzie in Loving
Memory of Donn
Valerie McPherson
Ms. Charlotte Robbins
Faye Warren
Anonymous
Conmoto Under $1,000
Ms. Hollie I. Andrew
Lynne Axworthy
In Memory of Robert Coates
Dr. Catalena Birek
Broadway First Baptist Church
Mrs. Audrey Campbell
Maria Cefali
Shelley Chochinov
Martin Reed & Joy Cooper
Martin Reed & Joy Cooper in
Memory of Betty Ann Henry
Mr. Roger Dennis
Mary Dixon
David Donald
In Memory of Diane Dowling
Mrs. Renate Duddek
Ms. Fiona Duncalf
Judge Judith Elliott
Mrs. Martha Epp
In Memory of Ron Oswald
Ms. Fruma Farago
Marilyn & John Rae
Jan and John Restall, Lesli and
Gerry Trottier, Lenore and Chris
Good, Jan and Kevin Coates,
Joanne.
Ms. Judith Flynn
Margo Foxford
Hilda Franz
Ms. Valerie Gilroy
Diana Goods
Karen Goossen
Dr. Lisa Gould
Ms. Marie-Alice Grassick
Ms. Marianne Gruber
Catherine Harrison
Ms. Sandra Hart
Lydia Hedrich
Katherine Himelblau
Arlene Hintsa in Memory of Marilyn
Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics
of Manitoba
P. Ilavsky
InterGroup Consultants Ltd.
Irene Baron Eden Centre
James & Margaret Jeffries
Bruce & Theresa Johnson
Ms. Nadia Kamienski
Janet and Tim Kroeker
Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro
John Lewis & Diane Ives-Lewis
In Memory of Shelley Lugtig
Andrew Lutz
Dr. David Lyttle
Carol Macoomb
Carol Macoomb in Honour of the
Birthday of Diane Jones
Mrs. Mildred B. Mann
Ron & Sandi Mielitz
Walter A. Mildren
Carolyn and Nathan Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Garnet & Geraldine
Morgan
Dr. Gwenna Moss
Ms. Lucy Nykolyshyn
Addie Penner
Portsmouth Retirement Residence
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Prescott
Mr. David Procner
Dr. David Punter
Ms. Debra Radi
Mr. Carl Radimer
Mrs. Barbara Rempel
David and Joan Rew
Betty Ross
Nicola Schaefer
Ms. Janet Schubert
Margaret Scheffer
Ms. Selma Shearer
Cal Shell
Wilma Sotas
Ms. Barbara Sparling
Ms. Dorothy Stephens
William Stewart
St George's Anglican Church
Sturgeon Heights Music Parent
Association
Dr. Laura E. Targownik
Mary and Robert Thomas
S.Thompson Designs Inc.
Thomson Duprey Fund
Ms. Phyllis A. C. Thomson
Neil & Carol Trembath
In Memory of Susan Wieser
John & Diane Weselake
Ms. Stephanie Whitehouse
Edith Wilde
Winnipeg Foundation's Youth in
Philanthropy Program
Nicole & Graham Worden
Libby Yager and Billy Brodovsky
10 Anonymous
Leave a legacy by making a
donation to the WSO’s
Endowment Fund. Managed by
The Winnipeg Foundation since
1959, the fund has grown in
value to just over $5.6M.
Gifts to the fund ensure long
term financial support for the
orchestra. Thank you!
Eugene Boychuk & Daniel Heindl
Anonymous
Mr. Ray Davis
Helene Dyck
Bernard Freeman
Dr. & Mrs. L.C. Graham
Dorothy L. Hodgson
In Memory of Gwendolyn Hodgson
Mr. Gordon C. Keatch
Marilynne Keil in Memory of David
H. Skinner
Violinist, Simon McDonald
with Susan Glass and
Arni Thorsteinson
Carnegie Hall
Adapt-a-Musician Project
WSO SUPPORTERS
Mr. Don Lawrence
Bill & Hilda Muir
Mr. Jacob Pankratz
Pat Patterson
Mr. Irvin Plosker
Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow
Ms. Iris Reimer
Robert & Ina Abra Family Fund the Winnipeg Foundation
Olga & Bill Runnalls
Grant & Janet Saunders
Dr. & Mrs. F.C. Violago
Jesse Vorst
Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia
Weselake
Women's Committee of the
3 Anonymous
Share the Music is a unique
outreach initiative of the WSO
that allows economically
disadvantaged children and their
families to attend WSO
performances. Thank you for
helping to Share the Music!
M and G Crielaard
Ms. Irene Lesniak
Ms. Susan Rosner
M Scheuneman
Ms. Brenda Sklar
Bette Jayne Taylor, in Honour of
Her Birthday
Festival donors help to ensure the
artistic excellence of the WSO’s
New Music Festival. Thank you!
All Charities Campaign
Aubrey & Dr. Linda Asper
Deer & Almond
Fitzroy
The Honourable Tj Hiebert
Koren & Leonard Kaminski
Kozub/Halldorson Family
T.G. Kucera
Ron Lambert
Mr. Frank Martin
Ms. Sheila Miller
Mrs. Brenda Morlock
Margaret Moroz
(CONT.)
Bill Newman
Out of the Blue
Lesia Peet
Skipthedishes.com
Iian Smythe
Karin Woods
CARNEGIE HALL
The WSO gratefully
acknowledges the following
patrons whose generous
support made the dream of
playing at Carnegie Hall
come true. Thank you!
Platinum Baton
$10,000 +
Mr. Marcel A. Desautels
National Leasing Group Inc.
Dr. Bill Pope & Dr. Elizabeth
Tippett-Pope
Telpay Incorporated
Travel Manitoba
Gold Baton
$5,000 - $9,999
Golden West Radio
Hermanos Restaurant & Wine Bar,
Carnaval Brazilian BBQ, &
Corrientes Argentine Pizzeria
Kevin & Els Kavanagh
Bill & Shirley Loewen
A. MacDonald
Art Mauro & Naomi Levine
Michael Nesbitt
Frank & Jeanne Plett
Silver Baton
$3,000 - $4,999
Alpha Masonry
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson
Sylvia L. Barr
Mr. Mark Chipman
Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd
Bill & Margaret Fast
Mrs. Lucienne Blouw
Mr. & Mrs. John & Bonnie Buhler
Timothy & Barbara Burt
Elsie, Allison, & Roxanne Ryback
Chrunyk
De Fehr Foundation on behalf of
Art & Leona DeFehr
Bryce Douglas
James Gibbs
Peter Jessiman
Joanne Gudmundson & Brian Oleson
Jack & Zina Lazareck
Gail E. Loewen
Lydia MacKenzie in Honour of
John J. March and his parents
MCCC
Hartley & Heather Richardson
James Richardson & Sons, Limited
Mr. Terry Sargeant
SOCAN Foundation
Rod & Jeannie Senft
Cheryl & Lorne Sharfe
Winnifred Sim
Muriel Smith
Bob Sparrow
Dr. Lea Stogdale
The Winnipeg Foundation Anonymous Fund
Arni Thorsteinson & Susan Glass
Curt, Catherine & Kelcey Vossen
David C. Wilson
Women's Committee of the
Bronze Baton
$1,000 - $2,999
Lorraine and Gerald Cairns
Bruno Gossen
Audrey & Fred Hubbard
Carl & Vi Hultin
Donna and Bill Parrish
Donna & Ian Plant
Qualico
2 Anonymous
Black Tie
Under $1,000
Ms. Linda Abbott
Ms. Susan Aird
Ms. Sandra Altner
Josephine Anderson
Gorden Andrus & Adele Kory
Dave Angus
Ms. Mary Anne Arndt
Doug Arrell and Dick Smith
Gail Asper & Michael Paterson
Ms. Ruth Asper
The Asper Foundation
Berthe Banville
Doris & Burton Bass
Ms. Darlene Batulla
James & Joan Baudic
Dianne Beaven
Florence Bell
Ms. Debbie Bjornsson
Joan Bjornsson
Bernice Blakeman
Joelle Blanchette
Ms. Susan Bonk
Dr. John & Mrs. Leah Bracken
Debbie Branna
Heather Brennan
Ms. Evelyn Bridgeman
Jackie Brignall
Eileen Britton
Mrs. Mary Buchanan
Ms. Lou-Ann Buhr
Oksana Bunio
Mrs. Leona Burdeniuk
Geraldine Burge
Ms. Patricia Carter
Sylvia Cassie
Ms. Rheo Catt
Janice Cavers
Stefan & Barbara Cenkowski
Ms. Georgina Cielen
Pasqualino & Janet Colatruglio
Mrs. Joyce Cooper
John Corp and Mary Elizabeth
McKenzie
Karen Couch
Mrs. Sylvia Cowan
Mr. David E. Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Barbara Crow
Mrs. Debbie Crump
Mr. Bradley J. Curran
Kathlyn Mary Curtis
Ms. Candace Cyre
Carol Dahlstrom
Darryl & Julianne Danner
Ron & Janine Delaquis
Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Anne Derksen
Isaac & Bonnie Derksen
Roberta Dick
Dorothy Dobbie
Ms. Doreen Draffin
Mr. & Mrs. Gladwyn & Judy Dueck
Ms. Anne Dunlop
Rehana & Remi Durocher
Ms. June Dutka
Mrs. Donna Noreen Eastoe
Economic Development Winnipeg
Ms. Mary Edwardsson
Donna Ekerholm & Jack Shrom
Mr. David J. Elliott
Mr. Kenneth England
John & Martha Enns
Mr. S. J. Enns
Ms. Elizabeth A. Erickson
Ms. Sharon Etsell
Janet Evans
William & Nadia Evans
Barbara Filuk
Ms. Margaret Fisher
Mary Fisher-Smith
Richard & Joanne Fleming
Ms. Joan Forbes-Mair
Nigel Fortlage
Ms. Brigitte Fricke
Monica Fricke
Miss Marilyn Friesen
Ms. Monique Gagne
Grazyna Galezowski
Lech & Grazyna Galezowski
Mrs. Phyllis Gallimore
Mrs. Susan Garner
Peter George
Mr. Gilbert Geschiere
Mrs. Laurie Geschiere
Mrs. Eleanor Giffin
Ms. Marilyn Gilliot
Ms. Valerie Gilroy
Michael & Barbara Ginsberg
Jean Gordon
Diane Gray
Ms. Glenda Gray
Ms. Carole June Grier
Heather Grimes
Paulette Grouda
Ms. Marianne Gruber
Mrs. Evelyn Gurvey
Helen Halliday
Merle Hamilton
Ms. Sandra Hancock
Mrs. Celine Hanton
Susan & Luba Harasym
Godfrey & Patricia Harding
Ms. Mikaila Hardy
Kelsey Hargreaves
Mr. & Ms. Harvey & Velma Harland
Ms. Ruth Harris
George & Linda Hayes
Ms. Lyn Heinkel
Ms. Faye Hellner
Mrs. Marion Henke
Barb Hicks
Lisa Hiebert
Ted & Shirley Hofer
Ms. Marielle Hoffman
Ms. Patricia Holloway
Mrs. Roberta Holmes
Ms. Lisa Homenick
Richard & Karen Howell
Ms. Tunde Ilonka
Ms. Helen Isaak
Ms. Marka Izydorchzyk
Nicole Jackson
Ms. Marcia Jarjour
Joan Jarvie
Carol Johnson
Ms. Daphne Johnson
Eric & Carol Johnson
Marianne Johnson
Linda Johnston
Mark Johnston
Matt & Drin Jones
Mrs. Koren Kaminski
Ms. Marilyn Kapitany
Mrs. Sharon Katz
Michael & Glenna Kay
Kazimierz and Jolanta Czaplinski
Medical Corp
Dr. Maureen Kilgour
Maureen Kilgour and Richard Goulet
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kinnear
Mr. & Mrs. Albert & Eleanor
Klippenstine
Joyce Mary Koke
Mariusz, Anna & Olaf Kolakowski
Mrs. Phyllis Koslock
Mr. Sotirios Kotoulas
Ms. Gwen Krahn
T.G. Kucera
Mr. & Mrs. Ken & Marie Kuhn
Mrs. Joan Kullman
Ms. Linda Kurbis
Heather Kyle
Michel D. Lagacé
Rolf & Alana Langelotz
Mr. Hugh Latimer
Barbara Lawton
Caroline Lenover
Lisa Lewis
Eric & Eileen Loepp
Ms. Mildred Lucky
Ms. Eleanor MacDonell
Douglas MacEwan
Ms. Lydia MacKenzie
Ms. Jan MacPhail
Mr. Tony Magian
Manitoba Film and Music
Barbara Markham
Ms. Carol Masse
Mr. Brent R. Mazur
Stephanie Mazur
Joanne McCarthy
Doris McComb
Linda McFadyen
Our 66 th season has passed in a blur of activity, energy and musical
exploration. For our loyal audience members, our volunteers, our donors,
our sponsors, our Women’s Committee, our staff, our musicians and our
board, I have to say thank you for the difference you have made here.
- Trudy Schroeder, Executive Director
WSO SUPPORTERS
Mr. Paul McGeachie
Ms. Merrill McIntyre
Kyle McLean
Ms. Valerie McRorie
Gordon & Sandra Meads
Karen Menkis
Sandra Millen
Bruce Miltenberg
Ms. Dolores Minkus-Hofley
Gord & Sherratt Moffatt
Ms. Valerie Mollison
Margaret & Fred Mooibroek
Carol Moriyama
Margaret Moroz
Thomas Morris
Ms. Jacqueline Nagel
Ms. E. Louise Nebbs
Robert & Cindy Newfield
Mrs. Linda Norman
Number Ten Architectural Group
Helen St. Germain
Robert Oleson
Jan Oleszkiewicz
I.J. Paderewski
Ms. Desiree Pappel
Ms. Paulette Pappel
Ms. Joan S. Papushka
Ms. Jeannine M. Paradis
(CONT.)
David Pashniak
Pat Patterson
Mr. Charles Pazdor
David & Shirley Peal
Mr. Glenn Peckover
Lesia Peet
Mrs. Helga Pepneck-Joyce
Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Roula Peters
Ms. Elaine Phillips
Patricia Phillips
Darryl & Gwyneth Pickering
Mr. Richard Pierson
Mr. & Mrs. David & Wanda Pike
Mrs. Marina Plett-Lyle
Ms. Marj Poirier
Dr. & Mrs. James Popplow
Ms. Jacqueline Poulos
Tiffany Prochera
Ms. Leslie Radcliffe
Mrs. Virginia Radcliffe
Ms. Helen Lorraine Rae
Linda Rainville
Cecil & Valerie Ralph
Bertram Rebeiro
Mr. Peter Rebizant (The Strawberry Man)
Ms. Amelia Reid
Ms. Jeannie Reid
Mr. & Mrs. Emil & Janina Rekrut
Cynthia Rempel Patrick
Audrey Richard
Gordon & Donna Riddell
Mrs. Marilyn Robbie
Olga & Bill Runnalls
Blair Rutter & Yolanda Hogeveen
Kael Sabine
Ms. Marilyn Sabine
Mrs. Constance Sarchuk
Heather Sarna
Ms. Henriette Schellenberg
Miss Barbara Scheuneman
Alois & Marie Schoffner
Margrita Schroeder
Larry & Helen Sedgwick
Ms. Diane Shapiro
Mrs. Nicole Silicz
Mr. & Ms. Wayne & Helen Silk
Ms. Pam Simmons
Dorothy Smith
John & Lindi Smith
Mr. Kelvon Smith
Wilda Smith
Ms. Brenda Snider
Jean Sorko
Robert Sparrow
Valerie Stark
Linda Starsenic
Mr. Emile Albert Ste. Marie
Janice Stow
Ms. Karin Striepe
Ruth Suderman
Tracy Sumner
Ewa & Ludwik Tarsia
Ms. Margot Tass
Ms. Marcelle Taylor
Marlene Taylor
Ms. Linda Thomas
Ms. Joanne Thompson
Ms. Maureen Thornton
Jan Thorsteinson
Marlene Tirzits
Lesli & Gerry Trottier
Yvonne Turenne
Elizabeth Tutiah
University of Manitoba
Richard Urschatz
Jane van Dam
Eve Vickar
Ms. Sandra Vincent
Ms. Carolyn Vogt
Ms. Susan Wallis
Jeannette Wanlin
Ms. Debbie Watson
Ms. Gloria Watterson
Mrs. Kelly Lynn Weedon
Mirek Weichsel & Beata Biernacka
Ms. Stephanie Welsman
Barbara A. Welton
Mr. & Mrs. James & Claudia Weselake
Theresa Wiktorski
Ms. Kathy Wilcox
Birdiline Williams
Patricia Wilson
Terry Wilson
Ms. Joan Wise
Mrs. Mary Wolke
Sheryl Wong
Karin Woods
World Trade Centre Winnipeg
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wright
Mrs. Sonja Yachison
Dr. Kenneth K. Yamamoto
Mrs. Margaret Yamamoto
Gina Yoo
Ms. Margaret Yorke
Caroline Young
Donn K. Yuen
Krzysztof & Elizabeth Zielinski
Jadwiga Ziendalski
Dan Zieske
4 Anonymous
WSO GOLDEN BATON RECIPIENTS
Year
Recipient(s)
Al Simmons (right), recipient of the
WSO Golden Baton award, with
board president Timothy E. Burt, CFA.
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
The Richardson Foundation and Steve Bell
Carol Bellringer and Tracy Dahl
James Ehnes, violinist
Irmgard & William Baerg
Manitoba Telecom Services, accepted by Tom Stefanson
William H. Loewen
Canada Council for the Arts, accepted by Donna Scott, Chair
The Winnipeg Foundation, accepted by William Parrish, President
Investors Group, accepted by Sanford Riley, President & CEO
Great-West Life, accepted by Raymond McFeeters, President & CEO
du Maurier Arts Ltd., accepted by Don Brown, President & CEO, Imperial Tobacco Ltd.
James Richardson & Sons, accepted by George T. Richardson, President & CEO
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, accepted by Charles Bronfman, President & CEO
Harold Buchwald, Q.C.
This annual award was established in 1990 to recognize an individual or corporation that has supported the WSO
through a substantial personal or financial commitment.
Some members of
the WSO Women's
Committee at the
WSO’s annual
Spring Gala
Credit: John Johnston
VOLUNTEER RESOURCES
WOMEN’S COMMITTEE
The Women’s Committee works tirelessly throughout the season in support of the WSO.
Thank you for your continued dedication!
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
President: Shirley Loewen
Vice-President: Sylvia Cassie
Past President: Lesia Peet
Treasurer: Isobel Harvie
Secretary: Evelyn Davidson
Mailing Assistant: Eva Lavallee
MEMBERS
Leila Alvare
Agnes Bailey
Martha Baluta
Anna Banera
Rosemarie Beal
Jacqueline Brignall
Pauline Burns
Jennie Cardinal Prystupa
Sylvia Cassie
Chrystyna Choptiany
Susan Cooke
Evelyn Davidson
Madeleine Dean
Ursula Erhardt
Catherine Flower
Gitta Fricke
Eleanor Gibson
Vera Gorlick
Ruth Gregg
Evelyn Gurvey
Nadia Hanuschak
Isobel Harvie
Margaret Harvie
Kathleen Hill
Vera Hrycenko
Linda Hutchings
Elena Ivanitskaia
Hyllerene Jarvis
Koren Kaminski
Violet Kasunic
Margaret Kellerman
McCulloch
Davette Kent
Aggie Klassen
Adele Kory
Eva Lavallee
Tracey LeClair
Roberta Linnett
Gail Loadman
Gail Loewen
Shirley Loewen
Janice H. Lutz
Joann MacMorran
Tatiana Mann
Helene March
Margaret McElmoyle
Maria Michalak
Brenda Morlock
Margaret Moroz
Maggie Nishimura
Aleksandra Osipova
Joan Papushka
Maria Paulic
Lesia Peet
Helen Peters
Brenda Phernambucq
Marina Plett-Lyle
Louise Proven
Claire Pudavik
Susan Richardson
Olga Runnalls
Helen Schaetzle
Pat Sirski
June Slobodian
Marlene Steele
Maria Stolarskyj
Ruth Taylor
Sara Scott Turner
Diane Ulrich
Genevieve van Oers
Eve Vickar
Doreen Wallace
Winnifred Warkentin
Ilana Warner
Nancy Weedon
Rochelle Zimberg
Rena Zinkowski
THANKS TO OUR 2013 - 2014 VOLUNTEERS
Matthew Abraham
Gorden Andrus
Darrin Baldwin
Doug Bale
Christine Bell
Val Benevet
Sharon Berkowitz
Chelsea Borden
Jane Bullied
Paul Burbank
Kathy Buschausen
Archie & Susan Campbell
Ray Catellier
Gwen Cave
Helle Cosby
Shanyce Crighton
Debbie Curtis
Karen Depape
Erica Dilke
Elfrieda Dupuis
Chantelle Edwards
Carol Ferguson
Michael Forzley
Cheryl Franz
Gisaya Gahungu
Jennifer Gillis
Mike Gillis
Ray & Barbara Gislason
Ann Goodwin
Roslyn Graham
Carole Grier
Carol & Gary Gunvaldsen
Tiffany Hall
Meghan Hansen
Dianne Harley
Elisabeth Harms
Annette Hay
Chris Hay
Elizabeth Hay
Shirley Hilton
Laura Hochheim
Wirlana Holowka
Heather Howie
Diane Hudson & Jim
Husiak
Elizabeth Hunt
Le Beau Jakobson
Judy Jennings
George Kesselman
Mustapha (Sonny) Kitchan
Adele Kory
Roxolana Kurjewicz
Betty Laing
Lawrence Lau
Eva Lavallee
Dennis Lockerby
Merle MacFadyen
Joan & Jim Mackenzie
Mardi MacNeil
Nathan Maertins
Jesse Marantz
Linda Marks
Helen McLennan
Iona McPhee
Rhonda McRorie
Claire Milgrom
Jocelyn Millard
Gustavo Naigeboren
Diane Nichol
John & Janine Pennington
Bettina Pfeiffer
Ingrid Pfeiffer
Jessica Piper
Jon Plett
Sandra Plosker
Sheila Rainonen
Beverly Reidiger
Clare Reimer-Dorratt
John Riddell
David & Elena Roberts
Darlene Ronald
Noreen Rossnagel
Alice & Colin Russell
Daria Schur
Jenna Seidel
Frances Settler
Sharon Slobodian
Nettie Solinski
Lea Stogdale
Ken Stone
Geri Sweet
Audrey Treichel
Maria Tschritter
Anthony & Joanne van
Yperenburg
Menorah Waldman
Emily Walker
Brian & Eleen Webber
Penny Webber
Tannis Webster
Megan Wells
Patrick Wright
Angela Yang
Diane Zack
Irene Zurawsky
I thank my fellow board members for their work and contribution to
the health and development of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
- Timothy E. Burt, CFA
GOVERNANCE
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is a chartered chartered non-profit organization governered by
a voluntary board of directors.
OUR DISTINGUISHED PATRONS
His Honor the Honourable Philip S. Lee C.M., O.M.
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
His Worship Sam Katz
Mayor of the City of Winnipeg
The Honourable Greg Selinger
Premier of Manitoba
Mr. W. H. Loewen & Mrs. S.E. Loewen
WSO Directors Emeritus
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Timothy E. Burt, CFA, President
Richard Turner, Vice President
Rob Kowalchuk, Treasurer
Muriel Smith, Secretary
Dorothy Dobbie, Past President
James Carr
Sylvia Cassie
Michael Cox
Arlene Dahl
Alan Freeman
Dr. Daya Gupta
Gregory Hay
Micah Heilbrunn
Peter Jessiman
Michael D. Kay
Maureen Kilgour
Sotirios Kotoulas
Jackie Lowe
Terry Sargeant
Trudy Schroeder, Ex-Officio
Alexander Mickelthwate, Ex-Officio
STANDING COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Timothy E. Burt, Chairperson
Dorothy Dobbie
Rob Kowalchuk
Jackie Lowe
Terry Sargeant
Muriel Smith
Richard Turner
FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Rob Kowalchuk, Chairperson
Timothy E. Burt
Dorothy Dobbie
Muriel Smith
Richard Turner
John Bacon, Ex-Officio
Dorothy Dobbie, Chairperson
James Carr
Peter Jessiman
Richard Turner
Timothy E. Burt
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Terry Sargeant, Chairperson
Michael Kay
Maureen Kilgour
Richard Turner
Timothy E. Burt, Ex-Officio
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Jackie Lowe, Chairperson
Dorothy Dobbie
Gregory Hay
Maureen Kilgour
Timothy E. Burt, Ex-Officio
Le Ombré, silhouette dance
and shadow performers
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
Al Alexandruk
Mal Anderson
Carol Bellringer
Marilyn Billinkoff
Doneta Brotchie
John and Bonnie Buhler
Edmund Dawe, D.M.A.
Greg Doyle
Jamie Dolynchuk
Julia De Fehr
Susan Feldman
Barbara Filuk
Wally Fox-Decent
Jack Fraser
Evelyn Friesen
Elba Haid
Helen Hayles
Kaaren Hawkins
Sherrill Hershberg
Ian Kay
Roger King
Bill Knight
Caroline Ksiazek
Michele Lagacé
Zina Lazareck
Gail Leach
Dr. Hermann Lee
Naomi Levine
Bill Loewen
Don MacKenzie
Bill Marr
Ed J. Martens
Michael Nozick
Harvey Pollock
Dr. William Pope
John Rademaker
Kathleen Richardson
Lenny Richardson
Ed Richmond
Lorne Sharfe
William Shead
Graeme Sifton
Joanne Sigurdson
Bonnie Staples-Lyon
Brenlee Carrington Trepel
Dennis Wallace
PRESIDENTS OF THE WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
1948-49
1949-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
Hon. Mr. Justice J. T. Beaubien
Mr. J. M. Sinclair
Mr. J. M. Sinclair
Mr. Digby Wheeler
Mr. Digby Wheeler
Mr. W. D. Hurst
Mr. W. D. Hurst
Dr. Hugh H. Saunderson
Mr. E. W. H. Brown
Mr. E. W. H. Brown
Mr. E. W. H. Brown
Mr. David Slater
The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin
The Hon. Mr. Justice Monnin
Mr. Norman J. Alexander
Mr. R. W. Richards
Mr. R. W. Richards
Mr. W. R. Palmer
Mr. W. R. Palmer
Mr. E. J. Smith
Mr. E. J. Smith
Dr. M. M. Pierce
Dr. M. M. Pierce
Mr. H. S. Brock-Smith
Mr. Allan G. Moffatt
Mr. Allan G. Moffatt
Mr. Julian D. T. Benson
Mr. Julian D. T. Benson
Mr. John L. Buckworth
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999 – May 1999
1999 – 2000
2000 –2002
2002 – 2003
2003 – 2005
2005 – 2006
Jul. 2006 – 2006
Dec. 2006 – 2007
2007 – 2012
2012 – present
Mr. N. Roger McFallon
Mr. John F. Fraser
Mr. William W. Draper
Mr. John O. Baatz
Mr. Andrew D. M. Ogaranko, Q.C.
Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.
Mr. Harold Buchwald, Q.C.
Mr. Michel Lagacé
Mr. Michel Lagacé
Mr. William H. Loewen
Mr. William H. Loewen
Mrs. Julia DeFehr
Mrs. Julia DeFehr
Mr. Gordon Fogg
Mr. Gordon Fogg
Mrs. Helen Hayles
Mrs. Helen Hayles
Mr. Anthony Brookes
Mrs. Helen Hayles
Mr. William Norrie
Mr. William Loewen
Mr. Bruce MacCormack
Mr. Roger King
Ms. Patti Sullivan
Mr. Wally Fox-Decent
Ms. Carol Bellringer
Mr. Harvey Pollock (Interim President)
Mrs. Dorothy Dobbie
Mr. Timothy E. Burt, CFA
Our Carnegie program by three living Canadian composers Derek
Charke, Vincent Ho and R. Murray Schafer was a statement for
Canada and signified the place this orchestra has in this country.
The performance in New York was something that I will never forget.
- Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STAFF
TRUDY SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ALEXANDER MICKELTHWATE, MUSIC DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Lori Marks, Confidential Executive Assistant
ARTISTIC
Bramwell Tovey, Conductor Laureate
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
John Bacon, Director of Finance & Administration
Sandi Mitchell, Payroll & Accounting Administrator
Leanne Plett, Accounting & Administrative Assistant
DEVELOPMENT
Joanne Gudmundson, Director of Development
Carol Cassels, Development Manager
Jason Hayes, Development Assistant
Jeremy Krahn, Development Assistant
Caroline Murphy, Telefunder, Donations & Raffles
SALES & AUDIENCE SERVICES
Ryan Diduck, Director of Sales & Audience Services
Rachel Himelblau, Patron Services Coordinator
Theresa Huscroft, Group Events Representative
Nicki Kirton, Patron Services Representative
Patron Services Representatives (p/t):
Phil Corrin
Chelse McKee
Meg Dolovich
Crystal Schwartz
Melissa Houston
Stephanie Van Nest
ARTISTIC OPERATIONS
Jean-Francois Phaneuf, Director of Artistic Operations
James Manishen, Artistic Operations Associate
Andrea de Haan, Production Manager
Amanda Wilson, Stage Manager
Chris Lee, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Ray Chrunyk, Principal Librarian
Laura MacDougall, Assistant Librarian
Lawrence Rentz, Stage Supervisor
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Tanya Derksen, Director of Education & Outreach
Amy Wolfe, Education & Outreach Coordinator
Brent Johnson, Community Outreach Coordinator
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Lisa Abram, Director of Marketing & Communications
Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Matt Brooks, Multimedia Coordinator
James Ehnes, violinist
Adopt-a-Musician
Supporters
WINNIPEG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Alexander Mickelthwate
RESIDENT CONDUCTOR
Julian Pellicano
COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
Vincent Ho
FIRST VIOLINS
Gwen Hoebig, Concertmaster
The Sophie-Carmen EckhardtGramatté Memorial Chair, endowed by
the Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation
Karl Stobbe, Associate Concertmaster
Mary Lawton, Assistant Concertmaster
Karin Andreasen
Chris Anstey
Raymond Chrunyk
Mona Coarda
Hong Tian Jia
Simon MacDonald
*Rachel Moody
Julie Savard
Jun Shao
**Jae-Won Bang
SECOND VIOLINS
Darryl Strain, Principal
Elation Pauls, Assistant Principal
Karen Bauch
Kristina Bauch
Rodica Jeffrey
Boyd MacKenzie
Meredith McCallum
Susan McCallum
Takayo Noguchi
†Jane Pulford
Claudine St-Arnauld
VIOLAS
Daniel Scholz, Principal
Anne Elise Lavallée, Assistant Principal
Laszlo Baroczi
Richard Bauch
Greg Hay
Suzanne McKegney
Merrily Peters
Mike Scholz
CELLOS
Yuri Hooker, Principal
Leana Rutt, Assistant Principal
Alex Adaman
Margaret Askeland
Arlene Dahl
Carolyn Nagelberg
Emma Quackenbush
BASSES
Meredith Johnson, Principal
Andrew Goodlett, Assistant Principal
Travis Harrison
Paul Nagelberg
Bruce Okrainec
Zdzislaw Prochownik
FLUTES
Jan Kocman, Principal
Supported by Gordon & Audrey Fogg
Martha Durkin
TRUMPETS
Brian Sykora, Principal
Paul Jeffrey
Isaac Pulford
The Patty Kirk Memorial Chair
TROMBONES
Steven Dyer, Principal
John Helmer
BASS TROMBONE
Julia McIntyre, Principal
TUBA
Chris Lee, Principal
TIMPANI
Jeremy Epp, Principal
PERCUSSION
Frederick Liessens, Principal
PICCOLO
Martha Durkin
HARP
Richard Turner, Principal
Endowed by W.H. & S.E. Loewen
OBOES
Beverly Wang, Principal
Robin MacMillan
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Chris Lee
ENGLISH HORN
Robin MacMillan
PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN
Raymond Chrunyk
CLARINETS
Micah Heilbrunn, Principal
Michelle Goddard
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Laura MacDougall
BASSOONS
Alex Eastley, Principal
Kathryn Brooks
*On Leave
**Temporary Position
†
Dual Section Position
HORNS
Patricia Evans, Principal
Ken MacDonald, Associate Principal
James Robertson
The Hilda Schelberger
Memorial Chair
Caroline Oberheu
Michiko Singh
Please note: Non-titled (tutti) string players are
listed alphabetically and are seated accordingly
to a rotational system.
20132014 SEASON GUIDE
Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director
Julian Pellicano, Resident Conductor
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence
WSO Season
at-a-Glance
SEASON OPENER:
LAPLANTE PLAYS RACHMANINOFF
Friday, September 20 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 21 I 8:00 pm
SCI-FI SPECTACULAR
Friday, September 27 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 28 I 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 29 I 2:00 pm
BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 1
Friday, October 4 I 10:30 am
JAMES EHNES
Friday, October 4 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 5 I 8:00 pm
WSO Administration Office:
Richardson Building
Suite 1650 – One Lombard Place
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 0X3
WSO Box Office:
Centennial Concert Hall
555 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 1C3
A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Saturday, November 30 I 7:30 pm
MANNY TUBA’S MUSICAL
TREASURE HUNT
Sunday, February 23 I 2:00 pm
STEVE BELL
Sunday, December 1 I 8:00 pm
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
®
MESSIAH
Friday, December 6 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 7 I 8:00 pm
THE SNOWMAN
NATALIE MACMASTER
Friday, December 13 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 14 I 8:00 pm
WALL TO WALL PERCUSSION
Sunday, October 6 I 2:00 pm
SYMPHONY IDOL
Friday, January 10 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 11 I 8:00 pm
Sunday, January 12 I 2:00 pm
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL
Friday, October 25 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 26 I 8:00 pm
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3
(EROICA)
Friday, January 17 I 10:30 am
TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 6
(PATHÉTIQUE)
Friday, November 1 I 10:30 am
FOUR HORNS & BEETHOVEN
TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL FINALE
Friday, November 1 I 8:00 pm
HILLIARD
THE HOCKEY SWEATER
Sunday, November 3 I 2:00 pm
RICHTER & SILVESTROV
LE OMBRÉ
Sunday, November 10 I 2:00 pm
LINDI ORTEGA WITH THE WSO
Friday, February 7 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 8 I 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 9 I 2:00 pm
UMI PLAYS CHOPIN
BRUCKNER 8
Friday, February 21 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 22 I 8:00 pm
– BEYOND THE SCORE
Saturday, March 1 I 7:30 pm
WINNIPEG PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Sunday, March 2 I 3:00 pm
BOND & BEYOND:
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF 007
Friday, March 7 I 8:00 pm
MENDELSSOHN & MAHLER
MANITOBA ROCKS!
FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS
Saturday, April 12 I 7:30 pm
THE FIREBIRD
Sunday, April 13 I 2:00 pm
VERDI REQUIEM
PEKING ACROBATS ENCORE!
Friday, April 25 I 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 27 I 2:00 pm
R. MURRAY SCHAFER:
SYMPHONY NO. 1
Friday, May 2 I 10:30 am
CARNEGIE HALL!
Friday, May 2 I 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 3 I 8:00 pm
CELLO FESTIVAL
Sunday, June 22 I 8:00 pm
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2013-2014 Annual Report - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

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